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THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
ISY C. IT. C. WILLINGHAM.
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r M.MILN'Ktt. .1. W. lIAKKIS, JR
}IIMER & IIAISKBS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
11 in(■ cop West Main Street.
JOHX W. WOFFOItl).
ATTORNEY at law,
Cartersville, Ga.
-tail-'. Rank P.lock. scp£B.
" J. M. MOON,
ATTO KN E Y A T LAW.
RTERSVILLE, GA.
: t.;,-stairs over Stokely & Williams,
We Man: -trect. api 20
J, W. Harris, Sr.
A I T OHNEY-AT-LAW,
* Cl. •■-!• l ast ol' ExpressOilice, Mam Street.
( \ li. l EUS VI LEE, GA.
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LAH & KFAL ESTATE.
W. T. WOFFORD,
I wail lie iii my ofliee between the hours of 10
aid li each morning, and will attend to any
a-iiiess entrusted to my car-.
A. M~. FOATE,
AT T O RjN E Y AT LA W
cartersville, ga.
Tf if/i Col. Warren Akin,)
U di • ,iv. Gee in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
1 U,\ ,i, Gordon, Murray,Whitfield and ad
joining counties. dec2-ly.
£s. H . J® U SIPES F,V.
ATTO RN Y A T LA W
Cartersville, Ga.
OFFICE (up stairs) in the brick building
ta; a i-' Main and Irwin streets. UccJ-tl.
J. w. SSA BtEIH, Jr.,
A T TORN EY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
OFFICE next door to The Express printing
establishment.
JAMES IS. CONYERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
WIFE practice m the Courts of Cherokee
and adjoining circuits. Particular attention
given to all business entrusted to my cate.
Collecting made a specialty. Ofliee up-stairs
in the Bank Block. dec—3-ty.
CJ. If. BATES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office in the Court House.
ileeffily -
DENTAL NOTICE.
Drs- Tinner & Johnson
Office uu-stairs. ill Brick Building opposite
The ExritEss Office.
TREAT diseased gums and ab
scessed teeth, till and clean
teeth, extinct teeth, and m
aert artificial teeth. All work
tiara in o ? 1 b Terms reasonable. _
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Business Cards.
Livery, Sale & Feed Stable
R. C. & J. E. ROBERTS,
Near the Court House.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
,0.l Ilrggies, Hacks. Carr ages. Horses and
< . drivers, and at reasonable prices. Iry
i •i we wUI treat you l ight. jtinela-ly
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■v-a--Law. Editor Express.
WOFFORD & WILLINGHAM,
Real Estate Agents,
Cartersville? Georgia
WE will sell and purchase Real Estate
upon Commission. Any person having
£■ for sale or wishing to purchase, can have
our services bv application either at our taw
a i' printing office', or by letter through the
1 office. We will al-o examine lands lot
- uii owners, and give such information as
in dasire, ol price etc,. nia r b
SALE, LIVERY AND FEED STABLE.
THOMPSON & SCOTT
KEEP constantly on hand good vehicle,
and fine horses, and every conveyance to
avruinmodate Hie public.
East Mainstreet, Cartersville, Georgia.
mayii-tf w| • '
Travelers* Guide.
Till; COOSA LIVER sIkAMEKs!
c^‘ C i in , ,erS °, n J I,c Coo,a Ki 'cr will run as per
schedule as follows: 1
Leave Koine every Monday at 1 n m
Leave Rome every Thursday a m
Arrive at Gailsdeu Tuesday and Friday* air
Arrive at Rome \Vednesdny and Saturday 6 rsjn
C M ELLIOTT. Gen’l
CIIKROKEE KAI LIU) AI)
*' RO ? l a w. d F^ tcr thi * ,late tbe following
Schedule will be’run on the Cherokee Rail-
Lcavc Ko c km art a t 7 BJO A. M.
Taylorsville, g : oo •
“ Stib sboro, 8:25 “
Arrive at t artersville, 9:io *•
Leave Cartersville 3-I*l t m
St-1 ?sboro 3:50
“ Tayiorsville 4 ;:jo **
Arrive at Rock in art 5:15 *
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY
On and after Sunday, Dec. 12th trains on the
Rome Railroad will run as follows:
BAY TRAIN —EVERY DAY.
Leave Rome at 7 a , n
Arrive at Rome 11.30 a m
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMO 9 ATION.
Leaves Rome at 5.45 p m
Arrive at Rome at 9 p m
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Trains on Georgia Railroad,
Atlanta to Augusta, run as below:
Leaves A ngn sta at 8:45 ain
Leaves Atlanta at 7 : oo arn
Arrives at Augusta..., 3:30 a m
Arrives at Atlanta 5:45 pm
Night passenger trains as follows:
Leaves Augusta at p m
Leaves Atlanta at f0:50 pm
Arrives at Augusta 3:15 a m
Arrives at Atlanta 6:35 a in
Accomodation train as follows :
Leaves Atlanta 5:00 p ni
Leaves Covington 5:50 a m
Arrives at Atlanta 8;15> a 111
Arrives at Covington 7380 p m
SELMA, ROM & DALTON.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY-NORTH.
