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Newspaper Page TextTHK WERKLY mmMEM mmi Is published e»ers THURSDAY MORNING: In Carter,vtlle.lßartow 0 Ga,, by Samuel XT. Smith, EDITOR and PROPRIETOR. Rales of Subscription : One copy three month*,., fl.Oti ~ie copy six month*, 2.oi> y u( * copy oue year 8.00 (Invariably in advance.) Parties adverts,ln? will be restricted In tbe)r contracts to thrir legitimate huslnes,; tost is to nay, slfsdverttsemenit fast do not refer to their regular bu«ir>ess will be charged for extra. Advertisements inserted at Intervals to be charred as new each Insertion, jfy The above rules will be strictly adheredjto. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JOHN W. WOFFORD, Attorney at Law, CiPTF,R«VI!d,r., r.For.iw OFFICE OVER CURRV’W STORE. Oct. 17. IPCB. R. W. MUKPUEY, attorney at law, Cartersville. Ca. fl’lLb practice '"n C- t!,e Courts of Cherokee Cir- VV cult. Pai tlcular attentlxri given to the c vllectlon ct claims. Office With Col. Abda Johnson. Oct. 1 Yr. P. m.johnson, Dentist, 7* I'SPECTfULLY offers his Professional It .ervicet to the cltiiens of Cartersvilie and vlcinitv. Mels prepared to do work "‘JJlffiy *n l le latest and most improved style. T eth eatnc*®’ without pain, by means or narcotic prsv.l 'V'' rk a'l warranted. Office ov.r StokeSey's Stoie.CAKTKIffiVILLK Ga. Peb. 2U IS6S.—wsm JERE A. HOWARD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. CARTERSVILLE, ga. JOHN J. JONES, Attorney at Law, Cartersvilie, Ga., WILL attend promptly to all business en trusted to his care. Will practice in the Courts of Law, and Equity in the Cherokee Circuit. Sj ec.ul attention given to the collec .tijn of claims. Jan. 1, 1866. lv JOHN J. JONES, REAIi ESTATE AG EXT, CARTERSVILLE. GA. 1 au authorised to sell, and have on hand several Slum. , and hots, and also numerous building lots in the town es Cartersvilie. Also several plantations of vari ous sites la Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or veil wi Ido well to g.ve mo a call. All communications (promt tly answered. July 17, 1866. BLANCE & PODdT ATTO R KEYS A T L A W, CKDARTOWN, POLK COUNTY, GA. Will practice law in the several Courts comprising the Tallapoosa Circuit; also, Bartow ami Floyd Counties. Partic ular attention given to the collection or claims. jan 12, ly WARREN AKIN, Attorney at La\r, CARTI RSViLLE, GEORGIA Will practice in all the Courts of the State. w . It. MOUXTCASTLE, fw Jeweller and Watch and W Clock Repairer, s in the Front of A. A. Skinner At Co’s store Cart jrsville, Jan. 25 JAMES MILNER, Attorn c v atLaw, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA #nILL practice in ttie Courts of the Cherokee and ad »» jotnlnK Circuits, also the Supreme nnd District Courts. I‘iotupt atteution given to business entrusted to.mj ca e. August at 8816.—wly J, C. C. Blackburn, ATTORNEY AT LAW EUHAUEE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA- Refenaecs: Industry, promp'itnde and at tentiej. inarch 22. w l } T W M iner, O H Milner. MILNER & MILNER, Attorneys at Law, CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA. Will attend promptly to business entrusted to their c ire. j.tn. 15. ly CALEB TOMPKINS, wku jßpggl knowi- for 20 vests past, as a first lOj class If V {’El' JJ, CL O CK , jyggl and JF.n EI.I.ER I EPAIREK, nid MANUFACTURER, has com menced work one door North of his former old stand,on .lie East side of the Railroad, Cak ffsrsviu.e. Ga. Will sell Clocks and Watches Warranted Nov, 10. wly S. H. PATILLO, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, Will atten 1 promptly to the Cutting Repair- Ing and Vivien? Roys’ anri Me i’» Clo-htnsr. jSI Office on the Second FI or of Stokelv & Wil- tlj Rams' New Bri> k Buildinp. Kntraree from —t.iL. Kialn Street in rear of the building. Fib 17. Medical Hot!®©# DR. I). O. f. lIEERF offers his professional services to the citizens of Cartersville and surrounding country, in Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. After an active practice of I t years in Savannah and Augusta, he feels confident he can please. Office in store recently occupied by T. H. Kennedy & Cos. Residence at the old Ho tel Building. aug 10, ’G9. wly 717 m e s p. mason, Book binder and Paper Ruler, , EH LAWSHE'S EUILD'G. (Third Story,) Whitehall Street, ATLANTA GEORGIA. May 1, 1869 S. O'SHII-ELDS, Fashionable Tailor , CARTERS^ILI E. BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA. Having j st received Charts of the latest styles of Gentlemens’ and Boys’ Clothing, European and American, announces that hi _ 9m IS prepared to execute all kinds - j|% of wojk in the Fashionable Tail- ffA . 1.1 oring ine, with neatness and in - ■» durable style Over J. Elsas & Go’s store, Cartersville mch ’gg Georgia, Bartow County. JG. STOCKS has applied for setting apart and valuat ion cf Homestead, and 1 will pass upon the same at 10 o'clock, a. m. on the 15th day of Octobe", 1869, at my of fice. This 4th day of October, 1869. