Newspaper Page Text
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS
B y c. H. C. WILLINGHAM.
T l, c Curtcrsville Express.
kateTof subscription.
|IV one $2 00 j
vj \ months 1 00 .
'”‘ l '' ' , three months ; 50
>ne i°t - / Advance.
.. _For (ln’>s of ten copies or mort
fortaeh copy.
pATKS OF A DVERT J SING.
? nre < ur C’-talilKlii <1 rates for
ii.-. .x?<t w ill Le strictly etlheicd to in
siita- c ' :
\ v - I" > r vvsj 2 in. 3 lii.ifi ui.jl2 m.
' "7irUii |2 50 44 50 *6 00 $9 0(l'$l2 00
:S1 ' ■ (joi 4 oO's <0 9 (H> 12 00, (7 UO 22 U)
* - ' ", -Ji! 5 Vv 6 % 12 00 18 00.21 00l 30 00
> */' T -- 7 •/-, 8 s"' 'l 50 18 75 25 oo| :>i 00
! 4 ' ; 2 **,l u 7-u,, i.- ( 17 00 21 50 29 0O 42 00
s " 10 25j12 001 19 5y *4 25.33 (Xij 48 Oil
1 ! ,11 75113 75: 22 0(1 <7 (► 37> 54 U>
71 7' ' -13 251 15 no! 24 50 29 75 41 00] 60 00
>' •> 1 ' ; 14 75 17 25! 27 00 32 50.45 0U tUi 00
■ J " •' If, Ui) 19 75; 29 25 35 00 IS 5(3 7! 00
r? m'l7 25129 25j 31 59 37 Gois2 00; 76 00
- I fIS 50*21 75 33 75 40 00:55 50 8 i 00
!- ■ ‘ ,7 lit 75*23 -5! •-() 00 32 50.59 00 SC On
' :: ’ , -1 o<i 24 75! 38 25 45 00 02 SO 91 00
M 12 7V; 251 40 50 47 00 06 00
1 3 aijJ. ** 27 75: 42 75 50 Do <>9 50 101 00
! H ;! -- 04 50 29 (JO* 11 75 * 25172 SO, lie 00
:: 11 • .; 5r 50 at) 25! 46 75 f4 50 75 50j109 00
l-.li :>a 50 3t 50 48 75 5 75 78 50 US 00
• • '*-'! - £ ;1; 32 751 50 75 * 00 81 51)!m 00
•• -- o s 5(, -i t)o' 52 75 ' Jfc M 50)121 00
■ : -3 y, .15 25 54 75 * &'•< 87 59425 00
, 51, 3 59 56 75 9O 50 129 00
i 75.31 25* S'! 38 50 75 MSO t 32 00
am in advertisements will
*’ " , ,mi at,' the department of the paper
i l> ‘‘. i iiw.v wUii tl ; em insei ted—whether in
in wi | i< ‘‘ ,' „** *. s ,eel il“ or “local” column;
t! -' ’Vei'iUh of time they wish them puh
■,- puce they want them to occupy.
‘ -i,-ink name* of candidate* lor office,
‘'V invariably in advance.
£,v<J tKM** 43 *
Lctral Advertising.
, , $2.50
■ 111 fl W f sale*, per inch 4.50
"‘, .1..1 ti is ol a.lninistrßt!° n ■ ••• 3-00
,it,ti..ns for letter- oi , “ rtUMW 3.00
, inlssloufrotl adinms-n. 64*1
J,; V ,y i. atlon f*rr dumlssiou ir ( KUard , 4 h p
ii “ leave to sell tod ”
sales Of land I ,C ,' ‘nron'ertV pt VilVcii :..”.* 150
of i>erUbHhle P°P erc .-'- I’ 3.50
... u, debtors and creditors ....
. litres of mort*aw. per h |.uo
;:;:.,v notices, thirty days “-fig
' advertisements mutt he paid for lit
, 4 ii legal aj'* t act accordinjflv;
®“XVhow to collect for
4 .idUatthcy * i , we will state
;];rS (“,Wo '.“ h -
When Bills arc Due.
a ,1 hill, lor advertising in this paper arc due
. v time alter the lirst insertion of the same,
: ' Vwil ">c collected at the pleasure of the
; ‘i ! ,nctor, unless otherwise arranged by con-
Professional Cards.
v 7r. WOKKOKD. 1 jJ. a. NEAL.
WOFFORD A ]K££L,
attorneys at law.
CAttTEItSVILUS, GA.
der7 3nl.
rT. MII.BEH. J. V. UAKRIB, JE
nBIA£K A lIARKIS,
attorneys at law,
CAKTERSVILLE, GA.,
Office on West Alain Street.
J. M. JIOOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CAUTERSVILLE, GA.
ofti.e: Up-stairs over Stokcly T & \\ illiams,
Wes'. Main Mreet. apr2o
James W. Harris, Nr.
ATTO RNEY-AT LAW,
i iloor East of Express Office, Mam Street
( ARI'EUSVILLE, GA.
