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JOSEPH K BROWN, Presidin’.
Professional Paros.
I S MORBK Dentist, Forsyth, Georgia. When you
> • visit Forsyth, call at my office and have your
b ntal Work done us it should be. leeth inseiti and
birth filled, teeth extracted, teeth attended to in Dr
L-t style nl tire Dental Art. Call onCo and you wili
b>t only call again, but will bring P.U your friends m
"'ling vour sweetheart and mother-in-law
may 26 Respectfully, L- »■ ..
I T. TOOLF.Y, Attorney at Law, Barnesvllle. fra.
’’ Will promptly attend to a!l business that inay be
, ought before him wdhin the Hint Judicial<hcuit.
bffice over TANARUS, B. Whitehurst's store. may 20-iy.
\ r X BRALL. Attorrov ut Law. Th 'm
\ \ aston. Ga. Will practice ip the Flint Circuit or
‘ •••where, and attend promptly to business, j mlb-tf.
\\r p WEAVER, Artornpv nt* Law,
I *\ Thomaston, Ga., will practice in all the Courts
' he Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by special contract.
I in i honey’s brick building, Southeast corner
■ up stairs. janl3-tf
\\\l SANDWICH, Attorney and Coun
• * w;.. r at Law, Thonraston. Ga. At ill practice
■ : t,!e -ever,! Courts of the State of Georgia, and attend
■ r y?ln>, all business entrusted to his care.
[) fi T R KENDALL offers his profes
■l r/ sinr >'- services tc the citizens of i homastou and
■ 17 , m, hng country. May be found during the day at
■ Vh U ' '' to, 'c. at’ night at the former residence of
,'| T. opposite Rogers &, Cheney’s Warehouse.
I,| REDDING, Attorney at Law,
I Harnesvil e, Pike co , Ga. Will practice in the
■ comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
■ ev,,, n ' h y special ontract AH' business promptly
In, j t 0 Office in Elder's building, over Chamber’s
‘"store. ugh- y
ptIOVIAS BEALL. Attorney at Law,
I * a >tnast.on, Ga. Will practice in the Flint (hr-
Di elsewhere by special contract. aug27-ly
H•[ I- HALL, Attorney and Counsellor
lb f; 1 V < '' ill practice in the counties composing
■ > Circuit. In the Supreme Court of Georgia,
■ Gt,. lie District Court of the United States for the
■ at f'i Soq hern Districts of Georgia.
9 Ga., June 18th, 187**-1 y.
A G. P. CAMPBELL,
■ ' J -‘Btive & Mechanical Dentist,
f &AR N ES \ r I L LE , GEO R G I A.
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ACTS WITH GENTLENESS AND
1 \ thoroughness upon the Liver ahd General Cir
culation-keeps the Bowels in Natural Motion and
eanses the System from all impurities. Never fails r
1 o cure i*
hour Stomach, H.-r-rt Burn. Debility. Low -pints. Cold
Feet and Manila, Costiveness, Listitssness, Colic Chron-
Chills and Fever.
(impounded in strict accordanee with skillful chem
istry and scientific pharmacy, this purely Vegetable
(1 n m - o,i *> 8 ® v ft « o o o u v i/ o a w 'ip . x
irJTtvC ELEBRATE Dsl^U.)
twenty *' V7;''S'VVyears in
cesant use. been styled the Great Re.-toiauve and Ke
cuperant by the enlightened testimony of thousands
using it ; so harmonious adbjusted that it keeps the
Liver in healthful action; and when the directions
observed the pro ess of waste and replenishment in the
human system continues uninterruptedly to a ripe old
ug;, and ,V .y zy y yyyyy,v y,v y y o>an like
If* lt, SLiver Medicine..-,
<■<;; t» 'i-'t-r-r-s-i '>rnWs>?•»*»
lull of years, without a struggle, whenever Dealti claims
his prerogative Adapted to the most delicate temper
ament and robust constitution, it can be given with
equal safety and eertuir ty of success to the young child,
iuviilid ludy or stmng man.
