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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS.
By S. H. SMITH & CO.]
From the Rome Ga. Courier.]
IRON.
We are rich.
We are all rich.
Every uian is rich who gets pleuty
to do and good pay for it. The over
flowing abundance that is now daily
pouring into om city has heretofore
l ever been equalled. Providence bus
blessed us with good seasons and our
people have been diligent,. The busy
and constant exchanging of products
make our city lock lively. Both run
chunts and tanners are doing well,
and ev< rybody is iQ a cheerful mor-d
The farms were never so faithfully
cultivated as they have been this year.
Fences hi ve been reret, briars cut
down, ditches dug, new cribs built,
cotton screws repaired or uew ones
purchased. By deep plowing, futui
ers were foitifying against a bad sea
son. Altogether it looks like lecon
struction, and if we have political
peace we will ask for no mo>e.
Just at this time of our greatest
prosperity since the war, there looms
up before us au undeveloped, but «
certain and wonderful estate, which
is destined to enrich and make power
ful the people of this section. A fair
estimate of the prospective v due of
this magnificent estate would reach
such fabulous amount that it would
seem incredible. It is sufficient to say
that the iron ours of Cherokee Geor
gia and Alabama that are within easy
reach, are woith a thousand times
rnoio than the aggregate of all her
other interests combined. There is
no country in the world that equals
tins in the quality, quantity and ac
cessibility of its ores. It is a reason
able estimate that there is enough
within a radius of thirty miles from
this city to supply a thousand furna
ces for a century to come. The de
caying furnaces of the old world, and
the rapididly increasing demand for
the product has so stimulated the irou
interests of this section that searcely
a train that does not bring prospect
ing capitalists among us. Think of
projecting railroads in Persia, Afghan
istan, Egypt, Asia Minor and other
countries, some of which lines are
2,000 miles long, and most all of
which are officered and contracted for
by English capitalists. The uses of
iron in other branches of industry are
so rapidly increasing that the demand
is already greater than the supply.—
Shrewd und powerful business houses
are now engaging at high prices for
future del very.
Our own humble capitalists have
not been asleep to this magnificent
prospect that lies before us. But few
people, oven iu our community, are
aware of the extent to which home
investments in iron property have al
ready b£en made. For their benefit
we herewith submit a partial state
ment of the works in operation, and
projected iu this vicinity. Wo begin
with
THE ETNA IRON WORKS.
This company began operations on
the 6th day of last April on a capital
.stock, all paid in, of $75,600. They
own nearly 9,000 acres of land. Their
works ure situated 21 miles from
Rome, on the S. R. & D. Railroad,
and their ore beds within a few rods
of tho furnace. For 200 consecutive
days the products of the furnace have
averaged ten tons per day—making
a total product of 2,000 tons. This
iron has netted them at the works
SSO per ton, while the entire cost of
production has been but $lB per ton.
This net profit of $32 per ton has re
alized in less than seven mouths the
sum of $64,000. No doubt is enter
tained about running this amount up
to SIOO,OOO by the 6th of April next,
which will be a gain of 133 per cent,
upon the original investment within
the space of twelve months. A 10
per cent, stock is rated a good par
stock. If this be so, the Etna proper
ty is worth one million of dollars, for
it is now paying over 10 per cent,
upon that sum. Room enough and ore
enough is there for a dozen furnaces,
and the company contemplate rein
vesting their earnings in this way.
Col Alfred Shorter is President of
this company, and H. D. Cothran
Secretary and Treasurer.
STONEWALL IRON WORKS.
The Stonewall Iron Works are lo
cated four miles below Etna, on tho
same lino of railway. This company
own 8,000 acres of land and have the
finest ore property, as to location and
extent, that has been fouud. There
is a bold stream of water running
through it, and the endless quantity
of charcoal timber. Their ore beds
stretch along Hurricane creek for two
miles, affording uumerous eligible sites
for furnaces and operative tenements.
The construction of these works is
going rapidly forward, and it is be
lieved that by adopting all tho mod
ern and well tested improvements in
furnaces, and avoiding the errors of
the past, they will, ill a few months,
be able to manuf&ctrue iron at a
cheaper rate than any company in
world. Their present capital stock is
$75,000, with the privilege of increas
ing it to $1,000,000.
Capt. H. D. Cothran is President,
aud Wm. Wurts the Superintendent.
This gentleman is also the Superin
tendent. This gentleman is also the
Superintendent of the Etna. He is a
Kentuckian, of large cxpereuce and
excellent capacity for managing such
enterprises. The stockholders arc:—
W. E. Jackson, Augusta, 125 shares;
Geo. M. Thew, Augusta, 75 shares;
Amandsa W. Jones, Augusta, 30
shares; Cothran & Maguire, Rome,
150 shares; Alfred Shorter, Rome, 50
shares; G. W. Nagle, Rome, 15 shares,
F. I Stone & Cos., Rome, 50 shares;
J. M. Selkirk, Rome, 20 shares; H. M.
Smith, (Trustee) Romo, 10 shares;
Wm. Wurts, Rome, 50 shares; J. & S.
Bones & Cos., Rome 50 shares; W. S.
Cothran, Rome, 25 sbaree; D. Adams,
Rome, 30 shares; J. T. Burns, Romo,
20 shares.
Between Etna and Stonewall, Messrs.
William F. Mason and Noble Bros.
& Cos. have recently purchased a very
valuable iron property, with 3,000
acres of timber land attached. Mr.
Mason as a capitalist of New Orleans,
aud designs making Rome his perma
nent residence at au early day. This
company expect to prepare then
works for a stone coal furnace, and
will begiu the work of construction
at once.
The largest enterprise of all that
have been projected is located at Ce
dar Town, twenty-two miles distant
from Rome. This property includes
several beds of ore and 12,000 acres
of land. The company consists of our
esteemed townsman, Capt. Archie
Griffith, and A. G. West and W. G.
