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Milner & alsabrook, attorneys at
Law, Morgan ton, Geo.— Practice in the
Comities of Union, Fannin, Gilmer and Pick
ens. James Milner, Cassvitlc; J. E. Alsabrook,
Morganton. ma y 1 1 . 1355- -ly
CR VWFORD & CRAWFORD, Attorneys at
Lair, Cassville, Ga.—As 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 ol
the Cherokee or Blue Ridge Circuits. M. J. Craw
ford will give particular attention to the collec
ting of all claims and debts, and will spare no
pains to put clients in speedy possession ot their
money. h I~^
Iyi W. CHASTAIN, Attorney at Law, Mor*
ganton, Ga. —Practices in all the coun
ties of the Cherokee circuit. Jau
TAMES MILNER, Attorney at Law, Cass
ville, Geo. Practises in the counties of the
Cherokee circuit. m> *
BO CR AMgEORD. Attorney at Law, Cai
. houn, G JP-Practice in the counties of
♦he Cherokee circuit. a P r 2 *~
T> H. TATUM. Attorney at T.aw, Trenton,
1\ . Ga.—Business entrusted to his care in any
of the counties of the Cherokee circuit, will meet
with prompt attention. - Sov - •
SWEIL, Attorney at Tsitr, Canton, Geor
• gia. Business entrusted to ins care in
any of the counties of the Blue Ridge circuit, \\ ill
meet with faithful attention.
Refers to Hon. David Irwin and Ex-Gov.
McDonald, Marietta; Col. Joseph E. Brown,
Canton; ('apt. XV. T. XX offord, Cass\ nlc; Col.
Goo. X. Lester, Gumming.
Feb 16, 1855—ts _
C-q J. FAIN, Attorney at Lau\ Calhoun, Ga.
T* Will practice in all the counties of the
Cherokee circuit. Particular attention will be
paid to the collecting business. mb 9.
Lt tt T. WOFFORD, Attorney at Law, Cass
y # yille, Ga.—Practices in all the counties
t>i® the Cherokee circuit, and will attend faithful
to aH business entrusted to his care. Office
•• •.st ot the court house. nug 13 ts
lITOOPER A RICE, Attorneys at Law, Cass
-I*l ville, Geo.— Practice in toe counties of
f*lss, Cobb, Chattooga, Catoosa, Cherokee, Dade
Fl*>vd,Gordon, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Walk
rr/a'nd Whitfield. John 11. Rice will, ashore*
t 1 > V, ,re, continue to give his personal and almost
e%lusire attention to the collecting business,
april 20, 1854-.
sq L. BARBOUR, Attorney at Law, Atlan-
VJ% ta, Georgia.—Will practice in the differ
ent Courts of Fulton and contiguous counties.
Particular attention given to the execution of
Interrogatories, and draughting legal instru
ments. Claims in the city of Atlanta will be
‘ ri 'lnptly attended to, Office in the Holland
!l<m stairs.— Entrance first door above
J hit ne v & Hunt. Feb Ifi, ’ss—ly
YtriKLE A WIKLE, Dealers in Dry Goods,
IY Groceries, Ac. Ac. South west coiuci
•: Public Square, Cartersville, Gu.
Jan. 25, 1854.
Y F). CARPENTER, Dealer in fancy, staple
I • and domestic drv goods, sugar, coffee, nio
cises, Ac.; hardware, cutlery, Ac., at Erwin s
A stand, Cassville, Ga. Jan 1.
Tr yy. HOOFER A CO., Dealers in Staple and
•I • Fancy Goods, Groceries, Icon. Hats, Caps,
’ L>ts and Shoes, Ac., Ac., at the brick store,
G ssville, Ga. Feb 2,18i>4.
T TIRSChDeRG A DAVIDSON, CastciUe,
J X Ga. —Manufacturers of clothing, and deal
iu Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Conti omen s
Furnishing Grood.% Fancy Goods, and Jewelry,
\y ho Wale and Retail, at Patton s olb stand
Cassville, Ga. j e 23 18;> b
IOCKETT A SNELIJNGS, Factors and
j General Commission Merchants, will attend
strictly to Receiving and Forwarding aud
Selling everything sent to our address.
atsept 9—6 m*
W)I. M. PEEPLES, Dealer in Dry Goods.
Groceries, Iron, Hardware, Saddlery,,
Boots, Shoes, Drugs, Medicines, Ac., Ac. Cal
houn, Ga.
