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THE EXPRESS. The Express is the firm defender and advo cate of the rights and interests of the people of all classes, and the unrelenting opponent of all rings, cliques or combinations organized to defeat the popular will in politics or to injure any class of citizens materially. CartersviHe, February 17,1876. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION QUESTION. Our opinion is that a convention to revise the constitution of this State should be held at as early a day as pos sible consistent with the great inter ests involved. The fear that sucb a convention may have the effect of damaging the interests of the Demo cratic party in theapproachiug Presi dential campaign is erroneously en tertained, as we believe. As an hon est people, seeking to do justice to all classes, we do not see why such a convention should be deferred. By such deference we only produce the impression, or place ourselves in the attitude to be so charged, that we propose to frame a constitution in conflict with the rights and interests of a certain class of people, but are afraid to do so in advance of the Presidential campaign. Inhisspeech in Atlanta on Monday night last, Gv i. Gordon struck the key-note of true w isdom in this matter, when he said, in referring to a convention, —“if one was to be called it should be done at the earliest possible mo ment, in order that from its labors the North might see that our people only desired to make their own gov ernment for reasons of public policy —to limit the terms of officers to shorter periods, excise executive pat ronage and stop the growing evil of debt making and consequent high taxation—to form a government whose foundation shall he equal and exact justice to men of all colors and creeds.” j i nit v.o-.. Qn fi on could be called by the people, and its work aceum pilot, ed by the time the Presidential cam paign is fairly opened, the results of the convention would show to the people of the North the real purposes of our people in the proposed new constitution, and would be published to the world to disarm all charges or insinuations that the people of Geor gia have any other purpose than to frame such an organic system of gov ernment as will secure equal justice *i noe<N The constitution being thus framed the enemies Ul g\/vrOi a . I eminent could make no capital upon this ground. But if the convention is deferred for fear it will injure the Democratic party, there is no doubt that the fear will be used against us in an adroit manner so as to convey the idea to thousands of Northern men that we are afraid to hold our convention lest its results—the unfriendliness of the people towards some class—may be too well know n to secure us suc cess. The cry will be raised that the Democracy of Georgia intend to do something desperate after the Presi dential election which they are afraid to do in advance. So, if we are going to have a con vention, and the people desire it, it is our judgment that we have it as soon as possible. In this way we shall disarm our enemies in advance of the political capital they will have to use against us in the Presi dential campaign should the conven tion question fail to be submitted to the people at once and their will and pleasure complied with, lest in what we expect to do there lies some great and hidden evil we design in having such a conventian. Let the question be submitted to the people without delay; and if they call a convention we shall have our new constitution to speak for the people in the Presi dential campaign. Let it stand as a defense against all charges that may be trumped up as to some desperate thing we expect to do w hen we can safely do so. We can better disarm our enemies by exposing our hand at onoo tlicui bj- ouir con stitution n. ' mean nothing hut good government and justice to all. We hope the Legislature will not hesitate upon this subject. What we do in this matter of anew constitu tion should be done quickly, in our judgment. Under our present con stitution the material prosperity of the people are suffering terribly, and to defer it we only give our enemies the advantage in not showing at once a clear hand as to our inten tions. These will be falsely con strued to the detriment of the Demo cratic party in the approaching Presidential campaign. If there is any danger on this score, what shall have been done in the formation of anew constitution will exist to dis arm the charges that may be brought against us in the event the conven tion is postponed. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE, The Georgia Legislature has now been in session about thirty days, and if any legislation for the general in terest of the people has been matured our mind does not recur to it just at this writing. Nine-tenth of the leg islation so far attempted has been either of a local character or of such insignificance as to amount to noth ing. Local legislation and amend ments to the code constitute the fail ure of the present Legislature as a deliberative body assembled to look after the interest of the people and to promote the popular good. What we need is anew constitu tion that will give us such a system of government as will rid the State of the useless expenditure for legis lation of no general value to the peo ple. It would be well enough to “rub out and begin anew,” have few er members of the Legislature with sense enough to know when their work is done. We ought to have such organic laws as will forever abridge community or “settlement” •egislation, and