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J O H NW. WOFFORD, j
Attorney at Law,
r IPTEIISVILLE. GUOGI i.
OFFICE OVER CURRY'S STORE.
Oct. 17, fSfia. % ‘ ' i
(ommercial Hotel, Cartersville, Ga. j
BY JOHN C. MARTIN
rrWO STORY BftTCK BUILDING, corner of Depot
| h,|uare and Market ?ireet. East Skis if Railroad.
P.ootns good and comfortable.
Furniture and Bedding new.
Oond otiiee and epacious Dining Riom
Tsble* well snppHeil niib Ui4 be.t that the market
auord*. and cbai ges moderate.
11,,. Proprietor hopes, by good attention to business,
to receive a liberal share of patronage. Dec. 1, 1363.
R. W. MU Hr HEY,
attorney at law,
Cartersv illc. €?«.
v\7 11,1, practice in tho the Courts of Cherokee Oir
it ru".. Particular attention given tothe collection
of claims. Office With Col. Abda Johnson. Oct. 1 j
7 'R. A M.JOHNSON,
Dentist,
t- :s[’F.f'TFL'LI,Y offers bis Professional .
services to the citizens of Cartersville
st,,! vicinity. He is prepared to do work AuTfTyP
on l le latest ami most improved style.
TANARUS, e'h extract"without pain, fby menus of narcotic
, pr jy l Wrrlc n’l warranted. Office over Stokeley's
Btoic, CARTERSVILLE Oa. Feb. 20 18CS— wsm
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
cartersville, ga.
JOHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Cartersville, Ga.,
1~1 Tilil, attend promptly to all busi.icss en
trusted to his care Will practice in the
Couits of Law, ainj. Equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attenthm grivcirto the eoHec
li >n of claims. Jan. 1, 13G6. Iv
T 01l N jT ) o N ES,
REAL KBTATI2 4GE4T,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
Is ,1 authorized to sell, and have on hard several
li.uint and lots, and aim numerous building lots in the
i urn . f Cartersville. Also several plantations of vari
one dies in Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or
►rll vr id > well t) g.ve uiy a;call. All communications
I'rum| ily answered. July 17, ISC6.
BUNGE & DODD,
A T 1 O 1L N EY S A T L A W,
OKDA it TOVV S, POLK COUNTY, GA.
Will practice law in the .several
I it irtu cot ip: ising llto Ta’lapoosa Gircuit;
alec, Bartow and Floyd Counties. Partic
ular attention given to the collection of
claims. jan 12,1 y
WARREN AKIN,
Attorney at Law,
C/hll RSVILLE, GEOBGIA
Will practice in ail the Courts of the State.
« W . R. MOU.VTC’ASTLE,
( "T, Jeweller and Wstieli and
S' nock Repairer,
Gi,. Fr.,nt of A. A. Skinner A Co’s store -
I ’arl jrsville, .1 an. 25
’ JAMES ;
Attorney at*X«aw,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA.
1 ractice In the Claris of the fiheri kee and ad
■l jninh>i; Circuit?, .also lhe| Snprtjne and District j
t rts. liocipt attention gi vie ato business entrusted
t * my ca e. August 21 BSl6.—wly
J, C. €7. Blackburn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
EUHAUEE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA
lieler.-jces : Industry, [iromp’itnde and at
tcutica march 22. w’j
T YV M Incr, O H Milner.
MILNER & MILNER,
Attorneys at Law, !
L'ARTE RSVILLE GEORGIA.
Will attend prot ipt!y to business entrusted
to their c ire. jan. 15. ly
CALEB TOMPKINS, well
known for 20 years past, ns a first
class IVJtTCH, CLOCK,
and JFi WELLER REPAIRER,
md MANUFACTURER, has com
menced work one door North of liis former^ old
stand, on ,he East side of the Railroad, Car
ifhsville, Ga. Will sell Clocks and Watches
Warranted. Nov. 10. wly
S. H. PAT ILL O,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
v Ti'UJ alter 1 promptly to the Cutting. Repair- a
VV lug and Making Boys’ and Men’s Clothing, w
Office on th* Second Fl< or of Stokely & Wll- if J
llaros’ New Brick Building. Entrarce from ~Lil-
Ma In Street in rear of the building. Feb IT.
Medieai Notice.
DR. D. O. C. HEEKI’ offers his
professional services to the citizens of
t’artersville and surrounding country, in j
Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. After
an active practice of 14 years in Savannah |
and Augusta, be feels confident he can please. |
Office in store recently occupied by T. H.
