Georgia Historic Newspapers

    A Nlfftit in a Grave.
It was near the close of a chilly day
in November. 1834, that I arrived at
St. Jeon de Luz, en route for the Cha
teau de C , about twenty miles tlis'-
taut, where I was to be employed ah a
teacher in the household of Coftnl o’
A , a French nobleman of mtfth in
fluence and wealth. Having secured
lodgings at a second-rate hotel—for 1
was a young man of limited means—l
repaired to the apartment assigned me
and threw myself upon a dusty couch*
et’e with an expectation of receiving
rest before pursuing iny jotirney. This
hope WjS partially realized, when I was
suddenly awakened by a heavy and
continued knocking at my door. I sul
lenly muttered a•• Come in,” but re
membering to have bolted it, I arose to
open. A form stood before me, ot gi
ant proportions, bis features marked
with a savage expression, his garments
anonymous both as to c01..r and text
ure. 1 inquired his desire, when, in
terrupting me, he it 1 was the
person who wished to go to the Chateau
de C . 1 responded in the affirm
ative. lie then offered to bear me
thither for a small sum, if it were ne
cessart for me to reach mv destination
that night. 1 assented to his proposi
tion, mote through dread of bidding
him begone than the benefit to be ac
crued.
It was not long before an old, dimin
utive carriage was announced, with the
identical ineoguitio as its driver. 1
hastily prepared myself for departure,
without having been the happy recip
ient of any quiet since my arrival at
the above-named village. Previously
1 had asked the stranger if he was ac
quainted with the route to be taken, to
which he gave me no specific reply ;
but when about to enter the cab 1 made
a simi'ar inquiry, in answer to which
he contemptuously flung out, “Yes.
ves ; within.” I obeyed, however,
with reluctance, for 1 knew not whith
er I was going, nor what might be the
result. Sad feelings possessed me, hut
were soon dispelled, (or suffering under
such physical lassitude, I sank into a
peaceful slumber.
1 shortly awoke much refreshed, and
saw that the moon in her lull beautv
had gained mid-heaven. From this 1
knew that the driver must have been
long and slow. I looked on tiie other
side and saw no trace ol a human hab
itation. Everything appeared desolate,
though the mild light of the moon
shone upon the etrtli. 1 greatly (eared
this ui iu acting as my guide, and dread
ed to accost bun in any manner, and
believed at one time that 1 would offer
him the small contents ot mv purse,
but thought possibly 1 might be wrong
in thus conjecturing doubts and fears,
and that l should willingly place my
self in his power. At length, project
ing my head out of the window, I saw
in the distance what appeared to be the
while walls of a park of shrubbery.
I beheld trees rising here and there,
but no signs of a dwelling. Presently
stopped, and I saw a
up to the door lie said :
“You must alight here.”
“Here,” l exclaimed, “in this sterile
place !”
“Do as commanded,” he said.
••I shall do nothing of the kind,” 1
replied, “You agreed to lake me to the
Chateau of C , and 1 shall not
alight until you have luliilied the
agreement.”
“ Phis folly is absurd,” he answered ;
“listen to what I say. We are many
miles from JSt. Jean tie Luz, and Irom
any habitation. None but deathless
spirits can answer to your shrieks.—
This is the door ol a cemetery, and
unless you alight instantly anti deliver
to me your purse, 1 will add a lifeless
body to these sacred precincts.”
This cold-blooded detet minalion
curdled my who e iraiue. For some
moments my tongue clove lolhe roof ol
my mouth. I was astonished to find
in a mail of such frightful mien words
which would have well expressed the
noblest purpose. Not a hope present
ed itself. 1 was at the mercy ol a mur
derer. and there remained nothing but
to submit. 1 prayed and sued bis mer
cy, and offered bun half my worldly
possessions, all if he would spare mv
lile ard lake me back. But no terms
of reconciliation would suffice. Self
reproaches rushed over my mind and ;
mingled with mv fears.
Why was i blind—so foolish as to
accompany the man ? Why did 1 sul
ler my want of courage to prevent me
from declining his offer, instead of com
mitting mysell to this suspicious-look
ing man!
••Oh, heaven!” I cried, within my
self, “help me!”
Becoming impatient at mv lung si
lence, which was the silence of despair,
he roughly seized me by the arm and
dragged rae from the carriage.
Not a found was to be beard. All
the great, great solitude was echoless
and void. 1 uttered a long, piercing
cry, as he flung me on the frozen earth
ami bade me deliver my purse. A
desire to make myself known overcame
me. 1 repeated my shrieks, which he
tried to stifle by placing his hand over
my mouth. ’Phis inspired me with
new strength, and I rose to my feet and
fled from him: The door of the cem
etery was open, and l rushed in, close
ly pursued by my foe.
