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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY. VOL. 14. tiie Standard & Express j« publi'hPtl every THURSDAY MORNING BT s. H. SMITH & CO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: s‘3 per annum, in advance. Professional and Business Cards J.BN W. WOFFORU. Til OM AS W. MILKER WOFFORD & MILKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAitTBUSV lfiliE, GA. OK FU'K upstair?, Rank Hlori. 0-6-1 t C. TIMLIN, A I'V OKN E Y A T LA W , CAUTERSVILLE,- GA. Office ptur the Bank. JOHN li. MOON, attorney at law j CARTETWVTLLE, (JA. Will practice in the counties comprising the l Cherokee Circuit, Office over Liebman’sstore. j > w. mukphey, attorney at law, CARTERSVIMiE, GA. Will practice in the courts of the Cherokee j Circuit. I’ftiilcular attention given to the col- I action of claims. Office with Col. Alula John-j son. Oct. 1. p. WOFFORD, attorney at law.l CARTERSVILLE, GA. OFFICE in Court-House. Jan 26 j M. F OUT E, ATTORNEY at LAW,I CARTERSVILLE, GA. (With Col. Warren Akin,) Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb, j Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and au joining counties. March 30. I 1i b. mcdaniel, Je AT T 0 RNEY AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office with John W. Wofford. jan ’73 \\ . D. TRAMMELL. attorney at law, CARTERSVILL S, GA OFFICF W. Main St., next door to Standard A Express Office. Feb. 15,1812 —wly. f|s 110 MAS w. r> o » r>, ATTORNEY A T LA W , C AUTKItSVtI.I.B, GEORGIA. QFFICF. over tbc Bank. DR. J. A. JACKSON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE in W. A. Loyless’ Drug Store, next door to Stokely & Williams’. oct27 W. R. Uloiintoastle, Jeweler and Watch and Clock Repairer, CARTERSVILLE, GEORfiIA. Office In trout, of A. A. Skinnor & Co’s Store. GEN. W. T. WOFFItD. JNO. 11. WIKI. E Wofford tfc Wils-le, ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, AND Real Estate .Agents, Cartersville, Ga. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the pur chase and sale of Real Estate. -28-Cm. Dental Card. rpHK undersigned, a practical dentist of 18 1. years experience, having' purchesed prop erty and located permanently in the city of Cartersville, will continue the practice in rooms opposite those of Wofford & Milner, in the new building adjoining the Bank. With experience I and application to my profession, charges al ways reasonable and just, 1 hope to merit the patronage of a generous public. Office hours, from November Ist proximo. 8 to 12 A. m., 2tosP. M. Sabbaths excepted. Calls answered at residence, opposite Baptist church. R. A. SEALE, 10-17—tr Surgeon Dentist. |>R. CHAS. D’ALYIGX v, I>ENT I S T , Cartersville, Ga. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to children’s teeth. 8-15- TO PLASTERS. BOWEN & MERCER’S Superphosphate, S3B PEII TOW. Warranted equal to any Phosphate manufac tured. Send lor the Pamphlet of Certificates and Analysis, by Professors Means, Piggott aud Stewart, to BOWEN & MERCER, 65 South Gay St., 12-12—wlm. Baltimore, Md. J.W.Latbrop. J.L.Warren. J.W.Latlirop,Jr J. W. Lathrop & Cos., COTTON FACTORS. AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. I 08 BAY STREET,' SAVANNAH GEORGIA. n-12-6(u. This umirrtHed Modfitc s warranted not to contain a-ingle particle of AtF*m;*y, or any j injurious mineral substance, but if. PURELY VEGETABLE. lor FuRTV Y FA Bo it lias proved it* great value in aii diseases of the Liver, Rowet.h and Kidneys. Thousand* of the good hud great in all parts of the country vouch for its wonderful ; and peculiar power in purifying the Blood, , stimulating the torpid Liver and bow els, and i imparting new life and vigor to the whole sys tem. .Simmons’ Liver Regulator i.- acknowl edged to have no equal as a LIVER MEDICINE. It contains four medical elements, never be fore united in tbc same happv proportion in any other preparation, viz : a gentle Cathartic,- a wonder!ulTonic, an unexceptionable Alter* atiye, and a certain Corrective of all impurities ol the body. Such signal success has attended its use that it is now regarded as the GREAT UNFAILING SPECI FIC for Liver Complaint and the painful offspring thereof, to wit: Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jaun dice, Billions attacks, Sick Headache, Colic, Depression of Spirits, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn, Ac., &c. ltegulate the Liver and prevent CHILLS AND FEVER. Simmons’ Liver Regulator Is manufactured only by J. H. ZEILIN & Cos., MACON, GA., AND PHILADELPHIA, Price fl, pr package; sent by- mail, postagepaid Prepared ready for use in bottles, $1.50. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Beware of all Counterfeits and Imitations STERLING SILVER-WARE. SHARP A FLOYD No. 113 Whitclmll Street, ATLANTA. Specialty, Sterling Silver-Ware. Special attention is requested to the many new and elegant pieces manufactured express ly to our order the past year, and quite recently completed. An unusually attractive assortment of novel ie-s in Fancy Silver, cased for Wedding and Holiday presents, of a medium and expensiv character. The House we represent manufacture on an unparalleled scale, employing on Sterling Sil ver-Ware alone over One Hundred skilled hands, the most accomplished talent in Design ing, and the best Labor-saving Machinary, en abling them to produce works of the highest character, at prices IJNAPPROACHED by any competition. Our stock at present is the lar gest and most varied this side of Philadelphia An examination of our stock and prices will guarantee our sales. OUR HOUSE USE ONLY 925 BRITISH STERLING, 1000 an4—tf Wm. Gouldmitli, Manufacturer and dealer in METAUC BUHIAL CASES & CASKETS Also keeps on hand WOOD COFFINS of every description. AU orders by night or day promptly attended to. aug. 22 NOTICE TO FARMERS! VT OUR attention is rsspcctfnlly invited to th Ajn *i< Mil tu ral W are house OF ANDERSON & WELLS, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, DEALERS IX Guanos, Field and Garden Seeds, FARM WAGONS, PITTS’ THRESHERS. Size 26 to 32 inch cylinder, with or without down and mounted horse powers. SWEEPSTAKES THRESHERS. Size 26 to 32 inch cylinder, with or witgout, down and mounted horse powers. Bali’s Reaper and Mower, Buck-Eye Reaper and Mower PLOWS —ONE AND TWO-ITORSE BUGGY PLOWS. Also General Agents for “ Pendleton’s Guano Compound,” Cash, $67 per ton of 2,000 lbs.; Credit Ist Nay., $75 per ton 2,000 lbs. “Farmer’s Choice,” Manufactured from Night Soil, at Nashville, Tenn.—Cash $45 per ton; creditlst Nov., SSO; And all other kinds of implements and ma chinery, which we sell as low as any house in the South. Call and see us, or send for Price List. ANDERSON & WELLS. 52 Theo. GOULDSMITH, Agent for GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS. Cartersville, Georgia. lob. 8 SAMUEL H. SMITH & COMPAAT. EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1873. CAPITAL AND CARTERSVILLE The correspondent of the Louisville i Courier-Journal in one of his commu ’ ideations makes the statement that “Cartersvillc is the coming town of North Georgia.” No reasonable, thinking man can,"for a moment, doubt, if he will only look at her po sition, that her future is, at least, one of large proportions. The agricultur al region, both above and below, North, East and West, is beyond all controversy the best in the State of Georgia, so much so as to leave her without a competitor. All the grains, all the grasses, cotton of a very supe rior lihre and of magnificent yield to the acre, all esculent vegetables, in favorable .locations, rice, are produc ed all over this region. While portion of Virginia can surpass it in the growth of tobacco, it at the same time yields an abundance of the choicest varieties of melons, grapes, figs, and all manner of fruits, the cli mate and soil being particularly -adapted to the growth of the grape. The whole region round about a- j bounds in minerals, the iron ore he ing exhaustless. We are now in dai- i ly direct railroad communication, via the Cherokee Railroad, with Rock mart, where are located the-celebrat ed slate quarries which have enlisted so much attention, and are said to be, on many accounts, the best on the cont inent. And by the same connec tion, in easy reach of the vast coal fields of Alabama and the famous forests of yellow pine, surpassing, in excellence, the lumber fields of North Carolina or Florida. The Western & Atlantic Railroad funs North and South through the centre of the city, commanding the great commerce of the West, and of the South. Anoth er road is now being projected from Cartcrsville to Ducktown, for which a charter already exists, there con necting us, in that direction, with the copper mine region, aud thence with the East Tennessee and Georgia Rail Road and the valleys of East Tennes see and Virginia. Another road of future greatness, and which is as cer tain of construction as you may please, and for which subscriptions have already been proposed, running from Cartcrsville to Gainesville, at that point connecting with the Air Line Rail Road, now completed to Atlanta, and thus giving us direct communication with all the cities of now say, but yet certain, be complet ed. Now, if you please, take any good map and lay it down, then taken string and stretch it from New Or leans to New York, and you will see that it passes right through Carters ville, it is said not to run more than one mile from our depot. Here then is an air line, and over this line, Car tersville is a commanding central point for all tills vast agricultural, mineral and manufacturing region. Within herself, and about her, at her very door, she holds resources that no other town in Georgia at this day commands. The remark then of the Courier-Journal was well made, and the near future will prove that it was founded on the best observation and the plainest, simplest truths. We may not live to see it, but not a doubt can exist that