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THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
BY C. 11. C. WILLINGHAM.
'p iUi Cartersville Express.
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Citations for letters of administration.... 3.00
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gales of land per inch ........ " j.m
Sales Of perishable property, 1 3.50
Notice to debtors and creuitois. ••
Foreclosures of mortgage, per <• a !SO
Ktray notices, thirty days.... 1.50
Aon’*, cation lor homestead. •• ...
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proprietor. unle.se u-i 1.m0..
Professional Cards.
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HOFFOKD & JfEEIi,
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CAUTEB3VILLE, GA.
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~ TLSEI J . VV. H* ai’.lS, JR
mUER & lIAKKIS,
ATTORNEYS AT Jj AW ,
CARTER3VILLE, GA.,
cfeceon West Main Street.
loiilv W. WOFFORD.
attorney at law,
Cartersville Ga.
1* \ L ci.ijSS
O r < Hl' - • ‘ '
j. .nu'iix,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office * Up-stairs over Stokcly & Williams,
Tv A it tin -t.eet. . a I H ?L
JaiueH W. HuitE, Sir.
AT' rORNEX'AT-LAW,
Ur.s 1 tju. t of Express Office, Main StresU
t: \Iti'KRSVILLE, GA.
]LAW^ItEAIs ESTATE.
W. T. WOFFORD,
?■ Trill be iir mv offlee between the hours of 10
ittl 11 each morning, and will attend to any
nt \ r.rss entrusted to my earn.
A. n. FOIJTE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
CARTERBVILLE, GA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Wii: practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, tlovd. Gordon, Murray,W hitlield and ad
join u; counties <tec.4-iy._
R. w. merphey,
attorney at law,
Cartersville, Ga.
office (up stairs) in the hriek build in g
corner .4 Main and, lfwin streets. dec.-u.
JAMES B. COSIERS,
attorney at law,
Cartersville, Ga.
"WILL practice in the Courts of Cherokee
and adjiiining circuits. Particular attenti
given to all busiuess entrusted to my care.
Collecting made a specialty. Oflico up-stans
in the Bank Block. .It;c23m>j
ii. 11. BATE*,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office in the Court House.
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T 3ENTAL NOTICE.
Drs. Tinner St Johnson
v • . , n iivick Buil'Uag opposite
IH* Express Ofiice.
i'KKAT diseased gum- and ab
scessed teeth, iill nt clean
■ ectli cxi 1 act teeth, and in
„.l t urtiiiciat teeth. Ail work
v ra -erf. Terras reasonable.
Business Cards.
Livery, Sale & Feed Stable
R. C. <&j. E, ROBERTS,
Ne;tr the Com't House.
CARTKESVILLE. GA.
Go i Bii es, Hack-i, Carriages. Horses an l
( ureiui drivers, un.t „ t reasonable prices. Irj
usari.i we will trrai jon
WA; t. Wofford. c.H.C. Wili.ikgham. ■
Attorney-at-Law. Editor Express.
WOFFORD & WiLLiNGHPif,
Real Estate Agents,
C I r>rtersville* Georgia
WK will scil and purchase Heal Estate
upon Commission. Any person having
Jots for sale or wishing to purchase, can have
our services by application either at our law
or printing office, or by letter through the
post office. We will al, o examine lands for
disiaut owners, and give such information as
arfiesmay desire, ot price etc. ma r *
3 ALE, LIVERY Aho' FEED^STABLE.
%i M
THOMPSON & SCOTT
KEEP constantly on hand good vehicles
and flue horse*, and every conveyance to
accommodate the public.
Eat MatnstreoU Cartersvillo, Georgia,
mayl-tf
Travelers 7 Guide.
steamers.
a diver will run as per
schedule ’ at ...1 pm
Imavc and I riday..9 am
Arrive at G,i - **•„, ,vand Saturday#p m
Arrive at i: i.j iGG l’T. Gen'! Snl>’
CH E KO K K EITGuUO-- D.
„„ . this date the following
mOM .1 ■ oil the Cherokee Kail
bcliedule win be run u “ 7:00 A.M.
t.cave itackniart at c.m .•
“ u
“ Still
Arrive at p M
Leave Carler--(lie
St tl 4.30 11
“ .*
Arrive at flock mart,
WT7.M UA If.BO A O Co9tl'aS7.
On and after Sunday, Dec 12th trains on the
Rome Railroad will run as follow..
PiY TEAIN — KVg*Y DAS .
Leave Rome *”*."‘.!!’.ulaO 5
Arrive at Home
SATURDAY KVWIISe ACCOJtOOATION.
r 5.45 p m
leaves Rome at 9pm
Arrive at Rome at —i——
gkokgia bailboad.
Day Passenger Trains on Georgia Railroad,
Atlanta to A iigusta, run as below.
