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i*,v s. ROSE & CO.
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.. a i ‘lioueecJ. au.l others, who uaay wisb to
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Mia ir l.iiiw, are required by law to be advertised in a
i forty days prvvlau* to the day of sale,
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, ,;n the hours of tea in the forenoon and three in the
stierauou, at the Court-house in the county iu which the
property is situated.
•ti ns or IVk- isal Pkopkrtv must be advertised in like
mauuer, forty days.
Voice re Ukuiors axd Cbkditors of an Estate must be
published forty days.
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two months.
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months; for establishing tost papers, for the full space of
three utonths ; for coui|Nllio>r titles from executors or ad
ministrators whore a bond has been given by the deceased,
the fuli space of three months.
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the regular rates.
K fcXT Ula Ali M E ETINOS
OF MASONS, KNIGHT TEMPLARS, ODD FEL
LOWS AND SONS OF TEMPERANCE,
HELD IN THK CITT Os MACON.
MASONS.
Grand Lodge of tteargia for 1860, October 31 *t.
Macon Lodge, No. ft, first and third Monday nights in each
month.
Constantin* Chapter, No. 4, second Monday night in each
mouth.
Washington Council, No. 6, fourth Monday night in each
mouth.
St Umar’s Encampment. Knights Templar, No. 2, Meetings
every first Tuesday n’ght in each month.
ODD FELLOWS.
Grind Lodge, first Wednesday in Jane.
Grand Encampment, Tuesday previous.
Franklin Lodge, No. 2, every Thursday evening.
United Brothers, No. 5, every Tuesday evening.
Macon Union Encampment, No. 2, second and fourth Mon
day evenings in each month.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Grand Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually.
BVSIME 8 8 CARDS.
VBOS A HARRIS, *■ H. ROSS.
HARRIS & ROSS,
(SCCCaaSORS TO THUS. A. HARRIS,)
TV .V 12 i: -I I <> u S E
AND —
(ypnpr.il Commission Merchants,
Com*!” of Second and Popfar St*.. df. tcan , On.
Will give their special personal attention to all business
entrusted to them. Cash Advances made on Produce in
store. Particular attention given to the storage and sale
of Cotton. (aug 8-Ciu)
THUS. HARDUMAH, SR. 0.0. SPARKS.
HARDEMAN & SPARKS,
WARE-IIOUSE
AND
Commission Merchants.
MACON, (JA.. £g£g
iirm give prompt attention to the selling and storing
>\ of Cotton, and to the filling of orders for plantation
al family supplies. With rsi-oy years experience and
*ith their best eiTarts to serve their friends, they hope to
have a co ltmuance of the liberal patronage heretofore
_xtet.de.l to them. Liberal advances made when required.
August lftth 1860. (iy-)
J. B. & W. A. BOSS,
Wholesale Dry (ioods Jobbers,
Corner Cherry and Second Sts.,
Macon, (a.
IN a.l.lition to their large ami ne*r *toc< of Dry Good*,
Clothing, Hats, amt Groceries, are receiving ftOO cases
Shoe*, fresh irnm the Manufacturers, to which they reS[>ect
fully invite attention of Dealers nl consumers.
june 18
D. C. HODGKINS &. SON,
DEALKKH IH AMD XA.ttrACTKRKRS t.F
G- TJ J\r IS,
RIFLES,
And Sporting
A ZKW DOORS BELOW THK
Lanier House,
Jan. 1, 1860. ts
DBDBLE HR mu AM PISTOLS.
thoma^Fmmise,
(v K the lat arm of MiaKWALTKR A Morse, having pur
* v i asd the entire tm-ainesa, will continue the mauufac
ng of
Double (iiius, aud best Rifles aud Pistols
Dia.le in the United Btates.on an entirely new plan of Mr.
Morse’*.
GUNS re-stocFed and repaired in the best manner, and on
i>■**.mable term*, at short notice. The undersigned being
practical workman, will guarantee all hi* work, and in
vite the public to give him a trial.
;4IT The Stand I* under the Floyd House, opposite Or.
T.iuinpson’s. june 18—*60—y
NEW FIRM.
L. P. STRONG & SONS.
FEW 13 P. STRONG ten-
J derx hi*grateful thanks
for the liberal patronage ex ffj
extended to hint for the last & &
twenty seven years,and re
ur-.-e* that he JMjSw
J W sr ?
Edgar p. strong and /jt and
FgKRFSTER W. STRONG. gr.
> ler the name, firm and
*■ le of L. P. STRONG A
Sons, and will continue to
on hand and offer, a large and select assortment of
Boots felloe* and liPallipr
r ' r all kinds, and Findings for Country manufacturer*. He
ctfully oaks for the n£w firm, a eoutiuuance 01 the lib
"*l h-tvor extended to the old.
Baeon, January 2,1860. 41-jr
KERRISON & LDIDING.
IMPORTERS
I’oreign ami Domuslic Dry floods,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
* * ; tM* I S(rM‘l —one 4104 r f root liiiig.
CHARLESTON, S- C.
saahel wl rcmca.
SDCCBS9OB TO
HEITRY J. PEPPER * SOK.
batches, Jewelry and Silverware,
• D5, Chestnut street, (opposite the Riot* House,)
_ _ Philadilphia.
REFIftJEI> LEAF LARD.
(>() KKG3 Refined Leaf Lard row receiving and so
o*1!t b * McCALLIE A JONKB.
• r GROVE, Sapciior old Ryt and Mo
tjg, j**-y*a Whiakey ,ln otor *nu for *1 by
1 McCALUI A JONS’I
©corgio Icrarnol aiii> itkescnger.
HOTELS.
THK STIiBBLKKIULD lIiH'SK.
