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Ortersvitle, ’Bartow P Pa., by
Srmniel XT. Sniilli,
, : ;)ITOR nr;<i PROPRIETOR.
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P~rlTf essl on a l car ands.
JOHN W. WOFFORD,
Attorney at Law,
KEOr.U.
l OFFICE OVER CURRYYs STORE.
Oct. IT 1868.
Commercial Hotel, Cartersville, Ga.
by joiin c. martin
mwn.STORY RRICK BUILDING, corner of Depot
, ; iir sn 1 Market Street. East Side cf Railroad.
-* ■ 1 ra , j, ,nd add comfortable,
furnltnre and Deddteg new
r ,,,,r| ofllce and spacious Dining Room
well supplit-'d with the beat that the market
I, and chargc»4J>dv*ate.
„ proprietor hjW in i by (food attention to business,
J e ; glve » of patronage. Dec. 1,1569.
K. W. MfcRPIIEY,
ATTORNEY at law,
Cartersvllle. Ga .
tv IIL practice in the the Courts of Cherokee Cir
euit. Particular attention given to the collection
,'rlnimi. Office With Col. Abda Johnson. Oct. 1
DR. F. M. JOHNSON,
Dentist,
T fspF'CTFt'bT.Y offers his Professional -..-re—j,
1 services to the citizens of Cartersvllle jygat
aril vicinity. He is prepared to do work <UYfTT9
on the latest aud most improved style.
Teeth extracts without pain, r by means of narcotic
r . T i Wrrk all warranted. Office over Stokeley's
ftore.CAßTERS VILLE Oa. Feb. 20 18G8.—w5ra
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
CaRTERSVILLE.GA.
JOHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Cartersvllle, Ga.,
TTTiI.I, attend promptly toad busb-iess en
\X trusted to his care. Will practice in the
Courts of Law; and Equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the collcc
lim of claims. Jan. 1,1866. lv
ToiN J. JONES,
ItriL ESTATE AGEIST,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
f am authorized to sell, and have on hand several
Houses and Lots, and atso numerous building lots in the
(own of Cartercviile. Also several plantations of vari
.•ns sizes in Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or
..II will do well to give me a ealL All communications
promptly answered. July IT, 18t>6.
BLANCE & DODD,
A T T 0 R N E Y S A l' I- A W,
CKDARTOWN, POLK COCNTY,'GA.
Will practice law in the several
Courtu comprising the Tallapoosa Circuit;
also, liartow aud Floyd Counties. Partic
ular attention given to the collection ot
claims. jan 12,1 y
WARREN AKIN,
Attorney at Law*
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
Will practice in all the Courts of the State-
Qr-.v W . R. NOIIATCASTLE,
M Jeweller and Watch and
Hi/ Cluck. Repairer,
the Front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s store
Cavtersville, Jan. 25
J ABBES M ILN EB 5
Attorney aULaw,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
lUILt practice ih the Courts of the Cherokee and ad
" joining Circuits, also the Supreme and District
Courts. Prompt attention given to business entrusted
t » t my care. August 21 8816. —wly
J. C. C. Blackburn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW *
EUHARLEE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA-
References : Industry, prornptitnde and at
tmiticj. march 22. vv’j
T W Milner, O H Milner.
MILNER & MILNER,
Attorneys at Law,
CARTERS VIUE GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business entrusted
tc their care. jan. 15. ly
Jfo. CALEB TOMPKINS, well
JErSL known for 20 years past, as a first
lkJ9 Class H’jrTCF, CLOCK,
JiHgL fftldJK WELLER REPAIRER,
MANUFACTURER, has com
menced work one door North of his former old
stand, on the East side of the Railroad, Car-
i frsyille, Ga. Will sell Clocks and Watches
Warranted. Nov, 10. wly
Two Dwelling Houses for sale, rent, lease,
or to exchange for Atlanta pro,»erty, together
■with several residence and business lotss.
S. H. PATILLO,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
Will attend promptly to the Cutting, Repair
ing and Maklnjs'Boys’ and Men’s Clothing.
<imee on the Becohd Floor of Stokely & \\ ll-
Hams' New Brj:k Building. Entrance from—Lß-
Main Street, lrilcear of the building. Feb IT.
i- JOIIN F- HARWELL
is still hammering away at his
trade, Repairing Guns and Pis
tols, also GINS, THRESHERS, and MA
CHINERY, of almost any kind; in fact, he
is prepared, and can do, almost any kind of
work in METALS, such as Iron, Steel, Zinc,
Brass, Copper, Silver and Gold, Shop on
Main Street near Gilreath’s Warehouse, on
west side of the Railroad, Cartersville, Ga,
JXO. COXE, J. H. WIKLE.
Coxe «Se Wikle,
Commercial Agents,
NOTARIES PUBLIC
AND
Attorneys at law,
With Gin. W, TANARUS, Wofford,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Will attend promptly to the Collection of all
Commercial Paper, Demands between Foreign
and North Georgia Merchants, and also to
noting Protests of Commercial Paper for non
payment, etc., etc., etc.
Refer by Permission, to Gen W T Wofford,
Hon Warren Akin, W H Gilbert Cos, N GiJ
rea'h 4" Son, Hon J R Parrott, Howard <Sf
Peacock, Cartersville, Ga. feb 2J w\y
S. O'SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
CARTERSULLE. BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Having just received Charts of the latest
styles of Gentlemens’ and Boys’ Clothing,
European and American, announces that he
Oi IS prepared to execute all kinds
of work in the Fashionable Tail
~uL oring line, with neatness and in .JuL.
durable style. Over J. Elsas & Co's store,
Cartersville mrh *y
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
VOL. 8.
