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MOON, A TTORNBY - A T - H A AY . office at the store of P. L. Moon & Son, East Main Street. CARTEUSVILLE, GA. ulylS R. W. MURPHEY, ATTORNEY-AT - L.AW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. OFFICE (up-stairs) in the briek building, cor ner of Main & Erwin streets. jiiiylß. J. A. BAKER, # ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. YYTILL practice in all the courts of Bartow YY and adjoining counties. Prompt atten tion given to all business entrusted to his care. Ollice in Bank Block over the post office. July 18. K. £>. GRAHAM, A. M. FOUTE. GRAHAM & FOUTE, ATTORNFj YS -A T-L A W. CARTERSVILLE, GA. Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the Superior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the Supreme Courts at Atlanta. Office west side public Square, up-stairs over W. W. Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south of Postoffice. julyl^ T. W. MILNER. J. W. HARRIS, JR. MILNER & HARRIS, ATTO RNEYS-AT-LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office on West Main Street. julylß . F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist, (Office over Stokely & Williams store.) CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. I WILL FIL j TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH, ami put in teeth, or do any work in my line j at prices to suit the times. fi<t jjy-Work aL warranted. Refer to my pat- i rons all over the countv. augls-ly. ‘ F. M. JOHNSON. JOHN T. OWEN, (At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,) CARTERSVILLE, GA. AYTILL scil Watcnes, Clocks and Jewelry. V 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. julylS. j CHAS. B. WILLINGHAM, Btexxograplric Court Reporter. [ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. | I MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES, taking down the testimony entire; also, ob jections ot attorneys, rulings of the court, and tiie charge of the court, without stopping the witness or otherwise delaying the judicial pro ceedings. ( barges very reasonable and satis faction guaranteed. Traveler’s Grnide. CHEROKEE RAILROAD. On and after Monday, June 10, 1878, the train ou this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday excepted): GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave. Cartersville 1:30 pm Stilesboro 2:15 pm 2:20 pm Taylorsville 2:45 pm 3:00 pm Rock mart 4:00 p m GOING EAST. Rockmart 6:00 am Taylorsville 7:00 am 7:15 am Stilesboro 7:40 a m 7:45 a m Cartersville 8:35 am WILLIAM MacBAE, Sup’t.^ COOSA RIVER NAVIGATION. On and after Monday, November 30th, the fol lowing schedule will be run bv the Steamer MAGNOLIA: Leave Rome Mondav oam Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday Tam Leave Gadsden Tuesday 8 p m Arrive at Rome Wednesday 6 p m Leave Rome Thursday 0 a m Arrive at Gadsden Friday 7 a 141 Leave Gadsden Friday G p m Arrive at Rome Saturday 6pm J. M. ELLIOTT Gen’l SupT. ROME RAILROAD COMPANY. On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this Road will run as follows: DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY. Leave Rome 8:10am Arrive at Rome 12:00 m SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION. Leave Rome 5:00 pm Arrive at Rome 8:00 pm WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R. The following passenger schedule took effect July 12 th, 1879: NIGHT PASSENGER—UP. l.eave Atlanta 2:00 pm Leave Cartersville 3:54 pm Leave Kingston 4:21 p m Leave Dalton .......... 6:10 p m Arrive at Chattanooga 7:47 pm NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 5:14 pm, Leave Dalton 7:05 pm Leave Kingston , 8:34 pm Leave Cartersville . . .a .... 9:00 pin 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 11:55 ain DAY PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 7:10 a m meave Dalton 9:06 am Leave Kingston 10:39 am Leave Cartersville *. .11:06 am Arrive at Atlanta 1:00 p m THE NASHV| LLE AMERICAN. ffAHE READERSOFTHE FREE PRESS WILL J_ find in the Nashville AMERICAN, a first class newsprper. In news, it enjovs all the ad vantatages of the Eastern and Western Press Associations, thus securing the latest telegraph ic nows from all parts of the United States and the rest .of the world. Its market reports are full, and includes all articles in the mercantile lists of the country. It has Dr. Daniel Lee for Agricultural Editor, who gives it special value to the fanner. THE AMERICAN is Democratic, and its discussions of the current political questions are able, and challenge even the respect of adversa ries. The miscellaneous columns of THE AMERI