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The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express. Published on every Tuesday aiul Friday Mornings VOLUME X. The Cartersville Express I' pn’ilLlie.l Semi-Weekly oh every TUES DAY AM* Kit ID AV. by S. H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop Ts. In the town ot < artorsviHe, Bartow County, Ga. Teri > i of Subscription: ONLY $2 A YEAR!!! IN VA R' inLYIN AI) VA NGE. ThtuMay M i.'niii# Edition, one year) 1.50 Thi>» latter pr iponitlon in confined to citizens of Bartow county only. Torus of Advortising: Transient (O i • Month or I.ess ) per square often Vonparitl or Brevier lines or les>. One I lollar for the. first, and Fifty Cents for each .sub sequent, Inseilion. ,1 nn/ml »r Cos itrart. One Hundred and Twenty Dollars per column, or in that proportion. If.j.jfessional (^atjds. John Wl Wofford, ATTORNEY AT LAW. CARTKItSV II,LK GEOROI A. OflAce over Pinkerton's Drugstore. Oct. 11. W. T. WOKKOH.I, A. I*. WOFFORD. Wol' ard «fe Wolfonl, AITORNEYS AT LAW, •CARTBBSVIU, C, GEORGIA. I une 23, lfTTi*. It. W. MurplieyT AITTORNEY AT LAW, 'CAITKRSVILI K, GEORGIA. Will practice In the courts of the Cherokee ‘Circuit. Particular attention given to the col 'lnrtion of claims.. Office with Col. A Ini.a .John son. * *et. 1. John >l. J Oil CM. ATTORNEY AT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT, ’CARTERBVILI.E GEORGIA. Will attend promjitly to all proffessional liusi niuss entrusted to hi> care; also, to the buying and selling of Real Estate. Jan 1. -Jure. A. Howard, Ordinary of Bartow County. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Jan 1,1870. A. VI. lonic. ATTORNEY AT LAW, A UT E RSVILLR GEORGIA. ( With Col. Warren Akin,,) Will practice in the* courts of Bartow, Cobb, Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad joining counties. March 30. T. IV. MILNEIt, 0. H. MILNER. Yliliirr *V Milner, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA Will attend promptly to business entrusted to their care. Jan. 15. Warren Akin, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CARTERSVI LK GEORGIA. Will practice in all the courts of the State. Sant. If. Putillo, Fashionable Tailor and Agent for Sewing Machines, WILT, attend promptly to the Cutting, Re pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’ • Clothing; also. Agent for the. sale of the. cele brated Grover A Baker Sewing Machines. Of fice over Stokely & Williams Store. Entrance from the rear. feb 17. IV. K. JHouiitcastlc, Jeweler and Watch and Clock Repairer, CARTERS VILI K GEORGIA. Office in trout of A. A. Skinner Co’s Store. ItCEincsaw House, MARIETTA, GEORGIA. 18 still open to the traveling public as well as summer visitors. Parties desiring to make arrangements for the season can be accommo dated. Rooms neat and dean and especially adapted for families. A tine large piazza has been recently added to the comforts of the estab lishment. * FLETCHER & FREY Ell, )nnelßwtf Proprietors. S. O’SHIELDS, Fash ion a hie TaUor 9 Cartersville, Georgia. I !A V E just received the latest European and I l American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or der. Office upstairs in Liebman’s store. East side of the Railroad. sept. 29. I>r. J. A. Jackson, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFICE IK THE NE 1U DR UG STORE. •CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Jan 4th, 1871. "wTOowIeST MANUFACTURER OF, AND DEALER SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS, Saddles, COLLARS, LEATHER. &C. REIMIKING IIOVi: With neatness and dispat eh. Bishop < n West Main Street, near the old Market If mis 3, CAKTERSVIELE, GA. ftsbSt-wly WM.O BOWLER. ~ T ‘ GEAR SHOP," by w. c, wmmi CART SRSVILLE, GA. AA MyMFAcTimER or Harness, Dri- s, Hear, etc*, and Dealer ik . , Saddles, Leather. Ilepairtng done on short notice. Work war ranted to stand the test. Hides YV anted, jan. 24. 1371.-swly . A-A jfj I>: - >i ya^';fjjrj&Sn v_f* iSSj - I»K.\TIST. ss> 7) JP y Cartersville, Ga. ’ •#>-.