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PUBLISHED
WEEKLY.
VOL. 14.
* From the Southern Magazine.}
MIAMIKGN FROM
KHKKnAN'K I>ISS
PATt'HEN.
Those thick, loosely bound octavos,
printed 0:1 soft, dingy paper, which
congress publishes and distributes
under the name of public documents,
are not generally considered very en
tertaining reading. But there are
exceptions: and one of these is the
report of the Joint Committee of Con
gress on the conduct of the war. In
deed, compared with such mild pos
torals as “Some Account of Cheese
Manufacture in (Central New York,”
or “Remarks on the Cultivatien of
Alfalfa in Western Tennessee,” it is
quite luridly sensational, and in parts
reminds us of those striking Reports
of the Duke of Alva to ttis royal mas
ter, which have been disinterred in
the dusty archives of Himaneas.
Asa study of Congressional nature,
military nature, and human nature
generally in its least attractive as
l»eets, these eight stout volumes are
ihilly worth perusal. Here the read
er is permitted to peep behind the
-cent’s of that portentious drama;
hero lie may see the threads of the
intrigues that centered in Washing
ion; it ay hear a petty newspaper
i oi respondent demonstrating with an
animation that we can scarcely as
cril>e to fervid patriotism, the Inca
pacity, the ignorance, and even the
doubtful “loyalty” of the Connnand
er-in-Chief; may see private malig
nity and vindictiveness putting on
grand Homan airs, and whispering
delators draping themselves in the
toga af Brutus.
However, it is not with these as
pects of these reports that we at pres
ent have to do, but with the despatch
es of Gen. Sherman on his march
through Georgia and South Carplina.
A great deal of fiction, and some
verse, we believe, have been written
about this famous march or grand fo
ray; but here we have a plain mat
tor-of fact statement of things as they
were, and they form a luminous il
lustration of the advance of civiliza
tion in the nineteenth century as
exemplified in the conduct of inva- 1
sions, showing how modern human I
tarianism and philanthropy, while I
acknowledging that for the present j
war is a necessary evil, still strive to j
mitigate its horrors, and spare uJI i
avoidable suffering to non-combat
ants. For tliis purpose we have'
thought it worth while to reproduce
a few of the most striking extracts, I
illustrating the man, his spirit and
his work.
A kind of key note is sounded in
the despatch to Gen. Stonenmn, of
May 14, which, after ordering him
“to press down the valley strong,”
ends with the words, “Pick up what
ever provisions and plunder you can.”
On June 3, the question of torpe
does is discussed, and Gen. Htedman
receives the following instructions:
“If torpedoes are found in the posses
sion of an enemy to our rear, you
may cause them to lie put on the
ground and tested by wagon-loads of
prisoners, or, if need be, by citizens
implicated in their use. In like man
ner, if a tor|mslo is suspected on any
part of the railroad, order the point
to l»c tested by a car-load of prisoners
or citizens implicated, drawn by a
long rope.” “Implicated.” we sup
pose here means “residing or eaptur-;
cd in tiie neighborhood.”
On July 7, we have an interesting
despatch to Gen. Garrard on the sub
ject of the destruction of the factories
at Roswell. “Their utter destruction
is right, and meets my entire approv
al ; and to make the matter conouplete
you will arrest the owners and em
ployes and send them under guard,
charged with treason, to Marietta,
and I will see as to any man in Amer
ica hoisting the French flag, and then
devoting his labor and capital to sup
plying armies in open hostility to
our government, and claiming the
benefit of his neutral flag. Should
you, under the impulse of anger, nat
ural at contemplating such periliy,
hang the wretch, I approve the act
Itcfore'mnd. *• * * * * * * *
I repeat my order that you arrest all
people, male and female, connected
with those factories, no matter what,
the clamor, and let them foot it, un-;
der guard, to Marietta, whence 1 will I
send them by ears to the north. De- j
stroy and make the same disposition
of all mills, save small flouring mills
manifestly for local use; but all saw- j
mills and factories dispose of effectu- !
ally, and useful laborers, excused by :
reason of their skill as manufacturers, j
from conscription, are as much pris- j
oners as if armed.”
On the same day he further en
larges on this subject in a despatch to
Gen. Haileck:
‘‘Gen. 'Jarrard reports to me that
he is in possession of Roswell, where
were several very valuable cotton and
wool factories in full operation, also
paper-mills, all of which, by ray or
der, he destroyed by tire. They had
been for years engaged exclusively at
work for the Confederate govern
ment; and tiie owner of the woolen
factory displayed the French flag, but
as he failed also to show the United
States flag, Gen. Garrard burned it
also. The main cotton factory was
valued at a million of United States
dollars. The cloth on hand is reserv
ed for the United States hospitals;
and I have ordered Gen. Garrard to
arrest for treason all owners and em
ployes, foieign and native, and send
them north. Being exempt from
conscription, they are as much gov
erned by the rules of war as if in the
ranks. The women can find employ
ment in Indiana. This whole region
was devoted to manufactories, but I
will destroy every one of them.”
