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it the aid of advertisements I cou’d have done
m: 1 ; ng in my -r> ■■■ illations. I have the most complete
felt In “printers'ink." Adve. Using is the “royal road
jlo Felt) en Barnttm.
Railroads.
(ISTBRN & Vs UNTIC R. It.
Atlanta .Tune 2d, 1872.
NWIIT PASRKNC.F.H TRAIN TO N. Y. AND THE WEST.
Leaves Atlanta, .. .. 8.35 o m
Arrives Chattanooga, ... 4. 40 a tn
DVT PAS'.KNOER TRAIN TO THK SOUTH AND WEST.
Leaves Ulanta B.B’nm
Arrves Chattanooga, 8. 60 p in
LIGHTNING EXPRESS TO NEW YORK.
Leaves Atlanta, 4. 05 p m
Arrives Dalton 9. 23 p m
Maui FASSKNGKUTR YIN FROM If. Y. TO THE WEST.
i -aves Chattanooga 5. 20 p m
Arrives Atlanta, .. 1.80 am
bay passenger train from n. y. to the west.
■ t v '-! Chattanooga, 8.30 a m
Arrives Atlanta, 3.50 p m
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
•■’'fives Dalton ,100 am
Arrive* Atlanta, .7.7 * 7 77 "77 " 9.50 a m
JOSEPH E DROWN. Presiden*.
Professional Pards.
I MORSE. Dentist, Forsyth, Georgia. When you
*'• visit Forsyth, call at my office find have your
Work done us it should be. Teeth inserted
k filled, teeth extracted, teeth attended to in the
'istvle of the Dental Art. Call once and you will
"lily call again, but will bring ".11 vour friends in-
Mbs vour sweetheart and mother-in-law
a . v - i-3m Respectfully, L. S. MORSE.
,j ■ TOOLKY, Attorney at Ln*v, Barnesville. Ga,
"'ill promptly attend to all business that may be
pzht before hiin wt'bin the Flint Judicial Circuit.
-'eover L B. Whitehurst’s store. may2&-ly.
\\ X BFjALL. Attnrrev fit Lnw, Thnm
' aston. Oa. Will practice in the Flint Circuit or
Gre, and attend promptly to business. janl3-tf.
|\V T WEAVER. Arfornev at Law.
' Thomaston, f )a., will practice in nil the Courts
~v Fltnt Circuit, and elsewhere by special contract.
, v 'b t'heney’a brick building. Southeast corner
“ rtTn * up stairs. janl3-tf
SAXDWICII, Attorney anti Conn
-1 Thoruaston, Ga.' Will practice
prom 77° ur ts of the State of Georgia, and attond
no»ii ,j.° entrusted to his care.
[) ' J R KENDALL offers his profes
".rro,,^ 1 S; ' rv ices tc the citizens of Thomaston and
the |) ri] Cf >untry. May be found during the day at
J. I {j,., at night at the former residence of
»n.i4 i"I ) I'° s ’t e Rogers & Cheney’s Warehouse.
J, J Atttirney at LaW,
Hike co, Ga. Will practice in the
' ‘Th Pre Ipppnsing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
‘‘ended t. V bntract Al tmsiness promptly
' ’ '*t«re ' in Rider's building, over Chamber's
■ ugd- y
I I BRALL, Attorney at Law,
I ' aad77 n P' Fla - Will practice in the Flint Cir
-1 where by special contract aug27-ly
I* f W r!.',. v Attorney and Counsellor
■ ; >t(’! r Ptactice in the counties composing
■ t"' !|) the n; tFl e Supremo Court of Georgia,
e| v er n ani <t ' ICt < oul t of tlie United States for the
I ! istnn ..'"' hern Districts of Georgia.
■ ’ (,a o -lone 18th, 1870-ly,
IvDR.l v DR . G. p. CAMPBELL,
K \ -^ ee^ Dentist,
W GEORGIA.
A GTS WITH GENTLENESS ANI)
TV thoroughness upon the Liver ahd General Cir
caiatlon—keeps the Bowels in Natural Motion and
leanses the System from all impurities. Never lui » r
t o cure "f. v * y y - < mi w a o « -i •
}’,;';,r:=Dr. o. s. Prophitfsi:^-:
Hour Stomach, Heart Burn, Debilitv. Low spirits, <;<drl
Feet and Hands, Costiveness, Listlessness, Colic Chron-*
Chills and Fever.
