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VOL. 5.
THE WEEKLY
Carterm » ilie Exprctß
N published every H* f-tLT 1Y A Y
ktoruiag. in Carten;ville, Barlow Gounty, Ca.,
by
Smith & Milam,
Proprietor*, at Thukk Dollai’H, per an
num, at rid lif in wlrnnct ; I'w.t Dollar* lor
Bix Month*; One Dollar for Three Month*.
Advertisement* or ouu month, «r le«* tim«
One Dollar per *q tare, '»f ten line* er lens.)
for each insertion ; all other ndverlisement*
Will h« charged Fi,‘ty per cent on old price*.
■ ■■■ ■ ■ *-■
JONES & MALTBIE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Cart iimvi lie, Ga.
WILL attend promptly to all bu*iar*s en
trUHted to their care. Will pract ce in
the Court* oflaw, and equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Hpccial ittention given to the collec
tion ot'cluimn. Jan. 1, 1806. ly
John J- June*. Re Maltbio.
Surgeon an tl
Mechanical Dentist
s lIME undersigned respectfully offer his pro
fessional service* to the c'tizeii* ot Car
tersville ami vicinity. '** I ,re l ,i *. re^
to do all kind* of work belonging
to hi* profession. I' Ml setts of
teeth nut in on gold plat*. Wo.lv *ll war
ranted. F. M. JOHNSON.
Corteraville, Feb. 13, 6ui°
l)lt. T. F. JONES,
Fl'tK.N DRIBS hi* professional service* to tha
J citizen* of KI NGSTON and vicinity, and
resp .ctfully solic its a portion of their patronage.
June 2.
JOHN W. WOFFORD.
Attoriiey at Law,
CAfUERSVILLE. GA.
Ai.o. FIR? N3JRANCE AGENT.
Represent* il e best Northern and
Southern Companies. Can be found
at the Law office ol Wolford & Barro tt
April 10. 18 63.
'1110;$. W. IHIDS^
Attorney at La \v
ANO C9IJNTY COURT SOLICITOR.
4L itrl etw visit*. <*'«»•
Will give particular attention to the
collection nl claims. Oct 26.
j »’s u ( . El r a niton ,
ATTORNEY &|SOJN3HLLOR AT LAW,
... v ,lu i'o c (: a
Uri’ICES TAW in the several covin-
I fi,.* of tlu* ijlierokce Circuit, abo, Polk,
if uT.iis.m a.i I Fi >y J counties, Prompt at
tention given to l>u.siii- s Nov. 23. ly
(Professional cards $ 1 9 cash pernnmim.J
W. H. PRITCHETT,
Attorney at Law.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA.
\(j lew in all the courts of the
Otici'*%kt‘o circuit aistl counties adjoining
11 Hmv. __
JERS A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
cahtrksvh.lk, ga.
HENRY P. FARROW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Atlanta , Ga.
Lanie r II ous c,
MARIETTA, CJA.,
BY LANIEF So D3333, Proprietors
f J'lIIlS H .use is located iu a few steps of the
I R lihoad, wlere the car* stop. Passengers
take three meab a day here. Meals prepared
a all hour*.
w. i* «oi*»sniTii,
All oi*il e v a t Law,
A Tt. a s
Will practice in Fulton and adjoining counties.
Abo in Hai lOW Superior Court,
dice over Holbrook’* Hat Store, Whitehall.
March 20.
JONES MALTBIE.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
CARTERSVILLE GA.
Wa are authorized to sell, and and
have on hand several Houses and Lots,
and rlso numerous building lots in the
town of Cartersville. Also several
plantations of various sizes in Bartow
Cos. Parties desiring to buy or sell
will do well to give us a call. All
communications promptly answered
July 17, 1866.
James W. Strange,
j Dealer ia
STOVES.
GRATES,
IRON,
HARDWARE,
PLAIN ANB JAPANNEB TIN WARE, &C.
