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DEMOCRATIC IN POLITICS I PURE AND UEAUTIPUJL. IN LITERATURE) AND PROCRE^IVE IN SOUTHERN INTERESTS.
whitman & French.
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1869.
VOL. II—NO. 45.
SIIHCfll.I.AXKOUN CARDS.
H ANKS * *r law,
Dalton, Georgia.
4. A. n. hahk<i folill »• A. nivniqg.
4, a. w. 4onn«on. n. J. u’cAur.
johkson at IAWi
Up Matnl In King UulklinR, Dalton, GO.
Will nmotlco In Ihn aourls of Ihl. olrontt, ami
IntlioU. B. DIntrlotOoiirtnt Atlnntn. mr-ly
y-q A. \VALKEB|
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
auq King Streot, Dalton, On.
H ammond a weliiohn. ; '
ATT0UNKY8 AT LAW,
WtaltoliaU Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
O. T. HAMMOiW. UOTly OL1M WBLLBOHW,
S PERCY GREENE,
# , Attorney at Law,
onico: 2d Door, Upstairs In Glenn lhilUllng,
sop Dalton, Ucovgtn. 6m
Isons or Dalton and surrounding country.—
Prompt and vigilant attention urlllbo given to
«U oases, Medical Surgical and Obstetrical, en
trusted to bis care. Oct. 14-ly.
tV/Tkadoii & nit others,
iji q jj o o o
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Manufacturers of Segars,
Aug-ly Whitehall Stroot, Atlanta, Ga
A merican hotel, 4 41 4 _
Alabama, Str., Atlanta, Ga
Whits & Whitlock, Proprietor.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk. ^
Baggage carried to and- from Depot freo of
olmrgu.
N
ATIONAL HOTEL,
Near Union Passenger Sbcd,
Chattanooga, Town.
A. L. MILLER, Proprietor.
Hospitality, Comfort, Convenience aud Econo
my combined In tbemanugemeut.
y W* ATKINS,
“ * 'baRBKTT A 1HGQIN8,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of
Hats, Caps and Straw Goods,
272 W. Bultlraoro Street,
Juno io4»m Baltimore.
pAUL JONES, Jr.,
Wholesale rtcalor In
Brnndlos. Wined, WlildUlcs, Ginn, de.,
Pkachtrbs Str., AtlaxtA, Ga.
May 27-ly.
•piTNER A SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Groceries and Provisions,
Corner Broad aud Howard Streots,
(Pitnor’s Old Stand,)
Julyl Bomb, Gkoroia. ly
H
OME AGAIN I"
J. C. RAWLINS,
At Ills own House again.
CHOICE HOTEL,
Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
PaMOUgors taken to aud from Hotel free of
charge June24-tf
n7nralon^
Bookseller, Ntntlouer and Wownmnn,
And Dealer lh Dry Goods, Groceries, Produco.
Apr-ly Hamilton Street, Daltoh, Ga.
S AMUEL A. FAIN,
with C. D. SllnglutT A Son,
Wholesnlo Grotters,
Produco Commission Merchants, and Dealers
in Wines and Liquors,
81 North Howurd Streot,
nor dm* Baltimore.
W.
W. HIGGINS,
GUN. AND I.OCK8MITII,
Dealer In
New Guns, Tistols, Cartridges, etc,
Opposite Tibbs House, Hamilton Street,
New RlAefl mndo to order, and all repairing
done on short notice, and warranted, mur-ly
j ii. itisNXTrn.
Grocers, Liquor & Commission
Lomburd and Pratt Streets,
BALTIMORE.
Onion solicited. m*)3m
A VF '“Y * "‘“ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
King Street, Dalton, Georgia.
Will attend promptly to all Low Claims in tbo
Supremo Court ot the United States; Court or
Claims, and Executive Department*i at Muh}»-
ing, l>. C.; in tbo Federal Courts for tbo North-
n District of Georgia, and Hunkrupfc Court at
Tiio Recent Mississippi River Calamity.
Tho causes which prevented an extin
guishment of tho flames,'tho appalling
Bconos lnscparahlo IVom all such dlro. ca
lamities, and tho hair-breadth escapes and
death struggles of tho passengers, ns fttr-
nlshod by 'Western exchanges, aro of pnln-
ftil lotorcst. Tho St. Louis Republican
gathers its lhets from survivors' who re
turned to that city by tho Bello Memphis,
and (bom tho columns of that paper tho
following oxtracts nro mndo!
DEFABTUBE OF THE BOAT.
Tho StonowallleftSt.Loulsatstx o’clock
oa Tuesday evening, with thlrty-llvo cabin
passengers, ono hundred and slxty-ilvo
dock passengers, Bovontocn officers, lliirty-
olght dock crow, twenty cabin crons anil a
freight of llvo thousand barrels of flour,
live hundred- Backs of oats, ono hundred
and fifty bales of bay, a large quantity of
bncon and pork, sonic petroleum, and ono
hundred ‘mid fifty mules. At a quarter
last six o’clock on Wednesday evening the
Stonewall reached a point opposite Nco-
ley’s landing, ono hundred and twenty
miles below St. Louis.
TOE FIUST AT. ABM.
Hero tbo cry of “lire” wns given by ono
of tho dock passengers, who shouted to
George W. Fulton, tho first engineer, then
on duty. Darkness lmd sot In nnd tho
alarm camo with a terrible significance.—
The boat was at a point whore tho river Is
ono nnd n half milo wide, with much that
wns comliUBtiblo on board, and with no
means of dscnpo except what might bo ob
tained bv running tho vessel against tho
bank. Fulton rushed out and saw a bale
of hay In tho nft portion of tho boat burn
ing. So small was tho lire Hint it could
have boon extinguished with ouo or two
buckets of watcrlf they lmd boon ntlinml,
but thfiso wore not there.
SFBEAD OF TOE FLAMES.
