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THE STANDARD & EXPRESS. s. li. smith & (<)., Proprietors. J. W. HARRIS, KDITOR-IN-CHI^F. CARTERSVILLE, GA.: THURSDAY, MAY 15th, 1873. John Stewart Mux, the cele brated philosopher and metaphysi cian, and, at one j>eriod of his career, one of the editors of the Westminster Review, and widely known in this . country by his works on Political Economy and various philosophical writings, died at London on the Bth day of this month. Thus has passed away, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, one of thestrongest writers and profoundest Workers of the day, one whose speculations have largely im pressed the literary world, albeit in many particulars, not in consonance, it may he, with corrector views of so cial life, and a higher and better phi losophy than any merely human. The Governors’ Convention which, in compliance with the invitation of Gov. Smith, meets in Atlanta on the 20th inst., it is understood, will be largely attended, bringing together delegates from the South, West, and Northwest. Os course, such an as semblage, representing so many dif ferent sections and communities, while they may be all agreed, as one man, upon the single specific object of the convention, to wit, the ad vancement of the agricultural and interests of the West and the South, will necessarily present, politically considered, many shades of different,' adverse, antagonistic opinions. The New York Herald, in anticipation of this convention, which is likely, from the strong unit ed favorable influence which it will most surely exert upon the delibera tions of Congress, in relation to the vast interests which .will form the subject of vte deliberations, has, it is intimated, with no friendly purpose, but with a view to interrupt the har mony, and thereby cause the failure of its objects, artfully thrown out the suggestion that it would be a favora ble time for the expression of the po litical feeling of that body, in con demnation of the policy of General Grant in relation to the Louisiana troubles. If the convention were a political one, called for political pur poses, and agreeing in sentiment, it would be well, of course, to give ex pression of political faith, and recom mend a line of policy to be pursued. Rut as this i-t altogether foreign from the character or design of the con vention, we suppose that it will be guilty of no such foolish thing. It would, in reality, prove an “apple of discord,” and eventually fatal to the great object of the peoplo of the South and the West, in this interchange of views. Grant men and anti Grant men, Republicans and Democrats, Radicals and Confederates, will all be there, all interested, but in one grand purpose, the development of som * means by which they may induce Congress to aid in the great scheme 4C'f* Ivmj-iirlfV* ta t ' “* together in the exchange of their commodities, by means of water com munication from the Mississippi to the Atlantic ocean. The object is one, and in this united, we hope and believe that the good sense of the intelligent members of the body will not give the shadow of favor to this or any other suggestion which will for a mo ment interfere with the single idea for which they are assembled.— Whether Congress has the right, un der the Constitution, to carry on in ternal improvements, might have been a question some years ago, which would have been a bar to all proceedings, and would have roused the eloquence of Calhoun and the ire of old Hickory, but as the whole question, practically considered, has long sinee been determined in the af firmative, stickler though we be, we would put in our claim to some share of the public benefits, which the au thorities ar Washington are so lavish ly scattering on all hands. THE COTTON TAX DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL. We are in receipt of information, says the Atlanta Herald of the 7th, that the United Stases Court of Claims has decided t uit the cotton tax law, under which scnne eighty eight millions of doll rs were collec ted, was unconstitu ional. It ap pears that a Mr. Berg, instead of pe titioning Congress to refund the tax paid by him, broug it suit in the Court of Claims for it recovery, em ploying eminent council, among whom was the present able Ordinary of C hatharn county. This gentlemen a few days ago received a private let ter which announced that the court wa- igainst the constitutionality of tin iw, but its decision has not yet, we believe, been officially promulga ted. To a very large number of our readers this intelligence well be most gratifying; as it will enable them to recover the money illegally wrung from them at a time when they were most in need of freedom from taxa tion. —Albany Newts. Tue Sunday Herald has the follow ing about Atlanta’s merchant prin ces : In Hardware, T. M. Clarke & Cos., hold the leading strings, selling 40 per cent, more than tney did the cor responding quarter of the year be fore. G. \V. .Jack handsomely illustrates the Candy and Cracker business, and is in the enjoyment of an immense j and growing trade. Ail in all, the glance we took over the tax books went very far to en- I courage us in tue high hopes we have , for Atlanta’s future. | The heavist tobacco dealers are Jourdan, Howard & Haralson, who supply the weed to a very large pro_ portion of the merchants of Georgia and several of the adjoining and con tiguous States. Ift'ei. Best, of Macon, was in Savan nah last week. The Colonel, we be § lieve, is remotely connected with the I Co-operative Ilashery for Bachelors 1 IjjMch has created such an exeite l#>nl in that community. He refu- I sen to be interviewed.