CAN embrace all that is interesting and useful, in the various fields of human enterprise: and it can be safely commended, as a most excellent and valuable paper in the Household, the Work shop, the Store-house, and to all people of every vocation. THE AMERICAN prints three editions— Daily, Semi-Weekly and Weekly—specimen copses of which will be sent on application. The terms are, per annum—Daily, $10.60; Semi-Weeklv, $4.20; Weekly, $2.00, postage paid. Address * THE AMERICAN, Nashville, Tenn. LITCHFIELD HOUSE, (Acworth, Georgia.) £. L. LITCHFIELD, Proprietor. CONVENIENT TO THE DEPOT, AND ITS j cables supplied vviiii Uu; very beet bite mark eta&iQd. VOLUME I. 3 M M MM Crreat Bargains. J. A. ERWIN 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, Ac., Ac., Crockery, Ac., Ac., AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. TO SUIT THE TIMES. 1 Call and Examine tlielr Goods and Prices Before Buying. J. A. ERWIN * SON. Cartersville, Ga., Sept. 19th, 1878. DISSOLUTION. rjMIE FIRM OF McCANDLESS & WIL LIAMS has this day by mutual consent been dissolved and the business will be continued at same place by V. L. WILLIAMS. With thanks j to the public for their liberal patronage in the past he hopes by fair dealing to receive the same in the future, Cartersville, Georgia, January 21, 1879. JptROM THE ABOVE IT WILL BE SEEN that I am now solely conducting a full and com plete TIN AND STOVE STORE. I positively guarantee to keep my stock up to the requirements of this markets offering relia ble find durable goods at the lowest possible figures. jlylß VIRGIL L. WILLIAMS. MORNING NEWS SERIALS. A NEW STORY BY A SAVANNAH LADY. IN THE SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS OF FEBRUARY Ist. Will be commenced a New Serial Story of ab sorbing interest, entitled WARE* AND W OOF I BY MISS R. J. PHILBRICK. This beautifully written and in teresting stors, illustrative of Southern character and Southern life in town and country, will run through several weekly issues of the News. Without anticipating the interest of our readers, we can promise the lovers of well wrought fiction a rare treat iu its perusal. Tee Weekly News is one of the largest and handsomest newspapers in the country, being an eight page sheet 38 by 52 inches. Among its new features we invite attention to a series of arti cles on the Orange Culture, written expressly for its pages by Mr. C. Codrington, of Florida, which will be found interesting and valuable to those engagedin orange growing. Another feature of especial interest to our lady readers is our New York Eashion Lettejs, bv an accomplished lady writer. The aim of the News is to he thorough in all departments of a comprehensive newspa per. Its Agricultural Department, its careful compilation of the news of the day, foreign and domestic, its reliable market reports, editorial comment, and choice miscellaneous readings, make the Weekly News one of the most instruct ive, entertaining and valuable newspapers. New subscribers desiring to commence with the new story should send ii. their names at once. Subscription, one year, $2. Weekly New9 and the Southern Farmers’ Monthly one year, $3.50. Address J. H. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga. NORTH GEORGIA MEDICAL INSTITUTE Cartersville, Bartow couuty, Ga. F. Wm. MEMMLER, M. D.,1 T LINDSEY JOHNSON, M. D.,j Proprietors. THE GREATEST DISCOVERY KNOWN FOR CURING CANCERS. CANCERS AND ALL CHRONIC DISEASES Successfully treated. We cure cancer without the use of the knife under Dr. Memmler’s great internal cancer rem edy. Payment after Cancer is taken out and healed. ALL KINDS OF SURGICAL OPER ATIONS PERFORMED. CO2SrSXJLT>3LXION FREE! ufiaaoUouw: 0 taka AJa.flto . *s m&m THE FREE PRESS. SCROFULA CURED! The North Georgia Medical In stitute Discharges Another Scrofula Patient! Mv litttle boy now four years of age was af flicted with the loathsome disease. Scrofula, which exhibited external symptoms at about six j months of age. He became very weak, his skin ; presented a peculiar yellow appearance—had no appetite, became so very poor in flesh that he was really unpleasant to look at. Large swell ings appeared under his right arm, and finally they broke and continually discharged the most fearfully offensive odor—almost unbearable—his mother could hardly bear to wash and dross the deep-running sores. After the disease had gone 1 • - llji > , on for about a month, we called iu our family physician, a man who bore the reputation of be ing a learned and skillful physician. After treating the case for a number of months, he told us that it would take two or three years to