Browning, of New York. The last
named is a millionaire, and of nation
al reputation as a successful financier.
The company is stocked at $169,000,
and their works are upon the line of
the North and South Railroad, which
will soon be completed from Rome to
Cedar Town.
The iron property of Mr. A. J. King,
near Cave Spring, is very valuable )
but has not yet gone into the hands of
a company. Liberal offers have been
mode Mr. King by Pennsylvania capi
talists, but as yet no transfer has !>eeu
made. It will not long remain unde
veloped.
The Cornwall Iron Works are situ
ated iu Cherokee county, Ala., twenty
eight miles w«» 4of Rome. This is au
old established company, owning an
extensive deposit of red fossiliiferous
ore, which eels 65 pel cent, outside of
all waste. This company is now do
ing better than ever before, yielding
sixty tons per week of very superior
iron. Tli Tredegar Company of
Richmond is their principal customer.
The Memphis Branch Railroad will
soon be completed t<« these works,
which will render them much more
valuable ou account of saving in ir ais
iiortation. Col. W. S. Cothran is
President, and Ttios. McCullough is
Secretary' and Treasurer. The «.api
t and stock is SIOO,OOO.
The IT >und Mountain Iron Works
lie upou the banks of the Coosa, a few
miles U low Cornwall, and embraces
the same valuable fossiliiferous ore.—
It 1-. a mountain of ore, and can sup
ply one bundled furnaces witi.o it
niakiiig any seisms impression upon
it. Tiie old works at this point were
burned during the war, >ud have nev
er t*een rebuilt.
Capt. James M. Elliott, of this chy,
is the principal owner of this splendid
property, and is negotiating for a pai\-
nership that will begiu the work of re
construction.
Outside of the limit named we will
Lit re mention the Woodstock Iron
Company ut Oxford, Ala. We include
it in our list because it is a Rome en
terprise. Messrs. Noble Brotheis A
Cos., of this city, and Oeu. Ty ler A
8oo«, of Charleston, being the owners.
It is stocked at $75,000
The Bartow Iron Works are owned
by Messrs. McNitl, F. I. Stone and
Charles R. Stone. This company is
stocked at $60,000, and is in success
ful operation, making a return of eight
tons per day.
Messrs. Pool, Dodd & Cos., have re
cently purchased a valuable property,
thirteen mile3 distaut from Rome, on
the Etowah river, and will erect a fur
nace as soon as practicable.
Messrs. Rogers A Leyden are erect
ing a furnace at Limekiln, near Car
tersville, iu Bartow county. Their
stack is up and tho machinery iu place.
Iu tho same county we have Pool’s
old furnace, J. D. Thomas’ furnace
and Stiles A Meister’s furnace, all sit
uated ou Stamp creek.
We have now enumerated twelve
iron enterprises in operation or pro
jected. Five of these are iu operation,
yielding forty tons per day. All of
them will be iu operation within six
mouths, and tho probable yield will be
120 tons per day, or over $2,000,000
per auuum iu the value of products,
and giving employment to more than
1,000 men. At present rates tho net
profits from these twelve furnaces will
not be less than $1,000,000 per an
num.
This is but the beginning of this
great work of developing the iron in
terest of Cherokee Georgia and Ala
bama. When such returns as Etna
makes are certified to Northern capi
talists, and the fear of rebels and Ku
Klux shall have subsided, the rush
for this property will be continuous.
Scarcely u train arrives now that does
not bring to our city some of the least
timid of those iron workers. They
are generally a solid, substantial class
of men, and it is not difficult to spot
them as they walk around our streets.
We give them a cordial welcome, and
will go security that our people are
glad to see them, aud will shake hands
across the bloody chasm.
Some Husbands. —Some husbauds
never leave home iu tli6 morning
without kissing their wives aud bid
ding them “good-bye,” iu the toues of
unwearied love, and whether it be
policy or fact, it has the effect of fact,
aud those homes are generally pleas
ant ones, provided always, that the
wives are appreciative, and welcome
the discipline in a kindly spirit. We
know an old gentleman who lived
with his wife over fifty years, and
uever left home without the kiss aud
the “good bye.” Some husbands will
leave home without saying anything
ut all, but turu round at the last point
of observation and wave an adieu.—
Some never say a ward, rising from
the breakfast table aud going out
with a heartless disregard of those
left behiud. Their wives seek sympa
thy elsewhere. Some husbands never
leave home without some unkind look
or word, thinking that such a course
will keep thiugs straight in their ab
sence. Then, on returning, some
husbands come home pleasaut and
happy, unsoured by the world; some
sulky and surly with its disappoint
ments. Some are called away every
evening; some doze away in speechless
stupidity until bed time. “Depend
upon it,” says Dr. Spooner, “that
home is the happiest where kindness,
and interest, aud politeness, and at
tention are the rule on the part of
husbands.”
Choosing a Profession. —A lady of
birth, and leader of fashion—aye, and
of intellect, too—had three sons. The
fond mother, anxious to “teach the
young idea,” gathered these precious
nestlings round her on the sofa oue
holiday, and explained that her for
tune was small, and died with her,
and that these three noble boys of hers
would have to undertake noble work—
in fact, they would have to go out iu
to the world, as their father had done,
and win their way.
“Yes, mamma, yes,” cried the earnest
little fellows, fully comprehending the
mother’s plan.
Her eyes glistened as she listened
to their willing goodness. Visions of
one as a general, auother as a judge,
a third as a bishop, swam before her.
“Well, my darlings,” she said, “you
are good boys to be so willing to work.
What would yon like to be ?”
