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THE STANDARD AND EXPRES . fly SMITH, WIKLE & CO.] THE RUTLAND MURDERS. BT LEROY. The wind whistled without, the min fell heavily, and the cold was in creasing every hour. With a shiver 1 drew my chair nearer to the tire, and remarked to my companion: “ What an avfful night!” He assented; adding : “ I don’t think I’m superstitious, hut 1 can’t help regarding this night, the 17th of January, as under a sort of curse.” “ Why so?” I questioned. “ Thereby hangs a tale,” he replied, lighting a fresh cigar. “ I jet’s have it, was my laconic rejoinder. .Vow, this companion of mine was something of a character in his way. His name was Hill Brentford, and we had been friends, until, at the age of eighteen, we parted —he to en ter his uncle’s store in London, and J to cultivate the farm in Suffolk, which had been in my family for eight generations. From that time wo saw but little of each other. Bill soon timl of the monotonous life of a clerk, and, following the bent of his own inclinations, he entered the de tective force. At the time of which I am writing, he was one of the most valued officers. During my rare and hurried visits to London, I always stayed with Bill. He had never married, but he kept up a bachelor’s establishment in two snug rooms, next door to a first rate eating house, from which his meals were sent to him. A luxuri ous fellow was Bill, when off duty, hut in the pursuits of business, nerves and frame alike seemed made of iron. But to return to the night of which 1 was speaking. Bill enjoyed telling a story, and told one admirably; so 1, too, lighted a fresh cigar, and lean ed comfortably back in my chair to listen, with a feeling of delightful satisfaction. Bill smoked a few moments in si lence and then began: “Did you ever hear of the Rut land murders, Dick?” “Well, no,” I replied. “I can’t say that I did.” “Os course not. You country fel lows never do boar anything. '.Jupi ter ! what a life!” Jupiter was Bill’s favorite expres sion, and he always said it very slowly and with great energy. “ Well, the first of these happened in 1859, ton years ago to-night; and the second in ’O7. They were both committed on the night of the 17th of January, between the hours of eleven and two. “ There was an old man by the name of Clark Rutland, who owned a tall, rather gloomy-looking house out toward Paddington. He was a widower, and very rich, and his child having married against Ids will, he had disinherited her and adopted a nephew, a feeble, indolent, good looking sort of a chap. This fellow, David Rutland was married at the time his uncle adopted him, and had one child, a hoy of live years, the handsomest little creature 1 ever set eyes on. The mother had gipsy blood, they said, and she looked it. Just after they came to live with the old man, a robbery was committed in the house, and 1 had charge of the affair; so that’s the way I came to know all about them. “ It was when the child, Mark Rutland, was sixteen, that the tirst murders took place. David Rutland had been dead long ago, ami young Mark was locked upon as the old man’s sole heir. 1 bad been away to the North on some business, and when i got back the first piece of news J heard was that old Mr. Rut land had been found dead in his bed, with a wound through his heart, made by some sharp, Mender instru ment, which must have let out the life instantly. His servant testified that ho always slept with a long, thin dagger beside him, which he had brought from Spain in youth, and valued very highly. This dag ger was blissing and could not be found, though the strictest search was made for it. The case was a very dark one, and not a trace of the murderers could be found. 1 was too young then to have anything to do with the man agement of the affair, but I was greatly interested in it. At length all search after the murderer was given up. and Mark Rutland, under the guardianship of his mother, en tered by will into possession of every thing. “ Now, nothing in tho world hurts me so badly as to be baffled in a case, even though, as in this instance, it is not my own. 1 hated to give this one up, so I took careful notes of it, and laid them aside for future use, if ever I should be so fortunate as to get hold of a clue to the mystery. “ The affair had nearly passed out of my mind, when on the morning of January 18th, 1867, 1 was aroused very early by the news that a horri ble "murder had been committed out Paddington way. 1 soon learned that the victim was Mrs. David Rut land, Mark’s mother; and I lost no time in hurrying to the spot, where a crowd had already gathered. There was in my mind, from the first, a certainty of what sight awaited me— that small, smooth hole passing di rectly through the still, cold heart; and 1 was not mistaken. The mur dered woman lay flat on her back and her placid features showed that she had died without a struggle. “ Such agony as that of her son I have seldom witness —indeed, it up set his reason and for many weeks he alternated between the delirium of fever and the stupor of utter ex haustion. There was one remarkable feature of his case —in all his deliri um he uever alluded to his mother’s death, and yet he did not once ask for her, as though she were living. “ Again, as in the former instance there was no trace of the weapon with which the horrible deed had been committed. A towel, which lay on l;>o floor by the l)ed, was cut and > mined with blood, as though a sharp and bloody instrument had been drawn hastily through it. There were no signs that any one had en tered the room, as the maid stated that everything was in precisely the same order in which she had left it. Suspicion fell upon the servants, but there was really no evidence against them. “The only other inmate of the house was the murdered woman’s sou, and not the slightest suspicion fell upon him. He was benefitted in no way by his mother’s death, and it was proved that they lived on the best of terms—in fact, were more than usually devoted to each other. The servants testified that they had never heard a hard word pass be tween them. They always retired early, and, on the night in question,' they had parted, as they always did, with a tender good-night. The maid stated that Mrs. Rutland had ordered her not to extinguished the gas, and had made her replenish the fire be fore leaving the room, saying she should sit up late. From the posi tion of the body, it appeared that the poor lady had * not retired, for she still wore her thick dressing-gown, and was lying on the top of the cov ering, with a shawl thrown over her feet. A bock lay beside her as if it had dropped from her hand, and the gas was still burnirg when the maid had entered the room in the morning anti discovered the horrible need. “ The room was the same in which old Clark Rutland had met with his bloody death, eight vears before. For two years after that event the room was shut up, and then Mrs. Rutland had suddenly determined to occupy it. Since that time it had been her chamber. “ W ell, it seemed likely that we were to be battled again, for no trace of the murderer could we find. Mark Rutland recovered his bodily health, but his mind appeared a complete blank. He was perfectly harmless, and the old servants, wlio were de voted to him, nursed him tenderly. He remained in the old house, but the fatal chamber was never entered, except by myself. “ My comrades leered at me for be ing so utterly baffled in a case where the entire management was left to me. At last I told them I had not given up the game yet, and that if they would leave me alone until the Ist of February, 