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U OFI OUI) & NEEL,
attorneys at LAW.
. CAUTKUSVILLE, GA.
iTv.’. 'lilTsKH. J * W - HARRIS, JR
niLIiEK & HA SI It IS,
AT r ? 0 HI?E Y S A T LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
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JameN W. Harris, Sf*.
attorn ey-at-law
One door East of Express Office, Mam StreeT
cART ERS VILLE, GA. f ;
mar JO. u —r ——
A. M. IOUTE,
ATTO RNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA. 1
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Office, west side public square, up-slairg oyer
W W Rich v*fc Co.’s store, second door south of
I‘ostoiiice. __ myH-
It. W. .MUtI’IIEV,
ATT ORN EY AT LA W,
CARTERSVILLE, Ga.
Ei K E up stairs) in the brick building
oilier ol Wain and Irwin streets. ilei2-tl.
RATES,
attorney at law,
•CARTERSVILLE, GA. '
Office up-stairs over Postofliee,
Pr. J. Dickson Smith,
PBACTICING PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
OAIiTERSVILI.E, GA.,
' Office arid Resio'ence at the Ricks House.
Easiness Cards.
xoTin:.
r i? to give notice that we are now pre
l pared to do general plantation woife, hors
'hoein*** &e. All orders faithfullyal tended toe
Give ii- trial. JONES & GOWER,
1 janl2-tf. Sneceasors Go-wcr, Jones A Cos.
S. In. I'AL M’if^ff^O,
j&Tasl&ionable Tailor.
Thankful for past favors respectfully so
‘'MM lieits a continuance of patronage. He
(55 guarantees GOOD FITS and work done
in the best stile.
>llol* ll| Nig, I‘S. Hank Block, opposite dopo
Livery, Sale & Feed Stable
H. C. Sl J . E. ROBERTS,
♦ • Near the Court House.
CARTEKSVILLK, GA.
Good Rugbies, Hacks, Carriages. Horses and
Cai i lul drivers, and atreasonalije pricas. Try
ij> and we will treat >on righi. jiinels-ly
SALE, LIVERY AND FEED STABLE.
THOMPSON &. SCOTT
J *- EEP constantly on hand good vehicles
IV. and tine horses, and every conveyance to
accommodate<the public. • • • 7 *
East Mainst-reet, Cartersville,Georgia.
in ay 1-tf -. .. t .
a. , vavoivkrk,
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,
' . 1 • I* . , . .
UESPEI TFITLLY (informs his old lriends
that lie is still at the old stand, ready and
wilUngto serve* tne hungry.
Weddings & Parties Served’on Short Notice.
JOHN T. OWEN.
At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store.
•\\riLL sell Watches, Clocks and Jew
ry elry. Spectacles. .Silver and B.il
ver-plated’Goods, and will sell them as cheap
:i- they can he bought anywhere. Warranted
to prove as represented.
All work dotneyby me Warrants and to give sat
faction. Give me a call. inn 27-
COMFORT FOR THE FEET.
AT. I, who would have feet free from TTIRNS
are— the feet with with a view to health,
good taste and comlort. Shoes my
MODELED FROM (NATURE, ~
essentially idifferent style, anil latest im
iirofeuients. They press the foot evenly, giv ‘
Jng ELASTICITY IN WALKING, and by the
ingenuity, ot their construction they appear'
SMALLER THAN THEY REALLY ARE,
gving an elegant ’appcarauce| even Ito the
argest and clumsiest feet. '
- • * WILLIAM J. MALONE,
Anatomical Boot and Shoemaker,
isi Broad Street, ATLANTA, GA.
Guido.
THK COOSA RIVKIt STEAMLUS.
Steamers on the Coosa River will run as i>er
schedule as follows:
Rome every Monday at 1 pm
Ia; aye Home every Thursday 8 air
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesdav'and Kridv..9 am
Arrive at Home W ednesdav .ind Satunfavf, p in
.1. M. Rf CfOTT. Gen’l 5i,,,”
CHKROKEE KAILKOAD.
FROM and after this date the following
Schedule will be’run on the Cherokee Rail-
Leave Roc km art at....... ... 7:00 A.M.
“ , Tav'orsville, fi:00 “
“ Stilt shoro 8:25 “
Arrive at t urtersville, 9:10 “
Leave Cartersville 3:00 P. M
•* s>t >1 }sl*oro, 3 Jjl)
” TaT".6i*sville 4:30 “
Arrive at Itoe. km art 5:15 “
ROMS RAILROAD < OMPANT.
