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COOSA RIVER NAVIGATION.
On and after December 16th, 1878, the following
schedule will be run by the Steamers MAGNO
LIA or ETOWAH BILL:
Leave Rome Tuesday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Wednesday ....Cam
Leave Gadsden Wednesday 7pm
Arrive at Rome Thursday spm
Leave Rome Friday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Saturday 7am
Arrives at Greensport 9am
Arrive at Rome Saturday 6pm
J. M. ELLIOTT, President and Gcn’l Sup r 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 p m
Arrive at Rome 8:00 pm
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 p ni
Sti lesboro 3:20 p m 3:25 pm
Taylorsville 3:45 pm 4:05 pm
Kockmart 5:00 pm
GOING EAST.
Kockmart 6:00 a m
Taylorsville 6:50 am 7:loam
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
Leave Cartersville 4:37 pm
Leave Kingston
Leave Dalton . . 6:35 pm
Arrive at Chattanooga 8:25 p m
NIGHT PASSENGER —DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga p m
Leave Dalton 7:05 p m
Leave Kingston
Leave Cartersville • • •
Arrive at Atlanta 10:55 p m
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta
Leave Cartersville
Leave Kingston
Leave Dalton H
Arrive at Chattanooga 10 .06 a m
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 1;95 ® “
ljeave Dalton am
Leave Kingston n'oc 1 m
Leave Cartersville
Arrive at Atlanta .00 p m
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION UP.
Leave Atlanta . 7-Snm
Arrive at Cartersville • .zu p m
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION— DOWN.
Leave Cartersville * J"
Arrive at Atlanta
sTj7 franklin,
EAST MAIN STREET,
Cartersville, Borgia,
—DEALER IN—
DRY GOODS AND FAMILY GROCERIES,
-i~r kfps ON II AND ALL KINDS OF STAPLE
JY Dry Goods and Family Groceries. He keeps
also a line stock of
SOOTS AND SHOES,
All of which he proposes to sell at the lowest
cashnrTces. He invites the patronage of lm
VOLUME I.
THE PRESS CONVENTION.
What They Have to Say of onr Town
and County.
Gainesville Eagle.
Cartersville can welcome the muse or
the sock and buskin to as pretty a little
opera house as there is in the state.
Athens Watchman.
On Wednesday morning last, the mem
liers of the Georgia association met
in annual convention, in the city of Car
tersville and were taken in charge and
entertained in a most royal manner bv
hospitable citizens.
Washington Gazette.
The editors had the hospitality of Car
tersville bestowed upon them with a lav
ish hand at their meeting there last week.
The good people of that place are im
bued with a high sense of hospitality,
and in bestowing the pleasures of life so
abundantly upon their guest they must
beget that flow of soul that will make
their lives move on as gentle as a river.
Southern News and Farmer.
The Cartersville band met us at this
popular house, and accompanied us to
our destination giving 11s delightful mu
sic making our hearts all the more mer
ry. Our reception at Cartersville was of
a nature and spirit, that, could but im
press us with the open handed liberality
of her people, and throughout the im
pression grew stronger upon us, until at
the final leaves-taking, our hearts were
full of kindness lavished upon us, never
to be forgotten.
Gainesville Eagle.
We have a score of sweet memories.
Memories that are glinting with bright
ness, that remind us that life is not all
dark and dreary, that the world is not as
bad as some would make it. In the com
ing years when some misfortune shall
cloud our life, we can turn to the walls of
the corridor of memory, see the bright
pictures hanging there and gather new
strength for a struggle with the fates.
Cartersville, we salute thee. Beautiful
little city, royal citizenry, we are thine.
Tlie press convention of 1879 is a memo
ry, a sweet memory. It is with the past.
Northeastern Progress.