Kennesaw House.
(Located at railroad dci»ol.)
r | IHE undersitmed hiving bought the entire
j '" ,er ';: t of I,! * Trust, e for
'sa W. Hetrher, in the Kennesaw House,
and the business will be conducted, in the »u
--lurp; under the name and firm of Augustine
A. ! letcher <V Frcyer. Thankful for post fa
vors and patronage, they will strive to give the
utmost satisfaction to all pa'rons of the Ken
nesaw House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER,
, F. L, FREYER.
MARIETTA, Jan. 12, Y>9.
E. T. V hilc, . J. M. Lykcs.
American Hotel,
ALABAMA STRJET,
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
W II I T E & L YKEB,
Proprietors.
BAfIGAGE carried to and from Depot
free of Charge. May 11. 1860
KvR. PASSEEN, R. I). MANN,
Georgia. 'l'enncssee.
THE OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA
B , 8 . H © T 3g & ,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
SASSEFTiY & MANN, Proprietors.
J. w. F. BRYSON, j Cl ,
ISAAC N. MANX, j C TiS '
January 1, JSG9.
JOHN T. OWEN,
Watch and Clock Repairer,
and Jeweler,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
CTT ILL keep constant- /gw lift
Vs ly on lmnd, for sale jfpvV |f
a well selected stock of SpG*J
WATCHES, CLOCKS, ||s
Gold, Silver and Steel
SPECTACLES.
Ac., &c. Can furnish any kind of Silver
Plate, extra fine Gold Watches or Jewelry,
at short notice, as cheap as they can be
bought in any other market. Goods cheap.
AVork warranted. Terms cish.
aug 12, iSlMCwly
li, S, DUVAL, m. Do
GIiADCATE nf the lEPFEKSON MEDICAL
COLLEGE, Philadelphia, offers his profes
sional services to the citizcus of Cartersvllle
and surrounding districts. His diploma,
various appointment, in the medical Staff of
U. S. A., Texas Cavalry, &e„ as well as ev
idence of his having been a regular prac
titioner iu the South, for many years, with
testimonials of his private character, will be
exhibited at any time, at his office, in back
room of Wm. Davis’ store, one door South
of the Post office, Residence East side of the
Railroad, near Mrs, Sewell’s,
Cartersville, Ga., August 2nd, 2800, wly
lle-dieal Hot ice,
DR. n. O. C. IIEERY offers his
professional services to the citizens of
Cartersville and surrounding country, in
Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. After
an active prnctice of l i years iu Savannah
and Augusta, he feels confident he can please.
Office in store recently occupied by T. It.
Kennedy & Cos. Residence at the old Ho
tel Building. aug 10, ’6O. \vly
TAKE NOTICE.
PETER MARSH IS AGENT OF BAR
TOW COUNTY, FOR
BALL’S PATENT
WASIIIMG MACHINE.
It washes by Rotation, of current wick
saves labor, fuel and fabric, and consequent
ly time and money. The process being so
simple, that a mere child can almost do tfie
family washing. No frazcling or loss of
Buttons occasioned by washing with this
Machine. 30 minutes Boiling is sufficient
time to accomplish all that is desirable.—
Call at the Lamp and Oil Emporium where
you can sec for yourself. Brice $1 50,
P. MARSH, Ag’t.
HOUSES TO RENT OR SELL IN
O.A. RTFIRSV ILLE.
THE UNDERSIGNED desires to rent or
sell the Cartersville Hotel property,
on Market street, and the Whitmon property
on the Corner of Gilmer and Church streets.
These pleasant houses can be had on reason
able terms. J. 1! PARROTT.
July 22, 1809-wlm.
if: :J: -.1; :j:
JACOB ELSAS & CO.,
DIALERS IN
DRY-GOODS, CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATSISOTIOMS&S.
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Nashville
Paper
Mills.
2iL ! tf)ittljall .Stmt,
Fourth Door from the Corner of Alabama
9
ATLANTA, GA.
JACOB ELSAS,
MORRIS AOLER.
JULIUS DREYFOOS, may 11,'69,w«f
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. AUGUST 19, IS >9.
DR. JOHN BULL'S
Great Remedies
SMITH'S»STROP!
FOB THE CUKE OF
AGUE AND FEVER
oil
CHILLS AND FEVER,
The proprietor of tb's celebrit <1 mefrein® justly
claims f,,r it a superiority over all remedies ever offer
ed to the public for the certain, npecctu and per
manent cure of Ague and Fever .or Chilis ami Fever
whether of short or long standing, lie refers to the
entire Western and Southwestern country to bear him
testimony to the truth of the assertion, that in no case
whatever will it. fail to cure, if the directions are strict
ly followed and ca rieil out. In a great many cases a
sinff'e dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole
families have been cured by a single bottlp, with a per
fect restoration of the general health. It is, however,
prudent, and jn every case more certain to cure, if its
use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two af
ter the disease lias been checked, more especially in
difficult and long siand’ng cases. Usually, this medi
cine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in
good order; should the patient, however, require a
cathartic medicine, after having taken three or four
■loses of the Tonic, a single dose of BULL’-J YtTIETA-
Bi.K F.YM’LY PII.LS will he sufficient.
