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THE CAETEBSVILLE EXPRESS. BY C. H. C. WILLINGHAM. The Cartcrsville Express. [OLD STANDARD AND EXPRESS ] ' KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. BOnc copy one year $3 00 K*>oe copy six months 1 00 ■Onu copy three months ...... 60 In Advance. I Chibs.—For Clubs of ten copies or more 1 '} $1.50 jxr annum for each copy. RATES OF ADVERTISING. | The following are our established rates for Advertising, and will bo strictly adhered to in eli <ase-: Htn lwk . vvs 1 wv4 w- **, m 3 m ■■ m. 1 m 1 1 fl OOr'.l )s•> o*■ *2 s>|J 5 i *6 00*9 00 $ 2 U 0 1 2 2 OJ 3 UJ t 00 r> U 9 00 12 B) .17 O') v* 0 1 33 O' jy) 575 6 75j12 00 1 00:31 0) 3d 00 | 4 4 hi 575 7 25 8 50,. 4 60 18 75125 (.0 36 (X) A 5' 5 0 701 8351025 U <2l fo|29 oi> 42 00 ft M 60' 02510 25 *. 0!) : *t 5j 24 25 33 00 48 0" ■ 7i 7 uo 3 30 H 751 3 75 27 0(> 27 00:37 00 54 00 | 8 B<* 10 75 13 25|'5 50k>4 Su 29 70|41 00 GO 00 I ’ 9"0.20f'4 T. 17 25! 27 UO 32 53:4j DO titi 00 *10! 9 75. 3 O' ’ 0. 18 75if9 25 J 5 00,48 50 71 00 Kjl 111 50.. 40) 17 25!-0 25131 60 50 52 01 76 00 *l2 11 15 15 0-1 ‘8 50111 73 :3 75 4J 00 5.5 ss 8i 00 H 1 i 12 tr> iG O') ,9 75 S3 5 60J 42 5- 59 00 S6 (Ju 3SJI 12 75 17 01 •'! CO -4 73 a 25.46 00.64 53 91 "0 mi> i3 ry) ; iß o> s-: 25 26 25 49 no 4i so **! 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Sheriff sales, per levy $2.50 •• niortg ige 11 fa sales, per inch 4 50 i Citations for letters of administration ... 3 (KJ “ ** “ •• guardianship...... 3UO Application for dismtssfon from admin-’n. 6.00 ” “ " guard’shp 250 ” " leave to sell laud 2.50 I Sales of land iKwinch ......7... 2.50 I is.iles of perishable property, per inch ... 1 50 ft Notice to debtors and caeditors.... 3.50 I Foreclosures of mortgage, per inch... 4.00 ft Estray notices, thirty days 2.50 r Application lor homestead 1.50 I All legal advertisements muvt be paid for in advance, and officers must act accordingly; and that they in iv know how to collect for •those charged lor by the inch, we will state jfj-that 125 words (in this type) make an inch. When B Its are Due. All hills for advertising in this paper are due At any time after the first insertion of the same, and will be collected at the pleasure of the proprietor, unless otherwise arranged by con struct. Travelers’ Guide. _ CHEROKEE RAILROAD. 1 FROM and after this date the following Schedule will he run on the Cherokee Rail- Leave Hoc km art at 7:00 A.M. aft” Taylorsville, Btoo “ Btih shoro 8:25 “ Arrive at t artersville, 9:i9 “ Leave Carlersville , 3:00 P. M. ft •* Stliisboro, 3:50 ft ” Tay.orsville 4:30 “ Arrive at Kockmart 5:15 “ WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD AND ITS CONNECTIONS. The following Schedule takes effect Novem ber 2s, 1875 NORTH W A UD. No. 1. Leave Atlanta A 20 pm Arrive ( artersville 636 pm Arrive Kingston 6 42 p ni Arrive Dalton 7 04 p m Arrive Chattanooga 10 15 p m No. 3. Leave Atlanta 6 20 am A reive Carlersville ....8 42 am Arrive Kingston 9 It a in Arrive Dalton.. '0 f>4 a ni Arrivc.Chattanooga 12 42 pm No. 11. Leave Atlanta 5 5-5 p m Arrive I !'artersville 8 50 p m Arrive Kingston.... 9 24 p 111 a rive Dalton 11 45 j> in sQUXM VV ARI >• No. 2. A rive Chattanooga 4 00 p m Le tvo Dalton 5 51 i m Arrive Kingston 7 31 p m A ' rive Cartcrsville 8 92 p 111 iAi rive Atlanta ...19 19 P 1,1 No. 4. ILeave Chattanooga 6 15 a ni - Arrive Dalton 7 14 a m Arrive Kingston •} "3 a 111 A .'five Cartersvitle.... -9 4o a m Arrive Atlanta 1 Arrive Dalton • 90 a m Arrive Kingston .....4 21 am Arrive Cartcrsville o 18 a m Arrive Atlanta ■> 4'- a ni I I’ dl man Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2, be w* cn New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 be tween Atlanta and Nashville. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos -a3 nd 2be tween Couisville and Atlanta. No change of cars between New Orleans Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore and only one change to New York. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. m , ar rive in New Yoik the second therealter at 4 90 1). iu. * Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs a,, 1 various Summer Resorts will he on sale in New Orleans Mobile. Montgomery, ( ollim bus, Macon. Sav tnnah, Augusta and Atlanta, at greatlv reduced rates Ist <>l June. Hi .titics desiring a whole car through to the Virginia Spi-ing.- or to Baltimore should ad dress the undersigned. - Parties contemplating traveling should send for a ,v>nyof the A~enne*<uc Haute Gazette , eon - wiring schedules, etc. Bfaar Ask 101 tickets via “Kennesaw Route.” B. W. WKENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, jliav22—dtl Atlanta. Ga. ROHE RAILROAD COMPANY. On iiml after Sunday, Dee..l2th trains on the Kliine K.tilroad will run as follows: DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY. Leave Home at a ra Arrive at H0me..... i1.30 a m SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMODATION. Leaves Home at 5 45 p m Arrive at Home at “ 0 in AT CANT A Jt WEST POINT RAILROAD. PASSENGER TRAIN—OUTWARD. *BTATIONB. ARRIVE. LEAVE Atlanta 10:25 p.m. E>t Point 10:44 p. m. 10:44 p. m He.l Oak 10:59 p. m. 11:44 p. in fairburn 11:2l p. m. 11:22 p. in Palmetto.... ...11:31 p. m. 11:48 p.m. Powell’s 11 ;3 S I*. m* : ® P- n,< Ntewr.au 12:14 p. in. 13:15 a.m. Puckett’s 12:30a m 12:35 am Granville 12:50 a m 12:51 am nbjcausville 1:08 a m 1 :o9 am ty bitfield’* 1:34 a m 1:35 m Z.utirange 1-54 a m 1:55 am Stiig Cane..... 2:21 a m 2.21 am H West Poiut 2:40 a in PA9SENGBB TUAIX—INWARD. i STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE. West Point *' m long t 13:36 pm 14:o6 p m La Grange i :02 p m ldO p m \\ liittieht's. I:2lpm I:2lpm liogansville 1:21 p m J ; 4 1* m Grautville 1:57 p m * p W Puckett’s 2:13 pin 2:18 p m Newnan :~4> p m 2:30 p m Powell’s 2,44 p in 2:45 p m italmetto 3:06p m A'-Vt l* n* Pairburn 3:32 p nt *!