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About The Cartersville express. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1867-1870 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1869)
TriE WEEKLY cmieisihm fmm, Is published c*nr» THURSDAY MORNING: In C<»rter»TlUf t *B»rtow 0 Ga., t»j Samuel IT- Smitli, EDITOR and PROPRIETOR. Rales of Subscription: Ot* copy three months, fl.fitl One copy six month?, 2,h0 OBe.copy one year 8.011 (h'variably in advance .) vsr Parties aclverlisinir will he restricted In their eontrueU to thrir legitimate business; toat is to say, *ll advertisementi. that do not refer to their regular business will be char/ed for extra. 53T- Advert sements inserted at intervals to be eharred as new each insertion. pW" The above rules wiil be strictly adheredjto. mofTssional cajdYJ JOHFW. WOFFORD, Attorney at Law, CAPTERSriLUJ. RROftll. OFFICE OVER CURKY’K STORE. Oct. 17. 1868. R. W. MU HP HEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cartersvillc. Ga. Til ILL practice in the the Courts of ChcroVee Cir- W cult. Particular attention viren to the collection of claims. Office With Col. Abda Johnson. Oct. 1 DR. f. M. JOHNSON, Dentist, T h.SPECT FULLY offers ids Professional _i , fV services to the citizens of Cartersville . and vicinity. He is prepared to do work UJjlTftT •nt'ae latest and most improved style. Teeth extracted without pain, Ihy means of narcotic prsv.i Work ait warranted. Office over Btokeley's Btoie.CARTHIJSVII.LE Ga. Feb. 20 1868.—vrSra JERE A. HOWARD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAV/, cartersville, oa. JOHN J. JONES, Attorney at Law, Cartersville, Ga., WILL attend promptly to all business en trusted to his care. Willpractiec in the Courts of Law, and Equity in the Cherokee Circuit. Bnccal attention given to the collcc lian of claims. .lan. 1, 1866. lv JOHN J. JONES, REili ESTATE A(IE\T, CARTERSVILLE, GA. I an authorized to sell, and have on hand several 'louses and Lots, and also numerous huildin* lots in the t*wn rs Cartersville. Also several plantation* of vari ous sizes in Bartow oonr.ty. Parties desiring to buy or tell wi ldo well to give mo a call. All communications ,»»m| tly answered. Julv 17, 18CC>. BLANCE & PODD, A T T O li N EY s A T LA W, CKDARTOWN, POLK COUNTY, OA. Will pracllc© law in the several Cos. irtu comprising the Tallapoosa Circuit; nisi', Bartow and Flovd Counties. Partic ular attention given to the collection oi claims. jan 12, ly JKO. COX*, J. IT. WIKI.F. C( ixc /k: AVikle, attorneys at law, AND NOTARIES PUBLIC- Cartersville, Georgia. JSO. ('OX, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR SCUTH CAROLINA. slept 9th 1869 Ivr %rry W. R. MOUXTCASTLE, I Jeweller and Watcli and Clock. Repairer, in the Front of A. A. Skinner & Co’« store Cartersville, Jan. 25 JAMES MILNER, Attorney afitaw, AND NOTARY PUCUC. CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. frILL practice in the Courtß of the Cherokee and ad ’’ joining Circuits, also the Supreme and District Courts. Piompt attention given to business entrusted ts.iuy ca: e. August 21 8816.—a ly J. C. C. Blackburn, ATTORNEY AT LAW EUHAUEE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA- References : Industry, proinptitnde and at tendee march 22. w'i T W M iner, O H Milner. MILNER & MILNER, Attorneys at Law, CARTERS YILLE GEORGIA. Will at tend promptly to business entrusted to their c ire. jan. 15. ly CALEP TOMPKINS, well Jfpqll known for 20 years past, as a li r st fOi 'lass W\lT(7f, fXOCK, nttd .1 R'VELI.ER f EPA[RER, MANUFACTURER, has com menced work one door Worth of his former old •tend, on .he East side of the Railroad, Cab ykrsvillr. Ga. Will sell Clocks and Watches Warranted Nov, 10. wly ~~s. pi. Fat ill o, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, Will atten 1 promptly t- the Cutting, Repair ine and Making Boys’ and Men’* Clohing. : Office on tie Sea,ml V'. or of Stokely&Wll- li llauib' New Brick Building. Entrance from —* Main Street in rear of the building. Fib 17. medical Felice* Dr. It. O. C . IIEE RI* offers his , professional services to the citizens of j Gartersville and surrounding country, in j Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. After ■ an active practice of 14 rears in Savannah j and Augusta, he feels confident he can please, j Office in store recently occupied by T. H. j Kennedy & Cos. Residence at the old Ho- ; tel Building. aug 10, ’69. wly j JTme s p. mason, Bookbinder and Paper Ruler, | Whitehall Street, ATLANTA GEORGIA. Ala/ 1, 1869 S- CySHIELJDS, MTashionnble CARTERSVILI E> BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA. Having j;. st received Charts of the latest •tyles of Gentlemens’ and Roys Clothing, European ar.,l African, announce* that ht _ it, prepared to execute all kinds ofwoik in the Fashionable Tail- IPA oring ine. with neatness and