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Sec., Atlanta, Ga.
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DENNIS JOHNSON, /
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Novelty of the Age l
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one of Ihß idling for fires or stoves. Get
Windier . 18 & Bolsc LAlirS Patent Fire
»t a v .!: and you save money and trouble,
J ! maß cx pense. For sale at all the
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[j, MlFOltl), Wholesale and
Tin*,, J'' <a dealer in Stoves, Hollow’-war*.
: cu'.ery, &c., Atlanta, Georgia.
The Calhoun Times.
VOL. 11.
AN ENIGMA.
A Negro Man Eats Melted I/ead,
Handles with Bard Hands Red-
Hot Iron, and Does otllCP?Stuii
iiing Tilings.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing front Easton, Talbot
county, Md., tells a wonderful story,
tfhich, if it has the slightest foundation
in fact, would seem to entirely set at de
fiance well established natural laws.—
The writer says :
Business recently called me to the
eastern shore of Maryland, to the point
from which we write, the county seat of
Talbot county. While there I heard
from several gentlemen of prominence
the story of a negro blacksmith, who
lived in an adjoining connty, upon whom
fire had no effect whatever. The story
was so incredible that I gave it little
heed, although it came from most reli
able sources, and was related to me by
gentlemen of the highest standing in
the community for honor and integrity.
A day or two after I first heard of
THIS REMARKABLE NEGRO,
Mr. T. It. Robson, editor of the Easton
Star, called at my room and stated that
the negro was in town, and that the phy
sicians were going to make ail examina
tion of him at the office of Dr. P. Stuck,
and invited me to witness the operations,
which I very gladly did. Mr. Robsrn
and myself went at once to Dr. Stack’s
office, where were assembled Drs. An
derson, Goldsborough and Comegys, of
Easton; Mr. A. A. Pancoult and Mr.
John 0. Henry, all prominent citizens
of Talbot county.
A brisk fire of anthracite coal was
burning in a common coal stove, and an
iron shovel was placed in the stove and
heated to a white heat. When all was
ready the negro pulled off his boots and
placed the shovel upon the soles of his
feet, and kept it there until the shovel
became black. His feet were then ex
amined by the physicians, but no burns
could be found, and all declared that no
evidence of a heated substance having
come in contact with them was visible.
The shovel was again heated red hot,
taken from the stove and handed to
him. lie ran out his tongue as far as
he could, and laid the heated shovel
upon it, licking the iron until it became
cooled. Tho physician • examined the
tongue, but found nothing to indicate
that he had suffered in the least from
tjse heated iron.
' A large handful of common squirrel
shot, procured from a store near 3)r.
Stack’s office, was next placed in an
iron receptacle and heated until melted.
The negro the a took the dish .
POURED TIIE LEAD INTO THE PALM OF
IIIS HAND,
and then put it into his mouth, allowing
it to run all around his teeth and gums,
lie repeated the operation several times,
each time keeping the melted lead in
his mouth until solidified. x\fter each
operation the physicians examined him
carefully, but could find nothing upon
his flesh to indicate that he had
been in the least affected by the
heated substance he had been handling.
After the performances with the lead, he
deliberately put his hand into the stove,
in which was a very hot fire, took there
from a handful or hot coals and passed
them about the room to the gentlemen
present, keeping them in his hand some
time. Not the slightest evidence of a
burn was visible upon his hand after he
threw the coals back into the stove.
The exhibition was regarded by all
who witnessed it as most remarkable, for
there was no opportunity for
THE PRACTICE OF CHICANERY.
Every gentleman present was there
for the purpose of delecting, if possible
any trick —if trick there was —and
none could have had the least interest
in aiding or abetting the negro in his
performances. Whatever solution may
be had of this matter, there can be no
doubt but that this negro handles fire in
the manner set forth above, without the
use of any mechanical or chemical ap
pliances whatever, for he has been
SUBJECTED TO THE SEVEREST TESTS
possible, not only at the time specified
by me, but at several other times and
places, and in the presence of some of
the first men in the State of Maryland.
