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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS. T*v S. H. SMITH & CO.] A WONDERFUL SAW-MILL. The Story of a Wicked Gothamite uho Left a letter in JJU Pocket. St. Louis Republican Hew York Letter;] It’s wonderful how these men man age matters, hot sometimes they meet their match, as a very notable gentle man here did lately, lie has a moth er living in a town up the Hudson, and like an excellent son he hits made frequent trips to her residence during the summer. His wife some time ago had a little difference with her ruoth er-iu-law, and has held no intercourse with her for some time. Hut never interfering with her husband's filial feeling she has always listened inte restedeto the details of certain busi ness transactions in which the mother has required the aid and counsel of her son so often lately. It was all about a saw-mill and the selling there of. Mr. W. flew up repeatedly at sud den calls, always faithfully reporting the tedious proceedings between the man who wanted to buy the saw-mill and his mother w hen he came back. The wife very lately was “ going through" the coat pockets of her hus band, as every loyal wife should, when sbe found a scrap of scented paper, the fragment of a note, on which was written in feminine chirograph}’ those strange words: “ —not go until the 9th, when of course you’ll have to see about the saw-mill, and then we need not The hand-writing on the wall bad appeared. Mrs. W. needed no help to unriddle that harrowing tale. Most wives would have exploded on the arrival of the perfidious man. But no, she took counsel of herself, and pa tiently waited for the saw-mill to turn up. In the meantime she got further proof in a letter she found from the mother up the Hudson, who mildly reproved her sou for his neglect, and hoped Alice (his wife) didn’t prevent his coming to see his old mother. The ninth eventuated of a Monday. Sunday the husband carelessly said: “ Butler was down to see me Satur day. Tho trausfer of mother’s saw mill is to be made to-morrow; more than likely I shall have to go up there. If I do I’ll get seats and send Allan up to take you to Roi Carrotle.” Is there an imagination able to conjure up tho tumultuous condition of Mrs. W.’s mind as the terrible words “ mother’s saw-mill,’’ were uttered ? Wonderful woman ! sho contained her self in calmness. Monday, after an elaborate shaving and shifting, pater familias kissed the baby and his wife, and with another allusion to the “ cursed saw-mill,” went down town. Mrs. W. weut out, and interviewed an Irish coupe driver who holds out on Twenty-second street, a stone’s throw from Mr. W.’s residence. Wrapped in a water-proof, tho wife spent hour after hour in front of her husband’s business place—the curtains close drawn. At noon a red-capped mes senger entered the place, came forth and waited on tho steps till Mr. W. came out and handed him a note. Then, equipped in his new fall coat, tho worthy W. went forth, followed close by the coupe. Down to Peek slip ho went, on board of the Hart ford steamboat be stepped. Jehu got off the box and went in, returning with word that “ Mr. W. was getting a stateroom key given him.” tihis was about 2 o’clock, and the j boat left at 4. Mrs. W. went home, made some chmieeUe arrangements for her intended absence over night; found a note from her husband—“just as be thought; the saw mill was at it again; shouldn’t bo back till Tuesday night, perhaps Wednesday forenoon.’’ Mrs. \V. drove back to Peckslip, got on board the Hartford boat and wait ed further developments. As the last bell was ringing, up drove a carriage, out jumped Mr. W. and “ Oh, shamo! oh, sorrow ! oh, bad mankind ! ’out jumped a young and pretty girl of eighteen or tweuty. Both speedily went to tho boat, and in a minute more the wife, tho husband and the party of the third part were gliding by Blackwell’s Island. If a realizing knowledge of his coming fate could have burst upon Mr. W., bow glad would he have exchanged his fall over coat for one of the striped jackets wheeling stone along the island wall, and put iu a thirty-day sentence to escape what this month of September brought him. Mrs. W.’s stateroom door commanded the head of the stairs. From its partly opened por tal she watched. The gong sounded. Promptly to the call of hash sallied out the recreant W. aud the guileless maiden. To the supper table they repaired and thither also went Mrs. W. bidding the waiter at the door seat her opposite that lady and geutleman. She sailed up in front of the loving couple. The gentleman was at the moment assiduously attending to the wants of his companion, aud Sirs. W. had fairly brought herself to an an chor opposite, when he raised his eyes. There have been moments iu which men’s bain have suddenly lifted when the horror or some awful situa tion has struck ’em dumb. This was the kind of momenta that overtook Mr. W. His hair is red; it flarred up like the burning of Moscow. Not a word he uttered, but he rose as one with a sudden pain. The lady oppo posite did the same, and amid the wondering glances and grins of the boat hands, the husband followed the wife to the saloon above. There was a scene, Several passeugers being inte rested listeners. The husband offer ed no defense—there was none to of fer; butch, Lord! what a repentant roostc 1: j was ! Not au inch of back talk in him; he made no sort of a fight; he went down on the' marrow bones of his soul. He retired to his wife’s state-room, while his wife had a col logue with the party of the third parts aud very lively the female passengers of that boat made it for her, gattiei iug around aud expressing their opin ions iu a way more free than pleasant. The first lauding made by the boat was at one of tho hundred aud one Haddams that thickly stud the banks of the Connecticut. It was all hours in tho morning, but the husband, perfectly satisfied that someone llad dam, got off with the wife who had him, aud from Haddam, the truly re pentant came buck to New York the next day. An alarming rumor is in circulation at Long Branch to the effect that an island is forming in front of the prin cipal hotels, which will eventually make the Branch a far less pleasant and popular Bea-shore resort and bath ing-place. However, there are plenty of other localities along the coast, if the present site be found unfavorable; moreover, the island is not likely to form for a score of years to come. God made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes; for as laughter enables mirth and surprise to breathe freely, so tears enable sor row to vent itself patiently. Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair, and laughter is one of the very privi leges of reason. TIIE IRISH GIRL. Talking about girls, it will perhaps be in order to allow an Irish enthusi i ast to have a little to say about the i maids of Killarney and adjacent lo i cahties. Ha perhaps gushes—but then consider the Celt and flic theme, and you won’t be surprised- The Irish gii l’s character is made up of two qualities, vivacity and ten , deruess. The Irish girl is a natural romp, so is she a natural lover. She is the fawn of the field and house; ! domestic, devout, courageous, super stitious, sentimental, filial, and apt to be philosophic. If belonging to the gentry, she receives somewhat the same education us the English gnT with tho saute thiuness in the curric ulum ; but she will dash poetry iu uil the prosaics, and iu belles letlres, learn a volume while the English girl learns a page- The national schools are working a ievolution among *he i wonted of the holier isle, and iu sad political twilights are glimmering a hundred De Staels and Speranzts whose sons and daughters will blaze in the next generation. Mark the future of the Irish girl! She has fun j far beyond that of the French ; an i imagination gleaming with figures, ; but memory moistens them into mel ancholy ; u» ambition wide as the sea, willing to bear as many burdens, i and compelled to hold nearly as many dead, but narrowed by the iron of traditional fear, and the nearness of English guns. The chastity of Di ana is born among her mountains, aud it is a maxim among Irish wo men, “in part she is to blame that has been tried." The Irish girl is she who has never had a chance in the world. Poor, wretched, abused as a child by the savageuess of disap pointed parents, cold when ready to be a wife, more ignominious than Ma ry Powell to John Milton, miserable as a mother, often supporting hus band and children, but faithful as Mary Powell was not, wearing out as : the drudge of a drunkard, but never standing before a divorce court to se | cure a dangerous, if a legal, freedom ; liu sorrow, gay ; in poverty, full of | laughter ; with tears for others’ tears j aud a rainbow smile through her 1 own. She may envy, but she is more i likely to emulate ; she may be jeal ! ous, but chiefest of her self-respect. The specimen we find in America is ' not always a good one of tho genius. | She will falsify in a friend’s behalf, but she will not siander or betray a j foe. Sbe is the daughter of the church, ! not of the gods ; and although not always divinely tall, is often divinely fuir. Her hursher feelings are pas sionate in intensity aud emotional duration. Her devotion to her fami ly never pales; the brightest gold j and the sweetest words iu Irish cab ! ins to day are sent by the white fin ! gers of Irish girls iu American work rooms. She is more devoted to her father than to her child, and it may have been she that was in the mind of Pope when he wrote : Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arms extend a mother’s breath, Make langor smile, and smooth the bed of death ; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky. Unlike tho English girl, marriage with her is au accident, rather than au aim. She would as soon be a sis ter of charity us the mothor of tho Gracchi. But if the altar lamp does not prove the magnet of her youth, she is very liable to fall madly iu love, to marry, and to abide unto the bit ter end. She loves for the better or worse ; chiefly for worse. Iu physique she is unsurpassed, even iu Arabia. Her feet are apt to be large, because, like Maud Muller, she rakes the meadows sweet with hay, but, unlike Maud, digs turf in the bogs aud plants potatoes on the suuny hills. RAILROAD LOVE-MAKING. One of our correspondents, a close observer of passing events, who lives in a little town which shall be name less, tells the story of a love-making couple whom ho met the other day on the Nashville and Decatur Road. They got on at , and once on board, commenced billing aud cooing to the infinite disgust of the females and the amusement of the other sex. “ I greatly admired,” says our corres pondent, “ one favorite posture. He was sittiag at the window and she was anxious to see the country, aud leaned across his knees to look out. Os course he wasn’t going to let her fall out and be left, so he got a good hold around her body, and never broke his grip for an hour. It seem ed sometimes like tho pressure was about seventy-five pounds to the square inch, then he would slack up. Sire was ‘mighty’ afraid of dropping out of the window, for she never whimpered, even when he tightened his arms to the last notch ; that is, when going across rivers and ugly places aud high banks. After she had seen the country enough, they began to whisper, would bite an ear, bolding it a little while and ‘ chaw ing,’ like puppies do your fingers, iu fun. He would make out sometimes she had bit him too hard and tousel her for it. The touseling was the best part of the performance. She knew that she had done wrong iu the au ricular matter, and ought to be touseled. Most of them in tho car thought so, and if she hadn’t submit ted they were ready to help him in the act of justice. Several of them stood up now aud then, to be ready if their services were needed. Some of them were interested to such an extent iu suppressing with marked and repressive punishment, this un lawful compression of the male ac coustic organ between incissors of the female, that they first refreshed them selves by passing to the ice-cooler and swallovviug deep draughts aud then returning to the neighborhood where the sufferer was avenging himself, keeping their arms in position for immediate use in ease of emergency. The vanquished was doomed to sup port the head of the conqueror till he should recover from the fatigue of j asserting his rights. I could tell you I more.’’— liep. Banner. Felix Neri, the celebrated professor iu the college of the Propaganda in Rome, once asked of an umbitious young student what he proposed to do | after leaving college. “ Study the law,” was the answer. “ What next ?” “ Why, enter upon its practice, of course.’’ “What next?” “Gather honor aud wealth.’’ “What next?’’ “ Get married, and set up au estab lishment.’’ “ What next?’’ “ Enjoy the results of my labors.’’ “ What next ?’’ “ Why,” responded he, with ; some hesitation, “ die, I suppose.’’ “ What next ?” The young man’s face fell, and he was speechless. Little minds rejoice over the errors of men of genius, as the owl rejoices over an eclipse. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1872. POETRY. [From Chamber. Journal. THE SETTLER. In a far distant land, the eye Had cooled day’s sultry’ glow, And shadows down the mountain side Came creeping soft and slow O’er pastures white with feeding flocks, And sheaf-set valleys low. For fields of yellow corn waved high Where forest trees once stood, And the woodman’s axe never heard In the green solitude; And Lnman footsteps never woke The echoes of the wood. But wielded now by sturdy hands, All day the bright uxe rung; In the midst of that vast wilderness A happy homo had sprung, And children’s gleeful laughter blent With voices fresh and young. Besido his door at sundown sut, In the still evening air, Au aged man; upon his brow Were lines of weary care, And man a fleeting year had thinned j His locks of silvery hair. ’Twas half a century and more Since be left his native land; And now on plains of ripened wheat, As thick as ocean sand, And orchards bent with fruit, he look ed, And planted by his hand. The sunset faded, and the stars Gleamed in the tinted sky By slow-degrees; yet still he sat— That old man—silently Sat listening to the tale his heart Told of the days gone by. Like hoar-frost touched by sunlight, fled The present from his eyes; His mind stirred with the wakening Os sweet home memories; Again a bright-haired boy he stood Beneath blue English skies. Tho mill-wier’s rush he heard again, The broomy dingles saw; Aud the howthorns on the river bank, Just as they grew of yore, In the springtime of his boyhood, when He pulled the branches hoar. Rose up another vision yet In that calm evenwhile— The picture of an old green lane, The well-known trysting-stile; The shadow of a truthful glance, A tender, trusting smile. Twenty springs had brought their flowers, Twenty summers flown, Twenty autumns on her grave Their yellow leaves hud strewn, Since last he kissed that cold white brow, And went his way alone. Alone, save for the little cues, Through whose clear, childish . yes, The soul of bis lost darling lo< ked, Aud bade his crushed heart rise, For their sakes from its burdened pain, To steadfast, high emprise. But now that time of sorrow seemed As though it had not been, And the memories of the day before Sprang fresh and fair and green— The days when no grief-cloud had dimmed His life-star’s early sheen. Through the dim twilight’s deepened blue The moon shone clear and still, Yet steadfastly the aged man Looked out on wood and hill, As though he heard the sound of bells, Or the rippling of a rill. Distinct and clear, as though it were A scene of yesterday, Seemed the cowslip dotted English holds, In the hamlet far away, Tho’ he left thorn when his locks were brown, And now they glistened gray. Around the cottage ingle-side Groweth the Christmas brand, Rings tho laughter and shouting of His brother’s joyous baud ; He feels the old familiar touch Os his loved mother’s baud. Hark ! the clear cry of the whip-poor will— Tho sound the old man hears, And with it breaks the spell that brought Again those long-lost years; And now he sees the calm bright stars Dimly through gathered tears. TAKE IT AS YO U FIND IT. I. I have a creed, a pleasant creed, The wise may fling their scorn at ; It lets me smile at many things That other folks have sworn at. ’Tis simply this : to love my kind, With all their faults and chances, Aud not to see with others’ eyes, Or feel with others’ fancies. I hold this life too short for love, Too long for idle sighing ; The man who cannot cry’s a knave ; A fool, who's always crying. Through darkest clouds, I try to see A glint of silver lining, And think, though tempest may be here, Somewhere tho sun is shining. The more that cynics snarl aud flout, The less I seem to mind it; I make the best of what’s about, And take it as I find it. 11. There’s woman, now. We run her down On various pretences— Dear woman ! who divides onr joys Aud trebles our expenses ; Who caused the fall of man—and Troy. Well, with our common mother Poor Adam had but Hobson’s choice; ’Twas Eve—or ne’er another. Unto my lot a kinder fate No such restriction grapples ; For I could find a score of wives Who do not care for apples. And as for losing Paradise (I’ve nought to say for Helen,) Eve gave enough to every maid For one true man to dwell in. Then tend the flowers, till the land, Be kind, and she’ll be kinder ; Seek out the gold, nor scorn th« sand, And taice her as you find her. | There’s friendship then, aud grat. tilde, I That ought to be his brother ; Their sire, true Humanity, And charity their mother. The cynic snarls, “ The first’s a reed, That bends when it is lent on, The othei’s nothing but a bribe, To gain what we are bent on. ’ Well, every mouth is not July, Nor every king a Nero, Nor every saintly man a saint, Nor every chief a hero. The shadows give the picture lights, The lights throw darknass them on; You oauuot have a glass of punch Without a squeeze of lemon. And if some hearts are false, old friends, I see that Heaven assigned you, For others’ shame to make amends, And lake you as I Had you. IV. Why should I hate a fine young man Because I’ve not bis inches ? W 7 by should I limp along the street Because your brodequin pinches ? The charm that’s still a charm for mo For some has lost its power. Must my heart’s goblet yield no sweet, Because they have turned their’s sour. My syrn pathy I’ll not’deny, For that’s no cynic’s mutter, They surely waut to take my faith And fliDg it in the gutter. But just because their jaundiced eyes Can’t see the rose is rosy, They bid me 6eek the hemlock tree To find a summer posy. No, no! my love, my friend, my dove! I’ll in life’s garland wiud thee. And take thee to my heart of hearts And love thee as I find thee. Temple Bar. CONFEDERATE DEAD IN MA RYLAND. The removal of the remains of the Confederate dead from the Antietam battlefield to Rose Hill Cemetery, near Hagerstown, is now in progress. The Mail says: “ On Tuesday of last week the disinterment of tho dead from the battlefield of Antietam commenced under the direction of Mr. Henry C. Mumma, and reinterment was .contin ued by the custodian of Rose Hill Cemetery, Mr. Coxon. The County Surveyor—Mr. S. S. Downin—had in conjunction with Mr. Coxon laid off the grounds, and no one visiting them can fail to be most favorably impressed. On the eastern or upper side of the lot is located a circle iu which, for the present, * ra vind will be raised, which ii due mm: we ii-»pn to see capped with a becoming shaft !