May 5/1854. —ly
80. COURTENAY, A 00. N0. 3, Broad
• Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Books,
Stationery, Fancy Articles, Magazines, and
Newspapers,
The most extensive stock of Novels, Roman
ces, Ac., in the Southern country.
139* Near the Post Office- mh 1(5
R. G*. COCRTENAf. W. COURTENAY.
HYATT McBURNEY & CO., Direct Im
porters and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign
and Dor .estic Dry Goods, No. 37 Hayne Street,
Charleston, S. C. Jan 12, 1855—49—1 y
WARD A BURCHARD, Augusta Ga
wotyid inform their friends and the pub-
JLc generally, that anticipating a change in their
twjeifoass, the cptping season, they are disposed
to make large from their former low
scales of prices, in order to reduce their stock to
the lowest possible point, The attention of
wholesale dealers as well as customers, is res*
(icctfully solicited,
Augusta, Dec 22
PARR A McKENZlE.—Factors and Commis’
sion Merchants, and Dealers in Groceries’
Produce and Merchandise generally, Atlanta,
oa.
Particular attention given to consignments ot
Cotton, Grain, Bacon, and all kinds of Produce,
p. J. FAttll. £. MCKENZIE,
aug. 11.—-ly.
WINSHjPS IRON WORKS,—The subscri
ber is now prepared to receive and exe
cute orders for any kind of Castings, or Ma
chine work, and all persons favoring him with
orders may rely upon having them executed in
. the best manner, and with despatch. Orders
for Sash-bliuds and doors promptly attended to
fit his Car Establishment, Cash paid for old
Copper, Brass and Iron Castings.
JOSEPH WINSHIP,
Atlanta, Ga.,*Juno 30, P*-54.
a T)LACKSMITHING.—The Subscriber
jSfft. II is prepared to do nil kinds of work
l in his line, such as Ironing Carriages,
| making and repairing implc
I ments, edge-tools, horse-shoeing, Ac. in the best
I manner, and on the most reasonable terms.—
I Edge tools warranted. A share of patronage is
■ solicited. fc. GRIFFIN.
I Cagsville, Ga., Feb, 13, 1855;2 — ly*
IMI Mlffi ST**®.
HAVANA plan LOTTERVI
JASPER COUNTY ACAD’MY LOTTERY.
I By authority of the State r\f Georgia.
! GLASS E.
THE Subscriber having been appointed man
ager of the Jasper County Academy Lotte
ry, intends conducting the sable on the Havam
S’lan of single numbers, and has located his Os
ce in the city of Macon, Georgia. He now
offers the following—
GRAND SCnEME FOR SEPTEMBER 24, 1855:
When prizes will be distributed as follows, a
mounting to
THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR*!!
CAPITAL, SB,OOO.
1 Prize of SB,OOO I 1 Prize of $5,000
1 “ 2,000 I 2 “ 1,000 2,000
5 “ 500 2,500 110 “ 200 2,000
20 lOO 2,000 178 “ 50 3,900
120 “ 25 3,000 jlB Apprqjc. prizes, COO
256 Prizes amounting to $31,000.
Only 10,000 numbers.
Remember every Prize drawn at each draw
! ing, under the superintendence of Col. Geo. M.
! Logan and Jas. A. Nisbet, Esq., gentlemen who
are sworn to a faithful performance of their du
ty. Prizes paid when due without discount.
All orders, rely on it, strictly confidential. —
Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par.
Whole Tickets $5, Halves $2,50, Quarters $1,25.
Address JAS. F. WINTER, Manager,
Sept 6 Macon, Geo.
By authority of the State of Georgia.
FORT* GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY.
GRAND SCHEME FOR SEPTEMBER!
CLASS 7.—To be drawn September 21, 1855, in
the city of Atlanta, G a., when prizes amount
ing to
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
will be distributed according to the following
Magnificent Scheme! And remember every
Prize is drawn at each Drawing, and paid when
due without deduction !
1 Prize of $15,000 1 Prize of 1,100
1 do 5,000 sos SI,OOO 5,000
1 do 4,000 10 of 500 5,000
1 do 3,000 j 10 of 200 2,000
1 do 2,000 10 of 120 1,200
1 do 1.500 I 25 of 100 2,500
501 Prizes in all amounting to $60,000
ONLY TEN THOUSAND NUMBERS!
Ticket* $lO 00, Haloes $5 00, Quarters $2 50.
Bills on all solvent Banks at par. All com
munications strictly confidential.
Sam’l Swan, Agent and, Manager,
Sept 6 Atlanta, Ga.