“ Like tho Phoenii from its Ashes.”
f Jill AT lari'.?, new and elegant Mouse, recently erected
JL on the rmus ol my old establishment. Mulberry street.
Macon, H., is now ..pen for the reception ami accommoda
ti or of Boarders and transient G firsts
The House has been uewlv furnished througlwMt, in the
best manner, en.l Uie Proprietor will end. avor to make it
FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
Its situation is eligible, a little be|..w the Methodist and
opposite to the Presbyterian Church, and near the banks
and places of business.
Connected with the House is a large
I jiv<‘i*,viiml SnleStable,
where Drovers and ethers can find accommodations for
their stock
The p c.ronage of his old friends and of the traveling pub
lic g nerally, is respectfully solicited,
nor st-ts M. STUBBLEFIELD.
NEW HOTEL.
PLANTERS 9 1101 SE,
MA(HIN, GEORGIA.
ON CHERRY STREET. two Squares from the Bail Road
Depot, and in the business part of tbe city,
nov <l-6.-y J. O. GOODALE, Proprietor.
c; RAN rn: ha
VI ls OA, UEOIIGI 4.
rilllK Proprietor would inform his eld friends and pat
1 rons, and the public generally, that he lias made large
addition* and imprut-eineHt* to his Home, making it as
ever comfortable and pleasant, and in returning Ins thanks
to owe and off, be would solicit a continuance of the pat
run age he has heretofore so liberally received.
aug22-’6t—y B. F. DKNSE, Proprietor.
Browii*s ITotei,
Opposite the Passenger House, Macon, 6a.
By E. E. ItKOW.4 iV SOX
ME.4 I.H ready on the arrival of every Train. The
. proprietors will spare no pains to make their guest*
comfortable. feb Pi 4S-’6t* v
TROUT iToXJBtT,
UV J. I>. GILBERT A tO.
Atlanta, Georgia.
sep 18 24-ts _ __
WASHINGTON HALL.
THIS HOUSE IS sTILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
| \ I, arrangement will be made tor the accommo
dation ol the Members to the approaching STAI E CON
VENTION, and the future Session of the Legislature.
The rate* and term* at this House, will coulorm to those
of the other Public Houses in this city.
N. C. BARNETT.
Milledgeyille, Ga , Dec. lftth, 1860.
HI SUN ESS (AKUS.”
T. <J. JSTISJJJKT,
mancfactlrkr of
STEA.4I ETGI.TES and BOILERS.
Saw Till! Jlucliiuery, Aim Clear•
lues ami Machinery in
UE.KER \L.
WROUGT IKON COTTON SCREWS,
Sugar 41 ill*.. Shaft** and Bullies,
Iron Railings and
Ck|, Ac., &<■., Ai’.
rilii E undersigned believe* that he is Manufacturing and
JL selling tlie above Machinery,*lV| per rent, chean
er and of as good quality as tiny establishment at the South,
and is willing to warrant all the work as equal, if not Supe
rior to any. (jan 5) T. C. NISBET.
A. M’QUEEN,
MACON, OEOIIGIA..
MANI’FIf TI IfKK r.f Wrotiglit Iron
RAILING of every description, and tor all purposes,
Plain and Ornamental, from the lightest Scroll Iron, up to
the heaviest Railing used. Having all endless variety ol
New and Original Designs, purchasers cannot fail to be suit
ed.
being entirely of Wrought Iron, their strength cannot t>r
questioned, and for beauty they cannot be surpassed any
where. All kinds of Fancy Iron Work made to order. Par
ticular attention given to making all kinds of
Geometrical Stair Railings.
Specimens of the w ork can be seen at the Residences
of T. G. Holt, L. F W. Andrews and W. J. Me Elroy, Esqrs.
Also at Rose Hill Cemetery,
juljr 18 16-ts
JOttX SCIIOFIRLD, JOSHUA BCBOFIKRO
feclioiielcl & Bro.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
.BACON, LKOHCIA.
Wl’ are prepared to Manufacture SfcJtlll I nuiiiex,
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GTN GEAR
ING, SUGAR MILLS,
BRASS AN 1) I RON CASTINGS,
Os every description IKON I£ All.lNf. Hiltl A l.lfi-
AND.IICIi Having the most complete assortment ol
Iron Railing in the State, which for elegance, ueatness, du
rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery L-H, Public Bquarcs,
Church Fences and Balconies.
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well In
give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains
as any Northern Establishment.
Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hill
Cemetery, and at various private residence* in this city,
jan 1-1860.
Corrugated W rough! iron aud H ire
Uailiug.
(Secured by fetter* Patent.)
A DITIK AItLV adapted for enclosing Public
/\ Grounds, Cemeteries, Balconies, Cottage*, Ac. Sheep
and Ox Hurdle. Pa'ent Wire, Sacking Bedsteads, with every
variety of Folding Iroa Bedsteads and Iron Furniture.—
Patent Wire Coal Screens, Ore, Sand and Gravel Screens,
Wire Netting for Mus.|uito, Slieep, Poultry and other pur
poses. Wire Summer Houses, Fanoy Wire Workinpreat
variety for gardens, Ac. M. WALKER A SUNrf,
Manufacturers, No. 535 Market, N, E. Cor 6th Si., Phila
delphia. (opt 24-ly)
J. GLBGPMkV. o*°- SM,TH
CLEftHORM L SMITH,
DEALERS IN
SADDLES, HARNESS,
Leather and Rubber Belting,
Saddlery, Hardware,
&C-, <SsO_,
CONCORD BUGGIES.
Opposite E. Bond's Store, Cherry St, MACON GEO.
AI. Ia orders for work In thir line, will he promptly
attended to. feb 15 ‘6o—ly*
i\ew Carpet Store.
