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WOFFORD & MILNER,
TTORNEY AT^LAW,
CARTERS V ftXE, GA.
OFFICE up stftirs, Bank. Block.
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A TfO RN E Y ATv LA W ,
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|OIIN L. M ,
ATTORNEY AT.LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in the counties comprising the
Cherokee Circuit, Office over Liebman’a store.
| ~w7 MIRP HEY, ~
A T*T AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
Will practice in the courts ot the Cherokee
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oetion of claim*. Office with Col. Abda John
son. Oct. 1.
P. WOFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE in Court-House. ian‘2#
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA. . ,
( With Col. Warren Akin,)*Rw
W’ill practice in thoopnrts ot Bartow, fctobb,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Mbrran, W liitilflld and au
Joining counties. l.Jm R#>jk Bft.
jg B. McDANTEL,
ATTORNEY,AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office with John W. Wofford. jan ’72
w . JL>. TRAMMELL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILL.3, GA-
OFFICE W. Main St., next door to Standard
Sc, Express Office. Feb. 15,1872—w1y.
rp HOM A 8 W. DODO,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
OFFICE over the Bank.
DR. J. A. JACKSON,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SCKGEDN.
OFFICE in W. A. Loyless’ Drug Store, next
door to Stokely & Williams’. oct27
W. 11. llountcaMtle,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
OARTEIiSVILLB, GEORGIA.
Office in tront of A. A. Skinner A Co’s Store.
GEN. W. T. WOFFRD. JNO. H. WIKLE
Wofford c*3 Wilxlo,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
AND
Real Estate Agents,
CJartersville, Ga.
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to tlio pur
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rflllE undersigned, a practical dentist of 18
1 years experience, having purchesed prop
erty and located permanently in the city of
Cartersvillc, will continue the practice in rooms
opposite those oi Wofford & Milner, in the new
building adjoining the Bank. With experience
and application to my profession, charges al
ways reasonable auti just, I hope to merit the
patronage of a generous public.
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answered at residence, opposite Baptist church.
It. A. SEALE,
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pR. CHAS. D’ALYIGNY,
I> E IV T I S T ,
Cartprsville, Ga.
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to children’s
teeth.
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038 r*En TOOT.
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Regulate the Liver and prevent
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No. 33 Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA.
Specialty,
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Special attention is requested to the many
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ly to oftr ordor the past year, and quite recently
completed.
An unusually attractive assortment of novel
ies in Fancy Silver, cased for Wedding and
Holiday presents, of a medium and expensiv
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Also keeps on hand
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to.
aug. 22
NOTICE TO FARMERS !
y OUR attention is rsspectfully invited to th
Agricultural Warehouse
ANDERSON & WELLS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
DEALERS IN
Guanos, Field and Garden Seeds,
FARM WAGONS,
PITTS’ THRESHERS.
Size 20 to 32 inch cylinder, with or without
dowu and mounted horse powers.
SWEEPSTAKES THRESHERS.
Size 26 to 32 inch cylinder, with or witgout
down and mounted horse powers.
Bali's Reaper and Mower,
Buck-Eye Reaper and Mowet
PLOWS—ONE AND TWO-HORSE
BUGGY PLOWS.
Also General Agents for
u Pendleton's Guano Compound,”
Cash, $67 per ton of 2,000 lbs.: Credit Ist Nov.,
$75 per ton 2,000 lbs.
“Farmer’s Choice,”
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And all other kinds of implements and ma
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the South. Call aud see us, or send for Trice
List. ANDERSON & WELLS.
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Theo. 60ULDSHHTH,
Agent for
GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS.
Gartersville, Georgia.
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SAMUEL H. SMITH & COMPANY. EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1873.
THE CFOK6II LECISLATTIE
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mons.
district —I H Anderson,
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\Thirty-Beco\i District—W H Mcfffea-
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W Roddy.
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Glisson.
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Bride.
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Webster—JoM P Beaty.
White—A MA-itt.
Wilcox P Reid
Wilkes—TjFmas A Barksdale, John W
Mattox, r
C Adams.