in ill, durable style. Over J. Elsas & Co’s store, Cartersvillo mch YOL. 8. Kennesaw House. (Located at railroad depot.) THE undersiErned having bought the entire interest of Dix Fletcher, Trustee for Lou isa YV. Fletcher, in the Kennesaw House, and the business will be conducted, in the fu ture. under the name and firm of Augustine A- Fletcher dr Frcyer. Thankful for past fa vors anti .patronage, they will strive to eive the utmost satisfaction to all pa*rons of the Ken nesaw House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER, „ „ F. L, FREYER. MARIETTA, Jan. 12, ’69. E. T. White, j. m. Lykes. American Hotel, ALABAMA fiTRPXT, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. W ii i t e & Lykes, Proprietors. BAGGAGE carried to and from Depot free of Charge. May 11, 1860 P, It. Passeen, H, J. Wilson. J. L. Caldwell, (ra. [’a. Ala. THE OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA 8. m BfSB, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SASSEKN, WILSON fc CALDWELL, Proprietors. J W. F. BRYSON, Clerk. JOHN T. OWE N~7~ Watch and Clock Repairer, and Jeweler, CARTERSVILLE, GA. II T ILL keep constant- /r%. \\ ly on hand, for sale | a well selected stock of 'm BrO WATCHES, CLOCKS, |§Sj Gold, Silver and Steel SPECTACLES. ,Vc., &c. Can furnish any kind of Silver Plate, extra fine Gold Watches or Jewelry, at short notice, us cheap as they can be bought in any other market. Goods cheap. Work warranted. Terms cash, aug 12, 1869.w1y fc. S> HUTAZ4 M> ». t GRADUATE of the JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE, Philadelphia, offers his profes sional services to the citizens of Cartersville and surrounding districts. His diploma, various appointment, 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, 2809, wly R, W.SATTERFIELD, G. W. SATTERF IF.I E. fc W- SATTERFIELD & BRO. AT The New Brick Store, First Door East of Railroad, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Have just received and opened an INHBE NEW STUCK OF STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, READY MADE CLOTH ING, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, CROCKERY HARDWARE, AND CUTLERY, FAMI LY GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC. To which they invite the attention of the public generally, being satisfied that 'hey can and will sell goods as cheap, if not a lit tle Cheaper, tha 1 any other house in town. The attention of the ladies is especially invited to our Slock of Summer Dress c«Jf ’ Gentlemen can also be fitted up with whatever they may Want. Country produce tuken 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. W. SATTERFIELD. June 24th,—w ly. R-tCMADJOX. J. L. WINTER B, F. MMM m & 00, TOBACCO COMMISSION MERCHANTS AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF F '‘irginia and Jl'orth Carolina TOBACCO. NO. 19, ALABAMA STREET, ATLAN T / Consignments solicited. Will make liber al advances when desiccd. aug 1,’69 BAKERY! Restaurant! CONFECTIONERY! Fruit and Toy Store. | «e££fggXxxxXil2l3i£* J. T. GUTHRIE, Proprietor* No. 10, Stocks Build’g, Main Street, CA Ji TERS VUjLE GA Sept. 1 o—d CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. OCTOBER 21, 1809. DR. JOHN BULL'S Great 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 ail remedies ever offer ed to the public tor the safe, certain. speedy and per manent cure of Agu- and Fever .or Cl.illg and Fever whether of short or lomr standing. He refers to the entire Western and Southwestern country to bear him tes'itcony totlie truth of the assertion, that in no case whatever will it fail to cure. If the directions are strict ly followed and ca Tied out. In a great many cases a sinele dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole families have been cured by a single bottle, with a jv r fect. restoration of the general health. It is, how-ver, prudent, and in every case more certain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two af ter the disease has been checked, more especisllv in difficult and long standing cases. Usually, this ntedi 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’S VEGETA BLE EAM’LY PII.LS will be sufficient. OR. JOHN BULL’S Principal Office No, 40 Fiftli, Ci'onn street, Louisville, Kv. Bull’s Worm Destroyer. To my United States and World-wide Read ers : I HAVE received many testimoriais from profes s onal id medical men, as my almanacs and v ri ous publicii ns have shown, all of which are genuine. The following from a highly educated and popular phpsician in Georgia, is certaimy one of the most sen slbie cotumuuicationf I have ever received. I)r. Clem ent knows exactly what he speaks of, and his testimo ny and. serves to be written in le ters of gold. Hear what the Doctor says of Bull's Worm I)e> tr- yer Villanow, Walker co., Ga, ) June 29th, 1866. ( DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir:—l