Tho lmy was piled up to the holler deck
and tho flames spread with great rapidity,
extending from halo to bale of bay, com
municating noxt to tho dry woodwork of
tho boat, and it wns seen at a glance that
tho Stonewall wns doomed. Tho majority
of tho deck passengers were at tho time
congregated nft, nnd a panic which ren
dered them powerless to do nnyllnng to
prevent tho Impending destruction ensued
among thorn. Fulton, left bis engines,
-and, unaided, except by ono or two per
sons, essayed to prevent the spread of tho
dovuuring clement. Ho got tbo section
lioso and went over to tho donkey engine
to attach It. Ills efforts, however, were
fruitless. Thopcoplo lmd become frantic,
and moved rapidly In n dense stream for
ward. Fulton found that lie could not ad
vance aft one step and be gave it up in de
spair. Previous to this he lmd shouted
through the speaking trumpet to Fulker
son, tlio pilot, to land tho boat as soon ns
msslblo. The boat wns rounding towards
ho Missouri bank when it grounded on a
roof cnlled Tea Table bar, and remained
immovnbio sonic two hundred yards from
the shore, with deop water intervening.—
In live minutes after the alarm tho flames
had extended over all tho aft portion and
a considerable part of the forward portion
of tlic boat. Tbo deck passengers ruslicd
toward the forecastle, ovory Inch of which
was covered with shrieking and dreadful
ly affrighted mass of humanity. To com-
icto tho general consternation the mules
JOHN HIGGINS,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Shop In Dr. Brown’s Now Drug Store,
Hamilton Streot, Dalton, Georgia.
Handaomo stock of pure Jewelry, for Ladles
nuil Gentlemen, watches, clocks, etc. Kcpalt-
ing ucatly anil substantially executed. Julyl.
jyj-EDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTICE.
Drs. A.. W. Sc Bon,
Formerly of South Carolina,
Tondcr their Professional service* to tho oltl-
suns of Dalton anil surrounding country. Spe
cial attention given to all chronic cases.
Office, during the day, corner of King A Ponte
streots, anil night at residence on Thornton
A vunuo, formerly occupied by Mr. J. H. King.
A. W. Livings, 1
J. C. Divings,
January 8-ly.
D U. B. B. BROWN, n
Kino Str., Daltoh,
Insurance and Land Agent.
Agent for Aetna Life anil Flro Insurance Com-
panv; also, Jefferson and James River
Eire Insurance Companies, of Ya.,
Entcrprlso, Cincinnati, and
Putidum, Hartford.
* ALSO, GENERAL LAND AGENT
For anybody who entrain their business to him.
«V»Kcf«rs toCol. C. B. Wei born, Atlanta: and
Col. W. II. Tibbs, Lowry A Eason, Hon. D.A,
Walker and Cel. J. A. It. Hanks, Dulton, Gu<
TyrARK L. WHITMAN,
hah of Loulsvlll, Ky., formerly of Ringgold,Go.
Wholowalo Clothinjy,
877 anil 879 Broadway,
New York
Bonne ofEOOEBS, MOBQAN * OBUBB, ]a27
Physician, Surgeon nnd Acrouctirnr
w A unfix, m. D.,
FlTyalelan,
Olfern hln services to the inhabitants of Dal-
ton.unil tlio surrounding country. Having at
tended norno of tho bent Medical SclioolH In
Civnadnand Nmv York City ho fools confident
that ho can give general satisfaction.
’ Office in No. 2, Over King’s Store.
Bapr.asaoas—
IVm. Tempest,M. D.. Toronto, Canada,
Wm. McGill. M. lb. Oshuwa, . "
J. Foote, M. D., Brooklyn,, "
Frof. Frank H, llumllton, AttendlngSnrgi
and Frof. Austin Flint, Attending Physician
Bolllvue Hospital, New York. aptJuTO
The poor will ho attended freo of charge.
plcto tho general consternation tac niuies
dashed anion" tho people, trampling on
nnd crushing them to dentil.
FASSENQKItS LEAF INTO TOE niVEn.
While lliis sccno was transpiring on the
main deck, wlmt were the cabin passen
gers doing? They lmd just set down to
supper when a terrible turmoil arose, nnd
they learned at once, that the hoot wns on
fire. In that nwftil moment they vainly
looked for a loopholo to escape from the
fate which threatened them. Below, nft
and forward there was a furnaco of untold
fierceness, aud on each side there was n
waste of waters, which indeed offered a
preferable fate to tho other. The cabin
passengers choso to accept tho risk of tho
milder fato, and they jumped from tho
boiler deck into the watery olmsm, between
land nnd land, below.
The deck passengers also leaped into the
river as they became more nnd more hotly
pressed by the flamesi In ten minutes
from the first nlarm the (Stonewall wns en
veloped iu flames from stem to stern, from
nmiu deck to pilot house—a vast funeral
pyre. Bv this time all who could had
jumped off tho boat and wore struggling
'for life in tho rapid current. Very few
were nhlc to save themselves. The great
majority were, it is feared, drowned al
most immediately.
EFFOnTS TO ESCAPE.
While'tlio deck passengers nnd crow
wore huddled together on tlio forecastle,
E. P. Watson, the carpenter of the boat,
endeavored to got some of them to assist
him in putting tlio stage plank overboard.
It would have floated, it wns believed, ono
hundred persons to the land, hut tlio pas
sengers were struck helpless by tile pros-
lcotoftlio horrible fate staring them in
lie. firco, nnd failed to launch tlio plank.
Fifteen feet of it wns pushed over the Bide.
About twenty persons got on it, some were
pushed off, and about sixteen managed to
cling to it until they were taken off in a
skill which was sent from the shore.
Fulton, tho engineer, stayed at his post
until ho was driven fromlt by the flames,
and jumped overboard. Ho started to
swim townrd the land, hut found the mules
so numerous ill the water Hint lie could
make no progress, and So swain into (lie
wlieelliouse. lie clung here in fancied se
curity until tho lines holding the lovers
burned oil' and the wheel commenced to
revolve. It mado tlireo revolutions, and
he wns caught by it nnd considerably
bruised.