The young voices, without a pause,
without a moment’s hesitation, full of
Claude Duval and Sylvanus Cobb,
cried out, with one accord:
“Highwaymen, mammal”
Fun at Home. —Dont be afraid of a
little fun at home, good people.-
Don’t shut up your house lest the sun
should fade your carpets; and your
hearts lest a good hearty laugh should
shake dowu the plastering. If you
want to ruin your sons, let them
think that all mirth aud social enjoy
ment must be left on the threshold
without, when they come home at
night. When once a home is regard
ed as a place only to eat, drink and
sleep in, the work is begun that ends
in gambling houses and reckless deg
radations. Young people must have
fun and relaxation somewhere; if
they do not find it at their own hearth
stones, it will be sought in other and
less profitable places.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 187*.
From the Rome Commercial.
BILL ARP ON THE COLLAPSE.
As the poet sed ‘the agony is over.’
Them cards in the sleeve would hav
beat any honest hand. Bes-i-des, as
Thoinp. Allen would say, we play ed
badly. Baltimore Convention, and
O’Connor and a limited supply of
votes has beat us. Well, we still live.
I’m not going to bed about it. Old
Gretly ain’t no kin to me. Grant
ain’t neither, and thats wlints the
matter. I talked for Greely and writ
for him and voted for him, but I nev
er diJ have a hankering after him.—
it made such an everlastin fuss iu my
family I had like to run away. You
see Mrs. Arp wasent rekonsiled. She
were a strait, and when she aiut rek
onsiled things aiut as plassid as a
Giver lake around my house. I dont
mean that times is hot or desperate,
but to say the least of it they are pe
kttliar. A mar likes to hav his bed
aud his board sereen. Dont lie ? So
you see my wife was a strait it dident
become me to be very crooked. And
I went—at home. Shes a good omau
■md she’l endure every thing and never
grunt nor groan, but she wont com
[> worth a cent. I told her I
had no pertikh r use for Greely and
th.A lie was a darned old infatyated
humbug, but that our paper belonged
to tlie great un terry fide, unsatisfide,
traiismorgrifide Democratic party and
must keep iuto hue. She sed sum re
marks about papers lyin by the day
and by the week aud übout seif res
pect and independence and the like,
aud I grew meek like Moses in a few
minutes. The fact is I’m a meek
man. I’ve laid awake of nights a
ruminatiu how meek I was.
Mrs. Arp thinks tho paper ought ;
to take “truth” for a motto and work j
up to it. I told her it would be a
dangerous experiment, but she says
it has never been tried yet. If I was
uot afreed ttie little Arps would per
ish to doth durin the experiment I
would try it. Old Shank says we
cant be worsted for he has tried lyin
for 20 years and it wont pay. He
s iys it would beau episode in the
press, a kurosity, something like a
elephant or an eklipse or John Roby
sou’s circus. He says sometimes a
paper sukseeds by lyin, like the New
York Herald and the Tribune and
Forney’s paper, but it has to be well
backed. The Herald has got so now
it can quit party and set back in a
cheer and tell the truth in its old age;
like an old spekulator who has made
a fortune by cheatin and lyin and
then puts his money in stocks and re
tires. He says that political papers
lie from 90 per cent, down to 10 and
that Forney is the only editor who
ever went full up to a 100 and kept
it there.
Well, now that Grant has got iu, I
dont see any necessity for running
the Commercial at a high pressure.—
If all the lyin issues aint dead, they
are past doctorin. Now is a good
time to go to developin the country.
We can raise children aud chick us
by the 1,000 in 4 years. Some of
our folks is a tellin around Imw the
country could have been saved, and
all that. Old Shank thinks he knows,
but be don’t. He’s a good fellow,
old Shank is. He don’t go around,
but jest tells me privately, and asks
me to say nothing about it, which I
don’t. But I heard one feller a goin,
it, and he said, “Gentlemen, if the
people of the South had hav taken
iny advice, this kalamity wouldent
have happened. I talked to cm, and
preached to em, but you might as
w’ell hav tried to stop a Gawtamaller
hurricane with a thimble full of sul
phuretted hydrogen gas.’’
Well, I don’t like his sort nor his
gas. It don’t do any good. The
thing has happened—the dog is ded.
Grant aint agoin to take away our
bred corn nor tobaker. As for a few
little post offices and tax collektors, I
dident care anything about em. Them
whats got em needs em, I reken, and
its took a power of low down hard
work to get em.
We’ve got all the State offices from
Gov. Smith down to the bottom, and
I’m satisfied. Hurrah for old Geor
gy! Bill Arp.
P. S.—l remarked to-day in a
crowd: “We are a nation of thieves,”
and an offis holder slipped up to me
and whispered, “Call no names, Bill,
call no names.” Thar3 something
wrong about that man.
B. A.
THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE
OF JESUS.
To the Emroß of the Chronicle :
Ou Sunday last Rev. Dr. Newman de
livered a discourse upon the humani
ty of Jesus Christ, iu which he stated
that nothing had been handed down
to us iu regard to his personal ap
pearance, many different views being
entertained on that subject. Eaclos
ed you w’ill find a letter written by
Publius Lentulus, President of Judea,
and sent by him to the Senate of Rome,
when the name Jesus began to be
spread abroad in the world. These
are his words:
“There lives at this time iu Judea
a mau of singular virtue, whose name
is Jesus Christ, whom the barbarians
esteem a prophet, but his own follow
ers adore him as the offspring of the
immortal God. He calls back the
dead from their graves and heals all
sorts of diseases with a word or a
touch. He is tall and well shaped,
of an amicable, reverend aspect. —
His hair of a color that can hardly
be matched, falling into graceful curls
below his ears, and very agreeably
touching on his shoulders, parted on
the crown of the head like the Naza
rite.
“His forehead is smooth and large;
his cheeks without other spot save
that of a lovely red; his nose and
mouth formed with exquisite symme
try; his beard thick and of a color
suitable to the hair of his head, reach
ing an iuch below his chin and part
ing in the middle like a fork; his eyes
bright, clear and serene. He rebukes
witu majesty, counsels with mildness;
his whole address, whether in word
or deed being elegant and grave. No
man has seen him laugh, but he has
wept frequently. He is very temper
ate, modest aud wise; a mao, for his
excellent beauty aud divine perfection
surpassing the children of men.”
