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PROFESSIONAL. CARDS. SHANNON & WORLEY, ATT ORNEYS A T LAW, ELBERTON, GA. \YJ ILL PRACTICE IN HIE COURTS OF * \ the Northern Circuit and Franklin county attention given to collections. J. S. BARNETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELBERTON, GA. .IO!3\ T. OSKOR\, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, ELBEkTON, GA. WILL PRACTICE IN SUPERIOR COURTS and Supreme Court. Prompt attention to the collection of claims. nevl7 ly Ij, j. cartrell, AT T O 11N E Y AT L AW, ATLANTA, GA, PRACTICES IN' THE UNITED STATES ClR cuit and District Cos arts at Atlanta, and Supreme and Superior Courts of the State. ELBERTON UI SIVESS LAUDS. J. A. WREN, PHOTOGRAPHIC.ARTIST Hus located fora short time at DR. EDMUNDS’ GALLERY, ELBERTON. GA. WHERE he isprepaiedto execute every class of work in his line to the satisfac tion of all who bestow their patronage Confi dent of his ability to please, he cordially invites a test of his skill, with the guarantee that it he does act p iss a critical inspection it need not be taken. mch24.tf. MAKES A SPECIALTY OP Copying & Enlarging Old Pictures T. J. BOWMAN & CO*, REAL ESTATE AGENTS ELIIERTON GA. \T7 ILL attend to the business of effecting VV sales and purchases of REAL ESTATE as Agents, on REASONABLE TERMS. Applicatiors should be made to T. J BOWMAN. Seplfi-tf LIGHT CARRIAGES & BUGGIES, j ll|Pt J. F. -ATILT) O^ARRIA(IEot[aNUFACT’R ELBEIITOft, GEORGIA. WITU,GOOD \YORKMEN! LOWEST PRICES! CLOSE PERSONAL ATTENTIONS TO BUSINESS. AND AN EXPERIENCE OF 27 YEARS, lie hopes by honest and fair dealing t.o compete any other manufactory. Good Buggies, warrantod, * $125 to $l6O REPAIRING AND BLACKS MIT lIING. Work done in this line in the very best style. Tlie Best Harness TERMS CASH. y22-l v J. M. BA n FIELI>, TH i: REAL LIVE Fashionable Tailor, Up-Stairs, over Swift & Arnold’s 3toro, ELBERTON, GEORGIA. BtaTCall and See Him. TLIE ELBERTON DRUG STORE H. 0. EDMUNDS, Proprietor. Has always on hand a full line of Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines Makes a specialty of STATIONERY and PERFUMERY Anew assortment of WRITING PAPER & ENVELOPES Plain and fancy. just received, including a sup ply of LEGAL CAP. CIGARS ANII TOBACCO of all varieties, constantly on hand. F. A. F. NOBLETT, mmim mason, ELBERTON, GA. Will contract for work in STONE and BRICK anywhere in Elbert county [jel6 Cm CENTRAL HOTEL MRS. W. M THOMAS, PROPRIETRESS, AUGUSTA GA w. H. ROBERTS, CARPENTER & BUILDER ELBERTON; GA. I HAVE LOCATED IN ELBERTON WHERE I will be prepared to do all work in my line a3 cheao as any good workman can afford. Con tracts respectfully solicited gfgg- Shop on the vest side of and near the jail. eoffitiK Made Order. THE GAZETTE. New Series. POETICAL. the game of cards. This life is but a game of cards, Which mortals hare to learn ; Each shuffles, cuts and deals the pack, And each a trump doth turn ; Some bring a high card to the top, And others bring a low, Some hold a hand quite flush of trumps. While others none can show. Some shuffle with a practiced l and, And pack their cards with care, So they may know when they are dealt Where all the leaders are. Thus fools are made the dupes of rogues, While rogues each other cheat, And he is very wise indeed Who never meets defeat. When playing, some throw out the ace, The counting cards to save, Some play the tfiuce, and some the ten, But many play the knave ; Some play for money, some for fun, And some for worldly fame, But not until the game’s played out Can they count up the game. When hearts are trumps we play fur love And pleasure rules the hour, No thoughts of sorrow check or joy In beauty’s rosy bower; We sing, we dance, sweet verses make, Our cards at random play. And while our trumps remain on top Our game’s a holiday. When diamonds chance to crown the pack The players stake their gold, And heavy sums are lost and won By gamblers young and old : Intent on winning, each his game Doth watch with eager eye How he may see his neighbor’s cards And beat him on the sly. When clubs are trumps, look out for war On ocean and on land, For bloody horrors always come When clubs are held in hand ; Then lives- are staked instead of gold, The dogs of war are treed— Across the broad Atlantic now, , See, clubs have got the lead 1 Last of qJH-is when the spade' Is tnrrted by hand of Time; He always seals the closing game In every age and clime. No matter how much each man wins, Or how much each man saves, The spade ..ill finish up the game And dig the players’ grave. SMITHEESON. A military looking gentleman got off the train at Vaiden, the other evening, and stepping up to a party by the name of