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CARTBRSVILLE, GA.
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C A RTERSYILLE, GA.
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C A RTERSYILLE, GA.
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VV and adjoining counties. Prompt atten
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Office in Bank Block over the post office.
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CAREERSVILLE, GA.
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Superior Courts.-of North-west Georgia, and the
Supreme-Courts at Atlanta.
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W. W. Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south of
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CARTBRSVILLE, GA.
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V. H. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Office over Stokely & Williams store.)
Cartersviixe, Georgia.
I WILL FIL, TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH,
and put in teeth, or do any work in my line
at prices to suit t lie times.
warranted. Refer to my pat
rons all over the county.
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JOHN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,)
CARTERSVILLK, GA.
WILL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated
Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can
he bought anywhere. Warranted to prove as
represented. All work dime by me warranted
t> give satisfaction. Give me a call. July IS.
CHAS.' B. WILLINGHAM,;,
Stenogrti-pHic Court Reporter.
[ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. |
I MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES,
taking down Hie testimony entire; also, ob
jections of attorneys, rulings of the court, and
‘the charge of the court, without stopping the
witness or otherwise delaying the Judicial pro
ceedings. Charges very reasonable and satis
faction guaranteed.
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< 11EROKEE RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, June 10, 1878, tlie train
ou tliis 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 p m 3:00 p m
Rockmart 4:00 p m
GOING EAST.
Rockmart 6:00 a m
Taylorsville 7:00 a m 7:15 a m
Stilesboro 7:40 a in 7:45 a m
Cartersville . . . . . . 8:35 am
• WILLIAM Macrae, Sup’t.
COOSA RIVER NAVIGATION.
On and after Monday, November 30th, the fol
lowing schedule will'be run by the Steamer
MAGNOLIA:
Leave Rome Monday 9 a m
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday 7 am
Leave Gadsden Tuesday Bpm
Arrive at Rome Wednesday 6pm
Leave Rome Thursday 9am
Arrive at Gadsden Friday 7am
Leave Gadsden Friday 6pm
- Arrive at Koine Saturday 6 p m
J. M. ELLIOTT Gcn’l Sup’t.
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this
Road will run as follows:
DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY. -
Leave Rome 8":10 a m
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 follow ing is the present passenger sched
ule:
NIGHT PASSENGER—UD^.
Leave Atlanta . . . . . . . . . 2:45 pm
Leave Cartersville 4:38 pm
Leave Kingston U ....... . 5:04 pm
Leave Dalton ............ 0:50 pm
Arrive at Chattanooga . .... . 8:25 pin
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 5:15 pm
Leave Dalton 7:05 pm
Leave Kingston 8:34 p m
Leave Cartersville ........ 9:00 pm
Arrive at Atlanta . ,10:55 p m
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Thrive Atlanta ... 0:25 am
Leave Cartersville ........ 8:lC am
Leave Kingston 8:43 am
Leave* Dalton 10:20 am
Arrive at Chattanooga 11:55 a in
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN,
Leave Chattanooga’ 7:10 am
Leave Dalton 9:00 a m
Leave Kingston 10:39 a m
Leave Cartersville ,11:00 am
Arrive at Atlanta . . 1:00 pm
0 ACCOMMODATION—;UF.
Leave Atlanta 4:20 pm
Arrive at CartersYillo * 6:35 pm
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN.
Leave Cartersville 0:25 am
Arrive at Atlanta 9:15 am
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F A Li M E ltW 9
lou will save money by buying your supplies at
THE BARGAIN STORE.
LITCHFIELD HOUSE,
(Acwortli, Georgia.)
E. L. LITCHFIELD, Proprietor.
( 10N VENIENTTO THE DEPOT, AND ITS
x,' tables supplied with the very best Hie mark
(*t ftfrorciH.
T he Sheetings and Shirtings
Can’t be beat iu prices at
THE BARCAIN STORE.
VOLUME I.
SCROFULA CURED!
The North Georgia Medical In
stitute Discharges Another
Sefhfula Patient!