Compounded in strict accordance with skillful chem
istry and scientific pharmacy, this purely Vegetable
Com- A-.jf. pound
ELEBRATE DsltiV,
tw en ty years In
cesant use. been styled the Great Hestoiative and Ke
cuperant by the enlightened testimony of thousands
using it ; so harmonious adbjueted that it keeps the
L-ver in healthful action; and when the directions are
observed th« pro ess of waste and replenishment in the
human system continues uninterruptedly to a ripe old
a p« *"’l vSSrSrS'STSt Sr .7 $ .r, ST s?.. man like
I? o 7LiVer Medicine.-,^“ti
Cto t h ... j- .■ >*,pr t q v
e , o <" " « e f> H r. n S « s ■ ■ K ~ “ ' e
lull ot years, without a struggle, whenever Deatn claims
his prerogative Adapted to the most delicate temper
ament and robust constitution, it can bo given with
equal safety and certainty of success to the young child,
invalid ludy or strong man.
DR. O. S. PROPHITT’S
ANODYNE PAIN KILL IT.
SEVER FAILING I
Kill Pain in Every Form.
Cures Pains in the Pack, Chest. Hips or L’inbs, Rheu
matism, Neuralgia. Cough, Colds. Bronchial Affections,
Kidney Diseases, Dyspepsia Liver t'oinplaint; Colic,
Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Pleurisy, Asthma, Hear*
Burn Toothache, Jawache, Earache, I eadache. Sprains,
Bruises. Cuts, Contusions, Sores, Lacerated Wounds,
Scalds, Burns, Chill Blaltis, Frost Bites, Poisons of all
kinds, vegetable or animal. Os all the Remedies ever
|PAIN KILL IT.|
discovered for thcrelif <>f suffering humanity, this is ihc
best Plain Medicator known to Medical Science. The
cure is speedy and permanent in the most inveterate
diseases. This is no humbug, but a grad medical dis
coverv. A Pain Killer containing ncyoison to inflame,
parlize or drive the inn imatien upon an internal organ
itsaftieiency is truly wonderful —Relief is Instantane
ous. It is destined to banish pains and aches, wounds
and issumes, from the face of the earth. n2 ( '-lv
DR. WM, A. WRIGHT.
The People’s Drug Store!
BARNESVILLE, GA.
A large supply of FRESII and GENUINE
BUGS an: medicines,
And receiving as the trade demands.
YTYst’s No. 1 Kcrnsinc Oil, Linseed Oil,
YVliito Lcadi Spirits Turpentine, Yarn
lshcs, Paints, Painter’s Materials, a line
lot of Lamps and Chimneys, Window
Glass, Putty, Pocket Cutlery. A good assort- ;
ment of
CSiewing and Smoking Tobacco,
CIGARS, and all other articles.he usually’ keeps LOW
for CASH.
Those that have buen.favored with credit must come
forward aud settle, as money is what be must have to ;
pay for what you have bought heretofore. gept23 ts
HEW GOODS; ~
NEW GOODS!
JUST RECEIVED AT
KING & ALLEN'S.
A Select Stock of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods
LADIES DRESS GOODS,
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISII'G GOODS, j
CLOTHING,
HATS AND CAPS.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HARDWARE,
WOODEN-WARE,
CROCKERY ANI) GLASS-WARE,
SADDLERY AND HARNESS,
COFFEE, SUGAR,
RICE, TOBACCO,
FLOUR, MEAL,
B VCON. LARD,
cheese, mackerel.
BLUE AND WHITE FISIIf
BAGGING AND TIES.
Planters will find it to their interesCto examine our !
to ck before purchasing elsewhere.
KING & ALLEY.
novll-tf Thomaston, Ga.