In addition to the ease cited, which came
under my observation, I will state that
in April last, while the judges of this
judicial circuit were holding court at
Denton, Caroline county —the county in
which this man lives —Judges Wicks
and Stump, accompanied by Sheriff
Richardson, went to the blacksmith shop
of this negro, which is situated about
six miles from Denton, on the farm of
W. P. Richardson. The sheriff made
known to him the object of their visit,
when, in the language of the Judges,
“ he performed
MOST ASTOUNDING FEATS,
such as handling red hot irons with his
bare hands, forging it into shape with
out the use of tongs, putting it upon
his tongue,” etc., etc. At a later pe
riod he was visited at his shop by Dr.
C. E. Tarr, editor of the Denton Jour
nal; J. Marion Emerson, editor of the
Denton American Union; James B.
Steele,; T. H. Kemp, Clerk of the
Court; R. J. Jump, Late State Comp
troller of the Treasury; Col. R. E. Car
ter and Dr. P. O. Cherbonier. These
gentlemen came upon him wholly una
wares, and when requested by them to
perform some of the feats he has be
come so famous for in this. locality, he
immediately went through with the same
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES
I have mentioned. I have conversed
with a great number of people who have
seen him, gentlemen of education and
integrity, ail of whom declare that they
CALHOUN, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1871.
do not believe that fire has the least ef
fect upon his flesh.
After he had concluded his perform
ances in Dr. Stack's office, I sought an
opportunity to converse with him. I
found him very ignorant, not able to
read or write, and in ali respects
was some time before the, by this time
ifisensible, woman could be restored to
consciousness. When fully restored, she
AN UNADULTERATED NEGRO.
His name is Nathan Coker, and he is
about fifty-eight years of age. He was
born in the town of Hillsborough, Car
oline county, Md., and was the slave of
Henry L. Sellers, of that place, by
whom he was sold to Bishop Emary,--=
In relation to his ability to handle fire,
‘and how he first came aware of it, he
said : “ Boss, when I was about thir
teen years old, Massa Emary hired me
out to a lawyer whose name was Pur
nell. He treated me badly, and did
not give me enough to eat. I shied
around the kitchen one day, and when
the cook left I shot in, dipped my hand
into the dinner pot and pulled out
A RED HOT DUMPLING.
The boiling water did not burn and I
could eat the hot dumpling without wink
ing ; so after dat I often got my dinner
dat way. I has often got the hot fat off
the boiling water and drank it. I drink
my Coffee when it is boiling, and it does
not give me half so much pain as it does
to drink a glass of cold water. I always
likes it just as hot as I can get it.” I then
interrogated him as to the cffec.t heated
substances had upon his flesh, and asked
him when he handled them with his
hand? if he did uot suffer more than
when he took them inwardly, to which he
replied : “ No, Boss. I often take my
iron out of the forge when red hot,
BUT IT DON’T BURN.
Since I was a little boy I have never
been afraid to handle fire, lie then
stated that often when by himself he
would pick up red hot iron because his
tongs were not handy, and that he never
felt any discomfort from it. lie felt
no more harm, he said, from handling
fire than stones.
I could cite a great number of in
stances besides those mentioned, and
gjve tho names of a largo number of gen
tleman of high standing who have wit
nessed the wonderful doing of this un
tutored African ; but I do not deem it
necessary, as what I have stated can be
more than authenticated by almost any
prominent man living in this locality.—«■
I am through con viced, from personal
observation that
FIRE IIAS NO EFFECT WHATEVER UPON
HIS FLESH,
and I am sustained in that belief by the
united judgement of all gentleman who
have seen him including a large number
of physicians.