relieve the State from having to pay for such nonsensical stuff as has characterized the pro ceedings of the General Assembly fOf the past thirty days, THE STATE HOAD LEASE. The Atlanta Commonwealth of Sat urday last slates that in the course of the examination of Gov. Brown, on the previous night, he stated to the committee that $21,000 was used in the procurement of the lease of the State Road. He mentioned among the papers to whom money had been paid, the Macon Telegraph and Messenger , the Augusta Constitu tionalist, the Columbus papers, and stated that about SI,OOO had been paid to the country press, though he did not name the papers. He also stated that an editor, now dead, had been paid money to advocate it, and that J. Clark Swayze, who edited a Radical paper at Macon, had also been paid money for the same pur pose. Mr. Knight, an attorney, had also been paid to advocate it. We are to understand by this that certain newspapers advocate a meas ure before the Legislature not on principle, but from mercenary mo tives ; that, instead of being senti nels upon the watchtower to guard the interests of the people, they are hired to subserve the ends ®f person al interest and speculation. Is this the w’ay for a free and untrammelled press to act? Is thi3 the unsullied and unbought press we hear so much of? Great God 1 what a developer is time and circumstances when it exposes a subsided press. How many of the press accepted pay for advocating the purchase of the opera house in Atlanta for a State house? The lease of the State road may be the best disposition that could have been made of it at the time. It was certainly paying the people nothing, but costing them $300,000 a year to keep it up. It now pays the people $300,000 a year. At the time of the lease we did not think the rental was enough, and therefore would not have advocated the lease upon any terms. Since the foregoing wasput in type we have received Columbus Times , the edithr and one of the pro prietors of which was connected in the same relations with the Enquirer at the time. It says: We find by reference to the old books of the office that Gov. Brown published in the columns of the En quirer an article explanatory of the lease, and that he was charged for it as an advertisement at the regular rates charged to other advertisement was $72, which Gov. Brown paid two years afterwards. The following lk/ ■*“** +Ha hooks: 1872. Ex-Gov, Jos. E. Browp, July 16. To publishing letter respecting the lease of the State Road. 36 sq., d&w |72 April 13, 1874—8 y cash to balance 72 The above was the only transaction between Gov. Brown and the Enqui rer office after he left the Gubernato rial chair, and the only payment made to the Enquirer for any publica tion touching the State Road lease. The Constitutionalist was in the hands of other gentlemen than those now conducting it. We have seen no reply from the Macon Telegraph. If the other papers did as the Enquirer in this matter, it was a mere business transaction, and not an advocacy of the lease by those papers. Of course the explanation of Gov. Brown was designated as an advertisement in each of the papers named. TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION, Temperance legislation has consum ed too much of the time of the Leg islature for the past few years. This is a matter that does not belong to the legislation of a State any more than religious legislation would be. If we have the right to legislate upon the habits of the people as to what they shall eat or drink we have the same right to legislate them into cer tain religious views and to deprive them of the freedom of thought and action in regard to that subject. Law is not intended to restrain personal liberty as long as the exercise of that liberty does not conflict with public order and the rights of others. Temperance legislation is simply a prohibition of personal and private rights and forces the habits of some to conform to the ideas of others in regard to matters about which there is honest difference of opinion. Asa means of reformation tem perance legislation has proven the most abortive of all legislation. Like all sumptuary legislation it is the most obnoxious to free thinkers, and infre government sumptuary law’s are the most odious, and hence the most abortive in results. The best refor matory legislation upon the subject of temperance w r ould be to punish the manufacturers and sellers for all impure or adulterated liquors found in their hands, and also to punish those who indulge to such excess as to causa their families or the com munity to suffer by such indulgence. This is the most direct way to meet the evils of intemperance by law 1 — for as long as ardent spirits are man ufactured they w ill be drank, and the best that can be done is to have pure liquors; and all the temperance leg islation from now till doomsday will not efface the evil, and is only an unnecessary expense to the people. THAT RING. In its issue of the 12tli inst., the Augusta Constitutionalist says: “The Caktersville Express calls for the names of the ring in At lanta. Second the motion.” A friend remarked to us the other day in Atlanta that there waaa for midable political ring being made up about the halls of the Legislature, but that he was not permitted to di vulge for the reason that he would commit a breach of confidence. What the nature of that ring is he did not state, except that it was political in its nature, and was designed for the political advancement of a certain clique who can only aspire to oflice