Johnson, who was standing near by, eagerly inquired : “Excuse me, sir, but is your name Smitherson “No sir, my name is Johnerson.” “Do you know of any Stnithersons hereabouts ?” Smitherson, Smitherson—can’t say that I ever heard the name before. Step over with me to Bell’s saloon, and perhaps well hud someone there who can give information.” Over to Bell’s they went. The bar room was full, and the inquiry went round “Bell, do you know any Smtherson ; Tom do you know one Smitherson ?" and so on. Not a single acquaintance of Smitherson’s could be found. The stranger seemed very anxious to find Smitherson ; and, as he left the saloon, a crowd followed him, rumor having got afloat, (no doubt taking its rise from the military air of stranger,) that a revenue officer was in search of a Government defaulter, or a crooked whisky man. Up the street the crowd wended its way, stopped in front of Hirsh’s Hotel. By this time the entire town was aroused. “Smitherson” was on every lip. Mothers clasped their breasts and rushed towards the hotel. Negroes gazed anxiously at each other, and contorted their lips into the sem blance of an old-fashioned wdod burn ing engine funnel’ dissipated by a late collision, in their endeavor to pronounce the word “Smitherson.” Almost the entire town was now gathered about the stranger, and, as he opened his lips, you could have heard a hog’s br’stle light on a bale of cotton. “Friend,” said he, “is there not a single man, woman, or child, in this assemblage, who is acquainted with one “Smitherson “?’’ A dead silence followed. “No one knows Smitherson, eh ? Then my mission is at an end. It’s of no consequence ; I merely asked out of curiosity. I was once looking over a New York city directory, when I came across the name Smitherson. Seemed to me a strange name and I was curious enough to find out if any one by the name of “Smitherson” existed in these parts. I am now inclined to think that there is not. When the crowd ascertained that the stranger was merely a Bohemian ed tor on a drunk, they dropped their brick bats and allowed him to go in peace.— Carrollton Conserrvative. Half the people who are making this uproar over the exclusion of the Bible from the public schools couldn't tell on their own responsibility whether the book of Genesis was written by St. Paul or Hamlet. ESTABLISHED 1859. ELBERTOY, GEORGIA, FEB'Y 23. 187.*. PRESIDENT DAVIS’ REPLY TO GENER AL LEE'S LETTER RESIGNING HIS COMMISSION. Richmond, Va., Aug. 11, 1863. Gen. R E. Lee Commanding Army of Northern Virginia: Yours of the Bth has just been receiv ed. lam glad that you concur so en tirely with me as to the wants of our country in this trying hour, and happy to add that, afler the first depression consequent upon our disasters m the west indications have appeared that onr people will exhibit fortitude which we agree in believing is alone needful to se cure ultimate success. It well became Sidney Johnson, when overwhelmed by a senseless clamor to admit the rule that success is the test of merit, and yet there has been nothing which I have found to require a greater effort of patience than to hear the criti cisms of the ignorant who always pro nounce everything a failure which does not equal their expectations or desires, and c,n see no good results which is not in the line of their own imaginings. I admit the propriety of your conclusions, that an officer who loses the confidence of iiis troops should have his position changed, whatever may be his ability, but when I reau the sentence 1 was not at all prepared for the application you were about to make. Expressions of discontent in the public journals, furn ish but little evidence of the sentiment of an army. I wish it were otherwise, even though the abuse of myself should be accepted as tho result of honest ob servation. Were you capable of stooping to it, you could easily surround youiself with those who would fill the press with your laudations, and seek to exalt you fox' what you had not done rather than detract from the achievements which will make you and your army the sub ject of history and object of the world's admiration for generations to come. lam truly sorry to know that yc u still feel the effects of the illness you suffered last spring, and can resdily un derstand the embarrassments you expe rienced in using this eyes of others, hav ing been so much accustomed to make your own reconnoisances. Practice will, however, do much to relieve that em barrasment, and the minute kuovdodge of the country which you had acquired, will render you less dependent for to pographical information. But suppose, my dear friend, that I were to admit, with all their applica tions, the