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WILLINGHAM, Stenographic Court (Reporter. t 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 Ghiide. COOSA KIVER NAVIGATION. On and after Monday, November 80th, the fol lowing schedule will be run by the Steamer MAGNOLIA: Leave Rome Monday Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday a m Leave Gadsden Tuesday Bpm Arrive at Rome Wednesday (5 p m Leave Rome Thursday 9am Arrive at Gadsden Friday 7am Leave Gadsden Friday b P m Arrive at Rome Saturday . . . . • • 6 P m J. M. ELLIOTT Gen’l Sup’t. HOME RAILROAD COMPANY. On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this Road will run as follows: DAY TWAIN—EV ERY DAY. Leave Rome Arrive at Rome 12:00 m SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION. Leave Rome 5:00 pm Arrive at Rome . . 8:00 p m CHEROKEE RAILROAD. On and after Monday, April 7, 1879, the train on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday excepted): GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave. Cartersville 2:30 pm Stilesboro 3:20 pm 3:25 pm Taylorsville 3:45 pm 4:oopm liockmart 5:00 pm GOING EAST. Rockmart 6:00 a m Taylorsville 0:50 a m 7:15 a m Stilesboro 7:20 a m 7:45 a m Cartersville 8:15 am WILLIAM MacRAE, Sup’t. , WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R. The following is the present passenger sched ule: NIGHT PASSENGER—UP. Leave Atlanta ?’lsP m Leave Cartersville 4:37 pm Leave Kingston 5 :03 p m Leave Dalton .......... 6:35 p m Arrive at Chattanooga 8:25 p m NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 5:15 pm Leave Dalton 7:ospm Leave Kingston 8:34 p m Leave Cartersville . . 9:00 pm Arrive at Atlanta 10:55 pm DAY PASSENGER—UP. Leave Atlanta 5:20 a m Leave Cartersville 7:OS a m Leave Kingston . . . 7:35 a m Leave Dalton 8:47 am Arrive at Chattanooga 10:5(3 am DAY PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 7:05 a m Leave Dalton 9:06 am Leave Kingston 10:39 am Leave Cartersville . . . , . . . .11:06 am Arrive at Atlanta 1:00 pm CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP. Leave Atlanta 5:00 pm Arrive at Cartersville • 7:20 p m CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN. Leave Cartersville . . . \ . . . 5:55 am Arrive at Atlanta 8:35 am FARMERS, You will save money by buying your supplies at THE BARGAIN STORE. LITCHFIELD HOUSE, (Acworth, Georgia.) E. L. LITCHFIELD, Proprietor. C CONVENIENT TO THE DEPOT, AND ITS J tables supplied with the very best the mark et affords. augß. The Sheetings and Shirtings Can’t be beat in prices at THE BARGAIN STORE. VOLUME I. Crreat Bargains. J. A. ERWIN & SON AKE OFFERING AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS, FALL AND WINTER GOODS, CONSISTING OF Dry Goods, Clothing, Dry Coods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Ac., Ac., Crockery, Ac., Ac., AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. TO SUIT THE TIMES. Call ami Examine their Goods and Prices Before Buying. J. A. ERWIN & SON. Cartersvilie, Ga., Sept. 19th, 1878. U. O. ROBERTSON, M, D., 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 sake of rendering his mode of treatment more universal and available, and the Health Institute equally easy of Access to patients in all parts of the.state, lias removed from Rowland Springs to Atlanta where lie has permanently established a Health Institute. Tlie Atlanta. Health. Institute is the only institute south superintended by reg ularly qualified Hygienic Phyeicians, and the only place where all kinds of curable diseases are scientifically treated without a particle of medical drug in any form, and with success 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 tried the “deadly virtues of the (drug ophatic) healing art” and with uo other change than that of growing continually worse and worse, have under the Hygienic system of medi cation, been speedily and permauedtly restored to health. For particulars, call at ATLANTA HEALTH INSTITUTE, No. 178 W. Peters street, or address DR. U. O. ROBERTSON, feb2o Atlanta, Ga. Cheapest anti Best. HOWARD HYDRAULIC CEMENT. MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, BARTOW COUN TY, GEORGIA. EQUAL to the best imported Portland Ce ment. Send for circular. Try this before buying elsewhere. Refers by permission to Mr. A. J. West, Presi dent Cherokee Iron Company, Cedartown, Ga., who has built a splendid dam, (cost $7,000,) using this cement and pronouncing it the best he ever used. Also refer to Gen. Wm. Mcßae, Superin tendent W. &A. Railroad Company, who has been using it for piers of bridges and culverts on his railroad, for two years; also to Capt. John