The moon had been disappearing
behind a heavy heap of what seemed
snow-clouds, and now she utterly de
serted me at this critical moment, for J
stumbled every instant against a mound
or a tombstone. I traversed witli pre
ternatural celerity those habitations of
the dead.
But soon his heavy hand again seiz*
ed rae bv the shoulder, anu dragged
me back. My despair lent me strength.
We closed and struggled. I forgot his
superior power, and resolved to resist
death to the last. On hi* bieast he
wore a small piece ol gold, on which
was engraved many familiar devices in
Greek, in addition to his oalne, With
out any object in view but that of
avenging myself, I seized firmly hold
ol it, and in the struggle I lore it:off.
bis circumstance he did not at that
tune notice, but, in spite of my resist-
ance, he muttered between his teeth a
successful issue to the combat ; and, as
I sank, almost exhausted, on the ground
in that lonely place, 1 heard my antag
onist clasp his knife.
With a startled bound 1 was again on
my feet, anil extricated myself from bis
hands ; then followed the for life-.
1 flew, raiher than ran. with tire piece
ol gold in my hand. 1 had no scruples
where 1 trod. Now I went straight
before him ; now evading Ins gia-p by
passing in and out the graves ; heard
liis rurses as I avoided him. Tiie dark -
ness was deepening, and all the hor
rors of my position seemed to increase.
Nothing vvas left me but to succumb
to my late and suffer the pursuing vil
lain to take the life he sought. Every
earthly interest lost its attractions in
these moments of despair. I felt my
knees tailing, my step slackened in
speed ; a dizziness came over me, and
the consciousness that he was dose
behind me became a certainty, when,
suddenly, a lalsestep on my part pre
cipitated me into a newly-dug grave ol
great depth.
I experienced a shock, and the pain
I suffered was acute. I believed my
self injured to such an extent that my
life would be despaired of, but held mv
peace.
In the midst of this terrible torture
of mind and body, 1 listened with a
kind of savage joy, mingled with fear,
to the oaths ot my seeker, as stum
bling at every step, lie went about from
spot to spot, calling me to leave my
providential covert, for he had intended
no harm.
The sound of his receding footsteps
became fainter and fainter, and 1 re
joiced ihat, tired of the chase, he had
left me.
In a few moments 1 heard the sound
of wheels proceeding rapidly in me
direction we had come, and with feel
ings akin to happiness, l felt mysell.
alone. How long I continued to lis
ten to the retreating wheels I know
not ; but at length the sound ceased.
All was still as death. Then amid
the hushed silence, arose a sound like
that ol a man's feet among the grass.
I lull that he was near. He was
searching low on the ground. 1 even
heard breathing above me. I was then
impressed that he was seeking the
piece ol gold which I had severed Irom
him, and I listened with exulting tri
umph to his protracted and fruitless
search.
Ai length, he likewise became a vie
lim to despair. He rose Creel, and
stood quite still, to deled, if possible,
the slightest movement in that deathly
inclosure. Then at first slow and
unhesitatingly, he spoke. He altern
ately made use now of threats, now ol
persuasions. Sometimes, with tremu
lous voice, he besought me to discover
m) self, but I heard even his sobs with
relentless stoicism.
As I crouched there, what unbidden
thoughts of eternity filled my soul.
Never did the future present itself with
such force to mv hall crazed mind as
when Imling from the revengeful eru> l
iiule place. ITeaTh was, apparently',
my companion. I fell bis icy presence
around. With in a few yards, pel baps
a lew leet ol me, the marrow less bones
and decaying forms ot many ghastly
corpses were moldering away at every
stroke of time, until, in the process, they
beeame blended utterly with the mother
earth. 1 pictured to mysell every lior
ror attending death, fiom the moment
when the shrouded body feels the first
touch ol its primitive element to the
last, when all traces, save a few bleach
ed bones, is lost of ilie image once
moving among men, made glorious by
tlie immortal soul, but now shrunken
to an atom by the withdrawal ol the
pervading and sustaining essence of
life.
The benumbing cold of the air, the
dark atmosphere, the offensive efflu
via ol the mold, did not conspire to
raise mv spirits. A pang ol acute pain
sent a thrill through my Irame. At
length I heard the retreating footsteps
of my pursuer, as he gioped about the
cemetery in search ol his concealed
victim, became fainter and more faint
until 1 lost them in the darkness. I
suspected he was lying in wait for me
somewhere, hoping to hill me in se
curity by bis absence. But a strange
sensation that I never before experien
ced possessed me. A contusion ol
thoughts rushed simultaneously over
my brain. My past career swain be •
lore me in uneasy motion. At one mn
menl, a certain event re appeared as
another effaced it, and it sank in
the great ocean of remembrance. My
lather, mother and sister s'ooil around
me. I gazed up into heaven; I lan
ded it brilliantly illuminated. Then a
mist Bedimmed mv sight, and I knew
no more what happened thereafter.
