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STANDARD AND EXPRESS.
C ARTERSVILLE, GA., MARCH 28. 1872.
j, >v. HARRIS. Political Editor.
8. H. SMITH, New* and Local Editor,
p. H. BREWSTER, Agricultural A Local.
W. 8. n.WIKLE, PublUher A Com. Ed.
Reading matter on every page
Next Sunday to Easter.
Martial law exists in twelve of the
Mexican States. The revolution there
Is aliout at an end.
Somelxxly has suetl the St. Louis
Dispatch for libel, and obtained dam
ages to the amount of one cent. The
Dispatch will, of course, take an ap
peal.
One hundred new subscribets to the
McDuffie Journal puts the editors in
the notion of enlarging and improv
ing their paper.
Mr. H. O. Hoyt, the defaulting su
pervisor of the State Hoad under the
ltullock-Blodgett reign, anil who got
away from the guard in Atlanta, last
w<s‘k, was subsequently found in the
woods near that city in a state of in
sanity, has been lodged in jail, hav
ing been restored to consciousness.
The Chattanooga Daily Ileruld , our
respected cotemporary, Sami. Bard’s
paper, comes to us in a beautiful new'
dress, and otherwise improved. It is
the handsomest sheet we have ever
before seen published in that city.
We are kindly indebted to Mon. I*.
M. B. Young for many interesting
public documents, garden seeds, Ac.,
Ac., which he from time to time has
stmt us.—J. W. H.
The wheat crop looks promising in
East-Ten nessee, and the yield will be
large. The peach crop of that section
will be good.
The Comptroller-General reports
the increase of the wealth of Georgia
during the past year at over nine
millions of dollars.
The “ Round Mountain” property,
near Rome, has been purchased by a
New Orleans capitalist, who will re
build the works at an early day.
Natchez, Mississippi, is the only
city in the world which has nearly
ten thousand inhabitants and not a
single hotel.
The Supreme Court has confirmed
the judgment of Fulton Superior
Court in the case of Dr. Harrison
Westmoreland, of Atlanta. West
moreland, it will be remembered shot
Dr. Redwine. He was sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary.
Washington county, Georgia, with
a population of sixteen thousand, does
not owe a cent, and has not a prisoner
in jail.
Ohio wishes Congress to give each
soldier who served in the Federal ar
my in the late war a hundred acresof
land. Modest.
It is reported that the Fort Valley
bank robbers have been arrested in
Baltimore.
The amendment to the Southern
Railroad act has passed the Kentucky
Senate by a vote of 16 to 14. It re
moves all restrictions and taxes upon
the road, except Hall’s amendment,
which requires a tax upon freight.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
Nortli is discussing the propriety of
ordaining a colored Bishop. There
seems to be different opinions held by
the membership on the subject.
The Georgia Legislative Commit
tee to investigate the conduct of the
absconded Bullock, including trans
actions with the State agent, are at
work in the city of New York.
Snow, sleet and rain, all fell here
abouts on Friday last, and it was, al
together, the most disagreeable day
we have had during the past winter.
Our forests look dreary and wintry.
But little or no more signs of spring
vissible than may be seen on the 27th
day of December, notwithstanding
this is the 27th day of March. The
sky is overcast with dark, gloomy
clouds. The voice of the turtle has
not yet been heard in the land.
-
lu a rencounter between John A.
Wimpey, Radical ex-member of Con
gress from the Sixth District, and
Deputy U. S. Marshal, C. B. Blacker,
formerly of this place, in Atlanta, on
Tuesday last, Blacker was slightly
stabbed and Wimpey was shot. The
latt m has been arrested. Two roses
oft"same hue emitting a like fra
grance.
By consent of parties the bill of in
junction sued out by Henry Clews A
Cos., against the Cherokee Railroad,
was granted by Judge Erskine, last
week, in Atlanta, and Capt. D. W.
K. Peacock, of this place, was appoint
ed Receiver for the Road, who, we
learn, will proceed forthwith to ar
range a regular schedule for the run
ning of the cars between this point
and Rock mart. We learn that Capt.
Alex, P. Smith has been promoted to
the office of Supervisor of the road,
and Mr. James Thurmond takes his
place as Conductor.
Cartf.bsvitle, Ga., )
March 20, 1872. j
Editors Standard A Express: —Thos.
W. Dodd failed to give one fact in
connection with his use of niy name
and his dealing with a certain en
gine. He failed to state that the fi fa
which is proceeding in my name
against the Cherokee Railroad was
sometime since transferred by me,
and I am in no wise responsible for
any proceeding under it.
Respectfully,
D. W. K. Peacock.
The season for planting corn has a
gain returned, but winter lingers in
the lap of spring, and but little or no
corn has yet been planted. The frogs
strive in vain to swell their notes to
welcome in the floral year. The far
mer undertakes to prognosticate from
such signs as most generally fail in
dry weather. After all that is said
and predicted by weather prophets,
winter still hangs on.
Mexican General John N. Cortina
has been indicted in the Federal
Court, for levying war against the
United States. _
The Southern Baptist Convention
will meet in Raleigh, N. C., on May
the 9th next. All the Baptist church
es of the fifteen Southern States be
long to this body, and its constituent
membership embraces about 800,000
ommunicants.
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
From time to time we have pub
lished articles in this paper, calling
the attention of the public to this, the
most beautiftil, productive and desira
ble portion of the State of Georgia.