Postell, C. E. Also to John Stone, Superinten dent of Bartow iron Company, Bartow, Ga., who has built several large reservoirs with it, which are perfect; to Messrs. Smith, Son & Bro., of Rome, who have made a splendid pavement with it‘. to Capt. M. B. Grant, or Mr. Gilbert Butler, of Savannah, who have used it with great success in stucco work, or Major Bryan, of Savannah, Mr. J. J. Cohen, of Rome, to Messrs. Grant, Jacksonville, Ala., who have used it for fountains, pavemeuts, fish ponds, cel lar floors, etc* T. C. Douglass, Superintendent East River Bridge, New York, who pronounces it equal to the best Imported Portland Cement. Address G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga. sepl2-ly. BA RCA INS! BARGAINS! In men and boys summer hats, 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. CULVfcRWELL, 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 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 be, may cure himself cheaply, private ly and radically. ' lecture will prove a boon to thous ands and thousands. Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, on receipt of six cents, or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO., 41 Ann Street, New York City. Post Office Box 4586. julylS. CLOTHING, CLOTHING. The cheapest line of men’s and boy’s clothing ever brought to Cartersville at the BARGAIN STORE. J. c. & S. F. MILAM, Commission Merchants, COTTON BUYERS, Dealers in Standard. Guanos, AGENTS FOR Metropolitan Works, Richmond, Va. CAN FURNISH ANY KIND OF AN EN gine from four-horse power to one hundred and fifty. SAW AND GRIST MILLS, THRESHERS, And in fact any kind of machinery. Please see us before purchasing. JgfeaT" Office at T. A. Foote’s store, West Main street, Car tersville, Ga. The Weather Has Been Quite cool but from now' on it will be warm enough to wear one of those cheap straw hats at the BARGAIN STORE. PILES AND FISTULA CURED DR. J. S. BEAZLEY, At Stilesboro, Bartow county, Ga., and DR. a. G. BEAZLEY, At Craw fordville, Ga., Make a specialty of diseases of the Rectum. They will treat Fistula, Ulcer i Prolapsus, etc., of the bowels and will guarantee a perfect cure in a short while m ev ery case of piles without the use of the knife and little pain. Will point to cases cured or give the best of reference if desired. All cler gymen treated gratis. PURE APPLE VINEGAR, AT THE BARGAIN STORE. COUCH HOUSE, (Kingston, Georgia.) rpHIS LARGE AND COMFORTABLE House is now kept? bj W. W. KAINET. xne traveling public will And good, plain accommo dations. Parties washing board through the summer will And K i ngstonone n<i onto tost localities m Upper Georgia, anicc or four families can get comfortable rooms in ’icwol trains. Term, very THE FREE PRESS. 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. He became very weak, his skin presented a peculiar yellow appearance—had no appetite, became so very poor in flesh that he was really unpleasant to look at. Large swell ings appeared under his right arm, and finally they broke and continually discharged the most fearfully offensive odor —almost unbearable —his mother could hardly bear to wash and dress the deep-running sores. 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 months, he told us that it would take two or three years to perform a cure. However, be continued to treat the child, but with no manner of benefit as we could see. Indeed, with the painful lancing and unpleasaut 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 and consult Drs. Memmler & Jolinsonf who had established an Infirmary in Cartersvilie. Our consultation with those gentlemen resulted iu our turning over to them the treatment of the little child, whom we deemed beyond the skill of any earthly physician; but our love for the dear child, who had gone through so much suffering, prompted us to leave nothing undone that prom ised the least relief. After thoroughly examin ining their patient, Drs. Memmler & Johnson began treatment. We had given only three doses of their medicine, when we noticed consid erable improvement, and every day thereafter improvement went rapidly on. With nothing but internal remedies, no sore, no plasters, no lancing was resorted to by the above named gen tlemen. Simply their internal remedies, after hardly three months’ treatment have performed the cure which it was said required years to ac complish. And now, in conclusion, I invoke the richest blessings of the Great Physician—who looks over all things—to bless and prosper them, and to the afflicted world we feel that we could wish them no greater earthly blessing than to fall under the care and treatment of these gentlemen. If any desire to hear from me directly, they will ad dress me at Cartersvilie, Ga. Most respectfully, his NIMROD X HO WREN, mark. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of February, 1879. J. W. PRITCHETT, N. P. & J. P. All Chronic Diseases Cured and Surgical Operations Per formed at the North Georgia Medical Institute. MEMMLER & JOHNSON, Proprietors. CARTERSVILLE GA CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1879. MADAME BONAPARTE. The Romantic History of the Aged Wo man Who Died at Baltimore. Detroit Free Press.] A dispatch to the Free Press of Satur day contained the brief announcement that Madame Bonaparte was dead. The following is her history: ‘‘l would rather be the wife of Jerome Bonaparte one hour than the wife ff any other man for life.” So the estimable Mme. Bonaparte, ot Baltimore, is report ed to have said when, soon after he# bril liant marriage to the brother of the first Napoleon, herfiiends suggested thit per haps trouble was in store for her. The trouble came. It was on the 24th of De cember 1803, that Jerome Bonaparte, commander of a French frigate, was mar ried in Baltimore to Miss Elizabeth Pat terson, the beautiful daughter of the wealthy ship owner, William Patterson. Before the marriage her father opposed it, and sent his daughter to Virginia to get her away from the fascinating for eigner. After tie marriage the Emper or Napoleon opposed it, and ordered that the young wife should not be permitted to set foot on the soil of France. Betsy Patterson was 18 years old when she first saw Jerome Bonaparte. Her beauty was remarkable, and so were her accomplishments. Nobody was surpris ed that the yodng Frenchman, then on a visit to Capt. Joseph Barney, of Balti more, with whom he had served in the French navy, should surrender to her charms of person, of mind, and of fortune. Indeed, the fact that at an evening par ty his gold watch chain became entangled some how or other in her hair was very generally mentioned as a pretty and fa vorable omen. He seems to have loved her with Gallic ardor, and even to have resolved to give up all hopes of prefer ment under the Empire, in order that he might stay in this country and maintain his relationship to her. Napoleon’s animosity, however, was oil the in crease, and the pair resolved to go to France and plead their cause before him. Meanwhile Jerome’s supply of money was cut off, and the following communi cation was- received from his imperial brother: “I will receive Jerome if, leaving in America the young person in question, he shall come hither to associate himself to my fortune. Should he bring her along with him, she shall not put a foot on tlie territory of France. If lie comes alone I shall recall the error of a moment and the fault of j’outh. Faithful services, and the conduct which he owes to him self and to his name, will regain him all my kindness.” At the same time the youthful bride groom was informed, that so far as France was concerned, his marriage has been annulled by the following decree of the French senate: “By an act of the eleventh ventose, prohibition is made to all tlie civil offi cers of the empire to receive on their reg isters the transcription of the act of the pretended marriage that Jerome Bona parte has contracted in a strange coun try during the age of minority, without the consent of his mother and without previous publication in the land of his nativity.” Commander and Mi s. Jerome Bonaparte nevertheless, tried to set sail for France. They were unsuccessful. The French man-of-war lying in New York harbor was afraid of some British craft outside of Sandy Hook, and would not venture down the bay. The Ameri can vessel which took out Gen. Arm strong, our minister to France, they fail ed to reach. At length they embarked in a ship hound to Cadiz, Spain, and were wrecked on the coast of Delaware, Jerome and his young wife being saved with difficulty. Not in the least daunt ed, they finally, on the eleventh of March, 1805, about fifteen months after their marriage, took passage in the Erin, one of Air. Patterson’s packets for Lis bon. After various vicissitudes they ar rived at that city, found a French man of-war in waiting, and learned that its captain had been forbidden to receive “the young person to whom Jerome had attached himself.” It was a critical hour in tlie lives of the travelers. They resolved to separate for a time, Jerome to go to France and ap peal to the mercy of the emperor; his wife to proceed to Amsterdam and await the result of his mission. The Erin pro ceeded to Holland, but was not allowed to land her passenger, French men-of war again