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j ill'. EXFUJeLSS. Cartersviile, January 6j 1875. OIT. CEXTES XUL VB.UI. The first century of American freedom ! What sacred memories of human liberty linger upon the pages of lhes° hundred years to remind every American freeman of the de votion of our fathers in the struggle for independence! A noble heritage we have enjoyed and abused—a matchless system of government, un known to the history of human law, hat should have bound the people of this country together as with hooks of steel! But alas! when prosperity smiled upon us the brightest, and the sun of national happiness was made resplendant by American progress, the fiend of discord cast a gloom over the land and bathed it in fratricidal b ood ! War draped the homes of a happy people with mourning and en- g dfed all sections in ruin ! Could j the founders of our great government 1 loked into futurity and saw the car nage of an internecine war —brothers imbuing their hands in the blood of brothers, fathers against sons and sons against fathers—what would have been their emotions to see such a panorama of destruction of the fabric they had reared under the in spirations of freedom ? But war has ceased and the clangor of arms is heard no more. Still the harsh discord of bitterness has lin gered between the sections for ten years of a bitter peace that should have been employed in the work of conciliation and the restoration of fraternal brotherhood. One section chafing and restless, helplessly sub mitting to the aspersions, the oppres sions and the usurpations of the oth er under the forms of law hut with out the spirit of justice. These ten years of suspense and uncertainty have been sufficient to drive from the bosom of the oppressed every sentiment and respect fur Hie govern ment of usurpation substituted seen TTre-prHJ* a jtiudevolence for the < and in the name of liberfy t TT rfhtUfiXfL oppressive burden upon a free and nobie people—subjecting intelligence to the domination of ignorance, and virtue to vice. Ail this for party supremacy. V’. e have seen the prin ciples of liberty trampled underfoot the rights of States ignored—that unscrupulous partisan ruie might prevail and robbery be made trium phant. Amid all this gloom of a decade the spirit of liberty has only slumbered, to be re-awakened from year to year as the people grew tired and restless under the yoke of oppression, and saw public liberty threatened upon every hand by the centralizing ten* dencies of the Federal government in the hands of a vicious and unscrupu lous Here and there the ban ner of freedom has waved, here and there a victory has been won, hereand there the people have been aroused, and from time to time, and often at isolated points, the spirit of liberty has asserted itself and proclaimed at tlie ballot-box that constitutional lib erty is not extinct as long as the eouhtry is inhabited by a people born in the cradle of freedom and taught around the sacred altars reared by patriotic sires. One by one States 1 have wheeled into line taking posi tion against the rule of usurpers; one by one States have proclaimed at die ballot-box mat this is still ‘■The land of the iree and the home of the brave.” One by one, and in rapid succession, States have resumed (heir allegiance to constitutional liberty and pro el a Tiled eternal hostility to Central ism. To-day we find in the halls of | majority pledged by all the sacred promises m f ; store fraternal brotherhood between j the sections and to unite the pc opl (1 j in the bonds Tif good government— to re-erect the altars of - our fathers— to crush and drive out from the land the fiendish spirit of sectionalism and to obliterate as faras possible the asperities engendered by the war of bad men. And are wo to vainly hope that this, our centennial year of American independence, shall pass without a complete restoration of American fraternity and the re-establishment of “law and order,” and of Constitu tional liberty, upon the continent? Shall not the fires of 1776 be re-kin dled in the hearts of the children and descendants of Revolutionary sires in 1876? Shall not the people of this whole country, around the altars of liberty, swear anew their allegiance to t lie government of our ancestry and pledge their lives, if need be, to the patriotic endeavor to maintain inviolate the matchless system of government established l>y the blood of the boldest freemen that ever drew sword or wielded musket? Every true patriot should pray that this may be a year of jubilee to the people of this whole country— that it may end with the obliteration of every species of hatred or bitter ness—-that a restored Union shall mean a re-united people. We trust, speaking for ourself, that the boom of artillery shall be heard ail over this land on the Fourth of July, pro claiming the glad tidings of a real centennial jubilee, anddhat there is neither North nor South, East nor West ia the throb of the American heart fur “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” This is what wo understand is to be the great object of the great centen nial exposition at Philadelphia. It is our idea that all Americans are to meet in the “city of brotherly love,” and, under the shadow of “Inde pendence Hall,” the Mecca of Amer ican freemen, again