By Authority of the State of Alabama.
Southern Military Academy Lottery.
GRAND SCHEME FOR OCTOI3ER ! !
Class V.—To be Drawn October 9tli, 1855, in
the city of Montgomery, when Prizes amoun
ting to -
Fifty Thousand Dollars ,
Will be distributed according to the following
Magnificent Scheme! X~sT‘ And remember eve
ry is drawn at each Drawing, and paid
when due without deduction !
1 Prize of $12,000 1 Prize of $l,lOO
Ido 5,000 sdo 1,000 5,000
tdo 3,000 10 do 400 4,000
1 do 2,000 10 do 150 1,500
1 do 1,200 12 do 120 1,440
Ido 1,100 20 do 100 2,000
408 Prices, amounting to $50,000
Only Ten Thousand Xumhers.
Tickets sß.oo—Halves s4,oo—Quarters $2.00.
Sam'l Swan, Agent and Manager,
Sept 13 Montgomery, Ala.
SCOTT’S LITTLE GIANT
CORN AND COB MILL,
Patented May 16 th, 1854.
upIlE attention of Planters, Farmers, and
X Stock-feeders in general, is respectfully
called to this Mill as the most important article
of the kind now in use ; not only well adapted
for grinding Cob Meal for Stock, but Grits or
fine Ilominy for the table, and especially Bread
Meal from corn not Aillv ripe or dry in the Fall.
In setting this Mill, no mechanic or frame
work is wanted, only requiring to be fastened
to the floor or platform. Easily adjusted and
used by anv body, even a child.
The LITTLE GIANT has received the first
premiums at the late Agricultural Fairs of Mis
souri, Kentucky, Maryland, and other States ;
and that in the most complimentary; as well as
the most ready commendations from the thou
sands witnessing its performance.
These Mills are guaranteed in the most posi
tive manner against defects or breakage, when
properly used; and No. 2is warranted to grind
10 bushels of feed per hour, and offered at the
low price of $57 00 ; all complete for attaching
the team. No. 3, at $67 00; grinds 15 bushels
per hour with one horse. No. 4, at S7B 00;
grinds 20 bushels per hour with two horses.
For particulars apply to
MITCHELL & HOWARD,
Oartcrscille, Ga.
Note.—We have one in operation, and those
desirous of purchasing, would do well to call
on us. M. A 11.
junc7 ts 18
New Stage Route
FROM CASSVILI.E TO MO EG ANTON, VIA EI.LIJAY. !
THE undersigned begs to in- |
form the travelling public that
■ - h e ; 8 now prepared to accommo- i
date those wishing to visit the Copper region of
Georgia and Tennessee. The route is through
some of the most beautiful mountain scenery of
Cherokee Georgia, and is furnished with fine,
new and commodious hacks, good horses and
careful drivers.
Leave Cassvillc every Tuesday A Friday, 6 a. m.
“ Morganton Wednesday and Saturday.
“ Ellijay Monday and Thursday.
Persons wishing conveyance to the Duck
Town or other Conner mines, can be accommo
dated. * 1
Stage office in Cassvillc at Latimer's Hotel.
11. 11. Wai.kf.h. 1
ISC’ Atlanta Examiner will copy six weeks
in weekly paper. Sept. G—tt
To Marble Men and Stone Cutters.
fTIIE undersigned intending to remove
his place of residence from the State af
ter the first of October, wishes to employ
some responsible man who understands
Quarrying and Stone Cutting, to take
charge of his Marble Quarry, situated two miles
from Cartersville, Cass county, Georgia. I will
cither give such a man an interest in the pro
ceeds, or lease it for a term of years. My broth
er, John L. Rowland, is authorized to make a
contract at any time, if am absent.
J. T. Rowland.
N. B.—Specimens of the different varieties of
Marble taken from the Quarry, can be seen at
Mess. Erwin’s, Cartorsville. j. t. tt.
Cartersville, Ga. Sept. 6 —4fc
BOOiTbINDERY IN ATLANTA. •
WILLIAM KAY, respectfully informs the
citizens of Cassvillc ana surrounding
country, that he is now prepared <br any kind
of Binding and Ruling at short notice. He has
also on hand a large assortment of Books in the
various departments of Literature, Fancy Sta
tionery, Music, Musal Instruments, Paper Hang
ings, Guns, Pistols, Watches, Jewelry, Fancy
Goods, Ao., at the very lowest possible prices.
A sharo of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited.