•> ’* The Mem ory of the Unknown uuu rii© liecog nized Southern Dead.” in a semi circle around this mound, and Cm the gently sloping hillside, with their feet toward the common centre, are the slightly curving sections containing the remains of those Southern soldiers who fell on surrounding battle fields. Between these sections are walks, av enues and a serpentine drive, which, when completed, will be everything desirable. On Tuesday of this week, Mr. Coxon informed us that he re ceived one hundred and forty-two dead bodies from the field of Anlie tam, making the aggregate up to this time, amount to three hundred and forty-seven. Among those received were two officers, whose names are preserved, Col, Strong, of New Or leans, and Capt. G. C. Whatley (act ing Colonel at time of death), Compa ny B, 19th Regiment, Alabama Vol unteers, Wilcox’s Brigade, Anderson’s Division. We understand that there are scattered graves of Confederates iu different parts of our valley, among whom are some officers whoso names are preserved. It is the wish of those who have charge of the matter, that those who have knowledge of such graves report them to Mr. Coxon.— Baltimore Gazette. TENNESSEE. Cheatham — Johnson — Maynard. The New York Herald has a cor respondent travelling with the candi dates for Congress from tho State at large. He sent a couple of letters from Jonesboro, which make the chances look a little gloomy for Mr. Johnson even in East Tennessee. This writer says that in a party of thirteen who were conversing about the can vass, “ eight were for Johnson and five for Cheatham.’’ He overheard one man say to another on the street cor ner, “ This fight is between Cheatham and Maynard , so they think hero pret ty generally.'” This, too, in Washing ton, the adjoining county to Greene. “ Not a round of applause broke the long two hour’s stretch of his ,(Mr. J’s> declamation.” In coucludicg his address “it seemed us if he might as well have been talking to a benighted lamp-post.” Os Gen. Cheatham the Herald correspondent says: “Gen. Cheatham wound up tho de bate. He said, in the words of Mark Anthony, he was a plain, blunt man, unaccustomed to oratory. His life, when not iu the army, was spent as a farmer, and neither avocation was con ducive to cultivation of the grimes. He accepted the position of standard bearer of the Convention that nomi nated him that he might do his hum ble best for his country. He detailed how that Convention came to give him the nonnhatioti, and pronounced it the greatest ever held in the State. The General spoke calmly aud fluent ly enough for about fifteen miuptes, and oh concluding was given a round of applause.” Os the meeting at Bristol, the Her ald says: “ Cheatham, though not an orator seemed to have most of the crowd at this border meeting.’’ THE CHEROKEE ROSE. A rose ought to be beautiful which has such a charming romance as the following connected with its name : A young Indian chief of tho Semi nole tribe, was taken prisoner by his enemies, the Cherokees, and doomed to torture, but fell so seriously ill that it became necessary’ to wait for bis restoration to health before commit ting him to fire. And he lay pros trated by disease in the cabin of the Cherokee warrior, the daughter of the latter, a youDg, dark-faced maid, was his nurse. Sue fell in love with the young chieftain, and, wishing to save his life, urged him to escape. But he would not do so unless she would flee with him. She consented. Yet, be fore they had gone far, impelled by soft regret at leaving home, she asked permission of him to retnru home for the purpose of bearing away some memento of it. So, retracing her footsteps, she broke a sprig from the ! white rose which climbed up the poles of her father’s tent, and pre serving it through her flight through the wilderness, planted it by, the door jof her new home in the lafS? of the : Suninoles. And from that day this beautiful flower has always been * known throughout the . Southern I States by thebiame of the Cheiokee rose. Agricultural Department Y NEW THEORY ABOUT SEED WHEAT, ETC. I At the recent meeting of the Ex- I perimeutal Farm Club, in Chester ' county, it was stated by Joshua Jef feries,' who is, by the way, one of the | best practical farmers in Chester county, that in selecting seed wheat (aud we presume the principle also applies to other seeds,) it is very im portant to secure “ hungry seed.” Up on being asked by Everard Couard what he meant by this term, he re plied, a seed grown on a thinner soil, cm under circumstances not calculated to promote a full production aud full weight. He thought from such seed, when transferred to good land and subjected to good farming, there was sure to be development and progres sion—that it must improve ! He would prefer, in case of a poor ciop of wutat on Lis farm, to screen out the lightest portions, and sow the remainder, than to procure tho heaviest and best seed from distant places, because the laiter would not be “hungry,” while the other would be! He also stated the fact of being at a relative’s at seed time, a year ago, where wheat from Indiana weighing sixty-four pounds to tho bushel was being sown, and wnich, this year, has proved a failure. He had an offer of part of his seed for himself, but declined, and predicted a failure of the crop from it this season, because it had been grown on a rich aud congenial boil, and there was probably in it no farther development, i It was not hungry. Iu this section the wheat crop gen erally has been a failure, out probably from other causes than the one allu ded to, and it will require farther ex periments before tbe “ hungry seed theory ” can be fully established. This theory rather reverses all pre vious experience aud practice. It has been supposed desirable heretofore to procure the heaviest and best teed of wheat, covd, oats, potatoes, rye, etc., on the supposition that, as in rearing animals, \* like produces like. Oats has been imported from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Friuco Edwards Is land, etc., because they weighed some fifteen pounds heavier per bushel than those raised in this section. Ihe benefits of such importations have been very marked. Though they gradually deteriorate, because