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VOL. 0.
THE WEEKLY
Cartersville Express
Is puMinheTcvery p 1 kiTT) A.7Z~
morning. in Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga.,
by
Sam’l H, Smith,
Proprietor, at '|’hhek OoIIUIM, per an
num. utricth/ in advance ; Two Dollar* for
Hix Month*; One Dollar for Three Month*.
Ailverti»emerit* for one month, or less time
One Dollar per nquarc. (i>f ten. line* or less,)
for each insertion ; all other advertisement*
will be charged Fifty per cent on old prices.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS!”
JEBE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
PRITCHETT 4- IVOFFORI),
Att orn cy s at Law.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE OVER ELSAS STORE,
Oct. IT, 13(17,
THOMAS W. MILNER,
Attorney at Law,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA,
Will aticml promptly to business entrusted
to hi* care. Oct. 5 wly
John €. 15 rnn4 oli ,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
KINGSTON, GA.
PRACTICES LAW in the several coun
ties of the Cherokee Circuit, also, Polk,
ll'irral*on and Floyd counties, Prompt at
tention given to business. Nov. 23. ly
(Professional cards .$lO cash perannum.J
JOHN J. JO NES
attorney at law.
Cartersville , Ga.
WILL attend promptly to all business en
trusted to hi*care. Will practice in
the Courts of law, and equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the codec
tion of claims. Jan. 1. 1860, ly
John J- Jones.
JOHN J.JONES
REAL ESTATE ACJE.YT,
CARTERSVILLE GA
1 »n authorized to sell, and have on hand several
JI ,mo < and hot*, slid alio numerous building lots in the
town of Oarteravtlte. Also several plantations of vuri
ous sizes In Barlow county. I’arties desiring to buy or
«*ill will »1 > well to give must call. All comiuuniCttUons
promptly answered. July I*L 1800.
S u r geo it a ti <1
Mechanical Dentist.
rpilE undersiirned respeotfully offer his pro
| session il services to the ctiaens of (ar
tersvillc ami vicinity.-iz-jgstx He is prepared
to do all kinds of 'JttAyvSS wo: '' belonging
to hi* profession. lull setts of
teeth put in an gold plate. Work all war
ranted. F. M. JOHNSON,
Cortcrsvillc, Feb. 13. ® in °
DR. HUGH A. BLAIR,
Physician and Surgeon,
Gariersville, Georgia.
30 F.HPF.CYFULLY teuders h!s professional services to
\ tlie public.
t JifOllice ki his residence, on Main St., t**- resi
de* e or Ur. P. Marsh. Ju,ie 21 -
TAIL O. PINKERTON,
| y Cartersville, Georgia.
Tenders his professional st'vices to the citizens of
arlersvllle and surrouudlnK country, and will » it" l
r nit at nil hours. Ollics up-stairs in l)r. Samuel U»J
,O', New Brick Building* May 10. lsSJ.ivly
Lan ic r H ous c,
MAR.IETTA, OA.,
by ELLISON A DOBBS, r> oprietors
riMUS House is located iu a few steps of the
I Railroad, where the.car* stop. Passengers
take three meals a day here. Meals prepared
a all hours. july 24.
S. 11. Pat till O,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
■FTfrill attend promptly to tiie Cutting, Repair
\t uir and M aklug Iluv's and Men’s Clo-hlng. wa
Office in back room Os llialr ,t Bra Jshaw'S store, fl.#
Cartersville, Ga.
Dress Tailor.
IS prepared to execute all kinds
of work in the Fashionable Tail
!ii iug line, with neatness and in du- ..1,1
rable style. Over J. Elsas & Cj’s store,
Cartersville, jau 25.
jT W- MAXWELL,
BRICK MASON.
Is prepared to ilo all kinds of work in Brick anil
tone at short notice, lias on hand a tine lot of newly
burned brick and Is prepared to do work upon the
most reasonable terms.
Cartersville Ga.. May Sr.L IS6T.
Tlie Cartersville Hotel.
DR. THOMAS MILAM bavins
charge of this House, would be fie!
pli used to accommodate a few Hoard- H J i 5
ers with BOARD, with <u without
Lodging. Call and see him at once for terms
Cartersville, Jan 17.