This man should be seen and examined
by our scientific men, and the causes and
effect of his remarkable performances
duly investigated, for it is certain that
his power to handle fire does exist to a
remarkable degree, and that, too without
the aid of anything save what nature has
bestowed.
A REMINISCENCE.
Why a Knoxville Lawyer Changed
Ills Name anti Made a Fortune.
Editors Press and Messenger :
Your allusion in your paper of yes
terday to the tearing down of the law
office of Hon. Hugh L. White, reminds
me of an incident that took place there
many years ago —probably between 1825
and 1830.
There were two young students in the
office studying law under the supervision
of Judge White —James P. Lowery
and Joseph pepper, of Anderson coun
ty. Both had good sense, and Lowery
considerable sprightliness.
Late one evening, when the labors of
the day wore over, and they had thrown
down their books, Lowry said :
“ Joe Pepper, what are you studying
law for ?”
The reply was:
“ I expect to make a living by it. and
probably some reputation.
“It is impossible. No man with the
name of Joe Pepper can make money,
much less reputation, by practicing law.
If you had the talents of Judge White,
with such a name, you could not suc
ceed.”
Pepper made no further remark; but
it is evident from the sequence, that he
pondered over Lowry’s suggestion, and
reduced the idea he had caught to a
practical result. Having obtained his
license, he did not attempt to practice
law in Tennessee, but mounted his horse
aud started for the State of Mississippi.
Mississippi at that time was almost an
unknown part of the world to the peo
ple of Tennessee. Pepper went to
Natchez, rented a law office, and nailed
a small sign above his door, with this
inscription : “Cicero Jefferson, Attorney
and Counsellor at Law.”
It was soon bruited about that he
was from the State of Virginia and a
distant relation of President Jefferson.
Clients beseiged his door and he was
soon in full practice at the bar. Some
ten or fifteen years afterwards, Lowery
went to Mississippi. Cicero Jcffersou
was then a member of the Legislature.
Lowery being at the capitol of the State
aud seeing Pepper, advanced to him and
said :
“Pepper, how do you do ?”
“That is not my name, sir; you are
mistaken in the man. My name is Jef
ferson.”
“Why, d—n it, Joe Pepper, do you
suppose I have forgotten the time when
you and I studied law together in Judge
White’s office, in Sleepy Hollow at
Knoxville ?”
Pepper replied : “ I took advantage
of the suggestion you made to me there
and I hope you will say nothing about
it while here.”
‘‘Certainly not.”
Pepper made a fortune of between
one and two hundred thousand dollars.
The possessor of this sum at that time
was called wealthy. He died a bache
lor about the year 1839 or 1840, and
never having been known in Mississippi
by his real name, and not having made
a will, his surviving two brothers and a
sister had some difficulty in proving
their relationship. They finally suc
ceeded and got possession of his estate.
j —• — yt —
Tlie Slave Trade at the South—
Who is Responsible for It?
The South has received accumulated
abuse for its connection with Slavery.
We will not pause to enquire whether
Slavery was or was not a proper subjeqt
of blame. We wish to get at a matter
of fact.
Who introduced the slaves into the
Cotton States, and received the money
for them ?
We have before us the census of
Charleston for the year 1848, prepared
under the authority of the City Coun
cil by Messrs. Dawson & Dossaussure.
From this carefully prepared work, we
learn that from 1804 to 1807, a period
of three years, two hundred and two
slave ships entered the port of Charles
ton. The tVllole number of slaves im
ported into Charleston during that pe
riod was 39,074. Os this number 21,-
027 were imported in foreign ships,
chiefly from Great Britain. Three thou
sand four hundred and forty-three bv
citizens of the Slave-holding States.-
The rest, 21,491, by the citizens of the
Northern States. Os these, little Rhode
Island imported 7.233,
Whatever blame there may have at
tached to this trade, it belongs to the
North, as in comparison with the South,
in the proportion of 21,491 to 3,433.