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary, B, C. THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS. VOL. 8. Kennesaw House. <Xocatcd at railroad depot.) I'TYHE undersigned having bought the entire .X interest of Dix Fletcher, Trustee for Lou isa W. I letcher, in the Kennesaw House, and the business will he conducted, in the fu ture, under the name and firm of Augustine A. Fletcher dr f rever. Thankful for past fa vors and patronage,they will strive to jive the utmost satisfaction to all patrons of the Ken nesaw House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER, F. L, FREYER. MARIETTA. Jan. 12, ’d9. E. T. While, J. M. LykPs. American Hotel, ALABAMA STREET, ATLANTA. GEORGIA. h i t e & Lyres, Proprietors. BAGGAGE carried to and from Depot free of Charge. May 11, 1860 K, li. F-ssren, H, J Wilson, J. L. Caldwell, Ga - Va. Ala. THE OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA ©. 8. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SASSEEN, V\ ILSON & CALDWELL, Proprietors. J. W. F. BRYSON, Clerk. JOHN TANARUS, OWEN, Watch a„u Clock Repairer, and Jeweler, CARTERSVILLE, GA. CTTILL keep constant- p. V t ly o« hand, for sale rff, a well selected stock of 3^22 WATCHES. CLOCKS. Gold, Silver and Steel SPECTACLES. <j*c., &c. Can furnish nnv 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, 1869.w1y i nvr&h, »m>„ GRADUATE of the JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE, Philadelphia, offers his profes sional services to the citizens of Cartersvilie and surrounding districts. His diploma, various appointment, ii> 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. Cartersvilie, Ga., August 2nd, 2869, wly R, W.SATTERFIELD, G. W. BATTERFIEXE. ft W- SATTERFIELD & BRO. AT The New Brick Store First Door Cast of Railroad. CA R TERS VILLE , GEORGIA. Have just received and opened an ENTIRE NEW STOCK OP 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 Ihe public generally, being satisfied that 'hey can and will sell goods aa cheap, if not a lit tle Cheaper, thaiany otlier house in town. The attention of the ladies is especially invited to our Stock of Summer Dress csil 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 customers. R. VI. SATTERFIELD. June 24th,—w ly. R. F. MADJOX. J. L. WINTER R. F. Maddox & Cos, TOBACCO COMM ISSSON MERCHANTS, AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF Virginia and .VorHi Carolina TOBACCO. NO. 18, ALABAMA STREET, ATLANTA Consignments solicited. Will make liber | al advances when desiced. aug 1, ’69 BAKERY! Eestanrant! CONFECTIONERY! Fruit and Toy Store. J. T. GUTHRIE, Proprietor, Ho. 10, Stocks Build's, Main Street, CARTEBSVILLE GA Sep*- CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA., OCTOBER 14, 1801). DR. JOHN BULL'S eaGrt Remedies SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP! FOR TIIE CURE OF ague and fever OR CHILLS AND FEVER. The proprietor of th's celebrated medicine justly C ’* ,D ’ ' or 11 H ty over all remedies ever offer ed to to- pn• lie la. me safe, certain, speedy and per maneut care of Ague and Fever .or Chills and Fever wbetlier of short or lone standm*. He refers to the enure Western and Southwestern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion, that in no cate Whatever will it fail to cure, if the directions are strict y Followe'l hthl ca ried out. In a threat many case#* a tingle dose has Deep sufficient for a cure, and whole ramdies have been cured by a single bottle, with a p-r --rect restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent, and in every case more certain to cure, if its use ts continued in smaller dn«ee for a week or two af ter the disease has been checked, more especially in difficult and long s’anding cases. Usually, this metli cine will not, require a->y aid to keep the bowels in sreod order; should the pallet t, however, require a cathartic medicine, after h t ken three or four doses of the Tonic, g sinele dose of RTTT.T.’h VK rETA BLK b AM’LY PIn,L3 will be sufficient. OR, JOHN BULL'S Principal Office IVo. 40 Fillii, Cross street, Louisville, Ky, Bull’s Worm Destroyer. To my Lniteu States and World-wide Read ers: I HAVE received many testimonials from profes s onal and medical men, as my almanacs and v ri oug public itlons iiave shown, all of which are genuine. The follow inff front a highly educated and popular papdetau in Georgia, is certainly or e of the most s-n --tible coinmunicatfonf I have ever received. Dr. Clem ent knows exactly what he speaks of, and his testimo ny deserve* to be written in ie-ters of gold. Rear « hat the Doctor says of Butt's Worm Destroyer Villanow, Walker co., Ga, ) June 29th, 1866 DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir!—l have recently piv en your "World Destroyer” several trials and find it wonderfully effiercious. I-, has not failed in a single instance, to have the wi.hed-for ~7ect. lam doing u pretty large country practice, end have daily use for some, article ot the kind. lam free to «• nfess that 1 know of rio remedy recoma: rded Ly tiie..blc: t authors that is so certain ands; eedy in its effects. Ort 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 oe of M. D.’s, but I see no just cause or good sense In discarding a remedy winch we know to be ef ficient, simply 'ecause we may be ignorant of its com bination. For my part, I shall make it a rule to use all and at.y mesns to alleviate suffering humrnlty which I may be able to command— not hesitating because someone more ingenious than myself may have Isarn d its effects first, and secured the sole right tc secure hat knowledge. However. lamby no mums an ad vocate or supporter of the thousands of worthies* nos trums that flood the country, that purport to cure all manner of disease to which hum<n llesh is heir.— Piesse reply soon, and inform me of your best terms. I am,sir, most respectfu'lv, JULIUS P. CLKiIENT, M. D. Bull’s Sarsaparilla. A GODD REASON F rt ß THE CAPTAIN'S FAiTH. R’IAD THE CAPTAIN’S LETTER AND THE LET TLK FROM IIIS MOTHER. Benton Barracks, Mo., April SO, 1566. Dr. J.ilin Bull—Dear Sir: Knowing the efficiency of your Sarsar-ariila, and the healing- and beneficial qualities it possesses, I send you the following state ment. of my case: I was wounded about, two years ap:o—was taken prisoner aid confined for sixteen months. Beiny 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 natred, and I nted something to assist nature. I have more faith in your 8 usapuriila than in any thing else. I wish that that is genuine. Please express me half a dozen bottles, and oblige Capt. V. P. JOHNSON. St. Louis, Ato. P. B.—The following was written April SO, 1865, by Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of Capt Johnson. I>K. BULL —Dear Sir: My husband. Dr. G. 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 be had a chronic diarihtea 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 lows, for scrofula, fever s->res, and gener il debili ty. Perfect success has attended it. Tiie cures effect ed In some cases of scrofula and fever sores were almost miraculous lam very anxious for m.v 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 CEDRQN BITTERS. autiien nc DOCUMEN rs. ARKANSAS HEARD FROM, Testimony of Medical Men B>ony Point, -White Cos., Ark., May 23,’66, I>R. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir: Last February I was In Louisville purcbaßinC Drug*, «nd I got some of vour Sarsappanlla and Cedron Hitlers. M v son-in-laiv, who was with me in the store, has been down with rheumatism for some time, comnifn ced on the Bitters, and soon found his general health who has been in bad health, tried them, and he also Improved. ...... Dr Coffee who has been in bad health for several ve *r 's-stomavh a»<i liver affected-he improved very much by the use of your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron Witters has given you great Popularity in this settle ment I think I could sell a great quantity of your medicines this fail-espeeially of your Cedron Bitters and Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care of Rickett * Nuely, «-*«»"{[ WA ,. KER All the above remedies for sale by I. H. BRADriBLD, Druggist, WAITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA fib 20,1R69uj1i/ Paj insr Hie e hat ch Etebt. Aa acute discipla of Blackstono, in I one of our Atlantic cities, Lad by a j course of active pettifogging succeeded iu Idling Lis pockets. Full pockets enabled him to assume an im uasißg style df living, and the reputation of having gotten rich by practice at the bar, very naturally increased the num ber of his fees, y soon stood “A, Number One,” among his legal breth ren. If any one had a very hard for litigation, S was his man; for if anybody could gain it for him, he could. He not only understood all the quirks and turns of the law, but was fertile in original expedients.— The goodness or badness of a cause was nothing to him; his business was to gain it for his client by any means he could use, fair or sou). At length, from some cause or oth er not clearly ascertained, S be came religiously disposed, and joined the cliureu. An iuilueuLul man like him was not long suffered to remainin active in the eecularities of the church. At the first fitting opportunity he was made a vestryman. S had always been looked upon in the community as a “pretty hard case,” and the reputation by no menus belied the truth. The gaining of one like him, therefore, over to the cause of religion, was a source of no little congratulation to those who regarded things spiritual—and was looked on as quite a triumph over the enemy of souls. There were some, however, who shrugged their shoulders, and profess