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THE FREE PRESS.
An Independent Democratic Journal.
C. H. C. WILLINGHAM, Editor.
Thk Frf.k I’rjish is an Independent Democrat
ic Journal, opposed to all Kings, Cliques and
Combinations, of whatever sort, organizedto de
feat the will of the people in all public matters
or interests in whatever shape presented.
CartersTille, Georgia, March 20, 1879.
*TII E SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE
COM PA NY.
In speaking of the Southern life .in
surance company in his letter to I>r.
Felton, fien. Gordon states that the
books of the Atlanta department, over
which he presided, showed that every
death loss it had incurred had been paid,
and the transmission to the paredt com
pany at Memphis of near one and a
quarter millions of dollars.
ft should be borne in mind that when
the Georgia department was established
here it was with the understanding that
all the money received by it was to be
invested in this State as security for the
jKilicy-holders; but Gen. Gordon tells us
now that it was alj sent to Memphis in
violation of the understanding that it
should lie invested in Georgia.
Why, the very day on which the cir- ,
culars giving notice of the application of
the company for bankruptcy were dis
tributed in Atlanta, a LaGrange policy
holder was informed by Gov. Colquitt
that tiie institution was sound, and that
a large; amount of money would he re
ceived the next day to be let out upon
good security. The said policy-holder
was told that lie could get ten thousand
dollars of that money.
What was the surprise of that policy
holder w hen lie saw in ten minutes alter
leaving Gov. Colquitt the circular giving
notice of application for bankruptcy on
the part of the Southern life insurance
company? ,
THE GUBERNATORIAL OUTLOOK.
Although the election is more than
eighteen months off, the question of Gov.
Colquitt’s successor is already a subject
of much comment. We have no idea
who will be the nomine# of the conven
tion. Whether there will be any oppo
sition to the nominee is a question that
remains to he solved after the nomina
tion is made. If the nomination is a
good one there will l)e no opposition to
it. If it is not there will he an inde
pendent put upon the track.
The independent democracy of Geor
gia have no special desire to enter a can
didate for gubernatorial honors, but they
have been so goaded and hunted down
that we hardly know how' they can fail
to put out a candidate. The “organized”
have already put Dr. Felton forward
without his permission. Thej r have re
peated the statement time and again that
he is to run for governor. We now tell
them that Dr. Felton don’t want to be
governor, and hence will not be a candi
date.
If Gen. Toombs or Gen. Wofford will
consent to run, either one of those gen
tlemen can be next governor, and either
one of them will make a good governor.
If Gov. Colquitt is nominated lie will
he beaten in spite of the world. He can’t
make the trip, not even with the “or
ganized.” Four years is about the
length of time the people can stand one
governor.
The killing of Col. R. A. Alston last
week is still the theme ol much comment
by the press. That his death could have
been prevented, we have no doubt, if the
reports of the affair are truthfully stated.
When poor Alston approached the gov
ernor and when he went into the treas
urer’s office he w r as virtually begging
those officials to save his life. Alston
did not w ant to kill Cox or be killed by
Cox. When he went to the state capitol
and told Gov. Colquitt, Renfroe and oth
ers of the pending difficulty between
himself and Cox, he doubtless expected
they would prevent the trouble. Accord
ing to the reports there were ten minutes
intervening from the time Alston met
the governor and that of the killing.
Why didn’t Gov. Colquitt call in a police
man himself instead of going off to hunt
up Nelms? Why did Renfroe sit in his
office and write out a receipt when he
must have known that Alston’s life w r as
in jeopardy ? There is no mistaking the
fact that Alston’s life could have been
saved by prompt action on the part of
those who were present.
The Shorter college at Rome is the
finest institution in Georgia. The build
ings constitute a monument to the mem
ory of Col. Shorter that will perpetuate
his name forever as a noble patron of fe
male education. Its location is grand;
its structure is elegant in all that per
tains to architectural beauty, and if the
college is not a grand success it will not
he for the want of pecuniary advantages.
The president, Dr. R. I). Mallory, is ful
ly alive to his responsibilities, and will
leave nothing undone to make Shorter
college the best institution of the kind in
the south.
The Savannah Neics says the Cox-Al
ston tragedy has had one good effect, and
that is in calling attention to the perni
cious habit of carrying concealed weap
ons. Thk Free Press contained an edi
torial a few' w eeks ago inveighing against
the habit as one that should be condemn
ed by all good citizens. Our article was
scarcely noticed at the time, if it was
noticed at all. There seems to us noth
ing more cowardly than the habit of car
rying concealed weapons. A brave mau
or good citizen never goes armed to shoot
his neighbors on the slightest provoca
tion.
The question lias been asked, If the
press convention would have a band of
music. In answer to the question we
have to say that the Cartersville cornet
hand has already tendered their services,
and that they are now practicing with
the view of giving the press association
some of the finest music in the books.
There is no better bund in the state than
ours. We’ll have plenty of music when
the hoys meet here iu May.
110 W THE ORGA NI7.E RA YE!
John E. Bryant raves and prances.
