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BY and. b. freeman. For the Calhoun Times.] STRAY THOUGHTS. BY MAY EBON. We long with hungry hearts, And wearU'L strjiuung eys f To work some great and grand reform," Or snatch some star from out the skies. We gaze away beyond the hills, We stretch our hands and cry, But naught comes back save emptiness, Until we almost pray to die. We dream of sparkling fountains, That sing beneath our feet, We stoop at once to quench our thirst, The water seems our lips to meet. But when our thoughts deceive, And we our thirst would slake, We find it all aq empty dream, Aud in an instant w.kc- The soul is never ,satisfied, It cannot be, with earthly things. Do you suppose the forest bird Can love the in which it sings ? | ' gl *s£jije ' !'ov tlie*Cflmohn Times.] One Act of Disohedicncc Shut Mescs Oat ol' the I*i omisted I.jiihl, f BY MAY EBON. f ✓ As we gaze backward through the mist o f the gopc yeais, and contem plate the character of God’s first fol lowers. none fills us with more admirt.® liuii man that of M oses. lie was a model himboMd, a faithful friend, an upright judge, a fearle c s leader, a skilL fal General, a grand and trite and no ble mjn : hi s character towers above the ruins time has wi ought. Above ilie oblivion l natco'v(rlPifiuch 'OTTTIB * past wjih a steady, glorious burning liont, 1 ; l.e a'beacon star serv ing as an example for all who wish to do right. lie was the most u.ipresum rig cf all men, therefore it was hard for him to bebeve that so mighty a mission as leading Israel from a land of boudage to iheir promised Canaan was assigned to him, hut when con vinced of his duty, faithfully did he .crfomi it, fearlessly-he t. od tire halls of the l’hsraces, ami demanded of Egypt's haughty King, that he let the childien of Israel follow him into the wilderness to offer Sacrifice unto the God in whom tliev (rusted, aud when he was refused with a guiltless couro ?.ge he Vuneu the proud mon arch the fierceness of Juko vah’s wrath, and the fire of his indignation, one plague after another followed in quick succession, until every dwelling in the hand cf Egygt was daikened by the an gel of death. From the loftiest palace to the lowli st but there was a ghastly corpse in every house, and in every heart a hitter pain. Truly with a mighty hand and a strong arm did the fiord lead fbitti bis chosen people.— Aoy other man beside Moses placed at the head of so startling, an enterprise, would have grown arrogant and vain, hut lioLso with him, he heard the voice of Omnipotence, addressing him in the hui uing bush, he talked with the Almighty amid the muttering thun ders and the blazing glory of Sinai. Time and again was he cabled into the immediate presence of Jehovah, yet animfct if all he was’ mei?lv abowe all j men that ever lived en the face of the 1 e.uth, arid vie n the J, id grew wroth, with Israel for repeated acts of disobe. dicnce, and threatened to cut them off, and make of Moses a mighty natior. he refused to avail himself of (he op portunity to aggrandize himself at the expense of the people he had lead ihrough so many dangers, hut his fer,. vent prayers in their behalf saved them from the burning wrath of ihe Al mighty. In only one instance recorded did Motes give wav to his human pas sion, and yet this one act shut him out of the land of promise, he had borne the burden and heat of the day had risked his life in going before Phara oh, bad led his people through the Red Sea. and through the wilderness, had suffered hunger, drought and sickness with them, bad borne the cold of win ter aud the heat of summer through long, long years, and now as they reach- ( ed the verge of rest at the very entrance door of Canaan, he was commanded to yield up his authority to another, and ’o get him up to the mountain top, and view the land that he should never ens t“r, and then lie down and die when no wonder he saw all the charms, and the beauties,and the blessings the laud con tained, he prayed that the Lord would revoke his decree, and permit him to Bass over Jordan, hut it might not be. Lis destiny was sealed. His heart no doubt was filled with anguish, and he shrank from the cold hand of death with a human dread, and then, too, he must lie alone with no human band to Minister to his wants, no loved one to wipe the gathering damp of death from his aged brow, no stone to mark his milfoil r io mmm mv i Coupon film grave, that after generations might say here lies a man of God. No empty pomp, do useless parade, attended the death and burial of this the 'grandest leader the world ever’ produced, some bird of the funeral dirge, and.the night winds chanted* a sad refrain as # liis freed spirit soared away to a fairer land, grander rest thaD any earth contained, and I am sure that when he reached the heavenly shore he no longer sighed for the palmy plains and the goodly cedars of Lebanon. 