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THURSDAY MORNING:
In Carters sill*,(Bartow 0 U»„ Sj
(Samuel H. Smitli,
EDITOR and PROPRIETOR.
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contracts to ttuir it„. .o»te b twine*. ; taat t* to nay,
#ll advrrtiseme >l- list <l« not refer to their regular
busin. M will b* ei.-./eW for extra.
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charred as ne r each in*r rtlon.
fW“ The a >o»e ruler will be strictly adhererljto.
PROFESSIONAL cards.’
JO H N VV. WOyORD,
Attorney at Law,
C IFTEttSriLLE. GEOR( I.
OFFICE OVER CURRY’S STORE,
Oct. 17, 1868.
R. W. MURPHEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cnrtersve. Ga.
%\f ILL practice in the the Courts of Cherokee Cir
tt cnit. Particular attention riven to the c 'Unction
of claim*. Office With Col. Abda Johnson. Oct. 1
fff. F. M. JOHNSON,
Dentist,
r <6Pr.CTFULLY offer* hi* Profeasl-mai .
it services to the citizen* «>( Cartersrtlle jg
and vicinity. Hell prepared to do work CUTf Iff
eat'ielatett and most improved style.
T< eth evtrect" * without pain, hy mean* of narcotic
pray.] Work all warranted. Office over Stokfley’a
t tot e. CA RTKKSVILI.E Oa. Feb. 29 1808.—w Sin
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
CaRTERSVILLE, ga.
JOHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Cartcrsville, C*a.,
WILL attend promptly to *ll business en
trusted to his cure. Will practice in the
Court* ot Law, and Equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the collec
tion of claims. Jan. 1,1366. lv
JOHN J. JONES,
BEAL ESTATE AGE.\T,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
Ia u authorised to sell, an.l have on hand several
Souse* and Lots, and also imuiereus buiiiiln* bit* in the
town ,f Cartersville. Also several plantations of varl
vms site* In Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or
sail wLI do well to «.v# me a call. Ail eomrpiinications
premj tly answered. July 17, 1806.
BLANCE So DODD,
ATTORNEYS A T L A W,
CKDARTOWN, POLK COUNTY, OA.
tflll practice law in the several
Go.trtu comprising the Tallapoosa Circuit;
aim*, barton and Floyd Counties. Partic
ular attention given to the collection ot
claim*. jan 12, ly
no. COIF, J. H. WIKLE.
C(txe <Se WiUle,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AND
NOTARIES PUBLIC-
Ca rtcinvillc, Georgia.
J3 \ ( OX, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS
FOR. SOUTH CAROLINA.
He 9th 1860 lyr,
« vV . K. M«r.\TCASTLE,
v * J wellcr und Watch ant)
* Clock. Repairer,
tn th* F i .nt of A. A. Skinner Oc Co’* store
Cat *r ville, Jan. 25
JAMES MILNER,
Attorney at Law,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
flffILT- practice In the Courts of the Cherokee and ad
™ joint.<k Circuits, also the Supreme aud Diatrict
Ceurls. Piompt attention given to business entrusted
*i.m, e.i e. August 21 8816.—wly
J. C. C. Blackburn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
EUHATLEE, BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA*
Re eirace*: Industry, promp'itnde and at
leutiea march 22. w't
T W M iner, O H Milner.
MILNER So MILNER,
Attorneys at Law,
fARTERSViLLE GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business entrusted
U th.dr c ire. jan. 15. ly
s. H. PATILLO,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
T III atten 1 promptly to the Cuttb'K, Hepalr-,**
»f in* and Waking Boys’ and Me i’s Clo’hinp. I*4
Office on the Second FI-or of Stokely * Wil- Vt.A
Hntnb’ New Brick Building. liintratics from -JU—
)CaIB Street in rear of the tuilaiug. Feb 17.
WARREN AKIN,
Attorney at Law,
CARTIRSVILIE, GEORGIA
Will practice in all the Courts ol the State
Commercial Hotel, Cartcrsville, Ca.,
RENOVATED AND
REARRANGED AND REMODDLEO.
T. J. T-YON & 60.
Two-story brick building, corner *t veuot
Square and Market Street. East Sid* cfßailroad.
Rooms pood and comfortable,
Rurnit.nre and Reddin* n«**r.
«ood office and spa-ion* Dtnlnfc Room
Tables well supplied with the best that the market
t*rda, and charges moderate.
The Proprietor* hope, by good attention to business,
to reeetvaa Überal share of patronage. Oct. 1,1865.
JAM! 1 S P. MASON,
Bookbl * er and Paper Ruler,
lAWSHE’S BUILD'G,
Q
HIKD SfOBV,)
Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
Mjty 1, 1869
S- O’SKCI-EHLiiDS,
M'ashionabe Taior ,
CARTERSVILIE. BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA.
Having j *t received Charts of the latest
styles of Gt ntlemens’ and Boys’ Clothing,
European an 1 American, announces that lu
IS prepared to execute all kinds .jyi
Ir ot woi it in the Fashionable Tail
-U- oring ine. with neatness and in -
durable style. Over J. Elsas 6l Go’s store,
Cartersvillo mch 'ijc
C. THOMPKINS, favorably
known as a good Workman on
aud watebe* and
jJgra&jiowtelry, has removed bis place
Work to his Residence on the
wHv of the Railroad, near Mr. A.
ilhams. Itork done on short notioe.—
said sea.
