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THE_ STANDARD AND EXPRESS. By S. H. SMITH & CO.] 1 he Belle of Spanish Alley; OR The Doom of the Betsy Jane. A ROMANCE OF THE SEA AND THE SHORE. by a. w. BRICIW. CHAPTER I. bo* upon her g all ant course she goes. Ho, vrhiw win*, riyiug—never rrom her foes : vi' 1,0 would not cash a twenty-dollar check To move the monarch of her painted deck t” Bykoh. O, Love! the welli-apriDg alike of c n’s brightest earth y dope and joy, ui.tl of ntun’s daikvjet earthly gloom *.i <1 despair! But for the flame vvtiich thou with thiua uiexliuguisha hl. torch dost kindle npon the altar <_i human hearts, a guluuit bark now h; umbering far down wuere the pur ple mullet and gold-fish rove would still come home to her haven under the hill, and the novelist had not b» eu c died npou to add this strangely tln illing story to the beautiful cou nted turn of American literature! Tt was about the middle of tne af- Umoon on the 15th of June, in tne yi-i'.r 1867, that a beautifully modeled siu ck, bark-rigged and paiuted a l ~ly jxja-giceii, lay quietly at au off Spanish Alley in toe harbor of Mobile. Not a cloud dimmed the cerulean splendor of "Llm beautiful uboon;” not a zephyr disturbed with a touch of its invisible piuion the calm surface of the bay, nor kissed tin snowy blossoms of the magnolias clustering on the shore. All nature Boomed to have read an article in the D nly , or to have taken some other narcotic, and fallen quietly to sleep. The scene was one of peculiar tranquility. Upon the wharf stood a solitary dray, the horse attached thereto quietly but felonously nib bling at a bale of bay. It wus in deed a time for memory and for tears. The Betsey Jane—the Eagle of the Ssu, as she was fondly termed by her gallant crew—lay as still and undis turbed upon the waters as a painted duck upon a paiuted pond. Sudden ly a tall, majestic form appeared upon her hurricane deck, and walking proudly to the starboard bulkhead, exclaimed in tones which l iiig out upon the stagnant air like the notes of a trumpet; “Boatswain, ahoy!” “Aye, aye, sir,” answered a stento riuu voice abaft the nuzzen capstan. And at the same moment there stepped forth a [verson of Herculean frame, whose garb consisting princi pally of a pair- of trowsers and a shirt collar, bespoke him every inch a sail or. Touching his tarpaulin with the forefinger of the right hand by way of salute, he waited respectfully for the command of his superior officer. ! “Belay the quudrunt and report in- j stantly the hour,” said the captain j with a feaifui frown, at the same lime j bending upon his subordinate a brow with passion dark us midnight The boatswain descended the nar row bteps leading to the binnacle, and in a few moments returned to the deck, and again touching his hat, said: “Just ou the stroke of three bells, your exoelleucy.” “Now, then, inexorable dog, be gone!” exclaimed the Captain, with a frown mote fearful than the first. Kuowing that disobedience was death, the man turned to obey, when the Captain cried m a voice of thun der: “But hold!” And instantly the boa.swain held. “Have you reefed the forecastle abaft the mailiuspike, as directed ?” asked the Captain with a look that showed he was not to be trifled with. “Aye, aye, sir.” “And have you lashed the main mast to the jib boom and furled the after yardarm ? ‘‘Aye, aye, sir.” “Tnen, immediately belay the main jack, brace the forward cuvits, and let the anchor be taken aboard and weighed.” In ten minutes the boutiwain re turned and reported the Captain’s or ders fully executed. "Very well,” said that officer, “now unfurl the starboard locker, braoe the stern-sheet halyards, and head her ont to &q«.” The order was obeyed with the ra pidity of magic, and the Betsy Jane, with her top-gailaut hatchway spread like a snowy cloud to catch the fresh ening breeze, was soon sweeping like a majestic swau through the waters of the bay. Upon her deck still stood hor com manding officer, the chivalrous Capt. DePompayno. But the splendor of the scene around him brought no emotion of pleasure to his heaving breast, Alas! within that breast an insatiate vulture browsed upon the once green leaves of hope and happi ness, and had already rendered it as barren and desolate as the dreariest solitude of the Arabian desert! That insatiate fowl was the vulture of un requited love! •‘ilia life was in the yellow leaf; The fruits and Sowers of love were gone; The worm, the canker and the grief Wore his alone!” The victim of scorned and slighted affection ! Alas! not punches, nor brandy cocktails, nor all the drowsy juleps in the world, can medicine him to the sweet sleep be knew yesterdaj’! No longer the obsequious lover; fcut now tiic embodied spirit of Vengeance! And even breath he drew whs the slogan of immortal wrong ! ciuraat ii. •‘She was a pfrauton of delixlit. The brightest star in beaut) ’s skio*. And all that's hoot of dark and bright Mot iu her aspect and her eves." WORDBWOBTH. Alaude Geraldine Fitzperkins was the only daughter of her doting pa rents, of,whjch she had two. Her do ting parents, it is true, bad one other female child, but as she was turned of her thirtieth year, and was still un married, they had ceased to count her. Beautiful us a dream urn id the flowers of May, it is no wonder that Maude Fitzperkins was the idol of her pareuts. The buttercups and jonquils of but nineteen summers had bltumed along her umbrageous pathway, and the frosts of but niueteeu winters had left untouched their soreue freshuess The winds of Heaton had not been permitted to visit her obeeks too roughly, and scarcely a dozen freckles marred their alabaster loveliness.