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R. B. TRIITK. J. M. xm.
TItIPPE & NEEL,
A V T ORNEYS-AT-LAW,
CARTEKSVILLE, GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS,
both State and Federal, except Bartow'
countv criminal court. J. M. Neel alone will
practice in said last mentioned court. Office in
northeast corner of court house building. feb27
JNO. h. MOON. DOUGLAS WIKLE.
MOON & WIKLE,
Attorneys-at-La w,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office in Bank Block, over the Postoffice.
lei)27
W. T. WOFFORD,
ATT’O II NE Y-AT - -A W,
—AND—
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE,
CASS STATION, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.
G. S. TUMLIN,
AT r r Olt NEY-A T-Xj AW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
in Bartow county, the Superior Courts of
the Cherokee Circuit, tne Supreme Court and the
United States Courier the Northern District of
Georgia. decl9-4mos
T. AV. H. HARRIS,
A r r r U ORNEY-AT-LAAV,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
PRACTICES fN ALL THE COURTS OF
Bartow and adjoining counties, and will
faithfully attend to all business entrusted to him.
Office over postofllce. dccs-ly
R. W. MURPIIEY,
A r U rO It iST JO Y-AT- Ij A"W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE (up-stairs) in the briek building, cor
ner of Main & Erwin streets. jnlylS.
J. A. BAKER,
A T T O liNFi Y -A T •• LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL practice in all the courts of Bartow
and adjoining counties. Prompt atten
tion given to fill business entrusted to liis care.
< mice in Bank Block over the post office.
Julylß.
E. P. GRAHAM. A. M. FOUTE.
GRAHAM & ROUTE,
A T T O II NEYS-AT-LA 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
Postoffica. julylß.
T. W. MILNER. J. w. HARRIS, JR.
MILNER & HARRIS,
ATTO It NEYS-AT-LA W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office on West Main Street. july!B
F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Office over Stokciy & Williams store.)
CARTEKSVILLE, GEORGrA.
I WILL FIL-, TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH,
and put in teeth, or do any work in my line
at prices to suit the times.
IWork al. warranted. Refer to my pat
rons it 11 over the county.
auglS-ly. F. M. JOHNSON.
JOHN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,)
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated
Goods, and will sell them no Cheap ae they osm
be bought anvwhere. Warranted to prove as
represented. "All work done by me warranted
to give satisfaction. Give me a call. julylS.
CHAS. B. WILLINGHAM,
Stenographic Court Reporter.
[ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. |
I MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES,
taking down the testimony entire; also, ob
jections of attorneys, rulings of the court, and
the charge of the court, without stopping the
witness or otherwise delaying the judicial pro
ceedings. Charges very reasonable and satis
faction guaranteed.
Traveler’s Griiide.
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On ami after Monday, June 10, 1878, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave.
Cartersvilie ...... 1:30 pm
Stilesboro 2:15 pm 2:20 pm
Taylorsville 2:45 pm 3:00 pm
Eockmart 4:00 pm
GOING EAST.
Rockmart 6:00 am
Taylorsville 7:00 a m 7:15 a m
Stilesboro 7:40 am 7:45 a m
Cartersville 8:35 am
WILLIAM MacEAE, 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 . . . . 7a m
Leave Gadsden Tuesday Bpm
Arrive at Rome Wednesday 6p m
Leave Rome Thursday 9 a an
Arrive at Gadsden Friday 7am
Leave Gadsden Friday 6pm
Arrive at Rome Saturday opm
J. M. ELLIOTT Gen’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 am
Arrive at Rome 12:00 m
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Rome 5:00 pm
Arrive at Rome . . . 8:00 p m
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sched
ule:
NIGHT PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 2:45 pm
Leave Cartersville 4:38 pm
Leave Kingston 5:04 pm
Leave Dalton 6:60 p m
Arrive at Chattanooga 8:25 pm
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga . . , . . . • 5:15 pm
Leave Dalton 7:05 p m
Leave Kingston 8:34 pm
Leave Cartersville 9:00 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 10:55 pm
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 6:25 am
Leave Cartersville B:l6am
Leave Kingston 8:43 am
Leave Dalton 10:20 a m
Arrive at Chattanooga 11:55 am
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 7:10 a m
Leave Dalton 9:06 am
Leave Kingston 10:39 am
Leave Cartersville . .11:06 am
Arrive at Atlanta 1:00 pm
C AKTERSVILLK ACCOMMODATION—UP.
