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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS. By SMITH, WIKLE & CO.] OKI6IHA.L. Written for the Standard A Express. INUIDESTS OF THE WAR From an lupuklished Manuscript. • V * LiBT or BAh.TOW COOiTY, OKOIOIA. “ I »ee the future itretch All <iark anU barren as a rainy kea.” Night came on, and we had had i* jr > anti my little ones “ their eve ning prayers had said,” and were now sleeping sweetly in their “ little beds,” all hut my sick baby. I had two of the servant women to come in, and fearing lest the Yankees might return, knowing that they were camping not far off, we had carefully fastened all of the doors and win dows, and werejjsitting around the fire with only a dim light; when sudden ly we heard a noise, then the rattling of rails, and 1 knew they had return ed arid were throwing up a picket fort. Oh, how I dreaded it! for now 1 knew that they would remain for many days, or it might be weeks, near us, and I would be exposed to their taunts and insults. It was not long before i heard voi ces directly under my w indow, and a subdued voice Itegged to be let in. I motioned to the servants to be per fectly quiet. They bugged and plead ed and threatened, but all in vain, no one stirn*d or answered. After find ing that wo did not or would not hear them, they retired as noiselessly as they had oome, greatly to our relief. Pretty soon afterwards others came to the door and ordered it opened. I did anything for a long while, but tinally unable longer to resist their importunities, I asked them W'hat they wanted. They replied, “ Meat and bread, and they would have it.” I knew by their manner that they were afraid to commit an outbreak, so 1 let them curse and threaten until they were tired down; theu they left of their ow n accord, as I said no more to them. I scarcely closed my eyes in sleep all through that long, dreary night. My baby had been sick all through the long summer mouths, and many a time I had expected him to dieand huve no one to bury him but servants. I never saw’ the Yankees daunted, or seem to have any spark of humanity, but once. One clay I was sitting by the little bed watching Harry, who was just live years old. lie lay toss ing in delirium with a burning fever, i and on my lap lay my baby, more j dead than alive. I heard a noise* in ! the buck yard, and I knew the Yan kees were coming up through the back way. 1 heard lien’s voice in expostula tion. “ I tell you to keep out of there; her children are dying now, and you have no business in there.” On they came. 1 sat perfectly still, j not caring for them then. There were three of them. They stalked right up to me before they halted, and then ! stopped, motionless with surprise. I They gazed first at me, then at the sick children; neither one of us spoke. They turned abruptly, and left the house without a w'ord. They were awed once. Morning came at last, and with it the trials and troubles that awaited us. I had determined the evening before to go to Kilpatrick’s headquar ters, and intercede for our milk cows, but the excitement I had already passed through left me entirely un fitted for the task. I had failed in every effort, the day before, to take care of or to preserve anything from them, so I determined to keep my room and let them do their worst, which certainly could not be more than what they had already done. I ordered the servants to leave my room and the whole house iu confu sion, and not to arrange anything at all, and had breakfast brought into my room. Just as the servant came in with a plate of hot rolls, a Yankee made his way in with her, and looking wistful ly at them said “he wanted some bread.” I knew I could have no more cooked that day, and indeed I was surprised to see the cook had served this up so nicely, so I told him that “ 1 had none to give him, that that was cooked for my little children, and I would not deprive them of it as long as I could help it.” lie turn ed off quietly and left, greatly to my surprise. I now noticed that no more of them came In, although I could hoar them passing continually. After breakfast Charlie came in and said all of our milk cows had come back home. | They had uotguarded them sufficient- 1 ly, and the faithful creatures had bro- j ken away from them, and now were at home, and Mary, the milkwomen, was milking them. 1 felt so thankful for this, for it: seemed that a kind Providence was ; watching over us still. I knew if we j could but retain our milk cows we ! would not suffer. We lmd sent off several milk cows to lower Georgia, with o ;r other stock and servauts, but t uan army rolled between’, and it might be months, or years even, before we could, if ever, get them again. We had only kept the oldest and gentlest ones, and now they had fully proved their fidelity. About nine o'clock my neighbor came in to see how we had been getting along. “ You have not been out all this morning, have you?” asked he. I told him, “ no, I had concluded to remain in my room all day, hoping by this means not to see any more Yankees.” “ Well,” said he, “ I have just been to the picket fort, and had a conver sation with the officer, and he has no ticed that you have uot been out to day, and he requested me to come in and say to you, that lie has stationed a guard in your yard, and that as long as he is here on duty you shall be protected, and to fear nothing.” “I was amused,” continued he, “ while I was conversing with him. A soldier came up from their head quarters, and said to him that Gen. Kilpatrick had sent him over for some milk cows; that all they had taken the evening before had broken away from them, and they had none, and they knew not where to find any.” He said the officer cursed him, and told him with an oath to go back to Gen. Kilpatrick and tell him he could not get any here, and turning to him, aid he, “ I went, sir, into the army to tight it out. and not to steal it out, as these men are doing, and as long as I remain on this place*, they shall ■ot drive off a cow nor do any more stealing, that as for forage and such things, I can not prevent the ir taking that, but that otherwise they shall have nothing.” I regretted that I never learned his name; he was a Kentuckian. His kindness tame when it was most needed, and it was the most gratui tous piece of kindness I ever received from a Yankee soldier. He shielded me for a time from the taunts and in sults of a low-bred set of