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The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express. Published on every Tuesday and, Friday Mornings VOLUME IX. The fnrtemille Express nubliriliwi Semi-Weciil)' on every TU KS DAV AND FH I DAY, by S. H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs. In the town of Cartersville, Bnrtow County, li». Terms of Subscription: Only Two Dollars a-yr., INVARIABLY IF ADVANCE. Thar*<Uy Moralng Edition, one year) 1 M ThD latter propoiition is confined to citizens of Bartow county only. Torms of Advertising: Transient {One Month or Lent.) |>crsquare often k ,,lNonpariel or Brevier lines or less, One Dollar for the flr«t, and Fifty Cents for each sub sequent, Insertion. Annual or t’ontnud, One Hundred and Twenty Dollar* per column, or in that proportion. professional Qsat-d3. | DR. W. W. LEAK fit KNDEBS his professioruvl services to the I citizens of t artersville and vicinity. Sp*»- rijd attention gjven to Diseases of Women and Children. May he found at Bent* Kirkpatrick’s Drill? Store, and at his residence. jan. 9-tm .lolait IV. Wolior«l, ATTORNEY AT LAW. CARTERSVILLE, ........ GEORGIA. Office over riukerton’s Drug Store. Oct. IT. w. t. worvoitn, a. r. wokkoud. IVotkord A Wofloril, AITORNEYS AT LAW, CARTERS VILLE, ...GEORGIA. 4 une ‘23, IH7O. JR. IV. Miirpliey, ATTTORNEY AT LAW, CaUTKUSVII.LK, GEORGIA. Will practice in the courts of tile Cherokee Circuit. Particular attention Riven to the col lection of claims. Ollice with CoL. Abda Joltn- Oct. 1. John J. JoilCH, ATTORNEY M LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT, C ARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA. Will atm ml promptly to all prolTessional busi ness entrusted to hi* care; also, to the buv>7.^ and selling- of Real Estate. Tail 1. 3 ere. A. Howaru, Ordinary 0 f County. CARTER*', ItLK,.. GKORGIA. Jan 1, 1870, ■ ■ i I ■ ■ ■ 1 * * m '~ A. 91. Fouio, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. C ARTERSVILLE GKORGIA ( With Col. Warren Akin,) Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobh, Polk, Flovd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad joining counties. March 30. T. W. MILNER. o. I!. MILNKR. Tliliier Jills, cr, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA Will attend promptly to business entrusted to their care. Jan. 15. Warren Altin, ATTORNEY AT LAW. CARTER??VI LE, GEORGIA. Will practice in all the courts of the State. Nam. 11. Patillo, Fashionable Tailor and Agent for Sewing Machines, WILL attend promptly to the Cutting, Re pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’ Clothing; also, Vgent for the sale of the cele brated Grover .V Baker Sewing Machines. Ol licc over Stokely & Williams Store. Entrance from the rear. feb 17. ® W. K. MoHntcaMtle, Jeweler and Watch and Clock Repairer, CARTKItSVILI K, OEOP.GIA. Office in tront o! A. A. Skinner & Go’s Store. Keiuifsaw House, MARIETTA ...GEORGIA. IS .till open to the traveling public as woll as summer visitors. Parties desiring to make arrangements for the season can he accommo dated. Rooms neat and clean and especially adapted for families. A fine large piazza lias been reocutlv added to the com forts of the estab lishment. ' FLETCHER & FREY HR, junelSwtf Proprietors. S. (USHII LDS, Fashionable Tailor , Cartersville, Georgia, HAV E just received the latest European and American style* of Mens’ and Bovs’ Cloth ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or der. Ofiire upstairs in Liebman’s store, East side of the Railroad. sept. 29. Hr. J. A. Jackson. PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE IN THE NE W DR UG STORE. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Jan 4th, 1871. w. o. CREEK, REPAIRER OF fIMEHM||JEWELRY. clocks, AMD WATCHES; / Uso keep on hand and for Bale the above goods. Room in the store of Simon Liebman. Cartersville, mob ’LL £ t ATTA WAY, Plain and Ornamental Painter, CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA Will do painting promptly and faithfully. dec 20, 1870. wly “ GEAR SHOP,” by w. c. m&im, rm CARTERSVILLE, GA. MxNt FAOTURKR or Harness, Ilri dies, Gear etc., and Dea L kr ik T. S a d(lU»K, Leuthev. Repairing done on short notice. Work war ranted to stand the test. Hides Wanted, jan. 24.1871.