Leave Atlanta 4:20 pm
Arrive at Cartersville * 6:35 pm
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN.
Leave Cartersville 6:25 am
Arrive at Atlanta . . . , . . . 9:15 am
■———Si———B——
FARM ILK S ,
You will save money by buying your supplies at
THE BARGAIN STORE.
LITCHFIELD HOUSE,
(Acwortli, Georgia.)
E. L. LITCHFIELD, Proprietor.
(CONVENIENTTO THE DEPOT, AND ITS
vv tallies supplied with the very best the mark
et affords. augß.
The Sheetings ami Shirtings
Can’t be beat in prices at
THE BARGAIN STORE.
VOLUME I.
SUCCESS !
SCROFULA CURED!
The North Georgia Medical In
stitute Discharges Another
Scrofula Patient!
My litttle boy now four years of age was af
flicted with the loathsome disease, Scrofula,
which exhibited.external symptoms at about six
months of age. lie 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 find dress the
deep-running sores. After the disease had gone
on for about a month, wC 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 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 painful lancing and
unpleasant internal medicines the poor little
creature seemed to grow' more restless and a
great deal weaker.
About tliis time myself and wife came to the
determination to change physicians, but were
greatly troubled as we then knew of no one
whom avc 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
nrwl consult Dro. Mcmmler & Johnsonf W'ho 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 wo 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
ining their patient, Drs. Mcmmler & 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 tlieir 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,
his
NIMROD X IIOWREN.
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 !Medieal
Institute.
MEMMLER & JOHNSON,
Proprietors.
CARTERSVILLE Ga
THE FREE PRESS.
Garden Seeds !
ONION SETS !
Buist’s Warranted Garden Seeds
Are sure to germinate true to name, and sold as
cheap as unreliable seeds put up by other
bouses. Purchasers of BUIST’S
WARRANTED GARDEN
SEEDS will be given a copy of
BUIST’S GARDEN MANUAL,
• FREE OF CHARGE.
Call early, make your selection, and secure copy
of the Garden Manual before they are gone.
Philadelphia Crown Onion Sets,
Red and White, sold at bottom prices. When
purchasing your seeds remember the name—
“BUIST’S,” and take no other.
SOLD BY'
DAVID W. CURRY,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
julylS -
Great Bargains.
J. A. EIUYVIINr & SON
ARE OFFERING AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
CONSISTING OF
Dry Coods, Clothing,
Dry Coods, Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, &c., Ac.,
Crockery, Ac., Ac.,
AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES
AT EXTREMELY LOW dhi CEB
TO SUIT THE TIMES.
TO SUIT THE TIMES.
Call and Examine their Goods and Prices
Before Buying.
J*
J. A. ERWIN & SON.
Cartersville, Ga., Sept. 19th, 1878.
DISS O L it T I O IST .
. —. 4
milE FIRM OF McCANDLESS & WIL
LIAMS has this day by mutual consent been
dissolved and the business will be continued at
same place by Y r . L. WILLIAMS. With 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 21, 1879.
JjAROM TIIE ABOA’E 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,
figures.
j 1 yIS VIRGIL L. WILLIAMS.
BARGAINS! BARCAINS !
In men and boys summer hate,
AT THE BARGAIN STORE.
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
rhoea, induced by self-abuse involuntary emis
sions, impotency," 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 wful eonsequenees of self-abuse may
be effectually removed without medicine, and
without dangerous 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 lie, may cure himself cheaply, private
ly and radically. . , ~
This lecture will prove a boontothous
arn Is 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 Ann Street, New York City.