DR, JOIIV BILL’S
Principal Office
IVo. 40 Fifth, Cross street,
Louisville, Ky,
Bull’s Worm Destroyer.
To my United States and World-wide Read
ers:
r HAVE received many test! in or! als from profcs
i s onal and medical men, as my almanacs and vari
ous publications have shown, all of which are genuine.
, e following from a highly educated and popuiar
plipstcian in (leorgia, is certainly one of tire most sen
sible communications I have ever received. Dr. Clem
ent knows exactly what he speaks of, and his testimo
ny <l, serves to be written in le'ters of gold. Hear
what the Doctor says of Hull'h Worm Destroyer
ViJlanow, Walker co., Ga, }
June 29th, 1866 \
DR. JOTTX BULL—Dear Sir; —I have recently giv
en your “Worm Destroyer” several Dials, and find it
wonderfully efficacious. It has not failed in a single
Instance, to have the wished-for effect. lam,loinga
pretty large country practice, and have daily use for
some article ol the kind. I am free to confess that I
know of no remedy recommended by the ablest authors
that is so certain and speedy in its effects. On the con
trary they are uncertain in the extreme. My object
iu writing you is to find out upon what, terms I can
get the medicine directly from you. If I can get it
upon easy terms, I shall use a great deal of it. I art
a« are that the use of such articles is contrary to the
teachings and practice of a great majority of the reg
ular Pne of M. D.’s. but 1 see no just cause or good
sense in discarding a remedy which we know to be ef
ficient, simply because we may be ignorant of its com
bination. For my part, I shall make it a rule to use all
and any means to alleviate suffering humanity which
I may be able to command—not hesitating because
someone more iugennHig titan myself may have learn
d its effects first, and secured the sole right tc secure
hat knowledge. However, lamby no ra, aos an ad
vocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nos
trums that flood the country, that purport to euro all
manner of disease to which hum m flesh is heir.
Pl»ase reply soon, and inform me of your best terms.
I am,sir, most respectfully,
JULIUS P. CLEM EXT, M. D.
Bull’s Sarsaparilla.
A GODD REASON F°R THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH,
UEAD XUE OAUIAIN’S LETTER AND THE LET
TEU FROM filS MOTHER.
Benton Barracks, Mo., April 30, 1566.
Dr. John Ball—Dear Sir: Knowing the efficiency
of your Sarsaparilla, and the healing and beneficial
qualities it possesses, I send you the followin'' state
ment of my case:
I was wounded about two years atto— was taken
prisoner and cooffned for sixteen months. IteitiL'
moved so often, my wounds have not healed yet. I
have not sat up a moment since I was wounded! I
am shot through the hips. My general health is im
paired, and I need something to assist nature I
have more faith in your Sarsaparilla than in any thing
else. I wish that that is genuine. Please express me
half a docen bottles, and oblige
Cai*t. C. P. JOHNSON.
St. Louis, Mo.
P. S.— The following was written April 39, 1866, by
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of Capt Johnson.
IIR. BULL —Dear Sir: My husband, Dr. C. S. John
son, was a skillful surgeon and physician In Central
New York, where he died, leaving the above C. P.
Johnson to my care. At thirteen years of age he had
a chronic diarrhoea and scrofula, for which I gave
him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURED HIM. I have for
ten years recommended it to many in New York, Ohio,
and lowa, for scrofula, fever sores, and general dehiff!
ty. Perfect success has attended it, The cures effect
ed. in some cases oj scrofula and fever sores icere
almost miraculous. lam very anxious for my son to
again have recourse to your Sarsaparilla, He'ig fear
ful of. gel ting a ppurious article, hence his writing to
you for It. His wounds were terrible, but I believe he
wißtfoovcr. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON
BULL’S CEDRON BITTERS.
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
ARKANSAS HEARD FROM,
Testimony of Medical Men
Stony Point, White Cos., Ark., May 23, 'CG.
DR JOHN BULL—Dear Sir: Last February I was
! in Louisville purchasing Drugs, and I got some of
your Sarsappanlla and Cedron Hitters.
' My son-tn-law, who was with rue in the store, has
been down with rheumatism for some time, commen
ced on the Bitterr, and soon found his general health
i ' m nr°\jist, who has been in bad health, tried them,
; and he also improved.
Dr Coffee, who has been in had health for eeveral
years —xtomach and liver affected—he improved very
much hythe use of your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron
Bitlers has given you great Popularity in this settle
ment I think I could sell a great quantity of your
medicines this fall—especially of your Cedron Bitters
and ,'arsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care of
Rickett & Neely, Respectfully,
C B WALKER.
All the above remedies for sale by
L. H. BRADFIELD,
Druggist,
WAIT EH ALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA.
feb 20, 1869i4’1?/
Z W. k M. C. JACKSON S C 0„
CONTRA CTOItS FOR BUILDING ,
AND PROPRIETORS OF THE
CARTERSVILLE STEAM PLANING
MILL,
]Rliii<l and
1 >oor Fac t ory.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
All kinds of lumber planed.
anti Flooring and Coiling Tongned and
Grooved. Brackets, and all kinds of Scroll
Sawing, for Ornamental ’ v ork, done to or
der. Shop Work, of all kinds, executed
With neatness and dispatch. Jd@"Special
Contracts made for LARGE JOBS.
