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In CvUMTtU»,lß»rtow 0 Ga., by
Samuel IT.
EDITOR and PROPRIETOR.
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fToTe ss lON A L CARDS.
JOHN W. WOFFORD!
Attorney at Law,
4 iTiriSYILLTL 013081 1.
OFFICE OVER CURRV’W store,
Oct. IT. 1868.
Commercial Hotel, Cartersville, Ga.
JIY JOHN C. MARTIN
Two 'TORI' HFItCK BUILDING. comer of Depo
gqoareand Market Sireet, East Slds ts Railroad.
good and comfortable.
Karnitnre and Bedding new.
u„nd office and tuacious Dining Room
Tables well supplied w ith the best that the market
itT ir ds, and charges moderate.
The Proprietor hopes, by good attention to business,
„ rete liberal share of patronage. Dec. 1, ISOS.
R. VV. MURPHEY,
attorney at law,
Cartersville , Ga.
WILT, practice in the the Courts of Cherokee Cir
cuit,. Particular attention given to the collection
«lclaims. Office With Col. Abda Johnson. Oct. 1
QR. F. M.JO HNSO N,
Dentist,
RESPECTFULLY offers his Professional
services to the citizens of Cartersville JSprfSSaSg
and vicinity. Jeis prepared to do work '<il7YlVt
ou the latest and most improved style.
Teeth extracted withont pain, !by means of narcotic
nirsv 1 Wt rk all warranted. Office over Htokeloy's
hIore.V'ARTERSVILLK Ga. Feb. 20 1868.—w5m
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNhY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
JOHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Cartersville, (>a.,
fTTILL attend promptly to all business en
V* trusted to his care. Will practice in the
Courts if L tw, and Equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the collec
li hi of claims. .an. 1, 18G6. lv
JOHN J. JONES,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
! am authorized to sell, and have on hand several
houses and Lots, and also numerous building lots iu the
town of Cartersville. Also several plantations of vari
ms sizes in Bartow county. Parties desiring to buv or
sell will do well to give me a call. All communications
promptly answered. July IT, 1866.
BLANCE & PODD,
A T T ORiN EY S A T LA W,
CKDARTOWN, POLK COUNTY, GA.
Will practice law in the several
Courtu comprising the Tallapoosa Circuit ;
also, Bartow and Floyd Counties. Partic
ular attention given to the collection ot
ciaims. jan 12,1 y
WARREN AKIN,
Attorney at liftir,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
Will practice in all the Courts of the State*
<Vr»w W . K. HOVHTGASTLE,
tnJcndlcr and Watcli and
w Clock Repairer,
the Front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s store
Jan. 25
JAMES MILNER,
Attorney atlLaw,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA.
r;LL practice in the Courts of the Cherokee and ad
joining Circuits, also the Supreme and District
Courts. Prompt attention given to business entrusted
to,my care. August 21 BSI6. —wly
J, C. C. Blackburn,
ATTORNEY AT LAYY
EUHARLEE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Refersaces : Industry, promptitude and at
tentici march 22. w'j
T W Milner, O H Milner.
MILNER & MILNER,
Attorneys at Law,
r ARTERSVILLE GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business entrusted
to their care. jan. 15. ly
M. CALEB TOMPKINS, well
known for 20 years past, as a first
I Icl ass WJtTCU CLOCK,
and JEWELLER EEPAIRER,
MANUFACTURER, has com
menced work one door North of his former old
stand,on the East side ot the Railroid, Cak
■jkrsville, Ga. Wili sell Clocks and Watches
Warranted. Nov. 10. wly
Two Dwelling Houses for sale, rent, lease,
or to exchange for Atlanta property, together
"with everal residence and business lotss.
s7 H PATILLO,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
Will aitend promptly to the Cutting, Kepair-,**
in. and Making Boy*’and Men’* Clothing. If*
Office on the Second Floor of Stokely & w il- \i,m
hams’ New Brick Building. Entrance from—J*.
Main Street, in rear of the building. Ftb IT.
join F IIARWELL
is still hammering away at his
L o .* Tfiß 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 of
work in METALS, such as Iron, Steel, Zinc,
Brass, Copper, Silver and Gold, Shop on
Main Street near Gilreath’s Warehouse, on
west side of the Railroad, Cartersville, Ga,
JXO. COXE, J. H. WIKXE.
Coxe &; "Wilde,
Commercial Agents,
NOTARIES PUBLIC
AND
attorneys at law,
With Gen. 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.
liefer by Permission, to Gen W T Wofford,
Hon Warren Akin, W H Gilbert <k Cos, N Gil
rea'h Son, Hon J K Parrott, Howard 4"
Peacock, Cartersville, Ga. feb 21 wly
S. O’SIHII'EJ-.-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
of work iu the Fashionable Tail- jfA
*JuL oring line, with neatness and in Jilt,
durable style. Over J. Elsas & Co's store.
Cartersville inch ‘£3
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS
VOL. 8.
