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CA LIIOI -V, GE 0 R GIA . fgy* Office in Southeast corner of the fymrt House. Aug 11 1 ts /. C. FAIN. JOS. M CONNELL. fain and McConnell, Attorneys at Law 9 CA L lIOUXy GEOR GIA. ftei- Office in the Court House. Aug 11 1 tf_ u 7 M. TARVER, Attorney at Xjaw, CAIJIOUN , GEORGIA. j{iay Office in the Court House. Aug 11 1 ts wV J Attorney -A.t Law. Caliioun, Georgia. WILL Practice in the Cherokee Circuit, in U. S. District Court, Northern Dis trict of Georgia, (at Atlanta); and in the Su preme Court of the State of Georgia. ~~ E. JT. Iv IKER, Attornoyat Law, CALHOUN ; GEORGIA. [ Office at (he Old Stand of Cantrell A' Hiker. J WILL practice in all the Courts of the Ts Cherokee Circuit: Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court at Atlanta, Ga. auglO’TOly RUFE WALDO THORNTON, DENTIST, Calhoun, ... G»o.tniA. THANKFUL for # ormcr patronage, solicits a continuance of the same. Office over Boat, Barrett & Co’s. sepls DR. D.C. HUNT, - Physician and Druggist, CALIIOUN. ; aA. ATTENTION EVERYBODY! o FOSTER / HARLAN, Would remind the people of Cherokee Georgia of the fact that they are still at their old stand on the corner of Court House and NVall streets, ready to supply every body’s wants in the way of staheanc fancy a; n.Y GOODS! OSjOTSIMe, HOOTS, SILOES, HATS, &c. t us Low I rices for Cush as any other man can possibly afford to do. hey also keep a select stock of FAMILY GROCERIES, plantation supplies, hardware, CUTLERY &c., \i-:n ftrp SIJI a t the lowest market prices. armnt market prices for all kinds of •ountry produea. i ts < . o<J , ce . s > Teas, Syrup, Rice, Cheese, abiinfi. aU * ce > and Factory Yarns in ibuudance at DbJOURNETT & SON’S, _ Cornor Store, Rome, Ga. ,J * luting neatly executed here. ROME ADVEETISEMEyTS. “Home Again.” J. C. RAWLINS, Prop’r. CHOICE - HOTEL BROAD BT., ROME, GA. Passengers taken to and from the Depot Free of Charge. ocl6’7otf TENNESSEE HOUSE, ROME, GEORGIA, J. A. STANSBURY, Proprietor. rpHB above Hole' is located within Twenty I Stej sos the Railroad Platform. Baggage handled freeot Charge. o 16 iOtf ALBERT G. PITnER. HENRY 11. SMITH. PITNER & SMITH, Wholesale and Retail Grocers & Commission Merchants AM) DEALERS IN PURE KENTUCKY WHISKIES, Ac. No. 25, Corner Broad A Howard sfs., ROME, - - GEORGIA. octO,l 870-1 y COLCLOUGH, HARKINS & GLOVER, Home, G-a., C| ALL the attention of dealers to the fact / that they have just received the largest stock of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, &c., ever offered in the Cherokee country, and can furnish them at exactly New York prices. Call and be convinced. sept22’7o-ly Bones, Brown & Cos., I J. &S. Bones & Cos., Augusta, Ga. llome, Ga. Established 1825. | Established 1869. J. &S. BONES & CO. ROME, GA. IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Dealers HARDWARE, CUU£ fty, GUNS, &c, \\ ILL offer for sale, the coming season : 350 Tons Swedes Iron, 75 Tons “Jenks” Plow Steel, A LARGE LOT OF Imported Cutlery and Files, Together with a full assortment of GEN ERAL HARDWARE. WE are Agents for It. IIOE & CO’S. Pat ent Inserted Tooth Circular Saws; Machine Belting. Orange Rifle Powder, and Rome Iron Manufacturing Co’s. Merchant Bar Iron and Nails. All of above to compete with any House South. novl7’7o-4ui W. T. ARCHER, Wholesale and Retail Dealeriu IWIIITOIII Mattresses, Looking-Glasses,&e. All of which lam offering at extremely low p -ices. 82 Whitehall «t., : ATLANTA, GA. novl7’7o-3m J. H. GA V AM, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars, No. 11 Granite Mock, Broad Street, - ATLANTA, GA. AGENT FOR THE SALE OF THE Celebrated Cincinnati LAGER BEERand ALE scpt29 For the State of Georgia. 3m g 7 H. & A. W . FORCE, SIGN OF THE BIG IRON BOOT, Whitehall Street, : : : Atlanta, Ga. BOOTS, Shoes and Tilinks, a complete Stock and new Goods arriv-m,; duilv! Gents’ Loots and Shoes, of the best makes. Ladies’ Shoes ot a l l kinds. Bovs, Misses aud Children’s Shoes of every grade and make. jar w e are prepared to offer inducements to Wholesale Trade. Bep!2 ',70-ly BETTERTON, FORD&Co, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BRANDIES, WHISKIES, Wines, Tobaccos, Cigars, &c., No. 209. market ST., No. 209. