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CARTERSVILLE, GA.
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in Bartow county, the Superior Courts of
the Cherokee Circuit, the Supreme Court and the
l idled States Court tor the Northern District of
Georgia. tlecl9-4mos
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ATTORNE Y-AT-LA "W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
PRACTICES IN ALL THE COURTS OF
Bartow and adjoining counties, and will
faithfully attend to all business entrusted to him.
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Main Street.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
nlyis
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CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE (up-stairs) in the briek building, cor
ner of Main & Erwin streets. julylß.
J. A. RAKER,
ATTORNEY-A r U -IjA. W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
\T7"ILL prnetice in all the courts of Bartow
YV ahu adjoining counties. Prompt atten
tion given to all business entrusted to his care.
Office in Bank Block over the post office.
july!B.
E. P. OB All AN. A. M. FOVTE.
GRAHAM & FOUTE,
A T TOENEYS-AT-LA W.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the
Superior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the
Supreme Court 9 at Atlanta.
Office west side public Square, up-stairs over
W. \V. Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south of
Postofllce. july!B. ,
T. W. MILNER. J. W. HARRIS, JR.
MILNER & HARRIS,
ATTO RNEYS-AT-LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office on West Main Street. july!B
F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Office over Stokely & Williams store.)
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
I WILL FIL , TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH,
and put in teeth, or do any work in my line
at prices to suit the times.
J6Qjj?“Work al. warranted. Refer to my pat
rons all over the county.
augls-ly. F. M. JOHNSON.
JOHN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,)
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
\Y7TLL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
YY Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated
Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can
be bought anywhere. Warranted to prove as
represented. All work done by me warranted
to give satisfaction. Give me a call. july!B.
CHAS. B. WILLINGHAM,
Stenographic Court Reporter.
[ROUK JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.j
I MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES,
taking down the testimony entire; also, ob
jections of attorneys, rulings of the court, and
the charge of the court, w ithout stopping the
witness or otherwise delaying the judicial pro
ceedings. Charges very reasonable and satis
faction guaranteed.
Traveler’s Griiide.
~riIEROKEE RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, June 10, 1878, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
GOING WEST. .Arrive. Leave.
Cartersville 1:30 p m
St i lesboro 2:lspm 2:20 p m
Tajlorsville 2:45 p m 3:00 p m
Rockmart 4:00 p in
GOING EAST.
Rockmart 6:00 a m
Taylorsville ...... 7:00 am 7:15 am
Stilesboro 7:40 am 7:45 a m
Cartersville 8:35 am
WILLIAM Mag’RAE, Sup’t.
COOSA RIVER NAVIGATION.
On and after Monday, November 30th, the fol
lowing schedule will be ruu by the Steamer
MAGNOLIA:
Leave Rome Monday
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday a m
Leave Gadsden Tuesday Bpm
Arrive at Rome Wednesday ®P ni
Leave Home Thursday 9am
Arrive at Gadsden Friday 7 a m
Leave Gadsden Friday 6 P ra
Arrive at Rome Saturday 0 pm
J. M. ELLIOTT Gen’l Sup’t.
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this
Road will run as follows:
PAY TRAIN—EVERY PAY.
Leave Rome
Arrive at Rome 12:00 m
BATURPAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Rome 6:00 pm
Arrive at Home • * • B:QQ p m
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following passenger schedule took effect
July 12th, 1879:
NIGHT PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 2:00 pm
Leave Cartersville 3:54 pm
Leave Kingston 4:21 pm
Leave Dalton 6:10 pm
Arrive at Chattanooga 7:4< p m
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 5:14 pm
Leave Dalton p m
Leave Kingston 8:34 p m
Leave Cartersville 9:00 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 10:55 pm
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 6:25 am
leave Cartersville 8:16 am
Leave Kingston 8:43 am
Leave Dalton 10:20 am
Arrive at Chattanooga 11:65 a m
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 7:10 a m
neave Dalton 9:06 am
Leave Kingston . . 10:39 a m
Leave Cartersville 11:00 a m
Arrive at Atlanta 1:00 pm
A LECTURE to YOUNG MEN.
Just published in a sealed envelope. Price six
cents. A k. ture on the nature, treatment and
radical cure of seminal weakness, or spermator
rhoea, induced by self-abuse involuntary emis
sions, impotency, nervous debility, and impedi
ments to marriage generally; consumption, epi
lepsy and tits; mental and physical incapacity,
Ac.—By HodEltT J. CULVEftWELL, M. D.,
author of the “tureen Book,” Ac.
The world-renowned author, in this admirable
lecture, clearly proves from his own experience
that the awful consequences of self-abuse may
be effectually removed without medicine, and
without dungerous.surgical operations, bougies,
instruments, rings or cordials; pointing out a
mode of cure at once certain and effectual, by
which every sufferer, no matter what his condi
tion may he, may cure himself cheaply, private
ly and radically.
fifetJp'This lecture will prove a boon to thous
ands and thousands.
•Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any
address, on receipt of six cents, or two postage
stamps. Address the Publishers,
THE (JULY Ell WELL MEDICAL CO.,
41 Ann Street, New York City.
Post Office Box 4586. July 18. _
LITCHFIELD HOUSE,
(Acworth, Georgia.)
E. L. LITCHFIELD, Proprietor.
/''IONVEXfENT TO THE DEPOT, AND ITS
V j tables supplied with the very best the mark
et affords. augß.
VOLUME I,
Bartow County Sheriff'’s Sales.
WILL BE SOI.D before the court house door in
Cartersville, Georgia, on the firsl Tuesday in
February next, 1879, between the legal sale hours
the following described property, to-wit:
Lots of land numbers 384, 385, 386, 388, 389, 390,
•>9l, 330, 331, 332, 330. 337, 338, 311, 312. 313, 318 and
405, and fractional lots numbers 892. 329, 333, 334,
385, 317, 32ft, 319, 257, 258, 259, 200, 240, 247, 387, 403
and 414, all lying and being in the 17th district
and 3rd section or originally Cherokee, nOw Bar
tow county, Georgia, containing in the aggregate
1180 acres, more or less, described and conveyed
in a certain deed of mortgage executed by John
J. Calhoun and Nathan Sayre to Joseph VV.
W. Marshall, bearing date J tine 19,1*09. Levied
on and will be sold as the property of John J.
Calhoun and Nathan 0. Sayre to satisfy one Bar
tow Superior Court mortgage 11. fa. in favor of
Samuel S. Marshall, trustee and assignee, vs.
John J. Calhoun ami Nathan C. Sayre. Property
pointed out and specified in said mortgage rf.
fa., and in possession of defendants.
Also, at the same time and place, lot of land
number 188, in the 23nl district and 2nd section
of Bartow county, containing 1(50 acres, more or
less. Levied on and will be sold as the property
of James W. Riddle ami H. J. Finley to satisfy
one Bartow Superior Court li. fa. in favor of
Thomas Hutcherson vs. said Janies VV. Riddle
and H. J. Finley for the purchase money. Prop
erty in possession of defendants.
Also, at the same time ami place, lot of laud
number 718, in the 4tli district and 3rd section of
Bartow county, containing 40 acres, more or
less. Levied on and will be sold as the property
of the estate of Robert M. Stiles to satisfy one
Bartow Superior Court fi. fa. in favor of Planters’
and Miners’ Bank vs. Margaret W. Stiles, ad
ministratrix of Robert M. Stiles, deceased, and
Thomas Tumlin and Eli Barrett, indorsers.
Property pointed out by Mrs. Margaret W.
Stiles, administratrix, and in her possession.
Also, at the same time and place, twelve and
one-half acres off tlie northwest corner of lot of
land number 210, in the oth district and 3rd sec
tion of Bartow county. Levied on and will be
sold as tlie property of C. VV. Whitworth, one of
tlie defendants, to satisfy one Bartow Superior
Court 11. fa fn favor of /. T. Terrell vs. J. 11.
Denman andC. W. Whitworth, principals, and
K. C. & J. E. Roberts, indorsers, i’roperty
pointed out by C. VV. Whitworth and in his pos
session.
A. M. FRANKLIN, Sheriff,
JAS. KENNEDY, Deputy Sheriff.
Commissioners’ Sale.
J. Nelson Tappan, Trustee, &c. vs. The Cherokee
Railroad Company and others. In Equity,
in the Circuit Court of the United States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
By virtue of a decree in the cause
above stated, the undersigned commission
ers, duly appointed by said court, will, on the
Fourth day ul March, 1879, it being the first Tues
day in said month, before the court-house door
in ‘the city of Cartersvilie, in the county of liar
tow, Georgia, during the usual hours'of public
sales, sell at public outcry, the following prop
erty of the defendant,
Tlie Clierokee Railroad Company,
to-wit: Its railroad, situate in the counties of
Bartow and Polk, Georgia, from its terminus at
Cartersville, in said county of Bartow, to the
terminus at Prior’s station, on the Selma, Borne
and Dalton Railroad, in the said county of l’olk,
with its franchises, rights, privileges and immu
nities, including its road-bed, bridges, trestles
and iron and its locomotives, cars, trucks, with
all its appurtenances, and all its other property,
real, personal or mixed; this sale not to Include
any peronal property not now in the possession
of Daniel S. Priutup, the Receiver in said cause,
or money or ehoses in action.
Terms—Five thousand dollars to be paid down
immediately at the close of the sale and the bal
ance of the purchase money to be paid within
thirty days from the day of sale,-with interest
from the day of sale at the rate of ten percent,
per annum, and to be paid in the city of New
York or the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
If the cash payment of live thousand dollars is
not made promptly the commissioners will be at
liberty immediately on the same day at the same
place to re-sell said property under the same
terms of sale; and if the deferred payment is not
made within the time above specified all money
paid on the purchase and rignt of the purchaser
to the property sold or possession will be forfeit
ed, and the commmissioners will have the right
to take possession of said property and to re-sell
the same.
