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FRIDAY MORNING,
la Csrtersvtlle, Bartow Cos., G».. by
Samuel 11. Smith.,
RDITOR arid PROPRIETOR.
Ral< sos Bab«cription :
On* cnpT three months, *1 no
On* ropy ■»* month?, " ' VL’
One c*pf one year, 3.00
{lnvariably in advance.)
0T Partlee advertising will he restricted in their
contracts to ttiMr legitimate business; that is to in
»!> advert,semeots that do not refer to their regular
tiiali '-as will he charged for extra. *
fgr Advertisement* Inserted at Intervals to be
charred as new each Insertion.
0T The above rules will he strictly adhered to.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Removal.
fpHE LAW OFFICE OF GEN. WM, T. WOFFORD
1 has been removed from its former location on the
HiU near the Presbyte'ian Church, to his N ew Building
near the Hal Iroacl Depot. K
Aug. 14, IS6S. 3ni.
DR. F. M. JOHNSON,
Dentist,
KK9PECTFILLY offers liis Professional
services to the citizens of Carlersville
and vicinity. Be is prepared to do work
on the late at and most improved style. ’ ' T
Teetli extract* f without pain, I by means of narcotic
Ipray.j W rk all warranted. Offic« over ,J Elms’
It*re,CARTEESVILLB, Ga. Feb. 20, is«3.- w sra
JERE A. HOWARD.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
cartersville, ga.
PRITCHETT & WOFFORD,
Attorneys at Law,
CARTERSTIS.EE, GEORGIA.
OFFICE OVER ELSAS’STORE,
Oct. 17, 1867.
THOMAS W. MILNER,
Attorney at Law,
CARTERSVILLE, * GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business entrusted
to bis care. Oct. 5. ly
JOHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Cartersville, Ga.,
WILL attend promptly to all business en
trusted to his care. Will practice in the
Courts of Law, anti Equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the collec
tim of claims. Jan. 1, rS66. ly
JOHN J. JONES,
REAL estate agent,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
1 am authorized to sell, and have on hand several
'douses and hots, and also numerous building lots lu the
t«wn of Cartersville. Also several plantations of vari
«“ »'■«* in Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or
fell will do well to g ve me a call. Ail communications
promptly answered. July IT, IS6G.
MURRSLi & BRO,
RESIDENT DENTISTS.
OAB m Avrwx*. Cl '*
CjtRTERS WMLKiJEj C.#.,
permanently locate*l here, and beinjr provi
ded with the latest improvements in Dental Materiel,
ire prepared to do anything pertaining Dental Sur
gery.
ALL WORK WARRANTED TO GIVE SATISFACTION.
DRS. M. prepare a “Supeiior Vege’ahle Tooth
Powd«r," guaranteed to contain nothing injurious to
the teeth.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
Cartersville, Ga.,
BY
BUICE & HILL.
The undersigned have associated in business, and
after refitting Mid re-arranging that CoMVIODIOUS
BOCBE recently occupied by A, R. Hu Igens as a Kam
lly Grocery and Confectionery, on the PAST SIDE
«1 the RAILROAD, near the late BARTOW HOITnE,
bare opened in the same ft FIRST CLA*B HOTEL,
tor the Entertainment of the TRAVELING PUBLIC,
which will be kept upon the EUROPEAN PLAN.—
Noth parties are experienced in th*j Pusiness, Mr.
HILLL haring been formerly Proprietor of the Ten
nessee House, Dalton, but more recently of the Car
tersville Hotel, and Mr. BUICE fortneriv Proprietor
U the late Exchange Hotel, Cartersville, Ga., but tuoi e
recently of the Washington Hall, Atlanta, C+a. Mr.
fleo. W. Hill Is General Superintendent, and Mrs.
“aloe. Lady Superintendent.
BUICE & HILL
May 29.—8 m.
S. H. PATILLO,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
TlTin attend promptly to the Cutting, Repair- ja
W ing and Making Boys’ and Me i’s Clo liing. jff*
Olice in back room of Blair & Bradshaw s store.
Cartersville, Ga.
J. H. PURTELL,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
White Hall street, Atlanta, Ga.
('tI.OTHINCi made t,» order in the very
j latest style, and at short notice.
Oct 25. ly
1868.
AMERICAN MOTEL,
Alabama Street,
•f TK,jtJtFFJi , Ga.