Leave Rome ~6:iop|m
Arrive at Dalton 3:24 p'm
Making dose connections at Dalton with the
Fast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road, and Western and Atlantic Railroad for
all Eastern and Western cities.
mail train daily—south. •
Leave Dalton 6.00 p in
Arrive at Koine 9.10 p in
Arrive at Calera 5:40 a rn
Arrive at Selma 10;20 a m
.Making close connection at Calera lor Mont
goincry and points South, and at Selma wit-
Alabama Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or
leans, Meridian, Vicksburg, Jackson, all
points South in Texas. Louisiana and Missis
sippi. M. STANTON, Gen. Sup’t.
Kay Knight, Gen. Ticket and Pass’gr Agt.
ATLANTA & WES'S POINT RAILROAD.
PASSENGEIt TRAIN—OUTWARD.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE
Atlanta 10:25 p. in.
Fast Point 10:44 p. m. 10:44 p. m.
Red Oak 10:59 p. in. 11:44 p. m.
Fail-burn 11:21 p. m. 11:22 p.m.
Palmetto 11:37 p. m. 11:38 p. m.
Powell’s It ;5 p. m, 11:59 p. m.
New nan,,, 12:14 p.m. 13:15 a.m.
Puckett’s 12:30a m 12915 am
Grantville 12:50 a m 12:51 am
Hogansville 1:08 a m 1:09 am
Whitfield’s 1:34 a m 1:35 am
LuGrange 1:54 a m 1:55 am
Long Cane 2:21 a ni 2:21 am
West Point 2:40 a 111
PASSENGER TRAIN—INWARD.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE.
West Point 12:30 p m
Long Cane 13:36 p ni 13:36 p m
La Grange 1:0*2 pni 1:03 p m
Whitfield’s 1:21 p m 1:21 p m
Hogansville 1:21 pin 1:42 p m
Grantville 1:57 pm 1:58 p m
I’uobett’s 2:13 pm 2:lßpm
Newnan 2:29 p ni 2:30 p m
Powell’s 2 ,44 p m 2:45 p m
Palmetto 3:06 p m 3:0? p in
Fairburn 3:32 pm 2:23 p ni
Red Oak 8:38 p ni 8:42 p m
East Point 3:57 p m 3:57 p m
Atlanta 4:15 jp 111
WESTERN St ATLANTIC RAILROAD
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
The following Schedule takes efl'ect 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 p ni
No. 8.
i*jave Atlanta 40 am
Arrive Cartersville 7 57 am
Arrive Kingston 8 26 a m
Arrive Dalton 10 08 a m
Arrive. Chattanooga H p m
Leave Atlanta 8 (io a m
Arrive Cartersville 10 20 am
Vrrive'Kingston 10 5-5 a m
-rive Dalton 1 OH pm
SOUTHWARD* No. 2.
Leave Chattanooga 4 U 0 pm
Arrive Dalton
Arrive Kingston * -4 I* ,n
Arrive Cartersville A ,1 pm
Arrive Atlanta 10 10 p m
No. 4.
Leave Chattanooga 5 10 am
Al ii vo Pal ton i, J? a ra
Arrive Kingston ° 57 am
Arrive Cartersville 32 am
Arrive Atlanta G 83 h u
No. Is.
Arrive Dalton 42 59 a m
Arrive Kingston 4 16 a ni
Arrive Cartersville 5 09 a m
Arrive Atlanta ® 45 am
Pullman Palace Cars run on N'oS. 1 and 2, be
ween New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman l’alace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 be
tween Atlanta and Nashville.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos *a3 nd 2be
tween Louisville and Atlanta.
gsg’-’No change of cars betwi en New Orleans
Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore
and only one change to New Yi dc.
leaving Atlanta at 110 p. m , ar
rive in New York the second tliei after at 4 (X)
Tickets to the Virgin : a Springs
an * various Summer Itesorts will oe on sale
in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Colum
bus, 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 au
dress the undersigned.
Parties contemplating traveling should send
for a copy of the Kennexaw Jioute Gatette, con
taining schedules, etc.
tss-Ask for tickets via “Kenncsnw Route.
v B. W. WRENN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
may22—dtt Atlanta, Ga.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
First-Class Fare $2.50 Per Day.
An “Old Virginia Welcome” by Hewitt.
~WM. K. HUSE,
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENT
Represents the following first-class
companies :
GEORGIA HOME,
OF COLUMBUS, GA.
Rates ow and guarantees dividends yearly.
The private property of the stockholders bound
for all of the obligations of the company.