18«8, 1 would either clear up the mystery or per mit them to call me a fool. “The weeks became months, and still things seemed as dark as ever. I haunted the house unweariedly, and sjient hours—even whole nights —alone in or near the doubly-fatal room. 1 would talk for hours with Mark, striving to elicit a gleam of reason from his stupefied brain. It was all utterly useless; the 17th of January came round again and found me no nearer my object than when I first began my search. “ It had been a dark, cold day, and as evening came on it commenced gathering for a heavy storm. About dusk I sent for Joe Hark ness, a young friend of mine who had lately joined us and who bids fair to climb to the very top of the ladder. I knew him to be brave as a lion, cool, trustwor thy, strong as an ox, utterly without nerve*, and above all, perfectly de voted to me. When the fellow came J told him that I thought there was an awful nights work before me, und I asked him if he would share* it. ile consented instantly. I then made I him sit down beside me and examine my notes of the two Rutland mur ders. For some time he read on in silence; but all at once I heard him draw a quick breath, and I knew he had begun to catch my idea. He did not speak until the last word was finished, then he looked up and said, quietly: ’ “ ‘ <hilv we too, I suppose ?’ I nodded, for I saw he knew my plan without a word ; indeed, I had shadowed it out in my notes. A few words of arrangement passed between us, and then it was time to go. “ We both rose, and lifting togeth er a long and heavy basket which lay in a corner, carried it down stairs. At a whistle from me a cab came up, in which we placed the basket, got in ourselves, and drove off rapidly in the direction of Paddington, stopping before the Rutland house. By (he power of the law we soon had all the servants securely locked up in the lower story, and with the exception of poor Mark, we were left alone on the floor where the murders had been committed. We brought in the basket, and tak ing it to the fatal room, in which 1 had lighted the gas, we opened it and took out a long, large bundle, i On unwrapping this a waxen, female | figure, the size of life, appeared, ! dressed in a white night-gown. This ! we laid on the bed, in the attitude of out 1 asleep, with the chest fully ex posed, and threw a large shawl over it up to the waist. “ This room was in the right wing of the house, and that occupied by Mark was at the furthest extremity of the left. We now went to his claim-! her and found him in bed and fast I asleep. Opening all the doors as we i passed, so that there was free com- , in unication between the two apart ments, we returned to the lir.st, and hiding in the dressing-room, from which we could see everything that was going on, we waited in breathless silence for the result. “Jupiter! Dick, I tell you it was an awful watch. The very air of the room felt heavy and tainted with blood; the very lamp that had loolc otltlovrll Upon tVVtr mlttnlglti mui ders and kept solitary watch over the bloody corpses, seemed to burn with a dull, red glare; and there, just before our eyes, on the very spot where l had seen those two stark bodies lying with the death-wound through their hearts, was stretched out the still, white form, looking so terribly like death. We were both strong, bold, iron-nerved men, but we drew closer together, and I, for one, acknowledged that my heart beat quick and Mood felt Jike ice in my veins. “ The clock struck twelve and the silence was unbroken. Another half hour passed and then 1 heard a faint, distant sound. Joe laid his hand heavily on my shoulder, and I knew he heard it too. Nearer—nearer it came. We could distinguish now that it was made by bare feet moving slowly and cautiously over the uu carpeted floor. Nearer—still nearer. The door moves, opens wide, and a tall, gaunt figure, clothed in white, stalks silently in the room. “It needed but a glance to recog nize Mark Rutland. He came stead ily on, his eyes wide open and his thin lips parted in a ghastly smile. Great Heaven! lie passed the bed and came straight on towards us. I could not take my eyes from that dreadful face, but I felt Joe clinging to me with both hands and tremb ling like a leaf. lie came on until he was so near us that I could have touched him by leaning forward, and then he paused. Putting out his hand slowly he passed it along the lintel of the door and a pressed a hid den spring, when a small piece of the wood-work slid back, leaving an aperture about two feet long, a foot deep, and not more than six inches wide. From this aperture he drew a blood-stained dagger, long and slen der. Turning he moved with the same steady, gliding pace toward the bed, and raising his arm aloft, buried the dagger deep in the very heart of the waxen figure. “Not an instant did he pause. Drawing it forth, he stooped, and lifting a towel from the floor, where I had placed it, wiped the dagger, dropped it again, and returned the fatal weapon to its hiding-place, closed it, and went, with the same stealthy, gliding footstep, back to his own chamber. “ When he was out of sight we rose and staggered from our hiding place out into the light, gazing with distended eyes upon each "other’s white and horror-stricken faces. Joe I spoke first, low and hoarsely: “ 1 A somnambulist,’ he muttered. ; ‘ The two murders were committed j in his sleep.’ “‘Not so,’ I answered, in awe struck tones. 4 The first was com-1 mitted awake. The second was God’s avenging hand, making the ; murderer, in his very sleep, the in strument of his own betrayal and punishment, and that of his accom plice. See there!’ “ I pointed to the floor, just below the aperture in the wall, and there lay a folded paper on which was written in large, distinct characters: “ Draft of my last Will and Testa ment. To be executed immediately. “We took it up, and saw that all j of the property, except a very small' annuity to Mark, was left to the old ; man’s daughter. “ ‘That will was never executed,’ I j said. 4 Look at this date.’ I “ I pointed to the bottom of the draft, and there was written, January j 17th, 1859.’ 44 There is but little more to be told, j Mark continued in a state of vacancy ' for about six months longer, and 1 then his strength suddenly failed, and his death hour drew near. The day before his end his mind was re stored, and he made a full confession of his guilt. The old man, hestated, had discovered that no drop of his blood ran in Mark’s veins, who was born shortly before his mother first met David Rutland. They had passed off the child as their own in order to gain the iuheriteuce. Goad- CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 187*. ed to desperation, the wretched mother had urged her son, then a boy of sixteen, and always very weak-minded, to commit the awful deed of blood. They eluded all sus picion, but from that hour God’s curst: fell upon them. On every an niversary of that fatal night,’ the murderer, in his sleep, enacted once more the guilty tragedy. It was to conceal this that his mother had nerved herself to occupv that crime haunted room, where she awaited his coming, to arouse him from his hor rible trance. On the night of her last watch she had probably dropped asleep, and awakened only at the j Bar of God.” COUSIN SALLY DILLARD. BY HAMILTON C. JONES. Cousin Sally Dillard is a story that must not die, and as it has been some time since the public have been called upon to laugh over its exquisite ri diculousness, we will give it a start again Exchange. Scene.