There are two (joints specially
worth notice in this despatch. The
first, that since these men and wo
men, by reason of sex, or otherwise,
are exempt from conscription, they
are therefore as much subject to the
rules of war as if in the ranks. Why
not do less violence to logic, and state
frankly that factory hands were in
demand in Indiana? The next point
is that the Roswell factories, whether
French property or not, were destroy
ed because they were making cloth
for the Confederate Government, fol
lowed presently by the declaration
that every manufactory in that re
gion shall be destroyed, without ref
erence to its products or their desti
nation. How much franker would it
have been to have added to his last
sentence, “ and thus get rid of so rna*
ny competitors to the factories of the
North.” The South may learn that
while she may bear the burden of
protective tariffs, she must not pre-
Ji 'ime to share their benefits. Anoth
er despatch tb Gelt. HMfetefc, df July
STANDARD AND EXPRESS.
9, again refers to these factories. Af
ter referring to the English and
French ownership, comes this re
mark : “I take it a neutral Is no bet
ter than one of our own citizens, and
we would not respect the property of
one of our own citizens engaged in
j supplying a hostile army.” This is
I the kind of logic proverbially used by
the loader of legions.
A d‘‘sj>atoh to Gen. Haileck of Ju
ly 13, gives Sherman’s opinion of two
j great and philanthropic institutions.
I Sneaking of the “fellows hanging
about” the army, he saps, “The San
i itary and Christian Commissions are
j enough to eradicate all trace of Chris
i tianity from our minds.”
July 14, to Gen. Joseph E. Smith,
at \ llatoona. “If you entertain a
bare suspicion against any family,
send it to the north. Any loafer or
suspicious person seen at any time
should be imprisoned and sent off.—
If guerillas trouble the road or wires
they should be shot without mercy.”
Sept. 8. To Gen. Webster after the
1 capture of Atlanta: “Don’t let any
citizens come to Atlanta; not one. I
won’t allow trade or manufactures of
any kind, but will remove all the
present population, and make Atlan
ta a pure military town.” To Gen.
Haileck he writes, “I am not willing
to have Atlanta cumbered by the
i families of our enemies.” Os this
wholesale depopulation, Gen. Hood
complained, by flag of truce, as cruel
and contrary to the usages of civiliz
ed nations, and customs ol war, re
civing this courteous and gentleman
ly reply (Sept. 12j—“I think I under
stand the laws of civilized nations
and the ’customs of war;’ hut if at a
loss at any time, 1 know whereto
seek for information to refresh my
memory.”
Gen. Hood made the correspon
dence, or part of it, public, on v hich
fact Gen. Sherman remarks to Gen.
Haileck, “Os course he is welcome,
for the more he arouses the indigna
tion of the Southern masses, the big
ger will be the pill of bitterness they
will have to swallow.”
About the middle of September,
Gen. Sherman, being still at Atlan
ta, endeavored to open private com
munication with Gov. Brown and
Vice-President Stephens, whom he
knew to be at variance with the Ad
ministration at Richmond on cer
tain points of public policy. Mr.
Stephens refused to reply to * a ver
bal message, but wrote to Mr. King,
the intermediary, that if the Gener
al would say that there was any
prospect of there agreeing upon
“terms to lie submitted to their res
pective governments,” he would, as
requested, visit him at Atlanta.
The motives urged by Mr. King,
were Gen. Sherman’s extreme de
sire for peace, and to hit upon “some
plan of terminating this fratricidal
war without futher effusion of blood.”
But in Gen. Sherman’s despatch of
Sept. 17 to Mr. Lincoln, referring to
these attempted negotations, the hu
manitarian point of view is scarcely
so prominent. He says, “It would
be a magnificent stroke of policy if I
could, without surrendering a foot
of ground or of principle, arouse the
latent enmity to Davis of Georgia.”
On Oct. 20 he writes to General
Thomas from Summerville, giving
an idea of his plan of operations.
“Out of the forces now here and at
Atlanta I propose to organize an ef
ficient army of 00,000 to 75,000 men,
with which 1 propose to destroy Ma
con, Augusta, and it may be Savan
nah and Charleston. By this I pro-1
pose to demonstrate the vulnerability j
of the South, and make its inhabi
tants feel that war and individual
ruin are synom vinous terms.”
Despatch of Oct. 22 to Gen. Grant,
“I am now perfecting arrangements
to put into Tennessee a force able to j
hold the line of the Tennessee, while :
I break up the railroad in front of
Dalton, including the city of Atlanta, i
and push into Georgia and break up
all its railroads and depots, capture j
its horses and negroes, make desola
tion everywhere; destroy the facto
ries at Macon, Miiledgeville, and
Augusta, and bring, up with about
60,000 men on the seashore about
Savannah or Charleston.”
To Gen. Thomas, from Kingstou,
Nov. 11. “Last night we burned
Rome, and in two more days will
burn Atlanta,” (which he was then
occupying.)
Dec. 5. Blair can burn the bridges
and culverts, and burn enough barns
to mark the progress of his head col
umn.”
Dec. 18, to Gen. Orant from near
Savannah. “With Savannah in our
possession, at some future time, if
not now, we can punish South Caro
lina as she deserves, and as thous
ands of people in Georgia hope we
will do. Ido sincerely believe that
the whole United States, north and
south, would rejoice to have this
army turned loose on South Carolina
to devastate that State as we have
Georgia.”
