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by and. b. freeman. MY S WEETffEART. Do you know my sweetheart, sir ? She has fled and gone away. I.ve lost my love ; pray tell to me Have you seen her pass to-day ? Dewy bluebells are her eyes : Gold en corn her waving h iir , Her cheeks are of the s . eeiblush-ro.ses; Have you seen this maiden fair ? White lilies are her neck, sir; And her breath the eglantine ; Her rosy lips the red carnations ; Such is she, this maiden mine ; The light wind is her laughter ; The murmuring brooks her song; Her tears, so full of tender pity. In the clouds are borne along, The sunbeams are her smiles; The leaves her footsteps light; To kiss each coy flowsr into life Is my true love’s delight. * I will tell you who she is, And how all things become her. Bend down, that I may whisper, My sweetheart’s name is—“ Summer.” Chamber's Journal. ONLY A POOR WORKINGMAN. “ I’m only a poor workingman, Jen nie, only a poor workingman/’ was John Grey’s disconsolate remark, as he don ned overcoat and hat, then stopped to kiss the pale-faced child that lay on its low couch. John Grey had spoken the truth.— “ Only a poor workingman ” he was; but a man with aspirations for some thing beyond the usual routine of his daily life. Fitting for a phjsician when his father died, and, instead of the goodly heritage the family had ex pected, creditors came lorward, unjust men settled the estate, and in three months from the time John Grey was wiitten f&theiless he was toiling for daily bread for himself and two othei s ; toiling as many others have—going forth in the morning with tin pail in hand, not to return till late at night. He had known Jennie Grey liom earlv ch'ldhood. It was the rare boy and girl fondness that had ripened in to truest, purest love. A weary wait ing of li/e years. Jobo’s sister was married; but there seemed no hope of anything belter coming to John, for, with his tasles and aspirations, he could not hope to rise in the mechanical world ; and then, choosing the woi king day wot Id with one she loved, against pleasure trips, silks and velvefs with one she didn’t, at the altar John Grey and Jennie Ware were pronounced man and wile. Patiently he toiled, and cheerfully she wrought. In time, four bright children came to their home. Healthy bodies, as well as sound intellects, were vouchsafed all but one. Bertha, the second, the brightest of all, whose large dark eyes were ever studying something afar off, was now drooping. “ A warm climate,” the fat man said, who had grown so rich on death-bed scenes that he had forgotten, if he ever knew, what a light purse and a heavy heart meant. “ A warm climate, and all delicacies to tempt her appotite.”— How? An invalid mother, a hards working wife, three rosy children, and one sick one. All these to care for on the slender wages of a workingman.— Bitter mockery seemed such talk to John and Jennie, and this was the feel ing that prompted his opening remark. “Better a workingman than a dis honest gentleman of leisure;” and Jennie called up a smile of wifely en - couragement, for, with all their hard ships and disappointments, love had not beon crushed out of the hearts of these two “It isn’t for me, Jennie. I have gotten bravely over my hopes and as<- pirations j” but a tear oame to the strong man’s eyes even as he spoke “ I’ve gotten bravely over it all for my self. It isn’t tor you, Jennie, though birth, education and worth have fitted you to rank with any lady in the land. You might have married where all com forts would have been yours.” “ Not all, John, dear. I might have married land, wealth and idleness; in stead, I chose a heart. Was it tbolish ? I thought it outweighed them all.” “ A poor workingman may be rich in a wife, Jennie,” and John Grey brush ed the tear from his eye, “ but I would like to see yon better clad. I would like to surround you with luxuiiesjbut it isn’t all you, dear. I would like to educate our children as they ought to be educated. Nature has been mos. bemficent to them, but their t father can tdo much. There is Harry, eager and interested in insect life ; with pro per opportunities he might become a great naturalist. Will, poor boy, ha 6 a J I ni y old love for anatomy and so Porhaps, with no drag on him, he can work his way up alone, though the struggle will be hard ; nut Hairv hasn’t self-reliance or perseverance sufficient. He needs help. Then, little Annie, she might be a finely educated, accomplish ed lady, if her lather could only do his uty by her. Lut it isn’t that alone, Jennie, it is for