consecrate the national heart to the principles there proclaimed one hundred years ago. If that occasion means less it will be but a solemn mockery and unworthy of American manhood. k It is to le hoped that the people Everywhere in this country will be klo t)pj duties of this centennial year of Aiiiei ican freedom with higher hopesof prosperity jwitli diviner feel ings of peace and with renewed de sire for the restoration of fraternal brotherhood between the people of all the States of the Federal Union. Such a spirit, if it exists, as we hope it does among a large majority of the people of this country, we shall wit ness once more a prosperous and hap py people, devoted to the same flag, the same history and the same tra ditions. THUS X VTi )V Vf, it VXK SY £TEM . There is no institution more disas trous to the general welfare of the j country than the monopoly of the national banking system. The de pression in all branches of business and the crippling of all industries are attributable to a system of finances that gives to something over two thousand banking institutions the privilege of furnishing the me dium of exchange for the trade and commerce of this country. And yet there are comparatively few who un derstand tiie present financial opera tions of the government. Indeed, it is a difficult problem to solve, even by the most astute financiers, and these widely differ in their theories as to the effect it has upon the inter ests of the country. There is not one in ten that understands that trade and commerce pay an interest oi from twenty to twenty-five per cent, for the medium of exchange dai ly used in business transactions. In plainer terms, the people pay direct ly or indirectly this large interest up on all the money used by them. No people under the sun can prosper that pay such enormous interests from the productive labor of the country. It is not strange, then, that all industral e ergv is depressed, and that there are thousands upon thousands of men, skilled and.un skilled, who are “tramps,” seeking bread as they may—getting it by fair means if possible, or by foul means when it can be procured in no other way. . What effect does the national linking system have upon the ener- ! ountry? ,h " _ . . rvrooose to of a proposition to organize a nat nr,. al bank on a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. As is generally known, the hundred thousand dol lars in United States bonds are first secured as the capital upon which to begin operations. These bonds are deposited with the United States treasurer, drawing semi-annual gold interest at the rate of 7:30 per cent., payable to the bank depositing them. Upon these bonds as collaterals, the treasurer issues ninety thousand dol lar's of currency certificates or nation al bank notes, with the name of the bank upon them, in denominations of ones, twos, fives, etc. With these certificates of deposit or national bank notes, the hanking company proceeds to business, loaning them out to the trade and commerce of the community at rates of interest rang ing from fifteen to eighteen percent, on the best collaterals. But the bor rower must not think that is all the interest paid for the use of the money he thus borrows from the bank, as high as it is. There is being indi rectly paid to the banker the 7:30 in terest on his collaterals or security for the privilege he enjoys of furnish ing t*e currency. In other words, I j the government furnishes the nation jal bank with its currency and pays | the bank interest for the security the j bank gives for this inestimable priv ilege—the labor ami industry of the : country bearing tiio whole burden of j taxation and interest. The people | pay the interest upon the bonds de posited and then pay triple interest to the national banks for the use of *iw.:r nU p money. A tabular state ment will show tne resuus *n ~r oration. A national bank is to be organized on a basis of hundred thousand dollars of bonds. The figures are given thus, the bank re ceiving— For interest paid on bonds by taxation..? 7,300 For interest received for currency notes loaned at 18 per cent 16,200 For interest received on liist semi-an nual interest p.ti<l on the bonds 6.57 Total interest paid l>v the people on the 1100,000 capital *24 157 For the use of only ninety thous and dollars of currency, or more than twenty-five per cent, for the use of a medium of exchange furnished by tiiis huge monopoly of the national banking system, enjoyed by some thing over two thousand favored banking institutions of the country. Is it strange that the people should stagger under such a load of tribute to tlie money lords of the land? Is it strange that our farmers fail to re alize profit from their labor and cap ital when they are thus taxed twen ty-five per cent for the money they use? And yet this is what the na tional banking system means ff we are not in great error. It means to make the poor poorer and the rich richer. Oh! how long shall the people groan under this load of oppression? Every effort made to abolish the na tional banking system is thwarted by ■ millions of money paid to lobbyist? ! in Washington to buy off Congres | sional action in behalf of reform. Never can we prosper until this incu bus upon the industry of the country is removed by the abolishment