7 ♦- Wild Men auil3 Domesticated Snakes. In the island of Rhio the Resident assured me there men who live in trees, and had noManguagj but cries ; and in Sumatra, the Resident of Paiembung said there were men who lived in the forests, with whom not on’ ly the Europeans, but even the Malays, could have no intercourse. He him. self hail never seen one. Yet, strange to say, they have a petty traffic with the outer world, yet not ihrough the medium of speech. They live in the woods, and live by ilie chase. They hunt|tigers, not with the gun, but with arrows, which they blow out of a tube with such force, and which are so keen of poipt, and touched with such dctuK ly poisoin that a wound is almost iumie* diately fatal. These tiger skins or el ephant tusks they bring for barter—not for sale—for they never sell anything, ior money is about the most useless thing they could have. They cannot eat it, or drink it, or wear it ; but as they have wants they exchange ; yet they themselves are never seen. 3 hey bring what they have to the edge of the lorcst and leave it there, and the Malays come and place what they have 'o dispose of and retire' If tfhr offer is satisfactory when they return again they find what they brought gonu and take what is left and depart. If not. they add a few trifles more to tempt the eyes of these wild men of the woods, and so at last the exchange is effected, yet all the while the settlers keep them selves invisible. Rut if these elephants are uncom fortable neighbors, there are others ‘hat are more so—the reptiles, which | abound here as in India. Rut famil iarity breeds contempt, or indifference. J The people are not afraid of them, and j hardly notice them, outspeak of them j in an easy sort of way, as if they were | the most harmless things in nature — j poor, innocent creatures, which might j almost bo pets in the family, and allow ed to tun about the house at their will. Soberly, there are certain domestic snakes which are indulged with these liberties. Said Mr. K.: “1 was once visiting in Sumatra, and spending a night at the house of a friend. I heard a noise overhead, aid asked, “ What is that ?” “ Oh, nothing,” they said : “ it’s only the serpent.” “What! do you keep a family snake?” “Yes,” they said ; “ It was a large black snake which frequented the house, and as it did no mischief, and hunted the rais, they let it roam about wherever it liked.” Thinking this rather a big story, with which our friend might practice on the credulity of a stranger, I turned to the Resident of Palembang, who confirmed it. lie said this domestication of ser pents was not uncommon. There was a kind of boat that was very useful as an exterminatoi of rats, and for this pur pose the good Dutch housekeepers al lowed it to crawl about or to lie ended up in the pantry Sometimes this in- \ • teresting member of the f.milv was I ,-lin roheji'nnt on the veranda to bask in the Min —a pleasant object to any si ran ger who might be invited to accept hos pitality.—Dr Field , in the Evangelist. Osman Pasha is described by a cor respondent of the London Telegraph, ‘who was present at the battle Plev.na, on September Bth, as a middle aged man having the appearance some what of an English farmer. He speaks a'little French,but prefers to talk Turk, ish whet, he can." He looks after every thing himself—after the supplies of ammunition, the commissariat stores and the medicines. On the battle field he received telegrams and messages from every part of the field continually “ aod when engaged, in trying to out maneuver a numerous and wily enemy he sai on a stool with a lead-pencil be hind his ear sometimes, and sometimes stuck under the edge of his fez, with field glass in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth, as cool and collected as though he had been listening to a lect.. ure an the Arctic regions. He never for an instant spoke or acted hastily, maintaining his extraordinary coolness throughout the thirteen hours of the battle. He showed me a revolver rase taken from a dead Russian officer, in which there was actually a sham wood en model of a pistol —that was all—with a ring ia the but end.” A member of Congress