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All Dills for advertising in this paper are due a tany time alter the lirst insertion of the same, and will be collected at the pleasure of the nroj rietor, unless otherwise arranged by con tract. xmsb&nzsiiruj.-Tsz’.-Ji rwinun——■ Travelers’ Guide. <*r—n —~ . CHEROKEE RAILROAD. FROM and alter this date the following ehedulc will be run on the Cherokee ltail -I.rave Roc smart at 7:00 A. M. •• Taylorsville, 8:00 “ Stilt sboro, 8:25 “ Arrive at t artcrsviUe, 9:10 “ st'd *>boro, 3:50 “ Taylorsville 4:30 “ A rrive at liockmart 5:15 ** WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD and its connections. The following Schedule takes effect Novem ber 28, 1875. NORTHWARD. No. 1. ,ve Atlanta A 20 pm > vrivo < .irters • ille 636 pm Kingston 6 42 p m v vc i bilton 704 p m *. ;,. . Cii atanoi ga 10 15 i) m N >). 3. ■ v c vtlauta 6 20 am ~ ,: i• r tin. ;m svillo 8 42 am Arrive Kingston 9 D a nl Arrive Dalton t 0 .A a m Arrive. Chattanooga 42 P m >.O, 11. Leave Atlanta 5 55 p m Arrive Cartersville 6 60 pm Arrive Kingston 9 24 p m Arrive Dalton 45 p m SOUTHWARD' No. 2. Alive Chattanooga -4 U[) p m Leave Dalton ® ®' P ,n Arrive Kingston... 7 <sl pin 2\rriveCrterivme •••“ u *- P 111 Arrive Atlanta 10 P ni No. 4. Leave ChaUanocga ‘•...5 15 am Arrive Dalton • *4 a m Arrive Kingston ® ft 111 Arrive Cattersville 45 a m Arrive ” . , .■ . Dalton 1 a hi \ \i- Kin - '■'ii'." -....4 21 ant ' ir :\ v' ic" 5 18 a m ; ' At1.tr.M.....’ 942 am • l'i.l.a, ars run ■ No?. 1 and 2, be n, ou sew Orleans and Baltimore. ,i , run on Nos. 1 and 4 be t ~ ■ a vd.iii , ,nd Nashville. rs run ii No m3 nd 2bc tween Lou is ville and Atlant . change of cars ben* on New Orleans Mobile. Montgomery, Atlanta >nd Baltimore and only one change to New Y> k. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 10 p. m , ar i ive in New York the second thet after at 4 00 p. hi. . _ Excursion Tickets to the Airgln-a Springs an ' various Summer Resorts will oe on sale in New Orleans, Mobile. Montgomery, Colum bus. Macon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta, at greatly reduced rates Ist 6t J une. Parties desiring a whole car through to the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore should ad dress the undersigned. Parties contemplating traveling should send for a cmyof the Kennesavo Route Gazelle, con taining schedules, etc. J2T Ask for tickets via “Kennesaw Route.” B. \V. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, miw22-dtt Atlanta. Ga. ROM E RAILROAD COMPANY. On ami after Sunday, Dec. 12th trains on the Home Railroad will run as follows: DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY. 7. vtve Rome at 'Jam Arrive at Rome ~11.30 am SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMODATION. Leav;> Rome at 5.43 p m Arrive :it Home at 9 P 111 ATLANTA & WEST POINT KAILKOAD. PASSENGER TRAIN—OUTWARD. i-TAT ION*. ARRIVE. LEAVE- I Attai: 10:25p.m. i; : .. Point 10:44 p. m. 10:44 p. in., , 10159 i). m. 11:14 p.m. : ii:2! p. in. 11:22 p.m. Palim tw> 11:87 p.m. 11 ;.18 p. m. , i;.p. in, il:s'.)p. in. >., A . 52:11 p. in. 13:13 a. m. ]'iii l.e 1 v 12 a m 12:35 am ! . nlv _ !2:50 ain 12:51 ain 11 - ii'Vitie 1.- aiu 1:09 am .' „ i.p, 1 :ii a in 1:85 ain ‘l'- tane 2.21 a in 2:21 am 4Vest Point:.:: 2:40 a m P ASSENG EH TE AIN—IN' WARD. STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE. West Point *?-®? P ni Hong Cane 13:30 pm 13:30 pm La Grange 1:02 pm 1:03 pm I 4Vliitiieid’s 1:21 pm 1:21 pm I 11-j-aiEville I:2t p m 1 ; 12 pm ! t : mtville 1:57 p m 1:38 p in ; V : Aett’s 2:13 p m 2:18 p m | New nan 2:2 9 P m 2:30 pm Dowell's 2:44 p m 2:45 p m | Palmetto.. 3:2!)p ro 3:01 p m Fairimrn 3:32 pm ~ ™ Red Oak 3:28 ;> m 3:42 p m Hast Point 8:67 p m o:o< pm Atlanta 4:15 ip m SELMA, UOJI & DALTON. MAIL TRAIN DAILY--NO Til. Leave Rome P m Arrive at Dalton p m , Making ciose connections at Dalton with the Eu-t Temw'SKue, Virginia and Georgia Uail ri- .and, and Western and Atlantic Railroad for ■ill Eastern and Western cities. MAIL TRAIN DAILY—SOUTH. Leave Da1t0n..... P m Arrire at Rome ?.i0 p m Arrive at ••s;*’ a m Arrive at Selma a m . Making close connection at Ca’era lor Mont | gonicrv and points South, and at Selma wit- . Alabama Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or leans. Meridian, Vicksburg, Jackson, all l-oints South iu Texas. Louisiana and Missis sippi. M. STANTON, Gen. Sup't. Hay Knight, Gen. Ticket and Pass’gr Agt. | GEORGIA KAILKOAD. Day Passenger Trains eu Georgia Railroad, i Atlanta to Augusta, run as below: Leaves Augusta at —B:4sam . .. ‘ ... , .. f 7:00 am - I ..ve. at Atl ao i a . 5 tls p m Ni. itt .-eager trains ns follows: i 8:15 pm i Tvev ’'m “ t 10:50pm j. ; v . - \ i a.... 6 :oo am Accomodation train as follows : Leares Atlanta 6:00 P in Leaves Covington 6:50 a m Arrives at Atlanta 3J6 a m Arrives at Covington p m TIIE COOSA lilVElt STEAMERS. Steamers on the Cocsa River will run as per schedule as follows; Leave Rome every Monday at.,.., P® Leave Rome, every Thursday . a m Arrive at, Gadsden Tuesday and Friday.. 