right here, at Carters ville, there will be, in time, a large, flourishing, rich and powerful city. Let capital, then, come, and come at once, here is the place for investment, and he who takes time by the fore lock, will not repent that lie cast ins lot and fortunes among us. MAG ISTERTAL ILLUSTRATION An enthusiastic and much excited applicant for a warrant against an other, who had ruthlessly kicked His seat, came to the Magistrate of the famous 17th District, the other day, and, in his intense excitement and full purpose fully to explain the in dignity showed him, and for lack of suitable language, took said Magis trate by the shoulders, and was in the act of practically illustrating the affair, when His Honor demurred to the proceedings, and proposed to take His word for it, rather than the proposed illustration. The warrant was duly issued, much to the satis faction of the applicant, and equally to the relief of the Court. We suggest that when -tills case comes up for a hearing, the applicant be permitted to perform the illustra tion on the Defendant as a setoff. Let Austria Bewake. —Now let the eagle shriek. An America citizen has been cast into an Austrian bastile merely for making remarks uncomplimentary to the majesty of Francis Joseph. Has it come to this, that a free and independent dtizen of our United States can not hurl his scorn and defiance into the teeth of the effete monarchies of Europe with out being crushed beneath the des pot’s iron heel ? Is the proud flag of freedom to suffer such a humiliation without an atonement being wrung from the base tyrant who dares to brave the vengeance of Columbia’s sons? (Never! and applause.) Can not we, who make Presidents and call them by what names wo please, venture to assail despicable usurpers who trample upon the rights of groan ing nations without being chained down in donjon keeps? Shall we calmly look on while our fellow-citi zen is borne away to the rack and the thumb-screw, or shall we rise in our might and thrust the vile jpsult down the oppressor’s throat? There is blood upon the horizon—the e%ie , s talons are out—a million freemen are ready to strike for their liberties ! Bet the Austrian tremble in his boots! —lndianapoUst Sentinel. In a certain Justice Court of Geor ' gia, jtho following case was tried, and judgment rendered by His Honor, in ! substance as follows: A case was pending between If. and M. for the building of a house: H. contending that it was to be built for $35, and M. for -65. So two me chanics, H. and S., were introduced j as witnesses to give their evidence as to the worth of the work. IT. testi fied to SSO and S. to $35, and the evi dence closed, when His Honor began to adjust and argue as follows: “This matter of difference between these two parties is a lever S3O long, that i being the difference between them— i $65—535 - S3O. This lever is to he ad justed and balanced; and as the law requires that expert* in any art, trade or calling may be introduced as wit nesses—up comes witness IT., who is at least a quasi expert, and he strad dles this lever at SSO, precisely half way between the parties, 50 being the medium between 35 ami 65, and he puts the fulcrum at that point; and if there were no other evidence, that would be adjusted as the point. But then comes witness S., who sits down with plaintiff H. at $35, which makes the other end of the lever kick way up, with M. at SBS and 11. at SSO. So it won’t do to leave it in that fix, for it must be balanced. Now, the ful crum point is somewhere between the two witnesses, IT. and S., who are themselves sls apart; and if they were equal experts in the mechanical art, and their evidence weighed the same, then the point would be half way between them; say, 71 from H. at point 50, or 71 added to S. at 35 makes 424. But as S. is more of an expert in the trade than IT., and as he now lives in the house in dispute, his evidence naturally weighs more; hence the point must be placed near er the heavier end, nearer to S., say $23 nearer, say to notch 40 instead of 423, and at that point it will balance, according to the evidence; and with all hands astride this lever, they may just tip the ground with their toes, provided their legs are all the same length; and may sesaw up and down, or fly-ginny round and round on a complete balance, provided none of them fall off*. So it is ordered and adjudged that S4O be the price to be paid by defend ant. to plaintiff for building the house.” (>n HvteTiV l enn'e'\'at-'’tVii Jfit’.wtfYU’ev.daxL between the conductor and a well dressed young man. As the car was passing up the avenue, the young man at the time standing on theplat forin taking it easy, with one foot on a trunk, was approached by the con ductor and his fare demanded. He quietly passed over his five cents. Conductor: “I demand t wenty-fi ve cents for that trunk !” Young man (hesitatingly.) “Twen ty-five cents’? Well, I think 1 will not pay it.” Conductor: “Then I shall put the trunk off.” Young man: “You had better not or you may be sorry for it.” Conductor pulls strap, stops car, dumps trunk on the street, starts ear and after going some two squares, ap proaches the young man, who was still calm as a summer morning, and in an angry mood says: “Now 1 have put your trunk off, what are you going to do about it?” Young man (coolly)—“ Well, I dori,t propose to do any thing about it; it’s no concern of mine; it wasn’t my trunk.” The car was stopped,'‘and shortly af terward the conductor was seen to come sweating up with the trunk on his back —a part of the performance he did not enjoy half so well as the pas sengers. Going Down to the Sea in Ships.”