-swly Teeth drawn without pain, by the use oi nar- C'Qtic spray. rich 9. ATLANTA SACK FACTORY. YY H„l re , pre i?» re <». at ;l 'l seasons, to fill or siae O „,m for trr,llu and Flour Hacks, of anv hint’a ty ’ or quantity at our factory in At wJllf 1870.w1y W - A ’ MITCIIEU * (JO ‘ READ ■ T is well known to | IL .I ■ 11 ii--and t,i L;wlis that Women are subject u to nuni«rous diseases pe- wiUsy* culiiir lo their sex—such Menses, Whites, rainful mat ism of the Back and ’•AI'A Womb, Irregular Men- C’jßnSKjV - • MmN struation. Hemorrhage, ’A <^§SSEHhC N vi.J^ or Lxcc-sive‘Flow,’ami Pnilaji-iis I’terior Fall- 1b ingot the Womb. >. NX. M These diseases have sol dom been treated successfully. The profession lias songhtdilligcntly for some remedy that we’ld enable them to treat these diseases with success. At last, that remedy has been discovered by one of the most skilful physicians in the State of Georgia, The remedy is * Bradfield’s Female Regulator. It is purely vegetable, and is put up in Atlan ta, by BRA life* I ELI) A (JO. It will purify the blood and strengthen the system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is a perfect specific for all the above diseases; as certain a cure a* Quinine is in Chills ami .Fevers. For a history of diseases, and certificates of its wonlorful cures, the reader is referred to the wrapper around tlie bottle. Every bottle war ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded. LaGranue, Ga., March 23, 1870. BR VDFIKLD .V CO., ATLANTA, GA.: Dear Sirs: I take pleasure iu stating that 1 have used, for the last twenty years, the medi cine vou are putting up. known as I»R. J. BRA l>- FIKI.D’S FEMALE REGULATOR, and con sider it the best combination ever gotten to gether for tlie diseases for which it is recom mended. I have, been familiar with the pre scription both as a practitioner of medicine and in domestic, practice, and can honestly say that I consider it a boon to suffering females, and can but hope that every lady in our whole land, who may be suffering' in any way peculiar to their sex. may be able to procure a lw>ttle, that their sufferings may not only be relieved, but that they may be restored to health A strength. With my kindest regards. lam, respectfully, W. B. FERRELL, M. D.‘ We, the undersigned Druggist*, take pleasure in commending to the trade. Dr. .T. Hriidfiefd’s Female Kegel a l or —bid iev i ng it to be a good and reliable remedy for the diseases for which lip recommends it. W. A. LASBDKT,L PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR A .‘0 RKt>\VINE k FOX, cU ’ XV. C. LAWS HE. a,Wo m W. ROOT * Ga ’ t>R . PROPHITT’S Celebrated Liver Medicine. It is purely vegetable, and will act upon the *l,iver and Kidneys as promptly as Calomel and Buehii, without any danger of salivation or de struction of the hones. Parties taking the modiidno need not fear get ting wet, or any other reasonable exposure. Symptoms of Liver Disease: Headache, Dull Feeling orthe Hines, Sour Stom ach, Sick or Nervous Headache. Heartburn, In digestion or Dyspepsia, Bad or Hitter Taste in the Mouth, the skin has a thick, rough feeling, and is darker than usual. Costiveness, Melan choly Feelings, Cramps, (old Feet, 4Jolic, Dys entery, or Diarrhosv Chills and Fever, and Piles. In fact, where the Liver is out of erder, you are liable to every disease that is not conta gious. l’ropliitt’g Liver Medicine, if taken properly, will prevent and cure any disease resulting from a deranged liver. It will regulate its functions and thus cure all diseases caused by the failure of its healthy ac tion. It has been used for a great number of years, and has given universal satisfaction. There is no brother or son claiming to have the origional recipe. It is put up in both Pow der and Fluid form. Faihblkn, Ga., Sept. 4, 18GS im. O. S. I’UOIMI ITT: Sir: My wife lias been an invalid for fifteen years. Doctors all agreed she had “Liver Dis ease.” In connection with their practice she used various and noted remedies, none of which seemed to do any good. Sometime ago I procu red a bottle of your “Liver Medicine,” of your agent here, C. A. Harvey, which being given ac cording to directions, lias affected a comulete cure. Respectfully, &c., GEO. L. THOMAS. CH ARLOTTE, X. C., Sent. »4,1868. I have used Dr. O. 3. Prophitt’s Liver Medi cine as a tonic, and found it to be powerful and efficacious. It is excellent for functional de rangement of the Liver or constipation of the bowels; in most cases superceding the necessity of a regular course of medicine. E. J. MEYNi AUDIK, Pastor Tryon-str. C’h. Mario* County, Texas, Aug 1,1869. DR. (). S. PROPHITT: Dear sir: 1 write you this to inform you that I have been troubled a great deal with indiges tion, but after using one bottle of your Liver Modi clue, 1 find great relief. I cheerfully re commend it as a good Family Medicine, and feel confident that it is good for anything for which it claims to be an antidote. Verv respectfully, DICK. LOCK ETE. Dr. Prophitt’s Dysentery Cordial, Is one pl‘the most valuable compounds now put up for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Infantum, or Cholera Morbus. This medicine has been in use for years, and gives uniuevsal satisfaction. The most delicate child may take it with im punity. Covington, Ga.,Nov. 9, 1867. DR. PROPHITT: Having a severe attack of Dvsentery during the past summer, I was induced to use your Dy sentery Cordial, and derived thcrefrmn’immcdi ate anil permanent relief. It gives me pleasure to recommend this remedy to all who may be so attacked, believing that, should the directions be followed, relief would surclr be obtained.