N IAGARA,
OF NEW |YOUK,
The assets are nearly a million and a hall.
ATLAS,
OF IIARTFORO,I CONNEGTICUT.
Assets are over half a million dollars.
AMERICAN,
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Incorporated in 1810. Charter perpetual. As
sets, one and a quarter million. Surplus on
the first ol January, a quarter ol a million.
HOME PROTECTION,
OF NORTH ALABAMA.
Invests only in United States bonds. Issves
against Lightning as well as fire. Guarantees
dividends yearly Losses adjusted by the
ageut,
Also]represents
OTHEk FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES,
not enumerated above. Insurance guaranteed
at the lowest rates in first-class co 'lT a ?i < i s '
All losses promptly and equitably adjusted.
Cartersville, Ga., May 4,187(5.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Meeting of tbe Several Colleges—Precileuts
Tor Throwing out the Vote of a State.
The extreme doubt In which the
returns received yesterday left the
result of the Presidential election,has
made the counting of the electoral
vote in Febuary next likely to be
an event of great interest and impor
tance. On more than one occassion
the defects of the machinery for de
termining which of two or more ean
didats has been legally elected to the
Presidency have been strikingly
>hown, a id attempts have been made
to remedy them ; but while none of
the efforts have met with success, it
has also been fortun’ate that on no
occassion which has ever arisen has
the actual result been affected by
tiie vote of any State which for
warded its vote and tiie validity of
w’hose returns has been questioned.
Now it seems possible such a contin
gency may arise.
No j revision has ever been made
for settling a dispute of this kind.
•Section 1, article 11, of the constitu
tion directs that “each State thall ap
point, in such manner as the Legis
lature thereof may direct, a number
ol electors equal to the whole num
ber of Senators and Representatives
to which the State may be entitled
in the Congress ; but no Senator or
Representative, or person holding an
office of trust or profit under the Uni
ted States, shall be appointed an elec
tor.”
The twelfth amendment of the
constitution provides that the elec
tors “meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot, for President and
Vice President, one of whom shall
not be an inhabitant of the same
States with themselves. * * * And
they shall make distinct list of all per
sons voted for as President, and of
all persons voted for as Vice Presi
ded, and of the number of votes for
each ; which list they shall certify
and transmit sealed to the seat of
Government of the United States, di
rected to the President of the Senate.
The President of the Senate shall, in
the presence of the Senate and House
of Repiesenta tives, open all the cer
tificates, and the votes shall then be
counted. The persons having the
greatest number of votes
for President shall be the President
if such number be a majority of tiie
the whole number of electors ap
pointed,” etc.
By acts of 1792 and 1804, as adopted
in tiie Revised Statutes of the United
States, the following regulations are
made :
Sec. 135. The Electors for each
Stateshall meet and give their votes
upon the first Wednesday in Decem
ber in the year in which they are ap
point, at such place, in each State, as
the Legislature of such State shall di
rect.
Sec. 136. It shall be duty of the
Executive of each State to cause
three lists of the names of Electors
of such State to be made and certifi
ed, and to be delivered to the Elec
tors on or before the day on which
they are required, by the preceeding
section, to meet.
Sec. 137. The electors shall vote for
President and Vic? President respect
ively, in the manner directed Dy the
constitution.
Sec. 138. The Electors shall make
and sign '.hree certifices of all the
votes given by them, each of which
certificates shall contain two distinct
lists, One of t lie votes for President,
and the other of the votes for Vice-
President, and shall annex to each of
the certificates one of the lists of the
Electors which shall have been fur
nished to them by direction of the
executive of the State.
Sec*. 139. The electors shall seal up
the certificates so made by them, and
certify upon each that the lists of all
the votes of such States given for
President and of all the votes given
for Vice President, are contained
therein.
Sec. 140. The Electors shall dis
pose of the certificates thus made by
them in the following manner s
1. They shall, by writing under
their hands, or under tiie hands of a
majority of them, appoint a person
to take charge of and deliver to the
President of the Senate, at the seat
of Government, be f ore the first Wed
nesday in January then next ensuing
ono of the certificates.
2. They shall forthwith forward
by the post office to the President of
the Senate, at the seat of the Govern
ment, one other of theeertifieates.
3. They shall forthwith cause the
other of the certificates to be deliver
ed to the Judge of that district in
which the Electors shall assemble.
Sec. 142. Congress shall be in ses
sion on the second Wednesday in
Febuary succeeding every meeting
of the Electors, and the certificates
or so many of them as have been re
ceived, shall then bo opened, the
votes counted, and the persons to fill
the offices of President and Vice
President ascertained and declared
agreeable to the constitution,
On several occassions prior to 1809
objections had been made to receiv
ed, the voles of certain States, on ac
count of alleged irregularities, but no
such vote was ever formally rejected
In 18G4 a resolution was adopted by
Congress excluding the clectorial
votes of States then in rebellion, hut
as no votes were Teceived from any
of them, none were rejected. A pre
cedent was, however, set for the re
jection of the vote of a State by a
joint resolution concurred in the
both houses of Congress.