— Her father was one of the wealthiest residents of Spanish Alley, and oould well afford to lavish upon his almost only daughter every luxuiy the mar ket afforded. There was no endear ing tenderness that wealth could pur chase that was not lavished upon the petted and spoiled Maude Fitzperkins —the belle of Spanish Alley. Such was the heroine of our story at the time the gallant Betsy Jane shook her sails to tne breeze on the memorable 15th of June, 1867. Xu gazing upon her peerless loveliness well might the poet exclaim— “Com* into ike garden, Maud, For the black bat, bight, baa flown; Ceni* into the garden, Maud, You 11 find ae out here alone,” for to meander through beds of odor iferous flowers, sparkling with crystal dew aud kissed by the enamored beams of the rising sun—to wander thus aud then with a being of such radiant beauty were indeed a touch of happi ness beyond the bliss of dreams. “Buck was Maud Fitzperkinu Such around h«r shone The many traits of loveliness Possessed by her alone." But let us enter the splendid man* siou in which she sweetly dwells and observe in what manner she graceful ly squanders the goldeu horn's upon | this beautitui spriug atoruing. Upon our Auger we place the ring of (iyges, or, iu tue abseuoe ot that, we iuvoke the aid of Asuiodeus, aud enter unseen aud utiainiounc'd. Sweet, delicious privileges of the romaueist, thus to in vade at wiil the sacred penetralia of unsusjiecUug loveliness! Upon a couple of chairs near the window of a gorgeous boodwor re clines la btlle Mtu i, loveliest among the lovely. Her dove-kko eyes, suf fused with tender tears, are bent wub inexpressible inteutuess upon the fas cinating pages of one of Beadle’s dime novels. Leuving her lost in the be wildering spell of romance, let us look arouud upou this apartment, furnish ed with more than oriental splendor. ' Upon a mantle-piece ingeniously puiut ed in imitation of charcoal stands a comparatively antique clock framed iu pure mahogany, a birth-day present from her adoring father, who st a gift enterprise paid his dollar and took his choice. Ou either side of this won derful piece of mechanism stands a vase of Anglo Saxon china, the dark brown hue of whose gilding attests its purity. From each of these priceless vases droops a magnolia blossom which Muad’s own fair hands gathered dur ing her last visit to Choctaw Point. Ou an elegant what-not—but attempt to describe the innumerable articles of virtue and brickbattery scattered arouud with such lavish profusion or the couch with its rose hued mosqui to-drapery -the dainty butcoquotti-ih ly soiled night cap, with its trimming 1 of almost genuine eluny iaoe, hanging j upon the bed post—the sea-island hese I lying beneath the couch and bearing i that indescribable hue which bi catties an unanswerable argument iu favor of that necessary evil, the laundress—tue empress trail hanging behind the door, j with its elliptic springs gleaming through their abraded covering? Why j note these exquisite evidences of taste, ! opulence and refinement, which all; may describe, but which only the hand of genius can adequately imag ine? Nor shall we attempt a descrip tion of the elegant wardrobe oi the j charming Maud. Suffice it to say, it j is all that fancy can express or youth-! ful mantua makers fancy when they : love. Her recherche robe of pink mousliu de Merrimac, worn without belt, hoop or collar, aud open at the ; back to give full pluy to the emotions with which her geutie breast is Ailed by the thrillicig page over which her dewy eyes wander, lighting it up with their own subdued splendor ; her raven hair, partly held in place by a dark comb, ornamented with rows of vitreous peurls, und partly standing on end iu affright at the terrors de- ' pioted in the volume betore her ; her full-orbed waterfall which she has not donned to-day. aud which the playful : kitten is romping upon the hearth;; ihese things we shall leave to the im agination of the reader. CHAPTEK THE THIRD. She never had in love been crossed, Who let this foolish maxim fall; “Twere better to have loved and lest Than never to have loved at all.” [Fawny Kemble. At the conclusion of the last chap ter we left the peerless Maud Fitzper kins seated at the window of her gor geous boudoir, reading the lutest nov el. As the gentle creature thns sat and read the story of love and ro mance, seemingly unconscious that she was herself beloved—wildly, pas sionately beloved—and must ere long become the subject of the most won derful of romances, the door of her chamber turned noiselessly upon its hinges, and her sister—a sweet, gush ing, full blown rosebud of thirty sum mers, though carefully kept in the background, as if “ born to blank uasoen And waste her sweetness on thekitchen air.’ —the Joor, say, turned, etc., and the sister of Maud entered the room, bearing iu her hand a card. Upon that card was inscribed the name of Capt. De Pompano. Maud cast an imperious glance at the name and exclaimed, with that petulance which is so winning in the maid and charming in the wife; “My goodness, gracious me! Ido wonder what that fellow’s come back here for? He’s a fool if he thinks I’m going to have him.’’ “O, Maud! lie’s such a nice fellow!” suid her sister; “I’m sure if be were to come to see me”— “To 9ee you!” and the willful young beauty burst into a fit of silvery laughter, which was distinctly heard around the next block. “The idea of a gentleman coming to see you!’’ and again the flood of silvery laughter de luged the whole neighborhood. In the midst of it, tiloriana—for such was the ridiculous creature’s name— silently turned and left the apartment, Maud at once laid aside her book, and, having kicked the kitten across the room and adjusted her waterfall, she threw herself gracefully into her hoops, and descended to the parlor. Full well kuew the Belle of Spauish Alley that Capt. De Pompano had oume to pay her the highest compli ment that uiau can pay to wotnau — that he hud come to offer her his heart and hand. Wby, then, did she enter the parlor with a clovvd upon her peerless brow and a smile of scorn upon her crimsou lips? Because her lily finger was already zoued by the engagement ring of another! Capt. De Pompano was at no loss for words to declare his passion. He was u man of poetic temperament and extraordinary memory. His dackra liun had been cut and dried for the occasion, and now lay coiled upon the end of his tongue like a suing of many colored beads. Man iu such moments are prone to forget all he iu teuded to say; but Capt. Do Pompano, ever distinguished for his presence of mind in peril’s darkest hoar, was complete master of ike situation.— Advancing to meet the lovely Maud as she widzed proudly into tne room, he took her by the bund, and, kneel ing upon the magnificent two-ply car pet he thus addressed her: ■* “Beuutifal Maud—star of my life! perdition oatch my soul, but I do love thee, and when I love thee not chaos has come again! Speak bat one word of hope and lift me to the seventh heaven of terrestrial happiness. Alas, those eyes beam not with the tender CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORMNft. NOVRMREB *1 187*. light of answering love, and those rn -Iby lips speak only the inarticulate eloquence of scoru! Maud—Maud! cruel, cruel Maud! Oh, drive me not to despair! Tell me at least that your heart is free, and the sweet as surauce will give me life! ’’ For some moments the geutie Maud could not speak. Her emotions were too numerous. Never had she read | in «ny novel a more beautiful declara tion of love than that she had just heard. Os course she was not aware ! that Captain De Pomano had paid the autnor of this story five doilarb ! writing it. It sounded so much hke a delicious romance that she was tempted to forget her vows to anoth er aud answer aim “tear for tear and ; bigh for sigh.” Bal she speedily mas i tered the weakness and was herself | again. “You’d just as well get up and take a chair, Cap’n,” she at last said; “it’s j ! i! 0 use talking; you’ve come the day ; alter the feast.’ j “Then you love auother?’ eXeiaim ed Oapt. De Pompano, springing t > ! his feet, while streaks of chain -lighten- i ing flabhed from Ins flaming eyes. “I do,’ murmured the frightened , gill, as bhe blushingly owned the soft ! impeachment. “Aud are engaged to him?’’ “I am.” “And his name is ” ‘Captain O’Droupa, of the Nartha Ann.” “Then, by all the saints, the perfid ious O’Groupa dies!” With a wild and piercing scream the stricken girl fainted and fell with her exquisite feet in the grate, aud her lovely head in a spittoou. Clear ing the house at a single bound, hav iug paused but to kick away the spit toon aud adjust a stray hoop or two, Capt. De Pompano rushed frantically dawn the street, and, dashing into "The-Sailor’s Repose," called for a claret punch. ihe heart-broken lover wus about to drown his sorrows in the flowing bowl! Alab! how often are we called upon iu this weary world to witness such seeueb! how often do we see youth ami genius squandering in the whirl of despair his inestimable postal cur rency for the iutoxicatiug beverage! OHAPTEB THE FOURTH. No more shall feel the Captain’s tread, Nor sail th« watery main; The harpies of the Martha Ann Have plucked the Betsy Jane. [6. W. Holmes. The conclusion of the first chapter shw the white-winged Betsy Jane plow ing her way “o’er the dark waters of the deep blue Bay,” as the poet taste fully observes. Upou her quarter deck stood the unhappy De Pompano, for whom Hope had ceased to smile, and o’er whose wounded spirit fell Despair brooded like a demon dark as Erebus! As lie strode the deck uis brow indicated a breast swept by a tempest of thought too deep f- i tears! Ever aud anon his eagle gi* - j wandered, like an electric fLe tar across the murmuring waves. “If the log lie not,” he at iust mut tered iu hoarse whisper, “we are near ing the mouth of Dog liver. If the accursed hound is to return to the city to-night, it is high time he had left ihe shore.” Suddenly the man at the masthead announced a sail in sight. “In what quarter?” cried Capt. De Pompano, wiuio a fresh conflagration seemed to rage in his dark eyes. “To the windward, abort the head light,” was the reply. Capt. Da Pompano turned and gazed eagerly in the direction indica ted. He instantly recognized tho Martha Auu by the saucy cut of her jid. Tee recognition seemed to trans form him into a maniac demon.