through the manipulation of such combinations. We are fearful that such rings are forming to defeat the will of the peo ple. If we can get at them we shall certainly expose them and publish their names, and we feel confident we are on their track. If we are not we w ill be. These rings in the Dem oetatic party must be put down at all hazards. INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY. We clip the following paragraph from the New York Herald , of the 11th inst.: A writer from Northern Georgia says:—“lt will require the very wisest action on the part x>f the De mocracy in the gubernatorial nomi nation to avoid a split in the party. Ido not exaggerate the danger. It is going to take the best kind of management to avoid independent action to a large extent.” Who the “writer from North Geor gia” is we have no means of knowing; hut we are fearful that the scramble, already begun will seriously endan ger if not defeat the Democratic par ty in Georgia next fall. If the per sistent efforts of the friends of cer tain gentlemen do not cease “the split of the party” w ill not be avoid ed, we fear. Already the Democra cy is divided into factions, and the claims of gentlemen are being “push ed” with as much vehemence on the part of their friends as if we were in the midst of the campaign. This is wrong and pernicious, a fact observ ed by the masses generally who have so far manifested but little interest in the political fortunes of either of the gentlemen now most conspicuous for the nomination. In order to preserve the integrity of the Democratic organization and to keep the party intact it will be necessary for the people to step for ward and take an active and decided interest in the matter. It is now too early for them to speak. At the proper time they will be heard, and we hope all w’ill give the subject pa triotic consideration in time to place a gentleman in nomination whose name is not now spoken of in that connection, and put him forward as a candidate upon whom all can unite solidly and unreservedly. This is the only and true way to restore Democratic unity and to prevent a “split of the party”-and an independ ent candidate for Governor. the OLD T A LLI A FERRO COUHt unj!SE. The most antique court house we know of is at Crawfordville, Georgia. It was built in 1828, The first or ground floor is the court room and is of brick. The judge’s stand is a plain piece of carpentry, while the bar is an enclosure in front of the judge’s stand. Within this railing is the prisoner’s box, a feature of the court room we have only known lmv "® The jury boxes are on either side of the judge stand. The bar does not enclose either the judges stand or the jury boxes, but looks more like a square pen than anything else we can think of. The upper floor of the building contains four rooms, only with a sin gle narrow passage with two offices on either side. Without the power to fully describe it that little antique looking court house at Crawford ville is one of the curiosities of Georgia. But at its bar some of the ablest members of the legal profession have declaimed with the eloquence of Cic ero. Some of the brightest minds of Georgia have taken flight for distinc tion at its bar. Their memories will be long cherished in connection with it, and none more than that of the “sage of Liberty Hall,” who first gave vent to his youthful aspirations with in the walls of that old court house and his fondest recollectioi s are of the clash of intellect with intellect at its bar. ALAS, POOR CODE. No member of the Legislature is a fit repre sentative of the people who hasn’t lived to make a proposition to amend at least one sec tion of IMS code. He who doesn’t make an effort of that sort need not return to an en raged and neglected people. —Cartersville Express. We learn from one of the lights of our bar that it will take him about three years to find out what the law is after the adjournment of the Leg islature. Considering that the code will be battered and bruised and mangled in the interval, by another Legislature, we do not see much ctiance of his over catching up With the authorities. At this rate, we know not which would be the bet ter: an adjournment of the Legisla ture until the lawyers can master their profession, or the total aboli tion of a code that is shot at more than aSchuetzenfest target.— Augusta Constitutionalist. The whole will result in a good job for two or three lawyers in a re vision of the code. We have no idea there is one lawyer in ten who is at all familiar with the amendments to our present code, and we doubt if old David Irwin would recognize it if it were property revised and pre sented to him. But the code is the victim of the ambition of hundreds of amateur legislators who have “to do something” to transmit their names to posterity—in the pages of the journals of the Legislature which few of the people ever see. It is said the failure of the South ern Insurance Company is greatly damaging the prospects of General Colquitt for the gubernatorial nomi nation. We do not see how this cir cumstance should affect the chances of that gentleman. It was a matter which he could not control any more than any other employee of the com pany. This circumstance cannot be justly used against him, and no man ly competitor will attempt it—for it is well known that General Colquitt i$ not only a true and gallant soldier, but a true and honest man. This much we say not as an advocate for his nomination, but as one who would see justice done though the heavens fall, whether to a friend or