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ATTORNEY AT LAW
CARTE US VILLE, GA.
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decls-l y '
itobert It. Trippe,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW..
Office it the Stoic of I*. b. MOON A sslN,
EAST MAIN STREET,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
Travel el's’ Guide.
GOME KAU.UOAI) ( OMPANT.
On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on
the Rome Railroad will run as follows:
DAY TRAIN —EVERY DAY.
1..V,V. K01..C at
Arrive at Rome 1 - 00 - l ,!>
s iTURDAY KVENING ACCOMODATION.
Leaves Rome at P
Arrive at Rome at.. P ”
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4.eave TaybJjNFille u
Arrive at StilosU>ro
Stilislx.ro
An 1 vi;at Cartersvllle ~~, r.
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Arrive at siileeboro ~
J.eave Stilesboro „
Arrive at Taylorsville
Jjcavc Taylorsville •'*! ~
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* S. F. STKIMI KNS, Receiver.
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\iiiv> at U*me Saturday at ......b J* M
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WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD
The following passenger schedule took el
feet N jv.ord, 1577 :
NIGHT FASSENGEE—UF*
l eave Atlanta • £!"
Arrive at < arte,-v,He
“ Dalton a! m
XIGIIT FASSENUEE TRAIN—DOW X.
Heave Chattanooga 4::j0 p m
“ “ CartersviUe •hjj jP 4*
.“ “ Atlanta 10:17 p fai
I> A V r ANNEXGER TRAIN—UI’.
I .cave Atlanta r t ;=4o atn
\,, iv • at ( aitcvsvillc 0:42 a in
.. .* Kingston 10:10 am
■>* “ laiton ft m
. Chattanooga ICiOyol
1A V PAgftRXUKU TRAIN’—DOWN.
leave Chattanooga .
.mice al Dalton a ,11
•• Kingston Hit am
~ “ cariersville 7:W ain
a .* Atlanta 0:20 put
1)A ETON ACCOMMODATION.
leave Atlanta
Arrive, at Cartersvllie I1 *l* •
.. >- Kingston... 1.4-i |> m
•• Dalton put
I Hotels and Host an rants.
ADIIUS \ I LLE HOTKL,
BY'
15. W. WILLIS, Adairsvlile, (.a.
juncl-tf.
"lITCH FI EL D HO US "eT
AC WORTII, GA .
L LITi'HFIKLII, Projirielor.
t CONVENIENT to the depot, ami its tables
/ supplied with the very best the marke
I affords.
TIIK liK'liS HOUSE,
Cartersville, Ga.
JOSIIIi SI3I.VF.K, Proprietor.
riTIIE accoiiiinfxlations and fare at this
House are unsurpassed in this seel ion. and
! tl:e charges are as io,v as the lowest. june22
THE CnOICTE HOTEL,
Corner Broad an l Bridge Streets.
J. c. 11.4Y* LI.NS, Proprietor.
Situated in the Business part of the City.
ROME, GA.
B&r p assengers taken to and from the depot
free of charge. 11. RAWLINS, Clerk.
nov23-tl.
< OUUIIE HOUSE.
Kingston, Ga.
Til HIS large and conifoi table bouse is now
Ji kept b\ W. W. Rainey. The traveling
public will And good plain accommodations.
Parties wishing board through the summer
will find Kingston one of the healthiest and
quietest localities in Uppet Georgia. Three
or four families can get comfortable rooms in
view of trains. Terms very reasonable,
j une 25 W. W. RAINEY.
HOIISALL ISO UN W,
ATLANTA, GA.
Largest aid lost Commodious House SoutU
ON and after July 15th, the Rates 4 of jthls
Elegant House will be
$2-00 PER DAY !
G. MCGINLEV A CO.
THE BfcOMH MOT EE,
(Formerly Tennessee House.)
BROAD STREET, near RAILROAD DEPOT.
J. A. STAXSBI'ttV, Proplctor.
Koine, Georgia.
mills HOTEL isi’situatod witlii. twenty
1 steps of the railroutl platfonn, and con
venient to the business portion of town.
Servants polite and attentive to their duties,
JSs?” All Baggage handled Free ol Charge.
julyl9. ' W. ,M. .STEEPLES, Clerk.
Margeaiii’h KcMtam'aut,
Withinla 100 Yards of the Depot,
NO. H BROAD STREET, ROME, GA.
Board and Lodging per month *2O 00
Board per month R> 00
Board and Lodging per week 7 00
Board and Bodging per Day 1 25
Board pci Dav 1 00
Supper, Breakfast and Lodging 1 00
Single ileal 35
Singly, f aid i/i ng £
The Table Supplied w ith the bo-t the Market
Affords.
