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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 ! McCUTCH EON’S CHEROKEE INDIAN BITTERS, This highly valuable Indian Remedy is too well known, whenever it has been useiW to require special notice. Those who are unacquainted with its won. derful operation upon the system will find it a certain remedy in all Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organs. It is very useful iu Rheumatism, Liver Com plaint, Ague-Cake Dysentery and other complaints. It warms the stomach aud bowels; cures Colic an 1 Obstructions of the Breast; sustains excessive labor of both bo dy and miud ; cures the Piles, promotes the Appetite, assists Digestion; prevents un pleasant dreams and frights; strengthens the judgment; cures Nervous, Asthmetical and Hysterical Affections; removes ail the dis orders of weaknes and debility ; purifies the Blood; cures Neuralgia and Dispepsia, to gether with most Diseases peculiar to Fe males. Old and young, male and female, have been greatly benefitted by its use, as hundreds of letters from all parts of the United States will certify. Let those who are unac quainted with MoCuto heos’s “Cherokee In dian Bitters,” before saying this is too much, try a bottle, aud all who do so will uuite in testifying that the half has not been told. Cherokee Indian Bitters possesses an ener gy which seems to communicate new life to the system, and renovate the feeble, fainting powers of nature. Its operation upon the tissues of the body does not consist in affect ing the irritability of the living fibre, but in imparting a sound and healthy stimulus to tho Vital Organs. It strengthens substantially and durably the living powers of the animal machine; is entirely innocent and harmless; may be ad ministered with impunity to both sexes, and all conditions of life. There is no disease of any name or na ture, whether of young or old, male or fe male, but that it is proper to admin’ster it and if it be done seasonably and persever ingly it will liavc.A.*f«nff«’*«rfSoniuaihi«?u witn ffic'Hitters, the facility with which a heal i.l>u nation is often in the worst case restor cd to tlie CXlnv.Btvii vigoiaa w t' .——, ———, with a degree of animation aud desire for food, which is perfectly astouishiug to all who perceive it. This Medicine purifies the blood, restores the tonic power of the fibres, and of the stomach and digestive organs; rouses the animal spirits, and substantially fortifies and reanimates the broken down constitutions of mankind. Indians are the most healthy of the human race. They take an abundacc of physical exercise, breathe pure air, and live on sim ple diet. When sick, they use no mineral poisons, but select roots, herbs, and plants “from the great drug store of their Crea tor.” McCutciieojj’s “ Cherokee Indian Hitters” is a combination of these vegeta ble substances which render it entirely in nocent to the constitution of the most deli cate male or female. The wonderful power which these “Bitters” are known to pos sess in curing diseases, evinces to the world that it is without a parallel in the history of medicine, and afford additional evidence that the great benefactors of the country are not always found in the temples of wealth, nor the mazy walks of science, but among the hardy sons of Mature, whose original, untutored minds, unshackled by the forms of science, are left free to pursue the dic tates *f reason, truth and common sense. Since die introduction of this remedy in to the United States, thousauds have been raised from beds of affliction whose lives were despaired of by their physicians and pronounced beyond the reach of medicine' McCutcheon’s “Cherokee Bitters ” has drivem the most popular medicines of every namel, like chaff before the whirlwind, from every city, town and village where it has been introduced, and is destined ere long to convince the world that the red man's rem edies are the white man's choice. For dis eases peculiar to the female sex there is nothing better. Old and young, male and female, have all been greatly benefitted by its use. Hundreds of certificates, from all parts of the United States, which are enti tled to the fullest confidence, speak of it in the most favorable manner. These are not only froin\ persons who have been cured by it, but alsii from some of the most eminent physiciansland druggist who have success fully tested it in their practice, and volun tarily offer 'their testimonials in its favor For sale bylall Dealers. Special Notice. —Merchants and drug gists doing business at a distance from the railroad, when (Ordering my “ Cherokee In dian Bitters,” dill please slate the depot to which they have their goods shipped, by so doing, I caff sometimes supply their wants much earlier. Address all orders to R. H. McCUTCHEON, Marietta, Ga. Who alone is authorized to manufacture the original and genuine. 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