ed to have just about as much confi dence in him now as they ever had, and to regard his religion, to use one of their expressions, as “uii in your eye.” Matters professionally went oh pret ty much in the old way. Religion, in | the eyes of S , was too sacred a thing to bring down into the world, where it must suffer violence, and be, in consequence, brought into disre pute. He, therefore, kept his religion nicely laid up iu lavender for Sunday, when it was brought forth unspotted from the world. About two years after S joined the church, it was though by those who had affairs in charge, that they ought to have anew and more impos ing e liii.ee than the one they woxsiiip ped in. S was prominent iu the matter—in fact, he was the prime mover, and headed a subscription list with a thousnnd dollars. In due time the church was fini li ed, and an elegant edifice it was. But the building committee and the archi tect had managed to run the cost up to one hundred thousand dollars, and the church iu debt about seventy thou sand. This caused all concerned to feel, as might be supposed, rather se rious on the subject. A debt of seven ty thousand dollars was a serious af fair, placed iu any light. The first thing to be done was to have a sale of the pews. This proceed ed rather slowly, and the prices at which they sold were by no means as large as had been anticipated.— From this source only twenty thous and dollars came. An extra subscrip tion was then tried, but oniy ten thousand dollars could be raised. In this aspect of affairs, S , who was chairman of the building commit tee, and to whom was muinty charge able the excess of cost over the first estimate made for the church, felt cal led upon to devise some means for liquidating the heavy debt. “It could be done easily enough if those who are able would come for ward and buy pews at a fair price, in stead of renting them,” he said to a fellow vestryman; It was freely admitted that this would certainly change the aspect of affairs. But if the members preferred renting to buying, nothing could be done. “They ought to be made to buy,” said 8 , warmly. “There is Pres ton, worth thirty cr forty thousand dollars at least, who, insteacLof pay ing a couple of thousand dollars for the pew his family occupies, is very well contented to get it at a yearly rent of a hundred dollars. It is too bad! I would not give much for his interest in religion, if he has no better way of showing it. ” “He certainly ought to buy,” was unhesitatingly replied. “He shall buy 1” said S , snap ping his fingers, as a sudden thought struck him. , “Do you think you can make him ?” “Yes.” “How. What means will you use ?” “Never mindabout that. "But mark j mv words for it, next Sunday Preston will be the owner instead oi the ten ant of his pew,’ ]he lawyer went to his office, and writing a note, dispatched it by his of fice messenger, in twenty minutes a well-dressed man entered, and bowed to the lawyer w ith a deferential air. “ Take a chair, Jones —I want to talk to you,” said S . “You know w’e’ve managed to get confoundedly in debt w’ith our new church.” “Yes, so it seems,” was the assenting reply. “And somehow or other we must manage to get out of debt; and we can, if the thing is done rightly. I be lieve I have hit upon the mode.” “Ah! Well, you lire fortunate.-- Nobody else could Lave done it.” “So I flatter myself. There arc too many pews rented. If all who are able to buy w'ould purchase instead of renting, the debt could be paid oil in a week.” “No doubt of that.” “Very well; that is admitted. Now my plan is to make them buy. “If you can.” “And I can, with a good fellow like you to aid me. Aud I tkiuk your af fection for the church is strong enough to induce you to lend a willing hand to the work. Debt is a terrible I thing.” “Indeed it is S But Low can I rid I you ?” “Are you willing ?” “O! eertaii ly?” “Yery well Tarn, without anybo dy s knowing what we are about, or su -pec-ting any concert between us, we cau make forty or fifty pew-ranters be come purchasers, ..nd thus pay the whole debt” ‘ How ? I am curious to know i that ?” 1 “Very well, I will inform you.— J There is Preston to begin with. His j is a very eligible one, nnd if he ; gives it up he can't possibly get anoth ler without going far down the aisle, i for every pow in the church is either \ rented or sold. Now Lis pew is worth two thousand dollars.” “Yes, and lie ought to pay that for it. lie is able enough.” “So I think. Very well. Now I will place tw> thousand dollars in) j your hands, and do you go to the j ■ ffeasarer, who has charge of the mat-; ter, and offer to buy the pew, saying 1 that you are ready to pay the price down for it, cash. He will, of course, ! tell you that lie must see Preston first, and give him the option of buy ing it. And Preston rather than let you have the pew, will buy. D’ye see ?” ‘‘Capital! It