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VOL. XL
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WILLIAM A BURNSIDE.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
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“ “ to sell real estate & negroes 5,00. i
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i A ' c.-c» . •... . i>:’ fee.' s-JKi inX) o ;
DR N. F. HOVVaTrD, |
OFFERS HIS PROFES- !
sional services to the citizens ‘
jKTF of Dahlonega and surrounding
country.
<7/, E[CE Formerly occu
pied by Dr. B. McGhee.
Dahlonega, Ga. ;
April S, — sy.
ferr jT&
WHOLESALE
hat establishment,
|( Masonic Hall Building,)
BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
• Jaa’y 9, 1855
’C. & L. DWELLE,
Wholesale Dealers in
SOOTS i-SHOES '
I
•pposite ths Union Bank, Bioad St.,'
AUGUSTA, GA
•«» 1855.
DA VI 5.
(» A N D B R O K E R[
COLLECTOR,
And Gene al Agent.
Business attended to in any county in
his State. Office corner Jackson and El
Streets Augusta, Georgia. nov,l
dolman & Curtis,
Wholesale Dealers in
i’HOCKRY, GLASS-WARE, AC
A few doors below the Planter’s Hotel,)
. AUGUSTA, GA:
<n’y 9th, 1855.
‘ JAMES P. BURNSIDE, -
ATTORNEY ATLAW
APPLING, COLUMBIA CO., GA
Jane T—ly
NBKNI « H T,
ATTORNEY AT LAW!
Marietta, Georgia,
Wil L PRACTICE in all the coun*
ties of the Blue Ridge Circuit.
August 41th, 1858—ts.
JAMES R. LAWHON
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DAIJLOSEGA GA ,
— I
James *; • Findley,
LAW STUDENT,
daiiloxga.ga.
18 now reading law under the insti uc
tionsof William Martin, Esq,
and would like to connect practice with
theory, and solicits a share of patronage
from the business public. Prompt atten
tion will be given to all business confided
to his care.
Office sou’h corner of the Court House I
—basement story.
July 2d, 1859—ts.
RIBBONS,
Mill'ney and St aw Good.
. -0
ARMSTRONG, CATOR & CO.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OP i
RIBBONS, BONN T SILKS SATIES
yELVETS,RUOIIEB,FLOWERS, FeATH’ks
STRAW BONNETS, FLATS, &c.
No. 237 an! Lofts of 239 Baltimore St.
BANTI MORE, M D.
Offer a Stock unsurpassed in the United
States in variety and cheapness.
Orders solicit e I & prompt attention given
Terms, C months, six per cent, off for
oa «h,par suds. Jufust ISA
-- . Al -„ —•- M- -
THE MOUNTAIN SIGNAL.
DAIOT.EZ? TOt POLITICS, LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
13 as in cos 3Mvtr(or&
LUMPKIN COUNTY.
COUR IS, JUDICIARY, &c.
Superior Court, B. ll C.—Sits 4tb
Monday in January and July
Judge— Hon. Geo. I). Rice. Clerk
—Jus. if. Worley.
nferior Court —Sits 3d Monday in
June and November. Judges— T.
11. Gibson, Wm. Warwick, J. J.
Findley, Joroyal Plackwell, and J
C. Brillaiii. Clerk —James Ruth
erford.
• QO” Return day out twenty days be
fore Court.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Ordinary— James R, Lawhon.
Sheriff — John C. Early.
County Surveyor.— Col. Adam Peck.
Board of School Commissioners, —
Benj F. Sitton, I’, 11. Gibson, Wm.
Warwick, J. J- Findley, Joroyal Black
well and John C. Brillaiii.
LAW DAYS AND JUSTICES OF
THE PEACE.
5,37th District. At Dahlonega,
on the 2d Friday in each month.—
Justices James Rutherford and
V\ m R. Crissmi.
821st District.—At Auraria, on the
Ist Friday in eacn month. Justices]
—James E. Wood and James M.
We Iche I
935th Di'TRICT —At Davis’ Conn
Gr und, mi the 3d Saturday in
each month. Justices— Win. E.
Beard and L. D. Davis.
840th District. At Niinberwili
Court Ground, on the 4th Saturday
in each mouth. Justices--John
Sites,
JOOtm District —\t YahooU Court
Ground, on 'he Ist Saturday in each
month. Justices— John H. Aber-
ermnbia and Ephrarn Lee.
