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w. T. WOFVOPP. | | /. M. MEAL.
WOFFORD fe BIEEL,
attorneys at law.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
dec7-3m. ■—
T. W. gILNEK. J * w - HARRIS, JK
MILIEU A HARRIS,
attorneys at law,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
Office on West Main Street.
J. Si. MOON,
attorney at law.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office: Up-stairs over Stokcly & Williams,
West M ain aprSO
jiaues \V. Harris, Sr.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
One door East of Express Office, Main Strcer
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
mar3o.
A. ML. FOLTE,
attorney at law
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
(With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, flovd, Gordon, Murray,Whitfield and ad
orning counties. decg-ly.
. w. 9KURPREY,
attorney at law,
Cartersville, Ga.
Jfl'ltlS (up stairs) in the brick building
o mer ol Main and Irwin streets. dec2-tf.
G. 11. IIATF.M,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office up-stnirs over Postoffice,
leciM v
Dr. J. Dickson Smith,
PHKCfICING PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
CARTERSVILLE, ga.,
Ofilce and Residence at the Ricks House.
jau 19 tf.
Business Cards.
NOTICE.
ffXHIS is to give notice that we are now pre
[ pared todo geueral plantation woi k, hors
shoeing. Ac. All orders faithfully attended toe
Give us trial. JONES & GO\\ ER,
janl2-tf. Successors Gower. Jones A Cos.
Livery, Sale & Feed Stable
R. C. & J. E. ROBERTS,
Near the Court House.
C A KTKKSVIL.BIS, ga.
Good Hack- OurrlHites. IfOl’SeS and
Careful drivers, and at treasonable prices. Try
us and wi: will treat yon riglip junels-ly
SALE, LIVERY AND FEED STABLE.
THOMPSON & SCOTT
KEEP constantly on hand good vehicles
uiid tine horses, and every conveyance to
accommodate the public.
Earn Mai 11 street, Cartersville,Georgia.
n* ayl-tf ..
A. . TAXDIVBB®.
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,
RESPECTFULLY {informs his old triends
that he is still at the old stand, ready and
wilting to serve tne hungry.
Weddings & Parties Served'on Short Notice.
JOHN T. OWEN,
At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,
sell Watches, Clocks and
ff elry. Spectacles. Silver and Sil
ver-plated Goods, and will sell them as cheap
as they can oe bought anywhere. Warranted
to prove as represented.
All work dome by me Warrant® dto give sat
faction. Give me a call. ian 27-
comfortTorlhe feet.
All who would have teet free from CORNS
dress the feet with with a vi<xw to health,
•food taste and comiort. Shoes my
'modeled from inatuse,
an essentially {different style, and latest im
provements. They press the foot evenlv, giv
ing ELASTICITY IN WALKING, and by the
ingenuity of their construction they appear
SMALLER than they really are,
gving an elegant even ’to the
argest aud clumsiest feet.
WILLIAM J. MALONE,
Anatomical Boot and Shoemaker,
octs 49 Broad btreet, ATLANTA, GA.
Travelers’ Guide.
THE COOSA RIVKK STEAMERS.
Steamers on the Coosa River will run as per
schedule as follows:
Leave Rome every Monday at ...1 pto
Leave Rome every Thursday 8 a w
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday and Friday.. 9 am
Arrive at Rome Wednesday and Saturday* p m
J.JM. ELLIOTT. Gen’l Sup**
CHKKOKKB RAILROAD.
FROM and after this date the following
Schedule will be*ruo on the Cherokee Rail
*a:ave Rockmart at 7 XJO A. M.
“ Taylorsville, BXX) “
Stil* sboro, 8:25 “
Arrive at t artersville, 9:10 “
Leave Cartersville. 3:00 P. M
St'lyslioro. 8:50
“ Taylorsville 4:30 “
Arrive at Rockmart, 5:15 “
ItOMK K A lI.ItOAD COMPANY.
On and after Sunday, April 29tn, trains on
the Rome Railroad will run as follows:
DAY THAIX—KVKJIY BAY.
Leave Rome at 7 45 a m
Arrive at Rome i2.15 a in
BATVHDAY JCVE.NIKG ACCOKOi) ATIOX.
Leaves Rome t 4.45 p m
Arrive at Rome at 8 P m
WESTERN Si ATI.ANTIC RAILROAD.
