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q H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs.
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. olir authorized traveling Agent, and will
‘ •it even nook and corner of Bartow and
’ ' ‘ Counties, in behalf of the SEMI-WKKK
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■-.ive subscription and receipt for the
* , iU ,i contract for advertising and job work.
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n DE. W. w, LEAK
* ~-nrPS his professional services to the
r P K “ yi' irtcrsville and vicinity. Kpe
-3 ritwemw ' t 0 Diseases of Women and
• »1 il " llU l' lv %. found at Best,t Kirkpatrick’s
i)ru'g Store. »«1 at ,lis residence. jau. 2-lm
Joh ii ». Wofford,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
F R vi .i i’. oborwi A.
i’.i Aert* n’.s Drug .-store. Oct. n.
~,-t )TID A. P. WOFFORD.
Wottord «fc Wolford,
M FORNEYS AT LAW,
P.TKUSYILLE, ~. GEORGIA.
.1 une 28,1870,
It. W. Murplicy,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERS VI LLE, .......OEORGIV
Will practice in the courts of the Cherokee
circuit. Particular attention given to the col
, tion of claims. Office with Col. Abda, J ohn -
■ y- 1 ’
John J. Jones,
ATTORNEY \T LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
< ARTERSVIIXE GEORGIA.
W ill attend promptly to all professional busi
n.-s entrusted to his care; also, to the buying
.mtl soilin' of Heal Estate. dan 1.
Jere. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County.
CARTERBVILLE GEORGIA.
.lan 1.1870.
A, HI. Foute,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CAKTEU3VILLK .... GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren A bin,)
W ill practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
in,lk. Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. March 30.
T. W. MILNER, O. H. MILNER.
Hlliner «fc Milner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERS VILLE, GEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
their care. Jau. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVIL’.E, GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of the State.
Sum. 11. Patillo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
fob Sowings Maohinp.fi
\ ITI LL attend promptly to the Cutting, Re
\V pairiug, and Making Bovs’ and Mow
inthim'-, :,i'o, Agent for the sale ol thecele
rated Grover A Baker Sewing Machines. 01.....
..... ..,0.01, Williams otme.
i r„in the rear. leb 1 .
Joint w. Bycp,
house-p-inter.
1 \ RTKE3VILLK - .“..GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business in his line.
Jan 19, IS7Q— wly . . ». ■
w. It. Mouiitfastlc,
Jeweler nnd Watch n rid C ock
Repairer,
C\RTERSVILI E... ' EO' GI“.
Office in front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s Store.
Kcmiesaw House,
NURIKTT ...GlOßiai
Is still open to the traveling public as well as
Slimmer visitors. Parties desiring to make
runcements for the season can be accomnio
, i. Rooms neat and clean and especially
si pied for families. V fine large piazza has
shracnfc ntly UU
jnnISW I’ropriotors.
S. O’SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor-,
Carter sville, Georgia.
HAVE just received the latest European and
American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth
ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making toor
tier. Office upstairs in Liebman s store,
I‘of the Kail road. sept. 29.
Hr. J. A. Jackson,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICB IN TUB NX WDR UG STORE
C A ET EUSV IT.LE, GEORGIA.
Jan 4th, 1871.
W. e. GBEEN,
REPAIRER OF
»JEWELRY, CLOCKS,
PTW AND WATCHES;
/ v Also keep on hand and for
gale the above goods.
Room in the store of Simon LiebmaD
Cartersville, meh 22.
C L. ATTAWAY,
Plain and Ornamental Painter,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA
M ill do painting promptly and faithtully
_ dec 20, 1870-wly
and GEA£, Manufactured and Repaired in
the very best style of the art, in the quickest
time and at the shortest notice, and for less
money than is usually paid for such work
and stock. Try me ! W. C. EDWARDS.
Cartersville. mch 9—wly
Teeth drawn without pain, by the use 01 nar
cotio spray. inch 9.
s" H. SMITH & CO.,
READ
IT !« well known to
poctorsand to Ladies
that Women are subject
to n uin . rous diseases pe
culiar to their sex— such
a- Suppression of the
Mwnsfls, Whites. Painful <
M'ntUly ‘lVriotis,’ lthou- 1
niatlsui of the Back ari<F
W'omb. Irregular Men
struation. Hemorrhage,
or Excessive ‘Flow,’ and
Prolapsus Utcrror Fall
ing ot the Womb.
These diseases havesel
(loin been treated successfully. The profession
has sought diUigently for some remedy that wo’ld
enable them to treat these diseases with success.
At last, that remedy lias been discovered by
one of the most skilful physicians in the State of
Georgia. The remedy is
Bradfield’s Female Regulator,
It is purely vegetable, and is put up in Atlan
ta. by BRADFIELD & CO.