Post Office Box 4580. july!B.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 10, 187.9.
MRS. DR. FELTON.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: —As a person
al friend of Mrs. Felton, allow me a line
in your paper.
T have read the letter of Gen. Gordon,
which is so denunciatory of Dr. Felton.
We have never seen any attack on Gen.
Gordon by Dr. Felton so we must take
Gen. Gordon’s statement that such is the
fact, until it is disproved. If he can
prove that Dr. Felton has ever slander
ed him, it will, of course, add strength to
his assertions; but the general has judg
ment enough to know that denunciation
is not argument —nor is abuse hurtful,
unless supported by facts, when thrown
on a public man.
With that fight we have nothing to do
whatever. As both occupy high posi
tions they may tussle it out —even if it
becomes necessary to provide “pistols
and.coffee for two.”
Mrs. Felton charged Gen. Gordon with
being the instigator of the attack on her
self. We expected the general to deny
this charge. He has not done it. We
confess we are sorry that we did not see
this denial. This was the point in her
letter that demanded a reply. Abuse of
Dr. Felton does not relieve Gen. Gordon
by any means. He may hate Dr. Felton
with the “hate of hell,” or with the ut
ter contempt of a hightoned statesman,
but he has failed to meet the charge that
the country expects him to deny and dis
prove. If Dr. Felton shall prove that
the general engaged in a search for Mrs.
Felton’s letter and gave any personal .rea
son for that search, using A. W. Reese
to bring discredit on Mrs. Felton falsely,
we are obliged to say that it will place
Gen. Gordon in a tight place.
The old time charges that he seeks to
explain, tvill fade away into insignificance
when compared with the effort to drag
down a good wife and loving mother.
Let me state a case: Suppose Dr. Fel
ton should hear a disparting remark of
Mrs. Gordon in Washington, and he
should use a newspaper correspondent to
bring it before the public, and Dr. Felton
has been found searching for any letter
of his to prove it, would any body excuse
the doctor himself? We do not think
they would. Suppose then, that Mrs.
Gordon should not only deny the charge,
but establish her own innocence, what
would the verdict of an indignant public
be ? I need no answer; for it would be
such a disgrace to the calumniator, that
lie could not raise his head again.
Let us hope that Gen. Gordon had no
part in this mattei, and that he will
immediately relieve, not only the mind
of Mrs. Felton, but the feelings of his
friends all over the state. But it is nec
essary that he should do this much.
We confess to an indignation that was
oppressive, when we read the article in
the Atlanta Constitution , lecturing Mrs.
Felton for appearing in print.
Who dragged her name before the pub
lic ? She did not appear in the Macon
Telegraph by her own desire. After she
had been published in every paper in the
state as “begging in piteously, pathetic
terms for radical money.” Why should
she hesitate to reply ?
If Dr. Felton, in her stead, had “ig
nored” the charge about “radical money,”
and sailed into Gen. Gordon, as the gen
eral has “ignored” Mrs. Felton, and at
tacked the doctor, the comment would
have been endless. We honor a lady
who, finding her husband attacked
through her, will vindicate both, and re
tuiLo lio* BOcikilant-j ac she lias done.
If Gen. Gordon was innocent of unfair
dealings about Mrs. Felton’s letter, he
could have made a public statement of the
fact, and then, after proving his inno
cence of all charges, the country would
recognize the gentleman, the chevalier
Bayard, that we have always supposed
him to he.
We are sorry he lias not done this
much. We confess to a painful disap
pointment.
We will say further, if J. E. Bryant
was employed to bring out ajjeandidate to
help Judge Lescer, and if he stated to
Col. Printup, of Rome, Ga., that lie was
organizing the republicans for Judge
Lester, we desire to wash our bands of
all connection therewith.