It. B, LANGFORD,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
STOVES, HOLLOW WIRE,
BLOCK TIN, TIN PLATE, SHEET
IRON & TINNERS' FINDINGS,
SLATE MANTELS AND GRATES,
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION, «S;c.
r’*« ‘ |
COPPER STILLS,
Keystone Block, "Whitehall St.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Agent for the Celebrated “CHARTER / f
nielli 6-3 m
BARNESVILLE HOTEL
J. B. CAMP, Proprietor,
BAKNESYILLE, GA.
Persons stopping at this Hotel are assured that every
hing will be done to render their sojourn comfortable i
nd pleasant. The tables will be furnished with the
est the urarket affords. may2o-tf
THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE 22. 1872.
LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST!
NEW GOODS.
J UST received, a SELECT of
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
HATS,
TRUNKS, &e., &c
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
LSO CLOTHING cut and made to
oi dor in the latest New York Styles. Please cal! to see
me at DK. HANNAH’S NEW BUILDING,
A. MARKS,
tnayll -ts Thomaston, Ga.
w. A. TUT.LFT, | j W. P. BUSBRY,
Os Tennessee, f ( () f Georgia.
SAVE YOUR MONEY
Ii f GOING TO
BARNESV ILIaU,
AND PATRONIZING
fliltLEY .V 11l SSIiV
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
AND DEALERS IN
BACON,
LABI),
CORN,
FLOUR,
OATS,
COFFER,
SUG AR,
SYR U P ,
and Molasses. NORTHERN ~ ,and SHOP MADE SHOES,
Gotten Yarns and Domestics.
They, also, keep constantly on hand a variety of Fami
ly GROCERIES, Clow and Breast Chains. Harness and
Collars, ifocs,&c., all ot which will be sold a little
( Reaper than the < ’heapest FOIL ASH. Mr. TURLEY
h ving many acquaintances and friends in Tennessee,
gives us an advantage in buying our Bacon, Lard,
Flour, and Corn, which enables us to offer inducements
to the trade that others cannot do. Come around and
see if we don’t give you a bargain, First door East of
the hotel, BAIiNESVILLE. GA. * jan27 iy
FOUT Z ’ S
CELEBRATED
Hors aM Cali fowlers.
Tnis preparation, long and favorably
known, will thoroughly re-invigorate
7. j if broken down and low-spirited horses,
W VW by strengthening and cleansing the
W \ stomach and intestines.
It is a sure preventive of all diseases
incid.-nt to this animal, such as LUNG
FEV ER. GLANDERS, YELLOW
WATER, HEAVES. COUGHS, DIS- /Tfi,
TEMPER, FEVERS, F < > U X D E R , /ViY
T.OSS OF_ APPETITE AND VITAL
F.NERGY, kc. Its use improves
the wind* increases the appetite—
gives a smooth and glossy skin—and r I
trail-forms tne miserable skeleton
into a line-looking and spi: ite 1 horse.
v . To keepers of Cows this prepara-
— tion is invaluable. It is a sure pre-
LiC - v til ventire against Rinderpest, Hollow
t v iy-'Y ,S. J|| Horn, etc. It has been proven by
\ actual experiment to increase the
W Y" quantity of milk and cream twenty
per cent, and make the butter firm
and sweet. In fattening cattle, it
giv?3 them an appetite, loosens their hide, and makes
them thrive much faster.
In all diseases of Swin \ such as Coughs, Ulcers in
the Lungs. Liver, kc.. this article acts
a> a specific. By putting t om one- Yxfjßj " f
lialf a paper to a paper in a barrel of CL, TIY- -Vi'W
swill tlie above diseases will be eradi ;'
cated or entirelv prevented. If given [fe
in time, a certain preventive and
cure for the Hog Cholera.
DAVID E. FOUFZ, Proprietor*
BALTIMORE. 14 it .
For sale bv Druggists and Storekeepers throughout
the United States, Canadas and South America.
For Sale bj J. Vv7 A1 \\ A/I Ell,
Thomaston, Ga. novll-ly
B 1C K FLAKING.
/ \N" AND AFTER THE tn.h OF MAY
* " rext, we will be prepared to furnish Brick to all
at Reasonable Prices. Send in your orders and be in
time. Brick Yard two miles Smith of Thomaston.
opr27tf WM. RASTER A HOWARD HOLMES.
$50,000 WORTH.
