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pTFf £SSI 3N A L CAft dT
JOHN Y/. W QiFO R 0 , =
Attorney at Law,
OFFICE OVER CURRY’* STORE.
Oct. 17. 1868
K. W. Mt’RPIIEY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartertville. Ca.
fkilLL praetice !► the »>■# Ourti of Cherokee Ctr
f? rail. TertieuUr *itentlon *irrti to the e illrellen
es alstsM OfEwe With t «<L Ahda Johuton. Oct. 1
I’ll. /. M. JOHNSON,
Dentist,
r tBPCCT/ULLY sffer* hi. Fi-oleest-esl
|\ wrrlcet to the rlfieot es C.rlersvll'e ’’' **•*
end elelnlte. lelt to do w-rk
•• t 1* late*! aud moat imp.e»cd e*y!e.
f. eth entrse**' w'th»nt j>*ln, hy mean* es nareotie
er»».] W• rk s'! warranted. Office oeer Stokeley'i
Ssis, CARTE lit V ILL K Oa. »«b. to IM».-wsm
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
CaRTEKAVILLE.ua.
JOHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Cartenvllle, Ua.,
W TILL etteuJ promptly tea alt busi.irsi* en
y/nl IrusleJ t<» liis care. Will,tract ce in the
Ceuife of l aw, nnJ Equity in the Cherokee
d’irruit. Spec .1 attention given to the collec
tiea es claim*. Jan. 1. !466. lv
JOHN J. JONES,
REAL ESTATE ACE AT,
CARTERSVIIIE, GA.
I 1 a authorised t* tell, And hare on hand iiTtrt!
tMfri ncd Lot?, «mt n« r nrroiis building loti in thf j
U«i . f OurtertTl! e. A two a»*v**r*l plantation* of Y*ri
*i- #• l» Boftow C3u.tr. P;trti«ia desiring to buy or
• •II *i Ido «r«ll to e vt mi a oaIL All o'*'ira»tiriicmtioQ*
promt t!y *n*w*red. July 17, 1866.
BLANCE & nooo,
A 1 T o It N E Y S A T I* A W,
CEDARTOWN, POLK COUNTY. CJA.
•till practice law in the several
•'« irtd com prising the* Ta lapooaa f'ireait;
• is.-, Uartow and Floyd Counties. Partic
ular attention given to the collection oi
alaime. jan 12,1 y
nt* coxr J. n. while.
Coxe Ac Wilale,
41 TU INE YS AT I. AW ,
AND
NOTARIES PUBLIC-
Cartertville, Georgia.
JJfO. < OX, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS
FOR SOUTH CAROLINA.
••j.t Silt 1869 lyr.
U ts . R. UUI'MC ISTLE,
£ - j weilpr and Watch and
' >' Clock Repairer,
the F nt of A. A. Skinner \ Co’* etor*
.’at at villc. Jan. 2 a
JAMES MILNER,
At t orney at Law,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA.
HrlLt r rpctic* In the Court* of the Cherokee »nd *d
v* jolnC g Circuits, «l§o The Supreme *nd District
Courts. Prompt »tt*utiou given to buonew entrusted
4, BJCft i. August‘il &&16.—wlj
J. C. C. Blackburn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
EUHAUEE, BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA-
Re at ?aces : Industry, promp itnde and at-
Aentirx inarch 22. w’j
T VF M Iner, 0 H Milner.
MILNER & MILNER,
Attorneys at Law,
tWUiRSVILLE GEORGIA.
W II a 1 tend promptly to business entrusted
la their c ire. j«n. 15. ly
S. H. PATILLO,"
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
xartll attec I t° the CnUli-r, Repair-
M lag and tf»kin*c B.iy*' ami Me >’* Clo Waa, 'PI
• tie* on the Second IT or of Stokely * Wil- (O
Hrm?’ New Bii k Betiding, iintrance from !*■
K»lB Street In rear oi the luiluing. Fib 11.
WARREN AKIN,
Attorney at Law*
CARTIRSVILLE, GEORGIA
Will practice in all the Court* ot'the State
Commercial Hotel, Cartcrsville, Ga.,
RENOVATED AND
REARRANGED AND REMODDLED.
T. J. LYON & CO.
TWO-6TORV BRICK M7IT,r.INf», corner .t Drpot
Squaro and Market S'reet. Fast Bids es Railroad.
Rooms good and comfortable.
Farnltnr* and Bedding now.
fyood office and rpactons Dining Room
Tables well supplied with th* best that the market
fords, and charges moderate.
The Freprletor* hope, by good attention to business*
•a i..St>e a liberal (bars of patronage. Oct. t, 1569.
JAM!' S P. MASON,
Bookbl » er and Paper Ruler,
lAWSHE'S BU,L ° ,fi,^|gj^
Whitehall Strut,
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
Mar 1,
S. CrSHIELDS.
Fashionable 2'ailor t
CARTERS Will. BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA.