Leaves Augusta at Imxm
Leaves Atlanta at ""stfwJS
Arrives at Augusta n m
Night passenger trains as follows:
Leaves Augusta at io : W u m
Leaves Atlanta at ™
Arrives at Augusta
Arrives at Atlanta ..6.35 am
Accomodation train asiollows .
Leaves Atlanta ® : 99. P ™
Leaves Covington ™
Arrives at Atlanta “
Arrives at Covington.... JLir
SELMA, BOM & DALTON.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY—HOKTH.
Leave Rome - P
Arrive at Dalton
Making close connections at Dalton with the
East Tennessee, Virginia and eorgia Rail
road, and Western and Atlantic Kail road ioi
all Eastern and Western cities.
mail train daily—south.
Leave Dalton !;•" p ra
\ rrive at Rome P “J
Arrive at Calera J ™
Making close connection atCaltra ior Mont
gomcry ar<l points South, and at Selma wit-
Alabaraa Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or
leans. Meridian, Vicksburg, aarkson. all
points South iuTexas. Louisiana and Missis
sippi. M. STANTON, Gen. bup’L
Ray Knight, Grn. Ticket anu Fa-^s
ATLANTA A WEST TOINT I^ULROAD.
TASSENGLR TRAIN—OUIjWARD.
STATIONS. ARKIVK. I.KAVS
Atlanta 10:25 p. m.
East Point 10:41 p. ni P* lsl ■
Rod Oak 10:59 p. Bb H :44 p. ni.
Fai rburn 11:21p.m. 11:22p.m.
Palmetto D::>: p. m. Jl^p.m.
Powell’s® HißfP-m. J’fi P‘ m ‘
Newnm 12:14 p.m. 13:1a a. m.
Puckett’s../ 12:30a ra 12:35 am
Grantvilie 12:50 a m 12:51 am
llogansville 1:08 n m 1:09 am
\Vliitfleld’s 1:34 am, 1:35 am
LuGrange 1:51 a m J •;J1 > alu
Long Cane 2:21 a m 2:~1 am
West Point 2:40 a m
PASSENGER TRAIN-INWARD.
STATIONS. ABIUVK. LEAVE.
West Point 12 : .,*® P m
Long Cane 13:36 P m 13:o6 p m
La Grange I:o2pm 1-03 pm
Whitfield’s l:2lpm 1.21 ) m
Hogan ville 1:21 p m 1:42 p m
Grantvilie 1:57 pm hSpm
Puckett’s 2:13 pm 3:18 pm
Newnan 2:29 pm I 2:30 pm
Powell’s 2:44 pm 2:45pm
Palmetto.. 3:06 pm 3:0/ p m
Fairburn 3:32 pm 2:23 p m
Red < x.k ■••• 3:3B<> m 3:42 p m
East Point 8:57 p m 3:5i pm 1
All .tun... 4:15 ip m
WESTERN & ATLANTIC BAILBOAD
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
The following Schedule takes effect beccmber
3. 1876.
NORTHWARD. No. 1.
Leave Atlanta f P m
Arrive < irtcrsville 6 43 p m
Arrive Kingston / 12 p m
Arrive Dalton P 111
Arrive Chattanooga • - 0 . 20 p m
iSO. o.
Leave Atlanta ■/ a m
Arrive Cartersville to a m
Arrive Kingston...— a m
Arrive Dalton “ a nl
Avrive.Chattanooga P 111
SOUTBWARD- i-N<>. 2.
Leave Chattanooga •/ 29 p m
Arrive Dalton ***’ * 0] P m
Arrive Kingston \ P m
Arrive Cartersville 1“ P m
Arrive Atlanta P m
Leave Chattanooga •£ am
Arrive Dalton • a m
Arrive Kingston ® am
Arrive Cartersville •= •*' ' , m
Arrive Atlanta 11 ®0 n n
No. 11—Discontinued.
No. 12.
Leave Chattanooga }0 P m
Leave Dalton *2 flam
Arrive Kingston J a ™
Arrive Cartersville B 09 am
Arrive Atlanta 80 a m
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.
NIAGARA,
OF NEWIYORK,
The asset* are nearly a million and a half.
ATLAS,
OF HARTFORD.,CONNECTICUT.
Assets are over half a mil ion dollars.
AMERICAN,
OI PHILADELPHIA,
Incorporated in 1810. Charter perpetual. As
sets one and a quarter miH.oti. Surplus on
the iirst oi January, a qu otter of a million.
HOME PROTECTION,
OF NORTH ALABAMA.
Invests onlv in United State? bonds. Issues
against Lightning as well as five. Guarantees
dividends yearly. Losses adjusted hy the
ugeot,
Also | represents
OTHEh FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES,
not enumerated above. . Insnncce guaranteed
•it tin* Inwot rates in iir>fc*t ihss companies
til joshes promptly and equitably adjusted*
‘ Carter-xville, a.. May 4. 1-
T. F. Gouldsmith,
Manufacturer and dealer in
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE,
Baby Carriages, BraoV-ets, &c
aud fine stock of
metallic and wooden coffins
Kept .constantly on ha;.d.
