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THE EXPRESS.
Cartersville, January 6, 1875,_
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Georgia.
Directory of County Officers.
ORDINARY—J. A. Howard.
Clerk of superior Court—Thomas A. Word.
Sheriff—A. M. Franklin. G. L. Franks,
Deputy.
Tax Receiver—A. M. I oute.
Tax Collrctor—W, F. Corbin.
County Commissioners—Rytssel H. Cannon,
Chairman. David V. Stokely, John C. Aycock,
R. 11. Dodd, John 11. Wikle, Clerk.
Coroner—D. B. Mull.
survivor—ll. J. McCormick, G. W. Hill,
Deputy.
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AROUND THE TOWN.
Notes Gathered Here, and There by our
Reporters.
Have you sworn off?
If not do so immediately.
Not a single party or dance last
week.
The Bartow House is still unoccu
pied.
The fantastics paid their annual
visit Friday.
If you want job printing done
cheaply come to the Express office.
The matrimonial market still dull
—old bachelors holding themselves
for high quotations.
“His royal nib” Rex, of Atlanta,
parades his usual advertising pa
geant in that city to-day.
“Welcome ever Wine never”
was a motto displayed to New Years
callers in an Atlanta residence.
Cartersville bloods didn’t make
New Years calls this week. This
might be attributed to local option.
Mr. R. B. Smith has been a pointed
as postmaster at Cassvilie, which
office was re-established a few weeks
ago.
Our devil says that he will bet his
gai’s tie-hack string that Cartersville
can boast of more old bachellors than
any other town of its size in Georgia
In consequence of the absence of
the editor of this paper the commu
nication of “One” fromPine'Log will
have to lay over until next week.
We regret to learn that a number
of the cit izens above Gassville have
sustained considerable loss in conse
quence of the warm weather injuring
their pork joints.
Monroe’s Centennial Minstrels play
ed to a slim house here on Friday
night. They returned the next day
to Atlanta where they disbanded.
Alas for the Centennial.
Messrs. Sheats & Parker, of Kings
ton have just'opened a fine and hand
some grocery store next door to Van
divere’s Bakery. We can co amend
these gentlemen to our citizens.
The first quarterly meeting of the
M. E. Church South will be held in
their Church, on Saturday next and
on the sabbath following the Lord’s
Supper will be administered.
Mr. White has removed hisgrocery
establishment across the street be
tween the furniture store and the
bakery. He reports a good opening
at his new stand. West End is get
ting lively.
We had the pleasure of meeting
James Tilton, C. E., Capt. Lindsey
Johnson, I)r. T. A. West and brother
in our town Monday morning. They
were on the way to Canton to the
river mass meeting.
Mr. T. H. Stall has removed his
stove and tin ware establishment to
the corner of Main and Erwin streets,
where he will be glad to see his cus
tomers. Mr. Stall is a live man and
will sell goods cheap for the cash.
The new Board of Aldermen are
discussing the subject of repairing
the City Hall and making it an at
tractive as well as useful and orna
mental feature of our town. Itcei
tainly requires attention.
That light which shines its bril
liancy on Main Street from dewp eve
to early morn—guiding the many
travelers on their nocturnal round is
one of the features of that enter
prising Drug House of Sayre &Cos.
“The year has gone, and with it,
many glorious throngs of happy
dreams,” but that has nothing to do
with Thompson’s fourteen goats
which form in a line and solemiy
march up Main street everyday.
Spring still lingers i a the lap of old
January, and crowns his hoary head
with a coronal of sweet smelling
fl overs. Not to put*too fine a point on
thesubject.the weather has been as hot
as pepper, and has caused the loss
of a great deal of pork.
Corn is still coming in from the
country quite freely, and is of very
good quality, showing that Bartow
county is as well adapted to the rais
ing of grain as any county in the
State; it sells readily at fifty and
fifty-five cents per bushel.
Now is the time to speed the plow,
and to make large heaps of home
made manure. Suppose every farrn
1i this year tries an acre each of corn
and cotton, and see if he cannot
make two bales of cotton and one
hundred bushels of corn on two acres.
Dr. Tigner has shown us a very
suberb piece of dentistry in a tempo
ary set of teeth for a lady, made of
I the celluloid substance. They look
very natural, the gum particularly
F so - Peraons wanting excellent -den
tal work will do well to give Dr
Tigner a call.
THE ETOWAH.
The’River Improvement Mail H*etlnrat
Clinton. 8
A Large Meeflng. tlie Speeches and
Proceedings.
A large number of the citizens of
Cherokee Georgia assembled at the
court-house in Canton on the sth in
stant, for the purpose cf inaugurating
some means by which an appropria
tion could be secured from Congress
for the opening of the Etowah river
to navigation.
Col. E. E. Field was called to the
chair, C. H. C. Willingham, of The
C a RTEKSVILL eEx press, was chosen
secretary, and B. F. Taylor of the
C herokee Georgian , assistant sec
retary.