It will purify the blood and strengthen the
system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is
a perfect specific for all the above diseases; as
certain a cure as Quinine is in Chills and Fevers.
For a history ol’diseases, and certificates ofits
worderful cures, die reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war
ranted to give Satisfaction or money refunded.
LaGRANOE, Ga.. March 23, 1870.
BRADFIELD & CO., ATLANTA. GA.:
Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating that 1
have used, for the last twenty years, the medi
cine von are putting up, known as 1)R. J. BRAD
FORD'S FEMALE It EGL LA TOR, and con
sider it the best combination ever gotten to
gether for the diseases for which it is recom
mended. I have been familiar with she pre
scription both as a practitioner of medicine and
in domestic practice, and can honestly sav that
1 consider it a boon to suffering females, and
can but hope that every lady in our whole laud,
who may be suffering' in any way peculiar to
their sex. may bo able to procure a bottle, that
their sufferings may not only be relieved, but
that they may lie restored to health & strength.
IV ith my kindest regards, lam, respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. I>.‘
We, the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending to the trade, Dr. J. Bradtield’s
Female Regulator—believing it to be a good and
reliable remedy for the diseases for which he
recommends it. W. A. LANSDELL,
PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR & CO.
RED WINE A FOX,
W. C. LAWSITE, Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT & SON, Marietta, Ga.
DR. PR 6> HITT’S
Celebrated Liver Medicine,
It is purely vegetable, and will act upon the
Liver and Kidneys as promptly as Calomel and
Buchu, without any danger of" salivation or de
struction of the bones.
Parties taking the medicine need not fear get
ting wet, or any other reasonable exposure.
Symptoms of Liver Disease:
Headache, Dull Feeling or the Blues, Sour Stom
ach, Sick or Nervous Headache, Heartburn, In
digestion or Dyspepsia, Bad or Bitter Taste iu
the Mouth, the skin has a thick, rough feeling,
and is darker than usual, Costiveness, Melan
choly Feeling?, Cramps, Cold Feet, Colic, Dys
entery, or Diarrhoea, Chills and Fever, and
Piles. In fact, where the Liver is out of order,
you are liable to every disease that is not conta
gious.
Prophifct’s Liver Medicine, if taken properly,
will prevent and cure any disease resulting from
a deranged liver.
It will regulate its functions and thus cure all
diseases caused by the failure of its healthy ac
tion.
It has been used for a great number of years,
and has given universal satisfaction.
There is no brother or son claiming to have
the origiOnal recipe. It is put up iu both Pow
der and Fluid form.
r ,v tiwt'p/'j . . ~ A T
Dll. O.fU’ROriUTT:
Sir: Mv wife has been an in valid for fifteen
years. Doctors all agreed she had “Liver Dis
ease.” In connection with their practice she
used various and noted remedies, none of which
seemed to do any good. Sometime ago I procu
red a bottle of vour “Liver Medicine,” of your
agent here, C. A. Harvey, which being given ac
cording to directions, has a fleeted a complete
cure. Respectfully, &c., GEO. L. THOMAS.
CHARLOTTE, N. 0., Sept. 24, 1868.
I have used Dr. O. S. Prophitt’s Liver Medi
cine as a tonic, and found it to be powerful and
efficacious. It is excellent for functional de
rangement of tlic Liver or constipation of the
bowels; in most cases superceding the necessity
of a regular course of medicine.
E. J. MEYNARDIE, Pastor Tryon-str. C h.
Marion County, Texas, Aug. 1,1860.
PR. O. S. PROPHITT:
Dear Sir: I write you this to inform you that
I have been troubled a great deal with indiges
tion, but after using one bottle of your Liver
Medicine, I find great relief. I cheerfully re
commend it as a good Family Medicine, and feel
confident that it is good for anything lor which
it claims to be an antidote. Very respectfully,
dicK lockete.
Dr. Prophitt’s Dysentery Cordial,
Is one of the most valuable compounds now put
up for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Infantum,
or Cholera Morbus.
This medicine has been in use lor years, and
gives uniuersal satisfaction.
The most delicate child may take it with im
punity.
COVINGTON, G A.. Nov. 9, 18C~.
DR. PROPIIITT:
Having a severe attack of Dysentery during
the past summer, 1 was induced to use your Dy
sentery Cordial, and derived therefrom immedi
ate and permanent relief. It gives me pleasure
to recommend this remedy to all who may be so
attacked, believing that, should the directions
be followed, relief would surely be obtained.—
Truly, &c. 0. S. POUTER.
Cussata, Texas, 1669.
DR. PROPHITT: , „ . ' _
Dear Sir: Your Liver Medicine and Pain Kill
It is u complete success. J. L. WHITTLE.
West Point, Ga., Aug. 11, 1869.
This is to certify that I have used Or. O. S.