Our machinery is all new and of the very
BEST QUALITY, having been selected by
one of the firm, (an experienced mechanic,)
in person.
The proprietors are all experienced and
skillful workmen, among whom may be found
Mr. W. A. BEMMINGTON, who is known
and acknowlc Iged, by all, to bo one among
the best and finest workmen in the South.
Our Mill is now in successful operation,
and its work is approved and admired by all
who have seen it. It is located immediately
on the Western k Atlantic Railroad, North
of the Depot, in the rear of the new Court-
House. Z. W. &M. C. JACKSON & CO.,
aug 10, 1800.tf Cartersville, Ga.
SlieiifF Sales lor Scplcßiber.
ON the first Tuesday in Sept, next, before
tlio Courthouse door in Cartersville,
Bartow county, Ga., within the legal hours
of sale, will be sold, the following property,
to-wit.:
One town lot in the town of Cartersville,
known as lot No. 2, adjoining the house now
occupied as a courthouse, fronting 40 feet on
the public square, aud extending back to
Gilmer street; levied on as the property of
Caleb Tompkins to satisfy a tax fi fa issued
by the tax collector of Bartow county in fa
vor of the State vs said Tompkins. Levied
on and returned to me by a constable.
Also, one hundred and sixty acres of land,
more or less, known as the Bellwood Iron
Works, iu the 4th District and 3rd Section
of Bartow county ; levied on as the property
of J. L. Rogers, President of the Bolhvood
Iron Works Company, to satisfy a tax fi fa
issued by the tax collector of Bartow county,
in favor of the State ve said Rogers, Presi
dent as aforesaid. Levied on and returned
to me by a consatble.
Also, The plantation whereon Mark A.
Hardin now resides, in the 17th District and
3rd Section of Bartow county, containing
1,000 acres, more or less; levied on to satis
fy a li fa issued from Bartow Superior Court
in favor of Wm. Milner, Guardian for W. A.
Milner vs A. I! Harris, B. F. Williams, and
M. A. Hardin, principals, and Wm. Davis,
endorser. Property pointed out by plain
tiff’s attorney; levied on as the property of
M. A. Hardin.
Also, The house and lot on which John F.
Scott now resides, in the town of Carters
ville; levied on as the property of said Scott,
to satisfy a fi fa issued from the Justice
Court of the 822d District, G. M., in favor of
Jackson k Kirksey vs said Scott; levied on
and returned to me by a constable.
Also, one house and lot in Cartersville,
whereon A, F. Morrison now resides; levied
on as the property of said Morrison by vir
tue of a tax fi fa issued by the tax collector
of Bartow county, in favor of the State vs
said Morrison. Levied on and returned to
me by u constable.
Also, one lot of land containing one-fourth
of an acre, more or less, at the old Etowah
Iron Works, formerly owned by W. M. Sat
terfield; levid on as the property of Benja
min Smith, to a tax ti fa issued by
the tax collector of Bartow county, in favor
of the State vs said Smith. Levied on and
returned to me by a constable,
POSTPONED SALES FOR SEPTEMBER,
Also, at tlie same time aud place, willbcj
sold the following property, postponed from
tlie August sales, to-wit;
Also, lots of land Nos. 1258, 1259, and
1260, in the 4th Dis. and 3d Sec., and Nos.
1225 and 1296 in the 21st Dis. and 2d Sec.,
containing each 40 acres, more or less, as
the property of J. G Entrickin, by virtue of
7 attachment fi fas from the 822 Dis. G. M.,
in favor of H. C. Dyer, vs Deft, levied upon
and returned to me by a constable.
Also, lot of land No. 484, in the 4th dis
trict and 3rd section of Bartow county, with
improvements thereon ; levied on as the pro
perty of G. J. Salter, to satisfy an attachment
fi fa issued from Bartow Superior Court, in
favor of James-Milner vs. said Suiter.
ALSO, a house and lot in the town of
Cartersville, formerly owned aud occupied
by the defendant, John IT. Ruckman, levied
on as the property of said Ruckman to satis
fy a fi fa issued from the Justice Court of
the 822nd district, G. m. of Bartow County,
on the foreclosure of a lien for brick work
on said premises, in favor of Wallis, Eaves
k Cos.
W. W. RICH, Sli’ff.
Ang. 4, ’69. M. COLLINS. D. Sliff.
CARTERSVILLE PROPERTY FOR
SALE.
One Lot on Douglas st., adjoining W, C
Green's 54 by 21 feet.
One lot, on same Street, opposite Thomas
Powell’s 54 by 116 feet.
One lot on Gilmer, adjoining Whiteman
lot 86 by 120 feet.
Four lots, on same street, near Courthouse
50 by 150 feet,
One lot, on same street, adjoining Daniel
Kjpg. 00 by 224 feet,
Four lots, on Carter street, near Plaining
Mill 50 by 200 feet.
Four lots, on Railroad street, in rear of
Courthouse 50 by 150 feet.
One lot, on Main street, adjoining Ware
! house 47 by 86 feet.
One lot, on Erwin street V. W. R. R. office
30 by 80 feet.
Five lots adjoining V WIIII office, on same
street, 25 by 80 feet.
One lot on market street, opposite Mrs.
Milner's, 124 by 124.
One lot on Erwin street, adjoining Express j
office, with good dwelling. 40 by 100 feet.