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. octl 3,1870-1 y (.ESTABLISHED IN 1855.) J.O.MATHEWSON, PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANT AUG USTA , GEORGIA. sept 22 1870 ly Established ii* 1850. T. R. RIPLEY, Removed to Peachtree Street, A TLANTA , GEOBGIA. Wholesale Dealer in CROCKERY & GLASSWARES, 'IIJHLL duplicate any Bills bought in any Ts Market, to the amount of One Hun dred Dollars, and upwards, adding Freight. P. S. All Goods guaranteed as represented from thi» House. CALHOUN, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1870. Calhoun Advertisements. A. W. BALLEW. JOHN W. MARSHALL. BALLEW & MARSHALL, DEALERS IN FAMILY GROCERIES, LIQUORS, tfcc. Have just received and constantly receiv ing, a fresh supply of BACON, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL, SUGAR, COFFEE, RICE, CIGARS, TOBACCO, CONFECTIONERIES, Canned Fruits, Nuts, Oysters, SARDINES, CHEESE, &c. And, in fact, a full and complete assortmen of Staple and Fancy Groceries. We also keep one of the best Stocks of WINES & LIQUORS, in this part of the country. If you want good, fresh Groceries, or Fine Old Whiskies, Brandies, or Wines, give us a call. SALT. WE are selling Liverpool Salt at $2,50 per sack of 210 pounds, 150 pounds $2, 100 lbs. $1,50, and will always keep a good supply on hand. novlo’7otf A. W. BALLEW, DEALER IN DRY-GOODS, NOTIONS, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries, Hardware, Queensware, &c., MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, FACTORY YARNS, SHIRTINGS, AND READY-MADE CLOTHING, Railroad Street, - - CALIIOUN , GA. Nov. 10, 1870-ts R. B. HACKNEY, (At the Old Stand of M. H. Jackson,) 00URT110 USE ST., CALIIO UN, GA. KEEPS constantly on hand a good supply FAMILY GROCERIES, Tobacco, Cigars, Wines, Liquors, <£o. All who wish to get bargains will do well to call on him. barTroomi MY Bar, in the rear, is always supplied with the very best and purest of BRANDIES, WHISKIES, WINES, HUM, GIN, Ac. Give me a call. novlo’7otf R. B. HACKNEY. New 3lanagement! CALHOUNHOTEL. E. It. SASSEEN, [Formerly of Atlanta, Ga.~\ RESPECT FL T LLY r announces to the travel ling public, that he has refurnished and refitted the above hotel, and is now ready to accommodate all who may stop with him. Rates moderate; and table furnished with the best the market affords. Calhoun, Ga., August 19th, 1870—ts J. D. TINSLEY. WATCII-JIAKEJt AND JEWELER, CALIIOUN, : : : : GEORGIA. 0 4 LL styles of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired and warranted. augl9’7otf O^LXjiECOXTig- SALE AND LIVERY STABLE! U CA. H. ROAZ, T r EBPS FINE STOCK, and Vehicles to IV correspond, and in at all tiinea pre pared to furnish any kind of Convoyanco, AT VERY LOW RATES FOR CASH. Stock bought and sold on reasonable terms. aull,tf J. H. ARTHUR, DEALER IN STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, Cutlery, Notions &c. Also keeps constantly on hand a choice stock of FAMILY GROCEPdES, In all of which purchasers are offered in ducements to buy. Aug 11 1 6m WHEAT GONE UP! LOOK OUT! T PROPOSE to give $1.25 per bushel for 1 W’hite W heat, and sl.lO for Red Wheat, when taken in payment of any accounts due on my books. Let those who owe me now, bring on their Wheat and get good prices far it. M. 11. JACKSON. Calhoun, Ga., October 6,1870 —ts Railroad Boarding House, By MRS. SKELLEY, CALHOUN, - - GEORGIA. Within tan of th* Depoy. o<*loitf MISCELLANY. ■ i »■ it m Just a Dream. PART I. The midsummer sun shone down upon the charming little village of Mayfield, and this was the pretty domestic picture that its rays lit up: A cottage with slanting roof, and broad latticed windows, and whitewash ed walla gleaming through tangled mas ses of woodbine and scented tea rose.— A narrow gravelled path leading up straight from the little green gate, with nodding grass and blooming flowers nest ling close together on either side; and a few big trees as a background to the whole. The tiny domain enclosed by a low stone wall, and over the wall—un der the shadow' of a low laburnum, whose fallen petals formed a carpet of golden tissue for her feet—the leaning figure of a young girl. A girl with great laughing eyes and dimpled cheeks, w ith Hebe’s face and Aphrodite’s form. Her straw hat hung on a neighboring branch, and her rich nut brown hair, tossed back carelessly with an impetuous movement, displayed a candid, intelligent brow, and a pair of sweet child-like lips slightly apart, as with upturned face she intently watch ed the fleecy cloudlets chasing one another through heaven’s blue vault, and listened to the singing of birds bard by. She was revelling in her new-found liberty, this maiden who had reached her seventee th year on this glorious day of summer. Released from the trammels of the schoolroom, she felt as though she had thrown off the iron chains of slavery, and was free—free as the balmy air and the floating butter flies. She was motherless, and the only child of a book-worm—a dabbler in an cient lore, whose fid us Achates w T ere Plato and Plutarch, and whose familiar subjects were all the “ ologies.” Plung ed in grief at the death of a wife whom he adored, he took to study as a mode of