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BY C. 11. C. WILLINGHAM. The Cnrtersville Express. [OLD STANDARD AND EXPRESS.] RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy one year $2 oo One copy six months 1 00 One copy three months 50 In Advance. Clubs. —For Clubs of ten copies or more $1.50 per annum for each copy. RATES OF ADVERTISING. The following are oar established rates for advertising, and will be strictly adhered to in all cases: uT 1 wk. 2 ws 3 \vs 4 ws 2 m. 3 m.;*> in.ji2 m I|l oojfl 30,52 00 $2 50 2 2 00 3 Uo| 4 00' 5 (JO 9 00112 00 17 00 22 00 j 3; 3 ot)| 1 50 5 75 6 75 12 00,'16 00:21 00l 30 00 ! •1 tool 575 7 25 850 14 50 18 76 25 00 36 00 5 500 700 8 75110 25'17 00,-1 50 29 00 42 00 I 6 6 00 8 25:10 9- 12 C 9 19 5q 24 25:03 00 4C 00 7 700 9 50|11 75 13 75. 22 '270037 00 64 00 8 80: |!0 75113 Ur 550 24 50:29 75 41 00 wi 00 9 9 00; 2 0014 7.5! 17 25 27 00/32 50 45 00 C 6 00 j 10 9 7513 OP 16 001,8 75 29 25 .35 00 48 50 71 00 i 1! 10 50/14 60-17 25 20 25 31 50 37 50 52 00 76 00 | 12 11 15; 15 00:18 50121 75 33 75*40 00,55 50 8! 00 ! 13 12 OOi 16 00 9 75123 • 5;J6 00-42 51 < 59 00 £6 (X) 1. '2 75(17 0.1:31 60|24 75 38 25145 00,62 5'J. 91 HO i 13 13 50(18 O: 22 25 26 25 10 50:47 50’<56 if! 96 00 j Ti 14 25 19 00123 50(27 75 42 75<50 0',,69 50*101 00 17:11 75119 75:24 50 29 00,14 75,52 25)73 50j105 00 1' 15 25:20 50125 50 30 25 46 75154 50)75 50 109 00 1 '5 75121 25 26 50 31 50 48 75 56 75 78 50/113 00 20 .0 25!22 00,27 50 32 75 50 75*59 60 81 50 117 (X) I 21 16 75 22 75 83 50:31 00:52 75 61 25 84 56,121 00 I 22. 17 23(23 50,29 50135 25,'54 75 63 50 87 50 125 00 I 2117 75 24 25(30 51,36 50156 75 66 7f 90 50 129 00 I 2! 18 00121 75 31 25;37 50 58 50 67 75 93 Of! 132 00 j Persons sending in advertisements will ple t'C designate the department of the paper in which they wish them inserted—whether in the "regular,” "special” or "local” column; al>o the length of time they wish them pub li.hed and the space they want them to occupy. Announcing names of candidates lor oiliee, five dollars, invariably in advance. Legal Advertising. Sheriff sales, per levy.... $2.50 " mortgage li fa sales, per inch 4. 50 Citations for letters of administration 3.00 " " “ " guardianship 3.0f) Application for dismission froi \ admins’n. 6.00 •• “ " “ guard’shp 2.50 “ “ leave to sell and 2.50 Sales of land per inch 2.50 Sales of perishable property, p. t inch 150 Notice to debtors and creditors 3.50 Foreclosures of mortgage, per i: -h 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 charged lor by the inch, we will state that 125 words (in this type) make an inch. When Bills are Due. All bills 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 t ract. Travelers’ Guide. CHEROKEE RAILROAD. FROM and after this date the following Schedule will be>run on the Cherokee Rail- ] Leave Rockmart at 7:00 A.M. | " Taylorsville, 8:1X1 *‘ " Stih slKiro, 8:25 “ Arrive at t artersville, 9:10 “ Leave Carlersviile 3:00 P. M. St A isboro, 3:50 “ Taylorsville 4:30 “ Arrive at Kookmart 5:15 “ WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD AND ITS CONNECTIONS. The following Schedule takes effect Novem ber 28,1875. NORTHWARD. No. 1. Leave Atlanta 4 20 pm ! Arrive Cartersviljc 636 pm ! Arrive Kingston 6 42 p 111 Arrive Dalton 7 04 pm Arrive Chattanooga 10 15 p m * No. 3. j Leave Atlanta 6 20 am j Arrive Cartersvillo 8 42 a m Arrive Kingston 9 lj a m i Arrive Dalton ...10 54 a m 1 Arrive,Chattanooga 12 42 p m j No. 11. Leave Atlanta 5 55 p m | Arrive Cartersvilie 8 50 p m 1 Arrive Kingston 9 24 j) m ; a vrive Dalton 11 45 pm SOUTHWARD- Arive Chattanooga 4 00 pm ! Leave Dalton 5 51 pm j a Kingston 7 31 p m I AirivoCui-turc-iiio 8 02 pm j Arrive Atlanta 10 10 p 111 ; No. 4. Leave Chattanooga 5 15 a m Arrive Dalton I ““J Arrive Cartersvilie -3 a J ll Arrive Atlanta B 00n No. 12. Arrive Dalton * 00 am Arrive Kingston 4 -1 am Arrive Cartersvilie •> fh a m Arrive Atlanta 0 42 am , Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2, be ■ween New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 he- ; tween Ulanta and Nashville. Pullman Palace Cars run <> Nos J-a3 nd 2be- 1 tween Louisville and Atlant. . c sr-\o change of cars betw en New Orleans N!' ,//(,, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore and only one change to New' Y. k. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 110 p. nr, ar- , vivo in New York the second thci -alter at 4 00 * Excursion Tickets to the Virgin : a Springs ai,-i various Summer Resorts will ue 011 sale in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Colum bus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta, at ereatlv reduced rates Ist ol June. Patties desiring a whole car through to the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore should ad dress the undersigned. ~ , Parties contemplating traveling should send for ac-'pyof the Kennesaw Route Gazette , con taining schedules, etc. 43tf“Ask lor tickets via "Kenncsaw Route. B. W. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, n,ay22 dll Atlanta. 