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13 Y THOMAS A. BURKE, PROPRIETOR,
VOL. VII.
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MILXF.It A ALSABROOK, Attorneys at (
Law, Morganton, Geo.— Practice in the
Counties of Union, Fannin, Gilmer and Pick- ;
James Milner, Cassville; J. K. Alsabrook, ;
Morganton. may 17, 185-> -ly j
/CRAWFORD A CRAWFORD, Attorn?;/* at I
V ! Lair, Cassville, Ga.—.Vs a firm under the
above name John A. A M. J. Crawford will
promptly and faithfully attend to all business
intrusted to their care in any of the counties of
the Cherokee or Blue Ridge Circuits. M.J. Craw- ;
ford will give particular attention to the collec*.
♦iiicr of all claims and debts, and will spare no
pain# to put clients in speedy pfthyir
niMu'f. ‘ mh I—lyl—ly
ta W. CHASTAIN, Attorney at Law, Mor-•
[j, ganton, <l:i.-—Practices in all the coun-j
ties of die Cherokee circuit. Jan') j
TAMHS MILXKR, Attorney at Law, Cass-I
rille, Geo. Practises in the counties of the
Cherokee circuit. , "' 1 U
O. CRAWEORD, Attorney at Law, Cai- J
J), houn, Geo.—Practice in the counties ot i
the Cherokee circuit. :; pr 2!.
RH. TATUM. Attorney at Law, Trenton, 1
. Ga.—Business entrusted to his care in any
el'the counties of the Cherokeecircuit, will meet |
with prompt attention. Nor. 21. |
O WEIL. Attorney at Lair, Canton, Geor
gia. Business entrusted to his care in
mi vof the counti wof tbp Uluc ltuljio circuit, ill j
meet with faithful attention. |
Refers to Hon. David Irwin and Ex-Gov. ,
Vellonuld, Marietta; ('id. Joseph K. Brown, ]
Canton; (’apt. W. T. Wofford, Cassville; Lob
Geo. X. Lester, Cununing.
Feb 16, 1855 —ts
(1 ,T. FAIX. Attorney at Lair, Calhoun. Ga.
L Will practice in all the counties of the
Cherokee circuit. Particular attention will be
paid to the collecting business. mb it.
WT. WOFFORD, Attorney at l.air, Cass
• ville, Ga.—Practices in all the eoimtics.
<•1 the Cherokee circuit, mid will attend faithful-
Iv to nil business entrusted to his care. Ofiice
east ot the court house. a "g 18 O
nOOPKR A RICE, Attorney* at Laic, Cass
ville. Geo. —Practice in the counties of
Cass, Cobh, Chattooga, Catoosa, Cherokee. Dade
Fiord, Gordon, Gilmer. Murray, Pickens, A\ alk
er and Whitfield. John 11. Rick will, ns here
tofore, continue to give his personal and almost
evelu-ive attention to the collecting business,
april 20, 1854.
CL. BARBOUR. Attorney at hue, Atlan
m ta, Georgia.—AX’ ill practice in the difier
vnt Courts of Fulton and contiguous counties.
Particular attention given to the execution of
Interrogatories, and draughting legal instill
ments. Claims in the citv of Atlanta will be
promptly attended to. Office in the Holland
lfotiso, up stairs. —Entrance first door above
Whitney A Hunt. Feh 16, ’ss—ly
YIHKLE A WIKLK, Dealers in Dry Goods,
\\ Groceries, Ac. Ac. South west corner:
of I’uhlic Square, Cartcrsville, (la.
Jan. 26, 1854.
Til. CARPENTER, Dealer iu fancy, staple j
• and domestic dry goods, sugar, coffee, nio- j
•isses, Ac.; hardware, cutlery, Ac., at Erwin s I
old stand, Cussville, (In. Jan 1.
rw. HOOPER A CO., Dealers ill Staple and ,
• Fancv floods, Groceries, Iron, Hats, Caps, ■
Roots and Shoes, Ac., Ac., at thiq Rrick stole, !
Cassrille, Ga. F?eb —, 1854. |
nIRffc'HBEBG A DAVIDSON, CtnmUU, |
Manufacturers of clothing, and deal
ers ill Roots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Gentlemen's
Furnishing Goods, fancy Goods, and Jewelry,
Wholesale and Retail, at Patton’s ulb stand ,
Cassvilli', (la. June’Jv 1854.
XOCKETT A SNELLINGS,* Factor* and j
j (i/acral Caintm**oai J ferc.hantu, will attend
strictly to Receiving and Forwarding and
Selling everything sent to our address,
sept o—Om*
M. PEEPLES, Dealer in Dry Goods.
\\ (Groceries, Iron, Hardware, Saddlery,,
Hoots, Shoes, Drugs, Medicines, Ac., Ac. Cal
liotin, oa.