Satisfied that were its real advantage*
fully known and appreciated, a large
influx of population and capital would
be the result, and at once developing
its wonderful resources to the im
provement of its people and the en
richment of the State, would make it
what it is destined to be at no distant
time, as desirable as any portion of
the Union. We have again and again
presented its claims to all those who
are in search of eligible homes or the
investment of capital. We venture
the assertion, in the first place, that
it has more to commend it, as an ag
ricultural region, than any other por
tion of the State. Although the lands
are not comparable to the better por
tions of the West in fertility, yet they
are decidedly good, and have always
proved highly remunerative to their
owners. It is a fact, too, that al
though they bear a much higher price
in market than those of the Middle
and Southern portions of the State,
yet purchasers very soon, not on
ly pay off from the proceeds of crops
the purchase‘money, but, if industri
ous and attentive, have invariably
rapidly progressed in the accumula
tion of property. This was especially
the case before the war, and, notwith
standing the embarrassments and dif
ficulties which have surrounded us
since that ]«riod, many instances of
a like character can lx* now shown.
Besides, the productive value of these
lands is such that the rate at which
they are held being uniformly high,
the owner never entertains a fear of
loss iq the event of a sale, for they
have always demanded rather an ad
vance, than suffered a fall in price.
If one has the means of purchase, he
need have no apprehension sos-quick
and paying sale, should he desire to
sell. The difficulty lies rather in the
buying than in the selling. A good
many of our people, who lately, under
the excitement for going to Texas
and Arkansas and the West, left us,
have repented of their change of
homes, and returned; while we learn
that almost all the balance would
gladly do so if they could.
While all of North-West Georgia is
more or less productive and desirable
as an agricultural region, we more
particularly apply our remarks to
Bartow, Polk and Floyd. These pro
duce almost any thing which grows
in the lower latitudes of the State.
Cotton, corn, wheat, rice, fruits of all
sorts not tropical, and every variety
of vegetables, to which are to be add
ed, all the domain of the cereals and
the grasses. The farmer here has, un
like his brother below, the advantage
of two crops—one of wheat and one
of cotton, to which is also to be add
ed, the hay crop, which now begins
to assume favorable proportions, con
sisting of clover, timothy, Heard’s
grass, etc., etc.; so that he lias two
seasons in each year in which he may
visit the market, and return home
with money in his pocket. June and
July pay him as well as November
and December, and often a great deal
better. In our more southern agri
cultural regions, we have only one pe
riod in the year in which the planter
can have a moneyed income; here we
have two. We have also the same
advantages over the regions farther
north. We can produce every thing
which either of them can, and some
tilings which one or the other of them
cannot. It is a good grain region, it
is a good hay region, ami it is n good
cotton region; and we have no hesi
tation in saying that, with the same
number of hands, a man can make
more clear money right here, than in
any other portion of the State. The
air is pure, the water is pure, cold and
clear, both freestone and limestone,
the country healthy, except in par
ticular places; no local causes for sick
ness exist, and therefore here a man
can live a whole long life-time, at
home, on as healthy a spot as he could
find by travel; and with no need for
going from home', save for pleasure
or business, remain at his own house,
attend to his farm, raise his children
in health and robustness, grow his
crops, reap his harvests, gather in his
money, kiss his wife, enjoy health
and “laugh and grow fat.” Then,
too, it is a white man's country , and a
white man's country it witl be forever.
The "top rail” is the top rail still,
and will always be so. Since the ac
cursed Yankee, in the supremacy of
his miserable folly, has overturned
the very foundations of Southern So
ciety, and revolutionized and ruined,
as far as he could, the whole of her
former admirable and benevolent la
bor system, the old ideas of farming
and planting with extended labor on
large farms has also, in the main, giv
en way. We must now, in a great
measure, be self-dependent for labor,
and here, right here, is the climate,
soil and water appropriate to this al
tered state of things. The whites
therefore abound, and will continue
to do so, while labor is as cheap or
cheaper than it is below. Besides, the
very idea of living in a country where
the tables are reversed is abhorrent
to us. The fact exists, that in a large
portion of the country south of us,
such is the numerical superiority of
the negro, that he can do at any time
whatever he may choose to do; if good,
good; if evil, evil.
Here then is the region for all those
who are desirous of making a change
of homes, who want good lands, good
health, and a white man’s country;
and to all such we say, “ Come and
see:** We are, we think, beyond all
controversy, on rising ground, and
are improving both in town and coun
try. We wish we could say the same
of all portions of the State. But be
yond all this, from the very best in
formation, we have no hesitation in
saying that for mineral treasures, un
told and untellable, vast and inex
liaustable in quantity, and of the most
superior quality, inviting the most
profitable outlay of capital, and cer
tain in their return of wealth, there is
not a region in the United States that
can be compared with it. Iron ore,
the finest, best and most sought after;
lime, marble, slate, any tiling, every
thing in this department, in the great
est variety, and superior in quality,
abound to repletion just in the neigh
borhood of vast, exhaustless coal
fields, and wonderful forests of the
best yellow pine timber in the world;
with water power excellent and
abundant, affording fall after fall for
machinery upon machinery; just
here, too, in the midst of great rail
roads already built and building, alt,
all are here, yes, here, inviting the
capitiilists, and calling aloud for in
vestment, with the sure promise of
ample pay to the wise man who shall
invest. We tell the truth—this is no
fiction, or limey sketch, and if jr*« i
will not believe us, “ come and see,”
and you will go away saying as one j
of old, “H e half has not been told.” j
But we must close this article, already,
we fear, too long to attract the atten
tion of the common newspaper read
ers. We say again and again that
this is the best and most desirable re
gion for the agriculturalist in the
whole State, in every respect, and for
all purposes of manufacturing, in ev
ery department, it stands unrivalled
by any portion of the whole Union.
Our object is to let it be known, to in
vite visitors, to show its wonderful
treasures, and to bring in that popu
lation already growing largely, and
that capital of which we are lamenta
bly deficient, which will make this
region, in the present, what it must
and will be, in the not Car future, the
very pride and gem of th?'Whole
land. “ Come and see.”
