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CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
171 ROM and after this date the following ;
’ Schedule will be run on the Cherokee Rail-
Leave Rue kmurt at 7:00 M.
“ Taylorsville, 8:00 “
“ Stib sboro, 8:25 “
Arrive at t artersville, 9:10 “
Leave Cartersville 3:00 P. M.
St 4 vsboro, 3:50
“ Tay.orsville 4:30 “
Arrive at Rockmart 5:15 “
WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
The following Schedule takes effect Novem
ber 28,1 875.
NORTHWARD. No. 1.
Leave Atlanta .? - 4 20 pm
Arrive Cartersvillo 6.36 pm
Arrive Kingston ® J* P ni
Arrive Dalton 7 91 p m
Arrive Chattanooga Id 15 i> 111
No. 3.
Leave Atlanta 0 20 a in
Arrive ( artersville . 042 am
Arrive Kingston 9 [t il 111
Arrive Dalton Id 54 a 111
Arrive,Chattanooga 12 42 p m
No. 11.
Leave Atlanta 6 55 p 111
Arrive ( artersville 8 50 p m
Arrive Kingston 9 24 p in
Arrive Dalton 11 15 pm
SOUTHWARD’ No. 2.
Arrive Chattanooga 4 00 p in
Leave Dalton 5 51 p m
Arrive Kingston 7 31 p 111
Arrive ( artersville 0 02 p m
Arrive Atlanta 10 10 p m
No. 4.
Leave Chattanooga 5 15 a m
Airive Dalton.. 7 14am
Arrive Kingston 9 01 am
Arrive Cartersville “ 4o a 1,1
Arrive Atlanta H 55 11 n
No. .2.
Arrive Dalton 1 d0 a m
Arrive Kingston 1 21 a m
Arrive Cartersville 5 13 a. m
Arrive Atlanta 9 43 a m
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2, be
tween New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 be
tween Atlanta and Nashville.
Pull in an Palace Cars run on Nos ’a3 nd 2be
tween I/Ouisville and Atlanta.
jsg—No change of cars between New Orleans
Mobile. Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore
and only one change to New York.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. m , ar
rive in New York the second thereatter at 4 00
n. m. .
Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs
and various Summer Resorts will be on sale
iu New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Colum
bus, Macon. Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta,
at greatly reduced rates Ist ol June.
Parties desiring a whole car through to the
Virginia Springs or to Baltimore should ad
dress the undersigned. , , , .
Parties contemplating traveling should send
for a copyof the Kennesatp Route Gazette, con
taining schedules, etc.
pT~Ask for tickets via ‘‘Kennesaw^Uoiße.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
in:i>22—dtt Atlanta. Ga.
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Sunday, Dec. 12th trains on the
Rome Railroad will run as follows:
DAY TRAIN—WKIiY DAY.
Leave Home at
Arrive at Rome a m
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMODATION.
Leaves Rome at “ 45 p m
Arrive at Rome at ’ 1* nl
ATLANTA & WEST I’OINT RAILROAD.
TASSKNUE R TRAIN—OUTWARD.
STATIONS, ARRIVE. LEAVE
Atlanta **' m ’
Ea>t t'i'iut 10:44 p. m. 10:44 v>. m.
ltd Oak 10:5‘.) j>. in. 11:44 p. m.
Fairbuni 11 P- m. H :22 l>- 111
I’a I ini't to U:3~ P- m. 11:38 !•-m-
Toivcll’s ll;5 p. m, 11*? P- >•
Newlia 151:14 P- >• H :l >= ,n ‘
I’m kett's 12:30 a m 12:4o ain
Urantvilic 12:50 a in 12:.>l am
Ho-an-ville 1:< a m l: a m
WhittteM’s 1:34 a m I:3_>
l.aGrange I*4 a m 1:• 111
Lung Cano 2:21 a m 2:21 am
West Point 2:40 a m
PASSENGER. THAI N T —IN WA UD.
STATIONS. AKKIVE. LEAVE.
West Point 4~:o>> 1> m
Long Cane 13:30 P m 13:30 P ni
La Grange 1:02 p in 1:03 P m
Wliitrield’s 1:21 pm 1 1 } ">
llogaii.-villc 1:21 P m 1:42 P m
Grantvi Ile I:slpm lP ra
Puckett’s 2:13 p m 2:18 p in
Newn'tn 2:29 p in 2:311 p m
Powell’. *;44 P m 2:4a p m
Palin 3:o P ™ 3:01 p in
Fairlmrn 3:32 p m 2:23 p m
Keti O .k 3:38 •> m 3:42 p m
East Point 3:51 p m 3:a. p m
Atlanta 4:15 ;t> m __
SELMA, HOME & DALTON.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY-NORTH.
