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THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS
11Y C. 11. C. WILLINGHAM.
The Cartersyille Express.
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Professional Cards.
J. Hi MOON,
attorney at law.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office: Up-stairs over Stokely & Williams,
West Main -street. apr2o
James W. Harris, Sr.
AT TORNEY- A TLAW,
One door Hast of Express Office, Main Street.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
mar3o.
LAW & REAL ESTATE.
W. T. WOFFORD,
?- will l>e in my office between the hours of 10
and 11 eacli morning, and will attend to any
usiness entrusted to iny care.
A. H. FOUTJE,
attorney at law
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
(With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobh,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. dec 2-1 y.
It. W. MlltrilEV,
attorney at laav
CARTERSVILLE, Ga.
OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick build‘ng
corner of Main and Irwin streets. |RC ~ 5“
J. w. IIARRIS, Jr.*
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
OFFICE next iloor to Tiik Express printing
establishment. ■ _
THOMAS W. MILNER
WOFFORD & WILDER,
attorneys at law,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
OFFICE up stairs, Bank Block. __
JAMES R. COPIERS,
ATTORNEY' AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
wit i nractice in the Couvts of Cherokee
anil 'adjoining circuits. Particular ahenhou
given to all business entrusted to my £
Collecting made a specialty. Office
in the Hank Block. .. CC
G. 11. RATES,
attorney at law,
cartersville, GA.
Office in the Court House.
dec9-ly __
DENTAL NOTICE.
Drs. Tigner & Johnson
Office up-stairs*, in Brick Building opposite
TnE Express Olnee.
- TKEAT diseased gums aad ab
• scessed teeth, hll w , > ' *
teeth, extiact teeth, and in
sert artificial teeth. All work
guaranteed. Terms reasonable.
Business Cards.
SALE, LIVERY ANO FEED STABLE.
THOMPSON & SCOTT
l/EEI' constantly on hand good vehicles
IV and fine horses, and every conveyance
accommodate the public. i-porc-ia
East Main street, Cartersville, Georgia.
niayll-tf
JOHN T. OWEN,
At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store.
MAIN STREET, CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WII L sell Watches, Clocks and >Jew
el rv Spectacles, Silver and Sil
ver-plated will * he VarranteE
as they can be bought anywhere. W arranteu
to prove as represented. , . ive
All work done by me warranted to g*ve.*•“
islactlon. Give me a call. >- tn ±1
Livery, Sale & Feed Stable
R. C. & J. E. ROBERTS,
Near the Court House.
CABTEKSVILLE, GA
Good Buggies, Hacks. Carnages. Horses and
Careful drivers, and at reasonabl p - nel ' 5 _ ly
us and we will treat you rLM- JJ —— —-
-5&.W*-
WOFFORO & WILLINGHAM,
Real Estate Agents,
Cartersville? Georgia
WE will sell and having
upon Commission. A. y P can have
land for sale or wishing to al | our law
our services by application through the
or printing °*ce°rby Ixamine lands for
post office. We sudi Information as
distant owners, and givesue r pj
artiesmay desire, of price etc. ***“
Travelers’ Guide.
THE COOSA RIVER STEA MEH ■*.
schedule ° Sa KiVCr wUI run ** ‘ er
Leave Rome every Mondav at 1 ~
Leave Rome every Thursday '
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday and Friday' 9 t I,
Arrive at Rome Wednesday and Saturday; „ m
* r,LJ<|> >lT. Gen 1 Sup’t
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
FROM and alter this date the followimr
iS?. lbe
** Tavtorsville, " s, .L,
‘ Stili -boro, * " ~
Arrive at t artersville, o-'m **
Leave Cartersville .! 33 P. M
~
lav.orsvtlle 4 -ia
Arrive at Rockmart s.'j- ,
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY
On and after Sunday, Dec. 12th trains on the
Rome Railroad will run as follows: e
DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY.
Leave Rome at 7
Arrive at Rome YY.Y.'.Ymm a m
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMODATION.
Leaves Rome at 5 45 n m
Arrive at Rome at p R 1
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Trains on Georgia Railroad
Atlanta to Augusta, run as below: ’
Leaves Augusta at 8-47 am
I.eaves Atlanta at "v oo a rn
Arrives at Augusta V'W ..