Having j st received Charts of the latest
styles Jt Gt utiemena’ and boys' C'othu g
European an I Autencan. aim. unct’s that ht
tIS pr« pared to execute all kinds .Jtd
of wojk ii> the Faahioitable Tail
©ring in©, with neatners and in u
•Jersoie style Over J. Elsas it Go’s store,
Gartorsvillti n'ch -tig
- - : ■ ■ i
C. THOMPKINS, 1 avorably
known as a good Workman on
clocks and watches and
jewelry, removed bis place
Work to his lieeidonce oa the
Hill, East Side of the Railroad, near Mr. A.
Wotk done on short uotiea
Call e&d see.
VOL. 8.
Kenncsaw House.
(K.uc.tfe<l at railroad depot.)
FfIHE uiidersisned having bought the entire
1 interr *t of Dix Fletcher. TrusUe for Lou
i»a W. Fletcher, in tin- Kennesaw Houee.
and the business will be conducted, in the fu
ture, under the neine and firm of Augustine
A. Fletcher <*• Freyer. Thankful for past fa
vors and patronage,they will .frive to five tha
utmost sntiefaclion to .11 patrons of the Ken
necaw House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER.
MARIETTA. Jan. lt.Vtt/’ L ‘
*. T. White, j. M. Lykse.
American Hotel,
ALABAMA CTRIKT,
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
White & Lykes,
Proprietors.
BAOGAUE carried to end from Depot
free of Charge. May U. |Bf.O
r, B. S.sirea, B, J Wilsoe, J. L. Caldwell,
On. V*. XU.
TIIE OLD TENS’. AND GEORGIA
e» 3. I&SS4,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
IAISEEN, WILSON M CALinVKIX. ProprleUrs.
J. W. r. BRYSON.CIerk.
JOHN T. OwlwTj
Walclt and ('lock Repairer,
and Jeweler,
CARTERSVILLE, CA.
CAT ILL keep constant- asv aa
\ V ly on hand, for sale Hua
a well selected stock of KQ
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Gold, Silver and Steel
SPECTACLES.
.j-c., &c. Can furnish any kind of Silver
I’late, extra fine Ge'd Watches or Jewelry,
at short notice, a* cheap as they can be
bought in any other market. Goode cheap.
Work warranted. Terms cash,
aug 12, 186V.wly
LIVERY STABLE.
E,. XD. MOON.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
IS prepared, at all hours, to furnish con-.
veyances into the country—saddle-horse,
buggy, hack, rockaway, or wagon. Also, to
board stock, &c. dot, 3.
ft, W.SATTERrIKLO, «. W. ■ATTEB ftlEt V.
R W SATTERFIELD L BRO.
AT
The Nexv Brick Store
Flrftt Door East of Railroad*
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA •
Have just received and opened aa
ENTIRE NEW STOCK
or
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 (he
public generally, being satisfied that 'hey
can and will sell goods as cheap, if not a lit
tle Cheaper, that any other house in town.
The attention of the ladies is especially
invited to our Stock of Summer Dress
*. i«
Gentlemen can also be fitted up with
whatever they may Want.
Country produce taken in exchange for
goods, at the highest market price.
Having withdrawn from the late Firm of
J. 11. Satterfield & Cos, I would respectfully
solicit the patronage of my old friend* and
custcraers.
R. W. SATTERFIELD.
June 24th, —w ly,
R. T. KADuOX. J- L. WINTER
E. F. Maddox & Go.
TOBACCO
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AGENTS FOR TIIE SALE OF
Virginia and JVorth arolinm
TOBACCO.
NO. IS, ALABAMA STREET A TLAH T A
Consignments »olieited. Will make liber
al advances when desiced. aug 1, ’69
BAKERY!
CONFECTIONERY!
Fruit out TOJ
Store.
J. T. GUTHRIE,
Proprietor.
No. 10, Stocks Build’s,
Main Ntreet,
CARTERS VILE, GA.
•apt 16—*
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. NOVEMBER 25, 1809. NO. 23.
DR. JOHN BOLL'S
Great Remedies
SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP!
TOR THE CURE OF
AGUE AND FEVER
OR
CHILIS AND FEVER.
Th. proprietor «f this eel.hr.tr4 me-felne joWly
claim, fur It a luperlonty over all rraiolie* ever offer
ed to the puMte for the «<(/*. c« rtaim *pt,dv *ndper
mnnent core of Apo- and feveratrCl.il!* and f.ver
whether of ehort or lonw »tandinp. He refer, to the
entire Weetern and Sou’hwettevn country to bear him
testimony to the truth of the a»e r tion, that In no care
Whatever will It fall to enre if the direction, are .trlet
ly followed and ca rletl out. In a *rrat many care* a
■lotfl. dose ha* neen .ulllolent for a eu'e, and whole
families have teen cured hy a .Ingle bottle, with a p-r
--sect restoration of the general health. It is, however,
prudent, and in every case more ee. t-.»p to cure. If it.
use »e oan'lntied tn .mailer doae. far . week or two »f.
ter the diaea.e ha. o*en checked, more c.peuUllv In
difficult and I >»g standing CH*e«. Usually, this medi
cine will not require *>.y aid to ke»p th. bow.U In
«ood order; should the patl.nt, however, require a
cathartic medicine, after h-.vlny t- Itrn three or four
doae. of the Totilr, a alnrle dow of BULL’ 1 * VITETA
BLK fAM’LY Plul-B will h. auficicct.
