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W. 11. DABNEY,
attorney at law,
CALHOUN, GA
WILL practice in all the Courts of Law
and Equity in the Cherokee Circuit.
September 6, 1865. ‘
G. J. FAIN,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Calhoun, Geo.,
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Cherokee Circuit. TSept. 6. ‘55.
Attorney at_ aw,
CALHGUK, aA -
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June 9th. 1859. void no4l ly
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CALHOUN, GA., TJ|! RSDAY, SEPT. 8,1859.
Miscellaneous .
From the Crescent.
A nittn tna|B be a first rate fellow,
as Matt Peel used to say, and yet
not know how to keep a hotel. If
ability in hotel keeping be a test
of a good fellow, there is one man
for whom we can certainly vouch as
all sorts nf a good fellow. He keeps
a hotel, or county tavern, if you
will, away up in the interior of Ar
kansas, somewhere. The, way we
happened- to bear of him was this:
“"Several weeks ago two well known
gentlemen of this e> f y went travel
ing f "‘ t,>e benefit of their health,
and concluded to try the famous
Hot Springs of old “Rackensack.”
There being neither river, railroad,
nor canal to take a body to the
springs, our travelers hired horses
at their point of debarkation, to
ride in that manner to their destin- i
ation. They unluckily did not fol
low the right road, or else there was
no right road to follow; at any rate
they got lost, and after a fatiguing |
day’s ride, through a barren and
inhospitable wilderness, they came 1
to a neat little building, standing
tHone in the woods, with farming
appendages around. Our travelers
halted and hallooed. A great, tall, |
raw boned giant of a fellow stepped
Out,
we get lodgings here to j
night?” asked one of the horsemen.
/“Well, gentlemen, I reckon ye j
kin,” said the big one, ‘and welkin*
to boot. This is a h**t< I,”
The travelers, although ihey id
not ‘ike the cu; of the landlord's
jib, dismounted, were relieved of |
their horses, and were soon regaling j
themselves over a good country
supper of corn dodgers, bacon, mitk, ■
fried chickens and coffee. It was a j
regular country sapper, but with
their whetted appetites our invalids
enjoyed it amazingly.
After supper the gigantic land
lord sat on the porch with them
talking laughing, cracking jokes,
and treating occasionally to some
good old rye. es which he appeared
to have a plentiful stock. The in
, vulids set-liiip down for
j “brink,” and were still better pleas
ed when lighted at last to nice ,-otf
feather b.ds, with the whitest and
sweetest of sheets.
“I tell yon what it is. Bill,” said j
Tom, as they we*e sinking gently
into the embrace of Somnus, “this
fellow keeps a nice place, if it is out
here in the woods.”
“That’s a fact,” replied Bill,
“and I i-upt ose its a cheap place,
too; but I like it, and I’m willing
] to pay the full city figure on it.”
Next morning our travelers were
! aroused by thier ugly but affable
landlord, and regaled with a break -
fast, if possible, still more appetui
zing than the last night’s supper
had been. The horses were brought
| round and it was evident that they
j too had been well cared f r. One
of the travelers pulled out his wal
let, and said to the big entertainer:
| “Well, landlord, you keep a first
rate little hotel out here; better
| than we expected to find. We are
much pleased with it, and now want
to know what the damage is.”
The landlord drew himself up,
and putting on a very solemn, look,
said, “Gentlemen, I'm pleased to
hear yer satisfied. The bill is two
hundred and seventv'-five dollars.”
“How much did you say, sir?”
asked the travelers, both startled.
The big <>nc, drawing himself up
a little higher, and looking sull
more solemn, replied distinctly and
emphatically, “two hundred ard
seventy-five dollars, gentlemen.”
“Do I hear you right, sir? do you
I really mean to charge us two hun
dred and seventy-five dollars for
two meals, and lodging, and horse
teed? ’
“Gentlemen,’ said the landlord,
with the most alarming sang Jroid,
j “that’s no mistake. Two hundred
and seventy-five dollars is the bill.”
The invalids got scared. They
did not feel strong enough to fight;
and if they had, could never have
hoped to moke anything out of the
! ungainly giant who stood so com
! posedly befoie them. Without say
ing another word the traveler \vi:h
the wallet squeezed it and peeled
its different pockets, and succeeded
in handing over the full amount re
quired. M ’he landlord thanked his
: guests politely, and hoped if they
should over pass that way again,
that th y would give him a call.
