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THE STANDARD & EXPRESS.
8. H. SMITH & CO., Proprietors.
UETERSTILLE. BA.. FBRDART *7. 1873.
* 'T.'L'- l-il. .•••! .it.. ' .Li.".
The Columbus Enquirer thus con
cedes the triumph of J. N’h theory,
in a recent issue of that able paper:
J. N.— He Moves Cautiously
But Slowly to Triumph and vic
tory.—We received a call from this
distinguished philosopher yesterday.
He left at 4 p. m. to fill an appoint
ment at Cuthbort. He informed us
that he will withdraw most of his
Southern engagements, but will
speak in Eufaula on February the
20th, in this city on the 24th, at La
Grange on the 20th, Atlanta on the
£6th, Rome on the 27th, Cartersville
on the 28th, and Macon on the 11th
March. This summer he will roll
back the veil in the North, and in
the true spirit of selfraartyrdom re
sist the tide of prejudice which rolls
In an avalanche along the Mason and
Dixon line. The Southern as well as
Northern soldiers must be pensioned
by the influ % nce of his theory, and
when tin pressure is removed, both
Aides will stand equals in honor
and glory.
Truly, the world ha 9 not presented
the equal of J. N., who for the cause
of truth is suffering the tortures of
self-immolation.
Good Thing on J. N.—The rail
roads generally free-ride, and the ho
tels free-hash the Philosopher who
announces that he is trying to remove
the passions of the war, and get the
General Government to pension
Southern soldiers. When this is
done the veil will be uplifted. We
were told, yesterday, that J. N. stop
ped at a Louisville hotel. The morn
ing he left, the clerk asked him for
that “little bill,” and received as a
reply, “I am J. N., the Philosopher.”
Tho clerk said, “Philosophers have
to pay at this hashery.” J. N. asked
how much he would take off. Clerk
answered, that, under the circum
stances, he would take off half.
“Well,” said J. N., “I’ll take off the
other half,” and out he went with
his little satchel. —Exchang
MR. TOOMBS’ LETTER.
The Bondholders, by their agents,
are still clamorous for the payment
of their Bonds by the State, and this
question, which was believed to be
settled by the decision of the last Leg
islature, has again assumed large pro
portions, and much significance. A
matter already thoroughly and interne
ly investigated by the press, the lead
ing minds of Georgia, and her assem
bled Legislature, and decided with
aJI imposing authority and solemni
ty, and which, when made, it was
hoped would be final, is called up
again for a re-hearing, and investiga
tion is to be investigated ; not, to be
sure, to ascertain whether tho decis
ion was correct and must stand, but
with the hope and the effort to re
verse the decision, and induce the
State to pay. After all, no new light
has been thrown upon the question,
and all that can be done, will be done,
upon tho facts upon which that Leg
islature and the public made their
decision, to remove tho decree in or
der that the State may bo made to
pay the Bond claims.
From the hatch of letters which
have been published on this subject,
by distinguished Georgians, and
some so-called “leading men,” we se
lect that of the Hon. Robert Toombs,
as expressive of our views, and ask
our readers to give it a patient and
careful reading. Whatever may be
said of Mr. Toombs by his enemies,
one thing is certain, that his mind is
not only great, but is eminently honest;
that he is, beyond all question, a de
voted patriot, while upon all legal
and constitutional questions, he is
universally acknowledged, even his
enemies being judges, the peer of auy
man. While in the Senate of the
United States he was acknowledged,
on all hands, as the largest brain of
that eminent body, and in all the af
fairs of his own private financial life,
he has proven himself eminently
practical and successful. To a large
mind, thoroughly honest in itself, he
adds a vast store of legal knowledge
and practical experience, and has long
been estimated by thoso best ac
quainted with his powers, as perhaps
the first political economist in the
country. No man could bring great
er abilities to the service of the coun
try than he, and especially would he
make one of the best Secretaries of
tho Treasury the country has ever
known. We speak not of his status
as a politician, but have said so much
of him as an able financier and econ
omist, that our readers may give
more than common attention to his
very full, honest, exhaustive and
conclusive letter, published in this
issue.
GEORGIA’S BID FOR CAPITAL.
Atlanta, Feb. 14.—A1l the usury
laws have been repealed.
Capital invested iu cotton and wool
en mills is exempt from taxation for
ten years. Iron furnaces and manu
factories of iron aro also exempt for
the same period. This has become
the settled policy of the State, and
companies are now being organized
under it. The general public law ex
empting from taxation, will stimulate
manufacturers in Georgia. The State
offers every inducement to capital to
seek an investment in developing the
manufactures, and coal and iron in
terests of the State.
The Iron World says that the
heavy iron mongers of Pittsburg, and
other large capitalists, are forming a
syndicate for the purchase of all the
valuble ore deposits in tho United
States, with a view to keeping them
in idleness—undeveloped and practi
cally useless—until such time as it
may suit their convenience to work
them. That would be a heavy old
monopoly.
W. H. Wixle A Cos. have Just re
ceived a uioe lot of Fancy Candies,
Coceanuts, Oranges, Lemons, Figs,
Dates, <fcc., 4c. Port Office building,
Cartei&viUe, 9*. rsb
News Id General
Governor Smith nays he is compell
ed to have $2,576,00 this year to meet
the Indebtedness and current expen
ses.
Judge Sparrow, of HawkinviUe, is
dead.
One thousaud loaded cars lu Chat
tanooga.
One house in Louisville sold 250,-
000 hams to the South this seaaon.
France has a standing army of one
million of men.
Griffin manages to sell one hun
dred tons of guano in a day.
The exercises of Mercer University
will be remimed on the 3rd of March.