The following passenger schedule took el
fect March 18,1877 :
NIGIIT PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 3:25 pm
Arrive at (artersville s:2ft pm
“ “ King- ton ...6:44 pm
“ “ Dalton 7:24 pm
• Chattanooga 9:21 p m
NIGHT P ASS EN G Elt Tit A IN—DOWN.
Chattanooga.... p m
Arrive at Haltou (i;00 pin
“ “ Kingston "... I:4npm
“ “ Cartersviile ....8:15 pm
“ “ Atlanta J0;17 p m
DAY' I’ASSENGER|TRAIN —UP,
Leave Atlanta 0:55 a m
Arrive at < artersville 8:54 a m
“ “ Kingston 9:22 am
“ “ Dalton 11:04 a m
>* “ Chattanooga 12:45 pm
DAY i'AfcSKNGER TRAIN-DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga , 6:4sam
Arrive at Dalton *>4s 3 W
“ ” Kingston 10:41 au\
“ “ Cartersville 11:10 am
“ “ Atlanta 1:16 P w
WM. K. HUSE,
IGENKSAL
INSURANCE AGENT
Represents the following first-ciut*
companies :
GEORGIA HOME,
Ur COLUMBUS. GA.
Rates ow and guarantees dividends yavly.
The private property of the stockholder* boutitl
for all of the obligations of the company.
NIAGARA,
OF NEW |YOUK,
The assets are nearly a million and a halt,
ATLAS,
OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
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. Issi es
against Lightning as well as lire. Guarantees
dividends yearly. Losses adjusted by the
agent,
Also [represents
OTHEk fIRST-CLASS COMPANIES,
not enumerated above. Insurance guaranteed
at the lowest rates in first-class companies.—
All losses promptly and equitably adjusted.
Cartersville, Ga., May 4, 1876.
The Morning News,
SAVANNAH, GA.
THE political campaign of 1876, which In
cludes National. State and County elec
tions and which undoubtedly will be the most
active and hotly pop tested of. any since the
memorable canvass .it DgO, is now lairlt
opened. The National Democratic f ftrty will
this year make a bold, vigorous, and doubtless
successful struggle for the maintenance an.
supremacy ol those principles which are vita
to the prosperity of the public, and essential
to the well-being of the people
In addition to the Presidential election, the
people in Georgia and Florida w.,) elect new
State Governments. In Honda the campaign
promises to he unusually vigorous, and there
is a probability that for the first time since the
wan the people of that Radical-ridden State
will elect a Democratic State Government. In
these campaigns the peojde are deeply inter.
ested" and everv intelligent citizen, who ha*
the welfare o hi* country and liis section at
heart, should acquaint himself witli every de
tail of redemption and teform that is now going
°To this end he should subsc.ribo to and assist
in Circulating the suTannil MOl nil g New*,
an independent Democratic newspaper, ol
pronounced opinion* and ienrle*s in their ex
pression; a paper that t. recognigcd every
where as the best dally in tha South. It* e -
torial department is vigorous, thougbttwl and
consistent, while its news and local depart
ments are marvels of industry and complete
ness. Its department of Georgia and iorida
affairs is not confined to a mere barren sum
mary of event* transpiring m 4*ose States, but
is enlivened by comment at OJ)£P apt, timely
"^Tbe 8 ample resources of the establishment
will be devoted to furnishing the readers ot the
morning news
with the latest Intelligence from 11 P t * ® r
the world, through the pro** dispatches, spe
cial dispatches, special correspondence, and
through these agencies, the
earliest chronicler ot every noteoit„jy inei
dent ol the political campaign of IH7A
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ATLAN : v, GEORGIA.
First-Class Faro Per Day
At ’Old Virginia Welcome” by Hi*
GEN. ROBERT TOOMBS.
Hl* View* in Regard to the Ne*ilty of a
Constltntionai Cwuvention.
From the Chronicle A Constitutionalist.
Washington, Ga., April 26, ’77.
