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^ofessiowl Cqlrds.
B. ». HARTEV, SCOTT.
HARVEY & SCOTT,
ATTORNEYS AT LA AY,
ROME, OA ’
A DVANCES of monoy ean usually be had
upon good claims left for collection.
Rome, June t.—ly.
GEO. T. STOVALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ROME, GA.
Wi.i. practice in the counties of Fhcrokee
r r „, q/ficc over N. .1. Omlierg's Clothing store
Referevck—Underwood A Smith, Rome
da. T. R. R. Cobb, Esq., Athens, Oa. jan27
THOS. .1. VERDERY,
attorney at law,
CEDAR TOWN, G A -
Will practice in the counties of Floyd,
p.lk. Paulding, Carroll, Haraldsou and Cass.
Siriot attention paid to collecting. jan20-ly
J.|w. H. c. II. SMITH.
UNDERWOOD & SMITH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ROME
Practice in Upper Georgia! also in the
Federal District Court of Marietta.
ja,n20'59-ly
C. H. SMITH,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Commi ’ ionor of Deeds for Alabama and
Tennessee. aug3,
T. W. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ROME GA.
feblb'j7
W. It. TERHUNE,
ATTORNEY A 0 L A W,
ROME GA.
Office—In City Hail null-Vug.
aprS-1 y
" ;DRS. GREGORY A FARELL,
BROAD ST.,
ROME, GA.
Office—First door below Choice Hotel,
oetlfitwly
DiTr. c. word,
ROME, GEO.
Will continue the practice of his proles
sion in Rome and vicinity.
OFFICE—Next door below MoClung’s
storo. jan28’0Itwly
Dr. B. M. STRICKLAND,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
OFFICE at the Drug Stoic of Baker,
Echols A Strickland.
Room over McGuire A Pinson's store.
Rome, Ga., July 14, trily.
MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY.
ROME, GA.
Office—At Rome Railroad Depot.
W. S. COTHRAN, Pres’t.
C. H. STILLWELL, Sec’y. july28
COTHRAN, JEFFERS & CO,.
—SUCCESSORS TO—
JEFFERS & COTHRAN,
icters & Commission Merchants,
CENTRAL WHARF,
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
WADE S. COTRAN, Romo, Ga.
W.\I.II. JEFFERS, I a
IIENRF L. JEFFERS, j clu, . le 't«>>, s -
SeptomV r 7,—ly.
CANFIELD, BR0. & CO.,
No. 229 Baltimoro st., corner Charles,
BALTIMORE," MD.,
IMPORTERS and DEALERS IV
Watches. Jewelry,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
BRONZES, CLOCKS,
'^Military and Fancy Goods generally
(VB7ft Co. invito attention to their rich
and extensive stock of Goods, not inferior to
any other establishment in their line. One
of their firm visiting Europe annually ena
bles them by a careful selection from the best
sources to offer inducements to purchasers
both in style and price second to none.
Watches of the Lost makers and in every
variety. Military Companies furnished com
plete. * aug2-twlv
NO HUMBUG,
But the Poor Man’s Relief,
AXD THE
RICH MAX'S FRIEND !
Harris’ Twelve Feinted Donble
MOULD BOARD
F* L O W.
T HE MERITS OF THIS®
Plow over others, for
the cultivation of both C»t-
ton and Corn are man}', but 1 shairmention
only its leading merits: With four wings,
two small and two large, it can be convert<*<l
Into Seven different Plows, all of which arc
very necessary for the cultivation of dif
ferent crops. And another very important
feature is durability. A Plow completed
will lust a man from two to five years, accord
ing to the soil he cultivates, and will only
cost about Three Dollars to nut it up. Au
Agency will soon be established in Rome,
and then planters will be invited to call and
seo for themselves. Address.
B. F. REYNOLDS,
mar20tritf. Kingston, Ga.
Seventh Year in the Trade—A fast age re
quires fast work
E. M. SEAGO,^
PRODUCE BROKER
—AND—
General Commission Merchant,
Office in Scngo's Block, No. 15, Alabama St.,
ATLANTA, GA.
S ICLLS all Goods on arrival at 2\ percent.
