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THE SEMI-WEEKLY EXPRESS. SAMUEL 11. SMITH, Editor and !*roprirtor CA UTKItS VI LI.K, 0 ADFC. -M, 1870. For the 41st n»d I*-Ind Congress from the 7th Congressional District ofGn., GEN. P. M YOUNG, Os Bartow County. .for Bfnrrsrntatibts to tbe legislature, JOHN W. WOFFORD. JOHN WMJRAY. .for WM. W. RI<H. jDipHtp Sheriff, JAS. KENNEDY, .for &ax iXtcciMtz, W. T. GuRDoN. .for (Car Collector, ZACH M'REYNOLDS Count i grtasurcr, MII.ES A.COLLINS. (Couutp Surfcfjot, GKO. W. HILL. Counts Coroiur, BILL AKI*. The (nrtersvillc Express l» published Semi-Weekly on every TI'ES- I»AV ANDFIIIIt.VY. by SAMUEL H. SMITH, Editor and Prop’r. lu the town of Carters villr, Bartow County, Ga. Torms of Subscliption: Only Two Dollars a-yr., /.V VAIUA li!j YIN A1) VA NCR J. Fl/HTCHEIk Flu tK. Four authorized traveling Agent, ami will soon vi>it every nook and roruer of Bartow ami adjoining Comities, in lielialfof fheSKMi-WEKK -I.v f AiiTKiisvn.i.K Exi’kkss. lie h hilly author ized to receive Subscription ami receipt for the same, ami eon tract for advertising ami job work. All hail to the Chief ! ! A Curd so flic Public. A clo.se observation upon the condi tion of the country, daring my recent visit to the “Federal Capital,” and the Northern States, has forced upon my mind the conviction that the mission of the Republican paity has ended. The accomplishment of all its good offices, devolves upon the statesmen of the country the duty of determining the policy of the Government for the future. Stupendous issues are now rising up, having no necessary connection with the measures of the late civil war, or of Reconstruction consequent upon it; de manding the closest investigation and wisest solution by the popular mind.— Many of those, have assumed such shape as to male j it clearly manifest that the future welfare of the country will be best secured by the complete triumph of the declared principles of the Democrat party, as now set fori h by such leaders as Governor John T. Hoffman, and illustrated by his recent triumphant election. Acting with the Republican party in support of the measures for the resto ration of the States of the South to their proper relations to the “Federal Government,” we have but discharged a solemn duty to the people for which we have not a single regret to express. Now, that Reconstruction has been fuilv accomplished, the same high re gard for the welfare and peace of the f elude country, which has always con trolled my political course, impells me to declare my unqualified sympathy xwith and adhesion to the National Dem ocratic party. With this well considered determi nation, we place at our masthead the name of Johx T. Hoffman, of New Yoik, for the Presidency in 1872. This determination has been arrived at without consultation with Governor Hoffman or his friends, and without regard toj vernonal confluences. On the same ground, we also hoist the name of John 13. Gordon, for the office of Governor of the State of Geor gia in 187*2. The policy of “The True Georgian” toward the dangerous State adminis tration, will continue as heretofore one of firm and vigorous opposition. Samuel Bard, Editor Daily True Georgian. N. B.—The True Georgian, from which the above is clipped, now flaunts the name of Gen. P. M. B. Young from its mast-head, for Congress from the Seventh Congressional District. The Calhoun Times says; Mr. Reeves, who wmt from that county last Fall to Arkansas, has returned and he would not give one good farm in Gordon county for half a dozen in Arkansas. From the Rocky Mountains.— Mr. Mark Moore has just returned from twelve year’s trip to California. We are very glad he’s back home, but he owes us a bill of damages. Four different times have we seen crowds collected along the streets; four sever al times have we sent a hungry repor ter to find out what it meant, and ev ery time he Ims come back and report ed that it was Mr. Mark Moore talking to his old-time friends. Yesterday we saw an unusal crowed collected. In post haste we sent up the reporter to’ see the cause of the disturbance, 80011 he came hack and spit out the following answer to our inquiries, “it’s tlmt infernal Moore a gassing again.”