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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS:
By SMITH, WIKLE & CO.]
MANDEVILLE.
A MYSTERY OP CALIFORNIA.
BT JOHN CLERK!.
CHAP. II—CONTINUED.
Iron Ballon’s Monthly Magazine.]
“You are our prisoner,” said one
of them. “You had better come
along quietly, for if you try to escuj>e,
or make a row to pet your friends to
rescue you, I’ll put a* ball through I
you, ■sure. Them’s my orders!”
“There is a mistake here,” said I,
with all the dignity I could muster.
“By whose authority, and on what
charge am I arrested?”
“There is no mistake, Charles
Brentford,” responded the patrolman, j
with malicious exultation in his tom*.
“ You are arrested by order of Thirty- !
three Secretary, on a charge of mur
der ami arson. Shall I (nil a carriage
for yOur worship, or will you go along
quietly on foot?”
“ I will go on foot,” said I, “and ,
you need not use so much rudeness;
with me. I shall not attempt to
escape.”
“ You’d better not,” replied the
rufllan : but I may as well save trou
ble by keenin’ tight hold on ye. A
thousand dollars aint picked up every
night.”
“Is that your fee for arresting
me?”
“That’s what the murdered man’s
sister promised hi the patrolman or
police tfiat catrhed you, and I reckon
she’ll be as good as her word.”
“ Does she accuse me of the mur
der?”
“ Well, she does, most decidedly.
She seen you do it.”
“ There is no doubt of Wardlaw’s
death ?”
“ Not a mite. You shot him plumb
through the heart. You must ’a been
putty close to him, for the powder
burnt his clo’es.”
“And Miss NVardlaw is sure it was
I who fired the pistol?”
I reckon she knows you. She says
she heard you and Wardlaw a-jawin’,
and come to the parlor door just as
you fired the pistol. She was that
scared she stopped right there and
could not speak. Then she saw you
snatch some books off the centre-table,
and pile ’em up on the floor and set
’em afire, and then run out; and then
she come to, and follered you and
give the alarm. I was among the
first that got to the house; and after
the body was drug out L went with
her to headquarters and heard her
tell the whole story. I reckoned
you’d sort ’o lay round thar to see
what happened, and I got Jim Biles
thar to watch around with me for
you, audit turns out that I was right.
I reckon you’ll have to pull hemp,
young man, for we don’t do things
like the okl courts. Your money wont
do you any good now—onless—” \
(there ho lowered his voice to a whis
per,) you can make it count before
you’re locked up.”
I made no reply. I was over
whelmed with the conviction that
Bessie Wardlaw had proved treach
erous, and that she was determined
to sacrifice me to screan the real mur
derer. If she chose to swear my life
away, 1 had no means of establishing
my innocence, except through the
two men who had accosted me on the
hill; hut 1 had unaccountably lost
sight of them, and knew neither their
names, residence nor occupation.
Perhaps they would come to my aid.
Should they fail to do so, my case
was hopeless. Would it not be better
to purchase my liberty from those
patrolmen, and save myself by flight?
While I thus cogitated, I saw my un
known friends advancing to meet us.
They passed on without stopping, but
as they did so, (in* one who had pre
viously conversed with me, uttered in
a significant tone the single word.
“ To-morrow.” I comprehended its
meaning, and thenceforward, though |
my heart waa torn wifi* « “ e
rvmflintinST emotion, » WH Hmt X wnn
personally sate.
“ We’re close to the armory, young
man,” said tin* patrolman, interrupt
ing my thoughts, “and if you’ve got
any proposition to make you’d better
bo quick about it.”
“I have none to make,” said I, dis
dainfully.
“ What, aint you willin’ to come
down with loetleo’ that ’ere kale-seed
o’ yours tosaveyer neck from a hemp
cravat. ? Seems to me you could shell
out right liberal, and have enough to
keep you comfortable. What d’ye
say ?”
“ As L said before, 1 have no offer
to make.”
“ Then hang, and be cl—d to you !”
returned the patrolman, spitefully,
tightening his grip on my arm, and,
with the assistance of his comrade,
thrusting me up a flight of stairs, A
door opened at his signal, and 1 was
rather unceremoniously ushered into
a room, wherein were congregated
twine dozen or more persons, oflicers
nhd guards of the vigilance committee,
Who subjected me to a brief scrutiny,
asked me a few questions concerning
my motive for the deeds which were
evidently considered as good as pro
ven against me, and then, haying
placed a pair of gyves upon my wrists,
gave me in charge of two of their
number, who were charged to keep
strict and constant watch over me,
and hold me safely until called for. 1
was accordingly conducted to another
apartment, where 1 was offered the
choice of a dirty straw pallet, or a
rickety chair upon which to pass the
brief remainder of the night. I chose
the chair—my guards being similarly
accommodated. I chanced to have a
supply of cigars in my pocket, and,
lighting one with the assistance of
one of my guards, I made myself as
comfortable as my circumstances
would admit of. Mv guards proved
to be gentlemanly fellows, who nei
ther asked me impertinent questions
nor bored me with affected sympathy.
They conversed cheerfully, but not
boisterously, and were ready to pay
me any little attention I required. So
the hoars of my captivity were not
alto,' .her miserable.
Early in the morning I was waited
upon by a friend, who was one of the
council of the vigilance committee,
lie evinced genuine emotion upon
seeing me in such a situation, but was
greatly relieved when I assured him
that I had no doubt of establishing
my innocence. My trial, he informed
me could be postponed fora few days
if I wished it; or, if preferable, it ]
could take place as soon as the eoro- 1
ner’s inquest, now about to sit, was i
over. I requested a speedy trial.
Breakfast was brought to me from
a restaurant, and, though I had but
little appetite for the meal, I fortified
myself with a strong cup of coffee,
and then calmly awaited the hour of
trial. It came at last; and in obedi
ence to an order from “ 33 Secretary,”
I was conducted to the hall where the
committee’s tribunal held its sittings.
Three men, selected from among the
prominent residents of the city for
their probity and intelligence, consti
tuted this tribunal, whoso fiat was su-
perior to the laws. They were atten
ded by officers answering to those usu
ally employed in lawful courts, and
their appearance and proceedings
were characterised by judicial stern
ness and decorum. A gentleman who
filled the place of public prosecutor
read the charges against me—for I ;
was to be tried on both at once—and
I was asked what I had to say to
them.
“ Not guilty,” I responded, firmly.
“ Are you ready for trial ?” Asked
one of my judges.
“ I am,” was my answer.
“ Have you secured counsel ?”
‘•I have not.”