9 a m Ariivh at * INDEPENDENT_CANDIDATES. I Something for the People to Consider, j Let schemers and disorganizes be I watched narrowly and closely i watched. There were a number of j Erominent gentlemen who will go efore the Convention with more or less support. Of course but one man can or will be nominated by the Convention. Heisourman. Let the press and people speak out in bold and unmistakable terms on the question of a possible independent candidate. Let such an one and his fellow-conspirators against the party in Georgia be given to under stand that the people will repudiate and condemn such a course. We be lieve that this end of the State will fully acquisece in the decision of the Convention, and that they will not countenance any “mad cap” who may see proper to kick out of the traces and unfurl the banner of an “independent” candidate. — Thornas viUe Times, April 18 th. Rome, Ga., April 20, 1876. Editors Chronicle and Sentinel : What do you think of an article like the foregoing? He talks about “schemers to get up independent candidates for Governor.” It don’t look like it would requite much “scheming” to run an “independent candidate.” That can be done with out much intrigue, I assure you. It is supposed that there is some “scheming” going on to get up a nominated candidate. The writer of this article is able to show that some “legitimate transactions,” in the way of paying “for matters of personal interest,” have been offered if not accepted ; has right smart reas on to believe that “country papers,” as well as “city papers,” as also “cer tain prominent lawyers,” have been Spoken to, if not “retained,” in cer tian “contingencies.” The Seventh District “schemed” an “independent candidate” into Congress at the last election, while every newspaper save one, and all the politicians in the district, were engaged in endeavor ing to carry out one of the fairest , and most unselfish and thoroughly honest nominations ever made in any country. It had Gen. Gordon and Col. Hardeman and the immor tal “Capt. Squeezelfanter” sent up to enlighten it and set the “scheme” aside. But it was no go. The peo ple had been “closely watched, and spoke out in unmistakable terms of a possible independent candinate.” Now, this is all bosh. We have had enough cif the like of this. “Watch ing” won’t do any good to keep down independents. The people of this State, as a rule, are in the last stages of ruin and bankruptcy. This has been brought about by these corrupt i intriguing conventions. One has just been holden in this city for the county of Floyd, to send delegates on the 26th. There were just sev en men in it. As it passed out of the city hail, and down the street, a facetious friend remarked: “There : goes the Democratic party of Floyd.” ! There must be improvement in leg i islation and office-holding in this j State, or we become inevitably a na : tion of landholders and capitalists 1 on the one hand, and wretched, rnis * erable paupers on the other. That equal distinction of wealth among : the producing classes, which is the glory of all great nations in all ages and which was pre-eminently ours before the war, will be destroyed for ever. Mr Jefferson said that it was the least possible reason why a man should have office, that he wanted it. Look at the disgraceful scramble for it now going on. Watch not the independents, but the miserable de pendents and hangers on upon the coming convention for a nomination, | because the respective aspirants want it. Look how your truly great and virtuous citizen lion. Herschel V. Johnson, has been utterly tnrown ; aside by the “schemers” besause he , didn’t say he wanted it. Oh tempore l Oh mores l has it come to this! Are the men who “want office,” want it shamefully and rampantly, the only ones that are to have it ? Have the great masses nothing to say ? Are they to be stopped from saying anything when the friends of the gentlemen who “want it” have de termined which “wants it” most, or whose life it was necessary to saye by giving him a nomination ? Are there no living millions who make bread by the sweat of their faces who are interested in their rulers, and the principles which are to govern them? From the Federal Govern ment Georgia can expect n thing but a thousand dollars doled out to a few public cormorants to clean out rivers and creeks navigable for “tadpoles and bull frogs up to the sweet gum falls.” This will be given to jus tify the plunder of the public treas ury of millions ou larger sherries in more favored regions. All who don’t approve, will be set down as fools because they don’t want to take their share of the plunder. She may expect, too, to pay her share of the public debt. These are her hopes, if we recover at all, Georgia will save herself by disconnecting herself as much as possible from national pol itics, and having wise and judicious government at home. Now there are three great leading questions which our politicians are divided upon somewhat, and which lie at the foundation of good govern ment. Upon these the people desire to he heard, and they will be heard ir respective of who “wants to be Gov ernor,” Artful devices have been re sorted to, to prevent a voice from the masses. They wilt prevail no longer. First the people will have, they ought to have had years since, a convention; first, and mainly, to prevent liability by the State for persons and corpora tions, under any pretext whatever. — To prevent an enlargement of the public debt for any reason, except in time of war. To prevent city and county government from issuing bonds. To,make lobbying for hire a felony. There are a great many minor amendments, upon which there will be difference of opinion. There will be none, or very few’, upon these great cardinal amendments.