Whitfield—Jackson Rogers.
Department.
THE STACK LAW CONSIDERED
ToAhe of the Plantation:
a An question will soon
Tome before the people of Goergia,
and it is: Sijiall tnere be a stock Taw
or not ? The bill leaves it to every
coinaty iivthe State to decide for it
selu whiCTher or not they are for such
a law. 'lt is anew and important
sprung upon the people, and
it looks like it would be
|p‘JHdca against in every county. But
tnere are so many good reasons why
there should be a stock law. we trust
it will receive that careful considera
tion that, at least, in counties pecu
liarly circumstanced, it may he adopt
ed, and the law. This ques
tion three prod Mat and
importan^onsideration»^^
1. For the preservations timber.
2. To gyard against expensive and
insecure fencing, and the protection
of held cr<ips; and
3. Tiie benefit it will be in improv
ing all4unds of stock.
I am ouWand out lor the stock law,
•and shall proceed to state my reason
why. I cannot illustrate the destruc
tion of timber better than what has
been made known by statistical in
formation reported by “a committee”
appointed by the “Beach Island Far
mers’ Club,” gentlemen of the most
practical and intelligent standing, to
report on the propriety of enacting
stock laws and abandoning the fenc
ing of crops. In relation to the de
struction of timber, it is said that,
“The fences of the United States
has cost more than the houses, cities
Included; more than the ships, boats
and vessels of every description,
which sail the ocean, lakes and rivers;
more than our manufactories of all
kinds, with their machinery; more
than any one class of property, aside
from our real estate, except it may be
the railroads of our country.”
The report dearly shows how the
matter stands, and to what a cost the
farmers are put to —what a cost, to
the country, is sustained by “the de
struction of its timber for a few scrub
stock of cattle and hogs, that are not
worth in each neighborhood the cost
of fencing a farm of three hundred
acres.” We shall now further ex
in@ report, what is the actual cost of
keeping up fencing. It seems fabu
lous to one that has never given the
subject a consideration; but as the
report has been made up from statis
tics which are facts, it will show how
we are going in this wholesale work
of destruction, in utter ignorance as
to the damage we are doing ourselves
and to the country. The repert goes
on to say:
“The usual form is the worm or
zigzag fence, requiring about eight
hundred rails to the mile, costing va
riously from one dollar to five dollars
per hundred for timber, splitting,
hauling, clearing fence-row and erect
ing. Perhaps two dollars per hun
dred would be a safe average estimate.
The amount of land covered by.fenc
ing and lost in the turning, not in
cluding the margin too frequently
surrendered on the fence-row to scrub
bushes and briers, would be about
three and one-third acres to the farm.
“Our improved lands, apart from
the buildings, were worth (that is to
say in South Carolina the estimate
has been made) in 1850, not exceed
ing an average of ten dollars per acre,
would scarcely average in market a
bove five dollars per acre now. Es
timating the improved lands of the
State at this time as of the same ex
tent as in 1850. we would have the
following result from these calcula
tions: 4,000,000 acres of unimproved
lands, worth $20,000,000, inclosed by
100,000 miles of oufside fencing, cost
ing, for its original construction, $16,-
000,000, besides encumbering and
rendering valueless 100,000 acres of
land, worth $500,000. The duration
of such fences vary from four to fif
teen years, according to timber and
other circumstances, apart from casu
alties of floods and fires. But the an
nual cost of repairs cannot be leas
than ten per cent., or $1,600,000,
equivalent to a tax of forty cents an
acre of ail unimproved lauds in the
State, or eight per cent, of its value,
being just eight times the rated tax,
State and county, we will have to
pay on the same property next year.
To this should be added at least sev
en per cent, interest on the original
cost, making the tax fifteen per cent.,
or seventy-five cents per acre. Ex
perience has established that this tax
is lighter than the damages that
would result from insufficient fencing
for protection. Yet, it is probable
that all the stock permitted to run at
large in the State, for whose benefit
this burdensome expenditure is ex
acted, if taken directly from their
several ranges and sold in market,
would scarcely realize the expense of
our fences, or even the half of it.”