<£» •r;-=- =r ' =^ =_ Toeth drawn without pain, by the use oi nar cotic spray. mch 9. J. T. OWJENL, J ISWELEIt, Main Street, Cartersville, Ga.. Y\ ill furnish anything in his line as cheap as it can l>e bought anywhere. ile is always at his post, ready to serve his customers. ’ J “Very thing waraut'c.l to give satislaetion. R EA D IT is well known to Doctors and to Ladies .TV that Women are subject V ® to numerous disenses pe- y "» df culiar to their sex—such as Suppression of the oS.tL.Nw ' na /*//, Menses, Whites, Painful M’nthly ‘Periods,’ Rlieu- f GST •'A. mutism of the Back and \ Womb, Irregular Men- UdßßSjgjN. "jߧr struation. Hemorrhage, -'lpSßEgakNil 3 or Excessive‘Flow,’and Prolapsus Cterior Fall- W l j ing or the Womb. These diseases havesel dom lieen treated successfully. The profession has sought dill i gently for some rented v that wo’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 pnrelv vegetable, and is put up in Atlan ta, by RR Aft FIELD A CO. 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 as Quinine is in < 'll ills and Severs. For a history of diseases, and certificates of its ivorderftil cures, the reader is referred to the wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded. T.aGkanuk. Ga.. March 23, 1870. BR A DFIELD A CO., ATLANTA. G A.: Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating flint I have used, for the last twenty years, tin* medi cine von are nutting up, known as DR. J. BRAD FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR, and con sider it the best combination ever gotten to gether for the diseases for which it is recom mended. f have been familiar with the pre scription both as a practitioner of medicine and in domestic practice, and can honestly say that 1 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 bottle, that their sufferings may not only l,e relieved, but that they may be restored to health A strength. With my kindest regards, I am, respectfully, W. B. FERRELL, M. D.‘ We, the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure in commending to the trade. Dr. J. Bradfield’s Female Regulator—believing it to be a good and reliable remedy for the diseases for which he recommends it! W. A. LAN*DELL, PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR A CO. REDWIN E A’ FOX, W.C.LAWSHK, Atlanta, Ga. W. ROOT & SON, Marietta, Ga. \f TS xvft.li gentleness and thoroughness upon the Liver anil General Circula tion—keeps the Bowels in Natural Motion ami Cleanses the System from all inipuri- I | m* Never »»/i| Dr ’ °’ S. Proptutt’sp.m-a-.n pii'l-———— tv, Knlarg ment, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss of Ap petite, Nausea, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn. Debility, Low Spirits, Cold Feet and Hands, Costiveness, Llstlessness, Colic, Chronic Diarrhea, and Chronic Chills and Fever. * dmpouned in strict accordance with skill nil chemistry and scientific pharmacy, this purely veg- CZlli: ~r.’" 1 |e t a b 1 c Compound r“ |lb is, after w CELEBRATED I lest tost of u t n t ■ I I Ivears in cessant use.f j _i fliooti stvl od the Great Restorative and I{kcrtekant bv the enlightened testimony of thousands us ing it; so harmoniously adjusted that it keeps I'Wer in healthful action; and when the directions are observed the process of waste and replenishment in the human system con tinues uninterruptedly to a ripe old age, and man, like the patriarchs of old, drops into the grave full of years, and without a struggle, whenever ~—lll> k a t h claims his ' . ... I 'preroga the. Ada-i i Liver Medicine.j ii> ted t o t m’ ™° - ——— Mdclicate robust cons tit ut ion,"if can 1™ gi"ven~\vTth equal safety and success to the young- child,, invalid lady or strong man. jiinc 2, 1871. DR. O. S. PROP MUTT'S Auodyno Pnfn Kill It. NEVER FAILING! KILLS PAI\ IV EVERY FORM. (NURER Pains in the Bask. Chest, ,1/i/ts or , j Limbs, Rheumatism. Kenrahjia. ' Coughs, Colds, Bronehial Affections. Kidney Diseases Dys pepsia, Liver Complaint : Colic. Cholera. Cholera Morbus. Pleurisy. Asthma, Heart Burn. Tooth Ache, Jaw Ache. Ear 4<'he, Head Ache, Sprains. Bruises, Cuts Contusions, Sores, Lacerated Wounds, Scalds. Burns, Chill Blains. Frost Bites Poisons, of all kinds, vegetable or animal. Ofali I — l «—«———“■■■■■■■■■ -wmmm ■■■■■ \mm ||pAIN KILL IT'|j fwi i ii 111,11 |ni the Remedies ever discovered for the relief of Suffering humanity, this is the best Pain Media tor known to Medical Science. The cure is speedy and permanent in the most inveterate diseases. This is no humbug, blit a grand medical discovery. A Pain Killer containing no poison to iuflame. paralize or