Kenaesaw House.
I.ociltcd at railroad dr pot.)
rilHh. undersigned having bought the entire
| interest of Dix Fletcher, Trustee for Lou
isa W. I letcher, in tbc Ktnnesaw House,
and the business will be conducted, in the fu
ture, under the name and firm of Augustine
A. Fletcher <V Frcyer. Thankful for past fa
vors and patronage,they will strive to give the
utmost satisfaction to all pa*rons of the Ken
nesaw House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER.
MARIETTA. Jan. 12, ’J9. F ‘ L ‘ FREYER '
E. T. White, j. M> Lykes.
American Hotel,
ALABAMA STREET,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
n i t r & Lykes,
Proprietors.
E A(>(i.\(.E, carried to and from Depot j
free of Charge. May tl. 18(10
E. IL PASSEEN, R. U- MANN,
Georgia. Tennessee.
THE OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA
©. 9. S8I1&,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
MANN, Proprietors. j
J. w. F. BRYSON, ) ,
h AAC N. MANN, } C/efA ’**
January 1, 1809.
The Star Store,
# # :£ :fc %
JACOB ELSAS & CO.,
DIALERS IN
DRY-GOODS, CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS-NOTIONS, ftfi-
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Nashville
Paper
DXills.
ESlijittbaU stmt,
Fourth Door from the Corner of Alabama,
ATLANTA, GA.
JACOB ELSAS,
MORRIS ADLER.
JULIUS DREYFOOS. may H,'6#.wtf
K, W. SATTERFIELD, G. W. SATTERFIELD.
I\- W SATTERFIELD & BRO.
AT
The New Erick Store
First lloor East of Railroad.
CARTERSVILLE, GEOR GIA
Have just received and opened an
ENTIRE NEW STOCK
OF
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, READY MADE CLOTH
ING, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, CROCKERY
HARDWARE, AND CUTLERY, FAMI
LY GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC.
To which they invite the attention of the
public generally, being satisfied that I he
enn and will sell goods as cheap, if not a lit
tie Cheater, thaiany other house in town.
The attention of the ladies is especially
invited to our Stock of Summer Dress
Goods.
Gentlemen can also be fitted up with
whntever they may IVant.
Country produce taken in exchange for
goods, at the highest market price.
Having withdrawn from the late Firm of
J. H. Satterfield & Cos, l would respectfully
solicit the patronage of my old friends and
customers.
R. W. SATTERFIELD.
June 24th,-w ly.
FIRE AND LIFE
JDrt ©emjantf* :
SO. MUTUAL FIRE INS. COMPANY,
Athens, Ga. Policy Holders participate in
profits.
/ETNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Hartfoid, Conn. Assets over five millions,
lift Companit*’:
SO. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Atlanta, Ga. Gen. J. B. Gordon, President.
CONN. MUTUAL LIFE INS. COM'Y,
Organized 1816. Members !f!58,000. Assets
23 millions. Purely mutual.
For Fire and Life’-Insurauce apply to
JOHN T. NOKRIS,
General Insurance Agent,
Apa 122,1869. CARTERSVILLE, GA.
“Tames p. mason",
Book binder and Paper Ruler,
ER LAWSHE'S BUILD’G.
j (Tided Story,)
Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
May 1, 1869
CARTERSVILLE. BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. AUGUST A, IS ID.
DR. JOHN BULL'S
Great Remedies.
SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP!
FOR THE CURE OF
AGUE AND FEVER
or
CHILLS AND FEVER.
P r °l?^« or of til's celebrated medicine justly
cla ins f.,r H a superiority over all remedies ever offer
ed to the public for the safe, certain, weedy and per
when,er' C r e , 0r , AgUt , and FeVer .or ChilU ami vJZ
whether of shorter long standing. ii e refers to the
enure Western 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
ly followed and ca' ried out. In a great many cases a
single dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole !
families have been cured by a single bottle, with a per
fect restoration of the general health. It is, however i
prudent, and in every case more certain to cure, if its I
use is continued in smaller doses Tor a week or two af- i
, <i,sease * ias been checked, more especially in
difficult and long standing cases. Usually, this medl ;
Cine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in
good order; should the patient, however, require a
cathartic medicine, after having taken three or four
loses of the Tonic, a single dose of BULL'S YEIETA
BLJ*. I AM’LY PIi.LS will he sufficient. [
UK. J015.Y HI'IJ.’S
Principal Office
No. 40 I'Htli, Cross street,
Louisville, Kv.
Hull's Worm Destroyer.