Will make returns within throe days from
receipt of Goods. Will purchase, funds in
this city. New York, New Orleans. Philadel
phia, Baltimoro. Boston, Nashville, Cincin
nati, Saint Louis and Louisville at 2i per
cent.: on sums of $1,000 or moro at 1 per cent,
in thisGity. The citizens of this f’ity, or
strangers in this City, on sums not less than
$100, at I percent.; on smaller sums at 2J
per cent
r-#* Res poet fully refers to Bankers and
Merchants of this City. mar20trily.
JFTNA INSURANCE CO
HARTFORD, CON.
INCORPORATED 1819 !
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
Authorised Capital, $1,500,000 00
Raid up Capital 1,000,000 00
Assets 2,030,423 80
E. G. Ripley, Pres., T. A. Alf.xavder, V. I’
T. K. Brace, Sec’ty, A. A. Williams. Adj’t
W. 8. COTHRAN, Act., Rome, Ga.
april5trily.
PECENIX INSURANCE CO.,
„ HARTFORD, CON.
CAPITAL $400,000!
tjHARTER PERP’TUL.
H. Kellogg, Beot’y., S. L. Loomis, Presto
W. S. COTHRAN, Agt., Rom®, Ga.
april5trily.
DAVID G. LOVE,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Accountant,
W ILL attend to Posting Books, Executing
Deeds to Real Estate, Issuing Protests,
Collecting and Scouring Claims, and all oth
er business in his line.
Office in O. B. Eve’s Carriage Factory,
whero he may be found daily from 8 to 12,
A. M. and froml to 5 P. M. Patronage so-
l!0lttd - 'an3--trily.
NOTICE.
O ^tTur F^ r Ku P . tembor Ul > al ‘ work J°«t
at our Establishment must be
Paid for on Delivery.
Ontthird^TJh^'amo^Stb 11 " 17 ^ 01 !," 8
ordorod and Z " m ? Unt “Uflt bo paid when
irl “
requested to mak© Immediate Payment.
augSOtf NObl ® Br08 ’& CO.
Daily StageJLine.
Between Rome and Talladega.
T HE Coaches now make
close connections with
the Ituilrouds at both ends
of the route' Distance 90 miles ; time 22
hours.
Through Passengers will find this in ugreo-
ftble route.
Leaves Romeevcry morning al CJ o’clock
Leaves Talladega every even, 6 '*
POWELL A HUTCHINSON,
junclOtrily Proprietors.
Atlanta & West Point R. R.
Atlanta to West Point—87 Miles—Fare $3 50
GEORGE G. HULL, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta daily, at 10 15 AM
Arrive at West Point at 3 32 P M
Leave West Point daily, at 2 25 P M
Arrive at Atlanta at 7 50 P M
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta daily, at 0 30 A M
Arrive West Point at 5 46 A M
Leave West Point diily, at 3 15 A M
Arrive at Atlanta at 7 59 A M
fcbl4
A-LTcticm
AND
COMMISSION ROOM!
BY
Johnston & Watters, Auc’rs.
A T the Store Room formerly occupied by
McGuire ft Pinson. Three days in the
week—
TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.
Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
Tffr'Oonsignmonts must be mado to M. P
GALCERAN, Agent. mnyl2trily.
'S®.Refer to 0. H. Smith and H. A. Gar-
trell Esqrs.
'Susipess
CHOICE HOTEL,
ROME, GA.
T ILE subscriber has taken the above house
and having had nearly 15 years’ experi
ence in the business in Virginia, hopes to
give satisfaction to all who may favor him
with their patronage.
jeS'Oinnibus to and from the Hotel free
of charge.
<lecl2tw1y WILLIAM BOWEN.
KINGSTON HOTEL,
KINGSTON, . ... e .... QA.
P ASSENGERS ean get a good warm sup-
por at tho above named Hotel, immedi
ately opposite tho Ticket office, on the left
hand side of the Railroad going down. Sat
isfaction given or no charge.
5T9' Strict attention to passengers going
to Rome. T. R. C0UC11E, Trop’r.
i tWtf.
VERANDA
Boarding House !
In sight of tho Depot—same side of the
Street, [feblltrily] S. G. WELLS, Fro.