A little before this he announces
to Secretary Stanton that he knows
what the people of the South arc
fighting for. What, do our readers
suppose? To ravage the North
with sword and tire, and crush
them under their heels? Surely it
must be some such delusions that
inspires this ferocity of hatred, un
mitigated by even a word of com
passion. He may speak for him
self: “Jeff Davis has succeeded per
fectly in inspiring his people with
1 the truth that liberty and govern
ment are worth fighting for.” This
was their unpardonable crime.
Dec. 22, to Gen. Grant. “If you
; can hold Lee, I could go ou and
i smash South Carolina all to peices.”
On the 18th, Gen. Haileck writes
—“Should you capture Charleston,
I hope that by some accident the
place may be destroyed ; and if a
little salt should be sown upon its
site, it may prevent the growth of
future crops of nullification and se
cession.”
To this Gen. Sherman replies,
Dec. 24. “This war differs from
European wars in this particular—
we are not fighting hostile armies,
but a hostile people; and must make
old and young, rich and poor, feel
tho hard hand of war, as well as
their organized armies.
“I will bear it In mind your hiut as
to Charleston, and don’t think salt
will be necessary. When I move,
the loth corps will be on the right
of the right wing, and their position
will bring them naturally into Char
leston first, and if you have studied
the history of that corps, you will
have remarked that they generally
do their work up pretty well. The
truth is the whole army is burning
w'ith an insatiable desire to wreak
vengeance upon South Carolina. I
almost tremble at Her fate, but feel
SAMUEL H. SMITH & COMPANY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1873.
that she deserves all seems in store
for her.
“I look upon Columbia as quite as
bad as Charleston, and I doubt if we
shall spare the public buildiDgs there
as we did at Miiledgeville.”
And now we look with interest
for the despatches that would settle
the vexed question as to whether
Sherman, or his officers acting under
his orders, burned Columbia on the
17, of February. Unfortunately, a pa
ternal government, not thinking it
good that the truth should be known,
has suppressed all the despatches b?-
tween the 16th and 21st, and every
other allusion to the transaction.
On the 23d he writes to General
Kilpatrick. “Let the people know
the war is against them, because
their armies flee before us and do not
defend their country or frontier as
they should. It is pretty nonsense
for Wheeler and Beauregard and
such vain heroes to talk of our war
ring against women and children.
If they claim to lie men they should
defend their women and children
and prevent us reaching their homes.’
If, therefore, an army defending
their country can prevent invaders
from reaching their homes and fam
ilies, the latter have a right to that
protection , but if the invaders can
break through and reach these
homes, these are justified in destroy
ing women and children. Certainly
this is a great advance on the doc
trine and practice of the dark ages.
Another extraordinary moral con
sequence flows from this insufficien
cy of tiie defence: “If the enemy
fails to defend his country we may
rightfully appropriate what we want.’
Here now is a nice question of mar
tial law or casuistry, solved with the
simplicity of an ancient Roman. In
other words: “When in the ene
my’s country, the army shall be
strictly careful not to sieze, capture,
appropriate to military or private
uses, any property—that it cannot
get!” Hans Breitman himself
would have respected that general
order.
“They (the Southern people) have
lost nothing not already forfeited.”
What, nothing? Not merely the
houses we had built, the lands we
had titled, the churches we worship
ped in—had we forfeited tho right to
drink of the streams, to behold the
suns to breathe the free air of heav
en ? What unheard-of, what incon
ceivable crime had we committed
that thus closed every gate of mercy
against us. and provoked an utter
ance which has but one parallel—the
death-warrant signed by Phillip 11.
against all the Netherlands? Gen.
Sherman has himself told us what it
was: we had dared to act on “the
truth that liberty and government
are worth fighting for.”
On March 15 he writes to Gen. Gil
more advising him to draw forces
from Charleston and Savannah (both
then in Federal hands) to destroy a
railroad, etc. As to the garrisons of
those places I don’t feel disposed to
be over-generous, and should not
hesitate to burn Savannah, Charles
ton and Wilmington’ or either of
them, if the garrisons where needed.”
Such tire some of the results of our
gleanings in this field. Is it any won
der that aftec- reading them, we fer
vently echo Gen. Sherman’s devout
aspiration: “I do wish the fine race of
men that people our Northern States
should rule and determine the fu
ture destiny of America?” B.
AX IRISH WITNESS IN THE BOX.
“You belong to the church ?” said
the agent.
“I?” said the fellow.
“Do you not?” demanded the a
gent.
“You sav 1 do,” was the answer.
“Come, sir, answer—what is your
religion?”
“The true religion.”
“What religion is that?”
“My religion.”
“And what is your religion?”
“My mother’s religion.”
“And what was your mother’s re
ligion?”
“She tuk whisky in her tay.”
“Come, now, I’ll find you out, cun
ning as you are. You bless yourself,
don’t you?”
“When 1 am done with you I think
I ought.”
“What place of worship do you at
tend ?”
“The most convainyant.”
“But of what persuasion are you?”
“My persuasion is that you won’t
find it out.”
“What is your belief?”
“My belief is that you are puzzled.”
“Do you confess?”
“Not to you.”
“Come, now I have you. Who
would you send for if you were like
ly to die?”
‘ “Dr. Grawlin.”
“Not for the priest?”
“1 must first get a messenger.”
“Confound your quibbling—tell me,
then, what your opinions are—your
conscientious principles, I mean?”
“They are the same as my land
lord’s.”