On and after Sunday;- April 29th, trains on
the Rome Railroad will run as follows:
DAY TRAIN —KVEKY DAY.
Leave Rome at 7.45 a m
Arrive at Rome 42.15 a in
SATCRDAY EYESING ACCOMOJATIOK.
Leaves Rome at 4 15 p in
Arrive at Rome at p in
WESTERN & ATLANTIC ItAILKOAD.
The following passenger schedule took* el
fect Ma, * h 1.-. 1 -77 :
NIGHT 1‘ AS->K NG E R - U1 J
Leave Atlanta 3:25 p ni
Arrive at Cartersville 5:26 p m
“ “ Kingston 5:44 pm
“ “ IJalton 7:24 pin
“ “ Chattanooga 9:21 p m
NIGHT PABSKNG ER Til AIN—DOW X.
Leave Chattanooga 4:°5 p m
Arrive iit Dalton 6:00 pm
“ “ Kingston 7:4S p in
“ “ Cartei-svillc 8:15 p m
“ “ Atlanta 10:17 pm
DAY PASS ENG EIiJT RAIN CP.
Leave Atlanta 6:55 a m
Arrive at Cartersville 8:."1 a in
“ “ Kingston 9:22am
“ “ Dalton 11 :04 ain
“ 41 Chattar.rtoga 12:45 pin
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 6:45 a in
Arrive at Dalton 8:45 am
“ “ Kingston. 10:41 am
“ “ Cartersville ,11:10am
“ “ Atlanta 1:16 pin
The Morning News,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Ba-fe?wr:
rf ID E political campaign of 1876, which 111 -
i eludes National. State and County elec
tions, ami which uudcHihteilly wili he the most
active ami hotly contested of any since the
njemorable canvassjol 1-60, is now .fairly
opened. The Nat ia> Democratic Party will
this year make atboVd. vigorous, and doubtless
inoapaklul stiuggK- for the maintenance and
supremacy at tndfcrpririciples wlucli are vital
•'to the >prnfueri|y,gf the public, and essential
to till well-1 nit fig <>f the people.
In addition to tl,e Presidential election, the
people in QlotjOlfand Florida will elect new
"State Government#.. In Florida the caiapaigii
promises to tfe lyaufu.'.l!) vigorous, and there
is a probability' tt iT for tUe fir.-t time since the
war, the peonlmpt-that Uadfcul-ridden State
will elect aDo HMic.ru tic State-(lover nineivt. In
these etfmpaigns the people -are deeply inter?*
csted; ami everv intelligent citizen, vho has
•the welfare ot his country and bis section at
heart, should acquaint himself with every, do-.
tail of redemption alia leform that is now going
To this end he should subscribe to and assist
in circulating the savannah Morning News,
an independent Democratic newspaper, ol
pronounced opinions and learless in their ex
pression; a paper that is recognized every
where as the be-t daily in the South, ids edi
torial department is vigorous, thoughtful and
consistent, while its news and local depart
ments are marvels of industry and complete
ness. Its department of Georgia and Florida
affairs is not conlfned to a mere barren sum
mary of events transpiring in those States, but
is enlivened by comment at once apt, tiraejy
and racy. ‘ ~ ,
The ample resources of the establishment
will be devoted to luriiiahing the rc oilers of the
MORNING NEWS
with the latest intelligence from all parts ol
tlie-world, tiirougb the p.’psi dispaU llea, sjie
cial dispatches, special com Sioiu.. nee; ami
tinoisgii these*.agencies, tpo paper will be Lhe
earliest I‘hroniftisi’ of every potev, or) by inci
tlent of the poUtlcil cauipaign of 1876.
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(*; |ba P (1001 )S.
ERWIN, RAMSAUR&CO
Are now receiving their
Spring and Summer Goods
and will sell at prices extremely low for
Cash or to Prompt Pay
ing Customers.
* * * * . n f g|i Ur
Al] persons iml elded to fb’em are requested
■to inake eariy payments' dec2
Thrash’s Consumptim Cure
Read what Dr. LO VICK PIERCE
has to sou about, it.
