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RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Oue cupjof tho p\pc*r one year, $ 2 UQ Three copies of the paper one year,.... 5 00 Five copies of the paper one year, 8 Ofl Ten copies of the paper one year, 15 00 Invariably in Advance. Communications solicitej from ullsec tions, but in at* instance will they be insert without the name es the writer accompany them. JSfir Address all communication to SAM'L J. JOHNSTON. ! RAILROAD DIRECTORY. ATLANTA k WEST POINT R. R. Change of Schedule. Tak e* effect Wsdaesd :y, Dec. 22, Is7l DAY PASSENGER TRAIN—©VTWAKD. Leave Atlanta 6:50 a m arrives at Fairbur*. 7:46 a u irive at West Point 11:40 a u DAY PASSENGER T«AIN—INWARD, Leave West Point 12:30 p u arrive at Fan burn 4:00 p m Arrive at Atlanta 5:00 P a NIGHT KKEIUUT AND PASSENGER TRAIN. Atlanta 7:00 rw rriveat Fait burn 8:0> p m rrive West Point 12:15 a m NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN—INWARD. I,eav* West Point 1:45 a m Arrive at Fairburn 6:05 a m . rrive at Atlanta 6 00 a m NIGHT PABBKNGKR TRAIN —OUTWaKD. Leave Atlanta 7:00 p a Aiiire at West Foist 12:1 ) a m , JLeavo West Point 3:00 a r j rriveat Atlanta 10:07 a a : L. P. GRANT, Superintendent. | MACON A WESTERN RA ILROAD. ON aud after Sunday, Feb. 26tfc, 1871, the following schedule for Passenger Trains will be observed on this Road: DAT PASSES OE T AI NS DAILY, (Saudays excepted.) Leave Mueoa at 7.20 m rrive at Atlanta at 2:23 mi Leave Atlanta at 6:00 m * rriveat Macon at 11:30 m night passenger trains (Daily.) Leave Macon at 6:->5 p m rrive al Atlanta at 10:16 r u Leave Atlanta at 3:23 p m rrive at Macon it ll:05r u Trains arriving at Macou 11:33 a. u*. and 10:15 p. iu . make cl#>e connections for avau ,uah and all points in Florida. The 10:15 p, tu. train connects at Atlanta *;©r Eastern and W .stern cities Trains oa the .. G. A N. A R. 11., conuect atGrifli with the dowu day passenger train A Macon & Westers Hailioad, aud run as .Gl ows : ‘Leave Griffin 1:00 p m Arrive at Mewnan 3:45 r <u Leave Nevrnan 7.00 a m rrive at Griffin 0:47 a u H. W. BRONSON, M. T. W. A. FULLER, O T A WESTERN k ATLANTIC RAILROAD. ON and after Sunday, February 12. 1671, the Passenger trains will run oh ihe Western nud Western Atlantic Railroad as fellows : NIGHT PASSENGER T AIN*. -Leave Atlanta 10:16 p u rrived at Kingston..... 1:14 u rrive at Dalton 3:26 a m rrive at Chattanooga 5:40 a m Leave Cbattauoogu 9:00 r u rrive at Dalton 11:11 r m rrive at Kingston 1:61 a m Ar’ivc at Atlanta 6:17 a w D T PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Atlanta 8:15 a m Arrive at Kingston 11:45 a M Arrive at Dalton 2:13 p u rrive at Chattanooga 4:26 p u L *ave Cha ttauoog a 6:50 a a A rriveat Dalton 8:10 a a An»" at Kingston 10:30 a u Aj *»vc at At lan a ... 2.00 r u E. li. WALKER, M. T. GEORGIA R AILROAD. ON and after Sunday* January 22nd 1871 ihe passenger trains will run as fallows PAT PAg*EXG K R TRAIN. (Daily, unday Excepted.) Leave Augusta 8:00 a m Leave Atlanta 7:10 a u Arrive at Augusta .’:4O i* u rrive at Atlanta .... 6:36 r a night passenger train. Leave Augusta 8:20 r m j Leave Atlanta 10:00 p m Arrive at Augusta 7:‘.W a a rrive al Atlanta 0:40 a a j CC’OMMOB TION T AIN. I eave Atlania 5:30 r m Leave Sloae Mountain 6:30 a h rrive at Stone Mountain 7:00 r m Both day and H’ght passenger trains will make close conn* ctioo* at Augusta and Atlanta with passenger trains ol connecting roads. Passengers from Atlanta. Athens Washington and station* of the Georgia Rail- * road, by taking the down day passenger train will make close connection, at Cflmak. with Macon pawenger train, and reach Macon the Fame day. at 7:40 p. m. al.tce Sir eping Cars Cjb all night tmi ns. .K JOHNSTON, THOMAS YV. LATHAM ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, YV7ILL practice in the Superior Courts of W the counties of Campbell. Coweta.Doug las*. Fayette, Fulton and other couutiesby special c mtract— in the Supreme Court of the State and the District C.urt of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia, held at