perform a cure. However, he continued to treat the child, but with no manner of benefit as we could see. Indeed, with the jminful lancing and unpleasant internal medicines the poor little creature seemed to grow more restless and a great deal weaker. About this time myself and wife came to the determination to change physicians, hut were greatly troubled as we then knew of no one whom we could trust with more confidence than the one engaged. Happily, through the advice of a friend—one who deeply sympathized with us in our dire distress—we were directed to sec and consult Drs. Memmler & Johusonf who had established an Infirmary in Cartersville. Our consultation with those gentlemen resulted in our turning over to them the treatment of the little child, whom we deemed beyond the skill of any earthly physician; but our love for the dear child, who had goue through so much suffering, prompted us to leave nothing undone that prom ised the least relief. After thoroughly examm ining their patient, Drs. Memmler & Johnson began treatment. We had given only three doses of their medicine, when we noticed consid erable improvement, and every day thereafter improvement went rapidly on. With nothing but internal remedies, no sore, no plasters, no lancing was resorted to by the above named gen tlemen. Simply their internal remedies, after hardly three months’ treatment have performed the cure which it was said required years to ac complish. And now, in conclusion, I invoke the richest blessings of the Great Physician—who looks over all things—to bless and prosper them, and to the afflicted world we feel that we could wish them no greater earthly blessing than to fall under the care and treatment of these gentlemen. If any desire to hear from me directly, they will ad dress me at Cartersville, Ga. Most respectfully, NIMROD X 8 HOWREN. mark. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of February, 1879. J. W. PRITCHETT, N. P. & J. P. All Chronic Diseases Cured and Surgical Operations Per formed at the North Georgia Medical Institute. MEMMLER A JOHNSON, Proprietors. QAJtO'JDiwrvimc cu CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, im AESTHETICAL CRITICISMS. Cartersville as Viewed from a Social Standpoint. Pine Log Mountain, Feb. 8, 1879. To the Free Press: By way of answer to a query in my last your indulgence is requested while a few facts are given. The writer was down in your city shortly after the Christ mas holidays, and has been there once since. One of the gallants of Carters ville who is favored with an extensive and every way available visiting ac quaintance amongst the elite of your place assured me that he had not for any evening or day of that usually social pe riod been complimented with an invita tion from any quarter of the town to spend an evening, take a meal or to call at any one of the many pleasant homes in the city. Another one of Carters ville’s nicest beaux a “well-to-do” young gentleman stated that he had not “been out” visiting or calling once in the en tire limits of the progressive city. Two of your best looking, most fascinating, most intelligent and polite young ladies assured the writer that they had neither received calls, been invited out, nor heard of sociable anywhere in town, neither had they learned of any one otherwise circumstanced, speaking of course from a social standpoint. There might be other instances reported of sim ilar tenor and purport; hut these are suf ficient surely. Your communicant frank ly confess that he posted oft' to points at which a different status prevailed. Next query: the reasons for this death of en joyable sociable life. Some one suggests at once hard times, but wC reply, not so. Times and hospitality rightly conceived are not a whit harder in Cartersville than at a thousand other places in the South, and that plea is weaker than sea soned water. A gentleman who recent ly visited a country much farther from railroads and electric wires than Carters ville delightfully remarked to the writer, “Well, upon my word I really like these people up here. Every'man I meet in county politely speaks whether he knows me or not.” Mr. Editor, does that c6st anything? Do all of the Car tersville people, male and female, even among those who know each other, po litely speak when they meet? Some there are who state that the} 7 do not. Is this because of the hard times too? Is it enlightened, is it cultivated, is it chris tion like to extend no recognition of a morning salutation? Is it becoming in gentlemen? Is it lady-like in the fair sex ? I once heard that General George Washington would doff' his hat to a