North ern climatic influences are more fa vorable to heavy oati than this lati tude, vet by occasional fresh importa tions, a higher standard is being ; gradually reached; aud the same is true with other Seeds. While there may be a greater | change, or larger development in light so and grown on poor soil, when trans planted to a rich one, yet we are un able to see why seed which has al ready progressed and improved, should not be preferred to seed in a state of progression and improvement. The application of fertilizers on a thin-soiled farm produces greater re sults than on a rich farm, because the latter has already advanced to a high er stage of.produclion. This is no reason, however, why a poor farm should be preferred to a good one, and it has not so much mouial valus. W hen the potato crop was very un certain a few yeai’3 ago, we used to procure Western Mercers, grown in a rich soil ands ivorable climate. It was found they, produced much larger crops here than our inferior seed, yet | they certainly were not “ huugry,” but large aud fine. W e have great | doubts about this hungry seed theo ry of our friend J. Jeffris.— Practical ‘ Farmer. THE SECRET OF GOOD BUTTER. Every one knows how superior is the reputation of Philadelphia butter, aud many have been the attempts to account for it. Perhaps the most popular notion was that it was due to the prevalence of tho “ sweet vernal grass ” in our pastures aud hay fields, the grass which often gives so pecu liar a fragrance to meadow hay. But it needed very little reasoning to de molish such a theory as this. This grass i9 one of the poorest for hay or pasture purposes, and scarcely exists, except on cold clay lands, in partially shady places near groves or low woods. Yet, while this grass is the exception, indeed the very rare exception, in low pastures, or in the hay fed to our cows, good butter is the liberal rule in all our morkets. It has long been the opinion of our best agricultural generalizers of facts that we owe much more of the sweet ness of our butter to tho abundance of springs and spring-houses in our State, than to any thing peculiar which grows in our pastures. Milk has a particular affinity for any odors iu tho atmosphere, and water has some; lieDce, whatever impurities may get into the atmosphere of the spring house is drawn out. by ruuuiug water, and the very best security is provided against their being absorbed by the cream. We notice this now through observ ing au inquiry whether tho light of a kerosene lamp in a dairy could possi bly affect the quality of the butler; we should answer most decidedly in the affirmative. All odors of every description should be carefully avoid ed, if the very best brands are de sired. There is one little incident in this reputation of Philadelphia butter which must never be forgo:ton. The followers of Penn imde up a class of our original farming population. With these people cleanliness was es pecially one of the virtues. It was not a mere sentiment that it was “ next to godliness,” but an every-day testimony iu all they dd. Aided in these cleanly practices by their nu merous springs and spring houses, we have little doubt we owe to them as much as to any other circumstances the eminent character which Philadel phia butter enjoys; aud wc believe that if other quarters would give es pecial attention to these little nicitiea, ns good butter might be had in any part of the Union as here. German town Telegraph. One singular feature of tho Thou sand Islands is the luxuriant growth of trees upon what seems to be almost bare rocks, and solid granite. Ever greens of a foot iu diameter, standing upon what seems an absolutely soil less rock, are often seen. The roots of these trees follow down through and oat aloDg the crevices, and thus gain nourishment as well as support for tliei tree. 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Such signal success has attended its use that it is now regarded as the GREAT UNFAILING SPECI FIC lor Liter Complaint and the painful offspriug thereof, to wit: Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jaun dice, iiilUous attacks, Sick Headache. Colie, Depression of Spirits, Sour Stomach. Heart Burn, <tc., &c. Regulate the Liver and prevent # CHILLS AND FEVER. Simmons’ Liver Regulator Is manufactured only by J. H. ZEILIN & Cos., MACON, GA., AND PHILADELPHIA, Price sl, pr package; sent by mail, postagepaid $1.25. Prepared ready for use in bottles. $1.50. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. JjjF*BewareofaUCounterfeits and Imitations. HONUMENT TO THE Confefate Dead of Georgia. And to those Soldiers from other Confederate States, who were killed or died iu this State. The Monument to Cost $50,000. 2,000 Prizes! 1 Share of SIO,OOO SIO,OOO 1 “ 5,000 5,000 2 “ 2,600 5,000 10 “ 2,000 20,000 10 “ 1,000 10,000 20 “ 500 10,000 100 “ 100 10,000 200 “ 50 10,000 400 “ 25 * 10,000 1.000 “ 10 10,000 Total, SIOO,OOO From the first-class real estate offered by well known patriotic citizens, to the Confeder ate Monumental Association of Georgia, the following prizes have been selected aud added o the foregoing shares : Ist, BERZELLA.—This well-known resort, with the large residence, store, &r., and 400 acres of.land, 120 miles from Augusta, paving au annual yield 0f*15.000. 2d. The well-known CITY HOSPITAL, fronting on Broad Street. The building is of brick, three stories high, 131 x7O feet. 3d. The SOLITIJI) JS PLANTATION, in Re sell county, Alabama, on tbe •fiver, with elegant and commodious improve ments. The average rentai since 1834 has been over $7,000. 4th. That large Brick Residence and Store, on North-East corner of Broad and Centre streets, known as the I’hinysce or liaudry house. Rent, $2,000. 6th. Tlie ROGERS HOUSE, on Green Street, anew and elegant brick residence, in most de sirable portion of thatbeatifal street Valued at SIO,OOO. 6th. FLAT BUSH, with 120 acres ol" land, hall'amile from city limits, the elegant subur ban residence of Antoine Poulaine, Esq.; in good oisler, valued at $16,000. 7th. The DEARING HOUSE, a large and commodious residence, with thirty city lots, 69x210 feet: fronting on McKinney and Carnes streets. Valued"at $16,000. Bth. STUANTON RESIDENCE AND OR CHARD, on the Georgia Railroad, valued at $5,000. 9th. Nine hundred and one acres of land in Lincoln county, Ga., on which are the well known Magruder Gold and Cqppe" Mines Also, One Share of 100 hales of cotton, 400 pounds to the bale, class Liverpool middling. 