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THE OABTEMSVIIXE_ EXPEEKH ; y c. H. C. WILLINGHAM. New Advertisements. ——— . — T -__- _ | A. R. IIUIHJIXB. J. r. MOUNTCASTLE. Hudgins & Mountcastle, MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-mads Harness, Bridles, Saddles, Etc, Etc.,| And Dealer* in HARNESS IIAllI)WAKE, SOLE LEATHER, COLLARS, &c., West Mail Street Next door to 11. M. Clayton & Cos., CARTERS VI q A , ! W. H. WIKLE & CO , DEALERS I.V Basis, Music, Statienery. Picture Praises, Pictures, Mians. Toys, Noyeities. Splints, Zephyr, Perforated Board, Mottoes, And till other Material lor Ladies’ Fancy Work. (jive i b a call. No trouble to thuw goods. Ni xt and or to Poet* ffl ‘e, Cartereville. H. M. CLAYTON cfc CO., Cartei*svil!e, Georgia. DEALERS IN BOOKS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, ETC., Confcctionory, Toys, Pictxa'os, Eto., FINE CIGARS, FINE CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCQS, PIPES, ETC. Agents for Mme. Dcmorest’s Reliable Patterns. A large lot of Zephyrs constantly on hand. octli-bm I*. L. MOON. a. L. MOON. A LARGE AKD FRESH STOCK —OF— Eij Cecils, notions, lei’s and Eojs’ Clot Mis, Boots, Shoes, Eats, Ladles' Dress Goods, Hardware, Crockery, Oueensvrare, Cutlery, f l RECEIVED by PL. MOON & SON, all of which tiny are ottering at very low prices Titos.* desiring to purchase v\ ill (lo well to c all and examine prices and buy their Good*. octii 3rn P. L. MOON & SON. . McCanless & Williams, CARTERSVILIE, GEORGIA, *, • OVES, TIN WARE, ’ * Furnishing Goods. OltATt ’lts. The people aie respectfully in vlted to call and give us a trial. *Ve>f Main THE MERGHANTS & MECHANICS INS. COMPLY Of HIC2IMOND, Vn. Cash Capital $220,000, Cash Assets $315,000 £25,000 in U. S. Bonds Deposited in the Treasury of Georgia for FURTHER Security of Policies! mm* well-known company mas pud its moirsand* of dollars to * .1 lim lilts in Georgia since lhe war, and will maintain its well-earned reputation lor \)'wellGigs,' SY .'lMer"lia dI *.'* Mi' O*. Gil. llnnae- and rodMil*. insured at fair rates Agen.s at all prominent poiuti in the State, to whom apply, or to It STOKES SAYEE, Agect, .ic:lft-stn CAHTXKSVILLK, GA. FOK THE FALL TRADE. r*:\ B 1 2'i3E’$£ & HA' L I® HARDWIRE DEALERS. t CAItTEItSVILLE, GEORGIA. KEEr CONSTANTLY ON HAND All kinds of Plows, Wooden Ware, Buggy and Wagon Material* of all kinds, The Tennessee Plantation Wagons, C’heap, Halter M LeatbP.r Beltina, Cora Spellers, Straw Cotton, Csrpenlers’ Tools, Grass Seeds,"Pocket Knives and Table Cutlery. Guns ami Pistols, Hollow Ware, Mouse Traps, &e. rr niir PHUnST All I We have anything fi on. the point of a needle to the COivcE ONE, Cumt ALL ! mouth of auaci, .<>**. w c I{VKKB> octn-tr * n.n.iiALL. | ROME, GA~| *251 TO SELLERS OF COTTON AND PRODUCE. Something to Your Decided Advantage ! _ r .. ipiryiuT to T OR rttv j?oMK IT \S NO SUPERIOR IX THK AS \ M ARKET TANARUS., ir, Votth f \ i. Cotton Urinprs throughout the season a ST AI E, an<l certain! w q . * there will be tins season uuij’le re.vly money to whi-h can not bo obt ?t i nut eUcwherf • an \*: n are verv iiiU in all branches, : sSyrß v> hat you want iroin us. j. a s. bones a co., HARDWARE & IKON, Wagon Stock, Tcwars’ Plows. TWO STOKES, FOUR FLOORS. RCUNSAVILLE & BRO., Groceries & Previsions, Bagging. Ties, Salt, Tobacco, and Leather. Heavy Stock. Nice Goods. Camp, Glover & Cos. largest. | Dpy Geots, Boots, Slices, BEST, lints, Clothing, Carpets <ft Oil Cloths. aad BOU(H T LOW nOWNFOR CASH. anti will lie SOLO LMLAt'tbl i ILOSK. Wholesale Stock. J. M. LOVELACE, BOOTS AND SHOES* CALF SKIN LININGS, ETC., ETC, fJPIIIS Stockwas bought completo thl* swton-iio uia Qood. , HILLS & M c DONALD, FU R rv ITU Ii JB, Mattrasses, Etc,, Finest to Cheapest Grades. Go in for Sol it 1 Comfort and Fur liisll Your Homes. Prices Kifclit. W. M. GAMMON, Clotting for Men, Eoys and drildren, Gents’ Shirts, Collars, Gloves and Cravats. NEW AND NOBBY GOODS THROUGHOUT. HAWKIHS, BUTT & CO., STOVES & TINWARE, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, &C. immense variety of USEFUL, ARTICLES for IvEEFING HOUSE GEORGIAN GREAT ISSUE- ! THE CAPITAL QUESTION. Atlanta's Proposition a Very Liberal One. She has the Undoubted Right to Carry it Out, and will do so In Good Faith. We are aware that it has been said the people of Milledgeville have a vended tight in the capital, and it cannot t.e removed from there with out bad faith on the part of the State. This is a great mistake. The capital was first located in Savannah ; then removed to ‘Augusta ; t.ien to