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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. S. JOHNSON,
Allonic.y aYt Lhav,
CAL If OCX, GEORGIA.
Ortiua in Southeast corner of the
'.tej't Mouse.
a faix and McConnell, u
Mlornc.vs nt 1 aaw,
CA LIIOCX, GEORGIA.
p-jy Otliee in the Court House.
tug 11 1 ts
R. M. TARVER,
Attornoyat Xiaw,
CAUIOCX, GEORGIA.
Office in the Court House.
Aug 11 l ts
W. J. ( AMRKLIo
fYttorney -A-t Eaw.
Calhoun, (iKoiigta.
WILT. Practice in the Cherokee Circuit,
hi I . S. District Court, Northern Dis
tiicl >1 (onr.riu, (at Atlanta); and in the Su-
1 1 Court of the State of Georgia.
*24. .1. ICllvlOlfc,
Attomoyat Law,
CALHOUN ; GEORGIA.
1“ •al ihe Old Stand of Cantrell Kiker. J
\\ Y' l n ’ a ' !l ftll the Courts of the
ierok • • Circuit; Supreme Court of
- «. an l the I nited States District Court
1 Cl. liugl9’7oly
Martin,
a ttorsev a r la h;
»AIU.ONK„a, . . . UEO .
1870 ts
M W. ,). BEEVES,
s>(l 'UA' Ph t/s / cian,
' Vl ‘ :i0l:N ) - - - GEORGIA,
\[ U ft ’ Eft'l l ftt lus office, in the Brick
* \ Boa/,, Barrett & Cos., day
' " "hen not professionally engaged
’.mt!fs’7ltf
tUJFE WALDO THORNTON,
I>EN r riST,
# LnoUN > - - G. 5,101 A.
I. for ‘inner patronage solicits
l a continuance >' the same.
o,Hoe at Residence. se pls
DR. D. G. HUNT,
Physician and Druggist,
CAUIOCX ; GA-
Management 2
1 alhounhotel.
ft. SASSEEN,
[ Formerly of Atlanta, Ga. 1
I)f.M'Et'TPl’r r J
11 i ; n„ ... announces to the travcl
’ fiitYti . U . K *’ * IC i’ct’umiah«d and
Ace,. Unn | il "*, ve hotel, and is now ready to
Hit., " 1 f u ' "’h° may stop with him,
tho h, . Y ' ,ate ? ftftd table furnished with
P,n ,h * market affonls.
Ga., August 19th, 1870—ts
D. TINSLEY.
| WATCH-MAKER
Jeweler,
* •* • : GEORGIA.
A .* Watches and Jewelry
a ’igl r * 7r*tf vc a ml warranted-.
ROME ADVERTISEMENTS.
“Homo Again.”
J. C. RAWLINS, PropT.
CHOICE - HOTEL
BROAD ST., ROME, GA.
Passengers taken to and from the Depot Free
of Charge. oeo»'7otf
TENNESSEEHOUSE,
ROME, GEORGIA.
J, A. STANSBITIY, Proprietor.
vm lib above Hole’ i* l»catel wiihio Twenty
I Si«u* o' tha Railroad Plat orm B.iggage
handled free of Charge. o t 6 70if
ALBERT O. PITnEIt. HENRY 11. SMITH.
PITNER & SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail
Grocers & Commission Merchants
AND DEALERS IN
PURE KENTUCKY WHISKIES,&c.
No 25, Corner Broad A Howard -its.,
ROME, - - GEORGIA.
0ct6,1870-ly
COLCLOUGH,
HARKINS &
GLOVER,
Home, G-a.,
CALL the attention of dealers to the fact
that they have just received the largest
stock of
Dry Gooils, Boots, Shoes, &c.,
ever it tiered in the Cherokee country, and
can furnish them at exactly New York prices.
Call and be convinced. sept 22 70-ly
Bones, Brown & Cos., J. &S. Bones & Cos.,
Augusta, Ga. Home, Ga.
Established 1825. Established 1809.
j. &S. BONES & CO.
ROME, CiA.
IMPORTERS
Wholesale Dealers
IN
HARDWARE,
CUTLfIBY, QUNS, &C.
WI LL off t for sale, the coming season :
350 Tons Swedes Tron,
7*» Tons “Jenks” Flow Steel,
Imported Cutlery and Files,
i Together with a full assortment of (lEX
EKAL HARDWARE.