A gentleman, whom I recognized
as an eminent lawyer, but whose
Eresenee I had not before observed,
ere arose and said:
“At the request of Mr. Brenford’s
friends, I have consented to act as his
counsel on this occasion, provided he
makes no objection.”
I signified my assent.
“ I will undertake this case, then,”
continued he; “but in doing so, I feel
it my duty to enter my solemn pro-:
test against the right of this tribunal
to determine any man's guilt or inno
cence, and against the legalty and jus
tice of its proceedings generally,”
“ 1s t the protest be recorded,” said
the person who seemed to act as chief
judge.
“I have had no opportunity,” said
my counsel, “of consulting with my
client; but I believe I have been
placed In possession of all the facts
and circumstances necessary for me to
know. If there Ls any point upon
which I need information, it can be
supplied during the progress of the
trial. We are ready to proceed.”
The prosecutor briefly opened his
case, and called his principal witness,
Miss Bessie Wardlaw. An officer
Ojx ned the door of an unte-room, and
ushered her into the presence of the
tribunal. She advanced with a firm
-top to the witness stand, hut she was
closely veiled, so that I could not
catch a glimpse of her features. At
the same moment, my counsel whis
pered to an officer, wlfo presently
opined the main entrance door, and
admitted two men whom I at once
recognized as my friends of the pre
vious night. They quietly seated
themselves at a distance from the liar.
“ Let the witness tie sworn,” said
the chief judge. “It will be neces
sary for you, Miss Wardlaw, to re
i move your veil.”
She complied, and took the oath,
1 hut kept her face turned toward the
judge’s bench.
“ You arc a sister of llenry Ward
law, who was murdered last night,
arc you not ?” asked the prosecutor.
“ I am,” she responded, apparently
with an effort.
“ Turn your face this way, madam,
and confront the prisoner,” thunder
ed my counsel.
She hesitated for an instant, then
obeyed. Her face was deadly pale,
and her eyes glittered with a fierce
determination. For a single moment
she met my steady gaze, then averted
her eyes. The examination proceed
ed, and, briefly, the substance of her
testimony was this:
She was the sister of the deceased,
and kept house for him at his resi
dence on Clay Street. The prisoner
was a business partner of the deceased,
and called frequently at tin* house,
sometimes for a friendly visit; had
been on friendly terms with her
brother and herself; had called last
night, and remained until a late hour.
After witness had left the room for
the purpose of retiring for the night,
she had heard loud and angry words
between the prisoner and deceased,
and returned to the drawing room
with theintentionof passifying them.
As she was about entering the door,
which stood ajar, she heal’d the report
and saw the flash of the pistol in the
prisoner’s hand, and ->aw her brother
fall to the floor. So great was her
horror that she was deprived for a
time of the power of speech or mo
tion, While in this state, she saw’ the
prisoner take a number of books from
the centre-table, pile them upon the
floor, set lire to them, and rush from
the house. Witness then recovered
her presence of mind sufficiently to
hasten to the street and call for help,
and afterwards went with a patrol
man to give information of the crime.
My counsel submitted her to a rigid
cross-examination, but was unable to
make her vary testimony in the slight
est particular. She positively denied
having sent me a special invitation
by her brother’s man-servant to visit
her on the previous night, and also
having accompanied me to the door
upon my leaving. Not more than
five minutes elapsed between the fir
ing of tho fatal shot and giving of the
alarm.
Mary Carat hers, the servant girl,
was then i«t.ri¥lni.Lul on<l nnnwil^ra
todthn to«timnny of no** n*
many particulars, making the case
against me look very black in
deed. Her testimony was an ingeni
ous mixture of truth and falsehood,
and she maintained it with undeviat
ing .steadfastness, in spite of all my
counsel’s efforts to entrap her.
“The ladies may now retire,” said
the chief judge, when the cross-exam
ination was ended. “ Does the coun
sel for the prisoner propose to intro
duce any evidence?”
“I do, sir,” replied my counsel;
“ and I insist that the witnesses who
have just been examined shall not re
tire. It is important to our case that
they remain while our witnesses are
being examined.”
“ Let it beso, then,” said tin* judge;
“but I can’t see how your client is to
be benefited by that, or indeed by any
thing else you may do for him. Call
your witnesses for the defence.”
“Let Felix Bertrand take the
stand,” said inv counsel; and one of
my two friends—the one who had
been my interlocutor on the previous
evening, came forward and took the
oath.
The witness testified that he was
born in Columbia, South America,
his mother being a native of that
State, and his father an American,
or native of the United States. He
had been but a few days in the city,
having arrived from Mexico by the
last steamer from Panama, which
touched at Acapulco. He was ac
quainted with deceased only by sight,
and slightly by reputation; the pris
oner he had met for the first time last
evening, when, having gone in search
of him, in company with his friend
and ‘fellow-traveller, Pietro Ledai
mon, they saw him leave 'SYardlaw’s
house, followed him leisurly to the
top of the hill on Clay Street, entered
| into conversation with him, remained
! with him there for fully twenty min-
I utes before the alarm of fire was given.
Then the witness, his friend and the j
prisoner descended the hill together, j
where they separated, and shortly af- j
ter, the prisoner was arrested.
“ You tell a very pretty story,”
said the prosecutor, when the witness
had ended. “Now. Mr. Bertrand,
have the goodness to tell the court
what was your object in seeking 1 e
prisoner, Mr. Brentford, at that time
of the night.”
“To warn and protect him,” re
plied the witness.
“ Against what or whom?” queried
the prosecutor.
“Against that woman, Bessie
NVarcuaw,” replied Bertrand, in slow
and emphatic tones, pointing his fin
ger towards her menacingly, as he
spoke, “who nad resolved to destroy
him and her incestuous brother at the
same time, that she might revel in
the wealth they had amassed.”
“My God, I am lost!” shrieked
Miss Wardlaw. And before any one
could prevent her, she had drawn a
stiletto from her girdle, and plunged
iit to the hilt in her breast. Mary Ca
! ruthers fainted. A scene of excite
! ment and confusion ensued. W e
t gathered around the dying woman,
| who had fallen to the floor. Bertrand
! raised her head, supported it upon
j his lap, and said to her:
“Speak before you die. Have I
told the truth?”
“Yes; man, magician, devil, or
whatever you are, you have told the !
truth—curse you!”
And she died.
Mary Caruthers, reviving, confessed
that she had perjured herself at the ,
instigation of her mistress, and plead- j
ed for mercy.
As soon as order was in some de
gree restored, my discharge from cus
tody was ordered, and I walked forth
from the dreaded tribunal a free but
miserable man.