points which you present, where am I to find the new commander who is to possess the greater ability which you believe to be required ? Ido not doubt the readiness v.ith which you would give way to one who could ac complish all that you have wished, and you will do me the justice to believe that, if Providence should kindly offer such a person for our use, I would not hesitate to avail [myself] of his services. My sight is not sufficiently penetra ting to discover such hidden merit, if it exists, and I have but used to you the language of sober earnestness, when I have impressed upon you the propriety of avoiding all unnecessary exposure to danger, because I felt our country could not bear to lose you. To ask me to sub stiute you by someone in my judgment move fit to command, or who would pos sess more of the confidence of the army or of the reflecting men of the country is to demand an impossibility. It only remains lor me to hope that yeU will taxe all possible care of 3-our self, that your health and strength may be entirely restored, and that the Lord will preserve you for the important du ties devolved upon you in the struggle of our suffering country for the inde pendence which we have engagedin war to maintain. • As ever, respectfully and truly, [Signed] Jkff’n Davis. [Mobile Cycle. SHOULD ANY MAN SWEAR. We can conceive no reason why any man should swear, but many reasons wby he should not: 1. It is mean. A man of high moral character would almost as leave steal a sheep as swear. 2. It is vulgar and altogether too low for a decent man. 3. It is cowardly—implying a fear of not being believed. 4. It is ungentlemanly. A gentleman is too well bred, and refined. Such an one will no more swear that throw inuJ with a clod-hopper. 5. It is indecent, offensive to delicacy aud unfit for any human ear 8. It is foolish. A want of decency is a want of sense. 7. It is abusive to the mind which con ceives the oath, to the tongues which ut ter it, and the person at whom it is aimed. 8 It is venomous; it shows man’s heart to be a nest of vipers, and every time the man swears, a viper sticks his head out. 9 It is contemptible, forfeiting the respect of the wise and the good. 10. It is wicked, violating the divine law, and provoking the displeasure of Him who will not hold him guiltless who taketh His name in vain. A Buffalo man dreamed that he was going o/er the Falls, and he had his wife by tlie throat when he woke up. Next night she had a dream and broke his nose as she struck at an Indian. TRYING SITUATION Mr. Bilderback, we feel authorized to state, says the Burlington Hawk-Eye, will not attend divine service this morn ing. The old gentleman is, we are pained to learn, laooring under a very distresing frame of mind, being greatly incensed against churches on general principles. He doesn’t like to talk about this matter, but we learned all about it, despite his reticenee. It seems that last Sunday morning he was dozing comfortably in his pew, in the clinch of which he is one of the main sleepers, when he became aware of an apparition gilding solemnly down the aisle, with a collection basket in his hand. Mr Bilderback braced up into an erect position, cleared his throat in a ponderous tone of Roman firm ness, as one who should say, “Who’s been asleep ?” and as the basket was extended toward him he felt in his trous ers for his wallet. It wasn’t there, and as he withdrew his hand and felt in the other pocket he felt that the eyes of the whole congregation were upon him and that was all he felt, for he certainly did not feel any pocket book He nodded the basket man to wait a secand, and leaned over to tlie left while lie felt in the right inside pocket of his coat, from which, in his increasing nerv ousness, he drew half a dozen chestnuts, which rolled over the floor with a rattle that sounded in his ears like the thun ders if the Ajocalypse, and made tnern hotter still. Then lie leaned over the end of the pew and felt in tlie other side coat pocket and drew oat a bundle of letters, a lot of postal cards, a circus ticket, a photograph of an actress, a funny story printed on a card, a pocket comb and a long string, and his face grew so hot his breath felt like a hjt-air blast Then he squared his elbows and went for his vest pockets, anil strewed the pew cushion with quiil tooth picks, newspaper scraps, street car checks, a shoe buttoner, some lead pencil stubs, and crumbling indications of chewing tobacco, a bit of sealing wax, a piece ol licorice root about an inch long, and three or four troches. Then he leaned forward, and stung to madness by tire smiles which were breaking out all around that church worse than the measles in