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THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS. ISY C. IT. C. WILLINGHAM. Tlie Cartersville Express. t OLp STANDARD AND EXPRESS.] ISAXES OF SUBSCRIPTION. i me copy one year .$2 00 iino oot.r six months 1 00 ine copy three months 60 In Advance. Flubs.,—For Clubs of ten copies or |more |i.W j" r annum for each copy. rates of advertising. T!:,> tollovvinjr are our rates for h ivertbiog, ami will be strictly aflhered to in all cases: „ TAN A RUS:,(! wkj* Wf.3 w:4 \v> 2 m. 3 m.jti iu. 12 ni *1 (X)!|! 5.) $2 o<>'*2 60 14 30*16 OU>9 ■> (I'll 3 Oil: -1 00, 5 <4, It till-12 00 17 00 v 2 00 ') • 150 575 75 12 00,10 00.21 00 30 00 , !00 575 25i BCO 14 SOilS 75:52 00 36 00 50i| l (10 7 75,10 26 17 00'-it 50 29 00 42 (XJ , f, 00! 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A ni.opm irg names of candidates for ofliee, : invariably in advance. T.ejftil Advertising. - ,-riff sales, per levy |2.30 mortgage li fa sales, per inch 4.50 , - • i.,r foaletters of administration 3.00 " “ “ guardianship 3.00 j, ; i.-ation for dismission froi.l admins’n. 6.00 “ “ “ guard’slip 2.50 “ “ leave to sell anil 2.50 , Pi -of land per inch 2.50 V .of perishable property, pi r inch 150 N..dee to debtor# and creditors 3.50 p, losures of mortgage, per it. *.h 4.00 ( notices, thirty days 2.50 , ~ .-ation lor homestead 1.50 all legal advertisements must le paid for in „ and oflieers must act accordingly; a: ,d that they may know how to collect for , 1 , (barged lor by the inch, we will state •Jl.lt 125 words (in this type) make an inch. •When Bills are Due. Ml oill-, for advertising in this paper are due any time alter-the first insertion of the same, liud will be collected at the pleasure of the prietor, unless otherwise arranged by con- Cards. 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. niariSO. __ 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. _ assstr 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 : QRD (J. H. C. WII.USOHAM. ■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. REMEMBER, The Mobile Life makes a specialty of the “Life Endowment” by which aa en 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. REMEMBER, That fortune is uncertain. Arc/ harder to hold and although you ore rich to-day, you may die penniless t i-morrow. REMEMBER, That thousands offa'uiiic- have been rescued from jioveitv hr husbaad. having 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. REMEMBER. That life insurance is not an expense like fire insurance, but o wise and prudent investment. REMEMBER, flint what i- thrown aw.tv will provide for you a handsome capital if ton live. and sn oil I you <|<e the wh da insurance to go to the loved Ones, (tins piotrcttiig them front want. REMEMBER, It is a duty you >we to yourself, your family an 1 vonr neighbor to keep rour life always insured, * 1 REMEMBER, That “Proerastinution'is the thief of time” an l that the longer \u delav tha more it costs to insure. REMEMBER, Toget; insurance, you have to apply whoa you are in goo I health. Don't wait 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 •('<>. REMEMBER, All of this, and that thought with >ut action is w irthles-. Via hive a. ~,mNe ol to-morrow. 1 REMEMBER, That good, reliable men are wanted as agents In every town in this section of 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. ' VOLUME XVII—NUMBER 4ft