BUT ONE BK1FF AVAILABLE.
There wns only one skill'available to
tnko passengers from tho burning wreck.
It made several trips from the boat to tlio
land. Besides being the means of esenpo
for those on tlio stupe-plank, it wns used
to take Fulton from Ills perilous position.
He was the Inst brought away; after that
no ono escaped from the boat. It wns
feared that Botnc, hemmed in by the flames,
were burned to death, nnd rumor had it
that some met with such a dreadful fate
In tlie cabin. How many, will never ho
known. It can only ho hoped tlmt they
all succeeded in jumping Into tlio river and
got to shore.
The coal oil—fortunately not a Inge quan
tity—and tho bncon burned very fiercely.
The Stonewall was burned to the water’s
edge in about ono hour and a half itftci- thu
flro was discovered. Hut long before this
there wns no living soul in it.
of timber drifted from tlio wreck, tfloy en-
gorly sought to glvu a helping hand to somo
poor fellow ns Ito neared tlio shore.
Tho people did all they possibly could to
mitigate tlio liorrorsof the night, aud at dif
ferent points of tlie river, for a mile below,
assisted persons to get on shore. Tlie
number so saved, it is regretted, was hut
small.
STATEMENT OF MU. n. A. PHELPS.
R. A. PholpSjEsq., ofSlirovoport, La.,
states that there were a largo number of
laborers aboard ns deck passengers, who
were cn route to labor on n Southern rail
road, When Mr. I’hcljis first heard tlio
alarm nnd snw tho indications of lire, it
wns in tho rcnr of tlio ladles’ cabin. IIo
ran up to tlio Texas nnd communicated
tho nlarm toCapt. J. 0. Doty, of Rapides
parish, Louisiana, nnd when lie returned
Immediately to tlio cabin the Annies lmd
mado fcarlhl headway, aud the excitement
and conftislou was unparalleled. Ho at
onco threw off his coat and hoots, put on
a life-preserver nnd Icnpcd into tlio river
from tho holler dock. At litis tlio boat, ho
thinks, wns not more than two hundred
yards from tlio Missouri shore, nml when
no jumped over his feet touched bottom, bin
on going a few stops tlio wator hoearno
deeper and ho had to swim. Three times
between tlio boat nnd tlio shore ho tried to
touch bottom, and tlio third,tlmo canto
near going down. Fortune favorcd.liim,
however, and ho reached tlio shore more
dead than allvo. An old farmer, who
among others had been nttrnctod there
bv tho light from 'the burning boat, pull
ed oil'ills coat and put it on Mr. l’liolps,
which lie thinks saved his life, as ho was
chilled through aud through. He feels as
sured that Cant. Doty was lost, also a
North Missouri railrond conductor nam
ed Blackburn. A Mrs. Gregg, of LouU-
ann, ou her return homo from a visit to a
sister in Nt. Louis, was likewise lost, ns
were two other indy passsngers that were
aboard. There was a husband, wife nlid
their two small children, who were deck
passengers, tlmt were also lost.
BollRlonn.
The rumor that Rev. James Stone, late
President of Ilohnrt College, lms bocoiho
nRomanCatlioliein authoritatively denied
in tho Episcopal papers.
• Tho report of the Sabbath Committee
for tlicpn8t two years shows that they
lmvcworkcd Imrd nnd successfully ill stim
ulating public Bcntlmcnt against Sabbath
profanation.
A Univcrsnlist .council at Auisquam,
Mass., lms refused to ordain Rev. Ft A.
Renton, on the ground of theological un-
soundness. He proposes to be ordained as
an Iudiuiendcnt Christian minister.
Tho Protestant Churchman intimates
that a letter may bo expected from ten or
twelve Bishops in tho form of a letter to
their brethren, urging a modification of
tho baptismal office to ho 1
General Convention.
Ten' religious newspapers are now pub
lished in tho city of Sail Francisco, nnd
considering the large number of eastern
religious papers taken, California Is prob
ably as well suppiid as any portion of our
country.
In St. Peter’s Church, in New York
city, Father Farrell warned Ids flock
against sending their children “to schools
where religion is ignored, nnd where it is
impossible for your pastors to enter and
give religious instruction. ”
Tho V.nirliiili Wnalnvnn
Mineral Kprtng* and Death’* Valley of
Mottlltortt Uinta.
A correspondent of tlio New York Tri
bune, who is willing up for that paper
sketches of a trip through Southeastern
Nevada and Southern Uiali, gives tlie an
nexed account of a renmrkablo country
near tlio Momollmbo pass through tlio
Black Hock range of tho mountains of
Southern Utah:
THE VALLEY OF DEATO."
tviulo riding slowly abend with Nick
nnd our Indian guide, my attention was
attracted to a small valley in tlie gorge of
tlio mountains, A light, blutBli looking
vapor was seen ascending from it iu little,
eddying whirlpools and jots of mist. Tills
vapor proceeded from a largo number of
hot springs. Tho valley was not particu
larly inviting, but ns tho men nnd animals
were tired, I thought wo would camp ill it
D entist. .
T>Tt. sr. OUETtBA
Formerly of Knox County, Tenn.
Takespli-nsiire In s»Jln« Hint lio lms nonnn-
lumtly loan tail in llalton and non-offers tils sor-
Tlro to itwonl-1 of tills and surrounding
count rv. All w-m
All ills.m. is ot t lie
Us* teeth treated successfully, i
mo pa» required. Anidclnl toot Ii Inserted ;
a tlie rubber basla.orany v.ayjiroferred. r ,
Ofllca with Dr. BtvJUffs&Son, Dalton. Gu. ooly 1 had
A TBlUtlBLE SCENE.
