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OUfl. KAHL, THE BOBBER.
A THRILLING ADYENTTTRE.
In the Summer of 1832, I was engaged
with a young man named Lyman Kemp, in
locating land lota along the Wabash, in In
diana. I had gone out partly for the ben
efit of my health, and partly to accommo
date one who had been a noble friend to
me, and one who had purchased a great
deal of Government land. At Logansport,
he was taken sick, end after watching him
u week, in hopes that he would soon re*
cover, I found that he had a nettled fever,
and as the physician said that he would not
be able to move in a month, I determined
to move on alone. So I obtained a good
nurse, and having 9een that my friend
would have everything necessary to his
comfort that money could procure, 1 lett
him.
Aa good luck would have it, I found a
party of six men bound on the very route I
*was going, and I waited one day for the
sake of their company. At length we set
out, with three pack horses to carry our
luggage, and I soon found that I had lost
nothing by waiting, for my companions
were agreeable and entertaining.
On the third day from Logansport, we
reached Walton’s settlement, on the Little
River, having left the Wabash on the morn
ing of that day. •
About 10 o’clock, just after I had retired,
and just aa I was falling into a grateful
drowse, I was startled by the shouts of men
and the barking of dogs, directly under my
window. As the noise continued, I arose
and threw on my clothe3, and went down.
*«Ah—don't you know the trouble ?” the
host returned. “Tou’ve heard of Gus. Karl,
perhaps .
Who in the We3t at that time had not
heard of him ? the most reckless, daring
and murderous robber that ever cursed a
country. I told the host I had heard of him
often. . ....
“Well,” he resumed, “the infernal villian
was here only this afternoon, and murdered
and robbed a man just up the river. We’ve
been out after him, but he’s gin us the slip.
We tracked him as far as the upper creek,
and there he oame out on the bank, fired
at us, and killed one of our horses, and then
drove into the woods. We set the dogs on,
but they lost him.”
“What sort of a man is he ?” I asked.
“The very last man in the world you
would take for Gus. Karl. He’s small, not
a bit over five feet six ; with light curly
hair, a smooth white face, and not very
stout. But, Lord love ye, he’a quick as
lightning, and his eye’s got fire in it. He
dresses in all sorts of shapes, but generally
like a common hunter. Oh! he’s the very
devil, I do believe.”
After the tub full of whiskey, which the
host provided, was all drank, the crowd be
gan to disperse, and shortly afterwards, I
went up again to bed; and this time I slept
on, undisturbed, until morning.
I had just eaten my breakfast, and had
gone out to the door, when a horseman
came dashing up to the place, himself and
his animal evoered with mud. The first
thing the new comer said was to inquire for
me. I answered at once to the name—and
he then informed me that Lyman Kemp
could not live, and that he wished to see
me as soon as possible.
“The doctor says he must die," said the
messenger, “and the poor fellow only asks
to live long enough to see you.”
“Poor Lyman 1" I murmured to myself.—
‘So young—so hopeful—with so many
friends and fond relatives in hi3far off home
and taken down to die in a strange land.’
I told the man I would set out on my return
as soon as possible. He ate some breakfast
and then resumed his jouraey, being bound
up as tar as the Pot&wattomie border.
1 settled up my bill, and then went for
my horse; but a bitter disappointment
awaited me. 1 fouud the animal’s foot
swollen very badly, and it pained him so
that he could not step on it. Had the road
been good, I should have been tempted to
try him; but I knew that in some places
the mud wou’d be deep. I went to the
host, and asked him if he could lend or sell
me a horse. He could do neither. His only
horse had been shot the night before by the
Wabash robber. There was not a horse in
the place to be obtained, for any amount of
money. I returned to the stable, bqS led
my horse out, but he could not walk with
any degree of easo. I could not use him.
I was in despair.
‘Look,’ said mine host, as I began to de
spond, ‘can’t ye manage a canoe?'
‘Yes—very well,’ I told him.
‘Then thai’s your best way. The current
is strong this morning, and without a stroke
of the paddle, ’twould take you along as fast
a9 a horse could wade through the mud.—
You shall have oae of my canoes, for just
what it is worth, and ye can Bolivia Lo-
gar sport for as much.’
‘It ye darn’t shoot the rapid9,’ added the
landlord, ‘ye can easily shoulder the canoe
and pack it round. ’Tisnt far.’
I ound the boat to be a well-tiBhioned
‘dug-out,’ big enough to bear four men with
ease, and I at once paid the owner his price
—ten dollars—and then had my baggage
brought down. I made arrangements about
E=.ori,rt”.^rproi v “Goo* ■» ptawajS-s
The current was quite rapid, say four or
five mile9 an hour, but not turbulent—and
1 soon made up my mind that it was far
better than to ride on horseback. The
banks of the river were densely covered
with large trees 1 , and I saw game plenty;
and more than once I was tempted to fire
the contents of my pistol at some of the
bolder ‘varmints;’ but I had no time to
waste, so 1 kept on. Only one thing ^eemed
wanting, and that was a carnpanion; but I
was destined to find one soofenough.
It was short !y after noon, and I had just
eaten my dinner of bread and cold meat,
when I came to a place where the river
made an abrupt bend to the right, and, a
little further, I came to an abrupt basin,
where the current formed a perfect whirl
pool. I did not notice it, until my canoe
got into it, and I found myself goiog round
instead of ahead. I plied my wood paddle
with all my power, and soon succeeded in
shooting out of the rotary current ; but in
doiDg so, I ran on the low sandy shore.
The effort had fatigued me not a little, and
as I found myself thus suddenly moored, I
resolved to rest a few minutes.
I had been in this position some ten*min
utes, when I was startled by hearing a foot
fall close by me, and looking up saw a man
at the side of my boat. He was a young
looking person, not over two and twenty,
and seemed to be a hunter. He wore a
wolf skin shirt, leggings of red leather, and
s’eap ot bear skin.