— Dashing his spv-gliss against the scupper and flinging his hat overboard he sprang into the rigging with the bound of n enraged tigress, and, j running up the mainmast hand over hand, unfurled the black flag and nailed it to the top gallant \ ard-arm. Then descending the mast with the rapidity of a thunderbolt, he seized his meerschaum and fiercely piped all hands upon deck. When the crew, consisting of the ! boatswain, the cook, and the chamber maid, had assembled at the startling call, Capt De Pompano, with nostrils dilatiug and eyes aflame, pointed to the ebon ensign floating darkly above them, and hoarsely exclaimed; “Belold ye yonder flag?” “We do, we do!” shouted the crew iu oue voice. “And do you see HER?” exclaimed tbe captain in a voice of thunder poin ting to the Martha Ann, which oome dashing on not a hundred yards dis i tant. “We do, we do!” again cried the crew, enthusiastically. “Then clear the deck for aotion and go for her!” exclaimed the captain in a voice of seven-fold thunder, at the same time seizing a one ounce howit zer (of the Captain Grant pattern) and firing a bunch of grape shot across the bow of the enemy, thus creating a terrific commotion on her deck. Capt. O’Groupa, hurrying on the wings of love to Maud and matrimo ny, had no cause to anticipate a hos tile collision with his rival, the impet uous commauder of the Betsy Jane, but his frequent encounters with the pirates which invest tbe bay had taught him the necessity of being | constantly prepared for aDV emergen cy. He saw the Betsey Jane unfurl ’ the black flag—-be heard the patter ing thugs of the grape shot as they plunged into the bay —and his orac ular and prophetic soul told him that another duath struggle was at hand! | To snatch off his shirt, to bring it iu contact with the character of a ‘South ern Loyalist’ he happened to have : on board, and to nail it to the jack staff as substitute for a black flag, was bat the work of a moment. Then ; iustantly furling his jib-broom and i belaying his labord scuppers, ho ruu • up tu« unionjack to keep the gang, way from goiug by the board, and having nniiuib jiv-J bis hog chain and double shotted his gun-room, he lash ed himself to the maiu brace of the forward poop, and calmly awaited the coming struggle. He did not have long to wait! Iu much less time than we have ta ken to describe this thrilling Scene the Betsy J me, whose fiery soul was ; in arms, and evidently eager for the ! fray, dashed up alongside the Martha | Ann, and tbe terrible conflict began! With unerring precision the crew of each vessel threw their grappiug irons simultaneously, and the velocity of the one vessel overcoming that of the other (for they were sailing in oppo site directions), they suddenly came to a stand-still. “And then aroaa a yell As if leads frea heaven that fall Had rung tko banner ery ef—*!” But let us draw a musquito bar over the frightful scene whiob folkwv ed; an ordinary veil would scarcely cover the case, nor conceal half its Stygian horrors from the grave of a shuddering world. Far be it from os to seek to curdle the warm blood of j the gentle reader by repeating here ! the fearful story of Actyum or of La panto. |*** * * * i Ten days after the celebrated naval engaement between the Betsy Jane and the Martha Ann, to which we have so feebly alluded, there was a magnificent wedding in a splendid ; two-story mansion in Spanish Alley, j ll t which, it is hardly necessarj to say, | SIJ R eyes looked love to eyes which looked tho same thing, and all went merry as they usually do ou such joy sus occasions. The bride was the beautiful Maud Geraldine Fitzperkins— the belie of Spanish Alley. The bridegroom was the gallant naval hero, Capt. Casabinnca O Grou pa, of the invincible Martha Ann. O'Groupa was the happiest and the luckiest of mou. Scarcely had he risen from the breakfast table on the morning immediately succeeding Lis marriage, when the munificent Fitz peikiiiß handed him a check on the F r«eUmtm’» Savings Bank for twenty seven dollars aud a half, which the delighted O’Groupa, kuowing the pe culiar uncertainty of such institutions in this country, immediately had cashed. And the fond papa was scarcely less generous to his darling Maud. A deed of gift of a twenty dollar cow and calf, duly recorded in the office of Judge Bond, will forever attest the magnitude of that paternal generosity! Never did a young oou ple enter upon the flowery field of matrimony under more georgeoua aus pices! Time’s ever rolling stream, which bears all its sons away, passed on, as usual. Under this rolling process, three days were thrown back upon the irrevocable post, as the body of the drowned mariner is thrown back upon the shore!—three days since the hero and heroine of this story were legally authorized to feel that they carried about them a couple of souls with but a single thought, and an equal number of hearts that beat as one. Three days—days thronged with rose-leaves, flutes and moon beams—and as the happy pair land ed at the foot of Spanish Alley on their return from a bridal tour to Tensas and Blakely, they beheld a parson standing ou the wars and gaz ing at them with a scowl as unuttera bly full of malignant hate that but for the consciousness that there was a strong arm near to protect her, the gentle brido would have screamed and taken to her heels. With both arms in a sling, his head bound with a handkerchief, his face looking very much as if it had recently come out of a prize fight for the championship with a ct'<>vs cut saw or a patent thiv-mug iu .oni «■ he was certainly ..Ou an object to no ;h into serene tranquility and repose i. breast of gentle woman. As the reader must already have guessed, that dreadful wreck of hu manity was no other than the once haughty being who so proudly trod the deck of ttie Betsy Jane. It was, indeed, ail that was left of the once lordly De Pompano. Beneath tho dark waters of the bay lies the brokeu wreck of the ill-fated bark iu which Liu: Rejected Lover went forth with m.