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On and after Sunday. February 12. 1871,
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NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
STATIONS. —O— TIME TABLE.
Leave Atlanta, 10:15 P. M.
Arrive at Kingston, 1:14 a. m.
Arrive at Dalton, 3.20 a. m.
Arrive at Chattanong. 5:4*1 a. m.
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Rome Railroad Company
Change of Schedule.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN-
Leave Rome 8:40 a m
Arrive at Kingston 10:30 a in
I/eave Kingston 11:4S a ui
Arrive at Rome 1:4 0 p ui
NIGHT PASSENGER. TRAIN.
Leaves Home . 8:40 p m
Arrive at Kingston 12:40 a m
Leave Kingston 1:1$ Am
Arrive at Home 11:20 m
M. Connect)it? with pains on the Wes
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C. M. PENNINGTON-.
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J. D. & J. B. CARVER,
Sealers in
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Tobacco. Snuff, Cigdrs, Confectionaries, etc
Corner Broad St., and Maiden Line,
Iv. ROME, GA.
>HS( KLLANEOt S
A Singular Duel.
Major Buford, called, by way of
eminence, ‘‘the Major,” was the most
noted duellSt of the day. A dead
shot, a perfect master of fence, find,
in his name had become a terror to
all ithti knew Him.
In the midst of a knot of admiring
friends one day, the Major this dis
cussing his last “affair,” and eonqdri
cently explaining how it came that he
mortally wounded his adversary, i:t- m
stead of killing him on the spot, when
one of two gentlemen, standing within
hearing, suddenly advanced rind struck
him in the face. The spectators stood
aghast. What could have tempted
the stranger to rash thus madly to his
fate? lie was an old mail. Already
to appearance had threescore and ten
years passed over his head. He must,
indeed, have boon weary of life, whose
brief remnant he was ready to cast
away so peek lessly.
The Major was astonished. The
very audacity of the act struck him
with amazement:
“Is the prove- fit irtn sufficient, or
must ! repeat it?”
The Major’s first impulse was to re
turn blow for blow. But fierce and
violent as were his passions, he had
schooled himself to complete mastery
over them, and a moment’s reflection
told him how bootless, under the cir
cumstances, would be a public brawl
The indignity he had received would
admit of hut one reparation, and that
he determined to lose no time in seek
*nK- r
‘‘The insult insufficient,” be an
swered with forced calmness. “Oblige
me by naming a friend,—for.your own
name l care not — -to whom I may re
fer one of my own.”
“This gentleman,” replied the other,
resuming the arm of his companion,
“will return here in an hour to confer
with any one you may designate.”
And the twb strangers took their
leave together.
At sunrise on the following morning
the principals and their seconds made
their appearance on the grounds se
lected. No one else was present—
not even a surgeon. The Major in
his own past experience, never had
needed one; and his opponent, it was
plain, was careless of the consequen
ces.
There was no necessity for delay.
The preliminaries had been, settled. —
The parties were tct flgllt with pistols,
at ten paces, the combat to continue
until one or the other had fallen.—
One condition had been insisted on by
the stronger, which called an indig
nant blush to the Major’s cheek, as it
seemed to imply an imputation upon
his honor, though he submitted to it
with the best grace lie could. It was,
that before placing the combatants,
the bodies tf f both shdttld be inspec
ted, to see that no secret protective
device was employed by either.
The ground was measured and the
men placed, There wts a marked con
trast between the two in more respects
than that of years. the old mrfn,
erect and motionless as a statue, his
whitened locks floating in the breeze,
never once looked at his Antagonist,
though his side was turned. His face
was stern and determined, but had
nothing malignant in it. The Major,
on the other hand, glared fiercely on
his foe, seeming even to grudge him
the few moments of life yet eked out
, to hip.
“Were he'my father, I would kill
him!” he answered audible to some
whispered expostulations of his second,
who was evidently touched by the old
man’s venerable Appearance.
The pistols were put in the hands
of the principals, and the giving of
the word explained.
“Gentlemen, are you ready?”
“Ready,” both answered.
Still the old man moved not, nor
did he direct a single glance at his ad
versary. His eyes were fixed in front
His attitude was one of rapt atten.
SUMMERVILLE, GA., SEPTEMBER 21, 1871-
tion. He seemed like one listening
intently'.
“Fire!”