)99th District.—At Ciumly’s Court
Ground, on the 3rd Saturday in
each month. Justices— William
rrtpßiiTW ■ —— -.
1116th District. —At Chestatee
Court Ground, on the S.ttur
day in each mouth. Justices Jas.
C. Seaholt and L A* J. Swims.
336th District. At Frog Town
Court Ground, on the 3d Saturday in
each month. Justices — James A.
Cantreil and John F. Glover.
10-'oI-t District— Waihoo Coutr
Ground, on 3d Saturday in each
month. Justices— Burl G. Reeves
and
83L-T District. At Pooes Comt
Ground, on rhe Ist Saturday in each
month. Just ices —Jo tin Gay ami
Daniel Neisler.
POST OFFICES AND POSTMAS
TERS.
Dahlonega.—George T. Quillian.
Auraria.—B. W. Brackett.
New Bridgb.—James Welchel.
Pleasant Retreat R. R- Asbury
Lgud vllle —John H. Craven.
JOHN A. WIMPY?
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DAHLONEGA,.. .GEORGIA.
V/l/ILL practice in the counties of
• ’ Lumpkin, Dawson,Forsyth,Pickens,
Gilmer, Fannin and Union, in the Blue,
Ridg Circuit, and Hall and White coun
ties in the Western Circuit.
O" iPill attend to the collecting and
securing of claims, and will give his un
divided attention to all business entrusted
to his care*
CaTOffiee, East corner efthe Square,
Feb. 23.1861. ly.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
LAW &. SOLICITOR IX EQITY
DAHLONEGA G E URGI A.
practice in the counties ot
’ ’ Lumpkin, Dawson, Forsyth, Pick
ens, Gilmer, Fannin and Union, in the
Blue Ridge circuit, Hall and White coun
ties in the Western circuit.
t&F Prompt attention will be given to
business entrusted to him. 'Thanks are
returned for former patronage.
Feb. 23. 1861 ly.
GEORG lA Lumpkin County
I VY ERE AS Harris Cantrell, Adm’i
on the estate of John Citirrcll.
late of said county deceased, applies i<
me for letters of dismissi >n from sai<
estate, These are therefore, to cite ami
admonish all persons interested to be
and appear at my office on the first
Tuesday in March next to show cau.-e.
if any they have, why letters of dismis
sion should not be granted said appli
cant. Given under my hand and offi
cial sigmitu?, this August 24th, 1861.
Jas. R. Lawhon,Ord’y.
DAHLONEGA, GA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19,1861,
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Atlanta, Ga.
GEORGIA Union County.
Vl/lIEREvS Willian B Hawkms,
Guardian for David E. Harkins
applies to me for letters of dismission
rum said guardianship. 'These are
therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons tntere,ted to be and appear a! my
office within the time prescribed In
law, to show cause, it any they have,
why lexers of dismission should not be
granted said applicant. Given under
my hand and official signature, this 6ih
August 1861.
JOHN B BLACK, Ord’y.
By F. G Hughes, d o
GEORGIA—Dawson County
|YWO months after date application
* will be made to the Court ot Ordi
nary of Dawson county, at the first
regular term after expiration of two
months from this notice, for leave to sell
tire lands belonging to the estate of Reu
bin Barrett, late of said county deceased,
for the benefit ot heirs and creditors of
deceased. A M Barrett, AdmT
of Reubin Barratt.
Sept. Mtb, TH
and not!
SrlcetfU Uoctrn
THANK GjnD FOR PLENTy7
A Texas coiemporary has (he follow
ing greatr ful article, and we hope to
hear its sentim. nis re-echoed from all
parts of our Coc.lederacy :
I he last week in April many of our
farmers commenced reaping. 'The
yield will be enormous. From every
quarter (he gratifying intelligence
comes up of an abundance of whest,
rye, oats and barley ; and the corn nev.
(er looked better at this season. i’h<
prospect fora superabundance of bread
io sustain our families and armies
while struggling in bitter strieffor our
independence, has elated our whole
populati >n. In this blessings we grate
fully recognize the kink hand of provi
dence. and again "e say ‘‘Thank God
F R TIIE HaIIVRsT.’
Thank God once more for the faithfu’
plain,
Where waves a sea of the bending gain >
Where the golden hues of the morning
meet,
A in the
The famine-fiend with his wings had
thrown
A cloud of gloom o’er the earth’s wide zone!