May 5, 1854. —ly
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Stationery, Fancy Articles, Magazines, and i
Newspapers.
The most extensive stock of Novels, Roman
ces, Ar., in the Southern country.
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porters and \Yholesale Dealers in Foreign
and Dor .estic Dry Goods, No. :!T Hayne Street, i
Charleston, S. C. Jan 12, 185o—41)—ly
WARD A BCRCHARI), Augusta Ga.,
would inform their friends and the pub- 1
Sic generally, that anticipating a change in their j
business, the coming season, they are disposed
Vo make large concessions from their former low
scales of prices, in order to reduce their stock to
(he lowest possible point. The attention of i
wholesale dealers as well as customers, is res
pectfully solicited.
Augusta, Dec 22
I) ARR A McKENZlE.—Factors and Com mi s’
I. sion Merchants, and Dealers in Groceries’
Produce and Merchandise generally, Atlanta)
Ua. ... i
Particular attention given to consignments of _
Cotton, Grain, Bacon, and all kinds of Produce.
L. J. PAltlt. K. MCKENZIE, j
aug. 11.—ly. ’ |
WINSHII’S IRON WORKS. The subseri-,
her is now prepared to receive and cxc-!
cute orders for uov kind of Castings, or Ma-i
chine work, and all persons favoring him with j
orders mav rely upon having them executed in i
the best manner, and with despatch. Orders 1
for Sash-bliuds and doors promptly attended to i
at his Car Establishment. Cash paid for old
Copper, Rrass and Iron Castings.
JOSEPH WINSIIIP.
Atlanta, Ga.,'June 30,1*54.
A T VI-ACKSMITHING-—The Subscriber 1
1) is prepared to do all kinds of work
ypf'in his tine, such as Ironing Carriages, I
waking and repairing Farming imple i
taents, edge-tools, horse-shoeing, Ac. in the best |
manner, and on the most reasonable terms.—
-'■dge tools warranted. A share of patronage is
solicited. h. GRIFFIN.
Ci-'urille, Ga., Feb. I*, Vijj.—2~ ly.
SObeMisetyente.
HAVANA plan LOTTERY!
Jasper County Academy Lottery ! !
By authority of the State of Georgia.
CEASS e.
Subscriber having been appointed man-
I ager of the Jasper County Academy Lotte
ry, intends conducting the same on the Karan;
plan of single numbers, and has located his Os
iice in the city of Macon, Georgia. lie now i
offers the following— j
GRAND SCHEME FOR SEPTEMBER 24, 1855: |
When prizes will be distributed as follows, a- !
mounting to
THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ! !
CAPITAL , SB,OOO.
1 Prize of SB,OOO I 1 Prize of $5,000 j
1 “ 2,000 I 2 “ 1,000 2,000
5 “ 500 2,500 jlO “ 200 2,000 j
20 “ 100 2,000 178 “ 50 3,9001
120 “ 25 3,000 118 Approx, prizes, 600 J
25(3 Prizes amounting to $31,000.
Only 10,000 numbers.
Remember every Prize drawn at each draw- j
ing, under the superintendence of Col. Geo. M.
Logan and Jus. A. Nisbet, Esq., gentlemen who
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g-;pt 0 Macon, goo. j
Charleston Weekly Standard, j
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Lulled til the Daily,
Together with the Local, Domestic and Foreign :
Mar Let*—The I'rices Current, Including the
rate* <f stile for stock, Kr change, and Domes
tic Produced- The gfhipping in Port—The La
test Telegraphic information, dec. dec. dec.
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in Charleston which issues a WEEKLY EDI
TIOX.
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Morning, and by the evening of the next day
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L. XV. SPItATT & CO.
jtt , EORGE VOGT’S Piano and
Music Store, Xo. 148 Arch
fUb n fjStreet, Philadelphia. Constantly
J J on hand Pianos, Melodeons, Musi- j
cal Merchandize of every description, Sheet Mu- ,
sic, Ac. Ac.
Vogt’s Pianos are pronounced superior to
all others in sweetness, power and beauty of;
tone and unequalled workmanship. Persons j
I wishing a Piano of the first class and undoubt- j
; ed excellence, at a very moderate price, will do ;
1 well to give them a trial. sept I—l :
“VTOTICE TO LAND OWXERS! The under- j
i lx signed having removed from Albany to
. Troupvillc, Lowndes county, Ga.
AVi 11 in addition to the practice of Law examine ;
and report the value of land in the counties of j
Thomas, Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, A mailing and ;
Irwin. He will, when requested, examine;
Lunds personally, and give full information as
to “Hue, location and probability of immediate ■
; sali. Having no connection whatever with
i land speculation he will engage to act as agent,
in the sale or purchase of lands, in any of the
| aforesaid counties for a fee often per cent, up
on the amount received or paid out, lUs char
| ges Ibr examining land will he five dollars per
j lot, for lands in the 12th district of Lowndes, in
! all the other districts, he will charge ten dol-!