Io my United States and World-wide Read
ers:
T HAVE received many testimonials from proses-
L s.onal and medical men, as my almanacs and vari
ous pub Rations liave shown, all of which arc genuine
the following from a highly educated and popular
phpsiciau in Georgia, is certainly one of the most sen
sible eoirimuineationf I have ever received. Dr. Clem
ent knows exactly what he speaks of, and his testimo
ny deserves to be written in letters of gold. Hear
what the Doctor says of Bull's Worm Destroyer
Viilanow, Walker co., Ga, )
June 29th, 1860 $
DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir:—l have recently giv
en your “Worm Destroyer' 1 several trials, and find it
wonderfully efficacious. It has not failed in a single
instance, to have the wished-for effect. lam doing a
pretty large country practice, and have daily use for
some article of 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 to find out upon what terms I can
get the medicine directly from you. If I can get it
upon easy terms, 1 shall use a great deal of it. I art
aware thalthe use of such articles is contrary to the
teachings and practice of a great majority of the rea
u/ur line of M. p.’s, but I see no just cause or good
sense in discarding a remedy which we know to be ef
ficient, simply because we may he ignorant of its com
bination. Funny part, I shall make it a rule to use all
and any means to alleviate suffering hum mtty which
I may be able to command—not hesitating because
someone more ingenious than myself may have iearn
d its effects first, and secured the sole right to secure
hat knowledge. However, lamby no nuans an ad
vocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nos
trums that Hood the country, that purport, to cure all
manner of disease to which hum in fiesh is heir
Please reply soon, and inform me of youi best terms.
I am,sir, most respectfully,
JULIUS I>. CLEMENT, M. D.
Bull’s Sarsaparilla.
A GODD REASON F"R THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH,
READ THE CAPTAIN’S LETTER AND THE LET
TER FROM HIS MOTHER.
Benton Barracks, Mo., April 30, 1866.
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir: Knowing the efficiency
of your Sarsaparilla, and the healing and beneficiul
qualities it possesses, I send you the following state
ment of my case:
I was wounded about two years ago—was taken
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 allot through the hips. My genera! health is im
paired, and I need something 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 bottles, and oblige
Capt. C. P. JOHNSON.
St. Louis, Mo.
P- S.—The following was written April 39, 1865, by
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of Capt Johnson
DR. BULL—Dear Sir: My husband, Dr. 0. 8. 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 diarrhoea and scrofula, for which I gave
him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURED HIM. I have for
ten years recommended it to many In New York, Ohio,
and lowa, for scrofula, fever sore's, and general debili
ty. Perfect success has attended it, The cures effect
ed in some cases oj scrofula and fever sores 'were
almost miraculous. lam very anxious for mv son to
again have recourse to your Sarsaparilla. 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.
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
ARKANSAS HEARD FROM.
Testimony of Medical Men
Stony Point, White Cos., Ark., May 28,’66.
T>R. JOHN BULL— Dear Sir: Last February I was
In Louisville purchasing Druir*. and I got some of
vour Sarsapparilla and Cedron Bit ters.
‘ Mv son-in-law, who was with me in tho store, has
been down with rheumatism for some time, commen
ced on the Bitters, and soon found his general health
Gist, who has been in bad health, tried them,
al Dr^ Coffee^wh^has 5 ’been in bad health for several
year e-sUmaeh and liver affected-he improved very
much by the use of your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron
Bitters lias given you great Popularity in this settle
ment 1 think I could sell a great quantity of your
medicines this fall-especially of your Cedron Bitters
and Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care of
Bickett <fc Neely, KespecLu.ly,
All the above remedies for sale by
L. H. BRADFIELD,
Druggist,
WAITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, CIA.
ftb 20, 1869hHj/
Front ihe Southern Watchman.
thecorjKTUY weudixg.
In June, 183‘J, I was invited to a
j country wedding. Mr. Tab, the bride’s
! father, was u tall, slender, thin-visag
ed old uian, particularly fond of his
dram, and of.en took more than was
| agreeable to his family. His wife, just
the opposite, was. fat and clumsy,
! weighed over two hundred, like all
fat persons, walked slow, panted and
; caught her breath when talking, was a
good old Baptist, and a “night rider.”
I arrived at the house about 4
o’clock P. M—there had been no rain
for ten days—the dust and heat al
most suffocating. The first thing that
| attracted my attention was a large log
; hue, about ten steps from the front,
; door, a fork set up at each end,
a pole laid a cross them,'
and two large iron pots hanging over
the fire, gipsy style; the house built of j
logs, and about twenty feet square;
the first room, used as a parlor, had a
bed, side-board, half-dozen split-bot
tomed chairs, and seats made by lay
ing a puncheons on two chairs, the
puncheon covered with a bed-quilt; on
the side-board was placed a bottle of
corn whiskey, two tumblers and a
stone pitcher of water; a shed on
the back of the house ,vith two small
rooms, just large enough for a bed. a
chair, and a small table. One of these
rosms was the bridal chamber, and
the other the reception room (for the
bridal part}'.) I walked in and thro’
this room, and found the bride and
bridesmaids already dressed. The j
bride was about live feet high, weigh
ed about 130, was thirty-live years old,
black hair and blue eyes, heavy eye
brows, very low forehead, thick lips.—
Her face seemed swollen, her eyes be- I
ing almost hid; had no pallet to her
mouth; talked very badly, and as if
talking through her nose; strangers
could not understand her; from some
cause, one leg was much shorter than
the other, therefore, limped very badly;
her dress a white muslin robe with
deep scallops, so as to show the work
as much as possible; a linen apron,
reaching to the embroidery; a thread
cambric cape, the ruffle around it and
iu the neck, about four inches wide,
starched very still' and not being plait
ed, looked like the wind had blown it
every way; the ruffle in the neck stand
ing up to her ears; a veil of plain bob
inet, with cotton edging round it,
starched stiff as buckram, laid in folds
across her head, instead of hanging !