In corroboration of what we have
already said, we call attention to the
following article from the Cincinnati
Commercial Review, with which we
close this earnest appeal to all who
may be interested, either in or out of
the State. Again we say, “ Come and
see:”
GO SOUTH.
That the South to-day is offering
opfiortunities to the Northern man of
activity and industry and capital
which compares favorably with op
portunities to be found in the West, is
unquestionably true. People have
gone West, lapping over and beyond
each other, until the great plains of
Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska are
largely occupied, cities built, railways
made at great expenditures to give
transportation to them of the manu
factured commodities which they
must have from the East in exchange
for their grain and cattle, thus paying
in actual productive labor far greater
for the exchange than would be neces
sary by the occupancy and develop
ment of the lands and resources of
the Central States—avoiding the ex
pansion over a great unnecessary ter
ritory.'
For fertility of soil and ease with
which staple products can be grown—
for accessible good markets—lor desir
able and healthful climate—for in
ducements to capital in the interests
of manufacturing, the South to-day
commands a leading position, and
invites the attention of persons seek
ing such conditions and opportuni
ties.
Northern Georgia, or that portion
known as Cherokee, combines more
attractions to the producer and the
manufacturer, in our opinion, than
most of the points westward. A year
ago we stopped over two days at Car
tersville, Georgia, 48 miles north of
Atlanta, on the “State” Railroad.
We found a delightfully rollingcoun
try, excellent in soil, adapted to the
growth of cotton, corn, clover, fruits,
and almost every thing desirable to
lx; grown. We found rapid progress
being made in the development of
their opportunities and resources
there—railway car shops had just been
completed, a foundry and machine
shop in operation, a large wagon fac
tory employing many workmen, a
banking office just being finished, two
newspapers, churches, a fine Court-
House, and business houses in charac
ter with a thriving, growing place.
At the close of the war Cartersville
numbered a mere handful of souls—a
year ago she claimed 2,800. As the
guest of General William T. Wofford
we were most hospitably cared so
and we learned to know that such
men are good men and good citizens,
having at heart the welfare of their
own section and the country at large,
and forward in deeds to promote the
same.
With the facilities afforded by the
Chattanooga and Atlanta Railway,
and the intersecting railway reaching
out to the fertile and timbered lands
of Van Wert; with numerous and
valuable beds of iron ore in the im
mediate vicinity; with the water
power of the Etowah; with these and
other advantages and attractions, we
look upon that section as preferable
to many of the available points West,
and Cartersville is but an instance of
the many similar localities in the
South inviting the industrial labors
and improved implements of the
Northerner.
THE BURNING OF CHICAGO.
“ The mills of the God’s grind slow
ly,” but surely, and as the writer of
the following extract uniquely and
forcibly expresses it, “God adjusts
balances.” While the Northern
hordes during the late war with more
than vandal barbarity were despoil
ing the South, and wasting all her fair
domain, with fire and sword, and rav
ishment and cruelty and blood, per
petrating horrors which only hell it
self could have instigated, every
Christian heart believed and felt that
God, who heard the cry of the help
less, would visit, in His own way and
in His own time the authors of these
devilish deeds. And when the amaz
ing and wonderful, and, may we not
say, the miraculous fires which swept
with such greedy and uncontrollable
ferocity over a large section of the
Northern States, devouring fields,
and woods, and houses, and trees, and
cities, and people, burning up the very
earth, and licking up the waters in
their hot fury, a very hurricane of
flames beyond all that was ever known
or heard of in all history, it did seem
as though the Invisible v/as dealing
out his retributions upon the impious,
and giving them “an eye for an eye
and a tooth for a tooth.” Many felt
that it was so all over the South, and
doubtless many at the North felt too,
that for their sins God was chastising
them. Whether all that is in the cup
of their woe has yet been poured out,
remains in the hands of the avenger,
and time and the future will dis
close.
Here is what a Northern person
thinks of the Chicago burning. It is
from the Rushville (Indiana) Ameri
can, edited by Finley Bigger, Esq.,
Registrar of the Treasury under Frank
Pierce.
THE HAND OF GOD."
Nearly one-half the city has been
laid in ashes and a hundred and fifty
thousand people rendered homeless.
The announcement, at first seemed in
credible. When the telegraph con
firmed the facts, a thrill of horror and
sympathy pervaded the universal
heart. This fact presents a palliative
for many of the outrages and cruel
ties of the past ten years, and shows
that human nature has, after all, some
redeeming traits. It was far different
when Sherman’s army desolated and
destroyed the fairest region of the
South* robbing and plundering, and
burning as they went, leaving the peo
ple to starve; or, when Sheridan, a
monster of cruelty, overran and de
stroyed the valley of Virginia, afte
ward boasting that a crow would have
to carry its provisions under its wings
if it should attempt to fly over it;
and thus he brought starvation on the
old men, women and children Df that
region ; so that thousands perished of
famine. More property and more
life were destroyed in these raids than
all Chicago put together, and what
was the sentiment of the North. One
of exultation and rejoicing. These
acts of vandalism were paraded as
victories, and the heroes were met on
their return with ovations of men
and oblations of kisses from many of
the gentle females of the North, car
ried away by the military glory that
settled around the heads of these van
dal chiefs, that was degrading, sick
ening, disgusting ! W hat eared these
women for the homeless, houseless,
starving mothers and children of the
South 2 Nothing. They exulted in
their nuflferi ijrs; laughed at the story
of the ravishment of the daughters of
the South, the homing And robber im
of their dwellings ana slaughter of
her strong men, shouted hosannahs,
and threw from the tips of their in
fers kisse* to the perpetrators of these
acts of vandalism.