have recently giv en your “Worm Destroyer’’several trial*, and find it wonderfully efficacious. It has not failed in a single Instance, to have the wlshed-fur effect. lam doing a pret'y hrge country practice, and have daily use for son.c 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 effec' - On the con trary they are uncertain in the extreme. My object in writing you is to find out upon what *«rmg 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 ma jority of the reg ular line of M. D.’s, but I see no just cause or good sense in discarding a remedy widch we know to be ef ficient, simply because we may be ignorant of its com bination. Fortr.y part, I shall make it a rule to use all and any roe ms to alleviate suffering hum tnity which I may be able to command—Dot hesitating because someone more ingenious than myself may have learn d its effects first, and secured the sole right tc secure hat knowledge. How ever, lamby no rut ans 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 hunnn flesh is heir.— Please reply soon, and inform me of your best terms. I am, sir, most respect full v, JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. R. Bull’s Sarsaparilla. A GOOD REASON F n R THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH, READ THE CAPTAIN’S LETTER AND THE LET TER FROM HIS MOTHER. Beaton Barrack*, Mo., April SO, 1860. 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 in.y case: I was wounded about, two years ago—was taken prisoner and confined for sixteen months. Being moved so often, my wounds have not healed yet. I have not sat up a moment since I was wounded. 1 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 els#. I wisli that that is genuine. Please express me half a dozen bottles, and oblige Cabt. O. P. JOHNSON. St. Louis, Mo. P. 9.—The following was written April 89, 1865, by Mrs. ,!<-nnle J -hnsori. mother of Oapt Johnson. DR. BIT Ll—u-ar Sir : My husband. Dr. 0. S. John son, wo.; a skillful surgeon and phts'eian in Central N- v V<,rk. where he died, leaving the above C. P. Job on to n v care. At thirteen year* of age he had a ci. ouic diarrhea and scrofula, for which I gave hi;':: ii Sarsaparilla. IT CURED HIM. I have for ter ■ econmnendert It to many in New York. Ohio, so i 1 v ~ f.r scrofula, feve-- s Tes, and general debili ty Prtec success has attended it. The cures effect ed in some coses of scrofula and fever sores uere almost miraculous lam very anxious for my son to again have tecourse to your Sarsaparilla. He is fear ful of ceiting a spurious article, hence Ids writing to you for it. His wounds were terrible, but. I believe he will recover. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON. BULL’S CEDRCN BITTERS. AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS. ARKANSAS HEARD FROM, Testimony of Medical Men Stony Point, White Cos., Ark., May 28,'66. DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir: Last February I was In Louisville purchasing Drugs, and I got some of vour Sarsapparilla and Cedron Bitters. y My son-in-law, who was with me in ho store, has been down with rheumatism Yor some time, commen ced on the Bitters, and soon found his general health * m Dr. Gist, who has been in bad health, tried them, and he also improved. . . , , . Dr Coffee who has been in bad health for several year ;_ stomach and liver affected—he improved very much bv the use of your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron Bitters has given you great Popularity in this settle ment I think I could sell a great quantity of your medicines this fall-especially of your Cedron Bitters and Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care of R ‘‘ p "c"6 WALKER. All the above remedies for sale by L. H. BRADFIELD, ! Druggist, WAITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA ! f*b 20,i860ir!y POETRY. Gen. R. E. Lee. The following poem was written bf Capt. Thos. F. Itoelie, formerly 0? lioring’s command, A. N. TANARUS., on the occasion of Gen. Lee’s visit to Bal'i more in behalf of the Valley Railroad It speaks for itself, and we venture the assertion that there is not a true man nor woman in the South, who. after reading it, will not say, “God Bless thee, Robert E. Lee:” God bless thee, noble General! God bless thee, Robert Lee! Our Southern hearts throb warmly now Once more we dream we’re free; Once more our vivid fancy brings Sweet memory’s treasuiwd store, And we tread dear DixifS soil, And fight our battle o’er; Again we proudly, foadly rest Our lives, our hopes on thee; In thought we graq> again our swords, Resolved to die with Lee. ’Tis but dreaming, Uncle Robert I loved is furled, And of our glorious struggle gone Scarce thinks a heedless world. Our hopes have gone, our cause forgot, Unsung our myriad dead; And from our bosoms yesterday Hope’s shadow’s e’en have Hal; Yet