The New Orleans Picayune wants
to get Cuba by swapping New Eng
land for her.
The Legislature has passed a bill
creating anew connty from that of
Clark, to be called Oconee.
It i* thought there will be a sweep
ing change in our diplomatic service
after tho 4th of March.
All tlis* troops except those on gar
rison duty an: to be removed from
the South.
A man in Ifardin county, Ky.,
killed one hundred and six birds at
one shot.
The Credit Mobilier Committee re
ported a resolution oxpolling Oakes
Ames and James Brooks.
Augusta had thirteen deaths from
meningetis between the Ist and the
9th inst.
The Spanish Republic has |been
recognised by Dan. E. Sickles, U. S.
Minister at Madrid.
Willis Rowland, colored, was com
mitted to jail yesterday by Bailiff
Brown, charged with assaulting his
wife. —Home Commercial 21 ah”.
Tho interest on the public debt of
South Carolina amounts to twelve
j>or cent, mortgage on the entire tax
able property of the State.
Rumor says that the Pennsylvania
Central railroad had leased the entire
Northern Central railroad, and will
Dike possession of the same on the
first of July next.
W. S. Brown, of Griffin, who is
charged with the murder of Captain
J. H. Grant, has been sent to Fulton
Couuty Jail for safe keeping.
Major E. B. Walker, of the Wes
tern and Atlantic Railroad, married,
on the 18th, Miss Agnes Magill, sis
ter of Colonel W. J. Magill.
The Administration is making a
dead set at Mormonism. A bill is in
Congress putting an end to polygamy.
It wisely does not interfere with ex
isting marital relations.
It is a remarkable coincidence that
in the New York Presbyterian
church which tumbled to peices last
Sabbath, the pastor founded his morn
ing discourse on the text: “Escape
for thy life.”
A large number of families are
leaving Florida, on account of the
high taxes and worthless character
of the laborers. Some are sacrificing
property at one-fourth its value, and
are seeking homes in Georgia, North
Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.
We have been told, says the Atlan
ta Constitution, that in the secret
session of the Senate the vote con
firming Governor Smith’s appoint
ment of Hon. Robert P. Tripps,
Judge of the Supreme Court, stood
sixteen to twenty. And this after
some debate.
Free Cuba .-Miguel Aldama pledg
es himself to give toward the cause
of free Cuba an amount equal to that
contributed by the rest of his coun
trymen in the United States. It is
expected that two hundred thousand
dollars will be collected within a few
weeks.
DECLINE IN NAILS.
Pittsburg, February 19.—At a meet
ing of the iron and nail manfacturers
ofthiscity and Wheeling, held here
this afternoon, the present card rates
of manufactured iron was adhered to,
but 10 to 60 penny nails were reduced
50 cents per keg, and 3-pennies ad
vanced 25 cents per keg.
Special to the Atlanta Herald.
Washington, Feb. 21.—W. L.
Scruggs, of Atlanta, has appoin
ted by the President of the United
States Minister to the Republic of
the United States of Columbia, with
headquarters at Bogota. The sala
ry is $7,500 per annum. The Ala
bama,Georgia, Tennessee and North
Carolina delegations secured him
tho place.
Rome. —The Commercial of the
20th says the Oostanaula is going
back into its banks rather slowly, as
if loth to give up all control over
space. It has left Broad street in a
terrible condition. All the crossings
and bridges over the drainsare wosh
ed up. It will require two or three
weeks to put this street alone in re
pair. South and Howard streets
were badly washed.
Grant’s Forthcoming Inaugu
ral.—A Washington dispatch says:
“The President has not yet commen
ced the preparation of his inaugural
address, and very few speculations
have been made concerning it. It is
believed that its tone tewards the
South will be very friendly, and inti
mations are freely made that the
next administration will be very
conservative.”
Santa Anna the one legged oock
flghter and a disturber of the peace,
for whom the d—l has been patiently
waiting for a quater of a century, is
still hanging on to the brittle thread
instead of a hempen cord; and accord
ing to last accounts had turned up in
New Orleans, invited there probably
j by Piuciiback or Durell.— Louisville
\ ledger.
GEORGIA BONDS.
OPINIONS OF LEADING GEORGIANS
ON THE BOND SETTLEMENT—LET
TER FROM GENERAL TOOMBS.
Washington, Ga., Feb. 10,1873.
To Messrs. I. W. Avery and E. Y.
Clarke:
Gentlemen: I regret that very
urgent professional engagements pre
vented an earlier reply to yours or
the sth instant, requesting for publi
cation my “view's on the bond ques
tion now before the Legislature,” ms
S resented in the propositions of Col.
nead. I gave the question of the
validity of ail the bonds embraced in
those propositions, a very careful con
sideration last year while acting as
counsel for the bond committee, ap
pointed by the last Legislature, to in
vestigate and report upon all the
bonds issued in the name of the State
by Bullock. And I fully Concurred
with the committee in their conclu
sions upon all those which were con
demned by them. I would have
carried that condemnation farther; it
is utterly impossible to sustain tho
validity of the $600,000 of bonds in
dorsed by Bullock, for the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad, under the
act of October, 1870. under the princi
ples adopted by tne committee and
the Legislature. There was already
a tiret mortgage to the State on ail
the property of the road for one mil
lion nine hundred and fifty thousand
do!Jam—an amount proven by the
President aud Directors of the com
pany to be equal to the sums invest
ed by private parties; and there was
u second mortgage then and now out
standing ou the road to other parties,
as 1 am informed, and no mortgage
or other lien of any kind has ever
been given to secure the State for the
indorsement. They have not, and
never had, a single leg to stand upon,
and the Legislative approval of them
must have Deen done under a clear
mistake.