Col. J. R. Brown then explained
the objects of the meeting in a short,
I pointed speech, showing the great
| need, advantages and feasibility of
the enterprise. He started out by
asserting the fact that there is not a
city of 50,000 inhabitants in the
United States, no matter with how
many railroads it is connected, which
does not owe its population and pros
perity to water navigation. While
railroads are a great benefit to the
country they traverse, there is no
doubt that the opening of rivers and
construction of canals are of far great
er benefit. With the opening of the
Etowah, a large proportion of the
produce whiTih now goes by rail to
Atlanta and other inland cities would
bo diverted to Cartersville, Rome
and other points enjoying water
communication. But we do not care
particularly what towns we build up;
what we want, we need, what we
must have, is cheap transportation.
It may be said that because the river
is filled with shoals, rocks and other
natural obstructions, it was never in
tended to he navigated; hut so might
the same be said of railroad building,
that the mountains were made as
perpetnal harriers to such enterprise.
The God of nature had decreed that
“man should live by the sweat of his
brow,” and nothing has been accom
plished since the divine fiat went
forth without the instrumentality of
labor. Before the war, the North
was active in furthering her material
interests, while the South, caring
little for mere gain, strove and ob
tained the honors. But now that
the war has impoverished us, we
should look to our pecuniary inter
ests as well as to the honors. After
urging upon the people the impor
tance of taking the matter in hand,
and agitating the question of cheap
transportation until success is assur
ed, Col. Brown introduced Gen. P.
M. B. Young in very neat hut de
served terms.
Gen. Young was greeted with
hearty He premised his
remarks by stating that-he had not
come prepared to make a speech, but,
since he had been called upon, lie
would express his views upon the
subject. When he entered Congress
in 186S he found that no effort had
ever been made to open up the Coosa
river and its tributaney to naviga
tion, and beset himself to work, with
the assistance of his constituents, to
compass that desirable end. He saw
a large scope of country filled with
minerals, agricultural products, etc.,
rendered unavailable for lack of trans
portation. The rivers must he open
ed up. A boat was built—he was no
tified of the fact, and then he went
before the committee on Commerce
and received an appropriation of
$ 5,000 for preliminary works—a small
sum indeed, but enough to start with.
The result has been that the Coosa is
navigable and navigated for three
hundred miles, and it, and its tribu
taries form a net work of rivers which
can he madenavigable for 1,300 miles.
What has been done on the Coosa
and Oostanaula rivers can be done on
the Etowah. Persistent agitation of
the subject, by public meetings, me
morials, and details of facts of per
taining to the section to he bene
fited by the project, will finally
achieve good results. Arm your rep
resentative with all the necessary
dates, and he will do all in his pow
er to aid you in the matter. South
ern people have been called lazy by
northerners, hut the speaker rebut
ted the assertion by referring to the
buildings, railroads and other enter
prises of this section. He eloquently
touched upon the conduct of the peo
ple during the war—paid a trib
ute to their bravery in battle, and
their fortitude, when subdued by the
fortunes of war. He suggested that
j a committee be appointed to appear
before Congress with a memorial,
and press the claims of this section to
congressional aid, and concluded oy
again begging the people to bestir
themselves, and never let the subject
rest until the Etowah was fully open
to navigation.
Gen. Tilton was then introduced
and gave very interesting statistics
and facts concerning the praetieabil
j ity and importance of the improve
ment of the river. He was listened
j to very attentively and convinced
; all of his familarity with the subject
under discussion. We propose to
I give his remark more in extenso here-
I after.
Gen. Phillips, who was on his way
to attend a railroad convention, was
now called for; and, though he dis
claimed any personal knowledge of
steamboat matters, being a railroad
man, he made a capitol speech in ta
vorof the Etowah navigation scheme.
He favored the project, although
the river did not run by his town,
and in fact he was in favor of any
enterprise which would develop
Georgia, prosper her citizens, and
| add to the wealth and importance ol
the commonwealth. He detailed
several incidents to illustrate the ad
vantage the Southern States had over
her Northern sisters, in climate in
diversity of agricultural productions
and incalculable mineral treasures,
and declared that what was needed
jto make this section of the Luion
everything that could be desired vva
; this—cheap transportation* VYhy
he asked, does the valley along th;
, Hudson river present so y at
tractions to the stranger’s eye? Not
because it is inf richer soiljor enjoys a
more delightful climate than the
South, nor because the people there
are better or more enterprising than
ours, but because that river is navi
gable and navigated by hundreds of
vessels, on which the productions of
the country, contiguous float to a
ready market and bring handsome
returns. Open up our rivers, and
what we now see upon the Hudson
will be seen here; open up the'Eto
wah and our lands will he enhanced
in value,; o6r productions be better
paid for, and our people become pros
perous arid happy. But the rivers
will never he opened if you only
aspect others to help you. You must
go to work, hold meetings along the
line; show that you'are in earnest in
the matter; arm your representative,
Dr. Felton, with the pro er docu
ments and he will do everything
within his power to secure an appro
priation. The North has received
$180,000,(100 from Congress in the way
of.aid th internal improvements,
while the South has received but
$20,000,000. It is high time we were
getting our share of the benefits aris
ing from the bond of Union. lie
closed with an appeal to the people
to wake up to their interests and do
their whole duty ; they owed it to
themselves and posterity.