Kennedy & Go. Residence at the oid Ho- ,
tel Building. au ß 10, ’69. tvly
j
JAMES P. M ASO N ,
Bookbinder and Paper Ruler,
, E R LAWSHE’S BU,LD ’ G '
(Tried SroEY,)
Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
May 1, 1869
sTTrs iii 13 lids,
Fashionable Tailor ,
CART6RSAIU E, BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA.
Having j st received Charts of the latest
styles of G< ntlemens and Boys’ Clothing,
European and American, announces that he
ife> prepared to execute all kinds - »»
oi wor Xin the Fashionable Tail- jßw
. '.l l oring ine, with neatness and in a a
dursbla style. Over J. Elsas & Go’s store,
Cwteravillo meh*f*g
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
VOL. 8.
Kennesaw House.
fliOcalcri at railroad dc*t>ol-)
riAIIE undersigned .having bought thepntirr
I interest of Dix Fletcher, Trustee Tor Lou
isa VV. Fletcher, in the Kenjaesaw House, i
and the business will be conducted, in the in- !
lure, under the name and firm of Augustine
A. Fletcher A Frejcr. -Thankful for past fa
vors and patronage, they will strive to give the
.utmost satisfaction to all patrons of the Kell- j
I nesaw House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER.
F. L, FREYFR.
MARIETTA. Jan. 12, \J9.
K. T. While, J. m. Lykes.
Americfm Hotel,
ALABAMA t-TRF.ET,
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
White & Lykes,
Proprietors.
BAGGAGE carried to and from Depot
free of Charge. May H, 1 HC.O
E. R. PASSEEN, R. D MANN,
Georgia. Tennessee.
the OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA
8.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
SAS SEEN & MANN, Proprietors.
J. W. F. BRYSON, I Clerkß
ISAAC N. MANN, )
January 1, 1869.
JOHN T. OWEN,
Watch a»»d Clock. Repairer,
and Jeweler,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
4X7" ILL keep constant- zfljk, IMv
W ly on hand, for sale Er '
a well selected stock of
WATCHES. CLOCKS. l|s|
Gold, Silver and Steel
SPECTACLES.
&c. Can furnish any kind of Silver
Plate, extra fine Gold Watches or Jewelry,
at short notice, as cheap as they can be
bought in any other market. Goods cheap.
Work warranted. Terms cash,
aug 12, 18(39.w1y
le, 9. »VTAti'S. B„
GRADUATE of the JEFFERSON MEDICAL
COLLEGE, Philadelphia, offers his proles
sional services to the citizens of Cartersville
and surrounding districts. His diploma,
various appointments, in the medical Staff of
U. S. A.. Texas Cavalry, &c„ as well as ev
idence of his having been a regular prac
titioner in the South, for many years, with
testimonials of his private character, will be
exhibited at any time, at his office, in back
room of Wm. Davis’ store, one door South
of the Post office, Residence East side of the
Railroad, near Mrs, Sewell's.
Cartersville, Ga., August 2nd, 2569, wly
R. W.SATTERFIELD, O. W. SATTF.BFIII T.
R W SATTERFIELD & BRO.
AT
The New Brick Store
I'li'Nl Boor East of Railroad.
CA R TERS \ r ILLE , GEORGIA.
Have just, received and opened an
ENTIRE NEW STOCK
OF
STAPLE AND FANCY DRYGOODS,
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 'hoy
can and will sell goods as cheap, if not a lit
tle Cheaper, that any other house in town.
The attention of the ladies is especially
invited to our Stock of Summer Dress
c«J*
• Gentlemen can also be fitted up with
whatever they may Want.
Country produce taken in exchange for
goods, at the highest market price.
Having withdrawn from the late Firm of
J. H. Satterfield & Cos, I would respectfully
solicit the patronage of my old friends and
custc^iers.
R. W. SATTERFIELD.
June 24th,—w ly.
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JACOB ELSAS & CO., j
**Uff % M*T 2?I (X
DEALERS IN
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# ■ i r *■ ■ y . V• V r j
DRY-GOODS. CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
*1
HATS-NOTIONS. *6-j
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Nashville
Paper
Mills.
©ljUtbaU Stmt,
Fourth Door ?,om the Corner of Alabama t
ATLANTA, GA.
JACOB ELSAS,
MORRIS ADLER,
JULIUS DREYFOGS. may 11, Mi.wif
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. SEPTEMBER 28, 18#.
DR. JOHN B'JLL'S
eaGrt Remedies
SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP!
FOR THE CURE OF
AGUE AND FEVER
OR
CHILLS AND FEVER.