being in the way. She put back to Dover, where the young wife, about to become a mother, disembarked and went to Camderwell, near London. Here on the 7th of J uly, 1805, her sop, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, was horn. His father’s entreaty was spurned by the emperor. The first Napoleon had a name to make, and did not propose to see his brother allied to an untitled American damsel. “Your marriage,” he wrote to Jerome, “is null, both in a religious and a legal point of view. I will never acknowledge it. Write to Miss Patterson to return to the United States, and tell her that it is not possible to give things another turn. On condition to her go ing to America 1 will allow her a pen sion during her life of 00,000 francs per year, provided she does not take the name of my family, to which she lias no right, her marriage having no existence.” Subsequently he granted Jerome an interview. “So, sir,” said he, on seeing him, you are the first of the family who has shamefully abandoned his post. It requires many splendid actions to wipe off that stain from your reputation. As to your love affair with your little girl, I do not regard it! ” The husband communicated to his wife the emperor’s irrevocable decision. He advised her to go home to her father, with the hope that her obedience and his own might perhaps evehtually soften Na poleon’s heart, in one of his letters he says: “My dear and well-beloved wife, life is nothing to me without thee and my son. Be tranquil; thy husband will not abandon thee.” In another: “to leave thee, my good wife, I have never had that fatal thought. I act as a man of honor, as a brave and loyal soldier. I love my country; I love glory; but I love thee as a man, who, accustomed to fear nothing, never forgets that he is the fath er of Jerome Napoleon and the husband of Elise. 1 embrace you as I love you, and 1 love you as my life.” He tells her that so far as he is concerned, she is pref erable to a adds “Believe me my Elise, my first thought on awakening, as well as my last on falling to sleep, is always of thee; and if i was not sure of the blessed happiness of rejoining my well-beloved wife 1 should cease to live.” Mme. Bonaparte and her son returned to Baltimore. The husband, whose tem porary affection for her there seems to be no reason to doubt, yielded to the solici tation of his brother, the emperor, and in about two years married the Princess Frederica Catharina Wurtemberg. Madame Bonaparte made several visits to Europe after the second marriage of her husband. On one occasion, in Flor ence, she met him in a picture gallery. The encounter agitated him more than her. He whispered to the Princess Fred erica, who aeeompanyed him, “That is my former wife,” and disappeared. In spite of persistent efforts on her part, her marriage was never recognized in France. The case was formally Died after the ac cession of Napoleon 111., but judgment went against her. That sovereign, how ever, 'instructed liis council of minis ters "to issue a decree that the Mad ame "s son, Jerome Bonaparte, was “a le gitimate child of France,” —whatever the words may mean. The failure of Mme. Bonaparte did not conduce to sweetness of temper. She be came noted for her opinionativeness, ava rice, atheism and general eccentricity. Her father paid her this touching tribute in his will: “The conduct of my daughter Betsy has through life been so disobedient that in no instance has she ever consulted my opinion or feelings; indeed, she has caus ed me more anxiety and trouble than all my other children put together; her folly and misconduct have occasioned me a train of experience that first to last has cost me much money.” He left her a small share of his proper ty—the sum currently reported being SIOO,OOO. As time bore her along, her tongue became untamable, making her a sort of terror to her friends. Her habit was to varnish the tale of Jerome’s desertion of her. She always despised the man. By penuriousness in a Baltimore boarding house she is report ed to have saved a good deal of money, which will probably go to Charles Bona parte, one of her two grandsons. Of late her pen has been busy, and “The Me moirs of Mme. Bonaparte, AYritten by Herself,’” will doubtless soon astonish a world that will consider Greville’s Me moirs by the side of them. THE CLOSING SCENE. A special dispatch gives the following details in reference to her late illness, and her death, w hich took place at Bal timore on Friday afternoon: Madame Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte died at 1:14 p. m., to-day, aged 94 years. Her grandson, Charles J. Bonaparte, Mrs. George