Clean Linen and Cotton Rags taken in ex
change fin - Goods. Repairing. Rooting and
Oajttering done with neatness and dispatch.
Cartersville, Nov. I. wly
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f. ©*BSsl*&B9»
Dress Tailor.
IS prepa red to execute all kinds -Jta
jf* of work in the Fashionable Tail
iL ingline, with neatness and in du- .
rnhle style. Over J. Elsa* 6c Co's store,
Cartersville. j*n 2'5.
CrOtliCTlT,
%
# I ass torn,
Cable (Mcrg.
The finest and largest stock
ill the SOUTH, at
Wholesale Retail,
On as good Terms,
as can be had in the country,
NORTH OR SOUTH,
—BY—
MoBRiDEj DOR3ETT & CO.,
WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA,
November If, 18(56. wly
(pjfffittfa 'gviv'mhtcj
.A. IsT XD
Rolling Mill C°*j
Atlanta, Ga.
MANUFAOTURERS OF
RAIL-ROAD SPIKES, CHAIRS,
BRIDGE BOLTS, BAR IRON,
NAIL ROD, AND HORSESHOE IRON.
Castings, of descriptions, in
Brass or Iron, including
RAIL-ROAD CAR WHEELS, BOXES, PEDESTALS,
FRONTS, COLUMNS, AND VERANDAHS.
Mill Gearing and Machinery of all kinds.
JOHN D. GRAY, President.
October s.tf
AME R 1C AN HOTEL.
Alabama fftreet,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Opposite the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITLOCK, Proprietors.
rpHE public sre respectfully informed that
JL this House has been remoddled and re
fitted, and re-opened for the accommodation
of the travelling public. Much time, labour
and expense has been expended in making it
worthy of patronage. Modern improvements
have been added, and the public can re y ox ;s
being equal to anv in Southern cities.
WHITE & WHITLOCK, Proprietors.
BRYSON & WYLEY, Clerks,
uy 124.
Sch o ol Notic®
ON the 14tli day of January. 1867.
I will open a common day school at
CARTERSVILLE,
7o continue during the year. The
First Term will embrace the remain
lllg p:irt °Y January, together with
jfr.Wrt'c bni&ry, M'reh, April, May and
k tug 24 weeks orsixscho
las ic months.
The Second term will consist of Sixteen
Weeks—lour scholastic months.
Tuition.
Primary, sls©
Ordinary English 2,50
per month.
All to be paid, without other arrangement
are made at the end of each month.
Success and satisfaction ol the past year,
encourage the belief that tirm anil mild con
trol. with assiduity, will make the Schooi ben
eficial to pupils and patrons.
W ALTER L. BRAY.
Pee*. TS. IFtfS. aim
THE WEEKLY CARTERSME EXPRESS.
Livery Stable
By
STOCKS & JONES,
CARTERSVILLE, GA,
*
ARE prepared, tt all ‘ lines, to furnish the
traveling public with conveyance through
tue country. Also to teed slid shelter stock
at reasonable rates ol board. Our vehicle* and
*tock are kept in good condition. Nov. 15.
New Marble Yard.
S. B* OATMAN,
For WILLIAM GRAY,
Importer and Dealer in Italian, Block
adiUe, and White Rutland Statuary
M A R B L E.
tWE are now receiving and
have iu store, a large andffVf l|j/pi
desirable stock of finished ByrifjfP i", j
and rough Marble, which'
we offer to tlie puinu
the most reasonable jppAA
Owing to the high price of marble at th*s
time, many peisons are kept from purchasing.
I propose to reduce prices so that all can buy.
My facilities are such for purchasing the ma
terial, that I will be satisfied with small profits
and quick sales —such is mv motto.
We are prepared to furnis.l in ihebest style,
Monuments, c trved and plain, Box Tombs,
Tablets, carved and plain, Head-stones, Urns,
Vases. &c„ and Furnishing Marble of all de
scriptions.