France’s Offer of a Loan to Eng
lanc. —Wonderful people, the French!
Last Friday President Thiers offered
to deposit in the Bank of England, as
a loaa, his surplus of four millions of
pounds sterling, which the Bauk of
England declined. Os course it was
for political effect, but the wonder is
that France should have such a sur
plus. It speaks volumes for the pat
riotism of the French people.
During the baptismal ceremonies of
a lot of colored people in Memphis
the other day, one old lady, after she
got out. exclaimed, in ecstacy, “Bress
de Lord, that is five times I’se been
baptized, bresa de Lord.”
WOMEN AND DOGS.
One day last winter, just as it was
drawing toward dark, I found myself
near the entrance of a famous dry
goods store. Out of it in all the pomp
of silk and velvet and marvelous lace,
a lady came, carrying in her arms a
bundle swathed in softest cashmere.
I thought at first it was a baby. I
beg the babies’ pardon. It was a dog.
There were only a few steps to her
carriage do >r, but ere she reached it
a woman came hastily forward and
said something to her which I did not
hear. My lady withdrew herself
haughtily, aud augrily shut the door
of the carriage after her. The wo
man scarcely looked like a beggar,
and my curiosity was aroused. I had
seeu the imploring look answered by
the indignant one; I had heard the
rapid, passionate tones answered by
the slammed door, aud I was weaving
my own hypothesis, when the woman
turned rapidly round aud faced me.
A strange, wild, pitiful look—such a
look as women haunted by sorrow
and perplexing griefs wear. Our eyes i
met, and a meutal telegraphy assured
her I had been watching.
“You saw, then,’’ she said.
“Yes, I saw.”
“Look here!” And she uncovered
a three-weeks old baby—a baby with
the most uubaby-like face I ever saw.
It was thin and wrinkled, aud looked
as if it had passed through years of
anguish.
“It has a soul they say, aud the !
Lord Jesus died for it, and the wo
man with the dog in her arms—my
God!’’ and she turned from me with
a gesture of such sublime scorn aud
despair as would have brought the
house down if it had been in a thea
ter, and acting instead of reality.
And evei since I have thought of
the two women aud the sorrow-laced
baby aud the pamoered dog. And
so I have come to remember how com
mon a thiug it is to see women, whose
bosoms should be for children to ues
tie iu, and whose arms are nature’s
arks for helpless infancy, carrying
dogs. Women whom God intended
to nurse angels aud train heroes, car
rying dogs! Women whom God meant
for daughters of consolation and sis
ters of charity, carrying dogs!
We are not called upou to judge
these women higher than they judge
themselves, but we do say that the
love and cherishing care of a God
made woman are too holy by far to
be “given unto dogs;” especially when
there are bodies and souls for which
Christ died, perishing for lack of them.
Mothers whose children look down
on you over “the golden bar of heav
en,” is there nothing holier to fill their
vacant places? Can the snarling,
slavering beast who answers your ca
resses by licking your hand, in any
way compensate for the encircling
arms, tho sweet, warm kisses, the ba
by words, the looks of love from eyes
w’.iieu iiuw always behold the face of
"the Father whicLi is in heaven?” Go
rather into the houses of want and sin.
You will find babies dying as yours
died. Hold them in your arms till the
angels come for them, or lift some
bright, loving child out of the misery
and want in which it dies daily. It
may be God will spare it to grow up
and call you “blessed.”
And as to those wives to whom God
has given no children of their own,
their duty is manifest. Somewhere
in pain and starvation and ignorance
their children are waiting for them.—
All day long they stretch out their
lean hands and watch with hungry
oyes for your comiug. Dou’t go shop
ping again until you have found them.
Some will go to heaven, and when
you fail, “receive you into everlasting
habitations.” And some will be left
to weep over your grave and write be
neath your name, “A wife who had
no children, but whom many children
regretted.”
And for those women who have nei
ther husband nor child, here is the
duty which is better than all the
“rights” in the world. Let them see
how many children they can save, so
may be brought to pass the triumyh
of the prophets, and “the children of
the desolate be more than the children
of the married.— [Mrs. A. E. Barr in
Golden Age.
HANGING GARDENS OF BABY
LON.
One of the greatest wonders con
nected with the ancient city of Baby
lon was the construhtion of the fa
mous hanging gardens. Nebuchad
nezzar, the king, presented these gar
dens to his wife, Amytis, who being a
native of Media, which was a hilly
country, was anxious to see something
in Babylon resembling the mountains
in her native land. These gardens
contained a square of more than four
hundred feet on each side, and were
carried up, in the manner of several
large terraces, one above another, till
the height equalled that of the walls
of the city. The ascent from terrace
to terrace was by stairs ten feet wide.
The whole pile was sustained by vast
arches raised on other arches, one
above another, and strengthened by
a wall surrounding it On every side,
twenty feet in thickness. On the
top of the arches were laid largo flat
stones. Over these a quantity of
weeds, mixed with bitumen, on which
were rows of bricks closely cemented
together. The whole was covered
with thick sheets of lead, on which
lay the soil of the garden. The earth
was so deep that large trees could
take root and grow iu it. The trees
which the kiDg planted were of vari
ous kinds, generally such as were not
native in Babylon, but which grew in
Media. At a distance, this whole at
tificial mound appeared like an im
mense hill covered with forest trees.
The whole structure must have been
some three hundred feet in height. —
From its summit a fine view was af
forded of the city and the country
around for many miles. The differ
ent terraces contained fountains,
seats, and bauquet rooms; and the
whole extent was adorned with flow
ers and foliage.
