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THE SEMI-WEEKLY EXPRESS. SAMUEL li. SMITH , Editor and Proprietor CARTERSVILLE, QA., AUG.IQth, 1870 The Prolongation —It* Aim nnd End. Desperate cases call for desperate remedies. The Radical party in the State of Georgia, has drawn upon it self, in consequence of its depravity, the odium of every reputable white man in the State. Its history here has been a continued onslaught upon the rights guaranteed by the Consti tution of the country, and upon those which the Constitution of the State accords. The provisions of both for the maintainance of order, for the se curity of persons and property, for the advancement of the public welfare and the elvation of private character, and for giving full scope to the energy and enterprise which have made the peo ple of Georgia so iliustiiouo, ha\c been ruthlessly set aside, or designed ly perverted whenever the interests of that party required it. No law has been too sacred for its touch; no indi vidual right or interest safe when the shadow of a pretext could be raised for their invasion. The high places of the State which, before the advent of that party, were filled by men eminent for private worth, and distinguished for the commanding character of their abilities, have been usurped by a class of men whose disregard of the obliga tions of their positions has inclined for them the contempt of every honor able man, and whose embecile at tempts to statesmanship have made them a mark of ridicule, e\en aiound the camp fires of their own party. These are facts known and read by all men, and by none better than the actors In this knowledge we have a solution of the Prolongation edict— If an election be held in November, the status of the Legislature will change. Statesmanship and integrity will take the places of ignorance and cupidity. A general overhauling of a rotten administration will be had. Matters will have a littL day-light thrown upon them, which were con ceived and executed and have boen heretofore hidden in outer darkness. The justness and propriety of bargains will be boldly canvassed in the sight and hearing of the people which were made in the privacies of secret caucus ses, or in the silence .of the committee room. The hands that have crippled the resources of the State, and have so long and ceaselessly outraged her honor and dignity will be held up to public derision. These things press with terrible force upon the minds of the present mis-rulers of the State. — They form the hand-writing on the wall, each letter of which glows like a living coal of fire, fraught with an ominous retribution. The case is desperate, and they have but one remedy —that remedy as des perate as their condition. They the people of Georgia that “you shall have no election. We will hold our places; we will not give up our nine dollars per day, and our perquisites; we have not humbled you enough yet; we have not crushed out enough of your rebel spirit; we want to increase your debt a little more —to cripple your public resources and private en terprises still more —to have your fields sold by the Sheriff for taxes, and the hum of machines to cease in your shops and foundries.” This is what prolongation means, and this is what the people of Georgia have to face. To meet it successfully in a manner that shall overthrow the matured plans of the enemies of the State, and yet sustain their own high character as noble men and intel ligent citizens, will call for the exercise of the most profound judgment, the most temperate zeal, and a firmness which, under no circumstances, should be permitted to degenerate into harsh- or recrimination. Let there be nothing said or done upon which the shadow of a charge can rest reflecting upon either the legality or purity of their action. The right to this elec tion is indubitable—its exercise im perative. Let good, true, conservative men be brought forward, against whom the cry of disqualification cannot be raised —Georgians in deed and in truth, whose interest are here, and to whom her history is as dear as the re cords of their own household. Let all personal considerations be thrown aside, all. prejudices be buried out of sight. Let the magnitude of the is sue and the best means of meeting it be the all-adsorbing thought of every Georgian. The old cry will be raised that re bellion is rife in the land, and be made the pretext of the prolongation. It lias lost its force, even with many of the Radical party. It lost its force with every decent white man and ne gro, long ago. If vve had been inclin ed to disregard the laws of the