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THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
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The ( iirtcisvlllc Express.
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legal Advertising.
Sheriff sale-, per levy |2.60
mongSijr ?i ta sales, per iiie.ii....... 4.50
fT? Trotis 1 orletteP* or 3.00
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proprietor, unless otherwise arranged by con
tract.
t ProibsHioiial Cards.
w. T. WOFFORD. | | J. M. NEAL.
WOFFORD A NEEL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CAKTEUSVILLK, GA.
li a—JuaA—_—-
T. W. MILNER. J . W. HARRIS, JK
MILDER A HARRIS,
A T T O RNE Y S AT L A \V,
CARTER3YILLE, GA.,
Office on West Main Street.
JOHN W WOFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
OV F)( V no flairs. TGielt Plock. sep23.
~J. M. MOON,
ATTORNEY AT. LAW.
CAR I'KIIHVILLK, GA.
f)iV'-■■• Up-stairs over Stokely & Williams,
iVt . Main str-eU hp l '- 0
.iiinipsi M r - Ha!*rk. Sr.
AT TOR XLY-AT LAW,
One door East of Express Office, Main Street,
CAUI’KItSVILLE, GA.
IIIU lU. _ - - ; Cl—
RAW A KEiL ESTATE,
W. T. WOFFORD, j
fwi’.lbe in my ollico between the honrs ol 10
__ 11 caclunfi lling, and will attend to any
biisinesM iili listed to my cam.
A. M. FOFTK,
attorisey at law
carterSVYLLf-,* &A.
.
( T VitX, Col. Warren A kin,) ’
WiH practice in the courts ot llartow, Cobu,
Polk, i lovi'i. Gordon, Murray,Whitfield ;ir.;l atl- .
joint nj con n 1 ies. _ decS^ty.
fit; W. UIiRPIIEY,
A T TOR NE Y AT L A \V,j
Cartersville, Ga.
or ICE up stairs) in the brick building
corner ot Maiu and Irwin streets. <icc--u.
JAMTES B. C OXY KBS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Ga.
WdLL .practice in the Courts of Cherokee
Yu'l a(Rouiibg circuits. Particular aUentip .
trivial to all business entrusted to div eare.j
tiuUectmg made A specialty. Ult tec ojv-stAli-s ;
in the Bank. j;).oe,k. _ .
€*[ 11. BATES,
fe, ■ % -*:& im .a * % —* ■" * "
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
carteiisvii.ee, ga.
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Office in the Court House.
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~ NOTICE.
Drs. Tigner & Johnson
effice up-st;m?.. in Brick Building opposite
m* i- * THfc Express Office.
TREAT diseased gums and ab
■** -,"A seessed teeth, till and clean
Tn'J,:-- tuetli* oxtiact teeth, ami ;in
s{ir! aTTifieiat teetii. All tvotk
rar.nr.*ad^E^^Terin^easonahle^^^
Business Cards. __
Livery, Sale & Feed Stable
R„C. & J- E. ROBERTS,
Near the Court House.
K~V M.l. >■ ■ *' V ■
GomTl?it’ jries,'Hacks. Carriages. ITorses and
CiSeS d 4 iv fc rs, and at reasonable
uVrii. 'l \ve>ym treat yon righp
. C. H- C Wii.i ; iNcn AM .
Attorney-at-Law. Bdi.oiEs.pi -• j
WOFFORf* & WM-INGHAM,
Real Estate Agents,
H I
OGFtei’'Vil],G? Georgia
sell and purchase **'’,**££
post office. " ° Vi ,rilr P such information as
“iwag*' eJHr---
SAIE, LIVERY AND FEED STABLE.
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Travelers’ Guide.
THE cmivl 111 VI ir 'HAMERS.
Steamers on the Coosa River will run as per
schedule as follows:
Leave Rome every Monday at 1 pni
Leave Rome every Thursday ....b air
Arrive at Gadsden r l uesday and Friday.. 9 am
Arnve at Koine vvedDesday and feulurttaiG u m
J. M. EEEfoTT. Gen’] St.p’>
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
FROM and after this date the following'
scneoulc will be’run on the CherokeeUail
'3‘iiveUockmart at 7 fo \ v
TaCorsville, B:hj
Std(-boro, 8:25 “
Arrive at t artei r ville, uHo ••
Leave Z: ! X) p m
St‘l %boro, 8;3)
Ta v_< i- ville 4 ■;.%} •
jt rcir‘- at. flock m nrt. 5:15 “
HOI E RAILROAD COM PAN \'T
! On and alter Sunday, I>ee. 12th trains on the I
j Rome Railroad util run as follows:
day train— evkky day.
! Leave Rome at a m ,
Arrive at Home 11.30 am
Saturday evkni.no accomodation.
