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! IIEUOS EE RAILROAD.
B'jlROM and after this date the loliowiii;
8 - 8* hciiule w ill be run on the Cherokee KaT
b ive Uiitknian at 7:00 A. At.
“ i'av 'uvsviUe, 8:00 “
“ Stili sboro, 8:25 “
Arrive at ( trter.sv illc, 9:10 “
l.eave Carlersville 3:00 I’. 51.
•* St *1 isboro, 3:50
“ Ta y.orsville 4:30 “
Arrive at Kockroart 6:15 “
WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
The following Schedule takes effect Novem
ber 2s, 1875
NORTHWARD. No. 1.
Leave Atlanta 4 20 pin
Arrive Cartersville —.6 36 pui
Arrive Kingston 6 42 p in
Arrive Dalton 7 04 p m
Arrive Chattanooga 19 15 i> m
No. 3.
Leave Atlanta 6 eO a in
Arrive Cartersville 8 42 am
Arrive Kingston 9 i[ it ui
Arrive Dalton 10 54 tt m
Arrive.Chattunooga 12 42 pm
No. li.
Leave Atlanta 5 55 p in
Ari ive!s(. ai t'wsville 8 50 p m
Arrive Kingston 9 24 p in
Arrive Datum 11 45 p m
HJITIAVAKi)- No. 2.
Alive Chattanooga 4 Oo p in
Leave Dalton 5 51 p m
Yin: vo King-ton 7 31 pm
\ nve r.-.i ersville 8 92 P m
Arrive Atlanta 19 19 p ru
, No. 4.
Leave Chattanooga 5 15 am
Arrive Dalton 7 14 am
Arrive Kingston 9 67 a ni
Arrive Cartersville 9 45 am
Arrive Atlanta H 55 n’n
No. 12.
Arrive Dalton 1 90 a m
Arrive Kingston 4 21 am
Arrive Cartersville 5 18 a in
Arrive Atlanta 9 42 a tn
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2, be
tween New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Cars run 011 Nos. 1 and 4 be
tween Atlanta and Nashville.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos .*a3 nd Sbe-
Iwceii Louisville and Atlanta.
.* rh in go of ca: - between New Orleans
M0:,i;... Montgomery. Atlanta and Baltimore
and out ono'change to New York.
' - .ger- leaving Atlanta at 410 p. ni . ar
-1 iv,' in New York the second thereafter at 4 90
l>. 111.
Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs
and \ annus Summer Resorts will be on su.e
i * ,\i w Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, colura
. Macon, Btv 1 ninth, Augusta and Atluiun.
..t greatly reduced rates Ist 01 June.
Parties desiring a whole car through to the
Virginia springs or to Baltimore should au
dress the undersigned.
Parties contemplating traveling should semi
l'nr a eopyol' the Ktnne*ino Jioute Gazette, con
taining schedules, etc.
pa- A-:, lor tickets via “Kennesaw Route.
B. W. WUENN,
Go acral Passenger and Ticket Agent,
may22—dtf Atlanta, C.i
ATLANTA A WEST POINT RAILROAD.
PASSENGER THAI N —OUT W A UD.
STATIONS, ARRIVE. LEAVE
\ i Lint a 10:25 p. m.
: - Poire 10:44 p. ni. 10:44 p. m
(.-do tk 1<:59 j.. m. 31:44 i>- m.
i ■ !u n 11:2* p. m. 11:32 p. m
i'..:..ici t-i 11:37 p. m. 11:88 p. m.
Powell’s. 11 75“ p. m, It :59 p. ill.
\ewi: ~12:11 p. 111. 33:15 a. 111.
t.i „ v 12:59 a m 12:51 a m
Hogan- \ ilka 1:1*8 a m 1:09 am
V, In;licl IN 1:34 a m 1:35 am
LaUrar.go. 1:51 a m 1:55 am
; . , ;;iie 2:21 a m 2:21 a in
West roinr...'. 2:40 a m
p VSiENCLU TRaIN-INWARD.
STATION'S. AKKIVE. LEAVE.
West Point 12:39 p m
Long Cane 13:36 p m 13:36 p 111
La Grange 1:02 pm 1:03 p m
W hitilelu'.- 1221 p m 1:21 p m
Ilogiiiisville 1:21 pm 1:42 piu
Graniville 1:37 pm 1:58 pm
Puckett’s 2:13 pm 2:18 pm
Newii tn 2:29 p in 2:00 p m
Poweil’s 2:44 pm 2:45 pm
Palmetto 3:145 p m 3:oi p in
Fairburu 3:32 pm 2:2! p m
i:,,i 0.,t 3:3Bpm 3:42pm
Last Point 8:57 p m 3:57 pm
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S>El 31A TiOME & DALTON.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY—NORTH.
Leave Rome 6:10 p m
Arrive at Dalton 3:81 p m
Making close connections :d Dalton with the
Hast Tennessee, Virginia a- 1 Georgia Untl
rnal. aiul Western and Atlantic Railroad lor
ail Eastern and Western cities.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY—SOLID.