Moa Is lit a 1 1 II our s.
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purcliasins a Piano or an Ofg a,! ‘
Pianos and Organs
At Manufacturer’s Prices-
EVERY MAN HIS OWN AGENT
BUY DIRECTLY' FROM
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WHOLESALE
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PIANO AND OMN DEALIRS,
, , nissionS. Wc are now selling'
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Ila nos ai^ () A *. KNTS 1 NO COMMISSIONS
p ! i'.?m .cMiumlaelurei \ Factory Puces, tnere- ,
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.Vei*tulbre paid Agents for selling. From
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4 Stop*, only 55 5 stoys, only J?:
!i Slops, ofi\y 67 1 12 Stops, only *•
TIIE OLD AND RELIABLE
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F.LF-GANT NEW STYLES.
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‘ instruments ON TRIAD.-Pianos and
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SENATOR GORDON.
The < lievalier llayard of tlie South. —
Roumtic Incident, iu Hi* Military Ca
reer.
By Col. I. W. Avery, 01 Georgia.
It is a striking fact., and seemingly
an anomalous ony in tho crimson
philosophy of war, that the brightest
exemplars of valor and genius in the
Southern side of the late* struggle
were men of profound Christian pie
ty. They were devoutly religious,
and illustrated in their daily lives
the sweetest graces of a fervent but
humble religion. They kept their
faith pure in ail the besetments of
their years of strife, and they resor
ted to the spiritual efficacy of earnest
prayer for success as well as to the
rude arbitraments of cannon and
battalions. Among the more con
spicuous instances of this kind can be
numbered Gen. Robert E. Lee,
Stonewall Jackson, Bishop Polk, and
the subject of this sketch, Lieutenant j
Gen. John B. Gordon, at present one
of the United States Senators trum
| Georgia.
These men ivere all of them chris
: tian gentlemen, us wed as great lea-1
dors, and the fact is a beautiful
incident of the war. Gen. Gordon i
never lost sight of the cause oi Christ j
in all the turbulent distractions of
the struggle. He lead prayer meet
ings in camp among the soldiers, and
iu every other way sought to pre
serve godliness to ttie army in the
corruptions of martial life.
The writer first became acquainted
with Gen. Gordon in the winter of
1800, in tiie city of Milledgviile, dur
ing the session of the Georgia Legis
lature. Gordon was then started in
life, a handsome young fellow, with
a wife and a little boy babe, but un
knowu, unbacked aad without for
tune. He was representing several
leading journals. In bis humble
position of reporter he made such an
impression by his genial Rankness,
liis promptness, ability and accom
modation, that at the dose ot the
session, when, according to the cus
tom, the leading members were call
ed upon for a few words of farewell,
a courtesy not shown to any not of
the body, he received the universal
compliment of being by general
voice demamded for a speech, and he
broke the monotony of the talks by
an impromptu resbonse so touching
and brilliant that the grave congre
gation ol law-makers was alike sur
prised and electrified into a storm of
applause.
A gentleman who was a school
male of Gordon has related in the
last few days to the writer an inci
dent that finely exemplifies the
splendid moral stamina of the man.
A parcel of spirited boys, including
Gordon, did some mischief that evok-
get at the perpetrators, the peda
gogue put the boys upon their voir
derc and shot the direct question to
every scholar us to his individual
agency iu the mischief. J\ot one
owned up, tut a succession of lying
i denials routed out with unblushing
emphasis, until Gordon’s turn came,
when he, with unhesitating prompt
ness, acknowledged his participation
in the matter. The teacher then
asked him further to state who were
engaged with him. Gordon reiused
to Implicate anyone else, and threat
nor persuasion could not move him.
With a stinging rebuke to those
whom he designated as the cowardly 7
concealers in trie matter, the teacher
declined to punish Gordon, when he,
alone had the courage to
truth about himself, and q'ge
the penalty to shield ot' ou j n _
gentleman comment day Qor
cident said that t r^, s pr-Rle and o*.
don led the sclift is t() be doubted if
einplar. vt , u turous crises of his
m all tll( e arm - he ever displayed
Hluril ihminously the intransicnobih
fJSf hi* character, or achiev.d a
more supreme triumph than he cltu
is his interesting boyish epso4m
The gentleman added that he had
watched curiously Gordon’s life, and
had been surprised at no exaltation
that he had won,'while he had re
aarded it as a foregone conclusion
That Gorqop would outstrip his
schoolmates pu achioyifjg [hp honors
of the world. “ . ..
