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About The Cartersville express. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1867-1870 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1869)
tiik weekly {Bsisraas lea Is published evorv THURSDAY MORNING: In CirtennllFjßtrlow O Ga., by 11. SmUli, EDITOR anti PROPRIETOR. Rate* of Subscription: M!>f three months, SI.OO “ ne l'*" • •• •; 3-w ( Invariably in mica net.) -■tr Parties sdrertisinir will t»e restricted In their 'tracts to thiir legitimate busineatt; tnat is to any, 'Advertisement* that do not refer to their regular ' will he chwrxed for extra. B V«- Advertisements inserted at Intervals to be ,h»rn-d new 0,0,1 fnaeritiiiL The above rules will be strictly adhered,to. pToTi S3IONAL CARDS. JOHN W WOFF 0R D , Attorney at Law, ftPTERSVILLIL fiEOKU. OFFICE OVER CUKRY’is STOKE, Ort. 17, 18G8. ! (ommercial Hotel, Cartcrsville, Ga. BY JOHN C. MARTIN mWO .TORY" BItL.K BUILDING, corner of Depot I v -iarrand Market Sireet. East Bids ts Railroad. Rnoms good and comfortable. Furnltnre and Bedding n-nv. Onoil office and spacious Wiring Boom Tallies well supplied with the best that the market afford?, and charges moderate. Hi- Proprietor hopes, by good attention to business, l 0 re reive a liberal share of patronage. Dec. 1, 1868. It. W. MURPIIEY, ATTORNEY at lay/, Cartcrsville. (la. • niILL practiceln the the Courts of Cherokee Cir lY cult Particular attention given to the collection ! rfclsimi. Office With Col. Abda Johnson. Oct. 1 Tr. F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist, t KSPECTFCLLY offers bis Professional |i services to the citizens of Oartersvllle and vieiidtr. 3els prepared to do work <U£*£f •o t it latest and most Improved style. T etb estraete ' without pain, fbjr means of narcotic „ r , ( i w< rk ail warranted. Office over Btokeley's i (oie,CARTE It BVILLE Ga. leb. 20 JSBB.—wsm JERE A. HOWARD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, carters vi lle, ga. JOHN J. JONES, Attorney at Law, Cartersville, C«a., ri riLL attend promptly to all business on fV trusted to his care. Will practice in the Courts of Law, and Equity in the Cherokee Circuit. Special attention given to tlie coilec tim «f claims. Jan. 1, 18C6. ly JOHN J. JONES, REAL ESTATE AfiE.YT, CARTEftSViLLE. GA. I t a authorised to oell, and have on band several ll.aies arid Lots, and also numerous building lots in the i .wu f Cartcrsville. Also several plantations of vari mu iu Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or tail win do well to giva me a call. All enmirunlcaiions p<ami tly answered. July IT, 1806. BLANCE & PODD, A T TORNEYS A T L A W, CKDARTOWN, TOJ.K CiIUSTY, GA. Will practice law in the several Courts comprising the Tallapoosa Circuit; also, Burtow and l’loyil Counties, Partic ular attention given to the collection ot claims. jan 12,1 y WARREN AKIN, Attorney at Law, CARTI RSVILLE, GEORGIA Will practice in all the Courts ot the fetate. W . R. MOUSTCASTLE, (H Jeweller ami WatfH aiid W Clock. Repairer, the Front of A. A. Skinner A: Go’s store Cartersville, Jan. 25 J&SYIE-S MJLULEBj AU or n e v atcLaw, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. tUILb practice In the Courts of the Cherokee and *d " joining Circuits, also the Supreme and District Courts Prompt attention given to business entrusted to .my ca e. August 21 Solo.—wly J. O. C. Blackburn, ATTORNEY AT LAW EUHJM.ee. BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA. Refer? aces : Industry, prompt it nde and at tentiox, march 22. w*j T W M iner, O H Milner. MILNER & MILNER, Attorneys at Law, CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA. Will attend promptly to business entrusted to their c ire* jan. 15. ly jh CALEB TOMPKINS, well j known for 20 years past, as a first Sol class WVITCH, CLOCK, \ZjLttlul JF, WELLER EEPAIRLK, P**BL iXi 1 MANUFACTURER, has com menced work one door North of his former old stand,on .ha East side of the Railroad, Cab- TKRSVILI.K, t'A. Will sell Clocks and Watches Warranted. Nov. 10. w!y ~s7~ hTpat i l l o, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, \V!" •“*; Sa'SKSf b£S!i -fti Main Street In rear of the bulking. Medical Kotice* DR ». O. c. liccn TT Offers his professional services to the citizens of CartersviUe and surrounding country m Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. After an active practice of 14 years m Savannah and Augusta, he feels confident he can please. Office in store recently occupied by 1. «• Kennedy & Cos. Residence at tlie old Ho tel Building. aug 10, ’69. wly JAMES P. MASON, Bookbinder and Paper Ruler, LAWSHE’S B U lL D’ G|^^^ Whitehall Street, ATLANTA GEORGIA. May l, 1869 S. O'SXII“E Xj-DS, Fashionable Tailor , CARTERSMLIE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA. Having j st received Charts of the latest styles of Gentlemens’ and Boys’ Clothing, European ar,l American, announces that he tIS prepared to execute all kinds of woik in the Fashionable Tail- |i\ oring ine. with neatness and in —IIX durable style. Over J. Elsas ot Go's store. CartersviUe inch "gS VOL. 8. Ilennesaw House. (Located at railroad depot.) |MI h undersigned having bought the entire X. interest of Ltix Fjetcher, Trustee for Lou isa W. Fletcher, in the Kennesaw House, and the business will be conducted, in the lu llin', under the name and firm of Augustine A. Fletcher dr Freyer. Thankful for past fa vors and patronage, they will strive to give the utmost satisfaction to all patrons of the Ken nesaw House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER, IriTJIT ,_ F- L. FREYER. Jan. 12, ’J9. E. T. White, j. m. Lyke*. American Hotel, ALABAMA STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. YV IIITE & LyK.ES, Proprietors. BAGGAGE carried to and from Depot free of Charge. May 11, 1860 K, E. Sateen, H, J. W ilson, J. L. Caldwell, Ou. ya. AUl ' TIIE OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA R. s. K a V & &» ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SASSEEN, WILSON & CALDWELL, Proprietors. J. W. V. BRYSON, Clerk. JOHN T. OWEN, RtcJi and Clock Itepairer, and Jeweler, CARTERSVILLE, GA. C\T ILL keep constant- YY ly on band, for sale | a well selected stock of HrsEl WATCHES, CLOCKS, lg| Gold, Silver and Steel SPECTACLES. Ac., &c. Can furnish any kind of Silver Plate, extra fine Gold Watches or Jewelry, at short notice, as cheap j* s they can be bought in any other market. Ui/v'ds cheap. Work warranted. Terms cash, aug 12, 1869.w1y L, S. DUVAL, 8.D., GRADUATE of the JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE, Philadelphia, offers liis profes sional services to llie 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, 28G9, wly ft, W.SATTXEriELU, Ci . W. S ATTBRI IXI I. R W SATTERFIELD & 880. AT The £few Uriels: Store Firs! Door of ISnSlromt. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Have just received and opened an ENTIRE HEW 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 tffht ikojr can and will sell goods as cheap, if not a lit tle Cheaper, tharany other house in town. The attention of the ladies is especially invited to our Stock of Summer Dress ccii 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. 11. Satterfield & Cos, I would respectfully solicit the patronage of my old friends and customers. It. YV. SATTERFIELD. June 24t1x,-w ly. R. JT. MADDOX. J. L. WINTER E. I. Maddox Go. TOBACCO COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF f'irg'inia and JCorth Carolina TOBACCO. NO. 18, ALABAMA STREET, ATLANTA, OA Consignments solicited. Will make liber al advances when desiced. aug 1,’69 BAKERY! Bestamurtt CONFECTIONERY I Fruit and Toy Store. -cfgfglXxxiXgaßa j. T. GUTHRIE, Proprietor, No. 10, Stocks Suild’gj Main Street, CAB TERS VILLE, OA. sept 15—ts THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS. DR. JOHN BULL'S ea&rt Remedies SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP! FOR THE CURE OF AGUE AND FEVER OR CHILLS AND FEVER. The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever offer eu to the public for the ttafa certain , speedy and per manent cure of Ague and Fever .or Chills and Fever whether ° f short or lon K standing. He refers to the entire 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 heen 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, prudent, arid in every case more certain to cure, Hits use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two af ter the disease has been 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 patient, however, require a cathartic medicine, after having t .ken three or four doses of the Tonic, a single dose of BULL’d VEGETA BLE FAM’LY PII,LS will be sufficient. IHt, JOBS* UHJ/S Principal Office Ho. 40 Fillh, Ci ons sired, Louisville, Ky, Bull’s Worm Destroyer. To my United States and World-wide Read ers: I HAVE received many testimorials from profes sional and medical men, as my almanacs and vari ous publications have shown, all of which are genuine. The following from a highly educated and popular phpsician in Georgia, is certainly one of the most sen sible conimunicationf I have ever received. Dr. Clem ent knows exactly what he speaks of, ami his testimo ny deserves to he written in let,ers of gold. Hear „ hat the Doctor says of Bull's Worm Destroyer Villanow, Walker co., Ga. ) June 29th, JBG6 $ DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir!—l have recently giv en your “Worm Destroyer” sevei al 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. Un 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, 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 reg ular 1 ne of M. 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 hum mlty which I may be able to command—not hesitating because someone more ingenious than myself may have iearQ d its effects first, and secured the sole right to secure hat knowledge. However, lamby no mtans 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 hum in flesh is heir.— l'leage reply soon, and inform me of your best terms. 1 am,sir, most respectfully, JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. D, BulFs Sarsaparilla. A GODD REASON F"R THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH, READ TUB CAPTAIN'S LETTER AND THE LET TER FROM ms MOTHER. Benton Barracks, Mo., April 80, 1866. Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir: Knowing the efficiency of your Sarsaparilla, and the healing and beneficial qualities it possesses, I send you the following state ment of my case: I was wounded about two years ago—was taken prisoner and confined for sixteen months. Reinp 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 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 89, 1865, hy Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of Capt Johnson. DR. 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 G. 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 eure* effect ed in gome canes 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, hence his writing to you for it. His wounds were terrible, but I believe he wlllrecover. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON. BULL’S CEDRON BITTERS. authentic documents. ARKANSAS HEARD FROM. Testimony of Medical Men Stony Point, -While Cos., Ark., May 28,'60. DR JOHN BULL—Dear Sir: Last February I was in Louisville purchasing Drugs, and I got some lonr WaraanparUla and Oedron Bitters. y Mv'sondndaw, who was with me in tho store, has V,corf down with rheumatism for some time, eomroen ced on the Bitters, and hood found Ids general health ‘Tout, who has been In bad health, tried them, ai D, h coffee l who°ha e s <1 ' been In bad health for several . fall— especially of your Cedron Bitters EfSSSSff...... RkkeU* Nw'j. ' P o jj. WALKER. All the above remedies tor sale by Xi. H. BRADFIELD, Druggist, WAITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA,. G A. feb 20,1869«;lt/ CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. SEPTEMBER SO, 1860. New Rive jewelry GEO. SHARP, WHITE HALL ST., ATLANTA, My New Store hag ouly been opeu 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 he most fashionable and Largest Stobk of fine Jewelry—Watches, Gold Chains, Solid Silver Ware, Plated Ware, and Fancy Goods. WATCHES: My etoex or watenes i_. e o ot tn; s time. I have the following Celebrated makes ; The Celebrated Railroad Watch, (Lehmann’s Patent Self Winder.) E. D. Johnson’s Ilujuinin 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. JEWELRY £ Styles to numerous to mention over tnree hundred Sets of fine All Gold Jewelry, fine Rings Thimbles, Gold Chains, Lockets, Chasms, Sleeve Buttons, Studs, Breast Pins, &c., &c. Iu prices and quality of Goods 1 defy Competition. I do not keep any but ALL GOLD GOODS. GEO. SHARP, Live Jewelry Store. WHITEHALL STREET, Atlanta, 6a. July 7, 1869. w3m PEOPLE WILL TALK. ; We may go through the work!, but ’twill be slow, If we listen to all that is said as we go. \\ e 11 be worried and fretted and kept in a stew, ; For meddlesome tongues must have something to do— For people will talk you know. If quiet and modest, you’ll liavo it pre sumed, That your humble position is only as sumed. You’re a wolf in sheep’s clothing or else you’re a fool, But don’t get excited—keep perfectly cool— For people will talk you know. If generous and noble they vent their spleen; You'll hear some loud hints that you’re j selfish and mean; If upright and honest, and fair as the day, They’ll call you a rogue in a sly sneak ing way— For people will talk you know. And then if you show the least bold ness of heart Or slight inclination to take your own part, They’ll call you upstart, conceited and vain; But keep straight ahead and don’t stop to explain; For people will talk you know'. If threadbare your coat, be old-fash ioned your hat, Someone, of course, will tako notice of that, And hint rather strong that you can’t pay your way, But don’t get excited whatever they say, For people will talk you know. If you dress in the fashion don’t think to escape, For they criticise then in a different shape; You’re ahead of your means or your tailor’s unpaid, But mind your own business—there’s naught to be made— For people will talk you know. They’ll