eol -01 ed man rather than be excelled by him in these every-day civilities. My reason for the social torpor of Car tersville is, that there prevails in your town an inadequate conception of those bewitching shades and colorings which enter into the composition of cultured hospitality and well tempered intellectual intercourse between the sexes. Your so cial enjoyments in other words need toning up. Refined getlemen and ladies who can find no pleasure in each other’s society and acquaintance in absence of everything like worldly display, creature enjoyments, expensive suppers, visits to the theatre, the ball, showy costumes, costly furniture, last horses and watch chains, are no longer refined; they be come pitiable panderers to shoddyism. (Excuse the phrase—it is expressive.) Heaven forbid that these marks in Geor gia should ever become the sine qui non of true gentility. We are told that such as cannot afford a supper for instance should not invite or encourage gatherings or simple unceremonious tea parties, where all who are bidden may feel nat ural and welcome. We learn that it is a rare occurrence in your town for an el derly gentleman or matron to meet a young man on the street in daylight and say to him informally, “Miss so-and-so will be at my house to-night. Call around and spend the evening.” Is it a wonder then that gentlemen seldom pay calls informally and without notice; and is it strange that they are expected to sound a trumpet, or which amounts to the same, write a note asking gracious leave to do so ? Is it surprising that the many idle tongues of dame Gossip are set running in case an innocent youth or be.tux who is wearied with street corner society musters up sufficient hardihood to seek a lady’s charming companionship? If we are putting the case too strongly Mr. Editor, we shall be more than happy to be corrected. The case has been giv en to us on capital authority. Would you realize the fond wishes of numerous enterprising citizens of Cartersville who desire to see their city a popular place of summer and winter resort, a town to be desired by good people everywhere, and a model of high breeding as well as a city of rare natural beauty as to its sur roundings? Would you make the youth of Cartersville patterns of chivalry, so briety and manliness? Encourage them on all occasions, their gallantry, self-de nial and fine manners towards the fair sex whether old or young. Tear away the icebergs of social intercourse en fam-' ille , and encourage the maidens not to despise their civilities, their honorable attentions) and all gentlemanly approach es. Don’t lock up the ladies as you would a pretty painted doll; nor incul cate the idea that the sight of a man will produce an eye disease. It is unnatural and unseriptural besides. Give them true ideas of maidenly deportment of course, and then permit them to enjoy whatsoever proportion of polite atten tion, as their ages, their charms and their good sense of propriety will justify. No plan occurs to us so certain and speedy as a means of relieving the so cial dullness in Cartersville as that one which is easily in the reach of every motlror ar*d fetter in yWur town, Fur example, those who have houses might say any day to the young people, “there "iH a fire and open parlor at mv house this evening. Call after tea or be fore (as you elect) and bring a lady, and to ladies bring a gentleman. Amuse yourselves as you find agreeable, saving only my religious scruples, by reading, chess, music, talking, tableaux, or parlor games as you like, etc.” This plan once set on foot by the elder ly ones and persevered in for two or three months by turn would at once bring the young people together, extend acquaintanceship, would be inexpensive, and effectually break the ice. Other things will follow in due time and good order. In a little while Cartersville would acquire the reputation not here tofore enjoyed of being a sociable, lively place, until by and by, ay in the “sweet by and by” you would discover the active mind, the magnetic clash of wit and eloquence which lies dormant in the fertile brain of our aspiring county assume former symmetry and vigorous manhood in the reproduction perhaps of a Madam Muhlbaeh or a Mirabeau. Virgil. THE GUANO AVAR. The Conflict Raging; in Georgia and South Carolina. BULLOCK COUNTY RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, 1. That we, the committee, appointed by the citizens of Bullock county, to draft resolutions in relation to the use of manipulated commercial fer tilizers at the advanced prices, after due consideration, find that there is no mar gin