Louis vilie, in Jefferson county. And the c institution ol 1795 1 anted it, in its own language, permanently,iu Louis ville. It was alterwards removed to Milledgeville iy a. mere staiute. And in 1868 it was removed to At lanta, she having made a more lib eral bid for iis location than was made by the city of Macon, her then competitor fur it before the conven tion of 1868, and Atlanta was incor porated in the constitution as the capital. Atlanta and Louisville are, therefore, the oniy two places that tia\e ever hail any constitutional guarantee that the capital should re main there. MilledgeVtde has nolle such, and if, indeed, any place other than Atlanta has a right to claim that tiie capital is guaranteed to it, it is Louisville. Atlanta has expended about *200,- 00U in carrying out her contract win the convention of I£GS. Hhe has in good faith fu:ly complied with her contract with toe Slate, and many of lilt* ablest lawyers iu Georgia believe she has a vesud right to the capital. Certainly no other city iu the Hiate can set up so high a Claim. But lor the purposes of this argument we waive this claim, and admit that no city iu Georgia has any vested right to the capitoi. The location of a capital of a State is, therefore, a question of interest and convenience to the citizens of the State, and they have a right to locate it wherever it costs the least, and a fiords the most general accom modation and convenience, and at -uch place as they think most to the credit of the Slate. We aie aware, furthermore, that some o the friends ot Milledgeville have used an argument which looks lo us like it must be intended to de ceive: tnat Atlanta has no power to carry out the proposition she inis made to build a capital for the .'state, as she cannot do it without violating her charter. This is an entire mis take. The city of Atlanta has a charter it is true, and is a public cor poration. The Code of Georgia, section 1872, says: “A pub.ic corporation is one having lor its object the administra tion of it portion of the powers of government delegated to it for that purpose; such are municipal corpo rations.” Section 1861 say*: “Pub lie corporations being established tor ; public purposes are always sulj.ct to dissolution by the General Assem nij.” And *ilie Supreme Court of Georgia, in volume 6, page 130, iias decided that they may be dissolved, modified., enlarged or restrained, at the will oi the Legislature. The Legislature, tiierefoie, has the power to alter, change, modify or amend tlie chatter of Ailauia, or of any other city m Georgia at pleasure. It is not luce u railroad, batik or oilier private corporation. Tne original charter of.ljip pity of Atlanta luici no provision widen would have prevented the city from carrying out any pioptisiupu she might make to bund 'lie capital, of do any other like act. And if her present charter denies her that pow er, and there were nothing in tiie constitution to enlarge her powers, th l’( would be no difficulty about the Legislature, at its next session, granting to her, by amendment to the charter, the povv* r to carry ogt the proposition; and there could lie no reason to doubt that the Leg isi a ture would give the power, li ihe Legislature did so, Hie result would bo Unit tim city would present to the State a beam jml loeaiioti for the capitoi, and build a capitoi upon it, and present it to the people ot Geor gia. W hat representative in the Leg islature would refuse to give At aula the power to present to the people a gift worth half a uuiliou of debai>? But tnis is not necessary. Ahe Convention itself, that trained the* constitution, lias made ample pro vision for this very case. They have provided a plmnge of the chattel of Atlanta, or of any other cjty making a similar offer to tiie Htate. by giving to such city the poWfcr to cairy out the proposition. ihe provision was introduced by Mr. Hammond, of Atlanta, who wa*a }romineut mem ber of the consfitulioual i:nnvrh£ioj}, and a very able lawyer, for tiie very purpose oi enabling Atlanta to carry out the proposition liicii she had made to tiie convention, and which she now makes to the people. The provision is express authorizing any city to do so Aitule p, s< etion 6, of the ih w constitution contains the foir lowing; “Provided, That if apy municipal corporation shall offer to ihe htate any property tor locating or building a capitoi, and tiie btau* accepts such offer, the corporation may comply with SUcfi otic..” The word property, jp hs fullest sense, includes real ami persopaj property, and