Dkaß Brother Dxvits-iKxciise me for
writing only wbon I am cleaplr interested. I
have been voiceless about two months. Could
not read and pray in a family. Had tried
many things. Got no benefit from any. Since
Conference, someone sent m erf torn Amencus,
a bottle of THRASH’S CONSUMPTIVE CURE
ANI) LUNG RESTORER, which J have been
taking now this ia the ninth day. 1 can talk
now with some ease. I came -here among
other things, to supply 1113’selt witli this medi
cine. N6 druggist liere has it on sale. J must
have it. I want you to go in person to Messrs
Thrash & Cos. and show ti{eni this letter, and
malte send me to SpSftii, Ga., two, three
or four bottles, with bill. lam getting on
finely.
Forsale wholesale and retail by D, >\ cl K
RY. Druggist. Ou-ttirsville, Ga. Gall and get
if trial 1 int'tl eat' 3T cbnfst ' apl 2u-ly.
Vick’s
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS
-Are planted by a mflllon cflteopt*ln America,
Seo
Vick’s lllnstrations, only two
Ce vick’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a
kick’s Flower and Vegetable Gar den, 50 c-ts.
With elegant cloth covers one dollar.
AH mvpublications are l >r ‘v n'k
and German. Address and AM E> V ltK.
j a.nl2 Rochester, N. 1.
NATION IL HOTEL,
ATLAS U V, GEORGIA.
First-Class Faro g)2.50 For Day
At 'Old Virginia Welcome” by Hewitt
COL. NATHAN BASS.
Ills Card to tlie Voter* of the For;y-See
oni) Senatorial Di.trict.
Oakland, Floyd Cos., Ga.,
May IGtli, 1877.
To the Editor of The Express :
When at your mass meeting at
Cartersville, on the 12th inst., I sta
ted that I approved ot’ the action of
the meeting in appointing delegates
to a convention of the Forty-second
Senatorial District, to meet at King
ston on liGth inst. I was asked
whether Floyd county would co-op
erate with your action by sending
delegates to said convention. I an
swered that, so far as 1 was concern
ed, I would use my efforts to that
effect and that I would write to
Judge Wright, Judge Underwood
and Mr. Hamilton and request them,
with such others as might feel an in
terest in tlie matter, to meet me in
Rome on the 1 tth inst., to consult as
to the propriety of holding tlie con
vention. Judge Wright and a few
other gentlemen met me; Judge
Underwood being absent holding
court in Atlanta. Mr. Hamilton did
not meet us. Though I thought it
advisable to appoint delegates to tlie
Kingston convention and have a reg
ular nomination, yet the opinion of a
majority of those present, in conse
quence of the shortness of the time,
and the difficulty ot getting a fair
expression of public opinion- of the
county, was adverse to holding a
convention, or having even a county
nomination. This was the only mo
tive that actuated those in cousulta
t.on, so far as any opinion was ex
pressed. But Col. Sawyer, in the
Triban: of the Kith hist., says “the
lateness of the day, together with the
popularity of tlie people's ticket, as
presented in the Tribune , presents a
nomination in this county.
Now, the latter consideration
might have operated upon the mind
ot Col. Sawyer, who was present,
but if it did upon tlie mind of any
other, it was not expressed. “The
people’s ticket,” as Col. Sawyer is
pleased to term it, is composed ot
very- clever and honorable gentle
men, and I would not say a word in
derogation ot their merits or preju
dicial to their election. But Col.
Sawyer is well aware that the im
pression prevails, outside ol it loyd
county, that -his “People’s ticket is
the regular nominated ticket of Floyd
county, for I informed him that it
was so regarded and spoken ot, in
the mass meeting at Cartersville, and
I ashed him in the next issue of his
paper to please correct that errone
ous opinion, as it was calculated to
do me great injustice by placing me
m the attitude* of an independent
candidate against the nomination of
my county, when, in fact, the candi
dates were all on the same footing
and all, if any, alike independent can
didates. He promised me to do so,
as i understood him. But so tar
from making the correction he copied
an editorial from the Atlanta Consti
tution,, very highly complimented the
nominated ticket, for the Constitu
tional Convention, for the Forty-sec -
ond Senatorial District, hr which was
named Col. Sawyer's “People's tick
et,” from Floyd, without saying a
word in connection of the war into
which the Atlanta Constitution had,
doubtless, begn }pd by t}ie very pecu
liar manner in which said ticket was
announced in tlie Tribune ,
Having, as 1 believe, in response to
the wishes of a large majority of the
voters of Floyd county, consented to
become a candidates for the Consti
tutional Convention, aU T ask is even
handed justice. Had there been a
nomination in Floyd county, every
one who knows me, knows that I am
the last man who would have oppos
ed it, f. faying done ail that J eoujd
to secure a nomination and failed, I
think it great injustice to me that I
should he prejudiced by erroneous
reports in circulation, .outside of
Floyd county, and l earnestly appeal
to ihe voters of the Forty-second
Senatorial District to protect tne
against the false position in which I
have been placed.