The proprietor of this celebrat and meJ'clne ju.My
claims for it a superiorly over all remedies ever offer
ed to the public for the safe, certain., speech/ and per
manent cure of Ague and Fever tor Cl.ills and Fever
whether of short or long standing. He refers to the
entire Western and Southwestern country to bear hitn
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 auflicieut for a cure, and w hole
families have been cured by a single bottle, with a per
fect restoration of the general health. It is, however,
prudent, and in every ease more certtin to cure, if its
use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two af
ter the disease has beer, checked, more especially in
difficult and long standing cases. Usually, this medi
cine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in
good order; should the patiert, however, require a
cathartic medicine, after having t-.ken three or four
doses of the Tonic, a single dose of BULL”', VE 1 LIA
BLE PAM’LY PII,LB will be sufficient.
DR, JOIS.Y BULL’S
Principal Office
Ao. 40 Fifth, Cross street,
Louisville, Ky,
Bull’s Worm Destroyer.
To my United States and World-wide Read
era:
I HAVE received many testimoi inis from profes
s onal and medical men, as my nimanacs and vari
ous publications have shown, all of which are genuine.
The following from a highly educated arid popular
php-lcian In Georgia, is certainly one of the most sen
sible eonimunicationf I have ever received. Dr. Clem
ent knows exactly what tie speaks of, and his testimo
ny deserves to be written in le'ters of gold. Hear
w hat the Doctor says of Bull's Worm De tr yer
Villanow, Walker co., Ga, )
June 29th, 1866 )
DU. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir:—l h'rve recently giv
en your “Worm Destroyer” several trial.-, and find It
wonderfully efficacious. I', has not failed in a single
Instance, to have the wished-for effect. lam doing a
pretty large country practice, aud have daily use for
some article of the kind. lam free to confess that 1
knew 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 And out upon what, terms I can
get the medicine directly from you. If I can get it
upon easy terms, I shall U3e a great, deal of it. lam
aware that the use of such articles is contrary to Ihe
teachings and practice of a great majority of the rej
ular l ne of ftl. D.’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 be ignorant of its com
bination. For my part, I shall make it a rule to use all
and any means to alleviate suffering hem mity which
I may be able to command—not hesitating because
someone more ingenious than myself may have learn
d its effects first, uud secured the 30le right to secure
hat knowledge. However, lamby no m. aits an ad
vocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nos
trums that flood the country, that purport to cure all
manner of disease to which humm tlesh is heir.—
l'leese reply soon, nnd -inform me of your best terms.
I am, sir, most re. peel fill Iv,
JULIUS P. CLEMLXT, M. D.
Bull’s Sarsaparilla.
A GODO REASON F r, R THF CAPTAIN'S FAITH,
READ THE CAPTAIN'S L3TTER AND THE LET
TER FROM IIIS MOTHER.
Benton Barracks, Sic., April 80, ISC6.
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir: Knowing the efficiency
of your Sarsaparilla., and the healing and beneficial
qualities it possesses, I send you the following state
ment of my case:
I was wounded about two years ago—was 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 shot through the hips. My general health Is im
paired, and I need something to assist nature. I
have more faith in your Sarsaparilla than In any t hing
else. I wish that ihat is genuine. Please express me
half a dozen bottles, ami oblige
Gaft. C. P. JOHNSON.
St. Louis, Mo.
P. S.— I The'following was written April 89, 1565, by
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of C’apt Johnson.
Dll. BULL—Dear Sir : My husband, Dr. C. S. John
son, was a skillful surgeon and physician in Central
New York, where he died, leaving the above C. P.
Johnson to my care. At thirteen years of age he had
a chronic 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 sores, and general debili
ty. Perfect success has attended it. The cure* effect
ed hi gome cases of scrofula and fever sores were
almost miraculous. lam very anxious for my son to
again have recourse to your Sarsaparilla. He is fear
ful of getting a spurious article, lienee his writing to
you for it. His wounds were terrible, but 1 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.
DU. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir: Last February 1 w»e
In Louisville purchasing Drugs, and I got some of
your Sarsapparilla and Cedron Bitters.
Mv son-in-law, who wss with me in the store, has
beeu down with rheumatism for some time, commen
ced on the Bitters, and soon found his general health
0 Gist, who has been in bad health, tried them,
1 and iie aiso Improved. .
Dr Col Tee, who has been in bad health Tor several
years —stomach aiui liver affected—he improved very
much by the use of your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron
Bitters has given you great Popularity in this settle
ment. I think I eould sell a great quantity of your
medicines this fall—espeeialiy of your C edron Bitters
and Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care oi
““’’T'i WAI.KER.
