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In CvUrfvill*,’ Bartow 0 Ga., by
Nnmuel XI. Nniitli,
EDITOR and PROPRIETOR.
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JOHN W. WOFFORD,
Attorney at Law,
C ITRIH VIEEE. OfIORH.
OFFICE over CURRY'S STORE,
Oct. 17. 1868.
fommercial Hotel, Cartersviile. Ga.
BY JOHN 0. MARTIN
TWO.BTORY RRTOK BUILDING, corner of T)epo
•Squareand Market Street. East Side if Railroad.
Rooms Rood and co-nfortatde.
Furnitnre aud Bedding new.
Onod office and *p»c!oii« I’iinlnjr Room
Ta'des well supplied with the best that the market
affords, and charges moderate.
The Proprietor hopes, by good 'attention to business,
„ rrrf . i>.-it shire' of patronage. Dec. 1.1569.
R. W. MURPHEY,
attorney at law,
Cartersv tile. Ga.
W'jTX practice In the the Courts of Cherokee Cir
cuit Particular attention given to the collection
of claims. Office With Col. Atxla Johnson. Oct. I
dr. a. m.TohnSON,
Dentist,
T KSPF.CTf ULLY offers his Professional
|\ service* to the citizens of Cartersviile
and vicinity. He is prepared to do work ‘-LLLjJXf
on the latest and most improved style.
Teeth extracted without pain, fbv means of narcotl c
snrav I Work all warranted. Office over Ptokeley's
Store. CARTKKSVILLK Ga. Feb. 20 18G8.—worn
JERE A. HOWARD,
attorney and counsellor at law,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
JOHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Uartcrsvllte, Ga.,
WILL attend promptly to all busi.ipss rn
trusted to liis rare. Willpract ce in the
(lo.irts of l.aw, and Equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the collcc
ti >n of claims. Jan. 1, 1866. lv
JOHN J. JO ME S ,
KEtL ESTATE AG In AT,
CARTERSVILLE. ga.
1 am authorized to sell, and have on hand several
Houses and bnK and also numerous building lota in tile
town of Cartersviile. Also several plantations of vari
ous sir.esin Bartow cnur.ty. Parties desiring to tm or
sell will do well to give me a call. All comirnnlcationa
promptly answered. July IT, ISfiO.
BLANCE & noDD,
A T TOItNEYS A T I. A W,
CKDARTOWN, POLK COUNTY, GA.
Will practice law in the several
Courts comprising the Tiulapoosa ( ircuit ;
also, Bartow and Floyil Counties. Partic
ular attention given to the collection ol
claims. j«u 12,1 y
WARREN AKIN,
Attorney at Lav,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
Will practice in nil the Courts of the State.
w . R. JIOI \T( ISTI.E,
fvA Jeweller and Watch and
w Clock Repairer,
the Front of A. A. Skinner At Co’s store
Cartersviile, Jan. 25 _
JAMES MILNER,
Attorney atTLaw,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
rI.T. practice in the Courts of the Chcr< kee and ad
joining Circuits, also the Supreme ami Distrie
Courts Piompt attention given to business entrusted
to.ray care. August 21 hSI6.-u ly
j. C. C. Blackburn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
EUHARLEE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA-
Kete: >rices : Industry, promptitude and at
trtitir; march 22. w 1 \
T W Milner, O H Milner.
MILNER & MILNER,
Attorneys at Law,
CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA,
Will attend promptly to business entrusted
to their care. jan. 15. ly
CALEB TOMPKINS, well
known for 20 years past, as a first
class WJtTCU CLOCK,
JmajtL and' JF, WELLER REPAIRER,
MANUFACTURER, has com
menced work one door North of his former old
stand, on the East side ot the Railroad, Car
iersyille, Ga. Wili sell Clocks and Watches
Warranted. Nov. 10. wiy
Two Dwelling Houses for sale, rent, lease,
or to exchange for Atlanta property, together
with everal residence and business lotss.
S. H. PATIL LO,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
Will attend promptly to the Cutting, Repair
ing and Making Boys’ and Men’s Clothing.
Office on the Second Fl« or of Stokely &V\ 11- \Vf£
Hams’ New Brick Building. Kntrance from —L*-
Maln Street ,in rear of the building. Feb 17.
JOHN F HARWELL
is still hammering away at Ins
gadPUßal trade. Repairing Guns and Pis
tols, also GINS, THRESHERS, and MA
CHINERY. of almost any kind; in fact, he
is prepared, and can do, almost any kind ot
work in METALS, such as Iron, Steel, Zinc,
Brass, Copper, SiJver and Gold, Shop on
Main Street near Gilreath’s Warehouse, on
west side of the Railroad, Cartersviile, Ga,
JNO. COXE, J - H - WIKLE.
Coxe Ac Wiklo,
Commercial Agents,
NOTARIES PUBLIC
AND
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
With Gf.n. W. T. Wofford,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Will attend promptly to the Collection of all
Commercial Paper, Demands between Foreign
and North Georgia Merchants, and also to
noting Protests of Commercial Paper for non
payment, etc., etc., etc.
