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pfBLI3HED WEEKLY EVICKY SATURDAY BY ; C- WOOTTKS, J. a. WKLCU. 1VOOTTEN&WELCH, Proprietors. THE VOL. III.] J. C. WOOTTEN, Editor. TERM3 OF fiCBSCRIFTION* : -c copy otio year, payable in advance, §3.00 copy six months,..." “ 1-50 : copy three inotrhs, “ “ 1 00 i’iuh of six will be allowed an extra copy, •'ifty numbers complete the Volume.) GEOHGTA, SATURDAY, MAY 30,1868. [NO ^8. 0001) NEWS! 1 1 - - 1 1 - — 0l)KHI.\O LEYI)K.\, (LOTH INC HOUSE. Inpririing all !’ranches of the Easiness represented in tiie ,“.!urn and Rcacty Made Departments of Men’s Boy’s and Children’s OLOTHUSTG. v, liave received an immense stock of medium u u>] low priced Clothing for the whole sale trade, and will sell to mer chants at New York prices. 6TAn shirts: Wdl) FURNISHING GOODS of everv descrip- "tiouat LOWER 1'BICES for READY CASH ONLY tlniri ever sold in this market. HERRING & J.EYUKN. Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga. SPRING GOODS! SPRING GOODS! Wk are now receiving every day by Express, YEW SPRIYi; Written for Moore’s Rural New Yorker. Self-Denial. , BY KBES E. HEHFORD. Billy Dane had a dollar—a whole new dol lar! Not otie of those round, shining, silver ones we used to see so long ago; but a crisp, , rustling paper one. with a pretty green face. Now it’s a very nice thing to have a whole i dollar of your own. But a great many tp»ys ; are apt to think it a great de:<| nicer if they can haveThe privilege of spending it jn<t as they please, without having to ask any one what they shall do with it. That was what Billy thought. His father had told him when j he gave this, that as he bad been a good bov ! he should allow him to use it according io ins own judgment, and he thought he could safely say that it would not be sp p nt foolishly. In our observations of the nm-n that even ing the superiority of Prof. Q.tvD' lens over those of mn-t oilier large teb-sropes w is v.-r\ apparent. There was no blurred or hazy ap pearance in looking through it, and the moon, instead of looking pale and flat, bkr- a half- baked pan-cake, as it docs to the r. th.-’. eye or through inferior telescopes, shows its rotundi ty or globular lorin as d stiuet'v an orange in the hand, and its light and -hadv portion- arg verv distinctly contristed. From Biker s Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. A Fight with a Hippopotamus. lip to tiie extremity of the tail: ti-c head was three feet or*e ir. front the front of the ear to the edge of the I p in a straight line. The !j:iip> on \v • - -licking in the nape of the neck, h trirg p-netr.a--! bout two and a h • If inches beneath the hide : this i? about un inch and in the back of neck of It w i- a magnificent ■-t tasks 1 have ever; in my I . I! in England. • ■ ■ nri- is. generally 1 bulls are sometimes in 11 v when in the wa- ' After walking about two miies. we noticed l a herd of hippopotami in a pool b« low a rapid;: this was surrounded by rocks, exr, pt on one side where the ru-h of water h id thrown up a ] bank of pebbles :(nd sand. Our old Neptune three quarters ti.ick i a b'i’l ii■;• ' ' •'••mns specimen. the lei seen ; the skull i ; not Althougii the hipr barm!-S3, the solitary extreme+y vicious. • -■< ter i have frequently kn >wa them charges j boat, and hive myself narrowly e-cap-d being upset in aynuc by t’:e at.ack of one c*f tlu-se The Southern Press. We cordially end orse the following truthful article from the T. .Grange Reporter. Tiie ed itor fully expresses oar feelings, sentiments and desires. We have often wondered and asked ourselves the question, \Yhv it is*that a Southern man will send his monev to a Xorth- “ What ar « - vou ? oin ? t° bu ?T’ Nettie asked, ' did not condescend to show the -lightest at Consisting of as she and Billy were in the sitting room study ing their morning Dssons. tention when I pointed out the.seanimals; they were too wide awake, but he immediately creatures without the slight 1 -' Tiie females are extr>inch- -bl and they are mo-* Hif-ciio-mt** only instances 1 have known *>f tacking a man have been whei been stolen. To the Arabs th- provocation. — and harmless. p» others: the the female «t- ■ her calf has t art* extreme- PrintS, Dress Goods, Clothing, IlOCB: ISIiAlNTD Manufacturing Company. line all-wool Spring Cassini eres, Jeans, &c., , n consignment, for sale VERY LOW to Wholesale buyers. (V Merchant^ o,ru invited to call and see Styles ami I’rices. HERRING k LEYDEN, Agents, Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. DOMESTICS \ t W h <> 1 c s a 1 c O n 1 5' ; i 1 Sheeting, 7-8 Shirting, 3-4 Shirting, 7-8 Drills, Osnabttrgs, Stripes, Yarns, Burlaps. (V :, 'I’or sale at Factory Prices, l>v HERRING & LEYDEN, Agents, Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. TOBACCOES. W’k have been appointed Agents by the man- ifactiircTS for t|i,e sal,e of their products in Atlanta, and are prepared to till orders to any extent. AT TIIEIR PRICES, roll KITH KU Smoking or Chewing Tobacco. We are now offering, with others, the justly ' i i.itril hr mils of ( H >.M M( *N W17ALTII (’how- .; ,-.n,l FillTl'S AND FLt )WKRS Smoking. JI ERR 1 NO X LEYDEN, t’onunission Merchants, Mav 2 tl". Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. And many other articles too tedious to mention. We invite our friends and the public gener ally to give us a call. No trouble to show goods. We buy our goods for Cash, and sel* them as cheap as any house this side of New •-I dou t know,’ answered Billy, thought, quitted the river’s bed, and we followed him fn!!y, I want to buy a pair ot skates, but a quietly beyond the fringe of bushes uj>Qn the dollar won t buy a very nice pair, l giu-as; I d ■ border. frOtn i.-w-h jye* carefully examined ti.e water. About half a mile below this spot, as we cl uuhered over the intervening rocks thro’ a gorge which formed a powerful rapid, 1 ob served a small pool just below the rapid, an immense head of a hippopottamus close to a perpendicular rock that formed a wall to the river, about six feet above the sut face. I point ed out the hippo to aj; old Abou Do who hud not seen it. ui;ce the gravity of the old Arab disappeared, and the energy of the bun. ter was exhibited as he motioned us tq remain, while he ran nimbly behind the thick screen of bushes for about one hundred hiA fifty like a pop-gun like Ned Ames’, that goes off with a ‘bang,’ like a pistol—hut pm afraid pa would think that was foolish.” “ Oh, don’t get one of them,” said Nettie, who had a girlish dislike for anything resem bling a gun. ‘*lf i had a dollar of my own, I'd buy* a dress fur my doll, and a picture book. I guess, and oh, lots of things!” ! Visions of charming dresses for her doll, I3o()tS & SllOCS bright colored pictures, candy for her l* sweet ’ tooth,” and other things which could be had for a dollar danced through Nettie’s inir.d in bewildering confusion. “ I’d rather have a pop gun than a doll, any yards below the spot w here the hippo was un- way,” Billy said, with a very scornful ernpha- consciously basking, with his ugly head above sis on the word doll. surface. Plunging into the rapid torrent, the Nettie was about to resent the implied in- , veteran hunter was carried some distance down Nork. [March 14-tf.J JOE W1ELL. S. P. TIIUll.MAN. J. V. SPENCE. I P, THURMAN & CO., MI aniifacturors AM) AVIIOL.ESAIYE AM) RETAIL DEALERS IX Candies and Confectionaries, Cl RE KN VI LbE ISTIt., X EAY N A N, G A. We arc manufacturing and receiving our OTYnivrn n nTit/n juvn nmnnir 0J Itinu 61 OUMMILr DIUtA Candies, Pickles, Nuts, Raisins, Mackerel, Crackers, Sugars, Coffee, W I 1ST ES DI - the latter article wc have the finest and best Madeira, Sherry, Port, Sweet Malaga and £3hiret, which we will sell by thegnlRvj or bottle for medicin al, party oy -Church purposes. significance of dolls, when their mother came in and sat down to her sewing, putting a stop to the conversation; That afternoon Billy started off to spend his dollar. He had determined to buy a booh at first; then he changed his mind, ami thought he had rather have a picture to hang up in his i«e stream, but breasting the powerful current he landed upon the rock upon the opposite side, and retiring some distance from tiie river, he quickly advanced toward the spot beneath which the hippopotamus was Ling. 1 had a fine view of the scene, as 1 was lying conceal ed exactly opposite the 1 ippo, which had now ly* valuable, yielding, in addition to -i !•'.*>' quantify of excellent flesh, about two hundred pounds of fat, and a hide that, will produce about two hundred coorbatche-, or camel whips. I have never shot th so ii-cMl crea tures to waste: every morsel of the flesh has been stored, eithet by the natives er for our own use; and whenever we have had ■< rood supply of antelope meat I have avoided firing a shot at the hippo. Elephant flesh is »*\ eed- inglr strong aud disagreeable, partaking high ly of the peculiar smell of the animal V. t had a good supply of meat from the two hip popotami. which delighted our people. The old Abou L)o, claimed the hull that he had harpooned, as bis own personal property, and lie took the grea-est pains in dividing tlie hide longitudinally, in strips of the width of three fingers, which he cut with great dexter:tv. Although the hipprpotamus is amphibious, he requires a large and constant supply of air; the lungs are of enormous size, and he inva riably inflates them before diving. From five to ten minutes is the time he usually remains under water; he then comes to the surface and expends the air within his Iqngs by ldow- ern jogrna and oufspo the liberty o his very door editor is equ may take bn and children attentive pet. eu *or its conductor i- fearless the r ght in a State where :’ie press is protected while at a newspaper is published whose By hoi J, though his boldness ..1 from the mouths of his wife We request of our readers an s:»i of the Reporter's article. The prop!.