Ail the above remedies for sale by
X,. H. BRADFIELD,
Druggist,
■ ' - ; ' ’V ioikfCMi
WAITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, CIA.
f.b ‘2O , m9w\y
Now Live JEWELEY
Store D
—.'gi- ii ■■■»
GEO. SHARP,
WHITE HALL ST, ATLANTA,
My Xetv Store ha3 only been open about
nine months, it is fitted up with silver mount
ed show cases, and an elegant Solid Black
Walnut Side Show Case for Silver.
My Stock consists of Diamonds and Pre
cious Stones, Set in Sets, Rings. Pins, also
‘h e most fashionable and Largest. Stobk of
fine Jewelry—Watches, Gold Chains, Solid
Silver V. are, Plated Ware, and Fancy Goods
WATCHESi
My Stock of Watches is very large at this
time. I have the following Celebrated
makes ; The Celebrated Railroad Watch,
(Lehmann's Patent Self Winder.) E. D,
Johnson’s llujuinin Buruguin, E. Howard
& Co.’s, F. G. Jack, L. & S. Raymond,
Vockaron Brothers, G. M. Wheeler, Mat
Laflin, T. F. Ryason, P. S. Bartlett, Apple
ton Tracy & Cos, Waltham etc. etc, all of
which I will sell at New York wholesale
Prices.
JMWILBY s
Style* to numerous to mention —over three
hundred Sets of fine All Gold Jewelry, fine
Rings Thimbles, Gold Chains, Lockets,
Chasms, Sleeve Buttons, Studs, Breast Pins, j
&c., &c. In prices and quality of Goods I
defy Competition. I do not keep any but
ALL GOLD GOODS.
,
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CIO. SHAitP,
liire Jewelry Store,
WHITEHALL STREET,
Atlanta, da.
,J Lily 7, 1860, \v3iu
[Written for the Express.
TI» 3 Spirit Lli J.
O', yes. there is a happier land,
More beautiful than ours :
Where all day long the angels sport
Midst Go Is ambrosial flowers ;
Wnere stainless spirits wander free
From anguish, p ain, and -sadness ;
Wlicie every eye is lit with joy
And every heart with gladness.
No tears, no cares, noscenes of woe,
No keen regret or sorrow,
Can enter there; for hope and faith
Light up cac i com ing morrow; .
There Love anl Friendship joyful meet,
In bonds that will not sever ;
There both shall wander, hand in hand, ,
Forever and forever.
This land of bliss, of joys 3erenc ;
Os angels and of flowers,
Where God is praised by redeem’d hosts,
Throughout the blissful hours,
Is the fond home of Pilgrim souls—
The rest to wanderers given,
The great reward of holy hearts,
The Christian’s future heaven.
J. C. C. B.
Euliarlce, Ga, Sept. 10th, ’69.
■‘JUDGE PARROTT’S TERRITORY.”
Mr. Editor: Much, has b'-ten writ
ten, by correspondents of the different
papers, in commendation of Judge
Parrott for bis supposed energy in en
forcing tho Road Laws. Ail your
correspondent asks, is, to “render unto
Cij’sar the things that belong to Cce
sir.” That Judge Parrott has done
his whole duty in the premises, your
correspondent readily admits; but
why so much ado in the public prints?
He is, in Scriptural phrase, still an ‘un
profitable servant.’ All his predeces
sors, like him, were required by the
Legislature to give, in special charge,
the Road law to the Giand Jury.—
This is all that Judge Parrott has done,
and all that he could have done. How
comes it to pass that the Public Roads
are attracting so much attention,
and Judge Parrott the recipient of
such glory? It is remarkable, Mr.
Editor, how fortunate some men are,
to receive the credit for acts, which, to
a large degree, is justly duo others.
By reference to the General Pre
sentments of the Grand Jury, of the
first week, for March Term, 18G9,
light can be had, and Ccesar will be
made manifest. The Grand Jury pre
sented the Road Commissioners, and
requested of His Honor, that the bar
ren fig tree might stand fire months
to see if it would bear fruit. Notwith
standing the excessive drought, the
Commissioners have brought forth
fruit, to the honor and glory of Judge
Parrott! Suppose the Grand Jury
had winked at the Commissioners,
and ignored the whole matter, as all
previous Grand Juries have done, in
what condition would your Public
Roads be to-day ? Your correspond
ent is of the opinion, that other mat
ters would have been the subject of
commendation, had the recommenda
tions of the Grand Jury been heeded.