Felton is such a rampant democrat, that ’
lie preferred Judge Lester. Jno. B. Gor
don raves and j>rances. Felton is such a
rampant radical, he can’t stand him and
he preferred Judge Lester. The national
democratic committee writes in pleading
terms to Felton to hurry hack and
save the organization of the next
house. The Atlanta Constitution
denounces Dr. Felton and his wife as
as radicals. (They did not join the loyal
league.) Colquitt is afraid Felton will
be governor next time and he rushes oft'
to Washington to help Gordon to write a
letter to Felton and is supposed to have
brought it to Georgia. Gordon, to help
Colquitt, sneaks around after Mrs. Fel
ton’s letter to try to ruin Felton.
What is Reese doing now ? In all this
fight nobody stands up him. He is
dropped by all parties. He worked for
Gordon and Colquitt, and has not got no
apparent reward, unless he gets to be
superintendent of the senate document
room, w hich place lie seeks. He thought
Felton good enough to l**g Felton to
help him to a place in the 45th congress.
Don’t you Want his letter?
Mr. P. 11. Brewster has sold out his
interest in the Georgia Advocate , and re
tired to private life. We hope we will
not lose Brewster from the editorial
ranks forever. In his valedictory he
says he “never expects to enter into the
newspaper business again, unless lie
wants to.” But, we suppose, when ‘Sold
Felton” runs again he will “want to.”
A Washington telegram of the 18th
inst., says that Gen. Gordon is very ill.
He has been suffering intensely with
acute rheumatism during the last forty
eight hours. The disease lias attacked
his bowels. His physician w ill not per
mit visitors to see him, and he is consid
ered dangerously ill.
We have received the first copy of the
Dalton Enterprise since its suspension.
It is a fine looking sheet, well printed,
and the general typographical make up
excellent. We wish Bro. Hanbury
much success.
The vote for speaker of the house was
was pretty close on Tuesday. If Dr.
Felton had not been present old Sam Ran
dall might not have been elected; and
yet they say “old Felton” is not a good
democrat.
The Constitution of yesterday gave a
list of the new congress, and marked ev
ery man from Georgia with and, which
! means that the Georgia delegation is sol
| idly democratic. Don’t that include Dr.
! Felton. *
The cruel Felton folks still goad the
persecuted “agonized.” One of our cit
izens has brought suit against the Lester
barbecue company for lumber.
If the Newnau Leader and the Cedar
town Advertiser don’t like the style and
matter of The Free Press, the editors
! needn’t to read it at all.
THE FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
The Old Rats on the Outside at East and
True Men Within.
THE SENATE.
Washington, March 18. —The vice
president called the senate to order at
noon. The president’s proclamation
eon veiling congress was read. The mem
bers-elect were then sworn in. The
ironclad oath was administered to those
who were not, and the modified oath to
those who were engaged in the rebellion.
On motion of Mr. Wallace the creden
tials of Mr. Bell, of New Hampshire,
were laid over till to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Bayard a committee
of two was ordered to be appointed to
join such as may he appointed by the
house to wait on the president and in
form him that congress was prepared to
receive any communication that he may
be pleased to make. Bayard and An
thony were appointed such committee,
and the senate, at 12:30, took a recess till
1 o’clock.
On the reassembling of the senate, Mr.
Whyte said from information received,
the house would not organize before 3 or
3)£ o’clock, lie therefore moved that
the senate adjourn, which was carried.
THE HOUSE.
At noon the house was called to order
by Mr. Adams, the clerk, who read the
proclamation of the president convening
congress, and stated the time designated
having arrived, he would call the roll
which, as clerk of the last house, he was
required by law to prepare. lie there
upon proceeded to call the roll by seat,
beginning with Maine.
The state of Florida haviug been reach
ed, the clerk called the name of Hall as
representative from the second district,
and explained why he had put on the
roll the name of Hull rather than that of
Bisbee. He said he received certificates
of the election of Hull duly signed by
the governor, under seal of the state,
and subsequently received sundry papers
in behalf of the election of Bisbee,
among which was a certified copy of the
canvass subsequently made by the board
of state canvassers in obedience to the
order of the supreme court ot the state.
While that subsequent canvass would
show the election of Bisbee the clerk did
not feel at liberty to regard anything as
credential within the meaning of the
law except the certificate of the gov
ernor.
The state of lowa being reached, the
clerk explained why he placed on the
roll the names of the nine members
whose names appeared there. They had
presented certificates duly signed by the
governor, and the question of whether
the election had or had not been held on
the day fixed by law, he preferred to
leave to the house.
The call of the roll showed the pre
sense of 285 members, only two mem
bers, O’Reilly and James, of New York,
being absent." Mr. Randall, of Pennsyl
vania; Mr. Garfield, of Ohio; Mr.
Wright, of Pennsylvania, were then put
in nomination for speaker. The first
vote resulted; Randall, 143; Garfield,
125; Wright, 13; Wm, D. Kelley* of
Pennsylvania, 1; necessary to elecfQ(J42.
So Mr. Randall having received the larg
est majority, he was declared duly elected
speaker.