Prophitt’s Liver Medicine myself and in my
family, for twelve months or more, and I unhes
itatingly say that I believe it one of the best
Family 'Medicines in use. M. T. IVALKKK.
PROPHITT’S
Pain Kill It.
Thi« i« the celebrateil medicine that run Perry
Davis’ Pain Killer out of the market, wherever
it was sold. Davis made FrophitL change the
name from Pain lviller to PAIN KILL If.
For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or pain of any
kind it has no equal. .
For Cuts, Bruises, Burns, or old Sores, it is the
best thing you can use as a dressing.
For Snake Bites or Stings of Poisonous Insects,
it is a perfect ANTIDOTE.
It is good for Colic, Colds, Coughs, or Bowel
Complaints. Its name indicates its nature fully.
It is trulv DEATH to pain.
Manufactured and sold by BRADFIELD &
CO., Atlanta, Ga., and for sale by all druggists.
DOOLY BOUNTY, GA., April, 1867.
This is to certifv that I was confined to the
house, and most of‘the time to my bed, and suf
fering the greatest agony imaginable with Rheu
matism. for live months, and after trying every
available remedy, with no relief, I was cured
with two bottles of Dr. O. S. Prophitt’s Anodyne
Pain Kill It; each costing fifty cents only. It
relieved me almost instantly. I therefore re
commend it in the highest degree to others suf
fering from similar disease. I can say that it is
one of the finest Family Medicines now out, cer
tain. Yours, truly, W. A. FOREHAND.
Dooly County, Ga., Oct. 27,1867
DR. O. S. PROPHITT:
I have, during the last eigeteen months, used
your Pain Kill It, and I consider it unequaled by
anything for pain in the head, breast, back or
side-and for colic nothing gives relief half so
quick as your Anodyne Pain Kill.
It is doing much good in the community in o
ther families as well as mv own. Yours, Ac.,
D. T. FOREHAND.
Newton Factory, Ga., Nov., 1867.
DR, PBOrHITT: ,
Last summer my horse sprained his knee se
verely, causing the whole leg to swell to about
twice its natural size, and rendering him almost
helpless; two applications of your Anodyne Pain
Kill It thoroughly cured it. JNO. B. DAVIS.
STATE OF GEORGIA,) Know all men by these
FULTON COUNTY, j presents, That 1 have
this day, for value received, sold and transfer -
red to TJRADFIELD &, CO., the sole right to
manufacture and sell my Family Medicines, and
have furnished them with the full recipes, and
have authorized the said BRADFIELD * CO.,
feo print, or have printed, anything they may see
proper concerning any and all the above named
Gear Shop,
BY
W, C, EDWARDS,
Harness,
Bridles,
Saddles
Dr. :F. M.
Johnson,
dentist.
Carlertville, Ga.
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C!AKI'IIHMviIdMB. IIAKTOW « S>VXTY. GKORGU .SAX. “Uli. IS7I.
; —* T-* ■ - —■ F l. V!
MediriiCs. This l.M’i dav of June. 187;).
[Signed] * o. s. PKoPHITi',
j In presum eof Thoma.' F. Jones, and Robert
j Crawford, Notary Public. (L. S.)
Manufactured and for sale by BRADFIELD
o. I’.rm t-trect, Atlanta, Ga., and for >alu
by all druggists. jjiy 20-wly
CERTIFICATES:
We, the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph
itt’s Preparations, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all he
claim - for them:
Col. R .I Henderson, Covington. Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.: O 8 Porter. Covington. Ga.;
Prof. J L Jones, Covington, Ga.: Rev. M \V' Ar
nold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W del in, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Monticello, Ga.; Ro
bert Barne?, Jasper County, Ga.: AM Robinson,
Monticello, Ga.; James Wright, Putnam county.
Ga,; A Westbrook. Putnam county, (ia.; Judge
J J Floyd, Covington. Ga.: W L Bebee, “Lov
ing ton Enterprise,”; A II Zachrv, Convert, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta. Ga.;'Dick’Lockett,
Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, <'u«-
seta. Texas; W C Roberts, Linden countv, Tex
as; Tommy A Stewart. Atlanta. Ga; XV A Lans
dcll, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox A Cos.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cariersville, Ga.:
A N Louis. Lowndes county, Ga.; Joseph Land,
Lowndes county. Ga.; Jus. Jefferson. Carters
ville, Ga.; W L Ellis, Dooly county, Ga.; WA
Forehand. Dooly eountv, Ga.;.Jobn B. Davis
Newton Factors-. (M.: ft F Buis. Lowndnes co.
DELIGHT g
Compound Extract of
STILLIJYGIJt.