I will thank the Atlanta Constitu
tion to correct the error it lias made
on this subject.
Very respectfully yours,
N. Bass.
A SPANISH LESSON.
It is strange inched that Spain,
with her history, should now be
able to give a lesson in clemency to
the United States. Such is the fact.
'Hie Spanish Government while;
the rebellion is still raging in Cuba,
has granted pardon, without re- 1
serve, to all persons banished from |
that island for politic reasons. It j
has raised the eru barges on the prop- I
erty of insurgents who have sur- j
rendered or shall surrender before
the end of the war, except the chiefs
(still lighting) of those who having
been pardoned have joined the
rebels. ,Vhile Spain thus leniently s
treats the men vvjio are still in arms
against her opeuly sympathizing;
with her enemies, the government
of the United States continue* to
witholda full amnesty from some of
those who sheathed the sword of re- I
hellion twelve years ago. Surely
we should not Jet ourselves be out
done in magnanimity by a nation
such as Spain ! If the Spanish mon
archy now feqls so little tear of the
revolted Cubans that it can par
don them before they have surren
dered or taken the oath of fealty,
we should think that this republic
could afford to restore to complete
citizenship all those to whom that
boon has been so long denied.
This act of justice should have been
performed in \ the' centennial year,
and would have been but for the bjt
ter partisanship of the aiiin+stra
tion and the Senate. —A 7 . YTJburncd
of Commerce. \
j
Oregon has anew expedient for
keeping her citizen! tfober. 'Every
man who drinks is- obliged to take I
out a license costing $5. It is a penal
offense for any liquor dealer to sell a
dtink to an unlicensed person.
CAItTLRSVILLK, GEORGIA, Fill BAY MORNING, MAY 25,1877,
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS 111 POit-
T.Uir DECISION.
We find the following decision by
Judge Bradley reported in the S;u
vannah Sews, of Tuesday:
In re. Miles Bass, bankrupt. On peti
tion fur review of decision of Dis
trict Judge upon the petition of
John F. Picket assignee of oaid
bankrupt, foran order to sell cer
tain property of said bankrupt,
specified i.. oui., petition.
The only property possessed by the
beyond-the articles exempted by the
bankrupt act (amounting to five
hundred dollars in value) was
claimed by him as homestead
properly, under the constitution and
laws of Georgia, and therefore ex
empt from the claims of ordinary
creditors by the State law, and it is
conceedrd * that if this homestead
claim is admissable, the property is
covered by it. But only one creditor
has nroved under the bankruptcy,
oeing a partnership firm, oue qi
whom was appointed assignee, ihis
debt is represented by several prom
issory notes of the bankrupt, each of
which contains an agreement to
waive and renounce the maker’s
right to homestead and exemption
in bis property as against that con
tract.
The assignee applied for an order
to sell the property in question not
withstanding tlie claim ot the home
stead rUht, and free and discharged
t!i* r< from. The District Judge re
!used so to order on the ground taken
by the District Court of this and oth
er districts, that the homestead se
cured to a person by the Suite law
is excepted by the fourteenth section
of the bankrupt act, liev. Stut. sec.
5615,) from the operation of the con
veyance made to the jurisdiction ot
the Bankiupt Court, but must bq
pursued by those who have claims
against it, in proper State tribunals.
I think the position taken by the
District Judge is correct. Not only
is all property exempted by State
laws, as those laws stood in 1871, ex
pressly excepted from the operations
of the conveyance to the assignee,
but it is added in the sections
referred to as it nx industi la, that
“these exceptions shall operate as a
limitation upon the conveyauce of
the property hereby excepted pass
of the assignee or the title to the
bankrupt thereto be impaired or af
feted by tiny of the provisions of the
title.”
In other words, it is made as clear
as anything can be, that such exempts*
eii property continues no part of the
assets in bankruptcy. 'Tne agree
ment of tiie bankrupt in any particu
lar case to waive the right to the ex
emplion makes no difference. lie
may owe other debts in regard to
which no such agreement has been
made. But whether so or not, it is
not for the Bankrupt Court t in
quire. Tlie exemption is coated by,
the State law, ami the assignee ac
quires no title to the exempt proper
tv. If ihe creditor has ae! um
against it he must prosecute that
chum in a court which lias juristic
tion over the property, which the
Bankrupt Court has not.