My litttle boy now four years of age was af
flicted with the loathsome disease, Scrofula,
w hich exhibited external symptoms at about six
months of age. He became very weak, his skin
presented a peculiar yellow appearance—had no
appetite, became so very poor in Jlesh that he
was really unpleasant to look at. Large swell
ings appeared under liis right arm, and finally
they broke and continually discharged the most
fearfully offensive odor—almost unbearable —liis
mother could hardly bear to wash and dress the
deep-running §ores. After the disease had gone
on for about a month, we called in 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 mouths, 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. Ipdeod, with the painful 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, but 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 see
aud consult Drs. Memmler & Johnson! who had
established an Infirmary in Cartersville. Our
consultation with those gentlemen resulted in
our Yuming over to them the treatment of the
little child, whom w r e deemed beyond the skill of
any earthly physician; but our love for the dear
child, who had gone through so much suffering,
prompted us to leave nothing undone that prom
ised the least relief. After thoroughly examin
iuing their patient, Drs. Memmler & Johnson
began treatment. We had given only three
doses of tlieir medicine, w hen we noticed consid
erable improvement, and every day thereafter
improvement w'ent rapidly on. With nothing
but internal remedies, no sore, no plasters, no
lancing w r as resorted to by tlie above named gen
tlemen. Simply their internal remedies, after
hardly three months’ treatment have performed
the cure which it w'as said required years to ac
complish.
And now, in conclusion, I invoke tlie richest
blessings of the Great Physician—who looks over
all things—to bless and prosper them, and to the
afflicted world w'C 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,
his
NIMROD X IIOWREN,
mark.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd
day of February, 1879.
j.'w. PRITCHETT, N. P. & J. P.
! tr-.'V
All Chronic Diseases Cured and
Surgical Operations Per
formed at the North
Georgia Medical
Institute.
.
MEMMLER Sc JOHNSON,
Proprietors.
j CARTERSVILLE GA
THE FREE PRESS.
VEOETINE.
Purifies the Blood, Reno
vates and Invigorates
the Whole System.
ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alterative, Tonic, Solvent, and
Diuretic.
Vegetine RELIABLE EVIDENCE.
Vegetine Mr. IT. It. Stevens:
’ | Dear Sir—l will most cheerfully
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/ egetine, Vegetine, for I do not think enough
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Vecetine! 3nc b had coughing spells that it
8 : would seem as though 1 never could
I breathe any more, and Vegetine has
Vegetine cured me; aud I do feel to thank God
all the time that there is so good a
Vegetine medicine as Vegetine, and I also
think it one of the best medicines for
Vegetine cOU Khs, and weak, sinking feelings at
8 the stomach, and advise everybody to
take the Vegetine, for I can assure
Vegetine them it is one of the best medicines
tliat'cver w r as.
Vegetine Mrs. L. GORE,
Cor. Magazine and Walnut Sts.,
Vegetine Cambridge, Mass.
' ■ GIVES
vegetine Strength,
Vegetine And Appetite.
My daughter has received great
8 benefit from the use of Vegetine.
Her declining health was a source of
V egetine great anxiety to ail her friends. A
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Vegetine health, strength aud appetite.
I N. H.TILDEN.
I Insnrance and Real Estate Agent,
' egenne No, 49 gearg jj u ilding,
Boston, Mass.
Vegetine
CANNOT BE
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Vegetine Charlestown, Mass.
11. R. Stevens:
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8 think that, for Scrofula or Cankerous
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Vegetine cannot be excelled; and, as a blood
purifier or spring medicine, it is the
Vegetine best thing I have ever used, aud 1
have used almost everything. I can
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8 in need of such a medicine.
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Vegetine MRS. a . a . DIXSMORE,
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IT IS A
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Vegetine South Boston, Feb. 7, 1870.
8 Mr. Stevens:
j Dear Sir—l have taken several
V egetine | l)ott i eg o{ your vegetine, and am eon
j vinced it is a valuable remedy for dys-
Vegetine pepsin, kidney complaint, and general
debility. I can heartily recommend
Vegetine | it to all sufl'ering from the above com
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Vegetine j 9b Athens Street.
VEGETINE
Prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
"V E <jr E TINE
Is Sold by all Druggists.
Gtreat 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, &c., &c.,
Crockery, Ac., Sc c.,
AT EXTREMELY’ LOW PRICES
AT EXTREMELY' LOW PRICES
TO SUIT THE TIMES.
TO SUIT THE TIMES.
Call and Examine tlieir Goods and Prices
Before Buying.
J. A. Ell WIN & SON.
Cartersville, Ga., Sept. 19th, 1878.
Sugar Cured Hams,
The very best Chicago brands cheap at
THE BARCAIN STOREf.
FLOUR ! FLOUR ! FLOUR !
JUST RECEIVED
30,000 Pounds Fancy and Choice
family flour,
Bought for Cash Before the Last Advance.