FORT & HARGROVE,
OFFER FOR SALE A
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Groceries & Staple Goods,
adapted to Planter’s use—
For Cash,
Consisting of
Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Molasses,
Nails, Negro Kerseys, Blankets,
Linseys, Negro Shoes, Stripes
' Shirtings, Osnaburgs,
fUaylS-ly. Factory Thread, kc., Ac.
CORN, BACON,
FLOUR AND LARD.
2 000 * >U " prim ° "lUd'B CORN;
6*000 bu ‘ “ YELL,0W “
i nn’nnn n>«- bacon, in sides,
A vJU. vJvJVf Hams A Shoulders;
7 200 bbl6- FL0UR;
2 QQQ lbs - LARD, in ksgs.
All in storo and to arrive. For sale by
GEO. U. WARD Ai CO.,
mar2ltwftwtf At their Warehouse.
J. B. MURPHY
RESIDENT DENTIST,
R ESPECTFULLY informs his friends, and
the public generally, that he continues
the practice of DENTlSi'R Y in all its branch
es, and has fitted up au office, over the store
of McGuire A Pinson, where ho is prepurod
to execute all operations appertaining to Den
tistry, in the most, approved manner.
Ho would also call the particular attention
of those in want of Artificial Work, to his su
perior style of teeth, set on gold plate : for
beauty, strength and life : like appoaeance,
they are not surpassed. As an impression has
been made that my prices for dental opera
tions are higher than the usual run of Den
tists, I bog leave to say that they are the same
as charged by Dentists at Augusta. Macon
and Savannah. For Artificial Work my char
ges arc as follows:
Entire Sets Uppor.nud Lower from $100 to $>25«
Half Sets, Upper or Lower, from 50 to 150
Temporary Sets, Upper and Lower, 25 each.
Partial Sets in proportion to the above.
As I am well posted in all the late improve
ments of the day. I feel confident that I can
meet the wants of all who may need tho ser
vices of a Dentist, and if references are want
ed: as to their utility in answering the purpo
ses of nature, I can givo them in abundance,
from those who have tested my skill, for the
last fourteen years, in this, and adjoining
States.
J. B. MURPHY.
Komi:, Sept. U. 1850. f f
GUN-SMITH.
The subscri
ber having upon-
j^^cd a Shop on
Broad st., is now
prepar’d to man
ufacture
Rifles, Shot Guns & Pistols,
Of every quality; and also any kind of Ri
pairing, such as Stocking, Dressing Out,
Cleaning, Changing Old Flint Locks to IVr-
ussion, ftc.
Also, Making and Fitting NYS of every
description, at short notice.
I warrant all work to give satisfaction or
no charge. JOSEPH ZAItUBA.
uov27—twl y
W. & Atlantic (State) R, R.
Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 miles, fare $5—
John W. Lewis, Supe’t.
MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, at 10 20 a u
Arrives at Chattanooga 7 34 r m
Leaves Chattanooga at 3 25 A a
Arrives at Atlanta 1 40 r m
EVENING PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta at night 8 15 A m
Arrives at Chattanooga 5 SO A n
Leaves Chattanooga, at 3 00 r u
Arrives at Atlanta 11 32 a m
This road connects each way with the
Romo Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East
Tnnessec ft Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and
Nashville 4 Chattanooga Ruilroad at
Cattanoogr marStri.
Cards-
Mrs. Summerhays
Fashionable Millinery,
Broad St., Rome Ga.
AN ASSORTMENT OF
Bonnets, Hats, Head Dresses,
Dress Caps, 4c., fte., kept constantly on
hand.
.■JSB-Krom this date terms strictly cash.
janl5l8t)l—tritf
TO THE LADIES!
HISSESNOBLR&STOBCUL
Have just received & large
assortment of
Fall and Winter
MILLINERY
GOODS,
Which w# will sell at the lowest prices possi
ble. Coma and judge for yourselves,
octll
Family
Supplies
JAS.W.LANGST0N,
City Hall Block,
BROAD STREET, ROME, GA.
T HE Undersigned will keep a general as
sortment of Family Groceries consisting
of
FLOUR, BACON,
MEAL. LARD,
SUGAR, CANDLES.