The scene was a terrible one—one never
to bo forgotten by tho survivors. Tho la
mentations, groans nnd shrieks of dying
men and women, mingled with tho noiso
of the cracking timbers, and to Intensify
the horror of the moment, burning Bpears,
fenders and beams, fell over tuto tho water,
whore nearly two hundred human beingr
were trying to save themselves from thi
jaws of death.
AND FROM THE SIIOBE
There were numbers of people on tho
shore who had flocked front tlio houses in
tlio neighborhood of tho landing, but they
were unable to g've any nssistanco except
wlmt ft few could render witti tho tiny skiff
before mentioned.
Tho English Wcsleynn Board of Mis
sions wore lately ottered §3.7,000 gold to
ward starting amission among Hie na
tives of New Guinea; but were obliged by
tlio financial position of the society to re
fuse tlie offer, ns they cannot commence a
now and expensive mission.
The Presbyterians have caught tlio itch
for alnrge natioual church in Washington.
They propose to build at tlie general ex
pense of the denomination such an edifice,
“near to tlio Presidential mansion," as
will attract strangers, “and impress them
with our denominational seal nnd devotion
to tlio cause of ourcommod Lord.” They
want §150,000.
Noclnl Life In (Ulna.
In China man and wifo never walk to
gether arm in arm in public, nor even side
by side, hut the wife always follows her
lord at a rcspectftblo distance, ns tlie wo
men do among tho American Indians.—
At social parties tlie sexes sit at different
tables, occupying separate rooms, nnd vIb-
it only among tnomsolves. Strangers of
opposite sexes are never introduced, nor
do the women ever speak to tho men, un
less relatives or very mtininte associates of
tlio family. There is no such tiling as so
cial life, in our sense of tho word, among
tho Chinese, and all their social and domes
tic theories anil practices aro based on tlie
idea of woman’s inferiority and insignifi
cance. She is regarded only ns a servant
aud an underling, nnd in no senso lit to be
a companion and equal of man. She feels
her inferiority, ana in tlie main submits
cheerfully to her fate. The idea of “wo
man’s rights” hnsnover entered her mind.
So thoroughly is this feeling of inferiority
ingrained in her nature that in tlie only
book ever produced in China by a female
author the proposition is gravely stated
nnd elaborately argued nnd illustrated,
that "women were mndo for tho snrno pur
pose that tilcB are—for men to tread upon. ”
They are astonished to sco tho freedom nnd
equality allowed between tlie sexes among:
Europeans, and argue strenuously agaius;
it; and when vanquished in tlie argument,
they reply with their usual stubbornness
and pertinacity: “Mny he good for Mori-
can man; for Chinaman man no good.’
Since tlio coming of European indies into
China; some of their own women linvo be
gun to entertain somo little idea of their
rights, aud it lins now become a proverb
among inen, that “tlie two most dangerous
things that can ho imported inlo China aro
foreign women and foreign gunpowder.’
Yet, on tlie whole, the weaker sex are rath
er kindly treated, and in general are not
much abused.
The Pnrk Trarto.
The Ciucinnati Price Current of Wed
nesday say 8:
The white frost and cool temperaturo
have induced two or three pork slaughter
ers to kill about 2500 hogs the past week,
but nothing will bo dono to any extentfor
three weeks yet, tho risk being too great;
but these parlies thiuk it wise to maka a
beginning early. Hogs sold at $0 to $0,50
gross, and in demand for present or No
vember del i very. The absence of tho stock
of old meat makes many anxious to have
early cure ready as soon ns possible.—
Green moats from the hogs slaughtered
sold at 11c., for shoulders, 14c. for sides,
and 15c. for hams.
Sharp Woman That!
A gentleman, taking an apartment, said
to the landlady, “I assuro you, Madam, I
never left a lodging hut my landlady shed
tears. ” She answered, “I hope it was not,
sir, because you went away without pay-
iug.”
Homebody's Hoy.
Ih somebody's mother thinking
Tlmt aomnlmd’y* boy got* “tlRbt"
While somebody’s boy 1* drinking
Somewhere or othor to-night T
Who wa* that somebody lugging
Too heavy a loud to-day »
Of brandy and rum, hugging
Thu post* on tho corner, cht
Who 1* that lmndaomo fellow,
The hamlsomo face wo moot,
Who come* home ho Into and ho mellow
11a cun scarcely keep hi* foot T
Who 1* that Homebody reeling
. First from tho loft to tho right,
.Wlthompty pookots, yet feeling
As rloU as Croon us to-night t
Ah l pavements have grown unsteady j
They wave llko a wind-blown shoot,
And have Interfered already
With somebody’s drunken "foot.’ 1
And still to tlio world Ills drinking
Ih neit hor boro nor thorn |
But Hoinobody’s pa, I’m thinking,
Or sister or mother woupl caro.
no’ll wake to-morrow Its pntont,
And bo'll come down stairs all right,
And look almost llko ho hadn’t
Boon out on a “tear” lust night.
And somebody's mother nnd sister,
When told that brother gets “tight,"
Are almost lnollncd to bllHtor
Your cheeks with tliulr hands outright.
But somebody's sins nro wearing
Tho Jewel of Jlfo away j
And'somobody’s boy wayfaring,
Will dlu in thu street somo day I
fur tlio nigiit. Tlio guiilo, liowevei’, assur
ed me tliat it was certain death to breathe
the deadly vapors. Wo wait into camp
.elsewhere, but tho next morning tho wholo
tarty started slowly down tho slope toward
lie valley, feeling ns well ns smelling-oiir
way cautiously. Tlie doctorlmd provided
himself with a couplo of Indian dogs and
sevuraUivo raboits Ibr tlio purpose of mak
ing experiment. After scrambling down
some two hundred ynrds, tlio doctor, who
was in advance, detected nn absence of
oxygen in the air by the sudden change of
temperature nml tlie increased difficulty
lie experienced in respiration. A nause
ous, suffocating smell whs also perceptible
every time tlie wind blew toward us. Tlio
valley wns about a quarter of a mile in Cir
cumference nud oval In shape. Not even
a blade of grass, or a single Bago brush, or
any living thing wns to bo seen within it;
hut n.ghn8tly human skeleton, perfectly
white, lay beside one of the nearest springs.