A coroner’a inquest upon the suicide’s
body developed no new fact, except that
Bessie Wardlaw was eneiente, and. if the
statement of Mary Caruthers could be re
lied upon, her brother was the partner of
her infamy My mortification and agony
were complete.
(TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.)
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18,187*.
ONLY A MINCE PIE.
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
BY HATTIE HARPER.
From the New York Weekly.]
Reader, it is with feelings of sad
ness I lay this little story before you,
and sincerely hope it may be the in
strument of influencing* one house
keeper, at least, in banishing from her
culinary department that most deadly
enemy which destroys both body and
soul.
There are very few housekeep
ers who do not use during Christmas
times, spirituous liquors In the prepa
ration of their mince pies, cakes and
souces. Could they foresee the wreck
of some happy family by this thought
less act of thei rs, would they risk it ?
I w ill await your answer until the
conclusion of this storv.
Nettie Grey, the pride of her pa
rents, and the most lovely creature
in face and form it has been my lot to
liehokl, had just returned from Albe
marle Institute, where she had been
pursuing her studies without intern: p
tion for five years, under the guardi
anship of he Aunt Branham, who had
earnestly begged the privilege of su
perintending the education of her only
niece, to whom she w r as devotedly at
tached.
11 was a great trial to her parents
to give her up, she being their only
child, hut they at last consented, know
ing the advantage Nettie would de
rive from one so highly accomplished
as her aunt, and with wealth at her
command to further all her pet
schemes in regard to Nettie’s happi
ness, and they were more than grati
fied when she returned to them so
highly accomplished, and yet so love
ly in heart and disposition.
Her return to the parential roof was
on Christmas Eve, when the whole
neighborhood was in a bustle and ex
citement, parents hurrying to and fro,
with baskets heavily laden with toys,
Ac., to decorate Christmas trees, and
to fill little stockings for the loved
ones, while affectionate children w ere
no less busy in secretly planning the
surprise of love tokens for their pa
rent.,-. Nor was Nettie forgotten, for
her gifts were numerous, not only from
her dear parents, but from many dear
friends who welcomed her return
among them.
Although Nettie’s parents were
more than satisfied with the education
she had acquired under the untiring
efforts of her good aunt, they w r ere not
prepared to find that beside her many
other accomplishments she had added
that of painting, w hen, to their great
and most agreeable surprise, on Christ
mas morning she presented to them
the portrait of herself, with one of her
Aunt Branham, executed in the most
skillful manner, showing the work of
a master hand.
The week was spent in receiving
and returning visits, for Nettie was a
general favorite, and her friends,
young and old, were rejoiced to have
her in their midst again.
Soon after her return home she con
nected herself with Good Samaritan
Division, Sons of Temperance, to
which her parents belonged.
Here she became acquainted with
Clyde Hamilton, a young man of pre
possessing appearance, and of a supe
rior order of intellect; and as her pa
rents w’ere acquainted with his gen
eral character, they saw* no good rea
son why they should discourage his
attentions to Nettie. The result was
just what might have been anticipat
ed from the continued interchange of
feelings between two. kindred hearts,
and in six months from the time they
met, he led her a blushing bride to
the altar, amid the congratulations of
her friends, who felt in their hearts
that she had a bright and unclouded
future before her.
They Were accompanied on their
bridal tour to New York by their pa
ronUi and Aunt Branham ;* the latter
attach
strated very substantially by placing
in his hands on his return the deed of
a handsome suburban residence over
looking the city, and in full view of
the broad Potomac.
By the earnest persuasion of Nettie
and Clyde, her parents were induced
to give up housekeeping, and accom
pany them to their new home; where
Nettie, under the instruction and su
pervision of her kind mother, very
soon became a model housekeeper, and
in each other’s love and affection day
by day paased smoothly on, and their
neighbors said they w’ere indeed a
happy family.
Thus matters continued until time,
with its never ceasing flight, brought
them to the close of another year.
Much against the inclination of Mr.
and Mrs. Grey, who always preferred
taking their Christmas dinner at home
with their family, they accepted a
pressing invitation to a dining party
at the house of a friend.
The table was luxuriously spread
with substantials and delicacies of
every description, including mince
pies, strongly flavored with brandy,
and a large plum pudding accompa
nied with wine sauce, of which the
company, with only a few exceptions,
freely partook.
Nettie and her parents were of the
number who declined. They felt that
it was virtually a violation of their
pledge to use alcoholic liquors in any
form whatever. Nettie, in an under
tone, implored her husband to pass
his by also, but he laughingly replied
that it would spoil the best part of his
dinner, and might give offense to their
hostess.
So he ate heartily of both, and in a
! short time his wife, with grief and
I dismay saw that he was strangely ex
: cited. Unhappy man ! better for you
and your loved ones had you died be
fore entering that house, where temp
j tution was placed before you in such a
: form as to quiet your scruples ; you
! would have scorned to put a glass to
your lips, but you ate of food saturat
ed with the deleterious stuff until you
are under its influence, and the old
I taste for strong drink was revived in
! all its vigor. But further comment is
unnecessary, for now that the old ap
; petite was re-animated, and the down
ward step taken, the descent was rap
id, and during the Christmas holidays
he could be found at any time in the
lowest haunts of dissipation.
But why dwell upon this picture of
misery ? The end is soon told. In
one short year from that fatal day,
the noble, high-minded Clyde Ham
ilton was borne to his dishonored
j grave, where, in a few weeks, he was
! followed by his poor, heart-stricken
wife, with her little babe by her side,
and the once happy home of her pa
; rents was left unto them desolate : for
| this dear child was taken from them
under circumstances that would ad
mit of no consolation save that which
j “cometh from above.”
Friends of Temperance and human
| ity, renew your vows of fidelity, and
i let not a drop of intoxicating liquor
j enter your doors under any circurn
; stances whatever.
Wives and mothers, let me implore ;
you by all you hold sacred on earth,
tamper not with this fiery fiend. Let
there at least be one place on earth ■
where husbands and sons are free from
the temptation with which they are
beset on every side after they leave
the influence "of home, for the mon
ster is dressed in the most alluring
garb to entrap the young and unwary.
Again I say, beware, touch not,
taste not, handle not, for you know
not the end—when you place it before
husbands, sons and friends, it may
i cause you to reap years of untold mis
ery. You know not but under the
cover of nice mince pie lies concealed
misery and want; and that delicious
pudding so temptingly flavored with
i wine-sauce may lay the foundation of
an appetite that will lead to degrada
tion and death. _
Signatures made with a lead pencil
are good in law.
GOOD ID VICE.
President Porter, of Yale, gave the
following advice to the students of
that institution the other day:
“ Young men, you are the architects
of your own fortunes. Rely upon
your own strength of body and soul.