-rciles steal to seek the heart of his Rival! bach win the !) m of the Betsy Jane! Reader! my story is ended. If I have succeeded iu implanting in one youthful breast a love for the pure, the beautiful, and the good, or iu bauishiug therefrom a single desii't to engage iu naval pursuits, I shall feel amply repaid for the midnight oil I have consumed. —Mo -He. Register.. THE EXTENT OF THE CURSE. It is estimated that, iu the United States and Territories, 130,000 places are licensed to sell spirituous liquors, aud 300,000 persons are employed iu these grog shops. If wa add to these the number employed in distileries and wholesale liquor shops, we shall have about 570,000; while there are but 160,000 ministers and school teachers. Tue clergymen cost the United States $12,000,000 annually; the criminals, $40,000,000; the lawyers, $80,000,000; intoxicating drinks, $700,000,000. The liquor trafic annually sends 100,000 to prison, reduces 200,000 children to a state of worse than orphanage, sends 60,000 to a drunkard’s grave and makes 600,000 drunkards, crime and premature death all over the land. Who Stole Mr Hog.— At a prayer meeting and feast among some of onr colored brethren a few nights since Brother Tom was called on to pray. Daring his effort he asked the Lord to tell him who stole his hog, which he often repeated. One old brother at whose house the meeting was be ing conducted shouted at the top of his voice, “Brother, dont pray about the hog, but about the Lord.” Du ring the course of the evening the lost hog was found under the bed of the brother who desired tho prayers offered to the Lord, cooked and ready for tbe feast —Lexington Press. HOUSE WORK. There is not a girl on earth, wheth er the daughter of priuce or pauper, who, if made a perfect mistress of all household duties, and were thrown in to a community wholly unknown, would not rise from one station to an other, and eventually become tbe mis tress of her own mansion, while mul titudes of young women placed in po sitions of ease, elegance and affluence, but being unfited to fill them, will as certainly descend from one round of the ladder to uoether, until at the close of life, they are found where the really competent started from. Mo ! tbers of America, if you wish to rid your owu and your children’s house holds of the destroying locusts which infast your houses and eat up your substance, take a pride in educating yonr daughters to be perfect mistress es of oveiy home duty: then if you leave them withont a dollar, be assur ed they will never lack a warm gar ment, a bounteous meal, or a cozy roof, nor fail of the respect of any one who knows them. A lady traveling on tbe Macou and Western Railroad, last week, got into a jower with Harkie, the conductor. "This company,’’ said she, “will never get another cent of my money as long as I live.” “How will you prevent it?” asked Harkfe, falling placidly into the trap. "Why, I’ll pay it to yon,” re joined the lady, “and then I’m sure they won’t get it.’’ There are dark rumors afloat that Harkie intends to resign. —Savannah Nam. POETRY. . 11 -- ■ -i . rT.~aagi THE BIVO UA C OF THE DEAD . [The followiag poem, written by the late Colonel Theodore O’Bxrs, is eflei quoted, but hu seldom been printed satire. It was written for the memorial services upon the removal of the remains of the Kentucky soldiers whs fell at Buena Vista to the cemetery at Frankfort. OsUael O’Hara, a gradual# of Vt ost Point wo bsliove, partici pated in the Mexican war with distinction. Subsequently he resigned from the army, and was for seme time ooaaeetod with jour nalism, first as one of the editors of the Louisville Times, and afterwards holding an editorial position on the Mobile Regis ter. He distinguished himself in tho Con federate army, on ths staff of General Breckinridge. He died in Barhour county, Alabama, sson after the el»*e of the war.] The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more en life’s parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame’s eternal camp eg ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards, with .olt-mu round. The bivouac of the d~ V No rumo" of the foe * a-c Now swells upon ihe wind; No troubled thought at midnight haunts ’ Os loved one left behind; No vision of the morrow s strife The warrior’s dream. »l,rms Nor braying horn ner gert-aming fife At dawn shall cull to ame. Their shivered swords are red with rust; Their plumed Leads are bowed ; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now ihoir martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle’s stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout are past; Nor war’s wild note, nor glory’s peal Shall thrill with fierce delight Those breasts that utver more shall feel The rapture of the fight. Like the fieroe Northern hurricane That sweeps his great plateau, Flushed with the triumph yet to gain, Come down the serried foe. Whe heard the thunder of the fray Break o’er the field beneath, Knew well the watohword of the day Was “Victory or death. Long had the doubtful conflict raged O’er all that stricken plain— For never fiercer fight had waged » The vengeful blood of Spain— And still the storks of battle blew. Still swelled the gory tide ; Not long our stout old chieftain* knew Such odds his strength could bide. ’Twas in that hour his stern command Called to a martyr’s grave The flower of his own loved land.f The nation’s flag to save. By rivers of their lathers’ gore His first-born laurels grew, And well he knew that they would pour Their lives fer glory, too. Full many another’s breath has swept O’er plain— And long the pitying sky has wept Above its mouldered slain. The raven’s soream or eagle’e flight, Or shepherd’s pensive lay, Alone awakes each sullen height That frowned o’er that dread fray. Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground,§ Yc must not slumber there, Where stranger steps and tongues resound Along tho hoedless air; Your own proud land’s heroic soil Shall be your litter grave She claims from war his richest spoil— The ashes of her brave. So ’neatli their parent turf Ihcy rest, Far from the gory held, Borne to a Spartan mother’s breast On many a bloody shield ; The sunshine of their native sky Smiles sadly on them here, And kindred eyes and hearts watch by The heroes’ sepulchre. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead. Dear as the blood ye gave; No impious footstep nerc shall tread The herbage of your grave. Ifor shall your glory be fogot While fame her record keeps, Or honor point the hallowed spot Where valor proudly sleeps. Yon marble min strel’s voiceless stone Iu deathless song shall tell, Whsn many a vanished age has flown, The story how ye fell; Nor wreck, nor change, nor winters blight, Nor Time’s remorseless doom. Shall dim oue ray of holy light That g.lds your glorious tomb. * Zachary Taylor. j Gen. Taylor was a native of Kentucky, and the Kentucky troops are hero ailuded to. ! Mexicans knew the battle of Buena Vis ,ta by the name of Angostura, which means, “ Narrow Pass.’’ g The Indian name for Kentucky. O GIVE ME A HOME IN THE SOUTH! BY WILL 8. HAYS. O! give ms a home in tko South, Down by tho murmuring stream Where tKe fragrant magnelias bloom, Life’s like a midsummer's dream, Beautiful stars of tho might Peep through the surtains of spaeo, Shedding their soft mellow light. Loving to smile on my faoe. O ! givo mo a homo in tho South, Tho lovliest spot on the earth; I oare not how humble it he, The dear, sanny land of my birth. O! give me a home in the South, Where the mocking birds gather and sing Their melodies cheerful and gay, Welcoming beautiful spring; Where the river floats gayly along, la its winding way ont to the sea. I eare not how others may dwell, A home in the South givo mo. 0! givo mo a home in the South, A homo 'neath a Southern sky, Where I’ve lived all the summer es life, Where the friends es my yeuth lire and die. When I’m called hy the Angel of Death T# leave all I love on the earth, May the Angel then find me asleep In the beautiful land of my birth. [Peters’ Musical Monthly. YOUNG MEN, GO TO WORK. Young men, go to work! There is no time to idle now. You most carve out your own fortune. You have no inheritance upon which to depend.— You must reconstruct your own for tunes by industry, perseverance, and toil. Labor is honorable, and the ig noble are those who will not work.— Get you a homo. Fence a field, and plow and plant it, and gather around you the comforts of a home. And whey, you have made a character for industry and thrift, abk some young lady to share your home with you.— We would say to every young lady, mark those youug men who are loung ing around, attempting to live by their wits, or on tire interest of their debts; and when they ask you to share the fortunes of life with them, just let them pass on. No youug lady can consent to marry a young man with ont business, or propeity, or business habits, unless she has made up her miud to sell herself t« the lowest bid der. Young men, go to work; while ten men watch for chances, one man makes chances; while ten men wait for something to tarn up, one tarns up; so while ten fail, one succeeds, and is cafled.a of luck, tbp ia«op ite of fortffip/X.-'f'heie'xsho li»ck aud fortatWYaost favor those who are most indifferent to fortune. Young men, go to worL—Pfa/iArfto/i. THE GKO&CU UKISUTTKE. tiIWATOKS. First District—B E Lester. Second District—H W Mattox. Third District—J C Nichole. Fourth District—J M A mow. Fifth District— M Kirkland. Sixth District—John D Knight. Seventh District—W I. Ularke. Eighth District— B F Brinberry, Rad. Ninth District Reuban Jonas. 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 W Cameron. Sixteenth Distriet-J F Roberson. Seventeenth District—J S Cone. Eighteenth District—J G Cain. Niaweecth District—Columbus Heard' Twentieth District—John A Gilmore. Tweaty-first District—J B Deveaux. col. Twenty-second District—Thos J Sim mons. Twenty-third District—l H Anderson, col. Twenty-fourth District—ll II Crawford, Twenty-fifth District— W p Maddox. Twenty-sixth District—W W Mathews. Twenty-seventh Disaict—E Bteadman- Twenty-eighth District—J W Hudsou. Twenty-ninth District—W M Reese. Thirtieth District. Robert Hester. Thirty-first District— VV 8 Erwin. Thirty-second District—\V H McAfee. Thirty-third District—M V*»» kaw. Thiriy-fourth District—Burned J Winn. Thirty-fifth District— G Hiliytr. Thirty-sixth District—George L Pcavy. Thirty-seventh District—G W Keddy. Thirty-eighth District—J A Blanco. Thirty-ninth District—J P Brown. Fortieth District—H W Cannon. Forty-first District—.l A Jervis. Forty-seoond District—John tt Wofford. Forty-third District—l, N Trammell. Forty-Fourth District—W H Payne. SFPUBSEN'TATIVKS. Appling—Sellers l.oc. Baker—Wm H Hargard. Baldwin—Wm M Williamson. Banks—James J Turnbull. Bartow—Thomas II Bakor, Thomas Tum lin. Berrien—Wm II Snead. Bibb—C A Nutting, A i) Bacon, A M Locket. Brooks—J H Hunter. Bryan—Henry E Smith. Bullock— Robert DeLoaoh. Burke—J A Shewmake, J B Jones, H 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 VV Robert*. Chatham—T R Mills, Jr, G .k Mercer, A O McArthur. Chattahoochee—J M Cook. Chattooga—Robert W Jones. Cherokee—V. A Teasley. Clark— H H Carlton, Frank Jackson. Clay—John B Johnson. Clayton—L C Uutohersoa. Clinch—Joseph Sirmons. 