DRUGS & MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
INSTRUMENTS,
PERFUMERY,
FANCY GOODS,
PATENT MEDICINES,
PAINTS,
OILS,
GLASS, ETC.
FOR SALE BY
PEIMERTOH TiYIiOR & fl).
AT
BOTTOM PRICES.
Wholesale Agents for the CEL.
LBRATED CRYSTAL PALACE WHITE LEAD,
which for WHITENESS ,FINENESS an PURABILI
TY cannot be EQUALLED. Whole>ale Agents for all
the popular PATENT MEDICINES. Call and exam
ine Stock and Prices.
PEMBERTON, TAYLOR Si CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
No IB Kimball House.
apr»l27 6m Atlanta, Ga.
Miscellaneous.
Import ant to Cotton Claimant s— \ C irrn
la r from the Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington, D. C., June 11.—The
following lias been issued from the
I Treasury Department:
1 He attention of all parties interested
is particularly directed to the follow
, ing provisions of an act making ap
propriations to supply deficiencies in
appropriations for the service of the
Government forlhe fiscal year end
ing June 30th, 1872, and former years,
and for other purposes, approved May
18th, 1872, and the regulations for
carrying the same into effect:
See. 5. That Secretary of the
i reasury be and he is hereby author
ized. and directed to pay to tlie lawful
I owners or their legal represntatives
: of all cotton seized after the 30ch
I day of June, 18G5, by the agents of
the Government unlawfully and in
; violation of their instructions, the net
i .proceeds, without interest, of the sales
I of said cotton actually paid into the
I resasury of the United States, pro
j vided that the receipt thereof shall he
; taken and received as full satisfaction
of all claims egninst the United States
i for or on account of the seizure of
said cotton ; and a sufficient sum for
such payment is hereby appropriated
' out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated ; and provided
furt her, that the foregoing provisions
shall not apply to any claim now pen
ding before the Court ot Claims, nor
to any claim not filed in the Treasury
Depeartment within six months after
the passage of this act ; and the sum
of twenty thousand dollars is hereby
appropriated for the p >yment of the
necessary expenses of defending the
United States in respect to claims for
said proceeds to be expended under
the direction of tlie Secretary of the
Treasury.
The following rules and regulations
concerning claims for the proceeds of*
cotton under the foregoing provisions
of law are hereby established :
1. Every claim shall be stated in a
petition addressed to the Secretary
a id signed and duly verified by the
oath or affirmation of the claimant or
claimants.
2. The petition must state first the
full names ot all the claimants, their
present residence and their residences,
and when their cotton was seized.
Second, who were the original and
subsequent owners of the cotton who
now are lawfully entitled to the pro
ceeds thereof or interested therein,
and when and upon what considera
tion the title successively passed.
3. The quantity of cotton alleged
to have been seized or tak:n, in bales
and pounds ; tlie kind and
an<l tlie names, marks, signs or devi
ses upon the bales at the time of such
seizure ; the name or names of the
persons or persons by whom the seia
urewas made, and whether they were
agents or officers of tlie Government;
the date and place of seizure, and to
what place conveyed or transported,
and all material circumstances
nected with the seizure a?d disposi
tion of the cotton, with as much par
ticularity and exactness as can be
done ; and it any voucher, receipt, or
other writing was given therefor by
the persons taking the same, it should
be attached to the petition.
4. Whether the claim has hereto
fore been presented to any officer,
agent, or department of the Govern
ment, or to Congress, or to the com'
mittee thereof, and what decision or
action, if any, has been had in regard
to the same.
5. In setting forth the facts in the
petition the claimants must always
distinguished between those which lie
states of his own knowledge and those
upon information and belief. lie
must say as to the first that he avers
them of his own knowledge, and as to
the last that he states them upon in
formation arid belief.
6. There must be appended to the
petition the post office address of the
claimants, and when represented by
attorneys, proper letters of attorney
or other sufficient evidence of author
ity must De filed therewith.
7. When the claim is brought by a
guardian, executor or other legal rep
resentatives, dujy authenticated, must
be below with the petition.
8. Each material averment of the
petition should be corroborated by at
least two creditable and disinterested
witnesses, and their sworn statements
should be filed with the petition, or
as soon thereafter as possible.