JAMES <i. 11A I LILA,
DIRECT IMPORTER Os ELL KINDS OF
Carpeting,
Km's, Fluor Oil Hulks, UimluK Shades, k
Curtain Damasks, Lace and Muslin
<J IT It TAINS. AC.
No. Ml KIVt. ST., C'HA l(li:sTON, S. C.
J. G. BAILIE & BRO,
lido BROAD SIUUtT, AUGUSTA, GA.
may 2-40-1, *
CIiIiTAIN (iOOHS^
Window Shades and Paper Hangings.
Tbit Is the Largest Assortment in the Southern St a tea.
IW Sold on accommodating terms, every article war
ranted as represented. ,
H. W. KINSMAN, Importer,
may 9-60-I,*] 999 KING ST., CHARLESTON, 8. C.
LAMBERTS & HOWELL
219 XING- STRtET,
WEST SIDE,
Importers Jolihers and Denlerk in
English, Scotch and Domestic
CARPETINGS,
RUGS. FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
ILINBN GOODS, MATTINGS, Ac.
aul-tt-li*) ( S. C.
MACONe GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Li, I HOI.
| PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
a. ItItAXII A ‘I, Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HACOX, OA.
(, I | I, I! on Cotton Avenue over the Paptist Book
* Stoic, room formerly occupied by Dr. Green.
Icb b-ly
BA\> card.
I—
MK.SSILS. COOK, ROBINSON MONT FORT,
Will, practice Law in ihe counties of lay lor, Macon,
Houston, Dooly, Sumter, Marion, Bchley, ami in such
other counties in the State as their business will outhouse.
Iff* OEEICUaI UgleHiorpe.
PHILIP COOK,
IV. ii. ROBINSON,
Jjune 20-’6o—lf T. W. MONTFUKT.
B. HILL. JSO. R. HILL
Law Purlnerliip.
HILL & HI LL,
(aCCCkSbOIiS TO THK i UK FIRM OF STUBBS * HILL.)
WILI, practice iu the Macon and adjoining Circuits,
aud in the .Supreme and Fedeiai Courts, the same as
heretofore by the late firm ol Stubbs & Hill.
The uudeniged will close up the business of the late firm
of Stubbs A Hill, as speedily as possible ; and to this end, all
person* indebted to said fit at, are requested to make pay
ment at as early a day as practicable.
li. HlLL,Surviving partner of
August 24, 18ft9—28-tf Stubbs t Hill.
E Aft IER A AftIFKItSOft,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MACON, UA.
I>RACTICF in the Counties of the Macon Circuit, and in
the Counties of Sumter, Monroe and Jones; also in the
federal Courts at Savannah.
[apr 21 ’SB-1 y]
4 I I. \ t.KIIOI SE *Y INSLEY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
KNOWILI.K AND FORT VALLEY, GA.
G. P. CULVER HOUSE, F. A ANSLEY,
Knoxville, Ga. Fort Valley, Ga.
oct 31-’Ct>-ly
■j. ft. WHITTLE.
ATTORNEYAT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
IFFfCK next to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Drag Store
jan. 6, [4l-ly.]
THOMAS 15. CABANISS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Forsyth, Ga.
Wl 1,1. attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
care in the Counties of Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
nes, Pike, Spalding and Upsoi*. Lmay 12 ’ftb]
FEEFEES \ CABAN IS#.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
FORSYTH, HA.
WILL practice law in the counties of Monroe, Bibb, Up
son, Pike, Spalding, Henry and Butts. Mr. Cabauiss
will give prompt and constant attention to the collection and
securing of debts and claims
C. PEEPLES, GEO. A. CABANISS.
formerly of Athens, Ga. 6-iy.
JOEL rTgRIFFIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
WI I. L practice in the Counties of Macon and the ad
joining Circuits. Also in the ounties of the West and
South-West Georgia, accessible by Rail Road.
J.VY’ Particular personal attention given to collecting.
i Office with O. A. Lochrane, Damour’s Building, 2d
Street. feb 22-’6t>—4S-tf
C. t. I>l ftC’Aft,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
mar 21-’60 —ly*
DAWSON & Kißߣ£,
Adorneys gml CoimsHlors at Law,
GfHce at Hawkiusville and Vienna, Ga.
It. K. will have the entire collecting, and he and Mr.
1f.5 l>. all litigation. They will practice law and give at
tention to any businens that may be entrusted to their m&n-
Pulaski, Lowndes, Dooly, Wilcox,
Brooks, Houston, Irwin, E-hols,
Macon, Telfair, Clinch, Worth,
Coffee, Ware, Berrien, Appling,
Laurens, Sumpter, Pierce, Twiggs,
Lee, Miller, Baker, Dougherty.
In Supreme Court at Macon, Mill. <lg ville and Savannah*
and United States Circuit Court at Savannah, and also all
the adjoining counties, on special engagement,
cut’s. C. KIBBBE. THOMAS H. DAWSON,
apr 11,4 1800—y.
I)r. iW’DONALD & VAft CSIESEft,
DENTISTS,
OfHce in llluck, Macon, Ga.,
ELECTRICITY USED IN EXTRACTING TEETH.
IfCDOIYALD’S Tooth Paste always
ill on liauii arul for sale. Dentists can he
supplied with the tinest style of TEETH, alsolHT^y
Gold Foil, Gold and Silver Plate and Wire, 11/
Lathe Fixtures, Ac., also with any kind of Instruments or
Materials on short notice. oct 18
A. Cos 4IOOBE,
33 JTj
THOMASTON, C3rJ±.,
0~ KFIUE over Dr. Thompson’s Store. My work is my
Reference. [apr 7 8-tf]
Funiiture.
