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THE CARTER SYHXE EXPRESS. riril. C. WILLINGHAM. Jin <' vsville Express. [OLD STANDARD AND EXPRESS. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy one year $2 00 one copy six mouths 1 ixj One copy three months 50 /n A dtance. Clubs. —For Clubs of ten copies or more |1.50 j i anuvhi for each copy, BATES OF ADVERTISING. The folio v ing are our established rates for -.lvertiHng, ami will be strictly adhered o in TT 1 ’.vkj-J w> 3 Ws:-1 w- 2 in. 3 in.pi ni. 1: in ' o*l -.<> $2 00!*2 6b $4 50 ?fi OOjJO 00 |:IJ 00 •' 2 iO 3 00! 1 5 O; 0 00 12 CO 17 00 !2 00 , :• •! 0 | I Vii 5 75 IS 00 16 00 21 0O 510 00 1 }! 400 < 73 . 25! s M 14 50-18 75 25 00 516 00 ( y, .) Ob 7 Ob, 8 7:>'lo 25,17 00 21 Eg 29 (JO 42 00 ’ til (i 00 a25 10 £5:12 C 0,19 6p 24 26(83 00 <.S Oti > 7j 7 9 55 I; ; , , 22 00.27 fo 37 0O M 1:0 800 10 73*13 25)15 601*4 50.20 75 41 00 t> 00 1 11 oo*l2 00jl4 75 : n 25:27 00-32 50 45 00 (H 00 . 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Announcing names of candidates ior office, flve dollars, invariably in advance. Legal Advertising. sales, per ic*} P-.. 0 *•' morfgasre li fa sales, per inch 4.50 Citations; for letters of administration ... 3.00 i* •* •• guardianship 3.00 A indication for dismission from admins’n. 0.00 .. “ -* “ guard’slip 2.50 • “ leave to sell and 2.50 ■Sales of land |*. ia -h 250 Sale- of .it-rish-il-h- prooertv. p. inch.... 150 Nuticc t‘> deniov ■- and cieditors 3.50 Forec losure* of mortgage, per It 'li 4.00 Estrav notices, thirty days *- * Application lor homestead 1.50 Vli lr_ i: .1 ,vi i- i.icnts >*/ be paid for iu mast act accordingly; ,1 the a, .. ;ii\Vll HV tO Collect for i . *i • |• i • tin- in. h, we will state that 149 ■ ords (in this t. ~e) make an inch. . h 'U : ’ lls are Due. *1 hi ■ for *ei :;: m uns paper are due • ,ifir tu ji -t insertion of the sji me, I < i• : ; .h asiire of the : v, ui’h - ’ hei wisc arranged by con tract. l .... ir. ~7 s-e.Ti twm Tri . P fittlfle. 4 IJjIROKEE RAILROAD. t :; >7l an t c. iter this date the follow ing Bc’:,i- ude will he run on the Cherokee Rail- Leave Rfl tmartat 73)0 A. M. •• Taylorsville, Bto6 " “ Still shorn, h:25 “ Arriveat (. tvrtersville, 9:10 “ l.i .e < a ieisville 3:1*0 P. M. - St *1 igboro, 130 “ Tn y. or-villa 4:30 ** Arrive at itu.-kiiiart 5:15 “ , KsIY.KN A ATLANTIC RAILROAD and its connections. ji c -Hewing Schedule takes effect A tril ; :'b. 1875. NORTHWARD. No. 1. * Leave Atlanta. - d 10 pn*< Arrive CartersviUe 6 2-1 ]> ni | Arrive Kingston 0 > ni * Arrive Dalton 8 V! p ni j Arrive Chattanooga ...lb 10 > ui N o. Z . Leave Atlanta * TO 1 m Arrive CartersviUe 7 57 am Arrive Kingston 8 26 am ! Arrive Dalton 1® 98 a ni j Arrive, Chattanooga 11 55 p ni No. 11. Leave Atlanta 8 00 a m j Arrive CartersviUe 10 20 am * •\rr< ve Kingston 10 63 a ni I ji .-.■ivo Dalton 1 05 p ni i s U TUWARD- No. s’, l.eave h : tntiooga 4 00 J* HI ! ■4u * m Arrive Atl mta 1( 10 j* No. 4. ! • \ •*• aSI s s its Arrive Atlanta Arrive CartersviUe 5 )* ™ j Arrive Atlanta 94> *‘ lJ | Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2, he- j ween New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 he- j tween Atlanta and Nashville. IC . ; Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos -a3 nd .be- . tween Louisville and Atlanta. tSTNo change of cars betw en New Orleans Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta mil Baltimore , and only one change to New Y *• Passengers leaving Atlanta at 110 rive in New York the second tliei alter at 4 40 1 Excursion Tickets to the Virgin‘a Springs and various Summer Resorts will oc on sale m New Ui leans, Mobile, Montgomerv, Colum iuis, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta, at greatly reduced rates Ist ot June. Parties desiring a whole car through to the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore should ad- , dress the undersigned. • “artics contemplating traveling should send for a copy of the Keniumaw Route (rasette, con- ; taining schedules, etc. „ Ask for tickets via “Rennesaw Route. li. W . W General Passenger and Ticket A gent. uiay42—dtt Atfanta, Ga._ ROME RAILROAD COMPANY. On und after SumUiv, Dec. 12th trains oi the Rome Raili<*ad v. *ll urn as follows: DA V Tu AIN— KVEHY PAY. I cave Home at 7 a m sVT 9; AY EVEXING ACCOMODATION. ST RAILROAD. , . i; II.AIX-OUTWARD , , AKHIVE. I-EaVK v 10:25 p.m. , r : l4p. m. 10:44 j>. m. i:5“ p. m. 11:44 p m l :£t p. m. H :-2 p. in. .11 :.7 p. in. 11:38 | .80. i ........U :5- p. m, ll:® P- ni t- 12:56 ain 12:5 am . id .. 1 :U8 a m 1 :**9 * ir ;■ p-V 1:31 ani 1:35 ain ',-.r 1:51 a m !:••'* lll Long'cane:::; 2:21 a m 2:2;. am West Point 2:40 a m pAB> ;XG Eli TK AIN —IN WAR D. c-f \ t IO\S ARBIT E. LEi • ■ r t n ,1 12:£0 1> in r!on* Hue.‘:Vr:r.W.Y. .^’rrssrP w jP ** I,a GviMiKC 1:02 i> m 1: I’ ,n \v hittk-hV' 1:21 p m 1 :-l I* 111 Horans ville I:2lpm l: P m <;v fntville 1 :SX p m 1 '■’* P tn i uck ttt’s 2:13 pm 2:18 pm New nan 2:*l P m pm Powell'' 2:44 pm 2.0 p in r-ilaieUo 3:WI p in 3:IU p m F i i.urn" ’ 3:32 p m 2“3 p m lie! Oak.’.. 3:3S p m 3:12 pm ]e as . t Point.. 2:37 p m 8:57 pm Atinr.fa... V 4:16 ip m SELMA, ROM & DALTON. MAIL TRAIN DAILY—NO Til. Leave Rome m Arrive at Dalton.. 