- of the South arc slow to appre ciate th. ir own paper? as they deserve. It is • rue there are some pa pi rs u.A worthy of pat ronage. becau-e they arc badly printed, spitit- lt ; a Ru-bss; but the majority of theSoulhcrn . j uima!- are edited wi:h ability, industry, en ergy and boldness, aud should be liberally i supported. Unfortunately, however, there are ' So iiturn nuu who trill go North for their; rcoi.ng i'-1e.i.i of sustaining their own press. . We do not mean that we should not take j Northern papers. Far from it; but we should, I like the p*op!e of the North, give our own p ipers the preference. Rates of Advertising. Advertisements inserted at $1.50per square (often lines or space equivalent,) for first ihs» r tion, and To cents for each subsequent in sertion. Monthly or semi-monthly adverti'scmen s inserted at the same rates as for new advcrli.-i - menis, eacfi insertion. Liberal arrangements will be made witl those advertising by the quat ter or year. All transient advertisments must be paid for when handed in. The money for advertiseing due after th* first insertion. SCHEDULE OF THE A. & W. P. R. R, E I’. GRANT. Superintendent. D.vv r \s>i:\c.Kn traix l.eave Atlanta - - - - - 7 58 a. m. Arrive at Newnan - - - - 9 57 ** Arrive at West Point - - -12 ”0 p. m. Leave West Point 12 50 r. >t. Arrive at Newnan 8 23 “ Anive at Atlanta 5 25 ‘f XIOHT Fit Kill IIT AND PASSKXOER TRAIX. L'*ave Atlanta 4 35 p. Jf. Arrive at Newnan 7 4V '* Arrive at West Point - - - 12 35 a. m. Leave West Point - - - - - 11 40 p. m. Airive at Newnan 3 85 a. m. Arrive at Atlanta - - - - C 45 a. m. 1:: almost every community there are per- ! Arrive at Atlanta. GEORGIA RAIL ROAD. B. W. GOLF, Superintendent. DAY PASSKXdER TRAIN - . Leave Atlanta. 5.15 A. M Arrive at Augusta 6.00 P. M Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M. 6.00 P. M. sons ready to make up. and join in, clubs for N irthiMn papers, hut it is seldom any one ever' Leave Atlanta Arrive at Augusta. great j Leave Augusta Arrive at Atlanta . XIOHT PASSENGER TRAIN. attempts to get up a club fur a Southern paper. Why is it? Is it right? There mania for getting up dubs for these papers at the Non!; advocating a Constitutional Federal Government. Ther/ are admired for their G.2o r. 8.15 A. 8.00 P. 5 00 A. boldness in defense of Constitutional principle ing; he again refills the Rings almost justan e admire such boldness, too. If such papers tancouslv, and if frightened he sinks immedi- j are to he admired J;y the S little bed-room. After that lie had thought; disappeared beneath the water. Abou Do atelr. Southern people for In places where thev have become boldly standing up to the cause of a Constitu the matter over, and came to the conclusion that a pair of nice gloves, with fur wrists to them, would be very comfortable, and look ever so much better than his woollen ones.— And b^tweyn them alj he did not know vtiat to get. So he went down the street, looking in at the shop windows, and seeing a great stealthily approached the edge of rocks be neath which he had expected to see the head of the animal; his Jung sinewy arm was raised, ly’iih the harpQon ready to strike, as he care fully advanced. At length he reached the edge cf the perpendic.nl had vanished, hut far from extremely shy from being hunted or fired at, | tionai Union, at i/ir North icherc free speech is many things that he would like, but which he . the Arab remained standing on the ledge, un they seldom expose the he ui above the surface, but merely protrude the nose and breathe through the nostrils; it is then impossible to shoot them. Their food consists of aquatic , . plants, and grasses of tnanv descriptions. Not ir rock, the rnpno *. .... - . , , .. . . '.* onlv do thev visit the margin ot the river, but i exhibiting surprise, ., * , * , . , , - f ’: v* ubim pp af n i it h r NEW GOODS. knew a dollar wouldn’t buj-. | At last he came to the book-store. The j windows were full of U>ys and books, and he I couldn’t help wishing that a dollar would buy j them all. ! Down in the corner, close to the glass, hjs j sharp eyes spied a book with a green and gold I cover, looking as fresh and charming as a changed in attitude. No figur.* of bronze could have been more rigid than t old river king as he stood erect upon the rock, with the left foot advanced, and the harpoon they wander at night to great distances from the water, if attracted by good pasturage, and allowed, how much more ought the poor, illy supported Conservative press of the South, where the bayonet is all the time pointed at them to be admired for their ho! ’.ness in sustaining the samp principles? Render, did you ever think of this ? While the press of tiie North is left untram- m -lied and free, according to the provisions hat of th I though clumsy and ungainly in appearance, j of tlie Constitution, to publish whatever may ,1,1 . ° *5 ! they clamber up steep banks and precipitous! please the wri ravines with astonishing power and ease. In riter, the Southern press is threat ened uit’ii suppression if the editor dares to .... , . , , , , , . , , places where they are perfectly undisturbed, har.ole men and principles as they deserve.