—A court of justice In South Carolina. A beardless disciple ofTliemis rises and thus addressed the court: “May it please your worship and you, gen tlemen of the jury, since it has been my fortune (good or bad I will not say), to exercise myself in legal dis quisition, it has never befallen me to lie obliged to prosecute so direfully marked an assault. A more willful, violent and dangerous battery, and finally, a more diabolical breach of the peace, has seldom happened in a civilized country, and I dare say it seldom has been your duty to pass upon one so shocking to benevolent feelings, as this which took place over at Captain Rice’s, in this country; but you will hear from the witnesses.” The witnesses being sworn, two or three were examined and deposed: One said that he heard the noise but he did not see the fight; another that 1 he was very drunk and couldn’t say ! much about the skrimmage. Lawyer Chops—l ain sorry,gentle men. to have occupied your time with the stupidity of the witness examined. It arises, gentlemen, altogether from a misapprehension on my part. Had 1 known, as I do, that I had a witness who was acquainted with all the circumstances ofthe case, and who was able to make himself j clearly understood to the court and i jury, I should not have trespassed so long on your patience. Come forward, Mr. Harris, and be sworn.” So forward comes the witness, a fat chuffy old man, a “ leetle” corned, and took oath with an air. Chops—Harris, we wish you to tell about the riot that happened the oth er day at Captain Rice’s, andasagood deal of time has already been wasted in circumlocution, we wish to be eom pend uous, at the same time as explic it as possible. Harris —Adzakly (giving the law yer a knowing wink, at the same time clearing his throat), Captain Bice, he gin a treat, and cousin Sally Dillard she comes over to onr house and axed me if my wife she moutn’t go ? 1 told cousin Sally Dillard my wife was poorly, being as how she had a touch of rheumatics in the hip, and the big swamp was up in the road, there having been a great deal of rain lately, but howsoever, as it was she, cousin Sally Dillard, my wife she mout go. Well, then, cousin Sally Dillard then axed me if Mose he moutn’t go ? I told cousin Sally Dil lard that he was the foreman of the crap, and the crap was smartly in the grass, but howsoever, as it was she, cousin Sally Dillard, Mose lie mout go. Chops—ln the name of common sense, Mr. Harris, what do you mean bv this riormnrnln.? Witness—Captain Rice. bo - treat, and cousin Sally Dillard, she came over to my house and asked me if my wifeshe moutn’t go ? and I told cousin Sally Dillard— Chops—Stop, sir, if you please; we don’t want to hear about your Sally Dillard or your wife; tell us about the fight at Rice’s. Witness —Well, sir, if you will let UlO. Chops—Well, sir, go on. Witness—Well, sir, Captain Rice, he gin a treat and cousin Sally Dil lard, she came over to my house and asked me if my wife she moutn’t go— Chops—Here it is again. Witness, please to stop. Witness—Well, sir, what do you want ? Chops—We want to know about the fight, and you must not proceed in this impertinent story. Do you know anything about the matter before the court ? Witness—To be sure I do. Chops—Well, go on then, and tell it, and nothing else. Witness—Well, Captain Rice, he gin a treat— Chops—This is intolerable. May it please the court, I move that the prisoner be committed for a contempt. He seems to be trifling with the court. Court—Witness, you are before the court of justice, and unless you behave yourself in a more becoming manner you will be sent to jail; so begin and tell me what you know about the fight at Rice’s. Witness —Well, gentlemen, Captain Rice he gin a treat, and Cousin Sally Dillard— Court—(after deliberating), Mr. At torney, the court is of an opinion that we may save time by letting the wit ness go on in his own way. Proceed Mr. Harris, with your story, but stick to the point. Witness—Yes, gentlemen. Well, Captain Rice, he gin a treat and cous in Sally Dillard come to our house and axed me if my wife she moutn’t go ? I told cousin Sally Dillard that my wife she was poorly, being as how she had the rhuematics in her hip, i and the big swamp was up ; howsom ever, as it was she, cousin Sally Dil lard, my wife she mout go. I told cousin Sally Dillard as how Mose was foreman of the crap, and the crap it was smartly into grass, but howsom ever, as it was she, cousin Sally Dil lard, Mose mout go. So they goes on together, Mose, my wife, and cousin Sally Dillard, and they comes to the ] big swamp, and it was up as I was telling you ; but being as how there was a log sicross the big swamp, cous in Sally Dillard and Mose, like gen ; teel folks, walked the log, but my wife, like a darned fool, histed her i coats and waded through. Chops—Heaven and earth, this is too bad ; hut go on. Witness— Well, that's all I know > about the fight. A SWEET INCIDENT. The following incident, reported in the Congregationalist, occurred re cently in a village where a revival was in progress: 44 The nastor, at a prayer-meeting, requested all that were Christians to go into a room by themselves, while those interested in religion, but not professing it, were desired to remain for a season of special prayer. One by one offered up short and fervent }>etitions for the forgiveness of their sins and for aid to live a life of holi ness. It was a solemn time, and it seemed as if each one present must, for himself, offer a prayer. At last, a little boy of six years, with clasped hands, fervently repeated the Lord’s prayer, and was followed immediate ly by his sister of three years, with 44 Now I lay me down to sleep.” When these"babes in Christ, in the simplicity of childhood had uttered their petitions, the room was hushed, as if an angels voice had been heard, and not a soul remained unmoved, all feeling that they were at the very j doors of Heaven.” POETB Y; A GOOD TIME COMIXfiT BOTS. AIR —A aid Uiug »ynt. Oh! Greeley is the coming man, of that there is no doubt. His enemies, do what they can, Will sure he put to rout. C noses. Will sure be put to rout, llis enemies, do w hat they can. Will sure be put to rout, 'i he foreign-born of ev’ry clime With natives clasp the hand; Together loud their voices chime Against the robbing band. Ckorun— Against the l obbing band, etc. From every section of the State ltefonn the people cry. Official rogues bemoan their fate, Corruption now must die. Chorus— Corruption now must die, etc. The North and *outh, the East aud West, in harmony they blend, All bound to do their level best To gaiu the one great end, C korun— To gain the one great end, etc. Our country’s wounds we want to heal And stop all bloody broils; The South forever must not kneel, Bound tight in tyrant’s toils. Chorus— Bound tight iu tyrant's toils, etc. Our planks are peace, our platform peace, On that we firmly stand; Thieving must stop and discord cease. While love must rule the land. Chons— While love must rule the land, etc. Then tell the people loud to shout. And toss their hats on high ; Greeley will bring this all about— Millennial is nigh. Chorus —Millenium is nigh, etc. TilE ROLL OF GfLMT’S UOXEST SIP PORTERS* The Administration organs and the advocates of Gen. Grant are claiming that they have the support of the honest portion of the people, and that the corrupt rings are against them. The following embraces a few of the many honest supporters of Ulysses 1., which we give as the commencement of the roll of Grant’s virtuous supporters: The Custom-house Ring. The General-order Swindle Ring. The Santo Domingo Ring. The District of Columbia Ring. The Seneca Sandstone Ring. The Indian Ring. The Navy Department Ring. The Land Grabbing Ring. The Chorpenning Feud Ring. The Cameron Ring. The Washington Lobby Ring. The Office-selling Ring. The I literal Revenue Ring. The Whisky Ring. Thed’hiladelphia Municipal Ring. The Uai pet-bag Ring. The Cameron-Kemble “ As” Ring. The Monopolist’s Rings every where. The Great Railroad Rings. The National Bank Rings. The Southern Blunderers’ Rings. The Office-holders’ Rings. These embrace a few of the selfish supporters of Grant’s re-election, who are drawn to that side believing that, with his success, they can plunder the people and fill their pockets bet ter and more successfully than with any other person for President. The list of rings can be continued indefi nitely. With such an array the less that the Grant organs say about rings on the other side the better for them selves.