— How artfully has this been prevented by certain leading papers and politi | cians, who had legitimate business transactions” of one sort and another. They propose to stop the voice of the people by | lining down “indepen dents,” “They" are to be “watched.” Nous verrons. Secondly. The abo lition of our usury laws, so as to di i vert money from ils legitimate uses, to shaving the producing classes, has been a grit f to the people; it must in evitably ruin them. They have j sought in vain to be heard upon it. It is true the last Legislature put a limit (such a limit, 12 per cent, per annum) but without any adequate peualtv for charging a higher rate. ! Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, in his speech 1 on the currency in the House, showed that producing classes in prosperous times did not exceed 3 to 4 per cent. Fie asked, significantly* how they jotrniu ysy itr i?jr is $10,000,000 lying idle in am- 1 bush to-day, watching for victims at from 10 to 100 per cent. What a power for good if compelled to go into productive industry! Or if i loaning was preferred, was compelled to loan so as to encourage, not de stroy the hopes of labor. But I did not intend to argue this question, just to state it; and to-day the voice of the bunkers and money grinders about thetowns, through a somewhat: venal press, has been mistaken for that of the people. When the sover eigns do get a chance at this question j (aiid they will have it) you will hear it thunder. Thirdly and lastly. The producing classes must have their working tools; they must have something of real and personal prop erty wherewith to produce. The homestead must be preserved. As Gen. Jackson once said of the Union, “By the eternal it must, and shall be preserved.” The working men of this State must have a place to lay their heads when they are weary. Their wives and children must know in the future, as they have in the past, what “home” means—“home, j sweet home.” Capital must be pro tected in all its legitimate acquisitions but the strong arm of the law is i required to restrain it from injury. That there is a great stuggle going | on in New York between capital and labor is manifest to the observing. That labor is terribly oppressed, and capital abundant and oppressive in the hands of the few is likewise too manifest for denial. It seems to me that Herschel V. Johnson, or that great Commoner, Robert Toombs, would be represen ! tative men on these questions of life ior death to the people of Georgia. I should like to see either of these men, | who don’t “want office,” with an in | dependent flag in his hands, before j the rank and tile of my native State, I with every newpaper (if need be), and | every little wire-working, intriguing | politician and traveling orator in the ! opposition. I should like to see these lions of the tribe of Judah with the common people, who would hear gladly in truth’s great cause, like their God-like Master, drive these “money changers” from the temple of liberty, which is the temple of God. Sleepy Hollow. • Stewart’s Will. New York, April 14. —The will of the late A. T. Stewart was filed in the Surrogate’s office this afternoon. In it, he bequeaths all his property and real estate to his wife, Cornelia M. Stewart, and her heirs forever, and appoints Henry Hilton to act in behalf of the estate and in managing his affairs. Asa mark of regard Mr. Stewart bequeaths to Mr. Hilton the sum of one million dollars. Heap points Siis wife, Judge Hilton and Wm. Libby his executors. The sub scribing witnesses to the will are Wm. I*. Smith, W. H. White aud E. E. Marcy, M. D. The will bears the date of March 27, 1873. He di rects his executors to pay out, as leg acies. $20,000 to George B. Butler, and SIO,OOO to John M. Hopkins. Gifts to the amount af one hundred thous and dollars are distributed in sums ranging from $5,000 to $20,000, to those who have long and faithfully served him in his business affairs. He gives $15,500 to the faithful ser vants of his household. To Sarah and Rebecca Morrow, friends of his early youth, and at whose father’s house he says he enjoyed in youth a hospitality and welcome which he can never forgot or pay, he bestows an annuity of $12,000 in quarterly in stallments during their lives, and also a house and furniture. To the rela tives of his wife, ix in number, lie bequeaths SIO,OOO, and to Ellen B. Hilton, the wife of his friend Henry Hilton, the sum of $5,000. One of Judge Hiiton’simportant duties is to bring Mr. Stewart’s partnership af fairs to a termination, and as far as possible without loss to those con nected with him in business. Tweed’s Hiding Place, Superintendent Walling says that he believes that Tweed is living some where in Canada; that