— Truly, &c. 0. S. P(»RT Eli. Cubs at a, Texas, 1869. DU. PKOPTTTTTi Dear Sir: Your Liver Medicine and Pain Kill It is a complete success. J. L. WHITTLE. West Point, Ga., Aug. It. 1869. This is to ccrtifv that T have used Dr. O. S. Prophitt’s Liver Medicine myself and in my family, for twelve months or more, and I unhes itatingly say that I believe it one of the best Family Medicines in use. M. T. WALKER. PROP II ITT’S Pain Kill It. Tin's is the celebrate! medicine that run. Perry Davis’Pain Killer out of the market, wherever it was sold. Davis made l’rophitt change the name from Pain Killer to PAIN KILL IT. For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or pain of any kiud it has no equal. For Luts, Bruises, Burns, or old Sores, it is the best thing you can use as a dressing. For Snake Bitesor Stings of Poisonous Insects, it is a perfect ANTIDOTE. It is good for Colic, Colds, Coughs, or Bowel Complaints. Its name indicates its naturefullv. It i> truly DEATH to pain. ' Manufactured and sold by BHAI >F 1 ELD a CO., Atlanta, Ga., and for sale by all druggists. Dooly Booty, Ga., April, 1867. This is to certify that I was confined to the house, and most of the time to my bed, and suf fering the greatest agony imaginable with Rheu matism, for five months, and after trying every available remedy, with no relief, I was cored with two bottles of Dr. O. S. Prophitt’s Anodyne Pain Kill It; eaeh costing fifty cents only.’ It relieved me almost instantly. I therefore re commend it in the highest degree to others suf fering from similar disease. 1 can say that it is one or the finest Family Medicines now out, cer tain. Yours, truly, ' W. A. FOREHAND. Dooly ( OCHrY, GA.,l>ct. 57,1867 DR. O. S. PROPIIITT’; 9 I have, during the last cigctcen months, used your Pain Kill It, and I consider it tinequalodby anything for pain in the head, breast, back or side, and for colic nothing gives relief half so quick as your Anodyne Pain Kill. It is doing much good in the community in o tner families as well as my own. Yours, Ac., 1). T. FOB EH AN D. DR. PROPHET?* GA ’ XoT ’ 1967 * ..An** st *himcr my horse sprained liis knee sc whole leg to swell to about nm’r.u,!,.*. * atoral , s . ,zc ’ and renderingliim almost K ill’ iWmT.? a l’l* llc ations of your Anodyne Pain Kill It thoroughly cured it JNO. B. DAVIS. nTATLOI- GEORGIA,) Know all men bv these - . hl : TON «ocxty. presents, That 1 have dar. tor value received, sold and transfer red to BRAIL’ ILL D A CO., the sole right to manulaeture and <ell my Famtlv Medicines and have furnished them with the lull recipes ’ and have authorized the said Bit A DFI ELI) A CO to print, or have printed, anything they may see proper concerning any and all tlic above named CARTERS VfLLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 28«i>, 1871. Medicines. This 13th dav of June, 187 H. i [Signed] ‘ O. S. PROPHITT, \ hi presence of Th-mias F. Jones, and Robert Crawford, Notary Public. (!.. a.) Manufactured and for sale bv BT’ADFIELD A. CO.. Broad street, Atlanta. Ga., au*l for sale by all druggists. j.dy 20 -wly CERTIFICA T ES: X\ e, the undersigned, iiaved used Dr. l'roph itt’s Prepaartions, and take pleasure in recom mending them to the public, as being ail he claims for them: CoL It J Henderson, Covington. Ga.; OT Rog ers, Covington. Ga.; O S Porter, Covington. Ga.; Prof. J L Jones. Covington. Ga.; Rev. M \V Ar-, j Bold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W o*l in, Ga. Conference; F M Swanson, Montieello. Ga.; llo l»ert Barnes, Jasper ( oiinty, Ga.; A M Robinson, j Montieello. Ga.; James Wright, Putnam county, ! Ga.: A Westbrook, Putnam countv. Ga.; Judge JJ Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L ’Rebec, “Cov ington Enterprise,”; A H Zachrv, Convers, Ga; I George Wallace, Atlanta. Ga.;' Dick Lockett, Davis county. Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Cus seta. Texas; \Y C Roberts, Linden countv. Tex as; Tommy ,* Stewart. Atlanta. Ga; W A I-uis dell. Druggist. Atlnnta. Ga; R F Maddox ,* Cos.; Atlanta. Ga.; Criali .Stephens, Cartersville. Ga.; A N Louis. Lowndes county, Ga.; Joseph Land, Lowndes county. Ga.; .las’. Jefferson. Carters ville, Ga.; W L Ellis. Doolv county, Ga.; W A Forehand, Dooly countv. G;u; John B. Davis Newton Factory. Ga.; B F Bass, I.owndncs co. Schedule ot' the Western «fe Atlantic It. It. Tlie Day passenger trains pass Cartersville, Going 17p, at 11.00. a. n». Going Down, at 11.53, a. m. The Night passenger trains pass Cartersville, lining Uis at lfeW, a. m. Going Down, at U 7, a. in. CARTERSVILLE ACCGMMOCATION, T.eave the passenger l>e|*ot, Atlanta, .3.00 p. m. Arrive at Marietta. ... a o*> , a| “ “ Cartersville, Leave Cartersvillo,.,, " •> v» V Arrive at Marietta V.V.V.V&i' 2 J }m ‘ 2T ‘ A. 1.. 11A UR IS, M. T. &8. fechodulc oFtho CARTERSYILLE A YAN-WERT R. R. OX and otter January 20th, 1871,“the trains will Leave TAYTiORSVILLE, at li.JO. A. M. “ STILESRORO’. at 10. A. 31. “ FORREST HILL, al 10.25. A. 31 Arriving at CARTERS VILLE, at 10.50, A }1 CA RTERSVIT.LE, at 1. I*. M. Arrive at TAYLORSVILLE, at ... 3, P. M. A Hack will soon be running from Codartown to Taylorsville via. Van Wert, connecting with the trains. An Extra train will be run to Cartersville and Return to Taylorsville, every Friday evening. By order of the President. IK W. K. PE ACOCK, Sec’y. Western Ac Atlantic Railroad. CII VNGE OF SCHEDULE. On and after Sumdat, February 12th, 1871 the Passenger Trains will run on the West ern ii Atlantic Railroad as follows: NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. I.eaves Atlanta 10.15 P. M. Arrives at Kingston 1.14 P. Al. “ Dalton 3.26 P. M. “ Chattanooga ~ 5.40 P. M. I.eaves Chattanooga , 9.00 P. M. Arrives at Dalton....* ....11.11 P. M. “ Kingston 1.51 A. M. “ Atlanta 5.17 A. M. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta 8.t5 A.M. Arrive* at Kingston. 11.45 A. M “ Dalton 2.13 P. M. “ Chattanooga 4.25 P. M. Leaves Cliattanoo 5.50 A.M. Arrives at Dalton &10 A. M. “ Kingston io.no a. m. “ Atlanta 2 00 P. M. E. B. WALKER, M. T. Lawshe & Haynes, HAVE ON HAND AND ARE RECEIVING the finest stock of the Very Latest Styles of Uiamond and Gold JEWELRY, in npper Georgia, selected, with great care for the Fall and Winter Trade. Watches, of thw BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A raerica; American and French Clocks; sterling and Coin Silver Ware; and the best quality of Silver Plated Goods, at prices to suit the times; Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles, to suit all ages. Watches and Jewelry RKrAIRSO IST Co.MI’MTSJfT WoRKMBX; Also Clock and Watch Makers Tools and Materials. sept 13,-swly ATLANTA, GA. W. 11. QILHKKT. A. BAXTER, T. W. BAXTER, Jr. GILBERT^ BAXTER, (SUCCESSORS TO YV. 11. GILBERT A C 0.,) Dealer** In HARDWARE, IROX, STJEKL, MILS, CLOVEK & GRASS SEED. AGENTS FOR SALE OF COAL CBKEKCOAL. Peruvian (Guano. And other Fertilizers. Agricultural Implements, Agricultural and Mill Machinery. ALSO GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS For sale and Purchase of COTTON, WHEAT, COEN. And all other Country Produce, Cotton, Hay AND OTHER PRODUCE SHIPPED ON LIBERAL TER NS. GILBERT 4. BAXTER, Carlersville C»a. Jan. 10, 1871—ly. JAS. W. STRANGE, Dealer In, and Manufacturer Os TIX WARE, AJVtt HouMic-Furnishing Goods, ALSO DEALER I\ First-Class Stoves At The Lowest Cash I*rices. WILL BARTER FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RAGS^&C. Cartersville, Jan. 20th, ’7l-ly. Onward and Umvard.” Heavier tlie ( rim. K:.O.M TIIE OEIIMAX Os BMOI.K. Heavier the cross, the nearer heaven : No cross without, God within. Death, judgment from the heart are drivn Amid the world’s false glare and din. O happy be with all his loss, Whom God hath set beneath the cross. Heavier the cross, the better Christian : Thi* is the touchstone God applies. How many a Garden would be wasting, Unwet by showers from weeping eyes. The gold by fire is purified ; The Christian is by trouble tried. Heavier the cross, the stronger faith ; The loaded palm strikes deeper root ; The vine-juice sweetly issucth When men have pressed the clustered fruit ; And courage grows where dangers come, Like pearls beneath the salt sea foam. Heavier the cross, tlie heartier prayer; . The bruised herbs most fragrant are. If sky and wind were always lair. The sailor would not watch the star; And David’s Psalms had ne’er been sung If grief his heart had never wrung. Heavier the cross, the more aspiring; From vales we climb the mountain crest The pilgrim of the desert tiring, Longs for the Canaan of his rest. The dove has here no rest in sight, And to tlie ark she wings her flight. Heavier the cross, the easier dying; Death is a friendlier face to see; To life’s decay one bids defying, From life’s distress one then is free. The cross sublimely lifts our faith To Him who triumphed over death. Thou crucified! the cross I carry, Tlie longer, may it dearer be ; And lest I faint while here