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fcg, (j < xpv'< ss • :VM’L H SMITH axi> HOHT. T. MILAM Editor* and Proprietor*. i-r-. = •• ------- J fcarlcrHvllle. Ga„ Jan. 25, tfcG’# ;' ¥ jjyggCSgSaMMMaWl^^ Death of Hon. T. 11. Ti’lppc. I: become* our painhil duty to ai> Kounce the death of our esteemed and j honored fellow citizen, Hon. Turner j il. Trippe. He died suddenly, ii is j believed of Apoplexy—at his residence ' a few miles from Cassvillc, on the 20th j josi int. lie complained a short while ! before his death of weakness and faint ne»t. hut never spoke after he was seized by the fatal shook —expired im mediately. Judge Trippe was born in Hancock County, (Icorgia, of highly respected parents in the year of 1801, and was at the (time of his demise, about 60 years old. Ills father, ninety odd years old, still lives, and is astonishingly healthly and aetive. The Judge was educated at Franklin .College, where he gradua ted, and immediately adopted the pro fession of Law. While comparatively young, he filled the office of So!. Gen’l. on one ol the Northern circuits, and in tnaturer life presided about eight years, as Judge of the ’Superior Count of the t’hcfivkce circuit. The time for which he held the office is the best ev tuience of the ability and integrity with which lie tilled it. For several years before the war he had retired from prac- tice, but on the organization of our new •County Court, he was induced by the solicitation of It's friends once more to assume the judicial ermine. In tins office he continued to exhibit that in tegrity and impartiality, which have ewer distinguished him through liie; and tho’ he had arrived at that age when most men find their strength to be but “labor and sorrow”, his intellect seemed to have Isoree llie ravages of time as well as his untarnished tnorsals had withstood the corruption '»! the age. No matter in whit 1 ght w,e re gard him, his life must be considered a' success. Indeed he united in his per son and character, a combination ol qualities that must always insure more or less of honorable success. A firm beliewex in the power of faith, a con stant dhicipie of Christianity—carrying it with him in all the departments of life — a firm adherence ito the right and ainwavering opposition to the wrong— holding always to his integrity above seduction of office or the allurements .of wealth—moderate and conservative in his views, yet decided iu his princi ples—avoiding the extremes of fanati cism on the one hanJ and the tor pidity of indifference on the other — a good citizen, a kind neighbor, and a consistent friend —the head ot a large andiuteiestiug family, with his cflec tion* expanded and purified and exalt ed bv a husband’s duties and a father s rare ; be could not have been other wise than successful among the people with whom he lived. Kis manner, nt life was iu unison with his intellectual qualities and moral endowments —sim- ple, plain, and frank, without ostenta tion or vanity. Modest iu his desires and aspirations he was scrupulous in keeping the faith and fulfilling his promises. In all the relations and ir .cumslances of life, be judged with moderation, and acted with prudence, ; hence whenthe storm ol revolution sewpi j over this country iu the Winter of sixty. ; the Conservative men of the county with great unanimity sent him to the {State Convention as one of their Repre sentatives. lie had temper and spirit, discretion, prudence, manlines' and gentility which resented affronts with firmness. While he avoided temerity and eh' oliiions of passion, he united the ability and gravity ot a Judge, with the suavity of advocate, the dtflerence of an equal, and the kindness of a friend. ’Through his long life, public and pri vate, lie retained the confidence of ids fellow citizens, his last years having been crowned with repeated assurances of their unshaken trust, in his faith fulness, “Behold, an Isrcalitc indeed, m whom there was no guile.” he has fought a good fight, kept the faith, ami, we believe, while we write, is one of the crowned saints of Heaven.— i'ull ot years and honors, he has been carried to his grave! lamented and ra-14/iuJ l>y all that knew him, ’‘The silver cord has been loosed! the golden j bowl—the pitcher at the fountain ! the wheel at the cistern, have been broken ! The dust has returned to the earth as it was, and the Spirit to GjJ that gave it!’’ ■tin 1 1 imiim—m— — ii i ■■ini The Carter*vlt 1c and VauWerl Hall Hoad. In our last issue we promised to re sume the consideration of this impor tfuil Rail lUoatl enterprise. Its hene -1 lilts to this [date cannot he questioned lot a moment, by those who take a broad and comprehensive view of the j subject, and reflect that the trade from the regions around Van Weit so abundant * in valuable minerals, is liable to be en tirely directed from here by ttie success I of rival Rail Road projects to the one |wo are considering. The trade from j Polk and the counties adjacent thereto, j must either be brought to Cartersville i by a railroad leading from here to Van | Wert, or it will reach Atlanta and th" : Western market by some ollu r ta Load; and thus Cartersville be enlrely cut oil from its benefits. We are ol opinion, independent of such considerations that the Cuitersviile Si Van Wert Ii dl Rod, with all the advantages in its favor Irom nature and from generous aid from the S' ate, will be one of the best paying institutions iu the land ; at the same time are equally decided that Carters \ illc, from he benefits dt rived trom the road, and from the development of the natural resources by which it is sur rounded, will soon swell to the propor tions of a citv. In estimating the importance of the Cartersville Si Van Wert Rail Road, the mind is left alone on the quantity of slate that will be carried over it: but this is a very narrow vii w to take of the subject. In addition to slate there will be carried over tbe road, lumber Irom the long leal pine—a buiness for the road that for twenty years will be equal to that of slate; lime from the best lime rock, itself a business scarcely less than the other two ; cotton, corn, wheat, heyi potatoes apples, tan bark, charcoal, Sic, Sic. Let us look at some of these articles separately. We learn that there was hauled from the quarries at Van Wert to this place last year, one million pounds of roofing slate. Let the road be built, and there would be fifty times as much, or 3,000 car loads. This quantity instead of diminishing would increase. For twenty years the shipment of lumber over the road would be as great ; but alter that it might he reasonably expected to diminish. The amount of cotton shipped over the road would be, At tire least calculation, ten thousand bales annually. Os wheat there would be 100.000 bushels ; the same quantity ol corn. It is well known that the apples from Polk, Pauld mg, Ilarralson and Carroll counties (which counties would send their pro. duce over this road) are equal to any Northern apples, and though there would not be at first so much of this kind of freight lor the road, the quantity would indefinitely increase as the culture of the orchard was found to be profitable. The quantity of lime sh ip ped over the roarl would iu weight bear no proportion to the first two articles named, slate and lumber. We have said nothing of Iron although it is well known, that Polk county has some ot the finest beds of this mineral in the world. Wc learn that recently there 1 »• been discovered, mar Van W «rt, an iucxaustible bed of grindstone, which is pronounced, by competent judges, e qual to the best grit from Nova Scotia. The development of this quarry wili •add naturally to the freight cf the road. We say nothing about the travel over the road, or of the return freight. A minute investigation of the figures in the above calculation, will convince any one, of good judgment, in such mat ters that the road, if it should cost the lull amount of the capital stock author ized by the charter, would, in all prob ability, pay annual dividend of from 121 to 15 per cent, and would be equal, il not superior, to those of any rail-road iu the country. But it is well known that the road will not cost the hall of the amount of authorized capital. But will the road be built ? Certain ly jt will if t !Try one interested in it will do his whole duty. The shares are pul at twenty live dollars, and any school boy might take at least one. — The President ol the comprny is a practical man and will be able to work into scrip any thing that can be used on the road. Mr. Marshall also is an energetic Agent, and aided as he will be by the President, the Secretary and the Directors of the company in getting up the stock, we have hopes of 6oon seeing the work begun. (s?jy*Presideiit Johnson and family woislnp -’t the M L. Church. The Test-Oath Decision off (lie j Supreme Com?