More than this, if the Indianapolis
Journal is correct, that Bryant drew
money from the national democratic com
mittee for the same purpose, we hang
our heads in shame. If democratic suc
cess in any district is contingent on the
help of John E. Bryant, it is high time to
support independents. Bryant says he did
not tell the gentleman in Rome that he
was helping Lester. Col. Printup told
Mrs. Felton that he did make that state
ment. We are satisfied that Bryant said
it.
Iloltzclaw ran the race through, re
ceiving two votes. He was true to the
bargain, for he delivered the goods. It
would be hard to believe any man, with
even Bryant’s purchasable proclivities,
could only secure two bona fide votes.
We blush for certain democrats.
Because a true wife, seeing tlie combi
nation against her husband, exposed the
plot to the republican party, she must be
attacked in democratic journals. The
doctor may thank God that he had this
faithful friend, whose zeal and devotion
are worthy of a martyr’s crown.
A Friend.
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
This'body will hold its next session in
Macon, Georgia, on the 30th and 31st of
May, 1879. Having received many let
ters in reference to representation in the
state association, I take this method in
answering all.
Every county association is entitled to
one delegate for every three hundred offi
cers and members, or fractional part of
three hundred, composing the county as
sociation . *
In counties where no association ex
ists the representation is two delegates
for each member to whicli such county is
entitled in the legislature.
These last named are appointed by the
vice-president ot the congressional dis
trict in which such county is located.
Separate schools are not entitled as such
to representation, but must either form
county associations and let such associa
tions send delegates, or else must apply
to the vice-presidents to seleet dele
gates.
I most earnestly call upon the minis
ters ot religion of all names and Sunday
school workers all over the state, and es
pecially upon the vice-presidents, assist
ant secretaries and members of the ex
ecutive committee, to use their utmost
endeavors to have every county in Geor
gia represented in the next associatian in
Macon. * S. B. Estes,
President G. S. S. S. A.
All papers friendly to the cause are re
quested to copy the above.
Cincinnati, March 29.—The Enquirer
publishes a careful estimate of the wheat
and fruit crops in nearly every county in
Ohio, Indianna and Kentucky, from
which it is indicated that the wheat crop
will he bounteous, but gives a very poor
prospect for peaches and apples.
The municipal salary list of New York
city is nearly $10,000,000.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
An Interview With the Distinguished Ex
president.
[Special dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution.]
Boston, March 30.— Tlie Herald this
morning contains an interview with Jef
ferson Davis. After speaking of liis ex
perience in Pieree’§ Cabinet and the
Mexican war, lie was led to express him
self on the late rebellion, saying: “It
is generally believed in the North that I
am chiefly responsible for that great
calamity. I was but one of the vast
body of tlie south and no more responsi
ble than thousands of others. The war
would have taken place without me as
inevitable as it did with me. It was
one of those things which was sure to
come in progress of events and in solv
ing tlie great problems of government
upon this continent.” He conceded
expressly that the abolition ot slavery
would prove to be of ultimate good to the
country and that it was a manifest ad
vantage to the white race, for it would
lead to the developement of the South
and multiply her manufacturing and
mechanical industries. From the advan
tages of the climate alone the future of
tlie south is more promising than that of
any other section of the country, but the
condition of the present generation of
tlie black race is all the worse by reason
of the abolition of slavery. He very
much doubts the wisdom of attempting
to educate the negro and bitterly disap
proves of giving him the ballot. It was
his opinion that wherever the negro race
was found it must be as an inferior and
servile race, and in the long run would
give way to the superior race under any
and all circumstances. Mr. Davis ac
knowledged, however, that he had
changed liis mind entirely on one ques
tion, viz: that the great staples of the
South—cotton and sugar—could be pro
duced with greater economy and greater
abundance by paid labor than by the la
bor of slaves. This has already been
demonstrated, and that fact alone goes
far to prove the advantage which the ab
olition of slavery has been to tlie whites.
