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VOL. G.
TUB WEEKLY
C’-irfer* vil*e Impress
!s pul>’ h!icJ every
m in Cari.er»viUo, Haiiow County, Ga.,
l»y
Smith Si Milam,
Proprietors, at Thkkk Dollar*, per an*
nuin . strictly in advance; l'wo Dollars for
Stx M »nths; >r:e Dollar for Three Months.
A Ivertise ncntsi fir one month, or less time
One Dollar per square, often lines or less,)
for each insertion ; all other advertisement*
1 be charged Fifty per cent on old prices.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, - j ,
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
cartfiisvii.dk. ga.
W. H. PRITCHETT,
Attoruay at Law.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA.
P<e, \C TICKS D iw in all the courts of the
Cherokee circuit and counties adjoining
Bartow. J,tn 23 “
THOMAS W. MILNER,
Attorney at Law,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA,
. „ Will »t end promptly to business entrusted
Hirhs eu.e. Gd. 5 vvly
i MI OS. W.
Attorney at La w
AND county court solicitor.
Kindlon. t«<i*
Will give puriumlar attention to the
collection .I claims. Gel 2( *.
.5.»!» At (!. Hr an son,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
KINGSTON, GA.
I'fcR \(-Tl<'KS D\ W in the several coun
lies of the Cherokee Circuit, al-o, Pol*,
II iiTtUnii an l Floyd caun'ie*, Prompt at
tention given to business Nov. 23. ly
(Professional cards -ji I 0 cash par annum.j
John w. wofford,
Attorney at UW;
cartersville. ga.
Also. FiRH INSURANCE AGENT.
the best Noitheru and
fS nit hern Companies. C.nn he I'miul
a! the law office of Wofford &L Parrott
■April 10, 1866.
JO 4 E S & MALTBIE,
AT I'ORNcYS AT LAW.
(,'u •tersviltc. ( <a.
U 'ILL attend promptly to *ll husi ies« en
", •« tru , Ito their care. Wdl pract ein
c > rt- of law. an i equity n the Cna okea
■ .icuit. special attention given to the ec'lee
t ~» ol claim*. Ja«- 1 IGGG - ?>'
£»hn J' .lows. h- Malthie.
miffmm,
i;rjlL ESlH'i’E U.BNTS,
CARTERSVILLE GA
We a•• •ittthorVae.l t s. t, and ‘ne eon Mr.l «eve at
’lf m ,-s a.! .1 , at dm UJ.-roU tmd.llns lotst >'*“
Os V'.o tv .v |v. Also svvvr Ip\ mall »* '*> v “ rl
M.vi stu H, I artou 'V. Parlies de-r.,ir *o bo or
•J . I Vi lil ■ well t■-t\e JS * call. Al e • ".un cations
ji inpily nsweia<l J‘ > G ‘boo.
:A u r fV c o u a » tl
;"Tesliaiucal Dentist.
f : lilK undersigned lespeotfully offer his pro-
fessional services tJ the ("tizens ot ( ar
t.Lvillo and vicinity. a. He 19 ptep .red
to do all kind* of ' r T f work heloiigmg
to his profession. f ’ a, \ sptt ’* llf
i. o„ gold SON*"
Cortersville, Feb. 13, ® in
Dll T. F. JONES,
fJAENDERS his professional services to the
1 citizens ot KINtiGJ ON ami vicinity, and
reap'd fully gdlit it • a portion off eir patronage - .
June 2.
CR. HUGH ft. BLAIR,
l*hysioian and surgeon,
tJar!er grille , oeorg . a.
Vst r 'RfTFU[.LY tei ders his p ofesslonal services to
t -wr- (lebi- i h * '■evidence, ou Main Bt., 1 ie rest*
dcii. e O. Mr, P. Marsh. June 21.
Dr. o. Hißtßtos,
Cartersville, Georgia.
Tenths hl» profetsl-nsl st vie* to the c t re. • of
attrrsvil - »' <i but nodi x c. u try, and * 11 14 V* **
,at 11 iioti-s. Offlc - up-st- i ain l»r. Rnmuel Ll .y
--5 N.w Brick Buililiut. M»> 10. 1867,« ly
Lanier House,
MARIETTA, CJA
BY ELLIS3M A D3333, Proprietors
MINIS H >usa s located >u a few stops of he
I K ail- >.td, where the cars stop. Passengers
takt three meals a day here. M als prepared
a all hours. juiy 24.