DR. O. S. PROPHITT’S
I AITODYNE PAIN'KILL IT.
NEVER FAILING!
Kill Pain in Every Form.
i Cures Pains in the Rack, Chest, Ilips or Limbs, Rheu
matism, Neuralgia, Cough, Colds, Bronchial Affections,
Kidney Diseases, Dyspepsia Liver Complaint; Colic,
Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Pleurisy, Asthma, Heart
Burn Toothache, Jawaohe, Earache, headache, Sprains,
Bruises. Cuts, Contusions, Sores, Lacerated Wounds,
Scalds. Burns. Chill Ulains, F’rost. Bites, Poisons of all
kinds, vegetable or animal. Os ail the Remedies ever
rF-A-lIT KIII-.L rrTg
discovered for therelif of suffering humanity, this is the
best Plain Medieator known to Medical Science. .The
cure is speedy and permanent in the most inveterate
diseases. This is no humbug, hut a grad medical dis
covery. A Pain Killer containing ncyoison to inflame,
parlize or drive the inflamatien upon an internal org in
Itsaftieieney istrulv wonderful—Relief is Ir«tnntane
ous. It is destined to banish pains and aches, wounds
and issnmes, from the fne** f the earth. n2O-ly
DB, WM, A. WRIGHT.
The People's Drug-Store!
BARNESVILLE, GA.
A large supply of FRESIi and GENUINE
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
And receiving as the trade demands.
IVi dN No. 1 iverosine Oil, Linseed Oil,
AVliitc I.eatl, Spi.its Turpentine, Varn-
IsJies, Pahitp Painter’s Materials, a tine
lot ol' Lamps anti Chimneys, Window
Glass, Putty, Pocket C nllcry . A good assort
ment of
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CIGARS, and all other articles’hc usually keeps LOW
for CASH.
Those, that have been favored witu credit must, come
forward and settle, as money is what he must have to
pay for what you have bought heretofore. spt23 ts
L.B, LANGFORD,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN '
STOVES, HOLLOW WIRE,
BLOCK TIN. TIN PLATE, SHEET
1110N & TINNERS' FiXDINGS,
SLATE MANTELS AMD GRATES,
HOT SE-Fl RYISHING GOODS OP
F.VEIIY DESCRIPTION, «Sic.
CJoI?PKm T I L G & ,
Keystone Block, Whitehall St.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Agent for the Celebrated “CHARTER / f x LS.
melil6>3m
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SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS !
Ci Fi TURNER & BRO|
OULD inform the puplic 'Jiat they
have fust received an additional supply of
1 HEADY-MADE CLOTHING,
L.VDir.T WHITE GOODS SU-'H AS
PLAID CAMBRICS,
NANSOOKS ,
PEC AS,
¥AN S ,
gloves,
pARAs 0 L S ,
HOSIERY, Ac., & c .
They keep constantly on hand every de
scription of goods usual!}’ kept in a
FIRST-CLASS DRY' GOODS and SHOE
STORE. They have also just received a
lot of SUGAR, COFFEE, CANDLES and
SOAP. They call particular attention to
their large assortment of PLAIN and
FANCY” SHIRTS and COLLARS,
mayll-tf Thomaiton, Ga.
THOMASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 3, 1872.
LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST!
NEW GOODS.
TEST received, a SELECT STOCK of
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
IIATS,
TRUNKS, &e., &,v
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
CLOTHING cut an i me, ;e to
order ih the latesv New York Styles. IMt-sie call to see
me at Dll. HA-NNAII’S NEW BUILDING,
A. MARKS, *
mftyll ts Thomaston, Ga.
W. A. TGKJ.VY, ) j w. p. nrscz.Y,
oi Tenm seee. f ( of Geoigia.
SAVE YOUR MONEY
R 7 GOING-TO
BAEtNrSVILLB,'
AND PATRONIZING
Till LEY & BUSSEY
GENEK4L
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
AND DEALEU3IN
BACON.
LARD,
CORN,
FLOUR,
OATS.