land, have we not had cause every day since the drama of Appomatox, to rise as a people, and hurl from the honored seats of the State these over-riders of law, order and decency ? If we were rebellious, would we not long ago have walked in the State chambers and dis solved its sessions^and sent out to the just judgment of an outraged and in dignant people, the representatives of a party, for whom it was reserved, as the culmination of their iniquity, to make the council ball of the State, the scene of a brutal murder—the victim and criminal alike being of their own household of faith ? If it be not time now to crush out such a rule as this, by all lawful means, the time never will come. — North Carolina has lifted herself up heroically; Alabama is moving quietly but gradually to the same result, and if the public sentiment of the people of Georgia, as expressed through the me dium of an enlightened press, be a just criterion, the ides of November will lay forever low on the soil of the Em pire State, a party whose principles embrace the worst features of those which made the reign of Rubespierre and Danton a synonymn of infamy. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. SENATE. Monday, August 15, 1870. Senate called to order by President Conley. Prayer by Wesley Prettyman. Mr. Hinton withdrew motion to re consider action on North and South Railroad Company. Bills were read the first time: Mr. Wooten—To extend alimony and provide for the custody of children in certian divorce eases. Mr. Jordan —To make valid the pri vate sales of executors in certain cases. Message received from the House announcing their non-concuirence in the prolongation resolutions. Bills read third time: To amend act incorporating Carters ville. Mr. Candler moved to take the bill up by sections. Messrs. Harris and Speer wished the bill passed without reading it by sec tions. Messrs. Candler and Holcombe fa vored reading it by sections. The motion prevailed and the bill was taken up and read by sections. Mr. Candler offered a substitute for the third section, by striking out all af ter the word “assent,” and inserting a proviso for the selection of disinterest ed assessors, or arbitrators to assess damages from opening or widening streets, only when public convenience requires, in accordance with the provi sions of the Code, and providing, in case of dissatisfaction with award, for an appeal to the Superior Court. Mr. Candler supported his substitute in an able and pointed speech. Mr. Brock arose, when Aaron Alpe oria Bradley also arose, and remarked that he thought that he was entitled to the floor; that he had addressed the Speaker first, but as usual he refused to recognize him. Mr. Speer said that if Bradley in sulted the President again he would move to expel him instanter. “The Senator from the First should be kicked out of the Senate chamber. At the request of Bradley the objec tionable words were taken down. Mr. Higbee said that he regretted that such indecorous words should be used in the Senate chamber. Every body on this floor are on an equality, regardless of color or previous condi tion. Be thought the Senator should apologize for the words used. Mr. Speer said that before he would apologize he would suffer his right hand severed from his body; he was not made of such stuff. Bradley, he said, rose when Brock did, and in his impudent, insulting manner— Bradley called for the word “impu dent” to be taken down. On motion, action was deferred un til action was had on the bill under consideration. Mr. Brock resumed his argument favoring the original section. Mr. Dunning favored the original section. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley opposed the original section. Mr. Harris called the previous ques tion. The amendment was voted down. Mr. Candler offered an amendment to the fourth section, pro viding that no purchase or sale shall be made until notice shall have been published in the newspapers for three weeks, and a ma jority of the legal voters, at an election held, shall ratify said purchase or bale. Mr. Burns said that the thing had been fixed to pass the bill as it came from the House, and it was useless to fight over it. Mr. Candler advocated the amend ment in a forcible and pungent speech. Mr. Brock advocated the original section. The amendment was lost. Mr. Candler offered an amendment to the sth section, but Mr. Higbee call ed the previous question (Judge J. R. Parrott occupying a seat near him.) The call for the previous question was sustained and the original section adopted Mr. Candler offered an amendment to the 6th section