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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.