money. A man’s greenbacks are his own property. Atlanta offers a beautiful piece of real es ate, w hic h she has owned and been bemiUj'yingajiicp 1554, on which to locate the capitoj, and thP props ertv, or money, \eiin w hich to build ihe capitoi. indeed, she offers to build it and present it to the State, Tiie moment the constitution is adopted, therefore, the highest law iu tiie laud, the fundamental law, the constitution itself, repeals every thing m the chrtrlPf of the city of Atlanta w hich is in conflict wPh if; and which stands in the way of her carrying out her proposition in good iaith. But we will not further discuss the proposition. Under this provision of the constitution it is simply non sense and absurdity for any one to deny the power of Atlanta to carry out her proposition, jj .lawyer who has any regard for his reputation will deny it over his own signature. And ail * who know the fidelity and ( promptness W'ith w hich Aitauta has always met every contract, and every 1 obligation, know that she would carry out the prop, sition promptly, and in tne strictest good faith. But tne opponents of Atlanta fall back upon one mote point, which is their strongest one, and that is to produce a ttciitjmfpr among the peo- < pie of Georgia that everything thitf was done by the Radical convention of 1868 iiius now ue undone; and as that convention removed the capital to Atlanta, it inut now be carried back to Milledgeville. This is a sim ple appeal to prejudice. It can claim no other merit. When the advocates of yjid y dgevi4e are whipped out at every point, they fall hack ypon this simple seoiimeeU fcbouitj thfi? cuu- CAItTEItSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15,1877. trol the voters of Georgia when they have so much at stake ? Clearly not. The late convention which formed the constitution which is now sub mi!t*d to the people for ratification, have adopted and incorporated into the new' constitution many provis ions of the constitution of 1838. lie cause they were considered wise, and because .they had worst'd well. Our present jury system, the homestead, abolition of im>••••■>nment for debt, and of whipi .. . crime, and pro vision for free education, are illus trations. But in this matter, to meet this very sei tirnent, the convention struck Atlanta out of the new constitution ; in other words they did not put it in. Ihe convention of 1877, therefore, has undone what the convention ot 1868, iu putting Atlanta into the con stitution as the capital. This meets me sentiment. It is already undone, so far as the constitution had the power. But then the constitution went further, and though a majority of its members were in favor of Atlanta as the capital, they submitted tne ques lion to the people as an original proposition upon its merits, whether Atlanta or Milledgeville shall he the future capital of the State. As all the peopleof Georgia know who were old enough to recollect what occurn and prior to the war, there was then an excited oniest going on between Atlanta, Macon and Miihdgeville for the capital. The people were then dissatisfied with Milledgevile; and had there been no war, the capital would long since have b.en removed from there. But the convention of 1877 simply struck Atlanta, which had been put into the constitution of 1868, out of that of 1877, so a- to meet the objec tion that it was put there by the Radicals, and then left it to the free vote of the people where the capital ought to be. And the voters are now called on to decide that question upon its merits, and with a view to their own interest and preferences, without any regard to what has been done in the past. This, then, disposes of all the sen timent there is in the contest, and narrows the issue down to the simple one of interest, economy and conve nience. Viewing it in that light, the friends of Atlanta have nothing to tear at tiie hands ol tiie intelligent voters of the State. As a further evidence of the fact that there is no question of Radical ism in this iseue, and that a vote iu favor of Atlanta docs npt endorseany improper Radical action, the follow ing distinguished democratic leaders, whose adyice b considered a safe guide for Democrats on all other is sues, are known to be in favor of the permanent location of the capital in Atlanta, to-wit: lion. Alexander H. Stephens, lion, Robert Toombs, Gov. Charles J Jenkins, Hon. B. H. Hill, U- H. (senator { Hou, Jno. B, L}or ioj). U. 8. Senator; Hon. Iliram Warner, Chief Justice ; Hon. James Jackson and Hon. Logan E. Bleckly, Judges of the Supreme Court ; his Excellen cy Gov. Colquitt, Attorney-General Ely, Hon. Augustus R. Wright, General Win. T. Wofford, Hon. \V m H. Felton, Hon. Milton A. Chandler, Uon. Jofin W f JL pni]erwood ? Hon. L N. Trammell, lion. James if. Brown, General \ m. Phillips, Hou- Wt... U. Dabnev, Hon. G.N. Lester, Hon. 11. P. Bell, lion. W. P. Price, Col. Emory Speer, lion. Hugh llucii 411411, iJou. Geo. 1) 12.ee, Hon. Por ter ingrain, fjon. M‘b- Wrjgfit, pfb W. Q. Tuggle, p>b li"}!” 