Nearest House to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITHOCK, Proprietors.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk.
HAVING re-leased and renovated the above Hotel,
M we are prepared to entertain guests In a most sat
isfactory manner. Charges fair and moderate. Our
efforts will bts to please. _ . , ,
LWBaggage carried to and from Depot free of
charge. April 29. wtf
Gilbert’s latest Improved Pa
tent
w mm&t iai,
i XDREW ROBIN respectful y notifies Farmers of
WHEAT FANS,
which are said, bv those who have used them, to be
the manufactured. As the harvest season is
rapidly approaching , those wishing to purchase will
tend In their ordersat or.ee.
Cartersville, Ga., april 29, lbfid wtr
W- H. HOWARD & SONS,
General
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Alabama street.
ATLANTA, GA.
of all descriptions of
Merchandise. Western and Country Produce
solicited. May 10 > 186S ’
YOL. 7.
Georgia, Bartow C ounty.
WHrff;V 8 f Th otn ?*w olr, h A'minis’rater Os the
~nL '*- ate of John J. Word, d-ceased, applies to the
UtraHen etterS M s an d“ llMion his admin-
S , i i ,T“'; , ,' i 'r V he nr " [ in Derembel nth'
should not. he discharged. Given under my hand and
seal of office, this 14lh of May, 1868. ’
J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
Georgia, Bartow County.
A ' Wor ' 1 ’ administrator De
»» bom* non of the estate es George Biovail iL
ceated, applies to me for letters of fr^
his administration: Therefore, all persons concerned
are hereby required to show cause, if any they have I
‘/hp" 11 ' administrator on the first Mo day in De
cemher next should not be discharged. Given under
my hand and seal of office, this 14(h dav of May,
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
Georgia, Bartow County.
Th Tr 9 A 'J Vor,i ' administrator Delon’*
sn, r^%o f ' , °' Tllo,,lag E. Franklin, deceased,
i.tra r n ™ , ,ene ” of diamisMan fr on his admin
lstratlon . Therefore, all perse ns concerned are hereby
required to show cause, if any thev have, why said
“L '" . n, * tra, '? r ’ J?" Jhe first Monday in December next
should not he discharged. Given under my hand and
seal of office, this 14th of May. 1669. 3 a
J. A. HO WARD, Ordinary.
F. M. Eddleman. C. I. Brown.
F, M, EDDLEMAN & C 0.,
Wholesale Dealers In
Boots, Shoes, Leather,
French and American Calf Skins,
LASTS, PEGS, LINING AND RINDING
szecitsts,
SHOE FINDINGS, AO., A-C.
Next door to Moore A Marsh, Decatur Street,
Atlanta, Ga.
rp~Shoe Manufacturers and Merchants will find It
to their 'irivantag* to cali on us before making their
purchases. .April 2 9, 1868. wtf
FORCE'S BOOT AND SHOE
House.
ATLANTA, GA.,
IS now receiving tlw FALL and
WINTER STOCK of BOOTS AND \
SHOES, the largest ever brought to T *
this m;irket. These g. ,ods came direct
from the Eastern manufactories, and w ill he sold to
Country Merchants and the Trade at New York pri -e?
expenses added, consisting of Men’s, Boys’ Youths’’
and Children’s Wax. Kip, Calf, .and Buff Brogans and
Isalmora s—Boots of all styles, thick, wax. kip, calf
and of the finest qualities Ladles’, Misses’, and Chil
drens’ Boots and Shoes, of every style, and all made to
order. <\j jj poitCE
B. AY FORCE, formerly of Charleston, Will be glad
to see his old customers.
Oct. 10. ly
ELACK3IVUTHI3NG
A. * 11. GOODSON,
Having competed their new
Sl ’°P- adjoining Strange’s Tin Shop, on
West side of Railroad, Cartersville. Ga. are
prepared to do ALL KINDS OF WORK in
ihc BKACKSMITHING Line. They flatter
themselves that they caij <U c-ooj work
nr Aiurn. They ask a reasonable share of the
public patronage, and promise satisfaction both
ill the character of their work and the rea
sonableness of their charges.
A. & M. GOODSON,
Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 31,1805. tvly.
V. R, TOMMEY, J. S. STEWART,
Newtoj Cos., Ga. Oxford, Ga.
TOMMEY & STEWART.