WE are Agents for It. HOE & 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 70-4 m
irnsuHEßr
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
f TOHIIIRIJ
Mat tresses, Looking-Glasses,&c.
All of which lam offering at extremely low
p ices.
»■< Whitehall St., : ATLANTA, GA.
novl7’7o-3m
J. H. CAVAN,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars,
A r o. 11 Granite Black,
Broad Street, - ATLANTA, GA.
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF TIIE
Celebrated Cincinnati LAGER BEERand ALE
scpt'29 Por the State of Georgia. 3m
G. H. %, A. W. FORGE,
SIGN OF THE
BIG IRON BOOT,
Whitehall Street, : : : Atlanta, Ga.
L) 00TS, Shoes and Trunks, a complete Stock
y and new Goods arriving itailv ! tJe'.ts’
Itoo's and Shoes, of the best makes. Ladies’
.’shoes ot a 1 kin Os. Bovs, Misses and Clnldreti’s
Sh"es ot .‘very g a<le and make.
«XV W e are prepared to offer inducements to
holesale Trade. sep*2 ,7n-lv
BETTERTON, FORD t Cos.,
wholesale dealers in
liIUMIS, WHISKIES,
Wines, Tobaccos, Cigars, &c.,
No. 209. MARKET ST., No. 209.
CHATTANOOGA, TKNN.
oct 13,1870-1 y
(ESTABLISHED IA 1855.)
J.O. MATHEWSON,
PRODUCE
COMMISSION MEBC IUNT
A UGCSTA , GEORGIA.
sept 22 1870 ly
Kstal>lisliecl in I^so.
T. R. RIPLEY,
Removed to Peachtree Street,
ATLANTA , GEORGIA.
Wholesale Dealer in
CROCKERY & GLASSWARES,
YITILL duplicate any Bills bought in any
IT Market, to the amount of One Hun
dred Dollars, and upwards, adding Freight.
P. 8. All Goods guaranteed as represented
from this Aug 19 ly
( ' ALHO UN, GrA., THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1871.
R. B. HACKNEY,
(At the Old Stand of M. H. Jackson,)
CO URT HO USE ST., CALffO UN, GA.
KELPS constantly on hand a good supply
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Tobacco, Cigars, AYincs, Liquors, &c.
All who wish to get bargains will do well
to call on Jiim.
BAiTrOOM !
MY Bar, in the rear, is always supplied
with the very best and purest of
BRANDIES,
WHISKIES,
WINES.
hum,
GIN, &c.
Give me a call.
novlo‘7otf R, IL HACKNEY.
toTwlre
Cooking- Stoves!
W.T.HALL&BRO.,
WOULD inform the public that they are
prepared to fill all orders in the
Tin-Ware Line,
At as LOW PRICES as any similar estab
lishment in Cherokee Georgia.
Our work is put up by experienced work
men, and tvill compare favorably with any
in the country.
O
In these days of Freedom, every good
husband should see that the “goot wife”
is supplied with a good
Coolting Stove,
And we are prepared to furnish any size
or style desired at the Lowest Possible
Prices.
Give us a call., aull,tf
A. W. BALLEW,
DEALER IN
1) R Y-G GODS,
NOTIONS,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries,
Hardware, Queensware, &c M
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
FACTORY YARNS, SHIRTINGS,
AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
FAMILY GROCERIES,
liaitryacl S:.rct, GA.
Has just received and constantly receiv
ing, a fresh supply of
BACON, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL,
SUGAR. COFFEE. RICE,
CIGARS, TOBxYCCO,
CONFECTIONERIES,
Canned Fruits, Nuts, Oysters,
SARDINES, CHEESE, &c.
And, in fact, a full and complete assortment
of Staple and Fancy Groceries.
He also keeps one of the best Stocks of
WINES & LIQUORS,
in this part of the country.
It you want good, fresh Groceries, Fine
Old \Yh i.skies, Brandies, or Minos, give me
ft call. feblG’7lGm
GEORGIA, Gordon County.
Court of Ordinary, for County pi.rposes, in
Chambers, Feb. 15, 1871.
Upon the application of various Petition
ers to locate the road as it now runs, from
two hundred yards east of J. W. Stanton’s
house, thence with the present tract of the
Pinhook road to Sliilow Spring, thence with
the tract of road running North-west, inter
secting the Tennessee Road at the branch,
near Mrs. Mary Watts’ house.