VOL. 8.
Kennesaw House.
(Located at railroad depot )
fIIHE undersigned having bought the entire
| interest of Dix Fletcher. Trustee for Lou
isa W. Fletcher, in the Kvnoosaw House,
and the business will be conducted, in the fu
ture. under the name and firm of Augustine
A. Fletcher A Freyer. Thankful for past fa
vors and patronage, they will strive to five the
Utmost satisfaction to all patrons of the Ken
r.esaw House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER.
MARIETTA. Jan. 12,’69. F ' L ‘ FREYER '
K. T. White, j. m. Lyke*.
American Hotel,
ALABAMA STREET,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
White & L yke s ,
Proprietors.
BAGGAGE carried to and from Depot
free of Charge. May 11. 18(d)
F, It. Fassren, It, J Wilson, J. L. Caldwell,
Oa. Fa. Ala.
TIIE OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA
m Q’gm&t
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
SASSEKN, WILSON A CALDWELL, Proprietor*.
J. W. F. BRYSON, Clerk.
JOHN T. OWEN,
Wafcfii and Clock Repairer,
and Jeweler,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
rTTILL keep constant- /gx w*
W ly on hand, for sale
well selected stock of
WATCHES, CLOCKS.
Gold, Silver and Steel
SPECTACLES.
j-c., &c. Can furnish any kind of Silver
Plate, extra fine Gold Matches or Jewelry,
at short notice, as cheap as they can be
bought in any other market. Goods cheap.
Work warranted. Terms cash,
aug 12, 186'J.wly
LIVERY STABLE.
JR,. ID. im: O O IN’ .
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
IS prepared, at all hours, to furnish con
veyances into the country—saddle-horse,
buggy, back, rockaway, or wagon. Also, to
board stoek, &c. nov. 3.
R, W.SATTERF IELD, G. W. S ATTER F{EL L.
R. W SATTERFIELD So BRO.
AT
The Hew Brick Store
Firm Door East of Railroad.!
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Have just received and opened an
ENTIRE NEW STOCK
OF
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, READY MADE CLOTH
ING, HATS, ROOTS, SHOES, CROCKERY
HARDWARE, AND CUTLERY, FAMI
LY GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC.
To which they invite the attention of I lie
public generally, being satisfied that hey
can and will sell goods as cheap, if not a lit
tle Chf,aper, tha l any other house in town.
The attention of the ladies is especially
invited to our Stock of Summer Dress
ct it
Gentlemen can also be fitted up with
whatever they may Want.
Country produce taken in exchange for
goods, at the highest market price.
Having withdrawn from the late Firm of
J. H. Satterfield & Cos, I would respectfully
solicit the patronage of my old friends aud
customers.
R. W. SATTERFIELD.
June 24th,—w ly.
R. F. MADDOX. J. L. WINTER
E. F. Maddox & Co*
TOBACCO
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AGENTS FOR TIIE SALE OF
Virginia and A'orth arolina
TOBACCO.
NO. IS, ALABAMA STREET A TLAF T A
Consignments solicited. Will make liber
al advances when dcsieed. aug 1,’69
BAKERY!
Rest anr ant!
CONFECTIONERY!
Fruit aud Toy
Store.
J. T. GUTHRIE,
Proprietor,
No. 10, Stocks Build’s,
Main Street,
CAR TERSVILE, GA.
3*pt. 15—d
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA., DECEMBER IG, 1809. NO. 20.
DR. JOHN BOLL'S
Grr eat Remedies
SMITH'S TUNIC SIRUP!
FOR THE CURE OF
AGUE AND FEVER
OR
CHILLS AND FEVER.
The proprietor of thl* celebrated med’clne justly
claim* for it a superiorly over all remedies ever offer
ed to the pu lie lor the *.«/«, certain speedy andper
nuinent eure of Agu* and Fever .or Chill* and Fever
whether of short or lons standing. He refers to the
en'lre Western and Southwestern country to bear him
testimony to the truth of the assertion, that- ill no case
whatever will It fail to cure if the direction* are strict
ly followed and ca rieti out. In a great many cases a
■dnsdi* dose has seen sufficient for a cure, and whole
families bavr. i-eeo cured by a single bottle, » ilh a per
fect restoration of the general health. It is, hotv-ver.
prudent, anil in every ca-e more certtln to cure, (fits
use la continued in smaller doses for a week or two af
ter the disease has t>een checked, more especially in
difficult and long star ii ; ng case*. Usually, this medi
cine will not require a*>y aid to keep the bowels ir.
good order; Should the pa'lent, however, require a
cathartic m-dieine, after h-'v'ng t -ken three or four
tnses of the Tonic, a sintrle dose of BULL’ 1 } VE iET A
BLR KAM’LY PIM.B wilt be sufficient.