On motion of Mr. Wood, (New York)
the house proceeded to the election of
speaker. When Blackburn Mas called
and he voted for Randall there was a
round of applause on the democratic side
and in the galleries. The vote resulted
as follows: Whole number of votes cast,
283; for Randall, 144; for Garfield, 125;
for Wright, 13; ibr Wm. D. Kellev, of
Pennsylvania, 1. The members voting
for Wright were: Up La Matyr of Indi
ana, Ford of Missouri, Forsythe of Illi
nois, Gillette of lowa, Jones of Texas,
Kelley of Pennsylvania, Ladd of Maine, j
Lowe of Alabama, Mureh of Maine, Bus
sell of Massachusetts, Stevenson of Illi
nois,, Weaver of, lowa,-and Yokum of
Pennsylvania. The nielnber voting for
Kelley wad Barkov, ©f YerimmL When
the tellers announced the result there
were hut 143 votis for Randall, and Con
ger, Of Michigan, had just raised the
question that that was less than a major- |
ity of the whole number of members
eleet, when O’Reilly, of New Yqrk, one
of the absentee*, arrived in the chamber
and announced his presence, and cast his
vote for Randall, thus giving that gentle
man a majority of the whole number of
mem hers-elect. The incident was the
occasion of much applause.
Messrs. Garfield and Blackburn (hav
ing been appointed for the purpose) then
conducted the speakea to the chair.
The speaker, on taking the chair, ad
dressed the house as follows:
Representatives: By your vote I am
elevated for a third time to the exalted
office of speaker of the house. For this
evidence of your approval and confidence
I offer you my heartfelt thanks. The re
sponsibilities and duties imposed upon
me are heavy and difficult. With the
blessings of God 1 shall discharge then)
without personal bias or ignoble parti
sanship. Observing strict impartiality
as to men, measures, parties and sections,
it will lie to me unspeakable joy if I can
help to bring about that substantial fra
ternal union which comes alone through
wisdom, moderation and justice, Ihe
new congress meets mi its first session
under the call of the president. Owing
to irreconcilable differences on vital is
sues, important and necessary appropria
tion bills failed to pass at the previous
session. Then, the political sentiment
of the two houses was antagonistic; it is
now' in complete accord. This house,
fresh from the people, brings with it
their latest will. We are here for such
legislation as their necessities, welfare
and honor demand; that will, as ex
pressed by the majority in calm and deco
rous form, let us hepe, will meet with
universal acceptance. Moreover, the
country expects of this congress that it
will w isely and deliberately legislate to
remove the burdens that have too long
w eighed upon the patriotism and prop
erty of the people, and with the fervent
hope that the spirit as well as the letter
of the constitution shall be the controll
ing influence in directing such legisla
tion.
The oath of office Was then adminis
tered to the speaker by Mr. Kelley, of
Pennsylvania, the oldest member in con
tinuous length of service, after which
the oath to the members was adminis
tered by the speaker In groups of states.
When the members from Delaware, Ma
ryland, Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina were called in one group,
and when the speaker said he would first
administer the oath to those who could
take it in the usual form (that is what is
known as the ironclad oath), there were
only five members who stepped fonvard
and took it. Among the most conspicu
ous of those who took the modified oath
was Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, of Vir
ginia.
Mr. Frye, of Maine, objected to ad
minissering the oath to Mr. Hull, of
Florida, and that gentleman was request
ed to stand aside for the present. Sub
sequently Mr. Harris, of Virginia, otter
ed a resolution that Mr. Hull be sworn
in. 31 r. Frye moved as a substitute a
resolution reciting that the credentials of
Mr. Hull had been annulled and made
void by judgment of the supreme court
| of Florida, and that the state board of
1 canvassers had declared and certified that
■Bisbee had been duly elected, and that
therefore Bisbee is entitled to be sworn
in on his prima facie case. The matter
was allowed to go over till to-morrow,
and the papers w r ere ordered to be printed
in the record. Other officers, as nomi
nated by the democratic caucus last night,
were then elected. Several resolutions
referring to the committee business were
presented and ordered printed for action
to-morrow.
The drawing for seats took place and
the house adjourned.
A petition against the right of Mr.
Butterworth, of Ohio, to a seat in the
house was presented hut went over until
to-morrow.
SENATE. COMMITTEES.
Washington, March 18, 1870.
The democratic senators held a caucus
this afternoon, at which the report of the
committee appointed to arrange the dem
ocratic personnel of the senate commit
tees is as follows:
Finance—Bayard, chairman; Wallace,
Kernan, Voorhees and Beck.
Appropriations —Davis, of West Vir
ginia, chairman; Withers, Beck, Wallace
and Eaton.
Foreign relations—Eaton, chairman;
Johnston, Morgan, Hill and Pendleton.
Commerce—Gordon, chairman; Ran
som, Randolph, Hereford and Coke.
Judiciary—Thurman, chairman; Mc-
Donald, Bayard, Garland, Lamar and
Davis, of Illinois.
Senator Davis, is provided for by the
majority the same as if he was in full
party fellowship with them by placing
him on the following additional commit
tess: revision of laws, private land
claims and census.
