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VOL. C.
THE WEEKLY
farfetutllK' F.xpres*
I* published every jfc< ' Jri/XXD .A. Y~.
morning, in Carlcrsyille, Harlow County, Ga.,
b 7
Smith & Milam,
Proprietor*, at Thrkk llollari. P^ r An
num. ttricfly in advance; Two Dollar* for
Nix Month*; One Dollar for Three Month*.
A'lvertirement* for one month, or leu* time
Ore Dollar per nquare, f«f ten line* or les*,)
for each insertion ; all other a<lvrrti*emcnt»
will he charged Fifty per cent on old price*.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
W. H. PRITCHETT,
Attorney at Law.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA.
I~\R \CTICES Law in all the court* of the
"Cherokee circuit and counties adjoining
Bartow. Jan23 ’
THOMAS W. MILNER,
Attorney at Law,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA,
Will at end promptly to huaine** entrusted
to his care. Oct. 5 wly
tiios. w w«o»,
Attorney at Law
and county court solicitor.
lilngMfon.
Will give particular attention to the
collection of claims. Oct 20.
.f oVi M CT iTr an non,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
KINGSTON, G\-
X'kRXeTICK-t |. \ W i 1 i lie. several coun
® uos of line Oiiernkrr Circuit, aho, Polk,
ll.rnUiu Hi Ki.»>-1 ciaatiee, Prompt at
l. uti mi /iven to business, Sov. "- 1 - *Y
( p r ~1,1,011.1 eiuds $lO ea»h pernnnum.J
JOHN W. WOFFORD.
Attorney at Law,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
\is,>, fiaE INSURANCE AGENT.
K-prcsrHis ill'* best Northern and
{Southern (,h»inpanic*.
JOHN J. JONES
ATTORNEY at LAW.
Cartersville . G'i.
W T 11. T. attend promptly to nil huni.teascn
\V trusted to hi* care. Will praet ce in
the (’ i His o la-.v, an 1 equity ’n the Cherokee
t Special attention given to the codec
,V.o O. claims. J-- 1. 1806. ly
John J- Jones.
To H N L J ONES
c' -• vh< »:s i m. a\ nr,
CARTERSVILLE GA
t -i wW**.l tn amlliavc on h*«ut several
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J• I i* 'J IO*'"ll ■ _____
S U I* £ C « SI » 11 <1
IVleclianical Dentist.
j ji|l!', in.lersiirne 1 rcspeotiullv oiler his pio-
S service* to the chi/eil* ol t ar
... nil.- ,„,|e iliilv. -•,«** He '* I* r **P ,ro ' l
to lit* |»r«»lOtl»i|.Mn .
«*' Tm.
ranted. r..
Corlersville, FeU. 16, ‘
1)11. T. F. JONES,
rnr.NI)BK.S his professional services to the
I cit Ol KIMisSTON and vicinity, and
r . * p ollv * die its a portion of their patronage.
JlllM* —i
DO. HUGH A. BLAIR,
Physician and surgeon,
* • ,riersvillc, Georgia.
prof -TFrUY t«eiler» hl« piofesßionnl .errice* to
ttT’O'hr,. i !i s r -sl.lencs, on Main St., l»’e *”'*
«ol Mr. P. M irvli. Ju "‘ * '
1 \r. o. pis Kim rox,
1 ) Cartersville , Georgia.
I, tils prefect'Toil i» vie.* «•< Ihe c t.irn* of
.. to. rvtt.v *m» *a. rrulMi... «•;«> rv ' ‘±
~ „ ,11 hou- . onto j op-.t .V* ln - ?
„ . , N.w Brut BtttlUlinr. May 10. 180T,*ly
La n i c r 11 ous e,
MARIETTA, ('A.,
r,Y ELLISON A DOBBS, Proprietor*
rilllis House '» located ill a few *teps of the
J K ulroad. where the ears stop. Passengers
tn.vs three meals a day hero. Meal* prepared
a atl hours. i u^
“sTilTFaTtunrr
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
ti» b>ic room of biair A tiradsfcaw • btore. j f
Oarieriville« Uhl
Dress Tailor.
.*» XH prepsred to eiecute al l kinds >4*
of work in the Fashionable Tail- 44
mJbjL inghne with neatness and in du- 'l*
rahle stylo. Over J. Elsas &Ci * store,
({artersville. jan 25.