Leave Rome 3:10 p m
Arrive at Dalton 3:24 p m
Making close connections at Dalton witli the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road, and Western and Atlantic Railroad lor
all Eastern and W estern cities.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY—SOUTH.
Leave Dalton P m
Arrive at Koine P 111
Arrive at Calcra 5:40 a 1,1
Arrive at Selma a in
Malting close connection atCalera lor Mont
goiuerv and points South, and at Selina wit-.
Alabama Central Railroad lor Mobile, New Or.
leans, Meridian, Vicksburg. Jackson, all
points South in Texas, Louisiana and Missis-,
sippi. M. STANTON, Gen. Sup’t.
Ray Knight, Gen. Ticket and Pass’gr Agt.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Trains on Georgia Railroad,
Atlanta to Augusta, run as below:
leaves Augusta at 8:45 a in
Leaves Atlanta at .7:00 am
Arrives at Augusta 3:*) a m
Arrives at Atlanta 5:45 p in
Night passenger trains aslollows:
Leaves Augusta at 8:15 p m
Leaves Atlanta at 10:50 p m
Arrives at Augusta 3:15 ant
Arrives at Atlanta 0:35 a m
Accomodation train as follows :
Leaves Atlanta... 5;00 p m
Leavus Covington 5:50 a m
Arrives at At|anta 5;i5 a m
Arrives at Covington.. ~.....'.'7:30 P i
TUB COOSA MIVEII STEAMERS.
Steamer* on the Coosa River will run as per
schedule as follows:
Leave Rome every Monday at ...1 pm
Leave Rome every Thursday Ham
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday and Friday..tt ain
Arrive at Rome \V ednesdav and Saturdays p nr
J. M. ELLfOTT, Gen’l Sup’fc
. SENATOKJtORDON,
His Good Example In Refusing to let his
Son Accept a Government Appoint
ment.
[Washington Correspondence St. Louis Times ]
The country is already quite pleas
antly familiar with the name of John
B. Gordon, of Georgia, erstwhile a
lighting lieutenant-general of the
Confederacy, and now a thoroughly
reconstructed Senator of the United
States. Perhaps it is too much to
say that in the character of John B.
Gordon is embraced more true man
hood and genuine honor than can be
found in any other man holding im- ;
portant position in the Government;!
but it is not too much to say that in
these particulars he is not excelled
by any citizen of the United States, I
either in public or private life.
Gen. Gordon is not rich. On the
other hand, his circumstances are so
moderate that he finds it necessary to
cut his corners very closely to avoid
a deficit in his domestic accounts at
the end of each year. Large-hearted
and hospitable enough to spend the
income of a duke if he enjoyed it, this
gallant gentleman is compelled tore
strict his impulses of generosity to
the limits of very little, if anything,
beyond bis senatorial salary. He
has a large family, the eldest of
whom, Hugh Gordon, is a young
man of much promise and great am
bition, now engaged in the study of:
law here in Washington. The ne- j
eessity of strict economy under which !
his father labors, is a serious embar
rassment to the young man, and
compels him to forego many of the
commonest pleasures of life. Lust
year the Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. ;
French, a gentleman whose excellent!
impulses have frequently suggested j
to me that he was in the wrong pew !
politically, and ought to join the bal-!
I anee of good fellows who make up |
the bulk of the Democracy, learned j
of the embarrasments under which
young Gordon labored. Appre-!
ciating the sterling qualities of the]
young man, and full of praise-worthy
desire to assist him, no less for his
father’s sake, Mr. French went out
side the regulations of his party cau
cus, and tendered to Hugh a position
in the Senate chamber which would
pay about SI,BOO a year, and the du
ties of which could be discharged
without seriously curtailing his op
portunities for prosecuting his legal
studies. The young man was about
to accept of the position, when Sena
tor Gordon learned of it.
The Senator immediately sought
Mr. French, and told him he could
not consent to the arrangement.
“God bless you, Mr. French for
your kind intentions,” said the Sen
ator” but I can not consent c my
son pensioned I>>l the government.
Do not imagine that I object to the
arrangement you have been so kind j
to offer upon merely partisan j
grounds. It is not because this posi- j
lion is offered to my son by a Repub- i
lican officer that I object to his accep- j
tanceof.it. I object because I ami
opposedTifterly to the doctrine that j
a Senator’s son shculd be entitled to j
any consideration, and because I
cannot sanction any approach, how
ever indirect or remote, to nepotism.
