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GENERAL L. J. GARTRELL. A ttriof Mkrlrli of ||„ |ni*llr < *rr*. r . CorrnpmdtHt* ThvniatriUt Enter prut sln. Editor: From an editorial no. pearing in your paper, the following is an extract: “Many papers in North Georgia are talking of General Gartrell for Governor. General Gartrell is a clever gentleman and an able criminal lawyer. Will some of bit friends, who are urging him as thelnan for the nom ination, give light on the question of his qualities ns a statesman, or any other qualifications, that peculiarly fit him for the position of Governor ?" As you kindly call on “some of the friends” of General Gartrell “to give light on the question of his qualities as a statesman, or anv other qualifications that peculiarly fit him for the position of Governor." we doubt not von will take pleasure in publishing this answer to your own inquiry. Gen. Gartrell is a native of Wilkes county, and was educated at Randolph MAcon college, in Virginia, and Frank lin college, at Athene, Georgia. lie read law under General Robert Toombs, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and Nettled at Washington, Georgia, where he soon rose to prominence in his pro fession. He formed a partnership there with the Hon. Isaiah T. Irwin, a prom inent member of the bar of that sec tion, and later was the partner of the lamented Judge Garnet Andrews, who. for rnanv years, graced the bench In ins ability and impartiality. In 184$ General Gartrell was elected, by the general assembly, solicitor-general of the northern judicial circuit and dis charged the duties of that position for nearly four years with acknowledged ability and fidelity until the summer of 1847,-when he was chosen by his fel low-citizens of Wilkes county to rep resent them in the legislature. For the next term he was re-elected, and dur ing his whole term of service in that body took an active part in the debates and in the enactment of all general laws for the benefit, of the people, and j as the rseords of the house and the | comments of the public press at the) time will show, discharging, his duties j to the entire satisfaction of hisconsfit- j uents, and attracting the attention of; the people all over the state by his ability as a legislator. After thus serving the people for four years, he continued the practice of his profession in the Northern circuit with great success until 1854, when he removed to Atlanta, where he has since resided In the celebrated contest between Hon. Hiram Warner and lion. B. 11. Hill for congress in 1855 he took an active part in the interest of Judge Warner, the democratic candidate, by bis efforts, contributing largely to Judge War net's jplpSinii, a'nd In 1-8 50. being appointed presidential elector on the Buchanan Ureckehridge ticket, he canvassed his district and other por tions of the state in favor of their elec tion, and cast his vote, as a member of the electoral college, for those able and' distinguished democrats. 11 is efforts on the stump during these campaigns are well remembered by thousands of our people as having been exceedingly powerful and effective. Judge Warner declined a re-election to congress in 1857, when (ten. Gnrtrell was nominated and elected by a large majority, though the district was one of those most closely contested and in 1850, he was re-elected by a large in creased majority. Whiltrin the federal congress, where he remained until tiie state seceded, he was a member of the committee on elections, was regent of the Smithsonian institute, took an ac tive part in the most important debates of these eventful sessions, and was, on all hands, regarded as one of the most prominent members of that memorable •ongress. After Georgia had with drawn from the union and develop i 1 it certai“ ' hat war was moots render*-.. L c . . . inevitable, returning to ~M S n:ltlve lie raised the celebrated Seventh C eor * gia regiment, was unanimously elected its colonel and with it entered the con federate army. While absent in the army with his command he was elected to tiie confederate congress and resign ed his commission to take his seat in that body in 1862 with the understand ing on his parr, that he would remain In congress but one term. In this congress, composed of the very ablest southern statesmen, he was made chair man of the judicial committee —being Assigned to that position by Speaker SWvoek, tlint eminent Virginian—thus filling the most important station in t he lower branch of the confederate con gross. It was a time demanding the work of full grown statesmen and hero General Gartell was fully tried and found to be worthy and well qualified, for here he rendered most valuable and timely service bn the confederate cause as is shown bv the journals aud remem bered by his fellow members. Declining a re-election to congress, he re-entered the army, was made brig adier-general and organized Gartrell’s brigade. which he commanded to the clo.