Be Courteous. —Dr. Humphrey was
once seated iu a stage-coach, when a
gentleman and lady, ou their bridal
tour, wished to be accommodated
with seats inside. There being but
one vacant seat, the newly married
pair were subjected to a separation,
unless some passenger relinquished
his place. This, no one seemed dis
posed to do, when the Doctor mount
ed the outside, insisting upon the
gentleman occupying his seat with
his bride. Subsequently the Doctor
was collecting funds for the College
over which he presided, and was pre
sented with a handsome donation
from the stranger he had met in the
stage-coach, with the remark that he
knew nothing of Dr. Humphrey, or
Amherst College, save that its presi
dent was a gerUleman.
POETRY.
THE YOUHB WIDOW.
The following poetry suits that
charming class, called “young widows’
exactly. Our limited experienc in the
affairs of the heart demonstrates to us
that to successfully court a maiden
you must woo aud fret her, but when
you court a widow you must off with
your coat, np with your sleeves and at
| her:
She is modest, she is beautiful;
Free and easy, but not bold—
Like aa apple, ripe and mellow,
Not too young, and not too old,
Half inviting, half repulsive,
Now advancing and now shy;
There is mischief in her dimple,
There is danger iu her eye.
She has studied human nature,
She is schooled in all her arts,
She has taken her diploma
As the mistress of all h. arts,
She can tell the very moment
When to sigh and when to smile;
Oh! a maid is sometimes charming,
But a widow, all the while.
You are sad. How very serious
Will her handsome face become;
Are you angry? she is wretched,
Lonely, friendless, tearful, dumb,
Are you mirthful ? how her laughter,
Silver-sounding, will ring out:
She can lure, and catch, and play you, I
As the angler does the trout.
All old bachelors of forty,
Who have grown so bold aud wise,
Ye Adonises of twenty,
With your love looks in your eyes,
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall,
But I know a little widow
Who can fool und win you all.
OUT AFTER DARK.
Thu waning moon was up; the stars
Were faint, and very few;
Tho vines about the window-sill
Were wet with falling dew;
A little cloud before the wind
Was drifting down the west;
I heard the moaning of the sea
In its unquiet rest;
Until, I know uot from whit grief
Or thought of other years,
The hand I leaned upon was cold,
And wet with falling tears.
From the Mount Sterling (Ky.) Sentinel.]
A CAMPAIGN STORY.
How the Radical Candidate for
Congress in the ninth district chang
ed his color.
How the story got out we can’t
tell, who originated it we don’t know,
but we do know it is too devilish good
to keep. Here is what “they say:”—
“Dick” Wood, the Radical candidate
fer Congress in this district, while
cauvassing iu the mountains the oth
er day, was compelled at one point to
imbibe a good deal of the “apple-jack”
in order to convince the natives that
fie was not one of those “high-flyers”
who think themselves made of super
ior stuff to the “honest aud hardy
yeomanry.” The consequence was
that Dick, after giving orders to be
woke up at three o’clock in the morn
ing iu order that he might be able to
reach a distant appointment the next
day—when he retired to rest, was, in
five minutes after he lay down, “as
good as a dead man.” Some scamps
procured some lamp black, which
they mixed with water, and, entering
his sleeping apartment, thoroughly
blackened his face, to “make him look
something like his politics,’’ as they
assured the landlord. Next morning,
promptly, he w r as aroused at three
o’clock, and was in such a hurry to
be off that he did not take time to
wash, but bolted his breakfast aud
rode away at a brisk gait. Arrived
at his destination, he hunted up a
prominent Radical, to whom he bad
a letter of introduction, and presen
ted his credentials. The gentleman
read the letter, alternating the read
ing with glances at Dick’s face, and
then asked:
“Are you Major Wood, of Mt.
Sterling ?”
“That’s my name, sir,” replied Dick.
“Why, I thought you was a white
mau,” said the other.
Greatly astonished, Dick blurted
out, “Aud so I am!”
“Well, you have a very black skin
for a white man!”
“What the deucedoyou mean?” said
Dick, angrily. “Do you want to in
sult me?”
“No, sir. But you had better not
attempt to speak here to-day. Our
boys wont stand a speech from a nig
ger!”
“A nigger!” cried Dick. “Why,
there ain’t a drop of nigger blood in
my veins. I’m as white as you or
any other man.”
Seeing a looking-glass on the wall
Dick stepped up and looked in it. —
Starting back with an oath that fair
ly made the windows rattle he ex
claimed :
“Well, if them fools over at
ville haven’t waked up the wrong
man, and Wood ri over there yet!”
Jerking off his hat, he dropped in
to a chair and began vigorously to
fan himself. The other, seeing his
strait hair, and noticing that the back
of the neck appeared to be white,
smelled a large sized mice, and sug
gested soap and water. The process
of washing his face revealed to Dick
the trick that had been played on
him. Mortified beyond measure, he
made the gentleman pledge himself
to secrecy, saying that he would not
have it get out for the world, for if
Adams (bis opponent) got hold of it,
he (Dick) would uever bear the last
of it. How it finally got out we have
no idea, but suppose Dick’s friend
must have told the joke to his wife.
Have yon a temper? There
are some very simple rules by which
you may control it. One of these is,
whenever you are greatly disturbed
and excited, to speak slowly aud iu a
low voice. As soou as you shall have
controlled yourself, under circumstan
ces of provocation, sufficiently to speak
several words without raising your
voice above its ordinary pitch, you
will find that you have obtained a
surprising mastery over your feelings.
A few days since, one of our popu
lar attorneys called upon another
member of the profession and asked
his opinion upon a certain point of
law. The lawyer to whom tue ques
tion was addressed drew himself up
and said, “I generally get paid for
telling what I know.” The question
er thereupon drew a half-dollar “frac
tional” from his pocket, handed it to
the other, and coolly remarked: “Tell
me all you know and give me the
change.” There is coolness *between
the parties now.
Tin: GEORGIA LEGISLATTRE
senators.
First District—li L Lester.
Second District—H W Mattox.
I Third District—J C Nichols.
Fourth District—J M A rnow.
Fifth District—M Kirkland.
Sixth District—John D Knight.
Seventh District—W L Olarke.