-Its Rearing on the Enfranchisementttill. j As the coin pas* l-j the mariner, so is the Supreme Court of the United Slates ; the sure guide to the people upon the 1 cardinal questions of ris»lit. Three weeks ago that tribunal pronounced a decision which lias been well rharac- t tertzed as anew declaration of rights, i 1»v it that palladium of personal liber- j tv, trial by jury, was rescued Irom its j enemies, and restored to its proper 1 place in the temple of justice. Here- i alter the citizen will be sucure in his ' life, liberty, and property Irom the ar-i horary power of military commissions. , Martial law, with its attendant horrors, i can find no shelter or protection under ] the Constitution ot the United States. ' Bat a still more odious system of tvrannv than that id military commis sions had been imposed upon the peo ple of the United Slate* by the Con gressional test oath of July, 18GG, and upon the people of Maryland and ol Mis ouri by their respective State con stitutions. These cunningly devised pro- i ions excluded men from bolding offices of honor, profit, or trust, or from practicing as attorneys at law, from exercising the offices of preacher or teacher, and front the right of voting unless they purged their conscience bv most searchiag oaths, not only in regard to acts previously denounced by the laws ol the laud as criminal, hut for the ultt ranee of their opinions and sympathies, making no distinction be l>vi e i ti e spontaneous eflections of the heart and tiiose deliberate acts of mal ignitv and opposition to the known law which are alone recognized by civilized nations as proper subjects for punishment. Had the vitality of such provisions been recognized by the Supreme Court, there would praclio; i r have been little relief to the public by the declaration that the citizen was entitled to a trial by jury. The decision denounced on Monday upon the validity of these test oaths is a complete and searching exposition of their enormity. They are* town to be sweeping bills of pains and penalties, bills of attainder in their most compre hensive form, cx post facto laws within the plain prohibition of the Constitu tion of the United States, and bad iiiniust'ons of most cruel penal laws enacted in England in the reign of Henry VIII, William 111 and George 111. No well-informed man could doubt, what the court so explicitly as serts, that any law which, whether through the subterfuge of an expurga tory oath or the more open form ol trial and conviction and sentence, disquali fies or deprives a man of rights for past conduct, as a punishment, and cannot be otherw *o defined; and as .•uli. comes expressly within the prohibition of the constitution against any Stale passing any bill of attilnder or expost facto law. There can be no evasion ol the constitution by the way in which t‘ e power is exr rcised* No matter wheth er it he in lot in of a provision ia a State constitution disqualifying a party from lidding offiiee or in an act of the Legislature, whether efiected by an expuig lory c>; ill or by sentence of a court, the consequence is the same, the v of tion o'justice equally flagrant, the invasion ol the civil right of a citizen equally palpable and indefensible. • Moreovt r a iy expurg; t >ry oath which operates substantially as a means of punishment is a violation of tiie con stitutional provision securing to every man the right of trial by jury. The decision of the Supreme Court happens most opportunely. It covers precisely the disqualifying clauses in the constitution of our own Slate, which have operated so oppressively and tin justlv upon our people. Whatever ’ doubts any member of the Legislature of Maryland may have entertained about the propriety or expediency of patsing the btil to restore the rights of citizens disqualified from voting and holding office by the terms of the fourth section of the first article of the con stitution, all his doubts must now be dissipated by this opinion. Nay, More: as every member ol the Legislature has sworn to support the constitution of the United Slates, and the opinion in question shows beyond cavil that the disqualifying clauses of our State constitution are directly in conflict with the constitution of the United States, fidelity to that oath will require hint to vote for the act of enfranchisement. It would be a strange spectacle if, after this adjudication, any one should seri riouslv undertake to defend the policy or the legality of provisions which were adopt ’d by men in the he. t of passion, amid the excitements of war, and which now, after two exhaustive arguments by the most eminent counsel in the land, and alter a whole year of anxious deliberation, with the full conscious ness of their responsibility, the Supreme Court lias so emphatically condemned, and condemned alike in the States and in the Federal government. There can he no qualification or restriction upon rights