trustworthy information has been received that points conclusively to Canada as his present hiding place. Nevertheless, the Superintendent admits Tweed may still be£ concealed in this citv. He could remain here very easily, and none of the persons in pursuit of him could learn the least thing about his hiding place. There were men connected with Tweed who would serve him to the death and never di vulge his hiding place or say or do anything to attract the attention or suspicion of the authorities. If lie were to be taken sick, he could find pi nty of physicians who would be willing to attend him and ask no questions. Where Tweed is, the Su perintendent concludes, can only be conjectured at best, but it is truly re markable that nothing positive or definite has been heard of him since his escape from custody.— New York [ Tribune, Hon. H. Y. Jolmson c for Governor. The retirement of Gov. Smith from the race leave the course clear for Gov. Johnsoh, and makes his chances for the nomination much stronger, j We believe a large majority of the j people are in favor of his nomina-j tion, but if they want him they must j call him out, for he will not canvass or scramble for the nomination. We publish a communication, copied j from the C hroniclr & Sentinel , which ; not only speaks the voice of old Put-, nam, but of Baldwin, Hancock, j Washington and many other coun-1 ties throughout the State. Many of; the Cherokee counties have already ; spooken out for him, and it it was known that he would accept a nomi nation, there would be very little i : opposition to him. Speak out gen ; tlemen, and let your voice be heard ! for a man that even the Atlanta ring : cannot corrupt.— Milfedgeville Union | and Recorder. The Eaton ton Messenger is out for ! Johnson. It says : As there seems to | be an undercurrent from every por | tion of the State favoring the nomi -1 nation of ex-Gov. Johnson, we would almost wager that he will be the next nominee for Governor. We have vet to see the man who is not willing to place this true, tried and faithful patriot at the head of the State gov ernment. The least intimation- trora j him of his willingness to serve the I people as their chief executive will j secure his nomination, and his elec ; tion would not only be certain, but ! gloriously triumphant. Indeed, we doubt if the Republican party would : even bring out a candidate against i him. Ex-Gov. Johnson is a great ! and good man whom Georgians de j light to honor.” The Democratic journals are very sweet toward Senator Conkling. They would be so glad to have the republicans nominate him for the I prebidency, ■ m : -2 CAItTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27,1876. SIDNEY LANIER’S CANTATA The Contribution of a Georgia Poet to the Centennial. From the New Yoik Tribune.] The announcement of the Centen nial Commission that the hymn for the opening ceremonies of the Exhi bition on May 10th. has been furnish ed by John G. Whittier, and the text of Mr. Eudley Buck’s cantata by Sid ney Lanier, of Georgit, luts been re ceived by the press and the people of the United States with entire satis faction. No voice more earnest than that of the Psalmist of Amesbury could be found to breathe the solemn invocation; and Mr. Lanier, also, if less widely known as a poet, possess es the qualities which fit him for the more difficult task. He is a native of Georgia, who, after fighting in the Southern ranks as a youth, studied law at Macon, but has at last found his true field of activity, and devotes hiniseif wholly to music and litera ture. His two remarkable poems, entitled “Corn” and ‘‘The Sympho ny,” published in Lippincotfs Maga zine,, brought nim suddenly into pr. uninence. They are characterized by a freshness and affluence of thought, a tropical luxuriance of fan cy, and a singular grace and variety of rythmical effect, which justify the anticipations of his friends in regard to future achievement. Moreover, he has had the additional advantage, exceptionally rare among poets, or pronounced musical talent. For three winters past, he has been a per former in the Peabody Orchestra, at Baltimore, under Mr. Asger Ham eri k. The cantata is a form of musical composition which was primarily ap plied to subjects of a meditative, di dactic or devotional character. It has thus come to be one of the ac cepted forms of musical express**) for anniversaries, historical commem orations, and other occasions of a large aud stately character. The text bears the same relations to the music as that of an oratorio, and must be written with direct reference to the changes, contrasts and combi nations of voices and instruments. It presents a most ungrateful task to the poet who is not able to call up an attendant musical inspiration, and persuade his conceptions to acknowl edge the double sway. Mr. Lanier’s verses, therefore, must be read with constant reference to the inevitable restrictions of his task. Limited to sixty lines, in which not only the so los and choruses, but also the violins and bassoons must have their share; compelled to tell his story, not in po etic recital, but through the medium of reflection and contrasted emotions; governed, finally