— World. TEXAS. The State of Texas would contain the entire population of the United States without making it any more thickly settled than Massachusetts, and the same State would hold the 1 entire population of the French em- j pire, (or Republic that now is,) and leave uninhabited a margin of sixty arouut l the boundary of the : A city exquisite having become ag riculturally ambitious, went in search j of a farm, and finding one for sale, began to bargain for it. The seller mentioned one of the farm’s recom mendations, it had a cold spring on it. “ Ah, aw,” saidthefop, “I won’t take it then for I’ve heard that the cold Spring ruined the crops last year, and I don’t want a place with such a drawback upon it.” It is said by eminent scientific men that “ the decomposition of a single potato or wilted turnip will breed disease if the vapors of the decaying substance are confined to the walls of a house.” The same is said of decay ing substances in alleys, streets and yards. The vapors arising from ma nure and rubbish will so impregnate the atmosphere as to make it un healthy, and thereby spread disease and death. This is the cause of so many diseases breakingjout that bailie the skill of physicians. Filthiness causes destruction whereever it ex ists. KILLING OF MR. MIDDLEBKOOK.S, AT MOXTIIELLO. We are indeed pained and sorrow stricken to record the death of our; young friend. He was one of the best, the noblest, and the truest young ; men we ever knew. He was on a visit to Monticello, and as he was' walking along the street, was accost ed by his brother-in-law. He stopped to hear what he had to say. The brother-in-law asked him: 44 Where is my wife? Mr. M. replied, “ You ought to know where your wife is?” j With this, the brother-in-law took out his pistol and deliberately shot Mr. M. through the heart. The on ly words spoken by the young man were, 44 Lord, have mercy on my soul.” It seems that the brother-in-law was a drunken vagabond, and had so mistreated his wife that she could not live wi th him. Whereupon he swore vengeance against the family, and wreaked it, alas! upon the head of a worthy and innocent young man. Liquor, that fell destroyer of the hap piness of earth, which has slayed its thousands, which will slay its thou sands more, was the mover of this sad calamity. Friends, fellow citizens, have you not had enough of the woe of the drunkard’s cup? Will you still drink the poison? Will you still j sell that which, as a beverage, has i peopled hell with its millions? , Think of these things. The welfare ; of your children and your children’s children—your own happiness, stand before you in opposition to a de- E raved "appetite, death, murder and ell.— Georgia Cultivator. A MISUNDERSTANDING. A parson is responsible for this sto ry: — 44 Poor Jones died while you I were away last summer. In all my \ experience I never saw so disconso late and grief broken a creature as poor little Mrs. Jones; it was very sudden, you know. I went to the I house as soon as I heard of it; I of fered my sympathy, but her sorrow was uncontrollable. In such eases I think it best that the mourner should be left alone. So I prepared to de part.” 44 1 will leave you, poor beloved one,” said I, “with this injunction: Pray—pray that God will vouchsafe His comforter; that he will enable you to perceive the promised bow in the—” 44 Oh, rector,” she burst in, 44 how can you think of such a thing? It’s too—txx» —hoo premature, I’m—l’m sure!” 44 And,” continued the old gentle man, checking the off rein and wheel ing away from the gate, “ after some cogitation I fancied that I discovered that the bow I was talking about and the 44 beau” she was thinking about wasn’t the same kind ofabowatail.” AXOTULR Lew: LETTER FROM THE lOt.XTiLX DISTRICT. Devotion is breathed in a letter. And both are so tunny together. When mail’s soul is slumbering on violet bed of visions strange thoughts come to dwell raid its serenities of hope, leaving an impress, which fades not by the very magic* of its intensi ty, but is breathed to woman’s ear, be she damsel, maid or widow, in a language often incompatible with the dictates of taste, and inconsistent with the obligations of common sense. In this materialistic age when ro mance is folly and sentiment is vani ty, the public eye views severely and pronounces harshly upon effusions of this kind. No leniency is there af fording charity, and but little of hu manity giving compassion to the an guished moan of a tortured fancy or the faint echo-sighs of a distracted heart. To believe our assertion, read this love letter whose verity is un doubted as its folly is undeniable: Calhoun Cty Ala Aug the Kith 1871 Dear miss itis With Pleasure that i set Myself again in life to Drap you A few lines to inform you that i am still on the land and Among the liv ing Sallie i have rote to you time af ter time and i ha vent never reseved A line from you yit and i dont know what is the resoii i some times think that you Dont Wish to have eney more Correspondence and A gain i thot Maby you Dont git my letters and then i will rite Again i will say to yew if i Dont reseve ananser from this i Will quit ritting and Pernonce you Pleased with My absense Wont you to Write to Me As soon as you git this if you are single yet i want to know wether you are in the same j Notion i left you in or Not and if you air Married i Wont to hear from you also for i have but one hart and that is tru i love but ouo and that is you times is hard bear we have had 7 Weeks Drouth corn and Cotton in this Part Cant make half Crops Wheat Made Nothing at all hardly I think i will stay in this country an other year all tho ive but little Pleas ure i have never found one sinse i left ther that 1 could enjoy my self With like i could With you if i could see | you i would tell you more than I can rite When this you see remember me ; tho Meney Miles apart We Be Round ' as the ring that has No End so is my love to you Dear friend if these few lines you may refuse Burn the Paper and me excuse so Write soon and of ten for i would like to reade aletter from you every Day so i will Close By say ing i remain yure as ever I N to Miss 8 A When this you see remember Me j reMember Well u Bailing Mind A trusty frend is hard to find but When you find them good and tru Never Change the red for NeW Your Frend If she doesn’t remember him, she should, by fate, forget each laughing joy, and ignore each hope of pleasure that sparkles on the lovelit brow of Life—we think so. SOMETIME. We have all our possessions in the future which we call “sometime.” Beautiful flowers and singing birds are there, only our hands seldom grasp the one, or our ears hear the other. But, oh reader, be of good cheer, for all the good there is a golden “ some time;” when the hills and valleys of time are all passed ; when the wear and