Patterson, her brother’s widow; Mrs. Sophie J. Clarke, her cousin’s child; Miss Hester Stiles, the latter’s sister, and Dr. James S. Macken zie, her attending physician, were at her bedside when she breathed her last. Col. Jerome N. Bonaparte, her other grand son, left the room only a few minutes before her death occurred. In accord ance with her oft-expressed wish, she died unconscious, and her dissolution was calm, peaceful and, of course, abso lutely painless. Madame Bonaparte was taken ill the day after last Christmas with a cold, and her advanced age gave her relatives and attending physician grave doubts as to her ultimate recovery. Dr. Mackenzie states that on visiting her after the inter view' with Col. Bonaparte he at once de tected a remarkable change for the worse in her condition. It seems as though she had been sustained by the determina tion to see her grandson, and w hen her wish was gratified she appeared to give way and resign herself to the inevitable. She was aw are that she w T as dying. On Tuesday hist she muttered a wish that some one would pray for her. Rev. J. T. Loitwice offered a prayer, during which he referred to the efficacy of Christ’s blood as an atonement for sin. The prayer seemed to afford her great comfort, and she appeared deeply im pressed. At 1 o’clock this afternoon Dr. Mack enzie called. Entering the room he ap proached the bed, and taking her hand felt the fluttering pulse, which was al most imperceptible. She was resting on her back, her mouth opened wide, and her haggard features for the first time bore evidence of the long struggle be tween life and death. He noticed also the altered appearance of her eyes, which had a fixed look, the pupils seeming to have become flattened. The physician retired to a seat near the window, and Col. Bonaparte left the room, and shortly after the house, intending to be absent only a few moments. At 1:14 Mrs. Clarke noticed a slight movement of the bedclothes, and uttered an exclamation which drew all in the room to the bedside. As Dr. Mackenzie stooped over her it was plain that the struggle was about over. The breath came sharp and heavy, and after three long-drawn gasps life was extinct. Two cablegrams w r ere Sent immediately to Europe—one to Mrs. Jerome Bona parte, in Paris, and the other to ex-Em press Eugenie, in England. Her estate, worth $1,000,000, goes to her tw'O grand sons. THE NATIONAL, NEEDS. An Interview Witli Mr. Stephens. Special to the Constitution.] Washington, April s. —Soon after the adjournment of the house to-day, your correspondent called at the rooms of Mr. Stephens, of your state, at the National hotel, when the following conversation ensued, which I thought might not be uninteresting to your readers: “Well,* said your correspondent to him, w'ho is now know'll as the Georgia Commoner, “you have passed the army bill in the house at last?” “Yes,” said Mr. Stephens, “anti a very decided majority.” Correspondent—What w T as the vote ? Mr. Stephens—l4B for it and 122 against it, giving 29 majority for the bill with the repealing clauses in it. The bill was stronger than the democracy. It re ceived the vote of every democrat and all the greenbackers except two. Correspondent—Will it probably pass the senate as in the house ? Mr. Stephens—l have no doubt of it. It may be discussed there a week or ten aays, but I have no doubt that it w ill pass there just as it went from the house. Correspondent—What about the veto; and if Mr. Hayes does veto it, what then? Many of the radicals say he certainly w ill veto them. Mr. Stephens —I know some of them say so, but Ido not think he w ill. I do not see upon what grounds he could place a veto. Vetoes have heretofore rest ed upon grounds of unconstitutionality or hasty and inconsiderate legislation. But the president certainly could not hold the position that it is unconstitution al to repeal any law w hatever, whether he thinks the law appealed was constitu tional or not. Nor could he hold that this is hasty or inconsiderate legislation, for it has been subject of discussion for upwards of fourteen years. Since the be ginning of the government, no act of congress repealing an act was ever vetoed by a president. Moreover, Mr. Hayes was reared in that school of politicians, w'ho were opposed to the exercise of the veto in any case, and one of the grounds for which he voted for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson was his exercise of veto pow'er. So Ido not in any event expect a veto. If he does not wish to sign the bill with his approval he may let it become a law by not returning it to the house w'ithin ten