in the very sounds of his words by that of the notes to which they are set, his work is amen able to a separate law, and may fair ly assert its right to a separate judg ment. The verses represent, as largely as the space allows, the past and present of the country; the powers which op posed themselves to a settlement, growth and inuependence and the blended elements which gave success, closing with rejoicing, an angelic voice of promise, and a welcome to the world. It is both simple and original in character. Contrasted with the cantata written by Tenny son for the opening of the Interna tional Exhibition in London, its greater freedom and freshness are very evident, while in earnestness and absence of self-congratulation it will doubtless harmonize with the spirit of Whittier’s hymn. Mr. Dud ley Buck’s music has already been noticed in the Tribune, and there seems to be no propriety in giving the complete text of Mr. Lanier’s share in the work, especially as the printed copies are now in the hands of eight hundred singers. Mr. La nier entitles his cantata THE CENTENNIAL MEDITATION OK COLUMBIA. I. From this hundred-terraced bight Sight more large with nobler light Ranges down >o.i towering years ; Humbler smiles a id lordlier tears Shine and fall, shine and lull, While old voices rise and call Y’onder where the to and fro Weltering of my Long-Ago Moves about the moveless base Far below my resting place. ii. Mayflower, Mayflower, slowly hither flying, Trembling Westward o’er yon balking sea, Hearts within Farewell, dear England sighing Winds without But dear in vain replying, Gray-lipped \v *ves about thee shouted, crying, No ! It shall no the 1 111. Jamestown, out of thee— Plymouth, thee—thee, Albany-- Winter cries, Ye freeze : away ! Fever cries, Ye burn ! away 7 Hunger cries, Ye starve : away ! Vengeance cries, Your graves shall stay ! IV. Then old Shapes and Masks of Things, Framed like Faiths or clothed like Kings— Ghosts of Goods once fleshed and fair, Grown foul Beds in alien air— . War aud his most noisv lords, Tongued with lithe and poisoned swords— Error, Terror, Rage, and Crime, All in a windy night of time, Cried to me Irom land and sea, No l Thou shalt not be t v. Hark ! Hugenots whispering yea in the dark, P .mans asnwering yea in the dark ! Yea, like an arrow shot true to his mark, Darts through the tyrranous heart of Denial. Patience and Labor and solemn, souled Trial, Foiled, still beginning, Soiled, but not sinning. Toil through the stertorious death of the Night, Toil, when wild brother-wars new-dark the Light, Toil, and forgive, and kiss o’er, and replight. IV. Now praise to God’s oft-granted grace, Nov praise to Man’s undaunted face, Despite the land, despite tee sea, I was : I am : aud I shall be llow long, Good Angel, O, hour long ? Sing me from Heaven a man’s own song I VI. ‘ Long as thine Art shall love true love, Long as thy Science truth shall know, Long as thine Eagle harms no Dove, Long as thy Law by law shall grow. Long as thy God is God above, Thv brother every man below, So long dear Land of all my love, Thy name shall shine, thy lame shall glow!” VIII. O Music, from this highl of time my Word un fold ; In thv large signals from all men’s hearts Man’s Heart behold ; Mid-heaven unroll thy cords as friendly flags uuftirled. And wave the world’s best lorn’s welcome to the world. Sidney Lanier. A brother editor, attending the marriage of Clarance Stephens, Esq,, jto Miss Minnie Hamilton,at “Ham ! ilton Manor,” in McDuffie county, : comments somewhat as follows: By | this marriage were united the repre- I sentativea of two of the first families |of Georgia. The bride is lineally descended from Gen Thomas Hamil ton who was for a while a wealthy i and successful planter of Columbia ' county, and afterwards m influen tial citizen of Athens. His descend ants along with his brother, James Hamilton, likewise a prominent citizen of Athens, have ever stood in the first rank in the community of their residence. The very name of Hamilton is a synonym of respect ability and worth. Mi. Clarence Stephens is a nephew of Hon. A. H. Stephens, and a son of Col. John L. Stephens, deceased, a prominent 1 awyer, before the war, M LaGrange Georgia*— AUietU (jr&iryim. ‘‘Old Hicory” on Congressional In vestigations. The letter of President Jackson to Henry 8. Foote, formerly chairman of the committee to investigate the general charges against the Executive Department has just beeu received at Washington. The following sen tences will indicate its character: “The heads of departments may answer such requests as they please provided they do not withhold their own time, from the public buisness to the injury thereof. To that busi ness I shall direct them to devote themselves in preference to any ille gal and unconstitutional calls for information, no matter from what source it may come, and, however anxious they may be to meet it. For myself I shall repel all such justice as well as the Constitution, and I 'shall esteem it my sacred duty to the United States to resist them as I would the establishment of a Span islifinquisition. “If after toe severe accusations con tained in the various speeches of yourself and