INI \ E Parlor Setts, Rose Wood, Mahogany aud Georgia
Walnut Furniture.
Secretaries aid Book Cases, Desk* and Book Cases, Bu
reaus of Rose Wood, Mahogany and Walnut.
Sofas, Tete-a Tetes, Divans Sociables, Ottomans, in Hair
Cloth, Plush, Brocatel, Ac.
Arm, Rocking, Sewing, Parlor, Bedroom, Dining, Hair
Cloth, Plush, Brocatel, Cune, Split Bottom, and every kind
of Chair known to the trade.
IS JE DSTEA I>S.
Rose Wood, Walnut, Maple, Mahogany, beach, Gum, 4c.,
High, Low, French and Cottage.
Wardrobea of Rose Wood, Mahogany, W T a.lnut and Pine.
Safes of all Patterns.
TABLED.
Mxho|fany, Walnut, Chcrrj, Pine, Extension, FoldinglLer',
Squire, Round, IC.
.V aUrasaes of Hair, Cotton, Mjsj and Patent Spring.
A father Beds, Pillows and Boleters.
Fine Mirrors, common looking Glasses, Looking Glass
Pines, Picture Glass.
Window Shades, and Curtain Banda Cornices.
I uckets. Tubs, Dipper*, Brooms, Brush Brooms, Feather
Du ters. Foot Matts, A., for sale on the most reasonable
terms.
Lumber taken In exchange, or Lumber made up in the
most fashionable styles of Furniture to order.
We have one of the largest Stocks of FINE FURNITURE
in the State, and we are constantly mauulacturing, and wish
to sell. Call and see us.
feb 22 WOOD, BRO. A CO.
MliH. HOWLAND
HAS returned from New York, and
invites tlie attention of the Ladies to
her elegant asortment of iBftjBMW
M ILL I N E R V, jp|
Bonnets and Hats, <>f Velvets, Leghorn, MTn| Vyjf
Fine Straw, Misses and Ladies Zouave Hats, ■■ jWW
Nets,Head Dresses, HairOrnaim-nts.Gloves,
Embroideries, I.aces, Evening Dresses, E!e- ■fSv
gant Cloth and Velvet Cloaks, Corsetts, to- w ‘
gether with a stock of
FANCY GOODS
too numerous to mention. The ladies are respectfully uolici
ted to call and examine the stock. Orders promptly attend
ed to. OOt d—ts
mITITn e r y.
Fall and Winter, 1860.
lilts. A. D t ’1(11 II has just
I*l returned from New York with a V
new and unusually large assortment
of Millinery and Fancy Goods, consist- fj, at
ing of the latest styles ..f Paris lists, W. wf
M.s-es’ Flats, Straw ami Leghorn Bon- /v*\ Jfck.’*
net*,Ribbons anil Flowers,Silk Dresses,
Rohes. Evening Drc-s-g,Heal Lace Betts P* ftWßt M
Premdi F.mbruiuerie*, and new styles eftMjjf l ,
of 11. ad Dresses; also, a fine stock of / / “’
Velvet and Cloth Cloaks, Basques, Fur Capes and Muffs,
Z.-phyr ai.d Worsted Shawls, Starfs, Neck T.es,Pilk and Kid
Gloves, Ac., Ac. oct 8 ts
KEMOVAL-
Mrs. 1) ess ft u
H 4 VI XL removed to Mr. Ayres’ new
. building, on Mulberry street, tnext
door to Mr J. L. Jones) invite* her old ou- >.0V30
totners and the public generally to give her .V'.'.Stiijy*
a call. Bhe has on hand anti is constantly
receiving a fresh and Fashionable supply
of all articles in the fgSdptf ;2f
MILLINERY LINE, Wra
and will be able to meet the tast and wisb- m Lri
ei of customers generally. ( jan 18-ts)
“Tlmt” Tobacco.
THK choicest brand of Chewing Tobacco, manufactured
in this country, just received and for sale by
MABBKNBUKG A BON,
dec & Successors to E. L. Ftrohecker,
FOP. IHE JOlfJiAk a.XD .Vr*SINGEK.
I N VOl 4 i t.')A.
On Tliott w ho launched our noble ebip of State
Upon the waters with her precious freight,
And filled her bright, expansive, beauteous sails
With fa voting breezes and propitious gales—
In many a battle, wbo has victory crowned her—
In many a storm, whose shield has been around
her—
Thus (ar Thy watchful care has been her guide,
On every sea, through every varying tide.
Os choice materials built, by skillful bands,
The nordcst craft that ever plowed the waves ;
Her polished side? old ocean proudly laves.
Os those oppressed she is the guiding ctur, —
Scattering i iche.se blessings w ide and far.
Prosjteiity and happiness have blest
All who beneath her bannered stars found rest;
Those brilliant stars —a glorious constellation,
The pride of friends—of all the admiration ;
And shall that splended galaxy remain
To future ages s and new lustre gain
j Alas! our trembling hearts are filled with gloom,
As we anticipate her early doom.
\\ ilh anxious gaze we fixed our eager eyes
In sad foreboding on tbe Northern sides;
Uo ! dark portentous clouds the heavens reveal,
Fanned by insane fanatic, fiendlike zeal,
Threatening our splendid ship with instant wreck :
E’en now the billows roll across her deck.
Before the furious tempest onward driven,
Her laboring timbers groan, her sails are riven ;
Deep thunders peal and lightnings Hash,
While mountain waves against her fiercely dash.
In sadness stern our eagle feebly soars—
Her wailing cries are heard upon our shores,
And Freedom shrieks—her banner closelv furled.
Shall man’s last hope soon perish from tbe w orld ?