Atlanta, March 24,1853 —ly.
BLANKS AT THE STANDARD OFFICE.
® —DcbofcD so lofioitql qi)i Sfqte Tolifics, the Fot-eigi) qijO Solncsfic ftetos, See.
CASSYILLE, G-A., THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1855.
Cjiatit
FrotU the Federal Union.
“ That Wild Sunt after Office,”
RECORDED UY JONATHAN SWIFT.
Hark, ’tis the bugle’s clarioh call!
Ilark, on the office hunter’s fall
Its echoes lingering in mid air,
From Walker down to swampy Ware !
Mount Yohah trembles In the blast,
While on the ocean many a mast
Its pennons flutter in the gale,
And swells to bursting every sail.
It is St. Francis winds his horn,
And huntsmen brave salute the morn ;
They’re on a hunt that's wild to-day—
As snorting chargers dash away,
Their riders raise a deafening cry,
That wildly rings through earth and sky,
For on the hunt that’s wild they go—
While Cone and Miller wildly blow,
Bob Trippe, Ben Hill are following fast,
To frenzy wrought by maddening blast.
Still on they speed—so well is blown,
The rousing blast by Father Cone,
E’en Tumlia wakes and joins the cry,
As Andrews hurries yelling by ;
And Fouche* is with the frenzied throng
That o'er the mountains sweeps along.
Hurrah my boys,” St. Francis cries ;
Speed on till every charger dies !
The glorious game of place is ours—
You’ll gain it, swear it by the powers !
Strike deep your rowels, mend your pace,
It is a wild, exciting chase !
They gain in numbers as they go,
Till joins them weighty Varnadoe ;
Josh Hill as well as Ben puts in,
To follow Miller who has been
With every party ever known,
E’en down to that accouched by Cone,
And who has ground for every clique
That could the name of office” speak,
While parson Foster, parson Knowles
Go with the crowd to mend their souls.
Ah ! well . twould fail me to relate
The third rate lawyers in the State,
And small great men who go
Where Cone and Miller loudly blow.
All office-seekers join tbe chase,
And ’tis a wild and frenzied race :
Away they go with thundering speed,
St Francis blowing in the lead :
O'er hill and dell, and stream they fly,
As if the devil followed nigh :
Nor rest for them by night or day,
Away they rush, away, away!
’Twas June when first St. Francis blew
The blast that waked the hunting crew ;
Through Summer's heat they wildly sped
By hope of gaining office led,
For four long months they wildly rushed.
But ’tis October and are hushed
The clarion bugle and the cry
Which lately rent the very sky.
One stream lias balked them in their
course,
For now the hunters, hallowing hoarse,
Stem for a time Salt River’s wave.
And then they find a watery grave
A tablet stands beside that stream,
And where its sparkling waters gleam,
You there the mournful talo may read
Os sturdy rider and his steed :
Here lie St. Francis and bis men.
Who wildly rushed from mount to glen
On steeds as brave as e’er were sti ode,
Or were by mailed heroes rode:
Oh ! that wild hunt these horseman made,
But here their bleaching bones are laid.”
August Bth, 1855.
* Mr. Phooshay must excuse Mr. Swift
for pronouncing his name Pouch, as it is only a
poetical license. The poet regrets bringing up
reminiscences of the past, by pronouncing your
name as your mother, but lie could not possi
bly get Phooshay into the line—that name ma
ing one syllable too many.
Newspaper Borrowers.
There is too much truth in the follow
ing article from the Heading (Penn.)
Gazette , to let it pass unnoticed—be
sides, it has a degree of pertinency, in
almost every place:
The man who makes a practice of
borrowing newspapers, is the meanest of
all created beings. In our opinion, to
be regularly in the habit of gaining en
tertainment and information, without
paying for it, from the paper which it
costs the printer no little time, money
and hard labor to prepare, is little, if
any, short of downright stealing. And
who, but the very meanest of the mean,
would be guilty of such conduct, for the
trifling expense of four cents a week ?
Header, is the paper now in your hands
your own—or are you stealing the pro
duct of our toil, to save the paltry four
pennies weekly—a dozen of which you
throw away almost daily in tobacco,
drink, or some other mere animal grat
ification ? If so, blush for shame!
Patent Baijy Spanker.— Mr. EHpli.