4* iHyis, lion. James L Spvutrd, lion. Her hurt J?’n j-lejr, Gen. Henry &• Jackson, Gen. R. Lawton, lion. Janies £5. Hook. Col. J. Gauahl, Hon. Claiborn rtueed, Hon. Win. Nl. Il* ese, Hon. Augustus Iteeae, Judge U. 1). Har rell, lion. Arthur Hood, Col. Willis A. Hawkins, Hon. C. C. Duncan, Hon. A. D. Hammond, Hon. J. A. Hunt, Hon. Jim. L Hal|, Col. p. H, Dismuke, Hon, W. S. Wallace, Hon. Wm. E. Smith, Hon. John D. Stew art, lion. John L. Harris, Hon. A. W. Holcomb, Hon. D. W. Lewis, Hon. B. C. Yancey, Col. P. W. Alex ander, Hon. Robert P. Trippe, Gen. i). M. Dubose, Col. Carey W. Utyica, Hon. N. J. Hammond, Gen. L. J. Gartreil, Hon. Martin J. Crawiord, Hon. J. D. Matthews, Col. A, D. Candler, Gov. Joseph E. Brown, Gpv. James M. bmith, Dr. H. V. Miller, and a large ouuibvr of mfiers. What a grand array of Democratic names, all concurring in the opinion that Atlanta is the proper place for ttie capital. These gentlemen are tree reoresentatives in every section t.f'the State. ’Filey, ate s**iw 40*1 ft's Halite. No one m-e.l fear lhat he errs when they are liis associate*. Then there is noßadicitlisrnor Republican ism to be promoted by votiiijf for Al lanpi. If it was so all ihest) leading would lie against if. On tne other I mud, tho following Republican leaders are for Allantif, 10-wit : Gov. Bcnj. Conley, Hon. IT. K. McCay, lion. A trios T. Akerman, lion Dawson Walker, Hon. \\ 7 |u. ?d;trkham, Hon. Jonallutii isforcro**, firm, [leury R. Farrow, Col. John E, Ip vantj Tlon. Fostg)' Blodgett, Copt. John L. Conley, Maj. W. li. Smytne, Maj. Madison Beil, Judge John S. Rigby, lion. W.C. Arch* r, Col, Ben jamin Dunegan, Col. J. J. Findley, Hon. B. F. Brinberry, Col. C. H. Prince Hon. Duncan Joidan, 31aj, It. W. White, iiaj. V T . W- Rrq'.yn, Maj. Lewis Pleasant, Col. A. E. Buck, Jas. Blue, Hon. Edwin Belch ir, lion. James M. Sim*, Col. James Atkins, Col. A. N. Wilson, Collector Alvin U'ltfrip l , (Jo! W. V- Merrill. Col. E. C. Wade, y. Spalding, 11 on. Charles Wcs.-ojovykey, C’<J John A • Wimpey ,tn<l a number of others, Then there Is no Democracy tc V.e promoted by voting for Atlanta. If so all these leading spirits of the Re publican party would be against it. 'The truth is it is not a political ouesfilpn api] the prominent leaders On both side*, 114 well us the mass of the people, go for Atlanta because it is best for the State, most convenient, and will save a large sum to the treasury which must he raised by taxation to remove the records and papers and enlarge the building if iyp go hack to HJflledgeyllle. These leading tiipp ol both pafth‘B £noyy that economy is necessary now. They are all tax pajers, and they go far Atlanta to Wtvp money tq their (-WU pockets and tfie pocket;} of a}l the tax*paycra of the Statf*, Tho authors of this addrew concur With them because they are Tax-Payers. The People will Save Half a Million Dol lar* by Keeping the Capital at Atlauta. Is it the interest of the over-bur dened tax-payersof Georgia that the oapitol remain in Atlanta, or that it be removed back to Miihdgeville? The true light in which to consider the question Is to treat it as a matter of dollars and cents. The place that will best accommodate the penpleand government of Georgia, and cwit the in tfiO rijfbt jdfifß (ot the Ca^l tol. Viewed in this light, Atlanta has vastly the advantage, as we shall now proceed to show. In tliis article we shall treat the question in an economical point of view. Oar people are now generally poor and overtaxed, and not a step should be taken that willadd to their burdens. Would it then be most economical, and require less taxation for us to return to Milledgeville? We answer, emphatically, it would he had economy, for the reason that it would cost, in the first place, from $20,000 to f2j>,ooo to remove all the furniture, records, papers of file and the property of the Btste, of every character, including the library, back to Milledgeville, and re adjust them, putting everything in its proper place. It must be remembered tnat there are files of papeis of all charac ters, from the thinning of the Btate government down, to be carried, amounting to a vast number; and that they are ail tangled and displaced more or’less in the removal, it has taken under the Bullock and Smith] administrations, a great many thou-; sands of dollars to get them all as sorted and put back to their places, j so as to make them easy of reference, j since the removal to Atlanta. Thev ! are now in good order, at their proper places. To go over all this again, in- : finding a.l ihe freight.