— Home Commercial. We met on the cars, last Friday, Mr Steele, from Cherokee, arul Mr. Pearoc, from Gwinnett counties, who have been gone to the Pocky Mountains, for twelve years. They ymx* oil their way home. —El>. Communicated. I Mr. Editor: To you who have a j free jioss on the railroad, a trip bat j ceased to be a novelty, but to a one horse farmer, like myself, it is a mat ter of great interest, and you must not think me green when I announce the faGt that I have been to Atlanta. The year’s work was done; I had trade plenty to eat to last me another twelve months. My taxes all paid, and I had fifteen dollars over; so I determined to accept tho invitation of the Bartow County Knights to go with them to the Gate City. On Monday, the 21st, we all assem bled at the depot, according to prom ise. The day was gloomy snd the clouds betokened a bad spell of weath er; but as we could not control that it did not effect our spirits in the least. The engineer did not seem to care if his engine did get wet, and moved off at the appointed time. But I’m sorry to say that either the rain, or the mud of Cartersville, or something he ate at Guthrie’s, had a bad effect upou our conductor. He was as cro3S ns a wet hen, and made himself very disagreeable to any one who happened to ask for information. I was told his name is Daily, or Daisy, or something beginning a with a D.— It might have been Damphool, for ought l know. But Shakespeare says “there is nothing in a name,” and sure enough, we found very little in this fellow worth cultivating. I hope the time will soon come, when he will be obliged to make his daily bread at some other business. I noticed that the passenger cars were all new, and elegantly furnished. We enjoyed the ride hugely, whilst seated in our soft, velvet-lined seats.— 1 could not help but reflect how kind it was in Mr. Blodgett to fix things in such a w. y, as to save the Lessee’s of the road, as much expense ns possible Such an act of disinterestedness ought not to pass unnoticed. We made a safe and expeditious trip, and arrived in Atlanta in the midst of a hard driving rain. \Ye found the city in an unfinished state, and the train landed us between the two unfinished buildings. But cold and wet as it was, we had a warm wel come; in fact we evidently were ex pected, for a crowd of very polite peo ple i et us, and insisted upon releas ing us of all we had, and taking us in, out of the wet. My friends having business to at tend to, and I having none, I parted from them, and picked my way through the mud to the establishment of those thorough business men, and first class gentlemen, Redwine & Fox The title of ‘Live Drug Store,” is no misnomer, for it is a treat to see bow promptly and strictly business is car ried on. Their clerks are all efficient and polite gentlemen. Orders for dray loads of goods arc tilled xvith so much system and despatch, that no confusion is produced. I go to Atlanta but seldom, but would regard my visit a failure if I did not go there and enjoy the speiety of the gentlemen who call in for a social chat. I believe it is the place where Doctors most do congregate. Buch intellectual men as Drs. Craw ford and Rev, and others, make it tlibir headquarters. You know, Mr. Editor, that I am very reticent myself, but I like to hear sensible men converse, and it always does me good to be in the company of high-toned, educated geutlemen. Tuesday, it rained on as gravely as ever, and the mud grew deeper. I concluded to walk out and hunt up my Knightly friends. I stopped to admire the magnificent iron car shed, which is now nearly completed. Gen. Sherman would have to use some oth er element than fire, to destroy it Rut I hope before another war comes on, ha will have gone to a country where the very sight of flames will disgust him. The first dry place I struck, was the hall of the Kimball House. It did not leak a drop; and altho there was no fire to be seen, yet it did not seem as if I wanted any. My head got so diz zy trying to look up at the ceiling, that I felt warm all over. There was a partition built across the ball, to keep it from looking too large. Os course, I went behind that to see what was on the other side. After my curiosity was satisfied, I cipnc out vyarmer than ever. In fact, after you find the way behind that screen, you become independent of stoves, fire-places and such like. I heie met up with my friends who invited me to their room. I was con ducted into a small square room, with two sofas in it Whilst I was think ing that the room was neat enough, but rather small for such a large ho tel, the thing actually started, and i went up, and presto! we found our selves in the third story ! Now, Mr. Editor, this is a fact, and your readers must not think that I made it up be cause I went behind that screen, in the big half. It’s a fact, and il beats ballooning, for you can regulate this bouncing machine. After I found out the lodging place of my friends I step ! ped into the little square room, and I down it went to earth again. Now, what do von think of that! I wander - ed all over that house. I lookec into the eating room, the ball-room and even went into the magnificent parlor I looked at myself in those mirrors, which reach -from the floor to the ceil ing. 1 could see myself from flu bot tom of my boots to the top of ms hat, and I came to the conclusion, after looking at myself seriously for some time, that my old coat did not Immu nize in appearance with the gorgeous surroundings, and I had bttter leave.