Take for your star, self-reliance, faith,
honesty and industry. Inscribe on
your banner, ‘ Luck is a fool, pluck
is a hero.’ Don’t take too much ad
vice—keep at your helm and steer
your own ship, and remember that
the great art of commanding is to take
a fair share of the work. Don’t prac
tice too much humanity. Think well
of yourself. Strike but. Assume
your own position. Put potatoes in a
tart, over a rough road, and small
ones go to the bottom. Rise above
the envious and jealous. Fire above
the mark you intend to hit. Energy,
invincible determination, with the
right motive, are the levers that
move the world. Don’t drink. Don’t
smoke. Don’t chew. Don’t swear.
Don’t deceive. Don’t read novels.
Don’t marry until you can support a
wife. Be in earnest. Be civil. Read!
the papers. Advertise your businese. I
Make money, and do good with it.
Love truth and virtue. Love your
God and fellow-man. Love your
country, and obey its law’s.” If this
advice is implicitly followed by the
young men of the country, the mil
lenium is near at hand.
STEAM.
It is quite surprising, at a time
when almost everything is done bv
steam, to know how few people have
any correct idea of w r hat steam really
is. Let the question, “ What are the
bubbles which rise through boiling
water filled with ?” be proposed to a
number of people of all ages and con
ditions in life, and a large part of
them, three out of four, if not nine
out of ten, will answer at once, “They
are filled with air.” But how air e-
to fill so many and such large
bubbles ever got into the water, it is
quite plain they have never taken the
trouble to think. And these* same
persons will tell you, with equal
promptness, that the white cloud
which comes from the spout of the
boiling tea-kettle, and the whistle of
the iron-horse on a winter’s morning,
is steam.
N<nv, both these common notions
are wrong. The truth is, the bubbles
are filled with steam, which is water
changed by heat from a heavy liquid
mass to a light, gas-like fluid, jast as
invisible and quite as light as air.
The white cloud is watery vapor. It
has already turned to water, whence
it came.
Such is the nature of water, that,
when an atom of it, lying at the bot
tom of a kettle or boiler, is exposed
to 212° of heat, it is instantly changed
to steam, and becomes nearly two
thousand times as large as it was be
fore. As Satan, in the garden of
Eden, crouching in the form of a toad
at the ear of sleeping Eve, sprang in
stantly into the stately proportions
of a gigantic man at the touch of
Ithuriel’s spear, so the tiny particles
of w ater, under the magical influ
ence of heat, suddenly lea]) from
their humble form into great hissing
bubbles of steam. These, on account
of their great lightness, quickly be
gin to struggle upward out of* their
watery bed. This great expansion
and rapid rising readily explain the
violent agitation of boiling water.
HARD TDIES AND WHAT CAUSES THEM.
We are fast becoming a nation of
schemers to live without genuine
work. Our boys are not learning
trades; our farmer’s sons are crowd
ing into cities, looking for clerkships
and Rost Offices; hardly one Ameri
can girl in each hundred will do
housework for fvages, however ur
gent her need; so we are sending to
Europe for workmen and buying of
her ariisans millions, worth of uro
selves; Though our crop of rascals is
heavy w e do not grow our own hemp;
though we are overrun with lads who
deserve flaggellation, we import our
willows. Our women (unless deceiv
ed) shine in European fabrics; our
men dress in foreign clothes; the toys
which amuse our younger children
have generally reached us over the
sea. We are like the farmer who
hires his neighbor’s son to chop his
wood, feed his stock, and run his er
rands, while his boys lounge at the
grog-shops, playing billiards, and
then wonders why, in spite of his
best efforts, he sinks annually deeper
and deeper into debt, till the Sheriff
cleans him out, and he starts West to
begin again.
We must turn over anew leaf.
Our boys and girls must be taught to
love labor by qualifying themselves
to do it efficiently. We must turn
out fewer professionals and more
skilled artisans, as well as food-grow
ers. We must grow and fabricate
tw’o hundred millions worth per an
num, that we now import, and so
reduce the foreign debt that we have
so long and so successfully augment
ed year by year. We must qualify
our clever boys to erect and run fac
tories, furnaces, rolling-mills, tan
neries, machine shops, etc.; to open
and work mines, improve and fashion
implements, and double the present
product of their father’s farm. So
shall we stem the tide of debt that
sets steadily against our shores, and
cease to be visited and annoyed by
hard times.
BURIED ALIVE.
The following cuiious incident
comes to us from reliable sources:
A few days ago a man residing in
the Ninth Ward, named Buskowski,
after being sick with the small-pox
for some time, died, as was supposed.
According to the regulations recent
ly passed by the Board of Health, he
was buried shortly after his decease.
His sister, who it seems was not satis
fied with the hasty manner in which
her brother was disposed of, was so
worked up by the circumstances and
so certain that all was not right, that
to satisfy herself she had his body
exhumed some six hours after the
burial. To her own joy, and to the
amazement of those who had pro
nounced the man dead, it was found
that indications of life still remained
in the body of the buried one. He
was at once taken back to his house,
and after considerable exertion, and
the applying of the proper restora
tives, he" was virtually brought to
life again. He is now' living and
doing well. Improbable as the cir
cumstances may seem, yet such
things have happened, and the ver
acity of our informant seems to vouch
for its reality. There are not many
mortals who enjoy the privilege of
having two funerals, but Ruskowski
is undoubtedly one of them.—Eve
ning Wisconsin, JDec 23.
Some things you will not be sorry
for:
For hearing before judging.
For thinking before speaking.
For holding an angry tongue.
For stopping the ear to a tattler.
For refusing to kick a fallen man.
For being kind to tiie distressed.
For being patient to all.
For doing good to all men.
For asking pardon for wrongs.
For speaking evil of no man.
For being courteous to all.
For paying the Printer.
A Little boy in Chicago, who had
been taught by his maiden aunt to
pray for his father, was told one even
ing, while on his knees, that he must
pray for his mother also ; whereujKm
young hopeful interrupted his
relative with this Chicagoese vernac
ular : “jNow, look here aunty! Just
hold your horses. Who’s running
this prayer business, you or me?”
A NEW TERRITORY.
The bill introduced into Congress,
by Mr. Ramsey, for the erection of
the Territory of Ojibway, subtracts
for that purpose **o much of Dakota
as lies north of 46 degrees north. The
Missouri flows through the proposed
territory, and the North Pacific* Rail
road will cross it. Before forming a
territorial government, however,
there ought to be somebody to be
governed. With the exception of
soldiers, Indian traders, and a few
settlers in Chippewa, Stevens, and
Shyenne countries, there ara no in
habitants but Indians, in the North
ern half of Dakota. On account of
the hostility of the Indians, the com
parative poverty of the soil, and the
detestable water, years will probably
elapse before any important settle
ment is formed. The erection of a
territorial government, is, under the
circumstances, quite necessar^.