Said sale will be made subject to confirmation
by said court'on the report of the commissioners.
Possession will be given as soon as the purchase
money is all paid.
Titles will be made by the commissioners un
der and by approval of said court, w hen all of
the purchase money is paid.
DANIEL S. PRINTUP,
WILLIAM F. DRAKE,
jau2-td Commissioners.
Great Bargains.
J. A. ERWIN <te SON
ARE OFFERING AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, &c., &c.,
Crockery, &c., &c.,
AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES
AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES
TO SUIT THE TIMES.
TO SUIT THE TIMES.
Call and Examine their Goods and Prices
Before Buying.
J. A. ERWIN & SON.
< ’artersvfile, Ga., Sept. 19th, 1878.
NORTH GEORGIA
MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Cartersville, Bartow county, Ga.
F. Wm. MEMMLER. M. D-d (PrcvrVrietoi's.
LINDSEY JOHNSON. M. D.,i
TnE GREATEST DISCOVERY KNOWN FOR
CURING CANCERS.
CANCERS AND ALL CHRONIC DISEASES
Successfully treated.
We cure cancer without *! 1 e , l !1 re m*
under Dr. Memmleris 1 great mjeimil cancer
edv. Payment altei cancer
and healed. An kinds of sukgioal opku
ATIONS PERFORMED.
CONSULTATION 3PBBS3C!
Office hours: 9*to 12 a. m.; Ito6p. m. uov - h
BARTOW HOUSE,
(Cartersville, Georgia.)
_ _ „ e , T nrvrß TT VvTnG REMOVED FROM
Master House bark to UK’
noise, an*! having *!”* 2gS? hotel,
.""S pijSSri'' * lace the traveling
public in tL most wUl. the
Terms Very Low and m ' v l
Times.
BOARD can be
than anywhere else indw/*h Gtoig
see for yourselves.
THE FREE PRESS.
SUCCESS!
THE DREADED CANCER CODED.
The North Georgia Medical In
stitute Discharges Another
Cancer Patient!
STATEMENT OF O. C. CAMPBELL:
During the year 1800, a small, dark-brown
speck appeared on the skin, between my left
cheek and nose, and continued for about six
mouths, when it dropped off', leaving a small,
red spot on the skin. Gradually the little brow
speck re-formed on my check, and enlarged a
little.
After forming and dropping off’ in this manner
several times, and enlarging a little every time,
the scab began to looseu a little around tlie edges
and adhere in the middle, and would bleed
a little when pulled off. After this I could dis
cover a small quantity of yellowish matter form
ed undsr the scab when it was pulled oil’.
This state of things continued on until the year
1869, when the scab had enlarged to the size of a
grain of coffee. During the year 1870,1 had a se
vere spell of fever, which settled in my head,
and this spot on my cheek became very much in
flamed, and ran into my left eye, inflaming it
also. Becoming alarmed, about this time, I con
sulted several eminent physicians, all of whom
pronounced it a cancer, and told me it would
finally put out my eye.
•I then tried a patent medicine, recommended
by a physician, but without any good results.
My next resort was to tlie conjurers and faith
doctors , two of each, without receiving any bene
ficial results, tlie cancer all tlie while growing
gradually worse.
During the year 1874, or 1875, two physicians,
claiming to.be able to cure cancers, came to
Rome, Ga., and advertised themselves as cancer
doctors. Having called on them, and placed
myself under tlieir treatment, they examined
me and pronounced my affection cancer. They
put me under a course of treatment, which lasted
about five weeks, but resulted in no material
benefit. The eancer, in the meantime, had grad
ually increased, until it entirely surrounded my
left eye.
About tlie middle of September last, I learned
from Mr. M. E. Cooper the fact that F. W.
Memmler, M. D., had located at Cartersville,
Georgia, and that he professed to cure cancers.
By advice of Dr. Marion J. Dudley, of Gordon
county, who was my family physician, I came to
Cartersville, consulted Dr. Memmler, and placed
myself regularly under his treatment; and j
will avail myself of this opportunity to express
gratitude both to Mr. Cooper and Dr. Dudley for
tlie information and advice, which I look upon
as nothing less than Providential instruments in
bringing me under tlie treatment sf Doctor
Memmler.
After the preliminary examination which Dr.
Memmler made of tny case, lie frankly told me
that he could not promise me a permanent and
thorough cure without the amputation of my
left eye, which operation lie was afraid I would
be unable to survive, in consequence of my ad
vanced age, 1 being then about seventy years of
age. He said, how'ever, that lie could give me
relief by stopping the cancer pain and arresting
its future eating into the flesh around my eye.
After treating me about two weeks, he informed
me that, as my constitution was stronger than he
had at first supposed, and I had stood the treat
ment better than he had expected, he could do
more for me thau he had at first promised. I
have continued under his treatment from that
time until the present, and I now consider that
he lias done far more for me than lie promised.
I think now that my cancer is entirely subdued,
the pain is relieved and my eye-sight is unhurt.
in conclusion, I offer this certificate as a free
testimonial to the professional skill of Dr.