With good and experienced workmen in all
departments of business, we hope to merit a
share of pub>ic patronage* Designs of Monu
ment* and any other work in Marble, furnish
ed gratis.
Orders solicited and promptly filled. Office
and Yard adjoining Be'lvuc Hotel and oppo
ile Georgia Railroad Depot, ATLANTA, Ga.
Dec 6th, 1866.
I. II .SRI. Cilffi.
Dkclkrs Iv .
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
Hardware Guiiery t*uua putnls
ALSO
Iron, Bteol, Nails,
Bcljows, Anvils, Vices,
Corn Shelters, Straw Cutters, .Shovels,
Plows, Hoes, Chains,
Locks, Hinges, Screws,
Hammers, Hatchets, Axes, &c.
And all other goods usually kept in the Hard
ware line. Also Agents for Farrbanks Platform
and Counter Scales, which we will sell at Fac
tory price's, freight added. At their old stand.
Corner ol Peach Tree and Line Street,
Atlanta, Ga.
J\ W. C3-JLTJT & CO.,
UNDERTAKERS.
ARE prepared to furnish M<’ta!ic Burial
Cases of all Sizes and of the latest im
proved patterns, Wo also manufacture, and
will keep constantly on hand, Wooden Coffins,
of all descriptions, from the cheapest to the
finest Rosewood finish. Wo in end to furnish
Burial Cases and Coffins cheaper than ever be
fore offered in Atlanta.
Orders by letter or telegraph, giving size
wanted, will he executed by express. Persons
at a distance desiring the disinterment and re
moval of friends, will save time and expence by
giving ns their orders.
Undertakers will consult their interest by
ealliiuf upon us at our ware-rtoms. Peach-tree
Street, opp 'site Wesley Chap-1 Church, Atlan
a>^ja. Get 19 sixmo
f
Burned Out !
But not Consumed 1 1
New Goods.
J. A. ERWIN & CO.,
ARE now receiving and opening .V. the
OLD STORE, oppos itethe old stand of
J. A. &, S. ERWIN,
a splendid stock of
FAIL AND WINTER
GOODS,
Comprisiug every variety adapted ta the
wants of the country.
They invite all buyers to
LCALL AND EXAMINE,
The terms
. being
CASH I
They will sell at small profits.
J. A. ERWIN &:CO.
Cartersville, Oct 25, 1866.
Gi.onr.ii.
CARTERSVILLE GA, FEBRUARY 8, 1867.
E. V JOHNSON,
ZKITTsTO-SrCIISr, <3-*A
DRY-GOODS,
€c&,'B€'&W£
A N D
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Agent for Va. Salt Works,
and Land Plaster,
Highest market price paid for
DRIED FRUIT,
COTTON RAGS,
AND COTTON
BAGGING AND ROPE,
and Revenue Tax paid on Cotton to those
who wish to ship. Oct 5. ly
I H.IVE my large Ware-llouHc finished.—
Parties wishing to store Cotton with me
Ciill Ud bu ut lilt? USUkI w!ir<>«hoiitip rtitPsi 4|]
cotton bought by me hereafter wi 1 be weigh
ed at iny own ware-house, thereby avoiding
the disagreeable necessity of driv ng to the
Depot with cotton, E. V. JOHNSON.
Kingston, Nov. I
ATTENTION!
WANTED, at the MAGNOLIA
MILLS, Cartemville, Ga.,
Wheat and Corn,
For which the highest market price will be
paid.
The patronage of the citizens ol Bartow
County is respectfully solicited, hoping to give
general satisfaction, both as to quantity and
quality.
We propose to give the customer as much
Meal and Flour per bushel as any mills iu the
country, and hope, by giving personal atteu-.
ion to the business, to merit >our patronage
FLOUR, MEAL AND GRITS FOR SALE,
FOB CASH I
We design attaching to our Mills a
WOOL CARDER,
embracing all the latest improvements, and
expect to have it in operation in time for the
next or Spring Crop of Wool. Take due no
tice thereof and govern vourselves accordingly.