HILU *)0. ■; : , ■■ -
A. M. FOiTE,
ATTO RN E Y AT LAW
CARTERSVILLE, GA
( With Col. Warren A kin,)
\Vill practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
r ilk. Klip,;. Cordon, Murray,Whitfield and ad
oiuing counties. dec2-ly.
It. W. 3UKPHIA,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
jFkIUE (up stairs) in the brick building
•ii i,cr of Main and Irwin streets. dec2-tl.
ii. SI. HATES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office up-stairs over* Postoffice,
.kv9 l y !
Dr. J. Dickson Smith,
PEJCfICING PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
Office ami Residence at the Ricks House
janl9 tf.
Business ( aids.
lOTICK.
rpnis i- to give notice that we are now pre
S paicd to do general plautai ion work, liors
sl'"ciug. \c. All orders laithlullvattended toe
Give ns trial. JONKS &‘GOWER,
'anl2-tl. Successors Gower, Jones & Cos.
Livery, Sale & Feed Stable
R. C. & J. E. JROBERTS,
Near the Court House.
CAKTFKSVIBI.K, GA.
Goo-I Buggies, Hacks. Carriages. Horses and
Careful ilrivers, and at reasonable prices. Iry
ti ami we will treat yon ligli). jnnefs-ly
SALE, LIVERY AND FEED STABLE.
M
THOMPSON & SCOTT
KEEP constantly on baud good vehicles
uni tine horses, and every conveyance to
a,, uioinodate the public.
East Mai 11 street, Cartersville, Georgia.
mayl-tf
A. I>. VAKDIVEBE,
SUKER AND CONFECTIONER.
RESPECTFULLY, informs bis old triends
that he is still at the old stand, ready and
willing to serve tne hungry.
Weddings it Parlies ServetTon Short Notice.
JOHNTO WEN,
At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store.
WILL sell Watches, Clocks and *7ew
-1 T dry. Spectacles. Silver and Sil
' 1 r-plated Goods, and will sell them as cheap
a-, they can be bought anywhere. Warranted
to prove as represented.
All work dome by me Warrants and to give sat
taction. Give me a call. jan 27-
COMFORT FOR THE FEET.
ALL who would have leet tree from CORNS
dres; the feet with with a view to health,
g" ! taste and comfort. Shoe? niade/.on iny
MODELED FROM INATUBE,
an essentially {different style, and latest im
provements. They press the foot evenly, giv
?ng ELASTICITY IN WALKING, and by the
ingenuity of their construction they appear
smaller than they really are,
gving an elegant 'appearance; even [to the
argest and c! umsiest feet.
WILL!AM J. MALONE,
Anatomical Boot and Shoemaker,
octs 49 Broad Street, ATLANTA, GA.
Travelers’ Guide.
THE COOSA RIVER STEAMERS.
Steamers on the Coosa River will run as i>r
schedule as follows:
Rome every Monday at 1 pm
Leave Rome every Thursday a ,r
Arrive al Gadsden Tilffdity and Kriilav..9 am
Arriveat Rome Wednesday and sntimfa\6 0 m
.T. M. F.f T.fOTT. Ge„’l Sup’*
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
FROM and after this date the following
Schedule will he" run on the Cherokee Rail-
Leaveßackmart at 7:00 A.M.
“ Tay'orsville,.. 6:00 “
_ “ Stiii sboro, 8:25 “
Arrive at ( artersville, *h:10 “
Leave Cartersville 3:00 I*. M
“ St ; l;slioro, 3:50
“ Tav or'-ville 1 :30 “
Arrive ji.t Roc km art 5:15 “
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and alter Sunday, April 29th, trains on
the itutne Railroad will ran as follows:
DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY.
Leave Rome at .....7.45 a m
Arriveat Rome 12.15 a tu
SATCRDAY EVENING ACCOJtO O ATION.
Leaves Rome at 4.45 p m
Arrive at Rome at S p m
WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
The following passenger schedule took e(-
fect March 18, 1877 :
NIGHT PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 3:25 pm
Arrive at Cartersville 5:20 p in
“ “ Kiug>tou 5:44 pm
“ “ Dalton 7:24 pm
“ “ Chattanooga 9:21 pm j
9 NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN-DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 4:2.5 p m
Arrive at Dalton 6:00 pm
“ “ Kingston 7:48 pm
“ “ t’arlersyille 8:15 pm
“ “ Atlanta 10:17 pm
DAY PASSENG ERfl’ RAIX—UP,
Leave Atlanta 6:55 n m !
Arrive at Cartersville 8:54 a in ;
“ “ Kingston 9:22 am
“ “ Dalton 11:04am
it “ Chattanooga 12:45 p m
, DAV PAS3P.NGER TRAIN—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 6:45 am
Arrive at Dalton 8:45 am
“ ** Kingston (.f0;44 J) tn
“ “ Cartersville 11:10 a li)
“ “ Atlanta 1:16 pm
WM. K. HUSH,
|GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENT
REPRESENTS- the following first-class
companies :
GEORGIA HOME,
OF COLUMBUS, GA.
Rgt@i> ow and guarantees dividends yearly.