-! and other ex penses is, as is already stated, a heavy j expenditure. But this is not the worst. The old I capitoi at Milledgeville, is not suited j to, and would not accommodate, the j present Btate government. It has been about ten years sin *e the gov ernment was removed from thsre, and everything is more or less itt a state of dilapidation and decay, and it would take a large *um to put it | in order, if there were no increase of the buildings necessary. Bat tiie building is wholly in-ufficleut. In the first place, the representative itali was built when we had only thirty or forty counties. We have since had ad increase of about 100 coun ties. It was very much crowded when the Legislature left Milledge vi]ie, and there have been rjipte a number of new counties formed since. The present Legislature, as it exists under the Constitution of 1877, is much i rger than it formerly W'as. Every man acquainted with tne building knows lhat 176 members cannot be comfortably seated in the representative hull ut Milleugeviffo. Then there is a lack of sufficient r*ioins for the clerks and committees con nected vvitn the legislative depart ment. The clerical business was al ways cramped at Milledgeville. The gallery only runs across one end of the House of Represent Hives and Senate chamber. Each would ac commodate about fifty persons. These are entirely too small and alwavs were. This disposes of the upper story of the building. Go the story next below is the peptiyeoffice, the office* for the |a e Cr r. tary of state, for the Uornptroip-r and tor the Treasurer, These would answer the purpose for a few years yet, hut they are limited and too eon- j traded. The State Library was not, half its present size when the capitoi at Milledgeville was crowded till there was no room to put up the books—one half of then} poyld not ho put up in good order iu it at present, It would, therefore, be necessary to build anew library room at a heavy cost. Tiiis disposes of ail Hit rooms in fc the story between the representa tive bail and the basement, except the Jiiije room for the Htate House jjuarjs and |,he nfijee formerly occu pied by the Surveyor Generaf, which ofiice has been abolished. But since {fiat time the office of Attorney Gen* era) has been established, und'is now one of the departments of Govern ment, and is to he so continued un der the new Constitution when rati fied. The Attorney General would, therefore, have to take rooms for merjy qccufihxl by tho purveyor Gen* erol. This disposes of every room in the building except the basement rooms, w hich are down upon a level with tne ground* and some of them are s damp that nob dy pretends, or ! has pretended,.to use them as 1 There is no wiom, therefore, in thej cellar or basement of the old capitoi,; for any one of the departments. Since thegovernment was removed from Milledgeville we have estab lished the department of agricujtufp, I which iu recognised and wfil be con- j finued under the new constitution, j There is no room of any character in the State House at Milledgeville not! already mentioned, suited to the ac- ! of tfiat department;. ; We iiitve also established i tie Geolog ical bureau. There .s no place in the old capitoi where there can he a com fortable office for tbftt (JeuafUjfen|. We jptye also ostfiblGiietl tiie office of Hia|e Hchooi Commissioner, which \$ continue.) by the new const It ut ion, and there Is 110 room in tho old capi tal for the accomodation of that de partment. Until a short time before the re* mova| from the w pteme Court ot ttie Htate sat ai differ ent, points in tiie Slate of Georgia, and was not located permanently at the papitaj, it Wh* l i u;tte<l there $ room lead to 00 hired for it in town not at all suited for its sessions. We believe there was a room pro pared lor this court iu the basement of tt e capital a short time before the removal; but it is not suited to any such use. Wimt Georgian would be proud of his Htate to see the Supreme Court sitting in ihe cellar or base ment of the old State House? The hupitie.