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Announcing names of candidates tor office, five dollars, invariably in advance. Legal Advertising. Sheriff sales, per levy $2.50 “ mortgage fl fa sales, per inch 4.50 Citations for letters of administration.... 3.00 “ “ “ “ guardianship 3.00 Application for dismission from admins’u. 6.00 “ “ “ “ guard’shp 2.50 “ “ leave to sell land 2.50 Sales of land per inch 2.5D Hales of perishable property, per inch.... 1 50 Notice to debtors and creditors 3.50 Foreclosures of mortgage, per inch 4.00 Estray 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 how to collect for those chujgod lor !>v the inch, wc will state that 125 words (in this type) make an inch. When Bills ara Due. All bills for advertising in this paper are due at any time after the first insertion of the same, ami will be collected at the pleasure of the proprietor, unless otherwise arranged by con t ract. Travelers’ Guide. CHEROKEE HAILROAD. "IN ROM and after this date the following JP Schedule will b* run on the Cherokee Rail- Leave Roc kmart at 7:00 A.M. “ Taylorsville, 8:00 “ “ Stilt sboro, 8:25 “ Arrive at t artersville, 9:10 “ Leave Cartersville. 3:00 P. M. StiLsboro, 3:50 “ Taylorsville... 4:30 “ Arrive at Rock mart,.?'. 5:15 “ WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD AND ITS CONNECTIONS. The following Schedule takes effect Novem ber 28, 1875. NORTH WARD. No. 1. Leave Atlanta ~..4 20 pm Arrive Cartersville 636 pm Arrive Kingston 6 43 p nr Arrive Dalton 7 04 p m Arrive Chattanooga 10 15 p m No. 3. Leave Atlanta 6 20 am Arrive Cartersville 8 42 a m Arrive Kingston 9 lx a in Arrive Dalton 10 54 a m ArrivejChattanooga 12 42 pm No. 11. Leave Atlanta 5 55 p m Arrive*('artersville 8 50 p m Arrive Kingston..... .. ..9 24 pm Arrive Dalton i 11 45 p m SOUTHWARD- No. 2. Arive Chattanooga 4 00 p m Leave Dalton 5 51 p m Arrive Kingston * 01 r Arrive Cartersville 8 93 p ni Arrive Atlanta 10 10 p m No. 4. Leave Chattanooga .....5 15 a m Arrive Dalton 7 14am Arrive Kingston 9 07 am Arrive Cartersville 9 45 ant Arrive Atlanta * H 55 n’n No. 13. Arrive Dalton 1 00 a m Arrive Kingston 4 21 a in Arrive Cartersville -.-5 18 a m Arrive Atlanta —9 42 a m Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 3, be tween New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palace Cars run ou Nos. 1 and 4 be tween Atlanta and Nashville. Pullman Palace Cars run or Nos *a3 ml 2be tween Louisville and Atluata. . BSTNo change of cars between New Orleans Alobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore and only one change to New York. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. m , ar rive in New Y'ork the second thereafter at 4 00 p. in. Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs and various Summer Resorts will be on sale in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Colum bus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta, at greatly reduced rates Ist ot 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 copy of the JTennesmo It out 1 Gaaette, con taining schedules, etc. Ask for tickets via “Kennesaw Route.” , B. W. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, mn\22—dtt Atlanta, Ga. KOMI’. RAILROAD COMPANY. On and after Sunday, Dec. 13th trains on the Rome Railroad will run as follows: DAY TRAIN— EVERY DAY. Leave Rome at 7am Arrive at Rome 11.30 a m SATURDAY EVENIHO ACCOMODATION. Leaves Rome at 5.45 p m Arrive at Home at 9 p m ATLANTA * WEST POINT RAH-KOAD. PASSENGER IB AIN—OUTWARD. STATIONS. ABUITIS. LKAV* Atlanta 10:35 p.m. East Point 10:44 p. m. 10:44 p. iu. Kel Oak -.10:59 p. m. 11:44 p. m. Tuirburu 11:91 p. ai. 11:93 p.m. Palmotto 11:37 y. ia. 11:38 p. m. I‘owall’s 11 ;5* p. iu, 11:59 p. ni. Ncwoaa 19:14 p.m. 13:15 a.m. Puckett’s 13:30* m 12:35 am Grantville 13:50 a in 13:51 am Hogausville l:i)8 am 13)3 am Whitfield’* 1:84 a m 1:35 am LaGrange 1:54 a m 1 :55 a m Long lane 2:31 a iu 2:21 am West Point 3:40 a m PASSENGER TRAIN—INWARD. STATIONS. AHHIVK. LEAVE. West Point 12:30 p m Long lane 13:36 pm 13:30 p m La Grange 1:09 p m ISJ3 p m Whitfield's I:3lpm 1:21 P m Hogan.-vitle I:3lpm 1:42 p m Grantville l:slpia 1:58 p m Puckett’s 3:13 p m 2:18 p m Newnan 3:29 p in 2:30 pm Powell’s 3;44pm 3:45 pm Palmetto... 