Tho proceeds of the sales of these
imported Africans have not yet disap
peared, nor have they been diffused. —
The whole importation is so recent, that
it is a very easy matter to go to the North
and put one’s finger on this estate or
that, on this factory and that factory,
and show how they were bought with
the price of blood. The sons of the
Northern Slave-traders now hold those
properties.
It is highly probable that some of
these very persons joined in the outcry
against*the South for the iniquity—not
of Slave-trading, for that belonged to
their fathers—of Slave-holding."
The Slave-holder lost his slaves by
proclamation of the Government, and
with them the money he had paid
for them. But the Slave trader, at the
North, still holds the money which he
received for slaves torn from their homes,
brought across the Atlantic and sold in
Charleston. Is this justice? Which
is the worst, to make a poor wretch suf
fer the horrors of the Middle passage,
or buy him at the end of his voyage,
feed and clothe him well and his child
ren. in return for very moderate labor ?
We suggest the appointment, by Con
gress, of a committee to ferret out this
iniquity of those who are now revelling
in this blood-money, and compel them
to disgorge!
Or, if Congress will not interferejhere
is another resource. The philanthropic
mission of the Anti-Slavery Society end
ed with the abolition of Slavery. The
Society, we learn, is not yet disbanded.
Here, then, is a legitimate field for a
new agitation. Let it hunt out the
blood money, and require that it shall be
expended in the purchase of forty acres
of land and a mule each for the children
of those who were captured in Africa by
Northern men and sold to the wicked
Carolinians!— Plant a tie n.
—
From thePiqua (Ohio) Democ.at.
AARON BURR’S SON.
A Sorrowing 1 Old Man, Calmly
awaiting tiie Death Summons.
Editors Democrat:
It is known by comparatively few
persons that a son of Col. Aaron Burr,
the arch-conspirator around whom clings
a romantic and tragical history, is a cit
izen of Miami county, yet such is the as
tounding fact
If we have notra Bourbon amongst us
we have the offspring of a man who for
four yeaiS held the second highest office
in the gift of the American people,who
slayed Hamilton, and attempted the dis
memberment of the Union.
I would not credit the fact until led
into the presence of the conspirator’s
son, whose head is now streaked with
silver hairs, ripe for the tomb.
The old gentleman bears bis mother’s
name, passiug the decline of life upon a
farm won by the sweat of his brow, and
is one of our most peaceful citizens.
He furnishes—yet very reluctantly—
incontestable proofs of his descent, con
sisting of letters from Burr to his moth
er, prior and subsequent to her son’s
birth. His mother was Miss Catharine
Washington belle, who fell beneath the
blandishments of the Vice President.
She was noted for her beauty, refine
ment and wit, and after her ruin, fled
notoriously to Philadelphia. Her sud
den disappearance from the gay capitol
created a great deal of talk; and after
that event she was dead to all the world
save her titled destroyer, and his sen—
our peaceful citizen.
Mr. saw’ his father but twice
—once after his acquital before the Su
preme Court of the United States, at
Richmond, when he was sued lor trea
son ; the second and last time in the
latter part of 1835, in New York.
Upon the latter occasion our old citi
zen was recognized as the son of the
conspirator
He was then aged—bowed to the earth
with his great weight of four-score years
and a broken heart. Disease also rack
ed his frame. Thirty years before his
only daughter had sailed from Charles
ton, South Carolina, to meet him, but
the vessel in whitffi she embarked was
never heard from, and the blow nearly
ciushed Burr’s life.
“Sir,” said "the old man, “although
the blood of Aaron Burr runs through
my veins, I detest him. He conspired
against the best government on the face
of God’s footstool, and I am the off
spring of a traitor ! I tried to redeem
my birth by fighting for my country in
the Florida war; bat the odium rankles
in my heart, and little does the govern
ment suspect that it pays a pension to
the son of Aaron Burr.”