Lea ves Koine at 5.45 p m 1
Arrive at R me at 9 (> lu i
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
i>ny I'a-si ngei’ Trains on Georgia Railroad
Atlanta to Argnta,*rtm as below:
Leaves Augusta at 8:45 ain
Leave Atlanta at T:<)0 a m
Arrives at Augusta 3:30 a m
Arrives at Atlanta 6:46 pm I
Sright passenger trains as lollows:
Leaves Augusta at 8:15 p ni j
Leaves Atlanta at 10:60 p m j
Arrives at Augusta 3:15 a m ;
Arrives at Atlanta 0:35 a m
Accomodation train as follows :
Leaver Atlanta 5:00 p ni
Leavife Coyle, gton 5:50 am
ArilvM at Atlanta B;ts a m
Arrives i.t Covington 7:30 p m
SELMA, ROM & DALTON.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY —NORTH.
Leave Rome - 0:10 p;m j
Arrive at DnUon 3:24 p m ■
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 0.00 p m
g *L • W P ®
Arrive at C alera 5:40 a m
Arrive at Selma i 10:20 a m
Making close connection atCalera lor Mont
gnmerv and points South, and at Selma wit-
Alabarn a Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or
leans, Meridian, Vicksburg, Jack>on, all
points South in Texas. Louisiana and Missis
sippi. M. STANTON, Gen. Sup’t.
Ray Knight, Gen. Ticket and Pass’gr Agt.
ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD.
PASBEN GER T R AIN —OUT WARD.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. I.EAVE
Atlanta 10:25 p.m.
East Point 10:44 p. m. 10:44 p. m.
Red Oak 10:59 p. nt. 11:44 p. ni.
Kail-burn 11:21 p. m. 11:22 p.m.
Palmetto 11:37 p. m. 11:38 p. m.
Powell’s 11 ;5 p. m, 11:59 p. m.
Ncwnan 12:14 p. m. 13:15 a.m.
Puckett’s 12:30a m 12:35 am
Grantville 12:50 a m 12:51 am
liogansvillc 1:08 am 1:09 am
Whitfield’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 TRAIN-INWARD.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE.
Weill Point :;...:. .) 12:30 p m
Long Cane ~.13:36 pm 13:86 pm
La G range ...I:o2pm 1:03 p m
Whitfield’s 1:21 pm 1:21 p m
Ilogansville I:2lpm 1:42 pm
Grantville 1:57 p m 1:58 p m
PuckeU’s 2:l3pm 2:lßpm
Newnnn 2:29 p m 2::30 p m
Powell’s 2;44 p m 2:45 pm
Palmetto 3:06 pm 3:01 pm
Fairhurn 3:32 p m 2:2:1 p tn ;
Red Oak 3:38 p ni 3:42 p m j
East Point 3:57 p in 3:57 p m |
Atlanta... 4:lsjp in
WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD j
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
The following Schedule takes effect December 1
3. 1876.
NORTHWARD. No. 1. !
Leave Atlanta f 2<) p m I
Arrive ( artersville 6 43 p m
Arrive Kingston 7 12 p m
Arrive Dalton 8 48 p in
Arrive Chattanooga 10 20 pm
No. 3.
Arrive ( artersville ® * m
Arrive Kingston.. a m
Arrive Dalton J* 0j a m
An-ive.Chattanooga V.. P m
SOUTHWARD- o. 2.
Leave Cha’tanooga 4 2e pm
Arrive Dalton •••* 6 ()7 pm
Arrive Kingston ‘ f 1 P m
An ive Cartersville P™
MO. 4.
T.envc Chattanooga j® a ™
Arrive Dalton ["."lis C3 S m
Arrive Kingston 9 30 a m
Arrive < artersville 77,
Arrive Atlanta 11 50 n 11
No. 11 —Discontinued. 1
MO. 12.
Leave Chattanooga P "J
Leave Dalton 1 f an
Arrive Kingston.. * 09 a m
Arrive Cartersville £
Arrive Atlanta 30am
WM. K. HTJSE, j
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GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENT
Represents the following first-class
companies :
GEORGIA HOME,
OF COLUMBUS, GA.
Rates o\v and guarantees dividends yearly.
The private property of the stockholders bound
for all of the obligations of the company.
NIAGARA,
OF NEW [YORK,
The assets are nearly a million and a half.
ATLAS,
OF II ART FORD,! CONNECTICUT.
Assets are over half a million dollars.
AMERICAN,
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Incorporated in ieiO. Charter perpetual. As
ds. one and a quarter million. Surplus on
the first ol January, a quarter ot a million.
HOME PROTECTION,
OF NORTH ALABAMA.
Invests only in United SUteS bonds. Issues
against Lightning as well as lire. Guarantees
dividends yearly. Losses adjusted by tne
ageut.
Also’represents
OTHEk FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES,
siess^r^.s^Esr^^
All losses promptly and equitablj adjusted.
Cartersville, Ga., May 4, l£lo.
T. F. Gouldsmith.
Manul'acturer|andjdealer in
'ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE,
I Baby Carriages, Brackets, &c
and a Cue stock of 1
METALLIC AND WOODEN COFFINS
lvept constantly on .hand.
