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The Cedartown By.Jno. W. Radley. Official Organ of Polk and Haralson Counties. VOLUME V. CEDARTOWN, GA., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21), I,STS). Subscription $2 Per Annum. NUMBER 10 C. H. HARRIS, Physician and Surgeon, - - - an. Offlco at Bradford A Allen’* I)rup Store. Reft- <Hnc* at the Valley IIuubc. nov 14-ly •^jurdock: mobride, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BUCHANAN, GA. TUT Will praotlco In nil the Comte of tlio Koiuu ttrcatl and adjoining cmrotiea. may W-7H-tf T. W. XILNKK. J. VV. UAKUIS, Jn J^ILNER At HARRIS, ATTORNEY S A T L A W , CARTEItSVI I.LK, 6A. Omni on Mnln Strcut, noxt door to Oil- •eth A Hon. Nr. Milner will nttond the Superior Oeurt of Polk oonnty regularly. March *. 1877-tf W. Iff. STRANGE, N. P. & Ex. Oil'. J. 1*. Rookmart, Q-a. mr Collections solicited, and money paid over punctually. RIUS HALL. TOl/!?r$>ItIAL PARLORS. OUDA.HTOW1Y, aA. iarhaving, Shampooing autl Hair Cntllng done neatly, cheaply and expudltloasly. Give me u call, Jaa 81 tf HlUBlIALi, "WASHINGTON, D. C. HAS A FI KST-OLASS IIOTE^ AT • • $2,60 per day* Tremont House No Liquors Bold. fcf LUMPKIN’S ' < OLD BULL ABLE LIVERY, FEED aim SALE STABLE. Oodartown* Cfa. MlLLK* A. WiUGLIT, Proprietor. dantly on hand 'o lilre, Good Hows ’os. SoUm dirt accoinmodn Unrrlagfa. and excofftnt vehicle*. Bpleiidid accommodations for D,overs «ud others. lit >•*, Carriages, and Bnggtm always on hand for M'•*. Entire 1‘Mlnfac- tioa guaranteed to all who pnironizo mo. 10- ly establishi;u ( in l^o. MSCWRS’g "Temple of Music. KSA LE »iul liatiiil Ai/i'ii- oy fty the Runownod Pluno ,Makef.-, STEINWAY, KNAIIE, DUNHAM, I5AC0N.& KARR* and J..' & C. EISIIER. CnloWsUil 0rutin or MASON At HAMLIN, tlnr' dotuwatv England Organ Go., and (1 A Prlnoo & Co.'I Music Publishers, Oliver Dlteon, Win. A Pood A Co., Smith & Go., F A Mortll & Co. BEST GUITARS. a d^ ,ra “" 0 u " d Also full line of Buall Musical Goods, Strings, etc. rphe proprietor rospectHtlly anhouuccs to tlio clt- x Ixeun ol Cedartown and vicinity, that his facili ties enable him to otl'er extra Inducement* to pur chaser*'of Mnslenl Goods, gimraptcdlhg everything represented by hhn to give entire sutUtucilor.. Gwiuspoudunco solicited. Catalogues mailedfruo JAS. A. Mrf.'I.I! UK. THOMPSON’S RESTA UKANT AND ILA.DIIilB , OA.FI5, „ JAMES HANK BLOCK, o-A, OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. AooommodiUiona for Families, »ud Meals at all Hours. That Dumb Supper, BY. AILENBOC. There was always a stir in Maple- ton when Laura Thurston came down to spend the summer with her grand mother. Blio always comes in the summer, partly because she enjoyed the winter gnitioB in her own home, for she was young, and had not yet tired of society, that is, the society she was used to; partly because Ma- ploton was suoh a sweet, cool place in summer, and grandma’s house, witli itii wide halls, verandahs and breezy rooms, suoh a snug retreat that the girl loved it, and the warm welcome she always found there. Mrs. Thurston, fat, motherly, kindly soul loved Laura dearly. There was a pony set apart in the stable for her use. “Laura’s room” was an established fact in the home'’ stead. Her favorite flowers bloom on the window sill, and in the par lor a tine piano, bought expressly for her use, stood awaiting her coming. Every summer grandma’s kind heart thought of something more to do for Laura to render her stay pleasant. Kittie Loomis aged fourteen, and Bob, her brother aged ten, orphan grandchildren of the old lady, found a comfortable home beneuth her roof, and to them the coining of “Cousin Laura” was an event to be hoped for from year to year. Kittie worship ped her, and wondered in her secret heart:!' ftny amount of combing anti brush jug would give her tangled, Hearn Male School. CAVE SPRING, GA. T HE Fortieth Session of this School will open Angnst 2d. and clow the Fall Term December J8thl878. The Spring Term opons January 6th — “*-aPrizo Declamation June 27th, 1870. Tuition for tho year, *20, $80and *40. Iu dental axpenses lor the yoar *1. Board with Principal at $10 per month, exclusive of washing and towels. Students will be thoroughly prepared for the higher classes in