M hen I asked him if I might pub
lish his existence he said : ‘-Yes. It
will do me no harm ; but for Heaven’s
sake point not out my place of retire
ment to the gaping world. Stigmatize
my father as you please ; but speak kind
ly, I pray thee, of my gentle and erring
mother, who is in Heaven waiting for
her son.”
“I am on the borders of three score
and ten,” he Continued with moistened
eyes. “I want to cross the river where
the stain of aneestry will never corrode
a name.”
I have not mentioned the old man’s
name.
Without his consent it never passes
my lips or claims the service of this pen.
But suffice it to say that be is often
seen on tiie streets of Piqua, and more
than once filled a juror’s seat in our
courts.
He waits calmly for death, and, I bc
live has exacted a promise from his grand
son to bury the letters of his father
with him. A short time hence—yes, I
feel i't will not be long—a funeral cor
tege ih this country will follow to the
the tomb the son.of Aaron Burr.
Then peace to hi3 ashes. H. C. D.
From the Memphis Avalanche, Sep. 20.
THE HISTORY OF A WOMAN’S
LIFE.
Unsuccessful Attempt of a Hand
some Young: Woman to Drown
Herself.
Last evening as darkness was gath
ering over the city a lady was seen by
several persons to emerge from a small
cottage house on Trezevant street and
walk in a hurried manner in the direc
tion of the river, but a short distance
away. Something in her actions at
tracted the attention of some ladies, one
of whom sent a negro lad to follow and
see what became of her. The lady in
question walked rapidly along until she
reached the very water’s edge, when she
stopped and looked scarchingly around.
Seeing no one she threw aside a sun
bonnet that covered her head, and turn
ing towards the river, waded in until
the water struck her shoulders, when,
with a convulsive movement, she threw
up her hands and sank from sight.—
The negro lad, who had from a hiding
place been watching her actions, imme
diately jumped in to rescue her. Before
he could reach her she had risen to the
surface twice, and just as he caught her
by her hair, which had become unloosed
and was flowing over her shoulders, she
was in the act of sinking the third and
last time. Being a good swimmer the
boy, with one hand securely fastened in
her hair, struck out for the shore. He
was not to reach it without difficulty,
for the drowning woman caught him
around the waist and pulled him under
the water twice before he reached shal
low water. After reaching the shore it
was found to be a Mrs. Orth, living on
Trezevant street, in the house which
she was noticed to come out of.
Some of her friends coining up, it was
thought best to take her for the time,
to the police,so that any further attempts
at self-destruction might be prevented.
An Avalanche representative hearing of.
the suicidal attempt, visited the lady
late last night, and from her received a
statement of the cause of the rash act.
He found htr to be a lady of perhaps
thirty years of age with rather hand
some features, having large expressive
brown eyes, low, broad forehead, and a
wealth of nut brown hair, such as is sel
dom seen growing on the heads of the
ladies in these latter days. Her conver
sation evinced considerable culture, and
her manner at once impresses one as be
ing that of a well-bred lady familiar
with the usage of good society.
►She said that she was a native of Clin
ton, Georgia, and of a family well known
throughout the State, and which previ
ous to the war was possessed of great
wealth. Iu 1856, while attending
school, she became acquainted with a
man named Wilder, whom, after a brief
and rather romantic courtship, she
eloped with and married. Her parents
very naturally opposed the marriage and
for a long time refused to recognize the
marriage. At the beginning of the
war, her husband raised a regiment of
infantry with which he went through
the war, finally surrendering with Lee
at Appomatox. By the vicissitudes of
the war her family’s fortune was swept
almost entirely away, leaving but a rem
nant of tlieir vast wealth. Owing to
divers reasons, she and her husband did
not live happily together; in a short
time after the close of the war they mu
tually agreed to separate, and in 18G7
she procured a divorce from him.