Extravagant as these statements
may appear, some years ago the cost
of the fences in the United Sta jes was
estimated by Burknap at more than
twenty times the amount of specie in
the country.
I shall now make another extract
from this report, showing the advan
tages in having to keep up stock, and
will conclude by adding some opin
ions of my own:
“In the first place, every farmer
should endeavor to procure "and raise
only fine stock, knowing it takes no
more attention and food for fine stock
than it does for scrub stock. His
cows would be selected for their milk
ing qualities, his sheep for their wool,
or for their mutton, as he may desire,
and his hogs for their weight and fat
tening qualities. Being compelled
to keep them up, they would always
be under his eyes and care; hence, in
breeding, the crosses deemed necessa
ry could be selected, and soon, like
in raising colts, particular stock, as
may be deemed the best, would be
chosen and bred from. By so doing,
a fewer number would give ua more
milk and butter, more wool and
mutton, and more bacon and lard,
than we now get from four to six
times their numbers of roving, un
manageable stock, and all our uneasi
ness from theft, and being damaged
and killed from getting into our
neighbor’s fields would be cast right
off, as they would be in their own
pasture and inclosure. But the great
est advantage to be derived from this
system is: 1. The improvement of
the breed and qualities of our stock;
and next, the benefit to our lands
from the amount of manure they
would furnish. With the European
and Northern farmers the effort now
is, to increase the number of animals
on the farm to the largest number
that can be sustained, for the purpose
of making manure.”
We have extracted largely from
that able report, as it is made up
from statistical facts, and it is well
and proper that every farmer in Geor
gia should have the question present
ed before him, based on facts and fig
ures. The opposere to this stock law,
in general, will be the persons who
own the smallest number of stock,
and the most inferior breed—such
stock as are compelled to make their
own living, and live off other people
than their owners. To such, we con
fess it will become a hard law, for
the range, as they term it, is their
stock support. But the question is
simply this: Must the timber of
Georgia, now scarce and valuable, be
wasted and destroyed to fence out a
small number of stock that subsist on
other people, and in other people’s
fields? Must farmers, where timber
is scarce, be compelled to keep up ex
pensive fencing to keep out a few
stock running at large? Must neigh
bors be kept in strife and enmity on
account of stock breaking into fields?
And must farmers be taxed in feed
ing the stock of their laborers? We
say not, let there be a stock law,
when there are so many cogent rea
ons for such a law. It may seem
hard at first, until we get fixed for it,
aid see the benefits of it, but like all
changes that take place, some experi
ence is necessary in such changes be
fore we fully understand and realize
the advantages accruing from it.—
Many farmers of the South complain
of the impossibility of their raising
stock, on account of their being stolen
and made may with. Let such a law
be passed, and the stock of every man
will be known and seen by his neigh
bor; in short, his hand will be seen,
and all claims In the range be at an
end, which was the nest-egg of many,
that multiplied and had no ending.
I look upon such a law, as will lessen
materially the crime of stock steal
ing, and be the means of much peace
and good neighborly feeling existing
in every neighborhood, and will lead
to a system of diversified agriculture
so essential to the prosperity of the
South.
We trust the subject will receive
the earnest consideration of the intel
ligent farmers of Georgia, and if it
meets their approbation, they will
discuss it freely with all who have
not given it »nv T tim fill.
iy&msti&f. in my own mind, that it
is cue loo “ f fh ing that can be done for
the farming interest oi e/etn K i«, and
if ever put in operation, its beneficial
results will be felt and seen in not
only the saving of timber, but in the
improvement of our farming system.
John H. Dent.
SAD ACCIDENT.
BROTHER AND SISTER DROWNED.
HEROIC CONDUCT OF A BOY.