this, our first-born daughter It seems as though it would kill me, Jennie. A little paltry gold he ‘- bl '. iD 8 back health'and strength—aye, life itself" “ Jobn ;”. hia "“W, “ wait a min- Hf s T. G l? d n h ° hU ba " d child’s ,i v be haS beld °“ r destiny ” mnt li-?!! d i7 hat a desti “y.” he inter rupted with bitterness. r UI !ee what a destiny, John. J 0 VnojT ?,?" a snrely, but Psnnittsd W 1" be Welt wi 'h him. He wnrl U d° t ITe U P y° ur chosen work, and Why? Because ho h.d y H| | 111 I Culljoun -aJfjffiflha- £imcs. chosen something different for you, and what the Master chooses is sanctified, John. He permitted you to over and care for your sister Ellen. You saved her from a sad pitfall. He has allowed you to be a slay and comfort to your bereaved mother. He has given you a true-hearted, loving wife, not rich in worldly goods, to be sure, but then you kuow that poor folks value love. Mrs. Barlow was in here yester day. She told me of her boy. Her wealth has not saved her from the con-, taminatian that associating with Jack Potter and his set almost brought upon our Harry. What saved our Hairy ? Your judicious counsels and fatherly love. And yet you say that you can’t do anything for your children. Mrs. Barlow wept when she saw Annie —just the age her little Winnie would have been had she lived. But her mother’s wealth enabled her to leave her child to the care of hirelings, and she now feels that Winnie might have been given the child. Her son no comfort and her daughter dead.” Sadly John Grey pointed to Bertha. “ No, John, Bertha is yet alive, and please God she shall live in spite of the doctor. Good nursing is worth more than anything else, aud that she h s. The Great Physijian can heal now as well as in the days when they whisper ed the tidings that “ Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.” “Jennie, I am rich, though only a p>or workingman,” And John Grey took up the little tin pail, and with a kiss for the pale-faced child and one for the brave-hearted Christian wife, start ed forth to his daily toil. A few steps from his door he encountered Frank Barlow. The man’s heart warmed to wards him, and with a sympathetic feel ing, he stopped impulsively and laid his hand on the boy’s shoulder. “Frank, laddie, I’m only a poor wurkingman, but you are just the age of my boy, and L’tn sorry for you.— Where have you been ? Not fresh from home in this pligh.?’’and he looked at the lad’s untidy appearace. “ Was the whole night not too long to spend at Robinson’s low drinking hole with such fellows as Jack Potter, when the dear mother, who would have yielded her life for you, was alone at home watch ing and waiting for the only son, who should be her comfort instead of her disgrace, her blessing instead of her baue ? “ I know, Frank, that soma would tell me I was meddling with what was none of my busitv ss, but you are too much of a gentleman for that. I want to help the needy. I cin’t do it with money, for that I don’t possess; but take a little counsel irom me, if l am onlv a poor working man. You have the fu'ure before you; don’t sta : u it all with sin.” “ Mr. Grey,” and the boy caught hi hand, “ you’re the best friend Ive got, excepting my mother, if you are a working man. Look ofi'.er me a little, won’t you, as if I was Harry, for I’ve no father ?” The promise was given in the tight ening hand-grasp as they parked. A few blocks further on and John Grey heard a qnick scream of fear.— He sprang to the middle of the stieet aud drew back the frightened child The lady with her, somewhat deaf, re sisted a moment ere she saw the dan ger. Ah, that moment! The spirited horses struck him down, and the car riage rolled over the prostrate man. Home—home they bore John Grey. A few hours of agony and his eyes closed forever to earth. Poor Jennie! With grand flourish he was borne to the church in an elegant rosewood cof fin, presented up the man whose caie 1 - less driver was responsible for John Grey’s death. John would rather it had beeo a plain pine box, for the bal ance of the mouey would have made Jennie and the chillren comfortable for a while —his bod/ my r would have felt the difference. The clergvmau eu logized the workingman’s heroism anti self-forgetfulness, likening him to the Master, and drawing therefrom texts and illustrations for futuie use; while many a person, unused to stopping at the plain dwelling, now turned in at the door for a woid of sympathy, and then passed on. All was forgotten in a week —no, not quite all. Mrs. Harlow pressed a well filled purse in the broken heai ted wid ow’s hand, saying. “ For his sake Like it for Bertna 1 believe he has saved my boy from ruin.” Frank Barlow, Loo, came in, and kneeling by the cold clay, prayed ihat the woiking-man’s God might be bis God, keeping him from sin and evil. Time passed on. somewhat callousing, io kindness, the bleeding wounds in Jennie Grey’s heart, and making of her a working woman. Harry’s love for natural history must be crushed. A situalion, sorely needed, was found for him in a eounting-rooo and there he toiled on tbiough life.