men, and I shall always feel grateful to him for it. I went out after a while, and found a soldier standing ut the back door with a muaket on his shoulder. I drew hack involuntarily. He saw it, and hastily said: “I am only a guard, madam; the captain has or dered me to keep the men away. Do not lie alarmed or uneasy, you will not be troubled any more by them | while I am here to protect you, and 1 will keep them all straight.” So they did not trouble anything in the house and yard tliat day. If they wanted anything they would come and ask politely for it. We had had a little one-horse wag on fixed up before they had ever come in, thinking to have something to haul our wood and do our milling in. The first day they ever passed through, they maliciously choiiped one wheel to pieces. We had manag ed to find an olel buggy wheel that fitted it, and I felt secure of having some way to get wood for the winter. Hut Charlie came in to tell me they were fixing up now to carry it off, and again I summoned courage to go out and prevent them. 1 told them they could not have it, but they said it was just the idea, that they needed it very much, and that if 1 w’ould let them take it they would leave in its place a good, strong buggy, that I could have. I told them that “ I did not wire a straw for their buggy, that it was not theirs to give.” “ Oh, yes,” said one of them, “ they had bought and brought it from Ten nessee, and that if I would only send someone along w i th them, they would send me a good, gentle mule in the bargain.” T did not send though, and sure enough, in about two weeks, the owner of the buggy, not living more than fifteen miles distant, came for it. One of them came in to borrow an oven. 1 asked him if he would be sure to return it. “Oh, yes, ma’am,” said he, “ I will be sure to bring it hack as soon as I get through my cooking.” 1 sent him to the cook for it. She followed him out with it, very unwilling that he should take it off. “ I know them,” said she, “ they have been in and carried off nearly every thing. He came to me first, and T would not let him have it, and now' you have loaned it to him, and I never w ill see it again.” I told her he had promised me he would bring it back. “You will see,” she said; but sure enough he did not bring it back. The evening before, I looked out and saw them leading off “ old Crock et,” our faithful old buggy horse. As many ns six times before, they had started off with him, and as many as six times 1 had been at my post, and saved him. I started out to the gate, and Ben met me. Says he, “Let them have him this time; only this morn ing 1 found he had the glanders, and he will be sore to die; and if w r e keep him he will give it to “Cripple,” and we will lose him too.” Crocket and Cripple had served us faithfully all the summer; had finished up the work on the farm; and now, though “ my heart strings round him clung,” yet I let him go this time. They were expecting, momentarily, a fight with the scouts. They could see them half a mile up the road, continually crossing or standing in it. My little tx>ys would run in, and out to the picket fort, and once or twice the cap tain sent me word that I had better keep them in, as they knew not w hat moment they might have a skirmish. That evening a relief was sent; an other officer was placed in command. 1 could soon see a great change. The men began to prowl around, and things began to assume a threatening aspect. I sent over and asked for a guard. The messenger returned, un fortunately, with the answer, “ tliat all the men were on duty, and there was no one to stand guard.” This was imprudently delivered in the hearing of some of the men, and it went from one to another that there was no guard, and they soon began to tear up things. A young soldier, seeing how things w T ere, came to me, and told me lie feared I w'ould have some trouble if I did not have a guard. I told him the message I had receiv ed. He said all the men lie knew were on duty, but himself, and that lie w’ould go and see the officer about it. After awhile he returned, and told me he would stand guard for me, which he did faithfully, as long as they remained. We had a great deal of green tobac co, which had just been cut down, and was not yet cured. They had destroyed all the dry, and they now began on the green, and they all had sore mouths from it, and were contin ually running in and out for some thing to cure their mouths. On Sunday they all began to leave, and though only here two days, It seemed like so many months. On Saturday a squad of them went up into Polk county, and burned the residence of Capt. Matt. Ware, after first robbing and then plundering it of what they wanted and could take away. COD OUSTS. A brother and sister were playing in the dining-room, where their mother placed a Itasket of cakes on the tea-table and went out. “ How nice they look I” said the boy, reaching to take one. His sister earnestly objected, and even drew back his hand, repeating that it was against their mother’s direction. “ She did not count,” said he. “But perhaps God did,” answered the sister. So he withdrew from the tempta tion, and, sitting down, seemed to meditate. “ You are right,” replied he, look ing at her with a cheerful yet serious air; “ And does count, for the Bible says the hairs of our head are all numbered.” CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH *B, 1872. COMMUNICATIONS. Editors Standard A Express.— After reading the controversy be tween “ Nemo,” “Ye Local,” and “ Smell Million,propose to give the effect produced upon my mind. The question arose, can Miss “ Joano” be: called by some other name, there by rendering her leas mal-odorous ? In obedience to the great law of asso ciation, the much-quoted and highly 1 popular question and answer of i Shakespeare rushed to supply the an swerer; “.What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name will smell as sweet.” One question generally suggests another, and I asked, is Shakespeare correct ? The larger portion of* the literary world answer, by implication, yes. Then for a mere dagger to call in question the truth of the quotation against such odds, will doubtless, re ceive a most withering rebuke. So mote it be. Ido not propose invading the territory of the Goddess Flora, nor that of philology to inquire into the origin and primitive meaning of nouns, verbs, prepositions, Ac., Ac., but simply to amuse your numerous readers, by