Leave Dalton P nl
Arrive at Rome "• i “ 1 J 111
Arrive at Caiera —•“ u 111
Arrive at Selma 10;20 a m
.Making close connection at Caiera lor Mon.
ginnery and points South, and at Selma w it-
Alabiim* l entral Railroad for Mobile, New Or
leans. Meridian. Vicksburg, .Tack son, all
points South ia Tex ts. Louisiana and MEsis
sippi. M. STANTON, Gen. Sup’t.
Uav Height, Gen. Ticket and Pass’gr Agt.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Trains on Oeorgia Railroad,
Atlanta to At an*t, run as below:
Leaves Augnsta at * 8:45 am
( eaves Atlanta at 7:00 am
Arrives at Augusta 3:30 am
Arrives at Atlanta 5:45 p m
Night passenger trains as follows:
Leaves Anan-t* at s -'ls p m
!-- -ves Atlanta *t 10:50 p m
Arrives at Augusta 3:15 a m
Arrives at Atlanta 6:35 u m
Accomodation train as follows :
Leaves Atlanta 5:90 p m
l.eMas Covington 5:50 a m
Arrives at Atl ;tita 8.15 * ™
Arrives it Covington 7:30 p m
T M* CO6U HI6 •.It STEAM**?.
. ob the Coosa River will run as per
schwi:, totlows:
J.eitvv Hobm kverv Monday at 1 P m
-e.ive k. every ThnratUy Bam
ai-r!!* * l ***'•*• Tucaday and friday..* a ni
A e at Roiiu ts e.tnee.iav and Saturday# p ir
J- M. ELLIOTT. Gen’l Sup”
Bartow Hons®,
Cartersville, Ga.
A Ik! again been leased by the
114*4 aa --he hopes her old fi ienda
*• '• p, ll ' Bot forget her. Her tables
:i * dkell 11 lh, ‘ best to be bed in market,
ni,htd a re neatly and comfortably fur-
P t • Mrs. e. m. stovall,
■ S helm AN’. Proprietress.
Dlerk. june!7-tf.
THE ETOWAH RIVER.
Report of the United States Engineer of
the Examination from It ridge, near
Cartersville, to Rome.
Chattanooga, Tenx., )
August 34, 1872. j
Major: In compliance with your
instructions, I have the honor to sub
mit the following report of an exami
nation of Etowah river, from the
bridge of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, near Cartersville, Georgia,
to its junction with the Oostanaula •
and Coosa rivers at Rome, Georgia, j
The bridge of the Western and At-1
lantie Railroad is a Howe truss j
wooden bridge, with five spans of
about seventy feet each. The bot
tom of the lower chord is about 30 j
leet above high-water mark. River
at this point is 250 feet wide. A shoal
begins at the railroad bridge and ex
tends down the river 1,500 feet.
Eight hundred feet below the bridge
is an old mill with a dam built of
loose rock, extending entirely across j
the stieain.
It will be necessary to remove a ;
portion of this dam, say 100 by 8 by |
10 feet loose rock, and build a dam ’
250 feet long at hot of shoal, and a '
lock of 4 feet lift. Tne fall is only i
two feet on the shoal, but it will j
cost h o to build a dam and a Jock |
than to excavate a channel the whole i
length of the shoal; estimates for j
which is annexed to the report. We j
line! the water from G to 12 feet deep !
(ora half mile farther down, which I
brings us to Puckett’s ferry, and 500
feet below Puckett’s ferry a loose [
rock and gravel-bar extends across]
the river. The fall here is 18 feet,
flic improvement needed is a chan
nel excavated throgh the bar 400 feet !
lung, SO feet wide, and 2 feet deep.
One and a quarter miles below the *
\ •-tern A Atlantic Railroad bridge!
we come to L. Tumlin’s mill and
any, u acre it will be necessary to
Duiid a dam 9 feet high, 250 feet long,
with a lock of 5 feet lift.
One-quarter of a mile below Turn
in’s mill there is a gravel-bar where
i channel will have to be cut GOO feei
long, 80 feet wide, and 1 foot deep.
One-half mile below Tumlin’s mill
a loose rock and gravel-bar that will
require a channel to be opened
through it 200 feet long, 80 feet wide
m:b iq fe< t deep.
One mile below Tumlin’s mill is
another gravel-bar, through which a
channel will have to he opened 100
b.v 80 by 2.V feet, loose rock and
gravel.
One-half mile above Douthard’s
ferry there is a gravel-bar, where the
only improvement needed is a chan
nel to be cut through the bar, 500 by
80 by 2 feet. Bar at Douthard’s ferry,
three tubes below Tumlin’s mill, is
composed • f loose rock and gravel.
A channel 300 by 21 by SO feet will
give sufficient- water-way. River at
this point is about 225 feet wide.
About three-qua: tors of a mile be
low Douthard’s l'erry the river widens
out to 350 feet wide, forming a shoal I
3,500 feet in length on which there is j
a total faii of 3] feet. The water is j
only 2 feet deep.
The improvement required here is
a dam 250 feet long, and a lock of 5
feet lift; also the removal of 50 cubic
yards solid rock, and 700 cubic yards
loose rock. There is a truss bridge
here, 350 feet long, which will have
to be remodeled.
The banks of the l iver are general- i
lv 12 feet high.
