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THURMAN, DELIVERED AT WAVERLY, OHIO, September 2, 1873. [Concluded.] But it did not stop there. We have the testimony in this book that this thing was so bad that the Gov ernment Directors of the Company— for the Government had rive Direc tors in the Railroad Company, though by this arrangement they were rendered powerless—reported these very villanies to the Secretary of the Interior, a leading Republican. Well, he had the general supervision over all this work. What did (hat Secretary of the Interior do? Lay the matter before Congress, or call the attention of the President to it, or the attention of the public to the villany by which the Government was being robbed of $50,000,000? Not the least bit of it. He put that report into some pigeon-hole, where it has never seen the light of day. And if you want to know who that man was, you will not be surprised to hear that it was James Harlan, the man who paid 810,000 to elect a Sen ator of the United States. Let us see about these Trustees—, these men who became, by the means I have told you, the absolute and controlling power of both these Companies, who could by the prox ies they held elect the Board of Di rectors of either one of the Boards at their pleasure. Who were they? i hopias C. Durand, this is a Repub lican, of whom 1 have spoken, and a member of Congress from Massachu setts ; John B. Alley, another Re publican member of Congress from Massachusetts; Sidney Dillon, an other distinguished Republican ; Cor nelius C. Bushnell, another leading Republican of Connecticut; Henry '. MeCoinb, of Illinois, and Benja min L. Bates. They did not allow j 1 lemoerot to see inside the doors of i imt prison-house. Not a bit of it. j rho business of that Company was! as much a sealed book to every Deni- ! ■crat in this land as if they had nevi . r existed in the world. No Demo- j s rat in Congress or out of it had any j access into that dark recess where the : villany vras being carried on. The whole thing was done by Republi cans. What is worse, there were two out of those seven Trustees who | were sworn members of Congress, whose oath of offiee forbid them do ing any thing of that sort. 11, gentlemen, they got alarm-! and about this thing, which was sol ui endous, and so in December, ' l<v>7, Oaks Ames began to get fright- j cued. What was lie frightened a-! it? Not that the Company had ! not all the legislation it wanted, but j ‘ was frightened lest there should tiu investigation, and lie knew if j •i re were an investigation the . hole thing \v< uld fall to theground. it was too rot ton to stand, and so what docs he do? Why he gets lit in to put into his possession over twenty-four thousand shares of the Credit Mobilier stock, the nominal value of which was £21,300, but the actual value of which was more than three times that amount. He got them to put that stock into his hands. Why did he do that? According to his own testimony, which has made him immortal, that he might place 't where it would do the most good. 1i iw do the most good ? Why, the timony shows, and this report hows that he wanted to put it in the hands of members of Congress that they might use it to prevent any investigation; in other words, to pre vent the exposure of such frauds as I have named. How did he go about it? Did he approach a Democrat? To the credit of the Democrats, he never came near them, he let them alone. As .1 said before, there was one Democrat contaminated, and that was Brooks, but he never dealt w ith Ames: lie dult with Durand, uncs wanted to prevent an investi gation by Congress. He first ap-; proached the Speaker of the House! of Representatives, who was then ! Schuyler Colfax; and what does he propose to Schuyler ? He proposed to let him have £2,000 of stock of the Credit Mobilier. Why did he want Schuyler? Beeouse Schuyler was an influential man? That was not the reason. The Committees are ap pointed by the speaker. If a Com mittee was to be appointed to inves tigate this matter that Committee Would be appointed by Schuyler Col fax. How necessary it was to have the Speaker on the side of the cor ruptionists, that he would appoint such a Committee as would white wash the matter over; and there fore the first thing was to approach Schuyler. He offered Schuyler twenty shares. To most of these ; r-ons he offered tea shares. But v offered Schuyler twenty shares, ;• ut i will tell you why. Oaks Ames ysus economical even in his fraudu oul uungaetiaps. Though the peo ! 1 have got the idea that $5,000 was . y cheap at which to buy a mem rof Congress, yet when you come to look into it you will find that this Rock was worth from three to four hundred per cent. Schuyler agreed [<* take 82,000 of stock. * After that 't >o came to pass that Schuyler got to he Vice-President of the United •Tales, and that in 1872 the people 1 *gan to get some inkling of these kianies. flow they eaiiie to get it will show you directly. It was Uot any credit to the Republican Members of Congress that the people Kot in the track of it. The people in ife 72 goi to suspect something about it, and then Schuyler protested be fore God and man that he never had one dollar’s interest in the Credit Mobilier in all his life. And the rest followed suit. Of all the men implicated, I believe there was but one who did not most poslively and bare-facedly deny that he had one single dollar in the Credit Mobilier. Now, what were the facts? I am not going over this pitiful story of Schuyler Colfax’s declaring himself clear, and Oaks Ames pinning him down faster and firmer until the whole country, especially every member at Washington, felt humili ated that the Vice-President of the United States should appear in so j degrading a position as that. He was the first man ; then who I was the next? The next is James G. Blaine, of Maine, a very leading and influential man, who is now the Speaker of the House of Representa j tiyes. Blaine says he did not buy it. Who is the next? Henry L. Dawes, j of Massachusetts, Chairman of the I Committee on Appropriations, and one of the leading Republican mem bers of the House of Representatives in the last Congress. And so Oaks Ames let Dawes have ten shares, and then G. W. Scofiled, of Pennsylva nia, one of the leading Republicans of that Shite; and he let Scofield have ten shares. Then next was John A. Bingham, and he let him have twenty shares. Why more than Scofield? John was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, the Committee whose business it would ! be to report whether the