Thou King of Kings, that rulest o’er land and sea—
Our hope of'safety rests alone on Thee.
In mercy kind exert thy [tower and w ill;
Rebuke the winds, commanding, “Peace be still!”
And lo! the storm shall cease —the waters rest,
And hope revive in every anxious breast.
More gentle winds the waning billows court,
And salely waft our gallant ship to port.
A SUBSCRIBER.
January 11th, 1861.
[From the Journal of Commerce.]
“GO HAIL”
tl (*o wad!'' —saida wicked demon
To Greece in her classic height;
So, the Pelopennesus bristled
With tbe spear-points Hashing bright,
And force o’er virtue triumphed,
And Justice slank away,
And Crime, by language unbaptiz'd,
Stalk’d forth in lace of day.
“Go mad!'' —cried a subtle tempter,
Close lurking in Albion’s shade,
ho the rich red rose, and the rose of snow,
His lying symbols made.
Then brother hated brother,
And friend bis friend destroyed,
Till all the charities of race
Were dissolved anti void.
*'Go mad!” ami with frantic fervor
Responded reckless France,
And she smote olf the head of her stainless
King,
And bid the lunatic dance
Amid cotses that fast from the guillotine fell,
Her sandals besprint with gore,—
Then bow’d her neck to a heavier yoke
Thau she ever had borne helote.
“(r'o mad’" —said the Father of Evil
To the happiest realm on earth—
Where fountains of plenty and peace ami power
Gush’d out with an Eden birth.
So, she bared her throbbing bosom
And cut the nerves away,—
Grasping the pike and pistol,
All girt for deadly fray.
What next nay be her movement
Is known to Him alone,
Who hears the voice of’ tearful prayer,
From His benignant Throne.
L. H. S.
Hartford , Conti., Jail. .30 Ih, 1861.
MI 21S ©is 2fl a is?
I >n<*li Town.”
BY “BKITT,” WHO HAS BEEN “THAR.”
The following spirited sketch we have se
lected from the “ Southern Literary Messen
ger it, is from the well-known pen of
“ Shift,” who, quite recently, loin been hand
somely spoken of in one of the English
Quarterlies: —
“ Duck Town ! “Where is it, and what of
it?”
Don’t be skeptical and snappish / friend.
Follow these pages, if you have time and
patience, and I will instruct you. “ Where
is Duck Town ?” you intjuire, as if there
was no such place. Take your map and
look at Polk County, Tennessee. You see
it, don’t yon ? But you way not see Duck
Town. If you could see it, it would be in
the eitaii) Southern part of the’County
joining Fannin County, Georgia, and Chero
kee County, North Carolina, amid the most
gigantic mountains. It is no ordinary place,
candidly, and is located in one of the most
eccentric situations you ever beheld. It is
one of those rare places that tbe Creator
now and then makes, fur the sake of a strik
ing variety. All the Rocky Mountain local
ities seen by Fremont and the Trappers are
mere common places to it..
“ But, wliat of i?”
There it is; I was going on to tell you
about the place, but you interrupted me.—
“ \\ hat about Duck Town ?’’ you wish to
know. Why, don’t you know it is the
greatest place for Copper in the known
world ? That there is copper enough in
Duck Town to meet the present and the
growing wants of the whole world, with
Capt. Gulliver’s Lilliputians, Brobdigna
giaus and Yahoos thrown in to boot ? Now,
you know it ! Do you go then, and get up
on one of those tall old mountains and look
down, if you have the nerve to do it, at the
centre of a great big basin, of full eight
miles in circumference, ami you will see
sights that will thrill you with every variety
of emotion. You will see huge
“ How shall I get there ? I will go.”
Again you have “gone off half bent,” as
an old hunter would say. Will you be si
lent till I tell you the route to Duck Town,
and something about the place?
“ Duck Town ! What a name !”
There now; another episode. Never
mind, there is a good reason for this funny
name. There aie no ducks there, tame or
wild, that 1 know of. A great Cherokee
“ Injun” Chief lived there once, and was
chief of all the “Injuns” in that, big basin,
before copper was thought of in that “Beat,”
and in honor of him the basin was called
Duck Town. Now you are instructed, be
thankful, aud be patient, too, while I give
you the
ROUTE TO DUCK TOWN.
You must go by railroad to Cleveland,
Tennessee, ami there you uiay get into a
ha, n k, hire a buggy, or go foot, as you like.
Hut know, before you start, it is forty miles,
over such a eouutry as you shall hear You
start, in a hack I guess—surely not on foot
in this fast age —and about fourteen miles
from Cleveland you approach the spur of the
tall bine mountains—tbe road s none the
better for a stream of wagons hauling eoppc-r
from the mim-. You soon cross the Ocoee
river, the largest tributary of the Iliwassee ;
take up it until you get within one and it
half miles of the mines—a distance of tweii
ty-tive miles. The Ocoee (euphonious In
dian name 1) i • a beautiful, rapid flowing
stream, rushing through the mountains, at
places with great impetuosity, foaming and
raging, and lifting high its cataract voice
amid the deep mountain gorges.
The whole route is romantic in the ex
treme, and as vou ndvanee, tall blue moun
tains are seen, the tops of which pierce the
heavens and dwell among the clouds. You
wonder how road and river get through
these seemingly impassible barriers. On
one goes, carried away with the feelings
produced by the majestic scenery, spread out
on the horizon before the eye with detiant
boldness. Starr’s Mountain is the first to
bid defiance ; but fear not, go on, follow
your guide, tbe river, and see what the
“floods” have been doing forages. You ap
proach with awe, and see the proud moun
tains cut in twain, and a passage made for
flood and man, and the ever-laboring waters
are still “wearing away the stones,” crying
to each wave to “come on,” in rapid succes
sion, as they dash against, and leap over the
torn up rocks, carrying on, endlessly, their
work of excavation and grading.