This is therefore to notify all persons
that the above describe l road will be es
tablished as a public road on the lGth of
March next, if no good cause be shown to
the contrary. D. W. NEEL, Ord’y.
feb.lG.3od—Printers fee S5.
, IIISl)l.!Tlil\ Mill
fjlilii copartnership heretofore existing un
-1 der the firm name of Ballew & Marshall,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent—J.
W. Marshall retiring. The bool sos the
firm are in the hands of A. W. Ballew, who
will close up all "the business of the late firm.
A. W. Ballew
J. SV. Marshall.
Head Further!
I propose to continue the business at the
old stand, and am determined at all times to
keep a full and first-class stock.
I desire to start to market for my Spring
stock on the 20th of March, and respectfully
call upon those whom we have favored with
goods on ttme, to be sure and come up with
tlie money before that time.
feb 16,1 m A. W. BALLEW.
>T. IHenko, Bro. & Cos. —Dealers in
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, Clothing,
Boots and Slices, Hats, Caps, Trunks, &c.
Liberal inducements offered to country mer
chants. 28 \\ hitehali st., 2 doors from Ala
bama street, (next to Jack's Confectionery,)
Atlanta. Ga. s?pt29’7o-fim
Railroad Boarding House,
By MRS. SKELLEY,
CALHOUN. - . GEORGIA.
Within ten steps of the Depot. octl3tf
LI 5. LANGFORD, Wholesale and
# Retail dealer in Stoves, Hollow Ware,
Tin-Ware, Cutlery &e., vkc., Atlanta, Ga.
A CARD.
Clergvmin. while residing in Ponth Ameri
ca as a missionary, discovered a safe and simple
rcinevd for ihe Cure ot Xeivous Weakness, E ir
lv D.’cav, Diseases of the Urinary and Seminal
Oigans. and the whole train <*( disorders brought
or. by baneful and vicious habits. Great Dumbers
hrve been cured by this uob'e remedy, t rompt
ed by ad. sire to benefit the afflicted and unfort
unate I will s»nd the recipe for preparing and
using this medicine, in a staled envelope, to any
one who needs it, fice of charge. Address
T. INVAN, Station I>, BPle House,
Niw Ymk Ci*r
POETRY.
EXCELSIOR.
H. W. LOX'CFEirLOW.
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village past
A youth, who bore,’’mid snow and ice,
A banner with this strange device—
Excelsior!
His brow was sad ; his eyes beneath
Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,
And like a silver clarion rung
The accents of that unknown tongue—
Excelsior 1
In happy homes he saw the light
Os household fires gleam warm and bright:
Above, the spectral glaciers shone,
And from his lips escaped a groan—
Excelsior!
•Try not to pass!” the old man said ;
•Dark lowers the tempest overhead,
l’he roaring torrent deep and vide 1”
Jut loud that clarion voice replied—
Excelsior!
“0 stay,” the maiden said, ,; »nd rest
Thy weary head upon this breast!”
A tear stood in bis bright blue eye,
But still he answered, with a sigh- -
Excelsior!
“Beware the pine-tree’s withered branch !
Beware the awful avalanche !”
This was the peasant’s last good night,
A voice replied, far up the height—
Excelsior!
At break of day, as heavenward
The pious monk of Saint Bernard
Uttered the oft repeated prayer,
A voice cried through the startled air—
Excelsior!
A traveler, by the faithful hound.
Half-buried in the snow was found,
Still grasping in his hand of iee
That banner with the strange device—
Excelsior!
There, ip the twilight cold and gray.
Lifeless, but beautiful, 1 e lay,
And from the sky serene and far
A voice fell, like a falling star!—
Excelsior!
Now far beyond yun Alpine height,
’Mid fields Elysian fair and bright,
That voice attuned to heavenly strains,
Floats o’er the vast eternal plains—
Excelsior!
A CONFIDING WIFE.
“ Why so sad, Ernest ?” said the
young wife to her husband, affectionately
twining her arms around his neck and
kissing him.
He looked up with a sad smile and
replied ;
“I am almost out of heart, Mary; I
think of all pursuits, a physician’s pro
fession is the worst. Here I have been
week after week, month after month, and
T mnv CAAQ J» nil lfbu* sawCßa.' 1 ”!!
lawyer may volunteer iiUa celebrated
case and so make himself known, but a
physician must wait patiently in his of
fice, and if unknown, see men without
half his acquirements, rolling in wealth,
while he, perhaps is starving. And it
will soon come to that,” he added bit
terly, “if I do not get employment.”