6a. HOME RAILROAD COMPANY. On ami after Sunday, Dec. 12th trains on the j Rome Railroad will run as follows: DAY TRAIN— EVERY DAT. Leave Rome at •• • anl j Arrive at Rome a m ; SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMODATION. Leaves Rome at 5.45 p m I Arrive at Rome at a P 1,1 j ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD. P ASS EN GER TRAIN—OUTWAR D. BTATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE Atlanta 10:25 p. in. East Point 10:44 p. m. 10:44 p. in. Red Oak i>. m. 11:44 p. m- Fairburn 11 P- m - P- Palmetto 11:37 p. m. 11 .38 P- m. Powell’s 11 P- ni 11*®® P- "*• Newnan 12:14 P-m. l.Llo a. m. Puckett’s 12:30 ain 12:35 a m Grantvillc 12:50 a m 12:ol am llojtausville 1:06 ain 1:00 ain Whitfield’s 1:34 a in I:3a a m LaG ran {re 1:51 a m 1 :aa a m Long Cane a m -.A an West Point 2:40 a m PASSENGER TRAIN —INWARD. STATIONS. ARRIVE. Wpt Point X4.au V iu Loiig Cane 1S |> m 13 .30 P m La Grange 1:02 pm 1:03 pm Whitfield's 1 :2l P> ] ™ llogansville 1:2l P*u 1• P m Grantvillc 1 ; 57 P m * P m Newnan ' 2:20 i> m 2:30 p m Powell 5'...". 2;44 p m 2:45 pm ■ ’.I • net to 3:06 pm 3:0 1 p in i'‘lirbiun......... 3:32 i,m 2:23pm Red Oak 3=38 P m 3,42 p m l ast Point 8:57 p m 3.57 pm Atiant-a... 4:ls|p ni SELMA, ROM & DALTON. MAIL TRAIN DAILY--NO Til. Arrive at Dalton p m , Making close connections at Dalton with the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail road, and Western and Atlantic Railroad lor all Eastern and Western cities. MAIL TRAIN DAILY—SOUTH. Leave Dalton £®®P® Arrive at Rome P * Arrive at Calera in : M)an Making close connection at Calera lor Mont gomery and points South, ami at .-v'mani,- Alabamft Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or leans, Meridian, Vicksburg, Jackson, all points South iu Texas. Louisiana and Missis sippi. M. STANTON, Gen. Sup t Kay Knight, Gen. Tickct and Pass gr A{.t. GEORGIA RAILROAD. Day Passenger Trains on Georgia Railroad, Atlanta to Augusta, run as below : Leaves Augusta at -y ; 4 -’ a ™ Leaves Atlanta at •;!*> a Arrives at Augusta 3 ; *< a “■ Arrives at Atlanta 5.4a p m Night passenger trains asiollows: Leaves Augusta at ••8: , 5 P m Leaves Atlanta at Arrives at Augusta..... “ ' Arrives at Atlanta . ... b - to a m Accomodation train as follows : Leaves Atlanta 5=53 P ™ I.eaves Covington a [ Arrives at Atlanta *','•> a Arrives at Covington 1 - ,JU P‘ u THE COOSA RIVER STEAMERS. Steamers on the Coosa River will run as per schedule as follows: Leave Rome every Monday at ...ipro Leave Rome every Thursday. • aUI Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday and I ridaj ■■■> a m Arrive at Rome Wednesday and Saturdajo p or A . J. M. ELLIOTT, Gen’l sup’ AGRICULTUEAL- Thoughts for the Month from the Amer ican Farmer. We present this week to our read ers an article clipped from the Ameri ican Farmer . We intend to keep our farming friends thoroughly posted as regards agricultural matters, and to do so will publish an article from time to time clipped from standard agricultural periodicals of the day: We have reached that season when not only every day but every hour brings its duty, and that farmer who has not his work in hand and well forward, must, after the mild winter we have passed, owe his delinquency to himself rather than to his lack of opportunities. Potatoes.— To succeed in making i a good crop, the ground must be deeply ploughed, well fertilized, | light and mellow. The use of green manures is to be avoided. Composts ! thoroughly broken down, bone dust, plaster, ashes and salt, are all well j adapted to these tubers. Culture in hills is the most convenient for work ing; hut many prefer drills, believ ing larger yields are achieved* Keep the ground loose and free from weeds. Make the hills broad, and never al low the earth to become crusted over It is a good plan before the vines ap pear above ground to run a light har row over the field thus breaking the crust and destroying the small weeds just starting into growth. It is an advantage to plant early; but there would be no temptation 10 do this at the expense of proper preparation. Oats ought to be gotten in as ear ly as possible, but some care should be given the preparation for the crop, which is one that does not always get, but always repays, good treat ment. A correspondent of the Lan caster Farmer gives the following as the best way of putting in the crop: The usual way of preparing the ground is to plow it; but the writer and many others have proven be yond doubt that more oats can be raised by stirring it with a cultivator, and with a great saving of work. The succesive freezings and thaw ings during the winter make the sur face of the ground in much better condition for starting the young oais plants than the more compact soil unde, would be if turned up by the plow ; besides, the ground does not have to be worked so early, and con sequently has more time to dry, so that it does not become so cloddy as when plowed. The objection usually made to cul tivating in oats is, that the ground is harder to plow for the fall crop; but my experience with a clay soil is quite the reverse, even in dry sum mers. Most farmers plow shallow for oats, for the reason that more grain can be raised by doing so. If the plowing is done when the ground is very wet, as is usually the case, the soil in the bottom of the furrow must necessarily be packed down, both by the pressure of the plow and by the horse that walks in the furrow; then, if the ground is dry when it is plow ed for wheat, it is almost impossible to get the plow to run deeper