I would also have declared as un
constitutional and void all the obliga
tions attempted to be put on the peo
ple of this State by that gang of
usurpers and thieves assuming to be
the Legislature of Georgia, foisted
upon us, not by the people, black or
white, but by Bullock and General
Terry by fraud and the bayonet, in
defiance of the Constitution and ti e
laws and in utter contempt of publ.c
decency. They were wanting in that
indispensable element necessary to
the validity of all contracts; the fp-e
consent by themselves or their agents
thereunto, lawfully authorized, of
the parties sought to be bound by
them. I desire now to say only this
much, on tlje last two points, to pre
vent any misapprehension as to my
opinions touching them, and for the
additional reason that they are also
equally applicable to the proposition
now under consideration. But while
the wrongs, injuries, insults and spo
liations, which have been imposed on
the people of Georgia, under color of
Jaw, since the unfortunate termina
tion of the war between the States,
are galling, heavy and grievous to be
borne; yet for all the purposes of this
investigation, I shall test the de
mands of those claiming to be our
creditors by the same principles of
law, equity and public faith, as
though they had been created under
our own State Government before the
war, or under any other undisputed,
rightful government.
All the bonds embraced in the first,
fourth and fifth propositions were is
sued or indorsed in aid of railroad
companies. They were all declared
null and void by the last Legislature,
on the grounds that they were issued
in violation of the Constitution of the
Btate, and in violation of the provi
sions of the several acts of the Legis
lature authorizing their issue. Were
these judgments right and proper and
fit to be made ? 1 think so, right on
both grounds, and I will proceed
briefly to give my reasons on the
constitutional point which covers and
disposes of all these cases, and I leave
the other, which depends mainly on
facts, where the very able report of
the committee left it. To levy and
collect taxes, to borrow money on the
pledge of the property of the people
and the faith of tne State are among
the highest and most important pow
ers of sovereignty. The Anglo-Sax
on race had a long and bloody strug
gle to wrench them from the iron
grasp of despots, and to limit, restrain
and chain them down by organic
laws. Their deseendents on this con
tinent profited by tlieir triumph un
der William and Mary of England,
and generally put additional re
straints upon their exercise even by
their own representatives. Neither
the Constitution of the United States,
nor the Constitutions of any of the
States of the Union, it Is believed,
vest the powers to tax and to borrow
money in any officer or department of
the governments established by
them, or upon all of them together
without conditions and restraints,
and the necessities and tendencies of
the present times point rather to
wards the increase tnan the diminu
tion of such restraints. It is certain
in this country that neither Presi
dents, nor Governors, nor ministerial
officers, nor judicial officers, nor great
seals can extract even a penny from
poverty, or change the Common
wealth with a shilling of public debt
except by authority of law, and ac
cording to the terms prescribed by
law. The Constitution of the State
of Georgia settles this class of public
obligations now under consideration
with clearness and certainty. Para
graph five, section six, article three,
among other limitations upon legisla
tive powers, ordains that “The Gen
eral Assembly shall pass no law
making the State a stockholder in
any corporate company, nor shall the
credit of the State be granted or loan
ed to aid any company without a
provision that the whole property of
the company shall be bound for‘ the
security of the State prior to any debt
or lien, except to laborers; nor to any
company in which there is not al
ready an equal amount invested by
private persons.”
Under the act of the 12th of March,
1869, three millions and three hun
dred thousand of first mortgage
bonds were indorsed by Bullock in
aid of the Brunswick and Albany
road. The act did not require that
private persons should either first or
last invest a single dollar in the road,
which in fact they never did do, but
attempted to substitute for this im
portant and indispensable requisite of
the Constitution, half a dozen noted
falsehoods in half a dozen whereases
by way of preamble to the bill, and
which were wholly immaterial if
true, and would in no wise change
the Constitution, and under the act of
the 17th of October, 1870, the one
million eight hundred thousand dol
lars of semi-annual gold bonds were
issued by Bullock in aid of the same
road, with a first and second mort
gage already on the road for more
than it was worth without any secu
rity whatever, except some of these
very second mortgage bonds of the
company. The bonds of the Chero
kee Valley Railroad Company and
the Cartersville and Van Wert Rail
road Company, Indorsed by Bullock,
were not issued in conformity with a
single provision of the Constitution
or the statute which authorized them,
and bonds were fraudulently dupli
cated. They are not entitled to any
further hearing until the State ad ver
tices her readiness to pay all counter
feit bonds issued in her name.
It is, then, beyond doubt a question
that each and all of the bonds referred
to in the Ist, 4th and sth propositions
Inf bnyiyara pjfli p
violation of the Constitution, and it
is equally clear by the testimony of
these bondholders themselves that
not a cent of the money which thev
paid for them ever came to the Treas
ury of the State, or ever was con
tracted to go there by them. How,
then, do they seek to escape this con
demnation of the Legislature, and on
what principle do they seek payment
of the State? They affirm that they
took these bonds solely on the credit
of the State, that they w ere signed by
the Governor of the State, who affix
ed to them her great seal, and that
they had no knowledge or notice of
the illegality of the issue, and had
faith and confidence in our agents.
It is difficult to believe that any man
living in Wall street, New York, and
dealing in either public or private se
curities three months, who luted on
these principles, could possibly have
a dollar to lend to any body. But as
they clamorously if not rationally
put forth they may be worth some
thing.
There cannot be a bona Jtde holder
for valuable consideration, without
notice of its illegality, of a single one
of these bonds in the whole world.
Governments contract by agents.