— Saeunnah ■'here are in Hall county e’ghty ■unded Confederate soldiers under |Mry years of age. MU. STEPHENS’ OPINION OF GEN. GRANT. We give place to day to the Edito rial of the Constitutionalist, of the 9th inst., which we have no doubt will be acceptable to our readers. We are not a little surprised at the position of Mr. Stephens, as indica ted through the Sun, but refer our readers to the article of Mr. Gardner, as, on the other hand, expressive of what, we have no doubt, is the polit ical feeling and judgment of the good people of thb district which he repre sents, as it is of the great body of the Democracy of the State. The Hon. A. 11. Stephens is a gentleman of many distinguished traits. Among other qualities in his power of original thought, his capac ity to mould opinions for himself ir respective of other minds, and his courage in taking and defending po sitions in defiance of odds, and with out regard to the cost. We are not sure, but that this mental indepen dence may go to the extreme verge of a virtuiy.and border upon a weak ness. There are some men who be come enamoured of themselves to a degree that they imagine it impossi ble that any opinion they may hold, however extravagantly defiant of surrounding public sentiment, cannot by possibility be wrong. The very extravagance of the" opinion has a facination for the utterer, because it shows originality and independence, and it is clung to more lovingly as a pet idiosyncrasy. We are compell ed to philosophize somewhat in this way in striving to account for the ex traordinary admiration of Mr. Ste phens for Ulysses 8. Grant, and the hero*: zeal with which he pro claims it since the Congressional elec tion. Certainly Gen. Grant would seem an unpromising subject for a Southern man, at all events, a South ern Confederate, to grow enthusias tic* upon. It is hardly possible to con ceive of a man having fewer of the warm impulses, the chivalric in stincts and lofty pride, scornful of sordid schemes—so captivating to a Southern imagination, than Gen. Grant —the cold, unsympathetic, low-toned Grant. It is the coldest, heaviest lump of earthy material fashioned into an image lor worship that even Oriental fervor of imagina tion ever gilded with the poetry of idolatry. But there is an infinite variety of pet objects, as of pet ideas. The w ay ward fancies of even cool-headed, oid politicians sometimes exhibit themselves in strange freaks. Stran er things have happened than that a benevolent, pure-minded and liber al-handed Southerner, with a heart full of scorn for all that is mean, and full of sympathy for the wronged and oppressed could see some redeeming qualities in a man like Grant. Even on the grave of Nero a wreath of fiowers was found the morning after his entombment. Rut it is passing strange that such a Southerner should be inspired vvitn the spirit of cham pionship of the brother-in-law of Cor mn and of Casey. These comments are suggested by a recent editorial of Mr. Stephens, in the Atlanta Sun, of which the follow ing extract n sufficient to show its drift: “We repeat to our true Democratic cotemporaries everywhere, that all assaults upon the financial policy of Gen. Gktnt’s administration thus far will, in our opinion, most certain ly recoil with most damaging effects upon those who make them. Dur ing his administration, near four hundred millions of dollars of the public debt has been paid, and the Federal taxes have, during the same time, been lessened several hundred millions of dollars. We are now also the public IfefiV wITT sobiU Ae paldt When, it may well be asked,did any Federal Administration ever manage this department of the public inter est better, or even so well? What ever errors the present Administra tion, or the Radical party, during its existence, may have committed, its financial policy is not one of them— the real errors w» believe to be great, ■ numerous and grave. They relate, in the main, however, to outrages up on the rights of citizens and the rights of States. Their tendency is directly to centralization, empire and despotism. These are the errors which should be assailed by the De mocracy and the friends of the Con stitution in all the States, if our free institutions are to be rescued and pre served. We repeat that, in our opin ion, all assaults upon Gen. Grant’s personal character, his ability or in tegrity, will recoil upon those who make them with an effect quite as damaging as those made upon his financial policy. We believe, in point of fact, that it is utterly untrue that he is either weak in intellect or corrupt in money matters. The in jurious charges against him of ‘ne potism’ and ‘gift-taken’ we believe to be utterly untrue in point of fact.” As to the financial policy of the Administration, we deem it not ger main to our purpose to offer a criti cism or concede a compliment. Whatever of demerit there maybe in it Gen. Grant is as free from blame as a fly might be, resting on the horn of the laden ox to retard its progress. Beyond drawing his salary, and ar ranging to draw that extra one hun dred thousand in the next four years, our junketing horse troting Presi dent has perhaps perpetrated no di rect act to embarrass the finances. As he refused to offer his testimo ny to Congress the gold panic Cor bin investigation we are ignorant how much he may indirectly have been concerned in doing or assenting to. But the whole amount of Na tional Banks and National currency and green-backs and the funding the debt was planned before he was Presi dent. The system of finance, of tax ation and of disbursement was engin eered by other heads. The Presi dent’s attention seems to have been directed moie especially to the plac ing* the job, collections, contracts and fat offices in the reach of his relatives and fuvorits. Mr. Stephens is welcome to be lieve Gen. Grant free from personal taint of dishonesty, and that he js a man of immaculate integrity. He may also believe him to be a man of superior ability. It was known be fore he x*an for Congress that Mr. Stephens entertained some roman tic notions of this kind. But the election of Mr. Stephees was not an indorsement of those notions by the voters of the Eighth Congressional District. On the contrary, it is pro bable that not a half dozen intelli gent men who voted for Mr. Ste phens in a magnanimous spirit, be cause they admitted him, hadconfi dence in him, and agreed with him on other subjects. Having given Mr. Stephens full latitude to indulge his own private opinions of Gen. Grant, it is