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VOLUME X.
SANDERSVILLE AND SPARTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1856.
NUMBER 19.
CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
A Weekly Miscellaneous Journal,
PUBLISHED AT
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mv
P. C. PENDLETON.
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ated.
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Hcgroes, must be published two months.
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days.
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jr o b w o K MI,
OF ALL KINDS,
DONE WITH NEATNESS,
ANB ON LIBERAL TERMS.
ISnsira Cark.
CONFECTIONS.
NICE THINGS FOR LITTLE
S UCH as Candies of various sorts, Nuts of
different kinds, fruits of all kinds to
suit tho seasons, &c. &e. &c.
ALSO
SEGARS, TOBACCO, AND SNUFF.
Call and taste for yourselves.
May 17 1855
F. M.
ARNAU.
iy
WARNOCK & DAVIS,
Successors to Cubbedge & Brother.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BOOKSELLERS AND
S T.t TM O JTB Jt S ,
NO. 159, CONGRESS STREET,
Sonth-side Market Square,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. G. M Warnock. | Wit. E. Davis.
May 24th, 1355. 18 tf
Dr. J. J. JYewsome,
W OULD respectfully announce to the citi
zens of Washington and Jefferson coun
ties, that ho has permanently located at Fenn’s
Bridge, where he will he found at all times, ex
cept when professionally absent.
Special attention given to Surgical and Ob
stetrical eases, and to the diseases of women
and children, lie hopes by constant applica
tion and assiduily to merit a liberal share of
patronage.
Feb. 14 8 4m
IJttsiness Carte.
pastes Carte, fa.
RABUN & SMITH,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
SAVANNAH, GA.
T ENDER their services to *h*- Planters of
Georgia, in the sale of Cotton and othe
Produce.—Having had many yean expert
race, they flatter themselves on being able t<
give satisfaction to their patrons. They *vil
not engage in speculation of any kind what
ever. Orders for Bagging, Rope, and Family
Supplies will bo filled promptly and at tiu
lowest market prices.
s. w. RABCJtjOfthe late firm rabcn & wnrrEitEAX
W. n. SMITH, “ ‘ “ SMITH A LATHROP.
Savannah, June 24, 1854. 10-6m
FACTORS
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
June 6th, 1848. 7—1 y
HOUSE, SIGN & ORNAMENTAL PAINTER, AC.
R ESPECTFULLY informs the public that
he iB now prepared to execute all kinds of
Plain and Fancy Painting,
Gilding, Graining, Glazing, Mar-
bleizing, Paper Hanging, dec.
ORDERS SOLICITED.
May 31st, 1855.
17—ly
3 00
4 00
8 00
00
X 50
liustes fete, fa
CHAFFER AND CO,
i. 6 Whitaker Street, Savannah Ga,
[TIIOLESALE, and RETAIL DEALERS
V inSash, Blinds, Doors, Mouldings, Ac.
o Paints, Oils Varnishes, Glass, Brushes,
u Leaf, Bronze, &c. Also 25 different kinds
'locks, from §1,25 upwards. Builders and
era would do well to give us a call before
chasing elsewhere. “The nimble sixpeuco
nur motto,
an 1« °y
WEBSTER & PALMES
—WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—
G K O C ER IE S ,
Successors to A. WELLES & CO„
AT THE OLD STAND, NO. 195.
gAYANNAH, GA,
I. W. WKB8TER. J CEO. r - PALMES
October 17, 1855 37 tf
JVKEDICAE JYOTIVE.
D «. JAMES R. SMITH, having returned
to Sandersville, respectfully offers to his
void friend^ and the public his professional ser
vices,
A familiar ac<
five yesgra with
iquaintfiucc of nearly twenty-
tho practice of Phy’i'
V6ic in all
jive ye^rs witli the tu
jits branches, he trusts, will entitle him to
vjpublic confidence. psy"0ihoe. the one recent
ly occupied by the late Dr. Haynes—wl
times,
‘ iy
y occupied by the late Dr. Haynes—where,
or at home, he may be found at all t
. Jan. 31, 1856
r . ?9!clmbol(V* Jflcdicines
T HAT have been advertised in this paper
have now arrived, and kept on sale at tho
new store adjoining the Post Office, by
z. Gray.