1 Share of 50 bales. 1 “ 25 *• 241 “ 1 “ each. The value of the separate interest to which the holder ol'each certificate will be entitled will be determined by the Commissioners, who •will announce to the public the manner, the time, and place ol'distribution. COMMISSIONERS : Gen. E. Me Caws, Col. Wm. P. Crawford, Gen. A. It. Wright, GeorgeT. Jackson, Gen. W. M. Gardner. Hon. It. H. Meay, Gen. Goode Bryan, Adam Johnston,’ Col. C. Snead, Jonathan M. Miller, Maj. J. 1!. Gumming, Wm. If. Goodrich, Maj; Jos. Ganalil, J. I). Butt, Maj. J. P. Givardey, Hr. Win. E. Tearing, Henry Moore. For every live dollars subscribed there will he given a Life Membership to the Monumental Association. The Distribution will take place as soon as the requisite number of shares are sold. Special receipts will be given to those who may desire to c mtribute without participating in the award. L. & A. H. McLAWS, Gen’l Ag>ts„ No. 3. Old P. O. Kange, Mclntoshst., Augusta, Ga. TRAVELING AGENTS! Mrs. Carlton Belt, Coleman House, X. V., Miss Mary Ann Buie, Columbia, S. C., Maj. .John Uunwoody, Washington, Ga., E. B. Martin, Esqr., Tuscaloosa, Ala. STATE AGENT ! JAMES M. 6MYTIIE, Augusta. BST Agent at CartersviHe, W. H Wikle and J. L. Moon. 4 25 CARTERSVILLE SALE AND LIVERY STABLE. A T TIIE OLD STAND Established twenty J\_ years ago, it being in fifty yards of tne Bartow House, a commodious Hofei, kept by J. T. Guthrie, i have been in the Livery busi ness for Fourteen Years and all lank is, that the citizens and traveling public will give me a call, and find me and the veritable J Y O IV stack: at all times rcarlv to furnish SADDLE AND HARNESS HORSES, HACKS, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and everything necessary in a First-Class Sta ble, and ready for trade at all hours, SWAP SELL or BUY. june 30,-tf. JOE BRITT. MRS. BRAME’S Female School, CARTERSVILLE, GA., TITE exercises of this School will be resuni - cd Monday, '2d day of September, ’.1872, with a full corps of teachers. RATES OF TUITION and Charges per Month, payable invariably in advance : Primary Department, C 2 50 Preparatory Department, . 800 Academic Department, 3 *0 j Vocal Music, free useof instrument, 100; Incidental fee, So Board can be obtained in the best families in the town, convenient to the Academy, at rea sonable rates. A thorough and most complete course of ed ucation has been adopted by the principal, embracing all the studies of a full collegiate course. There are no extra charges for Latin, Greek, Hebrew or French, as is usual in most Female Schools. MRS. S. F. BRAME, 8-15—3 m Principal. REM ARKABLE CURE OF SCROFULA, ETC. CASE OF COL. J. C. BRANSON. Kingston, Georgia, September 15,1372. Doctor J. S. Demberton: Dear Sir—lt gives me pleasure to furnish you with an account of the remarkable cure which I have experienced Horn the use of vour Compound Extract of Stillingia. For sixteen years I have been a great sufferer from Scrofula in its most I distressing forms. I have been confined to my room and l>ed for fifteen years with scrofulous ulcerations. Such was my condition—far mors painful and distressing than language can describe. Most of the time I was unable to rise from bed. The most approved remedies for such cases had been used, and the most eminent physicians consulted, without any decided benefit. Thus prostrated, distressed . desponding, I was advised by Doctor Ayer, of Flovd county, Georgia, to commence the use of your Compound Extract of Stillingia. Language is insufficient to describe the relief 1 obtained from the use of the Stillingia as it is to convey an adequate idea of the intensity of my suffering before using your medicine; suflicient to say, “I am cured of all pain,” of all disease, with nothing to obstruct the active pursuit of my profession. More than eight months have elapsed since this remarkable cure, without any return of the disease. For the above statoment I refer to any gentleman iu Bartow county, Georgia, and to the piembers of the bar of Cherokee Circuit, who are acquainted with me. I shall ever remain, sir, with the deepest gratitude. Your obedient servant, J.C. BRANSON, August 15,1872 —lm. AN ACT, I TO INCORPORATE TIIE CITY OF CAR j TERSVILLE, TO PROVIDE FOR ITS GOVERNMENT, DEFINE ITS POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of the State of Geor gia DO ENACT, Section Ist. Be it further euacUd. That the the present town of Cartersville. in toe Count y of Bartow, shall be. and is is hereby incorpora ted as a city, and shall be known as the City el CartcrsYille. Section 2d. Aud he it further enacted, The corporate powers of said city shall be vested in a mayor and aldermen, who shall be elected on the second Wednesday of September next, aud the second Wednesday of September of each year thereafter, and shall bold Mrtir offices for one year, aud until their successors are elected and qualified, and all persons resident within the corporate limits of said city w ho are quali fied to vote for members of the General Assem bly shall be entitled to vote at said election. Section 3d. Be it further enacted. That the present board of Commissioners shall appoint two of more citizens of said city to preside over and conduct the first election under this Act, ami for all subsequent elections in said city, tbe mayor and aldermen shall appoint two dr more citizens ol said city to preside over and condnct’the elections, and the persons so presi ding at any elections shall publicly declare the result of any elections held by them, and cer tify the result to the authorities appointing them, and shall give their certificates of elec tion to the persons elected, and the persons having the highest number of votes shall be en titled to such certificates. Section 4th. And bo it further enacted. That said mayor and aldermen, before enteriug on the duties of-their vespcctivo offices, shall take an oftth well and truly to discharge the duties of the offices to which they have been elected, which oath sit all be administered to them by any officer of this State authorized to adminis ter oaths. Section sth. And bo it further enacted. That said mayor and aldermen shall each of them be ex-officio Justice of the Peace, within the cor porate limits of said city, so far as to authorize them, and each of them to issue warrants for offenses committed within the limits ot said city, against the laws ot said city and said State, and bail and commit offenders according to law, and all warrants issued by either of them shall bo directed