fever, the disappointment and sorrows of life are over, there is a place and the rest appointed of God. Oh, homestead, over whose roof falls no shadows or even clouds, and over whose threshhold the voice of sorrow is never heard; built upon tho etern al hills, and standing with thy spires and pinnacles of celestial beauty high, ~those~wh6 fove~o6d ' Sna’tf' 'n SHI under tliy shadows, where there is no more sorrow, nor pain, nor the sound of weeping “somewhere.” A THRILLING ROMANCE. Chapter I. She stood beside the al tar, with a wreath of orange buds up on her head—upon her back the rich est kind of duds. Her lover stood beside her, with white kids and dickey clean; the last was twenty-one years old the first was seventeen. The parson’s job was over, every one had kissed the bride, and wished the young pair happiness, and laugh ed and danced and cried. The festive scene was ended, and the last words had been said, the hap py maid had simmered down, the last gay guest had fled. Chapter 11. She stood beside the washtub, with her red arms in the suds, while at her slip-shod feet lay a pile of dirty duds. Her husband stood beside her, the crossest man alive; he was twenty nine, and she was twenty-five. The heavy wash was over, and the clothes hung up to dry, and Tom had ; stuck his finger in the dirty baby’s ; eye. Tom had been spanked, and supper made on a crust of bread; and the happy wife and husband went grumb ling off to bed. A Boston capitalist was visited by a Yankee schoolmaster whose head was bursting with a great idea. It was this: He proposed to build, some where near Boston, two immense hemispheres, each about an acre in extent, upon whose convex surface should be represented, in relief or de pression, the seas, islands, continents, rivers, mountains, valleys, kingdoms, empires, republics, cities, towns and villages of the world, each in accurate proportion, to the size of the hemis pheres. It was to be the world in miniature. The material was to cor respond with the geologic formation of each country—granite to be repre sented by granite, chalk by chalk, sandstone by sandstone. The ocean and rivers were to be real water; chemical appliances were to becalled into requisition to supply volcanic eruptions, and whitewash was to be used as a substitute for snow at the poles and above the snow-line on mountain range's. This was not in ; tended, as one might suppose, for ed ucational purposes, but to enable per sons desirous of seeing and enjoying foreign countries to do so without the | trouble and expense of the journey, i The idea was considered too practical, and was only abandoned from that ! cause. PREMIUM LIST, Rules and Regulations of the CENTRAL CHEROKEE GEORGIA AG’CULTURAL ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD IX CARTERSVILLE OCTOBER Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th. MULES Sf It Eli Ft.l TIOJTS. Ist. The exhibition will be open to the public on the First TujOdat in October, ami continue four consecutive days. 21. The gates will be opened each day at 9 o’clock, A. M., and at that time every of ficer is required to be at his post. 3d. The exhibition will on each day com mence at 10 o’clock, and will continue un til the programme of the day is through. 4th. The entrance fee on ail articles con tending for premiums of Five over Dollars, and under, will be 50 ceuts ; and all articles contending for premiums of Five Dollars will pay an entrance fee of ten per cent, on the premium, except as provided in the Prruium List. t\o exhibitor’s ticket will be issued. All exhibitors are required to ; pay entrance fees as other persons. ENTRANCE FEES: sth. Sbmuii Tickets, $l5O Half Jo 75 Single Entrauce dc., 50 Half do., 25 Single do. for Carriage 1 00 do. do. Buggy 50 do- do. Wagon, 50 do- do. Saddle Horse, 25 Family Life Tickets, 25 00 No return checks to be given at gate. Tickets wLL be sold at some place in Car tersville, Ga . and at the Secretary’s Offiee. 1 No money will be received by gate keepers. Every person must procure tickets before attempting to enter. tith. Judges are requested to report themselves to the Secretary at his office, on the grounds, at 9 o’clock, A. M., on the day on which they are to act. Those who fail to act will be superceded by the appoint ment of others. 7th. No stock will be permitted to enter the enclosure except under perfect control of the groom. Bth. No premium shall be awarded to any animal or article without competition, unless the Judges shall regard it worthy. fth. No spirituous liquor shall be sold on the grounds. 10th. No intoxicated person shall be per mitted to exhibit an animal, contend for a premium, or remain on the premises. 11th. Every animal or article introduced on the grounds for exhibition shall be un der the control of the officers. 12th. No one shall act as Judge if related to the person competing for a premium. 13th. Owners of animals under age must place in the bands of the groom a card stating the age. ,14th. Animals entered as ihoreughbrcd must bo furnished with a well authenticated pedigree, which will be referred to a com mittee appointed to inspect and report the same. 15th. The best animal or article to be in dicated by a blue ribbon, and the second best by a red ribbon, to be affixed on the morning of the last day. 17th. No animal sliallbe entered in other name than that of its owner. 18lh. No disonlerlj- conduct will be al lowed on the grounds. A police force will be in attendance sufficient to prevent the same, and to see that the rules are observed. 19th. This Association will take all prop er aud necessary care to prevent accideuts, 1 but will not be responsible for losses or damages, nor unnecessary oxpeiise not specified. 20th. No racing will be tolerated on the trotting tracks, nor any kind of betting, or j gambling in any shape or manner what ever; nor any immorality tolerated on the grounds of this Association. 21st. In addition to awarding premiums, the exhibition will be enlivened each itay, at suitable intervals in the forenoon and afternoon, with equestrian contests by la dies and gentlemen, and with music from the baud ai .r 1111,21, «i;« wJt.~2Tio.rs. Stales for Exhibitors. Ist. The Secretary’s office will be opened at Cat tersville, u:i ttie 15th September, for the purpose of receiving entries. Persons intending to become exhibitors ut the ap proaching Fair, are requested to notify the Secretary ten days before the opening of the Fair , which will greatly facilitate bus iness, and prevent confusion. 2d. No article or animal entered for a premium cun be removed from me Grounds before the close of the exhibition. No pre mium will be paid on animals or articles re moved in violation of this rule All arti cles and animals entered for exhibition must have cards (issued by the Secretary, with numbers thereon corresponding with tne numbers in Itis book.-), attached. These cards mlist be obtained, and eutrnu- e fee paid, before stalls will be assigned them. 31. All persons who intend to offer ani mals or articles sot sale, shall noiif) the Secretary of such intention at the time ot entry. 4th. No entries received after the first day of the Faii- Instructions to the Judges. The animals to which premiums shall be j awarded, shall be led up for exhibition at j the delivery of the premium, and so with j other articles, as may be convenient; and j after or before the delivery of the premi- j urns, each animal which shall have taken a j ftgewiwiftllJ'AaJes.uuc4ieil-.ag Djovided iu it for exhibition of its superiority and high ! quality to the assembled crowd. IV. 15.