requesting them to ac company me while I explore the somewhat untrodden field of personal ; nouns, and patronimics. This is no ordinary task, and to expect entire satisfaction, by a full and complete development of the subject is not to be reasonable. Ido ndt pretend to understand the philosophy of names and surnames sufficiently well to write an exhaustive patronomatologi cal article. Nor do I suppose I am alone. There are few men or women that have felt sufficient interest in this subject to induce investigation. The women are more concerned about “ Fastosus,” and the men about “Jo ano.” I have resolved and re-resolv ed the subject for a quarter of a centu ry; have ransacked dusty encyclo pedias, and inquired of learned anti quaries, all to but little purpose. Who, on reflection, would not l>e de lighted to know the origin and prim itive meaning of his patronimic? Suppose any one of the numerous readers of the Standard & Exaress should attempt to solve the problem, where would he commence, and to whom apply? Names, whether no men or cognomen, merit a higher po sition in history than has been as signed to them. No one subject of equal importance, has received so lit tle notice by history as that of names. One principal reason for the silence of history is, that names antedate histo ry, and make history possible. Sci entists felt the necessity for ransack ing the records of defunct nations and obsolete languages in order to the es tablishment of a system of nomencla ture adapted to technology and sci ence. Even so, have lexicographers and philologists been forced to long years of research to determine the primitive meaning of words, the af finities, analogies, inflictions and vari ous formations of human language. But who has written the history of proper names, either of persons or of families? The only assignable rea son that occurs to my mind is, that since Shakespeare’s day, the entire corps of literary and scientific men and women, have excused themselves by, “ What is a name?” All schol ars who have searched past records for historical facts, upon all branches of human knowledge, are obliged to acknowledge the embarrassments upon conflicting authorities. Law yers, statesmen, theologians and lex icographers, have to grapple with this huge monster. Hence, no errors are so great and ruinously mischievous as those of great men. Such is the potency of the names of great men, that their sayings are ad hered to with the tenacity of duty, however absurd in principle or erro neous in fact. This weakness in hu man nature, to run after great names, illustrates the manner in which so many errors get into the world. In the sixteenth century, Copernicus, an obscure Prussian, for announcing a great astronomical truism, fully one century in advance of his age, was brutally imprisoned and otherwise maltreated ; while in the nineteenth century, Daniel Webster was deified for proclaiming a fundamental politi cal heresy. When, on that memo rable occasion in the U. S. Sena’9 he said, “ The people, and not the States, made the Federal Constitution.” New England threw up her hands and said, “ He must be a God?” And yet, ten States of the South to-day drink the worm-wood and gall, as the legitimate fruit of this mischiev ous untruth. “ What’s in a name?” Much, very much. A name often arouses a nation from apathy, and be comes its battle cry in war; a name often inspires a nation with rage, and becomes the target for its execration and hate; a name will bring tears to a mother’s eyes when she thinks of its little bearer in its cold grave; a name often suffuses a maiden cheek with blushes, causes her heart to flut ter within, and Anally gets her con sent to exchange a part of her own name for it. However it may be, relative to roses and “joano,” Shakes peare must have been wrong as to I>ersonal names. We glean from his tory certain characteristic facts rela tive to names. One prominent fact : is, that in the primitive stage of all races of men, individuals had but one name, and that name was significant, and derived from some object of sense. That this name, without a surname, indicates a savage or barbarous stage. An important fact as respects sur names is, that they are never found ■ among savages, but mark a more ad vanced stage in civilization. To know then, the status of any people in the 1 scale of historical development, we must first learn whether they use I names only, or add to them surnames. Names, like language, have suffered greatly by the addition and substruc tion of letters. It is well known to ; philogists how much the orthography, I etymology and otfioepy of the En glish language lias suffered from ca ; pricious fashion, and unscrupulous innovators. The same law of muta tion hasYendered names a medley often too obscure to be defined. Names are in themselves, when cor , rectiy understood, histories and bio graphies in epitome. But like Egyp tian hieroglyfics, wrapped in mystery, l Those whe have searched for the tacts of history, in ancient times, regard Josephus as good authority for what ' ever pertains to Jewish antiquities ; and yet the discoveries of modern sci ence prove Josephus to be unreliable 1 so far, at least, as concerns the primi tive meaning of words. The Rev. Mr. Moore, of Richmond, Va., pub lished a succinct review of Mr. Low er, on names and surnames, some fif teen years ago; and unwittingly fol lowed Lower, who had followed Jo i sephus, and made Adam to mean red , the color of the clay of which he was supposed to have been made. Not being a Hebraist, I contented myself that these men must be correct. But the best English and American schol ars say Adam, means no such thing. Here is met a glaring error as the re sult of prestige that attaches to the name of Josephus. The embarrass ment inseparable from the investiga tion of this subject is apparent. The earliest record of names is found in the Bible. The sense-era is not so plainly marked, however, as in later periods of history. The reason for i this is, that the Bible describes no ' people sunk so low in civilization sis I their defendants. The American In | dians illustrate the sense-era, being a savage people—Hence.. Black-Hawk, War-Eagle, Young-Fawn, Wing-on- Wings, Prairie-Bird, Ac., Ac. The early Romans had no surnames, Romulus and Remus. So, we find it true of all tribes and tongues, they have but the nomen and no patro niinic in a savage state. But, when human rights began to j be