— But it was the place God chose for him ; and once, twice, thrice as the years wore on, he stayed the hands of young er men, who but lor him would have burrowed, tor a little money boriowed. or a forged check, in hiding-places of sin. Bertha lived, and talent rare, the growth of those long yeais of sickness, came at her cull, lne muse insued her, and language and deset tption flow ed from her pen as by inspiiafcion.— Many a weary one had cause to bless her for comforting worJs waitien. Strangest of all, Bertha s genius was of that rare order which could command its price. Will’s perseveranco and love for the CALHOUN, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3.1877. profession finally enabled him to over come all obstacles, and by slow and oh, su ;h toilsome climbing, at last reach eminence in the chosen walk. Little Annie became the wife of Frank Barlow. Not a poor working man, but one who chose the sacred pro. fession, and proclaimed its truths in the byways and hedges to the spiritual ly lame, halt, the blind. “Reverence and worship for your father’s memory, Annie is what first led me to love you,” he said. All this was the works of time. The woi Id took no note or account of the long, weary days and sleepless nights before it was accomplished ; of the days when rent must he paid, when meal gave out, and hunger was a daily por tion No; the world took no note oi it, and we woa’t. It was only a work ingman’s family, aud when worse came to worst and they couldn’t take care of themselves, there was the county-house. They didn’t go there, though. God took care of them, and gave them brave hearts and toiling hand,and after awhile the world began to smile upon them. - Pitman’s Pet Lamb. Judge Pitman a short time ago bought a pet lamb for his little children to play with. It was a pretty good siz ed lamb, and strong and vigorous, but the judge said he pt efered that kind,be cause the children would be less likely to hurt it. On the day that it came home they turned it out into the front yard, where it strayed about, nibbling the grass, while the judge tied up his geraniums. Mrs. Pitman had her chil dred in the house, and she was readin g to them from'a book‘a de>cription of the characteristics of lambs the account said: “The lamb is one of the most playful and innocent of animals.— So kind aud meek is it that its name has for centuries been the synonym of gentleness and sweetness of disposition. It never injures any one, and when it is attacked it always suffers humbly and in silence. There is something so beautiful about the gentle little animal that—” Just at this point Mrs Pitman was interrupted by the voice of the judge coming hom the front yard. It sounded as if he was in dis ’-css of some kind. The whole family flew out upon the porch, and there they saw that pet iamb who was the synonym oi gentle ness, eng. ged in huttiug the jud .e. It would bu.i him in the rear and knock him over, aud then it would butt him on the ribs, and plung its bead into his stomach, and jam its skull against his chest. When be rose it butted his shins, and when he stooped over to rub them it bulled bis bead. Then it butt„ ed him generally whenever a chance presented itsell.and when it had dou ble! the judge all ud under the Norway maple it batted down three rose bushes, butted a plaster garden vase to irag„ ments, butted two pailings off the fence and danced off down the street, butting at the tree boxes, and hitching posts and the north wind. Mr Potter finally knocked it in the head with a club and brought it home to the judge and subsequently, when they had the hind leg for dinner the judge observed to Mrs. Pitman that from the manner in which that lamb eat he should believe is was born dur ing the year 131 L and that it was, in, fact a teirifle old ram. Then he said,he should go down and see the man who sold it for a lamb and bang him with a club. A Vagrant Philosopher. In the hip pocket of an old vagrant pulled in by the police the other night was a memorandum book full of bis own writing with pencil and some of his philosophy is good enough to be pie served. His first paragraph reads: “Drinking bad whisky because it is offered free is like getting in the way of bullets purchased by an enemy.” A second i cods : “Honesty is the best policy, but some folks are satisfied with second best. It is ha'd to be honest on an emDty,atom* ach.” ' T A third run.