proceedings 1 would be lawful, whether or not there were any violations of the char ter of the Company, and, if so, what steps the Government ought to take. That was a very important matter, so he let him have twice as much as Scofield. And who next? if there was any man in the world who should be approached, that man was William D. Kelley, and he got ten shares. The next was Gen eral Garfield, of Ohio, Oaks Ames swears that Garfield got ten shares, and Garfield says he did not do any thing of the kind. There was a good deal of talk, but no proof egainst him, and lam compelled to say that Garfield gets out of it better than any body else, and, on the whole, there was not sufficient ev idence to fasten the corruption at his door. Who next? General John A. Logan, a leading Republican from the State of Illinois, a man who aspires to the Presidency of the United States Senate. John agreed to take ten shares, and Oaks Ames let him have them. John got fright ened and he returned them and had them caneled. The wife of Wilson got £20,000 of stock- James Patter son got twenty shares, but he did so lie in tHe investigation and show his corruption, that the Committee com posed of a majority of the Republi cans in the Senate introduced a reso lution to expel him from the Senate for his corruption and perjury. Be fore that there were already in Con gress John B. Alley, and Oaks Ames himself, and the like. But it was necessary to keep down investigations, and so they went to work in this corrupt body to buy up the leading Republican members of Congress in order to prevent an in vestigation. Why did they not try to buy up the leading Democratic members? They had no fear at ail from them. If they could keep the Republicans stilt, the Democrats might get up and speak until they were hoarse, and they would not move at all. They knew that they caultl prevent any investigation if the Republicans could be controlled. They were more than two to one in the House and sixty to ten in the Senate. When I went to the Senate of the United States in March, 18GS, there were ten Democrats in that body, and they were there at the time that this thing took place. Therefore, Oaks Ames knew very well that he had no use for the Dem ocrats, if lie had the Republican mag nates favorable to the matter. Now, these matters were proved by the sworn testimony, by the books of the Railroad Company, and the books of the Credit Mobilier. There is testimony to prove all the asser tions I have made. It is a sad story to tell—a story that is a disgrace to the country and in the eyes of the world; a story that will forever dis grace the country, unless the people shall rebuke it. And I say to my Republican friends, if there are arty here, while I do hot hold the mass of the Republicans responsible for the villainy of their leaders, they will be responsible if they sustain such men in power. If they will not apply the proper remedy, if they will not turn out these men and send honest ones in their places, they take a part of the guilt on their own shoul ders. CORRUPTION IN THE INDIAN DE PARTMENT. Gentlemen, I ought not to speak a minute longer in justice to the gen tlemen who follow me, but I mqst say a lew words mere. But you must not think for a moment that the Credit Mobilier business is the only rascality of these Republicans. I think if the Department of Indian Affairs was investigated as it ought to be, it would be found that this is as great a sink of iniquity as the Credit Mobilier itself. I think that j millions upon millions of dollars I every year of the money appropria ted lor Indian affairs gets into the hands of corrupt rings, and that that Department is thoroughly and ut terly rotten. I might say something of the dishonesty in the Naval and War Departments, but it would take up too much of your time. There is one Department, however, of all oth i ers which ought to be pure, and that is the Department of Justice. Is | there a man in this house who would give his vote for an uiijust Judge, however great might be his learning and however transcendental his tal ents? There is not one who would do it. The same duty that regts up ! or t the Judge, your honored friend j here to-day [Judge Safford), rests upon the Department of Justiee in the United States. It is that De partment whose business it is to su pervise all the judicial proceedings, so far as criminal offenses are con cerned, and see that the offenders are brought to justice. Now, what is the report brougt from that Depart ; ment? Let me tell you in brief. At the head of that Department is the Attorney-General of the United States, and appointee of President ! Grant, and under him are several Assistant Attorney-Generals, and the District Attorneys and Marshals, and all the officers of the Courts, ex i cept the Judges themselves. Now, in order to see that justice is properly administered, that offenders are brought to punishment, that the interests of the United States are protected, and that the rights of ev ery hamlet in the whole United States shall be watched over, that Department of Justice is amply en dowed by the Government; the ap propriation for that Department, for the fiscal year ending June, 1872, was over $3,000,000, and that did not include the salary of a single Judge jin all the United States Courts. Now, what were the expenditures of that Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872? They were $3,076,332, and, in addition to that, the Attorney-General asked for a further appropriation of $300,000, making for that Department, in a single year, an expenditure of over three and one-third millions of dol lars. Now, how was that money spent ? There was spent in the State of Ohio $95,922 27. That was the expenditure of the State of Ohio, with a popula tion of 2,655,000 people. What was the expenditure in the State of Ar kansas? The expenditure in that State with a population of 484,000 was $294,331 75. It was $45,565 more than the great State of New York with a population of four and and a half millions, and itwass76,694 more than the expenditures in the States of Ohio and Punnsylvania put to gether. Now, gentlemen, how came it that in Arkansas there was an expendi ture of that amount in a single year for the judicial expenses in that State and that did not include the salary of the Judges ? How came it that that was done? fhe Attorney-General saw that that thing would have to be explained, and so he tries to explain it. And a pretty explanation it is! I want to read it to you : “It is very true the expenses of the Court have been largely augmented by the act of Con gress protecting all persons in their civil rights and the Ku-Klux Law. All the expenses are double those of the appropriation, and some of these expenses have been very heavy, and it has been only with the most rigid economy that the expenditures have been kept within limits. A large part of the expenditure has been for witnesses, a much larger sum than sufficient, hut lam unable to con troll it.” Why is it that he is una ble to controll this, which is not on ly a useless but a criminal expendi ture of money ? “A practice has ob tained in many of the districts of ex amining at each term of the Court many persons who are not called up on to testify and, in many instances the testimony is such that the exam ination is not justified.”