is the very thing.” “Isn’t it?” “If you ain’t a lawyer died in the wool, there’s no mistake,” said the man, leaning back iu his chair, and giving vent to a hearty peal of laugh ter. On the next Sabbath Preston sat in his own pew, sure enough; aud the treasury of the church was iu a better condition by just the sum of two thou sand dollars, b was delighted at the success of his scheme, and tried it on two other pew renters, who were quite strangers t > each other, during the week, and with the desired re sult. Jones got some private abuse for his part of the business, and was told j that he had better pay his houest debts before he undertook to buy a high-priced pew; but he put it ail qui etly m his pocket, and went ahead. “You are determined to have some body’s pew, I see,” remarked the treas urer, when Jones appeared the fourth time. “I wish a good pew, and am willing to pay a good price for it,” lie replied. “I don’t covet anybody's pew; but i believe no one has a riglit to tire prop erty that he merely rents.” “Oh, no 1 you Lave a right to pur chase any unsold pew in the churen.” “So 1 buppuoed.” But Jones didn’t get the pew for which he had offered a liberal price.— The occupant preferred the alternative ui buying to being turned out. And tnUs tfie iuing went quietly on, no one suspecting iffe agency at work, until pews enougii were actually sold ] to pay off the fatty thousand dollars’' debi mat had remained alter the first sale oi pews and subsequent extra sub scription. “Didn't I tell you that I would make Preston buy Lis pe ,v V” said b to the vestryman to whom be had first hinted his inteutiou oi putting some unknown scheme into operation. “Yes; but who made thirty or forty others buy pews i Preston s case is only a drop iu the bucket. “I did.” “You?” “Certainly I did. The Church owes me a service of plate for paying off its debt, and I believe I will claim it.” “And you are entitled to it, if the thing has been faiily done.” “You shall judge of that yourself. ’ Ami b . wiiose notions of light and wrong were founded upon rather extraordinary models, related the trick he had play ed upon the pew-renters, and ended by saying, “Now wasn’t that capital?” “1 believe what people say of you is correct,” returned the vestryman with unexpected sobriety. “Aud what is that, pray ?” “Why, that you are a lawyer died in the wool, and proof against all spir itual bleaching salts. Good moin iug.” S was profoundly astonished : for the moment. But he shrugged | his t boulders, and muttered to himself “Nettled because his dull brains were not bright enough for such a scheme.” That there was some stir in the church when it became known what work the lawyer had been engaged in may well be supposed. Some were angry, some laughed at the trick, but all were more or less satisfied with be ing out of debt. The repuation of S as a professional man did not suf fer; though, we believe, on the score of his piety there were some doubts entertained in the minds of a few’, who considerd him ft lawyer dyed in the w'ool, and therefore a hopeless ease. Super Loyal. —We find the follow ing letter from Lexington, Va., to the Richmond Dispatch: The visit of Gen. Gordon, and espe cially seeing him in company with Gen. Lee and a number of his old command, awakened many Confederate memo ries, we could almost see the “stars and bans” floating in the breeze once more. But these visions were rudely dissipated this morning by seeing run up in front of military headquarters a large United States flag. This is the first time it has been deemed necessa ry to hoist “the flag” in Lexington in so conspicuous a manner. jjgy* Wouldn’t you call this the calf of the leg?” asked John, pointing to ( one of his nether limbs. “No,’ replied 1 Pat, “I should say it was the leg of a calf. A com patty for Iho manufacture of woilon goods for men's wear, ala tod ! to the Southern trade, is now in sue | cessful operation near Marietta C \. j Havana, September 28. —The tele gram regarding Jourdan’s surrender for money was founded upon an offic ial dispatch. It is r.l o reported that the patriots near the sugar districts are : treating for surrender. Railroad to be Finished. —The Blue ® Ridge R .ilroad Company, it is stated, ! have undertaken the construction and j completion of all the unfinished work of the Knoxville and Charleston Rail- \ road, between noxville and the State line, anti are to guarantee the payment ' of the interest on tho bonds drawn and used by the Knoxville and Charles- j ton Railroad. In consideration of this arrangement tiie Knoxville and Charleston Company are to mortgage to the Blue Ridge Railroad Company in South Carolina tiioir entire road, | including rolling stock, &c., subject, however, to Uie prior lien of the State of Tennessee. Ihe negotiations which led to this result were concluded end ratified on Monday last, at a meeting j of tiie stockholders of the former road, in the city of Knoxville. Sucker 011 the F. F.’s of OI«l Virginia. An Illinois Sucker took great dis like to a foolish young Virginian who was a fellow-passenger with him on one of the Mississippi steamboats. 