-e of the war. Of l)ia life and conduct since the war it is hardly needful to say anything. Although at all times taking a deep in terest in political affairs, he Ims de voted himself to the practice of his profession, and none who have witness ed Ids devotion to duty, his untiring industry and his almost matchless abil ity in this useful and honorable sphere can doubt his capacity for public posi tion. y llia voluntary and gratuitous de fense of the Columbus prisoners, charg ed with the assassination of Asiiliurn, endeared him to our whole people, and The 11 art well Sun. Bv BENSON & McGILL. VOL. IV—NO. Its. entitles him to the gratitude of lovers of liberty and justice everywhere. His zealous deft use of hundreds of Geor gians in the federal courts has proven their best, and often only, mode of es cape from improper conviction for al leged infractions of the revenue laws. Could your people have heard him. as we have in the court-house in de fense of the life, liberty and property rights of his clients, and on the stump in defense of democratic principles, they would not need to be told of his qualifications for gubernatorial office. General Gartrell was selected to make the opening effort in the Tilden and Hendricks's campaign in 187 G, and right nobly did lie discharge this patri otic duty, fully demonstrating the im portance and necessity of democratic victory, and affording fine proof of his own familiarity with the principles un derlying our complex system of gov ernment and controlling its operations when properly administered. In 1877. ex-Governor Charles J. Jen kins. that grand old Georgian, with whom years before General Gartrell served in the state legislature, made him chairman of the committee on the executive department in the constitu tional convention—one of its most im portant committees. Here he did good work for the people, as the published journals fully attest—having contribu ted very largely to the adoption of the measures guarding the public treasury, and to the good features of the consti tution framed bv tlmt bodr. It will be remembered that this con vention largely reduced the immense patronage of the executive, provided for the enactment of laws regulating freight and passenger tariff on rail roads, and checked the nccnmulntian of county and municipal indebtedness, besides adopting many other whole- some economy measures. In fine. Mr. Editor, General Gartrell has been tried in many very important public trusts, and has so filled them as always to sat isfy the people who placed him there His private business has always been been successfully managed, and he has never failed to promote the just inter ests of those relying upon his profes sional skill. A man of untiring in dustry; of -excellent administrative v-r—siving needed 'attention to mi nute details—comprehending at the same time the largo and seemingly more important elements of affairs; acquainted with the wants of and in full sympathy with the masses ; capac itated bv natural endowment; enrich ed by liberal education and matured by the experience of years of active pub lic life to suggest needed measures of relief; acquainted with the laws and therefore able to enforce them infelli gentlv and to require others to faith fully discharge their duties under them, he is the kind of man the people want for governor. Among all the promi nent Georgians mentioned in connec tion with the governorship who pxccls him in capacity, integrity, or devotion to the public weal ? Justice. A Demand for Men Eighteen Feet Long. A Northern soldier who served in the swamps of Smith Carolina during the war toils the following stnrv : Among the officers whom I remember well at Morris Island was Colonel Sewell, of New York, a most excellent officer and an accomplished engineer. Col. Sewell was engaged on the Swamp Angel, and being very energetic himself, he was iK;t afraid to enter the swamps. His prise can S' imagined when one dav one of his iie;! e,,a "ts wu.'*™ * ie had or dered to take twenty met) and enter *ne swamp, said he could not do it. “ And why, sir. cant you do it?" cried the energetic Sewell. ••The mud is too deep, Colonel.” re plied the lieutenant. “You can at least try,” said Sewell. The lieutenant did so, and in an hour returned, his men covered with mud from head to foot. “ Here, now,” cried Sewell, on seeing them, “ what bring* you back?” “ Colonel, the mud is over my men’s heads. I can’t do it.” “Oh, hut you can make a requisition for anything that is necessary for the safe passage of the swamp, and I will give it to you, but you must go through with it.” The lieutenant did make a requisition in writing, which was as follows : “I want twenty men eighteen feet long to cross a swamp fifteen feet deep.” The joke was a good one, hot