MILNER, BARRETT & STOCKS,
Nov. 15, 1866.
Movinng to Whitehall!
JOHNSON & GORDON
Have removed to the Large Store of
Mr. f’assin’s on Whitehall St.,
Next door to Taylor,, Williams and Crook
shanks’, opposite Phillips & Flanders’, whore
we will continue the
GENERALCOMMISSIGN AND GROCERY
B U SI N E S S
WE are tliankful to for patronage extended
to us while on Alabama street, and so
licit a continuance of same.
We now offer that delicious article,
MOCHA COFFEE
ALSO —
Java Coffee Rio Coffee
SUGARS OMUL SORTS.
ALSO
Lard, Soda, Nuts,
Side 3 , Potash, Candy,
Meal, Tea Starch,
Grits, Cheese, Maccaroni*
Rice, Crackers, Mackerel,
Syrup, Candle*, Vinegar,
Corn, Jellies, Cigars,
Peas, Pickles, Snuff,
Potatoes, Raisins, Buckets,
Soap, Fruits, Tubs.
7 5 BARRELS FLOUR
W r e arc Agents lor the Sale o
EMORY’S CELEBRATED
Cotton Gins and Condensers.
No Gin House needed where this Machine
s used. Call and examine it.
ALSO 2,000 LBS PHGENIX GUANO
For sale, for Wheat, &c.
Consignments of all sorts solicited.
JOHNSON & (JORDON.
General Commission Merchants,
Cassin’s Building, Whitehall Street.
Nov. 9 3m.
81ate Roofing.
THE undersigned will furnish any quanti
ty of excellent blate Roofing at the fol
lowing rates :
At the Quar-y, per square (100 ft) SIO,OO
At Cartersville, 12,50
The freight, sfrom Cartersville to Atlanta is
about 50 cents per square.
Builders ought to know that this i* the beat
and most desirable Roofing in the world.
Address SEABORN JONES,
Van Wert, Ga., or
J. F. STOCKS.
Nov. CO-*wtf Cartcrsvir?c t Ga.
4 TERRIBLE ADVEMiIUi IX
ICELAND.
M mint Ilecla, on the Island of Ice
land, is slightly under a mile in height.
It has three peaks a little elevated
above its body, and along its sides are
nnmerons craters, ihe seats of former
eruptions. The crater of the principal
peak is about a hundred feet in depth.
It is composed chiefly of basalts and la
va, but slag sand and ashes cover a
great part of its surface, and obsidian
is among its most remarkable products
Thcie have been forty-three erup
tions of Mount Ilecla recorded within
the last thousand years, five of which
have been simultaneous with Vesuvious
four with those of Etna, and one with
those of both.
The last eruption began September
2, 1845. and lasted until April 6, 1840.
On the 23d of November, the torrent
of lava, two miles from the crater, was
a mi'e in width, and from forty to fifty
feet iu depth.
Mi. Carl Steinman visited Ilecla
just previous to this terilic eruption, and
had one ol the narrowest escapes from
a horrible dentil, that ever befell ad
venturous uian.
We give his narrative in almost his
own words:
‘•On the next morning after rny ar
iht. cjn:i 11 viliao-e at the foot of
the volcano, I engageT a guide, a i.mu
ful, honest fellow, and set out for a
visit to the noted crater.
••From the very first it seemed as il
1 had passed the confines, and was en*
teiinga new world, so entirely differ
ent was the scenery.
“As you press upward toward the
focui of all this horror of burning stuff,
von find the peril, dreariness and deso
lation increase, until its awlulness be
comes sublime; and at length, when
you stand on the topmost point of this
burning world, of chaos, you instinct
ively raise your heart to God, with a
shudder ol terror, to restore you to the
great living world that you have left
behind you.