A friendly critic, speakpig of Gor
don’s career as a soldier, ejauned that
it was no exaggeration to term it a
military miracle.
In the latter pan of the war his
fame reached the old world, and the
enthused representative of one of the
great English journals, describing
some important action, in a bpret p|
admiration over Gordon’s mo\er
metif*. designated him as the “rising
young military geui°H ß of tljefSouthr
ernarmy.” This jijgb pfgGe,
but not undeserved. The placp o
; Stonewall Jackson reipajnpu until lot}
until Gordon undoubtedly succeeded
that marvellous warrior in the esti
mation of warriors and the people, as
the right arm of Lee. It must in-
I deed Jgjyp heen a brilliant spirit
| that could have awakened the popu
lar ii ope of matching Jackson.* But
i Gordon did inspiie this splendid cx
! pectation, and the last twelve months
j bf l!a* war shed a resplendent lustre
upon pis name adT him the
! -second figure to fjee fp the utsmui
! irlory that jnarketi the tragic failure
!of the fevojutiou. In the terrible
last days of the sirnggjp it was the
ringing name of Gordon tliai *iiot
frequently thrilled toe pub**c ear.
| in the mighty throes of an inspiring
; and gigantic war, it was the knight
-1 Jv figure oi Gordon that lead the
’ despei-ate hqpps qf g .falling cause,
i VYfierevPF tpe brimf ot bmUg fell
theva wag placed Gordon. He was
tiie thunaefboU of sy n }y> ? ea .Pr
ing into dazzling renown that lyill
' last with the history ol the lii-fated
; movement.
The splendor of Gordon’s career
during ini* List dramatic year of the
war gaiiifi coloring from the opspHfflr
tv of li’w early service and his long
and humble, blit valuable duty, as
an unknown subordinate.
It was a long and large step from
Captain Gordon of the Raccoon
ltuughs at the beginning, to the fam
ed Lieutenant General who was
sesplende4 in t|ie last movements
of grant} ft yas nearly
a year before he became a Coiongl.
It was April, XSGG, another year, be
fore he became a Brigadier. It was
not until May, 1801, that he began
to become famous, liut when he did
have an opportunity he showed what
was in him, and his rise was as swift
aa it wa.2 splid and meritorious. He
became one or the brilliant £gures of
the army, growing constantly in
fame, his heroism and generalship
shining with increased lustre in the
accumulating adversities of the
cause, n4 wLpp the end was coming |
and finally came, it wa^Monion j
; his uneonquered bayonets that last i
j left the futile fortifications ot Pe
tersburg ; it was Gordon, undaunted j
an 4 that in the calami
tous retrpat lead and fought in front
of the enemv with his scattered band
of heroes: and it was this same Gor
don that was chosen to cut his way
tluQugh thp encompassing legions
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, IS7S.
with his fragment of d,(XK) intrepid
men in the foriornesl hope that was
ever contemplated by soldierly des
peration. And when the historic
scene of Appomattox Court House
1 came with its memorable surrender
of the army of Virginia and its con
; sequent collapse of the Southern
' cause, it was the gallant Gordon who
; divided with his great chieftain,
Lee, the sad celebrity 7 of that heroic
but irreparable conclusion of a grand
drama. And w hen wc consider that
Gordon was but 33 years of age when
he had thus fought his way to daz
zling distinction and thus conspicu
ously and brilliantly connected him
self with historic events, so grand
and momentous, it constitutes a
proud heritage of fame for his chil
dren.
It must not be supposed, however,
that because his early military record
was not much known that it was
not characteristically meritorious.
At “Seven Pines’’ he ied a charge
that made his regiment, the sixth
Alabama, a record of glory, losing
390 out of GOO men. At Malvern I
Hill in tho desperate charge upon j
that impregnable position he led and i
left the dead of his brigade nearer
the enemy’s guns than any other :
command. At Sharpsburg he won
from Gen. D. 11. Hid in the official
report of that ofiicer the characteriza
tion of “the Chevalier Bayard of the
army,” and here obtained his briga
dier commission, _______
It waa at the battle of Gettysburg,
however, that turning point in t4ie
fortunes of the Southern cause, that
Gen. Gordon gave evidence of that
military perception that showed httn
to possess genuine military genius.