£.*Which way ye bound stranger?’ he
asked in a pleasing tone.
‘Down the river to Logansport,’ I re
plied. _ -
‘That’s fortunate. I wish to go there my
self,’ the stranger resumed. ‘What say you
to my taking your second paddle, and keep
ing you company?’
•I should like it,’ I told him frankly, ‘I l ve
been wanting company.’
‘So have I, added the hunter; ‘and I’ve
been wanting fome better mode of convey
ance than these worn-out lefk through the
deep forest’
‘Come on,’ I said, and as I spoke he leap
ed into the canoe, and hiving deoosited his
rifle in the bow, he too* one ot the paddles,
and told me he was ready when I was. So
we poshed off, and we were^soon clear of
the whirlpool.
For an hour we conversed freely. * he
stranger had told me his name was Adams,
and that his father lived in Columbus. He
was out now on a mere hunting and pros
pect expedition, with some companions who
had gone to Logansport by horse, and hav
ing got separated from them in the night, (
That was to stop my mouth with I Every
nerve in my body was strung, and my heart
stood 'still as death. Of course my snoring
ceased; and that instant the huge knife was
raised above my bosom. Qn.ck as thought
I brought my piBtol up—the muzzle was
within a foot of the robber’s heart—he ut
tered a quick cry—I saw the bright blade
quiver in the moonlight, but it came not
upon me. I polled the trigger and the last
fear was past.
I had thought that the weapon might miss
fire, but it did not. There was a sharp re-
had lost his horse in the bargain. He said\ port, and I sprang up and backed; 1 heard
he had a great sum of money about his per
son, and that was the reason why he dis
liked to travel in the forest.
Thus he opened his affairs to me, and I
was fool enough to be equally trank. I ad
mitted that 1 had some money, and told him
my business; and by a quiet and unpre-
suming course of remarks, he drew from me
that I had money enough to purchase forty
foil lots.
Finally, the conversation lagged, and I
began to give my companion a closer scru
tiny. I sat m the stern of the canoe, and he
was about midship, and facing me. His
hair was of a flaxen hue, and hung in long
curls upon his neck; his features were reg
ular and handsome, and his complexion
light; bnt the color of his face was not what
one would call fair—it was a cold, bloodless
color, like pale marble. And for the first
time, too, I now looked particularly at his
eyes. They were gray in color, and had
the brilliancy of glaring ice. The light was
intense, but cold and glittering like a snake.
When I thought of his age, I sat him down
for not much over thirty.
Suddenly, a sharp, cold shudder ran thro
my frame, and my heart leaped with a wild
thrill. At any rate—1 knew it—there could
be no doubt—I had taken into my canoe
and into my confidence, Gustos Karl, the
Wabash robber! For a few moments, I
feared my emotion would betray me. I
looked carefully over his person again, and
I knew I was not mistaken. I could look
back new, and see how cunningly he had
ltd me on to a confession of my circum
stances ; how he had made me tell my af
fairs and reveal the estate of my finances.—
What a fool I had been 1 But it was too
late to think of ihe past—I had enough to
do to look out for what was evidently to
follow.
I at length managed to overcome all my
outward emotions, and then I began to
watch my companion more sharply and
closely. My pistols were both handy, and
1 knew they were in order, for I examined
them both in the morning, when I thought
offiriBg at some game. They were in the
breast pockets of my coat, which pockets
had been made on purpose for them,' and I
could reach them at auy instant. Another
hour passed away, and by that time
become assured that the robber would,
no attempt upon me until alter night
He said it would be convenient, that we
were both together, for we couid run all
night, as one could steer the cauoe while
the other slept.
“Aye,” I added with a smile, “that is good
for me, lor every hour is valuable I would
not miss meeting my friend for worlds."
“Ob! you’ll meet him, never fear,” said
my companion.
Ah, be spoke then with too much mean
ing. I understood it well. I knew what
that sly tone and strange gleaming of the
eye meant. He meant that he would put me
on the road to meet poor Kemp in the
other world ! I wondered only now, that
I had not detected the robber when I first
saw him, for the expression of his face was
so heartless, so icy—and then his eyes had
such a wicked look, that the most unprac
ticed physiognomist could not have foiled
to detect the villain at once.
During the rest of the afternoon, we con
versed some, but not so freely as before.
I could see that the villain’s eyes were
not so frankly bent on me as he spoke, and
then he seemed to avoid my direct glances.
These movements on his part were not
studied, not even intentional; but they
were intuitive, as though his very nature
led him thus. At length, night came on.
We ate our suppers and then smoked our
pipes—and finally my companion proposed
that I should sleep before he did. At first
I thought of objecting; but a few moment’-s
reflection told me that I had better behave
as though h® was an honest man; so I
agreed to his proposition. He took my
seat at the stern, and I moved further for
ward, and having removed the thwart upon
which my companion had been sitting, I
spread my cloak in the bottom of the
canoe, and then having placed my valise tor
a pillow, I lay down.
As soon as possible, I drew out one of my
pistols, and under cover of a cough, I cocked
it. Then I moved my body so that my
right arm would be at liberty, and grasped
my weapon firmly, with my finger upon
the guard. I drew up my mantle, slouched
my bat, and then settled down for my
watch.
Fortunately for me, the moon was up,
and though the forest trees threw a shadow
upon me, yet the beams fell upon Karl, and
I could see his every movement. We were
well into ibe Wabash, having entered it at
three o’clock. '
“You will call me at midnight,” I said
drowsily.
“Yes,” he returned.
“Good night.”
ru
have you further on your way than you
think, ere you wake up again.”