got out this sentence : “ Mr. Speaker, the general ity of mankind in general are disposed to exercise oppression on the generality of mankind in general,” when he was pulled down to his seat bv a friend, with the remark, “you’d better storg you are coming out of the same hole you went in at.” Don’t tell a married man any juke on the hoys, for he’ll tell his wife and she will tell her sister and the sister will toll all the rest of the girls. CALHOUN. GA„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20.1877. GOOD FARMING. George Grant's 200 ; - 000 Aci'c Ranch. A Denver letter to the Hartford Times, describing a visit to the valley of the Kaw and the wheat fields of west - ern Kansas says : This letter would be extended to fois bidden length were I to enter into the details of half that is to be seen along this valley during the half-day’s ride in daylight. As 1 had letters to Mr. Geo. Grant, the Scotch-Euglish proprietor of the two hundred-thousand-acre farm, or ranch, of Victoria, midnight found me at that station ; aud, after a six hours, nap, l was driven over to his res idence, some five miles south of the sta tion. This ride, in an open spring wagon, drawn by a ,puir of Mr. Grant’s fleet pure-bred mares, is more enjoyable than the same distance would have been in one of Pullman’s palaces ; and you have my assurance, based on experience, that it is a most excellent preparation for'the substantial 9 o’clock English breakfast to which jou are sure to be invited should you ever stop off, on your way fo the mountains, at this hospitable mam* s ion. I found mine host to be a well-in formed affable gentleman. His ideas are as broad as his acres ; and, consider-’ iog his experience as a silk merchant in|London, it is interesting to see ihe zeal he manifests in the breeding of fine cattle aud sheep. lie is justly very fond ot lr.s fine imported black-pollod Angus hulls, brought from his native Scotland, and said to be of super.or quality for beef. These cattle at a little distance, might easily be mistaken for the native buffaloes,which fur thousands of years have roamed and fed on* these very pastures, 'i he grass there, and on westward to the Rocky Mountains, is seldom killed by frost in the laii, and hence becomes nutritious hay, affording excellent pasturage in win ter. Mr. Grant stated that these bulls had j received no food for over a year except what they themselves (bund on the prairie, and they were ail fat, A fi w short-horned Durham bulls were herded with them, and it was that the bluck-poli.d Angus were in the best condition, It is claimed that this breed, is superior both for the dairy and for weight and quality of heel; as well as early fattening. Tlie success of his experiment is im poriatit not only to tlie cattle men of KanstdJ and ►Colorado and the beef packers in Kansas City and Chi cago and St. Louis, but also to ihe beeJ-catets in New England aud t Oid England. A lev? years ago, when this uiagnili ceut la 1 ded estate was pu chased by a single man it would have been regarded a wild conjecture to have said s that in die year 1877,tresh-beef,fattened on the prairie grass of Kansas and Colorado, would Le sold in Liverpool to supply the tables of the beef-eating Emglishman ; yet such is now the fact. Mo"al —“Go West, young man ! go West.” Mine host might add by way of better advice — First, get rich as a silk merchant, and then go West. 1 did not have the pleasuie of seeing the main herd of cattle, about a thous and in number, as they were grazing upon another part of the farm, some twenty miles distant. The seven thous and beau of sheep were also on some other part of the premises, under caie of herdsmen. 1 did see splendid fields of wheat and Ci ru, millet and oils —one bundled acres hfere two hunared acres there and others of various sizes—dotting ihe charming landscape that is seen for mile after mile on both sides of Victoria li ver, like gems worked by the hand of man in the greeu background of nature's handiwork. Mr. Graut’s residence is a substantial stone edifice, with a verandah pu three sides, situated on a lidge of prairie,about half a mile south ol Victoria cieek, and commands an extensive view of the sur ouoding country, and bears unmistak-* able marks of English architect ure.