3:00 p m 3:07 pm Fairbjiru 3:33 p m 2:33 p m Red Oak 3:38 p ni 3:42 p ra Last Point 3:57 p m 3:57 pm Atlanta 4:ls|p iu SELMA, ROME & DALTON. MAIL TRAIN DAILY-NORTH. Leave Rome 6:10 p m Arrive at Da1t0n..... p m Making close connections at Dalton with the East Tennessee, Yirgiuia and Georgia Rail road, and Western and Atlantic Hailroad lor all Eastern and Western cities. MAIL TRAIN DAILY—SOUTH. Leave Dalton 6.00 T> ni Arrive at Rome 9.10 p m Arrive at Patera 5:40 a u Arrive at Selma ..10;30 a in i Making close connection atCalcira lor Mont gomery amt points South, aud at Selma wit- Alabaina Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or leans, Meridian, Vicksburg, Jackson, all points South in Texas, Louisiana and Missis- 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 m Leaves Atlanta at 7 : 0o ain Arrives at Augusta '...."3:30 a in Arrives at Atlanta .".5:45 p m Night passenger trains as follows: Leaves Augusta at p m Leaves Atlanta at 10:50 p m Arrives at Augusta 3115 a m Arrives at Atlanta. 6)35 a m Accomodation train as follows : Leaves Atlanta 5:00 p m Leaves Covington 5:50 m Arrives at Atlanta 3;15 a m Arrives at Covington .7:30 p m THE COOSA RIVER STEAMERS! Steamers on the Coosa River will run as per schedule as follows: 1 Leave Rome every Monday at 1 p m Leave Rome every Thursday. ~. ..8a ni Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday and Friday-' 9 a m Arrive at Rome Wednesday and Saturday 6 n ir J. M. ELLIOTT, Gen’l Sup’*, THE ETOWAH EIVEH. Substance of the Remarks made br Gen. Tilton at the Canton Mass Meeting:, It has been well said, that he who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one existed, is a public benefactor; this is so, but I tell you here, that he or they, who removes the barriers that exist* bet ween the producer and consumer, and who lessens the cost and embarrassments that attend the interchange of the productions of labor; is worthy of the highest honors of the State, is one of the noblest benefactors of his day and generation. Every step in the solution of this problem, raises the. value of the pro ducts of human industry, even be fore they leave the farm, the mine, the workshop, or the factory. They stimulate production, and increase traffic, or the interchange of commod ities between man and man. Therefore, the destruction of every obstacle between the producer and the consumer, wnether the obstacle l>ea natural or artificial one, is full of blessings to mankind. The men who inaugurate those no ble schemes enlarge the area of civil ization, refinement, and constitution al liberty, and are worthy of the highest honors which man confers upon his fellow man when his fame rests upon such secure foundations. History is replete with examples. In our own short history as a nation whose name stands higher than Gov. DeWitt Clinton, the originator of that great blessing to both East and West, the Erie Canal ? No intelligent man will deny, that in proportion as the interchange of products is facilitated ; there will be, first, increased value given to them while in the possession of the produ cer; second, that production will be stimulated, by which commerce will be benefited, and reap larger aggre gate profits; third, that while the producers will be b?tter rewarded, and the sphere and profits of com merce enlarged, it is clear that every one unless favored by some special legislation, or individual advantage, is vitally interested in freeing com merce from every trammel and im pediment, either natural or artificial. The key note of our national pros perity is sounded in the simple words, “ Cheap Transportation. ” School boys should be taught that the superior facilities for cheap trans portation secured to Phoenicia, Ath ens, Venice, Holland, the Florentine Republic and England, the commerce of the world. Each retained it until its rival became the cheaper carrier, and it iu a notable fact, that art, re finement, in short, the highest civili zation, attained in each State its most complete development, du ring their commercial sway. Therefore, let commerce he free; the only possible free transportation is by water ; this is everybody’s road ; any one can put a boat upon the free riv er, or a vessel upon the high seas; but it is the essential routine of all artificial roads, especially when own ed by corporations, to become mo nopolies. Let commerce be free. Tax the citizen by any just method, to support the needful government, with absolute freedom the products of his own labor, with those of his fellow men. Tax the wealth, but leave free the stimulus which creates it. For the only stimulus to surplus production is the enhanced or remu nerative prices which cheap trans portation can alone insure. Then will honest toil be truly dignified and honorable, and then will agri culture, once defied in ages past, again be recognized as the guardian goddess of manly independence and the shelter of every manly virtue. You are the