Also a large lot of
Choice AY Lite 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.
fcb27-lm • A. KNIGHT.
LECTURE TO YOUNG MEN.
Just published in a sealed envelope. Price six
cents. A lecture on the nature, treatment and
radical cure of seminal weakness, or spermator
rhea, induced by self-abuse involuntary emis
sions, impoteney, nervous debility, and impedi
ments to marriage generally: consumption, epi
lepsy and fits; mental and physical incapacity,
&c.—By ROBERT J. CULVER WELL, M.D.,
author of the “Green Book,” &c.
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 mediciue, and
without dangeepus 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 be, may cure himself cheaply, private
ly an<l radically.
lecture will prove a lioon 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 CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO.,
41 Ami Street, New York City.
Post Office Box 4580. jnlylß.
"CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1879.
THE MADAME ROLAND OF GEORGIA.
We have ever admired Madame Roland
and other noble women of the French
revolution and we honor Mrs. W. H.
Felton, for while being a true mother,
tender and loving, she has the brain and
daring to combat and confuse those who
not only attacked her husband but her
self. We have given her letters. As to
their charges we know nothing. They
are alleged to be true. She was attacked
first by “A. W. R.” in the Macon Tele
graph and Messenger, who charged that
some intimate of Dr. Felton had soleited
radical aid of Senator Ferry to-help Fel
ton in the seventh district. The commu
nication clearly pointed to Mrs. Felton as
the author who solicited this aid. It was
so purposely aimed that the Augusta
Chronicle and Constitutionalist demanded
names. Mrs. Felton, like a true woman,
wrote a letter to that journal avowing
herself as the author, stating fully the
object of .the communication to Ferry,
which was to stop the radicrl movement
against Felton. A friend at our elbow,
a better democrat than any of those who
find fault with Mrs. F., tells us that she
and Senator Ferry were warm friends
and they had rooms on the same floor in
the same hotel in Washington. * Mrs.
Felton had good reasons to believe tliis
paragraph of “A. W. R.,” originated
with Gen. Gordon. Several other wri
ters state that it was well known in
Washington that he was on the scent of
this letter. For what purpose? To crush
Felton ? Felton’s democracy is unques
tioned. He has more brains than any
member of the house from Georgia save
Stephens. lie is listened to when he
speaks by his fellow members. He is
highly esteemed. He has been elected
three times by a democratic constituency
against the influence of former loyal
leaguers, but now loud-mouthed demo
crats, and that he had never voted in
congress or made a speech which was
not in advancement of pure democracy.
He has never faltered or had a doubtful
association. Then, what is the matter?
Does Gen. Gordon want to crush him, to
ruin his political aspiration for the gov
ernorship, if he has any such, which we
do not believe, or is he endeavoring to
ruin Felton to help some one else ? Why
Was Gen. Gordon so anxious for that let
ter? Why should any scribe under his
dictation insinuate charges against Mrs.
Felton? She is one of the gifted wom
en of which Georgia should be proud,
as France is of Madame Roland, or De-
Stael.
She answered the insinuation in the
same manner it was given—in the pub
lic prints—and held up tlie would-be im
maculate in charges that had been alleg
ed against them. She is not the woman
to take blows tamely. She feels the
power of God-given intellect and strikes
as publicly as she was stricken. To use
a homely phase we “glory in her spunk.”
She has won the fight.
The politics w tlie seventh district are
peculiar. The organized nominated
Trammell for congress. Well—let that
pass. He was forced to withdraw. Then
they nominated Dabney. Felton, as a
democrat, beat him by a small majority.
He went to congress and made a brilliant
platform. He Wanted to join the organ
ized. He consulted Congressman, now
Senator, Hill. The latter came hsme
and advised with of the dem
ocratic executive committee, who stated
that a democratic convention would
be called for tlie express purpose of de
feating Felton. Hill told Felton. Would
any man submit to such indignity ? Fel
ton nor no other man would stand it. Fel
ton would hove nothing more to do with
packed conventions, and appealed to the
people, and won over Dabney bv an over
whelming majority, and beat Lester al
most as badly. In the race with Les
ter, Gen. Gordon appears upon the scene.
He couldn’t attack Felton’s democratic
record, hut gave independents fits, yet
thousands of Felton’s supporters had
fought bravely by the “gallant Gordon’s”
side in battle, and followed him on the
12tli of May, when “Lee to the rear”
was the battle cry of the white plumed
knight of the Southern Navarre. Felton
won.
