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mmiviLLS, GA.
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attorney at law,
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r Smiihvillr. »>*.
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• Afouse at Smithvill.’, takes pleasure
tio’if*ing the travelling public 'hat the
*"°»e honse is now in the ' full tfde r of «ne
•'“a nl admiutstration bv himself. H. will
c .re m< |, r j, „ FikST-OIaSS
<‘T*l. JAesls reads on the arrival ot the
’***■ W. M. MeAFEB.
HOTEL CARD.
To The Travelling /"uhlic
MARSHmT MOUSE,
77ua fi-»*-p'aso Hotel ;* situated on Hrntigh ■
ton atr.or, and ia conYenient to the business
mrf of 'ho olty O-nnihuaap, and R ggagp
Wagonu will alwnra he In attendance at the
y rtoua P -nota and Rteamhoat Landings, i n
con Ye a ntsepngera to the Hotel. The beat
LiverY fJtahle accommodations will be found
adtnininc-*he house.
The nndersign. and will snare neither time,
trouble nor expense to make bis gneats com
fortable. and r. niter tbi. Honae, in evet-v snb
s'antlal particular, equal, at least to anv in
the Rrate,
The ra*e of Board has been reduced to
$8 00 a diY.
A. I?. I ITr, Prois-iptni-,
BROWN HO USE'
i . r. nttotn & ana,
Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depo'
•Unroii, Georgia .
'T'HI? House having lately been refitted
lad n paired, and is now one of the best
Hotels in the State, and the most conve
nient in the city. The taole is supplied wph
everything the market affords. tehlß’tiit
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30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS
WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL
D. WYATT* AIKEN,
CHARLESTON, S. C
Sale and Feed Stable.
Wk export to keep on hand, all the season
first class Horses and for sale. In om
uurchascs we look to what is needed in »h>
-ecMon, and trust to merit a liberal patronage
from those who may need stock. Call on us
before purchasing
oc2l f FAR\r\f & SHARPE.
KMI.SH WOODRUFf,
(Successors to Tomi.i-scn, Pfmap.fst k Go
628 and 630, Broadway, N. Y.
MANCFACTURUKS OF
Carriages, Buggies, &c.
E»p< cm") Oa pled to tile CoU.tu.-lU Ruadr.
011ß hTOCK COMPRISES
Light Tictorials,
IMtatioiih,
(abrlolas.
Locks ways.
And aP other styVs of Fine (’arriages,
Ft»r one and two ho»sps.
TOP AND NO 'J OF BrrtiGlES,
On Eliplic and bide Springs.
(OXCORit ECtiUES,
?lail Ilat-ks and Jt‘i «oy Wagons
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WOODRUFF CGKCOf.D BUGGY
AMI)
P antation Wagon for 1, £. 4 and 6 Horses.
71,e best Buggv and Wagon in America sot
the money.
m W* have had an experience of thirty year
in making wmk f..r the Southern Slates, and
know cxaetlv wlnt is wanted to stand the
roads.- We invite all to *eud tor CWultrs,
ami parties visiting Now Y irk we especially
invi eto call at our Waret oomi.
We solicit the liade of merchants and
dealers.
Illustrated Circulars, with priors, furnished
by mail. A. T PA’J/V7iF..B r , N Y.
W. W. W OODRUFF. GA.
rgyWa have also bought out Mr. W A.
bt.IT, of M tcon, G.t., where vre exp. ct, to
keep a large stock. June 23 ly.
Itcmoval I
millinery.
LATEST FALL STYLES,
T wish to say to the muftv friends and
I cUHtorners who havesn liberally pat
ronized me, that I have moved on the
Ka t side of Main Street, near Mr YV
F. Orr's Store, and nm now receiving
a large and most elegant stock of
fall api Winter
ANP
fancy goods,
and ask that my old customers and
many n w ones may giv - me a eall
MY D3fSS-MAKI*iG
DJB PART M KNT
is superintended ty mysolf, ami hav
lug competent and tellable laities to
j i)H sirt me, will guarantee satisfaction
‘in ev ty particular. Give mo a call
I at my New Store.
y • M. WULIAMSON.