Memmler, and tender him my heartfelt thanks
for the inestimable benefit conferred upon me,
and would earnestly advise all persons offlijpted
with cancers to avail themselves of his treatment.
O. C. CAMPBELL,
Postofllce: Calhoun, Gordon county, Ga.
The above certificate was sworn to and sub
scribed before me this December 14, 1873.
J. W. PRITCHETT, N. P. & J. P.
V ! & ■ *1
All Chronic Diseases Cured and
Surgical Operations Per
formed at the North
Georgia Medical
Institute.
MEMMLER & JOHNSON,
* Proprietors.
CARTKOSTILLE Ga
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY K, 1879.
3 * : . . * r f 1 ...... .
We must congratulate Claude Cochran
and his Ellijay Courier. He has aban
doned the patent outside feature, and
now prints all of his paper at home. By
the way, this is a good advertising me
dium for the Cartersville folks.
As yet heard from not a single one of
the county election contestors have been
successful. No judicial proceeding can
overbalance a few franchises in this State.
A candidate should depend on the voter
and not the lawyer.
Miss Daisy Hampton, daughter of the
Governor, will shortly visit Washington.
She is represented as being tall, slen
der and graceful, with magnificent dark
hair and remarkable conversational pow
ers.
In all this fuss about the Hill-Murphy
affair the most ardent friends of Murphy,
Colquitt & Cos. have only replied that
Hill is mad because he didn’t get the
hone. Does this extenuate, friends ?
The Canton Georgian has been changed
to the Georgia Advocate and will here
after he a religious paper. Now what
Brother Brewster is going to do in elec
tion times we cant imagine.
Col. W. T. Thompson, the veteran ed
itor of the Savannah News is prominently
alluded to as the man who will fill the
unexpired term occasioned by the death
of Hon. Julian Ilartridge.
Gen. Shields has been nominated by
the Democracy of Missouri, for Senator
for the short term. He is a .war veteran
and has already been senator from two
States.
Throughout the State ice packing was
freely indulged in during the late cold
spell. Who knows but what we can get
our juleps this summer for ten cents.
Thej greatj violinistj Wilhelmj willj
visitj Atlantaj shortly). Itj isj saidj hej
slingsj aj nastyj howj.
Henry Watterson, the distinguished
editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
will lecture through Georgia.
THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
Views of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens on
the Subject.
Washington Post.]
As the question attracting the most in
terest in the Southern section of the
country at this time is, perhaps, the one
relating to the passage of tlie Texas Pa
cific Railway hill, a Post reporter called
upon the lion. Alexander H. Stephens,
whose efforts to secure a Southern trans
continental line make him peculiarly the
exponent of Southern opinion in this mat
ter, for the purpose of learning what his
views were on the issues presented by
Mr. Norwood in behalf of the California
Southern Pacific Company lunumg Air.
Stephens in his room, the following con
versation, which cannot fail to he of in
terest, took place:
“Mr. Stephens, have you seen Mr.
Norwood’s recent letters to the Georgia
Atlanta Constitution upon the subject of
the relative merits of the California
Southern Pacific and the Texas Pacific
railroads ?”
“Yes, I have seen them.”
“What do you think of the views pre
sented by those letters, contrasting the
relative merits 01 these two proposed
lines?”
“They do not change, in tlie least, the
opinions i have entertained upon tlie
subject for many years. Tlie subject of a
trans-continental railway from the Pa
cific to tlie Atlantic waters, upon the
nearest practicable geographical line, lias
occupied a good deal j>f in} r attention
ever since the acquisition of California.
The conclusion to w hich I came, as is
well known, as early as 1852, was, that a
line commencing at or near San Diego,
on tlie Pacific, and proceeding eastward
in its course, on or near the 32d parallel
of latitude, or as near as practicable,
throughout the States cf Texas, Louisi
ana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the
Carolinas and Virginia, |o Norfolk as the
ultimate terminus, woilld be the most
feasible route, looking to distance and
cost of construction. Sich a line I have
at all times been in favor of. This is
w hat I call a true Southern Pacific rail
way. Mr. Nonvood advocates with zeal
the same object, hut supports the South
ern Pacific route as the true and best one,
which is organized aid controlled by a
California company. He is very particu
lar in drawing a very blear distinction
between this Caliiornii company and
what is known as the Tctas Pacific com
pany. Now r , if I concurred with Mr.
Norwood in tlie views le lias presented,
1 should most eertainlC most zealously
eo-operate with others In tlie line of the
views he presents. V \l rat I want is a
trans-continental road, jon the shortest
practicable route betw r e(ji tlie Pacific and
Atlantic oceans. 1 wait this, not only
because it is, in my opinion and in my
belief, for tlie people >f the Southern
States a matter of the uqaost importance,
but because, taking iito consideration
tlie difference of lengtlipf the respective
routes, it becomes a miter of great im
portance to the people of all tlie States
bordering on tlie Ohiii and eastward,
embracing even those <!' New England.