than it did in th<* spring, and if it does it will turn id cloddy; while, if the ground is cultivated in the spring, and then not until it is well dried, the plow will go as deep as desired in the fall, and the soil will pulver- Another reason why cultivating is preferable to plowing is, that nearly all the weed seeds near the surface are germinated and destroyed by the cultivation of the corn during the previous summer, so that but few aie left to grow among the oats. II the ground is ploughed, alltheseeds that had collected on the sod before it was ploughed for corn are turned to the surface, and having lain but one year, will grow. This difference was particularly noticeable last summer, when ploughed oat fields were unus ually full of weeds. Mangel Wuiizels and Sugar Beets. — These roots should be grown in land that is rich, deeply worked, and mellow ; that not naturally good ought fo be made so by the applica tion of thoroughly-rotted barn-yard manure and composts, bone dust or surper-phosphate. The seed, about four pounds of which is sufficient for an acre, should be sown early. If soaked over night in water and roll ed in piaster to dry it will germinate quicker. The best method ol sowing i is by a hand-drill, which will make I the furrow, sow and cover the seed, | and work the next row. Our own experience of the Planet drill has j been highly satisfactory, and it is un doubtedly one of the best in-use. The rows should be from two to two and a-half feet apart, and the plants should be thinned out to stand 9 to 10 inches in the rows for beets and r .L inches for mangels. Keep the la id well stirred on the surface and work deep. . x We repeat our injunction to all the readers of the Ameruxm Tanner, to sow a few rods if no more in these valuable roots, if only as an experi ment in their culture. A trial even on so limited a scale will, we are sure will lead to larger crops another season. Their use for feeding pur poses is attended with such satisfac tory results as to convince all who will try them of their heulth-pre i serving effects. Carrots are probably the most nutrious roots grown, though the most costly to raise, from the time and labor required to keep them clear of weeds in their early stages of growth. For them a rich sandy loam is best adapted, and deep and thorough cultivation a necessity. Subsoiling, where it can he done, is useful and profitable. The seed is sown in drills which should be from sixteen to twenty inches wide, and the plants should be thinned to stand six inches apart. If the seeds before sowing are mixed with sand and well shaken they will be more easily cul tivated. We have found an advan tage in mixing redish seed with them, which start off quickly and show the rows before the carrots are up, this allowing them to be worked early. The gromd should be allow ed to become warm before sowing the seed. , , , Parsnips. —theseare much less cul tivated on the farm than any should be. Near markets they are generaly a profitable crop—bringing fair prices for the table. For cows and hogs they are much esteemed. They need the same general treatment and prefer similar soils to carrots. They may stand sixtoeight inches apart in rows eighteen io twenty inches wide. Keep the ground well work ed. Corn Culture The corn crop, the stand-by of American farmers, de serves the best care in the prepara tion of the land, the selection of the seed .and the application of manures. A soil good by nature, or made so by mau, well pulverized at first and worked is necessary, to the profita ble growth of the crop. The more favorable its condition at the offset the easiei will be the after work ings; and as a rule, the more and the bet ter manure applied, the greater the profit in a comparison of the cost of raising small or large crops. Corn is largely a potash plant,but demands also for its growth a matu ration phosphoric acid, soda and lime, in considerable quantities. It therefore needs to have available mineral suppplies in some abundance Hence the use of the phosphatie ma nures, ashes, potash fertilizers, salt, etc., is generally attended with good results. Good stable and barn-yard manure is equally as serviceable,and ranker, manures than are fitted to I some crops will be appropriated and assimilated by this plant, which re vels in the richest manures that can be applied. Upon the soil, the seed and the preferences of the grower, depend the mode of planting, the distance j apart, whether in hills or drills; but heavier manuring is of course needed where planting is practiced. For manuring in the hill, nothing is bet ter than a mixture of five bushels of ashes one each of salt, and plaster, one of bone dust ; a handful of this will give the plant a start at the off set. Early maturing and perfect ears ought to have been selected and pre served curely fur seed. 