; lars. Additional will he charged for an exanii- i
i nation of title upon record.
EFIUHAM 11. PLATT, {
Attorney at Law,
Troupville, Lowndes Cos. Ga.
Xov 17—ly
Vr~YT>HIXIZV & CLAYTON, Ware- j
5 mvjfr l 1- House and Commission Mkp.-
: Augusta, Ga. —Continue the
business in nil its branches, and will give
their personal attention to the sale of COTTON
and other produce. Cash advances mads when
required. Bagging, Rope, and faniilv supplies
purchased at the lowest market rates. Com
mission for selling Cotton 25 cents per bale,
auglß
OLD SOLDIERS.—By a recent Act of j
jL Congress, all persons who have served in ■
f miv War~since 1790, are entitled to Ido acres of
| Land —and those who have received Warrants
j for a less number, arc entitled to a sufficient
number of acres to make that amount. The
1 undersigned will attend to the collection of’
| such claims. WM. T. WOFFORD.
Cassville, mb B—ts
Agency at Washington.—The un
dersigned prosecutes all manner of claims
against the United States, before Congress, be- i
fore Commissioners, and before all the Public 1
Departments, and especially claims for bounty
land under the act of Congress just passed, pen
sions, back-pay, lialf-pay, adjustment of amounts
of disbursing'officers,'settlement of postmas
ters and contractors accounts, and every other
business requiring the prompt and efficient ser
vices of an attorney or agent.
A residence of twenty years at the seat of the
Federal Government, with a thorough and fa
miliar acquaintance with all the routine of the
public business at the different offices, added to
his free access to consul’ die ablest legal advi
sers, if needed, justifies the subscriber in pledg
ing the fullest satisfaction and utmost dispatch
to those who may entrust their business to his
care.
Being well known to the greater portion of
the citizens of Washington, as well as to many
gentlemen who have been members of both
Houses of Congress in the last fifteen years, it
is deemed unnecessary to extend this notice by
special references. A full power of attorney
should accompany all cases. Communications
must be pre-paid in all eases. Fees regulated
bv nature and extent of the business, but al
ways moderate.
H. C. SPALDING, Attorney.
Washington, I). C. mh 15—
I>OUNTY LANDS.—The undersigned bar
> ing long been engaged in the prosecution
1 of Revolutionary Pension Claims, Invalid Pen
! sion Claims, Bounty Lund Claims Ac., against,
the General Government, now tenders his ser
vices to all such claimants, especially to Bounty
haul claimant* i hr the procurements of their
Claims, as there are many such Claims under
the late hew of Congress,'which gives an addi
tional Bounty of Land to the soldiers of all the
wars in whicn the United States has engaged
since 170'*, who have not received n* much as
lfift acres. ELISHA KING.
Adairsvillc Ga. , mh 22—2 m
tdjftu AT CARTERSVILTJC, GEO.!
— J. P. White, respectfully informs
the citizens of Cass and surround
ing comities that he has located in Cartcrsvilte,
and will attend promptly to all orders in the
line of PLASTERING. All work warranted,
may 17, 1855—1 y
T AND WARRANTS WANTED—The *m
\_j dersigned will pay the highest cash prices
for Land Warrants. He can always be found
at his store iu Cussville.
MADISON McMURRAY.
| junc 28—21 ts
T> EADT-MADE CLOTHING, Pant!. Stuff,
I; Chainbray, and a tine assnrtnir-nt. of Jew*
! dry, at LEVY’S CASH STORE.
1 apr 20- —ts
51 Mil f(cb)sj)i)f)cr—JlibokO so Stqte politic?, Jitcl'iiliire, ilje DJql'lief?, toivip ()>t<) (Dofneslic “Cc-
CASSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1855.
Cjjnire
Woman.
“ Holy are tlty rights, oh! teaman, and beautiful
Thy calling.” Like clinging tendrils ’round
The oak, thou beautifiest strength, and art the
Fragrant, lily of God’s most beautiful flowers.
Like not to the ocean, in its foaming
Ynger —nor the mighty vessel Tiding the fearful
Waves in proud defiance ! —but to the |
Steady compass, with its gentle hand, guiding,
All silently thro’ the dark waters, to the
Haven of the proud ship’s hope — small in its j
Sight of size, but gre.it in mighty worth.