drive the inflammation upon an in ternal organ. Its efliciency is truly wonderful —Relief is Instantaneous. It is destined to banish pains and aches, wounds and bruises, from the face of the earth, may 6, 1871. CERTIFICATES: We, the undersigned, haved used I)r. Proph itt’s Prepaartions, and take pleasure in recom mending them to the public, as being all he claims for them: Col. R J Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog ers, Covington, Ga.; O S Porter, Covington, Ga.; Prof. .J L Jones. Covington, Ga.; Rev. M W Ar nold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Oslin, Ga. Conference; F M Swanson, Monticello, Ga.; Ro bert Barnes, Jasper County, Ga. ; A M Robinson, Monticello, Ga.; Janies W right, Putnam county, Ga.; A Westbrook, Putnam county, Ga.; Judge J J Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L ‘Be bee, “Cov ington Enterprise,”; A H Zachry, Conyers, Ga; George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.; Dick Lockett, Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Cus seta, Texas; W C Roberts, Linden countv. Tex as; Tommy & Stewart, Atlanta, Ga; W A Lans dell, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox & Cos.; Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.; A N Louis, Lowndes county, Ga.; Joseph Land, Lowndes county, Ga.; Jas. Jefferson. Carters ville, Ga.; W L Ellis, Dooly countv, Ga.; W A Forehand, Dooly county, Ga.;Joh‘n B. Davis Newton. Factory, Ga.; B F Bass, Lowndnes co. Bridles, GOWER, JONES & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF And Dealers in CAKRIAGES, BUGGIES, . AND ' 1, 2 & 4 Horse Wagons. MATERIALS, &C. HEP AIRING, of all kinds, DONE WITH NEA TNESS and DURABILI TY. CARTERSVILLE, GA. feb. 7, 1871.w1y (GEORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY.—John T. J" Johnson, has applied for exemption of per sonalty, and I will pass upon the same at 10 o’clock A. m., on the 14th dav of August 1871. J. A. Tlo\\ r A HD, Ordinary 11. C. CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW'COUNTY,'GEORGIA, AUGUST •>*. 1871. S<*liedulo of tho CARTERSVILLE & VAX-WERT R. R. ON and after January 2l)th, 1871, the trains will LeaveTA Y LORSVILLE, at t>.3R, A. M. “ STII.ESRORO’, at 1(1. A. M. “ F<*RREST HILL at 1D.25, A. M Arriving at CARTERSVILLE, at 10.30. A M Leave CARTERSVILLE, at 1. P. M. Arrive at TAYLORS VILLE, at ... .3, P. M. A Hack will soon lie running from Cedar town to Taylorsville via. Van Wert, connecting with the trains. An Extra train will be run to Cartersville and Return to Tavlorsville. every Friday evening. By order of the President.’ I>. M'. K. PEACOCK, Sec’y. CHANGE OF SC HE DU L E~. WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R. CC NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN—Oi twaud. Leaves Atlanta, 10 :30. p. m. Arrives at t hattanooga, 6 10, a. m* day passenger train—ottward. Leaves Atlanta, 8 15, A. M. Arrives at Chattanooga 4 25, p. m. FAST LINE TO NEW YORK—OUTWARD. Leaves Atlanta 2 45. p. m. Arrrives at Dalton 7 53, P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN—Inw ahd. Chattanooga 5 20, p. m. Arrives at Atlanta 1 42, A. m. day passenger train—inward. Leaves Chattanooga 5 30, a. m. Arrives at Atlanta 2 20, p. m. A CCO MMO DATION TK A IN-1N W A RD. Leaves Dalton 2 25, a. m. Arrives at Atlanta 0 10, a. m. K. B. WALKER; may .25,1571* Master of Transportation. Lawshe & Haynes, HAVE ON H AND and are receiving the finest stock of the Very Latest Styles of IHamond and Gold ♦JEWELRY, in upper Georgia, selected, with cat care for the Fall and Winter Trade. Watches, of tho I?EST MAKERS, of both Europe and A merica; 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 Refairsu bts Competent Workmen; Also Clock and Watch Makers Tools and Materials. sept, 13.-swly ATLANTA, GA. W. H. GITBEKP., A. BAXTER, T. W. BAXTER, Jr. GILBERT^ BAXTER, (SUCCESSORS TO W. H. GILBERT & C 0.,) Detilcrs t.