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
HARDWARE,
At the Sign of the
MILL SAW and GAME COCK,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, G a.,
*D ESPEUTFULLY call the attention of Merchants
I\ and o*t ers to their LARGE AND WELL ASSORT
ED STOCK of
Foreign and Domestic Hardware,
Consisting in part of
Iron, Steel, Nails,
B an and Cam a ye Materials,
Grain Cradles,
Svtlie Blades,
Tools of all kinds, &c., &c.
ALSO,
LEATHER, LIME AND COTTON YARNS.
AGENTS FOR
Hook’s Anti-Friction Metal.
Baugh’s Ravvbone Super-Phosphate of
Lime,
Buffalo Scale W orks,
Nonpareil Washing Machines.
PROPRIETORS AND AGENTS FOR
Rrook’N Patent Portable Pot
ton and Hay Screw and
evolving Press,
In over one hundred Counties in Georgia I
titgp County Rights for
1 June ft ly
Errors of Youth.
A Gentleman who suffered for years from
Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the
sake of suffeting humanity, send freu to all
who need it, the recipe and directions for
making the simple remedy by which he was
cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the
advertiser’s experience, can do so by address'
iticr, in pertect confidence.
JOHN B. OGDEN,
42 Cedar St., N. Vork.
Ifram .Manufactory.
Planeing, Sawing and Matching.
GRIST-MILL.
Sash Blind and Door
DM A-IsT XT FAG T O IR/Y.
SUGH A AfCEIREATH.
T,HE above firm are hippy to announce to the public
generally that., having got their eteam machinery
| n successful operation, they are prepared to Plane. !
Saw, Tongue and Groove, ai d to contract, to Build
Houses, and do nearly all kinds of Wood Work, and
guarantee satisfaction in all contracts »• make, bo'h
as to time a;d the character of our work. Our ma
chinery, being propeller! by steam, enables ua to do j
work with great rapidity, and, consequently, at very
low figures! Having a Steam Saw Mill near Carters
ville Vh rre we have our ow i lumber sawed in connec
tion with our steam manufactory atthia place, we flat
ter ourselves that »e can do work quicker and cheaper
than any other contractors in North Georgia.
We are also prepared to grind corn, and will hare
our Wheat Mill ready to grind wheat by harveat time.
Our mill and machinery is on the old site of the late
Magnolia Steam Merchant Mills, Cartereville, Ga.
April 29, 1888. wtf
the CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
I PIANO fortes:
’ I ""T un< le rs 'gned would announce to the
J fitizens of Cartersville and vicinity that
he is fully pepared to furnish
PIANO FoßrES .^a|
OCTAVES, with all the very latest improve
ments, and most elegant style and workman
ship, one hundred dollars less than thev can
»e purchased elsewhere couth. They will be
fully warranted.
I‘ianos Tuned and Repaired,
In the very best manner, and all work warrant
e< , and shall be pleased to give all orders
prompt attention.
MR. 8. T. ANDERSON will kindly give
further information at present, and deliver any :
orders, or you can address, by mail, ' ;
F. L. PREFER,
Kenneaaw House, Marietta, Ga.
mi»?, ! l, a 2 SOagentforthesalo of all kinds of
Jan. 25. wtf
TO THE LADIES.
ewe aST; mmm
PREMIUM FA Mil. Y
SEWING MACHINES,
r pHE best Machine for every description of
J c amily-sewing made.
Cali and examine Machine and specimen of
work over S. Clayton & Son’s store, Carton-
Vllle > (ia - S. IT. PATTILLO,
A gent for Bartow county.
Dec. 13, 1867. ts
/tave temaveef m i/ *Jjf/ac f
OF '
D II U G S, &c.,
f/eti foie boom itnefel f/te
BARTOW HOUSE,
anef am none facafctf on
Main Street,
necef e/oeb so
GILBERT &CO HARDWARE HOUSE,
Y /* c^donaf affenfion id
yrven fa f/ te ojf-
MEDTOII7ES,
deffeny rrff
ftefax m nry fine; due ft ad
M ™' r '" SC ?nMo, ULHOO, «,u. ?
AS CHEAP
ad can, fe jfoiinif f/te dame
yna/ify e/jctaf/eie. -le-
do/iei fa confinn=
a nee °f f/te T tadf feenefnedd
=>/" /lave 'tecciveif.
J. F. BEST, M. 13.,
Druggist and Pharmaceutist,
Feb. 7, 1868. wly Cartersville Ga.