down, stood straight out as if laid on a I
board, the edging just reaching to her |
heavy eyebrows: white kid slippers, |
with strings of white satin ribbon about
two inches wide, wrapped round her
ankles and tied in a dnnhled-bow knot,
the ends touching the floor; the scal
lops, reminded oue of a booted chich
en—the sleeves of the dress, long and
full, a yard of white satin ribbon on
each wrist, tied in a bow, the ends
hanging loose.
After the usual compliments, she
asked me, (speaking through her nose,
barely intelligible,) l ’Ow do I look ?’
‘Of course,’ said I, ‘you always look
nice, but why do you wear this dress ?’
‘W-e-1-1, you see, I was baptised in
this dress ten years ago, and I always
said I meant to be married in it, and
now I mean to save it to be buried
in.’
‘The three most important events of
your life. Why this linen apron ?’
‘W-e-1-1, Betsy, (first bridesmaid)
said the dress was so old-fashioned
and narrow, and no gathers before,
and I must have a white apron, so I
Towed linen would be the nicest, and
we gathered it full, and I think it looks
mighty nice.’
‘O, yes, first-rate. Why this cape ?’
‘You see it’s mighty fine, and I wore
it to brother Bob’s wedding, and Tow
ed ’twould do.’
‘Yes; and I suppose you must have :
a veil ?’ I
‘N-o-w, you see, I had this when I
had that bi g Leghorn, and I Towed
’twould do just as well as to buy a
new one, and Betsy she starched it
good for me.’
‘Certainly, it’s well starched and ve
ry nice.’
About this time, the groom and his
attendants came. The groom was a
tall, slender man, about fifty years old; i
a living skeleton; had the shaking pal- !
sy; with a shrill, squeaking voice;
white pants, blue coat, white cravat,
| four inches wide, tied in a bow, the i
i ends hanging nearly to the waist;
white vest, gilt buttons, white stoek
iugs and black slippers. The first
bridesgroom, James P., 22 years old,
a short, fat man, with a bushy head,
; his clothes and the cut dl them ac
| cording to the fashion of that day,
waited with Betsy, a tall, slender old
maid forty years, old, large white eyes,
constantly blearing and blinking,
dressed in white, her hair combed
smooth like all old maids, with a
wreath of yellow marygolds and cedar.
The other bridesgroom, Henry L.,
a tall, well-proportioned man, about
forty, also dressed in the fashion of
the day, with keen blue eyes, likely to
see everything passing, waited with a
girl sixteen, weighing one hnndred
and fifty, with red hair and blue eyes,
dressed in white, with a wreath of
j large red roses and cedar.
The bride and bridesmaid seemed
' delighted to see them; said they
thought them late coming, (the sun ;
I then two hours high.) After passing
j compliments, the bride took a quart
! bottle filled with the essence ofpepper
j mini in her left hand, and pouring it
in her right, commenced sprinkling the
house—lloor, beds, hearth, chairs, ev
erything and everybody iu the house,
particularly the bridal party —using
the whole quart. I asked, ‘What on
earth are you doing ?’
‘W-e-1-1, you see, peppermint always
was my favorite perfume, and I Towed
to have eveiything to smell good,—
Don't you think it’s nice ?’
‘O, yes, I like peppermint very;
much.’
It was the custom about twenty
j befoie this, to have eandle-bear
; ers; so, of course, the bride thought it
absolutely necessary to have them.—
Two little girls, about twelve years old,
dressed in white. The bride then sat
two chairs at one end of the room, and
I taking the little girls by the hands,
| seated them. She then commenced
placing chairs at the other end of the
room-—I wondering why she should be
, hopping round with the chairs. No |
! one spoke or assisted her until she had j
placed six in a semi-circle. She then i
took each attendant by the hand sep- i
; arately, and seated them as they were j
Lo stand during the ceremony; then |
taking the groom by the hand, seated
; him in one and herself iu another by
S him, having the attendants on each
; side. She then retted her elbow on
1 his knee; he crossing his legs, threw j
I his leg and foot across her lap; sitting j
in that position with their faces al- j
most touching, whispering. The at
tendants also commerced talking.— i
After seeing all things arranged, as 11
thought, to the satisfaction of the par-1
ty, and that they would remain so till
early candle-light, I began to wish to |
know what that fire in the front yard
had to do with the wedding. I made
an excuse that I wished to smoke, and ;
would go and get fire, ass saw some 1
in the yard. When I went out, the J
old lady and some three or four ne-!
gro women, with eight or ten little ne- j
groes, were there jabbering about Miss
Peggy (the bride.)