MEADOR & BRO’S:
TOBACCO
Commission Merchants.
(UNDER UNITED STATES HOTEL.)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
aug 15, \v3ru,
j7h. PURTELL!
MERCHANT TAILOR,
White Hall Street 7 Atlanta, Ga.
CII.OTHINO made to order in the very
) latest style, and at short notice.
Oct 25. 3t.
Notice.
I respectfully notify those parties who
have made accounts with me. and tailed to
comply with the terms, that I shall be under
the necessity ot placing all such accounts in
suit unless paid now promptly.
W. H. GILBERT.
Cartersvillc, Sept. 27, 1867
fiissolution of late JFirm.
The Law Firm of Wofford and Parrott here
tofore existing has this day been disolved bv
mutual consent. The business hetetofore un
dertaken by said firm will be jointly attended
toby them. Each member of said firm will
continue the practice of law in Cartersvillc on
individual account.
WM. T. WOFFORD,
J.R. PARROTT,
Nor, 7th. 1867 4t,
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
CARTERSVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS,
ECLIPSE!
Sf Et(lU,
J. G. Stocks,
RESPECTFUI.LT notify the Public generally that
he has just openned his New and Commodi
ous LIVELY AND BALE STABLE, and has it stock
ed with good horse*, bugzies, Ac., and is prepared to
furnish those traveling into anil acres* trie country
With any kind of private conveyance. He is also
prepared to I! ,ard Stock in any quantity with comfort
able quarters and bountiful feed at reasonable rates.
Stock bought and sold at his stables, ifls stock all
being fresh and equipage new lie tiutter himself with
the belief tha* he can furnish hi* customers with as
neat and complete an out-fit as any like establishment
in Upper Georgia. All he asks to establish this fai tis
a ti iai. CARTERSVILLE, GA., March 22, 1807.
We are requested by C°l‘ J- G. Stock* to an
nounce to the public, that he has bought out
the Livery Stock of J. J. Jones Jr, a'd that the
two Stables will be consolidated, and that tlie
following list of price* will be strictly adhered
to.
Hack horse*,and driver per day $7,00
II rse. Buggy and Driver “ “ t ',OO
liurse & Buggy “ “ J*,®®
“ •• % day #'.so
Sadd-e horse per “ f 50
.i “ •* % day $1,50
w. L. Kirkpatrick & Cos., Druggists,
cartersville, ga.
WILL keep constant on hand a well
seeded stock of pure
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
©s& © *
V tent Medicines* &c.
Jones’ Carriage Repository,
Jar, 17.
mm-mm mmm
G-A-Sli'S AJSTU
CASKETS.
By Erwin & Jones.
ASSORTED sizes kept on hand. Also
WOOD COFFINS made to order. A
good" HEARSE ready at all hours.
CARTERSVILLc.Feb I, 1807. wiy
OLD DEBTS!!
OLD DEBTS.'!!
All persons indebted to the oh! Mercantile
111 iiis of in' CO..
and J, A. & S. ERWIN, are respeclluliy urg
ed to make liberal payments 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 hese debts are from six to ten years
standing, and longer indulgence cannot lie giv
en. Call at J. A. ERWIN &. CO.’S store
where the • iaiins are, and make liberal pay
ments and save suits.
Cartersville, Ga., June 18, 18fi7.
. «L MOUNTCASTLE,
Jeweller and Watch and
Clock Repairer,
In the Front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s' store-
Cartersville jan 25
W. M. Shackleford,
Wholesale and Retail
GRO C E R
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
A GENT FOR UNIVERSAL LIFE IN-
Y V SU RANGE COMPANY, of New York.
Office in new Store next ;o Post Office.
Aug. 15. wtc
NO DECEPTION!
MR. (rl PHRIE who has recently located
inourtown is now receiving his fall stock
ot tall Lry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats
,Vc. <Src,
He. has employed as salesmen, two most ex- i
eellent young men of ou>- midst,Mr. W. L.
BRAY of our town and A. Y. CHAPMAN of
Stile-boro.
Asa further evidence of good taste, he de
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 lor as I
small amount of money as the same goods
can l>e purchased elsewhere.
P.S. Tell every body to bring-fur skins by
the hundred—He wants 5000 Mink steins
caught after Ist Nov., wi l pay most for those
not split. Come and buy Steel Traps.