— A few miles east of the mansion house b the site of old Foil Bfays, now dis. mantled and made into an extensive sheep corral, aid a very sarisfac tory evidence of advancing civiliza tion. On the second day after my arrival I bade the hospitable proprietor of Victo ria Colony good-bv, and went to Hays 'City, some ten miles distant, where I awaited the midnight.train Tor Denver. At Hays City there has lately been lo cated a Ui iied States land office, and since the panic of 1878 the old Keys stone SiaLe has been sending many cl her skilled artisans, who we;e thrown out of employment by the great collapse in her iron and other industrial inter ests, to this agricultural and pastoral region, where, |bv “striking'’ gre; t honest blows upon the mother Earth, she has responded by giving forth an abundance of food lor all that a e there, and much to spare for those who are yet suffering in the forced idleness of the more thickly settled East. At Wallace the sleepy passenger on board the Kansas Pacific is awakened by .he welcome sound ’Wallace ! twenty mioules for breakfast,” and anon you hear the words, “ venison an . ■ pc beefsteak and chickens, and matron chops.” One is forcibly reminded of the clown who boasted that lie had four kinds of meat for his breakfast — “ram, lamb, sheep and mutton.”-- They are all sa good and well prepared that when you pay one dollar for your breakfast you are heard to soliloquize, “Well, I am twent’,*-sve cents farther West.” A Descried City. In the history of California one mav find a moat wonderful story of mush room towns and cities, some of which are almost incredible. I was on the site of one of the most extraordinary ones last week, and found nothing but ruins. Iu 1f64 gold was discovered on the shores of Meadow Lake, a small body of water, two miles long and a half mile wide, near the summit of the Sierra Nevadas, and about thirteen miles north of where Cisco station now is on the railroad. Owing to the dull times which had followed the waning of the Placer diggings! an intense excitement arose, an 1 uieu flocked to the new Gelds by hundreds. There were no roads to it then, and they packed their blankets and tools over the barren rocks and hills from every side. In 1865 Summit City was laid out on the west side of the lako. That year and the'spring of 1866 saw build ings going up everywhere, A fire-proof store was erected at a cost of §IB,OOO. It was as well finished as liny store in the State. The shop bases were ma hogeoy, the counters shelves of sugar-pine. ’There t&ore four saw mills, stores, saloons, gatnbling-h uses, blacksmith shops, etc. The >V>wn was a mile long and five sl’Tets deepj and had a population of between five thou* sand and six thousand.. A quartz mill was packed in on muleSj the boiler com ing in plate by plate ; five or six tvere hauled in from 3 ruokee by Way of Webber Lake. A road was built to the stage route, but it is now so wash ed out and filled up with huge bowlders as to he impassable for wagons. The whole country was full of men rres pecting and locating claims. Early in the summer of 1866 it was found that the ore was rebellious and hard to work. A:: exodus at once oc curred. and as the season advanced it became a risk to escape the enormous snow all which the previous winter had taught them was coaling. In three months the city was deserted exeep by hall a dozer, sanguine souls, ojre of whom, Ilairv llaitweli, bus never de spaired, but still lingers on the scene, confident that some means will be dis covered in this age ol thought and im provement by which ro conquer the stubborn rock and separate the mot,, als. The town is beautifully localcd. A gentle slope extends from the water’s edge to the steep rocks back of the fur therest street. The forests extend to the lake, and many fine trees were spared by the lumbermen for the adorn ment of the city. The lake is ninev ieet deep, with only small streams (luw.- ing into it. There are no fish of any kind. The South Yuba Canal Compa ny have built a daui across its mouth and use it for a reservoir On’v sev’’ euteen or eigh eon houses are left standing; many have been broken dowr by snow and lie in heaps of boards and timbers on the ground. A fire in 1871 burned half the town, and another iu 1873 almost all the There are now four men .there. They do work on their own and other men’s mines sufficient to preserve their claims ; to them.— Fan Francisco Bulletin. Dad’.l Fiiiauciprinj.'’ A farmer’s wagon, in which were seated a family ot eight, yesieruay drove up to a house on Beauhien street, and leaving his team at ihe curbstone the farmer knocked on the door, drummed on the windows, and seemed and teruiinod to get in at every hazard. When all efforts had failed he returned to the , wagon, hitched his horses, aud the fam ily sit down on the grass to wait. A lad who had watched the performance passed around tjie corner and suddenly discovered the hoy whose parents lived in the house. “Here—yoi*—there’s a whole fami ly trying to get into your house?” he shouted. “Hush—shut up !” whispered the other. • But they are visitors.” continued the other. “Don’t I know ail about it !” growl ed the hiding toy —“didn't mam and I see eui diive up, and didn’t we scoot out of the back door as the feller came thr.ough the gate? Fui here r.nd mam's over in that house, and we fee 1 like someone ought to boot dad all over ‘own !” “Why ? What did your father do?” “\Vbat did be do? Why, he was out in ‘.lie country buying poultry and rags, and he stopped at a farm-housfc, made ’em believe he was a distant re lashuo and got his dinner for nothing He came home anl told it as a big joke, and he giiuned around for a week, but now I want to see him wheu he conies up to dinner and finds them ‘re lashuns’ squatted around the gate ! Do they show any signs of leaving?” “Nafy Mgn,” replied the other as he climbed ihe lence. 1 ’em stick. Mr.m won’t come home, I’ll be gono, and if this gums out a Black Friday for dad it’ll ; serve him riaht. Let’s get where we e;n see his knees wobble as he turns the corner ands >cs his distant rela shuus covering hail’ an acre of ground !” —*— A singh county in Michigan has standing pine equal to 2,311,120.000 1 feet of lumber. A Bad Scare. As Tom and I weie walking home to dinner last evening, we saw an unsus picious, bushy-dooking tail piotruding from under Mr. Scroggs’ gate, and wag ging in a pleased manner. • On looking over the fence we saw the family sitting under the shade of an owning, and Scroggs, who is a two hundred and fifty pounder, chopping up some meat for h-s dog; and to this pleasaut operation we immediately at' tributed the aforesaid wagging. “Fun,” said Tom ; and before I knew what he meant, his heavy heel lnd pinned the vibrating caudal firmly to the gatesill. A prolonged howl of misery and pain, s. quick succession ofbaiks, strug gles and fierce outcries, greeted the pressure of the heel, and Torn, bend ing double with laughter, urged me to remain (for I tvas moving) aud the de no ament. 1 did. The family became excited, and melt ed off that gallery in no time, and im mediately appeared at sundry windows in the second and third stories, crying, “Mad dog l” •Old Scroggs for the moment was tie* priveJ of his presence of mind by the startling' suddenness of the event, und stood staring blankly in an opposite direction until, by some intuition, ho recollected that hydrophobia was catch ing, .and led off in gallant style for the house, which he unfortunately found se curely locked and barricaded. The dog by this time had freed him. self, and gone off briskly and barking lv after his master, who, turning and beholding his imminent danger, imme diately steered for the pigeon house post. lie reached it in safety, and com uieneed to climb. '! he family wcr.e .not idle, hut show - ered directi.ois upon their beloved pa rent, -rhuse excited hearing gave a mor bid riot to every ward, and made him the more wretchedly hopeless about es caping the woisoned teeth of the rabid • imiics off thej pige n’iouse post would have done credit to a elowm, and as his size precluded h.-ts climbing up very far, he was, forced to exert himself violently in order/to keep his well-rounded limb out of'reach of the dog who was leaping about at the fo< t of the post'; and as he was' gradually easing down from his perch, his agony of mind became proportionately great er. How long this scene would have lasted, and how long Ton/and 1 could have held up lo witness it (through the cracks of the fence), will m ver be solved; for just then the scent of (he chopped meat turned the animals at tention in that direction, and Scroggs, after continuing his girations a few moments longer, suddenly slid to the bottom wi'h a crash, and lay there warding off airy canines, and making night hideous wuh hia veils. Scroggs is now lying in lei wi h wol'-splinterei limbs, evolving some veiy dogmatical ideas from his inner consciousness. Tom takes jolly and cigarettes over to him. aud gets him to repeat his ad ventures with a mad dog. A phy-ician writes to young men as follows : “My profession has thrown me among women of all classes, and my exn perdeuce teaches me that Heaven never gave man a greater proof of his love that to |>lace women here with him.