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, Kad. Deoatur—T A Swearingen, A Niohelson, Rads. DeKalb—Samusl C Masters. Dodgo—James M Buchan. Dooley—Hiram Williams. Dougherty—W m H Gilbert, Thomas R j 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—K T Dorsey. Floyd—John R lowers, Fielding Might, Forsyth—Robert A Eakes. Franklin—R D Yew. Fulton—C Howell, W L Calhoun, E F Hoge. Gilmer—N L Osborne, Glasicock—Abrakum Brassell, negro. Green—G H Thompson, Jack Heard, ne groes. Gordon—it M Youug. Gwinnett--James W Baxter, B A Blake l7- Habersham—James II Grunt. Hail—Allen D Caadler. Haucock—George F Pierce, Jr, John L Culver. Harrulsou—R R Hutcherson Harris—John W Murphey, Flynn ilarj gett. Hart—Moses A Duncan, Rad. Heard—M C Summerlin. Henry—Elijah Morris Houston—G M T Fagin, VV A Mathew, C H Richardson. Irwin—Jacob Dorminy. Jackson—Greene R Duke. Jasper—Luoius B Newton. Jefferson—Marcus A Evans, James Staple ton. Johnson—Robert J HighJower. Jones—Charles A Hamilton. Laurens—JohuT Duncan* .T ee—H B Lipsey, W P Sauler. Liberty—Hendley F Horne. Lincoln—W D Tutt. Lowndes—Joseph A Ousley. Lumpkin—M F VVheichel. Macon—Leroy M. Felton, William H Wil lis. • Madison—John F Kirk. Marion—Edgar M Butt. McDuffie—Alfred E Sturgis, Mclntosh—X 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 Boot 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. Pieroe—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 Kaigler, Rabun-- Randolph—Wm Colman, Charles A Har ris. Richmond —W A Clarke, P W alsh, H C Foster. Rockdale—James A Stewart. Schley—C B Hudson. Screvou—John C Dell. Spalding—William M Blanton. Stewart- Wm W Fitigerald, 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, eol. Towns--Judge G Stephens. Troup—Francis M l.ongloy, John L Hill. Twiggs—V\ iliism Griffin, Had. Union—Marion Williams. Upson—F F Mathews. Walker —J C Clements. Walton—Henry D McDaniel. Ware—John B Cason. Warren—C 8 Dußose, T N Poole. Washington—P R Taliaferro, W G Mo- Bride. Wayne—Daniel llopps. W ebster—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. General John A. Dix in the newly elected Governor of New York. Avery large wheat p heief seeded in .North Georgia. Oats and corn sell at 14 cents per bushel in Kansas. This unrivalled Medicixi. » warranto! not to contain a single particle of Mkkci rv, or any injurious mineral substance, but is PURELY VEGETABLE. For FORTY YKARS it h;u< proved its great value in ail diseases of the Livck. liowaus and Kidneys. Thousands of tbe good and great in all parts of the country vouch lor its wonderful and peculiar power iu purifyiug the Bloi>d, stimulating the torpid Liver auii bowets, ana imparting new life and vigor to the whole *vs tcm. Simmons’Liver Regulator is acknowl edged to have no equal as a LIVER MEDiCINE. It contains four medical elements, never be iore united iu the -;iioe happv proportion iu auy other preparation, viz : a gentle t alhartic, u vvouderful lonic, au unexceptionable Alter ative. and a certain Corrective of all Impurities ol the body. Such signal success bav attended its use that it ig now regarded as tho GREAT UNFAILING SPEC!* Fic for Liver Complaint and the painful offspring thereof, to wit: Dyspepsia, Constipation, J.-.ijn dice, iiillious attacks, Sick Headache. Colic Depression of Spirits, Sour Stomach, Henri Burn, tic., &c. Regulate the Liver and prevent CHILLS AND FEVER. Simmons’ Liver it emulator Is manufactured only by J. H. ZEILIN & Cos., MACQS, OA., AND PHiLAOELPHIA, Price sLpr package; *cui by mail, potstageuaia Prepared ready lor use in not Met, fl.&O. SOLD BY ALL DRUOCISTS. Beware of all Counterfeit? and Imitations HEM A RKABLE CURE OF SCROFULA, ETC. CASE OF COL. J. C. BRANSON. Kingston, Geor6ia, September 15, m 2. Doctor J. 3. Pemberton: Dear Sir—lt gives mo pleasure to furnish you with an account of tho remarkable cure which I have exnerienctd from tho use of your Compound Extract of Stillingia. For sixteen years I have been a groat 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, and the most eminent physicians consulted, without anv decided benetlt. Thu* prostrated, distressed desponding, I was advis-)u by Doctor Ayer, 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 au adequate idea of the inteusity of mv suffering before using your medicine: sufficient to say, “I am cured of all pain,” of all diseuse, with nothing to obstruct the active pursuit of my profession. More thau eight months have elapsod since ehig remarkable cure, without any return Os the disease. For the above statement I refer to anv gentleman in Bartow countv, Georgia, and to the members of the bar of Cherokee Circuit, who are acquainted with me. I shall ever remain, sir, with tho deepest gratitude, Your obedient servant, J. C. BKAN'SOX. August 15, 1872—1 m. Wonderful Inprovement The New* Improved Draw-Feed Wheeler & Wilson SEWING MACHINE IS the Wonder and Novelty of the age—will do a greater variety of work than auv 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 tree of charge- Each Machine GUARANTEED for FIVE YEARS. All should see see tho “ New" Improved Wheeler & Wilson Immediately. W. 11. AOKL, General Agent for Paulding, Carroll, Ilnr-tl son. Heard, Troup, Polk, Bartow, aud adjoin ing counties. P- C. HARRIS, Ageut Polk county. EASON WOOD, Agent Bartow county. W. A. WHITE, Agent Paulding and Car rol. W. H. CANNON, Agent Troup and Heard HOWARD & SOULE, General Southern Agents, Atlanta, Gu. Parties wishing to see the Sew Improved Wheeler A Wilson ran find them at J. 1). Head's store, on Main street, A supply of Needles and Attachments constantly on Band. 0-10. Gilbert & Baxter, HARDWARE & IRON STORE, Agents for sale of Fertilize!