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About The Cartersville express. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1867-1870 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1869)
TflK Wr.F.KI.V r I X: r7T r ;TPf -T X ‘to:? ® s its published everv THURSDAY MORNING; ]:i Ov(Wvrltl*,fUa>U>» U <•&.. by .Snnmiel 11. Nmilli, EDITOR and PROPRIETOR. Rate* of Subscription : Oiec py three niAnths, SI.OO i,i„< »fT six running, !i.o<> i) r<? copy one year - 3.00 (Invariably in an'ranee.) f?T“ Pirlles siHvrH.tiv; wi! ! ’».? rs-tilr'eii In their P ..r trsots to t-h Ir le,-J’ißi.»t« Imulne* ; tint is In my, Mvprtisement.. »•! <!•» not ref r tu their regular tiiisinpss will lie clnnvfi! for oxtra. ArtveeHxerneT* at 1 terval* to be ■eharreA at new loserilon. •jfgr’ The ale re rules will be sfrie.t'y n IberedOo, PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JOHN W. WOFFORD. Attorney at Law. C4PTERSVILI.E. CiSlflfJl « . OFFICE OVER CURRV’M STORE, Oct. 17. 1868. K. W. Ml RIMIEY, attorney at law, CktrSersi'iile. €*a. citIT.L prnctice in the the Courti of Cherok»e dr ib mit. I’artleulMr aUeitlinn (drenlijthe e ■!!• r.tion of Maims. Office Wish Col. Main Johnson. Oct. 1 OR. F-. M. JOHNSON, Dentist, T -SPECTFULI.V nffr hi- l-ofeasi nil IV services to the citizens of c„-ie r *v*!!e *n‘l vicinity. Jet* prepare! w. rk 1 -~X’ TYA an t le latest end most t.npreved s,\:e. T eth extric*"* without pain, > v cleans of nTC'iFo TvotC.] 'V' rk aH warranted. OUtre over Slot *■'*•> » Stole. CARTERSVILLE G». Kb. 20 IS6.'.—nfim JERE A. HOWARD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, cartersville, GA. JOHN J. JONES, Attorney at Law, rarlcrsvUSc, C« :i., t'tril.L attend promptly toall bug .less en trusted to his care. WiHpraetice in the Points ot l aw, ami Equity in the Cherokee 4'ireilit. Special atlentioi ffivp» to the collec ti>n of claims. Jan. 1, ?866. lv JOHN J. JONES, sir.ii. i:vr*Tr, iGEST, CARTERSVILLE, GA. 1 a a authorised to sell, and have on hand several Homes and hots, and also numerous haititinif lots in the town . f Cartersville. Also several plantations of v:tri sos si'esin Barto.v county. Parties desirmir to bay or grit vi.l do well to sve uio a call. All communications I om| tly answered. July 17, ISflfi. BLANCS & n ODD, ATTORNEYS at law, ckdartcwn, ror.K county, oa. AH 11 pratlU'e law in the several Cos tr*-s eoraprisitio; the TaUapoosn. Circuit; also, Btrtow and Floyd Counties. Partic ular attention given to the collection q; claim*. jan 12, t>no. coxe. «•«««••«, *•% • •»• j* h vrtri s. C« xe & WiUlo, Attorneys a t g a w, AND NOTARIES PUBLIC. Cartorsvillc, Georgia. JNO. COX, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOa SOUTH CAROLINA. Sept oth 1800 lw grw W . R. MOUNTCASTLE, 1' Jeweller and Watcli and w Clock Repairer, In the Front of A. A. Skinner <St Co’s store Cartersville, Jan. 25 s JAMES MILNER, Attorney at Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. trILL practice In the Courts of the Cherokee End ad '* joining Circuits, also the Supreme and District Courts. Prompt aUeuttoii given to business entrusted ti.m.vca e, August 21 BslG.—wly J. O. O. Blackburn, ATTORNEY AT LAW EUHATLEE, BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA kVfN’.ices: Industry, protnpfitncß’ and at ieuticj march 22. w '3 T W M iner, O H Milne.. MILNER & MILNER, Attorneys at Law, URTERSVIIAE GEORGIA. vV '.J promptly to business entrusted to their care. jan. 15. ly CAL KB TOMPKINS, well f \ known for 20 Years past, as a first !. ' ) -lass HMTCH, CLOCK, and JF, WELLER I EPAIRER, t[ll j MANUFACTURER, has com menced work one door North of his former old stand, oh t he East side of the Railroad, Car i EUSYLU.E. Ga. Will sell Clocks and Watches Warranted. Nov. 10. wly S. H. PATILLO, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, -lTflll atter> i promptly t-n the Cutting. Repair- „ a » \V in? ami M iking Boys 1 and Mei’s Clo hinp. gpS Omee on the Second FI nr of Stokely &AS il- \|jJ Hams’ New Brick Building. Kntrance from —Lft- Mulol Street in rear of the Tuilding. Ftbl7. __ j Medical Notice. Die. ie. o. c. hee nr- offers liis professional services to the citizens of Cartersville and surrounding country, in Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. After an active practice of 14 years in Savannail 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, ’69. tvly JA M 3 P. MASON, JBookbl er and Paper Ruler, '..AWSHE'S BUILD G. bird Sroav,) Whitehall Street, ATLANTA - GEORGIA. A! ay 1, 1869 S. O'SHIELDS, Fashionable Tailor , CARTERSVILL E, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA. Having just received Charts of the latest styles of Gentlemens’ and Boys’ Clothing, European and American, announces that he .mja IS, prepared to execute all kinds jra ofwoik iii the Fashionable Tail- IsA tn )* It oring ine, with neatness and in ,JLL durable style. Over J. Elsas & Go's store, Cartersville melt‘eg Commercial Hotel, Cartersville, Ga., RENOVATED AND REARRANGED AND REMODDLED. T. J. LYON & CO. TWO-STORY BRICK BUILDINCi, corner of Depot Square and Market Street, East Bids ts Railroad. Rooms good and comfortable, Ftirnitnre and Bedding new. flood office and spacious Pining Room Tables well supplied with the best that the market •Cords, and charges moderate. Th« Proprietors hope, by good attention to business *0 repel** beral share of patronage. Oct. 1,1609. YOL. 8. Eennssaw £fc*ise. (LhCafed ;?