When l awoke to conciousntss, 1
saw myself borne along as dead, by
several persons, who were carrying me
up what appeared the avenue leading
to a mansion. I was concious of in
tense pain, which resulted, as was after
wards proved, by a severely sprained
ankle, and 1 immediately sank into a
swoon. When again restored to con -
ciousness I lour.d mysell on a bed,
with an attentive nurse tending my
wants. My ankle was comparatively
free from pain ; and vvas informed that
some laborers in going to the cemetery
to complete a grave had foilnd me.
ThtTChateau de C—was the nearest
house, and I was borne thither, where,
through the skill and assiduity of an
eminent physician, called by the Count
tl’A—, 1 vvas soon in the chair of con
valescence.
The person who had been engaged
as my guide happened to have been a
classmate of mine in college, who had
taken umbrage at a trivial incident
which oceured to his disadvantage. 1
refused to aid in bringing one of my
fraternity to justice, and the piece of
gold bearing bis name 1 still possess.
He was, however, exiled from France
to expiate for a multitude of crimes
which he had committed. In en
deavoring to satiate the gnawings of re
venge which vvas his first deviation, he
became the propagator of iniquity,
Keep not, nor covet, what is not your own.
SAM’L H. SMITH, Editor anil Proprietor.
Cartersville, da, Aug. 14, 4868.
I > o in ocra c; y .
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
HORATIO SEYMOUR,
Os A'ew fork.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
GEN. FRANCIS P. BLAIR,
Os JMissourt.
Stale Electoral TicKet.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
Gk.v. JOHN B. GORDON, of Fulton.
Hex. JOHN T. CL ARK, of Randolph.
ALTERNATES.
Gkv. VVM. T. WOFFORD, of Bartow.
T. M. NORWOOD, of Chatham.
I OR TIIE DISTRICTS.
1. JOHN C. NICHOLS, of Pierce.
2. Col. CHAS. T. GOODE, of Sumter.
3. R. J. MOSES, of Muscogee
4. A. O. BACON, of Bibb.
5. Maj. .( B. CUMMING, ®t Richmond.
6. H. P. BELL, of Forsyth.
7. CuL. J AS. D. WADDELL, of Cobb.
ALTERNATES.
'. J. H. HUNTER, of Brooks,
2. WM. G. FLEMING, of Decatur.
3. W. O. TUGGLE, of Troup.
4. Dr. H. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
5. Gen-. D. M. DuBOSE, of Wilkes.
6. GARRETT McMILLAN,of Habersham.
7. Col. V. A. GASKILL, of Fulton.
llcatii of Thad. Stevens.
The New York Associated l’ress
dispatches of the 12th inst., announce
the death of Th id. Stevens.
Bjgu, 'Fite advertisement of the Bap
tist Fair in Atlanta will appear in our
next issue.
Gen. Wofford’s Appointments.
I will address the people on the
principles involved in the coming Pres
idential election, on the dates, and at
the places following:
At Canton, on the 13th August, 1868.
“ Humming, 14tli “ “
“ Gainesville, 15th “ “
“ Homer, 18th “ “
“ Carnesville, 19th “ “
“ Clarksville, 21st “ “
“ Cleveland, 22d “ “
“ Dalilonega, 24th “ “
ot nrn ? * 11 it | yu tn— •
“ Morgan ton, 27th “ “
“ Ellijay, 28th “ “
“ Jasper, 29th “ “
W. T. Wofford.
•
Sensible Conduct,
On the occasion of the recent elec
tion for United Stales Senators, the
Atlanta Constitution informs us that
Costin, a negro member of thp House,
having displayed more patriotism than
many of the while nit mbers of his par
ty are capable of, deserves special
mention. Having voted first foi Blodg
ett, before the result ot the ballot was
announced, lie rose in his seat, and
asked permission to change his vote to
Miller, stating that he did not represent
any party, anil that it was his wish to
serve the best interest of the State.—
The movement on the part of Costin
induced others in like -manner to change
their votes. The country will approve
the act, and Costin may rest assured
that he has done a noble deed for Geor
gia, which her people will remember,
Aaron Alpcoria Bradley.
As will be seen by reference to our
reported proceedings of the Senate of
Georgia, says the Atlanta Intelligencer ,
of the 12th instatit, the ruling of the
President vvas sustained bv the mem
bers, and Btadley, the negro permitted
to resign. The vote and facts are all
published in this case, and we will not
take it upon ourselves to impugn the
motives of any member voting to sus
tain the Chair, 'i'llis he had a clear
right to do if he thought it his duty ;
but it does seem strange to see men
who were elected by white constituents
voting to sustain a measure that ex
cludes a white man from a seat for the
purpose ol holding it open for a negro.
