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The CartersTiUe Express miblisWßrt Semi-Weekly on every TLES i) \Y \M> FRIDA*, by q H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs. V , of ••arter«v(lie, 'Bartow County, Ga. Terms of Subscription: Only Two Dollars a-yr., ISVAIIIMSL Y IS AD VASVK- M.,ruins Edition, one year) 1.30 >,u 1-t ter promotion is eon lineal to citizens I; .i tow county only. ' Terms of Advertising: TV f On* 3fmth or l'*** ) per square often jfotijjarjel or Brevier lines or less, One ' f„ r the first, and Fifty Cents lor each sub menu insertion. * tl or Contract. One Hundred and Twenty ■ i,.'slurs per column, or in that proportion. FLETCHER liEtK . olir authorized traveling Agent, and will ‘ •it even nook and corner of Bartow and ’ ' ‘ Counties, in behalf of the SEMI-WKKK .‘kti Hsviei.K Express. He is fully author ■-.ive subscription and receipt for the * , iU ,i contract for advertising and job work. pKofeseiotial (partis. - ~ - :r~ —Jfc"" v • 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. ''' '' ' " '' :1 ' '' ' VOL. ». 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 A AAWW A*»>A» «1* W M <*l» A» Aj T* * 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