J. W- MAXWELL.
BRICK MASON.
I. »r.p% tii *> a<* *ll kind* nf work In BrVk »nd
loof at »h rt n< tic*. 1U» on band » A e lnt . f
knrnrJ n »ck and t» prepared to do work upon ihe
most reMorable t'*™*-
C»r er.viU- oa.. M».v 9rd. __
The Cartersville Hotel.
Dr. THOMAS MILAM having
charge of this House, would ho S «*T
pi. used to accommodate a f w Board I ( g g
er* with BOARD, with or without U
Lodging. Call and see him at once for terms
Cartersville, Jau 17.
"James W. Strange,
Dealer in
STOVES.
GRATES,
IRON,
HARDWARE,
PUIN m JAPANNED TIN WARE. &C.
Clean Linen and Cotton Rags taken in ex
change for Good*. Repairing, Roofing and
Guttering done with ntatt-etsi.i latch
C»r»*r«vill«, Nov
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
s. ip
CARTERSVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS,
Eclipse fy/aa*
STrtf.tr,
J. O. Stocks,
RKBPKCTFCT.It notify eh* Public (?en*ra!ly that
h* has j.»t npwnneil his New anil Commodi
ous LIVKKY ANDBALK STABLE, and has It stock
ed with (rood horaes, hugultts, Ac., and Is prepared to
furnish those traveling Into and across the country
with any kind of p ivate conveyance. He Is also
prepared to II .ard Stock In any quantity with comfort
»ble quarters and bountiful feed at reasonable rates.
Stock bought and sold at hla stables. His stock all j
being fresh and equipage new he flatter himself with
the belief that he can furnish hi* customer* with as
neat and c .replete an out fit as any like establishment
In Upper Oeorgis. Ad he asks to establish this fact is
a trial CAKTEP.3VII.LE, OA. .March 2J, lt>67.
We are requested by C°l' J- G. Stocks to an
nounce 'o the public, that he has bought out
the I.ivery Stock of J. J. Jones Jr, and that the
two Stables will be consolidated, and that the
following list of price* will be strictly adhered
to.
Hack horses, and driver per day *7,00
H. rse, Buggy and Driver “ “ $5,00
Horse* Buggy “ “
- •• jg day s*.so
Sadd-e horse P*' f 2
“ day .>1.30
W. L. Kirkpatrick & Cos., Druggists,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILT. Veep constant on hand bwcll
seeded stock of pure
DRUGS AMD MEDICINES.
m* 9
Patent ZVZedicineS' &c.
Jones’ Carriage Repository,
Jar. 17.
ssmirniiM
CASKETS.
By Erwin & Jones.
VSSORTED sizes I-ept on hand. Also
WOOD COFFINS made to order. A
good HEARSE r adv at all hours,
CARTERSVILLc. Feb 1, 1867. wly
A
SKINNER
nnd CO.,
Dealers in
ckocekjes
AND
PRODUCE
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Aug. 16.
OLD DEBTS!!
OLD DEBTS!!!
AII persons indebted to the old Mercantile
firms of of HOWARD, STGKELY & CO.,
and J. A. & S. ERWIN, are respectluliy urg
ed to make liberal payments on these debts out
of the present wheat crop. All who refuge to
respond to this call for only part payment will
he sued. '1 bese debts are from six to ten years
standing, an i longer indulgence cannot be giv
en. Call at J. A. ERWIN & CO.’S store
where the Haims are, and make liberal pay
ments and save suits.
Cartersville, (it., June 18, 18(57.
Saucel Claytos, R. A. Clayton.
S CLAYTON & SON,
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
CARTERSVILLE, GA
We keep » ireneral stock and ean fn-nlsh yon wt'h
anyti tmr yon waut. C me to see u«—we will sell you
VOrds a at r. a»i'n>-ble prices. Come and look *1 oar
st< ck—N.> b»rm done if we csnt»rade.
If friends lavor us w ith consignm. i ts or orders, we
will me iur »vnj (in | on i i'* of their Interests.
BUTTER, EGGS, DRIED BLACKBERIES
Ac. lakou at market rates for goods.
5000 LBS.-
Ctaan Cotton and Linen
IMS
wanted.