rather ungracious in him to understake to cram them down our throats, or to silence the opposing opinions by pre dicting that their utterance will recoil on those who make them. At all events they will continue to be utter ed. It would make ‘an ugly showing for Gen. Grant, if any man in the Eighth Congressional District who be lieved that General Grant was per sonal ly corrupt, in money matters, could give his direct vote on this is sue, also on tiiis cognate issue of ne potism and gift taking. There would • l*ean almost trrmnimnn' vote of tin' Democrats of the district that the Tanner’s Clerk, of Galena, at fifty dollars a month, did not become the millionaire President he now is, with out gifts. As to nepotism, it is a sufficient reply that the youthful Freddy Grant is a Lieutenant Colonel in place of a veteran war worn soldier who was retired, to make way for him—that Casey holds the Custom House at New Orleans while the chains of mana cled Louisiania clanks upon the air, and the blood of her citizens shed by a corrupt usurpation, held in power by Grant’s bayonets' is at this very hour crying aloud for vengeance. [For the Standard & Express.] Glen Holly, Ga.,l May 3rd, 1873. j In the last Standard & Express,, is copied from the Rock mart Reporter, some account of the proceedings of the stockholders of the Cherokee Rail Road Company, at their last annual meeting in Cartersville. That ac count does not correctly set forth the facts. It represents that at that meet ing “almost the whole stock of the Company was represented for the first time in several years, at least, since the road troubles began.” This is in correct, in two particulars. First, it was not the first time the “almost whole of the stock was represen toil, since the troubles of the road began.” More than six months after these troubles began, at the next annual meeting of the stockholders, this stock, over ten thousand sharls, were represented and voted by me. I have been at every meetiug’Vff the stock holders, from the organization of the Company, representing, or claiming to represent, this stock, up to date.— fiie scrip was issued by the proper officers to me individually, and to me for Mark A. Cooper & Cos. And so 1 have at all times held and still hold it. It has never been cancelled or transferred. It is therefore incorrect to say, that this stock has never been represented since “the troubles be gan.” It is true that I bargained and sold to IT. I. Kimball, (who by pur chase had become jointly interested with me in this stock,) my entire in terest in the stock of the Company, with an express condition that if he did not finish the road, either broad or narrow gauge, iy eighteen months, the sale should be void, and the stock should revert to me. The scrip and stock remained in my hands, with the power to represent it. But it was not transferred, for two reasons: first, in the bargain and sale, it was cove nanted by me that I should have Mr. H. I. Kimball elected President,and give him a Board of Directors of his own choice, without holding the scrip with the power to represent it. I could not perform the covenant. Se condly, there was a condition to the bargain and sale of my interest in the stock, w'hereby it became void arid the stock would revert to me. It was necessary, therefore, that I should hold (he power of it until the condi tion was complied with, that in case of failure, I might be saved the time and cost of a Bill in Equity, to place me as I was. The condition was not complied with, hence the sale became void, and the interest conveyed by it reverted to me. Having the scrip in hand I can protect myself, and need no re-conveyance of scrip from Mr. Kimball. Mr. Kimball has never at any time asked me to transfer this scrip to himself or to any one for him. On the contrary, at the first annual meeting of stockholders thereafter, which was but a few weeks, when called on to present and report the number of shares each claimed to represent, I reported the same I had always represented, over ten thou sand shares. In voting, 1 stated publicly the sale of any interest to Mr. 11. 1. Kimball, with the terms, ttfProvsfia‘hf fliai T would have him elected President, with a Board to suit him. The consideration was on ly that he should build the road and pay the debts. The condition was, that it should revert to me in case he failed to perform. All this I stat ed. W hen called to vote, I presented a ticket, stating that it was furnished to me by Mr. Kimball, to wit; il. I. Kimball, President; Abda Johnson, O. A. Lochrane, Col. Hulbert, and *l. C. Harris, of Atlanta, Directors.— Thus, by my vote, a very large ma jority was given to them. I think, however, that nearly all the stock holders voted the same. In this case the stock was represented by me, about niue months after the “troubles began,” and after 1 sold out to Kim ball, 1 did it cecause no one else could do it. The stock was held by me as it now is. bjom that day until the recent meeting, J leave at all times been present to represent this stock. The second .correction called for in the re port of Lie recent meeting is this: It says that this stock was then repre sented. This, I think, is error. I, who hold it, by the action of t he presiding officer, was not permitted to vote it, hut in the absence of any transfer or cancelling of scrip issued to and held by me, Col* John E. Ward, who then and there appeared, claiming, in behalf of the “Commer cial \\ arehouse C 0.,” of New York, to hold this stock and to represent it, was permitted to vote it. He was permitted to move that John E. W ard be permitted to represent this stock. I objected, asserting my claim on the grounds herein stated. Col. Ward, in support of his claim, pre sented transfers oT Mr. 11.1. Kimball, through Mr. George Cook, to this “Warehouse C 0.,” which he repre sented. He also presented “Certifi cates,” dated that very day, signed by the presiding officer and secretary, to the effect that John E. Ward held that stock. I opposed, on the ground that tiiis was the claim of H. 1. Kim ball which came by sale from