At this time she was living with her
mother in Clinton, where shortly after
she first met her present hnsband, Jack
Orth. He was a man of no means and
moved in an altogether different circle
of society from her’s. They met by
chance, and with her it was a case of
love at first sight, she becoming com
pletely infatuated with him. Her fam
ily bitterly opposed the acquaintance,
aud forbid Orth’s visits to the house.—
But it is an old saying that “ Love
laughs at all barriers/' and this cast'
found no exception to the rule, for a few
weeks later she left home clandestinely
and married the man of her choice;
in doing so giving up her home and rel
atives Since that time they have lived
isl various places, finally arriving in this
city in December last.
Orth took his wife to a cheap boarding
house in South Memphis, where they re
mained until the 14th of February. With
out saying a word to her of his
he left the City. Left without a dollar
in the world and among strangers, Mrs.
Orth set resolutely to.work to earn a liv
ing. Totally unused to work, even of
the lightest nature, she earned but a
precarious living by plying her needle.
In Mtirch she met a young man wed
known in this city, * who evinced the
greatest solicitude in her welfare, help
ing her along in her combat with the
world in various ways. Winning first
her regard and then her affection, he
finally effected her ruin. For several
weeks past he has ceased to visit her,
and in response to her notes asking aid
sent her but short replies. Never hear
ing from her husband, cast off by her
own mother, and finally deserted in her
hour of great need, what wonder that
she became wearied of what to her was
but a mockery of life and should wish
to drown herself and troubles beneath
the broad surface of the mighty Missis
sippi. That she failed to do. She was
alone prevented by the intrepid action
of the negro boy who so bravely went
to her assistance.
Jfe3 r * A few days since, while the Ma
ry Powell was on her trip up the Hud
s >n river, the chambermaid approached
Capt. Ford and said :
“There is a gentleman in the ladies’
cabin smoking.”
‘ Go tell him to stop,” bluffly replied
the Captain.
“But,” interposed the chambermaid,
“it is President Grant.”
“No matter,” replied Ford, “tell him
what I say.”
And shortly after, Ulysses walked out
of the ladies’ cabin, cig.tr in hand.—
Someone remarked that a horse jockey
wouldn’t be so impolite.
Capt. Ford is a Republican.
Grant a Ptt i.nt fett.—The President,
while making his tour of th# publishing
and printing offiee of the Brooklyn Un
ion during his recent visit to that city,
took occasion to remark : “Well, T guess I
have set a good many columns of type
myself in Georgetown, Ohio,years ago.”
“Why, General,” said General Porlei,
“I never heard of that.” But the Pres
ident replied that it was true, neverthe
less.
Let no respectable, honest typo be
ashamed of the fact. We can’t expect
all printers to be gentlemen. There are
shabby fellows in all professions.— Sav.
NciCs.
“ Clerk,” tall Kentuckian
to a hotel official, “ this young woman
and me have eloped. Have you any
marryin’ facilities ’round here ?”
The clerk replied in the affirmative,
and the two were “spliced” in less than
an hour. The bridegroom was evident
ly not yet satisfied, and lingered around
the hotel book. •
“Clerk,” said he confidentially, at
length; “hadn’t ye better change the
register, and gire us one room, now, as
we’re married ?”
“It’s already done,” replied the clerk ;
“yov’re marked for the same room.”
“Well, clerk,” replied the Kentuckian,
quickly, “won’t you just show me up,
then, for I’m awful sleepy.”
Items*.
Saxon tourist at Irish railway station
—“What time does the half-past eleven
train start, Paddy ?” Porter—“ Thirty
minutes to twelve—sharrop sir !”
Mrs. Stanton related in San Francisco
how, once upon a time, when she was
speaking, Horace Greeley arose and said:
“If you vote you’re willing to fight ?”
She replied, “of course; just as you
fought in the late war, by sending a sub
stitute.”
When a lady chided her daughter for
allowing young men to throw kisses at
her, Mary Ann declared that she was
quite aware of the impropriety, and
never had a kiss thrown at her that she
did not throw it back.