My own resources, though limited,
arc sufficient to enable my son to j
complete his studies, and if by reason
of my comparative lack of resources
be should be compelled to observe
economy and frugality, it will be no
disadvantage to him in the long run. ;
So the appointment was with-1
drawn.
When Mr. Fitzhugh was chosen
doorkeeper of the House, it occurred
to him that he would now have an
opportunity to reciprocate, in part at
least, the many kindness of which he
had been the recipient at the hands
of his old Confederate commander,
Gen. Gordon, in times past and gone,
lie knew of the situation of young
Hugh Gordon, and also of the fact
that the Senator had objected to his
acceptance of the appointment from
Mr. French. *But he thought the
same objection would not prevail as
to position within the gift of the
Democratic party, especially since in
this case the ~ place is not in
the branch of the Government with
which tiie Senate connected. So
Fitzhugh tendered Hugh Gordon one
of the best places in his gift, and the
young man asked his father’s consent
.to accept it.
“Write immediately to Col. Fitz
hugh, my son,” replied Senator Gor
don, ‘ and thank him for his consid
eration. And say, in addition, that
by reason of circumstances over
which you have no control, it would
be improper for you to accept any
appointive office under the auspices
iof any political party. And to settle
1 this matter, once for all, let it be un
derstood that so long as I hold a po
j sition of trust and influence by virtue
lof the suffrages of the legislative
representatives of the people of Geor
gta, you cannot accept any appoint
ment whatever. If the people of
Georgia should ever require your
services, they will signify the fact by
electing you to the position they de
sire you to fill. But the fact that
they have chosen me to represent
them in the Senate, does not signily
that they require your services in
any capacity.”
So this appointment was declined.
I repeat that in this era of scramble
lor office and of shameless nepotism
in all brandies of the Government,
this little episode in the career of
Georgia’s Senator stands forth in
bold relief and should be set up as an
example for ail our public men to
imitate. Men who confronted the
division that Gordon led twelve
years ago do not need to be told that
he was a soldier tit to rank with
i Soult or Massena. And those v* ho
have been honored by his acquaint
ance since do not require assurance
that he is a man and a gentleman ot
the purest and noblest type m the
present or of record in history, lint
as there are a great many people m
the North who never resisted his
charge in battle or grasped his ham
in social intercourse, I have recited
this litttle anecdote that they may
form some idea of the man. T some
limes wonder at the flexibility of
those political institutions which seat
men like John B. alongside of John
Logan and Simon Cameron andJoh
Sherman and Hippel Mitchell and
Spencer and John J. Patterson,
representing, as they do, ?! .
of human depravity from dishonesty
to felony, and all stages of human
degradation from the discreditable to
the infamous.
Last Friday was the IHat birthday
of two twins named Damei and
times Prince who live at west
Springfield and Gosh-w Mass. am
who are doubtless the oldest ns
living in the country. . ih^\ Eo £”
lv resemble each other in form, fea
ture and movements, and each stu
retains good mental and physical
powers.
Vesuviana is the fashionable name
for red-headed girl babies this season
i of the year.
• Old Gil Haven.
He Ilate- the Catholics and the Southern
Whites— His Third Term Platform.
Charles Xordhoff in the New York Herald.]
Among the objects of Bishop Ha
ven’s bigoted detestation and fear the
most prominent, I suppose, are the
Roman Catholic Church and the
.Southern white people.
His desire to renominate Gen.
Grant is no new thing. More than
a year ago, and after his return from
Mexico, about which country he was
then issuing what proved to be, in
the general opinion, a very offensive
book, he surprised me with the dec
laration that “VYe must have that
country,” holding a map of Mexico
before me ; and when I replied that
it could not be got without a war, he
said, “We must have it; it belongs
to us; our people want it; what do
you think of Grant and Mexico as a
platform in 1876 ? Don’t you think
that-would sweep the country?” I
was a little shocked that any clergy
man, even Bishop Haven, should de-
liberately propose a scheme of public
robbery, but he exclaimed, “You’ll
see that lam right; you are ail
wrong about this matter. You are
i opposed to a third term, I hear; you
don’t like Gen. Grant; you don’t
know anything about it; "you’re as
wrong as you can be.” He is detest
ed all over the South for public ex
pressions in favor of an amalgama
tion of the negro and white races,
and I became satisfied (during a tour
of the Southern States) he had done
a great deal to keep up and even em
bitter wherever he labored, not only
race prejudicies, but the feelings nat
urally remaining from the war.