DR. JOHN Blllal^S
frinclpal Otflc.
>•- 40 Fifth. CrosN street,
Louisville, Ky.
Bull’s Worm Destroyer.
To my IlniUd State* and World-wide Read
ers:
I HAVE received many t.atimot lal. from prof*«-
• ooal and medical turn, a. my almar.aca and vari
ous publication, hav. shown, all of which are penulne.
Th* following from a highly nduc.ted and p.-puia.
phprlclan ill Georgia, 1. certainly oi.e of the moat aen
iible couuuunlsatiorif I have ever received. Dr, litin
ent koowi exactly what he ipeaks es, and hi. testimo
ny dr.erve.t. be written tn la ter* of gold. Hear
what the Doctor says of Bull't Wurm De.tr. yer
Yillanow, Walker co., Ga. )
June 29th, 1866 ]
DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir:—l h*v. recently giv
en your “Worm Deatroyer” several trial.-, and find i,
wonderfully efficacious. It has not failed in a single
Instance, to have Hi. wi.hed-for effect. I aut doing »
pretty Urge country practice, aid have daily me for
s.rne article of the kind. lam free to c- nfraa that I
know of no remedy recommended by theable.t author
that U.o certain and speedy In It. -ffects. 4-ri the con
trary they are uncertain In the extreme. My object
In writing you is to find out upon what terms 1 can
get the medicine directly from yon. If I can get it
upon easy terms, I shall use a great deal of it I art
aware that the use of such articles is contrary to the
teachings and practice of a g, eat inxjorDy of the reg
ular l‘ne of M. D.’a, but I see no just cause <rgm and
sense in discarding a remedy which we know to be ef
ficient, simpiy because we may be ignorant of Its com
bination. For my part, I shall make It a rule to ui-e all
aod ary me-PS to alleviate suffering hum mlty which
I may be able to ■ ommand—not hesitating because
.’me one more ingenious than myself may have learn
d its effects first, and secured the sole right tc secure
hat knowledge. How ever. lamby no iman* an ad
vocate or supporter of th* thousands of worthless nos
tiums that flood th* country, that purpart to cure all
manner of disease to which humm flesh is heir.—
Please reply anon, and inform maof your beat terms.
1 ass,sir, most ranpeetfnilv,
JUULd r. CLEMENT, M. D.
Bull’s Sarsaparilla.
A GOOD REASON F n R THE CAPTAIN S FAITH,
READ THE CAPTAIN'S LETTER AND TU* LET
TER FROM IIIS MOTHER.
Benton Barrack*, Mo., April 30, ISM.
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir: Knowing th* efficiency
of your Sarsaparilla, and the healing and beneficial
qualities it poetises, I send you the following state
ment of my ca»e:
I was wounded about two years ago—was taken
prisoner and confined for sixteen month*. Heine
moved *o often, my wound* have not healed yet. I
have not sat up a moment aince 1 wai wounded. I
am shot through tha hip*. My general health It itn
oalr.d, and I need something ta atudst nature. I
have more faith In your S trsaparilla than In anv thine
eU*. I wiah that that Is genuine. Please express me
half a dosen bottler, and oblige
Capt. C. P. JOHNSON.
St. Louis, Mo.
P. B.— The following was written April 3». 1S«, by
Mr*. Jennie Johnson, mother of Capt Johnson.
DK. BULL—Dear Sir: My husband. Dr. 0. 8. John
son, was a skillful surgeon and phistcisn in Central
New York, where he died, leaving the above C. P.
Johnson to my care. At thirteen years of age he had
a chronic dlarthoeo and gerofnlt, r>r which I gave
him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURED HIM. I have for
ten years recommended It to many In New York, Ohio,
and lowa, for serofnla. fev*» awes, and gener'l drhiil
ty. Perfect sucre** ha* a»*enled It. The curt* efect
ed in enme caete of erro/uln and fever tore* were
almoet mirncvlnt* lam very anxious for nr *on to
again hav# tecourse to your Sartaparllla. He t* fear
fn' of gel ting a *pur|ou* article, hence hi* writing to
you for it. Hl* wound* wer* terrible, hut I believe he
will recover. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON.
\
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BULL'S CEDRON BITTERS.
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
ARKANSAS HEARD FROM.
Testimony of Medical Men
Steny Point, Whits Cos., Ark., May tt.'M.
DR JOHN BULL—Desr Sir: Last February I wa*
In Louisville purchasing Drugs, and 1 got sous of
vour Saisapparilla and Csdron Bitter*.
J My son-in-law, who was with m* In tho store, has
been down with rheumatism for some time, commen
ced on the Bitters, and won foand his general health
b<#B i n bad health, tried them,
and he also improved.
Dr Coffee, who ha* been in bad health for *ever»l
year* —xtomach and Hew affected-h* improved very
much bv the use of your Bitter*. Indeed the Cedron
MtlinhM glvsu you great Popularity In this sett,e
ment I think I could sell a great quantity of your
Rlekatt •»**»/. Rasp artfully, w A j K g R
All th# abeve resaadies for sal# by
t H. BRADFIELD,
Druggist,
WAITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA
4* M.lMtwly
iaecdalri ol the Rev. Peter
CarlwrigUt.