Sent to support the last wing of Lee’s
army that was being turned, Gordon
conceived the idea of reversing the
movement, and by a daring Charge
he swept back the enemy’s right
flank like a whirlwind, and pushing
ids advantage he with his 1.200 mus
kets killed, wounded and captured
4,000 of the enemy and started the
whole Federal line in retreat. He
urged the pressing of the enemy 7 , but
vainelv. He offered to load a charge
with his brigade on the very heights
which were attempted to bo taken
the next day with disastrous repulse
as tiie result. Had Gordon’s advice
been followed there is every reason
to believe that a decisive victory
would have been gained. The
enemy’s lines were broken, and the
famous heights of Gettysburg were,
unfortified, and the chances of cap
turing them were infinitely better
than when the futile attempt was
made the next day to take them j
from an enemy 7 that had all night to j
recover from defeat and intrench thei
powerful position. Gordon’s eagle,
eye saw the advantage. Even after \
trltf. >* Irf ||M 1/1 cuev a 11 €\J lIC WlUil llltx |
opportunity that lie urged a night
attack. His judgment was over*
ruled, but from this time his reputa
tion for military capacity of thehigh
j est order was fixed, and his rise was
!us rapid and brilliant as he could
wish. He leaped with swift celerity
from command of brigade to division
and from division to corps.
On the sth of May, 1804, he saved
I the army by a charge he made at
Fredericksburg. And in the next
day’s light lie conceived Ch ,
ted a brilliant disorganized a corps. !
rigid flank Court House he
At
ova counter charge with a
Ji vDion. ' This was a memorable oc
casion when Lee, in an agony of de
spair at the danger to his *army,
pushed forward to head the charge
himself and Gordon seized the bridle
of Dee’s horse and leading him back
with passionate protestations against
the beloved commander imperilling
his life, conducted the successful on
set himself.
In the celebrated Valley campaign
of iSOi, in the battle of Cedar Creek,
Gordon made one of the most bril
liant ipovpmupts oj' the wqr, break
ing two thirds of Bheridan’s infantry
with his corps, and arranging with
eonsumate skill to make the victory
decisive. But unfortunately Gen.
Early countermanded his orders, the
chance was lost, and later in the day
the recovered enemy defeated our
pw n army. G or^R’ri st F ate sy in this
action jy&s masterly, aprj Jftjfyfjefl a
soldierly apinupn jpul invinpijjle
audacity and a military precision
and skill that stamped the superla
tive order of his generalship.
~ Nearly all men ar brave enough to
fight. Human nature in the average'
G cpqrakvons enough ant} coiwbMive
enough. Bersonuf bravery is not a
rare qualify by any means. But
there is a degree bf courage, not
poipmpn, {hat is very rare and Y® r 5",
attractive, thaf has |n it i\ i>ort <d
heroic exaltation that carries it pos
sessor in a sublimated atmosphere of
chivaßic feeling and fcnightly deed.
Its inspiration makes men A6 heroic
thing). Those animated by it show
the God-like spirit of an invincible
iutrepidity. Their great souls rise
above danger and pawi and exhibit
the swelling incentive of noble as
piration and imperious stimulation
high thought and lofty purpose.
Farragut, the great*.naval leader on
the Northern side, Was such a man.
Gordon possessed this exalted person
al courage m its fullest degree, qnd lie
made as sublime A dempnstration of
it at the battle of Blmrpsburg as the
history qf gppiept or modern war
fare can furnish. He was a Colonel
there, and his regiment held a silent
position important to maintain. The
fire upon it was fruitful- Gordon
was wounded twice in the right leg,
then painfyliy m thp left ann and
then in the slmnldcr. ile cetyapd to
leave the field, but bloody and stag-
gerr’n" with pain and weakness, he
remained at hies post
his men, who adjured him to retire.
Js ? o ordinary courage could have
wrought such heroism. It was a,
magnificefit display of an intrepid j
devotion tp U(|ty anti lofty ;
as is rarely seen. At length a fifth
bpilet, passing through his left cheek, j
stretched h|i}i |n§ensjh{e Qw the i
ground and brought his superb tm*i
durance to a termination. And to
this day Goidon carries this eloquent ;
scar upon his face, a conspicuous and
deathless testimony of his magnifi-!
cent galiautry. ? fiappearance
and manner hear the impress of bis
chivalric spirit, it is impossible to
ip.istajje it. Ilis fme figure, Ms
martial bearing, his frank, handsqiae
face with its expression of nobility,
and bis gentle bnt manly courtesy,!
all unerringly represent the leonine
soul of the man, his truth, courage
and good puss,
Perhaps the most salient trait of
Gen. Gordon in his domestic tender
ness. All his intoxicating success’s
| and the wholesale adulation he his
i received have left )i}m thp sajpe s}i|-
i ple-hparfed, affectionate, unpreteL
I tious gentleman and the inost devp-
I ted lover of his wife that the histoiy
I of marriage can show after a quarter
qf a century of wedded, {ruth In dl
of tiio vicissitudes 'of his eventfl
military career his wife accompanied
linn, staying with him in camp
hovering near him on the march atid
in battle to minister to Ills needs and
to receive ami nurse him wounded.