—N0 person whatever will be nl- | lowed to interfere with the Judges during j their adjudication : and any person, who by ; letter or otherwise attempts an interference j or bias, from misrepresentation with the j Judges, will forfeit his or her claim to pre- j mium. The Superintendents will give particular direction to all articles in their respective departments, and see that all are arranged as near as may be in numerical order, to lessen and facilitate the labors of the Judges in their examinations. In all cases Judges aud Superintendents will enforce a strict observance of these regulations, Forage for stock. There will be a forage-master on the ground, who will furnish grain and forage at market-price to the owners of stock. Stalls will not be furnished upon the grounds of the Association for unruly or dangerous animals, nor for stock not <>n ex hibition. .tnnual *ltldress. An Address before the Association will be delivered at the public stand, on Thurs day. *iu'(ird of Premiums. The t’remitims will be awarded from the Executive Stand, at ten o’clock ‘>.l Friday morning, 4ih October. Suit of Stock and Other .frji cits. Notice will be given on the lay previous of all Auction Sales of l ive Stock and oth er articles, but the animals and articles sold cannot be removed from the ground until the close of the Exhibition, without the special order of the Executive Commit tee. FRANCIS FONTAINE. Secretary. Cartersville, Ga. /*/*JJ.riIJ 'f i/sr. First Hay. 1 Best G yds home-mado Jean?', pr'in, $ > 00 1 2 Best 0 yds li'.uie-msul*? Lins y, 3 00 3 Best 6yd- home-ninth* Flannel. pTtn, 3 00 4 Best pair all wool home-made btank ets, premium, 3 00 5 Best pair cotton-work home-made Blankets, premium, 3 UJ 0 Best 6 yds home-made Carpeting, pr. 3 00 • 7 Best 10 yds Factory Carpeting, Diploma 8. Best piece home-made Rag Carpet ing, premium, 3 00 9 Best Hearth-Rug, home made, pr’m, 3 00 10 Best pair woolen Hose, home-made, premium, 1 00 11 Best pair cotton Hose, home-made, premium, 1 00 12 Best pair woolen half-Ho9e, home- 1 00 made, premium, 100 13 Best pair cotton half Hose, home made, premium, 1 00 14 Best patchwork Bed Quilt, pr m, 300 15 Secoud best do., premium, 2 00 16 Best woolen Comfort, home-made, premium, 3 00 17 Best cotton Comfort, home-made, premium, 3 00 18 Best double-wove white Counter pane, home-mado, premium, 5 00 19 Best patchwork Cradle Quilt, pr., 200 20 Second best do., premium, 1 00 21 Best all wool, or cotton and wool, Coverlet., home-made, premium, 5 00 22 Best Mattress, home-made, pr’m, 500 23 Best half dozen wool Hats, home made, premium, 3 00 24 Best specimen Colton Embroidery, home-made, premium, 2 00 25 Best specimen Silk do., premium, 200 26 Best Specimen Wool do., premium, 200 27 Best specimen Millinery, home -28 made, premium, 300 Best Fly Brush, premium, 2 00 29 Best Suit of Clothes—coat, pants and vest—made by a lady, pr’m, 500 30 Second best Suit, do., premium, 3 00 31 Best specimen of any Ornamental Needle, Crochet, Carved or Fancy Work, exhibiting cultivation and taste, by a Miss uuder 12 years of age, premium, 2 00 1 32 Best specimen Needle, Shell and | Carved Work, by a lady, 300 , 33 Best bale 8 oz Osanburgs, Diploma. 34 do Yarn, all Nos. do |35 do Shirting, do | 36 do Sheeting, do 37 do Kersey, do ; 38 do Stripes and Plaids, or either, do 39 do Plains, do 4b do Ticking, do 41 Best coil Rope, cotton, do 42 do hemp, do 43 Best assortment of Woolen Goods, comprising cassimers, plains, sati nets, linseys, kerseys, flannel, Ac., exhibited by manufacturer or ag’i do 41 Best sample Cotton Blankets, Diploma. 4-> do Woolen do do 40 do washed wool, 20 B»s, I premium, $3 00 [Note. —All articles in this Department of Southern Domestic Manufacture, and in needle, shell and fancy work, not provided for in this list w ill receive special attention, and have premiums awarded. SECTION 2—ART GALLERY—(OPEN TO TUB WORLD.) 1 Best Historical Painting iu Oil. connected with the history of Cherokee, Ga., $5 00 2 Best specimen of Animal Paint ing in oil, 5 00 3 Best specimen Cherokee Ga. Land scape Painting in oil, 5 00 4 Best specimen Fruit Painting, Diploma. 5 do Pencil Drawing, do 6 Best display of House and Sign Painting, Diploma. 7 Best display Photograph and Ambrotype Pictures, Diploma. 8 Best specimen of Job Printing do Note.—No premiums will be awarded in this department unless the specimens exhib ited are considered meritorious by compe tent judges. , section 3— musical instruments — (open to THE WORLD.) 1 Best Piano, Diploma 2 do Melodeon, do 3 do Violin, do 4 do Flute, do 5 do Harp, do 6 do Set Brass Band Instruments do SECTION 4— POULTRY. 1 Best pair game Chickens, pr’m., $3 00 2 Best pair of Chickens, any breed, for table use, premium, 3 00 3 Best pair of Turkeys, premium, 3 00 4 Best pair of Geese, premium, 1 00 5 Best pair of Muscovy ducks, pi\, 1 00 C iie.-t pair common ducks, pr'm., 1 00 7 Best lot of Capons, premium, 3( 0 8 Best and largest variety of barn yard fowls not less than 10, owned and exhibited by one person, 1 GO 9 Best pair Aylsbury, or other im proved Ducks, premium, 3 00 10 Best pair Cuickens, other than na tives, 3 00 11 Best pair Ducks, other than tin tives, 3 00 12 Best lot Poultry, not less than une half dozen, 5 00 13 Best 10 Poultry, natives and mix'd 500 14 Best pair Capons, 000 SECTION 5 HOUSEHOLD, FARM AND ORCHARD. 1 Best specimen Country Butter, 5 lbs., premium, 3 00 2 Best specimen Country Cheese, 5 lbs., premium, 3 00 3 Best display home-made Pickles, pr 3 00 4 Best display home-made canned Fruit, premium, 5 00 5 best display home-made Preserves, Jellies, etc , 3 00 6 Groatest yield of honey from one swarm of bees, with a full ac count of management, protection against the moth, etc., the honey to bo on the Fair Ground, and the quantity duly certified to, pr., 500 7 Best loaf Wheat Bread, prem., 2 00 8 Best Pound cake, premium, 2 00 9 Best Sponge cake, premium, 2 00 10 Best Fruit cake, do 2 00 11 Best specimen of Biscuit 2 00 12 do of hells, 2 00 13 Be.-t loaf corn bread, 1 00 14 Best boiled ham, with skin on, raised in Bartow county, prem , 3 00 15 Best specimen hard soap, 5 lbs,, made in the South, 3 00 10 Best specimen soft soap, 5 lbs., made in the South, 2 00 17 Best j bush, dried peaches peeled 200 18 Best j bush, dried apples peeled, 200 19 Best j bush, dried pears, peeled, 200 20 Best specimen green apples rais ed in Georgia, 2 00 21 Best specimen green pears, 2 00 22 Best specimen grape wine, 1 gal., 400 23 uo blackberry wine, 1 gal. 300 24 do of vinegar, 1 gal., 2 00 25 Best gallon Sorghum, 3 00 27 Best sack 100 lbs family Hour, o oo SECTION 6 —CEREALS. 1 Best 50 ears Early Corn, premium, 200 2 do Bread Corn, premium, 500 3 do Yellow Corn, premium, 200 4 Best Bushel White Wheat, premium, 300 5 do Bed Wheat, premium, 3 00' 6 do Oats, premium, 3 00 7 do Barley, premium, 3 00 8 do Bye, premium, 3 00 9 do Cornfield Peas, pr’m, 200 10 Best half bushel Ground Peas, pr, 200 11 Best peck White Beans, premium, 100 12 do Timothy Seed, pr’m, 2 00 13 do Clover Seed, Georgia Raised, premium. 10 00 14 do Orchard Grass Seed, pr. 200 SECTION 7— KITCHEN AND GARDEN. 1 Best dozen Beets, premium, 1 00 2 do Parsnips, premium. 1 01 3 do Carrots, premium, 1 00 4 Best half bushel Turnips, premium, 109 ft Best half dozen Cabbage, premium, 109 6 Best specimen Celery, premium, 1 (-*0 7 Best specimen Tomatoes, premium, 109 8 Best peek Onions, premium, 160 9 Best gallon Butter Beans, premium, 100 10 Best half bushel Irish Potatoes, pr. 1 00 11 Best half bushel Bweet Potatoes, pr. 1 00 12 Best collection and greatest variety of Vegetables exhibited by one in dividual, not less than ten varieties, premium, 5 00 section 8— srxoiiiEs, 1 Best and largest collection of Geor gia Minerals, premium. 