SADDLERY AND HARNESS
MANUFACTORY.
ITHE undersigned, determined to give the
people of Bartow and adjoining counties
no excuse for going- abroad to purchase their
SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, &C.,
and for repairing the same, have opened, in
Saddle and Harness
MANUFACTORY,
where they propose to put up everything in
their line in the neatest, most substantial and
durable mannor, and at prices that will
defy competition. They flatter Dem
selves that they can and will do work, which,
in every respect, will compare favorably with
any work done North or South, both In
quality and price. Let no one ig
nore our work because't is done in the South,
nor our ptices, before giving us a tiial, for that
is all we ask to secure trade. Our work is all
warranted, and that is a sufficient guar
antee to purchasers. We are determined to
build up a name and business in Cartersville
that will be a heritage to our children after
us, if prompt attention, good work, and mode
late charges will secure that end. Rooms in
the front of the Eclipse Sale and Livery Stable.
THOMPSON & STOCKS.
Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 7. 1868. wly
JORDAN, HOWARD & HARRALSON,
TOBACCO
Commission Merchants,
Whitehall Street,
AIL ANT A, GEORGIA,
Keep consta’ itly on hand, a large
and line Assortment of CHEW
ING and SMOKING TO
BACCO, CIGARS, &c., which
we offer at the Lowest Whole
sale prices.
June 10, 1868. wtf
SMITH & RICHMOND,
Wholesale Tobacco
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Alabama Street, jUlanta, Ga.
PROMPT attention given to filling order* and the
of Merchandise, Produce, etc.
March 26. w6m
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA., AUGUST 2J 1808
NEW
GOODS*
®
GOODS!
AT
Loewenst ein
*>
Pf e ife r 9 8 .
\T7E ARE NOW OFFERING a Sp’en-
YV did WELL SELECTED STOCK of
ID IT-Gr OOPSt
BOOTS. SHOES, HATS, CLOTHING.
GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
GOODS of ALL DESCRIPTIONS DAILY,
AND WOULD RESPECTFULLY SAY
TO BUYERS COMING TO THIS PLACE
WHICH WE GUARANTEE CAN BE
BOUGHT AT LESS THAN ANY PLACE
4
IN THIS MARKET.
Call and see Us,
and convince
y ourselves.
Remember the
-m - « UNDER COURT HOUSE,
plMC€l Teast side railroad.
LOEWENSTEIN & PFEIFER.
Cartersville , Ga.
May 14, 1868.
To Consumptives.
! The Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON will send, free of
1 charge, to all who deaire it, the prescription with the
; directions for making and using the simple remedy by
i which he was cured of a lung affection and that, dreaa
I disease Consumption. His only object is to benefit
| the afflicted, and he hopes every sufferer will tiy tuts
1 prescription, a* it will cost them nothing, and may
i prote a blessing. Please address
F Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Ne. 166 South Second Si,, Williamsburg, N. Vork.
THE OFTLAW.
Truth Stranger than Fiction.
» There are those who disbelieve the
story below; hut it is true in every
particular. We knew Nixon Curry,
and n more brave, honorable and can
did man, prior to the affairs with the
Strongs, never breathed. The writer
has omitted to mention two facts first
that Curry was under the influence'of
strong drink when he revealed the
strange history of his early life, al
though he was a very temperate man.
The second omission is. that Mose
Howard, spoken of, was the betrothed
of Curry’s supremely beautiful daugh
ter Mary.—[Butte Cos. (Cal.) Press?
In the year 18—there lived in Iredell
county. North Carolina, a Presbyterian
minister by the name of Curry. He
was a man in comfortable circumstan
ces, of most excellent reputation,, with
a large family of sons and daughters.
Among these was a boy named Nixon,
noted for his sprightliness, his activity
and courage.
Many are the incidents recorded of
his early days, wherein he displayed
his bravery and won the respect and
admiration of his school-mates. He
seemed impulsive, generous, and the
possessor of many noble qualities.
From childhood Nixon Currv was in
love. Ilisfair one was a girl some
what younger than himself, attending
the same school with him. She return
ed Iris affection, and so ardently were
they attached to one another that, what
is most rare in childhood, no rival was
ever suffered to come between them.
Thus they grew in a delicious dream
of the future, nod as their vears increas
ed, so apparently did their passion for
each other. At fifteen this was so evi
dent that their parents forhsde all in
terviews between them. Her parents
were the very F. F.’s of North Caro
lina, and they had and could easily
secure more brilliant prospect? for her.