The private property of the stockholders bound
for all of the obligations of the company.
NIAGARA,
OF NEW fYORK,
The assets flje nearly a million and a half.
ATLAS,
OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Asset* are over half a million dollars.
AMERICAN,
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Incorporated in 1810. Chador perpetual. As |
sets, one and a quarter million, hui piiis op 1
the first oi January, aquarterol amillioc. i
HOME PROTECTION,
OF NORTH ALABAMA.
Invests only in United States bonds. Issves
against Lightning s well as lire. Guarantees
dividends yearly. Losses adjusted by the
agent, ‘
Also J represents
OTHEk FIRST-CLASS COMMIES,
not enumerated above. Insurance guaranteed
at the lowest rates in tirt-class companies.—
All losses promptly and equitably adjusted.
Cartersville, Ga., May 4, 1876.
TR© Morning News,
SAVANNAH, GA.
THE political campaign of 1876. whicji Ifl
clulies National, State an.l County elec
tions. and which undoubtedly will be the most
active and hotly contested of any since the
memorable canvass ot ls(50, is now lairlj
opened. The National Democratic Party will
this year inak* ft bold, vigorous, and doubtless
successiul struggle for maintenance
supremacy ol those principles wtlieti ftlg Y I**4}
to tlie prosperity of tlie public, aiul C£S£Pt*ftl
to tiie well-being of tlie people.
In addition to tho Presidential elect.on, the
people in Georgia ami Florida will elect new
State Governments. In Florida the campaign
promises to be unusually vigorous, and there
is a probability that lor tlie lirst time since tlie
war. the peoubi of {.hat Radical-ridden State
w ill elect a Denioertitu* tiovermneut. In
these campaign* tiie people ftje ii(M*p}y jDd ,r "
ested' and everv intelligent oitigeu, VP® Ra
the welfare ol his country an.l his section at
heart, should acquaint himsell with every de
tail of redemption aud feform that is now going
° To this epd he should subscribe to and assist
in circulating liig savannah Morning New*,
an independent Deu,oui g}jp newspaper, ot
pronounced opinions and ieai'les ,n tJi'.’jr ex
pression; a paper (hat is recognised eve
where as the best daily in the South. Its edi
torial department is vigorous, thoughtful and
consistent, while its news and local depart
ments are marvel* of industry and complete
ness. Its department of GeorgM 4 * londa
affVirs isnot confined to a meie bftiTPP ppm
tnarv of events transpiring In those states, bu
is enlivened by comment at onco apt, timely
ample resources of the establishment
will be devoted to furnishing the readers ot the
MORNING NEWS
with the latest intelligence from all DiM'ti P f
the world, through the press dispatches .pv
cial dispatches, special ooi respondeßce and
through these agencies, the paper
earliest chronicler of every, noteworthj inci
dent of the political campaign ot
SIBSCKIFTION.
Dailv, one year, $lO. 6 months, $5; 3 months
42.50. Tri-weekly-one year, fb; 6 months. $3,
3 months, li sp. Weekly—one year. $2, .ix
months, si ; 8 months, fib egpts. nf five
Specimen copies sent free, on .gcejpt oj flte
*' Bri?" Money can be sent by Postofllce order,
ed Litter, or,° a " B r .
Tick’s
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS
Are planted by a uiiUiPW of people in America.
Sc©
Vick’s Catalogue-300 illustrations, only two
CC yjck's Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a
'"vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden, 50 cts.
With eletantcloth covers one dollar.
All my publications are printed i■ E"* ll **
X.
NATION VL HOTEL,
ATLAS * V, GEORGIA.
JPirt-Cias* Faro #*.so Per Day
At ’QiJ Virginia Welcome" I*7 WeffHl
OES. ROBERT TOOMBS.
His Views in Regard to tlie Necessity of a
Constitutional Convention.
i From the Chronicle ,t Constitutionalist.
I Washington, Ga., April 2G, 77.
Lear Sip.—Your letter of the 17th
nil., requesting my “views upon the
subject ofedUitur a convention of the
people” to re new the present recog
nized constitution of this State has
been duly received. Other pressing
: engagements have delayed tins re
ply. Ido not know a single reason
against the tall and the public secu
rity and safety demand it. The ex
isting constitution is not the act or
deed of the people of Georgia. It
| was forced upon them by force and
fraud. Large tyuNiibers (if tier most
| worthy, and* virtuous eit-
I izens were denied the privilege of
! even voting fur members of the con
j ventlon who, with but few’ exeep
; tions, were hungry, hostile, ailed ene
j mies, domestic traitors and ignorant,
vicious emancipated slaves. The
; last Legislature passed an act to allow j
i the people to meet in convention and
i review the work of ihese military
appointees and to amend, change and
alter it, or accept it if they like it and
thus make it their organic law. It
is a public shame that this permis
sion w’as not given by the lirst free
legislature and it successors which
met after the ilight of Bullock.
