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The Cartemllle Express
, ... wished semi-Weekly on every TUEA-
FRIDAY, by
s H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’ra
]t ’ !jlo town of Carters rill e, Bartow County, Ga.
Terms of Subscription:
Only Two Dollars a-yr.,
/.V VAIII ABLYIN AO VANCE.
Thursday Morning E Utiou, one ysar) ...... 1.50
This latter o.opositiou is confined to citizens
„f Bartow county only. , ,
Terms of Advertising:
7 •r.uixient (On* Month or per square often
Nouparinl or Brevier lines or Jes>, One
pillar for the Hi st, .tad Fifty Cents for each sub
incut. Insertion.
< u hi uUor Contract, One Hundred and Twenty
Dollars per column, or in that proportion.
——iafrap—
J. FLETCIIEK LEAH
Is our tvuUwi ized traveling Agent, and will
. visit every nook and corner of Bartow and
lining Counties, in behalf of thcSEMT- Wei.K
", y < uiTfcKSViLI.E Kxpkksm. He is fuliy author
| to receive Subscription and receipt lor the
. . :;ic, and contract for advertising and job work.
Jfrofc&iional (fsat]dis.
DE. W. W. LEAK
rmNDF.RS his professional services to the
I citizens of Carters vllle and vicinity. Spe-
I I .Mention iriven to Diseases of Women and
, ‘ i.en M iv be found at Best* Kirkpatrick’s
Drugstore, and at his residence. Jan. 2-1 in
Jolm \V7Wolford,
attorney at law.
\ kTKK'VII.LK OEORUI A
i mice over Pinkerton’s Drug Store. Oct. IT.
„ r. woFKoan, a. r. woppord.
Wollord «& Wolford,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CAKTEUSVILLE, ...GEORGIA.
.1 tine 38,1R70.
11. W. MurpheyT
ATTIURNEY AT LAW,
and \ • TER9VII.LE, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the courts of the Cherokee
Circuit. Particular attention given to t-hc col
lection ol'claims. Office with Col. Abda John
son. Oct. 1.
John *l. Jones,
ATTORNEY tT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
r AKTEU'VIbLK GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to all professionalbusi
entrusted to his care; also, to the buying
,uni selling of Real Estate. Jan 1.
?crc. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County.
C ARTKRSVIhLE,. GEOROIA.
Jan 1, lsKh • , »
A. JI. Fouto,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OAKTKKSVILLK,. GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
l‘ ,:k. i lovd, Cordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. March HO.
T. V. MILJIER, O. H. MILNEII.
Jfilner & Milner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERS'VILLE GEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
theij care. Jan. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTER VILI.K, , GEORGIA.
Will nractlre in all the courts of the State.
Sana, fI. Pafillo,
Fi hioruible Tailor and Agent
for Sewing Machines,
aTU.I, attend promptly to the Cutting, Re
-1 ; pairing, and Making ISoys’ and Mens’
Clothing; ai.so, Agent lor the sale of the cele
brated (Cover * Baker Sewing Machines. Of
fice over stohely * Williams Store. Entrance
irum the rear, feb 17.
John W. Dyer,
HO USE-POINTER.
(MUTURSVILLK GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business in his line,
dan 19, 1870— wly
W. 11. Mount castle,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CAKTKRSVILI E, . OEORGIA.
Office iu Iront of A. A. Skinner & Co’s Store.
Kcmiesaw House,
M UUETC • ...GEORGIA.
Is 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 clean and especially
adapted for families. A tine large piazza has
i'eeu recently added to the comforts of the estab
lishment. FLETCHER A FREYER,
junelßwtf Proprietors.
K. O’SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, Georgia.
UAVE just received the latest European and
American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth
ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or
is *r. Office upstairs iu Liebmau’s store. East
do of the Railroad. sept. 29.
Hr. JT. A. Jackson,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE IN THE NE W DR UQ STORE
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Jan 4th, 1871. 1
W. C, GREEN,
Hpjgn JEWELRY, CLOCKS,
UNO WATCHES j
VJ«o keep on Land and for
Koom in the store of Simon Liebman
Cartersville, meh *l2.
C l- ATTAWAY,
Plain and Ornamental Painter,
CARTERSVILLE. -—GEORGIA
ill do painting promptly and faithfully
____ dee 20, 1870-wly
“ GEAR SHOP,” by J&Sfc
W, C.BWMM,
CARTERSVILLE, G A. "
Manufacturer of Harness, Bri*
dies, Gear, etc., anu Dealer in
Leather.
