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lice officers, the whole to be under the orders of the sheriffs or his deputy, to attend at one or other of said places of voting during the elec tion, and obey all lawful orders of said mana gers, *r either of them, and to act as conserva tors of the peace, and for the protection of voters against violence, intimidation and all unlawful attempts to influence voters or to interfere with the perfect freedom of each v@ter.to cast his bal lot according to his own -wishes. Seo. 11. The said managers, ©r any two of them, shall have power, by parol, to order the arrest and confinement during the day of any person disturbing the peace at or near the pells, or disobeying any reasonable orders for the en ticement ot provisions fer the preserva tion of order and the protection of voters; and the sheriff or his deputy shall also hate power, without warrant, to arrest or order the arrest of any person for th 6 causes aforesaid. Se-, 21. It shall be the duty of the Ordinary of the several counties of this State to furnish sta tionery for the purpose of said election, and also to have ready and furnish for each of the sets of managers provided for by this act, a ballot box sufficiently large to hole! the ballots likely to be cast at said polling place—said ballot box to be made so that it caurit be opened without serious damage to the box on all sides except one, and on that side to have a movable lid with the open ing therein sufficiently large to admit the puhs ing in of the ballots one by one said lid to be so constructed as that it may slide iut#.grooves in the box, and have a lock thereon; ana it shall be the duty of the manager,s to open and examine said box at the opening of the polls, and then to lock the same; and at the close of the polls on each day it shall be the duty of each manager to put upon said lid a strip of paper ‘With his name thereon,and affix the same by adhesion to the lid and box so that the box cannot be opened with out the rupture of said paper; and this being doue, the box shall for the night, be entrusted to the keeping of one of the managers, and anoth er of the managers shall take the key; and it shall be the duty of such managers entrusted with said box or key, to permit no one to tamper in any way with the same; and if such tamper ing be done, the manager entrusted with the same, shall be deemed prima facie guilty of hav ing done the same, and on conviction, shall be punished as provided in section 4308 of the Re 'visedC'odc, for the punishment of misdemeanors. Sec. 22. An election manager or clerk, or oth er officer on duty in the holding of any election, who shall be guilty of any fraudulent practice in changing anV ballot, or in using any trick or de vice by which any false return is made, or any ■ballot box is tampered with or who shall in any way be guilty of any false or fraudulent practice or act by which any vote actually cast is not fairly counted and returned, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be pun ished as provided in section 4008 of the Revised Code. Sec. 23. All laws militating aganst or incon sistent with this act, are hereby repealed, but allother laws not militant or inconsistent there with, are hereby declared of force, and to be obeyed by said manager. Approved Octobers 1870. Atlanta, Oct. 22- —The Fair to-day marks anew era in the history of Georgia. Tn precedented success. The display in the different departments was unusually fine. About 35,000 people on the grounds. Dele gates from Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennesse, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Florida, are entertained by the Executive Committee to-night. The Fair is expected to continue during the coming week. * Tuesday, the great race for a twenty five hundred dollar stake will take place. Kenny, a knight, was thrown from his jhorse and instantly killed. Gov Bullock publishes in the morning pa pers a caustic letter to Treasurer Angier, .relative to the unauthorized use of the Treas urer’s name to State bonds. New York, Oct. 16. —The World has •a special from Tours, yesterday, which eays that Bazaine has escaped from Metz, and is marching with his entire force to the relief of Verdun. Herald’s special at Tours says that the rumor of Orleans being evacuated causes much excitement. It is officially announced that Tro chu led a brilliant sortie in person — Enemy were repulsed at all points.