Every other one of the sister
provinces exercised the right as soon
as they were made able to do *<>. and
have greatly benefitted themselves
by so duing. The present govern
ment of Georgia is a usurpation. It
has no moral or legal claim to the
support or obedience of the people,
ft is wanting in the consent of the
people=-tbb foundation stone of all
rightful government. Thenefota it is
a public shame, supported only by
bad and wicked men for selfish pur
poses. But independent of t!~.C
workman t|pj work is not good. The
present constitution deme the right
of the States; subordinates them to
their agent, the Federal government;
in effect asserts that this is a consoli
dated government; that we owe
primary allegiance to the United
States. We deny it. Let us assert
the truth and maintain it when we
can, or leave the truth tp bs defended
by our children and children’s Chil
dren whenever opportunity offers.
The people wish to review the
Executive Department of the gov
erpipent; its tenure is condemned by
many ao fpp Ippg and |ts patronage
too great. Jts power over the judic
iary department presents formidable
objections to it. The judiciary sys
tem itself is defective, totally inade
quate to a speedy and impartial
tfjgj of either criminal or civil
causes. The jury system is vicious
and subjects the country tq constant
danger. Our old grand jury system
was far preferable to the present.
The legislative department demands
reyfew by the people. The Senate is
a mockery OP4 Rfinance. It has
generally defended gif thp abuseo of
il'.S corrupt rule of Bullock and his
gang, the instruniC”. wll corrupt
organizations to deplete the public
treasury and use the public credit
for t lie promotion of locai and per
sonal objects and not for the general
weal. It is true there have been a
considerable number of able and
honest patriotic finpP i n tliat body, but
too few to defeat the gretiios portion
or establish a sound policy for the
State on mauy great and vital ques
tions. It has defeated the call of a
convention for four years, and last
winter sought to defeat it by imped
ing odious conditions to the bill,
The Senate insisted upon submit
ting the call to the people, hoping to
rally ignorant treed m‘P| fill the rem
nant of the Bullock gang, both inside
and outside of the Democratic party,
all the friends of the spurious bonds,
ail “developers of resources” general
ly, to defeat the convention. They
remembered that the call for the
present eon?UtHtin submit
ted to the people but was the .Hirjcof
“sabre sway.” Besides, the repre
sentation in the Senate is grossly un
equal. It is neither based upon pop
ulation, taxation, territory protection
of all interests, nor upon any other
souird basis of representation- It is
purely arbitrary, and W3B jp tended
by its authors to perpetuate as {opg as
possible the power of the usurpers in
spite of the people. The tenure of
office is too long, and ought to be
shortened. Let the people meet in
eon vent; op and try to adopt a better
system,
But the great defect in the consti
tution is that it does not protect the
property of the people against inva
sion of the iegijatiyp poiypr* Jt is
true that was the defect of our old
constitution, as well as the present
one. The same causes have greatly
increased the danger from this source
in all free representative government.
The failures to limit by organic law
the power of the legislative depart
ment have brought the Federal and
State governments and municipal
corporations to the verge of bank
ruptcy pud impoverished and ruined
the people, Tnis lug beep mbit
frightful source of all of our calami
ties. We must remark and plainly
define the dividing line between in
dividual rights and public authority.
The age in which we live has de
ypjoned new dangers to free represen
tative governfnP'itg. Even the in
ventions and discoveFiew of gpp}iis in
the* arts and sciences, with their bene
fits and blessings to mankind, have
also brought new dangers to good
government. This is especially true
of those inventions and discoveries
which contribute largely to the
promotion and distribution of wealth
and the spreading of intelligence
among men and nations. The im
provement* ill the application of the
illimitable power of steam and the
utilization of electricity are especial
ly noteworthy elements in their ef
fects upon society and governments,
i They have made great associations
of capital innumerable and gigantic
corporations itoceasary fpr their de
velopment. These corporations with
large capitals are powerful, and,
t herefore, dangerous to society. They
first absorb individual capital—ail
right enough —then all they can hor
rovv—gtill right enough, and next the
treasuries cf municipal corporations,
i public iandfi unit !! other public
I property, then the treasuries and
credit of the National and State gov
ernments—this is all wrong, violates
|justice, transfers the sweat of the
I poor to the coffers of the rich, nppro
i priates the public funds to private
use and profit, and opens the flood
gate- of fraud and public demorali
zation. What is the temedy for
these great evils and dangers? We
must And >t somewhere, or abandon
representative government. We
have seen Congress corrupted ; State
Legislatures corrupted; city authori
ties uorrupled; all opr gflarfis oyer
public property and public credit cor
rupted j b D6V power iB discovered,
and political burglaiy is enrolled
among the useful arts of goverument.
The remedy is plain and sufficient
for all of these things. We can accept
no other security but this: We must
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1877.
j put it out of the power of our rulers
to injure society if they wish to do
it. Let us make anew constitution
and by tiiat constitution make the
depository of tlie public treasury and
public ere lit political burglar-proof,
and put the key in the pockets of the
people, by declaring that no debt
shall ever he created by the Legisla
ture or binding upon the State except
for the public defense; that tin? State
shall never be bound for the “debt,
default or mlsvaniage of another.”