“And what are your landlord’s o
pinions?”
“Faix, his opinion is that I won’t
pay him the last half year’s rent, and
I’m of the same opinion meself.,’
The negro and mule (writes a friend
in Clinton, La.,) are inseparable com
panions in the Southern <*otton fields,
and, like the Iliawathian string and
how, useless each without the other.
The lazy indifference and careless
cruelty of the one, and wonderful
powers of endurance of severe labor,
had treatment and neglect of the oth
er, complete the compatibility of the
two races necessary for the produc
tion of tour millions hales. A char
acteristic anecdote may be relished
by those who have had experience of
the two. The spectator had taken
refuge from the sun’s perpendicular
rays under the shade of a spreading
beech, sub teg mine fciffi, and lay re
cumbent. enjoying the fitful breezes
and the sombre frothiness of the coun
try newspapers. Along the dusty
road which passed by this retreat,
came jogging a negro, mounted on a
mule, both apparently fast asleep.—
As the somnolent pair approaced the
spot some wicked sprite of the place
gave the paper a flirt, wflic was no
sooner seen and heard than the mule,
as mules only know how, instantly
“swapped ends,” and having the ne
gro sprawling in the dirt, took his
departure, under full saii. The negro,
half raising himself, and wiping the
dust from his eyes and mouth, watch
ed the retreating mule for some time
in silence, but at length, unconscious
of an auditor, gave expression to this
philosophic soliloquy:
“Pat’s what make rue ’spit*? a
mule!”
THE HARE AMD THE
HEDGEHOG.
t he original of the following quaint
and admirable history is to be found
in “Firraench’s Volkstimmen der
Deutschen,” a curious collection of
examples of the patois of Germany.
It has been on its travels, in the orig-
Inal and in translations, for many
years, hut is not yet exhausted.
This story is a tough one to tell,
youngsters, hut true it is for all that,
for my grandfather, from whom I
have it, used always to say when he
told it: “True must it be. my son,
otherwise one could not tell it so at
all!” And this i.-> tiie way the story
ran:
’Twas on a pleasant Sunday morn
ing. towards harvest time, just as the
iruelru heat blossomed. The sun had
gone brightly up into the heaven;
the morning wind swept warm over
tiie stubbie; the larks sang In the air;
all the bees hummed in the buck
wheat ; the good folks went in Sun
day gear to church, and all creatures
were happy, and the hedgehog also.
The hedgehog stood before the
door with his arms folded, peeped
out into the morning air, and chir
ruped a little song to himself, just as
good and just as bad as a hedgehog is
wont to sing on a pleasant Sunday
morning. And as he was singing to
himself, in a cherry little voice, all at
once it came into his head that he
might just as well, while his wife
was washing and dressing the chil
dren, take a little walk into the field
to see how his turnips were standing.
Now the turnips were close to his
home, and he used to eat them with
his family, so that he looked upon
them as his own. No sooner said
than done. The hedgehog shut the
house door too after him, and took
his way to the field. He had not
gone very far from tiie house, and
was about to turn, just by the thorn
bush which stands there before the
field, near the turnip patch, when he
met a hare, who had gone out on a
similar business, namely, to look af
ter his cabbages. When the hedge
hog caught sight of the hare, he bade
him a friendly “Good morning,” but
the hare, who in his own way was a
mighty tine gentleman, and held his
head very high, answered nothing to
the hedgehog’s greeting, but said to
the hedgehog, putting on thereby a
most scornful mien, “How happens
it, then, that thou art strolling about
here in the field so early this morn
ing?”
“I’m taking a walk,” said the
hedgehog.
“Takinga walk,” laughed the hare;
“methinks thou might’st use those
legs of thine for better things.”
This answer vexed the hedgehog
hugely, for he could stand almost
anything, but his legs he did not like
to have spoken about because they
were crooked by nature.
“Thou think’st, perhaps,” said the
hedgehog to the hare, “thou could’st
do more with thine own legs?”
“That’s what I do think,” said the
hare.
“That depends upon the trial,”
quoth the hedgehog. “I bet that if
we run a race together, I beat thee
hollow.”
“That’s quite laughable-thou with
thy crooked legs,” said the hare; “but
I’ve nothing against it, if thou art so
bent upon it. What’s the bet?”
“A golden lonis d’or and a bottle
of brandy!” said the hedgehog.
“Done,” said the hare, “fall in, and
then it may come off at once.”
“Nay, there’s no such hurry,” said
the hedgehog; “I am still quite hun
gry ; I’ll go home and get a bit of
breakfast first; within an hour I’ll be
here again on the spot.”
With this the hedgehog went his
way ; fur the hare was also content.
On the way the hedgehog thought
to himself:
“The hare trusts to his legs, but I’ll
fetch him for all that; he’s a fine gen
tleman, to he sure, but still he’s only
a stupid fellow, and pay he shall!”
Now, when the hedgehog came to
his house, he said to his wife:
“Wife, dress thyself in thy gear
quickly; thou must go with me to
the field.”
“What’s all this about?” said the
wife.
“I’ve bet the hare a golden louis
d’or and a bottle of brandy that I
beat him in a race, and thou must be
"by.”
“Oh, my God, husband!” began
the hedgehog’s wife to cry, “art thou
foolish? hast thou quite lost thine
understanding? How canst thou
wish to run a race with the hare?”