* : “A dry rfiank under a rain-root shed is better than a featherbed in jail, and one isn’t annoyed by the jailor bringing in a square breakfast.” A lout th says: “Pay as you go. If you haven’t any,* thing to pay with, dou’t go. If you are forced to go, reco-d every indebtedness and let your heiis settle the bill.” The filth explains: “We should have charity for all.— When the winter winds blow cold and drear, we vrgs should pity the poor fel* lows in India who are having red-hot weather.” A sixth is recorded : “Poli eness, costs nothing, but it is not expected that you will wake a man up at midnight to ask permission to go through his heo-house. It is more cour feous to let him enjoy his needed re pose.” The seventh and last was noted down as follows : “When you pick up an apple-core do not find fault because it is not the apple itself, but be satisfied wLh the grade of dement. Do not be ashamed of your occupation. We caunot all be lords, nor eaa we all be vag^an.s. As I can not be a lrnd I saan’t lament at being a vagrant. Be truthful aud outspoken. That is, tell ’em you a e a Chicago Ij. e snffeier. Keep seasonable boars, or some other vag will get your plank fiist. Be hopef.:’, cheerful, and good uatured. Giowling won’t cure a sore heel.—De troit Free Press. A VIRGINIA.RECLUSE. Tne Silly Joke That Made Iliui a JUermit. Nearly a cenlury ago there lived in the town of Charlottesville a young man who played a prominent part in society circles. an accomplished dan cer, dressed in fashionable style, and was the central figure at balls aad par* ties. Upon one of these festive occa sion a wag, who was present, attached a bundle of rags to the coat-tail of the youth, and with this absurd append, age to his otherwise faultless apparel he went through the mazes of the dance with the beautiful belles of the day.— W 7 h ahe discovered the tiick played upon him the young man was so deeply root ified that he ever afterwards es chewed society, and lived the life of a hermit. Abandoned the gay world, he betook himself to a small building which . jod on the site of the present resi dence of fir. James Dolin, and com menced the sale of whisky. The door of his den was fa tened with a log chain, and was never opened wider than w:: necessary to admit the quart bottle of a thirsty customer. At first he bought liquor by the jug and retail it by the piut but as business grew brisk he purchas ed a barrel, and finally when the price of whisky got down to twenty cenH per t lion, hew as enabled by his rapid accumulations to till his cellar. He ed thus for many years, never leaving the premises in daylight except at the May term of County Court, when he would emerge from his deri clothed in a drab swallow.tail coat reaching nearly to the ground, and a pair of leather breeches, walk to the Court-house, pro cure his license, and return to his hole. After night he would visit a pump near the Court-house, and some people said that on dark nights he would extend his walk into the country. About forty years ago, one rainy morning, when a customer knocked at the door of this singular individual, then an old man.there was no response. The door was foiced open, and the sol itary occupant found to be dead A committee of citizens was appointed to examine the premises. The cellar was found well stored with liquor mellowed by age, and beneath the grouud, buried in earthern clocks, $6,000 in specie were biought to the surface. Probably with a prophetic vision of broken Char lottesville banks, he was a hard-money man in the strictest sense of the word. A log of wood upon which the head of the miser rested and a blanket, covering his stiffened limbs, constituted the fur<* niture of the miser’s nome. His only ledger w a slate, upon which was found a statement of the amount of cash on hand.which tallied with the contents of the earthen jais. The name of this old man was John Yeargon There are many of our citizens who remember him well, and whose mouths wafer when they think of the superior liquid re freshments purchased for $1 per gallon through the crack of the misers door.— There were no Moffett bells to ring in Johnny Yeargon’s day.