At the foot of the last mentioned I
shoal the river contracts to a width i
of 225 feet, until we reach a shoal j
about GOO feet above Rowland’s ferry. 1
At the upper odd of this -hoal a reef
of rocks contracts the channePvvay to j
50 feet in width. Below the reef a ;
a gravel-bar extends across tlie *
stream, through which it will he nee- 1
essary to widen the channel through ]
the rock reef at the head of shoal.
On both sides of the river there is j
a beautiful and fertile countty; the ;
soil is dark red, very rich, and the:
land under a high slide of c;dtiva- ;
tion.
At Rowland’s ferry the hanks are !
20 feet high. The high-water mark [
11 9.8 feet above the low stage ot wa- ]
t r. Petit’s creek makes in from the '
right hank, just opposite here. The j
river Is 200 feet wide.
One half mile below Rowland’s 1
ferry we come to the bridge of the
Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad;
it is Howe truss, and is 192 feet long
in the clear, and reaches across the
river in one span; bottom of lower
chord is 21.4 feet above low water,
or 1 I.G feet above the highest stage of
water. Depth of water in the chan
nel is G feet. It will be necessary to
put a draw in this bridge.
One-third of a mile below the above
bridge is a rock reef, through which
it will be necessary to cut a channel
50 by 80 by 2 feet.
Three-quarters of a mile below the
railroad bridge R a tlsh trap dam to
be taken (..ut; 135 cubic yards (if loose
rock will cover the amount of m:\te
* rial to he excavated.
i wo miles below the bridge of the
Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad
is a gravel bar and fish-trap dam,
known as Row land’s shoal. Im
provement needed here is a channel
300 leet long, 3 feet deep, and 80 feet
wide.
One-half mile below Roland’s
j -On nl is a gravel-bar 300 feet long,
with only 3 feet depth of water and
considerable current. Il will be nec
essary here to build a wing dam of
riprap, below the shoal, 7 feet high,
and 300 feet long, to back the water
up over the bar, and make it deeper.
We have good water for the next
five miles, where we find a solid rock
reef extending across the river about
half a mile above tStile’s house exca
vation in solid rock necessary t* make
a good channel 400 by 80 by 2 feet.
For the next one and a half miles
we have from 4 to 10 feet of water,
until we reach a reef of rocks ex
tending across at right angles to the
course of the river, Below this reef
a gravel bar extends 400 feet further
down the-river. It will be necessary
to cut a channel through this shoal
440 feet long, 80 feet wide, and 3
feet deep. One-eighth of the mate
rial will he solid rock, and the rest
gravel and loose rock, the width of
the river here is 250 feet. The banks
i are £0 feet high, and there is a high
i rolling country extending back from
i the rivers onjboth sides.
Three-fourths of a mile further
down the river there is a rock-reef
extending across the river, on which
there are only 3 feet of water at a
low stage.
It will be necessary to cut a chan
nel through this reef 200 foot long, 80
feet wide and two feet deep. The
amount of excavation will be 1,183
cubic yards of solid rock. There is
not much fall over the reef. The
country is flat on the right, and hilly
on the left of river.
One-third of a mile further down
tht-re is another reef, which is one
quartcr of a mile’ above Thomas
Tumlin’s ferry. Theie <ire six feet
of water above the reef, 18 inches on
the reef aiid G below, and not much
current.’ Evea vat ions necessary to
open a channel, 100 by 80 by 3 feet in
solid rock. At Thomas Tumlin’s
ferry the river l 240 feet wide, and
there are 8 feet water in the channel.
Banks are about feet high, with a
level country on both sides of the
river.
The distance to the railroad bridge
at Cartersville i t about 15 miles. Eu
harlee creek n. Tes in on the left
bank one-eight mile below the ferry
one-half mile elow Thomas Tum
lin’s ferry is a ish-trap dam and a
shoal 1,500 feet in length. The
river here is 340 feet wide, and not
more than 18 inches deep. The fall
is 2G feet the whole length of the
shoal. Banks are 18 feet high, and
increasing in height from the river.
At’foot of shoal the river contracts to
200 feet wide, aud the water is 8 feet
deep. The improvement needed
here is a dam to make slack water
over the shoal, with a lock of 5 feet
lift. Length of dam, 250 feet.
At Milam’s ferry the river is 350
feet wide and water 8 feet deep in
the channel, one-quarter of a mile
below Milam’s ferry is a loose rock
and travel bar. The fall is 0.7 foot;
excavation necessary to make a
channel is 400 by 80 by 3 feet, gravel
and loose rock.
Calhoun’s Island is situated one
mile below Milam’s.Ferry. There
is a gravel-bar extending from; the
head of tliis island te the right bank.
The improvement needed here is a
channel to be excavated through the
oar 500 feet long, 80 feet wide, and 14
feet deep, and in .addition thereto a
dam to be built from the head of the
island to the left bank, to deflect tiie
water into the right-hand chute.
This.dam is to be rip rap, 500 feet
long and 9 feet high.
Three hundred feet below the foot
of Calhoun’s Island there is a rock
reef extending across the river that
will require aehannel to be excavated
in rock 150 by 80 by 2 feet.
Two miles below Milam’s Ferry
we come to Calh;nm’s and Sayre’s
ferry which is about ten miles from
Cartersville by the country road,
and four miles from Kingston. The
distance to Cartersville is about 18
miles by the river. One-quarter
of a m.l© below Calhoun’s
ferry there R a 'reef of rocks diag
onally across the river. The
water above the reef is G feet deep,
on the reef 2 leet: below the reef it
is five feet deep; the fail is G inches.