Mr. J. U. Vincent then read the
following:
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
k. Whereas, This convention of
citizens, representing not only a large
proportion of Cherokee Georgia, but
of the producing business capital of
the country, and now convened to
take action upon the opening of the
Etowah to navigation, do respectful
ly present to the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
States that the opening of the Eto
wah river to steamboat navigation,
is imperatively demanded.
Ist. Asa measure of sound and pa
triotic statesmanship, because it is
only by facilities for cheap transpor- I
tation that Cherokee Georgia, a coun
try rich with the natural fatness of
earth and blessed with a climate so
genial that in it almost all the pro
ducts of the Union can he grown in
abundance—can he populated and its
unsurpassed agricultural capabilities,
its unequaled water-powers and inex
haustible mines of mineral wealth
can be developed, utilized and added
to the Nation’s wealth.
2nd. Asa commercial necessity to
one hundred thousand people, inhab
iting an undeveloped country from
30 to 40 miles iu width and 150 miles
in length, and who, by reason of
their geographical position, the gen
eral depression of business, and their
impoverished condition are not able
of and within themselves to con
struct railways or open up rivers as
facilities of cheap transportation for
their products or minerals.
3rd. Asa prudential and just act to
to the agricultural classes of Chero
kee Georgia whose agricultural and
pomoculture, by reason of the de
structions and high revenue imposed
by the Federal Government upon
spirits distilled from graiu and fiuit,
united with their total lack of trans
portation facilities, have been ren
dered unprofitable, thriftless, and
wasteful.
4th. Asa measure of sound politi
cal economy, because it will be a di
rect saving to the people of this en
tire .section by giving them a compe
tition and renumerative market for
all their products and minerals, and
an indirect sa\ ing to the Government
by stimulating industry, developing
mines of iron, copper, zinc, lead,
marble, granite, silver and gold, I
etc., and by harnessing and utilizing
unnumbered, unequaled water pow
ers and thereby increase our per capi
ta productive capacity and taxable
property 500 per cent ; and
Whereas, to secure to Cherokee
Georgia and the government these
general advantages and benefits, it is
the judgment of this convention
that it is not only proper and just, hut
it is tiie duty of the Federal Govern
ment to render such aid as will se
cure the prompt and coin piece open
ing of the Etowah river to naviga
tion ; therefore be it
Resolved, That a committee, con
sisting of Hon. Thomas J. Perry,
Hon. A. R. Wright, Gen. P. M. B.
Young,Hon. J. W. Wofford, Hon. J.
R. Brown, Marcus li. Field, Esq.,and
Hon. H. P. Bell and Gen. J. Tilton,
tie appointed to prepare a memorial
to the sitting Congress Of the United
States, embodying the views set
forth in this preamble and resolution
and such others as they may deem
best and to present an engrossed copy
of the same to the President, the
Senate, and the House of Represen
tatives of the United States at the
earliest practicable day, and to take
such further action as iu their judg
ment may be deemed bbst *to secure
the objects and purposes of this con
vention.
On motion of Captain Lyon the
thanks of the meeting were tender
ed to General Tilton for his presence
and remarks.
On motion of Col. J. R. Brown the
Canton, Cartersville and Rome pa
pers were requested to publish the
proceedings of the meeting.
The meeting was then adjourned
sine die.
E. E. Field, Chairman.
C. H. C. Willing am, > Q .„ ira
B. F. Taylor, j bec r^s *
Southern Female College.
Among our new advertisement
this week will be found the card of
the above named named sterling in
stitution of learning, and in calling
attention to it we will say that a
parent could not select a better insti
tution in which to place a daughter.
The faculty from President Cox down
are noted far and near for their de
votion to pupils placed under their
charge, as a fitting recominendatibn
to this temple of learning there are
hundreds of Georgia’s most brilliant
and accomplished daughters who are
proud to own it as their alma mater.
Read the advertisement and send for
a catalogue.
Sad Accideat:
Mr. -Smith, an employee at 11.
Padgett & Son’s planing mill receiv
ed a very severe wound, nearly sev
ering two fingers from the right
hand. It is unfortunate,as Mr. Smith
was a hard workingman, depending
on his labor to sustaiu a family, and
it is feared that he will loose the use
of that member.
When a man sj>ells Bake with a c
it is generally supposed that he
hasn’t been around Dennis Vandi
ver* Ist yan I si npltd some of bis
extraordinary cake. U.
KCONOMIT,
The time has come thr us to make
a decision—economy or ruin. The
choice is before us. Which will we
accept? It would be far better to
have the courage to practice the for
mer. Continuous lab it and light
exdenditures will secure success
plenty and will pay off our in
debtedness and bring back content
ment and peace to our minds. We
j spend too much of our means al
; ready in small articles of dress that
i can he done without, as most of us
| could use for a year at least the doth-
I ing we now have. Pride enters
largely as an element of cost, trying
to outdress some other unfortunate
knight. We ought never to be
ashamed of our apparel because it is
somewhat worn and faded, but we
should he ashamed to wear fiiuyuid
fashionable habiiaments for which we
owe our tailors or merchants aqd
cannot pay them! Our people should
positively buy nothing that they can
do without. Adopt this plan and
Bartow county will soon be the rich
est fn the Slate..