Sept. 20.J867.
. R. NOI'XTCASTLE,
Jeweller sand Watch and
w Clock Repairer,
In the Front of A. A. Skinner & CoV store-
Cartersville inn 25
W. M. Shackleford,
Wholesale and Retail
GROCER
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Agent for universal life in-
SURANCE COMPANY. ofNew York.
Ulrica in new Store next *o Pont Office.
A«I V**
J CARTERSVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS
W. H. HILL. HKNRT BUNN.
HILL & BUNN,
DtALKItS Ilf
DRY OODS,
goofs & §|o£S,
HATS NOTIONS and
GROCERIES.
East side Rail Road Square.
Yf T TbLkeep coustantly on hand a stock aelected to
* suit the sefUioD, which offer for c&eh or barter.
Will p*y the higheaf price for all
P»<M»U€J3
brought to ih's market.
E pccisi aiten'i n 1- called to the superior induce
ments offered to planters for the sale of their
COTTON.
The? are now receiving * supply of extra Bugging,
Rope and
M’INTYRES IMPROVED SELF ACTING
111.
Call and examine for yourselves.
,jept. 6—w2m Cartcrsville, Ga.
J. A. E“ ww & C
Jit e receiving their Stock of
SPRING AND
Rummer Coote,
COMPRTSING every variety adapted to the wants of
the country, which they are determined to sell at
tbe Loweit Prices—
Cheaper
than the
Cheapest!
All are Invited to
CALL, EXAMINE AND BUY
BARGAINS.
Terms: Cash!
and our motto >•
Small Pronts.
Cartersville, Ga., April 19,1867.
SEW STORE! SFW GOODS !
And New Arrangements.
The nnderslgned takes pleasure In announcing to the
citlitena of Cartersville and surrounding country, that
he haa just opened out * most splended and FASH
IONABLE Stock of
B©aism & ©ffi SSIR
DRY GOODS,
adapted to the wants of the people, which he proposes
t« tell at P< ices to SUIT the TIMES.
Ladles wid find almost Everything pertaining to their
WAROROBE. . „ ,
GENTLEMEN will find Material and Furnishing
Goodß for Clothing.
Families will And all kinds of goods common for <*o
MESTIC USE, also BOOTS, SHOES,
Hats, Bonnets, Hoop Skirts,
Umbrellas &c, &c.
Also will keep on hand a large lot of
FACTORY ATJAF^ISfS
HE WOULD be h ppy to receive oalh at anytime
His doors are thrown wide open, and the Invitation
is to all. Come and examine his goods and pri es.
Next doe r to A. A. Skinner A 00.. ard iuet below the
Pnst L fflce, L. FLiiGU.-ON,
J. T. STOCKS witu Ferguson.
Carteraville, Ga., May IBt,IS6T.
NO DECEPTION!
MR. GUTHRIE who has recently located
in our town is now receiving his fall stock
of fall Lry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats
dec. Ac,
He has employed as salesmen, two most ex
cellent young men of ou r midst.Mr. W. L.
BRAY of our town and A. Y. CHAPMAN of
Stilesboro.
Asa further eviJence of good taste, he d«i.
sires to show to all a well assorted stock of fall
goods —which will be exhibited by these ob
liging Young men free of cost,and sold for ns
small amount of money a9 the same goods
can be purchased elsewhere.
P.S. Tell everybody to bring'fur skins by
the hundred—He wants 5000 Mink skins
caught after Ist Nov., wi 1 pay most for those
not split. Come and buy Steel Traps.
Remember the place, Post Office street, first
door north of Capt. Jones’ brick Law Office.
Cartersville, Ga
-Bept 20. 1867.
€4 m 4®V4»Ql§
ON
COTTON.
I WILL be prepared by the Ist Oct., to make
liberal cash advances on COTTON ship
ped to the well known and reliable house of
GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO.. Charleston,
or WILLLAMS,TAYLOR &CQ„New Yo-k.
Terms more liberal than any herlofore off
ered to planters or dealers.
JNO, A. ERWIN,
i«pt It. 19*T. Carkertnlle, Ga,
CARTERSYILLE GA, OCTOBER 25, JBG7.