An unbidden tear stole into the wife’s
eye, but she strove to sinile and said :
“Do not despond, Ernest; I know
you have talents and knowledge to make
your way as soon as you can get a start,
and depend upon it,” she said with cheer
ful look, “that will come when you least
expect it.”
“So you have often told me, but the
lucky hour has never come,” said her
husband, despoudingly. “And now
every cent of our little fortune has been
expended, and our credit will soon be
gone, when it is found that we do not
pay. What then is to become of us?”
Ernest was in a mood which the most
sanguine experience, when disappoint
ment after disappointment has crushed
the spirit, and the voice of hope is no
longer heard within. II is wife would
have given away to tears if she had been
left alone; but she felt the necessity of
sustaining him, and answered cheerful
ly : “And what if every cent is gone ?
have no fear that we shall starve. God
sent ravens to feed Elijah, and lie will
interpose for our aid. Trust in Ilim,
dear Ernest.”
The husband felt rebuked and answer
ed less despoudingly :
“But this want of success would try
the stonest heart. The mechanic, the
day-laborer, the humblest farmer, is sure
of food and raiment; but I have spent
years in study, have wasted years beside
in waiting for practice , and now. when
all my fortune is gone, if I resort tooth
er means of livelihood, l loose all I have
spent, both time and money, and must
forever abandon the idea of pursuing my
p ofession. It is too hard!” and he arose
and walked the room with rapid strides.
His wife sighed and remained silent;
but after a moment or two she arose,
went up to him, and fondly encircling
him with her arms, said:
“Dear Ernest, you must not worry
yourself so. You think it painful for
me to bear poverty, I know, or you would
not take it so hard, but a woman never
regards such things when she loves. A
crust of bread, a log cabin, would be
preferable to me, if I shared it with you,
to a palace with any othor. ! But it will
not come to this. Something within as
sures me that you will be great and rich.
Have patience only a little while longer.
There—there is a knock at the door
now—it may be for you.”
As if her words had been prophetic,
the little girl, their only servant, ap
peared at this crisis, and said the doctor
was wanted in a great hurry. With an
exulting smile, his wife ran for his hat,
and then sat down with a beating heart
to await his return.
It was almost the first summons that
the young physician had received, though
lie had resided in the village more than a
year. The place, too, was large and
populous, but there resided medical men
of la re':- practice and all these combined
to put down their rival. More Uua
once, heretofore, Ernest would hate
abandoned the field in despair, but his
-young wife cheered and encouraged him
| —though sometimes her own heart felt
ready to give up. Mary Linwood was
indeed the greatest of all good blessings
—a good wife; she sympathized with
her husband, economized to tho uttcr-
I most, and by her sanguine words chased
despondency from his heart.
Hour after hour, she sat there, await
ing her husband's return, yet he came
not, At length darkness set in, and she
began to feel uneasy. She was about
to go to the door, when she heard her
husband’s foot on the step, and hurry
ingout she met him in the hall.
“God bless you, Mary, for an angel as
: you are,” were his first words. “If it
had not been for you, I should have
1 .riven up long ago, and now my fortune
is made.”
Breathless with anxiety to hear all,
yet not unmindful of his probably wear
ied condition. Mary hurried her husband
into the little sitting-room, where the
tea things were laid, and began to pour
out that refreshing beverage with a trem
bling hand while Ernest told the story
of his day’s absence. J
“I found,” he said, “I was sent for
to old Governor Houston’s—the richest
and most influential man. you know, in
the county, and when Igot there I learn
ed. to my surprise, that the Governor
had been thrown from his carriage, and
was thought to be dying. All the phy
sicians of the town had been sent for.
one after another, but none could .aid
him. In despair, his wife sent for me.
I saw his only chance for life depended
on anew and difficult operation, which
none of the other physicians ever saw.
performed. Luckily I had assisted at
one when a studeut. I stated what I
thought could be done. The old Gov
ernor is a man of iron nerve and quick
resolutions; so when he heard the oth
ers say they could do nothing for him,
he determined to commit himself to me.
I succeeded beyond my hopes ; even the
other physicians acknowledged my skill,
and there is uow nothing but care re
quired to make my patient as well as
ever. On parting he put a roll of notes
in my hand.”