recognized by regular governments the law reduced to legal form, to know and distinguish the tenure of property in bequeathing and purchas ing it became necessary not only to distinguish one man from another, but to trace his genealogy, and thus determine his hereditary rights. The introduction of surnames was as grad ual as civilization itself. We read of no people that have been translated from slavery to absolute freedom by a mere proclamation, save the negroes of the South. Even in this anomily, we see surnames simultaneous with freedom. Before the surrender, the colored nomenclature run after this fashion: Jack, the servant of Jones, or Jones’ Jack. Now its Mr. Jack Jones. We read of the renowned Ar menius, but hear nothing of his sur name. Asa historical fact of no lit tie interest, the introduction of patro nimics, and the most perfect system of nomenclature are due to the Ro- j mans, about 500 years B. C. The j great mission of Rome seems to have I been the develepment of man colleet tively, while that of Greece, was to de velope man as an individual. Rome has given lessons to the world in gov ernment and law, while the Greeks have been contented with philoso phy. The student of Roman history will remember that at the time assigned for the accession of patronimics, the Romans were divided into, not only patricians and plebeans, but into gentes or clans, and each clan into families. Thus the cornelian clan or gentes, was divided into the families of the Scipiones, Lentuli, Cethegi, Dolabellae and Cinnae. An individ ual belonging to any one of these families, commonly received three name*s to express the three relations, called proenomen, nomen and cogno men. Thus, Tullius, Cornelius, Scip io, meant Tullius of the Cornelian gents, and family of the Scipios. A word for your fair readers. The sub ordination of woman in Roman soci ety is shown by the mode of improv ing female names. When there was but one daughter, she was called by the name of the elan. Cicero’s daugh ter was called Tullia, Caesar’s daugh ter, Julia, beeause Cicero belonged to the Tullian gens, and Caesar to the Ju lian. If two daughters, Tullia Maj or and Tullia Minor. If more than two, they were distinguished by their number. Tullia prima, Tullia Siceon da, Tullia Tertia, Tullia Quarta. Then women had no surnames, and after marriage retained her name as she had none to change. Here is Roman history embodied in names. This will suffice for the first install ment. I sign the primitive meaning of my patronimic, let those who can, ! detect it. More anon. Dagger. TO THF. CITIZENS OF BARTOW COUNTY. By an act of the General Assembly ! of the State of Georgia, assented to ! 20th January, 1872, amendatory of the act of 13th October, 1870, the! Board of Education for Bartow coun-! ty has been superseded by another to j be organized the first Tuesday in j April, proximo. Before turning over to others the j interests of common schools, which has been confided to the guardian ship of this board, it is deemed neith- j er improper nor unreasonable to j briefly recite the causes which have conspired to hinder the intro- ■ duction, and prevent the successful operation of common schools in your ; county; and to indicate the line of ! policy which, in the opinion of this board, is best calculated to insure a successful school system. The novelty of the school system in Georgia, the general distrust "as to its permanency, the inadequacy of the . school fund, the want of school hous es in many places and the general aversion to a local tax for school i house purposes, the inactivity of 1 many school officers, the inexperience ' of many teachers, are circumstances ; which have combined to foil the ef forts of this board for the past year, and constitute the apology now of fered for the partial failure to intro duce common schools as contempla ted by law, and reasonably expected by many. All has been done to pro mote the interest entrusted to this board that was consistent with sound policy and a strict construction of the school law. It is no less a subject of regret than of deep humiliation, that up to a recent period there was no I available school fund in the treasury of the State, notwithstanding the many liberal appropriations that have been made by the General As sembly during a series of years in the past. This fact of itself affords a sad commentary on the financial man ; agement of the late administration, j and should admonish all of the dan | ger there is in voting for exotic ad ! venturers who infest the South for plunder. | It is not in obedience to a mere | formality that this board thus ad dresses you, but rather from a con viction that the statement of facts, , and an appeal to your judgment, un ! der the circumstances, are proper, if not absolutely necessary. The subject of popular education haa ever had its advocates, both i among Christiana and patriots, and ; receives to-day a large share of sym pathy and patronage from all friends of enlighteded civilization. The ao 1 tion of the General Assembly, at its late session, would seem to afford matter of encouragement and grat ulation to the friends of common schools, inasmuch as the system has been continued, with a few organic changes, and some evidence given of a disposition to foster this great lever of civtltediuc. Upon close 9enstiny, however, it will not escape the notice ; of those who have thought upon the subject, that the amended act, now ' of force, was either intended to ren der the svstem inoperative, or else, in their ardency to promote it, they have strangled it to death in the arms jof their affections. This board is not ! so uncharitable as to impute to the Legislature hostility to the system, yet the practical effects of the amend ed law is to render common schools inoperative. To have required a lo cal tax, supplemented to the State fund, sufficient to (continue common schools three months , instead of sir, would have been more reasonable. This board is not dispondeut, how ever, of a successful common school ultimately; but unless the Legisla ture, at its session in J uly next, shal 1 reconsider the amended act, and take steps to amend the constitution, this board can see no hope for common schools, however necessary and de j sirable. Time will enable men to think and act upon this subject, as upon all others in the past, which in their inception were denounced and finally adopted aad prized. Educa i cation is regarded a