According to the laws under the Con
stitution Mr. Lester is clearly entitled
to the seat, but he must now give way
under this ruling for a negro.
Arrest.
'i lie Dalilonega Signal, of Aug. 7th,
says : “ P. H. Woodward. Mail Agent,
arrived in Dahlonega, on Saturday last,
and proceeded at once to arrest W. H.
Price, Post Master, charged with ab
stracting certain checks from the office
at this place. Price paid up the value
ol the checks and vvas released. The
community generally think that the
Agent erred on the side of mercy.—
Owing to the number of complaints
that were springing up all around, ami
fearing that he would again be “knab
bed,” Price left at the hour “when ail
honest men were supposed to be in
bed.” From the amount of money
missing, there is no doubt that he had
made his speculations profitable.”
THE NEWS.
Thrre aTe onlv one or two murders
a day, now, in Memphis.
Mrs. Grundy already reports ten
matrimonial engagements at Long
Branch.
The Democratic gain in 52 cotimit
in Kentucky since last year, is 23,000
There are eighteen ihomand visi
tors at Saratoga.
The “Beast” is up for re-election t
Congrt ss.
There were four cases of cholera in
New York on Friday.
Corn and cotton in Carr >1 county,
Ga, promise well.
“SamivelP Sloan, Chaii man of the
Committee of Open Board Brokers, at
New York, is non est with 850,000.
A three hundred dollar ring slipped
from a young lady's finger while bath
ing at Atlantic city tfie other day.
A. 11. Allen, of Carroll county. Ga,
was accidentally shot while deer hun
ting, last week.
John f). Reilly, late County Circuit
Solicitor for Richmond county, Ga,
died in Augusta yesterday.
One hundred and fifty ears of local
and through freight are daily received
at the Georgia railway depot, at Au
gusta.
Gen. J. I). Kennedy, ol Camden, and
J. P. Thomas, of Columbia, are the
Democratic Electors at large for South
Carolina.
The damages to the streets and bridg
es ol Baltimore, by the late flood, foo<
up 8124,000, the original cost. To re
pairs at present prices, will cost 8215,-
000.
The first bale of new cotton was sold
in New York on the 6th inst. It was
classed strict middling, and brought 35
cents. Raised by J. W. Duke. Grimes
county Texas.
Some negroes working on the planta
tion of Capt. John A. ('obb, of Sump
ter county, Ga., were to be tried on
Saturday, at Americas, lor assaulting
certain white persons in that county.
At the late Commencement of the
University of Georgia, the degree of
L. L. D. vvas conferred upon Judge Nis
bet, of Macon ; of D. D. upon Rev.
Mr. Fulton, of Columbus; and of A.
M. upon W. B. Johnston, of Virginia.
Election of Cily Officers In Au
gusta.
A Bill has been introduced in the
Legislature providing for the election
.i -\ixnisia. in lieu id
the present inefficient Mayor, Bloogeit,
and his confreres the Aldermen, who
held office by Military appointment. It
provides that the election shall take
place on the 2d September, ensuing, in
the manner established by the laws and
ordinance* of the city, the officers then
elected to continue in office untill the
regular annual election in April, 1869.
Affairs In Tennessee.
“Brownlovv's regions, not inaptly
compared to the lower regions,” says
the Kentucky Gazette, “are in a con
dition very near that of open and actu
al cival war. Their condition is just
that which ours vviil be, if Grant is
elected, which, thank God, he will not
be. The oppressions of the old Beel
zebub of Tennessee have become so
intolerable, that white men cannot en
dure them any longer, anil prefer an
open, violent, and internecine civil
war to their present condition of servi
tude and suffering. They have come
to the condition referred to in the Dec
laration of Independence, when rt volu
tion is justifiable. It General Thomas,
Brownlovv’s right bower in all bis dir
ty business, will kei p still, the white
people of Tennessee will regain their
lost liberties.”
Election of State-house Offi
cer's nn<l Priiiter.
The following is the vote for public
officers by the Georgia Legislature on
the 6th instant :—On the first ballot
lor Secretary of State, D. G. Cutting
received 102 votes ; N. C. Barnet, 90 ;
T. A. Swearingen, 2.
Colling was declared elected.
For Comptroller General, Madison
Bell received 102 votes; Feterson
Thweatt, 90.
Bell vvas declared elected.
For State Treasurer N. L. Anger
received 101 votes; Williams, 92.
Anger vvas declared elected.