I tarry, Implant thou such a heart in me ; That faith, hope, love, may flourish t here ; Till for the cross niy crown I wear [Written for the Savannah Morning New*,] SNAKE BIT! OK The Adventurer* of a llcn-I*eek ed Baehclor. After numerous solicitations I have at last consented to give you some thing of my adventures since emigra ting to the land of ghophers, salaman ders and rattle-snakes. In the first place, Mr. Editor, I was born and rais ed iu the State or South Carolina, and up to the time of emigrating to this State had never seen a rattle-snake— only know them from history, which is amply sufficient to give us some idea of their danger, the bite of one of those immense reptiles being not only calcu lated to kill, but to turn the whole body to a solid mass of corruption in fifteen minutes time. Soon after com ing to this country I was ejected to the office of Tax Assessor and Collec tor of Columbia county, which county was at that time ns large us the State of lUiode Island. Siuce that time it has been sub-divided, and now com prises Suwannee, Bradford and Ba ker counties. Soon after my election to the office ot’ Assessor and Collector, it became necessary for me to make arrange ments for my departure iu the dis charge of duties appertaining to my office. I therefore mounted my mule Peter, and leaked out. On my first rouud it was my duty to select suitable places for my future accommodation, where I could be well cared for during the dark shades of the night. The first evening after I left home, I halt ed in front of a little cabin, about dusk, and it quired of the gentleman of the house if I could spend the night with him. He replied that he was a very poor man, and was not prepared to take in any one. I told him that I too was a poor man, and knew bow poor folks lived, that I did not expect auything extra. It being then dark, be agreed that I could stay, if 1 could put up with his fare. I got down and walked in. I found a very pleasant family, consisting of husband, wife and five children; among the latter was a daughter some eigh teen years old, very lovely indeed.— By the time I had made my toilet, supper was announced. At the table I had a good view of the entire family by the light of a torch, which supplied the place of a candle. After supper, as soon as the table was cleared of the dishes, we entered into a general con versation, the old lady and children participating. About ton o’clock I came to the conclusion that I would retire. Just about that time I hap pened to cast my eyes up in the direc tion of the roof, there being no inter vening loft I saw above my head, suspended to the joist, what I suppos ed to be two bunches of popcorn. I asked Mr. T. what they were, when he informed me that they were rattle snake’s rattles. I asked him to take them down and let me look at them, they being the first I had ever seen.— He did so. I found upon counting them that, there were on© hundred and fourteen rattles on the two strings.— I asked Mr. T. if the snakes that bore tbo3e trophies li&d all been killed in Columbia comity. He looked at me with supprise, and replied that they had all been killed on his plantation, and immediately around his house.— I suppose Mr. T. had about twelve acre£ in cultivation. I soon found by a calculation that twelve into one hundred and fourteen would go nine times and six over, makiug nine and a half snakes to the acre. Now, Mr. Editor, up to that time I had never BeeU a rattle-snake, and af ter seeing such au array of rattles, as a matter of course, the cifiversatioo was decidedly siiasey. Mr. T. informed me of some very narrow escapes he had made; told me lof several persons who had been bit ten, some of whom died on the spot, some died in a few months, and oth ers recovered, having fits, «kc, every change of the moon. Mr. T. was one of those open-heart ed, truthful meu that we sometimes meet in our travels, and I knew from his looks and manner that every word lie uttered was the whole truth. Af ter he got through his, to me, intense ly interesting narrative, the children pitched iu generally, giving me the benefit of their experience. I was much pleased to hear them describe their many thrilling adventures, iu which they had escaped with their lives. The young lady especially was interest ing. Jrfhe stated that she WaS washing one day nud went out to get some wood, iitid finding some dry wood in a little pile, she stooped dowu aud gathered it up in her arms. A» she w»s walking to the house she felt something move. Bhe looked, and be hold she had gathered up with her wood a huge rattle-snake four feet long. Shu had the presence of mind to drop the wood, snake and all, nud escaped uninjured. As uiy attention was rivited on the rustic beauty, I thought how I would liked to have been in that snake’s ['lace in tb se arms. Here, Mr. Editor, the conversation closed, it being 11 o’eloek. I was 'ightod to uiy bed m a small shed loom. It was a very small bed; don’t think it Was more than live feet long, which was entirely too short fora m.»u who stands six feet three inches.