1 111 Making close connections at Dalton with the Fast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail road, anil Western and Atlantic Railroad foi all Eastern -irni Western cities. mail train daily—south. Leave Dalton •<#> P Arrive at 8- Una lOp. i a m Making cUim’ cornu ction atCalera lor Mont g.'iii; ! V and pvi.'.ts S> util, and at Selins, vvit ' ! :it Ht'en al R.ilvoid for Mobile, New Or - M.-i'ki. Vicksburg, Jackson, all t'u i r Louisiana and Missis- M. s': ANTON, Gen. Sup’t. ' . <:■■!!■ Ticket and Pass’gr Agt. ( ; OKGIA RAILROAD. iv P.-.-.engar Trains on Georgia Railroad, , run as below: Leaves Angus'a at 8:45 am I.eaves A tin nra at .J : '?! a, . n Arrives at A an a f !’! Arrives at Atlanta U - Jj P m Night passenger trains as lollows: Leaves Augusta at ,'oiv, f, Leaves Atlanta at 1 Arrives at Augusta 'p ? :l Arrives at Atlanta a m Accomodation train as lollows : Leaves Atlanta P Leaves Covington 5:50 a lU Arrives at Atlanta 8,1.' a m Arrives Covington P lu THE COOP A RIVER STEAMERS. Steamer- on the Coosa River will run as pei schedule as follows: , Lgave Rome every Monday at 1 p m Li :;ve Rome every Thursday • 8 a ni Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday and Friday ..4aui AYfIYtS l\ Kike Wednesday and %uurda>b4> ir J. M. JtiLLIOXT, Gta’lgup r S HON. H. V. JOHNSON. ‘ Will Accept a Nomination for Gover nor. His Reply to a Letter from a Number of Gentlemen. l[on. Ilerscfiel V. Johnson : Dear Sir :—When two parties <li -5 ide the State striving for the success of opposing principles, of necessity and with patriotism the political of fices, in which the prevuiii".g princi ple is to receive its development, lit the objects of contention. Such a state of affairs has been exiiii ited in the course of your own career, when the great Whig and Democratic par ties fought, under the leadership of their foremost men, over their lived theories. But when the Slate practically be longs to one party, then contentions for office become merely strivings of individuals for personal promotion advantage or distinction. Such a condition of things exists in the State now. The undersigned ardently desire to see a man borne into the* office of Governor of Georgia by the spontane i ous, unsolicited movement of the people of Georgia. As it would be out of taste to speak of your merits to your face, merely in the way of aimless compliment, , -.i> it would heweub, tnrougn fear of offendiogjagainst good taste,to refrain from so speaking when it is proper and to a purpose to do so. There are three or four men in the State,recognized by all its citizens as pre-eminent. While the peer of any ot thissmail number, your abilities and wisdom, coupled with your purity of character, leave you no equals outside of these few and place you far above all other than they. The undersigned entertain the opinion that this pre-eminence should, on the one hand, receive its recognition in your unsought (leva-, lion lo the highest office in the gift | of the people of Georgia, and, would i on the other hand,be itself tiie best as-; suranee that that office would be ad ministered,in its every br.-ucli and <!e- 1 part men t wisely, patriotically, hide- j pendeutly and without favoritism. The undersigned, firmly persuad ed that the sentiments and opinions herein expressed are shared by the great mass of their fellow-citizens of Georgia, earnestly request you to al low an authoritative statement that you would accept the nomination of the Democratic Convention of the State for the office of Governor. Very respectfully, C. J. Jenkins. Jas. S. Hook, W.T. Wofford, li. H. Steiner, J. B. Gumming, L. A. Dugas, Geo. T. Barnes, S. N. Bo ugh ton i J. C. C. Black, It. B JSTsret, Jno. P. King, IL. J. Lang, others. governor Johnson’s reply. Sandy Grove, Bartow P. O ,Ga. \ June loth, 1876. J Jfessrs. C. J. Jenkins and many othxrs; Gentlemen — Your comtnunicu -1 tion touching the candidacy for Gov ; emor of Georgia, for the ensuing | Executive term, was received a few | days ago, whilst 1 was holding an adjourned term of the Superior j 1 Court of Washington county, lienee, ; i did not reply immediately. You ask me to allow an authorita- I Live statement that 1 will accent the j ventiou of the State ior ti;e oilice ei \ Governor. I recognize the right of the State to command the services of any citi zen and his reciprocal obligation to obey, unless prevented by paramount i ! reasons, lienee, if, contrary to my j j expectations, 1 should be called upon j i bv the people to serve them in the | Executive capacity, or (to use your | ! own language) if 1 should be “borne i into the office of Governor by the ; spontaneous, unsolicited movement of the people of Georgia,” I should act not under the impulse of personal interest or ambition for that office, but solely under that sense ot duty j which should govern every patriotic | citizen. Having received numerous private letters on the same subject and look ing to the same end, I take occasion j to say publicly, in reply to them, that; 1 cannot consent to be placed in the : attitude of a candidate for the nomi- j nation. Ido not desire the nomina * tion, and, thereiore, I should deplore to be placed in such position as might ! lead to divisions or increase the ten | deuev to such divisions, already so I apparent. I would rather “pour oil ! upon the waters” than to be, even i unintentionally, instrumental in I swelling and infuriating its billows. I have no aspiration for the office