Atlanta. ap]3-12m O. A. IIAItVEY, FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, DEALER IN POPULAR FAMILY MEDICINES, BOOTS, SHOES, Hardware Family Groceries I* l K E LIQIORS, & c . TERMS STRICTLY CASH. »pl3tf «. J. JOHNSTON'. W. H. AXDREWS. JOHNSTON k ANDREWS, REAL ES TA TE A GEN TS Faifbcrk Georgia. S£f~ Will give prompt attention to al! bu«i r.es- intrusted to their care. l’erjons haring real estate for sale or wish ing to purchase would do well to give us a call. All property advertised, but no charges made unless a trade is < fleeted, or the property taken oat of our hands without our consent ATTORNEY AT LAW! E. C. MOBLEY, Attorney at La W, F Airßuns, .... Georgia. 2pl-12m €\i smhm SeirtmL VOL. l.| Fighting with Whales. We were now within a cable’s length of tbe nearest whales, a score of boats close in our wake and another ship's boat happening upon us. Grim old John Daggett, our first mate seem led g' ing mad, ids eyes starting from j their sockets, teeth clenched, and bare hvaded. I could see the veins in hi* | forehead and great brawny arms swell almost to brusting, as the fever heat of ! the chase came on. I pulled tho after I oar, and so he guided the boat with | one hand, hi-* other, at every stroke i caught my oar, throwing it against my ! breast, while its long blade quivered like a piece of springing steel. Still the other boat gained—creeping slow ly abreast of us. “Pull men—oh, if you love money, pull! Don’t let that boat pass usl Oh spring, every mother son of you—boyy, if you love, pull. A keg of terbaccer among ye, if we get up to this whale! Ah! he blows Oh God, what a back broader’n the old woman's parlor. Steady! now, men—not a whisper if ye want to live! One more strike stand up, harpooner. Don’t ye miss him, boy! look out when he rounds up— cool, ray boy, cool—give it to biotp Down under my oar blade I saw a huge black body, and tbe boat struck something harder thau a wave. “Stain all! starn! I tel! ye,” thun dered grim old Vickings; aud I knew that we were fast. Heavens! how tbe line flew out, as, maddened with pain, the monster plunged downward. One— two —three hundred fathoms of Hue out, not a sound in the boat, save the cracking of the line as it runs srnok ingly around the loggerhead, the mate tightening it every pound it would bear—every man braced firm in his seat, grasping his oar aud waiting But now the slender cord slackens, for, tired and breathless, our prey is com-* ing up. As I Icarnvd over the gunwale, the waters were clear as crystal, and I fancied I could see to immense depth in the calm and tranquil elements 1* it possible a more than fabled giant is coming thence to battie with us? And iu a few moments will it be his blood or ours that shall turn this pellucid blue to turpid crimson? A shout startled trie, and looking around, there, lushing the sea to snowdrifts, rolled our prey. And what an antagonist! At least 80 feet long, of huge girt, he lay on his back, the favorite way of fighting the cachelot, his head de pressed, aud jaw full 15 feet long, and elevated iu the air, and brlstliug with sharp, gleaming white teeth. His roaiing was fearful Down to our oars, and in a moment our mate had his lance at work. Keen as a razor blade, that loug thin lance found its way through hide and sinew, past piled up flesh aud rib, burying its liead in the very vitals of the monister. lie throes of agony weie terrible and pitiful. At every lance thrust his huge body would quiver along its entire length, and the bright, red blood, hot from his heart, rush in a torrent from his spiracle. In vain he turns upon us—the well train ed crew slip the boat out from under his very jaw, as hs shuts it down to crush us, and as he rushes by, again the lance cuts its cruel way. No play, this kind of hunting No long range rifle fired from safe distance. A grand hand to baud combat, grasp* ing the greatest living animal in a life and death struggle. No place in that boat for weak nerves. These be earn, est men, snatching subsistence, for their families from out of the sea, and conquering its king. lie strived