Refer hi/ Permission, to Gen W T Wofford,
Hon Warren Akin, W H Gilbert A Cos, N Git
rea‘h <s• Son, Hon J R Parrott, Howard <s•
Peacock, Cartersviile, Ga. feb 21 w\y
S. O’S ZEE I T±3 I_i-DS»
Fashionable Tailor ,
CARTERSVILLE. BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Having just received Charts of the latest
styles of Gentlemens’ and Boys’ Clothing,
European and American, announces that he
IS prepared to execute all kinds .aa
of work in the Fashionable Tail-
JLL oring line, with neatness and in Tff
ur able style. Over J. Elsas & Co’s store,
Curtersvijlc mch'ijs
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
VOL. 8.
Kennesaw House.
(Located a* railroad depot )
njYIIE undersigned having bought the entire
1. interest of Dix Fletcher, Trustee for Lou
isu W. b letcher, in the Kennesaw House,
and the business will be conducted, in the tu
luri', under the name and firm of Augustine
A. Fletcher <V Frever. Thankful for past fa
vors and patronage,they will strive to give the
utmost satisfaction io all p*«rons of the Ken
ncsa.v House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER,
UIT) _ TI t F. L, FREYER.
MARIi.. IA. Jan. 12, 69.
K. T. Whife, j. M Lvkes
Amerieau Hotel,
ALABAMA STREET,
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
II i T E & L Y K E S ,
Proprietors.
BAGGAGE carried to and from Depot
free of Charge. May 11, 1860
E. R. PABSEEN, R. D- MANN,
Georgia. Tennessee. ’
THE OLD TKNN. AND GEORGIA
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
SASSELiN & MANN, Proptrietor .*>*.
J. W. F. BRYSON, } c
ISAAC N. MANN, ) ?A# ’
January !, 1869.
COME IN OUT OF THE JAWS OF
DEATH! Hesitatif >n aiul delay are
nothing but another form of suicide when you have a
remedy at your hands to rnnove pain Instantly.
Dr t MaggieFs Fills
Are the t r ue grains and essence of health, and the
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The people know them!
The people use them!
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These pills grapple with Disease at its fountain-head
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ma’ic danger of swamps and forests. One of DU.
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and aches, enl vens the spirits and sends new blood
BOUNDING THROUGH THE VEINS.
Cal! for these nesttmabie medicines at your nearest
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etor’s nfl.ee for them. They are mailed safely all over
the globe.
One Minute to save your Life.
Take Disease in time and you will
suffer less and be saved many days of
useless misery.
A\ hat one hundred letters a day say
from parties nil over the habitable
globe:—
Dr. Maggiel, your pil’s has rid;me of all billiousness
No m»re noxious doses for mein live or ten pills ta
ker, atone time. Oue of your pills Cured me.
Thanks, Doctor. My headache lias left me. Send
me a nother box to keep in the house.
Alter Suffering tor. ure from billious cholic, two ot
your pills cu ed me, snd 1 have no return of the mal
ady.
Our doctors treated me for Chronic Constipation,
s V ey called it. and at Inst said I was incurable. —
Your Maggiti’a Bills cur ed me.
1 nad no appetite ; Maggiel’s Pills gave me a hearty
one.
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I send for ano'lisr box, snd keep them in the house
f>r. Maggiel has cured my headache that was chron
ic.
I gave half of one of your pills to my babe for Choi
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My n«ns"»n of a morning :s now cured.
Your box' of Maggiel’s Ba!ve cured ine of noises in
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noises left.
Send me two boxes ; I want one for a poor family.
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but the medicine to me is worth a dollar.
Send me live boxes of your pills.
Let me have three boxes of your Salve and Pills by
return mail.
Doctor, my burn has healed by your salve.
FOR ALL THE DISEASES OF THE KID -
NEYS, RETENTION OF URINE, &C.
Maggiel’s Pills are a perfect cure. One
Pill will satisfy any one.
FOR FEMALE DISEASES ,
Nervous Prostration, Weakness, General Las
situde and Want of Appetite,
Maggiel's Pills will be found anEffeet
ual Remedy.
MAGGLELS PULS Sc SAZVE
Are alnios fc universal in their effects,
and a cure can be almost always guar
anteed.
EACH BOX CONTAINS TWELVE DOGES;
One Is a Dose.
“Counterfeits ! Buy no Mvomr.u’s
Pii.es or Salve with a little pamphlet
inside the box: they are boy its. The j
genuine have the name of J. Haydock j
on box with name of J. Maggiel, M. D. j
The genuine have the Pill surrounded i
with Avhite powder.”
All Orders for the United States must
be Addressed to
HERBET & CO.
4741 Broadway New York.
DR. MAGGIEL’S PILLS OR SALVE
ARE
25 Cents Per Box.
For sale in Cartersville, by
W. L. KIRKPATRICK,
dec. 1, 1868.w1y Druggist.
HRE AND XmIFIE
IlSlflAlfil*
jfirc Comjantts :
SO. MUTUAL FIRE INS. COMPANY,
Athens, Ga, Policy Holders participate in
profits.
/ETNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Hartfoid, Conn. Assets over five millions,
lift Companies':
SO. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
At'anta, Ga. Gen. J. D, Gordon, President.