Dear Sir— Your letter of the 17th
ult., requesting my “views upon the
subject of cA*litur a convention of the
people-” to re new the present recog
nized constitution of this State has
been duly received. Other pressing
engagements have delayed this re
ply. Ido not know a single reason
against the call and the public secu
rity and safety demand it. The ex
isting constitution is not the act or
deed of the jeople of Georgia. It
was forced upon them by force and
fraud. Large numbers of her most
worthy, intelligent and virtuous cit
izens were denied the privilege of
even voting for members of the con
vention who, with but few* excep
tions, were hungry, hostile, alied ene
mies, domestic traitors and ignorant,
vicious emancipated slaves. The
last Legislature passed an act to allow
the pe< pie to meet in convention and
review the work of these military
appointees and to amend, change and
alter it, or accept it if they like it and
thus make it their organic law. It
is a public shame that this permis
sion was not given by the first tree
legislature and it successors which
met after the flight of Bullock.
Every other one of the sister
province* exercised the rig!)! soon
as they were made able to do bo, and
have greatly benelUted themselves
by so doing. The present govern
ment of Georgia is a usurpation. It
has m moral or legal claim to the
support or obedience of the people.
|t |a wgnt|og }n the consent of the
people—the foundation stone of uil
rightful government. Therefore it is
a pnblic siiu:n“, supported only by
bad and vvicktd men for C? lfis h l)Ur
poses. But independent of the
workman the w°r!* I s P°t f i ie
present constitution denies the right
of the States; subordinates them to
their agent, the Federal government ;
in effect asserts that this is a consoli
dated government; that we owe
primary B|}.egjarj£e to the United
States. We deny it, Let Ut* asofiit
the truth and maintain It when we
can, or leave the truth to be defended
by our children and children’s chil
dppq whenever opportunity offers.
The people f.d r ev ! evv the
Executive Department di the gov
ernment; its tenure is condemned by
many as too long and its patronage
too great. Its power over the judic
iary department presents formidable
objections to JL judjfiary sys
tem itself is defective, tofaljy inade
quate to a speedy and impartial
trial of either criminal or civil
causes. The jury system is vicious
and subjects the country to constant
danger- Our old grand jury system
was far preferable to the prvggntj
The legislative department demands
review by the people. The Senate is
a mockery and a nuisance. It "has
generally defended all the abuses of
the corrupt rule of Bui lock &nt4 hjs
gang, the instrument of all corrupt
organizations to deplete the public
treasury and use the public credit
for the promotion of local and per
sonal objects and not tor the general
weal. It is trun there bftyp been a
considerable number of able and
honest patriotic men in that body, but
too few to defeat the greater portion
or establish a sound policy for the
State on many grfat and vital ques
tions. It has defeated the call of a
convention for four years, and last
winter sought to defeat it by annex
ing odious conditions to the bill,
The Senate insisted upon submit
ting the call to the peop.e, hoping to
rally ignorant freetlqipr), all the rem
nant of the Bullock gang, both iniide
and outside of the Democratic party,
all the friends of the spurious
all “developers of resources” general
ly, to defeat the convention. They
remembered that the call for the
present constitution was not submit
ted to the people but was the work of
“sabre sway.” Besides, the repre
sentation in the Senate is grossly un
equal. It is neither based upon pop
ulation, taxation, territory protection
of all interests, nor upon any other
sound basis of representation- It is
purely arbitrary, and was intended
by its authors to perpetuate as longas
possible the power of the usurpers in
spite of the people. The tenure of
oftiee is too long, and ougnt to be
shortened. Let the people meet in
convention and try to adopt a better
system.
But the great defect in the consti
tution is that it does not protect the
property of the people against inyi}-
sion of the legislative power. It is
true that was the defect of our old
constitution, as well as the present
one. The same causes have greatly
increased fhe danger from this source
in all free representative government.
The failures to limit by organic law
the power of the legislative depart
ment have brought the Federal and
gigte governments and municipal
corporation* to the verge of bank
ruptcy, and impoverished and ruined
the people. This has been the most
frightful source of all of our calami
ties. We must remark and plainly
define t|ig dividing line between in
dividual rights and public authority.
The age in whjeh we Hve has de
veloped new danger* to free represen
tative governments. Even the in
ventions and discoveries of genius in
the arts and sciences, v\ ith their bene
fits and blessings to mankind, have
also brought new dangers to good
government. This is especially true
of those inventions and discoveries
which contribute so to the
promotion and distribution of wealth
and the spreadiug of intelligence
among men and nations. The im
provements in the application of the
illimitable power of steam and the
utilisation of electricity are especial
ly noteworthy element* in their ef
fects upon society and governments.