lof Governor. Its responsibilities, tor I the next Executive term, as i see I the probable future, are not such, J even if 1 distrusted my ability less than I do, as to induce me to court their assumption. Much less would i covet the honor of so grave a trust, ; at the peril of engendering sellism, * heaatburning and srtrife. Be assured, gentlemen, I shall be truly gratified if the people of Georgia shall select > 1 any other on whom they may feel , safe in imposing these high duties. * lam quite sure there are many emi- I I nent citizens from whom such a se -1 lection can be made. It remains only for me to express i to the people of Georgia my profound j sense of obligation for the many dis- j tinguisKedr etwences t> tlfCJjr cGiilX dpuce in the past. They litive hon ored me beyond my deserts. I shall never be able to discharge the debt j of gratitude I owe them. Accept, gentlemen, my grateful j acknowledgment of theqomplimen-; tary terms which you are pleased to apply to myself and the assurance ol my sincere regret that 1 so little de serve them. 1 have the honor to he most re spectfully your obedient servant and fellow-citizen. Herscuel V. Johnson. Pure Water and Poultry.— It is the opinion of a writer in the Fancur's Journal “that many of lhe diseases incident to poultry are due to neglect in providing them with pure water; particularly do I believe j such to be the ease, in _th majority of instances where, chicken choiera prevails. The omission to furnish fowls with suitable dn iking water is one of the worst features ot cruel ty to animals. It is a neglect that is ; decidedly adverse to success, lienee j tends to diminish individual fancy for fowls, and works detriment to oouitry interests. Those whom we occasionally hear saying that “tnere I is no profit in poulty,” are not quail fled to have tue management ol the same, and in their attentions .may be classed with the thriftless and neguected parties who keep fowis that get drink when it rains.” ~L wish I might die,” sighed a middle-aged maiden, as she hung like a iimp bolster out of the third story front window on Sunday after ! noon and espied a man whom she had once coquettishly rejected placid ,ly propelling au ¥l3 baby-cart,— ■ Gen. Colquitt. I?I> Connection ivitE the Grange. Augusts Constitutionalist. Very recently we received the fol low communication: IS GEN. A. H. COLQUITT A GRAN GER? | Mr. Editor :—We learn this organi zation ignores all other callings, pro- A- -ions and businesses of life save their own; would bolt out all the bus ha ss of middle men in this country that they cannot compass to control ! and ( .-tabl’sh his direct trade with ; foreign nations to the detriment of I their former friends and country. ■ Are these the views of the gentle nun you recommend for Governor of ib-8 great commonwealth ? Many ; of your friends and fellow citizens \ ho are honestly engaged in the or dinary persuits of life, and who de sire the prosperity of all people and advancement-of our grand old State I to ail others, like to hear from you ou the points referred to, as you seem to endorse General A. H. Colquitt for Governor of Georgia. Subsuribel. In response to the above Gen. Colquitt sent us the subjoined let ter : Atlanta Ga., May 29, lß7fi. James Hanflail. Esq.. Auausta Ga.: My Dear Sir : Your kind note with the enclosure of one from Sub scribe! is before me, and in the hurry of the moment 1 hope I may be able to reply as fully as desired. Yes, I am a granger, and an earnest one, approving heartily and without stint the great and pure purpose of the order. Certainly as I understand that purpose it is not to ignore “all oii -r callings, professions and busi nevi of life save this one,” nor is it making an effort to “bolt out all the -.sinesses of middle men in the country that it can compass or con trol,” nor to establish that sort of di rect trade with *“foreign nations” which would prove a “detriment to its former friends and country.” But the sort of granger I am seeks the real good and prosperity of ourentire people and country by reforming and ad living that interest upon which rusts ( very other. Depression rules • he houf, every business and profess ion droops first of all things because our husbandry is unprosperous. That languishes because of the unthrifty methods of cultivation, and habits of | management and economy ; because it is made to bear burdens it should not bear injustice to it, and cannot b ar. Some of these burdens consist in great and useless circuity in buy ing and selling—an enormous usury from credit instead of cash purchases and a superfluous number of agencies which business custom rather than legitimate demand has fastened upon our trade. We can no more handle crops without agents than we can raise them without hands, and I am no witness that the enemies of the! order cal! to established the absurdi ty that some would charge us within j th -aileged attempt to do this. But* then we know to our cost and to the costofewry other cognate interest j that a farmer’s labor cannot bear the | tariff which unnecessary agencies; and a round-about road to market! exact. To cheapen the way to the j ship, and to receive our returns as demand, are among the leading ob jects of the order-. As to our efforts in the lino of di rect trade, we think they are so ob vious and strikingly just