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i*,v s. ROSE & CO. *i # i* iu jrgia Journal A; jiussuii^cr i k*4 4 > tK i. ail Mur regular charge viil b*.* IHu lak am*.* of u>* n itNttb voibi ok Lk.~ \ !or ,1 nrs Cfc.Ni'.- 4 for sut3-,f u-ut imerlMß, 4U hi. oh not to time, will Ik* i m I *t cliirgfi AC !or*liii"l> . A ibt*i.il ii, i* >r* wli. advertise by ttif year. xt Sjtwu* of ofr tts US44, will b** charged at . i) n#i. , ,obNv:mL3ri af candidates for offi .*?, to l>e paid for at .i4u.ii ratri, when inserted. i ral iiTAii/eaieut?i made with county officers, Drug .. a i ‘lioueecJ. au.l others, who uaay wisb to aijKe limited couti ac's. • Lasi* i.ui NK>iK.Ki,by Executors, A.luniiistrtor* Mia ir l.iiiw, are required by law to be advertised in a i forty days prvvlau* to the day of sale, f.'iese sales auii l>e tiel t on tbe first Tuesday in the month, , ,;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. N.irici that application will ie made to the Ordinary for !-a.e to seil baud and Negroes, must be puiilished weekly lor two months. Ci i iTi iSs fe betters of Administrations, thirty days ; for l>ts:u sstoit from Administration, monthly, six months ; for Dismission from Ouardiatisbip, weekly, forty days ttcLKs tOK t’oßKouesisu or Mortuauu, Monthly, four 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. iW~ betters addressed to S. ROSE A CO. Protowbioiial aud UiuiiiPM X|*n. FlOfimilSit axis Bcsi.xc.sa Caros will be inserted under th.s head, at the following rates, viz : , For Three lines, per annum, $ 5 00 •• gefeu tines, do 10 ll‘l ” Ten lines, do 11l MU •• Twelve line*, do Ift 00 N., advertisements of this class will be admitted, unless ai l for in advance, nor for a less term than twelve months. Advertisements of over twelve Dues will be charged mu rata. A.Pvertiscments not paid for In advance will be charged at 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.