Your correspondent desires to enlight
en those who presume to enlighten the
public, and not to say one word in dero
gation of Judge Parrott.
Allow one word more. The late ac
tion of the Legislature, it is said, ex
empts Students. This is an innovation
upon an established rule, which is
probably covered with the jurispru
dence of Georgia. There should be
no exemptions; in a few years, all the
negroes will be at school, at the very
season the roads are usually worked.
Let men work or pay. Let us have it
done without so much discrimination.
“Justice.”
Southern Soldiers. — If they were |
not physically superior, the early asso
ciations and habits of Southern men
adapted them more quickly than
Northern troops to the vicissitudes of
the bivouac and battle-field. Famili
arity with the use of arms; accustom
ed to the woods; inured to the fatigues
of the hunt; habits of command; reck
lessness of life; an impel nous nature,
quick to conceive and bold to execute;
an intense individuality aid mercurial
temperament—these were some of the
characteristics which gave the South
ern soldier an early advantage, and
won for him even a tribute from his !
enemy.
The following extract from a letter
published in a New York paper at the
beginning of the war, illustrates what
has been said of this noble material.
It is dated “Grenada, Miss., May;
1861:”
“Take a nota of the company just
about me. Its captain and first lieu
tenant are prominent members of the
bar, and oue of them a late United
States consul to Cuba. In it you will
find physicians and planters fifty years
of age, and boys of sixteen, men of
family and wealth.
“The company next west is captain- |
ed by on acting judge, and members
i in its ranks are doctors lawyers, mer
| chants and planters, some near fifty
and some worth hundreds cf thous
ands of dollars. Step into the neigh
i borhood below me. Do you see that
old man there with a head as white as
ever men’s heads are, and with a eoun
tenanoo that betrays a will no earthly
: power can bend, yet mild, with a
Sharp’s rifle in his hand and a blanket
on his arm ready to march to the de
fence of his country ? That mania a
miuist>‘.r of the Gospel, who for fifty
1 years Ims bowed at tho foot-stool of
sovereign mercy. His three sons, his
| only son-in-law—at. eminent lawyer
anti the only grandson old enough, are
all mingling in the strife.
“A few days since, as the first lieu
tenant, orderly sergoai t and a few oth
ers of the company al>out mo wore
moving into muster, frith colors flying
an 1 drum in hand, hey passed a plan
tation where were two lads plowing in
the field. When they saw tho Con
federate flag waving in the breeze they
stopped their horses, and mounting,
dashed up the road to join. The old
ins n, who was walking across the field
towards the house, hastened back, and
the negroes threw up their hats and
shouted ‘lmrrah for the stars nnd bars.’
While conversing, a rifle crack was
heard at the house. The lieutenant,
knowing there was not a white male
member of the family who was not ;
present, asked, ‘who could be shooting j
over there at the house?’ ‘Why.’ sail!
the owner, ‘it’s the old woman gettin’
ready for war.’ ”
[From Shoulder to Shoulder, “XIX
Cent ary.’'’
G bowlers. —There are some people
who are always in a moody, despond
ent state of mind; who invariably take
unfavorable views of matters, and are
forever predicting misfortune. Never
happy unless they are miserable, their
social soii all overrun with weeds, their
past a dream, their present a moral
ache, and their future a swarm of
shadows—in word or deed they con
tribute nothing to the world but
stunted thoughts and crab-like enter
prises that are ever progressing back
wards, Wauld to heaven that such
people could get into she sunshine, or,
dropping their green goggles of mel
anehollv, imagine the earth to be
something better than a gigantic sty,
hung in crape and stirred by a perpet
ual east wind. Just now our country
abound in these chronic grumblers.—
They growl at the situation; growl at
the drops, growl at their neighbors,
growl at their dinner, aye, growl at the
very wind for whistling. They are
about as cheerful a flash of moonshine
on a tombstone, and live to little more
purpose than as monumental records
of the am mnt of acidity that bad na
ture can distil into the corporosity of
a human being.
Out upon these billious pests. Give
us rather the refreshness, confidence,
simplicity and cheerfulness of Child
hood. Give U3 rather the Lttle girl
who said:
•‘Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray Thee Lord ray soul to keep;
If I should die ”
and then drowsily falling into her
mother’s arms said, “God know’s ’e
rest, mama, I’s so sleepy.”
Give us rather the tranquil ol 1 map,
whose “age sits with decent grace up
on his visage and worthily becomes his
silver locks;” he who remembers that
he once was young, and yet walks
thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore
of the vast ocean he must sail so soon.