sovereigns of this na tion. You make and unmake the laws through your representatives. Those sad days when Georgia was prostrate at the feet of an aiien gov ernment are happily past, I frequent ly hope ferever. Your delegation in the Congress is not surpassed by that of any other State in this union for ability, and love of country. As Georgians you may well be proud of the noble character the Empire State of the South. You have the right and power to demand that money be appropriated to deepen your rivers, connect them by canal, and thus solve the vital question of cheap transportation. I say to you, gentlemen, as an en gineer of 30 years varied experience, that water "communication--every body’s road—not subject to the evils of monopoly, nor bearing the neces sary cost of "the large percentage in cident to “maintenance of way,” re pairs, replacing worn out iron, re building decayed locomotives and cars, that water, which will carry at about one-third of the actual cost of the rail, is the only solution of the problem of cheap transportation. At the present day, the best engi neers of all civilized countries are en gaged in solving hydraulic problems. We Americans were a very fast peo ple, and fur a generation, now rapid ly passing away, thought canals and rivers too slow’, and spent many hun dreds of millions upon raihvajs, which have ruined so many confid ing stockholders, enriching only a few unscrupulous officials, who have brought such discredit upon the American name, and the vast dis bursement which have brought about the panic, of which the nation still suffers. No such combinations as those of Fisk, of infamous mem ory in EriG E. R. stock, or of Gould, the present money king, or ogre, can occur when the roads of the country have as their natural compet itor and regulator, the improved wa- ter-ways of the land. I well know that your noble Eto wah can be improved, and made as navigable as the Ohio between Wheeling and Pittsburg; and I also know that one-half of the amount w hich the general government has expended upon any one of the sev eral scores of rivers throughout the country lying north of the Potomac, would* cause your noble and salubri ous Cherokee Georgia, to bloom as the Cherokee rose. That you wo 11 make your voice potential to be heard by those whom y° u delegate power to disburse your money, for your bene fit, 1 hope and believe; and as one who has seen and served tne Repub lic iu all its broati expanse, from Maine to Oregon, aiad from Minneso ta to the Riw Grande--1 say* Wl Y?® slight help to nature, iu th e naauer of water communication, °*. wlucn part of the Etowah is upon th e nat ural line between the great >.e and the South Atlantic—your ones are truly east in pleasant places; y° u climate unsurpassed; your minerals of excellent quality and most abnn dant in quantity; your soil good; water abundant, and people enlight ened, hospitable and of the old Anglo Saxon lineage. There is ev ery reason to think that this Chero* kee Georgia only needs her fair share of the fostering care of the govern nient to be filled witli a teeming pop ulation for nature has certainly done her full share and all that is needed is the intelligent energy of man to make her prosperous and mistress of her own destiny. The system of water improvement in this district has been happily inau gurated by your former able and en ergetic representative. It is due to his efforts that the government has caus ed its engineers to survey and report upon the practicability and cost of the work. The amount of money ob tained from'the wise action of Gen. l oupg, and expended’upon the river Oostanaula and Coosawattee have al ready enhanced the value or lands upon these streams from $3 to ?8 per acre, and the saving upon the cost of transporting to market the crops of the present year, is greater than the whole sum expended upon the im provements of those rivers. That such will be the result upon the corresponding branch of sa, your river Etowah, no engineer can doubt. It is for you gentlemen, to strengthen the hands of your repre sentative, not forgetting the honor due to his predecessor, the originator of the improvement of rivers in Georgia, Gen. Young. Thanking you, gentlemen, for your kindly at tention to my crude remarks, I ‘stop upon this theme on which volumes in gut e written. Lotterfrom Col. John V Wofford. James U. Vincent, Esq : Dear Sir —Business which I cannot postpone carries me to Atlanta to-night, from which place it will be impossible for me to return in time to be with you on Tuesday. This I regret more tnan you do. I will be with