— poised in his ready right hand above lus head, ■ *, . , * , . •• ., „ » - • . , , e 1 , ,* , - , 1 , , ., ,. ’ they not only enjoy themselves in the sunshine , 1 uere is not a bold, fearless, manly and inde while in his left lie held the loose coils of rope att-achei} to the noibatch buoy. For about three minutes he stood like a statute, gazing i Georgia that may not be moment, or whenever it mav f,ntc£ of moss all laced across with sunshine; intently into the clear and deep water beneath and on the cover was a name that ejade Billy 1 his feet. I watched eagerly"for the appearance determine what to do with tiis dollar. Once, ' of tiie hippo ; the surface of the water was at Cousin Grant’s, lie had seen a copy of a j still barren, when suddenly the right arm of story book that delighted him as no other 1 the statute descended like lightning, and the book ever had done. The stories were so . harpoon shot perpendicularly into the poo! natural, and about just such boys as himself, ! with the speed of an arrow, and so wonderfully interesting, tup ! And he answered to the summons ? had nevyr quite finished readingrtlie book, for enormous pair of open j iws appeared followed it jya.s r f Jjorj-owed one, and ijs oy.-ner took it j by tlje ungainly head and form’of the furious away before iie had got to the last page. Now i hippopotamus, that springing half out of the by basking half asleep upon the surface of the pendent editor water, but they lie upon the shore beneath the ! arrested at any slnjdy trees upon the river’s bank; I have seen suit or gratify the caprices of military fancy, them « hen disturbed by our sudden arrival just for doing what our bold editorial friends What river-fiend In an instant an here was a chance to get if for his own, and water, lashed the river into foam, and disdain- TlieFl'ice of Oaildy Ttfcd'iced toSuittllsTiniBS. I he had wished to have it so much ! Of course : ing the concealment of the deep pool, charged i during the march, take a leap from a hank about twenty Get perpendicular depth into the water below, witl; a splash that created waves in the quiet pool as though a paddle steamer, had pas-etl by. The Arabs attach no value to the tusks; these are far more valuable than elephant ivory, aud are used by dentists in Europe for the manufacture of false teeth, for which they are admirably adapted, as they do not change color. Not wishing to destroy the remaining hippo- 1 potami that were still within the pool, I left imaged in) ijoiL.0- . dr b o. d. smith 1 ) r,TURNS thanks to a generous public for their liberal patronage, and 'viU ,fon- tme the practice of his Profession, l’artic- ir attention given to Obstetrics and the Dis- sul Women and Children. Motto, ‘-Live 1 K-t live.” May be found at his Drug Store tin* day, and at his residence near the depot night. [February 29-tf. SOOTS, SHOES L E aV TIT E II! HEW STORE!—NEW GOODS! tend our wholesale business, we pledge our selves to refund the money paid us for Candies which do not give satisfaction. Mr. Thurman having an experience of six teen years us a manufacturer of Candies, Hat ters himself that he understands his business, and has no superior us a manufacturer in the Southern States. d'lie attention of the ladies particularly and the citizens generally is called to the fact that we keep constantly on hand a supply of Biasm eats© We know we can please you. j we mean and W-cgn .e'-Eat we say | October 19-6m. Hello!” cried Billy, “ is that you, George j the buoyant float bopp ng behind him along; at the North are noing—battling for Constitu tionai Liberty. They are free from threaten ing; ice are threatened with suppression. If our people admire hold, ess, honesty and fearlessness on the. part of the press, they can find many journals to admire in their own midst that deserve their sympathy ana support far more than the LaCrosse Democrat, the New York News, or the Metropolitan Record. Fius- tuin your own press, ye people of the South. It needs your support and sympathy. You are untrue to yourselves and your section, and false to your own professions, if you give any other' press the preference iu the matter of support From the Macon Telegraph. “Praying- to Death.’ 1 New Goods Directly from New York. Entire Stock Konght for CVS 11—Will S. 11 for CASH ONLY. Extra Inducements to Wholesale an j Retail Buyers. Brown ?’ “Yes,” answered tiie boy, as he took his eyes from the window with a little sigh.— “ IIow do you do, Billy?” “First rate,” answered Billy, cheerfully.