Scattered around were the skeletons of
buffaloes, doer nnd other wild nnimals.—
The bottom of the valley appeared to be a
imrd, sandy soil, dry nnd cracked, ns if by
heat, in vnrious places. One of tlie Indinn
dogs was fastened to tlie end of a larlnt
and lowered down, while some of tlie par
ty, watches iu lmnd. observed tho oflect,
In fourteen seconds ihe dog fell down mo
tionless, nnd in three minutes wns dead,
Tlio othor dog, which now trotted down
to his companion, was motionless In twelve
seconds, and lived only five minutes. A
rabbit thrown in died in a minute nnd a
half, and a second lived oply a minute and
twenty seconds. Onr gutdo informed us
that the existence of tlio valley had been
known to ills tribe for several years. Two
of ttieir braves perished in it while endeav
oring to corral some antelope, all of which
died too. Tho springs iu the vnllcy gen
erate such a lnrgo volumo of carbonic acid
gas as to completely poison tho whole sur
rounding atmosphere. tVc had no oppor
tunity of obtaining tho water for subse
quent chemical examination. As tlio plnco
is entirely out of tlio way of overland em
igration, nnd is anything but inviting,
there is not much danger that it will over
be frequented by bniulsof pioneers or pleas
ure parties. We mimed tills canon on our
field book tho ‘Valley of the Shadow of
Dentil,’ and while some of tho men were
erecting a stone pyramid on a command
ing position, wo cut from nn old pair of
saddle bags a stout piece of leather, burnt
in tlio warning, “Death Valley, Outer
Not,” nnd securely fastened itto tlie pillar.
mineral spimras.
Near our camp was a largo number of
hot and cold mineral springs. From ono
tlio water was ejected from a single, crov-
ico in a rock, hissing and foaming with ft
powerful efferveseneo, like soda water from
a fountain. It lmd a pleasant sub-ncid
flavor, was highly charged with carbonic
acid gas, and with tlie addition of a littlo
sugar made an agreeable nnd palatable
drink. Across tlieentire vnllcy—somo tiro
miles—there were Bcvcrnl hundred of tlicso
springs, large and small, a few cold as ice,
while others, not more than four or fivo
feet distant, were almost at boiling heat.
From one hot spring wns n continual dis
charge of white polished stones about tho
size of duck shot, perfectly round, nnd
presenting somewhat tlio nppoaranco of
pearls found in oysters though rather more
opaque. Thcquantltyof tlicso small pearly
pebbles was very" great. They could bo
gathered by bushels, and aro well adapted
to manufacturing paste Jewelry, and would
also form quite an interesting subject of
investigation for tho geologist.
Motcnrle Mono.
Tito Columbus, Goorgin, Enquirer has
tho following about a meteoric stonawhich
recently fell in Lumpkin county:
lVo have heretofore copied statements
concerning tlio explosion of a largo motc-
or in Stewart county, followed by tlio flill
of n number of motcorlcstonos. Ycstorday
wo were favored-with ono of tlicso stones,
which fell in tlio yard of Mr. E, Barlow,
nbout eleven miles sou tli west of Lumpkin.
It fell within six fret of two negro girls,
nnd buried itself in tho ground to tno denth
of eight inches. Tlie mil wns preceded by
a loud explosion nnd a rumbling noiso.
Tho stono soot us is nbout ns largo ns a
medium-sized npplo, but is nenrer square
than round. It is quite heavy for its slzo,
nnd Is encrusted with a black coat, ns thick
ns an egg shell, which' was evidently form
ed while tlio stono wns iu a state of com
bustion during its pnssngo through our
atmosphere. In color nnd grain this stono
looks like nn amalgam of granite and mar
ble—not so conrso ns tlie former, nor ns
white or line-grnined ns tlio latter.
His said by mineralogists that thoro aro
noBtoncs to bo found on our earth of tho
prccisa constituents of motcoric stones;
uml somo astronomers suppose that mete
oric stones nro shot from volcanoes in tho
Moon with such great forco ns to bring
somo of them within tho attraction of our
plauuet. nnd tlmt on entering its atmos-
ihero they Ignite. Whatever may havo
icon tlio origin of this stono, it has cer
tainly been a fiery traveler, and is a curi
osity.
llftlioloffjr—hy Jnsli DlllJnffS.
THE CODFISH,
Tlio codfish is tho ohild of the oshen.—
Tills nekouuts for tholr being so salt.
They aro caught with a hook nnd lino,
and bite llko a steel trap, nnd hang on like
a poor relation.
They are good eating for a wet day;
they are butter than an umbrelly to keep
a man dry.
Dried codfish iz one of tho luxuries/of
life; hut codfish three times a day would
weaken my coufldcnco in thorn.
Codfish never vonturo into fresh water;
they would spile if they did.
I have never boon codflshlngmysolf. but
think I should liko it better tbnn fishing
for frogs.
I think I should ketch frogs wcll enough,
but should Insist on their taking themselves
oil'tlio hook.
I had rather tnko a boss bumblo beo in
hand than a livo frog, not because T am
afraid tlie frog would bite, but lam afraid
ov their kicking.
Sum pcoplonin’tafrnid to take anything
witli their hands' they enn reach; not oven
nn cel, hut if I should set caught hy nn
cel, if I couldn't settle with him right off
hy giving him tlio hook nnd line, 1 would
throw tlie polo into tlio bargalu and put
for home.
Tlio codfish Iz said to bo an nristokrat,
and to keep aloof from other fish ov ids
size in tlie sou, nnd claims to be a relation
ov tho Wnnlos; hut this looks to bo rtther
fishy.
Ilia vo noticed Hint tho codfish nlways
lias n stiff upper lip; but I think this iz
more owing to the bone that iz iu him tlinn
it iz to his blood.