EPIOBAM OX A STUPID HUSBAND.
It is a maxim in the schools
That women always dote on fools ;
If so, dear Jack, I’m sure your wife
Must lore you as she loves her life,
A woman at Oberlin, Ohio, collected
money for the soldiers’ orphans and used
it to buy a bonnet. She said orphans
afier they got used to it, could get along
withour bread, but women must have
bonnets or starve.
Miss Deborah Bates was married to a
Mr. Joy. A local editor gave the fol
lowing firsLrate notice:
No more D. Bales; dissolved in Joy,
A bride has found a ho*fie,
With pleasures now without alloy,
And other Joys to come.
A blushing damsel in Philadelphia
had a man and a dog up before the po
lice court, to answer the charge of assault
and battery on the dog’s part. Wheu
asked where, after considerable hesita
tion and blushing, replied, “ On the left
drum stick.”
A gentleman, seeing an Irishman
fencing in a very barren, desolate piece
of land, said : “ What are you fencing
in that lot for, Pat ? A flock of sheep
would starve to death on that land.”—
“And sure, your honor,” replied Pat,
wasn’t I fencing it in tokeep ti e } oor
beasts out of it?”
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Emigrants and Travelers,
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IF you are going to iMefffpbl*,- Litfle
Pine Bluff, New Orleans, Galveston, Texas,
or any point on the Mississippi, lied or Ar
kansas Rivers, St. Louis, Kansas City, St.
Joseph, Omaha, or any point West and North
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ST. LOCIS, MEMPHIS ,
Nashville and Chattanooga
Great Central Through Line.
Trains run through frofn Cbattartdoga to
Memphis and Columbus, Ky. f
Without Change of Cars.
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Chattanooga and St. Louis, Mo.
This is the
SHORT AND QUICK ROUTE,
West and Northwest, being from 23 to 1000 miles
shorter than any other route,and equal.if not beU
ter.than any line to Texas,Arkansas and tbe Mis
sissippi River.
Time to St. Louis and the west via Nashville
route is 8 hours and 10 tninntes, to 15 hotfrs and
50 minutes quicker than via Corinth -4% hours
quicker to Memphis tbao by any route leaving
Chattanooga in the morning. Emigrant! by
this Route will not be put in Box Cars which
have no Fires, Seats or comforts of sny .hmd, bwt
will have cxcellant Passenger can, thorough!/
heated and Well Ventilated. Remember this,
and give us a trial, and see if we do not do aa we
projose. .
Emigrants’ rates are as follows :
Rome to Memphis sl3 SO
“ Little Rock 17 Oo
“ St. Louis (rail). ~,, ,20 73
" “ [river] I<s 74
" Kansas Cits [river] 26 75
“ “ ' [rail] 30 75
“ St. Joseph [ran] 30 75
“ " [river] ~...26 75
“ Omaha [river] ~,32 75
“ “ [rail] 25 75
“ San Francisco [rail]
“ ** [fiver] 102 75
“ New Orleans [river and rail] '4 00
“ 3hrevej*ort, La., (rail ar.d rive 1 ].* 20 00
and Enrgraot* by tb’is hbe frods
CliattaDooga hare choicer of three different route*
lo ibe Went and Northwest, as follows, via Un
ion City, liickman, or Louisville, therefore, giv
ing it superior advantage* over all other routes.
Trains run to and from Chattanooga, vix ;
LEAVE. A aarva.
3:10a. m., [Sundays excepted] 7:10 p. m.
6:00 p. m Daily 4:30 a. m
All persons are entitled to 100 pounds Bag
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of charge.
For further information address Agents of this
lineal the ollowing places;
R. M. Hooke, Chattanooga, Teon. ? Foster
Wbi eside, Ticket Seller, Chattanooga. Teon.; or
W L Dauley, O. P. A T. Agent, Nashville Tenn
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Nashville and Chattanooga
Great Central Through IJne.
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