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The court# have decided that refu sing to take newspapers and periodicals from the Post-office, Or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia evidence of intentional fraud. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. SAM. J. WINN. WM. H. SIMMONS. WINN Sc SIMMONS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Lawrenceviu.*, Georgia. Practice iu Gwinnett and the adjoining counties. mar 15—ly NATHAN L nrtCBINg, GARNETT J|’MII.!.AN, Lawrenceville, Ga. Clarksville, Ga. nuTCHms s,- McMillan , attorneys at law. Offices at Lawrenceville and Clarksville. Practice in the counties of the Western Circuit, and in Milton and Forsyth of the Blue Ridge. mar 15-ly J. NyOLuENN, ATTOR Mkt AT LAW, J.AWRKNCBVIU.V, ..... . . .GA. Will promptly*, attend to afl business entrusted to his tire, and also to Laud, Bounty and claims mar 15-6m iTYLER it^PEEPLES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ji IT. LAWREMCEVILLB, QA, Practices in the counties of Gwinnett, Had, Jaekson and Hilton. Pension claims promptly attended to mar 16-6 m A ■* ■ »" DR. TANDY K. MITCHELL, LAWRENCETILLE, GA., Respectfully tenders a continuation of hwyofetsional services to the citizens geoAny. Keeps comiantly on hand a good ■aortmeut of thugs and chemicals. rnrefa|ly prepared. mwCly A.\ SHAFFER, PHYSICIX, ano SURGEON, LAWRVcEYIELE, GA mar 16-Wk Weekly Gwinnett Atlas. BY DENLS W. D. BOULLY.] Vol. I. J. WaLin, R. H. M*Donai.d k Co., Druggist# * Gea. Agent*, S*n MILLVONB Bear Teadwoitf te their Wonderful Curative Effects, Yinegar Bitters are not a vile Fancy Drinlc, Made of Poor Ruin, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Liquor*, doc tored, apiced and sweetened to please the taste, called “ Tonics," '* Appetizers," ** Restorers," die., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, a true Medicine, made from the Native Roots and. Herbs of California, free from all Alcoholic Stimulant*). They are the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER nnd A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Renovator fwd Invigorator of the System, carry ing off all poisonous matter and, restoring the blood to a healthy condition. No person can take these Bfeters according to directions and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by minettU4>oisen or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point "of repair. Theynrcfc Gentle purgative as well ana Tonic,, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent fn relieving Conges tion or Inflammation of the Liver* and of all the Visceral Organs. FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at the turn iUeeo Tonic Bit; ters have no equal. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheu matism nnd Gout, Dyspepsia or In digestion, Hi I loiis, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Hlooil, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Hitters have been most successful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tight ness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation ofthe Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms are the off springs of Dyspepsia. Ttiey invigorate the SJ,ou,iacli and stimulate the tofpid LfvAr and Bowais which render them of unequalled efficacy in clea*isi?ig the blood of all im purities, and imparting life and vigor to the whole system. FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions,Tetter Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Fnstules, Boils, Carlmnclee, King-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Byes, Brysipelns, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Bain, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of what ever name or Mature, are literally dug up and car ried out of the system in a short time oy the use of these Bitters. Oue bottle in such cases will con vince the most, incredulous of their curative effect. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever yon flnaita Impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions or Sores; cleanse it when you flnd*it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleantye it when It is foul,and your feolings will tell you when; Keep the Wood pure, and the health of the system will follow. PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, urking in the system of so many thuusunds, arc effectually destroyed and removed. BOLD BY ALL DRLGQISTB AND DEALERS. J. WALKEH, Proprietor* K. H. MCDONALD dc CO., Druggists niuV Gun. AjfrmVLi. San Franciado, Cal.. Ski >uid 34 “ommcrvO Street. Now York. NEW MAP OF GEORGIA. The flhdersigned, having just issued, now offers to the publie, a New Map of the Static or Georgia, exhibiting all the new counties, county towns, villages, post offices, and the whole network of railroads, highways, rivers, creeks and water courses in the State. It is a correct transcript from the rec ords in the Surveyor General’s office,show ing the surveyed districts, with the num bers of the led of land in the corner of each and a oompWte Check Map for all portions of the State, surveyed in lots of 490 acres. It also exhibits that portion of Florida bounded on the South. Size of Map, 56x67 inches. Mounted form $lO ; dissected form $lO. Compiled by James It. Butts, 1859. Revised and published by A. G. Butts, Macon, Ga., 1810. Agents wanted in every county. Orders will be filled bv the editor of the Gwinnett Ati.as (who has one of these mans pt his office for inspection), Or 1 by A. G. BUTTS, ap s—ts Macon, Ga. EUMELAN GRAPE VINES, The Best Wine and Table Qr.ipe. oj A merica ! The subscribe i« prepared to furnish a limited supply of this new and very supe rior Grape at $L GO each ; §l6 per dozen, SI 25 per 100. It is earlier and, more ' productive than the Hartford; hardier and more vigorous than the Concord, equaHb qualitv to the Delaware. Superior, as a Red WiaoGrape, to the Norton. Com petent judges, >n every section, have pro nounced it'the best Black Gnqie and the best Red Wine Grape of America. Send stamp for a circular. TIIKKK SCfERIOB SUUTDF.RN SEEDLING STRAW . BERRIES, Socthww Excision, Gr.NVKAtßsaikwi\b<, and ■T Stoukwau. Jackson. 1 These varieties are vigorous ami ltardy, very large, immensely productive, firm, i sweet and superior flavor. They are, be yond doubt, the liest market and garden strawberries before the public. Sent bv mail at $4 per dozen, or one doaeu of cacti i for 810. lIENR Y A. PRICE, Eumelan Vineyard and Nursery, Central I*tains. Fluvanna Co ~Va. 1 mar 20-ly . • - Lawrenceville, Ga., Wednesday, June 28, 1871. A lAterary Curiosity . », The following is one of the most re- I markable compositions we have ever met t with. It evinces au ingenuity peculiarly its own. The initial capital letters spell “My boast is in the glorious cross of •Christ.” The words in small capitals, when read on the left side from top to bottom, and on the right side from hot i tom to top, form the Lord’s Prayer com plete : Make kuown the gospel truth our' Lather i King ; - I Yield up thy grace, dear Father, from above: i Bless as with hearts which feelingly can j sing, “ Our life thou art for byes, God of Love.” i. 1 Assuage our grief in love for Christ, we I l ,ra y, Since the Ptince of Braver and Glo ry died, i Took all oar sins, and hallowed the display, _ j Infant iiF,-ing, first a man, and then was crucified. : Stupendous God! tby grace and power make kuown ; In Jesus’ name let all the world rejoice, L Now labor in thy heavenly kingdom | own— [ That blessed kingdom, for thy saints | the choice How vile to come to thee, is all our cry : Enemies to thy self, and all that's thine; Graceless our wi'u , we live for vanity; | Loathing the very hr ing, evil id do.. I sign— | 0, God, thy will be done from earth to heaven; IteeliningoN the gospel, let rs live, In earth, from sin DEi.iVER-ed nnd for given, Oh, as thyself, but teach us to forgive ; Unless its power temptation doth destroy, Sure is our fail into the depths of woe, Carnal in mind, we’ve not a glimpse of joy Raised against Heaven ; in us no hope we know. O, give us grace, and lead us on thy way ; Shine on us with thy love, ai d give us peace. Self, and this sin that rise against as, slay. Oh, grant each day our trespasses may cease; Forgive our evil deeds, that oft we do ; j Convince us daily of them to our shame ; I Help us with heavenly bread, forgive us, too, Recurrent lusts, and wb’ll adorn -thy name. v, JB In thy FORGivE-oess we as saints can die, Since for us, and our trespasses so • high, Thy Son, our Saviour, died on Calvary. Correspondence of the Atlas. Letter from dimming. Gumming, Ga., JuDe 14, 1871. Mr. Editor :—I have noticed communications in two or three papers, recently, in speaking oftlio