The recent rains that caused the
“big rise” in the rivers and creeks in
North Georgia, flooded Rome and
washed away fences and mill dams
and caused two creeks near Rock
mart, in Polk county, to overrun
their banks and sweep off all before
the surging stream. The two creeks
united. Near the junction, on the
farm of Col. Seaborn Jones, was a
small wooden house inhabited by
Mrs. Moore, a widow lady, and her
children. The house was situated
near the bank of the creek. In rear,
and between the house and a neigh
bor’s, was an old slough, made by
some former rise in the creeks, but
passable on all ordinary occasions.
The water above the confluence of
the two streams carried away several
mill dams, and came down in a huge
wave at night. The noise made by
the mad, roaring, foaming current
aroused 3lrs. Moore. On going to
the door, to her astonishment she
found the water in the yard, and ap
parently rising with great rapidity.
Not pausing to think, but dreading
being carried away, in the house,
down stream, she sought safety in
flight. But the slough was filled
with a stream of water, pouring
down with great velocity. Over on
the other shore was the house of a
neighbor. If she could reach that,
she would be safe. Her oldest boy,
a lad of some 13 or 14 years of age,
being an expert swimmer, thought
he would swim across and secure as
sistance for his terror-striken mother
and children. He. made the effort,
but his little sister, who did not wish
to be left behind, clung to him. The
brave boy essayed the bold and dan
gerous task of trying to cross with
his sister clinging to him. A gentle
man the other side shouted to Tiim to
go back, that assistance would be ren
dered. But the din of clashing waves
and roar of turbulent waters preven
ted the heroic boy from hearing the
shouts. The current bore him down
with frightful velocity, and in a few
moments the spirits of brother and
sister emerged from their earthly cas
kets though to them “death’s cold
flood”—to rise upborne on angel
wings to that “Land of Pure Delight”
where floods and droughts are un
known. The grief-stricken mother
remained, the waters soon subsided,
and the bodies of the brother and
sister were found on the banks cling
ing together. As. the drop of dew
upwards flies from out the morning
blossom, when touched by the early
sunlight, so these two souls passed to
the glory of the skies.
“They will think that they sank to slumber
On a beautiful balmy even,
To-wake on a lovelier morning,
To find that the earth was Heaven.”
While Affection and Devotion and
intrepid Courage are cannonized, the
brave conduct and heroism of this
widow’s son will live in history.—At
lanta Constitution.
In Council Bluffs, lowa the people
are using corn at $5 90 cents a ton for
fuel, it, at that price, being cheaper
than either wood or coal.
A bill passed the Cherokee national
council, now in aession at Talequah,
which banishes all white men from
the nation.
A SAD VISITATION OF PROVI
DENCE.
A YOUNG LADY FALLS DEAD IN
CHURCH A FEW MINUTES AFTER
BEING CONFIRMED.
On Christmas morning one of the
saddest and most appalling incidents i
occurred at Christ Church thaf has
been known in this city. The Morn
ing services had been concluded! and
the candidates for confirmation,' ten
in number, were invited to the 41 tar.
Os these was Miss Lizzie Spencf r—a
most estimable Young lady, 4*>Dut
sixteen years of age, daughter of
Captain W. H. Spencer—w"ho wfks oc
cupying a seat in the middle of the
gallery to the right on entering the
church. She came down ptair# and
moved up the aisles with ihe others,
her young face revealing) the Ideep
seriousness which her h«irt felt.—
She approached the altar witrf the
others, and was confirmed j according
to the rights of the ChurcH by Right
Rev. Bishop Beckwith. After the
confirmation ceremonies, Miss Spen
cer returned to her seat in the gallery,
and had scarcely taken it .when her
head sank forward on thd railifig.— i
Those in the vicinity no ;
significance to this, imagining dhatit
was merely an act of devotion, When
suddenly the young lady fcank Ifrom j
her seat and would have lpllenjupon
the floor but for the promptness of
Dr. W. H. Elliott (next whose } pew
she was sitting) who caught hfer in
his arms. Three or four gentJjbmen ■
immediately approached and a&isted
in carrying her from the; church.—
Considerable interest was occasioned;
in the congregation, whose attention •
was attracted to the com mot it) n in
the gallery, but the general inference;
was that the young lady, overcome
by her feedings, had fainted. Alas!-!
such was not the case, the gentlemen!
who were tenderly carrying the al-f
most lifeless form, noticed on going;
down the stairs that the gasps which,
now and then shook the frame, grew,
fainter and fainter; on reaching the’
vestibule,
“There life gave way, aud the last rosy-;
breath
Went in that deep drawn sigh.” ’
A conveyance was at once procur
ed, and the lifeless form of the young
lady was taken to he father’s resi
dence on Liberty street.