of the odious national banking monopoly; and it will not be removed until a majority in Congress is incorruptible. As long as Congressmen are to be bought with a price, so long will there be millions of money to defeat all legislation intended to repeal the odious system through bribery and corruption. It is not strange that bondholders who pay no tax upon their bonds,and national banks that enjoy such a monopoly, have been so strong at Washington to de- ! feat all attempts at financial reform, i The Macon Telegraph has the au thority of the author for saying Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson desires the Italian pronunciation of her novel In- Respect wishe#. THE SUFFERING OF PBISTEIW. A few years ago it was worth something to a man to be a good practical printer, whether he was a proprietor or an employee. It was worth something to a young man to spend four years of his early life to acquire a good knowledge of ‘‘the art preservative.” It insured him a de cent living if he was true to himself. In some sections it is still a a good tiling to be a good printer. But how is it now in many places? The skill ful printer is now reduced to the lowest wages or he is supplanted by illiterate and unexperienced boys at ! the trade who can he employed at nominal wages—enough to prevent them from starving. This is all wrong and disastrous to the printing business generally— turning out upon the world the most skilled labor to starve or seek other employment with which printers are ‘ not familiar, and from which they ! cannot earn a living. These are: supplanted, even in some of thecify papers metropolitan journals.hy j “boys” who have worked a year or j so at the business, or “green hands.” j And even a hoy faithfully learns his j trade he does so now with the ex pectation that he cannot get employ ment from his master after he has learned the trade. He is turned out to graze, as it were, to be succeeded by another hoy. Tlie result is that practical printers without means manage to get hold of a press, and with a few type, are flooding the country with small and insiguifi ciant papers, many ofcthein using the “patent outsides” ’Securing much of the patronage that might go to better papers. Proprietors of newspapers have to learn the impolicy of discarding skilled labor for inferior labor. While it may save them a few dollars in j composition in a week, they have a half dozen printers to start other papers that will decrease their own patronage. The true policy of pro prietors is to make as few printers as -=oiiJo and thereby -increase their own patronage in the win. The Printers’ Union is a good in stitution when not abused, Its ex stenee is as much a protection to when legitimately con downfall of a Uniorfmojoyees. The resu't of unfair demands made'u&W. proprietors orignating in the minds of a few hot headed members of the body. And they keep up fair wages for themselvesandforce proprietors to take in work at renumerative prices ; and it is therefore no loss to the lat ter while it is fair to the former, giv ing them fair wages for labor. When proprietors get labor cheap they take in work cheaper,and while they really lose nothing the poor printer is the sufferer. Arneteur journalist have done much to degrade the printers trade to the level of menial labor, and to make the printing .business hut little above that of common la bor. Having no sympathy for print ers, they do not hesitate to become the most exacting task masters at poor pay. A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEX!! X. We have been heretofore hut little nclined, so far as personally concern ed to the holding of a constifutiona ! convention in Georgia ; but we have 1 ever been willing that such a eonven , tion should be held if it were the 1 wish and desire of the people to do so. This feeling we have entertained upon the broad principle that the will of the people should rule espe cially in a free republic like ours. After n flection, we are of the opin ion that there ought to be a conven tion in order to relieve the State of many annoyances growing out of our organized laws none of them „ _ ’’•“"s to private credit and general prosperity tnnn wnm n.v now’ as relief and homestead laws. While the tax digests of the State show grow th of general wealth, w r e see but little prosperity in our in dustrial and commercial interests under the operations of the consti tution of 1868, which was framed and forced to ratification at the point of the bayonet and at the dictation of Federal authority. The constitution under which our law's are now made have entailed up on our people many entanglements involving the loss of private credit and general prosperity. The laws have become so complicated and liti gation has become so intricate and uncertain that justice is slowly meted out. The homestead law, exempting more property from the payment of debts than seven-tenths of the people own has weakened private credit to such an extent that men of enterprise and thrift cannot use their property to advantage in business transactions that would add to their prosperity. A friend of ours, a few days ago, said to us that a constitutional con vention would reduce the Code of th< State at least one-third and litigation as much, and the expenses incurred by holding it