— Immense enthusiasm prevails One hundred and forty thousand Springfield rifles, by the LaFayette, have arrived. From the Home Courier. Office Agricultural Fair Association, Cherokee Ga. and Ala., V October 17th, 1870. J The Fair for the Cherokee country _of Georgia and Alabama, in all ,was a success. We have cause to con gratulate ourselves, our country and Rome. For the handsome and flatter ing beginning made in this line by our friends at Dalton and Carte rsville, our congratulations are tendered. * We are especially indebted to the chivalric sons and fair daughters of glorious old Bar tow for active assistance to us — thus contributing in a large degree to our success. Thanks are kindly tendered to all who contributed to it, and hopes en tertained that the next Fair will show in a great degree improvement in de tail of management. B. F. Jones, Secretary. To Merchants. The following note from Mr. Math ewson, the clever and popular commis sion merchant, of Augusta, will explain itself. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 12th, 1870. Fditor Express, Cartersville, Ga.: Dear Sir: Will you be kind enough tp extend an invitation for me, through your valuable paper, to the merchants generally of your section, who antici pate visiting Augusta during our Fair which commences on the 2.5 th of this month, to u.%e my office freely, where they wilf find all of the papers, and find me ready to do everything in jny power to make their visit pleasant, Very truly yours, J. O. Matue>vsos. Washington, October 19.—A dis r patch has been received to-night at the State Department from a reliable source in London to the effect that the report that peace is arranged is much believed, although it is not yet official ly stated. Patric was asked why he wrote so large a hand. “Sure” said he “it’s to me ould mother, who’s dafe, and I’m writing her a loud lether.” THE SEMI-WEEKLY EXPRESS. SAMUEL H. SMITH, Editor <md Proprietor CARTERSVILLE, GA., OCT. 24, 1870 For the 41st and 42nd Congress from the 7th Congressional District of Da., GEN. P. mTb. YOUNG, Os Bartow Chanty. JFor &eprmntatifcts to ft* 3L*<j{xlatur*, JOHN W. WOFFORD. JOHN W^GRAY, for Sheriff, WM. W. RICH. jßiputj JAS. KENNEDY, for eitrfe, ANDREW 11. RICE, for ®ax ftemfctr, W. T. GORDON, for Collator, ZACH M’REYNOLDS County Urrasum, MILES A. COLLINS. Cauntj GEO. W. HILL. County Corontr, BILL ARP. Old Bartow County at the Rome Fair—Premiums taken. SPEED RING, (TIME.) Fastest single-foot, racking or pacing stallion, mare or gelding, twice around the track, in or out of harness, two or more entries, plate $lO 00, W T . H. Stiles. Fastest trotting stallion, mare geld ing, twice around the track, in or out of harness two or more entries, plate, sls 00, W. H. Stiles. Fastest trotting double team, in harness, twice around the track, two or more entries, plate, $lO 00, T. H Murphy. Second best, two entries or more, plate, $5 00, R. M. Stiles. Best pair harness mares, or mare, and geldings or gelding and stallion, plate $lO 00, W. H. Stiles. Second best, plate, $4 00, W. H. Siles. Best pair harness gelding, $lO 00, Thomas Tumlin. Best colt, 2 years old, plate, 5 00, R H. Jones. Second best, plate $3 00, Thomas Tumlin. Best colt, one year old, plate, $5 00, R. H. Jones. Second best, plate, 3 00, R. W. Wilkes. Best suckling colt, plate, 5 00, H. B. Houck. Second best, plate, 3 00, Thomas Tumlin. Second best 4 year old colt, plate, $lO 00, J. C. Young. Best stallion, plate, $25 00 A. M. Linn. CATTLE, THOROUGH BRED. Best thorough bred English bull, under 4 years, plate, $lO 00, Dr Van Meter. Death of Mr. M. E. Kenny. Each Knight riding three times the first course had been run, and the al phabetical list, as above, had been gone through as far as his name, when he was called to run his second course. He went through gallantly as ever.— His handsome green costume, emblem of the land he loved, gleaming in the bright sun, he continued to run stead ily rounded until he overtook the knight who had preceeded him, Mr. Jj W. Hightower, and both horses being somewhat excited, the horses began to run together, and their riders catching the spirit rode against each other ra cing along the back stretch, Mr. Ken ny being on the outside. On approach ing the turnan effort was made by both gentlemen to stop the horses unsuc cessfully, and to make matters worse they collided with a horse ridden by a negro, who was thrown, and a moment after Mr. Kenny’s horse was in con tact with the fence, his rider being thrown violently forward, the fence be ing broken by the shock, the horse fell through, and falling, rolled over Mr. Kenny. Immediate medical assistance was at hand but it was apparent to every one that the genial, warm, kind heart of Michael E. Kenny had ceased to beat. His wife and sister were on the ground and were speedily by his side, stricken with grief too sacred to be more than alluded to in these col umns. This sad event of course cast a gloom over the entire assembly.