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The following is a sample of the manner in
which Humbugs are “done up” by our Yankee
brethren :
The Monster Snake Taken.
Perry Village, N. Y., Aug. 13.—This
part of the country is wild with excitement. The
immense snake, with various descriptions of
which the papers have been crowded for two
weeks back, is at length captured. You have
undoubtedly heard all the particulars of his
appearance, the many doubts and sneers as to
the existence of a lusus natural of this charac
ter in a lake but four miles long and not quite
three quarters of a mile in width. At any rate
it has never been doubted. Daniel Smith an
old whaleman, came here about two weeks
since, after hearing of the appearance of the
creature, and while here had the g»od fortune
to see him. He immediately sent to New
York for an old shipmate ol his and his “irons,
mid on Friday last both arrived with harpoons
cordage and everything necessary to secure a
monster. Many strangers who are stopping at
the Walker House in this city, attracted to
this part of the country by the excitement in
regard to the monster, and who had obtained
noglipmse of him, laughed at them lor their
pains, but they kept on with their preparations
in spite of sneers and jeers. Boats have been
stationed all over the lake for upwards of ei, t
days, and the two whalemen had a sharp look
oat kept all the time, beside watching them
selves.
This lake has several outlets, the largest of
which runs through this village and finally emp
ties into or becomes the Geneasee River. In
the vicinity of this outlet he was seen first, and
on Sunday he came to the surface, displaying
about 30 feet of his sinuous body, remaining,
however, bet a very few moments. ' he whale
men had 1,200 feet of whale line in their boat,
the end of which run ashore and fastened to a
tree. On Monday morning everything was on
the alert. The shores were lined with town’s
people and straugt rs, and everybody seemed
very much excited. About 9 o'clock the wi..-
mal nade his appearance between the wl ! c-'
men’s boat and the shore, revealing twenty or
thirty feet of his length. He lay quiesce up
on the surface, when the whalemen s bo<a mov
ed slowly toward him. Mr. Smith of Coving’
ton, poising a Lilly-iron in the air, (a Lilly-iron
id a patent harpoon, a heavy .mg knife be
ing attached by the middle to the end of the
iron by a rivit. As soon as .e knife enter
the body of an animal this movable blade tun,.-,
at right angles to the wound, and being entire
ly blunt ami fiat on one side, it is impossible to
extricate it except by cutting out. When they
had got about ten feet from the animal the iron
whistled througn the air and went deep into his
body.
In a moment the whole length of the monster
Was lashing the air, at a bound revealing his
whole enormous Lugth, and tnen making the
water boii every direv non; he describi rapid
foai .Ing circles, and arcs of circles, with such
asw.iln i the eye could s rcely follow him.
Then he carted off in another direction toward
theuu er part of the lake, the suddenness of
his m 'ement almost drugging the bout under
water. Line wis g. dually given him, and, al
ter the space of half an hour, it we > piain that
his streugti. ’.vus almost exhausted. The whale
men then came ashore, and gradually hauld the
line in. The body was within fifty feet, of the
shore, when renewed life appeared to have been
given him, and dart he carried nearly
all the line out. This was the last great effort.
He was slowly drugged ashore, amid the wi...
est excitement and tumult ever Known in the.
vicinity of S ver Lake. Four or five ladies
fainted upo.* seeing the monster, who although
ashore, was lasuing his body into tremendous
folds, and then straightening himself out in his
agony, with u noise and power that made the
very earth tremble around him. The harpoon
had gone ntirt’ly through a thick muscular
part of him about eight teet from his head.
The snake or animal is hlty-uiue feet live
inches in length, and is a most disgusting look
ing creature. A thick slime covers ms hideous
length, a quarter of an inch thick, which after
being removed, is almost instantly rephu . by
exudation. ' The body of this creature is varia
ble m size. The head is ab< the size of a full
grown calf's; within eight feet of the head of the
neck gradually swells up to th'lT thickness of a
foot in diameter, which continues ror fifteen
inches, and then tapers down the other way, con
stantly increasaig in size, however, as it recedes
from the head, until the body of the monster
has a diameter of over two feet in the centre,
giving a girth of over six feet. It then tapers
off towards the tail, which ends in a tin which
can be expanded in the shape of a fan until it
is three feet across, or closed in a sheath. Along
the belly, from the head to the tail, are double
rows of tins, a foot in length—n i tpposite eacb
other, but alternately placed. '1 ne head is a
most singular atiair. The eyes are very large,
while, staring and terrific.
Attached to the edge of tiic upper and lower
lids, w hich are like those of a hum in being, a
transparent film, or membrance iwscen, while it
protects the eye of the animal, does not intelere
with its vision. He has no nostrils, or gills ap
parently. The mouth of this serpent, or what
ever it may be, underneath is almost the coun
terpart oi the mouth of the fish culled u sucker,
possessing the same vavulgur power, pursed up
—but it can be stretched so as to take in a
body of the diameter of a foot and a half. No
teeth can be d (covered. A hard bony sub
stance extends m two parrn lei lines around the
upper and lower part of the head. 11 is color is
a dusky brown on the sides and back, and un
derneath the belly it is of a dirty white. It is
sinuous like a snake, but Ims along ,ss buck, and
on each sid ■. a row of hard substance, knob
like in shape—the largest raised four inches from
the surface of the body, extending from the
head to tail.
The news of his capture spread lik wildfire,
and before night hundreds, and hundred of peo
ple from the neighboring town, and villages had
collected to see tins wonder. The animal still
has the harpoon in him. It passed through the
muscular portion of the !>aek and touched no
mortal part. He lies in the water, an ingenious
contrivance of ropes having been placer! on
him while he was on shore, keeping his boro. u
U curve, pre" ating him from getting away or
prov mg dangerous. lie can use but his nead
and tail, with which he occasionally stirs u.) the
water all about him for rods. He k<.his
head under water except when he rears it up as
if looking around, and presents a most tearful
aspect. When rearing he expos is his mouth
and exhibits a eavity blood-red, mos. terrible
to look upon. As he does f. ■ air rushes forth
with a heavy, short puff. I have no more ti...
to write you. The hotel is full, und people have
great difficulty in getting a meal in the village.
Some of them go up to Castle to get their
m“ais. Tne whalemen contemplate keeping the
mobster in ins resent position until mi agent
of Mr. Barnum a: 'vest, who has been telegraph
ed. He is expected here >c-night. Very truly
your friend and a subscriber.
O. M. E.
ftaT’A w .irking engineer, by the name oi
Jo- Boss, Residing in Moutrea,. has addresses!
a letter i the Mayor ol lk.sun upon the sub
ject a uueut invention of mi extraordinary
char...rer. He i .amis to have discovered a new
moire. power which will watt a snip aero s the
Atlantic iu tii.ee days ; and. further, if a hole
were bore 1 ■ a the bo ,nn the vessel would tioul
with etptai gaiety uni .eedotn. in order to i
complete a working model, w hich is wholly in
dependent of steam, he asks the assistance ot.
fillo, a hundred dollui.< trom some gentleman's I
pocket No progress, says Mr. Ross, has been
made in that direction (tne sea) to keep pa.
with die movements over Rail Roads on tne (
land, but this desideratum will certainly be ae-l
eomphshiv .. .a demonstrated in his great dis-i
co very.’