you in spirit, if not in person, anil nothing that I can do to promote the inter ests of your people, will be left un done by me. With cheap water transportation to your vicinity, it makes it one of the most important parts of the fore most cotton State. Cherokee possesses every element of wealth that has made Western Pennsylvania the richest part of that great State. En terprise will show r this. The utiliz ing of our water lines is one of the speediest means of doing so. As fine ore is in your section as can be found near Pittsburg; yet Pittsburg has grown from an Indian fort, to be the second city in the second State of the Union. Much of the raw ore used at Pittsburg is transported 3,000 miles from the mines of Lake Superior, yet.we, who live in a few hundred miles of Pittsburg cannot sell our ores there. The reason is, ours is rail transportation and the other water transportation. Now goods can bo shipped from Savannah to Liverpool, for less money than from Canton to Savannah. Your copper, lumber, marble and corn, the chief elements of vour wealth, will not bear protracted water transportation. Hence the commodities that ought to be the basis of great wealth, is now of no practical advantage at all. Therefore the great interest your peo ple ought to take in pushing meas ures that will redound to your pros perity. Returning my thanks for the kind invitation of your committee, I am By the Atlanta Constitution. In an editorial giving the substance of the proceedings of the Canton meeting, without giving credit to The Express as the source of its in formation, has the following to say of the matter: Gen. Phillips made the best point when lie stated that the river should be opened to steamboat navigation because a portion of Georgia, at least would be developed thereby. On that platform we stand also. The Rome Commercial seems to think Atlanta’s interests are inimical to the project—that we are trying to tap Cherokee Georgia, by the North Georgia railroad, and want no rival river route? This is a great mistake. The interests of this city are pro moted by nny enterprise that pro motes t l *e prosperity of any seotion of rite State, especially of the upper section of the State. We hope Dr. Felton will be able to get a stout ap propriation for clearing out the Eto wah, and that the time will come when even the people of Dahloneira will hear the welcome shrieks of the whistle on arriving and departing steamboats. Critical Illness of Mr. Stephens. Americans of all shades of political opinion will learn with regret this morning of the serious illness ef Mr. Alexander 11. Stephens, of Georgia. Our telegraphic report leaves but little reason to hope that he will be abler to leave his home again. Mr. Stephens has long held to life by a tenure so frail as to excite the won der of all who knew him, and it is not surprising to learn that he him self looks upon the approach of death with cal Dness, if not with absolute satisfaction. It is an interesting cir cumstance in the story now sent us that the dying statesmen is reported to have asked a friend who visited him vesterday to sing a touching ly ric which half a century ago excited the admiration of Lord Byron, and the author of which was long a lead ing light in the literary horizon of America. Yet how* many of the present generation have read Mr. Richard Henry Wilde’s charming “Love and Madness of lasso?” How many who have heard or sung the lyric with which the dying Geor gian* asked that his failing spirit mi*ffit be soothed, know that the au thor of “My life is like a Summer rose ” was a Georgian Attorney Gen eral’ a member of Congress and a professor of law in the University of Louisiana? Richard Henry Wilde did civilization the precious service of discovering on the walls of the Biro-ello in Florence that con tern po raneous portrait of Dante which has taught not Italy alone, but all the ' VOr l^ tl)W stern of lineament, how grim The father was of Tuscan song. Georgia was very proud of him in his lifetime; and her pride will be revived by this pathetic linking of his name with the last hours of her most conspicuous public man. But it may be worth while to remind both Georgia and the whole country that this gifted lawyer, poet and man of letters was a sou of Ireland, and of the early emigration which at tended the terrible events of Ly.