Repairtr g done on short notice. Work war
ranted to stand the test. Hides Wanted
jam 24, 1571.-svvly
feetL drawn without pain, by the use oi nar
ootic spi jty. inch 9.
ATLANTA SACK FACTORY.
VI fL are prepared, at all seasons, to fill or
oers for Wrain and Flour Sacks, of any
li op quantity at our factory in At
f}h. . w. A. MITCHELL A CO.
#e rt Sft, 1873.w1y
S. H. SMITH & CO.,
VOL. !>.
RE A D
1 Doctors and to Ladies
that Women are subject
to mini . rous disrates pc- K&
culiar to their sex—such -** -c. •
as Suppression of the
Menses. Whites, Painful
maiisui of the Back and M&jk
Womb. Irregular Men - * W,-
struation. Hemorrhage. '■ Tvag;-Vs:|lJjßg
or Excessive’Flow,’ami JtF aaipig
Prolapsus C ter lor Fall-
These diseases have sel
dom been treated successfully. The profession
has sought dilligentlv for some remedy thatwo’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
Bra,(Meld's Female Regulator.
It is purelv vegetable, and is put up in Atlan
ta, by BRADFIELD & CO.
ft will purify the blood and strengthen the
system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is
a perfect spec lie for all the above diseases; as
certain a cure us Quinine is in Chills and Fevers.
For a history of diseases, and certificates of its
worderful cures, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war
ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded.
Exchange, Ga.. March 23,1870.
BRADFIELD * CO., ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating that 1
have used, for the last, twenty years, the medi
cine youareputtingpp, known a* I)R. J. BRAP
FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR, and con
sider it the best combination ever gotten to
gether for the diseases for which it is recom
mended. T 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 iflUe to procure a bottle, that
their sufferings may not only be relieved, bi*t
that they may be restored to "health * strength.
With my kindest regards, lam, 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. LANSDELL,
PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR & CO.
REDWINE & FOX,
W. C. LAWSITE, Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT & SON, Marietta, Ga.
DR. PR OP HITT’S
Celebrated Liver Medicine.
It is purely vegetable, and will act upon the
Liver and Kidneys as promptly as Calomel and
Buchu, without any danger of salivation or de
struction of the bones.
Parties taking the medicine need not fear get
ting wet, or any other reasonable exposure.
Symptoms of Liver Disease:
Headache, Dull Feeling or the Blues, Sour Sto
mach, Sick or Nervous Headache, Heartburn, In
digestion or Dyspepsia, Bad or Bitter Taste in
the Mouth, the skin has a- thick, rough feeling,
and is darker than usual, Costiveness, Melan
choly Feelings, Cramps, Cold Feet, Colic, Dys
entery, or Diarrluea, Chills and Fever, and
Piles." In fact, where the Liver is out of order,
you are liable to every disease that is not conta
gious.
Prophitt’s 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.
Faikbukn, Ga., Sept. 4, 1868.
DR. O. 8. PROPHITT:
Sir: My wife has been an invalid for fifteen
years. Doctors all agreed she had “Liver Dis
ease.” In connection w r ith 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, has affected a complete
cure. Respectfully, &0., GEO. L. THOMAS.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. 24,18fi8.
I have used Dr. O. S. 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. MEY N Alt DIE, Pastor Tryon-str. C’h.
M arion County, Texas, Aug. 1, 1869.
DR. O. S. PRO PI I ITT:
Dear Sir: I write you this to inform you that
I have been troubled a great deal with indiges
tion, hut after using one bottle of your Liver
Medicine, I find great relink 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. Very respectfully,
DICK LOCKETE.
Dr, Propkitt’s Dysentery Cordial,
Is one of the most valuable compounds now put
up for Diarrhcea, Dysentery, Cholera Infantum,
or Cholera Morbus.
This medicine has been in use for years, and
gives uniuersal satisfaction.
The most delicate child may take it Avith im
punity.
COVINGTON', Ga„ Nov. 9, 1867.
DR. PROPIIITT:
Having a severe attack of Dvseutery during
the past summer, I was induced to use your Dy
sentery Cordial, and derived therefrom immedi
ate and 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 tvould surely be obtained.—
Truly, Ac. 'O. 8. PORTER.
CussATA, Texas, 1869.
DR. PROPIIITT:
Dear Sir: Your Liver Medicine and Pain Kill
It is a complete success. J. L. WHITTLE.