**P ™ Red Oak 3:38 p in 3:42 p m Hast Point 3:57 P ni 3:57 p m Atlanta 4:15 ip m SELMA, HOME A DALTON. MAIL TRAIN DAILY--NORTH. Leave Rome *U®p ™ Arrive at Dalton... p m Making close connections at Dalton with the Bast Tennessee, Virginia ami Georgia Rail road. and Western and Atlantic Kail road lor all Kastern and Western cities. M AIL THA IN I) AILY—SOUT H. Leave Dalton P m Arrive at Koine P m Arnve at a 1,1 Arrive at Selma 10,20 a m Making close connection atCalera for Mont aud points South, and at Selma Wit* a Central Railroad lor Mobile. New Or lotus. Meridian, V icksburg, .Jackson, all EHiits South iu Texas. I/Ouisiana and MisSls sjjfci. M. STANTON, Gen. Sup’t. ~Kav Knight, Gen. Ticket and Pass'gr A at. GEORGIA RAILROAD. t>av Passenger Trains on Georgia Railroad, Atlanta to Augusta, run as below: Loaves Augusta ut F:45 am Loaves Atlanta at Twain Arrives at Augusta 3:3b am Arrives at Atlanta .. 5:45 pm I Night passenger truius aslollows: Loaves Augusta at JR® p m Loaves Atlanta at 10:5b p m Ari ives at A ugreta 3:15 a m Arrives at Atlanta 6:35 a m Accomodation train as follows : Leaves Atlanta 5:00 p m Ltbtvus Covington 5:50 a m Arrives at Atlanta 8;15 a m Arrives at Covington “ :3U p m |THE COOSA RIVER STEAMERS. BSteamers on the Cooa River will ruu us per jfitehe'luU as follows: Je.ve Home even Monday at l P m 'Leave Rome every Thursday U> ®Mrrive at Gad-den Tuesday and Friday ..9 am wedliesTav and SaturdaxSH IT * m /, Ml bLUvm W* THE PUBLIC^ PEINTIK G. Colonel Alston’s Reply. To the Editor of the Constitution : The following extracts from your article in yes ten lay’s Constitution on public printing are incorrect in some particulars, and consequently do me in ; M-'*ipe; “About i’ne 17th or 18th of last month, by resolution of the General Aasemby an advance oi five thousand dollars w.s authorized and pa*d to the State i > rinter, Col. R. A. Alston, by the Treasurer, This money was variously expended, a part for type and a part to creditors of the Fate Herald. The collapse of the Herald ! came and the State Printer had to rely upon other offices to do the work, stnd lie became embarrassed for funds to settle the bills, as no more money could be drawn from the State Treasury until the advance of $5,000 dollars had Been worked out. ‘ln tlie meantime (Jot. Alston had given orders on the Treasury amounting to (3,192) thirty-one hun dred and ninety-two dollars, which orders had been accepted by Treas urer Renfroe to be paid out of the first subsequent payment to the Pub lic Printer. This made in all the sum of eight thousand one hundred amt ninety-two dollars disposed of by the Public: Printer before the work done by him exceeded two thousand dol dollars in value. At this point a new complication arose. Other credit ors, seeing tiiat the Herald and its effects had been seized and possibly tost to them, determined upon an action in anew direction. Messrs. Allison, Smith & Johnson, type founders of Cincinnati, were owed some two thousand dollars. Their attorney. Col. Z. 1) Harrison, and his associate, Judge Richard Clarke, by a bold legal movement, brilliant ly executed, applied to Judge Cin cinnatus Peeples, in Chancery, for a receivership embracing tiie profits of the State printing, and after a full hearing were granted an order ap pointing a receiver to demand and receive the profits of the State print ing from Col. Alston and also the as sets, as far as possible, of the various firms of Alston & Cos., Herald pub lishing company, etc. It will deseen by our contemporaries that no re ceiver has been appointed to the office, but only for the profits of the office. The office is in no manner in terfered with, and the order simply looks to the discharge of his duties by the Public Printer for the benefit of his creditors. That is the scope and intention of the receivership, but whetht r it will accomplish anything, is, as Chief Justice Warner would ex press it, “anottier and quite a differ ent thing.” The term of office is for two years, and the work may reach fifteen thousand dollars per annum, making thirty thousand dollars, twenty-five per cent, of which (the Printer’s profit) would be about SB,- 000. As he lias already drawn and given orders for over eight thousand dollars, the prospect of the creditors looks somewhat gauzy. “This slate of affairs naturally alarmed the bondsmen of the Public Printer, who required of hitn an im mediate arrangement for the execu tion of the public printing, in failure of which they applied to the Gover nor to he released from the bond of ten thousand dollars, upon UtegroiHlU of the state of facts we have set forth, and of the inability, we presume, of the State Pi inter to perform his du ties. The Governor at once (a few days since) notified Col. Alston that he must snake anew bond, and there the matter now rests. These are the facts, which we have given without prejudice or criticism.” You state that “in the meantime Col. Alston had given orders on the Treasurer for 83,192, to be paid out of the first subsequent payment to the State Printer.” The following are all the orders I have ever drawn on the printing