Chase Him.—A Dutchman was chased last
night into a fruit store, under the Louisville Ho
tel. by party of fellows w ho were shouting "catch
the d' Dutchman—kill him. We dodn't
know that he had been doing anything, but there
is a little too much of this chasing, if the po
lice have determined to do nothing a. all. it is
time the citizens were arousing tbemse!
It is rumored in St. Louis
more intends resisting the att up.
eromeot to supersede him
D. S. Dickinson.
The following letter from Daniel S. Dickin
son, the stern patriot of New York, who stood
by the Constitution in the Senate, in spite of
the anti-slavery clamor in his State, shows what
he thinks of Know Nothingism :
Albany, June, 1855.
My Dear Sir : On my return to my resi
dence a few days since, from a professional en
gagement abroad, I found yout fuvor of a late
date inquiring for my views touching the prin
ciples of the "American,” or “Know-Nothing”
organization. Before I found time to answer,
I was hurried to this place to attend the Court
of Appeals now in session, where the business
in which 1 am engaged affords little time or op
portunity for correspondence. I will, however,
as I have no concealments upon public questions,
borrow a moment from my pressing duties to
say quite hastily, that I have no knowledge
couceniiug the Order to which you allude, ex
cept such as is acquired from publications pur
porting to give information upon the subject,
and must, therefore, confine myself to such
points as are embraced within this range. It,
is generally understood and conceded to be a
secret society or organization, designing to act
politically in the contests of the day. Os this
secret feature I entirely disapprove: and am
unable to understand by what necessity, real or
supposed, it was dictated, or upon what princi
ple it can be justified. Free public discussion
and open action on all public affairs are essen
tial to the health—nay, to the very existence—
of populai liberty ; and the day which finds the
public mind reconciled to the secret movements
of political parties, will find us far on our way
to the slavery of despotism. If good men nmy
meet in secret for good purposes, we can have
no assurance that bad men, under the same
plausible exterior, will not secretly sap the
foundations of public virtue.
Whether J am in favor of their platform up-1
on the question of domestic slavery’ must de- j
pend upon what it is: or rather, whether they |
are in favor of mine. If their platform is to
be regarded as including, upholding, or justify
ing such political monstrosities as the “Person
al Liberty Bill,” recently passed into a law by
the Massachusetts Legislature over the veto of
Governor Gardner, then I pronounce it treason
to to deepest dye—treason, rank, unblushing
and brazen—deserving of public reprehension
and condign punishment. If upon this subject
their platform conforms to resolutions recently
published, purporting to be the voice of a ma
jority of the Convention assembled at Philadel
phia", it is in substance the same upon which J
have stood for years—upon which 1 did not en
ter without counting the consequences, and
which I intend to relinquish only with life. 1
have not now these resolutions before me. but
as I recollect them, I approve them in substance
as sound national doctrine. I ignore no part
of the F li ill Constitution, either in theory or
in practice, to court the popular caprices of the
moment, togain public .„ation, or to minister
to the necessities or infirmities of those in power.
Nor can I distrust the soundness of principles
approved upon full consideration under a high
..ease of duty, because other may choose to adopt
and embrace them.
1 cannot believe that any good can be ac
complished by making the birth-place a test of
fidelity or merit. It does not accord with but
is at war with the genius of our institutions.—
That abuses have been practiced by the ap
pointment of foreigners to places of trust, be
fore sufficiently familiar with onr Constitution,
laws, and social system, or to which from cir
cumst res they were unsnited, is pre'able.—
This, however, is, in some respects, c .ion to
native as well as naturalized citizens, and arises
not from a defective system, but fr " its erro
neous administration. It is in both respects
the natural result of placing in the hands of
the incompetent the distribution of public pat
ronage.
Upon the subject of naturalized citizens I
have been governed by considerations of justice
and duty, and have designed to observe the spir
it of my country’s Constitution. When mem
bers of Congress engaged in a steeple chase, to
see who should propose earliest, give most, and
vote loudest, to feed suffering Ireland from the
Federal Treasury a few years since, not finding
any warrant for such proceeding, I voted
against it, and let niblie clamor exhaust itself
upon my head in denunciations. When I learned
that the foreigrer who hud in good faith de
clared his intentions of citizenship, by setting
his foot upon a foreign shore in case of ship
wreck. without any intention of remaining
abroad, lost the benefit of bis proceedings. I in
troduced and procured the passage of a bill to
redress the grievance. These principles have
governed my public conduct and now guide my
opinions. The Constitution administered in its
true spirit, is, in my judgment, sufficient for the
protection of all, whether native or naturalized,
und for the redress of all political evils which
can be reached by human government.
1 have the honor to be,
Your friend and servant, *
D. 8. DICKINSON.
Chas. E. Dyke. Esq., Editor Floridian &
Journal.
Murder of General Beatson.
A telegraph despatch from Consiautinople in
forms us that the Bushi Uazouks. who had been
for a long time under the command of Gen.
Beatson, have filled the measure of their in
iquities by murdeaing their General. We have
no certificate certitude of this telgraphie mes
sage. but we ure led to fear that the melancholy
catastrophe winch it so eurtiiy communicates is
but too true. From what has reached us from
other sources, we are in a position to lay Itefore
our readers in a most authentic intelligence re
lative to the wild bands under the command of
our unfortunate countryman. It will be recol
lected that at the outset of the war, the French
General Yousouf and onr General Beatson un
dertook the discipling of the tierce levies known
as the Baslti Bazouks. Gen. Yousouf wholunl
lamed the wiki Arabs of the desert, aad dis
ciplined the Turks of Algeria, soon found that
all his experience, his patience, and his firmness
were utterly unavailing, and he gave up tlie at
tempt in despair. Our gallant countryman,
however persevered, and lie had hoped his en
deavors would be crowued with success. Lat
terly u great body of the Bashi Bazouks have
bei n encamped under his command, on the far
ther shore oi the Dardanelles.