— New York World. An Englishman was boasting to a Yankee that they had a book in the British Museum which was once owned by Cicero. “Oh! that ain’t nothin’ ” retorted the Yankee; in the museum in Busting they’ve got the lead-pencil that Noah used to check off the animals that went into the ark.” CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 13, 1876. Hon. A. H. Stephens, His Recent Alarming Condition. LATEST REPORTS MORE FAVORABLE. Liberty Hall, i Crawfordville, Ga., I Thursday Evening, Dec. 30,1875. j Editors Constitution :—As the very name of Alexander H. Stephens starts a patriotic thrill in the heart of every true Georgian, I am sure you will publish, and your numerous readers will pursue anxiously any re liable account of his present condi tion. Although he doesn’t now seem to be suffering from any excruciating pain, he is greatly annoyed with a severe cough which, for the past two or three weeks, has weakened and confined him to his bed. In the af ternoon during his time, he has suf fered also with fevers whicu have raised his pulse thirty or forty beats per minute above its normal number. His great sociability of disposition betrays him into conversation often times, which excites his bronchial tubes, causes him to cough and ex pectorate, when if ho would remain silent, there would he no such inju rious effect. But the lively interest he feels and will ever feel as long as he retains a spark of life, in the wel fare of his friends and country, pre vents him from keeping silent, and disregarding the numerous letters and newspapers which he receives by every mail. When a letter or paper is read to him, he at once comments upon it, and this sets him to cough ing and; expectorating. His mails which is varied and extensive, seems to be almost necessary to his exist ence. But for this idiosyncracy of his constitution which requires more of mental than material food, I would be of the opinion that he would be benefitted if his friends were de barred his presence and his mails withheld. Mr. Stephens himself says bethinks that his afternoon fevers are hectic, and he seems apprehensive that his sickness will culminate in consump tion. His physican, Dr. Steiner, of Augusta, says that his lungs are not at all affected, but that the cough proceeds from the bronchial tubes. I am inclined to the opinion of the doctor, not simply because of my confidence in his superior skill, but mainly because of the unimpaired strength of Mr. Stephens’ voice. For this reason I think the cough is bron chial rather than pu'inouary. Be this as it may, it is very unyielding, and unless checked, will prove to be, I fear, a most deplorable calamity to our country—now so sadly in need of his super-eminent counsels. But I am happy to state that the cough to day is decidedly less violent, and if i t continue to improve in the same ratio. J have strong hopes of his speedy recovery. The wonderful elasticity and vitality of his remark able constitution, have endured sev eral attacks of sickness that have been more alarming, if possible, than this. One more remark on this subject. I would that the world could know the resignation and fortitude with which one of the greatest men en dures this privation and suffering. Listen to the sublime and Job-like words of the Christain hero: “I am neither hopeful or despondent. I have no desire to live another dav; itev. jonn r. L/uncaii cttfiru act \c visit to Mr. Stehpens by the 5 o’clock train this evening from Atlanta. This distinguished divine is known all over Georgia, not less as an eloquent pulpit expounder than as a sweet singer. He is now, I regret to say, almest wholly blind. * * * Mr. Stephens, who has often hoard the melodious songs of Mr. Duncan, could not resist the temptation to hear him again. “Mr. Duncan,” said he, “sing Howard’s song.” This hav ing been rendered in rich and dis tinct tones, ho expressed himself as well pleased. The song in question is a parody on Tom Moore’s beauti ful lines: “This world is all a fleeting show,” and was altered and sung by Rev. Jno. Howard, father of Col. Howard, of Kirkwood. . “Now, sing,” said Mr. 8., “Richard Henry Wild’s “My life is like the summer rose.’ ” This, too, was rendered clearly and melodiously to the great admiration of us all. The third and last song was a pharaphraseof the last verse of the 17th Psalm : then fnlloweff * in vent prayer, after which the company retired from the room, leaving Mr. Stephens to the care of experienced and attentive watchers. Friday Morning, Dec. 81.—Mr. Stephens Jhis morning is quite per ceptibly improved, and is now bol stered upright in bed, and signing some bank cheeks. Helms coughed less this morning than he usually does, and rested well the greater part of last night. I think him better off decidedly than he was on yesterday morning. Ifthedamp weather,which lms been oppressing both well and sick for so long a time, would now give place to sunshine, I think he would feel much better. Indeed in clement weather affects Mr. Stephens more unpleasantly than any one I ever saw. [We are glad to state that infor mation received to-day January Ist, states that Mr. Stephens is still better.