When he comes to the North he in
dustriously spread tales of the “dis
loyalty” of the Southern whites and
of the wrongs suffered by the “poor
negroes” and of the danger to their
future. In fact, he talks of the South
precisely like the average political
carpet-bagger, and the finai clause of
his argument, like that of the politi
cal carpet-bagger, is always, “We
must re-elect Grant to keep down the
rebels and protect the negroes.” lie
presumes to sit in judgment upon the
late Vice President, and to declare
that he was struck down by God be
cause be would not supportthe Force
bill. J, on the other hand, declare
that in a journey through six South
ern States, made for you during the
last spring and summer, I saw, with
one exception, not a single honest
and respectable Republican who did
not freely tell me that there was no
need of a Force bill; that even the
present Enforcement act was useless •
that what the ltepu,W>--* 1A
ed in the— was purification
n uni the control of rogues and plun
derers, and that what kept up the ill
feeling against negroes, so far as it
exists anywhere, was their too ready
and constant affliction with low
whites and artful demagogues who,
under the plea of being Republicans,
use the negro vote to rob the tax-pay
ing and property-owning citizens.
Some prominent Methodist clergy
men do not refuse to use their influ
ence as Methodists with the President i
to further applications for office. A ;
conspicuous instance of this kind !
came disagreeably under my notice
two years ago, at the time when the
appointment of Collector Simmons
in Boston created very bitter
discontent among the respecta
ble Republicans of Massachusetts
and unfavorable comments elsewhere.
Gen. Butler’s influence with the;
President was supposed at that time
to have p roc a red this appointment,
but Judge Hoar, certainly no friend
to Gen. Butler, told me that it was
the Methodist influence in Boston
which carried the day for Simmons,
and I satisfied myself afterward that
this was true. There are other and
more scandalous instances of such
misuse of Methodist influence which
it is not worth while now to mention.
A Lost Industry.
The Wilmington Journal publish
es a comparative statement of the
rice production on the Cape Fear be
fore and since the war, and the con
trast i a lamentable one. The in
dustry may be said to liavo become
extinct. The immense tracts of rich
swamp land i, drained at infinite cost,
ditched aid bank and and cleaned and
cultivated with the nicety of a gar
den, have reverted to nature,; have
become a hideous morass, iin passable
and impenetrable. Dotted over its
slimy surfaiee the white crane stands
fn solitary silence, a sentinel over the
waste, the ghostly sign of a departed
prosperity. All is desolation and
ruin—ruin so complete that it seems
impossible now that money or labor
shall ever again retrieve if. Certain
ly not with the laborathand. A pe
culiar training and a peculiar physi
cal adaption were necessary to the
cultivation of the rice plantations.
Those requisites were obtained after
generations of habits and experience.
The results of the war dispersed the
negro laborers, most of whom found
their way to Wilmington, or back
into the high lands, where, for the
purpose to which they were trained,
they became utterly useless and de
moralized. The cultivation of rice,
therefore, on the Cape Fear may be
set down as a lost industry. The
amount of capital to renew the work
of reclamation is not in the reach of
the original proprietors, and inexpe
rienced enterprise would not venture
upon the folly of such an undertak
ing, and the ' proper kind of labor is
almost utterly wanting. It is possi
ble that portions of these abandoned
plantations may be utilized as mead
ows. We remember having atten
tion called to such enterprise on Ea
gles’ Island, opposite Wilmington,
which was said to promise success.
A small portion of the island and
some other rice-field lands in the vi
einity were made available as mar
ket gardens. But this is a meagre
compensation for the widespread ruin
of so large and profitable a business.
The rice of the Cape |Fear had a pe
culiar value, and always brought fhe
highest prioes. It was 1 argely ship
ped to South Caro ina for seed, some
of the planters ot that State using
North Carolina seed exclusively.
The total production before the war
was about two hundred thousand
bushels or nine million pounds. Now
it is barely ten thousand bushels, and
diminishing, rather than increasing
—Raleigh News.
Mr. Stephens.— We regret to
learn that the health of Hon. Alex- j
am ier H. Stephens, instead of itn
proving, as we had hoped, is grow
ing worse. A gentleman just from
Liberty Hall informs us thqt he is
confined to bed and threatened
with pneumonia. We sincerely trust
that these apprehensions may not be
realized, and that Mr. Stephens may
be spared for many years to his State
ami his people. The country needs
his true heart and vigorous brain in
the councils of the nation, and we
trust that the threatened blovv may
| be averted. —Avgusta Chronicle, 3 Mh
[ ult .
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1876.
Eon- B. H. Hill.