That ww then ! Now, that which
is not half so horrible, thrills their
bosoms with sympathy, and the hand
is quick and liberal to the relief of
the sufferer. These things prove that
man is a good deal lower than the
angels, and sometimes, at least, a lit
tle higher than the devils. Chicago
has lost, perhaps, three hundred mill
ion dollars by the fire. The property
in the South is estimated at over one
thousand millions. The fire in Chi
cago was the result of accident. The
destruction of property io the South
was done purposely, by Northern sol
diers, ana compares exactly with the
acts of Goths and Vandals—savages
that overrran and subjugated the Ro
man Empire. But we are living un
der a higher civilization. Chicago
did her full share in the destruction
of the South. God adjusts balances.
May be with Chicago the books are
not" squared.
COMMMUNICATED.
Glen Holly, Ga.,
19th March, 1872.
Messrs Editors I see published
in your last paper, two editorials cop
ied from the Atlanta Sun. Having
seen them not until read from your
paper. I send you this hoping that the
Sun may see and copy it in that pa
per.
I regret to see that the Sun, put up
to serve the cause of truth and justice,
whose editorials usually are dignified
and appropriate to these ends, should
in this instance, have written so much
at random. It could not be objected
to, if the Sun should present ostensa
ble facts, as derived from others —but
that these should be presented as
truths in which alone, he could feel
authorized to characterize a corpora
tion of the best men in this country,
faithfully engaged in an arduous ef
fort to build up and sustain one of
the best and most interesting enter
prises in our section, as a “ bogus
swindling concern,” and so charge it,
was not expected, ought not to have
been done. We know it is unjust and
without foundation. These offensive
epithets once meant something,
and were used by honest men by ne
cessity only. They w r ere a terror to
good men.
We have had sad times, which forc
ed good men to use them too often.
We now have sadder times, in which
good men, disgusted with theft, ro
guery, robbery and speculation, and
the vocabulary that defines them,
have turned their eyes and thoughts to
better topics. Os such as these, we
thought the Sun was and had assumed
to be the exponent.
We respectfully ask, if in these sad
der times, there is not danger that
evil disposed and selfish men go into
the daily use of these odious terms—
as the best Liberty they can put on,
to demonstrate their loyalty to the
sovereign of the good man’s kingdom.
The Sun’s would not shed its rays on
such. When the Righteous reign,
the wicked gather to them and put
on their robes.
The Sun arises to give the “ real
status” of the Cartersville A Van
Wert Railroad. “Status” means
state or condition. It needs no “real”
word to qualify it, and it relates to
the present time.
Now we call for the reading of the
editorial of the Sun to show that the
“ status” is not given even in part,
except that Capt. John W. Wofford
has bought a part of the road, since it
does appear by that editorial that
there is such a road, or that any thing
has been done towards building it.
A stranger or a citizen, after reading
that editorial, would bo, perfectly ig
norant of the facts, that make the
“ real status,” impressed with the be
lief that nothing was done, no money
paid out, no road built, but all was
“ bogus,” a sham, cheating, swind
ling concern, in which there were no
honest men, save the original corpor
ators, and nothing done save what
they did.
Now let me here give the “ status”
that those who see the Sun may have
light and behold the truth:
First, it is true that the Cartersville
& Van Wert Railroad was built,
broad gauge to Taylorsville, 13 miles
from Cartersville, with good heavy
iron T. Rail; is in good running or
der, and is making daily trips, w r ith
passenger box and freight train;
bringing to the Western A Atlantic
Railroad daily, from two to four cars
of freight, besides passengers, and
pays expenses and something over.
And it has been so running for twelve
months.
| Secondly, That from Taylorsville
! to Rockmart, a town built at the
quarries, near Van Wert, it was gra
ded for a broad gauge, but laid down
| narrow gauge, with light iron—this
; is 8 miles—and a locomotive and cars
for that gauge, put on and run for
some time, carrying freight and pas
sengers, until a slide at Deaton’s hill
stopped it—and thus it is now. That
from Rockmart to Prior’s station on
the Selma, Rome A Dalton Railroad,
eighteen miles, it is graded for a nar
row gauge road. All this work has
been done since the first of January,
1870, and most of it from that date to
November, 1870, since which time the
part between Cartersville and Tay
lorsville has been successfully run
ning. Three mile:! from Cartersville
there is a first-class Howe bridge across
Etowah river, and three miles further
a good bridge across Raccoon creek.
All the bridges and culverts have been
built according to specifications of the
Chief Engineer, and the road to Tay
lorsville is one of the best running
roads in the State, and with slight ex
ceptions is built according to contract.
The iron is Ist class and connected by
the “ Fish Bar.” The switches and
sidelings are put in and sufficient de
pots built.
In this work of construction, over
$300,000 of actual money or its equiv
alent, has been expended and paid
out, on the line, to the working men
by the contractors, Laman, Conant A
Cos., of whom H. I. Kimball is the
sole fiscal and partner. Through him
it came, and as I now learn and be
lieve, about $230,000 of it was advanc
ed by, or through Mr. Henry Clews
of Wall street New York, or by his
firm, Henry Clews A Cos.
This, sirs, is the status, with this
addition, that in February last, the
road from Cartersville to Taylorsville
was sold by the sheriff for $15,000, and
John W. Wofford, Esq., bought it.
Wherefore, Messrs. Henry Clews A
Cos. filed a bill in the Federal Court to
enjoin Mr. Wofferd and all judgments
and suits and to set aside the Sheriff’s
sale. Last week, at the hearing of
said Bill for Injunction before Judge
Erskine, the parties consented to be
enjoined, and the case stands for trial
on its merits at the Fall Term of the
Court.