Amongst these mm, we regret to say, frequent
signs of insubordination were manil'est, and
about a foruight ago an act of atrocious vio
lence was committed, which led to further mis
chief. I’he officers of the coprse was walking
with their wives in the- neighboring country,
when a party of Bazouks fell upon ami assault
ed and outraged tlie ladies. The moment the
General heard of this villiany, he ordered the
miscreants under arrest. A great portion of
their rascally comrades, however, sympathized
with them, and proceeding to tlie Generals
house in O|X‘n mutiny, struck their yatagbunis
into ti e gr and. and, piling up combustible ma
terials. t'a'cutetied in the most fearful maimer,
that unless their comr; 1 -s were instantly re
leased from arrest, they would set tire to the
house and burn the General alive with his wife
and eiiiidren. General Beatson iiad no alterna
tive, and liberated tlie men, who, with their
comrades, paraded about with every demonstra
tion of triumph and finally set out for Bronssa
laying no tender hands upon the property of
the inhabitants, and with the apparent deter
mination of pillaging in every direction. This
was the last thing we heart! of them. Since
tiiat we have received the sad but too probable
ta ws, which indicates a too cruel termination
i f a distinguished and hou rable career.
Im amovs Attempt to Burn a Church.—
Two attempts have recently been made to
burn the Christian Church on Cherry Street-
One on Friday night, and the other discovered
before any material damage was done. On
Saturday some was discovered issuing from the
Uupalo. and after the fire was extinguished. I
which wus done promptly, a lot of combustible ;
material was discovered" ou the spot. There
seems io lie no room for doubt that incendiaries
had been at work. The church is a new one. i
I Is one of tlie finest and liand-onxst in the
The pulpit is occupied, as it has been
erection, by Rev. Jesse B. Fetgerson. I
ding is insured for §lo,ooo.— Nashville
From the Journal Mmenger.
Brunswick and its Port.
Messrs. Editors : As much has recently ap- |
peared in the public prints in relation to the i
Railroad nt Brunswick, I have thought that a!
description of the place might be of interest to
many of your readers. This port is about mid-'
way "on the Georgia coast in latitude thirty-one
degrees. It is formed by an inlet of the sea,
(called “Turtle River,”) which entering between
the Islands of Jeykl and St. Simmons, flows in
a wide and deep column for more than twenty
miles into the interior. In ease of access. |
depth of water, and capacity of defence, this J
place is far superior to any harbor between
N orfoik and Pensacola. Such is its facility
of approach that vessels can at all times enter
without the rising of the tide, or the services
of a pilot. There is twenty-four feet of wa
ter over the bar. which is sufficient for a fri
gate—and even a seventy-four gun ship has
been known to pass over it. At the wharves
the water is from twenty to forty feet deep, so
that ships of the heaviest burthen can get up
to them to load and unload without the cost
and delay of having to employ “lighters.” As
there is no river emptying into it, this harbor is
not liable like many others to be choked up by
sand-bars and other obstructions. It is com
pletely land-locked, and capacious enough for
the largest nu.y to lie in security. With a
little expense it can be made impregnable. The
town itself, though destined to future import
ance, is at present insignificant, containing only
a few hundred inhabitants. Nowhere can be
be found a better location for a city. It is
lieautifully situated on a bluff of close’dry sand
which rises on a regular grade from the water’s
edge till it reaches an elvation of about thirty
feet. The climate is delightful—the winter be
ing mild, while the heat of Summer is temper
ed by cool sea breezes. is obtain
ed from ten to twenty feet below the sur
face. The well known health of the place is
ascribed in a great measure to the absence of
fresh water swamps and rivers in the immediate
vicinity. It is highly probable, that in the
course of a few years, the Genera) Govern
ment will establish a Navy yard at this place,
as a decided preference is given to it in the re
port made to the Secretary of the Navy, by
the Commissioners appointed to select a suita
ble port south.of the Chesepeake for the estab- i
lishment of such a’yard. It is the key tothe
Straits of Florida. A naval force station
ed here, wiil lie able to command the commerce
of the Gulf of Mexico, and the West Indies ;
and in case of the acquisition of Cuba, it will
be the nearest rendezvous for the vessels of war
required for its pr .teetion. Should there ever
be a dissolution of the Union, this port will
become invaluable to the South, as it is the
only good port she has on a section of her
coast, extending some two thousand miles.—
Perhaps the question may be asked, if this
place possesses all these advantages, why have
they not heretofore been improved ? The
answer is obviously, because it never had any
communication by river otherwise, with its rich
back-country. More than a century since
General Oglethorpe pointed it out as an Eligi
ble site for a city. But in those days large |
rivers were essential to towns ; and this place
hail no river to depend upon. Now however,
that obstacle to its prosperity is about to be
obviated by the building of the proposed Rail
road, which will not only settle up the richest
counties in Southern Georgia, but will make
Brunswick the commercial emporium of the
South.
In view of the great interests which the
State bus involved in this work, I trust she will I
respond favorably to any reasonable call that,
may be made upon her for assistance. Shcean 1
do this with entire security against loss, and
witliout-any inconvenience whatever, as here
financial affairs were never in a better con
dition.
MIDDLE GEORGIA.
Humorous Incident.—A laughable incident
occurred recently, the circunstances of which
are as follows: An old gentleman farmer, who had
two handsome daughters, was so cautious of his
charge, that he would not permit them to keep
the company of young men. However, they
adopted the following exjiedient to enjoy the com
pany of their lovers. After the old man retired
to rest, the girls would hang a sheet out of the
windows and the beau would seize hold of it, and
with the assistance of his lady love, who tugged
lustily above, would thus gain an inteancc. It
so hapjxmed that one evening the girls hung out
the sheet too early, for tfle old gentleman by
some ill wind was accidentally around the corner,
and spying the sheet, could not conjecture the
meaning of its lining there; so he caught hold
and endeavored to pull it dowh; the girls above
supposing it to be one of their beaus, began to
hoist, and did not discover the mistake til! the
old man’s head was level with the window sill,
when one of them exclaimed “Oh, Lord! 'tis dad!”
and letting go the sheet, down came the old gen
tleman on the hard ground, dislocating one shoul
der, which convinced him that to make old maids
of his daughters was a matter not so easily accom
plisned, and withdrawing all further opposition
to their keeping company, he was soon a father
in law.
[From the Augueta Constitutionalist.'}
Crawfordville, Aug. 13,1855.
Mr. Editor:— l presume you saw the publi
cation of the piece in the Republican, headed
the “first gnn from Taliaferro,"in which they
boasted of the election of a Bailiff. It is with
pleasure that I have to communicate to you tlie
bursting of that same gun, and killing Sam and
family. After his securing the office, he has
come out, and denounces the party as being
corrupt both inside and out. and warning those
who are in favor of the Order, never to be gull
ed so far as to be sworn—as they are, still re
main freemen. There has been more conver
sion to Johnson in this county than any I ever
saw. The President, as they call him. who, by
the by, seems to be of the right grit, has with
drawn. and carried out some thirty others; and
lastly, the speech of Judge Andrews, on to-day.
entirely demolished the Society, as it was one
of the poorest efli'rts I have ever heard. I would
give give you a portion of his speech, but it was
so much like the play called by the school boys
“Hop Scop,” that it is entirely impossible to
define him. going over and over the same ground
with every point he made, saying every sentence
that the people should vote for him. with an ef
fort to prove that he was upon the Georgia
Platform, and Johnson was oulv on a corner,
and not adopting the Fourth Resolution. I
must aoknowldge that I never knew where 1
was. or who I should vote for, until after the
effort of Judge A.; but now I can say for my
self and all in the same wav, vote for
JOHNSON. ■
Stamer Sujk.—BL Louis papers mention I
that the steamer Kate Swinney, one of the j
boats chartered by government to carry stores
up the Missouri river, struck a snag on her re
turn trip from Fort St. Pierre, while passing
the foot of Verllion, 300 miles above Council
Bluffs, and tore away nearly the whole bottom
of her hull, so she sunk in thirty feet water in
about five minutes. So sudden was the wreck I
that nothing could be saved except the lives of !
the officers and crew, who made their escape in j
the b >ats. and by means of them reached St. I
Joseph. Mo., six hundred miles district.