to escape, but the iron is galliug, and spouting ten gallons of blood at every breath, he is growing weak. The blood has covered us, and old mate looks like the butcher be is. Oh! old fellow—your enemies have closed ups on you, and know no fear. It is your life or theirs, and man triumphs over the brute. But now the coup de grace is given, aud he is dying. On his side, swim ming blindly, he sweeps gradually around in a narrowing circle, until at last, beading toward the sun as vision grows more and more dark, a mighty throe shakes the huge form, a convul sive shudder as in a last vain struggle for life—and a huge, unwielding mass, having upon the long swells, attests man’s supremacy upon water as well as upon land. While we had been at work, the eth er boats had not been idle. Wbeu our FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1872. whale was reappeared from his first mad plunge, the whole school had sur rounded him, or in whaler’s parlance, "brought too,” for there is a deal of houest sympathy in a school of sperm whales. A fleet of boats dashed in, and each quickly selecting its prey eommenced the work of death. The scene was a peifect pandemonium the whales entangled in many linos, striv ing to escape; here one on his back, his great bristling jaw elevated, and lises attached to other whales wound round it; there auother, trying to fight his way clear of the mass dealing tre mendous blows with “flakes” aud fins. Tbe surrouuding boats press upon them, the lances flashing in the sun light, tbe shouting crews covered in blood, wild with cxcitvment and joy. The wave caught u bright red tint, we were floating in a sea of blood. But, one after another, breaking away from the entangled mass, went into his “ flurry,” and dragging after him the boat, its officers still plying the lance—the monster forsaken by tbe school, yielded and tin ned, “ fin up.” Our ship secured three of the prizes, among which our boat captur ed the king, being what is termed a “hundred bar! feller.” At noon we had them alongside the ship; secured them with massive chains, made sail to gain an offing before beginning the work of cult ing iu. —Boston Commer cial Bulletin. A Nabobs Visit to i\tw York BY UAUX TWAIN'. (As told by himself in his new book entitled “Roughing It,” now in press. It is a sample of the good things con tained therein.) In Nevada tkero used to be current the stwry of the adventure of two of her nabobs, which may or may not have occurred. I give it for what it is worth: Colonel Jim had seen somewhat of tho world, and knew more or less of its ways; but C* lonel Jack was from the hack settlements of tha States; had led a life of arduous toil, aud had nev er seen a city These two, blessed witti sudden wealth, projected a visit to New York —Colonel Jack to see the sights, and Colosel Jim to guard his nnsophlatica tiou from misfortune. They reach San Francisco in tbe night and sailed in the morning. Arrived in New York Colonel Jack said: I’ve heard tell of carriages all my life, and now I mean to have a ride in one; I don’t care what it costs. Come along. They stepped on the sidewalk and Colonel Jim called a stylish barouche. But Colonel Jack said: No, sir! none of your Cheap John turnouts for me. I’m here to have a good time, and money ain’t no object. I mean to have the nobbiest rig that’s going. Now, here comes the trick.— Stop that yallcr one with the pictures on it—don’t fret—l’ll stand all the ex ponses myself. So Colonel Jim stopped an empty omnibus and they got in. Said Colonel J ack: “Ain’t it gay, though? Oh! no, I reckon not. Cushions, windows and pictures till you can’t rest. What would the boys say if they could s«e us cutting a swell like this in New York ? By Georgel I wish they could see us.” Then he put his head out of the win dow, and shouted to the driver: “Say, Johny, this suits me—suit* yours truly, you bet you! I want this shebang all day. I’m on it, old man! Let ’em out! Make ’em go. We’ll make it all right to you, sonny!” The driver passed his hand through the Btraphole and tapped for his fare— it was