Not long ago a journal who now thinks
everything Gen. Gordon doos divine was
attacking him in long, bitter communi
cations regarding his course in the elec
toral commission. We thought him right,
knew he was and advocated him and de
fended his course the best we could. We
wanted him United States senator and
are glad he is there now. We have ev
er thought him wrong in interfering in
the seventh district. The leading demo
crats here express the same opinion.
They believe Felton a better democrat
than Lester. The latter, contrary to all
precedent, held to ajudgship while run
ning for congress, and—hut that’s passed.
Senator Gordon might as well have taken
sides in this district where tw r o democrats
were running. We do not “hanker” af
ter independents, but we do when they
have more brains and a truer democrat
than the nominees. Senator Hill refus
ed to go into the seventh district where
two democrats were running.
Why can’t our representatives live in
peace and fight the enemy ?
We doff our hat to Mrs. Felton. We
do not think any scribe will dare attack
her and not expect more than lie gives.
She has defended herself from an attack
we regretted to see made, for we know
she is one of the noblest w omen, truest
mothers and devoted wives in the land,
and we honor anyone who defends them
selves and loved ones from imputation
and wrong.— Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
NORTH GEORGIA MINERALS.
The following is a catalogue of the
commercial minerals of North Georgia,
compiled in the Rome Courier, aqd shows
the vast resources of the state in this sec
tion :
“l,gold claimed to be as good veins
as California; 2, silver and galena com
bined, S2O to S7O per ton : 3, copper, vir
gin sulphuret, black oxide; 4, iron, mag
netic foesiliferous red, short and needle
ore, hemotite;s, yellow ochre, (can con
vert it into Venetian red) 6, asbestus, us
ed for lining safes and boilers, packing,
belton and paint; 7, kaoline, for making
crockery w are; 8, tripoli, for polishing
and for other purposes; 9, pyrites of iron,
for making copperas, and nitric acid; 10,
garnets, to make'emery and sets for jew
elry; 11, pyrites of copper, for making
blue stone and sulphric acid; 12, nitrate
of soda, principal ingredient for guano;
13, manganese, used for steel, bromine,
clarifying glass and bleaching pow ders;
14, making pencils and stone
polishing; 15, slate for roofing; 16, alum;
17, bituminous coal, no sulphur *in it,
near Rome on the Coosa river, fields ten
miles square; 18, the pearl oj v ster in the
Coosa river, value S2O to SSO per ounce;
19, ising-glass in abundance, will square
from 2 inches to 8 inches. All the min
erals named above are in abundance, and
will yield a fair profit to those w T ho have
capital to operate in them.
“Col. E. J. Magruder has found a de
posit of coal in Texas Valley, only ten
miles from Rome.”
MURDER OF COL. ALSTON. .
Gath’s letter in the Washington Sunday Herald,
March 16th, 1879. , . ~ .
The murder of Col. Robert A. Alston,
in the state capitol of Georgia, by a con
vict contractor named Cox, has excited
far more feeling than the newspapers
would indicate. ‘ Alston was an affable,
easy man, who quickly become acquaint
ed, and always made an impression by
the liberality of his and a certain practi
cal way he had of enforcing, them. He
had some of the defects of the Southern
character, such as a reliance upon cour
age, rather than right, a deference to the
duelling code, etc., but he was growing
more liberal and wiser all the time. He
was in Morgan’s cavalry during tlie war,
and in Basil Duke’s story of that organi
zation his name is very conspicuous. He
had never seen the book until I gave him
a copy, which I purchased in Kentucky
about one year ago. Everybody in
Washington will remember him, a man
rather below tlie middle size, but athletic
and supple. lie had those wandering,
poetical, gray eyes, which betoken so
much of inner light and feeling, and are
very often found in duellists. He was a
pure man in his conversation and living,
and I seldom enjoyed myself more than
when he sat dow r n and told me some
story of his campaigns. He went w ith
Morgan to Cincinnati and captured in the
environs of that city, hut had the tact
and aplomb to secure his parole, which
he presented at Burnside’s headquarters.