you associates, your are unwilling of "your own accord to bring specific charges, then I request your committee to call your asso ciates, and every other member of riff Congress who made a general (' large of corruption, to testify before God and the country, whether you er they know of any specific cor ruption or abuse of trust in the Ex ecutive Department, and if so what it is. If you are able to point to any case where there is the slightest reason to suspect coiruption or the abuse of trusts, no obstacle which I can remove, shall be interposed to prevent the fullest scrutiny by be ail legal means. The offices of ail departments will open to you and 4rery facility furnished for this pur pose, and I shall, on the one hand, cs(wse every possible facility consist ent with law and justice to be given f. .the investigations of specific, tan >le charges and on the other, shall all attempts to invade the just rights of the executive departments, and of the individuals composing the same. If, after all your clamor, you will make no specific charges, or bring no proof of such, as may, you and your associates must be regarded by the good people of the United States as the authors of unfounded calumnies, and the public servants you have assaulted will in theesiiui tion of honorable men, stand fully acquitted.” The Macon Christian Advocate says: Weiearn with very sincere satisfac tion that Dr. A. G. Haywood, the recent Sunday School secretary of our church and now the popular President of Emory College, has pre pared a volume—now in press, and to be issued in a few weeks —that treats of the spiritual culture of chil dren, rtnd the relation of parents, preachers and Sunday-school teach ers to this work. The introduction is written by the venerable Dr Lov ick Pierce. The book will be 12m0., of about four hundred pages, gotten up in the best style, and bearing the title, Our Children: I—The Family. ll—The Sunday school. We await with interest the appearance of this important contribution to the litera ture of t he church. 1 .. .■ Michigan piumes herself with un becoming pride because she is going to send to tiie centennial a horse now fifty-two years old, that was cap tured from a British officer at the battle of Luudy’s lane. We haven’t time to-day, but we’ll look around to-morrow and find a Burlington man that owns a cow whose horns Had wrinkled off into centuries when this Michigan horse was a suckling colt. The Dayion (O.) Journal likens Judge David Davis as a Presidential cauduiate to some Ctnhese idol lad away in a jost house, saying: “To get him out of that aud into the sun light where the people can see him is now the conundrum oil Hand. There is no loud call for his appearance, and the explosions of fire-crackers in las honor don’t amount to serious worship of the Democratic divinity.” Reports from two iiuudred points in the great gram growing States in dicate mat tiie prospects ior a large j crop of wheat are unusually good, in central Indiana and central Illi nois a great deal of the crop was win ter-killed, but elsewhere in the lw;.lo west tne outiooK is good. The acre age ol spring wheat, oats and corn will probably be greater than ever before. The $75 exemption of household furniture, plantation and mechanical tools of last yea*-, was repealed by the last Legislature, aud tnere is no property exempt from taxation in Georgia now but churches, schools and public buildings. Ail cotton, corn, annual crops, and provisions held for saie on the first day of April are also taxauie. The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch is very sure that Gen. Babcock’s con nection with the execution of Mrs. riurratt renders it certain that ne could not be elected to auy office oi honor or profit by the people of tbe United (States. Tne same condemna tion it passes upon Gen. Hartrauft, of .Pennsylvania. The Niagara Falls have crum* bled away over fifteen feet during the last two years. It seems as ii tne Niagara hackmen should make a corresponding reduction, out they dou’t. You are obliged to pay the same money for less lails. Now is the time of year to take up carpets, aud right here in connec tion witii this subject, we notice that ninety-nine women out of a hundred manage to be in tne midst of the work and have the most dust raised just as a man comes in to dinner. The king of Burmah is to have a journal. He will be the proprietor himself, and in his prospectus be says that all his subjects who do not subscribe will be instantly killed. His inducements are even more pow erful tliau a gift chrowo. Boutwell says that if the Demo crats elect a president next fall, there will be another civil war. The man ought to be prosecuted who sells Boutwell any gun powder. No surer sign is wanting that the South means to rule this country with an uuspariug hand than that the majority in congress no longer whittle pine, but eat peanuts. “More precious than rubies” was the carbuncle of the Sultan of Tur key. He lately gave the surgeon who cured it $4,000 in gold and made turn a general tAftddep. Special Notices. Directory of County, Officers. Ordinary—.l. A. Howard. Clerk opScferiorCourt—Thomas A. Word. Sheriff—A. M. Franklin. G. L. Franks, Deputy. Tax