before the gongs came into com mon use. Colonel Jack look the hand and shook it cordially. He said ; “You twig me, old pard! All right between gents. Smell of that and see how you like it.” And be put a twenty dollar gold piece in the driver’s hand. After a moment the driver said he could not make change. “Bother the change! Rideout. Put it in your pocket” Then to Colonel Jim, with a sound ing slap on the thigh: “Ain’t it style though? Hanged if I don’t hire this thing every day for a week.” The omnibns stopped and a lady got in. Colonel Jack started for a moment, then nudged Colonel Jim with his el bow. ‘‘Don’t say a word,” he whispered.— “Let her ride if she wants to. Gra cious, there’s room enough.” The young lady got out her port monnaie, and handed her fair to Colonel Jack. “What’s this for? ” he said. “Give it to the driver, please.” “Take back your money, madame.— We cun’t allow it. You are welcome to a ride berc as long as you please, but the shebang is chartered; we shan’t let you pay a cent.” The girl shrank into a corner bewil dered. An old lady with a basket climbed in and proffered her fare. “Ereuse me,” said Cttfrmvl .Taekr— “You are perfectly welcome here, mad ame, but we can’t allow you to pay. Set right down here, mum, and don’t you feel the least oneasy. Make your self as free as if you were in your own turnout." Within two minutes three gentle men, two fat women and a couple of children entered. "Come light along, friends,” said Colonel Jack; "don’t mind us. This is a free blow out.” Then he whispered to Colonel Jim, “New York ain’t no sociable place, I don’t reckon it ain’t no name for it.” 1 c resisted every effort to pass fares to the driver, and made everybody cordially welcome. Tho situation dawned on the people, and they pock eted their money aud delivered them selves up to covert enjoyment of the episode. Half a dozen more passen gers entered. Oh, there is plenty of room, said Colonel Jack. Walk right in and make yourselves at homo. A blow-out ain’t worth anything as a blow-out, unless a body has company. Then iu a whisper to Colonel Jim. But ain’t these New Yorkers friendly ? And ain't they cool about it tao ? Iceburgs ain’t anywhere. I reckon they’d tackle a hearse, if it was goin’ their way More passengers got in; more yet, and still more. Both seats were filled and a file of men were standing up holding on to the cleats overhead Parties with baskets and bundles were climbing up on the roof. Half sup pressed laughter rippled up from all sides. “Well, for clean, cool, out and-out cheek, if this don’t bang anything that ever I saw, I'm au Injun,” whispered Colonel Jack. A Chinaman crowded in his way "I waken,” said Colonel Jack.— •‘Hold on, driver! Keep your seats, lad'es and gents. Just make your selves free—everything is paid for.— Driver, rust!* these folk* around a* long as they’ve a mind to go—friend* of ours you know. Take them every where, and if you want more money come to the St. Nicholas, and we’ll make it al! right. Pleasant journey to you, ladies and gent*; go it just as long as you plea so —it shan’t cost yon a cent ! The two comrades got out, and Colonel Jack said: “Jimmy, it’s the sociablest place I ever saw. The Chinaman waltzed in as comfortable as anybody. If we’d staid a while I reckon we’d had some nigger*. By George, we'll have to barracane our doors to-night, or some of these ducks will be trying to sleep with us.” AgricHltural. The proper time to pull hemp is any Friday that a good judge may select. Castor-oil beans succeed best in the bowels of the earth. They will soon work llieir way out. The best preparation for hops is a toad or two in each hill. They will make the vines fairly jump. The usual time to put in rye is early in the morning. Some husbandmen, especially those in tbe city, continue to ran it in at intervals of half an hour until bed time. The practice is only allowable in case of dry season. In reaping wheat never take it by the beard. It is found to go again t the grain. Buckwheat is not healthy food. It is apt to cake upon Ilia stomach. Corn in the ear is apt to effect the hearing. If eaten green, it will make the voice husky. When dealt out as army rations, the kernel should always be served first, and then the men pri vately. Never plant your potatoes early.