Sewell was terribly in earnest? could not just then appreciate it, and he promptly ar rested the lieutenant for disrespect to his superior officer. Another lieutenant was detailed, and he went to the swamp, felled the Jimber, and accomplished what his unfortunate predecessor had failed to do. Col. Sewell built his bat tery with the aid of wheeMmrrows and -ami. and the remains of it still stand as a monument to his energy and skill ns an engineer. A friend of ours remarks that the reason the softer sex call the men bears is because they hug the girls so tight. There'* logic by the armful. HAKTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 19, 1880. How a Married Woman Goes to Sleep. There is an nrtiolo going the mu mis entitled, “ How Girls Go tn Sleep." The manner in which they go to sloop, according to the article, can’t hold a candle to the way a married woman yes to sleep. Instead of thinking of what she should have attended tn before go ing to bed, she thinks of it afterward. While she is revolving these matters in her mind, and while snugly lucked in bed, the old matt is scratching his legs in front of the fire, and wondering how he will pnv the next month's rent. Sud ! dcnlv she savs : “ Janies, did vou lock the door?" “ What dvir?” “ The cellar door,” says she. “ No,” savs James. “ Well, you'd better go down and , lock it, for I heard someone in the back yard last night.” Accordingly, James paddles down stairs and locks the door. About the time James returns and is going to get into bed she rcmnrks : “ Did you shut the stair door?" “ No,” savs James. “Well, if it is not shut the eat will get tip into the room.” “Let her come up, then," says James, ill-naturedlv. “ Mv goodness, no !" returns the wife, “ she’d suck the hahy’s breath !” Then James paddles down stairs again and steps on a tack, nn<( closes the stair door, and curses the cat. and returns to the bed-room. Just ns bebpgihs to' climb into hisci tub bis wife observes: “ I forgot to bring up some water, j Suppose you bring some in the big tin." And so James, with a muttered curse goes down into the dark kitchen, and falls over a chair, and rasps all of the tinware off the wall, in search of the “ big ” tin, and then he jerks the stair door open and howls: “ Where the deuce are the matches?” She gives him minute directions where to find the matches, and adds that she would rather go and get the water her- J self than have the neighborhood raised . about it. After which Janies finds the j matches, procures the water, mines up i stairs, and plunges into bed. Present- j ly bis wife says: “James, let's have an understanding about money matters. Now, next week i I’ve got* to*pay—.’’ “I don’t know what you've got to j pay, and I don’t care,” shouts James, as he lurches around and jams his face up against the wall; “all I want is to go to sleep.” “ That’s all very well for yon,” snaps | his wife, as she pulled the covers vici ouslv, “ voif never think of the worry j and trouble I have. And there's A ra mi nta. who I believe is taking the measles.” “ Let her take ’em,” savs James, sticking his legs, out as straight as two ! ramrods. “ It seems to me yon have no sense or feeling,” whines his wife, “and if you had any respect for me you would not eat onions before you come to bed. The atmosphere of the room from the smell of onions is horrid ” “ Well, go down and sleep in the kitchen, then, and let me alone,” says James. Hereupon she begins to erv softly, hut about the time James is falling in to a gentle doze she punches him in the ribs with her elbow, and says : “ Did von hear that scandal about Mrs. Jones?” “What Jones, says James sleepily. “ Why, Mrs. Jones.” “ Where?” inquired James. “I declare!” says his wifi* “you're getting more stupid every day. You km? w Mrs. Jones that lives at No. 21. Well, day before yesterday. Susan Smith told Mrs. Tliorrnson that Sain Baker had said that Mrs. Jones had— ' Here she pauses and listens. James is snoring in profound slumber. With a sort of rage she pulls all the covers off him, wraps herself up in them and lavs awake until 2 a. m.. thinking how badly abuse 1 she is. And that is the way a married woman goes to sleep. Thomaston Times: We saw this week the greatest curiosity we have ever seen. We allude to Mr. Zaok Gaultney, of Taylor county, the Geor gia dwarf. He is undoubtedly the worst deformed person we have ever seen. He is twenty-five years old and is only forty-six inches high. His gen eral weight is one hundred and five pounds, of which his hands and feet will weigh half. His little finger is fourteen inches in circumference, which will give you some idea of the enorm ous proportions of his hands and feet. One of his hands will weigh at least twelve or fifteen pounds. He converses fluently, and seems to be intelligent and well informed. This is his first visit to Thomaston. Everybody who saw him seems to he at a loss to account for this singular phenomenon. A few years since, at the celebra tion of onr national anniversary, a poor pedlar who was present, being called upon for a toast, offered the following: “ Here is health to poverty; it sticks to a man when all his friends forsake him” Devoted to Hart County. ■of all the hnrfible accident* wo could hear nf. but still lie laughed and iHiigh ' ciK * Mnltr'iii'e <vta eqnrtllv useless, and there seemed nothing lint death foy him. j He could not eat, drink or sleep ; noth- \ ing but laugh. Ilis mouth stretched twice its usual width and his jaws were almost paralyzed. 