THE GKEAT HEALTH RESTORER,
Blood Purifier & Liver Medicine,
THIS concentrated Vegetable Specific acts
directly on the Liver, Kidneys, Sflkkn
and Bladder. It cures Sckoffvla, White
Swelling, Chronic and Inflammatory Rheu
matism, Gout. Liver and Kidney Affections,
Sore Eyes, Uluerovs Sores, Boils, Carbpn
clks, Pimples, Blotches, and all skin Diseases.
It removes all Mercurial and old Yenerial
Taints from the system and soon restores the
patient to perfect health and purity. It is far
superior oo Mercury or any of its preparations
in removing Torpidity and correcting other de
arangemens of the Liver and Kidnevs. This is
not a remedy that may cure; but one that will
cure every case without fail. Beware of Coun
terfeits. The genuine is prepared only bv Pem
berton, Taylor & co.. Atlanta, Ga.,‘ and each
label bears the signature of J. S. Pemberton.
For Sale By Drug-g-ists.
Read the following, which explains the suc
cess of this great remedy all over the country:
West Point, Ga., Aug., 10th, 1870.
Mess. Pemberton, Taylor & Cos.,
Atlanta, Ga,,
Gents: We have the greatest cure to report,
ever known, made by the use of your Compound
Extract of Stillirigia. A case that has been con
" 1 ciiAwF'oiii)"a \V AXYvb/T"
ept. S3, '7O, sw-tf. Druggists.
Lawshe & Haynes,
Have ox hand and are receiving
the finest stock of the
Very Latest Styles
of Diamond and Gold
JEWELRY,
in upper Georgia, selected, with great care for
the
Fall and Winter Trade.
Watches,
of the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
merica;
American and French Clocks;
sterling and Coin Silver Ware;
and the best quality of
Silver Plated Goods,
at prices to suit the times;
Gold, Silver and Steel
Spectacles,
to suit all ages.
Wa tidies and Jewelry
Repairsd by Competext Workmen;
Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and Materials.
sept 13.-swly ATLANTA, GA.
W. H. GILBERT. A. BAXTER, T. W. BAXTER, Jr.
GILSIfIri&SAXTiR
(SUCCESSORS TO W. H. GILBERT & CO,)
Dealers Xu
HARDWARE,
IliOX, STEEL, H AILS,
CLOVER & GRASS SEED.
_A.GENTTS FOE SALE OF
COAL CKE EHt COAL.
Peruvian Cruano.
And other Fertilizers.
Agricultural Implements,
Agricultural and Mill Machinery,
ALSO
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For sale and Burchase of
COTTON, WHEAT. CORN.
And all other
Country Produce, Cotton, Hay,
AND OTHER PRODUCE SHIPPED ON
liberal terms.
GILBERT & BAXTER,
Cartersville Ga.
Jan. 19, 1871—ly
jas7w7 strange,
Dealer In, and Manufacturer Os
TIM WARE, AID
House-Fui-nisliing Goods,
ALSO DEALER IN
First-Class Stoves At
The Lowest Cash Prices.
WILL BARTER
FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RA6S,4C.
Cartersville, Jan. 20th, r 7l-ly«
SSI3 >8 WEEKLY.
TO PHYSICIANS.
New York, August 15th, 1368
Allow mo to call your attention to im
Preparation Compound of
Extract Buchu.
The component parts are BUCHU
LONG LEAF, CUB£BS, JUNIPER
BERRIES.
Mode or Preparation.—Buchu, in
vacuo. Juniper Berties, by distillation, to form a fine
gm. Cubebs extracted by displacement with spirits
spirits oMained from Junlp r Berries: very little
sugar is use*, and a small proportion of spirit. It is
more palateable tbj»n any now in use
Buchu, as prepared by Druggists, is of a light color.
It is a plant that emits its fragrance ; the action of a
flame destroys this (its active rinciple.) le ving a
dark and glutinous decoction. Mine is the color of
ingredients. The Buchu in my preparation predomi
n<tes; the smallest quantity of the other ingredients
are added, to prevent fermentation ; upon nspec
'ion, it will he found rot to be ft Tincture, as made
>n Phartnacopoea, nor is ft u Syrup—and therefore
c -.D be used in cases where fever • r inflammation ex
ist. In this,you have the knowledge of he ingredi
.nts ad th* mo te of preparation.
Hoping that vou will 'avor H with a trial, and that
upon inspection it will meet with your approbation
With a feeling of confidence,
I am very respectfully yours,
H. T.IIELMBOLD,
C nemist vnd Druggist
of 16 gears’ experience.
[From the Largest Manufacturing
Chemists in the World.]
November 4,1854
“I am acquainted with Mr. H. T. Hembold ; he oc
cupied the Drug Store opposite my residence, and was
successful in conducting the buair ess where others
had Dot been equally go before him. I have been fa
vorably impressed with bis character and enterprise.”