'To |/rotuct it against insects and vermin, soak in asoluton of two pounds of saltpetre lo a gallon of water for a bushel of corn, Another plan is to coat the grains thinly with tar. A pint of bailing with suffice for a peck of seed. Upon the land and its condtion the cultivation of the crop will de pend. The first working can hardly be given too soon after the plants can be seen; the after cultivation I will depend on the season. The) use before, and in the early stages of the cultivation of the crop, Thomas harruw largely aids in the thorough preparation of the ground, and less ens the labor of working it. Our readers are referred to articles on the subject elsewhere in this and in proceeding issues. Corn for Fodder nothing is more useful than a small patch of this in midsummer when pastures fail. It has become iudeed almost indispen sable to dairy farmers, for their cows, and horses relish it equally as much. Sow in drills two and a half feet apart cultivate two or three times and the work is done if the land is even moderately rich. The stalks should stand about twelve to the foot, and | about two bushels of seed will an swer for an acre. It may be sown j up to the first of Augusta. Plaster on Clover Fields.—lf not done, a bushel or two should at once be sown to the acre. The Funeral Feast, The Radical Convention will meet In At lanta. Yesterday Col. 11. P. Farrow, (act ing United States district attorney under tempoary appointment from Associate Justice Bradley,) issued a call for a republican state conven tion, of which call the following is the first paragraph: WITAT IT IS FOR. “A State convention of the repub licans of Georgia will be held in the of#ay n gates to the Republican NationalCon o’clock, noon, for the election ofdele vention at Cincinnati, on the 4th day of June next, and for such other busi ness as properly devolves upon it, including the nomination of a repub lican candidate for governor of Geor gia and the nomination of a republi can electorial ticket. The conven tion will consist with delegates from each county in the State, equal to twice the number of representatives from the respective counties in the House of Representatives in the gen eral assembly.” The change of the ploce of meet ing Macon to Atlanta was due to the fact that suitable accommodations for the convention could be procured in Macon. THEIR ORGAN. The new paper to be orgahized will appear about the time the meet ing of thecohvenlion. The arrange ments of its founding are in the hands of J. E. Bryant, Benjamin Conley William Markham, A. E. Buck and Geo, B. Chamberlin. They are now getting up the stock list for the company. A RESIDENT COMMITTEE. At the recent meeting of the State Centra! committee the following was a portion of tire business transacted: Resolved. That the chairman ap point a committoe of five who are citizens of Atlanta, which shall be called a resident executive commit tee, and whose duty it will be to employ a suitable clerk or clefks and secure suitable rooms for republican headquaters, and press forward the work of organization throughout tho State. The following gentlemen were ap pointed as such resident committee: Maj. G. B. Chamberlin, chairman W. C. Morrill, D. A. Spencer, A. E. Buck and Wm. Markham. We understand this committee is about perfecting their labors and that they will hang “their banners on the outer walls” in a very few days. —Atlanta Constitution Gih inst. Capt- Tom Lyon, In our rambles last week we visit ed the plantation of Capt. Tom Lyon, of Bartow 7 county. It is situated on the Etowah river six miles west of Cartersville, and embraces several hundred acres of good bottom land. Mr. Lyon has erected a splendid res- I idence, which, for con sentence, com fort and beauty, as well as excellence of construction, is inferior to very few residences in this country. Near the house is one of the boldest, most : gushing and beautiful springs we ever saw. It furnishes water sufficent to slake the thirst of a suffocating army. Capt: Lyon’s tenants are Messrs. Howdy and Bill Haney and J. A. Terrell, all clever gentlemen and good farmers. We wish both , landlord and tenants much good j i uc k .—Cedartawn Express. The general assembly of the Pres byterian church in the United States i (southern Presbyterian) is to meet May, 18th in the First Presbyterian i church of Savannah, Georgia. The 1 opening sermon is to be preached by the Rev. Moies D. D. the moder ator of the last assembly. Mr. Jefferson Davis will sail for Europe May Ist., where he will re main for six or eight months, to pro mote the establishment of a direct trade with the cities of Mississippi valley. .■ Offerings of the season. Twenty cents on the dollar. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 13,1876. The Campaign- An Atlanta Correspondent Saj: H. V. Johnson is Commended for Governor. Atlanta, Ga., April 0, 1875. To the Editor of The Express: Your advocacy of Ex-Governor Herschel V. Johnson as a proper per son for the opposition to Smith to harmonize on in the coming Guber natorial canvass is meeting with irnu versal commendation here. All of the political jockeys agree that Smith, notwithstanding his well-organized corps of office-holders, will be dis tanced in the race, if all the elements opposed to his administration and a third term can be concentrated on any one man. When Judge John son consents to make the race, you will find that he has a large follow ing at the capital. YOUR CARTERSVILLE CANDIDATE. ‘‘The knowing ones” here aver that Col. John W. Wofford is not a candidate for Governor, but that he has announced himself, so as to get control of a few delegations from North Georgia which he will tram* fer to Smith at the critical moment. I merely give this political