Mattresses Made to Order
on Short Notice.
GRAVEST(^>NES.
-fa ntf. I order from the fTII.
M,*d 07- tl Successor to W. T. Gouldsmith.
j NATIONAL HOTEL,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
First-Class Faro $2.50 Per Day -
. A n “dllTVriPglnta" Welcome’" ? hy Hewitt.
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
1 The Last of the Sjßiyux from the IVhite
House.
j Washington, Dee. 5,1876.
To the Senate and Home of lienresen-
I tafive*:
lii submitting my eightii and last
annual message to Congress it seems
proper that I should refer to and in
some degree recapitulate the events
| and official atts of the past eight
J years.
VINDICATION OF HIMSELF.
It was my fortune, or yet misfor
]rje to be called to the office of
( hief Executive without any previ
ous political training. From the age
of seventeen I have never even wit
nessed the excitement tending a
Presidential campaign but twice an
tecedent ;to my own candidacy, and
at but one of them was I eligible as
a voter. Under such circumstances
it is but reasonable to suppose that
errors of judgment must have oc
curred. Even had they not, differ
ences of opinion between the Execu
ti\f, IjouuO b t y cin outh to th© Strict
performance of his duties, and w riters
and debaters must have arisen. It
is not necessarily evidence of blun
ders on the part of the Executive be
cause there are these differences of
views. Mistakes have been made as
all can see, and I admit, but it seems
to me oftener in the selections made
of the assistants appointed to aid in
carrying out the various duties of
administering the Government, in
nearly every case selected without a
pereonal acquaintance with the ap
pointee, but upon recommendations
of the representatives chosen direct
ly hy the peopl . It is impossible,
where so many trusts are to be allot
ted, that the right parties should be
chosen in every instance. History
shows that no administration, from
the time of Washington to tlie pres
ent, has been free from these mis
takes, hut I leave comparisons to his
tory, claiming only that I have acted
in every instance trom a conscien
tious desire to do what was right,
constitutional, within the law 7 and
for the very best interests of the
whole people. Failures have been
errors of judgment—not of intent.
My civil career commenced, too, at a
most critical and difficult time. Less
than four years before, the country
had emerged from a conflict such as
no other nation had ever survived ;
nearly one-half of the States had re
volted against the Government, and
of those remaining faithful to the
Union a large per centage of the
population sympathized with the re
bellion and made an “enemy in the
rear” almost as dangerous as the
more honorable enemy in the front.
The latter committed errors of judg
ment but they maintained them
openly and courageously. The for
mer received the protection of the
government they would see destroy
ed, and reaped all (he pecuniary ad
vantage to he gained out of the then
existing state of affairs, many of
them by obtaining contracts and by
swindling the Government in the de
livery of their goods. Immediately
on the cessation of hostilities the
then noble President, who had car
cried the country so far through its
perils, fell a martyr to his patriotism
at the hands of an assassin. The in
tervening time to my first inaugura
tion was tilled up with wranglings
ui ivviTii vuxjgress iuiu me new Ivx
ecutive as to the best mode of recon- i
struction, or, to speak plainly, as to ;
whether the control of the Govern- j
ment should he thrown immediately
into the hands of those who had so
recently and persistently tried to de
stroy it, or whether tl>e victors
should continue to have an equal
voice with them in this control. Ile
construction, as finally agreed upon,
means this and only this, except that
the late slave was enfranchised, giv
ing an increase as was supposed to
the Union loving and Union sup
porting voters. If free, in the full
sense of the word, they w’ould not
disappoint th*s expectation. Hence
at the beginning of ipy first admin
istration the work of reconstruction,
much embarrassed by the long'delay,
virtually commenced. It was the
work of the Government. My pro
vince was wholly in approving their
acts, which I did most heartily, urg
ing the Legislatures of States that
had not yet done so to ratify the Ftf
teenth Amendment t(7 the Constitu
tion.
DEBT AND TAXES.
The country was laboring under
an enormous debt, contracted in the
suppression of rebellion, and taxation
was so oppressive as to discourage
production. Another danger also
threatened us—a foreign war. Th.e
last difficulty had to he adjusted, and
was adjusted without a war and in a
manner highly honorable to all par
ties concerned. Taxes have been re
duced within the last seven years
nearly three hundred millions of dob
lars, and the national debt has been
reduced in the same time over four
hundred and thirty-five millions of
dollars. By refunding the six per
cent, bonded fiebt for bonds bearing
five and four apd one-half per cent,
interest respectively, tfie annual in
terest has been reduced from oyer
one hundred and thirty millions in
18(19 to but little over one hundred
millions of dollars in J 876. The
balance of trade has been changed
from ovrr one hundred and thirty
millions against the United States in
1869 to more than one hundred and
twenty millions of dollars in our
favor in 1876. It Is confidently be
lieved that the balance of trade in
favor of the United States will in
crease, not diminish, and that the
pledge ofCongress to resume specie
payments in J 879 will he easily ac
complished, even io f.he absence of
much desired further legislation on
the subject.