The improvement necessary is a
channel cut through the reef 150
by 80 by 2 feet, all solid rock.
For the next three-quarters of a
mile we have from 5 to 8 feet of water,
which brings us to a shoal three
quarters of a mile below Calhoun’s
ferry* Here a reef of ragged broken
rocks extend across the river. About
400 cubic yards of rock blasted out
will give aehannel 30 feet wide and
4 feet deep. Rocky Bluffs extended
down to the river on the left hand
but on the right the country is level.
At Mark Harden’s ferry and the
shoal immediately below, the river
widens out from 300 to 700 feet wide,
with reef's of rocks extending across
the river at intervals for 1,200 feet,
with a fall in the distance of 2.47
feet.
There are about 1,000 feet of slack
water between this shoal and the oth
er below; but on account of the great
width of the river the water is 3 feet
deep. The river then begins to full
rapidly, and the water becomes only j
18*iriches deep. The fall in 2,000 feet *
is G.4G feet. This will make the total
fall of the two shoals 8.93 feet. The |
improvement necessary is a dam 500 I
feet long, and a lock of 10 fed lift.
The banks are very high, and there
will be no difficulty in giving the re
quired lift to the l<ick, as there wiii
be no danger of overflowing the adja
cent lands.
Frick’s Ford Island is situated at
the foot of the above shoals; one
quarter of a mile below Frick’s Ford
Isaud there is a rock-reef extending
across the river. Excavation neces
sary to open a channel through the
reef, 100 by 18 by 3 feet, ail rock.
One-half mile below is another reef;
excavation 150 by 80 bv 2 feet, all
rock.
About one quarter of a mile above
Reynolds’ Ford there is a gravel bar
and fish trap dam. Shoal 400 feet
long, with G feet depth of water.
It will be necessary pi open a chan
nel through the bar 400 feet long, 80
feet wide and 2 feet deep, all gravel.
At Reynolds’ Ford there is a grav
el bar extending entirely across the
river, and 400 feet long. Water 31
feet above tiie bar, 24 feet on the bar,
and 7 feet below the bar.
The best water is along the right
bank. The improvement needed
here is a riprap wing dam 300 feet
long and G leet high, to hack the
water up on the shoal and make it
deeper.
There is a gravel bar extending
across the river one-half mile below
Reynold's Ford. There are 7 feet of
water above the bar, 2 feet on tiie
bar and 8 feet below the bar. Exca
vation necessary to open a channel,
200 by SO by 2 feet, one-half gravel
and tne oilier half solid rock.
One mile below Reynolds’ Ford
there is a shoal on which there are
only i3 inches of water. Length of
shoal is 1,300 feet, and l' !e f ;l11 is 8
feet.
Width of river at foot of shoal 350
feet. Improvement needed here is a
dam below the shoal OiO leet long
and a lock of 5 feet lift.
Two-Run creek makes in at this
shoal from the right bank. Conaseen
creek comes in from the rigid bank
one-half mile below.
One-half mile below the mouth of
Conaseen creek we come to Wooley’s
bridge, which is a Howe truss about
300 leet long. Bottom of the lower
chord is 13 feet above high water
mark. High water is 12 feet above
low water mark.
For one mile below Wooley’s
bridge we have good water from 4 to
10 feet deep. This brings us to a
shoal and fish-trap dam. A channel
will have to be opened through this
shoal 300 by 80 by 2 leet. There is a
rock reef one and one-half miles be
low Woolley’s bridge that will have
to have a channel excavated 50 by 80
by 3 feet, solid rock. Two miles be
low Woolley’s bridge there is a shoal
3,000 feet long, on which there is a
fall of 6 feet. The banks on both
sides are 20 feet high, and on the
lower half a hill slopes down to the
river on the left. The improvement
recommended here is a dam across
the river below the snoal 300 feet
long, ahd a lock 6 feet litt. This will
make slack water over the whole
length of the shoal.
At the upper end it will be neces
sary to cut a channel through a rock
reef 75 by 80 by 2 feet iu solid rock.
The above shoals are known as
Muchison’s shoals.
One-half mile below Muchison’s
shoals we come to Mayhew’s ferry.
The river here is 300 feet wide, banks
20 feet high; hilly country on both
sides of the river.
For one and one-half miles below
Mavhew’s ferry we have good water
from 4to 12 feet deep, with the ex
ception of a small gravel bar at the
ferry. Excavations necessary to
opou a channel, 150 by 80 by 2 feet.
CAItTEUSYILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 9, 1575.
One and one-half miles below May
hew’s ferry there is a small island
near the left shore, and between this
and the left shore there is a srnali
gravel bar 150 by 80 by 2 feet; gravel
excavation needed.
Two miles below Mayhew’s ferry
we come to Eve’s station on the
Rome Railroad. The railroad has
been running along on the bank of
the river since leaving Woolley’s
bridge, four and one-half miles above.
There is a gravel bar 800 feet below
Eve’s station, where it is necessary
to make an excavation 300 by 80 by
2 feet, in gravel.