Kecriver—A. M. Foute. Tax Collrctor—W. F. Corbin. County Commissioners— Russel 11. Cannon, Chairman. David V. Stokely, John C. Ayeock, R. H. Dodd, John H. Wikle, Clerk. Coroner—l). B. Mull. Surveyor—H. J. McCormick, G. W. Hill, Deputy. COLONISTS, EMIGRANTS AMD TRAVELERS WESTWARD. POR mar circulars, condensed time tables and general information in regard to dr nspottation facilities to all points in Ten messee, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Colo rado, Kansas, Texas, lowa, New Mexico. Utah and California, apply to or address Al bert B. Wrexn, General Railroad Agent, Atlanta, Ga. No one should go West without first getting in communication with the General Railroad Agent,and become informed as to the superior advantages, cheap and quick transportation ol families, household goods, stock and farming implement generally) All information cheer fully given. W. L. DANLET„G. I*. &T. A. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The “names of all persons wo 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 hooks, 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 determined 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. CAR'DRSVILLE CITY GOVERNMENT. MATOK—F. M. Ford. Aldermen-A. R. Hudgins, G. W. Satter field, C. B. Conyers, A. L. Barron, J. A. Stover, S. F. Milam, Peter Marsh, 11. S. Best. Clf.rk—J. B. Conyers, acting. Treasurer—A. T.. Barron. Marshal—M. P. Maxwell. Attorney—J. B. Conyers. Sexton—H. S. Revell. COMMITTEES. Finance—A. R. Hudgins, C. B. Conyers, S. F. Milam.. . Street— H. S. Best, J. A. Stover, G. W, Satter fleld. A. L. Barron. Cemetery— Peter Marsh, S. |F. Milam. C. B. Conyers. LAWS RELATING TO NEWSPAPER SUB SCRIPTIONS AND ARREARAGES. 1 Subscribers who do not give express no tice to the contrary, are considered wishing te continue their subscription. 3. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their periodicals, the publishers may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible until they have settled their hills aud ordered them discontinued. 4. If subscribers move to other places with out notifying publishers, and the papers are senttothe former direction, they are held re sponsible. 5. The Courts have decided that “refusing to take periodicals from the office or removing and leaving them uncalled for, isprima facie evidence f intentional fraud.” 6. Any person who receives a newspaper and makes use ol it, whether he has ordered it or not, is held in law to be a subscriber. 7. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound to give notice to the publisher, at the end of their time, if they do not wish to con tinue taking it; otherwise the publisher is authorized to send it on, and the subscriber will be responsible until an express no tice, with payment of all arrearages, is sent to the publisher. IF YOU Want b arders, Want a situation, Want a salesman, Wapt a si rvant girl. Want to rent a store, Want to sell a piano, Want to sell a horse, Want to buy a liouso, Want to buy a horse, Want to rent a house, Want to sell a carriage, Want a boarding place, W*Dt to borrow money, Want to sell dry goods, 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 blacksraithing. Want to sell millinery goods, Want to sell a house and lot, Want to advertise to advantage, Wan’ttoflnd anyone’s address, Want to sell a piece of furniture, Want to buy a second-hand carriage, Want to find anything you have l*>st, Want to sell agricultural implements, Want to And an owner for lost property. Advertise in TUB CARTERSYILLE EXPRESS. Professional Cards. Janie* W. Harris, Sr. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, One door East of Express Office, Main Street. CARTERSVILLE, GA. mar3o LAW & SEAL ESTATE. W. T. WOFFORD, ANY" business left with Capt. Samford and Mr. Waters, who are in my office, will re cieve my attention. I will be at my office usu ally between the hours of 10 and ll each morn - ing. ]teblß] W.T. WOFFORD. A. M. FOUTE, ATTORNEY AT LAW CARTERSVILLE, GA. ( With Col. Warren Akin,) Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb, Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad joining counties. dec2-ly. R. W. 9KIRPHEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW CART R LLE. GA. OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick building corner of Main and Irwin streets. dec2-tt. J. W. HARRIS, Jr., ATTORNEY AT LAW. Cartersville, Ga. OFFICE next door to Thu Express printing establishment. JOHN W. WOFFORD. THOMAS W. MILNER WOFFORD A MILYEB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA., OFFICE up stairs, - Bank Block. “jahesTb. eoyyers, ATTORNEY A LAW, Cartersville, Ga. WILL practice in 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. dec23-ly. G. H. BATE*, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Offioe in the Court ii cruse. WfcS-V* Hardware and Farming Implements* BAKER & HALL CALL the attention of their customers to a general and complete stock of HARDWARE a*4 FARMING IMPLEMENTS ,such as PLOWS, HOES, (COTTON PLANTERS, ETC. ■ We also hare a complete stock of FIELD SEEDS such as Clover, Red Top, Orchard ami BW* Grass, German Millett, etc. as cheap as they can he