Mary was in tears long before her
husband finished his narrative; but her
heart went up in thankfulness to o od,
for having thus interposed just at the
crisis when hope seemed gone.
From that day Linwood was a made
man. The fame of his skillful opera
tion was in every man’s mouth; and by
the aid of his uaticntj.who now became
t:cc among the best families of that
place. 5Y calth as reputation flowed in
upon him; but he always attributed his
success to his wife, whose affection, he
said, had cheered and sustained him
when out of heart.
“There is nothing,” he would say,
“like a faithful wife; under God, our
weal or woe in this life depends on her.
If she is desponding your sanguine spirit
catches the infection, but if she is full
of hope and energy her smiles will cheer
you in the darkest hour, and enable you
to achieve what you first thought impos
sibilities Our success in this world,
as well as our happiness, depends chiefly
on our wives. Let a man marry one,
therefore, equal to either fortune, who
can adorn his riches, brighten his pov
erty : and under any circumstances, will
be truly his helpmate.”
Has Freemasonry a Mission?
Whenever a man feels that he lives
for nothing, he feels like dying. It is
the natural impulse of intelligent be
ings, and as all associations of men nec
essarily partake of the impulses of their
individual members, wc can safe say that
every society which docs not recognize
that it has a work to perform, becomes
rapidly disintegrated and goes to decay.
That Freemasonry has survived the
storms and lethargy of centuries, is an
evidence that it contains a spiritual and
soul-like vitality. What is it? It is
its mission. What that mission is, is I
the wonder of the world as well as of
many craftsmen. Out of the millions
of men who become Masons, it would be
a miracle if thousands of them did not
fail to perceive the exact object or in
tent of the institution. Many initiates
are dumbfounded at its simplicity, and
are amazed because they are not daz
zled by some grand theatrical perform
ance at their initiation. Many such re
turn to a useless life, disappointed and
chagrined because they were neither
half killed nor had things presented to !
them so mysterious that they could not
understand. They did not comprehend
that when they stood upon the simple
and plain ground-floor of the Temple,
that they were standing upon the eter- i
nal foundation of truth—that they were 1
approaching the emblematic light which
radiates from the God of Truth—that j
they were about to assume the sacred :
and solemn covenant which bound them i
to a life-long duty of purity, benevo
lence, virtue and charity. The very j
simplicity of the covenant was too great
for their exaggerated ideas of a great (
work. They do not seem to realize that j
the grand old veteran regiments of an I
army who have fought through the
whirlwind of a war, look with contempt I
upon the tinsel and flummery of a young 1
company of volunteer Zouaves who have
never marched square up to the thun- !
dering batteries of artillery. They do
not realize that the man who solemnly
approaches the holy place, goes there
with bowed head in sackcloth and ashes
for his many short comings in the per
formance of his duties. %
The mission of Freemasonry is as sol
emn ns it j- important It is the a?-
sumption of the performance of the
' most sacred work of praise and uudc
! filed religion before God—it is the re
cognition of the Truths of God and the
demonstration of that truth iu the active
principles of life—it is the opposition
to error, bigotry-and supcrstitiou in this,
that it adheres to demonstrated facts,
and promulgates no speculative theories
—it is the world-boud between men of
all creeds and nationalities—it is the
friend of every man without respect to
persons —it is charity without ostenta
tion or prejudice—it is the beacon light
! to the traveler aloug the highway of life,
i This is surely a mission worthy the bap
i tism of Heaven and the co-operation of
Angels. It is not. therefore, wonderful
that men imbued by the principles of the
pure, of the good and true, have given
it a life long service and sanctified it
with the blessings of their dying b-eath.
It is not strange that intelligent minds
have seen through its simple veils and
penetrated the sacred ami divine intent
of the institution, and having scon it.
live it and perpetuate its benign influ
ences to other generations.