oblivion, and, immersed in musty folios, he sometimes forgot he had a daughter, and yet she was unutterably dear to his heart. She w'as a w'ild little creature, this Ethel West, or Ethie, as she w r as usually called; she was full of the exurberant spirits of childhood, and her greatest enjoyment seemed to be derived from running through the verdant woods and fields, and tanning her lovely face a rich brown shade to match her lustrous tresses. Listen to her soliloquy as she leans upon the w r all: “ What can papa mean by saying that 1 am just commencing my battle with life ? Battle, indeed, when all is so bright and so peaceful! I could stay here forever, with the breere fanning my cheeks so sweetly. I like to see the blue smoke curling through the trees and going upwards, upwards, until it loses itself in that strange shaped cloud; I love to see the butterflies skimming over the flower beds, and the bees, and everything else that seems so gay. — \\ by do people say, Life is a mistake,” and shake their wise heads, and look sad and ominous ? Life is delicious on such a day as this, and I feel as happy as a bird. And she broke off two big clusters of yellow blossoms from her canopy, and placed one in her host m and one in her hair, w 7 ith all the coquetry of a girl in her teens, and then, glancing down the road to see if any one w r as coming who might notice her attempt at finery, she descried a figure in the distance. Mayfield was quite a rural locality; and the appearance of its inhabitants, few in number, was very familiar to one another. Ethie shaded her azure eyes with a tiny hand, while she tried to dis cover which of the Mayfield magnates was in view. It was not the village iEsculapius, she knew for he was low of stature and inclined to obesity; neither was it the new curate, who was fragile in form, and, in spite of his evangelical notions, sported an eye-glass; nor was it the Squire of Glenford Manor, for he was a Methuselah in years and as red as a rose. Ethie was nou-plussed. But mean while the figure had nearly reached the end of the garden wail, and under the shade she was able to recon noitre his personal appearance. Avery tall man, and athletic enough; dark eyes, large and deeply set beneath straight, well defined brows; a nose and chin after the antique, and a thick moustache over the full lips; and about the whole countenance a good deal of weakness and decision; but as Ethie was no disciple of Lavater, she only saw the handsomest man that her eyes had ever fallen upon. Upon arriving at the gate, he stood undecided as to the locality of the bell. Ethie advanc ed with a vivid blush on her checks. “ Who is it you desire to sec?” she asked him shyly. The visitor, starting at the appari tion before him, kept silence for a min ute or so. He was a painter, with a painter’s eye for the beautiful; and in one quick glance he took in all her at tractions, and longed to perpetuate them on his canvass. He already saw the picture in his mind —the low white cot tage. the flowers, the grass, the drooping branches, and in the foreground the girl’s sweet speaking face, and graceful form. “ Mr. West lives here, I believe, and I have a letter of introduction afid some books for him,” he told her ia a singu larly musical voice. Ethie invited him in, and flew to ac quaint her father of his arrival; then she rushed breathlessly up to her own room, and smoothed a wealth of curls that a lephyr’s breath had. ruffled, and donned a fresh white dress. Then she slowly descended the stairs, and entered the drawing-room with all the diguity of a demoiselle who had undergone several campaigns in town. “ Ethie my dear, Mr. Seymour has been asking my permission to sketch you; he tells me that your s is just the face he has been seeking for the princi pal figure he is painting for the exhibi tion this year; and I have promised him you shall sit, if it is of service to. him.” ‘‘And you will do so, Miss West?” Seymour demanded eagerly. “It will be an inestimable boon to me; for your hair is just the shade I require, and the features correspond exactly with it which is a rare thing in nature,” he added in an aside to her father, while a mute eloquence in his expression made Ethie blush crimson. These were the first flattering words that she had listened to, and they sound ed pleasantly to her ears. She felt his eyes upon her, but she could not cavil at a look which, though steady, was neither bold nor disrespectful. She said nothing, but smiled an acquiescence to his request. And then Mr. West, eager to pore over his ncwly-acquired treasures, retired to his study and the artist and his model were left alone. A feeling of nervousness stole over Ethie as her father left