The announcement of this sad and
melancholy ending of a life j ust ded
icated to the service of the Lord,
sent a thrill of solemn grief through
the congregation.
Bishop Beckwith alluded to this
visitation of Providence in a most
feeling manner, and expressed the
hope that all present mignt be as ful
ly prepared to appear before their
Maker, when summoned, as he be
lieved the young lady was, who but
a few minutes before had stood be
fore the altar in the freshnoss and
glory of youth. His remarks touch
ing the uncertainty of life, as illus
trated by this sad incident, were
very impressive, and were deeply
felt by the congregation.
But a few months since it was our
painful duty to record the death of
lady, who died~smi’denfy at' ’fier’ rcsf
denee. of heart disease, whilst play
ing with her little child. The death
of her daughter was produced by the
same terrible disease. She has had
the care of the little sister since the
decease of her mother, and was the
mainstay and comfort of her father.
He was absent from the citv on
Wednesday, attending to his duties
as pilot, when the summons of this
terrible affliction reached him. — Sa
vannah Neics.
AGRICULTURAL WEALTH OF
THE UNITED STATES.
The following are the leading
productions of agriculture in the
United States and Territories, by the
census of 1870:
Improved land in farms, 188,623,
099 acres; unimproved land, 218,923
896; cash value of |farms, $9,502,150,
945; wages paid during the year
$310,320,485. Total value of farm pro
ductions, $2,447,538,658.
Orchard products, $47, 335, 189
forest products, $36,808,268.
Wheat, 287,735,615 bushels; rye, 16-
918,795; oats, 282,107,157; barley, 29-
761,305.
Indian corn, 760, 944,549 bushels;
irish potatoes, 143,337,473; sweet po
tatoes, 21,709,825.
Cotton, 1,203,106,933 pounds; wool,
100,102,337 pounds; tobacco, 262, 735-
341 pounds; wine, 3,081,260 gallons.
Butter, 514,092,683 pounds; cheese,-
53, 492, 050 pounds; nay, 27, 3i6, 048-
tons.
Cane sugar, 87,059,000 lbs; maple
sugar, 28,443,645 pounds; cane molas
ses, 6,593,323 gallons; maple molasses,
921,057, gallons; sorghum molasses,
16,050,089 gallons.
Live stock, $1,525,276,457; slaughter
ed animals, $398’956,106.
The reader will see at a glance the
reported agricultural wealth of the
United States and Territories for the
year 1870.
The leading productions of agricul
ture in Georgia, as returned by the
census of 1870, are as follows:
Number of acres of improved land,
6,831,856; unimproved land, 16.816-
685.
Cash value of farms and implements,
$99,174,169. Wages paid during the
year, $19,787,086.
Total value of farm production, SBO,-
390,228.
Orchard products, $-352,926. Forest
products $1,281,623.
Wheat, 2,117,017 bushels. Rye, 82-
549. Barley, 5,640. Oats, 1,904,601.
Corn, 17,G46,459. Irish potatoes,
197,101. Sweet potatoes, 2,621,562.
Cotton, 189,573,600 pounds. Wool,
846,947. Tobacco, 288,596. Wine 21-
927 gallons.
Butter, 4,499,572 pounds. Chees, 4-
292.
Hay, 10,518 tons. Cane sugar, 614-
000 pounds. Cane molasses, 553,192
gallons. Sorghum molasses, 374,027
gallons.
Live stock, $30,150,317. Slaughter
ed animals, $6,854,382.
