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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-18
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county, \. g.:
Please say to your numerous readers,
through the Age, that sout Greek Division
is yet alive and working unas her first char
tntewarm. as members ofotherl visions have
lone we think we have double. our ener-
ries. At our last meeting we had 1me good
sstirrinr speeches, urging us to dut.. and I
think before Christmas we will have ovaral
accessions to our noble Order. We 70 in
homes TO do something for the Spirit o.tha
Age soon. Iforgotto say to you that we th1k
81 bold;np a protracted Temperance meetH.
between this and Christmas, and we expec
Prethren from other Divisions to join in Wit
= Nc anticipate having some good TEN
pei talks at that time. We must no
get discouraged bee because sssr, so~e few 6s.,I Division is
nav the harder for we learn in the Bibl,
wotN there Is great consolation in a dying hou
tna tbose that hold out faithful to the end
life -"
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Oct. 1857
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.

The Undersigned offers for Sale her House and
Lot in the Western Ward of Raleigh. 1t is a yery
comfortable house, in good repair, and in an ell
gible portion 81 the City. Apply to
Mrs. E A. G0RMAN.
Raleigb, Aug. 81, 1857
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FRANGIPANNE.-THE EVERLASTING
I Perfume-comprising Extracts for the Hand
kerchief; Pomade for the Hair Satchel's for Draw
ers; Toilet water, &C., just received at the Drug
Store of PESCUD d CALLING.
Sept. IL 5
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Grand Division of North Carolina,
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.

VI next Annual Session of the Grand Diyis-
ion, 5. of T., of North Carolina, will convene
in the Town of Louiskrrg, on Tuesday, the LIST
day Of December next, at Fo'clock. An. Dele
gates can leave the Raleigh aud'Gaston r. Road
at FranklintcH, onvthat morning and. reach Lou
isburg by stage Go miles in time for the opening
Session.
1t is hoped that every Subordinate Division will
be represented. 1t is important this shoald be
the case. if possible. Warm hearts and open
arms will be ready to meet you on the part OF tia
brethren ofthat hnspitakle Town.
Divisions that have not done so, are earnestly
requested to forward the Returns and Per Centage
due for the past Quarters.
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THE LIVE GIRAFFE

NTOW is the time to subscribe for the cheapest,
IN best and funniest paper ofthe kind in the
South.
New Dress, new head, new column rules, new
Type. and in fact everything will be new; except
the Editor and " our Mose!'
These, being very necessary in the condpet Of
the Animal, will remain Stimulated, as a friend of
ours has just said.
The Live Giraffe will, as heretofore, act out the
motto,
Ga. little nonsense now aud then
Is relished by-the best ef,meR,"
but, while it will seek to annse, byits jokes and
sharp sayings, it shall, nevertheless, contain much
more of the solid sRd relia BILE than pspers devo-
ted as ours, usually contain. In it we shall have
q corner for all-the Farmer, the Mechanic, the
Merchant, ard all classes, whose. interest," we can
at all serve.
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H.lleway's Ointment gives ir-sned .se ease In
|lumbago. pain in the back Caused by "ver strain
ing. Inflammation of the kidneys, snd all external
|irritstion. whether produced by disease or result
ing from injury. Applied with a due degree OF
friction It soon accemplishes a cure Sod at the
Smanufactory Ma. So Maiden Lane. New York,
. Ness % all druggists, at Use, Sc, and - per
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Fraternally yours,
n GAUTTHTM
RECEIPTS FOR THE AGE,

SINCE LAST IssUE.-$l Mrs NJ A Pouadscs,
Cockrum, Miss John F Moose. Mt Pleasant; S
j Miller, Jonesvilie NJ ] Edwards, Snow Hhf
S d Jenkins, Lenoir; hrs 4 VI Keen, LynshDurg;
Miss sarah E PEBBLES, Edm'd Jacobs, Jackson T;
Berry Parker, Goldsboro'; James C EaoWren,
jamestown; W H Bass, R~idgeway W An
Lassiter, Danl Russell, Mccain Russell, hassiters
Mills VIM 7 Gooch, r L Hefin. Tally Hot; VIM
R Millar Murfreesboro'; Thos H Marrow, Will
liamsboro'; S Miss R c Stephenson, Seaboard DR.
R H Timberlake, Pacific; w N jackson, Jerome
Hendricks, Sol omon Horney, Elkin; James Nc
Intire, Long Creek DIR. A. C. Blake, Centreville
Fla; G.. W Pegram, Mason Depot j. M. Smith.
Mrs. J. M. Perry, Philip Seymour. : HEREFORD S
R. Norfeet, Sunsbury I. S. Hoover, E Shuford
Hazel Dell j. ". Bean. W:.B. Davis, Coli. C
S. Mcdowell, Morganton.
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timony Of hsssx L,sEI Such is the repeated tes-
regard to the nssss Of persons Of All ages, With
Killer. When every %Ssss Of Perry Davis ain
possess a perfect charm over " snIs seems to
incident to mankfRd. Sold by Pese~~s 60"
Raleigh.
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miscellaneous.
AFamiIy Journal for the Sout
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THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE,
RALEIGH-N C