And to-day she thus attends him,
and he repays her devotion with au
absorbing tenderness, an impassion
ed singleness ajid fervor of attach
ment. ,
In estimating the military record
of this fiery and tern pet nous, but yet
most methodical and calculating
officer, one must consider the impor
tant fact that Gordon was wholly
i untrained in Avar. He lacked the
| great benefit of a military education.
’ He was a civilian officer wholly
! untutored in the curriculum of war
j fart*. His fighting capacities were
J simply the intuitive genias of battle
in the man. His strategy came by
native instinct. It is true that he
never had the opportunity to see if
he was capable of the large combina
tions and comprehensive plans of a
campaign upon a great arena. But
in the crisis of grand battles he had
aa eagle perception of tho rigid thing
to do, such as only true in
spiration can give. He had, uW? the
rare art of handling his troops with
au exceptional vigor and precision,
Gordon showed that he knew the
value of time, dispatch and audacity.
It is an unsolved problem what he
could have arisen to. As it was
untrained soldier as be was, lie came
out of the war with such a glowing
record of achievement that there was
no limit to the prophecy of his sol
dierly possibilities, and among the
great people of his o.Vn State he re
turned home H very idol in their
pride and affection.
Since peace came Gordon has been
ardently devoted to rehabitating
Georgia and the Sonth, and restoring
a true nation*! union. He has been
liberal and progressive. His State
delighted te honor him. Hade
Governor in IS6B he was cheated out
of tho office by a false count and a
thimble-rigged man who robbed
the f-jtate and then lied ite
borders in tho middle of his
term. Gordon was then elected
United States Senator over the
most popular and powerful pub
lic men in the State. Asa Senster
he has sustained himself nobly. II
has become a salient figure in the
national council*. lie has been wise
and prudent, and yet active, useful
and brilliant. He lias been a fham
pion of the true spirit uf national
fraternization, and yet the eloquent
and typical representative of his sec
tion, her needs and digrHiy. His
public course has been admirably
directed—it has been forcible, practi
cal and statesmanlike, lie has
steadily made national character as a
Senator. He has borne himself well
in the e v altcd role, handling public
questions ably and vigorously, and
illustrating his State Wiin Hh? in_
ire ui ms military fame, tiie shining
excellence of li is character and his
overwhelming popularity. It is dif
ficult to pleasure the brilliant pos
sibjjitiesof his future,
TUI! DOUBLE STANDARD,
Surely no better authority on fi
lanpial rqatters can be fouud in the
yorkl than tho great house of the
| Rothschilds, and certainly, if brill
/ ,ant success be any indication of abil
that house m u^VZZ ?S ./AA I !her of
fore, the following expression of a
French member of the firm is worthy
of reproduction and careful consider
ation. It was spoken before a mone
tary convention in Paris in 1809:
“The simultaneous employment of
the two precious metals is satisfacto
ry and gives rise to no complaint.
Whether gold or silver domjnqtes for
the time being, it is ahvays irue that
the two metals concur together in
forming the monetary circulation of
the world, and it is the general mass
of the two metals combined which
serves as t he measures of the value of
things. The of slloer
tuOjjld amount to a Veritable destruction
of values without any compensation ”
The following also uttered by M.
Rowland, Governor of the Bank of
France, at the same conference, can
be very appropriately quoted in con
nection with the above:
‘tWp havp not to deal with ideal
theories. The two moneys have
actually coexisted since the origin of
human socicfiy. They coexist be
cause the two together are necessary,
by their quantity, to meet the needs
of circulation. This necessity c,f fhe
metals, has if ceased to exist ?
H B established that #ie quantity of
actual and prospective gold is such
that we can now renounce the use of
silver without fd
RjEJSXUCKY S SENATORIAL CONTEST^
frank lorn (Ky.,) saecial to the C.tUi’-Jouy
tl u i:
There are to-night erf a
break-up in the Senatorial straggle.
William’s gain, this morning, Mss
placed his chances at a premdum.
