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VOLUME 6.
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LAGRANGE
MARBLE WORKS!
BY UOUIS HARTMAI.
WE would rc*|*ect fully inform the citizens of
l.aUrange and the surrounding country,
that we are carrying on the Marble business on
tbe South side of the Public Square, second door
West of the Sims House, where we will tarnish all
kinds of Monuments, Tombs, Headstones, Furui
ture and Mantle Piece work, of the finest Italian,
Egyptian anil American Marble, as cheap as it can
be got in the Southern country. All orders
promptly attended to. JOIIN M. BLALOCK,
Travelling Agent.
We are also agents for Wood it Peratt’s
Ornamental Iron Works, and can furnish Iron
Railing for Cemeteries and public or private lluil
dings at Philadelphia prices. Persons wishing
Iron Railing will find it to their interests to call
and examine our book of Natural Designs, as it
will enable them tojudge for themselves.
Dec. 33-1119-’59-ly.
EADSTone's! U R NSAT AS 2 bUj
Containing great variety of very beautiful
MARBLE WORKS, such as
CARVED AND PLAIN MONUMENTS.
—OF
AMERICAN, ITAI.IAJI) KIiVI’TIAN ANB
TKVNF.NSt; RAHHI.E.
To all of which the attention of those who are
interested in the purchase of such Marble are re
spectfully invited. S. B. O. will bo pleased to till
prders on the most reasonable terms, (’all at the
Ware-Rooms, opposite the Georgia Railroad De
pot. and see specimens.
Atlanta, Dec. ‘2B, ’SO-19-ly
ANDREW J. SMITH,
Attorney at L*w,
NEWNAN.... ,UA.
May 7, ms-ait-tf,
m wmmm mil
The Greatest Reduction ever made in
STANDARD SEWING
MAOHUSTES.
AFTER this date, I will sell the
IMPROVED BAKTHOLF
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE
at a reduction of
S2O 00
from former prices.
P. S.—The New Straight Needle Machine is
now out. A. LEYDEN, Gen’l Agent.
Atlanta, Nov. 18—14—ly.
DRY WOODS! DRY GOODS!!
J. L. CUTTING & CO.,
No. 23, Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
WE TAKE great pleasure in informing our
friends and customers that we are receiving
a superb assortment of
3DB.TT GOODS,
among wliich may be found all the novelties of
the season in
LADIES DRESS GOODS,
—such as—
SILKS, ROBES,
LACE POINTS,
MANTILLAS,
EMBROIDERIES,
SHAWLS, Ac., Ac.
We respectfully solicit a call from those visiting
Atlanta. J. L. CUTTING A CO.
Atlanta, March 18-31-ts.
ft r\*y,c.fcAr-m
The exercises of this Institution will be resum
ed on Monday, January 9tli, 1860.
KATES OF TUITION.
Primary, Spelling, Reading and Writing,
per Dumber, $3 00
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, per
Quarter, 4 00
Higher English Branches, per Quarter, aOO
Latin and Greek—with the above, 7 50
Good board can be had convenient to the
school, at from $7 to $lO. Refers to former Pat
rons.
T. E. DANIEL, Principal.
M. E. B. DAN 1 EL, Assit’nt.
Dec. 23-nl9-tf
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL,
Devoted to Southern Agriculture, Horticulture,
Stock Breeding Poultry, licet, General
jb'ann Economy, dc., d'c. $
D. REDMOND, Editor.
T E R M S:
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Six copies, “ “ 5 One hundred copies, 75
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Address WM. S. JONES. Augusta, Ga.
yy Persons who will act as Agents, and obtain
subscribers, will be furnished with the paper at
club prices.
A MIRACLE!
A WONDER !!!
TUf ATIONS are a.toui.hed and confounded at
IN ttie unprecedented Low Prices of
WATCH SPRINCi STEEL HOOP
SKIRTS
at J. J. MEYER A BRO.’S. They arc selling
30 Spring Steel Hoops for SI.OO
o 0 “ “ “ “ 80
15 “ “ “ “ 75
11 “ “ “ “ 05
9 “ “ “ “ 50
Don’t forget, these are to be liad at
J- J. MEYER & BRO.’S,
Bay Street, Newuan, Ga.