These agents derive their authority
from the laws, and every person
treating with such agent, is bound to
examine, at their peril, the authority
of such agent to treat, and the extent
of such authority. The sane rule
holds good in private agencies, though
the rule is more rigid in dealing with
public than with private agents.
Even Sovereigns are bound to take
notice of the- organic law of all coun
tries with whom they contract or
treat; and even Sovereigns do not
enter upon tne smallest matter of
treaty, or contract without examining
the credentials of the agents of each
other. The Constitution, the organic
law of any free State, is tne p nver of
attorney of all of its agents, at home
and abroad, and all the world who
are interested in its acts, must take
notice of it at their peril. The State
must act through agents; the powers
of their agents must be defined by
law; and all persons contracting with
them are bound to notice the laws
delegating and defining their power.
Every one of these bonds refer in
their face to the law under which
each of them w as issued, thus putting
all bidders under notice and o a guard.
The people of Georgia gave public
notice in their Constitution of tne on
ly terms and conditions undt r which
she could become bound or give aid to
railroad companies. These bondhold
ers disregarded this public notice;
they say they trusted to the Govern
or’s signature and to the great seal.
Very well, “whose fault is that?”
Not the people of Georgia, but the
fault of the bondholders, the conse
quences of which they now seek to
saddle upon the poor people of Geor
gia, who have done tlieir duty and
are faultless in the premises. These
principles of equity and justice and
law upon w’hich the Legislature act
ed, are recognized and adopted by all
civilized people. The courts of Great
Britain, the State Courts, the Su
preme Court of the United Smtes all
concur in the correctness of the prin
ciple affirmed in the Floyd acceptance
cases (7th Wallace) that whenever a
negotiable paper is found in the mar
ket, purporting to bind the Govern
ment, it must necessarily be by the
signature of some officer of the Gov
ernment, and the purchaser of such
paper, whether the first holder or an
other, must, at his peril, see that the
officer has authority to bind the Gov
ernment. I have already shown that
Bullock’s power of attorney, the Con
stitution and laws of Georgia, pro
hibited him from issuing these bonds,
one and ail, and they are, therefore,
unconstitutional , null and void, and all
the attendant circumstances leave the
State ’without even an apology for pay
ing them. The bonus held by J.
Boorman, Johnson & Cos., and the
Fulton Bank of Brooklyn do not
stand on the same footing. They are
not affected by the clauses of the Con
stitution regulating aid to corpora
tions. But conceding, then, for the
purposes of this argument, that they
were all regularly issued, it is admit
ted that they had been taken up by
State funds to be cancelled, that the
holders took them from the agent of
the State knowing him to be such a
gent without examining his author
ity w’hich forbid their reissue, and
took them to secure a private debt
of Kimball’s, for advances made to
him on his own account. They thus
violated two sound and plain princi
ples of law. They accepted these
bonds of the State’s agent, who pro
fessed to be dealing for the State, as
collateral security for tho personal
debt of the agent, and they accepted
them, as such collateral, under cir
cumstances which fairly charged
them with notice of such fraudulent
reissue.
So much of the third proposition
as proposes simply a settlement with
Henry Clews & Cos., it is not only
unobjectionable but highly desirable
to the State, and I think the State
should institute legal proceedings
fc> that end if it cannot be otherwise
attained. But lamat a loss to con
ceive what such settlement can have
to do with the acknowledgment of
the validity of the outstanding quar
terly gold bonds issued under the act
•f September 15,1870. I mean by a
settlement with Clews A Cos., the tak
ing the accounts between them and
the State, and if anything shall be
found due them, to pay them, and if
they owe the State that they shall
pay whatever shall be found against
them. We have nothing more to do
with Messrs, H. Clews & Cos. I have
thus disposed of the whole of the
questions involving the legal and
equitable liability of the State for
these bonds and condemned them,
and fully affirm the sentence passed
on them by the last Legislature.
Yet, notwithstanding all this, there
are considerations of public policy
which caused me earnestly to desire
their settlement, and I have searched
dilligently for some solution of the
difficulty which might result in with
drawing these spurious securities
from the market. In the first place
our refusal to pay them injures the
public credit unjustly, as I have de
monstrated, but it is nevertheless a
fact. Very few people in the world
will look into the reasons which just
ify our refusal to pay them, and
many of them will not comprehend
these reasons. Another great reason
is. these claims are large, ten millions
of dollars, the body is growing into
vast proportions in power and influ
ence, and the Legislatures are grow
ing annually weaker and more cor
rupt, and will continue to do so as
long as we have negro suffrage.
Tho lobby and some Legislature in
the near futuro, representing five
hundred thousand ignorant, pauper
.savages, will not long resist paying
these claims, however worthless:
they have already numerous and
clamorous supporters. For these
reasons, mainly, I would have paid
something for the peace; something
to escape present evils and future
perils. But upon a calm and full re
view of the whole snbject, I confess
I find no satisfactory basis for such
settlement. We had better stand on
the law and the right, struggle as
best we may with the money chan
gers, pay the debts we honestly owe,
faithfully, honestly, promptly by in
creased taxation as far as possible,
and raise the balance at usury, if nec
essary; call a convention of the peo
ple, cqt off the heads of tho lobby, by
a constitutional prohibition against
paying these illegal bonds, anil pro
hibit the Legislature for e /er indors
ing another hood tot any purpose, or
borrowing another single dollar, ex
cept for the public defence. This
will restore our credit, do much to
purify our Representatives, give sta
billityand order, and public confi
dence by abolishing a Constitution
which tne people never made, and
restore them to the dignity of free
men, to the grand, imperishable right
of living under a Constitution made
and established by themselves and
not by detested conquerere through
the instrumentalities of carpet-bag
gers, beggars, brutes and traitors.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. Toombs.