Arrives at Atlanta ..'.'..‘.'.'sos p m
Night passenger trains as lollows:
Leaves Augusta at 8-15 D m
Leaves Atlanta at 10-50 n m
Arrives at Augusta 3:15 L m
Arrives at Atlanta 6; 35 anl
Accomodation train as follows :
Leaves Atlanta... 5 : oo p m
Leaves Covington 5:50 a m
Arrives at Atlanta 8;15 a m
Arrives at Covington 7’;30 p m
SELMA, ROM & DALTON.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY-NORTH.
Leave Rome 6:10 p m
Arrive at Dalton 3:24 p in
Making close connections at Dalton with the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road, and Western and Atlantic Railroad for
all Eastern and Western cities.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY—SOUTH.
Leave Dalton r,.00 p ni
Arrive at Rome 9.10 p ni
Arrive at Calera "...5:40 a m
Arrive at Selma 10;20 a rn
Making close connection at Calera for Mont
gomery and points South, and at Selma wit-
Alabama Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or
leans, Meridian, Vicksburg, Jackson, all
points South in Texas. Louisiana ami Missis
sippi- M. STANTON, Gen. Sup’t.
Ray Knight, Gen. Ticket and Pass’gr Agt.
ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD.
PASSENGER TRAIN-OUTWARD.
STATIONS. ARBIVK. LEAVE
Atlanta 10:25 p.m.
East Point 10:44 p. m. 10:44 p. in.
Red Oak 10:59 p. ni. 11:44 p. iu.
Fairburn 11 i2l p. m. 11:22 p. m
Palmetto 11:37 p. m. 11:38 p. in.
Powell's 11 ;5 p. in, 11:59 p. m.
New nan 12:14 p. m. 13:15 a. m.
Puckett’s 12:30a 111 12:35 am
Grantville 12:50 a m 12:51 a m
Mogansville 1:08 a m 1:00 am
Wbitfield's 1:34 a m 1:35 am
LaGrange 1:54 a m 1:55 am
Long Cane 2:21 a m 2:21 am
West Point 2:40 a m
PASSENGER TRAIX—INWARD.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE.
West Point 12:30 p in
Long Cane 13:36 pm 13:36 pm
La Grange .. 1:02 pm 1:03 pin
Whitfield’s 1 -.21 p m 1:21 p m
llogansville 1:21 pru 1:42 p m
Grantville 1:57 p in 1:58 p m
Puckett’s 2:13 pm 2:18 pm
Newnan 2:29 p m 2:30 p m
Powell’s 2;44 p m 2:45 p m
Palmetto 3:06 p m 3:0? p m
Fairburn 3:32 pm 2:2:5 p ni
Red Oak 3:38 11 ni 3:42 p m
East Point 3:57 p m 3:57 p ni
Atlanta 4:15 Jp m
WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
The following Schedule takes effect April
30, 1875.
NORTHWARD. No. 1.
Leave Atlanta 4 10 pm
Arrive Cartersville 6 23 p in
Arrive Kingston 6 52 p ni
Arrive Dalton 8 32 p m
Arrive Chattanooga 10 16 pm
No. 3.
Leave Atlanta 5 40 am
Atriro cnr.wJiavillU ,u
Arrive Kingston 8 26 a m
Arrive Dalton 10 08 a m
Arrive. Chattanooga 11 55 p m
No. 11.
Leave Atlanta 8 00 a m
Arrive Cartersville 10 20 a m
■Vrrive'Kingston... 10 53 a m
.a.-rive Dalton 1 05 pm
SOUTHWARD- No. 2.
Leave Chattanooga - 4 00 p rn
Arrive Dalton.... 5 51 pm
Arrive Kingston 7 21 p m
A> rive Cartersville 4 II pm
Arrive Atlanta 10 10 p in
No. 4.
Leave Chattanooga 5 10 am
Arrive Dalton ‘ ““ a nl
Arrive Kingston 8 5. am
Arrive Cartersville •? 82 a m
Arrive Atlanta U, 52 .? 11
No. 12.
Arrive Dalton 59 a in
Arrive Kingston.. 4 16 a ni
Arrive Cartersville •••} 09 am
Arrive Atlanta 9 45 a in
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 anil 2, be
ween New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 be
tween Atlanta and Nashville.