* niih en«l dcpoU) Ff’DIE undersi-rned having; bought the entire 8 interest ot Dix I" le’cher,’j'rustf e for J,ou -i W. Flete'ier, in the Kenm-<tw House, and the business will Ire conducted, in the fu ture. un iitr th • name and firm of Augustine \. Foo-her A- Frey or. Thankful for past fa vors and pat mine*, they Wl )| strive to c ive the utmost satist'actioi) to at] pi*rirns of the Ken ues.iw a ’use. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER, MARIETTA. Jan. 12,%!9. F ' L ' FHtYcR ’ E - T - Wloie, j. M . Lykeg. Ameriomi Hotel. ALVBAVf A ITU PUT, ATLANTA. GKO3GIA. Vv' ii i T r. & Lyres, Proprietors. f ) Vf*CA'' R carried to and from Depot free of Charge. May 11, 1 SCO \ tl. 11, J. Wilson, J. L. Caldwell, <J ' i - Va. jan. THE OLD TENN. AM) GEORGIA ij. a, AiLANTA, GEORGIA, SAESEFX, WILSON h CALDWELL, Proprietors. •L W. F. BRYcON, Clerk. JOHN T. OVVEnT Watch aa*l Clock Repairer, and Jeweler, CARTERSVILLE, GA. IX7 ILL kce P constant- pk Y t ly on hand, for sale a well selected slock of |f^3 WATCHES, CLOCKS, Gold, Silver and Steel SPECTACLES. ,kc., Ac. Can furnish any kind of Silver date, 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. an~ 12, Ib'J'J.wly *'• Z. it Will, M.D-., ! GRADUATE of the JEFFERSON MEDICAL j COLLEGE, Philadelphia, offers his proses • s ionatservices to the citizens of Cartersville 1 and surrounding districts. His diploma, i various appointment, in the medical Staff of j U. S. A., Texas Cavalry, Ac,, as well as ev | idence of his having been a regular pi ac titiouer 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, ono door South of the Dost office, Residence East side of the Railroad, near Mrs, Sewell’s. t latersviUe, Ga., August 2nd, 2869, wly R, W.SATTEKF IELD, G. W. SATTF.KF IEU>. j R- W- SATTERFiELD & BRO. AT -‘ho Hew Brick Store First Door East of Eialts oad. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA . Have just received and opened an ENTIRE NEW STO4JE OF STAPLE AND FANCY DRYGOODS, NOTIONS, READY MADE CLOTH ING, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, CROCKERY HARDWARE, AND CUTLERY, FAMI LY GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC. To which they invite the attention of the public generally, being satisfied that they can and will sell goods as cheap, if not a lit tle Cheaper, tliai any other house in town. The attention of the ladies is especially invited to cur Stock of Summer Dress v5J* • Gentlemen can also be fitted up with whatev c]• they may Want. Country product 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 custcraers. R. W. SATTERFIELD. June 24th,—w ly. R. F. MADJOX. J. L. WINTER. B. F. Maitlax & Cos. TOBACCO COMM ISSiON MERCHANTS AGENTS FOR TIIE SALE OF fHrginia and Worth arolina TOBACCO. NO. 13, ALABAMA STREET, A TIAX T A l Consignments solicited. Will make liber al advances when desiced. aug 1, ’69 BAKERY! Restaurant! CONFECTIONERY! Fruit &n$ Toy Store. «gg£3 XxxxX^Jb- J. T. GUTHRIE, Proprietor, No. 10, StocKs Build’s, Main Street, CABTEBSVILj, GA. Bept. 15— CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. NOVEMBER 4, 1809. DR. JOHN BULL'S Srcat Remedies SMITH'S TONIC. SIRUP! FOR THE CURE OF AGUE AND FEVER OR CHILLS AND FEVER. TV proprietor of th’s ce'ehrat and merlloine ju*<ty chims for it & superiority over a!! remedies ever otter ed n> the put,lie 'or the ««/«, certain *pee4v and per manent cure of Agn- and Kver .or Chilis ;in<j Fever a Letoer of short or lone standing. He refers to the entire Western and Southwestern country to bear ’em testimony to the teut.b of the assertion, that in no c»ve whatever will It fail to cure i! the direction* are strlet iy followed and ca ried on'. In a great inajay rases a single dose baa tw -' suthriert b>e a cure, wHd wliote fami .es bave 'Ce > cu--eu by a*' -r'e bottle, with a per fect. restoration of the general health. ]> is, however, prudent, and in every ett-;e 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 especially in difficult, and long s'arding cases. Usually, this medi cine will net require any aid to keep the bowels in good order; should the patient, however, require a cathartic medicine, after hiving t -ken three or four doses of the Tonic, a single dose of KULL’B VE-HSTA- Bt.K KAM’LY Fli-LS wilt be sufficient. G«. JOilf BULL’S Principal Office IVo. 40 FiCsii, C’rosn street, Ijooisvillo, lZv> Bull’s \\ onn Destroyer. To mv United States and World-wide Read ers: lIIWE received many testimonials from profes s onal and medical men, as rny almanacs and v tri ous public t lions have shown, all of which are genuine. Ihe I olio wing from a highly educated and popular php-Seian in Georgia, is certainly one of the most sen* si»>le communicatiobf I have ever received. Dr. Clem ent knows exactly what h» *•*.