days after it is pre sented to him; and in that event it would become a law under the constitution without his signature or approval. So I do not expect any veto; still, there is very little certainty w hat any man in public or private life w ill do nowadays. But in reply to your question “what then in case he does veto it ?” All I have to say now is that sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Correspondent—ls it probable that we will have any legislation on the line indi cated in your caucus speech as publish ed in the New York Times ? Mr. Stephens—l cannot say. There was a sort of test vote upon that subject in the house this evening. It was on a motion, after the passage of the army bill, to adjourn over till Tuesday. The object was to defeat the introduction of bills on Monday. Monday, you know', is the on ly day that bills can be introduced in reg ular order. Tne object of this motion, therefore, was to stave off the introduc tion of bills of general legislation. This question to adjourn over was decided by a vote of 155 yeas to 109 nays. It is a very notable fact that on this question the republicans stood in solid column— save one—against general legislation for the relief of the country. They evident ly want affairs to remain as they are. They numbered 121, and with them stood 34 democrats. The 109 consisted of one republican, a few greenbackers and more than tw o thirds of the democratic party. It is true, some new members, and 1 have just seen one of this class—democrats— voted to adjourn over without under standing the object or effect of the mo tion. This vote clearly demonstrates that more than two-thirds of the demo cratic party in the house, and more than a majority of the greenbackers, are in fa vor of pursuing that line of policy which I indicated in the democratic caucus. Now', w hether the thirty-four democrats who voted to-day to defeat legislation w ill continue in their alliance with the re publicans for the accomplishment of this object, I cannot say. Ido hope they will not, but if they do they will defeat all legislation looking to the relief of the country from the evils of radical mis rule for the last ten years in matters of currency, finance, taxation, bank ing, 6tc., which have resulted in the present prostration of all the industries of the-country. Correspondent—Have the democrats any clearly defined line of policy on these questions? And what seems to be the trouble about progressing w ith the busi ness ? Mr. Stephens—A large majority of the democrats are decidedly in favor of the renewal of the unlimited coinage of sil ver. England and Germany are about to change their policy on the silver ques tion. A like majority of the democrats are also in favor of an increase in the volume of currency, resting upon a sound basis. Some are in favor of coin and bullion certificates, such as suggested by hie. Some are in favor ot the issue of greenbacks backed by the faith and credit of the government for their re demption. But these points of difference could be easily reconciled on consultation. The object on all sides is relief against present contraction and such relief as shall be founded upon the soundest principles of political economy; three-fourths are in favor of a modification of the present iniquitous system of internal revenue and three-fourths of them, nay, nine tenths of them are in favor af a modifica tion of the present unequal tariff. A like proportion, I think I may say, are in fa vor of repealing the present prohibitory tax on state banking. On all these as well as other important questions an over whelming majority of the democrats are in favor of remaining here and legislat ing in correcting the abuses and reform ing the evils of the maladministration of public affairs of the last ten years w hich lias reduced the country to its present deplorable condition. The trouble of progressing with this business of reform is this: About twenty democrats —per- haps hardly so many—represent what may be styled without offense as the mon ied power of the country. This small minority of the party are in full accord with the majority on the questions in volved in the army bill and the legisla tive bill; but they are utterly opposed to disturbing the existing status of the finan cial, currency and taxable questions; hence a few of the timid and time-serving who agree with a great majority of the party as to the necessary reforms, go with this small minority rather than split the party. This, I think, is a correct statement of the issue, lienee 1 think unless public sentiment is aroused and the democracy throughout the land shall