fund and you will see that liny do not bear such a construction : Atlanta, Jan. 19, 1876. J. W. Renfroe, Treasurer: You are hereby authorized to pay to Sam Hoyle or order six hundred and fifty dollars and seventy-five cents, out of any moneys that may he due as State Printer after the ex piration of sixty days. K. A. Alston, State Pririter. Atlanta, Jan. 21,1876. Hon. J. W. Renfroe, treasurer: Forty days after date please pay to order ot 1. W. Avery, five hundred and forty-two dollars and charge to my account on account of State print ing, with interest after maturity of twenty per cent. E. A. Alston, Slate Printer. Mu. J. W. Renfroe, Treasurer of State of Georgia: * You are hereby authorized to pay Mr. li. G. Wright two thousand dol lars when he presents bills sufficient to cover this amount and this shah be your voucher to me. R. A. Alston, State Printer. The first order reads “out of any money that may he due after the ex piration of sixty days.” The second says “out of my pay.” The third was given to Mr. H. Gregg Wright, ray partner in the printing, whenever he “presents bills sufficient to cover this amount;” merely a power of attorney to re ceive the money for whatever work he might do. , ... My nondsmen were Col. Geo. VV. Adair, of this city, and Mr. Patrick Walsh, of Augusta. They filed three reasons with the Governor for desir- ing to leave my bond, whereupon the Governor notified me to make anew bond with n the time prescribed by law or vacate the office. The first reason “was the seizure of my office by the sheriff.” The second, “that I had been paid by the State five thousand dollars aud had appropriated more hun twenty-five hundred dollars to other purposes.” Third, “that the Hon. Cincinnati Peeples had appointed a receiver to appiy the profits of my office.” Now as to the first reason there cer tainly was nothing in that, as Mr. Sis son was proceeding the wi h work just as my own foreman had been doing, and his great skill as a primer was a guarantee of its being well done. The second reason was still more untenable, because of the “more than twenty-five hundred dollars appro priated toother purposes” two thou sand of it had been paid to Messrs. McNaught & Cos. on the express or der of Col. Geo. W. Adair, tiled with | the Governor, and I had refused to ! make the draft until Mr. McNaught had obtained the order, and six hun dred and twenty-five dollars had been paid to Mr. Patrick Walsh as the agent of Mr. Gregg Wright, my partner, as his share of the profits ou five thousand dollars drawn. Thus it will be seen that of the entire ex penditures complained ot, two thou* ; .-mid dollars had been paid on the i wsiitttt <4dbf vf o un iMuhum tw*d | six hundred and twenty-five dollars to tin* partier of the other. The third tea son so far from caus ing them to desire to be relieved, should iiave set their minds at rest, liecause tlte appointment of a receiv er rendered it absolutely out of my power to use any money n the fu ture, except to discharge my ia >ili ties, and the first liability was to the State, for which my bondsmen w -re already bound, and in ca-e of mv failure to give anew bond they would be compelled to pay, unless they could get the assurance from ttie Governor to appoint some new man wh- would agree to assume it. These are the plain facts, all of re- ! cord. In cote nsion, I h ive only this to state, 1 have done the work of public printi tg faithfully, and well, No fault can tie found with my dis charge of the duties of the office to which I was elected by the legislature, aud that is what enrages my enemies, i have been importuned again and again, whieh I have refused to and > until it became very plain that the only way to get me out of my office was to force me out. Geo. W. Adaii, who ii and ever has been my warm personal friend, stated to me that a heavy pressure had been brought to bear on him to induce him to come on oi my bond during the session of the legislature. Hint the necessary affidavit bad been carried to his office ami fivi hundred dollars in cash offered to him to in duce him to desert me, which he had indignantly refused. Anew bond will be filed to-day with good and sufficient security, although such publications as yours are not likely to aid me. Ido not suppose you could possibly have in tended it to have the effect to embar rass me. Your well-known magnanimity forbid su*ih a suspicion. I shall remain state printer to the end of my term, if Gm! spares my life, and if I die, my heirs will be entitled by law to fulfill my unex pired contract. My enemies are welcome to all they have made out of this raid on my office of state printer. R. A. Alston, State Printer. Gold Owned by the Government- The Secretary of the Treasury gives the actual amount of gold owned by the Government and available for specie resumption, after deducting the amount of gold certificates out standing and all other obligations, on the 14th of February, 1873, assl3,- 341,423. The total amount of coin on hand that day was $51,987,028, from which amount there is to be deducted for coin coupons. 