* But, gen tlemen, why don’t he put a stop to that; he has it in his power to stop it? H can command it to be stop ped, and if they don’t stop it then, he has the power to remove every man and put honest men in their places. And yet he says he can not stop it. “The attention of the Mar- j shals and the District Attorney-Gen-! erals has been frequently ealled to [ the abuse, but apparently without \ the desired result,’ Why, he reports as if h 8 had written a polite letter to thgse villains, saying : “Pleasedon’t do that any more,” and that did not have the desired result. The desir ed result would be the removal of the rascals, but it never seems to have entered into his head before to do it. In the Western District $543,- 000 were expended, a very large pro portion of which was for witness fees, and yet they let the rascals stay .in office. Now, gentlemen, what is the real cause ? Let iqe‘ make a comparison. I have already shown you that the expenditures in the State of Ohio were only $95,000, although the pop ulation is 2,665,000 and Arkansas is less than half a million. The Attor neyrGeqeral undertakes to explain that the expenses are incidental to the enforcement- of the Ku-Klux Law. But here comes the thing that knocks that pretense on the head, that the District Attorneys of Ar kansas don’t report the conviction of one single Ku-Klux. In fact, they don’t make any report at all, al though the law requires it. But let me make the comparison that I said I would make. You have eighty-eight counties in Ohio. There is a Court of Common Fleas and a District Court held |n each County every year: That makes 176 Courts that sit in this State yearly, without the Supreme Court and the Superior Courts. You have then in Ohio 190 Courts, and they hold in the course of a year nearly or quite 400 terms; that is, without counting your Probate Courts at all. Now in this Western District of Arkansas, where $243,000 were spent last year, there is but one Court, and that Court holds but two terms, and they need not be over three or four weeks in duration. And yet while the en tire costs of litigation iq the State ‘ Of- Qhio, as sh'qwh by* the report of your Secretary of State, was less than S2OO - where there were 190 Courts and 400 terms a year and the business of over two millions of people; while that is the fact, the cost in this one Court holding but two terms in the State of Arkansas exceeded the whole amount of the cost of litiga tion in the State of Ohio. Well, how is that? Mark it, these were the ex penses of 1872. How could that j money be expended there? I might mention the sa'ipe thing! in Lorfe Carolina. Why is that?; There is hut one way of accounting j for it. The State of Arkansas was considered a doubtful State last year.! It was the year of the Presidential election. General Grant was a Can didate for the Presidency, and there was great danger that he would lose the State of Arkansas, and in point of fact he did lose it, although Gree ley was cheated out of the vote. There was a majority in that State for Greeley, but tffe Democrats were cheated by tlie Republican Governor throwing out the vote of several counties. The Republicans saw the State was going to Greeley, and they saw it was necessary to use money there. The $294,000 of the people’s money was used in the hands of the Marshals and District Attorneys, and to this day they never did report the expenditure of thqt moiiey. What wor.t with it ? It is utterly impossible that it could have been used for legitimate purposes. Why is it that the reports are not made of what went with that money? It is the same old story in North Carolina, only not to so large an ex tent. Let me show you that they can not refer it to the Ku-Klux Law. In j Florida the population is only 87,748, CARTERSYILLE, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 2, 1873. not one-tenth of the population of the State of Ohio, and yet here the ex penses were one-half those in the State of Ohio. Why is that? Flori da also was considered to he doubtful. But was that caused by the Ku-Klux convictions? They don’t report one single case. Let us compare Florida and Delaware. The expenses in Del- ! aware were nearly $5,000; in Florida,' over $44,000, eight times the amount j expended in the State of Delaware. I The expenses in Rhode Island were! $10,972; in Florida more than five! times that amount. But why was that ? It was not necessary to carry the State of Rhode Isjand for Grant. | Florida presented a very different state of affairs. In North Carolina the expenses were $184,368 31. That also was a doubtful State, you know. That was a State you thought would go for Greeley, and so the money was poured in there. And let us see how much of this expenditure was justi fied on account of the Ku-Klux. It turns out that there was just one con viction. Think of it, $148,000 and one Ku-Klux conviction! Now, gentlemen, I would justify any man in disbelieving me, unless he knew me personally and knew I wouid not state a falsehood when I make such a statement, if I had not the official document of the Attorney General to verify every word there. The expenditures in North Carolina twice as much as in Ohio, and when they talk about Ku-Klux, only one Ku-Klux conviction! Gentlemen, I need not proceed any further upon this idea as to where the money goes. THE DEFALCATIONS OF PUBLIC OF- FICERS. I would like to say a word upon the subject of defalcations, and show you how the defaulters are punished. By the report of the Treasury De partment made nearly two years ago the defalcation in the Internal Reve nue Department then exceeded two millions of dollars. There would have been a report showing a defal cation of twenty millions, but that was caused by some error—the ac counts had not been settled; but a report