“Perhaps so,” thought I to myself, as I
lowered my head, and pretended to lower
myself to sleep.
For half an hour my companion steered
the canoe very well and seemed to take but
little notice orime—but at the : ehd of that
time I could see that he became more un
easy. I commenced to snore with a regu
larly drawn breath, and on the instant the
* villain started as starts the hunter when he
bears the tread of game in the woods.
But hark I Aha—there was before one
lingering fear in my mind, that I might
shoot the wrong man, but it was gone now.
As the fellow stopped the motion of thq;
paddle, I distinctly heard him say:
-“Oh, my little sheep—you little dreamed
that Gua, Karl was your companion; but
he’ll do you a good turn. If your friend is
dead, you shall follow him, and I'll take
your traps to pay your way to Heaven 1”
I think these were the Very words. At
any rate they were similar. As he thus
spoke, be noiselessly drew in the paddle,
and then rose to his feet. I saw him reach
over his left shoulder, and when he brought
back his hand, he had a huge .bowle knife
in it; I could see the blade gleam in the
pale moonlight, and I saw Karl run his
thumb aloDg the edge, and then feel the
point l My heart beat fearfully, and my
breathing was hard. It was with the ut
most evertion that I controlled my snoring,
but I managed to do it without interrup
tion. blowly and noiselessly the foul wretch
approached me; and so catlike was his step,
that it would not have awakend a hound—
and his long gleaming-knife was half raised.
I could hear his breathing plainly,. and I
could hear the grating of his teeth, aa he
nerved himself ior the Btroke.
The villian was by my side, and he mea
sured the distance from his hand to my
a fierce yell, and the robber fell forward, his
head striking my knee aa it came down.
Weak and faint, 1 sank back, but a sud
den tipping of the canoe brought me to my
senses, and I went aft and took the paddle.
As soon as the boats head was once
more right, I turned my eyes upon
the form in the bottom of the canoe, and I
saw it quiver—only a spasmodic movement
—and then all was still.
All that night I sat at my watch and
steered my little bark. I had my second
pistol ready, for I knew not that the wretch
was dead. He might be waiting to catch me
off my guard, and then shoot me. But
the night passed slowly and drearily
away, and when the morning broke, the
form had not moved. Then I stepped for
ward and found that Gustus Karl was dead.
He had fallen with his knife true to its aim,
for it had struck very near the spot where my
heart mu3t have been, and the point was
driven so far into the soiid wood that I bad
to work hard to pull it out, aud harder still
to unclasp the marble fingers that were
closed with the dying madness about the
handle!
Swift want the tide, and ere the sun went
again to rest, I reached Logansport.
The authorities knew the face of Gustus
Karl at once, and when I told mv story,
they poured out a thousand thanks upon
my head. A purse was raised, aud the of
fered reward put with it and tendered to
me. I look the simple reward from the
generous citizens, while the remainder I
directed should be distributed among those
wbo bad suffered most from the Wabash
robber’s depredations.
I found Kemp sick and miserable. He
was buroiDg with a fever, and the doctors
had shut him up in a room, where a well
man must have suffocated.
“Water 1 water 1 In God’s uaoie, give
me water,” he gasped.
“Haven’tyou any?’ 4 I asked.
He told me “no.” I Hhrew open the wiu-
dow, sent for a pail of fresh water, and was
on the point ol administering it, when the
doctor came in. He held up hs hands in
horror, and told me teat it would kill the
sick man. But I forced him back and Kemp
drank the grateful beverage. He drank
freely and then slept. The per pi ration
flowed from him like rain, and when he
awoke his skin was moist and his fever was
turned.
In eight days from that time he sat in his
saddle by my side, and together we started
for Little River. At Walton’s Settlement I
found my horse wholly recovered, and when
I offered to pay for his. keeping, the host
would take nothing. The story of my ad
venture on the river had already reached
there ahead of me, and this was the land
lord's gratitude.
lag up the corn in ninety days ijt has been
at work four years, and has done as much
mischief to friend as foe. The “short, sharp
and decisive” has proved the longest, dullest
and most indecisive of modern combats. It
is only the war upon the exchequer of
Uncle Sam that has been conducted with
promptitude and vigor. It is doubtful
whether the United States might not have
sank all its ships, bnrntup all its manufac
tories, and levelled to the earth all its com
mercial cities; with a better hope of ultimate
and complete recuperation than by the use
it has made of its destructive energies in be
ginning i his war. It also discusses a variety
of other subjects.
The Examiner remarks that the terrible
draft still hangs over the North. Every
thing has been dene to avert it. Volunteers
were entreated to come forward but only
for form’s sake—they would never see an
enemy, or fire a gun; the ‘rebellion’ whs
already as good as crushed and finished; a
parade of a few weeks; a kind of pic nic
party in camp, was all they were asked to
encounter. But it was all in vain; and
now, just when all New York wss prepir-
irg to break out in a grand national jubilee
of thanksgiving for victory, cames an official
letter from the Adjutant General that,
‘unless recruiting is increased, and men put
into the service more rapidly, the draft will
be commenced.’ In New York and Brook
lyn, the volunteering, notwithstanding the
immense bounties, amounted to almost
nothin?. The Examiner concludes from all
these circumstances that the present Fede
ral armies are the last they can raise, for at
such a rate of recruiting they can by no
means supply the waste which takes place
in Grant’s and Sherman’s army by disease
and battle. We have but to dispose of the
troops now in our Iront, and the peril is
over.
A DVERTI8EM ENT8.
LOOK AT TBI§.
I HAVE been In the practice of Medicine foi several
years. I have made a discovery of a complete cure
for C*ncere, old Ulcera, Polypus, Vistula*, Ac., also a
complete cure for Dropsy, Location Atlanta, 6s,
marl-w3m. Da. F. 0. FORD.
held a thick handkerchief all wadded up.
