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Voia )i. IRxnyHiM ;».>» yo*»r Au.vt»." <# i*cUne*i. «*»<! »AicA SAv runup passion oi £ CANTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, lb*!. f\v«rv» r-r»' /rnnunm*-"' ?ja*rw»rvitiv . a'rwiivju.v^ vffv-YCT^u;.: mTn»w-a**-. -> C!}C € xioi-.s Vbvaucr. OVUR A2<D OVki. AG. PUH ldoitLl) EVERY T HUR'. DaY - 'B Y(— ROB’ 1 ’. R. MARTYN. 0i:'< tl'C S • r/f/nh i Mu'-.in • -t flahiexrille ond i Street- obi stand of the • “ Get ^in Adcoiiite.” on* citiSG> r ;sr— - J" Ad veI .•tiding Rat'S extremely low- -lo suit l he times 7 i:c.\L a lverlb’.neips ir. sorted and cli:ii' 1 1 fur i. p res*’m bed hy a recent act ol' tlie (Juiiei'iil Assembly. Bocal notices 10 cents pcr^linc to* Bu fir,si insertion. ' Advertisements will he run until for Oi Men, unless otherwise mark oil, nud chare;, ,'i i'ur accordingly. A’l con; .uinicationR intended for pul) lie i' on must hear the name of the writer, Qiit neeu sury lor publication, hut a a guarantee ol good la’tli. We shall not in any way bo responsible for the opinions of contributors. No communication will be admitted into our columns having for its end a (b fmvtion of private character, or m »nv other way ol a scurrilous import ol public good. Correspondence solicited on till poiiu.s of general importance—but let them bo l»rief1y»U» the point. , dll communications, letters of burn ness, or money remittances to K-cHyu prompt a’t nHon.mii t he addressed to ROUT. P. MAK1\N, Canton, Qa. ffHSS MPBSat«S as;« E rVBMT DliA'i.v;^ v ttaim? contnmltt. mm/ lu iuuUu Tor it iu (Scucval Elitcctotg. Over and over Again,* No matter '•»Wich w.*.y l tornf 1 ulway* Hud in the UO 1 k • bile Some iesaou 1 have in learn. I must take my turn at the mill, I must grind out thegohlou groin, I must work at n.y ‘.ask .'ill. a resolute Will, Over and over ngtiu. himself al »ne on the of w lie. a, !kui». fr?‘m wnii’li it dA ue, he knock* with nothii.g to do 1 * but lo Wait, with ed for Hiimifn or. A young rHaa »lmt puliyuCe he Oould in the t|oU| caWte :.i the <kwvr,.w *jo \ first tthr.it.k and durkiiesa, nnti ! ihe d .\m t f (lay l«;*k nflfrlgl t-d jit «tl (•' •tfangt |«x*k* shuiiId bring relief. When tlie mor iug b-iug w- o sunhI upon th-* s'tp; wing broke a sloop appeared in t tyh«, bur it tt'iMi hut luug Uf- rn tne h'>q i* rnjj;vg',*d in looking after those who iyw tlows. Over and over again The br> ok through tin me Oyer and over again i'he ponderous mill Wheel goes. Once doing will not unlitce, Though dultig ho nut iu vain, And a blessing, fai log US ouco or t w ice, Way come if we 1 ry again. might imvc survived tile w tv 's. ti id table family were butty doing every thing in their power for 1 is relief From the New York Ledger. A T HA.A ON A COTTON B\L». Ah old Story told by lllnLop CUirk, of it hotle Island. he was now an iv t hut Hie worst V .is j ajul comfort. A bright tire w us blit - over, inut r«vcue near at hand, until, Mi;j oil the i.vurth, but he was inca* to liia dismay, he j:hv the v«$sel j pablo of feeling the heat, and itj at change her Course irtid a.rtl away J aio« i coy tied to hia hie tula ihiti it without having vie tooted him. , n u.vl be periln'j j for him to be lx* All ilia: day tl.oilout in.irti d tUui. ,1 to auoli a sudden c unge ol mipctotuie. Cutting off hia boot* -which Ihe swollen Condition of Ins clung to hia cotton bale, vhrasiiliig : I well remember the dismay with which the tidings of the burning T the steamer “Lexington 1 ' in L.mg Island round was received iu I’oston forty years ugo. The fivM r por was that pH on board were lost, and, in fact, it proved that there were on y lour survivors left to Veil the tale ol woe that made that, total January night so tragically memorable, It oappened, a lew eveimig-i ago, in passing through the sound irv the morning lvireshed iu body aud mind about, as far us he e mid reniui - iu do, that lie might keep the circuln lion in his body alive, and souv- tin trying to paddle his cluuuy craft with his Lure bauds, but without tin* slightest elibot. Occasionally lie fell into a doze, and twice into the water, regaining’hia place upon I be bule vvitn ugt a litt V dijluulty. Art night drew on he wound up hia watch as usual, and thinking that he hud now become sulliciently uccuatotued to tin motion* cl hU craft to allow him to do it safety; and bring very tired and sleepy, lie adjusted hhnSelf for a good night’s real. A» lie assur ed me, he did sleep quietly through the whole night, and woke in the NO. 1. ra b-d for lifty ye.wi. ns fug,'* ( Ui< a) prehension wah justified in ten days’ time, when, in -he thick, mipi-detruble darknesi, the “Rhode Is! »nd dashed its life jut on tho io(A.i at the opening of Nnrragaa* sett S«v. MO It A I, AND IifiMiIOU9. steamer ‘•.Rhode Island,” Vital I fell into conversation Crowley, V/] ireSs David .ol ^d„-iiuu. CVUMICMES* M E. CndKCU, South—Rev. H. M. Om 11 luti Pastor. Preaching every fir^t Siindity by the. pastor Preucn.ng on the !M Sunday by R‘ v > LiuhetUr. Prayer Meeting every Wodnesdaj uiylit. Sunday Sc hool at 0a.m. Ben. *. Payne, Superintendent. BautistCuukch -Rev. J. A. McMur- rv p > tor Preaching every second and fourth Sunday, and Saturday before 2nd Sunday. Sabbath school at 3 v M., M B. 