not talk before you, but then at your back Os venom and slander there is never a lack; How kind and polite in that they say, But bitter as gall when you're out of the way; Foi people will talk you know. The best way to do is to do as you please For your mind, if you lii™ will thou at ease— Os course you will meet with all sorts of abuse, But don’t think to stop them, it ain’t any use— For people will talk you know’. Daby. “How many pounds does tho baby weigh, Baby who came but a month ago ? How many pounds from the crowning curl, To the rosy point of the restless toe ?” Grandfather ties the ’kerchief’s knot, Tenderly guides the swinging weight, And carefully over liis glasses peers To read the record, “onty eight.” Softly the echo goes around; The father laughs at the tiny girl; The fair young mother sings the words, While grandmother smooths the gold en curls; And stooping above the precious thing, Nestles a kiss within a prayer, Murmuring softly, “Little one, Grandfather did not weigh you fair.” Nobody weighed the baby’s smile, Or the love that came with tho help less one; Nobody weighed the threads of care From which a w Oman’s life is spun. No index tells the mighty worth Os little baby’s quiet breath, A soft, unceasing metronome, Patient and faithful unto death. Nobody weighed the baby’s soul, For here on earth no weight there be That could avail; God only knows Its value in eternity'. Only eight pounds to hold a soul 1 hat seeks no angel’s silver wings, But shines in it this human guise, Within so small and frail a thing! Oho, mother, laugh your merry notes; Be gay and glad, but don’t forget From baby’s eyes looks out a soul That claims a home in Eden yet. [Living Age. A story is told of two Yorkshiremen who traveled together three days it* a stage coach without a word passing between them. On the fourth day one of them at length (Ventured to remark that it was a line morning. ‘And who said it warn’t?’ was the reply. It is the most momentous question a woman is ever called on to decide, whether the faults of the man she loves will drag her down or whether she is competent to be his earthly redeemer. A man’s character is his capital. ’ : Many people don’t have to distress themselves much about the safety of their capita’. ‘That’s a tarnation tall horse/ said Laidiaw. ‘Yes; I guess you can’t ac count for it/ said Jonathan. ‘Ho; hew?’ said Laidiaw. ‘He belongs to Hummins, the lively man/ replied Jon athan, ‘and his tallness comes throng a his having been regulany higher and (hired) every day for the last seven ' years.’ Hymen iu a Shower ISuili. Cora Mowatt, who is writing letters to the San Francisco Chronicle, tells a story of a bridal pair, making the tour of Switzerland, who recently came to a crowed hotel, and were informed by the landlord there was one unoccupied room in the house, the bath-room, and that a couple of beds migfct be made in the two baths which it contained. The youthful couple were well pleased to secure even this shelter, after a fa tiguing journey, and retired to rest.— An hour or two later, the stillness of the night was broken by shrieks of ! distress issuing from the bath-room.— The lady, wishing to summon a ser i vant, had pulled what she supposed to be a bell-rope, suspended over her head in the bath, when suddenly, she was inundated by a shower of cold water. The gentleman, roused by her cries, and not quite comprehending the position, pulled a supposed bell rope which he felt dangling over his bath-bed, and to bring him a domes tic, but brought, instead, a shower of hot water over himself. It w r as quite dark, and neither bride nor groom could grope their way to the door.— By the time succor came they were up to their knees in water. Tin; President’s Pa. —We republish from the Cincinnati Enquirer of yes terday, an interview between an enterprising newspaper reporter and Father Grant. It contains many items of interest. The amiable old gentleman is delightfully garrulous.— Doubtless he desires to show the world that the Grants can talk as well as give offices and take presents; and so he goes for the situation—local, per sonal, political, abstract and aestlieti cal—with a perfect looseness. We are tempted to contribute to this very full and com plete sketch an incident which recent ly occurred in Covington. A gentleman—a stranger of course— met old Jesse in the street, desiring to break a ten dollar bill, stopped him and asked him to change it. Old Jes se said he could do so, opened his pocket-book, and began to fumble over its contents. As he did so ho cast a side glance at the stranger and mut tered, iu a quick jerky, guttural tone of voice, ‘Do you know who I am, sir V’ “Wo,”replied the stranger, ‘ldo not; w'ho are you ?’ ‘Sir,’ said pld Jesse, straightening himself, ‘I am the father of the greatest soldier who ever lived.’ ‘Then,’ said the stranger, ‘your name must be Jackson, and I thought Stonewall Jackson’s father was dead.’ That ended the interview. Wlicclcr’w Corn. A RACY AQ -iICULTURAL JOKE OH THE WAR CHILD. [From the Nashville Banner. Major Ftauk Foster, of Courtland, Alabama, is responsible for the follow ing good ono on General "Wheeler, of cavalry fame: The greater part of the General's j life having been devoted to the the theory and practice of war, his knowl edge of agricultural pursuits is rather limited and vague. It was not until last spring that he acquired his first bucolic experiences. At that time the relations between the blacks and whites in the vicinity of Courtland were rather unsettled, and the latter had been suffering considerably from the depredations of their dusky neigh bors. One morning, after Jack Frost had quit the bosom of mother earth, and preparations for the first plowing of the season were in progress, the General rode down to see what his hands were about. In one corner, he found a small knot of them, talking in a low, suppressed tone, and with a mysterious air that aroused the gus- ; pieions of their employer. As he ap I proached, unobserved, he overheard | one of the darkies ask: “What dat you gwine to do An- ! swer —‘Tee gwine to run de corn off ■ right away.” Chorus—“So is I.”— i Putting spurs to Lis horse, the Gener al dashed at full speed back to the house, armed himself with a shot gun j and brace of revolvers, and returned ; with equal haste to the field where the l conspiracy was being hatched. “So, you black scoundrels, you’re Toing to run off my corn arc you? (Cocking his double-1-barreled persuader) 11* j blow to perdition the first rascal of you that enters my crib.” All this with a firery flash of the eye and grim con i traction of the facial muscles that ; spread consternation dire among his I auditors. As to how far the General s ! wrath might have carried him had not a prompt and full explanation follow led from a neighboring planter who | was standing by at the time, is left by ! our informant to conjecture. At any j rate, after the General had been suf ficiently initiated into the mysteries of the field to understand that “running off” com applied solely to plowing the squares at the angles of which the grain is pla* id, he blushed percepti bly, laid aside Lti6 armory, and grace fully subsided. But the joke was too (rood to keep, and. still circulates, with j the usual additions and embellishments among his North Alabama friends. Home.— Home can never be trans- ! ferred, never repeated in the experi ence of an individual. Tlio place con secrated by paternal love; by the in nocciicc and sports Oa. e.ii*dhoo..j by the first acquaintance with nature; by the visible creation, i3 the only horns. There is a living and breath ing spirit infused info nature' every familiar has a h.stc.y tnc trees have tongues anu ILo arr is very vocal Them the vesture cf decay doth not close in and control the no ble function of the eoul. It sees, and ! hears, and enjoys, without the minis -1 try of gross material substances. Pi aci in Af. sank**.— A Mr. ' Jrmttj Reetivts, wLile out hunting in a ! piece of la id known as the lAlaikHani i tuock, in t liicot county, Ai kansas, fired a charge of tuikey shot aka rabbit a ! short distance oft, the whole load en -1 tering the ground, from w hich there immediately aiose a light j blue flame and hazy ciutuls of smoke. Mr. Ree dies was very much alarmed, but ad vanced ntar enough to the place, which j was emitting a sulphurous smell, to j observe that the ground around had assumed the color of brimstone, and was fast crumbling into the appear ance of toe-nails and crisped hair, in turn dissolving into smoke and stench. The whole neighborhood was much excited, and hundreds bad visited the scene, now sunk deep into the bowels |of the earth, but still emitting occas ional whills of smoke. When our in formant left, the excitement was, if anything, ca the increase, while many families were removing from that por tion of the State. Many may think this a ‘‘hoax” gotten up for the sensa tion of the hour, but we assure them that it is not. Mr. T. S. James, our informant, who is fiorn Chicot county, is stopping at the Washington, and doesn’t look like a man who would de ceive a whole community about such a trilling thing as the discovery of hell iu Arkansas.