25 00 2 Best (bbt.) specimen Lime, Gypsum, i Cement, Pearlash, 200 3 Best Bitumiu'us or Anthracite Coal, Diploma 4 Best Math’ ■ Monument, do 5 Best Marble V.nmel. do 6 Best Marbld/ed Mantel and Grate, do 7 Best and hugest exhibition of .Slone Ware, $2 00 8 Best Specimen Earthen Tile, Diploma 9 Best specimen Fire Brick, do Second tiny. SECTION 9— AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT — OPEN TO THE WOULD. 1 Best combined Thresher and Sepa rator, Diploma | 2 Best Reaping Machine, do 3 Best Mowing Machine, do 4 Best combined Reaper and Mower, do ft Best Threshing Machine. do 0 Best Corn Sheller, do 7 Best Wheat Fan, do 8 “ Smut Mill, do 9 “ Straw Cutter, do 10 “ Corn Planter, do 11 “ Cotton Planter, do 12 “ Wheat Drill, do 13 “ Guano Distributor, do 14 “ four-horse W'agon for general use, do 15 “ two-horse Wagon for general use, do 16 *• Hay Rake foo general use, do 17 4 Clover Seed Gatherer for gen eral use, do 18 two-horse Plow, do 19 “ one-horse Plow, do 20 “ hill-side Plow, do 21 “ subsoil Plow, do 22 “ double shovel Plow, do 23 “ Sulky Plow, do 24 “ cultivator Plow for Corn. do 25 “ cultivator Plow for Cotton. do 26 “ Iron Tooth Harrow, do 27 Best portable cider mill, Diploma. 28 Best Wheelbarrow, premium, $2 00 29 Best Grain Cradle, premium, 2 00 30 Best Grass Scythe with snath, pr, 200 31 Best farm-gate Hinges, premium, 200 32 Best moveable Horse-power, Diploma 33 Best Cotton Giu, to be tested on the grounds. Diploma 34 Best Cotton & Hay Press, to be tested on the grounds, Diploma 35 Best Stocked Plow, premium, $2 00 36 Best and cheapest plantation fence, Diploma 37 Best portable planiation Fence, do 38 Best Horse Collar, shuck or bark, premium. $1 00 39 Best Horse Collar, leather, prem 200 10 Best one-borse Mowing Machine. 500 41 Best Post Augur, Diploma 42 Best Water Drawer, do 43 Best Pump, do SECTION 10 —AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT— OPEN TO CHEROKEE GEORGIA. 1 Best combined Thresher and Sep arator, premium, $25 00 | 2 Beat Reaping machine 15 00 3 Best Mowing Machine, premium, 10 00 4 Best combined Reaper and mower 25 00 5 Best Threshing Machine, prem., 10 00 0 Best Corn Shelter, premium, 5 00 7 Best Wheat Fan. do. SCO Best Smut Mill, do 1000 9 Best Straw Cutter, do 200 10 Best Corn Planter, premium, 5 00 11 beat Cotton Planter, do 500 12 Beat Wheat Drill, 20 00 13 Best Guano Distributor, prem., 50J 11 Best 4-horse Wagon for geueraluse, 1000 .5 Best 2- do do 500 1G Best Horse Hake for general use, 500 17 Best Clover Sc-cd Gatherer for general use, premium, 5 i 18 Best 2 horse Plow, pretu., 5 ou 19 do 1-horse Plow, do 300 20 Best hill-side Plow, prem., 3 00 21 do subsoil Plow, do 300 -2 do double shovel plow, pi em., 300 23 do Sulky plow, premium, 10 00 24 do Best cultivator Plow for corn, 300 25 do Cultivator Plow for Cotton, 309 Plows to be tested on (beGrounds. 2‘i do Iron Tooth harrow, pretn., 300 I 27 do Portable Cider Mill, do 500 |2B do W heeiburrow, premium, 200 29 do Grain Cradle, do 200 30 do Grass Scythe with snath, pr. 300 31 Best farm-gate Hinges, premium, 200 31 Best moveable Horse-power, 10 ot> 33 do Cotton Gin, to lie tested on the grounds, 10 OO 34 Best Cotton & Hay Press, to be tested on the grounds, 10 00 •2i best Stocked plow, premium, R 2 iK’ 30 do and cheapest plantation fence, 5 00 37 do port able plantation fence suO 33 do Horse Collar, shuck or b.trk $1 00 ’ 39 do Horse Collar, leather, prem., 200 40 do 1-Horsc Mowing Machine 10 (HI 41 do Post Augur, premium, 200 42 do Water Drawer, premium, 500 42 do Pump, premium, 500 SECTION 11 —MECHANICAL CKPARTMBNT. 1 B st Family Carriage, Southern made, premium, $£ 00 2 do buggy, Southern made, pr 6 t»U 3 do Grindstone, complete, prem., 200 4 do display of Tin W are manu factured in Cherokee Georgia S -d) 5 do Cooking Stove, Diploma G do Specimen Hol e Shoeing, pr. j>2 0 1 7 do side Harness Leather manu factured iu Cherokee. Geo., 2 CO 8 do side Sole Leal her uiuuufae turedin Cherokee Geo., 2(0 9 do side Upper Leather, manufac tured iu Cherokee Georgia 2(0 10 and j Calf Skin, manufactured iu Cherokee Georgia, 2 00 11 do set Carriage Harness, manu factured in Cherokee Geo., 5 CO 12 •* set Buggy Harness, munufac'd in Cherokee (in , 5 0q 13 ** set Wagon Harness, do. 3no 14 “ Plow for Plantation use, do' 2CO 15 “ Mau’s Saddle uianufae'd in Cherokee Ga., C 00 10 •• Side Sa Idle, 500 17 *‘ Riding bridle, 200 18 “ Wagon and Reaping Machine Harness combined, 3 00 19 “ pair Boots, premium, 300 20 “ pair Lady's Boots, premium, 2oe 21 “ pair Gent’s Shoes, premium, 200 22 •• Panel Door, 300 23 •* Window Blinds, 200 24 •* Window Sash, 200 25 “ specimen Brooms, A doz., pr’m, 300 2G “ specimen tight Cask, pr’m, 2 0.1 27 •* specimen Churn, any style, to be tested ou the grounds, pr’ni, 500 28 “ Washing Maching and Wring er, (open to the world,) Diploma 29 •* Sewing Machine, do 30 *• Bureau, do 31 Sofa, do 32 “ Bedstead, do 33 *• set Cottage Chairs, do 34 “ set split-bottom Chairs, do 35 “ Exteusion Dining Table, do 3G “ Tin or Wire Safe, do 37 *• Kitchen Table, with Shelves aud Drawers, do 38 “ collection of Iron Castings, do 33 “ collection of Wooden Ware, do 40 collection Mechanical Tools by one manufacturer, do 41 “ specimen Bar and Round Iron do 42 “ set Blacksmith's Tools, do 43 *• Ox Yoke, premium, $2 00 44 Second best Ox Yoke, Diploma 45 Best Sorghum Mill and Fixtures, for nidiiufacturing Sorghum, Diploma 4G Dost Sorghum Mill and Fixtures, for mjlUUfu«lairi*M> 1 1'_1 (All premium stock to be owned by exhibi itor.) 1 Best Essex, Berkshire, andChesttr White Boars, 3 animals, S3O 00 2 Best Essex Boar and Sow, 800 3 “ Berkshire Boar and Sow, 800 4 “ Chester White Boar anil Sow, 800 5 “ Hog, mixed or native, 500 section 13— MIIKEI*. 1 Best Merino, CotswolJ, or South down Buck and Ewes, in pairs, 3000 2 Best Merino Buck, 600 3 “ Cotswold Buck, 600 4 *• Southdown Buck, 0(X) 6 “ Native, any age or breed, 10 00 SECTION 14 -KIRK ENGINES. 1 Best Steam Fire Engine, tested on the ground, Diploma 2 Best Hand Fire Engine, testedon the ground. Diploma 3 Uest Hook and Ladder Equip ment, Diploma SECTION 15— SADDLE UING. 1 15est Saddle Horse, Mare, or Gel ding. style, form and saddle quali ties, 4 years old ar.d over, pr’m, 10 OO 2 Second best, premium, 600 SECTION 16 HOUSES, GEORGIA RAISED. 1 Best Saddle Horse, 1000 2 Best Buggy Horse, 10 00 3 Best pair Harness liortes, 20 00 4 Best 2 and 3 year old Colts, 10 OO 5 Best Colt, 10 00 6 Best Suckling, Colt, 500 7 Best Mare, IO O S Best Stallion, 15 00 SECTION 17 —POIt THE LADIES. I Best Horseback Rider, i r’m, 1000 if Be : -t Driver, (Buggy, 1 pr'm, IO OO Third Hay. SECTION 18 —JACKS AND MULES. 1 Best Jack, premium, 810 (X) 2 do Jennet, do 10 00 I 3 do Jack 0 years old or over, pr. 10 60 | 4 do do under 6 years old, prem. 500 ‘ 5 do do Colt, premium, 300 j 0 do aged Jennet, premium, 500 j 7 do J enact 3 years obi and under, 800 I 8 do Coll, premium, 2 <>o l MULES. 1 Best Mule, lobe tried on the field in harness, single and double and in plough, premium, S2O 00 2 Best mule, Colt Geo. raised, prem 500 3 J,, do 1,2& 3 years each 5 ()0 4 do Mule 6 years old and over pr. 5 <9O 5 do Mule 810 6 /ears prem . over 500 6 do Mule 2 years old and under 3 300 7 do Mule Colt, premium, 200 8 do pair aged Mules, premium, 1000 9 do pair Mules 3 years and uuder SDO SECTION 19—HARNESS GELDING RING. [Made-up teams prohibited; must be two or more entries.] 1 Best aged Harness Gelding, Mure, or Stallion. 6 years or over, (in harness.) 