came to Congress showing the real amount of the defalcations, and that was the enormous sum of over two millions. And now how many defaulters are there iu the Penitentia ry, where they onght to be? Not -one. On the contrary, has the Gov ernment set the example of discour aging defalcations? Look at the de falcation of Paymaster Hodge, right under the eyes of the President of the United States, his office in Wash ington. The officers who had the su pervision of his accounts in Washing ton right in the War Department it self. A defalcation of over four hun dred thousand dollars. In one single Pay master’s account, over four hun dred thousand dollars. What came of it? He had been embezzling pub lic money for a year, and the Com mittee reported that it would have been utterly impossible for it to take place if the officers of the Department had done their duty. lie had gone on embarking money in stock specu lations, and he was ruined. He was tried hy a court-martial for his guilt, and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. Now there was a case of all others that ought to have been made an ex ample of, a case of defalcation right under the nose of the President, a de falcation in the army of the United States which ought to be the embod iment of honor, as for the most part it is. What became of that defalca tion? Why, the man was not allow ed to stay in prison a year before the President pardoned him. and he walks the streets of Washington to day as free a man as any. If it had been some poor man who stole thir ty-five dollars, or some poor fellow who stole bread and meat for his family, if he had been sent to the Penitentiary he woukl have been al lowed to serve out his sentence to the last day. But when a great Pay master like Hodge, with influential relatives, influential in his party, and his larceny is not simply the stealing of a little money to buy bread, but simply a few millions of the people’s treasure, he is not allowed to remain in the Penitentiary, but is set free by the President’s pardon, and walks as free as any man. Now, I say when the President of the United States sets such an exam ple. qnd pardons qqe of the worst de faulters this country ever saw, there is very little hope that you will ever have a good Government or an hon est Administration until there is a change. Take another case. It occurred in the office of the Assistan t Treasurer of the City of New York, where there was an embezzlement of over one hundred thousand dollars, and the man who embezzled it is as free to day as he was before committing the embezzlement. Take the case right in the Treasury of the United States. It is the qmbezilement ofsfil,QoQ in tlfe office of Treasurer Spinner. The money is gone, and there is now a bill pending to relieve Mr. Spinner from any responsibility for it, and I venture to say it will pass. The Re publicans will pass it. And now when such things are before us, when these things take place right under the eyes of the Administration, how can you hope for an honest Adminis tration without a change, THE SALARY GRAB. I mint have One word on the sub ject of the salary grab, because if I did not somebody would say I had dodged it. You all know I opposed if from first to last, and finally voted against the conference report, and thereby the measure itself [applause] and I did dot wait for public clamor to tell me that I should not take that back pay, but in two or three days, I believe on the very day after that hill became a law, I resolved, anti I will say it, to the honor qf my col league, that he vesGived that not one dollar of that money would ever he touched by us [applause]; and just as soon as the Department decided it was necessary to cover it into the Treasury, that is to put it beyond your power to draw it, I did cover it in that way into the Treasury [ap plause] ; and I shall go back next winter to vote to repeal that law, with just the aame earnestness that I fought against it from beginning to j end. [Applause.] But now, let me ask you, who is responsible for that measure? Gov ernor Morton and Governor Noyes are going around the country saying ! that it is not a party question ; that the Republican party is not respon sible for it. Why, they applied a different rule in times gone by. Had not the Republican party an over i whelming majority in the House of Representatives, more than three to one, and in the Senate of the United States, and did they not have the President of the United States, whose simple veto would have prevented that measure from becoming a law? How can they say that the responsi bility was not upon them? How was it when the Missouri Compro mise was repealed? Was it of any avail when you said that the majori ty of the Democrats in Congress had voted against that repeal? Nearly all of the Northern Democrats voted against it, but the thing was carried by the votes of the Southern Demo crat and Whigs. Was that any an swer to the people? Not the least bit. None of these gentlemen said that that was a no party measure.— They said, you have the majority, and the President and you are re sponsible for the passage of the act repealing the Missouri Compromise, and they said it with such effect that, whereas before its passage we carried the State, the next election after the repeal we were defeated by over eighty thousand majority by their holding us, the Democrats, responsi ble because we had the power in Congress. But now, when it comes to this salary grab, they said, “Oh, don’t hold us responsible; there are some Democrats who are responsible for it.” lam sorry to say that there are, but they with the party which has the majority; and the PresL dent is responsible. Why, who be lieves that that bill could have pass ed if Grant had crooked his little fin ger. Why, it could no more have lived than you could live without the vital air. It was because it was known that he was in favor if it.— He had only to say I veto this bill and it would have been dead as stone. But what did he say, and is written in the law; ‘Approved, U. S. Grant.’ He put it on the record and it is on your statute book that he approved that bill, salary-grab and all. It won t do for them to say now that they are not responsible for that bill. I could, if I had time, show you by the votes cast on that occasion the responsibility as manifested by their leaders. But I won’t do it, ex cept in one case, and that is in the case of that gentleman who has come into this State to instruct you how to vote; that is the case of Governor Morton. They dared not introduce the increase of salary in a separate bill. It would have to be subjected to unlimited debate, and would be defeated. So they moved it as a part of the appropriation, and they could cut off debate by moving the previ ous question, which they did. In the Senate on the appropriation bill we were limited to five minute speeches, so we had no chance to talk much about it. That is the cunning way in which they did that thing. That bill had first passed the House of Representatives. The Senate a mended it. In the Senate bill, as it came from the House, this salary grab * *• o'ko urn was amended in certain particulars, and these men, who wrre lying in wait for the last Expiring hours of' Congress, waited until it came back to the House of Representatives, and then Benjamin Butler moved the Salary-grab as an amendment to the amendment made by the Senate, and it provided for the increase of the salaries of the President, Vice-Presi dent, the members of the Cabinet, of the divers heads of Bureaus and clerks, and, finally, of the members of Congress, making it go back so as to pay the members for the two year’s work already done, Tffey put it throqgff tffe House of representatives. When it came to the Senate there was a test vote on the amendment made by Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, and that vote was to strike ofi all the House amendment except so much as related to the President’s salary. If that amendment had prevailed and the rest of the resolution agreed to, the whole effect would have been to raise the President’s salary, and not a single member of Congress would have received additional pay. That was the test vote. That mo tion, if it had prevailed, could not have been called a salary grab except so far as the President was concerned. Ij limited the amount of the grab from a million and a half to one hun dred thousand dollars, and I very cheerfully, although opposed to rais ing the President’s salary, voted for that. I thought if the people are to pay it out of their pockets, it is bet ter to only pay one hundred thousand ! dollars than a million and a half.—, And in that vote, which was the test i vote, where was Governor Morton : found? Why, gentlemen, among the knaves, that is, among those who voted against that amendment and voted to keep the Salary Grab in the bill, and yet he comes around here and says he was opposed to |t, ing a speech the whole effect of which i \yas tQ justify the increase. And it is said he is actually turning his money into the Treasury. It was a j long time before he did return it, and it required a great amount of kicking before he turned it in. . Let us see where tha Republican i leaders in the Senate are: Roscoe Conkling, of New York, and Govern- 1 or Morton, of Indiana, although voD 1 ing against the motion of Mr- Ed- ’ munds, voted to keep the increase in I the tjill. They were not the only I ones. There are Cameron and Car penter, who are leading men. There was Conkling, Ferry, Morton, Nye, Sawyer, Stewart, all leading men —, Now if these men, or any ten men in j the Senate, had voted for the motion, the salary-grab would have failed. I But one word more. The Repub-' lican State Convention, with a con- 1 sistency of logic most beautiful, have resolved that they have entire confl-' dence in the integrity and wisdom of I General Grant, and the approve him 1 from top to toe. Further down in the resolutions that Convention con-1 demns the increase of salary in not 1 very strong terms, but sufficiently strong. And yet that Convention, which could condemn the members of Congross who participated in the salary grab, have no condemnation for General Grant, without whose signature it oould not have become a law. But what respect has Grant shown to the opinions of the Repub lican party? When they condemn this law, and I think the mass of the people of the Republican party condemn it, what respect has he shown to that express ion of the people? Who is the first man he appointed afterward? It W’as George A. Sawyer, a Senator of the United States from South Caroli na. To what office was he appoint ed? To no less an office than the As. sistant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. And how cam© he to be appointed, and who is he, and how does he stand on the salary grab? Why, from the first to the last, from the first motion until Grant put his sign-manual to that bill, Saw yer was one of the stanch advocates for the increase—always in his place, and always voting to keep it in the bill. And the first thing that Gener al Grant does—almost one of the first acts of the new Administration—is to appoint what these Republicans call a salary-grabber to the high of fice of Assistant Secretary oi the Treasury. Well, what next? Why, next | came John A. Bingham, of Ohio, : who you saw was in the Credit Mo bilier up to his eyes, and who was also one of the Committee who re ported the Salary Grab in the House of Representatives, and maintained ed it by voice and vote to the very end, and took mighty good care to pocket his back pay as soon as he could draw it. What is done with him? What respect does the Presi- I dent exhibit in his case? Why, he } appoints him to the first mission in the United States Government; he : sends him to represent the Govern ment of the United States at the Em pire of Japan, with his salaey grab m his pocket, and with the proceeds of the Credit Mobilier back of that. What next? There is Shellabar ger. He consulted with his own con science in a long letter in a newspa per, and after prayerfully consider ing the whole thing he thought it his duty, as a lawyer and an ex member of Congress and a father, that he should pocket the Salary Grab. He held a high ethical court in his own brain and conscience, and he gave judgment in his own favor, forgetting the old maxim,. “That a man should not be the judge of his own cause.” He gave a decision, and that decision was in favor of himself. And what followed upon that decision? Why, right away this man who fe thus stained with his back-pay salary-grabj is appointed to the* Commissionership of the Civil Service Reform. Won’t he reform every other fellow glorionsly, after the manner he has reformed himself? But, gentlemen, it is not necessary to go further. This is the way the President of the United States earns the encomiums which the Republi can State Convention showered upon him. I thank you most cordially for your attention. . .. UNDEVELOPED VIGOR. The leeble and debilitated usually fancy they are in a more hopeless condition than they really are. The resources