Nor does it make any difference
that the homestead was not ascer
tained or set out in severalty uoiil
after the proceedings in bankruptcy
were commenced, or until after con
veyance to the assignee was executed.
Whenever properly claimed and
designated the exemption pro
tects it, and tlie exception created
by the bankrupt act relates hack to
the conveyance and limits its opera
tion. Though not designated when
the conveyance was executed, it was
capable of being designated, and on
the principle that id certum est quod
reddipotest, it as muon entitled to
the benefit of the exception as if it
has been designated and set apart
before the bankruptcy oppu^ed.
But here it is proper to remark
that the assignee misconceived his
duties and powera when he assumed
to judge the bankrupt was not enti
tled to a homestead. That is for.the
court to say, and not fur him. It
was his business to report to the
court whether the property claimed
as homestead was or Was riot within
the limit of value which the laws of
Georgia allow for that purpose. Un
less tlie court has this information, it
cannot determine whether the prop
erty claimed is fairly in the allow
ance for homestead or not, and
whether it has .jurisdiction over the
property or not.
What equities might arise if there
were several creditors, and some of
them had alien or claim against the
homestead' property, and the ofie. r?
not, it is not necessary to decide.
Those who had no such claim might,
perhaps, properly object to those
having such a claim being allowed
to come in for a dividend against the
general assets, until they had first ex
hausted their remedy against the ex
empted property, on the principles
of marshaling assests. This would
depend on thj Question whether the
equity of tlie general creditors is su
perior to tint of the bankrupt and
his family in re’erence to the right
of homestead and exemption. In
some eases the equities might per
haps lie equal, in which case the
court would not require the assets to
be marshaled. But even where the
right to marshaling-existed tlie bank
ruptcy courtcofild not assume juris
diction of the exempted property
and order it to be . sold, hut would
require the favored creditor to pur
sue his remedy against such property
in a form that could properly reach
it.
The decree of the district Judge is
affirmed with costs.
lIOW TO SUCCEED.
Young men who are ambitious to
succeed in life, should understand
very early in their career, that no
trade or profession can be well
learned without thorough applica
tion —sleepless industry and high re
solve. Safe fortune are not amass
ed in a day, nor is a professional ex
cellence achieved in an hour. The
lives of great, or useful, or success
ful men, all teach that patient indus
try, steadiness of purpose, and ster
ling ami ition, are the only keys with
which to unlock the heavy doors of
fi rtune and fame, Young men
should learn these truths in the
n orning of life, and keep them al
ways in mind as they struggle up
the rugged way of human existence.
The man who labors for fortune, who
sweats that he may achieve, who
and ’tries himself and toils on the road,
i? : very apt to hold hist to the good
When won. The man that burns
tf e midnight lamp, that reads and
thinks stories away both in season
and out of season, that climbs, slow
ly and with pain., those grand heights
where ‘Tame proud temple shines
alar” is most sure to make a very
useful, if not a great citizyn, and to
leave upon tlit? shores eff time the
foot-prints that cannot he washed
away. .
Pictures ane now hung very low
on the wall, and invisible wire is used
instead of thick eords,
MEMORIAL tkibutk.
A Characteristic Letter from Governor
Colquitt.
State of Ga., Ex’ve Dp’t, )
Atlanta, Ga., May 1). 1877. j
'Joudinson Fort , Esq., Secretary Chat
tanooga, Confederate Manorial As
sociation:
Dear Sir—Absence from the cap
ital for several days on official busi
ness has delayed* the acknowledge
ment of your very polite invitation
to participate in the me
morsal ceremonies of your association
to-morrow.
It would afford me, I am sure, a
proround gratification to he a witness
of the imposing scene, which your ex
ercises will present, and as far as my
presence and active sympathy in tlie
objects of your meeting could express
j it, to do honor to the memory of
I those whose fame you cherish with
such patriotic devotion. The late
civil conflict, in many of its aspects,
to my mind, is one of the sublimest
themes of human experience or con
templation. No war that was ever
waged for religious liberty, was
prosecuted with a purer conscience
or holier purposes.