be fully awakened to the responsi bilities resting upon tnem and expecta tions of our oppressed people from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the gulf to the lakes, there can be little hope for any improvements in our existing state of affairs from the present congress. Correspondent—Do you think there will be any change made at this session in the pension law's, so as to embrace the soldiers and the widows of soldiers in the Mexican war? Mr. Stephens—This question stands with the others alluded to. This emi nently just measure ought not to be ig nored, and this congress ought not to adjourn with a deaf ear to the appeals of justice in this matter that come up from every quarter. Members of congress are now paid by the year, they are salaried officers of the government as much as the judges of our courts, federal and state, and they ought to remain here and per form their duties, as judges do, and they will be derelict in duty if they do not, and, in my judgment, an indignant peo ple w'ill hold them responsible if they shall now, in the hour of greatest need, shirk their duty—adjourn and go to their homes without even making an attempt to right the w'rongs which are fast tend ing to bring general bankruptcy und ruin upon the whole country. Correspondent—ls not congress given too much to president-making? Mr. Stephens—Now you hit the nail on the head. This is undoubtedly the chief trouble. What the great mass of the people of this country, in every po sition of life and in every department of labor and industry, want, is good govern ment. AVise, equal and just laws for the protection of life, liberty and property' faithfully executed. The vital question w ith them is not so much who governs as how' they govern. It is not so much who is to be president as to the principles and policies of his administration. If the present state of affairs in relation to finance, taxation, currency and other matters of deep interest to the people are to remain as they are, it matters little to them who is president. In that view a presidential contest is degraded with nothing but a miserable scramble for of fice—a contest between tax-payers and tax-consumers. Then, if not before, tax payers must take care of themselves. There are said to be two or three mil lion of people in France who eat no bread, subsisting on chestnuts and vege tables. The reason so many negroes live to such extreme old age is that they don’t know exactly w hen they w r ere born. Queen Victoria has some $9,000,000 w'orth of plate in Windsor Castle. RATES OF. ADVERTISING. Advertisements will be inserted at the rates ot One Hollar per inch for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion. COXTR ACT RATES. • One inch, 1 month, $2 50; 3 months, $5; fi months, $7 50; 1 year, $lO. Fourth column, 1 month, $7 50; 3 months,sls; 0 months, s2:>; 1 year, S4O. Half columns, 1 month, sls; 3 months, $25; G months, S4G, 1 vear. SGO. One column, 1 month, S2O; 3 months, S4O; 0 mouths, $00; 1 year, SIOO. Address all orders to The JT.kee Press. NUMBER 31. AMONG THE GOLD MINES. The Auriferous Region of North Georgia. From the Morristown (Tenn.) Gazette. 1 have recently returned from a trip through the gold region of North Geor gia, and a brief sketch of what I there saw' may be a matter of interest to your readers. Leaving the Western & Atlan tic railroad at Calhoun, Georgia, in a hired conveyanee, 1 went directly to the Franklin mine, in Cherokee county, 32 miles distant, owned and worked by Col. W. A. Hoskins, of Chattanooga. The Colonel was 'kind enough to hitch up a team of spanking bays of Kentucky rais ing to a substantial two-liorse buggy, and the next morning we left for a week’s jaunt through Cherokee, Lumpkin and White counties, viewing as we went the operations of several mining companies in those counties. The first we visited was the Battle Creek mine, near Dahlon ega. wliere from a head of some 200 feet we saw at work the “little giant” pipe or nozzle -a California invention. The wa ter was brow n w ith such force as to up root in a few' minutes large trees, and to displace immense rocks. This mill was profitably w orked many years since, and large quantities of gold taken out. The present company have spent much money in getting ready to make more, and l would like to see their expectations real ized. In AATiite county we visited the mines of Gen. St". John, of New York, whose expenses have been very heavy in erect ing dams, blowing out rocks, etc., and with good, prospects of. ultimate success." In the same neighborhood w e were at the mines of Mr. W. R. Deau, at Naeoo chee—formerly a citizen