"West Point, Ga., Aug. 11,1869.
This is to certify that I 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.
PEOPHITT’S
Pain Kill It.
This is the celebrated medicine that run Perry
Davis’Pain Killer out of the market, tvherever
it was sold. Davis made Prophitt change the
name from Pain Killer to PAIN KILL IT.
For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or pain of any
kind it has no equal.
For Cuts, Bruises, Burns, or old Sores, it is the
best thing you can use as a dressing.
For Snake Bites >r Stings of Poisonous Insects,
it is a perfect ANTIDOTE.
It is good for Colic, Colds, Coughs, or Bowel
Complaints. Its name indicates its nature fully.
It is truly DEATH to pain.
Manufactured aud sold by BRADFIELD A
CO., Atlanta, Ga., aud for sale by all druggists.
Dooly Bounty, Ga., April 1867.
This is to certify that 1 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 cured
with two bottles of Dr. O. S. Prophitt’s Anodrne
Pain Kill It; each 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. I can say that it is
one of the finest Family Medicines now out, cer
tain. Yours, truly, W. A. FOREHAN D.
DOOLY COUNTY, Ga., Oct. 27,1867
DR. O. S. PROPHITT:
I have during the last eigeteen months, used
your Pain Kill It, and I consider it uneqnalcd by
anything for pain in the head, breast, back or
side, and for oblic nothing gives relief half so
quick as your Anodyne Pain Kill.
It is doing much good in the community in o
ther families as well as my own. Yours, Ac.,
I). T. FOREHAND.
tat* Newton Factory, Ga., Nov., 1867.
DR. PROPHITT:
East summer my horse sprained his knee se
whole leg to SAvell to about
ii ‘U. * uituva l ?. iz W and rendering him almost
imrnn’ two appßcat'ons of your Auodvne Pain
Kill It thoroughly cured it. JNO. B. DAVIS.
STAIEOI GEORGIA,! Know all men by these
tnia n NTY *' Presents, That I have
o°va i l r U wrv, ce i. v< A sol(l antl transfer
red to LRALTIELD & c 6., the sole right to
manufacture and sell my Family Medicines, and
have furnished them with the lull recii >es, * and
have authorized the said BRADFIELD & CO.
to print, or have printed, anything they may see
proper concerning any and all the. above named
CABTERSVILLE. BARTOW COt ATI, GEORGIA, FEB. TOi, TS7I.
Medicines. This 15lh dav of June, 1870.
[Signed] * OS. PRO PIT ITT,
In presence of Thomas F. Jones, and Robert
Crawford, Notary Public. (L. s.)
Manufactured and for sale by BRADFIELD
& CO., Broad street, Atlanta, Ga., and for sale
by all druggists. \ a ly 20—wly
CERTIFICATES:
. We, the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph
itt’:-. Preparations, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all he
claims tor them:
Go). R J Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.; O 8 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, Mon tied lo,* Oa.; Ro
bert Barnes, Jasper County, On.; AM Robinson,
Monticello, Ga., James Wright, Putnam county,
Ga.: A Westbrook, Putnam county, Ga.; Judge
J J Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L "lichee, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”; A II Zachry, Conyers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.; Dick Lockett,
Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Cns
seta, Texas; W C Roberts, Linden county, Tex
as; Tommy * Stewart. Atlanta. Ga; W A Luns
dell. Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox & Cos.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Gartersville, Ga.;
A N Louis, Lowndes couutv, Ga,; Joseph Land,
Lowndes county, Ga.; Jas". Jefferson. Carters
ville, Ga.; W L Ellis, Doolv county, Ga.; W A
Forehand. Dooly countv, Ga.; John 15. Davis
Newton Factory. Ga.: B F Bass, Lowndues co.
Schedule of* tlie
Western «& Atlantic B. Ifc.
The Day passenger trains pass Gartersville,
Going Up, at 11.00, a. m.
Going Down, at 11.53, a. m.
The Night passenger trains pass Gartersville,
Going Up, at .. 12.22, a. m.
Going Down, at.. 1.37, a. m.
GARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION,
Leave the passenger Depot, Atlanta, 3.00 p. m.
Arrive at Marietta, 4.27 p. nt.
“ Carte 'sville, 7.20 p. m.
Leave Cartersville, 5.50, a. in.
Arrive at Marietta, 8.36 a. in.