What He Has to Say About the Georgia
Delegation.
Hon. B. H. Hill, member of Con
gress from the Ninth Georgia District
was in the city yesterday. A repor
ter of the Chronicle and Sentinel call
ed on him at the Planter’s Hotel and
had a few minutes conversation with
him. The reporter called his atten
tion to the statement in the Atlanta
Constitution that he would represent
ex-Treasurer Jones before the Georgia
Legislature.
Mr. Hill—“ 1 represent him before
the coarts, but I do not know that
there will be any occasion for me to
represent him before the Legisla
ture.”
Reporter—“But in case of an im
peachment ?”
Mr. Hill—“ Well, an attempt might
be made to impeach him, but it would
not be successful. In the event that;
such a movement was made I should !
represent him as counsel before the
Legislature.”
Reporter—“ Could he be impeach- j
ed after dismissal from office?”
Mr. Hill—“ Yes ; there is a provis
ion of the Code on the subject. But
Jack Jones cannot be successfully im
peached. He is as innocent of taking
any of the State’s uuxiey as the angel
Gabriel himself. He is an honest,
upright man, and I know he did
nothing wrong. That $172,000 of the
people’s money has disappeared is a
fact, hut Mr. Jones had nothing to
do with it.”
After some further conversation on
this point the subject of Congress
was brought up. Mr. Hill said
Georgia had undoubtedly a solid del
gation. Every member of the dele
gation voted for Kerr for Speaker.
Three, including himself, first voted
for S. S. Cox as a compliment.
While they admired Mr. Randall
they saw that tie was the favorite of
the subsidy and the railroad rings,
and that, together with the fact that
he was an old protective taritF man,
prevented any of the Georgia Con
gressmen from supporting him. Mr.
Randall himself was a sterling pa
triot, honest and upright, above re
proach, but his being the favorite of
John Morrissey and the rings, mili
tated against him. The Georgia
members were all hard money hk..
Mr. Hill said that the Southern
members were now the Conservatives
of the House.
Mr. Hill left last evening for At
lanta. He will be in Washington
when the Congrea* !/ 1 ieceSß chines
to a cbw' a p t
The Most Expensive Monarch in
the World.
Perhaps the Court of Solomon af
forded some precedent for the nug
nificence of the Sultan’s Court, but it
certainly has no more modern paral
lel. His servants at the palace num
ber 5,500, the kitchen employing 500,
the stables 400, the menagerie 200,
and other items accordingly. The
menagerie is a special hobby of the
Sultan’s, and it is one of the most
remarkable collections in tlie world.
He pays it daily visits, and every
man-of-war that visits foreign ports
brings new accessions of new beasts.
The Sultan’s wives and concubines
number 1,200, 500 more than Solo
mon’s family. Wealthy tnohamme
dans, whenever t'hey purchase a spe
cially beautiful slave, send her with
their compliments to me Suit an, and
he never refuses. To take care of
this harem are fifty doctors, 150
eunuchs and 100 messengers. Seven
thousand persons are daily fed in the
palace, and the table alone costs
$2,500 yearly. The harem requires
nearly a million dollars yearly to
keep it up. The total expenses of
the Sultan for these and other pur
poses are $6,000,000 a year. And
meantime famine stalks abroad
throughout Turkey, the slaving
peasants are rising in bloody rebel
lion against the cormorant tax-gath
erers, and the Empire is falling to
pieces.
What has lately happened in South
Carolina is likely to have momentqus
consequences in a political way.
The significance of it is just this:
The Republicans in the Legislature,
or a majority of them, have defiantly
asserted their purpose to rpake cor
ruption the party aim, instead of re
form as proposed and enforced by
Gov. Chainherlain. The rascals have
got tired of affecting decency, and
imve revolted, it isf painiuiiy true
that they constitute a laro-proportion,
perhaps a majority, of influential
leaders of the party. They liked re
form well enough while they thought
it was only a matter of talk; but
when it came to vetoing the supply
bills which included their plunder,
they wouldn’t stand it. What is to
be done? There will be a lively
struggle between the honest and the
base for the control of the Republican
party in that State. Chamberlain is
the leader on one side; Moses and
Wiiipper and It. B. Elliott are the
leaders on the other side. In this
contest, if Chamberlain is repudiated,
the Republican party of that State
will claim no more consideration from
decent men than any other organized
gang of corruptionists. There will
be neither reason nor reasonable pre
text for tolerating it.— World.
lion. William A. Richardson, who
died at Quincy, 111., on the 27th ult.,
displayed a very prominent part in
national politics previous to the war.