S. if. Patti 11 o,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
IT'II’ Htte .i (ir.im|,M to lti< Cuttt V. heui|r«
V» ii,.t ,1 M ki’.g Boy’s »n I Meu’- 01 0 hiiijr. |ML
OOS-'et ob io room of biair Jfc bradafcaw’s'tore. n.2
Cartel»viilb, lia. •
B.^'3rtS3Bi9,
Dress Tailor
»* IS prepared to execute ul kinds
JfA of work in the Fashionable Tail
ilL ing line with neatne sand in dn- . .UL
rabie style. Over J. Elsas & Go’s store.
Cartersville, jam 25.
TwiMASWELL.
BRICK MASON.
Is preps'ed to do all kinds of work in Bri k and
tone »t sh rt n tice. H«s on hand afl elot of newly
Burned nick an.i if prepared to do woik upon ihe
rrt.fWt lb *? .
c»r ersvil'* O -.. Ms? 3 and. I«€T.
Tbe Cartersville Hotel.
DR. THOMAS MILAM bavin?
charge of this House, would be k ’
pieised to accommodate af w Board- jS j« ■
ars with BOARD, with or without %VrY,A
Lodging. Call and see him at once for terms
CarUrsville, Jau !?•
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
CARTERSVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS,
ECLIPSE
8 little,
J. G. Stocks,
IjESPKOT FULLY rotfy the P b! c pcnerall? that
It he bn. j , pv n 0 l. . New and Cjinmolt*
oesLIVK Y i\|i - AI.E STABLi:, vdh.i it s: cn
v.l wto r-es h fc i-., &<•.. »ml i, rvpa.ed to
*U- ».:•!■ h he titt* el .-k into and a.-ro<» *he e U try
wHi by ► ioJ o ]> i «tv r -to. ynncv. He is also
p epve i ui B -rd-Si ck Iti a> y qjeu’Hy wif-con.fo t*
I.l' qon ter* ami buandfa tv-J hi rv a-nnhle r ivs.
St . k . light and -..id at his s'nb>«. Un foci h'l
being f e-h -ni .quipaire ew he O.tier him elf with
the «elivf that he can f rr t h hih rujliim-r. with as
■ til an l c inj. e - an out fl ar any li ,t estal. 1. ntrei t
It U|,ner 6eor i . AI he ask* *o v,t b lih ibia fact is
a tiial lAK EKSVH.LE. GA.. Match 2i, IS6T.
We are requested by C°h J- G. Stocks to an
nounce • o the public, that he has bought out
the Livery Stork of J. J. Jones J , and that the
two Stable* wdl be consolidated, and that the
following list of prices will be st ictiy adhered
to.
Hack horses, an I dr! ver p-r day *7/ 0
ii r-v, B y and iirivei “ “ 15,0'i
H’. irt ll.».l ** *" f . l *’*
“ X ’*y 2
Svdde horse pe * t 2
‘ ' “ ■' * -y »L 5 ’
W. L Kirkpatrick & Cos., Lruggists,
cartersville, ga.
*¥ J i'e-’p constant on hand a well
\V geected stock, of pure
DRUGS m MEDICINES,
mmu* aio,
Patent Medicines- &c.
Jones’ Carri;ige_ Repository,
Jar. 17.
GASKETS.
By Erwin & Jones.
ASSORTED szes >ept on hand. Also
WOOD COFFINS m ule to order. \
g.> b! IK \RSK r ady at all hours.
CARTERSVILLc- Feb I, 1867. wiy
. n. IWOUSTC4STLE,
tty~3 Jeweller and Watcli and
w Clock iiepairei',
In the Front of A. A. Skinner A Co’s store'
Cartersville jan 25
James W. Strange,
Dealer in
STOVES
GRATES,
IRON,
HARDWARE,
PLAIN AND JAPANNED TIN WARE, &C.
Clean Linen arm Cotton Rags taken in ex
change for G roils. Repairin.', ILoohng and
Guttering done with neatness and dispatch.
Cartersville, Nov. 1. « ly
J. E. ißoberts
BETAIL DEALER IN
Corn,
Meal,
Flour.