would not amount to that of the burdens imposed by the present constitution upon the people for one year. No! don’t do it! “No! I won’t do it!” That is right, my worthy friend . God bless you, because you “won’t do it.” No, don’t take the homestead ; take the amount in your hand, w hich it costs to avail yourself of the law, and puyjt to some man who respect- ed you enough to sell you his goods on your credit. Having so decided, make one more step. Stop buying on credit, work and pay ali you owe, a little at a time, and you will be pleased to see how soon you will pav out. Instead of stopping at a $3,000 homestead. Resolve to pay off all demands against you and make SIOO,OOO furtune for your children and county. Two good load* of oak (not post oak) and hickory wood will pay for thin p&pfer one year. £ * f if JUDGE R. A. CRAKK. The appointments to judicial posi tions hitherto made by Gov. Smith have fully met public expectations in the persons who now occupy the bench of this State. Whatever may be said by the disappointed in their defeated aspirations for office, the ap pointees not only do credit to their official positions hut strongly testify to the sagacity of the Executive in placing such a oorps of able men in these important trusts. A not unim portant post is now to be supplied, to-wit: The City Court of Atlanta. Of course all men have their tavor ites, and doubtless among the names suggested ns worthy of this imjor tant office, his Excellency could not go much amiss if he should select ei ther one as the occupant ot that court. A citizen of another county, it is readily granted, has no particu lar interest in any selection which may he made by his Excellency in this case, and any declaration of even a wish, by such a one, in favor of this or that man, it is also admitted, may he considered hy some as not a little officious and intrusive. W esee, however, that the Augusta Comtitu tionalist warmly recomend* the Hon. Richard A. Clark, and presses with great force the claims of that gentle men upon the favorable notice of the Governor. The views entertained hy that journal are not confined to itself. Among all tlie members of the bar in this state, there is not one perhaps who for soundness of legal learning and capacity for judicial administra tion surpasses this distinquished law yer. The character which he made for himself while Judge of the Supe rior Court places him in the front rank of hislegal brethren, and we hes itate not to say that if a verdict could he rendered by all the mean hers of the bar it would he seen that in their opinion he is fully equal to any ju dicial statesman in the State —what- ever legal ability may now grace the Supreme Bends and that ability is fully acknowledged. Gov. Smith would not at all have impaired its - > ters had Judge dark been his choice for one of the seats. The writer of this article has no prejudices or pre possessions, parsialities or particular personal preferences as to who shall be appointed in this case, hut from a "j'f , ••'H'ciation of the truly admir able legal acqu.._ ntsaml men(a ; endowments of Judge Clark, he hopes and hereby gives expression to that hope, that Gov. Smith may p n( j it his pleasure to select this gentle man f.r that important position. I{ e will honor himself by so doing asd confer a real benefit upon theeitvof Atlanta. CANTON, GEORGII, The editor of The Express, ac cepting the kind courtesy of Mr. G. H. Tomlin to ride behind his fine span of horses, left for Canton on Monday evening to attend the river improvement mass meeting on Tues day. In company with Gen. Young and Capt. Lyon, of Cartersville, Gen. Tilton, Capt. Lindsey Johnson, Dr. T. A. West and Rome. \\ e had a most pleasant journey to Canton. The day was beautiful and bright, as it was on Tuesday, the day of the meeting. We found Canton a most agreeable little town, and her people fully alive to the importance of the improve* j me, R of the Etowah, and early in the forenoon of Tuesday the people came pouring in from every direction. ; Fhe meeting was called to order about noon, and the c mrt room was well filled. [ Fhe proceedings will be found in another column.] Canton has an elegant new court house (list would do credit-in any State, built in modern style of archi tecture. The Cuntau hotel is another mummer of fine appearance, and like tliecourt house; wouni oe tiru,mw, to any community. It is well kept by Mr. J. M. Me A flee, who supplies his tables with the best the country; produces. The town has two churches, Meth odist and Baptist; two excellent schools, five stores, six lawyers, two doctors, and a livery stable. Canton is about twenty-four miles from C’ar tersville and about the same distance from Marietta, located in a rich sec tion, populated by a thrifty people. One of the attractions of the town is the Canton brass band, nine mem bers, with Mr. H. J. O’Shields, of our town, as leader. The band dis coursed splendid music for the mass meeting. We have not time to say more, but w r e hope to become better ac quainted with the people of Cherokee county. Prof. J. U. Vincent has kindly consented to give the news of the county to The Express and to act as agent, for thb paper. We shall have much to say of the I county from time to time. THE MISSION OF THE PRESS. Tne New York Sun w ishing