We also pay too great a toll to our
railroads. We spend too much
by far riding on railways at their
high local fares. They absorb a very
large amount of the net earnings of
our farms and shops, for instance, one
car containing sixty persons, carry
ing them one hundred miles in four
hours recives three hundred dollars !
—a sum greater than i.4 clearly made
on most of our single farms; in fact,*
a farmer who places to the credit
side of his farm book, above expen
ses, S3OO profit per annum, is doing
well, and outstripping most of his
feliowr. Stick to your farms and
business, buy your goods for cash at
home and you will save a vast
amount in one year. Try it, brother.
Farmer.
Rome District—First Round.
Cartersville, January Bth and 9th.
Rome circuit and DeSoto mission,
at Beach Creek, January loth and
16th.
Forrestville, at Rush’s Chapel,Jan
uary 23d and 23d.
Cave Spring, January 29th and
30th.
Cedar Valley and Cedar Valley
circuit, February sth and 6th.
Van Wert, at Chulio, February
12th and 13th.
Marietta, February 19th and 20th.
Acworth, at Acworth, February
26th and 27th.
Powder Springs, March 4th and
sth.
Douglassville, at Factory Hill,
March 11th and 12th.
Dallas, at Bethei, March flSth and
19th.
Villa Rica and Haralson mission,
March 25th and 26th.
The District Stewards will-meet in
Cartersville, Saturday, January Blh
in order to make the assessment for
Presiding Elder anil to apportion to
the various charges the collections
ordered by the annual conference.
W. P. Pledger, P. E.
Personal,
Jim Sproull still lingers around his
“ladye love” in Rome. Better look
out old boy.
Frank Cohen, of the Commercial
had charge of the Cartersville dele
gation in Rome the other day.
John Rowland and Walt Headdon
returned from their Rome Christmas
trip Sunday morning. It is unneces
sary to say ther are “goners.”
Rome girls too much for them.
Jim McCool, one of the cleverest
railroad conductors that ever pulled
a bell-rope was in the city yesterday.
Jim has retired on his popularity
and gone into some other kind of
business.
We received a call on Monday
from Messrs. Luinsden and Blattz, of
the Ellijay Courier. They were on
their wny Ati*vnio. Mi. dthiiz re*
tires from the Courier to assume an
interest in the Gainesville Eagle , one
of the best country papers in tlie
State. Mr. Lumsden will continue
the publication of the Courier and
our merchants would do well to talk
to the people of Union through the
columns of his paper.
Water-Packed Cotton.
A few weeks ago some negroe
sold J. D. Head & Cos. two bales of
cotton, and on last Saturday the firm
to which the cotton was consigned in
New York returned the cotton as
water-packed, and without any
value. The negroes, fortunately be
ing in the city when J. D. Head &
Cos. received the cotton, warrants
were issued and they were properly
arrested. The negroes have hitherto
born the reputation of being honest,
hard-working negroes:, but the evi
dence was too plain, of their inten
tions. We understand a compromise
was effected by refunding the pur
chase money and paying all expenses
which amounted to about $170,00
‘ The Express” In Kentuck3’.
A friend of ours received a letter
from an accomplished Kentucky
lady the other day who is a subscri
ber, in which was contained the fol
lowing sentence : “I have received
The Express, and must say that I
think Mr. Willingham a fine, able
editor. I like his paper, and intend
to always be a subscriber.” Now,
we have to keep down a good many
blushes to present this compliment
publicly, but coming, as it does, from
an accomplished lady and authoress,
w’e can’t help letting our readers
know about it.
H.w Advertisements:
E. & H. T. Anthony, ACo., adver
tise ehromos, stereoscopes and photo
graphic materials.
J. C. McCreary, gives notice that
he is the breeder and shipper of the
celebrated Poland China Hogs.
J. M. Proctor, principal of the
Rome Male High School announces
the opening of that institution.
P. ftjiarsh gives notice that gentle
men attending court next week can
obtain good board with comfortable
edging by calling at his residence
TAT TOUR DEBTS.
This is the first of a new year, a
period of time out of mind, wfien
in the good old days, men paid off
their debts. Let us do likewise—let
us imitate our forefathers and revive
the good custom. Our merchants
have waited on us patiently until
now ; they sold us their goods, ba
con, corg and flour. They have seen
us reap our wheat, and sell our cot
ton, and said nothing—but now they
want their own. Let us pay them,
and renew our credit with them, for
we shall need help again this year
as we did last. The money lender
wants his money; pay him and don’t
call hitn Shyloek, because he was
kind enough to loan you his means
at a time you told him you greatly
needed it. Pay your mechanic, your
blacksmith, your tailor, butcher and
pay your minister, who has broken
the bread of eternal life to you for a
long, weary year. He wants what
you promised him. His wife wants
to purchase her household supplies;
her children need clothes and food ;
they must .be sent, to school; she
loves them as much as you loves
yours and wishes them to appear as
yours da. So pay all you can, if you
can only pay five dollars, pay that
much ; five dollars paid by you ena
bles another to pay a similar amount
and one five paid twenty times pay
off one hundred dollars of debt and
often comes hack to the man who
had courage enough to start it; and
SIOO paid twenty times pays $2,000
therefore, let all who owe pay the
utmost cent they can, and our noble
county will soon have a name for
promptness, equal to her energy and
enterprise in all her labor move
raents.