Here then is the “ status” of the
(Aitenvilie A Van Wert RatlMad,
now called the Cherokee Railroad,
and it has been brought about b» the
management and finaMierinjf of
Mark A. Cooper A Cos., of whom I
was the fiscal partner. Thto is theoon
oern which the Sun denounces as a
“bogus swindling concern.**
The Sun does me justice to say that
“ he feels sure that Major Cooper en
tertained not for one moment any
dishonest intentions towards the peo
ple.” I thank the Sun for this, and
I say he shall feel sure of that, and
also that I intended nothing wrong to
the stockholders or the company.
But in the name of all that is just,
Where is the swindle in this “ stat
us?” Who has been swindled? It
may be the people of Cartersville.
They paid in all about 393 dollars in
aid of the bogus concern, and furnish
ed three of their best men to help get
it up, while others of them poured a
large amount of cold water on me.
The “status” had added at least
SIOO,OOO to the value of their property.
This is a remarkable swindle.
It may be, it was the people of
Stilesboro who were swindled. They
paid no money or other valuable
things to help the road. It Ls true that
two Directois were furnished from
there, and one of them had the bene
fit of a position under the Contractors
as commissary clerk, in addition to
the benefits common to the town. I
would think therefore that Stilesboro
was not badly swindled.
It may be that Van Wert and the
people there were swindled. They
also furnished two Directors for this
concern, and they were also taken
from those “ good, honest” Corpora
tors, who obtained the Charter, and
distributed the staeks Eaehof these,
also owned a-slate quarry. Ono of
them has laid out a town at the ead
of the narrow gauge, at his Slate
quarry, which has been built up as
one of the “ swindling” resuhsofthis
“ bogus concern,” until his town, call
ed “ Rockmart” is bringing to him
more profit than his rich slate quarry.
The town is all profit, since the En
gineer who laid off and surveyed the
town was paid for by this “ bogus
concern,” whilst doing the work.
Neither of the gentleman paid a dol
lar in money in aid of this “ concern”
from the time they took the stock,
nor did any man in or about Van
Wert, so far as I know or have heard.
This is true, and yet they are “swin
-1 died,” deceived, expecting a Rail
road without helping to build it and
did not get it. The Sun will say
there was no swindle at Van Wert by
this concern.
Who then is swindled? Not the
people of the State. They have re
ceived amongst them over 300,000
dollars in exchange for labor or mate
rial, and have over SIOO,OOO added to
their taxable resources. Where then
is the swindle and who are the swin
dlers? History will tell.
Having presented the status of this
road for the information of the Sun
and its readers, I now proceed to cor
rect some of its mistakes.
The Sun says: “ But when the
stockholders were met to complete
their organization, Maj. Mark A.
Cooper very unexpectedly subscribed
for over $250,000 of the stock.”
This is a mistake patent on its face.
It was not a meeting of stockholders.
There then were no stockholders.
That was a meeting of the people at
large on the Bth of April, 1869, called
by the corporators to open books of
subscription to have the stock taken.
Books were opened by the corporators,
quite a gathering of the people from
Van Wert, Stilesboro and Cartersville,
place striving to get control of
the stock, and when each and all had
done their best, they had taken in all
about 1400 shares out of 12,000 shares.
All being anxious to have the road,
and each party expecting to do it W'ith
the control of 1400 shares. I urged
them to take it all as the surest plan
to build the road. I took none until
all were satisfied and I saw that there
could be no organization, because 10,-
600 shares were remaining to be ta
ken, wherefore there must he a fail
ure, until a majority was taken.
I would take none, unless I could
control it. Without it I could not
succeed. No money was required to
be paid to make good the subscrip
tion . I therefore took the remainder,
about 10,600 shares at $25 per share.
This was unexpected, but brought
down the house in rapturous applause.
I explaiedn that I had no money to
build the road, there was none in the
country, but with the power of the
stock and the privileges of the Char
ter I expected to build it by enlisting
Foreign capital. If I failed, any one
who could, might take it. The Cor
porators raised an issue, that my sub
scription should not be received. I
replied that I would not ask it of
them. My name was down and the
stock was taken, just as others had
taken, and they could not prevent it.
During recess for dinner, they held a
conference and asked me to meet
them. I did so. They asked to be
informed who were my associates. I
refused to inform them. They asked
to be advised of my plans. I replied
they had no right to them and I
would not hazzard success by disclos
ing them, but said the stock was mine
and they could not deprive me of it—
but as I said in the meeting, I took
the stock to build the road, and ex
pected to do it, and it was for the ul
timate purpose of building the Eas
tern Extension, which had been my
favorite idea for twenty years. I left,
then the people reassembled. They
came in, reported, that they would
receive the subscription. This again
brought down the house in applause.
Without the control of the stock
I had no hope of even making a con-
tract, I took it and it was absolutely
and unconditionally mine, as that of
every other subscriber was his, to
hold or dispose of as I choose. I made
no pledge to return the stock to
the corporators. Such a pledge was
uncalled for, and there was no rea
son for it. I declared my intention to
be to build the road, as a starting
point for the Eastem Extension to
Rabun gap, which I had been wedded
to for twenty years, and which I con
sidered the best enterprise for this
country. If I failed I was willing
to put it into the hands of any one
who could and would do it. I say so
still. But it is not yet a failure.
The Sun says I sold out the stock to
Mr. Kimball, “putting upon Kim
ball the same conditions, which the
corporators had put upon him.”
This is untrue. I did sell to Kimball,
with a proviso that the stock should
revert to me, if he failed to pay the
debts of the company—(it then only
owed the Engineers and Officers and
some for right of way) and finish to
the road. I held and still hold the
stock subject to that proviso.
In subscribing for the stock no con
accepted by
me.
Thelfun «ays that Kimball or Clew*
paid no motley to the road.
* Mr. Clew* advanced, as I am in
formed and believe, to H. I. Kimball,
fiscal partner of the contractors, about
s23o,o<*Y for building the road; Mr.