— | “School commences next week, tjf cours.e you’ll be there bright and early Monday morn ing?” “ I don’t know,” answered George, slowly. “I can't work out enough to get money tg buy me anv new books, and the teacher says we the surface, until he landed from the river. ! started at full gallop along the dry shingly bed. and at l.ength disappeared iu the thorny nab- buk jungle. ! could have never imagined that so unwiel dy an animal could have exhibited such speed; no man could hare had a chance of escape, find it was fortunate for old Neptune that he | was secure upon the tiigli ledge of rock, for if j he had been in the path of 'he infuriatc-d be ist Lite mail u ites from Australia give some interesting particulars of the recent attempt to assassinate Prince Alfred of England, from which we take the following. Travellers sav the South Sea Islanders, and some other savage tribes, have a custom which they call “ praying to death.” When a native conceives a deadly animosity against a neigh bor, lie forthwith goes to the “medicine man” The affair occurred at a pic nic given for; or priest of the tribe, and fees him handsomely j the benefit of a Sailor's Home to be establish- ! to pray the subject of his enmity to death. We sav what Extra Inducements to Buyers at ^ hole- sale and Retail! Feachtree Str., Markham’s Buildings, (Opposite Cox & Hill,) ATLANTA, GEORG I A, Nov. 80-tf. GEORGE W. PRICE. BOOTS AISO SHOES | WOULD respectfully an- U uounce to the citizens ot Soiviian and vicinity that I havei ivured the services of TLCx*. iNT. XT. * most accomplished workman. 1 iuvi'e all, -crefore, to call, assuring them they can now >ve their Boots and Slices made in the most t’shiqnable style. All I ask ,to convince, is a fir trial. 5S^“Repairing neatly and promptly don^ feT’Oflice oif East side of Public Square, Newnan, Ga. [July lo-tf.j \\ . FLOYD. W. Ik W. DENT, MAXEFACTCTER OF ACL KINDS OF J. M. HOLBROOK. Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga., IS NOW receiving and open ing the largest and most com- ^^.plettf stock of l L,\T'»S ever ottered to the public at his well known fash ionable HAT EMPORIUM. Merchants, Country Dealers. Planters—every- i body can be supplied at ids establishment | with everything in’his' line, upon terms the most satisfactory and accommodating, as to quality and price. t^ay 2-tf. G. H. & A. W. FORCE WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS & SHOES. WHITE ALL STREET, GI&JIGLI. there would have been an end of Abou Do.— must have new readers and geographies, fori The old man plunged into the deep pool just ^ the old .ones are net gging to Le used any ion-| quitted by the hippo, and landed upon our | flt ^ w . h ir f an d cheered lustily w gtu*. Mother has all she can do to ge.t a jiving, , ride ; while in the enthusiasm of the moment ; p r : nr( . an( ] bowel his thunks. - - ' I waved my cap above my head, and gave him ' a British cheer as he reached the shore. His usually stern features relaxed ir.ro a grim smi.e of delight: this was one of the moments when the gratified pride of the hunter re warded him for any risks. I congratulated him.for his dexterity: but much remained to be done I proposed to 'cross the river and to __ i follow upon Hie track of the hipimpotamns, as j ^d residenT of Sydney) to enjoy a walk about and she works so hard that 1 can't ask her to buy me the books, if T don’t have any. If I coal 1 only get some work to do,” and George sighed again, for the thought of staying out ot school greatly pained him. lie loved his j books, and study was a pleasure. Some day, if he could only get an education to help him, lie meant to be a man who could mane his mark in the world. Billy knex- that he had made great plans for ed at Si.lney. The Prince had been invited in order to help the charity, and had kindly gone, drawing the benutv. wealth and fashion of the place. About half-past one tiie Prince arrived in a special steamer, and the people collect,ed bile the I iniiis- ! diatejy upon landing, he was conducted to I the luncheon tent, and in company with tiie ; Governor of the Colony, Lady Bclmore and ! several others, partook ofsotne refreshments. Leaving the tent, the Prince led Lady Bt-lmoie ; to a special pravilion which Had been erect We keep constantly on hand all grades of I X» BMKL TK Ladies’ Hats and Bonnets, Clothing, y Shoes, Hats, Saddlery, Crockery, Hardware, Tamilv (wroccriesj *fcc. figy“Agent for a Lynchburg (Va.) Whoh-cah, Dealer in Tobacco.