and patri otic as to challenge the respect ofthe entire community. We can never be made to believe that our people are nenefitted by deflecting the course of trade ii? an a direct line to Europe,and at the cost of thousands of miles of transportation, and annual millions of extra expenses. Our own seaports are made bare of shipping, that a strange self-denial and forgetfulness allow"to sail with enriching cargoes into other harbors. The people in the South whb live by agriculture have made but feeble efforts hereto fore to defend themselves against useless and unjust hindrances simply because we never could devise an ef fective organization whose agency could relieve us. \\ e believe at last that in the grange we find this qrggnr ized power. Every other profession or pursuit has its guild, why should we not have ours? Our calling as tillers of the soil has too much gio * rious purpose in it, and is kept too l amicable by our close sympathy with mother earth fqr its members to be Drought in hostile array against tpiy Hass’ of good and sociable people. Wo are not in this attitude and it is ! only misconception of our object or unkind misrepresentation of it, which ; could induce the belief that we are. Our rubric holds us to industry, economy, cash trade, and as few in termediaries as possible. Direct trade is a logical sequence from such i t,remises ws these, and when we add that the Order enjoins fraternity, “peace on earth and good will to men” can the most captious see any thing here to blame? With high re gard. I am, yours truly, A- U- Colquitt- From the Mountains. S. R. Freeman, of the Eiiija.y Coa few titkys In (kirterdvilb* not long since, and has this to say in his last* On last Wednesday we boarded Long’s hack with a view to visiting j some of the towns on the raiiroad. On Thursday evening we rolled into Curtersville, and spent a very pleas- | eut night with our old friend, Mr! Joshua Sumner, at the Tennessee j 11 oust'. We also met and formed the acquaintance of several gentlemen in , Carter vide, and met with a cordial welcome from all. Among others we formed the acquaintance of Mr. Willingham, editor of The Express who is known to be a good man and a very jovial feliow generally. The Express has very much improved i nee it came under hu control. While spcaking of Cartersville, allow us, gentle reader, tQ return : gunks to Mr. Will Wikle, Mr. A. K. Hudgins. Mr. Henry Ramsaur uh i others for courtesies extended us. We secured some advertising for the Courier in Cartersville, and we com mend the advertisers to our trading public. Andrew Jackson was once making , a stump speech out West, in a small j village. Just as he was concluding, Amos Kendall, who sat behind him whispered, “Tip ’em a little Latin, General. They won’t be content. without it.” " Jackson instantly: thought upon a few phrases he knew, j and in a voice of thunder wound up his speech by exclaiming, pluri bus unum—rsine qua non—ne plus ul tra —ujultum in purvo!” Tbe effect was tremendous, and the shouts could bo heard for many miles. If you wish for money send a pos j tal card to the man who owes you i a ud the Uun# is Uuuj CARTERBYILLE, GEOBUIA, THURSDAY HORNING, JUNE 22,1876. Unwritten History- Alexander H. Stephens Replies to Thur low Weed. Liberty llall, > Ckawfordsville, Ga., June 9, ’76 j lo the Editor of the Eev York Herald: I have noticed, in a late issue of your paper, an article by lion. Thur low Weed, entitled “An Unwritten Chapter of History,” in which air. Weed gives a “narrative of how the Hen-Id's influence was obtained for President Lincoln’s administration. After relating the incidents which j preceded his arrival at Mr. Bennett’s mansion oruthe Heights, the follow- j ing sentences occur. “We then walked for half an hour around the grounds, when a servant came and announced dinner. The dinner was a frugal one, during which, until the fruit was served, we held general conversation. 1 then frankly informed him of the object of my visir, closing with the remark that Mr. Lincoln deemed it more im portant to secure the Herald's sup port than to obtain a victory in the field. Mr. Bennett replied that the abolitionists, aided by the whig mem bers of Congress, had provoked a war,, of the danger of which he had been warning the country for years and that now, when they were reap iny wiiut tho y Jiutl oown, they Datl DO right to call upon him to help them out of a difficulty that they had de liberately brought upon themselves. “I listened without interruption to a bitter denunciation of Greeley, Gar rison, Seward, Summer, Ghidings, Phillips and myself, as having, by irritatingaud exasperating the South, brought the war upon the country, I then, in reply, without denying or attorn; ting to explain any of his po sh ion-, stated the whole question from our standpoint. I informed him offsets and circumstances within my own knowledge, showing conclu sively the deliberate design of sever ing the Union to prevent California from corning into the Union as a free State. I gave him the then unknown particulars of an interview of Messrs. Toombs, Stephens and Clingman, members of Congress from Georgia and Xorth Carolina, with General Taylor. The object of that interview was to induce General Taylor, a Southern man and slave-holder, to veto the bill permitting California to enter the Union as