Not a great nation’s hero, art thou nor
The leader of a bloody battle ! Tiiou standest i
Not on the rude platform of the world, in
Pride of homage paid, nor bend’st in courtly
Halls thy beauteous brow, to the bright wreath
inga ;
Os Fame’s laurel crown; yot to thee belongs
the
Hero’s praise. Thou hast fledged the young
nestling
Into the nightingale of birds, and heurest songs
to his i
Praise, as a bright tribute to thy well directed :
wisdom.
|
The golden medal is not thine, yet doth
Thy unselfish courage turn the warrior to his ;
path, lighting j
11 is darksome way with cheering hopes, arid ;
with
Thy parting prayers, nerving his sierner heart ;
to
The bright achievements of a soldier’s glory. 1
Thou unravelest not the secrets of
The earth, uor searchest the glowing wonders 1
of I
The moon and stars; yet is thy more quiet
mind a
Well-spring, from which the philosopher
May drink—and thy home’s sweet stillness a
fount
From which the poet gleans his verse.
“ Holy are thy rights, and beautiful thy cal- 1
ling.”
Angels of earth ! ever hovering with unwearied ,
wings ’round |
The dark couch of death watching the last dim j
light
“Os life passing away /”
Sweet soother of childhood’s pain, thy
Gentle words bring balm to young, troubled ;
hearts, and
Little feet fly to the fold of thy ever open arms ;
i nor j
Doth the aged slight their influence—all strick
i on
; Hearts bow to thy heav’nly condolence —dark
j misery knows
• Thy coming, and sinful hearts grow soft in the
! Light of thy happy smile.
! “ Jfoly are thy rights, and beautiful thy call
j ing /”
j Oh! when thou look’st upon this earth, so j
j strangely
| Beautiful, and sec’st thyself the beauteous queen !
I of
I All—bright purity thy crown —a loving heart j
: Thy guide, on ! lift thy voice to God, and _ j
Thank him “That He hath made thee a Wo
man !”
Cassvii.i.k, Geo., Feb. 9 1855. suana.
(Driipnl J^nuudUttf.
Written expressly for the Cassville Standard.
11)4 11)1-44 GoitVi) Hii)!;?.*
LINK TIIE SECOND.
LOVE:
Or the Adventures of an American
Student.
BV MISS C. W. BARBER.
CHAPTER VIII.
TIIE NIGHT AT CRAG’S END.
The long night through which Sol
watched, at Crag’s End, wore slowly
away. No travellers showed themselves
—not a sound was to be heard hut the
rushing waters beneath, and the rumb
ling thunders over head. The rain at
times poured down in torrents, and the
dwarf was drenched to the skin, but he
still kept at his post, sleepless and vigi
! hint as a sentinel on important duty.—
j At a very late hour he was joined by
Smith, who came riding down on his
Shetland pony. The young man’s face
wore au anxious expression. He had
| thrown off the clothes in which lie had
i journeyed through the preceding day,
i and was now completely enveloped in a
1 long cloak, which served to partially
j shield him from the tempest.
“ Have you seen nothing of them,
’ yet, Sol I’’ he asked, pausing beside a
; fire of brushwood, which the dwarf had
kindled, under the projecting cliff of a
| huge rock, and by which he was sitting,
; enveloped in a cloud of steam that the
; heat extracted from his saturated habil
| aments; “ have you seen nothing of
March mont and the Professor yet?”
“ No, Mister Smith, they have not
showed themselves in this road —that’s
certain.”
“ What can have become of them?”
pursued Smith, as if to himself.
“As soon as daylight breaks in the
east,” he continued, “ wc will follow the
road, and see if we can discover any
track of them. Somebody certainly must
have cither seen or heard from them.”
The dwarf nodded from under his
i rimless hat.
“There’s been foul play somewhere,
; Mister Smith,” he said, thrusting both
i of his hands into his capacious pockets,
j “ I’m certain ot that. It has been whis
1 pered about for a day or two past, that
Boh Clinch’s band is in this neighbor
hood—if so, we can surmise what may
’ have become of them.”
j “True! true!” said Smith, while an
! expression of concern akin to agony,
j passed over his fine features. “If they
have fallen into that outlaw’s hands,
i Heaven help them—for useless, 1 fear,
will be the vigilance of man. Bob
Clinch is to this part of the world, what
Rob Roy was to Scotland—a terror and
a scourge. His character, however, lacks
the trails of nobleness, which were some
j *(Jopy righi secured.
“ PRINCIPLES NOT MEN.”
times displayed by the Scottish marauder.
Heaven help mv poor Marchmout and
the Professor!”
“ It’s worse than falling over Crag’s
End,” continued the dwarf. “Few, I’ve
heard them say who fall into Clinch’s
hands, ever get’out again. For my part
I’d rather he dashed into atoms on the
rocks down there, than to be captured,
murdered, or made perhaps to join his
desperate gang —a thousand times rath
er.”