Peter Cartwright was born Septem
ber, 2, 1785, in Amherst County, in
the State of Virginia. His father waa
a revolutionary soldier. Shortly after
his Lnrth his parents removed to Ken
tucky, then an unbroken wilderness,
over which emigrants moved on pack
horses. When Peter was nine years
old Jacob Lurton, a traveling preacher,
held religious services in his father’s
cabin. This Lurton he styles a "real
son of thunder. He preached with
great power, and the congregation
were almost melted to tears.” A
small class was soon organized in the
neighborhood. This little society was
visited by a “mighty revival” in *1799,
and a church was built, called Ebr.ne
zer. This was in what was then called
Cumberland Ci cuit, and Kentucky
District in the Western Conference,
the seventh conference in the United
States.
Logan County, where the Cart
wrights lived, was called the "Rogues’
Hurbor.” Refugees from all parts of
the country, tied thither to escape jus
tice. Murderers, horse-thieves, high
way robbers, and counterfeiters actu
ally formed a majority of the inhabi
tants, and were able to set law at de
fiance. The honest people, under the
name of Regulators, combined togeth
er and formed a vigilance Committee
for the execution of the laws. It was
in such a desperate state of society
that Peter Cartwright’s boyhood was
passed. "I was naturally,” he says,
“a wild, wicked boy, and delighted in
horse-racing, card-playing, and danc
ing. My father restrained me but lit
tle, though my mother often talked to
me, wept over me, and prayed for me,
and often drew tears from my eyes:
and though I often wept under preach
ing, and resolved to do better ami
seek religion, yet I broke ray vows,
went into young company, rode races,
played cards, and danced.” Gamb
ling became his besetting sin.
At length, about the beginning of
the present century, Logan county be
came more civilized. Murderers and
horse-thieves disappeared, and preach
ing became more frequent. About
this time the Cane-ridge camp-meeting
was held — a meeting protracted for
weeks, and attended by from 12,000
to 25,000 people. Preachers of all de
nominations were present, and be
tween them one and two thousand
souls were converted. This was the
first camp-meeting ever held in the
United States. It was about this time
(1801,) that Peter was converted, and
joined the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The following incident illustrates
the ignoranee with which the early
Methodist preacher in the Vest had to
contend. The Rev. Wilson Lee,
prf aching in Peter Cartwright’s neigh
borhood, took for Ids text, "Except a
man deny himself, and take up his
cross, he cannot be my disciple.” He
urged on bis congregation with melt
ing voice and tearful eyes, to take up
the cross; no matter what it was, take
it up. He made a very profound im
pression upon a very wicked Dutch
man in his congregation, whose wife
was a notorious scold. After dismiss
ing the meeting, Mr. Lee mounted his
horse and rode away. After riding
some distance, he saw, a little ahead
of him, a man trudging along carrying
a woman on his back. This greatly
surprised Mr. Lee. He very naturally
supposed that the woman was a criple,
or had hurt herself in some way, so
that she coaid not walk. The traveler
was a small man, and the woman
large and heavy.
Before he overtook them, Mr. Lee
began to cast about his mind how he
could render them assistance. When
he came up to them, 10, and behold,
who should it be but the Dutchman
and his wife that had been so affected
under his sermon at meeting. Mr.
Lee rode up and spoke to them, and
inquired of the man what had happen
ed, or what was the matter, that be
was carrying his wife.
The Dutchman turned to Mr. Lee
and said, "Besure you did tell *us in
you sarmon dat we must take up de
cross and follow de Saviour, or dat we
could not be saved or go to heaven;
and I does desire to go to heaven so
much as any pody; and dish vise is so
pad, she scold and scold all de time,
and dish woman is de greatest cross I
have in de world, and I does take her
up and paie her, for I must save my
soul.”
In May, 1802, Peter Cartwright was
permitted bo exercise his gift as an
exhorter. In the fall hi» father mov
ed down the Cumberland into I*ewis
ton County. Here Presiding Elder
Page gave Peter authority to travel
through that destitute region, and
hold meetings, organize classes, and,
in a word, to form a circuit. Consid
ering his education defective be enter
ed the best school to be found in the
neighborhood, where he stayed for a
short time; and then went into the ac
tive work of the ministry. Iu 1808
he was ordained a deacon by Bishop
Asbury. He was married to Frances
Gaines August 18, 1808, and the fol
lowing October was ordained an elder
by Bishop M’Kendree. In 1813 be
was appointed by Bishop Asbury pre
siding elder of the Green River Dis
trict, in Tennessee. From that time
to the present day the Rev. Peter
Cartwright has lived and wrought in
the West with characteristic energy,
and his labors have been attended
with memorable succesa "I have liv
ed,” he says, in his autobiography, "to
see this vast Western wilderness rise
and improve and become wealthy with
out a paralell in the history of the
world; I have outlived every member
of my father’s family; I have outlived
every member of the class I joined in
1800; I have outlived every member
of the Wester a Conference in 1804,
save one or t,vo; I have outlived eve
ry member of the first General Con
ference that I was elected to, in Balti
more, in 1816, save five or six; I have
outlived all my early bishops; I have
outlived every presiding elder that I
ever had when on circuits; and I have
outlived hundreds and thousands of
my cotemporary ministers and mem
bers, as juniors, and still linger on the
shores. Though all these have died,
they shall live again, and by the grace
of God I shall live with them in heaven
forever.