81,547,332;. demand notes $10; coin certificates, $1,427,200; sinking lund and interest $31,832 053; interest due and unpaid, $9,254,634; outstanding coin certificates, >33,968,- 30o; silver coin and bullion, $14,193,- 618; or a total of $78,645,604: living, as above stated, only $15,541,423 of actual coin iu the Treasury to meet the demands of resumption. The showing which the Secretary of the Treasury makes,gives the soft money men great courage, and will now be used as one of the strongest argu ments against specie resumption. The Secretary has been called upon three times to make this “statement” and is said was very loathe to make it public that the Government. was the possessor ofsueh a trifling amou.it of tiard old cash. Pauperism of the Chinese People. The masses of the people are very poor. It is with them a severe snuggle for existence. The average wages of the mechanics and common day laborer’s for a day’s work of from twelve to fourteen hours is ten to twenty cents; but skilled Chinese mechanics in our trades are paid by foreigners twenty-five to seventy-five cents per day. A wealthy China man doesn’t expend more than five or six dohars a mouth for ins food. The result is a great deal of destitu tion and suffering among the masses, there is"much begging in and about the temple and in the streets of ihe old city; there is, too, notwithstand ing the terrible cruelty of punish ment inflicted for crime, much petty pilfering and robbery from tiie per son and from houses. There arc many rich Chinamen but they are not inclined to works .f charity; rel atives and friends are supposed to take care of the sick and unfortunate, it is only in cases of dire necessity that Government agency affords re lief, and then it is only temporary. The Foundling Hospital is a Govern ment enterprise, and that is its most conspicuous charity.— 2ro>/ Lews. The Richest Preacher in New York.—O. B. Frothingham is the richest preacher (by inheritance) in this city. He is the son of Na thaniel Frothingham, formerly a Boston Unitarian pastor, who dis tinguished himsHf by marrying one of Ihe richest girls in that city. The latter was the daughter of Peter C. Brooks, then the gieatest of Boston capitalists. Another daughter mar- j ried Edward Everett. Nathaniel \ preached dull sermons for many | years, and his son saw the impor-| tanee of becoming more sensational. The latter came to this city and in stead of preaching Christianity at tacked it. This, of course, attracted attention. Being very rich he needed no salary. All indeed, that he asked was someone to hear him, and in this he has been moderately gratified. The oapers have noticed him and lie has.obtuined a moderate degree of that publicity which human na ture seems to crave. As to Frothing ham’s preaching, it is a little of ev erything and a good deal of nothing. He keeps up a running fire at what ever may be belore the public, from the scripture down to Moody and Sankep. All of which he does in so ingenious a manner that he txiight have stood far Pope’s sketch in the Dunciad. The American watch lias now ob tained an almost universal reputa tion for superiority over the English watch, and this, in great parr, be cause of the less number of pieces of which it is composed. Thus the for mer of the key-winder class, contains 143 pieces, aud the stem winder 155 pieces. The English watch on the other hand iscompased of 638 more pieces than the American, the excess being found in the fusee and chain. According to the length and fineness of the chain, the English manufac- ture contains from sixty-four to seventy pieces to the inch, the fusee and its attachments about forty-eight pieces, and this accounts for the greater number of pieces comprised in the English article. iSo well are the advantages of the American principle in this respect now under stood by the English makers that the manufacturers of ihe celebrated Frodsham watches eave some time past dope away with tiie fusee and cictiii, thud fcduuuy tue uuuiuuv ut pMUMt j CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 9,1876. “ OUR FATHERS’ HOUSE. " How Hon. B. K. HSU won a Confederate Flag from a Northern Lady. Since Mr. Hid Delivered his great speech, sys th i Atlanta Courier , his daily receipts of le er-, com, lemen tary, curious ;.nd condemnatory, has been something wonderfu', One of the most interesting of these a tie s came from a Mrs. Kimball, of Phil adelphia, accompanied by a “Red battle flag.” The following is the co.- respondenee upon the subject: Hon. Mr. Hill: Dear Sir—l forward to you the | Hag captured by the soldiers of the Union when they look possession ol your State. It was given to me as a token of gratitude for kiudnessshown to the sick and wounded while in Savannah, and sent to me by the boat in the return from up the river where she landed the troops. It gives me pleasure to return it to a worthy son of Georgia, with the hope tint the past may be forgotten. 1 never fail iu appreciate a brave man. Tin noble Sentiments expressed by* you in your speech to reply to Mr. Blaine prove you suCli. Mr. Blame is irom .Maine, my native .State, and 1 haw always admired him, but 1 feel he lias made a mistake this time. May God bless you, and give you wisdom and thought to cominue iu the way you have started,thus bringing about an era of good tueuiig and prosperi ty to our troubled land. Your speech, ihe first from tiie Sou ill since its res toration to power in Congress, is worthy of her. May our united strength cause our “Father’s House” to become the light of the civilized world. Your Yankee Sister, Mrs. H. S. Kimball. W. Philadelphia, Jan, 13m, 1876. House of Representatives. 