“ Don't talk about your letters /” said
a voice almost at the dwarf’s elbow.—
Both Smith and Sol started, as if a can
non had hei'ii discharged at their feet,
hut the voice was succeeded by utter si
lence, and nothing could be seen —no
outline of a human figure discovered, in
the dense darkness which enshrouded
every thing beyond where the dying
light of tiie decaying lire fell.
“Who speaks?” demanded Smith,
drawing a pistol from beneath his cloak.
“ Who is hidden there in the darkness ?”
There was no reply.
“ Speak again !” commanded the stu
dent, “ or I’ll tire at you, who ever you
are! Speak !if you value your life 1”
“ D n ye, fire away!” said the
same mysterious voice; “I m not ft’
fraid ! ’
The sharp report of the pistol was di
reetly afterwards heard, as if it might
have been a reverberation of the thunder
rolling over head. Both Smith and Sol
listened, to see if any thing like a groan
or an oath could be heard, assuring them
that the student had touched his view
less n ark. But all was silent for a
moment. Then a low, mocking laugh
came to them, as if the one uttering it
was retreating far away in the darkness.
“That is one of Clinch’s men,” said
Sol. “I’d stake my life on it. We are
watched. 1 wish daylight would come,
—then there would be fair play if a
fight is wanted.”
“ We had better extinguish the fire
immediately,” said Smith. “We can
be seen by its light, while our enemies,
wherever they may be, are screened by
the darkness. Put out the fire, Sol.”
The dwarf caught the chunks of wood,
which had composed the most durable
part of the fire, and with his strong
hands, hurled them far out into the wind,
and rain, and darkness, a4f he too were
aiming at the unseen intruder, who had
broken in so unceremoniously, upon their
watch. The rain soon quenched the
scattered fire, and the dwarf and student
stood in as dense darkness, as that which
had a few moments before screened the
robber, (if robber it were,) who had so
rudely accosted them.
“ Little will be gained by staying
here, I imagine,” at length exclaimed
Smith. “We may as well go up to
Wernlock and larry until daylight.—
Then we will alarm the neighborhood,
and institute a search for our missing
friends.”
“No! no!” said Sol. “I intend to
stay on the ground until morning. You
can ride back to Wernlock, arouse Daddy
Logan and have everything in readiness
bv daylight, but I choose to remain where
i am!” ,
“ I do not think it will be quite safe,
staying here alone,” said the student.—
“ You had better go back with me. I
am drenched to the skin already. You
are, if possible, wetter than I am, and as
I before said, nothing is to be gained by
staying here. Marchmont and the Pro
fessor are dead, or captured, or something
unaccountable has happened to them in
some way, 1 am at rather a loss to surmise
how or what—but we will go up to
Daddy Logan’s, and proceed in the
morning in a search after them. Their
baggage would be very likely to attract
a desperado’s eye, and Marchmont, I
know was without arms, for I had his
gun in my possession. How unfortunate
that I insisted upon taking it! Had he
retained it, he might have defended him
self—the report of it too would doubtless
have attracted my attention, and I and
Pomp could have hastened back to their
assistance, if aught of evil did befall them.
But it is too late to repent now. Will
you go up to Wernlock or stay here?”
“ 1 will stay,” said the dwarf.
The student turned and jumped astride
of the small animal, whose bridle he had
scarcely relinquished for a moment since
dismounting, and was soon climbing the
hill on Ids way to Daddy Logan’s cabin.
His mind was filled full of doubts and
gloomy apprehensions. Bob Clinch had
long been known among the mountains
as one of the most fearless and desperate
of mankind—he was a freebooter, and
had attached to him a band of men.
who secreted themselves in wild moun
tain passes, and maintained,when attack
ed, a firm and decided defence. Pew
belonging to these outlaws had during
the fifteen or twenty years in which they
had been known and feared in that vi
cinity, ever been brought to justice.—
Sometimes they carried on for awhile
their graceless trade, and then disap
peared for months and even years.—
Where they went nobody knew; but.
scarcely did the country have time to
settle down into peac3 and security—
scarcely did men get to travelling fear
lessly through high ways and by ways,
before Bob Clinch and his men were
back again, and the event of their return
was always signalized by some act o!
atrocious wickedness —an act which a
roused and started the whole region, and
set every body upon their guard. Coun
terfeit. money soon became plentiful—it
crept into circulation, nobody knew how
or from whence it came. The periods
of Bob Clinch’s visitations were fearful
ones. The mount.fineers dreaded them
—there was then no security felt —life
and property were both liable at any
moment to be recklessly destroyed, but
they had to be endured. Too cunning
and too desperate to be easily reached
and arrested, the robbers came and went,
as best suited their pleasure. It was in
to the hands of these cut-throats and
mountain marauders, that Smith feared
his peaceable and unsuspecting friends
might have fallen. Clinch and his men
had recently been absent for a long time
—the mountain people had dropped in
to a sort of forgetfulness respecting their
existence, but the time of their return
had arrived it seemed. Nothing was to
be looked for on the part of the moun
taineers now but acts of violence and
outrage.