'Cmglc, Superintendent. EriBCOVAi.. Rev. Goo.. McCauley’ Pas tor. Preaching 3rd Sabbrth at 11 a, m. VSlltEMS- p, ^ fleets every first and third Monday’s at 8 v. m., in Masonic Hall. W. A. Tea si.ky, Yv . M. Jabez Galt, Sec’ty Iv of II.—Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 7 1-2 r. m., in Masonic Hall. W. A. Tiasley, Dictator. Jabez Galt, Reporter. CO'SJ»YT 1* O&'FtVEHS. o W PUTNAM, Ordinary. JABEZ GALT, Clerk S. Court. E. G. GUAM LING. Sheriff. JOS D. imBBS. Treasurer. A. L. KINNETT. Tax Collector. J.*L. JORDAN, Tax Receiver. Wm T. KIRK, Coroner. W W. ll vWKINS, Surveyor. C. M. McCLURE, County S. Com. Du. J. H. SPEIII, 1 County M. A. KEI1II, I* BoaM Rev. M. TUCKET, }- 0 f A. T. SCO! I, I Education J. B. RICHARDS, J Education. iii f C* b issoa »*■««» ATLANTA, GKOBOJA ALABAMA STREET, J. L. KEITH, Proprietor cere of the* bunt, and lit* told u»e that he wu3 one of the four persons who luuiiwgui to escape with their lives tfhen the “Lexington” way burued. I asked him Lo give me the exSict particulars, which he did in a very modest and unassuming way, and I think that tho ylory is worth pre serving, for I venture to say that very few men could have endured what he did and live through it. He is now a strong, well preserved and young looking man (with his hat on) of u little more than sixty years of age, and has experienced no per manent detriment from the awful exposure to which he was subjected iu hi3 youth. On the night in question the “Lex ington” was crowded with cotton to the lull extent of its capacity, -md also carrying the lull quoto of pas sengers. At about 7:30 o'clock Mr. C- says that he heard a rushing ol feet on 'he deck, and hurrying from his room he saw that the whole central part ol the vessel was afire, cutting off all coimnjinicution with the aparuUjs for extinguishing the flames. ThCIe was nothing to be done to save the steamer, and the life boats, us is of ten the case under similar circum stances, proved to be of no practical service. Alter cstisting iu throwing overboard a number ol bales of cot ton, he seized u bo,%d and jumped into the water. Ifhis lie found to be of little use, and seeing at some dis tance a bule of cotton that did not appear to be on fire—everything around being mane as light as day by the buring ship—he swum tc the foie and succeeded in reaching if. Waiting awhile in order to recover from his exhaustion, he managed to climb upon the top of the bale, where if he could only avoid being frozen to death, he felt that lie was. for the time being secure. Tho Wednesday juu now dawued* md another dtvury iky ot* the ocean Lei made uuj*tratlVe-—hig fruit .. ha’di and Let were immersed in cold' water, which*soon beChmo cok ed wi h films ol me, and were scrap* tdolFfrorn lime to time • unill the fro it was thoroughly ibstracUd. (Suitable nourishment wus then ad ministeied, but the sense of ins e was entirely obliterated, and all ilptl. he craved was repose. A long n gin’s sleep restored his equilibrium, and before noon on Thursday a hundred people had flock ed mi from the country tog» e him, the t'dings ol Ills wonderful rescu6s.liaving by ihia time been communicated far and near. Mr. Crowley's interest iu his friendly cotton bale hud now re vived, and a band of men started off to flud it. They returned unutic A r moments work on clay tolls “lore than an .hour a labor on brick. So work on oc irta should Le dona bc« for*- Die/ harden. During the^ifirat six or eight year’s ol'ckildlifo moth* rrs have oliicf away, and this is tho tune to make the deepest anil most enduring impressions on the youths ftl mind. Gradually the fires of the ,£ Lex- ing'Oii” Abated, and at lust be found flashed across him that “a pond square meal” would be refreshing, buthe says he suG-red little from either hunger v ■ thirst. He had neither u coat on his back or u cov- eriug for hiu head, and how he w is able to avoid t»*-in > frozen fo death is a marvel; but he never lost heart for an instant, or had the slightest doubt of being rescued at last. Some times he floated near, the land, u d i bun the winds and currents bore him away to a point from which the land could not be seen at u)l. lie iga'n tried to wind ’up bis watch, but wi.h his frozen fingers could not handle the key. Altera while he fell into a sort of doze, and imag ined himself lobe in the Stonington harbor, and decided to slip from tin- bale and wade ashore, The plunge into the ioy water restored him to his eenuea, and again he contrived in some mysterious way to recover hi3 seat on the cotton