When the question arose during
the first half of the century touching
the acceptance or rejection of ttie vote
of States, the returns of which were
irregular, long debates sometimes
arose which seriously interfered
with the prompt announcement of
the result. To shut off such a debate
the twenty-second joint rule of the
two houses was adopted in 1865, and
re-adopted by each succeeding Con
gress excf pt the present. The follow
ing is the text of the rule :
•‘lf upon the reading of any such
certificate by the tellers, any question
shall arise in regard to the poqnting
of the votes therein certified, the
same having been stated by the pre
siding officer, tlie tenant shall there
unon withdraw, Slid said question
shaii be submitted to that buuy for
its decision; and the speaker of the
House shall in like manner submit
the said question to the house for a
decision, and no quteiion .shall he
decided affirmatively, and no votes
objected to shall be counted except
by the concurrent vote of the two
Houses, which being obtained, the
two houses shall re-assemble, and the
presiding officer shall then announce
the decision of the question submit
ted ; aud upon such question there
shall be no debate in either House,
and in any other question to this ob
ject for which the two Houses are asr
semb'ed may be submitted and de
termined in like manner.”
In 1872 the Electoral votes were re
jected from several States under this
rule, but its operation was so unsat
isfactory that the sentiment at the
time was almost unanimous, not only
for its repeal,' buX also for an entire
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23,1876.
change in the mode of electing Pres
ident. It was repealed at the last
session of Congress by a failure of the
Senate to adopt it.
For this hasty review it appears (1)
that the President of the Senate has
never assumed to determine any
question as to the validity of the vote
received from any State, but that
when such questions have arisen,
they have invariably been referred
to the two Houses of Congress for
their decision.
2. That neither House of Congress
by itself hits ever claimed that right
to reject the vote of any State or to
determine, in ease to tests of returns
from a single State appear, which of
them shall be counted except by au
thority of the twenty-second joint
rule, which no longer exists.
3. That while neither the Consti
tution nor the laws of the Unite*!
States expressly provide the means
of determining controversies that
may arise in regard to the counting
of the electoral vote of any State that
power has been exercised by the con
current action of the two houses of
Congress.
THE NATION’S PERIL.
From the Evening Telegram, Nov. 13.]
Tiie Republicans have only their
own indiscreet friends to thank for
the prevailing suspicion that they de
sign tampering with the election re
turns in Louisiana, South Carolina
and Florida, and intend to change
the result in those Stales, if they
have given Democratic majorities,
by throwing out Democratic counties
on tlie pretenseof frauds, until they
obtain a majority for their own
side- The Government of all three
States are Republicans, and one of
them, at least, owes his office to
fraudulent counting, and has been
branded by his own party as a usur
per. They have one and all taken
up a strong partisan position since
the election, and have occupied their
time in sending special dispatches to
their party organs and committees,
assuring them that their respective
States would be found “on the final
vaunt” to be all right for the Repub
licans, forgetting that, as the chief
magistrates of their States, they are
sworn to administer the laws im
partially, and they will be called
upon in their official capacity to take
action in relation to the election re
turns. The tone of their dispatches
too, has been injudicious, and has
done much to excite the apprehen
sion cf intended foul play. Only
yesterday, Governors Kellogg and
Chamberlain telegraphed to the
Herald , in response to inquiries from
that journal, that nothing is known
by them as to the actual results in
Louisiana and South Carolina. “I
would gladly give you the statement
you request,” says Governor Cham
berlain, “but the official returns
have not been received from more
than eight counties.” SoJ many of
the parishes of this State are inacces
sible,” says Governor Kellogg, “and
the authentic statements of results
received up to the present time are
so few, and the unofficial accounts
vary so vvidly, that it is impossible
to give to-night any aeurate estimate
as requested by you.” Yet these
same gentlemen had been for three
or four days previously telegraphing
to their friends tiiat their States had
certainly gone Republican, and that
the final count might be relied on to
make matters “all right,” Governor
Stearns has been similiary employed.
“We hold the fort,” said one of these
Executives two or three days ago,
“and you need not be concerned
about the result.” “If there isa Dem
ocratic majority it is by frauds in
certain counties,” said another the
result, “and this will bo made all
l ight on the final count.”
Now let us reverse the picture, and
see how it would look to our Repub
lican friends if DemocratieGovernors
were acting the same part now being
played by their Southern Republi
can Executives. California is a close
State so close that it is claimed by the
friends of Mr, Tilden that the resuit
is not yet positively known. Gover
nor Irving is a Democrat. Suppose
he had telegraphed to Abram S.