Without changing the. direction of
his gaze, or other movements than
that of his arm. whice rose with the
precision of a nicely adjusted machine,
I the old man brought hit! pistol to the
level of his enemy’s breast. For an
j instant lie held it there. Still the
: same appearance of eager listening.
The Major was in no burry. He
I could afford to take his time with a
man who held his pistol at random
without looking whitherward. lie
j took deliberate aim. lie was deter
j mined Id make
j missed his adversary's heart oven a
j fraction df an inch he would never
| make any pretentions to skill again.
The sharp report of the stranger’s
[ pistol it as followed by a cdnclttiiVe
j jerk of the Major’s arm, causing the
j discharge df his weapon far wide of
: its mark, while he staggered a few pa
cts backward And Fell heavily to the
! ground.
“Conduct utc to him,” said the old
man to his friend.
The latter took His principal’s arm,
and led him to the prostrate form of
the Major, whose second, kneeling by
his side, had torn open llis garments,
exposing to view the fatal wound in
liiS bveCsf, made by the strangerVbul
“ls your friend seriously hurt?”
inquired the old man coolly.
“You crin see for yourself, sir,” the
second answered.
“There, ydn’ri in error,' replied
the other; “I am totally blind.”
The wounded ma i, who had by this
time revived a little, and his second
looked lit tile stranger in astonish
ment. There was no visible defect in
his organs of vision; but t here was a
fixity of loo' —that “bending of the
eyes on vacancy”—Which so unmis
takably evinces the absence of sight.
“\\ let are you, and what was your
motive in seeking this encounter?”
the Major faintly murmured.
“First,, arc ydu in a condition to
renew it?” inquired the stranger.
_ “There is no need—l am dying.”
“When i have toßvou who 1 a.a,’
the stranger resumed, “ \du will scarce
require my motive for what [ i have
do.ic. No wonder you have forgo!
James Merton, he continued, “for In
is greatly changed no doubt.”
The dying man starred arid groaned
bitterly.
“But I have never forgotten yrfu.
Richard Buford, nor the injustice you
have done me. A cherished daughter,
the pride of my eye*, and the joy of
her mother's I' -a.-i. you enticed from
her home, (b reive. t by a .sham mar
riage, and then alianddiied lief to die
of a broken heart. My son, rind only
remaining child, in a rush attempt to
avenge his sister’s wrongs, fell a vic
tim to your accursed skill. You even
robbed him of the ordinary chance
of combat, unequal as they would
have been, by encasing your cowardly
body in concealed armor. The loss
of both our children unsettled my
wife’s reason, and she died in a mad
house. Could 1 have found youthen,
I would have given you no chance for
your life; but valiant as you have al
ways professed to be, and cowardly as
you are, you feared and evaded rue.
Yet I knew rre should one day meet;
and I registered a vow, that when we
did I would offer you a sacrifice to
your infernal art. To this end I
studied to become an adept in it, and
succeeded. And when at length, blind
ness cast its shadow upon me, and
seemed to render hopeless the fulfill
ment of my vow, instead of abandon
ing it I betook to myself anew- spe
cies of practice. 1 sought to make
hearing trike the place of sight. Again
I succeeded. I learded to take aim
with ear iff stead of eye. When 1
heard you answer “ready,” to-day, I
knew the exact direction in which to
point my pistol, as well as if I had
seen you. Besides, I could hear you
breathing’ where you sided. You
wished to make sure work and over
reached yourself.”
More than wipe the Major, looked
appealingly at the speaker’s face, but
in those remorseless, sightless eyes
there was no sympathy. Arid as the
labored breathing grew fainter arid
fainter, the bid man resumed his listen
ing attitude. At last all was still.
•‘He is dead!” he said, its wonted
expression of sober nieTff .rifioly set
tled on the old man’s faec, as, takin ;
his companion’s arm, he turned and
walked leisurely away.
! From the Lawreneeville Herald.
A Noble Revenge' or; Sherman.
Memphis, Te.ww, 1871.