grasping now thy noble baud, Old memories sweet of thee, Arise and speed our benison— God bless thee, Robert Lee I Thy good gray head relentless time Has silvered whiter now. And pressed his wrinkled signet on Thy noble, stainless brow; Thy form he bowed—yet durst not steel The lofty, kingly mien, That stamped thee leader in each fray, First hero in each scene. Our hearts to-day again are bright, For full of love are we; We can’t repress our battle-cry, Hurrah for General Lee M lES - Du- H. M. Clarkson. of So. Ca. The pale-faced Moon in a fleecy cloud Lies cold and blank in her curtained bed, Like a visage veiled in a snowy shroud— The stark, stiff face of a woman dead. Avaunt, pale vision ! Out, out from the sky 1 I know whose face is reflected there — That woman’s face with its dead, dull eye, That chills my veins with its vacant stare. Just so she looked when they laid ler down With marks of blood on her face and feet; With tell-tale stains on her tattered giwn, Just so she lay in her winding sheet: Just so 6he seemed in a cloud to float. While my sense* reeled and my sight grew dim; With murder marks on her pearly throat, Just so she paled as a spectre grim. ’Twas years ago, on a shadowy night., One Cliristmas-cve of the long ago, The moon looked down wi h a lurid light On the wild and wintry world below — With baleful beams, through a boughles* glade, Peered mournfully down at Maud and me, As we silent paused in the solemn shade. In the fitful shade of a sombre tree. The night seemed weird *• the dead leaves stirred Over our heads in the hoary tree. Whilst never a word; not a whispered word Was spoken at all by Maud or me; For my brain was crazed by the Demon. W’ine, My body was reeling to and fro, While the moon turned pale, ashamed to shine On the sorrowful scene of sin below. As we stood in silence, side by side, In the dismal shade of the dusky tree, In the gloomy haze of the night’s noon-tide, How beautiful seemed my Maud to me ! But the damning Bowl my brain had crazed, My blood beat fast with its subtle flow, And the moon alone saw my arm upraised, Only the moon saw the fatal blow, ***** How gracefully lay my Maud at rest. Her beautiful raven hair afloat, With gems of blood on her jeweled breast, With beads of blood on her pearly tliroa* ■ Ah ! I loved my lovely Maud that night, As the moon fell full upon her upturned face, And wanton winds, o'er her bosom white, Were lightly lifting the envied lace ! Wo slept—both slept, till the Christmas dawn, Dreaming our dreams till the break of day; I dreamed that my beautiful Maud was gone, Gone with the beams of the moon away. I awoke—and my hands were fast in chains, And felon fetters were around my feet, Whilst Maud, all marred with murder stains Lay stark and stiff in a winding sheet. I watched my Maud in her flowing shrohd, I watched till my weeping eyes were dim, Till she seemed to float on a fleecy cloud, Paling away as a spectre grim; And I see her yet beyond the stars, I watch her form in the midnight sky, I sec her face through my prison bars— That woman’s face with tts dead, dulj eye. They call me mad, and with felon chains They bind me fart to my prison floor, Where I nighfly hear the mournful strains Os the winter winds in their wild uproar: Whore naught I hear but my clanking chains. And the howling winds at my dungeon door, Where naught I see but the mocking stains Os that in the moon forever-more, Avaunt pale moon, with your ghostly glare I Look not. so mournfully on me below ; You freeze my heart with afronziel fear, j You fill my soul with a fearful woe. You drive me ma 1 when I see you shine; Avaunt from the sky with your goblin glow ! You know ’twas the deed of the Demon, 1 Wine— ’Twas the Demon, Wine, that dealt the blow. [From “The XIX Century.” Lctcr From Farther Uya cfntlie. Tko following is the text of the let ter which, as advised by cable, Father ; Hyacinthe has addressed to the Gen eral of his order in Rome: My Very Reverend Father: During the five years of my ministry at Notre Dame de Paris, despite the open at tacks and secret accusations of which I have been the object, your esteem and confidence have never failed me for a moment. I preserve numerous tes timonies of them written by your own hand, and which were addressed as much to my preaching as to myseif. — Whatever may happen, I shall hold them in grateful remember; 1 nee. To- j day, however, by .a sudden change, tuo I cause of whieii I do not seek iu your J heart, bat in the intrigues of a party all powerful at Rome, jou arraign what you encouraged, you censure what you approve, anU you require that I shold speak a language or preserve a silei ce which would no longer be the entire and loyal expression of my conscience, Ido not hesitate an instant. With language perverted by a command, or mutilated by reticence, I shall not as cend the