Skinner’s shoal is one-half mile be
low Eve’s station; it is 1,200 feet
long with a fall of 2 feet. Improve
ment recommended here §is to exca
vate a channel-way two-thirds the
length of the shoal, and in addition
to build a riprap wing-dam 350 feet
long and G feet high to check the cur
rent and back the water sufficiently
to deepen the channel.
There is a rock reef and gravel-bar
situated one-fourth mile above Bass’
ferry. There is very little fall, and
all that is necessary to open the chan
nel is to make an excavation 200 by
2 feet one-half rock the other half
gravel. For one a half miles below
Bass’ ferry is g;>::4 water; banks 18
to 22 feet i.ig'n ; river 300 feet wide
on an average, sometimes widening
out to 35!) feet, and agiin contracting
to 250 feet. Occasionally bluffs and
hills extend down to the river, and
then the country opens out again,
first on one side of the river and then
on the other side.
Two miles below Bass’ ferry there
is a shoal 2,500 feet long on which
there are but two feet of water, 'file
fall three and one-half feet.
The improvement needed here is a
dam to he built below the shoal, and
a lock of lift. Six hundred feet be
low, some; loose rock obstruct the
channel ; 609 cubic yard.-* will cover
the am > int to be removed. Three
miles below Bass’ ferry we come to a
shoal 500 feet long. There is an old
mill-dam of rock loose extending
nearly across the river, about 50 feet
of wnieh will hare to be excavated
along the left sh >re, 500 by 80 to 2
feet. All the exc oration will be
gravel and loose rock. In addition
to the above wing-dam or rip-rap,
300 feet long and G feet high, should
be built below the shoal to deepen
the water and cheek the current.
Three and one-fourth miles b low
Bass’ ferry there is a rock reef
making across the river immediate
ly above Ayer’s ferry. Excavation
necessary here is 200 by 80 by 24 feet,
one-half rock, the other half gravel.
This brings us to Ayers’ ferry, three
and one-fourth miles below Bass’ fer
ry and seven miles above Rome.
River 100 feet wide ; banks about 1G
feet high.
Two hundred yards below Ayer’s
ferry there is a rock reef extending
across the river. Thor are 2 feet of
water above the reef, 2 feet on the
reef, and 8 fed# below. Improve
ment necessary here is a channel to
be rut through the rock, 290 by 8n by
2j feet, half of which will be rock
and the other half gravel.
One mile below Ayer’s ferry we
come to Freeman’s ferry, and a half
mile below there is a shoal and a
fish-trap dam. We have 24 to 3 feet
water for another half mile, there is
another fish-trap dam with a fall of
1.2 feet. A dam 350 feet long should
be located here, and a lock of G feet
lift ; this would deepen the water
over tiie mile and a half of shoal wa
ter above. The above shoal is known
as Matthew’s shoal.
There is another gravel-bar ahd
trap dam one-half mile below Math
ew’s shoal. Excavation necessary
here is 200 by 80 by 3 feet, all gravel
and loose rock.
One mile below Mathew’s shoal
there is another reef and gravel-ha
Excavation 100 by 89, by 2} feet, one
half rock, the other half gravel.
Two miles below Mathew's shoal
there is a rock reef and gravel-bar on
which there are but 2 feet of water,
and the whole two miles are shoaly,
ranging from 24 toll feet of water.
One-half mile below there is another
gravel-bar and fish-trap dam. The
bar is 400 feet long, and the fall is
two feet. A dam 400 feet long lo
cated here with a lock of G feet lift
will give sufficient depth of water all
the way to Mathew’s shoal, two and
a half miles above Rome, two and a
half miles distant.
About a mile above the mouth of
the river two channels are formed by
an island. The best water is in the
left hand channel. It will be neces
sary to build a wing-dam ef riprap,
200 feet long and G feet high, from
the head of the island to light hand
bank, to deflect the water into and
deepen the 1 ft channel.
Opposite to the city of Rome, and
a quarter of a mile above the mouth
of the river, there are two bridges,
one a railroad Lowe truss arid iire
other a street bridge of the Howe
truss pattern, neither of which has
“draws.” Steamboats can pass un
der them by lowering their smoke
stacks, except during freshets.
Estimates for above descrived im
provements on the Etowah river,
from the Western and Atlantic rail
road bridge, near Cartersville, Geor
gia, to Rome, Georgia, a distance of
about fifty miles, are herewith an
nexed.
I have the honor to be your most
obedient servant,
James G. Long,
Civil Engineer.
Major Walter McFarland,
Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.
The total estimated cost of the fore
going improvement is $271,718.
War to the Knife.
The Washington correspondent of
the Savannah News writes as follows
about the feud between the Radical
ins and outs down this way :
A fierce engagement is raging be
tween the carpet-baggers and scalia
wags of Middle Tennessee over the
Federal offices. The latter hold the
offices aud the former, are trying to
oust them. These ex-Federal colo
nels, O’Rourke, Jones and Galbraith,
have been pushing for the Collector
ship, the Marshal’s position and the
Pension Agency, and have been
backed up pretty heavily. But the
present Collector, ClitTe, is backed by
Brownlow, whose son Jim married
his daughter, and John Brownlow
has been acting for the parson in pre
venting any change. The carpet
baggers sigii for Maynard as their
hope, and say that Jakey Thorn
burgh, the Republican member for
that State, is of no account. So the
would-be officials will have to jump
their board biiis and return home.