March 14, 1856 3m
of .fi/> J5r/.rj9s,
Neatly Executed at this
MEG* .
RUD1SILL & PENDLETON.
ATTORNIES AT LAW,
Sandersville, Ga.
H AVING resumed the practice of Law will
prosecute all claims placed in their"
h nds. They wi.i practice in the counties of
Washington, ItancocK, Warren, Jefferson,
Burke, Screven, Emanuel, Laurens and Wil
kinson.
JNO. W. RUDISILL, | P. C. PENDLETON.
Jan. 10, 1856. 47 ly.
New Goods at the New Store.
BROWN & HARMAN,
TTAVE purchased and now opening a well
XX selected stock of Staple and Fan
cy Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Hard
ware, Glass, and notions generally, which they
offer to their old customers at the lowest pri
ces. Persons would do well to call and exam
ine their stock and prices.
March 21 13 3m
Consignment.
AUGUSTA, Geo., January 12th 1856,
M Y Consignment from “Tennessee” ofBA
con, Lard, Flour, and Corn, Ac„ tvil
be unusually heavy this season. Persona who
may have to buy these articles, aro invited to
give me a call. Every thing is sold for cash,
or city acceptance. T. W. FLEMING.
janl7-4m Com’n. Merchant.
TO DRUGGISTS.
T HE undersigned have on hand a small
stock of drugs, which they wish to sal!,
and relinquish the business. This is a good
stand for a retail drug establishment, connect
ed with tho putting up prescriptions tor several
physicians. BROWN & PENDLETON.
Sparta* p)an. 30,1856 6 tf
LONG & COBB,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
W ILL give their attention to the practice
of law in the counties of Chatham.
Liberty, Mein tosh, Gly^n, Wavne and
Camden, of the Easten Circuit; Lowndes,
Clinch, Ware, Charlton tnd Arpling of the
Sonthern circuit and also Nassau Dural, and
St. John’s counties Florida.
Tnos. T. Long. I Tnoa. W. Cobb
May 1854 tf
Medical.
T he unden signed will continue to practice
medicine in all its branches, and respect
fully offers his services to the eitizens of
Sandersville and Washington county His of
fice is on the comer in the new building re
cently put up by Messrs. J. T. Youngblood
A Co., where he may always be found when
not professionaly engaged.
A, A. CULLENS.
Jnn. 24 53 «.y
SAMUEL PALMER & SON,
Importers and Dealers in
FILES, CUTLERY, BLACKSMITH AND
all other MeehanirV Tools,
Agricidtural • Implements, etc. etc.,
Savannah, Ga-,
Keep constantly on hand, a Dill assortment
of Planter’s, Builder’s and House-keeper’s
goods; all of which are offered at prices unusu
ally low.
■.*r Goods for the interior packed with care,
and shipped with dispatch.
Orders respectfully solicited.
Oct. 17, 1855 37 tf
S. B. JONES.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville Ga.
June 21,1855. 20—tf*
ARISTOCRACY-
DR. WILLIAM L. JERNIGAN
H AVING permanently located himself at
Davisborough respectfully offers his pro-
fesionnl services to the citizen of the Town and
county.
apr 4 tf
Planters Club.
T IE Planter’s Club of Hancock will here
after meet at 2 1-2 o’clock, on the first
Tuesday in each month.
JAMES THOMAS, President.
Tiros. C. Audas, Secretaiy.
Dec. 13. *6 tf
HARDWICK & COOKE,
RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND
Commissioii Merchants.
Bag Street, Savannah, Ga.
R. S. HARDWICK, J. G. COOK E.
January 1, 1855 2 ly
BEHN & FOSTER;
f c t o n s
E
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, C A.