me, which, by the terms of it, was void, and the interest sold reverted to me, and if Mr. Kimball himself were present, he could not vote this stock. Tile President decided that Mr. Ward should vote the stock, and that I should not. I protested. The pro test was not respected. I requested that the protest be put on the min utes. The President refused to allow it. I pronounced the proceeding a nulity, since, without the vote of this stock, there is no quorum, and Mr. Ward’s vote was illegal, and the de cision of the President and the voices of all others, present, given with a knowledge of all the facts here stated, could not cure it. I then announced that 1 had no further interest in the meeting ; I had my remedy. I then retired, leaving them without a quo rum. What transpired thereafter, i am not informed, except through your paper. Mr. Ward, seeming to be conciliatory, l asked an interview, and we had it. He said he intended to build the road to Rock mart broad gauge. That, I told him, was my first object in taking and holding the stock, and would so far satisfy me.— What about the debts? I asked. lie said, we intend to pay them. What about Mr. Clews’ case? I asked, He said, we will fight it on the grounds taken in your answer to his Bill. If he succeeds, and establishes his claim, we will pay it. 1 told him that thus far I would be satisfied, it was what I proposed to Mr. Clews before he filed his Bill. But to get my acqui escence he would have to do one oth er thing. What is that? he said. I replied, I have been greatly wronged, and injured, and unjustly and unfair y dealt with, and I require compen ation for that. He said it was rea sonable, and he thought his Compa ny would agree to it. That he would endeavor to get them to do it, and asked me to write to him, at New Yo’.k, and state my terms. 1 r>rom ised to do so. We then parted. In conclusion, permit me to say that the success of this enterprise has j been my great and leading purpose.! I have no objection to Mr. Ward and his friends doing it. Neither have I t > Mr. Clews. I have offered it to those minor stockholders. Thev de clined it. seeming to prefer to take all benefits and no responsibility. This road is worth all it has cost. Other persons competent to command capitol agree with me. So that it is sure to be built. If 1 represent the stock, it will be built, not onlv to its pr sent destinaiton, but to the Ala bama line. The* Eastern extension connecting with the grand trunk Lines to Eastern Cities, will also be built. To this end, my heart and wishes have been directed. Compar ed with this, tli * read to Van Wert is a small item in the grand sum of benefits to the country. V hat 1 have done, has been with an eye to the benefits, to whomsoever it might concern. I have sacrificed no man’s interest to promote my own. 1 have been buffeted, traduced, wronged and injured by those who arc indebted to me for all the good ih *y have habitually received from the project. In the‘w hole matter, 1 have endeavored to exercise that charity that “suffereth long and is kmd, that envieth not, doth not be have itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.” Respectfully, Mark A. Cooper. Jfessrs. Editors: —l see in your is sue of May Bth a communication signed “Citizen,” urging the people of Georgia to throw off their supine ness in reference to the Great West ern Canal, and take on more energy in thi- great matter. Well, this is ail rigid, but will “Citizen” tell the peo ple what to do and what they can do in this great enterprise. No doubt, the people of Georgia greatly desire the consummation of this great work. Only tell what we can do to forward it. Another Citizen. Editors Express: —Somebody to | teach some people how to open and shut doors in Cartersville, is greatly needed. Now, a lady who shuts her cham ber door with a slam loud enough to wake the dead, wants a lesson in common propriety. People of refine ment open and shut doors quietly. A servant that slams a door to, with violence enough to shake the house, has never had the advantage of a residence with people of culture. A rough, boisterous family, in the same building with another''of more delicate nerves, becomes worse than a common nuisance. Seme folks learn so little, and that o ; j * . <> siowly, that their skulls must be thicker than an inch plank. Oni; who suffers from the slam ming AND BANGING OF DOORS, more than Carlyle did in waiting for the Cock to crow. AN APPEAL TO THE LADIES OF BARTOW COUNTY. The Ladies’ Memorial Association of Cassville desire to make an appeal to their sisters of Bartow county in behalf of the Confederate Cemetery which is located in their midst. With great effort, they have suc ceeded in enclosing and clearing off the last resting place of the four hun dred Southern heroes, that the for tunes of war left as a legacy to Bar tow county. This work has been accomplished, under many and great difficulties, by a comparatively sm;ill number; vet 1 Mon wTt Trifle ladies of Bartow county, owed to the defenders of out* homes and firesides. The Association has determined to build a monument, and desires to share the labor, the duty, and the honor of the undertaking with its sis ters of the county. We feel that in raising this tribute of our affection, we should unite as a county sisterhood, and that the offer ing should be made by every woman that feels gratiiude to the noble “Boys in Gray” who died in defence of our own dear homes. Our sentiments, our sufferings, our wrongs, were in common during the war, and we all felt gralitudealiketo our soldiers. Certainly none of Bartow’s fair daughters will prove recreant, un grateful, and degenerate to the senti ment of gratitude; but will come no bly to the work, and place their of ferings upon the tombs of the mar tyrs ol the Lost Cause, It will take fifteen hundred dollars to build the monument; but we are fully assured that the amount can be easily raised if every woman will lend a helping hand. Let all who wish to have their names enrolled in this enterprise, send us one dollar, which will entitle them to membership, for