“Hold thy mouth, wife!” said the
hedgehog, “that’s my business; don’t
meddle with men’s affairs. March!
dress thyself in thy clothes, and then
come along!”
What could the hedgehog’s wife
do? She had to follow whether or
no. When they were on the wav to
gether, the hedgehog said to his wife :
“Now, listen to what I have to say.
See’st thou, on the long acre yonder
will be run our race. The hare runs
in one furrow and I in another, and
we begin to run from up there. Now
thou hast nothing else to do than to
take thy place in the furrow, and
when the hare comes up the other
side thou must call out to him, “I’m
here ready!” With this they had
reached tiie field; the hedgehog show
edjiis wife her place, and went up
the furrow. When he got to the up
per end the hare was already there.
“Can we start?” said the hare.
“Yes, indeed !” said the hedgehog.
“To it, then !” and with that each
placed himself in his furrow, and the
hare counted one, two, three, and
away he went like a storm wind
down the field. But the hedgehog
ran about three steps, and then duck
ed down in the furrow and sat still.
When the hare, ou tffe full bound,
came to the lower end of the field,
the hedgehog’s wife called out, “I’m
here already!” The hare stared and
wondered not a little. lie thought
no otherwise than that it was the
hedgehog himself that ran out to
meet him, for as every one knows
the hedgehog’s wife looks just like
her husband.
But the hare thought, there’s some
thing wrong about all this! “An
other race! At it again !” And the
way he went like a storm wind, so
that his ears lay flat on his head.—
But the hedgehog’s wife stayed qui
etly in her place. When the hare
came to the upper end, the hedgehog
called out, “I’m here already 1” But
the hare, beside himself with rage,
cried, “Another race! At it again 1”
“I’m quite willing,” answered the
hedgehog, “just as often as thou lik
eet!
So the hare ran three and seventy
times, and the hedgehog held out to
the very end with him. Every time
the hare came either below or above,
the hedgehog or his wife said, “I’m
here already!”
But the four and seventieth time
the hare came no more to the end.—
In the middle of the field he fell to
the earth and lay dead upon the spot!
So the hedgehog took the iouis d’or
and the bottle of brandy he had won,
called his wife out of the furrow, and
both went home together; and if
they have not died they are living
still. So happened it that on Buxte
hude heath the hedgehog ran the hare
to death, and since that time no hare
has ever dreamed of running a race
with a Buxtehide hedgehog.
But the moral of this story is, first,
no one, however high and* mighty
he may think himself, shall let it
happen to him to make merry over
an humble man, even if he be a
hedgehog; and secondly, when one
marries, it is advisable that he bike
a wife out of his own condition, and
who looks just like himself. He,
therefore, that is a hedgehog, must
look to it that his wife is a hedge hog;
and so forth.
[From the NewOrleaus Herald.]
THE CELEBRATED JUDGE
LYNCHE.
Mr. Bartholomew Lynch, who
presides over Kellogg’s Fourth Dis
trict Court, and who has won such
unenviable notoriety in the trial of
the Picayune libel ease, is a son of
old Erin, and speaks the English
with a broad brogue.
There is a humorous as well as an
irascible phase to Lynch’s character.
It is related of him that not long
since a lawyer—who also is a son of
the Greene Isle—was arguing a some
what tedious case before him, Lynct*
having satisfied himself as to the
merits of the case, and dreading a
lengthy speech, said quite abruptly
to the voluble attorney, whom we
shall name Hagan:
“Mister Hagan, sit down, sir!”
The attorney, with a coolness that
was refreshing, paid not the slightest
attention to the command, and pro
ceeded with his argument.
“Mister Hagan,” said Lynch, rath
er more pointedly, “take your sate,
sir!”
The lawyer scarcely noticed the in
terruption, but plunged ahead as
vigorously as ever.
Lynch was now excited, and turn
ing to the sheriff lie exclaimed:
“Mr. Sheriff, sate Mr. Hagan !”
The sheriff hesitated a moment to
see if his superior was in earnest,
when suddenly the irate magistrate,
with an attempt to smother his wrath
that was a palpable failure, exclaim
ed, “Mister Hagan, go on thin!” and
after whispering somethink to the
clerk, he relapsed into a listening at
titude, remaining perfectly quiet for
some hour and a half, at which time
the lawyer having exhausted him
self, sank into a chair and saturated
an extensive ' pocket-had kerchief
with the copious perspiration that
beaded his legal brow.
Lynch raised himself slowly in
his chair, and inquired very mildly,
“Areye through, Mister Hagan!’
“Yes, sir.”
“Are ye sure you’re through?”
“Yes, sir, quite sure.”
“Well, sir,” remarked Lynch,
“your argument has had no more ef
fect upon the court than a spoonful of
water on the back of a duck. There’s
been judgement eutered up against
ye for an hour and more.”
A Wise Judge. —A certain mer
chant left in his last testament sev
enteen horses to be divided among
his three sons, according to the fol
lowing proportions The first was
to recieve half, the second one-third,
and the youngest one-ninth part of
the whole. But when they came to
arrange about the division, it was
found that to comply with the terms
of the will, without sacrificing one
or more of the animals, was impossi
ble. Puzzled in the extreme, they
repaired to the Cadi, who having
read the w ill, observed that such a
difficult question required time for
deliberation, and commanded them
to return after two days. When
they again made their appearance,
the judge said:
“I have considered carefully your
case, and I find I can make such a
division of, (he seventeen horses
among you as will give each more
than his strict share, and yet not one
of the animals shall be injured. Are
you content?”