For public printer. Dr. Sam Bart) of
the Atlanta New Era, Radical organ,
received 99 votes ; J. W. Burke, 93,
and VV. A. Read, I.
Bard was declared elected.
This wholesale Radical success vvas
occasioned by the absence of thirteen
Democrats from the city. They were
on board a train of ears that broke
down about the lime the election came
off’.
,»if“The New York News thus
concludes an elaborate examination
into the election probabilities ;
“After this survey of the whole field,
we say in all candor, that vve believe
Gen. Grant cannot possibly get one
hundred electoral voles, and we doubt
whethei he will got seventy-live.”
So. Carolina Democratic elec
toral Contention.
The Democratic Electoral Conven
tion licit! in Columbia on the 9th inst.
has adjourned. Every district of the
State, thirty-one in number, was rep
resented by the ablest public men.
On motion ol Gjeit. Hampton, Cap'.
Vfedary, Nice President of the -Soldiers’
anil Sailors’ Convention, was invited
nit the platlonn midst applause.
On motion of Juilsre Aldrich, a reso
lution of thanks in the name of the
Democrats of South Carolina, was ex
tenJled to the delegations, North, East
and West.
Other resolutions endorse the plat
form and express gratitude to Andrew
.Johnson, and return thanks to the citi
zens, soldiers and sailors North, who
raised their voice in behalf, of insulted
and outraged treedohi,
On motion of Gen. Hampton, it was
resolved that while entering a protest
against the Radical reconstruction acts,
we rely confidently on constitutional
agencies am! peaceful measures alone,
to bring us the relief sought anil re
forms needl'd. The proceedings were
exceedingly harmonious.
SST’Tlie Columbus Enquirer lias the
following from Stewart county, under
date of the 3d instant :
“Material changes have occurred,
not only in Atlanta, but in this section.
What lew Rads we had down here are
trying to get over on the Seymour sidq
of the question. My opinion is that
soon Mr. Grant will not have in Stew*
art one white man to rally under his
banner. We say but little, but you
will always find us wide awake: and
when the votes of this county are
handed in, they will cry aloud lor .SVy
mour and Blair with an overwhelming
majority.”
fifegr Alexander H. Stephens, in a
letter received here to-day, says the
Nashville Banner, says : “I never
sent any resolutions to the New York
Convention, and do not even know the
gentleman, Wright, who presented
them.” He says that Georgia will
give 20,000 Democratic majority.
Comptroller Gen. Neagle.—Affi
davits published in the newspapers of
South Carolina, prove Comptroller
General Neagle to be a forger. Lead
ing Radicals say that the safety of the
party demands that he shall either dis
prove the publishers’ evidence against
him, or resign.
ex-Governor Joe Brown
i»na utcii ucjcaicu iui trie u imeu orates
Senate, and for Chief Justice of the
Georgia State Court, the Cincinnati
Gaft tie invites him to “take a back
seat in the work of-reconstruction.” It
would be charity to hanJ Joseph a
sorghum stalk to stick as he stands
hungering in vain at the back-side of
the Radical party.
[communicated.]
Our Situation.
Mr. Editor, I trust you will pardon
this, the first intrusion of my humble
pen upon the columns of your worthy
journal. But I cannot help feeling that
this is a time, if ever there was one in
the history of our country, when all
those who feel and think correctly upon
the subject of our Political Situation,
should speak out for the benefit of their
suffering country. The people of the
South have undergone a great political
change within the last few years. We
have just entered upon anew era in
the annals of our historv. JVe have
just emerged from the throes ol one of
the mightiest revolutions known to the
history of the world. The clash of re
sounding arms has been hushed by the
voice of peace. The dreadful effusion
of blood has been stopped by the heal
ing balm of reason. Military excitp
ment has vanished, and made room for
the less arbitrary rule of politics. Mar
tial law with its oppressive yoke, has
surrendered its harsh jurisdiction to the
human justice and purity of the civil
tribunals, and once more, in the lan
guage of the great Jefferson, “Reason
has been left free to combat error.”
But it must not be combatted with fire
and sword, but with Truth.
While it is very true that the ravages
of the late civil war left the people of
the South in greatly reduced circum
stances politically, religiously, pecuni
arily and domestically, there are, not
withstanding all this, many wise and
valuable lessons to be found in the
very ebaos of our losses, which will be
highly beneficial to the people, if they
will only consent to lear them. There
has been a time when the people of this
country had no other guide to their
home politics, than the silent and dry
reasonings of the histories of oilier na
tions ; but now, we have the yet echo
ing sound of the cannon to speak, writ
ten down in the blood of countless pa
triots, to tell us of the past history of
our own Government. The tollies of
our own past political history have
been plainly opened up to our tyes;
and can the most radical in politics fail
to discern the evil effects of those fol
lies ? And will it not be still greater
folly In persist in the practice of these
old follies ? Reason answers, yes!
now that she is left free to see it.