The other chairmanships are distrib
uted as follows: Privileges and elections,
Saulsbury; military affairs, Randolph;
naval affairs, McPherson; post-ofiices
and post-roads, Maxey; public lands,
McDonald; Indian affairs, Coke; pen
sions, Withers; claims, Cockrell; manu
factures, Groves; agriculture, Johnston;
District of Columbia, Harris; patents,
Kernan; territories, Garland; railroads,
Ransom; mines and mining, Hereford:
revision of laws, Wallace; education and
labor, Bally; civil service and retrench
ment, Butler; printing, Whyte; select
committees on transportation to seaboard,
Senator Beck; to examine the several
branches of the civil service, Senator Vest,
to take into consideration the section of
law concerning the electoral vote for
president, etc., Morgan; to investigate
the treasury department accounts, Davis
(of West Virginia); on the census, Pen
dleton; on epidemic diseases, Harris; on
Mississippi river, Lamar. (Note. —This
replaces the select committee on the lev
ees of the Mississippi river.)
The select committee to inquire into
the alleged lrauds in the late election,
commonly know n as the teller commit
tee, is re-organized, with Wallace as
chairman, and Messrs. Bailey, Garland,
McDonald and Kernan as the other
democratic members. The select com
mittees on the removal of the northern
Cheyennes to the Indian territory, and
to inquire into all claipis of citizens of
the United States against Nicaragua, are
to be continued with the same member
ship as at present—the respective chair
men being Kirkwood and Hamlin.
A dispatch from Morrowbone, Ky.,
gives an interesting account of the re
covery of hidden treasures. During the
war, Robert €>. Willis buried sixty-five
thousand dollars in gold and ten thous
and dollars worth of jewelry in a cave on
his farm, imparting the knowledge of it
only to his wife. \ few days after he
disappeared, and has not been heard of
since, and Is supposed to have been killed
by guerillas. His wife did not make
known her secret of the hidden treasure
until on her death-bed Saturday, when !
she told It to her pastor and attorneys. ■
After her death the treasures w ere found
in good order. She bequeathed her jew f - !
elry and ten thousand dollars to her old j
servants; also the homestead, a rich farm j
of some two huudred acres,
THE DELUDED DARKEY.
St. Loris,March 16’.—A large number
of negroes have arrived here from Vicks
burg and other points in 3lississippi and
Loubiana, under the impression that
they would be provided with means and
subsistence while here and free transpor
tation to Kansas, w here, on arrival, they
are to receive lauds from, the govern
ment, together with money, mules, plows,
etc. Several hundred—perhaps more
than a thousand—have arrived, most of
them in destitute condition. Six hun
dred more will reach here to-morrow'.
As no such provision as above stated has
been made for these people, they having
evidently been grossly deceived for some
malicious purpose, and in view of all the
circumstances in the case, Mayor Over
stolz issued a proclamation warning all
persons against coming to St. Louis with
out money to support themselves and to
pay their fare to their destination. No
emploA’inent can be obtained here, and
there must be much suffering and desti
tution among these people. Two or three
had money enough to reach Kansas City,
and started for that point.
The Board of Health held a meeting
this evening to consider the question.
At first it was thought that all the desti
tute he sent to the quarantine station,
where they could be sheltered and fed,
but finely con eluded to take no action at
present. The railroads and steamboat
companies disclaim having had anything
to do with the affair, and trie Anchor line
offered to take the negroes back on their
boats, free. The matter is assuming great
importance, and what the end will be
hone can tell.
Prof. Erastns Everett, of Rutger’s fe
male college, delivered a lecture recently
before the Lebanon club, at its hall, cor
ner of Columbia and Stanton streets, the
subject being “A Sugar Plantation of the
Olden Time. 1 ” Having lived in the
south for some years before the late war,
the lecturer spoke only from observation
and experience. In a pleasant, colloquial
manner he described the mighty Missis
sippi river and its commerce, conducted
lis audience through fragrant orange
groves and china trees to the palatial res
idence of the wealthy sugar planter,
whose generous hospitality to strangers
(so long as the latter did not express ob
noxious ideas in regard to the then di
vine institution of slavery) he warmly
extolled. He eulogized the ladies of the
planter’s household for their quiet indus
try, and although a native of New Eng
land, he said that the southern ladies
were the most beautiful, pure and virtu
ous he had ever met; that they ap
proached nearer to Solomon’s description
of a virtuous w oman than any other class
of women that he had ever seen or read
of. He briefly alluded to the evils of
slavery and said that it was not so much
the former southern slave-ow ners who
were at fault as the system itself. He
gave his hearers an interior view' of the
plantation negroes’ quarters, and de
scribed the process of sugar making from
the planting of the cane to the final crys
tallization of the saccharine product.—
N. Y. Herald T
Probably in no city ©f Europe is there
so much financial and social distress to
day as in Berlin. The milliards which
Germany exacted from France after the
war and its becoming the imperial capi
tal would, it was thought, greatly benefit
the city; but just the contrary has hap
pened. Things seem, in the last eight
years, steadily to have grown from had
to worse. Apart from the number of
unemployed persons there—estimated at
10,000 —hundreds and hundreds of men
have been ruined by speculation, and
there is more or less suffering among all
classes. Well educated persons who be
fore the war had incomes of 80,000 to
90,000 marks, who fared sumptuously
and were among the envied of society,
are now impoverished and compelled to
earn a pittance bj T acting as legal copy
ists. Prices of living have rapidly in
creased, and Berlin is now one of the
most expensive and least satisfactory of
the old world capitals. This is partly
owing to the great increase of popula
tion, and the difficulty of getting houses
at anything like reasonable rates. There
are now, it is reported, more than 1,000,-
000 souls in the city, an augmentation
since 1871 of 200,000, and since 1861 of
550,000. On account of the enormous
rents, vast numbers have been driven to
abide under ground, fully one-tenth of
the entire population or JOO,OOO being
crowded together in cellars in a w ay that
is most hurtful to them physically and
morally.