— When I first cutered the room I ob served at the foot of the bed a barrack There being only room enough to ad mit the barrel, and not being one of those prying characters we read of, I did uot look into, but divested myself of niy dry goods and went to bed. I disposed myself as well as possible iu “niy little bed,” which, as I have said, \>as about one half too short, and us I lay there coiled up like a capital S, or a man with rheumatism, I very uutu rally commenced meditating on what I hail heard, and as a matter of course had rattle-snake ou the brain, In the course of an hour or so, I changed my position, tinned over on my back, and stretched myself out full length, running one leg out over the foot-board. The barrel being at the foot of the bed, and in the right posi tion, niy foot passed over it imagine my horror! Something bit me! Quick er than lightning I sprang from the bed, and made for the door, “tchooping from the landing” I called aloud for a light. Soon Mr. T. and his daughter made their appearance, torch in hand. One terrible thought engrossed my mind—‘Snake bit! I’m snake bit!” I exclaimed. My host was the picture of terror as he stood there iu the dim light of his pine-torch: while his beau tiful daughter, all forgetting her charm ing dishabille, stood in mute but elo quent distress at my misfortune. Mr. TANARUS., with much agitation, hastily exam ined my wounds, and at once confirm ed my dreadful apprehensions. I was snake bit, sure enough. The blood was oozing from two wounds, in tbjj calf of my leg, about an inch apart.— I imagined that the ankle joint was al ready stiffening, and that the limb bad swollen to nearly double its natural size. I came very near fainting when be pave his decision. I asked him if he had any whiskey; he said lie had not. I asked for tobacco; lie had none. I then asked him if he had any spirits of turpentine; he said he had. I told him to get it as soon as he could. He* ran for it—stumbled pv&- a bench, fell down and broke some crockery. He soon returned with the turpentine bot tle. I turned the bottle up over the bite, and then commenced making what the lawyers coll a verbal will, as I had no time to write, being satisfied in my own mind that I would be a dead mao in fifteen minutes. I have no idea that I could have written my name, if I had had all the pens, ink and paper iu America. I corded my leg very tight, in order to keep the poison from en tering my body. Mr. T. asked me if I felt sick; I told him I did. I sat up and kept the bottle on the place about one hour. Mr. T then gave me con siderable relief by informing me that the turpentine had drawn out the poi son, else I would have been dead a half an hour ago. Thus encouraged. I ventured to take the bottle away, telling Mr. T. to look for the suake. The daughter held the light at the room door while Mr. T. ventured near enough to pull off the bed clothes. He commenced pulling off on© article at the time. I looked every moment to see a rattle-snake as big as an anaconda roll out of the bed, as I had forgotten the position I was iu when I was bitten. After a careful examination of the room and bed, Mr. T. declared that there was no snake on the premises. I obseaved ke was looking under the bed a large ap erture whose the shed room was join ed to like main body the house,, and cauac to the conclusion that the snake had made his exit through that hole. I told Mr. T. to go out and look for him, that he was do doubt under the house or iu the chimuey corner, re membering that Mr. T. had told me that he had killed a very large snake a few days In sere, outside in the chimney comer. He soon returned, stating that he eouhl not find the reptile.— Somewhat relieved in my mind, I told Mr. T. to go to bed, and that I would also lie down, and should I g* t worse during the night I wool i call him.