for profits. Resolved, 2. That we recommend to the citizens of Bullock county generally not to nse the manipulated commercial fertilizers at the present advanced prices; and we further recommend that each and every citizen pledge himself to use his influence against the introduction and sale of said fertilizers, at the advanced prices, within our county. Resolved, 3. That we solicit the farm ers throughout the state to act in concert with us. Resolved, 4 . That we invite the manu facturers and agents to meet us on equi table terms in order that we may be able to purchase fertilizers. OCONEE COUNTY. Resolution adopted by the Oconee ag ricultural society: Whereas, There seems to be a disposition on the part of some oi the dealers in commercial fertilizers to demand of the farmers higher prices for their fertilizers, to-wit: Five hundred pounds of lint cotton per ton, or 13 cents instead of 15 cents cotton option, an ad vancement of from fifty to one hundred pounds of cotton per ton; Therefore be it resolved, that the members of Oconee agricultural society, in convention met, January 25th, 1879, do pledge themselves to positively refuse to purchase fertilizers from any dealer who demands these ad vanced rates. And be it further resolved, that we refuse to purchase manures from any dealer who will not sell them on as .good, or better terms than heretofore. RIDGEWAY (S. C.) RESOLUTIONS. Whereas, We, the citizens of Ridge way and vicinity, have viewed with alarm the recent combination of dealers in and manufacturers of commercial fer tilizers at Augusta, and furthermore re alizing the fact that cotton is now selling below the cost of production; therefore, be it resolved, 1. That we protest hon estly and earnestly against such combi nation and collusion. 2. That we, as citizens, will unite in laboring to avoid the use of commercial fertilizers, by man ufacturing our own fertilizers, in the shape of home made compost. 3. That we will endeavor to aid those who seem reasonably to labor to relieve themselves of their present difficulties. ACTION OF WILKES COUNTY PLANTERS. Resolved, That from the present de pressed prices in all our agricultural products, we think that the last year’s prices of standard guanos is all that the farmers can afford to pay for fertilizers during the present year; that is to say, 467 pounds of lint cotton, freights inclu ded, for standard fertilizers per ton. It was finally amended so as to read that farmers would not pay more than 400 pounds of cotton for guano per ton. WHAT THE PLANTERS OF GREENE SAY. Whereas, The manufacturers of guanos have combined to put up the price of the same; and whereas, all values have greatly depreciated, especially every thing made by farmers; therefore, be it resolved, That we urge upon our fellow tillers of the soil in this county the pro priety of manufacturing their' own fer tilizers, and, as far as practicable, to dis continue the use of manipulated guanos, unless the price be reduced in propor tion to the depreciation of the price of cotton. THESVOICE OF GREENVILLE (8. C.) COUNTY. Resolved, l. That we hereby endorse and confirm the pledge already adopted at several township meetings in this coun ty, to-wit: That we bind ourselves, indi vidually, by affixing our names to these resolutions, that we will not, during the present year, pay any additional rate, either by exchange of cotton or other wise, for same grade of commercial fer tilizer, above that paid by us during the past year. 2. That we call upon farmers all over the state to meet and adopt the same resolution, and obtain signatures to it. S. That, as we believe the true in terests of farmers in this section lies in the increased use and manufacture of home-made manures, the chairman of this meeting is instructed to appoint a committee of five practical and experi enced farmers, whose duty it shall be to investigate this subject and report at the earliest practicable time, through the public press, the best mode of compost ing and utilizing the materials of the firm lor purposes of fertilization. 4. That a committee of five be appointed to report, as information, to an adjourned meeting to be held in two weeks from to day, the best terms to be obtained from any manufacturers of approved fertilizers on a basis of exchange for cotton. 5. That a committee of three from each township be appointed to obtain signa tures to the pledge contained in the first resolution. WHAT BARNSVILLE (S. C.) PLANTERS SAY. Resolved , Ist. That we, the planters and farmers of Barnwell county do pledge ourselves not to pay any advance upon any of the different grades of man ufactured fertilizers bought and used by us heieafter. 