Pullman Palace (Jars run on Nos *a3 ud 2be
tween Louisville and Atlanta.
t3F~No change of cars betw< en New Orleans
Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta .mil Baltimore
and only one change to New Y. k.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 1 10 p. m , ar
rive in New York the second thei utter at 4 00
Tickets to the Virgin : a Springs
and various Summer Resorts will oe on sale
in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Colum
bus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta,
at great!v reduced rates Ist ol June.
Parties desiring a whole car through to the
Virginia Springs or to Baltimore should ad
dress the undersigned. 1 j
Parties contemplating traveling should send
for a copyof the Kennetaxe Route Gazette, con
taining schedules, etc.
for tickets via
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
may22—dti Atlanta. Ga.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
First-Class Faro $2.50 Per Day,
An ‘‘Old Virginia Welcome” by Hewitt.
WM. k. HTJSE,
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENT
Represents the following nrst-ciass
companies :
GEORGIA HOME,
OF COLUMBUS, GA.
nifes ow and guarantees dividends yearly.
The private property of the stockholders bound
for all of the obligations ol the company .
NIAGARA,
OF NEW YORK,
The assets arc nearly a million and a buL.
ATLAS,
OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Assets are over half a million dollars.
AMERICAN ,
OF PHILADELPHIA,
HOME PROTECTION,
OF NORTH ALABAMA,
invests only in States bonds Issues
“ s2L“Sr.SfV the
agent,;
Also represents
OTHER FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES,
notenllnt erat e da hove .In s uran c e uara n t eed
Cartersville, Ga., May 4,18.6.
PRIMARY ELECTION.
lor the Nomination of Democratic Can
didates for the Legislature.
Cartersville, Sept. 16, '76.
| lo the IMnocratic Voters of Ear low
County :
Having been appointed by you
as your Executive Committee, we
deem it proper to say that by such
appointment it would appear that
you consider you have need for such
committee. If we understand the
purposes and objects as ordinarily
practiced they are to look to the in
terests of the party to the end that
that party shall be victorious at the
elections and its principles shall
triumph in the persons of its declared
representatives. While thoroughly
impressed with the importance of
these results to the State and country
at large, we are confronted with
the fact that in our county we are
disorganized as a party. It is not
in our power to bring about the har
mony so much to be desired. It is
to he expected that any action that
we shall indicate will meet with op-
I Position from independent candi
dates who are now in the field and
their avowed friends,
i We would not, however, make the
| slightest reflection derogatory ;to the
merits of any of these gentlemen.
But our duty is plain and unmistak
able. We can know no half-way
ground. We must recommend or
ganization. It is the corner-stone
of our political fabric both State and
National. Without it our house
will centinue to be divided, and will
be given over to the enemy. We
trust that the honest Democratic vo
ters of the county will seriously con
sider the importance of unity of ac
tion and proper representation in the
persons of their candidates for the
Legislature. The time is short but
long enough for them to meet to
gether at their respective voting
precincts, and unite on the men whom
they wish to represent them. It is
their right and their duty to their
party to attend to this matter. The
people have no ‘‘axes to grind” for
themselves. There is now no doubt
hut one candidate will he run for the
Radical vote with a good prospect
tor success in the midst of so many
independent candidates. It is there-
fore ordered that all Democratic voters
of each militia district in thecounty
assemble at their respective precincts
on Saturday, 23d September at 10
o’clock a. ni. Select your own chair
man and adopt resolutions as to what
you wish done by your representa
tives, make your nomination of two
members for the Legislature by a pri
mary election—recording only Dem
ocratic voters. Then send a delega
tion to the Court House on Monday
the 25th of September to meet the
other delegations and the Executive
Committee at 11 o’clock a. m. The
two highest names when the returns
are consolidated shall be declared the
nominees of the party, each district
to be entitled to its pro rata of repre
sentation as by the tax digest.of Dem
ocratic voters as nearly as can be as
certained.
The fraudulent bond question; the
question of a State convention; our
criminal docket, and all other .mat
ters touching our taxes, are deserv
ing your consideration and on which
you may wish to know how your
nominees shall stand.
W. H. GILBERT, President.
It. I. Battle, Sec’y.
OUR MINERALS.
Notes from the Carroll County Poet Lau
reate as he Swings Around the Circle.