Ho at whose feet we can sit and listen,
albeit, he is the solitary spokesman of
the generations that have gone.
Give us fim 11 y the man who sings at
his work; whose heart beats to the
music of his own cheerfulness; whose
spirit is ail sunshine; graceful because
glad; beautiful-becau.se bright. Out
upon your growlers!
‘XIX Century
San Francisco, September 3.—Yes
terday the Democratic ticket through
out the State was generally elected by
decided majorities. The next Demo
cratic Legislature will not ratify the
15th amendment.
San Francisca returns a Democratic
legislative delegation.
Tennessee and the Fifteenth Amend
ment. —While in Clmttannooga the
other day, Gov. Senter is reported to
have said in reference to convening the
old Legislature, as urged by Maynard
and his co-committeemen, to ratify the
propo ed Fifteenth Amendment, “that
he hoped his friends did not consider
him either a fool or a knave.”
Diseased Poultry.— Mr. Editor: —
During the past summer, the chicken
cholera has been raging with fearful
destruction among the poultry tribe.
Thousands upon thousands have fallen
victims. I raised about one hundred
and fifty out of which I have but twen
ty left. They die at the rate of five or
six per day—going to roost appaient
ly fat and healthy. I know of one in
stance where the cholera broke out in
a poultry yard. They were immedi
ately sent to market, and the last one
sold, to save them from dying on their
owner’s hands. Is it advisable to pur
chase fowls until after the disease is
stayed ?—At. Con.
The lever tells an anecdote of j
one of the substantial nteh of New Ha- j
ten, who had been chosen to the dea- j
con’s office, in one of the Congrega- j
tional churches in that city, about the
time that Augur’s Jeptha, now in the
Yale art gallery, was the subject of
general conversation. Two members
of the church were discussing the new
appointment, and one of them remark
ed that he feared Deacon B. d'du’t
know the “scripter” enough for a dea
con. “Why,” said he* “I’ll prove it.” ,
The two, weighed down almost by the
gravity of the matter in hand, proceed- 1
ed to the store of the worthy deacon,
and asked him if he could tell who
was this Jeptha and his daughter that
everybody was talking about. The
good deacon suspended work for a few’ i
minutes to take a good think, and af
ter pondering the question for a little
; while, slowly answered; “Jeptha—let
me see—yes —Jeptha—why, he was
—of course—yea, Jeptha— he was one
of Napoleon's Mar-hak,'
[frrtitn the Rome Cornier.
“BILL ARB” ON THE PRESS
EXCURSION.
Mr. Henry I)'. (jnu-tfi
My Diar Yevm Fiuenp—Yon ask
me what I think of the Press Excur
sion. As an old man full of years and
full of honors (sich us they are ) X will
; say tint taking the whole concern in
to consideration, from Bullock and
: Rai.s Wright down, and up, to Ilul
j lx.*rt and Fitch, I will sn\ that I have
been seriously cotisldtrin whether tin
Excursion were a success or not.—
Some of the editors say they were
sucked in. I suppose there were some
i suckers along, and some sucking done,
j but I do not think that kept it from
being a suckeess.
Now, Mr. Grady, I like editors—
i they are a respectable family of peo
ple, and I suppose cin'fc be bought—
for a less price than other folks— eve
rybody has his price, and so has edi
tors, I suppose. I don't know what is
the price of editors, but Ido know
that they are frequently bought. I
noticed that soon after they had visit
ed our high mountains there was some
trudin done. Some organs s< ll purty
high, and f-ome less, accordiu to mu
sic, and it is amusin to see em change
their baas. Now, I’m iu for all the fun
that can be enjoyed, and after a poor
editor has wore out his brains and
his body a lyn ou one side, 1 think its
good for his constitution to turn over
and lie on the other.
’ But all tins is furron to the subject.
The question is were the Excursion a
suckeess? I was thinkin that editors ;
had things most tu much their own :
way, but I think I don’t see really ;
how it can be helped. They are their j
own Judges and juries, and nobody |
else can say a word agin em. Nobody j
else has got a newspaper, and if any
body else wanted to criticise or abuse
em,* it would be too late to get it in. j
I've got nothin special agin editors, on- ;
ly this: They alt stand up to one anoth- j
er, and can abuse everybody, andnobo- j
dy lias a chance to fight back. There
aintbut one thing makes era in: cl with
one another, and that is for one feller
to git more pap, or daddy, than the
rest git. Then far flies, and hides are
put on a pole. The whole unfortunate
concern gits mad, and they remind ;
one of a pig runnin oft with a year of
corn, and all the litter squealin af.er j
him. Editors say its high principles j
aetuatin em, but a close observer says
they are mad because the fortunate j
individual sold out for a less price !
than they had been askin.