A TERRIBLE POSSIBILITY.
We despise these serolites. Some
of the largest are in the British Mu
seum, and they are very stupid
things, not at all iikely to produce a
new variety of the human race, or
any other kind of animal. Nay,
they don’t seem likely even to grow’
nioidy. But what of this world, as it
whizzes along through a universe
full of small shot, should one day en
counter its match, in the shape of a
small planet, or the fragment of an
exploded planet? The huge frag
ment would certainly dint, perhaps
crack, our surface, give the earth a
horrid scrape, and send a chain of
mountains, some forests, a kingdom
or two, millions of men, and still
more millions of other living things,
right into space, perhaps into another
w r orld that wanted vivifying artel peop
ling. There you have *at once what
may have happened with this pli.net
a thousand or million years ago, and
what may happen again to-morrow.
CABINET JINkFTING—NOW AND THEN—
WHO PAYS. ?
“ Times have sadly changed/’ said
ex-Attorney-General Black, looking
into his glass of hock wine as if striv
ing to read the reason for the change,
like an old astrologer with hiss drop
of water. “I remember oneeAvhen
I was in the cabinet of Mr. Buchan
an, the Harriet Lane was finished
and furnished, and her captain, very
proud of his beautiful little boat, call
ed on Cobb and proposed that on her
trial trip, a party should be made up
of distinguished people, including
Miss Lane, and he, the Captain,
would see to the entertainment.
Cobb thought this was a superb .no
tion, and the party was invited. It
included the members of the Cabinet,
their wives, Miss Lane, and others.
It was thought beneath the dignity
of the President to go on such a spree.
I was invited but declined. The day
before the vessel sailed Mr. Buchan
an said to me:
“ Well, Black, are you going to
leave me, too T'
“ No,” I said, “ I can’t go; but I’ll
make a merit of necessity and stick
to you.”
“ I doubt it. I’ll tell you what I’ll
do; I’ll make you come here and
sleep with me, then I’ll have you.”
1 did as requested. The next day
the papers had an account of the af
fair; at least of the departure of the
party with all the preparations, and
the President reading it asked me
who was to pay for that party. I
told him that in my private opinion
the Secretary would have the trial
trip of the Harriet Lane paid for by
the government. “He shan’t do it.
I’ll stop that,” he exclaimed. “ I’ll
issue an order at once.” I remon
strated, telling him that such an or
der was entirely out of the line of his
duty, would create a scandal, and he
had better let Cobb alone. I had
some difficulty hi quirting nun iiuvvn.
But JbiU'affu;,round at last, and de
himself. I told him thatthes'tfiot©Bt
construction of the Constitution did
not prohibit that.
“ Some days after—indeed at the
next Cabinet meeting—the President
asked Cobb if he could give him a
bill of the extra expenses attending
the trial trip of the Harriet Lane.
Cobb said promptly that he could.
After separating, Cobb followed me
out, and touching my elbow said,
“ What the devil does the squire
mean by the bill of expenses?” I
told him of what had passed. He in
dulged in a prolonged whistle and
departed. At our next meeting of
the Cabinet the bill was produced.
“ What’s this—what’s this ?” asked
the President. “ Why, it’s receipt
ed.” “ Certainly,” responded Cobb ;
“ I paid it, of course—who should
pay it but me?” The President
smiled—l may say, the Administra
tion smiled—all save the treasury;
for we all knew that Cobb hadn’t
anticipated treating himself to such
a disagreeable surprise. It ended
excursions on the Harriett Lane, and
in every other way.”
COLD WINTERS.
The following “ brief mention” of
the cold winters of the “ olden time,”
copied from an exchange, will be
read with interest, especially in view
of the fact that the present winter, so
far, particularly on our Northwestern
plains, has been the severest in the
memory of the oldest inhabitants:
In 1604 the cold was so intense that
the Thames was covered with ice
sixty-one inches thick. Almost all
the birds perished.
In 1691 the cold was so excessive
that the famished wolves entered
Vienna and attacked beasts, and even
men. Many people in Germany
were frozen to death in 1295, and the
winters of 1690 and 1699 were nearly
as bad.
In 1709 occurred that famous win
ter, called by distinction “ the cold
winter.” All the rivers and lakes
were frozen, and even the sea for sev
eral miles from the shore. The
ground was frozen nine feet deep.
Birds and beasts were struck dead in
the fields, and men perished by thou
sands in their houses. In the South
of France the wine plantations were
almost all destroyed, nor have they
yet recovered from that fatal disaster.
The Adriatic Sea was frozen, and
even the Mediterranean, about Genoa,
and the citron and orange groves
suffered extremely in the finest parts
of Italy.
In 1746 the winter, was so intense
that the people traveled across the
Straits from Copenhagen to the Prov
ince of Senia, in Sweden.
In 1729, in Scotland, multitudes of
cattle and sheep were buried alive in
the snow.
In 1740 the winter was scarcely in
ferior to that of 1709. The snow lay
ten feet deep in Spain and Portugal.
The Zuyder Zee was frozen over, and i
thousands of people went over it. i
The Lakes in England froze.
In 1744 the winter was very cold.
Snow fell in Portugal to the depth of i
twenty-three feet on a level.
In 1854 and 1856 the winter was !
very severe and cold. In England
the strongest ale, exposed to the air
In a glass, was covered in fifteen
minutes with ice one-eighth of an
inch thick.
In 1771 the Elbe was frozen to the
bottom. •
In 1776 the Danube bore ice five
feet, below Vienna. Vast numbers
of the finny and feathered tribes per
ished.
The winters of 1784 and 1795 were
uncommonly cold. The Little Belt
was frozen over.
From 1800 to 1812, also, the winters
were remarkably cold, particularly
the latter, in Russia, which proved
so disastrous to the French army.
Fisk has paid more lawyer’s fees
han ahy man of the present century.
From the Locomotive Engineer*’ Monthly
Journal.]
JERSEY CITY. Sept. 8,1571.
£ro. Chat. Wilton:
Dear Sir I send you with this letter a few
lines of poetry, which I think will be appreci
ated ana enjoyed by all who read them.
They were composed by an old farmer living
just out of Hackensack, X. J., and giver, bv him
to the conductor of one of the trains running
from Hackensack to Jersey Citv, to give to the
Engineer, one of the oldest on this Division.
'Eastern. Erie Ksiiwt'. 1. The envelope had
this inscription :
TO TIIE CONDUCTOR.