1 Washington, D. C , Jan. 15, 1876. j Mrs. 11. S. Kimball, West Philadel phia: Dear Madam—Your noble letter of the 13th instant was received this morning. By express I have aisj received the flag “captured by the sol diers of the Union when they took possession ot the capital of my .State.” I cannot adequately express the feelings awakened in me by this gift, and by the touching and patriotic words which accompany the gift. Theilag its If is a sad reminder of angry days, but beautiful expressions of devotion to our country, finding, as they certainly do, a sincere res ponse in my own bosom, awaken, lively hopes that we “snail have war no more.” For your most gralelul approval of my humble efforts to this end, please also accept my warmest thanks. I can truly say that I have no mission in public Ule but to aid ('*-•-' 1 ‘“ ,l aie iu ies toring public peace and iu promot ing tiie public good. The people of the North cannot afford to ask the people of the South to yield their manhood, for that would prove themselves unworthy. Let the peo ple of each section admit the great truth whieh will demonstrate the manhood and worth of both: That we differed honestly ; that we fought bravely, and that our differences are settled in good faith, on the basis of the Constitution •- it ia. Ami now, with our people all free, our Slates ail sovereign, and our country all n let us ail “unite our strength U> cause our ‘Father’s house’ to become the light of the civilized world.” Your Southern Brother. Benj. H. Hill. Mr. Hill then determined to pre sent the flag the Youg Men’s Libra ry, of Atlanta, and addressed the fol lowing letter to Mr. Mallon, Presi of that institution : House of Representatives, j Washington, L). C., Feb 11. 1876. j Mr. R. Mallon , President Yoan / Men's Library Associations/ Atlanta , Ga : Sir: I desire to present to the Li brary Association, through you the flag captured by the army of General Sherman at Milledgevilie, the capital of our State. This flag was recently presented to me by the noble lady to whom it was given by the Union soldiers, as a testimonial of apprecia tion by a Northern lady, ot my hum ble utterances in the late amnesty debate in vindication of the man hood of our Southern people, and in promotion of the mutual good will of the people, of all sections of our common country. Let tiie flag be preserved as a memento of a people who were brave enough to fight brave enuught also to make me battle ended. It requires a higher courage to forget than to in - dulge in animosities. With high regard, I am yours very truly, Benj. 11. Hill. Tlia Connecticut Republicans. The Republicans of the “Nutmeg State” met at Hartford, on the 29th ult., and theseare their resolutions on the currency and the third term : The Republican party which issu ed greenbacks under presure of tern porary necessity to support tlie Na tional Government against treason and rebellion, is pledged to make them as good as gold to holders, that no stain may rest in history upon any one of the patriotic efforts of lovai people during the war. We approve of the resumption act as anew ex pression of this pledge and determi nation. We point to the etforts now made by the Democratic oarty to re peal the act, and to commit the coun try to the permanent use of unredeem able paper currency as a proof of what might be expected of them if they had greater power. We believe the wel fare of the country demands that nec essary legislation be passed to carry the resumption act into effect at the designated time either by funding greenbacks into long bonds at long tine at the lowest practicable interest, or available means to apply and can cel them. We believe in the unwritten law of the land which declares it unwise for the Chief Magistrate to hold ids office beyond two terms, and we ac cept the declaration of President Grant in harmony with this law as hut another claim to our admiration and gratitude. The “largest indivual tax payer in Boston,” Nathan Mathews, pays a tax of 835,1488. He complains of the unjust over-valuation of his real es tate, and says that his whole produc tive real estate that is, nearly one hundred stores and dwelling houses i and wharf property—does not pro duce an average return of three per j cent, over insurance and taxes. A ! store which rents only for SIO,OOO is I taxed at 8125,00. This in the burnt | district, hut his Fourth End proper ty tised so high that it does not renter over three per cent; even taking the average of seven years this holds good, so loth are the asses ; sers to tec rgnize the depreciaUUUti Of i W w# Uwtikfe Washington Cry Colored Men. A delegation of colored men, of Washington csty.ealied at the rooms of the Democratic National Commit tee, on the Ist int, asking political recognition of their printed declara tion, w*hich was adopted by a large meeting held here Friday, February 28th. It commences: We colored men, representing nearly all the States and Territories of the United States, are tired of our self imposed party yoke, its injustice to us; and its flagrant violators of the Constitution, in order to trarnpU out l.xtal self-government and insult our brave and well-disposed fellow citizens of the South; and earnestly believe that a division of the solid phalanx of colored voters, will act beneficially upon the two great par ties; and, therefore, we propose to stand by principles, and will support •nly those men who will do the most for us. This policy, we believe, will inure to the lasting tranquility of the country, and a speedy return to good reeling between the late m t.-ter anti now free citizen will follow. We n voke .he blessing of Almighty God "p”' this carefully cousiuered de parture, and invite the hearty and •ordiat c.