on dit fo what it is worth and leave it to you North Georgia editors to suggest the proper remedy to save your coun ties from endorsing Smith’s admin istration by sending a delegation that will eventually vote for him. THE GROWING CANDIDATE. There is no doubt but there is a very considerable change has come over the aspect of the Gubernato rial race within the past ten days Smith has weakened so perceptably that his friends think of withdraw ing his name and Gen. LueiuSJ. Gur trell is looming into importance. The active part he took in procuring pardons for the sentenced illicit dis tillers has caused the leaders here to inquire into his strength and the consequence is that it is now quoted as “first choice” among pool-sellers who are gambling on the result. They find that he has many ante bellum politicians actively at work for him in different sections of the State with a large following in the Coweta Circuit and a good assurance of getting solid delegations from the illicit distilling counties, which will send him into the convention with as many counties as any one candi date and with a better chance of growing as the voting progresses. THAT HOMESTEAD DECISION. By reference to the 41st Georgia reports, we find that Chief Justice O. A. Lochrane made in 1871 the same decision relative to the waiver of the homestead that wai delivered by the Supreme bench last week. In his decision .Ind#© Lnoiipumt imt sustained by his colleagues on the Supreme bench but since then Judge Erskine has ruled repeatedly that the husband had the right to bind wife and children in his waive of the homestead in a case from Newton county, Judge Hopkins delivered the decision, so it appears that our supreme bench do not deserve all the credit for this legal opinion. THE KIMBALL HOUSE SALE. This “House that Kimball built” is again advertised for sale by the sheriff. This time to satisfy a mort ss7,ooo principal and $18,105 interest. GENERAL NEWS. The Republicans of the State pro pose starting a campaign paper here on the Ist of next month, with J. E. Bryant as editor. A movement is now on foot to build anew eapitol on the City Hall lot which was donated by the city of Atlanta at the last session of the Leg islature. Jlowell C. Jackson has retired from the local staff of the Constitution and has accepted a clerkship under the State Treasurer. Mr, Van Estes, editor of the Gaines ville Eagle has been appointed super intendent of public works vice West Murphy, resigned. A correspondent in the Constitution suggests Joe Brown for Governor but we think Joseph has too much judg ment to run fast yet. John, Jr. [The foregoing communication came to us last week after Tiie Ex press was put to press.—Editor.] Joseph’E, Brown, To the Editor of the Express : I have read your various articles advocating theclams ofyour favorite j candidate Hon. 11. V. Johnson for Governor with a great deal of inter est and I can assure you that you have struck the key uah? 7 to the |wishes of the people, “outside of rings and politicians”. But, my dear sir, lam afraid that the time has passed for an honest pure and true statesman to govern Georgia. Don’t you see that you have already got the rings and bureaus and other blood suckersstired up and the mon kegs a chattering with your editorial lash. “Vide” a communication ad vocating Jos. E. Brown as a suitable candidate for the office of Governor and Joseph “Eel.” Brown’s card, of advice to the “dear people" not to go in debt! Slipperly Joe “dear people” has got an axe to; grind as you know he never gives gratuitous advice. Put a sentinel on.the outer wait, and balance your accounts to a fourth of a cent, Joe “Eel” is on the war path. “I Know.” The*special correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer gives the follow ing pen-picture of the Hon. Ben Hill: “To the right of the speaker’s desk, onfthe outer row of seats, sit as man of powerful build, a huge square head, ballanced on a stout neck that stands between massive shoulders. The hair is well preserv ed showing some traces of gray in the sandy color; the eyes of lightest hue set far back under shaggy brows that project from a high, broad forehead. The face is flat under the eyes, and shows that Scottish orign that de notes a steady will and a bulldog de termination." A sandy beard hides the lower portion of the face, which is by no means prepossessing at first sight. Ben Hill, the‘Georgia rebel’ He looks about fifty years of age, with twenty more of vigor and ac tivity before him. When he stands there is a slight stoop of the shoulder and the head is thrown forward. This comes either from sightedness that requires him to bend close to the desk in writing or from too dost at tention to professional duties. lie is seldom idle in the house. While other members are sauntering idly about or talking he is busily en gaged in attending to an enormous private correspondence. He writes to everybody that writes to him.” Why is a young lady like a bill of exchange? Because she ought to be settled when she arrives at maturity. THE HOMESTEAD. A Sensible, Good Letter to the People from Ex-Gov. Brown. It is useless to say to our readers that the advice given below is sensi ble and practical, and we advise our farmers, for the sake of their loved ones, to heed the wisdom of the