sold in this or any other market. We als* have a complete stock of READY MADE PLOWS both Iron and Steel. We sell Nails .. - PAS to4.fi* Bar 1r0n... B*4 toScente Steel Slabs •• 3* to IS ctt Iron Slabs 51* to 7 cents Cast Steel SO to * cent*. Sweed Iron Bto Scent* For the cash we can sell as cheap as the samequalitv of goods can be sold anywhere. leblS-tf BAK.KK ST OVES & TINWARE. To tlie Citizens of* Cartersville and Stti-- roiinding Country: - 49*£gjj~*gjS> HAVING BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN M^ARRANai. ments to le-We Cartersville, I have concluded to remain —and cast my lot among her people. In opening busines here again I have concluded to do a STRICTLY CASH aap{7 M business, thereby enabiiug me to offer goods at EXTREME ■-S' " W Those wishiug to purchase STOVES, TINWARE A HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, For CASH, RAGS, BEESWAX, FEATHERS, OLD BRASS AND COPPER, CORN ANJ FODDER, or auything that will sell, can get the very bottom prices. But please do No* ask FoK credit. I cannot afford to give it, even to the very best men in the conutry, aa my goods are marked at CASH, PRICES Thanking my friends for their past patronage, and earnestly soliciting a continuance *f the same, I can always be found at my old stand in the old Exchange Hotel Building, on the PUBLIC SQUARE. (janl-ly) J. S. ADAMS. J. D. HEAD. DR. T. H. BAKER. W. G. DOBSON. J. D. HJEAJD & CO., DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Dross Goods, Clothing, HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES, &c., &c. No, 71 Peachtree Street - Atlanta, G-a. OUR BARTOW, PAULDING AND CHEROKEE COUNTY FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO call and see us when in the city, promising ilicm the same courteous treatment and fair, honest dealing they have had in our house wh.ic at Cartersville Our stock will be found full and complete m all its departments, and prices as low as can be found in this market. N. 8.-We respectfully ask consignments of cotton from our friends who wish to sell in thie market, promising them the fullest market prices—and no unnecessary expenses attached to the sale of same. J. I>. HEAD ft CO. Atlanta, Ga.. January 6.1876. ETOWAH FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. YV allace Hackett, MANUFACTURERS OF Hollow Ware, Steam Engines, Grates, Mantels, Mill Machinery, k - ~ - ■ - M Highest Market Price tor Old iron, Copper and Brass- William L. Bradley’s Standard Fertilizers. PRINTUP BROT& POLLARD. FORMERLY POLIiARD cfc CO., Cotton Factors, General Agents, Augusta, Georgia. B. 30. “Sea Fowl Guano. Sea Fawl Gnano, in Bags 200 lbs. each. C. C. Coe's Superphosphate oi* Lime, in bags 200 lbs. The above standard Fertilizers having been in use for the past seven years in the Sonth, with unequalled success, are again offered at prices that cannot fail to give satisfaction, while the standard is guaranteed to be equal, if not Mipcrio*- to anv ever sol 1. For prices and terms apply to T. W. BAXTER, Agent, Cartersville, Ga. IcbS-Sm. THE GRANOER^I^H Llfl II DIILTH HIM Cl.. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Authorized Capital 4,5500,000 Of Which SIOO,OOO to be O nedin Each Department. Each Policy-Holder is entitled to a vote in the management of the Company PARENT OFFICE, MOBILE. AT.A. CAPITAL STOCK, ... - - 100,000. W. H. KETCHOI, President. |F. E. DAVIDSON, Vice President. | .W. FOBT, See’y GEORGIA DEPARTMENT, ROME, GA. Capital Stock Sloo,O’** Office No. 2 COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Major C. G. SAMUEL, President, ALFRED SHORTF.R, Vice-President, R. J. GWALTNET, Secretary, C. ROWELL, Attorney, Dr. G. W. HOLMES, Medical Examiner. Board of Directors : A. P. Allgood, 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.; Hoi- D. B. Hamilton, Rome, Ga,; Cain Glover, Rome, Ga.; T. McGuire, Rome, Ga.; F. Woodruflf- Rome, Ga.; M. H. Bunn, Cedartown, Ga.; A. J. King, I. ve Spring, Ga.; Hon. W M‘ Hutchins. Polk county, Ga. ALABAMA DEPARTMEXt7MONTGOMERY, ALA. Capital Stock ........SIO*,OM Hon. N. N. Clements, President and General Manager, Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Hon. David Ciopton. Vice President, Montgomery, Ala.; \V. L. Chambers,Secretary; Stone & Ciopton, Attorneys, MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, MERIDIAN MINS. Capital Stock .8100.000 Col. James W. Beck, President, John H. Grav, Vice-President, L. A. Duncan, Secretary. SECURITY, ECONOMY AND LIBERALITY, Are the Leading principles of this Company. ALL approved forms of Life and Endowment Polities issued in sums of 1100 np to SIO,OOO. Alj Term Policies of one, three, or seven years. All Life policies non-forfeiting after two annual payments, when tho insured will be entitled to paid up Policy or Cash Surrencer thereof. Dividends may be used to protect policies against lapsing incase of failure to pay pre miums. This with the non-forfeiting and Cash Surrender leatures, are sufficient to make title Company popular among thinking men. |feF*GOOD AGENTS WANTED, dec S-tf W. G. ENGLAND, of Mobile, Ala., General Superintendent of Agendo*. W. K, MUSE, Agent, CarternWlle, CWWg. VOLUME XVII-NUMBE* 17 uaranteed any Ever Said.