“We are, O judge,” was the reply.
“Bring forth the seventeen horses
and let them be placed in the court,”
said the Cadi.
The animals were brought, and the
judge ordered his groom to place his
own horse with them. He bade the
eldest brother count the horses.
“They are eighteen in number, O
judge,” he said.
“I will now make the division,”
observed the Cadi. “You the eldest,
are entitled to half; take, then, nine
of the horses. You, the second son,
are to receive one-third ; take, there
fore, six ; while to you, the youngest,
belongs the ninth part, namely two.
Thus, the seventeen horses are di
vided among you; you have each
more than your share, and I may
now take my own steed back again.”
“Mashallah !” exclaimed the broth
ers, with delight. “O, Cadi, your
wisdom equals that of our lord, Sulei
man Ibn Daood.”
A CAUCASIAN EDITOR IN
LOVE.
In Lexington, Missouri, an editor,
a matter of fact poetical genius, heard
a moon-struck chap say he loved a
certain young lady “well enough to
die for her.” Whereupon the Cauca
sian indited the following lines:
I’d swear for her—l’d tear for her,
There’s naught but what I’d bear for
her,
I’d lie for her, I’d sigh for her,
I’d drink the grocery dry for her.
I’d cuss for her, do vvuss for her,
I’d kick up a thunderin fuss for her;
I’d weep for her, I’d leap for her,
I’d go without my sleep for her;
I’d fight for her, I’d bite for her,
I’d walk the streets all night for her;
I’d plead for her, I’d bleed for her,
I’d go without my feed for her;
I’d shoot for her, I’d boot for her,
A rival who’d come to sue for her;
I’d kneel for her, I’d steal for her.
Such is the love 1 feel for her;
I’d slide for her, I’d ride for her;
I’d swim ’gainst wind and tide for
her;
Ijd try for her, I’d ery for her,
But ifarfe nate if I'd dtd fu’r tier.
Professional and Business Cards
JOHN W. WOFFORD. THOMAS W. MILNER
WOFFORD & MILNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,!
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE up stairs, Bank Block.
-b-tf.
Q C. TU3LLIN,
A T*T ORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office over the Bank.
JOHN L. 310 ON,
ATTORN E Y A T LA W ,
CARTERSVILLE, CIA.
Will practice in the counties comprising the
Cherokee Circuit, Office over Liebman’s store.
W. MLRI*HEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
Will practice In the courts of the Cherokee
Circuit. Bari icnlar attention given to the col
ection of claims. Office with Col. Attain John
*>»*• Oet.l.
P. WOFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE in Court-House. jan 26
ML. FOUTE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. ' March 30.
B. McDANIEL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office with John W. Wofford. jan ”72
C. H. BATES.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office oyer store ol Ford & Briant.
Feb. 6-
DR W. A. TROTTER
OFFERS his PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
to the citizens of Carters ville.
Office with Ur. Baker.
Cartersvillo, Ga., Jan. 7,1573.
3Xedleal TVotjce.
DR. NV. HARDY, having removed to this
city, proposes
PRACTICING DICINE,
in all its branches, and is alse prepared for
OPERATIVE SURGERY.
AI-91-1
DR. J. A. JACKS ON,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SIRGEGfI.
OFFICE in the Clayton Building on West
Main Street over the store of Trammell <fc
Norris, where he may be found during the day,
except when out upon a professional call.
Oct. 27.
W. It. Hoiintcaxtle,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CARTKRSVIU K,... GEORGIA.
Office in trout of A. A. Skinner A Co’s Store.
GEN. W. T. WOFFRD. .IXO. H. WIKLE
WoJlordL efts Wiltlo,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
AND
Real Estate Agents,
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the pur
sdu.sß ile »f Rial Estate. -28-6 m
TO H.ENT.
IXoUSE AND LOT desirably located on
Forest street
Apply to _ B. SCOFIELD.
BOOT & SHOE SHOP !
PERSONS WANTING VALUE RECEIVED
x FOK TIIEIR MONEY, IN THE FORM OF
BOOTS OR SHOES,
WOULD DO WELL TO CALL ON
F. M. WALKJ3R,
IN COE. HARRIS# LAW OFFICE, MAIN STREET.
And have tlmir Boots and Shoes Made and Re
paired to order, with neatness and dispatch.
Give Him a Call!
work warranted not to rip:!
2-27-1 v.
FRENCH’S NEW HOTEL,
COX COETLANDT 4 NEW CHURCH SIS.,
NEW YORK.
On 'the European Plan.
RICHARD P. FRENCH ,
Son of the late Col. RICHARD FRENCH, of
French’s has taken this Hotel, newly
fitted up and entirely renovated the same.—
C tml rally located in the B CSfXJt'tS CART of
the City.
Ladies’ & gentlemen’* Dinino Rooms At
tached.
June 111, 1873.—3 ms
CARTERSVILLE BAKERY!
BY
J. D. WILKIE & BRO. f
WEST MAIN STREET,
CARTEBSVILLE, GA.