of natnre are nor. easily exhausted. Even when strength and appetite fail, when the eyes arc heavy and Instreless, the complexion pallid, the nerves tremulous, the body attenuated, and the mind depressed, there is generally a reserve of latent power behind such palpable evidences of weakness. Various modes of treatment are resnrtd to hy , u t the hope of developing and rendering avail able this store of sleeping vitality, but the surest, and indeed the only thoroughly safe and reliable means of awakening the dor mant energies of the system <8 a course of Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters. Electricity, shower baths, the flesh brush, sea bathiug, &c., may be well enough in their way, as auxiliaries, but they do not reaeh the source of the evil. All physical debility proceeds either from a derangement of tlie functions of the assimilating, secretive and vital organs or from a sluggish consiitution. In either case, and also i cases where both causes exist, the Bitters will invariably produce an immediate and salutary change in the condi tion of the patient, and eventually ellect a complete cure. None of tne dangerous alka loids, too often administered as tonics, can be otherwise than deleterious under such cir cumstances, and to give mercury is postively criminal. The direct effect of the great vege table specific will be manifested in an im proved appetite, a more cheerful frame of mind, a gradual return of strength, an increase of flesh, and a healthier conplection. Mean while, however, the constitution, if inert and feeble, will have been roused and renovated by the subtile elements of invigoration con tained in the Bitters. 1873, 1874. PROSPECTUS OF THE GEORGIA GAZETTEER and ENCYCLOPEDIA. A Complete Directory and Book of Refer ence for the use of Farme’s. Mer chants, Manufacturers and Business Men generally. The Mosi Valuable aud Practical Work Ever Published in The South. THE Georgia Gazetteer and Encyclopedia of Knowledge, useful to every fanner, merchant, manufacturer, professional and business man in the State, compiled by James P. Harrison, will be pub lished on or about January Ist, 1874, by the Frank lin Steam Printing House, Atlanta, Ga. Determined to supply a want long felt in business circles, the compiler and publishers have eornpleted arrangements by which a work will be offered to the public equal, and in iftany respects superior, to any publication iff the kind ever brought out in the Unit ed States. The work will probably be the lakgest ever issued from the Southern press, and will be made up in the finest style of the typographic Art. The first edition will comprise Ten Thousand cop ies. The work will be illustrated with views of pub lic buildings, and other points of general interest in the State. It will also contain maps of the chief cit ies of Georgia. Among the leading features of this great and unique work will be a complete business Directory of every city, town and village in the State -giving the names and kind of business of every business and professional man in each of them, alphabetical ly arranged; also the name of every farmer in Geor gia, with such information as will contribute toward a correct estimate of the financial standing of every farmer, compiled from official sources. The work will also give the name and office of every public of floer and functionary in the State; a list of charita ble institutions, Masonic, Odd Fellow, Temperance and other Lodges and Societies, with the names of their officers; also a list of churches, schools, etc., throughout the State; also interesting tables from the most reliable sources of the condition of our State finances, and its transactions ; also a valuable history of the material wealth and resources of the State; its railways, chief manufactures, and inter nal improvements completed, in progress, or contem plated. It will also contain a census of the State, arranged by counties, with the value of mining and industrial products of each county; also a complete list of post-offices, internal revenue offi ces, etc., etc; also an accurate travelers’ Guide, with such other statistical, historical and general infor mation as -will make it unsurpassed as an invaluable book of reference. This work will be the best ad vertifing medium ever offered to the commercial world, and a copy of it should be kept in every count ing-room in the Southern States, and find a place in every library. Our agents are now canvassing Geor gia and the adjoining States. We bespeak for them the favorable consideration of the public, and unlim ited patronage for the great Southern work they represent. Rates of Advertising : One page . . . . S6O 00 Half page . . . . 40 00 Quarter page . . . 25 00 Card, with copy of the Work 10 00 Subscription price, per copy 5 00 Jas. P. Harrison, P. O. Drawer 24, ATLANTA, GA. Judge T. O. JACOB, General Agent. SPECIAL NOTICES. FOR S ALE. I will sell a house and lot, on Cassville st., West end city of Cartereville. House new i and comfortable. Lot contains three (3) acres more or less. A well of splendid water. Sit uation very pleasnnt. One of the most desira ble residences in town. RONALD JOHNSTON. Carters vilie, Sept. Ist—tf. T. B. Shockley is now recieving his Fall and Winter Goods. By the first of the month he will have in a good stock of goods. All persons in the market are invited to call, and all persons indebted are respectfully requested to call and pay their accounts. I can not buy goods without money, and can not sell auv more to those who will not pay. So call aud pay up. 3addles, bridles, blankets, ar and whips, of the very best quality and sold at the very lowest prices, at the “Gear Shop’’ of IV. C. Eowajsds. tf Harness, gear, saddles, bridles, blankets col lars, Ac., repaired and made almost as good as new, at the “Gear Shop” of W. C. Edwards. tf Go to the “Gear Shop” of W. C. Edwards if you want to buy gear for ne, two, four, or six horse or mule teams. He knows exactly how to put them up for good serviee, at low figures. tf I will sell a House and Lot very desirably locatv and in the city of Cartereville— l% acres of land. Also, a half interest in a well appointed and prosperous Drug Store. Terms easy. 4-10—tf. W, L. Kirkpatrick, j FOR SALE. A 30 horse-power Boiler in good order. Apply to L C. Mansfield, 4-10 —tf- At Holly Mills. W. C. Edwards, the veteran harness-mak er of this city, is still running the harness bu siness at his old stand on the opposite side of Maiii Street, iu front of our office. He makes more harness, finer harness, better harness, and cheaper harness, than any other harness-maker in Northern Georgia. tf DISSOLUTION. THE Copartnership existing between Jack son A Clayton is this day dissolved hy mu tual consent. The business of the firm is now being wound up by Mr. Z. W. Jackson, in whose hands the books and accounts may be fouud. All parties indebted will please call and settle their ac counts without delay, as the books must be closed in a few days. Mr. J. W. Clayton will continue the building and contracting business in all its grades Aug. 14, 1873.