When Smith reached the cabin, lie
found that neither Daddy Logan nor Ids
wife had retired during the night. They
sat and listened to the bowlings of the
storm without, and talked of the lost
travellers. A ruddy lire blazed on the
hearth—the mountaineer had on his
over coat, and was watching for the
first streak of grey dawn to break in the
east. He had determined to then take
his horse, and ride down to where Smith
and Sol kept their dreary vigils. But
the sight of Smith cheered him. lie
hoped that something had been seen or
heard of those in whose fate all felt so
deeply interested. But Smith’s sad and
anxious countenance forbade, be instant
ly saw, the entertainment of any such
hope.
“The poor gentleman !*’ said Mistress
Alice, with a sigh. “Only to think
tlmt lie saved tlie life of my little gal,
and that too after 1 had denied him a
night’s shelter, and now he has come to
this ! Who would ha’ thought it?” and
she sobbed hysterically. Smith related
to them the adventures of the'night, and
told them how lie had fired at an unseen
person through the darkness.
“It’s Clinch!” said Daddy Logan,
starting up. “ You may depend upon
it—it’s Clinch and his gang. I’ve lived
among these mountains a longtime, and
I’ve got to knowing the first and least
signs of him and his desperadoes. Well,
if Clinch has got them the case is a des
perate one. lie is a little man, it is
said, but be carries the heart of a lion.
Nothing ever scared him yet, and he
goes every where, under all sorts of dis
guises, and finds out every thing about
every body, without people’s once sus
pecting it is him. If Clinch is about,
we may look out —the people in the
A bite house—your folks, I mean, sii*
up there on the hill, may look out for
him, for they have got p : les of brass,
and ho will manage to get it all before
fall.”
“ If by brass 3 011 mean money,” said
Smith, “ you say truly. My uncle is
wealthy, but 1 do not apprehend that
Clinch will get much of it. lam only
troubled about my friends. We must
raise the country and scour the moun
tains for them, to morrow, my honest
friend,” said the student —“daylight is
breaking in the east, now. Bring out
your horse, and let us away.”
The old man obeyed, and in the first
grey 7 dawn Hie student and the moun
taineer were on their way 7 to spread the
alarm, and to raise a force sufficient to
capture if possible, those who so ruth
lessly captured others. As they passed
the White ho ise (as Daddy Logan per
sisted in calling it,) they saw pale, anx
ious faces looking out at them through
the windows.
Neither Gertrude nor Julia had clos
ed their eyes in sleep during the night.
Both were agitated by indefinable tears
and doubts. Early as it was, Smith
saw at a glance that the whole house
hold was astir. ltis uncle stood upon
the door steps, looking at the light grey
clouds, which were Hashing through the
morning sky after a night of tempest
and storm. Ilis aunt was going hither
and thither through the house with an
eye upon the business which the ser
vants were engaged in transacting, but
it was easy to perceive that her thoughts
were pre-engaged, while Gertrude and
Julia stood and pressed their pale cheeks
against the smooth window panes, and
looked almost anxious to hear something
relative to the fate of those whom each,
at that moment, felt to be inexpressively
dear.
“ Have you heard anything about our
lost guests ?” enquired the owner of the
stately monsion, at the same time strok
ing his thin locks with his hand, and
coming forward to meet the horse-back
riders. 11 is nephew shook his head.
“It is supposed,” ho said at length,
“ that they have fallen into the hands
of Clinch and his men. Wo are on our
way to arouse and alarm the country.
Can you join us, uncle 3”
“ Certainly,” said the old man, hur
riedly. “Certainly, 1 will join you in
doing any tiling that I can. But what
has given rise to this suspicion 3 1
Smith again related the incident
which had befallen himself and Sol at
Crag’s End. His uncle shook his head
ominously.
“That bodes no good,” he said, “sure
enough. If those rascals are back again
TWO DOLLARS A-YKAR, IN ADVANCE.
in our midst, we may all look out. —
Pomp, bring out my horse ai.d saddle
him.”
KtlieOirfohj DMyss
Delivered by Miss S. Juice Hooper, Grad
- vate of Cassvi/le Ft mule College, July
20, 1855.
Blithe summer retiring yields, her place to
sober autumn, while the winds siirhiti", la
j ment the departure of their flower crowned
| queen, and the birds flit away to seek a suu
Inierclime; but ere they are gone, carol a
joyous farewell, filling the woods with such
a gush of inolody, that the forest trees lis
tening bend their haughty heads, and the
ocean wave pausing to drink in the floating
sounds, steals from the chaos of melody a
sweet soprano to the deep bass of its waters.