— If they call that magnificent pile aihouse, what ought the Cartersville hotel to be called ? I tell j’ou, Mr. Editor, that we have not got a college, or academy building in our city that would make a respectable show as wood shelter for the Kimball House, even if they were put out of sight in the back-yard. Some people fear that the Kimball House, when finished, will be too large for Atlanta; they should recollect that Atlanta is not finished yet, herseß Nemo. (To beAontimied.) [Special correspondence of tho Kxcrkss. Excitement in Montgomery* —In- junction Served on tlie Presi dent of the Senate, Prohibiting the Count of Votes for Govern or anti Treasurer. The I aides turit&ng ov (tov. Smith. — Federal Soldiers in the Capital Yard. The Colored Con/emvr of the Meth odist Church in Session, Bishop Me - Tyre Presiding. Sklma,Alabama , T November 2Hth, I£7o. j Mr, Editor: The telegraph has conveyed to you before this some account of the gu bernatioual embroglio at Montgomery, and the excitement consequent upon it, but , that medium cannet give you any iuforma- 1 tiou of matters underneath, that create this commotion on the surface, and that hurry ; Gov. Smith and the party that supports him, ! to the perilous attempt to defeat the lawful- j ly-expressed will of the people. These matters are of a nature that finds ; its counterpart in the infamous annals of the j present Executive of Georgia. A record of j fraud, of bribery, of a shameless prostitu j tiou of office for party advantage, of over riding individual rights, and of a wholesale squandering of the State's resources, before which one stands amazed. When we look at this history, lurid as it j is with oppression and crime, we are not surprised that Gov, Smith, as a last resort for the salvation of himself and his party in ; this State, should have made the fool-hardy j move of Saturday. If Gov. Lindsay be in- ! stalled, his (Gov. Smith’s) game is up. The : stake is worth the effort; the case is desper ate; the remedy must be of like nature. So he argued; and so he acted. That he has, by this act, precipitated a fearful crisis upon the people of this State, ! we all know and feel wit It that intensity of J concern which always eh tract el izos a brave j and thoughtful people in the face of a threat- | ened danger. But lie will be foiled here.— | The people, after a momentary excitement at the atrocity of the act, settled down to a heroic but ominous calm. They have ob served the law in its letter and spirit from commencement to the close of this election. They look to the law to vindicate their judge loent upou the unfaithjul rulers over them. And it will do it. This act, itself, will range by tlie side of the law, a potent intiu cnce in the countenance and support of a large portion of the conservative clement of the Radical party. It lias struck even them with astonishment. It has set the better men of that party to thinking. They have argued among themselves the question whether, if occasion should require it, this same usurping power might not be turned in upon them. It is a pertinent—a vital question. It is working as a terrible leaven in the Senate, in the House, on the streets. Defection is in the ranks, in the camps, at. headquarters, and 1 shall not be surprised if before I send this, the news Panics that law in all of its majesty, has been peacably vin dicated, in spite of the .bristling bayonets that glisten in the halls of State. There wa&as as.little need for them here as there was in New York, or as there will be in Georgia; and they will be as unavailing for the ends for which thov were evoked. No injunction was served upon amy other officers except the Governor and Treasurer, The others, it would appear by the exemp tion, were legally tlevied. Yet the Govern or and Treasurer were elected by the same votes that made legal the elections of the Lieut. Governor, tlie Sect, of State, and the Attorney General. The former did not re ceive as many votes or as large majorities as the latter, but that is easily accounted for.