FBOM RICHMOND.
The Richmond Courier of the 9 th inst.,
gives the following as the “spirit of the
morning press” of the capital, on the day
stated:
The Sentinel has conversed with a num
ber of our citizens who have recently re
turned from tne United States, and they all
unite in the sentiment that we must stand
on our defenses for our lives, and with all
our resources and energies. With one voice
they declare that it is folly, it is madness, it
is treason, to wrangle among ourselves, or
to indulge a sentiment? opposed to the most
solid concord and the most resolute energy.
Nothing so much astonishes and provokes
them, as any indication which they find of
dissension or of lassitude among our people.
With erne voice, too, they declare that the
law for putting negroes into the army should
be immediately passed. They insist upon
this wtth grew emphasis, and they testify
that the moral effect would be more impor
tant even than the material support. The
new levy the Yankees are now making will
not avail to overwhelm us. We will surely
win the fight if we do oUr duty. None are
more confident of this than those wad have
had opportunity of observing things at the
North. None are more enthusiastic, none
more buoyant with courage ana hope. The
Yankees offer bounties of fifteen hundred
and two thousand dollars for twelve months
volunteers, coupled with the assurance that
the fight is nearly over, and its heavy work
at an end. . " -
The Whig says the uneasiness of the Yan
kee 'papers about Sherman is growing great
er day by day. They have heard nothing de
finite from him since heileft Columbia, only
surmised that, a few days afterwards, he
had reached Winnsboro*, whence he would
march on Charlotte, whence on Greensboro,
whence on .Danville, whence on Richmond,
to assist Grant in finishing up the little
piece of business which ha9 now been on
his hands lor ten months. All this was to
be a holiday work for the invincible and in
superable Sherman. His march was to be
only a series of field parades from the Sa
vannah to the James, wifh the Confederate
people for immediate spectators. The
Herald now thinks it would be a great
triumph for Sherman to march off to ;he sea
without a battle; and ail of them appear to
concede that the great plan for catching
Lee’s army and -taj^ing Richmond is a fiasco.
Sherman has perhaps found one or more
lions on his oath. Who knows; not the
Yankees; and tha Whig does not intend to
enlighten them until information wbfeh
they will not like to hear can be given
them.
The Enquirer publishes a stirring, pertin
ent letter from the ‘trenches’ over the signa
ture V f ‘Brigade,’ and in the course of its
comments thereon admits that there is a
party of‘whipped seceders’ in and about
Richmond, that there was a plan on foot to
force Mr. Davis to resign, and that Mr. Ste
ens had consented to resigD, so that Mr.
unter,t.B President of the Senate, would
become President. The plan has, it is
hoped and believed, miscarried. It says
the Congress has utterly failed—it is iucom
patent and doing much injury—it has
neither capacity nor courage—it is unfit for
revolution. The very men who were the
foremost to secede are the first to surrender.
A single head and a single arm is now need
ed, and if the Congress would consult its
patriotism, it would entrust ail power with
the President and Gen. Lee, adjourn and go
home and,leave the country and its cause
in the hands of those two men. The Presi
dent has exhibited a firm, calm, resolute
purpose, unsubdued by disaster and unalter
able in the determination to secure the lib
erty and independence of his country. Gen.
Lee! his very port and mein would laugh
to scorn the cowardly suggestions of sur
render. Upon these two men the country
relies—her armies have resolved her liberty
to secure, and the people will support and
maintain them. The country no longer
looks to Congress f r aid in the struggle.
The Dispatch says '.hat the machinery
resorted to by the Yankees to thrash the
Southern Confederacy, ingenious and won-
NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS.
N OTICE is hereby given that 1 will attend at the fol
lowing limes and place* for the purpose of heating
and deciding claims against the Confederate States for
forage, provisions, oattie, sheep, hogs, horses, males,
teams and wagons, Ac., heretofore furnished to the ar
my by the owner, or heretofore taken or Informally im
pressed for tha use of the army, and not yet paid tor,
v*:
Marietta, Oobb county, Sd Monday in April, to oon-
tinus ooe week.
Dallas, Paulding county, 4th Monday in April, to con
tinue one week.
Cedar Town, Polk county, 1st Monday in May, to con
tinue one week,
McDonald, Haralson otunty, 2d Monday in May, to
cocitnne 4 days.
Decatur, DeKalb county, 1st Monday In June, to con
tinue s ue wetk,
Campbelltcn, Campbell county, -2d Monday In June
to continue one week.
Carrollton. Carroll county, S I Monday In Jane, to
continue 5 day:.
NewniL, Coweta county, 4th Monday in June, to oon
tinue one week.
Frark in Heard county, 1st Monday In July, to eon
tinue 4 days.
Atlanta, Ga., the whole of the month of August.
Oases can be heard at either of the appointment
from any county in the 8ih Co gressional District.
In order to facilitate the business, particular noUoe is
called to the following directions :
Every claim under the act shall be presented in wrt
ting, supported by the »ath of the claimant, as to the
justice of the same, and by the affidavit of one or more
witnesses; and the claimant must also s ate, if he can,
by whom the property was Impressed or taken, and at
what time, and for what pnrpiss, and at wbat price,
ana shall produce any written evidence in hia poss •*-
slon relative to the same, provided If the claimant be
dead, or be prevented from appearing before the com
missioner proof shall be submitted as to the fact, and the
occasion therefor, and ether proof of the Maim may be
takm.
Lot the claimants, as far as possible, come with their
claims and applications made out.
Cases will be heard and decided in tbeir order.
J. W. H. CND2RWOOD,
Commissioner for 8th Cong. District, Ga.
m arch81-d2t-w8t.