Mattresses a f*°,, to ® rder
on S Notice.
GRAVESTONES.
sr-jK'rsaru
111 S7 D trl Soec ior to w. T. Gauldsiaith.^
'NATION IL HOTEL,
ATLAN V, GEORGIA.
yirst-Ciass Fare ,2.50 For Day
! A, -Old vrrfii* wwe to •>■
For the Express.
ALEXANDER.
Toe shadows of evening gather ’round our
Dearthomejthe.tw inklingstara look down on me
r 10 in their iur off windows, full ofwoederous
a auty; when I look upon their nightly sheen
1 fancy I see the star by thee loved best,
* ‘ ; ich through its sbiumering radiance
Communicates tby heart’s deep tenderness,
A message back I send by this transmitting
Orb; and when, thou feciest the wooing beam*
Caressing thee v ith warmest fervor, know
TLese beams are warmed by the never
smoldriug
Fi 'S that burn on the altar of my heart.
One* in the long ago do you rememoer
Asking: “Why i* it that hearts so devoted
Should be so cruelly separated? The words
Had a world o! meaning and I
Felt that they left a “hush upon my heart
Twelve long years with their change* and
fruitions
Went down into the tomb of the dead past.
And the day star of hope so long obscured to u
Rose beautifully in our orient sky.
A strangers deit (?)faand removed the veil
Which a long separation had woven
Intercally, and I knew some magic influence
Was playing with the tuned chords of ray hearts
For scou he. awoke a straiD, whose
Music thrilled me with a delight ecstatic
Iknew then that the dream o 1 my girlhood
Was putting on the substantial vestments
Of reality. But why dwell upon a theme
That time has worn and laid aside for
“State occasions?” Still the old query:
“Why are wc so cruelly separated ?”
Wrings from my poor heart a wail as plain
tive
And as tender as that of some lone bird
Of mate bereß by ruthless hunter’s shaft.
Too weary is to rest itself on self,
And the good Samaiitans the old Book
Speaks of, died natural deaths a thousand
Years ago. The “almost dead” now lgh in
vain.
I’ve roamed from Nerth to South—from East
to west
Hoping to find seme dale of sympathy
From human hearts who suffer
most
Need most this Gilead balm to sooth tbara
But selfishness and lust rule our laud,
Yet he who so graciously tempers the wind
To shorn lamb will still remember us,
Though time and space divide us, our paths
Divergent w ill happily converge again
In a union that will rob the the present]
Of half its sadness. Then farewell beloved;
Be patient and hopeful, the broad beams
Of prosperity will yet dispel the, mists
That have gathered over our pathway.
A. M. S.
BARNKSVILLE.
I,*ttr No, 2 from a Lady formerly of
Cartersville.
A few weeks ago 1 enjoyed a visit
from your dark eyed tyride and hand
some groom, from Cartersville. Iu
her mounting weeds of recent be
reavement —her discreet and shy
demeanor, she belied the felicitous
estate of double blessedness into
which she had just entered. After a
brief but delightful visit, and a
promise that I would give them a
passing notice thro’ your most wor
thy columns, they left ior their fu
ture home in South Western Georgia.
But we have had so many brides of
our own, tf is fall, that a feeling of
ennui seizes us as we recall th jm all.
The fall session of Gordon insti
tute has closed. Her examination
and successful and entertaining con
cert is over; and her lads and lassies
are revelling in starvation soire.
The gentle and perfect demeanor of
Miss Hilliei—the influence she exer
ted, and decided improvement in her
pupils has endeared to many hearts.
We wish her “God speed” in her
new field of labor.
A Christmas tree and Military
Ball are in vague contemplation, oth
erwise the ville has settled down
into its usual quiet, after a most
bitter and most exciting contest for
Mayor and Alderman. But for one
simple point in issue which could so
easily have been repealed the same
competent and satisfactory board
would have been re-elected.
Our bank with its neat brick front,
urbane President and reliable board
of directors remains on its same sur
basis; but 1 have little cause to speak
thereof, as I have had no deposits to
make —nor checks to demand for the
comfort of a poverty-stricken purse.
I might eulogize its President our
ex-Mayor, from reasons of personal
gratitude, and be pardoned in so
doing, as he is what I term a magnet
—the heart of this people seeming to
go out after him and the stranger
doth bless him, within the gates.
“Inasmuch as ye did it into one of
the last of these my brethren”—hath
a sure benizen in store, and I fancy
he will be there to receive his share.
He reminds one of Grays couplet,
“Large was his bounty and his sou.
more large.’*
But I return to the election as it
was an occasion that would have
fully satiated an enthusiastic city
reporter. Wliat a sensation column
he could have displayed—wlia-.
amusing and pithy paragraphs ho
could have gotten out —yvhat an op
portunity for jeu d'espnt.