COFFEE,
SUGAR.
SY tfU P .
and Malaga NOItTIfLRN an 1 BIIOF MADL SHOES,
Cotton Yarns and Domestics.
They, also, keep constantly unhand a variety of Fami
ly (iIKK RKIK-\ Plow and Breast'll nins. Harness and
Uo'kirs. Hoes, Ac. ail of which will be sold a little
( lieaper thanJhe Cheapest FOIi < ASH. Mr.TUULF.Y
li vng many acquaintances and friends in Tennessee,
gives us an advantage in buying our Bacon, Lard,
Flour, and Corn, which enables us to offer inducements
lo the trade that others cannot do. Come around and
see if we don’t give: you a bargain First door Fast of
tin l.cti.i, BARN Eta’S ILLRGA.
FOUTZ’S
CELEBRATED
Dora pi Cattls Powflers.
r ‘ known, will thoroughly rc-invigorate
Vwr.Ai- ii I ,* broken down and low-spirited horses,
f by strengthening and cleansing the
uY * n stomach and intestines.
It is a sure pr ventive of all di-eases
■TTeCiTThW- incident to tliis animal, such iia LUNG
U E V E R . GLANDERS. YELLOW
WATER. HEAVES. COUGHS, DIS
TE.M PER, FEVERS, FOUN DE R . MM
LOSS 0 F A [’PETIT E AX D VIT A L
ENERGY, he. Its usei. improves yj- '■‘SSillJ
the wind, increases the appetite— \V ''
gives a smooth and glossy skin—and Tj .
transforms the miserable skeleton
into a fine-looking and spirited horse,
, To keepers of Cows this prepara
iL-yi tion is invaluable. It is a sure pre
(¥•'•' ' •••• rs ventive against Rinderpest. Hollow
'*Y. s "•’’*■ I ij Horn, etc. It has been proven by
YAiMfc&yya I actual experiment to increase the
x\]j 8 quantity of milk and cream twenty
per cent, and make the butter firm
' ami sweet. In fattening cattle, it
gives them an appetite, loosens their hide, and makes
them thrive much faster.
In all diseases of S-.vin'. such as Coughs, Ulcers in
the Lungs, Liver, Ac., -.his article acts
as a specific. By patting trom one
half a paper to a paper in a barrel of %Vv
swill the above diseases will 1v eradi y—*{'
cated or entirely prevented. If given
in time, a certain preventive and
cure for the Hog Cholera.
DAVID Ei FOUTZj Proprietor,
BALTIMORE. TH it.
For s-v *hv Prvi r'Y -t. uni Stm* i1 : throughout
the United N-.i. C’uii.iUciand South America.
Fur Sale ly J. W. ATWATER,
Thomavtoff, Ga. hovlt-ly
BRICK MAKING .
OX AND AFTER THE 10. h OF MAY
rest, wo will be prepared to I urn kh Brick to all
at Reasonable I’rices. Send in your orders and he in
time. Brick Yard two miles South of Thomaston.
» P r27tf WM. LASTED & HOWARD HOLMES.
' $50,000 WORTH,
CHEMICALS,
INSTRUMENTS,
PERFUMERY,
FANCY GOODS,
PATENT MEDICINES,
PAINTS,
OILS,
GLASS, ETC.
FOR SALE BY
PEMEiiTO.N TUTOR & CO.
AT
BOTTOM PRICES.
9
\ LSO, Wholesale Agents f r the CEL.
LBRATED CRYSTAL PALACE WHITE LEAD,
which for WHITENESS .FINENESS an DURABILI
TY cannot be EQUALLED. Wholesale Agents for all
the popular PATENT MEDICINES. Cali and exam
ne Stock and Prices.
PEMBEIITOV. TAYLOR &CO..
Wholesale Druggists.
No 13 Kimball House.
n pnl2,-6m Atlanta, C.a.
Written for the Thomaston Herald.
EXILED.
CHAPTER 111.
‘•No,” he replied.