But there is something iu the still lingering
notes, something iu the music faint ly echo
ing o'er hill and dale which cheers us when
wo see them no more; something which says
<i we're gone but for a season ” The flower
unfolding its delicate petals, laughs to the
summer breeze and gladdens us with its
smile of love. Anon it fades and withers on
the stalk, and nought remains but the sere
and yellow leaves strewing the ground, sad
| relict of the beautiful! Y.s! the silent
perfume is clinging to it still , and when the
wanton zephyr rifles it of this lingering fra
! grance. as it is borne away upon the bosom
of the ravislier, we bear the whisper, * I’ll
! bloom again to-morrow.” llad tho bird bid
\ a last farewell to its sylvan home, ‘twould
| have chanted a mournful adieu—had the
; flower reared its frail form for the last time
j ’neath the blue vault of heaven, there would
have been sorrow in its whispered good bye.
Even so when summoned to take a final adieu
of school and its hallowed scenes, must the
farewell be fraught with sorrow, mingled
j with nought of joyousness, for it is a long
adieu —a farewell of forever.
Respected Audience?-:
’Tis with pleasure now at the anniversary
! of our annual Commencement, that I address
j myself to you, who have been with us, dur
ing the painful ordeal of a public examina
tion, exhibiting a sympathy for us daring
the exciting scenes, and indicating by your
interest and attention how important to you
is the cultivation of our minds ami hearts.
Old Time has been busy 7 since we last met,
and has just garnered the sheaves of our
| scholastic course, and presented the humble
j offering to an enlightened and perhaps crit-
I ical audience, for we dare not hope that
j this crowded assembly is entirely without i f s
j critics, or that we have passed the ordeal cn-
I tirely unscathed. Sarcasm and biting satire
1 have doubtless aimed many a poisoned shaft
lat their victims. One sends his random shot
: at the so-styled n blue stockings,” another
1 with a significant curl of the lip denominates
us superficial aime/s at perfection, while a
third < always did dislike to see children
growing wiser than their fathers and moth
ers before them.” But whether we aim at
the regular indigo blue stocking literature,
or are content with a more delicate skv-blue,
—that cerulean tint which dyes the heavens
and imparts to its possessor the delightful
polish and winning grace, without the as
sumption and arrogance of the pedantic
scholar. Whether or not we have glossed
over the mind, and covered it with the art
ful tissue of accomplishments, through whose
flimsy fabric the dark hue of ignorance can
be discerned, we would still have the barbed
arrows of ridicule pointed by some hand.—
So whether wo may drink deep of the Pierian
spring, or only sip of its crystal fount, we
can all challenge the band of armed critics
to deteot in any of us a literal <1 Know
Nothing.” To some of you tho exercises of
this examination have been fraught with an
interest above that the careless observer
feels. The parent who sees a beloved child
face the gaze of a crowded audience, can
but experience a thrill of excitement ngi’a
ting liis frame, and call it not weakness that
a father shall tremble with anxiety when
lie sees the loved one thus exposed; ’tis a
holy interest he feels, a commendable anx
iety which excites him. Point not with rid
icule to the tear which steals from the
mother's eyo at such a time, ’tis a tribute
worthy to bo caught by Angels and curried
to exhale and glitter in the heaven’s blue
ether as a bright testimony of a mother's
love. Upon you, fond father, it depends
whether your child shall move downward or
upward upon the scale of improvement;
your’s the duty to urge upon her the neces
sity of laborious study, while acquiring the
rudiments of knowledge; yours to assist
and to render the path of le li ning less dif
ficult ; yours to bid her strive for the laurel
wreath, and when once she has acquired a
love of knowledge, taken one draught of its
crystal fount, she will ever thirst for its
refreshing waters. Could you tlieu wish to
oppose her progress in learning, you should
have to employ some barrier as stroug as
the sword, which cuts oft’ approach from the
tree of knowledge of good and evil in the
garden of Eden. Gentle mother", yotrrs to
instil yio moral and religious .principles,
which will luako her the. possessor of all
those qualities and virtues which constitute
woman's true source ofpower. <• For though
she be more talented than the sages id’ an
tiquity, aud possessed of all the graces aud
accomplishments of the fabled llouries of
Mythology,” yet if she be nnblest by the
enlightening aud sanctifying influenoo of
Religion, she will shine but as a feeblo light,
or like the splendor of the short lived mete
or, will dazzle for a moment and be forgot
ten, or extinguished by the blaze of those
brighter planets whose pure, steady light
ISTO. 30.
j shines on forever. Let then the united
light of reason and religion guide her actions,
j and when your last hour shall have arriv
ed, an affectionate child shall he able to
soothe the pangs of dissolution, and when
your spirit shall have winged its flight
homeward, can murmur the sweet consola
tion to you and herself, n We meet again in
heaven.”