— CharloLiaoilit (Fa.) Ciiron'.cle. The battleofields around Richmond are quiet meadows now, reclaimed by nature, with few signs of the days of “blood and iron.” At Cold Hardor, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines and Malvern Hill one sees little to remind him of the terrible scenes enacted there twelve or fifteen years ago. In the woods and on hillsides and river bluffs in the Peninsula, where no attempt has been made to cultivate the land, sloping earth-wciks are still to be seen, but elsewhere the intrenchmeuls have been leveled. Below Petersburg there are few tiaces even of such formidable for tifications as Steadman Hell and I) m nation. The Crater and the fields around it are owned by Mr. Griffiths, who was born close by, and was in Petersburg when the mine was fired. He has built a house near the Crater, and has his fathei’s farm unde*’ ex cellent cultivation. The Crater itself has beeu left almost untouched, and a thick unde.biush of peach-tree and sprouts has sprung up from the pits thrown away by the soldiers during the siege. The ravine where the dead lay ia great heaps on that rible morning has been brought under the plow year after year, until now only a slight depression in the field can be pointed out. The visitor has to pay twenty-five cents for a glimpse of the Crater end the interior of a shed stock ed with battle-relics. A boy of five was “playing railroad” ith his sister of two and a half years, Draw : ng her upon a foot stool,he imag ined himself both the engineer and con' ductor. After imitating the puffing noise of the steam, he stopped.and call ed out “New York,” and in a moment after “Patterson,” and then “Philadel phia.” His knowledge of towns W3S now exhausted,and at the next place he cried “He .ven.”liis little sister said ea ger lv ; “Top ! Ides I’ll Jit out here.” The monster 100-ton cannon have recently su improved that the Italian Government in ends to tty some new ones, which it has been ordering from the Buglish manufacturers, with a change of 470 pounds of powder and a projectile weighing 2,280 pounds, or little less than a ton. The mttallur ■ ists are busy making a composite p ate, io which steel aod iron are combined, for the purpose of resisting, when used as targets, the projectiles for cannon. TWO GIRLS IN A POND. Will Never Go Swimming in Bo; Style Again. There is in Clarksville, writes the correspondent of a Tennessee paper, a pond of water, an innocent looking pond, but a deceitful pond. It is not a pond given to unexpected hqles; the manner of its wickedness is of a dif ferent character, as will be found. In Clarksville two young ladies were pass* ing the summer, and on Sunday,as they wandered near the pond, they deter* mined on a quiet swim. Disrobing they entered the water and had their swim. As soon as they emerged from the water, the elder one, whom I will call Susan for the occasion,saw quite a Dum ber of black spots on the neck and an kles of her companion. “Lordy ! What’s that?” she exclaim ed. This remark was followed by a scream which rang the woods for miles around. “O, Jiordy ! I've got ’em, too !” was the next remark from Susan, followed by another scream in a fortissimo tone of voice. “Pull ’em off,” they ejaculated in the same breath. More screams, A succession of screams, while with the thumb and fin ger they grabbed the living things and tried to pull them from the flesh. The slimy substance slipped from be*, tween theii fingers like jelly fish. In their fright they started for the house. Through the woods they went*, while they kept ub their screams at the top of iheir lungs. Nearing the house, every soul on the place,men and women came rushing out, of course, to ascer tain the cause of their alarm. Bless you what a figure they cut! Yes two fig ures. The men folks retreated in good order, while the girls rushed into the house to learn from the well informed old won an that they were covered with leetlei An application of salt water r iieved them of their enemies. Their clothes were leturned to them, and tl ey then and there made a solemn vow that they would never go swimming in boy style again. A Lesson iu Business, Merchants sometimes pay a high rate of interest, three per cent,a month,even, in order to get out of a “tight place.’