C AFTER©,
B Y THE YANKEES, from the residence of
the Subscriber, in Campbell County, in
the month of August, 1861, one Certificate of
Deposit, signed by J. W. Duncan, Deposi
tary at Atlanta, for six hundred dollars, date
and number not known Notice is hereby
given that application will be made for a
renewal of the same.
JOHN GRIFFIN
Fairborn, Ga., Maroh 9, 1865.-wfit.
GWINNETT COUNTY.
GWINNETT SHERIFF’S SALE.
W ILL be sold before the courthouse door, Id the
town of Lswrencevllle, Gwinnett county, Ga., on
the first Tuesday in May next within the legal hours
of sale, the following negro slaves to-wit:
Jack, a man 57 years old, Ma'one, a man 85; Harris,
a man 22; Elbert, a man 25; Henry, a bey 20 ; Frank,
a boy 19; Newton, a boy 10; Jerry, a boy 14; Harriet, a
woman 22, and her two children: Wash 8, and Walker
1 year oil; Linda, a woman and h-r two children : El
len 8 years and Martha IS months old; Augustus, a
boy 18 years old, Mack, a boy 6, Caroline, a girl 12 and
Orrange, a girl 18 yeais old.
All levied upon by virtue of a fl fa, issued from the
Superior Court of said county, In favor of Thomas P.
Hudson, vs. Lodawick M. Cates and Joel N. Culver,
surety on appeal, and as the property of the estate of
said L. M. Cates deceased. The levy and sals in this
way Is by consent of parties, and by such consent the
terms of sale will be liberal, as if sold by the represen
tatives of dtceaeed. Match 18th. 18*5
JAM kg a. BRACEWELL. Sheriff.
Printer’s fee $20 00 marl6-wtds
GEORGIA, Gwinnett County.
*0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
W HEREAS Wyatt E. Mitchell having in proper form
applied to me for permanent letters of adminis
tration upon the estate oi Ephriam W. Sizemore, late
of said county deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
concerned, to be and appear at my office within the
time allowed by law, and show cause, if any they can,
why said letters sbou d not be granted the applicant in
ter j; 8 of the law.
Given under my hand and official signature, thl» 22d
of February, 18C5. G. T. RAREST RAW, Ord’y.
Printer's fee $10 mar2I-w80i
DEKALB COUNTY.
GEORGIA, DhKalb county:
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
W HEREAS, Mrs. Nancy Johan, having in proper
form applied to me for permamect letteis of Ad
ministration on the estate of Julian a. Juhan, late cf
said county. 2h : s is to cite ail and singular, th9 credit
ors and text of kin of Julian A. Juhan, to be and ap
pear at my office, within the time allowed by law, and
show canse, If any they can, why permanent adminis
tration should not be granted to said Mrs. Nancy Johan
cn Julia A.. Johan’s estate.
Witoess my hand and official signature, this March
25th, 1865. J. B. V, ILS.N, Ord’y.
Printer’s fee $19. spr2-vs89d.
FORSYTH COUNTY.
GEORGIA, Forsyth County.
W HEREAS Mrs. M. H. Orwell, mother of Thomas J.
Cook, minor child of Jefferson Oook, deceased,
having failed and refused to appear and be qualifled
as gutrdian of her said son:
These are therefore to g ve notice that I shall proceed
te apnnfcgt the Oierk of the Superior Court or some
other fit and proper person guardian of the said Thom
as J. Cook, io terms of the Uw, thirty days after the
publication of this notice, unless some valid otj c'.ion be
made to Lis appointment.
Given under my hand and official signature, March
20tfa, 1S65 WM. D. BENTLY, Ord’y.
Printer's fee $10. mchW-wSOd
GEORGIA, Forsyth County :
AXTHEREaS, Hiram N. Bently makes application to
V V me for letters of guvolanship ot the person and
property of Hiram N., G D and Martha J L. P. Bent
ly, heirs at law of the estate of Christopher C. Garnett,
late deceased, of Coosa county Alabama.
These are therefore to cite all persons concern -d to
show cause. If any they caa. In terms of the lur, why
letters of guarjleaship a* aforesaid, should not issue to
the said Hiram N. Bently on the first Monday la May
next.
Given under my hand and official signature at Cum
mleg Ga., Mirch 2 Hh, 1565
WM. D. BENTLY, Ordu’y.
Printer’s fee $ 0 mch2S-w80J
GEORGIA, Forsyte County :
W HEREAS Alexander Nuckolls, Guardian of Au
gusta O. Strong minor deceased, having applied to
me for a iris charge from Ids Guardian; hip of said Au
gusta O. Stro g’s pers >D and property :
Th’s is therefore to cite all persons concerned to show
cause, if sny they h-tve, why the said Alexander Nuck-
ols should r.ot be oUmissed fr :m said guardianship and
receive the usual letters of dismission on the first Mon
day in June Dext.
Given under my hand and official signature April Sd,
1865. WM. D BIN i'jjY,Ord-.’y.
Arbiter’e fee $10. ir.cL23-t.40d
GEORGIA, Forsyth Cousty.
AlO IC i is hereby given to ail persons concerned,
_L v that, the estate of John Garaway, late deceased ot
said county, is unrepresented in conscqoenoe of the
death of Lewis Stovall, the administrator, and that no
ptrsoa has applied for letters of acmlnhtration upon
said estate, that in terms of the law the at ministration
wiii bi vested in ttieCieik of the Superior Court, or
some other fit and proper person, thirty days after ihe
publication of this citation, unless some valid injection
be made to his appointment.
Given under my hand and official signature, this Slat
day of March, 5 8 '.5 WM. D. B aNTLY, Grd’y.
Printer’s fee $10 mchiS-ftEOd
GFOK-33IA, Xorsyth County.