Peter Cartwright, in his ionrneys
upon various circuits in the W«*t, met
with many very pocuKur characters.—
And, as he himself was very eccentric,
these encounters led often to very
amusing results. He tells the follow
ing anecdote of thfe conversion of two
young ladies, whose mother was the
terror of all preach ers. He was warn
ed not to visit tl em, but determined to
go. The reception given him by the
old lady was anything but iuviting,
she even ordered him to take the door.
He told her he had come to talk and
pray with her two daughters. She
said he should not pray in her house,
and shaking her fist in his face she
again ordered him out. The con est
listed for some time. The busbaud
was a poor henpecked man, and she
reigned supreme. At last, telling the
woman to be seated, he kneeled to
pray. He kept one eye open, for he
had to watch ns well as pray. In
his prayer he gave a description of the
woman anything but flattering. He
invoked the Almighty to love her, if
possible, and do it quick. But if there
was no salvation for her, he prayed to
God, to kill her, and damn her at once.
Afterwards he met her, and found her
a changed woman.
Os course Peter Cartwright was a
Jacksonian ic politics; but the follow
ing incident that occurred in connec
tion with the meeting of the Nashville
Conference, in 1818, showed he was
not scared by even "Old Hickory."—
"The city preacher," he says, "inform
ed me tii at I w.is to preach on Mon
day evening in Dr. Blackbonrn's
•hurch, and charged me to be sure
and liehave myself. I made him ray
best bow, ami thanked him that ho bad
given me any appointment at all; and
assured him I would certainly behave
myself the best I could. ‘And now,’
said I, ‘Brother Mac, it really seems
providential that you have appointed
me to preach in the Doctor’s church,
for I expect they never heard Metho
dist doctrine fairly stated and the dog
mas of Galvanism exposed; and now,
Sir, they shall hear the truth for once.
Said the preacher, ‘You must not
preach controversy.' I replied, ‘if I
live to preach there at nil, I’ll give Cal
vanism one riddling.’ ‘Well,’ said the
preacher, ‘I recall the appoiutineut,
and will send another preacher there;
and you must preach in the Metho
dist church Monday evening; and do
try and behave yourself.’ ‘Very well,’
said I; ‘l’ll do my best.’
“The preacher’s conduct toward me
was spread abroad, and excited consid
erable curiosity. Monday evening j
came; the church was filled to over
flowing; every seat was crowded, and
many had to stand. After singing
and prayer, Brother Mac took his seat
in the pulpit. I then read my text:
‘What shall it profit a man if be gaiu
the whole world and lose his own soul ?
After reading my text I paused. At
that moment I saw General Jackson
walking up the aisle; he a roe to the
middle post and very gracefully leaned
against it and stood, as there were no :
vacant seats. Just then I felt some
one pull my coat in the stand, and
turning my head, my fastidious preach
er, whispering a little loud, said, ‘Gen
end Jackson has come in; General
Jackson has come in.’ I felt a flash
of indignation run all over me like un J
electric shock and facing about to my j
congregation, and purposely speaking |
audibly, I said, ‘Who is General Jack- j
son ? If he don’t g*;t his soul convert- j
ed, God will damn him as quick as he i
would a Guinea negro!’
“The preacher tucked his head down
and squatted low, and would, no doubt,
have been thankful for lea*e of ab
sence. The congregation, General
Jackson aud all, smiled or laughed
right out, all at tke paeacher’s ex-
the congregation was
dismissed, my city stationed preacher
stepped up to me, and very sternly
said to me, ‘You are the strangest
man I ever saw; aud General Jack
son will chastise you for your insolence
before you leave the city.’ Very clear
of it,’said I, '.general Jackson, I no
doubt, will applaud my course; and if
he should undertake to chastise me, as
Paddy said, there is two as can play at
that game.*
"General Jackson was staying at
one of the Nashville hotels. Next
morning very early, my city preacher
went down to the hotel to make an i
apology to General Jackson for my
conduct in the pulpit the night before.
Shortly after he had left I passed the
hotel and I met the General on the
pavement, and before I approached
him by several steps he smiled and
reached out his ha.id, and said;
"Mr. Cartwright, you are a man .if- j
ter my own heart lam much sur ,
prised at Mr. Mac, to thiuk he would \
suppose that I would be offended at I
you. No, Sir; I told him that I high- j
ly approved y >ur independence; that
a minister of Jesus Christ ought to
love everybody and fear no mortal
man. I told Mr. Mac that if I had a
few thousand such independent, fear
less officers as you were, and a well
drilled army, I could take old Eng
land.”
George Peabody, the great philan
thropist, is dead. Nearly all the New
York papers of the sth contain obitua
ry articles
Tke Itewllcked Farm-
AN INTERESTING STORY.