O UK promptness and personal attention to
all business entrusted to our charge, hav
ing met with approval, we beg leave respect
fully to say, our office is continued at the old
stand. Plantation and Family supplies for
warded at the lowest market prices, and lib
eral advances made on Produce iu Store, or
upon Railroad Receipt*. ^ ^ UEIIN.
JOnN FOSTER.
Savannah, Sept. 27,1855. 84—-ly
DANA k WASHBURN.
SUCCESSORS TO
WASHBURN WILDER &CO.
Factors and Commission Mer-
: •*; chants,
Savannah 'Geo*
Jcsipn IVasuburn, ) Special
John R. Wilder, ; Partner >
Frss. G. Dana, i General
H. K. Wasabcrn, f Partners
WILL continuo the above business at .114
Bay Street East of the Exchange. Orders tor
Bagging Rove and other supplies filled prompt
ly at lowest cash prices..
August 2nd 1855. $m ‘
REDDING HOUSE,
•Macon, Ga.
T HE Subscriber (late Proprietor of the
Washington Hall) having leased the well
known Hotel (Floyd House) for a term of
years—tho House will be known hereafter by
the name of Redding House, where be will be
happy to meet his old customers of the Wash
ington Hall and the Public generally, and
pledges bimself to spare no pains to make hiB
guests comfortable. He has fitted up large
comfortable and convenient Rooms for Ladies
on first floor, near the private entrance and Par
lor, This House iB nearest to the Depot.
H. P. REDDING, Proprietor,
B. F. Dense, Superintendent,
Aug 29, 1855 oy
Medical.
T HE undersigned having permanently loea
ted iu Sandersvilie, would respoctfully offer
to the citizens of the Town and the inhabitants
of the surrounding country, his Professional
services in the practice of Medicine and surgery.
His office is in the new building occupied by.
J. T. Youngblood ft fo., where ho may be
fouud at allhours of the day and night when
not Professionally engaged.
HORATIO N. UOLLIFIELD, M, D,
August 16th 1355. 1 year.
J. LAWTON SINGLETON,
Attorney at Law,
SYLVAUIA. GA.
-«-j|T1LL practice in thecourtsofScreven, Bul-
YV lock, Effingham, Burke, Jefferson and
Washington.
Nov, 1st, 1855, 39—oy
DR. T. W. POOL,
Surgeon Dentist,
LOUISVILLE, GA.
W ILL practice in the following counties:
Lawrence, Emanuel, Burke, Jefferson,
Hancock, and Washington.
Nov. 29,1855 43 ly
MEDICAL NOTICE.
T HE tiadefaigued respectfully tenders hia
Professional services to the citizens of the
counties of Washington and Hancock. Office
at the house of W. B. Hall, Esq.
A, G. CARSWELL, M. D.
Halls >>< Roads June 14 1855 tlJ
3 A V A NNAH, GEORGI fc\
PROPRIETOR.
October, IT, 1855
37—tf
MARSH & GUER1RD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
175 Bay Street, SA VANN AH, GA.
"PRACTICE in Wilkinson county, and the
JT courts of the Eastern and Middle drenita,
and the Conrta of the United States and Su
preme Court of Georgia.
McLroKD Marsh. I Johm If. Gcxraxs.
May 81st,’55. 17—ly
CAIN & LEWIS
Attornies at Low—Sparta, Georgia
"\TfTlLL practice in rll the counties of the
VY Nortuern Circuit—p ad also in Washing
ton, Jefferson and Baldwin ecantiea.
Office over T. T. Windsor’s Store, flrst door
to the riirht.
E. CAIN, | D. W. LEWI8.
March 15 .«
BOUNTY LAND.
rpiIE Subscriber is prepend to procure Extra
X Land Warrants for all those entitled by
the last act of Congress. J. B. HAYNE.
Waynesboro, Ga., MaySlst, ’55. 17—tf
axaiiiaa &as>7>saaiba.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Waynesboro, Ga.