DR. JOHN BILL’D
Principal Office
No. 40 Firtli, i'rflsm street,
Louisville, Ky,
BulTs Worm Destroyer.
To my United States and World-wide Read
ers:
I HAVE received many testimor inis from proses
» onal and medical men, as my almanac* and vari
ous public itions have shown, all of which are genuine.
The following from a hignlt educated and popular
pup ician in Georgia, is certainly one of the must sen
sible coininuuicatiotif I have ever received. Dr. cbm
ent knows exactly what he speaks «f, aud his testimo
ny d*serve* to be written in le tets of gold. Hear
what ihu Doctor says ol Bull's Worm yer
Villanow. Walker co., Ga. )
June 29tli, J 666
DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir:—l have recently giv
en your “Worm Destroyer” several trial., and find it
wonderfully efficacious. 1. has not failed in a single
Instance, to have the wlshed-for effect. lam doing a
pretty large country practice, and have daily use for
some article ol the kind. lam free to c nfess that I
know of no remedy recommended by.the ablest author*
that is so certain and apeeuy in its tffects. in thecon
trary they are uncertain in the extreme. My object
in w riting you is to find out upon what terras 1 can
get the medicine directly from you. If I can get it
upon easy terms, I shall use a great deal of it. lam
aware i.iiai the use of such articles is contrary to (he
teachings and practice of a great majority of the f «y
--uhir 1 ne of M. D.’s, but I see no just cause nr good
sense in discarding a remedy wh ! ch w e know to be el
ficient.simply t ecause we may be ignorant of i’s com
binalion. For my part. I shall make it a rule to use all
and any trems to alleviate suffering hum .pity which
I may be able to oinmand—not li-sitating because
someone more ingenious than myself utay have let ro
il its effects first, und secure I the sole right U secure
hat knonltdge. However. lamhy no tin ana an ad
vocate or supporter of the thousand* of worthless nos
trums that flood the country, that purport to cure all
manner of disease to which hum in flesh is heir.—
Plesae r* ply soon, and inform me of your best terms.
I am,sir, most retpertfu lv.
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, 11. D.
Bull’s Sarsaparilla.
A GODD REASON F n R THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH,
READ TUB CAPTAIN’S LETTER AND THE LET
TER FROM UIS MOTHER.
Benton Barracks, Mo., April 30, 1566.
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir; Knowing the efficiency
of your Snreni ariila, and the healing ami beneficial
qualities it possesses. I send you the fellowing state
ment of mj case:
I was wounded shout two year* ago—was taken
prisoner and confined for sixteen months. Being
moved so often, my wounds have not healed yet. I
have not sat up a moment since 1 was wounded! 1
am shot through the hips. My general health is ini
naired, and I need something to assist, nature. ]
have more faith in vour 8 irsapariiln than In snv thing
else. I wish that that is genuine. Please express me
half a dozen bottles, and oblige
Capt. (>. P. JOHXfSON.
St. Louis, Mo.
P. B.—The following was written April 89. 1865, by
Mrs. Jenrde Johnson, mother of Oapt Johnson.
UK. BULL—Dear Sir ; My husband. Dr. C. 8. John
son, was a skillful surgeon and pht sician in Central
New York, where he died, leaving the above c. P.
J -hnson to my care. At thirteen yeais of age he had
a chronic diar-hrea and scrofula, for which I gave
him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURED HIM. I have for
ten v-ars recommended it to many in New York. Ohio,
and lows, for scrofula, fever s >res, and gener -I deh'll
ty. Perfect sucres, has attended it, Pte cures effect
ed in some coses of scrofula and fever tores were
almost miracnl ais lam very anxious for mi son to
again have tecourse to your Sarsaparilla. He is fear
fu'of geiting a spurious article, h»nee his writing to
you for it. His wound* were terrih'e, but I believe he
will recover. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON.
BULL’S CEDRQN BITTERS.
authentic documents.
ARKANSAS HEARD FROM,
Testimony of Medical Men
Stony Point, White Cos., Ark., May 23,’66.
DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir; Last February I was
In Louisville purchasing Drug., »nd I got *ome of
your Saisappartlla and Celrori Bitters.
Mv son-in-law, who was with me in 'ho store, has
been down with rheumatism for some time, commen
ced on the Bitters, and soon found his general health
'"di- 0 Gist, who has been In bad health, tried them,
and he also Improved. ,
Dr o"ifee. who has been in bad health for several
vears stomach and liver affected—be improved very
much by the use ot your Bitters. Indeed the Cedrnn
Hitters iias given y»u great Popularity in this settle
ment I think I could sell a great quantity of your
medicines this fall—especially of J"ur Cedron Bitters
and .Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care ol
Kickett A Neely, Respectfully.
All the above remedlea for sale by
L. H. BRADFIELD,
Druggist,
WAITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA
feb 30,18«®w;ljf
The Secretary of the N-tvy, in his re
! ft) be 1 tid before Congress next
j vveek, recnni uends the establishment
j of a Navy Yard at Port,Royal.
Two Western members of Congress
have prepared bills for the icaioval of
tue Capital to St. Louis, which they
will introduce on Monday.