This letter is given in your care,
So break it open if you dare;
But if the laws you dread and fear,
Just give it to the engineer.
A. J. A,
I remain, yours fraternally,
Edward Kent,
THE ENGINEER.
The world moves,- is it not strange?
In fifty years, oh ! what a change.
When men abroad did wish to go,
Some fifty years or more ago.
In stages then, it’s true, indeed.
Six miles an hour was the speed,
Old things have passed away, you know,
For on the railroad now we go;
In speed we do outstrip the linnett,
And ride a mile in just one minute.
None could have dreamt of this, you know.
Some fifty years or more ago;
But this I hope you will allow,
The fact is well established now.
The engine is a creature rare,
Made by men’s hands, I do declare;
His nature is to puff and blow,
But on a trot he is not slow.
This creature has one eye so bright,
When he is traveling by night;
But let me tell you ere it pass,
He only has an eye ot glass.
He travels juat as well by night
As when the sun is shining bright,
And though he does appear to s(e,
The driver looks, instead of he.
Although he whistles like an elf,
He does not hear the noise himself;
And though he runs, he has no pegs,
He runs on wheels, instead of legs.
In one respect he’s more than good,
When idle he demands no feed ;
He 11 be as still as any mouse,
If there’s no fire in his house.
If y<TU*should read his bill of fare,
’Twould make you smile, I do declare;
His stomach is so strong and good,
They feed him coal, or else dry wood.
When hard at work remember that
He’ll ask for water, coal, and fat;.
Deny him this, and then it’s true,
He will not do a stroke for you.
Along the road as you may think,
The driver stops to give him drink ;
He always keeps his stomach full.
For else iie has no strength to pull.
This creature is so good to mind,
He’ll go without a whip or line;
He’ll pull, or back, go fast, or slow,
And always stop if you say “whoa !”
He is so gentle, and so kind.
He seldom does refuse to mind ;
The driver’s will is his command,
He obeys the motion of his hand.
In strength the lion can’t compare,
Great burdens he can pull and bear ;
And as for speed, if I am right,
He’s swifter than the eagle’s Right.
When he is running at great speed,
He makes an awful noise indeed ;
And cattle look at him with fear,
Raise up their tails and disappear.
Although he is a noisy fellow,
To ring, to rattle, and to bellow,
No horse, however swift, he be,
Can run a mile as quick as he.
His driver stands upon his back,
And looks ahead upon the track ;
And if he happens to be late,
He drives him at a fearful rate.
His value to mankind you see,
Could scarcely estimated be ;
TTouiu’ue tu
When city people-ay and dream,
He brings them butter, milk, and cream ;
He brings them milk, fresh from the pail,
Mixed with a drop of Adam’s ale.
In winter time, as you do know,
He’s sometimes stuck in banks of snow ;
But in the summer be won’t fail,
Unless there’s grease upon the rail.
Much labor he does daily do,
Upon our lakes, and rivers, too ;
And then it is no idle dream,
They cross the ocean now by steam.
He goes across the briny deep,
And never stops to rest or sleep ;
In ten days time, and sometime more,
He'll take you to Great Bratain’s shore.
When fires rage in buildings high,
By steam they make the water fly ;
The engine works with such a power,
He often checks it in an hour.
He is a servant which wc need ;
He prints the papers which we read ;
He grinds the wheat, he grinds the corn,
And works as soon as he is born.
How old lie gets I do not know,
Perhaps some fifty years or so ;
But tbis I know, beyond a doubt.
He'll work until he is played out. a.j. a.
A Georgia colored lycou m discussed
the question, “ Whleh is tin* most
useful, paper or gain powder?” The
debate was closed by a disputant, who
spoke as follows: “Mr. President,
s’pose dar was a bar out dar at de door,
and you was to go out dar and shake
de paper at him, you’d see what de
bar would do. But jes shoot a eannon
at him and mark de result. I call for
de question./* The President forth
with decided in favor of gun powder.
Harris found the following in the
local columns of the Rome Commer
cial, and says it must be good : “ A
little live year old chap who hud re
ceived a toy trumpet as a Christmas
gift, was highly delighted and kept a
continual blowing. One night, when
he was about to be put to his “ little
bed,” and was ready to say his pray
ers, he handed the trumpet to his
mamma, saying: ‘Here, mamma, you
blow while I pray.’ ”
A civil engineer of Chicago, who be
lieves that rain can be procured by ar
tificial methods, has petitioned Con
gress to enable him to carry out his
proposed experiments. He wants to
be furnished with nine hundred can
non of not less than twenty-four
pounds calibre each, and thirty
thousand pounds of powder to fire
them, together with an electrical bat
tery and other appliances, to enable
him to discharge all the pieces simul
taneously.
Curious Pacts About Words. —
An educated Englishman, who has
been at a public school and at the uni
versity, who reads his Bible, hisShak
speare, and the “Times,” seldom uses
more than three thousand or four
thousand words in actual conversation.
Close reasoners and thinkers, who
avoid general expressions and wait
for the word that exactly fits their
meaning, employ a larger stock, and
eloquent speakers rise fc> thecommand
of ten thousand. Shakspeare pro
duced all his plays with fifteen thou
sand words, Milton’s works are built
up with eight thousand, ann the Old
Testament says all it has to say with
I five thoasand six hundred and forty
! two words.
Spurgeon tells the following“ I
like the story of the servant-maid,
who when she was asked, on joining
the church, ‘ Are you converted ?’ ‘I
hope so, sir.’ What makes you think
vou are really a child ofGod?’ ‘Well,
sir, there is a great change in me from
what there used to be.’ ‘What is that
change?’ I don’t know, sir; but
there’s a change in all things. / ill
way* sweep tinder the mats now."
ITEMS,
It is relate**! tiiat a hoarding-house
keeper in Arkansas, was disturbed by
a report that the boarders were* muti
nous lieeause of too frequent appear
ance of hash on the breakfast table.
Accordingly he descended to break
fast next morning, laid one porten
tous horse-pistol on each side of his
plate, and said: “ Any man who
>ays lie don’t like hash lies.” “ Mr.
Brown,” ho continued, turning to the
nearest boarder, “Will you have some
hash.”
First Impression. —The subject of
impression at first sight was l>eing
talked over at the table, when the la
dy whose duty it was to preside, said,
“ she always formed an idea of a }x*r
son at first sight, and generally found
it to be correct.” “ Mamma,” said
her youngest son, in a shrill voice, that
attracted the attention of all present.
“ Well my dear, what; is it?” replied
the mother. “ What was your opin
ion when you first saw me?” The
question gave a sudden turn to the
conversation.