SYRUP, TOBACCO,
MOLASSES, SEGAllS,
COFFEE. Cotton Varus,
FISH, DRIED AND FRESH
FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON, ftc.
No pretense is mado to a WHOLESALE
business, but persons may be sure of getting
at least as Good Bargains iiere at RETAIL
i at any other House In tho city.
£3TTerms—Cash only.
JAS. W. LANGSTON.
jrne2—twtf
HENRY A. SMITH,
Bookseller & Stationer
ROME, GA.
ffgfm JUST RECEIVED
/ *™a large and exten
sive Stork of School,
Classical and Miscellaneous Books. Also, a
large variety of Stationary, Wall Papering,
Engravings, Pa*, tings and Fancy Articles,
suitable for the II<didays. Merchants and
School Teachers, supplied with Books and
Stationary at Augusta prices. The attention
of purchasers respectfully solicited.
TormS Casli.
jan3--twly
WHOLESALE
TOBACCO HOUSE!
Wcalherford, Sloan & Thomas.
BROAD ST., ROME, GA.
W ILL keep constantly on hand a largo
and carciully selected sto«-k of Vir
ginia and North C'froliua Tobacco, and will
supply the trade on as reasonable terms as
cun be had else whero.
I. G. S. WEATHERFORD,
Rockingham Co. N. C.
W. 0. SLOAN. Rome Ga.
W. J. M. THOMAS,
jiinclOtrily. Rockinghnm, Co. N, C.
NEW WATCHMAKER
And Silversmith Shop.
I recommend myself to the public gener
ally who want WATCHES
Clocks & Jewelry Repaired
To give me a call. I prouii-e to 00 good work
and make charges reasonable.
SIEGFRIED JONAS.
^ST-Shop in the rear of S, Jonas' Store.
nov22tw3in
COOSA RIVER
J, R, MARTIN,
Successor to C. A. Smith,
ROME, GA.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
CHOICE
CONFECTIONARY,
AND
SMALL GROCERIES.
ALL KINDS OF FRUIT.
OYSTERS 8c SHAD
IN THEIR SEASON.
CANDY MANUFACTO Y
AND
BAKERY.
ASSORTED CANDIES
Put up In Boxes to suit Customers.
Parties Supplied with Cake-
Jbif Orders will be attended to with
promptnons and Dispatch."4S
jm~Terms Cagb. ecplotwly.
STEAMBOATS!
Aftor this date tho Co>sa River Steamboa
Company’s Steamers will leave for GREEN.
SPORT, and intermediate landings’ as fol
low? :
STEAMER ALFARATA, or
PENNINGTON,
Leaves Rome, Friday Me rn-
ing at 8 o'clock.
Leaves Greensport Monday
Morning at 6 o’clock.
ELLIOTT A RUSSELL.
j*n24triwtf.
The Suspended Banks in the Confed
erate States.
The following Circular from theTrsaa-
ury has been sent to the Presidents and
Directors of each of Banks in the Con
federate States which have suspended
specie payments.
The Circular explains itself, and if the
suggestions of the Secretaiy are met, as
they should be by the Banks, the hap
piest results will follow:
Confederate States of America,
Treasury Department, 1
Montgomery, Ala., March 27, 1861. J
2b the President and Directors of the
Gentlemen:—It is well known that
the Suspension of Specie Payments by
the Banks in the Confederate States du
ring tho past winter, was the result nei
ther of speculation, nor of a desire of
gain, but that it was apolitical aot,
done by the authority of the State Gov
ernments, and that urgent public neces
sity justified the action of the publio
authorities and of the Banks. Theobject
intended by both was the public good.
Permit me, in further promotion of the
same good, to request you now to modi
fy that Suspension.
Congress has authorized a loan of fif
teen millions to bo taken up for the pub
lic defence—part of which is to be of
fered on the 17th of April. In the
States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas,
and the lower part of Alabama, the Cur
rency is either Coin, or Bank Notes, re
deemable in Coin; while in Georgia,
South Carolina, Florida, and in the up
per part of Alabama, the Currency is in
Bank Notes, which are from Two to
Threorper cent, below the value of Coin.