life, in the Memorial Association, besides being tribute money to the memory of our noble dead. Let every woman that feels any desire to . perpetuate Southern hero ism and Southern honor consider herself agent for soliciting contribu tions for the building of the monu ment. Surely our sisters of old Bartow will respond on terms so moderate, and will work for the honor of their lost defenders, and themselves. Let not your patriotism and your pride be asleep in this matter; but arouse to tiooie exertion and tiie monument will be bunt. Bartow Memorial Associ a cion, Ellen Bogle, Secretary. [For the standard and Express.] WHITE SHAD IN THE ETOWAH RIVER. Glen Holly, Ga,. ) May 2nd, 1873. J Messrs. Editors:,! saw what wassail in your last paper about stocking Eto wan river with white shad. Asa matter of History, permit me to state, that nearly twenty years ago, Dr. Wm. C. Daniel, then of Hall County, sent me a paper of eggs of the white shad, to put in Etowah river. It was the spring of the year. At the proper time, I selected a sui table location, near the mouth of the small branch, that empties into Eto wah river between the Flour mill and Rolling mill, at Etowah; i ur or live years afterward, I was informed that white shad was caught in this river. About the same time, I was informed that some gentlemen put some white shad in the river at Montgomery, Alabama. Before this we never heard of tiiis fish in this river. Respectably, yours, Mark A. Cooper. ROSE CUTTINGS. The most certain way of rooting rose cuttings is by bending the shoots and inserting both ends into the ground, leaving a single bud uncov ered at the middle and on the surface of the ground. The cuttings are about ten inches long, and are bent over a stick laid flat on the ground, holes being dug on each side of the stick for the reception of the ends of the shoot. The roots form only at the lower ends of the shoot, but the other end, being buried, prevents evaporation and drying up. THE NEWS IX GENERAL. G i:i;at stories come from the West. A ..uuK-r in Minnesota lost a gimlet j three years ago. The other day he | cut down a tree near his barn, and found in it a three quarter inch au ger. Passenger on an Ohio railroad aroused from a serene slumber by the looting of a whistle, exclaimed, pet ulantly: “The train has caught up with those cattle again.” A Vermont school teacher lias struck the thing at last. He makes unruly boys turn a grindstone one thousand times while another boy bears on with a stick of wood. A Detroit German thus expresses his opinion of Buffalo meat, now very plentiful in the markets of that city: “1 shall not buy u t meat vet ish bison. Xoin. Ven kils my self I buys streechnine ami be done mit it.” MINISTER ORB. St. Petersburg, May 6.—Hon. James L. Orr, United States Minis ter, died unexpectedly and suddenly of infiauiation of the lungs. He had been suffering from a severe cold. The New York Sun has had twen ty-eight libel suits iuseven years, and never had to pay a cent of damages.? The ( '(invention of Governors in Atlanta. —The Convention of Governors called by Governor Smith to meet in Atlanta on the 20th of May, in the interest of the Great Western Canal, promises to be a full success. Kellogg has appointed the mulatto Pinchback, commissioner to repre sent the State of Louisiana to the Vienna Imposition. The oldest chartered lodge of Ma sons now in existence in the United States, is Solmon’s lodge, No. 1, of Savannah. It was chartered by the Grand Lodge of England in 1755, and was re-chartered by the Grand Lodge of Georgia, on the organization of that body in 1785. A horse which went over Niagara Falls the other day was seen swim ming near bridge soon after, but had been hurt so that he drowned. During the month of April, just passed, over three thousand dollars worth of chickens and eggs alone, were shipped from Ganesville. and it hasn’t been a good month for them either. DEATH OF OAKES AMES. North Easton' Mass., May o. Oakes Ames died without a struggle in tlie presence of his family. Tiie entire business portion of Paris Term, has beee burned. Loss SIOO,- 000. “This is tiie rock of ages,” said a lather, alter rocking two hours, and the baby still awake. Governor Smith has invited the Georgia Press Association to attend the meeting of Governors in Atlanta on the 20th. Hon James L Orr, of South Caroli na, Minister to Russia, died suddenly at St Petersburg on the oth, of in flammation of the lungs. Anew trial has been denied Stokes and he must hang. Nam moth Railroad Business.— The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad earned last month one and a quarter million dollars, being about a quarter of a million more than the same month in 1872. The importation of coffee from Mexico to the United States is begin ning to assume large proportions. \!if & YittfiYi (i fjjff o frie ’yffi. The old vexed question of States Rights has come up in the Supreme Court, and surprising to say the ma jority of that court stand up for them, while Justice Chase and a minority go in for the new departure of an ab sorbing nationality overriding them. Death of an Estimable La dy.—We have to make tiie painful announcement of the death of Mrs. W. G. Gammon, who died at the family residence in this city Thurs dap morning, the Bth inst .—Borne Commercial, The iron bridge at Dixon 111, fell in on Sunday last, during a baptising and ninety persons were killed or drowned. FAILURE OF JOHN KING, COL- I MB US, GA. This well-known and popular bank er announced his suspension and assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors, on the 7th inst. The Bainbridge, Cuthbert & Col umbus Railroad was sold at Sheriff’s sale in bainbridge on iuesday last. It was bought by W. M. Tumiln, of this place, for $2,500. We know nothing of the plans of the company ouying this road, as to whether they will endeavor to complete it or not.