I’l’esli Bread efts Cakes
Kept Constantly on Hand. Wedding Parties,
Pic-nice, axd all other Parties can have Cakes,
both Plain and Ornamental, served up in the \
neatest and best style.
Cartersville, Ga., June 19, 1873.—1 y
THE undersigned. Agent for the \. i j
Downed
Wm. efts 00.,
O. Xa. G-orkam cfe Cos.,
And other Pianos, sold at New York price*.— 1
Second hand Pianos ior sale and to rent verv i
low. Organs from different makers, from sr>o
upwards. Pianos and Organs sold on install- (
rnents, and easy terms, and tuned and repaired
in the best manner, at very moderate prices; :
fully warranted in every particular, and all
orders promptly nttended to. Leave orders j
with Mr. Peter Marsh, Cartersville, Ga., or I
•as—., rl i assh.
READ HOUSE,
Fronting Passenger Depot,
CHATTANOOGA.
JOHN T. READ, Proprietor.
Jan 16-'72.
Large Profits
FROM
SMALL INVESTMENTS!
THE NATIONAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ISSUES THE LARGEST POLICIES
For tlx© Smallest
Amount or Money
Os any Safe o inpany in the United
States. ,
PAVS ALL LOSSES Pll OMPTLY 1
Before Insuring in any other Company, call
and sec JOHN T. GIVEN,
March IS—2ms Agent.
Sewing Machine Neelies and Machine Oil
Kept Constantly On Hand,
And for Sale by J. E, SCOFIELD,
mch!3tf CARTERSVILLE, GA.
wThTwikleT u. w. waldrup
Will. H. WIKLE & CO.,
DEALERS IN
STATIONJ3H.Y,
§!mkss2ri]pfcil©m Books,
TOBACCO, CICARS AND PIPES,
CONFECTIONERIES,
FANCY GROCERIES, ETC..
Post Office Building. Carter, ville. Ga.
Feb. #-ly.
” WANTED—MONEY 1
WE cull upon all parties indebted to ns for
Groceries, Produce, and Family Sup
plies, to come and settle up for the same. We
want money, and money we must have, peoo
abty, if we can, forcibly, if we must. Th we is
no use of talking, for that don’t bring the mon
ey, action, action, is what we want. .Sow just
do the fair thing, and call and pay up tho little
you owe us, and let’s stop tho agitation of this
question. But don’t take this to be a joke, or
it may result in cost to debtors and some trou
ble to ourselves. W'e mean all we say, when
wc tell our patrons who owe us that they must
pay us, and that without delay.
DANIEL. PAYNE & CO.
Cartersville, Ga., Mch 6,1873.—ts
F. M. RICHARDSON,
DEALER IN
STOVEs CRATES,
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS,
States.
OFFEIIK’O,
TIN WARE, ttoc,
t or. Whitehall and Hunter St’s,
ATLANTA, GOFIGIA.
Er Lawshe,
NO. CO WHITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA.
HAS JUST RETURNED FROM MARKET,
and is now receiving and opening one of
the largest stocks of
FINE JEWELRY
In upper Georgia, selected with care for the
FALL AND WINTER TRADE
W atcb.es
Ot the BEST MAKERS of EUROPE as
AMERICA.
AMERICAN AND FRENCH CLOCKS}
STERLING and COIN SILVER-WARE,
And the bast quality of
SILVER PLATED GOODS,
SPECTACLES TO SUIT All AGES.
Watches and Jewelry repaired by Competent
Workmen. Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and Material'.
sep 13—1 y
COTTON GINS!
THE IMPROVED
WINSHIP COTTON GIN!
For lightness of draft, fast ginning, cleaning
the seed well, and making good sample, this
Gin h.s no equal. It is made of the
33333 T MATXOIZAIj
to be h«d in this Country or Europe, in good
style and well finished. Planters ire inrited
to call on us in Atlanta, or at any ol our Agen
cies, and examine this Gin, before purchasing;
also to send in their orders earlt, to insure
their being filled in good time for the coining
crop. Send for Circulars.
GILBERT & BAXTER, Agents, Carters
ville, Ga.
WINSHIP & CO.,
Atlanta* Ga.
May 8. f6T3. wimk I
SUBSCRIPTION :
$2 per annum.
T. B. SHOCKLEY
I* now permanently settled in Carter* vlllc.
East ol W, 4 A. K. ft., ob the public *ouar»
(routing the depot, with a general slock of
goods of ail kind*.
D. s~ mT
I bought a
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE
Over six years ago, and up to the present time
it has not cost one dollar lor repairs. I be
lieve it to be as gtx*f tor work as when new.
It run* very light, does its work perfectly and
wears less than any machine 1 know’ of I
would uot exchange it for the newest and best
ot any other make.
Atlanta. JJpy Bth- Clark Brookins.
J. E. SCOFIELD, Ageit, CartersYille, Ba.
W. A. DEWEESE, Apiit,
J_J A VINO PURCHASED THE NTOt K OF
GROCERIES,
PRODUCE, CONFECTIONERIES,
LIQUORS, &C..
llkrktofore owned by Payne A Green, will
still continue the business at the old stand un
der Puckett’* Hall, and respectfully invites all
their old customers and friends to .till bestow
their patronage upon him, as he premise* to
sell Groceries as cheap a* any other house, and
of as good quality a* the market affords. w.