-3 m Z. \V. JACKSON, J. W. CLAYTON. DISSOLUTION. We have this day dissolved the parterner ship existing between u*. The business will he carried on as heretosore, by Thomas W. Baxter. Those indebted to us Dv notes or accounts are requested to pay the' same- Any claims against us, please present at once. GILBERT A BAXTER. Cartersville July 39th, 1873.—3 ms A CARD TO THE PUBLIC. In retiring from active nusiness on account of feeble state of health. I bsreby desire to tender my thanks to my &)*<*>• sUo ui" in business during the past sev en years. I take plecsure in recommending my successor, Thos W. Baxter, .s a high ton ed business man, iu every way worthy of your conlidence. Vfu. 11. o'ilbkkt. C arters ville, July 29th, 1873. SOMETHING NE\yT An elegant Album for 25 cents, holding 24 full sized cards, bound iu full gilt cover and sold at the low price of 25 cents, suitable for the pocket or centre table. Order a sample sent by mail, post paid on receipt of 25 cents.— 3 for 60 cents, or 6 lor sl. Address, BURROW A CO. Baltimore. Mi>. gkzr- Agents Wanted. Catalogues of Books, Pictures, Ac., sent free. june 12-tf t’IEORGI A BARTOW COUNTY.-Whereas W Mary E. Couch, applies to me foi letters ol administration on the estate of Thomas K. Couch, deceased: These are therefore to cite ali and singular, the kindred and creidtors of said deceased, to show cause, if any they can, within the time prescribed by law, why said letters should not be granted, else letters will be issued on the first Monday in October next, at a regular term, to the applicant. Witness my hand and official signature this August 26th, 1873. J. A. HOWARD. Ordinary, B. C. Georgia, bartow county.—ordina kv’s OFFICE. Sept. 2nd, 1873 W. F. Dempsey, Administrator of the estate of C. W Dempsey, deceased, has applied for leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate of said deceased. This is therefore to cite all persons concern ed, to file their objections, if any they hare, in my office within the time prescribed by law, else leave will be granted said aplicant as ap plied for. J. A. HOWARD, Sept. 4,4 w Ordinary. NEW SCHEDULE. Cherokee Rail Road. FROM and after this date the following | Schedule will be run on the Cherokee Rail rod : Leaveßockmart at 7:00 A. M “ Germantown, 7:35 “ “ Taylorsville, 8:15 “ “ Stilesboro,. 8:40 “ Arrive at Cartersville, 10:30“ Leave Cartersville 2:00 P. M •* Stilesboro, 2:45 “ Taylorsville, 3.00 “ “ Germantown, 3:45 “ Arrive at Rockmart, 4:15 “ D. W. K. PEACOCK. April 13,1872. “KENNESAW ROUTE,” -VIA— Western & Atlantic Rail Road And Connections. Schedule in Effect May 25th, 1873. Northward (No. 11.) Leave Atlanta, 6.00 F. u Arrive at Cartersville," ~....8.15 P. M Arrive at Kingston, ...8.43 p. ' Arrive at Dalton, 10.30 F. m 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, 2.01 P. M. Arrive at Chattanooga, 4.28 p. m. Northward (No. 1.) Leave Atlanta, 10.00 p, m. Arrive at Cartersville, 12.30 A. M, Arrive at Kingston, 1.03 a. m. Arrive at Dalton, 3.00 A. K. Arrive at Chattanooga, 5.00 a. m. Southward (No. 2.) Leave Chattanooga, 3.45 p. m. Arrive at Dalton, 5.35 p. m. Arrive at Kingston, 7.44 p. u. Arrive at Cartersville, 8.16 p. m. Arrive at Atlanta, 10.45 p. m. Southward (No. 4.) Leave Chattanooga,....-... 5.45 a. m Arrive at Dalton, 8.00 A. M Arrive at Kingston, ...10.12 a. m Arrive at Cartersville, .....10.51 a. m Arrive at Atlanta, 1.45 p. m Pullman Palace Cars on Trains Nos. 11 4 2 TO LYNCHBURG AND NFW ORLEANS! gi Pullman Palace Cars on Trains Nos. 1. and 2 for Atlanta and Chattanooga! No change New Orleans to Lynchburg—via Montgomery, Atlanta One change irom Atlan ta to St. Louis—via Chattanooga. Fifty-two Miles Shorter New York and Eastern Cities than any other route from At lanta. 24 hours quicker to the Virginia Springs thr u any other line from Atlanta, avoiding an ex pensive delay and transfer at Richmond. Passengers leaving Atlanta by lightning Ex press, at 6 o’clock p. m. arrive in New York at 4.44 p. m. the Second afternoon thereafter^—l3 hours 35 minutes earlier than passengers by any other routo. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 10 p. m. by this route arrive in New York at the same time as passengers who left at 6 o’clock p. m. by op position lines. Parties desiring a whole Car through to the Virginia Springs or to Lynchburg should ad dress the undersigned, Parties contemplating traveling should send for Map, Schedule, Ac. Quick time and Close Connections is Our Motto. Ask for Tickets via •‘The Kennesaw Route.” B. W. WRENN, Gen’l Passenger and Tic?-at Agent, Atlanta, Ga. VOLUME 14—NUMBER 41. 'REAL ESTATE AGENCY. WOFFORD & WIK L£ , Cartersville, Ora. SALK. Property Situated in the City of Cartersville: ONE HOUSE AND LOT, on Church street, house contains 3 rooms; lot I* an acre. C* ACRES, on corner Cook and Clayton st’s 9 in quantities to suit purchasers. IONE ACRE LOT. with small house, on Douglas and Tennessee Streets. 1\ ACANT LOT, 1 1-4 acre, corner Cook and Erwtn st’s, extending backto' iav- I ton street. 3 j J Vacant LOT adjoiniug the above. I *1 BBICK STORE HOUbE, n west side Pub- A Square, new. with lot, inside to be fln j ished to smt purchaser. 1 HOUSE WITH FOUR ROOMS, and LOT o^ 1 A"fargain. CreS ’ Fi “ e La “ d ’ iu 11 ONE-FOURTH ACRE Building LOTS, A in Wofford and Puckett Survey east | Factory*. neSSee street> near Sundry aid Car T H p^" OUSe “v n . and Lotknown 45 the Sumner 1 late, on Main su; lot contains three jourth acre; 5 rooms; 3 lire places; good well’ a few hundred yards Iroin Public Square. ’ "-T 1 TWO ROC>MS, and LOT Containing Three Acres, in Cassville, Ga. mere is a Blacksmith Shop on this place and for a blacksmithlfa^’pat ronage could be had. 8 F Farming’ Lands: T H * plantation known as the J. G. Colbert A place on Euharlt-e Creek in 17th, District of Bartow county, near Stilesboro, * Cherokee Rail-roadcontMiningfflO acres. Could bedivid llUP three places. This place is iu a lim neighbor; ood, and healthy. '74'lfh , AC KK " CAM>, Or..