every body “a happy New Year,” did not forget its “brethren of the newspa per press.” It said: We wish all our brethren of the newspaper press a happy New Year. They are engaged in a high, respon sible, and honorable calling,' and if they perform their work faithfully, conscientiously, according to their best lights and in the fear of God but of no man, they will give to the year 1876 more glory than even the Centennial celebration can add. May prosperity attend them, and in their homestead at their publishing houses may peace and happiness reign. There is truth in every word the Sun says of the calling of the press. There is none more responsible in the heart and mind of the true journal ist. As “sentinels npon the watch tower” of liberty the press should be true to the right, the cause of justice and the rights of the people. The press should fear nothing but to do wrong. We most heartily reciprocate the greeting of the Sun and endorse.ev try word it says in regard to the true ami noble mission of the piess. New Advertisement. CAENTLEMEX attending Court cart procare X comfortable rooms with good board, at moderate prieis, at the residence of I- M ARSH, on Main street. jar.f>-tl. Cl EORGIA. B VUTOVVrCOUXTY : j[ Wncreas L. ft. Jolly, Guarpiau of John McDonald, has applied tor letors of Dismia >ion Horn said guardianship. All persons concerned are herebv notified to file tn-ir ota iections, it'anv they liave. on or before the first Mond-tv in February next,else letters of dismis siu,. will be granted said, applicant Jan. 5,1976. 4 A . HOW \UI>, Ordinary- ROME MALE HiGH"SCHOOL. Ml HE Spring Term will begin January 10, and will close June 24, 1810. Tuition in High School for 6 months - - S3O Tuition in Grammar Depaitment - - 2f One hall'of the above rates are required in advance, the other, at the end of the term; or if preferred, bills mav be paid at the close of each month. Charges will be made from the time of entrance until the close of the season, no deduction except in cases of protracted sick ness. . Students will be prepared lor any class in college, for they can coincide the collegiate cou: se in this school. janO-tf .1. M. PROCTOR, Principal. j. s. mccreary, fiOiSOIfVILU.'. 11.1-- Breeder and shipper of the celebrated POLAND GHINA HOGS, OF TIIE BEST QUALITY. for pi ice list and circular, a nfi-ly Awarded the Highest Medal at Vienna. E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., . r )9l Broadway, New lork , (Oi>p. Metropolitan Hotel) Mamifacturerw, Importers ai <1 in CHROMOS AND FRAMES. STEREOSCOPES & VIEWS Albums. Graphoscopes & Suitable Views, PHOTOGRAPHIC JMERIALS. ETC. We arc Headquarter, for everything in the way of Stereopticons or Magic Lanterns, Being Manufacturers of the MIC RO - SCI K N TIFIC I. ANTE RX, STEREO-P v X OPT ICON. U XIV KRSII-v sTKRI'd)PTICON. A O V E RTlSv.it vs STEREO PTICON ARTOPITUOX, SCHOOL LAN TERN. YAMILY LANTERNS peopj.e’s L antern. Each style being the best of its class in the market. Catalogues of lanters a id slides with direc tions lor using sent on application. Any enterprising man can make money wnh a magic lantern. Cut out Uiis advertisement for refer ence. SI ami lei ms fiate. 11 .M ."i Tie. R & CO., Augusta, ; AmmPER WEEK GUARANTEED to agCTnrr. \ / / Male and Female, in their own locali "* 1 tv. Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Ad i dress P.O. VICKERY JfcC'h, Augusta, Maine. in Ctnn Per day at home. Samples $0 lu worth $1 free. STINSON & Cos. Portland, Alai lie. Mind Heading, Psychovnanoy, Fascina t on. Soul Charming, Mesmerism, and Marriage Guiile, showing how c : tlu r sex may fascinate and gain the love and • flection of uny person they , house instantiv 100 )>ages. Hyimail iVlxcul*. Hunt & Cos.. 139 8. 7ih St. Philadelphia. . 4 GENTS, the greatest chance of the age Address, with st; in;). National Copying 1 'em jinny. AI la nla. Ga. tn O'l A per day. Business hon **--■*-° v?Q IU U) I\J orable and lucrative. Agents.wanted. Address Marion Supply Com pany, Ma’rldh, Ohio. ADVERTISING IN Religious and Agricultural WEEKLIES, HiLF-PRICE. SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE OM THE LEST PLAN. For information, address GEO. P. ROWELL & CO . 41 Park Row, New York. ADVERTISINS IN CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS $1 for 25 Cents. SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE ON THE LBST PLAN. Fur information, address CEO. I*. ROWELL A CO , Sargeant’s Restaurant, Rome, CJa. rpitr-: old and T><>ptt7ar vesrauram; n. .M- . o,l Jy prepun k to lord the liunjri'v with the best tho market affords, hut is also pre jiared to nceommnd ite the public with Board aid Lodging*, per dav ... 42 00 Single mi al - - - . ' . - 50 Single Lodging - 50 The public are respectfully invited to give V s oo SAROEANT * WEB ii. decßO-tt SODTHFEN FEMALE COLLEGE I.a<ai.V\K, A. F A O I) Xj T Y • I. F. COX, A, 31., Krosident, Alatht matics ami Aueicut Languages, liev. A. R. CALLAWAY, Mental and Moral Sciences and Belles Lettres. Mile. K. V. FOURNIER, Native of France. Moderii Language.', Cal i- thenics, II air and 'Y‘- x Work; also presides at French table wliere French only is spoken. Mrs. I. F. COX, English Literature. Professor SCHIRMACHER, Principal. of Music Department. Miss SALLIE C. COX, and Miss ALICE M. COX, Assistants in Music Department. .T. M. TOMLINSON, Portrait Painting, Sketching from Nature, i henry oi Colors, etc. Mis# M. E. STAKELY, Drawing, Painting in Water Colors, Oil and Pastel. T urn f h and! tl . lti ° a in Il!1 its appointments the >ou,h. U COU ' lianson " iU ' a"} m Prd. Seliirmaelu r is a graduate of Lei.