Suky—Well, Jinny, I dun bin see ,
Miss Peggy. I tell you, she look kill- j
in’.
Jinny—She do dat; look out de
ashes to-night.
Molly—Who eber think Miss Peg
gy gwrno to look so killin’.
Sally (who was the head of the lot,
all, white and black, expected her to
finish everything)—What you all stand
here mouthin’, mouthin’ ’bout Miss
Peggy for ? She my child; all know
dat; done nusher from a baby to now;
told you she gwine to many some er
dese days. Who gwine to do better ?
Now, all you gwine to want er go wid
her; shan’t do it; she my child, she is;
old Miss know it too. Many time I’se
took dat child, when old Miss gone
night-ridin’, and kep’ her, for she all
de gal old Miss ever did have, and old
Miss tink most as much of dat child
as I do, don’t you, old Miss?
How long this jabbering would have
continued I can’t tell, but I cut it short
by asking of Mrs. Tab,
‘Why did you make this great fire
out here such a terribly hot day ?’
‘Well, 1 Towed there’d be so much to
be done, and all the niggers will have
to do somcLhinjj for Mamaret. (the
bride) and i lowed 1 better coue uuv
doors.’
‘Have you got to get supper now ?’
‘Jest to make coffee and biscuit; and
one coffee-pot won’t hold coffee for
this many foiks, so I’ll make it iu these
two big pots. Sally knows, and slie
says that’s the best; and here’s the !
gourd to dip it up with and put in the
coffee-pot; don’t you think so ?’
‘O, yes, that’s the best way, and so
little trouble to aunt Sally.’
By this time the company were col- j
lecting and I went in to witness the ;
ceremony. The room, as I said, was ■
about twenty feet square, a small win
dow in one end and a large fire-place,
taking up at least one-half of the oth
er end, with a large lightwood fire
blazing and cracking, the room almost
hot enough to roast an egg. The com
pany being seated, Betsy, (the brides
maid) came in, set a caudle-stand in
the centre of the room, placed a Bible
and hymn-book on it, called on two
stout, healthy looking young men to
hold candles, giving each a branch sil
ver candle-stick, with three small, dark
looking tallow candles in each stick —
placing them between the candle-stand
and side-board, about four feet apart
—then placed the two little girls on
each side of them, giving them a brass
candle-stick with a candle in each
stick. The silver candle-sticks being
very heavy, the young men had to use
both hands to hold them study, and
the little girls, seeing them use both
hands, thought it right, so they used
both. She then placed the minister be
! tween the gentlemen. There stood the
minister, with two candle-bearers on
i each side, bracing themselves to hold
| the candles steady. However, those
1 eight candles with the blazing fire on
j the hearth, gave a brilliant light, to
j say nothing of the heat. In a few
minutes, the bridal party came out,
and instead of coming out arm-in arm,
joined hands and come out sidewise, iu
a hue, like playing chickamacomico;
placing themselves between the candle
stand and the blazing fire, facing tbe
minister, still holding each others’
hands, when the minister said, ’join the
light hands.’ Henry L. had to force
them to let go, and joined them for
them. The ceremony being over, a
gentleman said to the bride,
‘I congratulate you!’
‘Thur?’ (meaning sir.’)
‘I congratulate you S’
•Thur?’
‘I wish you much joy !’
‘O, much obleged to you, thur.’
Toddy, made of the corn whiskey,
was handed to the ladies; the gentle
men all walking to the side-board,
took a drink; the candle-stand and Bi
ble were removed by Sally, (house ser
vant) who by this time had come in to
wish Miss Peggy much joy, and to tell
the happy bridegroom what a jewel he
' had in Miss Peggy. Soon after, sup
per w T as annonuced; the table being
up stairs, or rather in the loft—fox
one could scarcely stand, upright—
with one small window in one end,
a capacious fire place at the other, with
a large log fire burning brightly; a
large iron pot filled with boiling water;
a large tub on the hearth to wash the
plates for the second table; the table
in the centre of the room, had a cake
at each end, about the size of a break
fast plate, two inches thick made of
coarse country Hour, almost as dark as
gingerbread, with loaf sugar grated ou
1 them. These cakes were laid on a
I bow] turned bottom upwards, with a
largo piece of cedar wet in water and
| rolled in Hoar—making them look
I like they were covered in snow—stuc k
in each cake. One saucer of almonds
j and one of raisins; biscuit dough roil
;ed thin and cut with a thimble, was
| laid in four saucers, just thirteen piec
es in each saucer, sugar grated over
them; a saucer of pickles and one of
preserves; two or three plates of bis
cuit cooked over the Jluze, covered
j with smut and ashes; tho candles in
j two stands made of plank cut round,
about the size of a dinner plate, bored
full of augur boles as could be without
splitting the plank— each hole having
a dark tallow candle stuck in it; the
! room was so warm from the fire, that
j the candles soon melted and run
| down —being so thick or so much in a
bunch, looked like a torch; a side table
j with ham and roast chicken. The
! bride was seated at the head, and the
I bridegroom at the foot of the table;
the company were seated at the sides,
on seats made of boards on two chairs
covered with a quilt; the attendants,
male and female, waited ou the table,
aunt Sal lie directing and telling how
much trouble they had in getting up
such a nice, big supper for Miss Peg
gie—but God kuow’d she didn’t grudge
it to her, for she was all the gal old
miss ever did have, and she ought to
have a big supper, and should have it.