“In tliis view, I eoipider, as I have
often said, a road on theline proposed in
tlie Texas Pacific hill H the greatest en
terprise of the age.
“It would confer incalculable benefits
upon the people of thaSouthern States.
It would : Iso he of givat benefit to the
people of all the States cist of the Missis
sippi, as I have said. The benefit to the
people of these States arises not only
from the advantages on this route result
ing from tlie mildness of the climate in
w inter, but from the shortness of the dis
tance over which the Chinese, Japanese
and other products will have to pass in
reaching consumers throughout all these
States. From San Diegp over this Texas
Pacific route to New York is nearly two
hundred miles shorter than the present
route from San Francisco over the Cen
tral Pacific Union to New York. These
two companies, the Central Pacific, run
ning from San Franeisfo to Ogden, and
the Union Pacific, running from Ogden
to Omaha, now, conjointly, constitute
the greatest railroad monopoly, perhaps,
in the world. The Texas Pacific will
greatly relieve the evils of that monopo
ly. lam against all monopolies that can
be properly avoided.”
“You don’t think, then, that the Texas
Pacific is only an extension of ‘Tom
Scott’s’ Pennsylvania Central ?”
“By no means, my dear sir; far from
it. On this point I differ totally with
Mr. Norwood. That Col. Scott is in fa-
vor of it, and may he president of the
road, is not at all surprising to me. This
only shows that he has the good sense to
perceive that all the country east of the
Mississippi would get the most of their
commerce as well as travel from tlie west
ern coast, over the Texas Pacific, be
cause, as I said, of the shortness of the
distance as well as the freedom from ob
struction from snow' in the winter time.
He w ould, by a connecting branch at St.
Louis, get a vast deal of trade and travel
for distribution over his Pennsylvania
Central; this is true, and there is noth
ing improper in it. This benefit to the
Pennsylvania Central and the people of
the western and eastern States would cer
tainly be of no detriment to those of the
South. This cry of ‘Tom Scott’—l state
this with all respect for.Mr. Norwood, for
whom 1 personally entertain the highest
esteem —is but a bugbear. He only re
peats what lias been so often said before
by those w hose interest it is to defeat a
competing line which w'ould he so bene
ficial to the whole country North and
South, and would do no injury to any
body or to any interest, except to the ex
tent it might lessen the dividends of the
present huge monopoly to which I have
referred. The greatest error indulged in
by Mr. Norwood, in my opinion, is the
belief on his part—and I cannot question
his sincerity—that the Southern Pacific,
so-called, really and in good faith means
to construct a road on the Southern line
as I stai ed; that is, from the Pacific coast
to some point east of the Mississippi riv
er, on tlie 32 deg. N. latitude, or as near
as practicable, making a great trunk line
from tlie Pacififi to a point east of the
Mississippi, and at that point connecting
with other roads now in operation, reach
ing to the Atlantic coast. I have no idea
myself that they intend to do any such
thing. Ido not wish to do anybody in
justice, either persons or corporations,
but this is my decided judgment.”
“What, then, Mr. Stephens, do you
think is the object of the California
Southern Paeifhr?”
“My opinion and my belief is, that
their main object is to defeat just such a
line as I have indicated, and which is of
such importance to the whole country.
The California company, known as tlie
Southern Pacific, as I understand, is con
trolled by the owners of the Central Pa
cific, now running from San Francisco
to Ogden, and the Union Pacific, now
running from Ogden to Omaha. These
tw'o companies, now, as I have stated,
Co-operate together and constitute the
great railroad monopoly I have referred
to. Mr. Huntington, if Ibe not mistak
en, is the managing agent of the South
ern Pacific, so-called; he is also one of
the controlling men, if not a managing
agent, of the Central Pacific. It does not
seem reasonable to me'that he should, or
that these companies—tlie Central Pacific
and its ally, the Union Pacific—should
be zealously engaged in the construction
of so formidable as I have
indicated, a real Southern road would he.
When Mr. Huntington, then, or his com
pany, urge upon the ‘Southern people,
even by the' t employment ot the ablest
counsel, the abandonment of the Texas
Pacific road from San Diego, and the
abandonment of a line as near as possible
on the 32 degrees parallel of latitude to
some point on the Mississippi as near as
Vickburg as possible, on the ground
that they will complete it ior nothing, 1
oim ituttiiiuK or me exclamation 01 oia
Laocoon when the ‘wooden horse’ W'as
proposed to he brought into the walls of
Troy, a city which had gallently with
stood and repelled every assault except
the wiles of a guileful enemy,— ‘ Timeo
Danaos et Dona ferrentes ,’ which may
very well be rendered: I suspect the Greeks
n making this magniJicent offer so gratuitous
ly tendered. Men are not usually govern
ed by such Hopkinsonism in politics or
business, however it may be in religion.”
“YVhat do you think will he the ulti
mate terminus of the Southern Pacific
road, of California, if it should ever be
completed?”