which 'ie at the foundation of those liberties and privileges which were vindicated one for all by the American revolution, and only pro claimed for greater certainly in the original State constitutions and in the Federal bond of Union. It this is and ought to he indissoluble, the rights it j was meant to secure should be sacr*d , from every stain. Nor should so fla-j grant ;*u invasion ol the privileges of j citizens be suffered to remain uncon-; detuned by their representatives one hour after the Supreme Court lias pro nounced against ;ts validity. — Haiti' more Sun. Bgyßead the advertisement of Hun ter's Specific, and send and get a bot-> tic a'.id trv n. From the Jackson A/isrissippinn. Important Decision off the High Court oOlisslssfppl. CONFEDERATE HONEY ANl> STATE TRF.Aft t HY NOTES VALID AS A CONSIDERATION DVKINO THE WAR. We give below the following abstract or conclusion of the opinion ot ihe High Court m the case oi J. and T. Green vs. J. N. Slier. The opinion of the court was delivered by Chief Justice Handy, and il will be seen sustains the judgement of the Circvit Court ot Hinds county affirming the legality ol executory contracts where Confederate notes, cotton money and Stale Treasu ry notes was the consideration. The following extract will indicate its pur port : “In coming to this conclusion we cannot disregard tlie fact that a vast amount of the rights and property id our citizens depends on contracts founded on considerations like that ot the case before us; nor can we over look the circumstances under which tu h contracts were made. The eti-- rency on which they were founded, was, for upwards of forty years, almost exclusively the circulating medium ol the country—issued by Governments having complete power over the peo ple, and exercising undisturbed politi cal functions. It was the representa tive of their rights and properly in all pecuniary transactions of a private character, and was at the lime, valua ble and convertible into gold or silver coin to a considerable value. It an swer' and all the purposes of a circulating medium among the people and immense interests were acquired by means of it, under circumstances of the greatest good faith by both parties, and of large profit to the parties who receive it ; contracts of tl.c highest obligation v* e entered into, in consideration of it, and by it, food and clothing and other ah solute necessaries were obtained. — Under such circumstances, to hold that such contracts were illegal and void, and that the parties acquired no legal rights uml r :b m, would he alike co.- trary to settled rules of law and to sound public policy. “The next objection raised to the rulings of the Court is that the Missis sippi Treasury notes were bills of creel it, and void under section 10, article 1 if t»*e Csnst t ton ofthe United States, and, to the extent of the amount ol them involved in this case that they could not constitute a lawful consider ation for the contract sued on. This objection is based on the authority of Craig vs. Peters. “If it be conceded that, at tbe time these notes were issued, the Constitu ion of the United States was in actual force in this State, and that the powers of this State were governed by it, in the peculiar circumstances of its con dition at the time, yet it is clear that these notes are not embraced within the prohibitation of that Constitution. “ I ley were issued uiuh r the ordi nance of the State Convention of 26th Jnnruary, 1861, which authorized them to b ■ is u and solely on a loan of money to the State, and as evidence to the indi idual of the indebtedness of the State for the loan* They were not authorized to be issued as a circulating medium, and that was not the policy contemplated by the measure. That they were used among the people in part for that purpose, alter they were issued, is true; but it is manifest from the ordinance that such was not the purpose for which they were author ize i. They were not intended to be “emitted” as currency, but were given out to persons who loaned money to the State : und that is expressly deci ded. in the case of Craig vs. the State ot Missouri, not to he within the pro h btion of the Constitution. It is there held that a contract executed by a State by which slic binds herself to pay money at a future day for services actually rendered, or for money bor rowed for present use, is not a bill of credit within the meaning of the Con stitution. 