„. i, r **• HV df-RfifFPR fft 4- jAaao 0., tllitt ... ...j --* - written in le'ters of gold. Hear .... it the Uvcler sajs of Bull's Worm Dcstr-ryer riilanow, Walker co., Ga, > June 29th, JB66_ \ Bit. JilfiN BULL—Dear Sir:—l htve recently giv en your “Worm De.trover” several trials, and find it wonderfully eflicaotous. It has not failed in a single instance, to have the wished-for effect. lam doing a pretty large country practice, and have daily use for some article of the kind. lam free to confess that I know of uo remedy recommended by the ablest authors that is so certain and speedy in its effects. On the con trary tiny 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 lean get it upon easy terms, I shall use a great deal of it. lam aware that the use oi such articles is contrary to the teachings and practice of a great majority of the rej ular l ne of M. D. s, but I see no just cause or good sense in discarding a remedy which we know to be ef ficient, simply because we may be ignorant of its com bination. For my part, I shall make it a rule to use all and any mems to alleviate suffering humanity which I may be able to < ommand—not. hesitating because someone more ingenious than myself may have learn d its effects first, and secured the sole right to secure hat knowledge. However, I am bv no mi ana an ad vocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nos trums that flood the country, that purport to cure, all manner of disease to which hum tn flesh is heir Please reply soon, aud inform me of your bestterms. I am, sir, must respectfully. JLLIUS P. CLLMERT, M. D. Bull’s Sarsaparilla. A GODO REASON F fl ß THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH, READ TUB CAPTAIN’S LETTER AND TIIE LET TER FROM IIIS MOTHER. Benton Barracks, Mo., April 30, 1866. Dr. John Bull-Dear Fir: Knowing the efficiency of your Sarsaparilla, and the healing and beneficial qualities it possesses, I send you the following state ment of my case: I was wounded about two years ago—was taken prisoner and confined for sixteen months. Rein" moved so often, my w-ounds have not healed j et. I have not sat up a moment since 1 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 vour Sarsaparilla than in any thing else. I wish that that is genuine. Please express me half a dozeD bottles, and oblige Capt. C. P. JOHNSON. St. Louis, Mo. P. S.—The following was written April 89,1865, by Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of Oapt Johnson. Pit. BULL— Dear Sir: My husband, Dr. C. 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 '■ a ,i a chronic diarrhoea and scrofula, for which T rave him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURED HIM. I have for ten years recommended it to many in New York Ohio and lowa, for scrofula, fever sues, and general dchili’ tv. Perfect, success has attended it. The. cure* e/fert e.d m some. m 9 e» of ,c ro/nla and fever ZZZre a!moat nnraeid ms. lam very anxious for inv son to fut of ie. V Unol OUrße y ° Ur Sj,rs aP H rt'la, He is fear- Si ffi l *i mn T Rr,: clf. hence his writing to for it. His rounds wers terrible, but I beliove he will recover. Respectfully, J6NMK JOHNSON. BULL’S CEDRON BITTERS. authentic documents. ARKANSAS HEARD FROM. Testimony of Medical Men Stony Point, White Cos., Ark., May 23, 1 66. PR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir: Last February I was in Louisville purchasing Drugs, and I got some of your Sarsappanlla and Cedron Bitters. My son-in-law, who was with me in the store, has been down with rheumatism for some time, commen ced on the Bitters, and soon found his general health innwoveffi, ] ias been in bad health, tried them, and he also improved. ...... , Dr Coffee who has been in bad health for several years —etomuih and liver affected-lie 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 “„d sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care of “'"““TS WALKER. All the above remedies for sale by L. H. BH.AOFSEX.3S, Druggist, WAITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA fib 20,1869 w\y - lie Conductor’* Story* Ye were smiking one niglit before the hotel emoking ro m "rate, when one man Raul: “I have always thought I wouhl hire to be a railroad ccnuuctor—for a while at least.” Use old conductor smiled and knoek i ed the ashes off his cigar. “IVell,” said he, “I believe nhuosi every one has had that feeling at one | time or another. There is something fascinating to a sober business man in the ;dea of doing buaiaess and earning your living at SO miles per hour, and the spice of danger that, you may at any moment be sent to kingdom by “lighting express.” is just van*.' enough to not frighten, but attract./- But to a conductor its a prosaic busi- ness enough. 