Referring to the political status of the
negro, Mr. Davis said that the freedmen
had naturally been misled by politicians,
thinking Northern men were their best
friends, but of late years they seem to
have reached the opposite conclusion,
and in the long run it would he found
that the negro having but little self de
pendence would vote in accord with the
wishes and sentiments of those who em
ployed him. For tliis reason the negro
vote would be a less important factor in
the politics of the future than the North
ern men supposed. In speaking of Na
tional affairs, he said that he accepted the
situation as dicided by the arbitrament of
the sword and was very hopeful of the
future of the country. He did not be
lieve there was any existing cause for
sectional estrangement or that there
could be any hereafter. And of the re
sults of the war already apparent was
that the South was less dependent on the
North than heretofore, for while she
would supply the great staples as before,
her people had begun to produce a great
er variety of crops for their own use
than ever before and would eventually
compete with other sections in manufac
tures and mechanical arts. In conclu
sion, he said: “You may assure your
people that I have no unkindness in my
heart to them or any of the people of the
Novtii. \ ft rn not the cterii tney nave
painted me. I have noitlior horns nor
hoofs, and if they knew me they would
find I am very like themselves.”
TIIE WORK DONE.
Thursday last, Col. J. W. Nelms, prin
cipal keeper of the penitentiary convicts,
passed through Atlanta with one hun
dred and twenty-five long-term convicts
en route to Dade coal mines. Col. Nelms
reached the mines without accident, and
delivered the convicts safely to the guards
of the mines. He then picked out sev
enty short-term men from those who
were employed at these mines for the
purpose of transporting them to lessees
in Taylor county. The convicts, so far
from wishing to get away from Dade
county, showed by their actions that they
had become very much attached to the
place. Some of them shed tears and
begged to ho allowed to remain where
they were, which went to show that they
had been well treated by those who had
been working them. Before leaving,
five day’s provisions were prepared anil
given them and each convict was fur
nished with anew suit of clothes and a
pair of shoes. The convicts reached this
city last night on a special train fur
nished by the Western and Atlantic rail
road to the penitentiary authorities,
Messrs. Nelms & Shumate. After re
maining in the city only long enough to
make the transfer, the convicts were car
ried away over the Central railroad.—
Atlanta Constitution , sth.
The McDuffie Journal pays a passing
tribute to the weekly press of Georgia.
We have taken frequent occasion to call
attention to the fact that the country
press of this state is unsurpassed by that
of any state in the union in everything
that pertains to character, standing and
influence. Our weekly journals are not
only a credit to the state —they are an
element of the strength, and growth,
and greatness of the commonwealth;
and they bear perpetual testimony to the
fact that Georgia has far outstripped her
southern sisters, not only in substantial
progress and prosperity, but in the more
difficult solution of the political problems
that have sorely vexed and harrassed us.
In this matter, the weekly press of the
state have been prompt in action and un
erring in judgment. —Atlanta Constitu
tion.
A letter from New Orleans says that
the recent approval of Governor Nieholls
of the bill to repeal the Louisana lottery
company has been the means of reviving
a good deal of the scandal which was
alloat at the time the Packard govern
ment went down. One bit of this scan
dal is to the effect that the lottery compa
ny spent $40,000 in paying members of
the Packard legislature to desert to the
other side, with the bargain that the
Nieliolls government would protect the
lottery company in its franchise. Such
facts as these, if proved to be correct,
would exert a very great influence in de
termining the Kellogg case in tlie senate.
Tlie coinage of the United States mints
during March, 1879, was 170,975 double
eagles, $3,419,500 value ; 12,480 half
eagles, $02,400 yalue; 2,087,200 silver
dollars; half and quarter dollars and
dimes $170; base metal, $7,810 —total
coinage 3,050,455 pieces, $5,567,086 value.
Total coinage of standard silver dollars
to April 1, 1879, 28,774,956.
The sugar crop of Louisiana will
amount this season to 225,000 hogsheads,
or 250,000,000 pounds, worth $14,625,000,
and the yield of molasses to 300,000 bar
rels, worth $3,000,000. Last year the
production of sugar was less than 150,-
000,000 pounds, and that of molasses in
proportion.
