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Wages paid weekly to Agents everywhere,
selling our Pateaf Siirer Mould White Wire
Clothes Lines. Business permanent For inll
Philade phia, Pa may5w4. :.
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Bismarck, desiring 30 dfsc00tinus
French as tie iangusg q ofs the conrt
at Berlis, addressed q dispa IA sSt.
Petersburg written in aermansq4G Gort-
reproved the Prnssian cham
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Take pleasure in announcing to their friends
and customers that their stock Of ~ (
"a lg7
Fall and Winter Goods

would impossible the
branches ourselves by that
have before had it. and that if they want
ANYTHING IN the shape Of SO .fg MI
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IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of A. c. Hawthorn, Bankrupt
EpY virtue of orders for sale to me dirvcted
HID issued from the. District Court Of the
United States for the District Of South Caro-.
lima, Il win sell at Abbsviile Couat House, on
Salelay. 9Th December, thu following property
OF eaid A. C. Hawthorn. tsa.s. ,-s ,57-
lst. The tract of land, known as the House
Place, containing $40 ncres more or less.
bounded by d. q Hawthorn, Thos Hawthorn.
and Others, on Taylor's creek, within miles Of
Due West. = .a'z ~ IL 81. EI.si
. I'd. The; murphy. Place" eoptanin l92
acres. mare or less, on Chckasaw creek, with.
in one mile Of Due West. and bounded by 8
r Brownlee. Dr.. r. G. Grisr, aud others. y
SD, The House and Lot in the Village Of
Due West: containing some II acres, more or
'less, bounded by Or J. l. Miller. estate Of J:
R. Brownlee, sfid tie E+skine College Lot.
Also. The chooses in action due TO said A.
C. Hawthorn, consisting of great number Of
notes and accounts OH various persons, and
H75 sliates .tock7of the Greenville d Columbia
''I And don on Wedns.day following. 7th December
at Due West, various articles of personal pro-
perty, consisting Of mules. wagon. carriage &c.
,p',':E-;l,n, = r. q. WAltDLAWsz ;
. : Nov. ii, 1870, %, At :, AZ assignee
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FourHundred acres situated on
Rocky Creek-one half in original
forrest. Thirty acres cleared the past
year. This is an extra farm of its
size Dwellingghouses and Ealisneces-
sary out buildings. Terms half cash,
balance in one and two years. a-ss "a,
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- ONE HUNDRED. AND Al. : : FIFTY
ACRES situated. on the Gfeenville
and Columbia Railroad, one and one
fourth miles from Greenwood Fine
dwelling house (eigbt. rooms aud oil
buildings necessary. sThis place
possesses many advantages on account
Of location health and fertility ofsoil.
Terms halt. cash, balance one and two
years. For further, information ap-
ply to u &Fz1l 'e,.saa7ss: ; q lAsa:&Iaa !.
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Noass our RssoHs

All51 our friends who afeindebtsd
to us, either iorsabscription oradysr-
'fising, viii Sconfsrs favor BY settling
atsr early day qhemoney wonlabo
fnostacceptable TO. as asthis tine md.
We suppose there is no season which
would better suit the convenience sf
'ourfriends. y The crops ARE being sold,
ndsmoney IS ~ plentiful nowsasms
may expect It Soon to be- 10 each
one the AMOUNT of indebtedness II
small, but to Us che aggregate is quiss.
eonside desable* Come and settlel e
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14
The Great Steamboat Race.