pulpit of Notre Dame. I ex press my regret for this to the intelli gent and courageous Archbishop who has given his pulpit to mo, and sustain ed me there against the bad will of men of whom I shall speak at the proper time. I express my regrets to the imposing auditory who surrounded me there with its attention, its sympa thies, I was nearly going to say its friendship. I would not be worthy of; the auditory of the Archbishop, of my j conscience, nor of God, if I would con- j sent to act before them iu such a role. ! I separate myseif at the same time from the convent in which I have re sided, and which under the new cir- ■ cumstances that have happened to me renders it for me a prison of the soul, la acting thus lam not unlaithful to my vows. I have promised monastic obedience, but limited by the honesty of conscience, the dignity of my person and my ministry, 1 have promised un der the Ixiiiefit of that superior law of justice aud of royal liberty which is, ac cording to the Apostle fc>t. James, the proper law of the Christian. Ic is for the more perfect practice of, this holy liberty that I came to ask at | the cloister, now more than ten years ago, in the elan of an enthusiasm free of all human calculation, I shall not veuturo to add free of ail the lllusi >ll of youth; if, in exchange for my sacri fices, I am to-day offered chains, I have not only the right but the duty to reject them. The present hour is solemn. — The Church passes through one of the most violent, dark aud decisive < risis of its existence here below. For the first time iu three hundred years an (Jbksumouic and Council is nut only con- j voted, but declared such rs j the expression of the Holy I ather. It j is not in such a moment that a preach er of the gospel, were he the last of all, can couse.it to remain as the mute dogs of Israel, unfaithful guardians, whom the prophet reproaches as una ble to bark. Game rnuti, non valenten lair are. The saiuts were never silent. I am not one of them, but nevertheless I belong to their race, Jiihi sandorum sumux, aud I have always been ambit ious to place my steps, my tears, and if necessary, my blood, iu the tracks which they have left. 1 raise, therefore, before the Holy Father and the Coun cil, my protestation as Christian and preacher against these doctrines aud practices, calling themselves Roman, but w hich are not Christian, and which in their encroachments, always most j audacious and most baneful, tend to j change the constitution of the Church, the basis as well as the form of her teach lug, and even the spirit of her pi ety. 1 protest against the divorce as it is insane, which it is sought to ac complish between the church, who i> our mother according to eternity and the society of the nineteenth century, of whom we are the sons according to the times, and towards whom.we have ’ also Some duties and attachments. I protest against this more radical and dreadful opposition to human nature, which is attacked aud made to revolt by these false doctrines in its most in destructible and holiest aspirations. I protest above all against the sacrilig ious perversion of tne Word of the Son of God himself, the spirit and the let ter of which are equally trodden under foot by the phurisaism of the new law. It is my most profound conviction that if France in particular, and the Latin races in general are delivered over to social, moral and religious anarchy, the principal cause is without doubt not to Catholicism itself, but iu the manner which Catholicism has during a long time been understood and practiced. I appeal to the Council about to meet, to seek for remedies fer the ex cess of our evils, and to apply them with as much force as gentleness. But if fears iu which I do not wish to share, come to be realized, if the august as sembly has not more liberty in it delib erations than it has alien ly in its prep aration, if, in a word, it is deprived of the essential characters o? an (Ecu menical Council, I will cry to God and men to call another truly united in the Holy spirit, not in the spirit of party, and representing really the Universal Church, not the silence of some men, the oppression of others. “For the heart of tlm daughters of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold of me. Is there no balm in Gilead ? Is there no physici an there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people reeover -led ?” Jeremiah, viii. In fine, I appeal j to your tribunal, Q Lord Jesus! Ad < luum Domim Jem tribunal ajytello. It is iu your presence that I write these lines; it is at your feet after having prayed much, reflected, suffered, and waited much, that I sign them. I hare confidence that if men condemn them on earth you approve them in Heaven. That is sufficient for me liv ing and <lyiiig. Fr. Hyacinths. Superior of the Barefooted Carme lites of