a primary school room, dived into his co ;t tail pockets and drew , ViYh a red silk handkerchief, two apples a spectacle case, a pair of dog skin gloves, an overcoat button, and a line assortment of bits of dried orange peel and lint. Then he stood up, devoutly praying that an earthquake might come along and swallow up either him or the rest of the congregation, he didn’t care much which, and went down into his hip pockets, aud from which he evolved a revolver, a cork screw, a cigar case, a piece of string, a memorandum-book and a pocket-knife. By this time Mr. Bilderbaek’s face was scarlet clear down to his waist, and he was so nerv ous and woaked up that he nearly worked his clothes off, while the man with the basket couldn’t have moved away, if he had died for staying. And when Mr. Bilderback, in forlorn despair, once more rammed his I anil into the trousers pocket where he began the search, the congregation held its breath, and when Mr. Blanderback drew forth the very pocket book which he had missed in his first careless search, and had since all but stripped to find, there w r us a sigh of relief went up from every devout heart in that house. But Mr. Bilderback only dropped into his seat with an abruptness that made the windows rattle, and registered a mental vow that he wasn’t going to come out to church again to be made a fool of by a man with a long-handiecl dunning bas ket. * Musical Clock —An eight day clock has been exhibited in Paris, which chimes the quarters, plays sixteen tunes, playing three tunes every twelve hours, or at any intervals required. The hands go round as follows: One once a minute, one once an hoar, one once a week, one once a month, one once a year. It shows the moon s age, the rising and setting of the sun, time of high and low water, half flood, and there is a curious contrivance to represents the water, which rise and falls, lifting some ships at high-water tide as if they were in motion, and, {is it recedes leaving them dry on the sands. The clock shows the hour of the day, the day of the week, the day of the month, tlie month of the year; and in the day of the month, provision is made for the long and the short months. It shows the signs of the zodiac ; it strikes or not, and chimes or not, as may be desired ; and it has an equation table, showing the difference between the clock and the sun for every day in the year. There is a sect in Schotland “calling themselves Christian Isrilites, who claim to have received a revalation from God that thay are descenilents of the lost tribes of Israel, whom the Lord is thus gathering from among the nations, according to His promise by His pro pbets. They keep Sixth-day night, and also the hour from 10 to 11 a. m. of First Day as saered time, by special revelation. They practice circumcision, and will not use mixed clothing, food and seed.” The number of persons who attended the recent religious services of Messrs. Moody and Sankey, in Philadelphia, is estimated at 875,000. The wife of the former was an active r and zealous co worker in the enquiry meetings. Vol. IV-No. 43. A MICHIGAN GIANT. The Simple Story of the Simple Hearted Strong Man. Charley Freeman, along back in the 30s, appeared for the first time among a gang of laborers on the Flat Rock and Gibraltar Canal,-and he moved among ordinary men like a sort of Anak. He looked eight feet high, at least, and three feet across tlie shoulders. His arms sprang from his cheat as large as any middle-sized man’s body, and taper ed down to a hand three inches thick, and when doubled into a fist, as big and hard as a railsplitter’s maul He gave out his age as seventeen, and he was growing. He hired for the wages and work of an ordinary hand, but when he seized a shov.il it went through the clay like a breaking up plow, and the handle soon came off’ if the blade held. An or dinary axe was but a feather in his hand. It sank to tlie eye in the wood, and the helve splintered. He dealt out strength by the wholesale, and lie could not weigh out his force in the measure of ordinary men. When he stood among a gang of laborers the contrast made them look like children. The strolling Indians would stare in amazement a few moments, and then with a deep “ugh 4 ’ get out of sight of him as fast as their dignity would let them. He was put to do the work of three pairs of oxen.