To the Editor of The Express:
According to promise I give you
for publication, a brief account of
my mineral explorations through a
portion of Cherokee and coun
ties, Ga. The first property of inter
est I visited after leaving Acworth
is well known in the mining circles
of thaoeeetion, as the Sixes. From
accounts there have been an almost
in credit able amount of gold washed
from the gravel beds and auriferous
sands of this rich and valuable prop
erty, and notwithstanding it was dis
covered by the Indians long before
the Cherokee purchase, ever since
that period down to the present time
there has been more surface work
done on this and adjoining lots, than
any other property in the vicinity of
the Sixes. Many large nuggets of
gold are reported to have been picked
up from time to time, weighing as
much as several hundred penny
weights. Col. Shuford, of Acworth,
now has in his possession a small
nugget weighing some thirty-two
pennyweights, which was found in a
heap of gravel during the early part
of last summer. No vein of any con-
sequence has yet been discovered on
this property, though quite a number
of shafts have been sunk aud consid
erable money spent to develope a per
manent mine. So far, tiie efforts of
those engaged in this undertaking
have failed to accomplish the desired
object, and in my humble opinion,
the failure to cut a rich and paying
vein on this property, is more the
want of practical mining knowledge,
than capital and enterprise. I un
derstand that it now the intention ot
the company owning the Sixes, at an
early day, to put down a shaft some
eighty or one hundred feet at which
depth they will be pretty apt to de
velop the rich and long sought treas
ure.
The next property of importance,
I examined, in this great mineral
section, is the Hillhouse & Payne
mine, located some three quarters of
a mile, in a southeast direction, from
the Sixes. A shaft to the depth of
twenty feet has been sunk, showing a
regular quartz vein some four and a
half feet in width and highly im
piegnated with the precious stuff.
Specimens of ore from this mine
have been tested in the city of At
i lanta, by competent parties, showing
CAItTEUSYILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORMXG, SEPTEMBER 21. 1876.
a yield of twenty-five per cent, of
pure gold ; hut of eourse, those were
■ choice specimens selected from the
richest portions of the vein, and con
sequently cannot be considered a fair
average of the ore. I spent several
days on this property, and during
that time, assisted in making quite a
number of tests, and am satisfied
that the ore from this ooint of the
vein, will average, at the lowest cal
culation, fifteen dollars per ton. In
this connection I would state that
another vein has been ojiened on this
property some two and a half feet in
width and promises from present in- 1
dications to he equally as rich, if not
richer, than the one first alluded to
in this article. This mine is located
on the same metal’e belt running
through by way of the Glade and
Burnt Hickory mines, and is no
doubt the champion vein of the min
eral section. I visited several other
properties in the vicinity of the Six-
es, hut will not attempt a description
of them at present.
From the Sixes I visited the pDem
ises of Col. R. C. Kerr, situated on
the Marietta and Canton road, some
three miles from the former place.
We found Col. Kerr one of the most
pleasant and affable gentlemen we
have had the good fortune to meet
during our travels in North Georgia,
and we enjoyed his kind hospitality
with a relish and gusto characteristic
of our former self. The Colonel is
one of the most practical farmers in
in the good old “Banner county” of
the State, and his stock of agricultu
ral implements is varied and of the
best and most approved style, and
consequently his farm is iu a high
state of cultivation.
The object of our visit to Col. Kerr’s
was to examine his rich and ex ten
sive beds of magnetic iron ore which
we were invited to do through our
worthy and highly esteemed friend,
Maj. Roddy, who is one of the pio
neer miners of Tennessee and JNorth
Georgia; a gentleman of large expe
rience and sound practical knowl
edge.
I must confess that I was surprised
upon examination, to find such vast
and extensive beds, or leads of mag
netic iron ore of such superior and
excellent quality, located only a few
feet from the surface, which has been
analyzed by the State Geologist and
others of Atlanta, and pronounced
superior to anything of the kind yet
discovered in the Southern States.
This valuable property is situated
three miles from the Western & At
lantic Railroad, and about one hun
dred and fifty yards from the Mariet
ta & North Georgia Railroad, which
is now in course of construction, and
bound to be in operation at no dis
tant day. There is not a more eligi
ble and sightly location on the Amer
ican Continent, for (he extensive and
profitable manufacture of steel and
steel implements, in all their varied
and useful form and modifications,
than is presented ou this desirable
and interesting property, and all that
is needed to make it the Sheffield of
the United States, is capital, enter
prise and mechanical skill. There is
much more I would like to say in
regard to Nortli Georgia and her
great mineral wealth, but for fear I
may weary your patience I will de
sist for the present.