8o it is to engineers and brakesmen. Don’t you remember that at the inquest over the Norwich Bridge accident, it was shown that the engineer was in the habit of opening it, and then reading a newspaper ? He was neglecting his business, of course; but it shows what habit will do; t’will make a reading-room of an express engine. “Railroad men learn the lesson of punctuality very thoroughly. It won’t do to be late or the train won't start on time, and then an awful row is cer tain. One time I was at Albany, and that afternoon the Hudson River, Bos ton and Central trains all started at 5 o’clock. Well, the conductors of the trains, and the engineers, too, wfY* down the river on a little propeller— the Julia, 1 think , slie ™ caF ctu We turned round in plenty of time, but about ten miles below Albany we ran aground. There wasn’t a conductor at the depot to take any one’s place* and the tide was falling. Williams’ a splendid, great big fellow, became desperate, jumped into the river, put his shoulders under the stern, where the propeller had caught on a mud bank, and as the boat was a nine can power only, and he was a perfect Her cules, he actually lifted her off, and we arrived in Albany just in time —on- ly Williams had to run to Syracuse with his wet clothes on. “It’s a queer existence, too, running day after day through a lot of little places that you don’t take any interest in, or know anything about, more than that the stations are called such sta tions. It isn’t such a dangerous life, either. Accident insurance companies don’t rate passenger conductors very high, but if ever you want to feel how helpless a morial you are in the hands of the Almighty, just get on an express engine, and get the engineer to “open everything” on a dark night. It’s post itively awful to see your head-ligh boring into the darkness and to think that between you and instant death there’s only the chance of the two piec es of iron you are traveling on being continuous and clear; that if somebo*- dy lias just pried up a rail since the last tra’n went over, or anchored some thing on the track, your friends won’t know your body when the coroner’s jury calls them as witnesses to your identity. “That’s the way I thought the first time I tried it, but the engineer was smoking a pipe, and the fireman was whistling 'Jim-a-long Josey.’ “When a conductor runs a train out of town and runs another in again the same day, it isn’t such a queer life as when he runs a train out one day and in the nest. Then he lives two lives. One night he is a married man at one place; the next night he’s a bachelor at another place; an the next a mar ried man again—and so on, see-saw. “There’s a kind of a queer feeliug of responsibility, having three or four hundred lives in your keeping. But then there’s the rules. If you keep to them, if anything happens it isn’t your fault. "When you are out of time and have to wait, you are sure to be cross and sure to be badgered by questions A foreigner once told me that one of the most surprising things he had seen in America, was the respect paid to conductors, and the way passengers obey them. But passengers will ask questions when you’re waiting, and its provoking. One day I was out of time, and ran off on a switch to wait for either the down train or a telegram to come on. By and by, a pompous man comes to me as I was sitting on the fence. “Mr. Conductor” says he, “what are we waiting for.” “For the down train —we are out of time. There's a single track here, and she has the right of the way.” “But suppose the down train is be hind time too.” “Then I'll get a telegram.” “But suppose they don’t telegraph ycu, how long will you wait.” “Till the wheels rust off,” said I. “He w r ent back to the coach growl ing something about having an engage- menfc in town at the hour the train was due, and I afterward found out that be was the Vice President of the r tad. But he was sensible old fellow, though quick-tempered, and I stood lie" ter with the officers for what I had said. He used to poke heavy fun at me sometimes, and recommend me to wet i he wheels and they would rust off sooner. “-It’s astonishing how reckless some railroad men become. I was on a side track waiting out of time cnee, aud a fellow comes to me and says, “Why don’t you go on?” Cause my orders are to stay,” I sHd rather sharply. “He was the new superintendent, a young fellow whom I had never seen because he’d just onto the road. He was courting a girl on the line of the J road, I afterwards found out, aud had j an engagement to go to a bull with her that night, which this lay-over in- i terferrod with. “So he said very quickly, “No they aiid’t," and when I looked surprised, he says, “I’m the Superintendent of this road, and I tell you you’ve time to