! p- GRIMM still remains with this house, and
I invites his old ftieuds and customer* to cal)
I and trade with him a* heretofore.
March 27. 1873. ts
PLANTERS’ & MINERS' BANK
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA,
ORGANIZED JUNE, 1872.
DIRECTORS:
j LEWIS TUMLIN, J. J. HOWARD,
I M. G. DOBBINS, Jar. W. BALL.
B. J. WILSON.
M. G. DOBBINS President,
D, W, K. PEACOCK, Cashier.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, SIOO,OOO.
Paid in, #50,000
THIS Bank will do a regular discount and
exchange business; will receive deposit*
et money from Courts, Public Institution*, Ad
ministrator*, Guardian* and private imiividu
itls ot all professions, payable at call or on time
ortiucatos ol Deposit, and allow such interest
* may be agreed upon. Collections a specialty
C. D. ROGERS & CO. (
Succssors to I. C. Mansfield A Cos.,
MERCHANT MILLERS,
And Proprietors of
“Holly Mills,”
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
SPOTSWOOD HOTEL,
(Opposite Depot,)
maco mt, G A.,
T. H. HARRIS.
BOARD $3 00 PER DAY.
11-14-6 in.
T. R . GRIMES
Desires to inform the residents or Carters vi
and surrounding district that he
has opened a
BARGAINS
Tea and Somo-Fariisliiii Store
on W est Main Street, first door east of Gonld
nsw f r 1 Ht ,? re ’ H , c selection of
NEW GOODS incliuiiiig the following :
CARPETS,
Matting Buggy and Door Mats, Oil-cloths.
Hearth Rugs, Lassoeks, Tub-, Buckets, .Sugar
Buckets, Rolling Pins, Clothes Pegs, and Wood
H are in variety.
baskets,
of every kind. Combs. Brushes, Fancv Soap
and Toilet Articles, Looking Glasses, Tray*
and Waiters, Castors, Plated hpoons, and a
variety of liouse-Furnistiing Goods.
Musical Instruments,
Stationery and School Slates, Green and Dried
emits, Nuts Candies and Crackers, Canned
Fruits and Jellies.
Landretli’s Vegetable and Flower Seeds.
and would call particular attention to aver
choice selection of
T X3 .A,
just received direct from Europe, in origin 1
Chinese packages, and which will be sold uu
usuaHy low. beginning with a really good ar
ticle at 75 cents per pound.
Coffee, green and roasted. Sugar. Spices.
■6-W
It Leads +o Happiness!
A Boon to tie Whole Race of Woman!
DB. J. BBADFIELD’S
FEMALE REGULATOR!
It will bring on the Menses; relieve all pain
at the monthly “Period;’* cure Kheuuiati»n*
and Neuralgia of Back and Uterus; Leucor
rhcD.t or "W lutes,” and partial Prolapsus Uteri;
check excessive flow, aud correct ail irregular
ities peculiar to ladies.
It will remove all irritation of Kidney* and
Bladder*, relieveCoativeness; puriiv the Blood :
give tone and strength to the whole system;
clear the skin, imparting a rosy hue to the
cheek, and cheerfulness to the mind.
it is as sure a cure in all the above diseases
as Quinine is in Chilis and Fever.
L.ulies can cure themselves of all the above
diseases nUhoiit revesting their complaint* to
an,' person, which is ai was s mourn iug to their
pride and modestv.
It is recommended by the best physicians and
the clergy.
„ _ „ LaGßsxcr., Ga.. March 28,1870.
ISRADFIELD A (X)., Atlanta, Ga,—Dear
Sirs: I take pleasure in sta ing that I have used
for the last twenty years, the medicine you are
now putting up, known as Dr. J. Bradfield’s
FEMALE REGULATOR, and consider it the
best combination ever gotten togeilior lor the
diseases for which it is recommended, i have
been familiar with the prescription both a- a
practiwonerof'medicine and in domestic prac
tice. and can honestly .ay that I consider it a
boon to suffering females, and c*u but hope
that every lady in our whole land, who may be
suffering in any way peculiar to their sex. may
N* aide t-» procure a bottle, that their sufferings
may not only |>« relieved, but that they may be
restored to health and strength. With my
kindest lugards, 1 aui respectfully,
W. 1L FERRELL, .Vi. D.
XkA3 MARIETT A. Ua, March 21,1870.
MESBK&. W'Jl. ROOT ,fc .SON. —Dear Sirs:
Some months ago 1 bought a bottle of BRAD
FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR from you.
and have used it in my family with the utmost
satisfaction, and have recommended it to three
other families, and they have found it ju-t
what it is recommended. The Ic in ales who
have uHeu ;.onr KKt.L'I.ATuH art- in perfect
health, and are able to attend to their house
hold dutiei, and we oorutaily recommend it to
the public. Yours respectfully,
. Rxv. H. B'. JOHNSON.
We could add a thousand other certificates;
but we consider the above amply sufficient
proof of Its virtue. All we ask is a trial.
For full particulars, history of di-eases, and
certificates of its wonderful cures, the renderi
referred to the wrapper around ihe bottle.
Manufactured and sold by
BBADEIELD & CO„
PriceilaO. ATLANTA, GA,
,sa . SoM Uy Druggists.
l-« 0 .ly.
so* so.