The steamer was a fine craft, valuetrat $20,-1
000 and insured for §15.500. She was owned (
by her commander. Capt. Choteau, who before}
he left sold the wreck for 8300 to a party of j
emigrants who were building a village near the,
spot where she sunk, and who immediately
commenced the operation of wrecking.
The News.—Tne accounts by the America j
state that the Allies have raised the siege, but;
we are disposed to doubt the fact, for the reason !
that if such a step had been determined or. we
would be apt to hear of serious consequence,
resulting from it. It is not likely that the Allies :
have precipitately abandoned their position ’
while tney had the strength to hold it, and if,
they have been forced to retire, it is equally im
probable that the Russians have permitted "tliem 1
to do so without molestation. We have always;
thought that if the Allies failed to take Sebas-;
topol that they would find more difficulty in get
ting out than they encountered in getting" into the [
Crimea.
' A Lie Nailed to the Counter, by
one of their own Witnesses.
We have before as a letter from J ndge Sum
mers, of Kingston, in reference to the charge )
j made in the Atlanta Discipline, and copied
I into the Southern Statesman, that Governor ■
I Johnson ordered a number of copies of the Al- ;
gerinc Law from the Southerner office and re- i
fused to pay for them. The Judge says: 5
“There is not a word of truth in it, so far :
as Gov. Johnson is concerned.” He says he
was present during the canvass of 1853. "when
i a conversation occurred in Rome, between Gov.
Johnson and several other Democrats. The
Governor was asked why he did not use the :
Algerine Law against Mr. Jenkins in his speech
that day. He replied that it would be improp
er for him to speak of it unless Mr. J. tendered
the issue by defending it, or speaking of it him
self. It was then suggested that the best way
to bring the law before tlie people w’ould be to
have it circulated in handbill form. This was
agreed to. Judge 8. thinks Gov. Johnson ac
quiesced as to tlie printing of the handbills, but
heard no expression from him which by any
possible construction could make him responsi
ble for the printing.” It was agreed that the
friends of the cause in Cass and Floyd should
pay for the printing, which he understood was
done.
We are sorry that the letter comes too late
for publication entire. We have, however,
given enough of it to refute this absurd charge.;
Jndge Summers is a gentleman of undoubted |
veracity, and a member of the American party, i
We trust, therefore, that those papers which
have published the charge will copy this state-1
ment from one of their own party.
The Steam Fire-Engine.—The recent ex
periments, says the Philadelphia Ledger, with
Mr. Shawk's steam so satisfied the
minds of our citizens of its superior efficiency
and economy, as an agent for extinguishing
fires, that a sum sufficient to purchase it (89,-
500) has been subscribed by private citizens.— |
They have conveyed it to trustees, and now* offer ;
it to the use of the city, on condition that our '
municipal government shall see it properly taken ,
care of and bring it immediately into use. This ;
is an act ts liberality on tl.e part of the sub
scribers which Councils should respond to in the l
same spirit A feeling favorable to the em
ployment of the steam fire-engine, as an addi
tional security to the property of our citizens
against fire, has been already evinced in Coun
cils, and the condition of the public treasury is
perhaps the only reason why one of these en
gines has not been already procured. Every
sensible, reflecting man in that body must be
satisfied that it is the duty of the city to em
ploy the best agents at hand to accomplish
what the public service requires.
Fighting on Terms.—Judge A., a cel
ebrated deuelist. who had lost his leg, and who '
was known to be a dead shot, challenged
Col. D., a gentleman of great humor and
attainments. The friends tried to prevent
the meeting, but to no effcect. The par
j ties met on the ground; when Col. D. was
j asked if be was ready.
“No,” he replied.
“What are you waiting for then inquired
Judge A’» second.
“Why, sir,” said Col. D., “I have sent my
boy into the woods to hunt a bee gum to put
my leg in, for I don’t intend to give the Judge
any advantage over me. You see he has a
a wooden leg!"
The whole party roared with laughter, and
I the thing was so ridiculous that it broke up the
j fight. Col. D. was afterwards told that it
1 would sink his reputation.
“Well,” he replied, “it can’t sink me lower
than a bullet can.”
“But,” urged his friends, “the papers will be
filled abot you.”
“Well,” said he, “I would rather fill fifty pa
pers than one coffin.”
No one ever troubled the Colonel after that.
The Cartersville Mass Meeting.
, Various stories are afloat, throughout the
country, in reference to this meeting. It is re
ported in some parts of the district, that the
I names of the distinguished men. on onr hand
, bills, were put there for effect—that none of
I them were expected, except those living inclose
I proximity to the place of meeting. We beg
. our friends to believe no such stories. Mr.
Stephens, Gov. Cobb, Colonel Orr, of South
, Carolina. Gov. Johnson, of Georgia, and Judge
Lumpkin, have promised to come, and will be
J present, unless providentially hindered. Mr. Ste-
I phens’ appointments were np to the 28th, and
, lie has refrained from making others, so as to
, be able to attend this meeting, Gov. Johnson,
, of Tennessee, will attend, if he can possibly ar
range to do so.
! In additou to those whose names appear ou
. the bill, we shall have with us our present dis
tinguished representative, Col. E. W. Chastain
s Hon. Alfred Iverson, Hon. M. J. Wellborne,
Col. J. W. H. Underwood, Judge Wright.
, Doct. John W. Lewis, Col. T. C. Howard, of
. Atlanta, Col. Gartrell and a host of other pop
ular speakers. The difficulty with our oppo
nents, generally, at their Mass Meetings, is to
get speakers to take up the time. With us the
difficulty will be to find time for our speakers. All
the arrangements are being made on the largest
■ scale, and our friends need not fear to come in
I numbers, for we shall have amply sufficient for
them all. The fares on the different rail roads
will be reduced, and extra trains prepared, for
tlie accommodation of all.— Cassville Stand
dard.