4 Peters. And il is clear that these notes were authorized to be is s ted for money issued by the State for pr §int use, and for no other purpose.” A question appears to have been raised in the court below as to the va lidity ol the notes referred to as “cotton money,” issued by this State, and as t» the right and power of the State to issue them. But the question has been waived by the counsel lor the plaintiffs in error here; and nothing we have * id above is to be considered as an intimation of an opinion on that point. A1 A II R 1 E I) , One the morning of the 20th inst.. 10 o’clock, at tiie residence of the bride’s father. Mr. F. G. Ross, near Acworth, by the Rev. Samuel 11. Smith, Senior Editor of this paper, Mr. Jere J. Moore and Mrs. Georgia A. Mays, all of this county. On the evening of the same dav, 4 o’clock, at the residence of the bride’s father, Elliott Moore, near Ailaloona, by the same, Mr. Newton Dobbs and Miss Sarah Jane M. Moore, all of tins county. The printer is the recipient of divers good things accompanying the above notices, lor which the happy couples will please accept our unreined thanks. We congratulate them on their happy union, and wish them long and pleas ant days together on earth, and a bliss ful i.nmertainy together alter dea'h. W. R. MOI VrC ASTLE, f H Jeweller and Watch and Xty Clock Repairer, In th« Front of A. A. Sliinner & Co's store. C'diler.-vitje jun 20. New Advertisements. Catalogue Sale. OF BOOTS& SHOES •XV-rrfJ. BE SOLD ON WEDNESDAY. W February <»<li. 1567, by BANKS, EDDLEMAN k GO., j ATLANTA. GA. 2000 CASES j Will positively be Knocked ofi to the highest bidder, WITHOUT RESERVE! ! Embracing every style and quality. Merchants fr< m all pait* of this and adjoin ing States, will find it to their interest to at tend this MAMMOTH SALE!! 2000 C’iises will be sold regardless of cost ! .Sale wilil commence at 10 o’clock, Feb. 6th, and cont nue t 11 all are sold. For particulars see small Bills and Circu lars. Catalogues furnished the day previous to the sale. BANKS. EDDLEMAN & GO. Successors to Eddleman «5» B inks. Cherokee Bloek, Peachtree Street, ATLANTA, GA. Jan 25thw2w riIHE exercises of this Institution will be [_ resumed on Monday,the 28th inst., under tuts supervision of JAMES G. RY.ILS, Principal, Assisted by J, 1). COLLINS AND IIENRY McCORMICK. Rates of Tuition, per Session of 20 weeks : Primary Department, #ls 00 Preparatory “ 20 00 High School 25 Ou Incidental Expenses, I 00 Music, 25 00 Board can be had, inclusive of every thing but lights, at #17,00 per Month. The earn est, hearty co-operation of the community, in the establishment of a School of high order in their midst, is most urgently solicited. Stil sboro, Ga., January 25, 1807. wtf ®. ®'®ls«®£B®* Dress Tailor. IS prepared to execute al ! kinds f|A of work in the Fashionable Tail- Jl'L ing line, with neatness and in du-. i f ralile style. Over J. E sas & Go’s store, Cartersville, jan 25. S EIV! \ G MAGHJNES. CALX. ?t JUDGE MILNER’S House and the best Setting Ma chine now manufactured. It speaks lor itself. Jan. 25, 1807. Dennis’ Sarsaparilla, A substitute for Calomel, Blue Pills . Castor Oil , Rheubarb , Aloes, 4*c. IF you h..ve symptoms of a disordered Liver, TRY IT, and see if it does not produce a free action of the bowels, and make you feel better after you have taken it. TRY IT in your families. If you have a daughter of a bilious temperament, who takes it when necessary, watch the expressions of her mother, and see if she does not say it has improved her complexion and general health. TRY IT in any disease in which calomel is considered the best remedy, and see if it does not produce an evacuation of the morbid biL aud improve the complexion and spirifs quick er than is usu 1 for other medieiues to produce. Some families prefer calome .blue pills, &e, see if they do not have more sickness, much larger hills to pay for medicines, and more phy sicians’ visits than you do in yours, Ask those who use it in their families at the first symptoms of and sense, if it docs them any good, and see if they do not generally say “they do not know, for they have b ut little or no sickness.” Ask those who have taken the imported or stronger medicines and then tried this Sarsap arilla. and sec if they do say this did them much more gord; and why 1 Because it is ihc most natural medicine for the Liver and Bowels, and the Blood, that can be tsucen, and with it but liitle medicines, of any kind, wiil be needed. Prepared by DR D. DENNIS, Augusta, Ga.. and for sale m Cartersville by W- L. KIRKPATRICK & CO., Druggists; also DENNIS’ PAIN-KILLER or Stimulating Liniment. jan 25w2m sl-000 H/EWARD Hunter’s Specific. great English Remedy. A certain, speedy and pleasant cure for Gonnoraboea, Syphilis, Pain