foe. The Athens Watchman, in speak ing of the gubernatorial outlook, says: “We are pleased to see that the people generally are now taking so little interest in the matter.” If there is any subject in the world in w hich the people 01 Georgia are di rectly interested it is that of the gu bernatorial office, and they should see to it that they elect a man to fill the office whose administration will reflect honor upon it, and who does not seek it for the honor it confers upon kiffi. TOO MUCH LAW-MAKING. With an organic law confining leg islation to general laws applicable : to all parts and all communitees of the State, so that a man from Chat ham county would understand the laws in force in Dade as well as ke would at home, we should have less conflicting interests in our State. The laws of a State should be gen eral, and only general, and not spe cial to suit the whims or caprices of different communities. What is law in one county should be law in all the counties. This would give uni formity to the application of the principles of law everywhere ocer the State. Such a system would be more acceptable and better under stood because less complicated and less expensive and burdensome to an impoverished and tax-ridden people. There is too much law-making en tirely. The gubernatorial scramble is not the result of great division of senti ment among the masses, but the ef fect of the work of a comparatively few of the friends of each aspirant. The people themselves are at present taking but little interest in the mat ter, It is a subject about which the masses have hut little to say. The political caldron is kept boiling by a few understrikers who expect some little office at the hands of their fa vorites if nominated and elected. * After a hard struggle for existence the Atlanta Herald office has been closed up by the sheriff and will he sold on the first Tuesday in April. Its last issue was published on Sun day last. It is stated that the late proprietors will begin anew paper in a few days under anew name. We drop a tear to the memory of the Herald , and hope our friends will give us another paper as lively, but more successfully. Under the heading of “The Opin ion Mill,” the Atlanta Constitution , of Sunday, credited The Express with an article that never appeared in its columns, which entirely mis ,represents this paper on the guber natorial question. New Advertisements. ('I EORGlA—Bartow County. T Charles W. Sproull has applied for ex empliou of personalty, and I will pass upou the same at 10 o’clock a. m. on the 26th day of February, 1876, at iuy office. This Feb ruary 14, 1876. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. (GEORGIA— Bartow Count.. K William Perkins has applied for ex emption of personalty, and I will pass upon the same at 10 o’clock a. m., on the 28th day of February, 16 76, at my office. Tnis Febiuary 16, 1876. J. A. HOWARD, lebl7-2t* Ordinary. GEORGIA— Bartow County. To Tbosj. VV. Hooper, administrator with will annexed, of Turner H. Trippe. deceased, Greeting: It appearing to the Court from the petition of Robert B. Trippe, that Thomas W. Hooper, administrator with the will annexed, of Turner H. Trippe, dec’d, has been guilty of mismanagement of Turner H. Trippe’s es tate, in failing to make annual returns, and that said administrator is insolvent. Ordered, that said Thomas W. Hooper, administrator, etc., show cause at the March term, 1876, of the Court ot Ordinary of the said county, w lie should not be removed, and J. M. Moon appointed in his stead, and as it appears also to the Court, that said T. W. Hooper has re moved from the limits of this State and county, it is ordered that a copy of this rule be pub lished in the Cartersvii.le Express, ouce a week for threb weeks, before said Court. Witucss my hand and official signature, this February 14,1876. J. A. HOWARD, febl6-31.* Ordinary. Frank Arnim, vs | Warren Akin, Joseph P. Carr, and f Bl ‘ l *“ EqUltjr ’ Elizabeth G. Stokes, Ex’tx | of J. W. Stokes, dec’d. J It appearing to the Conrt that Joseph P. Carr and Elizabeth G. Stokes, as executrix of J. VV. Stokes, deceased, two of the defendants in the above stated case do not reside in the State ot Georgia. It is ordered that said Jo seph P. Carr and Elizabeth G. Stokes be served as defendants in said case by publish ing this order once a month for four mouths in the Caktkrsvillf Express prior to the first day ot the next term of this Court aud that said defendants do appear at the next term of this Court, and make their defence to said bill. February 5, 1876. C. D. MeCUTCHEN, J. 8. C. A true extract from the minutes of Bartow Superior Court. This February 5, 1976. Thus. A. Word. Bartow County. Presentments of the Grand Jury, Fifth Week, January Term, 187 C. ST ATE OF G EOltG I A—B A RTO W T COUNT f. We,‘the Grand Jury, chosen and sworn f*r tlie fifth week of the January Term, 1870, make the following as our presentments. We agree with the former Grand Juries of this term in their presentments except in thj following: The Grand Juries of the first and third weeks recommend the consolidation of the offices tf tax collector aud tax receiver, and that the said officer be paid one thousand dollars ($1,00(1) per annum for his services. The Grand Jury of ltic second week recom mend a reduction of the commissions paid, but not a consolidation of the offices. In which wa concur. We disagree with the Grand Jury of the third week in reference to abolishing tin office of Treasurer and requiring the ordinary to perform the dutses of that office, and we think the commissions allowed the Treasure! viz: 1!