— It it the early potato that get* the {NO. 42. worm. It is up-tiill work with them after that. To be certain of the right kind of •quashes, compare them witli ytiur head. In adopting this rule, I first mistook pumpkins for squashes; but by continued, careful comparison, I soon learned to detect the difference. But for new beginners it requires great caution. In making cider out of apples, I found it pretty tight squeeze, notwith standing my long connection with the press. Never drink cider made from crab apples. It is pretty certain to “ go back’’ on you. A correspondent asks us what we think of late plowing. Flowing should not be continued later than ten o’clock at night. It gets the horses in the habit of staying out late, and un duly exposes the plow. We have known plows to acquire springhalt and inti ammatory rheumatism from laic plowing. Don’t do it. The cold weather should suggest to the human farmer the necessity for a good cow shed. Pour a pailful of boiling hot water on her hack, and if that don't make ft good cow shed—her hair, we are no prophet, to anybody When you make cider, select noth ing but the soundest turnips, chopping them into sled length before cradling them. In boiling your cider, use plen ty of ice; and when boiled hang it up inthe sun to dry. In sowing your winter apple-jack, a horse-rake will be found preferable to a step-ladder. Step-ladders are liable to freeze up, and are hardly palatable unless boiled with sugar. In cutting down hemlock trees for canning, select only the largest. Don’t throw away the chips, as they make fine parlor ornaments, encased in rus tic frames of salt and vinogar. A pick ax should never he used in picking apples. It has a tendency to break down the vines and damage the hives. Tragic Affair at Monticello. One of those tragic rencouuters has accurred at Monticello, Georgia, that calls to mind the bloody days of wild frontier life, where human pas sions range unregulated by law, and personal difficulties find more ready settlement liy the fierce arbitrament of arms than before slow and circuitous tribunals of justice. We have the account of the affair, received from private sources, that is by no means as circumstantial and certain as we should like to give, but it is undoubtedly a close approxima tion to the truth. The dispute had previously origina ted about the hire of a negro. The parties were Clinton Digby and broth er on the one side, and Seaborn Kelley and two brothers on the other—all farmers. They met in Monticello on the seventh instant, at. the election of Ordinary. The dispute revived be tween Clinton Digby’s brother and the three Kelleys. Young Digby drew bis pistol, but before he could use it, one of the Kelleys seized his arm and held it up while the other two Kelleys pounded away in sledge hammer sash ion on Digby. At this junction Clin ton Digby came up to the assistance of his overpowered brother. As he approached one of the Kelleys shot him in the leg. Nothing daunted, he fired, killing the Kelly held his broth er: then wheeling quickly, he shot down another of the Kelleys, who died in about an hour. Then mount ing a horse, he rode furiously over fences and through the woods, and made his escape. It was a quick, sudden, desperate rencounter, as tragic in its resnlts us fierce in its character.