limiting the exten sion of limits to one half mile. The previous question was called and the amendment lost. The bill was then passed. The Governor transmitted to the Senate the following documents: Report of Secretary of State; memo rial to the General Assembly, adopted by the convention of Judges of the Su perior Courts; special report of Judge Garnett Andrews, as provided in sec tion 4569 of the code; annual report of the superintendent of the public works; and a message which we omit. Mr. Burns offered a resolution, that whereas parties have placed obstruc tions on the Western and Atlantic Railroad;, that the Governor and Su perintendent of the road be requested to use every exertion to have the per petrators arrested and brought to jus tice. The message of the Governor was referred to appropriate committees, and 5,000 copies ordered printed. Mr. Speer stated that in his remarks about the Senator from the First, he did not mean to offend the dignity of the Senate, and without apologizing to the Senator, made that disclaimer to the Senate. The Senate received the disclaimer as a sufficient apology. Senate then adjourned. FOREIGN. A Great Rattle Fought—Prussian Loss Over 40,000. Verdun, August 16, 6 o’clock a. m.— No news from Metz; nothing has oc curred to-day. Cannon were heard all day yesterday between Metz and Ver dun. Persons from that direction say a great battle was fought. The Prus sians lost more than 40,000, and were completely defeated. The Bishop of Luxemburg and sev eral clergymen liave gone to Metz to comfort the dying. Paris, August 17, 5 a. m.—The Jour nal Official has nothing of the great battle. The Gaulois says that important and satisfactory dispatches have been re ceived, but Bazaine insists upon se crecy. London, August 17. —The garrison at Strassburg made a sortie and were driven back with heavy loss of men and three cannons. The Empress has made application to the Belgian government for perrnis. slon to traverse Belgium for England. The Post says the telegraph lines have been cut in the rear of the Prus sians. The French are chary of news. Fight ing seems te be good for a week with out decisive results. The French are ready to fight till the end. Tlie War. A dispatch from Metz of August lltb, at 8:15 p. m, says: “It has rained all day. The army is concentrated aiound this place. It is being revictualled and reinforced. The retreat of McMahon and Eailly has been accomplished in excellent order.” Berlin, August 12.—The Bavarians passed through the Vosges and bivou acked last night near Saarlouis. We understand from these dispatch es that McMahon’s and Eailly s forces had succeeded in reaching Metz; also that a portion of the Prussian troops lately engaged in fighting McMahon had arrived at the Prussian lines in front of Metz. If this is what the above dispatches mean, they show an effort to concentrate all the available forces on both sides for a grand tight. „ [ Columbus Enquirer. The Coming Canvass. The Augus ta Chronicle & Sentinel thinks ‘there are many reasons why the canvass in this State should be made on purely local or State issues. In the present condi tion of national politics, the voice of the people of Georgia would have little iufiuence upon national affairs. While there is so little difference of opinion among the intelligent minds of the State in regard to national politics, it would seem quite superfluous to make these questions, to any great extent, at the leading ideas of the ap proaching canvass.” |A Defiant Letter to Holden. The telegraph announced a day or two ago the arrest of Mr. Turner edit or of the Raleigh Sentinel, by order of Governor Holden. The following let ter may throw some light on the sub ject: . Hillsboro’, Aug. 3, 1870. Governor Holden: You say you will handle me in due time. You white-livered miscreant, do it now! You dared me to resist you; I dare you to arrest me! lam here to protect my family, xhe Jacobins of your club, after shooting powder in the face of Mrs. Turner, threw a five pound rock through her window, which struck near one of my children. Your ignorant Jacobins are incited to this by your lying charges against me— that lam king of the Ku Klux. You villian, come and arrest a man, and order your secret clubs not to molest women and children. Yours, with contempt and defiance — habeas corpus or no habeas corpus. Josiah Turner, Jr. Editor Raleigh Sentinel. Congress. —A shrewd political statis tician, reviewing the situation, says the present House consists of 238 members —Radicals, 163; Democrats, 75; and the next House w 7 ill stand, in all prob ability, Democrats 116, to