2. I hat we pledge our selves, unless terms are offered'’corres ponding with the reduced price of our products, that we 'will not use one pound of any of them. 3 That a raass W ing of each township be held at its usual $£ tSSSS Z i lions, and that reports of those subserib | ing to the said resolutions be forwarded to the chairman of this meeting. 4. ; 1 bat we consider the use of fertilizers at present figures, as not only unremu nerative but financially injurious to our ■ agricultural brethren. * PERSON COUNTY (S. C.) ON THE WAR PATH. Resolved , By the citizens of Anderson county, in mass meeting assembled, that the recent action of the companies manu facturing commercial fertilizers, at a meeting held in Augusta, on the 18th of December, 1878, banding themselves to gether, and, in the midst of general suf fering, and at a time when all kinds of agricultural products are depreciated in price, and when the great mass of the tillers ot the soil find it hard to exist, they regard as a public wrong and a blow aimed at the best interests of this Commonwealth. Resolved, That the monopolists who conspired to commit this wrong are ene mies ot tae farming community, and, as such, should be deprived immediately of any and all privileges to dig, mine or manufacture commercial fertilizers. Resolved, That we appeal to the farm ers and all others interested in the suc cess of agriculture, wherever scattered over the State, to unite in the opposition to the phosphate monopolists and all the influence they can bring to bear, and to continue in their opposition, until every vestige of a monopoly, which seeks self- a f? riin dizement at the expense of the rights of others, is rooted out of exist ence. Resolved, That unless the manufactur ers of commercial fertilizers reduce their price to at least what it was last year, the consumers be advised not to purchase a single pound, and in the future unani mously and earnestly resist any attempt on the part of guano manufacturers, or others, to extort from the farmers ruinous prices for their produetton. Resolved, That the president of this meeting be and he is hereby instructed to furnish a copy of these proceedings to the president of the senate and the speak er of the house as soon as the assembly shall meet at its next session, and that he, j in the name of the people of Anderson county, petition the general assembly to repeal all charters granted to companies to dig and mine phosphate in the navi gable rivers and streams of the State, and enact such legislation as will place the whole phosphate interest in the hands of the State, wliere it properly belongs. ADVERTISING. The man who expects to be successful in any kind of business these days with out advertising, is bound to be wbfully disappointed. To see who does the busi ness of any city you have but to see the names of those who keep themselves most prominently and persistently before the public.— Exchange. There is nothing truer than the above, and we appeal to the facts of every day’s business, in this city, to prove it. The men who advertise have the trade, and they will keep it as long as they persist in liberal advertising. Sticking up cracker-box tops about the streets, and through the country with grotesquelyprinted announcements that sufch and such articles can be had at John Jones’ store, is a mistake. That style of advertising very properly inspires dis gust and contempt in the minds of all sensible men, and they very carefully avoid John Jones’ store. Experience has demonstrated the fact that the weekly country newspaper is the best medium fov* advertising. It is local, and its country subscribers have each issue before them, morning, noon and night, for a whole week, and they must necessarily go through and through their paper more than once. The result is, they become familiar with all the adver tisements, afid come to know intimately the very faces and character of the adver tisers.