ad* j vice given: j Editors Constitution :—I no ! tice in your paper editorial state* I ments and communications from dis j tinguished gentlemen proclaiming joy to the people of Georgia, on ac- I count of the late decision of the su preme court on the homestead, which i you and certain distinguished gentle men seem to regard a very unmixed blessing to our people. Now, 1 am well satisfied the su i preme court made a correct decision ; I have the fullest confidence in the i court and in each member of it. But j I do not suppose they claim any i great credit for deciding the law cor rectly, and they certainly merit no censure. They have done their duty I in this ea*e, as in all others, and are I entitled to the respect, confidence and ■ honor of the people of Georgia. | But, so far as the effect of the de cision is concerned, I think it would j be much more appropriate to head it “Joy to the hankers, brokers, cap italists, merchants and traders.” What will be the effect of tlie decis ion ? Will the bankers lend money to the farmers now at less than 1 twelve per cent, per annum ? I ap prehend not. Will the merchants * sell goods to them cheaper than here- 1 tofore? I presume not. But, the great joy which is proclaimed for I them is that they now have ihe privilege of mortgaging their homes for any debt, that they may think proper to contract. In other words they can get credit or borrow money at twelve per cent, per annum, for which they can mortgage their Homes, and if thi>y do not pay, their homes wiU be sold from their wives and children. Now, every planter who counts ex penses knows that he cannot pay twelve per cent, for money out of the legitimate income of his farm, and whenever he undertakes to borrow money at that rate, or buy supplies at the ruinous rates heretofore paid for them, that it is only a question of time when his merchant or banker will have to foreclose and sell him out, leaving his wife and children homeless. The result of this course of conduct will be to concentrate the landed estate very rapidly into the hands of a few wealthy and large land holders, and the much larger proportion of what is called the com mon people will become tenants. Then, I say, joy to the bankers, bro kers, capitalists,'merchants and tra ders ! But the principal object of this communication is to caution our peo ple from availing themselves of the tempting bait which is held out to j them by making purchase • 7 ions, fertile- } %*oakirom lie store or any other kind of produce that they can possibly do without, and mortgaging their homes as security. We are passing through a period o t great depression and the observance of strict economy and prompt atten tion to business are the only avenue through which wo can escape bank ruptcy, and if our people should con- thaTTfity‘now have and agree to pay a large price for provisions or other supplies, or a large per cent, on money, the num ber who will be left homeless will soon be alarming. Let every man take caution therefore and refuse to go in debt, or pledge bis homestead for any consideration, each bearing in mind that he cannot make over and above his expenses, the twelve per cent to pay the banker, the bro ker or the merchant, and that when ever he is led into the trap he is caught, and there is no means of es cape. Planters of Georgia, beware of the cry, “Joy to the people!” Remem ber that the effect of joining in this cry, and availing yourselves of the credit offered, is bankruptcy and ruin, and that the inevitable results of such a policy will be to leave your wives and children without* houses, without the necessaries of life. If you will refuse to go in debt, and practice economy, as you should do, you will bo much better off, though there may not be so much joy to the moneyed clases to whom I have re ferred. Remember that there are breakers ahead and if you heed the syren song of joy, and pledge your credit at the present high rates of money, for fertilizers and other farm supplies, and pledge your houses for the paymedt, your joy will be turned into wailing at no distant day, and your will never again be able to own houses. Labor hard, economize closely, and keep out of debt, and keep 'out of debt, and pledge the homestead to no one. Joseph E. Brown. One thing is certain, that at pres ent the formidable candidates of the Republican party are Mr, Blaine and Mr. ConklingJ and that the working politicians, and the most active of them who think they have a future, want Mr. Blaine. Ho is one of them and he has a strength all over the United States with that class. Mr. Conkling, on the other hand, is the candidate of the administrtaion. He is Gen. Grant’s choice for the succes sion, and the office-holders are apt to make that fact apparent and power ful.