CONN. MUTUAL LIFE INS. COM'Y,
Organized 1846. Members !ji58,000. Assets
23 millions, Pirrely mutual.
For Fire and LifeJTnsurauce apply to
JOHN T. NORRIS,
General Insurance tgent,
A pad 22,1869. CARTERSVILLE, GA.
J A M E S P. MASON,
Buoli Hinder and Paper Ruler,
LAWSHE'S BUiLD'G.^.^^^
Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA .. GEORGIA.
May I, 1869.
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. JUNE 24, 1809.
DR. JOHN BOLL'S
(*reat Remedies.
SMITH'S TflNlfi SYRUP!
FOR THE CURE OF
AGUE AND FEVER
OR
f
CHILLS AND FEVER.
! The proprietor of th's celebrat'd medicine justly
j claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever otter
ed to the pu-lie for the certain speedy and per
manent core nt Ague and Fever .or Chills and Fever
whether of short or l.msr standing. He refers to the
enilre Vt estern and Southwestern country to bear him
testimony to the truth of the assertion, that in no case
whatever will it fail to cure, if the directions are strict
y followed and ca l ied out. In a great many cases a
ring e dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole
families have teen cured by a single bottle,, will, a per
fect restoration of the general health It is, however,
prudent, and in every case more cei t <in to cure, if its
use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two af
!e ‘* l?ea?!e as been; checked, more Especially in
difficult and long standing cases. Usually, this m'edi
cine will not require ary aid to keep the bowels in
good order; should the patient, however, require a
cathartic medicine, after having taken three or four
doses of the Tonic, a single dose of BULL’B YE .ETA
BLL FAM’LY PIi.LS will be sufficient.
ini, JOH Y IIUM/S
Principal Office
No. -JO Fifth, trossi street,
Louisville, Ky,
Bull’s Worm Destroyer.
To mv United States and World-wide Read
ers:
r HAVE received many testimor.ials from profes
x Bonn! km] medical men, a& my almanacs and v«rl
oug publications have shown, all of which are genuine.
Ihe following from a highly educated and popular
phpsicinn in Georgia, is certainly one of the most sen
sible Communioationf I have ever received. Dr Clem
ent knows exactly what he speaks or, ami his testmio
ny deserves to be written in letters of gold. Hear
what the Doctor says of Bull's Worm Destroyer
ViUanotv, Walker eo., Ga. )
June 29th, 1866 (J
DU. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir:—l have recently giv
en your “Worm Destroyer” several trials, and find it
wonderfully efficacious. lihasnot failed in a single
Instance, to have the wished-for effect, • I am doing a
pretiy large country practice, and have daily use for
some article ot the kind. lam free to confess that I
know of no remedy recommended by the ablest authors
that is so certain and speedy in its effects. On the con
trary they are uncertain in the extreme. My object
in writing you is Io find out. upon what terms I can
get the medicine directly from you. If I can ett it
upon easy terms, I shall use a great deal of it lam
aware that the use of such articles is contrary to the
teachings and practice of a great majority of the t ea
ular I-ne of M. p.’s. but I see no just cause or good
6enfe in discarding a remedy which we know to be ef
ficient, simply because we may be ignorant of its com
bination. For my part, I shall make it a rule to use all
and any means to alleviate suffering hum >ntt v which
I may be able to command— not hesitating because
someone more ingenious than myself may have learn
d its effects first, and secured the sole right tc secure
hat knowledge. How ever, lamby no mtans an ad
vocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nos
trums that flood the country, that purpart to cure, all
manner of disease to which hum in flesh is heir—
Please reply soon, and inform me of your best terms.
I am, sir, must respectfully,
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. I).
Bull’s Sarsaparilla.
A GODD REASON F"R THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH.
READ THE CAPTAIN’S LETTER AND THE LET
TER FROM HIS MOTHER.
Renton Barracks, Mo., April 30, IS6G.
Or. John Bull—Dear Sir: Knowing the efficiency i
of r Sarsaparilla, an.i the healing and beneficial
qualities it possesses, I send you the following state
ment of my case: r
I was wounded about two years ago—was taken
prisoner and confined for sixteen months Being
moved so often, my wounds have not healed vet. I
have not sat up a moment since I was wounded’ 1
am shot through the hips. My general health is'im
paired, and I need omething to assist nature I
have more faith in your Sarsaparilla than in any thing
else I wish that that is genuine. Please express me
half a dozen bottle*, and oblige ess me
Caht. 0. P. JOHNSON.
. St. Louis, Mo.
F. S.— The following was written April 39. ISGS bv
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of Gapt. Johnson !
DU. Btll.l.—Hear Sir :My husband. Dr. C. S. John- i
!? n ’ was a skillful surgeon anil physician in Central !
New York, where he died, leaving the above C 1* I
Johnson to my care. At thirteen years of age he ha.i 1
a chronic diarrhoea and scrofula, for which I gave I
him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURKD HIM. I have for
ten years recommended it to many in New York Ohio I
and lowa, for scrofula, fever sores, and general dehili- I
ty. Perfect success has attended it. The cures effect
ea nt Home rmM of scrofula and fever sores were
almost miraculous lam very anxious for mv son to
again have recourse to your Barsaparilln. He is fear
ful of getting a spurious article, hence his writing to
you for it. His wounds were terrible, but I believe he
will recover. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON.