-oper a tion of ihe col ore I population of the colored people of the whole country, who, line us, have cause for well-grounded com plaints, to organize to the end that their ballots may subserve the peace if the country, the fraternization of the whole pMn f )!(., and the prosperity an 4 unification of the sections of our uudivitabie repuulie. Committee on Re-o’utions —Rev. Garland H. White, of aonii Caroli na; Howard L. .Smith, of Virginia; R ihert D- Mortimer, of Rhode Is an I; Alex Jones, of Massachusetts; N. A B-inker, of Pennsylvania; lhn mi Lewis, of the District of Colum bia; Dr. Ridley, of Arkansas,'and C. L. Vincent, of Illinois. A Sad Bereavement.—No on* ca i reflect upon the uielancho y end of that lovely bride of less than a yetr, Mrs. liersehel V. Johnson, Jr., witho it the deepest sympathy for the surviving husband and a sorely afflicted circle of relatives. All unite in saying she was a lady of surpass ing sweetness and gentleness, and possessed of most fervent piety. Her brother, Mr. J. H. Roberts, who resides in Waynesboro, Georgia, was summoned by telegraph to the fu neral, without any previous intima tion of the sudden and brief illness of his beloved sister. He was great ly overcome, and almost inconsola ble. From him we learn that with in a comparatively short period, no less than twenty-two kinsmen fuiuo to unm uruTne rmn whence no traveler returns.” Such mortality in a single family is almost unprecedented, and forcibly inculcates the oft repeated lesson tiiat here we have no continuing city nor abiding place, and no man can call his inourain sure. May God comfort the stricken survivors. The bold mariner, R ibeson, is coming in for his share of the inves tigation ordered by Congress. The sub-committee, composed of Messrs. Whitt home, of Tennessee, and Dan ford, of Ohio, has now been at Nor foil? Jomo tioi ini hu affairs of the navy yard there, and has nearly concluded the investiga tion. It began with the prominent officers of the navy yard, and has gone down to the employes. It is asserted that the testimony success fuliv sustains the charges made by Goode. From what the editor of Athens Watchman saw along the route from Athens to Monroe—going one road and returning by another —he is in clined to the opinion that an unusual breadth of land is s vvn in wheat in the counties of Oconee and Walton, audit certainly looks very promis ing. There is a large quantity of fall oats sown, an# it too, looks well. It will be impossible to expact the pacification of such States as Missis sippi and Louisiana so long as men so long as men of tiie Ames and Kel logg stamp remain in power, and the entire nation is interested in seeing them forced to step down arid out. by any proper means that can be brought to bear against them— Phi/a. Bulle tin[llep.) Everybody admits that Herschel V. Johnson would make the kind ot Govenor Georgia needs, if he would only consent to run it oie peole want his services, perhaps, he would consent. While he never has sought office, he has never refused to serve when called upon by the people. Aniledtjeville Union. Queen Victoria has at last yielded to the long expressed desire of her subjects that she should appear in public, by holding a court in Buck ingham Palace and attending a con cert at Albert Hall. New York state seems to be dead in earnest about enfranchising her In dians, now that it has been discover ed they-hopolully refuse lu becorno extinct. Every tribe but the Oneidas has increased in the last decade. A Berrien county man, aged nine ty-nine, received a letter the other day. Before he perused it, he ex plained that it was the only one he had received in sixty years. The venerable Dr. Pierce is now at Washington Ga., in improved health, testing the value of the min eral springs at that place. Exposures ot me frauds ot spirit ual mediums are getting to he al most as frequent as those of Repub liean officer# in the revenue service in both cases the spirit tests are over done. __ The late advisory council in Brooklyn cost Plymouth church $12,- 000. Beecher is an expensive pastor. His scandal trial last year cost his parishioners SIIB,OOO. The grain crop of Texas this year a oounts to about 8,000,000 bushels. The average price of wheat at Dallas since the opening of the grain season has been ninety-five cents. Since the abolition of capital pun ishment in Maine, pistol dealers are beginning to come out in diamond j shirt-studs. Col, J. C. Barton has purchase 1 the interest of A. L. Davidson in the Kockdale Register. Seknnd luv iz lik a stkund kase of meublca—oiw always it 1 Utt* Special Notices. Directory of County Olßrcrt. Ohdinarv—.l. A. Howard. O.KRK ofScmkior Coi'KT -Thomas A. Word. Sheriff-v. M. Fraokliu. G. L. Franks, Deputy. Tax Rxc iver—A M. route. Tax Collrctor—W. F. Corhin. OoexfY Commissioners— IJussel H. Cannon, Chairman. David-V. Mokely, Jt.hn C. Ayeock, R. H. Dodd, John 11. Wikie,.clerk. Coroner—D. B. Mull. Scrvetor—ll. J. McCormick, G. W. Hill, Deputy. COLO.YISTS, KMIG&A\TS AM) TRAVELERS WESTWARD. FOR m; circulars, condensed time tables and general inlormation in regard to ransportation facilities to all points in Ten •inessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Colo rado, Kansas, Texas, lowa, New Mexico Utah and California, apply to or address Al bert B. Wrenn. General Railroad Agent, Atlanta, Ga. No one should go West without first getting in communication with the General Railroad Vgent,and become i (formed as to the superior advantages, cheap and quick transportation ol families, household goods, stock and farming implement gen®ra)lj. All information cheer fully given. W. L. DANLKY. G. P. &T. A. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The names of all persons we found upon our subscription book when we purchased the ■standard and Express, credited by advance payment will be furnished Tiie Express uutil the time paid for expires. i he names of those who had not paid up, we have transferred to ourjnew hooks, ami begin, Oicir subscriptions from December 2, 1875. These are respectfully and earnestly requested local 1 in and pay or send us two dollars for the current rear’s subscription. We are determined to give our readers n srood uanoi' “-a ■>-- itjcquires aconstau caUi outlay to do so. we.liopc all who have not paid will do so without delay. CUm-USViLLE CIIT GOVERXMEAT. Mayor—F. M. Ford. Aldermen —a. It. Hudgins, G. *V. Satter field, G. B. Conyers, A. L. Barron, J. A. Stover, S. F. Milam, Peter Marsh, H. S. Best. Clerk—l. B. Conyers, acting. Treasurer— A. [.. Barron. Marshal— M. P. Maxwell. Attorney— J. B. Conyers. Sexton—if. S. itevell. COMMITTEES. Finance— A. li. Hudgins, C. B. Conyers, S. F. Milam. Street— U. S. Best, J. A. Stover, G. W, Satter field. A. L. Barron. Cemetery— Peter Marsh, S. |F. Milam. C. B. Conyers. LAVS RELATIVE TO NEWSPAPER SIB SCRIPTIOAS AM) ARREARAGES. 1. Subscribers who donotifivc express no tice to the contrary, are considered wishing tw continue their subscription 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their periodicals, the publishers may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid, 3. If eii.<— **- o*-*-* * close to take tneir periodicals Irom the office to which they redirected, they are held responsible until they have settled their bills aud ordered them discontin tied. 4. If subscribers move to other places with out notifying publishers, and the papers are sent to the former direction, they are held re sponsible. 5. The Courts have decided that “refusing to take periodicals fiom *he office or teinoving and leaving them uncalled ror, is prima facie evidence f intentional fraud.” 6. Vn y person who receives a newspaper and makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or not, is held in law to be a subscriber. 7. If subsc ibers pay in advance, they are bound to give notice to the publisher, at the eytd of their time, if they do not wish to con tinue taking it; otherwise me authorized io send it on, and the subscriber will l>e responsible until an express no tice, with payment of all arrearages, is scLt to the publisher. IF YOU AVantb ardors Want a .-ituation, Want a salesman. Want a servant girl. Want to rent a store, Want to sell a piano, Want to sell a horse, Want to buy a house, Want to buy a horse, Want to rent a houe, Want to sell a carriage, Want a boarding place, W ut to borrow money, Want to sell dry goods, Want toseli groceries. Want to sell furniture, Want to sell hardware. Want to sell fcal estate. Want a job of carpentering. Want a job of black'ini tiling. Want to sell millinery goods, Want toseli a h‘>u->e and lot. Want to advertise to advantage, Wan’t to flint anyone’s address, Want to sell a piece of furniture. Want to buy a second-h and carriage. Want to And anything yon have l*st. Want to sell agricultural implements. Want to Anil . - i-operty. Advertise in THE OARTEKSVILI.E EX'’RES'*. Professional Cards. LAW dr REAL ESTATE. W. T. WOFFORD, A XY business leit with C’apt. Saniford and Mr. Waters, who are in rov office, will re cirve iny attention. I will lie at my office usu ally between the hours ol ID and It each morn - iug. ]leblt>l W.T. WOFFORD. A. M. FOETE, ATTORNEY AT LAW CA.RTERSVILLE, GA- I With. Col. Warren Akin,) Will practice in the courts of IJartow, Cobb, Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray,Whitticld and ad- JUluln. wuutiis. rlc (■•?-!y n. AV. TIIRPIIEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW CART R V11.1.K. QA. OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick buildiDg corner of Main and Irwin streets Gec2-tt. ~ J. W. HAIiHISJr. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Cartersville, Ga. OFFICE next door to THE Kxpkess printing estutdishmeii t. IOHN W. WOFFORD. IHOMB W. MILNKK IVOFFORD dr MILXER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA., OFFICE up stairs, Bank Block. 9-5-tl. JAMES 11. t’OXYEUS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cartersville, Ga. WILL practice in the Courts of Cherokee and adjoining circuits. Particular attention given to uil business entrusted to mv care. Collecting made a specialty, office up-stair, in theßak Block. de<-23-ly. Tm. bates, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office in the Court House. der9-ly HOMEMADE HOSIERY. PERSON’S desiring good and serviceable SOCKs OR STOCKINGS, Cotton or Woolen UM4 And At the store of i'wVnh ’ v * T - Sonlhei'ii Sliirt 55Inufitotory. ED. F. SHBOFaHIRE & CO., Manufacturers and Dealers ia WHITE AHD COLORED SHIRTS. Collars, Bosoms and Dm wars. 21-3 East Alabama Street, ATLANTA, Georgia. . R >rties iu Cartetsvil'e ordering from us can have their mea-tires taken at Mr. PatMle tailor shop. Jan*cans. SADDLES, HAHN ESS, LEATHER, ETC., ETC HUDGINS & MOUNTCASTLE KEEP ON HAND AND M AKE TO ORDER ON SHORT NOTH K SADDLES AND HARNESS OF THE BEST MATERIALS AND IN EVERY STYLE DESIKARI.E. They keep on hand also a good stock of H VMEB, COLLARS BRTDLF.M, HALTERS, WHIP* Ad so Harness. Sole and. Upper Leathers, KIP-AND FRENCH CAT F SKINS. ind everything usually kept ie n first-class establishment. Our Saddles and Harness am made at our own *ho,i AND A iCE ALL WARRANTED. Mor • on West M tin street, next and >or to V. A. -kinner ,k Cos. declC-Sat. ST OVES & TINWARE. tlie Citizens of Cartersville and Sur rounding Country: HAVING BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN MV ARRANGK nients t> l* v* Oartersville, 1 have concluded to remain and cast my lot among her people. In opcuing b uiti nPff heru •?