a LARGE % COLUMNS WEEKLY PAPER;
Is now in its ninth year. The Pfopriet0
has recently fitted It cut with new type en-
tire, 50 that it is one of the handSomest sheets
y country. 1t is a Literary, Fapaily Pa
panIespeciahy adapted Gov tbo uor4o rfroTa
anu mas TOT its high mission. ~ =
g. e. instruct, to elevate, TO Ssaut,sn NUN
IN us Inst OF FIVE TueusAAc ~ aNu re-
- = evlaence of the apprezatlan ;NnSENs
IL is nead by thereading eomur,n&S, ThaSh
contains the News of the day the 49, -
good Literary, Temperance and otber @saS;aS
~TERMs-Single copies 81 so a wear r..
clubs Of 5 and upwards 81 each.
! To Advertisers.
The large cirr. dation of the Spirit of the
Age, makes its columns one of the best Adver-
Using mediums in the State. 1t circulates.
extensively in every portion Of North Carroll
ma, and in the bordering counties of Virginia
and Districts ofSouth Carolina, andtherefore
commends itself to the Advertising commu-
mites of Petersburg Norfolk, Wilmington,
and Charleston, as trading marts desiring the
custom of its readers-and akoto the Adver-
Using public generally,
Address AN GoRMAN,
Raleigh N. G.
az Editors all over the country, With
whom we exchange, are respectfully reques-
ted to copy the above, and the tE1ur Witt
any time b. oheerfully reciprocated
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A. M. GORMAE, G. S.
Raleigh, Nov. 4th, 1857. ltd.

VIZ ATS0N'S IMPROVED TWELVE Doll
wv LAR SEWING MACHINE@J0HN IL
DAVIS, of Halifax, Sole Purchaser and Propria-
tor for the State of North Carolina.
The citizens Of Raleigh, and the neighboring
Rooms, Mr.. O. P. C~OPELAND'S DAGUERREAN
ROOMS, over the Post-0ffce, to witness the OPP
Grafton of
WATS0N'S CELEBRATEDTW TWELVE DOLLAR
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
which will be on exhibition, at tie above place,
afording a fne opportunity for all.tke citizens 10
see it, and test its particular worth for family use.
This Machine is admirably adapted to all kinds
of Family Sewing; it is simple in its cons true
ton, easily operated, not liable to get out of or
der, and will do as much work in a single day as
the most expert seamstress can do in ten, with her
needle, and is soldier the low price Of
TWELVE DOLLARS,
with Foot Power and Fixture complete, $22 %.
Any one who, upon seeing 1t operate, should
wish to procure a Machine, may leave their order,
with the assurance of receiving, in a few days,
one equal in every respect to the sample on exhi-
hilton. L. b. P0ISAL, Agent.
Raleigh, Sept. s, 1857. IS 3
~ State aud County Rights for, sale by ap-
plying to US in person or by letter.
re- TAKE N0TlCE-0n and after the list
October, the Machines complete will bs sold for
$25. Now is the time to send in your orders
Persons are warnedfrom purchasing the Machines
outside of this State. Those using our Machines
which they have bought out Of the State will DO
dealt according to-law.
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.e the Spirit of the Age.