Such i9 the census report, but we in
cline to the belief that in some things
there is an underestimate.
It is estimated that a total of 7,000,000
bales of cotton, valued at $400,000,-
000 in gold, is now consumed every
vear in Europe and the United States.
By the various processes of uianafac
turej this raw material is increased in
value six per cent., leaving' a given 1
total of $2,000,000 over and above the
cost of production, to be divided a
rnong merchants, shippers, manufac
turers and dealers.
JOSH BIIiLINtis ON “PieKllJli
% A WIFE.” . £ r
Find a gi{l thatiiz 19 years-old list
May, about.the ri rht hight, .with! a
blue eye, ahd da E-brown hair aad
white teeth]
Let the girl be \ ;ood td loot at, not
j too phondj of in isik, a firm dislle
leaver in ghosts,, one ov six chil
dren in tho Tamil: . 5
Look well tew he karakUw ov her
father, see that hf is not the fnemw?r
of enny club, don’t bet bn elfkshufis,
and gets shaved 4t least thrfe times
a week. j
Find out jail ab >ut her mother, dee
if she haz got a h eap ov goad com
mon sense,htudy well her liKea ahd
dislikes, eat som : ov her hiffin-mtole
bread and! app e dumpliru* nomas
whether shfe abi sea all nabots,
|ask her servants low long tney have
-lived ion’t fail tos ooM ve
-.whether hur drt wee are l«st yuSr’s
.ones fixt o|er. * ' f
t If you are sati fled that the mojh
or would make i be right Wnd cfa
mother-in-law', ; u kan saf >ly km
klude thattthe and i ugh ter woi tld m ike
the right kind oi a wife.
After thnao p eliminarys are all
I settled, ana you fiave done 1 1 reae m
able amount o- sparking/ ask Ihe
young lady for lser heart msd iw4id,
,and if shojrefhsfc, yu kaaiikonafcier
i yourself d.
If, on thso con rary, she sßouldeay
yes. git married at once, without any
fuss and feather , and proceed to (like
the cliancee. i ]
I say take th« chances, tkare
aint no resipe so ■ a perfekt wife, jen
ny more than tl are iz for 4 perfekt
husband. * | _I |
Thare iz|just iiz meunv g|>od vfifes
az thare isfgoodlhusbands, and i nev
er knew r two people, married or fsin
gle, who vrere determined*! to niake
themselvei agrcjeable to otfhor,
but what they ■ickceqdod.] t
Name ypur ojpest boy some good
stout name, nouafter sum tioro,T but
should tho first l>oy be a girl, i a|k it
az a favour to me that ,yu‘ kaul* her
Rebeker. J j \ k l
Ido want suiji ov them good, Jold
fashSonedjtuff girl uamos revive and
extended/ F T l
HoiVA LmaN GOTi TOi BE HIS
j OWN GR|ANDEikTJSER.
Bob weht t<) Utah! married, got
badly mixed, jand aseafije his own
graldfathpr. Enters Sami
44 W hat’s the snatter, jJolS?' ’
“Sam, who am I?” »
’ “Why.jyou are yourself] Bob Har
rison, uinhyou ?”
“No, far Horn it.”
“Why, what’s the matter?”
“Well, sir, I’m so mixed up; I
don’t know’ who I am.”
“Don’t take it so hard to heart.”
“I ain’t, I’m taking it on the half
shell.”
“Well sir, what’s the matter?”
“Why, I am married.”
“Married? ha! ha! ha! why, sir,
you should be happy.”
“Yes, but I aimt.”
“Why, all married men are sup
posed to be happy.”
“Yes, but how many are so?”
M 1 ? J^ :v -.
“Well, Sam, I’ll tell you how it is.
You see I married a widder, aud
this widder had a daughter.”
“Oh, yes! I see how it is. You
have been making love to this daugh
ter.”
“No, worse than that. You see,
my father was a widower and he
married this daughter, so that makes
my father my son-in-law, don’t it ?
Well, don’t you see how T I am mixed
up?”