“Then,’’ said 1, “you have no right
to think anything about what she
thinks of you if I know anything
of Miss Ida’s disposition.”
Charlie was quiet some time as the
doctor was getting ready to dress his
wounds.
During the time all tliis was trans :
piring the yankees were as busy as
lee.,. Troops were moving. Cou
r.'er• were going and coming and
; everything indicated that Gen. Grant
going to crowd our retreating
army on the morrow.
1 was by no means well pleased
; with my situation and determined to
escape during the night if the doctor
thought Charlie could get on witli
: out me. As soon as the doctor finish
|ed dressing CharlieV wounds, I com
menced to help woik on the others
that had been brought in and by 12
1 o'clock we had dressed the wounds of
| all that we could find.
Charlie had taken a large dose of
i opium and had gone to sleep and was
resting, quietly when I returned to
| him, so I thought I would sleep an
: hour or two and leave. 1 had hardly
| got to sleep when I was awakened by
' Charlie calling mo. I rose and went
! to him to see what he wanted.
“Tom.” said lie,” “you have done
i more for me than any one else would,
1 we have known each otner long and
j O
: I now feel it my duty to tell you to
leave me and make your escape. I,
i of course, hate for you to leave me
but I kne w xou can’t do me any good
after to-night.”
“I think myself,” said I, “that I
had better leave, and intended doing
so about one o’clock ; the doctor will
do all that can he done for you.”
“Do you think you can succeed in
getting across the Chicamauga before
day ?”
“Yes. Is there any message you
want me to carry for vou.»( bailie
“Tell mother of my situation and
th it. I am going to escape if there is
an\ chance as soon as I o*»n travel.”
“I will do so Charlie, if I get
through safely,” said I, “and now 1
must go. I leave ray blanket and
knapsack with you ; use anything you
wish, I am afraid to carry them as I
will want to get. along as fast as I can.
What must I tell Mi s Ida N
“Anything y --ji please,” lie said
rather slowly. I then left him to
tell the doctor goodbye. The doctor
thought I would join him again next
day sometime, but I did not. I was
determined to escape.
The moon had been shining bright
ly all night and I could see how to
get along very well. I was acquaints
ed with the country and I had no
difficulty in getting along only once
and that proved ¥o he to my advan
tage. I suppose I had travelled about
two miles w hen J heard a horse ap
proaching at a gallop. I secreted my-
I self to see what was up. As the horse
approached me he stopped running
{.and was walking quietly along. When
he reached me I saw that there was
no one on him, so I stepped out and
caught him. I carried him some dis
tance from the road and returned to
see what would follow. I heard
another horse coming so soon as I
retook my position on the road. I
discovered that there was a rider on
horse No. 2 and that a man was walk
ing hv the side of him. They stop
; ped near me and the mounted man
! asked the other if he thought his
! horse went this way, he replied that
|he was certain of it. There followed
a pause in which they seemed to be
listening for the horse. After stand
ing silent awhile one of them asked
the other if he thought all the rebels
{ had crossed the Chicamauga.
“I guess they have, hut if they
don’t .before morning we will pick
them up.”
“How many troops have we ready
| to cross by daylight ?”
“I don’t know, I was carrying or
ders to some- of the troops just now,
when we lost our way.”
“Is there no danger of our being
picked up out here : ’
“I hop j not.”
I gained enough information from
these two gentry to satisfy me that
I was in no danger then, for they had
come too far up the creek. J hey
then passed on and I sought my cap
tured horse and mounted for a trip
across the lines if I could get there.
I knew of'a private ford on the Chic
arnauga and I hastened toward it
and reaced it without seeing anybody,
/crossed and felt free again. Lp to
; the time I captured the horse I had
but one thought and that was to go
i back to mv command.
What little things change the
course of one’s life at times. I was
not old enough to know much of any
thing that a person of maturer years
knows from experience and now
though I am but a few years older. 1
am very old in experience. It cost
me some effort to change my route.