Messrs. Editors: I have read with
deep interest thp series of articles by
a “Georgia Lady,” under the caption
of: “In and Out of the Lines.” The
last number, in which she describes
the destruction of Cassville, recalls
forcibly to my mind the feelings I had
in September, 1864, when I saw the
thousands of helpless 3ick women and
children at Lovejoy’s who had been
’ driven out of Atlanta, and tumbled
: out of the care, without any friendly
; face to appeal to. I was describing
: the scene to ati old t'rmy friend whom
1 had not seen for many years, and
- he too had his story to relate of Sher
man’s barbarity, and the sweet revenge
! that came to hi pi not long after the
; war was over. Said he:
I w as a surgeon in the Confederate
army. When I left Memphis to join
the army I was obliged, of course, to
1 leave my wife and two little boys, who
were then aged respectively five and
seven, to take care of themselves. I
I devoted myself with great earnestness
to the cause, and fiiy wife, like other
Southern womeh, sympathized with
mjt. I gained, I suppose, some prom
inence, as mv wife and children were
j singled out by Sherman, when he oc
cupied Memphis, for his especial hate.
He sent them over the Mississippi
fiver, and ttimed them adrift in the
Woods of Arkansas, without food and
yithriut any clothing except what they
liad on, and issued an order that any
boat which should dare to take them
down the river would bo confiscated.
There they remained, in what state of
anxiety you well can imagine, until
they Were, found by an old farnilv ne
gro, who had managed to elude the
sentinels in order to go to tlieir relief.
By this old negro’s efforts they were
conveyed down the river to another
landing, and at 1 o’clock the next
morning were taken on board of a
steamer whose captain had been ap
prised of their situation. You can
imagine my feelings when 1 heard my
wife describe her sufferings, and then
I decided, if ever Slu-rmau came in
my way, to be reverie 1.
Not long after the wSr, I Was trav
eling to St. Louis!. About twd o’clock
in trie morning I heard some one ask,
in a loud voice, if there was a doctor
on the train? I replied that 1 was a
physician, and desired to know what
was the matter? lie .said Mrs. Gen.
Sherman was very ill in the sleeping
coach, and unless relieved, lie feared
she would die. Said I, now my time
has come, and I won! at once to her
relief. I never waited on a.lady with
such tenderness and attention in my
life, anl although *fce had a violent
;ittucl; .of cholera morbus, c'f eating
imprudently of oysters the night be
fore, 1 succeeded in giving her relief
and sleep. \V lic’ii 4o reachod St.
Louis, she and her attemla its rindmv
sous and self happened in the same
omnibus. Mrs. Slffinnrtn began a
conversation about the bitterness that
still lingered in the Southern heart,
ami the people had niitbeen sufficient
ly humbled. One of my little sons,
who was about twelve years old, re
plied :
“Madame, how can you expect any
thing Im. bitterness, when we remem
ber ii-iw we have been treated? When
l think rifWiit tltuir sending my mother
and brother here, and turning us loose
iii the swamps of ArkanSris, I hate
them, and always shall. The Yan.
kees sent, us out of Memphis without
any clothing or food, away from any
house, for no reason except that father
was in the army.”
Mrs. Sherman looked rrp in sur
prise, and remarked: “Sonny who
could have been so cruel?*’
“Why, General Sherman ! he is the
very man who did it, I shrill rilfhiys
hate him for it.”
If a shell had bnrst.it could not
have created more consternation and
confusion.
I did not say a word, and in fact
not another word was spoken until wo
reached the hotel. When I had gone
to my room I said: •“Sin, did you
know that lady to whonj you were
talking in the omnibus?'!
“No sir.”
“Well, I suppose you didn’t, for
that was Mrs. Sherman, Gen. Sher
man's wife.”
He replied: “Father, I only told
her the truth, and I am glad I did
it.”
In a short time afterwards, an
officer in Federal uniform called at
ray room and stated that General
Sherman desired .me to render my
bill. I replied, I have no, bill. He
insisted—l declined. Gen. Sherman
then called in person, rind irisisted in
a very peremptory manner. J still
declined, stating to him. “General,
I have no bill, and I am only too
glad to ho revenged for the manner in
which you treated my wife and -chil
dren. Wnen I was far away and they
had no other,protector, for no other
reason thrin because my wife sympa
thized with the cause in which I was
engaged—you drove them into the
woods to starve. I have had it in my
power to aid materially in restoring
your wife to health, and probably in
saving her life. The fact that you,
know who I am, is all the biff I shall
ever send.”
At' dinner a servant came to our
table, and placed a glass at my plate !
and at the plate of each of my sons, |
returned with a bottle of wire,' and
filled my glass stated that General j
Sherman requested the privilege of a'
glass of wine. He was proceeding to
till my’sons glasses, when the elder
placed his hand over the glass and
said: “Never,”
A Wonderful Burning Well.