WILD LANDS.
The following decision, rendered by
lion. J. W. 11. Underwood, upon a very
interesting question, will no doubt be
read with interest, and be watched to its
final issue, if it should go to the Supreme
court:
‘“ln the matter of a rule, etc., from
Paulding Superior court, of J. N.
Dobbs, administrator of David Quarles
vs. G. A. Lawrence, sheriff.
“It appeal's from the evidence in the
case, that tax fi. fas. were issued by the
comptroller-general of the state for
amount stated in each, ranging from 25
to 75 cents each, and the cost. They,
were issued against a lot of land for the
tax, under the wild land law. When the
sale day arrived, the sheriff put up nine
ty-four lots together in a lot to sell at so
much per lot. Quarles paid the sheriff
the bid, which was $22.50 per lot, and
took a deed to each lot separately pro
testing that the sale was illegal, and no
tifying the sheriff to hold up the money.
“This rule is brought against the sher
iff for the money paid by Quarles.
I decide as follows:
Ist. That the sale was illegal and void.
The sheriff, if he had the right to sell
should have sold each lot separately.
2d. The plaintiff is entitled to receive
the amount of the bid from the sheriff,
paid to him under a void and illegal sale.
3d. The facts and circumstances show
that the manner of the sale, at the in
stance of those who claimed to control
the fi. fas. was pursued for the purpose
of speculation, which is abhorred and
forbidden by law.
4th. The rule is made absolute for the
amount of the bid, $19.27, and the sher
iff of Paulding county is directed to pay
the amount, with the accrued interest, to
the plaintiff in this sale, unless a super
sedeos is granted in consequence of a bill
of exceptions to this decision under the
rule of law,* and the money impounded
only to be paid under the order of the
court, which will go as a credit to the
sheriff.
♦
MEXICAN VETERANS—THE PALMET
TOES.
Canton, Ga., April 3.
Editors Constitution: Some days ago I
saw a statement in your paper that there
are only eight survivors .of the Palmetto
regiment. This can hardly be true; but
whether there be eight or more, I beg
space to invite them to communicate with
me at their earliest convenience by pos
tal card or otherwise, stating name in
full, age, where born, when and where
enlisted, the company in which they
served, battles they were in, when and
where discharged, whether they received
three months’ extra pay at time of dis
charge, and such facts and incidents as
may still live in their memory of interest
to their comrades.
South Carolina papers and others that
are willing to do a kindness to these vet
erans are respectfully requested to copy
this notice.
Address me at Canton, Ga.
Carey W. Styles,
Cos. D., Palmetto Kegiment.
A POSSIBLE WRONG.
In speaking of Dr. Felton’s charge of
venality on the democratic press, last
wool*, we, ouitca ui;ti me unurge vvouia
“rebound upon the few Felton papers—
they liaving been started about the com
mencement of his canvass.” Our idea
was that his charge would rather damage
his supporters, by a comparison of cir
cumstances.
A friendly note from the Cartersville
Free Press, calls our attention to the
wrong position in which our words
might place him, and also the Dalton
Independent Headlight. We did not mean
to charge venality upon these old friends,
whom we have known most of our life,
and whom we regard as strictly honest
journalists, though most egregiously
wrong in their political position as inde
pendents.
If this is not satisfactory, gentlemen,
you can both take a “pop” at us at the
press convention. Sparta Times and
Planter.
Ex-governor Hubbard, of Texas, made
a speech in behalf of his state at the
merchants’ exchange, St. Louis, last
week, in the course of which he said that
the population of the state was 2,000,000;
that last season it raised 800,000 bales of
cotton; this year 900,000, 200,000 more
bales than any other cotton-raising state
in the union. The cattle trade amounts
to $10,000,000 annually; the wool trade
is next to that of the first state in the
union. It is even carrying coals to New
castle, Kansas City and St. Louis, al
though that is not in the legitimate chan
nel of trade. Gov. Hubbard denied that
the people of Texas cared less for law
and order than those of the northern
states, and mentioned with special satis
faction that while governor he signed
the death warrants of twenty-one mur
derers.