Why Endnre What Is Curable?
“ What can’t be cured mnst be endured,”
says the proverb; but indigestion can be cured,
and therefore it is the merest stupidity to en
dure it. Dyspeptics hare certainly a right to
continue dyspeptics to the end of their days i(
they choose, but as it is not supposed that any
rational being prefers physical torment to ease
and health, the probability is that if all suffer
ers from indigestion were convinced that an
absolute, infallible remedy for their complaint
existed, they would with one accord resort to
it Wo most emphatically declare that such a
remedy does exist, and that its name is Hostet
ter’s Stomach Bitters. The record of its suc
cess extends over a period ot more than twen
ty years, and it is fearlessly alleged that during
the whole of that time it has never failed to af
ford permanent relief in any disorder or de
rangement ot the stomach that was not organic,
malignant and incurable. The testimonial
that go to establish this important fact can be
Counted by the thousand. Stomach complaints
that had been aggravated by a total disregard
of all dietary rules, and intensified and render
ed chronic by medicinal treatment or drastic
purgation, have in hundreds of instances been
cured withfn three months by the systematic
use of this celebrated stomachic and alterative,
it should be remembered that weakness of the
digestive organs involves many other ailments.
Biliousness, headache, nervous debility, palpi
tation of the heart, spasms, rush of blood to the
head, nausea, vertigo, and sleeplessness are
among its concomitants and results; and for
all those the great vegetable tonic is a specific.
It acts flint upon the stomach, and through the
stomach upou the secretory and nervous sys
tems and bowels, its general effect being al
ways genial and beneficent. S-6-lm.
COUCHS AM) COLDS.
Every hour a Cough or Cold is neglected is so
much injury to the Lungs. HASSON'S COM
POUND SI RUP OF TAlt never fails in curing
the worst cases of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Croup, Asthma and Chronic Ca
tarrh. It is an intallible remedy tor Hooping
Cough.
Sold by all Drug Stores and through
out the United States.
P. S. See that the signature of XCBSBLL &
Laxnis, Prop’rs, is on each wrapper.
Mr. Bogle, of the City Restaurant, Supplies
his customers with anything thev may want
except strong drink; hence any lady can call
at his restaurant, without the least hesitation,
and be furnished with good meals victuals for
as little money as it can be obtained elsewhere.
A Healthy Digestion.
Life is rendered miserable when the diges
tive orgaus are impuired. Food becomes re
pulsive; the body emaciated; the mind de
pressed, and melancholy broods over you.
TUTT’si VEGETABLE LIVEU PILLS is the
remedy for these evils; thev produce sound di
gestion, create a good appetite, impart re
freshing sloep and eheerfulfness of mind.
Dr. Tutt’s Hair Dye is Harmless.
Good Fishing in California.—^ What care
the people of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida for the fish in the gold
bearing State, when they have full store-houeee
and comfortable homes ? The last can only be
had with the aid of a Door, Basil and Blind
Factory, and Builders’ Emporium, such as is
now in most successful operation by Mr. P. P.
Toale, of Charleston, S. C. Send for his price
list. Sent free.
CARTERSVILLE CAR FACTORY AND
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
Cartersville, Ga., Jan. 15, 1873.
Merchants and others are prohibited from
making accounts against this company, except
upon written orders given by myself.
I—22—3t CIIAS. B. WALLACE,
President.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
A COMFORTABLE DWELLING HOUSE,
with 7 rooms—good garden attached—on Main
street, joining the residence of Nelson Gilreath.
Apply to M. It. STANBELL.
3-27-wlm.
for. SALE!
mHE ETOWAH MANUFACTORY A MUi-
JL ino C'oifFANr’s Property, in Bartow
County, contrining over Sixteen Thousand
Acre* of Land, with the Finest Water Pow
er In the Southern States; situated within 4
miles of the town of CartersviUe, in said coun
t.y:,"nr * sh . ort distance from the Western*
Atlantic Rail Road. The land contains an in
exhaustable quantity of the Finest Iron Ore,
and a sufficient quantity of wood for charcoal
purposes. The above property Is offered at pri
vate sale for three months from this date. Vor
price, terms and particulars, apply to
„ , John L. villalonga.
Savannah, Feb. 27,1878; 3ms | Presi dent.
BARNUM’S HOTEL,
(MONUMENT SQUARE)
BALTIMORE, MD.
THIS wall known Hotel ha* recently been
modernized and refurnishod. Otis Bros’
Improved Passenger Elevator lias been intro
duced, which is in operation from 6 a. m. to 15
P- “»• . BARNUM * CO..
2-27—ly. Proprietors.
WE the undersigned, have this day entered
into a copartnership under the firm
name of F. M. WALKER * CO., for the pur
pose of manufacturing
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Wo propose to do as good work as can bo dona
anywhere, on reasonable terra* and short no
tieo. Y. M. WALKER will act as foreman,
and will see that none bnt the best workmen
w!v e ia>‘^TKD° ivß U 9 a MU - ALL WOIIK
F. M. WALFER,
, c. w. LANG WORTHY.
2-27 ly.
E D UCATION.
I HAVE determined to re-open, on the 17th
of March, my private Class for Boys and Young
~e ' ' * n the Classics and the Higher Branches
oi English. It will be limited in number, as
tormerly, and conducted on the same plan—but
AT OKKATLT KKDUCED KATKd—US the class I
taught for the first four years after the war,
amt which, it is known, received the most libe
ral and flattering patronage from this and ad
joining State*, students will be prepared for
any class in college they may desire to enter.