“ “Atlanta, 1'.30 a. m.
jan. 27. A. L. HARRIS, M. T. & S.
Schedule of* tlie
CARTERSVILLE & VAX-WERT R. R.
Q,N and after January 20tli, IS7I, the trains
' will
save TAYLORSVILLE, at .. . ....9.30, A. M.
“ STILESRORO’, at * 10, V. M.
“ FORREST HILL, at .10.25, A. M
Arriving at CARTERSVILLE, at 10.50, A M
Leave CARTERSVILLE, at 1, P. M.
Arri ve at TA Y LO RS VJ L LE, at . 3, P, M.
A Hack will soon be running from Cedartovvn
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 ol the President.
D. W. K. PEACOCK, Sec’y.
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 great care for
the
Fall and Winter Trade.
Watches,
ol the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
merica;
American and French Clocks;
Sterling ami Coin Silver
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
Repaihsd by Competent Workmen;
Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and Materials.
sept 13.-swly ATLANTA, GA.
W. H. GILBERT. A. BAXTER, T. W. BAXTER, Jr.
SILIEBT & BAXTER
(SUCCESSORS TO W. 11. GILBERT & C 0.,)
Dealers In
HARDWARE,
IROS, STEEL, NAILS,
CLOVER & GRASS SEED.
AGENTS FOR SALE OF
COAL CIIEEKCOAL.
Peruvian Otiaxio.
And other Fertilizers.
Agricultural Implements,
Agricultural and Mill Machinery,
ALSO
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For sale and Purchase of
COTTON. WHEAT. COM.
And all other
Country Produce, Cotton, Hay,
AND OTHER PRODUCE SHIPPED ON
LIBERAL TERMS
GILBERT & BAXTER,
Cartersville Ga.
Jan. 19, 1871—ly.
JAS. W. STRANGE,
Dealer In, and Manufacturer Os
TO WARE,
House-Furnishing Goods,
ALSO DEALER IN
First-Class Stoves At
The JLoieest Cash Prices .
WILL BARTER
FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RIGS,&C.
Cartersville, Jan. 20th, ’7l-1 y.
Fresh Garden, Flower,
Fruit, Herb, Tree & Shrub,
and JEvergrcen Needs, pre
paid by mail, with direc
tions for culture. Twenty
five different packets of ei
ther class for SI.OO The six
classes for $9.00.
20,000 lbs. Evergreen and Tree Seeds; Apple,
Pear, Cherry, Ac.; Grass Seeds; Beet, Cabbage,
Carrott, Onion, Squash, Turnip, and all Veget
able and Flower Seeds, in small or large quanti
ties; also Small Fruits, Stocks, Bulbs, Shrubs,
Roses, Verbenas, Ac., bv mail, prepaid. New
Goldcu Banded Japan Lily, 50c. Priced De
scriptive Catalogues sent to any plain address,
gratis. Agents wanted. Wholesale List to
Agents, Clubs and the Trade. Seeds on commis
sion.
B. M. WATSON. Old Colony Nurseries and
Seed Warehouse, Plymouth, Mass. Fstablished
in 1842, .fan. 81-«rw2m
SEXU-WEEKLY.
TO PHYSICIANS.
New Vork, August 15th, 1868
■if 1 *
Allow me to call your attention to my
Preparation Compound of
Extract Buchu.
The component parts are BUCHU
LONG LEAF, CUBEBS, JUNIPER
BERRIES.
Mode of Preparation.— Buchu, in
vacuo. Juniper Bewirs, by distillation, to so in a fine
gin Cubebs extracted by displacement with spirit*
spirits obtained from Junip r Berries: very little
sugar i« use i, and a small proportion of spirit. It so
more palateablt than any now in use.
Buchu, as prepare.! hy Druggists, is of a light color.
It i« a plant that emits its fragrance ; the action of a
flame destroys this (it. active rinciple.) le • ving a
dark and glutinous decoction. Mine is the color of
ingredients. The Buehu in my preparation prednmi
n tes; the smallest quantity of the other ingredients
are added, to prevent fermentation ; upon nspec
fion, it will be found t ot to be a Tincture, as made
in Pharmacopeia, nor is it a Syrup—and therefore
c *n be used in case l - where Lwer r inflammation ex
ist, In this,you have the knowledge of he ingredi
ents ad thr irto le of preparation.
Hoping that you will tavor <t with a trial, and that
upon inspection it will meet with your approbation
With a feeling of confide, ce,
I atn very respectfully yours,
11. T.HELMBOLD,
C nemist vnd Druggist
0/ 16 gears' experience.