— The further course of the tournament was stopped, and the vast assemblage struck with pity and grief and sadness, slowly melted away. The remains were placed on a mat trass in a wagon, and escorted by the entire body of tho Knights except Mr. JHightower, who was too severely (but not dangerously) injured by his fall to .ride, to his residence in the city. His funeral takes place this after noon from the Catholic chuich.—At lanta New Era 23 d. The Tournament Club, of which he was Vice President, and Captain, at a meting Saturday night, determined to appropriate the prizes to the erection of a monument over his grave. A no ble action indeed, and worthy of gene- ' rous friends and honorable Knights. The Stale Fair. On Saturday last, iu company with a large number of Cartersville people, of both sexes, we started en route for Atlanta. The train was crowded to its utmost capacity, we thought, when it left Cartersville; we were mistaken; they continued to pile on at every sta tion, and at Marietta, a large crowd about half the population of the city, it appeared to us—were arrayed at the depot, and before the cars had fairly stopped, they made a grand rush to get aboard, which they did. Nothing of special interest transpired until we reached, what we thought was the get ting off place, to-wit: the Fair Ground. But “nary git off;” we asked a gentle man if he did’nt reckon they had forgot ten to stop; he replied they had not. Our curiosity having been excited by his response, we asked him to explain,, whereupon be sai J: Mr. Kimball has built him a railroad of his own, from Atlanta to the Fair Ground, aud com pels passengers to either ride on it, or walk back to the Fair Grounds.— We were somewhat surprised at the revelation of the gentleman, and could not help thinking that perhaps he was mistaken; upou arriving at the getting off place, we made further inquiry iuto the matter, and the statement made by the gentleman was verified. Now, a majority of the passengers aboard that train, had purchased tickets at the respective depots of the State Rail road, which they thought, admitted them to the Fair without further ex pense, and it was so published by the officers of the State Agricultural Soci ety, aud the idea of passing right by the Fair Ground, at a regular station of the road, too, forcing passengers to go to Atlanta, and pay extra to get back is absurd in the extreme; it is a swin dle, a grand humbug—in other words, a filching institution, a miserable pre tense gotten up to extort money from honest people. Inasmuch as Mr Kimball, compell ed us to go to Atlanta, we concluded to take a stroll over the city. The first place we yisited was the mammoth Confectionery establishment of G. W. Jack, where we spent some time in looking at, and admiring the many thousand pretty things to be seen there. We could have spent hours there in viewing his splendid and varied assortment of goods, but our time was limited, and we left feel ing ourseli under many obligations to Mr. Jack and his polite and affable clerks, for favors shown us. We wended our way to the Capitol, to see what was going on there. After ascending several flights of stairs, we were ushered into the gallery of the House of Representative. What a sceue here met our vision ! How re voking the spectacle! How pluper fectly disgusting ! How supremely humiliating! There, in the Legislative Hall, of Georgia, were assembled a "parcel of moneys and orang-outangs to enact laws for the government of in telligent people. The true white men occupied one side of the hall, and the black, yellow, aud white negroes the other ! We are proud to know that the Democrats do not recognize them as their equals in no respect, and com pel the babboons to stay on their own side of the house. From thence we went to the Senate Chamber, and found a very intelligent looking body of men, compared with that in the House. There are several negroes in this branch of the Legisla ture, one black one, one copper-color ed one, and several white ones.