1 was on the boat ami saw the whole of the affair. The Virginian was contin ue lly combing his hair, brushing his. clothes, or dusting his boots—to ail of which movements ihe Sucker took ex-; captious, being what he termed, ‘ieetle j too darned nice, by half. 5 He finally drew up Lis chair beside the Virginian , and began— ‘Whar might you be from, stranger? ‘I am from Virginia, sir,’ politely an swered the gent. ‘From old V; rginny, I s’pose ?’ says the Sucker. ‘Yes, sir, old Virginia.’ was the rc ply. '‘You air pooty high up in the pic tures th&r, I suppose !’ ‘I don’t know what you mean by that remark, sir.’ ‘Oh, nothing/ says the Sucker, ‘but that you are deep’rate rich, and Lev j ben brougl t up right nice.’ ‘lf the information will gratify you in any way/ says tiie gent, patroniz ingly smoothing down Lis hair, ‘I be- j long to one of the first families.’ ‘Oh! iu course/ answered the Suck- 1 er. ‘Well, stranger, l>ein’ as you be long to the fust, i’ll just give you two of the fattest shoals in all Illinois es you’ll only find me a feller that belongs to one of the second Virginity families.’ ‘You want to quarrel with me, sir, soys the Virginian. ‘No, stranger, not an atum,’ answer ed the Sucker, ‘but I never seed one of the second family, and I’d gin sum- j thin to git a sight of one o ’em. I; know you are one of the fust, ’cause you look jest like John Randolph.’ This mollified the Virginian—the hint of aru m bianco to the statesman was liatteriug to his feelings and he accordingly acknowledged relationship to the orator. ‘He, you know, descended from the Ingin gal, Pecahontas.’ ‘You are right, sir,’ answered the other. ‘Well, stranger/ said the Sucker, ‘do you know there is another queer thing alius puzzles me, and it's this—l never seed a Virginnyin that didn’t claim to |be either descended from an Ingin, John Randolph, or a nigger. We need not add that the Sucker I rolled off his chair—suddenly! They were separated and kept apart until the Sucker got off' at a landing near his home. As he stepped ashore lie caught a sight of the Virginian ou the upper deck, aud hailed him at once with: ‘I sap, old Virginnv, reinembei* —two fat shouts for the first feller yon find belonging to the second Virginny fam nyr ; Caution. —A correspondent of the I Western Rural cautious farmers not | to feed string beans, cooked or uncook -1 ed, to hogs, tie says they will surely kill them. Clover in CiakXe. —We were inform ed last week says the Athens Watch man, by several intelligent, enterpris- j ing farmers of Hall county, that they ! had commenced the culture of clover j on an extensive scale —Muj. D. Welch- j el, Col. Thompson and others—some 1 of whom have made hay f utficicn t not only to winter their own stock, but j have sold to their neighbors at highly remunerative prices. Many others are preparing to go at it extensively. This is a move in the right direction. More of the grasses, more small grain and less corn and cotton, while labor is not only scarce but uncertain. These things grow without labor, and are, therefore more profitable than any cultivated crop. Wheat. —This crop, as a whole is larger. The only States showing a j decrease are Illinois, Michigan, lowa j and California. Borne of it is inferior in quality, but a considerable portion j has been injured by rain after harvest j A considerable portion of the \Y estern wheat is of good quality, and that of the South is decidedly superior. | Plow down voun W eeds. —If you i plpw down your weeds before they go to seed they will prove a benefit to your land instead of a curse. If they are allowed to go to seed they will be a source of endless trouble. Plowed under they are worth as a dressing of 1 manure. "Besides enriching the soil they tend to make it loose. If you add from twenty-five to fifty bushels of lime per acre to the ground and harrow it in it will convert your weeds i into plant food. NO. 17. j Qi’kce Treks.—-The ouK manure this live requires is salt. To a tree of ; ordinary ame, sprinkle on the ground, j over the r Kits. in the spring of the yem | one quart of salt Canning Corx. —The business of can ning sweet corn 1 as begun in Maine. Millions of cans w ll be put up in the State, though the yield of e rn for the purpose is much below the average in amount per acre. Stock Hogs — There is not only a reduction ixi the number of stock hogs : but also in the condition. Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnessota, rapidly growing* States, have made an increase in numbers, as have some of the Sent hern States. There is appa rently ad» crease, as compared with last yeai, of five to ten per cent. Apple Wine.