-ir | !j*. r ,\ eil ' s lh 'f Pi'il ot AiendilsMilin, Din'id’ l.iel.t. i amt i laidy. Mis, Stakely i, an aitist |ol rule mem and remarkable success. Prof J;m.liu,on stands at the bead of bis profession, ibe hundreds ot portraits executed bv him at i,at.lange attest his merits as an artist. I he premium ot Uftv dollars for “best music (la-a, ami twenty-live dollars for ‘‘best i er a'v:'rde,t popils of this College, at the State Fair in Atlanta, last year. Thev received the Same premiums, also two vcai beiore,. 'three different pupils received'pre miums as be r t p auisis. 1 Ihe Boarding i otise has been greatly en large. , and its capacity doubled, to nciorumo , date the growing pationage. ! hO . Bljr'i;g B l jr 'i;g ’1 mu opens the Pith of January. 1.0 ml, per am tan, with washing lucl and lights, #isft.On; Tuiiiou. SBO Music, k 0; Use t j 0010 01 v' " g V*, IVk '- * 4 ' A,t $2 ad toj.'.i 0. \ ocal AJt,#u:, draw ing andCalis thentes tree ol eik.ege. For nai i iculars ad £;r„ 1 <• CARTEESVILLE HIGH So'HOOL 3\ I LI, be open for the admission ot JlI gV- •'lndents ol both sexes, on January 10, 187 G. jffjjp Willi the fallowing into# of tui tion: l’litn ny Department, per n.ffuth $-2 <*) Intel m.-dlute “ •• ‘ aOO t lassieal “ “ “ 4 00 Incidental few. per term, 1 (Ml devYJ-lm. U, JuILVsIO.V, PrinciptL j ERWIN, RAMSAUR&CG bEAIEKS IN Dry Goods* Clothing, Boots* Shoes, Notions, Eagging, Ties, Etc and are offering GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO TEE TPAEE Purchasers wanting GOOD GOODS, at low prices, are invited to examine their stock which i> complete,Jand NEW GOODS CONSTANTLY ARRIVING, er2-tt CITY FINANCES. Report of Clerk of Coaudl of the fit) of Cartemtlle. By cash on hand from 1874 $ 94 16 ** liquor tax.... 1,542 30 “ street tax 492 00 “ f: om marshal tines 175 15 “ tax on drays 6 30 “ “ billiard tables 49 95 “ weighing on scales ♦... 1° 9J “ taxes from marshal 634 00 “ Borrowed 1,630 00 “ taxes on shows am! peddlers.. 49 "0 “ rent of hall and licencd 62 50 “ tax on malt liq’rs 12 10 *• Moving dead carcas 1 00 “ from Col. Howard, lumber, 7 35 “ ScJrton digging graves 14 75 “ street boss for wood 6 75 “ Ccd. Johnson for mule 90 00 ** Taxes 3,761 61 Total receipts and to be paid to the Treasurer ..$8,72 0 32 Respectfully, J. C. Maddox, Clerk. Approved: A. C. Williams, F. M. Johnson. Finance Committee. Report of the Treasurer of the City of far tersville, Ga., for the year 1815. RECEIPTS. Ist quarter—From J. C. Maddox. cPk. .$2,507 66 •• “ Insurance scrip 22 50 2nd “ “ J. C. Maddox, el’k.. 1,365 45 3rd “ “ *• “ “ 9>7 6) 4ill “ “ “ “ “ .. 3,889 71 “ —T. Stokely, Muvor, on mule ace 40 00 EXPENDiftncfca. $8,782 92 Street and cemetery including Sexton's salary ],?9S 52 Accounts 395 n; Printing 55 00 Damages by streets assessed prior 1875 99 00 Board of mules 249 1 9 Lumber 144 3-1 Insurance on city Hall 50 00 Hanging Fire Bell 79 00 Repairs of City Hall root 4; 45 Tax Assessors, $25 each 50 tiO Marsh.d, eleven month- 55:1 uo May or’s Salary 100 (,0 Aldermen’s salaries (81 s3(l each 24 1 00 Tax Collector 150 00 Clerk 125 00 Treasurer 75 00 City Attorney’s salary 37 59 fee in suit for damages 25 00 Donation to storm sufferers 45 00 Notes and interest .. •••• 4.165 90 Cash on hand. ' r ,Ss 93 48,782 92 Dec 13, Cash on hand last report S7BB 03 *• By accounts - - - $ 350 Dec 15, •• note and interest - 318 .56 *• cash on hand - - 465 97 $738 03 Respectfully submitted. Dec. 13. 1875. It. A. Clayton’, Treasurer Examined and approved, F. M. dons: ON,I J. A.. Enwrx. > Fin. Committee. A. ( . Willi AMs) THE ATLANTA HERALD | milK approach of the elections. State and j J_ National, gives unusual importance to the events ami developments ol'ltr.2-6. The lit K- Ai.i) will endeavor to describe them fully, faith j tally and l eatlessly. | The Daily Hkkai.d. a lolio 26x38, will Con i tinu ■to lie a complete newspaper. All the j news ol the day will be found in it, condensed | when unimpoi taut, at full length whenofmo ■ ineut and always, we tru-t, treated in a truth- I ltd, clear, interesting and concise manner. The IV ititY Hkralp, a quarto, will be wcll-lillcd with nselui and entertaining read ing (and all kinds, but will contain nothing that will oilVml the taste of any. It will contain seiial and other stories and religious itiMO gonco. It Will at o n.,vc ,ni agricultural de partment, prepared with special relercnce to the wants of our planter's homes. T Kit ms —Daily, one year. $ o CO; six month ?■> 3). THE Wki ki.y Hkualp, "no year. $2.15; six inontlif, fI.UI, postage prepaid on each. Cl.I Bin no Kat i:s.—To one. address, one year, postage prepaid, the Daily, three copies ■s! six copies SSO. The weekly, three copies s.