1 got your paper j ( and commenced reading your column Jof comics to him. Before I got to the lend of the first one I could notice an improvement in him and by the time I had got half slirough the column bis mouth was entirely closed and he was as cairn as ever, lie lias never laugh ed since, and I don’t believe lie ever will. That is the cause of my grati- j tude. Is it not enough?" The publisher thought so, and con cluded to dispense with the original col umn of funny paragraphs. How to Cure a Toothache. All tfie Year Round. Some months ago an English tourist, lingering in a country church-yard, was present at a funeral, and observed among the group of mourners a young man. who particularly attracted atten tion by his swollen face, and the utter dejection of his appearance. “ Here at least is one true mourner,” thought the Englishman. While this thought was passing through his mind the sup posed mourner took up a skull which lay on the top of a heap of dry mold and crumbled bones. lie raised it to bis lips, and, with bis own teeth, ex tracted a tooth from it. Horror filled the stranger as he watched this pro ceeding, and saw him throw the skull carelessly away, while he wrapped the tooth in paper and put it in his pocket. “Can you tell me why he did that ?” asked our tourist of an old inan who had stood beside him during the fnrie ral ceremony. “ Ay, surely, your hon or; the poor boy was very bad wi’ the toothache, an’ it’s allowed to he a cure if you draw a tooth frae a skull wi’ your ain teeth. lie’ll sew the tooth in his clothes an’ wear it as long as he lives.” “ You don’t tell me so! Do you think the remedy will be effectual?” “ It’s like enough, sir,” replied the old man, showing where a tooth was sewed in the lining of his own waistcoat. “ It’s five years since I pulled that one the same way, and I never had a touch o’ the toothache since.” Girls in the M ine Vats. A resident in Italy vouches for the following: In the vineyards in Paru g, : ;i the gil ls mount ladders and clip the rich humi.es, dropping them into the baskets. With industrious workers one day is enough to clear ml average vine yard. When the grapes are ail gathered in they are carefully picked from their stems for the pressing. This last process is the same primitive, simple operation that was performed by the patriarch Noah. The grapes arc thrown into an enormous vat, where the juice is trnmp vd out of them by the bare feet. At this stage of the vintage you may see j hundreds of young ladies of the city of Perugia coming fourth in groups in the j morning, beaming with pleasant mys tery and excitement. Your ordinary tourist whose only in tellectual and instructive pabulum is gathered from the guide books, has not the remotest conception of their object. 1 He may think they are out for an early | constitutional. But early constitution als are not the rage with Italian ladies. .Shall I tell you the secret of all that mystery and excitement? They are off to the country to tread in the wine press es. It is a novel holiday to them, be sides being a most salutary exercise. ; Even prim old dowagers are known to “ wade in” and banish the rheumatism by a half day’s exercise in the wine press. Apart from the, healthful exer cise of tramping, the new mash nrt as The Ftinti) Column. Camden A city paper thought it must do like its neighbors and have a paragraph col umn. It advertised for the right sort of a man in his way. “ Wages no object. Good looks not desirable. Good sense not expected.” The man came mid went to work. One column was bis task, and be furnished it. It looked well as printed, and the publisher hom'd for good resets. During the following day a plain-looking farmer came in and ask ed the editor for the man who wrote that column. The paragrapher was im mediately summoned. “ It on are the author of this column, I hear," said the farmer. "Yes, sir," proudly rubbing his hands. “1 owe yon a debt which I can only partly repay in money, hat here are So which I insist on vour taking as an indi cation of the gratitude I feel toward you.” The man of paragraphs took it and asked what was the especial cause of gratitude. The farmer said : “ You saved my brother’s life after he had been given up by the