The travelers were now on their
horses, and prepared, like the fa
mous cavaliers in James’ novels, to
resume their solitary ride. Before
getting far off, however, the travel
er who had had to disgorge, turned
in his saddle and hailed the landlord:
“I say, landlord,” he shouted,
“before I go, I’d just like to ask
| you a question—a civil question—
I which you can’t take offence at.” i
“Fire ahiod, gentlemen,” was |
the answer:‘“ye’ve paid yer bill, |
and yer to ask anythin’,
without Oife.rCc.”
“V* ell, lio-yjn the name of heaven
did you cojnii to charge us two hun
dred and seventy-five dollars for
f night’s k accommodation, | lo t
worth more jban five or six dollars
at the outside?”
I “Certainly, gentlemen. I’ll tell
yer, and WeHsfm. Yer‘see I keep a
hotel; and sometimes 1 has custom
I hasn’t, I X accordin’,
and as yke- ,hrßt customeifs
I’ve had wVTI nigh on to a year, yer
bill was a little bigger’n it rnout ha’
bin otherwise. The hotel has to be
keep’ up. gentlemen, and when cus
tomers is sca’ce, I has to charge ac
coi din.”
“Good morning, landlord,” said
both the travelers; and they rode
off satisfied.
They didn’t go on to the Springs,
how ver They took the back track
for the river, and returned to this
city for more money, the big hotel
keeper havirrg pretty well cleaned
them out. Re-supplied with funds,
they are now off to the Virginia
Springs; being unwilling to trust
themselves again am >ng the hotels
of Arkansas interior
They declare, though, that the
big landlord who fleeced them is a
I capita! fellow—all soils of a fellow
| —and knows how to keep a hotel
into tile bargain.
OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES.
The combat thickens between the
nations of Europe—a war, of which
no man can tell the end. after many
delays which deluded with unfound
ed hop s the lovers ot peace, has
1 been inaugurated by a battle.
It is reasonably feared that pow
: ers at present neutral, must be drawn
into the contest. England is tiilis
| gently arming, and only gives prom-
I ise to remain neutral while the war
lis confined to the imits of Italy
Germany stands ready to second
i Austria should heinri-ihts as a Gers
man Slate be invaded. On her bor
lei s Russia is I*paring ready to
! p -once -upon A<ri w*-ratio.*
| giv s tlie -Tgnaf, o| Turkov when
the Sultan’s delenfjtrs are fully e.n
| gaged in their own Defence. Every
i thing indicates that a gentra! Euros
| pean war is hoped for by some and
feareil by others.
How will the United States fare
in tlie melee of natio- s? Ought we
not justly to apprehend evil conse
quences ? Inferior sis we are, both
in naval and military power to the
weakest of the European combatants,
we should not deceive ourselves with
the supposition that our neutrality
will be respected, or our interests be
safe amid the anticipated combat,
when treaties will be torn through i
like cobwebs, and international law
will be forgotten, or ibat our com
merce will escape unscathed in the
general conflagration.
Among nations as am’ ng individ
ual men, it is not the peaceful, the
weak, the honest, or the inoffensive
that are respected, but the strong,
the arrogant, and the combative.—
Are we, as a nation, prepared to en
force respect? Boast at and blustei
as we may, we are strong only in
the arts and pursuits of peace —in
all the essentials of a warlike nation
our weakness is contemptible. With
a more extended commerce and coast
than any nation on the glob-(with
one exception.) we have to defend
them, a navy i.f some six y ships,
half of them inefficient, while Aus
tria, with but one important • capon,
little commerce, and ranking only as
a fifth rate maritime powc, has a
navy nearly three titu-s -ts -f- ‘
as ours, and Orem Britain and
France nearly ten times. V bat
chance, we repeat it, have we for
defence, should these powers, as has
been whispered, adopt sucli offen
sive and insuiting measures as bro’t
j on the war of 1812 with Great Brits
ain ?
As to our military strength. Pres
ident Buchanan is Commander in
chief of an army so insignificant that
Pellissier or Colin Campbell would
almost disdain to pass ii in review.
Gov. Brown is also Commander in
chief of the array and navy of Geor
gia; it would be the funniest sight
the sun ever looked on to see him
I range his aimy in the tented field.
