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THE CARTERSVITTF EXPRESS. ISV ('. 11. €. WILLINGHAM. Tlie Cartersville Express. [OLD STANDAUD AND EXPRESS.] RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. '"jie copy one year $2 00 One copy six months 1 00 One copy three months 50 In A dtance. Clubs.—For Clubs of ten copies or more $1.50 per annum for each copy. KATES OF ADVERTISING. The following arc our established rates for advertising, and will be strictly adhered to in 11 case-: in 1 wk 1 2 ws.B ws l in S in. 3 in. ti m. i2 m 1 $1 0041 50 $2 00 $2 50 $4 50 $6 00 $0 C3 sl2 00 2 2 00 3 00 4 00; 5 00' 9 00 12 00 1 i 00 ;2 00 33 00 4 50 5 15 6 75 12 00 It) 00 21 00 30 00 4 4 00 5 75 7 25j 8 50 14 50 18 75 25 ( 0 Oti 00 5 5 00 7 00i 8 75, lil 25 17 00 21 50 29 00 42 00 6 6 00; S 25 to 25; 18 00 19 5p 21 25 33 DO 48 00 7 7 001 9 st< 11 75113 75 22 00 27 00 37 09! 54 00 8 8 00110 75! 13 25.15 50:24 50 29 75 41 Ob' 60 00 9 9 00 ) 2 00i 14 75 17 25 27 00 32 50 45 00: 06 00 10 9 75 13 00 16 00118 75 29 25.35 00 48 50 71 (10 11 10 50 14 00 jl7 25!20 25 31 50(37 50 52 00 1 7(1 00 12 11 ?5 15 00 4 8 50:21 15 til 75 40 00 55 59 81 00 13 12 00110 00 19 75 23 •- 5 ,0 O<J 42 50 59 00 86 0:> 14 12 75 17 0O 21 Otij24 75 38 25 45 00 6-> 50 91 00 15 13 50 18 00 22 25 26 25(40 50 47 50 06 (. l! 96 00 16 14 25 19 00 23 50 27 75.42 15 50 Oo 0 50 101 0O i r 11 75 19 75 24 50:20 00 44 75 52 25 72 50 105 00 18 15 25 20 si. 25 50:30 25 46 75 54 50 75 50 109 OO 19 15 1'5|21 27 26 50131 50 48 75 56 75 78 50 113 00 2<- 16 25122 Ot il 50 32 75 50 15 59 00 81 50417 IK) ! 21 16 75 22 7 28 50:34 00 .>2 75 61 25 84 5.0121 00 1 2: 17 25,23 51 :9 50 35 25 54 75 S3 50 87 50 125 00 \ 2- 1 7 15.24 91 K> 50 36 50 56 75 65 75 9.) 501129 00 I 24 13 00.24 I! li 25.37 fO 58 50 6 . 75 93 00 j 132 00 ! Persons sending in advertisements will please designate the department of the paper in which they wish them insetted—whether 111 the “regular,” “special” or “local” column; also the length of time they wish them pub lished and the space they want them to occupy. Announcing names of candidates lor office, five dollars, invariably in advance. Legal Advertising. Sheriff sales, per levy $2.50 “ mortgage 11 fa sales, per inch 4.50 Citations for letters of administration— 3.00 “ “ “ “ guardianship 3.00 Application for dismission from admins’n. 6.00 " “ “ “ guard’shp 2.50 “ “ leave to sell land 2.50 Sales of land per inch 2.50 Sales of perishable property, per inch 1.50 Notice to debtors and cieditors 3.50 Foreclosures of mortgage, per inch 4.00 Kstray notices, thirty days 2.50 Application lor homestead 1.50 All legal advertisements must be paid for in advance, and officers must act accordingly; and that they may know bow to collect for those changed lor by the inch, we will state that 125 words (iu this type) make an inch. When Kills are Due. All hills for advertising in this paper are due ut any time after the first insertion of the same, and will be collected at the pleasure of the proprietor, unless otherwise arranged by con t ruct. Travelers’ Guide. 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. VOLUME XVII—NUMBER 1.