What should he the guide of eveiy pub
lic man, who desires the restoration of
peace and prosperity, law and order, to
our unhappy country, in the coining
Presidential election? Are we to ac
complish this great end by the employ
ment of abusive language, and by reek
ing the dagger ot our hatred against tin*
enemies to ibis great and noble princi
ple, in the contest ! By no means.
The very reverse of this Course is re
quired. Who is so ignorant of human
nature as not to know the hellish effects
of abuse ? Nothing is to be gained by
it, but everything to lose, It we throw
away cur time by abusing our enemies,
who will elect Seymour and Blair?—
W here will we be next November?
Phe contest for the Presidency will be
the closest one known to our history,
and nothing but the greatest wisdom
and caution, exercised upon our part,
will elect Seymour , and Blair. Then
let calmness and wisdom characterize
the speeches of all ottr public men, and
the columns of all our newspapers. —
Let vituperation and abuse cease forev
er. Let political prejudice be buried
and forgotten at once. Let the mad
ravings of political demagogues, of all
parties, grades, shades, and colors, be
discountenanced and unheard. Let the
vile pratiugs of “cowards” be regarded
with silent contempt by all true patri
ots, ami such troublesome political
pests will soon cease to be dangerous
to the country. Let foolish excitement
be superceded by calm thought and
reason. Let patriotism win the victory
and carry away the prize, by the un
failing tactics of justice, at the ballot
box. Let not the experience taught
us by the war be lost in wandering
from our duly.
Let everybody resolve to art with
discretion and reason, and strive to do
right. The whole subject of our polit
ical situation reduces itself down to
one simple question. It is this:—
Shall we act calmly and conservatively,
and be Freemen ; or shall we act mad
ly and radically, and be slaves? Let
every man in Georgia, and in the whole
South, think seriously, ask himself tile
question, and conscientiously answer
it.
LEX.
Tribute of Respect.
Whereas, God, in his infinite wis
dom, has removed from our midst our
beloved school-mate Sophia Stubbs,
who, but one short week since sported
in the grove happy, in the enjoyment
of health : Therefore be it
Resolved, That while we deeply
sympathize with her bereaved relatives
and friends, in their irreparable loss, we
would bid them remember that their
beloved sister and friend has reached
that bourne where there is no pain, no
agony, r.o anguish now.
Resolved, That while we sincerely
lament the loss of our beloved young
friend and school-mate, we humbly
bow before the decrees of our Heaven
ly Father, and do not mourn as those
who have no hope, but trust that we
may so live that we may meet her
again where “The wicked cease from
troubling, and the weary are at rest.”
Young, beautiful, and endowed with
all that makes lilg desirable and attrac
tive, she lias been suddenly removed to
another and better world. The Angels
knew their sister on earth, and she has*
gone to join their company in Heaven.
Resolved, That a copy of this trib
ute be furnished the bereaved family of
our departed school-mate, and also be
put upon the records of our school.
M. D. Vincent,
J. I. Dysart,
M. P. McCanless,
Com. for Pine Log Masonic Inst.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Tribute us Respect to the L.aic
Prof. W. P. Howard.
Atlania, August 5, 1868.
At a meeting of the Faculty and stu
dents of the Atlanta Classical College,
the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted :
The decrees of Providence are in
scrutable and llis ways past finding
out. A few weeks since we parted
with our friend and colleague W. P.
Howard, ile was lull of health and
hope; of activity and energy. His
prospects for a long, useful and happy
fife were bright and fair. In his do
mestic and social relations he possessed
all that could be desired. As an ac
quaintance he was intelligent ; as a citi
zen he was generous; as a companion
lie was genial ; as a friend he was full
of sympathy; as a gentleman he was
high-toned and honorable. He pos
sessed in an eminent degree the faculty
of deriving pleasure from others, and of
imparting to them. In our intercourse
with him we saw much to imitate,
much to admire and but little to con
demn. His faults, if faults they were,
resu ted from the warmth of his emo
tions and the generosity of his disposi
tion.
But, with all his excellencies, men
tal, moral and social, he has gone. We
can no longer be cheered by his pres
ence, enlivened by his wit, or encour
aged by his counsel.
If the loss of such a friend weighs
heavily upon us, how crushingly must
it fall upon his bereaved family and
kindred ! To the God of the widow
and the Father of the friendless, we,
commit and commend them. May the
arms of His everlasting love be under
neath to comfort and sustain them.
Resolved 1. As the fellow-teacher
ol Professor VV. P. Howard, we deeply
deplore the loss of our colleague.