BULL’S CEDRON BITTERS.
AUTHEN riG DOCUMEN PS.
ARKANSAS HEARD FROM.
Testimony of Medical Men
Stony Point, White Cos., Ark., May 23,'6f>.
DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir: Last February 1 was
in Louisville purchasing Drugs, and I got some of
yonr Sarsappanila and Cedron Bitters.
M v son-in-law, who was with me In tho store, hag
been down with rheumatism for some time, commen
ced on the Bitters, and soon found his general health
p a3 been in bad health, tried them,
and lie also improved. ,
Dr Coffee, who has been in had health for several
1 years— stomach and liter affected—he improved very
much by the use of your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron
i Bitters has given you great Popularity in this settie-
I ment. I think I could sell a great quantity of your
I medicines this fall—especially of your Cedron Bitters
and Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care of
Kiekett & Neely, Respectfully,
C 13 WALKLR.
All the above remedies for sale by
L. H. BRADFIBLD,
Druggist,
WAITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA.
feb 30, IHWJwhj
I’JJI GROWING OLU.
I'm growing old—’tis surely so;
And yet how short it seems
j Since I was but a sportive child,
j Enjoying childish dreams!
I cannot see the change that comes
With such an even pace;
1 1 mark no 4 when the wriukles fall
Upon my fading face.
1 1 know lam old, and yet my heart
Is just as young and gay
| As e’er it was before my locks
Os blight brown turned to gray.
I know these eyes to other eyes
Look not so bright and glad
As once they looked; and yet, ’tis not
i Because my heart's more sad.
: X never watched with purer joy
The floating clouds and glowing
skies.
While glistening tears of rapture fill
These old and fading eyes.
And where I mark the cheek, where
once
The brig! it rose used to glow,
It gi-ivcs me not to see instead
The almonds crown my brow.
I’ve seen the flowers grow'old and pale,
. And withered more than I;
I’ve seen it lose its very charm,
Then droop away and dio.
And then I’ve seen it rise again,
Bright as the beaming sky,
And young and pure and beautiful —
And felt that so shall I
Then, what if I am growing old—
My heart is changeless still,
And iod lias given me enough,
This loving heart to fill.
I love to see the sun go down, .
And lengthening shadows throw
Along the ground, w hile o’er my head
The clouds in crimson glow.
I see beyond these gorgeous clouds,
A country bright and fair,
\\ hich needs no sun; God and the Lamb
Its light and beauCy there.
O! I am glad I’m growing old!
For every day I spend
Shall bring me one day nearer that
Bright day that has no end.
Tlac Last Dollar.
He gave it to his wife with a sigh,
yet with a look of resignation.
‘lt is our last,’ he said. ‘But the
Lord will provide.’
The liev. James Spring was minis
ter hr the little village of Thoronville.
He was poor, and his congregation
poorer. Often before he had been ve
ry near his last dollar, but he had nev
er got out until to-day.
‘So you’ve always been saying sob
bed his wife; ‘but what is to become
of us when this is gone ? They won’t
trust us any more at the store, and
your salary won’t be due for three
weeks, even if )'ou get it then. .Why
do you stay here when the people are
so poor ?
“I ha\o no other place to go; nor
money to travel to it, if the Lord open
ed the way. My w’ork for the preseut
is here. He feedeth the young ravens;
He will surely feed us.
‘I wish I had your faith, but I have
not, and it won’t come to me. Oh!
what shall we do ?” and she wrung
her hands despairingly. “My poor
children!”
“Once I was young, and now' I am
old,’ solemnly said her husband speak
ing in the words of the Psalmist, ‘yet
never have I seen the righteous forsa
ken, nor his seed begging bread.”
As if in answer to this pious ejacu
lation, there came a sudden knock at
tiie door. AH the while the minister
and his wife had been talking, a storm
had been raging outside. On opening
the door, a traveler quite w r et through
entered.
“I was coming through the forest
from Maryville,” he said, “aud ventur
ed to stop at the first house I saw.—
My horse in tie shed. Do I take too
great a liberty ?”
“Not at all,” answered the master
of the house. ‘We have but poor
shelter, as you see; there is a good fire,
at any rate.”
For it was in the kitchen where this
conversation had taken place. Indeed,
this humble house boasted no parlor,
and the kitchen was dining-room,
drawing room, living-room and all.
The stanger proved to be a man of
education and intelligence, and in con
versation with him the minister forgot
his trouble, and was reminded of his
earlier and brighter days, when intel
lectual companionship had not been the
rare thing it was now’, among these
hills.
At last the storm abated, and the
stranger arose to go. His host ac
companied him to the gate, and watch
ed him until he disappeared behind a
turn in the road.
“See here, James,” said his wife, ea
gerly, when he returned to the house.
“I found this on the table near where
the gentleman sat.”
It was a fifty dollar greenback,
wrapped hastily in a bit of paper, that
looked as if had been torn from a pock
et book, and on the inside of the pa
per was written the verse of the Psalm
ist, which was now apparent the trav
eler overheard.
‘I thought he was writing the di
rections he asked for,’said the minister.