a free State. It was a stormy interview, with threats of disunion on one hand and of hang ing on the other. The facts were communicated to Senator Hamlin, of Maine, and myself within ten min utes after the interview closed.” I put the last part of this extract in italics. It is the only matter in this “chapter of history”‘that I wish at this time to notice; and the oniv no tice I wish to take of it is to assure Mr. Weed and all your readers that no such interview of Messrs. Toombs, Gagman and myself ever took place with General Taymr. ITow he and Mr. Hamlin could have been in formed within ten minutes after of the particulars of an interview which never occurred, I do pot kn„w; but I do k iOvv I never a Led Gen. Taylor to veto any bill whatever, during his administration. I know, also, and the records show it, that the bill per mitting California to enter the Union as a free State did not pass Congress moreover, know that I and*my leage, Mr. Toombs, favored the ad mission of California as a free State under her then Constitution during the whole of that stormy session. This the records will also show. We never raised an objection to the ad mission of California on account of her anti-slavery constitution, in one of tho stormiest debates I ever heard in the House of Representatives my colleague, Mr. Toombs, said: “ We do not oppose California on account ofthe anti-slavery clause in fier con stitution. It was her right and lam not prepared tosny that site acted un wisely in its exercis q'chat is her bus iness.” What he and I maintained was that the same rights which the people of California had exercised for themselves in forming their Consti tution should be equally secured to the free people of other Territories of the United States wjien they come to form their constitutions. How far this portion of Mr. Weed’s narrative may have influenced the course of the Herald towards Mr. Lincoln’s administration I know not, but I do most solemnly protest against its being received as a correct item of history of this country. • Alexander H. Stephens. Agricultural Department Report- The June returns of the department of agriculture indicate a slight reduc tion of area in cotton; comparatively late planting; good stands except in eases of too early planting or inunda tion, a growth not up to the average, nor the season healthy; and improv ing condition and clean culture, with exceptions caused by heavy rains that stimulate the growth and prevent working. The largest local reduction of area has been in Louisiana, caused by overflow and wet weather in the planting season. The next largest is Tenneesee, where the season has been cold and wet in certain districts. In Texas there has been an effort to substitute corn for cotton, but in one fourth of the counties there has been a positive increase, and in nearly half of the remainder no decrease, while the enlargement of the total area of arable crops is rapidly increasing. | The figures for acreage fire as follows? i North Carolina 98; South Carolina, | 79; Georgia, 94; Florida, 89;|Aiabama j 100; Mississippi, 89; Texas, 100; Ar kansas, 100; Tennessee, 05. The re duction is equivalent to about 3 per cent. In Virginia and North Caro | litia lb ere is tsouie poip plaint of bad stands and small growths from cold mghts, though the plants are healthy and the culture generally clean. Late planting promises well, Jn South Carolina early seeding has been pro ductive of poor stands; tbe condition averages very high. In Georgia ! seasonable rains, fine weather for work, and abundant labor have been very favorable; drought, in time of | planting has aflbctd cultivation un favorably. In Florida stands ape j generally very good. In Mississippi I and Alabama the plants are healthy though small. In Louisiana over- j hows have seriously injured the crop in exposed locations. Drought, in some parts of Texas has been inju rious. The plant is looking well in Arkansas and Tennessee, except in i places injured by excessive rails or ! inundations. The condition of the j several States is as follows: North Carolina, 101: South Carolina, 98; Georgia. lTf; Florida, 8-; Aiahutqa, 194; Mississippi, 92; Louisiana, 89; Texas 90; Arkansas 9-5; Tennessee 93. The Nashville says; Mr. Blaine’s“aqdacijty” is very flue—but then there’s his mendacity, bond sa gacity, subsidizing capacity and gen | eral rapacity. A disagreeable relative—a carb uncle. Memories- Dedicated to * 4 Phik. # June 20th, 1876. This night ten years ago looms up J before me like a vision of beauty, aad for a while I will be oblivious to the present and revel in the memora ble past. Sleep on ye inhabitants of our quiet little city and dream—per chance of “wealth and power or the wildest visions you could Will,” but I’ll wake to the memory of oue who has and who loves me still. Ten years ago to-night the refulgent moon, “<Zer heavens pure azure spread her sacred lifht Around her silver throne tlie planets jrlowed, And stars unnumbered trembling beams be stowed.” Oakley Hall was crowded to its utmots capacity. Merry peals of laughter made the welkin ring. Perfumes sweet, exhaled from myri ads of flowers, charmed the air with their grateful redolence. Soft breezes played upon the aspen boughs, awakening a inol<ly man* t achingly sweet than any symphony Boreas ever produced on his Eolian harp. Hark, the