-;. Agricultural and Mill Machinery, Engine,,. Gfist, Sew and Sorgham Mills, Reapers anil Mowers, Thresh ers and Separatees, Horse Powers. >-t. . t' .r goods on Commission, at ManufsiHiivi r-' form* and prices. Per our own w • r. .-.a- i ash. march 2fi-ly I>o you want to g-o to sleep and J dream that you are rich and good looking? Guess you had better go L. Payne’s and take a “nip” of Peach and Honey. 9-26-ts. WILLIAM GRAY, A l l NTA MARBLE WORKS, IyjANUFACTCKKBS OF IOIU9IENTM, TOMBS, tJBVS, TABLETS, MANTLES, Arc., Arc. Alabama st., Opposite Ga. R. It. Depot. P. O. Address-—Box 540, Atlanta, Ga. 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 assortmentofnovel ies in Fancy Silver. cared for Wodding and Holiday presents, cf a medium and expensiv character. The House we represent manufacture on »n unparalleled scale, employing on Sterling Sil vsr-Wars alone over Ons Hundred skilled hands, the most accomplished talent in I feign ing, and ths best Labor-saving Machinery, en abling them to produce works of the highest character, at u rices l!N APPRO AC HAD bv any competition. Our stock at present is the lar gest and most varied this side of Philadelphia Au examination of our stock aod prices wiii SK*SK. MS m ess BRITISH STERLING, HMD uMf DOBBS & MAGUIRE, BUTCHERS. - > •: f .►* I’aii -s * *■- HA VK associated themselves together 1b busiieas, Bad bare opened a uen tteil at the *-.->■» stand of Dobbs and Anderson, where they keep ooariautly on hand an abundant stpfdv a FRESH MEATS, j during all market hours. They will sell their netti on as short profits as any buteite* cjM* » - ford to sell and live ; and warrant them te boas decently butchered and drusmd, and ot the flat kind only. Itf-tL New Goods ! New Goods ! ta* . | Erwin, Sfcokeiy and 00. ARE DAILY RECEINING NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS. | Their Stock Is Large, Varied and 'tneci-ti attention is called te terir Dress Goods, Pieca Goods for Men and Br.ys. BOOTS, SHOES AND CLG f iNG. Their Slock <U<io cjakr.icei efcry viflcly u*«i:illy kept in Ehe trade. They are mcUSiij it hudiH profit* to Cush liiiycpti, or prompt paying ca*U»mcw. Liberal SH'ieount made on (Ytsl) ill 1 lit. They solicit from their old IrienA* and cukDimm, mm well as the nubile, a iib nl »h ire oi p ttnn igc. 10 3 If. IKH l>, NTUHKI.V A ««. TOMMY, STEWAUT A BECK., mmn uicimi, ATLANTA, GA. Arc new opening a large tad welt nelrrted »t*tk »f Hardware in their Yew Stare, Cmmt Pryor and Deeatnr streets, Oppc-ii • Kimball lloa*. Manufacturer’* Agents and Dealere in all kinds of HARDWARE, IRON, SIKKI,, CUTLERY, Tools of all kinds, BuilJers’ and Carriage Mate rinks Agents for BURT’S SHINGLE MACHINES, Sycamore Powder Company’s Blfle and Blasting Powder, ■—i Mill Stones and Bolting Cloths, Proprietors of the Brooks’ Cotton and Hay Screw Pita BGf* W> are doing a Wholesale Business, and always keep on hand an ample Stock to 're ply Retail Merchants and Contractors. 10-#-ly. WILLIAM RICH & CO., WHOLESALE NOTIONS, MILLINERY, AND!FANCY GODS, Atlanta, Georgia. Have removed to Clarke’s Building, No. IS, Decatur Street, opposite the Kimball House, we now fully prepared for the FALL 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 Price, bekore purcfejMim elsewhere. N.8.-WE ARE PREPARED T 8 DUPLICATE NEW YORK BILLS. ~~ WM ~ RICH & company. Hunnicutt & Bel ingrath., DEALERS IN CO KING and HEATING STOVJSS Orates and Tla-WiMm, Tinner** TrimmlusN, Slate Mantle*. Wrought Iron Pipes, For Steam, Ga* and Water. ALSO MANCFACfrLUEUb OF Concrete iiewer Pipe s os ail Dimensions. Sirain Pipe, Rubber Hone, Pinup*, Steam Fittings, Oil 4'upw. Olnbe Taives, Bt<'a;a (sangea, Whittle* Ram*, Fittinga And Fixtures. •*t»<-ei Iron, Patent liurucrh, Tin Plate, Lead Copper and itraka. Water 4)1 oseta, Wash Uaaius, Etc., Lte. BUY HUiiRiCUTT & BELLIHGRATH S COLUMIU COOK. fto, O ftVdrottd St root, Atlanta, Georgia, HUAMCUTT & BELL L\ GRATA, No. 9 Marietta St., Atlanta, FLTJMBgnS, Steam andGas Fitters, £j§f?p COPPERSMITHS - Sheet-Iron W orkters. ROOFING, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, IN TIN AND CORRUQATED IRON. Oct. Ist—wly. PEASE & ms WIFE’S RESTAURANT AND EUROPEAN HOUSE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. This is the I.nfrgest, FINEST, and Best Arranged Bouse South. 54 Marble Tables. Private Dining Roam* and Special Apartment* for Ladies, and can seail two hnndred People at onto sitting;. F 50 .Sleeping Rooms, elegantly furnished, with Ta. pistry, C arpet*, and Oil-Fftnished Furniture is no m opened to the public. Single or Suites of Booms can be inrnislied, by «*, der, to parties that may desire. Meals are furnished from O o’clock in the moral nut nntil I o'clock at night. Our Steaks, our Coffee, onr Golden Fries, and our Game, Fisk, Oysters, and other delicacies of the 'Sea son—in fact onr Cooking Department*—have long since been pronounced by our people to excel all ; others. Thanking you kindly for that unwaiveringpatron age in the past, we shall still strive to suit your taste and eater to your wants. . mmam aarti ■■■■■■■cmmawmammaammmmswmwasmwmammammwwwnaMnaM—^^^^^^ CITY BEEP MARKET, EAST SIDE OP W. & A. R. It., NEAR POST-WiCK. | HEATS, of different kind., kept, constantly on baud, And lot sale at * Onr business being ou the increase, we have thought proper to remove our place vi btwi* uofi u> aui.irv central point la the city, therefore our 1 nrket House will be round between Mgjjns Irummell & Norris’ corner and the Foat-OiSce, where we propose t» supply the mart •A FRESH MEATS, FAT and 33ST CJ& ) yiyri Uj) ;-j _ ii Vjjj-.v. ; ....... v.. .tajvi w. V. JOHN ANDERSON. Carters v^e,Sept. JMfe, Dflifc—tt YOL.U~SO.B2.