Ilaron,
Sugar,
Cofioe,
Tobacco,
&c. &c.
At Skinner & Shepherd’s old stand, on Main
street, between Jones’ Carriage Shop and
Strange’s Tin Sh .p.
R. R. llaßu s with J. E. RobbrT3*
je 2i,- ts. Cartersville, Oa.
Samci l Clayton, R. A. Clayton.
S C LAYTON & SON,
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
We k#ep a sreneral stock and can furnish you wl»h
aryt; in* you w-ut. Cme in see u—we will sell y u
soelfj-t r as.m' b e price*. Come and lo .k at our
st ck--N > h»rmdoi e if w.-cant'rade.
ts friends tavor us wnh lOnsignm. i.ts or orders, we
will use •ur tvtiy ,i>t j v.u a, of their interests.
BUTTER, EGGS, DRIED BLACKBERIES
&c. tukeu at niaiket r-tes for goods.
5000 LBS.
Clean Cott, n and Linon
wanted. When ready sacked we will take them at 3
ceo • per lb. fur go -ds. B*h g them in an? quantity.
yvy 1 Mr. C-mh 6>phecs is with us—he Invites alibis
frlde to o.lt and see what he can do for ■ h‘m
Atla-ta Quotations >. wed for Gold Tu*t »rd Old
Bank Bibs, Je 2?.
CARTERSYILLE GA, AUGUST 9, 1807.
CARTERSVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS.
Setting' JtMachlne Gil,
P’IEPA'EDst the B&'.timare Chemical Works, for
eeu# by
B^K.
88S9 ssmsmsa,
v %
DEALERS IN
SHIS,
Chemicals, Paints, &c , &c.
Proprietors of Kramer’s Hair Restora
tive, Psoricus, Universal Bitters,
Nerve & Bone Liniment, &c.
Cartersville, C^a.
TTTE h* g l-aveto inform the citizens gen-
T V erallv, and physicians particularly, that
we have on hand a large, well solected sloes
ol Drugs and Medicines, and are
ready to fill orders at the lowest pr ces.
lleing aware of the great adulteration prac
ticed in preparing Medicines, we have made
arrangements to have this done under our wn
supervision, and will warrant all our Medi
cines pure As we buy in the best rnaraets in
the country, and buy entirely for cash, we can
sin plvour customers with goods as cheap as
the - can possibly he bought elsewhere, We
will duplicate any bill of goods bought south of
Louisville-
Respectfully soliciting your orders, we are
Yours verv resoertfully,
Feb 8, 18G7. BEST & KRAMER.
J. A. E BW,S & C°
Ji e receiving' their Slock of
SPRING AND
.Summer CooH
COMPRI?ING everv variety a tapted to the wants of
the country, which they a. e tie erinmeu lo sell at
the Lowest Price s
Cheaper
than the
Cheapest!
All are invited to
CALL, EXAMINE AND BUY
bargains.
Terms: Cash !
and our motto i*
Small Profits.
Caiteisvihe, Ga., April 19,1 SGT
NEW STORE! XTW GOODS !
And New Arrangements.
The undfruisrned pleasure in announch'g to the
C'fxens cf Curi-rsvilte and -urrou- din* countrv. that
he has inst opened out a must spieudtd atd FASH
ION ABLb Slock of
want* o Msutsa
DRY GOODS,
sdapted to the warts ortho peop’e, which he proposes
to sell at P Ice to SUIT the TIVIJSS.
Lirtit ! «ii find a.most Everything psrtalnlcg to thetr
WaRUKOBE. ,
GENTUKvIKN will find Material »ad Furnish log
Goods To. C.oiiiiug.
Families will find all kinds of goods common for do-
MESTiC USE, =iso BOOTS, SHOES,
Hats, Bonnets, Hoop Skirts,
Umbrellas &c &c.
Also will keep on hand a large lot of
:f\a otoby it jsjrixb-
TJK WOULD be h ppy to receive calls at anytime
I « Hi* doors are thrown wide operand the invitation
1* to all. Come and examine his goods and prl es.
Nex* dorr to A. A. Ski .uer A Cos .a and lust, below “.he
Post-ffi-e, L. FHKGU'ON,
J. T. STOCKS w.tn FergusJ&.
Cartersville, Ga., May Ist lbft7.
“OURM OTTO
LIV2S, LBT LI VS I!