A statistical writer in England has
been making some interesting compari
sons in relation to the failures during the
past decade in that country and in the
United States. He finds a very remark
able similarity in the condition of Eng
land in 1868 and the United States at the
present time, and if his encouraging con
clusions are correct, the tide has already
turned, and this year will usher in the
revival for which we have so long been
looking. In 1867 the total number of
failures in England and Wales w r as 15,850,
and in 1869 they rose to 16,518. In the
following year they dropped to less than
half as many, or 8,i51, and they remained
at very nearly that figure during the two
following years. The sudden increase of
failures In Great Britain in 1869 w r as in
part due to the Overend panic, which
had occurred a few years previous, and
in part to the bankruptcy act of 1861,
which was unduly favorable to debtors,
and, as it disappeared from the statute
hook at the end of 1869, there was a rush
tow ard the close of that year of dishonest
debtors to avail themselves of its advan
tages. The figures also show' that in
1872, which was the most prosperous
year in England, there was a minimum
number of failures.
A peculiar and very sad case of klep
tomania Is reported from Rochester in
the person of a Baptist minister who has
preached for thirty years. Last January
he took from a show' w indow in a china
store a vase valued at about $lO. The
vase w'as one of a pair, and last Friday
he entered the store and took the other.
He went away unmolested, but at the de
pot he was met by two officers, who ask
ed him w hat he had in his valise. At
this question he was so much overcome
that he came near fainting, and a chair
was brought to support him. At first he
denied that he had taken the vase, and
said he had bought it of a inan on the
street. On the way to the station he
continued to protest his innoceuse. But
when he arrived there lie confessed that
he had taken both vases, but said he
could not tell why he had taken them,
only that he could pot help doing so. He
was terribly frightened, ami begged for
help. It is said lie has been ill tor some
time, and is now under a physician’s care.
This circumstance is cited in explana
tion of his strange conduct, as he has
long been known as a man of upright
and correct life.
41p¥auder H. Stephens says: The
trouble with the pouptry is pot in the
quality of its money, but its quantity.
People may talk as they will about the
desirableness of a paper dollar which
shall be at i*ar with gold and silver. I
w ant dollars tp li iff par wffh each other,
but 1 also want enough of them to do the
business of the country with. There
are not nearly enough of them now, and
hence the terrible stringency in the labor
markets of the vvprkl. Mr. Stephens is
right. The country needs a sufficient
volume of currency to carry on increased
trade, manufacturing enterprises, home
improvements and to pay debts with.
GEN, GORDON.
The special telegram in yestertf ay ’s is
sue which announced that General Gor
don was lying dangerously ill at Wash
ington created a great sensation in the
city. It was curious to see how the peo
ple generally were affected by the intelli
gence. Scores of telegrams were sent
flying to Washington-to ask after the
condition of the sick senator. There
\jras a tenderness in all the replies which
caused great anxiety, and was taken for
an evil omen by those most anxiou.* to
hear. It appears that the senator has
been suffering intensely during his pres
ent attack. Monday lie telegraphed to
his sonin this city that lie was much
better, but it appears that he had a seri
ous relapse Monday night, and this caus
ed the anxiety as to his condition yester
day. In the afternoon friends in Wash
ington telegraphed to Gov. Colquitt and
others that while the senator was very
sick and suffered intensely, still he was
better than he had been the night previ
ous. Late in the afternoon Mr. Frank
Gordon received from Hon. L. Q. C, La
mar the following telegram, which is the
latest information as to Gen. Gordon’s
condition •
Washington, D. C., r. m. —Frank
Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.: Extreme suffer
ing of kidneys and stomach, easy now 7 ;
getting better. L. Q. C. Lamar.
There is, therefore, hope that the first
intelligence to-day will he cheerful news
from this honored son of Georgia, the in
telligence of whose serious illness threw
a damper over the whole city yesterday.
We nope to announce eonvalesenee his
to-morrow 7 . —Atlanta Constitution.
A manufactory in Germany turns out
1,000 pounds of grape sugar a day, made
from old linen. The old linen, which is
pure vegetable fibrin, is treated with sui
phurie acid and converted into dextrine.