Remember the place, Post Office street, first
door north of ('apt. Jones’ brick Law Offi-.-s
(Jartcrsville, Ga-
Sept. 20, 1567.
J. W. F. BESTr
DEALER IN
AND
MEDICINES,
Linseed, Tanners and
Lard Oils.
Paints,
Putty,
WindotT Glass,
l>yc Stuffs
of all kinds
ALSO
Ptent Medicines and
TOILET ARTICLES SUCH AS
SOAPS- IBZR/CrSEmB
Combs, Perfumery &c. &c.
CARTERS YILLE, G A .
sept .30,1867
1867 ' ito Jail M m inter 1867,
JnMSooH |).iece (fobfe,
Clolpng, §oob anb §>\m,
HARDWARE,
1 1 $ 1111 g,
cvv&b&y.
OSNABURGS,
€©fl©S
mi
COUNTRY PRODUCE
bought and sold
Highest price
paid for
hides,
im
BEESWAX,
FEATHERS,
Old Copper,
BxctsSg
LIAS),
Sint fe st.
Agt. for wrap
ping Paper.
Mercliauts can
buy it in any
quantity at Mill
prices.
J. ELSAS,
Main Street,
Cartersville, Ga.
Oct 17, IS67—wly.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., NOVEMBER 29, 1807.
Tiie poem below is as seasonable as
it is beautifully expressed ;
railing Leaves.
They are falling, slowly falling,
Thick upon the forrs-s side,
Severed from the noble branches,
At heie they waved in beauteous pride.
They are fall ing ir. Ue valleys,
Where the early violets spring
And the birds in sunny spring time
First their dulcet music sing.
They aie falling, sadly falling,
Close beside our cottage door ;
Pale and faded, like the loved ones,
1 hey have gone forevermore.
They are falling, and the sunbeam s
Shine in beauty soft around ;
\ et the faded leaves are falling,
Falling on the mossy ground.
They are falling on the streamlet,
V\ here the silvery waters flow,
And upon the placid bosom
Onward tvith the blue waters go.
They are falling in the church-yard,
Where our kindred sweetly sleep,
Where the idle winds of summer
Softly o’er the loved ones sweep.
They are falling, ever falling.
When the autumn breezes sigh.
When the stars in beauty glisten
Bright upon the midnight sky.
They a-e falling when the tempest
Moans like ocean’s hollow roar ;
When the tuneless winds and billows
Sadly sigh forevermore.
They are falling, they arc falling,
W hile our saddened thoughts still go
To the sonny days of childhood,
In the dreamy long ago,
And their faded hues remind us
Os the blasted hopes and dreams
Faded like the falling leaflets
Cast upon the icy streams.
THE lOUMJ MOTHER’S EES
NOY.
‘•You look sober, Bella, what’s the
matter ?”
The remark and question came from
Aut t Rachel, who had called io spend
an efiernoon and take tea with her
niece.
“ I feel sober just at this time,
aunt ”
•‘ No unusual cause for uncomforta
ble feelings, I hope,” said Aunt Rachel,
the pleasant light which had come into
her face beginning to lade away.
“Oh, no, nothing unusual, lt’slhe
old story with me. There are a few
days in which I am not disturbed or
made to (eel unhappy.”
“Whv, Bella, this is very strange
news; disturbed, and made to feel un
happy everyday? You pain me very
much by such an acknowledgement.
What has gone wrong with you ?”
••Nothing wrong with myself aunt.”
was tlie reply, “but that oldest boy of
mine is growing so self-willed, disobe
dient and ungovernable, that I’m in
half despair about him.”
“I am sorry to hear that, Bella.
Perhaps you have indulged and humor
ed him too much.”
“1 think not. From the very be
ginning, I have made it a rule to re
press, so fir as lay in my power,
everything disorderly and evil; to
require strict obedience to my word on
pain of certain punishment. No, aunt.
I do not think the fault lies at my door.
Edward has a strange disposition. I
don’t know what to make of him
sometimes. He seems bent on doing
the things I interdict. Only- half an
hour ago I found him in the library
with a handsome book lying upon tlie
floor, marking some ol tlie fine illus
trations with a pencil. Once befote I
had punished him for this very thing,
and here it was again.”