morality of our town, credit the closing of the only retail ■grocery here to the Ordinary in refusing to give license. In justice to Mr. Cruse, the owner of 6aid bar room, I will state that lie closed up and quit selling spirits without urging his application for licensq, to con tinuer He agreed to quit without being refused license; was per fectly willing to quit for a time, and remain so, unless blockade runners and “cloak" dealers should flood the place with blockade whisky and Plantation Bitters. The petition,gotten up and filed in the Ordinary’s office, to which the Cartersville Standard, of the Bth instant, alludes, was not signed with a view to Mr. Cruse’s case, but asking the Ordinary to with hold license from any and all other persona after Mr. Cruse closed, as it was well known by and 80 expressed by Mr C., that he would quit so soon as his United States license tikn out, which he did It is true, as a citizen and neighbor, - * I insisted on the course he pursued, as I did in other Cases. Mr Cruse is an ItouurAble naan, good citizen, large property holder in and out of towu, and uo doubt feels as great au inleiest in the upward growth of (lamming and Forsyth county as any man. There are but two retail groceries in Forfeyth county, and no one re fused retail license yet. All other applications have been voluntari ly withdrawn without action; -not because a few, and very few, are fully convinced that their op position to a thing cannot be shown plain enough without blow* ing aloud the mostjabusive epithets imaginable, but by a smooth, straight-forward course of good and roasouable argument, and the great reformation progressing in Foray th. All things aro working well. Fanners are cutting wheat; sorry crops We would be glad to see t mt-.e Ooinulgee and North Georgia Railroad men ovc this aide of the , Ohattahooehec river, i Wu I). Bektlv (“WHAT IS | Written for the Atlas. Peri and Ink Sketches — No. 1. “ Beneath the rugged elms—the yew trte shade, ’ , • Where heaves <heturf in many a # rnould' cring heap, Matty in their narrow cell* forever kid, The forefathers of the hamlet sleep. | Far from the maddening crowd’s ignoble strife, ' . Their fishes never learned to j stray— i Along the cool, sequestered vale of life, j They kept the noiselvss tenor of their I way.” I promised yon, Mr. Editor,' and some of your readers, some Pen and Ink Sketches of some of the early settlers of Gwinnett county, to be published from time to time in your paper. The scope of these sketches if I shall be"able to continue them —-are intended to embrace some of the more useful and prominent men, and will be confined mostly to those who have “ shuffled off this mortal coil,” with now and then one who may be still in- life, and who has removed from amongst us. I shrink from the task—feeling my inability to do justice to the old fathers ; having but little data to aid me; and will have to rely mainly upon my memory and re collection of facts and incidents, iii each case, as I may endeavor to present it. Therefore, whatever of sact s and circumstances that may be lacking to make these sketches interesting to your readers, must be attributed to this fact, and to the additional fact, that I was not their contem | porary, and was not in such inti i mate relations with them as if I, i probably, "had been older. L- The first' I select is that of th I REVEREND JOHN S. WILSON, D. I). This gentleman was not one of the very earliest settlers of our county; but coming here very soon after the organization of the County, 1 select his name, though still in life, tor my first chapter— oq account of his long residence* amongst us ; for his distinguished character afl- a Christian gentle man, and his great usefulness as a minister and teacher. lie was boru iu Anderson dis trict (4hon Pendleton), S. 0., in 1796, makrtig him 75 years of age. Ilis early days were spent ou a -farm and in farm work. His pa rents removed to Missouri in his childhood, but afterwards returned to the South, when his education commenced. Besides an English school, he spent several years in an academy, at a place called Varrenues, in his native county; afterwards in Ruekerfiville, Elbert county, in this State, under the direction of Mr McDowell. From thence he went to Columbia, S. 0., under the reign of Dr. Cooper. He was licensed to preach at Fair Y’iew, in Greenville