eight bell is sound ing. They gather round the altar, and the minister solemnly and im pressively reads the service that pro nounces the “twain one flesh.” .'Ah! how happy they the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite and in one fa(e, Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend.” We all joined in this familiar re frain, “To-nightat least—to-night be gay what ere the morrow brings.” Time with all its changes, can nev er mar the transcendant beauty of this night in the “long ago.” Once in every twelve months I re visit this halcyon spot and live o’er again the unspeakable joys that thrilled my “full freighted” heart. Where art thou to-night, Phil*)? Sit ting beneath sweet scented Acacias, thinkingof the “loved onesat bom*?” Every Southern breeze seems to bring me messages from thee on invisible pinions, but my spirit catches each loving echo and appropriates it. I hear thee say, “Yes, Malleen, the same—yesterday, to-day and forever.” Let this be the guerdon to inspire me to a calm endurance of all the petty ills of life and of fortune. “1 would whisper to thee softly words which thou should hear alone.” They are sleeping, and let me ask you privately, does impecuuiosity exclude one from sympathy, from friendship, from common courtesy? Is it really so that “the poor have no sensibility, no claims of recognition, no friends, no need of pity, no con science in capable of su fferi ng?—w hose hearts are made of adamant, whose minds are instinctive like the beast that perishes and is forgotten.” 1 thought that this was a Christian land, and that the nineteenth cen tury boasted of its genius, learning and purity. Igo to the house of God and they beautifully sing “Jesus of Nazareth passeth by,” Can this be so? Then where is the palm leave; and living brunches that should be- StXD-VP utfieuuAiuusiy awaiting upcoming; but they are poor ; will he pass them by ? But how could I admit this shaft of midnight gloom through my casement to-night, the night of all nights most beautiful? Thou teilest me the lines have fallen to you in pleasant places. Do they sing “Jesus of Nazareth passeth by,” and yet refuse thee a cup of water in His name? What are the brightest jewels that Christians can wear? Humility, charity, unselfishness, consistency. Then why are they ig nored for the paltry baubles that cor rode and rust with their using? But I must not cheat you out of refresh ing slumber. our lives be long and happy, and pass ont from time “like sunlight on a summer sea.” Malleen. Salaries. Gov. Tilden receives an annual salary of SIO,OOO as Governor of New York, which is the highest paid in the Union. Louisiana pays SB,OOO, California $7,000, Nevada $6,000. Eight States—Kentucky, Massachu setts. Missouri, North Carolina, Pen sylvania, Texas, Virgftiia and Wis consin—pay $5,000. Three States — Alabama Georgia and Ohio—4,ooo. Arkansas, South Carolina, and Flor ida pay each $6,000. Kansas, Indi ana,Minnesota,Mississippi, New Jer sey, and Tennesee pay each $3,000. Illinois, lowa and Maine, pay each $2,500. West Virginia pays $2,700, Connecticut $2,000, Oregon $1,5*10, Delaware $1,300 and Michigan, Ne braska, New Hampshire, Rhode Is land and Vermont pay their Gover nors respectively a salary of just SI,OOO “There is one thing on which a husband and wife never have and never can agree, and that is on what | constitutes a well-beaten carpet. | When the article is clean it’s a man’s ! impression that it should be retnov- 1 ed, and he be allowed to wash up and quietly retire. Jiut a woman’s appetite for carpet-beating is never appeased while a man has a whole muscle in his body. And if lhe waited until she voluntarily gave the signal to stop he might heat away until he dropped down dead. It is directly owing to his superior strength of mind that the civilized world is not a widow this day.”— Danbury News.. The Atlanta Constitution under the heading “The Man of St. Louis,” says of the Georgia delegation; “ While they are uncommitted to any one of the' Presidential aspirants we have already stated that which we have every reason to believe correct, viz: that of the delegation nine are cer tain in their preference for Tilden, and the probabilities are that, under existing circumstances more than one-half of the twenty-two represen tatives from this State would vote for him at St. Louis.” The “Old Guard,” at a meeting In New York on Thursday night, ac- j cepted the invitation to be present in Charleston, South Carolina, on the 28th, the Centennial anniversary of I the battle of Fort Moultrie. They will be acoompanied by tflo Boston i Tigers and be received by tiie Wash*, ingtori Light Infantry of Charleston. “Women are going into the insu rance business.” And when a come ly woman enters a man’s office, hitches up her chair, places a fair hand on Ida arni, gpd begins to talk j about policies, he feels as if his life j ought to be insured pretty soon. And , this feeling is greatly augmented i should his wife drop in unexpectedly i during tue interview.