* per cent, lor receiving and 1 4 - pel cent, tor disbursing, low enough considering the responsibilities of the office. We also disagree with two former GianU Juries in reference to the reduction of the price heretofore allowed lor feeding prisoners in jail, Irom fifty cents to thirty cents per dav from the present indications of a probable ad vance in provisions ot all kinds. We tliereloj recommend that the County Commissioners al low thejailor the same that lie is now geitin< for feeding the prisoners under liis charge ii the jaii. We also think the lawful fees allowed t>ie j Sheriff is not more than a just compensation for such labors. We also concur with the Grand Jury of the the fourth week in regard to a County Crimi nal Court. We deem it inexpedient for the County Com missioners to make any appropriations Ur building a bridge at either ot the following places: Col. C. M. Jones’ or Clias Dobbs’ acro& l'umpkin vine Creek or across Raccoon Creek on the Alabama road. We also recommend the Board of County Commissioners that in hiring out the county convicts that they require the parties to whom they are hired to keep them in close confine ment atall times, allowing them no commu nication with the outer world. We a'so respectfully request the General As sembly now in session to repeal so much of tlie local option law as relates to the county f Bartow. As the former Grand Juries for this term <t the Court have reported the roads in better condition than usual at this season of the yeai, and as the road commissioners are laboring under a rule nisi, we rcspecttully ask hs Honor to discharge said road comrhisidonpis from any legal liabilities they may lubi under ami farther attendance on Court, if u so doing, lie can discharge his official duties. The jury -ecommend these presentments be published in noth the county papers. We return our thanks to His Honor, Judte McCutchen, for his courtesy and kindness to this body during the week.' Also to the Solic itor General, Col. Haekett. W’e feel gratenl to the Sheriff Clerk and other officers of tie Court lor their kindness. MARK A. HARDIN, Foreman. J AM ESC. MILAM, Clerk. singleton Mcguike.Thos. W. Simpson, Tilman F. Bridges. James A, Thompson, John g. Shaw, Aug. G. Chapman, William c, Edwards, John F Hood, John H. Hr**, James H Williams, Franc ii. M. Johnson, Hkseki ah S. Best. O. B Conyers, H ahvky s. Ckawfobi, Francis M. Ford, James w. Rich, James t. Harrison, Bartow Superior Court, > January Term, 1876. | Ordered that the presentments be H’Ublishet as recommended by the Grand Jurv. In ofiet court, February 9, i876. C. D. MCCUTCHEN, J. S. C. C. C. A. T. Hackett* Sol. Gen. A true extract from the minutes of Rartoy Superior Courts TuOkoa A. Word; Clerk: New Advertisements. Lost. EITHER in town, or between town end Rowland's Ferry, a ve> v DARK BROWN uV KRCOAT. The finder will be rewarded by leaving it at this office, or returning it to me. feb!7-lt JOHNS. HO 1,1.1N SH E\ D. Wanted. A SITUATION as Salesman, Book-keeper, or both, in the grocery or dry goo< ds bus iness by a gentleman of twenty-eight years experience. Address “W.” care Cartersville Express, Cartersville, Gs. Sealed Proposals. TO BUILD A BRIDGE across Enhnrlee Creek, in the 17th District of Bartow County, on what is called the “New Ala bama road,” between the places of J. G. Col bert and Thos. Colbert, will be received un til the first Tuesday in March, 1876, in ac cordance with the following specifications now on file in the County Commissioner’s office: The said new bridge to be one foot higher than the old bridge; to be covered with plank sixteen feet long; to have seven sleepers; tin mud sills, uprights and cap sills to be of good heart post oak; the sleepers of heart pine, and the floor or covering to be all of heart pine, 1% inches thick, quartered. Tin bridge to have swinging arch as the present one, with substantial banisters. The mud sills, upright posts and cap sills 12x12 inches; sleepers Bxl2 inches. The party receiving contract to give bond with good and sufficient security, that the bridge be kept up seven years after comple tion. Bond to be filed with bid. By order of the Board of Commissioners, Bartow county; this January 15th. 1876. JOHN H. WIKLE, febl7-3t Clerk B. C. B. C. Sealed Proposals TO BUILD A BRIDGE across Pumpkin vine Crjek in Bartow County, near Col. C. M. Jones’ in Allatoona district, will be recived until the first Tuesday in March next, in accordance with the following specifica tions now on file in the County Commission er’s office, in Cartersville, Ga. The s:<id Bridge to be built entirely above high water. The mud sills, upright posts and cap sills to be post oak or white oak, Bxl2 inches; sleepers to be of good heart pine, post oak or white oak, Bxl2 inches, six in num ber. Floor to be of good heart pine I}s inches thick, six inches wide, fourteen fee* long. Bridge to have good and sufficient ban isters. The party receiving contract to give good and sufficient security that the bridge will be kept in good condition for seven years from completion. Name of securities to be filed with bid. By order of the Board ol Commissioners of Bartow County, this 2d February, 1573 JOHN 11. WIKLE. fcbl7-3t. Clerk B. C. B. C. 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"This is therefore to cite all persons con cerned to tile their objections, if any they have, in my office, within the time prescribed hy law. else letter- will he granted applicant as applied for. Witnc-smV hand and official signature. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. an27-4t. CRABPTOB'S IMPERIAL SOAP IS “THE BEST.” mills soap is manulacturcd from pnre ma -1 terials and as it contains a large per centage of Vegetable Oil, is warranted fully equal to the best imported Castile Soap, and at the same time possesses all the washing and cleansing properties of the celebrated German and French Laundry Soaps. It is therefore recommended for use in the Laundry, Kitchen and Bath room, and for general house hold purposes; also, for Printers, Painters, Engineers and Machinists, as it w ill remove stains of Ink, Grease. Tar, Oil, Paint, etc., from the hands. Manufactured only bv For sale by Boynton, Cartel* & Cos, Atlanta. Crampton Bro3. 2,4, 6, 8 and 10 Rutgers Place, and 3u Jefferson dcclfs-ly Street, New York. IIATM AID BO WL I S AT Wholesale and. Retail Ladiks. when you visit Rome you will not see all the attractions unless you visit MSS. T. B. WHAMS' FASHION EMPORIUM where yon will always find the finest and most stylish millinery to 6e found in North Geor gia. New York styles received weekly, and with long experience in the business, and as sisted by the best trimmers in the State, it is almost impossible to compete with her in styles and prices. Call at No. 107 Broad stre and see if the above is not correct. der2-lv A.O ARNOCHAN Manufacturer and dealer iu SADDLES, HARNESS, ETC. ROME, GA. ALL work warranted to be done well and on term* tb suit the Time*: dot# tf New Advertisements. " Doiiißstic ” Setii Mata Liberal terms ol Exchange for Second-hand Machines of every description. ‘Domestic’ Paper Fashions. The best Patterns made. Send Cc lor catalog tie Address DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO., Agents Wanted. NE XV YORK, f a day at home. Agcuts wanted. Outfit 4)1 Z and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. ASTONISHING! ‘ Tet forty days and Xinerah shall be orerthroicn” Future events prophecied by rules in Ben ner’s Prophetic Hook. Fortui es told in the tips and downs o'prices for the next twenty years; the future judged by the past. What years to make money on pig iron, hogs, corn, provisions, cotton, and when we wil' have the next panic, what year hard times will end and business revive again. Every farmer, manu facturer, legitimate trader and speculator should have-this book to know the luture, so as to avoid loss and be successful. Sent to anv name, postpaid, for sl. Address SAMUEL BENNER, Bainbridge, Ross Cos., (). FOB 1876 APPLETON'S JOURNAL. A IIOISUH/LI) WEEKLY JIAUZINE, DEVOTED TO Popular Literature, anti all Mat ters of Taste and Culture. Appleton’s Joi’rnal appears in new type and other mechanical improvements, making it the handsomest weekly literary journal in the country. Appleton’s Journal aims to he comprehensive, including in its plan all branches of literature, and treating all sub jects ol interest to intelligent readers; it de signs to be elevated in taste and pure in tone' it gives in quantity fully tweutv-five per cent, more than the largest of the Monthly Maga zines, whiltf in quality its literature is of the highest class. Price, $5 per annum, Ten Cents per Number. Special f- * nnouncement. The undersigned have procured exclusively for subscribers to Appleton's Journal, a splen did steel enarraving of ‘‘CHARLES DICKENS IN HIS STUDY” which is offered, under special terms, to every subscriber—in advance—to journal for 1876. This steel engraving is in line and stipple. It is n--t a fancy picture, but tin actual repre sentation of Charles Dickens’ studv at Oad shm, while the portrait of the distinguished author is strikingly faithful. The size of Use plate is 20x14, printed on heavy plate paper. v4XoO, making Rlargo and handsome torthe parlor or library wall. The execution of the plate is of a superior order. The ordinary price ol a steel engraving, of this character, in the print shops, would not he less than five, and perhaps six dollars. It is offered exclusively to subscribers, in addition to the Journal for one year, for $5 Oil—that is tor $1 additional each yearly advance subscriber to the Journal for 1876 may receive a superb en graving worth fully live times the amount. This engraving is entirely new. It has never been tor sale in the print-shops, and cannot be obtained except in connection tcith Appleton’s Journal upon the terms and conditions given above. It will he mailed to subscribers postage prepaid. D. APPLKTON & CO.. 549 and 551 Broadway, New York- m PER WEEK GUAR \N I’E.2D to agents. Male and Female, in their own locali ty. Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Ad dress P.O. VICKERY & CO., Augusta, Maine. 6JC P° r day at home. Samples $3 4>ZU north $l free. Stinson & Cos. Portland, .Maine. fe6|>SY< CiloMAXt Y. 07 SOUL CII A ltM - X. IKG.” VYow either sex may fascinate and gain the love and affection of any person they Mioose, instantly. This art all can pos sess, free, by mail, for2s cents: together with y.UTarriage guide. Egyptian Oracle, dreams, * Address M?t co A & r Philadelphia. LU ’ 1 “ 1J *• V GENTS, the greatest chance of the age. . Address, with stamp. National Copying Company, Atlanta, Ga. t EMPLOYMENT Male and Female, salary j or commission. We pay agents a salary ef S3O a week and expenses. Eureka M’f’g Cos. Hartford, Conn. Educational. ! ROME MALE HIGH SCHOOL. rpilE Spring Term will begin January 10, and 1 will close June 24, 1876. Tuition in High School for 6 months - - S3O Tuition in Grammar Department - - 21 One halt of the above rates arc required in advance, the other, at the end of the term! or if preferred, bills may be paid at the c*We of each month. Charges will he made Irom the time of entrance until the close of the session, no deduction except in cases of protracted sick ness. Students will be prepared for any class in college, or they can comnletc the collegiate course in this school, anti-tf .)