* *r!, ras for IJoart *> Tuition and Fuel—from *35
to soo per quarter, in advance. It was former
ly Irom $75 to SIOO. Each student will pay for
his own washing; furnish his own lights; and
bring with him 1 pair blankets, 1 pair sheets, 1
pair pillow-cases and dozen towels.
For other particulars, address me at Adairs
§:27_w*t JO,IN Hl FXTTJfi >T.
Boots and Shoes
Made and Repaired by
DUFFEY & BRO..
CARTERSVILLE. *
WE auaounce to the public that wc have
opened a Shop in thiacity over Roberts
arumllu’a Livery Stable, tor the manufacture
ot Boots and Shoes in the most substantial man
ner, and of the very finest style. We intend to
w lve , tt r,t *£} ass ? h °Pt and do First-Class
Work. Fine French Calf-Skins, French Kid
and Morocco will be the material used by us
All we ask, to convince the most fastidious, is
11 trial - 2-27—1 y
Beyond the Mississippi S
Thousands have already gone, and thousands
more are turning their eyes towards new
homes in the fertile West. To those going to
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming, Nevada, Oregon or California, wo
recommend a cheap, safe, quick and direct
route, via St, Louis, over the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, winch runs its fine Hay Coaches aad
I ullman 81eopers from St. Louis to principal
points in the West, without chance. We believe
, * bC i. Ali f SoW, ' i Pacific Railroad lias the
best track and the finest and safest equipment
ot any line west of the Mississippi, and’its con
nections with roads further West are prompt
and reliable. The Texas connections of this
road is now completed, and passengers are
offered a first class, all-rail route from ft. Louis
U> Texas, either over the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas R.. U. via Sedalia, aver the Atlantic &
Pacific K; 'C, eta Vtnita. For maps, time ta
bles, information as to rates, routes, Ac wo
«>ter our readers to.J. F. Thompson, Southern
Passenger Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn., or E. A
t ord. General Passenger Agent, St. Louis Mo.
Queetirne icill be cheefally and promptly unmet red t
Emigration Turning!
Cheap Farms in South-west Mis
souri I
r* Faciflc Railroad Company of
acrei?l land in Central and South
west Missouri, at from $3 to sl3 per acre, on
!* v « n y r ear V with free trans^rtatioS
bt to all purchaser*. Climate, soil.
i -> , i^* aeral I We « th . schools, churches anci
® l ocl « t y l, ivite emigrants from all
l i° th ‘ s ot fruits and flowers. For
Tuct '
COMMERCIAL.
(artersvllU VMnil* and Kotoll Prim*.
Carteksville, Feb. 27.
Cotton selling, in good demand, at
18 cents.
Bacon. —We quote shoulders 8;
dear sides 11; clear rib sides 10;
country hams 125a13; 8. C. hams 16$
alfi; plain canvass hams 15.
Bulk Meats.—Shoulders 7; C.
It. sides 8; clear sides 10; long
clear sides 10f.
Flour.— Fancy $lO 00; extra fam
ily $9 25a9 50; family $8 25a8 50; su
perfine $5 50a7 00.
Grain. —Wequote white corn, new
80; yellow and mixed—none. Wheat,
liest quality, $1 70al 75; common
Georgia red $1 40. Oats 55a65. Rye
$1 25al 50. Barley $1 lOal 15.
Groceries. —We quote: Sugars—
Crushed, Granulated aud Powdered,
14$. Coffee A 13a135; for extra C 12$
al3: Yellow C 12$; Brown llsal3.
Tallow 7. Liverpool salt $2 30; Vir
ginia salt $215. The various brands of
soap from Excelsior Steam Soap
Works of Atlanta, from 6a7sc per
box; Georgia Soap Factory—sa7c per
pound. Candles—full weights 21a215.
Ginger 18a20. Pepper 25a28. Corn
meal 70a80. Starch 7alo. Rice 9$ for
tierces. Java Coffee 27a30. Rio 20a
24. New Orleans syrup 75al00: Mo
lasses—hhds. 35; bbls. 40. Cheese,
factory, 17a25.
Bagging and Ties.— Gunny 15;
magnolia and other Western brands
16$al8; double anchor and Ludlow
17a20. Ties 9alos. These prices are
shaded to the trade.
Factory Goods. —Brown Domes
tics—Graniteville, 7-8,11; Trion, 7-8,
11; Augusta, 7-8,11; Graniteville, 4-4,
12$; Trion. 4-4, 12$; Augusta, 4-4,125,
Graniteville, 3-4,9; Augusta, 3-4,9;
light osnaburgs 14; heavy osnaburgs
16; Yarns $l6O.
Hay.—Georgia new crop $20a25.
Dry Goods.— Cambrics—glazed 9a
10; paper colors 10$; high colors 11$.
Bleached Cotton 7a21. Ginghams—
heavy 125a25. Tickings 9a30.
Prints.— Wamsutta 9; Bedford 9;
Amoskeag 10al0$; Arnold 10; Albions
llsi Spragues 11$; Richmond 11$:
Dunnell3 11$.
Country Produce.— Buying pri
ces from wagons. Eggs 20; chickens
22a25; country butter 25a30.
Miscellaneous.— Sweet Potatoes
50a75e per bushel. Table Peas $1 00.
Turnips 50c per bushel. Onions 25c
per peck. Irish potatoes 25c per peck;
SIOO per bushel. Northern-
per bushel. Cabbage 10a25c apiece.
Chestnuts—buying prices $2 50 per
bushel.