But now the shouts of the reapers ring,
,'Till the blackbird starts on his trembling
wing,
While his heart grows glad as he flies a”
way,
O’er the harvest brown and the fragrant
hay.
Gay sounds are heard where before awoke
No sound from shuttle or anvil stroke, j
And where was heard but the voice of I
,
The dance, and'the sun les pre-1
vail.
'Then God be praised for the fruitful plain, |
ITliere waves a sea of the bending grain.- i
W here the goldbti hues of the morning.
meet,
A mirror bright in the dew-bathed wheat'
MISCELLANE O_US(
A Miruculout Escape from Stwva i
tion A Man Three Days in a Stump. •
—We have iusl learned of a mirculous
I
escape from starvation, of a young gen - j
lieman residing in Lauderdale county,'
Tennessee, mar Hale’s Point. The j
lact- are these ;
Last week he was out hunting in a
his neighborhood, and he observed a
wild goose fly out of a large cypre.-s
stump, which was some twenty feet
high. His knowledge of the habits of
these geese led him to believe that the
goose bad a iiest in the stump. Ou
the outside of lhe s'.umn were a num
ber of vines, which he up by to
peep in and get possession oflhe eggs
After he bad succeeded in gaining lhe
•op of the slmq>, he discovered a large
number of egjs some six cr eight feel
i inside. The nest, he supposed, was
lona fitm fouudalion, and he according
ly iel himseli down inside ; bui, when
he struck the substance on which the
nest was built, he discovered that the
nest had no foundation, and soon found
himseli s liking to the bottom of the
tree.
Ihe inside of the tree was rotten,
and would net bear his weight. Now
he was in a dilema—five miles from
■iny lialiiia'ioti, inside ol a stump twen
ty leel high, with no prospect of assist-i
auce, with, nothing to subsist on bui 1
the goose egg-- ; he screamed and yell
ed until lie was nearly exhausted, no
one coming within hearing distance.— (
On the thud day after his incarceraJ
ion two gentlemen were out huntin*’
° I
and came within hearing distance.—
i'hey were very much frightened at :
heaiing a man groaning inside g the
-lump, and lor some time they could
not reconcile themselves to what it
, meant, but having learned that the (
gentleman hud been missing from
nome several d iys, they soon were
satisfied that it was no ghost inside the<
•ree. 'They procured axes, and seoi
’he prisoner was liberated. He swear
he will never attempt to rob a goos*
nest situated as that one was again.—
Memphis Argus.
! Tin; Walled Lake —*‘b» Won
; derlul Walled L«.ke is situated in the
I central part of Wright county, lowa.
j The shape of tbe'lake is oval. It is a
bout two miles in length, and one mil
wide ill the widest part, comprising an
area of some 2,000 acres. 'The wal.
en closing this lake is over six mile.-
in length, and is built or composed oi
stones varying in size from boulders o’
iwo tons weight down to a small pebble
and intermixed with earth. The top
oflhe wall is uniform in highs, above
the waler in all parts, which makes its
height vary on the land side according
to the unevenness oflhe country from
two to twelve feet in height.
In lhe highest part, lhe wail meas
ures from ten to twelve feet thick ai
lhe base, and four to six at the top, in
clining each way—mtward and in
ward 'I here is no outlet, but lhe lake I
frequently risesand flows over the top
of the wall. The lake Lt the deepest
part is about ten feet in depth, and a
bounds with large and fine fish, such '
(as pike, mackerel, bass, perch &c.—
The water is as clear as crystal, and
here is no bubling to indicate any
large springs or feeders. Wild fowls
of all kinds are plenty upon its bosom*
At the north end are two small groves
of about ten acres each, no other tim
ber being near. Il has the appear
ance of being walled up by human
haiids,juul looks like a huge fortress-1
yet ’li< re aHrffllFro7Ks ff in 4 lnaTAmunTtyT
tor miles around. 'There are no visi
ble signs of the lake being the result
of volcanic actions, the bed being per
fectly smooth and the border of regular
fmm. The lake is about seventeen
miles from Boon River on the West
eight miles from lowa on the West,
and about one hundred and twenty miles
from Cedar Rapids. Il is one of the
greatest wonders ol the West and has
been already visited by hundreds of
curiosity seekers.
A CARD.
Fellow Citizens .- At the solici
tation of friends, I have consented
to become a candidate for Repre
sentative in Congress from this
District. j
In solici ing your suffrage for (
that high ttust, it becomes my j
duty to inform you of my views
upon the great political questions !
which must come before that body. t
Under present circumstances, it is (
generally thought best to avoid all i
| üblic discussion of a political J
character, hence 1 address you i
through the press.