1867 ' |bb Jfall ani Unite 1867>
srn-6oofc, |)icte
Hoots anb §»\m t
HARDWARE,
1 1 9 1 It 11 g,
OSNABURGS,
COS* ©lf
COUNTRY PRODUCE
bought and sold
Highest price
paid for
Hides,
Bags, fttts,
SSIlf
BEESWAX,
FEATHERS,
©Mil Il 5
Old Copper,
Brass,
LEA®?
line fit. Ht.
Agt. for wrap
ping Paper.
Merchants can
buy it in any
quantity at Mili
prices.
J. ELSAS,
Main Street,
Cartersville, Ga.
o*l 17, ISB7—wty.
John Smith’!* Etrcaui,
Dreams are strange things, and some
times lead to strange results. From
the earliest ages men have, with singu
lar persistency, placed ;imp!irit faith in
them, and have often been led into
queer blunders by them.
In ail ine course of experience,
however, ! do not remember to have
met with a more singular or remarkable
instance than that which I propose to
relate. It happened in a certain city
not many thousand miles from New
England, and was related to me as an
thenttc.
Mr. John Smith, ass shall call the
hero, was a neighbor of "line, and a
better hearied fellow never lived ; he
was kind and generous, and very pop
ular with his Iriends, of whom he' had
many, ami one of the best husbands in
the world. John was a little over 40,
ar<* had been married about ten years.
He had no children, and consequently
gave to iiis wife all the affection and
attention he would have bestowed up
on them. He paid his bills promptly,
and was well-to-do in the world. Yet
lie had one failing. He was exceed
ingly credulous, and this led him to
become a firm believer in dreams. He
had provided himself with a ‘“Dream
Book” at an early day, and every
morning his first act was to consult
this volume and learn what interpreta
tion iie should give his visions of the
night.
Mrs. Smith, unlike her husband, was
a skeptic. She had no faith in dreams,
and laughed heartily at her husband
for his faith in them. Wl.uu „>.<> i
that nothing could change her liege
lord, she, like a good wife, quietly let
him alone.
When they had been married about
ten years, John bought her a house in
one of the fashionable streets of the
city. It was not one of t hose good old
mansions, built in those days when
people erected to last, but one of the
modern shells, with paper walls, and
situated about the centre of a long row
of similar buildings. As lionses go in
these days, it was very comfortable,
and John was considered a lucky man
in being its owner.
When he had been in possession of
It is house for a few months, Join
Smith had a remarkably dream. He
dreamed that lie had discovered in his
house a secret eloset filled with all
sorts of gold and silver and other
valuables. How he discovered it, ne
could not exactly tell in It is dream, but
the suin which it contained was suffi
cient to set him up in the world as a
man of wealth. He was delighted
witli this, and was sorry to waken and
find in the clear light of morning that it
was all a dream. Nevertheless, a
dream though it was. it made an im
pression upon him so great, indeed,
that once or twice, while he was dress
ing. he could almost fancy the matter a
reality. At breakfast he told his wife
about it.
•You must have eaten something be
fore you went to bed which disagreed
with you during the night,’ said Mrs.
Smith, with a laugh.
•Nonsense, Susan. Sfrangcr things
than that have happened.’
•But, John,’ said his wife, ‘to look at
the matter seriously, where could you
find a closet in such a house as this?
The walls are so thin no human inge
nuity could possibly construct such a
closet. Now, if this were an old
castle, or even one of those old-limy
houses, there might be a possibility of
such a tiling ; but in this house the idea
is absurd !’
John Smith was silenced, but nni
convinced, and went of] to his business
with his mind full of his dream, lie
thought about it ail day, and was really
incapable of doing anything with his
ordinary ease and ability. He kept his
own counsel, however, snd said noth
ing more of the matter to his wife on
his return home that afternoon.
That night his dream was repeated.
He again saw the closet ami its piec
ious contents, but was again unable to
teii how he discovered the secret, or
where the closet was moated. The
next morning was a slate of great ex
citement, and triumphantly informed
his wife that his dream had been re
pealed, and he was sure there was
something in it. lie did not reflect
that, having thought of nothing else all
through the previous day, ii was but
natural that he should dream of it at
night. Now, ill spite of his wife’s
laughing at him, he resolved to test the
matter, and see what would come of it.