Stubbs, a live Yankee, from Connecti
cut, exhibited at the Museum his “Pat
ent Back Action,” which, on being at
tached to a baby of anv age, watches
over it like a mother; makes it hush
wheu it becomes naughty; obliges it to
desist from swallowing thimbles, three
cent pieces, pins, or any other food un
suited to its stomach; compels it to go
to sleep when it doesn’t want to; and if
somewhat older, it sees that it keeps its
hands off the sugar bowl and jam pots,
besides making it keep its face cleau;
and all by the power of its back action.
Russia averages about 8 souls to a
square tnilo, Franoe 170, and England
230. •
“PRINCIPLES NOT MEN.”
dDrigitial Unrolldtc.
Written eXpressl}’ for the Cassville Standard.
Ite Ilihje Unite*
LINK THE SECOND.
LOVE:
Or the Adventures of an American
Student.
BY MISS C. XV. BARBER.
(Concluded)
CHAPTER IX.
AN ADVENTURE.
It was nearly dawn, when Smith heard
| someone tapping cautiously at his win
dow. He raised the casement and looked
out. Sol stood on the outside, and briefly
narrated to him, in a few hurried words,
the events of the night. The student
was soon dressed, and had leaped down
from the casement to where Sol was
standing.
“ Hark!” said Gertrude, starting up,
in the chamber which she occupied with
her cousin, above her brother’s, “ Hark,
Julia, I hear a noise !”
“It was the wind shakiug the win
dow,” said Julia, dreamily. “Do not
be alarmed.”
But when the girls dressed in the
morning and descended to the breakfast
table, young Smith was no where to be
found. This.alarmed them somewhat
at first, but a servant who had risen ear
lier than the others that morning, assured
them that she had seen him leave the
stable, mounted on his Shetland pony,
in company with Sol, the shoe-maker at
Werrdock. All present instantly surmised
that something unlocked for had occur
red, to call him forth so early, and all
agreed to maintain throughout the day
the profoundest silence respec’ing his
absence. It was well that they did so,
for secrecy and despatch were what Smith
and Sol most wished to secure. All
through the day they rode hither and
thither, enlisting and organising an arm
ed baud. At night-fall silently and cau
tiously the mountaineers collected to
gether from every quarter, and placed
themselves under the guidance of Sol,
and the command of Smith. They pre
sented a truly warlike appearance, as in
Indian file, their bright swords and guns
glittering in the moonlight, they moved
steadily and noiselessly up the zig-zag
pathway, which Sol had trodden the
night before alone, in pursuit of Bob
Clinch. In addition to their arms, al
most every man carried a crow-bar.—
They proceeded in utter sileuce until
they reached the rock, where Sol had
stopped the night before. It was again
almost mid-night. Sol had secured an
iron cane, and upon the surface of the
rock he gave three measured strokes.
This was doubtless a signal from the
leader of the band for admission. Quick
as thought the side of the rock opened,
and a hundred crow-bars were inserted
in tbe aperture to prevent its being clos
ed. The robber inside, who managed
the spring, by which it was secured, saw
instantly that he had in some way been
betrayed. He uttered a wild, hoarse
scream, which was followed within by
the glare of lights, the confused hum of
voices and the clatter of fire-arms. But
it was too late. Smith and his men
were already in the cave, fighting man
fully. They met with a desperate resis
tance from the mountain band, however.
For a long time
“ In even scales the battle bung,”
but tbe desperadoes, amounting in all to
about forty, were after awhile safely put
in chains. Smith then proceeded to
strike the iron fetters off of Marchmont’s
feet, while Ikddy Logan performed the
same kind office for the Professor.
“ Good Heavens, Smith !” exclaimed
Marchmout, as he slowly tried to raise
himself from the cramped position which
he had so long occupied. “ Good Heav
ens, Smith, how did you effect an entrance
here ?”
“ Might makes right, in such a case
as this,” said Smith, laughing, “ but
my good fellow, you look woe begone
enough. What have they fed you on,
here—sword blades and eagles’ livers, I
dare say, or something as nutritious, I
judge from your looks. How are you,
Professor ? ’Pon my soul, I’m glad to
see you, though I can’t say much for the
reception room which you keep for your
friends up here. Shake hands, though,
when you get those cursed bracelets off
of your arms. How are you, my good
sir ? you too look rather the worse for
wear.”
“ Smith—Smith,” said Marchmont,
hastily, “ turn around. I have an intro
duction to make. Count Panache,
whom you will recollect we had the
pleasure of meeting at your boaiding
house on Commencement eve, will enter
directly. You will doubtless feel much
gratified at this opportunity of renewing
your acquaintance.”