This will save the people and the
State from ruin. Nothing else will
and it must bo done now or may he
too late. Municipal corporations
should be confined to their own
limits and not permitted to endorse
at al(Pr borrow, except for the good
government of their respective corpo
rations. The principal purpose and
necessity for a call of a convention is
to consider these and such others as
tlie people may desire. All acknowl
edge the evils. What present reason
can be found against "the proposed
search for a remedy by the people?
The people have demanded it again
and again almost unanimously
through their House of Representa
tives and all other recognised expo
nents of the popular will. The people
have spoken; let the convention meet,
What are the objections to it ? Co
vert enemies of the convention,
those who hope to profit by its
abuses, including others who have
not well considered tne matter,
have suggested many. Their prin
cipal one is that the convention
might endanger the homestead law.
One of my own great objections t
the present constitution is that it
does not secure a sound, substan
tial, real homestead to the women
and children of the State. 1 want
such a measure. It is far better for
society that *he women Pnd c})jl
dren of tlie State should lie •eeum}
by an ample and sufficient homestead
wi'iere *4: wv can be comfortable and
happy and the children
cgn support themselves and be
brought up unde* vistUQua infiq?
encos, than to be thrown on society
houseless and homeless and penniless,
outcasts, and wanderers, subject to all
the temptations, to crime in its worst
forms, aud finally to become tenants
of jails and poor houses. Let us de
mand such a homestead of the con
vention; |t vyiii injure nobody. Jt
will only withdraw from trade and
traffic, crime or misfortune, a sacred
sauctuary dedicated to humanity.
The details may be safely trusted to
a convention of the people. We ha\ e
no epeh homestead. The prfspnt
homestead may be tyaiyed
by the head of the family. ft is
but a life estate lu iiie hands of a
family anp an estate only for years
only in the minors and terminates at
arrival of age. It is a sham, but
even such as it is the objectors know
thaiauoh rigid* nave 'weep
under it are so secure that no con
vention could touch them if they
wished to do so. Tlie objection is
onlv intended to deceive the igno
rant apd unwary.
But it is also objected that thocon
vcniion may remove tiie capital from
Atlanta. Well suppose they do. shall
the supposed personal interest of a
few ijQjile Yrrigh a feather
against 'a goo'd ' eonsli+ution which
will protect the rights, liberty aud
property of all ? Away with such
nonsense. This is not the true reason.
The new constitution would certain
ly dispose cr all lutMte bond ques
tions. There would be no further
use for the lobby. Make your con
stitution right and then there will
l>e but one remaining question as to
the capital auu that §imj)!v
the comforts and convenience bl our
public servants in discharging public
trusts, Atlanta would have no com
petUUm |n such a contest. It js not
w’orth a thought with freemen.
Some of the not very ardent friends
of the convention have tiken anew
disease which a distinguished Senator
calls the “apprehensions.” They
fear that tjie convention will put
theipseivps and' everybody fcise' in
jail tor debt: will establish Closes’
mode of punishment and do divers
other old and wicked thing* if ever
let them come together at Atlanta to
consider their organic law. I believe
it is not the practice oi organic laws
to admit penal codes. That has
idtperto uc4n cbnsideLed tne peculiar
province of the and we
are content that it shall remain there,
But perhaps the “wicked flee when
no man pursueth.”
I am very respectfully, your obe
dient servant. R. Toombs.
Colonel Li. N. Trammed, ijaiton, ua.
CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA.
editors, Georgia Grange j
As I have discovered a cure and
preventive for hog cholera, I think it
to be my duty to communicate it to
tiie public.
In ISfiS I lost pearly nil tpy ijoga
with cholera; and in 1809 the disease
returned, and after trying everything
that I could think or hear of with
out success, I gave them strychnine,
which proved satisfactory. Having
bffi hogs gnd little strychnine,
I put a half gallon of shelled porn
into a vessel; covered the corn with
water, then dumped in all the
strychnine that I had—l suppose
about a half grain to the hog I placed
it near the fire place, and kept it
there all night. In the morning
J pallet] the nogs, aud threw it among
them.
Being satisfied with the result I
recommended it to my neighbors,
and but few of them would venture
to try it. I have used it ever since
and it never fails to cure when prop
erly given. A particle, tlie size of a
grain of wheat, is a dose for a hog
twelve months ©ld; if older give
more, if younger give less. Arsenic
is just as good, it does npt act so
quickly. Be careful not to feed the
sick hogs alone, lest the healthy ones
get tpo much and should it so hap
pen, drench with raw eggs, sweet
milk or lard if the eggs are not con
venient.
The remedy will cure thumps in
hogs; a seeotul (!(}■s<? is sometimes
necessary. I often give it in my
bread for thumps when but few have
it. Yours respectfully,
G. A. M INTER,
Cedar Springs. Ga., March, 29 1873.
A good practical education, in
cluding a good trade, is a better out
fit for a youth than a grand estate
with the drawback of an empty
mind. Many parents have slaved
and pinched* to leave their children
rich, when half the sun) thus lavished
would have profited fgr ffmre
had it been devoted to the cultiva
tion of their minds, the enlargement
of their capacity to think, observe
aud work. The one structure that
no neighborhood can do without is
the school house.