* A young merchant of New York, who found himself in need of SIOO,OOO, for which he was willing to pay a high ;ate of interest called on Mr James G. King, a banker, for the loan. He re ceived aid, but he was also taught a les son. Said Mr. King: “Lookye, L., you have paid as high as three fer cent, a month for the use of money!” ‘Yes,’’replied the applicant, a little warmly, “and I am ready to do it again. My business will warrant it.” Mr. King shook his head. No busit ness in the world, he declared, c<'uld warrant such a thing. But the young er was headstrong and positive. He knew that his business would warrant the interert mentioned for the accom modation required. “Well, now look here, L., I happen to have a hundred thousand in the bank which I can spare; but I don’t want to lake it out for a short time. If you will ake three years at three per cent, a month, it is yours. Make your note for the hundred thousand, payable in three years after date, at that rate of interest, and I will discount her for you at once, saying nothing about security.” The young merchant was delighted. As soon as he could beiieve that King was ii earnest, he took a blank form and made the note. “Now let us reckon- the discount,” said the cider merchant. He figured a few momects, and then looking up with a smile, he said : “L., you owe me SB,OOO !” The young man thought at first his friend was joking ; but when he came to look at the figures, he found it too true. SIOO,OOO, at 3 per cent, a month would be 36 per cent, a year (36,000,) and for three years SIOB,OOO ! “Well, L„ wbat do you think of a business conducted upon such a basis ? Now look ye ” Mr. King then told the young man just what he would do,on the condition, however,that he would turn over anew leaf in his business L. saw the brink upon which he had stood, and, with his friend s generous assistance, he backed away from it. — Youth’s Companion. Q A lady sent a note to the newspaper to get a recipe to cure the whooping cough in a pair of twins, By mistake a recipe for pickling onions was inserted and her name attached. She received this answer through the “Answers to Cot.espondents ; “Mrs. L. H. B. — If not too young skin them pretty closely, immerse in scalding water,sprinkle with salt and immerse them for a week in strong biine.” Said a distinguised politician to hi son : “Look at me ! I began as Alder' man and here I am at the top of tHe ; and what is my reward?—why when I die mv son will be the gieldest rascal in the United States.” To this the young hopeful replied : “Yes , dad, when you die. ” What makes a pair of boots ? Two boots, - * GRAHAM & BARNETT. STEAM SAW MILL Three Miles from Calhoun ou the Sugar Valley Road. Lumber. A good supply of Lumber ou 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 times. iVe solicit the patronage 0/ those wishing anyhing in our line. Our facilities 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 * s**ith. do wora cueaper tiiau it can be done any where else in Calhoun fo cash or pro luce You will do well to call and get their 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 ttie pres sure of hard times. Call and have your horse shod, and see how reasonable will be the bill. Also bring in your wagons and buggies for repair marol-9mr LOGS WANTED! We will pay CASH for Logs, Good POPLAR, 12, 13 and 14 feet 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 quaHty. A good suppiy of LUMB E|R constantly on hand. Also Lathes and Shin gles. which the cash can get cheap. We are prepared to furnish DRESSED LU3IBER in large or small quantities, and can give satisfaction. ocla6m L. HILLS & CO. -X*. M. EXjIjIS’ LIVERY & SALE STABLE. Good Saddle aud Buggy Horses and New Vehicles. Horses and mules for sale. Stock fed and cared for. Charges will be reasonable. Will p iy the cash for corn in the ear and odder in the bundle. feb-3-tf. H. A. DORSEY’S SALOON, Railroad Street Always on hand choice Liquors, etc., and the wants of customers willl at all times be attended to with prompt ness and politenesss. 3-lyebf Grin. Repairing. John H. Beard Would respectfully inform the people of this section of Georgia that on short no tice he is preoared to repair Cotton Gins in a perfectly satisfactory manner, having had 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 services in all manner of work under the above head, and also in the line of Bricklaying. promising entire satisfaction in every case. sep29-3m. J H. ARTHUR, Dealer in General Merchandise CALHOUN, GA; Always endeavors to give satisfaction to artamos. o HB VOL. VIII.