0. The claimant, upon completing
the proofs relied on to sustain his claim
s ould so notify the Setretary of the
Treasury in writing, and after the
expiration of the six months allowed
l y the act of Congress for filing
, claims, the cases will be taken up and
disposed of in the order in which such
| notifications have been received, un
! l° s s lurther delay is asked for bv the
claimant or demanded by the public
interests.
GEO. S. BOUT WELL,
Secretary of the Treasury.
GItEELEY PICTI RE.
Drawn by Mark Twain.
lie neXT goes to breakfast, which
is a frugal, abstemious meal with him,
and consists of nothing but just such
things as tlie market affords, n »thing
more. lie drinks nothing hut water
—nothing whatever but water and
coffee and tea and Scotch ale and
lager beer and lemonade with a fly in
it—sometimes a horse fly, and some
times a horse fly, according to the
amount of inspiration required to
warm him up to his daily duties.—
During breakfast he reads the Tribune
all through, and enjoys the satisfact
ion of knowing that all the brilliant
things in it, written by Young and
Cooke and Hazard and myself, are
attributed to him by a confiding and
ignorant public.
After breakfast he writes a short
editorial, and puts a large dash at the
beginning of it, thus ( ), which
is the same as if he put 11. G. after
it, and takes a savage pleasure in re
flecting that none of us under strap
pers can use that dash, except in
proianc conversation when chafing
over the outrage. lie writes this
e iitorial in his own handwriting.
does it because he is so vain of his
penmanship, lie always did take an
inordinate pride in penmanship. He
hired out once in his young days as a
writing master, but the enterprise
failed. r lhe pupils could not trans
late Lis marks with any certainty.—
liis first copy was “Virtue is its own
reward, ’ and they got it “washing
with soap is low' and absurd,’’ and so
the trustees discharged him for at
tempting to convey bad morals
through the medium of worse pert
ufhnship. But, as I was saying, he
writes this morning editorial. Then
be tries to read it over, and can’t do
it, and so sends it to tlie printers, and
t iey try to read it, and can’t do it; and
so they set it up at random,' as you
may say, putting in what words they
can t make out, and when they get
aground yn a lorrg word they put in
‘‘protection” or “universal suffrage,”
and spar off and paddle ahead, and
next morning if the degraded public j
can tell what it is *li about they say
that 11. G. wrote it, an 1 if they can’t
they say it is one of those imbecile
understrappers, and tLat is the end
of it.
On Sundays Mr. Greeley sits in a
prominent pew in Mr. Chapin’s church
and lets on that he and the
congregation regard it as eccentricity
of genius.
W hen he is going to appear in pub
lie, Mr. Greeley spends two hours on
his toilet. lie is the most painstak
ing and elaborate man about getting
up his dress that lives in America.—
This is his chiefest and pleasantest
foible. lie puts on hi3 old white
overcoat, and turns up the collar.
He puis on a soiled shirt, saved from
the wash, and leaves one end of the
collar unbuttoned, lie puts on his
most delipidated hat, turns it wrong
side before, cants it on to the back of
his head, and jams an extra dent in
the side of it. He puts on his most
atrocious boots, and spends fifteen
minutes in tucking the left leg of his
pants into the boot-top in what shall
seem the most careless and unstudied
way. But his cravat —it is into the
arrangement of his c:avat that he
throws all his soul, all the powers of
his great mind. After fixing it for
forty minutes before the looking glass,
it is perfect—it is askew in every way
—it overflows his coat collar on one
side and sinks into oblivion on the
other—it climbs and it delves around
about his neck the knot is conspic
uously displayed under his left ear,
and it stretches one of its long ends
straight out horizontally, and the
other goes after his eye, in the good
old Toodles fashion—and then, com
pletely and marvelously appareled,
Mr. Greeley strides forth, rolling like
a sailor, a miracle of astounding cos
turnery, the awe and wonder of the
nation !
YViitl Fowl Oo«l rue ting a. Railroad Train
Says the Des Moines (Iowa) Reg
ister :
“A singular case of railroad ob
struction, and one for which no rem
edy is provided for by the statutes,
oceured a few evenings since on the
4 # C
Valley Road in Green County. Con
.