&?ven narrow gunge railroads run
ning from Cincinnati in various di
rections are commenced or projected.
The hilly nature of that region gives
great economical advantages, the cost
fleing $15,000 a mile, against $60,000
for tha brood guage.
A GOOD HAUL FOR GEORGIA.
The State Receives Nearly 8200,500 From
the General Government.
The Atlanta Constitution gives the
details of the recovery of 5i99,000 by
1 the State from the General Govern
i ment:
About two weeks ago Governor
Colquitt went to Washington. Two
or thr ?e days ago he returned to (he
capital with a check for $199,000 to
the credit of the State of Georgia in
nis pocket. This is the way it came
about: Just after the war the State
of Georgia purchased for the W. &
A. R. R. large amount of rolling
•stock from the United States Gevern
ment.. A general settlement was ef
fected with the Government, under
tne direction of three United States
Commissioners, the State paying a
large amount of money. Some year
or so afterward, Messrs. Baugh A
Garlington proposed to open the set
tlement, on the ground that an ox
horbitant amount had been paid by
tlie State. Col. Baugh had been Su
perintendent of the road under Pro
visional Cfovernur Johnson. Tbcise
gentlemen gut the claim into shape,
and presented it at Washington. It
was not pushed to a conclusion, and
Col. R. A. Alston was
co service in the claim. GeueM|
Henry R. Jackson, of Savannah,
believe, was also made a party to tilP
prosecution,
A long and stubbqrn poutest for a
ensued, and finally Col.
Alston went to Washington, just in
the nitik of the Presidential contest,
and succeeded In putting the claim
through both houses just before the
adjournment of Congress. The mat
ter then caught in the Department,
ped General Qordtfi Pfirmed it qjqng
ffij* is Week op two, when he summon
ed the Governor to oeme on to Wash
ington. The Governor went expect
ing to be absent only a day or two.
He was delayed at every turn in the
departments. Every clerk that he
referred to demanded lliat the mas
ter be explained to him, aud the orig
inal bill be submitted to his searching
gaze. He then invariably demanded
a full day to decide whether or not
lie would pass the thing along. At
length the last outpost was carried,
and the (joyoppor hqttqned his coat
ploqejy, havjng tlie phepk enclosed in
his pocket' The amount paid was
one hundred and ninety-nine thous
and dollars—a pretty good plum to
pluck from tha national pudding
these miserably stringent days. The
Mato really Overpaid the general
government about fejfiQ.QUQ in the set
tlement alluded tr, but could only re
recover about SIIOO,OOO. We do not
know what amount the State paid
her agents and buyers for this work.
The contract made by Governor
Nmßh tvitlj t.llfi MrtU* prescribed
tht they ahouid be paid no absolcte
fee, aud that the contingent fee
should not exceed 25 per cent, of Muf
net amount recovered, If Governor
g!|o\ys w nop pent, Jdf the
work, me fee will amount to lorty
nine thousand dollars. We are not
advised as to whether lie will reach
to the limit or will grade the remu
neration upon a lower scale.
SXOSEWALL JACKSON’S SISTER,
The Cleveland Leader prints tITe
following in relation to Gen. Stone
wall dacßson and his sister, tha atate
ment'being derived from a lady who
was, previous to the war, an inmate
of the letter’d family : “They were
orphan children, and were brought
up together until he wepf tp West
Koint. Like most"orphan children,
they were unusually attached to each
other. At a later time she married
and settled in Beverly, where her
husband oappieq on a farm or planta
tion. Her brother, tiie General, fre
quently visited her, and during these
visits he would invariably go to the
quarters of the slaves for the purpose
of exhorting them qn tfip subject of
i.eligiou, Frequently ‘hp great soD
dier would be seen on his knees Irr
the midst of the lowly ohiiereu of
Africa, offering earnest prayers for
their salvation. When the war broke
out this singular difference between
the affectionate brother and sister
transpired. One espoused tpe pause
u*' the youth anp became the greyest
of all Confederate generals, with a
worid-wide reputation fo* consum
mate military ability, and laid down
his li’e on tiie bloody field of Chan
cel lorsvi lie. The sister, in spite of
the opposition of her h|-pt{ier,
fiuenceu by his brilliant achieve
ments and the opposition of her hus
band and her relatives, sided with
the cause of the Union, aqd reiphinpd
trqe tu thp cause to the end ’of the
war. So great was tlie feeling engen
dered against her that she eventually
separated from her husband and
moved to Springfield, Ohio, and re
sided with a dntjgljtpr Who hau mar
ried a Union officer.
TO THE FARMERS.
Under date of the 3rd inst., Com
missioner Janes sends out the follow
ing circular, No, 37;
To the Fiirmersof Georgia:
In view of the war in Europe, and
the probable scarcity and high urices
of breadstufls and low price or cot
ton which will prevail, I again re
spectfully advise that you will by
every means in your power increase
the planted in prevision crops.