Tobacco. —Low grades, sound
dark, 46;i48; low grades, sound ma
hogany, 50a52; medium 52a55; medi
um bright 65a70; good bright 65a80;
favorite brands of fine 85a$l 19.
Trade pretty good.
Nails.—Per keg, lOd to 60d, $6 25;
Bd, $6 5o; 6d, $6 75; 4d, $7; 3d, $8 25;,
fine, $9 75; finishing, different kinds
of corresponding numbers, 75c on the
above prices.
Leather. —Calf skins—domestic
$30a48 per dozen; French $45a66. Har
ness leather 38a45c per pound; sole
leather 27a335; oak 28a50; split 40c;
kips, country, 45a60c per pound.
Powder and Shot. —Blasting
powder $5; rifle powder per keg, 25
Sounds, $7 25; half kegs $4; quarter
egs $2 25. Potent shot per bag $3 25.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
The firm of S. H. Smith & Cos., in
the publication of the Standard &
Express, hereby notifies the public
that they will be responsible only for
firm debts made by S. H. Smith, bu
siness manager of the paper and of
fice, and only such made by him as
strictly pertains to the printing office.
BARTOW SHERIFF’S SALES.
WILL be sold, before the Courthouse door in
Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga.,on the
first Tuesday in March, 1873, within the
usual hours of sale, the following' property, to
wn:
Lots cf land Nos. 159 and 160 lying in the lith
Dist. and 3rd Sect, of said county: levied on
under a mortgage fl fa in favor of James Ly
nan vs. John Connolly. Levied on by former
Sheriff. •
Also, one half acre of land in the 4th Dist.
and 3rd Sect, of said county, lying near the city
of Cartersville in Mechanicsville; levied on as
the property of John Milner, to satisfy a Jus
tice Court 11 fa, 822d Dist., G. M., in favor of
Satterfield * Wofford. Levy made and return
ed to me by A. B. Harrison, Constable.
POSTPONED SALE.
Also, a certain steam saw mill and appurte
nances, located in the 17th Dist. of Bartow
county, operated by O. Dodd as agent of Wil
liam Solomon, and known as the Dodd & Solo
mon Saw Mill; levied on as the property of
William Solomon, to satisfy two Bartow Supe
rior Court li fas, one iu favor of Phillips, Cal
houn * Cos., vs. said William Solomon, on lien
for provisions furnished, and the other in fa
vor of Phillips & Turnlin, vs. said William Sol
omon, for provisions furnished to operate said
mills.
2-6—3od. C. B. CONYERS, Sheriff.
EXECUTOR’** SALE.
BY VIRTUE of an order from the Court ol
Ordinary of Bartow county will be sold,
on the first Tuesday iu March next, at the
Court-House door in said county, between the
legal sale hours, one undivided fourth interest
iu lots of land Nos. 1094,1166, 1311 and 181*, in
the 4th District and 3d Section of said county,
containing each forty acres more or less, and
known as a part of the Mill Tract. Sold for the
purpose of perfecting titles. Terms cash. Jan.
15th 1873.
W. H. IIOLLINSHEAD,
1-16 —lOd. Ex'r of R. H. Rowland.
POSTPONED SALE.
Also, at the same time and place, will he sold
Mrs. Mildred E. Thompson’s one-fourth undi
vided interest in lots of land, Nos. 1094, 1165,
1211 and 1212, in the 4th Dist. and 3rd Sect, of
said county, as sot forth in the above advertise
ment. Sold as the property of Mildred K.
Thompson for the purpose of perfecting titles.
Terms cash. W. L. ROWLAND,
Adin’r of M. E. Thompson.
M:e to Farmers and Gardeners.
I keep On hand In this city, at the Ware House of
Gilreath A Howard, to eell for Cash or on Time till
Ist of Novemder, a good supply of
C^TXAJNTO;
MERRIMAN & CO'S., DOUGLAS*,
Watson, Clark,
STEMFEUS WANDO AND COE’S,
All of which have been used by farmers and prove
satisfactory. In my absence apply to Erwin, Stoke
ly A Cos., or N. Gilreath and Bon, Cartersvillo, Ga.
i eb 5-2 m. GEORG GILREATH, Agt.
C. D. ROGERS & CO.,
Sucessors to I. C. Mansfield & Cos.,
MERCHANT MILLERS,
And Proprietors of
“Holly Mills,”
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
GUANOS!
XMioenix fiuano,
Wilcoi, GihUs k Co’s MaMDulated Guo.
These celebrated Guanos imported and pre
pared by Wilcox, Gibbs A Cos., Savannah, Ga.,
and Charleston, S. C., arc for sale for cash, or
or. credit on accomodating terras, payable in
cotton, by
Gilbert St Baxter, Ag’ts,
CARTERSVILLE, GA,
Special attention is called to the use of the
Phoenix Guano composted with Cotton Seed.
Send or apply as above for circulars giving
testimonials from planters—prices, terms, Ac
-2-20-6m.
3P©Mfc© ©m 2
Fair© 2 (Pllosum ]B®ds 2
AT THE
American Hotel,
Opposite Passenger Hotel, ATLANTA.
Jack Smith • • Manager,
Formerly of Muaroe, Georgia.
0« H« Bentley - * Clerks
CARTERSVILLE
Car Factory
A3V3D
Building Association.
Contractors and Builders
AND DEALERS I\
LUMBEE o « p 4i.™s JidJ, LUMBER
To order, at fthertent uotiee.
Sash, Blinds, Boors, Moulding, Brackets, Itc. Etc
Always on hand, or made to order at
THE LOWEST RATES.