Hewitt. “We hold the fort. Do
not believe any Republican reports
about California. The State will be
all right for Tilden on the final
countand to the World , Don’t be
concerned about California, The Re- j
publicans claim a majority, if true, is
secured by frauds in four or five coun
ties. and will be remedied when the
final count is made;” would not the
country ring with outcries against
the ‘irebels,” and would it not be de
clared in emphatic terms that the in
tention of the Democrats was to in
augurate a usurper in the place of
the legally chosen President ? To
carry the picture a step further—if a
Democratic President had happened
to be in power in Washington and
lie had sent troops to California to
back Governor Irwin’s efforts at an
“honest count,” would the Republi
cans have looked on complacently
and have justified the aet, however,
proper it might have been ?
We have no great fear that the ad
ministration will be made to steal
three or even two States from Mr.
Tilden, provided they have given
Democratic majorities. Such a fraud
might be attempted in a single State
but if in two or three States the pre
tence of throwing out Democratic
counties on trumped up charges of
fraud in tho vote should be restored
to for the purpose of securing Repub
lican majorities, the rascality would
be as self evident as if the figures for
their respective candidates had been
boldly reversed. It is conceivable
that a group of unscrupulous politic
ians could dare to brave the indigna
tion that, in such an event, would
sweep over the nation. Yet we are
in a delicate and dangerous situation
beyond fioiibt, and it will he well
for the country jf tiie solid, respon
sible and honest men of tbe Repub
lican party insist on fair play and no
cheating under the flimsy pretense of
law.in the three States held by those
worthies, Kellogg, Chamberlain and
Stearns.
Gov. Houston on the Victory.
—The message of Governor Houston
to the Alabama Legislature contains
the following on Federal politics;
“ Allow me to congratulate you
and the entire country upon the sig
nal and brilliant success of the patri
otic people of tiie United States in
the control of tiie Federal govern,
meat in the election by 411 unprece
dentedly large popular majority of
Tilden and Hendricks for President
and Vice-President of the United
States. They have achieved a victo
ry unequaled by any known to civi
lized governments; a victory achiev
ed through the quiet and peaceful in
strumentality of the ballots—the
niode provided by our fathers for the
protection and maintenance of tho
government in its strength and pu
rity. No blood, no violence, no
force; they have covered themselves
with never fading and imperishable
honor, and made a name of which
their children to the latest genera
tion may be justly proud.”
SINUOUS AS A SNAKE’S TRACKS.
The only man of national reputa
tion upon the Louisiana Returing
Board is J. Madison Wells, who has
been its chairman since 1873. The
nmional reputation of J. Madison
Wells is not such as to encourage tne
proceedings of the Board will be
guided by honesty, or even by a de
cent regard for the appearance of hon
esty.
J. Madison Wells was Governor of
Louisiana during the period of re
construction. His public acts and
private jobs wore equally scandalous.
At one time it was proposed to im-*
peach him for having defaulted to the
State of Louisiana in the sum of
•B9,(KK) as tax collector for the parish
of Rapides. He escaped impeach
ment only to be removed from office
by General Sheridan, then in com
mand of the Fifth Military District.
The grounds for the removal were
numberless acts of dishonesty and of
usurpation.
The Lieutenant-General’s opinion
of J Madison Wells in 1867 may be
gathered from the following emphatic
passage in official dispatch from Geu.
Phil. Sheridan to Edwin M. Stanton,
Secretary of War:
“ J say now unequivocally that Gjv.
Wells is a political trickster and a
dishonest man. I have seen him
during the July riot of 1866 skulk
away where I could not find him to
give him a guard, instead of coining
out as a manly representative of the
State and joining those who were,
preserving the peace. I have watch
ed him since, and his conduct lias
been as sinuous as the mark left in
the dust by’ the movement of a snake.
I say again that he is dishonest.”
A short time after, in a letter to
Grant, Sheridian wrote to Wells, “he
has not one friend who is an honest
man and again, “the people of the
whole State feel that we have got rid
of an unprincipled Governor and the
set of disreputable tricksters he had
about him.”
This is Phil Sheridan’s picture of
the man whose fairness and dishones
ty the fair and honest declaration of
Louisiana’s vote now depends. And
Phil Sheridan himself at the com
mand of Grant and Chandler, lias
gone to support with Federal bayo
nets the decree of the trickster whose
ways are “as sinuous as the mark
left in the dust by the movement of a
snake.”— N, Y, Sun.
SANFORD BELL TO THE FRONT.
Tiie conductor’s convention was
held at Omaha. Quite a number of
conductors went out there. Sanford
Beil is one of the most prudent con
ductors in the land. Gen. W. Mc-
Rae was on board the other day and
Sanford inquired what course he
should pursue if on returning some
of the conductors were to loose their
frse passes. “Why pass them if you
know them to be all right,” was the
response. At Chattanooga a man
came in dusty,seedy and dilapidated.