“And you punished him again?”
“I did, severely,”
“Where is he ?”
“Shut in a room by himseli?”
“Overhead ?”
“Yes, that’s him pounding' on tire
floor now. Just hear the r.oise lie is
making! And it isn’t ten tninutessince
I threatened to whip him, if he did it
again.”
Bella went hastily from the room,
and going half way up stairs, called out
in a sharp commading voice—
“ You Ed ward !”
The hammering ceased in an instant.
“What did I say to you about the
noise a little while ago?”
No answer.
“Edward !” There was no kindness,
no softness, no motherly love in the
voice that uttered liie name. “Do you
hear me, Sir ?”
Slid no response.
“YVhv don’t you answer me?”
The mother was growing excited.
“Edward; if vou don’t answer me,
I'll punish you severely !”
A sulky muttering now came from
the room.
“Don’t let me hear that noise again,
sir, or you will be sorry for it.”
“Can’t I come out. mother? I’m
tired of staying here.”
“No, sir, you can’t come out, you
naughty boy !”
“I will come out !” screamed the
child, with a sudden wildness o( man
ner. as if he had crown desperate ; and
he rattled the lock and kicked passion
ately against the door.
This was more than the excited
mother could endure ; and springing up
stairs, she unlocked the door and
entered the prison room. Aunt Rachel
sighed as she heard the rapidly follow
ing strokes and the crie= of Eow^rd.
“Yor see,” said Bella, as she re
turned. with flushed face and angry
looking eyes, to the sitting room,
♦•what trouble I have got before me.”
Aunt Rachel did not reply.
“I’ve never seen such a child,” she
continued, “and 1 do not know what is
; ,n become of him. He prefers wrong
to right always, and recognizes authori
ty only for the sake of disobedience.
If, in sending him from the room in
consequence of some misdemeanor, I
tell him to go tip stairs, lie will almost
surely go down ; if I had said go down,
he will go up. Always, he is desirous
to gain the interd : ctej object. It is
marvelous, this perversion of his mind.
\ ou don’t know how it distresses me.
There, just listen. lie is pounding on
the floor as I live ! And v. hat is more
lie will keep at it, in spite of threat and
punishment. Now what am I to do
with such a boy. aunt Rachel? I’ve
tried every thing, but it’s of no use.”
“Suppose. Bella, you let him come
down and see me. Perhaps that will
get him out of Itis present unhappy,
state ot tnind.”
“But, aunt,” objected the mother,
“do you not see that lie would then
consider himself as having triumphed?”
“1 am not sure that lie would think
anything about it. He would come
into a better state of mind than tlie one
that is now ruling him ; and this, it
seems to me, would be something
gained. It is in tlie sunshine that
good affections grow, not in storm and
darkness.”
Delia sat reflecting for some time.
She did not like tlie idea of yielding to
her rebellious child in the smallest
degree. Pride and love of rule influ
enced her as much as a sense of duly,
perhaps a little more. In giving up,
site felt that she must experience a
degree of humiliation.
“Forgve him this time, for my sake,”
urged aunt Rachel. "I shall not enjoy
my visit, if he is under punishment all
tlie afternoon.”
“Alter a further debate with herself,
the mother left the room and went up
to the room where her imprisoned hoy
was. He was pounding tlie floor
when she turned tlie key and entered.
‘•Edward !”
She spoke sternly The little fellow
started up with a look half defiant.
“You are a very naughty boy.”
Edward set his lips firmly and knit
his lair young brows.
“How dare you pound on the floor,
after I had forbidden it ?”
Edward moved back a step or two.
There was danger in his mother’s eyes.
“Why don’t you answer me when 1
speak ?”
“I couldn’t help it, mother, stam
mered the child.
“Couldn’t help it! Ain’t you afraid
to give mo such an anwer?” and a
hand moved half involuntarily, as if a
blow was about to follow.
“Aunt Rachel is down stairs?”
••Oh, is she ?”
The two little hands came together
with a sound like a kiss, and waves of
sunshine swept •suddenly over a face
that was dark and stormy a moment
before.
“I have a great mind not to let you
see Iter, after all this bad behavior.”
The mother could not forgive him.