specialty, and to ; be appreciated is as necessary as ed ucation itself. There is, however, I such a thing as doing too much and I going too fast. A system of popular ! education, to be successful, must be of the people and must grow with their growth. In other words, edu | cation can never lx; engrafted upon a a people. Legislation must never precede public opinion by foisting upon the people a system repugnant to tneir self respect, sense of justice and right. Hence, time, patience and persistency are mdis pensible to the success of common schools under the auspices of the State. Much is being said of rail roads, internal improvements, mus cle, etc., etc., but too often men lose sight of that great agency which pro jects railway lines, exhumes the min eral wealth of a State, and wisely directs the exercise of muscle—culti vated intellect. Take this from a State, ami you rob her of her rarest treasure. Give a State education, or a mind drawn out and invigorated, and you invest her with a power against which no opposition can stand. To illustrate the idea, that to promote education is the most ef fectual and speedy method to the at tainment of a high degree in theseale of civilization, an extract from the great Maeauly is in point. He says of Scotland, in 179(1. immediately af ter the close of the revolution in England, when the derangement of her finances and general prostration of all her material resources were far worse than that of the Southern States in 1865: “ But by far the most important event of the short session was the passage of the Act for the settling of schools. By this memo rable law it was, in Scotch phrase, statuted and ordained that every parish in the realm should provide a commodious school-house and pay a moderate stipend to a schoolmaster. The effect could not be immediately felt. But, before one generation had passed away, it began to be evident that the common people of Scotland were superior in intelligence to the common people of any other nation in Europe. To whatever land the Scotchman might wander, to what ever calling he might betake himself, in America or in India, in trade or in war, the advantages he had derived from his early training raised him above his competitors. * If ho woo taken into a warehouse as a porter, he soon became foreman. If he enlisted in the army, lie soon became a ser geant. Scotland, meantime, in spite of the barrenness of her soil and se verity of climate, made such prog ress in agriculture, in manufactures, in commerce, in letters, in science, in all that constitutes civilization, as the Old World had never seen equal ed, as even the New World had nev er seen surpassed. This wonderful change is to be attributed, not solely, but principally to the National sys tem of education.” This language needs no comment. Exactly one century later, and the great Washington spoke, when he bequeathed to the American people a priceless legacy in the form of his farewell address. Amid the many matchless political truisms to be found in the memorable docu ment, stands prominently the follow ing : “Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be en lightened.” Not to become tedious, this board forbears to elaborate further the ab stract subject of education, and will briefly state the policy, which, in its opinion, should characterize the fu ture legislation of Georgia, touching the interest of common schools. As the result of dilligent inquiry, close observation and mature thought, this board cannot pretermit the fact, however humiliating, to acknowledge that there is a large amount of illit eracy in many portions of the coun try. * Nor can the conviction be sup pressed that the inauguration and maintainanee of common schools, are not only fully adequate to the task of its removal, but the only ef fectual remedy. This great evil, so fruitful of vice and crime wherever allowed to exist, is rendered the more aggravated in many localities of the rural districts by reason of the want of unanimity among the people. This bane to the interests of educa tion is not, however, peculiar to any locality, but is seen and felt even in the more highly favored communi ties. Then, to whatever cause or causes this want qf harmony and con cert of action may be attributed, the beauty and adaptation of the local system is made apparent, when the law, (which is deaf to feuds and fac tions) interposes and locates school houses at the most eligible sites, ac cessible to all children of scholastic age. However desirable it may be for all to say, “ the county is dotted with school-houses,” and “the school master is abroad,” yet if your schools are not well appointed and judicious ly systemized, the whole scheme will fall still-born. Probably no one evil has been more universally tolerated in all common school enterprizes than that of promiscuous text books. It is a matter of astonishment that in the present advanced stage of letters and science, as well as school enterprizes, this great evil still remains to be de precated. It is certainly cause of sincere gratulation to know that the Legislature, at its last session, invest ed county boards with the authority to select their own text-books. CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK. A simple mode of avoiding the spread of small-pox has been discov ered in Alabama. They let the pa tient die safely by himself; hire a negro to bury him; and shoot the ne gro as soon as the interment Li finish ed. A perplexed German tailor, who had made a garment for a youth, and found himself unable to dispose of the surplus fullness which appeared when trying it on, declared vocife rously tnat “de coat is goot. It’s no fault of de coat. De poy is too 1 slim.” POETK Y. THE SEW mil(H ORGAN. They’re got abran new organ, Sue, For all their fuss am] search ; They've done just as they said the) U Jo, - And fetches) it into church. They’re bonntl the critter shall he seen, Aud on the preacher's right. They hoisted up their new machine, In everybody’s sight. They’ve got a choinst and a choir. Ajr’in my voice and vote ; For it was never MY desire. To praise the Lord by note ! I've been a sister good and true, For five and thirty year ; I've done what seemed hit part to do, An’ prayed my duty clear ; I’vesung the hymns'both slow and quick. Just as the preacher read. And twice, when Deacon Tubbs was sick, I took the fork an’ led ! And now. their bold. new-fangled ways Is cornin’ all about; And I. right