W HEREAS idrs S&llie K. J. Burress, widow of John
Henry Burress, late of said comity de eased hav
ing in proper form applied to m; for the Probate i f ihe
Will of the said Burress deceased at ihe jimy icrrn of
this court 1865:
These are therefore to c'te and admonish ail persons
concerned to show c..use, i.fanv they have, on or before
the first Monday in May next, why said Will should not
be proven ana a iml ted to record.
Given under my hand and official signature, this Mar.
15th 1805. WM. D. BENTLY,-Ore’y.
Primer’s fee $10.
mch'28-w£od
GEORGIA, DeKalb County:
F81WO Months arter date appl icalion will be made to
A the Court o' Ordinary of DeKalb county, Gaf, at
ihe next regular term after the e -pirat ion of two months
from tii 1J notice, for leave to sell one negro woman by
the name of Peggy, belonging to the estate of Benja
min Woodson, deceased, for the purpose of paying the
debts against said estate. March 7th, 1865.
MARY WOODSON,
marl£-2m (J B W) Executrix.
Printer’s fee $16.
CAMPBELL COUNTY.
heart with Lis eye. Id his left hand he derfol «a It was, has not come up to the
promise of the inventor. Instead of grind-
GEORGIA, Campbell County.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
T M. HOWARD having in proper form applied to
■ me for permanent letteis of admlnisirationi'n the
estate of John Bands, late of said county, deceased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
interested to be and appea- it my office within the time
prescribed by law, th> n and there to show cause if any
why letters should not be granted.
Witness my hand and of official signature, March S,
1365. R. 0. BEAVERS. Ordn’y.
Printer’s fee $10 marl7-w3bd
GEORGIA, Campbell County.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
S AMUEL PASCHAL having in proper form applied to
me for permanent letters ol administration on the
tstale of Daniel Wester, late of said connty.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
concerned to be and appear at my office within the time
prescribed by law r then and there to show cause, if any,
why letters should not oe granted.
Given under my hand andcfficlal signature, March
21,1865. R. C. BEAVERS, Ordn’y.
printer’s fee 110. mch23ir80d.
GEORGIA, Fcrsvth county.
W HERai&S Jcsiah H.Woodliff and TLoi. W. Hunt ap
ply tome for Utiers of administration u^on the
esiai9 of Ma'.k 0. Bun-esa, late of a id county, de
ceased :
Toes* are therefore to cite ail persons concerned to be
and appear at my office on or before the first Monday
to May next, atd show cau3e. If any they have, why
let eis i-hould not be gianted said applicants.
Given under my hand aud official signature, March
15,1685. WM. D. BENTLY, Ordn’y.
i’rinte ’a fea $’0 ma’chl8-w8(*d
GEORGIA, Forsyth County:
Jeramiah Bentley, Ag’t of Lawson H. Bynam, vs. Hugh
0 Boyle.
W ill be s Id before the courthouse door in the
Town of Gumming of Bali county, on the first
Tuesday in May next, with n the legal hours of sale, the
following property to-wit:
Ten bushels of corn, more or less, ten gallons syrup,
more or less, and six hundred bundles of judder, levied
on and sold as the property cf Hugh O. Boyle, to satisfy
a distress warrant for i eat Issued In favor of Jeramiah
Bentley, Agent of Lawsoa H. Bvnam. Thia 21stFeb’y,
1665. G W. HALLMAN,
(W. D. B.) Deputy Sheriff.
Printet’s fee $ 10. saai 21-w 30d
FULTON COUNTY.
Fulton Sopwrler Court, April Xerm,
1865.
Libel for Divorce.
EDWIN PRIE3T,
va
LETITIA A. PBIS3T, j
J T appearing from the entry of the Shetlff, that the
defendant lu the above case is not to be found in the
county: It istlerefore ordered, on motion of Plaintiff's
Counsel, that service be perfected upon defendant by
publication of this order in the Atlanta Intelligencer or
a newspaper published in this city once a week for three
months, previous to the next session of the Superior
Cou.t of this county. Ordered in open court.
B H. BIGflAM, Judge S. 0. 0. 0.
H. J. fPRAYBERRY, Plaintiff’s Attorney
apl7-w2m
GEORGIA, Fulton County :
W ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next, be
fore the Court House door in the city of Atlanta,
a negro woman named Sarah, about 18 years old, very
likely, and her child, about 6 month? ole; also, a negro
girl named V.ney, about 15 years old, alio very likely.
Odd agrce&biy to an order from the Court o' Oi dinary
of said county, for the benefit of the Orphans cf the
estate of E. M. Poole, late oi said oonnty deceased.
E. M. TALIAFERRO, Guardian.
Printer’s fee $16. apl4-w40it
PAULDING OOUNTY.
GEORGIA, Paulbinq County
W HEREAS, Susanna Gentry applies to me for let
ters of Administration on the estate of Richard
Gentry, late of said county deceased.
Toeie are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons
concerned, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they bare
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my band and official signature this
Mai eh 28th, 1865 8. B. McGREGOK Ord’y.
Printer’* lee $ 10. apr2-w30d.
GEORGIA, Payldinq County.
W hereas, j. W. Pruette applies to me fer letters
of Ac m'nistration on the estate of James Pruetty,
late of said county deceased.
This is thereiore to notify all persons Interested, to
be and appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, to show cause, i< any exisis, why said letters of
administration should not be granted.
Witness my hand and official signature this March
28th, 1865. • S. B. McGREGOR Ord’y.
Printer’s fee $10. apr2-w80d.