doctor. It was this way : He was takisi last Monday with a fit of laughing hysterics which got worse and worse. We hud tried everything in vain ; had taken him to funerals, deathbeds, scenes $1.50 Per Annum. a hath to the limbs, while the uprising fumes are considered eminently utoWtUch ic. After the trending performance these ladies wash themselves in hot wine, taking a moderate decoction inter nally for the stomach’s sake. The ef fect is pleasant and rejuvenating, and is especially noticeable in the vim witli which they participate in the dance, which is the usual sequel to treading in the wine press. Beauty at Auction. “Grandfather Ackley, of the village of Watkins, N. Y., had rather a novel experience recently while “crying off" a vendue in the town of Hector, near Revnoldsville. After disposing of the articles on the sale list there was a lull in business and the crowd was getting impatient waiting for “Grandfather" to “ come down," or rather announce tiie close "of the sale, when a pretty, plump, rosy girl asked him to oiler her to the highest bidder. “Grandfather,” being of a modest, retiring disposition, seemed reluctant, hut the girl insisted, iso lie proceeded to “cry" her off. The first bid was offered by a timid young man w ith n pianissimo voice, who weak ly offered $77). A bald-headed man “went him fifty better" and the bidding went along lively until 82,000 was of ; feted. At this juncture the girl’s father ■* went a thousand better ".and “Grand father" closed the hid to that gentle man. “Grandfather" looked the crowd of young men over, and, raising himself up in a dignified wav, proceeded to nil dress them in the fnllwning manner: “Gentlemen, 1 am surprised, miv more, deeply mortified to think that you should let such a prize slip through your builds fi>r such a paltry sum. Why, do you know this young lady would, if married, get up in the morning and make a fire without jarring the floor enough to wake her lord and master up; and further more, if I was as young as some of you, I would swim the whole length of Sen eca Luke, climb a liberty-pole, throw the pole away and climb up fifty feet farther rather than lose the opportunity you fellows have." It is needless to say the assemblage roared with laughter. The House that Itiini Built. The Almshouse : This is the house that rum built. The Drunkard: This is the beast Hint lives in the house that rum built. Intoxicating Drink : This is the ser pent in flowery guise, with artful tongue and dazzling eyes, that welds the chain that binds the beast that lives in the house that rum built. The Grogshop : This is the monster who holds the rein over the serpent who welds the chain that binds the beast in cruel pain that lives in the house that rum built. The Beer Saloons : These are the de mons of the land, who hold the mon ster at their commajid, and to the ser pent they do say, together we will take our way, and weld the chain so strong ly now, that every beast to us shall Bow, and dwell in the house that rum built. Temperance: This is the star of promise bright, to stop the demons in their delight, to scare the monster in his career, and to the serpent lend a fear, that he no more may weld the chain that binds the beast in bis artful train, who lives in the house that rum built. Reformers: These arc the soldiers who take the field with the star of promise for their shield ; they go to gether hand in hand, to hunt the de mons who haunt the laud ; they'll break in two the welded chain, and set the captive free again, who lives in the house that rum built. Imprisonment by I’iemntiih A good story is told of Judge Kent. A man was indicted for burglary, and the evidence on the trial showed that this burglary consisted in cutting a hole through a rubber tent, in which several persons were sleeping, and then pro jecting his head and arm through the j,ole and abstracting various articles of value. It was claimed by his counsel that, inasmuch as he never actually en tered into the tent with his whole body, he had not committed the offense charged, and must, therefore, be dis charged. Judge Kent, in reply to this plea, told the jury that, if they were not satisfied that the whole man was involved in the crime, they might bring in a verdict of guilty against so much of him as was thus involved. The jury-, after a few moments of consultation, found the right arm, the right shoulder and the head of the prisoner guilty of the offense of burglary. The Judge sentenced the right arm, the right shoulder and hood to imprisonment at hard labor in the State Prison for two years, remarking that, as to the rest of his body, he might do with it what he pleased. A young lady sent twenty-five cents and a postage stamp in reply to an ad vertisement of “ How to make an im pression," and received an answer, “ Sit down on a pan of dough ?” WHOLE NO. 191. WANTED A FIDDLE A mnn