[From the largest Manufacturing
Chemists in the World.]
November 4, 1854.
“I ant acquainted with Mr. H. T. Hembold ; he oc
cupied the Drugstore opposite my residence,and was
successful in conducting the busiress where others
had net been equally to before him. I have been fa
vorably impressed with bis character and enterprise.”
WILLIAM WEIGHTMAN,
Firm of Powers & Weightinan,
Manufacturing Chemists,
Ninth and Brown streets, Philadelphia.
...9.30, A. M.
.. 10, A. M.
.10.25, A. M
... .10.50, A M
... . 1, P. M.
. 3, P. M.
Helmbold’s Fluid Extract of
Buchu
Is the great specific for Universal Lassitude, Proetra
iton, Ac.
7 he constitution, once affected with Organic Weak
nesw, requires the ai t of Medicine to strengthen the
system, which II KM BOLD’S EXTRACT i UCHU in
invriubly does Ifno treatment is submitted te, Cou
sumptou or insanity tuques,
Ilelmbold’s Fluid Extract of Buchu,
In affections peculiar to Females, is uneqnalcd by
any other preparation, as in Chlorosis, or Retention.
Paintulness, or Suppre sion ofUustom ry Evacuations,
Ulcerated or Kchirrus State of the Uterus, and all
complaints incident to tlie sex, or the decline or
change of life.
Helmbold’s Fluid Extract Buchu ard
Improved Rose Wash.
U'! radically exterminate from the system disease*
arising from the habits of dissipation, at little expense
tittle or no ch nge in diet, no inconvenience of expos
ure ; completely superceding those unpleasant and
dangerous remedies, Copaiva and Mercury, in all
these diseases.
Use Helmbold’s Fluid Extract Buchu
in ail diseases of these organs, whether existing In
ni le or femaf , fr->m whatever cause originating, and
to no matter f how ion standing It is pleasant in
taste and odor, “immediate” In action, and more
strengthening than ary preparations of Bark or Iron.
Those suffering from broken down or delicate con
stitutions, procure the remedy at once.
The reader must bs aware that, however slight may
be he a tack of the above diseases, it is eerta n to at
feet the bodily health and mental powers.
All the above disese* require the aid of » Diuretic
lIEMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU i. the great Di u . e t-
Sold by Druggets everywhere. PRICE—
SI.2S per bottle, or 6 bottles for $6.50.
Delivered to any address. Describe symp
toms in all communications.
Address
H. T. HELMBOLO,
DRUG AND CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE,
*-* '■ ">■ ! :jl ;, -tin
594 BROADWAY, New York.
None Are Genuine
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-D«f i ■■■f •■■ . * 1 vr. l mi
Unless done up in steei-engraved wrapper
with sac- simile of my Chemical Warchoues
and signed
H. T. IIELMBOLD.
The Tear Kings.
BY WILLIAM WARD.
[There is as mnch sober truth as
poetry in the following, which we clip
from the Conditutim. Our planters
all over the South, would do well to
act upon the suggestions which it is
so well calculated to present:— Ed.
Express.]
King Cotton looked forth and his fields were
white,
And his arm felt strong and his eye looked
bright;
Through the fleece-covered stalks he saw un
rolled -• '
A marvelous vision of yellow gold.
Hoi subjects, he said, to your fields and bear
Tho gathered wealth of a summer’s care;
So they stripped their lands of the harvest won
’Till the stalks looked black in the autumn suu,
And they counted their bales ’till the figures
told
Their wealth in pieces and pounds of gold.
Then they looked at their fields, now stripped
and bare,
And they said, “We must buy to eat and wear.”
King Corn, in the West, saw his fair domain
In the autumn sun w ave its miles of grain,
..ad dotting his pastures and fields, were seen
Sleek herds where the grass grew lush tend green.
What, bo! my subjects, my stalwart men,
King Cotton is ealling to us again!
And they gathered their golden ears with a will,
’Till the plethoric eribs Stood heaped and still.
And the King of the South to those men of brawn
For their golden years sent his golden coin.
And the King of the Loom and Spindles, then.
From his Eastern throne hailed his million men,
What, ho! my subjet/is, come forth from your
homes,
Send a thrill of steam through your cunning
looms,
Weaveyour costly raiments, your carpets rare,
For the King of the Golden Fleece to wear.