“For six mortal hours, three on
horseback and three on foot—had I
been clambering upward from the low
er world, and now among the clouds
and mist that rolled around me I stood
in a world of lava mountains, ice and
snow, the lava as black as ink, the
snow of its dazzling whiteness, and
not in all the region, the slightest
brush, shrub, plant, or living creature,
except the guide and myself.
“As far as the eye coni:! discern,
when the sweepiug clouds afforded a
view, was a succession of dark hills,
glistening glaciers, snow-capped peaks,
and a frozen stream, a world devoid of
life, the awlnl solitude of solitude itself,
—filled with gaping caverns, terilic
abytsess, and Styrgian caves, which
echoed only the sullen reverbations of
thunder or the groanings of the trou -
bleJ earth beneath.
‘•So impressive was the scene that
I felt a strange chill creeping over me,
and I shouted again to break the hor
rible stillness, which was more awe-in
spiring than the thunders of a thousand
Niagras. 1 frequently found myself
imagining that I was dreaming, and I
was only reassured by pinching myself
or conversing with my guide.
“Drawing my bl mket around me to
protect me from the chilling atmos
phere, and cautiously puncturing the
ground with my sharp pointed stick be
fore me, to make siue of my footsteps,
I began to pick my way over piles and
heaps oflava, and pitchfalls and patch
es of ice and snow, mv guide keeping
near me, and often warning me when
he imagined my footsteps were leading
me into danger.
“Occasionally I struck fragments of
lava that rolled down behind me, but
as discoyered no signs of the crater,
which eighty years ago had vomited
forth its tremendous volume of melted
black sand. At length however, I
reached the summit, and looked down
into a sort of basin, open at the lower
side, and having several deep teams or
chasms in its center, into which the
melted snow and ice on its side, were
running in small streams.
A repulsive order in the shape of a
thin, smoky vapor, came up and I fan
cied I heard a deep rumbling noise that
sounded lar down iu the earth.
“I turned to my guide, and was
about tospeait, when I noticed that lie
was trembling, and was as pale as
death.
“What is the matter?” I asked, you
seem frightened.
“Oh my God ! he gasped, ‘■there"s
going to be another eruption."'
“How do you know that?” Have
vou ever been here before ?
“Yes, but I never saw it look so be
fore. When 1 was here last, there was
no hollow there, but only a level piece
of snow and ice.
“Indeed!” I exclaimed with intense
interest ; and you judge that fact to be
decisive as regards an eruption ?”
“Oh my master, said he in the great
est agony, what else could have caused
this change ? You see the ice is nearly ;
gone, and what is left is fast melting, 1
and will soon be gone.
“I observed at this point that my !
feet had a sensation of warmth, and
stooping down found the ground quite
hot.
••Hew i* this ? I enquired.
“All wrong; there’s trouble brewing
master; you hail better leave.
I recalled that the last eruption of
lleela occurred eighty years fffcfoTe, long
before the birth ol my guide, and con
sequently he could know js little of that
as I did. This foolish thought pre- |
vented me from putting the faith in
Ins words that 1 ought to have done.
“There is no hurry I replied ; l have
been so long in finding my way to the
top, that 1 am hardly disposed to leave 1
until I have seen more of the volcano.
“I observed bis paleness and tremb- .
ling increase if possible, but still felt
a reluctance to retreat so ignominiously i
after toiling so hard to make the sum
mit. j
lie stood .a moment in silence, and
then ventured again :
“Let us go while there is time. I
am afraid to remain here. We may be
overwhelmed at any moment.
Hold on ! said 1, sensible of a cu
rious fascination, such as sometimes ;
comes over one when on the brink ol ;
most appalling peril. It is true that ;
the ice has melted away, but it baa done i
so very gradually, I have spent a great
deal of time, and when I started, it was
with the resolve to see lleela.
“Heaven knows 1 have seen to much
already be replied ; more than lias ev
er been seen by mortal man.
what ■Hmy&'Jt'M (Jtflilill'U %“•*
ner of my guide.