Advertise,
Nothing builds up the interests of
a town or city like liberal advertising.
Atlanta merchants owe very much
of their success to tine liberal use of
their newspapers. And now they
sell goods to half the State of Georgia
and portions of South Carolina Ala
bama ana Tennessee, Every newspa
per thar leaves the city goes as a
message over a vast territory inviting
purchasers to Atlanta. Merchants of
Cartersville, fill your papers with
your business cards, and let the peo
ple know you, and what you hav*>
to sell. Let every man no matter
what his business is, advertise it,
this medium is a cheap way to suc
cess.
V. F. T.
At the last regular meeting of Car
ter,sville Council No. 44, United
Friends of Temperance, the follow
ing officers were installed:
S. H. Pattillo, W. P.
Miss Fannie O’Shields, W. A.
J. W. Deveneau, Chap.
R. S. Pattillo^Con.
Miss Alice Sligh, A. Con.
J. T. Hemphill, R. S.
H. M. Mountcastle, A. R. S.
J. T. Mountcastle, F- S.
A. A. Skinner, Treas'.
Miss Ella Sligh, I. G.
C. W. Mountcastle, Sen.
I. C. Mansfield, D. G. W. P.
The Old Reliable Stove Store.
We would call the attention of our
readers this week to the large display
advertisement of Mr. J. S. Adams,
Mr. Adams has as fine a stock of
goods in his line as we ever saw in
one store house before, and our
friends who want to buy stoves, tin
ware, etc., will do well to give him
a call. He proposes to take most
anything in the way of country pro
duce in exchange for his goods, and
his liberal offer should enable every
farmer to make his better-half a
present of a bran new stove. Give
Mr. Adams a call.
That Sereuude.
we thank the Cartersville Brass
Band for the beautiful serenade giv
en us on last Monday night, and are
constrained to say that we have
never heard more perfect or beauti
ful music from a hand with much
more experience and have never
seen more respectable honorable
gentlemen than those who compose
it. Cartersville is justly proud of her
hand.
'Dr.'Felton.
Fulton, the Washington corres
pondent of the Atlanta Herald , says:
‘ Much gratification is expressed
with the incoming Georgia delega
tion. Dr. Felton arrived first. He
is treated with much consideration,
and Northern Democrats, who have
talked with him, are most favorably
impressed with him. Dr. Felton will
go into the Democratic caucus and in
all things act in hearty unity with
the Democratic members.”
A Fraud
The proposed benefit to the Episco
pal church to be given by the stroll
ing band of negroes which played
here last Friday night was a hoax.
We are authorized to say that the
management of this party did not ob
tain the consent of the pastor of the
church to give such a benefit. The
so-called benefit (?) w as gotton up for
the purpose of evading the State
tax.
.Lively.
The Etowah foundry and machine
shops are still ahead, despite the bard
times. This is a good evidence of
the high merit and ready sale of their
work. They have a large lot of cast
ings on hand and for sale, and we
cannot see why our people should
buy Northern ware when they can
get an article made at home at a less
price and superior quality.
West A Woodruff, Rome.
This firm keep on baud an extensive and
varied sto;k of dry goods, men’s furnishing
goods, and in fact all classes ol goods general
ly kept in a fl*-st-class dry goods store. Par
ties visiting Rome will do well to give them a
call, if good goods and cheap goods are de
sired. decl6~4t.
You may not believe it but Dennis
Vandivere can sell you the cheapest
family groceries in town. it.
Marietta.
Marietta has been quite gay during
! Christmas. The party given by
Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Williams
on the evening of the 28th was a
| most decided success. The party was
largely attended by Marietta’s most
beautiful girls. Miss K. was lively
and brilliant but a little sarcastic,
while Miss W. displayed a lovely
| vivacity. This marks the debut of
these two young ladies in society.
The ball given at McCutcheon’s Hall
on the following night was not at
tended as largely as was expected,
owing to a report that the crowd
! would be promiscuous. But to the
j contrary it was very select. Miss
i Nannie McCluskey was the belle of
I the evening, judging from the mark
!od attention shown her. In behalf
l of Cartersville I return thanks for
I the kind invitation sent us. We,
who were present, unite sincerely in
the acknowledgement of the hospi
talities shown us. B.
The Rome Courier.
Capt. Dwinell, the proprietor ot the
above paper, will make a tour of Eu
rope next Spring, visiting England,
France, Italy, Egypt, Palestine, &c.
Whiie en route he will give his read
ers the bencht of his observations in
a series of letters descriptive x>f the
scenes and localities he will witness
during his travels.
He visited California last summer
and wrote a series of letters descrip
tive of the country which he visited
which were very interesting to and
popular among* his readers. The
letters he will write to his paper upon
his European trip will he far more
interesting than his California cor
respondence.
Read the prospectus of the Courier
and send for it.
Ch;rokee Railroad.
In conversation with Col. Printup,
of Rome the other day, we learned
that efforts were being made to com
promise the Cherokee railroad ease,
something after this manner: The
parties to agree for the road to go to
sale, the proceeds to be held up by
the officer, and then contend for the
money. In our judgement this,
would be the best course to r -osue.