of Knoxville. Air. Dean is at present confining his op eration's to placer mining, -and there seemed to be scarcely a foot of his premi ses that did not contain gold. He has several quartz leads running through his lands, and an abundance of Water power close at hand, which lie ’w ill speedily utilize in working his quartz veins. -The gold taken out of his placer mines the day w r e were there was simply astonish ing. On my return 1 examined particularly the Franklin mine of Col. Hoskins, be fore referred to. It is situated on both sides of the Etowali or Hightower river, and in days ante bellum Airs. Franklin, the then owner, in a short time took out 283,000 cwts, of gold worth in coin over $250,000. Her excavations made scarcely any impression upon the 'property. There are eight distinct leads running through the land —all of which are rich. Upon these seven shafts have been re cently sunk, developing ores or rare value and in quantities practically inexhausti ble. From these Shafts Col. Hoskins lias built a tram road to his mill where he is running ten stamps and has provided room for twenty more to be soon in use. These stamps are propelled by the whole Etowah river, across which lie has thrown a substantial dam. I saw' no such other property in Georgia, and nothing like such work accomplished with the comparatively trifling outlay. May the Colonel have all the success that his energy and enterprise entitle him to. The dwelling, from an eminence crowned with forest oaks, commands a view of the whole premises, embracing some 525 acres, much of which is first and second river bottom; and I consider his placer mines by no means the least valuable of his property. AI. An English visitor at Peshaw'ur sends home the following inscription copied by him from a trombstone in the English graveyard there; “Sacred to the memory of file Rev. Blank Blank, A. AI., who spent seventeen years as a missionary among the Afghans, and translated the Holy AVrit into their language. He was shot by his attendant. ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant.’ ” 0 Ex-Secretary Gorliam of the United States senate, a few days ago, at the close of his administration, during which he had handled many millions of dollars, found that exactly one cent was due him by the treasury department. A check was made out for that sum, and the coin —a big, old-fashioned copper—was sent to him and will be kept by him as a me mento. Ex-Senator Stanley Matthews is the man who knows what the president is going to do. He is in Washington now, and being a regular caller at the white house, Air. Alatttiews fells at liberty to announce that the president will veto both the army and legislative bills just as often as they are presented to him with the repeal legislation tacked on. The condition of the negro emigrants from Louisiana to Kansas is well illus trated by the fact that when the steamer Durlee left St. Louis for Wyandotte, Kan., last Saturday, with over GOO col on and emigrants, only $45 could be raised among them to pay their fare, and the Mullanphy Emigrant Relief Association had to pay the balance. The Savannah Recorder wishes the nominee for governor to come from southern Georgia and would like to have the honor conferred oil Hon. A. T. Me- Intire, Gen. A. R. Lawton or Col. R. E. Lester. Next to these the Recorder's pre ference is for Hon. Augustus Reese, of Morgan. A telegraph operator sent a message from Boston to Springfield for accommo dations for twenty “prisoners” instead of “persons,” and the consequence was that a traveling dramatic company was received at the railroad by a party of dep ot}' sheriffs. Dr. Felton has been made a member of the leading committee of the house—the committee of ways and means. Air. Speer is also a member of an important committee, that of privileges and elec tions. Rectifiers have presented a memorial to Commissioner Raum protesting against the clause in the internal revenue bill, passed at the last session of Congress, requiring rectifiers to give bonds. A son Of the Siamese twins is achiev ing high honors in an Eastern college, which leads a funny man to ask: “Why shouldn’t he rise in the world? His father was well connected.” A gentleman, speaking of a young beauty’s fashionable yellowish hair, call ed it pure gold. “It ought to be,” quoth a friend, “it looks like twenty-four car rots.” The Sultan, yielding to the urgent rep resentations of the Grand Vizier, has re called several exiles and ordered releases from prison. Oil City Derrick: It is the easiest thing in the world for a man to commit suicide in Texas. He has only to call another man a liar.