He had lost his passes. As soon as San
ford knew him he sent him into the
smoking car. The General was in
there and noticed that Sanford had
overlooked this man. He called
Sanford to him and pointed out to
him that he had skipped a passenger.
“Oh !” says Sanford, “he’s all right.
He’s a conductor.” A conductor?”
exclaimed the General in evident as
tonishment. “A conductor!” “Where
is his diamond shirt stud and gold
watch, lie don’t hangout the right
kind of a sign.” With solomn mien
and mournful cadence Sanford res
ponded, “He’s trying to live on his
salary and you see whut it has
brought him to.” The General hand
ed Sanford a cracker and smiled. —
At- Constitution.
William A. Wheeler, tiie Republi
can candidate for Vice-President,was
one of the Congressional Committee
which went to Louisiana in 1874 to
investigate the workings of the Re
turning Board. Mr. Wheeler signed
the minority report, in which occurs
the following passage :
“Upon the elections in Louisiana,
as in other States, depends the right
to their seat of Senators and Repte -
sentatives who are to aid in making
laws for the whole country, and tiie
choice of Presidential electors, upon
whose vote may depend tho title to
office of the President of the United
States himself.
“No party in the United States will
like to submit to a result decided by the
voles of electors chosen by such means. ,,
Mr. Wheeler’s present views upon
the Returning Boards methods of
procedure would be still more inter
esting than those which he held and
expressed in 1861.— N. Y. Sun.
The Reason of it.— The organs
will be heavy this morning with rea
sons for the result. We venture to
suggest a few:
1. Gov. Tilden had too many’
votes,
2. The general dissatisfaction with
the Administration was not quieted
by the nomination of Gov. Hayes,
Too many people .believed that his
Administration would be merely a
continuation of Grant’s.
2. Hard times. People wanted a
change,a nd thought perhaps turning
out the party in power might give it.
4. The Democrats used the best in
tellects in their party to address their
best arguments to the intelligence oi
voters. The Republican canvass ran
mo*e in party grooves, and depend
ed legs on argument than on preju
dice.
5. Gov. Hayes didn’t have votes
enough.—A r . Y. Tribune , Nov. 8.
As the fight is over in the Seventh
District, it were wise in the two fac
tions to ground arms, make friends
and restore the peace and harmony
of the party. Iso good can come of
crimination and re-crimination, and
of all things “I told you so,” “You
did.it,” “You are to blame for the
mischief,” and general “ifness” are
the most contemptible and unprofita
ble post pmlium indulgences. Dab
ney and his friends were fairly beat
en, and for decency’s sake they should
gracefully accept the situation. Fel
ton and his friends can well afford to
bp magnanimous and respectful.
The brave never exult over the fall
en, and the generous victor never
taunts the defeated. —Atlanta Com
monweallh,
Everybody knows that A. 0. Ladd
is a wag and full of fun. He is fond
of a good joke, even if it it at his ex
pense. Tuesday Fadd was at (Jar*
tersville, and as the goober train
reached there he inquired : “What’s
Who is president? “A
newspaper man responded, “Grant.”
Ladd bursted off all nis vest buttons.
Wednesday! Ladd came'down on the
morning train, apd Sanford Hell
came along he asked the veteran con
ductor, “what’s the news? With all
his pre-eminent gravity, Sanford re
plied; “ The news, is that Fatty Har
ris has goue largely Democatic. Ladd
was convalescing at last accounts.—
Atlanta Constitution .
WILLIAM M. TWEED’S STORY.
Why and How he Fled to Sp.itn, and
What he Expect* to Do.
From the N. Y. 1 ribane.]
St. Thomas, Nov. s. —During the
voyage Tammany’s fallen chief sjtoke
freely of his plans. “I was in doubt.”
he said, “what to do. I asked my
self and trusted friends and judgment
both alike said ‘Fly.’ ‘But whither
shall I go?’ I asked again. One
said, ’To Turkey, where you ean
soon lie beyond the reach of tele
graphs;’ but both siid Turkey and
Egy’pt seemed too far away. My’
most trusted adviser said Spain was
the place, for there is no extradition
treaty between the United States and
Spain, and Kent has clearly said that
where there is no extradition treaty
it would be a violation of the law
which custom makes to surrender
any fugitive. Then, too, Spain is
mueh easier to get to, and is some
where when you get there, Then I
thought of my old friend Connolly,
who is in Spain, and what a gowl
time we could have together there.
Then, too, it would be near Dick,
whom I am starting in business in
Liverpool, and still nearer Bill, whom
I hal! act up in Paris, where he’ll
have friendly counsel of my old
companion Sweeny*. Spain is the
place for me, I said, and laid my
plans accordingly’.
“7. could have left a year and more
before I did, but I was not ready. I
had not then completed my’ arrange
ments. My time came. I left; I
went to Cuba. I got in trouble about
a passport, but I fixed that—not very
satisfactory to the Spanish authori
ties, that is true; but I fixed it, and
though they made a fuss about it I
got through, and that was all that
was necessary.