—Vicksburg Times. THE tOxL Mi A Si HORROR. An ASectiny Incident. [Scranton Correspondent of the New York Herald, September B.] To describe the scenes of which 1 have been a witness this afternoon and evening, would require more space than you can possibly accord me. Os the whole number (203 men and boys) in the mine at the time of the explos ion, more than one-half the nun were married and had families dependent upon them for support. As fast as their bodies are identified they arc de livered into the charge of their friends, to be prepared for burial. Coffins have been gent from Scran ton, Pitteton, Wilkesbarre and other places, to meet the demand which Avondale makes upon her sister towns and cifies in the valley. Such utter wretchedness was never witnessed any where as that which is manifested by wives and daughters and sisters as they recognize in the lifeless forms be fore them the loved < nes who w'ould never smile upon them again this side of eternity. The fifty-third and fifty-fourth bod ies unearthed were a father and his son, their names John Burch, sen., and John Burch, jun. So tight were they locked iu each other’s arms, it was *° Uo a difficult task to separate fhom, find it did opArn of. Inoi, oimiul 4-rt, disunite their arms, v.’hen they had embraced each other in death, and lay down upon the bottom of the poisoned pit, kissed each other for the last time, and perished. Wayside €;allierings. Some old bachelor, who no doubt had a ‘flea’ in his ear, thus speaks of a pretty woman’s ‘laughing eyes’: “Os all the devils under the skies, Devils wicked, or devils wise, Devils short, or devils-tall, A pretty woman with laughing eyes Is the greatest devil of them all.” An Irishman says that a coffin is the house a man lives in when he is dead. Kitchen girls are now termed ‘young ladies of the other parlor/ What is tiie bo t lino to lead a mail with ? Crinoline. And the best line to lead a woman with is masculine. A dull lecturer said: ‘Fools are not all dead yet.’ ‘No,’ whispered a wag across the table, ‘or you would not be here to say so.’ An unfortunate young man is search ing everywhere for his sweetheart, who was recently carried away by her feel ings. A romantic youth, promenading in one of our most fashionable streets, picked up a thimble. He stood uwhile meditating upon the probable beauty of the owner, when he pressed it to his lips, saying, ‘Oh! that it were the fair cheek of the wearer’—Just as he had finished, a stoute elderly negress look ed out of the upper window, and said, ‘Mossa, jist please to bring dat fimble of mine in de entry: jist drapt it.’ How can a man who has no wings be said to be ‘wingid’ in an ‘affair of honor?’—Because, in going to fight a duel he makes a goose of himself. A lazy fellow begged alms, saying he could not find bread fer his family. ‘Norl,’ replied an industrious mechan ic, ‘I am obliged to work for it.’ ‘My son, know thyself!* solemnly said a father to one of his offspring.— Thank you, sir/ replied the sum, ‘but my list of acquaintances is sufficiently large already. A blade out in the Western wilds writes home: ‘The report cf mv mar riage is groundless, and I si all con tinue to live on the European plan. ‘Hans, where do you live?’ ‘Across der river mit der turnpikes by der j school as you go up nut yer right hand !on der odder side.’ As this is porfect ! ly intelligible just as it is, we shall not, I proceed to explain. If Hans pleases i lie cun ‘talk like der pooks.’ An ex-'devil’ of a country printing office was questioned as to the duties of a printer’s devil.’ He replied, ‘to bring in clean water, carry out dirty water, steal wood, lie, and numerous other things.’ ‘Miss/ said a high strung swain to a rural dulcinea, ‘let us walk in yonder . 1 beautiful meadow where the clover is lin bloacom and the amorous zephyrs play/ ‘Oh, dam the amorous heifers,’ she replied, ‘I see enough of them over 1 on dad’s farm.’ /' mother Sensation* ran Xiao aha — Putting Across on Wixus.—-The bold est and most scientific feat yet per ' formed at Niagara is promised before the season closes, by a daring follow, who proposes to cross the river without the employment of any such safeguard as an "undershot’’ velocipede, ami in fact, he will even dispense with the *ope. This new miracle, who, we pre- I sume, will claim the distinction of the “Canadian Sin bad, ’ designs taking an aerial flight across the chasm on wings; j and as wild as such an attempt would seem, we can state ns a positive fact that the apparatus is now being con structed in thiseity for that purpose. We ary not yet inforiiKd what sort of practice the now professor has been pursuing, or concerning the principle of his flying appurtenances; but it would .probably be advisable for him to take a small flutter over the Dundua marsh before doing Niagara.