Smith turned, and saw gliding along
the arch way behind him the leader of
the band, Bob Clinch, alias Count Pa
nache. He had wondered on his arrival
at the rock at finding the door down,
but he little suspected what awaited
him inside. Smith sprung upon him as
a tiger would grapple with its prey.—
But the Frenchman was athletic, and
had not Daddy Logan and others came
to the young man’s aid, the leader of
*Copy right secured.
that dating gang of robbers might have
escaped, to plan and execute vengeance
against those who had so boldly bearded
his men, like so many lions, in their
lair. But he was secured after much
struggling.
“ Ay—ay !” said Daddy Logan, as he
scanned him from head to foot—“how
is your Countship to-night, and how is
your darling darter in tile low country?
I think I have met with you twice
before, and consequently have a right to
inquire a little after the health of your
self and family.”
The robber gnashed his teeth and ut
tered a fearful oath. But nothing could
exceed the delight of Sol. He shook
hands with Marchmont over and over
again. He stuck his arms up to his el
bows in his pockets, and danced around
him in the lurid glare of the torch lights,
fie looked somewhat like a laughing,
dancing elephant, if you can imagine
such a sight. The Professor surveyed
him quizzically, and with a smile.
“ Forward, march !” said Smith.—
“We are off now to my uncle’s castle
on the hill, freebooters and all. Let
each man guard well his charge. My
uncle will find safe irons, and safe lodg
ings too for the guests we bring him—
He is noted for his hospitality, you all
know.”
The mountaineers laughed at this wit
but the robbers broke out into a volley
of oaths. ** Hush your mouths, every
scape-grace of you !” said Smith. “ I’ll
order irons for your tongues, before day
light, if you don’t! You’d better keep
quiet, my lads!”
Slowly they began their descent, and
before day-light all stood before the gate
of the mountain castle.
“Good Heavens, what is that?'’ ex
claimed Gertrude, springing to her feet, i
“ I hear the sound of arms and the
trampling of feet, and above it all, I can
recognize my brothers voice, issuing
commands. Are we attacked, or do
they bring to us Bob Clinch and his
men ? If so, where is Marchmont ?”
“ And the Professor?” said Julia, who
had also jumped up, and now stood
leaning over her cousin’s shoulder, and
peering into the dim, gray light, just
breaking over the mountains without.
“ Where is tbe Professor ?”
“ There they are,” said Gertrude joy
fully—“ there is Marchmont and Profes
sor M , and my brother, and Daddy i
Logan, and a host of others, unshackled I
and free, but who are these in irons? It
is Bob Clinch and his men. I know it.
The terror of the mountains comes to us
this morning in chains, but poor March
mont ! bow much he has suffered—how
dreadfully he looks! How little did I
think when he handed me into the car
riage at Ellis 1 dinner house, on that fatal
day, that we should meet under such
circumstances as these. But good heav
ens! Julia, how pale and cold you are
growing. You will swoon away again
through joy.”
The garrulous girl had hardly ceased
speaking before there was a loud knock
at the door. A female servant came
bursting in, half frantic with excitement
and gladness.
“ Bob Clinch and his men arc all
here,” she said, “and are safely ironed.
I want rhe key to the large barn. Mas
sa says they must be stowed away there
and fed and watched, until they can bo
taken to jail.”
“The key is not in here, you goose,”
said Gertrude, laughing—“your master
has the key.”
“ Sure enough !” she said. “ I forgot
what I was about. Ain’t you glad, Miss
Gertrude —ain't you glad?” and the girl
went out dancing, as if she stepped on
air.
It was a great time at the brown
house. All day long people came to
gaze at the unfortunate men, who had
been for so many years, at stated peri
ods, the scourge and terror of the moun
tains. And their released prisoners came
in for a good share of attention too. —
Again and again, they related all the
particulars of their attack and capture.
An armed band had surrounded them,
before they were aware of their danger,
and found them completely unarmed.—
The driver was killed in the skirmish
which ensued. Marchmont and the
Professor had been robbed of everything,
and inarched off to this cavern in the
mountains. The carriage was trans
ported thither on the shoulders of
Clinch’s men, and the horses taken off—
tlioy did not know where. The marau
ders had designed the capture of both
carriages, but the first one had passed
before they made their descent, and fear
ful of detection, they had concluded to
let it escape.