bale. On the third ever ing at. about 9 o’clock, he found himself fust near- i"<£ the shore, and ft cogoized a . pot known as “the horse on the batik,’' from the resemblance of a clump of bushes growing mar the wa er. His heart now revived, aud he felt that all that remained was for him to get tbrohgh the surf in safety, which, in bis enfeebled condition, he knew would require a strong effort of tin- will. Tghis he accompli^ied, and at last found himself once more stand ing or. the solid ground. As his frozen feet were entirely insensible, it was w'ith greatest difficulty that lie was enabled to walk at all; bur after o. e or two falls, he struck into a narrow valley, thinking thaUiie might find some spot where he otoU: be sheltered from the searching wind, aud watt till the dawn of morning. After pitching along, as he sup. pu«ed, about half a mile, to -hi3 inde scribable joy a light uppeurid, and, waking liie way to the door of the how tho wind and tide bat!burnt fl<jw ing since he lauded, informed thorn of the spot where the bale would, be likely to lodge. Following hia di ructions the bale was iound, covered with ice, and iu no way distinguish abl'* from the surrounding rocks, tx Cept by its undulation in the n't er. The bale was then brought, in triumph to the house and left there, subject to the order ot its owner, who had become i s proprietor by the right of actual possession* For three months aud a hull he remained with hi) hospitable friends? receiving lrom them the kindest at- attention, when he was removed to hii mothers house, Providence, vv hi: h er the cotton bale soon followed hi'g- There it lay in the yard for more than twenty years, when cotton, having reached its maximum price during the late wer, the family we»e apprehensive that it might be otolen, and therefore Mr. Crovvlew wus in duced to sell hi3 precious bale o the manufacturer. The goods that were made of it received the “Lexington aud Crowley” stamp, and one good sized package wa« prewired to him by the manufacturer, a portion ot which he bestowed upon Lis relative* and friends. It is a melancholy fkct that Die goods which Mr. Crow by retained for his own use were stolen by some very unsentimental and c dd blflbded burglar. And thus ends the strange story of the iron nerved man who lived fo r more than two days and nights on a bale of cotton on the sea. From the windows of rny house an BonDtlge f see the wreck of the steamer “Riipde Island,” on board of which, a tew nights sine*, I heard the extraor ii uary story above narrated, and I re coil the earnest tone in which the speaker said, at the cl«$e ol lus tier-' r ‘tire: •‘The only thing that f real y fear on the sound, which i have naviga- A« mie through a window sees not the window, but that which lies b»- yomlj ad one through • glass sees not the telescope but tho worlds out side of it; so through Jesus Christ, through tjie physical and the in*, sirntmnti^, let u« we the heart of Cod, the source of uiuvarsal life, of love, of recuperation, of perfection mid of fiiml S'dvntion. Woonce»aw a young mat brave ly turning up the glaM. He was a lint-hearted glorious fellow ; he was, as he iutd, “sowing hia wild oats.” We alter wards saw the constable hauling a in e-ruble drunkard from Tfie ^titter to tltp * i ttr rwwtrerwd to us that throats w<*re being d;ag* gtd i:. A gl rloua crop. The bar- roem and guaei aie exhuustleae iu tueir fertility.—Caldweil legist«r. If we love God, tho reward prom* ised us nothing Jtsa than the sight of God himself, face to fact*; not transiently, not as a glorious flash of • ight, but an abiding vision, a glory mid a gladness, a marvellous rapture of th* will, for evermore. Think how such a reward taanscends all the expectations, all the possibili ties even, ot our nature! How God must love us, and how too he must love our love, to have prepared for us such joys as these, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor man’s heart conceived!—F. \V. Fa ber. Uackbitluf, Backbiting is called by Dr. Moore a “malignant sort vf insanity." In some neighborhoods it often takes on an epidemic character. The same Ureter illustrates this latter feature with the fact that in a certain nun nery a sister one day bit her com panions. The other, nuns were at once seized with the same disposition ‘o bite. The mania spread from cloister to cloister, until, says Car- hou, it infected every nunnery in Europe. A strange mania, surely! But itt it. not yet more strange and pitiful that multitudes ol men anil women who are in the main friendly toward each other, should be possess ed by a mania which leads them to habitually bitA each other’s reputa tion ? It is, indeed, a pity it is so. Yet if every Christian would stead fastly resolve “to speak evil of no man,” this latter mania would epie dily vtke out from the Church of ® ion’s Cod ’8 Herald. Bo true to yourself and to nil men- '