The company soon finished eating,
as also the groom; the bride continued
to eat—sending her plate to the side
table for chicken, (pronouncing it
slacken;) she noticed the bridesgroom
had finished, and sent word by Henry
L. to him, that he must not stop —
he must eat a belly full. He returned
answer that he had eat a belly full,
and could eat. no more. She sent
again, that she had always said when
she got married she ment to eat a bel
ly full, and would do it —sending her
plate at the same time for some more
shiclcen Her plate being gone, Henry
L. thought it a good time to let the
company rise, as all had been waiting
on her alone for some time. Just as
the minister commenced returning
thanks her plate was set before her for
the fifth time, loaded with slacken. —
She had just raised the knife and fork
to commence eating, and sat in that
position, head clown, with the knife
and fork ready to commence—and as
the company left the table, she com
menced again, and I suppose eat until
she was satisfied. W hen we went
down, the bride took her seat on one
side of the door, smoking a pjpe, the
groom on the oilier, chewing tobacco.
I walked up and asked,
‘Just married, and smoking ?’
Bride—‘Yes, I’m old ft Iks now.’
‘Well, as you both seem so happy, I
should like to know how it happened
that you made up this match so se
cretly ?’
Bridegroom, (speaking in that thrill,
squeaking voice) —‘The first time I ev
er seed her and heard her speak, I was
charmed with her voice, and never
could rest until she promised lo have me.’ \
Bride —‘W-e-1-1, you see, Mr. Oliver ;
was jest the sort of mau I always said
I meant to many; and when he went
off to see his folks, and stayed two j
whole weeks over his time, I was so
miserable I tuck to smokin.’ ’
I said I had no doubt but that was
a great comfort to her. After the
smoke, they left the door, the happy
bridegroom lying down on the bed,
(in the parlor,) the bride sitting by
the side of it, hands clasped, talking
over their east troubles and present
happiness.
The old man having too much of the
corn, staggered to the bed, telling
them ‘it’s bed time.’ They moved off,
and he went to bed—tho company ail
in the room. The minister then took
leave of sister Tab. She said,
‘I ’lowed to send the children some
cake, but ain’t got none; all these boys
here ain’t axed, must er stole it, for we
made three whole pounds of cake, and
I know that orter been more’n ’nough
for twice this many folks.’
The bride sad there was no use in
going to such expense as to make a
night gown, so only took oil her veil
and slippers
The next day, about three o’clock,
1 P. M., the dust "and heat intolerable —
■ the happy couple walked one and a
half miles through the sun (no um
| brella) to make a call. Come all the
i way hand in hand. He had on his
bridal attire. She was dressed in crim
son mareno dress, cape and bonuet,
(sun bonnet,) all of the same —black
silk apron and leather shoes. He said
he was happy and well. She said she
was not well; had been sick all night
and all day. She reckoned she had
eat too much shaken, and I reckon so
too.
A GEORGIA TRAVELER.
Tlie Cincinnati Exposion cl
Textile Fabrics.
Some time since we published that Mr.
James A. Chappell was traveling thro
the Southern States to induce our
Southern manufacturers to send sam
ples of their goods to the great Expo
sition of Textile Fabrics, to he held in
Cincinnati, and we urged it as an ex
cellent means to open u ' a commer
cial intercourse with the great Lest,
and thus secure a large and valuable
market for cur productions. We see
that a meeting of committees has been
held in Cincinnati Air. Chappell
made his report, by which it appears
that sixty-four Southern manufactur
ers have agreed to exhibit their goods,
of which twenty-eight are in Georgia;
Tennessee, fifteen; Mississippi, nine;
Alabama, six; Kentucky, three; South
Carolina, one:.
Georgia, it will thus be seen with
her usual enterprise, has taken the lead.
Mr. Chappell reported a growiug in
terest iu the South iu manufactures.
Good are already being received.—
NXT .
, Arrangements arc* being made for half
fare traveling on the railroads. Pre
miums of $25 and SSO are offered for
the best samples of different jeans,
flannels, tweeds, cassimeres, satinets,
blankets, cottouades, osnaburgs, yarns,
carpets, wools, shawls, liuscys, beav
ers, cloak-cloths, repellents, meltons,
stockings, bale-battling, grain-bagging. !
cordage and twine, sewing silk and
twist, worsted braid, cotton wadding; j
and SIOO is offered for the best bale of
new cotton.—Cincinnati Gazette.