Refer to A. J. A T. W. Miller, Augusts, Georgia
T. B. Maun, | Gxo. A. Mendxu.
May 81st, ’55. 17—lp
DAVID J. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Lonisvilto, Ga.,
WILL Practice in all the Courts of the Mid
dle Circuit, and will give prompt attention to
all business entrusted to his eare.
May 81st, 1855. 17—ly
iilSDT PiEHSON, k CO.
manufacturers and dealers in
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
Have on hand a large and well
jM»l«nt.A#l atoftlr nf F A L T,
AND WINTER CLOTHING,
which they offer for sale on
ACCOMMODATING TERMS, at whole
sale and retail.
No. 101, Bryan, and 68, St. JuliensL
Savannah, Ga.
Oct 17, 1875. 37 tf
J. B. HAYNE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Waynesboro’ Burke County, Ga-
PRACTICES in Burke, Seriven, Jefferson,
Washington, Bulloch, Emanuel,
Tatnall and Montgomery
counties.
May Slat,’55: 17—tf
EVWJYS Jt HARJIMJiJY
ATTORNIES AT LAW.
Sandersville Georgia.
B. D. EVANS | R. P. HARMAN.
May 17, 1855. tf
** vAfttwmk
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SandereviUe Georgia
feb. 17, 1853. 4—ly
B. L. PRESGOH.
attorney at law
Sylvania, Seriven Co., Georgia
WILL giTe his whole attention to the pra-
tice of Law inallita branches.
July 12, 1853. 24—6m
SAMUEL FIELD
attorney at law,
Sander grille. Ga.
oct. 1 1854 tf
E, CUMMINGL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Irwinton Geo.
Nov. 21, 48—tf
DAVID G. WILDS,
Attorney at law, Sparta Georgia.
WILL practice in the counties of Hancock
Washington, Warren, and Baldwin. .
HTPrompt attention paid to the collection
of debts, Ac.
Jan 17
HOBBY & CARSWELL,
ATTORNIES AT LA W,
Sylvanla, Seriven County, Ga.
Was. nxcnesiM the Middle Cincrrr.
May 24 1855.
THOMAS C. AUDAS.
attorney at law
Sparta Georgia.
October, 4. 88—4f
Perhada the best hit at Republican Aristoc
racy. of which the present times are so on"*
is the following from the pen of John 6.1
It has a uni vernalapplication, and is good foe
all localities. The exquisite Fits FnckJe, in
Light and Darkness, is.not the only man who,
from the very bitterness of bis soul, has cursed
“that d—d sorp business,” or some similar oc
cupation of their respected ancestors:
Of all the notable things on earth,
The queerest one is pride of birth,
Among our “fierce Democracy!”
A bridge across a hundred years,
Without a prop to save from sneers—
Not* even a couple of rotten Peers—
A thing for laughter, sneers and jeers,
Is American Aristocracy!
Depend upon it snobbish friend,
Your family thread you ean’t ascend,
Without good reason to apprehend
Yon may find it waxed at the further end
By some plebeian vocation 1
Or worse chan that yonr bosatd lino
May end in a loop of stronger twine
That plagued some worthy relation 1
Because yon fioarish in worldly affairs;
Don’t be haughty and put on sirs,
With insolent pride of station 1
Don’t be prond, and tnm up yonr noss,
At poorer people in plainer clothes,
Bntleam, for the sake of your mind’s re
pose,
That wealth’s a bubble that comes—and
goes'
And that all proud flesh, wherever it
grows,
lia subject to irritation.
; A jail-bird ;’ and the pedlar
swung his pack over his shoulder.
That boy, young as he looks, I saw
in court myself, and heard his sen
tence,—Ten months.’ He is a hard
one. You’d do well to look care
fully after him.*
Aieeftte of the Bar.