Nothing has occurred in the West, sihce
the war, to create such an excitement Us
the recent race between the splendid steam
ers ar. Il. Lee" and "Natchez.". The
Lee, commanded by Capt. Cannon, and the
Natchez, by Capt. Leathers, left New Or
leans at one minute to 5 O'clock, p. th.,
June 80, 1870, for the grand test Of speed
to st. Louis. For an instant each boat
staggered in the water like race-horse
that is being brought to the scratch, @ha
then darting forward with an impetus such
as they had never felt before, sprahg for
ward on their courses. And the Lee and
the Natchoz were flying! Up from the
excited thousands--as from the earth and
air and water came the thunderous APP
plause, until the air was call yell'' and
the earth, as far as the eye could reach
confusion. Words cannot describe that
sccne--imagination cannot picture it.
Several gentlemen who were passengers
on the Natchez, to Natchoz, during the
race have Just returned. They express
themselves highly pleased with their eN--
poriences on board this flying riyet palace.
When they left the Natc6ez, at NatGhek,
the women aud children on board we're
crying with modification al their defeat.
Capt. Leathors was hopeful Of still being
able to give the Lee the go-by, but stated
frankly that he had underestimated The
power of that magnificent vessel. On The.
wharfboat at .Natchcz were the horns Of
the Princess tastefully decorated and M
waiting for the leading boat. On then. ia
gilt letters are the words, slime Of the
Princess from New Orleans to Natchez, ~
hours and SO minutes. Why don't ,y6d,
take the hornsr The ''horns were gra5aS--
fully handed over to Capt. Cannon, a!id
now proudly adorn the front of the II. H..
Lee, that boat having beat the Princess
time twenty minutes. ....f..
At Memphis the widest enthusiasm pre-.
vailed Although late at night, her whole:
population seemed to have gathered up6fs
the river bank, and bonfres were blaEing
everywhere. Unfortunately The FIRST great
beauty of the scene was lost to the LeA,
as the Thompson Dean, ahead Of the Lee,
caused the Memphis people by mistake 10
touch of their fireworks and shout them
selves hoarse. .aa
At Columbus crowds lined the wharf,
streets, and houses, cannon was Fred, and
the cheering was deafening.
During the night ths river, all alongy
seemed one blaze of light, 50 numerous
were the bonGres
The trip to st. Louis, over twelve han
dred miles, was accomplished by the vic
torious boat, 'sRobt L. Lee,2 in the un.
preeedented time of days, la hours and
ii minutes. The Western aud Southsrn'
papers are full Of the interesting aud sx-
citing details. htl a siHf
The Lee was built at Louisville, aud the
Natcbes Cincinnati, for the express rnt-
pose Of beating the former,
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14
Col. Pete Turney.

We call attention to the announcement
Of this gentloman in another column. He
aspires to position on the Supreme bench,
Col. Turney is man Of fuo legal attain
ments and of unequiyocal position in poli-
tics. lie was one of the first to take arms
for the Southern Confederacy in the late
struggle, and when the war was over, was
one Of the first to return to his allcgianco
to the government. He is now, as he al
ways has been, an ardent Democrat
KnOruile Chronicle.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14
NO. 35
For The Enterprisc.l q I-..f
THE WAY TO TELL,


[The following contribution was crowded out
last wcek.-ED.l
There's different grades Of men, You know,
The honest and the knaye,
The rich, the poor, the high, the low
The coward and the brave. F
Some change like the wcather-cock
That turns with every hrcezCi
Unlike the grey old granite rock
Firm in heat or winters freeze.
You see some standing on the fence
May fall on either side,
The popular current moves them thence,
They float upon its tide.
III give rule to try their grit,
With accurate precision,
By which 10 know the counterfeit
And make the grand division.
Show me the company You keep,
And will tell yOn then, rI
As water will its level seek
So will each class of men.
Birds of feather flock together
An adagC old and true
And this will always tell You whether
\ mans for me or you.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14
A Man who Says he will Never Die

Wythe county possesses an old curiosity
in the person of an old fellow by the name
of Peter Butner. Peter claims Gxcmp-
ton from the ills which are generally
thought to be incident to our common hu.
man nature. In other words he claims to
have discovered the fountain of perpetual
life and that he will never die. Death need
not shake his ''gory locks''' at Peter; for
he is determined n0t to ''shuffle off this
mortal coil' as long as single human be-
ing remains npon terra frma. He will
live to eat the goose that eats the grass
over the graves of the rest of u.s. Wythe-
uiiie Enterprise.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Conservatism is gaining groundin Blount
county. The correspondent from that
county of the Athens Post, some days
ago, in speaking of the arrangements for
the celebration of the 4th, closes with the
following noble sentiment. "God send it
may be made the general surrcnder-day of
all political prejudice and hatred p' God
send us few more such newspaper cor
respondents.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