Thl Cat oct of the Meal Tub.—“ All ex
perience has proved that, as a political element,
the foreign vote of this country is essentially one
tided. Arriving in our country and securing
tlie rights of citizenship, they naturally become
radicals and rampant Democrats. " Courted,
carressed, cajoled, but never rebuked by the
Democratic party, they become zealous in the
cause, and banded together by the endearing
ties of identity of opinion, they cast their votes
as one man in favor of that party."—2V. O.
Hee.
This is decidedly cool! Naturalized citizens
must be excluded from office, treat'd as Fariahs
I denounced as unworthy of respect or confidence
, because, forsooth! they prefer to stand upon the
platform, reared by the illustrious Jefferson rath
er than endorse the political tenents of the suc
cessors of the blue light Federalists. This is
the head and front of their offending.— Mobile
Advertiser.
gtjy A little incident ocurred in Selma. Ala
bama while Mr. Crisp’s talented company wete
j performing in Watt's Hall, which will be*appre
eiated by the lovers of a good joke.
A gentleman presented himself at the d#or
I where the tickets are sold, and addressing the
Treasurer, said:
“You hold a meeting here to-night ?”
“Eh, Yes.’’ was the reply of the Treasurer.
“A pretty good crowd?”
“Yes." replied tlie Treasurer,
j “Well I guess I'll go np.''
I “You'll be very much pleased,” returned the
' Treasurer.
I “I expect I will be.”
i At this point the gentleman getting himself
[ near the ear of the Treasurer, as though he thought
; he was about to be admitted to tlie meeting of
: some secret Order, in a low tone, said :
“Mott.”
•j "Mott, what!"
> “All right: yon know the pass word.”
“Mott. hell, it's Mott Fifty Cents," replied the
' Treasurer.
' The gentleman thought the - Mott" too high.
| and left.— Columbus Times.
1 Saratoga.—Doubtless of the thousinds who
■ resort to Congress Spring during the heated
.. term," and quaff its waters, few know anytliimr
jof its history. Congress Spring was discovered
! in 1792 by John Taylor Gilman, of Exeter. N.
', IL, then member of Congress, ami subsequently
. Governor of New Hampshire. While gunning,
be came upon the st ream, issuing from a fissure m
.■aroek. The singularity of its appearance at-
■ tracted his attention, tlie wafer was dre->k the
' mineral qualities discovered, and be'
■ i ber of Congress, he gave it the name u; «
j Spring.—Albany Argus.
M AIL IT E M SJ.
The Washington Union says theexten-1
sion of the General Post Office building is pro-,
grossing with equal care and rapidity. The hea-;
vy, massive foundations will be nearly finished |
by the first of next mouth.
A Newcastle newspaper, in noticing the :
state of trade on the banks of the Tyne, says ;
that the manufacture of Epsom salts is pretty
brisk, and that one firm alone is mauufacuring i
twenty tons a week.
Judge Moore, of Alabama, has declined j
the appointment of Associate Justice of Kansas, i
vice Elmore, removed.*
Altered notes on tlie Bank of Nashville.
Tenn., are in circulation, altered from Si's to Ss’s,
by the pasting process.
Some of the papers in Missouri say they
will raise more corn this year than for any five
years before. Much of 'the wheat land there
averages 40 bushels to an acre.
In Arkansas there is said to lie an im
mense crop of cotton. In some places it is piled
as high as hills upon the banks of the river.
of Kentucky, will be tendered the Mission to
England, about to be vacated by Mr. Buchanan.
The Belgian government, owing to the abun
<; nt harvest, has ordered the bakers to reiluce
the price of bread.
A man in Louisville, Kentucky, hasa of
sered a wager of one thousand dollars that no
gambler has ever been imprisoned in the Ken
tucky Penitentiary for theft.
If we were to rifle the past for a name
fur thewar-poets we should call them Minie
singers.
A foot-race is to come off in Seneca
county, Ohio, at the next annual fair in Octo
ber among the ladies! Three splendid prizes—
the least of which is twenty-five dollars in gold
—will lie offered.
The following toast was given at Bid
dieford recently: The Clergy—All honor to |
the clergyman who follows his Master instead [
of his Pay master.
Evil thoughts, like unwelcome guests,;
make no part of a family, and will depart if not j
encouraged to stay.
Boston, Augfcst.—The mechanics in the Na-'
vy Yard at this port have voted to give two I
days' pay to the mechanics employed at the
Norfolk Navy Yard who have suffered by the
fever The sum will reach about $1,500.
The authorities of Richmond have re
pealed the quarantine law which prevented ves
sels, coming from places infected with the yellow
fever, from going up to the city. Vessels show
ing a clear bill of health, are to suffer no deten
tion.
The Aspinwall and Panama Ice Com*
pany have made arrangements by which these
two ports are to be constantly furnished with
New England ice. Their ice house in Panama
has heretofore been supplied by shipments via
Cape Horn, the average passages being four or
five months. Recently they have shipped a car
go to Arpinwail, a part of which is to be sent
over tlie railroad, and thence to Panama, where
it is expected to arrive in 25 to 30 days from
Boston.
letter from Syria, announces that an
insurrection had broken out in Hebron, under
i the command of a certain Abdelrahnian, and
i that in an encounter between his forces and
j those of the Government, upwards of two hun
i dred men of both sides had been slain. Abdel
j rahman it is. added, held forcible possession of
Hebron, but the Government was preparing ir
! regular troops to march against him.
! ®v?F lt is stated that the difficulty between
the United States and France, in relation to
j Mr. Dillon, the French Consul at San Francis-
I co, has been settled. Instead of firing a salute
I when the flag is hoisted, the first French man
I of-war which puts into the port of San Francis-
I co, is to be received with a salute.
A Prudent Recommendation.—The Chero
kee Presbytery (O.) have adopted resolutions
recommending to the churches m its connection
to insure the lives of their minister, as the most
convenient method of making provision for their
families after their decease.
Citizens' Contributions.—The subscription
list opened, in our office last Saturday evening,
for the relief of tße sick in Norfolk, and its vi
cinity, has, been run up to $1,272 given with
I the utmost cheerfulness, a draft for which has
I been transmitted. The whole amount contribu
| ted by this city is §2,272 Added to which she
I will doubtless employ and send on physicians,
should intelligncc be received that they are need
ed.—Sav. Cour.
KaF” At a meeting of the directors in Macon-
Ga., on Thursday, R. R. Cuyler, Esq.. Presi,
dent of the Central Road, was unanimously
chosen President of the Southwestern Railroad,
in place of its late President, L- O. Reynolds,
deceased. Mr. Cuyler will hold the office until
the-next annual meeting of the stockholders in
February next, when another election will
take place.
flSgr Tlie War Department has received au
thentic intelligance in regard th the cholera at
Fort Riley. Majors Wood and Armstead were
not dead, but their wives were. Two of Majai
Wood’s children were also dead. The death of
Major Ogden is confirmed. A number of the
troops had died.
BJgSn.Ox the evening of tlie 11th inst, seventy
two boys effected their escape from the House
of Refuge on Hevia street, New Orleans. Li.