- • With words of assurance and kindness we parted. Shutting tlie thin cypress board door, I again sought my l*ed. I had not been in bed more than oue hour, when I again unfolded myself as before, and was again almost instantly bitten —this time the bile being about oue inch from the first. I again sprang from the bed, if anything, iu greater haste than before. The first time I opened the door of the 100m —the last time I ran through the window shutter, taking it off th« wooden hinges into the piazza, when I again screamed aloud for assistance. Mr. T. mul his daughter soon made their appearance, the second time. The bottle was ou band in a minute. Trembling in eve ry joint, and gasping for breath, I oneo more applied the turpentine, asking Mr. T. if he still remembered about my property, Ac. He said that he! did. I then made what is called a cod ed. It was now about three oclock iu the morning. I remained up about oue hour longer, keeping the tupeutine j bottle turned dowu over the bite. It then became necessary to make the second examination. Mr. T. went to work as carefully and cautious as be did the first tune. After looking until he was satisfied, he ugaiu reported that there was no snake hi the room I told him to look behind the barrel.— He did so. While prosecuting bis in vestigations iu that quarter, he sud denly sprung back with an exclama tion which startled me so badly that I came very near falling out of my chair. “My Lord! Mr. TANARUS,” I exclaimed, “are you snake bit?” “No ’ he replied, “but Susie’s cussed old domiuicker has almost pecked my eye out.” Mr. Editor, yon can’t imagine my feelings. I never felt as good iu ail in j life, for I knew then what it was that had bit me. The barrel at the foot of the bed had been nearly filled with moss, nud Mrs. T. has set one of her old domiuicker hens ou fifteen eggs in the barrel, and it was that same old hen that bit me, instead of a rat tle-snakc. The next morning I rose early, but I need uot tell you that I Mt very bad ly, having spent the greater part of the night in agony of fright, and hav ing almost lost the use of my leg from severe cording. When I went into breakfast I felt very much ashamed.— t looked at the young lady, on whose beautiful face I detected a mischievous smile. I had no appetite, therefore ate but little breakfast. I finally mus tered up courage to broach the snake subject, and tried to let matters down by perpetrating a poor joke on my self. In the course of my remarks, addressing myself to the young lady, who found great difficulty in suppress ing her mirth at my expense, I said I had often heard of hen-pecked bus bands, but it was the first time in my life that I had ever realized the unhap py situation of a hen-pecked-bachelor. I begged them to say nothing about the incident, of course; uot that I feared the ridicule of my friends, but simply for the reason that it would be of no advantage to them, so I assured the good people to tell it. Up to this time I have never heard of their tell ing my adventure with the old betting domiuicker. Mr. Editor, this incident occurred in the year 1850. If this truthful re lation of it will be of any interest to your many subscribers, you are wel come to it. If accepted, I may at some future day give you some more of my adventures. Bighl Dughx A Slow Marriage, The marriage of Miss Gerolt, the daughter of Baron Gerolt, the Prus sian Minister, to Mr. Rangabee, charge d’affaires of Greece, will take place about the 20th of the present month, and will be solemnized by three cere monies. The first will be performed according to the rites of the Roman Catholic church, at the house of the bride’s father. The second ceremony Mill take place in New York, at the Catholic chapel, Mr. Rangaliee being a Greek Catholic, while Miss Gerolt belongs to the Roman eh*reh. The third ceremony will be a civil contract en s ered into at the Gacek Consnlate in New York. The wedding will he a strictly private one. The Prussian Minister, also a Greek Catholic, will accompany the hiuEgreos to New York. The revera} eere«aoni«s will occupy nearly a week in their celebra tion.—Baltimore Sun. t&T A company has been, organized for the purpose of working a slate qnnry on the Oostananlo river, four miles above Rome, Ga. The slate is said to lie of excellent quality, and in quantity practically inexhaustible. I see no fault committed that I might not have committed myself. [Gorthe. *af*Tbe production of the song ‘Pui me in my little bed,’"has inspired com petition, and some enbenprising rnusi# publisher steps to I he fbont with a piece entiled ‘l’ll rap you on your little head.’ W e have seen the time when we felt l.ke hearing such a song by religious congregations. How was Jonah punished ? Whaled. S. If. Smith Sr Cos., Proprietors. The Wrong Bab)—An Awkward Exchange in the Cnn. | [From tl»<* St. Joseph (»!