from Sooth Arkansas stop|M-d his wagon near the edge of the side walk, in Little Rock.climbed down and entered an undertaker’s establishment ; “ Are you the man that sell#coffins?" he asked a the undertaker advanced to meet him. “Yes, sir; can I do anything for yon.'" " Yes, 1 ettm in for a sort rtf busi ness transaction, but I reckon I’ll hnve to enter into particulars in order to the thing clear. My father, the old man, was a mighty curious sort of a feller. I<ong time ago lie tuck into his head that lie was gwinc to die, and ns he was a religious man and ready for death, lie thought, the next heat tiling was to arrange for Ids burial, so he’ made himself a coffin outen white oak , skantlin, The war com on and he went. At Shiloh he got killed and never need ed his coffin. I’ve got it out here in the wagon. Shall I bring It In?" “ No, sir; I don’t care to sec it." “ You see this is a ground hog case with me. F had intended to keep the coffin nil my life, because I thought a grent deal of the old man. and wouldn’t have consented to part with it only for this reason : My house burned down night lieforelnst and burned np my fid dle. The coffin happened to lie over at. a neighbor*, and of course wasn’t burned. This neighbor found out that the coffin held just six bushel* of shell ed corn, and every time he sells corn lie borrows it. Now, you see, bavin lost my fiddle I am ruined. I can’t even cat. When my wife died that fiddle kept me from the expense of mnrryin agin. I’ve got, to have another fiddle, and if you’ll get me a fiddle I’ll give you the coffin. Oh. she’s a stun ner, and will (it nine men out of ten. She’s perfectly clean, for corn don’t hurt a coffin, f put down bacon in her one year, hut kept her under the drip n long tim ‘ afterwards. Come what do you say?" “ I don’t wan* your coffin.” “ I’ll bet you haven’t not a coffin in the house that will wear ns well. Give I inei a fiddle, and take her. Iron hoop* around the. head, and three spikes at [the foot; can’t break it." “ 1 have too many on band now.” “ And you'll always have ’em on hand unless you get the right kind. Nothing abort of a fiddle will get her. No banjos or horns, nothing but n fid dle. Speak out. Do you want the coffin? Iron hoop around the head. Do you want her? Holds water like a | bucket, Don't leak a drop. Fit any body. Got more fine points than any coffin over brought to l.ittle Rock. Do you want her?” “ No.” “ Won’t raffle her off for me?” “ No.” “ Won’t take a chance if I raffle her off?” “ No." “ Then, sir. I have no sympathy with yon whatever. You don't appre ciate a good thing. You haven’t soul enough to sec the beauties of mechani cal art. You haven’t sense enough to tell a hickory stump from a dogwood snpliir” The coffin will cither be taken home or rallied off at ft fair. • Retrace of Worldly Compromise. It is getting to be too much the fash ion to compromise. A compromise may do in politics -though even there it rarely works well long. But, as some one has well said, “ on moral and reli gions questions a compromise is treas on to light.” Lafayette once illumi nated the compromise in this way: “ Two men get into an altercation about arithmetic. Twice two are four says one stoutly. No, replies the oth er, twice two are six. Both are un yielding, and the dispute waxes warm. A.third person approaches, and lays a hand gently upon each. Gentlemen, he says, reason is not infallible. The' wisest and best men have erred. We arc all prone to rush to extremes. You my friend, affirm that twice two are four. You who are equally my friend, affirm that twice two are six. Compro mise, my friends, compromise. Meet each other haif way. Agree to say, hereafter, twice two are five. It is thus that too many Christians ar: trying to compromise. God says. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God w ith all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. The compromising Christian says, ” I will love Him with half my heart, and with the other half I will love the world.” Compromising Christians go further. They go with the world and pursue their pleasures six and a half days of the week, and quiet their consciences by a half day’s attendance at church, when the weather is fine and they fee! in the right mood. Their piety “hath this extent, no more.” • Johnny, where's your pa?” ‘■Gone fishing, sir.” “He was fishing yesterday, wasn’t he ?” “ Yes, sir.” “ What did lie catch ?” “ One catfish, the rheumatism, two eels, the toothache, and some little ones. Ma says he’ll catch hell to night; just wait till he gets home.” A little girl who was sent out to look for eggs came back unsuccessful, and complained that “ there wore lots of hens standing around and doing noth ing.” “ I’m a moderate drinker,” asserted an old toper to a temperance lecturer, who was trying to induce him to re form ; •' I only take one drink a? a lime.”