Ihe natural consequence followed.
The lovers met by stealth, and renew
ed their pledges to each other. She
promised that whatever should occur
she would never wed any one else, and
Nixon vowed to stand bv her so lontr
as a breath of life remained in his body.
At length, at the age of eighteen,
when Lucy’s relatives were doing their
utmost to force her into the armsofan
other, she lied with her true and devo
ted love. They were immediately
pursued and overtaken, when the en
btfie'? s , }fiP p t .,ourry.brought to bay,
The pursuit was hot.
p<J in ol„0;ug uiein, anu totik refuse in
the Aleghany Mountains, near the sour
ces of the Catawba.
Here reallv begins the extraordinary
career of Nixon Carry. Under the
plea of necessity, he took up the profes
sion of robber, and speedily rendered
his name famous by the number and
character of his exploits. Without at
tempting to give any of the minor inci
dents. it should be stated that the young
robber never took a life for the sake of
plunder, although he did it again and
again to avoid arrest.
The Governor of North Carolina of
fered $5,000 for his apprehension, and
many parties tempted by this offer,
engaged in the pursuit. They frequent
ly gained sight of the notorious bandit;
more than once the crack of his death
dealing rifle was heard from some ad
joining rock ; but never were they able
to discover his retreat or bring him to
bay. „
vr„^c vv , hp y as seen no more in
North Carolina. It — 1 *bft
his quarters were becoming too hot for
safety, and he had, therefore, prudent
ly removed them while the opportuni
ty remained to him.
During the first settlement of the
fertile delta bordering on the St. Fran
cis, now in the State of Arkansas, an
emigrant made his appearance, calling
himself John Hill. He rapidlv became
the most, popular man in the settlement.
Although of moderate means, he was
sober, industrious, generous, and of
extended hospitality, and such contin
ued to be his character in the country
which he had adopted for a period ex
tending over about a dozen years.
During all this time, not a quarrel -
some woid occurred between him and
anv of his neighbors ; and yet all knew
that it was from no lack ol courage on
the part of Hill, for of all the hunters
that pierce the jungle of cane in the
“Great Swamp,’’ or descend by torch
light into ihe bowels of the Ozark
Mountains, he had the reputation of
the most fearless. He was overwhelm
ingly elected again and again to the
Territorial Legislature, and distinguish
ed himself by his powerful and impas
sioned eloquence, and speedily became
a leader in the ranks of his own party.
He was a member of the Convention
which formed the State Constitution,
and was re-elected to represent his
county in the Senate of Arkansas.
And now began his second series
of misfortunes. Hill’s most intimate
neighbors were the Strongs, four broth
ers of considerable wealth, a great deal
of ambition, and in the phrase of the
country, “famous fighters. A close
and cordial intimacy grew up between
them ami Hill, and the latter, most
u n fortune tel v and ungardedly, made
George, the’ eldest, a confident of his
previous history. It so happened that
George had a most ambitious desire for
political distinction, and made a request
of Hill that he should resign his seat in
the Senate in his favor. Hill refused
and the brothers conspired to revenge.
Sending to North Carolina, they
procured a copy of the reward oflere*!
for Nixon Curry, the notorious robber.
I he four, powerful and determined as
they were, dared not attempt his cap
ture alone, but secured the assistance of
a dozen men, and made the attempt to
capture Hill in his own house. The
I latter never forgot his daily peril. He
j always carried a double-barrel shot
j gun, two long rifled pistols, and a form
-1 idable kuile. Arkansas has never been i
noted as a peaceably inclined State, j
and in those days its population num- 1
bered a greater per cent, of despera- I
does and lawless men than it does at the :
present.
I he attack of the Strongs proved a
dreadful one for themselves. Two of
the brothers were shot dead, while six
of the others were badly wounded,
several of them mortally, when the rest
of them were glad to withdraw for the
limp. I his allair caused the most un
bounded excitement throughout Ar
kansas. The thought that the chiv
alrous and highly popular John Hill
could he identical with the notorious
robber Nixon Curry was swaggering
to hundreds. Many for a lime refused
to believe it.