DEAR AGE tne SPIN 'He H.
more fourishing in Nc th. Nov 1891. 3
our case the prophecy of PhSsSaaesrance are i
been fully verified, that if we NO a N i
would be to rise up stronger" Nf,,
We did go down, but have risen up "fAS
increased vigor and more terror to Dramsnops
and drunkenness than heretofore, for we nave
now associated with us the Ladies OF our
Town, and now number about 70 Sons and
Daughters of Temperance. Thursday nighe
the 9TH inst. was a glorious time with us, the
Sons and Daughters made a torch light DIS
play which was imposing and grand, the
procession headed by our Village baad,naTch-
ed through the principal streets OF our town,
and it being in time of our Superior Court,
attracted general attention and universal ad-
miration. The procession followed by avast
crowd of spectators marched to the Methodist
Church, where they were addressed by Rev
T.B Justice, aBaptist.ainister of Rutherford
County. The address was foreible andimpres-
siye, Staying Grog-shops, distiller les, drunk
ards and dramdrinkers to the right and left,
and making complete havoc of all internal
machines that are connected with '1iqucr'
and employed in the destruction of human
life. The scenes of human misery and woe, as
painted by the speaker, resulting from drunk
enness, were truly pathetic, andhis concluding
remarks, addressed to the ladies, to the Moth
ers and Daughters, were very sublime and
must result in much good.
After the speaking the Division returned
to the Hall, where the thanks of the order
was voted to the speaker, and thus closedsa
happy time IN Monroe.
L Fraternally yours,
d. A. CONVICTION.
P. S. His honor Judge Person charged
the Grand Jury at our court that it was ther
duty to present every drunkard, and to indie
every man who was in the habit of gettin|
drunk and disturbing the public-and Ian
informed the Grand Jury with the amiable- Dr.
Thomas Lowrie as their foreman, wenh- t
work in earnest, and that a dozen or mora @
our old topers are to be arraigned before tn
court of the next term. And now the lawh la
come to our help, and the maidens and Iaat
rons of the country have enlisted in the cause
may we not expect victory? | think so an
we will fight on. d. A.. G.
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LANDSCAPE

Sept. 10th, 1857. I5-ly.
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A white man named Jos. Underwood, said
to be a native of Union County, was arrested
in Charlotte on Friday night last, whilst ne
gotiating with a negro man belonging to Da-
vid Parks, Esq, Gin Mr.. P.'s Kitchen to in
duce him to runaway. The negro informed
his master of Underwoods proposition, and
took care that an officer should be so placed
as to overhear the conversation and thus
have a legal witness of the rascars guilt. I'm
derwood was committed to jail. He says
that others were connected with him in the
business.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

CATAsTRoPHE AvERTED.-On "Wednesday
of last week, Il farmer living on the line OF
the Indianapolis and Cincinnati road, above
Greensburg, saw a tree fall across the track,
aud knew that within fifteen minutes the ex.
press train would sweep over it from behind
a curve that shut the obstruction from sighl
until too late to hold up What should he
do? His voice wouldn't rearh-he could
make no sound heard above the roar and
clang of machinery? He knew that red was
always the sign of danger, ard ran 10 the
house for red cloth, but there wasn't a scarlet
rag to be found until his wifi. tore off her red
flannel petticoat, with which her husband got
beyond the curve in time to wave before the
startled engineer, aud save--God knows how
many lives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

ARrzoSrA.-Lieut. Mowry has arrived at
Washington, MS the bearer OF the petition
from the inhabitants OF the Gadsden Pur-
chase, for the establishment of Territorial
Government. The number of inhabitants
in Arizonin, ms this territory is called is
abont six thousand, and is increasing The
mineral resources of the territory are unpar-
alleled, and with almost as large and enter
prisng population.
One of the wagon roads and also the over.
land mail route pass through this region to
Fort Yuma; and it is probable that this will
be one of the routes to be selected for n rail.
road between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

The Second JUDICIAL CIRcUIr.--We
said last week that we could see TO reason
why our paper should interfere in the con-
test for Judge in the Second Circuit; and we
nre still Of that opinion. But we may be
permitted to express our regret that there
should be such undue excitement as is said to
prevail on the subject. In our poor judg.
ment, il was unfortunate that Convention
should be called TO settle a contest Cor ju-
dcial position between three gentlemen hay.
ing the same poltica! uIlini:es, as The natural
tendency of such proceeding would be 10
give partisan cast TO the election; and still
more unfortunate that, when Convention
had been decided upon, the friends of the
three aspirants who were committed TO It,
had not remained therein, determined to abide
its decision. Such, il seems to us, would
have been the more wise and proper course.
We hope our friends in the counties mme
diately concerned. will give the subject their
calmcr and more deliberate consideration, ard
not permit the judicial election, which occurs
ON the I5h August, to absorb and divert aud
distract all attention from The State elections
20 come Of on the 6h.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