get over this bit of single track and have three minutes to spare before the down train readies it. I hate calcu lated and know.” “I've got my printed orders, Mr. Superintendent,” says I, and he broke right in “Never mind your printed orders, I order you to go ahead.” “Well, I wouldn’t, and ho was aw fully mad, and swore that I shouldn’t run a week longer on the road. Proo nbl7 hq had cooled down hz would have never said a word about the matter, for he was clearly in the wrong. Three minutes is too close a shave on time when six or seven hun dred people’s lives are interested, and regular printed orders are to be obey ed till other regular printed orders are issued- But I thought at first he’d complain to the President, and I was bound to have the first talk if possible “ The President heard my story, and sent for the Superintendent. He de nied that lie had ordered mo at all, or made any threats, but said that ho had told me I had ten minutes to spare. - So it was a question of veracity, and I begun to think I would be sent back to run my train, and that running a train on that road wouldn’t bo my bu siness very long. All at once a gentleman who had been sitting with a newspaper in front of his face, at the back of the office came forward. “Mr. President," said he, “I happen to be standing ly these two men when they had that talk. The con ductor is right and the oilier man lies. If the train had gone on I had made up my mind to walk back to the last station; the chance of an accident seemed so greet.” “Then the President was mad.” “ by, good heavens t" said he, my wife and family were on that train !” Mr. Superintendent, go and draw your wages to the first of next month, and leave the road now!” But sometimes a conductor is put in such a position that the rules won’t guide him. The responsibility is very great. I remember once being so placed, and I thought at the time my hair ought to have turned whito that night with anxiety. “It was when the. Hudson River Railroad was just built. There was no telegraph, along the line then, and everything was quite primitive compar ed to what it is now. The flagmen were on a sort of a strike about those clays too, so that you trusted to luck for safe running. I was running a sort of a w’ay train be tween New York and Poughkeepsie then. Running an ‘express’ is much pleasanter than running a “way,’ you may easily imagine “An express sometimes don’t stop for an hour at a time, and after you’ve worked your coaches once, you have nothing to do but to sit down and earn your money that easy way.— Then, when you reach the next station if your braket men mind their business they can tell you how many passen gers have got into the coach, s nd then you are always abio to pick them out, because they liavn’t tue settled air of old passengers. But a way train con ductor has much harder work. “Well, I ran the train out of New York one afternoon, and had for the driver of the train a man who was fa meus for the accurate way iu which he , would come up to his stations. He j would stop any named coach almost to a foot where he said he would, but on this occasion he seemed to have ve-; ry poor luck. He ran past his stations : and had to back down, and; then again he would stop so short the engine would be in front of the station and the rear coach an eigth of a mile back, and it raining hard, too. Then he’d start up again just as the passen gers were getting out. So we kept running behind time all the while.— There was a sort of lightning express came out of New York about an hour after us, and we were gradually work ing back iuto its time. We got near Fishkill, and having made an awful bad shot at a depot, I said to the baggage master: “Mack seems to have bad luck at making his stations to-day. Wonder what’s the matter ?” “The baggage n. a iter turned around to me quit kb , aud said: ! “If you w Ult to know what I think Alack is drunk !” j ‘lt can t be,’ says I, ‘I n -ver saw him touch a drop of liquor or smell of it in siiiV WuV.” “That’s so,” said the man, “but I think lie’s drunk to-dav. Be was in this car a little while ago, and ho pick- j ed up all the brakesmen’s lanterns and ! slung them in a bundle at me. 1 dodged and they went back to the cn- j 1 gine.” “I didn’t like the idea of r drunken engineer, but had to iaugh at the fate of the lanterns. It I had known how I was going to groan over their fate i soon, I would not have laughed then. “When I got above Ifi&hkill, 1 thought I’d let those who got on at I one of the little stations ride free to i the next, while I rode uu the engine and investigated. So I got on ti e “Corning,” and Mack looked black enough’ instead of civil as usual. I joked him about his bad luck in mak ing his stations, and he growled out a curse. I asked him if he knew how nearly he had got back into the light ning express time, and he said he knew his own business. The man evidently was drunk