We often hear of haunted houses
and bewitched places. Most of those
stories originate from some simple
matter if it is carefully examined.
Some years ago a gentleman went to
visit a friend named Tred dock, in the
country, and found him in great per
plexity, in consequence of a series of
very mysterious goings on, by which
he had been put to a great annoyance
and loss.
The first incident was the finding of
three or four geese dead, with their heads
wholly or partly Beveied, as if the necks
had bet n cut by some jagged instru
ment. On the following afternoon,
the fine mastiff dog. kept in a kennel
at the end of the house, was discovered
lying at the lull length of his chain,
beaten and bruised to his last gasp.—
He bad been heard, some time before,
to give two or three sharp, whining
barks, and in consequence of the affair
of the geese, a servant-girl had looked
out instantly. The girl did not, it ap
peared, then give any attention to the
kennel; and it was not until some half
hour afterward that a wagoner observ
ed the poor dog stretched ou the
ground, moaning and bleeding. The
animal had to be shot, to put him out
of his misery, and the supposition was
that he received his iujuries at the time
he Wits heard to bark.
It was to be expee'ed that a second
such extraordinary occurrence, follow
ing so closely on the first, should arouse
the duspicions of the household; and in
consequence of it, Treddock aud a man
servant sat np all that night ou the
hearth, in anticipation of thieves break
ing into the house, my friend reasoning
that the getting rid of the watch dog
must indicate an intention of that kind.
Rut no such an attempt was made;
the gray dawn found nil safe, and the
master went to his bed. He was,
however, awakened in less than an
hour to receive the unpleasant news
that one of the cows was hopelessly
crippled in the home-field, having two
of its legs, a fore and a hind one, on
the same side, broken to splinters.
Close search was made for foot
marks, or for any other clue, and in
quiries were also instituted at the ad
joining farms, and down at the village,
whether any suspicious characters had
been seen about the district. No in
formation pointing to the offender, m r
any solution at all of the mystery was
to be obtained.
About noon on the third dav, five
sheep were missed from tue flock feed
ing in one of the meadows, and they
were at length discovered, lying scat
tered abcut in a hollow; and in this
case the aid of the butcher w.as not i-e-:
quired, for they had ail been killed out- ;
right, each oue by a blow from some :
blunt imstrument, delivered on the j
back part of tho head.
Early on the jnorning of the gentle
man s arrival, the family wore aroused
by a tremendous crash, aud on des- i
cending. they found a window knock- j
ed in by two blows, though but one j
was heard.
A constable was sent for, a good
bull dog procured, and watch kept up
for the evil doer, but all in vain. A
valuable cart-horse was severely in
jured; and the next day the dog was
found dead, its skull smashed in; but
while all were iu anxiety and terror,
they were roused by shouts that tho
constable was killed. It proved al
most so. In a field near the house the
poor fellow lay, his head and shoulders
in a pool of blood, which streamed
from a terrible wound on his head.
Mr. Treddock now thoroughly
alarmed, ordered his wife to get ready
to leave the house. Mrs. Treddock
hugged her child to her breast, while
she bent over the injured; but she an
swered that sh® would not go away,
unless Mr. Treddock went with her;
everybody, she said, had better go and
leave the place to itself. The servants,
short as the time was, were bringing
boxes down stairs, and one or two had
gut their bonnets on. This last hor
rible affair, occurring in broad day,
had broken down tho courage of every
body, and the whole premises having
been thrown into coufusiou, no one
daring to venture now from one room
to another alone. Meanwhile, the con
stable continued to breathe, and more;
now and then he tossed up his arniM,
but seemed to oe quite unconscious.—
By-and-by, though the interval seemed
cruelly long, the surgeon arrived, and
after a hasty examinotion, he pronoun
ced that the constable’s head was frac
tured in two pieces. He said, as far
as he could judge, the blows had been
struck with a dull edged instrument.
Under the doctor’s instructions, the
old man was removed to a couch in
another room, which could be kept free
from iutrudera
Treddock, after making another ef
fort, finally succeeded, by the aid of
the chorusing woman, in persuading
his wife to take the child away from
the Grange down iuto the village.—
She went up stairs for her own bonnet
aud shawl, and for Master Charlie’s
hat, aud was shortly fully dressed, and
ready to start, A big servant-girl had
the baby in her arms, and after he
had received the father’s showers of
kisse.s, she set out iu advance of her
mistress, who turned back for another
little tit of hysterical sobbing ou Tred
dock’s broad breast.
“The black mare—the black mare 1”
was the next moment yelled in a score
of terrified vocies, and a chatter of
hoofs dashed pass the front door, “She
has got the child 1” next struck on the
ear in horror.
Instantly everybody was pouring
pell-meU through the doorway, but
Tom Treddock's fists, striking right
and left iu sudden fury, made for him
self the foremost way, his poor star
msd wife, however, keeping » dragving
| holt of him. But once outside, every
j body came to a sudden standstill; the
parent* stopped transfixed in wonder
ing terror, like every one else.