— Hanging around the halls were the portraits of Washington and his com peers, and we could imagine that they gazed upon the scene below with a look of commingled pity, grief, disgust and contempt, aud it is a burning shame, a disgrace, an insult, an out rage, that the portraits of those great and good men should be seen upon the walls of that corrupt place—that pandemonium on earth. We left that place of filth, corrup tioft and vice, for the Fair Grounds, with a sad heart, but hoping and be lieving that the dawn of anew era was oertainly not far distant, and would, ere long, burst forth in efful gent rays, upon the down-trodden and depressed people of Georgia, dispelling the darkness which now hangs like a pall around them, like mist before the rays of the morning sun. God speed the glorious time—the happy day. In conclusion, we will simply add, that upon arriving at the Fair Grounds we found thousands of people, assem bled to see —well, all that was to be seen, we suppose. The Tournament came off at 3 o’clock, but not hav* *ng gotten through when Mr. Kenny was killed, it was postponed, conse- SUUUMI&Y AND DRESS-MAK (Nil! MRS, & MISS miSfi&U Beg leave to eall the attention of the !La<lies of Car ters ville and surrounding country, to tlieir tine hot of .?##/,/, V, just opened. The latest styles in MIXIKERT AA lt DRESS.MAK. executed with dispatch. Having just arrived in Cartersville, we solicit your patronage, feeling confident we can please you in both branches of our business. Please call and examine our stock. We are always glad to show our Goods. We may be found at the store on Main Street, recently occupied by J. T. Guthrie, Stock’s Building, one door Bast of S. Clayton «fc Son. CARTERSVILLE, GA., Sept., 29th, 1870.w1m STATE FAIR ! i Jttlanta, GaOctober 19, 1870. Everybody Coming! Save your CHANGE for it, and Buy your FURNITURE, OF RONDEAU & 00., I£* Decatur Street, Opposite 11. I. Kimble House. Gctober 1, lß7o.swtf ATL G A quently it is unknown who will be the successful knight. We will not attempt a description or an enumeration of the numerous things we saw, as the most of our peo ple have been, or will go and see for themselves. It is a big thing, that State Fair—they bore with a big au ger, you bet.” J. T. G. SALE ON WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, all the Household and Kitchen Furniture of the undersigned will be sold, including a good Piano. WM. DAVIS. Oartersville, oct. 21-sw2t /GEORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY.—James W UIT Cole has applied for exemption of person alty, and I will pass upon the same at 10 o’clock, a. m., on the first day of November, 1870, at my ofliee. Oct. 20th 1870. J. A. TTowarb, Ord’v It. C. Sheriff sales for lov., ’7O. WILL, be sold, before the Courthouse door in Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga., on the first Tuesday in November, 1870, within the us ual hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: One lot or parcel of land to-wit : lot of land No. 155, in the 16th dis. 3rd see. Bartow comity, levied on as the property of Thos. F. Jones, to satisfy a fi fa in favor of Z. W. & M. C. Jackson & Cos., vs. said Thos. F. Jones, issued from the Justice Court 952d dis. G. M. Bevy made and returned to me by Constable. Also lot of land No. 80,17 th dis. 3rd see. Bar tow county, levied on as the property of Ruben Hall, to satisfy a Justice Court 11 fa issued from 851st dis., G. M., in favor of Sam. Sheats, vs. said liuben Hall. Levy made and returned to xnc by Constable. Also lot of land No. 1281, in 17th dis. 3rd sec. Bartow county, levied on as the property of W. P. Madden , to satisfy a fi fa issued from the Court of Urdinar.v of sald county, in favor of Thos. M. Ansley, Ex’r David Madden dec’d, for the use of Officers of Court, vs. B. F. Madden and IV. P. Madden. W. W. RICH, Sheriff. Georgia State Fair ! Ladles visiting Atlanta, during the State Fair, will find at J. M. Holbrook’s one of the largest and most desirable stocks of FURS, consisting in setts complete. SABLE, MINK, SEAL SKIN, FITCH, BROWN & WHITE CONEY, SQUIRREL & ASTRACHAN; also, a great variety of CHILDREN’S FURS A CLOAKS, which will be sold at prices that will defy competition. J. M. HOLBROOK, oct. 14-lm 40 Whitehall str., Atlanta, Ga. ESS M. P. STOVALL, MSB mm Cotton Ware-House AND GENERAL Commission Merchant, Jackson Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. CONTINUES to give his personal attention to the Storage and Sale of Cotton and other Produce. Orders for Plantation and Family supplies carefully filled. LIBERAL CASH AD VANCES made on consignments when desired, oct 23,-\v3m j. t. ow;;en, WATCH-MAKER AND Jeweler, IS PREPARED to meet every want im his line on the most retsonable terms. AND WORK WARRANTED*©! Aug. 11, 1870.