A few of the old hands had managed to out bolt
off a gate in the rear of the cesspool, when the
signal was given, and the boys made a rush, stri
king a bee line for the woods.
Decrease of the Brandy Trade is stri
kingly illustrated in the absence of all American
vessels from the port ol La Rochelle for the last
' six months, a fact which it is said never occurred
i before. The French papers ascribe it to the fail-
I nrc of the grape cropsand the temperance move-
■ ments in the United States. The former is proli
ably the most effective cause; but if French bran
dy is not now imported, what an immense amount
of poisonous substances must brandy drinkers be
using.
RCJK,. A letter from Flemingsburg, Ky.. dateil!
the 18th states that up to that time there has'
been 43 deaths from cholera in that town and its
immediate vicinity. Most of the victims were
slaves, but some belonged to the most respecta
ble class of citizens. About twenty families
only remained in tlie place, the rest having left.
The cholera is raging in various parts of Flem
ing county also.
Louisville, August 21. —Tlie result of the
election for Congressmen gives six Americans
;to four opposition members. Tlie State Sen-
I stands thirteen Americans to seven opposition.
The House stands sixty one Americans to thir
ty-nine opposition. Morehead's majority for
Governor will be about 4.000.
( Ax American Engineer.—. Tames H. Ben
ton. of the Armory in Springfield. Massachu
setts. who lately received from the English Gov- i
emment tLeappoiutmentofengineerinthe Brrt
ish National Armory at Enfield, near Landon, I
sailed in the Cimard steamer Asia, ou the 15th
. inst.. for Liverpool, to enter upon the discharge :
of his new office. Mr. Benton also goes under
appointment as bearer of American despatches. 5
Horrible Death—Gored by a Bull.—On
Saturday morning, about 8 o'clock, a Mrs.,
Acherman. about sixty years of age. came to
her death in the following horrible manner :
Ti e deceased resided on a farm owned by Mrs.
Bailey, in Upper Bt. Clair township, nearly
opposite this city. On Saturday morning her
son was absent from the farm serving his citv
customers with milk, and the otbee members of I
the family were busily engaged in the fields
harvesting. On returning about 9 o'clock, the ’
I son discovered bis mother lying on the ground,
a short distance from the house. A bull which
was kept on the farm hail attacked and com-
■ pletely disemboweled her. The animal had a
portion of the deceased's entrails hanging on his
horns, which indicated the savage brutality [
■ '> which the attack was made.— Pittsburg
C
Washington, August IC. *
The report of the Secretary of War on the
several Pacific Railroad explorations gives pre
ference to the route on the 3d parallel, as the
"most practicable and economical route for a
railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pa
cific ocean.” This is, also, the public judgment,
as formed from all the facts which have been
placet! before the country. The details of the
examination of ibis route, by Lieut Williamson
and Lieut. Parke, formed an important and in
teresting document. It consists of an explana
tory report, and of maps, profiles and tables.—
Supposing the route to be adopted, the place of
tlie termination of the road on the Pacific is to
be fixed—either at San Diego or San Pedro, or:
San Francisco. The nearest port, San Pedro,!
does not osier a good harbor.—There are but'
two good harbors on the California coast, to |
wit: San Diego and San Francisco. Supposing |
the termini of the road to be Fulton and San
Pedro, its length will be one thousand six hun
dred and eighteen miles, and its estimated cost
is §(18.97(1,000. From Fulton to San Francis
co the distance is 2,039. The state of the
ascents and descents is 42,008 feet, which is
equivalent to 795 miles, and the equated length
of the road is 2,834. The estimated cost is
§93,120.000, for a single track, and without
equipments. The sum is quite within the lim
its of State and Federal means united. The
estimate of repairs and preservation of the road
is not given us, but it would, no doubt, for
years to come, greatly exceed the receipts of the
road from private travel and freight. But the
road might “pay” in another way. It may be
of incalculable value in time of war and civil
commotion, and may be an important bond of
union between the Pacific and the Atlantic
States of the Union. This question will not
fail to be well considered in the next Congress.
ION.
N f.w Orleans, Aug. 24.
A meeting of Virginians in this city pased
a resolution to send ten nurses to Norfolk and
Portsmouth. Va. The money was raised by
subscription to defray their expenses. They ]
leave iinmediaiely.
Fayetteville, N. C.. Aug. 19.—A terrible
tornado swept over the country in this vicinity
yesterday morning, destinying ni x h property
in the country. 1 learn that it extended in
£outh Carolina. The weather since has lieen
quite cold.
tey” The Savannah Republican of tlie 21st.
says, the Young Men’s Benevolent Association of
Savannah, have sent §SOO to the indigent sick
of Norfolk and Portsmouth. Va. Considerable
sums have also been subscribed by individuals,
and will be forwarded to-day, amounting in the
aggregate, prehaps, to §I,OOO. This is the work
of but one day.
tetr' The Mexican method of cure for the yel
low fever consists in having the body continually
and gently rubbed by at least two "assistants, so
that an equable heat by friction is maintained,
while at the same t ime sweet oil and lemon juice
are administered internally in equal proportions
and as rapidly as the patient can swollow the
dose. Lime-juice is said to 1.-.’ more efficacious
than that of lemons when it can be procured.
In Guayaquil it is also usual to apply the lime
juice externally, the patient being even literally
bathed in it. when sufficient quantity of the fruit
can be obtained.
New Line of Steamlbs to Havana.—The
steamships Ocean Bird and United States, ly
ing at the Neptune iron works, New York, are
being put in a complete running condition, pre
vious to being put on a new line formed to
connect New York with Cuba, Mexico and
the Spanish main, and which it is now exjiected
will be in operation in about six weeks. Tne
United States was recently sold for this enter
prise for §150,000. The plan is to run the i
Ocean Bird regularly to Havana, connecting
there with the United States for Vera Cruz via
Sisal and Campeachy,—also with the steamships
employed by the Spanish steamship Company,
running between Havana and Cadiz.
MARBLE CUTTING,
SLOAN <t- OATMAN. .
W’J)! 'Ll) respectfully announce to the citl I
* T zens of Atlanta, and country generally,
that they have located here, a branch of the Mar
ble business from their Steam Marble Works,
Nashville, Tennessee; where they are prepared
to execute all kinds ofwork done in marble, in the
most tasteful manner, and the latest style. We
will keep on hand an assortment of Monuments,
Tombs, Tablets, Urns, Vases, Head and Foot
Stones, Marble Mantels, of the Italian, Egyptian,
Tennessee red, Varegated, &c. All kindsof mar
ble work suitable for furnishing Graves, got upto
order, lettered, boxed and shipped, to any part ol
the South, as cheap as can be furnished in any
city in the South or West.