The fact is since steam has made us
almost ootermmuos with Europe,
that the British or French navy
■ could, in twenty days, land on our
! coast an army which could march
from Florida to Maine without seri
ous oppsition. Nut from lack of
bravery or patriotism in our people,
they are inferior to none on the face
of the earth in those qualities, but
undisciplined bravery, especi lly
when unarmed as we arc, cannot
contend with disciplined armies of
inferior individual character - In
i the forty yeurs, since we conttuded
I with a civilized foe, with very dubi
j ous success, some changes have ta
ken place in the habits of oiir people
not Very proinotive of soldierly qual
ities.
We tlii-.k that every one will ac
knowledge that the United States is
illy prepared to enforce respect or
resist aggression, Millions it is
true, have been spent ujn>n our na
vy and army, butspent’to little pur
pose. So flagrant has been theraS s
cally political jobbery especially in I
relation to the first, that it is not i
Wonderful that e find int*l“*ve|a
a ivT *j- c ftrmjf i Ifft hrgm-PT tAftfflvsa
opposing airy appropriation even for
its needs. An Englishman cheer
fully submits to the heaviest taxes
for his national defence, he knows
that the money will be spent for the
purpose to which it is appropriated.
An English minister dare not use it
to reward partisans, but in this Re- .
public King Party—who is mor®
despotic here than the Czar in Rus
sin has no scruple in leaving onr
shores and commerce defenceless,
while, with ihe funds that should be
devoted to that purpose he gorges
the insatiate avarice of his foMowefS.
We have a lesson to learn in the
events of the future, let ns hope that
it may not cost us too dear. Should
the war continue, our government
must unavoidably be drawn into
complications on account of aggres
sions on our commerce, which diplo
macy may not be able to settle, then
when the strong hand and the sword
are the only safeguards for our
rights we may, too late, discover
that tiinupb there are millions- of
ham’s, the weapons, and the skill to
wield them are wanting. —Augusta
Dispatch, June C th.
AUTHORS OF POPULAR QUO
TATIONS.
“Entangling alliances.”—George
Washington.
“Where liberty dwells, there is my
country Benjamin Franklin.
“The post of honor is the private
station.”—Thomas Jefferson.
“Ebony and topaz ” —John Quin
cy Adams.
“The Uni’ n must and shall be
—-r-r, <v-'..’ l —iA mVrijW JaCßson.
“Better to be l ight than to be
President.”—Henry Clay.
“Union now and forever, one
and inseparable.”—Daniel Webster.
“Squattei sovereignty.”—Lewis
Cass.
“To the victors belong the spoils
of office.”—Wm. L. Marcy.
“ilint drops.”—Thomas 11. Ben
ton.
“The almighty dollar.”—Wash
ington Irving.
‘•Face the music.”—James Fen
tiimore Cooper.
“The largest liberty.”—William
: C Bryant,
“The Bone and sinew of the coun
try.”— William Leggett.
“Don’t give up the ship.”—Cap
tain Lawrence.
“He’s got ati ax to grind.”—J. K.
Paulding.
“N iuable water prtvclege.”—G.
P Morris.
“Telegram.”—National Intelli
gencer.
“He’s not worth a row of pins.
0. A. Worth.
“He’s as short as a rabbits tail.”
Jacob Barker.
‘Bleeding Kansas.’-Horace Gree
ly.
“Border Ruffians.”—J. G. Ben
nett.
- Fift\ four forty or fight.”— Wes
tern p per. k
“R <i Wamuses.”—Wheeling In
telligencer.
“The Locofoco party.”— Charles
Davis.
“The Whig party ” —Philip Hon©
“All’s fair in politics."—M. M.
Noah.
“lliippv as a clam at high water.”
—W. Mitchell.
“Cotton is king.”—John Ran
dolph.
“Handy as a pocket in a shirt.”—
Southern paper.
“Upper-tendcm.” —N. P NN illis.
“Sirawsshow which way the wind
blows ” —James Cheasbam.
“The Empire States.”—John C.
Calhoun.
“All’s not gold that glitters.”—
Portfolio.
“A good man; but he can’t keep
a hotel.”- Negro Minstrells.
“All’s fish that comes to his net.”
Old Mirror.
“Northern fanatics and Southern
fire-eaters.”—Tammany Hall.
“Two of a trade can never agree.”
Boston Journal.
“United we stand—divided we
fall.”—Watchword of the American
Revolution.
The Chariest n News says that
the report for he week ending 27th
inst., still shows the uninterrupted
good health of the city. The whole
number of deaths has been only 21,
ot which there was not one death
by fever.