Cartersville is located on the line of
the Western and Atlantic railroad, a lit
tle more than one-third the distance
from Atlanta toward Chattanooga. It is
the eastern terminus of the Cherokee rail
road ; it is near the Etowah river and
centrally located. Considering the rich
ness and abundance of minerals, com
prising iron ore, manganese, baryta and
gold, and considering the mildnes of the
climate, it is the most desirable section of
of the United States. Besides, no sec
tion of America furnishes more hospita
ble people.
GalnesviEe Eagle.
At the annual meeting of the associa
tion in this city one year ago, Carters
ville extended an invitation to visit her
this year, which-was accepted. She prom
ised us a hearty welcome and right roy
ally has she kept her promise. We went
to see her, we sat down and supped with
Iter, we came away happier for it. If
there is a nobler, more generous, more
whole-souled people, a people wiio can
dispense a more princely hospitality, who
can nestle down closer to your heart, can
caress you more cooingly, can make you
happier for a few days, we have not seen
them. We went to capture Cartersville.
She captftred us.
Butler Herald.
About 10:30 our train reached this
beautiful and flourishing little city, situ
ated about 49 miles from Atlanta in the
northwestern portion of the state sur
rounded by lofty hills and fertile valleys,
and we at once were captured by the hos
pitable people of Cartersville, and each
member properly assigned to his home.
It was our good fortune to be cast with
Mr. Joshua Sumner of the Bartow house,
which is a very neat three-story brick
building, situated, on the east side of the
railroad. We found everything at this
excellent hotel in perfect order, and not
withstanding the superior court of Bar
tow county being in session, and a very
large crowd being in attendance, the clev
er and energetic proprietor never failed
to bestow his hospitality.
Henry County Weekly.
We were met by a committee of the
citizens and accorded such a whole-soul
ed, hearty welcome that every one felt at
home almost as soon as they landed. The
first hour after our arrival was consumed
in assigning quarters to the various del
egates, after which the convention was
called to order to listen to the wel
come address by Major Chas. H. Smith,
(“Bill Arp.”) This distinguished indi
vidual was in his happiest mood, and re
galed his audience with a speech of per
haps twenty minutes duration, in which
the rich vein of humor which permeates
his composition and renders nis writings
and sayiugs so pungent and flavorful
was laid entirely bare, to the inexpressi
ble delight of all who heard him. It
was just such a welcome as the represen
tative of a people proverbial for their
open-hearted hospitality.
Perry Home Journal.
The valley of the Etowah, in which
Cartersville is situated, is one of the most
beautiful sections of country in the union.
011 every hand are seen fields of waving
green, corn and cotton, while the moun
tains, rich in mineral wealth, add variety
to the scene.
The editors were most kindly received
and hospitably entertained by the people
of Cartersville. We were the guest of
lion. John Anderson, mayor of the city;
and we hereby acknowledge our obliga
tions to himself and his most excellent
lady for their kind attentions.
Manganese is . the principal mineral
commodity of Cartersville. Hundreds of
tons are being shipped every year to the
north and Europe, It resembles iron ore
and is mixed with iron in the manufact
ure of steel. We visited a mill where
the metal is prepared for use. It is first
washed in a large revolving cylinder and
dried. After this it is beaten or crushed
in a stamp mill, very much like a rice
mill, and ground as tine as flouf in a reg
ular burr stone corn m'll.
Sparta Times and Planter. “
Wednesday afternoon the body, by in
vitation of the authorities of the Chero
kee railroad company, took a ride over a
portion of that road, through some of the
most charming country in the world. The
farming lands seem to be in fine condi
tion, and the crops—especially wheat
very promising. We regret to see, how
ever, that the cotton area is being in
creased in Cherokee Georgia every year.
When that fine corn and wheat growing
section begins to depend upon .the west
for bread, then we shall look for a great
decline.
Wednesday night a “hop was given
iu honor of the press. We looked in up
on it. We wanted to study t&e dnsicwg
THE FREE PRESS.
question. The hoys and girls seemed to
enjoy it amazingly; while men and wom
en, with grey hairs, went hopping, skip
ping, swinging, slinging, and bobbing
up and down in quite a manner peculiar
to our unsophisticated eyes. There were
round dances, square dances—all sorts.