— That, was, removing the trunks of trees, cut in ten or twelve-foot lengths, out of the way of the diggers, not hitched to them like oxen to snake them away, but with his right hand under the end, rais ing it from the ground, then balancing it across his left fore-arm he shot the saw logs far to one side with all the ease that a skillful workman piles his split cord-wood. And thus day after day the giant moved until the canal was built. He appeared again on the boats that plied along the Huron river, Michigan. He was engine and tackle to handle heavy freights. What others could not shove or roll, he could pick up and carry or toss. When the heavily freighted boat struck on the ripples he just step ped out of the stern and boosted her over. Nobody would have felt sur prised if he had taken the whole boat, and cargo light under his arms, as a woman carries a dough-tray, and march across by land when they came to long bends in the river. Nobody ever said he did this, because they never wanted to exaggerate his feats any more than we do now. But navigation did not pay, and that stopped too. Some of the “fancy” heard of the unceh brate l giant, and took the notion that there wa < money in him. He was as simple as a child. Anyone could lead him. It never got through his skull that he was re markable. The sharpers meant to keep him so and speculate on his prodigious power. They coaxed him off Eastward. At Buffalo they sent him into a dock saloon with a sixteen hundred pound anchor under his left arm, just as a chopper carries his axe, to pawn it for drinks, and the keeper was glad to treit him for carrying it out again. Thus he and his friends traveled on his muscle to the sea coast and across to England.— They intended to get a soft thing on some English champion. They had too much of a good Ibing. A friendly spar ring, as an experiment, with a profes sional boxer, showed that a match with any living pugilist was impossible. Tlie giant’s face could not be effectually reached. Blows on the body might sis well have been planted on a sand-bag W 1 len his unskilled hand come down it I came with the force of a pile-driver, anil no matter what it met the obstacle went to the earth. By the ruse of represent ing him as large and strong, but groer, they made a match of science ami skill against power with a noted pugilist.— The parties came on the ground, but at first sight of him his opponent turned away, saying: ‘ I come to fight with a large man, not with a mountain.” Se conds, referees and all declared the match fairly “off.” Finding nothing could be made out of him, his sharp at tendants deserted him. From Michigan to Liverpool the route had bec-n one of continued dissipation, and he contracted the seeds of disease. Deserted in a strange land, he was uncared for; an object of awe and curiosity, useless to anybody else andfielpless to care for him self, he soon died of consumption, and was buried in a pauper’s grave. Thus perished perhaps the most magnificent specimens of physical manhood that the United States ever produced He never learned a letter; he never felt a refining influence ; he never had a real friend. God’s highest gifts—talent, beauty, feeling, imagination, power—they carry with them the possibility of tho highest heaven and the lowest hell. Be sure that it is by that which is highest in you that you may be lost. It is the awful warning, and the excuse of evil, that the light which leads astray is light from heaven. The shallow fishing boat glides safely over the reefs where the noble bark strands ; it is the very might and majesty of her career that bury the rook deeper in her bosom. There are thousands who are not lost (like the res pectable Pharisees) because they had no impetuous impulses—no passion—no strong enthusiasm, by tlie perversion of which they could be lost. Young women should set good exam-! pies for the young men are always fol- j lowing them. ;he believes the papers now. “Gimme your hand ?” exclaimed a somewhat excited individual as lie bound ed into the Chronicle office last evening. “You re right, you are; and 1 ct.mo down to tell you so! It’s hue, every word of it. “Yes,” murmured the local, with a gratified air; so he motioned the old gentleman to a seat, thinking, no doubt, it was his last article on intemperance that had fetched him “Yes, sir ; it's just as you say, I didn t use to b’lieve in the newspapers, but I do now, an’ i come in to tell you about it. 