— Constitution. A traveler was once making a ped estrian tour to the Alps, when sudden ly, in a narrow path, he came face to face with a large brown bear. He drew a revolver and was about to fire, when to his amazement, the hear cried out, “Don’t fire!” It turned out that the pretended bear was a man employ ed by some guides, who sent him out dressed in a bear-Bkin when they had a timid traveler to escort. At a pre conceried spot the bear would rush up on them, when put to flight by the ex ertions of the guides, the traveler never failed to reward their courage and devotion by a handsome present, of which the bear received a liberal share, KITES OF ADVERTISING. One Square, first 03 to each ,-übseque t insertion 50 One Square, s x mouths 3 uo i 'ut Square, twelve mouths 12 Oh Liberal deduction will be made ior con taact advertisements. Euough to pay for composition will ke charged for change of advertisements. All articles published for the benefit of parlies or individuals, at their own solicitation will be charged for ns advertisements S'. ..... .JL. D a ATLANTA BUSINESS CARDS. IIUNNICUTT & BELLINGRATH, DEALERS IN STOVES & SLATE MANTLES, TINNERS’ IRIHIIINGS, STEAM AND GAS FITTINGS, Wrought Iron I’ipeg, For Steam, Gas and Water Pumps, Lubber Hose, Tin Plate, Sheet Iron, Copper, Lead, nud Lead Pipes, Plumbers' hr ass Goods, Wash hasius, Uaier Closets, Ac., No. 9, Marietta St., Atlanta, Go. Also, Contracts (or Routing in the beat tyle, m Tin and Sheet Iron. op2B-l2«u DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALM~C PEMBERTON, TAYLOR & Ctt WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Atlanta, • * • Georgia, INVITE the attention »f Merchants, PUy clans and others to their large of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glass, Patent Medicines, Faucy Goods, &c., Ac., Which, for quulity sml low prices, Defy Competition in the Sotilh We solicit an examination of our Stock an J Prices. We will make it to your interest ta trade with as. nrttyr pkmherton. taylor a co. c. H. STRONG, Cotton Buyer and Cotton Com mission Merchant, (Office at J. D.Turners Warehouse,) liroad Street, ATLANTA, GA. Strict prrHonul attcn(>n given to coo giguineulH of Cotton UMa )t*«h a.lvuncoi mailt; on cotton iu f -t. » 0-22 3 SMITH & MOTES’’ art gallery \( Formerly Kuhn <£• Smith.)i PARTIES visiting Atlanta would do well to call at the old Pioneer Photograph Gallery and examine specimen of beautiful Pictures, such as are made daily at our rooms. For beauty ol finish and life—like appearance un-. surpassed. Give us a call, w« will please you Gallery over Sharp & Floyd’i Jewelry Store No. 29, Whitehall street, Atla ujii- G. 11. LIAYDENj MANUFACTURER OK Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Collars, &«,, On broad between Milchel & Hunter sts, Atlanta, Ga., Sc lit cheaper than the caeapcst. Re pairing done with neatness uud to order. Call and see and prsce dec22 dm JOHN T. ALEXANDER 1 ’ FINE FAMILY GROCERY, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, in Ihe New Brick Store, Corner Whitehall <t Peters Sts., Atlanta. IKEEP Family Supplies of the very best quality. No inferior articles sold. Ladies are requested to call and examine our stock. NEW STORE! NEW GOODS 1 NEW ARTICLES! Highest market price paid for Country Produce. John T. Alexander. novl7 6m BERRY VENABLE & COLLIER, PRACTICAL DRUGGISTS Wholesale and Retail Druggists, DEALERS IN Paints, Oils, Window Glass, Patent Medicines, Dye stuffs, Foreign and Domestic Goods, Corner Peachtree and Decatur streets, 0c2712ru Atlanta, Ga. J . W A R L IC, K , MANUFACTURER OK TIN W ARB , STOVES, TIN PLATE, MD TUNERS’ FINDINGS. Also, OIL & LAMPS. Marietta Street, between Whitehall t brood. Atlanta, Georgia. We Cali the attention of tha citizen of Campbell, Fnyette and Douglass counties t Hie advertisement ol .Mr. J. Warlick. Wo know him lo be one of tbe high toued, honest and energetic business men of At’anta. Cos to bis house and buy your wife anew Stove and you will find him all right. Success to mch ineu. ap2M! ATLANTA STEAM BREWERY. C. A. GOODYEAR’S CELEBRATED SOutlxorn Ales AND PO RT E« . P. 0. Box, No. 518. Gait. W . P. PLATT, Trar fling Ageut. ap‘2B-tf b RICHARDS & MARTIN, No. 242 Peters street, Atlanta, Ga., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Family Groceries, Dry Goods and a General Variety or the necessaries comlortf and luxuries of life us cheap as the ckea est. They also have une ol the most popular wagon yards in the cita with houses for the comfort of their pa rons aud their stock. dec22 Cm M ARNOLD. a. S. KEARS. ARNOLD & FEARS, ATTOUNLYS AT LA W (James’ Bank Block,) novl7 6m Atlanta, G*.