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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.