The question is agitated, What will
of McCreary’s vote if the
Governor witlulraws? A strong ef
fort has been put forth to-dty to briug
about a result. Caucus is talked of
very strong. Committees were ap
pointed en behalf of Williains pad
Lindsey waited on' McCreary to
team what lie would agree to. Mc-
Creary at ouce responded by tpe ap
pointinent of a committee on Ins
own behalf, and a Conference was
held. Nothing was arrived at ex
cept an agreement to finish out tiie
week as it began, and to allow things
to remt\to ill jitufti iftu until Tppsqay,
wlfeu a general caucus may beheld,
As the ease stands, in a Democratic
caucus, in which sixty-three will
elect, Williams, if Green Keller ia
here, will only need nine to elect
him; while the estimates of men in
McCreary’s brigade, who favor Wil
liams for second choice, rtvngp (roni
ten to twelve. 4 prominent poli
tician tells me* that McCreary would
be foolish t(, go into caucus, unless be
could be asspred Unit po p.tteujut
Wopiu i>e uiatte to poi anew man in
in the field. The danger of such a
man in caucus is apparent to all sides,
and Lindsey, McCreary and Williams
each agreo in the notion that fid fresh
entry ought to po iqade in the race :
A bright story is told of the au*
compHi’iod Vvift—^n gW dead—of Gen,
Hooker! When she was the admired S
Miss ' Groesbeek, of Cincinnati, -he }
was once at an evening party whqq
a fashionable young dandy was asked j
if he would like to be presented to
hep. ‘*ph, yfeV 1 ®w be, languidly, i
‘ trot her out,” The lady overheard !
the remark, and when he was pre
sented, she adjusted her eye-glasses,
and deliberately and slowly scanned
jlis clot}uug from boot to qollar. The
Siiryev finished, she waved her hand
and carelessly said: “Trot him back,
I have seen all there is of him.”—Bal
timore Gazette.
—wr--f • It !
The proof-reading on daily news
papers is being more carlessly done
-since it was discovered that there D
no hell.
MUTTER FROM JEFFERSON DAVIS.
HU Opinion of Gcu Harney,'a* (he Vet
eran Ajpearrtl Many Tear* Ago.
St, Ix>ui* Globe-Democrat.
j Mr. L, U. Reavis, of this city is
- engaged in collecting material for a
l life of Gen. Harney* He has just re
ceived the following letter from Jef
ferson Davis, late of the 0. S. A.:
Mississippi City, Miss., January,
1878.—Sir: It gives me pleasure to
comply with your request of the 3fith
ult., for some reminiscence in connec
tion with my old friend, Gen. W. S.
Harney,
In the Spring 1820, 1 reported as a
brevet second Lieutenant to the com
manding officer at Fort Winnebago.
General Ilarney was then stationed
at that post, and Captain of 00. K.
United States Infantry. At that pe
riod of his life he was, physically,
the. finest specimen of a man I ever
saw. Tall, straight, muscular, broad
chested and guant waisted, he was
one of the class which Trelawney de
scribes as “Nature’s Noblemen”
against whom the plague in the east
“never made >n attack.” Had lie
lived in the time of Homer, he would
have robbed Achiles of ids sobliequet
of the “Swift-Footed,” for fie would
run faster than a white man, fsrther
than an Indian, and in both showod
that man was organized to bo master
of the beast. To elucidate the last
clause of the preceding paragraph,
requires the recital of uh anecdote:
(’apt. Harney carefully attended to
his company garden, which on the
frontier was necessary fbr tne com
fort as well an the health of the men.
The beds had been carefully sjaiJed
and raked, when one of his numer
ous dogs—a half grown mongrel
hound, came walking across khe jr
,'pfte4 ground, and live captain storm
ing at iiiivi in touee and language wot
sailed to the pulpit, frightened
the (log so that instead of going
out !>▼ the walk, ho ran acroes the
bed, toward* the gap in tke fence.
The captain started in full run after
the dog, which find to jump on the
fence and then off it—a fatal dispari
ty to the dog, for tke captain cleared
the fence at a bound, which brought
him a jump nearer to the dog—and
then began an even run up the long
slope which led to the fort, before
reaching which Harney mastered the
dog, and “Kosa” suffered in propor
tion to the length of the chase. Capt.
Harney was also a bold horseman,
fond of the chase, a good boatman
and as skillfull in the use of the spear
as a fisherman. Neither drinking
nor gaming, he was clear of those
rocks and shoals of life in a frontier
garrison, and is no doubt indebted to
tiiis abstinence for much of the vigor
he’has possessed to his present ad
vaucwu age. ijy iong service on the
Indian frontier, together with that
practical sense which tests all theory
by actual observation, he had ac
quired knowledge or Indian char
acter which was often so conspicuous
ly exhibited in|his military career.