« HARDWYRE, IROX, STEEL, MILS, CLOVER & GRASS SEED. AGENTS FOR SALE OF COAL CUEEKCOAL. Peruvian Gruano. And other Fertilizers. Agricultural Implements, Agricultural and Mill Machinery. ALSO GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS For sale and Purchase of COTTON, WHEAT, CORN. And all other Country Produce, Cotton, Hay AND OTHER PRODUCT SHIPPED ON LIREUAL TERMS GILBERT & BAXTER, Cartersville CJa. Jan. 19, 1871—ly. JAS. W. STRANGE, Dealer In, and Manufacturer .Os TIN WARE, AND Houst-Furnishing’ Grooclsss, ALSO DEALER IN First-Class Stoves At The Lowest Cash Prices . WILL BARTER FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RAGS,&C. Cartersville, Jan. 20th, ’7l -ly. S. 11. PATTIILO, Agent GROVER & BAKER’S CELEBRATED raw mmm. BOTH THE ELASTIC 1 15iD SHUTTLE OR iOSKSf ITEH» SUITABLE FOR ANY KIND OF FAMI LY SEWING JIONE BETTER- Hen and Hoys 9 Clothings Made on tlie Most Reasonable Terms. In fact, almost any description of SEWING done Ah Cheap as the Cheapest! AND IN THE BEST STYLE. Lyman Chapman, Brick and Stone Ma s oh, CARTERSVILLE, GA. I prepared to do any of tlie above work upon short notice and at low figuers ATLANTA SACK FACTORY, WK are prepared, at all seasons, to (ill or ders for Grain and Flour Sacks, of any size, qualitv, or quantity at our factory in At lanta, Ga. ‘ YVA. MITCH ELL & CO* sept 2*>, lttTO. wly “Onward and Upward ” SHARP &FLO YD, Succ essobs to Geo. SHARP, Jk., ATLANTA, GEY„ Wholesale And Retail Jewelers. We Keep a Large and Varied Assortment of FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, limiOMIS. .1 1’.W F.1.Kl V. AND SPECTACLES. A SPECIALTY. We Manufactuae Tea Sets, Forks.. Spoons. Goblets, Cups, Knives, etc. Ifttcmiums 3foti ; Agricultural Fan’s. AVe are prepared to fill any order for Farrs short notice; also to g.we anj’ information in regard to Prem items. Orders by mail’ or in person, will receive prompt and careful attention. We ask a com parison of Stock, Prices and Workmanship with any house in the Stats* Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired and Warranted. Masonic Badges and Sunday School’ Badges made to order. All Work Guaranteed. ~kpjS ENGRA VING FREE OF CHARGE.. SHARP & FLOYD, May 23, swly. CONSTOIPTION, Its Cure anti Its Preventive* BY J. H. SCHENCK, M. D MANY a human being has passed awnyv.l for whose death there was no other reason I than the neglect of known and' ihdlsjiutably ' proven means of cure. Those near atuiiiHear to I family and friends are steeping the dteanri'ess slumber into which, had they calmly adopted' DR. JOSEPH H. SCHKNCK’S SIMPLE TKICATMLNT. and availed themselves of his wonderful* «ilu?a cipus medicines, they would not have fallfen. Dr. Sclienck basin bis own case proved that wherever sufficient vitality remains, that vital ity, by bis - medicines and his directions for their use,.is quickened into healthful vigor. In this statement there is nothing presump tuouv. To the faith of the invalid is made no representation that is not a thousand times substantiated by living and visible works. The theory of the cure by Dr. Schenck’s medicines is as simple as it is’in failing. Tts philosophy requires no argument. It is self-assuring, selT cojjvinciug. The Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pili<t arc the first two weapons with which the citadel of the malady is assailed. Two-thirds of the cases of consumption driginr-fc in dyspepsia and a functionally disordered live’. With this condition the bronchial tubes “sympathize” j with the stomach. They respond to the morbific action of the liver. Here then comes the cul minating result, and the setting in, with all its distressing symptoms, of CONSUMPTrO’N. The Mandrake Pills are rsmposed of one of Nature’s noblest gifts—the Podopliillunp PeJta tum. nosst-As ail W l,L ml . SP! uc.lwrrg, alterative properties of calomel. But unlike calomel, they 7 “LEAVE NO STING BEHIND,” The work of cure is now beginning. The vitiated and mucous deposits in the bowels and in the alimentary canal are ejected. The liver, like a clock, is wound up. It; arouses from its torpidity. The stomach acts responsive!v, and the patient begins to feel that he is getting, at last, A SUPPLY OF GOOD BLOOD. The Seaweed Tonic, m eotvju nett err with the Pills, permeates and assimilates with the food. Chylincation is now progressing without its previous tortures. Digestion becomes painless, and the cure is seen to be at hand. There is no more flatulence, no exacerbation of the stomach An appetite sets in. Now comes the greatest Blood Purifier ever yet given by an indulgent father to suffering man. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup comes in to perform its functions and- to< hasten and com plete the cure. It enters af once upon its work. Nature cannot be cheated. It collects and ripens the impaired portions of the lungs. In the form of gatherings, it prepares them for expectoration, and lo ! in a very short time the malady is vanquished, the rotten throne that it occupied is renovated and made new, and the patient, in all the dignity of regained vigor, steps forth to enjoy the manhood or the woman hood that was GIVEN UP AS LOST. The second thing is, the patients must stay in a warm room until they get well ; it is almost impossible to prevent taking cold when the lungs are diseased, hut it must be prevented or a cure cannot be effected. Fresh air and riding out, especially in this section of the ceuntrv in the winter season, are all wrong; Physicians who recommend that course lose patients, if their Tangs are badly diseased, and yet because they are in the house they must not sit down quiet ; they must walk about the room as much and as fast as the strength will I)ear, to get up a good circulation of blood. The patients must keep in good spirits—be determined to get well. This has a great deal to do with the appetite, and is the great point to gain. To despair of cure after such evidence of its possibility in the worst cases, and moral cer tainty in all others, is sinful. Dr. Schenck’s personal statement to the Faculty of his own cure was in these modest words : Many years ago I was in the last stages of consumption ; confined to my bed, and at one time my physicians thought that I could not live a week; then, like a drowning man catcit ing at straws, 1 heard of and obtained the pre parations which I now offer to the public, and they made a perfect cure of me. It seemed to me that I could feel them penetrate my whole system. They soon ripened the matter in mv lungs, and I would spit up more than a pint of offensive yellow matter every morning for a long time. As soon as that began to subside my cough, fevei, pain and night sweats all began 'to leave me, and my appetite became so gre-at that it was with difficulty that I could keep from eating too much. I soon gained mv strength, and have grown in flesh ever since. n * “I was weighed shortly after mv recovery,” added the Doctor, “then looking like a mere skeleton; my weight was only ninety-seven pounds ; my present weight is two hundred and twentv-five pounds, and for rears 1 have “ ENJOYED GOOD HEALTH.” Dr. Schenck has discontinued his professional visit to New York and Boston. He or bis son. Dr. J 11. Schenck. Jr., still continue to see patients at their office, No. 15 North Sixth street, Philadelphia, every Saturday from 9 a. in., to 3 p. m. Those who wish a thorough examination with the Resnirometer will be charged five dollars. The Respirometer declares the exact condition of the lungs, and patients can readily learn whether they are curable or not. Tho directions for taking the medicine are adapted to the intelligence even of a child Follow these directons, and kind nature will do the rest, excepting that in some oases the Man drake Pills are to be taken in increased doses ; the three medicines need no other accompani ments than the ample instructions that do accompany them. First create appetite. Os returning health hunger is-the most welcome symptom. YY’hen it comes, as it will come, let the despairing be of good cheer. Good blood at once follows, the cough loosens, the night sweat is abated. In a short time both of these morbid svmptoms are gone forever. ‘Dr. Schenck’s medicines are constantly kept in tens of thousands of families. Asa laxative, or purgative, the Mandrake PHIs are a standard preparation; while the Pulmonic Syrup, as a curer of coughs and colds, may be regarded as a prophvlacteric against consumption in any of its forms. Price of the Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed Tonic, $1,50 a bottle, or $7,50 a half dozen. Man drake Pills, 25 cents a box. For sale by all druggists and dealers. JOHN F. HENRY, EIGHT College Place, New York, YVIIOLESALE AGENT. New Beef Market. AG. IS. VANDIVERE lias opened anew . Beef Market, in the house formerly oc cupied by W. J. Manley as a work shop, on West Main Street, Cartersville, and two doors YVest of Mr. Pickren’s Furniture Store, whore he will supply the public with fresh meats at any time from daylight to 9 o’clock, P. M. He will