district, S. C., in 1819, after which he taught school four years at Ruck ersville, and from there removed to Gwinnett county in 1824, and was a resident 20 years—remov ing in 1844 During this 20 years ( lie was pastor of Fair View church, I aud projected and built up the PresbytCriau church in Lawrence ville—an arm of Fair View—and preached alternately at the two churches. The great prosperity of these churches was due to Dr. Wilson, and the success oi Presbyterian ism in this county, at that time, was due to his, influence and ef forts. After hi* removal, these declined, aad. I ain sorry to say, are at a low ebb. For 16 year* ire was rector of the old academy'in Lawreacoville, and had large aud flourishing schools, consisting in a large part of grown uji young men from dif ferent parts "of the county, and from adjoining counties. In 1844 he removed to Docatur, where he engaged in teaching, aud was iu charge of the Presbyterian Church there f<? In years, lie then removed to Atlanta, his pres -1 ent L-me, where he has 12 or lb years, in charge of the first .Presbyterian church in that eity. Ho . has been in the ministry nearly 153 years—a teacher 2b years—and has educated several hundred boys and girls—more, perhaps, than any other man in Georgia, except the celebrated Dr. Waddel. The last years of his teaching were confined to females. He has had three three pastoral charges in 4b years, and all within the space of 30 miles. Some are members of his present charge, who were members of his first charge at old Fair View. He has been a men.her of 11 General As semblies of the Presbyterian j church, and often Moderator of j the Presbytery to which his church is attached. The honorary title of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by Oglethorpe University in 1856 or 1851 My acquaintance with Doctor Wilson Commenced in 1825 —he as teacher, and I as his pupil—at the old academy in Lawrenceville. My early impressions were, that he was stern, inflexible, and severe in discipline. He was my preceptor several years. Upon two occasions-, dur ing this connection, 1 remember (whoever forgets these ?) lie ap plied to me “ the birchen rod V*— the only correction 1 ever received .at school. Of course, I thought them unjust and undeserved, and inflicted for his personal gratifica tion. 1 then resolved upon terriW deeds in retaliation when I should become a man; but, like all such determinations, of course they were never put into execution. My ven erable preceptor will forgive me—- if this should meet his eye—when I say, that it took me 40 years to ovefcome this early impression, and to get rid of this prejudice. As a minister, Doctor Wilson classes amongst the ablest in the State; nod no one within my knowledge has done more towards evangelizing the people. The old church at Fair View was indebted to him for her great prosperity in the olden time —her large mem bership and spiritual prosperity. In addition to his great useful ! ness as a minister and teacher, lie i was the great apostle of temperance , and the leader of the temperance reform in our county; and did more towards the lm thet ancc of | this good enterprise tbauany other citizen. He may have had his foibles — who has not V He was stern, and somewhat irascible, but strong in bis principles and attachments, kindly in his nature, and uncom promising in his devotion to the right. But to speak in extenso of this good man would occupy more space than you can give. 1 regret that I have given so little, when so much might be said. Doctor Wilson is now far ad vanced in lile, and is nearing octo genarian age ; but when I last saw him, ho was in robust health, erect, and bad the same elastic step of other dljfc, and bid fair to be spared yet for many years. But a report lias reached me siiicd commenced this sketch, that be is very ill. 1 quote from the paragraph : “ We regret to state that the health of the venerable and learned Dr. Wilson is not as good as his many friends could wish. The Rev. Doc tor is a type of thatnoble school of meh who have stded. the test of time and risen above, the popular isms of the day, and already bears upon bis brow the croVn'of saintsbip.’’ I hope bis illwwts is only tempo rary, and that lie soon will be re stored to health to still bless the ! church and country. , When such men die, the world [becomes much poorer for the loss, j But a few years more, at most, | and the aged Doctor will be gatli- I ored to his fathers, despite, the j wishes of his numerous friends ' for his longer stay. Man must | die—the fiat has gone forth—is irrevocable! “ Oh! a wonderful stream is the river Time, As it runs through the realm of taw, With a faultless rythm and a musical rhyme. And a broad’niug sweep, and a surge sublime, That blends with the ocean of years. ** Oh 1 remembered for ayu be the blessed isle, " All tl# long days of our life, till night i When tue evening comes with iUf Ikauti fa! Hiuil* *, 1 And our eyes arc closing to slumber awhile, May our‘greenwood’of sonlnoitUjia^^ [*2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE No. 16. IcommuniCa-md ] explanatory. Mu. Eiutob Your correspon dent, W. D. R., was mistaken in his allegations against me, that I am a busybody in other men’s mat ters. When his article appeared iii your paper, criticising the singing at old Fair View, it pro duced quite a sensation, not only with the parties present and sing ing at that, time and place, but with a great many others, and at different places. There were being said hard things, and a scurrilous re ply was being prepared for publics*’ tion. A# 1 had invited Brother Skelton and others to meet and sing at all bur churches, where the sing ing was almost entirely abandoned, they let me into the secret of their purposes. When I learned it, I said: “ Oh, no! Don’t- offer such a thing as that in reply.” They did not think it too eevdre; but, said 1, “that does not defend your cause. Answer the article upon its own merits.” “Who would do it?” 1 said, “Get Brother King." “fie will have nothing to do with it, as lie is entirely ig nored by the writer.” After much talk, pro and con, I agreed to answer it, 1 wrote my little reply, and submitted it to Brother Skelton aud others. They did not think it severe enough. I thought it was. Wlio would be responsi ble for it ? I was not to lie known. In order to prevent you, Mr. Edi tor, from having any suspicion as to its author, a lady was requested to copy it, which she did’, and Brother Skelton became responsi ble for it, and carried it to your office. As you know, you demurred, but finally agreed to publish it. It diil not appear in the next issue of your paper—and it was thought by those parties, that you would give it the go-by, aud make it a one sided light, if you did, they would send it to Atlanta, and ask its publication ; for they said there were in and around Lawrenceville a set of men, who thought they had the right to control everything in the church and out of it. Un der these circumstances, 1 went to you, Mr. Editor, and assumed the article, in which 1 thought then, and think now, 1 did right. If the article had been sent to Atlanta, it would have damaged you ami your excel lint paper, which I would gn a'ly deplore. * 1 have the proof at hand to all the above, as you know, Mr. Edi tor. Now I leave the whole mat ter to the judgment of the public. But, as you know, W. D. R. and myself have had an interview, in which he expressed regret that he did not understand the matter be , fore his last article, and said he would do all he could to counter act its influence. Mr. Editor, I want singing iu the churches. “Sing praises; sing with a loud voice; let all the people sing.’’ Oh, that the "songs of Zion ” weie taken from the willows, aud that all the churches would sing praises to God! 1 conclude by saying I have never had any personal feeling against YV. D R , but have read |,Ts article with much interest. Respectfully, R. F. F. JC4T Landing, Michigan, write* a YV os torn correspondent, is a very healthy locality for ague. “It comes cropping up a follow’s bark like a ton « f wild cats, goes crawling through llis joints like iron spikes, and is fol lowed by a fever which prohibit* the patient from thinking of auything but the Independent Order of Good Templars. It isn’t the “ every otlier* day ” kind, but gels up *»;ih a man at daylight and sleeps iu the small of Ids back at night. His teeth feel about six inches too long, his joints wobble like a loose wagon wheel, and the shakes are so steady that one can’t hold any sort of conversa tion except by putting in dashes." EW Illumination is provided by nature for Fredonia, N. Y. Carbu reted hydrogen flows spontaneously from the earth in so large quantities that, without boring, enough is ob tained to light the whole village. —.