Born in Fayette county, Ky., in 1811,
he was educated at Transylvania
University, and admitted to the bar
at the early age of nineteen. He was
chosen State’s Attorney In 1835,
member of the Legislature in 1836,
1838 and 1844, and in the latter year
was Speaker of the House. Remov
ing to Illinois, he served in the Mex
ican war in Hardin’s regiment, dis
tinguished himself in the battle of
Beuna Vista, and in February, 1847,
was elected Major. He was member
of Congress from the Quincy district
from 1847 to 1855; Governor of Ne
braska Territory 1858-GO; re-elected
to Congress in 18G0, and on the death
of Douglas was elected to fill the va
cancy in the United States Senate.
After the expiration of his Senatorial
term he held no offie, though al
ways taking a lively interest in pub
lic affairs. Latterly he was connect
ed with the editorial management of
the Quincy Herald.—Nashville A mer
ican.
W EIGHTS AND MEASURES. —The
Wi.shingt n Republican says;
Vice-President Ste
pliens is Chairman of the Committee
on weights and measures. We have no
fear of the old gentleman's weights,
but his measures have not always
proved to bo harmless.
Mr. Stephens’ measures have al
ways carriedweight with the friends of
Constitutional liberty, and are hurtlul
only to the enemies of a constitution,
al Union.— Augusta Constitutionalist-
Rome’s New City Council.
The Rome Commercial intimates
that the efforts to break down the re
sults of the late election are due to a
fear that the councilmen-elect would
impose grievous taxes upon the peo
ple. The Commercial adds:
We earnestly beg the contestants
to abandon the contest, for the peace
and tranquility of the community,
and for the good, as we most sincere
ly believe, of our city. The gentle
men elected are of our best and most
conservative citizens, and we feel
confident that the fears expressed by
some as to their probable action in
regard to the settlement of the bond
question and other matters touching
the welfare of the community, are
exaggerated, and,we nave no doubt,
groundless. At any rate, they have
received the requisite number of
votes to elect them to the offices they
propose to hold. Of this there is no j
question, and we think justice de>
mauds that they should be tried—
and then let them be adjudged by
their acts. Besides, we are confident,
from tne character of the gentlemen
composing the new council, that
whatever they do in the way of set
tling their financial difficulties will
be submitted to the people for ratifi
cation.
Hon. W. D. Anderson.
Hon. W. D. Anderson’s resigna
tion of his seat in the Legislature has
given him a wide and enviable fame.
4he Erie, Penn, Morning Dispatch
has half„a column of comments on
Mr. Anderson’s act,winding up with
the following paragraph:
We think he,indeed,missed a gold
en opportunity for reforming what
people at large think needs reform-
ing. Granting, even, that the Geor
gia Legislature is above reformation
granting that it is a very school for
the gospel ministry; yet could not
Mr. Anderson have tarried therein
till his time was out, to the excep
tional advantage of both Church and
State? We are told that ..there are
hundreds of clergymen*’ without
charge, while there is not one legis
\ couFj'Wave' ton rid a tempoary clerical
substitute. His hasty action puz
zels us, puts us in a dilemma. We
do not know whether the occupation
i of the Georgia Legislature is gone,or
j Mr. Anderson was re-enacting the
role of Lot, when leaving its hall
W e applaud hisgoin (jr : wa •
it most heartiiv. , TJ ”‘ l! ' , n -° u 18
going- on tj*o ''order lor which lie
should have stood ?
Grant and Fish.
We have private information from
Washington which leaves’,no possible
doubt of a total difference between
the views of the President and those
of the Secretary of State on the Cu
ban question. This difference is ir
reconcilable, and renders it impossi
ble for Mr. Fish to remain in the
Cabinet, unless his strong love of
office induces him to remain when
a man of more self-respect would go.
It is certain that within a few days
Mr. Fish has threatened, in unmis
takable terms, to resign, unless
Grant abandons his new Cuban poli
cy.
* Whoever may deny this, it is true.
The source of our information is such
as to leave no manner of doubt of its
correctness. Gen. Grant may not
know of the fact until he reads this
article ; but Mr. Fish knows of it,
and so does the man to whom the
threat was made.
We may look forward to the most
interesting developments,in the Cab
inet and in the country, on this Cu
ban question.— N. Y. Sun.
Tiie Methodists.— The statistical
returns of the various Methodist
branches in this country show the
following results in membership:
Methodist Episcopal 1,580,559
Methodist Episcopal,South... 712,765
Colored M. E. Church 80,000
African M. E. Church 200,000
African M. E. Zion 225,000
Evangelical Association 95,253
United Brethren 131,850
Methodist Church 55,183
Methodist Protestant 51,319
'American Wesleyan 20,000
Congregational Methodists... 9,500
Total 3,173,229
The grand total of Methodists,
throughout the world, is 4,189,105
members.