It is obvious, therefore, that under
existing circumstances, the Subscription
to the Loan cannot be paid in Bank
Notes in all the Confederate States,
without producing inequality and con
fusion. The only means of makingtlie
Subscriptions equal is to require pay
ment in Cotn, or in Currency, at its val
ue in Coin. And as the former would
be an impracticable condition, the De
partment has been compelled to adopt
the other alternative. You will readily
perceive, however, that in all the States
occupied by your Currenoy, a serious
obstacle will arise to individual sub
scriptions, from tho idea that the Two
or Three per cent, difference between
the value of Bank Notes and Coin, is a
premium paid on the loan. 1 would
earnestly recommend to you a measure
which will remove this obstacle. It is
the immediate adoption by you of a res
olution that you will redeem in Specie,
such of your notes as may be paid in
upon this Subscription. Such a resolu
tion will immediately raise these Notes
to the value ot Coin, and will disembar
rass the entire Subscription. It is true
that this amounts to a virtual return in
part to Specie Payment, but it is made
to advance a great public interest, and
the cost of providing specie for tho en
tire loan, would amount to less than
$150,000, to be distributed amongst all
the Banks of the Southern Confedera
cy. But it will be far less than that to
you, inusiuuoh as more than half the
loan will probably come from the Spe
cie paying States, and the real burden
would not amount to more than Eighty
Thousand Dollars, equivalent to an
abatement on your Annual Dividends
of ubout J of one per cent, on your
Banking Capital.
The difficulty will bo further diinin-
isliod to you by tho fact that tho Notes
will be in tho bauds of the Government
and Will, of course, bo used in such a
way as to produce tho smallest possible
inconvenience to the Bunks which had
thus come forward to aid the Govern
ment. Coin will, in fact he wanted to
a very small extent. At home, the
the Bunk Note Currency will pay cur
rent demands; and exchange, foreign
and domestic, can be substituted for
Coin, and will furnish a moro conveni
ent means of remittance to pay de
mands upon the Government. Besides
these, another important relief to the
demand for Coin, will arise from the is
sue of Treasury Notes, which is to be
made as soon as they can be prepared
by this Department.
And lastly, it may bo urged that a
pieparation for a general resumption of
Specie Payment is always desirable, and
that season of the year when crops have
all beer, sold, and when calls for money
are less urgent, is the most appropriate
period for such preparation.
I would, therefore, respectfully ask
your immediate attention to this sub
ject, and the adoption at your earliest
convenience, of such a resolution as that
above recommended.
With much respect, your obedient
servan t,
Signed C. G. Memuinuer,
Secretary of the Treasury.
No Matter now I—A party ol bela
ted gentlemen, about a certain hour,
began to think of home, and their
wives’ displeasure, and urge a depar
ture. “Never mind,,” said one of the
guests, “fifteen minutes will make no
difference ; my wife is as mad now as
she can be.' 1
BILLIARD SALOON,
OVER THE ENTRANCE TO
MORRISON & LOGAN’S
LIVERY STABLE.
Four Fine Tables.
G entlemen wu. wish to take a quiet
game of Billiards ean bo accommodated
at the above named room. There are Four
Fine Tables—three of them quito now, and
of the celebrated Brunswick manufacture.—
The room will be kept comfortably warmed
at all times, and well lighted at night.
N. J. REYNOLDS,
dec8twtf Proprieto
The Star of Love
by geo. p. morris.
The star of love now shines above,
Cool zephyrs crisp the sea;
Among the leaves the wind-harp weaves
Its serenade for thee.
The star, the breeze, the wave, the trees,
Their minstrelsy unite;
But all are drear till thou appear
To decorate the night.
. ‘ ' »> . i
The light of noon streams from the
moon,
Though with a milder ray;
O’er hill and grove, like woman’s lore,
It cheers us on our way.
Thus all that’s bright—the moon, the
night,
Tho heavens, the earth, the sea,
Exert their powers to bless the hours
We dedicate to thee.
JK^It has been well said of the home
of the scolding wife, that “it’s a bad
house in which the hen crows louder
than tho cock.”
WiTTbe Stay Law passed by the Mis
souri Legislature has been declared by
the Supreme Court of that State uncon
stitutional as far os relates to oontracts
made previous to passage of the act.