March 2-29-ts.
JOB PRINTING,
I3ST CLUDIN Q
PAMPHLETS,
CIRCULARS,
BLANK NOTE,
LABELS,
RECEIPTS,
BLANKS,
&.C., &C., &C.,
Neatly and accurately executed at the Office o
the Ixdki-kmucxt Bum, up stairs, over the Store
of Hilton A Abkaiiah, Corner of Bay Street, New
uan, Georgia.
jy Our uiin i. to please by Promptneaa, Neat
Work and Moderate Price* A trial of our Work
is respectfully invited,
jy We are also prepared to Bind, Trim and
get up ns neat a Pamphlet as nuy Book Binder
in the State, and we can assure onr patrons
that all orders sent us in this branch of our busi
i mess, will be promptly and tastefully executed,
W. BROCK,
Attorney at Law,
BEING located at Pieroeville, Haralson county
will give prompt attention to all business
entrusted to Ilia care in the following counties:—
Haralson, folk, Carroll, Heard, Campbell, and
Coweta. Attention, promptitude am] eamjor.
September 9, l8&6.-S-tf,
NEWNAN, GA„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1800.
TO SELL
CARY’S PATENT CAP
AND
BREAST LANTERN.
To those furnishing satisfactory references, a
liberal salary and expenses will be paiJ. The
article is needed by every farmer and mechanic in
the country, and will meet with ready sale. For
particulars address
J. C. CARY, Patentee,
81 Aw Street, A T , T.
LARGE STOCK OF
IT affords me much pleasure to announce to my
patrons and the public generally, that I have
on hand the largest and most extensive assort
ment of
800 331 S
that has ever been in this market before. My stock
comprises all the School Books that are taught in
the South;
The latest and most popular Literature of the
day;
The Works of most all the distinguished writers
and historians of the past and present time;
Most all the Poetical Works that are published ;
A great variety of Religious Works;
An extensive assortment of Books for young
persons;
And, in fact, most all the Books that are kept
in Southern Book Stores. And furthermore, 1 sell
Books as cheap as they can be sold in Georgia—
and cheaper than they are sold in many places m
Georgia. 1 have every facility for purchasing.—
I buy in large quantities from Head Quarters,
consequently I can and will sell as cheap as any
other House dealing in the book business.
1 respectfully invite the attention of
TEACHERS
to my stock before they purchase elsewhere ; and
if 1 cannot sell them Books as cheap as they can
buy them in Georgia, why then I will treat them
to a box of Harrison’s Best.
To those that want Books, bound in an elegant
style, suitable for presents to their friends or
lovers, would do well to give me a call, as I have
a very large stock of
BMUTDTIfL £OOXB
expressly for that purpose.
My stock of Fancy Goods, Dolls, <fre., being too
numerous to mention—you must come and see for
yourselves.
if you want a book cull in and enquire for it.
and if I have not got it, 1 will order it for 3011 ;
and do not, when you want a book, send to those
Swindling - Lottery Gift Book Concerns in the
North, and pay a high price for your hooks, and
get a Brass Tooth Brush, or Finger Ring, for mak
ing a fool of yourselves.
CHARLES MARTIN.
Aug. 17, 1860-ts.
—— -A. B. ID .