It would not affW** 4,,e rights of the
parties nsnt on either side, and at
ihasame time benefit a goodly num
ber of people along the line who at
present are actually suffering loss by
the prolonged delay. Unless there
is a compromise of some kind, the
prospect for the completion of the
road under two or three years time
is quite gloomy.
The Temperance Party:
The party given by the the United
Friends of Temperance at their hall
on Tuejday night last, was a grand
success. Cartersville was uot in full
force with her beautiful daughters
and noble sons. Dancing, conversa
tion, promenading, etc., seemed to
rule the house, and we feel safe in
saying that every one present en
joyed the occasion.
The Brass B ind with its charac
teristic courtesy favored the audience
with fine selections from its repor
toire which were duly appreciated by
ail present.
The Friends may justly ■Teel proud
of this contribution of their’s to the
enjoyment of our people, and we
surely hope they will soon give us an
other.
J. D. Head &Cos., Atlanta.
Attention is directed to the adver
tisement of the above firm, formerly
of Cartersville, but now of Atlanta.
These gentlemen have ceased to do
business in our town greatly to the
regret of all of our citizens, and we
take great pleasure in recommending
them to the|peoffieof Atiantaand the
public geuerallv. Tto 01
oartow and the surrounding counties
we trust will always remember J. D.
Head &Cos., when they go to the
“Gate City” to trade. They are
worthy of the highest confidence and
are gentlemen upon whom all may
rely.w
McWilliams & Cos., of Rome,
Have just received for this season their second
large stock of Dry Goods, Boots autl Shoes,
Clothing, Hats, Carpets, &c., and are now
offering the greatest, bargains ever offered iu
this country. This stock has been bought
recently at greatly reduced prices and they
propose giving their customers the benefit of
the lowest prices ever made in this section.
They are doing an hnmepse business, aud
parties in want of anything in their line
wili find it to their interest to look through
this mammoth stock before buying. \Ve
have been through this extensive house and
will say that their 6tock is immense aud
prices astonishingly low. Call and see their
stock when you visit Rome. dec 9.
Dr. Tig-tier.
The Fort Valley Mirror of recent
diite, says: Dr. J. A. Tigner, who
has been a resident of our town for
many years, has moved to Carters
ville, Ga., to engage in the practice
of his profession. He is a clever gen
tleman and we regret his departure.
Dennis Vandivere’s bakery can
“pan out” more cakes etc., in a day
than any other like institution in
the land.
Two gamblers have been convert
ed by the Methodists in Portland,
Oregon. One of them, upon his
first attendance at a class meeting,
handed to the tender a worn dice
box and the dice. “Those have been
my means of livelihood for years,”
he said 4 “and I’ve become so expert
with them that I can beat a game in
which loaded dice are used against
me. I haven’t any other trade, and
it is like trading competence for pov
erty to give up my tools.” Nobody
doubting the genuineness of that
coo version.
Henry M. Warfield, reform candi
date for mayor of Baltimore, at the
election in October last, has instituted
proceedings contesting tiie election.
Gen. F. C. Latrobe, the democratic
candidate, has been inftalled in the
office.
. President Grant’s friends say that
things are-so managed that he never
reads very offensive articles about
himself. Otherwise, he would have
abandoned the third term madness
long ago.
The Steamship Stonewall Jackson.
It was announced a few' days since
in a Boston dispatch that the ship
j Stonewall Jackson had made a suc
j cessful trip. Mr. D. D. Kelly, the
; well-known ship-builder of " East
1 Boston, who is the builder of this
vessel, has addressed a eommuniea
: tion to the Boston Post , in which, in
I response to inquiries, he furnishes
the reasons why he named her the
Stonewall Jackson. He says:
The political hunters for place have
for a long time-prevented that union
and harmony of sentiment between
the North and South which should
at all times prevail, and have done
much against true patriotism and the
interests of the merchants,mechanics
and laborers of our common country.
Jackson was one of tlfe truly loved
men of old Virginia. His faults, if
any, must be forgotten by every true
American, by the shining brightness
of his noble character as a man. 1
am, by birth and sentiment, a son ol :
old Massachusetts, and could any
thing be more appropriate than for I
our people to extend the hand of
true fellow ship in 1870 to the mother i
of Presidents, Virginia? You will
please excuse this long note, for the
Stonewall Jackson is my last ship. I
commenced with the Old Hickory,
and end wiih the Stonewall.
A little Hebrew girl, who was in
the habit of observing Saturday as a
holy day, according to the custom of
her faith, was recently sentenced to
three months’ imprisonment in a
Boston reformatory because she
would not go to school on Saturday
morning. That’s just a few degrees
removed from the witch-burning
barbarism of New England practiced
a century ago or so. She affords a
strong illustration of religious intol
erance at this stage of the nineteenth
century. To the Christian school
board who procured her punishment,
and the Christian court which in
dicted it, Saturday is simply a week
day, without any sanctity whatever.
In the estimation of board and court,
Judaism is a species of infidelity,
which may be tolerated to a certain
extent, but not encouraged. Iu the
estimation of the Jewish girl and her
people, Christianity is a mere com
pound of absurditiesjand blasphemy.