Paris, soeond preacher of the order in the province of Avignon. Paris-Paasy, September 20, 1869. The End Os l.opcz. Tho latest accounts from Europe confirm the repute of the total defeat of Lopez, the end of the Paraguayan war, and the triumph of Brazil aud her South American allies. A provis ional government has been installed at Ascension. Lopez has lied, nobody knows whither, and the people of Par aguay seem to have “accepted the situ ation,” and submitted patiently to the will of their new masters. The government is to succeed the provisional arrangement is not known, nor has it yet been determin'd on what terms Paraguay is to be recon structed. If ‘‘the allies” need any help in their work, they might engage the experi enced services of Butle r and his recon struction colleagues, and we of North America would try to spare them for an indefinite time. If they desire to worry and oppress the Paraguayans thoroughly, Butler & Cos., are the men for the job.—Journal & Ttie Wiliics Slander. LETTER FROM JUDGE REESE. Washington, Ga., Oct. 12, ISG9. Editors Chronicle &• Sentinel: Gents —You are right in saying that no such shocking occurrence as that re lated in Friday’s Republican has hap pened iu Wilkes, nor do I believe it has happened anywhere. The freed men of our town assure me that they never heard of it until this newspaper came. Having every opportunity of knowing through the wagoners, daily in our place, from every section of our countv and from persons attending a 1 great religious meeting, which has been going on here for two weeks, this state ment of the freed men ought to be con- j elusive. lam somewhat amazed .bat j Capt. Bryant could have been so bad- | ly hoaxed. Very respectfully, Wm. M. Reese. The Skinned Negro Hoax. Washington, Wilkes Cos., Ga., ] October 11, 1869. ) Editors Chronicle <t Sentinel: In Saturday, the 19th instant’s issue of the Georgia Republican, published in your city, by J. C. Bryant, I see an account of a terrible crime committed on a citizen of this (Wilkes) couuty. A negro is first whipped to death, then tied to a tree und .danned, by a band of desparadoes. This is published on the authority of an individual who saw the person of the negro tied to the tree, after it had been skinned. All this is news to the good people of Wilkes county. I have, since seeing the article alluded to, inquired diligently, and can find no oue who has either seen or beard of anything of the kind among the w bites or bl; cks. The Editor of the Republican claims to be a good citizen of Georgia, one who wishes to sec [>eaee and prosperity throughout the length ami breadth of the entire State, and begs of you, Messrs. Edit-. ors, as well as the Editor of the Con stitutionalist, and other Democratic! papers in the State, to join with him iu uniting the peonle as one man to put down this lawless spirit Now, iu the name of all the people of this coun ty, whom Mr. Bryant’s reliable inform ant has outrageously slandered, I de mand of him to give us the name of his informant, when the deed was done, what was the name of the deceased, with whom he lived and the precise lo cality of the crime, all of which is with held in his article. We want the ed itor of the Republican to assist us in putting a stop, not only to the crime |of murder aud skinning negroes, but also that of slander and lying. He j must substantiate the charge brought : against us, or publicly make the prop |or amends for tho great wrong which ;he has done us. This is the only ! course left to Mr. Bryant to prove his ; faith by his works, and to show that he is indeed a good citizen of Georgia, Ia friend and advocate of peace and | tranquility, and not a part of the filthy | scum which the storm of revolution | passing has left big a and dry upon the : shores of our State, and who, true to ; their instincts inherited from their pa j ternal ancestors, will never tell the ! truth when a lie is possible. Old Wilkes. j Peters Musical Monthly.— The lo* i versos good Music can find it nowhere !in a form so cheap or attractive us in this admirable work $1.30 for six months. Address J. L Peters, 198 | Broadway, N. Y. NO. 18. Mrs. Partington lias been read ing the health officer's weekly reports, aud thinks ‘‘total” must be an awful j malignant disease, since as many die ! of it as of all the rest put together. The Duel. —A rumor is prevalent ! here to-night that the mueh-taHced-of duel between Colonel Mosby and Col onel Boyd, military sheriff of Fanquier county, Va., took place to-day, ami that both were slightly wounded. [Data, in Baltimore Sun of 9th. 6Sr The Medical Record says that, the American pulpit is, l»eyond all com- I parison tire most eloquent pulpit in the world. *Sy3omo of the farmers in the neigh borhood of Griffin are experimenting with Swiss laborers. Thus far, they are highly pleased. &=*>,«. The