Instantly tlie smile went out from Ed
ward’s face, but he looked neither pen
itent nor deprecating. She turned Irom
him as if she would leave him still in
prison ; but there was no sign of weak
ness— only the disfiguring scowl on his
face, that made it so painful to look
upon.
“Come,” said the mother, coldly
extending her hand.
Edward advanced with slow steps,
and gave his hand in a reluctant man
ner, as i! there was no pleasure for
him in the touch, and following her
down into the sitting room.
“Here’s that naughty boy.” This
was Edward’s introduction to his moth
er’s aunt.
“Now, don’t pout your lips after that
fashion,” was added, reprovingly.—
“Kiss Aunt Rachel.”
Edward wauled to throw his arms
ab.’ut Aunt Rachel’s neck, and kiss her
to his heart’s content, but the reproof
and command sent an evil spirit of
resistance into him, and he merely put
up his lips with an air which said to
his mother, who did not see his face,
‘I don’t w"nt to kiss her.” But Aunt
Rachel saw love in his eyes.
“If you can’t behave better, go up
stairs again !”
“Oh, he’s behaving nicely,” said
Aunt Rachel, as she drew an arm
around the boy; and then began to talk
to him in a way that commanded all his
attention. But his mother would give
him no peace. It was
“Don’t lide on your aunt in that
way, or—
“ Just see, there, you rude fellow,
your leet are on Aunt Rachel’s dress;”
or
“Don’t twist your shoulders so!”
or—
“ You had belter go away from Aunt
Rachel, you are annoying her.”
“Not in the least,” au*u Rachel re
plied to this, drawing her loving arms
about the pleased child, in whose
bright face she read a volume of golden
promise, if there were only a wise
hand to turn the leaves. But half an
hour did not pass before Edward and
his mother came into direct collision,
and he was sent in disgrace from the
room.
“Now, what Em 1 to do, aunt Rach
el?” said the mother, in a half despair
ing voice. “You see what a self-willed,
disobedient and reckless boy he is.
How he resists me in everything ?
\Yhat am 1 to do ?”
“Learn the first lesson in governing
others,” replied Aunt Rachel, with
considerable gravity and manner.
“What is that?” asked her neice.
“To govern yourself.”
“Aunt Rachel'”
“I mean just what I say ; and until
I you learn to do this, you will strive in
vain with your child. Anger awakens
anger; harshness naturally produces
antagonism; ofr.-repea?ed punishments,
and fpr trival are offenses, the parents
of rebellion ; but love. Bella, quickens
love into hie. There is more true
power lor good in the tender,sympathet
ic tones ol a mother, warm with a
motherly love, than in her most imper
ative command or sternest inter diction.
Her mission is to lead, not to Drive her
children in the right way.”
Aunt Rachel paused to rote tlie
efleet of her plainly spoken admonition.
Her neice had a startled look, but she
made m reply.
“I have not heard you speak a kind,
approving word to that hov since I have
been here.” resumed Aunt Rachel.
“How can I speak approvingly when
lie does wrong? How can 1 encour
age him to disobedience hv smiling
when he sets my commands at deft*
ance?”
“1 fear, Bella, that you can call
many things wrong that are Gone in
nocently iu part. You follow him up
too close, and scold him too much for
tilings that are of no account. Forgive
me, Bella, lor this plain talk ; but 1 see
your error so plainly that 1 must point
it out. You have forgotten the pithy
adage about honey catching more flies
than vinegar. Try the horey, mv
dear—try the honey. lam sadly afraid
that you are shadowing the life of the
child—shutting out the sunshine, by
which alone good plants can vegetate
in the garden of tiis soul. I have seen
little besides an evil growth to-day,
yet down among the ranky springing
weeds, trying to struggle up into the
air and light a lew flowers of affection
for these as for precious treasures;
water them with tiie dew of love, and
let the heart’s sunshine go down into
the earth around them. Don’t think
so much of the repression and exter
mination of evil, as about tlie growth
and development of good. But, first, ol
all put your house in order. Regulate
your own heart. Repress anger, pride,
self will, love of ruling, indignation at
rebellion—let only affection reign in
} our heart, and thoughts oi’your child’s
good fill your mind.”