Yours truly, R. J. G.
Failures in Journalism.—A>
year ago some capitalists took hold of
the Richmond Enquirer , then in a
moribund condition, placed at its
head some accomplished and expe
rienced young journalists, who had
won their reputation in New York
journalism, and for a time everybody
predicted that the enterprise would
be a great success. The Enquirer un
der its new management was indeed
a brilliant paper, hut the crushing
weekly outlay it required was more
than its owners could stand, and on
Saturday last it gracefully gave up
the ghost. The Richmond Whig, in
noticing the collapse of the Enquirer
sensibly remarks:
“The newspaper business of the
country is greatly overdone, and es
pecially is this the casein Virginia,
and in the Southern States generally.
A daily morning paper, however
judiciously managed, can only be
run at a heavy expense, that
must he met weekly in cash, so
that, unless their columns are replen
ished daily and liberally with paying
advertisements and their subscrip
tion lists are extensive, they can but
prove costly luxuries—elephants
upon the hands of their proprietors.”
St. Louis, Sept. 11.—A man was
picked up in a lumber yad, near the
Union depot, in this city, this morn
ing in an unconscious condition, sup
posed to be under the influence of
liquor. He was taken to the police
station and locked up. He had a large
number of letters ih his pocket ad
dressed to Orville Grant, many of
them relating to post traderships
and government contracts matters.
After being locked up an hour the
man returned to consciousness,
whereupon it wa- discovered that lie
was Orville Grant, brother of the
President. He was not able to give
a very suceient account of himself.
Some friends came and took him to
the Lindell Hotel. No one know of
liis arrival here. It is supposed that
he started from Washington to at
tenn to the letting of government
contracts which occurred a few days
ago. and that he fell by the wayside
arriving here this morning scarcely
knowing what he was about, aud
wandering away into a lumber yard
w here he became unconscious.
Declining Health of a South
ern Journalist.—l called at the
office of the Daily Register and
found Col. Joseph Hodgson, former
ly of the Montgomery Mail , at the
lielm. Col. John Forsyth |is absent
in tiie West, traveling for his health.
It is with feelings of the deepest sor
row 7 that I inform the readers of the
Courier-Journal that there is but lit
tle hope of his restoration to health.
The arduous labors of the veteran ed
itor and noble patriot have utterly
broken dowrn his constitution, and
wuh it has gone, in a great, measure,
the brilliant intellect that once shone
so brightly. His physical health be
gan failing many months ago, and
soon afterwards there appeared signs
of mental weakness, and at times he
fai:s to recognize his oldest and best
friends. He has performed no edito
rial labor of any sort for some time.
—Correspondence Courier Journal.
According to the New York Tri
bune the people of Vermont hate the
people of the South with a virulence
not approached in any other section
of the Union, and this acrimony is,
if,.anything, increased because the
South does not love and cherish the
party and policy which Vermonters
support. The South is a little slow
in turning the other cheek.
men say w'hen a man is
full of whisky he can’t freeze,and ap
pearances indicate that a large num
oer of our citizens are expecting a
mighty cold snap.
CROPS IN GEORGIA.
Consolllatiun of the Reports of Crops for
August.
Com. —The condition of the corn
is six per cent, above an average,
which is three per cent, lower than
reported last month, and twenty-one
percent, higher than on the 15th of
September last year. The seasons
were generally good during the early
part of August, thus securing the es
timates of last report.
The following coincidence is re
markable:
The table shows that the corn crop
in fifteen counties is short, on an av
erage, 7 8 per cent. ; and seventy
eight counties show an average sur
plus of 7.6 per cent., which results
when equalized, show an average
surplus of five per cent, for the State.
The footing of the column of “condi
tion of coin” shows thai it is six per
cent, better than an average, thus
reaching practically the same result
by different processes.
It is certain that an abundant sup
ply of edfn has been made.
Cotton. —Owing to the extremely
hot and dry weather of the last three
weeks of the month, cotton is report
ed at fifteen percent, below an aver
age, or nineteen per cent, below last
report (Ist of August), though still
twelve per cent higher than 16th of
last September of last year. Rust
is reported in many localities, espec
ially in Middle and Southwestern
Georgia. Many reports say the crops
will all he open and gathered by first
of November.
Sugar Cane. —lias fallen off thirteen
per cent, since last report—being re
ported at ninety-four per cent.