GEORGIA, Paudding County :
H 81 REAS J. B. Adair applies to me for lottei
YV of administration upon ihe estate of Bczeman
Aca : r, late of said county, deceased .*
These are therefore to cite and requ're all persons
concerned to be and appear at my office on the fi st
Monday in May next, to show cause, if any they have
why said letters should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my band aud official signature, April 1
1865. B, B. McGREGOR. urdn’y.
Pi inter’s fee $10 ap!7-w80d
GEORGIA, Paulding County :
W HEREAS J. O N. Foote, late of said county
deceased, died possessor of a constdeiable estate,
both real and personal,and no one having applied fer
letteis of administration:
These are therefore to cite sni admonish all and Bln
gnlar, the kindred and friends of Baid deceased, to come
forward and take out letters of administration on the
first Monday in May next. Otherwise, the Clerk of the
superior Court for said connty, or some other proper
person, wid be appointed on tnat day.
Given under my tan., and official signature, this
Apt 1st, 1865 ’ S. B. MCGREGOR, Ordn’y.
Printer’s fee $10. apl7-wS0d
GEORGIA, Paulding County :
HEREAS Martha L.Crchran applies to me for let
ters of administration on the estate ol Henry Ooch
ran, late of sal 0 cor-nty deceased.
These are tharefo'e to cite and reqnhe all persons
concerned, tc be and appear at my office on or before
the first Monday in May next to st o» canse if any
they can, why gain letters should not be granted the
applicant.
Given under mv h jnd and official signature, April 1,
1865
api7-*80d B. B. KcGREGOR,Ord’y.
Printer’s fee $10.
NEWTON COUNTY.
GEORI^A, Nkwton County :
W HEREAS J. W. B. Sutnm rj a; p'lt3 for litt rs of
administration up- n the estate of Aiditw J Sum
mers deceased, l ite c-f said county:
These are, therefore, to cite and a> monish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
show cause, if any they have, within the time preserved
by law. why said letters should not be granted to :Le
applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature, March
27, 1865. WM D. LUJKIE, Ordn’y.
Pi later’s f;e $10. ap.6-v£0J
GEORGIA, Nswton County :
W HEREAS Robert L. Williams a) plies for letters cf
administration de bords con. wlih the Wlil annex
ed, upon the estate of 8. H. 8. Starr,.deceased, late oi
Newton county;
These are, therefore, to cite and ndmonUh ail and sin
gular, the klndied and creditors of sc.id deceased, to
show cause,if any th y have, why letters shoulj not be
granted the applicant.
Given und r my hand s-d officlul signature, March
27, lbfh. WM. D. LrjRIS, Oidu’y.
Printer’s fee $10. apl6-w40d
GEORGIA, Paulding County .
W HEREAS Li wis Jeffers applies to me for letters of
administration upon the estate of John Jeffers,
late of said connty deceased.
These are, therefore to cite and require all persons
concerned to be and appear at my office on the first
Monday In May next, to show cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted the applicant.
Given unde# my hand and official slgna.ura, Apt 111st,
jggj. 8. B. McGREGOR, Ordn y.
Printer’s fee $10. api7-w80d„
GEORGIA, Newton Ciusty:
W HEREAS, WllUam N. New applies for letteis o
sc ministration upon tie estate of Green hi. Mitch
elt deceased, late of Baid c 'unty.
These are, therefore, to cheat i and singular, the cred
itors aud next of klu of s.tid deoeused, to appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law. and show caueu.
If any they have, why said letters should not be granted
as aforesaid
Given under my hand at office, March 24th, 18C5
WM. D LL’OKIB,
marts -w80d—Printer’s fee $10 Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Hj.KEaS, Jacob T Parker applies for letters of
&dminiatra:ion upon the e ta-.e of William 0.
Gathright deceased, lateoi said county.
These are therefore, to cite and aa monish ail and sin
gui.ar, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, tc
show cause, 1/ any they can, why letters of administra
tion should not be granted the applicant within the tlms
prescribed by law.
Given under my hand at office, March 15th,'1665.
WM. D. LUCE IF,
ncai25-wS0d —Printer’s fee $10 Ordidary.
GOBB COUNTyT^
GEORGIA, Oobb Cjusty.
W HEREaS, S Page having applied to me for the
Guardianship of the persons and property ol
James and Margaret U. Byrd,.orphans o: James Byrd r
late cf said county, deoeased.
This is to cite all persons concerned to be and appear
at my office within’h-i time allowed by la*, and show
oauae, if any they have, why said letters should not be
grant e-d
*.-:lveu under my lumd aod officl -1 signature this
March 19 h, 1S65 JNO. G. CaMI BELL Ord’y.
Prlntei’a fee $ 0. ap;2-w80d
NOTICE, •
A LL persons indebted to the estate o’ Georgb A. MU
ler, lata of Ootb county, deceased, are request d
to make Immediate payment, and th s^ having cislms
against Bald t state are rtque»ted to i.resent them to the
UDdersLned. properly attested, withlu the time pre-
scrlbedbT law. Mirth 18, 18k5.
IJ G v] JOHN H MILLER, Ex’tor.
Printer’s fee $12 CO mar!6-w-lOd
NOTICE.
S IXTY days after date sppllcatlcn will b ■ made to the
Court of Ordinary of Cobb connty for leave U> seU
the land belonging to the eststs of George A Miller,
late ot said county deceased, or the benefit of the heirs
acd creditors of said deceased. March 13,1865.
J G C JOHN H. MILLER, Er’tor.
Printers fee $16 00 marlC w2m
CH&ROKEECOUNTY,
GEORGIA, Chehokek County :
VSTHEREAS Talbott Strickland applies to me for lct-
TT ter* of administration on the estate of Henry
Sirlckland, late of said county, deceased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish ail and sin
gular the kindred and creditors c* 9ald deceased to show
cause if any they can within the time prescribed by law
why said letters should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my hind and offia al signature, this 8th.