On the other aide of a small pond
just beside the house, to the left and
through which she must have rush
ed, stood a beautiful black mare re
cently bought for Mrs. Treddock’s use,
with the child hanging from its jaws,
held up by the clothes; and just as we
all got sight of her, she ducked her
head, and dipped the struggling in
fant under the water, clearly bodily
into the pond.
Some men who had been hastening
toword her, stopped, amazed at this
maueover, and lifting her head, the
she-devil stood at bay, white streams
of vapor escaping from her nostrils,
and her eyes blazing blood red.
With a ringing shriek, Mrs. Tred
dock ru died toward the pond, and
Tom followed her, but once more the
devilish creature ducked her head, and
plunged the child in the inuddy chok
ing water. The mother fell headlong,
ami the father stiffened where he
checked himself, with his big helpless
arms upraised, while everybody remain
ed tnotionLss, fascinated with horror.
One old woman idone had presence of
mind, which afterward shamed all the
rest; she rushed back into the house,
and a moment 1 iter she thrust a gun
into my hands, I happening to be near
est, says the visitor who witnessed the
strange scene.
This broke the spell, I ran for the
pond, a wild cry going up from every
quarter at the sight of my weapon.—
The hellish eyes of the mare met mine,
and again she dropped the child to
ward the water, but in doing so, she
exp sed her neck, and I fired for the
junction of the shoulder blade. Al
though n sort of darkners instantane
ously blinded my eyes, I saw through
it that the black mare fell at the edge
of the water, where she had stood, and
that the child Hooted loose, a white
speck upon the surface of t e ponl
A moment later, the fiend in hide and
hoofs, was dead, and the half drowned
infant was rescued, but uot au instant
too soon. Tom Treddock staggered
to me, but in the act of grasping my
hand, tumbled into the arms of those
about him.
Matters were at last cleared up. It
was the black mare which had done all
the mischief, end this last horrid act
was only the climax which disclosed the
mystery. Some men had tried to cat ch
her for Mrs. Treddock to ride away,
but found her wild and excited: she
dashed about so that it took them a
long time to hi m her in; and just as
they had succeedded to drive her to
ward the house, the servunt girl had
gone out of doors with the child. She
explained that she had put the infant
down on his feet on the ground, where
he propp'd himself against a sunny
wall, wlnl* she arranged her shawl;
and at that instant, the devil possessed
brute swooped him up in her jaws, and
carried him off to the pond in the sight
of a score of eyes. It was no less clear,
strange as it seemed, that the mare had
done all the rest of the hoinbie mis
chief. As she lay there, part in the
water and part out, blordstains, which
seemed to have freshened into recent
patches, were discoveted on both hoofs
of the fore feet. Her iron shoes were
unquestionably the instruments that
had inflicttd the constable’s wounds;
and they also had beaten out the
brains of the dogs, and killed the sheep,
broken the legs of the cow. bruised ob
the cart horse, and dashed in the win
dow.
It is said that “apples, if eaten at;
breakfuet, wi' h coai se bread and but-1
ter, without meat or flesh, will remove
constipation, correct acidities, and cool
off' febrile conditions more effectually
than the most up roved medicines.— i
They prevent debility, strengthen di-;
gestion, correct ehe putrifaciive ten
dencies of nitrogenous food, avert scur
vy and strengthen the power of pro- j
ductive labor.” Just so; make splen- ;
did vineger, good cider, and pretty fair
brandy. Eat 'em agaiu.— Exchange, j
There was a man who lived in Caw*
county, Georgia, many years ago, \vho i
had once been in the State Legislature, j
and never neglected an opportunity to i
emphasize the fact. He was a sceptic !
as to new discoveries and the new sci
ences, being perfectly satisfied that if
the world should turn over, all the wa
ter would spill oat of his well, and on
ly gave in to steam cars by slow de
grees. But all the vials of his contempt
were poured out upon the idea of a tel
egraph, and he was wont to say that
nobody need try to come “the green"
over him that way, for he had been in
the Legislature Finally the State
road was built; and one and .y workmen j
began to put up telegraj h posts right j
in front of his house, and to stretch!
the wire. His exultant neighbors i
thought they had him on that occa-j
sion, aud asked; "Well, old fellow, I
what do you think of telegraphs now ?” j
He was cornered, but died game.— j
Drawing himself up an inch taller, he
said : “Gentlemen, when I was in the
Legislature I gave this subject my vo- j
ry attentive consideration; and I said
then as I say now, that it may do for
letters and small bundles, but it never
w ill take a cotton bale—never I"—Ex
change.
An ignorant fellow waa about to be
married, aud resolved to make himself
perfect in the response of the marriage
service, but by mistake he committed
to memory the office of baptism for
those of rijier years : so when the cler
gyman asked him in the church, "Wilt
thou have this woman to be thy wed
ded wife ?” the bridegroom answered
in a solemn tone, “I renounce them
all!” The astonished minister said, “I
think you are a fool;” to which he re
used : ‘ All this I
*You can do anything if you 1 j. *
natience,” Suit! uu old unde, who h <1
made a fortune, to his cowboy, \ o
had nearly spent one. “ Water mav bo
carnt and in a ficive, if you only wait.*
“How long?" naked tho j>etnluut sp*: d*
thrift, who was impatient for the old
man’s obituary. “Till it fretz was
the cold reply. -
I had a friend whose liuioe it wus
Brown, who wuz given to indulgence
in the flowin bole to a fearful extent.