Of the incidents thus generally re
ferred to, you have so many ‘other
sources of information that it would
he needless lor me to enter into detail,
but I should do injustice t j the sub
ject of this letter if I did not call your
attention to the project of a treaty lie
made with tho Sioux in 1850 or 1856.
ri 4 t, I
United Stales government and an In
dian tribe that bus ever been devised,
and if carried out would impress the
Indians with their responsibilities,
and then bind them to a more faith
ful observance of it than ever did
any of those verbose, miscalled
treaties which are to be found smssad
over the records of the United States.
yours respectfully,
Jefferson Hav.vs.
KINO ANJD FOI E.
Home, January IQ;—lying HunT*
bert Ipis ordered Ihe Italian court to
go In mourning for six months. It
is said Humbert, though originally
in favor of Turin, is now disposed to
agree to Victor Emanuel’a being in
terred in Rome; but will consult his
brothers. Signor Marcini intends to
introduce a bill in parliament
coining the Pantheon as the fgtgye
burial place qf the Savoy family.
The iomfuin reports that Victor
Emanuel said on his death bed : “1
have always felt affection and defer
ence toward the person of the pope.
If I have personally displeased
him, I am sorry : bqt in all my acta,
| iurvenlway* had the consciousness
of having fulfilled my duties as a
citi-zen and prince and of never hav
ing committed anything contrary to
-Ktiligioiq”
M. .Stanley, the Afrlcafe ex
plorer, arrived here to-day. The
medaf which had been decreed him
by the late King WBii pre
sented.
*— w- . —♦
PLAYiJse “Makk Caleb.”—
“Whrtt kind ©f fiounJe will *re play?”
asked one little girl ef another, “Oh
play calling,” replied the ether. “Uh
(y, here, ake can ha Mrs. Brew* aid
sit en the step, trad me and Julia will
call on her and ask how she H and
her husband is, and if the got
over the measles, and tell her how
nice she looks in her new wrapper,
atnfluipe that it wont hurt her much
when she has that toofh filled. And
then.we’ll say, ‘Hood bye Mrs. Brown
come and see us some time or other,
and bring the children and your sow
ing ; and you’re such a stranger, and
we don’t see half enough of you.’
And then me and jud* we’ll courte
sy and ttalk off a piece, and I’ll say
to Julia, ‘Dkl ycu ever see such a
horrid old fright as she looks in that
wrapper?’ And then, Julia, she’ll
say, ‘The idea of anybody having
false teeth filled !’ And then I’ll say,
‘Yes, and what a homely lot of dirty
little brats them young ones of her’n
is.’ Let’s ||qy it what do you say ?”
A gentleman well known in Bos
ton, and who is in a portion to know
whereof lie speaks, relates the fol
lowing incident of a recent entrance
examination at Harvard College;
“There was a question in geography
asking the name of the highest moun
tain in Vh<? Werlij. ‘I knew the boys
Would miss on that, 1 said the profess
or in the highest glee. It is a moun
tain in Asia, discovered within three
mQp.ths hy an English traveler, and
the fact is not yet generally anno uuc
ed.”
Special Agent Madge of the Tres
ury Department, has tiled a report
with Secretary Sherman, incompe
tency upon the otiieers appointed to
inspect bonded goods for shipment
from New York to England* He is
of the opinion that the United States
is defrauded annually of millions of
revenue hy reason of this carelessness.
Fernando* Wood, chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, will
call for the report when Congress
meets.
_lt is thought that there will be 18
congressmen given to the State of
Texas under the apportionmentjaftcr
1 88U—aud another added to Florida.
l-OE THE FALL TRADE.
BAKER'& HALL,
fit iHK DEALERS,
CAItTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
KEBP CONSTAMI.i ON HAND
All kiiKh of*Plows, Wooden Ware.
**! W agon aterial of all kinds.
’S’Sie Tennessee Plantation Wagons. Cheap.
BRWHsr art Leader Bellini, Coni SBeliers, Straw Colters, Camaaters 1 Tools,
Grass Seeds, l’ockut Knives and Table Cutlery,
(.inns and Pistol.*), Hollow Wuie, Mon e Trap*. &c*.
COIBE ONE, COME ALL! X.:;i; oh,t of a ‘ iot,lie 101,10
ociu-tf * ;&:■li\iL U ’
jm 1 • ( tt-< : w~tr~ — r- m. ,■ ■ - —— _
W II OLESALE!