Bella sat in a kind of bewildering
silence, and her aunt kept on
“Will you not act upon my sugges
tion ; go to Edward and speak to him
as if you loved him. Let him feel the
love in your voice, and see it in your
eyes ; and, as the magnet attracts iron,
so will you attract him. Forget that
he offended you ; or if you would think
of it and speak of it, be as though you
were grieved, not angry. Love to his
mother will bind him to the law of
obedience, when fear ot punisment
would only impel him to us valua
tion.”
Bella arose quickly. Sue looked into
tier aunt’s lace, but made no response.
Tears were in her eves as she left the
apartment. Going up stairs into the
room in which Euward had been ban
ished. she opened the door and went
in with a quiet step. The boy started
as si.e entered, and looked around from
his work of marking with a pencil on
the white window sash. He was doing
wrong, and being caught in the act,
expected punishment, or an angy lec
ture. So he put on his usual look of
defiance.
But his mother, instead of blazing
out upon him, as was her wont, sat
down in a strange, quiet way, and said,
» Edward,’ so softly and gently that lie
could only stand and look at her in
surprise.
“ Edward,” she repeated his name,
and now with a tenderness that made
his heart leap. Her hands were held
out towards him. Dropping the pencil
he advanced a step or two, looking
wonderingly at his mother.
She still held out her hands.
“ Conte dear.” He was by her side
in an instant.”
“Do you love mother?” An arm
was gently wound around him. He
did not answer in words, he put his
arm around her neck and kissed her.
What a thrill of pleasure went trem
bling to her heart.
“ l love Eddy.” The arms tightened
about her neck, and the little head
went down nestling upon her bosom.
“Oh, I lo' eyoe so much!” The half
smothered voice was full of childish
earnestness.
“Will Eddy be good for mother?”
“I won’t never be naughty again !”
Edward stood up speaking in a reso
lute way, and looking full into his
mother’s face, “If I can help it,” he
added, a little less confidently.
“Oli, Eddy can help it if he will,”
said his mother, smiling encouragement
into his face.
Something was on the lip of the bey,
but he kept it back from utterance.
“What is it, dear? What are you
going to say ?”
Tims encouraged, Edward said, drop
ping liis eyes as he spoke:
“I’ll forget, sometimes, I’m almost
sure I will, but
“But what, dear?”
“Don’t scold me then mamma. Kiss
me. and I will be sorry.”
He cauglit bis breath with a sob,and
his mother drew his head against tier
bosnm and laid her tearful face down
among his golden curls.
When they entered tie sitting
room, Aunt Rachel saw that all was
right with them. She held out her
hand to Edward, who came and stood,
with a bappy-looking face, by h°r side.
Scarcely within her memory had the
mother spent so pleasant an afternoon.
Edward, of course, soon fogol himself,
soon meddled with forbidden things,
made unseemly noises, or conduc.cd
himself in a way that tried severely his
mother’s patience. But she controlled
herself—and it required no light effort
to use honey instead of vinegar—to
speak in affectionate remonstrance, in
stead of angry threats —and instantly'
the troubled waters grew still. She
could not but notice the singular dis
ference, in effect, between the loud,
emphatic and commanding utterance in
which she bad so long indulged, and
the quiet, loving words mow spoken in
under tones. Will then oppi sed itself
to will hut now lore yielded to love.
I he hoy, once so rebellions was now
anxious to gain his mother’s approval.
She had governed herself, and the work
of governing her child, so impossible
before, became a thing of easy achieve
ment.
‘•Don t forget it. dear,” sahf Aunt
Rachel, as site held the hand of her
niece, in parting at the close of her
visit.
“Never,” was the earnest reply.—
on have removed scales ‘rout my
eyes, and selfishness, self-will and
passion shall never blind 1:1c again. I
will try to govern my child—trv to
stiimil ite the growth of loving aff-c
--tion, rather than give up all thought to
the weeds, in seeking to tear up which
I have already hurt so im.iiv tender
plants.”
“All, mv dear child, that is the (rite
way,’ replied aunt. Rachel. “If you
can get the life forces of his young
spirit to flow vigorously into the good
plants, wilt soon spring up into
the sunny air, spreading out their
branches and striking their roots wide
and deep into the earth, leaving the
evil plant to droop and wither for lack
of nourishment.”
[From the Savannah Republican.