THE MACKEBAL.
The mnekern I i z a ga nic (ish. They ought
to lio well cdukated, for they aro always
in skools.
They are very easy to bite, and are caught
hy a piece of flannel petticoat tied onto a
book.
They are not tho only kind of fish tlmt
are caught bv tlie same‘bait.
Mackrel inhabit tlio sea, hut tlios that
inhabit tlie grocerys always taste to mq as
though they lmd been horn aud fatted up
on salt.
They want a good deal of freshing be
fore they are enlen, nnd want a good deal
oflresliing afterwards.
If I knn have plenty ov mackrel for break
fast, 1 knn generally make my other two
meals out of cold water.
Mackrel are konsiilurcd by many pooplo
Hie best fish that swims, and aro called
“the salt ov tho earth.”
A Fright rul I’nrrlClilo,
A horrible murder wns committed nt
Okolona, Miss., on tlio ilOth inst. Major
Shepherd, Collcotorjof Internal Revenue,
white lying on his bod, prostrated by par
alysis, and unnldo to lift Ills hand, wns
shot through ills henrt by his son, Lemuel,
who entered tho room Just as his mother
was leaving. Mrs. Shepherd, hearing tlio
report of tho^plstol, rcturncdjto tho room,
noticed tho nbscnco of hor son, and, sur
prised by tlio report having no effect on
her husband, wont to the bod nnd discov
ered that ho had boon shot through tho
heart
Young Stiephord, after committing tho
deed, fled to tlio wooiIb. Ho was pursued
hy tho citizens who lmd learned of tho af
fair, nnd wns arreted and brought back.
Ry tills tlmo tlio excitement was so groat
that it wns with difficulty the eltlzans were
restrained from inflicting summary pun
ishment upon tho pnrrlcldo.
Kliocklujf Mnrder«
IVo loam from Columbus Sun nnd Times
that on Friday evening test a white mnn,
nbout sixty years of age, named Watson,
was brutally hturdored by a nogro on tho
Montgomery nnd IVcst Point road, nbout
six miles from Opelika. Mr. Watson had
sold two bales of cotton nt Opelika on that
day for about twohundrcddoliars. Upon
bis return, when within a short dishinco
of his homo, ho was met by tho nogro who
knocked him down, beat out Ills brains,
robbed him and left for parts unknown.
An Iminonso Building.
Tho walls of St. Patrick’s Cathedral,
New York, lmvo risen to’ above fifty fret
in height, nnd tho hoautiftil portals in tlio
front, transepts nnd roar are now finish
ed. When finished, tiiis will bo tho most
Imndsomo Church on tho contlnont, and
will accommodate 10,000 persons. Tho
building will ho 1130 feet from Duttrcss, to
buttress,and 800 fret inside tho walls.—
The breadth nt tlie transepts Is to be ITS
feet, and tlio bight from tlio floor to tlio
Hi Hi '
Nettnlnr Nnrniriio Win,In nn Organ.
It te reported that Senator Spraguo Is
ton city, with which lio intends to start a .
new political party, tlio main planks of
whoso platform will ho tlio rights of tlio
workingman and a now financial plan.
crown of tho ceiling 110 feet.
The Suprouie Court to bo Virtually Abol-
lNtaort.
A Washington letter says: ThoRadical
schemes for overruling tlio Supremo Court
at tlio coming session of Congress are as
suming form nnd substance. Tlio most
blatant and ultra politicians declare that
nothing short of abolishing tho Court al
together will satisfy them. A more prob
able scheme, howovor, is that which con
templates tlio passing of an net which shall
subject all decisions of tho United States
Supremo Court to revision hy a joint Ju
diciary Committco of both houses. This
practically shears tho Court of its func
tions, nnd with such men ns Butler on tlio
committee, tlio nature of its revision mny
be easily foresecu.
NlnvUinr Countrrfrlllng Operations.
Rifports to the Treasury inchoate that
itssecret service forco nro about to unmask
somo startling counterfeiting operations
in Now York. It scorns to bo about tlmo
that something eras done in thnt lino, ns
there is hardly a day that somo sklllftilly
executed lithograph or engraved counter
feit of somo of tho government,' issues Is
not presented at tho Treasury, nud detec
tion almost defied,
Billy Won't.
A biliet-dotiaedid William send.
To tell tlio love that burned him.
Blit it was more llko Jiilhj. don't I
The answer sho returned him.
"Oar Conntry."
Greatest country! bravest pcoplel
Finest churches—tallest steeples;
Fastest horses—fairest women:
Biggest lakes tliat fishes swim In.
Most of railroads; longest rivers—
Beats creation "all to shivers;"
Never flinching, never flunking,
Nome of one tiling—mostly pumpkin;
Jumps tlie highest—squnts tho lowest;
Iiuus tlio flistest—walks tlio slowest;
More disasters—more delusions;
More confessions—more confusions—
Who can bent us? who outdo us?
Who can hold n cninllo to us?
Biggest country—bigger to bo—
Now they talk of adding Cuba.
llllderbrnnd A train.
This notorious Missouri outlaw has
again been heard from. Colonel Brown
met him on tho Pocahontas Hoad, twen-
ty-llvo miles from Ironton, Missouri, ono
day last week. Hildt-rbrnml, it is said,
showed such n ’ *-
ken alive that
himself captured,
Crawled Up.
Once a gentleman found In his lion roost
a simple-minded soulef tho vicinity, who
lived without vislblo means of support.
"What aro yon doing here, you rascal?
stealing my chiekons?”
“No, sir,” was tho response, “I aint
thought of doin’ nutliin’ of tho Bort.”
It unfortunntely happened tliat the sim
ple-minded individual wore a high Btraw
tint, of tho dimension of a boe-hlvo, and
the crown thereof wns dilapidated to a se
rious extent. Just as ho had put in his de
nial, tho head of a lmlf-grown pulleirwas
Been to protrude from tho aperture.