— Dr. Johnson, according to Boswell, thought more of dry land than the “mighty ocean.” “J don’t see,” said the tidy doctor, “how any man who has contrivance enough to get into jail ever wants to be a sailor.” The late Edwin Forrest held like views on the subject. On a trip to California he was deathly sea sick, and yet this did not prevent him from swearing. A preacher who was on board, undertook to admonish him for his profanity, but Forest only answered to tell him that “his Lord and Master when on the sea was glad to get off and walk. The captain of the vesesl now approached them, and sought to sooth the old man, ad ding that he (the captain) took to the sea from choice and wonldn’t live on shore. “That’s a lie,” said Forrest; “I know of one man only who took to the sea from choice; that was Noah, because if he had remained on land he would have been drowned. The Victims-of African Sla very.—The Montgomery Advertiser states the case thus: The Africans, in their native jun gles, after three thousand years of freedom, have not developed enough intelligence to build a bridge. But after 100 years amid the horrors (?) of slavery they have all at once been found competent to make and administer laws for the most enlight ened people on the globe! Now who will deny that slavery was a terrible curse to the negro? The House ou Saturday, by unan imous consent, ordered the printin of the argument of Col. B. W. Fro bell in favor of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal. Tn the House to-day Gen. Negly. of Pennsylvania, moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of taking up the canal bills and making them the special order of February 13th, exclusive of all other business. Senator Garfield [opposed the mo tion. General Negly, Judge’Shella barger, and others, sustained it warm ly. The motion was adopted by a vote of 147 ayes, to 30 nays. The vote is regarded as highly satisfactory by the friends of these enterprises. A sausage weighing over two tons was recently made in Manheim, Pa. The epizootic had previously been ex tensively fatal in that quarter. General Assembly. Mr. Baker of Itartow — A resolution that all bills relative to allowing per sons to practice medicine lie referred to a special committee of physicians House refused fift suspend the rules to take it up. A bill to change the time of the sales of administrators, executors, guardians and trustees, from forty days, to once a week for four weeks; was reported on favorably by the committee, ami the bill passed.* A bill to incorporate the Bartow Iron Company— amended and bill passed. A bill to incorporate the Cherokee Iron Company. Amended and bill passed. A hill U> extend the provisions of an act to encourage the manufacture, of cotton and wool to the manufac ture of iron and iron furnaces. The committee recommended favorably, and the bill was passed. Mr. Clarke of Richmond—To pro vide for the issuing of bonds to pay oft* the public school debt. Mr. Estes—A bill to incorporate the Gainsville Railroad, and for other purposes. Mr. Baker of'Bartow —For the re lief of H. Best & son, of Bartow. A bill to repeal the usury laws of this State and fix a rate of interest where parties have no written agree ment. Passed. Also, to repeal all laws giving merchants and factors liens on crops for advances. Also, to require all costs to he paid in advance. PRESS CONVENTION, ATI.AN. TA, GA. RESOLUTIONS. Colonel Styles moved to appoint a committee of three on the subject of county advertisements, which was carried, and the following appointed said committee: Col. C. W. Styles, C. W. Hancock and J. B. Gorman who, after retiring, made a report which, with slight amendment, was received and adopted, as follows: Resolved, That the practice of solic iting county advertising from county j officers, who are at the time under annual contract or agreement with a particular paper, is exceeding the rules of legitimate competition, and that the offering to do such advertis ing at reduced rates or to pay a per centage or bonus to such officer or officers as inducement to change his or their official journal, is disreputa ble and should subject the offender to expulsion under article VIII of the Constitution. Resolved, That the acceptance, knowingly, of county advertising without advance