‘He means it for us. Thanks to the
Lord! Dkl I not say my dear, He
would provide V’
His wife burst into tears.
‘God forgive me,’ she said, ‘I will
never doubt again. The Lord surely
sent this stranger to our aid,’
‘And he will provide,’ replied her
husband. ‘Whatever my lot may be,
here or elsewhere, in Him I trust.’
A month after, a letter, a rare event,
came to the ‘Rev. James Spring.’ It
wan as follows: ‘Rev. and dear sir—
Ihe church at Maryville has unani
mously called you to its pastorate.—
The salary is fifteen hundred dollars,
aud a good parsonage house.’ The
letter concluded by saying: ‘The wri
ter of this first came to know you by
your hospitality to him during a storm,
a few’ weeks ago. He overheard yon,
in a moment of great distress, speak
w’itli such full faith, that he feels you
are just the person for this charge, and
on his recommendation this call has
been made.’ Maryville was the coun
ty town, a rich aud* thriving place in a
broad and fertile valley, at the foot of
the hills. It was a far fitter sphere of
labor for a man of the minister’s abili
ties, than the wild village in the moun
tains.
So a young man as j-et without a
family took the missionary church
among the hills, and the Rev. James
Spring accepted the call.
But he . loes not forget the past, and
often when the people show want of
faith, tells them the stoiy of his Last
Dollar.
TITrLE-TATTLIL
The disposition to pry into the priv
acy of domestic life is, unfortunately,
very common, and is always dishonor
able. The appetite for such knowldge
is to be regarded as morbid, and the
indulgence of it graceful.
A family have a sacred right to pri
vacy. In guarding the delicate rela
tions of the household, secrecy becomes
a virtue. Even if by chance the private
affairs of a household are laid open to
a stranger, honor w’ould require him
to turn from them.; and, if a knowledge
of them were forced upon him, they
should be locked in sacred silence. A
double obligation of silence andsecresy
rests upon one who is a guest in a
family. The turpitude of a betrayal
of family history by a visitor is far
greater than theft would be. It is a
thing so scandalous, that it should de
grade a peison, and put liim out of
society. To betray the secrets of the
household is not only an odious im
mortality, but it is a sin and a shame
to be on good terms with those who
are known to commit such outrages.—
They put themselves out of the pale of
decent society. They should be treat
ed as moral outlaw's.
These hungry-eved wretches w’ho sit
in the unsuspicious ciicle of parents
and children, treasuring their words,
spying their weaknesses, misinterpret
ing the innocent liberties of the house
hold, and then run from house to
house with their shameless news, are
worse than poisoners of wells, or
burners of houses. They poison the
faith of man in man. Make no terms
with such people. Tale bearers have
no rights. They are common enemies
of good men. Hunt, hurry, and hound
them out of society. They are the
w'orst of pests save one, and "that is the
listner to the tale bearer. There co rid
be no tattling if there were no one to
hear. It takes a ear and a tongue to
make a scandal. Greedy listning is
as dishonorable as nimble tattling.—
The ear is the open market where the
toi’gue sells its ill-gotten wares.
Some there are that will not repeat
again what they hear, but they are
willing to listen to it. They will not
trade in contraband goods, but they
will buy enough of the smuggler for
family use, These respectable listen
ers are the patrons of tattlers. It is
the ready market that keeps tale-bear
ing brisk. It is a shame to listen to
ill of your neighbor. Christian be
nevolence demands that you do not
love ill news.. A clean heart and true
honor rejoice in kindly things. It
should be a pain and sorrow to knot*
of anything that degrades your neigh
bor in your eyes, even if he is your en
emy; and how much more if he is your
friend ?”
The Scriptures say, “Thou shalt not
go up and down as a tale-bearer
among thy people.” “A tale bearer re- j
vealeth secrets; but he that is of a
faithful (honorable) spirit, concealeth
the matter.” “The words of the tale
bearer are as wounds that go down ■
into the innermost parts of the belly.” j
The Hebrews thought that the affec- j
tions had their seat in the bowels; anti
by this phrase, “go down into the in
nermost parts of the belly,” they signa
fy how sharp and exasperating to the
deepest feelings of our nature are the ■
cruel offices of a common tattler. — j
“Where no wood is, the fire goeth ont;
so, where there is no tale bearing, the
strife ceaseth,” As if he had said that!
so much of the strife of society aiises |
from tattling, that, if that were cured, j
there would hardly be any cause of!
quarrel left. Commend us to that re- ■
ligion which makes a man humane with
his tongue, and honorable with hi3
ear.
Washington’, June 12.—The Cubans
have dispatches reporting the follovy
ing: That two expeditions, over six
hundred strong, with arms, ammuni
tion and provisions, safely landed and
joined the Patriots. These men are
tried soldiers of the late war.
Desertions from the Spaniards to
the Cubans are increasing.
Frequent collisions occur between
the troops and volunteers, whose ani
mosities are irreconcilable.
The Cubans have organized their
■ forces into two army corps. Gen.
! Thomas Jordan commands one. A
| battle between Jordan’s and Lereas
I forces is daily expected.
I Jordan hits over two thousand Amer
icans in his corps.
From the Southern Watchtanri.