Ucc. 6-ts
Dawson, ga„ Thursday; December i, is?o.
Dawson Business Directory,
Dry Gaotb Merchants.
Cmtl A TPCKEH, Dt»«lnr* in all
kindsot Dry Goods and Groceries. Main
Sf rret.
KrT3rr.il. r>e«t er inaii
kinds of Drv Good**, Mum Afreet.
A ORirrn,
J in St.aplo Dry Good« >ind Grorcriri* n?5»o
and J/erchanf*. M\ in
IfrlirnßY A ritorrff.
ixl I). alnro fn f)rr Goods, S'Hpfp
Goods find F»mily Groceries, M tin street.^
{ \ R* W. F. D''*ilpr in F>infy and «tg
' I^ rv Goods, Main st. t under *‘Jour
nul’ 1 Printing Olficc.
Grocery TTcrcliiiiih,
J. /%., Wnchouse and
r , oo'mis »on M' Pettier In n.-$
on, Floor, Mo«l fi'»*nerdliv at
"'harfie & Brown’s old stand, M iin st.
FAnnvy. & <;o..
D slers in Drv Goods, Groceries, and
Plantation Supplies.
n.RRFRft srinoii S, G rf>opry
* X slid froyision Dealers, South side Pub
lic Squire.
HOOI>. D. 11.. Deni sr in Groceries and
Familv s,inches gcnersllv, 2nd door to
Journal” Office, Main si.
Dl’ticsisp.
CIITATII \ »l, C. A., Druggist and
Phytician. Keep 3 a good supniy of
Drugs and Medicines, »nd prescribes for al!
'he ills that fl-sh is heir to. At his old stand,
•he Red Drug Store, Main st
T 4 3TKS, nsi. J. rDealer in
;fl D-ugs, M- diefhes, O is, Paints, Dye
-huffs, Girden Seed, Ac., Ac.
BIKFRY.
TI„ B ker, Conf»c
--• tioner, nnd dealer in F *mi)v Grcc*’rie.
Fi«h and (Veters, Mi in Street, next to J. W.
Roberts & Cos.
PiI.SICIAXS.
nOm H. 12. Praeficing Phv
-ieian. and Surgeon. Office at Cheat
',a,n’.s Drug S'Ote.
DR. ,H TIE'S. SI PRICE,
•hankfnl for past patronage bv «• ose
ttention and moderate charges hone to re
eeive a enn'it,nance of the same. Offi -e. Dr
Gilpin’s old stand j tn 13, 'f
Wall'll Itrpairer.
VF.IiEY, JOII4 P., will .en ir
Wa ohes, Cloeks, Jewelry, J7nsic Beol<s,
tceo-dions, &e . alwavs to he |,,und at hi
lid Stand, on North "ide of Public Square
Livery fUtbie*.
PARYHI, & SfllßS’D. Sale
V and Feed Stable. Horses a-dj/uls
•nr sale. Horses boarded. North side Pub
lic Square.
IIRIYCF, 31. G. & .1. K.. Sale
1 Feed and Uiverv Stable, D pot S -e> t
Good ho—es and vehicles for lure on reason.
,t>le terms. April 14, ly.
BAR R"OYI.
1> \T 33’ ARIF. 0o'»r in Fine Win—.
Brandies. Whi-kies, TANARUS, >ger R yr, Ac .
West side public Square, Main s-reer.
DAW SON
CARRIAGE FACTORY
T:n>. J. hut, pr.,
AND MANUFAI’TUHER OF
CARRIAGES & BUGGIES
OF£F£«r DESCttMTMOJT.
Patterns adjusted to suit the most improved
Sti/les.
W<* keep on hand Northern nnd Ei'torn
work which we will sell at lowest cash piices.
Jin' 20, ly.
BURTON i. STOCKTON,
\ UNITED STATES HOTEL,
LOUISVILLE, KY.,
£ HAS JUST HERN ItEFITTF.D. %
I Centrally located.
,# GE.V TS IV.IJTTEn
ToKi'll Olir 1 clfhiMli'tl
MIIII HlffiDlß
Achiiowlt-riged bv all who hsve ns. and them to
he the best Pen made or sold in *i it counter.