McN AUGHT, ORMOND & Cos.,
Commission Merchants,
AN!) DKALF.KS IN
GEM RAL MERCHANDIZE,
KEYSTONE IILII.DINGS, WHITEHALL STREET,
WM. m’nALGIIT, ) 1 rp] IVTI Pi ] TIIOS. SOIUTCIIIN,
JAMES OItMOXII, J A 1A ’ UA ‘ \ JOHN MOBKISO.N,
References —
Allen, McLean it Bulkley, N. Y.,
Smith A- Patrick, “
Smallwood, Earle it Cos., “
I. K. Tefft, Cashier, Savannah,
Duncan it Johnson, “
W. M. Lawton it Co.,Charleston,
Naylor it Smith, “
Post it Nell, New Orleans,
Walsh. Smith it Cos., Mobile,
M. J. Wick, Pres. Memphis,
I). A. January it Cos., St. Louis,
Crittenden it Cos., Louisville.
o UR STOCK, now open, comprises
Groceries, Hardware, Household
mid Farming Implements,
Bagging, Rope, &c.;
and in the sale of them, our prices will be low,
and the same to pureharers present or on order.
We sell at Wholksale or Retail, but our aim is
to establish a WHOLESALE TRADE in the above
named articles, and we invite a call from Dealers.
Our Foreman in the HARDWARE DEPART
MENT lias been bought up to that business in
New York, and is thoroughly master of all its
branches ; and we ourselves have long been deal
ers in all the departments we now undertake, and
feel confident we can buy and tell on the most
favorable terms.
We will give special attention to ORDF.RS on
commission, and our charges will be the estab
lished ones of 24 and 5 per cent. On Cotton our
charges will he the same as at Augusta.
CASH will be expected in all cases, anlcss other
arrangements have been agreed upon.
Where current accounts are kept with ns, and
deposites of money made for that purpose, interest
at the rate of 8 per cent- will be allowed thereon, j
and the purchases of eaoh mouth charged against
them at its close.
We will make liberal advances on consignments !
made to ns for sale or shipment.
Nov. 4-12 McN AUGHT, ORMOND A Cos.
NEWNAN STEAM WORKS.
SASII, BLINDS and DOORS made at short
notice and on the most reasonable terms. Car
penters and Builders are requested to call and see
what they can do in Newnan in the way of
Nj.mli, llliuda null Dovnii Door nnl Win
dow t'raiuc*; Colat in ns, Cornices, Ac.
_ ET WORK done to order
fegaJßHg rciuiiTi ke, chairs,
REMTAEM, Ac.,
: always on ham]. Wo arc determined to prove to
I our patrons that Southern work, made by South-
I ern hands, is not to be surpassed for durability
and neatness by any Yankee notion*.
march 31,1857 H its. R. D. COLE.
FEATHERS ! I'FA'l'll HRS !
I have a lot of Live tIKESE-FEATTIERS, which
1 will sell low for cash.
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THE YOUNG REBEL.
A Tale of the Carolina*.
BY J. MILTON SANDERS.
In a small farm-house, towards the close
of the year 1780, sat an old man, his wife
and only son. The face of the father ap
peared troubled; at timea he looked
thoughtfully on the floor, and then he would j
gaze long and wistfully at his son, a fine,!
manlv youth of twenty. At length he said:!
“ David, this is disastrous news from (lam- j
den. God knows what will become of the :
coqntry now ! Congress needs every arm
that is capable. Ah, me! I wish this old j
wound I got in the French war had not
lamed me; but for it, 1 should be now’
shouldering my musket and inarching to
defend my country.”
Both the son and wife looked up at these j
words. The old lady ceased knitting and j
gazed inquiringly at her boy, and it was
evident, from the expression of her face, that
patriotism and motherly affection were at
variance in her bosom. The son, however,
after encountering his father’s eye for a mo
ment, turned confusedly away. The old
man’s brow'darkened, aad lie said warmly;
“ David, David, why do you linger about
the village when your country needs your j
services so much ? Why, son, lam asliain- |
ed of you ! Twice before this have I spok
en to you upon this subject, but you appear
to have no spirit! Wliat! will you see us !
trampled U|k>ii by the brutal mercenaries of j
Britain, and still lie here supinely! For
shame, David —for shame ! 1 w ill not cal! ,
you my son ! Long since you ought to I
have been in tlie army !”
“Joshua!” interposed the old mother,!