Just reverse the positions, and make
the school board a Jewish one, and
the little scholar a Christian, and the
matter is then reduced down to a
question of authority in forcing ob
noxious dogmas on" unwilling con
sciences. And yet some people boas!
of this as a free country.—'
American. - '
_.cTpTeased to learn from pri
vate sources that Dr. Felton ofthe’Tth
district has actively working to se
cure a liberal appropriation for the
Etowah and the Coosa rivers.so as to
make the latter stream navigable as
high up as Carton and even beyond.
This is right. These rivers form a
part of the great water line} from the
Mississippi to the Atlantic, and ali
work done upon them will not only
benefit the immediate section througn
which they pass,but will be so much
towards opening the proposed watei
line. Messrs. Blount and Cook
should look after the appropriation
for the Oomulgee, and thus eonf r a
great benefit upon their constituents.
Dr. Felton in his speech before Ui<
internal convention at Rome, took
the right position upon the question
of river improvement. —Atlanta Con
stitution.
There is a disappointed carpet-bag
ger in Houston. Texas. He went
into a ward meeting the other night
to press his claims tor a judicial nom
ination. Uncle Jim Porter, a eoloied
politician was in the chair. When
the aspirant arose and began to state
his desires, Uncle Jim blandly re
quested him to set "down.” “Why,
Uncle Jim,” said the astonished
speaker, “what have you got against
me? I am a good Republican.”
“Out of order, sail,” replied the [(resi
dent. “You ain’t been here Jong
bluff to git the stuffin’ out’n your
carpet-bag. Sot down, sab.” The
blighted man “set down,” and doubt
less determined to bring the circum
stance to the attention of Senator
Morton as a clear case of “intimida
tion.”
The semi-annual meeting of the
Augusta factory was held last week.
The books show that during the last
six months 6,874,110 yards of goods
manufactured. The gross earnings
were 822,971, and the net earnings
822 J 367L_LTW r ■*•.*•> orarjie nna'n
ci£i snowing, says the Constitutional
ist, must inspire confidence among the
stockholders, and prove that the af
fairs of the factory are in the hands
of those who are carefully and econ
omically administering them.
A Detroiter, who diden’t know ex
actly how to get a letter registered,
sent some money away the other day
and he wrote on the envelope: ”
Registered with a two dollar bill in
side.” Fearing that this might not be
strong enough, one of his friends
wrote: „I’ll swear to that I saw Jim
put two dollars in this ” The man
who fools with that letter will get
into trouble.
“Benjamin,” shouted Mrs. Toodles
to her husband who was going out
of the gate, “bring me up five cents’
worth of snuff when you come.”
“Snuff? Mrs. Toodles, snuff?” he
ejaculated, as he paused with his
hand on the latch. “No, no, Mrs.
Toodles, the times are too hard to
admit of such extravagance; you
must tickle your nose with a straw
when you want to sneeze.” —Fulton
Times.
The Seminole Indians manufacture
a large quantity of Zamia starch for
their own use, but jvery; littte for
sale. They make it into* mush, and
also into bread, mixing it with corn
meal or flour. It is said to be supe
rior to the sea-moss, farina, or corn
starch, for cakes and puddiners- The
white settlers at Biscayne Bay have
several mills for it- manufacture.
A Washington telegram states that
the movement to oust Mr. Ferry from
the Vice President’s chair has receiv
ed considerable additional strength
recently by a changing of purpose on
the part of certain prominent Sena
tors who were previously disinclined
to aid the scheme, and there remains
little doubt as to the success of the
undertaking.
Little Jesse Pomeroy told his jail
keeper that he had read over fifty
dime novels. The pious warden roll
ed up his eyes in horror at the in tel
ligence, and asked Jesse if he wasn’t
afraid to die. “No, I aint,” said the
boy doggedly, “but I hope they won’t
hang me ’till I’ve read Bessie Tur
ner’s novel.”
A great storm has been experienced
at Gibralter, in which scarcely a road
or street escaped damage. Many hous
es were burst opeu by the force of
the water, which, in some cases, was
eight feet deep in the lower stories.
Two vessels were wrecked with a
loss of fifteen lives.
The steamer Supply, now at New
York, has been ordered to Civita
Vecchia to bring works of art to
Philadelphia,
| 4
Trade and Financo.
WONKY AM) Ctnnrolf"mark etT
I ,„„ Office of The Fxrß*> ,
Caktrrrvlllk, ga., January n, n-ts. ,
Corrects Weekly by J. J. Howard. Proidcut
of Hie Planteta* and Miners’ Batik.
FINANCE.
, . Burin® Selling
OoUl.prcnmmi j 3 t jf
Gold closed iu New York Tuesday, at 1.1
COTTON.
Cotton has begun to come in again, and al
offered u ea gteilybought at V*, 10 jg ~, ts
This is now one of the best tuaiki > l thi.-side
of A No eharsc for weighing.
CABTF.RSYILLE BKTAIL PIKES CLiiti. A T
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY 11. s. in>l.