-s of tffid UupH {las} gi ! o\vn to a pojnf fihgre jt novy keeps tlie Judges in session nearly all the year; and we must have a proper ball in which to fitJd H t-‘"U r, B A n d the records have grown to such an extent that it wants at least two large rooms for the accommodation of the Clerk and records of the Supreme Court. There is not a single office iu the old capi t.l of any character that is suited to ling, which G uqt occupied by one of the departments mentioned. It would be necessary, therefore, as soon as the Legislature returns to Mil ledgevilie, that they make an appro priation to build a large extension to the present limited building, so as to j extend the library room, prepare an j office for the Geological Department, j ctie for tiie Agricultural Department, : proper offices for the Judges of the j HupreqieCourt, end a proper ball in I Whffih to hold tha{ Coiirtj and proper j jpofiie fpf the CierV anti apd feporda, as pone of these departments are pro* viiicd for in tho old cupi <4 at Mid* edievllle, after accommodating the other departments first mentioned. It will, therefore, cost probably $25,- 000 to move everything back to fdiil edgevilie and place It in proper con ditjpp, and less tfian sl6o,fiQO to Build augh accommodations ffii fire necessary for the depart ments of gov ernment that have been established and located at the capital within the last few years, and wnich a-e to be cvnlinutni under the new constitution. Every man, tnerelore, who votes for Miliedgevilie, votes for the appro priation of at least $175,000 to pcbYDlon (iff tbb ditfetVut depart merits at Miliedgeville; he votes to put this additional burdtus on the tax-payers. Now, suppose we remain where we are, how does the matter stand ? The present State House in Atlanta, which has been ridiculed as an opera house when commenced before it was bought by the State and city of At lanta, lias full and ample accommo dations for every one of those d< * j>artment, and a good deal of spare room. The rooms of the Executive Department, in the present building, are ample and comfoitable; so of the offices of the Secretary of State, the Comptroller General, the Treasurer and Attorney General, the Supreme Court, includintr a proper hall fur it sessions, and good rooms for the Clerk, Ooutmissioner of Agriculture, the Geolng,cat Bureau, the St tie School Commissioner, and the Prin cipal Keeper of the Penitentiary, whose office we omitted in the Mill edgtvilie estimate. Since the con victs are leased he has to have an office in the capitol in which in keeps his books and records, anti there is none for him in Miiledge-; viile. There are also, at Atlanta, ample rooms for all ttie clerical dc partments connected with the Leg islature, and there is room enough for the present library, and fora lurgt extension of it in future. In a word, the Present State House has every room in it that is necessary to accom inodate every department of govern ment as at present organized, and none of them are cramped or crowd ed, and they are all finer rooms, with better finish and more comfortable, than any the Slate has ever had. We challenge contradiction on the* points, and ask any man who joins issue with us to point out wherein we are wrong. if it is said the halls for the Legis lature are not comfortable, we reply that the present hall for the Senate is as couifurtfthle as iu needed or Could be made. The representative halt is amply large for all purposes. The single objection to it is that the acoustic arrangement is not as good as it should be; and it has been a lii* tie difficult to hear in the hall when a man speaks rapidly and inix‘-s up his words. But by the expenditure of a few hundred dollars thn can lit re tried ied. The galleries of both. tlu Senate chamber audUh'hit i\v hail, QpMlpying three sides uf each, are large and ample to accommodate tbe crowds of citizens who wish to witness the action of their represen tatives on important occasions. They are simply superb as compared with the little, contracted galleries at Mill edgevide, where the public have beep so gftgn annoyed and vexed at their failure when they wished to witness the legislative proceedings at Miliedgeville, The cry lias been by the advocates of Miliedgeville from year to year, that the feltate House was in* sufficient and would fall down soon. Jl has boon occupied now some eight years, and during the time lias been examined tnree or lour diifcreni limes, under the direction of thej Legislature by competent architects j and engineers, and lias m every in-; stance been pronounced perfectly