WEATHERBOARDING, CE ILI NG , FENCING,
Kiln Dried Flooring,
Amd in fact everything in the BUILDING LINE, «i.
ways on hand
RAILROAD CARS
Our facilities for building Cars, either Pas
senger, Box, Coal or Flat, Is unsur
passed by any like estab
lishment In the
South.
Fonniax
AND
MACHINE SHOPS.
This Company having recently purchased the
I* oundry and Machine Shops formerly belonging to B.
Scofield, are prepared to do all kinds of Machine Work
usually done In Machine Shops, and on better teruu
than any other establishment In the State.
In connection with the Machine Shops we haw
an Iron and Brass Foundry in which we will make aay
kind of Castings, either in Iron or Brass. Cash paid
for Scrap Iron, CHAS. B. WALLACE, Pres’t,
3-37—ly.
nt ii nu imm mi.
o
The Largest, Best, Cheapest and Most Varied Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
ever before exhibited ia Cartersville, is now being received and opened by
FORD & BRIANT,
(At Blair & Bradshaw’s old Store-Room,)
Cartersville, Georgia. ,
Soots, SHOES, etc, tor both sexes..** DOMESTIC GOODS, a fine* lot. Also, alias
FAMILY GROCERIES,
to which wo invite the attention of the public.
We will sell Cheap, Cheaper, Cheapest, of any other merchants in the elty. Come and
see and examine satisfy yourself. We do no buncombe advertising, as a trial wifi fnllv shiw.
Come one and all and see. 10-3-ts.
R ®y* v - BBIANT respectfully informs his manv friends that he can be found at all
me* wth this firm and cordially Invites one and all to calf and see him.
1873.
o
jyjERCH ANTS are respoctffully informed that I now have in store a largo stock of
Groceries and Western Produce,
Which I will sell|on;tenn6 aelfavorable as any»house in the.city. Respectfully, A. K. S£A«O
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERB.
Send for Circular. I sell none but the best Fertilizers, such as
CHESAPEAKE, EUREKA. BAUQH’S RAWBONE PHOSPHATE,
Jno. Merryman A Co’s Ammoniated Dissolved Bone.
Terms Cash, or crop liens due on Ist November next. Planters will also be sum»li<*i with
Bulk Meat, Bacon, Fish, Corn, Oats. Hay, Flour, Tobacco, Coffee, Bugar, Molasses fun^Riol
Clover, Grass Seeds, etc., etc. The Cash frade will also receive special attention. ’ Address^
A* H. NEACiO, Atlanta, Qetrgla,
W. 11. €. MICKELBERBT, I*ate of Griffin.
Jan. 16-3 mos.
FAST LIKE TO NEW YORK.
CHANGE OFSCHEDULE.
festers anil Atlantic Rail Road.
OFFICE MASTER TRANSPORTATION,
Atlanta, Ga. Feb. 7, 1873.
ON AND AFTER 9th INSTANT
NIGHT PASSBNGEtt TRAIN-Octward.
THROUGH TO NEW YORK, via NASH
VILLE OR KNOXVILLE’
Will loave Atlanta - - 8:10 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga - 3:44 a. m.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN—INWARD.
FROM NEW TORS VIA NASHVILLE OR KNOX
VILLE,
Will leave Chattanooga - - - - 5:25 p. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 1:00 a. m.
OUTWARD DAY PASSENGER,
Leave Atlanta 8;80 a. m.
Arrive at Chattanooga .... 4:28 p- m.
INWARD DAY PASSENGER,
THROUGH FROM N. Y.,
Leave Chattanooga ------ 5:45 p. m.
Arrive at Atlanta 1:45 p. m.
DALTON ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Atlanta 4:30 p. m.
Arrive at Dalton 2;25 a- m-
Leave Dalton 12:00 midnight
Arrive at Atlanta 9:50 a. m.
E. B. W'ALKER,
Master Transportation.
DARBY dc CO.,
(DARBY BUILDING,)
395 WEST BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE.
Wholesale Fruiterers
AND
Candy Manufacturers.
o
.. N. B.—This house does an exten
sive Southern trade, and is worthy of
a liberal patronage from this section.
—EDS. STANDARD A EXPREgB.-2.-ly
Pulaski house,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
JOHN W. CAMERON L CO.,
Proprietors.
THIS popular House has been thoroughly
renovated during the summer, and is now
in am-class order iu all respects. Tho pat
ronage of the traveling community is invited.
U-U-tooe.
Sale, Uvery and Feed
8 TABLE,
(at the Ford A Moon’s old stand,)
EAST MAIN ST., CAfiTEESTILLE, 6A,
—BY—
J. A. THOMPSON,
AGENT.
* w *
QOOD, FAT, SLEEK HORSES ; good, nt*
Buggies, Carriages, Hacks, Harness, £addl*»
Ac,, Ac., always on baud and ready for t*o
public, at moderate prices. Horses fed at ths
customary rates. 2-I-Sdl
W. H. WIKLE. U. W. WALDBUP.
Wm. H. WIKLE & CO.,
DEALERS IN
stationbhy,
§!Uilbß®irAjß>4fl©ia
TOBACCO, CICARS AND PIPES,
CONFECTIONERIES,
FANCY GROCERIES, ETC.,
Post Office Building. Carter* vill*. Oh
Feb. 6-ly.
KEW FIRM.
Cartersyille Marble and
Granite Works.
WE are prepared to fill order* with
grade of Marble the public may desir*. **
the most reasonable terms, euch as Georgia
taiian and American Marble.
janl« 6. A. OGX A DUO., Proprutow-
COX A HILL
WHOLESALE
DEALERS IN
Foreign and Domestic
LIQUORS,
Peachtree Street,
ATLANTA, GEOBfilb
Jan. fi^ly.