the room. But Seymour was a man of the world, aud came to the rescue at once. “ May I see your garden, Miss West ?” “Certainly;” and she scolded herself immediately for her stupid little answer, but had no courage to add to it. They descended the steps that led to a large, well-kept parterre and shrub bery behind the house, walking side by side, but saying nothing. At length she ventured a remark ; “Are you staying in the village for any time ?” “ Only for a week or two, to gather materials for pictures. Your country is celebrated for its beauty, you know.” “ i es;” and then not knowing what to talk about, she said, “ I like the front of the cottage better than this; do you ?” “ Yes;” and Seymour put on a senti mental tone as he went on, “ for it was there I first saw you. I shall never forget it.” Ethie tried to look up gratefully for his words, but instead of it her eyes sought the ground steadily, with intense gratification filling her soul. u Who were you waiting for at the garden-wall ?” he questioned, presently, witli all the authority of an incipient lover; and she never resented the free dom, but answered with truth and frank ness written on her brow. “ For no one. It is my birth-day, and I wished to pass it iu my favorite place. lam never lonely there, with the flowers and the sunbeams making it so bright.” “ But you were waiting for someone,” he persisted with a serious look. Ethie contradicted the fact with a shake of her little head and a puzzled expression on her features. “ Yes > the Fates had ordained it! j You were watching and waiting for me.” The girl did not even smile—she only mused over his assertion, and thought it would be very pleasant to watch and wait for him always. PART 11. A couple of weeks had glided by since Ethic had first looked on Ernest Seymour. The sun shone bright as ever, and the birds sang-quite as blithly, but she was changed. She had turned from a wild, happy, laughter-loving child, into a serious, thinking, loving woman. Even a casual observer, with ordinary powers of perception, could scarcely have failed to note the depth of shadow that lay in the ere- while beam ing eyes. The rosy lips parted less fre quent in a smile, and there, was some thing suggestive of her feelings in the very action which pushed the hair off her hot forehead, as she leaut her cheek pensively on her hand. She was watching and waiting for Seymour now; day by day at the same hour she leant on the old stone wall, and day by day her watching had been rewarded by a presence which had be come dearer to her than life. She never failed to keep the trust—ostensibly to sketch her face, in reality to steal away her heart. The easel was placed under the labur num. the drooping foliage of which con cealed it from the view of the passers-by. Id that little green nook the happiest hours had passed that Ethie had ever known. Sweeter phrases had fallen from Seymour’s lips than strokes from his skilful brush. At the onset the ex treme beauty of his sitter had absorbed him in his art in spite of himself, and Ophelia, Kvengeliue, Louise de la Yal liere, Diane of Poictiers, and many an other beside, owned Ethic’s face for theirs. “ I cannot be like that,” she would say to him, stealing on tiptoe and peep ing in delighted admiration and aston ishment at the glowing image of loveli ness depicted on the canvas. “lies only a thousand times more beautiful,” he would murmur iu impas sioned accents; and then he would take her gently by the arm, and place her full face, profile, gazing upwards like a devotee, or bending lowly as a Magda lene. She was a mine of wealth for years to come, he said; and theu he would stoop and look into her eves to see the rush of happiness that swelled up into them at his words. “There’s nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.” Mr. \\ est, wrapped up n his books never dreamed of breaking be spell that was cast over his mother e?s child, and so the tw >. undisturbed, j drifted unconsciously into an intimacy, and became “Ernest” and “Ethie” to J each other. After an hour’s sketching j he would rest, although it was a labor of love after all. and not very arduous in its nature; but he preferred to sit idle there, with his fingers toying with her hair as she kuclt on the grass beside him. He spoke and she listened, aud more than this Ethie never wanted. There would come long pauses, more expressive than speech, during which it pleased him towatch the changing color of her soft cheek, and to try to catch the shy, furtive glance that she dared not in dulge in too long. “Tell me about she said one day. Seymour smiled gravely. “About London, child ? Be content with your Arcadia here, and do not strive to look