An ingenious Chicagoan has in
vented a railway notion which will
be highly appreciated by travellers.
It is simply a pocket lamp, which
can be lit in a moment, fastened to
a window blind in a railway car, or
adjusted on the side of the car for
any convenient height, so as to throw
a perfectly clear and steady light on
the traveler’s book or newspaper.
The light is furnished by a candle
mounted on a spiral spring, and the
whole arrangement is so compact and
complete as to be a great conven
ience. When folded up it can be
put into the pocket like a cigar case.
Hog packiug at the west continues
brisk at all the leading points, with a
gradual diminution of the disparity
between last year’s total and this that
is quite noticeable. The indications
are now that operations will be
pushed farther into the winter than
heretofore so that when the entire
business of the season is concluded it
may bo found that after all the short
ages, as compared with its predeces
sor, is much less than was anticipated-
To make farming profitable in
Georgia, farmers must return to first
principles, which is, undivided atten
tion to their business, live within
.themselves, pay as they go, and build
up their lands by rotating crops, plow
ing under vegetable matter, and have
stock-yards and save all manures
The Missouri Land Swindle.—
The Chicago Times prints a commu
nication giving “the other side of the
great Missouri land swindleing ease.
The story of the indicted parties is to
to the effect that they are the victims
of a conspiracy set on foot byspecula'
tors interested in ‘salting’ copper
mines, and whose operations had
been interfered with by the others.”
Dr. Shaver has sold his interest in
the Rockdale Register to resume
ministerial labors Judge A. C.
McCalla is now its business manager
and editor-in-chief, with Mr. Wallace
P. Reid “as assistant editor of the
editorial and news departments.”
Special Notices.
COLOSISTS, KXIGItms AM) TRAVELERS
WESTWARD.
F 0 a H „a m *l n C^, n,ars ; coml . e “s Jd time tables
and geneial information in regard to
I trans Portation facilities to all points in Ten
nessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Colo
rado, Kansas, Texas, lowa, New Mexico
Utah and California, apply to or address Al
bert Ij. Wrens, General Railroad Agent,
Atlanta, oa.
No one should go W r est without first getting
in communicaliou with the General Railroad
A gent, and become i > formed as to the superior
advantages, cheap and quick transportation of
families, household goods, stock and farming
implements generally. All information cheer
fully given. W. L. HANLEY, G. P. A T A
I>R SALTER’S SPECIALTIES,
j AT the Eclectic Dispensary cancers are suc
cessfully treated and a cure effected in ninety
nine cases in a hundred, when taken in time.
Rheumatism cured in every case iu from one
to three months, at a cost o five dollars per
| month for medicines.
Diseases of the Throat cured in from one
week to two mouths.
Catarkii of the Head cured in one to three
months, in most cases; occasionally meet with
; one requiring more time.
Womb Diseases.—Ulceration, Inflammation,
Leuc onhea, cured in one-half the time re
quired by other systems, and without the use
of caustics.
Epileptic Fits relieved and permanently
cured. In most cases from six to twelve
months required for a permanent cure.
Nervous Debility, from excesses, sclfabuse,
etc., successfully treated and cured in from
one to five months.
Blood Diseases cured in from three to
twelve months.
Kidney DinEASEs cure 1 in from one to three
months.
Diseases Liver amenable to treatment, per
manently cuyed in a lew months.
Nei raloia and other nervous diseases sne
ceS'fully treated.
Call on or address 8. F. SALTER, M D
No. 53 Broad st. Atlanta, Ga.
TERMS O F TREATMENT.
Consultation free]
Prescription and Medicine per (month, five
dollars, in ad chronic crscs—Cancers and tu
mors excepted. Operation!, on the eve, etc.
at very low prices, dec23-2t.
Cl RE Y(]s RSELVES.
The Bth Wonder of the World has been
found in Georgia. The discoverer is a physi
cian ot long experience, extensive obscrvati^
££“* i 5
u-ady known throughout the country as “Wo
man’s Best Friend.” With remarkableou£k
ness and certainty it cures all cases or
pressed mensuration, acute <**• Lrad
rcstores health iu ev<—”n supplies a remedy
field’s Fien ill the treatment of diseases pecu
liar to woman. This the Medical Faculty
knows and admits, while many of our best
physicians are using it iu daily practice. The
mediciue is prepared with great care, by L.