—Brook!gn Eagle. If the projected tunnel under the channel between England and France proves impracticable, M. Vernard de Saint-Anne, of the French Academy, still holds out the hope of a dry shod railroad between the two countries. He shows, from the accepted hydro graphical charts, the existence of a series of sand banks between Grave lines and Gamsgate, over which the water is only tea feet deep. With a little coaxing by engineers he thinks that ihe natural forces that have raised these banks would soon lift them out of the water, affording a dry road-way, and leaving only a few gaps—the largest only a mile wide— to be bridged. The first token of fresh railroad hostilities the coming season, is a ru mor that Tom Scott has acquired control of the Lake Shore and Michi gan Southern Railroad. This cuts off' poor Erie, and crowds Vanderbilt to the North. The fact that the Commodore has lately assumed con | trol of the Canada Southern and Michigan Central confirms the suspi | cion that all is not right with the i Michigan Southern. Tom Scott is a bold genius, and this is the year for bold moves, when the Philadelphia | Centennial is expected to turn all his rivals into mere feeders for his line. Dandies and nanny-goats never i fail to pride themselves upon their ! kids. Special Notices. Directory of County Officers. Ordinary —J. A. Howard. Clerk op Superior Court—Thomas A. Word. Sheriff—V. M. Franklin. G. L. Franks, Deputy. Tax Receiver-A. M. route. J Tax Collrctor—W. F.-Corbin. County Commissioners— Russel H. Caunon, j Chairman. David V. Stokely, John C. Aycock, R. H. Dodd, John 11. Wikle, Clerk. CORONER—D.JB. Mull. Surveyor—ll. J. McCormick, G. IV. Hill. Deputy. 4 COLONISTS, EMIGRANTS AND TRAVELERS WESTWARD. 1770 R mar circulars, condensed time tables * and general information in {regard to ra nsportation facilities to all points in Ten jnessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Colo rado, Kansas, Texas, lowa, New Mexico. Utah ami California, apply to or address AL BERT B. WRENN, Geneial Railroad Agent, Atlanta, Ga. No one should go West without first getting in communication with the General Railroad A gent,and become informed as to the superior advantages, cheap and quick transportation of families, household goods, stock and farming implement generally. All information cheer fully given. W. L. DANLEX.JG. 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 The Express until the time paid for expires. The names of those who had not paid up, we have transferred to our new books, and begin their subscriptions from December 2, 1875. These are respectfully and earnestly requested to cal' in and pay or send us two dollars for the current year’s subscription. We are deteimined to give" our readers a good paper, and as it requires aconstan cash outlay to do so, we .hope all who have not paid will do so without delay. CARTERSVILLE CITY GOVERNMENT. MAYOR—F. M. rom. Aldermen-A. R. Hudgins, G. Wr Satter field, C. B. Conyers, A. L. Barron, J. A. Stover, 8. F. Milam, Peter Marsh, 11. s. Best. Clerk-J. B. Conyers, acting. Treasurer—A. 1.. Barron. Marshal—M. P. Maxwell. Attorney—J. B. Conyers. Sexton—li. S. Kevell. COMMITTEES. Finance —A. R. Hudgins, C. B. Conyers, S. F. Milam. Street —H. S. Best, J. A. Stover, G. W, Satter field. A. L. Barron. Cemetery— Peter Marsh, S. |F. Milam. C. B. Conyers. LAWS RELATING TO NEWSPAPER SUB SCRIPTIONS AND ARREARAGES. 1. 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If subseiibers pay in advance, they are bound to give notice to the publ!*“. * authorized to send it on, and the subscriber will he responsible until an express no tice, with payment of all arrearages, is sent to the publisher. IF YOU Want b ardors, Want a situation, 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 house, Want to sell a carriage, Want a boarding place, \Vant to borrow money, Want to sell drygoods, Want to sell groceries. Want to sell furniture, Want to sell hardware. Want to sell real estate, Want a job of carpentering, Want a job of hi acksmithing, Want to sell millinery goods, Want to sell a house and lot. Want to advertise to advantage, Wan’ttollnd anyone’s address, Want to sell a piece of furniture, Want to buy a second-hand carriage, Want to find anything you have lst, Want to sell agricultural implements, IVant to find an owner for lost properly. Advertise in THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS. Professional Cards. .lames W. Harris, Nr. j^TTORNEY-AT-LAW, One door East of Express Office, Main Street CARTERSVILLE, GA. marStj LAW & REAL ESTATE. W. T. WOFFORD, ANY business left with C'upt. Sum ford and Mr. Waters, who are in my office, will re cieve my attention. I will be at my office usu ally between tlie hours of 10 and 11'each morn ing. ]leblß] W.T. WOFFORD. A. M. FOLTE, AT. LAW CARTERSVILLE, GA. ( With Col. Warren Akin,) Willpractice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb, Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray,Whitfield and ad joining counties. dec3-ly. K. W. MIRPHEY, ATTO RN E Y A T LA W CART R I,LE. GA. OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick building corner of Main and Irwin streets. decS-tf. J. w. H A RRIH, Jp., ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cartersville, Ga. OFFICE next door to The Express printing establishment. John w. wofford. thomas w. milnkr WOFFORD & MIIAER, ATTORNEYS AT LA W, CARTERSVILLE, GA., OFFICE up stairs, Bank Block. 