and surly. I happened to put my hand down under the cushion of j the seat and felt a bottle. Pulling ! the cork out I smelled whisky, and ; quietly threw it overboard. But Mack I saw me and cursed me for destroying i his property. “What did you throw that bottle away for; it wasn’t your rum ?” said he, at the end of an aw ful swear. “I ll tell you why,” said I; “I’m the conductor of this train, and you are too drunk to do your business right, and you'll get worse aud worse if you had a bottle.” r * ‘‘ a “'“fimeti a savage sort ot * °rin ? and quieted down into a silent sort of a state, but he looked danger ous about the eyes. “You’re conductor of this train, ar' you ? I’ll show you how much von have to do with ruaningit,” say she, and began to ‘slow up,’ and we behind time already, you know. I did not know exactly what to do—we were getting dangerously near the lighting express time—and while I was debating, he suddenly “blew brakes,” with a fiend ish chuckle, and stopped at a station that trains never stopped at before. — I looked at my watch, and determined to send a brakesman back with a lan tern and stop the express. Just then a thought struck me that made my hair stand on end. There wasn’t a i lantern cn the train—the drunken I beast had smashed them all. 1 here wasn’t a soul at the staiion, which was miles away from its village; the ex press didn’t stop before it reached Poughkeepsie, so that I couldn’t leave word to caution, and just then I heard ih; whistle a mile or two back. ’J he ( engineer heard it too and laughed a diabolical laugh. That decided me. I caught up a wrench and hit him back of the ear and lie dropped like dead. I dragged his body (I did not know then whether I was handling a corpse or not) off the engine, and threw it down by the roadside and jumped on the engine.— “Jimmy,” said I, “the express is af ter us. Mack smashed all the lanterns —so wo can’t stop her. Our only chance is running away from her—so cram in the wood and I'll pull every thing open.” I knew r by observation how to open and shut off, but of course could not graduate the speed like a professional. I opened everything, you may be sure, and away we jumped. It was a curi ous chase. To be hunted by a loco motive don’t fall to the lot of every one. Our engine was not so powerful as the express engine was and our train was quite as long, so we cram med in the fuel and depended upon high pressure for our salvation. Os course I never thought for a moment of stopping that side of Poughkeepsie, so we speeded past tho stations all lighted with wondering,faces. Jast alter passing the second, the gong of the engine struck —someone had pulled the safety rope. The fire man’s hand went instinctively to the whistle, to “L>tow brakes,” but I caught it. It was the most anxious moment of my life. If I did not mind the sig nal and something was wrong and an accident should occur, I should always be blamed, even if I didn’t blame my self. But if I stopped, the express might—probably would—run right in to us. The pull didn’t sound profes sional—like a brakesman’s. It proba bly was a jerk at the rope by a pas senger. who had been carried past his station —so I’d chance it. “All this went through my mind like lightning, r.s you may imagine— one thinks quickly on such occasions— and I caught the fireman’s arm. He had never thought of disobeying the gong, and stared. I was too excited to speak, but pointed to the fire and he put in more wood quietly. Well, to make a long story short, I never “blew brakes,” till the engine was opposite the station. Then I shut oif„ blew one whistle and went sliding up the road. Just as we stop ped, the express, whose station whistle I heard just behind me came up to the depot, and stopped where the trains usually do. If i had minded the gong or stopped in front of the depot, Id been smashed. “You see there was no way to do but to run for it. We hadn’t a red light for the rear car; we hadn’t a lan tern, nor *couldn,t get one to send back to signal; the flagmen were on a j strike, and the express did not stop ! anywhere till it reached Poughkeepsie, and she had got so close to us, when the engineer cut up as he did, that we couldn’t stop at a station and send a man back. Before he could have got far enough away, they’d have been so cl 'se t hoy couldn't Lmve ‘bn ko up.' in tunc, but would have come rgkt in to us. “I did’t know whether I had killed M.tr-k or not, and took the ‘owl train’ hack a .'id found him all right as re gards death, but very sick from the dip I had given him. “Tim company gave me this watch when they heard of it." t S a'-hianable Human's pray er. Den r Lord, have mercy on my soul, ami please let me have the French sat in that I saw at Lederer’s this morning, tor with black lace ilounces and over skirt that dress would be very beccm mg to mi, 1 know. If you grant my request please let me have anew black 1 .co shawl also, dear Lord. I kueci before Thee to-night feeling perfectly happy, for Madame Emile has sent me Lome such a lovely bonnet!