I suggest checking your fields of cot
ton with corn, in rows fifteen to twen
ty feet apart, one Dill at every inter
section.
With fair seasons, this will very
largely increase t|ip product of corn
without a corresponding decrease of
the cotton,
I further suggest the planting of the
stubble fields in peas ao soon as the
wheat and oats shall have been har
vested.
Pay spbcialjattention to the raising
of every pound of pork possible. Take
care of the pigs.
These suggestions are not designed
to alarm or create a sensation. A
word to the wise is sufficient.
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil
and hideth himself, but the simple
pass on and are punished*” Very
respectfully.
Thomas P. Janes,
tJ uunissioner of Agriculture.
A little girl asked her mother.*
“What kind of a boar is a consecra
ted cross-eyed bear?” The mother
replied that she had never heanL uf
such an animal. The plffld litfHed
that they -Mug auout it at the
school. “No,” said the
is * A consecrated cross I bear.’^^^
The Sultan will exhaust all other
means of defense ere he unfurls tiie
standard of the prophet, U^y
ard, the British Minister, advises
this course, else ail effort to localize
the war would fail. •
The Czar telegraphs the Prince of
Montenegro that he is firmly resolv
ed this time to realize the sacred mis
sion of
CONDITION of the navy.
A dispatch from Washington says.*
‘‘Experienced naval officers express
the opinion that the United States
navy should have at least ten thous
and trained seamen. Initiatory steps
for this purpose have already been
taken, and we now have seven hun
dred boys oti training ships being
educated for the service. If Congress
l would allow a larger number of bovs
to be educated, and make provision
tor them, we could soon have an effi
cient force of trained seamen. Our
navy now consists of seven thousand
five hundred men, being the smallest
of any nation in the world, except
that of Portugal. The German navy,
which is the youngest afloat, has
eight thousand five hundred seamen.
The next requisite for our service is a
rifled ordinance in conformity to the
plan adopted by every power on the
I face of the earth, and next the con
j struction of ships. It is argued that
it should be the policy of the govern
ment to build a certain number of
ships every year and sell oft' the old
[ones, that our navy should have
forty ffilps of war in commission, and
of this number ten should be in East
ern seas, ten on our own coast ami in
West India waters, five on the U rth
Pacific, five or ten lu European wa
|ters and on tb* coast of Africa, three
on the Brazilian coast, and two or
■three in the Southern Pacific. The
■rargest cruisers we have are the frig
ates Colorado, Franklin, Minnesota
and Wabash, carrying from thirty
nine to forty-six guns each, but they
are armed with old-fashioned smooth
bore guns instead of having rifted
ordnance, the style of armament used
in the navies of other nations. The
only vessel in our navy carrying
rifled guns is the new sloop Trenton,
flagship of the European, squadron.
She has a battery of eleven eight-inch
rifled guns, converted from the old
smooth-bores by lining with steel
tubes.” V
THE EXTRA SESSION.
Washington, May 5.
By the President of the United States:
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, The final adjournment of
the I4th Congress, without making
the several appropriations for the
support of the army for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1878, presents
an extraordinary occasion requiring
the President to exercise the power
vested in him by the constitution, to
convene the hou3C3 of congress in
anticipation of the day fixed by law
for their next meeting:
Now, therefore, I, Rutherford B.
Hayes, president of the United States,
do by virtue of the power to this end
in me vested fly tfle constitution, con
vene flotn houses of Congress to as
semble at their respective chambers
at 12 o’clock noon, on Monday the
jloth,day of October next, then and
there determine such measures as in
their viaciam, their duly, and the
welfare or the people may seem to
demand.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
tiie United States to he affixed,
Done at tbs city of Washington this
sth day of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven and of the in
dependence of the United Stifles of
America the pfig hundred and first.
it. B. Hayes.
By the Presidsnt:
Wm. M. Evarts, Secretary of
gtto
DEPARTURE OF GENERAL GRANT.
Washington Star,
The departure of Ex-President
Grant and family from Philadelphia
on an American Line steamer for
Europe will be made an imposing
event, according to the Philadelphia
Sunday Dispatch , which says Presi
dent Hayes offered him the use of a
Government vessel for the passage,
but the distinguished General declin
ed. He will arrive in Philadelphia
on the 14th of May and will be the
guest of Ex-Secretary of the Navy
Bone. On the evening of the loth
inst. the Penn Club will tender him
a brilliant reception, and Governor
Hartranft and Adjutant-General Lat
ta ate preparing for a military demon
stration in his junior. A reception
will also be tendered by the munici
pality in Independence Hall, while
at the sailing of the steamer Indiana,
on the 17th, many distinguished offi
qiala fram Washington and elsewhere
together with eminent personages,
will bid him a “God speed.” These
will accompany the steamer having
the Ex-president on board on a tug
as far as Chester. The City .Oouneil’B
Committee appointed-To arrange the
ceremonies for the reception on the
part of the city held a meeting yes*
terdav, .
% 1
IIAYES NOT A MOSES.