Kimball paid out, as I am informed
and believe, over $300,000 in building
it. Kimball, as fiscal partner, jxiid
to account of stock held by Mark A.
Cooper & Cos., almost SIOO,OOO, most
of which they held to pay what the
Company might be indebted to the
contractors, payable in stock. This
sum was so paid to assessment of the
stock by Mark A. Cooper & Cos., and
charged to account of Kimball A Cos.
This sum so paid was paid to the use
of the company, by paying the com
pany’s debt. This money was paid
by Kimball to the stock of Mark A.
Cooper & Cos., and they, without con
sideration therefor, paid it to the use
of the company in the discharge of a
company debt.
The Sun says that Kimball was
not a “ genuine stockholder.” It is
true that Kimball A Cos. (the con
tractors) in building the road became
the genuine owner of nearly all the
stock.
The Sun says that Kimball was a
“ bogus President,” and that Henry
Clews was a “ bogus Treasurer.” This
is untrue, if I know what bogus
means. Clews was duly appointed
Treasurer, and H. I. Kimball was
duly elected President and inducted
into office at an annual meeting of
the stockholders, by almost or quite
a uuanimous vote.
As to the justice which my “ old
neighbors expect” of me. they shall
have it to the utmost farthing. But
they have no right on such account,
to call on me to return the stock to
the corporators. But my “old neigh
bors” can have all the power in my
hands given to them whenever they
can and will complete the road and
pay its debts. I have been the only
man connected with this concern
who has ventured a dollar out of his
pocket over and above his assessment,
to advance or sustain the enterprize.
I paid out all the cash I had, and
never received interest for it. I have
gone at all hours, wet or dry, hot or
cold, day or night, by all convey
ances, including 3,000 miles on horse
back, in 18 months, paying for lodging
and horse feed on the line, except
when with a personal friend. I have
been only paid for salary, part of
which was credited on my stock, and
all told does not amount to Congres
sional per diem. I have had no
milage and nothing charged or re
ceived for traveling expenses.
The second editorial of the Sun,
published oy you, proposes to an
swer the question, “ Who owns the
Cartersville & Van Wert Railroad?”
It is subject to similar criticisms in
many respects with the first. As to
the organization of the company and
the terms on which I took and now
hold the stock, I have herein set him
right. The Sun gives it as the opin
ion of some that the corporators still
own the road. They have, as corpo
rators, about as much right to it as
the man in the moon. They formal
ly turned over the charter and fran
chises to the stockholders, uncondi
tionally, on the day they distributed
it by subscription, they themselves
being subscribers. Such is the rec
ord. What they claim now is and
will be by virtue of the stock only.
The Sun is mistaken in saying
this, that while I was President, the
bonds of the entire road were issued,
endorsed by Bullock, and sold. I
never issued any but 75, and that for
a specified object, with no indorse
ment required or authorized by me,
and to be returned to me in five days
notice.
The Sun says that “ the road was
entirely built by the money raised by
sale or pledge of the State indorsed
bonds.”
This is a random statement and
cannot be true, because a large
amount of the money was furnished
and actually paid out on the line be
fore a bond went out of my hands or
was signed. The road was built,
track laid, and engine and cars on it
nearly to the river, and iron deliver
ed and cross-ties nearly enough to
build to Stilesboro.
The Sun says that “after Maj.
Cooper took most of the stock, the
road was suffered to pass into the
hands of the Philistines upon the ex
press condition that the road should
be built and the terms of the charter
faithfully complied with. This was
pledged and faithfully promised by
Maj. Cooper.”
This is not true—not a word of it,
except, perhaps, that part in which
he calls me a “ Philistine.” Os course
the editor of the Sun is a true Israel
ite. If this is meant for me as a stig
ma, I console myself by the
reflection that even David was for a
time numbered with the Philistines.
That editor probably knows why,
and that Saul was then King of the
Israelites. What happened to these
and what was their signal he may
learn in Ist Samuel.
If he means that I was “ working
for and in co-operation with Kimball,
Clews, and Bullock, he is entirely
mistaken, for at that time I did not
know and had never spoken to Kim
ball or Bullock and had never heard
of Clews.
I now close this article, gentlemen,
with the wish that you will, for me,
request the Sun to publish this, if he
pleases. Respectfully,
Mark. A. Cooper.
please publish.—Ed.
New Advertisements.
SOMETHING NEW
FOR SPRING & SUMMER ’72.
N.GILREATH & SON,
ARE now peceiving anil opening their new
stock of
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS,
Consisting of Dry Goods, Hats, Boots and
Shoes, Notions, Clothing, Hardware. Queens
ware, &c.
We also keep on hand a stock of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Sugar, Coffee. Molasses, Salt, Bacon, Lard,
and a good stock of Memlock and oak-tanned
Sole Leather and French Calf Skins—in fact
almost anything you can call for.
We invite the public generally to call and
examine our stock, and if wo do not sell you
your goods, it will not be because we do not
i)ffer you goods at low figures. We have the
goods aud propose to sell them, so come and
fx>k for yourselves.
N. GILREATH & SON.
Cartersvil'e, Ga., March 28,1872.
Gilbert & Baxter,
HARDWARE & IRON STORE,
Agents for sale of Fertilizers, Agricultural
and Mill Machinery, Engines, Grist, Saw and
Sorgham Mills, Reapers and Mowers, Thresh
ers aud Separaters, Horse Powers, etc. For
goods on Commission, at Manufacturers’terms
and prices. For our own goods, Terms Cash,
march KM y
CAITEISVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS.
ISHAM ALLEY
HAS Just Reoiired from New lork, anil ha*
opened at his old taan.i. a vet# Superior
Stock of STABLE AND FANCY
FALL & WINTER GOODS,
Hats, Boots, Shoes Etc-. F.tc.