The stock law was the point at
issue and the sequel would have
made the tender heart of Louisa
King for “kindness to animals” re
sounded from earth, to Heaven’s
high dome. If you could have seen
the poor >tarving creatures enduring
sun and scorching heat, gnawing
hunger and wasting thirst as I have
this summer, you would have voted
down the best of tickets, to avert so
much needless suffering. The best
commentary was the heart felt echo
of our old cook; As the torch light
I pocession passed with its hideous
yells, she called out to oyr faithful
cow and calf, who lowed so piteously
for the old sedge fields and black
jack buds, “now old Spot and Snow
ball you can go out and stretchy
X fancied I heard Mrs. Kings re
sponsive amen J So now we rally
under anew flag ‘Mother and Re
form,” instead of our glorious “Til
den and Hendricks” banner;— But
our new mayor y\\\ prove a u that
is satisfactory in the coming year I
trust as a more peaceable *and law
abiding man he flag p toven himself
tobe worthy of the confidence of
people and priest* *
e have our same pastor for an
ot.}?r.ye,aF.’f. Messing we anticipated
with bu* little of uoubt may it prove
a year of jubilee to this p eo nle
The ladies of Pi ke now
practicing for a concert to be given
for the benefit of the pubifl. library
of Gordon Institute: W G exrS
gomething*uf>er,6ol make bold to
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TIU RSOAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1877.
invite the appreciative of Carters
ville, especially my old friends Mr-*.
Stovall and her fair daughters to this
musical feat. What an acquisition
their superb voices and high musical
attainments would tie.
But I mnst close this personal and
desultory script. lam aware that it
is not an accordance with reportori tl
order and excellence, nevertheless it
w’as intended to be just as it :s, for
reasons known to the writer, and my
townsmen I trust understand me.
We have given of our penury to
prove our identity of sentiment and
feeling with tnis people, we have
passed a most pleasant year, and 1
would earnestly crave an especial
blessing on Gordon Institute —the
/Methodist Sunday school and my
friends so very dear. But how can I
leave my friends on the right—a
household Lydias—a family of good
Samaritans—of “friends of need.”
Y r ears agone, like her I had a nei. h
bor, a mother in Isreal who called
me her child, and a Benjamin’s por
tion I certainly received —but God
took her, and since then I’ve wander
ed in strange lands, and amid vacant
faces: unappreciative aud ofttimes
unkind.
Our cup has not overflowed with
prosperity this year, but a day star,
has arisen for our country, and the :
hopes of many seem brighter than
ever. So if my own hopes are crush- 1
ed, anti heart’s desires blighted, 1 ,
will “rejoice with those who do re- j
joice” and still sing on—
“ Let thy tender love to thee
Bind mo closer, closer Lord to thee.
And now dear friends adieu.
Do you ever recall that last fare
wdl, when the grave closes over a
warm aud sympathetic heart, and
the stiffened fingers no longer claps
responsive to the touch of tenderness
or loye ?
I have passed this death itself I
have nothing else to suffer.
Adieu.
THE LATE MISS ELOISE STOVALL.
Tributes to the Meisory of a Lovely Young
fikdy.
Death op Miss Eloise M. Sto
vall.—The sad intelligence received
in this city on Monday morning,
conveying the news of Miss Eloise]
M. Stovall, at her home in Carters-1
ville, Ga., cast a deep and immova- j
hie shadow over the hearts of her j
many friends and relatives here.
This lovely young lady was a daugh
ter of John W. L. Stovall, Esq,, for
merly a resident of Augusta and but
six months ago was with heraequain- 1
auces in this city, amid seen cos of
gayety and pleasure, bright and
happy, sparkling and joyous, sur
rounded by cherished companions,
admired aud loved by all. Her
accomplishments and personal
charm#, brilliant mind and sweet,
amiable disposition constituted her
the bright particular treasure of trie
home circle, and wound about her
the lasting regard of all whom she
was thrown. Her short, violent ill
ness which alas, too soon stamped
dentil’s own signet upon her cold,
pure brow was borne with Christian
fortitude, and although deprived or
speech to the distressed ones around,
her mind retained its clearness, and
calmly rested its hope and faith upon
that Saviour Whom she had early
learned to love. It was with the
dawning light of Christmas morn
that her young life went out, and her
immortal spirit, bright and free,
winged its flight to join in the heav
enly chorals around the Great White
Throne.
The body of the deceased reached
Augusta yesterday morning, and,
after funeral services at St. Paul’s
church, was interred in the Summer
ville Cemetery.— Augusta Chronicle
StpuHnpf.
Eloise Maud Stovall.— At Car
tersville, Ga., on Christmas day
after a brief illness, Eloise Maud Sto
vall, only twenty years of age, closed
her eyes in the sleep of death to open
them in the eternal life of heaven.