Nevertheless, he w'as sent to the prison
ers’ camp, out of which he finally wrote
himself, addressing Burnside, Stanton,
and others in such strong and courtly
terms that the whole art of war gave
way before him. At the close of the war
he settled about Atlanta, and was instru
mental in having a place in the country
settled by prominent men, among them
Senator Gordon. Alston, however, was
by no means satifled with southern poli
tics as it stands. He believed that Grant
would be elected president in 1880, and
wished it so happen; he also had a no
tion that the next congress would he or
ganized by the independents and repub
licans acting together. The crowning
glory of his life, more notable than any
of his performances in the field of battle,
was to save the scars and dismal deaths
of 1,100 convicts of Georgia of whom
1,000 were negroes. They were let out
to a set of political contractors, the State
not even reserving the right of supervis
ion over them. Made to dig ditches and
work in unhealthy spots, they died like
rotten sheep. Alston procured the sta
tistics of convict disease, and made a
great speech in the Georgia legislature,
which gained him the eternal hatred of
the penitentiary boards, and I have little
doubt myself that the contractors for that
labor had him murdered. There is no
relevancy or straightforwardness in the
story of how r he was butchered, except
on the ground that he was in the w'ay of
gain. 1 have no idea that his murderer
will be hung; that murderer is protected
by too many distinguished men. After
Alston was killed l observed in the Phil
adelphia Press that he had written a let
ter to the New York Tribune taking
ground against some statement of mine
concerning the Georgia social code. I
never saw that letter, and therefore have
nothing to offer to counteract it. I pos
sess, however, several letters from Mr.
Alston. One w r as written to me about
two months before his death. He had
spoken very freely to me, at Willard’s
hotel, about the evils of Georgia, and the
next day a lot of people from that State
took him to task for his free speech. He
w rote to me asking that I would he dis
creet in what I had to print. “You
must remember,” he said, “that all the
success I can attain will be by the help
of public sentiment in Georgia. If I
embitter the people there I will lose all
that I expect to do for the poor. Sena
tor Gordon is my neighbor and intimate
friend. 4te has desired for some time to
give up his portion of the contract sys
tem.”
It is very unfortunate that such a bril
liant young fellow should have been mur
dered in the mere execution of a business
task. Are we to he told, heneeforw'ard,
that life is as safe in the south as here,
when such murders can happen in the
highest places in a state ? What did the
governor of Georgia mean by sending
for the murderer to advise him not to
shoot Mr. Alston when he ought to have
sent two policemen with locust clubs and
a warrant? The south will never grow'
nor be resuscitated w'hile there is no re
spect for life there and while brave and
pure endeavor is recompensed with a
bullet through the temples.
SPEER’S POLITICAL STATUS.
Tlie Georgia Congressman Proclaims
Himself a Democrat.
The Post followed one pf the bell hoys
of the National Hotel, Saturday night,
and w'as ushered into the private parlor
of Hon. Emory Speer, member elect of
the house from the ninth Georgia district.
As the Post took the extended hand of
Mr. Speer, it studied him for a moment,
and the conclusion was promptly reached
that he wofild make his mark before his
term expired. He was reminded that his
democracy had been questioned, and that
the greenbackers had claimed him.
“Have you any objection to stating
your politics?” asked the Post.
“None w hatever. I am glad of the
opportunity to do so. lam a democrat
of the straightest sect. I organized the
first democratic club in my district after
the war, and Governor Smith, the first
democratic governor after reconstruction,
appointed me solicitor of our judicial dis
trict as a recognition of my services to
the democracy. Because I antagonized
w hat I considered a corrupt ring in the
district my democracy was questioned.
The party organization was controlled by
illiberal politicians, and every conven
tion was made up of the same men. They
were determined that I should not enjoy
any political preferment, and I antago
nized them. I announced myself a can
didate, a right that every citizen enjoys.
I represent the largest democratic dis
trict in Georgia; it gave Tilden 15,000
majority against Hayes, and I knew r my
candidacy w'ould not endanger democrat
ic success. In my speeches to the largest
republican audiences, I told them that
my democracy was of the strictest sort.
I proclaimed my politics every time I
spoke. I had to fight eleven out of fif
teen newspapers in the district, eighteen
stump orators, including General Gor
don, and Senator Hill wrote a letter ad
vising democrats to vote against me. Yet
I w r as elected in a district containing 15,-
000 democratic majority, and that alone
ought to be proof enough of my party
faith. Certainly these democrats would
not have elected me had there been any
doubt of my democracy.”
“The greenbackers here claimed you,”
suggested the Post.
* “They had no right to. They w rote
to me, but I never unsw r ered their letters.
I am a democrat, was elected as a demo
crat and will act with my party in the
organization of the house.”