“ David is hut a youth ; then do not speak ‘
to him so harshly, lie cannot yet feel what!
you feel, who have fought so often against
our country’s enemies ; Joshua, lie is but a |
boy.” J
“ A boy, indeed, Deborah ! Such boys j
as David have already gained imperishable i
laurels since the war commenced. I could |
name a host of them. Why, were it not;
for the boys of the land, where would be j
our army ?—which, I dare say, is one quar
ter composed of hoys of David's age.” The
old man was excited, and it was the first un
kind word that he had ever used to his
boy.
David arose and left the house. He walk
ed some distance apparently in deep;
thought.
“ What will not woman do ?” he at last
muttered. “ Here I have been lingering i
about the village when I should have been i
off loug ago. And what for 3 Why, to j
meet a pretty girl, and to listen to her inusi- j
cal voice, lint now, I will be myself again! ‘
What did he call me—was it not eoioard ? j
Sow, hv heaven ! I will learn him that be
-a son who possesses the spirit of his j
father. Away, then, with love ; for 1 feel j
that I am called upon to act, and no longer ;
dream ! Ere a fortnight mv father shall ,
hear of me, or else I lose my life in striving j
for it.” And with this resolution he turned
about and retraced his steps.
When he reached home he sought the
stables, saddled his horse, and mounting 1
him struck into a gallop, which continued
for several miles. At length he stopped ,
and looked up at the windows of a farm- j
house, half hid between clustering trees. —
This was the residence of Mary Bunker, the 1
mistress of his heart; the lights showed that
the family had not retired, and he resolved
to pay her a visit before his departure. She ‘
was alone when he entered, and a few words
acquainted her with his determination. She ‘
burst into tears. * j
“ Nay, Mary.” he said, “ you must not!
1 unman me. At first 1 resolved to leave you
! without a farewell, for 1 knew how much
you dreaded my taking an active part iu this
struggle. But 1 could not be so cruel as to
desert you without a word.”
“ J will compose myself,” said the fair
girl, with an effort to smile. “1 know I j
I 1 have been wrong to persuade you to stay ; j
but you cannot imagine the anxiety I suffer :
on account of my brothers, and I could not j
hear to have you too encounter their danger.
; But since this dreadful defeat at Camden, 1 j
i feel that everv man is wanted by our couti-1
! try. Go, then, dearest, and God be with ■
you. My prayers shall attend vou night I
and day.”
1 >avid pressed the now weeping girl to
his bosom, snatched a hasty kiss at the
sound of approaching footsteps, wrung her
hand, and was gone.
Tho next day he left tho neighborhood of j
Ids father’s house, armed with a musket and
mounted on a sturdy horse. His destina- [
tion was the American camp, then far to the
northward ; but as the intervening country
was filled with the enemy, he kuew there
would be considerable address required to
effect bis purpose. Before his departure he
saw a few of his old playmates, who promis
ed to follow him as soon as possible.
Night found him near a lonely farm-house,
to which he proceeded boldly in pursuit of
a lodging. At first the occupant received
him coldly ; but a chance expressioa convinc
ing David that his host was atory, be affect
ed the same political creed and was imme
diately warmly welcomed. The royalist
produced his cider after supper, and insisted
that David should join him in his qotations;
this the young man did, taking care, how
ever, not to indulge too freely; while the
farmer, overjoyed to fiud what be supposed
anew recruit for his party, drank without
stint, and became more and more communi
cative. To his horror David soon learned
that a party of loyalists, led by a Major
j Wilson, celebrated for historyism and luth
i lessness, were to start early the ensuing day,
ion an expedition to seize and Lang the two
j Bunkers, who had made themselves partii u
i larlv obnoxious to the royalist leaders. Da
! vid knew enough of this partizan warfare to
j U> assured that no mercy would l>e shown
jhis friends; he also knew enough of the
| major to suspect that some strong personal
motive had led to the planning of so distant
an expedition, when there were others as
inviting nearer home. lie accordingly set
himself to discover from his half inebriated
companion the truth. Nor was it long be
fore success crowned bis adroit cross-ex
amination.