Silas M. Patterson, of South Caro
lina Supreme Court notoriety, a son
of Honest John, who represents
South Carolina in the Senate, has
iust returned from Columbia, where
he has been in th^.interest of the
Congressional Executive Committee
of tfljs city. He declares that Hayes
has sent the Radical party to [the
devil, and that a Remiblican conven
tion will never be held in that State
again. He says the'*South Carolina
negroes are very bitter against
Hayes, and that if the President
were to undertake a tour of tiiat
State, they would pelt him with rot
ton eggs. Patterson s&vs he is mor
tified to think that n}s father is
obliged to mingle with such men as
Hayes and Evarts both of whom
think returning boards are good
.enough to make Presidents, but not
decent enough to make Governors.
I
Mrs. Birch, a colored lady of Lou
isiana, who espoused in her time, two
colored politicians of that State, haa
written to president Hayes. Her**
is a specimen :
You know that it was the Loui
siana vote that made you President
of the United States. It is the Re
publican votes only ihat have placed
j you where you are to-day. No*, not
I one vote did you receive from the
i Democrats. As for Governor Pack
j ard, he did receive the votes of the
1 Republican party; and only that, he
j received more than you dtd in Loui
! siana.
The way in which Boutwell got
! his appointment on the Commission
for the Revision of the Statutes lias
just come to light. Grant nomina
ted Kenneth Rayner, of North Car
! olina, a fortnight before the last ad
ministration went out. The appoint
: ment went to Bout well’s Committee
on Revision of the Laws, where he
held it as Chairman until the session
was over and he ceased to be Senator.
By a singular coincidence, Mr. Hayes
then appointed Boutwell to this post.
Reports from fifty parishes in Ohio
nj’ination to ’been sent to select a posi
l real iude- entrenched camp at the
the Suez canal.
j
Important to Everybody!
m. spbingltock. m
I have just received one of the largest and and most complete stock of
SPRING Am SUMMER, GOODS,
CONSISTING IN
DRY GOODS.
M DIFS AXD GGXTS ITRXISIILYO GOODS,
CLOTH (YG,
BOOTS AYD SHOES,
TRIJYHS,
HATS, iV€.,
EVER lIROEGHT TO THIS IHARKET.
The,goods were all selected by me in person and as I paid *
CASH ! for my entire stock, bought them at remarkable low
prices.* Now, as times are hard and money scarce, I will sell
my goods at such prices as will enable everybody to buv what
they want AT FIGURES NEVER BEFORE' KNOWN IN
THIS MARKET.
Call and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere.
M. LIEBMAN,
Formerly S. VI. Uebniau.
West Main Street,, April 5, 1877 2m.
T. W. BAXTER,
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT,
TOH SALE OV STANDARD
FERTILIZERS, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, GINS,
MOWERS AND REAPERS,
THRESHERS, HORSE ROWERS, HORSE TAKES
COTTON & 1I AY PRESSES,
Steam Engines, Saw & Grist Mills & Mill Machinery,
SOLli AT MANUFACTURES* TERMS AND PRICES.
OFFICE .ON MAIN STREET AND WAREHOUSE ON W. & A. RAILROAD,
CAIiTEKSVILLE, GA
STILL AT THEIR OLD STAND.
STOKELY * WILLIAMS
lIFALEIii IV r , . “ f
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS. DRESS GOODS,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes.
WE desire to state to our old friends and* patrons that wc are stili'runnhig out business
with o>ir paying p ilrons on the usual time heretofore given.
But will Expect Prompt Payment at Maturity.
Those paying ca-ih at purchase will get the benefit of a heavy deduction. Ami we w.uld
most respectfully request those purchasing lor cash to say to us at the time: ‘We w i.l cash
this hill,” as we will then tne more readily aUi.v prices. II there i~ nothing ~ad our pi will
be given attinf 'rates. STOKELY A WILLIAMS.
Nn Those owing us due paperwill do us a great favor by calling pd making earv pav
, U. ment. (inarch 2) STOKELY A AY I Ll.I A 4!S‘
ESff&iSk BOOXV^LTSR
PORTABLE ENGINE.
EFFECTIVE, SIMPLE, DURABLE & CHEAP.
The want of a small portable engine and boiler, tooon
liaiiTt structed as to lie lurnishrd at a price within the reach of
HHHHHBH every one, has long Leeu felt. For pro, e-ses rei|uiring
threshing or running plantation corn mills. This is ex
;| pressl) adapted both in constructions ami costs. Kwrjr
Mia|Bjr!aH| ei fine is thoroughly tested to luioa Use working power
iWftMiVM and leaves vhe works complete. Jat as shown in cut.
JBBfelFi'wllcWi Any InloiUiulion will Iw lurnished upon npplie.atiou to
sjS Sn T. W. BAXTER, Agent lor Manufacturers.
Look n,t tliese Prices r
T. W. BAXTER*
■ — 1
SPECIAL NOTICE.
t
To Every bdy and the
Rest of Mankind.
Two fine new and unused
Pianos can be bought at The
Express office at first-rate bar
gains.
Three good sewing machines,
bran new, can be bought cheap af
st>
VOLUME XVIII—NUMBER 19