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THURSDAY MORNING:
In Carter,vtlle.lßartow 0 Ga,, by
Samuel XT. Smith,
EDITOR and PROPRIETOR.
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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