The VV ash ing ton Corporation Attor
ney has decided that permission of a
School Trustee is sufficient to admit a
colored child into a public school.
Brigham Young does the divorces
in his dominions at ten dollars a case.
A bill has been introduced in the Al
j abaina Legislature, an and referred
J making grand jurymen swear they uev
• er belonged to the Ku-Klux-Klan.
M a.siiington, Dec. 4.—Senator Lewis’
of Virginia, visited the President to
day.
The effective strenth of the Federal
army is 34,000, although the paper
force shows 52,000. Gen. Sherman
has submitted a plan for curtailing to
42,000, two-thirds of whom will be re
quired for actual service. A greater
reduction, he thinks, would be unsafe.
The ram Atlanta, intended for Sal
nave’s use against the insurgents, left
Philadelphia for Port au Prince on
Thursday.
Tremendous Reduction of the Tar
iff.—A special Dispatch to the A'rprm,
from Washington, says the Ways and
Means Committee has agreed to re
duce the tariff $10,000,000. Coffee
will be cut down to four cents, and tea
to twenty cents per pound. The com
mittee is also enlarging the free list.
It is somewhat remarkable that our
“distinguished Northern guests,” whom
we took so much trouble to bring to
Georgia, and who expressed themselves
delighted with everything and every
body, no sooner reach their home than
a simultaneous tire commences along
the whole Radical line against our State
with peremptory demands that a mili
tary despotism be again erected over
her! Our leaders will learn some
sense after a while, it is hoped.— Sav.
Republican.
Georgia grows the tallest men in the
United States; New York averages the
shortest.
W. H. Stiles, Bartow County. Ga.
Fastest pair of pacing horses to har
ness, SSO.
Wheat has been sold as low as thirty
ceuts per bushel, this fall in lowa
The average price is lifty edits.
It is said tnat. Gen. WTn. N. Br vwn
is lo be the editor of the Georgia Jour
nal, the new daily p; per about to be
established in Macon.
The name of Scott’s Monthly lias
been changed to the Cosmopolitan.
Special to the Constitution,
Atlanta Mins Ogi«l*iorpe I
A t itorj (.aim’d for Education
Tallahassee, Fla , Nov 27, 18G9.
Col. Avery, Atlanta, Ga : Oglethorpe
College comes to Atlanta. Prepare to
welcome it home Tuesday.
J. S. Wilson.
The Rome Daily of the 2d, says:—
The Survey of the Railroad from Rome
to Decatur, Ala., is completed. The
grade is about 00 feet.
We learn from the Charleston Cou-
RiEr», that the Charleston and Liver
pool Steamship Line is bringing immi
grants from Liverpool to Charleston
direct for six pounds sterling, or about
S3O of our currency.
—Ex-Sen al or Iverson, of Georgia,
keeps a wood-yard at Macon.
'The Conyers Gazette says that Mrs.
Abbit, cf that town, gave birth to five
offsprings the other night, aud all are
doing well.
Congress met on Monday the Gth
inst.
Alabama Legislatup.e. —The House,
after, four ballotings, elected a negn
named Clark Engrossing Clerk, He
beut six w lute Republicans.
Gentlemen interested in the full res
toration of the Southern States, report
the feeling of Congress quite favorable.
They say the South need fear no far
ther proscriptive legislation.
There are now six hundred convicts
in the Tennessee Penitentiary, and the
cry is “still they come.” Twenty-six
were sent on from Shelby county lust ■
week.
The names of common drunkards |
are posted up in Galesburg, Mich., and |
saloons forbidden to furnish them liq- i
uor.
Seven million Dollars of Northern |
capital is being invested in Georgia
this year. And yet the nigger papers j
North keep up the howl about its be
ing uusal’o for a Northern man to show
his face down there. —N. Y. Dem.
Apple*.
Dyspepsia should be a rare disease
in Paris; for we are assured that over
100,(100,000 of apples are on an aver
age sold in that city eveiy season.—
There is nothing that will keep the
stomach so healthy, and its depend
ent organs so well toned, as the free j
use of apples for food.
Important Declsion. —The Supreme
Court of New York has decided that
an arrest by telegraphic order is ille
i gal. It ordered the release of a priso
ner arrested in accordance w ith a tele
gram from the Chief of Police of
Charleston promising a requisition from
the Governor. The prisoner was ac
cused of obtaining SIO,OOO by fraudu
lent drafts.
New York Neoroes. —Every decent j
J negro in New York who has a vote,
, votes the Democratic ticket—Consttu
tionoßsL
A Great Age. —We received yester
day for publication, an obitnurv notice
of Mrs. M arv Clemens, of Telfair coun
ty, who died on the 15th nit.. 104 years
old, and wus the last Revolutionary
Pensioner in Georgia. .Macon Tcle
gn iph and Messenger.
The farm in Yorktcwn, Va., upon
which Lord Cornwallis surrendered
his forces and signtd the articles of
capitulation was recently sold for $3,-
000.
Wheat in Minnesota and nen’t more
than pay for threshing, and in Missou
ri the farmeas are feeding it to their
stock, because it don’t pay to haul it
to market.