The Rome (Ga.) Courier says that for
the twelve months ending June 30th, the
sexton there "has buried but eleven whites,
and three of these were brought from the
country. No one of them was between
the ages of q and IS years. During the
same time he bas buried 35 negroes.
When it is~remembcred that in Rome the
white population outnumbered the ne
groes in the proportion of about A to /,
the disparity in the number of deaths be-
comes more astonishing. According to
their number, there have been abont l3
deaths of negroes to one among the white
population, during the time named. Sta
tistics of all the Southern cities show sim
liar results since the war"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

The Athens Post pays this compliment
to Colonel ID. NJ. Key, Of Chattanooga :
"Col. Key is prominent candidate for the
Chancellorship of this (thc Second) Divi-
sion. He is gentleman of large profess
sional attainments and, sterling integrity,
general favorite with the people of low
er East Tennessee, and would make an
excellent Chancellor.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

The Western people haye.been excited
at no event since the war, as they were
over the recent steamboat race from New
Orleans to Cairo, between the Il. L. Lee
and Natchez.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Mr.. A. II. Stephens is cheerful end IN
somewhat improved health. Though quito
feeble, he is able by the assistance Of his
crutches to walk about the yard and se>
perintend the cultivation of his garden, in
which he appears to take great interest.
Hopes are entertained by some Of his
friends that he will regain the use Of his
limbs so far as to dispense with his arti6-
cial supports.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14
WHITE .E CLIFF
MINERAL SPRINGS

THESE Springs are situated on ChilhOwee
l. Mountain, Sixteen Miles from Madisonville,
and same distance from Athens, Tenn.
They are located at an elevation of about
1900 feet above Conasauga Valley, in day,
pure and very irvigorating atmosphere afford
ing an extensive and beautiful view of the sur
rounding country.
There are three Springs in close proximity two
of which are Tonic, Diuretic and Alternative, and
have proved very elficacious in relieving diseas-
es of the Liver, Kidneys and Stomach, and have
acted as sovereign remedy in ChlOrosis and
Dysmenorrhea the other Spring possessing pro-
perties that have proved very beneficial in Scrof-
ulous Affections of the Skin and Chronic Diseases
of the Eye.
The Company have erected CommodiOus ho-
tel, and leased the same, which will be ready
for the reception ofguests by the 18th of June.
Hacks will run regularly from Athens (sixteen
milcs) to the Springs.
Those wishing to stop off at Sweetwater will
also find conveyance via MadisOnville.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

The bridge over the Etowah river, on
the CartersVille and Van Vert Railroad,
was completed ON the 4th Instant. 1t is
said to be frst-class structure.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

The Cartersville (Ga.,) Express says
"Oboy the law of God, taught us in few
words: 'Owe no man nothing" The
editor is a preacher, too.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

One exceedingly warm day in June a
neighbor met an old man, and remarked
that it was very hot. "Yos,' said Joe (;
''if it wasn't for one thing, should sag
we were going to have a thaw." "What
is that !n inquired tho FREUD. ':ThercS
nothing frozo,' said Joe.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Seth Green, the fish farmer of the Hud-
son, reports that he is Matching out l00,-
600 shad per, day, and invites all the
world to come and see how it is done. He
promises to replenish all the worn-out
shad fisheries in the country with domes-
ticated fish equally as good as the wild.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Snow my little boys and girls" said a
teacher. 81 want you to be very quiet
so quiet that you can hear pin drop"
In minute all was silent, when a little
boy shrieked, "Let her drop"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