- - Cuthbert Appeal S)th. A Mr. Hill in Atlanta has put his own son in jail for larceny. The Atlanta San ddfiies the state ment that Gen. Gordon has purchas ed a house in Washington. The most eligible State for young ladies to emigrate to is Nevada, where there are 82,000 men and but 10,000 women. Women who hold $2,500 worth of property, and pay taxes on it, are de clared by the Judiciary Committee ul tiie New York Assembly to be en titled to vote in elections in that State. The Supreme Court has rendered a decision sustaining tiie right of the East Rome Town Company to build a bridge across tiie Etowah river. There are twenty executions "or murder, to take place in Georgia in the next two months, unless Smith pardons them, which aint at all iike l y.— Ji!.cc/icu ipe. Committees from the two well known Chi Phi Fraternities of tiie North and South held sessions in Washington on Friday and Saturday and have agreed upon terms of con sol id atio n. The Hon. James Brooks, Demo cratic Congressman from New York, is dead. We learn, saye the Nashville Un ion and American, from a reliable source that twenty-three granges in Charlton county, Kansas, have 2,700,- 000 bushels of corn for sale. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. Louisville, May 2. — A movement' has been set on foot here for the Fed rals and Confederates to join in the decoration of the graves of soldiers on both sides, on the 30th of May. Mc- Pherson and a unin her of tiie Grand Army of the Republic join in the movement; also some of the most prominent Confederates residing in tills city. Stealing a railroad track.— Some time during Friday night last, the branch track of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, extending to the Skid away and Seaboard Railroad, was visited by some person or persons, wiio proceeded to work and succeeded in unscrewing and carrying tfway j lil'ty-six bolts and twenty-eight fish i plates. -- - . [COMMUNICATED.] Messrs. Editors: My subscription to your paper expired on the 19th of last April, and I wi a to renew it for another year, so accept two dollars for that purpose. Do all in your dower to make your paper interest ing to your patrons. Advise all who are not patrons, especially of your county, to subscribe immediately, for all* persons who read newspapers at ail, should, first of all, patronize their own county papers; and do not forget to remind them that a paper cannot be published without money. Write a flaming article occasionally about your growing and flourishing city, its polite and accommodating merchants, its hotels and eating sa loons, its machine shops, its railroads, its schools, churches, preachers, &c. Write about the rich and fertile coun try that surrounds your delightful city; about the dashing Etowah and its adaptation for machinery; about the inexhaustible beds of ore that are in the lulls to the North. Such arti cles will bring your city into notice, and wealth and enterprise to your county: then the people will, in years to come, call you blessed for so faith fully serving your generation in your day*, the above thoughts suggested themselves to my mind a few days since, while looking at anew map of the United States, published in Phil adelphia, on which I noticed that no town or station on the Western A At lantic Rail Road, from Marietta to Cass Station, is mentioned. The thought occurred to me that if you had written more about your city and country, the map makers would not have overlooked you. If you think my counsel of any value, you can publish it in your val uable paper, so that editors with whom you exchage may also be ben efited. I once knew an industrious farmer, and while engaged in super intending liis farm, there came along a good-for-nothing sort of a fellow, who commenced telling him iiow to carry on his farm successfully. The farmer listened to him until he was through, and then remarked that, the most trifling men could give good advice. So you may think of my suggestions. 11. E. [For the Standard & Express.] Walesca. Ga., May 10, 1873. At a regular meeting of the Wales ca Agricultural and Mechanical Soci ety, field tills day, Vice President Rhine presiding, the following was ottered and adopted: Feeling an earnest desire to do all we can to promote the welfare of our county, and feeling it to be the duty of every citizen to lend a helping hand to all great enterprises, and ful ly appreciating the efforts being made by Gov. Smith, and others,, to connect by water communication tiie great grain producing sections of the North and Northwest with the cot ton growing regions of the South, and feeling that nothing could so much promote the interest of the two sections as the construction of the Great Western Canal, therefore, //csoiccd, That our Society send delegates to the Convention to be held in Atlanta on the 20th inst., in the interest of said Canal. The Chair then oppointed as dele gates, Rev. A. C. Carson, Cols. Thos. Hutcherson and J. J. A. Sharp. . jj-Vjip} £*? /3 135 'pi i H. H. Holmes & Cos., MANUFACTURERS OF Carnaps, Biges aid lapis, Gassville, Gsorgra. WORK WARRANTED. Repairing promptly and neatly executed. March 20, 1873—wly. S. H. PATTILLO, FASHIONABLE TAILOR! 11l rnnANKFUL for the liberal patronage here- JL tofore bestowed upon him, solicits a con tinuation of the same. He is always ready to make men’s and boys’ clothing in the latest style, or to cut garments for women to make up. AH work warranted. Shop over Patti do, Baker & Co’s, store, West Main St, Carters ville, G.t. April 17,1873.-ly Sale, Livery and Feed “37 J&. DEI 3Ls HU , (at the Ford & Moon’s old stand,; EAST MAIN ST., CARTERSVILLE. GA, —BY— J, A. THOMPSON, AGENT. FAT, SLEEK HORSES ; good, new Buggies, Carriages, Hacks, Harness, Saddles Ac,, Ac., always on hand and ready for the public, at moderate prices. Horses fed at tiie customary rates. 