They have made great associations
of capital innumerable and gigantic
corporations necessary for their de
velopment. These corporations with
large capitals gre powerful, and,
therefore, dangerous to society, They
first absorb individual capltal~=all
right enough—then all they can br
row —still right enough, aud next the
treasuries cf municipal corporations,
public lands and all other public
property, then the treasuries and
credit of the National and State gov
ornments—this is all wrong, violptes
justice, transfcr* thP sw'ptß of the
poor to the coffers of the rich, appro
priate# the public funds to private
use and profit, and open* the flood
gates of fraud and public demoraiL
zation. What is the remedy for
these great evils and dangers? We
must find it somew here, or abandon
representative government. We
have seen Congress corrupted ; State
Legislature* corrupted; city authori
ties corrupted | ail our guards oyer
public property and public credit cor
rupted ; a new* power i* discovered,
and political burgiaty is enrolled
among the useful arts of government.
The remedy is plain and sufficient
for all of these things. We can accept
do other security hut this: We must
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 11,1877.
put it out of the power of our rulers
to injure society if they wish to do
it. Let us make anew constitution
and by that constitution make the
depository of the public treasury and
public ere lit political burglar-proof,
and put the key in the pockets of the
people, by declaring that no debt
shall ever be created by the Legisla
ture or binding upon the State except
for the public defense; that the State
shall never for the “debt,
default or atage of ansther.”
This will save the people and the
State (roni ruin. Nothing else will
and it must be done now or may be
too late. Municipal corporations
should be confined to their own
limits, and not permitted to endorse
at all or borrow, except for the good
government of their respective corpo
rations. Tiie principal purpose and
necessity for a call of a convention is
to consider these and such others as
the people may desire. All acknowl
edge the evils. What present reason
can be found against the proposed
search for a remedy by the people ?
The people have demanded it again
and again almost unanimously
through their House of Representa
tives and all other recognized expo
nents of the popular will. The peoplo
have spoken; let the convention meet.
What are the objections to it ? Co
vert enemies of the convention,
those who hope to profit by its
abuses, including others who have
not well considered tne matter,
have suggested many. Their prin
cipal qnp is tlMt PdRYfPIIPH
might endanger tne homestead h;w T .
One of my own great objections to
the present constitution Is that It
does not secure a sound, substan
tial, real homestead to the women
and children of the State. 1 want
sqch a qmutupe. It I? far better for
society that t*he women an 4 chil
dren of the State should be secured
by au ample and sufficient homestead
where they can be co!“!“ rra ffi e and
happy and the children
can guppQjrf themselves and be
brought up under virtuous input
ences, than to be thrown on society
houseless and homeless and penniless,
outcasts, and wanderers, subject to an
the temptations, to crime in its worst
fhuqa, {Rid finally to become tenants
of jails ana poor houses, Let us tie*
mand such a homestead of the con
vention. It will injure nobody. It
will only withdraw from trade and
traffic, crime or misfortune, a sacred
Itmotuary dedicated to humanity.
The detail* may os safely Runted fo
a convention of the people. We ha\ e
no such homestead. The present
homestead may be waived
by the head of the family. It is
but a ljfe
family anp ar estate only for years
only in the minors and terminates at
arrival of age. It is a sham, but
even such as it is the objectors know*
that such rights have been acquired
qncjer it are so secure that no con
vention uoma touch them if they
wished to do so. The objection i*
only intended to deceive the igno
rant and unwary.
But if is also objected that the con
vention may remove the capital from
Atlanta. Well suppose they do. shall
the supposed personal interest of a
few thousand pople weigh a feather
against a good constitution wriich
w’fli protect the rights, liberty and
propferiy of all '4 Away with such
nonsense. This is not the true reason.
The new constitution would certain
ly dispose of all future bond ques
tions. There would be no further
use for the lobby. Make your con
stitution right and then there will
be but one remaining question as to
the capital and that would be simply
the comforts and convenience of our
public servants in discharging public
trusts, Atlanta would have no com
petition in such a contest. It is not
worth u thought with freemen.