WILLIAM WEIGHTMAN,
Firm of Powers & Weightinan,
Manufacturing Chemists,
Ninth and Brown streets, Philadelphia.
Helmbold’s Fluid Extract of
Buchu
Is the great specific for Universal Lassitude, Prostra
tton, Ac.
The constitution, once affected with Organic Weak
ness, requires the aid of Medicine to strengthen the
system, which HEM BOLD’S EXTRACT i UOHU in
invri.itdy does Ifno treatment is submitted te, G#ii
sumpton or insanity en>ues,
Helmbold’s Fluid Extract of Buchu,
In affections peculiar to Females, is unequaled bv
any other preparation, as in Chlorosis, or Retention
Paiaiulnesß,or Buppre-eion ofOustorusry Evacuations,
Ulcerated or t>chirrus Slate of the Uterus, and all
complaints incideut to the sex, or the decline or
change of life.
Helmbold’s Fluid Extract Buchu ard
Improved Rose Wash.
will radically exterminate from the system diseases
arising from the habits of dissipation, »t little expense
little or no ch nge in diet, no inc invenience of expos
ure ; completely superceding those unpleasant, and
dangerous remedies, Copaiva and Mercury, in all
these diseases.
Use Helmbold’s Fluid Extract Buchu
in ail diseases of these organs, whether existing in
male or female, from whatever cause originating, and
to no matter f how lone standing It is pleasant in
taste and odor, “immediate” in action, and more
strengthening than any preparations of Bark or Iron.
Those Buffering from broken down or delicate con
stitutions, procure the remedy at once.
The reader must be aware that, however slight may
be ‘he a' tack of the above diseases, it is oerta n to af
fect the bodily health and mental powers.
All the shove dlseses reoulre the sld of a Diurette
ITEM BOLD’S LXTIiACr BUCHU is thstgreat Diuret
ic.
•
Sold by Druggists everywhere. PRICE—
SI.2S per bottle, or 6 bottles for $6.60. —
Delivered to any address. Describe symp
toms in all communications.
*
Address
H. T. H E L M B 0 L 0,
DRUG AND CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE,
594 BROADWAY, New York.
None Are Genuine
Unless doze «p in steel-engraved wrapper
with sac-simile of my Chemical Warehoues
and signed
11. X. HELMBOLD.
;|| grit u! hi nil.
j [From the Baltimore Episcopal Methodist.’
Farmer Gr eel yon Sutlicrn Farm
ing.
| _ —■—
We believe it is the estimate of prac
j tical farmers that every cabbage that
j Horace Greely raises costs him a. dol
lar. He l>elougs tc a class of fancy
agriculturalists, so keeuly satirized by
Artemus Ward in hi 9 letter in reply to
an invitation to make an address ut
an agricultural fair. Yet, Greeley
having once made what he calls a
“hurried journey” through Virginia,
undertakes to lecture the Virginia
farmers on their improper method of
cultivating their crops. It does seem
an utter impossibility for a genuine
Down-easter ever to get it into bis
head that people who were not born
in the neighborhood of Cape Cod are
capable of knowing what they are
about, or of doing anything on the
face of the earth that ought to be
done, uutil a Puritan thrusts his
intermeddling nose into the business,
and drawls out the perfection of bu
rn in wisdom.
There are some things, no doubt,
that the Down-easters are capable of
instructing Southern men in, but the
cultivation of tobacco and cotton is
not among them. In trading and
dickering, in show and pretence, in
cleaning the outside of the platter
while inwardly they are ravening
wolves, iu the commercial victories of
pe ice, and in those victories of war j
which are fought and gained by proxy, 1
they may teach the South a good deal
which she is not up to yet. But agri
culture is a business she can not be
enlightened upon by Mr. Horace Gree
ley. There are one or two counties
iu Virginia which alone raise more
wheat than all New England. The
State of New York does not compare
with Virginia in the wheat product.—
As for the proper method of cultiva
ting tobacco, we should think Virgin-
Ties, TlilgUL JVIJUU movwv
that. Virginia tobacco has a moro
world wide reputation than even Hor
ace Greeley. If that bucolical mon
ster will only try to realize that agri
culture has always been the almost
exclusive vocation of the South, and
tnat her landed proprietors have been
educated gentlemen, whose tastes and
interests were all enlisted iu the suc
cessful exercise of their employment—
not rustic boors, without skill or ex
perience —he must see that th© soil*
would be about as advantageously
handled as it would be likely to be un
der the lights of his marvelous wisdom.
If this is not enough, let him look at
results. How is it that the enormous
crops of our great staples have been
produced, which have kept the com
merce and manufactories of the world
iu motion, and supplied the great bulk
of our national industry, if the labor
of the South was not guided by prac
tical wisdom and intelligence?