“On this point my opinion is, of course,
mere conjecture. From the maps pub
lished by them it would seem that Gal
veston and New' Orleans were their two
objective points as termini ; hut lam very
much inclined to think their object is,
when they have reached Maricopa Wells,
w r est of El Paso to diverge northeastward
ly towards Santa Fe, connecting with
some other road in that direction, and
thus controlling what is known as the
‘great meat country,’as tributary to the
present monopoly. This would most
probably result also in the ultimate com
pletion of the roads to Galveston and New'
Orleans, hut all'this is mere conjecture.”
“How is it, Mr. Stephens, in your
opinion, that this Southern Pacific Cos,,
of California, manages to raise the im
mense amount of money it is actually and
without doubt spending in tlie construc
tion of its proposed road?”
“My opinion is that this money comes
from the Central Pacific and Union Pacif
ic companies. This Southern Pacific, so
called, is, in my judgment, hut an ott
shoot of this huge monopoly to which I
have referred. Their profits are enor
mous, far beyond eight percent., and the
excess of these profits, in my opinion, is
tlie source from which the money you
refer to is derived, and lienee it seems to
come with a very ill-grace from them now
to talk about a subsidy , so-called, to the
Texas Pacific. The truth is, the Texas Pa
cific hill, introduced by me, asks nothing
of the government, except the guaranty
of tlie interest on its tamos rur or itniiwa
time, w ith the amplest security to indem
nify against any probable or even possi
ble loss to tlie government. It is well
know'n that a very large and real susidy
w r as given by the government to the Cen
tral and Union roads.
“Subsidy, indeed! These companies,
besides immense donations of land, got
the obligation of the government, not to
guaranty the interest on tlieir bonds, hut
to pay the interest annually accruing
thereon for fifty years! and the govern
ment, if I mistake not, has actually paid
nearly a hundred millions in cash already
from the public treasury, and, according
to these charters of these roads, will have
to pay almost, if not quite, as much more
before the maturity of these bonds. The
Texas Pacific does not ask the govern
ment to pay a dime of interest on tlie
bonds, except in the event of default by
the company. As to the immense land
grants, 1 make no complaint, hut I do
mean to say that it epmes with an ill
grace from them or their agents for them
now to talk of subsidy as to the Texas
road. According to my view’, they are
now using the excess of earnings of tlieir
own much greater subsidies for the ille
gitimate purpose of defeating competition
against their present huge cormorant
monopoly. This excess of earnings they
ought now in ‘good faith’ to be applying
to the payment of the interest on their
bonds, —thus relieving the government —
instead of using them, as I believe they
are to defeat a rival line. When, acting
in good faith, usually provided for the
payment of tlieir ow n debts before mak
ing gratiously expenditures for tlie bene
fit of others. It is well known that these
companies, at the last session, resisted
Mr. Thurman’s hill, w hich only required
them, out of the excess of their profits
over eight per cent., to provide and set
aside a sinking fund to meet their liabil
ities on the bonds-guaranteed by the gov
ernment, as stated when they undertook
the construction of their roads. It is said
that very large amounts of money were
expended by them for the purpose of pre
venting the passage of this most eminent
ly just bill. How this is, Ido not know;
but it is well known that they resisted
that measure. This excess of profit of
their own monopoly is, therefore, in my
opinion, the source from which comes the
money you now ask me about, which is
employed for the purpose of defeating any
enterprise tnat will interfere with, that
monopoly. I, therefore, look upon the
California Southern Pacific Cos., which
Mr. Norwood seems to be so much taken
with, as simply a ruse and a sham—a
i trick-of-the-G'eeks’—intended to mis
lead the legislation of the country, Xorth
and South, from tire best interest of the
entire country. It is, in my opinion,
another sort of a ‘wooden horse,’ intend
ed for mischief instead of benefit to the
real Southern and shortest continental
line. I am, indeed, truly sorry to lie
compelled to differ so widely with Mr.
Norwood upon this very great question.”
“What,Mr. Stephens, do you think of
his criticisms of Mr. Matthew’s bill in
the Senate ?”
“I think ne is very greatly mistaken in
supposing that the real friends of the
Texas Pacific have ever, or ever •will,
vote for the bill as reported by Senator
Matthews, flow those changes’happen
ed to be made differing from the bill
introduced by me in the House I do
not know. 1 have never conferred with
Senator Matthews upon the subject, hut
I am assured by the friends of the real
Texas Pacific route, that Mr. Matthews
will, when the bill comes up in the Sen
ate, move to amend by inserting the
omitted features which Mr. Norwood
criticises so closely. I certainly will
vote for no bill that does not secure the
construction of the main trunk of a road
from the Pacific coast to some point on
the Eastern bank of the Mississippi river,
and throughout the route as near the line
of the 32 deg. of latitude as is feasible
and practicable. This is the route lam
in favor of, and so far as I know the
Southern Pacific Cos. of California has
never indicated .the .slightest purpose to
construct' such a road as this. I am for
the main trunk only on the line described.