In all history can a people be
pointed out who in Undertaking the
dreadful issues of such a strife', were
Impelled or sustained by loftier con
victions of duty ? Could a people
have been more universally resolved
to sustain at any cost what they con
scientiously believed was their sacred
honor. Let no one do sueh an in
vidious thing as to single out any
| particular class of our people who
were engqgrd in our great conflict,
for special censure of praise. Em
phatically the late war was, with us,
the result of a populai sentiment and
purpose that neither asked nor wait
ed for kadershlp,
The homage which in our hearts
we pay the humblest “Confederate”
soldier, differs neither in kind nor
degree from that which we render
to our most illustrious chiefs! If en
lightened and exhalted motive—if
superhuman endurance, if sublime
self sacrifice aud their sublimer res
ignation can enter into and establish
tlie most illustrious of human histo
ries, then surely is the fame of our
“Confederate” • dead, is eternally
secured.
And they did not suffer or die in
vain. Passion anti revenge must
pass away, lut truth is eternal. The
people of this Union are too en
lightened—too much interested in
’tlie soundness of that political philos
ophy which underlies our grand
system of government and too much
under the influence of the Instinct
of self preservation, not at some day
near or remote to do justice in their
construction of the late war and the
part we acted in it.
The day of that charitable and fair
construction js now dawning. The
right to local self-government is
(‘merging from the obloquy that for
years has overwhelmed it, and soon
everv State and every party in this
broad land will rUum to the
strongest and most emphatic reasser
tion of the saving faith. With its
restoration to public favor and prac
tical efficacy will return peace fra
ternity and general prosperity. May
tlie hearts of this great people be re
united. May the day soon come
when men of honest minds and he
neyolpnt sjpjrjts all over this land
will be moved to shed tears over the
graves tif the soldiers of both armies
and, like reconciled brethren, forget
all the wrong and cherish all that
was good and noble in each other.
I have ihe honor to be your obe
dient servant,
Alfred 11. Colquitt.
TALMAGE TO TIIE JOURNALISTS.
One of the great trials of the news
paper profession is that its members
are compelled to see more (if the
■shams of the world than any other
profession. Through every news
paper office, dny, after day go all
wickedness of the world—all the van
ities that want to be puffed, all the
revenges that want to be corrected,
all the dull speakers who want to be
thought eloquent, all the meanness
that wants to get it wares noticed
gratis in the editorial column, in order
to sf*-’ a the ta v of the advertising
coin'd;u all the men who want to be
set right who never were right, all
the cracked brain philosophers with
stories as long as the air and as;
their finger nails in mourning because j
bereft of soap, all the bores who
come to stay five minutes, but talk
five hours. Through th ( -> editorial
and rej.uUom! rooms all the follies
and shams of the world are seen day
after day, and the lemp ation is to
believe neither God, man nor woman.
It is no surprise to me that in your
profession there are some skeptical
men—l only wonder that you believe
anything,-— Rtv. T. 'Be Witt Tahnage
to Journalists,.
SENSIBLE.
The Georgia Grange commenting
upon our words of a few weeks ago,
directed to ‘‘small fry politicians,”
and concerning the composition of
the propos convention says:
‘ Small politicians” have no busi
ness in the proposed convention ;
they are a great nuisance anyway,
and to hamper the progress of our
people, and cause dissatisfaction and
harm to our interests, than a dozen
other evil influences combined. Their
chief stock in trade is “brass”—im
pudence, and a remarkable talent for
gaining a disreputable livelihood
at the public expense. Away witlf
this plague! The constitution of
ouf great State is too sacred a thing
to be tampered with by these political
suckers and cobblers. We want the
best, the most reputable,* the wisest
and most honest men that Georgia
affords for such a responsible work
—and we can have them if the peo
ple will be judicious and watchful.
An appeal has been made to the
British public on behalf of three
great-grand-fiae.ghlers of Daniel
Defoe, the author of “liobinson
Crusoe.” These three ladies are
over fifty years of age, and two are
dependent upon the exertions of tho
youngest ot them, who works at but
ton-hole-making, by which she real
izes seven shillings a week. The
Charity Organizations Society pro
poses to purchase an anuity Iqj' the
ladies, and to.this end, through the
honorary secretaries of the society
call upon the readers of “Robinson
Crusoe,” old and young, to subeeribe.
A Burlington man, who is a mono
maniac on the subject of roller skates
and who spent ninety-two days in
the rink during the past season, and
got more fails than be lpis hairs on
Ids head, and got himself stuck so
full of slivers, that he wears through
his clothes like a nutmeg grater, calls
himself a ‘‘hard l inker,” and causer,
queutly he is haunted by traveling
agents of temperance societies.