Sh ill be demonstrated in all our dealings.
J. IE. SATTERFIELD Sf BRO„
Are now receiving their
Spring
and
SUMMER JJtVuIS?
Os Sew and SSeautiful E>ry-
Goods, Clothing, Ilats, Hoots,
Shoes, and i otions, in the
prices of any and all of which
vve pledge ourselves to dupli
cate Atlanta bills.
We also have on hand a superb lot of
and jproduce,
which we will sell equally as low ; but, remem
ber our terms are unequivocally
CASH AND CASH, 0-N-L-Y.
The citizens and public generally are earn
estly solicited to cdl and examine our goods
and prices, and try and prove us and Bee if we
will not comply with our pr. raise.
J. H. SATTERFIELD & BRO.
CarterTville, Ca-. April 19, 1357.
CARTERSVILLE ADVEBTISEMENTS.
' CARRIAGE KEPObITORY '
ATD
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Special attention given to Repair
ing.
HAVING opened business at my old
stand, 1 am prepared to do any and all
siaaaof work de-ired m tire Carriage Line,
at low tinures for casl . I stialikeep ou hand
a line assortment of
Baggies Carriages
and enn, ntshort notice, furnish any kind o
a VEHICLE desired. Having connected
myself with
Messrs. Wyman & May,
Augusta, a*
a well known and reliable firm, I will sell
at Augusta Prices,, freights added,
from the bei-f Factories at the North and
East. All of which will warranted right.
Being well acquainted with the country and
people, with long experience in the business,
I purpose to furnish the market with such
work as will give perfect satisfaction, I shall
be able to furnish the entir-i country, as nn
facilities arc unlimited. Cal! and examine,h
shall cost you nothing. I feel assured that
the good people of this county will appreciatt
the honest efforts of one of their old citizens,
broke down by the war, R. H, JONES,
January 17. *BG7 wlv
OLD DEBTS! I
OLD DEBTS!!!
.A !1 persons indebted to the old Mercantile
firms of of HOWARD, STOKELY & CO..
and J. A. &. S, ERWIN, are respectfully urg
ed to make liberal paytnenLs on these debts out
-of the present wheat crop. All who refuse to
respond to this call for only part payment will
he sued. 1 be.=e debts are from six to ten years
standing, and longer'ndulgence cannot be giv
en. Call at J. A. ERWIN & CO.’ri store
where the '■iaims are, and make liberal pay
ments and save suits.
Cartersville, Ga., June 18, 1867.
“ilii
Acres of Bartow
I prnpoSß to sell three tracts of of Land embracing
1290 ACRES.
and will give the best bargains now offered lathe county.
Ist Tract.
9’On.sres —100 acres cleared, u-der go-ii fence ant
in n M.jh ginte if cultivici The whule rac lies
well, p-ofiu ea rr,-’ vi, r. is pleasant to ''nllvat*'. I >
ne->r wo «E-KCH NT MILLS OHURPUKS AND
MIG3 SOitGOLS c aveulent—-ea th and aoci.tjr -n.vt.
The impioven cntaconnst of anew y ft, iehed dwelling
with six ror ms—G u h'us-' Smith’s shop and other
seeessary < utbui! ings, together with eix other separate
eneuieots oa the place.
2nd Tract,
! Cor tains 820 acres—Bo e'eared, impr-ivement* r.stncaon.
j TbU place Lev 1 mile of the town of Kuunriee.
3rd Tract,
Contains 60 acre*, one half - leav and
The abrve ’»■ ds can be i' u hi sepa-afe or togethe*,
I?erms e sj. I tere-t io present crop -old with the place
i t; eared and posses ion given, lorty and ,v» from and yof
sale. B.T. LKtKE
| June 1,1867. w3m
Town Lois in lassville and
Calhoun Cor Sale.
I Tbe l’t’er to te sold in Calhoun, and the former in
Cartersville.
I XVII L BKLL, on the first Tuesday In August next
to ib- bighe-t bidder. One riusiners a: dTw B-.t-
I de ce l.ots Id the town of Caissvllle, and a so one Busi
| i.ess Lot in Usihoun, with a Store-House on ihe latter
; on reasonable terms, part to be cash.
THOB. 34. C OMPTON.