—Editors Constitution.] Bold Words. The Greenville (S. C.) News owned and edited by Mr. A. M. Speights, formerly of Griffin, Ga., thus defines the situation in unhappy South Car olina : Negro rule in South Carolina has thrown off the mask and stands bold ly out in the broad daylight of Amer ican civilization in all its hideous enormity. Its knife is whetted for the white man’s throat. Its pulses have made the negro orgies of St. Domingo memorable against civilized men. The same spirit animates these people here which but a brief while ago howled around the feeble white element in Jamaica and lent its prow ess to the butchery of the whites,irre spective of sex or age. We have ! come to that point where these things must stop—where order must be re stored to^soclety—where the white man must assert himself where the negro must bend or break before the race that never yet has sufferd itself brought under the domination of another. There is no more room for soft talk in this matter. We must say to the colored race: Give way or die. i A supposed inadvertence revision of the Illinois statutes raises the question whether quit-claim deeds in that State are not converted into warranty deedg, the statute making use of the works “grant, bargain and sell,” or either one of them, equiva i lent to a warranty. Training Shool for Girls. An Article on tlie Subject by one of the Noblest Women of Georgia. The following is from the Atlanta Jlerald, The writer is the widow of the late Judge E. Y. Hill, ofLaGrange; and is one of the best women Georgia ever produced. What she writes is worthy of all considera tion. We commend the article to the public generally: Training schools where girls can re ceive a liberal, thorough education in those things which will qualify them for tfie every-day duties of life, and also give them trades and professions by the practice of which they can earn an income if compelled to live by their own labor, is one of the pressing educational necessities of the South. In thesb institutions all the machinery should be introduced which will lighten and simplify women’s work, and they taught to use it skilfully, so as to realize satis factory results with the least labor. There is need of economy of strength, as well as economy of means. Since this kind of knowledge does not come by intuition, schools to impart this information should be establish ed upon some well organized, sys tematic plan, avoiding all fantastic theories. I know there still lives, in the hearts of Southern men, much of the old chivalrous feeling which regard ed the idea of women being bread winners, as a reproach to the man hood of fathers, brothers, husbands, but we are living under a different state of society. Times have changed, and we must change with them. In many ways, not dreamed of before the war, women must give active as sistance to tiie male members of their families. Sensible women have a just and proper appreciation of the situation, and earnestly desire to come up to the full measure of their duty; but in the very first steps they essay to take the mortifying difficul ty of incompetency for business meets them, and in seeking to overcome this, lime and energy are wasted, all fur the want of well-trained effort. To remove this difficulty, this want of practical knowledge, will be one of the prime objects of these schools. It has been said, that more money and science are expended in teaching how to raise cows, hogs, sheep and horses than in educating those upon whom the conduct and happiness of the family depend. Families are schools, women are teachers. Is it not then, a matter of the highest im portance that they be well-trained in their profession? Agricultural, min eral and other colleges serve a valua ble purpose, and the State makes a wise use of the mouey in endowing them; butsheshoud go a step further, and make an appropriation for es tablishing institutions for the instruc tion of women in their specific duties, and in this way, by science and training, without any antagonistic interest, well-trained wotnen may stand upon an even pedestal with well-instructed men. To this view of the subject, it has been replied; “Why teach such things in schools; it is the duty of mothers to'instruct their daughters that mothers know' nothing