No hlottine! No soiled fine,t-! Sixtv lines
w.itien » : th one pen of ink ! Will out we*r
anv steal pen ever made Btnkerg. itn-r
--clnots, teachers and all clause* endo.-e them
in the highest terms of pnii«e. Pm up in
pe»t slide boxes. Prices : two boxes. 60
cents ; 6ve boles, $1 00. Seot free of po--
(Hge, and guaranteed to give perfectsatisfac
tion
Liberal Commission to Agents!
H'e »te irepa e to give am ene getic
person tak ; Dg 'he ag- nev ..f the»e Pens, a
commission which will p.v per month.
Three sample Pens will be mailed lor 10
cents.
APPR' r ss,
W AbTARX rURT.DHTNG CO
Pittsburg, Pa,
Succesrjn Life
Pit cross is ponorfly rogßrdod, in tho
opinion of the public, as tho best tost
of a man ; and thoro is somo founda
tion for tho opinion.
But impressions greatly vary as to
what constitutes true success. With
the greater number it means success
in business, and making money. Os
one we hear it said, ‘'Thors goes a suc
cessful! man, he has made a hundred
thousand dollars within tho last twelve
months.’ Os another, "There you see
a man who commenced life as a labor
er, but by dint of industry, persever
ance nnd energy, lias-amassed a large
fortune, bought a place out of town,
and lives the life of a country gentle
man, though he can hardly yet write
his own name ; that?a what I call suc
cess.’’ Or another. ' That is Mr. ,
tho great was origin
ally tho son of a small far. a or, and by
diligent study and application he has
now reached the first rank among scien
tific men ; yet they say he is very poor,
and can barely make his ends meet. ’
We suspect that most people would
rather exchange places with the labor
er than with the astronomer, so ready
are we to estimate success and worldly
position according to the money stand
ard.
The idea instilled into the minds of
most boys from early life is that of
“getting on.’
The parents test themselves by their
own success in this regard, and they
ir part the same notion to their chil
dren. ‘,Mak siller, Jock,’- said a
Scotch laird to his son, “mak siller—
honestly if you can, but mak it.” The
same counsel, if not in the same words,
is that w; ich is imparted, at least by
example if not in express language, to
most boys. They have set before them
the glory of making their fortunes
That is their “mission,” and many per
form it diligently; heeding little else
but money-making throughout life
l’ublic opinion justifies them in their
course—public opinion approving,
above all things, tho man who has
“made his fortune. ’ But public opinion
is not always correct, ami sometimes,
as in this case, it is obnoxio sto the
sarcastic query of the French wit who
on'-e asked, “ And pray, how many
fools does it take to m lea public ? ’
Yet worldly success, considered in
the money aspect, is by no means a
thing to be undervalued. It is a very
proper object of desire; - and ought to
be pursued—honestly.
A man’s success in the accumulation
of weaitli indicates that he is possessed
of at least some virtues ; it is true they
are of the lower sort, still they are es
timable. 3p*
It is not necessary that a man shall
be largely gifted with intelligence or
that he shall have a benevolent dispo
sition, to enable him to accumulate
money. Let him scrape long and dil
igently, ami he will grow rich in time.
Diligence and perseverance are virtues
enough for the mere money maker. .
But it is possible that the gold,
when made, may lie very heavy in
deed upon the other virtues, arid crush
both mind and heart under their load.
Worldly success may. however, be pur
sued and acheived with the help ol in
toiigeuco, and it may be used, as it
always ought to be used, as the means
ot sell-improvement ami of enlarged
benevolence. It is us noble ah a m to be
a merchant or nianuiactar.-r, as to be
a great statesman or philosopiier,piovid
ed the end is attaiiH.ii by noble means.
A merchant or "manufacturer can'
help on humanity as well as other
men—can benefit ojiiers while he is
enriching himself, anti sot before the
world a valuable example ol intelli
gent industry Find enterprise. He can
exhibit honesty in high places—for in
these days we much need examples ol
honesty. Indeed, a wit has observed,
that in tho arithmetic of the counter,
that two and two do not make lour.