Anomalies. —Eyes have they yet
see not —needles.
Ears have they yet hear not —old
book leaves.
Mouths have they yet speak not—
rivers.
Tongues have they yet taste not—
buckles.
Hearts have they yet pity not—
cabbages.
Heads have they yet think not—
pins.
Arms have they yet toil not—
chairs.
Hands have they yet steal not—
clocks.
Legs have they yet walk not—ta
bles.
Teeth have they yet chew not—
combs.
Lips have they yet kiss not—pitch
ers.
Impudent Questions. —To ask an
unmarried lady how old she is.
To ask a lawyer if he ever told a lie.
To ask a doctor liow many persons
he has killed.
To ask a minister whether lie ever
did anything very wrong.
To ask a merchant whether he has
ever cheated a customer.
To ask a young lady whether she
should like a beau.
To ask an editor the name of any of
his correspondents.
To ask a subscriber if lie has paid the
printer.
“ How is your wife to-day ; said a
friend to a French gentleman. “ Ah,
moche de sera,” said he: “ she is no
better, and I fraid very little wass. If
she is gon to die I wish she would do
it soon. I feel so unhappy—my mind
is so moche unsettled. When she die
I shall not be so moche dissatisfied.
A Sunday School teacher “ out
West,” upon inquiring of one of his
juvenile pupils what he had learned
during the week was electrified by
the answer that he had “ learned not
to trump his partner’s ace.”
A negro waiter, who had twice
awakened a traveller to inform him
that breakfast was ready, and third
time broke his slumbers by attempt
ing to pull off the bedclothes, thus ex
plained : “ Massa, if you isn’t gwine
to get up, I must hub *de sheet any
how’, ’case dey’re waiting for the ta
ble-cloff?”
A man at camp meeting out West
boasted that he had been married
twenty-five years, during which time
lie had not given his wife a cross word
or look. He forgot to tell his hear- i
ers that he dared not do one or the I
other.
“ Come Bob,” said an indignant
father to his hopeful son the other
morning, “ remember it is the early
bird that catches the worm.” “ What
do I care for worms ? replied the
young hopeful;“ mother won’t let
nif> tn\ fictii.no l IB -
TiW fiHURCH.-
fiorthe statement that “Shoo Fly” has j
been parodied for Sunday School, af
ter this fashion:
“Sa-tan, don’t bodder me ;
Sa-tan, don’t bodder me;
Sa-tan, don’t bodder me;
For I belong to Company G.
I hear, I hear, 1 hear,
I hear de organ’s tone ;
I feel, I feel, I feel
Religion in my bone?”
“Sa-tan, don’t bodder me!” &c.
‘ Johnny, where’s your pa ?’
‘Gone fishing, sir.’
‘He was a-flshing yesterday, was he
not?’
‘Yes sir.’
‘What did he catch ?’
‘One catfish, the rheumatism, two
eels, the toothache, and some little
ones. Ma says he’ll catch fits to-day:
just wait till he get home.
Here is the most dog-goned affec
tionate sample of amatory poetry that
we have ever seen :
When old Carlo sits in Sally’s chair.
Oh! dont I wish that I were there!
When her fairy fingers pat his head,
Oh ! don’t I wish ’twas me instead!
When her arms his neck imprison.
Oh ! don’t 1 wish my neck was his’n!
When Sally kisses Carlo’s nose,
Oh ! don’t I wish that I were those!
A merchant of our acquaintance
wonders why he .is obliged to go so
often after money that is coming to
him.
Parents, keep your word sacred to
vour children; they will notice a
broken promise sooner than any one
else, and its effect will be lasting as
life.
A Rochester, X. H., man was the
victim of a funny act of absent-mind
edness the other day. He was on his
way to leave town, and when he got
to the station, he happened to think
that he had left his watch behind.
He instantly took his watch from his
pocket to see if he had time to return
and get it.
A reporter thus graphically de
scribes the effects of a storm on North
river: “ While the storm was at its
height, the vessel reeled to the lar
board, and the captain and another
cask of whisky rolled overboard.”
California is successfully growing
bananas.
A rupture is considered probable
between England and the Republic of
Uruguay, in consequence of the refu
sal of the Uruguayan Government to
pay certain British claims.
We hear a great deal about Labor
Reform, but there seems to be a great
er need of reforming some of those
fellows who don’t labor.
It is thought by Washington cor
respondents that, in consequence of
Valmaseda’s late inhuman proclama
tion, Cuban matters will occupy the
attention of Congress very soon after
ts reassembling.
In a debate Hill got Sumner by sta
ting that Sumner don’t associate with
negroes nor let them come in his
house, but yet wants to force negro
association on the Southern people,
with a knowledge of its repugnance
to them. Mr. Hill held his own well,
and unhorsed Sumner.
In an engagement near Manzanillo,
Cuba, the Spanish Colonel Obregon
was killed. Captain-General Valmas
, eda proclaims that, after Jan. 15th,
! every captured Cuban insurgent will
! be shot, and all surrendering will be
I perpetually imprisoned. Negro wo
men captured are to be returned to
i their owners, and white oromen ban
i islied.
McCuteheon’s Column.
The Western Antidote !
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oct 26 —lj
VOL. 12-NO. 28
OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
A PROCLAMATION.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Atlanta, Ga., December 88, 1811.
WHEREAS, The following petition, sworn
to and duly attested, has been received by me,
to-wit:
To Hi* Excellency, BENJAMIN CON LET,
Governor of Georgia :
The petitioners, Henry Clew* and Theodore
S. Fowler, of the city of New York, in the State
of New York, partner* in business in said city
as bankers, under the name, firm and style of
Henry Clews A Cos., respectfully represent:
That they are the holders and owners of one
hundred and seventy-five (1751 bond* of the
Cartersville ami Van Wert Railroad Company,
a corporation organized bv and under the laws
of the State of Geozgia, said bond* being num
bered from one (1) to oue hundred and seventy
five (175) inclusive, and each being for the
amount of one thousand dollars, with interest
coupons attached payable semi-annually on
the first day of March and tne first day of .Sep
tember in each yeai, at the rate of seven per
cent, per annum.
That your petitioners paid ninety (90) per
cent, on the par value of each ami all of said
bonds in cash, lawful money of the United
States. That said one hundred and seventy
five (175) bonds were issued ou and cover the
first fourteen (14) miles of said railroad, and
each of said bondsfhas indorsed thereon the
guaranty of the State of Georgia for the pay
ment of the principal and interest 'hereof in
accordance with the provisions of an act enti
tled “ An Act to loan the credit of the state to
the Cartersville and Van Wert|U«ilroad Com
pany.” Approved March 12, ISC'..