The late Mr. Henry H. Fuller
was one of the most ready wits
that ever graced the bar of any
country. Many a man has been
immortalized as a wit in London or
Oh I there was something so hor- *2S?'iLE*
rible in the word jail,’ the poor I “ 3
woman trembled tJphl !«i<l «C« r I a case, and, mbis closing ar-
** SlUhe a Sid rte^io he aid G£?'» otendmmeTmi
^Ashamed,'^dUireased, tho chiM I “ “ ®H“ion to himseTl,
,na ’h.-oWT - ’ Kio and wrote to Mr. F. a note.demand-
opposing counsel took it in high
i. 0i JEBNI64N,
Watch Maker and
Sandersville, Jon. 10 1858.
47. tf
The Little Oaleast.
‘Mayn’t I stay, ma’m ? I’ll do
iy thing you give me; cut wot
j for water, and do all your er-
The troubled eyes of the speaker
ere filled with tears. It was a lad
The cottage stood by itself on a
lack moor, or what in Scotland
ould have been called such. The
me was near the latter end of Sep
mber, and a fierce wind rattled
te boughs of the only two naked
Now and then a snow-flake touch-
1 with its soft chill the cheek of
The woman was evidently loath
But her woman’s heart could not
‘Come in, at any rate, till the good
an comes home. There, sit down
y the fire; you look perishing
ith cold;’ and she drew a rude
tairup to the warmest corner;
Presently came the tramp of
eavy shoes; the door was swung
pen with a quick jerk, and the
&&&&§ | tfsgJZp’sr
hb hps quiveA and anguish wal hf wj
punted as vividly upon his f <T; Very sorry that he had taken that
b.iWflilf were branded ! ilu | 0 „ J himself, because it was
‘Well,’ho muttered, his whole
frame relaxing as if a burden of L +1 ^
guilt or joy had suddenly rolled ^r than either of them, to wit, the
off, “I may as well go to ruin at * - . ,
onc’t: there’s no use in my trying Morac Never take an tmeom-
to do better ; everybody hates and j pbmentary allusion to yourself, if
despises me; nobody cares about j^°^® an * ie ‘P lt; * It may be meant
me; I may as well go to ruin at tor the-—- .
onc ’t.» Mr. Fuller was once engaged in
■Tellme,’said the woman, who s '•**> a ”'«I>bonDg county,
stood off fir enough for flight, tf ^ Sirin'S:
Ws wonder^
you o go so young to that dread- it ^ ^ or affecteJ
erewasyourmo ‘ CO naciontiousness and solemnity.—
„ , . , , , ., j On the occasion referred to, he
*Oh l exclaimed the boy, with a had closed (metaphorically) in a
burst of gnef that was terrible to flood of tears, plainly intimating
behold, Ob! I ham t no moth- - t0 the jury that it was all idle to
er I ph 1 I ham t had no mother think of living unless they found
ever since I was a baby. If I d on- f or hi 8 client. Mr. Fuller saw that;
ly had a mother, he continued, his W1 th the jury in their then state of
anguish growing more vehement, m i n d,all was lost. So, rising to
and the tears gushing out from his rep i yj j n a slow and measured way,
strange looking grey eyes; T an d patting On a meek and sub-
wouldn t ha’ been bound out and a Qe( f he commenced with that
kicked and cuffed, and laid on to well known pulpit formular: ‘We-
with whips, I wouldn't ha been sau- will-close-these-solme-oeremonies V
cy and got knocked down, and run Before he could proceed
away, and then stole because I was farther the joke of the whole thing
'were
baby* convulsed with laughter, and the
The strength was all gone from charm broken,
the poor boy, and he sank on his The late Judge Wiide, while at
knees, sobbing great choking sobs, the bar was unite famous for his
and rubbmg the hot tears away apt repartee. He was-once try-
with his poor knuckles. And j n g a case, and labored very hard
did that woman stand there unmov- Uo obtain a certain answer from a
ed? Did she coldly bid him pack I re fa ctant witness. The opposing
up and be off—the jail-bird ? counsel interrupted him with the
No, no; she had been a mother, Ljfl e remar t—’‘Ah, it is no use,
and though all her children slept brother Wild, to pump the wit-
under the cold sod m the church- nes3 farther—you are only on a
yard, she was a mother still. wPd goo9e c hase.” “Jnst so,”
She went up to that poor boy, said Mr> w., ‘Wild(e) on one side,
not to hasten him away, but to lay and a gooae on the other ,’
her fingers kindly, softly on his The bench deprecate long argu-
head; to tell him to look op, and menta and hence, admire most
from henceforth find m her a moth- your men c f f ew - words. Mr. Cof-
er. \ es, she even put her arms dn (Timothy) once, in rising to ad-
aboot the neck of that forsaken, de- dre33 fae Court remarked, ‘May. it
serted child; she poured from her I pi eaae fag Court, I am about to
mother’s heart sweet womanly I ^ ake a very 8 h or t and a very ex
words, words of counsel and ten- Le llent argumen t, for Mr. Justice
derness. Wilde once stated to me that he
Oh I how aweet was her sleep considered that the first proposition
that night; how soft her pillow! I always include the last. I shall
She had linked a poor suffering submit the case upon the record.’