As for the branches, they will necessari
ly all come in due time, as the necessities
tor them shall arise. There will inevita
bly be branches to Galveston and New
Orleans on the right, and branches to St.
Louis and Memphis on L the left. With
the main trunk thus constructed, tlie
road eastward, from its terminal point on
the left bank of the Mississippi, will
make its progress over existing roads
through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
the two Carolinas, Virgirrfa’to Norfolk,
right through States and
with branches to Mobile, Brunswick,
Savannah, Port Royal, Charleston, Rich
mond and~Baltimore*as Avell as all other
intermediate Atlantic ports of importance.
I speak of Norfolk as the probable ulti
mate terminus of the road, because by
striking the Atlantic at this point, the
distance Asiatic commerce seeking, a
European market, w ill have to be trans
ported, will be at least six hundred miles
shorter than by any other trans-continen
tal route, and b5 r this roufp tho dangers
of the capes of Florida and of Hatteras
will be escaped. This road, therefore, as
I have said, is of incalculable value to
tlie Southern States, and will do much
good to all the States, and no harm to
any person, except to the extent to w hich
it would lessen the profits of the present
monopoly.”
“In what way do you think such a road
as the Texas Pacific,“"advocated by you,
will be of so much advantage to the
Southern States?”
“The advantage will consist, in the
tirst place, in opening up to foreign im
migration, one of the finest portions of
the habitable globe. The lands in Texas
and Louisiana, through which it will
pass, are unsurpassed anywhere in the
United States in fertility. The tides of
immigration have heretofore set toward
the chilly regions of the North, simply
because the channels of travel are open
there, and not in the more genial lati
tudes of the South. Besides this, it
would add greatly to the wealth of the
Southern States. I have not time to
in.ike the figures now, but I think it may
be stated, within reasonable bounds, that
the aggregate increase of value that
would result in one year to the real es
tate of the Southern country would not
be less than $200,000,000. The present
railroad interest, from what would be its
eastern terminus, represents a value of
not less than $75,000,000. This, in my
opinion, would be quadrupled in four
years, when the immense trade from the
western part ot our country, and irom
the eastern part of Asia, especially from
China and Japan, begins to pour through
this channel on its way to Europe. I
have no hesitation in 'saying, also, that
the entire land belt for twenty miles in
width, on each side of the road, would
be quadrupled in value in the same time
beside a like increase of value on all its
branches. The other incidents and inev
itable effects of such a wonderful devel
opment of our resources—the increase of
population—the new life given to indus
tries of every character, are almost be
yond calculation. It is with this view
that 1 have so persistently and earnestly
urgea me passage oi tnw rc.w
ciftc road for so many years. This bill,
as drawn by me, if passed, will secure
the accomplishment of this great work
in four years. In regard to this matter
of subsidy, which is the scare-crow in
the matter, I have this only to add I
propose no subsidy in the proper meaning
of that term. My bill only seeks the
guaranty of the government for a limited
time for the interest on the. bonds of the
company, thirty-eight millions, while it
offers a security, which, no one can ques
tion, saves the government from the loss
of a dollar. But, I would vote for the
bill if it provided that tlm government
should not only guaranty the interest,
but should ultimately be bound for the
payment of the bonds; for, even in that
view, the southern section of the coun
try would not get as much by half in aid
of the development of their resources as
the northern section has already received
in cash. I should, in this view, vote for
it as a just measure, by way ot giving a
just portion of the proceeds of the sales
of the public lands to this section.
These lands belonged to the general gov
ernment as a common fund, to l>e used
for the benefit of the people of all of the
States. Georgia herself ceded to the gen
eral government all that territory which
now constitutes Alabama and Mississippi.
From the proceeds of the sale of these
lands, so ceded by Georgia, the govern
ment has received already an amount
nearly equal to the whole amount of the
bonds, the interest of which, and for a,
limited time only, the Texas and Pacific
Go. now asks a guaranty, as stated; so
that if the government should ultimately
have to pay the entire amount it would
be but a return to the Southern portion
of the Union of a part only of their just
interest in the public lands, a part too,
NUMBER 28.
but a little in excess of what the State of
•Georgia alone contributed to that public
fund, and far short of the amount they
would be entitled to receive upon an
equal distribution of the proceeds of the
sale of all the land so ceded to and ac
quired by the government. lam just as
clearly convinced of the constitutionali
ty and justice of the measure as I was of
the constitutionality of tlie distribution
of the surplus revenue arising from tho
sales of public lands in 1830. Georgia
then got seventy-five thousand dollars,
and with it commenced her great trunk
road from Chattanooga to Atlanta, from
Which such immense benefits have been
conferred, not only upon the people of
Georgia, but upon those throughout the
valley of the Ohio. If it was constitu
tional for Georgia thus to sanction the
reception of her quota of that distribu
tion, it is equally constitutional for all
the States east of the Mississippi, to say
nothing of Texas, Louisiana and those
west of it, whieh are so much interested
in the Texas and Pacific road, to receive
the small portion of the proceeds of these
public lands whieh would he involved in
the liability incurred as I have stated.