“See there,” said tlio gentleman, “how
did tho chicken get in your hat."
“Well,” exclaimed tlio siinplo-mindcd
individual, with nn air of honest surprise,
“that is tile strangest thing tlmt ever hap
pened to me. I suppose the darned crit
ter must have crawled up my troweors
log!” ...
Tlio Boll (nil In Ilrnvon,
An incident is related by a chaplain who
was in tlio army during ono of our hard
fought battles;
Tho hospitals had been Ailing up fnst
tlio wounded men lmd been "brought
tho rear. Among them was a young man
mortally wounded nnd unable tonpeak.—
It was midnight, anil many a loved ono
from our homos lay sleeping on tlio battle
field—thnt sleep that knows no waking
until Jesusslmll call for them.
Tlie Burgeons had been their rounds of
duty, nml for a moment all was quiet.
Suddenly lids young man, before speech
less, called out in a clear voice, “hero!"—
Tho surgeon hastened to ids side nnd nak
ed him wlmt he wanted. “Nothing,” said
lie, “they are calling tlie roll in heaven,
anil I was answering to my name." He
turned his licnd nnd was gone—gone to
join tho grant army, whose Uniterm is
washed white with tuo blood of tlio Lamb.
Reader, in tho great roll call of eternity,
your namo will be hoard, can you answer
"hero?” Aro you ono of tlio soldiers of
Christ, tlio great captain of salvation?
The Great Gold Gambler.
Tlie Louisville Courier-Journal says:
James Fisk, jr., lms served in quite
number of capacities—for eight years l
an employee ol Van Amliurg's monnge-
rio; for some time ns a peddler in Ver
mont; for two years ns a merchant in Bos
ton, nml for somo yenrs ns n gold nml stock
speculator in Now York. How long lio
is to serve in Sing Sing depends n good
deal upon tlm caprice of the judgo and j:
ry- . . .
The Devil's Tel* l'ot.
Tho Rev Mr. Pollock, preacher in tho
Presbyterian Church’; residing ncai -IVnr-
renton, on being nppronldied lately by a
goiitlcmaiiongngedindistiHingiiiFauquier
enmity upon tho suh|cct of tho latter’s adr
mission into Church membership, replied
Wbst they take them ror.
The secret of the sifbccss of Chicago . ,
newspapers is said to lio in the fact that ; Hildcrbmnd his namo was Gristly, liorow-
■ . every man and woman in tho town takes ing an cx-rcbcl’s cognomen for tho oeca-
They saw many an unfortunate passen-!
ttitnnnm hum l/ihiiuii tuuiimuioiiijH iujiiiuu
... ,. that therb would bo no difficulty about tho
a determination not to bo to- i matter, provided ho would agree in fhturo
t tho Colonel, to avoid being j to “lot tno devil boil his own teapot.”
ured, called a truce, told
Pleasant.
To open your wife’s jewel-box, and dig-
,tO DUSSCn- ’ every jiuiiui, uii icni n utrutuu uuuuu iu bimi—nuu urucuiuu v.hjmicu huiu uiu uuiu, i 1 . j et.»i
somo who which they aro interested may bo publish- j leaving tlio outlaw to pursue his way in. covcr a Btrango gontloman’a hair done up
;cr taking his last leap, and, as somo who , wmchtnoy arc imorestca mi
tad mangod to get hold of ft *par or piece ©d *nd they not find it out.
' ai ft keepsake.
Not Allowed to Marry,
In tho Early county News, Mr. IF. B,
IVamlilo gives tho following notice to tho
Ordinaries of Georgia: “You are hereby
notified pot to issue nny license for matri
mony to or for D. B. lFaqiblo, or, in flill,
Daniel Barton IVamblo, until after tlio
1st of March, 1873, ho being a minor.”
A New Society.
Tlio Inst society spoken of in California
Is tho “Pay-Nothing.” It is said to he
alarmingly prosperous. Tlio pass-word is
“Lcndu8U<lollar;”thoresponse,“Brokol’
Sir. Smith's Nose.
A very talkatlvo little girl used often
to annoy her mother by making remarks
nbout visitors tliat camo to tho house.—
On one occasion a gentleman was expected
whoso noso had boon accidentally lln*'
ed nearly to his face. Tho mother i
tioneil tho child to say nothing about this
feature. Imagine her consteruntion when
tho littlo one suddenly exclaimed: “Ma,
S ou told 1110 to sny nothing about Mr.
mitli’s noso; why he hasn’t got anyl”
Terrible nlenster lo an Emigrant Ship,
Tlio disastrous report Hy cable that tlie
emigrant ship IVeisor, with 340 souls on
hoard, foundered nt sea in July last, is
creating intenso excitement among the
German residents of Now York. At least
two thousand people are in a state of inde
scribable anxiety this evening, almost ev
ery ono of them claiming somo relative on
hoard tlio ill-fated vessel. The dispatch
was received at such a late hour that in-
S ' 'cs at tlie consignee’s office failed lo
further details; but nny number of
dispatches asking for further information
havo been Bent by cable, replies to which
nro anxiously looked for in the-morning.
Ilqillrql villainy to ho Undone In Ten
nessee,
Tlio lowor houso of the Tennessee Leg
islature lias passed, by a vote of fifty-seven
to thirteen, a bill calling a State Conven
tion to amend tho Brownlow constitution
or make a now ono. The hill, ns originally
reported, wns amended so as to allow ev
ery mnlo citizen of twenty-one years and
upward to vote for delegates,And fixing
the election for tho Second Saturday (the
11th) in December, and tho Convention to
he composed of one hundred dologntcs,
nnd to meet the first Monday (the 3d) in
Jnnunry, 1870. The bill lias also passed
tho Senate by a largo majority,
Work herove Vlay.