“ Why,” said his host, “ I believe there’s
a little revenge for a slight received from
these fellows’sister, mixed tip witli the ma
jor’s desire to catch the Bunkers. The girl
is very pretty, they say, and the major,
when she was down here on a visit last ye3r
—before the war got to be so bloodv—
wanted to marry her, but she would have
nothing to say to him. Ever since, he has
vowed to make her rue the day. You mav
depeud on it he will have her on his own
terms now —thank heaven ! there’s no law
any longer to prevent an honest royalist |
from doing as he pleases to those rascally j
rebels. Bat yonder is tbe major now.” j
suddenly said his host, starting up, “ I'ii j
introduce vou to him at once—a merry fel
low you’ll find him—Lord love you, he’s as
brave as a lion.”
I'avid, though horrified at the diabolical
plot he had heard, saw the necessity of dis j
sembling in order to learn further of the j
tones’ plans, and find means, if possible, to j
circumvent them, lie arose, therefore, and j
shook the major’s Land warmly—pledged i
him immediately in a brimmer ; and scon
contrived to make the royalist ladieve that
he was anxious to join a troop audtske part
against the rebels. This induced the ma
jjor to be unusually civil, for he wished to
secure so athletic a recruit himself. It was
not long before a bargain had been conclud
ed between the two. David refused, how
ever, to sign Uie agreement that night: lie
pretended that several others of his friends
were disaffected and desirous of joining the
loyalists ; and his object, be said, was to se
cure a commission for himself bv inducing
them to join. This tempting bait took—
the major promised him s command in his
troop in case of success, and L'avid signi
fied Lis intention of setting forth, after he
had taken a few hours rest, in order to lose
no time in gathering together his recruit-.
The dread of discovery had been constant
ly before our hero during the management
of this negotiation, for his person was well
known to many of the major’s troop, and if
any of them had come up, his feigned name
would not have protected him from detec
tion. He wished to get off that night, as he
had proposed ; but to Ibis neither his host
nor the major would hear, and he was forc
ed to remain till morning. What was his
anguish to hear, on rising, that the major
had been gone some iiours, and was already
on his way to tbe Bunkers, with his troop.
Dissembling his anxiety, David partook of a
hasty breakfast, and mounting his horse rode
slowly away. But when out of sight of the
house he struck into a fierce gallop, which
he continued till he came in sight of a
cross-road, w here was a tavern. Here he
stopped and learning that the royalists had
taken the high road, lie turned aside into a
narrow and more circuitous one.
“ It is mv only chance to avoid them,” he
said, again dashing into a gallop. “Dray
God, I may reach the settlement in time to
collect a few of our lads and march to Bunk
ers. There is no other hope now left.”
Night had fallen, as they expected, before
the tories were able to reach the vicinity of
tbe house they were in search of. At length,
however, after a silent march through the
woods it broke upon tlioir view. A light
was burning in one of tbe windows, and
w hen they arrived close to the premises the ,
lively notes of a violiu reached their cars,
proving that tho brothers were not aware
of their presence, but enjoying themselves
in imagined security.
“ Now men,” whispered the leader of the
tories, “ when I give the word, fire a volley
at the house by way of introducing our
-1 selves; wcwill then surround tbe place and I
j enter it,” At that instant the deep bay of a
NUMBER 18.
[dog rang in their ears, and a large mastiff
sprang from under the house and rushed at
tbe major.
“ Fire !” he cried.
Twenty guns broke upon the stillness of
the night—the dog fell dead—every pane
of glass in tLe front of the house was shiv
ered, and the tot ies yelied like savages. In
an instant the light in the house was extin
guished—the violin as quickly ceased, and a
noise was heard at the door. The lories
immediately made a rush at it. But it was
already barred, and being made of stout oak
plank, resisted all their efforts. A rilla
cracked from one of the upper windows, and
one of the tories fell desperatelv wounded.