And to test that remark, you have
only to guage a modern pint bottle.—
But many successful mer hants hive
declared that, in the end, “Honesty is
the best policy.’ The honest man may
not get rich so fast as tho dishonest
one, but the success wild be ot a truer
kind, earned without fraud, injustice,
or crime. “He cozened not me, but
his own conscience,” said old Bishop
Latimer, of a cuttler who had made
him pay two pence lor a knife not
wortii a ponny. Eveit tho ugh honesty
' should bring ill success, still a man
j must be llonest Better lose all anil
have honor. “Mak siller ’ by all means
j but make it honestly ; otherwise, as
the Seriptuxe express it, iu such terri
ble words, “it will eat your tiesh as it
wore fire. ’
1 Success in life is also attained
through tho practice of economy—an
other excellent virtue.
| But money is so often esteemed as
! a means of enabling us to take front
seats ill society, to live in bettor style,
and to produce a glare in the faces us
other people, that many of those por
| sons who have acheived apparent suc
cess in life, ’ are not particularly obser
vant of this homely virtue.
We are fonder of Jiving up to tie
means, and even of firing beyond the :
means, than living within them. But
the end comes at ; and what may
have seemed success often proves a
bubble.
Fortunes are made by perseverance,
though many try to acheivo them, as
generals do a victory, at a blow, they
make a dash at sue-ess—speculate
largely, and are ready to venture
everything upon a cast. They regard
the share and stock market as another
Aladdin’s lamp—only give it a rub,
and lo! the genii are expected to come
with gold, at their bidding.
I But, unhappily, the speculator as
. often rubs the wrong as tlie right way,
| and then, instoad of a gain, there is a
loss.
; And even when there is a gaia ia
that manner, it does a man but little
good.
Those eager-to-be-rich people miss
tho mark because of their eagerness.
They have not the patience to wait;
nnd De Maistre, the wise Frenchman,
says, that “to know how to wait is the
gront means of success.” Success in
life requires tho daily practice of other
familiar virtues, as, for instance, punc
tuality,prudence, foresight, caution—
and yet, also, decision and enterprise.
Let a man practice these I'aith‘uliy,
and he will almost infallibly succeed
in life—that is, ho will succeed in ac
cumulating money, anti rising in social
position. But what nvnils it all, unless
the possession of tho money makes the
man bettor, wiser, ami happier 7 Is
not tile life that has ended merely in
the accumulation of a huge pile of
gold to all intents and purposes a fail
ure, unless the man has thereby some
what elevated in tho dignity of a t link
ing being -made more fitted to enjoy
lile himself, and to communicate bless
ings to others 7
And here let us say, that the success
in life which is merely tested by the
money standard, is an altogether false
ono.
So far as the virtues go which are
necessary to be practiced by a success
ful man of business, they aro very well,
ami the money accumulated is also
very good ; but in itself it is only so
much dross, unless it is used as a
means of enjoyment and usefulness.
But wo must sot up some other
test than gold for true success in life;
something other than length of purse
or breadth of acres. As lor birth, we
can alll boast of tliat. The pedigr, e
of the moanest is as long a, th it o
the greatest. Many of us have lost
count, but we all look back to A lam
We do not know that the proudest
nobleman can go beyond that. The
truest test of success in life is Charac
ter. Has a man built up, not a for
tune, but a well-regulated, well-disci
plined character.
lias he acquired, not mere gold or
acres, but virtue, benevolence, and
wisdom 7
Is he distinguished, not for his in
gots, but for his philathropy 7 That is
the only true tost of a man.
Gold is every day becoming of loss
consideration in society.
There are so many rich men already,
and likely to be so many more richer
still, that tho possession of more wealth
will entitle a man to no consideration
ol itself, unless accompanied by some
other rational claims to distinction and
respect. The rulers ot opinion—the
'ueu ot mark in society in this day, are
most of them self-made men. They
may be rich men—that is very well so
lar ; but tuey are also men of moral
power—of scientific skill—of enlight
ened judgement —and of largo public
spirit.
it is not the moro power of tho till
which these men wield, but the power
which works in their moral character
and disciplined experience, Tuese are
our strong men now—our men of in
iluence. One has distinguished him
self by his pen, another by Ins legisla
tive power, and a third by Ins wor s.