“Well, sir, is that all?”
“No, I only w T ish it was. Don’t
you see, my step-daughter is my step
mother, ain’t? Well, then, her moth
er is my grandmother, ain’t she?
Well, I am married to her, ain’t I?
So that makes me my ow’n grandfa
ther, doesn’t it ?”
MATRIMONIAL INCO MP A TI
BILITY.
The Rev. Dr. Peabody in a late es
say touches upon this delicate sub
ject after the following fashion: The
truth is that the greater proportion
of the so-called incompatibilities and
uncongenialities of domestic life
wffiich are so often made the ground
for the disruption of the matrimoni
al bond are inadmissible as a justify
ing ground for any such dissolution,
and could be readily overcome and
blotted out of existence if tho parties
most concerned had only tho will to
do it. A couple are no sooner mar
ried than they find that differences
of opinion and mutual jars ensue,
and all is not gold that glitters; and
then one or both straightway imagine
that there is no remedy but in ruth
lessly breaking the solemn, sacred tie
that binds them. A vague, restless
feeling seizes upon one or both, pro
ducing discontent; engendering a
certain thought of present bondage
which exists only in fancy, aud crea
ting a feverish desire for other asso
ciations and spheres which are sup
posed to be more fitted and providen
tially designed for the mind and
heart. No escape, it is said, but in
cutting the knot. It is a delusion.—
The marriage relation, in all its his
tory, was never expected, perhaps, to
be entirely free from misunderstand
ing and discords. Foolish to think
that the whole mutual life can flow,
and, like the early stream, without a
ripple or eddy. Home is a school,
a discipline, whereby husband and
wife are to grow into each other, get
ting rid of their angularities, harmo
nizing their peculiar characteristics,
and more and more becoming .one
thought, sympathy and life. The
true blessedness of wedded souls is •
not insured by a simple exchange of j
plighted faith. It comes through
and after many a self-denial, and !
many a crucifixion of the will, many
a scourging of the resentment, pride, 1
vanity, and passions of the heart. It J
is true here, as in other relations,
that he who saveth his life shall lose
it, a»d he that loseth his life shall
save it.
Trains on the Selma, Rome and Dal
ton Railroad have ceased running.
The employees hare not been paid
in months, and they cannot afford to
labor longer for nothing. A motion
is to be heard on the 13th of next
month to put the road into bank
ruptcy.
The name of the Conference recent
ly held in Columbus was changed by
the last General Conference from the
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
South to the Colored Methodist
Episcopal Church of America.
SUBSCRIPTION:
82 per annum.
i Written the A KJtjUfss.
I TO A DKAR FRlixD.
, f , «V
Oil when weary of dapleaiure,
i*eokin£ a confceniaFmliKl,
Intmy friend lJßnd rile tr&isure
•eep within yet thwe enshrined!
Clfar as crvstd his scad shineth
With a calm end slpady|Hght;
AH the good and pure entwineth,
Blended andlwith floautv bright.
\Vith his wit apd sol4r rufoning
Hft my griefidoth 4vift allay;
Ne’er alluding;alwa>w shuning—
Is it strange yhen he’s away.
: .«
That I should be feel}rig lonely ?
T’or my friends arej-very few;
There is one whom II trust onfy—
U am sure that he i* true!
f ,
Others there were whom i trusted,
!But— well they wejre false to me
Apd their friendship tried soon rusted,
jPlunging me in misery.
Thou 1 know (lost fohdly love me—
•l can pierce ilmt inward fount;
And how can 1 but iWere thee?
fMy esteem ipay tlnne surmount!
! I !
Bet no more, jpy grief is stifling—
Surely we ourselvds must know
That ’tis by our owiuheart’s rifling
We discern foiotfoy’s woe!
Brooklyn, Jan. Ist, 1573.
■
. 1812——1873. *
Midnight. The elofk strikes twelve.