them selves? “The stream cannot rise higher than the fountain.” “As the mother, so is the daughter.” Asa rule, the habits and ignorance of fam ilies are trasmitted. Some very capable energetic moth ers, well qualified to educate their daughters in all the complicated and responsible duties that may some day devolve upon them, Utter ly fail to do so, from various causes, want of health, the engrossing na ture of their domestic cares, or from lack of patience and perseverance. Few girls take to such duties natural ly, and many mothers rather than compel them, suffer their daughters to grow up. “Idle, and gay. Yawning all morhing, lounging (or gadding) all day.” Thus, life loitering away. This is no idle picture; would that it were. And when the goal of their ambition—marriage—is won as wives they are unprepared to be help-meets to their husbands in the stern reali !c?t S v?l tneHialerna\ l root, t’o'make her home among strangers,where asham ed to expose her ignorance, not sure of fiuding sympathy, she must learn as she can the duties of wife, mother, nurse a.id housekeeper. No doubt there will be many lamentable fail ures, much dear-bought experience; all of which could have been avoid ed by faithful, thorough discipline at home or in a good training school. Mothers, think of these things, and at whatever sacrifice, teach or have your daughters taught everything that will be practically useful, all that will enable them to make their homes beautiful and attractive, and if reverses should come, independent and self-sustaining. A. P. Hill. k Cruel Dilemma. The Election of a Democratic-President Inevitable. Springfield (Mass.) Republican.'! The recent crushing Republican reverse in Mississippi and suicidal Republican folly in South Carolina only make more probable what w’as painfully probable before—that as against any “straight Republican” nominated under administration auspices, the Democratic candidate next year will scoop in the electoral votes of every Southern State. Ag gregate number of votes cast by these States (not including Delaware, Mary land, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mis souri) 88; plus the votes of the five ex-border and slave States, 137; whole number of electoral vote (in cluding Colorado) 369; necessary to elect, 185; 137 from 185 leave 48—the number of votes from the former free States needed, in the supposed and probable case to elect a Democrat ic President. But the two States of New’ York and Indiana alone cast 50 votes —and both those States have Democratic Governors to-day. No wonder that distinguished Republi can politicians are exhibiting unmis takable symptoms of uneasiness— not to say alarm. As Pat remarked, “they have raison .” But it is not clear what they can do about it. The dilemma is a grow’- ing one whichever horn is selected. To do nothing, to let events take their course, is to drift with folded arms over the fails. That might do for Turkish politicians, brought up from infancy on the Koran ; our American sort are hardly equal to it. But to resume the reconstruction force bill business now would tie to hazard and lose more at the North than possibly could be gained at the South—let alone the fact that there is a Democratic House in the way. Special Notices. COLONISTS, EMIGRANTS AND TRAVELERS WESTWARD. FOR mar circulars, condensed time tables ami general mlormation in regard to transportation facilities to all points in Ten nessee, Arkansas. Missouri, Minnesota, Colo rado, Kansas, Texas, lowa, New Mexico, l tab and California, apply to or address Al bert B. Wkenn, General Railroad Agent, Atlanta, Ga. 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HAY ING 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 The old name is abbreviated for the sake of convenience, re aining, as I believe, the most expressive part of it THH EXPRESS \\ ill be emphatically a HOME PAPER earnestly devoted to the mineral and agricultural interests of Bartow, sparing no effort to advance these to the best of my ability. I shall ais exert the influence of tee express in the building up of Carte rsville, and aid all I can in pushing our little city forward as one of the livest places in Georgia In a word 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 CLIQL ES 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 TIIE EXPRESS Will be a free, bold and independent paper, and not the organ . of any U.IKG NOH 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 he 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, Cartersville. • C. H. C. WIUIIOHAS, Proprietor. VOLUME XYII--N UMBER 2.