His Stock consist/, in part, of an Elegant
Stock of
LADIES’ DRESS (iOOl)S.
LADIES’ HATS, SHOES. nOSIERT,
Shawls, Balmoral and Boulevard Skirts. Jew
elry, ami in fact everything that pertains to a
Ladies.’ Wardrobe, of the finest and be»t quality
at the cheapest prices.
Gentlemen will find a su">erb Stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
Furnishing Good*. Hats. Boots .anil Shoes, and
everything necessary lor their wear, of the
Stti quality and eAt rmst prisy.
lIOtSE-FIIRMSIIIXCa GOODS
of all descriptions, from a l.ox of blacking up
Guns and appurtenances, the best ever
brought to this market Musical Instruments,
Mirrors, Crockery. Cutlery. Hardware. Saddles
and Harness, Trunks, Carpet-Bags, I'mbrcllas,
Gardening Implements, Mechanic's Tools, Hol
low Wares,
FamilyGGroceriess f
and, in fact, a thousand and one article* too
tedious to mention.
Come and soe and examine my Stock and
prices, and if any oite fails to be pleased at my
Goods or prices, they will have to leave Car
tersvillc to do better.
oct3l swtf.
Day Boarders Wanted.
IT AVING become a citizen of Cartersville. I
4 1 will accommodate a half dozen Day
Boarder* if application is made soon. Resi
dence near the Methodist church, recently oc
cupied by J. I. Chamberlain.
For further particulars apply to me at mv
residence. SAMUEL YE ATM AN.'
feb 22 —1 m
S2OO REWAR D!
I WILL give TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
REWARD for any information that trill
lead to the arrest and conviction of the parties
implicated in tlie setting fire to mv mill, iu tTe
17th district, Bartow countv, which was burn
ed on the night of the 13th fust.
Any information to be directed to P. O. Box
492, Atlanta, Ga- F. CORA, Ag't.
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want Agents everywhere, and
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DEALER IN
STOVES, CRATES,
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS,
OFFERR’D,
TIN WARE, cfco,
Cor. Whitehall and Hunter St’s,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
janl—wly.
(q EORGIA —BARTOW L.OCNTY. \Vhereas
J. E. Whitehead, Administrator of the es
tate of John C. Elliott, deceased, represents to
the Court in his petition duly filed and entered
upon record- that lie has fully administered
John C. Elliott’s estate.
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to snow cause if any
they can, why said Administrator should not be
discharged from his administration and receive
Letters of dismission, on the first Monday in
April, 1872. Given under my hand and official
signature, this January Ist, 1872.
J. A. HOWARD,
jan3-tlminapr Ordinary
GEORGIA-BARTOW COUNTY.-Whereas
J. B. Tippins, Administrator of the estate
of YV. W. Tippins, deceased, represents to the
Court in his petition dnlv filed and entered up
on record, that he has fully administered W.
W. Tippin’s estate.
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned
kindred and creditors, to show cause if any they
can why said Administrator should not he dis
charged from his administration and receive
Letters of dismission on the first Monday in
April, 1872. Given under my hand and official
signature, this January Ist, 1872.
J. A. HOWARD,
jan4—tlminapril Ordinary
Dissolution Notice.
The copartnership heretofore existing be
tween H. A. Pattillo and W. C. Baker, under
the firm name of Pattillo & Baker, was dissolv
ed on the 4th ult., bv mutual consent, by the
withdrawal of W. C. Baker. The books and
notes of the old firm will be settled up by either
of us. H. A. PATTILLO.
W. C. BAKER.
Cartersville, Ga., Feb. 8— w3m.
CARTERSVILLE
SALE AND LI VERY
STABLE.
a r THE OLD STAND Established twenty
years ago, it being in fifty yards of tn'e
Bartow House, a commodious .hotel, kept by
J. T. Guthrie. I have been in the Livery busi
ness for Fourteen Years and all I ask is, that
the citizens and traveling public will give me a
call, and find me and the veritable
JACK STACK
at all times ready to furnish
SADDLE AND HARNESS HORSES,
HACKS, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES
and everything necessary in a First-Class Sta
ble, and "ready for trade at all hours, SWAP,
SELL or BUY.
june 30,-tf. JOE BRITT.
Tailoring!
THE undersigned would inform patrons
and the public generally’ that he is still
carrying on the TAILORING BL SIN ESS in ail
its branches, and guarantees satisfaction to all
that may favor him with their patronage, hav
ing at all times the verv latejt Fashions for
both Men and Boys’ Clothing. Cutting for
Women to make done with extra care. All
work warranted.
Office on Main street, up stairs, in the room
formerly occupied by Cartersville Express
Office. S. 11. PATTILaiO.
mcli2l.
GEORGIA— Bartow Cot'nty—Whereas B.
T. Leak and E. P. Rodgers applies *o me
for Letters of Administration on the estate of
Andrew J. Rodgers, late of said county, these
are therefore to cite all and singular, the kin
dred and creditors of said deceased to file their
objection, if any they have, in my office within
the time prescribed "by law. why said B. T.
Leak and E. P. Rodgers should not be appoint
ed administrator of said deceased, Otherwise
letters of administration will be granted ap
plicants.
Given under my hand and official signature
March 19, 1872. J, A. HOYVAKD,
mch2l—3odays. Ordinary.
Georgia— Bartow County—Whereas B.
T. Leak and E. P. Rodgers applies to me
for Letters of Administration, de bonis non, on
the estate of Samuel Rodgers, late ofsaid coun
ty, deceased, these are therefore to cite all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to file their objections it any they have,
in my office, why said B. T. Leak and E. P.
Rodgers should not be appointed administrator
ofsaid deceased, withinlfnc time prescribed by
law. Otherwise Letters of Administration
w'il be granted applicants.