NO. 4.
| REPORTED EARTHQUAKE IN
I RENSELLAER CO., N. Y.
The Troy (N. Y.) Times, of Au
gust 11 th, says;
Everybody who wa3 not in pro
! found slumber must have been star
tled this morning by one of the most
remarabie and thus far mysterious
j occurrences that has, during a long
: period of time, transpired in this
j section of the country.
At about seven o’clock, while the ;
sky xaa perfectly cloudiest Arhile
ihardlv a'isjeath of air wasyslif — 'i"”
a m!i6- ™ fw uiigvc *.3lc'smbn pre
vailed of ii. natural commotion of
any sort vy hate ver, there was a ter
rific, shocking, detonating report,
accompanied apparently by two
; sharp echoes. It was as if the sound
■ had come from the 6ky —but there
were no clouds, not a single indica
tion of the prevalence of electricity,
sand that explanation could not be
| entertained. The force of the con- j
i eussion was so great that houses
were shaken; that persons walking
| in the street felt the ground vibrate i
| Underneath them, that men who had j
I just commenced work upon build
ings, instinctively dropped their
| tools, and looked to see what was
the matter; that little children were
\ frightened, and asked many strange
questions of their parents,
After giving the various surmises
| and rumors which pervaded the com
munity, after the explosion, the
Times goes on to say:
So the mystery remained unex
; plained and evidently inexplicable.
; But there is a theory at hand, back
ed up by personal observation. We
do not assume to say it is correct,
iwe simply give it as we get it, and
| leave scientific men to explain or
I dispose of it as they see fit.
John P. Ball, County Clerk, as
sures us that the noise heard was
, the result of an explosion of a mete
;or in thosky. Mr. Ball resides in
Pittstown, in this county, and is a
j perfectly honorable and reliable
I gentleman. He informs us that he
had just finished his breakfast, and
was standing in his yard door when
j he observed a bright light'in a south
erly direction from hi% over
j the town of Grafton, and descend
ing very rapidly to the ground in a
Northwesterly course. This was
about 7:20 A. M. Mr. Ball last
saw it when about half a mile above
the earth, when it disappeared, and
in a moment or more he heard the
explosion. It was very loud, and
i resembled thunder. He had pre
viously called his family to view the
meteor, and they all observed the
light, and heard the explosion.—
Mrs. Ball insists that there were
three separate explosions—one much
j louder than the others; and in sup
| port of her statement, Mr. Ball says
; he saw three distinct clouds of smoke
in the track of the meteor, which
appeared to be a mile or two apart,
i The smoke was visible for some
time, but was finally lost to sight.—
The meteor appeared to be at a dis
tance of about twenty miles from
Mr. Ball’s residence, and looked
j like a large sized sky-rocket.
A correspondent suggests that it
was a t.iunder clap: but the Times
j disputes this theory; says the explo
sion was heard a distance of fifty
rni'es; and concludes that it was a
slight shock of an earthquake.
The Albany Argus, of August
18, says:
“We are inclined to think, that it j
was a gentle earthquake. Altho’
we cannot learn that it was felt in
! this city, we have been assured by
two or three subscribers from the
towns of Guilderland and New Scot
land, who were in our countings
room yesterday, that the same phes
nomenon was experienced in those
; vicinities, soon after seven o’clock
Thursday morning. The heavy
rumbling sound and vibration of the
earth continued, they say, for two
j or three minutes, proceeding from
the Southwest and dying away in
the Northeast. When they gave us
! this information, they were igno
\ rant that any such thing had been
experienced anywhere else.”
The subjoined sections of the
schedule of the Constitution of Kan
sas adopted on the 29th of last
month, prescribe the time and mode
in which that instrument shall be
submitted to the people for their
ratification or rejection:
Sec. 9. For the purpose of tak
ing the vote of the electors t)f this
Territory for the ratification or re
jection of this Constitution, an elec
tion shall be held >n the several vo
ting precincts in this Territory, on
the first Tuesday in October, A. D.
1859.
Sec. 10. Each elector shall ex
press his assent or dissent by voting
a written or printed ballot labelled
“For the Constitution,’ or ‘Against
the Constitution.’
Sec. 11. If a majority of all the
votes cast at such election shall be
OUR AGENTS.
S. M. Pettengill & Cos.,
New-York snd Boston.
John Neely, jr., & Cos.,
Augusta, Ga.