And the spindles whirled and the shuttles flew,
Weaving their woofs ofevery hue,
Which they rolled in many a glossy ibid
To tempt from the King his Southern gold.
From his Northern home the liailroad King
Called his subjects forth at the anvil’s ring;
What, ho! my subjects, the Cotton King needs
Our iron roads and their lightening steeds;
Let us use our wealth, and the sum twice told
Will roll from the Boutb in yellow gold
And those iron steeds on our prairies gleam
W ith their harness of steel and their reins of
steam,
And our gold rolls back, and its magic ring
Is heard in the halls of the liailroad King.
King Cotton looked forth again and knew
That his fields were bare and his coffers too.
How Gen. Young Got in the Fikst
Time.— A Washington letter to the
Courier-Journal contains this spicy nar
ration :
Gen. P. M. B. Young, who was in
Congress two years ugo, has been re
turned from Georgia, and also took
his seat yesterday. He owes Ins place
chiefly to that eccentric character,
Tbad. Stevens. His disabilities had
not been removed when he arrivod
here in 1869 to present his credentials
of election He called on ‘Old Thad.,’
and told him that we wanted his as
sistance in getting his disqualifications
removed. JLhe following colloquy en
sued;
Gen. Young -“Air. Stevens, l am a
Representative elect from Georgia, but
I was a general in the army, and they
won’t let. me take my seat.”
Old Thad.—“ The b—l they won’t.
A Representative, with crtdentials of
your State, and a general in the army,
and refused you yofir seat ?”
Gen. Young—“Mr. Stevens, I was a
major general in the Confederate ar
my.”
Old Thad.—“ Well of course you are
going to act with ns.”
Gen. Young—“>o sir, I won’t. I
fought you ou the oattle-field, and I
expect to fight you in Congress. 1.. m
a straight-out Democrat.”
Old Thad.—“A Democrat, a major
general in the rebel army, and you
come here asking me to help you ! I
like your impudence, and I’ll be d—d
if I don’t!”
And he did. In a few days Young
was sworn in.
Live Witliin Your Means.
We don't like stinginess. We don’t
iike economy, when it cou.es down to
rags and starvation. We have no sym
pathy with the notion that a poor man
should hitch himself fast to a post, and
•stand still, while the rest of the world
moves forward. It is no man’s duty to
deny himself every amusement, every
recreation, every comfort, ihat he may
get rich. It is no man’s duty to make
an iceberg of himself, to shut his eyes
and ears to the sufferings of his fel
lows, and deny himself the enjoyment
that results from generous actions,
merely that he may hoard wealth for
his heirs to quarrel about. But there
is an economy which is every man’s
du»y, and which is especially commend
able in the man who struggles with
poverty—an economy which is consist
ent with happiness, and must be prac
ticed if the poor man would secure in
dependence. It is almost every man’s
privilege, and it becomes his duty, to
live within his means; not up to, but
within them. Wealth does nut make
the man, we admit, and should never
be taken into account in our judgment
of men; but competence should always
be seoured, when it can be, by the
practice of economy and self-denial, to
only a tolerable ertent. It should be
secured, not so much for others to look
upon, or raise us in the estimation of
others, as to secure the consciousness
of independence, and the constant sat
isfaction which is derived from its ac
quirement and possession.
A little schoolboy presented his
teacher the following note from home
as an excuse for his tardiness:
“Baby cross, Biscuit to bake had no
Bakeu po der the dog upset the
kaughphy pot the cat licked the milch
got up late Excuse.”
Editors and Proprietors.
JDcatli iißfl The G’rnve.
A FABLE.
‘I am hungry,’said the Grave. ‘Give
me food.’
Death answered: “I will send forth
a minister of awful destruction, and
you soall be satisfied.”
“What minister will yon send?”
“I will send alcohol. He sh;ill go
in the guise of food and medicine,
pleasure and hospitality. The people
shall drink arid (be.”
“I am content,” answered the Grave.
And now the church bells began to
toll, and the mournful procession to ad
vance.
“Who are they bringing now V said
the Grave.
“Ah,” said Death, “they are bring
ing a household. The drunken father
aimed a blow at his wife. He killed
the mother and her child together, and
then dashed out his own life.”
“And who,” said the Grave, “comes
nest, followed by a train of weeping
children ?”
“This is a broken-henrted womau,
who has long pined away in want,
while her husband has wasted his sub
stance at the tavern. And he too, is
borne behind, killed by the hand of vi
olence.”