The next Congress, being the. 1
first regularly chosen and organ
ized for our new government, a
great deal depends for future weal
or woe upon the material of which
it is composed.
That Congress will have not on
ly to provide means for the prose
cution of the war, until an honora
ble peace can be secured, but many
other grave questions as to our
foreign policy—revenue system,
postal set vice, and other important
national interests, connected with
the permanent organ zation oflhe
new Government will have to be
met and determined.
The country now, if ever, needs
the services ot her most learned,
experienced, prudent, firm and
self-denying sons in her councils.-
This is no time to flatter the vani
ty ol personal friends, or gratify
the ambition of mere office, hun
ters or place holders by promoting
them to high official positions, un
less they have the requisite quali
fications to fill them.
In making these remark?, Ido
not wish to be considered as sitting
in judgment between myself and
any opponent I have, or may have,
but as desiring to call the atten-
1 Don of my countrymen to the im*
) portance of the pending elections,
simply because it is true, and
without regard to the effect it may
have upon myself, or any one else>
personal ly.
It is not only the privilege but
the duty of every good citizen, in
( i his hour pf peril, to serve his coun
try, at least by his vote, and before
voting to inform himself fully as to
the eligibility of candidates of of-
Ifice.
It is known to mahy ofyoU that
I devoted the most of my time, du 4
. ring last year, laboring to avert,
i as far as possible, the calamities
which then threatened us. 1 act
ed with those who tried, first to
prevent the disruption of the Dem*
ocratic party ; failing in that, we
(next tried to elect the nominees of
the majority, and having failed al
so in that, and Mr. Lincoln having
been elected, we, with others, next
sought to combine all the Southern
States in a joint struggle to main
tain our rights, peaceably if we
could, but forcibly if we must.
We had no fears but that the
Southern States, so United, could
sustain themselves in any emergen*
cy, and we had strong hopes that
thut by presenting such United re*
sisiance to Northern aggression
we could avert the calamities of
civil war.
When the people of Georgia
were called upon to elect delegates
to the State Convention, it was
found that we differed among our
selves upon but one great question*
that was, whether we, as a State*
should secede from the then exist
ing Union, separately and at once*
or whether we should call a Con*
; venticn ofall the Southern States
?” d . aah LtW T nn f ll T H i n n ‘ on f ra *
, uvu, a . Hie votsveni’t’u' uipri
;it was found that majority were
in favor ot immediate secession.
The Ordinance of Secession waS
passed. It was then proposed that
all lhe delegates should sign it*
whether they, voted for it or not,
as a pledge to abide by and sustain
it* All who had voted for the or
dinance, and many who had not*
signed it. A few who had voted
against it, cf whom I was ohtf,
were unwilling to leave any doubt
as to views upon questions of such
vital importance. To set our
selves right upon the record, and
to prevent all misapprehensions,
either on the part of our constitu
ents at home, or of Mr. Lincoln
and his advisers at the North, as
to the course we had pursued up
to that time, or intended after—
wards to pursue, we drew up and *
signed a quasi protest, declaring
1 our dissent from the views of the
! majority, and our preference for
’the policy of soliciting the co-op*
i eration of all the Southern States
in so grave a proceeding, and in
which their interests and ours
■ were identical ; but in the same
paper, pleding ourselves, in the
1 language of our fathers of ’76 in
j their Declaration of Independence,
I unconditionally and at any sacri
| fice which might become necessa*
( ry, to abide by the action of the
majority, and to support and de«
fend our State in any contingency
which might arise in consequence
of the exercise ot that sjverign
right.
That paper was presentented
to and received by the Convention,
and spread upon the journals (see
page 51,) and was afterwards
published to the world, with, and
as a part of, the Ordinance ot Se
cession. Hundreds of copies of it,
so arranged, were printed on fine,
silk, in a form suited to be set in
frames behind glass, and sold to
individuals residing ail over the
country.
Our reasen fur wishing to ex
press our views more fully, were
briefly these : It was positively
asserted that some members wko.
had been elected as
ists had uniformly acted with ’fho
Secessionists in lhe Convention. —*
We did not wish to be suspected
of having so deceived our constitu*
ents. We expected also that Mr.
Lincoln would attempt to coerce
the seceding States into submis
sion to his authority, and we did
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