-ts Notice To Debtors and Creditors. ALL PERSONS indebted to the estate of L. M. Munford, late of Bartow County deceas ed, are hereby required to come forward and make immediate payment, and those having demands against said estate will present them bo us for settlement, duly authenticated as the law directs. Oct. 21,1870. J. 11. GILREATIJ, > * j„.i„ L. S. MUNFORD, | Artm IS * iremt MED Sale. % THERE will be sold at Public Sale at the Courthouse door of Bartow County, in Car tersville, Ga., on the first Tuesday in November next, the following valuable Polk and Bartow County Lands : NO. DIST. SEC. COUNTY ACRES 1200 21st 3rd Polk. 40 1201 “ “ “ “ 1244 •• “ “ “ 1159 “ “ “ “ 1021 “ “ “ “ 1179 “ « “ “ 1256 “ « “ “ 1229 “ “ “ “ 410 18 3rd “ “ 469 “ “ “ “ 357 *• “ “ “ 268 “ “ “ “ 454 “ “ “ “ 427 “ “ “ ‘* fjljg 44 44 44 44 952 « “ “ “ 763 19th 3rd “ “ 234 “ “ “ “ 235 “ “ “ “ 236 “ “ “ “ 673 20th “ “ “ 663 “ “ “ “ 388 “ “ “ “ 204 Ist 4th “ “ 203 “ “ “ “ 592 “ “ “ “ 589 “ •« “ “ 398 “ “ “ “ 230 “ “ “ 480 “ “ “ “ 481 “ “ *• “ 482 “ “ “ “ 323 “ “ “ “ it •( 44 44 155 44 44 44 173 “ “ “ “ 567 “ “ “ “ 403 “ “ “ “ 476 “ “ “ “ 74 16th 4th “ “ 680 4th 3rd “ “ 287 11th Ist “ “ 260 22d 2d Bartow. 160 The above represents some exceedingly valu able Mineral, Agricultural, and Timbered lands. The Cartersville & Van Wert Railroad runs through a number of these lots, and all of them are very near the line of the Road and its ex tension. In several instances three and four of the lots lie directly togther, enabling the pur chaser to locate, for agricultural or other pur poses, a respectable farm. This will be found a rare opportunity to invest in Polk County lands, w hich are increasing one hundred per cent, every year. The titles are unquestionable. — Terms Cash. The lauds will be sold to the highest bidder at public out-cry, within the usual hours of sale, by W. W. RICH, Sheriff. Cartersville,O Ga.,ct. I,lß7oswlm. Georgia State Fair ! Gentlemen visiting Atlanta, during the State Fair, can find one of the largest and best select ed stocks of consisting, in part, of Dress Silk and Cassimcrc. The Rhine, the Witz, and every other. Style known to the fashionable world at J. M. HOLBROOK, oct. 14-swlm 40 Whitehall str., Atlanta, Ga. Dissolution of Copartnership. THE partnership heretofore existing under the firm name of Daman, Conant & Cos., has been desolved, and William W. Laman has retired from the firm. Arrangements have been made for resuming operations and the work on the Cartersville &Van Wert Railroad will be vigorously pressed to completion. Persons having claims against the late firm wiill please present them at my office in the City of Atlanta, by the stli of next month. Such as are found to be due will be paid at Cartersville on the 21st of next month, or any time thereafter at my office in Atlanta. _ _ Atlanta, Ga., Oct. stli. 11. I. KIMBALL. /GEORGIA, BARTOW ’COUNTY. James VI" Austin has applied for exemption of pesou alty, and I will pass upon the same at my office on the 3rd day or November, 1870. This October 23th, 1870. J. A. HOWARD, Ord’v, B. C. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A Proclamation. GEORGIA? BY RUFUS B. HI LLOCK, Governor of Said State. Whkreas, An Act to provide for an election and to alter and amend the laws in relation to holding elections, has been approved; and Whereas, By Section 1 of said act, an election shall be held In this State, beginning on the 20th day of December, 1870, and ending on the 23J day of said month of December, 1870, for certain officers therein named, to-wit: Members of Con gress, to serve during the unexpired term of the 41st Congress of the United States, and fbr mem bers of the 42d Congress of the United States; for Senators in the State Senate from each dis trict numbered in the Constitution with an odd number; for members oftho House of Repre sentatives of the General Assembly; for Sher iffs; Clerks of the Superior Court; Tax Receiv ers; Tax Collectors; County Treasurers; Coro ners, and County Surveyors of the several counties in this State; and