It is a wise provision of the Almighty
Creator of the universe, that all which
He has created possesses the p over of
procreation and transmission through
the corning ages of the world. Noth
ing is lost or destroyed —nothing is an
nihilated. Everything exists to-day
! that has ever existed since the creation
—and so it is with Truth. Freemasonry
possesses all the elements applicable to
its human preservation, hence it never
dies but rather increases, and grows
with the expanding intelligence of the
age in which it lives. It has but one
m ;ral enemy, viz: Ignorance. Dark
ness is the death-bed of Masonry, and
Light is its life. There are many Ma
sons that feel that they can take no part
in this grand mission, because they do
not shine as the sun—they forget that
the universe is created of atoms and that
their own bodies are but the aggregated
particles, so small as to be almost incom
prehensible under the most powerful
glass. They forget every word they say
and every act they perform has its in
fluence for good or evil to all time to
come. They forget that the most nec
essary and substantial part of every
temple is that which bears no ornament,
and is, perhaps, placed where it may
never be seen until the whole shall have
fallen to decay. They overlook the fact
that it is only the highest spires which
are struck by lightning, while the foun
dations are silent and firm in the rocks
beneath —that it is the soldiers in the
front rank who are most frequently
jin +r\ A -V ; ~
ms influence, ana u it is not good it is
evil, for there is no neutrality in the
physical universe, and every Mason who
does not do his duty in trying to live
better and do better, and thus set an ex
ample to his fellows, has no part in the
grand mission of Freemasonry, which is
intended to leave the world better than
it found it.—[St. Louis Freemason.
TIIE BROTHERHOOD.
BY Br.V. MARK TRAFTON.
Mystic bonds our hearts uniting—
Open hands, to rest inviting—
. All the God-like graces blending;
Charity’s rich stream still sending
Bloom to deserts, waste and dreary,
Comfort to the worn and weary ;
Light upon the ocean’s gloom,
Emblems for the closing tomb,
“In Memoriam.”—Hope's brighttStar,
Tyler leave the door ajar !
Hail, ye of the mystic tie,
AVork beneath the Master's eye;
Earnest work of the hand and heart.
Sharing each a Brother’s part,
Work-! the day is closing fast.
Eye and hand upon your task;
By the level, by the square.
Equal recompense shall share,
Soon the startling gavel'si all
To repose from toil shall call;
Hark! the Master's voice once more—
Tyler, open wide the door !
Spontaneous Combustion.
The Boston Journal of (Jhnuistn/
has an interesting and instructive article
under the above caption. Remarking
on the frequency of cases of* spontaneous
eoiubuston. it cannot help thinking that
the people are becoming more careless
than formerly, or else they are ignorant j
cf the nature and the causes of this
kind of combustion, which differs from
ordinary burning only in that the oixJa- !
(ion —the union of the combustible sub
stance with the oxygen of the air—is »
mere gradual. The decay of animal
and vegetable substance is a process of :
this kind. Thus, when a log of wood ,
rots in the forest it is as really burned
up as when it blazes in an old fashioned i
fire-place. The heat is the same, and*
the products of the combustion—car
bonic acid and water —are the same, the .
only difference being in the rapidity of
the process, which makes the heat per- !
ceptible in the one case, and itnpercep- :
tible to the ordinary perception in the ;
other. The rusting of metals is an
other form of slow combustion, heat be
ing generated in this process ns in that
of decay; and if the rusting is made j
sufficiently rapid the rise of tempera
ture is readily detected. An instance
in corroboration of this assertion, which
occurred in England during the nianu- ‘
facture of a submarine cable, is given.
A portion of cable wire, placed in tanks
filled with water, rusted so rapidly that
the temperature rose in four days from
66 to 79 degrees, and would have risen
even higher had the w»re not been cooled
by pouring on water. In this case, re
marks the Journal , the heat set free
caused the oxidation to go on faster and
faster ; and this is what occurs ia spon
taneous combustion, which is simply
‘•rapid combustion developed gradually
from slow combustion.” Oily raps used
by painters, and cotton waste used for
wiping n r rr ar*-* n n e ur<i f<
*
Number 32.
! of *uch eonibnation,- “When,” say*the
Journal, ‘ such substances have become
i saturated with oil, if they happen to be
thrown ■ into a heap, the oil begins to
oxidize slowly, but the heat produced
makes the oxidation, mere and more
rapid, until the muss, bursts into a flame.
Oils that oxidize readily, fifce cotton
seed oil, afd especially liable to hike
| fire. Chi Apilt cm dry sawdust has been
known to ignite in the same way ” Hay,
Cotton, tow. flax, hemp, iftgH. leaves,
spent tau, straw in umuucc heaps, etc .