‘"(jSK B@rMajor HU BREWSTER will alvvay l. u found at the store, to serve his old friends and patrons in his usual way. for the use of the elite of the party, and then ! Mr. Chaplain Boynton dpv/n, praying President sauntered away with Sir William Manning (an ' Johnson to death officially. It is true his .’hereupon tiie medicine man paints his face anew—gives a few extra touches to his stun ning head gear, and sets up his frantic howls and ululutiouS against the victim. A swift footed emissary conveys the fatal news to the doomed man, and the latter falling into des pondency and refusing food and drink, soon perishes, as is believed, under the withering ww—q, i T) o prayers and incantations of tiie terrible rnedi- | tlllCL ljQTYjf »> CoriiPt, cine man. It seems fo ns the Radical party must have ! taken a hint from this practice, when they set [ so large a portion of the Northern clergy, from [ Glass F ront. ,c ^3jf G. E. & S. I). SMITH. Newnan, April 13-tf. I imagined that the buoy and rope would catch the future, for George had told lum what he j in the thick jungle, and that we should find would like to be, and what he meant to do him entangled in the bush; but the oid hunter when he was grown up. Quick as thought Billy's resolve was taken. “ Wait a minute, George,” he said, and dis- ' hippo appeared in the doorway. In a iuue while he ! a short interval, came out again with a package, in his hands, neatly wrapped in brown paper. “There’s a present for you, George,” and Billv thrust the books George had been wish- the grounds. As lie went along he met a gen tleman named Allen, with whom lie shook and ini entang ehiiiineousn; oil me oin nuiuer j ftnd chatted c, r a few moments, and eiU.Jy laid h.s band upon my arm aim pom ed {hen hi , n)]cd Hn enveio ^ e to S ir Wiiiiam Man- p'the bed of the river, explaining Lint .he ni SHvi tbat it contaiae d a donation to ippo would certainly .return tc the wawr after , up In a few minutes later, at a distance of! nearly half a mile, we observed the hippo ! the Saiiur’s Home. Scarcely had he finished speaking when a man, whose name is now known to he OT.ir- reU, was observed to run quickly across to emerge from the jungle and ascend at full trot wh ; re ', )e wa3 st;lud j n „ and (ire with a revol- to the bed of the river, making-direct for the yer at the Prince, wiio w v . # | ,• j .i ,(1.1 <1 v 111- 1 ll.. L) , 4 i l m .1 cm . • i i ing for into his hands; and before he coiild J first rocky pool in which we mm noticed tbe; j wardj cr yi n cr ol ,t - ; Qii mv God. I : fairly comprehend what it all meant, Billy was j herd of hippopotami. Accompanied by the L»?\ C k is brokeu.” Sir Wiiiiam Mat almost out of sight. old Howarti ;! -po bunt, r) we a.o ,et <jiiick.*j hastllv round upon hearing the re —... . , ; . i- « « 1 1 a , V - i ». Un arriiuiiinii fn ntn lll-ir I M77..EYTI Keep on hand the largest and best selected stock in Atlanta, and.wiR sell to V°T Mt 7 : unwDeh 7 ” ' mcroluuits at X«w «MJ fmght ad- - d L >d. Nov. oo, loOi-i). ' Billy told hisTather how he had spent his dollar. “Do you think I spent it foolishly?" he asked. “ I think yon spent it as well as I could have wished,” Mr. Qane said, proud of his son's generositv and kindness. “ It you always do as well, Billy, you will never spend your money immediately fell for ma shot; rny .Manning turned -jort of the sturdy nerves refused to give way under this | i heavy fire of spiritual artillery, which, we \ I imagine is one grand reason Why he is not j ! actually dead yet, and why the medicine men I j of the Radical party failed to bring about as ! ; efficacious' resuLs as might have been antici- ! j pated. from the almost uniform success which | i attends such experiments where they orig- | j inn ted. But, nevertheless, these American medicine I men did their best—they “spared no pains,” j : as tiie advertisements say—-and, in fact, they i • came very nigh accomplishing the business.— ' if Johnson had posses.-ed tlTe fa:th in them j —^—w—^ —■—,, Y V r' A rif—y—| necessary to be “prayed to death," in due ; | j f\ I I J YY I Fj. T. M. & II. C, CLARKE, (Sign of the Big Padlock,) PEACHTREE STREET., ATLANTA, C l. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ENGLISH MD AMERICAN Vv’. Manning), he stooped to get out of the line men of the Radical party had snc.vn .h » snga- rl i r AND DEALSU IN' Andrew J. Smith. SMITH &. TURNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW , NEWNAN, GA., WILL pay the debts, in a Court ot Bat^ niptev. of sill who apply to them be tore the 1st June. ISOS, and will practice in the Tallapoosa and Coweta Circuits. [Nov. 9 tt. felt amply repaid for his seljf- _ i denial when he saw what a smiling! happy ! face George had or. Monday morning when the Wm. Ai.i.kx Ti knkk ! school bell called them all together to study and help lay the foundation of a life of future 1 usefulness. From the Louisville Courier. i£- The Moon as seen through Prcf. Davis’ Big Telescope- “ kinds of Country Produce taken in ex- j chaege. _ . fe^Vill duplicate any Atlanta bill ga c-n to ; ■'•'■•rcliantj ’ [April 27-tf. DR. A. R. WELLBORN The magnifying power of the telescope with behind the ear. at about seventy-five yards, his lense is oOO tunes, which makes the moon with a single-barreiled rifle. As usual with a .pear almost near enough to an