I nffeil XfatcsCant ts lor Soulh
eru BJslrlcl vfdeurgla,
CIRCUIT COURT.
IION. JOilft (JRSKINE, JUDGE, PRESIDING.
November 1;j, 1867.—The petit jury
was called and discharged until 10
o’clock on Monday morning.
Sarah. A. A. Shelton et. al. Vs. Si
meon Rodgers, Executor—lit Equity.
The hearing of this case was resumed
and the testimony on part .of the
respondent was read. It appeared from
the evidence that the executor pu r .
chased in February, 1865, bonds of the
State of Georgia, of two classes, to the
amount of the legacies due the com
plainants, which he tenders in court in
payment of such legacies, of which the
following arc copies :
CLASS r.
Milledoevii,i.e, Ga., January 15,
1862. —Receivable in payment of all
dues to the State, and to the W estern
and Atlantic Railroad.
The State of Georgia will pay to
bearer five dollars, redeemable in eight
per cent. State bonds or specie, six
months after a treaty of peace, or when
the banks of Savannah and Augusta
resume specie payments, if before that
time.
Signed by the Comptroller General
and Treasurer of State.
CLASS 11.
Milledceville, Ga., February 1,
1863. —Receivable in payment of all
dues to the State and the Western and
Atlantic Railroad.
The State of Georgia will pay bearer
ten dollars in specie or six per cent,
bonds of ibis State, six months after a
treaty of peace shall have been ratified
between the United States and the
Confederate States.
Signed by the Comptroller General
and Treasurer of Slate.
These notes bore no endorsement
whatever, and there was no written
evidence made at the time to show that
they were set apart as the property of
the legatees.
Judge Law, with his usual ability,
addressed the court on behalf of the
complainants, at the conclusion of
which the court adjourned to 16 o’clock
to-morrow morning.
DISTRICT COURT.
HON. JOHN ERSKINE, JUDGE, PRESIDING.
November 15, 1867. 'The petit jury
was Called and discharged until 10
o’clock to-morrow morning.
At the request of cx-GoVernor J. E.
Brown, as counsel for Foster Blodgett,
Mayor of Augusta, the grand jury were
brought into court, and after their
names were called the counsel stated
to the court that there was pending be
fore the grand jury a charge of perjury
against said Blodgett, and proposed to
challenge several members of said jury
on the ground that they had been en
gaged in the late rebellion, and as
counsel, he said, because his client had
reason to believe, and did believe, that
he would not receive justice at the
hands of the jurors named.
After hearing the argument of ex*
Governor Brown in support of his
motion, District Attorney Fitch, who
was in New York at the time of the
empanelling of the grand jury, address
ed the court in ■ u el queut and spirited
argument in opposition to the motion,
in which he contended that it was only
the Government that could take ad
vantage of the provisions of the act of
Congress passed on the 17th of June,
1862. 13th, Statutes at Large, page
430.
The District Attorney desiring fur
ther time to produce authorities in
support of fiis position, the court ad
journed the further hearing of the case
until 9 o'clock termorrow morning.
Freights os the .M. <i W. Rail
road. — We are gialified to learn that
freights on the Macon and Western
Railroad has increased to some extent.
A large amount of cotton having been
raised on the line of this road, and ail
of it seeking a distant market naturally
increases, to some extent, the business
of the road. Griffin alone ships from
six to eight car loads of cotton per
week, while Forsyth, Barnesville. and
other depots ar.d stations fall but little
below these figures.— Opinion.
NO. 22.
From the Nashville Banner)
I f OSi! My Drain Goes Democrat.*
I [to the popular air oe pitty-patJ
ns su - ft by
SENATOR BROWN LOW AND TIIAD
DEUS STEVENS,
ill character.
[William G. D. as the ’pretty Carline,” and
Thaddeus as the amiable Greppo.)
Both sing :
CIIOHOS.
Oh ! my brain (joes Democrat, Democrat f
Oil f my hcuit goes whirligig, whirligig!
Oil ! my brow goes rcbcMorn, robeldom !
D—n hail news! precisely oh l
Brnwnlow (solus :)
Trembling in each palsied knee.
Thaddeus (ditto):
Just niy symptoms to a "T.’*
Brownlow (hopefully):
News is had but might be worse.