George Washington died in his GBth
year; John Adams in his 91st; Thomas
Jefferson in his 84th; James Madison in
his 86th; James Monroe in his 74th;
John Q. Adams in his 81st; Andrew
Jackson in his 79th.; Martin Van Buren
in his 80th; William Henry Harrison in
his 69th; John Tyler in his 72d; James
Knox Polk in his 54th; Zachary Taylor
in his 66th; Millard Fillmore in his 75th;
Franklin Pierce in his 65th; James Bu
chanan in his 78th; Abraham Lincoln in
his 57th; Andrew Johnson in his 67th.
Of the deceased presidents, Harrison was
the oldest man when elected to that of
fice, and Pierce the youngest. Their
average age is nearly seventy-four years.
Harrison and Taylor died while in office,
and Lincoln was assassinated within six
weeks after his second inauguration.
For a state whose credit was ruined by
the repudiation of “sacred obligations,”
and w hose bonds were immediately af
terward refused on Wall street, Georgia
is doing famously. A New York bank
lias offered the state treasurer all the
money he wants at 5 per cent, interest,
even if the amount of $5,000,000 is re
quired. But the “disgraced” common
wealth can afford to reject this offer, for
her bonds go oft' readily to her own citi
zens at 4 per cent. Louisiana can stand
a good deal of such “disgrace.” In
fact, her citizens cry for it. — N. O. Dem
ocrat.
Willingham is bound to have Toombs
for governor. He has settled down on
it, and there’s no use in opposing him,
Charles has stood the test of Grady’s pen
etrating focus, and Toombs w T as the re
sult. The game of chance stands in that
direction. So let us run Robert for the
present, — Dalton Headlight.
The Olive gang, w ho burned Ketchum
and Mitchell at the stake, in Nebraska,
some eight months ago, are being tried at
Hastings, in that state. Olive is worth
SIOO,OOO, and says he will spend every
cent of it to free himself and liis co-mur
derers. The state has appropriated $lO. -
000 for the prosecution.
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NUMBER 30.
THE BLACK DEATH.IN MISSOURI.
The most fearful fatality we have ever
been called upon to chronicle during the
whole course of our editorial experience
occurred to a poor family by the name of
Carnes, residing a mile and a half above
the city. The family consisted of Mr.
and Mrs. Carnes and two grown sons, the
eldest of whom was totally blind, having
been in that condition from his infancy.
On the Bth inst. the youngest son, who
was the main support of the family, be
ing a robust, healthy and industrious
young man, took suddenly ill, and died
within a few hours in convulsions. Ills
remains were interred upon the following
day, and a few hours after the funeral
his father was taken with the same viru
lent disease. He lingered on until the
following Wednesday, when he also died,
seemingly in the most excruciating phy
sical agony. After death, it is said, the
body turned quite black, and was much
swollen. During his illness his wife was
prostrated with the same disorder, and
survived him but two days, expiring on
Friday in fearful convulsions. The re
maining member of a once happy family,
the blind son, is suffering with the same
cruel disease that deprived him of a kind
father and mother and loving brother,
and there i§ little if any hope of his re
covery. The disease that has almost
swept this family from the face of the
earth may be likened to the plague of As
trakhan, or the dread fever of Africa, as
it does its deadly work with almost the
same expedition, though fortunately it is
not infectious. The disease has been
pronounced to be a malignant type of
pleuro-pneumonia, but it is doubtful if
this is correct. It may be a relief to
know that.no other persons in that neigh
borhood have been attacked with the tell
disorder, which is evidently not conta
gious, and all apprehensions that have
naturally arisen on that score may at once
be allayed.
A DEFENSE OF MRS. FELTON.