By calling at our Ware rooms opposite the
Georgia Railroad Depot, specimens can be seen
that will enable persons wishing marble, to judge
of our styles and workmanship.
orders left at our M are Rooms will be
pivmptly attended to SLOAN & OATMAN
march 6, ’55 wly
>OHN C. CLEVELAND. f THOMPSON ALLAN,
Indianola, Cal- !» < Lawrenceville,
houn co. Texas. J ( Gwinnett co. Ga
TEXAS LAND AGENCY.
J. C. CLELAND & T. ALLAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
THIS Agency having a perfect
knowledge of the land laws.
and general land business of the r/-.
State of Texas, will give their
prompt attention to the investigating of all claims
to lands, selling, purchasing or locating the same.
Emigrants to Texas will find it to their interest
to employ this Agency in the purchasing of and
locating their homes. Lands purchased or loca
ted on reasonable terms, locations selected to
-Ult purchasers, lands bought and sold. Letters -
II ppst-paid, and addressed to either of the tirm will I
meet with prompt attention.
nov. 17, ’54. wly
1
H. BRAUMULLER,
DEALER in Pino-Fortes, z
ic. Musical Instruments, En>«
broidery and Fancy Articles, White N
Hall Street, Sign oi the Golden <
Piano, Atlanta. Georgia.
MRS. H. BRAUMULLER, Artiste in Orna
mental Hair Braiding. &c.
Orders solicited for Braiding Necklacas, |
• Bracelets, Breastpins, Ear-rings, etc.
’ August 23 W 6 m
Cartersville Hotel.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. I
BY J. SKINNER.
THE above house is conveniently loca- !
1 3ssj <alcd, to the Rail Road, and the table is 1
: i always supplied with the best the coun ,
try affords. Cartersville is situated on the Wes |
tern & Atlantic Rail Road, and is pleasantly lo
cated for a summer resort, and is most conveni ;
ontly situated for persons going to Ducktown, the :
Etowah Works and Cedar Town. A good livery i
stable is near at hand where horses and carriages
can alwavs be had.
».’55 W | V
— (
E * ve J. F. REYNOLDS,
CouiiuisMon Merchants,
Decatur Street, Atlanta, Georgia,
Have O" hand a general stock of Family
W^L Grocer ' < ' f '. a ,in< ' lo > "• Bacon and Lard
.a sp'e* 1 i article of Cheese and Mackere
Fish, aliof which will be sold low for cash.
oct 12 55 dwti
FINE CLOTHING,
W• Herring & Son,
DEALERS in Men’s and Boy’s Clothing and
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, Ao. 40
White-hall Street, Atlanta. Georgia.
W. HERRING. w. f. herring.
may 4.'55 dwly
Withdrawal.
"V”OTICE is hereby given that I have this day
withdrawn from the firm of J. J. Thrasher •
A Co., by mutual consent. The business of the
firm will be continued by J. J. Thrasher and H.
H. Glenn, under the style of J. J. Thrasher &
Co., wh alone are liable tor all indebtedness of
the late firm. W. A. CHAMBLEB3.
joly 24, ’55 ,
Metalie Com Mill
B.
i
i Grader & Cowen’s Patent,
OF MEMPHIS TENN.
THIS Mill in constructed of Cast and Wrough
Iron—runners 14 inches across the face—
and is simple in its construction, durable and
easily set and managed, and may be attached to
steam, water or horse power; but recommends it
self particularly to every Planter who has a Cot
ton Gin, or any power on a farm, as it can run
with from one lofour horses and grind from five
to fifteen bushels of the best Meal per hour. It
will also grind Hominy coarse or fine.
Orders tor single Mills, or proposit'ons for
County Rights, will be received by
A. A. SMITH WICK, Gordon Springs, Ga„
And J. B. GORDON, Atlanta, (ia.
RECOMMENDATION.
We have seen one of the above Mills on exhi
bition in Atlanta, and take pleasure in saying
that it grinds rapidly and good Meal, to our en
tire satisfaction. (Signed)
J. L.STEPHENS,
S. B. OATMAN,
W.T. FARNSWORTH,
Foreman at Winßhip dr Oo>.,
J. E. WILLIAMS & CO.,
J. WINSHIP & CO.
Atlanta, June 30, 1855. july 5, ’55. tlw. .
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■ I AR- James R. Smith, late of Sandersville, Ga
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1 L. G. Grant, Esq., < Atlanta '
A. G. Wark, Esq. -
Dr. Wm. T. Haynes, (J
Dr. E. C. Williambox. l Sandersville,
Gen. T.J. Warthkx. ’
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Rule Nisi,
Libeljar Divorce in Union Superior Court,
i Johx U. C. Allison, vs. Mary Axx Allison.
IT appearing to the court, by the return of the
Sheriff, that the defendant does not reside in
the State of Georgia, it is, on motion, ordered by
, the court that the defendant do appear and an
swer at the next term o' this court or that the
case be considered in default and the plaintiff al
lowed to proceed. And that this rule be pub-1
lished once a month for four months preceding i
the next term of this court in the Atlanta Weekly |
Examiner a public Gazette published in Atlanta.
DAVID IRWIN, J. 8. C.
A true copy taken from the minutes of court'
of April Term, 1805, this 25th day of May '55. ;
THOS. M. HUGHES, Clerk.
june 8. '55 w4m I
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ATTORNEY fr COUNSELLER AT LA W.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Hardware & Iron Store-
Allan i a :Georgla.
I BY GILBERT A. CLARKE,
Dealers m iron atni
Nails. Castings, Gin ..
ing, Agricultural implements,
Smiths Tools, Carpenters Tools,
Building Materials, House furnishing Hardware.
Cutlery ol all kinds--Gunsand Pistols, and all
other goods usually kepi m the line—also Louth
er and Rubber Belting—Pig ami Bar Lead
Block tin—Copper. Zirie, Av., fir.
july 19. '55. wtl
Executor’s Sale.
AGREEABLE to the last will and Testamrn
of John Butt, Senior, late of said county de
i ceased, will be sold on the Ist Tuesday in Augus
next in the Town of Blairsville, Union county
within the usual hours of sale the following prop
erty to wit: one negro girl mimed Jane 24 years
old, one girl named Frank 32 years old, Mandy
a girl 24 years old, Nancy a girl 10 years old; and
two infant children 2 years old, each; also on tho
first Tuesday in September in the Town of
Clarksville Habersham county, Lot oi land No.
68 in the 3rd district of said county on the waters
of Dukes Creek, on which is a good gold mine
All sold, under and by virtue ofthelast Will and
Testament of the said John Butt, Sr., deceaseh
Sold for the puqiosc of a distribution among the
heirs and Legatees, of said estate. Terms Casd
JOHN HUTT. Executor.
June 8, ’55. wtds.
Lumpkin Sheriff Sales,
Y 1 ’ ILL be sold, before the (Jour* House dooi
T V in the county of Lumpkin, on the first
Tuesday in September next, within the legal hours
of sale, the following properly, to wit:
Lot of land No. 536 13th diet. lat section
south half levied on by virtue of a fi fa from u
Jnstices court of the 961st district G M Chattooga
county in favor of Joel Mosely against 8. L.