— Norritiouth 1 tf&ald. Special Notices. Directory of County Officer*. OkdinaßV—J. A. Howard, c lerk or Superior Court—Thomas A. Word. sheriff— V. M. Franklin. G. L. Franks, Deputy. j Tax Receiver—A. M. Toate. ) Tax Uou-RCTOR—W, F. Corbin. I County Commissioners—Russel 11. Cannon, Chairman. David V. Stokely. John C. Avcock, R. 11. Dodd, John 11. Wikie, Clerk, j Coroner—l). B. MuU. I Surveyor— H. J. McCormick, G. W. Hill, . Deputy. I- 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 1 tiie time paid for expires, i The names of those who had not paid up, we * * have transferred to our new books, and Infill j their subscriptions from December 3, 1875. ; These are respectfully and earnestly requested : local* iu 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 sconstan cash outlay to do so, we.hope all who have not paid will do so without delay. CIRTIRSVILLE CITY GOVERNMENT. Mayor—F. M. Ford. Aldermen -a. it. Hudgins, G. IV. Satter- ! lield, C. B. Conyers, A. L. Barron, J. A. Stover, i S. F. Milam, Peter Marsh, H. S. Best. Clerk—j. n. Conyers, acting. Treasurer—A. 1.. Barron. Marshal—M. P. Maxwell. Attorney—J. 11. Conyers. Sexton—h. S. ttevell. COMMITTEES. Finance A. K. Hudgins, C. 15. Conyers, S. F. i Milam. I Street 11. S. Best, .T. A. Stover, G. W, Satter j field. A. L. Barron. Cemetery —Peter Marsh, S. F. Milam. C B * Conyers. ’ ; LAWS RELATING TO NEWSPAPER SUR SCRIPTIO.VS AND ARREARAGES 1. Subscribers who donottrive express no tice to the contrary, are considered wishing t continue their subscription, 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance ol their periodicals, the publishers may continue to send them until all arrearages arc paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take then-periodicals from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible until they have settled their bills and ordered them i uiscontiauect. 4. ir subscribers move to other places with- I out notifying publishers, and the papers are | sent to the former direction, they are held re- ! sponsible. 5. The Courts have decided that “refusing to take periodicals from .he office or removing! and leaving them uncalled for, isprima facie evidence f intentional fraud.” 6 \n y person who receives a newspaper and makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or not, is held In law to be a subscriber. 7. If subsc ibers pay in advance, they are* bound to give notice to the publisher, at t)ic end of their time, if they do not wish to con tinue taking it; otherwise the publisher is authorized to scud 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 H aut b arders, Want a situation, I\ ant a salesman, Want a servant girl, IV ant to rent a store, VV ant to sell a piano, VV ant to sell a horse, Want to rent a house, Want to sell a carriage, Want a boarding place, Want 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 blacksmithing, Want t)o sell millinery goods, ant to sell a house and lot, Want to advertise to advantage, Wan’ttoflnd anyone’s address, VV ant to sell a piece of furniture, Want to buy a SCCOIUI-hand cai ringo, VV ant to find anything you have lst, Want to sell agricultural implements, Want to find an owner for lost property. Advertise in THE CARTEBSVILLE EXPRESS. Professional Cards. J. M. HIQOS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office: Up-.'tairs over Stokoly & .Williams, i West Alain Street. apr2o James W. Harris, Sr. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, One door East of Express Office, Main Street. CARTERSVILLE, GA. mar-30 LAW HEAL ESTATE. W. T. WOFFORD, Iwill be in my office between the hours of 10 and 11 each morning, and will attend to any business entrusted to my care. A. M. FOITE, ATTORNEY AT LAW CARTERSVILLE, GA. ( With Col. Warren Akin,) Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb, : Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad j joining counties. ” dec2-Iy. li. W. MIBPIIEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW Cartersville, Ga. OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick building corner of Main and Irwin streets. dec2-tf. J. W. HARRIS, Jr., ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cartersville, Ga. OFFICE next door to The Exphess printing establishment. JOHN W. WOFFOHP. THOMAS W. MILNKB WOFFORD A MILNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, cartersville, ga., OFFICE up stairs, Bank Block. JAMIES B. CONYERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cartersville, Ga. WILL practice in the Courts of Ch'erokee and adjoining circuits. Particular attention j given to all business entrusted to my care. Collecting made a specialty. Office np-stairs in the Bank Block. dec23-ly. ti. H. RAT S, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office in the Court House. j dec9-lv RENTAL NOTICE. Drs. Tigner & Johnson j Office up-stairs, in Brick Building opposite The Express Office. TREAT diseased gums and ab scessed teeth, fill and clean teeth, extiaet teeth, and in- I ILx B ert artificial teeth. All WUrk 1 gU&mdNVdv y^g* , Prices to Suit tlie Times :The Southern Shirt Manufactory! I IS MAKING Rost \V ain salta Muslin Shirt, with fine linen bosoms aid cuffs, complete...