beyond. It will be a cru el baud that draws the veil aside which hides the world from you. The world is a dreadful place, Ethie !” and he shook his head, and then laughed out right when he saw her look of amaze ment and horror. “The world couldn’t be dreadful with you there,” she replied, innocently show ing how he had become the Alpha and Omega of everything. And yet ho sat on, letting her dream and showing no mercy. “Tell me all about your life ” Seymour stared; his life, full of folly and dissipation, on which he could not look back himself unabashed ! To re veal to this fresh young girl the un worthy pleasures his soul had been steep ed in, the senseless pursuits iu which so many an hour had been passed—the very notion was a desecration !—so he averted the querry. “London is exactly like Mayfield, ex cept that there are more people and few er trees, and far less happiness.” “I should like to judge for myself,” said Ethie; “but papa would bo misera ble away from his beloved books; and I have not the heart to ask him to go. I wish I had a brother, Ernest;” aud she looked very pretty aud pathetic as she wished. Should Ido ? But no, I should not at all care to have you as a sister ;” aud he regarded her fixedly as he emphasiz ed the last word. Ethie felt the hot blood mount to her blue-veined temples, but she managed to stammer out: “Why not?” ‘ Because— ’ and then he paused, rose abruptly, and clasped her her hand, said, “I must go,” and nothing more. Ihe girl watched his receding form with straining eyes and beating heart, until the turn iu the road hid him quite f. om view; and then with elasticity ol youth and hope, she bounded gaily into the house, humming a favorite air ol Seymour’s, and saying to herself. -To morrow he will be here again, 1 wish to morrow was come!” PART 111. Seymour’s stay for a fortnight had now lengthened into several weeks.— \N hen the village clock struck eleven A. M., Ethie knew he would come; and one morning, haring placed the easel and arranged the brushes for him, as was her daily work, she found that it yet three-quarters of an hour to the appointed time, but she did not mind waiting, for she had plenty to think about. There were no thoughts now to spare to the blueness of the skies, the humming of'the bees, or the curling of the smoke.JUjW inter and summer were all alike, so long as the bills of the “present” remained. Ernest was the sole axis on which her mind revolved. She pictured to herself the unutterable happiness of being his wii'e ; but would such happiness be hers ? She would never know joy again if aught parted them from one another now, and just w r hcn she had come to this mournful conclusion she saw him approaching.— She knew that he could not see her where she stood, so she could gaze with her whole soul in her eyes on that most beloved face; then, fearful with true love’s timidity that he should find her watching him, she went into the house. Five minutes later, she walked slowly forward to meet him with a new-born dignity and reserve that Nature gave her as a disguise for the feelings with in. With all the unconsciousness that she could act. she held out her hand by way of greeting. lie took it and quick ly released it. “Ethie, sit for me just* once again,” pleaded softly. “Yes but I thought you wished to do the house ? I am sure there can he no new position left for me to sit in.” “Never mind do what 1 ask,” he urg ed. “To-morrow, then ?” “Ethie, there will be no to-morrow for Die here; I leave this afternoon,” he blurted out boldly and suddenly, but with a stab to his heart as he marked the blanching cheek ; 1 at, in spite of his remorse, he experienced an anxiety to see the effect of his words. And what did he see—tears, emotion ? No, she only stooped quietly, and gathered a flower, and murmured : “Do you ?” iin her ordinary tone. “I am quite ready to sit for you,” she add ed a minute or two afterwards; “ and you mast leave one of j< ur best sketch es for papa.” She stood calm and motionless as a statue before him, although her heart was nigh to breaking; and none hut a clever artist would have detected the terrible anguish that dilated the azure pupils, or noticed that the lines of the sweet mobile features were rigid and set with misery. Seymour could not bear it long, *T bare Subbed.; let a* take & Ua Number 30. walk around the garden/' She obeyed in silence, mechanically putting up the drawing material; but her hands visibly trembled, uotwith standing her efforts to steady them; and there was a piteous quiver on her little mouth. She suddenly looked up and their eyes met; and in a second she was in his ■ arms * while ho pressed a long kiss upon her cold brow. Only the word “Good bye ’ fell irorn his lips. “ Good-bye,’Tand Ethic swallowed her sobs and with a mute despair saw him pass out of the gate. Once he look ed back and caught the girl's sorrow struck gaze; but sho quickly turned away until he was out of sight. Then down upon the grass, amid the golden blossoms, she lay for hours in tearless grief realizing that “life was a mistake ” after all. Day after day Ethic stood by that gar den wall, watching and wating for ti d ngs; but thev came not. Her face grew pallid, and her form shadowy, and she looked as though a puff of wind would blow her into her place the angels. Only a paper,” was the usual answer to her usual querry for letters; and “on -1) a paper brought her death-warrant at last’ “ At * Ct - Mary’s on the 4th October to Alice, only daughter of John Wyntor, Esq., of Orton Hall, Lincolnshire.” An hour after they found Ethic in a dead faint on the ground, with a paper in her grasp. hen the first snowdrops reared their white heads, poor little Ethie wag at rest beneath them. Just a dream but her life had ended with itl A Remarkable Operation for Cancer. The Toronto (Canada) Leader of a late date says, “A painful operation was performed at the general hospital in this city yes terday, by Drs. Aikins, Beaumont and Richardson, upon a man named McCul loch, a resident of llalton, near George town, who was afflicted by cancer in the mouth. It seems about four months ago Mr. McCulloch first observed symptoms of disease iu the gums, and, supposing that the cause originated in the teeth he had some of them extracted. This, however, did not remove the disease which gradually developed itself into a cancer of a violent type. Feeling his condition alarming, he decided upon coming to the hospital, and entered that institution under the enre of Dr. Aikins, who, upon making an examination of his patient, and having a consultation of surgeons, determined upon the necessity of an operation, iu order, if possible, to mstc tbo luuu’g Ufa by nutting out the diseased parts. “Before beginning, however, he inti mated that it was more thun probabb that the disease had reached the brain, and this was subsequently found to be the ease. The patient was placed un derchloroform before the operation, and, as it was a very difficult one, a large number of students and medical gentle men were in attendance. The disease was situated in the left upper jaw, and had reached to the back of the eye, which was protruding outward. An incision was made in the centre of the upper lip, as high as the nostril ; thence along the opening of the nostril and upwards along the furrow, where the nose joins the cheek ; thence along the lower part of the lower eyelid to the cheek bone, and thence half way to the ear; from which point the skin was carefully dissected down to the corner ox the mouth. Jhe other soft parts were then divided, and by the use of the saw the bone was cut through to the roof of the mouth where the bone joins that on the opposite side. Ihe bone between the nose and mouth was separated in tho same manner, and the whole bone, em bracing the upper jaw, including the teeth and floor of the eyeball, was then entirely removed. “It was now discovered, as expected, that the base of the skull was extensive ly involved in disease. Caustic was then applied to the deep parts not removable *y the operation, and the. skiu. stitched neatly back in its proper place. The patient lost, of course, a large quantity of blood, but there is every probability of his ultimate recovery. The disease may appear hereafter, as it is at pres ent striking toward the brain. A simi lar operation was performed about nine weeks ago at the hospital by Dr. Aikins upon a man named \ anloovin, a resi dent of the county of Grey, and he left the hospital three weeks afterward quite recovered. lie returned in sceei. weeks in perfect health, but fearing a re-ap pearance of the disease; it w:*s found to be simply an abscess which had formed on the parts operated on. and whieh dis apperred in a few days.” Our lady readers may have some ca riosity to learn the style in whieh royal marriages are announced. Here is the manner in which that of Victoria’s daughter to the Marquis of Lome is pro mulgated in the (Jazettf, w here every thing is official : the Court of Bal moral, the -4th day of October, 1870, present the Queen’s most excellent Maj esty in council, her Majesty iu council was this day pleased to declare her con sent to a contract of matrimony between her lioyal Highness the Princess Louise Caroline Alberta and John George Ed ward H nry Douglas Sutherland Camp bell (commonly called the Marquis of Lome), which consent her Majesty has also caused to be signified under the grea; seal”