A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Greenville,Ga., May 13, 1877.
Dear Sirs—l am in receipt of
your letter of the 10th inst., request
ing my views to the necessity of
holding a constitutional convention.
The only sovereign which tlie peo
ple of the State reeogniz\ is their
fundamental law as embodied in
their constitution; and the moral
power and force of its mandates,
must necessarily depend upon Lie
free will and voluntary consent of
those who are required to obey them.
The fundamental law, by which the
free people of the sovereign State are
to be governed, should not only be
created and adopted by their free
and voluntary consent, but should
also be adapted to their condition and
circutnsta rices.
What are the present condition and
circumstances of the people of the
State ? At the close of tlie war mil -
lions of dollars of their capital in
slave property which bad been accu
mulated ny the labor, industry and
economy of several generations, was
suddenly destroyed and swept out ot
existence. That property so sudden
ly, destroyed, constituted almost the
'entire capital-upon which the credit
of the people was based. After the
destruction of their capital invested
in slave property to the amount of
millions of dollars, what did the peo
ple have left? They had been plun
dered of their stock and other prop
erty, until nothing was left but their
worn-out land, and that was greatly
depreciated in value in consequent*
of the destruction of their oil,, v
property. Such was the condition
of tlie people when the present con
stitution of tlie State was made for
them; and under its provisions and
legislation authorized by it, .the ex
penses of the State government were
increased from twenty-live to fi ty
per cent.; and up to this time the
general assembly lias not shown any
disposition to reduce them, and
judging the future by tiie past, it wiil
not do so under the present constitu
tion. The expenses of a private fam
ily should be regulated according to
its means and ability to pay them;
the same principle is applicable to
tlie expenses of tlie- State govern
ment in view of the condition of the
people.
Tlie convention: had better be
called now when the times are hard
than in more prosperous times, for
the reason that it Will be more apt
to frame a constitution adapted to
the condition and circumstances of
the people, There are muey amend
ments and alterations which in my
judgment ought to be made in the
present constitution; but as I do not
expect to have everything as I might
wish it to be, am willing to trust the
convention to frame such a constitu
tion as in their wisdoqq, will promote
the present antj fitture welfare anil
prosperity of the people of the State.
To assume that the convention will
not do this yould be to say that the
people of Georgia rvs not capable of
iielf'groyern:nt>nt. Let the conven
tion be called, and let the people see
to it that tlie most experienced men
are sent to it.
Very respectfully, your obedient
servant, Hiram Warner.
Mv. J. TANARUS; Waterman, cdiip;* J/atirange Jteporter.
PRESENTATION TO MISS LEE.
New Orleans Picayune.]
One of these touching scenes
which forever remain recorded in tlie
hearts of those who witness 1
occurred at the of Miss
Loured Lee, the daughter of the
gallant commander ol the Southern
army, whose memory will ever be
cherished by our people. A com
mittee, composed of Mr. J. If. Lticli
ardson, Gen. Eugene Waggaman,
Judge W B. Kieinpeter, Capt. D.
M. Kilpatrick, Messrs. J. 11. Murray
and Albert M. Levy, visited Miss
Mildred Lee at her residence and
presented her, on behalf ot the
army of Northern Virginia, a mag
nificent pyramid of flowers and a
gold badge.
Col. Waggaman, on behalf of those
tlie committee represented, made the
presentation, and addressed Miss Lee
in his usual hadpy style, after which
the gift was offered. The pyramid
is composed ol tlie rarest of flowers,
artistically arranged. It is about two
feet in height, and is considered tlie
handsomest objet cTart of the kind
ever presented in New Orleans.
Surmounting the pyramid is a
'lovely dove made of “immorteles
flowers/ 1 from tlie beak of which
Bung by a red and white streamer, a
superb gold badge. On cue side of
tho badge is displayed the Confeder
ate war flag, and on the reverse the
following inscription: “To the daugh
ter of our old commander, Miss Mil
dred Lee, New Orleans, May li,
1877.”
Miss Lee, recovering from the
emotions caused by such an unex
pected presentation, gracefully de
tached the badge trom the beak of
the dove, arid placing it. over her
heart, replied to Gen. Waggaman’s
address in words that struck to the
souls of those present.
The gift is one of tlie finest ever
offered in New Orleans, and the
courteous attention of the members
of the army of Northern Virginia to
the daughter of their brave chieftain
reflects credit on those gallant heroes
.in .whose manly breasts beat such no
ble hearts.