•> I have concluded to do a STRICTLY CASH j businesa, thereby enabling me to offer good* at KXTREM■ LY LOW FIGURES. Those wishing to purchase STOVES, TINWARE A HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. F.r CASH. RAGS, BEESWAX, FEATHERS, OLD BRASS AND COPPER. CORN AND FODDER, or anything that will sell, can get the very bottom pliers. But flkisx do No* ask Fun credit. I cannot, afford :•* give it, even to the veiy best men iu the country, M my goods are marked at CASH PRICES Thanking my friends for their pist patronage, and earnestly soliciting a continuance of the same, I can always tie found at my old stand iu the old Exchange H it.-l B Hiding, on th PUBLIC SQUARE. (Jant-lr) J 3 AinMg. J. D. HEAD. DR. T. H. BAKER. W. G. DOBaON. J. D. HEAD & CO., DEALERS IN Staple and Fan:y Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing, IIATS, BOOTS AND SHOES, &c., &C. xtr>. .tvt x>vv.v,iinoo oLi eet Atlanta, Go. OUR RARTOW, PAULDING VXD CHEROKEE COUNTY FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO call and see u, when in the city, promising them the same courteous treatment and fair, honest dealing they h ive h.id iu our house white nt Cartersville Our stock will lie found fall and complete in ail its department, and prices as low as can be found iu this market. N. 15.—Wc res 'eetfu’.ly ask consignments of cotton from onr friend* who wish to sell in this market, promising them the i idlest ns irket pi ices— au.l no unnecessary expense- attached M the sale of same. J. D. HEAD A (X>. A i lanta, ‘.a,. Jami irv 6 IKT6. ETOWAH FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. "Wallace iiaokoa, MANUFACTURERS OF Hollow Ware, Steam Eapes, Grates, Mantels, Mill Mactaerj, to. Highest Market Price lor Old. Iron, Copper and Brass* JOHN S. KEESE & CO General Agents, Baltimore, kid. T. W. BAXTER, Cartersville, G-eorgfia* SOLE AGENT IN BARTOW AND ADJOINING COUNTIES, j FOR Til K PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY. w/AJT A. 1 /Ala, yijUOOiOOO. JUST RECETVF.n AT W AREHOUSE OF i.ENERAL AGENT IN ATLANTA, 1,000 Tons Soluble Pacific ftuano, 100 Ton** of Acid Pluspliite for Composting* (NO OLD STOCK ON HAND ) lAM now prepared to furnish dealers ami planter* in any quantity desired ofthe above hifS £,”,1 and n iniia.- t rtit zees. which tre fr-h and in One condition, and the analvsis recently mXfofthe new"tock. show, atio.it 15 per cent availatde acid per cenL Vminonia and nearly 2 per cent, potash vilj on time as usual, at tne low price ui (SI 5(1 per deli vered on board cars In Atlanta, with option to pay in cotton Ist November, at 15 cenrn per pound lmsi> New York Middlings. Planter. * .11 note th it freignt is only from Atla.tn It 4d per ton. Cull on or send to me for circulars and analysts. Jt.;*pe<-tfiitl 1 • fw • IJIIXtCP# J.-in2o-2m __ THE GRANGERS LIFE II HEALTH HIM CO.. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A.u.tlioi'izecl Capital 4,000,000* Of Which SIOO,OOO to ba Owned in Each Department. Eaoli Policy-Holder is entitled to a vote in the management of the Company TANARUS /\ Tl OFFIOB, MOBILE. ATiA. CAPITAL STOCK, ------ - 100,000. W. U. KETCniM, President. | F. E. DAVIDSON, Vic* President. 1 It. W. FORT, Sae’/ GEORGIA DEPARTMENT, ROME, GA. Capital Stock -....•100.hA# office No. 2 COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Major C. G. SAMUEL, Presi lent, ALFRED SHORTER, Vice-President, R. .T. OWALTNET, Secretary, C. ROWELL. Attorney, l>r G. W. II'sLMES, Medical Examiner. Board of Directors : V. P. AUgnod; Trion Factory; C. Rowell. Rome, Ga.; Alfred Shorter. Rome. Ga.; John H" Newton, Athens, Ga.; A. Jones. Cedartown, Ga ; Hon. D. F. Hammond, Atlanta, Ga.; Ho** D. B. Hamilton, Rome. Ga,; Cain Glover. tt*m \ Ga.; T. McGuire, Rome, G%; K. Woodruff* Rome, Ga.; M. 11. Bunn, Cedartown, Ga ; A. J. King, Cave Spring, Ga.; Hon. W M* liutchius. Polk county, Ga. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT, MONTGOMERY, ALA. Capital Stock -....i100,0## lion. N. N. Clements, President and General Man iger. Tuscdon-a, Ala.; Hon. David Clopto*. Vice President, Montgomery, Ala.; W. L. Chambers, Secretary; Stone A Clopton, Attorney a, MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, MERIDIAN MISS. Capital Stock - 100,0O* Col. James W. Beck, President. John 11. Grnv, Vice-President, L. A. Duncan, Secretary. SECURITY, ECONOMY AND LIBERALITY, Are the Leading principles of thit Company. AT.L approvt and forms of Life and Endowment Policies issued in sums of 9109 *p lo SIO,OOO. AIM Term Policies of one, three, or .even years. All cite policies non-forfeiting alter two annual payments, when the Instrcd will he etotlU*! to paid up Policy or Ca.-h Surrem er theieof. Dividends may be used to protect policies against lapsing Incase of failure to par pr* miums. Thi- with the non-forfeiting and Ca-o suvrvn ier features, are snffi -ient to make this i m >ar y popular among huiKing in mi. AGENTS AV ANTED, dec 2-ti W. G. ENGLAND;of Mobile, .Vl*., General mperintoadeut of AaiMi^ , W, K. HUSE, Agent, CartWsvf He* CdOrgta. VOLUME XVII--XOIBKK 10.