— The Governor holds the power and the Treasurer the purse. With these two offices secure, the vote of the pgst could be resum ed and continued. The election of the other officers would convey to the minds of the in experienced, so Gov. Biuith thought, the be lief that .the elections were fairly conducted. Greater efforts, therefore, were made, and more unscrupulous means resorted to, to se cure this result. The beneficiaries of the ! $2 0 JO,BOO bill, with Stanton, the President of the Alabama and Chattauooga Railroad, in trnie irnermW passed, strained ev- j cry effort in this cause, No man along the w hole line of that road, in any way connect ed with it, hut WfM comp lied to vdte that. ticket, and exert whatever influence ha pns eeseed over others outside, for the same pur pose. Every inau wielding the power of patronage, from the OotShnw down, held over the heads of his subordinate and em ployees, a def'-fee .CS i tfdß WiitVTb' Xf The law of the Modes ami Persians To these extraordinary efforts are attribu table the sm tiler map*ruins ot lov. Lindsay and Treasurer Grant, but as the returns show, they were unavailing, and hence this injunction to carry out a piogYemine which had boon and unoitshed by the people. Prominent conservative radicals at Mont* guiuery uni here* openly .declare that Gov ernor Smith will have to give way. The Treasurer, it is reported, has given up. He has done well. Gov. Smith, if he has a grain of wisdom, will do the same. The night of radical and negro rule in this State has passed, never more. I hope and believe, to settle down upon us. Athwart the political horizon we see, the first time for years, the gleams of morning, which wo confidently feel will, under a wise, just and beneficent administration of the laws, be fol lowed by a day as effulgent with glory as any in the past, aud as pregnant with pub lic and private good. The colored Conference has been in ses sion here for the last week, presided over by bishop McTyre. This Conference, I learn, lias a church membership of six thousand, and is in quite a prosperous condition. — They have decided to have bishops from themselves, which 1 think advisable. The 13ishop preacticd in our Church yes terday morning, and again at night. His manner was impressive and earnest, with out any of the graces of oratory. He preached as if be felt that his mission did not require the support of such arts for its maintenance or advancement, and he car ried the same conviction to his hearers, I think. At least lie did to me. lam glad of having heard him, and am more impressed than ever by the thought that the wiser and better a man is the simpler he is in bis manner when imparting information, and the farther he is removed from the subtle' ties with which weaker minds are pleased to clothe their arts and thoughts. Bautow. Special Correspondence of the Express. Attempt to Burn Beil. John T. Alorgtui Out —lftesull of the E- Icction —\au>>eati!ig to tlieAtatl teals—Cloud, lliHlicul State Su perintendent of Education, don’t want to yield. Selma, Ala., Nov. 2-d, 1870. A most villa'nous attempt was made, on Saturday night last, to burn the residence of Gen. John T. Morgan, of this place. lie, with all his family, had retired, and late in the night was awakened by the smell of smoke. On getting up he discovered that it cam© from the front of the house, ami soon found that the house was on fire. A more premeditated and diabolical affair could not well have been conceived. The lire hud been built under the front porch with a good sup ply of light, combustible wood, and the steps of the porch "taken up and set on end so as to Hide the light from any one passing, un til the fire should get so well under way as to be uncontrolable. Who the instigators or perpetrators of this outrage were, is not known, and probably will not be. If any attempt to ferret them out has been made, it is not known. In municipal as in State af fairs here, crime can be committed With im punity. Those entrusted with the adminis tration of the law here, either wink at such acts, are powerless to prevent them, or care less in regard to them. The cause of this particular outrage is readily arrived at. Gen. Morgan is the pro secuting attorney in the case of the disgrace ful riot of which I wrote you. The arrest ed rioters, and their aiders and abettors, well know that the cruieible to which he will submit them, will be a hot one. He is not lacking, I think, in courage for such an oc easion, and if he were, the moral and if need be, the physical