The South Georgia Conference
meets iu Americus on the 15th of
this month, and that city extends i
hearty welcome to all who may come.
Nearly ail the converging railroads
have agreed to carry ministers and
delegates for one fare. Delegates
coming by rail will be met at the
depot by members of the reception
committee and assigned to their re
spective quarters.
Financial-
The Report of the Comptroller oi* the Cur
rency.
Washington dispatches state that
the annual report of the Comptroller
of the currency has just been com
pleted. As might have been ex
pected, it is largely dhvoted to the
defense of tiie national banking sys
tem, and urges its continuance. The
Comptroller presents a table, show
ing the operations of the currency
acts of June 20, 1871, and January
14, 1875, to the first of this mouth.
The increase net of banking circula
tion from June 20, 1871, to January
14,1875, was $1,987,268. The decrease
from January 11, 1875, to November
1, 1875, was $6,271,518. The total
bank circulation redeemed from
June 20,1871, to November 1, 1875,
was $17,337,537. The amount of le
gal tender notes permanently retired,
under the act of January 14, 1875, is
$8,763,756.
S veral amendments to the bank
ing laws are recommended by the
Comptroller, as follows:
1. An amendment authorizing the
Comptroller to appoint receivers of
national banks, whether transact big
business or in liquidation, when in
solvency shall become evident from
ihe protest of drafts or of checks
drawn upon such associations or oth
erwise, if, after due examination, it
sOaii appear that the assets arc in
sufficient for the liquidation of exist
ing indebtedness.
2. Providing for the appointment
of a receiver when the charter of a
bank isT determined and adjudged j
forfeited by a United States Court,
before which suit is brought,ms pro
vided in section 5,235 of the Revised
Statutes.
3. Providing that, after full pay
ment shall have been made of Bill
debts of an association, may be ap
pointed by the shareholders of tne
bank for the purpose of liquidating
affairs, and discharging the Controll
er and the Receiver, by virtue of
such legislation, from all further re
sponsibility.
I. For the investment of the funds
on deposit with the Treasurer in in
tere-J-bearing securities, when divi
dends are delayed by reason of pro
tracied litigation.
5. Providing that if any sharehold
er or shareholders of banks whose
capital stock is impaired, shall refuse,
after three months’ notice, to pay
their assessments, as provided in sec
tion 5,205, revised statutes, a suffi
cient amount of the capital stock of
such delinquent shareholder or
shareholders shail be sold to make
good the deficiency.
G. An amendimrnt to section 5.290
of the revised statues, extending ihe |
limit of liabilities of any association,
person, company, or firm, for money !
borrowed, from 10 per cent, of the
capital paid in to 15 per cent, of the !
capital and surplus lor banks located !
iu the redemption cities, and one
tenth of the capital and surplus for!
other banks.
7. Prohibiting the deposit of more
th-.Hi 10 per cent, of the capital of a
national bank with any private
banker, or with any person or asso- j
ciations, than a national hank
ing association.
8. That no national bank will be !
liable to make good any deficiency |
which may hereafter arise in any ]
special deposit made with such bank,
unless a receipt shail he produced by
the owner of such deposit, in which !
the liability of tiie bank shall be dis
tinctly stated.
9. The repeal of the two-cent stamp |
tax upon bank checks.
10. Requiring the word “counter- i
foil” or “altered” or “illegal” to be
slamped on all counterfeit or unau-!
thorized issues.
11, The repeal of the portion of the
section of the revised statutes, section
1, June 17, 1870 providing for the or
ganization of Savings Banks in the
Di.'triet of Columbia.
No amendments are recommended
to the acts of June 20, 1871, and Jan
uary 11, 1875, with the exception of a
suggestion in reference to the expense
of the redemption' of the national
bank notes.
An Episode.
FCici-cY'an, ,Jo’in-O.on ami Wea-.irt-Lar l.
There were a is*) episodes. Generals
Wiiiutm T. Sherman, Joseph ih
Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard
were the heroes of a notable one.
Gen. She: nuui had entered early into
the h: i and had gone upon the plat
fonvi. Later it was also moved that
Gen. Johnston also be invited*!.) t ike
a seat alongside of Gen. Sherman.
Over this there broke out a storm of
applause. Before all minds there
arose ia a moment a picture of the
past, it was a war picture, glorious
with battle-flags and stormy with
steel. H ere a column dreveonward,
or was broken; there the blue and
the gray, under a powder cloud that
shut out sun, struggled in either scale
to hold its own with destiny: arid
over yonder, wiien the night had
fallen—the dead lay out under the
starlight, waiting the resurrection.
There was a transformation, and the
meeting of two Titans, the one the
hero of the march to the sea, and the
other a hero, also of the same march.
These were the central figures of the
scene. As they stood up and cor
dially .-hook hands—Johnson and
Sherman —for the space of five min
utes the temple shook with appiause
as though a storm was raging. There
was no longer any war in the land.
Two of the prominent men in the
civil coming together in the interest
of restored Union, had met to set an
example of fraternal intercourse and
reunion. The spirit of these two sol
diers was communicated to the del
egates as if by an electral spark, and
ti:e effect was magical. Johnston
was grav and cool, Sherman bronzed
and happy. Both were old friends.