MAIL SERyicE.-The Washington HI
announces that the Postmaster General f,s
rearraneed The mail service between R,.t
mond, Virginia, and Dalton, Georgia. yis M.
Ceulral railroad, as far as Charlolt,.g,l,.
thence by Columbia, across 10 Lyrrhlr-,.
thence via the Virginia and Tennesse. r..''
road 20 BRISTOL; thence by East Trpr,s.,o
and Virginia railroad to Knoxville, via lone.
Loro' &c.; thence by East Tennessee IA
Georgia railroad to Dalton; thence Ugs,w5,i
to Memphis, &c.
By the presen, route, via Wilmington ana
Augusta, the distance frnm Washington =,
Dalton is 93S miles. Theronte proposed by
some OF the interior papers was via III.
Oange g. Alexandria Railroad to Char.
louisville and Lynchburg, which gives abou,
60 miles Of staging in Virginia, between
Charlottesville and l.ynchburg, and SO mile,
in Tennessee, between Watauga and Bull
Gap. The distance Of this ronte is sls
miles, of which ll2 as stated above, is bv
stage. The route mentioned above is prob.
ably the one from Richmond, via Burkeyills
and Lynchburg, making the distance from,
Washington to Dalton, 697 miles, in which
there is a gap Of 50 miles of staging, which
is being rapidly filled up. Charlottesville !.
nearly direct line between Washington and
Lynchburg, but very far ont of the line he.
tween Richmond and Lynchburg. By this
I
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

tW- We learn, just as we are going to
press, that The Hon. S. A. Smith was thrown
from his buggy on Wednesday, and injured
in such way as will probably confne him
to his room for several days. His competitor
was with him at the time, and the accident is
said to have occurred by Col. Smiths horse
starting while he was in the act Of stepping
from the buggy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

CINCINNATI, july 23.-Some twenty chill
dren, living on Buckeye street, in this city, n
denselv populated German neiehborhood,
We're poisoned by eating lozenges, which
were scattered along the street bv man and
two boys, who are unknown. Two Of the
children are dead, and many are not expect
ed to live. The man offered smnl pack
ages of lozenges to persons on the street,
but susprciing something wrong, they were
not taken.
The ozenges contained arsenic, sugar md
honr. The motive for perpetrating such
crime is not known. The persons have not
been arrested.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

a FAMINE IN CHTSA.-The Friend of Chi.
ma of the 9Th Of sIay, received by the last
Overland mail says that the famine prevail
ing in that country exceeds al that the old
est living man ever Witnessed The rebels
nrc masing progress. the rnptal of the pro-
vince of Kwnng, ST. Kwe-Lung, having fall
len into their hands. In the province Of
Twangtnng, the famine is so severe, that
even the women are forming themselves in
TO bands Of robbers, have seizyd the sword
and gone forth plundering i'll order to obtain
susenance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

To THE PoLLs!-Voting is a duty which
no freeman can corscentiously disregard
duty which no good citizen will neglect
1t cost rivers of blood and millions of mo-
ney TO secure the inestimable privilege. Let
every one show that he truly and properly
appreciates it, by attending at the polls next
Thursday and casting his vote-not as a
partisan or party man-but rs FREEMAN
determined to do his duty wisely and intelli-
gently, and in view oft tho public good. What
matters it about wing or democrat, so that
right and justice prevail and the public veal
is promoted
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

CARRIAGES AND BUecIEs.--M essrs John l..
Bridges and Milton L. Phillips have bought
out the interest-of Mcssrs. Woodruff g. Co. in
the Carriage and Buggy business at Knox
vile and this place, and the business will be
carried on under tho name and style OF
Bridges g. Phillips, Knoxville and Athens
They invite all persons wanting Carriages
and Buggies, of any description, to call on
them. They nre prepared TO ill orders for
any kind oe vehicles that may be wanted, at
from 60 to 90 days. All jobs sold by them
are made North, and warranted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

THE Predicted CRAsH.-The New York
Journal of Commerce, one Of the ablcst and
most reliable financial journals in the cOun-
try, and the Louisville Journal, place no re-
lance in the reports given currency to by
interested parties in the East and in Europe,
relative to an impending peeuniary crash in
Western circles. These papers say that
there has been speculation in the West, that
has created great scarcity of money, and in
teriered with the operations of trade, but
the West is not bankrupt, and its recuprra-
tive energy is wonderful. Some people will
come outat these operations minus all that
they are worth, ard many others will involve
their friends and neighbors in their ruin
But, continues the Journal, "two good crops
Of agricultural produce will probably wipe
out nearly every vestige of these mis-
fortunes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