STOVE, TINWARE,
AMD
House Furnishing Goods Store.
T. A. BIVOW,
ai)4 mid Rita l Dealer in
Cooking Stoves, Heating Stoves,
GRATES, MARTELS, AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
And all aa fieles Made of ftheet iron.
Feppo#, Tin and tUuivauized Iron
1 , Bl> . eoial *,**• (• tlvp (act I lint 1 ha to tl s largest and most com > dele sldck oi
lfeaUKg uu.l Cooking Stove* t?w t. tlusfcnfa.j.bet.
ROOF'INGr WORK
A Fpeoialtj, h 4 jh'ltw guaranteed a low us 11. lowest.
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO COUNTRY ORDERS.
r A\ A, SNOW.
t\(>. MARKET SI HE/JT, CHATTANOOGA, TKNN.
ROBERT H. JONES,
CARTER SS V l l J jJSL. CV A .
r i'ke Oldest Carriage Hamifaeturer in ike Btatc—Fstah
. Hshed in 1853.
1-1 ,"’ ork - , ?' a,lc before and since the war, is in all this country running still He ins (he
"" k ,s ,o “ ymSSS
OWN* J'KKSON \ ' Vi’T '-VjiVJ :lv to TVfp'Vtr 1 L l vr° rtl , 1 'ifFis money. lie i* giving now his
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(Formerly HICKS HOUSE.)
- - 'sbryV,
mUI AIIOVA SUPERB AND COMMODIOUS HOTEL IS NOW UNDERGOING THOROUGH
8 renovation and general improvement.
The Uous'' (furnished <;ntirely anew), will fee open for business in the shortest po.-sibic time—
a week orso af most—of which Die pnl.lio will have <lue and timely notice.
'The ST. J AMKS will be run by OOXj. 2F8..
an elllciont executive management i tbert-uy assured. Patrons may eapCctan ;vttractivu an.i
generouslv kej>i Hotel, fully up to every re piireuitml
Its Tables espeehtllv 1> surpKsSfd ky isny
filosnse in the Try if, wS may.
DAVID W. CUIHIY,
CAIiTEBBVILLE, GA.,
OBALER IN
Pateaif Medle£ne^,
l*aini, tHIs. Varnishes. Window Glass,
Putty, kmips Mid Goods,
Trusses of the best make.
Fawey aasd Tslet ArtieleG
Hair, Tooth asid jVail Brushes,
Pt'frtiMry ail’d Toilet Heaps.
, and Tohacoos of the best Brands,
ftpie-es, Are.
PSVSICIANS’ PBiKMIPTIBiiS KABIFBUY COMPOUNDED AT AIL HOURS,
P*re Hum, junls-Jy.
THE MERCHANTS & MECHANICS INS. COMP’Y
or tt I **,.
Cash Capital $230,000, Cash Assets $315,000
$25,000 in U. S- Bonds Deposited in the Treasury of
Georgia for FURTHER Security of Policies:!
f|XHIS WELL-KNOWN COMPANY HAS PAID ITS THOUSANDS .OF DOLLARS TO
JL clajmtiuts in Georgia since lhe war, and will naintain its wcll-c&niod reputation lor
skillful, conservative, prompt, just dealings.
Dwellings, Stores, MerchandisV. Mills, Gin H<Mi.es anil Contents, insured at fair rates
jgOjjy** Agents at all prominent {lointi in the State, to whom apply, or to
It, STOKES SAYRE, Agent,
ocllS-2in CAUTKItSVILLJE, OX,
m - ,wi|ipwiy
a f^ ss , ams ’
STOVES, TIN WARE,
Furnishing Goods.
The Stanton House,
CHATTANOOGA, TEN"NT
fix HE STANTON HOUSE is now prepared to itceotn modulo permanent and transient JD lCi *= *
I with every comfort and coaveutcucO to be l'o*ud in any liiSl-elas' hotel in the *®unu}-
is situated near the liailvoad l)e|>ots, and but a short distance flora the business Centre •
citv. The house has been recently refurnished throughout. Th{ sinewing , ' o £§'TiVt. t We Ti?ni
comfortable, the sample rooms for commercial agents spacious and convenient, i “
room airy, cool, well ventilated and supplied with every variety, the market auoiua.
A Billiard Room, Bar Shop? and a Telegraph
Office are Established in the House. u
We solicit Uio patronage of the traveling public,‘anfl feel assured we can give t
mod at ion than auv house South, and guarantee talisisttiou at ad tunes. ....... | M „ U ,,,, CI .
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