THE INDIAN POLICY.
A policy has been adopted towards
the Indian tribes, inhabiting a large
part of the territory of the United
i States, which has been humane, and
I has substantially ended. Indian
i hostilities in the whole land, except
a portion of Nebraska and Dakota,
Wyoming and Montana Territories,
! the Black Hills region and approaches
! thereto. Hostilities tnere have grown
i out of the avarice of the white man
1 who has violated our treaty stipuia
j tions in his search for gold- The
question might be asked* why the
Government lias not forced obedience
to the terms of treaty prohibiting the
occupation of the Black Hills region
bv whites? The answwer is simple.
The first emigrants to the Black
Hills were removed by troops, but
lumors of rich discoveries of gold
took into that region increased num
bers. Gold has actually been found
j n paying quantity, and an effort to
remove the miners would not result
in the desertion of the bulk of troops
• that might be sent thereto remove
•hem. All difficulty in tins matter
has, however, been removed, subject
to the approval of Congress by a
treaty ceding tne Black Hills and
approaches to settlement by citizens.
The subject of Indian policy and
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14,1876.
treatment is so fully set forth hy the
Secretary of the Interior and the
Commissioner of Idian Affairs, and
my views so fully express xi therein,
that I refer to their reports and
recommendations as my own.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The relraions of the United States
with foreign powers continue on a
friendly footing. Questions have
arisen trom the Government, hut the
United States have been happily free
during the past year ftom the compli
cations and embarrasments which
have surrounded ‘some of the foreign
powers. The diplomatic correspon
dence su omitted herewith, contains
information as to certain of the mat
ters w Inch have occupied the Gov
ernment. The cordiality which at
tends our relations with the powers
of the earth has been plainly shown
by the general participation of
foreign nations in the exhibition
which has just closed and by the ex
ertions made by distant powers to
show their interest in and friendly
feeling towards the United States in
the commemoration of the Centenni
al of the nation. The Government
and the people of the United States
have not on!v fully appreciated this
exmbition of kind.y feeling but it
may be justly and fairly
that no small benefits will result both
to ourselves and other nations from
a better acquaintance and a better
appreciation of our mutual advan
tages and mutual wants. Congress,
at its last session, saw tit to
reduce the amount usually appropri
ated for foreign intercourse by
withholding appropriations from
Representatives of the United States
in certain foreign countries and for
certain consular officers, and by re
ducing the amounts usually appro
priated for other certain diplomatic
posts, and,thus necessitating a change
in the grade of the Representative.
For these reasons immediately upon
the passage of the bill making appro
priations for the diplomatic and con
sular service for the present fiscal
year, instructions were issued to the
Representatives of the United States
at Boliva, Eucador and Colombia,
and to the consular officers for whom
no appropriation has been made, to
close their respective legatioifs and
consulates and cease from the per
formance of their duties, and in like
manner steps were immediately
taken to substitute charges d'affaires
for Ministers Resident i Portugal,
Greece, Denmark, Switzerland and
Paraguay. While thoroughly im
pressed with the wisdom of sound
economy in the foreign service, as in
other branches of the Government, I
cannot escape the conclusion that in
some instances the withholding of
appropriations will prove an expen
sive economy and that the small
retrenchment secured by a change of
grade in certain diplomatic posts is
not an adequate consideration for the
loss of influence and importance
which will attend our foreign Repre
sentatives under this reduction. I am
of the opinion that a re-examination
of the subject will cause a change in
some instances in the conclusions
reached on these subjects at the last
session ofCongress. The Court Corn
missisners of Alabama Claims, whose
functions were continued by an act
of the last session ofCongress until
the first day of January, 1877, has
carried on its labors with diligence
f.s'A
transmitted herewith, bearing date
November 14th, 1876, it appears that i.
within the time row allowed by law
the court will have disposed of all
the claims presented for adjudica
tion.
This report also contains a state
ment of the general results of the la
bors of the Court to the date thereof.
It is a cause of satisfaction that the
method adopted for the satsisfaction
of the classes of claims submitted to
the Court which are of long stdanding
and justly entitled to evpry consider
ation; should have provoked success
ful and acceptable. It is with sat
isfaction that I am enabled to state
that the work of the Joint Commis
sion for the determining the bound
ary line between the United States
and British poapsjons from the North
west angle of the lake of the woods
to the Rocky Mountains, commenc
ed in 1872, has been eompleeted. The
final agreements of the commission
ers, with the maps, have been duly
signed, and the work of the commis
sion is complete. The fixing of the
boundary upon the Pacific coast by
Wf. I27‘j, pursuant
to the award of the Em'peroi 1 of Ger*
many, by article NX.XIV of the
Treaty of‘Washington, with the ter
mination of the work of this Com
lpission, adjusts and fixes the entire
boundary between the United States
and the British possession;?, expepj: a$
to the portion of Territory ceded by
Russia to the United States under the
treaty pf J 867. The work entrusted
to the Commissioners, and the offi
cers of the army attached tq the coin- !