Two lots on Fublic Square, West of Depot, |
with good store rooms, each, 20 by 100 feet-
One lot on Gilmer street, with neat dwell
ing and well enclosed, (the Wilkison lot)con
taining half acre, and in a beautiful location.
These places are well located, near the
business part of town. Terms of sale ar- ;
ranged to accommodate purchasers.
J. R. FARROTT
Cartersville, Aug. 4th. 1m
[From the Atlan'a Intelli gcncer.]
The followin'* in portavnt opinion ad
dressed by Attorney Gene a! H. P.
arrow, to Governor Ball >< k, on the
tame of holding elections f»r county
odicers, las teen, handel to us for
publication. AYe inv fe tto attention
of our readers to it:—Atlanta Intel
Attorney General’s Os -ice, )
Atlanta, Ga., August 7, 1 Still. )
Governor—Your communication cf
the 31st ultimo, with the enclosed pa
pers, came duly to hand; and I have
given them that consideration which
the importance of the question presen
ted, demands.
Ihe question submitted, and upon
which yon ask for my written opinion,
is one which has been propounded to
me by n number of county officers who
were not, under the law, entitled to the
opinions of the Attorney General, aud
to whom I did not therefore feel at
liberty to render any o inion. There j
is great difference of opinion among
the people as to when the next el :ction
for county officers will take place, and
it is very proper that the question
should be authoritatively answered and
put at rest.
The Constitution itself, and not the
Code, determines the term for which
county officers have been elected; and
those who insist that the election for
county officers will take place next
winter, betray great ignorance of the
Constitution upon which they have so
recently voted.
The 9t,li Article of the Constitution
says: “The county officers recognized
as existing by the laws of this State,
and not abolished by this Constitution
shall, where not otherwise provided for
in this Constitution, be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective
counties or districts, and shell hold
their offices for two years.”
Therefore, it is clear that by virtue
of the Bth Article of the Constitution,
county officers will hold their offices
for two years unless it is otherwise
provided for in the constitution. Does
the constitution otherwise provide?
and if so to what extent ? It does oth
erwise provide in the case of every
county officer elected in the election
which commenced on the 20 h day of
April 1868. That election was held
under and by virtue of an ordinance
adopted by the Constitutional Conven
tion on the 10th of March 1808; and
all civil officers elected under the Con
stitution, by the people, were then
elected, except Justices of the Peace.
That ordinance provides that all of
ficers elected at that time shall “ hold
their offices as though they were
elected on the Tuesday after the first
Monday in November 1868,” and it
moreover provides that they “ shall
continue in office until the regular
succession provided for after the year
1868, and until successors are elected
and qualified.” The Constitulion itself
affirms the validity of that ordinance
and gives it all the force and power to
be derived from a Constitution, —lienee
the present county officers will hold
their offices for more than two years
from the time they was elected, but after
the first regular succession such officers
will only hold for two years—except in
cases where the Constitution fixes a
different term, as in the case of the
office of Ordinary which is for 4 years.
Those who contend that the old
election laws contained in the Code,
and found from Section 1345 to 1350
inclusive, are still of force and must
control the next election for county
officers, and bring on the election very
near one year before the offices can
possibly become vacant, should remem
ber that all our laws governing elec
tions were rendered inoperative, obsolet
null and void by the Preconstruction,
laws and our Constitution. If these
sections of the code are of force now, of
course they have been of force all the
time since they were first made a part
of our law. If they were of force at
the time of the election on the 20th of
April, 1868, then it follows that there
has been no election of county officers
under the Reconstruction Laws. If
that election was not valid, then the
whole Reconstruction of the Southern
States was without authority or law.
If, on the other hand, it is admitted
. that the present incumbent? were le
gally elected, then it follows that the
Reconstruction Laws and the Consti
tution prevail over the said sections of
the code, am] that at that time those
sections were superseded, obsolete and
void. If they were void, then what has
since re-enacted them ? They were in
oprative and void then, and are to this
day; for when a law is once annulled it
is annulled forever, and can only exist
again by re-enactment; if it had been the
purpose of the framers of the Constitu
tion, who also framed this ordinance,
to recognize these sections of the Code
as still of force, why would they have
disregarded them in the last election ?
There can be no doubt that under the
changes wrought by the reconstruction
laws, and the new Constitution, those
sections of the Code, under which it is
contended by some, the election for all
county officers should be held in next
January, are entirely obsolete, and that
the general assembly must provide for
an electiou and succession, just as it has
in the case of Justices of the Peace,
before any election can be held for the
county officers. If there should be no
provision made by the General Assem
bly at its next meeting for an election,
and regular succession, then by virtue
of that Provision of the Constitution
which provides that they shall hold till
their successors are elected and quali
fied, they would continue in office until
the next general assembly could make
provisions for an election.
Therefore it is my opinion that there
is, at this time, no laws regulating the
time for the election of county officers,
and that before any election can be
held there roust I>e further legislation.
I am Very Respectfully,
Henry P. Farrow,
Attorney General.
His Excellency Rufus B. Bullock, Gov
ernon of Georgia.
ISO It ROW I\U.
‘Mr iVnr.’ said Mrs. Green to her
husband one day, ‘the meal which vre bor
rowed from Mr. Black a few days ng<
is almost out, and we mu >t bake to
morrow.”