Cartersville, Ga , July 13,1807. w4t
BR. G, G, ROY,
On tile Dillard Farm,
STILL offers his proCfd'Bi-Kal serv oea to he Pub'.i;.
tie would respec'ful y ask his old patron*, and all
others l > pay hoo. Ail ino.-e who have c. ims agains.
Tim or the estate of John W D.llard, deceased, will
ple*i*e present them to Cor. W. H. Priiche t, Attorney
at Law, Cartern- he, (!».. for seiti merit.
U. (I. KOV, Exec. £ot. John W. Dillard.
july 12.
STACEY HIOTJSE
CLAY ROBERTS, Proprietor,
Church Street,
NASHVILLE TENN E SSEE
July 19 18G7
CANCERS CAN BE
CUBED
PERSONS suffering with Cancers, Ulcers or old sores
can be cured by applj iug io the underigned.
RncKsss one Dollar and address
A. )I, COCHRAN,
CANCER DOCTOR,
aeg, lIS6T. Gaisesvihe. it,
Su* L-ovengoosi’s Dr^arn.
I was nrful drv ’intljer t!:tv, George,
: an find in a lot ov jrre«it w.viskv, 1 jit
stickid in a skin full ov hit strait along - .
7’iie nmuthfal i swallaril I lit-ari: it
splosh in tnv he..is. I was dry an’
empty bosh. hy golly—so dry that arier
liit ris puny well up in my pauncii,liit
soaketl through an stood all over my
belly ill draps, maliin* it look like a big
riiirnle kivered with heads, but I
swelled tight arter a while, an’ then I
filled up purty soon. As soon as I
could reach tut, bv runnin* a spoon
handle down my front, l shot off steam,
an’ sot bit to rovin’ roun’. Hit want
long afore I found mvself tangled by
the laigs in the dorg fennel, an’ I fell
head down hill, so I thought the mos’
peaceful thinu l could do were tu go tu
sleep tbinkin* of a rnnnin’ windmill.
Well, I dreamed me a dream. I thought
I were in hell, an’ had been sent there
fur votin’ the itadikil ticket. I felt the
justice ov the sentence, so much so lhat
I didn’t tee) so uneasy an’ mail obout
hit as I wnd a been if they had sent
me fur murderin’ a blind ole ’om ui, or
makm’ a back log ov some gai’s fus
baby, arter soakin’ il in turpentine, or
sieh like common weakness. 1 thot I
had been tliar long enough to sorter
begin to git used to the taste ov the
whisky they stills down thar, an’ I
must say 1 thinks hit a little better
than the truck what the skulkers out
ov the Confederate army biled for the
Government, because hit 'Jitfent create
the appetite to cuss, steal or desert half
as soon, an’ me in Tophet at that, i
’Twas safer whisky, George, safei i
whisky. Well! 1 thought hell was a t
pertecklv roun’ hole —as rulin’ as a
bumbsheli, riglit plum in the centre ov j
the yearth. The walls were glazed as :
slick as an ingvun peelin’, an’ hit were I
jist iia.ii-l.uli ov melted dinner pots, dog
irons an’ ole clock waits, with a scum
ove smokin’ brimstone a foot deep. ’
The devi’ stayed aboard ova boat, an’
had himself rowed roun’ jist as he
pleazed. by th -j jury which foun’ ihc
true b : il agio Jeff. Davis. They look
sorter like they’d like to have another
pop at that job. I think, bv golly,
they’d hunt a long spell afore they
foun’ hit agin il they jist had another
chance. j
I thought thar were long feather
aidged cleets nailed on the walls to
climb by. T K ey were square-aidged
up so the climbin’ had all to be done
on one side, an’ whenever fellers got
tired a svvimmin’, they jist sot in to
climbin’. They’d sorter slack off
sometimes until sunk in the melt
ed water up to the pint of thai fail
bones, an* then, by the gost ova scared
monkey, they’ve come up overhand tu
filar work agin, jist a wrigglin’ an’ a
snortin’. They worked like «quirre!s
on a tredmill. Durn’d if tha dident
keep the thing rollin’ strait along, an’,
George, jist as sure as you is a foot hi,
that’s wh it keeps the yearth turnin’
aroun’ I has foun’ out at las’. Well !