Miss Colfax, sister of the Vice Presi
dent, is about to marry Captain
J enckes.
Three nations will escort the body
of George Peabody to this country.
There are one hundred millions in
gold in the United States Treasury.
Durant positively declines the Cir
cuit Judgeship. The contest is now
between Judge Erskiue of Georgia,
aud Judge Wood, of Alabama. The
chances favor Erskine.
Nashville, Dec. 4.—A bill reducing
taxes from four to two millions, with
no exemptions, passed. A bill remov
ing disfranchisements of the Four
teenth Amendment, passed to the
third reading.
The Memphis and Charleston
Railroad Company proposes to build a
railroad on the North side of Tennes
see River, and cross that stream at
Chattannooga, instead of at Bridge
port, where the Nashville & Chattan
nooga road crosses.
A census of South Carolina has just
been made. Ollicial returns from nine
counties show an increase of twenty
two whites and a decrease of 1,941
blacks since 1800.
The grand jury of Lee county, Flor
ida, having had the charges against
Governor Reed and others, of bribery
and corruption iu matters connected
with the Florida Railroad, under in
vestigation, state that, having caused
all the witnesses within their reach to
be brought before them, they have not
felt authorized in finding true bills a
gaiust the accused persons.
Manufacture of Agricultural Imi>l
mentk.— We learn that Messrs. As
Lynch, John B. Dozier, J. R. Banks
and Cooper have formed a com
pany for the manufacture of plows and
other agricultural implements suited
to the cultivation of Southern soil.—
Their works are to be located at No.
] £ South Western Railroad. The'Com
pany purpose to begin operations with
a working capital of $15,000, ai.d as
much more to be added as can be pro
fitably employed.— Columbus Enquirer.
Mules and Horse*.
Alex. McClint-x’k has bought Tlios.
; McClintock’s brag lot of forty’ head of
mules. They are, evidently, the finest
stock in Kentucky—the largest and
; best framed. They were selected by
Mr. Thomas McClintock, at weaning
time, from several counties, and were
intended to be the brag lot of the Uni
ted States. They have been fed and
eared for in accordance w ith this am
bition. They ara all mares, and of
i dark color. The price paid for them,
S2OO per head, would indicate their
I status. We understand they are de
signed for the Georgia market in Jan
i uary. —Parris Kentuckian.
Rencounter—Shooting.- On last Sat
urday night, Bill Arp, the veritable,
snd Andrew W. liieks had a difficulty
at Graves Bi lliard Rooms. It result
ed iu Arp’s shooting Hicks in the left
arm, producing a very severe llesh
wound. Hicks, after he was shot,
snapped his pistol three times, and
then knocked his adversary down—
others then interfered and stopped the
and ifficul ty . —Rome Cos u i * it’?’.
Dent has received his indenture of
defeat from the Mississippiaus. Al
corn has a handsome majority. Dent
is not the first mian that corn has flung.
Hamilton has l>eeu elected by a large
majority in Texas. Haynes goes to
Congress.
The Journal says several Northern
gentlemen have purchased lands near
Marietta, and others are luuking a
round.
Washington, December 3,"P. M.—-
Thomas J. D rant will be appointed
Circuit Judge of Louisiana, Texas, Al
abama, Mississippi, Georgia and Flor
ida.
West Virginia has some tall sons in ,
the neighborhood of Lewisburg, living j
within half mile of each other, whose
respective heights will exccgL,that of
any other section. The first, twenty
years old, is 6 feet 2 inches high; the
second, nineteen years old, is 0 feet 5
inches, and the third, between fourteen
and fifteen years old, is 0 feet inch
es high.
More Colored Dei.egates.--Li Brooks I
Superior Court, last week, George!
Hicks, convicted of forgery, and Ruff ’
Thompson, convicted of beastiality,
both colored, -were sent to the peniten
tiary, the former for four years and the
latter for life.
Both branches of the South Caroli- i
na Legislature have passed resolutions
favoring the recognition of Cuba —a-
bout the only sensible or decent thing
they have done since their organiza
tion.
Mormonism in Georgia. —We have
been informed by a friend who has
had an opportunity recently to inquire \
into and ascertain tuc facts, that about j
one hundred Georgians, principally j
from the Northern part of the State,
Lu\e been converted to Mormonism
and removed to the land of promote
since last spring.—Tel. &, Mess.
PRESIDENT’S M ESSAGF.