Given under my hand and official signature
March 19, 1872. J. A. HOWARD,
mch2l-30days. Ordinary.
DISSOLUTION.
THE copartnership under tho name of R. A.
A H. M. Clayton, terminated January 30,
J 872, by sale of R. A. Clayton’s interest to
Charles B. Irwin. Either member of the old
firm is authorized to settle the accounts.
It. A. CLAYTON,
H. M. CLAYTON.
ffcb I-9m
NSW GOODS ! NBW GOODS 1
ERWIN, STOKELY & CO.
Are dally mcetvtßfc a*w
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS !
Their Stock U Large. Varied, and Elegant. Speci.l attention U called to to their
Dress Goods, Piece Goods for Men and Boys’ Wear,
BOOTS and SHOES, and CLOTHING.
Their Stock also embraces every variety usually kept in the trade.
They are selling at small profits to Cash buyers, or prompt paying customers.
Liberal discount made on Cash bills.
They solicit from their old friends and customers, as wall a* the public, a liberal share of
patronage.
ERWIN, STOKELY A CO.
Cartersville, March 18, 1872.
GEORGE W. JACK,
MANUFACTURSR 0*
Candies and Crackers.
DIALER IN
CONFECTIONERIES, TOYS, AND WILLOW-WARE.
WEDDING PARTIES, SUPPERS, &c., GOTTEN UP IN THEBBR
STYLE, AND ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE*
We would respectfully call the attention of the public to our large and
complete stock—selected with great care, and bought at the LOWEST
CASH PRICES.
W'HITEHjiLL STREET, 4TIJAT4, €Ut
marchlO-wly.
GOWER, JONES & CO.
CARTERSYILLE. GEORGIA.
MANUFACTURERS OF
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
ONE, TWO and FOUR HORSE WAGONS.
CAN FILL ORDERS AT SHORT NOTICE. A largo quantity of well seasoned timber oa
hand. Mr. K. N. Gower—who lias had forty years experience in the business—formerly of
Greenville, South Carolina, and lately of Gainesville, Georgia, gives bis personal attention to
the business. Repairing done with neatness and dispatch.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
We defy Competition, both in Quality and Price.
W AND O
FERTILI ZER,
FOR
Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Tobacco.
PRICE:
BARGAI NN
CASH SSO per 2000 lbs., at Factory.
TIME, $55 per 2000 lbs., at Factory, payable Hoy.
Ist, 1872, WITHOUT INTEREST.
FACTORY EAST END HASEL STREET; MINES ON ASHLEY RIVER.
HD KMUF IM!
FOR
COMPOSTING WITH COTTON SEED.
P R I C El:
CASH, S3O per 2000 lbs., at Factory.
TIME, $35 per 2000 lbs., at Factory, Payable Nov.
Ist, 1872, WITHOUT INTEREST.
Wm. c. DUKES & CO.
GENERAL AGENTS,
No. 1 South Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, S. C.
o.
JT. G-. HOLMII®, J"r., MHip’t of Agenoie*.
GILBERT A BAXTER, Agents,
Cartersville, Ga.
ACID
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
H. A. -PATTI LLO A CO.,
(Successors to l’attilio A Baker.)
Are agents for the sale of the cele
brated
EXCELSIOR MOWER AND REAPER.
Will be sold on time, if desired.
One of the Machines will be oil ex
hibition at their store. Farmers are
invited to call in and examine the
same, and those wishing to purchase
will please hand in their orders early.
Will be sold at manufacturer’s
prices, freights added.
Cartersville, Ga., Feb’y 15—wtlmay.
NOTICK TO FARMERS * GARDENERS
H. A, PATTILLO & CO.,
(SUCCESSORS TO PATTILLO k BAKER.)
Are agents for the sale of the cele
brated
BBA FOWL. aUA.NO.
Will be sold on time, payable on the
first November next.
Cotton will be taken in payment
for the same, at 15cts. per pound.
Farmers will please call and see us
before purchasing elsew'here.
Respectfully,
H. A. Pattillo A Cos.
OkrwnTflfet Ga., f* iwwl*.
TOR SALE
At Less Than Cost 1
MY PLACE, in Cartersville, Ga.. 20 acre*
exactly, with a small framed house, 15
under fence ; well adapted to wheat, clover,
etc.) would make a good dairy farm; only five
or six minutes’ walk from depot; street of my
own; pure freestone water; perfectly healthy;
titles perfect, having bought it four years ago
from Col. L. Tumi in. With a small outlay no
more desirable and beatiful little place could
be found in Cherokee Georgia. Ir not sold at
private sale before, will be offered at public
outcry on the 6th May, being regular sale day.
Terms, at either sale : one-half cash—balance
in 12 months. For full particulars as to price,
etc., etc., apply to Samuel T. McCanless, woo
lives adjoining tho premises, or the unuer
signed at Crawfordville, Wakulla countv. ri
feb*9— wtin. LUCIEN S. DU* AL -
J. w. DYER,
HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
P A
„ ti tt An GRAINING in Oak. Walnut,
Birds’-eye Maple, Satin Wood, Mahoga-
DJ IMITATION es the different marbles.
SjeYna. Black anil Gold, St., Am’., Yard A»-
tiuue Egvptian Green, Rouge Ron, Italian Jae
peY Do™, Bl’k Bardilla, Derbyshire Spar, and
his thanks to the citizens of Cartees
ville and vicinity, for past favors, and hope*
that by a strict attention to his profession t*
merit a continuance of their patronage.
feb29-ly.
GEORGIA— Babtow COUNTY—Four weeks
after date of first publication of this notice,
application will be made to the Court of Ordi
nary of said county, at a regular term, for
leave to sell all the real estate of Mildred M.
Thomson, late of Spartanburg county, So. la,
deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creoi-
SuhT
Mmumutr.