But, to go back to the main point—
were the Excursion a suckeess ? If
that is the question, what constitues
snekeess ? Why to carry one pint.—
Well, I might say sarkastieally, that
the excursion done that and a half
pint over. But, seriously, if having
a good time at other pc opie's expense j
is_ a suckeess, then they had it, and j
they enjoyed it, and we all enjoyed it, \
and have been feclin good about it cv-!
cr since. We look back at it as a ;
green Oasis, and have nothin to regret j
about it, only that they did’nt stay lon
ger. I like editors, and have •tdy ;
made the foregoing caustic remarks i
out of deference to the public, who j
like slander. You need’t talk to me .
about the Atlauta Slander Mill.
watched human natur for several
years, and my opinion is that every I
man has got a small slander mill in
his own bosom. Slander is as uecessa- |
ry to good moral health as urnip i
greens in the spring of the year. Its j
right hard to live without it, and my
opinion is that it does more good than ■
harm. I always feel kinder toward a
man after I have abused him. It sore
ter restores the equilibrium.
But the question is, were the Excur
sion n suekeess ? Fitch says it was,
and Fitch ought to know, for what he
didn’t see, and hear, and partake of,
didn’t belong to the concern. Fitch
developed as he went a ong. He
drew his pints from history and Gali
leo, and St. Paul, and Gaskill, and et
ceteres. He says he was’nt demoral
ized or contaminated by Bullock, or
Glasscock, or Hancock, or any other
rooster. Fitch is aujhonest ed
itor—l don’t know what his price is,
hut I’ll bet he don’t ask as little as
some folks who put on more preten
sions. Several of em don’t seem to
know how to write about it. After
gittin all the good of it, they say Well,
we—had a—very —good—time -and
—but —and —and Bullock and Hul
bert— they—will, Ac ,so forth. Will
ingham enjoyed it, and so did Fitcb,
and they talk out of school. Fitch
says there aint but two honest editors
iD Georgia—one of whom he is which,
and modesty forbids him to name the
other. There is a heap of, competi
tion for that other—and I db’n’t know
who’ll git it, but I rather supposed it
would rather be between Whitaker’s
front and l)r. thirds rear*
But, the question is, were the Ex- j
cursion a suckcess ? One thing is cer- .
tain, I’m in favor of bavin em once a
year, just for the fun of the thing.—
It was a galorious occasion, and done j
the editors good. The troble with
editors is that they can see other peo
ple’s faults, biit they can’t see their
own. Nobody ever writes about *in —
every one praises the other’s papers
They even say they are gratified that,
you, Mr. Henry, have tied your time j
and talents to such nn able sheet as
Mr. Dwinell’s 1 Great spoons!—,
I Good sakes ! as Col. Akin would say.
But I shant make any .inuendoes. I’d
’ refer the matter to Fitch. Editors
can write as fool things as anybody,
: but nobody dare to tell em of it. r i lie
: reason is nobody have got a paper to
fight back in. * I’ve thought i would
j buy a paper, but then if I did I sup
pose I would jiue the fraternity, and
stand up to my crowd.
But the question is waathe Excursion
a sucksess ? Hulbert says it was, and he
is a man of parts. I might say he was
a wh.de, and that the Pi ess w~e Jonah
] — but I wont mak 1 such painful i.llor
j ous • -no verMn less. litdlx-ri was « suck -
! -essthat’s cerium. Kegottbe tslit-
I >rs iu the cautious state They whin*
j >ei\.d ‘Vast iu the meal tub,’* anil ttm
lolbrod in a great big, double bo*. 4
1 oic, “IRON.” They said there's pol
itick.-. iu all this, and he shouted, “cool
| —anthracite— hematite marble
gold,” and they hushed,and went along
as gently as a drove of hogs follerin *
le.iKy corn wagon. I tell vou liulbert
had a devil ol a time of it, for them
were a few barrows id >ug who were
hard to tuio, but he toiled em. He
| did certain, and they eat his eoru, and
• it was good, sound coin, and it fatten*
' cd era, and they oUgliteut to be asham
ed of it. I don't tiiuik tin re has been
i any daningt' done to these editors.—
( They've had a good, jolly time, iukl it
will make era l.vo longer. If there’s
1 anything wrong about it, it is owiu to
the fact that editors are so poor geu
.viflly that when anything is offered to
era (fi'ditx, they go in, whether it comes
from St. Paul or the Devil. Mo it of
| them are in the condition of my friend
! Underwood, who said he was ready to
j die in the name of the Lord—for he
was even with the world—that is, lie
owed about as many us he did’nt owe,
j and nothing to pay with.