March,1865. JAMES JORDAN, Ord’y
Printer’s fee $10 00. marlA-wfiOJ
GEORGIA, Cherokbs County:
W HEREAS WUllam B. Bishop app'lea to me for
letters of administration oa the estate of Hisekl-
ah Vernon, late of said coun'y deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite all persona concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, If any they can,
why said letters ghold not be granted the applicant.
Given under my bend aud official signature this Sth
March, 1S35. JAMES JOB.D.iN, Ordu’y.
Printer’s fee $10 00 marldiv80d
GEORGIA, Chkrokkk County:
W HEREAS Elisabeth Hendricks applies to me for
letters of administration up m the estate of Jnltua
Hendricks, late of Bald county deceased.
These are therefore to cite and adm- nls'i ; ,li ii-.i B i,>.
jSlar the kindred and creditors cl ieceas? J ,• -,ln w
Cause if any they can within the tin..- nbed by law
why said letters should not be granted the applicant —
Given under my hand and official signature, this March
8th, IE05. JAMES JORD AN. Ordu’y.
Printer’s fee $10 00. m*rl8-w80d
GEORGIA, Chkrokkk County
W HEREAS Thomas D. Ptrklnson and John Terry
apply to me for letteis of administrate n on the
estate of William Perkiuson, late of said county, de
ceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and require all persons
concerned, to be and appear at my office on the first
Monday In March n xt, to show cause, if any, why said
letteis should not be granted the applicants.
Given under my hand and official signature, this the.
8th day of March, 1865.
JAMES JORDAN, Ord’y
Printet’s fee $10 00 n>ai 16-w8t>d
FAYETTE COUNTY.
CARROLL COUNTY.
GEORGIA, Carroll County :
W HEREAS John Hind a; piles to mi for the Ouar-
dliLS dp of William E. Hudson, a minor of said
county :
This is therefore to cite all and singular the next ot
kin of said minor child, to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by Lw, and show cause, if any
they can, why letteis o! Guardianship should not be
granted as aforesaid.
Given uoder my hand and cfficlal signature, March
27th, 1365. J. M. BLALOCK, Ord’y.
Printer’s fes $10. mchSl-wSOd
FAYETTE MAY SALES.
W ILL be sold before the Oourt House door, In tb&
towa of Fayetteville, Fayette oounty, cu ihe firm
Tuesday In May next, within the legal hours of sale,
the following property, to-wit:
Lot of Lard No. 154, in the Ninth District of Fayette
county, levied on aB tne property of Oonstantine Dod
son, to satisfy on9 tax fl la. Levy made by a Consta
ble, and tnmed over to me to advertise and sell.
Three Bales of Colton, levied on as the property of
A V. Brumby, to satisfy oae tax fl f., Levy made by
a Constable, and turned over to me to advertise and
sell. March 2§th, 18C5.
W. W. MATTHEWS, Sheriff.
Printer’s fee $10 for eaoh levy. sp';4-w40d
GEORGIA, Faybtth County:
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY COJCERS.
W H3REA3, Jane Edmondson and John Edmondson
have applied to me for letters of admit is;, aiion on
the estate of Ed Edmondson, late of said county, de-
coased.
These are, therefore to cite and admonish all and sin
gular, th? kindred and creditors of said deceased, to b e
and appear at my office within the time prescribed by
law, to show cause, If any exists, why said letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and offic'al siguature, March
80th, 1365. AD WARD CONNOR, Ord’y.
Printer’s fee $10. apl4-w60i
GEORGIA, Fatetxs County ;
’TTTH&SEA8, Thomas J. Edmondson has made appli-
W cation to be appointed Guardian of the persons
and property of Martha, Analiza end Exor Cofie’d m'-
ners under fourteen years of age, residents of said
county.
This is therefore to cite and admonish all persons con
cerned to be and appeal at the term of the Courtof
Ordinary to be held next arter the expiration of thirty
days from the firrt publication of this notice^snd show
cause, if any they can, why said Edmond : on should ni t
be intrusted with the guardianship of the persons and
property ot Baid minors.
Given under my hard and official signature, April 41b.
1865. EDWARD CONN JR, Ordn’y.
Printer’s fee $10. apiT-wEOj .
GEORGIA, Fatetxs County.
m THE HEIR3 AND DISTRIBUTEES'OF L. B CLARK LATE OX
FAYETT8 COUKTT DECEASED.
Y OU are notified that aa Executor of said dc-ceared,
I shall apply (four months afte the commencement
cfihls publication, the same being pubiiihrd twice a
month for four months) to the Court of Ordinary of eai.
county to appoint three or more free holders agreeable
to the statutes in such case, made and provided to dis
tribute amongst the lawlnl distributees the estate of said-
deceased, in my hands as Executor. April 4,1S65.
JAM£3 BAILEY, Executor.
[E 0] H. V. CLARK, Executrix.
Printer’s fee $40 ap.7-*2£imf4m
BUTTS COUNTY.
GEORGIA, Butts Oounty;
W HEREAS, Marla E. Darden, Executrix of Bedtord
H. Darden, d> ceased, represent* to the Court in
her petition c uly filed, that she has fully administered
said estate:
This Is thf refore to cite and admon'eh all person* con
cerned, to show cause, if any they have, why said Ax-
ecutrix shouid not be disenarged In terms of the !aw,
and receive letters o. dUmisaion from said estate. Ott.
22,1S64.
oct2S~wf.m WILEY GOODMAN. Ord’y.
HENRY COUNTY.
BBOUGHT TO JAIL,
■ N McDonough, Henry County, Ga.. one bright mu
latto BOY, about twenty years of *ge, five and n
half feet high, who ss^shls nsm-s is George, and that
he belongs to Samuel J. Ingram, of the Tennessee army.
The owner is requested to come forward, prove prop—
eri? Day charges, and take hun awn*.
JAMES WIIS0N, Jailor.
McDonough, Ga., M&ach 28,1365. w2m*