A- certain man, who is very rich now,
was very poor when ho was ahoy. When
asked how he got his riches, lie said: “My
fntlior taught mo nover to piny till my
work was fiiiishod, and nover to spend my
money till I had earned it. If I had but
nn hour’s work in tho day I must do tliat
tlio first thing, nnd in an hour after this
I was allowed to play; and then I could
play with much more pleasure than if I
had tho thought of nn unfinished task be
fore my mind. I early fonnod'tho habit
of doing everything in time, nnd it soon
became easy to do so. It tkto this I owo
my prosper! ty. ” Let ovory one who reads
this do likewise.
If. E. Annual Conference.
Beautiful Tliofiqht
ry pilgrimage la tread. It now seems but
step. And yet along tlie way are broken
shrines wlicron thousand hopoalmvo wast
ed into ashes, foot-prints sacred under
their drifting dust, greoh mounds where
grass Is fresh witli watering of tears, shad
ows oven which wo could not forget. Wo
will garner tlie sunshine of those years,
and with chastened step and heavenward
hope, push on toward tho evening, whose
s’gnnl lights will soon bo seen swinging
where tho waters aro stilt and tlio Btorms
never beat. ■
l'oor Tiling!
Wo learn from Snn Francisco tlmt Bello
Boyd has been sent to tho State Insntio
Asylum. Sho was a wild creature, hut
true-licartod in many respeots, poor wo*
niau.
Important Decision.
Tho Supreme Court of tho United States
announced a decisionjrcccntly of great in
terest to tho Southern people. It wns rul
ed, in a caso on appeal from Alabama,
thnt notes given during tho existence of -
tho Confederacy wore binding, nnd that
tlionmount collectable is to bo regulated
by tho value of Confederate notes at tlio
tlmo tho obligation was incurred. Wo
lmvo a statute to this effect in Georgia,
but os the United States Courts havo ruled
differently, it is important that tho princi
ple Bliould bo sottlcd ■
The rresbyterian Ghnrcb.
It is stated tliat tho rcunioH of tlio two
branchcsofthcFrcsbyterian Church brings
into ono body 148 Presbyteries, 27 Synods,
,881 ministers, and 258,003 merabors of
the old school, nnd 118 Prcsbyteriwt, 24
Synods, 1,848 ministers, and 172,500 mem
bers of tlie new school, making a total of
250 Presbyteries, 51 Synods, 4,220 minis-.
ters and 431,408 members. , ,
Berrios.
An exchange Bays; “Married, at Sun-
berry by Bov. Crauberry,NohemIali Black
berry to Catharine Elderberry, of Dan
bury.” _
linn! Times Out West.
Tlie Chicago Tribune says the financial
prospect is not asqtlsfiictory one: Through
out tho northwest tho general prosperity
depends so largely upon tho grain crop
that the present low prices mnko every
body feel poor, and havo n depressing ef
fect upon ail brandies of business. It is
probable t|mt this lull’s business will bo
done for vory -small profits, and in many
instances no profits nt all.
I'oar Follow,
Thera is a man In Ohio who has written
three thousand communications to tho
newspapers, not ono of which has ever
been published.
Paper Petticoats.
Paper petticoats linving come into fash
ion, tho following advertisement thereof
appears in England: “Mndamo Percale
begs leave to call the attention of the ladies
about to visit tho seaside to her new and
richly embroidered pcjtieonts at ono shill
ing each. Each petticoat contains an in
stalment of a now novel of great domestic
interest, by Anthony Trollope, entitled
‘Tucks or Frills. ’ The story will he com
plete In fifty weekly petticoats.”
Stag..
How many of our readers ever contem
plated the rag trade as an important ele
ment of commerce? Very few, wo surmise;
aud yet this traffic is not to he despised.
Great Britain has a tremendous yield,
nnd yet sho imports more than 81,500,000
worth of cotton and woolen odds nnd ends.
In 1800 Prussia furnished 4,110 tons at
aliont §112 per ton {Russia, 2,388 tons,and
Egypt, 2,488. Tho United States, each
year, Imports 10,000 tons, in addition to
its own enormous supply. Wa also con
sume twice as much paper as Eagland and <
France. ■
Anxious for II. Ratification.
Grant is reported as anxious for the rat
ification of tho fifteenth amendment." Of
coureo; ho would favor anything'that will
tend to consolidate the government.
Tbo Slonawall^Dlsnsfer on Sho 3flssl.-
>lppl.
Sixty bodies havo been recovered from
and near tho wreck of the steamer Stone
wall. Indignation is intenso against Cap
tain John T. Washington, of Submarine
Steamer No. 13, who passed the burning
wreck nt the time of the disaster, and
when, it is said, many lives might havo
been saved, but without offering nny aid.
It is reported that a vigilance committco
lias been formed at Cape Girardeau to
lynch him on his return up the river.
Tho North Georgia Methodist Annual
Conference will moot at Romo On ‘
day of December.
The River Nile.
Livingston has discovered tliat ono of
the sources of the Nile, emptying into the
great lake Victoria Zyanza, rises some ten
degrees south of tho equator. If this be '
true, the Nile becomes ono of the longest
rivers in tlio world. Tlie distance between
its last reported source and its delta along ?
the Mediterranean is equal to tho distanco '
from Lima, in Peru, to the city of Now
York, or from the city of Mexico away up
to Mount St. Ellas, thp.end of the back
bone of this continent, In Alaska.
“Dutch Angels."
A little six-year-old wns walking with
his father, and asked: “What houso js
thoy iieDutehaiiguls, pa?” returned young
hopeful. ■
Ncarclty of Labor In Virginia.
AlottcrfomVlrginincomplalns of great
tirclty of labor in that State. The wri-
r says thnt 75 negroes left Richmond
yesterday for Louisiana, hiring themselves
at 818 nnd 820 por month to work oil cot
ton plantations. Tho exodus from Vir
ginia southward of tho black element of
her population, hns recently been quite
largo, nnd instead of diminishing, seems
to ho Increasing with the rigor of the son-
son.