Some of the not very ardent friends
of the convention have tiken a now
disease which a distinguished Senator
calls the “apprehensions.” They
fear that the convention will put
themselves and everybody else in
jail tor debt; will establish Moses’
inode of puuishment and do divers
other old and wicked things if ever
let them come together at A tbinta to
consider their organic law. I behove
it is not the practice or organic laws
to adopt penal codes. That has
hitherto been considered the peculiar
province of the Legislature, and we
are content that it shall remain there.
But perhaps tbP “wipketj flee
no man pursueth.”
I am very respectfully, your obe
dient servant, R. Toombs.
Colonel L. N. Trammell, Dalton, Ga.
CUKE FOR HOG CHOLERA.
bditors. Georgia Grange :
As I have discovered a cure and
preventive for hog cholera, I think it
to be my duty to communicate it to
the public.
11l 18G£ I lost nearly ?.H my hogs
witii cholera; and in 1869 the disease
returned, and after trying everything
that I could think or hear of with
out success, I gave them strychnine,
which proved satisfactory, Having
but few hogs and little strychnine,
I put a half gallon of shelled corn
into a vessel; covered the corn with
water, then dumped in all the
strychnine that I had—l suppose
about a half grain to the hog I placed
it near the flre plaoe, and kept it
there all night. In the morning
I called the hogs, and threw it among
them.
Being satisfied with the result I
recommended it to my neighbors,
and but few* of them would venture
to try it. I have used it ever since
and it never fails to cure when prop
erly given; A particle, the si*e of a
grain of wheat, is a dose for a hog
twelve months old; if older give
more, if younger give less. Arsenic
is just as good, but it does not act so
quickly. Be careful not to feed the
sick hogs alone, lest the healthy ones
get tooinuvh and should it ao hap
pen, drench with raw eggs, sweet
milk or lard if the eggs are not con
venient.
The remedy w ill cure thumps in
hogs; a second dose is sometimes
necessary. I often give it in my
bread for thiiinp* when but few have
it. Yours respectfully,
C. A. Mi.nter.
Cedar Springs, Ga., March, 29 1876.
A good practical education, in
cluding a good trade, is a better out
fit for a youth than a grand estate
with the drawback of an empty
mind. Many patent* have slaved
and pinched to leave their children
rich, when half the sum thus lavished
would have profited tneip far more
!iad it been devoted to the cultiva
tion of their minds, the enlargement
of their capacity to think, observe
nnd work. The one structure that
no neighborhood can do without is
the school house.
Seven navirow guage railroad* run
ning from Cincinnati in various di
rections are commenced or projected.
The hilly nature of that region gives
great economical advantages, the cost
fleing $15,000 a mile, against $60,000
for the broad guage.
A GOOD MAUL FOR GEORGIA.
Tl State Receive* Nearly •300,900 From
the Geueral Government.
The Atlanta Constitution gives the
details of the recovery of $199,000 by
the State from the General Govern
ment :
About two weeks ago Governor
Colquitt w r ent to Washington. Two
or tnr ?e days ago he returned to (he
capital with a check for $199,000 to
the credit of the State of Georgia in
his pocket. This is the way it came
Hbout: Just after the war the State
of Georgia purchased for the W. &
A. R. R. a large amount of rolling
stock from the United States Govern
ment. A general settlement was ef
fected with the Government-, under
the direction of three United States
Commissioners, the State paying a
large amount of money. Some year
or so afterward, Messrs. Baugh &
Garlington proposed to open the set
tlement, on the ground that an ex
horbltant amount had been paid by
the State, Col. Baugh had been Su
perintendent of the road under Pro
visional Governor Johnson. These
gentlemen got the claim into shape,
ami presented It at Washington. It
was not pushed to a conclusion, and
Col. R. A. Alston was admitted to
co service in the claim. General
Henry R. Jackson, of Savannah, we
believe, was also made a party to the
prosecutiou.
4 long **ni} stubborn contest for a
Settlement ensued, and finally 001.
Alston went to Washington, just in
the nick of the Presidential contest,
and succeeded in putting the claim
through both houses just before the
adjourn merit of Congress. The mat
ter then paiigtij ip flip
r i!;d General tfbrdi|ii nursed it along
for a week or two, when lie summon
ed the Governor to come on to Wash
ington. The Governor went expect
ing to be absent only a day or two.