support of the best portion of this community, is art ample fund to draw upon. The result of the elections is exceedingly of fensive to the old incumbents. On the meeting of the Legislature, the sachems of the Radical party in this State, met in council, at Montgom- > cry, to devise measures, it is thought, to set nude the verdict that the people of Alabama had passed upon them. They had held sway so long that they had arrived at the conclusion that it was their inalienable right to rule the affairs of this State. Rut the people, in spite of the frauds perpetrated at the elections, have deci ded otherwise, and T do not think that even an appeal to t he iip<4<njy f>n‘ a Prtii<Uu,t that, now sits iu the seat once honored by men of whom the American Nation, iu the years of its untar.nish ed honor, was justly proud, will avail them any thing. Vox jtopuli. Vox it,!, in the State of Alabama alone, might not have much influence with the aforesaid apoh><jy y but when the same almost unbroken strain comes from Missouri, from Tennessee, from Kentucky, from Virginia, from the great commercial Metropolis of the nation, New' York, and a less, but still in a certain in creased degree from the commanding sovereign ties of the great West, it carries with it a weight—a positive assurance of strength and influence on the part of the masses, which no living EkeeuHce, unless possessed of a spirit of recklessness akin to insanity, dare attempt to resist. The late State Superintendent of education, Cloud, endeavored to avert his doom on the plea that Col. Hodgson, the Democratic candidate, was ineligible on account of having sent a chal lenge to J udge (?) Smith of the Superior Court. The plea would not take. Col. Hodgson was requested to assume the duties of his position* Little as Georgia may think jt, Alabama, to day, looks with oxtremo solicitude to her course. The title of the Empire State of tlie South has been cheerfully accorded her by her sisters. In the forum and, upon the battle-held she lias nobly asserted lier claims to the splen did title which has been confered upon her, let hos, in tp OpM: telling t*icostshow herself worthy of fno ainaniuthc \vitll w hich w illing hands arc waiting to wreathe her already im maculate brow. BARTOW. , t i:\aiTss i;i:. Memphis, November 29.—A man fin ed for living with a black woman, whom he claimed as his wife, has sued the city for $25,000. Tim city filed a de murrer against the court, as the ques tion of marriage belongs solely to the State. Tlic Ctimnilng High School, j In common with the. friends of edu cation, in North-east Georgia, wo re joice to learu that our sister village, is to have in her midst a school of high order during the next year, and we hope the institution now being established there vi ill grow to be permanent. The citizens of Gumming deserve great credit for their energy in obtaining such an able corps of teach eis. The very liberal terms they offer to board the pupils at per mouth (SB,) *s another evidence of their liberality and enterprise. Prof. J. U. Vincsnt is the principal of the School, and is highly recommen ded for his profession as a teacher and accomplished gentleman. Mr. E. W. Ballexoek, director in the primary de partment, has had experience as a teacher, and is well k io .vii in the com munity about Gumming, where he has been teaching during the past year, llev. J. L. Milburn a. and C. B. Vincent are highly recommended The female teachers are ladies of line accomplish ment. Miss. Sallif. Trifpe, is a daugh ter Judge Turner 11. Trippe; Miss M. R* Bell, who is to be assistant in the Mu sical Department, is a daughter of G l ol- IT P. Bell, of Gamming. JShe is a graduate of the Marietta Female School, and is well known to the wri ter as a most amiable and accomplish ed young lady, We are confident that her future is full of success. Miss Lou Upshaw is the Instructor of Embroid ery, Painting and Drawing. The rates of Board and tuition are exceedingly low for the times. Pa rents who are compelled to educate their girls and boys from home, have now a good opportunity to do so at reasonable rates. Success, say we, to the Gumming High School, with its | able teachers, and wit a its motto, l'Ni \ dine Labor, aed Libor ouinta vidcit,” it i must succeed. —Dahloneya t&gnal. For the Cnrt*-n*eiUe Exprtas. Revision of flic Constitution of Georgia. FIRST: The State shall never give *'s credit to any individual or corpoaalion; nor shall it even contract a debt, except to meet casual defi cits in th« revenue, or to suppiess insurrec tion, or for defence in war; unless