“At least, I thick so.
“And 1 think you are mistaken. I
cannot consent to go back until I have
descended into this basin, and looked
down into one of those chasms.
“Let me beseech you do not! It will
be the death ol you.
“If you are afraid you can return,
said I with an unfeeling lone for which
there was no justification.
“Oh no my master, 1 will not leave
you.
“All I ask is that you will merely
waif for me.”
‘I had no right even to ask that, and
consider my guide a simpleton because
lie acceded to my request.
I ivill wait, lie replied, but remem
ber when you go down that I kept en
treating you not to do so
I bold you blameless whatever
should occur, so have no apprehensions
upon that score.
“The crater was about twenty yards
in depth, with sides that sloapod so
gently that it could be descended easi
ly. if ordinarv care was exercised.
“I firit felt the lava, and found it
quite hot, but not uncomfortably so,
and using mv stick with great precau
tion, I begun the descent. 1 observed
the temprature of the lava beneath my
feet constantly increasing, but l bad on
thick shoes and knew that they would
be unbanned.
I noticed also a thick, sulphuriotis
ordor, but considered this nothing un
usual, although it left a thick, disa
greeable taste on inv mouth and gave
an unpleasent twinge to my ollacto
ries.
The rill of water made by the melt
ing ice flowed hissing down, and was
lost to view in the dark chasm from
which came puffs of hot air, accom
panied by a rumbling and trembling of
the ground.
'The place, the sceue. and withal the
sense oi danger connected with it, held
me there by a sort of magnetic fascina
tion, and I soon found myself strongly
tempted to throw myself into the awful
abyss. Concions that reason some
times looses her power at such times.
I forced myself backward a few feet,
but still remained fearfully near the
opening, heedless of the earnest entreat
ies of my guide.
Giving no heed therefoie to his ear
nest solicitations, I now resolved if pos
sible to sound the chasm before me,
and then proceed to examine the other.
Lor this purpose I broke oil a small
piece ol lava, and stepping to the very
edge of the precipice, dropped it down,
and listened to the hollow reverbera
tions, as it was bounding from side to
side, long after it was lost to tiie eye.
The depth was so immense that I
heard it for fully a minute, and then
the sound seemed rather to die out
than to cease because of the block hav
ing reached its destination. It was a
terrific depth, and as 1 drew back with a
shudder, a gust of hot sulphurious air
pulled upward, followed immediately i
by a steam like vapor, and a heavy, i
hollow boom, as if a piece of ordinance
had discharged far down in the bowels
ol the mountain.
By this time I had regained my com
mon sense and became impiessed with j
the danger that hung over me. I turn
ed to fly, when all at once there cpinve
a rumbling craah- and the ground heav
ing, shaking, and rolling under me, be
gan to crumble of! into the dreadlul a
b) ss.-
1 was thrown down and on my hands
and knees was scrambling onward and
upward, when two blocks rolling to- j
getiier, caught my leet and legs between
them, and without actually crushing,
held them as in a vice. Then eaiwe j
another crash and crumble, the lava
slid away from behind me, and I was
left on the very verge of that awful j
gulf, now widened some fifteen or twen- j
ty feet, down into which 1 looked with
horror-strained eyes, only to see dark
ness and death below, and breathe the j
NO. SL
almost suffocating vapor, that rushed
up from that seemingly bottomless pit.
“Oh. the horrors of that awful real**'
ration ! What pen or tongue can por
tray them f There, over the mouth of
! a black and heated abyss, 1 was held
suspended, a helpless and ron«ii>u«
prisoner to be hurled downward by tihe
next great throe of trembling nature.
“Help ! help ! help !—for the love of
God, help!” I shrieked, in the very
agony of inv despair.
“1 looked up and around to catch
sight of my guide, but he, with a
inenduble prudence. I could but admit
in my dire extremity, had sought his
own safety in flight.