My mi: and kept recurring to the poor
wounded boy I had left, i knew how
his darling mother would feel when
she received the news of his wounds
and capture. I arrived at Chiea<»
mauga Station in time to ' end the
following dispatch to Charlie’s Moth
er :
Cure am aug \. Nv. 20th, 1863.
Mrs. Th»mas: —Charlie wi.- e ni»niert*d
out of danger at 1 o’clock thmorning.
No news since then.
I signed the name of my Captain
to this and took the line ol march to
an untried country. Being personal
ly acquainted with one of Gen.
Bragg’s staff, I sought him out and
asked him to get urn a detail from
Gen. B’.nfrff to go oil a secret mission,
giving as a reason that l thought I
could effect Charlie Thomas’ escape :
he had not hoard of his capture and
said that 1 e was too good a soldier
for that. lie then introduced me to
the General and stated mv business.
Cion. Bragg naked me my plans if
allowed to g:. I replied that I ex
pected to cross the Tennessee River
above Harrison’s Landing and set
out for the railroad in the rear of the
Federal army and watch the chances
to get Charlie off the cars somewhere
between r i ullahoma and Louisville,
Ky. I merely added that I would
not think of such a thing, hut I was
satisfied there would he no‘campaign
alter winter set in. Gen. Bragg was
silent a moment aid then called Maj.
Falconer to him and ordered him to
give me ii special detail to report at
army headquarters and, then to send
a copy of it to my company coman
der. Gen. B. then took me aside
and told me he thought I had better
cross WaMan's Ridge and go over
into Kentucky at once, lie then
gave me a list of names of persons in
Kentucky, that I could rely on as
friends.
I had always had an idea that Gen.
B. was one of the harshest men and
1 dreaded to go into his presence, but
tlie old man seemed very kind and
; abliging for which 1 was truly glad.
My orders were verbal of course.—
By the kindness of Maj. Falconer/
was allowed to send a short note to
my company in regard to Charlie’s
condition. The letter I knew would
be sent home. After leaving the
General / hurried on, having a pas'
port beyond our lines. Upon my
arrival at the Tennessee river I found
no difficulty in getting across hut /
apprehended danger beyond.
Youth is so full of bright anticipa
tions. / never had given my project
a seri us thought up to the time /
reached the river. I leave it to the
imagination of the reader if he wishes
to know how I felt as 7 crossed the
border and knew 1 had to work for
self notv and depend upon my own
resources for every time of trouble-.
I traveled across the Cumberland
river arid proceeded into Kentucky
and struck out for Lebanon.
\ To be Continued i
ECFi ttg of the Mind on die Body.
Medical works contain many curi
ous facts in regard to the power of
the mini on the conditions of the
bodv. It is shown that the mind may
9/ *>
kill and that it may cure. Readers
have heard of cases where, through
intense fear, the hair had turned gray
in a night. A criminal under sentence
of death was told by his keeper that
it would lessen the pains and agonies
of dying to be bled, and permission
having been obtained from the au
thorities by physicians to experiment
on the convict, the day appointed for
his execution was set for their experi
ments. The man was informed that,
instead of hanging, he would be bled
to death, and the dreadful prospect
may very properly be supposed to
have penetrated his soul. When the
time arrived, preparations were com
menced as for the execution. Buck
ets were brought, as if to hold the
blood, and surgical instruments were
exhibited to the gaze of the wretched
man. Being assured there would be
no great pain connected with the
opening of a vein or arterv, and that
he would die gradually and without
a struovdp, fie was stretched on a table
and an aim made bare* A watch
was placed so near that he could hear
it tick, and he was informed that in
so many minutes after applying the
lancet he would cease to breathe. —
llis eyes were then tightly bandaged,
the buckets set in position, and the
lancet —no. the lancet was not appli
ed. though the Yin was slightly
pricked and a little stream of warm
w ater was permitted to tickle through
a straw over his arm into t: c bucket,
lie began to grow iivnt. Ti e surgeon
notified him ot the expiration of the
First five minutes, holding tire watch
still liearer Ijis ear, while the wAtm
water continued to tiiekle down the
arm into the bucket bch*w. To m »ke
a long story short, we may state that
the culprit died almost at the no merit
set by the physicians and surgeons
without losing a single drop of blood,
and without any hurt, save through
the imagination or mind.