Thuddeus (derisively)
News bo d— d—’taint Worth a curse,
CHOItUS.
Both singj
Both our hvnins go Democrat, Democrat!
Bulb our States go whirligig, whirligig !
Bath our knees go ftbeldom, rebeldoiu!
That’s the case precisely, oh !
Rebeldom, whirligig. Democrat!
Doubling, jubilee, chiekcn-orow!
Democrat, rebe doin, whirligig I
Don’t think we’ve done wisely, oh!
IJrownlowJ
Stand by me—l’ll staud by you!
Thaddetts:
“Stand,” bo d—d—What can you and« ?
Brownlow :
Why, 1 come .’n after sixty-eight!!!
Thaddcus :
I know you do but nr it’s —TOO LATE l !!!f
CUOUI’S.
Both sintr:
All our lir>j>en Democrat, Democrat!
15 To our States go whirligig, whirligig!
All the North goes rebeldom, rehelJoinl
Can’t impeach precisely oh!
Rebeldom, whirligig, Democrat!
Juggle-in, Juggle-in, chicken-crow!
Democrat, tettcldom, whirligig!
To many thumbs in the ole von boo- t
JOHN HAPPY. -
Fi'oiiLWaHlilugfou.
Washington, November 16.—Ste
vens is quoted as saying: “We must
take no steps backwards. The recon
struction of the Southern States on tho
basis of the military hill must be hur
ried up, so that as many as possible of
them may he represented in thecoming
Presidential nominating Convention. '
'The republican party would assuredly
elect their nominee in the next Brest,
deutiul contest, and there was no need
to run after or coax any man into
accepting their nominations. In less
than three years they could recover
the Northern States, and with tho
Federal patronage, the loyal wliilw
element ol the South would always
carry the negro population with them,
and thus give the party a base of power
for the next fifty years.
Cbtircli Musis-.
A speaker in the Old School General
Assembly said : --My venerable father
once asked a man from a neighboring
church, what kind of music they hail
there. ‘lt was had,’ he said. The
proverb was quoted *A bird that can
sing, and will not must he made to
sing,’—hue what, enquired the stranger,
can he done with a bird that can’t sing,
hut will sing? He said they had too
many such birds, A leader of music,
in a church where congregational sing,
ing was practiced, selected a tune with
the wrong metre, to be sung to tho
words, ‘With hyssop purge mv soul, <)
LortU’ He tride it twice, when some
old lady cried out: ‘Mister, you had
better try some other yerb.' ”
THE amount of blo.nl in an adult is
nearly thirty pounds, or full one-fifth of*
the entire weight. The heart is six
inches in length, ami four inches in
diameter, and beats seventy times per
minute, 4,206 times per hour, 166,866
times ner day, 37,772.000 times per
year, 2,503,440,000 in three-score and
ten, and at each beat two and a half
ounces ol blood are thrown out of if,
one hundred mill seventy-five ounces
per minute, six hundred and fifty six
pounds per hour, seven and three,
fourths tons per day. All the blood in
the body passes through the heart every
three inmutes.
A pert Miss in Portland was reading
the parable of the wise and loolislt
virgins, when she suddenly paused and
began laughing. “Well, what did they
forget?” asked the teacher encourag
ingly. “They forgot tlwir kerosene,”
promptly responded Miss Five-year
old.”
Ceylon lias a fig tree 2,155 vears
old. There is documentary evidence
that it was planted in the year 288,
before Christ.
It is estimated tiiat a million of
children meet weekly in the Methodist
Sunday Schools of this country, and
160,606 teachers.
Baf* A few years ago the ladies wors
a kind of hood called •kiss-me-if’-you
dare. The present style of bonnet
might he called, with equal propriety,
‘kisj me-if you-want-to.’
Forney’s Washington Chronicle
says that miners consider the gold
regime of Georgia superior to those of
California.
WQT The editor of 1 lie Fort Valley
Times has been presented with soma
sweet potatoes. He says ttiree of llicm
"weigh.t seventeen pounds,”
Prior to the war the bank circulation
of Augusta, Ga., amounted to nearly
110,060.000, all of which w as well am!
profitably employed in legitimate trade.
Now the available bank circulation is
about 8449,069.