Thus, Starr’s Mountain is graded without
the sound of hammer, pickaxe, or shovel,
and “ Little Frog Mountain” throws itself
across the route, and says, “ Thus far thou
slialt come.” Hut the great excavator
cleaves it asunder, aud the monuments of
triumph are thrown in every direction, and
the “floods lift up their voice in triumph on
high” in token of victory.
Little Frog Mountain is now passed, but
look ! just ahead is a more formidable ene
my —“ Big Frog Mountain.” It frowns
down upon you with grim majesty and gran
deur. Fear not, follow victorious Ocoee. —
On, on, and a highway has been cut through
this Goliah of mountains, in the infinite
Past, by the industrious and irresistable
Ocoee, and man goes on its brink at a light
up-grade. Hut, look up, on eacli side of
the river, jutting rocks and frowning preci
pices look down upon you with terrific threat
ening. Never mind, grow not nervous, the
grade is good, Ocoee has done the work well.
The grading is still on ; he sounds no
whistle, makes no blasts, but proclaims con
tinually with loud voice, “The waters wear
away the stones;” and on, on, in triumph
he goes to rest in the Groat Deep.
Along the river, ascending, for some dis
tance up it, you will see some narrow bot
toms of very rich land, worth forty or fifty
dollars per acre. TII2 farms are quite small.
Hut, for the greatest part of the distance,
there are 110 bottoms, only room for the road,
a good portion of which is made by excava
tion nr-nr the water’s edge. In many places
there is not room for wagons to pass. The
road has been made at great expense, hence
“ Toll Gates.”
If you are a g<>ologisf, you will see a suf
ficient number and variety of rocks on this
route to fuddle your brains the rest of your
life. Are you a botanist ? you will see such
an endless variety of shrubs, plants, and
herbs, should you live as long as Methusa
lah, you will not have sufficient time to study
out long, outlandish names for them all.
Wagons ! Wagons ! ! Wagons !! ! look at
them. They tire on their way to Cleveland,
loaded with copper ore. Don’t you see that
nearly all their teams are oxen ? Such
teams are cheap. The “range” is so good
in these mountains, they unyoke them at
night and they soon till themselves, and are
ready for work next morning.
VIEW OF DUCK TOWN.
But, lest T be prolix, here we are on a
ltijrh hill, in full view of the place. Don’t
you see that the mountains of North Caro
lina, Georgia, and Tennessee, surround the
place, making it, not a pewter, zine, iron,
silver, or gold basin, but a huge copper one,
of eight miles in circumference ? There, on
the West, is Big Frog Mountain ; South, is
a chain of the Blue Bidgc ; East, is Bald
Mountain, and North, is Stansbury’s Moun
tain These mountains are monstrous blis
ters upon the earth’s surface, the result of
central fires, there being in every direction
abundant evidences of* great convulsions in
the long, long past, from internal heat.—
Earthquakes and hot times have been here
when ? Echo, tclien ?
Now, turn away from beholding these old
mountains, if )ou can, and look down about
the centre of this basin, and behold those
huge columns of smoke ascending towards
Leaven, spreading out at tbe top like vast
sheaves, overshadowing the place like the
clouds of heaven. Did you not hear, when
a boy, of the ‘‘Devil’s Tarkiln,” and of his
“Coaling Grounds?” I did. Now, do not
suppose, because you see these immense col
umns of smoke, that this is the local habita
tion of his Majesty, and that here he runs
his tar and burns his coal. Those vast pil
lars of smoke ascend from the copper smel
ter at the different mines. ’Tis there they
smelt the ore, to save expense in transporta
tion.
Behold ! and you will see within the
space of two miles ten or a dozen mines :
Iliwassee, Tennessee, Eureka, London, East
Tennessee, Polk County, Culeshote, Isabella,
Choheeko, Western Tunnel, and other miues,
most of them with their smelters, covering
the heavens with a smoky pall. See ! their
sulphurous smoke has killed most of the
timber near them. Do you see that pillar
near the base of Big Frog Mountain, rising
far above Old Frog? That is the Mobile
Mine, in Fannin County, Georgia, and that
smoke is from its smelter. You will observe
there is no regularity iu tlie town, neither
in the streets nor houses. Every mine has
its village around it j and the mines being
near each other, the villages touch each oth
er, without any percept-able boundaries.—
There arc no streets, but roads wind about
wherever they are needed for mining pur
poses. All kinds of bouses, from a neat
cottage to the poorest cabin. These are lo
cated, it would appear, wherever fancy struck
the builder at the time. No order in the
lots, whatever. People of fastidious taste
would laugh at such a shapeless town, not I.
It’s just right. Dislocated in one of the
most eccentric regions the Lord ever made,,
and the town should correspond with the lo-
cality. A pretty, well-laid-out town would
not begin to do, here. These tall, rough,
crude old mountains would laugh it out of
countenance.
“ How many persons live in Duck Town ?”
It is thought there are about 6000 persons
connected with the mines, and about 8000
in the Basin.
“ M hat sort of people are they ?”
In regard to the different varieties of man
kind, there are representatives of almost
“every nation under Heaven.” Os foreign
ers, they are mostly English.
“ Is it not a rude population ?”
It is not. In morals, it is the best mining
district population I have ever seen. In
deed, it cannot be surpassed in point of mo
rals by any town of the same size, iu any
section.
“ But, what sort of people lived here be
fore the mines were discovered ?”
Well, “upon this hangs a tale,” which I
will tell you, if you will allow me to bore
you with a preface. And, indeed, you must
•uifhr it, for tbe preface is essential to the
“tale.”