in my latter days, | Am fairly crowded oul! To-day the preacher, good old dear. With tears all in his eyes, | Read “ I can read ray titla clear To mansions in the skies,” I al’ars liked that blessed him I s’pose I al'ays will; It somehow gratifies MY whim, In good old Ortonville ; But when that choir got up to sing, I couldn’t catch a word ; They sung the most dog-gundest thing A body ever heard ! Some worldlv chaps was standln’ near. An’ when i seed them grin, I bid farewell to every fear. And boldlv waded in. I thought I’d chase their tune along. An’ tried with all my might ; But though my voice is good an strong, I couldn’t steer it right. When they was high, then I was low. An’ also contra’wise ; And 1 too fast, or they too slow. To “mansions in the skies.” An’ after every Terse, you know, They played a little tune ; I didn't understand, an’ so I started in too soon. I pitched it pretty middlin' high, I fetched a lusty tone, But, oh, alas ! I found that I Was singin' there alone ! They laughed a little, I am told ; But I had done my best ; And not a wave of trouble rolled Across my peaceful breast. And sister Brown—r could but look— She sits right front ol me ; She never was no singin’ book, An’ never went to be ; But then she al’ays tried to do The best she could, she said ; She understood time, right through. An’ kep’ it, with her head ; But when she tried this mornin’, oh, I had to laugh, or cough ! It kep’ her head a bobbin’ so, It e’en a’most came off ! An’ Deacon Tubbs—he all broke down. As one might well suppose ; lie took one look at sister Brown, And meekly scratched his nose. He looked his hymn book thro’ and thro’ And laid it on the seat, And then a pensive sigh ha drew, And looked completely beat. An’ when they took another bout, He didn’t even rise ; But drawed his red bandanner out, An’ wiped his weepin’ eyes. I've been a sister, good an’ true, For live and thirty year ; I’ve done what seemed my part to do. An’ prayed my duty clear ; But death will stop my voice, 1 know, For lie is on mv track : And some day, fto church will go. And never more come back. And when the folks get up to sing— Whene’er that time shall be— I do not want no patent thing A squealin’ over nie ! Agricultural Department. Good Coffee. —This delicious bev erage we do not always find in all places where coffee is used. In some of our first-class hotels the coffee is in no way desirable. In some families, too, a really nice cup of coffee is nev er seen. This may lie owing partly to the quality of the article purchased, but often the fault is in making. Af ter purchasing good coffee, the most important part in making is the browning, if this is not properly (lone no skill whatever can make of it a good cup of coffee. The following is our method: 1 When there is a good fire in the cook- j ing stove, and the oven a little too hot for baking purposes, place on a | baking tin as much coffee as you wish ; to use in three days, put this in the oven and watch it constantly until every kernel is of a dark brown color, j It should not be long in the oven, and if tomlod with otwe will brown vory evenly, but should any kernels be come black and glossy throw them i away, they will spoil the flavor of the i best coffee. Grind as much of this as ! you wish to use at once. For mode-! rate coffee drinkers, a tablespoonful for each person is sufficient. Half an egg mixed thoroughly with dry cof fee, will settle enough for six persons. Rinse the coffee pot first with cold, then with hot water, put in the pre pared coffee, pour on one-third as much more boiling water as you wish coffee for the table, boil ten or fifteen minutes, serve immediately with su gar and cream, (milk only weakens it,) and your coffee will be clear as amber, and the beverage in your cup a golden bronze color, which none but the best coffee ever presents. Apples for Human Food.— With us the value of the apple as an article of food is far underrated. Besides containing a large amount of sugar, mucilage, and other nutritive matter, apples contain vegetable acids, aro matic qualities, etc., which act pow- j erfully in the capacity of refrigerants, j tonics and antiseptics, and when free- i ly used at the season of mellow ripe- j ness they prevent debility, indiges- i tion, and avert, without doubt, many of the “ ills which flesh is heir to.” The operators of Cornwall, England, consider ripe apples nearly as nour ishing as bread, and far more so than potatoes. In the year 1801—which was a year of much scarcity—apples, instead of being converted into cider, were sold to the poor, and the labor-! ers asserted that they could “ stand ; their work” on baked apples without i meat; whereas a potato diet required either meat or some other substantial nutriment. The French and Ger- ; mans use apples extensively; so do the inhabitants of all the European j nations. The laborers depend upon | them as an article of food, and fre-! quently make a dinner of sliced up-1 pics and bread. There is no fruit i cooked in as many different ways in our country as apples, nor is there any fruit whose value, as an article of nii- 1 triment, is as great and so littleappre- i ciated.— Water (Jure Journal. SOWING DIFFERENT GRAINS TOGETHER. The Toronto Globe says of late i years the attention of several experi mental English agriculturists fas some Canadian) has been turned toward the possibility of increasing the yield per acre of various cereals, when sown together in the same field. There seems little doubt that a much larger yield can thus be obtained. Instances are quoted where peas, oats, barley and wheat, all sown together, have produced a very large yield. This plan has especially been successful where various sorts of wheat alone have been sown together, or, as we should term it, a mixed sample of seed. One man mentions a yield of upwards of seventy bushels of this mixed seed (wheat) per acre, and this great crop was composed of four dif ferent sorts of wheat. The theory is that some sorts are subject to particu lar enemies, whether of season or in sects, whilst others are not influenced by the same at the same time, or es cape altogether, so between the vari ous chances which affect the different plants a crop matures. Our improved fanning mills are brought to such per fection that the separation of different grains is not difficult. Gardening for Ladies.