“Well said her husband, ‘send end
borrow a half-bushel at Mr. Whites';,
he sent to mill yesterday.’
‘And when it comes shall we return
! the peck we borrowed more than i
month ago from the widow Grey V
‘No,’ said the husband, grullly, ‘ h
can send for it when she wants it.— j
Sam, do you go down to Mr. BrownV
and ask him to land me his axe to chop
some wood this forenoon; ours is thill, 1
and I saw him grind his last night.—
And Jim, do you go to Mr. Clark’s aid
ask him to lend me a hammer; and do
you hear ? you might as well borrow a
few nails while you are about it.
A little boy enters and says, ‘Father \
sent me to ask if you had done with
his hoe, which you borrowed a week
ago last Wednesday; lie wants to use ,
it.’
‘Wants his hoc, child? What ermhe
want with it ? I have not done with it
yet; but if he wants it, I suppose he
must have it. Tell him to send it
back, though, as soon as he can spare
it.’
They sat down to breakfast. ‘O
mercy!’ exclaims Mrs. Green, there is
not a particle of butter in the house.
Sam, run over to Mrs. Notable’s—
she always has excellent butter in her
dairy—and ask he to lend me a plate
full.’
After a few minutes, Sam returns:
‘Mrs, Notable says she has sent you I
the butter, but begs you to remember
that she has already lent you 79 plates
full, which are scored on the dairy
door.’
‘Seventy-nine platas.'ul,’ exclaimed
the astonished Mrs. Green, holding up
both hands. ‘lt is no Vuch a thing; I
never had half that quantity; and if I
had, what is a little platefnll? I should
never think of keeping an account of
such trilling things; I declare I have a
mind never to borrow any thing from
that mean creature again as long as I
live.
A Crowned Corpse.
A letter from Cracow gives the fol
owing details in connection with the
ate discovery of the remains of Casi
mir the Great in that city:
That King expired on the sth day of
November, 137 and bis body was de
posited in the cathedral of Cracow, and
a colossal mouument was erected to
his memory. JN o one supposed that the
remains of the deceased monarch could
be found in the Church itself, because,
according to ecclesiastical traditions,
saints alone could be buried in the sa
cred edifice, aud all hope had been
renounced of ever discovering the re
mains. Lately the restoration of the
monument, which had begun to decay
under - the action of centuries, was com
menced, and some blows on tlie front
part of the base brought the missing
remains to light: two tiles fell, and a
light inserted iu the opening showed
the crown and scepti c, and in the form
er the skull of the King.
By enlarging the aparture some few
bones enveloped in purple cloth, very
well preserved, were discovered. An ex
animation then made o n the opposite
side of the tomb, and at the feet of the
skeleton were found the spurs in a per
fect state and attached by leather straps
The sceptre and globe are in silver,
and the crown and spurs in copper gilt
and ornamented with precious-stones.
The skull is of remarkable size. Notn
trace remains of the' coffin except tin
iron bars which strengthened it, and to
which the purple cloth had been at
tached. Five hundred years have to
tally devoured the wood. AY hen a
report of this discovery had been drawn
up, and the celebrated painter, Jean
Matejko had made a drawing of all the
emblems, the tomb was again walled up
i by the Archaeological Commission: the
i most important result of this event is
| the fact that the crown of the greatest
j King of the Piast family exists iu the
cathedral of the ancient Polish capital.
Rich Without Money. —Many a man
is rich without money. Thousands of
men with nothing in their pockets, and
thousands even without a pocket, are
i rich. A man born with a sound con
stitution, a good stomach, a good heart
and good limbs, and a pretty good
head-piece, is rich. Good bones are
better than gold, tough muscles than
silver, and nerves that flash fire and
carry energy to every function are bet
ter than houses and lands. It is bet
ter than a land estate to have had the
right kind, of father and mother. Good
breeds and bad breeds exist among
men as really as among herds and hors
es, Education may do much good to
check evil tendencies or to develop
good ones, but it is a grfeat thing to in
herit the right proportion of faculties
to begin with. The man is rich who
has a good disposition—who is natur
ally kind, patient, cheerful, and who
has a flavor of wit in his composition.
The hardest thing to get along with in
this life, is a man’s own self. A cross,
selfish fellow, a desponding and com
| plaining fellow, a timid,care-bmdened
man— these all arc born deformed on ,
the inside. Tlieir feet may not Lmp,
but their thoughts do.
A gentleman called on a rich raiser j
and found him at the table endeavor
ing to catah a fly- Presently he caught
one which he immediately put in the
sugar bowl, and shut, down the cover.
The gentleman asked for an explana
tion of this singular spoil. 1 \\i,l teh
you,” replied the miser, a triumphant
grin’ overspreading his countenance as
he spoke, “I want to ascertain if the
servants steal the sugar.”
It cost just S2OB to try a negro at
Columbus Georgia, for stealing a chick
en valued at 37 cents.
NO. 9.
A Kuklux S'ku.y.— \\v itavo a Ku
-1 Ivl; jx story which is too good to be
kept back:
A Party of Teor.es.~oe “regulation”
pursued a«. ang of burst) thieves over
into Nor Mi Mississippi. Arriving about
mid at ;i lonely-l Hiking house,
they rode up to take obs rvations.—
Tire master of the hei.se \v; .s a minis
; <er. One of llu- party knocked at the
door.
‘'Who's there? raked lha preseher. j
“IvuKiux !” was the answer, solemn
ly spoken.