Uncle David. —Years and Years ago
when I, a little girl, lived in the “house
where I was born,” a quiet old home
stead surrounded by fertile fields and
neighbored by acres of nlmost prime
val forest, for what is now a central
State was then the “far West,” I lmd
an uncle, David Burton. What a
clear, vivid, lifelike picture that name
recalls to me; and yet I know I can
not reproduce it for your benefit, read
er, for you never siw him, never knew
him, and, above all, he was not your
uncle! To me, as a child, he seemed
the wisest, handsomest, and greatest
of men; and yet he was only the son
of a farmer, who was the son of a farm
er; and so on, I doubt not, might
his ancestors have been recorded back
to the time when the memory of man j
runneth not to the contrary.
Very wise he could not have been,
for he and his only brother performed ;
the farm labor of a hundred acres;
and yet he did find time each week to !
read both a political and literary news
paper, and managed his affairs so well
that ho never lacked the means of ob- j
tainiug now then anew book—a
luxury rare in the homes of our neigh
bors of much larger means.
Handsome, I am sni’o even now and
then be was. Like David of old, “lie
was ruddy and of a fair countenance.”
Os fine manly proportions, nearly six i
feet in height, with thick, curling, au
burn hair and beard; he had a clear,
honest, fearless blue eye, that was al
ways quick to flash and kindle with
delight or grow moist and tender with
deep feeling.
Great I know he was not, save in
the sense of having great, undeveloped,
or only half-developed, powers, which
he himself never knew, and of which
he had scarcely dreamed. He was not
even so groat physically as my child
ish fancy made him, when no feat of
giant in nursery story seemed to me j
so astounding as the one performed
before iny very eyes, standing upon
the floor of our low ceiled sitting
room, he touched the old beans over
head with his hand. Ah! he never
seemed to be to me like other men
now; nor would I destroy the illusion
that cross my daily path.—Phoebe, in
Harpers’s Magazine for August.
We\r of Bailroads.— The average
wear of the hacks of the railroads of
the United States is estimated at seven
per cent, per annum. Taking the
length of the roads at forty-two thou
sand two hundred and fifty miles, the
annual wear consumes sufficient iron
to lay two thousand nine hundred and
fifty-seven miles of track or enough to
lay a road from here to San Francisco.
Ninety tons are required for a mile of
single track, so that two hundred and
sixty-six tkousai and oue hundred and
seventy-five tons of iron are used up
anually by the locomotives and cars.
An (l dinary hot-bed is a capital
place for drying fruit. A floor is laid
inside on which to place the fruit.—
Then put on the sash, but bo sure to
raise both the upper and lower ends
about two inches, to admit of a free
circulation of air, or the fruit will bake
jis in an oven. Here the fruit will not
be wet in a shower, nor will it Le troub
led with insects, which will be kepi
away by the covering and the iutense
heat. Porboiled green corn has been
sufficiently dried in one day, in this
way.
From the S. C. Advocate
Tfiiaiaiisgivlus fora‘‘»ctnljobu
ol WliisHcj
Mr. Editor: —l believe in the Press—
“the fourth estate of the realm.” No
man knows its power. Its Briariau
hands touch every sphere of life and
affect every department of activity.—
The influence of the press is felt in
every flbre of our civilization. It dis
cusses all questions. There is no issue
so grave but that it may be flippant in
in the disposal of it; there is nothing
so trifling that, upon occasion, it will
not magnify it into grave importance.
Its voice directs those great movements
of the people that make or unmake
administrations aid it determines the
result of an election for constables.—
It sets for? aid a grand enterprise of
science and energy like the Atlantic
Cable or tne Pacific Hailroad and re
ports the proceedings of a village de
bating society; it tells the world of po
litical revolutions that give new gov
ernments to millions, and paiades in a
perfect ecstacy of interest, the details
of the last prize fight or trotting match.
The press wields the best and tin
worst, the most conservative and the
most destructive agencies that give
shape to society and sow the seeds ol
histories yet to be. It is obiquitous
and impressible. No man is beyond
its influence; one cannot stay in soci
ety and avoid it. To escape it he must
get out of the world—as he would es
cape the atmosphere.
The press and public opinion are tin
Siamese twins of society; what moves
the one aspires the other. Public opin
ion is reflected in the press and tin
press forms public opinion. The one
may be judged by the other. The ut
terances of the press give ns the dia
thesis of the times. The newspaper if
a sliding scale by whh h we measure
the rise and fall of public and of private
virtue. Do the conductors of the press
generally know ihe tremendous power
of this enginery? The words of Osar :
were but the luuid of ft child to tliLs i
j Hercules of our civilization.