The hop passed oft - pleasantly, and quite
genteelly ; but the performance deepened
our conviction that the .dance is wrong,
and tends to evil—no matter how pure
and refined the articipants may be.
Others may differ with us, but every
man has a right to his opinion.
Thomasville Enterprise.
Thursday afternoon, after the business
of the meeting was concluded, we had
the pleasure of a ride up the Etowah riv
er. Our host, Capt. Peacock, most kind
ly volunteered to take us with him in his
buggy and we gladly availed ourself of
his offer. We visited the ruins of what
is known as the Mark A. Cooper iron
works. The river for miles runs through
a range of hills that are almost mountains
and affords water power sufficient for any
number of manufactories of all kinds.—
We saw the ruins of the furnaces, rolling
mills, flouring mill, brewery and nail
works that were once in successful opera
tion and for which the river affords am
ple and unfailing power, and we believe
that the time will come when all this
power, now idle, will be utilized and the
iron and other ores in the neighboring
hills converted into merchantable articles,
and the cotton grown on the rich lands
of the valley manufactured along this
river. The resources of this one county
properly developed would materially add
to the wealth of our grand state and we
hope soon to see capital come in sufficient
to develop these resources as they ought
to be.
We enjoyed our trip very much and
hope some day to visit Cartersville again.
Gwinette Herald.
During the evening, an invitation to
make an excursion down the Cherokee
railroad to Taylorsville, was accepted.
One who has never visited the magnifi
cent country lying along the line cannot
appreciate its beauty and wealth. Cross
ing the Etowah, we enter upon a series
of magnifleant farms stretching out for
miles on either side of the road, nearly
perfectly level, in a very high state of
cultivation. These lands have something
of the appearance of the red lands of
Gwinett, but are free from rock and have
an admixture of sand that renders them
open and porous and very mellow. They
are magnificent wheat lands and will
average from twelve to twenty bushels
to the acre, they also produce fine corn
and cotton, averaging without manure
fifty bushels of corn and two bales of cot
ton per acre without fertilizers. It is a
magnificent country and the citizens
know it, and hence the best farms will
bring fifty to seventy-five dollars per
acre. Taylorsville is terminous of the
broad guage railroad, built by Kimball.
From this point a narrow guage railroad
is run to Kockmart, in Polk county. The
whole line will soon be a narrow* guage
as the broad guage is not regarded as a
paying investment.
North Georgian.
There has not been a more pleasant
meeting of the press association than the
one at Cartersville last week. The hoys
were nearly all present. Too much praise
cannot be lavished upon Cartersville for
handsome manner in which she enter
tained her guests. The address of wel
come was delivered by Maj. C. 11. Smith
(Bill Arp) which was one of his happiest
efforts —full .of good hits and humor,
which was responded to by Tyler M.
Peeples, of the Gwinnett Herald, in an
appropriate address. The venerable Mark
A. Cooper then addressed the convention
on the resources of Bartow county. The
boys were tendered an excursion over the
Cherokee railroad, and went as far as.
Taylorsville, which is the terminus of the
broad gauge portion of it. They enjoyed
the trip very much, as the road passes
through a fine section. The old officers
were re-elected for the ensuing year.
Cuthbert was chosen for the next place
of meeting. “Bill Arp” says: “the con-,
vention was to have set another day, but
the president announced that the mem
bers would be called on next morning
for their annual dues of two dollars each,
and that’s why ‘they picked up their
tents (collar boxes) and like the Arabs as
silently stole away.’ ”
Gumming Clarion.
Cartersville has some three thousand
inhabitants, and is a beautiful place.
Bartow county has some of the finest
lands, richest minerals and best people to
be found anywhere. The interesting and
instructive essay read to the convention
by Hon. Mark A. Cooper made a most
favorable showing tor the county, its
agricultural and mineral capacities. Mr.