one day the trap door opened, and the
devil ordeied ole Forney to steer un
der the hole. He steers wild an’ after
swimmin’ nearly all over hull he got
hit thar. when down poured into the
boat ihe durued’st since of mean lookin’
cusses yu ever seed. Everybody al
ready thar turned their heads to look at
’em and cb»m faster, skeered at’em, by
golly ! "J’hey were Iladikiis the last
durn’d one. Some had maps aroun’
their nex, with i rumiin’ nuee ahin’
the year, some had had holes in their
heads, some had a hig gill rut under
their chins, and every one shoed signs
of bard times and hurry. Among ’em
I seed Stevens, Sumner. Wane, Butler
—surnamed the Be-a3L—an’ Wendell
Phillips. “Hey!’ sez the devil,‘what’s
wrong above cholerv?’ *Wus nor
that.’ sez Sumner, ‘the Constitution
people buz riz, an' ov korse we are all
here Say, ver nvajestv, is Preston
Brooks here ?’ *oh. no,’ sf z toe devil.
‘Weil,’ sez Sumner, sorter brightening
up, an’ ruhbin’ his hands, ‘l’m (turn’d
glad he ain’t. ‘Stop a rninii,’ sez the
devil, ‘wait ontil I sort you all out.’
He tuk up a needle as long as a har
poon, and with a big pile of trace
chains he threaded it. Then he picked
out all ‘lip common cusses among ’em
and strung ’em on the chain, runnin’
the needle in at their mouths, an iettin’
it come out lhar—l torgot which—and
then hung the whole bunch over the
aidge ove the boat into the brimstone.
Jehossafat! how the\ sizzl'd an’ slosh
ed an’ dove, and sprinkled hot iron
about wif their tail? ! A string of sun
pearch would have heenjist nowhar.
While the devil werp stringin’ the
small frv, Boiler, surname the Beast,
aidged back to whar I sot in th * boat,
a keepin’ one eye it on the devil and
’tother on me. and he whispered in my
ear, * Wh°t's Sisyphus ?’ Sez I, ‘I don’t
know; why?’ ‘Oh! nothin,’ only 1
wanipd to see which knowed the most
ov .iiir trades, him or me.’ Tnen he
whispered (that mortal off eye nv his’n
Klill sot on the devil.) Say does vu
know whar his majesty keeps his
spoon?’ Sez 1, ‘Dies you see that
chain hangiu’ over the stern? He
ke<=! 8 ’em in a bio- pot sunk at ’tother
end of hit.’ He jist went over the starn
head lust, an’ cooned hit down the
chain outen sight under the brimstone.
After being gene a spell, he came
back lookin’ diaappinted like, but his
gmeial looks were pnwerfuUv improved
by his bam in melted brimstone. i
s\vow. he looked a heap more like a
human. Sez he, ‘Gone, pot an’ ail.’ I
I opened mv eyes. $< z he, ‘Ham’i
Forrev goi ’em ?’ Sez I. -May be so;
he’s been fumblin' roun’ the slam a
good while.* Dim if he didn’t sarcb
every pocket Forney had. an’ the oie
cuss never eotcli him at hit. an’ begot
the spoons. While this we.e gwine ■
on, old Thad. were a Irvin’ to claim
kin wif the devil, a comparin’ his foot
along wif old Nick's. I think the pint
were to git an office, f<<r 1 heard the
devil keep savin’, ‘No, no, 1 bn darn if
I do, we has order here now.’ An* all
the time ole Wade were a pesterin’ his
majesty lor a free ticket on ins doggery.
I si ed lhat the devil were a gittin
monstrous or,easy. Wendell Phillips
kept a w itehin’ Jus’ the side that went
down under the cinders, an’ then the
side what come up out ov the iake.
He jist hopped overboard, and swum
over thar, -an’ livin’ his durmiesl to 1
turn hit ’totiier way, he’J grab the
slopin’ side ev the cleets. an* then slosh |
back agin among the mailed dog'irons
an’ brimstone. I reckon he must a 1
made fifty trials afore he quit and swum j
back to the boat, an’ then he sot in the ,
most earnest manner to persuadin’ the
devil to take < ff the cleets, an’ nail ’em !
on agin upside down, so as to turn hell 1
backwards, an’ ov knrse the outside j
world witli hit, without giving a single
reason why it would help the matter,
riiisouade the devil bile over, ilesed
not a (lain one ov ’em should stay thar,
another hour. 'That they’d raise a re- 1
hellion sure an’ destroy the institution, i
an’ then what would the world do, j
particularly New England?