to the marshal of said city, and all and singular the sheriffs andcon stables.of this State, aud it shall be the duty of said officers faithfully and promptly to execute said warrants, aud said marshal shall have the same authority to execute warrants within the limits of said city as now belongs to the office of sheriffs. Section 6tli. Be it further enacted, That said mayor and aldermen shall have power to re move nuisances, whether tho same be in tbe streets or on the lots of individuals or incorpo rate companies or institutions, to remove ob structions upon tho public streets, 4 to build a market house, ard to establish a market, aud to pass such ordinances in relation thereto as they may deem proper, to license billiaid ta bles and ten pin ailevs, livery stables and eat ing saloons upon sucli terms as they may deem proper, and to suppress or renew the same when they shall deem it proper, and to punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, at their dis cretion, all persons who shall have or keep the same for public use or amusement, without first obtaining license. Said mayor and aider men shall have tbe sole and exclusive right of granting licenses to retail spirituous or fer mented liquors of every kind and sort within the limits of said city, and of fixing the rate of such licenses, and tlie terms upon which they shall issue, and of punishing, by fine or impris onment, or both, all persons who shall retail spirituous or fermented liquors within the lim its of said city without first obtaining license. Section 7th. And be it furtlierenacted. That said mayor aud aldermen shall have power to tax or license, or both, all Insurance, Banking or Railroad Companies, and their Agents, do ing business within said city, and all pel-sons practicing law, medicine, "dentistry, and all persons carrying on business of ainbrotyping or picture making in any of its branches’, and to prescribe and enforce such penaitics as ther shall deem proper lor failure to comply with their regulations relating to either kindofbus iness. Section Bth. Said mayor, or in his absence, any one or more of the aldermen may, at time, hold a Court for the trial of offenders against the laws and ordinances of said city, ami may punish for any violation of cither, by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by 'impris onment not exceeding ninety days, or both. Section Uth. Said mayor aud aldermen shall be a body corporate, and as such, they and their successors may lie sued and sue, plead and be impleaded, and bold real and personal es tato for the use of the said city, and to sell and dispose of the same, and to l orrow money and contract for city improvements and repairs. Section 10th. If vacancies shall occur ill the Board the same shall bo filled by an election or dered by the remaining members of the Board, and the persons so elected shall hold offico as long as his predecessor, or would have held the same if said vacancy had not occurred. Section 11th. Said mayor and aldermen shall have power to pass all laws andorifinances that they may consider necessary to the Peace and order, health prosperity, comfort and security of said city, and the citizens thereof, not inconsis tent with the Constitution and laws of this State and the United States, aud all tlie rights, powers and authority that are now vested in the Commissioners of tho town of t al tersville, shall be vested in the mayor and aldermen of said city of Gavtersville. Section 12th. Be It further enacted, In addi tion to the power of taxation already conferred on the Commissioners of the town of Carters ville, and said city, said mayor and aldermen may assess, levy and collect in such way, mode ami manner, by assessors or otherwise, a tax i on all notes, accounts, claims and evidences of debt held, possessed, kept or owned within the corporate limits of said city, and the tax so as sessed on all other kinds of property, both real, personal and mixed, shall not exceed 1 per ct. per annum. Section 13th. Be it further enacted, Said mayor and aldermen shall have power to or ganize and equip such fire department as they may deem necessary, and also to provide a suf ficient supply of water for said city, in such ! way and manner as they shall deem for the in terest of said city, and "to levy and collect in manner already authorized for such taxes as may be proper for such purposes. Section 14th. Be it further enacted, Said mayor and aldermen may subscribe to tho cap ital stock of a Railroad, to be built from said city to, or In the direction of the State line, near Ducktown, and also a railroad to be built from said city to Gainesville, in said State, such amount's as they deem for the interest of said city, not to exceed iu the aggregate Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($250,900,) dollars, and to borrow money and issue bonds to meet said subscriptions, and to assess, levy and col lect (as authorized by the laws governing said city) a sufficient tax to meet their engagements to pay tlie interest on any bonds they may is sue, and to provide for the redemption of their bonds and obligations at maturity, and may in like manner aid in the building up and endow ment of such schools and institutions of learn ing as they may think proper, not to exceed in the aggregate Thirty Thousand ($30,000,) but no money shall be borrowed or bonds issued for either of said pursoses until the questions of borrowing money or issuing bonds for said pur poses shall bp submitted to a vote of the people of said city, in an election to be had tor that purpose, after giving twenty days notice of said election, and the particular matter to be voted on; and it shall require a majority of all the votes cast to authorize tlie said borrowing of money, or the issuing of said bonds. Section 15th. Be it further enacted. The present Commissioners of said town shall lay off and divide said city into four wards, and each ward shall be entitled to two aldermen, alt of whom, and as well the mayor of saidcity, to be elected by general tickets. All voters vo ting for such candidates not exceeding eight aldermen and a mayor, as they desire. Section 16th. Be it further enacted. Said Commissioneis shall have power and authority to require as precedent to tlie right to vote at the first election under this Act, and said may or and aldermen shall have power and author ity to require as precedent to the right to vote at any and all subsequeuteleetions in said city, a registration