10 OO 2 Second best. premium, 5 OO 3 Best Harness Gelding, Mare or Stallion, 3to 6 yeur3 old, prem. ](> OO Second best, premium, o OO 5 Best Harness Gelding, Mare or Stallion, under 3 years, prem., 5 OO 6 Second best, premium, 8 OO 7 Best pair Harness animals, re gardless of sex, premium, 10 DO 8 Second best, premium, 5 00 SECTION 20— SPEEED BING, (TIME ) [Made up rings prohibited.] 1 Fastest single foot racking or pacing Stallion, Mare or Gold ing, twice around the track, in or out of harness, two or more entries, premium, $25 OO 2 Second best, two or more en tries, premium, 10 OO 3 Fastest Trotting Stallion, Mare or Gelding, twice around the track, in or out of harness, two or more entries, premium. 25 DO 4 Second best, two or more entries, 10 OO j 5 Fastest trotting Double Team in harness, twice around the track, two or more entries, It' GO !t; Heconil best, two or more eii'ries 500 7 Fastest Racking or Facing Double • Team, twice around the track in harness, two or more entries, 10 OO I 8 Second best do., premium, 5 OO 9 For fastest two year oid Colt, twice around the track, under i the saddle, two or more entries, VOL. 13-NO. 4 (or tn the event of only one en try then against time, which will l»e made known ou day of race,) premium, ' 25 00 aacTiox 21—blood ring [Georgia raised, and pedigree to be exhih ] I 15est f talhon 6 years and over, $25 OO i 10 •» 'of. year- old, rr. lO 0# ; do Stallion 2t« 4 ye«r» old, pr. 1000 4 do aged Mare, premium, 1000 5 do 4to C year# old Mare, prem. lO OO 6 do :t years old Filly, premium, £OO 7 do 2 year* old Filly, premium. 500 it do 1 year old Coll, premium, U do suckling Colt, premium, 500 lO do Stallion 1 years and over, pr SO Os) II do Stallion 3 do do 20 00 12 do Stallion 2 do do 15 00 13 do Station 1 do do iO 00 13 do Mare 4 years and o»«r pre 20 OO 14 do Marc 3 do do 15 OO lo do Mare 3 do do IO OO 10 do Colt 1 year old or over, pre. 10 •»0 section 21 — horses rou all woke. ! Best Stallion, aged, p.emiutn, s>() OO 2 Second best, premium, 5 qjj 3 best Staliiou, -1 years old, pretn 5 OO 4 do Staliiou, 2 yearn o'd, prern 5 OO 5 do aged Mare, (brood), prein, 5 Ot) t! do Mare 4 years old, premium. 500 < do Filly 1! years cld. premium, 500 8 do Idly 2 years old. premium, 5 OO •' Jo i'ouey hand* or under, ;»r 500 it) iiest Colt 1 yeai t.i.i. prem.uia, 500 11 best ruckling Colt, premium, 5 00 SECTION 22— JWEEt’s TAKES. • Fastest trotting Staliion, Mare or Gel ding, twice around I.ltruck, tire or more cuti tea making a ri i ;. Sad,;,* or Harness, pi ixc SSOOO Ist Horse gets a pr'm worth 25 00 2d “ “ 15 00 3d <« “ 1000 Mu'ranee fee 20 per ernt., open lo all ex cept the successful horse iu speed King, SECTION 24 — PLOWING MATCH. 1 Best Plowman, premium, $5 OO To come off during the Fair. Grounds w ill b) prepared tor 1 lie some, and entrance Open lo Mules, Horses and Oxen. Judge* h >‘ governed in their award* by the depth and wi.dth of the furrow, slice turn ed by the plow of each competitor, and the general perfecli Ii of the woik, and the time employed incomplete his work. section 2 > cm r.r, raonoctiH bush. (Owned by exhibitor.) 1 Best Hull, 20 OO 2 “ Cow, 15 00 3 “ Heifer, 3 years and under, lOUO 4 “ Bull, 3 year* and under, 1000 5 “ Thoroughbred Bull, any breed, pedigree exhibited, 4 yrs old aud upwards, pr'm, 15t)0 0 Second beat, premiiiui. 500 I Best liioroughbred Bull, under 4 years old, premium, 10 00 8 Second best, premium, 600 'J Best (low. lyrsund upwards, pr. 1000 10 “ Cow under 4 yr.. pr’m, 600 II Bull Calf, pren ium, 500 12 “ Heifer Calf, premium, 600 15 best calf 3 years and uuder, pr. 500 MIXED OR NATIVE. 14 Best bull, 3 yrs and over, 1000 15 “ “ 1 and 2 yrs and over, 1000 16 “ “ 1 year and over. 600 17 “ milch cow, to be milked on ground, 3 yrs and over, 15 00 18 “ heifer, 2 yrs and over, 500 l'J “ •“ 1 yr. and over, 300 20 beef, fattened for market, IO 00 21 “ pair Oxen, to be worked on the ground, 15 00 22 “ Bull, mixed or native, 3 yr*. aud over, pr'm, 15 00 23 Second best, premium, 500 21 Best bull under 3 yours, pr’ui, 600 25 “ “ premium, 500 20 “ Cow, 3 years and over. 1000 27 Necottd best, 500 28 best Heifer, under 3 years old, 600 2'J “ fatted bullock, 1000 SO Second best, 600 31 best fatted Cow, 800 32 second best 200 33 best milch Cow, to be . milked on the grounds, 1000 34 second best, 500 35 best pair of Work Oxen, 1 100 36 second best, 500 FIELD CROPS. 1 Largest Crop of Cotton produced this year upon one acre of ground, with ihe mode of cnllivation, the amount and kind of manure used, the period of planting, the num ber of times plowed and hoed, the kind of cotton, the land to be measured and the cotton weighed in the presence of three disinter ested and reliable witnesses, with a certificate from them, (yield not to he less than 500 lbs. lint per acre,) premium, S2O 00 2Largest Crop of Corn grown this year upon one acre of upland and bottom each, the period of planting, the mode of cultivation, kind of corn, times ploughed uud hoed, amount and kind of manure ap plied, the land and corn measured iu the presence of three disinterest ed witnesses, with certificates, premium, 10 OO 3 Largest Crop of Wheat grown up on ore acre ground, tfic landand wheat to be measured under the same requisition iu all things as above, premium, 1000 4 Largest Crop of Oats of anykind, specifications as above, per acre, premium, D> <)0 5 Largest Crop of Barley of any kind, specific tions as drive. ptr acre, premium, 5 00 6 Largest Crop of Rye, any kind, specifications as above, per acre, premium, 5 OO 7 Largest Crop of Clover, (with inode of management.) per acre, premium, 10 00 Exhibitors of all the above crops must state iu writing to tire. Secret ary all the re quUlt.ous at U.ddown iorcottoij, Coro, ele., us above, when !he articles.are to b« entered on tiis books for exhibition, with the wit nesses certificate for measurement of land, pounds aud bushels per acre, without which the judges will be required-Co withhold their awards; aud exhibitors not complying with these requisitions will not be allowe 1 to compete for premiums of the Association. SECTION 27 —CROPS BY BOY 9 UNDER 16 YEARS O.’ AGE. 1 Largest crop of flora grown by any boy uuder 16 years of age, upon an acre of laud, premium, 10 OO 2 Largest crop of Cotton grown by any boy under 16 years of age, upon an acre of land, premium, lO OO The rules of field crops to be complied with. SECTION 2ti SAMPLE FIELD CR >Pd THIS YEAR. 1 best bale of Cotton not less than 450 lbs., premium, $o OO 2 best bale of Clover Hay, prem , 5 OO 3 do of Timothy Hay. prem 500 4 do of native Grass Hay, pr, 500 5 do of Pea-vine Hay, prem SDO SECTION 29 —BURLESQUE TOURNAMENT. After Premiums are awarded on die fourth day, the exhibition will be continued with a Grand burle-que Tournament. En trance fee $lO. bt Prize, S3O; 2d Prize, S2O ; five or more to ride. GRAND SPEED RING FOR MULES. OPEN TO ALL MUL .9, REGARDLESS OF AGE OR KEX. A Silver Cup worth $5 00. to be award ed to the slowest mule. No one allowed to ride his own mule. Note.— As many artie’es of merit ia tlie various departments out especially provided for ia tLe Premium Lid may be presented for Exhibition and premium, it is auuounej ed that a Committee on Miscellaneous Ar i tides will be appointed, to examine anti it ! port upon and recommend premiums, upon all such articles worthy ot premiums. The second best of any article or animal | not otherwise provided iiti’. -will receive a ! Diploma. The Knights of Cartersville are invited to make the necessary arrangements for a Tournament, to come off during the Exhi bition. A copy of the Premium List will bo sent to any one desiring it, upon application. For further particulars or iuforrn ition, address FRANCIS FONTAINE, Secretary, Cariervville, Ga. Auctioneer wrll be appointed when the : occasion requires.