A PLEASURE EXCURSION.
’ Being on a pleasure excursion in the
Fall of 1833. stopping at a hotel in the
i town of —, a perfect stranger —I
! had met Dr. Dudley several times, but
not ultimately acquainted with him—
; however, presuming on this acquaint
ance, I called on him, asking if he could
recommend a country boarding house,
as I was fond of sport and rambling.—
He gave me a letter of introduction to
Mr. Gunn, some four miles from town.
Gathering up my gun and fishing
tackle, I left for the country. Stroll
ing leisurely along, occasionally stop
ping to admire the rich and varied fo
liage so peenliar’jto the up-country at
that season, or to gather haws and
chestnuts, and frequently killing a
squirrel. Finally, thinking I had trav
elled far enough to have reached the
residence in question, and seeing a
house just ahead, I walked up, asking
an old lady sittii g in the stoop:
“Does Mr. Gunn live here?”
“La, bless my soul, no ! What could*
er made you ax that ?”
I told her I wished to go there, and
perhaps had missed the road.
“No, child, you arc right straight in
the road now.”
“How far is it to Mr. Gunn's ?”
“Well, mij old man says it’s a good
piece to Billy Gunn’s,”
“J nd this is the road—Uo cross-road
to put me out ?”
“La, child, you must go right back
to our tater patch, and turn round and
go to old Miss Spartlin’s turnip patch;
and now. if mj old man was here, he i
could tell you; but old Miss Spartlin,
she can tell you. Kin to Billy Gunn,
I reckon ?”
“No, madam, no akin to Billy
Gunn.”
“Kin to Miss Gunn, then, I reckon ?”
“No —no ways related to any of the
Gunn family.”
“Then, I reckon you know old Miss
Gunn ? They say she’s mighty clever
—talks more’n twenty women ought to,
and she’s the very ’omen what put six
men in five beds, and every one un ’em
had a bed.”
“What’s that you say ?”
“Ole Miss Gunn, she’s the very ’omnn
what put six men in live beds, and
every one un e’m had a bed. I’ve
heard my old man tell it a many a time.
He’s seed her show it on her fingers
jest as plain as if they was right before
him.”
I turned off, and quickening my
pace, soon come to old Miss Spratlins.
She pointed cut the house, and I walk
ed on, wondering if TJilly Gunn and
Miss Gunn were just such people as
their neighbors; if so, I’d have a gay
time irr the country. I came into the
road about a hundred yards above the
house, at a blacksmith’s shop; found
Billy Gunn there. Giving him the
letter, he welcomed me, saying, “I see
you’ve brought your implements of
war; glad you did; /don’tfish; plenty
in the creek, though, and squirrels,
rabbits and turkeys in abundance.”
Ho was a large, robust-looking man,
in his shirt-sleeves. I found him hos
pitable, kind, pettish and eccentric.—
i le conducted me to the house—an old
fashioned country-house, more like a
low-country barn than a dwelling—
the yard and garden literally covered
with shrubbery and trees, the trees and
chimney covered with ivy, which, with
the cedars and evergreens, formed a
pleasing contrast to the varied foliage
of the trees, shrubs attd ground, which
at this time was covered with red and
yellow leaves.
Mr. Gunn said: “I see you’ve killed
some game already; suppose you eat
all wild game?”
“Yes, like any kind of game.”
“Boy,, take these squirrels and tell
the cook to have them for supper.”
This signified dinner was over —then
not more than 2 o’clock—and that I
must wait until supper. Wondered if
all country people eat before 4 o’clock,
and if I could possibly do without din
nei\ However, determined to practice
the up-country maxim, “When you are
in Romo, do as the Romans do.” Suf
fered but little, as I had my chestnuts
and haws to eat. Spent the afternoon
in reading and walking over the
grounds. The next day—iudeed, for
several days—we had constant rain,
making the roads very muddy; but as
there were two carpenters at work, and
my host being cheerful and humorous,
I spent the tune pleasantly.
They had some twenty or thirty cas
es of scarlet fever there, which brought
Dr. Dudley out almost every day.—
One day I was sitting reading very
quietly, when in stepped the Doctor —
saddle-hags in hand —his boots, hat
and coat literally covered with mud. —
Having always seen him extra clean,
I asked, in some astonishment, “What
lis the matter ?” He said his horse be
' came frightened, ran off with him, and
j jumped a fence some five or six rails
high, taking him and the sulk}’ over
with him, breaking the shafts aud har
ness—ran up to the house, frightened
the old woman, who gathered all the
children, while he put the h ol*B6 in the
stable and came on foot through tKe
mud to Mr. Gunn’s. After attending
j to the sick, (Mr. Gunn being absent)
. Mrs. Gunn, who seemed to be a kind
! hearted, bustling old woman, ottered
j him every conveyance on the place.
' He refused, saving h«» would rather
! walk to town. I, faking my gun, walk
' cel with him to the house There was
the fence waist rails with
1 the print of the wheels, tne sulky in the
Yard broken, and the horse m the sta
ble unhurt ! How on earth they got
over the sulky broken, and the Doctor
and horse unhurt, astonished me, but
it was certainly so.