Marchmont and his companion had
had a dreary, wretched time of it. They
had notone article of wearing apparel
in which they could now appear before
their friends with any semblance of neat
ness—not a dollar of money that they
could call their own. But the nows of
the arrest spread like wild-fire, and be
fore night a neighboring lodge of Odd
Fellows bad had a called meeting, and
gifts of all descriptions were pouring in
upon them.
“ I think,” said Marchmont, laughing,
while surveying the piles of snowy lin
en placed at their disposal, and the
neat suits of clothes sent to their meas
ure, “ I think, Professor, we have been
the gainers in this adventure. All hail
TWO DODDAHS A-YEAR, IN’ ADVANCE.
to the Love, which Odd-Fellows every
where manifest, one towards another I”
CHAPTER XI.
CONCLUSION.
All novel-writers take unwarrantable
liberties with their readers. They some
times leap, at one bound, over half k
century, and introduce you to the grand
children of persons whom you last saw,
figuring about as belles in the ball room.
We do not intend treating those who
have kindly followed our American
Student thus far in his Adventures a
mong the mountains, in any such an off
hand, disrespectful manner. We only
ask them to skip over the period of one
year. An eventful period it certainly
was, for in it the banditti were tried and
executed, according to the laws of our
country, and MaVchmont and the Pro
fessor both found themselves ardent and
successful suitors—the one for the hand
of Gertrude Smith—the other for that
of Julia White, but we have neither the
time nor the patience, nor the skill re
quisite to the task of narrating all the
minutiae, attendant upon these events.
We leave them for the imaginations of
our readers to picture.
We next take them to a fete night,
at the brown castle on the bill. There
was a double wedding there—March
mont and Gertrude—the Professor and
Julia—linked hands and hearts for life.
Smith was there too, going in his si range,
harnrn scarum way from room to room,
entertaining everybody and finding en
tertainment, as was his wont. Daddy
Logan, Mistress Alice, and the children
were all there in Sunday array, and
there, free and satisfied, strolled many a
mountaineer, who in the first days of
our tale never expected to be honored
with an introduction to the inside of
Squire White’s grand house on the hill.
Somehow an invisible bond of brother
hood had sprung up, or been discovered
by the Squire, as already existing be
tween himself and his ronjh, but honest
neighbors. Some of the knowing ones
said that that bond of union was Odd-
Felloicship —that the link of Love in its
mystic chain was only being kept bright
and untarnished, as it should ever be.—
It tnay be so. Never having been ad
mitted into the secrets of the order, we
cannot be supposed to know how it was,
but one thing is certain, Squire White
and his neighbors got on swimmingly
together ever after the memorable arrest
of Bob Clinch and his desperate gang.
And happiest, most conspicuous among
the many guests present on that fete
night, was ugly Sol. During the year
which we have quite skipped over, a
nice little shop full of admirable imple
ments for his trade, had sprung up, as if
by magic, not far from Daddy Logan s
door, and customers appeared on every
hand. Squire White, Marchmont, the
Professor and others, had not forgotten
the dwarf, lie was as happy as people
often get to be in this lower world, and
lived many years afterwards, blessing
and blessed. How little does it matter
about the roughness of the casket, if the
jewel within is truly estimable !
* * * *
Here, gentle reader, we were just pre
paring to stay our tired hand, and to
scrawl “ Fists” in the most approved
characters at the end of our Link of
Love, when that same inquisitive busy
bed y, who interrupted us at the cud of
our tale of Friendship again stopped us
and forbade the flourish. She declares
that it will never do to end the Link
thus. She wants to know what became
of that student whom we left at the
thresh hold of active life, panting like a
young lion for the strife, “ Did he win
the laurels he so much coveted ? ’
Alas! Ambition—what is it ? Too
often nothing hut a youthful dream. —
And Fame —what is that? A breath,
—a shadow —an evanescent something
which vanishes away ! Go among the
wrecks and ruins, and graves, and decay
ing monuments of the old world, and
ask “ What is Fame l —what is Ambi
tion ?” The dust at your feet will take
up the wail of the Wise Man and cry
out “vanity of vanitie in answer to
your queries.
Crayton died, in one of our Southern
cities, of that scourge of the South, yel
low fever, before lie entered upon the
practice of his profession. His pliysician
said the disease was perhaps brought on
iu his case by exposure to the night air,
while pursuing his studies. His mid
night vigils over his books were too long
and too intense. Ho lies in an humble
grave, in the potter’s field,
“Unwept, unhouored and unsung.”
Over his remains might be written
“ sic transit gloria mundi.” “ Thus
passes away” (the would be) “glory of
the world.”
