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About The Dawson weekly journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1868-1878 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1870)
THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL, p,r S. R. WESTON. jpatosun (Kiterkio Souruil, pCBLISniCP EVERY TIIURBDAY. tfH us— Strictly In .Itlvanrr. Three months ♦ 75 flii month* • 45 Oa* ' 2 00 ADVERTTSIInJG Ho. Hl* l ear two »»OR. JC'* l «oi.. 1 «')!» I >NS MONTH. 1 I TW > MONTHS TURKS M TBS SIX MONTHS ONC TSAR. 5 8 00 ♦ 5 00 | 7 oo sl2 60 S2O 00 sno 1 5H ID Oil 18 00 25 00 7 60 10 00 12 Oo iO 00 30 00 9 00 12 on 15 00 25 00 40 00 10 On 18 00 25 00 40 00 60 00 15 or. ;n oo 35 oo «o no no oo 25 00 40 00 60 00 110 00 200 00 in. .idierliscr* .*—Th* roonev (V ai rerti’ini? considered due after first inser l'*Ji(vfrti«enients inserted st. intervals to be •barzed as new each insertion. An additional chnrir* of 10 »er rent, will ba made on advertisements ordered to be in ,ert.,H on a particular page. Advertia*tnents under the head of ‘ bpe tial Snticet” will be inserted for IS cent* per line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents per line'for each subsequent insertion. v Advertisements in the “ I.ocal Column,” will be inserted at 20 cents p»r line for the Irat, and 15 cent-per line for each subse quent insertion. All communications or letters on business intended fir'bis office should be addressed w“Thk Daws in Jocrnal” RAIL-ROAD GUIDE. Mnlliwealcrit Rnilroad Pas senger Trains. mi. HOLT, Pres. | TIROIL POWER, Sup Leave Mteontt 8:00 a. * Arrive at F.uf-lua 4-58 P M Leave Eufaula 7:45 A. M. Arrive at Mac«n p. M. Oanneetinif wi'h Albany branch train at Snithvi Is; and with Fort G ines branch train at Cn hh« t. ItJfACI.A NllinT ANP ACCOUMODATI»N TRAINS Leare J/.cnn 9-00 P M. Arrive »' Eufiul* 10:00 a m Leave Eu:ama 5:1" r. s. Arrive at J/ienn 5:"7 A. v Connect at S nithvdls wi'h. Al unv triin on Jfandav, Tu-ad y, Thursdav and K r id.tv nights. Ko train leaves on Si'urd'V nights. Cnt.l'MBUS PASSKSOER TRAINS Leave ifacO't ‘ 7:35 A si, Airive at. (7olti">bns 1:-" P leave Cniiimhua V2:8o P M Arrive at W «« P. *■ C ttCURCS NIGIir PAU-SNO-R THAIS Le.ve V»eon 8:1 5 p. SI. Ar-ive a' Cnlnumhus 4: *8 •. si letve Cniiimhua 8 05 p M. Arrive at H icon 4:2(1 a. si. nacanatid Brii»»'wick I’aswu (fer 'l'rnins. GEO. W HAZELHtiRSf, President. Leave Ma-on 0:15 A SI. Ar-ive a' Rrunewi -k 1": -, "P si. Leave Rrunawick 4*3" a- m. i rive at H non ...7:60 r. M. TRAINS TO HA* KINSVILLK Leaves M icnn 3:00 p. si Arrive at H-iwkin*vilie 8:30 p v. leave Brwkinav'lle 7:"0 a si- Arrive at Macon 6:15 a. si. This train tuns daily, Sundays excepted. Wcslsrn Ac A list nlir Ruilrnatl. FOSTER BLODGETT, Sup’t. MOtlT PABBKNGER THAI H Leave Atlanta 7 00 P M Arrive Cbattanoopa ..3,30 A V Leave Chattanonca 7 50 P. VI Arrive »t Atlanta 4:14 A. M PAY PABSKNGKR TRAIN. I'eave Atlanta .8 15 *. M. Arrive at Chattanooga 4.20 P. Vs Leave Chattanooga 7.10 A. V Arrive at A'lanta 3 17 P. M It ALTON ACCOM ENDATI'tN. L*ave Atlanta 3.10 P M. Arrie,. at O |ton „ ..11 85 P V. f.erve Dtlfon 2 00 A. 'V Ar-ive at Atlanta 11 00 A M. jProffssional K. F. SIMMONS, attorney at law, n.nrso.r, cx "PROMPT sttimtion given to »!1 business -A intrustid to his care. nugA 9:*f «. B. WW T(I , L c HOTLB. WOOTEN & HOYLE, at XjclW, »>./ II'SO.V, 0.1. J«n $-i T . C. W. WARWICK, ~~ Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity, mmiviLLS, GA. t " urac'tee in South Western and Tatao ‘’tfrnits. Collections promptly remitted. K - J. WARREN, attorney at law, ST ‘TtKSPI|,iE, - - . 0.1- McAFEE house, r Smiihvillr. »>*. IHE uodereig neQ having fitted tip the Me • 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 Pill MONTHLY MAGAZINE, Tito Dollar* per Annum. 61 PAGES READING MATTER. 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 We n-e also sole Manufacturers of the 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- VOL. V.'—NO 42 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.