Is the press outside the great law of
responsibility to Go 1 that binds every
soul to "obedience of the truthV” Are
publishers and editors, like railroads
i and other corporations, without souls?
and shall they, along with Baiboad
; Superintendauts and Directors, claim
for themselves utter irresponsibileness
II to God and man? Is it not true of
publishers and editors, as of other
I uicn, that thu abuse of a groat power is
j the per version-of a great trust? a he
nious sin against God and a grievous
j wrong upon man ?
I AN e give thanks that among the con
j doctors of the press are earnest and
true men who fear God and lul>or for
man's peace ns ever in the groat task
master s eye.” There are some who
1 have words of cheer for every good
tiling, and who, unmoved by bribes or
frowns, look sin in its brazen face and,
in God’s name, rebuke it—always and
everywhere. Heaven grant them re
inforcements, for in the wide harvest
field such laborers ire few.”
AN bat the press is, what it ought to
be and what it may be, what influence
it is now exerting, are questions of
grave importance to every good nun
who thinks.
It is a matter for thanksgiving that
I certain classes of publications do not
, have their origin in the South. There
is not a Southern city that would sus
i tain such treasuries of villainous wood
j cuts, obscene recitals and diabolical
j suggestions as are paraded before thu
| country in those darling organs of
' Pandemonium—the "Police Nows,”
| and other “creeping things” “after its
kind. When the depraved among us
delight their prurient tastes with such
rase-bits of sensualism they are oblig
ed to impoit it. It takes New York or
Chicago to cater successfully to such
appetites. Up to date, Southern Bish
ops—Heaven bo praised!—have not
entered the columns of Bonner’s Ledg
er—trotting for pay with “Dexter and
Beecher. But the carnal appetency
is showing itself. The importation of
this depraved literature is constantly
increasing, and if the truth may be spo
ken—our secular press is largely re
sponsible for it If this result is in
tended, and tho wicked things that
are written and approved by some of
our editors are simply spontaneous ex
pressions of the thoughts they think
and the principles Ihey entertain: if
they write as they do, because, being
what they are, they cannot write oth
erwise; or, if, different to the good or
evil they may accomplish, they only
“grindfor tlu'. toll,” in any c;ise the char
acter of many of our daily papers de
monstrates the mental and moral uu
fitness of their managers and editors
for the places they have presumed to
occupy.
The time has come when—“for tlio
money’,—the most disreputable busi
ness may be advertised and the most
unworthy adventurer bo editorially
endorsed in thecoluws of three-fourths
of the secular papers in this country.
There is not a vagabond gang of tenth
rate minstrels—too mean for editorial
Mff.YgM'TNT
so contemptible with its spavined hor
ses and so loathsome with its drunken
men and coarse women, that editorial
rhetoric cannot be bought to exalt it
into a “m tgniricent cortege”— “a most
delightful entertainment;” there can
not come this way an intimation of
Black Crook, or other Devil’s show so
appallingly nude, so revoltingly ob
scene, but that editorial sanction shall
immediately glorify it as “a chaste ex
hibition”—a “spectacular drama of
thrilling interest.” Os the majority of
theso papers there is hardly a single
issue that is not defiled with disgusting
personalities, with half suppressed
blasphemy, with low jests and doable
entendre that may amuse the wits of
the bar-room and the bagnio, but that
make every pure woman blush and e:-
ery right-minded ashamed. If to any
charitable person those remarks should
s°era unduly severe, I only ask that
he will attentively consider what evi
dence of their truth the next dozen pa
pers, he may chance to see, will object
to my statements only because they
are deficient in fidelity of analysis and
energy of expression.
Ou last Sunday morning two, at
least, of the daily papers published in
this city presented to their patrons
along with religious notices—for Sab
bath reading, extravagant laudations
of a ceitain “ale house” and drinking
shop that in the local column had won
editorial favor by the munifieient pres
ent of a whole “Demjohn of Whisky!”
It tkew these gentlemen into astute of
preternatural mental activity while
they invoked both prose and poetry to
express their unutterable gratitude.—
You may think that my account of the
iffair is mere burlesque, but I assure
you, sir, there was no burlesque about
iheir gratitude—it was sincere and
rapturous. One of our city papers has
repeatedly within the last few months,
publicly returned thanks to various
' tar-keepers for so small a favor ns a
single ‘bottle of whisky. ’ In this lat
ter case it is not easy to determine
whether so violent a strain upon cour
tesy and gratitude is the evidence of
uncommon thirst or of extreme “nn
pecuniosity.”
Not long since we wero regaled with
in editorial leader, strong and elo
quent, in commendation of a certain
‘Lottery,” located here and run in the
name of Mason ary and benevolence;
■■or which I refuse to believe that Mn
-ionary is responsible, and upon which
sinco it so antagonizes the Paulino
ind Christian methods of benevolence,
[ cannot expect the blessings of Hcuv
•n to rest. I rejoice to know that
here was one paper, in Atlanta, that
•ould not be bought over by “the mau
igement,” to the advocacy of this im
moral device for making an easy living
(Conclud'd on Second Ibige.J