A Drover on Faitening battle. —
Mr. Bela S. Hastings, who is one of
the leading drovers from Vermont, in
supplying cattle for tlie Boston mar
ket, gave bis experjsesee anti observa
tion in relation to fattening stock, at a
late meeting of 4 h e Caledonia Go.
Farmers’ Club:
He said tbe main object of tbe farm
er was to get tbe most out of their fod
der. L does not pay to feed grain to a
poor creature, one does not take on
flesh rapidly. Farmers will do bette l '
to dispose of such stock for what it
will bring, and procure animals of good
style. He believed that one-half of
the grain fed was wasted by not being
fed to good cattle. Another impor
tant point is, farmers do not feed
heavy enough. He would commence
with as much feed as whey could bear
at first, and then increase. In feeding
twelve quarts of meal, the last four
quarts are worth twice as much as the
, first four for fattening purposes,'
Some farmers complain tln.it iney do
not get pay lor the gram they feed
out, but he had noticed that it was
only those who fed light that thusi
complained. Whether the animal was j
to be fed a long or a short time, he !
would recommend heavy feed’ng. Mr. 1
Hastings said he knew nothing better
than corn-meal. The cob is not worth 1
much, if anything. Those persons of j
whom he purchased fat stock, who
were the most successful, and made it
most profitable, were those who fed
meal largely. If a farmer has potatoes
or other roots, it is well enough to
feed these in part, but a farmer will do ,
Editors and Proprietors.
better to.Hxpbkuge S!»uie of lii.s r<>.
f>r corn than to feed roots fritog th -.
It is important to feed regularly an
not too often, pr the stock vrilj L
down and ruminate. It is better t<
feed cattle but three times a day, and
sheep but once. — X. E. llmwhwl.
THE STATE ROAD LEASE.
A Letter fVom E.\-<Sor. Joscpb E.
Bro’.va to Hon Alexander 11.
Stepliee*.
Atlanta, January 10, 1371.
Hon. Alexander II Stephens:
Dear Sir —T have read attentively your
letter to me, of tbe 7th instant, in which you
enclose a written assignment, to the State, of
your interest in the lease of the State Road
to the company over which I preside. I have
also read your two published communications
which appeared in the Constitutionalist upon
the same subject, and I must confess, your
letter to me, and your last publication, have
been a source of surprise and mortification
As you have correctly stated in your first
publication, your connectiou with the com
pany to whom the lease was made was at your
own solicitation, not at mine. Such, how
ever, was and is my confidence in your in
tegrity, good judgment and ability, and such
my personal regard for you, that it was a
sincere pleasure for me to gratify your wish,
by procuring, as I did, the unanimous con
sent of the company that you bepermitted to
become associated with them in the lease.
It is true you expressed a willingness in
your letter to me, to go in with the company
to take the lease at a higher figure than $25,
OCX) per month. But I gave you the reasons
which governed me, in my determination to
become a member of no company putting in
a bid, and giving a bond to keep the road in
good order, and pay a higher rental. I think
l have had as good an opportunity as any
! one in Georgia to know something of the
value of the road in its annual incomes; and
I I stated t® you my settled conviction that 1
would associate with no company that would
j offer more. If the road is well managed all
the time, and there are no great disasters of
fire, flood, accident or war, the company can
make a handsome profit and pay $20,C00 per
month.
We all recollect, within the past year, tha*
the raerning telegrams informed us that a
single road in the St ate of Virginia, in a sin
gle day, was damaged half a million of dol
lars by the great freshet. JVo road in the
Union of<he same length, that I know, has
so many bridges and is so subject to damage
by fire and flood as the State Hoad.
Under these circumstances, no solvent, re
liable company, that expects to keep faith
with the State, and carry ©tit their contract
justly and fairly, will bind themselves in a
bond of eight millions of dollars and take a
lease of the road without a handsome mar
gin-for profits, in case of good luck and good
management. The risk is so great no hon
est, reliable company can afford it, without
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jut a prospect of corresponding benefits.
Besides the connecting lines already built
Mid those that have been projected, and will
most probably he built, before the lease has
run half its period, destroy the monopoly of
the carrying business between the west and
States on the Atlantic and the Gulf,. which
this road has always enjoyed, which will, in
future, reduce its incomes probably more
than they will be increased by the develop
ment of the country.
In a letter, of which I kept no copy, I call
ed your attention in advance to the obstacles
and risks, which, to my mind, formed insu
perable objections to a bid of more than $-5,
UOO per month. You then authorized mo to
represent yiou in the matter, and I did so,
and signed your name to the proposition as
one of the company.
Since that time an effort is being made by
certain parties to attack tbe lease and make
political capital out of it on the ground that
the Governor did not lease the road to the
highest bidder. And at this very point,
when public opinion is not yet formed, and
the facts are not all before the people, and
as I see by your letter, were not before you,
the assignment of your interest to the State
is made by you, and published.