I tell yu he jist raced : sez he, ‘l’ll j
clear my dominion ove you durr.’d j
quick,’ an’ lie ranged a big bommerton, I
what were in the boat, point blank at!
the hatch hole, an he loaded in old j
Wade, feet lust and made Forney tetcii ‘
hit off. By golly! lie went whizzin .
through the hole, and hit rained whisky ,
on the hike onlil Im burnt blue. Next
he grabbed old Thad. ‘Sez he, train- 1
blin, please, yer majesty, load her in !
vvii me,’ a piit ti n to a she-mgger atrung
on Uit* chain ; sez the devil, ‘N<*, sir; i !
think we can manage her arter yu is j
gone; and besides, she looks like she!
needed a little rest.’ Golang ! and 1
jist coleh a glimpse of Thad’s hooked
foot scrapin’ a splinter off the hatch
combin’! Next lie yoked Sumner, and
lie begged to be loaded head fas. as be
sed he’d always traveled start! fus thro
life, an he wanted to finish his journey
the same wav.-m accoudt of his record".
So, starn-lust he went omen the hatch
hoie, an I reckon slam fust he busied
agin sumfin away yonder on the out
side. Butler’s surname the Beast’s
torn cum next. While the devil Wete
a loodin’ him in, 1 observed him busy
a button in up his pockets. When the
mortar tired I were wntchin the hatch
dost; 1 dident like the idea of his
leaving; but dam if he went thar, he
hdlered the line over his cock eye, and
busted into a million pieces r.gin the
wall. Spoons and breastpins fell a foot
deep all over the lake, and l he urn the
wimmen all cheer. The devil then
licked his lips, and went for Wendell,
but he jist loped overboard and dove,
and tu save his life the devil couldnt
find him. He will ruse trouble thar
yet, see if he dont. Next he grabbed
Forney, his steersman, as sez i.e, ‘Yu
dont steer to suit me,’ and he com
menced a loatlin him in, anil (font yu
believe, just as the cuss’s head were
join out of sight, he whispered in ‘he
devil’s year chat I were Jamison,- the
actor. The devil remarked, ‘l've got
niiffin agin Jamison, yu is the one;*
mad at me. bv golly, borage he seed
tbe Beast out smarted him in the spoon
business.
1 beam surnffin like quack!—quack *
down in the bowils of the mortar, an
hit went off. and so dhl the duck.
Thar’ll be peace in he!! for a while, if
the devil kin only ketch Wendell an
rekonstruct the durned raskil. Old
Smuttv reached for me the last one, an
pul me nlown his gun. 1 sot in to
bengitj hard. He sez, ‘You must go ;
the prosperity ov my kingdom de
mands that r.uffin havin the smell nv
Radical onto his close can stay here.
1 seed you whisperin wif the Beast, an
I’d shoot out old Robespierre hisself,
if I were to catch him at silch at! ornary
trick, and he is bin helpm roll hell
roun in a orderly wav . ever since the
French Revolution.’ By gollv ! I ji?t
limbered all over, the gun roared and I
awakened. Nov/ what do you think
was the matter wif me ? Wfty, ole Bob
Hays were trvin his best to splinter a
four fort clapboard over me, said he
wanted me to get outen his paster afore
he shut his gate for the night. I were
a swettir orful, George, perfectly or ul.
I aorter wished l had dreamed on a
little lfnger. I’d a liked powerful well
tu a four) out what had become ove old
Thad arter he were shot out ove hell.
Hit’ll sorter injur his standiu. won’t
hit. as he roams through nufin forever?
I bleeve if I’d bin him, I’d rather stayed
lhar wif my sbe-nigger. Bin hard on
her, though, an a little too good for
him. Aiut Ia hoss on dreams?
The cheapest excursion you may
make is into the realms of faocy. No
r«lurn ticket ia inquired.