Field Peas and Ground Peas,
Chufas and Sweet Potatoes, are a lit
tle below an average and Sorghum a
little above, etc.,
BUYING SUPPLIES ON CREDIT.
To the question “have farmers
bought on a credit to so great an ex
tent as last year,” 92 correspondents
answer no, and say that the amount
so purchased is thirty-nine per cent,
less. Three correspondents answer
yes. Thirty-six counties are reported
as paying in interest on their sup
plies, bought on credit. 8800,000,000.
Assuming that these thirty-six coun
ties represent a fair average of the
entire State, tho total amount of in
terest paid will he $2,720 00.
Now the report for August 15th,
1875,(circular number sixteen), shows
that the amount of interest paid on
supplies bought on credit this year,
was $4,259,000. Deduct from thi.-,
last sum thirty-nine percent, of it,
and we have $2,593,000—a near ap
proach to the result of the reports
now in hand.
The diminution in the amount
purchased on credit, is due chiefly to
the large crop of fall-sown oats made
this year.
This reduction in the amount of
interest indicates a reduction in the
amount of supplies purchased on a
credit of over $7,000,000.00.
These calculations are so made to
show farmers, in dollars and cents,
the policy of raising abundant crops
k&wii(tfdV -^vsrmmt:
ille average rate per cent, paid last
year for supplies was "forty-four ; this
year, sixty-two.
The experience of the past year is
over-whelming in support of the pol
icy of early fall sowing of rust-proof
andfall grazing oats and large areas.
Farmers, begin now! secure your
seed at once. Commence immediate
ly to sow, and do not let the fall
corn scribes prevent you from pre
paring for another large oat crop—
greater than the last. The depart
ment will cheerfully furnish the
names of reliable farmers who have
rust-proof and other varieties of oats
of their own raising for sale.
Last year 20 per cent, of farmers
bought excluively for cash; this year
28 per cent. Let the number he in
creased to 100 per cent. —-aye, until
they shall not buy at all, even for
cash, except such articles as cannot
be produced at home.
GRASSHOPPERS.
have appeared in “considerable num
bers” in thirtv-nine counties. In
some confined localities they have
been quite destructive, especially to
clover, and in some instances, cotton,
corn, millet and young orchard trees.
In circular number tw 7 enty-seven,
the oppinion was expressed that they
w r ere the “Hateful Grasshoper” of
the West. Further research and cor
respondence with persons in the
West who are familiar with this
pest have not resulted in confirming
this opinion.
The species is believed to be the
Acridium Amerieanum , which ap
pears some years, under conditions
unusally favorable to their propaga
tion, in numbers sufficient to cause
alarm. It is not probable that there
will be any considerable increase in
their numbers next year. The species
has never been very destructive, and
is not likely to become so.
EARM SEEDS, PRODUCTS ETC.
The Department frequently re
ceives inquries for names and ad
dress of farmers who have rust-proof
and winter-grazing oats, rust-proof
wheal etc., for sale.
The Commissioner again reminds
those having such seeds to dispose of
to write immediately to this depart
ment, giving name, post-office ad
dress, and price—sacked and deliver
ed at the n cant's t railroad depot—to
gether with ft small quamty as a sam
ple.
These names are carefully entered
in registere kept for that purpose,
and the samples preserved and prop
erly labelled, thus enabling the de
partment promptly to give the de
sired information. This feautre of
the Department promises to be be
very useful—as bring the purchaser
in direct communication with the
producer of the seeds, and furnishing
for the inspection of all who visit the
office, sample of the seeds thus offered
for sale.
In this connection the Commiss
ioner respectfully requests farmers
and others to send to the department
specimen samples of the matured and
maturing crops of this year—corn,
oats and other grain, stalks of cotton
specimens of forage plants, roots,
crops, fruits etc. These specimens
will be labelled with the name
of the grower, or donor, and proper
ly arranged for exhibition.
Very respectfully,
Thomas P- Janes,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Gwinnett Herald wants to
know what lias become of its district
electors. That is just what all the
districts want to know, except the
first, where Capi. P. M. Rogers is
doing splendid service. He is, says
the Brunswick Appeal , the right man
in the right place. When three of
the Congressional districts are in
doubt, why are not the other electors
at work ?
INTERVIEWED AGAIN.
President Grant on Politics and Himself.