—Make your beds early in the morning in stead of lying thereon; sew buttons on your hushand’s shirts ; do not rake up any grievances; protect the young and tender branches of your family; plant a smile of good temper in your face, and carefully root out all angry feelings ; cultivate all womanly gra ces, and expect a good crop of happi ness. The Lookout Flouring Mills, Chat ’ tanooga, are turning out five hundred 1 barrels of flour per day. Cure for Diptheria. —A simple and successful treatment of diptheria may be found in the use of lemon juioe. Gargle the throat freely with it, at the same time swallow a portion so as to reach all the affected parts. A French physician claims that he saved his own life with this pleasant remedy. To Cleanse Blankets.— Put two tablespqonful of borax and a pint of -oaff-fltfo a tub of cold water. When dissolved, put iu a pair of blankets, and let them remain over night. Next day, rub and drain them out, and hang them out to dry. Do not wring them. Frost Bite*.— Dissolve one hand ful of copperas in a pail half full of warm water; soak the feet well in it, set aside and repeat until it is all ; drawn out. Often one application will answer, according to extent of disease*. Sugar Cookies.— One cup of su gar. one cup of butter, one egg, a lit tle batter and flour—enough to roll them. Bake quickly. A standing antidote for poison by dew, poison oak, ivy, Ac., is to take a handful of quick-lime, dissolve in wa- I ter, let it stand half an hour, then paint the poisoned parts with it. Three or four applications will never fail to cure* the most aggravated cases. Poison from bees, hornets, spider bites, Ac., is instantly arrested by the application of equal parts of common salt and bicarbonate of soda, well rub bed in on the place bitten or stung. It has been generally supposed that the guano deposits in the Cincha Is lands were the excreta of birds, but now Dr. Ilabel and professor Eel wards suspect that they are made up of the bodies of decayed animals and plants, most of which are of marine ; origin. This supposition rests on the j fact that the anchors of ships moored near those islands frequently bring guano to the surface. Lemon for a Cough.— Roast the lemon very carefully without burning it. When it is thoroughly hot, cut and squeeze into a cup upon three ounces of sugar finely powdered. | Take a spoonful whenever your cough troubles you. It is good and agreea ble to the taste. Rarely has it been known to fail of giving relief. LOOK OtT FOE SMCT AM) BIST. Our grain planters must be aware I that so heavy rains as have fallen this year will so affect the soil, the atmos phere and the germinating grain, as to prepare the way for rust and smut in grain to an unusual degree; and, therefore, all the means in their pow er should be used to ward off danger in due season. There are some lands that are low, and standing water will remain on them a long time, even after the grain is up. All such standing water should be drawn off, if it Is possible; and where land is about to be planted that is still wet before planting, a dressing of slacked lime will serve a grand pur pose : it will warm the soil, help to dry it, and kill parasites. —California Farmer. Plantation Johnny Cake.—To one pint of corn meal add half a cup of sugar, three eggs, a tablespoon ful of butter, a tablespoonful of baking powder, and enough milk to make a stiff batter. Grease your pan well, and pour the batter into it. Rake thoroughly. In youth, yea, in manhood, we should cultivate mind and character to the utmost, for we know not for what end God may have destined us. Babies. —We love the little babies and love everybody that loves little barbie*. Nu man has inusic in liis soul who don’t love babies; they were made to be loved, especially girl 1 babies when they are grown up. A man isn’t worth a shuck who hasn’t | a baby, and the same rule applies to j women. A baby is a spring day in winter; a ray of sunshine in frigid; winter, and if it is healthy and good natured, and you are sure that it is : yours, it is a bushel of sunshine, no ; matter how cold the weather. A ! man cannot be a hopeless case so long as he loves babies, one at a time. We love babies all over—no matter how ! dirty they are. Babies were made to be dirty. We love babies beeause they are ba bies, and because their mothers were loveable and lovely women. Our love of babies is only bounded by the number of babies in the world/ We always have sorrowful feelings for wo men who have no babies, and don’t expect any. Women always look down-hearted who have no babies, and men who have no babies always grumble and , drink whiskey, and stay out at night trying to get music in their.souls; but they can’t come it. Babies are babies and nothing else can take their places. Pianos play out, and beauty plays out, and sweet temper plays out, axul j good living plays out, unless there is ! a baby in the house. We have tried it; we know, and we say there is , nothing like a baby.— Exchange. There is a Future.— lt cannot be said earth is man’s only abiding place. It cannot be that life is a bubble cast upon the ocean of eternity, to float a moment upon its surface, and then sink into darkness and noth ingness forever. Else, why is it that the high and glorious aspirations which leap like angels from the tem ple of our hearts are forever wander ing abroad unsatisfied? Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud come over us with a beauty that is not of earth, and then pass off and leave us to muse on its faded lovlineas ? Why is it that the stars which hold festival around the throne are set above the grasp of our limited faculties, and forever mock us with their una-p proachable glory? And why is it that forms of human beauty are presented to the view and then taken away from us, leaving the thousand streams to flow back in an Alpine current upoojmr hearts. --- ■ ■ The Poetry of Trees. —Said Nathaniel Hawthorne: “ The trees as living existences, from a pecuiliar link between the dead and us. My fancy has always found something very interesting in an orchard. Apple trees, and all fruit trees, have domestic character, which brings them into relationship with man. They have lost in a great measure the wild nature of the forest tree, and have grown humanized by contributing to his wants. They have become a part of the family; and their individual character is as well understood and appreciated as those of the human members. One tree is harsh and crabbed, another mild; one is churlish and