! To the Senate and llouss <>f lit presen ta*
j lives:
In coming before you for the first
, time as Chief Magistrate of this great
! nation, it is with gratitude to the giv
: er of all good for the many benefits we
! enjoy. We are blessed with peace at
j home and without entangling alliances !
j abroad to forebode trouble. With ft
I territory unsurpassed in fertility, aud
I of an area, equal to the abuudaut sup
i port of five hundred millions of people;
| abounding in every variety of useful
mineral ii quality sufficient to supply
the world for generations, exuberant
i crops, variety of climate adapted to i
j the production of every spt ci’S of i
I earth’s riches, suited to the habits,
| tastes, and requirements of every liv
j ing thing; a population of 40.000,000
j of free people speaking one language,
facilities for every mortal to acquire
education , institutions closing to no one
the avenues to fame or any blessing
of fortune that may L e coveted, free
dom of the pulpit, press und fcliool,
revenue flowing into the National
Treasury beyond the requirements of
the Government. Happily, harmony
is rapidly restored within our own
borders, manufactures hitherto un
known in our country are springing up
in ail sections, producing a degree of
natural independence unequalled by
any other power. These blessings and
countless others are entrusted to your
care and mine for safe keeping, for the
brief period of our term of office. Iu
a short time we must each of us re
turn to the ranks of the people who
have conferred our honors, aud ac
count to them for our stewardship.—
j I earnestly desire that neither you nor
I may be condemned by a free aud
enlightened constituency, nor by our
own consciences. Emerging from a
rebellion of gigantic magnitude, aided,
as it was, by the sympathies and as
sistance of a nation with which wc
were at peace, eleven States of the
Union were, four years ago, left with
| out legal State Governments. Ana
! tional debt had been contracted, Amer-
I ican commerce was almost driven from
; the seas, the industry of one-half of
| the country had been taken from the
! control cf the capitalist and placed
where all labor rightfully belongs, in
the keeping of the laborer. The work
of restoring State Government loyal
j to the Union, of protecting and foster
j ing free labor, providing means for
paying the interest on the public debl
has received ample attention from
| Congress. Although your efforts have
: not met with this success in all partic
j niurs that might have been desired, yet
on the whole they have been more
successful than could have been rea-
I sonably anticipated. Seven States
I which passed ordinances of secession
have been fully restored to their pla
ces iu the Union, and the eighth, Geor
gia, held an election at which she rati
fied her constitution, republican in
form, elected a Governor, members of
Congress, a State Legislature, and oth
ier officers required. The Governor
i was installed, and the Lcgisleture met
1 arid performed all acts then required
of them by the reconstruction acts of
I Congress. Subsequently, however, in
' violation of the constitution which they
had just ratified—as since decided by
the Supremo C urt of the State —they
| unseated the colored members of the
legislature, and admitted to seats some
members who are disqualified by the
third clause of the XIV Amendment,
; an article which they themselves had
contributed to ratify. Under these
I circumstances, I would submit to you
'vhtther it would not be wise without
■ delay to enact a law authorizing the
Governor of Georgia to convene the
: members originally elected to the
, Legislatin’?, requiring each lo take the
oath provided by the reconstruction
acts, and none to be admitted who are
ineligible under the third clause of the
XIV Amendment.
The freedmen, under the protection
I which they have i’v ceived, are making
rapid progress in learning, and no com
i plaints are heard of a lack of industry
|on their part where they recievo fair
; remuneration for their labor.
I The means provided for pay ing the
interest on the public debt, with all
i oi her expenses of the Government, are
; more than ainp'e. The loss of our
commerce is only result of the late
! rebellion which has not received suffi
• eient. attention from you. To this sub
ject I call your earnest attention. I
I will not now suggest plans by which
this object may be effected, but will,
;if necessary, make it the subject of a
i special message during the session of
1 Congress.
At the March term, Congress, by
joint resolution, authorized the Execu
tive to order elections in the States of
Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, to sub
; mit to them the constitutions which
each had previously framed, aud sub
mit the constitutions either entire or in
: separate parts, to Le voted upon at the
; discretion of the Executive, and under
! his authority. The elections were call
| ed. In Virginia, the election took
! place on the oth of July. A Governor
j and Lieutenant Governor were elected j
; and have been in stalled. The Legis
-1 lature met and did .ill required by this
! resolution and by all tiie reconstruction
| acts of Congress, and abstained from j
all doubtful authority. I recommend i
that her Senators and Representatives i
; be promptly admitted to their seats, j
; sind that the State be fully restored to i
its place in the family ( f Slates. Eiec- j
i (ions were called in Mississippi and !
Texas to commence ou the 30th of No- j
vtunber —two days iu Mississippi and i
i four days iu Tcaos. The elections have
I taken place, but the result is not !
kuovvn. It is hoped that the acts of
] the Legislatures of those States, when
they meet, will be such as to receive
your approval, und thus close the work
of reconstruction.
Among the evils growing ont of the
rebellion, and not yet referred to, i <
that of au irredeemable currency. I<‘
i.s an evil which I hope will receive your
most earnest attention It is a duty,
and one of the highest duties of the
Government, to secure to the citizens
a medium of exchange of a fixed and
unvarying value. This implies a re
turn of a specie basis, and no substi
tute for it can be devised. It should
be commenced now, and reached at the
earliest practicable moment consistent
with a fail regard to the interests of
the debtor class.
Immediate resumption, if practicable,
would not be desired. It would coin
pel the debtor class to pay, beyond
their contracts, a premium on gold at
the date of their purchase, and would
bring bankruptcy and ruin to thous
ands. The fluctuations, however, in
paper va!::edsF the meusurfT oT all val
ues, gold, is detrimental to the trade.