payment from a county officer who is In arrears with his former publisher, is unjust, un professional and dishonorable, and that any member so offending shall be expelled, published and stricken from the exchange list of this Associ- Resotved, That any meinoer wmi shall accept such advertising, in ig norance of such officer’s arrears, and who shall refuse or fail to discontinue the same, on proof of the fact, by the publication of such officer as a default er, shall he subject to like punish ment. Resolved, That the rates for legal advertising agreed upon by this As sociation, on the 9th of May, 1872, in section 3of “a bill to he entitled an act to regulate the mode, manner and prices of publishing the legal ad vertisements of the several counties of this State,” are fair and just, and that bidding below said rates to obtain patronage engaged by another paper, is to all intents and purposes “under bidding,” and should be classed with the crime of “ratting.” By J. J. Toon—A resolution on the cash system for subscription was of fered, which, after a lively and inter esting discussion, was adopted, as follows: Resolved, That we nrge with deep earnestness every publisher of this Association, and the entire press of the State, to adhere strictly to the system of advance payments on all subscriptions to their papers, and so advise their patrons from week to week. Bill for printing the proceedings of the Association by the Atlanta Con stitution was presented and passed for payment. By C. YV. Hancock—adopted: Resolved, That the annual fee from each member of this Association be two dollars for the future, instead of five dollars, as heretofore. The following resolutions were of fered by J. B. Christain, and adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are hereby tendered to Colonels Wm. M. Wadley, President of the Central Railroad, and John Screven, President of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, and their able and efficient Superintendents, Cols. William Rogers and H. S. Hanes; to Col. S. K. Jhonson, of the Georgia Road, and to all other roads, for their kind courtesies extended to the members of this Association. Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are tendered to Col. W. M. Nicholls, of the Kimball House, and to Major Frank Warren, his pop ular and obliging clerk, for their cour teous and liberal attention extended to the members of this body. It was moved by Mr. C. W. Han cock that all the papers of this Asso ciation publish these proceedings. Carried. By J. B. Gorman—adopted,. Resolved, That the thanks of this Association be tendered to President, Col. Kstill, and Secretary pro tern., J. R. Christian, for their courtesies to this body, and faithful discharge of their duty. By J. G. M. Medlcck—unanimous ly adopted; Resolved , That any member of the Georgia Press Association who shall hereafter insert advertisements, or enter into contract with any adver tising agency, or any other parties, to insert advertisements for less than the minimum rates printed in our schedule of prices, shall be expelled from the Association and dropped from the list of exchanges. Resolved, That any newspaper in Georgia, whether*4* member of this Association or not, violating the fore going resolution, shall be struck from tlie mail books of every member of the Association; and that each mem ber be requested to publish the above resolution as often as practicable. After a liberal discussion of mat ters'of general interest to the Associ ation, the Convention adjourned Sine die. J. R. Christian, Secretary pro tem, !§**s*§♦ PA F THE PRINTER. The man who cheats the printer Out of a single cent, Will never reach the heavenly land Where old Elijah went. He will not gain admission there, By devils he'll he driven, And made to loaf Itis time away Outside the walls of Heaven.* Without a man to greet him, Without a pleasant grin ; The happiness that he will reap Will he almighty thin. He’ll have to eat the thistle Os sorrow and regret; He’ll have to buck around right smart With cussed ness, “you bet!” TH E OL I) lON PEI) ERA TE. You have read, my little children, Standing at your teacher’s knee, How a great and bad rebellion Rose along the Southern sea. You have read of how the nation Rallied in the right, and how Our good men led on the armies, Winning laurels for his brow. You have read of how the traitors Fell beneath his might, and you Too have read of how the conflict Left this good man much to do; How the war had left the country Racked with strifes and vague a larms, And of how this man to save it, Took it kindly in his arms. Naught in this I find for wonder, But ’twill he my dying pride To reflect that some are living Who have heard the other side. And the old man asks a favor Ere his form is stiff and cold : Won't you tell your liltle children What the old Confederate toldl J. P. Steele. The Gem of the West and Soldiers' Friend, published at Chicago.contains an “Ai>olitioner’s Reflections