He was delayed at every turn in the
departments. £very plpfk that
referred to demanded that the mat
ter be explained to him, and the orig
inal hill It* anltinitt*.! o’ '
gaze. He then invariably demanded
a full day to decide whether or not
flu would pass the thing alon*. At
length the last outpost was carried,
and the Governor buttoned his coat
closely, having the check enclosed in
his pocket- The amount paid was
one hundred and ninety-nine thous
and dollars—a pretty good plum to
pluck from tne national pudding
these miserably stringeut days. The
State really overpaid the General
Government about $300,000 in the set
tlement alluded tr, but could only re
reCQve? about $200,000. We do not
know what amount the State paid
her agents and buyers for this work.
The contract made by Governor
Smith with the parties
that they shoglfl ku paid to n*uieta
fee, and that the contingent fee
should not exceed 9s r cen t. 0 f the
net amount recovered, If Governor
Colquitt allows 25 per cent, for tlfe
work, the fee wjlj amount to lorty
nine thousand dollars. We are not
advised as to whether he will reach
to the limit or will grade the remu
neration upon a lower scale.
STONEWALL JACKSON’S SJSTg?*.
The Cleveland Leader prints the
following in relation to Gen. Stone
wall Jackson and his sister, the state
ment being derived from a iafiy who
was, previous to the war, an inmate
of the latter’s family : “They were
orphan children, and were brought
up together until he went to West
Point. Like most orphan children,
they were unusually attached to each
other. At a later time she married
and settled in Beverly, where her
husband carried on a farm or planta
tion- Her brother, the General, fre
quently visited her, and during these
visits he would invariably go to the
quarters of the slaves for the purpose
of exhorting them on the subject of
religion. Frequently the great sol
dier would be seen on his knees in
the midst of the lowly ehileren of
Africa, offering earnest prayers for
tiieir salvation. When the war broke
out this singular difference between
the affectionate brother and sister
transpired. One espoused the cause
of the South and became the greatest
of all Confederate generals, with a
world-wide reputation for consum
mate military ;abili ty s and laid down
liis life on the bloody field ofChan~
cellorsville. The sister, in spite of
the opposition of her brother, unin
fluenced by his brilliant achieve
ments and the opposition of her hus
band and .her relatives, sided with
the cause of the Union, and remained
true tu the cause to the end of the
war. So great w r as the feeling engen
dered against her that she eventually
separated from her husband and
moved to Springfield, Ohio, and re
sided with a daughter who hafi
rjed a Union officer;.
TO THE FARMERS.
Under date of the grd inat., Com
missioner Janes sends out the follow
ing circular, No. 37 :
To the Farmers of Georgia:
In view of the war in Europe, and
the probable scarcity and high prices
qf breadstuff’s and lw price of cot
ton which will prevail, I again re
spectfully advise that you will Lv
every means in your power increase
the area planted in provision crops.
I suggest checking your fields of cot
ton with corn, in rows fifteen to twen
ty feet apart, one hill at every inter
section.
Witfi fair seasons, this will very
largely increase the product of corn
without a corresponding decrease of
the cotton.
I further suggest the planting of the
stubble fields in peas so soon as the
wheat and oats shall have been har
vested.
Pay specialjattentlon to the raising
of every pound of pork possible. Take
care of the pigs.
These suggestions are not designed
to alarm or create a sensation. A
word to the wise- is sufficient,
“A prudent man mreseeth the evil
and hideth himself, but the simple
pass on and are punished-” Very
respect fully.
Thomas P. Janes,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
A little girl asked her mother:
“What kind o f a bear is a consecra
ted cross-eyed bear?” The mother
replied that she had ,n ever heard of
such an animal. The child insisted
that they gang about it at the Bunday
school. "“No,” said the mother, “it
is * A consecrated cross I bear.’ ”
The Sultan will exhaust all other
means of defense ere he unfurls the
standard of the Prophet. Mr. Lay
ard, the British Minister, advises
this course, else all eflbrt to localize
the war would fail.
The Czar telegraphs the Prince of
Montenegro that he is firmly resolv
ed this time to realize thesacreu mis
sion of Russia and his predecessor.