“And who nest ?”
’‘A young man of generous impulses,
who, step by step, became dissipated,
and squandered his all My agent
turned him out to be frozen in the
street.”
“Hush 1” said the Grave; “now I hear
a wail of anguish that will not be si
lenced.”
“Yes, it is the widows cry. It is the
only son of his mother. He spurned
her love, reviled her warning, and a
bloated corpse he comes to thee. And
thus they come—further than the eye
can reach, the procession crowds to thy
dark abodes. And still lured by the
enchanting cup which I have mingled
the sons of men crowd the paths of dis
sipation. Vainly they dream of escape,
but I shut behind them the invisible
door of destiny. They know it now,
and with song and dance and riot, they
hasten to thee, G Grave! Then I
throw my fatal spell upon the new
throngs of youth, and soon they, too,
will be with thee.”— Exchange.
Tlie Wisdom of the Egyptians.
The moderns are accustomed to
pooh-pooh a good deal at people so
unfortunate as to live before the 19th
century; but just think what some of
these remote people and times did
manage to find out and accomplish for
themselves. There was Egypt—oldest
and wisest of the nations—what a rec
ord for her is deciphered, in the last
fifty years of her past.
What did the old Egyptian know
about the oldest of the arts, about
farming ? He knew how to manage
his great river—the one source of
moisture and fertility in that climate—
so as to turn the desert beyond its
banks into a garden, and make Egypt
a store-house and granary for the sur
rounding nations. He built reservoirs
so huge as to retain sufficient water
from the overflowing-river to feed it
when it subsided—a lake four hundred
and fifty miles around, and three hun
dred feet deep—and fitted up with a
skillful system of floodgates, dams, and
locks. These were water-works on a
stupendous scale, truly.
As to what he knew about building,
who has not heard of his pyramids,
those vast masses, sone of which were
oidviu the time of Abraham, and yet
built with such faithfulness and skill
that the masonry is still perfect ? He
knew how to quarry and move huge
blocks of stone, ninety feet in length,
and then cover them with accurate and
beautiful chiseling. The whole land
was full of these w onderful statues, ob
elisks, toombs, and temples.
About manufacturing, he knew how
to weave linen so fine that each sepa
rate thread was composed of three hun
dred and sixty-five small threads twist
ed together. He knew how to dye it
purple, and blue, and scarlet, and how
to embroider it. He knew how to get
iron and copper from mines at Sinai,
and how to make useful tools of them
when obtained.
But what did he know about science?
He understood geometry well enough,
at least, for land surveying. He un
derstood the rotundity of the earth, the
sun’s central place in the solar system,
the obliquity of the ecliptic. He could
foretell eclipses, the position of the
planets, the true length of the year.—
He had found out a method of nota
tion—two of them, indeed, the decimal
ami the duodecimal. As for chemis
try, its very name, (from Chemi, which
means Egypt) tells us where it was
first studied. No wonder that the
Egyptians got the reputation, among
their more ignorant neighbors, of be
ing magicians, As for books, the old
Egyptians made p operand wrote on
it, and we have now papyrus rolls
made in the time of the early Phara
ohs; but he went oh further to turn his
buildings, his obelisks, even his coffins,
into books, inscribing them with histo
ries and biographies, by representing
on them, through paintings and sculpt
ure, ail his occupations and beliefs, his
hopes and fears.
One asks in wonder where he got all
this knowledge. Ancient Greece went
to him for it, just as the Americans go
to Germany. We can trace the germs,
at least, of our science and ax t to na
tions moved from us by ages; but
whom did the Egyptians team from ?
Were these eons of Ham the first to
1 develop to such a marvelous degree the
j arts of life ? Did they find out by
[original observation what has been
‘transmitted to us? Afid
what remote antiquity were they slow
ly accumulating the experience * wt;< g
qualified them to establish sucu stable
institutions, such sett fi and i radii ions,
such attainments in sciepcQ ,nnd art ?