also pay the nest prices for beef Cattle and Hides, mar 16-wtai George Whitefield. BY N. S. DODGE. ‘lt is monstrous,’ wrote the Duchess of Buckingham, complaining to Lady Huntingdon of Whitefield’s preaching, to be told that you have a heart ns sinful as the common wretches who crawl on the eaith, and I cannot but wonder that your ladyship should rel ish my sentiments so much at variance with rank and g<>od breeding.” This burlesque, though less witty and wick ed than Madame de Sevigne’s upon the decase of Louis Quiuze, “that God Almighty thought twice before con demning a man of that quality to eternal punishment,” shows the tone of piety prevalent in the English Church out* hundred years ago, and the prejudice against evangelical doc triues alluded to by Cowper in vindi cation of Whitefi’eKTs memory, “Eevconomouti, beneath well-sounding Greek, I slur a name a poet cannot speak.” That piety and prejudice, however, passed away with the eighteenth centu ry. The great preacher lived long 1 enough to shame the one and conquer the othen It is not to understand these that one turns to the genial “Life and Travels of Whitefield,” re cently published, but to solve that dif ficult enigma—the cause of White field’s marvellous success. There is ! certainly very little in his published sermons to account for the wonderful effects produced by his preaching.— For paucity of thought they have un questionable pre-eminenej. Even. Mr. Gladstone, his latest and most sympa thizing biographer, is constrained to confess their tameness, feebleness,, and unpolished. language. And yet nothing is better attested than the effects, unparaielled in the history of eloquence, produced by the delivery of these sermons. The preaching tours of Whitefield were triumphal processions. He was often escorted by hundreds of enthusiastic horsemen, and greeted at every halt by crowds of insatiate hearers. Andien. ces, sometimes reaching to the number of thirty thousand, used to hang • for hours on his lips. Trooping from farm-house and hovel long, before daylight, and walking ten, twelve and and fifteen miles, over heath and moors—through peLiug rains, and far into the night, standing around him as if entranced—the whole coun try-side was stirred. Wherever he went it was the same. At his will the vast multitude were hushed into silence or melted into tears. His ap peals drew cries and* groan* from rude Someretshire colliers, that at times al most drowned his voice; and the rab ble of Moorfield’s, arrested in their coarse sports, were subdued and charmed by the spell of his fervid ora tory. It was the same among the canny Scotchmen. As the clouds af ter sunset darkened the heavens dur ing one of his sermons in Dundee, it is said that he so threw l itnself iuto the situation that his warnings went through the congregation Like shot piercing a regiment of soldiers. It was the same in Ireland—the same in all our colonies. His word was like a hammer, by the grace of God breaking in pieces flinty hearts. Even opposi tion only brought out his powers more strikingly. Men who undertook to hinder were over-mastered by the ir resistible spell of his voice, and it not unfrequently occurred that large crowds of roughs “Who came to scoff, remained to pray.” If the effect of Whftefield’s eloquence had been confined to the uneducated masses, it might be more easily ac counted for. Other men have fired the hearts of the populace by their oratory as well as he. But the audi ences he aroused into enthusiasm iD the townships of New England-— the church-goers in Boston and New York, Philadelphia and Charleston, whose souls his fervid eloquence stir red into a blaze of spiritual life—and the crowds who followed him as he went from church to chapel, from tab ernacle to qonventiete in Loudon, aud catchipg a spark from his glow r ing pi ety kindled godliness throughout the kingdom— were largely composed of the educated and intelligent. Benja min Franklin listened to his charity sermon, and against his previously | formed resolution to refrain from con tributing,, emptied the contents of his purse into fehe bag John Adams it said to have driveu into Boston the five consecutive nights that he preach ed there, in order to study the secret of his wonderful power over his hear ers. And the cynical Chesterfield, I