observer for hippopotami, wtiether dead or alive, he uisap- him to converse with its inhabitants, if'there peared beneath the water at the shot, flhe of fire, and in doing so lie fell. This time, however, tiie revolver snapped, and white O’Larrell was again leve’ing his pistol at the Prince, a gentleman named Vial, who bad witnessed the whole occurrence, ran up and pinioned his arms to his body, thn3 changing the direction of the weapon, which, ifowever, exploded, ti;o bullet hitting a Mr. Thorne in the foot. Mean while the report of the revolver had drawn together the pic nickers from all parr- of the grounds, and a scene cf disorder and confu-ion ensued which no words c it i» e, 0 Farrell struggled hard to get fr en Vial, swearing fiercely and loudly, and in the tussel the identity of the combatants became a little confused. When, therefore, the .bystanders, who had now discovered that the Prince had been siibt, rushed ic. and separated the men. city of Bishop Simpson in the case cited below, j and directed their invocations to parties in in- Don ftccl and Nails, terest who had the faith and (what is more to j A%( chains, the purpo-f) who held the weapons of slaugh- y£.y and NCat Saws, ter. the res i’t might Lave been accomplished. ' Bi-iiows. Anvils, Vices, .. . - , * . * iii'.-Mii iiMiu'i uinui ucoiiii^ mv I'.uwm j - — I P • toward the spot. He explained to me tttat-j ; rero j4 r at) d sering the man who had just j course the success would have been complete, must shoot the harpooned hippo, lor we snoulu ( f!n .J pointed ' hi ' s we; ,p ()n towards him (Sir ! More than this, if more of these medicine not be able to secure him m the usual way oy 1 1 i ....... - ■ ’ - ------- roj’es, as nearly all our men were absent irom camp, disposins- of the dead elephant. Upon reaching the pool, v.kich was about a hundred and thirty rods in diameter, we were immediately greeted by the hippo, which snort ed and roared as we approached, but quickly dived, and the "buoyant float ran along the surface, directing his course in the same man ner as tiie cork of a trimmer with a pike upon the hook. Several limes he appeared, but as he invariably faced us I could not obtain a favorable shot: I therefore sent the old hunter round the pool, and he, swimming tiie river, advanced to ti.e opposite siue and attracted the atteniion of the hippo, causing him to im mediately turn towards him. Tuis afforded ; me a good cbnr.ce, and I fired a steady shot CONSISTING IN PART OF : Locks, Hinges, Screws, Carpenters’ Tools, Pocket & Table Cutlery, Gunn, Rifles, Pistols, Carriage Hardware, upon by t .at eminent medicine man. Liriiop Hheliers, .straw Simpson of ti.e Northern Episcopal Church, assembled with all the brotherhood in National Conference at Chicago. The incantations were ict. • conducted through the magnetic te egrapb, and Bishop Simpson was at one end of the line and Senator Harlan at the other. 1 he Journal reports a? follows: “On Friday ni^ht, when heaven and earth were being moved to bring the halting Sena tors up to the scratch for the next day, Harlan ■ Coppe: Slab and Sheet Zinc Cutters, AH of which we will sell low for cash. Agents for Fair bank’s Standard Scales, and for Knoxville Iron Works. Nov. 80. 1867-6m. NOTICE. they were uncertain as to which of them was telegraphed to Bishop Simp?on . Ssi<l(Uery and Bdvness /YyJk EMPORIUM. G. C. ROGERS, (21 door below Moore & Marsh, 3 ??osite U. States aud American Hotels,) Deeatur-St ......Atlanta, Ga,, lias on hand the hugest and finest siock of VVDDLES of any- home in the State. Also carriage and buggy harness, hard ware for eveything in his line, for the supply Saddlers and Harness-Makers, including a Ger stock and better variety 0 f BUCKLES ev- er h rought to Atlanta. I’rices more reasonable and Stock more com- r-' te than any in the city of Atlanta. llT’Carriages and Buggies of tiie most ap- 7 ,r ***.-,! style and finish oil hand, and made to ; r i-r at prices as favorable as can be Qbtained ■ r -New York. ffc^Pletvise give me a call, [sept. 21-12 g are anv, aud they understood our language. TENDERS his Professional services | Kut p ro fes;or Davis thinks the moon has no to the citizens of Newnan and sur- Yoimding country. His old friends and patrons wm find him jo possession ot modern ap pliances for curing diseases aud re lieving pain. |5G ’Office, during the day. at the Drug btore of Di • 0. D. Smith, and at night may be fount, at the residence of John Ray, E>q. January 4-tf. atmosphere, aud consequently cannot possibly sustain animal or vegetable life on its surlace. And, surelv, its appearance to an unscientific observer would lead him to that conclusion. The surface of the moon where the sun shines on it dearly appears nearly white, aud spot where the grand old bait crack of tiie ball and the absence of anyspiash from the bullet told me he was hit: the ala- batch float remained perfectly stationary upon the surface. I watched it for some minutes : it nevei moved. Several heads of hippopot ami appeared and vanished in different direc tions. but the Soat was stiii: it marked tiie lav dead be- COOK & JONES, GROCERS AND like a large, deep bed of lime mortar, into which stones from the size of large rocks down to small pebbles had been thrown and sunk, and the mortar had suddenly hardened as soon as the stones had disappeared, ieaving t h .e space they occupied in .