*>, Six (jopnaa twvlve copies }F>. twenty copies s2o in advance. When possible, jlease send a draft on At i.tnta or .sew Vmt. ;i pnstollice inouev or dei. U hen neitbe ■of these can l>e procured, send the money, but always in a registered letter. The registration fee has been reduced to 8 cents, and the present system lias been found by the postal authorities to lie an abso -1 t protection against losses by mail. Local agents wanted in every town where there .ire none already, to whom special and liberal inducements are offered. For particu lars and sample copies, address THK HKUALP. Atlanta. Ga. SAYRE & CO., I > It U G (1 I S T S. si'cckssors to kibkpatru i & sayue: HAVE a full line of DRUGS, PAINTS. DII.S, V.VKNTSHES. GLASS, PATENT FANCYGO^I,r Al>S ’ PEKFUAIEKY SPECIALTIES. Choice Teas. Choice Teas. Direct from the Importer. RUBBER SHEETING and OILED SILKS For tiie Nursery. Over tOO Varieties of Choice Toilet Soaps Ask ior the goods von want and if we have not got [ hem will order by cailiusi- mode of con defa-ir SAYRE ,t CO. fiiuiikraipl Properly For Sale. WILL lie sold before the Court House door in the city oi Cartersvjlle, on tile (list iuesdav in .January, in isTti, the following Being property belonging to the bankrupt estate of James G. Rogers & The south half ot lot No. 202, containing 68 acres more or less. That part of lot No. 232 North ofthc Western <x Atlantic Raihxiud containing 19 acres more or less, 1 lie south hull of No. 230 con taining 70 acre more or less b Tiie north half of No, 220 containing 60 acre* more or less. All the above land in the lt-th district and .third section ol Bartow countv. This Decent her 14, 1875. k. W. MCRPHKY, detl6-tds Assignee ol Jus. G. Rogers A Cos. j WK PAY CASH FCI{ TICK FOLLOWIHO: Otter Skins, Muskrat Skins Mink Skins, Deer Skins, Coon Skins, Wildcat Skins, Fox Skins, Beef Hides, Beeswax, Beaver Skins, I’iicc list turnished on receipt of postal card. M. F. GOVAN & CO. Dealers in all kinds of Boots, Bho's. Leather and Hide,. 21 Broad st.. ROME, Ga. A GOOD •Sewing- Maeliiiie FOR SALE CHEAP. HUT little used and will be so’d very jow for the cash. The machine e.,u be seen it the store ot Mr. It. W. Battcrflcld. The machine will be exchanged for a first ate cbw and young calf. J D. head. Dlt. T. II BAKER. w - G - Df,B ' o:N - J. Id. IIE.VJ) Nr CO., DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing, HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES, &c., &c., No.Yl Peachtree Street - Atlanta, Ga. OUR BARTOW, PAULDING AMMHEROXEK COUNTY FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO cjt!l hiul soe u# when in the city, pun iimiajk: ihcin ►nine c^irtfcou§ ireatißHit aiai l.iir, honest dealing they have had in our bouse while at Cartersviile. <<ur stoi k will be found full aid complete iu all its departments, and prices a- low a- can be found in llii- market. N. 15.—W0 respectfully ask consignments of cot ton from our friends who wi-b lo sell in this market, promising them the fullest market price-—and no unnecessary extern-. - attached to the sale of Same. J- HEAD A CO. \tlanta, <■:>.. January 6. 1876. ST OVES & TINWARE. To the Citizens oU Cartersviile and. Sur rounding- Country: HAVING BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN .MY ARRANGE meats t letve Cartersviile, I hive concluded to remain and cast my lot among her peo)>le. In opening liusiues Here again 1 have concluded to do a STRICTLY ( ASH giili business, thereby enabling me to offer goods at EXTREME LY LOW FIGURES. u Those wishing to purchase STOVES, TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, F. CASH, RAGS, BEESWAX, FEATHERS. OLD BRASS AND COWER, CORN AND FODDER, or anything that will sell, can get the very bottom piicts. But pi.kasl do n r \BK FoU CREDIT. I eaunot afford in give it, even to the vety best men in flic country, as uinv goods are marked at CASH PRICES*. * * Thanking my friends for their pist patronage, and earnestly soliciting a continual- c of the same I run always be found at my old stand in the old Exchange lIotH B Hiding. .*•* ihe public’ SQUARE. ’ (jant-ly) .1 S. AH’ Vs. SADDLES, HARNESS, LEATHER, ETC., ETC, HUDGINS & MOUNTCASTLE KEEP ON HAND AND MAKE TO ORDER ON SHORT NOTICE SADDLES AND KAFvNESS OF THE BEST MATERIALS AND IN EVERY STYLE DESIRABLE. They keep on hand also a good stock of H VMES, COLLARS, BRIDLES, M lill’s Also Harness. Sole and Upper leathers, KIP AND FRENCH CAEF SKINS. and everything usually kept ie a first-class establishment. Our Saddles and Harness are made r our own shop AND AltE ALL WARRANTED. Store on West Main street, next door to A. A. Skinner A Cos. declG 3m. THE GK.ANGEBS LIFE ID HEALTH lH CD, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. -A_vitliorized Capital 4,5.00,000. Of Which SIOO,OOO to be Owned in Each Department. Eacli Policy-Holder is entitled to a vote in the management of the Company MOBILE, AT.a, CAPITAL STOCK, SIOO,OOO. W. H. KBTCHVM, President. | V. K. DAVIDSON, Vice President. | R. W. FORT, sec’y OLOKOSA DEPAHTJIEST, HOTIi;, A. Capital Stock 8100,000 Ofl'ce No. 2 COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Major C. G. S AMUEL, President, ALFRED SHORTER. Vise-President, R. J GW A I TVu v Secretary, O. ROWELL, Attorney, Dr. G. W. HOLMES, Medical Examiner. ’ I>oar<l of I>irec<ors : A. P- \Ugooil, Trion Factory; C. Rowell. Rome. Ga.; Alfred Shorter. Th ine Ga • John If Newton, Athens, Ga.; A. Jones. Cedarto in.G i ; lion. 1). F. liamni md \ tl'int *’a ' D. P*. Hamilton, Rome. Ga,; Cain Glover. Rom , Ga.; T. McGuire, Rome "(; t ■ p’ W'ood' i-ff Home, Ga.; M. 11. Bunn, Cedartown, Ga.; A. J. King, Cave ’Spring, ’ Ga.’’ lion U M* Hutchins. Polk county, Ga. ALABAMA ])EPAIIT.!IMt73IOITO.III}RI, ALA. Capital Stock 8100.000 Hon. N. N. Clements. President and : i nera! Mmager, Tuscalo * a. Ala.; Hon David ( < ■ i.