College. Prizes will bo •Warded m Latin, Qieek and mathematics. For •lreuku* or other Information. nddr^BB thoPrincpal. ' * . PALEMON J. KING. A. M.. jaly^l.Dm Cave Spring, Ga. [. JONAS. curley'locks the soft sheen of Laura’s curl®, and if all tho soap iu the kitch en would make her plump brown hands white, tender nad graceful ns Laura’s. And as for Bob the obstre perous young rascal would have done any ^ping for her that the ingenuity of a boy strength of ten years ncooinplisl Bob bad help too, iu the person of his faithful friend and servitor, Jake, who was, by the way, a conibiuatioM of black skin, big white teeth, and eyes ditto. .Once when Laura's dom ing had been duly heralded, this pre cious young pair res jived to surprise and please the young lady by teach ing her ptfny a few tricks copied from the Circus. Grandma ouipe upon Lhtni.ouc day hidden behind the barn, and put a stop to their ma neuvers before any lives were lost, though they had scceeded in teach ing lijirn to start at a given word; said word being duly euforced by the application of a pin fastened in the end of a stick. Even Aunt Hagar, the cook, was always pleased to see “Missy” Laura, and went about with a pair of very rusty, ashy looking heels sticking out behind over her run down ‘ slippers and a very long, wide, clean apron before, concocting savory dishes to tempt the appetite of their guest. Not only in grandma’s home was she beloved. Every one in the vil lage loved the city girl, who could lay aside her city ways and make herself so agreeable. The young 1* dies know they would get the latest styles, us well us hints and* helps in making them, and forgave her for being bo pretty that all their beaux raved of her. Laura pdsSCsssd that rare accom- comby slim out of adapting ihefsel^to* circumstances. If she dined with a family, and there was no silver forks upon the table, she ate as though it had been the business of her life to use the two-tiued steel affairs. If there wild no napkin she did not no tice tlio ommissiou. If the furni ture vvas shabby she did not see it. If their dresses were old her eyes never once wandered. In fuot she possessed what people called refine ment, but which is simply goodness of heart, and a deep regard for tho feelings of others. Of course she had many lovers. Lovers and offers were no new thing, she had been used to them from the •she was Kittie’8 age, but girl- she hod her fancies, and wus yet -::-'U;|i‘Martfree. Some loved her for her., fathers wealth, which awaited the leau- gi fhbi was in vested; tho c< which 1*110 moved, her for herself alone. She had built her castles rather dim and undefined it is true, but. so roman tie. She aimed to travel in foreign lands, and some romantic spot would of course meet with some distinguished stranger, probably in djngui'so, who would win her love by his chivalrie deportment, and she would ninny and live a happy life, so she had sui'1 to herself, but she did not bold the keys to futurity; neither indeed of her own heart. This particular summer, the sinn er when Laura wus nineteen. Tho summer of which we write, found her at Mnpleton, to the great joy of herself and relatives. Kittie had an endless bundle of gossip to relate, and her greatest item was the arrival in the Village of a new lawyer, and if Miss Kittie was to be believed, u Prince among men, so handsome, so kind, so clever; and “Cousin Laura, I have ' saved him for you,” slit*-, ad ded, in the ardor «>f her unsophisti cated nature. “He has gone in with Judge More- ton, iu tho law 11 rm J mean, and some say ugly Susan Mort'U n is set ting her cup for him.' but . say you shall have him, far lu® is tho nicest man I ever saw.” Laura smiled at the idea. She felt amused that Kittie should think this village lawyer good enough for her. Had not legal heads been laid at her feet ? Yes, and grey heads, and black ones, and heads of e;ery (•(>lor, to niy nothing of piles of specie and bundles of greenbacks. Of course this young attorney pos sessed neither money nor brains to settle down in this out-ofUhe-pluce. But she reflected that Kittie was but a kitten after all, ami saw per- pro I'll lily \v iii'it* it due existed! Then it transpired tlmt lie was prime favorite with grandma, too; having piloted her safely through a knotty lawsuit HU she came out victorious; and the shark, who Had thought ly gleam a rich harvest from her broail acres, retired ingloriously from me field. i “In fact,” said grandma, “John Stewart is a man tu be trusted; Vie is one of God’s noblemen.” ‘John Stewart’ said Laura fo her self‘such a common ugly muife what does he look like I wonder?’ but slu* asked no questions about ibis indi vidual, who lmd secured A place in all their hearts, to all appearances. If sin* did not think so then, she did later in tjie day, for Bob fliezed upon her next, and began to display bis treasures. He dived into sundry pockets, afnl bewilder*^ her by a dis play of marbles, tops, knives, strings, and mercy knows wliuiall else u boys pockets can hold; assuring her breathlessly that they were all pres ents. Then he dragged Q* ' ‘ up stairs—■ figuratively speaking V / course she walked as lie led—and dis played to her astonished eyes an attic stored with kites of all sizes, and gai ly painted fishihg tackle enough to satisfy any boy’s heart, ‘Ain’t he a trump?’ lie said exulltngly, forget ting that he emitted- his name. *He gave me all mffsp, and he is the mus ter hand tff whittle I ever saw, but always uptakes something. Mr. ptewart is the jolliest mail in the whole world.’ Mr. Stewart again. Laura-was good nalured but she was getting surfeited with hearing of his •perfections. When she went down tq Ann/ Hjigpr’s domains and shook that worthy’s damp, black paw she w.is horrified ‘ to hear her begin in tho same strain. Aunt llugar put her arms akimbo, and ph nting one foot fu advance of the other confided to Laura tlje alarming fact that u ‘raid gemrnun had come to toon at las/ He no poo wite trash, when I I calm e»i8i* with evening, Bob pointed out to her Mr. And a few loved Stewart leisurely pacing the walk, nd alio observed him attentively. He was of average height, not tv.ll and distinguished—towering above his fellows—as was her ideal—but bis figure was graceful, firm and well knit and bee nied himself straight ns a dart. 8he uotiod only that his face seemed rather pale, and that a drooping innsiaclv hid bis mouth, t she looked in vain for the kingly look, or the 1 > d: of the .‘nicest, man.’ On their first meeting she was gracefully indifferent, and looked as cool us an iceberg in her hinplu while dress, yet v ry attractive to John Stewart’s eyes; and if lie did not. mis interpret that mobile mouth, and thoee sparkling eyes, a girl worth knowing, which, by tho uav, was an admission for this quiet man of busi ness to make—this man so hedged about with legal matters that lie hud no time to wa-'te with young Indies. Business brought him to st*-* grand ma pretty often, and U ui.ru overcom ing her prejudices played and sung for him, till by ami by, begot a hab it of dropping in when he had no excuse or plea of business. This young girl in nil I tli.* glory of her young womanhood held a great charm Gr him. He s iw the sweet soul in her eyes, and knew that her heart was pure anil go id. Laura en joyed his company. He seemed dif ferent to any y* upg man she hud ever seen in any way No slang terms marred the purity of his speech yet lie wielded a trenchant blade, and his keen wit cat like a scimetur. She hud enough .''penetration to dis cover that ho hud an j earnest purpose in life, and secretly admired him the more for it. The hows came toiler ears that his widowed mother and a sister depended on him for a support*, then she nmfoflSHydL/.-G purpose, ami; found a reason lor the sclideniul lie constantly practiced. It. seemed strange to her at first that ho had no '•small talk’ for the ladies, yet on re flection she fell it to be an insult to an intelligent woman to In- addressed, always, on frivolous,subjects, and in a frivolous nmnmrj as though she was a creature void of understand ing; us though music, and dancing, and the probable engagements, and marriages were all that could interest a young lady. She found herself drifting off into politics, discussing books and authors, poetry and the lino arts, into law and medicine; Irem that to clairvoyance and mag netism, and back to t'flV graver swee ter truths of the Christian religion in her conveifiUlions with him, and was surpised at herself that site took an interest in any subUct ho might mention. How they) argued. She clinging to her opinieps till ho had fairly routed her from her position, then she a I ways grace I ql I y acquiesced, continued next Wvck, meet him on de street lie say ‘howdy aunty’ wid a smile us sweet us if he tiilk to a lady. Poor wite trash hol ler ‘Look ou'c boys uight8 cornin’ or 'dark clouds risin,’ Not he, no mam he act like a king.’ Aunt Hugar’s no tions about a king were rather vague, but Laura understood that even in the poor negro’s mind he was above LIFE’S DARK SHADOWS. The two following clps from New York City papers toll low unevenly tin; bitterness and misery of life are distributed. Let noonlsay the suf ferers were sinners ab »v; all others. The dark shadows fall n on both saint and .sinner: “A sad story is that o! the East New York paper-hanger^vho inves* ted all hisimalTsavingsHn a Texas Colony fraud, and, when lie reached there found. he had Urn duped. Wearily lie turned homeward, only to find on arriving that J.ts wife had died and his daughter luvt adopted a life ol shame” “Samuel 0. Rulon, t living in Huntington, Lai. soma land and built a ICTta he was obliged to mot gage, llis business became dull, at l about a month ago tbe mortgage closed and the house s tho same time two of 111 (Iren became sick with di one of them diod. The diWiso then attacked three other ohillbun, aud another one dying] Itulon became insane and was sen) to tho Asylum ae Yuphunk. Hefced there Satu rday, tho 7th inst., and the fol lowing Monday another. cmld died. Two qtbCT .animat, the Wflt of mechanic bought which was fore- id. About on’s cliil- it/ieria and The Nation’s Capital! Washington, Jan, 18 1870. The ncoiit decision ol the Sur- premo Court that polygamy is a crime within tbe i: uoh of law, is a •< me * of < onsiderable perturbation among the Mormons* and Delegate Cannon who himself possesses a plu rality of wives, is about to urge upon Congress measures of relief—a hill to relieve from prosecution those who have committed the offense subse quent, to tin* act of Congress, 18fi2, and previous to the decision of the court. It is considered strange that the Mormons should adhere so stren uously to their duct line ol polygamy, so odious to the Christianized world, and partioujurly unaccountable that the women ol Utah should defend a practice deemed especially degrading to their rex. Yet a mass meeting of Mormon women to the number of twelve hundred assembled in Salt Lake City recently who spoke ami “reeoluted’’ earmslly in favor of plu- Eleotoral Certificates. This wit ness kept out of the wuv last spring j Iliglu when lie was want d, hut at lust, tur- i story. rlJItKCNi’Y. temperature—the lotiri h lied Up. Il l Was Kellogg abuut ih • S at House, and now charges I he forgery to a dead matt, D. I*. Bbiuoliar i. a clerk in • lie executive *111*"'. Tin: * mis U *n, ami still is, a 8* roil j fu Union t ‘ . t tins witness, Kelly himself, perfor med the job, though for all practi cal purposes of the inquiry it is lin- iimtcrinl which one of the gang held the pen. Tlio deed is proven and confessed. And not only istho man lor whom thecrime was committed now occupying the highest office in the Republic, hut the man whom all the world will hold responsible, whom no fair mind can acquit of tin* crime though his own hands did not exe cute it—that man is in the Senate of the United States. Blanchard is dead, Kelley is a mere hanger on. and conquest Clark, was Kellogg’s A • tl can g-t up about an fall down, cry fifty New Kng- ivho g*» out to catch us quick as he Two out ol e Ian*I fishermen w cod never return. “Free drinks, IV.