—Albany News. CONKLING’S GRIP GONE. The Washington special to the Cincin nati Commercial says: Secretary Sher man remarked to your correspondent to day that further contest with Conkling over appointments to office was not an ticipated. If, however, the New York senator chose to renew' the contest on other grounds, the administration was ready for him, but that he would get a higher fall than the one of yesterday. The secretary said that several senators who had voted with Conkling told him to-day that this was the end of their sup port of that individual should lie attempt to antagonize the administration again. The secretary thinks this will end what at one time threatened to be a formidable breach in the republican party. He did not anticipate that the opposition could be reorganized in the senate either by Conkling or any other senator. He thought all would move along smoothly hereafter. On the other hand, Conkling’s friends are very bitter, and promise a renewal of hostilities as soon as their leader gets well and on his feet again. They say he has six and a half years in the senate yet, and senators who promised to sus tain him in the brunt of battle, and then backed down and w ent over to the enemy when the pinch came, will be made to feel the weight of his displeasure during the ensuing six and a half years. The New York Herald, of the 4th con tains the following dispatch from Nash ville: “George Edward Schoolbey, the returned express robber, says that the reason he came back to Nashville was be cause he was tired of living the life through wdiieh he had been passing du ring the last tw'o years. His mind has been continually tortured with the thought that at some unexpected moment he would be grabbed by an officer and hurried oft'to jail. The fearful delirium that some one was at all times and every where shallowing him, phantom like, was more than he had been able to pa tiently bear, and to rid himsalf of the horrible nightmare he had determined to return to Nashville, submit his ease to the court, implore the mercy of the jury, and if he were sent to the penitentiary he was willing to go there and serve out his term. Anything was preferable to a wild, roving iife, the only aim of which was to keep out of the clutches of the law. He wants a speedy trial. Commissioner Raum has completed a hearing before the house appropriation committee on a subject which is expected to much debate in each house— namely, to aid in the enforcement of the revenue laws. He called attention to the fact that the appropriation now was too small to provide the necessary force where there was no resistance. It was very difficult to devise means of aiding collectors in disorderly districts. He in formed the committee that the appropri ation which could be used for these ex hausted, and that ail further effort to stop illicit distilling must cease till the close of this year, unless the committee gjjre funds at omand made them im- NUMBER 31. j THE WESTERN AND ATI. A NCl*' RAIL ROAD. It s always a genuine pleasure for us to praise. There is no sensation more agreeable than that evoked by the warm and honest appreciation of true worth. And yet we cannot bring ourselves to I the exercise of this pleasing function, i unless there is a substantial basis for a good opinion. The wonderful imnrove | ment effected in the magnificent state ■ property named above affords us a pleas ing subject for our words of commenda tion. When we revert back to the time I of the transfer of tins road from the hands of the plunderers to the present company, and contrast its condition then with its present perfection, the contrast is startling. Then the cross-ties were rotten, the bridges shaky and unsafe, the road-bed uneven and absolutely danger ous, the iron worn and almost worthless, the rolling stock poor and defective. The travel had from its insecurity been di rected to other routes and the carrying trade fearfully impaired. Now we find a well-trimmed and bal lasted road-bed, sound and superior ties, new and improved iron, bridges all in perfect safety and absolute security, roll ing stock ot the most improved charac ter, the engines all new or thoroughly overhauled, the passenger coaches ele gant and superbly fitted. The travel is restored, not only to its former prestige, but is far in excess of anything ever dreamed of before. The carrying trade is also enhanced. This lias been done, too, in the face of hard times, the con stant monthly drain on its treasury of $25,000 rental. Its affairs are prosper ous, and it stands a model of successful enterprise. And all this is due to the admirable geuins of General William Mcßae, su perintendent of the road, under whose management this wonderful improvement lias been effected. It is true he has been backed and sustained by the judgment of Governor Brown, whose financial abili ties gave strength and character to if enterprise. The genius of Gen. Mcßae is marvelous, and stands the wonder of all who are eoguizant of his operations. His modesty is equal to his deserts, and hence so little is heard of him by the outside world. Were his true services known, and the affairs of his office laid before the public, those who commend now would applaud then. But it