Aleu such as these aie embodiments
ot success in the truest and hiyaem
seuse.
it is personal qualities, not the acci
dent oi birth or the accumulation ol
acres, which tell upon society at large.
Money :s power, it is true ; Out so are
intelligence, publie spirit, and moral
virtue, powers, too, and lar nobler
powers.
Ahe making of a fortune may enable
many to enter the lists ot the tasinon
aoie and the cultivated class, hut it
does no more. To Os esteemed tnero,
tuey inUat possess qualities ot mind,
manners, or heart, eioe tuey are mere
rich peopio —nothing more
There i.r men amioat a-> rich as Croe
sus who Uave no consideration extoiiued
to them —wuo encit no respect —tor
way 7 Tuey are but money-bags
Hie men ot weight —tho suucossmi
and uselul men—are not necessarih
lieu moil. They are men of sterling
character —men ot probity and morai
excellence.
Lvon tha poor man, though he
possess bn: little of tills world’s goods,
may, in the sell-conscioUsiie*s oi a
weii-cuJtivated nature —oi opportuni
ties used, and not aoused —ox a me
spent and improved to tne best ot his
abuity--look down, without tue slight
est leeling ot envy, upou tue mere
mull oi worldly success —the man oi
money-bags and acres.
1 ,<• loung Tilut. * * *
From tho Southern Christaiu Advocate.
Loiter ftroiii i^irrce.
Mr. Editor: Ou my return from
Alabama; I went to tiouth Carolina to
the Onarieston District Coutureuco, at
the old Indian Field camp ground.—
011 my arrival at tho place, I teit as
ttiougu the shadow had gone back
upon the dial of time. 1 found a largo
encumpmeut, octagonal in form—one
hundred and lour tents, and all save
two occupied. There weie the arbor j
—tno tirestands—tho strolling crowd |
—tuo curling suiuko—the preacher s j
tent —the coming and going of a great I
, multitude. Everything looked and ;
I foil like old fame. all tho more so bo
-1 cause it was good to be there. Thoro
was not only the reproduction ot tho
physical features and accompaniments
oi other days, hut we had also the
preachings and shoutings- the songs
and prayers—Tuo awaueumgs and
conversions The audience was largo
day and night—the order good. Both
white and Olack seemed to be on
thei" good behaivor, not as a matter
of mere pohteness, but reverence and
devotion.
It is difßcult to manage tho business
of a District conference in connection
with the regular services of a camp
meeting. We did the best we could,
and as 'the book” directs gave prom
inence and preference to the religious
element.
The preachers have had a prosper
ous year on tho Charleston District.—
Success, by common consent, is credi
ted to the active co-operation of lay
men. Two or three brethren have
been specially prominent in this work.
They are neither preachers nor ex
hort, ts by license of any ecolesiustical
authority, but are simply called and
commissioned, by tho love of Christ
and zeal for souls, to do all tho good
they can The hand of the Lord is
with them. Who shall forbid them 7
Irregular, they be judged by some old
stereotyped superstition which would
lot a siuiier perish rather than save
him ttncanon’i-nlly —put harmonious
with the genious of Christianity,
primitive example, original Wesleyan
Methodism. I’orish canons, perish
rubies, but by all—aye, any means,
let the souls of men bo saved.
One of those lay brethren is doing
wonders in tho financial department.
Against this there certainly is no law.
lie has adopted tho policy of paying
one-tenth ot his gross income, and is
forming what ha calls a “tithe socie
ty" of all who will join him The plan
works well, and is yielding fruit to
the circuit preacher, “wholesale anil
full of comfort.”
Oil my return, I stopped al Augus
ta, spent a night, and preached—and
so I did as I wont on, thus giving my
old friends two sermons on the wing.
The preacher ia charge, Dr. Maria,
was holding a series of services for
the benefit ol’ his people. I’roiniscu
ous itting—organized choir —and the
iour years’ rule have thinned a once
crowded house, anl the remnant
lias lost life, and hope, and enterprise.
O, that our people here and every
where would return to “the old usages
and walk therein. ’ On this point 1
wish to give a long and serious article
alter awhile.