Howard married, and lived long and
happy, surrounded by ail that he bad
coveted : “ W ll e , Children and
Fiukndb.’’
THE END.
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Happiness is promised, not to the
learned, but to the good.
Giants are seldom overlooked.
The game of fashionable life is to play
hearts against diamonds.
Pleasure may be a shadow, but it us
es, a heap of substances.
Nothing else than sin can separate us
from God; but the least sin cau do so.
NO. 32.
An Appropriate Present.
The following is taken from the Lou
isville (Kentucky) Democrat , and may
well be called an appropriate recognition
of the claims of George D. Prentice, of
the Louisville Journal , to immortal re
membrance :
Louisville, Aug. 7, 1855.
George D. Prentice. Esq.:
Dear Sir : I have been requested and
instructed by the ladies of Bardstown to
present to you, in their name, the urn
which the bearer of this note will deliver
to you as a slight testimonial of their
appreciation of your distinguished servi
ces in behalf of the American party.
They feel that the country is much
indebted to you for your devotion to the
great principles on which our govern
ment and party are based, viz: tho
burning of the churches of the impudent
Papists, the roasting, stewing and frying
alive of the vile Dutch and Irish women
and infants, so victoriously, triumphant
ly and gloriously achieved in this city
on last Monday night by men whoso
souls were inspired and ams nerved at
your patriotic instigation.
This urn contains some of the trophies
won by the “ American” party on Mon
day, viz: the hearts of Dutchmen, the
ashes of Irishmen, the brains of anti-
American infants, and a portion of the
burned flesh of Quinn, (brother of tho
deceased Popish priest,) all- of whom
were burned alive on Monday night, for
the safety and perpetuity of our nation
al welfare. The offering will be tho
more acceptable, we are assured, when,
you are informed that the charred and
burned particles, and the brains of in
fants herewith tendered, are the remains,
the identical remains of the women and
infants whoso shamefully fired upon and
killed the brave men of the great Amer
ican party, who died “ breathing lofty’
aspirations in the cause of liberty, tho
Union, and the national prosperity.”
Accept, sir, this holocaust—these re
mains of women and rascally Dutch and
Irish suckling infants—as a testimonial
of your devotion to the protection of
“ American rights.”
SAMUEL BLACKSMITH.
Cheap Advertising.
It has become quite fashionable for
dealers to paint their cards upon side
walks, fences, <fcc. Yesterday we were
amused at the handicraft of some wag
gish clerk, who finding a business card
painted upon a flagstone, pencilled over
it in neat black capitals—
In memory of
by way of a prefix.
We saw a man beat at this game, at
Cold water, the other day. Upon the
fence, near the depot, was painted, in
big black letters—
Go to Markham's ,
under which some rival dealer had
painted
ly you jcant to be skinned.
This beats the quack medicine man,
who painted up—
Take, Dr. Ilobcnsack's Pills and
along came a tract vender, who stuck
up under it, so as to continue the sense,
Prepare to meet thy God.
A Iriend at our elbow suggests that
lie saw in Brooklyn, the other day, a
poster reading—
Lecture to night by Mr. Chapin,
under which protruded, in big red let
ters,
The most successful Vermifuge in the
World.
Gratis advertisers may as well beware
of cross readings.— Detroit Advertiser.
An Illusion Dispelled. —A lawyer
built himself an office in the form of a
hexagon, six-sided. The novelty of the
structure attracted the attention'of some
Irishmen who were passing by. They
made a full stop, and viewed the build
ing very critically. The lawyer, some
what disgusted t their curiosity, lifted
up the window, put his head out, and
addressed them—
“ What do you stand there for, like a
pack of blockheads, gazing at my office
—do you take it for a church ?”
” I abb and be Christ,” answered one
of them, “ I was just thinking so, till I
saw the devil poke his head out of the
window.”
An ox’s gall will set any color—cot
ton or woolen. I have seen the colors
of calico, which faded by one washing,
fixed by it.
An ounce of quicksilver, beat up with
the white of two eggs and put on with
a feather, is the cleanest aud surest bed
bug poison.
Punch teaches book-keeping in throe
words never lend them.”
Bo always employed doing something
—idleness never pays.
Good is never more effectu’d'y per
formed than whon it is prodneed by
slow dogroes.— Du Moy.
Men’s judgements are a parcel of their
fortunes; and things outward do draw
the inward quality after them to suffer
all alike.
What is the value of religion!—-
It’s valeo is of 6uch magnitude, that
Eternity cannot answor the question !