Though the beautified soul of the
maiden be safe in the sheltering
arms of her “high-born kinsman,”
the lying of Heaven, those or her
friends and family who loved her
while upon this earth, so full of grace
of mind and person, must mourn
that the scences that knew her once
shall know her no more. Her memory
shall remain like a sweet dream ; but
they cannot but lament
“The touoli of a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still,”
Miss Eloise Stovall was among us
in Augusta nearly the whole of last
winter. She charmed young and old
alike with the many gifts of God in
her possession. It seems impossible
that this young girl, lately so full of
strenth, hope,intellect, innocence and
comeliness, should now he cold in
death and reposing under the wild
December snow. Yet such is the
fact, and we can only reconcile the
apparent condition of her early loss
while so many unworthy linger on
to the inscrutable wisdom of a
Divine Providence that doeth ail
things well.
Hard as it is for those who knew
her and loved her to bid her a tem
porry farewell, the melancholly task
must be performed. But they may
truthfully assuage their grief by con
fiding in her happier estate. — Augusta
Constitutionalist.
“She died in beauty like the dc-.V4
From llow<’w e:.hauled away,
She died ra beauty, like a star.
Lout on the broic of day.
Site live- in glory, like the stars.
Set round the radian t moon.
aha lives in glory, like the sun,
Amid the blaze of June.”
Funeral of Miss Eloise Sto
vall.—lt is seldom that we are call
ed upon to chronicle a sadder event
than the death of this lovely girl.
It seems but yesterday that she was
among us bright, ligtiisome and
happy. , , ...
Beautiful in person, endowed witn
rare intellectual accomplishments,
possessed of a singularly cheerful and
affectionate disposition, sho was in
deed the sunbeam of every household
that could claim her presence. Her
fascinating manners and coinining
confidence won for her hosts of
friends wherever she was known.
She wao the daughter of the late
John W. L. Stovall, and a niece of
our esteemed townsman, Gen. M, A.
Stovall, at wnose hospitable home
she spent most of last winter.
She died early Christmas morning
at iter mother’s in Cartersville, Ga.,
after a short, but painfnl illness.
She died, we learn, of some affection
of the throat, which originated *rom
an abcess caused in Gutting a wisdom
tooth. . , ,
All that an affectionate and devo
ted mother and sister, aud skillful
uhvsicians could do, was done to al-,
leviate her suffering and save her
from the tell destroyer:
But death, who spaies neither
vouth nor age, genius, learning
Doverty nor wealth, the cries of
relatives aud friends, nor the cold
indifference of strangers, claimed her
as his own aud gathered her to his
ever filling, yet unfilled garner, the
tomb, and on Christmas morning
auiet v and peacefully she passed
froip Gie trials of Uf© to the blessing*
!of eternity. The remains were
I brought here so as to lie beside those
jof her father. She was a faithful
| member of the Episcopal Church,
j and the funeral services from St.
! Paul’s. Seldom have we witnessed
a more solemn scene, and as the
| requiura, so exquisitely rendered by
Mrs. Oates, fiiletl the church, tew
were the eyes that did not fill and
flow with tears. Miss Stovall ivas a
great favorite in Baltimore, where
her numerous friends no less than
here will be pained to learn of her
death, so sad, in the bloom and flow
er of life.
To the sorrow-stricken family we
tender, knowing how inadequate
are words to console, our heartfelt
condoier.c May God in His infinite
wisdom help them to bear this, now
to them, painful dispensation of His
mercy, and teach each one to know
and to feel.
“?lu> h must be borne which it /s hard to
beer:
Much „ivcu away which it were sweet to
God liclo’uc a’i! w 10 need. Ills cave.
And yet, I know Jie Shepherd loves His
sheep.’’
—Augusta Chronicte & Sentinel.
HON. B. H, HILL.
An Open Letter from the Distinguished
Georgian.
House of Bepresentatives.H
Washington, D. C., Dec 21, 1816.
My Dear Sir: I trust you will
believe me when I assure you that
your letter is esteemed as worthy to
come from one who has been a “life
long friend,” as you truly style your
self. Every mail is bringing me
letters from every section of the
union, and those from the South dis
close a “panic” among my friends
which is most remarkable.
I will not pretend that lam insen
sible to the effect which may be pro
duced on my personal political for
tunes, but I do say that my chief so
licitude is excited by far different
and 1 will add, by far higher consid
eration.
If the reputation of a public man
can be tarnished bj T agencies so tri
fling and so false as those now at
work,.then here can be little encour
agement for unselfish patriotism.
I do not pretend that I have served
or can serve my country with ability,
but I can say that I have given, and
am now giving under the most em
barrassing disadvantages, to that
country the very best abilities I pos
'sess.