Perhaps the state of public feeling
can best he shown by the two follow
ing extracts from the Little Rock Ga
zette. The first appeared when Ilill
became so popular during Abe days of
the Convention :
“Among the truest friends of the
people ol ah in the present Convention
may be named John Hill, of St. Fran
cis. His energy, eloquence, and cour
age fully entitles him to the place Ire
holds, and, as we trust, will long retain
—that of the leader of the Arkansas,
Democracy.”
The second extract is taken from
the same paper for May, 1840.
“Bloody Affray.—A desperate en
counter occurred in St. Francis last
week. Two distinguished persons, cit
izens, were killed, and three others
dangerously wounded. *The difficulty
resulted from an attempt to arrest John
Rill, a member of the last Legislature,
and formerly of the State Convention,
who, as it.is alleged, is the notorious
robber Nixon Curry, who committed
such atiocities fifteen years ago in the
mountains of North Carolina.”
A requisition was sent by the Gover
nor of North Carolina, demanding the
surrender of Nixon Curry. Thelßov
ernor of Arkansas published an addi
tional reward for the arrest of John
Hill; arid thus between the two it seem
ed as if it was about up with the victim.
Hill packed up hastily, and set out
with wife and children for IJoner Ar
reason to believe would protect him.—
He was pursued by over a hundred of
the citizens, many of them unarmed, and
attending only for the purpose of wit
nessing the sport and 'securing a part of
the munificent reward that was offered
for his apprehension. Hill was over
taken at Conway Court-house by these
men, and halting his wagon and ad
monishing his wife and children to keep
their places, he marched forth wuh his
death-dealing gun.
The gallantry of the action, and
Hill’s incredible bravery, operated in
his favor. Many were unwilling to
hurt so intrepid a character, others
were afraid ; a panic was created, and
Hill pursued his way unmolested.
Subsequently attempts were made to
arrest him, but all resulted tragically
or ludicrously to those attempting it.—
It was known that Hill could never be
taken alive, and many began to
morose and sour, and unable to follow
anv regular business. He resorted to
me gambling table for the support ol
bis family. He became a drinker, too,
and was speedily transformed into a
most bitter ant! quarrelsome opponent.
If Hill had been famous among the
mountains of North Oorolina he now
became doubly so. Excepting perhaps
that prince of duelists, Joe Bowie, there
never was a man who inspired more
terror. Men who bad acquired a wide
reputation for deeds of daring turned
pale when they encountered John Hill.
Bullies who sought quarrels on the
i slightest pretext accepted all manner
|of insults from him without a single
word of remonstrance.
One day in September, 1845, while
he was seated at the breakfast table,
Hill burst into tears.
“What’s the matter, dear?’ inquired
his wife.
-I have had a dreadful dream. It ]s
a warning. 1 know l shall die before
sunset. Together we have encounter
ed perils and hardships; you abandoned
wealth and position for my sake, and
vou have never spoken an unkind
word to me. We have loved from
childhood, and that love has never
known abatement. It is this that
troubles me—not regard for myself.—
It is indelibly impressed upon my
mind that I shall die a horrible death
before sundown, and the. thought that
it will distress you also distresses me.
These were the exact words of Hill,
as testified by his wife and children.
His wife t°ld him—
‘♦Then, mv dear husband, do not £°
to court to-day.”
(The Circuit Court ol Pope county,
in which Hill resided, it should be re
marked, was then in session.)
‘•Yes, mv wife, 1 must go,” he re
lied, “When a man’s time has come
he should not seek to avoid death, but
meet it bravely,” Then turning to
; his son William, a bright boy of 13, he
told him to go and get the Bible, and
upon it he made him swear to kill the
man that killed his father.
“Here comes Moses Howard, father,
he will protect you,” remarked Mary,
NO. 9.
the eldesf daughter, as she descried the
young man approaching.
The youth, who was a fine, power-
I '"''looking man, chatted a few minutes
w,th the family, and then went out
; with Hill, Who Shaved and dressed
I himself with particular neatness, and
j hi* »rfe with , h( . warmest
I ttrttl with tears i„ |,j, ey „
before leaving, J
*, r S . 800,1 as 1,10 two reached town.
I 11,11 bt T an drinking deeply and showed
a more quarrelsome disposition ihan
ever * insulted everybody that
| crossed bis path, and all tile entreaties
of the young man failed to pacify him
Finally he declared that he 'would
clear the court-house and dashed into
the court-room with fury depicted in
his countenance. Judges, lawyers
jury, spectators, all made a rush for
the door. One man who lagged bt
kind was seized by Hill and beaten
unmercifully.