- Mile N r’ • acres good land on the place. It being near timl r , In B /s. ,S % VCry valuable Pe for the OiA'ACHis */V™* baa be bought Cheap. HO So *- 422 311,1 an. in the P ist i^ Ct * nd ar<l Section, partly cleared, good well of watei, sinoll improve ments—good Cotton and Grain land. A good home for a small farmer. K ONE FARM, containing 170 acres. 90 acres cleared, balance well timbered, situated from Gass Station. There is a god hs W sl“^ CO ? U,nin , 4 rooms - tiood water, iSraLl aad ood neighborhood. A very desirable place. 1 •>{} ACRES, near McXeal’s Furniee, acres cleared; 8 log houses; irr.sl stables. Land yields grain, grasses and cot ton. Healthy location; good water. „„ Taere *,* * “t** quautity of the best Iron Ore on tais place. A FINE COTTON FARM known as the Dr. Boyd place, in 17tli disc. Bartow countr’ contains 900 acres; good dwelling, outhouses' gm house. Ac.; aUo, a good orchard. uSS B3i “n Sfi™u£ e,L A great bar ‘* ia to **• ACRES Land, known as the John- I , * far Kingston. Bartow rH i L o *-; u h good improvements. There !? “ , L *J“i ek,,a “! mexhaus table Life beds on i e i i*!!?’ K<XHi •"'tack and bouses for tenants and laborers. A valuable place, and a rare chance for an enterprising man. 211 ACRES f.AMi-ffi cleared—ordinary 12 “** Xorth to OD . t L ,e w ff°n roa.l from Pine Log to Cassville, and know n as the King A MoEver P*~- V-rtnch runs a half m.le through ib£ K 1 *®*- ** or 40 acres branch bottom, heavily he - ,th > ,oc * lion C°Ko.o, T ' , ‘. 0 °f SO ° ACEKS. 300 RICH bottom land, hail a mile, from Fainaounl. oonioß countv. A #“• **•.! ... orain Farm. 1 ne Vf neat made on it annually will pay 1(1 per location. The place can be divided into three farms, with comfortable improvements on each. This place cannot be excelled. A j i “ miies bove Cartersville, Toinemcc road, beinr a 'portion oi the Jaj V aughn place; * acres cleared; all necessary improvements; well watered and healthy. The place is situated on the surveyed line of^the Cartersville A Ducktown Railroad; is one of the finest stock farms in the county; - “■* "I LAND in the 6th Dis- JL Dtf trlct of Bartow county, 10 miles east ot A.iairs ville. It miles from Carteasville. 90 ’ i 8 Ka!S bottom; all of the Ist quality, balance heavily timbered. do , i!hle^n]f ll *r^ B: Se T I honM unfinished; one aml b ifslir g . C ifV. n ’ f °# 10 1 bani - Cribs, Stables, n? k f**** spring. This is one f5‘ be „ fl “ e8 ‘ E™" and grain farms in the conn try, and is situated miies from the propose 4 n <£ the ( *“rsville A Ducktown Rail Rond. A bargain to be had in this place. EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY FOR A GOOD HOME CHEAP. 1 MX ACRES LAND, situated on Tennessee JLMJF in the city of Cartersville, upon w Inch is a dwelling containing 5 rooms, recent ly puBM ud in good condition, and well An is had; well of fine water, good, ,t>omy smoke house, splendid barn and stable, carriage house, 9 excellent servant houses, fine garden of 1 acre, and all necessary outbuilding*; fine young orchard, apples, peaches, pears, Ac.; al so, grapes, raspberries and strawberries—alto gether one of the most desirable places in the city and a bargain offered. It Leads to Happiness! A Boos to tlie Whole Race of Woman I DR. J. BRADFIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR! It will bring on the Menses; relieve all pain at the monthly “Period;” cure Rheumatism and Neuralgia of Back and Uterus; Leucor rhcea or “Whites,” and partial Prolapsus Uteri; check excessive flow, and correct all irregular ities peculiar to ladies. It will remove all irritation of Kidneys and Bladder; relieve Costiveness; purifv the Blocd: give tone and strength to the whole system; clear the 6kin. imparting a rosy hue to the cheek, and cheerfulness to the mind. It is as sure a cure in all the above diseases as Quinine is in Chills and Fever. Ladies can cure themselves of all the above diseases without revealing their complaints to any person, which is always mortifying to their pride and modesty. It is recommended by the best physicians and the clergy. . Lagrange, Ga., March 53,1870. BRADFIELD A CO., Atlanta, Ga, —Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating that l have used for the last twenty years, the medicine you are known as Dr. J. Bradfleld’s FEMALE REGULATOR, and consider it the best combination ever gotten together fer the diseases for which it is recommended. 1 have been familiar with the prescription both as a practitioner of medicine and in domestic prac tice, and can honestly say that I consider it a boon to suffering females, and can but hope that every lady in our whole land, who may bt suffering in any way peculiar to their sex, may be able to procure a bottle, that their sufferings may not only he relieved, but that they may be restored to health and strength. With my kindest regards, 1 am respectfullv, W. B. FERRELL, M. D Near Marietta. Ga., March 21,1870. MESSRS. WM. ROOT A SON.-Dear Sirs: Some months ago I bought a bottle of BRAD FIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR from you, and have used it in my family with the utmost satisfaction, and have recommended it to three other families, and thev have found it just what It is recommended. The females who have used your REGULATOR are In perfect health, and are able to attend to their house hold duties, and we cordially recommend it to the public. Yours respectfully, • Rev. H. B. JOHNSON. We could add a thousand other certificates; but we consider the above amply sufficient proof of its virtue. All we ask is a trial. For full particulars, history of diseases, and certificates of its wonderful cures, the l eader is referred to the wrapper around the bottle. Manufactured and sold by BRADFIELD &> CO,, Price $l5O. ATLANTA, GA. Sold by all Druggists, 1-30-ly. Administrator’s Sale. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Bartow county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in October next, at the Court House door in said county, between the legal sale hours, the following" town lots, is the city ol Cartersville; A lot situated on Cassville street adjoining the residence ot James Milner, deceased, known as the Brown Academy lot, containing one acre more or less. Also ten or more vacant lots, fronting on main street, and running back to the line of John H. Buck mans lot, each of said lot* containing one acre, more or less. Also about one hundred volumes of second handed law books. All sold as the property of James Milner, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Term of sale cash- SUE M. MILNER. Admr’x. ot James Milner, dec' 1 Sept, 2nd. 1878 ’