It makes the man of business an invol
untary gambler, for in all sales where J
future payment is to be made, both !
parties speculate as to what will be the i
value of the currency to be paid nml
received. I earnestly recommend to
you, then, such legislation as will iu
sure a gradual return to specie pay
ments, and put an immediate stop to
the fluctuation in the value of curren- j
cy. The methods to secure the former J
of these results are as numerous as
speculators on political economy. To
secure the latter there is but one way,
and that is to authorize the Treasury
to redeem its paper at a fixed price
whenever presented, and *o withhold
fiom circulation all currency so redeem
ed until gold sold again for gold. The
vast resources of the nation, bith de
veloped and undeveloped, ought to
make our credit the best on earth, with j
less burden of taxation than the citi
zen hns endured for six years past.—
The entire public debt could be paid
in ten years, bnt it is not desirable
tLat the people should be taxed to pay
it in that time. Year by year our ü
bility to pay increases in rapid ratio, j
but the burden ought to be reduced us
rapidly as can be without a violation
of the contract. The public debt is
represented in a g.ieat party by bonds
having from five to twenty, and lrom
ten to forty years to run, bearing in
terest at the rote of six and live per
cent, respectively. It is optional with
the Government to pay these bonds at
any period after expiration, the least
time mentioned upon their face. The
time has air. ady expired when the
great pari may be taken up, and is rap
idly approaching when all may be.—
It is believed that all which are now
due may 0e replaced by bonds bearing
a rate of interest not exceeding four
and a half per cent, and as rapidly as
the remainder becomes due, that they
may be replaced in the same way. To
accomplish this, it may be necessary to
authorize interest to be paid at either
of the three or four of the money cen
tres of Europe, or by any assistant
Treasurer of the United (States at the
option of the holder of the bonds. I
suggest this subject for the considera
tion of Congress, aud also, simultane
ously with this, the propriety of redu- j
cing our currency, as before suggested, 1
at its market value at the time the law !
goes into effect, increasing the rate at I
which the currency will be bought and |
sold from day to day or week to week
at the same rate of interest as the gov- j
eminent pays its bonds.
The subject of a tariff and renewal
of taxation will necessarily receive you*’
attention. The revenues of the coun
try are greater than its requirements
and may with safety be reduced, but j
as the funding of the debt in a four and
a half per cent loan would reduce the
annual current expenses largely, thei ?-
after funding, justifying a greater re
duction of taxation than would be now
expedient. I suggest a postponement
of this question until the next meeting
«>f Congress. It may be advisable to
modify taxation and the tariff in in
stances where unjust or burdensome
; discriminations are made by the pres- j
i ent law, but a general revision of the
laws regulating this subject recommend
a postjKMimient of them for the pres
ent. I also suggest a renewal of the
tax on incomes, but at a reduced rate,
say three per cent, an l this tax to ex- j
pile iu three years. With the funding !
of the National debt ns here suggested,
I feel safe in saying that the taxes and
revenue from imports may be reduced
safely from sixty to eighty millions per
annum at once, und may be still fur
ther reduced from year to year as the
resources of the eouutry are developed.
The report of the Secretary of the
Treasury shows the receipts of the
government for the fiscal yen’ ending
June 30th, to be $370,943,747; expend
itures, including iuterest, bounties, etc-, ;
to be $321,490,597. The estimates for !
the ensuing year are more favorable to
the Government, and will no doubt •
show a much larger decrease of the i
public debt. The receipts in the Treas
ury beyond the expenditures have ex
ceeded the amount necessary to place i
to the credit of the Sinking Fund as!
provided by law. To lock up the sur- j
plus in the Treasury aDd withhold it!
from circulation, would lead to such a
contraction of currency as to cripple j
trade and seriously affect the prosper-1
ity of the country. Under these cir- 1
cumstuncea the Secretary of the ;
lYeasuiy and myself heartily concur-;
red in the propriety of using ail the i
surplus currency iu the Treasury in j
the purchase of Government bonds,
thus reducing the interest bearing iu-1
debteduess of the country, ami of sub- i
mitting to Congress the question of the
disjK silion to be made of the bonds so
purchased. The bonds now held by
the Treasury amount to $75,090,000.;
iuclud.ng those belonging to the sink- 1
ing fund. I recommend that the i
whole be placed to the credit of tne j
sinking fund. Your attention is re-;
sped fully invited to tint iccon.mcnda-
lions of the oecw-tmj of th* Treasury
for the creation of the office oi eom
mi.ssior.cr of custom# and reww uc, for
the increase of tho salary of certain
classes of officials, and th< eubetitntiou
j of the increased national bat k eurcuia
|ti U to repine* tho outstanding thn e
per cent eertficate*, and mo t especial
j «y to his recommendation for the r»>
' new! of the laws allowing shores of
j tints, penalties, forfeitures, &c., tp rs«
• fioers of tlm Govcrunu ui. or to iuforiu
j era. The otlice of (VmmiaMoufi* of
1 Internal Kevemm is one cl the .most
arduous and icsposihlo under the
j Govern incut, 1* falls little short of a
, Cabinet position m tla aud
: respouaioUittea. I Would a'Wor it,
1 theicfoio, such h gishdiun ys in your
j judgment will place the office upon*
j footing of dignity couimuisuratu with
i its importance and with the character
j and qualifications of the class of uieu
, required to till it properly.