TIIE IN'TEXAS.
Leavenworth, Kan., May 11.—
The Indian troubles which have
been in existence in the Pan-Handle
of Texas for some months pasture
gradually drawing to a close through
the determined efforts of the troops
and the hunters, who have been
making it hot for the reffs in that re
gion for sqmo time past. The Apach
es in that section had been murder
ing and robbing with impunity, at
tacking wagon trains and stray bands
of hunters whenever opportunity of
fered, and committing other high
handed outrages. At first the aid of
the military was not called into requi
sition, as tho hunters in the Pan-
Handle, who number some five hun
dred, believed they could keep the
savages in check ; but the depreda
tions at last became so numerous and
bold, that the troops were called for.
and four companies of publico, were
sent there tqeplor-cequict. Previous
to (he a?rival of the troops several
sanguinary skirmishes occurred be
tween tho reds and hunters ; and the
latter, being largely in tile minority,
almost invariably came out second
best. In a single skirmish that took
place not very long ago, it was re
ported that fifteen hunters were kill
ed—-loss 'of The savages not being
known. The town of Double Moun
tain was frequently threatened, but
a sufficient force was always' kept
there to insure it against au attack.
j Important to Everybody !
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III;. SPRING STOCK. 1877.
I iiavo just received one of the largest and and most complete stock of
SPma AMD SUMMER, GOODS,
CONSISTING IN
I)KY GOODS.
LA DIES IXO (JEXTH El HXISIIIXG GOODS.
CLOTIUXG,
BOOTS IXO SHOES,
THIXkS,
HITS, cU „
EVER BROI GHT TO THIS HIRIiET.
The goods were nil 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. & M, IJchmnu.
West Main Street, April o, 1871 2m.
HAMFACmEES’ AGEIT
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FOIi SALE OF STANPAUD ' •
FERTILIZERS, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, GINS,
LOWERS AND REAPERS,
THRESHERS, HORSE POWERS, HORSE TAKES
COTTON & IIAV Ili KSSKS,
StsaiU Engines, Saw L Grist Mills & Mill Machinery,
SOLI) AT MANtPACTFRES’ TERMS AM) PRICES.
OFFICE ON MAIN STREET AND WAREHOUSE ON W. & A. RAILROAD,
CAItTFRSVIFFE, GA
STIIAi Ax/r THITHt OIJ) STAIVI),
STOKELY & WILLIAMS
PEAL ERS IX
TAPLE & FANCY DHY GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
Clothing-, Hats, Bnots and Shoes,
' 'V
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Wh desire to state to our old Iriends and' patrons that wc nrt>4 still running om business
with onr paying p ttrons on the usual tune hcretol'ore given,
But will Expect Prompt Payment at Maturity.
Those pitying cash at purchase will get the benefit of a heavy deduction. And wo would 9
most respectfully request those purchasing lor cash to say to i;> at tli< time: *\Vi* wi 1 ;i.di .
this hill,” as we will then the more readily alTIx prices, il there D nothing -aid Mir prices a ill
be given atti.ir Tate*. STOKKIA WILLIAMS,
NO Tho.se owing ns due paper will do us a great favor, by calling and making ca nr pav
. L), merit. (march 2), sTuKKI.V A WiI.I.IAMS
BOOK WALTER
o,J|if§ PORTABLE ENGINE.
Iff!f* ''' T | qj 8 EFFECTIVE, SIMPLE, DURABLE & CHEAP.
Hi Tl.c want of a small portable engine ami boiler, so eon
st Furled as lo be uirs. idn-,1 at a price wiLbin ibe reac.b of
•jJHMffISII every one, lms long been felt. For pi'Oee-scs requiring
'•j !.j"® threshing or running plantation corn mil!'. This is c\-
FjT<B| ft.•;wji press! \ adapted both in construction* and cot. livery
oju'.“Sr'! 1 jy;i ci gine is ti',ol op* lih tested to t wi* o tin* working po\\ vr
ri'itiiStSaßii :|Si itim li avi s tliu Mill ks eomjjlele, just as shown in i lit. .
' itfj Anv 1 ntoi niation will be lurnislied upon application lo
I , T. W. HAX-iF.R, Agent lor Manufacturers. ;
Look :U these Prices s
SPECIAL NOTICE.
? Fo Every b inly and the
lest of Mankind.
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.
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