■Esteemed Trustees:
1
} Within the comparatively short existence
of this institution you have been able by your
interest and exertions to overcome the vast
amount of popular prejudice which bailed
I its opening scenes, and to stem the tido of
envy which threatened to engulph in its bit
-1 ter waters the frail bark launched upon the
treacherous sea of popular approval. By
your efforts these walls were reared, and by
j your continued interests, filled with the vo
taries of science, and though still in her
j incipient stage, your tender nursling bids
fair to attain the strength and vigor of a
glorious maturity.
’ When we remember the almost insur
mountable difficulties which reared their
formidable front at tho presumptuous prop
osition of building a College, the sneers of
1 the cynic and incredulous, the ill-omened
prophecies that a school could never succeed
I here, and tbeu consider that in the short
space of one year and six months it has al
| ready won its way to the hearts of the com
munity ; already taken a firm stand among
; its sister institutions, wo can but thank you
I for its success ; you who have constituted
yourselves its guardians, and with whom it
now remains to decide whether she shall at
tain to the highest pinnacle of literary emi
nence, and illumine with the light of learn
: ing our own dear Cherokee. Shall you
, transmit as an inheritance to your children
i the grateful remcinbrauce that you have
helped to disseminate the truths of learning,
that you have given an impetus to the on
ward tide of improvement, which is deluging
our fair land ? And why may not you add
! one trophy to the modern march of mind*
’ one star to the galaxy of female colleges
which now shed their blended light through
j out the union, from north to south, from
\ oast to west ? Why not place another jewel
among the many already glittering in the
I diadem of learning upon Georgia's brow ?
1 1* Lowliness is great ambition’s ladder,” and
1 the little deserted village may yet roar its
, head proudly as the polar star of wisdom
1 and knowledge, while in the plenitude of
her power she shall write Georgia upon the
( pages of imperishable fame. There's sub
j limity in the thought, there's patriotism in
jit! Education is the main spring of free
| dom, and at its touch it almost seems as if
the honored dead will arise—the earth givo
j up the departed heroes of our American
j revolution, long covered with the sod where-
I (iu they were slain, to blow a loud blast at
their awakening so the progress of educa
tion, to the triumphs of freedom. Alethinks
tis enough to cause tho vault of Vernon to
open, and a voice to steal from the silont
ups of the Father of his Country,” bidding
you as you love your homes, your lauds, to
1 render your sons able to protect them by
| the cultivation of their iutellects, your
1 daughters able to grace them by beautifying
: their minds with the refining influences of
; education, and purifying their hearts with
the sacred teachings of piety. Truly then
: your children might rise up aud call you
blessed. ’
; .Mi/ Beloved Teachers :
The painful duty of saying farewoll to
’ you can be avoided no longer. The holy
ties which have bound us together as teach
ers and pupil are about to be sundered Each
will pursue a different course down the tur
: bid stream of li le, each mingle in different
scenes, and form new ties, new links in the
great chain of human hearts, but those we
have formed during the brief period of our
• sweet communion here, shall ne'er bo riven.
The past shall always be the connecting
link which shall rivet forever the bands
! which bind our hearts together. The place
, and circumstances under which these feel
ings have sprung into existence shall exert
; an undying influence upon my heart in after
years, nud Uie recollections of wiy transient
gleam of happiness hero, shall form the
brightest picture engraved on memory's
1 tablet, upon which 1 shall often gase with
mingled emotions of pleasure and sadness.
E'en now memory is busy stealing a retro
j sportive view of tbe great store boute of tho
I past, and crowding the varied scenes upon
I the pages of her heart leaves 1 fill again
the vacant seats in the. recitation rooms,
hear again instruction's voice from the lips
ot beloved teachers, wander through the
lubaryutk mazes of kaowledgo, and sail
| smoothly down the ocean of improvement,
tor standing at the helm and steering the
1 ship’s course through the rugged waters of
the tempestuous sea, are my kind and cxj>e
rionced guides .. JJlcssings brighten as
they take their flight,” and Imw swiftly fly
the golden hours when the blissful period is
i approaching its close. Hours which moved
on loadcu wings when wo were anticipating
! a number of years of toilsome study in the
duf-ky walls of tho school room, now seem
ito flit by, on wings of light—ah ! deeply and
more beautifully vivid is the recollection of
our dream of happiness when the transient
vision is fading away. Would that Time
could pauso for nwliilo in his ceaseless course
and bid me rema n with you through anoth
er season of joy, but silently, steadily, e’en
now he is winging his way, and sadly I must
leave you.
My Dear School mates and Companions :
We haYe wandered through a wilderness