Wun nitc he attempted to be com ivy* l
on anew brand uv whisky, and it flout -
ed him. At 11, p. m., I found him
clinging to a lamp-post and vomitin ex
tho ther wuz a minatoor earthquake
into his insides.
“Brown,” remarked I, laying my
hand effectionatcly onto his shoulder,
“Brown, are you sick ?”
“Sick ! Sick !” replied he, swinging
around to the other side uv the post,
and discharging another avalanche.—
“Sick! h—l! do you think I'm doing
this for the fun uv the thing ?”
Pauification is the name now appli
ed to a process of bread-makiug re
cently discovered and patented in
France. This method dispenses with
the grinding of the wheat, and. it is
asserted, will produce 150 pounds of
bread from 100 pounds of grain; while
by tbe old plan of using flour only 11*2
pounds of bread are produced from
tbe 100 pounds of wheat The new
kind of bread is said also to be of bet
ter quality thun the old, as the gluten
is not decomposed and lost by the
heat of grinding. The new mode of
fermentation, it iB also asserted, con
tributes greatly to the whiteness of the
bread.
•Qb. An anecdote is told of a former
Emperor of China, to the effect that
walking by tbe side of a wl-entfield, ho
saw a stalk of wheat much, larger and
riper than the rest of the field, und
that he plucked it nnd saved the
grains to be sewed, and from it deriv
ed a variety of wheat in com Hum use,
and thus conferred a great benefit up
on hispioplc. When wheat is sown
in drills, wa can easily pass through
the field and cut into a bn; kefc the
bends that nre the plumpest aud first
ripe, nnd beat out the grair for seed.
In a day's time a careful man might
thus collect several peeks of scnl
wheat, that would be as much bet.er
than the average of the field an t!>e
ears of that we select for seed nre
better than the average corn of the
corn crop.
®*L. Many farmers have an erretio
eous notion in regard to the destruc
tion of weeds on grass lands. The
impression prevails that the only way
of getting rid of weeds is to break up
and tLoroughly cultivate the gronuil
in hoed crops. This is not always tbs
convenient, or even the desirable, for
in many cases it cannot be done with
out breaking up the herd or dairy,
while some uneveu surfaces ccnuot be
plowed. There is another way of k.ll
ing weeds, such as the daisy and that
class of plants, by the liberal use of
manure and grass seed. We have
eradicated white daisy in several in
stances by simply applying farm-yard
dung and plaster, uinl strewing tho
ground with c'over. Establish your
clover upon the soil aud feed it until
it is luxuriant, aud it just lays hold <>f
the daisy and other weeds and chokes
the life out of them.
Quite a controversy is going on
between Dr. F. W. Smith, of Virginia,
and Dr. C. K. Marshall as to the right
of a certain method by which sweet po
tatoes may be preserved by drying.—
Tbe method may be new, but the idea
is ancient, as many of our “old time”
people can testify. Their method in
the primitive days was to cut in slices
the sweet potatoes, place on a board
or pan. near a stove, until the slices
became dry and hard; they were then
put in a dry place, and used when de
sired. The potato cured in this way
will keep as well as ship bbc lit, and
retain their original sweetness. Let
our farmers try the experiment—the
work furnishes excellent emyloyment
for the long evenings.
It is reported that the Postmaster
General will recommend the abolition
of the franking privilege, or, if that
cannot be effected, then a large abate
ment of its privileges. He will not find
the members of Congress ready to
sanction thin proposition.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Geor
gia now in session at Macon, have un
der consideration the erection in that
city of a grand and magnificent Mason
ic Temple.
The great importance of the coal
trade as promoted by the special trains
and low freights over the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, is evidenced by the
fact that one hundi ed and fifty cars are
engaged on that road in its transpor
tation, and yet cannot supply the de
mand at Atlanta. The Constitution says
that 200 more cars are needed for coal,
and that the rood is building them as
fast as possible.
Extinguishing Firs Without Wa
ter.—The public’s curiosity in relation
to the effectiveness of the method for
extinguishing fires, proposed by the
Empire Fire Extinguishing Company,
was gratified by the success of the se
cond experimental test at the battery.
The building was partially filled with
lumber and shavings, and all were sat
urated with gasoline. Fire was ap
plied, and when well under way, tie
carbonic acid gas wan turned on, and
the fire was extinguished instantly, A
second test was made with a like resul .
The officers of the company declare
their intention to be to lay pipes and
have the extinguisher served to every
stole and residence, as i- now the gas
we burn. Should the pipes 1 e prop
erly laid and the work judiciously
managed, there cannot be a doubt tlmt,
with carbonic acid gas at command, a
disastrous fire would be next to im
possible. — N. Y. Sun.
Newspaper Change.— Messra J. W.
Burke & Cos., have sold the Macon
Journal & Messenger to Air. A. W.
Reese, its former editor. Geueral Win.
M. Browne retires frem the paper, and
will edit the Southern Farm A Home,
anew periodical which has been pro-
Measra. J. W. Butke A Cos,