mission, has beeu well and satisfac- j
torily performed. The original of
the final agreement of the Comralsa- j
ioners, signed on the 29th of May, ;
1976, with the original list of astron
omical stations observed, the origi
nal official list of monuments mark
ing the international Doumlary tine,
and tbe maps, kecorejs and general
reports relating to the commission,
have been deposited in the Depart
ment of State. The official report of
the Commissioner on the part of the
United States, with the report of the
ullief astionoinor of tlo IJoitpd
States, wifi be submitted to Congress
within a short time, I reserve for a
seperate communication to Congress
a statement of the condition of the
questions which lately arose with
Great Britain respecting the surrender
of fugitive criminals under treaty of
1812. The Ottoman Government gave
notice, under dateofJanuary 15,1874,
of its desire to tefiy f ikbte the treaty of
1864 concerning commerce and navi
gation pursuant to the provisions of
the article hereof. Under
this notice the treaty terminated up
on thesth day of June, 1878. That
Government has invited negotiations
towards the conclusion of anew trea
ty, but the act of Congress of March
26,1874, the President was authorized,
when he should receive satisfactory
information that the Ottoman Gov
ernment or that of Egypt had organ
ized new tribunals likely to secure to
citizens of the United States the same
impartial justice enjoyed uneer the
excuse of judicial functions by diplo
matic and consular offices of the
United States to suspend the opera
tion of the act of June 22d, 1800, and
to accept for citizens of the United
States the jusisdiction of the new tri
bunals. Satisfactory information
having beep received of the organiza
tion of such new tribunals in Egypt, i
caused a proclamation to be issued
upon the 27 of March last suspend
ing the operation of the act of June
22, 1860, in Egypt, according to pro
visions of the act. A copy of the
proclamation accompanies this mes
sage. The United States has.united
with the other powers in the organi
zation of the courts. It is hoped that
thejurisdictional qestions which have
arisen be readily adjusted and that
this advance in judicial reform may
be hinderd by no obstacles. The nec
, ess ary legislation to carry into effect
the convention respectng commercial
reciprocity concluded with the Ha
waiian Islands in 1875 having been
had, the proclamation to carry into
effect the convention, as provided by
‘he act approved August 15th, 1876,
was duly issued upon the 9th day of
.September last. A copy thereof ac
companies this message. The cum
in (ions which have been prevalent
in Mexico for some time past and
which unhappily seem to be not yet
wholly quieted, have led to com
plaints by citizens of the United States
of injuries by persons in authority. It
Is'hoped, however, that these will ul
timately be adjusted to the sdUsfac
tion of both Governments. The fron
tier of the United States in that quar
ter has not been exempt from acts of
violence by citizens of one Republic
in the other. The frequency of these
is supiKjsed to be increased and
their adjustment made more difficult
by the considerable changes in the
course of tne Rio Grande river, which
river is n part of the boundary be
tween the two countries. Thesechau
ges have placed on either side of that
river portions of land which, exist
dtetfon of the Government on the op
posite side of the river. The subject
of adjustment of this cause of difficulty
is under consideration between the
two Republics. The Government of
the United States of Colombia has
paid the award in the case of the stea
mer Montijo, seizedjby the authorities
of the Government some years since,
and the amount has been transferred
to the claimants.
It is with satisfaction that I am
able to announce that the Joint Com
mission for the adjustment of claims
between tbe United States and Mexi
co, under the convention of 1868, the
duration of which has been several
times extended, has brought its la
borers to a close. From the report of
the Agent of the United States,
which accompanies the papers trans
mitted herewith, it will be seen that
within the time limited by the Com
mission, 1,017 claims, on the part of
citizens of the United States, against
Mexico, were referred to the Com
mission. Of these claims 831 were
dismissed, or disallowed, aud in 186
cases awards were made in favor of
the claimants against the Mexican
Republic, amounting in the aggre
gate to four million one hundred and
twenty-five thousand six hundred
and twenty-two dollars and twenty
cents Within the same period nine
hundred and ninety-eight claims on
the part of citizens*of the Mexican
Republic against tbe United were re
ferred to the Commission. Of these
claims eight hundred and thirty-one
were dismissed or disallowed, and in
one hundred and sixty-seven cases
awards were made in favor of the
claimants against the United States,
amounting in the aggregate to one
hundred and fifty thousand four hun
dred and ninety-eight dollars and
forty-one cents. By the terms of the
convention the amount of these
awards is to be deducted from the
amount awarded in favor of our oiti
zens against Mexico, and the
balance only to be paid by Mexico to
the United States, leaving the United
States to make provision for this pro
portion of the awards in favor of its
to the tegioiaiion be neces
sary to provide for the payment.
tills connection 1 am pleased to be
able to express the acknowledgments
due to Sir Edward Thornton, the
Umpire of the Commission, who has
given to the consideration of the
large number of claims submitted to
him much time, unwearied patience
and that fairness and intelligence
which are well known to belong to
the accomplished representative of
Great Britain, and which are likewise
recognized by the representative in
this country of the Republic of Mex
ico. Monthly payments of a very
small part of tine amount due by the
Government of Venezuela to citizens
of the United States on account of
claims of the hitter against that Gov
ment continue to be made with reas
onable punctuality. That Govern
ment Ims proposed to change the sys
tem which it has hitherto pursued in
this respect by issuing bonds for part
of the amount of the several claims,
The proposition, however, could not,
it is supposed be properly accepted, at
least without the consent of the hold
ers of certificates of the indebtedness
of Venezuela. These are so much
dispersed thaj it \yoqld be difficult,
if not impossible, to ascertain their
disposition on the subject.