Under the severest trials I have
made a record of fearless fidelity in
defense of Southern civilization and
manhood, and of unflinening adher
ence to constitutional government
which no man can deny. But what
is all this worth if it can have no
effect in protecting me from irrespon
sible squibs from Washington city,
some of which at least are inspired
and many- encourage, by the most
unworthy motives possible ? If such
squibs, whether thoughtless or de
signing, can throw friends in a panic
and encourage enemies to refresh
ftheir malignity with the stereotyped
slang. “I always told you he was
hot reliable !” then our free institu
tions and popular government have
arrived at a period where a public
mau can have no protection save in
the naughtiness of his imbecility or
the callousness of his corruption. He
is safe alone when he does nothing
:hat fools can criticise, or does only
what hirelings will puff for a consid
eration.
Now, sir, I do not believe the peo
ple of Georgia have arrived at this
point, and I shall do them thejustiee
to say that I have not the slightest
fear that they will allow themselves
to be made parties to the wrongs
when some are now plotting against
me. On the contrary Ido not doubt
that when they know the truth, as
they will know It, they will approve
me with cheerfulness and unanimity;
and, in the meantime, they will
not withdraw that confidence and
trust without which I shall be power
less to servo either them or myself.
What have I done or said that
“friends should be alarmed and ene
mies encouraged,” as numerous let
ters say ?” Without going into de
tails(as I will not be cowardly enough
now to do), I will state some facts.
1. Since the assembling of this ses
sion of Congress the Democratic
members of the house have met three
times in general caucus, I have
made but one motion In general
caucus, and that motion was adopted
unanimously. There was not a dis
senting voice— not one. I accompa
nied that motion with abort speech,
the temper and spirit of which every
man in the caucus approved, and the
main point of which was warmly
agreed to by a large majority, in
cluding, I believe, every member
from the Southern or late confeder
ate States, and certainly every one
present from Georgia.
2. We have had frequent confer
ences, composed of a limited number
of Democrats, from five to twenty in
a conference. To several of these-I
have been invited, and attend. In
these conferences I have made several
motions and suggestions. Every
one I have yet made has been adopted
and sometimes unanimously adopted.
On one or two occasions my sugges
tions have been received with a con
sideration that was pleasant and
adopted with expressions that were
flattering.
This is toy work. What am I charg
en with.
1. It is said that I have expressed
distrust of Northern Democrats and
speeches to this effect are filling the
papers as if made by me. Not a sin
gle word published on this subject is
true—not one.
2. It is said that myself and other
Southern men have lost faith in the
election of Mr. Tiklen, and have
made, or are making, or willing to
make some bargain or trade, or ar
rangement with Mr. Hayes. All ul
timations of this kind are simply
manufactured —manufactured by sen
sational hirelings for Republican use
and benefit. Mr. Tilden and the
Democratic party are reduced to a
sad hope of success if the silly or de
signing Democrats who affect to be
lieve such charges are to be aceeptrd
as the only trust advisers of the par
ty.
It might he interesting to give you
an explanation of how easily a pub
lic man here may be misrepresented
i by news gossips and interviewers —
I and especially if he be a public man
' who is worth misrepresenting, but I
j have not the time to do so now,
A few words in conclusion. The
I political situation was never so criti
cal as now. Our constitutional sys
tem is on a magazine of powder and
ten thousand fools, and some that are
, not fools, are striking matches all
| around it. , A . ,
None bnt cool men and patriots
j who love country more than office
can avert the most horrible civil war
j that every disgraced and destroyed
I liberty aud humanity. And yet
i there was never less excuse for any
; war in the history of the world.
Such a war, if it come, will be the
\ culmination of human crime in the
dastardly destruction of human
rights by a disgraceful scramble for
office!
In the late election both Mr. Til
den and Mr. Hayes received some
votes. Will it not be better to have
either for president than to have a
ruler who received no votes? He is
too stupid for argument who does
not sefc that the last alterative is
possible. But whoever may or may
not be made president by returning
boards or bayonets, one thing is cer
tain : Mr. Tilden eannot and will not
be made president unless he is made
so by a fair honest count of the votes
of the people.
That count can be neither fair nor
honest unless it be had under inter
pretations of theconstitution long ac
cepted and by methods of proceedure
long established. The party that
now demands new interpretations,
or a now form or method of count
will be a party in rebellion and
treason against the constitution, the
union and the people.
I am therefore, in favor of a fair
and honest constitutional count of
the votes of the people.
I am laboring to secure that count,
and when secured, I shall abide its
result; and so will every other man
north and south who is not willing
to destroy his country.
I am brave enough to want peace,
but not cowardly enough to accept
dishonor.
It is unpleasant now to have to
write letters, and, I confess, a little
wounding to my pride to be called
on my friends to deny charges so
plainly absurd, and so wickedly cir
culated. But I will make an allow
ance for a natural anxiety in these
evil times.
I ask you, therefore, to give this
letter to the press, and I respectfully
ask every paper in Georgia to give it
an insertion.