■ M. PROCTOR, Principal. ROME FEMALE COLLEGE. i Rev. J. M, Ivl. Caldwell* Pres’t #TII E Spring term of the above Sem inary for young ladies will com : nienee on the LAST MONDAY OF JANUARY next. The present full and effi cient corps of instructors will con tinue to constitute its faculty. The President takes pleasure in announcing to the friends and alumr.se of the college that the last year, the nineteenth of its existence, has been one or unexampled pro. peiitv. 'The buildings have been enlarged and anew one constructed and the facilities for instruction greatly increased. Ten per cent, deducted from the catalogue prices for hoard. For further particulars, address duclG-tl J. M. M. CALDWELL, Rome, Ga. A GLASS IN MUSIC. Prof.- R. Teusler, OF ROME, EF F sufficiently encouraged, will teach a class H in music in’ Cartersville, TWO DAYS OF EACH WEEK. Ten pupils would he the least nnmlx r ho would undertake to teach. Prof, "Teusler refers to Maj. G. 11. Waring, of Kingston, and to his patrons of Rome. janl3tf. SOUTHERN FEMALE COLLEGE GA. F A. C TJ L T Y - I. F. COX, A. SI., President, Matin matics and Ancient Languages. Alev. A. U. CALLAWAY, Mental and Moral Sciences and Belles Lcttres. Mile. E.V. FOURNIER, Native of France. Modern Languages, Cali-thenies, Hair and Wax Work; also presides at French table where French only is spoken. Mrs. I. F. COX, English Literature. Professor SCHIH.MACIIF.It, Principal of Music Department. Miss SAI-LIE C. COX, and Miss ALICE M. COX, Assistants in Music Department. J. M. TOMLINSON, Portrait Painting, Sketching from Nature Theory of Colors, etc. MiisM. E. STAKELY, • Drawing, Painting in Water Colors, Oil and Pastel. THIS Institution in all its appointments will challenge a comparison with any in the South. Prof. Schirmacher is a graduate of Leipsic, for sears the pupil of Mendelssohn, David, Richter and Plaidy. Miss Stukelv i- an artist of rare merit and remarkable .-access, prof. Tomlinson stands at the head of his profession. The hundreds of portraits executed by him at I.hGrange attest his merits as an artist. The premium of fifty dollars for “best music class,” and twenty-live dollars for “best per former” were awarded pupils of this Collere, at the State Fair iu Atlanta, last year. They received the same premiums, also two years before. Three different pupils received" pre miums as best p musts. The Boarding House lias been greatlv en larged, and its capacity doubled, to accommo date the growing patronage. The Spring Term opens the 19th of January. Bo ird, per an> um, with washing tuel and lights. $155.0n; Tuition. S6O Music, f6O; Use oi Piano, $7; Contingent fee, *4; Art Department, $2.50 to 15.00. Vocal Music, drawing and Calis thenics free of charge For particulars ad dress I.F. COA, President, jaufotf BALE’S GIJANO, Price 850 Per Ter-. Bale’s Chemical, Price 860 7' CL oltoii it at IS €'en<. .4 liibei’al IfciKroizist fur UQMF, Ga.. Jjuymry 1C i£~6 rllilE undersigned, manufacturer of above braids of v. > ; 1. manufurt tiring u-i’ilizovs here two tears, and Ujal i ... islui tloir, iiis fertilizers bavbeen inspected and are tiovv i eadv -A'e. r •T. j\. o U.A.X.j]E oiiiu, CtJ a. THE SIUGEE, SEWBTG MACHHTE THE PEOPLE’S FAYORITK. The Largest Sales because the fVlost Popular. The IViost PopularOscauEG T' o L _ ■. „ VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE. Sales in 1871 _ Salts in 1872 ..1.1.1..f.'.'.V.VJ!*." Sales in 1873 : Sales in -1874 Nearly 150.0:0 more than w.:s sold hy tlm next highest .in, -.iter an 1 over 6•. pi n . soul by all othor companies combined ! ! ! - Address the Singer Manufacturing Company, 172 Bronitbtoo Sti. t. 8 \ , i Beattv. Agent; torner Bioad and Alabama sts.. Athiu:::. G 1 ?_ \V. j . , •' \ . at St ; ok< h and W illsanis’ Popular Store, Cartersville, G.i. lt.W. B. 'iKKlili i,A . n’t. 1 \ i .5 ly, Hardware and Farmbg Implement:'. BAKER HALL CALL the attention of,their enstnmers to a general and coni’Jete - 'of h i ,\t \r; ■FARMING IMPLEMENTS,such ;.s ■ * PLOWS, HOES, COTTON PLANTERS, ETC, * Wo al so have a complete stock of J IELD 8 BEDS t Grass, German Milletr, etc. as cheap as thev can b —-iM i>i th - ■i . . v. . have a complete stock of READY MADE IT.Ovys Doth Iron and •. I. We Nails ... Bar Iron Steel Slabs • • liam Slabs ... Cast Steel y.. . - , Swecd Iron For the cash we can sell as cheap as the same "iu;'i it'• of von u < .:n b” * v, (ebl.j-t I' BAKER & HALL. N. GILREATH SOxf, DRY GOODS, GROCERIES JN ICdB SUPPLIES. WE would call the attention of the people of Bartow ami ad mini eg < .. ;,, goods which we Offer to Cash Pnrchas, -at i ;-i -1 , -ujt j;„. || n ., ■it reasonable prices. We would also mention Fiat all g is -.veil i■ i , “ line, such as Laces, Ribbons, Hosiery, Cloves, Dress C cc including Alpacas, Poplins, Merinos, Delaiiu.'. etc, gent - m dc- u’ net and linen eollai s, cravats, shawls, fanev c„- iirser.*-. c’lera ti tmv.ds. d.i.C. . poods out side oi'strict staple we offer, not at eo-t. ;.,,t ,■ 51, ie. - 1. 