— A most heavenly little bijou ! composed of white satin, with coral ostrich tufts. For this favor I am feeling verv grate ful. Give me, I pray Thee, an humble heart and anew green silk, with point laee trimmings. Let me not grow too fond of this vain and deceitful world, like other women, but make me exceed ingly gentle and aristocratic. When j the winter fashions come let them suit my style if beauty, and let there be j plenty of puffings, pleatings, ruffles and iiounees, for I dearly love them all. Oh, Lord, let business detain my husband at M , for he is not want ed at home at present. I wish to be come acquainted with the tall, dark eyed foreigner, who is staying at Colo nel Longfellow s, opposite. Bring about an introduction, I beseech Thee, for Mrs. Longfellow will not. Bless my children, and please send them a good nurse, for 1 have neither the time nor hcliu:\UbU tb lwk after them myself. An 1 now, Oh, Lord, tako care of me while I sleep, and pray keep watch over my diamonds. Amen! Mbs. Faetesgton on Fashions. “There is one thing sure,” said Mrs. Partington, “the females of the pres ent generation are a heap more inde pendent than they need be. W hy, I saw a gal go by ‘he other day that J know belongs to the historical class of society, with her dross all tucked up, her hair all buzzled up like as if she hadn’t time to comb it for a week, anil one of her grandmother’s nightcaps, in an awful crumpled condition, on her head. Why, law, honey, when 1 was a gal, if one of the fellows come along when I had my dress tuckeel up that way, and my head kiverd ■with an old white rag, 1 would run for dear life and hide out of sight. Well, well, the gals then were innocent, uncontiscab and creatures, now they are what the French call “blazes.” “Give us this Ssay our Daily Bread.” BY MItS. SI. 0- KENNEDY. “Has not Frank come in yet?” asked a feeble voice from the bed. “Not yet,” replied Ella. “It is get ting so late that I think he must have found employment. Ido hope he has; for if not”—Here she broke off; for it footstep was heard outside, and imme diately Frank euteri and. But we never should have recognized this youth, with such a haggard countenance and slow step, as the active, joyous Frank of on ly a few months before. His sister looked up into his face for an answer to the question which she dared not ask. Disappointment was too clearly written here ; so she only said, in as cheerful voice as she could assume — “You must be very wet, Frank.- Come up to the lire and get warm. Minnie found an old barrel, and it has made a beautiful, bright Llaze. Here ,is yqur supper ; we have had ours.” | And she handed him a plate contain ing a small piece of dry bread. Ho shook his head, “I could not cat it; it would choke me.” 'ihen, seeing j the eager look that passed over Min | nie’s face, he broke it in two, and oflbr ledit to Minnie and Lilly. The eag.-r --j ness with which'they devoured it she w | ed that their share of ‘the supper’ must have been small indeed. “My son,” called his mother from tin bed, us the blaze from the sticks, which had been saved tili Frank’s arrival, be gan to die out. He was by her side in a moment, but burying his face in her pillow, he sobbed out, — “I can’t bear it mother! No one wants a boy. I have been up one street, and down another, in and out of all manner of stores, all, all day. To think of a great big boy like me, and he can’t keep his mother and sisters from starving!” “Trust in the Lord, and verily thou shalt be fed,” said his mother tender!}, laying her hand on the head of the kneeling boy. “It was hard enough,” continued he, “to see you stitching your life away, sewing night and day ; but now that you are sick.” Here he broke down again. His mother raised herself up a little, and repeated earnestly,— “I have been young, and now I am old ; yet have I never seen the right eous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” “You will see to-morrow, then,” . . iid he bitterly. “The bread is all gone, and the money 100 ; and I can’t even hold a gentleman’s horse, or carry a bundle for the price of a loaf. There is nothing left for us now but,” — “To pray, ‘Give us this day our dri ly bread,’ ” interrupted the sick mother. “Have you forgotten a passage wo oft en used to read from one of your favor ite bi oks? ‘God has more ways of pro viding for us than we can po&siuty im- ignui We are to depend on his assist uiee, earnestly to ask for it.” Minnie laid her curly little head on aer brother’s shoulder, awl said, — “Frank, don't you remember, that time, over so long ago, when I was hi de, you know” (said the child to whom -hose few months, with their burden of sorrow, seemed years), “when we tsdk °d about doing God’s will as the In lo it? Now, if our Father ill heaven was to tell the angels to go hungry, i poet tl- v.! he willing to do it tint NO. 20. i ( guess they could go hungry longer j than we rail ; and I'm going to ask aim to !