Eighth District—B F Brinberry, Rad.
Ninth District—Reuben Jones.
Tenth District— -W A Harris.
Eleventh District—l, C Hoyl.
Twelfth District- J E Carter.
Thirteenth District—R C Black.
Fourteenth District—C C Kibbee.
Fifteenth District—D YV Cameron.
Sixteenth District—J F Roberson.
Seventeenth District—J S Cone.
Eighteenth District—J G Cain.
Nineteenth District—Columbus Heard-
Twentieth District—John A Gilmore.
Twenty-first District—J B Dcveaux, col.
Twenty-second District—Thos J Sim ,
moos.
Twenty-third District—l II Anderson,
col.
Twenty-fourih District—B H Crawford, j
Twenty-fifth District—W P Maddox.
Twenty-sixth District—W W Mathews, j
Twenty-seventh District—E Steadman.
Twenty-eighth District—J W Hudson.
Twenty-ninth District—W M Reese.
Thirtieth District —Robert Hester.
Thirty-first District—W S Erwin.
Thirty-second District—W H McAfee.
Thirty-third District—M Vnn Estes.
Thirty-fourth District—Samuel J Winn, i
Thirty-fifth District—G Ilillyer.
Thirty-sixth District—George L Peavy.
Thirty-seventh District—G W Reddy.
Thirty-eighth District—J A Blance.
Thirty-ninth District—J P Brown.
Fortieth District—H W Cannon.
Forty-first District—.T A Jervis.
Forty-second District—John W Wofford.
Forty-third District—L N Trammell.
Forty-Fourth District—W H Payne.
representatives.
Appling—Sellers Lee.
Baker—Wm II Hargard.
Baldwin—Wm M Williamson.
Banks—James J Turnbull.
Bartow—Thomas H Baker, Thomas Tum
lin.
Berrien—Wm II Snead.
Bibb—C A Nutting, A 0 Bacon, A M
Locket.
Brooks—J H Hunter.
Bryan—Henry E Smith.
Bullock—Robert JleLoach.
Burke—J A Shewmake, J B Jones, II C
Glisson.
Butts—M V McKibbin.
Calhoun—Thos J Dunn.
Camden—Ray Tompkins.
Campbell—Thos M Latham.
Carroll—Benjamin N Long, Rad.
Catoosa—Nathan Lowe.
Charlton —Geo W’ Roberts.
Chatham—T R Mills, Jr, G A Mercer, A
G McArthur.
Chattahoochee—J M Cook.
Chattooga—Robert W Jones.
Cherokee—W A Teasley.
Clark—ll II Carlton, Frank Jackson.
Clay—John B Johnson.
Clayton—L C Hutcherson.
Clinch—Joseph Sirnious.
Cobb—W D Anderson, J D Blackwell.
Coffee—John Lott.
Columbia—Simmons C Lamkin, Wm Mc-
Lean.
Colquit—John Tucker.
Coweta—A Moses, Auselin Leigh.
Crawford—J W Ellis.
Dade—
Dawson—Samuel N Fowler, Rad.
Decatur—T A Swearingen, A Nicholson,
Rads.
DeKalb—Samuel C Masters,
Dodge—James M Buchan.
Dooley—lliram Williams.
Dougherty—Wm H Gilbert, Thomas R
Lyon.
Douglas—F M Duncan.
Early—R O Dunlap.
Echols—R W Phillips.
Effingham—C F Foy
Elbert—J L Heard.
Emanuel—Green B Spence.
Fannin Duggar.
Fayette—R T Dorsey.
Floyd—John 11 'lowers, Fielding Hight.
Forsyth—Robert A Eakes.
Franklin—ll D Yow.
Fulton—C Howell, W L Calhoun, E F
Hogc.
Gilmer—N L Osborne.
Glaascoek—Abraham Brassell, negro.
Green—G H Thompson, Jack Heard, ne
groes.
Gordon—lt M Young.
Gwinnett—Janies W Baxter, B A Blake
ly-
Habersham—James II Grant.
Hall—Allen D Candler.
Hancock—Geovge F Pierce, Jr, John L
Culver.
Harralson—R R Hutcherson.
Harris—John W Murphey, Flynn Hari
gett.
Hart—Moses A Duncan, Rad.
Heard—M C Summerlin.
Henry—Elijah Morris.
Houston—G M T Fagin, W A Mathew,
C H Richardson.
Irwin—Jacob Dorminy.
Jackson—Greene R Duke.
Jasper—Lucius B Newton.
Jefferson—Marcus A Evans, James Staple
ton.
Johnson—Robert J Hightower.
Jones—Charles A Hamilton.
Laurens—JohnT Duncan-
T ee—H B Lipsey, W F Sadler.
Liberty—Hendley F Ilorne.
Lincoln—W D Tutt.
Lowndes—Joseph A Ouslev.
Lumpkin—M F Whelchel.
Macon—Leroy M. Felton, William H Wil
lis.
Madison—John F Kirk.
Marion—Edgar M Butt.
McDuffie—Alfred E Sturgis,
Mclntosh—T G Campbell, Jr, negro.
Meriwether—John B Roper, R A L Free
man
Miller—lsaac A Bush.
' Milton—A S Bell.
Mitchell—John B Twitty.
Monroe—Wm J Dumas, A H Shi.
Montgomery—John Mcßae.
Morgan—Seaborn Reese, James G Bost
wick.
Murray—BJF Wofford.
Muscogee—John Peabody, Thos J Watt.
Newton—A B Simms, W F Davis.
Oglethorpe—J T Hurt, Willis M Willing
ham,
Paulding—Robert Trammell.
Pickens—A P Loveless, Rad.
Pierce—B D Brantley.
Pike—John R Jenkins.
Polk—E D Hightower.
Pulaski—T J Bankwell, C H Coldiug.
Putnam—Wm F Jenkins.
Quitman—Henry M Kaiglcr.