'u hit, 1 < these lines of goods, and will make it to your intere-t to purchase \\ em< • u . greenlntek-H— rotbe.rwise we will sell at reason able prices ami tivat you a- w U'e wil! krepon hand n good st.., tOl dome-tic- blcaelied and mV ! i ( . : -b . ■ iltgs tiekiqgs, factory checks, jeans, s ’ tv . at .toct of boots iuidilKi(.s, clotning, hats, q-nnensware and • ; ~... . , . syrnp. salt meats, meal, rice, fish, soap, starch, cat Ues-niateb wooden w a re, Including well backets," water bn ikt ts tubs - : . -: : , articles too tedious to mention. Wo mean bnsin, s■. Dive u- a Advances to Planters. Owing to the present low price of cotton, and helievhvr ib ■ to,-dig -ad . v , bring more remunerative pric-s we are prepare • to m ,ke l;b- rai to hold their cotton the following terms, viz: We v iil ::dv. r, ; th:<•-!- , , ton when delivered tc u<, to be -hipped, charging interest on the aai-.u'nt . ’ , ~. cent, per annum, and 50 cent- p r bale charges for oar w-,rk m iki.. , ", shipping, etc. We will recejpi for ths cotton and lie rt for the s original sale hill when sold. Will hold cot; >n tin'll.Til 1 ■ -:a I. William L. Bradley’s Standard Fertilisers. PRINTUP BRO & POLLARD, FORMERLY IPO:-Ij JLiID ct-3 00., Cotton Factors, General Agents, Augusta, Georgia. (eb) "V -- vfrff-evi.v -j .1.• ■ e- . ' JCsy-sr ... 0?■ •. _7; ‘ , r •/ v_. *;A. ’... * • ..- .' ■' " „.*r* •• •% rfr and r-v, - - ..4&~ $■ ■ f -7. - 0 —•.. *- s " <—r- J E. 3Z>. tea Frnvl Iriiaiio. Sea Fnwl fiisaaio. in Ba" 200 lbs. eadi. V. f. Foe** Kuperphfspliate of Usise, i, ’. The above standard Fertilizers having been in use for the ; > •- ev r, •>, oth, with unequalled suet c*s arc again oif. udatpi it - ih;.‘ cai.m.-t '.. ,ivc and.. o a e the stand ir,| is guaranteed to be equal, if n„l - crio- t<> :,>iv rv-r-< !>. For pric sand terms apple to T. VV. JitXTK!:, Agent, Gm tersviile. <,.i. t, a !.,;. ERWIN, RAMSAIffi&GG PEACEIt-S IN’ Dry Goods? Clotlimg;, Hoots? Shoes, Notions, Bagging, Ties, Etc. and Bering GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO TEE TEAEE Purchasers wanting GOOD GOODS, at low prices, arc invited to examine their stock which is complete, and NEW GOODS CONSTANTLY ARRIVING, ec2-tt Sargeant’s Restaurant^ liome, Ga. FTWrS old and popular restaurant is not SL only preparek to feed the hungry with the best the market affords,- but i- also pre pared to accommodate the public with LOIDGIKTCt. Board and I.edging, per day - - - i-2 00 Single meal - - - - ’ - - 5.0 Single Lodging ----- 50 The public are re-;) ’.-! f.iiu- invited to give US a call. SAKGEANT & WEBB. dee3o-tf j. s. McCreary, JACKSONVILLE, ILL., Breeder and shipper of the celebrated POLAND CHINA HOGS, OF THE BEST QUALITY. ££&*Send for pi icc list and circular, at. 0 13’ DENTAL NOTICE. DR. J. A. TSGN U R, Office up-stairs, in Brick Building opposite The Express Office. TREATS diseased gurus ami abscessed teeth, fills mid clean- teeth, extiacts teeth, amt Inserts artificial teeth. All work guaranteed. Her#*' Term- reasonable. I. JI. lEAUVE, TAILOR AND DYER, 18 prepared to do any work in his line. Will dye clothes in any desired color. Order left at Moon’s store will lecoivo prompt at tention. /anfr-iV. Awarded the Highest Medal at Vienna. E. SH. I. AHTHOHY * CO., SOI Brofutvay, New York, (Opp. Metropolitan Hotel) Manufacturers, Importers ,-.rd Dealers in CHRfISSOS ANfi FRSME3. STEREOSCOPES* VIEWS Albums. Graphoscopes & Suitable Views, PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. ETC. We are Ilead-iunrlrr for everything in the way of Stereoptieons or Magic Lanterns, Being Manufacturers 04 li.c MICRO-St IENTIFK LANTERN, STEUK'> -PA NORTH ON. UNIVERSITY -TEREOPTH ON. ADVERT I SKIPS -TERKoPTICON A To Pi ic IN. SCHOOL L\ N TERN. FAMILY T. WTi ILNS people's lantern. Each style being the b.--t <tf its clu - in the market. Catalogues of lanters a-id slide- with die c tior.s tor n- ir g sent on application. Any eut* rprising can in Le mnnev with a magic iartei n. Jfek/*’ Gut out tliis advertisement lor rcT'-r --etu-c. CMHAPKSW A\l> BEST. HOWARD HYDRAULIC CEIESf, Manufactured near Kii.jr.-tOD, .Bart 0, ■ O' jjYQUA L to the best imported Portland Ce ,'j ne iit. ft ■nil ft r eiieuiar. Try this be fore bus inr eßew here. Refers In pciinissi-.n to Mr. A. .T. W PiCiidejit Cherokee Iron company, Cedai toe. n, Ga.. uli >ln - la.i t 1 1 .1 . using this cement-and pr iio-.iiieirnr ii the G -t 110 ever used. Also reicr to Geu. Vui M-lie, superintendent IV. A A. R. R. Go., who Las been using it for piers of bridges and-cul verts on lii- raijroad, lor two years! also to Can*. John Forte':. G. E. Also to Mr. F. J. Stout,Sup’t. Bartow Ivon Company, L-ui, Ga , who has built several large oi s- Wi-;h it, which arc perfect; to M< ~-r>. Smith. s>m & i!ro.. of Rome, who have made a tplei.did 1 Kvemcot v ith it; to Gap*. ’>!. B. Grai.i 1 Mr. Gilbert £u-for. c>l Savannah, who have use*'. it with great success in stucco work; or Major Bryan. of savannah; Mr. J..T. Cohen, of Koff to Messrs. Grant, Jacksonville, Ala., wh have used it for fountain-, pavements, rteh poo ls, cellar floors, etc.! T. G- Douglass. stipt. E.st River Bridge, New York, who pronounces it equal to the Imported English Portland Ce ment. Address G. 11. waking, sC‘p:3-l v. - Kins' ton. 1 . 1 . A GOOD Newiug’ Machine FOR SALE CHEAP. BUT little used ar.d will be sold very low for tire cash. The machine can be" seen at the store of Air. R. VV. .Satterfield. The machine will be exchanged for a fir.-t rale cow and young calf. BACON FOR SALE OTTiIE. A BGU T the Ist of February jvc will have afsc on 1* iiul a large lot of choice jßlll I'SL I.VT. O Ck tSc , to sell 00 credit until the 1-t of Gitobc, I'7 ’- We sell only for approved notes -* i tired " ‘ appeal to all those who owe us for supplies > nr ;ke j.iouipt payment. fotSL-rtn. J. J, ED WARD A §ON • C3 uar jrm teecl Equal to Any Ever Soli