THE SUBJECT OF NATURALIZATION.
In former messages I have called
thp attention of Congress to the ne
cessity of regard to
fraudulent naturalisation and to the
subject of expatriation and the elec
tion of nationality. The numbers of
persons of foreign birth seeking a
home in the jJuitpd the paap
and facility with which the honest
emigrant may, after the lapse of a
reasonable time, become possessed of
all the privileges of citizenship of
the United States, and; the frequent
occasions which induce such adopted
citizens to return to the country of
their birth, render the subject of nat
uralisation and which
experience Ka§' proved necessary for
the protection of the honest natural
ized citizen of paramount impor
tance. The v ery simplicity in the
requirement? of law on ibis uiiestjon
afford opportunity for fraud, and tho
want of uniformity in the proceed
ings and records of the various courts
and in thp forms of the certificates pf
naturalization issued, afford a con
stant source of difficulty, I suggest
no additional requirements to the
acquisition of citizenship beyond
those now existing, but I invite the
earnest attention of Congress to tbe
necessity and vy|sc|qrg of “oiqe pro
visions regarding uniformity In the
recordsand certificates and providing
against the frauds which frequently
take place, and for ihe vacating of a
record of naturalisation q'otained in
fraud. These provisions are needed
in ajd and fof thp protection of the
honest oitizens of foreign birth and
for the want of which ho is made to
suffer not unfrequently. The United
States has insisted upon the right of
expatriations and has obtained, after
a long struggle, an admission of the
principle contended for by acouies
eenpe thefelp op thp part-pf many
foreign nosers and by the eoncFißioh
of treaties on that subject. It is,
however, but justice to the Govern
ment to which such naturalized citi
zens have formerly owed allegiance,
as well as to the United States, that
certain fixed and definite rules should
bp adopted governing such cases and
providing how expatriation may be
accomplished. While emigrants in
large numbers become citizens of the
United States, it is also true that per
sons, both native born aud] natural
ized, once citizens of the United
States either by formal acts, or as the
effect of a series of the facia and cir
cumstances, abandon their citizen
ship and cease to be entitled to the
protection of the United State?,
but continue, on convenient- occa
sions., to assert a claim to protection.
J In the absence of provisions on
these questions, and in this eonnee
| tion, I again invite your attention
: to the necessity of legislation con
cerning the marriages of American
citizens contracted abroad aud con
cerning the stattfs of American wo
men who may marry foreigners, and
of children born of American parents
in a foreigu country. Tim delicate
aud complicated questions continual
ly occurring with reference to natu
raization, expatriation and the status
of such persons as I have above re
ferred to, induce me to earnestly di
rect your attention again to these
subjects. I in like manner repeat my
rcommendation that some means be
provided for the hearing and deter
mination of the just and subsisting
claims of aliens upon the Govern
ment of the United States within a
reasonable limitation and of such as
may hereafter arise. While, by ex
isting provisions of law, the Court of
Claims may, in certain cases, be re
so ted to by an alien claimant, the ab
sence of any privileges governing ail
such eases and the want of a tribunal
skilled in tbe disposition of such
cases, upon and
oui&va* |Ajucipies, eltuer provides no
remedy in many deserving cases or
eompeisa eonsioeration
by Congress or the Executive De
partments of the Government. It is
believed that other Governments are
in advance of the United States upon
this question, and that the practice
now adopted is entirely unsatisfacto
ry-
THE CASE OF COLORADO.
Congress, by an act approved the
3d day of March, 1875 authorized the
inhabitants of the territory of Colora
do to form a State government, with
the name of the State of Colorado,
and tnerein provided for the admiss
ion of said State, when formed, Into
the Union upon an equal footing
with the original States. A consti
tution having been adopted, ratified
by the people of the State, and the
acting Govenor having certified to
me the facts as provided for in the
said act, and the provisions of the
said act of Congress having been
duly complied with, I issued a proc
lamation upon the first of August,
1876, a copy of which is hereto an
nexed.
ARMY AFFAIRS.