2d. In his death his family and the
community have sustained a loss that
will be long and sorelv felt.
3d. Asa faculty we will attend the
funeral and wear the usual badge ol
mourning for ten da\ s.
4lh. That a copy of the above pre
amide and resolutions lie transmitted
to his wile, and furnished the city pa
pers for publication.
T. F. Montgomery,
Secretary of Faculty, pro tern.
We the students ol tlie Atlanta Clas
sical College cordially concur in the
above deliverance ol the Faculty, ami
as Prof. 11. was a teacher whom we
sincerely respected, and a man we
highly esteemed, we fetl it a melan
choly privilege to unite with our teach
ers in attending his funeral and in wear
ing the usual badge of sorrow.
As Prof. 11. was an honorary mem
ber of both our literary societies, we
will devote a blank page in our records
for inscribing a biographical sketch to
his memory.
Mary V. Brown,
President of Beth Haema Society.
Minerva P. Bell,
President of Clnriosophic Society.
CAPITOL DRUG STORE.
L. 11. BRADFIELD,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST
And dealer in Paints, Oils and Dyestuffs Keeps
constantly on hand a complete itsgirlmentof every
thing usually found la a First Class Drug Stare.
Also, sole Agent for Dr. 0. S. Prophitt’s celebrated
Family Medicines ; to-wit:
PROPHITT’S LIVER MEDICINE,
PUOPHITT’S PAIN KILL IT,
PROPnirrs anti-billiods pills
The excellent remedies of O. S. Propliltt, M. D.
need no recommendation. Their well known power
in removing the diseases peculiar to our Southern
climate, having already established for them an envia
ble reputation in Georgia and the adjoining States.—
As the majority of petrous living in the South are
pre-dlsposed to disease of the Liver, it is granted by
all intelligent physician* that most of the pains and
aches of our people are due to organic or functional
derangemeut of l hat important organ. Prophltt
Anti-Billious Pills and Liver Medicine strike directly
at the root of the evil. They cure the Liver, which,,
in nine eases out of ten, is at the bottom of the Coughs,
Dyspepsias, Colics, Sick Headache, J'.heumatics Con
stipations, Menstrual ob-tructions, .tc., so common,
among our people. Earache, Toothache, Acute Rheu
matism, Neuralgia and bodily pains of every kind, flee
before Prophitt’s Pain Kill It like chaff be'ore the
wind L. H. lIRADFIELD,
Proprietor of Capitol Drug Store,
Sole Agent for Prophitt’s Celehrated Familv Medicines
june 19, ts. Whitehall street. At anta.
COMMISSIOW-W irehouseT
In. GILREATH & SDN,
G. W. MORGAN
AND
J - - Xj- whitehead,
Having completed a Ware-House in this
place, would respectfully inform Farmers
and the public generally that hey arc now
ready to receive
any kiml of goodN or PRO
DUCE in Store
Or on Consignment.
Liberal advances will be made on Produce
stored,
All goods sent forward or. consignment for
, ihMWld W ...... Wl
OIL HEATH & CO,
C’arterNville, Gn.,
July. 24, 1868,-/c.
WHEAT! WHEAT! WANTED!
BY
J. IE. IR, O IB IE IR, TS.
For which the highest Market Price
will be paitl—in CASH,
Curlersyllie, June 12. Gw.
I*. R. r riionipson,
HOUSE, SI3N AND ORNAMENTAL
Painter.
ALL kinds of Painting, Graining, Guilding.
Staining, Varnishing, and Glazing,
Scenes, Signs, Banners, Badges for Sabbath
Schools, Societies, Political parlies, Masons’
and Odd Fellows’ Murks and Regalia, done
with neatness and dispatch. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Cartersville, July 30, IB6Bwtf
Enterprise in Bartow!
HAVING made arrangements to receive
If les through agents to he. tanned on
shares, firfshed in workmanlike elegant stile
I solicit custom throughout 'he county. A.
R. Hudgins, Cartersvihe; yr Parham & Good
win, Cass Station, will receive and label hides
and receipt for same. Terms one half, (one
side of leather for each hide), to be returned at
place of reception. Highest market prece paid
for dry and green hides. Samples of leather
from our yard may be seen upon application to
my agents WM, ALLEN,
Dec. 20th, 1867-1y.1 8 67-ly. Pine Log, Ga.
AND
CARRIAGES.
SADDLERY ANO HARNESS
Whips and Emiainehd
Lcarhcr and Cloth. IwMHflk
4 Furnisning Goods, a
fine assortment
G. C. ROGERS,
Decatur street,
Atlanta, Ua.
Becond Door below Messrs. Moore & Marsn,
and opposite the United Stales and American
Hotels
Prices will r»e fojnd more reasonable
and stock more complete than any in the city
and buggies
, andl r TBtJF. of the most approved styles and
Finish on band and made to or-
The largest stock of
Hardware
in the city.