on the Situation in Louisiana,” which scarce ly conies up to the “trooly loil” stan dard. These reflections run into rhyme as well as reason. Thev open thus: Eight and sixty colored gents, sitting in a row, Five and twenty white men, busy “eating crow:” Warmouth on the anxious seat, and Pinch back in the chair, How is that for high, my boys? Un cle Sam don’t care. After going through the startling facts of the situation, the poet, Frank Myrtle, concludes as follows: The next old battle, when it comes, will he a big one too, ’Twont be between the Gray boys, and those who wore the Blue, * Tiu>_hliu*ks will run the good old ship. So buckle on your armor boys, and keep your country free. We’ve been an abolitioner, we know what his we say, We’ve fought for all these colored chaps, that they might have their pny, But now the tarnal cusses think bo kase we made ’em free, That they can put the lash on us, and raise their Juberlee Chicago, Doe. 27, 1872. ENCORES. The Boston Saturday Evening Ga zette has the following sensible re marks on the habit of encoring songs, and which apply with special fitness to the latitude of Cartersville. It says: “The abuse of encoring comes in with the concert season, with all its wonted vigor. Perhaps it is idle to remonstrate against it; but we are moved to say another word of protest, nevertheless. As practiced in Bos ton, it is unjust both to performers and to many in their audiences. We do not object to hearty demonstra tions of approval. These indicate a satisfaction that is stimulating to ar tist s, and places them in pleasant re lations with those whom it is their misejon to entertain. In exception ai cast sos general and obvious de light, a repetition may be a graceful and gracious favor which it is pleas ant to see conveyed. But this is widely different from the wholesale system of demanding repetitions that is becoming the habit with portions of fk&ton audiences. They are not the most numerous portions, but in the vigor of their youth and persis tency, they succeed in making a noise out of proportion to their real strength, and mus induce artists un willingly to acquiesce and compel the balance of audiences to submit.— Do tinse enthusiastic people realize that there is a culpable disregard of good manners in their proceedings ? We presum not, but their ill-breed ing is none the less manifest. To urge upon a singer, who has appear ed and indicated a wish to lx* excus ed, the repetition of a difficult per formance, that if they know any thing of music they would he aware has bigen a tax both upwi mental and physical faculties, is to perpetrate a boorish act, which is not at all re deemed by the enforced acquiescence that may follow it. Then the por tions of'the audiences not encoring have rights also, or at least are enti tled to courtesy. They 4ftme to hear the programme. It may be tlwrt some of the last things in it are what they most desire to hear. They could hear-it all if the concert was kept within reasonable limits. In some instances, being confined to the cars as a means for reaching their residences, they are compelled to leave long before it is completed, and thus are deprived of what they paid their money to listen to. In others, they are so wearied that they leave the concert room in disgust , at the unnecessary and unreasonable pro longation of the programme... We don’t know how far it is in the pow er of concert givers to resist this in creasing unpleasant-custom; hut we heartily wish there could be a com bination among them to reform alto gether the practice of responding . to enhores,-until ‘if can be bought with in reasonable limits. ; . Men’s Uyesshould be like the day, more' beautiful iffthe evening s ; or liie the summer, glowing with promise, and the. autumn, rich with golden sheaves where good works and deeds have ripened on the field. THE WEALTH OF GEORGIA. e have just had laid upon our ta ble a copy of the Comptroller Gener al’s (Hon. Madison Bell) Report of the State of Georgia, submitted to I the Governor, Jan. Ist, 1873. We just have time to collect the following j statements from that document in re gard to the returns and valuations of the landed wealth of Georgia. The number of acres returned for I 1872, is 33,555,907 acres, a decrease of 564,219 acres as compared with the re port for 1871. The aggregate value of land is put down at $96,813,539, showing a de crease of $544,153 since 1871. (There is an error in the Report as printed.) The aggregate value of land per acre is $2 87—three cents ix*r acre more than in 1871. Number of acres of wild land 6,036,- 902—aggregate value of the same $2,- 105,118, or thirty-five cents per acre. Number of acres of improved land not returned for 1872, 214,739 acres— aggregate value of the same $833,481. Value of city and town property for 1872, $55,219,519 —increase since 1871, $3,059,785. Amount of money and solvent debts for the past year, $33,629,751 increase over 1871, $3,038,955. Value of