WHERE THE EIRE COMES FROM.
The Boiiisvilte Courier Journal
gives an account rifa wonderful burn
ing well In Lincoln County; In that
State, six niiles erisl of Crab Orchard,
at the Itrise of Cumberland mountains,
on the banks of a small stream called
Dix river. The water in this well is
in a constant state of ebulition, and
regut:'r every day, between 4 an 4 and
o’clock in the afternoon, overflows.—
A large quantity of gas is liberated,
said to be carburetted hydrogen gas,
to which a light being applied, a flame,
sometimes tea or fifteen feet in height,
results.
The Journal tells the following
story irt connection with the well:
In the early part of the present
century, when Kentucky, and especi
ally the mountain districts, were but
sparsely settled, a man by the name
of Shank’s owned this portion of
Lincoln county -in which the well is
situated. At that time all the salt
used in the State had to be brought from
Louisville, or imported from Virginia
at very large expense, in those days
ot stage coaches and covered wagons.
Mr. Shanks had evidence of salt on
his land, and determined upon trying
whether he might not find that com
modity by boring intojthe vicinity of his
salt, licks. He sunk . two or three
shafts, but tliisuccossfully, when his
neighbors began to laugh at “old
Shanks’ folly.” Hcntinded not a whit
their Jeers, but swore tfirit ho wtralu
sink one more shaft, if he bored clear
through into .
Sure enough, after boring to quite
a depth, his drill fell through, the
drilling shaft was blown some dis
tance in the air by escaping gas,
which ignited from a fire close by,
and in an indiscribablo short space of
time all< the undergrowth, the trees
near by, and even the surface of the
river iisucil' formed one broad sheet of
(lame. Oil flowed out, with the gas,
which accounted for the “river on
fire,” hut all this to tlic' spectators
was incomprehensible, and a general
stampede from the country round
about resulted. Old Shanks had been
us good as iiis won]. He had bored
dear through into hell, and his neigh
bors fled from the vicinity its from a
pestilence, leaving growing crops,
houses, property of au sorts behind
in the general terror. After a lapse
of years the vicinity was again
settled, but the well now inspires won
der in place of *thc pristine fright.
Ax Old Lady in a Bad Fix.—A
very good widow, who was looked up
to by tlic congregation to which she
belonged as an example of piety, con
trived to bring her conscience to terms
for otic little indulgence. She loved
porter; .ntnd one day, just as she had
received half a dozen bottles from the
man who usually brought her the
comfortable beverage, she saw two of
the grave elders of the church ap
proaching her door. She ran fife
man out, the back .door, rind the bot
tles under the bed. The weather was
hor, and, while conversing with her
sage friends, pop went a cork. ‘Dear
mol’ exclaimed the good lady, ‘there
goes the bed cord; it snapped the
same. w:«y yesterday. I must have
another rope provided.’ In a few
minutes another went, followed dy the
peculiar hiss of escaping liquor. The
rope would not do again, but the
good lady was not at a loss. ‘Dear,
my! that, black cat of mine must be
at some mischief under there. Scat!'
Another bottle popped off, and the
porter came stealing out from under
the bed curtain. Oh, dear mo!’she
said; ‘I had forgot; it is jn.y yeast!
Here, Prudence, come and take these
bottles of yeast away !’
John Wesley’s Way. —WhS
John Wesley saw and young man in dan
ger of falling into the snare of evil
associates, lie did not watch hirrfsharpj
ly at a distance and speak o fliis short
comeings to others, predicting that he 1
was “on the high road to ruin.” lie
invited him to Ilia table, and by a
gentle, affable mariner, he sought to
give him good subjects for thought or
hints fo'r conduct. Advice thus hos
pitably enforced was very impressive.
Ete would draw out, the young man
in conversation and learn what studies
he was most proficient in, which were
most essential to his success, and then
assist them to acquire a mastery over
them. Anothe most valuable way o£
aiding a young man whom social dsftr
gev threatened, was to make him ac
quainted with well disposed religous
young men, who would lead him into
good paths. He watched over their
career with a father’s interest and
tenderness, and in a very simple
j manner accomplished avast amount of
! good, besides preventing a world of,
! evil. 1
j 1871. j
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