Vour.g Howard caught hobl of the
infuriated man, and attempted to re
strain him. when, glaring like a tig* r,
he turned upon the youth and struck
him to the earth. Before he could rise
H’ll sprang on him, and commenced
pounding him.
“For God’s sake, stop. Hill! Don’t
von know me, v „ U r friend —How
ard ?”
Hill seemed to grow more furious
each moment, and finally clutched a
pistol, determined so take'his friend’s
life. Howard seeing the crisis had
j come - seized the bowie knife that
; protruded his vest and buried it in his
bosom.
‘I lie dream is fulfilled !” exclaimed
Hill, with a smile of singular sweet
ness that lingered on his naturally
handsome face after he was a corpse".
He then died without a groan.
Howard looked down into his face,
as if unable to realize what he had
done. Then he burst into tears.
God knows l would not have done
it if I could have helped it, but it was
either your life or mine.”
He mined away with a gloomy air.
and uprtn the instant disappeared". He
was never seen in Arkansas again, but
several years after a trader brought the
news that he was living at San Anto
nio, Texas.
Were we writing fiction, we should
here lay aside the pen: but as we are
giving facts simply, which can be sub
stantiated. duty compels us to add an
other incident before this tragic tale is
ended.
It will be remembered that Hill en
joined upon his son to avenge bis
death. Faithfnllv /fi,f that mn
lie was gone several months. \V lien
he returned, he said to his mother:
“It is done, mother! Poor Howard !
I pitied him, but 1 had to do it.”
A WOVEfc SPECTACLE.
Grand Procession of itlemphis
Ras-Tasr & Boi»taif.--A Work
House Wanted.
From (he Memphis Avalanche of 2d Instant.
Yesterday morning the First District
stationhouse contained one hundred and
twenty-nine prisoners, some of whom
bad not seen sunlight except through
grating for two months. Others bad
been in durance only a few days.—
During the forenoon all the prisoners
were assembled in the little court back
yarn*
mackerels; white, black and xeilow
“bummer with a variegated assort
ment of hen-roost and clothes-line lilt
ers. After seeing them properly classi
fled, Captain Simons mounted a barrel
and addressed the motly assemblage.
He informed them that they were to be
aired on the streets, under police escort,
and then teleased from custody. The
police authorities were unable to feed
them anv longer, and as there was no
workhouse, it would be necessary for
them to take care of themselves. He
hoped a workhouse would be provided
so that when they returned they would
have a chance to do something useful
and pay for their keeping. One lugu
brious mackerel squeezed ail onion
under his eye and forced a few tears .
and an old yellow gal was so much
affected that she offered to kiss the
Captain for his mother. He replied
that lie would take it under advisement
a few weeks and report in the spring.
Passing outside, the motley assem
blage started on a parade through the
streets. Such a concentration of rag
tag and bobtail, was never before seen
in Memphis. A few seemed quite hu
miliated, and tears trickled down their
unwashed cheeks ; others held down
their heads, as though fearing recogni
tion ; but nearly all turned up their
unclassic “mugs” and bore themselves
proudly, as if the demonstration were
in their honor. In the procession, held
aloft on poles, were several placards
with printed inscriptions. We give a
few : “Citv Fathers, take care ol your
children ;” “Lost children, in search
of a workhouse ; ’ “Memphis chain
gang ;” “Workhouse committee;”
“Furnish us with a home ;” “Children
of the City Fathers ;” “We want work
—in a horn.”
After Main. Front, Second, and oth
er streets were traversed, the proces
sion entered Court Square and Sur
rounded Jackson monument. Captain
Simons then called out, “Attention,
battallior. 1 break ranks —skedaddle’,”
No second invitation was required.—
Squads started in every direction, and
in a few moments the Square was
cleared,
A Woman’s Fate.
IHE STRANGE CAREER OF A NEW Al RANY
BELLE.
New Albany. Ind., Louisville’s pretty
neighbor, has given many strange, sad
Stories to the public prints, but none,
perhaps, more melancholy than one we
chanced to hear on yesterday.