---NOII. ESTABLISHED 1865. GILMt>RE & COj, Attorneys at Law, Successors to Chipman, Hosmer & Cos., 629 F. ST., WASHINGTON ). C- American ami Foreign 1 areent. Prten's procured in all coi nh ies. No feks in advance. No charge unless the patent is granted. No fees for making pre liminar; examinations. No additional f* es for obtaining and conducting n rehearinn Special attention given to Interferencg cases before the Patent Of&oe, Kxtensions before Congress, Infringement suits in dif ferent States, and all litigation appertain ing to inventions or patents. Send stamp for"pamphlet of sixty pages. United States Courts and Dopant . ments. Claims prosecuted in the Supren *C .rt of the United States, Court of 'laims, Court of Commissiontrs of Alabama laim>,,_ Southern Claims Commission, an a class es of war claims before the Exe< .ve De partments. Arrears of Pay and Bov. i /.m Officers, soldiers, ar l sailors i.e late - war or their heirs, ar;. in many v en titled to money from the Governi. .. of which they have no knowledge. Wr.te fulj history of serice, and state amount of pay and bounty received. Enclose stamp, and a full reply, after examination, will bo given you Lee. Pensions. All officers, soldiers, and sailors wound*" ed ruptured, or injured in the late war, however slightly, can obtain a j ensiou, many now receiving pensions aro eititled to an increase. Send stamp and tion will be furnished free. United States General Land Office Contest ed land cases, private land c s, ining pre-emption and-homestead. s, rosecuted before the General Land c e nd Department of the Interior Old Bounty Land Warrants. The last report of the Commissioner of the General hand Office shows 2,807,500 of Bounty Land Warrants outstanding.— These were issued under act of 1855 and prior acts. We pay cash for them. Send by registered letter. Where assignments, are imperfect we give instructions to per fect* them* Each department of our business is con ducted in a separate’b ireau, under the charge of expertmeed lawyers and clerks. By reason of error oi fraud many attor neys are suspended from practice before the Pension and other offices each yea?.— Claimants whose attorneys, have been thus suspended will be gratuitously furnished with full information aud ■ <ropei papers on application to i:(j. As we charge uojljees. unless successful, stamps for return postage should be sent us. Liberal arrangements made with, attor neys in all branches of business. Address GILMORE & CO. } P. 0. Box 44, Washington, D. C. Washington, Di C., November 24, 1876.*; I take pleasure in expressing my entir* confidence in the responsibility anil fidelity of the Law, } atent and Collection House of Gilmore & Go., of this city. GEORGE 11. B. WHITE, ( Cashier of the A alior.al Metropolitan Hank 1 deo9-tf. 1 a greenhouse Tat YOUR DOOR. For SI.OO we will send free by mail, any o eof the following Ms: Bdistinct varieties Monthly Roses, Winter flowering 8 “ Chin. Chrysanthemums, “ 8 “ Begonias, “ 8 “ Carnatiou Pinks, a 8 “ Zonal Geraniums, 8 “ Double “ 8 " Ivy leaved “ *• . * 8 “ Heliotropes, “ 6 “ Abutilons, “ 2 “ Double Camehas, “ 4 44 Azaleas, 4 “ I obster Cactus, “ 6 Bouvardias • “ Stevias and Eupatorium^' 8 “ Fuchsias, • 4 44 Double Violets, ** 2 “ Poinsetta, scarlet* white* 4 “ Plumbago, “ 8 44 Ferns, for Wardian Cases, 4 Palms, “ 9 41 Mosses, *• 6 “ Mirantas “ 8 44 Hyacinth bulbs “ 40 assorted Tulips Bulbs. 20 assorted Crocus, Bulbs. 2 assorted Jacobean Lily Bulbs. 12 assorted Oxalis, 4 Lily of the Valley. 8 New Pearl Tuberose. OR BY EXPRESS 3 of any of the above $1 collections for 5 “ a 7 “ < 9 12 “ n g 14 “ 7*. Or the whole collection of 338 Bulbs Plants sent by Express oi receipt Of $15.00. to which either of our books. “Gar_ dening for Profit, Practical Floricultuie, o_ “Gardening for Pleasure” (value $1.5 each), will be added. Descriptive Catalogu free. PETER HENDERSON & C 0„ Seedsmen and Florists, 35 Cortlandt £s., New York. junl3-ly. QQI Great chance to make mon If you can’t get gold you can get greenbacks. We need a per son in every town to take subscriptions for the largest, cheapest and best Illustrated family publication in the world. Any one can beccme a successful agent. The most elegant works of art given free to subscri bers. One agent reports making over $l5O in a week. A lady agent reports taking over 400 subscribers in ten days. All who make money fast. You can devote all your time to the business, or only your spare time. You need not be away from home over night. You can do it as well as others. Full particulars, directions and terms free. If you want profitable work send us your address at 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. augll'ly T. W. SKELLT. S. B. FBXIMAV. t SKELLY & FREEMAN, Attorney’s at L, aw, CALHOUN, GEORGIA.. Will give their best attention to all buainn entrusted to their care. s&T Colleotio made and promptly returned. % ±