Radicals 112. He also designates seventeen districts in which the Radicals, at the last elec tion, had less than 500 majority; seven in which they had less than 1,000, and seven in which they had less than 1,500. Now, it will only hike a change of 750 votes, even in the last districts named, to make them Democratic this Fall. New Punishment. Malone, a private soldier in the Uni ted States army, about ten days ago killed Col. Buei. Malone was arrested and killed for his infraction of military law, in murdering his .superior. It seems that Malone had been severely punished by older of Col. Buei, and had sworn vengeance. From the .Leav enworth Herald we obtain the mode of punishment inil.cied upon Malone by order of Coi. Buei. Aiaionw was tied down on his back in the sun, his face besmeared with molasses, and compelled to lie theie until the jlies had eaten the molasses of. Could manhood have act ed otherwise under the circumstancos ? Did not Malone act as any other man would have done that had been so cru elly and humiliatingly punished ? Atlanta, Ga., August 15, 1870 — Col D. IV. Lewis , Secretary of Ike Georgia Stale Agricultural Society ; Dear Sir — To encourage our.young ladies to cook, as well as to learn other habits of house-keoping, I propose to fix up one of those unrivalled, extended top-mon itor cook stoves, worth $75, (which can now be seen at my store on Hun ter street,) on the l air Grounds and award it as a prize to that young lady between 13 and 18 years of age, who shall prepare, with her own hands, the best meal for six persons, consisting of the following bill of fare, to-wit: Ham and cabbage, roast fowl and beef, rice? Irish and sweet potatoes, maccaroni ? corn bread and biscuits, pick da and jelly; desert sponge cake, pudding with sauce, mince pies, and domestic wine. To be spread upon a table which will be furnished for the occa sion. To avoid the controversy, each one will be expected to furnish their own materials for meals. Respectfully, F. M. Richardson. Atlanta, Ga., xYugust 15, 1870. —2). W. Lewis Secretary of State Agricultural Society of Georgia— Dear Sir: Being satisfied that there is a large portion of Georgia soil well adapted to the growth of tobacco, and, in order to encourage those now planting, we will give the finest box of tobacco we have in store for the best ten pounds of leaf tobacco exhibited at the State Fair in October next. Maddox & Winter. No’s. 42 and 44, Alabama Street. THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS, (DEM.,) Has just heard of the death of Judge Longstreet, which occurred about six weeks ago, and has been noticed by nearly every paper in the country.— The energy ot our Democratic cotem poraries and their Herculean efforts to keep up with the times, accounts for their short-lived existence. Thus speaketh the blank who at tempts to edit that deluded paper, the Atlanta New Era. The energy of his sort and their Herculean efforts to rob and villify the peoxile of Georgia ac counts for the utter contempt in which they are so universally held by the masses of the State. Street Railroad. —The Senate has passed a bill authorizing the organi zation of a company for the building of a street railway in the city of Rome. WTlie Semi-Weekly Ex press, in future, will be published on Tuesday and Friday mornings, instead of Monday and Thursday. Itr Lawsbe & Haynes, Atlanta, have not made their reputation by the glit ter of cheap jewelry and paste dia monds, nor do they propose to sustain it by flaming show-bills. Theirs is a good house, built upon a solid basis, j having stood the test of twenty-two years. Call and see them if you want to buy goods as they are represented ; to be. Cox & Hill, Atlanta, wholesale liquor merchants, have conducted a successful business at their present j stand since 1859. Their establishment is the largest in Georgia, if not in the South. Having ample means, they buy exclusively for cash; and having the advantage of long experience and a thorough acquaintance with dealers, know liow, when and where to buy to the best advantage. Their immense stock enables them to fill promptly, from their own storehouse, any and all orders. Send vour orders and be con •/ vinced. Howard & Haralson, of Atlanta, wholesale dealers in tobacco and cigars, have a card in to-day’s pa per. We have known these gentle men several years and only as the best aud fairest in every business transac tion. You may buy of them, being assured of satisfaction in quality of goods and prices. —Lome Daily. WtiiF Official returns from “Old Ken tucky” gives the gratifying and cheer ing news that the Democratic party have swept the State, in the present election, by a majority of about fifty thousand votes. The Old Guard, for August, has reached us This valuable monthly stands prominent among the first Lit erary Magazines of the age. Publish ed at New York. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Drugs* Medicines* CHEMICALS, Etc., Etc., Etc. 0 10,000 lbs. White Lead. 500 gals. Linseed Oil. 800 “ Kerosene “ 500 “ Spirits Turpentine. 500 ozs. Quinine. 100 “ Morphine. 100 lbs. Chloroform. 50 “ Gum Opium. 500 boxes Window Glass. 200 lbs. Blue Mass. 100 “ lod. Potassium. 200 “ Chlorate Potassium. 300 “ Gum Camphor. 500 gals. Tanner’s Oil. 100 “ Coach Varnish. 200 “ Furniture Varnish. 50 lbs. Pow’d Ipecac. 50 “ “ Rhubarb. 100 “ Gum Arabic. 100 cases Drake’s Bitters. 50 “ Hostetter’s Bitters. 100 “ Lippman’s Bitters. 200 “ Walker’s Vinegar Bitters. 250 gross Patent Pills, etc. 25 dozen Lubin’s Extract, assorted. 20 “ Cherokee Rose, the linest per fume made. Also, a large stock of other MPrugs, Chemicals , etc., usually found in a wholesale?drug house, which we offer at very low prices. Send for prices, or give,us a call. Pemberton, Taylor &Cos., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SOLE PROPEIETOBS OF The celebrated Globe Flower Cough Syrup, the most wonderful LUNG REMEDY of the age. Compound Extract of Stillingia, the Great Health Restorer aud Blood Purifier. — Bead our Boole, the “People’s Friend ” for testi monials of merit and remarkable cures. Pemberton, Taylor & Cos., Manufacturing? Chemists? nug. 15.—1 y Atlanta, Ga. Bridge Notice. ORDINARY'S OFFICE, Bartow Cos., Ga. I August 16th, 1870. f nn HE CONTRACT for building a Bridge across JL the Back Water, on the road leading from Cass Depot to Kingston, near Oglesby’s Mill Dam on Two Run Creek, will be iet out to the lowest bidder, at the Court-house, on Tuesday, the 6th day of September, 1870. SPECIFICATIONS : The Bridge to be built Three Feet above high water, Two Spans, proper length, to span the back water; to be one good Rock Pillow in the center of the water, and good Rock Abutments on each bank with wings. All the rock ivork to he of the best masonry and laid in good lime morter. The Bridge to be 14 feet wide, well bauistered. The Sleepers to be 8x 14 inches, 5 sleepers to the span. The Flooring to be 2 inch es thick, well fastened down. The contractors to fill in each abutnent’aud fix the road for use. All the timbers to be of the best Heart Pine.— Bond and Security required, to keep up the bridge in terms of the law. J. A. HOWARD, aug, 16, swtd Ordinary B. 0. Georgia, bartow couNTY.-sarah c. Loudermilk lias applied for Exemption of Personalty, and 1 will pass upon the same at 10 o’clock," A. M., on the 29th day of August, 1870, at my Office. This A ngust 17th, 1870. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. —r- mm ■^^SomiisN MONTHLY MAGAZINE, Two VollM'S j>er Annum. 64 PAGES READINCfMATTER. 30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS. WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, D. WYATT AIKEN, CHARLESTON, S, C. SPECIALS,. Welcome.—" e take much pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the advertisement, of English Female Bitters, in another column. This combination is regarded as the Great Female Medicine of the age. and is highly recommended by the Medical profession, and all who have tested it. Our female community are troubled with many complaints peculiar to their sex, and now is the time to secure a Bottle and be cured. CEUTIfTcatITs: We. the undersigned, lnived used Dr. Pronh itt's Preparations, and take pleasure ?!? rcroni mending them to the public, as beinir all claims tor them: ' 6 Gol. R J Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog evs ( ovington, Ga.; O S Porter, Covington, Gal; Pint. .1 L Jones, Covington, Ga.; Rev. M W Ar! mdd, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Ostia Ga Conference; F M Swanson, Monticello, Gu.Ro bert Barnes, Jasper County, Ga,; A MRobinson Monticello, Ga.; James Wrigbt, Putnam county’ Ga.; A WestbrobK, Putnam countv, Ga.; Judir« J J Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L 'Rebec, “Cov ington Enterprise,”; A II Zachry, Con vers Ga* George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.; Dick Lockett.’ Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatlev, Cu«- seta, Texas; W C Roberts, Linden countv, l>x as; Tommy & Stewart, Atlanta, Ga; W K Laos dell, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox A Cos • Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.’ ; A N Louis, Lowndes county, Ga.; Joseph Land’ Lowndes cofinty, Ga.; Jas. Jefferson, Carters’ villo, Ga.; W L Ellis, Dooly county, Ga.; VV A Forehand, Dooly county, Ga.;John B. Davis Newton Factory, Ga.: B F Bass, Lowndues coU Wuy Will Ye Die ?—Death, or what i* worse, is the inevitable result of continued suspension of the menstrual flow. It is a condition which should not be triffled with. Immediate relief is the only safeguard against constitutional ruin. In all cases of suppres sion, suspension, or other irregularity of the “courses,” Dr. J. Bradfield’e Female Regu lator is the only sure remedy. It acU by giving tone to the nervous centres, improv ing the blood and determining directly to the organs of menstruation. It is a tegiti ! mate prescription, and the most intelligent Doctors use it. Prepared by L. H. Brad flcld Druggist, Atlanta, Ga., at $1.50 peg bottle, and sold: by respectable Druggistr everywhere. Rivers of impure Blood flow and vibrate through the system of those tainted with Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Barber’s Itch, Syphi lis, Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Eruptions or Pimples on the face, Roughness or Red ness of the Skin. Pemberton’s Compound Extract of Stillingia cleanses and drives out all impurities and effects an immediate cure.- If you wish a complexion fresh and spotless use the Compound Extract of Stil liugia, which will soon render the whole sys tem and complexion as free from poison and. blemish as a cloudless sky. For sale by the principal Druggists. The genuine has the* name blown in each bottle, and the signature of -T. S. Pemberton & Cos. on every label.-*— All others are counterfeits. Extra Special Notice. Beware of Counterfeits ! Smith’s Tonic Syrup has been and the counterfeiter brougbVto grief. SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP. The genuine article must have Dr. John Bull'* prb vate Stamp on each bottle. Dr. John Bull only.Uas* the right to manufacture and sell the original Jtfin Smith’s Tonic Sjrup of Louisville, Ky. Examine we!b the label on each bottle. If my private stamp is not 1 on the bottle, do not purchase, or you will be deceived.. See my column advertisement, and my show card I will prosecute any one infringing on my right. The genuine Smith’s Tonic Syrup can only be prepared by. myself. The public’s servant, DR. JOHN BU'LXJL Louisville, Ky., April 23,1868 Right comes to most at last, but generally when the heart is withered, and cootemr**- the boon. Yet right triumphs—and it may be some consolation to so assert. The pro* gress in public esteem made by the use of the “Old Carolina Bitters,” is the best proof of this. Its march has been a rapid and' suc>- cessful one, aud the palms of victory follow in its wake. No one can expect terbe cured of dyspepsia, and its hydra-headed accom paniments, unless they try the efficacy of this justly celebrated tonic. Wineman’s Crystalized Worm Candy ner sr fails ! Nil JDcspcrancluin, Hope! Hundreds of cases of Scrofula, in its worst stages, old cases of Syphilis that have defied the skill of eminent Physicians, Rheumatic* who have been sufferers for years, and the victims of the injudicious use of Mercury, lave been radically cured bv DR. TUTT’S SARSAPARILLA AND QUEEN'S DE LIGHT. It is the most powerful alterative and blood purifier known. It is prescribed by very many Physicians. BARTOW JAIL SEALED, PROPOSALS will be receirod, until the 20th day of this month, for bids for build iug anew jail for this (Bartow) county. Plan and specilioation can be seen by calling at the Ordinary’s oilice. Cartersvilie, Georgia. Bids should be sealed and addressed “To the Ordinary Bartow County, Cartersvillc,” and endorsed on envelope “Bids for Building Jail.” The work to be completed by the 25th Decem ber, 1870, and payment, for the same, made when the work is completed, inspected and received. Bond and securitv required in terms of the law, This Aug. Bth, 1870. J. A. HOWARD, aug 8 swtd Ordinary B. C, J. T. OWEN, WATCH-MAKER AND Jeweler, IS PREPARED to .meet every want in hi* line on the most retsonable terms. GOODS AND WORK Aug.'ll, 1870-ts. ' O.\E T(K\ FIRE WHITE Lead, Ibr sale by BEST & KIRKPATRICK. FRESH ARRIVALS OF CHOICE DItIJHS HEDICLAES, at BEST A KIRKPATPICK’S. A FINE SELECTION OF COLOGNE Hkf. EXTRACT and WATERS, just receiv ed by BEST A KIRKPATRICK. A LARGE EOT OF MOE EY WANTED, by BEST A KIRKPATRICK. PAY El*, FRIENDS. Aug. 11, ’7o—tf. Tlie Cartersvilie Express. This paper comes to us now semi* weekly aud much improved in its ty pography. It is a good paper and the people of Cartersv’lle should give it a liberal support for it deserves it. — Mari * elta Journal.