No one cm tell. At a point beyond
our- furthest tradition her records show
her to ns rich, p werfui, eulnvute#;'
skillful. Oft: : eg ages befoiv mu,
wasable to record lie* ehungax-,. tuuo
had long obliterated all ,trusts. Th.u
world had long forgotten ajl about her,
till the researches » f the fi st kal'-ce -
tury brought to light her lot g-burk,d
life. Strange enough it iu to be
brought face to face with too monu
ments of a civilization cumpn.cd to
which all European history is but of
yesterday—which was old m the days
of Abraham—and to find there so much
in common with our own,— tfcuuiij.e
American.
m, n os* jv oi*lP9plt3t wlHipljl
Southern History of the War.
m ss.
able editors are much exci -
ted by the fact that histories , of tue
late civil war, in which the subject is
looked at from the Southern or seces
sion point of view, are appearing in
the Southern States. The efi'eubivo
feature of the enterprise is tlie fact
that those histories are prepared for
schools. As we have not seen any of
these works, we are unable to say a
word about their fuu ts or m rita Wo
refer to the subject simply to remark
how natural it is such books are pro
duced,that people who under took and
maintained so tremendous a struggle
through so Jong a time are unwilling
to have their children receive their fir st
impressions of the nature of the contest
and of the motives and purposes of ilio
actors from enemies.
Whoever examines one or two of
the school histories of the war written
in the North, will not wonder that the
men of the South do not choose that
their children shall be taught to think
of them as they are therein represent
ed. Were they willing to be thus judg
ed by the rising generation, or were
they indifferent on the subject, they
would be be more or less than men. -
There is no use denying or ignoring
the fact—the most intelligent, thi most
honorable, the most conscientious, and
in every sense most worthy people of
the Southern States, first or last, en
gaged in the couflict with all their
hearts and minds. Account for the
phenomenon as we may, that was the
fact, and justice to the North as wtU
as the South requires its recognition.
Before the war closed, very many of
the southern people saw and admitted
that in rebelling they had made a fear
ful mistake in comparing northern and
-outhern character and resources. pOf
course that belief is universal in the
South to-day. Ail men of sense there
know perfectly well that the cause is
lost beyond possibility of recovery and
forever. On proper occasions and
properly approached, there arc proba
bly few of tlie farmer rebels who will
not freely admit so much. But to ex
pect them to proclaim themselves
scoundrels as well as blunderers—to
declare that in seceding they set at
naught the clear dictates of conscience
and reason, sinning against fight and
knowledge, and forfeited all claim up
on the respect of their f. liuw-rnea—is
asking too much.
The interpretation of the constitu
tion, which seemed to them sound, and
upon which they founded ihejr action,
is exceedingly plausible. Minds of ti.
very high order have seen in it the
true and real meaning of the fuuda
menial law of the laud. Likely a very
large proportion of the rebels believed
sincerely, some of them after prolong
ed thought and inquiry, that they
were maintaining the true p.iueiplcs
of constitutional liberty. -Viewed c-.ai
didly, it is creditable to the honesty of.
their convictions at the time -that so
few of them, in spite of powerful
temptations and inducements, have
been able to perceive the unsoundness
of the ground on which t hey acted.
Surely nothing could be more nut--
uaral than the unwillingness to have
the principles and motives of their
conduct misrepresented, or wrongly
apprehended in the minds of their
children. Doubtiesss it is desirable
that the past shall not be allowed to
rise up and disturb the present or the
future. But the remedy is not in ob
livion; the past cannot be forgotten.—
The true remedy will be found in the
spirit of inquiry and intelligence
among the coming generations of both
North and South. —Piltiberj (Penn.)
Commercials
Carlyle on Verese-Wrlting.
It is one of my constant regrets, in
this generation, that men to whom the
gods have given a genius which
a light of intelligence, or courage, and
and all maafulness.or else means noth
ing) will insist, in such an earnest
time as ours has growu, in bringing
out their divine gift in the shape of
verse, which now no man reads entire
ly in earnest. That a man has to
bring out his gifts in words of any
kind, and not in silent divine actions,
which alone are fit to express it well,
seems to me a great ‘misfortune for
him; but that he should select verse,
with its half-credibles and other sad
accompaniments, when be might have
prose, and be wholly credible, if be
desired it—this I lay at the!door of
our spiritual teachers (peduuts mostly,
and speaking an obsolete dialect,) who
thereby incaiculaiy rot the world mak
ing him who migut have been a sold nr
and fighter (so terribly wanted just at
present) a mere preacher and idle
singer. This is a fixed perception of
mine, growing ever more fixed these,
many years, and I oiler it to you, as T
have done to many others in the like
case, nut much hoping th it \<m will
believe in it all. at once, ihu,-certain
ly, a good, wise, earnest pn ee in p; use
from you would please me be; ter lean
the musicallest ver < s coul . — Ext-mt
frotn a recent le'kr to Dr.