«*.) (iazette, Mnn-lt la. Conductor Toon Clark, of the Hanni bal and St. Joseph Railroad, relates a singular incident that occurred on his i traiu Friday evening. At Quincy a la | dy got on the cars bearing in her arras a little child about four months old, dressed in white, for which she manifested the deepest affection— i When the train reached Shelbina an ' other lady got on board, holding in her arms a four months’ oM baby, the ex act counterpart of the one first men tioned, and dressed in precisely the same way, and took her scat directly in front of No. 1. Just as the train started both ladies had occasion to get up and pass through the car, and each one deposited her baby carefully on the seat. On returning each mistook her seat, and, singulur to relate, made a mistake in the babies. No. 1 care fully lifted in her arms the baby of No. 2; No. 2 earressed most fondly the lit tle cherub belougiug to No. 1. For twenty-two miles the two mothers rode on the traiu, each musing the other’s child for her own. On reaching Ma con, the Shelbina lady started out of the cars, and waa on tbe point of step ping on the platform with the other la dy s infant in her arms, when the con ductor, who had noticed the involunta ry exchange, culled her attention to the fsict. fcdie wns, of course, greatly surprised, and could scarcely believe it possible, but ou returning to the car and comparing notea us well as babies with the other lady, the mistako whs discovered and promptly rectified.— Each lady pressed closer to her breast the little cherub she had come so near losing, and after a profusion of explan ations and apologies, which were only terminated by the ringing of the bell, they separated and each went on her was rejoicing. It is needless to say that Tom Clark enjoyed the affair hugely, and that he received the hear ty thanks of the two mothers who had come so uenr being placed in an awlte ward predicament. Why Women Full. THB PASSION FOR TINSEL AND FIXE DRESS. Communication in Chicago Republican.] The “social evil” is not confined, by a great deal, to the places where it ex ists in its more public manifestation.— A while ago, having some curiosity to ascertain if the “personals” in the Sun day’s Tribune were bona tide, and, if so, wlmt was tbe character of those thus advertising, I answered four of them. lii due tune I received replies, with the following result: No. 1. A widow who keeps a boarding-house on Michigan avenue, about 30 years of age, with one child; No. 2. A young lady on Wabash avenue, near Twenty second street, about 22 years old; No. 3. A widow on one of the “Courts,” between Walmsh and Michigan ave nues, about 32 years of age, with three children; No. 4. A married woman, residing on South Park avenue, about 30, with a sickly husband, nud no chil dren. AH wanted about the same thing —a “friend” who could assist them— the young lady ami the murried lady spoke of dress particularly. So much for that one experiment, which I assure you is literally true.-- Now the organ of this class of people is publishing these “Personals” all tho time—especially every Sunday. Tho facts I have related go to show that tho “evil” is fearfully prevalent all over the city, and indicate a state of morals not of the most favorable kind. One result of my investigations ou this subject is to lead me to the con clusion that the passion for dress ami display is the cause of a larger portion of this evil than any one thing. lam thoroughly convinced that more girls are seduced into a life of shame through a desire to keep up with the times in fashionable attire, than in any other way. In fact, I believe that three out of every five euter the gate that leads to destruction through the wiles of the tempter—Fashion. The women, themselves, therefore, who run xiot ua the extravagance of dress, are primarily more chargeable, in my opinion, with the existence and extension of the “social evil” than are the men. * A Plenty or Cucumbers from Three Hills. A correspondent of the Ifiniicu! lu rid describes his way of making a cu cumber crop, us follows: “I had a narrow border, not more than two and a half feet wide, on the edge of a high fence. I planted throe cucumber hills in tho border, and laid some brushes, (such ns are used for pea vines,) between them and the fence. As soon ns they crept up to the brush, I pinched off the ends of the vine, which thickened rapidly around tho roots, and in every direction, throwing out the most vigorous foliage and pro fusion of flowers. “I did not allow the cucumbers to s;row, but watched them, and snob as I wished to reserve for the table I picked as soon as they became of prop-* er Sian; nH the rest were gathered ev ery day for every day pinching ioff the buds afe the end of each shoot. In this way the bill continued fresh and productive until they were touch ed by frost. Some judgment can be formed of the valuo of this practice w’hen I add that more than a barrel of pickles wf ne made from three hills, besides allowing a supply for the te.-. hie.” . NUMBER is.