Another report succeeded, and another tory
fell, and Major wilson was not fully aware
that boih Bunkers were at Lome and wide
awake. A shed turned the rain from the
front of the house, and underneath this, the
tories shielding themselves from the fire of
the Bunkers, went to woik at the door.—
| Suspecting such resistance—perhaps fruni
his knowledge of their character—one of the
J inen had brought an axe. with which he
j commenced hewing at the door, and soon
[ cut it to pieces. Here a desperate battle
j ensued. The two brothers were pow erful
| men, and as courageous as thev were strong;
and now with clubbed rifles they disputed
; the entrance of tbe whole torv force. The
door being small, thev stood their ground
: for half an Dour, felling during that time
j some of those who bad the temerity to en
! !er first: hut finally numbers overcame
I them, and they were flung upon tbe floor
| and bound. Tbe tories, inflamed to mad
ness at the great resistance which had been
I made, and at their own losses, now seized
the mother and sister, and made prepara
tions to hang the two brothers before their
! eyes. The ropes were already tied around
j the recks of the victims, wLeu the major
addressed his men.
“ Now, friend*, as soon as these villains
are dead, we will set fire to this house; the
[old woman there.” he said with a brutal
: laugh, “may be left inside, blit the young
one I reserve for myself.”
“ Hist!” cried one of the men in a loud
voice. The major ceased, and they beard a
voh-e outside the house. Although the
words were spoken low, the listeners dis
tinctly heard—“ When I say fire, give it to
them !” A man with blanched cheek now
rusiiej among them, exclaiming, “ Tho yard
is full of men !”
“Fire!” cried a deep voice from the yard.
A general volley succeeded, and so well had
the aim been directed in the door, that
several of the tories fell either dead or des
perately wounded. In turn the tories re
treated up the stairs, when David, our hero,
rushed into the room which they had just
left, and cut the ropes w hich bound the
Bunkers and their mother and sister.
“ May God Almighty bless vou for this!”
cried one of the Bunkers. The two men
sprang up, seized their rifles, which hud
been left iu the room, and prepared to re
i ta’iate the treatment which they had just
[ received.
Long and desperate was the battle. The
j tories fought for life—the whigs for revenge.
| But, at length, the latter triumphed, though
| not until their enemies had been almost
i wholly exterminated. The major fell by
I the arm of our hero, who sought him out in
I the hottest of the fight, and engaged him
I single-handed.
No language of ours can express the emo
tions of David as he pressed his betrothed
j bride to his bosom ; and his heart went up
in thankfulness to Heaven for his timely
arrival, when he thought that a delay of
half an hour longer would have consigned
her to a fate worse than death. The grati
tude of her brothers was expressed in many
words, but her’s was silent and tearful, yet
O, liow much more gratifying !
“ I almost called you a cow ard, son Da
vid,” said his father to him when they met,
“ but you are a chip of the old block, and I
did you wrong. Deborah, lie is a boy to be
proud of—is he not ? You may founder
one of my horses every day that you do
snch a deed ; it beats anything 1 saw iu the
old French war!”
David's gallantry in this act drew around
him in a few weeks more than a score of
hatdy young followers, who fought with
him to the close of tire war, when he return
ed, and was happily married to the heroine
of our story.
The man who minds his own business
was in town the other day, but left imme
diately, lie felt so lonesome.
Many persons admire the lightning. It
is very grand and very beautiful, but xve
were never personally struck by it.
A cute Yankee in Kansas sells liquor in
a gun-barrel, instead of a glass, that lie may
avoid tbe law, and make it appear, beyond
dispute that lie is selling by tho barrel.
W'liat is a Mother-in-Law ? The moth
er-in- law is the person in the household
who attends to the preserves and the pick
les, and sees that the matrimonial jars aro
put carefully away, to be opened as they are
wanted.
A smart woman in Thompson, Mass., has
turned her husband out of doors because he
is lazy. The woman owns the property in
tills case, and she objects to supporting a
drone, if ho is her own husband. Serves
him right.