CONDITION OF TIIE NAVAL
A dispatch from Washington says:
“Experienced naval officers express
; the opinion that the United States
navy should have at least ten thous
and trained seamen. Initiatory steps
for this purpose have already been
taken, and we now have seven hun
dred boys on training ships being
educated for the service. If Congress
i would allow a larger number of hovs
to be educated, and make provision
; ior them, we could soon have an effi
cient force of trained seamen. Our
navy now consists of seven thousand
I five hundred men, being the smallest
j of any nation in the world, except
that of Portugal. The German navy,
which is the youngest afloat, has
eight thousand five hundred seamen.
The next requisite for our service is a
lified ordinance in conformity to the
plan adopted by every power on the
face of the earth, and next the con
struction of ships. It is argued that
it should be the policy of the govern
j ment to build a certain number of
ships every year and sell off the old
| ones, that our navy should have
forty ship* of war in commission, and
of this uumber ten should be In East
ern seas, ten on our own coast and in
West India waters, five on the North
Pacific, five or ten in European wa
ters and on the coast of Africa, three
on the Brazilian coast, and two or
three in the Southern Pacific. The
proi*efe Wp are the frig
ates Colorado, Franklin, Minnesota
and Wabash, carrying from thirty
ujpc to forty-aix guns each, but they
are armed with old-fashingsmooin
bore guns instead of having rifled
ordnance, the style of armament used
iu the navies of other nations. The
flnjy YesM iu our navy carrying
guns is the new sloop Trenton,
flagship of the European squadron.
Biie has a battery of eleven eight-inch
rifled guns, converted from the old
smooth-bores by lining with steel
tubes.”
THE EXTRA SESSION.
Washington, May 5.
By the President of the United States:
A PROCLAMATION,
Whereas, The final adjournment of
the 44th Congress, without making
the several appropriations for the
support of the army for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1878, presents
an extraordinary occasion requiring
the President to exercise the power
vested in him by the constitution, to
convene the houses of congress iu
anticipation of the day fixed by law
for their meeting;
Now, therefore, I, Ru f her ford B.
Hayes, president of tiie United States,
do by'virtue of the power to this end
in me vested by the constitution, con
vene bof h house* of Congress to as
aejnble at their respective chambers
at 12 o’clock noon, on Monday the
loth,day of October next, then and
there determine such measure* a* in
their wisdom, theft duty, and the
Welfare of the people may seem to
demand.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at ths city of Washington this
sth day of May in the year of our
Uoi'ff one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven and of the in
dependence of the United States of
America the one hundred and first.
R. B. Hayes.
By the President:
Wm. M. Evarts, Secretary of
State.
DEPARTURE OF GENERAL GRANT.
Washington Star.
The departure of Ex-President
Grant and family from Philadelphia
on an American Line steamer for
Europe will be made an imposing
event, according to the Philadtlphia
Sunday Dispatch , which says Presi
dent Hayes offered him the use of a
Government vessel for the passage,
but the distinguished General declin
ed. He will arrive- in Philadelphia
on the 14th of May and will be the
guest of Ex-Secretary of the Navy
Bone. On the evening of the loth
Inst, the Penn Club will tender him
a brilliant reception, and Governor
Hartranft and Adjutant-General Lal
ta are preparing for a military demon
stration in his honor. A reception
will also he tendered by the munici
pality in Independence llall, while
at the sailing of the steamer Indiana,
on the 17th, many distinguished offi
cials from Washington and elsewhere
together with eminent personages,
will bid him a “God speed.” These
will accompany the steamer having
the Ux-Presidont on board on a tug
as far as Chester. The City Council’s
Committee appointed to arrange the
ceremonies for tiie reception on the
part of the city held a meeting yes
terday.
HAYES NOT A MOSES.
Silas M. Patterson, of South Caro
lina Suprefoe Court notoriety, a son
of Honest John, who represents
South Carolina in the Senate, has
just returned from Columbia, where
he has been in the interest of the
Congressional Executive Committee
of this city. He declares that Hayes
has sent the Radical party to the
devil, and that a Republican conven
tion will never he held in that State
again, lie says the South Carolina
negroes are very hitter against
Hayes, and that if the president
were to undertake a tour of that
State, they would pelt him with rot
ton eggs. Patterson says he is mor
tified to think that his father is
obliged to mingle with such men as
Hayes and Evarts both of whom
think returning boards are good
enough to make Presidents, but not
decent enough to make Governors.