carried away by b-s pe. vjnideation of a siuner stumbling blind-fold along the narrow pl.iuk that bridgtd tho tbyss beneath, exclaimed in terror, — “Heavens! the man is lost!” These illustrations of iho effects of iV bite field’s preaching are but speci mens of many others, mid beiug be yond doubt, they constrain the question—where lay the secret of his power? We answer: First, in his person, voice and manner. Second, In his love for every sinful soul to whom he preached the Gospel. To a fine person, expressive countenance, rich, flexible and powerful voice, were added au emotioual temperament, which would at one moment break out iuto passionate weeping and at anoth er flash into lofty indignation, and a felicity of gesture which seconded eve ry phrase and brought before his aud ience each scene that ho described almost as vividly as if it had been pres ent. Even to experts he seems never to have failed in delineating the most minute features of their craft. To the open mouthed miners before whom he brought the sinner wandering, light in hand, through the passages under ground, heedless of the lire damp creeping around him, the shout, “Good God! Tho pit’s a-fire!” told the correctness us well as the vidid uess of his description. The same was true of his sailor audiences, which hauging upon his words as be painted a ship dismantled in a squall, thrown on her beam-ends, and going down in mid-ocean, rose up, shouting iu excite ment—“ Take to the boats l” This may be called acting. But it was more. To the hearers it was re ality also. The man was transparent ly sincere and single-hearted. It was out of a soul at white heat, of emotion, that the acting came; and the emo tion that fired and fused it was the love of souls. There are those living who in early youth heard old people describe Whitnfieldls preaching. These descriptions almost always ended with the expression—“he is such a dear, rrrwul man 1” 1 ' 1 *■*■) “ u preacher ever impressed a congrega tion with such au over-powering con viction of his disinterested love for tiiem. They knew there was uo sel fish end. His incredible labors among, the poor and ignorant were for no earthly gain. The parish parsou, in return for his tithes, read service and preached once, or at most, twice a week; and the city incumbent had,.in addition, his Thursday evening lecture. But here was a man who had no pay, * and asked uo earthly reward. Anu 1 yet his days and nights were spent between the saddle, on which he hur ried from one gathering to another, and the pulpit from which he addiess ed them. His words of tire were heard not only iu every part of the kingdom, but over the ocean as well. Thirty sermons and one hundred and fifty miles a weik, he called fair work; but a single sermon a day and three on Sunday—sheer laziness. Now when such a m n as this stood before the poople, and poured out his soul in impassioned entreaties and ap peals, with floods of tears, to turn them from sin to rightousuess, it was no wonder that a sympathetic thrill pass ed from heart to heart; that rugged natures were subdued; that long-seal ed eyes began to weep; and that num bers cried out aloud in uncontrollable agony of spirit. If his theology were thought hard, it was steeped in love. “Aud love,” as Mr. Gladstone well remarks, “is more than theology, will both God aud man.” Why are sheep the least moral of the animals ? Because they gambol in their youth, spend much of their time on the turf, many of them are blacklegs, and they all get Jleeced at last. An old lady from one oT the rural, districts astonished a clerk in one of the stores a few days ago by in-, quiring if they had any “yaller devel opmeuts, tuck as they did up letters in.” Carpets are purchated by the yard, but worn by the foot. Courtship is bliss, tut matri mony is blister. Bgk, On hearing the report that the shocking condition of the firemen’s hose had resulted iu the destruction of property, a wamau sat up all night darning her husband’s stockings. JGKg?"“What brought voil to- prison,' my colored friend ?” “Two constables, sah.” “Yes, but I menu bad inteinp erance anything to do with it?” *‘l\s, sah, dey was bofe of ’em drunk.” the Dev.l bis dues” reads well enough in a proverb, but what would become of you and me if this arrangement is carried out. S. H. Smith A- Cos., Propriety MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. A W oman i«* Found in u o< j U , (J| j Her Throat Cut Site |) lfH Shortly A Iter wards —\« to the PiT|>er»’jrior ofthc Iteed Last Tuesday night, or rather early on Wednesday morning, about 3 o'clock, a Mrs. Davis, liviug about twenty .