And you say in your letter to me that you
was yesterday put in possession.of a state
ment in writing made by Mr. Seago, of .At
lanta, in which he avers that he and others
united in a company, made a bid for the lease
of the road at $36,500 per month ; thut he
says the company was worth a million of dol
lars, and that they tendered security to the
amount of eight millions of dollars. This
statement, you say, was a surprise to you,
and it determined your course immediately.
You then state the use to which you had in
tended to apply your interest in the lease,
an<l you add:
‘•But I cannot think of continuing to be
interested, in any way, with a lease of this
property for the State, made under the cir*
cumstances stated by .Vl r. Seago. In this
matter I have only acted for myself. It is
immaterial with me whether all the facts um
detailed by Mr. Stago be correct or not. It
is enough for xne thut a man of his charac
ter and position in society has made the
statement. When I ! wrote the letter, an ex
tract dfwhich was published in tfieConstitu
tionalist, of Augusta, a few ago, I sup
posed that, all the complaints then being
made against the lease of the road arose from
the sinallnesß,of the sum for which it was let.
I was not aware that anybody complained of
any wrong in the acceptance or rejection of
any bids, or any unjust favoritism in the
matter whatever, much less that sHcli total
disregard of the best interest of the State
was evinced, as Mr. Seago broadly as
serts.” ' ,
Then, you retire from the company, noton
account of the smallness of the bid, lor you
have already defended that before the pub-*
lie But on account of the alledged wrong,
unjust favoritism, and total disregard of the
I public iuterest which has characterized the
i transaction.
In your published note of the fltli ins ant,
! after referring to the statement- of Mr. &t- ;
: go, you -ay :
“This statement, coming from the quarter it
1 does, is quite sufficient to sever my connection
with the lease. In doing this, it is not my wish
i to be understood as passing judgement upon the
conduct of .others. 1 act only for Myself in de
claring that I cannot think for u moment oi
j holding an interest in the lease under tins state
; meut of iacts.”
1 - Now as an oil and faithful friend of
| yours, I complain that your rouvse in this
. matter, and the above extracts from your
| letters, do me and the company with which
jI am associated, great injustice. Whatever
j may have been your purpose, you cannot
fail to see, that you have produced the im
pression on the public mind so far as the
weight of vour name can have effect, that
there has been unfairness, favoritism, and
disregard cf the interest of the
State or the part of the Governor in let
ting the lease to us ; and that w ; ave c
cepted it under„cifournsiauces that reu-.icr ri
and. ihonurable or improper in you to ronutji
a member of th-* Uoiupauv. flu-o » r «
grave charges, if you say you have nut
mad-' tlio charge, you cannot stm your
lo the fact, that such will be toe c ok ac
tion put upon y.rnr laugnuge, wtiju t»k,m u
connection w»th your action. As y ,»> t ; m, s
into the Company at your own so. uta^or.
I and was from time to Uinc i.ilonneo by me
j my action ia your■ behalf, you shout J, i iu.nk.
havo had uflunent evidence that Mr 3ea
go’u sta tuuenis nvta true before you acted
upon ihciu, tdi-ough the channel you have
chosen, to the injury of soma ol you. b*
I friends, wuosc pride u .vh,i to aer>u you*
j represented you tn the. transaction ; d»o u <i
jjuatic® to mu require that you call in .
: tion to the statement ol luilairncss ai i r k
J an explanation, beforeyou acted upon these
charges? But are tho charges true ? Isay,.
: unequivocally, they arc not. I look tt updo
myself lo look into this matter bet r.o loom
milled you or myself toth. trim actions, by
giving bond or accepting the lease, And L
was informed, at the b.'ec.ttivc of’vee, that
our Company was the only one taut havl put
in a bid in accordance with the law, and the
public notice given by the Governor iuvitiug
bids.
XO. 80.
And just here, let us see, what were tb*
rights uni duties of tho Governor and the
bidders. The act of the Legislature author
ized tho Governor to lease the road for a
term of twenty-five years for a huiu not less
than S2VXW per month. It did not require
him to advertise for bids, or give any public
notice whatever. He was authorized m an
hour after the Act was tngued, to have leas
ed the road to any company he pleased,
which complied with tho requirements of
the act, for any sum not less than $23,0( 0
per month. The Legislature fixed tins as
the price at which he was authorized to lease
the road; and as you showed La jour first
publication, there was no cry raised by the
press or the people against it.
The Governor determined, however, and
I thin Imprudently, to invito b.ds by public
notice. This he did about the 25th of Oc
tober, giving till the 25th of December, in
cluding that day, to all parties who wished
to bid for the lease. All companies desiring
to bid hud a fair chanco. and all hud two
months to arrange their sureties and comply
with the requirements of the act, uud t.io
notice given by the Governor.