About the time of the breaking out of
the war there was a brilliant wedding
in a magnificent residence on one ol its
fashionable avenues, find a beautiful
girl of sixteen was married, with the
blessings of her parents and friends, to
the man she.barfchosen (or her proti ct*
or through life. She was indeed a
lovely creature—the rose bloom of her
fiiir cheeks flitting and returning again
as if at hide and seek with the long
Silken black curls that rested coquet
ishly upon her snowy shoulders; and
there was a pair of lustrous Mack eyes
that seemed speaking from as merrv a
heart as ever beat within the bosom of
an innocent maiden. A matchless form
and faultlessly graceful, she was uni
versally admired and beloved, as well
for her qualities of head and heart as
lor her strange, wild beauty. Possess
ed of a fine education, and having all
the accomplish men ts which are deemed
so necessary to a modern young lady,
there was every reason to believe her fu
ture would be at least a happy one. Her
betrothed was apparently a young man
of culture, and not without talent ; and
there certainly appeared to be no oh
stacle in the way of the youthful cou
ple.
Ihe war progressed. Immense ar
mies were gathering for the Southern
campaigns, and the Northern hosts, a
great bristling avalanche of steel, were
soon to be burled upon the brave but
ill-fated South. The thunder of the
angry cannon, and the rolling drum
beat of mustering regiments had become
music to the popular eir, and every
body thought, and talked, and dreamed
of blood, i’he citizen was changed to
a soldier; homes,'business, everythin**-
was abandoned; for war had become
the fashion, as much as though it
had been some great revolution in the
cut o( coats, pants, or crinoline*,' and all
were rushing madly to the sword.
Among those who marched away
from New Albany, carried off by the
temporary excitement, was the husband
°f tlie carriage just alluded to. With
his regiment he passed through a num
ber of minor battles, and at length, as
fate would have it, he pitched iiis tent
in Shiloh, where the Federal army was
shortly after surprised and defeated by
the Confederates, and were only saved
by the eri ival of Buell. It: one of Hto
fierce charges of the serond day ’s fight
the New Albany volunteer fell .'and his
name went to the papers and to bla
home in Indiana among the list of the
slain.
The young wife mourned for him
and long sought news of him, hoping
the story of his death might, after all,
be some cruel mistake, but time at
time.
At last the “eruelest of wars” drag
ged to its close, and one day a squad of
discharged soldiers arrived in New Al
bany, veterans from the front, and
sun burned almost beyond recognition.
That day the unfortunate* woman for
the first time learned the astounding,
crushing truth that she was not only
not a widow, but the wile of two hus
bands. Her soldier had really come
back, and there was no doubling his
identity. He was no ghost, certainly,
for a specter could hardly have raised
the domestic tempest lie got up on
learning of his awkward position. It
is reported that the two husbands made
the question one of right and might,
and pummelled each other vigorously
at various times, until a divorce from
the soldier was finally agreed upon,
olrfatf 1 rftitrpexire warrants ensued, until
tbe liarrassed couple fled to this city to
bscape the wrath of the returned sold.er,
whose hatred and malignity seemed to
grow with the lapse of time. He soon
found them however, and the old scenes
followed. The poor woman, weary oi
persecution, and believing herself the
guilty cause of all that had transpired,
and despairing of any further peace this
side the grave, deserted her second
husband, and threw herself into a bag
nio. Here she lias lived a life ol shame
ever since, striving to forget io dissipa
tion the purer life that once was hers..
Many who were formerly her most
intimate friends know nothing of her
terrible late, and she lias never ap
peared upon the streets unless heavily
vailed. She sometimes clandestinely
visits her aged parents, who are wealthy
and respected citizens of New Albany.
They have not forgotten their erring
child in her disgrace, but she steadfastly
refuses to bring shame upon their gray
hairs by seeking shelter under their,
roof, and asserts her determination to
bury it with her in the grave, for Which
she longs. [Louisville Cornier*
A merchant put an advertisement in,
a paper headed, “Boy wanted.” iicxfc
morning lie found a bandbox with an
infant on his doorstep will) this insci ip
llon ; “llow will this one answer.?.”
“Madam,” said a man tn his wife,
“let me tell you that fhaus are stubborn
things.”
“ Dear me, you don't say so, what a
fact you must be ?”
—
Though men boast of holding the
reins, the women generally tell them
which way they must drive.
figySqua ga-ria«ba, an old chief of
the Ottawa Indians, died recently, and
a medal was found hanging on his
neck, which he had worn for fifty-four
years, and which was presented to
him in 1814 by the British Govern
ment for the part which he took in
killing and scalpirg American whiles
at the River Raisin massacre.