—— I*?- At a recent Wisconsin cha rivari the bridegroom snapped an old gnn at the bride's brother, think in'*■ it was not loaded RATES OF ADVERTISING. H space J 3 roo’s. f, mo’s. G njß 1 square S 4 00 ITT 00 i> In (fl 2 sq’rs ( 600 ,10 00 15 (■ 3 bqr’a ij 800 14 00 ‘2O <■ H col. 12 00 20 00 30 ofl !•> col 20 00 35 00 do til otic col. 40 00 75 00 .111, u| The money for advertisements « dul on the first insertion. ■ A square is the space of one-inch J depth of the column, irrespective nf till number of lines. 1 Marriages and deaths, not exe.dimfl six lines, published free. For a man ual vertising his wife, and all other p, T *oiml matter, double rates will be charged. ■ Gen. M. E. Lee's Farewell l Address. llkadqu.KT ,s Army, Nokthkhh Virginia, V April 9, 1865. ] ' General Orders, 1 No. 10 ] Alter four years of arduous ser vice, in irked by unsurpassed emu - age and fortitude,- the Army of Northern has been com pelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. 1 need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the hint, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them. But feeling that valor and devo tion accomplish nothing that would compensate for the loss of life attendant on a continuation of the struggle, 1 have determined to spare the live* of those whose past services endeared them to their countrymen. By the terms of agreement, offi cers and men will return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You will take with you the sat isfaction .that proceeds from a consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you His blcsssing and protec tion. With au unceasing admiration for your constancy and devotion to your country, and for your kind and generous consideration ,ibr myself, I bid you an affectionate farewell. R. E. Lee, General. ItS?* There was a jolly old captain in .the 18th Missouri regiment of mounted infantry. He was every thing good and efficient as an officer, a friend and a gentleman, hut lie never deemed a close study of the dictionary as essential to getting a living or subduing a Southern rebell ion. One hot day the Captain Host ed around, sat down under the arbor in front of a fellow officer’s tent, and picking up a late papar, commenced to read aloud the heading of the telegraph column as follows: “Re pulse of— a —sortie— at —Charles- ton.” Says lie, after musing a mo ment, “ Sortie ? Sortie? A. Sortiel Cap, have rebels any General by the name of A. Sortie ?” “ Certainly, I’ve heard of o'd Sortie frequently.” “ Well, I guess 1 have,” said the Captain. “Corns to think n«w,Tre heard of his being repulsed very often.” jar m nrk Twain has been trou hlud with a lightning rod man, ami to get rid of biin addressed him as follows: Let us have peace, I shrieked. Put up a hundred and fifty. Put some on the kitchen ! put a dozen on barn ! put a couplo on the row! scat ter them all over- the persecuted place till, it looks like a zinc plated, spiral-twisted, silver-mounted cane brake! Move! Use up all the ma terial you can get your hands on, and when you havo run out of light ning-rods, put ram-rods, cam rods, stair-rods, piston-rods—anything that will pander to your dismal appetite for artificial scenery and bring re spite to my raging brain, and hoal inir to mv lacerated soul ! O » A young man wrote to a paper in the Northern part of the State, asking whether it would bo advisable for hint to marry a “ young and tender angel who had never done her own washing or dressmaking.” In reply, tire eib tor advised him to do so by all meins, and mentioned a similar case in his own experience where the bride had never done her own washing, but after marriage star became so fond of tin* wash-tub as not only to work for her own. family, but for several families among her acquaintance. ErS~ A prominent dry goods mer chant of Boston is said n> have work ed half an hour on the following proposition, and failed to give an answer If four men build a stone wall in nine days, how long will it take five men to buld a like wall in. six days. John McGinn ndtertiae* for sale, hi the Mauvton (Wisconsin), Star, “ cheap for cadi, a good four vear old milk cow warranted to give milk alllhe y«*r ro. nd without having a calf. She came of a cow that never had a calf." l- t .- The b®»l application f*<r ’a fresh wound. cut oi