(9"An oxehange paper tells a story
of a negro hoy who fell into a hogs
head ol molasses, and wonders if they
licked him when they took him out. |
From the Macon Telegraph.
Mb. Clisbt : —Please publish for the
information of the late Assistant Mar
shals in Georgia, the following letter
from J. C. G. Kennedy, Superinten
dent Census, together with my reply
to the same, and oblige your ob’t serv’t.
Tuog. L. Boss.
Census Office Defabtm’t of Interior, )
Washington, March 22d, 1861; j
Thomas L. Boss, Esq., Assistant Mar
shal, Macon, Ga.
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of
the 19th inst., I would state that the
Government having been deprived of
tho funds wherewith it was contemplat
ed to pay the creditors of the United
States, by the seizure and appropria
tion to the purposes of the so-called
Southern Confederacy, I am unable to
obtain from tho Treasury, the means
necessary to pay the balances due the
Marshals ana their Assistants in those
States, as the oflicors of Government
will not deposite funds where they are
liable to be diverted from the purposes
contemplated by law. If tho present
holders of the abstracted funds will
accept orders in favor of your own citi
zens for sums due the U. S., I doubt
not arrangements may readily be effect
ed to compensate you for your services,
but under present circumstances, unless
we have assurances that drafts on these
funds will be honored, none will be is
sued to be return protested. In the
hope that the restitution of the Gov
ernment monies, and the restoration of
loyal and amicable relations, will soon
remove all obstacles to the payment of
the balance due you,
I remain your ob’t serv’t,
J. C. G. Kennedy, Sup’t.
Macon, Ga., March 27th 1861.
J. C. G. Kennedy, Esq.,
Sup’t Census, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:—Your favor of the 22d, in
reply to mine of the 19th, has been re
ceived, and contents duly noticed.—
You say “that tho Government having
been deprived of the funds wherewith
it was contemplated to pay the creditors
of the United States by their seizure
and appropriation to the purposes of
the so-called Southern Confederacy, I
am unable to obtain from the Treasury
the means necessary to pay the Mar
shals and their Assistants in these
States; as the officers of the Government mill
not deposite funds where they are liable to be
diverted from the purposes contemplated by
law.” Now air, 1 am perfectly willing
to take a Draft on the U. S. sub-troasu-
rv at Now York, where tho most of tho
Government funds are deposited. I
am in need of what is due me. I have
waited a considerable time, and any dif
ficulty between the U. S. Government
and the authorities of the Confederate
States, should be no excuse for the U.
8. to become unjust to individual* for
services and labor performed under
solemn contract with the Government.
Hoping soon to receive a Draft, for
what is due me, 1 have the honor to be
Your obedient servant,
Thomas L. Boss,
Late Assistant Marshal.
P. S.—You speak of the balance due
me. I havo never received one cent of
pay-
Extraordinary phenomena in boring lor
oil in Canada.
A number of residents of Michigan
went over toSombra, C. W., some time
since, and commenced boring some fif
teen or twenty feet from a oreek, under
the belief that oil would be found.—
When they had gone down about fifty-
seven feet they struck a vein of gas.
On removing their auger the gaz rush
ed with great force from the aperture,
and continued to throw up dry sand for
an hour. It then ceased, ana the bor
ing was resumed; but as soon as this
was done the gas rushed up with such
violence as to throw the drill—a piece
of iron one and a half inches in diame
ter, eight feet long, and weighing fifty
pounds—clean out of the hole, and it
continued discharging water and stones,
some of the latter weighing twenty-five
pounds, up into tho air a distance of
one hundred feet.
The stream widened out to the di
ameter of a barrel, after leaving tho
hole, and the quantity was such as to
raise the creek considerably above its
ordinary level, though it is here about
twenty-five wide. .After the flow of
water subsided tho gas was fired, and
an explosion took place which shook
the ground for a half mile, and then
continued to throw up a sheet of names
as high ns the water had P^vioua y
gone. It oould be seen for milo», amt
was ultimately extinguished f'*!:
difficulty. It is thought that the ori
spring, lor such it proved to be, Will be
one oTtlio beat in the country. ^
amF*Pedniitry crams our heads with
1 stinted lumber, and takes out our