11. Bradfield, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga., and sold
at $1.50 per bottle, by respectable Druggists
everywhere.
U Great Merit in Female Diseases.
m
State of Georgia, Troup Cos.
This is to certify that I have examined the
recipe of Dr. Jonas Bradfield. , and, as a medi
cal man, pronounce it to be a combination of
medicines of great merit in the treatment of
all diseases of females, for which he recom
mends it. WM. P. BEASELY, M. D.
This December 21, 1868.
Macon, Ga., May, 1871 h
Dear SiR-yA r ter carefully examining the
formula by wWeh it is made, and using two
bottles of your Sanative Dentrifice, I take
great pleasure in recommending its use to m.(
patients and to ail others who may wish to keep
their teeth and gums in \a pure and healthy
condition. The formula, lean testify, contains
nothirg but what is conducive to the health,
cleanliness and purity of the mouth. 1 find it
to be also very efficient for cleansing artificial
teeth and preventing the accumulation of oily
and earthy deposits upon the plate. It is in
deed, an elegant combination of pure Castile
Soap with other cleansing and preserving in
gredieuts delicately flavored.
Very Respectfully,
W. W. FORD. Surgeon Dentist.
Professional Cards.
LAW & BEAL KSTATE.
W. T. WOFFORD,
ANY business lei t with (.'apt. Sum ford and
Mr. Waters, who are in my office, will re
cieve my attention. 1 will be at my oillce usu
ally between the hours of 10 and 11 each morn
ing. ]leblß] W. T. WOFFORD.
A. M. FOUTE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
CARTERS VILLE, GA.
( With 001. Warren Akin,)
W ill practice in the courts of HartoWjXpJ^.
"dec2-ly.
K. W. mjRPUET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
CART KTSVTLLE, GA.
OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick building
corner of Main and Irwin streets. dec2-tf.
J. M. MOOS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Office: Up stairs, over Stokely & Williams,
West Main street. Marll
J. W. HA Jilt IS, Jr.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cartersville, Ga.
OFFICE next door to The Express printing
establishment.
JOHN W. WOFFORD. THOMAS W. MILNER
WOFFOItD A nilAFlt,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
OFFICE up stairs, Bank Block.
9-3-tt.
JAMES It. COYYERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
WILE practice in the Courts of Cherokee
and adjoining circuits. Particular attention
given to all business entrusted to my care.
Collecting made a specialty. Office up-stairs
in the Bank Block. dec23-ly.
G. 11. BATES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office in the Court House.
<lcc9-ly
HOMEMADE HOSIERY.
PERSONS desiring good and serviceable
SOCKS OK STOCKINGS,
Cotton or Woolen,
Can find them at the store of
dec*3-tf A. R. HUDGINS.
HATS AID ROY YETS
m
AT
Wholesale and Retail.
Lapif.S, when you visit Rome you will not
see all the attractions unless you visit
MSS. T. B. WILLIAMS’ FASHION EMPO2IDM
where you will always find the finest and most
stylish millinery to be found in North Geor
gia. New York ‘•tyles received weekly, and
with long experience in the business, and as
sisted by the t*sst trimmers in the State, it is
almost "impossible to compete with her in
les and prices. Call at No. li/1 Broad -tree
and see if the above is not correct. dec.-ly
IK aniE tXPBESS.
(THE OLD STANDARD AND EXPRESS.)
By C. H. C. WILLINGHAM.
HAYING 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
fill CARTIRSVILLE EXPRESS.
The old name is abbreviated for the sake of convenience, re
aming, as I beliefve, the most expressive part of it.
THE
- - - v- * mm()r
Will be emphatically a HOME liartow, sparing n
to the mineral to the best of my ability. I shall als
exert the influence of
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 w r ord
THE EXPRESS
Will recognize the fact that the interests of Bartow County
and Cartersville are inseparable—that whatever advances the
progress of either is the good of both.
POLITICS.
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
* H *.-•■ M-
Will be a free, bold and independent paper, and not the organ
of an) T
■ >■ - .
ring nor clique
As has been very erroneously and unjustly charged. The mer
chant, the farmer, the mechanic and the laborer will find The
Express the friend of all alike—striving to build up all 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 pedole,
promising to exert my best endeavors to present a newspaper
equal in merit and tone to any paper in the State. I hope
no one will be influenced by any silly charges that The Ex
press will be run on any other line than that of honesty and
independence.
Address all orders for the paper to The Exrpess, Carters' ..
.
C. H. C. WILLIYOHAM, Proprietor.
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