-inking only partially tilled un These Prof. Davis thiuks are the craters'of extinct volcanoes. In other places ; were to be seen ridges or elevations, some ot 1 which were very abrupt, apparently only a few j inches high. These, he said, are Liiis and i mountains, some of which are over two miles , . high. nealh. I shot another hippo, that I thought must likewise be dead; and. taking tiie lime by my watch. I retired to tiie shade of ?. tree with Uassan. " xbiie H*’-iii Ali and the old banter oonr „ v ,^ to s v ,; ne y aii d lodged in jail, returned to camp for assistance in men ana In a little more than an hour and a half, two the assassin, and while ri;e jr.-ij rify of tl:e crowd pitched upon the right man, Mr. Vial was also seized upon and severely maltreated. After awhile the police succeeded in getting hold of O Farreil, but not before he had been terribly and bru:a!!y beaten. The people called savagely rat, “ Kiil him!” “Hang him !' •• Lvnch him!” and fought desperately with tiie police to possess themselves a grin of his . i ho'v, the peer wretch getting a dozen kicks i and blows for every yard the police progress- e i down to the wharf, and, bleeding and an- j conscious of the injuries lie had received, was ; I fear Brother Willey is lost.’ A LL persons indebted io me will pleaso come forward and settle up immediately. “To tiiis melancholy announcement Bishop Beino- burned out, necessity compels me to Eirnuson replied : Brother WiR-'.y professes to be a Christian. | v ; call on you, otherwise I would not ask it of on. I will soon be ready to serve my old He Las a soul to save, and he cannot barter | f r iend3 and customers again Pray with . }f av 22-tf. P. A. POWERS. Meanwhile the Prince had been raised trom the grown and conveyed to his private tent, ak from the loss of blood. iU a. m.« — - ; j verv weak from tae toss oi oiooj. An exam- objects like the backs of turt.es appeared : j n . [; oc -r p; s •wound, however, showed it to above the surface ; these were the flanks of q ver y se rions one and, indeed, it is strange A short time afterwards .he j { the bullet, entering where it did, an inch i, regardless oi crocodiles, j Qr tTrQ tQ .c e 0 f the spine, abont the his soul and imperil his country, brother Wiliey.’ “The pioas impeachers prayed with brother Willey, and their prayers must have been heard by somebody, for. a3 you are aware, when the question of guilty or not guilty was put to the vote the next day, brother Willey bolted the bolters and voted guilty.” One more successful operation of this kind would have made a case of President Johnson. ^ f M firm> Mr D It was, however, an unfair perversion of the “ e .:, .a- ^ BISS6LUJTI0N. T nE copartnership heretofore existing be tween DENNIS & BOSTROM in the Saw- Miil bnsiness, ha3 been dissolved my mutual consent. Mr. W. B. Dennis will settle the indebted- the two hippos. men arrived, and, .- D . Their shadows in the sides opposite the they swam toward the bodies One was tow- ; _ sun tfere almost as distinct as that of a row of ed directly to the shore .y tae^ iLe ai . ■ atd . cr at buildings near by, and from their shadows an to the harpoon me Other ’. '’ V ’ ♦»’**" “ ‘ ' “ calculate their hetght with as i long line and dragged to the bank of c.ean original theory ar. i practice.of - 1 Fraying to Heat:!,'’ as recogrizc-I among the enlightened people who first introduced the custom. It was will continue the business in his own name. W. B. DENNIS. May 23-21. E. T. B03TR0M. middle of the back, did not produce instant a.ny rate, more serions results than it Las done. astronomer can XEWN2JT, GA - . ^“Office on LaGrange street, near Dough- j a mQ uruin on ‘the earth’ by their ^^from the^pW^ ertv’s Hotel. [July 6-tf. shadows. inu- from a Virginia farmer. accomplishing the matter by indirection and ! ■ “ ' ' riiicanerv —a species of “ratting,” as the rpWU months after date application will be nrintet -term it. X made to the Honorable Court of Ordinary ' We shitjl nor plead guilty to the imputation of of Haralson county for leave to sell .the land * ’ belonging to the estate of James Sanford, late of said county, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors ot said deceased. April 25-2m. G. L. EAVES, Adm’r. ! the slightest de-ign to speak lightly of sacred f things—it is such practices as these which ere Stanton has been sued for $50,000 for steal- well calculated to bring sacred things into contempt.