2-6-3 m. THE EVACUATION OF RICHMOND,TA, BY SSH. LEE AND HIS ARMY, APRIL 2,1865. Anew and beautiful Engraving 14x18 inches in size. Gen. Leo’s Army crossing the James river, the city of Richmond on fire and many other things which make this picture a gem of Art, one which should hang in tiie parlor of every Southern home. Sent by mail mounted on a roller and post-paid, on receipt of 20 cents, or 3 for 50 cents. Address J. C. & W. M. BURROW, Publishers, Bristol, Tenn. Agents wanted to sell Pictures. Books, Charts, Ac.. Ac. From $3 to sls per day can easily he made. Send for private terms and Catalogue. White Pine Lumber for sale. noons, SASH AND BLINDS. Moulding, brackets, stair Fixtures, Builders’ Furnishing Hardware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Marble and Slate Mantle Pieces. Window Glass a Specialty, Circulars and Price Lists sent free on aphiication, by P. P. TOALE, 20 Hay ne and 33 Pinckney sts., 10-3-ly. Charleston, S. C. •a[us ioj joqum r x ouij; ojiqAV New Advertisements. 1 2,000,000 ACHES! Cheat) Farms! The cheapest Laud in market for sale by the UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY In the Great Platte Valley. 3,000,000 Acres in Central Nebraska Now for sale in tracts of forty acre s ami up wards on FIVE itlld TEN YEARS’ CI'.EUiT AT 6 PER CENT. SO ADV ANCE INTEREST Ki;sp MM*. Mild and healthful climate. fertile soil, AN ABUNDANCE OK GOOD WATER. IT{E BEST MARKET IN THE WEST! The great mining regions of Wyoming, < olorado, Utah ami Nevada being sup.died by the farm ers in the Platte Valley. Soldiers entitled to a Homestead of 160 Acres THE BEST LGCAMS FOR COLONIES. FREE HOMES FOB ALL! Millions of ACRES of choice Government Lands open for entry under the Homestead Law, near the Great Railroad, with good markets and all the conveniences of an old settled country. Free passes to purchasers of Railroad Land. Sectional Maps, showing the Land, also new edition of Descriptive Pamphlet with New Maps Mailed Free Everywhere. Address O. F. DAVIS Land Commissioner l\ P. P. li. Om aha. Neb. r s) [Established 1830.1 W ELOU & :G KIFFITHS, 5> Manufacturers of Saws. (T SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. j EVIERY SAW WARRANTED. FILES, BELTING & MACHINERY. 4* LIBERAL DlbCOUNi>.„jof * fisSuPrice i.fits and Circulars free. t WELCH & GRIFFITHS, ill Boston, Mass., A Detroit. Mich. _ McKENNY & CO., Claim and Patent Agents. Claims of Census Marshals of 1800 collected without proof of loyalty. O. Box 429, Washington City, D. C Use the lteisinger Lock and support to FASTEN YOUR WINDOWS! No spring to break, no cutting of sasli; cheap, durable, very easily applied; hold-- sash at anv place desired, aud a selt-laster when the sash is down, Send stamp for circular. Circular and six copper-bronzed locks' sent to any ad dress in the U. S., postpaid, on receipt of 50 ets. Liberal inducements to the trade. Agents wanted. Address REI-INGER. BASJI Lot.K t 0., No. 118 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa. -r; Sewing Machine Is the BEST IM THE WORLD Agents wanted. Send for circular. Addre>>: “DOMESTIC” SEWING Mit HIKE CO., N. V. THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL LEE. At Appomattox C. H., Va., April 9th, 1805. A magnificent 14x18 inch Engraving of the sur render of Gen. Lee. showing the armies, Ac. It is truly a gem of art. one which should hang in the parlor of every Southern home. Sent by mail, mounted on a roller and post-paid, on re ceipt of 20 cents, or 3 for 50 cents. Agents Wanted. Address J. C. & TV. M. BURROW, Bristol, Tenn. Catalogues ol Pictures, Books, Ac., sent tree Trite for a Price List to J. H. JOITYSTON gga^mwodks 179 Smithfleld St, Pittsburgh, Breech-Loading shot Guns, S4O to S3OO. Double Shot Guns, $8 to $l5O. Single Guns, $3 to S2O. Rifles $8 to $75. Revolvers, $5 to $25. Pistols, $1 to SB. Gun Material, Fishing Tackle, Ac. Large discount* to dealer* or club*. Army Guns, Re volvers, etc., bought or traded for. Goods sent by express C. O. It. to be examined before uaid for. CC fn PEBDAY! Agents wanted! 4/xU All classes of working people ol either sex, young or old, make more money at work for us in their spare moments, or all the time, than at anything else. Particulars free. Address G. STINSON A CO., Portland, M aine. How ’TIS DONE,’ or the Secret Out Mustache and VV’hiskers in 42 days. This GREAT SECRET and 10) others. Gamblers’ Tricks Cardiology, Ventriloquism, all in the ORIGINAL “Book of Wonders.” Mailed for 25 cents. Address I>. C. CUTLER, Carthage. Illinois. fl RARE CHANCE!! \\ c will pay all Agents *4O per week in cash who will engage with us at once. Every thing flirnubaAjiol un-TT Wt; v TitTPitittc. Ttirn WORKING HASS m!!:!: /SJ guaranteed. Respectable employment at h day or evening; no capital required; ful struetions and valuable package of goods free by mail. Address, with six cent r stamp, M. YOUNG A CO., 10 Courtlandt .8 U REWARD, For any case of Blind, Bleediug, Itching or Ul cerated Piles that I>e Bing’s Pile Bkmedv fails u cure. It is prepared ex pressly to cure tnc Piles, and aothingclse. Sold by all Druggists. Price, SI.OO The Celebrated WARREN HOE. rI a j ; TT.. n IS SUPERIOR TO A 1. fl-OO ALL OTHERS as a Farmer’s and Gardener’s Hoe. For Hilling, covering. Scraping, cultivating Small Plants, Planting Seed in Drills, Cutting Weeds and Loosening the Earth, IT STANDS WITHOUT A RIVAL! For sale in Cartersville by PATTILLO, BAKER & €O. DEaLEkS IN AG It IC UL TV HA L IMPLEMENTS, Ajeul Family Supplies. April 10th, t873.-2ma “The Kennesaw Route.’’ —VIA— Western & Atlantic R. R. and Connections. Schedule in Effect March Ist, 1873. • Northward (No. 3.) Leave Atlanta, 8.30 a.m. Arrive at Cartersville,. 11.06 a. m. Arrive at Kingston, ...11.45 a m. Arrive at Dalton, 2.10 p. m. Arrive at Chattanooga, 4.28 p. m. Noktiiwa/d (No. 1.) Leave Atlanta, 8.10 p, M. Arrive at Cartersville,. 