<lintor Livingston’s train, when about
three miles this side of Grand Junc
tion in passing through some low
country and pond, ran into an im
| monse tlock ot swan, brant, geese and
I other wild fowl. The birds were just
about to alight on the track as the
train drew near. Their number was
; so great that the sky was completely
| tilled with them, and those above
I pressed down on the lower strata
forced them to alight on the car tops.
Ihc engine tender and cars were cov
| ered with the fowls, and some even
clung to bars of the cowcatcher. One
, stately swan had a wing injured in
: the crush, and found a resting place
1 011 tne head light, from whence was
! ta hcn by the engineer. 'lhc bird,
| however, managed to escape from
custody near Perry, and jumping
from the tender where he had been
tied, disappeared in the grass. The
raid continued several minutes, quite
I a number of the mcrial army being
run over by the train, and some half
dozen being captured by passengers
and employees. As soon as the birds
on top of the flock began to realize
j the situation, they soared away, foh
i lowed by the entire covey. Livings
i ton says it was the biggest crowd of
I dead heads that ever tried to board
his train.’.’
Exact Statu* of tlie Cotton Tax Kill.
In response to many enquiries upon
j the subject from parties both North
and South who are interested in the
! bill, the W ashington Republican says
it is still pending in the Ways and
, Means Committee, and will be report
ed by them early in the December
session. Roth Houses nave been
committed in a direct manner to its
passage, and particularly to the un
constitutionality of the tax. The de
feat of the Morrill amendment to the
deficiency bill was the first indication
of the feeling in favor of the propo
sition to refund. The great bulk of
the cases brought before the Court of
Claims are cotton claims, and the
fight against the amendment was
made directly in the interest of the
cotton producing class. The next,
or second, and most conclusive evi
dence of the feeling in the premises,
is to be found in the fact tl.at the
amendment to the omnibus bill pro
hibiting the Secretary of the Treas
ury from collecting the two cents per
pound on cotton judgments obtained
before the Court of Claims, was pass
ed by the almost unanimous vote of
both Houses, both political parties
accepting and committing themselves
to the position originally taken by
Mr. Dawes and others when the tax
was first imposed, that it was not
constitutional.— Telegraph and Mrs
engcr.
Til** Mysterious ■south Carolina Prisoner
Hi* R • liuf.c on Twelve Thousand Hol
lar* Ha I'.
The identity of the mysterious
prisoner who was recently kidnapped
in Canada and carried to Detroit,
where he was arrested, is established
at last. He was no other than Dr. J.
Rufus Bratton, of Yorkville, in this
State, who left his home in October
last, about the time President Grant
delegated to Merrill the power that
had been delegated to him by Con
gress to arrest and imprison citizens
at his will and pleasure.
At the December term of the Uni
ted States Court a true bill for con
spiracy and for being connected with
the hanging of Jim Williams was
found against Dr. Bratton by the
grand jury. He was brought to York
ville on Monday last in charge of the
somewhat notorious detective, Joseph
H. Hester, and lodged in ja 1.
On Wednesday last, as already re
ported in the News, a motion was
made before Judge Bryan for the
release of L)r. Bratton on bail, and
and the amount was fixed at twelve
thousand dollars. The required se
curity being promptly furnished, the
and >ctor was released, and now awaits
his turn for trial at the August term
of the court. — Charleston Neics.
lUmnrkabk- Clear Water for tlie Const.
Captain Bringloe, of the pilot boat
Mysterp, informs us that on Wednes
day last, whilst ofTDewees’ Island, in
seven fathoms of water, the bottom
of the ocean, showing the ridges of
sand, cculd be destinctly seen from
the deck of the pilot boat. A tin cup
was lowered to the bottom, which
was plainly visible. This is some
thing remarkable for the coast. The
captain says it is the first time be has
witnessed such clearness of water at
sea during the twenty years he has
been engaged as a pilot off our har
bor.— Charleston Courier.
Mr. E. C. Hough, paying teller of
the First National Bank of Savan*
nah, waa found dead in' his bed on the
11th inst
NO. 29.