What mattered the past ? Peace is
to have her victories also, and this
time the Federal and Confederate
can march under the same flag to the
Pacific. Immediately succeeding
this greeting came an ovation to
Beauregard. Gen. Sherman met
him as hestepped upon the platform,
shook hands w ith him cordially, and
led him to a seat. There sat the trio,
the past in the shadow and the pres
ent in the sunshine. Was it fate
after all that in tde c muneree more
powerful than war? — St. Louis Times.
The Georgia regiment for the cen
tennial, will rendevoUß at Atlanta,
and go to Philadelphia under the
command of General Joseph E.
Johnston, General Gordon, Gen. P.
-\I. B. Young, or some other distin
guished ex-Cun federate officer. The
command will embrace companies
from the leading cities, and the cost
of the trip, go and return, each, will
be about thirty dollars.
j Speeinl Notices.
IHPOKTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The long looted-for specific for the cure of
all pulmonary diseases is found at last. Globk
] Flower Strut has proved the most extraor-
I dinary medical preparation ever discovered
for curing Consumption. Globe Flower Syr
up not only cures Consumption, but relieves,
immediately, the incipient stages; such as
Coughs, Colds. Pains in the Chest, General
Debility, etc. it breaks up the most distress
ing Coughs and Colds in an incredible short
time. Globe Flower Syrup contains no opium,
nothing nauseous or poisonous—perfectly
harmless and delicious to take; possesses all
the valuable properties of the Syrup Uypophoe
phiitt, the nutritive vaD>e of Cod Liver ujl,
the invaluable Tonic, Expectorant, Alterative
and Sedative virtue of the Globe Flower, or
“Cephal inthus Oreidentaiis,” 50.009 casc
enred; not a failure kuown. Thousands of
testimonialspf wonderful cure? will be sent on
application, to any one who doubts. Try the
Globe Flower Syrup. It may save your life.
For sale by Druggists.
Man jfaotiire 1 hy
DR. J. S. nk. M II HR TON A CO.,
Chemists, Atlanta, Ga.
Cure Yourselves.
The Bth Wonder of the Would h i, been j
found in Oeorgia. The discoverer in physi- j
cistn of long experitn e, e\!ensiv<* observation >
and profound judgment, and his discovery lias |
proven such a blessing to woman, that it is -il- ;
ready known throughout the country as “Wo- ;
man's Best Friend.” With remarkable quick- j
ness and certainty it cures all cases or sup- |
pressed mensuration, acute or chronic, and
restores health iu every instance. Dr. J. 15T.nl- ;
tiehl’s Female Regulator supplies a vu.iedy i
long needed in the treatment of diseases pec:.- |
liar to woman. This the Medical Faculty i
knows and admit.-, while many < f our best i
physicians are using ii in dally practice. The :
mediciue is prepared with great care, by L. :
IL Bradflefd, Druggist, Atlanta, (la, and soul
at *1.50 per bottle, by respectable Druggists ]
everywhere.
Great Merit in Fern-.tie Discuses.
State of Geokgta, Troup Cos. j
This is to certify that 1 have examined the j
recipe of Dr. JoG ix Lradjiel.l, ami, as a medi
cal man, pronounce it to be a combination of
medicines of great merit in the treatment of
all diseases of females, lor which he recom
mends it. WM. I*. RE VS ELY. M. D.
This December 21, 18*18.
Mi i t, Ga ,3f ty. 18711) (
Dear Sir—After carefully* examining the j
formula by which it is made, and using two j
bottles of your Sanative Dentrifice, I take !
great pleasure in recommending its use to m.C j
patients and to all others who may wish to keep
their teeth and gums in a pure and healthy
condition. Tiie formula, I can testify, contains i
notlii' g but what is conducive to tiie health, i
cleanliness and purity of tiie mouth. 1 find it j
to be also very efficient for cleansing artificial I
teeth and preventing the accumulation of oily |
and earthy deposits upon the plate. It is in-j
deed, an elegant combination of pure Castile
Soap with other cleansing and preserving in
gredients delicately flavored.
Very Respectfully,
W. W. FORD. Surgeon Dentist.
Professional Cards.
LAW & JRJEAff*. ESTATE, j
vY. T. WOFFORD,
& NY bu-ii e-s let with C'apt. Saiulord and'
e\ Mr. Waters, win* are in my office, wall re- j
ci vc my attention. 1 wall be at my office usu- ■
ally between tiie hour.- *f 19 and 11 each mmi :
iug. ]lebl8) W.T. \Vv*KFrtUD. ]
O. Pinkerton*. Lindsey Johnson.
s>ls2kei,4t*5 > Is2kei , 4t* & Joiieisoai
I’liysieiurts anti Surgeons,
OFFICE— in .Johnson & Curry’s Drug Store. 1
March 18, l: 75.
U. £l. ISATTKS,
ATTORNEY AT LA W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office ia the Cot. t llou-e.
dec9-ly
J. M. nobx,
AT TOii NT Ifl Y A T laA W.
CARTERSVILLF., GEORGIA.
Office: Up'stairs, over >tkely & Williams,
West Main Street. Kuril
WA IS BUB X" AA £ Y SO\,
AT TOKN EV s A T Ia A W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Feb 11, ly.