After several days warm ram, it
cleared off very cool. I was out all day
NO. 1.
up a turkey and several
squirrels at night. Went to bed early
—occupying the sntne roohi tlie car
penters did. The next morning, Mr.
Felton (one of the carpenters, a Meth
odist class-leader nml a good mah,)
woke tne übotit two horn’s before day,
saying, “The woi Id's coming to an
j end.”
“Why?”
“The stax-s are falling, and I’ve no
doubt but it’s our last day on earth.”
I looked out, and nil who remember
the metoric shower in November, '33,
may imagine my surprise. Wo dressed
hastily and went down, to find Mr-
Gunn in the stoop He asked cf us ns
we entered,
“What does this mean?”
Mr. Felton said, “It’s the l ist day,
the stars are falling I”
I positively did not know whether
to be frightened or nob Mr. Gunn
seemed to waver as much ns I did.—.
We repaired to the family room to the
fire, being really cold There were
two little children standing in the door
in their night-clothes, laughing and
dancing, saying, “0, mother, it’s snow
ing fire;” and really, I can give no bet
ter description of it; for it was more i
like that than anything I can compare I
it to. Mrs. Gunn was as much delight- J
ed as the children, not seeming to have }
a particle of fear. Mr. Gunn asked 1
why she woke them up. She said:
“It’s so beautiful I wanted them to
see it; they’ll never forget it.” j
Seeing her and the children so de
lighted, I felt more cheerful; but Mr.
Felton continued to talk of the last day
—the sun was to be turned into fire, ;
the moon into blood and the stars fall! 1
Finally, calling on God to help in this j
his time of need, and save him. Mrs. i
Gunn, being a Baptist, of course
thought all right. As ho prayed to j
stop it, she would say, “Lot it alone,!
brother, it’s nil right; whatever is to j
be will be, if it never is. No such thing '
as stopping it—it’s right.” He would j
say, “Spare us a little longer.” She
would say, “Can’t do any good; no
such thing as chance; no haphazard
—it’s all appointed—it’s all appoint
ed.”
Mr. Gunn walking the fl or, unde
cided, not knowing which was right;
the children still capering; Mrs. Gunn
sitting smoking her pipe as quietly as
if there were no stars in the firmament;
the negroes around the door, some
praying and some laughing,
They had now nearly disappeared—
only one or two could be seen occas
ionally after daylight. The weather
continued cool for some days. The
neighbors and friends calling, I was
astonished to find how few saw it.
The negroes on every plantation, it
seems, saw it, but thought so little of
it, they did not awake the white people.
How different in the cities !
A few days passed pleasantly to me,
as I was hunting and fishing, when,
one morning, coming to the houses
everything was bustle and excitement,
I learned that Mrs. Gunn was sick and
the neighbors had called, all seeming
anxious. At length the old man sent
off for the doctor in a great hurry—
telling the boy not to spare the horse.
He had not been gone twenty minutes
when an old lady came out, crying
and wringing her hands, “My child’s
dead—my child’s de?id.” Mr. Gunn
went in, soon came out, and started
another messenger, saying, “Tell him
she’s dead, and for God’s sake, come
quick. If he’s not there, get the first
Doctor you see, and come quick.” Ii
thought it sti’i nge to send for a Doc
tor to see a dead woman, but I said j
nothing to any one. In half an hour
the last messenger returned; had gone
4 miles, delivered his message and re
turned, the horse white with foam In
a few minutes Dr. Abrams came, say
ing Dr. Dudley was not in town. All
seemed happy to see him. J’y this time
the other messenger returned, saying
the Doctor was twelve miles above torn
and his wife had sent for him. Still
stranger, to send twelve miles for a
Doctor to see a dead woman. Soon
after the Doctor, Mr. Gunn and my
self were sitting in the stoop; heard a
horse coming at full speed; looked, to
see the Doctor coming, without hat or
gloves; we ran out, stopping the horse,
and found he had no medicine or rid
ing whip. He said when he received
the message twelve miles above town,
he rode to town so fast he broke his
horse down; just as he arrived in town,
he found a gentleman who was training
a race-liorse, and had just t tarted to
practice him. The Doc + cr told the
cause of his hurry, asking for the loan
of that horse, which was readily grant
ed Changing saddles, the Doctor
mounted the race-horse, coming in a
“lope.” After crossing the bridge and
coming down a hill, he noticed the mar
tingale being unbuckled. Pulling off
his glove, he stooped to buckle it; the
horse, thinking he Was letting him out,
started at full speed; that occasioned
the Doctor to drop his glove, and in
trying to recover his glove he dropped
his hat, and trying to recover that,
j dropped his whip, and trying to save
' that, dropped his saddle-bags, and
j positively came up in that fix. Indeed
! if we had not gone out, I have no idea
j where he would have gone. The bri
' die being out of order, he could not
I control the horse;therefore, he thought
j it best to be quiet and keep him in the
I road. I listened, and wondered could
j all this be for a dead woman. Howev
i er. tho crying had ceased, and I imag
• iued tho fright was over; but I left,
! without once asking how old Mrs.
Gunn was, and have never, to this day,
heard a word from old Billy Gunn or
his wife.