10.47 P. M. Arrive at Kingston, 11.19 p. m. Arrive at Dalton, 1.30 a. m. Arrive at Chattanooga, 3.14 a. m. Southward (no. a.) Leave Chattanooga, ' 5.45 A. M Arrive at Dalton, 7.58 A. M Arrive at Kingston 10.12 A. M Arrive at Cartersville, 10.51 a. m Arrive at Atlanta, 1.45 r. M Southward (No. 2.) Leave Chattanooga, 5.25 p. m. Arrive at Dalton 7.42 P. M. Arrive at Kingston, 9.56 f. m. Arrive at Cartersville, . .10.32 F. m. Arrive at Atlanta, 1.00 a. m. JO Pullman Palace Cars on Trains Nos. 1 and 2 m Lynchburg and New Orleans! also to Atlanta and Chattanooga! No change from New Orleans to Lynchburg—via Montgomery, Atlanta and Dalton. One change front Atlan ta to Bt. Louis—via Chattanooga. Many miles shorter! Many hours quicker to New York than any other Route from Atlanta. Parties contemplating traveling should send for Map, Schedule, Ac. Quick time and Close Connections is Our Motto. Ask for Tickets via “Tho Kennesaw Route.” B. W. WItENN, CJen’l Passenger and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga. MRS. A. VAUGHAN having perfected ar rangements with Firms in Philadelphia ana Charleston, (with whom the late Captain James Vaughan traded for many years,) is pre pared to furnish Italian and American monu ments, tombs, Ac., ol the latest style and finish, and on the most reasonable terms. Also iron railing. Would reler to the monuments re cently erected for Mrs. Parrott as a specimen of the filling of orders entrusted to her. Not having the expense of a m trble yard, her prices are moderate, being s itisfied with a small per cent. She respectfully asks a share of public patronage. Designs and prices seat to persons at a distance. Cartersville, Ga., April 21,1873. 6nts COM MERC I A. Cartersville Wholesale end Retail Cartersville, May 15, 1870. Cotton selling, in good demand, at 16 cents. * n<> ! in; to Tin: public^ The firm of S. H. Smith <fe Cos., in the publication of the Standard & I.xprests, hereby notifies the public that they will be responsible only for firm debts made by s. 11. Smith* bu siness manager of* the paper and of fice, and only such made by him as strictly pertains to the printing office and he alone is authorized to receipt for claims held by the firm against any party or parties for subscription job work and advertising, except bv regular authorized agents so to do. * S. 11. Smith & Cos. Carpenters Patera Makers, and Cabinet Ma. kers. will take notice that I\ P. Toalk. of Charleston, has on hand and for sale. White Pine, of the finest grade, wholesale and retail Also Walnut. Oak. and other hard woods. GIVE IN CITY TAXES! IWILL attend in the Council Room, in the Court House, (in the forenoon of each dav' on Thursday. May Ist; Thursday, May Bth- Thursday, May 15th, and Friday, May lCih. for the purpose of receiving returns of the stock m trade and personal property of the City, for t!.« present year. Those failing to come’and give in will be liable to be assessed a double tax J. C. MADDOX, Cartersville, Ga., May 1, 1873. Tax Col. UNITED STATES INTERNAL It EVEN UK i Collector’s office, 4th District, gkoegi ft Atlanta, April 29th, 1873. ' J YITII LI. be sold on Saturday, the 10th dav of T V May next, in the City of Cartersville Bartow county, the following property, having been seized as the property ol Berry Voucher of Union countv, Ga., for violation of See- 4s Act June 3Uth, i»64. and See. It, Act Julv 13th 1866, to wit: One two horse wagon, one set of harness, and two empty barrels—publication having i>eeu made of said seizure, and no claimant having appeared, and no bond been given, as required by Sec. 63, Act Julv 13th, 1866. J. A. lIOLTZCLAW, Collector. CHARLES K. LIDE WITH WILSON, BURNS & CO., Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MELdOTS, Saltimore. Melt. 20, 1873—wly. . TV 10 W STEAM GRIST WILL! npBL undersigned announce to the public, A that they now have a First Class Corn Mill IN OPERATION, AT Till. OLD Magnolia* Mills Stand, near the old pond, in this city, and respectfully solicit the liberal patronage of the citizens having corn to grind. PADGETT, GOWER AL CO. Cartersville, Ga., May 1, 1873. ts DO YOU WANT. TO TAKE A COOS SAFER? IF SO, SUBSCRIBE FOR The Business Mirror. It contains everything that is RICH, RARE and RACY. Only two dollars per annum. A BEAUTIFUL FRUIT CHROMO Given to every Subscriber. JOB PRINTING Executed in the most artistic manner, and cheaper than the cheapest. We will send any merchant 50 cards printed plain for 65 ceni>; 100 liill Heads $1.25; 100 Note Heads for 80 cents, of course the prices will be much cheaper by the thousand. All kinds of com mercial printing done, plain or in colors, fe-.--’ I.<tt.■ n W. T. CHRISTOPHER, May 1, ’73.-w6ms Fort Valley, Ga. Wni. Gouldsmith, Manufacturer and dealer in Al CASES & CASKETS Also keeps on hand WOOD COFFINS of every description. All orders hv night or day promptly attended to. aug. 22 Gift eitterpmse The only Reliable Gift Distribution in the country! $60,000 00 IN VALUABLE GILTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN I I>. SINE’s 161«f RKGCLA ll MOXTIIL Y Gift Enterprise, To be drawn Monday, June 2nd, 1873. TWO GRAND CAPITALS OF $5,000 each in Greenbacks Two Prizes SI,OOO s n . Five Prizes SSOO « IrtTP.NMfiKS I Ten Prizes SIOO sa ■ 1 Horse & Buggy, with Silver-mounted Har ness, worth S6OO. One Fine-toned Rosewood Piano, worth $500! Ten Family Sewing Machines, worth slooeach; Fire Gobi Watches ,6 Chains , worth S3OO each! Five Gold American Hunting Watches, worth $125 each. TEN LADIES’ GOLD HUNTING WATCHES WORTH $73 EACH! 800 Gold and Silcer Lever Hunting Watches, (in alt) worth from S2O to S3OO each . Gold Chains, Silver-ware, Jewelry, <Vc.. Ac. Whole number Gifts, 6,500. Tickets limited to 60.000. AGENTS WANTED TO SELL TICKETS, t,o whom liberal premiums will be paid. Single Tickets $1; Six Tickets, $5; Twelve Tickets, $10; Twenty-live Tickets, S2O. Circulars containing a full list of prizes, a description of the manner of drawing, and other information in reference to the Dfitribu tion, will be sent to any one ordering them.— All letters must be addressed to MAIN OFFICE, L. D. SINE, Box 86, 101 W. Fifth St. CINCINNATI, O. 5-24—5 t PLANTERS' & MINERS’ BANK CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, ORGANIZED JUNE, 1872. DIRECTORS: LEWIS TUMLIN, J. J. HOWARD, M. G. DOBBINS, Jas. W. BALL, B. J. WILSON, M. 6. DOBBINS President, D. W. K. PEACOCK, Cashier. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, SIOO,OOO. Paid in 9 THIS Bank will do a regular discount and exchange business; will receive deposits ot money from Courts, Public Institutions, Ad- I miuistrators, Guardians and private tndividu- I als of all professions, payable at ca. l or on time ertifleates of Deposit, and allow such interest s may be agreed upon. Collections a specialty