The report of the Secretary ot War
shows that the army has been ac
tively employed during the year in
subduing, at the request of the In
dian Bureau, certain wild bands of
the Sioux Indian nation and in pre
serving the peace al the South during
the election. The Commission con
stituted under the act of July, 24,
1875, to consider and report on the
“whole subject of the reform and re
cognization of the army,” met in
August last, and has collected a large
trass of statistics and opinions bear
ing on the subject before it. These
are under consideration, and their
report is progressing. lam advised,
though by the President of the com
mission that it will be impractica
ble to comply with the [clause of the
act requiring the report to bo preso.it- 1
ed through me to Congress on the
first day of this session, as there has
not yet been time for the mature de
liberation which the importance of
tne subject demands. Therefore I ask
iimt tiic time of making the renort
StrVW of/aifc
resolution of August 15th, 1876, the
army regulations, prepared under
the act of March Ist, 1875, have not
been promulgated, but are held until
after the report of the above men
tioned commission shall have been
received and acted on. By the act
of August 15, 1876, the cavalry force
of the army was increased by 2,500
men, with the provison that they
should be dischaiged On the expira
tion of hostilities, Under this au
thority the cavalry regiments have
been strengthened, and a portion of
them are now in the field pursuing
the remnants of the Indians with
whom they have been engaged dur
ing the summer. The estimates of
the War Department are made up
on the basis of t|ie number of men
authorized by law, and their require
ments as shown by years of exper
ience, and also with the purpose, on
the part of the bureau officers, to pro
vide for all contingencies that may
arise during the time for which the
estimates are made. Exclusive of
engineer estimates (presented in ac
cordance with acts of Congress calling
for surveys and estimates for im
provements at various localities), the
estimates now presented are about
$6,000,000 in excess of the appropria
tions for the years 1874 ’75 and 1875
—’76. This incrpgsp is asked in order
to provide for tt\e iucraseed cavalry
fopee [should their services should
be necessary), to prosecute economi
cally work upon important public
buildings, to provide for armament
of fortifications and manufacture of
small arms and to replenish the
working stock In the supply depart
ments. The appropriations for these
last named have, for the past few
years, been so limited that tbe accu
mulations in store will be entirely
exhausted durihg the present year
and it will be necessary k ai once be
gin to replenish them. I invite your
special attention to the following
recommendations of the Secretary Qf
War: First, That tfie claims under
the fipt qf July 4, 1864, for supplies
taken by the army during the war
bo removed from the offices of the
Quartermaster ana Commiia.y
Generals and transferred to the
Bouthei-n Claims Commission. These
claims are of precisely similar nature
to those now before the Southern
Claims Commission and the War De
partment Bureaus have not the cler
eal force for their examination nor
proper machinery for
the loyalty claimants. Second
That Congress’sanction the scheme
of an annuity fund for the benefit of
the families of deceased officers and
that it also provide fop the per hi a*
I u£nt organization ctf the Mittal Ser
! vice, both of which were recommed
i ed in my last annual message. Third
That tho manufacturing operations
| of the Ordinance Department becon-
I centrated at three arsenals and an
armory and that the remaining
i arsnels be sold and applied tolhis ob
ject by the Ordinance Department.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I The appropriations for river and
I harbor i(approvements for the cur
rent year were 85,015,000. With my
j approval the Secretary of War di
rected that of this amount, $2,000,000
could be expended and no new work
should be beguu and none prosecu
ted which were nqt of mptiquai im
portance. Subsequently this amount
was increased to $2,237,000 and the
works are now progressing on this
basis. The improvement of the
South Pass, of the Mississippi river
under James B. Eads and his asso
ciates is progresssng favorably. At
the present time therp is a channel
of 20 3-10 feet in depth between the
- (Continued on the Fourth Page.)
ME LIU IHIWW.
OF MOBILE, AI.A.
ASSETS S7O 0,000.
1
MAI RICE MCCARTHY, President, .TAMES L. MURPHY, Viee-Preaident. SHEPPARD
HOMANS, Actuary; H M. FRIEND, JSccreUu-y. **''
RRMiafllßft.-That Mobil* Life Insurance Cbm pithy' fusnrod over two tliotikaud pAlicto
KhMEMBEB, That tha Mobile works all approve l plans of Id
■.it _ I *
REMEMBER, The Mobil* Life tuakes a specialty of ihe "Life Endowment” bv which an ea
ilowaient is secured At the chcstplifc rates of premium.
UE.M LMBER, The •‘Yearly Renewable' ’ is the cheapest plan extant, and therefore best suited
to neon re debt*, or to ’•bridgebver** for a terra of years.
■nt>.MU. ta*,**, by b „ b .. fl , n „„,
REMEMBEK, Xk.tt iy.ni'ro piuanje you at a legacy for yo loved
REMEMBER, isnvtau expense'lik£ fire iustyraoc*! lift a wise and prudent
REMEMBER, Thru uhtif is fbrown away will provide for you a handsotifi Capital it vou live.
then! lYoni want ** ,hol ° >" urauco togo to the loved ones, thus protecting
REMEMBER, duty ywi owe to yourself, J our fain ily awl your neighbor to keep yoar life
lift thief of time’ 4 and that th*e longer yon delay the
REM EMBER, yon have W apply when yeu are tn good health. Don’t wall
REMEMBER, That iusuran.e gives peace of min, l, and in many instance- a man’s
unys. a* the iuo*t eminent pliyjicians testify.