Another year is dea«. It died fouler
a cloud; aud its lingering 1 days
were shrouded in ice aud storm. The
beavers seemed to \feep and nature
shrieked and Shiverkl with its decay
Let it go. At best its brief life has
Jeen titful and feverish. It has been
parked ky no gnjit or important
Events., Politically it has been a
year unsatisfactory and uncertain,
bringingi ng no hdpeful tidings of
tho future. ; Morally it leaves the
world no bet >W th.ln it found it.—
Money is stiii the idol that men wor
ship, and fraud anj corruption the
means most to secure the
things .they Covet. -Let it go—
: "lA'rtve the o{<! year \vith its sorrows,
: After all, ha\*s enjoyed a world
of blessing, ftnd it i* far better to con
template aud leWhe evil be
buried with .the sleapiug year. Now
is the day and the, hour' of looking
up and onward to the dawn of a bet
ter time that we hope is coming. Ah
hope, blessed hope, the shilling star
of a good man’s life. Anew year is
before us, and it will be to us just
what w r e choose to make it. With
in us i» an inner life that wo may en
viron with a wall that will shield us
from all harm. If we encase our
hearts with patience, diligence, char
ity and love, these noble virtues will
protect both body and soul from all
the troubles of life. Then let good
rusod vos breathe out from every heart.
Let all of us learn lessons of wisdom
from the past, while we contemplate
the vanity that is shrouded in the
and whither are we journeying?
What shall this year accomplish for
every one of What good—what
evil—aud how will the account stand
upon the books of the arch-an •'■el
when twelve more months shall fi?id
recorded the acts and deeds of men ?
These are thoughts solmn, but they
conoern us all, and he is a coward
who drives them away.
But w hope good for ail, and once
more wish our readers a happy, hap
py New \ ear. —Rome Commercia/.
AN AWFUL LONESOME MAN
IN CALIFORNIA.
In the shanty which, in California's
early days, did duty as office for the
baukiug, postal and express business
of Wells, Fargo A Cos., in Marysville,
there sat, one Saturday evening, a
! misanthropic and dejected looking in
| dividual, whose long and unkempt
,hair and beard, cowhide boots and
i rough dress bespoke the miner. For
over an hour he sat there the picture
| of despair, with not a word or a look
| for any one present. Miners came,
I left their “dust.” took their coin in
return, and exchangedgreetings with
all present, save the one morose man
whose apathy, it seemed, nothing
could disturb. Finally there entered
a young miner with a beaming face,
j who, after completing his business
i at the counter, turned to the agent in
; charge and remarked that on thepre
: vious Saturday he had some dealings
| with the bank, and thought that
i some mistake had been made in his
! account.
“Guess not,” said the agent. “Our
! cash was all right and I reckon we
I keep our books pretty straight.”
j But upon the request of the miner
that the account should be examined,
the account was looked at, and it was
found that, through a clerical error,
the miner had been paid just SSO too
i much.
j “That’s just what I make it,” said
the latter, “and here’s your money.”
With this he threw down the trold,
and received the thanks of the agent.
While this conversation was in
progress, the misanthropic miner had
! preserved his look of utter indiffer
i ence; but, when he saw the money
. actually returned, his face brightened
! U P> r ose slowly, walked toward
the honest miner with slow and
solemn step, and said:
“Young man, don’t you feel awful
lonesome in this country?”
There are in the United States 5,-
473,029 foreigh born inhabitants.
Os the inhabitants of the United
States, 1,838,726 were born in Ireland,
and in Germany.
The census estimate is, that there
are in the United Statesslo,737 Irish.
472,305 German, and 1,000,000 negro
voters.
The census returns indicate a total
voting population in the United
States of 8,250,000.
In the six New England States,
with a population of 3,455,043, there
are 5431 cnurchesj in five Southern
States, with a white popolation of 3,-
450,009, there are 11,687 churches.
In the six New England States,
with a native white population of 1?,-
808 000 there are 12,972 paupers and
2097 criminals; in seven Southern
Stated, with a native white popula
tion of 3,306,000, there are,, ol that
population, 7062 paupers an l 117*1
criminals.
XO. 2.