But the main question is, ware the
1 Excursion a suefcsess?
Yours, truly,
Bill Aim.
P. S.~ It was not me that said our
Rome papers contained about as much
information as two last year’s jay bird’s
nests. I would not have thought of
such a thing.—The remark wus mud©
by my friend Big J ohn.
B. A.
Vaf' The Chattannooga Enterprise
reports that the saw r mills of North
Georgia, that is, those run hy water,
are all stopped on account of the low
stage of the streams, and at a time,
too, when lumber is iu great demand
in that section.
NO. 14.
1 Uocldcd Cause or Obdlilatf,
It has always been a cardim 1 prin
ciple of belu f with us, that the negro
can manage a mule when a white man
gives up the attempt in despair. He
can get. a great deal more work out of
Ins long eared friend, and feels a pecu
liar gratification whenever a white
man acknowledges tue fact, gome
times, the negro and tho mule are at
variance, and then, no matter how
pressing our business may bo, we al
ways feel disposed to stop and see t lie
fun, for we know, that a flrst-class the
atrical entertainment, a big circus, or a
canvas exhibition, of which a “won
derful big snake gentle-mm” is tho
principal feature, are all h ft completely
in the shade by tho indignant colloqui -
al powers of a negro as he tries con
clusions with his mule.
We saw a case in Poplar street, l>e
tweeti a country dai key and a slab
sided iron grey mule, that it would he
an act. of charity to suppose had enjoy
ed u full feed for the six mouths last
past. The driver was Saturday morn
ing urging him to proceed as" far as
the market-house, and the mule waa
firmly resolved not to budge a single
inch if ho could help if, and in our
opinion he rather thought lie could,
First the old fellow would coax, then
he would jump off his wagon to beat
him, then by a handful of fodder he
would try to make him put out, but alt
seemed ineffectual. Finally the negro
l got mad in good earnest, and brand
ishing his whip, he roared out: “You 1 *
! a nice mule, you is; setting yer ears
! back, is ycr; aint a gwine no wliar, I
'sped. Iso gwiue to see bout dat, no
j use yer putting on airs wid me, yer
: know, je.s cause you happen to come
I ter town. Yer allcvs gwine to act di«
; ycr way ? S-a-y ! Git up dar, I tells
!yer! You won’t trabble, will you.—
i Now see hoar, jist quit yer foolin. I
I got no time to projeck wid you, you
| no count, long eared old villin, data
wot you is, I ’dar I got huff n fftltild
to knock you in do head wid a ax, you
is so low-down, triflin, sarsy and mean
! dor's no doing nuffn wid yer. Bless
| de lam, Use a big miiul to put a buu
j die cr fodder under yon and set fire to
, it. ’Spect that would make yer git up
; and git.”
At this juncture the mule gave a
quick, convulsive jerk, and breaking
the rotten rope by which she was held,
upset the poor old negro iu the dtislfc,
and dashed violently up the street,
eaving her sable friend to follow at
his leisure. The laugh w’lidli follow*
j e d this cessation of hostilities was cer
; tainly enjoyed b}’ none present more
■ than ourselves.—Journal A Messenger,
The I) eaoon’s Proposal. —in tbs
neighboring town of Hopkintorq lived
a certain Deacon S. In his ad
vanced ngii he had the misfortune to
lose the rib of his youth. After doing
penaiice by wearing a weed on his hat
a full year, lie riaS recommended to a
certain wiJotf It living in uu ad
joining town. The deacon was soorl
astride of his old brown mare with
sorrel mane, and on arriving at the
widow’s door, he discovered her in the
act of turning the suds from her wash
tub.
Said the deacon—“ls this the wid
ow H ?” “Yes, sir,” was the re
ply. “Well, continued the deaeou,
“I am that little bit of an old dried up
deacon S , and have bt.it one ques
tion to propose to you. “Please pro
pose, sir.” “Well, madam,” s.ud the
deacon, “h ive you any objection U)—>
to go to heaven by the Way of Hop-*
kinton ?” “Nolle at nil,” was the re
ply. “Come in de Con.” Suffice it to
say they were married the uexfe
wet k.
Bw’F-A you ig lady explained in it
prutor the other day, the distinct! > »
between printing and publishing, ■*»{
at the conclusion of her ram irks, by
‘ way of illustration, sho said: “Yon mas
prir t a kiss on m; cheek but you ainaS
not publish it."