—To a gallon of press ed cider and 1 lb. sugar. Fill up the vessel in which it is to be kept (a keg or barrel is better than a jug) to tin bung hole, so that the impurities may be thrown off. Let it remain until fermentation ceases, and then stop very tight. Allow it to remain in one place without being removed or rhaked for eight months, when it should be drawn off, bottled and tightly corked. A Fact for Farmers. —It may not bo generally known that the seed of the sunflower is the most infallible remedy yet discovered for the speedy cure of founder in horses. The direc tions, which we glean from a brief ar ticle upon the subject in the Kssex Banner, says: “Immediately on discov ering that your horse is foundered, mix about a* pint of the whole seed in liis food, and it will perfect a cure.— Sunflowers are easily grown alongside of fences and in out-of-the-way places, where they take up but little room.— The seed when fed in small quantities to horses is very healthy, giving to the hair a peculiar gloss. It is a diuretic in its tendency. Fowls like it much, and thrive on it. V7XDERCROI7AID. A Singular Advenltsier. The Muskegon (Michigan) Enter prise relates the following singular ad venture: — When we were publishing a paper in Lewisburg, Western Virginia, sev eral years ago, a very singular accident befell a young man there, which we narrated briefly at the time. A few days ago we chanced to meet him hei’e in Muskegon, ami he re-narrated Ins adventure at our request. It occurred on the farm of Gen. A. W. G. Davis, in Greenbrier County. 1856. We give liis story in his own words, as near as wo can recollect them:— “i was ploughing on Gen. Davis’s farm, in 1856,” said he, “unsuspicious of being cn insecure ground, when sud denly the earth seemed to fall beneath me. “ I saw the horses descending, but was too frightened to let go the plough handles. The pitch of the horses with the earth gave my fall an impetus, and somehow i caught the mane of one of them in my fall, and so held on instinc tively. Vv hat I thought when falling I can hardly tell. At any rate, I did some rapid thinkingi \\ hen i landed, I fell on the horse whose mane I had hold of, and although the horse was instantly killed, I was merely stunned and confused. On recovering myself, I looked up, and the hole through which I imd fall en looked so small that I concluded 1 must have fuheu full one hundred and nl'ty feet. My first thought was to cry for aid, but 1 instantly recalled the fact that i was at least a mile from Gen. Davis’s house, and that there was not the remotest probability tout any one had seen my accent into the earth.— It was then early morning, and as I had brought our my dinner with me, no one would miss me before; nightfall. While going over these facts in my own wind, 1 heard the rush of waters near at hand, and it occurred to mo that I must have fallen upon the bed of Bulking Greek, which, as you know, falls into the taith above Frankfort, and does not come out but once till it reaches the bank of the Greenbrier itiver. “To stay where I w T as, or attempt to follow the subterranean passage, was ihe next question. I sometimes took the team to my own tenant stable, and therefore might not be missed for days, so i determined to follow the under ground stream, I waded into it, and, judging from its depth of from one to tiitee feet, I concluded it must be the identical (Sinking Creek spoken of.— .Leaving my dead companions behind me, 1 loilowed the stream. For the most part I hid pretty easy woik of it, but sometimes I camo to a deep place, where 1 was forced to swim for a considerable distance; sometimes I ran against jagged locks; and then ygaiu was often precipitated headlong uuo deep water by the precipitous na ture of tae rocky bed ol the stream.— Talk about the darkness of the gravo! A grave itself could not have been more iinpalpably dark than the passage 1 was loliuwing. The occasional rip plmg of the water was an inexpressibly dear sound to my ears. “Day and night were the same to me. At last, wearied with my efforts, I laid down ou a comparatively dry ■rock to rest, and must have slept for hours. \Y lien 1 §woke, i again took to the water, carefully ascertaining which way it ran, so as not to lose my labor by retracing my steps. It seem ed to me that the further I went the more diUieuit progress became. When i had gone perhaps a mile, 1 came to a place where the archway above nar rowed so much that I had to crawl on my bauds and knees in the water, and crouching, my face at last touched the water. Mere w-as a dilemma I had not ; looked for. 1 tried either bank of the river, but found no passage. I could jsw im under water for a considerable distance, but tue distance beioie me •vas unknown, and I halted Jong Ik" tore making the dangetxnm venture. Yt last I concluded that my fate was equally doubtful iu returning