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n.i^n» mi < — Y- : ■ «r~«■'« ■■ ~ ■ ■',,,'v ' '~ l ~' ' ~~ —— = t~ I 7 % 1 telsiiiisffii ?HjWl view of KEriHESAW (Sv^Sw^ Mssen<j^<deP oT>< ATlan ta- oWTX!^^^ w - rTER -’ ,r 5 X/' \Z ~~ — —- _ —x z>x^*,, i ~~~' ~ -—I „ J vSL—■* '—*■• ****T (q •ALL EV* *7y Vol. I. The Death of the Standard- Bearer. In “ The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia; or War Scenes on the W. & A.” occurs the following description of an incident of the great battle of Ken nesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864: “In the midst of the melee attend ing this last dash, a United States flag was planted on Cheatham’s works. A Confederate captain instantly sprang to the top to gain possession of this. The Federal color-bearer faced him bravely, and a hand-to-hand struggle ensued between the two, over the flag, which resulted in the Tennesseean’s be ing shot dead by his antagonist. But the next instant a dozen bullets fired from within the intrenchments, rid dled the intrepid color-bearer, and he fell, slain, with his hand tightly clasp ed around the staff of the banner he had defended so well; but which now became the trophy of the exultant Con federates.” There is something almost romantic in the attachment which a soldier feels for his flag. No matter whether he be an American, an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Mexican, or one of any other nationality, his flag is to him the symbol of all that appeals to honor, to patriotism, and the highest and noblest impulses which one’s nationality can arouse in the human mind and heart. Our artist has caught the inspiration of the scene, and placed it well before us. But, happily, the strife is over. The flag for whose possession the two men died, as shown in our picture, is now the flag for which tens of thou sands of ex-Confederates and Federals would die to-day if our government should call them to arms, even if in answer to the calls of that duty death should necessarily be the result. This is a grand country of ours. This is a grand people of ours —a people, great and noble enough to rise above the passions and prejudices which had been blazing for a generation, and bury all past differences, and unite in a common endeavor to make the United States the grandest government the world has ever known and the centre of liberty and human enjoyment. “Bill Arp” lives in Bartow county, only about a half dozen miles from Cartersville, on the Western & Atlantic railroad. -A. humorous dare-devil—tHe very man to suit my purpose. Bulwer. “OUR FIRST EXTRA 7 NUMBER. The Western & Atlantic Railroad does not claim to be a ‘‘great system,” but claims to have more attractions for the tourist than some “great sys tems” several times its size, and offers more advantages in the way of smooth road-bed, sure schedules and union depot terminals, than its “great sys tem” competitors. It depends upon its natural as well as artificial advan tages, and equally with its honesty of dealing with the public, for its patron age, and its past record is the best guarantee of its future course. The wonderful Georgia marble quar ries, which are well worth a trip of three hundred miles to see, can only be reached via the Western and Atlan tic railroad and Marietta. ATLANTA, CA., NOVEMBER, 15, 1886. 1 ? ! x > \ W'-" ’ W" v 1 ‘ flu* - DEATH OF THE STANDARD BEARER. The Western and Atlantic Railroad runs through the wild and picturesque scenery among the Allatoona Moun tains after going northward through Allatoona Pass. There are few more charming spots in the south, if you take the rugged and striking landscape into considera tion. A wild country this is to travel through in a palace car in times of peace. How impressive, therefore, it must have appeared to the tens of thousands of soldiers who fought and flanked each other through thisjeoun try in the days of ’64! Only via the Western and Atlantic railroad can you ■‘healthiest county inJJeorgia. jXnot in America. THROUGH CAR SERVICE Double Daily Sleeping Car Unes From the Ohio River to Jacksonville, Fla. CHOICE OF THREE ROUTES TO FLORIDA. Three Daily Connections to Aiken. The Western & Atlantic R. R. SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF TOURISTS’ Comfort and laixury. We take great pleasure in announc ing to our patrons that the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company and its connections have established mag nificent palace and buffet sleeping car lines from Cincinnati and Lou isville to Jacksonville, and from Nash ville to Atlanta, and also splendid through palace coach lines from Little Rock, Ark., to Atlanta, and from Chat tanooga to Jacksonville, which are un rivalled in the facilities for comfort to the traveling public. The superb through Pullman Buffet and Mann Boudoir Bufiet sleeping car line from Cincinnati to Jacksonville via Cincinnati Southern, Western & Atlantic, Central of Georgia, Bruns wick & Western and Savannah, Flor ida & Western Railroads is continued. This magnificent line has command ed a lion’s share of the travel for over a year past, by reason of the regularity of its schedules and all the luxuries of its equipment, and “we grow better all the time” is its motto. These sleeping car?, southward, leave Cincinnati at 8:10 p. m., Boyce, (Chat tanooga) at 8:05 a. m., Marietta at 12:53 p. m., arrive at Atlanta at 1:44 p. m., leave Atlanta at 2:00 p. m., Ma con at 6:00 p. m., Albany ht 10:15 p. m., Ty-Ty at 11:27 p. m., Waycross at 3:10 a. m., and arrive at . Jack sonville at 6:15 in the morning, mak ing close connection at Jacksonville with diverging lines for western and southern Florida points. These sleeping cars also connect in the Union Depot, Atlanta, with the I Georgia R. R. trains, leaving at 2:45 NO.— EXTRA.