Long Branch Correspondence of the New York
Herald.
The President, who was on the
piazza listening to the music of the
j sad sea waves, here called me to join
him, and an easy, chatty conversa
tion ensued, of which 1 will only
give such portions as are of a public
| character.
Correspondet—What do you think
{of the result in Vermont, Mr. Presi
dent.
The Presideut—l think it’s satis
* fretory.
Correspondent “Satisfactory” is
not a very enthusiastic word, so that
the Democrats may still take heart.
The P esident (after a pause)—lf
we carry Ohio and Indiana next
month then I think the Democrats
have not a ghost of a chance to carry
the country in November.
Correspondent—But how if the
Democrats carry Ohio and Indiana
in October?
The President —Then, I take it,
Tilden is as good as elected. But I
do not think their carrying Ohio is
at all probable.
Correspondent—How if the Repub
licans carry Ohio and the Democrats
Indiana—what is the outlook then,
The President (after cogitating
awhile)—then the chances are pretty
even on both sides.
Correspondent—Mr. President, do
you agree with some of the extremists
who see in the advent of Democratic
power danger of another attempt at
secession ?
The President—Oh ! no after some
deliberation. The great danger of
allowing the Democratic party to ob
tain control in all the branches of the
Government that I see is that they
would temporarily bankrupt the
country.
Correspondent—By what?
The President—By allowing South
ern war claims and damages for prop
erty destroyed during the war,
amounting to millions and millions,
and by pensioning off" the Confederate
soldiers.
Correspondent—On what possible
plea could they take the latter step.
i The President (turning round and
looking me full in the face.) On what
possible plea? Because they will
claim that these men fought honestly
as American citizens for an honest
purpose and in as good a spirit as the
Northern soldiers who have been
pensioned, and that they| we.e pro
voked and driven into the war by
the North. There would even be
danger that the claims for the value
of slaves would be considered and
paid.
Correspondent— Republican jour
nals have assailed Tilden’s war re
cord. Did it make any impression
upon you while leader of the Union
party.
The President—No, it did not. I
remember the war record of Seymour
and the Democrats generally.
The President did not say “bad war
record,” hut his manner and tone
left little doubt as to what he meant.
The President (ruminating)—l do
not remember Tilden, thougn I have
a general remembrance of him then,
of course, as having been a great
light of the in
i ttor r,r>a wljv Tilden
Ki,d be elected is that the Senate
will be Republican auy way, so that
the Democratic party couldn’t do any
harm even if it would ?
The President smiled maliciously
as he made a telling point of his ad
mission.
The President—Doesn’t that show
that they themselves confess that
they are not to he trusted with full
control of all the branches of the
Government?
THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO EUROPE.
Correspondent —You are going to
take a trip round the world after you
go out of office, Mr. President, are
you not.
The President —I shall go to Europe
but I shall have no set program
me, and go just where I like. When
I go to a place I shall stay there just
as long as I like, and take my time
leisurely.
Correspondent—You will be_ very
handsomely received, Mr. President.
The President—l shall be very
glad to travel quietly.
The President said with a depreca
tory manner, as though he wanted
already to wave oft'the Lord Mayor’s
address, the freedom of cities and
botherations of the distinguished
traveler, and go about in true Dorn
Pedro style.
Correspondent—l suppose you have
a great desire to go abroad?
The President—The desire is not so
great as it has been in years gone by.
I have never been abroad.
Correspondent—And after you have
finished your travels abroad, where
do you intend to settle in this coun-
try ?
The President—lf I had my free
choice I suppose I would say in
Washington. I have lived longer in
Washington, and been more identi
fied with it than with any other city.
I have lived there since 1865—eleven
years (in a tane of meditation). In
1868 I gave up a position for life for
the Presidency.
The tone and manner in which
this was said left no room for doubt
that the comparative advantages of a
brief tenure of the Presidential of
fice and a life occupancy of the Gen
eralship of the army have been seri
ously pondered by the President of
late.
Correspondent—lt has been stated
in some quarters that you would set
tle in New York, and in other that
you would make Galena your home.
The President—l have never felt
identified with Galena—l only lived
there a year. As to New York, ray
means would not allow me to live
there, even if I preferred it.
Correspondent—ls not Washington,
in your experience, at least as expen
ive, as New York ; Mr. President?
The President —Oh, no, the rent of
a first-rate house in New York, in
the best locality, would be as much
as I could live for in Washington.