#2 1.90 I'cr Doirn. Best 1-rutt ol Loom Muslin, and GOOD Lin n , 18 Ot j Rest W amsutta, Partly made' Shirts, 1* 00 1° Kf 'lone on our partly made shirt than any other make, Umse\'s Paten Kcvetsitde 1 uff,, which is two pair of cuffs attached to each shirt. i~ manu!;.etu T eti: also al grades and kinds oi COLLA US, BOSOMS, IKA\VEKS and UNDERSHIRTS. ©3“ * arties m Carteisville ordering from us can have their measures taken at Mr. Patillo's Unm° P ’ 3Elci ’ 3F ‘- SUiopsllirc tfc Go. 1111 2 I', Kis. tan ain a st.. ATL vNT A, I,A. THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE the PEOPLE’S FAVORITE. The Largest Sales because the Most Popular. The Most Popular Because The Best. i ci . VERDICT OP THEPKOPLK. Sales in 1871 ... i I Sales in 1872 ! ......... " . ’ ................... .2li*,7A.i Sales in 1873 233.444 Sales in 1874 1241,676!!! i more thau was sold by th next highest com;etitor and over 60.000 more than \va> | al ‘ “thor companies combined ! ! ! t * lc . ®,' 1, £ er Manufacturing Company, 172 15 rough ton Street. Savannah, Ga., C\ S. Ajrent; t orner Bioad and Alabama sts.. Atlanta, Ga.. George W. 1,. .umd. Au't : an l * fvld l v :mi ' 1 sa,us ’ Popular Store, Carteisville, Ga., lt.W. B. MKBIUTT, Agent. Hardware and Farming mplements. BAKER & HALL C VaR MI NG “iMPLKM *° * S o ™™ l a!HI co,n,letc ' lwk " f HAlU>\\ Mil. and PLOWS, HOES, COTTON PLANTERS, ETC. G rasa ,*Ge rnvin ilZft B £?iL ofPl *£ D BKF '* soch as Clover, Red Top, On hard and 111, x!n?a ,ICOm * , * e * e ! ‘t°ckof RE.VDirtf ADE?I^WS > boiJ?li| , ai<? I fiteS. 0 * W*e 0 * ,M * Bar Iron* to 4 '•<> Steel Slabs ’.V... l “ '> ' *“t' Iron Slabs ,J '-- *° Cast Steel ... r> '* ' 7 rent- Swoed Iron cent'. lebU-tf® CaSl * We Ca " S6 ’ l " S c^ea P ;ts the same'quality of goods'caube —"oid" ii'n'v wii -re ° ” CC " l, ‘' i „ BAKt 't A HAM,. STOVES & TINWARE. To tlie Citizens of Cartersville and I'ouruJing- Country: HAVING consolidated our business at the old GILBERT fj STAK'D on the corner of Main and Tuinlin Streets, Wc BflPIPjSj -kjfm - " 'll carry on the business under the name and firm of ’ STALL.* ADAMS 'Ve will keep constantly on band a large and complete stock of STOVES, TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, ‘as sa pluate prices lrom any market in the State. All job worK and repairing prompt'v dene for i < l ,r °4uce, rags and old brass and copper taken in exchange lor goods. Wrap- Bo*! Ubb ivtiiir 1 i) S ft°*i h , aiU lo ■ At, *? ta pri,,e '- We w * fllrnii " galvonizSl Iron Lm .orators“or „ Ji .' ,Byrup ’ J IO .V- *jc,4oin. wide, complete, made out of a solid sheet. AV **-,„* t ram ii ri i! l ! < i ,IUI a - ' Ten dollars lower than ever turnished in the - ,ith. riio s c desiring to purchase please give us lo days’ notice. (janl-ly) STALL ft ADAMS. A CTAU/ALi rAlUinnu • Wallace TTackett, manufacturers;^ Hollow Ware, Steam Eopes, Grates, Mantels, Mill Machinery, &c m Highest Market Price lor Ol <3L Iron, Copper and. Brass- STILL AT THEIR OLD HTANI >. STOKELY * WILLIAMS, DEALERS IN STAPLE & FANCY BUY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes. WE desire to state to our old friends and patrons that we arc still running our busine-- with or paying patrons on the usual time heretofort ghen, But will Expoct Prompt Payment at Maturity. Those paving cash at purchase will get the benefit of a heavy deduction. And we would most respectfully request those purchasing Tor cash to say to us at the time: -We ">’! ca-b this bill.” as we will then the more readily affix prices. It there i- nothing .aid ‘-nr prices will be given at time rates. STOKELY A' It ILLI VMS. N?J Those owing ns due paper will do us a great favor by calling and making early py -• ll ment. (march 8) J-Ti>K KI t THE GRANGERS’ li m heilti mmi or.. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Authorized Capital 4,500,000 Of Which SIOO,OOO to be O n3i in Each Department. Each Policy-Holder is entitled to a vote in the management of the Company PARENT OFFICE, MOBILE, ALA. CAPITAL STOCK, - - - 100,000. W. H. KETCHCM, President. |F. E. DAVIDSON, Vice President. | .W. FORT. ec'y GEORGIA DEPARTMENT, ROHE, GA. Capital Stock **loo,ooo Office No. 2 COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Major C. G. SAMUEL, President, ALFRED SHORTER, Vice-President, R. J. GWALTNLY, 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 IP Newton, Athens,Ga.; A. .Jones, Cedartown,Ga ; Hon. D. F. Hammond, Atlanta, Ga.; ilo>e D. B. Hamilton, Rome, Ga.; Cain Glover. Rom ~ G.i.; T. McGuire, Rome, Ga.; F. Woodruff. Rome, Ga.; M. 11. Bunn. Cedartown, Ga.; A. J. King, Cave Spring, Ga.: Hon. \V M. Hutcliius. Polk county, Ga. ALABAMA DEPARTMEXT, HOYTOOJIERY, ALA. Capital Stock 8100,000 j Hon. N. N. Clements, President and (e.ncral Manser, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Hon. David (lepton. Vice President, Montgomery, Ala.; W. L. Chamber.,Secretary ; Stone & Ciopton, Attorney .. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, MERIDIAN MISS. Capital Stock 51 00.00,, Col. James W. Beck, President, John 11. Grav, Vice-President, L. A Duncan. Serrotai ' . SECURITY, ECONOMY AND LIBERALITY, Are the Leading principles of this Company. | ALL approved forms of Lire and Endowment Polices issued in sums of? 100 up to JUUXO, an ; Term Policies of one, three, or seven y ears. All Eife policies non-forfeiting after two annnal payments, when the inured wi’l bee>,:i;' *. ! to ),aid up Policy or Cash Surrencer thereof. Dividends may be used to protect policies against lapsing In ease of failure to pav - mi urns. This with the noa-torfeitlng and Cash Surrender features, a-e sipfi.-ient wu:^ ! Company popular among thinking men. AGENTS WANTED, dec 2-tf W. G. ENGLAND, of Mobile, Ala., General Superintendent of> Wt K. HUSE, Agent, Cartersville, Qr' VOLUME XYII—NUMBER 25.