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■- ■ ' v ' a PLUM 1. |?iE CHATTOOGA ADVERT ISEB PUBLISHED AT SUMMERVILLE, GA., EVERY THURSDAY MORNING M. J.PATE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. HATES OF SUE SCRIP TIOX. - One Copy One Year J i? 200 One Copy Six Months : #1 0Q No Subscriptions will be taken for a less Utne than six months. OUR ADVERTISING HATES. 3 months 6 months 12 Boa's 1 square # 4 00 $ 7 00 $lO 00 2 squares $ 6 00 $lO 00 sls 00 3 squares $ 8 00 sl4 00 S2O O 0 J column sl2 00 S2O 00 S3O 00 1 column S2O 00 $.15 00 S6O 00 J column S4O 00 $75 00 100 00 R A I Ij ROADS. Western & Atlantic R. R. Clian<>;»! of Scliedulo. On and after Sunday. February 12. 1871, the Passenger trains will run on the Western and Atlantic Rail Road as rm.Lotfs: 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. Leave Chattanooga, 0:00 r. M. Arrive atDaltoH; lit 11 P. M. Arrive at Kitijfstoti, 1:51 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta, 5:17 A. M. DAY TASSENGEII TRAIN. Leave Atlanta. 8:15 A. M- Arrive at Kingston, 11:45 a. m. Arrive at Dalton, 2:13 p. M. Arrive at Chattanooga, 4:25 P. M. Istave Chattanooga, 5:50 A. M. Arrive at Dalton. 8:10 a. -M. Arrive at Kingston, 10:30 a. M. Arrive at Atlanta, 2:0*1 P. M- V. n. w.\LKf,n. aprilGtf. Master Transportation. Quickest and Best Route TO TIIE NORTH, EAST & WEST , is Via 1 sVi lie. THREE Daily Express Trains running jlirmigh from Nashville to Louisville, mak ing close connections with Trains and boats for the NORTH, EAST AND WEST. No Clianq;*' <>U C 'ars FROM I.OIISVJLLE TO ,s?. Lon!«, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, Cleveland , Pitts hnrg, Philadelphia and New York. ONLY ONE CHANGE TO bALTIIOitE WASHIXfiTOV & BOSTOX Quicker time by this route, and better accommodations, than hv any finer- Se l-ure speed and comfort when traveling, by asking For Tickets _ By the Way of Louisville, ky. Through Tickets and Baggage Checks may he procured at the office of the Nash- Hlfe ana Chattanooga Railroad at Chatta nooga. and at all Ticket Offices throughout the South- ALBERT FINK, W. H. KING, Gen 1. Sup’t. Gen'l. Passenger Ag’t. JuneS. Saint Louis, Memphis, NASHVILLE & CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD LI-SiE. CENTRAL SHORT ROUTE! I Without Change of Cars to Nitsirville, Mc- Kenzie, Union City, Hickman, Co lumhiis. Humboldt, Browns ville, and Memphis. — o — On«i Change To Jackson. Teun., Paducah, Ky.. Little Rock, Cairo, and St. Lotiis, Mo. MORE TiA3 1 50 Shorter to Saint Louis Than via Memphis or Louisville, and from 8 TO 15 HOURS QUICKER!! via Corinth or Grand Junction. B ASK FOR TICKETS TO WPHT3 And the south SKeST VIA CHATTANOOGA AND McKENZIET? AND TO diP*lie Nonliwr-t \i.i N.i-rir. **i<- '^HpHnhtis—all Rail; or Xa-li- JHpillc and Hickman—Rail and River. BtLE LOWE-ST SPECIAL RATES FOR EMIGR ANTS. WITH MORE ADVAN TAGES. QUICKER TIME. AND FEWER CHANGES OF CARS *»~THAN ANY OTHER ROUTE.-®3 t Tickets for Sale at all Principal Ticket nances in the South. j W. THOMAS, Gen’l. Supt. DANLEY, G. P. & T. Agent, j ■Lh23.tf. Nashville. Teun. 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 tern & Atlantic ITailfodd at Kingston, and on the Selma, Rome And Dalton KailrtuUl at Rome. * C. M. PENNINGTON-. Eng. and Sup’t. J. D. & J. B. CARVER, Sealers in groceries And provisions, 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 “SUSTAIN HOME ENTERPRISE!’’ TAKE TIIE ONLY jSTortli Greorg-ia 3?apet* Extant THAT IIA3 Large, Clear, Readable Type! FARMERS AND HOUSEWIFE’S FAVORITE! THE CHATTOOGA ADVERTISER! PUBLISHED AT SUMMERVILLE, GA., BY M. J. PATE. TWO DOLL \RS A YEAR.IP TIIE SMALL SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND NO PAUEII DELIVERED WITHOUT THE CASH! E VER YBOD Y CAN TAKE if Wir'd WILL, LET ALL COMPL I the advertiser is published EVERY THURSDAY MORNING REGULARLY; Ricii, RARE. RACY, SPICY, NEWSY, AND INTERESTING IN EVERY DEPARTMENT; I’ORM CLUBS IMMEDIATELY! Give your Children a Newspaper, and therby enable them to gain a pe cuniary Education. Children will naturally lay down their School Books, for a perusal of their Local Paper, and no man should deprive them of the blessed privilege. Carefully selected Stories, Poetry—original and select, Markets, Events of the day,,Agriculture, Horticulture, Oouiestic, Stock and Medical Recipes as well as the general make-up, shall be an item with the Publishers.! THE NEW RELIABLE ENTERPRISE —AND — OFFICIAL OB9AH OF CHATTOOGA COUNTY; We have a New Outfit, and the Large Material we now work up, is a • Model of Neatness, and Conspicuousness, thereby enabling the Spectacle community or Aged Sires of North Gn., to Read with case. o Subscribe lor a Home Enterprise! — — : 0- Contributions from Texas and the Shaky Regions of Arkansas will be a feature of this paper, as well as a blessing to those who have relatives WesD AWAIT THE ADVENT OF THE EDEEMED, Ejiol>Ei,Et>, iSNL ARGEJ CRAMMED* JAMMED, READY, READABLE, RELIABLE, UNtfONDEMNED, FAIR PRINCIPLED PURE DEMOCRATIC PAPER As an Advertising Medium of North Georgia NO PAPER CAN EXCEL THE ADVERTISER. The Merchants and all Business Men of Rome, as well as of Chatta nooga and Knoxville, will do vtell to' make their business known through the celfimns of this paper. TO CLTJB2S OF SIX, WE WILL SEND SIX COPIES FOR TEN Do L L^^9 ' and;AN EXTRA COPY SENT TO THE Jcrr/ERSC Orders left ai this Office for any kind of Job Work will be, complied with at the very shortest/ possible time it can be executed. Send orders. ALL LETTERS OF COMMUNICATION, Addressed to 8® M. J. PATE PUBLISHER & PROPRIETOR SUMMERVILLE, GA“, March 24 1871.' NO- XXXV