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THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS 11Y C. 11. C. WILLINGHAM. The Cartersyille Express. [OLD STANDARD AND EXPRESS ] RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy one year $2 00 One copy six months 1 <yj One copy three months 50 In Ad ranee. Club*. —For Clubs of ten copies or more $1.50 per annum for each copy. RATES OF ADVERTISING. The following are our established rates for advertising, and will be strictly adhered to in all eases: iii ( l wk 2ws 3 tvs*’4 w>j2 m. 3m.6m. 12 m 7 n 00 $! 50 $2 00 $2 50 $4 50 $6 00 $9 00 sl2 00 ■2 2 fjfl 0 00 4 00 5 00 i 900 12 00 17 00 22 00 :) 300 4 50' 575 75*12 00 16 00-21 00 :*) or. 4 400 5 75! 725 8501450 18 75;25 00 06 00 500 7 00 8 7r,!10 JS 17 00 21 li 00 8 25 10 25 >2 00 19 5o 24 25(33 00 48 00 7 7 00 a 50 11 75 13 75i22 (XI 27 00 37 03 54 00 H 8 (Hi 10 75 13 25 15 50 24 50 29 75*41 00 60 00 9 900120014 75 17 25127 00 32 5tW45 00 IS 00 ID 9 75 13 (*' 16 00 18 75 29 25 35 00j48 50 71 00 II 10 50 14 OU 17 25 20 25 31 50 37 50162 00 76 00 j- II 1.7 15 Oil 18 50 21 75 33 75 40 00,55 50 81 00 n 12 00 16 00 19 75 23 536 00 42 50 59 00 16 Oo Il' 12 7.7 17 O'* 21 On 24 75 08 25 45 OO *5O 91 00 1 vi3 50 18 00 22 2.7 26 25 40 50 47 50(D) "0 9(} 00 1. 14 25 19 00 23 50 27 7.7 42 75 50 o<9 101 00 17 il 77 19 75 24 50 29 60 44 75 52 25 72 •>. 105 00 is 15 25 20 50 2.7 60.30 25 46 7.7 54 50 75 5 109 00 ID 1.7 75 21 25 £6 50 31 00,48 75 56 7.7 78 113 OO , 1 :6 25 2-2 00 27 50 32 75 50 75 59 00 81 117 00 o[ 10 75 22 7:7 28 .70 34 00 52 75 61 25 84 I*2l 00 .*,.) ]7 2.7 23 50 29 50 35 2.7,54 75 03 .70 87 125 00 117 75 24 25 30 50 30 50 .76 75 65 7f 90 129 00 24 18 00 24 75 31 25 37 50|58 50 67 75 93 132 00 Persons sending in advertisements will please designate the department of the paper in which they wish them inserted—whether in the “regular/’ ‘-special” or “local” column; abo the length of time they wish them pub li-hed and the space they want them to occupy. Announcing names of candidates lor office, five dollars, invariably in advance. Legal Advertising. Sheriff sales, per levy.. $2.50 *■ mortgage fi fa sales, per inch 4.50 Citations for letters of administration— 3.00 “ “ *• guardianship 3.00 A indication for dismission froi 1 admins’n. 6.00 A ‘ l .. “ “ “ guurd’shp 2.50 “ “ leave to sell and 2.50 Sales of land per inch 2.50 Sales of perishable property, pi r inch— l oo Notice to debtors and creditors 3.50 Foreclosures of mortgage, per it ’.h 4.00 E-dray notices, thirty days.... 4.50 , pupation lor homestead 1-50 All legal advertisements mutt be paid for in *dcanc, and officers must act accordingly; And-that they may know how to collect for those charged lor bv the inch, we will state that 196 words (in this type) make an inch. When Rill* are Due. AD unis for advertising in this paper are due ot any time after the flrstinscrtion of the same, ami will be collected at the pleasure of the proprietor, unless otherwise arranged by con t ruct. 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.