Stopped at home a day or two, and
left to fill an appointment in the up
country of Georgia. A friend wrote,
inviting me to preach at old Prospect,
above Athens, on m3’ way. I agreed
and took lodging lor the night with
my friend I’hinizy, who was to carry
me on in tho morning. Gll my ar
rival at Prospect, thought anil rnemc
ty were busy. Forty years ago, just
after I was licened to preach, I filled
an appointment at this place for John
Harvard—then on tho Apalachee cir
cuit. I had not seen ic since till this
time; and rat so strong was the im
pression upon me then, that 1 recog
nized it, aul could point out some
changes which had been made in the
house.
Here, long ago, I tried my “pren
tice hand' at a sermon, and doubtless
it was a poico of “journey work.” And
now, alter a long and varied experi
ence, I come to try again. Some few
who heard me the first time, were on
hand to-day, but to most I was »
stranger, and 110 electric chain bound
tlit‘in and me in a common pact. So
I non l-.red many things in my heart,
and kept silent. As to the sermon,
the old wine, if not a choice article,was
L have uo doubt, better than the
new.
We dined with a pleasant family,
near by and hastened back to Athens,
where I met the messenger who was
to carry me to Homer. Wo left it
about 4 p. m. Bro. Estes’ horse had
been taken sick the night before, and
he left him by the way The substi
tute was small and poor, but willing
and speedy. By a little alter dark
we made the first twelve miles, but by
arrangement must journey six more
to find our resting place. The horse
was butter, but still uut of sorts ; but j
with a gtxxl read and a brilliant N ir- j
oruliglit to cheer us on, we made the
trip aud found good supper ami good
bed with Mr. Hood, at Harmony
Grove. My traveling companion and
myself rose in the morning, refeshod
*nd ready for tho remaiaging distance.
Nut so our steed. He was stiff and
sere, physicaly anil mentally, indisposed, t
Bat 1 must needs, go, and forsooth, so
must he. How slow we traveled, how
we walked by turns--how wo tried to
swap and to borrow, how wo faile 1
aud crept along, till, at last, a good
brother on his way to meeting over
took us. how wo hitched his horse to
the aud he and I went on, how
we left E-,tos to come on as best ha
could, how we got there just in time
for preaching, and how Fites did not
—with several other things, I will
leave out of this present writing
Homer is a town in anew county.
The small Church there have built
them anew house of worship which
I went up to dedicate. It was quar
terly meeting withal; and the presid
ing elder aud the preacher aud the
officers cf the circuit were on hand, 1
preached on Saturday aud Sunday—
raised money enough to pay out—
I went through the formula of dedica-
I tion, and after dismission, on applica
tion, joined a couple iu holy matritno
| ny.
On the way up, I promini.sed to re
turn and preach at night at Autioch—
the church near which our old friend,
Jtto. W. Glenn, lived so long. I was
misinformed as to distance, and had
work to reach it. Wearied and sup
perless, 1 went into the pulpit and
took lodings with Bro. Smith, and
found food and rest. Rose early and
went down to Athens to take the tram
lor Bright Side.
| lam much pleased with this up
country—charmed with the hills and
I springs and forests. The land is het
| ter than I had supposed; the bottoms-
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j are fine and they were the moro nt
j tractive to a man from the cotton belt,
because they were thick with corn
Tho remoteness from market, and the
difficulty ot transportation; have act
ed like brake 1 upon ah enterprise and
improvement in agriculture.
The projected roads (if built) will
rouse tiro people to larger views of
what can bo done; and, with some
thing to sell, industry will stir, and
the whole country woar a smiling face.
If 1 were disabled, a homo among
those hills with a clear gushing spring
at my track door, would please my
fancy well. •
G F. PrERCK.
Bright Siile Oct. 31 */.
Tho Multi of truoo—t n (Intel**'
rifled tiinditlaic 011 tiic AUinip.
A gentleman from the State of
Dade called upon us yesterday, and
handed us the following, which ho
a-sured us was an almost verbatim
report of a speech delivered by a can
didate for Representative at Trenton
on the 24th of September, 1870.