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If you are in love, constitute yourself
a “Teller compiittee” of one, and settle
the business.
SENATOR GORDON.
His Explanation as Reported by the
Washington Post.
Senator Gordon’s explanation of his
connection with the so-called convict
lease is very explicit, and would seem to
exculpate him from any blame in the
premises, as well as free from him much
criticism to which he has been subjected
in this connection. He told our reporter
from his sick bed at Willard’s last night,
that the law under which the convicts are
leased or hired was passed in 1876, very
soon after which, after due and legal ad
vertisement, he, in company with four
other gentlemen, contracted to pay the
state $25,000 per annum for the use of its
convict labor.
The immediate occasion for the passage
of this law, as he explained it at some
length, was a desire to relieve the tax
payers from the burden of an unreinu
nerative and exhaustively extravagant
penal system, and at the same time to
provide the 1,200 or more convicts in the
penitentiary with improved sanitary sur
roundings. In short, it appears that
Georgia simply followed the example of
other states wherein the experiment of
convict labor has been tried. But very
soon after Gen. Gordon had signed the
contract he discovered his inability, in
view of his congressional duties, to su
perintend its execution in person, and as
early as November, 1876, he wrote to
Governor Smith to be released from his
obligations under it.
In December of that year Gov. S. re
plied, refusing to comply with that re
quest, although the contract had not yet
been entered upon by any of the parties
in interest. Being under bond for its
faithful execution, the senator was com
pelled to make the best terms he could,
and in the course of events Captain E. S.
Cox, the man who killed Alston, was re
commended to him by Alston himself as
a proper person to become a sub-contracr
tor, and one who would exercise a care
ful and honorable personal supervision
over the business intrusted to him. This
was all long before the scandals which
have since obtained currency regarding
the treatment of the convict laborers,
none of which, by the way, have ever at
tached to the plantation or convict camp
under Gen. Gordon’s contract.
The result of Alston’s recommendation
of Cox was that Gen. Gordon sub-let his
contract to him; that is, he rented his
own plantation to Cox for a term of
years, under proper and legal pledges
that all the stipulations existing in the
contract should be carried out by Cox to
the letter.
After this, and since Gov. Colquitt’s
term began, Gen. Gordon made renewed
efforts to obtain a release from the obli
gations of the agreement in question, but
without success. Finally, having made
some preliminary arrangements to dis
pose of all his interests in the contract,
subject to ratification by the legislature
at its coming regular session, next July,
he asked Colonel Alston, who was going
to Atlanta, to manage the affair for him.
His instructions to Alston were simple
and plainly to transfer his obligations in
the premises to any responsible person
who would be acceptable to the state au
thorities, and who would reimburse him
for his outlay of money under the con
tract up to the present date. The senator
further explained that he had no ex
cuses or apologies to make for his (ap
pearance in the attitude of a contractor.
“It makes no difference,” he said,
“whether I went into it upon solicitation
or nt; I went into it, and shall not
shirk any responsibility arising from it.
I am on record as a critic of the law, for
I wrote to the governor pointing out its
defects, a fact which effectually disproves
the charge made against me that I have
been opposed to an investigation into its
operation. I believe in the system for
the principle involved in the law, and I
know .that its operation has been benefi
cial to the state, even under its very im
perfect provisions or requirements. The
truth is, the tales about the cupidity of
contractors and the mistreatment of pris
oners have been exaggerated. They (the
prisoners) were the victims of epidemics
in one or two of the camps; not in my
camp, however, and I feel justified in
claiming exemption from adverse criti
cism under the circumstances.”
THINGS IN DIXIE.
Hon. Jefferson Davis is a grandfather
—little girl.
North Carolina has 378 cities, towns
and villages.
Fifty horses are training at the Lex
ington, Ky., race course.
Bonded debt of Montgomery county,
Alabama, $61,135.10.
Real estate in Lake City, Florida, in
better demand than for years past.
Cattle dying with dry murrain in many
parts of Lamar county, Alabama.
A hunting party slaughtered thirty
eight alligators in the Ocklawaha, Fla.
There are 160 cadets on the roll of the
university of Alabama.
The average attendance at the Raleigh,
North Carolina, graded school is 450.
There are twelve hundred miles of rail
road in the state of North Carolina com
pleted.
Some 26,000 people arrived at Lead
ville in one week. Six hundred went
from Little Rock.
North Carolina has nineteen railroads
that are either wholly or partly within
her borders.