“Go on, then, and bore away.”
\\ ell, Polk County was an addendum to
Tennessee—a mere soforth. Tbe Cherokee
Purchase that secured to Georgia her moun
tain counties, now called “ North Georgia,”
gave Tennessee territory enough for two or
three counties: Bradley, Polk, and more
than half of Hamilton. Bradley and Ham
ilton were counties of good land, aceessable,
and were soon settled; Polk’s destiny was
in the mountains, ill-shaped and inaccessa
ble, except the portion adjoining Bradley.
Supposing the mountainous parts would nev
er be settled, the county seat was located at
the extreme border adjoining Bradley, where
tbe lands w’ere good. This soforth section,
between the years 18R4 and 1840, was de
clared a county, and named Polk , after
James K. Polk, who then had a growing
fame in Tennessee. And to make it a most
thorough Democratic soforth, the county
town was named Benton, after “Old Bullion,”
who was then in his glory by getting his
“Expunging Resolutions” passed in Con
gress. As yet no one dreamed of copper.
The greater part of Polk County was cut
off from Benton by Starr’s Mountain, Lit
tle Frog, and Big Frog Mountains, particu
larly the Greasy Creek section, Duck Town,
and “ Turkle Town,” and—
“ Turkle Town ! There’s another odd
name.”
To be sure ; you must remember I am
describing a very odd section—a soforth —
and you must expect eccentricity in name
as well as in place. Know then, that “Tur
kle” was a “big Ingun” chief, and had a
town as well as “big Ingun” Duck ; hence
• t Turkle Town.” Before the discovery of
copper, there were no wagon or cart roads to
or from some of these places to any part of
the Lord’s earth—only “Ingun trails,” and
but few of them. Now what, kind of peo
ple do you suppose lived there?
“ Hough customers, I reckon.”
Very well. But being human beings,
they must be governed by law, they must
go to court, and to Benton, too, if it nets a
long way, and across mountains. And they
must walk to-boot, for a horse, if there was
one, eoubl not hold his feet in turning prec
ipices.
These folks had but little to do with the
courts, till there was a law enacted, allowing
a witness seventy-five cents per day and
four cents per mile. Then it became a mat
ter of great interest—and a money-making
business. They could make no money at
home, and they “pitched” vigorously into
this new operation, especially the Duck
Townsmen. On a given day, the whole
town would assemble as witnesses; a few
ill-fated fellows were to fight “ Serug’s bat
tle,” and then to court at Benton all must go.
This was the Duck Town way of “making a
rise.” The court, of course, was always
crowded, and the county was brought to the
verge of bankruptcy. His Honor, Judge
K , saw this, and by a timely and
judicious charge to the Grand Jury, saved
the county from hopeless insolvency. 1
will give the portion of his Honor’s charge
that related to Duck Town lights :
“Gentlemen, before closing, I must im
press upon your minds the threatening bank
ruptcy of your county. Ts there is not an
immediate stop —a crushing extinguisher —
put to these Duck Town rows and theatri
cals, they will bankrupt your county. It is
with them a most profitable speculation.—
They are making nwe money by these rows
thau they ever did by their industry —they
are growing fat at the business. They are,
gentlemen, a singular people, and no wonder,
tor tliey live in an eccentric region. And
right here, gentlemen, a myth iu regard to
Jluek Town and its environs comes up to
my mind with great distinctness, which X
will relate before I suggest to you what
course to pursue. I cannot tell you wheth
er the myth is Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian,
Grecian, Roman, Scandinavian, or Indian,
but here is wliat it relates, and you can have
it for what it is worth : ‘ The Gods auished
the job of creation in the regions of Duck
Town, ajd having some surplus mud on
their fingers, in a tit of good humor at being
through with their labors, at a given signal,
they threw the mud oil their fingers and
shouted, thou I)u< k Town ! and it stood
forth as you now behold it.’ I now charge
you, gentlemen, to let these people light on,
if they choose, and pay uo attention to them,
unless someone is killed.”
We will now go to the mouth of Greasy
Creek, where it empties into the Ocoee riv
er, and I will introduce you to one of those
witnesses, whom you may regard as a repre
sentative character. Joe Stinson is an im
portant witness, and he is on his way to
Benton court. He is walking, of course,
for he has no horse ; and if he had one he
could not ride it over the rugged cliffs; and,
furthermore, he wishes to save the expense
of keeping a horse. Prudent, economical
man, that same Joe Stinson. He is right
after that seventy-five cents per day and that
four cents per mile. He wants to purchase
some things from the store for hirf “fambly”
with bis Witness Ticket. The “childeriug
is lookin fur sumthin nice.” The “old
wummon” is at home spinning on the wheel,
wailing for the “ole man” to bring her a
“ealliker dress,” (be it known that. Witness
Tickets, on account of the heavy run upon
the County Treasury, could not be cashed
for a while, and dry goods was all they
could get for them, “right down.”
Joe Stinson is plainly but substantially
clad. He wears a single sleyed blue jeans
roundabout coat, nearly as nappy as the orig
inal wool on the sheep’s back; the same
kind of jeans dyed with walnut bark, make
bis gum-legged “britches.” A vest it need-
VOLUME XXXVIII.—NO. 47.
loss. Ou his ‘’knowledge bos’'is a country
made wool hat, narrow brimmed and turned
up all round. His “trotters” are defended
from the rocks by a home made pair of shoes,
tanned in a tog trough, lie has a “poke”
on his back, full of dried beef and venison,
and corn bread. lie has a long face, looks
tired, and has a lack-a-daisical appearance.