Another. Two convicts, a] • under
sentence of death, v.re tol.i that thev
)*'.ust occupy apartments in the prison
in which two culprits had just died of
yellow fever, and that the pr Imbili—
tics were they, too, would die before
morning. f lhere had been no such
deaths from yellow fever, nor from
any other epidemic, hut the poor,
frightened fellows gave up the c". ; t
as predicted before the morning.
Any number of similar cases have
been described. There is no end to
the “wonderful cures” effected by
bran-bread piils, colored water, etc.,
in which the only potent agent was
that of the mind. The mind kids and
it cures. Hopefulness, cheerfulness,
courage, a clear conscience, honesty,
and faith will work miracles almost
in the way of restoring lost vitality
and lost health.
Here are paragraphs from Hearth
and Home on the “Mind Cure,”
which are in point : The finest cura
tive agency in the world is the mind
of the patient. We do not mean to
say that you cat) cure corns and bun
iouns by resolving to dispense with
them, or that you can restore your
jungs after disease has destroyed them
by having a cheerful temper, or that
a cancer can be eradicated by a hope
ful heart. The “Mind Cure” is not
warranted to act as a specific for
everything. But there is no medi
cine that is susceptible of such a va
riety ot uses ns Ibis. There is no
disease in which the state of the mind
has not much to dc with the state of
the body. . *
Physicians prcscril. e travel and
sanitaria ; they senJ*one man to Min
nesota and another to Florida, with
out taking the temperament of the
man into account. .We h; ve seen a
man, acting as chief of police in St.
Paul, who had been carried ashore
from the steamboat on stretchers, so
far was he reduced by hcmorragc.s,
Cilmate ? Yes, and more than cli
mate. Doubtless the man was of a
hearty temperament, and enjoyed the
new and strange scenes about him.
We have seen a hundred invaliJs in
the same climate pi*e for home and
older civilization, and die of nostal
gia. Let it be understood that no
invalid is benefitted by a climate when
he Slavs in a place an hour after that
stay is enjoyable. If you are an in
valid, arrange your life so that it
may be restful and happy to you, and
then enjoy it. We recall a man, a
bridge builder, who carried his con
sumption over bleak and snowy prai
ries, who slept in cold beds in fron
tier taverns, coughing all night, who
built bridges and drove business when
his iur.gs were wasted away. lie said
that he was happy at weak, and that
work kept him alive. And it did.
Year after year he managed to spin
out his broken life, happy always,
and making all about him happy, un
til he became a walking miracle. At
last come the catastrophe, and he died.
If your business amuses you. and you
arc succeeding, and you can keep
your temper happy, then there is no
better medicine. But he who has a
distasteful business, and who has not
the will or power to adapt himself to
it, is indeed to be pitied,.
Life insurance companies thump
your ribs ar.d listen to the whispers
of your heart. They ask about your
father and your grand-father and
your mother’s sister and grand-fath
tr’s brother. They want to know
whether you have had any or all of
the follow ing diseases, etc. But when
did a life insurance company ever
think to ask about your clear con
science, your cheerful heart, your
business success, your amiable domes
tic relations, your religious faith, and
all the rest that go to make sunshine
or clouds in your life V
Do not listen to anybody who tells
you to travel if travel is uncongenial
to your temper. But if you enjoy it,
then travel is the best of all medi
cines. An invalid struggling for life '
snould not have any duties. Ihe
main business at such a time is to
enjoy yourself. Joy is a toni: above
all.
[More faith and less drugs; more
sunshine in tl e open air, and less con
fllls run . -.i /■ :vV - ' . .: 1 root:;- 1
m rc *. sign .ti* f » ih* inevitable , will
prove far more curative than pills,
plasters and bitters.] — Phrt. Jour .
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