In Washington, the only item of
great expensiveness consists of enter
tainments, and these a man can limit
according to his means and pleasure.
I suppose I shall settle in Washing
ton. I feel more identified with it
than any other city.
Two northern cities —Philadelphia
and Baltimore —are moving to aid
the sufferers by the yellow fever in
Savannah. Over $4,000 have been
subscribed in Philadelphia, aud her
prominent citizens are still at work.
The people of Georgia will soon know
who their friends in need are.
Two men were angrily disputing
in front of the post office yesterday.
One said—“ You’re a bleer eyed beer
beguzzled Dutchman V’ The other
one said—“ Veil, by shorge. you vas
nottinsrs, you vas a tarn pig nottings,
shoost like —shoost like a-a—pig
crow-scare, by shorge, midoud any
shtuffin.”— Lowell Journal,
HERALDING THE ADVENT
—OF—
THE OLI) RELIABLE
The Standard Exhibition of America!
• >■ ■
At Cartersville One Day Only.
Monday, October 16 1878,
Old Jblw Robinson’s
GREAT GENTEIRUL SHOW.
Great World's Exposition, Menagerie anil Circus.
* and Redecorated.
NOW on its fifty-filth triumphal annual tour, everywhere meeting with unprecedented suc
cess, absolutely augmented to double its former magnitude and ten times its pristine gran
deur. Everything bright, fresh and sparkling.
New Chariots, New Vans, New Dens, New Wardrobe, New Curiosities, New Animals and
the Centennial Quartette of Elephants, viz: “Empress.” “Bismark.” “Sultan” and “Pasha” all
performing in the ring at the same time. The only red maned sea lion ever captured. A giant
Ostrich, 14 feet high. A huge Khinoccrous or Unicorn of Holy Writ, weighing 6.000 pounds.
The great Tartary Yak, African Eland and the woi derful Performing Elk, “Juno,” recently
added to the best traveling Jleuagcrie in America.
Admission Reduced to Fifty Cents.
The leaders of the Areic celebrities’are:
THE CHAMPION EQUESTRIAN—Mr. Robert Stiekncy and infant son.
MR. JOHN LOWLOVV—The Challenge Wit of the World,
John Wilson, Eddie Rivers, Frank Robbins, Herbert Family, George Sloman,
Young Riley, the Hindoo Juggler, Charles McCarthy, Wm. Thompson,
Miss JENNIE TURNOUR-The Aerial Queen,
Miss Christine Stickney, The Arenic Peeress,
Miss Rosaline, Miss Emma Lake, Miss Gertrude.
THE BLACK WONDER—The colored boy Lewis.
Together with a full corps of Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts; Vaulters, Leapers, and an
efficient auxiliary force, forming in ail the most complete and elegant circus com; any on
this continent.
At nine o’clock on the morning of the exhibition, there will he given as a prelude to
the day’s sports.
A Grand Holiday Street Parade.
The most elaborate street pageant the world ever saw, headed by a ponderous team of ele
phants, driven in harness, dcawing a MASSIVE GULDEN CHARIOT, containing Prof. M.
Sexton’s superb Military Brooklyn Band tartefully uniformed, discoursing the most popular
airs of the day, iucluiling the Great Centennial March, arrangod expressly for the occasion,
followed by a team of Egyptian Dromedaries drawing the ear of all liations—a team of 40 di
minutive ponies, drawing the liberty chariot, containing a beautiful table.in of the Goddess of
Liberty, aud George and Martha Washington, guarded by a company of Continentals, and the
long line of Vans, Dens and Cages, artistically decorated with historical paiutings and Hags of
every nation, forming a living, moving panorama displaying the mafiifold resources of the
GREAT CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. Regardless of the many new and important acqui
sitions employed for the preseut season, the price of admissiou has BEEN REDUCED TO
ONLY FIFTY CENTS.
A few reserved cushioned opera chairs can be secured at an additional charge of 25 cents,
DoorsopenatlaudTp.m. Round trip tickets for one fare will be sold on all railroads
running into Carter?ville for visitors to the show. The Rbekmirt train will wait for visitors
until the close of the afternoon performances.. John Robinson’s Circus will aisoexnlWt at
KINGSTON, Friday, October 13.
VOLUME XVII—NUMBER 37*
Admission Reduced to Fifty Cents.