-eight miles from this city, uear the line of [hillock and lhyan coun ties, was found sitting up in bed with her throat cut. from which she died in a few moments after she was found in this condition. From the. best infor mation that we can obtain, it appears that Mr. Joseph Davis, living, as be fore stated, near the line of Bullock and Bryan counties, had gone fishing, leaving his wife, her sister and his family of children at home, suspecting no ill to bes >ll any of them before his return. His wife was a young woman of about twenty-five or twenty-six vears% old, and was the third wife. He had raised families of children by two for mer wives, und had quite a number of small children. On the nigut in ques tion the family had all retired to bed as usual, the children sleeping on a bed made on the floor. The sister of Mrs. Davis was also tho same room. This sister was a widow, a Mrs. Drigger. The evidence adduced at the Coro ner’s inquest furnishes the best infor mation, and wo publish it as*related Jto us: j Oue of the children by a- farmer <• marriage, a little girl about twelve years of age, testifies that after mid night. saw Mrs. Davis get up from her bed and walk to where the children, were lying, giving two of them a slap, as they were crying and making a noise.. From there she saw her return to her b.d, and, iu a short time afterwards, heard her call to her sister, Mrs. Drig ger, saying she was bleeding to death. The evidence of the sister, Mrs. Drigger, is not only different from this, k.,i -—a < • w • *- that after Mrs. Davis left the children’s bed she walked to a cupboard,, against which the little boys’ pants were hang ing; that she then walked to the table in the room, and from, there to her bed. Ins a few moments Mrs. Davis called tocher sister, who, together with the children, ran into her room, find ing, her. sitting up in bed, complaining of bleeding very freely. They were very much (xcited; made considerable noise, and fin ally,and'old negro woman came into the house. Mrs. Davis died in a short time. In the morning a number of persons went into the room. The little boy, in looking for.his pants, found them lying, .on the table, instead of hanging against the cupboard where he had put them the night before. On examining the the pockets the knife was gone. It was some time before the knife was found. Someone took the tub con taining water to the door, and in pour ing out the water the knife came out. Having been iu the water for some time there was no blood to be seen on it. The physician in attendance ex amined the knife, and comparing the cut on the neck with the blade of the knife, gave it as his opinion that it was made with that particular knife. There was no other evidence before the Coroner’s jury; Mrs. Drigger made several contradictory statements. One time she said it was two hours after she saw her sister before she died; at another she said it was one hour. The verdicl of the jury was, that ‘deceased came to her death from some sharp in strument iu tho hands of an unknown person.* Some are e>f the opinion that she cut herself with the knife, which they suppose she was holding open in her hand cutting tobacco, and in the effort to brush off mosquitoes she stnt k the knife blade into her neck. This is jquite improbable, as the knife could scarcely have been found iu a tub some distance off hud this been the case. Mrs. Davis was buri and on Thurs day. None of her own or her hus b aid’s friends can form any satisfactory idea of the true murderer, and it aj - pears that she was unable to give any information after she called her sister to the bed. To say. the least, it is a most horribly in sterious deed, and if another than herself is the per petrator, we trust ho, she or they may ■be discovered •>nd brought to justice. [,Sae. Nac.-i, 12th. young men were fiqued out oft he church ih‘ Springfield, Long Island, for nl tying euchre on a yonng lad} ’s lap during Hie senium. W-Pvolhng stoik Rested in bowling alleys. M MHKK.,I