We present in to-day’s paper an able
defense of the act of this accomplished
lady, written by a lady:
By the way, in a Washington letter in
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, desaijibing
the brilliant entertainment of the British
minister, Sir Edward Thornton, we find
this among other mentions: “Avery
lovely woman is Mrs. Felton, of Georgia,
a sweet-voiced lady with soft black eyes,
gray hair, and a complexion fine and
pure as a rose-leaf. Dr. Felton is a tall,
white-haired gentleman, of distinguished
presence, the ideal southern gentleman
of the old school, and a most worthy rep
resentative, now talked of for Georgia’s
next governor. Against the crimson
hangings of the drawing room Mrs. Fel
ton’s face was a picture in itself.”
Gen. J. C. Pembertou, the confederate
officer (lieutenant-general) who surren
dered Vicksburg to Gen. Grant, writes
the Philadelphia Weekly Times denying
statements in Gen. Joe Johnsto.n’s arti
cles on the Vicksburg campaign, pub
lished in that paper two months ago. He
says: “After an absolute silence ot more
than twelve years I shall endeavor to
show that neither Gen. Johnston’s offi
cial report, nor the pages of his .‘Narra
tive of Military Operations,’ which he
has offered as his ‘contribution of mate
rials for the use of the future historian of
the war between the states,’ are worthy
of the high purposes to which he would
have them applied where they have re
lation to the Mississippi campaign of
1803.”
The Hon- lliincan IT Vonnor presi
dent of the Louisiana constitutional con
vention of 1851, was defeated in New
Orleans as delegate to a similar conven
tion next month. Hon. Alexander Moul
ton, who presided over the secession con
vention of 1861, is still living, and is the
oldest living ex-governor of any state,
and is the oldest living ex-member of the
United States senate. Gen. A. S. Her
ron has just been elected for the third
time a delegate to a constitutional con
vention, the only instance of the kind in
the country.
The recent matrimonial adventure of
the daughter of Gov. Hubbard has been
eclipsed by a New York belle, Miss Sarah
Hall, of Knickerbocker blood, and the
heiress to a small fortune, who has chos
en Bernard McDonal, a seventh avenue
car driver, “for better or for worse.”
McDonald has opened a small store with
part of his wife’s money.
It is stated by a member of the Wallace
committee that sufficient testimony has
already been given to prove that, not
withstanding the repeated denials to the
contrary, there haVe been frequent cases
where women in government employ
have been assessed for political contribu
tions, and forced to pay up.
Stripped of redundant verbiage, and
stated concisely, the plaintive wail of the
republican leaders amounts to this: “If
w r e had suspected that, in a restored un
ion, our party should be voted out of of
fice, our motto would have been, ‘let the
union slide.’ ” —Washington Post.
Enough money has been invested in
government bonds for the benefit of the
w idow of Lieut. Hiram 11. Benner, the
yellow fever hero, to give her an annual
income of S6OO. Besides this income she
has been presented with a cosy house at
Elgin, 111.
i , ♦
San Antonio (Texas) Express: “Gen.
Robert Toombs, of Georgia, has accept
ed the invitation to deliver the address at
the opening of the state fair, at Ausetin
next October. He w'll prove quite an
attraction to the people of Texas.”
Nashville, March 29. —The senate to
day concurred in the house amendment
bill to compromise the state debt at fif
ty cents, with four per cent, interest, to
be submitted to the people for ratification
if the bondholders accept the proposi
tion.
Judge Billings, of the United States
district court, on application of the for
eign depositors, has appointed Win. C.
Black and Joseph H. Oglesby receivers
of the New Orleans saving institution.
Providence, R. 1., Marcli 29—The un
ion greenback labor convention nominat
ed Samuel Hill for governor and David
A. McCay for lieutenant-governor.
The new r pension bill should have pro
vided that a man shot in the back should
not receive his back pension money.
Ex-Congressman Waddell, failing to
get an olfice, has gone into journalism in
North Carolina.
Congressman Blackburn says that Bu
ford, the murderer of Judge Elliott is
insane.
Queen Victoria has left England fora
pleasure trip on the continent.
<P ei h introduced the game of
“faro” into this countrv.