I make one request of the people of
believe nothing ascribed to me unless
it appears over my own signature or
in the official proceedings of congress.
I can see no ®ther possible protec
tion from misrepresentation.
I believe we can avert all the ca
lamities I now so much dread. If
we can peacefully inaugurate the
man eleetdd by the people, we shall
have anew and long lease of consti
tutional government. If we cannot
then our beautiful, glorious and con
stitutional system will perish and
my friends will find me on the front
line of the last fatal charge in its
defense. Yours very truly,
Benj. H. Hill.
A. B. Culberson, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.-
MURDERED for money.
Atlanta, Ga,, Dec. 25,1876.
A double tragedy iu the adjoining
county to this created a good deal of
excitement here on last Wednesday
night. Jiin Jackson, of Decatur,
went to Jack Thompson’s house at
Stone Mountain, and at three o’clock
in the morning decoyed Thompson
from the house on the plea that a
friend of his who intended leaving
for Texas early in the morning,
wanted ta exchange S7OO in gold for
grcenbat'Ks at par. The next morn
ing Thompson was missing, and
on Friday Jackson was arrested.
Thompson’s pistol and about S3O in
money, a twenty dollar bill which
was identified, was found on Jack
son’s person. On Saturday $650 of
Thompson's money was found con
cealed in Jackson’s house, and yes
terday Thompson’s body was found
buried near Jackson’s house, and it
was proved that Jackson had dug the
grave the evening before the murder
was committed. Last night a mob
was collected for the purpose of
lynching, and thesheriff made prepa
rations to defend the jail with a posse
of sixty men. Jackson, fearing the
mob or the consequences of the law,
committed suicide in the early part
of the night by choking himself with
a pocket handkerchief. Hearing of
Jackson’s suicide the mob dispersed,
grumbling at being cheated out of
the death sport. Much excitement
still prevails. Thompson was highly
respected and much loved by all who
knew him.
ONE HONEST REPUBLICAN.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The Hon.
Clement Hugh Hill, First Assistant
Attorney-General from 1870 to 1875,
now residing in Boston, has been in
tbit city during the past week in at
tendance upon the United States Su
preme Court. Mr. Hill i3 a Repub
lican and a representative of the best
part of that party in Massachusetts.
He was one of the leading members
of the Bristow Club of Boston, and
was instrumental in securing for Mr.;
Bristow the delegation from Massa
chusetts to the Cincinnati Conven
tion. He is also a member elect to
the Massachusetts Legislature. He
supported Hayes in the late Presi
dential canvass.
Mr. Hill said that he was free to
admit that Mr. Hayes had been fairly
defeated, and Mr. Tilden elected, and
that tiie action of the Returning
Boards of Florida, Louisiana and
South Carolina, was infamous, and
that the conduct of Republican lead
ers from the North in sanctioning
and upholding the villainies prac
ticed by the members of the Return
ing Boards, was enough to cause
every honest Republican to blush
with shame,
Mr. Hill added that, in hisopinion,
the programme laid down by the
New York Times and Tribune for
counting the electoral vote was so
absurd that no intelligent and honest
member of either House of Congress
would sanction it by giving it hisap
proval.—N. Y. Sun , Dec. 25.
How Ben Hill Looks.— Mr.
Hill is 53 years of age, is a Georgian
by birth, and a man of the finest per
sonal appearance, being above the
average height, lithe and sinewy,
without the appearance of leanness.
He has a square face, large, steady,
glancing, blue-gray eyes, a thin-lip—
ped, firm sot mouth, the upper lip
cleanly shaven always, with a full
clipped beard His hair is rather
bristling and slightly wavy, standing
up and back from his forehead, and
is, together with his whiskers, of a
yellowish brown color, with a small
bald spot on the crown. He pos
sesses an exceedingly pleasant, al
most musical voice, and is graceful
and easy in gesticulation. The most
characteristic point with his personal
bearing is the peculiar manner in
which he habitually carries his head,
which he docs by almost dropping
his chin upon his breast, and iookiDg
up and out from under his eyebrows.
This he does alike in walking or sit
ting, but when speaking he throws
his head up and square.
Mr. Tilden has been defeated. And
the Republican majority will make
no terms with traitors, or with weak
aud timid souls who imagine that
they are serving the country
by surrendering to the pretentions
of its treacherous enemes.—iVetp*
York Thnes\
MOBILE LIFE lllid MM.
OF MOBILE, AI,A.
ASSETS $700,000.
-2
MAURICE MCCARTHY, President, JJAMES L. jMURPHY, Vtce-Presideut, SHEPPARD
HOMANS, Actuary; H. M. FRIEND, JBocrctary.
REMEMBER, That the Mobile Life Insurance Company insured oyer two thousand policle*
last year.
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surance.
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dowment is secured at tha cheap life rates of premium.
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to secure debts, or to "bridge over” for a term of years.
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to-day, you may die penniless to-morrow.