—Hamil ton (Out,) Times, August 30th. N O. 15. A Maiden’s ‘*l snlm of Life,” Tell us not in idle jingh ‘marriage is an empty dream,’ for the girl is dead that’s single, and things are not what they seem. Life is real, life is earnest, single blessedness a fib; man thou art, to man returncst, Las been spoken of the rib. Not enjoyment, and not sor row'. is our destined end or way, but to act that each to-morrow finds us near er marriage-day. Life is long and youth is fleeting, and our hearts, though light aud gay, still, liko pleas ant dreams, are beating wedding marches all the way. In the world’s broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, be not like dumb driven cattle— be a heroine—a vise. Trust no future, howe’er pleasant, let the dead past bury its dead; act, act to the living present —heart within and hope ahead. Lives of married folks remind us wo can live our lives as well, and depart ing, leave behind us such examples as sliair'tell.’ Such examples that anoth er, wasting time in idle sport, a fori urn unmarried brother, seeing shall take heart and court. Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart on triumph set; still contriving, still pursuing, aud each one a husband get. That refined and exquisite good sense, applied to the most important matters, which is called philosophy, never differ, and never can differ in its dictates from that other sort of good sense which is employed in the guid ance of human life. ‘Cleanliness is next to godliness and this is the reason my little dears, why you are put in the tub on Satur day night before being taken to church on Sunday mornings. God bless our wives, they fill onr hives with little bees and honey; they ease life’s shocks, and mend our socks, but—don’t they spend the money?— When we are sick, they heal us quick —that is, if they love us; if not wo die and yet they cry with just one eye ami wink the other "on a sly, at some young men above us. Josh Billings savs, I am violently opposed to nmem,"spirits os a bever age, but for manufacturing purposes, l think il tastes good. A TWO MINUTE SEE MON TO GIItLS. “Ladies— caged like birds of beauti ful plumage but silky looks—pale pets of the parlor, who \egatate in an un healthy atmosphere like the potato germinating in a dark cellar, why do you not go into the open air and warm sunshine, and add lustre to your eyes, bloom to your cheeks, and elasticity to your steps, end vigor to your frames? Take exercise, run up the hill on a wagon, and down again for fun; roam he fields, climb the fences, leap the ditches, wade the brooks, and after a day of exhilaration, exercise arid un restrained liberally, go homo with an appetite acquired by healthy enjoy ment. The beautiful and bloom 141, young lady, rosy cheeked and bright eyed, who can darn a stocking, men l her own frocks, command a regiments of pot and kettles, feed the pigs, milk the cows, and be a lady when required., is the girl that young men are in quest of for a wife. But you, pining, screw ed up, wasp-waisted, doll-dressed, con sumption-mortgaged, music- murdering and novel-devouring daughters of fash ion and idleness are no more fit for matrimony than a pullett is to look after a brood of fourteen chickens.— The truth is, my dear girls, you want less fashionable restraint and more lilerty of action; more kitchen and less parlor; more leg exercise and less sofa; more pudding and less mock modesty. Loosen your waist strings, and breath pure atmosphere, and be come something as good and beautiful as nature designed.” A Sagacious Doo.—An old Richmond darkey used to say, “You say a dog ain’t got no sense ? You keep ou thinkir/ he aint got no sense. A dog, sah, is the fus cousin of a monkey, which is ole-time folks; which yo 1 think dey can’t talk, but dey i>iu, dough.” We are inclined to believe, with the old man, as to the simple fact of canino intelligence, since we linvo been told of an incident which recent ly happened in our own city. Mr. Ira Blount’s fine English temcr, has, wo expect, more acquaintances in Rich mond than any four-legged gentlemen hereabouts. During tlio summer ho j has been rusticating in Halifax, with a friend of Mr. Blount. Eerly one morning last wet k he took his depart ure for South Boiton, where he await ed the coming of the down train for Richmond. In spite of efforts to pre vent him he succeeding in taking tho train, and ensconced himself in the ladies car. At Clover, where the pas sengers take breakfast, he walked uilq the dining-room, and seating hiuvs».ff on his hind logs bv the side of a gen tlemen, commenced bn king. He con tinued this until he was fed, and h: v | ing completed his mad, got on the curs again and came on to Ri< hmord to Iris master. The movements of dm dog were watched with great inter.• \ by several gentlemen who knew and who can vouch for the alane, A I Pkhrnoud Dispatch, * • l * ’