Arming himself with a hammer, he
went carefully over the house, rapping
on all the walls to see if he could detect
any cavity, iiis wife followed b'm
with mingled curiosity and amusement.
For an hour lie rapped away patiently,
but the wails only gave out a solid
sound.
At last, however, he struck with dif
ferent success. The walls this time
responded to the blow with a hollow,
metallic sound. Turning exullingly
to his wife, John Smith struck again,
and bade her listen. The wall was
evidently hollow there.
•What do you think now, Susan ?”ne
asked gleefully.
‘I am still convinced,’ Fhe replied,
though not as confident as before.
‘But 1 am,’ said Iter husband, exci
tedly, and he made ine plaster fly in
every direction.
‘What are you doing, John? Are
you deranged ?’cried Mrs. Smith, as
she looked on with astonishment,
j Tam going to get into this closet,’
• was the reply, and the plaster fttvr
| thicker and faster than before,
A taw moments sufficed to make a
[good sized lode in the wall, anil every
i moment John Smith’s excitement in
i creased. Thrusting his hand through
I the hole i:i the dark space beyond,
' and groping shout far \ moment, he
tirew it out with a roi-ular veil, and
showed to his astonished spou«e tialf ;i
dtizen silver spoons. Handing them
to her. he thrust his hand hack, imd iliis
lime drew mu a'large sugar-bowl ofihe
samp material. Jhe next time he
seized holil ol a silver waiter, but it
was too large to pass through the
opening which he had made.
‘Suppose we leave them. John, until
you ran get the tools to make the hole
larger, said Mrs. Smith. ‘We ran
stop the hole, and lock the room, and
no one will be any the wiser. The
articles will be pefeetly safe where
they are.’
John agreed to ihis proposition, and
they proceeded to conceal the opening.
Having done this they set ahout exam
ining the property that had come so
mysteriously into their possession.—
The articles wi re very massive, ami of
solid silver. They were marked with
the initials ‘L. B. F.’
Mrs. Smith had been bewildered by
the remarkable occurrence. She could
scarcely credit her senses, but thete
before her lay the evidence of their
correctness. She began to think that
John was right, after all ; that there
was much more in dreams than she
had imagined.
•What shall we do with them, John?’
she asked, at length.
‘We have got enough silverware of
onr own ; 1 suppose it would he best to
sell them,’ replied the happy John.
•However, we can better decide on this
after we find out what the closet con
tains.’
. At this moment they were startled
by tlie loud ringing ot the (rout door
bell, and soon the servant girl came Jo
iinform Mr. Smith that a gentleman
was in the parlor, and wished to see
him.
•He’s going on like a crazy man, sir,’
she said, ‘and says he must see you at
once.’
Hearing this, Mrs. Smith insisted
upon accompanying her husband, and
sharing bis danger, if danger there was,
and accordingly they descended to
gether to the parlor. There they
found a short, fat gentleman, pacing
the room in a great stale of excite
ment.
•My name is Piper, sir.’ said the
stranger as they entered, ‘Lewis B.
Piper.’ I live in the next house oo the
right. Are you the proprietor ol this
house?’
*1 am,’ replied John, blandly, think
ing it best to humor him.
•Then, sir, allow me to tell you there
is a robber in your house, who lias
been committing burglary on my prem
ises by breaking through your wall
into a closet, and stealing my silver
ware.*
John Smith’s face was a study as the
stranger mu le this announcement. He
stood with his hands behind him, star
ing vacantly at Mr. Piper, while his
lace was rapidly changing from white
to red, ard iroin red to purple, lie had
absolutely committed burglary by
breaking through the partition wall
which separated the two houses, and
stealing hie neighbor’s spoons.
As for Mrs. Smith, she sank into the
chair, and screamed with laughter.
Mr. Pipet stood gazing alone, and
then the other, and growing angrier
every moment.
John Smith, with a crestfallen air,
explained the whole to him, and re
stored the missing articles. The jcke
was too good, and the irate gentleman
finally made the house ring with his
roars of laughter. Poor John could
only smile feebly, lor he was most
terribly cbopfallen. He agreed to have
the wall mended, and all parties pledged
themselves to secrecy ; but somehow
the story got out, and John Smith
became famous in his native city.