; when stacked in quantities in a damp
j state, take fire spontaneously, the oxidn
! lion bein*r that t f incipient decay or fer
m ntati m promoted by the d.iuumcss
and the confined heat accumulating, uii
til it is sufficient to cause rapid combus
tion. Pulverized chano..l. prepared for
making gun powder, and st red in heaps,
his been known to ignite when neither
1 oily nor damp. The Journal thinks it
I doubtful whether grain or seeds of any
kind are liable to spontaneous combus
tion, though several French savants
came to the conclusion that a barn had
j caught fire from spontaneous ignition of
damp oats stored therein. However
that may be. the Journal thinks it evi
dent from tiie facts given that many
fires, involving great destruction of
property, have been the result of spon
taneous combustion, and that it is prob
i able that many conflagrations ascribed
to incendiarism have really owed their
origin to the same cause.
Killing of G. W. FisK
The Americus of Thurs
day. gave the following additional par
; particulars of the killing of Col. George
i YV. Fish, at Oglethorpe, last Monday
I night:
Col. Fish, returning from u trip to
i Savannah, had come down from Macon
j on Monday night's train, reaching Ogle
j thorpe about one o'clock. Getting off
j at the depot of the latter place, he gave
his bundle of books to a negro man,
named Jacob, and started walking home,
followed immediately by the servant.
Proceeding towards his residence, ho
had reached the heart of the town, and
was passing up the left sidewalk along
side of the Court House, when a gun
was fired at him from the door of this
i building, opening immediately on the
! street, the shot taking effect in the left
side of the face and neck and inflicting
a most ghastly and gaping wound, from
which Col. Fish died at once. He fell
forward on his right side, out towards
the outer edge of the sidewalk, evident
n. n K., 1 ‘ *
ground; for his arms were lying the
one easily by his side and the other on
his breast, hissatchel near by. just where
it had slipped from his hand, and his
beaver ou the sidewalk where it had
tumbled from his head. llis overc< at
was buttoned up close to the chin, and
nothing about him had been disturbed
in any wav. although ho had ou a gold
watch, motley about his person and other
valuables, plainly showiug that the lurk
ing assassin, who had fired the fatal shot,
sought not spoils and profits, but human
blood and human life.
The servant v.fs walking, according
to his ow'n account* t 6 the lett and a lit
tle in the rear of Col. Fish ; and w hen
the gun fired, dodged down/ squatting,
and then turned and ran off frightened.
He at once woke np some gentlemen
sleeping not far off, v. ho found the body
| as above described, the warm blood gush
ing profusely from the severed arteries,
and the last faint breath fluttering on
his dying lips.
Thus. P. Lloyd, Esq., iSoliciutr-Gcne
ralof the Southwestern Circuit, and Jno.
D. (’arter, Esq.. District Attorney of
the Court of which Col. Fish was Judge,
were in Oglethorpe yesterday to repre
sent the in a preliminary trial of a
negro named Henry Stubbs, who lias
been arrested and is charged with the
crime. it seems that Henry confesses
to have been at the Court-house the
night of the murder. On his shoe-heels
were iron taps, and the right one makes
a peculiar track. This track was dis
covered leading from another door of
the Court-house, made by a party evi
dently running, was followed, measured
and identified a* Henry’s, and. admitted
by him to be veritably his own The
case against him rests thus far upon this
circumstantial evidence. The gun wads
were found near the body and buskshot
were cut out cf.the shade trees near by,
bat no gun was found in Henry’s posses
sion. Very grave suspicion points to a
well-known white man us the instigator
of the deed, and for w hom a w arrant has
been taken out.
The case will be thoroughly investi
gated on Friday ; a continuance having
been graaited the prosecution by Magis
trates Jones and Hamilton, before whom
it is proposed to conduct the investiga
tion.
Repairing Barns.
A day can be profitably spent in re
pairing stables and barns. Much feed
is wasted every winter by having barns
and stables so open that chilling blasts of
wind reach the animal*sheltered. Young
stock, especially, arc very sensitive t<*
cold, and they must be sheltered or
their growth will bo retarded. Aside
from this, a farm with a snug, neat out
building looks better, and adds to tho
value of the farm if you have no barn,
fix good- warm sheds, that tho stock may
have some shelter. Remember that
I “the merciful man is merciful to his
boast,” and there is no animal but what
will repay any kindness or attention bo
stowed upon them.
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A Western editor represent.- inrn 'v
as chat*, but not clo,* enough to r-arh