negroes of Savannah have pledged themselves to support the Conservative ticket at the ensuing municipal election. A ujw fertilizer is being brought to notion in the South —bat guano, fouud iu immense de]x>sits in the cave of Lookout Mountain, in Tennessee. It is said to be superior to Peruvian guauo, and the supply is large. KgX- Gen. I). H. Ilill is to re-open the North Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte. ffiSuTlie spire of a Methodist Church in Indiana is surmounted with a hoop | skirt to show that the church is under | petticoat govonune.pt. £>aY* l*ev. C. W. Howard has dis- ■ covered coal in twenty miles of the State It >ad, in upper Georgia; also, immeas- ] arable iron. EaT* A Decatur, Illinois, wool grow er has decided to transfer his business to Tennesse. He will take with him 2,300 sheep. In Madagascar there are forty thousand professing Christians. Napoleon’s indisposition is attribu ted to excessive smoking. His allow ance of cigars has been reduced from sixteen to six per diem. Minnesota promises 100,000 bushels of apples this season. *or Eighty-one trains leave New York city every twenty-four hours for Newark, N. J. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is still at Frankfort, Germany, living in great retirement aud iu very unpietending quarters. She secs but few persona, and those generally American ladies whom she knew during Mr. Lincoln’s administration. F/'Vf* Water runs over Niagara Falls at the rate of 1.500,000,000,000 feet every minute, giving a water power sufficient to perform all the manual labor in the State of New York. tSaT The cheese crop in the United States this year is estimated at 50,000, 000 pounds. The Rural Southerner. —The Oct. number of this agricultural journal is on our table. It has been enlarged to 32 pages. Its table of contents pre sents varied and interesting matter. — Further Fogy gives an interesting let ter on immigration. The Southerner is printed in the handsome style of the Economical office, at $1 per annum.— S. A. Echols, editor, Atlanta. teT' The expenses of the Legislature of this State during its last session of sixty-five days, foot up to $211,894. EgL. By a law of the last Congress the Freedmen’s Bureau is now confin ed to an educational work among the blacks of the South. The report of the Bureau for the fiscal year just end ed will show a steady advance in the cause of education. BQy It is said that an agent of the Rothschilds has arrived in this country prepared to mako a proposition to our Government to take any amount of the national debt at four per cent. — He is expected in Washington in a few days. The new iron bridge over the i Southside Railroad, near Farmville,! Virginia, has been contracted for by a j New York firm at $172,000. During the tremendous excite- ! ment in Wall ttreet on Thursday and Friday, the Bales of gold on Thursday amounted to three hundred and fifty millions, and on Friday to live hundred millions. New York is a large place. An exchange says that the land on which the city of Atlanta is built, was, twenty years ago, sold for a horse. California would make forty live States of the size of New Hamp shire 1 The sea coast extends nearly a thousand miles, and the territory ex tends in the interior twelve thousand miles. UsT A valuable slate quarry has been discovered on the plantation of Judge J. E. Brown, in Gordon county, about seven miles from the Western A Atlantic Railroad, on the Coosawattee river. teS' The Agricultural Fair at Rome comes off on the first week in Novem ber. We are in receipt of the Premi um List, which is both complete and liberal. We hope Cherokee Georgia will be well represented. Andy John son is expected to deliver an address and Gen. Forrest to award Premiums. Brigham Young’s family weigh 5,000 pounds. lßou Sprained ankles will now be in fashion. Eugenie wears hers that way. Igk. Oxen arc scarce in Oregon.— i The average, price is Si(HML The Marietta Journal reports that many citizens of Cherokee coun ty are preparing to move to Arkansas. There will be a tvaiu of ninety wag | one. The Presbytery of Baltimore ; has voted to accept the overture o the General Assembly for the re-union jof the Old and New School Churches. A CVrwrresrtorw M'N.— During ♦! # i freshet on the Wabash, where tbef 4 t country on both sid««*of the river was I inundated by the rtriog water, it b< - came riei’essary for those in the way to escape to the mountain*—th*« mounds that were probably made hv the Indians for that purpose. A p»-- ty of fugatives, on their way to a place of safety, overtook a trmn in a covered ! w;igon, with a sjmn cfhor°ra. standing ; stiff in the road, the w der nearly up i to the hubs of his wheels, end fast ris | ing. He was sitting with r small book jin one hand, ftnd a whip in the other, j reading a line loud, and then laving ion the whip. They topped a moment to listen, attracted by Irhe man’s euri | ms conduct, and was surprised to hear j him read: J “The wicked shall be turned into : hell!”