FLOClt—per cwt .S3 £>.''> (
COFFEE—for best, W 1*
-1 G Ul—p jfc. Ex. C J 2 • -
“ A .... ........ i'S 1 ,-i.
“ Crush k,u
** ** “ Yellow U ~a
SYRUP—fI gal N. O I.V, 1
“ “ S l*rins *>, , >_
>!' >LYSSl*—good quality, f '
M ACKERS I. (new,. kit No. 1 2
“ No. 2 1 u.
“ “ “ No. 3 ... 1 50®
CHEESE—best article cream 25 ®
CANOE ES—lf* it, srji 4 i
'ALT—ft r.ick 2 U/-,
CORN—f* bushel 50
MEAL—fi bushel
LAUD—f* It) jv.., i
-15ACON—hums—ft th. l.'-a 1;.
“ bulk rib sides— 'f, lb —i® 15
“ shoulders—tt> ~o>. 32
dozen *A)(g
Ul 1 ib.lt— Cl li>, i., .jo
CHICKENS ;... 1.i..
SODA CRACKERS, (fresh) I2l,<vr. 15
l.t-Mov •• >* ]v4 _
BUTTER “ “ 15® --
>CO.\it " “ ..
CRACK YELLS..,, ma, .15
ASSORTED PRESERVES jar).. 30® 35
“ JELLIES fin tumblers) S6>.® 25
“ “ (in guolet-;.. W>a, 35
GINGER 35i®
SPICE ..
PEPPER . ) ® ..
CLOVES (S oz.) 10;® ..
NUTMEG “ 9Uf5 ..
MACE “ 15® 20
STARCH (corn).per oz v u) ..
“ (uearl)uer, lb 8® 10
EXTRACTS LEMON doz.) $2 o , , i: *
“ V AMI.LA “ 4 50A5 00
WORCESTER SAUCE “ 5 OD.rli 00
TOMATO CATSUP “ ...... 2 5) s l (M
BROOMS •* 3 50..4 50
BUCIvETS (painted) “ 2 Oil
TUBS ** (> nest) 4 50a: 1 > 00
WHK \T BRAN ( cwt.) ... 1 <' 1 r,
SHOUTS “ 1 25®1 50
PEARL GRITS (new)—y, tt> 4j
GARDEN SEED—per paper li), ..
WELL ROPE—*3 tt SO® ..
AXLE OR EASE—p box -® lto,
S. W. COLLINS AXES 1 4o® ..
AXE HANDLES. 20® ..
PLOW LINES —pair (32feet)... 40® ..
APPLE VINEGAR—** gal 50,0 ..
PICKLE (iu barrel) —ft gal s‘>® ..
GROUND PEAS —al pt (l.V* ..
sTICK CANDY"—"g, 1b...... 20® 30
FANCY CANDY —gi tb :•/. 50
PEACHES A PEARS (cunncd) doz. 3 50,® ..
oYsTEßS—(canned) 2-1 b.... .... 351.1, ..
SARDINES—f* Ikix.... 2.V,® ..
CU liK A X TS—V lb SQj* •
>.ll Ro.N— P tb ■■■:>■>. 15
SOAPS—Various 25® ..
RAISINtG/N I—tb 20 u, ..
A'PPLES—igi bush 1 ,Y),<t ..
LEMONS—per doz 'l.'m: 1 (SI
DItLED APPLisS—per lb T ..
*• PEACHES “ I/* ..
GREEN TEA —ft !b 1 2 *nl CO
15LACK TEA —p tb IP* <* ..
POWDER-fi lb 60j4 .-
SHOT—lb ... ... - 32E 1 ®
W. PROOF CAPS—ft box l.V® 50
.is , . u—V tb " I
CIGARS- 02® 15
THE mm COURSER.
FOIt 1876.
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LETTERS FROM ENGLAND, FRANCE,
ITALY, EGYPT, PALESTINE, ETC.
These Letter* Alane will be Worth to sicy
I aniilv at least double the
Cost of the Paper for a A ear.
IN presenting the prospectus of Hie * m i-r
for Ue ensuing year, tve are It.•*;>:* • r 1 * -
nounce, as a pleasing feat roof the p: >g, unite,
that the proprietor <>l this yape euul mpl lit,
making a tonr through the principal
trie* and cities olSoiiibern Europe,lliroto
• loly Land and Egypt during the year, a hi’
en route he will g’tae our readers (he
ofliis observations iu , series of letters,
antly written, detailing incidents of t
descriptive of iho count lies and scenes, \i
ihe manner*, customs and habitsol the p<
dwelling particularly on those places -ji -i
■mere 1 to the Christian worlii by tlia poison.,!
presence 01 the Savior of Mankind.
The-o letters will be written in a plait . di
rect style, with the hopeof interesting all the
ainbitnnis young people, and especially the
Sunday school children of the South.
The Courier, now edited by Co'. 15. F. >.(W
vkr will continue to be a lirsl-cl a-- licii'.o
cratic Family newspaper. )>! the existing po
litical events of IST9—iucludi ag the electi<>n of
President and Vice Tresident and, in f.eorgia,
of Governor, members to Congress. legisla
ture and county officers—will make the paper
in its ordinary features, interesting to the
people.
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Address Courier Office, H im :, Ga.
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