heart to hers, by the most silken, The bench were unanimously of
the strongest bands of love; she opinion that it was a model of an
had plucked some thorns from the argument.
path of a little, singing, but striving | Mr is quite famoU3 {ot
the amplitude of his vocabulary.
mortal.
A look of intelligence between
is wife and himself, he, too, scan-
and then enjoyed the zest
Day after day passed, and yet the
was so docile, and
One day, in the middle of the
.aDedlar. long accustomed
r, as if he had been waited
‘You bave a boy out there, split-
□g wood, I see, lie said, pointing
to the yard.
‘Yes; do you-know him ?’
‘I have seen him,’ replied the
pedlar, evasively.
‘And where ? Who is he ? What
is he-?’
Did the boy leave her? I When‘Webster’s new Dictionary
Never! He is with her still, a ^mp out. some one was mentioning
vigorous, manly, promising youth, to the Judge that it was said to
The unfavorable cast of his counte- contain four thousands new words,
nance has given place to an open, ‘Oh then,’ said the Judge, appa-
pleasing expression, with depth rently iu alarm, ‘don’t let Mr.
enough to make it an interesting Choate get hold of it, for if he does,
study. . His foster-father is dead— what will become of us?’—Boston
his foster-mother aged and sickly; [ Transcript.
but she knows no want The once
poor outcast is her only depen
dence, and nobly does he repay die
trust. ■
Theologians of Humble Ori
gin.—The reformer Zwingle, em
erged from a sheperd’s but among
the Alps. Melancthon was a work-
Win. H. Prescott, the eminent I men in an armorer’s shop. Martin
American historian who resides at Luther was the child of a poor mi*
Groton, Mass., lost one eye when ser. Dr. Adam Clark was the
at college, by a blow from a crust child of Irish cotters. John Fos-
thrown by a boy. The sight from jer was a wever. Andrew Fuller
the other wasso weakened by sym- was a farm servant. Dr. Mori-
pathy, that he cannot use it. He [ son, translator of the Bible into
accordingly uses the apparatus in
vented for the blind—a stylus,
with tracing paper, and strings to
guide the hand. He is thus able
to sit up at night and write with
out lighting a candle. In this way
his great historical labors have
been perfected.
Chinese, was a last maket
Millie was a herd boy.
Dr.
The Austrian Gazette receives
the following from a private cor
respondent at Odessa : Not long
ago, a fete was given by the ‘Club
of the Nobility, to several Ameri-
^ cancit’zens, who are in Rusuian
Habitations of Cruelty.—In [ service, and took part in the defence
a recent trib of the missionary of Sebastopol (mostly physicians;)
ship John Williamsamong: the New At thisocasion, among other toasts,
Hebrides it was ascertained that the following was given: ‘To the
two Raratongan teachers and their strict atliance of Russia with the
w ives bad been murdered at the is- United States of America, for the
land of Fate, nineteen days rafter down-fall of insolent England.’
their arrival there, to furnish mate- This toast was received repeatedly
rials'for a cannibal banquet.
with loud acclamations,