merchandise $13,849,468- over 1871, $860,455. Value of household and kitchen furnitures, $1,476,263 —decrease of $92,179 since 1871. Plantation and mechanical tools, i sl64,oos—increase since 1871 of $8,583. Number of hands employed be tween twelve and sixty-five years of age, 110,439—a decrease of 4,560 since 1871. Value of stocks and bonds, $6,266,- 552; increase, $1,399,399. The capital invested in shipping and tonnage is $182,313. Capital invested in iron works, foundries, etc., $830,362. Capital invested in mining, $8,380. ! Value of shares in any National Bank in this State, $2,670,826. Value of all other property (person al) not enumerated, except annual crops, etc., $28,587,801. Decrease since 1871 of $1,536,637. Aggregate value of whole property of the State, $243,620,466. Increase since 1871, $9,127,998. Value after deducting S2OO, $226,663,263.— At1anta Sun. Atlanta, Jan. 22,10:30 r. m. A meeting of the Senators, Repre sentatives, and many prominent cit izens of the Eighth Congressional District was held at the Kimball House this evening, lion. Robt. Toombs in the Chair, and Henry Moore, Esq., of Augusta, serving as Secretary. Hon. Alex. If. Stephens was unan imously requested to stand for Con gress from the Eighth District of Georgia. All the candidates have declined in favor of Mr. Stephens, which leaves him a clear walk over the tratuWr Tt uras rionirlfxl fhnt there Mr. Stephen should stand according to the English custom. Mr. Stephens accepts the nomination, and Gover nor Smith has been requested to issue his proclamation for an election forthwith. STUPENDOUS LIBERALITY. We learn that a project is on foot for the general government to u mate a hundred millions of dollars to the Southern States to pay off the State debts and remove the ravages of the war. The project is said to originate with the leading capitalists of ihe North. —Atlanta Constitution. W. W. Kiddoo, of Randolph county has been appointed by Gov ernor Smith to succeed Judge D. B. Harrell in the South-western Circuit. His nomination was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. The department of justice asks for three hudred thousand dollars defi ciency in appropriation, mainly in curred in kuklux prosecutions. A Western traveler writes; In pas sing through the burnt districts of Wisconsin I saw no shrubs or briers anywhere, a thing I never saw before and wonld not have believed it had I not seen it.” Mercer University.— We are in formed that this old and popular col lege starts out upon the new year with the most encouraging prospect. Al ready one hundred and sixty-five stu dents have entered for thespring term and still they come. j (fear “Shut your eyes and listen mit me,” said a Dutchman. “ Vel de first night I opens I counts de monies and finds him hix right. I counts and dere be tree dollars gone, and vat does yer tink I does den ? Vy I did not count him any more, and he comes out shost right ever since.” Savannah, January 20, 1873. General Lee’s birthday was celebra ted with great eclat. It was the first military parade since the war took place. The First Georgia Volunteers, Eighth Battalion, Chatham Artillery, Battery and Georgia Huzzars parade, in uniforms. General Wade Hamp ton delivered an address. The day was generally observed as a holiday, and resembled the Fourth of July before the war. Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long,” is a libel Josh Billings asserts. “Man wants everything that he can seeor hearov, and never is willing to let go hisgrah- Whenever yu find a man who is thor oughly satisfied with what he haz got, you will find either air ideot, or one who haz tried'hard to get some more and couldn’t do it. The older a man grows the more wantful he bekums; as hiz hold on life slackens, hiz pinch on a dollar grows grippy.” T . * * • Life. —Don’t mistake life. Don’t draw wrong conceptions of what it takes to make life. Ambition is .but a crumbling straw to Y>c buried by time. It dies upon the lips but enters not'"the heart to lighten and make it truly glorious. All these conquests—this-adding of acres —th is piling up wealth for others is not hing to tin# growing of that love for others, which will carry us safely Over tlio wondrous sea, where those whose hearts are heavy with lust and pas sion, base and selfish, desirous only for.personal gratification, will .ink to rise no move* SUBSCRIPTION : $2 per annum. Agricultural Department. SOW CLOVER SEED EARLY. Farmers who contemplate sowing clover seed on winter wheat should do so in February, or not later than early in March. A gallon aud a half to the acre is about the right quanti ty to sow, taking pains to distribute the seed evenly over the ground. To add 100 pounds of land plaster to the acre generally pays well for the ex pense and labor. Where one wants clover for pasture and hay, it is wise to sow herds grass seed in‘addition to that of clover. A half bushel of herds grass to the acre improves the pasture very much. All kinds