'Twasn’t a durned thing but a brok en lock, d’ye see, an’ we sent out for the ni a:est carpenter to come and fix it all light. Well, that fellow come ; lie look ed at the door, turned the useless knob a couple of times, and said something about ‘them mortice locks,’ and then we it away. In about an hour he came back with a little arrangement ho called a ‘pick,’ and which he kindly informed us was ‘genuine,’ ono of the regular kind used by burglars. He put that arrange merit in the key hole, turned anil twist ed it for half an hour, then gave 11s the valuable information that that lock had been brokeu ever since it was put on— in fact, they often done them that way, these second class mechanics. Ho guess ed the only thing for him to do was to take off the facing, so he would go and get his tools. About this time tlie old woman came down stairs and wanted to know if she was ever going to be let get through that doorf Now if tnore s anything Ido hate, it is to get tho old lady to growling. She don t growl easy, but when she does commence, oh, Lord! Well, in about half an hour the fellow appeared again. He had about forty tools of different kinds, now scattered around. He jammed a mammoth screw driver in between the door aud facing, and pried on until the facing gave way in half u dozen places ; then lie took an other instrument, and with a hammer succeeded in smashing tho catch of tho lock, rendering it perfectly unfit for further use; then he gathered up his tools and remarked that it was too late to do anything further that night. “Hofforgot to return next morning, and had to be sent for. The messenger was informed at lus shop, that ho was not*ic, but would come over as soon as he'retnrned. In about two hours ho again appeared upon the scene, took tho measure of the lock, and disappeared. “After another half hour of suspense ho brought the new lock ; then worked around the door, blessed a.l other car penters in general, cut the mortice to lit the lock, and then found out that ho had a left-hand lock when ho want ed a Jght-hand one. The old lady came down again about this time, and said the next time I wanted a lock lixel she would move out for a couple of weeks. “Finally, after defacing tho moulding all round, getting the knob a little high er and the keyhole a little lower than originally, or so as to leave uUpainted spots showing, he gave us the cheering information that his work was finished, and lie would send up the bill. “Now, I hadn’t believed what 3 on had been sa3 T ing about plumbers and their hills; but when I saw that bill it con vinced me. To one mortice lock $4 50; removing old one, $1; half dozen screws, 25 cents ; time of carpenter and assist ant. $4.75; total, $10.50, to which I might add, spoiling two yards of Brus sels carpet, $5 ; defacing mouldin ; etc., s2 —and irritating my wife past all re demption. “It’s fact, truth, every word of it, and you can count on my believing all you say hereafter.’—[Washington Chronicle o * AN UNWELCOME VISIT. Miss Pillsby is a maiden la ly, border ing pretty close on to forty years of age; but owing to care, regard habits, good taste and a painstaking dentist, Miss Pillsby is no ordinary looking woman. So thought Mr. Munn, who is doing a very good business in the vending of milk which he carries to his customers in a large can, every morning. The other morning, after Miss Pillsby bid com pleted her toilet, apd was ready to de scend and await the coming of Mr. Munn, whose industry and frugality to gether with a inustach that does honor to the times in which we live have made a favorable impression upon her, Miss Pillsby discovered that the glass of wa ter in which her teeth were resting had frozen solid. She hurried down to tho kitchen with them to thaw the ice, in trembling wonder if sho could succeed before he cams. Engrossed in her task she did not notice the kitchen open, and was only made aware that it had by the cheery voice of Mr. Munn, at her back “Good morning !’’ said he. Miss Pillsb3*, suppressing a scream with great difficulty, impulsively whirled around, while her hand closed over the lumber as if with a spring. And there she stood the picture of abject despair, while her admirer again said, although somewhat feebly. “Good morning.” Still she did not speak. Her lips we.ro shut so tight together as to give her a most uncompromising aspect. Mr. Munn scratched his chin uneasily. “I hope I havn’t offended yon, mam," he ventured. She did not move. “If it’s the milk," he added, brighten ing up a trifle, ‘l’m sure it's no inten tional fault on my part, and I’m williim to do what I can to remedy it again." Slowly his face went down again. Miss Pillsby not only refused to open her mouth, but had reddened in the face to a degreee that was painful ; besides, she waved her hand as if sho would have him begone, but did not consider that he was worth trouble of putting tho re quest in words. Mr. Munn took this view of the case at once, and snatching up his can, he significantly observed “Tnere’s just as go >d fish in tho sea as ever was < aught.” And hugging this pi p liar do'nsior, ho tumblid himself off in high dudgeon. The teeth were thawed out, but Mr. Munn shows r.o disposition to thaw worth a cent, wo learn.—Danburg News.