-< »,! us* ottr daily bread, a; and something nice for mamma while she is sick ; and I’ll keep on asking till he sends it! That will bo like the w.e ;u you know, who said the dogs coind * of tiie crumbs that fell frmu the table, ind Jesus gave her what sho wanud. Lll tell him crumbs will do, or any king no pVases, just to keep us firm being so awful hungry." And own she dropped on her knees, and began m her childish treble, “Our Father which art in heaven, please give us this lay our da-lv bread." And this she repeated again and again, till the oth ers, from the very fore* of her earnest ness, joined Aloud with her in the pe-* t’.tioii. For a long time eiid they re main thus ; at lust Minnie rose, auei said in a voice bill of awe, — “Our Father is going to send it. I know he must have given i* to <m e of his angels, for I feel just as if it would soon be here.’' No one answered ; they could not con hr. det that childish faith ; so they sat iu sih mv, till louacd by a loud rap at the door. Minnie, who was neared, quickly opened it, and in an instant came back with a letter in her hand. •Bend it, Frank,” she said, with a strange light in her face ; “it will tell you where the bread is waiting L r us." As he tore open the envelope, it slip of paper fluttered to the floor, and he read in a choked voice, — Mas. J. 11. Dear Madam,: On looking over n fib? of old papers, I had a bill due your late husband, still lemaining unpaid. Pleas* find cheek enclosed for the full amount, principal and interest. If your son should be thinking of leading a mercantile life, 1 should be glad to have him in my store ; as I feel sure I could trust a boy brought up as a sou of my friei-cl Russel must have been. Tours truly, U, H WILSON. jvg, A lawyer once asked a Dutch man,' concerning a pig, in eoturt; “What ear-marks had he?” “Veil, veil 1 first became acquainted mit de hock, he had no car-marks ex cept a very short tail. ’ Fine Stock. —A Kentucky exchange sa\s: Mr. Alexander Met ’Unlock, of Mulersburg, on Monday last., shipped 20 mules to Georgia. They brought $225 per bend. This is thought to lie one of the best sales of mules this sea son. The produce of a single grape vino of the scupperuoug variety, m Jackson ville, Florida, bus been sold for one hundred and ninety-two do liars. The trade in hog meat in the United States, exceeds $75,000,000. Ninety nine hundredths of it is transacted in the Mississippi Talley. A special dispatch from ’Washington to the Charleston News says that the judges of the Supreme Court decided on Saturday not to render their decis ion in the Forger fwbt'a* ctnytm Case un til next Monday. The Kt publicans profess to know that the decision is made up, and is adverse to the con stitutionality of the lioeonslrueuin laws. 'J he Chronicle thinks that all of the judges, except Justin s Swayne, Miller and Greer, are against the con stitutionality of the law, and is of the opinion that if the decision be adverse the President will at once call Con gress together and not wait for the December session. Both houses of the Virginia Legis lature, on Tuesday, went into election of U. S. Senators, and elected Lieut. Gov. John F. Lewis, for long term, and Judge John Johnson, tor short term. A three-story brick house, eighteen, by forty feet, and in the construction. )f which 42,1150 bricks were used, was recently built in Lancaster, Pa., in nineteen hours and a half, and persons were living in it three days from the time when it was commenced. Petko Oil. The Editor of the Mountain Signal pays his respects to Petr© Oil thusly: “Wo believe tho people would do well to adopt the use of i’etro Oil, which is said to be non-explosive.— It costs about llie same, only burn * out much quicker. It i-j highly recom mended everywhere.” No, adopt Peter Marsh s Lsunih* Oil; it never explodes, and gives a splendid light. Grilti it. The Star is soon to be issued and ,;j\ It is a live paper and we wish it suc cess. From its last issue wo clip the following items : The best news of all for Griffin peo ple is, that Messrs Orient and Alexan der, tho great contractors, have taken a contract to lay the rails on the new railroad from Gridin to the Chattahoo chee river, to commence immediately, and lay at least ha a" a mile } *r day, under heavy penalties, so there is now no doubt of the road being completed to Newnun by the Ist of January next. Splinter* Laying down the law—Flooring a counsellor. “Money is very tight,” said a this f who was trying to break open a ba ak vaulfc. Conundrum for mariners—Woul 1 pigs be in their element in the Iron h of the sea? A piece of work no printer ever yet turned up his nose at—the proof of a pudding. Squib, speaking financially, «>-ys if was the last camel’s hum for .Mrs. S. which broke his back.