IV l r Vitliens-. —l am A. G., the
Sunny South the world over. I was
born in old Buncomb county North
Carolina. I have been in Dade, feller
citizens, thirteen years, and this L the
first time 1 have asked for an office.
iam tor secession. lam in favor
of seceding Dade from the balance of
the world, and making an independ
ent Nation us her.
We have natural boundaries, tli&r#
is the Lookout Mountain on tho East,
Raccoon Mountain on the West, and
old Boh Parish s hug lot on tho North
and, well, I’ll bed and if I know
what is on the South, unites it is Bob
Tatum,s Sulpner Spring Branch. Dade
has a population of twenty-five million
if you will add lour of tUem round U’s,
and that is eaiy done for tuey aro
about the shape of the ring in my ox
yoke feller citizens. Just took at the
resources of Dade, wo have minerals
of all kinds, railroads,mills and cotton
gins.
There is Joab McCullum who owns
a mine that contains gold, silver copper,
iron, tin, zinc, stone coal, caudle coal
and the devel knows what else, all ia
the same mine.
There is the Cherokee Iron Works
under the management of that
and and old carpetbagger McClain,
that has not seuse enough to mana«-e
tho running gear of a duck ne»t,
then there is Stanstou’s A. & C. R. R.
that will give you a free pass to the
lower end of the road to get to charge
you three prices to bring you back.
Look at our mills gentlemeu—there
is Cuxetion s mill Sittou’s mill
Wilkinson’s mill, Hood’s mill, and
Miltch Pope’s and 1 old cotton gin.
Feller citizens, look at our cities,
there is Morgan viile with nothing but
the viile, for Morgan live# a mile oil’t
then there is Trenton, the home of one
ol my opponents, Dick Graham. I
understand, gentlemen, that Dick
Graham says i am bald headed. Dick
had better be a little caretul about
saying to mo, go up thou good bald
Head, for there is she Bears and he
Bears too, in the mountains of Dade
but tne Bear that eats Dick will nave
a digestive organ of forty-horse power
if it tiigests him, heal hair, and all.
Then tt 0 e is Rising Fawn, the homo
of another of my opponents, little
fistey Lee Tidwell, who is looking
around just like any other fiste among
big dogs.
• Foliar-citizens, I have noticed all
my opponents tv» 1 passed along, except
Morgan. I have-only this to say
gentlemen; the Bible commands us to
multiply and replenish the earth, and
Morgan lias been married forty years,
and there is none but him and his wite
yet. I don t think it is right, gentle
men, to elect a man that has not help
ed to increase the number of his coun
try’s defenders.
j Fuller-citizens, I will continue my
: speech at tire next appointment. I
1 thank you lor your attention. We
will now adjourn to the grocery.—
(Jliatttuiooja Tuns.
During the month of December
the United States Supremo Court will
be called upou to decide three cases of
more than ordinary interest. The
first, involving the constitutionality of
the cotton tax, w iich is a question of
mutch interest to the South, wilt be
argued by Judge Custrs and Mr.
Everett against tuo gfvrennent. The
Second is also of interest to a large class
of persons in the Southern States, as
invoiv ng the constitutionality of the
confiscation acts pas-ed by Cougress
during the war. This case will be
argued by Judges Curtis and Cushing
against tuo United States. The third
comes up on a writ of error from the
State of Kentucky,and involves the
constitutionality of the Civil Rights
bill, the ease being that of a white
man wuo was tried in a United States
Court for the murder of a negro.—
Judge Black appears against‘the gov
ernment iu this case, and will contend
on behalf oi the appellant that it is un
constitutional to try tile citizen of a
State for a murder in a United Statos
Court whon the State Courts are com
petent to exercise jurisdiction in sKch
cases. It is seldom that three eases
of so much importance appear together
upon the docket, and their decision
will be awaited with more than ordin
ary interest.
A vote at Cape May, New Jersey,
bring , two bushels of corn. All fret d
men at the recent election were
corned. .
A girl in New York has received
$‘.1,000 for her baud. It was mashed
by a sorry-boat and she sued.
As France hasn’t enough guns to g<>
around, revolutionary musket* ttr*
demand.