And your petitioners aver that the semi-an
nual interest, amounting to ff-,125, which be
came dne on their said bonds on the first day of
September A. D. 1870, was uot paid by said
Cartersville ami Van Wert Railroad Company
at the time said interest became due, nor has
said company since paid said interest or any
part thereof, and the same is still due aud ow
ing to your petitioners.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray that your
Excellency forthwith seize and take possession
of all the property of said railroad company
and apply the earnings of said road, after pay
ing all laborers’liens, if any there jbe, to the
extinguishment of (aid unpaid coupons, aPby
the 4th section of said act provided.
Aud your petitioners will ever pray, Ac.
HENRY CLEWS,
THEO.S. FOWLER,
Dated at the city of New York, in the State of
New York, on the Fourth day of December,
A. D. 1871.
State of New York, city of New York sa.
On this, the fourth day of December, in the
year 1871, before me personally came Henry
Clews aud Theodore S. Fowler, to mo known to
be the individuals described in, and who exe
cuted the within instrument, and severally ac
knowledged that they executed the same for
the purposes therein mentioned.
EDMUFD T. MOULTON,
I Notary’s Seal.] Notary Public.
State of New York,
City and Copktt of New York sa.
Be it remembered that on the fourth day of
December, A. D. one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-oue, before me, Charles Nettle ton,
a Commissioner, resident in the city of New
Y'ork, duly commissioned and qualiffed by the
Executive authority, and under the laws of the
State of Georgia, to take the ucknowledgement
of deeds, Ac., to be used or recorded therein,
personally appeared Henry Clews and Theo
dore S. Fowler, to me personally known to bo
the individuals unmed in, and who executed
the foregoing petition, who signed the same in
my presence, and severally acknowledged that
they executed the same, and they also made
solemn oath before me that the statements
thereon set forth, are true.
lu witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal.
CHARLES NETTLETON,
Commissioner for Georgia,
117 Broadway, New York City.
(Commissioner's Seal, (
l State of Georgia, j
Anil whereas, by virtue of an act entitled “An
Act to loan the credit of the State to the C’ar
tersville and Van Wert Railroad Company,”
approved March 12, 1869. it was enacted by ,the
fS&ft w &Uv»A
section of this act, or the interest that uihv ac
crue and become due thereon, shall not be paid
bv said railroad company at maturity, or when
due, it shall be the duty or tne Governor upon
information of such default bv any holder of
said bowl or bonds, to seize and take possession
of all the property of said railroad company,
and apply the earnings of said road to the ex
tinguishment of said unpaid bond or bonds, or
coupons, and may, at his discretion, upon con
tinued default in such payment by said com
pany, for a period of six months, sell the said
road and its equipments and other property
belonging to said company, or any portion
thereof, in such manner aud at such time as in
his judgment may subserve the interest of all
concerned.”
And whereas, the State of Georgia by author
ity of law, and by the act aloresaid, has a prior
lieu on all the property of the said Cartersville
and Van Wert Railroad Company, now the
“ Cherokee Railroad Company,” on account of
the indoriement by the State of the bonds set
forth in said petition.
Sow, therefore, I, Benjamin Conley, Gover
nor of the State of Georgia, and commander-in
chief of the army and navy of the State, and of
the militia thereof, upon the information to me
given by said petition, that the said Cherokee
Railroad Company, formerly Cartersville and
Van Wert Railroad-Company, have made de
faults in the payment of the interest due on
said bonds indorsed by the State, do issue this
my proclamation to the end that the petition
aforesaid as well as the prayer therein may be
granted and carried out in accordance with the
law of the State, and the act aforesaid, and do
hereby make known, that the State of Georgia
has taken, and hereby' does take, possession of
the said Chorokee Railroad, formerly Carters
ville and Van Wert Railroad, with all the prop
erty of said company, and its equipments of
whatever kind, character or description ; and
I, as Governor of this State have, and do hereby
place the some in charge of Dan’l 8. Printup,
Esq., oi Rome, Ga., as agent of the State of
Georgia, and hereby give full power unto
the said Daniel S. Rrintup, Esq., as such agent
of the State, to take into his possession all the
property aforesaid of the said Cherokee Rail
road Company, to control and manage the
same in accordance with and as provided by
the act aforesaid, and the laws of this State.
And it is further ordered : That all officers of
this State, civil and military, exercise due dili
gence, to the end that the said agent of this
State be maintained in the peaceful possession,
control, management, and use of the said Cher
okee Railroad, formerly Cartersville and Van
Wert Railroad, and all the property of the said
company, until further order of tbeGovernorof
this State.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State at the Capitol in Atlanta, this twenty
eighth day of December, in the year of our
Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one,
and of the Independence of the United State*
of America the Ninety-sixth,
BENJAMIN CONLEY.
By the Governor :
David G. Lotting, Secretary of State.
jan4-3t.
1. O. O, F.
mHE regular meeting of Etowah Lodge, No.
JL 47, I. O. O. F., is held on every Thursday
night, in the Masonic Hall.
JOHN M. DOBBS, Sec’y.
Cartersville, Gtv., Oct. 9th, 1871.
TO KENT OR SELL,
A large and elegant residence, ten room*
and a fire-place in each room, nine closets. )uii
completed and finished up, in the town ot car
ters ville. For further particulars appply to
ARTHUR HA) 18.
edc. 6,- wl g Cartersville, Ga.
“WHO WILL SUFFER?"— RH now 94
years since Dr. Tobias’ Venetian Liniment »a»
put before the public warranting it to cure
Chronic Rneumatisin, Headache, LuU, Hum*,
Bruges, Old Sores, Pains in the Limbs, Back
nd chest; and it ha* f “iled- ><>l(l by
ruggists. Depot, 10 T4rk 1 lace, New lork.
FAIR WARNING !
4 LL persons indebted to the firm of R. W
\ Satterfield * Bro.. are again, and for th
notified to settle up a.: once, which l
vou fail to do upon the wurnirg, you will be
required tosettle with an officer of court. We
must bring up our business, as we are compell
ed to have the money. Come up without delay
friends and patrons, and settle up vour ac
counts and let there be no stnie between us.
counts, anu SATTERFIELD A BUO.
dec 14 ts
the DALTON H RSIEKIES?
OFFER for sale this season a large stoca o
grafted fruit trees, consisting of API’LES
Southern varieties. PEACHES, PEARS and
PLUMS, CHERRIES, APRICOTS, also grap«
vines, strawberries Ac. B. Hamilton.
B. 8. Bowie Traveling Agent, will canvas*
Bartow county thi* fall,
artersv llle, Ga, Aug. 7th ITO