of all persons entitled to vote in said city, and to prescribe such rules aud reg ulations lor such registry as they may deem advisable, anil no person "not registered in ac cordance with such rules and regulations shall be allowed to vote in said elections, provided such rules are not in conUitt with theConetitu t-ion and Laws of Georgia. Section I7th. Be it further enacted, A ma jority in number of said mayor and aldermen shall constitute a quorum, and in the absence of the mayor a quorum shall elect one of their Humberto preside as mayor, pro Urn. Section 18th. Be it further enacted. All laws and parts of laws'militating against this Act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. YDS. TANARUS!. GUM MING, Speaker House off Representatives. J. 1). WADDELL, Clerk of the House of Representatives. L. N. TRAMMELL, President of the Senate. j T. W.J. HILL, Secretary of the Senate. Approved August 2Tth., 1872. JAMES M. SMITH, Governor. STATE OF GEORGIA, ) office Secretary ok state, £ Atlanta. Aug. 29, 1872. ) The foregoing eight pages of written matter, and the above date of approval are true and correct copies of the original act of file in this office. Given under mv hand ami seal of office. DAVID G. COTTrXG, Secretary of State. STERLING SILVER-WARE. SHARP & FLOYD No. 33 Whitehall Street, ATLANTA. Specialty, Sterling Silver-Ware. Special attention is requested to the many new and elegant pieces manufactured express ly to our order the past year, and quite recently completed. An unusually attractive assortment of novel ios in Fancy Silver, cased for Wedding and Holiday presents, of a medium and expeusiv character. The House we represent manufacture on an unparalleled scale, employing on Sterling Sil ver-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 UNAPPROACIIED by any cempetition. Our stock at present is the lar gest aud most varied this side of Philadelphia An examination of our stock and prices will guarantee our sales. OUR HOUSE USE ONLY 925 BRITISH STERLING, 1000 jan 4—ts DOBBS & McGUIRE, BUTCHERS, HAV K associated themselves together in bnsiuess, ami havo opened n now stall at the lat« stand of Dobbs and Anderson, where they keep eousrantly on hand an abundant supply of FRESH MEATS, during all market hours. They will sell their meats on as short profits as ativ' butcher can at* ford to sell and live ; and warrantKhem to be as decently butchered and dres««d, and of tha fht kind only. 10-S. New Goods ! New Goods ! Erwin, Stokely and Cos. ARE DAILY UECKININQ NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Their Stock Is Largo, Varied and Elegant. Special attention is called to their Dress Goods, Piece Goods for Men and Boys. BOOTS, SHOES AND CLOTHING. Their Slock also embraces every variety usually kept in the trade. They are selling at small profits to ('ash Buyer*, or prompt payiug customers. Liberal Discount made ou ( ash Bills. They solicit from their old friends and customers, us well as the public, a liberal share of patronage. 10-3-ts. ERWIN, STOKELY A CO. TOMMY, STEWART & BECK, HARDWARE il 1R C MIIT S, ATLANTA, GA. Are new opeulug a large and well selected stock of Hardware in their New Store, Conor Pryor aud Deeatnr Streets, Opposite Kimball House. Muuuiacturer’s Agents and Dcalere in all kinds of If A RDIY ARE, IRON, STEEL, CUTLERY, Tools of all kinds, Builders’ aud Carriage Materials; Agents for BURT’S JUNGLE MACHINES, Sycamore I’owder Company’* Rifle and Blaitiug Powder, MiUStones and Bolting Cloths, Proprietors of the Brooks’ Cotton aud Hay Screw Pres*. TVe are doing a Wholesale Business, aud always keep on hand an ample Stock to sup ply Retail Merchants and Contractors. 10-3-1 v. WILLIAM RICH & CO., WHOLESALE NOTIONS, MILLINERY, AND FANCY GOODS, Atlanta, Georgia. Have removed to Clarke’s Building, No. 13, Decatur Street, opposite the Kimball House, are . now fully prepared for the FALL TRADE, with one of the Largest and best Assorted Stocks of Goods in tlie South. Merchants will promote their interests by examining our Stock and Prices before, purchasing elsewhere. N. 8.--WE ARE PREPARED TO DUPLICATE NEW YORK BILLS. WM. RICH & COMPANY. Hunnicutt & Bellingrath, DEALERS IN COOKING and HEATING STOVES, afijijL Orates and Tin-Ware, Tinners’ Trimmings, Slate Mantles. if-' Wrought Iron Pipes, for Steam, Gas and Water. ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF Concrete Sewer Pip**, of all Dimensions. Brain Pipe, Rubber if use. Pumps, Steam Fittings, Oil ('ups, Globe Valves, ftteam Gauges, Whistles. Hydraulic Bams, Gas Fittings Aud Fixtures. Sheet Iron, Patent Burners. Tin Plate, Lead Copper and Brass, Water Closets, Wash Basins, Etc., Etc. BUY HUNNICUTT & BELLINGRATHS COLUMBIA COOK. No, 9 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ceorgia. lIUMICUTT & BELLINGRATH. No. 9 Marietta St., Atlanta. PLUMBERS, Steam and Gas Fitters, COPP Eltis MITHS SDQot-Iron Worlters. ROOFING, IN ALLITS BRANCHES, IN TIN AND CORRUGATED IRON. «>.•(. I*l—wly. PEASE & HIS WIFE’S RESTAURANT AND EUROPEAN HOUSE, AILANTA, GEORGIA. This is the Largest, FINEST, aud Best Arranged House South. 51 Marble Tables. Private Billing Booms and Special Apartments tor Cadies, and can scat two hundred People at one sitting. 50 Sleeping Rooms, elegantly furnished, with Ta pistry, Carpets, and Oil-Finished Furniture Is now opened to the public. Single or Suites of Booms can be furnished, by or der, to parties that may desire. Meals are furnished from 5 o’clock in the morning until 1 o’clock at night*. Onr Steaks, our Coffee, our Golden Fries, and our Game, Fish, Oysters, and other delicacies of the sea son—in fact our Cooking Bepartincuts—have long since been pronounced by our people to excel all others. Thanking you kindly for that unwaivering patron age in the past, we shall still strive to suit your taste and eater to your wants. CITY BEEP MARKET, EAST SII>E OF W. & A. It. It., NEAIt POST-OFFICE. FKKSU MEATS, of different kinds, kept constantly on hand, and for sale at all marks hour*. Our business being on the increase, we have thought proper to remove our place of busi ness to a more ceutral point in the city, therefore our .Market House will be found between Messrs. Trammell & Norris’ corner and the Post-Oflice, where we propose to supiily the market with FRESH MEATS, FAT and NIC El and butchered in the very best style of the art. Dry aud Green Hides wanted, for which the highest market price will be paid. JOHN ANDERSON. CartorfTiWtf, Gfa., Sept. 10th, 18TS.—1£ VOL. 13-NO. 14