was not to praise any man we essayed this article, but to give our read ers an idea of the wonderful improve ment that has been made in this property of the state. It is gratifying to every lover of the state. —Rome Tribune. THE STATE FAIR. Colonel T. J. Smith of the committee appointed by the state agricultural soci ety, to arrange for holding the next state fair, returned from Atlanta yesterday morning. He there seems to be no disposition in the gate city to claim it: rights under the contract with the state society, and Macon is not in a financial condition to have tiie fair; so that he now considers the question an open one and is satisfied that Augusta can have it held here if she so desires and takes the proper steps in that direction. Atlanta will ful fill her part of the contract if the agri cultural society insists upon it, but as the committee are in favor of Augusta, he does not anticipate any difficulty on that score. He thinks it would be a good idea for the people of Augusta to hold a meet ing and make some definite proposition to the state agricultural society, which will soon assemble in convention in Hawkinsville So far no decided answer has been received from Atlanta, but it is clear that that city is not anxious to hold the state fair, as it has a tair association of its own, which will give an exposition in the latter part of October. A Chronicle reporter conversed with Mayor Meyer in regard to the state fair. 3 r esterday afternoon. His honor said the council could not contribute any money to such an object, unless authorized to do so by a vote of the citizens. It would cost six or seven thousand dollars to re place the building removed by fire, and he did not think the city would be repaid for this outlay, even if it had the au thority to spend the money. He would like to see the fair held here if it did not cost the city anything.— Chronicle and Sentinel. The Washington special to the Cincin nati Enquirer says: Mrs. Senator Bruce yesterday put the social problem to the test. It appears that among the ladies of the Riggs House, one of the fashionabio hotels, two of them called at Mrs. Bruce’s residence some time ago and left their cards. All the ladies of the hotel receive on Monday together in the hotel parlor. Yesterday, when the reception was at its zenith, Mrs. Senator Bruce, accompanied by a lady friend, as dark as Erebus, was shown into the parlor. Singling out the twain who had kindly left their cards with her, she engaged them in conversa tion some tew minutes, and then lett. The other ladies thought the episode de cidedly shocking—not so much that Mrs. Bruce had called, as the fact that she al lowed her dusky triend to accompany her. She was too much oft color to be squeezed through tony 8' ciety, although the senator’s bride is nearly white. The German army horses are no’w fed on biscuits of three parts each of rye flour, and one part of linseed flour. The biscuits are made with a hole in the mid dle of each, so that they cau be strung on a cord and hung to the saddle bow, or hung by the trooper around his waist. Each biscuit weighs about two ounces, and seven of them are broken up and given to the horses night and morning, and twelve at noon. Officers generally agree that these biscuits are better than oats, and each trooper can carry thirty pounds weight, which will furnish his horse with full rations for eight days. When the train conveying General Sherman to the south stopped at Kettle Hollow, Montgomery county, Va., Te cumseh walked out to view, the sterile as pect of the country. Seeing an old resi denter standing near, the general in quired, “what do thev raised in this country anyhow?” “They raise h—4! here about as quick as any place you ev er saw.” The general tucked his feath ers and sought refuge in the car instant er. The Rev. H. M. Turner, colored, in his sermons recently delivered at Madi son, Georgia, advised his hearers to not vote at all. nis purpose appears to be to persuade the colored citizens to stay away, from the polls, so that northern republicans will think them huU-dczad. Carpet-bag government paid the Rev. I urner better than the present govern ment .—Philadelphia Timtt. The Boston Advertiser says that Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes used but one pea for all his literary works from 1857 until September of last year, when he sent it * •‘ ow - RATES OF ADVERTISING. nn d r^n isementß Ixs \ nsert<vl at t,,e rate* o! r r ln< : h f , o , r the first insertion, and Fifty cents for each additional insertion. CONTRACT RATES. 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