“Where do yon 1> long ?” asked the
' voice from wit-uhi, slightiy, tremulous.
“At Shiloh Little-held, ’ replied lvu., !
in sepulchral tones, ar.«*4hen asked the i
preacher in return—
“W here do yon belong?”
‘‘l belong,” said the preuolu r, with
evein evidence of fright in his trend)- i
ling voice, “to the army of the Lord.” j
“Then you’re along ways Mom head
quarters,” said lvlux, ; i:d turn -d ami |
walked away, leaving the frightened
minister with anew text for his next
discourse.—Montgomery Mail.
“The other day a young lady step
ped into a well-known establishment
on Baltimore st., and inquired of a
hands me cleik:
‘Sir have you any uou e colored
ladies gloves (’
Mouse-colored, Miss?’
‘Yes, a sort of gray—just the color of
your drawersi’meanitig the store draw
ir-i, which were painted gray.
‘My drawers, Miss,’ ejaculat ‘d tin
young man, glancing down at is dress
to see if everything was right and
tight—‘My drawers, Miss ? why 1 don'*
iccar any !’
lhithei' Good.
We have often heart of remarkable
cases of “absence of mind.” Here if
one equal to anything we have seen
lately. The man was no doubt a very
interesting head of the family :
‘I say, cap’n,’ said a little-eyed man,
as he landed from the steamboat Pey
t >na at Natchez, ‘I say. c ip’u, this here
ain’t ell.*
‘That’s all the baggage vqu brought
aboard, sir,’ replied the captain.
: Well, see now, I grant its all O K
accordin’ to list—four boxes, three
chests, two ban-boxes, a portmanty,
two liams one part cut—three ropes
inyons and a tea-kettle; but you see,
cap’n, iam dubersom. I feel there’s
something short. Though.l’ve count
ed ’em nine times, and never took my
eyes off em while on board, there V
something not right, so nohow.’
‘Well stranger, the time is up; there
is all I know of; so bring you’.- wife and
tive chi’dre i out of the cabin, and we
are off'.’
‘Them’s ’em, darn it! them’s ’em! I
knoweVl I’d forgot something.’
Denominati >nal Oxen . A Fanny
Simla at a ! l Ilia HAigiou* Faiths. —A
gentleman traveling in Texas, met on
the road a wagon drawn by four oxen,
driven by a countryman, who, in ad
dition to the skilfui flomisli and crack
of the whip, was vociferously encour
aging his horned horses, after this
fashion: “Haw, Presbyh rinn!” “Gee,
Baptist!” “Whoah, Episcopalian!”—
“Get up, Methodist!” Tl \j traveler
stopped the driver, remarking to him
that he had Grange names for his ox
en, and would hkc to know why he
thus called them. Said the driver:—
“I call this ox Presbyterian, because
he is true blue and never fails, pulls
through all ditlk'.uTies and holds out
to the end; besides he knows more
than all the rest. 1 call this Baptist,
because he is always after water, and
seem as though he’d never drink
enough; then again lie won’t eat with
the others. I Call this ox Episcopalian,
because he has a mighty v;;.y of hom
ing his head up, and if the yoke gets
a little too tight, ho tries to kick and
draw clear out of the track. I call this
ox Moth- di t, because he puff's, aid
blows, and bellows, as lie goes along,
and you'd think he was pulling all cre
ation, but he don’t pull a pound unless
you continually stir him up. ’
A Pretty Simile. —As bees breed no
poison, though they sack the deadli
e.t juices, so the noble mind, though
forced to drink the cup of misery, can
yield but generous thoughts and noble
deeds.
A Most IhufctiFcn Hand.—T w o
charming women one day were dis
cussing what it is which Constitutes
beauty in the hand. They differed in
opinions as much as the shape of the
beautiful member whose m< rits they
| were discussing. A gentleman friend
t presented himself, and by common
1 consent the question was referred to
1 him. It was a delicate matter. He
I thought of Paris and the three God
dcses. Glancing from r.ne to the oth
er of the beautiful white hands pre
sented for his examination, he replied
at last, “I give it up; the question is
too hard for me.” But ask tho poor,
and they will toll you the most beauti
ful hand in the world is the hand that
gives —Moore’s Rural.
A country paper in New Hampshire,
makes an amrtsing typographicalblun-
I der in describing Butler at the Boston
Jubilee Review. He says: “When
Gen. Butler airbed on the ground the
I band struck up “All Hail to the
Thief.’ That blunder is hardly
wonh correcting,«
A Great F ---- - ■■. Professor Tonkins,
the Canadian Btdndin, on the 15th ol
: this mouth, is to ride a Velocipede over
a rope stretched across the river near
j Niagara Falls. He is 1 living his rope
made in Buffalo; it is 1050 feet long.
“Mammy,” said a precious little boy
who, against bis will, was made to rock
the cradle of his baby brother, ‘lf the
Lord has any more babies to give wa/1
don’t you take ’era.
Liberty of the I’i vm.
Around her waist I nut my arm—
It felt as soft as cake,
“Oh, dear,” says she, “what liberty
You printer men do take ?”
“W hy, yes, my, Sal, my charming gab
(I squeezed her some, I guess,)
Can you sav might against
The freedom of the Press ?”
I kissed her some—l did, by gum;
She colored like a beet.;
Upon my living soul she locked
Almost too good to eat.