of stock re quire some variety in their daily food. Hence grass with clover, and clover with grass, for a change, are benefit cial. Now is the time to provide good pastures for cows giving milk, youngcgttle, mules and sheep. Young cattle and sheep sometimes run out; but as the farm generally loses their manure, the gain is not so large as believed. Manure is apt to be the thing one’s farm most needs; and to make its condition still worst*, the owner of the laud turns out into tin* woods his hogs, sheep and cattle, lest some of their droppings should defile the raikod fields on which he raises corn and oats. The central idea of good husbandry is to produce and husband all fertilizing substances on the fairm to make a strong and fertile soil. No other plant has done so touch to improve land as clover, and eveiy farmer should cultivate it. The Roy al Agricultural Society of England and its chemist have experimented a good deal to learn the true value of clover to draw plant food from the atmosphere and the deep subsoil. It is in this way that it renovates a de pleted corn, cotton or wheat field. But where there is a deficiency of lime and potash salts in the subsoil, as well as that nearer the surface, such salts should be applied to the land. Hence English farmers use a world of marl, lime, land plaster, su perphosphates, guano, and of German potash salts. All these supply the mineral so wl of plants—clover, turn ips and gra drawing organic ele metiis ironi a- air, and from water. Tin-long tit,, roots of clover descend so far into toe ground that they im bibe and utilise agricultural salts which escape the roots of grain and grass. Glover is a renovating power on the farm which is not half so much used as it ought to he.—Union &• American. From the Southern Farm au.l Home. EXPERIENCE TEACIIETIL Mr. Editor: lam an old man, up ward of three-score years, during two score of which 1 have been a tiller of the soil. 1 cannot say that lam rich now, but I have been rich, and hayo now all I need, do not owe a dollar, have given my children a good edu cation, and when J am (-ailed away w» iJ. tiuun LoiAii/r has taught me that, 1. One acre of land well prepared and manured and well cultivated, will produce more than two acres which receive only the same amount of manure and labor expended on the one. 2. One cow, horse, mule, sheep, rr hog, well fed, is more profitable than two kept on the amount of food ne<- essary to keep one well. 3. One acre of clover or grass is worth more than two acres of cotton where no grass or clover is raised. 4. No farmer who buys oats, corn, wheat, potatoes, teas,* fu:filer aim hay, as a rule for ten years, can keep the sheriff from his door in the end. 5. The farmer who never reads an agricultural paper, :.«d sneers at book farming and improvements, always has leaky roofs, poor stock, broken down fences, and complains of “had seasons.” • 6. The farmer who is above his bu siness and entrusts it to another to manage, soon has no business to at tend to. 7. The fanner whose habitual bev erage is cold, water, is healthier, wealthier and wiser than he who “does not refuse a drink.” If you think this advice worth a corner, I may give you some more dots from my experience. Senex. THE HOUSEWIFE’S TABLE. The following is a very valuable housewife’s table, by which persons not having scales and weights at hand may readily measure the article wanted to form any receipt without the trouble of weighing. Allowance to be made for an extraordinary dry ness or moisture of the article weigh ed or measured: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Wheat flour, one pound is one quart. Indian meal, one pound two ounc es are one quart. Butter, when soft, one pound isono quart. Loaf sugar, broken, one pound Is one quart. White sugar, powered, one pound one ounce are one quart. Best brown sugar, one pound two ounces are one quart. Ten eggs are one pound. • LIQUIDS, ETC. Sixteen large tablespoonfuls are half a pint. Eight, large tablespoonfuls are one gill. Four large tablespoonfuls are half a gill. Two gills are half a pint. Two pints are one quart. Four quarts are one gallon. A common sized tumbler holds half a pint. A common sized wine glass is half a gill. A tea cup is one gill. A large wine glass is one gill. A tablespoonful is half an ounce. Forty drops are equal to one tea spoonful. Four teaspoon fuls are equal to one tablespoon ful. To CATCH Rats.— When a house is infested by rtvta which refuse to nilv bleat toasted cheese and the usual baits, a few drops of the highly scent ed oil of rhodium poured on ifo* bot tom of a cage-trap, wilt almost inva riably attract it mil-of tin* “mi-viiiev ous rodents” before morning. We have known this to be tried with most extraordinary success. Where a.trap[baited with all maimer of edi bies nas failed to attract a single rat, the oft'Of rhodium caused k to be completely crowded! night after night, until the house was cleared of the noisome visitors. SO. 5.