-c pm j mm.1 a fjve country,” would be a proper motto for somo Legislatures. Utica, N. Y., is to try the finder- ground steumpipe system. Thereof nothing like it—not even a fire- place. The Boston Traveller suggests that somo detectives doo4 even know enough foarr. sta man who weara a a plaid Ulster. They say that a hard winter bring® a big crop of watermelons. Lets lull down with renewed ardor and get, up with increased zeal. r.very lady in Washington goes to her husband’s title. When th *y refer to Mrs. Belknap it is as: “Mrs ral marriage. It is generally sup-1 can be got to tell, is one ol John posed that the Mormons do not ad- Sherman’s confidential clerks. Ami Nance anything in defense of poly- now the committee proposes to over- gamy but those who ' Imve visited haul tho cipher dispatches. Ever Utah ki "W tlmt they have fortified , since the cooked up and worthless tiioimmlvcs with quite an array of nr- j Tribune expose ol last fall, the Radi gumeuts. Tiny have made them- cals have attempted to offset the selves belii'M* tlmt polygamy is not proof of actual fraud on their part, only a blessed thing morally but | with the story of what some of tlie physically, and claim (hat there is j Democrats tried to do. Six weeks not a prostitute, a vagiunt,a drunk-' ago they were notified tlmt the Bern ard, or u hoim less child in Morm.m- j «> o'ruts were ready t » proceed with a don; tlmt plural marriage is a pro- thorough invesiigalion of the whole leciion to women from the hrutali-j cipher matter, but after consulting ties of fv usual husbands, and from* with John Sherman and Hayes, they numerous ills t3 which Gentiles are decided that they would not try any subject, But the Christian world suoh hazardous business. The reto- does not see the force cf these urgu-1 1 tiliun which Hale was said to be incuts and there is now a reasonable anxious to otl'er on tho first day of prospect that this Mot upon fair j the session, never, saw the light/ and Utah tuny be wiped out, and the ter- ! now that tho * Dnnoemia jfvopbsd" jitoi'y admitted ta tl.'e a Liti mioitcf\ to do .the tiling anyhow, every Re- States. It can never come in so long) publican member of the committee as Mormoiiism remains in control, votes against it. Doesn’t it look as The Rev. Tulmage, that loose J though they were afraid of some- jointed son of r theological thunder, J thing? Phono, lately paid Washington a visit, with most trusted henchman* and knows Resigned-in-a-llurry Belknap more about all these crimes than he | It is the opinion of Pr f. Tyndall the avowed purpose of working up | sensational material for his red hot I style of gospel elucidation. But' judging from his narly departure, | ami the developments generally^ lie did not find the National Capital, as bad as he thought it was. Washing ton is not Sodom nor is it Gomorrah, and the parson’s (iiiiineinlTigenlswent away unrewarded and luurinurmg one to the other. This theological Akhoomlof Smut, as the Boston Post wittily calls him, was disgusted to find that Washington proper was n good sort of place, and that Wash ington improper, was made up ol Government officials, who come here to servo the public aud remain t*> dr,nk whiskey, play cards, and cu.ti- vale strange women. Leave tho gov ernment < u r of Washington and the wickedness would disappear. Wash ington might also disappear, for it has pleased our law givers to not on ly give us a bad name morally, but to sit down with immense weight upon our business enterprise. The'administration of Justice in the District, of Columbia is becoming a serious matter. It seems impossi ble to punish capital crimes Hero. Two convictions for cold * blooded murder have been found within a few months, and have resulted, not in the jHiiijgin^ of the,murderers,. hut in new trials, uncUhmlly'hungjuries. The second case occurred this week. A negro who had been tampering with another, man’s wife concluded to put the husband out ot the way, and, turning up his coat collar to avoid recognition, walks out in broad day light, meets him unawares and de liberately shoots him dead in the street. There were no words, no quarrel and no provocation. He is tried aud.convi^ted. His counsel ob tained a “new trial,” fixes ( up a jury partly colored and they,disagree, ten for conviction^ two for acquittal. The same record has been made in other cases, notably a trial for one of the most heinous crimes on the calan- der. All tins is the result of negro juries, and an insufferably weak or corrupt udmiuistration of the laws. This week the Potter Committee Ehhik Leslie says that he took the poem, “Janette’s Hair,” with Joa quin Miller’s name attached, from the London Public Opinion, and did. this without consultation with Mr. Miller. Of course, Mr Leslie “took” it. without consultation with any body— it is a way be has—but