I gave another bus, and then
Says she, ‘1 do confess
I rather kinder sorter like
The freedom of the Press !”
It (-flections.
Hallowed are the memories that
j cluster round the old homestead. How
fancy loves to wander hack and paint
upon the ever green canvass of our
maids the treasured scenes of long ago,
and bring again the scenes of those
cherished ones that made, with their
bright presence, the sunlight of our
ch'ldhood’s home.
Methii.ks I sec it now-'&iluit rural
cottage by the w lyside* with its wealth
of evergreens—the clinging Vitus tbut
deck the old piazza’s front, where the
humming bird fluttered all Hie day and
sipped the fragrance of its flowers,ever
and anon pausing to catch the sound
of a distant tread, th n darting off to
wait the coming silence.
How often, too, I’ve sat me down to
watch the parting rays of the sun, us
slowly he drop, e beneath the weste n
horizon, eaving .aint gleans of crim
son light upon the platform near Un
gate. It was there pure thoughts f
heaven over me came with woudro s
power, and caused my heart to pour
upon the balniv summer’s air its son<v S
of pr .ire to 1 ira w o nil r on high for
die glorious guts of nature: for who
can look unmoved upon its beauties—
without raising the voice in linens of
j>y to nature’s God. Sad, indeed, must
be the heart that finds not within its
depths an an w ring s ng to its ever
varying charms, beautiful, supremely
beautiful, in all its phases.
It was nature that taught my lyre to
warble strains of joy while sweetly
clothed in her fresh and verdant robes;
vmd, when “ the sear and yellow leaf”
did come, it breathed those note* which
tell of “blighted love”—of hearts grown
old ere the autumn of their days: those
who amid the din and pageantry of a
city life hath made their homes know
naught of the affection which we asso
ciate with the lovely country one, for
beauties there are, rich and grand, that
dwell among the waving pines and
sturdy oaks, to fill the rapturous dre; ms
that “ye, proud reveler in the country
hall,” know not of.
‘Taylor .log.’
Dr. Tyng met an emigrant family
going W est. On one of the wagons
here hung a jug with the bottom
knocked out. “What is that, ?” asked
the doctor. “Why, it is my T.ylor
jug,” said the man. “And what is n
Taylor jug?” asked the doctor aga n.
“1 had a son in Gen. Taylor’s army in
Mexico, and the General always told
him to carry his whisky jug with a hole
in the bottom, and that’ i it. It is the
best invention I ever met with for hard
drinkers.”
Unfortunately a good many keep the
bottom in their jugs, and apply the
Taylor invention to their stomachs.
‘Paissell,’ who is writing letters to tho
Boston Traveler from the battle field*
A the South, furnishes the following
intelligent view of negro sentiment to
ward the coming Chinese:
When we were at Corinth, Miss., the
question of introducing Chinese labor
and driving out the negroes, was agi
tated by the planters. One old darky
with whom we fell into conversation,
seemed to take it much at heart, and
inquired of us if we Btippo ed “dein
Chinesetnens wou’d come, nohow;” we
told him .ve thought that some of them
might come, but we did not think that
their work would till the place of negro
'.Jjor.
‘‘lt’s jes*here, massa,” Said life, throw
ing his long arms about in a wild way,
“I liaiu’t seen nary Chinesemens in all
life. But I've heerd dat day halts
ta ls iike de aligators on de top ob do
back side ob der beds, and dat deyjist
says to dis ting be thou doned and it
am dun, and Ise ob do opinion dat do
Chim semens dose secesh isartcr atuda
beiry debit hisself what am ter lib pun
der e rth mor’n a thousand year. Ho
cant come nigh unto dis here chile, no
how. 111 fight him, 111 scratch him an
I'll shoot him, an I’ll fn ebrvting I hab
in his face, 111 tred on his tail, I’ll hab
my mill wid him, es ho turns to brim
stone and burns ebry hare from off my
o'e h< acl, dat I will. * I’ll take disya ofo
ho an I’ll jab him aforo an ab.'nd, an so
orter do de whole ob de limncn famly
and expostulate him from dis liar lan U
M hat can der Chinesemens do wid dis
hai’d sile? Nuffin whatever. De corn
will curl up, de cotton will singe aforo
him as do lie were a coal ob libin, and
shin in fire.”
“How do your neighbors feel alt life
it ?” we inquired.
“Lori De hab jist taitnincd to meet,
at der ole mootin' house on dar form a
online! army. An we’s gwine to ehoos
de preccher capn, \nd don we’ll go iit
ter cm pray in an’ preaehin.”
“But whit if praying and preaching
will not do r ’
“Why, den we take de whole siibjefe
in ter our own bans an’ we’H bump ’em
up an down till do day Vib doom el d'ey
don’t lebe us iu peace in de laird of out'
fadders. De is imps ob de debit, and
our parson knows it, and de sooner de
be tarmihated de better ferali pussens
ob kullcr. May de Lord hab mercy oil
all dat cum inter dis ya country.
De’ll be busted* no how.
“Tommy, my son, fetch in a ■•{; k . f
wood.”
“Ah ! my dear mother,” repli. p f|, e
youth, “ port ion
your education has been Badly nogh e!-
cd, you should have said, “Tdoniat, „iV
son, transport from that
collection of chmbustible m k viu. a „, n
the threshold of this edifice, o te of fi, n
curtailed excrescence* of a defunct