This is washed with lime water, and
then treated with more acid, and almost
immediately changes and crystallizes into
glucose, or grape sugar —which is highly
valued in the making of rich preserves
and jellies. The process is said to be
economical, and the sugar certainly is
chemically the same as that found in the
grape. Why the product should be ob
jected to on score of its origin is not clear.
If one reflects that grapes are nourished
by materials more offensive than old rags,
and that there is practically no difference
between a transformation ; n nature’s lab
ratory and one in tb' abratory of the
chemist, still, there is a great outcry over
the German rag-sugar factory, and con
siderable danger of the enterprise being
stopped by the German government. —2v.
0. Times.
Late Saturday evening a reporter of
the Atlanta Post called at the jail, think
ing to obtain some statement from Capt.
Cox which would be of interest to the
public. Capt. Cox had, however, been
in conference with his counsel for some
time previous, and, in consequence of
protracted conversation, his wounds had
grown painful, and he was suffering
from quite a fever. He stated that all he
could say was to ask that the public
would form no opinion m regard to the
recent tragedy until the real facts in the
case were brought out. He has engaged
Gen. Gartrell and Judge Wright, Messrs.
Candler & Thompson, and Mr. D. P.
Hill. _
David Peters, a colored man, who 11
years ago was sentenced to the lihode
Island penitentiary for fifteen years for
an attempted assault on a little girl, is
about to be pardoned out. When con
victed he was very ignorant, but at once
took to studying, and has steadily ap
plied himself to the improvement of his
mind ever since. The result is that he is
to-day one of the best scholars in the
state, and as a linguist has few 7 equals in
the country. He has mastered French,
German, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew 7 , Latin,
Greek, Sanskrit, Portuguese and a num
ber of other languages. He has frequent
ly delivered orations before the other
prisoners.
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The Italian ministry of public works
has issued the concession for the con
struction of the Vesuvius railway. The
line will run along that part of the
mountain which has been proved, after
the experience of many years, to he the
least exposed to the eruptions. The
w orks are to be commenced immediately,
and it is believed that it w ill come into
use during the present year. A sufficient
number of carriages are being built to
convey 600 persons during the day. The
line is to be constructed upon an iron
bridge, built after a patented system.
Going out of the country for informa
tion, w r e find the following in the New
Orleans Times: “A young woman mar
ried an old widower in Tannerville,
Georgia, and soon fell in love with his
son, who was about his own age. The
matter was fully 77 discussed by the trio,
and all agreed that it would be better for
her to become the w ife of the son. The
transfer was amicably made by means of
a divorce. Since then the old man has
married his ex-w ife’s mother and the re
arranged family is harmonious and hap
py-
The idea that Tilden w ill carry on the
the presidential business at the old stand
might as well be exploded. Once he was
tried, and when the rub came, was found
wanting in what the boys call “grit in
the gizzard.” As far as the south is con
cerned, Tilden is a dead cock in the pit.
Withal, he is a greedy bondholder.
An epidemic of mumps has broken out
at the state penitentiory at Jefferson City,
Mo. The convicts have but an allowance
of 351 cubic feet of air per man in their
cells, and this dearth of breathing room
is supposed to have given rise to the mal
ady. The St. Louis papers are loudly
clamoring for a 7 remedy of the evil.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
H. M. MOU NTCASTLE A CO.,
—DEALERS IN—
Books, Music and Stationery,
West Main St., Cartersville, Ga.
■SYRUP. SYRUP. SYRUP.
The best New Orleans Syrup,
AT THE BARGAIN STORE.
MASQUERADE SKATINC,
At Puckett’s Hall.
TO-NIGHT. T<~ -NIGHT.
Thursday, March 20th.
This will be the grandest enter
tainment of the season. Punch and Judy
wul take parts in the programme. GRANT)
STEEPLE CHASE by six skaters, the champion
will receive a monthly ticket. Don’t fail to at
tend. Plenty of seats for all. Best order main
tained. Doors open At 7 o’clock.
KING POWDERS,
King Baking Powders and Bread
Preparation, AT THE BARGAIN STORE.
DEMOREST’S IP ATTORNS
For Sprimg and Summer.
WE BEG LEAVE TO ANNOUNCE TO OUR
friends and customers that we have just
received qur spring and summer supply of Pat
terns, and a large lot of What to Wear, Port-Fo
lloof Fashions, Journals of Fash ions, Catalogues,
Cards, etc.
H. HE. MOUNTCASTLE & CO.,
(Clayton’s old stand,)
West Main street, : ; ; Cartersville, Ga.
BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
In men and boys summer hats,
AT THE BARGAIN ?TORE.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PURE APPLE VINECAR,
at the bargain store.
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
The best brands of Smoking and Chewing To
bocco and Cigars; also Pipes and snuff at the
bookstore of H. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO.
Picture Frames and Moulding*.
AI the of ,
H. M. y omit castle & go., garters vllle, Ga.
Fancy and Plain Confectioneries
We keep constantly on h: n 1 a large lot of
French and Stick Candies, Nuts, Raisins, etc.
Also, Crackers and Canned Goods, Teas, Starch.
Soda, Candles, Soaps and many other things too
numerous to mention.
H. M. MOUNTCASTLE A CO.,
(Clayton’s old stand)
CARTERSVILLE, : : : : Georgia.