A GEORGIA TRAVELLER
Called to Preach —The papers tell
a story of a member of tho —— per
suasion, who, ambitions of ministerial
honors, was praying in the woods for
some divine manifestations of a call to
preach. While so engaged a John
Donkev set up one of those cries for
which His race is peculiar, which Walk
er mistook for an affirmative reply to
iiisapjieal. Whreuixm he applied for
license, when the following coloquv oc
curred between him aud the interro
gating preacher:
Pastor—“Do you believe, brother
Walker, that you are called of God to
preach, as was Aaron V”
Walker— “Most sartainly I does.”
P.—‘Alive the Church, that is, the
brethren, the proof.”
W.—“l was mightily diffikilted, and
I was determined to go into tho woods
aud wrastle it out.”
P.—“ That is it, brother Walker.”*
W.—“And while thar wrastlin, Jacob
like, I hern one of the curiousest voices
I ever hern in my born days.”
P.—“ You are ou the right track,
brother Walker. Go on with the nar
ration."
W.—“l couldn’t tell, for the life o'me,
w hether the voice was up in the air
or dowu in the skye, it so dialed so cu
rious.”
P.—“ Poor creetur! how lie was dif
fikilted. Go on to narrate, Brother
Walker. How did it appear to sound
unto you ?”
W.—“ Why, this way: “Waw-waw
kcr! Waw-waw-ker. Go preach, go
preach, go preach, go preach-oh, go
preach-ah-ee-uh-ah-ee-ah! ”
P. —“Bruthering and sisters, that’s
the right sort of a eall. Enough said,
Brother Walker. That’s none of your
college calls, nor money calls. * No
doctor of divinity ever got secli a call
as that. Brother \Valker must have a
license fur sortin and for sure.”
The license was granted, the story
goes, aud Walker is now, doubtless
making the mountains ring with his
stentorian voicj lungs.
Recently, two gentlemen on
board one of »*uf railway trains, by
mistake exchanged valises. We w.ll
call them Smith and Jones, for the oe*
c;ision. What was Smith’s surprise
on arrival at. home, to find two or throe
de ’ks of cards in his valise and a bottle
of Bourbon, and Jones, to his amaze
ment, found a Bible and hymn book,
several manuscript sermons and a le
cord of missionary labors. Both par*
ties are anxious to exchange back.
On tlie ChmstllMtioiiailfy off lie
Pellet* l.aw.
Wo had made arrangement a,
some ten and iys since, to publish the
written decision of the Supreme Court
of this State, with the dissenting opin
ion of Judge Warner, on the consti
tutionality of the Relief Law, but were
advised that objections were interpos
ed to our being furnished with copies
of the same, which, it was hoped by
the gentleman with whom we had
made the arrangement, and who is an
officer of the Court, would he removed,
that we might carry out our intent—•
It seems, however, that they have not
been, and we are, therefore, debarred
from laying this important decision
before our readers, not withstanding
the interest they, as well as the whole
people of Georgia, havo in it. Wo
would respectfully suggest to tho
Court itself, that a rule which debars
the Press from reporting a delivered
opinion is quite a novel one, aud. if
we mistake not, is without a parallel
in at least, this country. Wo are not
aware that it has existence anywhere
else.—At- Intel.
Street Scene. —The other day, pass
ing along Military street in front of tho
courthouse, we saw a ouo-arm k 1 ex
confedeiute soldier standing by his
team of oxen. All at onco the maim
ed rebel, with the fire of battle not ot._
t rely gone from liiß eye, straightened
h'mself up, assumed tne military still
ness of Gen. Ruggles when calling his
courier for a pipe of tobacco, whirled
his long whip gradually in the air, and
shouted in the hoarse voice of com
mand :
“Attention, battalion I”
Promptly with the word, the six
steers rose from their recumbent atti
tude, shook their dttsty flanks, and
took the position of the soldier.
Again the clarion voice—
“ Forward—march!” And the train
ed animals moved off, not with great
deal of time in keeping step ’tis true,
but understanding the command per
fectly.
Then, not satisfied with the pace ‘at
will, of his troop r, the incorrigible ‘reb’
thundered out—
“No enemy in front!”
And tlie veterans quickened up like
the Old Guard at Waterloo preparing
for the headlong charge.
The Macon Postmaste u—Wo haro
heretofore stated that the Hon. Carl
ton B. Cole, Judge of this circuit, ac
companied by Hon. 8 F. Gove, left
Macon some days since for Washing
ton, to seek an interview with tho
President in relation to the appoint
ment of H. M. Turner as Postmaster
of Macon. Reports from the mission
had been unfavorable up to Monday
night last, and wo had, in fact, copied
a dispatch from Washington to tlie
New York Herald, declaring its signal
i failure. # But on Monday night the
j following dispatch was received, an
nouncing entire success and piviug
! universal relief and satisfaction.
I Washington, June 7.—Have just left
the President--entirely successful.
The thanks of this section of Geor
gia are due to the gentlemen who un
dertook this business at the request,
of the people, and to General Grant
for gracefully yielding to the demands
of the public welfare in revoking an
ill-advised appointment, which would
have been as injurious as it was unac
ceptable. The publication of this dis
patch heretofore was deeme 1 unad
visable.—Macon Telegraph.