“I had nothing to rely on but the
mercy ol heaven and I prayed to God
as 1 never praved before lor a forgive
ness of my tins, that they might not
follow me to judgement.
“It might be a second, it might hr
minute, it might be an hour, that [
should have to undergo a living death;
but the time long or short. llt It tint
there was no escape limn a doom
which even now makes me grow pale
and shudder when I think ol it.
“Above me was a clear blue sky -
beneath me a black and horrible abyss,
around me sickening vapors that made
my brain grow dizzy. Humbling ami
hissing sounds warned mo that another
convulsion might occur at anv moineui,
Home and friends I should never see a
gain, and my tomb would be the vul
. canic lleela !
•Istrove with the madness of deeper'*
[ ntion to disengage mv imprisoned limbs,
but I might as well have ai:empted to
move the mountains itst If. There 1 was
fixed and fastened for a terrible death
I was awaiting. Oh, god ol litaven !
what a fate !
| All at once I heard a shoot. »nd|
looking around. I helield with feelings
tli'u cannot he described, my faithful
guide, hastened down the sides of the
j crater to my relief. He had fled in ter
ror at the first ominous demonstra
tion, hut had mihly turned to save me.
if possible, by risking Ins life lor
mine.
"1 warned you master,’ said lie as
he came tip, his eyes starting, and his
countenance expressive of commisera
tion and terror.
| “I sprang forwrad—l siezed aln nd
! of tiie guide—we both struggled tlespt r-
I atcly and the next moment we had both
hdlen, locked in each others arms upon
the solid earth above. I was free but
still upon the verge of the pit, andianv
moment might see us both hurled ti>
destruction. ‘Quick! quirk,—liter's
not a moment to lose!’cried the guide.
Up. up, and run for your life !’
‘I staggered to my feel, with a wild
cry of hope and fear, and half carried
by my faithful companion, hurried
the sloping sides of the crater.
“As we reached the ridge above, the
I ground shook with heavy explosion,
and looking hack, I saw with a horror
which no pen can depict the dark,
smoking pit where we had so lately
stood- Without wailing to see mure I
turned and tied over the rough ground
ns fast as ui) bruised limbs would per
mit.
‘We reached our horses in safety,
and hurrying down the mountain; g ive
i the alarm to the villagers, who joined
us in our flight across the country till
a safe distance was gained-. ry
‘A few days later, when the mighty
and long extinct Uocla was eonvul
j sing the island, ami pouring fourth its
(tremendous Melted lava, l was far out
upon the Atlantic, on my way home,
i' v 11 cte 1 devoutly thanked God again
and again that 1 had lived to tell my
wonderful escape from a death in ns
burning enter.
To loitiis
Dow to get a good servant —Do
i your work yourself,
i How to preserve fruit —Put it in glass
bottles, and seal the corks. p\ u t ] w . iu
i in a strong box [an iron sale will d»,l
; and bury them about ten feet in the
ground. Alter that never go near them
How to prevent your cat from steal
ing-—Never keep one.
How to pay taxes— Look out of tl la
topoi the window and'tell Che collector
)ou are all out ol town, and. never ex
pected hack. If he does not believe
this'you must prevail on. him to nay
them himself.
How to prevent beer from- turning
sour—Al ways lea ve the key isvthe tap,
and don t lock the cellar-
How to buy coais cheap — Don’t give
too iiigii a price for them..
Not Bad for Bam bo. — A Richmond
contemporary relates:
At tiie Opera House tiie other night,
tiie following scene occurred.
1 1m —Now, Look here, nigger, can
you tell me tiie difference between a
man’s ovcm-patron and his business.
Why, ’lam-t no difference. A man's
occupation is Ins business, and his bu
siness is his occupation.
J im— Now, nigger, is you a fool ?
Aon l Jeff Davis in occupation ofl'or
tress Monroe, and has he got any bus
iness d.ir !
Josh —Dat nigger always was smart.