in the hack, Incontinence of Urine, Diseaseso the Bladder, Seminal Weakness, Kidney Diseas s, 0 abetis. Stone in Bladder, ElFocts of Mnrcury, and Gleet. —lt cures in from five to eight days. —lt requires no change of Die . lt is not disagreeable to tak“. —lt imparts no odor to the breath. —lt gives tone t ;_ c who'c system. —lt rem >ves impurities of t c blood. Sold, wholesale and retail, by WM. H. TUTT, Wholesale Druggist, Augusta, Oa. jan 25. w 6 sm. New Advertisements. Selling' Out! (a t ||G 3 c H a and, WE AREOFFFRINGQUA Entire Stock of GOODS ! and anxious To Sell them AT COST !!! THINK OF I'l ! and come and supply your selves belore it is too ate ! WE are sc lling AT COST!!! and Selling' Fasti WE invite the attention of Ladies to our stocK of DRESS Goods ! ! Bleaching*, Hoop Skirts, Iloiserv Gloves, dec. WE «sk the Gentlemen to call and examine our stock of Hats. Boot.-, Shoes, SatinettK, Cussimrfes Doeskins, fine French (’loth* and Ready-Made Clothing, and we will la certain to please you in goods audio price. Try us and vou will find that, this is NO HUMBUG!! ! BLAIR & BRADSHAW. Cartersville, GJ mu try 17, 1867. E* H» .PGXffißt CARRIAGE REPOSITORY A YD CARTERSVILLE, GA. (SggF Special attention given to K.cpa.ir ing. HAVING opened business at my old stand, I am prepared to do any and ail Kraus of work de-ired in the Carriage Line, at low figures for cash. I shall keep on hand a time at*orlatent of Buggies & Carriages, and can, <t short notice, furnish any kind of a VEHICLE desired. Having connected mysclt with Messrs. Wyman & May, Augusta, Ga a well known and reliable firm, I will sell at Augusta freights added, from the heel Factories at the North and East. All of which will be warranted right, Being well acquainted with the country and people, with long experience in the business, Ipurioseto furnish the market with such work as will give perfect satisfaction, I shall he able to furnish the entirT 1 country, as my facifitiec are unlimited. Call and examine, it shall cost you nothing. I feel assured that the good people of this county will appreciate the honest cflorts of one of t heir old citizens, broke down by the war. R. 11. JONES, January 17. 1867. vvly The Cartersville Hotel. DR. THOMAS MILAM having charge of this House, would he ■ *Ylrj pieased to accoinm jdate af w Board- gJ A j ers with BOARD, with or without Lodging. Call and sec him at once for terms. Cart. rsvillc, Jan 17. Notice. I earnestly request every body indebted to me personal'y, or to the firm of W. L. Kirkpatrick &.Co. to make immediatepayment s> that I may be enabled to live until business ran oe reestablished. \Y. L. KIRKPATRICK Burned Out l But not Consumed I! New Goods. J. A ERWIN & CO., VRE now receiving and opening in their OLD STORE, o,• itetfie old stand „f J. A. & 8. EllH'l V, a splendid stock of FALL AND WINTEn u O O 1) s, Comprising every variety adapted la the wants of the country. They invite all buyers to CALL AND EXAMINE. Plie terms being CASH ! They will sell at small profits. J A, ERWIN & CO. Cartersville, Oct 25, 1860. W. L. Kirkpatrick & Cos., Druggists, cartersville, ga. WILL keep constantly on hand a well selected mock of pure DRUGS AMD MEDICINES. J3F) "If f£3| Patent ESedicincs &c. Jones’ Carriage R .‘pwaitory, Jar. 17. GUTHttIE& C * COMMISSION MERCHANTS, COTTOH FAGTOBS And Wholesale l>eaten i« POFIX, BACON, LARD, FLOUR, BAGGING AND ROPE. N T >. 17 Miirt St,, bet. First and Second Fts. LBIISULLG, &.Y. E solicit consignments of Cotton, making h oral ud.ancesou the same, li,Kaa and giving our Shippers tiio benefit Sily °fsa es at auction, which we have have every week, thereby getting lull v alue |,,r the Cotton. He reserve the option of reject ing bills if prices arc not sati.ditctor v. Mr. \V. 11. GILBERT, of Cartersville. is authorized to adv. nee Government Tax, (3 cts per pound,) on shipments to us. dec 1 w2mpd GUTHRIE £ CO. ABBOTT Sl BROS., Commission Met chants, Aml wholesale Dealers in PRODUCE AND GROCERIES. Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GA. We have now in store and for sale lowest cash prices the follow ing goods : 1350 Sks unmix’i! and while Corn. 400 bbls superfine and extra family Flour. 10 ca«ks clear Sides. 50 kegs Leaf Lard. 214 Bags Virginia Salt. 50 boxes cheap Tobacco, 10 bales Cotton Yarn—B X 10’s. 50 bales Timothy Hay. 1000 extra fine Grain Bags. ABBOTT & BROS. Commission Merchants, Whitehall str.. ATLANTA, GA. January 17, 1867, Notice to Debtors. THOSE who do not make settlement* with u* will be sued without favor or affection *t the ncx. torm of the C «-;*> W. L, KIRKPATRICK L CO.