The Chattanooga Times of the 9Th says;
ave saw telegram yesterday to Mr..
Stanton, from Koopmanschap & Co., of
San Francisco, stating that 1853 Chinese
left that city July Sd, foG the Alabama
and Chattanooga. Railroad. We are una
bic to find out when the first party will
arrive here, but are under the impression
that it will be some time this week.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

To any one who can say, "Shoes and
socks shocks Susan," with rapidity and
faultless pronunciation, four times run
ming, large reward will be paid.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

IL is now said that Fish and Cox and
Creswell are all about to leave the Cabi-
net. This is, indeed, sad intelligence.
And the worst of it is, Robeson is going
to stay.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Well, my young gentleman, and how
would you like your hair cutl" "Oh,
like papa's, please-with little round
hole at the top"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Josh Billings says the mosquito was born
of poor but honest parents, who had in
their veins some of the best blood in the
country.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

A Norwich hen has hatched chicken
with one head, two bodies, and four legs.
The head has got all it can do topick up
food sufficient for two bodies.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Six thousand bushels of wheat, at 81 .25
per bushel, have already been delivered
at Cartersyille, Ga.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Judge 'Paschal, of Texas, has iuditcd an
Grafton to the President for the pardon'of
all persons incarcerated in rebel States by
military commissions. The argument will
be presented to the President on his return.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

The French Emperor wore mourning
eight days in consequence of the death Of
of Jerome Patterson Bonaparte.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Sam. Twins says in his last issue: 'sThe
RISING STAR is the title of a new paper
which Charlie Woodward, of the Sweet
water ENTERPRISE proposes to publish at
Loudon, Loudon (late Christiana) county,
Tennessee. 1t looks like formidable
undertaking, to run two country papers +;
but Charlie has the two great elements of
success in business-plenty of industry
and cheek--and if he &ils, it will hardly
be worth while for anybody else to make
the effort. Of course, the people of the
new county, irrespective of party, will give
liberal aid and encouragement to the
RISING STAR. The enterprise has our best
wishes for its success" Thank you, broth
er Iyins, but somehow or other, we always
thought we possessed to perfection every
other business qualification except cheek
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14
THE ENTERPRISE.
SWEETwATER, THURSDAY, JULY IA, 1870,

Eight brick stores, under cover of slate,
are going up in Gainesville, Ga.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

Aplstfurm crowded with children in the
Roman Catholic Presbytery at Westches-
ter, N. Y, gave way on the 4th of July,
as the children were witnessing the dis
charge of fireworks, and precipitatcd the
mass of human beings to the ground. Over
forty children, and several adults, were
severely, and some of them fatally wounded.
Among the latter monk and two Ch7is-
tian Brothers. .-.as
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-07-14

The Union and American, of the 7th in
slant says: "The Free and Accepted Ma
sons, of Iowa, have, by action of their
Grand Lodge, amended their laws so as to
admit negroes to the Order. 1t is not
probable that the Masons of other States
will follow this example. Negroes in the
Eastern States, and few, we believe, in
this, have sort Of Masonic order of their
own. That is, they get their charters from
some foreign body, but are not recognized
as brethren by the whites heyeauouts.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-16
ILLINOIS.
WondcrruI Freaks of a Mania

wonderful Freaks of a Maniac.
JACKSONVILLE, April 14.-An insane
woman in some way escaped from the apart
ments of the insane asylum in which she
had been confined, and rushed up the stair
way, leaped upon the roof and dashing
away to the end of the building swung her
self over the edge of the roof and dropped
TO cornice some six or eight feet below.
Upon this cornice, foot wide and some
seventy-fve feet above the ground, the
wild maniac walked back and forth for
quarter of an hour. Men rushed to the
roof and passed a rope TO her and had to
persuade her while trying to fasten it about
her body, but in vain. Below, beds were
brought and placed TO break the fall, should
she leap from her perilous position
After remaining on the cornice fifteen
minutes, seemingly unconscious OF any
danger, she swung off, and holding by the
cornice until her feet touched cap OF the
fifth story window, which was open, she
let 90 of the cornice, and, wonderful to
relate, alighted erect and steady upon the
cap, which was but a foot wide and four
feet long. There at that fearful and dizzy
hight she stood gazing about for fifteen
minutes, then she seized firmly the rope
lowered to her, and leaped into the air.
The strong arms above her gradually low
cred her, and when she was about thirty
feet from the ground she relaxed her hold
and fell upon the beds below, and although
stunned, was taken up uninjured.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-16
EDWIN ROOTH AT HOME.