3 JAMESII. COSTERS, ATTORNEY A LAW, Cartersville, Ga. WII.C practice m the Courts of Cherokee and adjoining circuits. Particular attention given to all business entrusted to my care. Collecting made a specialty. Office up-stairs in the Bank Block. dccga-ly. 11. RATES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office in the Court Uouae. dec9-ly Hardware and Farming Implements* 9 BAKER & HALL CALI- the attention of their customers to & genera; anil complete stock of HARDWARE c*B FaRMING IMPLEMENTS .such tie PLOWS, HOES,ICOTTON PLANTERB, ETC. We also hare a complete stock ofFrELD SEEDS such as Clover, Red Top, Orchard eel Blue Grass, German MiUctt, etc. as cheap as they can be sold in this or mmy other market. We also have a complete stock or READY MADE PLOWS both Iron anil Steel. We sell - #S.IR t*4 * Bar Iron j. to ( cents Steel Slabs •• to :Ga Iron slabs t e 7 onh Last Steel *) > M co t. Stveetl 1r0n... (to rente. ror the cash we can sell as cheap as the same quality of goods can be sold anv where. feb!3-tf BAKEttjtHALf. STOVES & TINWARE. the Citizens ol* Cartersvillc and Buf rounding- Country* - HAVING BEEN DIBAPPOINTF.D IN MT ARRANGE menu [tv lcivo Cartersville, I have concluded to remain ar| d cast m J lot among her people. In opening bnvlnee here again I have concluded to do ft STRICTLY CASS A! business, thereby enabling me to offer goods at EXTREM E STOVES, TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. For CASH, RAGS, BEESWAX, FEATHERS, OLD BRASS AND COPPER, CORN AN® FODDER, or anything that will aell, can get the very bottom prices. But im.rasb do ho* ' ask Koit CREDIT. I cannot afford to give it, even io the very best men in the conntry, aa mj are marked at CASH PRICES Thanking my frieuds for their past patronage, and earnestly soliciting a continuance ef the same, I cap always be found at mv old stand in the old Exchange Hotel Building on the ITBLIC SQUARE, ' (Janl-ly) J. S. ADAMS. J. D. HEAD. DR. TANARUS, 11. BAKER. W. G. DOBSON. J. 13. IXIKAI3 & CO., DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy Dry Goads, Dress Goods, Clothing, HATS, BOOTS AXD SHOES, &c., &c. No. 71 Pcaclitvee Street - Atlanta, Gau OUR BARTOW, PAULDING AND CHEROKEE COUNTY FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO call anil see ns when in the city, promising* them the same courteous treatment and fair, honest dealing they have had in our house while at Cartcrsville. <>ur stock will be found foil and complete in all its departments, and prices as low as can be fbund in this market. N. R.-We respectfully ask consignments of cotton from our friends who wish to sail In ftki# market, promising them the fullest market prices—and no unneces- m,-. nr, VI? A CO. the sale of same. EfQWAH foundry and machine shop. "Walla.ee & X laclcet/fc, OF Hollow Wa no / Olnnrr* Highest Market Price tor Old Iron, Copper and. Brass jnn2o-tf. . . ——————— ■ William L. Bradley’s Standard Fertilizers, PRINTUP BRO. & POLLARD. FORMERLY POLXiArm db OO. f Cotton Factors, General Agents, Augusta, Georgia | | Sea Fwl Guano, in Bags 200 lbs. each. C. C. Coe’s Superphosphate of Mmc, in bags 200 lbs. The above standard Fertilizers having been in use for the past seven year* in the South, with unequalled success, are again offered at prices that cannot lail to give satisfaction, wall* the standard is guaranteed to be equal, if not superior to anv ever sold. For prices anil terms apply to T. W. BAXTER, Agent, Cartersville, Ga iebo-Bm. THE GRANGERS LIFE M HEALTH HUM Cl.. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .A.ixtliox'izecl Capital .4,500,000. Of Which SIOO,OOO to be 0 nedin Each Departmeat. Each Policy-Holder is entitled to a vote in the management of the Company PAHE3ffT OFFICE, MOBILE* AI.A. CAPITAL STOCK, - - - 100,000. W. 11. KETCHUM, Bresidcat. | F. K. DAVIDSON, Vice President. | R, W, FORT, Sec*f oiioiHaiA departhext, roue, ga. Capital Stock 9100,00)* Office No. 2 COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Major C. G. SAMUEL, President, ALFRED SHORTER, Vice-President, R. J. GWALTXET. Secretary, C. ROWELL, Attorney, Dr. G. VV. HOLMES, Medical Examiner. Board of Director* : A. P. Allgood, Trion Factory; C. Rowell, Uoiuo, Ga.; Alfred Shorter. Rome. Ga.; John If. Newton, Athens, Ga.; A. Jones, Cedartown. Ga ; Hon. D. F. Hammond, Atlanta, Ga.; Hon. D. B. Hamilton, Rome, Ga,; Cain Glover, Rome, Ga.; T. McGuire, Rome, Ga.; F. Woodruff. Home. Ga.; M. 11. Bunn, Ccdartown, Ga ; A. J. King, Cave Spring, Ga.; Hon. W M. Hutcliins. Polk county, Ga. Ali.iliA.HA DEPARTMENT, MONTGOMERY, ALA. Capital Stock 9100,00* Hon. N. N. Clements, President and General Manager, Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Hon. David Cloptoa. Vice President, Montgomery, Ala.; W. L. Chambers,Secretary; Stone <s Clopton, Attorney** MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, MERIDIAN MISS# Capital Stock Col. James W. Beck, President, John 11. Gray. Vice-President, L. A. Duncan, Secretary. SECURITY, ECONOMY AND LIBERALITY, Are the Leading principles of this Company. AI.L approved forms of Life and Endowment Polities issued in turns of *l3O up to|10,0(t. AJs* Term Policies of one, three, or .-even years. All Life policies non-forfeiting after two annual payments, when the insured will be to paid up Policy or t ish Surrencer thereof. Dividends may be used to protect policies against lapsing incase of failure lo pay pre miums. This with the non-forfeiting and Cash Surrender features, are sufficient to make th-i Company popular among thinking men. |W“GOOD AGENTS WANTED, dec 2-tf W. G. ENGLAND,of Mobile, Ala., General Superintendent ef AgeoMes, W. K. MUSE, Agent, CartetsviSle,Georgia* VOLUME XVII—NUMBER 15.