Hudgins as the property of defendant, levied and
returned to me by Wm. Taylor, L. C.
Also, lot of land No. 1 |H4, sth dial, let section
i levied on by virtue of a fi fa from a Justices court
I of the 961 diet. G M. Chattooga coun y, in favor
I of Joel Mosely vs. 8. L- Hudgins as the property
I of said defeiulcnt, levied on and returned to me
i bv Wm. Taylor. L. C.
Also, all the right, title and interest of defend
ant in and to lot ot land No. 267, 13 diet and let
section, north half, whereon Narah Westbrooks
now lives, levied by virtue of a fi fa from a Jus
tices court of the 821st diet. G. M. of Lumpkin
county in favor of Zemina McGuire vs Thomas
Westbrooks as the property of said Tbos. West
brooks, levied and returned to me by James Cham
bers, L. C.
Also, Town lots, and improvements thereon,
in the town of Dahlonega known by No's. 31, 37,
I and 38, levied on by virtue of a fi fa in favor of
' John Hill vs. Wm. Warwick from Lumpkin In
, ferior Court. Levied on as the property of de
j fendent, pointed out by said Wai wick.
J. B. GRAHAM, Sheriff.
aug 1, '55 wtd
Administrator s bale.— Agreeably to
an order of the Court of Ordinary of F ir
syth county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in
October next, before the Court House Door in
the town of Cumming, Forsyth County, within
the legal hours of sale, the following lots of land,
viz: Lot No. 362, 431, 432, 434, 435 gnd 504,
excepting a portion of lot 504, that has been
I deeded to John Pasco, and a portion of lot 431
has been deeded to J. M. Sdcuders, and lots No.
502, 506. 503, the lasi named Nos. containing
thirty-three and a half acres, more or less, sill
lying in the third District and fourth Section of
now Forsyth County, all sold as the property of
Moses Lo ibetter, lute of Forsy th county deceas
ed, and for the benefit of the heirs and creditors
Ot said deceased. Terms made known on day
of sale, the three last named numbers sold sub
ject to the widow’s dower, this 13th August,
1855. (wtf) JAMES MILFORD, Adm’r.
FIX WO MONTHS alter date application wil
be made to the court of Ordinary of Forsyth
county for leave to sell all the lands belonging to
he tasa o Anderson Baker lute of Forsyth ,
county deceasfed, this the 9tli of June 1855
JAMES MILFORD, Adm’r.
june 15,w60.’
/ X EORGIA FORSYTH COUNTY--Where
V_X as. James T. Huckaby applies to me for
I letters of Guardianship over the person and prop
i erty of John W. Watson am! Joshua T. Watson,
I orphans of Joshua N. Watson, deceased, These
nrc, therefore, to cite and admonish all concerned
to be and appear at our court of Ordinary, to be
held in Cumming, on the first Moudny in August
next, to show cause, if any they have, why said
letters should not be granted, June 18th 1855.
H. BARKER. Ordinary,
june 29. ’55 w2m
/ f EORGIA FORSYTHCOUNTY.---Where-
as, John Martin und Thomas Kilgore ap
ply to me for letters of administration upon the
cdate of George Kilgore late of said county de
ceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish
all, and singular the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to he and appear at our court of Ordi
' nary to be held in Cumming on the first Monday
• in September next to show cause, if any they
- have, why letters should not be granted the ap
plicants. H. BARKER, Ord’y.
, aug 2, '55 w3od
Ct EORGIA FORSYT H CO! NTY—Where
( as, Isaac M. Young applks to me for letters
ot administration on the estate of Alexander J.
Baker, deceased, These are, therefore, to cite and
. admonish all, and singular the kindred and cred
itors of said deceased to be and appear at our
court es Ordinary to bo held in Cuinniing on tho
first Monday in August next, to show cause if
any they have, why said letters should not be
■ grunted. Juno 18U1 1855.
H. BARKER, Ordinary.
june 29, '55 w2n>
STATE Os uisoAGIA—FORSTI ; H~COr
’ HEREAS, Bailey F. Julian, administra-
W tor upon the estate of Calib Ellis late of
said county decased, applies for letters of dismis
sion from the administration of said estate.—
Therefore, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, arc hereby cit< d and admonished, to file
their objections, if any they have, in my offiec,
in terms of the law, otherwise letters of dismis
sionary will be granted tlie applicant at the Ncß
vember term next of the Court of Ordinary for
said county. H. BARKER, Ord’y.
April 2Hth. 1855 <|wif
Cl BORGIA FORSYTH COUNTY—VX here
| as, Pleasant G. Light, administrator upon
the estate of Absalom Thornton, deceased, applies
to me for letters dismissory from the administra
tion of said estate. These are therefore, to cite,
and admonish all c mcerned to be and appear at
our court of Ordinary to be held in Cumming on
the second Monday in January next, lo show
cause, if any they have, why said letters should
not be granted, June 18th 1855.
H. BAKKER, Ordina>y.
june 29, ’55 w2m
Ct EORGIA FORSYTH COUNTY.—Two .
I months alter date I shall apply to the court
ot Ordinary of Forsyth county tor leave to sell
the land and negroes belonging to the estate ot
Elizabeth Morrow, deceased, June 18th 1855.
NEWTON McDILL, Ad’mr.
june, ’55 29 w2tn
G1 EORGIA FORSYTH COl NTY-Allper-
I sons concerned aie hereby notified that two
months after date we shall apply to the court of
Ordinary ot Forsyth county for leave lo sell tho
land belonging lo the estate of Joshua Owens
laie of said county, deceased. June 18th 1855,
NEWTON McDILL,) ..,
john mcginnis, j a<i mr "-
j june29 , ’55 w2tn
VDMINISTRATOR’S SaTe.— On tlie Ist
Tuesday ir. Octohc: next, will be sold
in compliance with an order of the Ordinary of
Gordon county, within the legal hours of sale.
Lot of Land No. 146, 3rd district of Coweta
county. Sold for the benefit of the heirs of
Martin Bowles late ot Gordon county, Georgia,
deceased. Terms, on the day of sale.
OLIVER C. WYLY, Adm’r.
| July 13. 1X55 wtds
Caution to Ladies.
As various not only ineffective but injurious
! compounds purporting to be "Female Pilin'' un .
dcr all kinds of names as "Iron Pills’’ "Silver
\ Rills,” "Golden Pills'” “Periodical Pills,” Jfc
: are attempted to be palmed off upon the credulous
; or unwary, it is only necemnry for ladies to be on
: their guard against the attempted imposition. and
j in all cases where there is no authorized ageul for
he sale of "Dr. Geissner’s Menistrual Pills ” u>
I older direct from him by mail, by return of whieh
I a boxivUl be tent.