illiberal, another exhaasts itself with its freehearted bounties. Even the shapes of apple trees have great individuality, into such strange postures do they put themselves, and thrust their contorted branches gro tesquely in all directions. And when they havT'slood around a house for many years, and held converse with successive dynasties of occupants and gladdened their hearts so often in the fruitful autumn, then it would seem I almost sacrilege to cut them down.” Richmond, Va., has had seventeen I snow-storms this winter. The last ! was the worst. The most irredeemable bonds yet i known to the financial and moral j world are vagabonds. ; Colonel H. P. Farrow, having ; resigned the office of Attorney-Gene l ml of Georgia, has been sworn in as | United States Attorney for the State LAWSHE & HAYNES, ATLANTA, GA. Have on hand and are recmving the fluent (lock of lb* lateet •tries of DIAMOND & GOLD JEWELRY lu upper Georgia. Mlected with can* lor the FALL AND WINTER TRADE Watche* of the beet maker* of Europe and America. AMERICAN AND FRENCH CLOCKS | STKKI.ING and COIN SILVER-WAR*. And the beet quality of SILVER PLTED GOODS, At price# to suit the time*. Gold .diver A »tecl SPECTACLES TO SUIT ALL AGES. 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The House we represent manufacture on as unparalleled scale, employing on Sterling Sil ▼er-Ware alone over One Hundred skilled hands, the most accomplished talent in Design ing, and the best Labor-saving Machinary, en abling them to produce works of the highest character, at prices US APPROACHED bvany competition. Our stock at present is the lar gest and rao»t varied this side of Philadelphia Aii examination of our stock and price# will guarantee our sales. OUR HOUSE USE ONLY m BRITISH STERLING, 1000 jan 4ts AGENCY GEORGIA LOAN & TRUST COMPANY ». W. K. PKACOCK, AGent. CARTERSVIELE, GEORGIA i OFFICE in the Store-room of A. A , A CO., Main Street. Money received on Deposit, j Kxchange nought and sold. Advances mads on Cotton and other dace. I | dee. 0-sw VOL. 12—NO. 38 The Western Antidote ! McCUTCH EON’S CHEROKEE INDUS BITTERS. This highly valuable Indian Remedy ia too well kuowu, whenever it he* Less used, to require speeiai notiee. Those who are unacquainted with its wo* derful operation upon the system will fad it a certain remedy iu all Diseases es the Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organ*. It is very useful in Rheumatism, l.lver (’em plaint, Ague-Cake Dysentery an t ether complaints. It warms the stomach sad bowels; cures Colic an 1 Obstruotions es the Breast; sustains excessive labor of both bo dy and tuind; cures the Piles, promote* the Appetite, assists Digestion; prevent* un pleasant dreamsandfrights; a . s. gthens Ae judgment; cures Nervous, Asthmatic*] and Hysterical Affections; removes all the dis orders of wcaknes and debility ; purilea the Blood; cures Neuralgia and Dispeptia to gether with most Diaeaaee peculiar te Vr. malec. Old and young, male and female, have beea greatly bencfitled by its usa, as hundreds e. letter* from all parts of the United States will certify. Let those who are unae quainted with McCitcusos’s “llierolse In dian Bitters,” before saying this is te* much, try a bottle, aud all who do to will unit* iu testifying that the half has aot barns told. Cherokee Indian Bitten possesses aa ener gy which seems to communicate new life te the system, and renovate the feoble, fainting powers of nature. Its operation upon the tissues of the body does not consist ia affect ing the irritability of the living fibre, hot in imparting a sound and healthy stimulus te the Vital Dry ant. It strengthens substantially aad durably the living powers of the animal machine; is entirely innocent and harmless; may he ad ministered with impunity to both sexes, aad 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 have a good effect. It is per fectly incredible to those unacquslnted with the Bitters, the facility with which a heal thy action is often in the worst case restor ed to the exhausted organs of the ststkm; with a degree of animation and desire for food, which is perfectly astonishing to all who perceive it. This Medicine purifies the blood, restores the tonic power of the and of the stomach and digestive organs; rouses the animal spirits, and substantially fortifies and reanimates the breken d*wa constitutions of mankind. Indians are the most healthy of the human rac*. They take an abundace of physical exercise, breathe pure air, and live on sim ple diet. When sick, they use no mineral poisons, bat select roots, herbs, and plaate “from the great drug store of then Cr*a tor. ” McCctchiok’s “ Chkroeih Ikdiak Bitt«rs” is a combination of these vegeta ble substances which render it entirely in nocent to the constitution of the most dedi cate male or female. The wonderful pew ear which these “Bitters” arc knewn 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 wealli nor the maiy walks of science, but among the hardy sons of Nature, whose original, untutored ntinds, unshackled by the farm* of science, are left free to pursue the dic tates of reason, truth and eeiaston sense. Sines the introduction of this remedy In o the United States, thousauda have been raised from beds of affliction whose Vivee were despaired of by their physicians and pronounced beyond the reach s»f medicine McCutcheon - * “Cherokee Bitters” has driven the most popular medicines of every name, like chaff before the whirlwind, from every city, town and village where it has been introduced, and is destined ere long te convince the world that the red mans 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 beneflit*d by its use. Hundreds of certificates, fret* parts of the United States, which *re enti tled to the fullest confidence, speak of it in the moat favorable manner. * These are ne only from persons who have been cured by it, but also from some sf the most eminent physicians and druggitt who have success fully tested it in their practice, and volun tarily offer their testimonials i* be fever For sale by all Dealer*- SriciAO None*. —Merchnnte*and drug gists doing business at a distance from the railroad, when ordering my “Cherekee In dian Bitters,’’ will please state the depot te which they hare their goods shipped, by |to doing, I can sometimes supply their wants much earlier. Address all orders to R. H. MoCUTCHIOI, Marietta, ip. Whe alone is sutheriaed te manufacture the original and genuine. act 26—ly