.See him approach that house, and hear him
make some characteristic inquiries :
“ Well, a good evening to yer !”
“ Good evening to yourself,” responds
bacon.
“ Can I git a drink a water, sir?”
“ Yes, sir.”
“ Well, reely, you got mightygnod water.
Can yer gim me a chaw terbarker 9 ”
“ Certainly!”
“ Well, I’m on 1113’ way ter Benton court,
how fur is it to Squire Hanna’s?”
“ About eight miles.”
“ W ell, reely !” and casting a lazy’ look
at the sun, he continued : “ Do you reckon
I kin git thar tu-night ?”
“ Yes, if you’ll try.”
“ Well, [ must beagwine. Well, a good
by to yer. I thank yer, too, fur yer water,
terbarker, and your directions.”
He “mosics” off a few steps, suddenly
and thoughtfully stops, and says :
“ Well, I forgot, do tell me if Job Moon
ey has sold his Witness Ticket ?”
“ Yes !”
“ Well, what did he git ? Do tell me !”
“ A bale of spun thread, a coffee pot, six
tin cups, a dozen pewter spoons, three cot
ton handkerchiefs, ton yards of calico, and
two gallons of whiskey.”
“ Well, reely ! that was a big rize. Well,
when I get back I’ll go over to Job’s and
see what he did git. Well, a good-by tu
yer. 1 must be a gwine.”
The scene soon changes. Copper is dis
covered in Duck Town. The excitement is
great. Men rush to the place from every 7
quarter. Excited speculators believe cop
per to be everywhere in Duck Town. Joe
Stinson owns a good deal of land, and sells ifc
for a high price. Money flows into the
town ; everybody is crowded with it. Road#
are opened to the place through every 7 moun
tain gorge. A turnpike is made from the
mouth of Greasy Creek—where we saw Joe
with his “pike” on his back, —to Duck
Town. Squire Cass owns a good farm near
Greasy Creek, and opens a “ House of En
tertainment.” Our Witness Ticket friend,
Joe Stinson, with his pockets full of money,
has new energy and vastly enlarged views.
He lays aside his nappy blue jeans and
wades into broadcloth ; buys him a fine
horse, bridle, and saddle, and starts down
the turnpike to Benton court, not as witness
Joe Stinson, but gentleman Stinson. He
rides up to Squire Cass’s. It is evening.—
lie rides as graceful as Murat, the French
man, or as Platoff, the Cossack, and with
contracted features, a tierce and command
ing voice, he says :
“ Good evenin Squire Cass ! I want ter
put up with yer ter night, sir ! Can I do
so, sir?”
“ Most certainly |” responds the Squire.
“Take this boss, Squire Cass, hev him
put up and attended to well. He’s bin
rode mighty hard ter day, I tell yer 1”
The horse is taken and attended to as di
rected, the Squire returns, Mr. Stinson
throws himself back in his chair, and in
quires :
“ Any nows, Squire Cass ?”
“ None, I believe, sir.”
Pulling out a tine cigar case, well stuffed
with tine Havanas, he roai’3 out:—
“ Have a fine cigar, Squire Cass ?”
Bed-time comes ou, and our hero orders :
“ Have my boots blacked, Squire Cass !”
The morning arrives, breakfast is over,
Mr. Stinson’s horse is ready 7 , he jerks a five
dollar bill from his satin vegt pocket, and
speaks as though the landlord were deaf: —
“ Pay yerself, Squire Cass !”
And here, for the present, so far as “Skitt”
is concerned, the curtain falls upon Joe
Stinson and Duck Town.
“ Born Abroad.”
Now, brothers are born abroad, by the
wayside, ou the train, in town and country
—everywhere, but in the old “homestead.’’
There is even a bond woven closer than a
common pulse, the bond woven of identical
association. The same trees, to dream un
der, the same hearth to creep to, the same
wood to be sprinkled with rainbows, the
same meadows for the berries and the birds,
and the me brook for the angling, the same
birthplace for the dead—for they are “bom
into the spirit world” now-a-day the like
sweet faith for the living - these are the
things which make that saving true, “better
is a friend that is near, than a brother afar
off.” Not born along the trail or the war
path, but in the place hallowed by that love
whose embrace warms us into life, aud those
dyings that ally us .to the dwellers in the
bright homestead of Heaven, and make U3
“poor relation” of the people in Paradise.
To be born at a neighbor’s, to sit in the
twilight of an alien, to love the vine that
stranger hands have trained, is the lot of
more than half the world. Happy is he
who can trace the far apart threads of lives
that are lovely, till they all converge in
some dear beginning of living and loving.
Let those threads be gossamer, floating ev
er so lightly on the summer wind, if only
they are fastened there; let that beginning
be of the humblest, if it only be my home
and yours ; if only ours and theirs.
And happy he, the landscape of whose
childhood cannot be effaced by Vandals like
a record upon a slate; where God did some
plowing as we think, and left the furrows of
his hills, on the mighty “bout” of his
mountains, but where in fact He wrote with
His fingers, even as on the tables of stone
on Sinai, and sculptured a home for us when
living, that should outlast the Sexton’s for
us when dead. Thank God they cannot say
to the great billow of green that tosses a
forest above “the cot where we were born.”
“Peace be still,” and those billows shall
obey. They may make an eyelet hole in
deed through the mountain, and fling the
iron shuttle with its thread of thunder from
base to base, but the sun must still dimb
those eastern cliffs ere it is morning, and
they must glow with the last steps of day
before it can be night.— B. F. Taylor.
Man could direct his ways by plain rea
son, aud support his life by tasteless food;
but God has given us wit, and flavor, and
brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to
enliven the days of man’s pilgrimage, and
to charm bis pained steps on the burning*
marl.