“No sooner had I got to Havana,”
continued Tweed, “than old Jovellar
learned in some way that I was a
nice fat goose that he could pluck to
feather his nest. He made me pay
pretty dear for my stay there, but I
don’t begrudge it, for he was a nec
essary, if an expensive convenience.
But I found it better to my wings to
fly with than to let him pluck me
any more, and so I flew again. And
now here I am. Here! Where?
A prisoner on hoard an American
ship-of-war.
“But I’m very sure tlie American
Government can’t turn me over to
the civil authorities of New York.
I’ll compel them to send me back
immediately to Spain.”
LOUISIANA.
Mr. Ottcnilorfcr’g Report, ami TiDlen’a
Majority 8,099.
From the Staats Zeitung.j
New Orleans, Nov. 14.—Tha
complete election returns from tiie
parish commissioners, forwarded ac
cording to law in duplicates, most of
which have already arrived here,
while rhe others are upon their way,
their contents having been telegraph
ed show that the Democratic majori
ty is 8,099. Nevertheless, the return
ing board wilt declare the Republican
electors for President and Vice Presi
dent to be chosen, and this will be
done by rejecting the whole vote of
some parishes, all under a pretence
whose absurdity can be shown in
case a.o investigation should be set on
foot.
It seems as if the returning board
could not tie restrained from the ex
ecution of this design by any means
whatever. Inaccessible to reason or
to moral pressure, the members of
the returning board despise public
opinion and point to the result of the
election in most of tho Northern
States as a proof of the readiness of
a majority of the people to sanction
frauds and usurpations of the worst
kind.
Under tne3e circumstances the gen
tlemen from the North who are now
here will accomplish little ; yet they
can collect material for an impartial
report and distribute it among the
people. But even this, considering
the indifference of the American peo
ple for fairness and justice, will only
serve as a funeral discourse over the
grave of the republic.
Oswald Ottendorfer.
What Gov. Brown Says.— The
following dispatch was received
from Gov. Brown on the night of the
19th in reply to a dispatch sent re
questing him to remain in Tallahas
see until the votes were counted and
the result ascertained :
Tallahassee, Nov. 18—S:30 p. in.
Messrs O N Lester, James Banks,
Hoke Smith , and others :
While it is very inconvenient for
me to remain here, and the contest
may not be decided in two weeks, I
will remain as you request and stay
as long as I think I can do any good.
I have no doubt the State is Demo
cratic if we ean get an honest and
fair count. As all persons having
anything to do with the management
of the election hold their appoint
ment|under the Governor,the Repub
licans hove greatly the advantage if
they intend to do wrong.
Among the official returns receiv
ed by the state returning board of
Louisiana are those of five parishes
in which, through a mistake of the
local republican politicians, only the
two electors-at-large and tho district
elector were voted for, thus leaving
the rest of the radical electors nine
teen hundred votes behind the ticket.
The parishes In which these irregu
larities occur all cast large radical
majorities, and there are no charges
of intimidation or fraud in them.
It is stated that similar discrepancies
which are known to exist will reduce
the vote for the republican electors
nearly three thousand.— Atlanta Con
stitution.
Total Receipt* at the Cen
tennial. — Philaditlphia , Nov. 17.
Total of receipts of the exhibition
from all sources from May 10 to Nov.
10. may, be stated approximately as
follows:
From admission fees, $3,813,724 ;
from concessions, $290,000;
from percentages and roy
alties, $205,010; grand total,
$4,308,735. The Chinese Government
has presented to United States the
general ethnological and industrial
collection in the government build
ing. The cash admissions to-day
were $1,829.
There has been so great an influx
of women at the commencement of
this term at Cambridge, in England,
thatGirton College and Newnham
Hall are unable to accommodate
them, and many are compelled to
take lodgings,
England has lost $500,000,000 by
Turkish, Spanish, Egyptian, and
South American defaults.
The Hon. Joseph Pulitzer,of Mis
souri, is for war if Tilden is not in
augurated.
OP MOBIIjE, ai,a..
ASSETS S7O 0,000.
1
MAURICE MCCARTHY, President, JJAMFS L. MURPHY, Vice Presideut, SIIKPPARU
HOMANS, Actuary; H. M. FRIEND, Secretary.
REMEMBER, That tlic Mobile Life Insurance Cos a,>mv insured over two tbvusaud ..lules
last year.
REMEMBER, That tlm Mobile Life Insurance Company works all approved plaus of in
surance.
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dowment is secured at the cheap life rates of premium.
REMEMBER, The “Yearly Renewable” is the cheapest plan extant, and tlwntfon bvt >nittd
to socure debts, or to ‘-bridge over” lor a term of years.
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to-day, you may die penniless t i-morrow.
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the lorethought to insure.