As the United ,Slates is the freest of
j all nations, so too its people sympa
j ibizo with nil people tfluigglii g lor iib
! city and self government, Uul while
| so sympathizing, it is due to our bon
! or that we should abstain from enforc
| ing our views upon unwilling nations,
and from taking an interested part
without invitation. hi qiiarr. Is he
tweeu different nations, or between
Governments and their subjects, our
course should ahvuys be iu conformity
with stiict justice and law, both inter
i national and local. Such has berm the
policy of the administration iu dealing
with these questions. For more than
a year a valuable province of t puiu
and a near neighbor of ours, in w hom
all our people cannot but feel a deep
interest, has b< en straggling for inde
pendence and freedom. Tho people
and Government of the U nited Stales
entertain the same warm feelings and
sympathies for the people of Cuba iu
their pending struggle that they mani
fested throughout previous ntiuggles
between bptun aud her former colonies
in behalf of the hitter, lint the con
test lias at no time us-mmed conditions
which amount to war in the .ease of
the international law, or which v.ouid
show tho eiis ence ol a de jurlo politi
cal organization of the insurgents suf
ficient to justify a m\ gnition of bel
ligerency. The principle is maintained,
however, that this nation is its owu
judge when to accord lights of bellig
erency, either to a people struggling to
free themselves fr* m a Government
they believe to be oppressive, or two
independent nations at war with each
other. The United States have no dis
position to interfere with existing rela
tions of Spain to her colonial posses
sions cn this coutiuent. They believe
that in due time Spain and other Eu
ropean powers will find their interest
in terminating those relations and es
tablishing thoir present dependencies
as independent pow ers. These depend
encies are no longer regarded as sub
ject to transfer from one European
power to another. When the present
relation of these colonies ceases, they
are to become independent powers, ex
ercis’ng the right of choice and of self
control in det< running their future
condition and relations with other pow
er . The United Stater, iu order to
put a stop to bloodshed iu Cuba, and
m the interest of a neighboring people,
proposed her good offices to bring tho
existing contest to u termination. Tho
otter not lieing accepted by Spain on a
basis which vve behoved could bo re
ceived by Cuba, was withdrawn. It is
hoped the good offices of the United
States may yet prove advantageous for
a settlement of this unhappy atnfe.—
Menh while, a number of illegal expe
ditions against (Juba have been broken
up. It has been the endeavor of thu
administration to execute the neutrali
ty laws, no matter how uupi usuut the
task, made s j by tho batterings wo
have endured from lack of good faith
towards ns by other uutious. On tho
2Gth of March last, the United State*
schooner, Lizzie Mnyar, was arrested
on the high seas by a Spanish frigate
and two passengers, taken ami carried
pi homers to Cuba. llcproseutationa
of these facts were mado to tho Span*
ish Government as soon as officiu in-
■ formation reached Washington. The
j two passengers were set at liberty and
| the Spanish Government assured the
j United States that the captain of the
frigate, in making the capture, lmd act
ed without law; that he had been rep
rimanded, and that the Spanish au
thorities in Cuba would not sanction
j any act that would violate the rights,
I or treat with disrespect, the sovereign
ty of this nation. The question of the
seizure of the brig, Mary Sowell, at Ba
hama, by the Spanish authorities, ia
uovv a subject of correspondence be
i tween this Government, Spain aud
: Great Britain. The Captain General
j of Cuba, about May last, issued a pro
' clamatiou authorizing search of vessel*
jon the high seas. luma in.te rtmon-
J strance was made against this, where
; upon the Captain General issued anew
j proclamation limiting search to vessels
| of the United Slates authorized undi r
the treaty of 1795. This proclamation,
j however, was immediately withdrawn,
i I have always felt that the most intimate
j relations should be cultivated between
: the States and inch pendent nations ou
' this continent. It may be well worth
; considering whether treaties be
! tween us and tb« m muy not bo profit
! ably entered into to seeme more inti
mate relations—friendly, commercial
; and otherwise.
The inter-oceanic canal, to connect
the Atlantic and Pacific, oceans through
the Isthsmus of of Duribu is one in
■ which commerce is greatly interested.
Instructions were given our Minister
to the United States of Columbia to en
deav r to obtain authority for a survey
to determine the prueucabnhy of the
undertaking.* In order to comply with
the agreement of the United Slates as
to a mixed cum mission at Lima for the
adjustment of the claims, it became
necessary to send i Conan ismoutr and
Secretary to Lima.
The good oiiices of the United States
to bring about peace between Spain
and the South American Republics Lav
ing been accepted by Spam, Bt.ru and
Chili, a Congress h,.e i t.-e.u invited to
be hell! 111 "v\ uaumgion vluilllg ihc jiit.*-
eut winter.
-'A. giant has been giu.n to tne Cu
ropeans of an exclusive right of transit
over the teritory of Nicaragua to which
Cosiu Rica has given its assent, win eh
(Concluded lu ... end pa^e.j