On the morning alter his ‘discovery,’
his wife found him bending over a fire,
watching something that was being con
sumed by tiie flames. Leaning forward,
she discovered that it was his unlucky
•Dream Book’ upon which lie was vis
iting such terrible vengeance.
1 do not know whether he ceased
dreaming after this occurrence, but i!
he had any more visions he was careful
never to speak of them in open day-
I ig! l l . —Columbus Enquirer.
From the Brandon Republican.
A !l;ird Shell Sermon.
“ And When 7hey Biz sip Early in the
Morning. Behold ZVtey wan all Dead
I'orpime
“My friends and hearers, I will
preach onto you this day win and
weather periuilten—from the thirty -
sevinth chapter uv Daisy, thirty-sixth
verse. ‘'An the deslrovin angel smote
in the camp uv the Syreciang a hun
dred and lorescore and five tiiousaml
men-ab. And when they riz up early
in lhe morning, behold they was all dead
corpuses J" An thus it is, my uncon
verted frens and hearers, that they de
stroyin angel stalls abroad with is is
meat axe, ready to sen us to the bone
yard before we kin set down to break
last all. An it is su’d my friens, that
roses are red and violets are blue alt,
but it’s no use of try in to honey-higgle
round the angel Gabriel when he loots
los horn fur yon to tuck yo tails and
git under dirt ah.
"And when they riz up early in the
morning, behold they was all dead
corpuses.”
My wretched brethring and sintering
es ! w as riding along the road one day,
I seen a man a settin on the top uv his
fence ; with a double barrel shot gun
on his lap ah, and a svyettin and a
swetlin and a lam.in uv hisself with au
ole straw hat, and a eussin uv the birth**
uv July, and North Ameriky, and the
Constitution, and the tSuptettie Court,
an the bird uv lib. Tty, and tire Presi
dent uv the United States ah, and when
1 beam that man a eussin an that
big shot gun, thinks I to mystU, in ths
words of the lex ah,
“An when they riz up early in the
morning, bvhold they was all dead
corpttses.”
An I tide old Roan too wo. and sez
I, my ungodly Iren, it you swear in
that air way you will forever and eter
nally ruinate yo immortal suul ah. and
never git a nibble when you go a fishiu,
ah ; and sez he. ••You go to hell, you
dam dole misshapen, misbegotum, mis
take uv creation ah, es you had to git
the grass out uv a cotton crap with free
niggers, you’d git upon n stump and
cuss yourself out ov yo darn’d ole yal
ler hide, andgotoheli for yo health,
nh.” An sez I, “My orrin (Yen. itcuts
me to the marrer to see you strugglin
in the bondage uv sin, ah.” An sez he,
“My ptinkm laced customer, es von
kin clime that air tall red oak tree thar
and see anything i„ this here misera
ble land but bonding and crab grass
you kin take my old hat fora henness,
ah.” An sez l, “My hard swearin (Yen
l atn afeared you will never register
vo name in the book uv eternal life,
all.” An sez lie. -I went to town las
Monday to register an I couldn’t git a
sight uv the Look for the dam greasy
niggers, ah.” “Oh, mistaken human,”
sez I, “I trimble fur yo future, for you
a the road a leadin too perdition,
ah.” An sez he, “You are a darn’d ole
liar, for I’m on the road a leadin to
Benton, ah. 1 heaved a groan my
hearers, and sez I,
‘•An when they riz up early in the
mornin, behold they was all dead cor
puses.”
to ein wfl^alf.'
creetur,” sez I, “es you would but sue
fur grace you might come, jino that
heavenly quire, and lie mancipated
tr.im the sheckles uv sin-ah.” An he
cocked uv his gun and sez he, “l had
twenty-six likely niggers mancipated
on my bans woust an es you open vo
jaw bout mancipation to me again I'll
make buzzard vittles out uv yo darn’d
ole swivered up earkass befn hell could
cripple tiv a gnat-all.” My constant
frees an hearers, when I seen that
wicked man a cockin uv his gun-ah, l
begun to feel exceeding jiibous, and the
words uv the tex suioled upon mv
“ur-ah
“An when they riz up early in tlie
morning, behold they was all dead
corpuses.”