—(cut) —giving ft frightful em ■ ]»hasis to the word. “Whoso believeth not shall be damned!"—font) —. “How cun ve escape the damnation of hell f” —(cut); and many more of the same ehaiacter, yelling the emphasized words at the top of his lungs. Wondering at his conduct, the fugi tives asked what he meant,. “W by,” said he, “I am a Methodist minister, and restrained from swearing; but these horses were bought in a region where they were accustomed to hear such language, and I am endeavoring to come as near ns possible, conscien tiously, in order to induce them to move, but I’m— ” Here he consulted his book, leaving his hearers to imagine what he sought to give emphasis to, his hopelessness of making them stir a peg. Teuegiuph to the Moon. —An enthu siastic philosopher has propos ed a means of telegraphing to other worlds which throws the inventions of Gulliver’s philosophers completely in the shade. An English paper says: „He wishes to mount a gigantic mir ror, capable of being readily moved, and to give flashing signals of Jup’ter or Venus. His theory is that if these are repeated regularly at given inter vals and in equal nnnfliers of times, the inhabitants of the planets will come to discern them, or understand that they mean something and to returu them. Should they do this, a code of signals could manifestly, without mucti difficulty, be devised. The proposer of this curious scheme points out that even now bright spots aro occasionally seen on some of the planets, and sug gests they may possibly be similar sig nals from the inhabitants of those orbs to eaeeh other and to ns. The idea is said to have boon discussed before now, aud to have been abandoned; but, however impracticable or absurd, it has been thought worthy of serious at tention by the French Academy of Sci ences.” Our Literature. —If our people knew the many good things every month published in the “XIX Centu ry;” if they fully appreciate the fuct that this Southern Magazine, with Ex-Gov. Perry, Wm. Gilmore Simms, Rev. Dr. Hicks and others, for con tributors, is equal to the host of North ern Monthlies; if they realized that it is in itself a “circulating library” of choice literature, cheap at $3.50 a year, they would like ourselves welcome it to their homes and firesides. The October number is before us, full as usual of entertainment. Miss Annin M. Barnwell furnishes “The Bandits of the Hartz Mountains,” a thrilling legend; Dr. Simms, continues his It »- miniscenees of Southern authors: “Persoune” gives us another chapter from “Tho early scenes of the war;” Rev. John Bachman D. D. furnishes an interesting personal sketch of H uu bodlt, an lin the “P >litical Crisis, ’ which is evidently from the pen of a statesman is suggested the remedy for the present misfortunes of the South. There are many choice articles in prose and poetry besides, attractive to both young and old. The “XIX Century” may be had at the book stores. A {rival of FiLunusrEas os the Flob ida Coast.—Savannah, October 4. — Thu Morning Nows has reports from Flo ~ ida of the arrival of the steamship Ala bama at Fornandina on Friday night from New York, with five hundred men, including sixty officers, for the Cuban exped.tion rendezvousing on the gulf coast. The men were immediately put aboard the ears and sent to Cedar Keys where steamers await them.—* Two hundred men arrived at Baldwin, Florida, from Savannah, on Saturday night.. They are supposed to be a portion of a command now organizing in Middle Georgia. Astonishing Phenomenon. —About tin* | hour of 1, p. m., yesteruuy, the fith I inst., the community was startled by a j terrific explosion in a direction appa ! rently north-west from this, accompa nied by a dense volume ot smoke. One gentleman compared the report to tho simultaneous discharge of a park of artillery, and distinctly saw the column of smoke which rose in the quarter ; hx>ra winch tho sound proceedeu. The explosion was heard by two j thirds of our citizens, and some assort j that the shock of an earthquake was j plainly felt. j Addison, an it teHigerit colored mart, «n the employment of Mr. William il. Brooks, says he was ut Ik* id’s null when the event occurred, and, in com pany with a white man, saw what re sembled a sheet of llame dew-end from the heavens towards Lumpier , north west of Cuthbert, and hetra at tho same time a terrific explosion. Tho true eolation of the mystery may be found, perhaps, in the sudden projection from the moou, <*r some other heavenly body, of a v*si reiolita or mete lie mass in « state of frmimi. | which doubtless lies deeply imbedded in the bosom of inotnm- earui. \V«* shall anxiously await development. ' |Cutht>ert App, \ /tlx.