HANGING BY THE DoZsN.-The Texas In.
dianolian, of the 18th instant, SAYS rumors
have reached that place from the upper coun
try that the Vigilance Committee are raking
horse thief and murderer they can find. A
gentleman. SAYS that paper, who came down
the rond few DAYS since States that he saw
a dozen bodies suspended TO one tree, and
on another, five. great MANY Of the des-
peradoes have passed through lndnno', on
their way TO New Orlcans-not considering
it healthy for them to remain any longer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

s4y We learn that Mr.. Spurlock, Super
intcndent Western and Atlantic Railroad,
was on the line of the East Tennessee and
Georgia road this week, and, at an interview
with the management Of the latter, gave as
surances that he would make Schedule in a
few days that will afford close connections
and obyiate the vexalious detentions which
have been occurring at Knoxville and Dalton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

ST. LOUIS, July 2I.--Gov. Walker was
encamped outside Of Lawrence. with eight
companies Of dragons, on the nth. The
citizens hNd decided mt 10 neroio'e with
him. He will not resort 10 the support Of
the troops unless fred upon, when ciyil war
will De declared. Gov. Walker has warrants
10 arrest the city officers and other citizens
Of Lawrence. More Indian Troubles.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

PASFUL.-The "Indiana State Sentinel
says "iis many friends in this vicinity will
be panied to learn that the Rev. Eliza Ander-
son, Of Madison, Indiana, was sent to the peni-
Tertiary the other day by the Bedford (Ky.)
Circuit Court, for stealing nggers."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

szS- Mr.. A. H. FosTEE, Daguerrean Artist,
has taken Rooms in the building formerly
known as the Athens Hotel. where he will
remain for short time. lie will be pleased
to receive calls from persons wishing pictures
taken. 81
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

Tbs SOUTHERN CosvEsTIos.-To give
delegates and the public generally an oppor-
tuDity OF attending the Convention to assem-
bic at Knoxville on the 10th of August, the
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad pro-
pose to carry passengers to and from Knox
vile, from the It'll to the 18th Of August, for
one fare-that is full fare going, with a re-
turn ticket free.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

BAD FOR CHRISTIAN CITIEs.-Upwards of
ten thousand females in New York, forty
thousand in Paris, AMI eighty thousand in
London, are said by staticians to regularly
earn daily living by immoral practces.-
And yet all these are Christian cities.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

IaS~ "Thcre is no place like home" SAYS
tho poet Right! unless it's tSe home of the
yonng woman you're after. This is, Of
course, m exception. Future poets will
please TO noteif.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

OF The dearsr oats become the more
horses are licked. Dobbs Says shilling raw
hide will give rs much power to his grey
marc ne twenty-five cents worth Of corn
Dobbs is becorninra nlilosnnher.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

The CRoPs IN FRANcE.-The crops in
France are reported to be excellent The
grain harvest says Paris etter-"wi!l be
early, as We have had the thermometer for
some time floating in the neighborhood of
sc degrees. The blooming OF the vines was
accomplished everywhere in the best condi-
ton OF health and prosperity. The same
good reports cannot be given of the silk
worms. The disease of these interesting
insects continues, and already large amounts
of money are leaving the country for invest
mpnts in the raw material. So great in
deed is the continuance of the financial cr-
sis is attributed to it,"
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NOTICE.-All persons indebted to the

kOTICE.-All persons indebted to the
office of the "Post," for subscriptions, udver-
Using, and job work, must pay their accounts
by the close of the present volume of the
paper, as proprietor conlemplates change
in the business arrangements of the office at
that time. The volume will expire on the
18th Of September, and he trusts ALL who
know themselves indebted will come to time
promptly, and not wait to be visited by jim
Turner, or some other heartless collecting
officer. Where the accounts for subscription
ARE not settled by the time named, they will,
in accordance with the terms published week
ly, be made out at the rate of SO per year
in every instance. s. p. IvISs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

TIcKETs.-Our friends in the different Civil
Districts McNlnn county are requested TO
call at the printing office, and procure
tickets.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-31

STOCKHOLDERS MEETSG.-The Annual
Convention of the Stockholders East Ten.
nessee and Georgia Railroad, will be held at
Cleveland, on Wednesday the 9th day of Sep
tember