But iny Christian hearers, I felt call
ed upon to try my ban one more
time on this ohjurit man-ah; an sez l,
“My blasphemous fren, you arc con
tinually and forever dam’d-ah, ef'voti
don’t imrnejiily git down ofner that air
fence-ah, and go to some sequestered
spot an pray fur your soul’s redemp'ion
all.” And he jumped down ofner the
fence shore eiml, but he didn’t go to no
sequestered apot-ah ; but, my uncon
scious heaters, he stuck that big ole
double barrel shotgun close up to mv
reverend hoad-ah, an sez he, “I’ve
beam a sequester was the next thing to
a confisealof, an cl that’s yo business m
this here settlement yon had better be
gin to grow rnity dam small and beau
tifully less-all.” An mv hearers, it
looked to me as es a drove uv mules
could a trotted down the barrels uv
that air ole shot gun .ah, and I put spurs
**> ole Roan, an I galloped through the
wilderness fur lb an twenty hours-ah;
an thinks I. mv hearer*, es that air
man don’t pull up soon he’ll git to the
end uv liis rope-alt.
“An when they riz up early in the
morning, behold" they was all dead
corpuses.”
An sure cuuf, my patient hearers, in
about three days that proffan ited man
was tuk up by the (reedmans burn an
tried by i miilingtary commission an
hung fur a kiilm uv a nigger-ah : an my
lisneti (Yens and hearers, when l seen
him a stand in on the great emensity uv
space an kickin at the forth district, sez
1 to myseff, in the lauguig nv the in
spired himister-ah,
One more Rinner is dead an 1 gone.
A silver spade too dig his grave,
A golden clia u 100 let him down,
A bugle horn too blow un-ah.
“An when they riz up early in the
morning, behold they was all dead
corpuses. ”
\ Beautiful Extract. —The fol
lowing eloquent paper on time, is, we
believe, from the pen of Paulding:
1 saw a temple reared by the hands
of man, standing with its high pinnacle
in the distant plain. The streams beat
about it—the God of nature had hurled
Ins thunderbolts against it, vet it stood
;.s firm ns adamant. Revelry was in
ilie balls, the gay, the happy, the
young, the beautiful were there. 1
returned, and Jo! the temple was no
more. Its high wall’s lav in scattered
min; moss and grass grew ranklv
there; and at the midnight hour the
owl’s long cry added to the deep soli
tude. Joe young and gay who had
reveled there had passed awav.
I saw a child rejoicing in his youth,
ihe idol of hie mother, and me pride ol
Ins lather. I relumed and that child
had become old. Trembling with the
weight of years, he stood the last ol his
generation, a stranger amidst all tin
desolation around Imn.
I saw an old oak standing in all iip
pride upon the mountain; the bird*
were caroling in its boughs. 1 returned
and saw the oak was leaflets and sap
less, the winds were playing at iheu
pastime through the branches.
••Who is the distroyerf” said Ito
my guardian angel.
"It is Time,” said lie, ‘‘When the
morning stars sang together for jov over
the n»w-iuade world he commenced
course ; and v.lien he has .‘' fltrovi .
a ! that is beautiful /• the '"’ eai V, ,
plucked the ins spuWvo,:-
e ! l ,,‘® Uj,, '.n m birtod ; yea, when he
8 i-1 . nave rolled the heavens and the
earth *way ?* a scroll, then shall an
NO. J 7.
| cupel from the tfnons of God oom«
forth, and with one foot upon the sea
and one upon the land, lift qp hit hand
towards heaven am? swear, by Heaven’*
Eternal, Time was. but Tune ahull b«
no more.”
Northern Gcclesiaitlcal
i^rcsslon.
From the Atlanin Daily Opinion,
TO “ k. x. RKB.”
In the Daily Opinion of this morning
an article appears over the signature of
“E. X. Reb,” from which I make the
following extract :
“Some twenty-seven years ago, n
lew *pn!iuen.religious’ ministers belong
ing to the Methodist Episcopal Churcii
seceded Irom that denomination because
the old constitution and cau«M of tho
Church, as founded by Wesley a n<t
Asbiirv, did not recognize slavery us *
“divine institution.” They, therefore,
alter passing an ordinance of secession,
set up anew Church, created now ec*
clesiastieal offices, appointed eaoh olh*
or to till these offices, and then called
themselves the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. It was a political
movement, made in the interests of
politicians and preparing the way for
pol'tical secession in 18Q0,
Alter the war closed, and bv its is*
sues, slavery became extinct • and when
the sentiment of the people was for re
union, these same political preachers—
who did more than any other class of
met* to kindle the flames of civil war,
and who during tho war. igiored Christ
pulpits into political rostrums—-refused
to unite with the mother Church, but
insisted upon preserving their sectional
pro-slavery organization.