That notice required bidders to state how
much they wore worth over all liabilities,
so as to comply with the requirements of the
act, that the leseees must be worth at least
halt a million oj and to give a ‘•full
description of the character of the securi'y”
they offered. There was good reasons tor
this, because the act required not only that
the lessees be worth $500,000 over and*
above all liabilities, but it iiiukcs it the dinv
of the Governor to seo to it, that the surety
is not even doubtful for the large amount
mentioned in the act.
He set a day when the bidding was to cease.
This carried with it the assurance that the
highest bidder complying with the require
ments o tho notice, other things bein'-
equal, should have the lease. The honor of
the Mate wag pledged to this by tho Execu
tive, as the effect of (he notice! Then the
Governor was bound to look to the bids and
to the surety tendered by the night cf tho
2 nil ot December, and tot Atm on ty ; and
the party complying with the requirements
of the notice, and putting in the highest bo
na fide bid, with sufficient surety, by mid
night, of that day, ha t a right to tho lease,
and would have been a shameless breach of
good faith, and disregard of a sacred obli
gation to have awarded it to another.
1 lie Mate, at that hour, was as much’
bound to the bidder. \either could refuse
to comply without a breach of good faith.
But the bid must be a compliance with the
act, and the advertisement inviting bids;,
and the security tendered must have been
Sjtstnrrtnr arms
for bidding had passed, the rights of the
highest bidder, complying with all the terms,
and the honor and faith of the State were
pledged to let the road to such company at
that bid.
It was not » question whether the State
might get more by keefhng.it open anotner
day to give* certain lavored holders fur
ther time without public notice to alt, of such
extension of ibe time, but it was a question
of good faith. The rights of the parties
having attached, the State as well as the.
bidders, was bound. I think I need not
elaborate this proposition further to a law
yer of your great ability ami experience.—
You will no doubt agree with mo.
Now, how stands the case ? The bid
made by our company, complied strictly
with the term- of the statute and the public
notice of the Governor. ' v e gave the names
of the bidders arid the amounts they worn
worth, showing a sum greatly in excess of
the half million required by the statute. — .
Aud w.e tendered as nuretiej by name, nine
railroad companies, embracing the strongest,
the most solvent, and prompt, of any in this
State or the- South. Their agents were
present with Authority in writing to repre
sent them and to sign the bund for them.
The actions of their Boards of Directors had
been taken, some time n advonce, and no
stockholder had complained or taken any,
step to prevent the use of the name us their
company as sureties on the bond Tho act
authorizing the lease expressly declared
that they might become such sureties. They
were worth more than twice ihe amount, of
the bond, ipaking surety as the aotre
quired the Governor to see to it, “not cycu
doubtful.”
Not so, however, with the company com
posed of Mr. A. K. Seago, Miles t». Dobbins,
Mr. Foster Blodgett and others. They put
in a bid, it is true ; but not such a bid as
(Tie lftW and the notice required. They sla-
ted that they were worth more than the live
hundred thousand dollars required of bid
ders ; but they tendered security which
they had no right to tender, and which they
could not give as was clearly shown to the
Governor before he opened the bids. They
tendered the Central Railroad and Banking
Company, and Macon and Western Railrwu
Company, and Southwestern Railroad Com
pany. It happened that the Presidents of
two of these companies, and the authorized
agent of the other, were in Atlanta, nud
when it was rumored on the streets that
these companies l;;td been tendered as surely
on the boutl of the Seago, Blodgett company,
they promptly notified the Governor in wri
ting that that company had no authority to
tender their companies as sureties, and that
they would not go upon their bond. This
was done before the bids wore opened,
which was not done till the 27th. as the 26th
was kepi as Christmas.
On openiug the bids, tho Governor found
that the companies just mentioned, were the
only sureties tendered by the Seago, Blodg
ett Company, and as he had the highest evi
dence that the tender was wholly uuauthori'x
ed it fallowed that no surety had been tendered
by the Company, as required bv tire Act, and
the notice; and the bid could not be consid
ed. Une other bid was. lmtde by Win. K.
de Graffenrcid & Cos., through V. A. Gaskll;
but no surety was ever mentioned or ten
dered, and the bid has not been insisted up
on as a compliance, in any respect, with the
laws, so far as I know. Thus tho matter
stood when th© bids were opened, and by
every principle of law, justice or honor, our
company was entitled to tho lease, as the
only bidder that made a legal bid.
But such was the anxiety of the Governor
to do full justice to, if uot favor Messrs,
Seago and Blodgett’s company, that even
after tbe bids were opened, ho notified the n
of the fact that the companies named by
them as sureties, had informed him tha
they would not sign their bond, an l mu
the use of their names was wholly unauthor
;z% t. And in violat on of the clear rights Os
i our company, he proposed to permit tfiern to