such debt be authorized for some single work by a law, which shall provide, by a direct annual tax, to be irrepealable until the debt is extin guished, for the. payment of the interest an nually, and of the principal within eighteen years, and which shall be passed by yeas and nays, and be submitted to the people, and receive a majority of all the votes at a gen erul election, to be held not less than three months after its passage, and at which elec tion, no other law or any amendment to the Constitution is voted for; and, on its final passage by the Legislature, the question shall be taken by yeas and nays, and three tilths of all the members elected shall form a quorum. All monies arising from such loan, shall be applied only to the objects of the loan. No payment shall be made out of the funds of the State, unless by a law dis tinctly specifying *he sum arid object of the appropriation, l'ublic monies or property cannot be appropriated for local or private purposes, except by a two-thirds of the mem bers elected to each branch of the Legisla tore. SECOND: The pay of the Senators and Representa tives shall not exceed three dollars a day, with one dollar for every twenty miles of travel. In extra session it shall be three dollars a day. The Speaker shall receive vine-third additional to his per diem allow ance. X. The above proposed revision of the Con stitution of t lie State of Georgia, would be hailed with acclamations of delight by the tax-ridden people of the State. Just such reform as this would set the eighty clerks and hangers-on at nine dollars a day with additional special appropriations, adrift iu quest of other vocation-*, and insure an ad journment of that body within the forty days prescribed by law; yea, further, it would put a stop to champagne baths, impracticable and unprofitable railroad enterprises gotten up to secure votes, buying opera houses and Governor's mansions, and costly and extrav agant trips to Washington and New York to sell bonds, and for other political purpo . scs to* numerous to mention. Georgia, Washington, November 25, 1870. — The advices from the Republicans from Georgia are very confident iu their tone, and claim the Legislature and all but one Congressman in the dele gation of the Forty-first and Forty sec ond Congress. As the voting precincts are few and far between, and the elec tion is to be held for three days, and the ballot-boxes are to be carried away from the polls for three nights, to re main in the custody of Govenor Bul ock’s Commissioners, this confidence ! appear to be well founded. The regis f tration iu 1860 was 102,411 whites and ; 88,307 colored. Th e election com mences on the 21st of December and lasts till the close of the 23d day It may be added here that the President, in his annual message, congratulates , the country that with this Georgia , election the work of reconstruction of tbo Southern State* is completed, and it is hinted that he thinks this is a good time to grtvpi general amnesty. Slanders.—Let no one suppose that by acting a good part through life he | will escape scandal. There will be those even who hate them for the very qualities that ought to procure esteem. There are some folks in the world who are not willing that other folks should be better than t hems'lves. DOiGIITIirs Egyptian ||t()ck jfoon:: MIIAT EVEUI PEH. SOX OrQHT TO KIOW l THAT OOIOIITIEK i;. GYPTIAff STOCK FOOD Is just wlirtt tlic Farmers, tli© Slock Kaisers, and tin* Housekeepers should use to fatten aud preserve tin* ©oudilion of their Horses, Iff ules, Cows, Hogs, Sliccj), and Poultry. It has hern tested by thoiisantls, ami does all the Proprietors elaliii for it. fiSarSciirt for Prlec Fists, showing Discount to Deal ers- Put up in boxes at sl,and $2 each, and 5, 10, and 20 pounds. Each box con tains directions. A. A. SOLOHO\S A CO., Htivumuili, Ga. nnv. 1— swftm , AND DRESS-MAKING BY MRS. & MFSS CRAM)ALL, Millner Brick on thu Corner of Main and Erwin Streets, Cartersville, C*eorgia, Where they will be happy to see their friends and patrons. nov. 1-wtf i/T T opened v m Jtade “ IN THE TOWN OF CARTERSVILLE, By the Long-Tried and Never-Flinching old Firm of HOWARD & ERWIN, who have on hand, and Receiving Weekly, FRESH SUPPLIES OF Staple and Fancy DRY-GOODS!!! Clothing, Ha t M : | Sh A SHI ETC. A£SO, BAGGING AND ROPE, GROCERIES, PRODUCE, &?■ IU VACT, Everything, nearly, i«T!J'JlfnJ'ni cnutilv Line, all Departments ' lv j n _ at the lowest possible price*. **ver> ex * <eflS j ve vited to call anil look throi^ 11 raw IN. Establishment. HO* AND ® LU '• *->• nev. 11— wtf