— My advice is ; (io and propose lo the ne st sensible girl you know. If she accepts you, tell her how much your income is, and from what source derived : and tell her you will divide the last dollar with her, and that you will love her with all your heart into the bargain. And then keep your prom ise. My word for it, she will live with in your income, and to your last hour you will regret that you did net marry sooner. Stop worrying about' feminine extravagance and feminine untruth.— Just you bo true to her—love her sin cerely, and a more fond, faithful foolish slave you will never meet anywhere You will not deserve her, I know ; but she wiil never know it.” A well-dressed negro applied lo the judge of probate of Mobile for a mai riage license. lie was asked hew old his intended was, and answered with great animation, “Just 16, judge— sweet 16, and the handsomest girl in town.” The judge said he could not do it, as the law forbade bin to issue license lo any one under 18 •* Well, hold on, judge,” exjlamed the man. “ i know dat dem -airls am de ceitful about dey age. -JShe is 19 if a day.” “ Will you swear to it?” asked the judge. “Yes sah,” he replied and did. “ And how old are you ?” said the judge. The chap looked suspicious, and renlied, cautiously; “ Thirty, five,” and added; “If dat wool’ do, judge, Fve got more back.” Lying. —Xo’voice more tadiy than this stupefies a man’s conscience. He who fells lies frequently will soon lose the power of readily distinguishing bt> iween the conceptions of ihe lum.iai. tion and the recollections of hb memo i v. To ancient days the precept was “ Know thyself.” In modern times it has been supplanted by the far more fashionable maxim, “ Know thy ne’gl n bor and everyth ng about him.” Japan has 33,009,000 inhabitants. GRAH4M & BARNETT. STEAM SAW MILL Three Biles from Calhoun on flic Sugar Valley Koaii. Lumber. A good supply of Lumber on hand, and any bill cut to order on short notice. Shingles. We are prepared to fill all orders for Shingles, and guarantee satisfaction to purchasers. Lathes. Lathes supplied in any quantity on short notice. . Our prices are in accordance with the hard time i. .Ve solicit the patronage o. those wishing anything in our line. Our facilit.es for supplying the public are not excelled by any similar enterprise in this section. WHITE OAK LOGS WANTED. We want good White Oak Logs, and will pay the cash for them. GRAHAM & BARNETT. jun 2 3m. Interesting to Farmers McArthur & smith.^ do work cneuper than it Can bo done any where else m Calhoun fc cash or pro tuce You will do wuilLto .call aud gyUheir prices and test the quality of their work. You will get satisfaction, ' Mr. Smith is an excellent workman, a polished steel smith. All work done at prices conforming with the present scarcity of money and toe pres sure of hard times. Call aud have your, horse shod, and see how reasonable will be the bill. Also bring in your wagons and buggies for repair mar3l-9mr LOGS WANTED We will pay CASH for Logs,. Good POPLAR, 12, 13 and 14 feat long. WHITE-OAK, 14 and 16 feet long A few 12 feet long. PINE, 16,20,22, 24 and up. A few 12 feet long. WALNUT, of good quality. A good suppiy of Xj TU 3E§ 3E3 3rL constantly on hand. Also Lathes and Shin gles. which the cash can get cheap. We are prepared to furnish DRESSED LUMBER in large or small quantities, and can give satisfaction. oclo6m L. HILLS & CO. T. M. EJXiUIS 5 LlfflU Mill STABLE. Good Si*/>dic aud Jiuggy Horses and New Vehicles. Horses and mules for sale. Stock fed and cared for. Charges will be reasonable. Will pay the cash for corn in the ear and odder in f lic bundle. feb3-tf. HA. DOKSEY’S SALOON, Railroad Street Always cn hand, choice Liquors, etc., and the wants of customers willl at all times be attended to with prompt ness and politenesss. 3-lyebf Gin Repairing-. John H. Beard Would respectfully inform the people of this section of Georgia that, on short no tice he is preoared to repair Gotten Gius in a perfectly satisfactory maimer, having bad much experience in tnis line of work. All owning gins that need repair would do well to at once secure his services. House Carpentering, Is also ready to engage his cervices in all manner of work under the above head, and also in the line of Bricklaying. i promising entire satisfactu n iu every case. | sep29 3m. | J H. ARTHUR, Dealer in General Merchandise CALHOUN, GA. Always endeavors to give satisfactit a to stomers.c VOL. VIII. —NO. O ESTABLISHED (865. GILMOHE &■ (X>., Attorneys at Law, Successors to Chipman, Hosmer & Cos, 629 F. i>T., WASHINGTON* >. C American and Foreign lauent. l'rten's procured in