In advocating the Texas Pacific with the
earnestness and zeal I do, and in what
I have said of the monopoly of the Cen
tral and Union Pacific, 1 do not wish to
be understood as at all inimical to the
true interests of these roads or of that
line of communication across the conti
nent, I censure the selfishness and ava
rice of the managers of them and their
efforts to secure a perpetual monopoly,
but I assail none of their just rights. I
wish to he understood only as
maintaining the equal rights of
all tlie sections in this matter of
railroads. The chartered sights of the
Central and Union roads I would main
tain with as much firmness as I do the
great interests of the entire country east
of tlie Mississippi in the Texas and Pa
cific road, as 1 have presented them. I
am also in favor of giving like aid to the
construction of the Northern Pacific.
Asa citizen of the United States, I feel
an exultation of pride in the Central and
Union Pacific; this feeling would be in
creased on seeing the Northern Pacific
completed, and still greater increased on
seeing the Texas and Pacific completed,
because, wßile all three of these roads
are of great importance, the last, I think,
would be more beneficial to the greatest
number of people -of the United States
than either of tlie others separately or both
together.
It£B AND FED. .
The Assembling of Northern Settlers in the
South in Charlotte, N. C.
Atlanta Constitution.
Wednesday last witnessed the assem
bling of a very important body in Char
lotte, N. C. The northern settlers in the
Southern States were invited by N. Du
mont to meet here and give a full, fair
and free expression of their views touch
ing the statements in the northern press
that northern men could not dwell in se
curity here or express their political
views in safety. In resfionse to this call
.delegates to the number of sixty or sev
enty came from the States of Virginia,
North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The larger portion had seen service un
der the stars ami stripes of the “late 'un
pleasantness.” The opera house was
decorated with Federal and Confederate
llags.
The following were elected permanent
officers: N. Dumont, Charlotte, Presi
dent.
Vice-Presidents—W. B. Middaugh,
Danville, Va.; A. J. Curtis, San Mateo,
Fla.; P. F. Lawshe, Gainesville, Ga.;
H. Coykendale, Black’s Station, S. C-
Secretaries—R. E. McDonald, Char
lotte; T. J. Conger, U.; J.
E. Woodhouse, Concord, N. C.
The following were appointed a com
mittee on business: Rev. Mattoon, D.
D., Charlotte; A. J. Curtis, Florida; H.
Goy, Cendall, S. C.; W. B. Middaugh,
Virginia; Major 11. D. Ingersoll, Geor
gia.
Maj. B. R. Smith presented an address
of welcome to the convention, and a com
mittee submitted afterwardsja response.
Speeches were made by J. C. Bates, H.
L. Bollman, W. B. Middaugh, Alai.
Powers, T. Hoyt and others, all concur
ring in the statements that they had ex
perienced kindness at the’south, and had
no difficulty in voting or expressing their
views.
/The committee on business submitted
an elaborate and ably prepared paper
completely controverting in all points
the asservations of the northern press re
garding the treatment of the Northern
people in the South, and the bulldozing
of republican voters. Language could
not be more explicit than that of the
paper, and the members of the conven
tion, in attestation of the truth of their
statements, signed their names and States
to the document. It was a frank ex
pression of their experience in the South
and totally divested of political bias, as
Democrats and Republicans alike joined
in it. NO Southern man was allowed to
participate in it and it was emphatically
the work of northern men. Its truth
fulness cannot be gainsaid without at
tacking the veracity of Northern men.
'fhe paper sets forth in proper language,
the capacity and advantages of the South.
It was adopted and 10,000 copies of the
proceedings are to be published.
meantime Northern settlers in the South
are requested to meet in their respective
counties on February 15 to select dele
gates to a State convention to meet
March 1. State conventions elect ten
delegates to the general convention, Julv
4th.
At night, after the adjournment of the
convention, the body was addressed by
Mayor Smith, C. R. Jones, Col. W.
Johnston, Ilam Jones, Judge Bailey,
Judge Ship, General Young, Colonel
Holt, Rev. Dr. Mattoon and others in el
oquent and touching temarks which
were recaived with enthusiastic applause.
“Iteb” and “Fed,” who had fought each
other on opposfte sides of the same en
trenchment, fraternized in the best o f
feeling, evincing the same spirit of pa
triotism and love of country. Sectional
and political issues were forgotten m rev
erence for a country peerless in its cli
mate and unrivalled tn Us scenery and
resources.
Judge Key'has called the attention of
the President to the fact, that one-hun
dred and forty-five additional post-ofihes
will become Presidential, the returns
taken showing the salaries of the post
masters in these offices to
The President says he is glad to see the
growth of the country as indicated by the
grow th of the post-office department, but
he does not crave the responsibility o£*3
having one hundred and forty-five
tional post-masters.
Alexander H. Stephens is a very skill
ful whist player, and author of the arti
cle on whist in Johnson’s Encyclopedia.
Taken altogether in detail, a very wonder
ful man is the little Georgia.n—Post.
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