REMEMBER, That delay is dangerous 60 insure at once in the
MOBILE LIFE INSURANCE CO.
REMKMrsKtt, that thought witfierft actionU worthies., v'Sh have no protnira
REMEMBER, That good, reliable men are wanted aa agents in every town in this section of
REMEMBER, That every information is furnished bjr applyinger writing to
A. C. PICKENS, Cen. Agent, Cartersvilie, Ca.
gent. * ' se|H4-i y.
NEW CASH STORE.
Great Bargains. Goods at New York Cost.
J. H. SATTERFIELD
. - --- HAB returned to Cartersvilie and opened next door east of A
*•• R. Huugi'is one or the largest and best selected stocks of
CENTS FtlßNisnlNC GOODS,
READY MADE CLOTHING. HATS, CAPS, BOOTS 4 SHOES
That has ever beee exhibited In Cartersvilie, which he offers to the trade at prices that
cJUMoA_hi‘_4eaten this side of the Eastern marker, ffe respectfully ask* his old friends and
[<[[[ j^VM^3t |^MMMwt|^M^ r e purchaii>ing elsewhere.
ECONOMIZE AND SAVE YOUR MONET
BY CALLING ON
J. 13. ILIILVT) & CO.,
At Milam’s Old Stand
WHO HAVE A FRESH AND COMPLETE LINE {OF
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing,
HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES, &c., &c.
WHICH we offer to the Cash Trade of Bartow un i surrounding counties at prices lower
than was ever before known in this market. 7 AffVxhimnatfon of goods and prices will
satisfy yon that we mean business. Onrold customers are invited to call ami fee us, promising
them
Oood Goods at Hard Pan Prices,
courteous treatment and the same honest, fair dealing that they have always found in our
House. . : , J. D. ME Alt A CO.—
• • ■■ -- ,—>- , ~ ..
Hardware and Farming Implements.
BAKER & II^ALt
CALL the attention of their customerslto algcneral and complete stock of IIARDW ARE awd
FARMING. IMPLEMEXTS.such as .nt •* * -
PLOWS, HOES, COTTON PLANTERS, ETC.
We also have a complete stock of FIELD SEEDS such a* Clover, Red Top, Orchard and Bln.
Grass, German Millett, etc. as cheap as they ea. he sold in this or any other market. We also
have a complete stook of READY' MADE PLOWS both Iron and Bteel. We sell
Nai15.,,,..., to< 60
Bar Iron ......I ~..,3‘4 to fi cent*
Steel Slabs •• 9,G to 1* eta
Iron Slabs 5% to 7 cent.
Cast Steel iH. .it... .80 to 95 cents,
Sweed iron—... •. ,Bt© 9 cents.
For the cash wo can sell as cheap as the same quality of goods can be* sold anwrhere.
STOVES & TINWARE.
To Tlie Citizens of Cartersvilie and Sur
rounding Country:
HAVING consolidated onr business at the old GILBLRT
STAND on the corner of Main and Tnralln Streets, W.
N: - will carry on th* business under tli* ham* and linn of
MBm-fZ STALL & ADAMS
We will keep consta.tly on hand.a large and complete
STOVES, TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
which we will fell at the very lowest price u> suit thimes. We keep the celebrated COTTON
KING, IRTiX KING, CAPITO LA and various other stoves of aipteizes and price*. Wewill du
plicate prices from nnv market in the State. All job work and repairing promptly dorm Jot
cash. Country produce, ran* and old bra.-.- and copper tnkeh in Exchange for goods; Wrap
pinh paper , or. hand a: Atlanta prices. We will furnish gad voniaed In*Evaporators f<n
Bdirina fiy'i ui*, lij ft. long, 40 in. wide, complete, made out of a solid sheet, A© at fll
cash frame and an. Ten dollars lower than ever uirnishe* is the South. Those desiring to
purchase please give us 15'dav*’ netiee. (Janl-ly) , NT ALL Jt ADAMS.
THE SINGER SEWHTG MACHETE
THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE.
_
The Largest Sales because:the Most Popular.
The Most Popular Because The Best.
VERDICT OK THE PEOPLE.
Sales in ISil - it*
Sales in 1872 19 k is
Sales in 1873 ••• • m ••* • • •’• ••• •* • 203,444
Sales in 1874 , 241.070 !! I
Sales In 1875 1 " ***!”; 5.%852 H
Address the Singer Manufacturing Company, n9_ Broughton Street, SaVaUnah,’Ga. C. S.
Beatty, Agent; Corner Btoad and Alabama sts.. Atlanta, Ga., George W. Leonard. Agent, ana
at Sto’kely and Wilburns’ Popular Btore, Cartersvilie, Ga., W. H. BECKWITH,Agent,
fvbfl-ly,
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