A ili£ti Tribute to tit-5 LLar:.;e
ter of C>eix. I.t
In a long editorial article calling fir
the d'Miultot) ot ill 0.1)00 to Washington
College, by the friends and admirers f
(ion. Lee in Bu|iai»d, the London
Standard of August 17 speaks of fjun as
follows
“There is no living hero—-there are
none, if any, whose name shine with the
purest lustre in lustorv whose charac
ter it <>9 commanded so high a tribute of
affection and admiration from their
friends, of respect and lionet from their
toes, as that of Gen. Lee. No life more
perfectly heroic, no reputation more
untarnished even by the minor blem
ishes which pre not uncommonly found
in union wilt) the highest heroism, has
ever been connected with a great
national struggle. No shade of vanitv
or egotism, nothing of the self will or
petulance so often characteristic of
conscious genius, no tinge of affection,
no taint even of the pride almost in
separable from ordinary greatness of
mind, which can endure everything but
humiliation, and regards submission as
disgrace, aMov the simple grar.de.r of
the Virginian soldier's nature.
“A piety without tho slightest shadow
o<‘ Pluiraseeism. a sense of duty to
which the sacrifice of every personal
feeling and interest appears a matter of
course, have marked his whole course
and guided his every public art, wheth
er as a soldier or as a citizen. A
family connection and the nearest living
representative of the great champion of
American independence, Gen. Lee has
been the Washington of the Confeder
ate war ; like Washington, a mart
“whom envy did not hate,’‘■but without
even one dark stain of doubt, if no; of
dishonor, which the death of Major
Andre hhas left on his prototype. No
more “unselfish man and stainless
gentleman” ever lived ; no soldier ever
set a more admirable, example of the
soldierly virtues of honor, chivalric.
generosity, and manly simplicity ; no
great man ever retired into obscurity
alter witnessing alike the ruin of his.
cause and the destruction of his private
fortune, with mors Christian patience
and unshaken fortitude.
“Os his military achievements we
need not speak. It is enough to say
that nearly ail his victories were won
against enormous odds, and that his
four years’ defence of Virginia has few
parallels in history as an example of.
great results accomplished with Small
means and a fearful disadvantage.
What is now more interesting to rc«.
member, is the personal character of
the man, as displayed in tho various
exigencies of that trying struggle ; the
simple honesty aud kirdiy feeling
which prompted him to console his
poidiers as they recoiled from the:
cannon-crowned heights of Gettysburg,,
witii the assurance, “ft is all my fault;”
the unaffected self depreciation which
pronounced, when Stonewall Jackson
iell. “I could wish, for the sake of our
cause, that I had been disabled rather
than vow;” the Christian chivalry,
which no outrage could provoke to re
taliation ; which, after Virg 11; a had
been rendered a desert, withheld the
army that invaded Pennsylvania from
inflicting the most trivial injury 011
person or property ; which, when his
owti estates had been plundered, ravag
ed, confiscated, took care to prutect
the houses and property of his enemies ;
the horror of useless bloodshed which
withstood the cry for retribution excit
ed by the murder of Southern prisoned*
in cold blood, and suppported tho
resolve of the President that unless tha
actual murderers were taken, no blood,
should be shed but on the field of
battle ; the touching unselfishness of
of his lest words to hi« disbanding
army, on the sorrowful 9th of April, “I
have done my dust lor you. But it
was when ail was over—when the
chief ot a great and long victorious
army was a private man and a paroled
prisoner- that the peculiar greatness ot
Gen. Lee’s nature shines out with
unequalled brightness.”
Montgomery Blair remarked in a.
speech the other day that President
Jonnson had defeated the Conservative
party by retaining his enemies in of
fice. and advised him to get rid of the
spies,around him. There is somethirg
very extraordinary in Johnson’s course
with reference to the officers over
whom he has or had control. He has
constantly suffered men of the most,
bitter Radical views to fill the offices
about him, from the highest to the
lowest. Now it is true he is precluded
by the civil tenure act from making all
the changes that ought to be made, but
before he was thus crippled in his
prerogative it was the same; and even
in those cases tiiat the act in question
cloet. not reach he Goes not pretend to
exercise a saiutary authority. There
is something in all this reaiiy inexpli
cable. How a corrupt, cruel, unprin
cipled man like Stanton, for instance*
can be retained in the responsible and
confidential post of Secretary of War
by the President, who knovvs his vil
lainies in all their depth and volume*
and who go widely dissents from all hi*
political views, is past finding ouU«"
Johnson is a good talker, t?u: u *
j&V'-Sv. Courier, *
NO. 0