J. W. Dorr,
New Orleans, La.-
Joy, Coe & Cos.,
Philadelphia, Pa.,-
John Hooper, New-York,
Ire oui July authorire l Agents to receira
VdTertisemeuts and Subscriptions. All or
ders through them will receira prompt at*’
‘ention.
in favor of the Constitution, then
there shall be an election held in‘
the several voting precincts on the
first Tuesday in December, A. D.,
1859, for the election of members
of the first legislature, of ill State,
District and County officers provids
ed for in this Constitution, and for
a Representative in Congress.
Sec. 12. All persons having the
qualifications of electors, according
to the provisions of this Cotta*'*®’
tion, at the data of each of •*i | ’
ydectionii, and ghg “hull bate haw
Htfe’refJPW according lo"th#
! provisions of the registry law of
this Territory, and nono others,
shall be entitled to vote at each of
said elections.
The provisions of tha Constitu
i tion in reference to the qualifies-’
tions of electors are as follows:
Sec. 1. Every white male pereoif
of twenty-one years and upwards,-
belonging to either of the following
classes—who shall have resided in
Kansas six months next preceding
any election, and in the township
or ward in which he offers to vete,-
at least thirty days next preceding,
such election—shall be deemed a
qualified elector.
Ist. Citizens of the United States;
2d. Persons of foreign birth who
shall have declared their intention
to become citizens, conformably to
the laws of the United States on
the subject es naturalization.
A GLORIOUS RECORD.
A few days since we published the
names and ages of such revolution
ary soldiers as were living and pen
sioners on the roll of the State of
Georgia, and now give auch leading
incidents connected with their ser
vice as possess any interest.
Micajah Brooks, sr., born in Chat
ham county, North Carolina. As
an orphan boy, was bound out to a
widow. At the age of fourteen
years, while on an errand to Ran
som’s Mills, met with, and was in
fluenced to accompany twenty to
thirty others, then on thsir way to
Wilkes, now Warien cosnfy, Geor
gia. Was actively employed aa a_
scout against tiie'tories, and
occasion a body of seven uundrTOTJi?
eight hundred tories was discovered.
Although a much larger force, they
were pursued, and, under cover of
the night, attacked by Col. Elijah
Clark and defeated at the junction
of Kettle creek and Little river.—
He was also in South Carolina un
der General Greene; with General
Pickens in his march through the
Cherokee country, to, and down th
Tennessee river. At the siege of
Augusta, then in possession of th*
British, commanded by Gen. Gree
son, saw that officer shot in a balco
ny, by James Alexander, a whig in
disguise. He also states that when
Augusta surrendered, the British
left the tories in the hands of the
whigs, and were slaughtered by them
without mercy.
John McMillion entered the ser
vice in 1777, in Pittsylvania county,
Virginia, and immediately marched
to Guilford, North Carolina, after
the tories. In 1781, under Gener
al Greene, was wounded in an en
gagement with the enemy at Guil
ford Court House, commanded by
Lord Cornwallis, and followed in
pursuit of him almost to Wilming
ton; also, at a subsequent period
Lord C. and his force* in Virginia.
John Hames, sen., born in Meck
lenburg, Ya., entered the service in
1776, in Union district, S. C.; was
in several skirmishes and engage*
ments with the Indians in the Cher
okee country —at Blackstock when
General Sumpter was wounded in
the shoulder by a bullet; at the siege
of Fort Granby; at the battle of
Eutaw Springs, under Gen. Greene;
at the Cowpenß when Tarleton was
defeated; under General Greene, at
Cambridge or Ninety-six—leading a
very active life, well suited to his
roving and audacious disposition.-
| Colonel Henderson was severely
wounded at Eutaw Springs, and
i Humes carried him on his back from
j the field to the camp.
When on a scouting expedition,
under Colonel Brandon, fell in with
; General Marion with his troops near
Granby; unitedly followed and de
feated a large body of tories camp
ed on the Pedee river, pursuing
them down Broad river, which was
to be crosed by a bridge. Previous
to passing over, General Marion or
dered tho soldiers to spread their
blankets on the bridge in order to
prevent the tories (who were sup
posed to be near) from hearing the
tread of the horses. Before all had
i passed over, the tories commenced
an attack, but were repulsed, leav
ing behind several prisoners,
i [ Washington Constitution, Aug. 13.
i. ■ J
A late traveler in the northern
part of Greenland, says it is so cold
that it freezes the fire QUt.