NEW SHEET MUSIC.
The undersigned have on hand, received direct
fiqgi publishers, the best stock of music,
BOTH VOCAL ANA) INSTRUMENTAL,
In town, They are also offering their old stock
of music, at 40 percent, discount from publisher’s
prices.
Write or call for catalogue.
H. M. MOUNTCASTLE & CO.,
Cartersville, Ga.
West Main street, (Clayton’s old stand.)
Koad Notice.
EORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY.
J Whereas, certain petitioners have made
their application to this court, praying au order
making and establishing as a public road the old
road leading from the Bell’s ferry road at Ken
nedy Barnes’ and on by the Lewis mills anil in
tersecting the Canton and Calhoun road at D.
W. Haney’s and on to the Cherokee line, meet
ing the road from Sharpe’s store to Cartersville.
And whereas, commissioners appointed for that
purpose have reviewed said contemplated road
and reported to the court that the establishing
and making same a public road will be of much
public utility and convenience. Now, this is to
cite ond admonish all persons that on and after
21st day of April, 1879, said road will be estab
lished as a public road if no good cause is shown
to the contrary. Given under my hand and of
ficial signature this 18th dav of March, 1879.
JOHN H. WIKI.E,
mch2o-td Clerk Board Commissioners, B. C.
Roiul Notice.
Georgia, bartow county.
Whereas, certain petitioners have made
their application to this court, praying an order
granting a change or alteration of the road lead
ing to Adairsville above Kingston, in said coun
ty. Whereas Commissioners appointed for that
purpose have reviewed and marked out said
change or alteration in said road as follows: to
run from Eddy’s crossing on the W. & A. R. It.,
weston the road leading to N. H. Eddy’s to a
crab apple tree (blazed) and from thence a little
north of West to a sycamore tree at the old brick
kiln, thence northwest to the line between N. K.
Eddy and Benjamin Kitchens, thence north
along said line through B. Kitchen’s and Frank
lin’s land to the Howard mill road; the'ce east
along said road intersecting the old road at the
corner of Howard’s fence, and reported to the
court that said change will be one of much pub
lic utility and convenience. Now this is to cite
and admonish all persons that on and after the
21st day of Aoril, 1879, said new road will be
granted if no good cause is shown to the con
trary. Witness my hand and official signature
this 18th of March,' 1879.
JOIIH H. WIKLE,
mch2o-td Clerk Board Commissioners B. C.
THE BEST PAPER IN THE SOUTH
For tlie Least Money.
ENQUIRER-SUN,
Columbus, Ga.
DAILY, WEEKLY AND SUNDAY.
is the time to get one or more good
papers at prices within the reach of all.
PRICES:
Daily, one year, $7; six month, $4; three
months, $2; one month, 75cts. Weekly, (36 col
umns) one year, $1.10; six months, 75 cts.; three
months, 50 cts. Sunday, one year, $1; six months,
75 cts.; three months, 40. Weekly and Sunday
(to one address) one year, $2.10; six months, $1.25;
three months, 75cts.
CLUB RATES:
The party getting up a club of twenty will be
entitled to one extra copy one year free.
Twenty copies of Weekly one year : : S2O 00
Weekly Enquirer Suu and Weekly Louis
ville Courier-Journal :::::: 2 50
Weekly and Sunday Enquirer-Sun and
Weekly Louisville Courier-Journal : 3 75
Weekly Enquirer-Sun and Weekly De
troit Free Press :::::::: 2 50
Or the three Weeklies ::::::: 400
JOHN KING, Proprietor.
Skating Rink!
AT PUCKETT’S HALL.
Open every evening from 7 y % till 10 o’clock, after
noon from 3 till 5 P. M.,
Exclusively- for- Ladies.
and on Saturday mornings from 9 till 12.
Best order will always be maintained.
Tickets by the month for sale at $3.
mclil3 C. H. ERWIN, Prop’r.
Peach Blow Potatoes.
A large lot of Peach Blow Potatoes for seed
and eating—the finest you ever saw—just re
cieved and for sale cheap at
THE BARGAIN STORE.
S. J. FRANKLIN,
EAST MAIN STREET,
Cartersville, ----- Georgia,
—DEALER IN—
DRY GOODS AND FAMILY GROCERIES,
Keeps on hand all kinds of staple
Dry Goods and Family Groceries. He keens
also a line stock of
HOOTS ANI) SHOES,
All of which he proposes to sell at the lowest
cash prices. He invites the patronage ol his
friends and the public, guaranteeing satisfaction
to all who trade with him. decl9-tf
CARRIAGES. BUGGIES ail WAGONS,
I
R. 11. JONES,
Cartersville, Georgia.
I FEEL JUSTLY PROUD OF THE REPU
tation awarded by an appreciative people. I
do a square, honest business as near as 1 know
how, and endeavor to give every one the worth
of his money. All work warranted, not for a
year only, but for any reasonable time. I say it,
and defy contradiction, there is
; No Better Work Made in America than
I am Building.
I have a Repository in Rome, in charge of Mr.