Rabun—
Randolph—Wm Colman, Charles A Har
ris.
Richmond—W A Clarke, P Walsh, H C
Foster.
Rockdale—James A Stewart.
Schley—C B Hudson.
Scroven—John C Dell.
Spalding—William M Blanton.
Stewart— Wm W Fitzgerald, John II
Lowe.
Sumter—Allen Fort, James H Black.
Talbot—Roland M Willis, Charles B
Leitner.
Taliaferro—Samuel J Flynt.
Tattnall—George M Edwards.
Taylor—Bennet Stewart.
Telfair—T J Smith.
Terrell—W Kaigler.
Thomas—A Fred Atkinson, Jasper Bat
tle, col.
Towns—Judge G Stephens.
Troup—Francis M Longley, John L Hill.
Twiggs—V\ illiam Griffin, Rad.
Union—Marion Williams.
Upson—F F Mathews.
Walker —J C Clements.
Walton—Henry D McDaniel.
Ware—John B Cason.
Warren—C S Dußose, T N Poole.
Washington—P R Taliaferro, W G Mc-
Bride.
Wayne—Daniel Hopps.
Webster—John P Beaty.
White—A Merritt.
Wilcox -George P Reid
Wilkes—Thomas A Barksdale, John W
Mattox. ,
Wilkinson—W C Adams.
Whitfield —Jackson Rogers.
Worth—Dugal McLellan.
A lady wished a seat. A portly,
handsome gentleman brought one and
seated her. “Oh, you are a jewel!”
‘ Ob, no,” replied he, “I’m a jeweler,
I have just set the jewel.”
Oats aud corn sell at 14 cents per
bushel in Kansas.
'this unrivalled SoiUjih s warranted uot to
contain a single particle of Mercury, or am
injurious mineral substance, but is
PURELY VEGETABLE.
For FORTY YEARS it has proved its great
value in all diseases of the Liver. Rowels aud
Kidneys. Thousands of tho good and great in
all parts of the country vouch lor its wonderful
and peculiar power iu purify ing the lilood,
stimulating the torpid Liver and bowels, and
imparting new life and vigor to the whole sys
tem. Simmons’ Liver Regulator is acknowl
edged to have no equal as a
LIVER MEDICINE.
It contains four medical elements, never be
fore united in the same happv proportion in
any other preparation, viz : a gentle Cathartic,
a wonderful Tonic, an unexceptionable Alter
ative, and a certain Corrective of all impurities
of the body. Such signal success has attended
its use that it is now regarded as the
GREAT UNFAILING SPECI
FIC
for Liver Complaint and the puinful offspring
thereof, to wit: Dyspepsia, Constipation, .faun
dice, billions attacks, Sick Headache. Colic
Depression of Spirits. Sour Stomach, Heart
Burn, Ac., Ac.
Regulate the Liver and prevent
CHILLS AND FEVER.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator
Is manufactured only by
J. H. ZEILIN & Cos.,
MACON, GA., AND PHILADELPHIA,
Price 91, pr package; sent by mail, postage paid
$1.25. Prepared ready for use in bottles, $1.50.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGCISTS.
Beware of all Counterfeits and Imitations
REMARKABLE CURE OF
SCROFULA, ETC.
CASE OF COL. J. C. BRANSON.
Kingston, Georgia. September 15,1872.
Doctor J. S. Pembertor,:
Dear Sir—lt gives me pleasure
to furnish you with at account of
tho reinai'kable cure whi jh I have experienced
from tho use of your Compound Extract of
Stillingia. For sixteen "ears 1 have been a
great sufferer from Scrofula in its most
distressing forms, i have been confined to my
room and bed for fifteen years with scrofulous
ulcerations. Such was my condition—far more
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, amt the most
eminent physicians consulted, without any
decided benefit. Thus prostrated, distressed
desponding, I was advised by Doctor Aver, of
Floyd county, Georgia, to commence the use
of your Compound Extract of Stillingia.
Language is insufficient to describe the relief
I obtained from the use of the Stillingia as it
is to convey an adequate idea of the intensity
of my suffering belore using your medicine;
sufficient to say, “I am cured of all pain,” of
all disease, with nothing to obstruct the activo
pursuit of my profession. More than eight
months have elapsed since this remarkable
cure, without any return of tho disease.
For the above statement I refer to any
gentleman in Bartow eountv, Georgia, ami to
the members 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—1 m.
Wonderful Inprovement.
Tlie New Improved Draw-Feed
Wlieeler & Wilson
SEWING MACHINE
IS the Wonder and Novelty of the age—will
do a greater variety of work than anv oth
er. Runs easier than any other Machine, and
make less noise.
They are sold on terms now
that can not help but
suit the purchaser.
Machines delivered at the House, and in
structions given iree of charge. Each Machine
GUARANTEED for FIVE YEARS.
All should see see the “ New” Improve#
Wheeler & Wilson immediately.
W. 11. NOEL,
General Agent for Paulding, Carroll, liaral- ■
son, Heard, Troup, Polk, Bartow, and adjoin- j
ing counties.
V. C. HARRIS, Agent Polk county.
EASON WOOD, Agent Bartow county.
W. A. WHJTE, Agent Paulding and Car
rol.
W. H. CANNON, Agent Troup and Heard
HOWARD & SOULE,
General Southern Agents, Atlanta, Ga.
Parties wishing to see the New Improved
Wheeler & Wilson can iind them at J. D. Head’s
store, on Main street. A supply of Needles and
Attachments constantly on hand. 9-19.
Gilbert & Baxter,
HARDWARE & IRON STORE,
Agents for sale of Fertilizers. Agricultural
and Mill Machinery, Engines, Grist, Saw and j
Sorgham Mills, Reapers and Mowers, Thresh
ers and Separaters, Horse Powers, etc. For '
goods on Commission, at Manufacturers’ terms
and prices. For our own goods. Terms Cash,
march 28-1 v
Do you want to go to sleep and
dream that you are rich and good
looking ? Guess you had better go
L. Payne’s and take a “nip”* of
Peach and Honey. 9-2G-tf.