It is a well known fact that very few
members of that Church, outside it*
Ministry, countenanced this obstinate
foolery. They saw no sense in keep
ing up sectional strife, or in fostering
Church creeds which recognized the
divine right of African Slavery.”
Asa minister of the Methodist Epi«*
copal Church, Mouth, I pronounce the
statements in the foregoing extract un
true, and hereby challenge “E. X.
Reb” to throw off his disguise, furnish
me with his true name and meet ine in
a lair and candid appeal to the truth of
history.
W. P. Harrison,
Pastor Wesley Chajiel. M. E. Church,
South. Atlanta, Oct. 3, 1867.
Tilt: METHODIST COVPRRVCE.
To Rev. W. P. Harrison, p. D., “Pastor Wo*,
ley Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church,
S mth : ’
Reverend and Dear nitonißß—l
have read " E. X. Rub’s” reply to the
Intelligencer, and your challenge to him
to "meet” you •* in a fair and candid
appeal to the truth of history.''' I know
not who •• E. X. Reb” is, but 1 -wan
forcibly reminded ofsomc points whicii
have not escaped your memory.—
When, in November, 18d5, 1 stood in
vour presence before the Georgia Corv*
freuce, and a resolution was offered
and adopted by that venerable body,
concerning certain sermons of mine,
which contained sentiments similar to
ih -se expressed by "E. X. Reb,” t
challenged that whole body, (Vourself
•lie Uilcd) to "mrc/ me.'" then and there,
"in a lair and candid appeal i<> th<*
truth of history,” and that "challenge”
was declined, Mv sermons were con
demned without one word of a-gutneni
or one appeal to history. Whether that
method of disposing of the question in
volved in the discussion which you
seek, was ‘either fair or canditl, 1 am
glad that you have at last shown a
willingness to venture upon the argu
ment. I have longed lor the day to
come when arguments, pro and con, mi
those questions might be freely, fairlv
candidly ventilated in Georgia.* Inou/c
belllum times such a thing was quite
i npossible, and your challenge to "E.
X. Reb Would have been a polite way
of asking him to be hanged, or, at least,
to be arrayed in a robe of tar and
leathers. Happily those days jfehiv
airy are past, and, perchance, some
Cervantes may hereafter immortalisu
some dreaming Quixote who may ven
ture review its faded glories. At any
rate, l sincerely hope that "E. X. Reb”
may accept you challenge. If, how
ever, from any cause, lie may see fit to
decline, I give you notice that another
Richmond is ready to enter the field.
Seriously, Doctor. 1 am not fond of
e<mtrnvi*r«y. Yet it is the method by
which trutn, from prophetic and apos
tolic days, has triumphed over error.
I will, therefore, accept vour challenge,
in ease your chosen antagonist does
not. I deem him amply able, judging
irom the specimen of bis style in his
rep)) to the Intelligencer, to meet you
with ail the candor and fairness you
can desire. On the other hand, [
3penk candidly when I say that I do
believe the Georgia Conference, either
North or South, could select, if thew
were to try. a more able, fair ami candid
champion than jrourself. Able, frank,
generous, you will enter upon the dis
cussion to vindicate what yotl bclicVrf
is the truth ; amiable, courteous and
manly, you will stoop to no perstirvil
abuse; learned, logical and ingenious,
vour antagonist may justly dread, to
encounter your blows. Wer» I not
armed with the cniireioUsnos* that I
have truth on my side, I Wo'uld not
venture lo meet you in such a. contest..
Hut whib we mutually strive to keep
fie unity (and the spirit in lb j hood of
peace, I trii, that no evil, but much
i.>od. r .,av result from rb-e d-.sc ssiou
W loevrr may •ntir e hi*, /t. ’?•,
o ur>;>n theft knee*before G-.,i in tpeir
;. iasrt, ana pray i» by inspired wiu|.
' itie eight spirit. Let ‘them drink deep
into that spirit of piety and fraternal
Iqve which characterize all