hs in proceeding, so I plunged boldly into the swift current, amt soon found that it was so swift in its confined pHW»aj « tha I ooly needed to hold my breath to go through. In the court-e of twen ty or thirty feet I again got my head above water, and took a long breath ing spell. Again the archway above seemed to enlarge, and the bed of the stream to become more even. I sp» and along comparatively rapidly, keeping my hands outstretched to prevent uiy running against jagged rocks. \\ earieu out, 1 again laid down and slept soundly in my wet clothes. On awaking I pursued my course down :he subterranean stream, and at last, n the long distance ahead, sawn glim mer that looked very bright in the darkness I was then pent in. Nearing ibis. I found that it. did not increase in brightness; and when I had gone per haps a mile, I came to another place where inv path narrowed to the vorv tunnel filled by the water. My ease nad now become more desperate. I could not possibly retrace my steps, so [ submitted myself to the current, and was immeasurably overjoyed to find myself rapidly swept into* daylight. - Exhausted and half drowned, I crept out upon the land, and was not long in recognizing the objects about me. 1 had come out into the Greenbrier River, as I knew from the familiar look of Gen. Davis’s mill on the bank. On reaching home I found that I had been over forty-eight hours in making my perilous journey of mx miles underground.” The hole where this man went through is now fenced round. On list ning one can plainly hear the rush of water below, and a stone thrown down will sometimes be heard to splash in the stream. lift- Traveler in Mexico: “Ain’t yon ashamed to beg—a stout fellow like you ? I should think you might work. ’ Picturesque beggar, (drawing himself up): Senor, I asked you for alms, not for advice.” “You have been a good scholar in your day,.Ned; quito conversant with bookkeeping, I presume.” “No sir. I can’t say that I am. What makes you ask such a question ?” “Why, because you have no less than a dozen of my books; but not one of them returned, owing to your bookkeeping abilities/’ The right man in the right place—a husband at home in the evening. The only persons who leally enjoy bad health are the doctors. To keep your wife in constant check —make her chess in gingham. War recommend the following piece of poetic prose to those of our business men who are complaining of dull times; “M hen trade grows slack, and notes fall due, the merchant’s face grew long and blue; his dreams were troubled through the night, with sheriffs, bail iffs, all in sight. At last his wife un to him said, “Rise up at once out of bed, and get your paper, ink and pen, and say these words unto all men:” “My goods I wish to sell to you, to your wife and daughters too; my pri ces they shall be so low, that each shall buy before they go.” “He did as good wife advised, and in the paper advertised; crowds came and bought off all he had, his notes were paid, his dreams were glad, And he will tell you to this day, how well did printer’s ink repay. “He told us, with a knowing wink, how he was saved with printer’s ink. “The other in a place as tight con tented, was the press to slight. And did not let the people know of what he had or where to go. “His drafts were due and were not paid, a levy on his goods was made; the store was closed until tho sale, and for some time he Was in jail. A bank rupt now without a cent, at leisure ho can deep repent, thut he was foolish and unwise, and did not freely adver tise.” JKaT* A Scotchman and an Irishman happened to be journeying together* through a most interminable forest, and by some mishap lost their way and wandered about in a pitable con dition for a while, when they fortu nately came across a miserable hovel, which was deserted save by a lone chickon. As this poor biped was the only thing eatable to by obtained, they eagerly despatched and prep ured it for supper. When laid before them, Pat eon cl >i ded that it was insufficient for the sup port of both himself and Sawney, and therefore a proposition was made to his companion that they should snare the chicken until the next morn ing, and the one who had the most pleasant dreams should have the chick en, which was agreed to. In the morning Sawney told hU dream. Ho thought angels were drawing him up to Iloaven m a bask et, and he never before was so happy. Upon concluding his div.am, Pat exclaimed: “Oeh, sure, and be jabers, I sc.v ye going, and thought ye wouldn't come back, so I got up and ate the cine myself.” “Judge when first ad mitted to the bar, was a verv 1 hinder ing speaker. Ou one occasion, ohu he was trying a case of replevin, in volving the right of property hi a of hogs, he said: ‘Gentlemen of the jury, there were just twenty-four |, in that drove; just twenty-four; e.t nctly twice as many as thuio m •riiat jury-box.” 1