TRIMMINGS
of all kinds and qualities kepi on hand for the
trade.
Sept 27, 1&67-wly.
DR. JOHN BULL'S
Great Remedies,
BULL’S CEDRON BITTERS.
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
ARKANSAS HEARD.FROM,
Testimony of Medical Men.
Stony Point, White Cos., Ark., May 28/66,
DR. JOHN BULL—Dear i?1r: Last February I«„
in Louisville purchasing Drugs, and I got some of
your Sarsappanlla and Cedron Bitters.
My son-in-law, who was with me In tho store, has
beer! down with rheumatism for some time, cotnmen
oed on the Bitters, ant" soon found his general health
improved.
Dr. Gist, who has been in bad health, tried them,
and he also improved. ,
Dr. Coffee, wim lias been in had health tor several
years— -stomach and liver affected—he Improved very
much by the use of your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron
Bitters has given you great Popularity in this settle
meat I think I could sell a great qusnttty of ynur
medicines this fall—especially of your Cedron Bitten
and Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care ot
Rlckett A, Neely, Respectfully,
C B WALKER.
Bull’s Worm Destroyer.
Pa rent s Read thh Important
Letter
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ITS CONTFNTS.
Middletown, lud., April 26,66.
Mr. M. 1.. Duplan writes : Ido not know that Bull’s
Worm Destroyer needs any more recommendations
than it has already attained by its own merits, but
rill slate that my little son, aged about three years,
was severely attacked last fall and winter with light
chills followed by very high fever, throwing him into
spasms, or perhaps more properly fit*. lasting from
half sn hour to one and a hail hours; at the same time
the child had very strong symptoms of wornte. My
physician—one of the best in this part of therountry—
exhausted all ills ski 1 and the .Valeria Medico to ex
pel the worms, and entirely failed to bring any. I
thought “Suhn bull ’could do It, and gave the child
the contents of three boxes, in triple doaei, night and
morning, with happy results. The child has not had
a spasm for over three month*, and instead of Ihs
bloated mags that h« was, he Is now well and hearty.
“John Bull did it.’ Yours, truly,
M L DUPLAN.
A CALL FROM DISTANT
MINNESOTA.
Kingston, P. 0., Meeken co., April 7, ’66.
Mr J hn Bull—Dear Sir: I moved from Kentucky
to this pilot. The stores hove none of your Worm
Destroyer for sale. They are greatly needed A ere
ill Minnesota. A trial Is ad that is needed to give
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D G ARROWOOD.
Bull’s Sarsaparilla.
A GOOD REASON F°R THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH,
READ THE CAPTAIN'S LETTER AND TUB LET
TER FROM HIS MOTHER.
BeDton Barracks, Mo., April 80, 1866.
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir: Knowing the efficiency
of your Sarsaparilla, and the healing and beneficial
qualities it possesses, I send you the following state
ment of my case:
I was wounded about, two years ago—was taksn
prisoner and confined for sixteen months. Being
moved so often, my wounds have not healed yet. I
have not sat up a moment since 1 was wounded. I
am shot through the hips. My general health Is Un
paired, and I need something to assist nature. I
have more faith in vour Sarsaparilla than In any thing
else. I wish that that is genuine. Please express me
half a dozen bottle*, and oblige
Cast. C. P. JOHNBON.
St. Louis, Mo.
P. S.—The following was written April 89, 1805, by
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of Cnpt Johnson.
DR. BULL—Dear Sir: My husband. Dr. 0. S. John
son, was a skillful surgeon and physician in Central
New York, where he died, leaving the above C. P.
Johnson to my care. At thirteen years of age he had
a chronic diarrhmt and scrofula, for which I gars
him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURED HIM. I have for
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atm out niiraeuleue I very anxious for my son to
again have recourse to your Sarsaparilla. He is fear
fill of getting a spurious article, h-nce his writing to
you for It. His wounds were terrible, but I believe he
willxecover. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON.
SMITH'S TONIG SYRUP!
FOR THE CURE OF
AGUE ANO FEVER
UR
CHILLS AND FEVER.
The proprietor of thii celebrated medicine Justly
claimg for it a superiority over all remedies ever offer
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whatever will it fail to cure, If the directions art strict
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families have been cured by a single bottle, with a per
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ter the disease has been checked, more especially in
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DR. JOHN BULL’S
Principal Offioe
No. 40 Fiftliv Cross street^
Louisville, Ky.
Ail the above remediee for eale by
L. H. BRADFIELD,
Druggist,
Whitehall stree* ATLANTA, 0 A
February 12 IS6?. w, t