safe, with some HUffi repairs that j were needed Ut the time. There J have been immense crowds packed into it u at public and other meetings, and no giving away; and if it stood there a hundred years there never would be. Then it is the cheapest for the people to stay where they havj ample accommodation lot every de pat tment oi’gqveiomept, and where they have ho expense of moving back or returning to Miliedgeville which would cost $21),0U0 or $25,000 for die removal; ami tnen there is not building accommodation there for nearly oue-haif the departments of the government, fjiiaii we, upon a mere sentiment of updoing what has been dOUffi involve ourselves in the .i>urdity and heavy expense of removing lrom a place where we are well accom a point where there is not hail the accommodation needed? We feel tout no candid man who will fairly pivtisiigate the gutgett will hesltaiu a moment to de cide. Again, in Atlanta there are ample hotel accommodations for any crowd that comes along, at the cheapest rates of any prominent city in the Union, the Midedgeviile hotel U burnt, as is well known, tbe hotel accommodations there are scanty and poor. The old town is a goon dt-ai worn, and there is nothing there to attract either crowd* *T touch travel. Uu.iseuuent ly capitalists cannot afford to puluf good hotels there. And even if th< cajhlal vyo ; *> moVed uaek liiere, its p,e L-gistaturc, under the neyy ipecej Um *<nee in two years, find lio members get but a day, it would not compensate uoy association of capitalists to build even a respectable hotel there. What Georgian could have felt proud of the capital of the State, the other day when the president and a ppft of ins cabinet visited the capital, if it had been located in Miliedgt viiie, where half the crowd could not find hotel accommodations, and where everything looked worn and dilapidated ? Atlanta is a thrifty, growing city, is more accessible hy railroad tiia.ii any point in Georgia, and more prosperous, with ample accommodation. And in thftt view it is opr Jrqe ihlcretf Id continue the pnuiffil there. it has been said, however, UnU the lobby influence in Atlanta has been worse than it has been in Mill edgtvilie. This is a great mistake. The lob yist will go wherever the Legislature is, no matter whether it be in Miliedgeville or Oke fenokeu swamp. They hang around it, no matter where it goes. It is said, however, that the Bullock gov ernment ran into many excesses there. Suppose it had been MiUedge viile, would it have been likely to go into less excess? The same men Who puqtralffid it at Atlanta would have controlled it at Milledgeviite, and its course would have been the same. Place has little or nothing to do with these tilings. The influences that control at one place will gather a route the body and control equally at another. Alabama, South Uarui Ijtpi, Florida and Arkansas, each suffered fiore tian Georgia, and the Capitols ol|these ‘states remained in Montgomery, Columbia, Tallahassee and Little Book, Just as tliey were peffire the war- Jn thisHtate the cap ital was removed to Atlanta, and we suffered less by itadical plunder than they did in the other States. It place had anything to do with it, the argument is in favor of Atlanta. The influence of a large majority of the people of Atlanta was against the Radicals, and they did a deal to restrain thetp. They would prob ably have dorse a great deal more harm at Miliedgeville where there was no such restraining influences as was exerted at Atlanta. Upon the score, therefore, of just and laudable Btate pride, and especially upon the score of economy and avoiding taxa tion in future, it is infinitely better to alloW watt ere stand lust as they do, Cv VOUUTU ) * T. W. BAXTER, MANUFACTUEEHS’ AGENT, FOR SALE OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, GINS, MOWERS AND REAPERS, THRESHERS, HORSE POWERS, HORSE ~*AKEs COTTON & lIAY PRESSES, Steam Engines, Saw & Grist Mills & Mill Machinery, iOLD AT MAXVPACTCRKV TERMS AND PRICKS. OFFICE ON MAIN STREET AND WAREHOJSE ON W. & A. RAILROAD, C XRTF.RSV 11,1. F„ ftA. (liniitii, wm id Hi. ROBERT H. JONES, CARTERSYILLE. QA. The Oldest Carriage MamiiaHtircr In ihc Siate-Estab* lished in ms!t. II vr ® rk - l*y r orc and since the war, i> in all this country running stilt. lie has the Sy m vie in thc'Vniu'^| *Ute‘ ’ U W ° rk h t 0 att > ,U 110 iu “ nn-l equal Jr lA’ one t’l—.v irth otitis men or. |J O U giving now his N1 ‘• VbAT LEN J'lON T -THK !U >I S F>s. h tving no partner. lie will* "| wrk l inTn*h' ** V ‘' r b, '<n-old in Shi. Country. His long experience and thoivi git h”?.V f "mne-s, a.,-*. betng .done. .u..ble- himlodn Ui> motto is -Live nu t,* I":, jheu < u.i ho no exeioe lor an v 4in oil for an vtliing in hi- line If g (> od ci iuntlr llnt.