The number of newspapers in North
Carolina is 90, or nearly an average of
one to each county.
Extensive beds of gypsum have been
recently discovered in Fentress county,
Kentucky.
No more cock fighting in Charlotte.
An ordinance now passed imposes a pen
alty of $25 for each and every offense.
Charles Howard, one of New Orleans’s
wealthiest men, says that city has been
injured by the yellow fever to the extent
of $100,000,000. '
Rev. D. M. Breaker has been expelled
from the Masonic lodge, Loudon, Tenn.,
on account of his crookedness in South
Carolina last summer, says the Herald.
A firm in Dallas, Texas, proposes to
invest SIOO,OOO in a barbed wire factory,
provider! the citizens will take stock to
the amount of $20,000.
The Sunday law just made by the
North Carolina legislature provides
against the leading of freights and the
running of trains on the Sabbath between
sunrise and sundown. It does not apply
to mail trains.
An account is given of the visit of Em
peror William to Field Marshal Yon
Roon, when the latter lay dying. The
Emperor arrived unexpectedly, and Yon
Roon, who immediately recognized his
sovereign, pressed his hand between both
his own, and exclaimed, “Majesty! what
pleasure!” The Emperor replied, “I
have many reasons for being grateful to
you,” and then, with tears in his eyes,
took a touching leave of his faithful ser
vitor.
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NUMBER 37.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
Privileges and Elections Messrs.
Saulsbury, chairman; Hill (Ga.), Ker
nan, Bailey, Houston, Vance, Cameron
(Wig.), Hoar, Ingalls.
Foreign relations Messrs. Eaton,
chairman; Johnston, Morgen, Hill (Ga.),
Pendleton, Hamlin, Conklmg, Kirkwood,
Carpentej.
Finance—Messrs. Bayard, chairman;
Kernan, Wallace, Voorhees, Beck, Mor
rill, Ferry, Jopes (Nev.), Allison.
District of Columbia—Messrs. Harris,
chairman; Whyte, Withers, Butler,
Vance, Ingalls, Rollins, Dawes, McMil
lan.
Patents—Messrs. Kernan, chairman;
Coke, Slater, Call, Booth, Hoar, Platt.
Public. Buildings and Grounds —Messrs.
Jones, of Florida, chairman; Saulsbury,
Vest, Dawes, Morrill.
Territories —Messrs. Garland, chair
man; Butler, Vest, Slater, Saunders,
Kellogg, Logan.
'Railroads—Messrs. Ransom, chairman;
Lamar, Eaton, Grover, Williams, Pendle
ton, Jones, Dawes, Teller, Saunders,
Windom.
Printing—Messrs. Whyte, chairman;
Ransom, Anthony.
Library—Messrs. Voorhees, chairman ;
Ranso l, Edmunds.
Rules —Messrs. Morgan, chairman;
Cockrell, Blaine.
Engrossed Bills Messrs. Conkling
chairman; Jones (Nev.) Withers.
Enrolled Bills—Messrs. Vance, chair
man; Call, Rollins.
On Improvement of Mississippi River
and its Tributaries Messrs. Lamar,
chairman; Cockrell, Harris, Jonas, Blaine
and Kellogg.
Mines and Mining—Messrs. Hereford,
chairman; Gordon, McDonald, Farley,
Cameron (Pa.), Plumb, Hill (Col.)
Revision of Laws —Messrs. Wallace,
chairman; Kernan, Davis (111.), Hoar,
McMillan.
Education and Labor—Messrs..Bailey,
chairman; Gordon, Maxey, Randolph,
Burnsides, Morrill, Bruce, Sharon.
Civil Service and Retrenchment
Messrs. Butler, chairman; Whyte, Beck,
Walker, Teller, Chandler, Rollins.
To Audit and Control the Contingent
Expenses of the Senate—Messrs. Hill,
(Ga.), chairman; Davis, (W. Va.), Jones
(Nev.)
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
—Messrs. Beck, chairman; Johnston,
Voorhees, Hampton, Cameron, (Wis.),
Cameron, (Pa.), Windom.
To Examine Several Branches of C ivil
Service—Messrs. Vest, chairman; Eaton,
Gordon, Logan, Hamlin.
Appropriations—Messrs. Davis, (W.
Va.), chairman; Withers, Beck, Wallace,
Eaton, Windom, Allison, Blaine, Booth.
Commerce—Messrs. Gordon, chairman;
Ransom, Randolph, Hereford, Coke,
Conkling, McMillan, Jones, (Nev.),
Chandler.