W. L. Whitely, in old Odd Fellows’ ouildihg,
corner above new Masonic Temple. Wagons,
Buggies, Ac., kept by him are just what they are
represented to be. All sold under warrantee. I
also have a shop in Rome, at the old stand of D.
Lindsey & Cos., run by R. L. Williams, where
new work ana all kinds of repairing will be
done at prices to suit the times.
Give us your trade. mcb6
FARMING lAikJMUS
—AND—
City and Village Property
—FOB SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR—
ATLANTA REAL ESTATE
I AM BUYING AND SELLING FARMING
lands and Cartersville and village property
in Bartow (formerly Cass) county. I nave for
sale fifteen farms, most of them near the railroad
depot, and convenient to post-offices, churches
and schools. These lands produce cotton, all the
grains and grasses, and water and timber good
and abundant. This village is lifty-three miles
north of Atlanta, Ga., and eigty riiiles south of
Chattanooga, Tenn. Address
WM. T. WOFFORD.
Attorney at Law and Dealer in Real Estate,
Cass Station, Georgia.
er lawshe7
PRACTICAL
OPTICIAN AND JEWELER,
47 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.,
SOLE AGENT FOR THE
Arundal Tinted Spectacles,
The best in use. A fit guarautedd <?r money re
funded.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Spectacles re
paired by competent workmen at prices to suit
the times. All work warranted.
Spectacle Glasses, of any description, matched.
Any article in the line of Watches, Clocks, or
Jewelry furnished at lowest prices. mchQ
TO RAFFLE.
A MACNIFICENT ORGAN.
Wilcox Ac White
(This cut is a fae-simile.j
mB v I
Call at the Postofflce and see the
Organ.
PARTICULARS TO BE HAD AT W. 11.
WIKLE & CO.’S
For Tin and Crockery
Be sure you go and buy at
THE BARGAIN STORE.
DISSOLIIT ION.
rjMIE FIRM OF MeC AND LESS & WIL
LIAMS has this day by mutual consent been
dissolved and the business will be continued at
j same place by V. L. WILLIAMS. "\\ ith thanks
to the public for tlieir liberal patronage in the
past he hopes by fair dealing to receive the same
in the future,
Cartersville, Georgia, January 7 21, 1879.
■piROM 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 and durable goods at the lowest possible
j figures.
I jlylß VIRGILJL. WILLIAMS.
NORTH GEORGIA
| MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Cartersville, Bartow county, Ga.
|
P. Wm. MEMMLER, M. D.J
LINDSEY JOHNSON, M. D.,\ Proprietors.
! THE GREATEST DISCOVERY KNOWN FOE
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
j ATIONS PERFORMED.
CONSTTUTATIOIsr FREE!
j Officehours: 9to 12 am.; 1t06.p. m. nov2B
U. O. ROBERTSON, m7d m
Hygienic Physician and Electro-
Therapeutist,
Begs leave to announce to the
citizens of Bartow, Gordon, Cobb, Cherokee,
| and other counties of North Georgia, that for the
i sake of rendering his mode of treatment more
| universal and available, and the Health Institute
equally easy 7 of access to patients in all parts of
the state, has removed from Rowland Springs to
Atlanta where he has permanently established a
Health Institute.
T lie Atlanta Health Institute
is the only institute south superintended by reg
ularly r qualified Hygienic Physicians, and the
only place where all kinds of' curable diseases
are scientifically treated without a particle of
medical drug in any form, and with suceess un
paralelled by any other known process of treat
ing diseases.
Parties who are, because of continued dosing
and drugging, considered incurable, are re
spectfully requested to visit or correspond with
us. Thousands of chronic invalids, after having
patiently 7 tried the “deadly virtues of the (drug
ophatic) healing art” and with no other ehange
than that of growing continually worse and
worse, have under the Hygienic system of medi
cation, been speedily and permanedtly restored
to health.
For particulars, call at ATLANTA HEALTH
INSTITUTE, No. 178 W. Peters street, or address
DE. U. O. ROBERTSON,
fe 62o Atlanta, Ga.
FLOUR ! FLOUR ! FLOUR !
JUST RECEIVED
30,000 Pounds Fanc> and Choice
FAMILY FLOUR,
Bought for Cash Before the Last Advance.
Also a large lot of
Choice White Corn,
All of which I offer to the trade
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST.
PARTIES WISHING TO BUY WILL FIND
it to their interest to call and see me before
purchasing elsewhere.
feb27-lm _ L A. KNIGHT.
ESSEX CHOICE,
he “Old. Reliable” UQvhpr
OTILL CONTINUES THE TONSORIAL ART.
He is now running four chairs—three on the
east side of the square, and one over the store of
J. A. Stephens, West Main street. This latter
shop is in charge of William Johnson, an excel
lent young barber. As heretofore, Essex guar
antees satisfaction to his customers, ami will
leave DOthiug undone to please them. Call on
t ESSEX CHOICE.
FOR S XLE OR EXCHANGE.
THE “CENTRAL HOTEL,” AD A IRS VILLE,
Georgia—a tliree-story brick building: large
yards, garden and orchard attached.
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