4 few evenings since, in company with
a couple of literary friends, went to sec
Edwin Booth play Hamlet After sitting
through the first three acts, and while
witnessing the splendid acting of the in
terview with his mother, which l think
the finest point in the play, one of my
friends suggested that we shall call upon
the great tragedian behind the scenes. l
had never seen him before, and the temp
tation of seeing Hamlet as he was, was
too strong to be overcome by any hesitan-
cy about intruding upon the great actors
retirement. Mrs. Booth was in plain eve
ming dress, sitting in a corner knitting,
entertaining her friends in a lively con-
versation. had not seen her since she
left the stage, and was glad to find her
more than usually attractive. She was
formerly Miss Mary McVicar of Chicago,
and was known as an actress of great
ability, and,a woman of noble and bril-
liant qualities She has a sharp, bright
and expressive face. The conversation
was mainly upon dramatic matters. Ham,
let, who had just left his mother in such
fearful condition athis invectives against
her marriage, was sitting on lounge in
an easy posture smoking dark nicer
schaum pipe. Beyond his stage costume,
his makeup for the play was but little
more than his natural appearance. He
wore his own hair, and beyond the faint
est possible tinge of rouge on his checks,
there was no attempt to identify himself
with the character, by any mere access0-
ries of art or fashion.
Mr. Booth has mace his home in the
thcater lie had a suite of eight rooms
on the upper floors, which we're intended
for studios, but he found that it would be
better to convert them into dwelling.
He said he was so tired after acting, that
it was torture to go through the trouble of
dressing to travel four or five blocks.
Hamlet, he said, did not exhaust him ex-
cept by its intensity. Richard was the
most exhausting play. He wanted to
produce it, but did not like to attempt it
until he had forgotten Colly Cibber's
wrctchcd version, and was able to pro
duce it as written by Shakespeare. One of
the party suggested that many of Cibber's
editions were of advantage, but, said
Booth, there is no advantage in Cibbcr's
play that cannot be cOunterbalanced by
The original text. Shakespeare as Shak
spcare wrote it is great deal stronger
than Cibber's variations. -ThttddelOh1d
Star.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-16
KEMINIsCENCE OF THE REBEL
LION.
From the New York Sun.

The last official business transacted by
President lincoln was to receive the visit
of an officer of the War Department, who
came to take his directions respecting
Jacob Thompson. Information had
reached the Department at about .
o'clock in the afternoon of April IA, that
Jacob Thompson, the leader among the
Rebel agents in Canada concerning whom
it had repeatedly been reported by our
secret agents there that they were cOnsid-
ering plans to assassinate the President
would be in Portland, Me-, the next day,
in a certain disguise, to take the steamer
which would leave for Halifax. When
this information was submitted to Mr..
Stanton he said instantly, ARREST him !"
'But stay" he added, ''yOu had better go
over and find out what MIR. Lincoln de-
sires. Tell him think Thompson ought
to be arrested"
Mr.. Lincoln had finished his labors for
the day, and was washing his hands in a
side room. When told that Jacob Thomp-
son was coming into Maine, that he would
be in Portland in disguise the next fore
noon, he said: "Well, l guess you had
better let him run" "But, was the ans
wer, ''Mr Stanton thinks he had better
be arrested" 'tNo," said he, '1et him
run. He can't do any more harm now.
When you find an elephant running, the
best way is to let him keep on. Let him
get out to England if he wants to. we
shall have enough of them on our hands
without taking him too. Tel Stanton
xyo,, ha1 hact laf him slide y