*n Vico President, Montgomery, Ala.; W. L. Chambers,Secretary; Ftonc A Cioptou, Attoi!, t -\-" DEPABTMEAT, ERI£)IA.\ HISS. Capital Stock 8100,000 Col. James W. Beck, President, John 11. Gray, Vice-President, L. A. Duncan Secretary SECURITY, ECONOMY AND LIBERALITY, Are the Leading principles of this Company. ALL approved forms of Life and Endowment Policies issued in sums of 'lO3 >in to <UJ 000 Alin Term Policies ot one, three, or Mivea years. 1 ... All Eife policies non-forfeiting alter two annual payments, when the insured will be entitle! to paid up Policy or Cash Sui veneer thereof. Dividends may be used to protect policies against lapsing incase off Hit* re to r*av „ r mi unis. This with the and Ca*h Surreo-ler fe.ttiir -. ar • Company popular among thinking men. AGENTS WANTED . 9 - n w - CN ;. I, A Mi, of Mobile, Alt. General superinteii lent of Agencies. W. K. HU3E, Agent, Cartersviile, Ceorgia. THE CHRONICLE & SENTILEL Augusta, Georgia. rriHE DAILY CilltuNH I.K A SEXINRL S is filled with interesting reading mutter of every description—telegraph, local, cd iotial, Georgia anil Smith Carolina an * General News, Intere-tiiigCorrespondence, and special tele grams from all important points. Subscrip tion $lO. The Tri-weekly Chronicle and sentinel is intended lor points convenient to a Tri-weekly mail. It contains nearly everything of inter est which appears in the Daily! Subscription $5. 'n BLo \A oolrl i t ITOO\'IOI r* •V- r nv-n. .tn. v The Weekly Chronicle and Skntine;, is a mammoth sh jet. gotten lip especially lor our subscribers in the country. It is one of the largest papers published 'in the" South, and gives besides Editorial,, all the current news <>l the week, a full and accurate review of the Augusta Markets and prices current. Th“ C’jm mere ial Brpoits are a special feature ot the edition. Subsci iplior, $2. Specimen copies of any i-sue sent free. WAl.sll & WRIGHT, I‘ropriefers. Augusta, Ga. THE EXPRESS. Terms to Suit All. Let Every One Have a Good •"Paper. IN order that THE KXI'RK's miy be made . a v i-ioir into every lainily in the county, we wilt take in paymut ior subscription Butter 9 t'hickem, Fggs, Corn, Wheat, Tleal, Flour, Fire-W'ool, liightwood, ou AHYTiMNG CONSUMED BY A FAMILY CIxOCBLB. ALLEN & mcOSECER 45 BROAD ST.. ROME, GA. \UK receiving the largest stock of clocks ever brought to Kmue, which they are selling lower than ever before sold in Georgia. JEWELRY, SILVERWARE & SPECTACLES All kinds of Jewelry made to onler. lie pairing neatly and prompt’y executed iiec6-3m .A. CARNOCIIAX Manufacturer and dealer iu SADDLES, KAftfiESS, ETC. ROME, GA. ALL work warranted to be done we’,l and on terms to #uirtbc time,. dcc2 if. ATTEND TO TIXIB ! ALL persons indebted to me for >oi vices or _ advances will pbiase make settlement bj lie 6th of January next, or i shall put the leiuis in judgiueut. Duo tab i 22, 18T5. ( ci6-n JOHN ti, WiJSLE. CAMPAIGN OF 1875-6 Ana ii, 1 ;i Const j tutionnl >'st. (ESTABLISHED 1799,] OVE C* THE LIVE M.WSPIPF.£S of the \l OL’ LI). fion^'^i^ tUrClnterefctiD * correspondence ca!c,'uHyVn?de Inptr°iJOrtS 1 np tr ° iJOrtS a ’ C correctl J r graph 1 * 4 ** MaU, Railroad and Telc ti ve*p roceeHngsf CB "* rc “'‘a Ml Legi,U --l h.; Supreme dn isiors inllv reported m a tierin'the Reekie reading r , TERMS; ii.idy, per annum tlf . 1 <.- wer k 1 y.!, e r annum 5 ~, U cckh, [rer annum , A ‘ Mrc * t. It. FUGH is,* Manager, — A i!gn,ta. Ga. RCftlE FEMALE COLLEGE. Rev. J. M. M. Caldwell, Pres’t tTII F: Spring term of the above Sem msrj tor young iadi. s win COlil _ n luence on the f 4.A.ST 3IONDAY OF JANUARY next. The present lull am) efli linue to " iU C°a toVu rc ' i,ic,it Likes jdeasure In announcing to the mends and alumna: of Hie colleae that ha last year, the nineUtrith of it, existence beemeni'aSj'Sfd a Vt* onf f*‘ci,lfl pOce"fe^,lC,JtlCted hcm catalogue For further particular*, address dccln-tl JM. M. CAI.DWKLL. Rome, Ga. -CRAMPTON’S IMPERIAL SOAP fi.B “THE BEST.” r|3ins soap i. manufactured Bom pure ma if contains a large ,^ r cent.igc of V ege.n i Gii, is warranted fullv i equal to the last imported l a-tile Soap, and ‘ ‘ l ! | ‘ l ' s ,n “‘ Dine po- es-e- all the vt ashing and 1%, IVL- iu * p ,w ,'’ c ‘ rli V s 0, ,!|C celebrated German .A’ oJ - y ni,,y P*- His therefore Kb,’.h!M“fli l ,? r ,!se in ,h Laundry, j • uii n a tin liatli room, \n*l for houst*- porpo^s ; !>o, for rais ters il " ,!l remove stain, of Ink, Grease. Tar, Oil, Faint, et c., from the hamis. M innfaetnred only bv ror sale by Boynton, Carter & to", Atlanta. 9 . . , Crampton Bros., 2. 4, 6, 8 *Rd Id 111. gers Flare, an.i ;>? Jefferson dee 16-1 y Street, New York. DENTAL NOTICE. DR. J. A. TICKER, Office Ricks House, iioosxt L 5. . I tiiu aiol clean, Keth. exn.ee, teeth, 2i Jiiser.s .utdicia! tecili. All work jfuarAntpf>d _Jfe. - IVifflk reisonHhle, * " Uteed ‘ UAXTM), OOwl ,bs " ° f OLD and COFFER, f or which liberal prices will be paid, at T. U. STALL’S Tin Shop, Main Street. foksale. 4 FARM on the * r .l # A North of t rtersvme mii * hundred and righ v acre# two cleared-well Vv und tLu 0 4 ! und 'ta -miortableimiiovcments. For Urml' .Jjg devl6 4t G- C. TUMLIN.^