-lfcd, lashioniitde tnd rCHa'd < work be de-ire l. t.et thn peoplo of the Soiuli *uuill ■lii-uc"! V eßtcrpd * e * l ‘ieuMi;Ue<i sI'L'DEB VlKIt W AGON for sale. htill at ti-ieiu old stand, rvvjtiLM- • BTOKELY c WILLIAMS DEALERS IN STAPLE & FAftCY DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes. \V F i'?‘ ro 10 "bht< to okro)J friend- and* patrons th Cwt arc stilt’ ruiiniuftfotii Mtsim-!> T f w>*.b o-'r paying > tsrona on the is aat time her. lofore given. But will Expoot Prompt Paymont at Klaturity.i Those lutvin;? (-..i-h at purehass will rtat the lienettt of a heavy deduction. And we tronid mo-t respeetrully reuuest ?ho-e I'liivlin-tnjr for ea-li to-ay to u- at the time: 'We nil ra-h this hill, nwo wiUtiiea tno more readily afit.v price-, li there i-nolliing -aitl onr prices will he given ati; a 'rates. STOKE LY X WILLIAMS. H D Those o\ring us due jviper w'll do us a great favor bv calling and making enrv pay. el. U. ment. • m 11 . )-2) M'OKEI.Y VWILI.IWS* <M^>^aAua —-"tir-TT-mrtwr-jT: irirr-—nßi—ii-ibcmih u—m mi nnarnxMmr im—tumui iliu-jhu——l IBOOK WALTER PORTABLE ENGINE. EFFECTIVE, SIMPLE “DURABLE & CHEAP. The want of a small portable engine and boiler. .*neon fctrueted n> to l>e lurnislirti at a priefe within the reach of every one, lias long been fell, for proetoiea rcfitiirinw threshing >r running plimfution corn tail!-. This is ex pre.-sJv adapted l>oth in constructions and costs. Evciy ei ginn is tin longl.ly tested In t\t i.-e tlie working power and lean s lltc wotf- ct.inplete. just as shown in ent. Any iiiKniiiatioi. will tie turiiislual upon application to T. W. hA ATLIt, Agent lor Manufacturers. Looli these Prices: Hose Power, ....$250 00 gSW* s**'-' 5 **'-' * Agent l'or Manulaeturen*. DAVID W.CUiIRY, iiLBiiLE i nm Him, CiVi^nri^ir.T.i:, (;a., DEALER IN Drugs, CUiemicaSs, Patent .We.Behscs, Paints, Oil*. Varnishes. Window (lu.ss, Putty, Lamps and Lump Clood*, Trusses of the best make. Fancy and Toilet Articles. Blair. Tooth and Xail Rnishcs, Perfumery and Toilet .Soups. * itfiira and Tobacco** of the bpj*t Brand**, Spicei*, Ae.. Ac. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED AT ALL HOURS. Pure Bunting Oils a specialty. jnnls-iy. ililiipiiii B. J. Lowman & Bro., Proprietors, MAMUFACTLRERS OFj SORGHUM MILLS & EVAPORATORS. HOLLOW WARE, GRATES, MANTLES, ETC. All Kinds of Iron and Brass Castings, and Re pairing done with Neatness and Dispatch- TO the public wc would say that we are thoroughly experienced in our business kjpl do not hesitate to guarantee satisfaction lu all work dou# by u>. as we ue uothing blit the best m tterial and employ none Imt the beetworkiuan. Cai-toi -vi Up. <;h, l in il 27. Cartersville High School. . THE Fall Term ot lie CARTERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL will ho fin August flth. ISTI, and continue fourund a half mouths. Rates ol Tuition from f-i.&J to ff per month, accord ing to graoe. TUITION r7V YA.33XjI3 MONTHLY. Patron- wiil receive the benefit of the Public School Fund. Purent, sre earnest! v desired ta enter their children at the beginning ot iho se-sion to facilitate the classify Dig of pupil*. Music will bo taught in Connection with the School. The schoolrooms are pleasantly situated, retired from everything that ul#hi distract’the attentioi of the p-'piU. Ho tr I can be had with goo I families at in > lerate prices. No eflbi t-j will be spare*, ta deserre s’noiiltnnation of tite liberjil patronage givcu hereto.ore. R. .IQI-IXSTO V Tli© Stanton House, CHATTANOOGA. TiiNN. TOE STANTON IIOLTSE H now prepared to accommodate permanent and tran-lent rtte*ra with every comfort nd conv.-usetiec to be f<ptd in any Urst-ela-s h,.ttd in the oonntrv. ‘ U is situated near the itailro.td lei>ots, ..ud bqt a -uort distance from the bu-me--. centre of the cilv. Trie hoij-e ha- hocu receptjy y-cluai-ocd tbronglumt. The sleeping co<o.s are large an.i comfort ilj'e, tlie santplg ruouts for eomniereial agents spacious ar..l eo'uvenleut; tho Ainia •- room airy, pi.;up weirveutilated and supplied with every variety the market jffonts. A SiHiard Room, Bar Room, Barker Shop, and Office aro in. the House, We solicit the patronage of the traveling public, and feel assured we oaa give better at. njodidiou than boutib aud guarantee sutislavttUU at all time* Ouvfe f*. L'octs, Chief C'lerb, * VOLUME XYIII-MJMBEH L r >