who took it from its place in Charles llalpitte’s works of “Milos O’Reilly?” This needs explanation from Mr. Miller or tho London periodical. N. H. Cain, of Fayette (!. II., Ala., says: “I gave Du Haktk’s Fix. VhIt AND Aque Si'KCLKto to my lit tle daughter, who was a mere skele ton from the effects of ague, slu* is now well and a new child. My wife suffered eight months from Chills and Fever; nothing did her any good u til she commenced using Du. Haute it's Fever and Ague Spe cific, which cured her at once. For sale by all Druggists 2t Tho House Committee on Educa tion aud Labor have aut horized Rep resentative Willis, ol Kentucky, to report to-day the bill providing that not more than fifteen Chinese shall bo admitted to this country on any one vessel. The date for this meas ure to go into effect is July 1st nojt. The whole tenor of the news from th,p seat of war shows that the Eng lish iu invading Afghanistan have undertaken a task that it will bo dif ficult for them to perform. It would not bo surprising if this war should end for them in disas ter, as have all the wars that they have undertaken in the same coun try. During this winter the Legisla tures of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Colorado, Kansas, and New York will elect United States Senators. Ik is suggested that, from the suc cess ol the 4 per cent, loan, a 3 per cent, funding bond might hi. suc cessfully issued by the. government. tlmt blue-eyed women should marry black-eyed men. This would event ually give us arac* of people with tho eyes of owls and oats. North Carolina has just treed and killed a genuine wild tiger, n/td an al ligator has been discovered paddling up the Missouri River. Here’s a hlingo of zones for you. In California they call a hive of b(*e8 u “stand.” When it bee begins to make your acquaintance under the ear you stand, you know, instead of breaking for a tick**!. Charles Dudley Warner was not k 1 lt d iji a saw-mill, as the telegraph started. He picked up tin.* stovu-po- kcr by the wrong end, and the ex plosion shook the. whole neighbor hood. • x . - The young man in this Stale who pricked Ills sculp while combing his hair nearly bled t<> death, is receiv ing the heartfelt sympathy of every soft-head in the country. The World says the cold yesterday was degress below zero; tlio Tri bune, J; the Sun, 4: the Times, 6.— (New York Telegram, You didn’t suppose they all drink at the same place, did you? Raisins are so cheap in California that the boys shoot them from bean- blowers, and any sort of ivspect.iid • dog will looked gricj^l wluiri offer ed a hunk of raisin cake without frosting on tho top. A New England man Inis at last succeeded in collecting a million old postage stamps, and lie can now sit down for the rest of his days and feel that the Presidency is beueath a man of his talent. Mrs. Gaines’ last law-suit gives her a largo slice ol the State of Louis iana, and the suit was no sooner de- 1 cidcd than sho said to her lawyers: “Go ahead, my boys, and claim soiuu other State.” Science lias now reached the point where a living m.in’s head can bo weighed separate from his body. The way some heads fly up when a pound weight is placed on the other s:il is truly surprising. Portugal surrendered Angell, the- embezzler, through court'esy, just as one neighbor lends another a draw- 1 ing of cheap tea or a pan of second- grade Hour. He was’nt spending any money there, and so lie.was no-go'oyl : to Portugal. The man \Vho “quit off” on the weed New Year’s ddy is no vividly * remembering every sin he overcome mitted, and wishing that some doc- ’ tor would tell him that certain con stitutions require a certain amount J of fine«*cut por day. Now that tho Legislature is in ses sion again, we hope it will pay some attention to eliat element in society • that ohews tobacco in theaters and expectorates upon the floor. The i penalty should bo open uir confine ment in the middle of a ten-acre lot-> - Wanted A person to manage the Express to tho satisfaction of ev ery one of its readers; anyone having that opinion of hor or himself, wilb please call at once and fill the vacan cy wo will then make for such A man in Vinceun** Y " * pleaded guilty ’ w »° charge of • ^ PrRUy to’ the ■ \ 9s vwnb WM