Whereas, By Section 4 of said Act, it is provi ded that five fit and proper persons of intelli gence and moral worth shall be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for each election precinct established at the county Court House, or in any city or incorpor ated town in this State, two of which said live persons are to beappointed by the Ordinary and three of said five persons by the Governor; and said five persons, or any three or more of them may, and shall hold, the said election at the said county Court House and precincts in spich said city or town on the said 20th, 21, and 22d days of December, 1870; And, Whereas, The Honorable, the Senate has adopted the following preamble and resolu tions, to-wit: “Whkrkas, It is of importance that nothing should occur, or in anv manner interfere with the validity, or with the holding of an election as provided'in an Act to provide for an election ami to alter and amend the laws in relation to the holding of elections, approved October 3d, 1870; and Wnereas, His Excellency, the Governor, lots invited the opinion of the’Senate in regard to the construction of a certain section of said act; now, therefore, be it “Resolved, By the Senate that the names of the persons appointed as Commissioners by the Ordinaries of the several counties should be submitted through his Excellency, the Govern or, to, ami confirmed bv, the Senate; “Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be especially requested to notify the Ordinaries of the several counties of his approval of the Act aforesaid, and request them to send their nominations to the Senate through the Execu tive Department, with as little delay as possi* hie.” Now, therefore, I, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Na vy of this State, and of the Militia thereof, do hereby issue this my proclamation, calling upon the Ordinaries of the several counties of this State to transmit to this department without de lay, the names of two fit and proper persons of intelligence and moral worth, as prescribed by law, for each election precinct established at th 6 county Court-llouse, or in any city or incorpo rated town in this State, to the end that the ad vice and consent of the Semite may be obtained to the appointment of the said two persons afore said. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the state at the capitol, in the city of Atlanta, this 11th day of October, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy, and of the Independence of the United States of America* the Ninety-fifth. RUFUS B. BULLOCK. By the Governor: Davld G. Cotting, Secretary of State. Oct. 21, 1870-w3t. J* C. Register, Tinner, *\l» DEALER IN Cook. Heating and Office STOVES AND GRATES, TIN-WARE, NSW &OOBS I WE \RE daily receiving and opening a general Stock of FALL & WINTER GOODS, Which w r e offer to to the Trade at fair prices. We invite our friends to call and examine our Stock, and especially to purchase liberally from us. E. GILBEATH A §OY, Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 10,1870. Females, old and young, who have so long been troubled with some female complaint should not despair. Let us whisper words of comfort. You can be cured. You can be snatched from the monster which has so long prostrated and paralyzed your whole system. You can regain your health, your beauty, your strength and buoyancy. Take courage, despair not, be cheerful; a romedy is at hand, prepared by experienced physi cians, specially for just such diseases as af flict you; and as the profession are u&ing and prescribing this remedy with much suc cess we feel proud in calling your attention to it. It comes highly recommended, and we earnestly advise all suffering females to use this great female medicine at once.— We allude to the “English Female Bitters,” advertised in another column. A Stubborn Fact. There is scarcely any disease in which purgative medicines are not more or less re quired, and much suffering might be pre vented were they more generally used. No person can feel well while a costive habit of body prevails; besides, it soon generates se rious diseases which might have been avoid ed by a timely use of Cathartic Medicines* For this purpose DR. TUTT’S VEGETA BLE LIVER PILLS are confidently recom mended; they are mild, safe, prompt and uniform in their action. They contain no Mercury. Persons may eat and drink as usual, and they may be taken at any time. ETC., ETC., CARTERSVILLE , GEORGIA .