Manufactures—Messrs. Grover, chair
man; McPherson, Williams, Rollins,
Dawes.
Agriculture—Messrs. Johnston, chair
mon; Davis (W. Va.), Hampton, Slater,
Paddock, Sharon, Hoar.
Military Affairs—Messrs. McPherson,
chairman; Whyte, Jones (Fla.). Vance,
Farley, Anthony, Blaine, Cameron (Pa.)
Chandler.
Judiciary—Messrs. Thurman, chair
man; McDonald, Bayard, Garland, La
mar, Davis, (HI.), Edmunds, Conkling,
Carpenter.
Postoffices and Post-roads Messrs.
Maxey, chairman; Saulsbury, Bailey,
Houston, Farley, Groomes, Ferry, Ham
lin, Kirkwood.
Public Lands Messrs. McDonald,
chairman; Jones (Fla.), Grover Mc-
Pherson, Walker, Plumb, Paddock,
Booth, Hill (Col.)
Private Land Claims—Messrs. Ed
mund, chairman; Allison, Windom, Da
vis (111.), Jones.
Indian Affairs —Messrs. Coke, chair
man; Pendleton, Walker, Slater, Wil
liams, Allison, Ingalls, Saunders, Logan.
Pensions—Messrs. Withers, chairman;
McPherson, Groome, Cali, Farley, In
galls, Kellogg, Platt.
Revolutionary Claims—Messrs. An
thony, chair main; Daw r es, McMillan,
Jones (Fla.), Hill (Ga.)
Claims—Messrs. Cockrell, chairman;
Hereford, Harris, Groome, Houston,
McMillan, Cameron (Wis.), Teller, Hoar.
THE NEW GOLD COIN STELLA.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, member
of the house from Georgia, has prepared
a bill, which be will introduce as soon as
congress meets, for the coinage of anew
gold piece, worth four hundred cents, of
the metric system, which he entitles
“stella.” The value of this coin ap
proximates more uniformly to the gold
coin of the metric system in European
countries than our five dollar gold pieces.
The committee on coins, weights and
measures of the last house favored the
adoption of the stella. Mr. Stephens has
apparently accepted the metric system
wholly fo f our coinage in place of the
troy system of weights, and his commit
tee adopted the idea of a goloid coin, as
patented by Dr. W. W. Hubbell, of
Philadelphia. Of the dollar of this alloy
coin metal which has recently been coin
ed at the Philadelphia mint, the commit
tee says: “It is the first metric dollar of
full standard intrinsic value struck in
the world, and fulfills all the require
ments for standard coinage of dollars,
halves, quarters and dimes of metric
measure and in accord with United States
coinage value.” Anew twenty metric
gold dollar was shown to me by Mr. Ste
phens. It is one of the most beautiful
cpins probably ever executed. It has
upon it the devices as found upon our
present coins, with the addition of the
words, “Deo est gloria.”— Capital.
Washington, March 20.—The caucus
of tfce democratic senators this morning
nominated Colonel John C. Burch, of
Tennessee, to be secretary of the senate.
A result was reached on the fifth ballot
when Mr. Burch received twenty-four
votes; Harvey Watterson (Kentucky),
thirteen; Ex - Congressman Stenger
(Pennsylvania), one; Ex-Congressman
Franklin (Missouri), twenty. Mr. Wat
terson received nineteen votes on the
first and second ballots and thus came
within two votes of obtaining the nomi
nation, there being forty senators pres
ent at the caucus. The complete vote
on the first ballot was: Watterson, 19;
Burch, 6; Ex : Senator Dennis, 6; Frank
lin, 2; Stenger, 1; Ex-Congressman
Waddell (N. C.), 3; Professor McMahon
(West Virginia), 2; Purcell, (N. Y.), 1,
total 40. The only democratic senators
absent were General Gordon, who is ill,
and General Hampton who lias not yet
arrived from South Carolina.
After all the expenses of the recent
international walking match were paid,
the following amounts were distributed
to the contestants: Rowell, $21,500;
Ennis, $12,300; llarriman, $8,500;
O’Leary, SI,OOO. The total receipts for
the week were $54,607.15. The amount
of money wagered at Kelly. & Bliss’
pool-rooms was $117,000, and at other
betting houses in Wall street $83,000.
Walter, Harriman’s backer, won $12,000,
and Sir John Astly, $25,000.