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the forethought to insure.
REMEMBER, Thatby investiug a mere pittance you at onoe scoure a legacy for yo loved
ones, sure and steadiest.
REMEMBER, Thai life insurance is aotan expense like fire Insurance, but a wise and prudent
invest mnt,
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and should yon die the whole insurance to go to the loved ones, thus protecting
them from want,
REMEMBER, Itis a duty you owe to yourself, your family and your neighbor to keep your life
always insured,
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more it costs to insure.
REMEMBER, To get insurance, you have to apply when you arc in good health. Don’t wait
until itis too late. •
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MOBILE LIFE INSURANCE CO.
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ol to-inorrow.
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the State.
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A. C. PICKENS, Con. Agent, Cartersville, Q
NEW CASH STORE ~
Great Bargains Goods at New York Cost.
J. H. SATTERFIELD
IIAS returned to Cartersville anil opened next door east of A
R. Hudgins one of the largsst aud best selected stocks of
J||gBkSTAPLI & FANCY DRY GOODS
Notions, Fancy Goods,
WKj EPfSpr GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
READY MADE CLOTHING. HATS, CAPS, BOOTS & SHOES
That has ever l>cce exhibited In Cartersville, which he offers to the cash trade at prices that
cannot be beateu this side of the Eastern market. lie respectfully asks his old friends and
Customers and the pnblic generally to examine bis stock before purchasing elsewhere.
may2s-3t.
ECONOMIZE AND SAVE YOUR MONEY
BV CALLING ON
J. D. HEAD & CO.,
At Milam’s Old Stand
WHO HAVE A FRESH AND COMPLETE LINE {OF
Staple and Fancy Dry Goads, Dress Goods, Clothing,
HATS, BOOTS AKD SHOES, &c., &c.
WHICH we offer to the Cash TRADKof Bartow and surrounding counties at prices lower
than was ever before known in this market. An examination of goods and prices will
satisfy you that we mean business. Our old customers are Invited to call and see us, promising
them
Good Goods at Hard Pan Prices,
courteous treatment and the same honest, fair dealing that they have always found in our
House. J. IX HEAD A CO.
Hardware and Farming Implements*
i
BAKER HAUi
CAT,!, the attention of their cnstomerslto algeneral.and complete stock of .HARDWARE and
farming implements,such as
PLOWS, HOES, COTTON PLANTERS, ETC.
We also have a complete sfock of FIELD SEEDS such as Clover, Red Top, Orchard and Blu*
Grass, German Millett, etc. as cheap as they can be sold in this or any other market. Wc als*
have acomplcte stock of READY MADE PLOWS both Iron and Steel. Wo sell
Nails $3.75 t 04.59
Bar Iron 3>£ to 6 cents
Steel Slabs **. 0>; to 12 eta
Iron Slabs s>i to 7 cents
Cast Steel , 20 to 25 cents.
Sweeil Iron ; Btooccnts.
For the cash wc can sell as cheap as the same quality of goods can be sold anywhere.
febl3-tf BAKER & HALL.
STOVES & TINWARE.
To the Citizens of* Cartersville and.
rounding- Country's
HAVING consolidated our business at the old GILBERT
BT.VMI>o*i the corner of'jMa!n’anr4,Tumlin|.Streeta, W
will carry on tbs business under the name and him of
Bji< STALL & ADAMS
We will keep constantly ;on hand a large and complet*
STOVES, TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
which we will sell at the very lowest price to suit thimes. M e keep the celebrated COil'OX
KING IRON KING, LAPITOLA rod various other stoves ol all sizes and prices. \\ e will du*
plicate prices from any markettin the State. All job won and repairing promptly done for
cash. Country produce, rags and old brass aud copper taken in exchange lor goods. rap
ping paper always on hand at Atlanta prices. W e will furnish galvonized Iron Evaporators top
Boiling Syrup, 10 ft. long, 40 in. wide, complete, made out of a solid sheet, Ao neeiun, at sl9
cash, frame and all. Ten dollars lower than ever turnished la the South. Those desiring to
purchase please give us 15 days’ notice. (janl-ly) STALL & Ati A MS.
TEE SIEGER SEWING MACHINE
THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE.
The Largest Sales becaus©2the Most Popular.
The Most Popular Because The Best.
8 VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE,
ales In 1871 ~~ - - 131,M8
-ales in 1872 219,758
ales in 1878 - 233,444
Sales in 1874_ 241,676 !1 1
Sales in 1875 249,852 ! 11
, Address the Binger Manufacturing Company, 178 Broughton Street, Savannah, Go. C. &
".Bat y. Agent; Cerner ioad and Alabama ste.. Atlanta, Ga- George W.Leonard. Agont.aaS
atStokely aijd WtUsaßa* Popular Store, Cactefsvitle, Ga-, Wi H.BRCK WITH, Agent,
fvbe-Tf* -
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