OfiO. C. TUHLII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,'
OAR TE RS VII. LU, GEO RGIA
Office: Up-S::irs, Bank Block.
jan 29-1 y
ROBERT B. TIDPPI3,
ATTO RN E Y A T I. A W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE with Col. Able. .John-on, i■ tie
Court House
mayl-airn.
li. w". OiE'ai evT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
CA RTERSVII.LE. ga.
OFfMJK (up stairs) iu tiie 1 rieU buiMinsr
corner Main and train streets. dec2-th
. .1. W. SIAiiUIS, ,2r.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
OFFICE next door to The express printing
establishment.
JOHN* W. WOFFORD. THOMAS W. MILNER
WOFFORD
ATTOIi NE Y S A T LA\V ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
OFFICE up stairs, Bank Block.
9-5-tl.
TO THE
CITIZENS OF BARTOW
AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES.
LOOK TO YOUR INTERESTS.
qiTl-;, THE UNDERSIGNED/ beg to call
y your attention to our Stock os
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
now arriving—Bacon. Flour, Sugar, Salt, Syr
up. Molasses. Bagging. Ties, Hardware of ail
kinds, Boots, -hoe-, flats. Cap*-, Wood ware. Tin
Ware, Drugs, Medicines, Ready Made Clothing,
Books, Stationery, Saddlery, Dry Goods of all
kinds. Notions of every description, Crock ery.
Guns, Clocks, Tobacco, ( igars, Housekeepers’
Fancy Goods, etc., etc., in fact all kinds ot'
Goods usually found in a General Stock, and
adapted to the wants of all classes of citizens,
and at prices that will compare favorably witn
any market. Remember, when yon buy from
us, you do not pay high rates of city taxation,
high house rents and high clerk’s hire prices
lor your goods: hence the low priees found in
our stock.
You are invited to come and see for your
selves.
We will buy your Wheat, Cotton, Corn, Rags,
Chickens; Eggs; Butter, etc., etc., and pay you
I lie highest market prices for them.
Come and see us.
ROME PRICES PAID FOR COTTON.
>' W. L. >VO FFO RD & CD.
Cass Station, Ga. Sept.29ni2
Attention.
My Gin is now running and ready to gin all
offered at that point.
1 will st *rt ;t new gin at the Fair Grouud in
a tew davs. to he propelled by steam. All seal
cotton offerred yv *ll be stored in the large ware
, nouse, capable id holding one hundred bale- in
the seed. The gin will he placed eighty yards
from the ware house, and only one bale at a
time be in the gin room, to avoid accidents by
fire. Toll for ginning will lie the custom o. the
country.
I shall be able, at both gins, to pick an i pack
seven or tight bales a day. so there wil be no
i detention.
Cotton will De delivered at the platform at
Cartersville, wh -n desired, free of charge. Toll
eau l*e paid in cotton seed, if the owner desires
it. Both Gins of the noted Gullett improved
make.
Will pay cash for all washed Wool, and will
purchase seed cottmi at all times, at full cash
prices. (septl3.*2m) J. J. HOWARD.
THE CiTEHIIiE EXPBESS,
(THE OLD STANDARD AND EXPRESS.)
By C. H. O. WILLINGHAM.
HAVING purchased the Standard & Express newspaper,
together with its good will and patronage, presses and printing
material, I shall continue its publication under the name of
m cmnsviiii firms.
The old name is abbreviated for the sake of convenience, re
taining, as I believe, the most expressive part of it.
EXPRE3SS
Will be emphatically a HOME PAPER earnestly devoted
to the mineral and agricultural interests of Bartow, sparing no
effort to advance these to the best of my ability. I shall also
exert the influence of
'THE EXPRESS
in the building up of Carte rsville, and aid all I can in pushing
our little city forward as one of the livest places in Georgia,
In a word
TUT] EXPRESS
V ill recognize the fact that the interests of Bartow County
and Cartersviile are inseparable—that whatever advances the
progress of either is the good of both.
IE 3 OLITICS.
THE EXPRESS will be thoroughly and uncompromisingly
Democratic —opposed to all RINGS and CLIQUES and an
enemy to all combinations to use the party for personally am
bitious motives. It will vindicate the integrity of the party as
the party of the people and for the people—as the proper ex
ponent of free government, and as the only political organiza
tion capable of restoring government in this country to its
original methods and principles. Upon this line of party faith
I shall recognize no other political creed than that the De
mocracy is the party of free government and of a free people.
THE EXPRESS
%
Will be a free, bold and independent paper, and not the organ
of an} T
3NTOIE* CLIQUE
As has been very erroneously and unjustly charged. The mer
chant, the farmer, the mechanic and the laborer will find Til
Express the friend of all alike—striving to build up ell inter
ests, defending the rights of all classes.
With this short and hurriedly written expression of my in
tentions, I ask the favor and patronage of an honest peoplj,
promising to exert my best endeavors to present a newspaper
equal in merit and tone to any paper in the State. I
no one will be influenced by any silly charges that The
press will be run on any other line than that of honesty and
independence.
Address all orders for the paper to The Express, Cartersviile,
C. U. C. WILLOGHAII, Cartersviile, Cia.
VOLUME XVI—NUMBER 49.