all nointric*. \u fkkb IN auvanck. No charge uiless I In* patent is granted. No fees for n nking pre liminary examinations. No additional lees for obtaining and conducting: reheat in-. Special attention given to InterL reneg cases before tho Patent Office, Fxtensinm* before Congress, Infringement suits in dil ferent States, and all litigation aj p.n tam ing to inventions or patents. Send stamp for“pamphlet of sixty pages. United States Courts and Depart ments, Claims prosecuted in the Supren * Join t of the United States, Court of Tains, Court of Commission!.rs of Alabama laims, Southern Claims Commission, i.n a class es of war claims before the Exe< t ve De partments. . Arrears of Pay and Bou \ y. Officers, soldiers, and sailors of Le late war or their heirs, are in many c es en titled to .money from the Goveii-.m it, if which they have no knowledge. Wrnefulj history of serice, and state amount of pay and bounty received. Enclose stamp, anil a full reply, after examination, w ill be given you Lee. Pensions. All officers, soldiers, and sailors wound* ed ruptured, or injured in Ihe firs war, however slightly, can obtain a j nsiou, many now receiving pensions are ititled to an increase. Sr nd stamp and i rma tion will be furnashed free. United States General Land C fflce Contested land cases, private land c s, ining pre-emption and homestead s. rosecuted before the General Land cj nd Department of the Interior Old Bounty Land Warrants. The last report, of the Commissioner of the General I,and Office shows 2,807,500* of Bounty Land Warrants outstanding.—- These were issued under act of 1855 an 1 prior acts. We pay cash for them. Send by registered letter. Where Assignments are imperfect we give instructions to per fect them. La eh department of our business i con ducted in a separate bureau, un 1 - the charge of cxp'CTirnced hnr’ evs Us. By reason of error <>i li ueyj are suspended from the Pension and other effici -■ Claimants whose attarrfev.- Ji suspended will be graft* itouslv with full information and rop.o j , application to as. As we charge u.o fees unites suecessji; stamps for return postage should be ,<nt aSv Liberal arrangements made with attoi neys in all branches of business. Address GILMORE & CO., P 0. Box 44, Wahtnyion, D. C Washington, D. C., November 21, 1876. I take pleasure in expressing mv entire confidence in the responsibili y and fidelity of the Law. Patent and Collection House of Gilmore & Go., of this city. GEORGE 11. B. WHITE, {Cashier of (he National Metropolitan Bank , dec9-tf. A GREENHOUSE AT YOUR DOOR. For SI.OO we will sent! free by moil, any one of the follow iug lots: Bdistinct varieties Monthly Roses, Winter , . flowering. 8 “ Chin. Chrysanthemums, 8 “ Begonias. “ B “ Carnation Pink<, 8 Zonal Geraniums, “ 8 “ trouble “ 8 “ Ivy leaved “ 8 “ Heliotropes, 6. “ Abutilons, 2 “ Double Camehas, 4 “ Azaleas, *< 4 “I obster Cactus, 0 “ Bouvardias •< and “• Steviasand Eupaloriums ‘ 8 “ Fuchsias, *' 4 “ Double Violets, < 2 “ Poiase(ta,scarlot&white ‘ 4 “ I’rsmbagOi “ 8 “ Ferns, for Wardian Cases 4 “ Palms, * 9 “ Mosses. 6 * Mirant as “ 8 “ Hyacinth bulbs •* 40 assorted Tulips Bulbs. 20 assorted Crocus, Bulbs 2 asso ted Jacobean Lily, Bulbs. 12 assorted Oxalis, 4 Lily of the Valley. 8 New Pearl Tuberose. OR BY EXPRESS: 3of any of the above $1 collecti; ns fa ,8-’ 5 “ • ** < 4 ?o 14 “ b 7, Or the whole collection of ' 3 P .]! * and Plants sent by Express o; *.-oi►.t of $15.00. to which either of our books. ‘'Gar dening for Profit, Practical Flori-i-ltu; e. f r “Gardening for Pleasure” (\ each), will be added. Deacrir iv. tloeua free. PETER HENDERSON Seedsmen and / 35 Cortlandt L: jun!3-ly GOLD.^/, you can get greenbacks, son in every town to tak the largest, cheapest and b, family publication in the \v. can became a successful agei elegant works of art given fre, bers. One agent reports tnak in u week. A lady agent r<p over 400 subscribers in ten davs engage make money fast. You can • all your time to the business, oi only y spa e time, lou need not be a way t’r < home over night. You can do it as well as others. Full particulars, directions and terms free, tj you want profitable work send us your address it once. It costs you nothing to try the business. No one who engages fails to make great pay. Address “ The People’s Journal,” Portland, Maine, ang! 1-ly T. W SHELL!. s n pj; KENAN. fKELLY & FREEMAN, Attorney s a I Law, CALHOUN, GEORGIA. Will give their best attention to all business entrusted to theii care. fuaT* Collections made and promptly returned.