~u
Mrs. Birch, a colored lady of Lou
isiana, who espoused in her time, two
colored politicians of that State, ha*
written to President Hayes. Here
is a specimen ;
You know that It was the Loui
siana vote that made you President
of the United States. It is the Re
publican votes only that have placed
you where you are to-day. No, not
one vote did you receive from the
Democrats. As for Governor Pack
ard, receive the votes of the
Republican party ; and only that, he
received more than you did in Loui
| siana.
The way In which Boutwell got
| his appointment on the Commission
for the Revision of the Statutes has
just come to light. Grant nomina
ted Kenneth Rayner, of North Car
olina, a fortnight before the last ad
ministration went out. The appoint
ment went to Boutweil’s Committee
on Revision of the Laws, where he
held It as Chairman until the session
was over and he ceased to be Senator.
By a singular coincidence, Mr. Hayes
then appointed Boutwell to this post.
Reports from fifty parishes in Ohio
indicate the peach crop seriously in
jured.
Important to Everybody!
m SPUING STOCK. 10/7.
I liave just received one of the largest and and most complete slock of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
CONSISTING IN
OOODS.
LADIES A3fl> GEAIS FVMISHIKCt GOODS,
CLOTHING,
ROOTS AM) SHOES,
TRUNKS,
HATS, AC m AC.,
EVER RROUGnTTO THIS MARKET.
The goods were all selected by me in person and as I paid
CASH for my entire stock, bought them at remarkable low
prices. Now, as times are hard and money scarce, I will sell
my goods at such prices as will enable everybody to buy what
they want AT FIGURES NEVER BEFORE KNOWN IN
THIS MARKET,
Call and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere.
M. LIEBMAN,
Formerly S. A 31. IJcbiiiaii.
West Main Street, April 5, 1871 2m.
T.
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT,
i'OU SALK OF STANDARD
FERTILIZERS, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, GINS,
MOWERS AND REAPERS,
THRESHERS, HORSE POWERS, HORSE TAKES
COTTOi\ & IIAY I’UKSSKS,
Steam Engines, Faw & Grist Mills & Mill Machinery,
SOLO AT MANUFACTURKS’ TERMS AND PRICES.
OFFICE ON MAIN STREET AND WAREHOUSE ON W. & A. RAILROAD,
CARTERSVILLE, GA
STILL AT THEIR OLD STA.\D,
STOKELY * WILLIAMS
DEALERS IN
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS. DRESS GOODS,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes.
WE desire to state to our old friends andl patrons that we are still'miming out business
with onr paying p rtrons on tile usual time heretofore given,
But will Expect Prompt Payment at Maturity.
Those paving cash at purchase will get the heneflt of a heavy deduction. Ami we w.uld
most respectfully request those purchasing lor cash to eay to us at the time: "We will cash
this hill,” as we will then the more readily allix prices. It there i.-nothing .-aid our prices will
be given attin ‘'rates. STOKELY At WILLIAMS.
NO Those owing us due paper will do us a great favor by calling ami making earv puv
. D. nient. (march 2) STOKELW & WILLIAMS'
gfiMOk BOOKWALTER
f 44iw. PORTABLE ENGINE.
EFFECTIVE, SIMPLE, DURABLE & CHEAP.
Tl.e want of a small portable engine and boiler, soeon
strutted as lo he luruishrd at a price within the reiu-li of
ffKIIHMOIIIifI every one, has long been felt. For processes requiring
jSiiljfliif jjj j!iaih|ij threshing or running plantation corn mills. This is ex
presblj adapted both in constructions and costs. Every
#1 ei gine, is thoroughly tested to twice the working power
' i and leaves the works complete, just as shown iu cut.
aßMpßiSilS[-IbiB?:mB[ I Any lulonuation wHI he lurnished upon application to
I 'A* W. BANTER, Agent for Manulucturers.
vWSffIsKH Look at these Prices s
5 T. W. BAXTER,
SPECIAL NOTICE.
To Every bdy and the
Re§t of Mankind.
k?. htV" ’ imA { *W Ail *- 1 uj*k? famhm
■ . J muT
v.*#s 'hi IUK 11 mi !>|ij in ii
nßHvn
'■ , *
Two fine new and unused
Pianos can be bought at The
Express office at first-rate bar
gains.
Three good sewing machines,
bran new, can be' bought cheap at
this office.
C. H. C. Willingham.
VOLUME XVIII—DUMBER 1<)