REMEMBER, That by investin' i m ire pittance you at once secure a legacy for your loved
ones, sure and steal! tst.
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investment.
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and sn oil I you <|<e the wh da insurance to go to the loved Ones, (tins piotrcttiig
them front want.
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always insured, * 1
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more it costs to insure.
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uu• ii it is too late.
REMEMBER, That insurance gives pea oof mind, aad in m inv instances “lengthens a man's
Uaya. as the ma?t emmont i!iv>irian> tf-iiiY.
REMEMBER, That delay i-dangerous so insure at once in the
MOBILE LIFE INSURANCE •('<>.
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ol to-morrow. 1
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Hie
REMEMBER, fliat every information is furnisheil liy apply ing or writing to
A. C. PICKENS, Cen. Agent, Cartcrsville, Ca.
________ m^ sgs
NEW CASH STORE.
Great Bargains Goods at New|York Cost.
J. H. SATTERFIELD
j*k£sP£gi=is II AS returned tot .irtersvlllo and ooned next door east of A
\ \ R. Hudgins one of the largest and be- 1 selected stock, ol
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS
ajrojpjwflßl Notions, Fancy Groods,
SCENTS FURNISHING COOKS,
READY MADE CLOTHING. HATS, CAPS, BOOTS 4 SHOES
That has ever bece exhibited In Cartcrsville, which lie offers to the cash trade at prices that
cannot be beaten this side of the Eastern market. He respectfully asks his old friends and
Customers and the public generally to examine hi> s.ook before pureba-ing elsewhere.
maySs-3tj
ECONOMIZE AND SAVE YOUR MONEY
BY CALLING ON
J. 13. HEAD cV CO.,
At Milam’s Old Scand '3322 ... \
WHO HAVE A FRESH AND COMPLETE LINE OF
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Dross Goods, Clothing,
HATS, BOOTS AMI SHOES, &c., &c.
WHICH we offer to the C ash Tr ade of 11 irtow and surrounding counties at prices lower
than was ever before known in this m irket. An examination of goods and prices will
satisfy you that we me m business. Our obi customers are invite I to call and see us promising
them s
Good Goods at Hard Pan Prices,
courteous treatment and the same honest, fair dealing that they have always found in our
House, J. I). HEAD .t CO.
Hardware and Farming Implements.
BAKER & HALL
CALL the attention or their customers.to njgeneral and complete stock of HARDWARE and
FaUMING IMPLEMENTS,such as
PLOWS, HOES, COTTON PLANTERS, ETC.
We also have a complete stock of FIELD SEEDS such a- Clover, lied Top, Orchard and Blue
Grass, German Millett, etc. as cheap as they can be sold in this or uiiv oUwr market. We aUo
have a complete .stock ol READY MADE PLOW'S both Iron and Steel. We -ell
Iron slabs s>i lo 7 ct . llU
Cast Steel ao to 2 - C4 . llts<
S^ et l l M' On "K Ti ■. : 8 to 9 cents.
vo *‘ ie cas 1 " e c:lu SC U as cheap as the same quality of goods can he sold anywhere.
STOVES & TINWARE.
To the Citizens of Cartersvilie and Kin -
rounding Country:
HAVING consolidated onr business at the old GILBERT
STAND on the corner of Main and Tainlin Street., We
will carry on thu business under the nair.e and firm of
i|M STALL & ADAMS
We will keep constantly %ju hand a large and c >mplete
SJOVES, TINWARE A HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
which we will sell at the very lowest price to suit thiines. We keep the celebrated COTTON
KING, IKON KING, CAPITOLA and various other stoves of all size- and price?. We will du
plicate prices lroiu any market in the State. All job wot k and repairing promptly done lor
cash. Country produce, rags and old bra>s and copper taken in exchange for good?. Wrap
ping paper always on hand at Atlanta prices. We will furnish galvonizcd Iron E\uporators lor
Roiling Syrup, 10 ft. 10ng,40 in. wide, complete, made out of a solid sheet. No sre/./i, at sl3
cash, frame and ail. Ten dollars lower than ever lurnished in the South. Those de-ning to
purchase please give us 15 days’ notice. (jaul-ly) STALL & ADAMS.
THE SINGER SEWIHG MACHINE
THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE.
The Largest Sales because;the Most Popular.
The Most Popuiarßecau3e The Best.
VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE.
Sales in 1871........... 131,960.
Sales in 18i2 219 753
Sales in 1873 238.444
Sales in 3874 241,676 if !
Sales in 1875 -. 249,852 ! !
Address the Singer Manufacturing Company, m Broughton Street, Savannah, G.i:, C. S.
Corner it toad and Alabama ?!?.. Atlanta, G;u George W. Leonard. Art; and
at Stokely and Wlllsaiui{ l*epular Store, Cartersvilie, **.. w. 11. initKWITU, Agent. '
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