WILLIAM GRAY,
ATLANTA
MARBLE works,
sy j ANUF AC T URE KS OF
MONUMENTS,
TOMBS,
URNS,
TABLETS,
MANTLES,
«sec., tVc.
Alabama st., Opposite Ga. It. K. Depot.
P. O. Address—Box 549, Atlanta, Oa.
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
ies in Fancy Silver, cased for Wedding and
Hcliday presents, of a medium and expensiv
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 UN APPROACHED by any
cempetition. Our stock at present is the lar
gest and 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
j an4—tf
DOBBS & MAGUIRE.
BUTCHERS.
HAVE associated themselves together in business, and have opt ned anew .tall at the la's
stand of Dobbs and Andcr>on. where they keep constantly mi hand an ;d undue! -. 1
FRESH MEATS,
during all market hours. They will sett their meats on as short profits as any butcher can a;
ton! to sell and live ; and warrant them to be as decentlv butchered and dressed, and oi tbs
lat kiud only. ' " 10-:!
New Goods! New Goods!
Erwin, Stokely and Cos.
ARE DAILY RECKIN'ING NEW
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
Their Stock I« Large, Varied and Elegant. Special attention is called to their
Dress Goods. Piece Goods for Men and Boys.
BOOTS, SHOES AND CLOTHING.
Their Stock also embraces every variety usually
kept iu the trade. They are celling at small*protits to
I’asli Buyers, or prompt paying rust outers,
liberal Discount made oil I'asli Bills.
They solicit from their old friends and customers, as
well as the public, a liberal share of patronage.
10-3-ts. ERWIN. STOKELY * t o.
TOMMY, STEWART A BECK.
Hiiißium iiiimum,
ATLANTA, OA.
Are new opfuiiig a large and well selerted stock of Hardware lu their New Store, Corner
Pryor aud Deratin' Streets, Opposite Kimball Hu it -c.
Manufacturer's Agents and Dcalcrc in ail kinds of
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, CUTLERY, Tools of all kinds, Builders' and Carriage Mate riais
Agents for BURT’S SHINGLE MACHINES,
Sycamore Powder Company’s Ititlc and Blasting Powder,
Mill Stones and Bolting Cloths,
Proprietors of the Brooks’ Cotton and Ilay .‘screw Prcsn.
Wc are doing a Wholesale Business, and always keep on hand an ample stock to sup
ply Retail Merchants ami Contractors. ' 10-8-ly.
WILLIAM RICH & CO.,
WHOLESALE
NOTIONS, MILLINERY, AND!FANCY GODS,
Atlanta, Greor^ia.
Have removed to Clarke’s Building, No. 15, Decatur Street, opposite the Kimball 11<> n-**. are
now fully prepared for the
FLY L, I TRADE,
with one of the Largest and best Assorted Stocks of Goods In the south.
Merchants will promote their interests by examining our stock and Prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
ft. 8.--WE ARE PREPARED TO DUPLICATE NEW YORK BILLS.
WM. RICH & COMPANY.
Hunnicutt & Bellingrath,
DEALERS IN
CO KINO and HEATING
STOVES, WffL
Grates and Tin-Ware, Tinners' r
Trimmings, Slate Mantles.
Wrought Iron Pipes, for Steam, Gas and Water.
ALSO MANUFACTCTBKRB OF
Concrete Sewer Pipe, of all Dimensiona.
Drain Pipe, Rubber Hose, Pumps,
Steam Fittings, Oil Cups, Olobe Valves,
Steam Gauges, Whistles, Hydraulic Rams.
Gas Fittings And Fixtures, Sheet Iron,
Patent Burners, Tin Plate,
JLead Copper and Rrass,
Water Closets, W ash Rasins, Fite., Etc.
BUY HUNNICUTT & BELUNGRATH'S COLUMBIA COOK.
No, 9 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
HUNNICUTT & BELLINGRATH,
No. 9 Marietta St., Atlanta.
FLTTMBBR.S, j Ur*
Steam and Gas Fitters,
<.;< >PPERSMIS
Slicetlron Wox*ls^ox*je3.
ROOFING, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, IN TIN AND CORRUGATED IRON.
Oct. Ist—wly.
PEASE & HIS WIFE’S
RESTAURANT
AND
EUROPE3-A.3NT HOUSE,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
This is the I.argest, FINEST, and Best Arranged
House South. 54 Marble Tables.
Private Dining Rooms and Speeial Apartments
tor Cadies, and can seat two hundred People at one
sitting.
50 Sleeping Rooms, elegantly furnished, with T»-
pistry. Carpets, and Oil-Finished Furniture is now
opened to the puhlie.
Single or Suites of Rooms 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.
Our Steaks, our Coffee, our Golden Fries, and onr
Game, Fish, Oysters, and other delicacies of the sea
son—in fact our Cooking Departments—have long
since been pronounced by our people to excel all
others.
Thanking you kindly lor that unwaivering patron
age in the past, we shall still strive to suit your taste
and eater to your wants.
CITTTbEEP MARKET,
EAST SIDE OF W. & A. It. It., NEAIt POST-OFFICE.
I T7IRESH MEATS, of different kinds, kept constantly on band, ami for sale at a
JP hours.
Our business being on tlic increase, we have thought proper to remove our place ot bu.i
--| ness to a more central point in the citv, therefore our Market House will be found bet wee a
j Messrs. Trammell & Norris’ corner and the Post-Office, where we propose to supply the mark#*
; with
■r _ ; ' . ; • ' >v . .
FRESH MEATS, FAT and. TNT 08.
and butchered in the very best style of the art. Dry ami tireeo Hides wanted, tor hich
highest market price will be paid.
JOHN ANDERSON.
Cartersville, Ba., Sept. 10th, 1878.—ts.
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