Cooper was very positive in the opinion
that the geological bureau should be sus
tained.
A citizen of Bartow, now ninety-nine
years old, was introduced to the conven
tion.
Too much praise cannot he awarded
Mr. Willingham, of The Free Press,
for his sleepless efforts to make every
member enjoy the occasion and carry
home with him kindly feelings of Car
tersville and its people. He is one
among the be3t editors in the state, and
was and yet claims to be a democrat of
the purest faith, soundest doctrine,
straighlest sort. As the father of the
press association he is universally esteem
ed by his children.
The wreath of flowers presented to the
association by Mrs.Felton was very beau
tiful and we trust that it was accompa
nied by the emblem: “Democratic re
union in the south.”
Ilawkinsville Dispatch.
Cartersville is in the midst of one of
the finest farming sections of Georgia,
and surrounded by mountains and hills
of valuable ores. The town has two
newspapers— The Free Press, by Char
ley Willingham, and the Express by Mr.
IS. A. Cunningham. The former sup
ports Mr. Felton, the member of con
gress from the seventh district, and is the
ablest advocate of the independent po
litical party in that part of Georgia.
The Express is an “organized” demo
cratic paper. It all the patronage be
stowed upon both papers were given to
oile paper, the income would.be exceed
ingly meagre.
During our brief visit to Cartersville
we were the guest of our old friend,
Judge Jesse Wikle, and our former part
ner, Mr. W. S. D. Wikle. Time has
wrought no change in these gentlemen,
and our old friend, Joshua Sumner, ac
tually seemed ten years younger.
We like North Georgia. Its beautiful
scenery, its tertile river bottoms, pure
atmosphere, gushing streams, fine fruits,
splendid water, etc., render ic a desira
ble section for a summer home, but we
were born in the wiregrass—“the land of
the cypress and the pine”—and, as the
Atlanta Constitution truthfully remark
ed the other day, ice are thoroughly in
love with coir country.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1879.
Fort Valley Mirror.
The chief attraction, however, to the
city, especially to the traveling public, is
the new aud elegant brick hotel, the St.
James. It is a spacious building of three
stories and basement in height, slate
roofed, and over one hundred feet fron
tage, extending back to the park garden
in rear. Three roomy front colonades
affording over three hundred feet of
promenade, with park grounds extend
ing down to the track of steel to the
“great Kennesaw route.” The St. James
hotel is yet an additional attraction of
comfort and elegance so acceptible to the
traveling public; it is a marvel of ele
gance, neatness and comfort. The whole
equipment of the house is entirely new,
tasty and fine. Every stair-way and
hall-way, and every room, some fifty or
more in number, new and handsomely
carpeted, etc., such as the daintiest belle
of noble blood would delightto step on.
This hotel is under the management of
Mr. L. C. lloss, a most agreeable and ac
commodating host.
The citizens of Cartersville did all in
their power to make the press gang feel
at home, and succeeded admirably.—
Friend Willingham was tireless in his
efforts in behalf of his friends-M he father
of the associaton, he telt proud to serve
them. Mr. Cunningham, also, did his
utmost, as did all, to promote the com
fort of their visitors, and our boys left
with pleasing memories of Cartersville
and her enterprising and hospitable peo
ple. As for ourself, we feel under spe
cial obligations to our host of the St.
James for courtesies.
Covington Star.
When we arrived in Cartersville we
were escorted to the opera house by a
committe of citizens, where we were as
signed to homes.' It was our good for
tune to fall under the hospitable care of
mine host, Col. L. C. lloss, of the St.
James hotel. The St. James hotel is a
commodious three-story building, and is
located within 20 paces of the railroad.
And just here we might mention that
Cartersville is emphatically a brick town.
It lias been built up almost entirely since
the war, and claims a population of 3,000
to 3,500. It is the county seat of Bartow
county, and has a splendid" brick court
house. It is located in the rich and fer
tile valley of the Etowah, which is one of
the finest grain growing sections of the
state. It is the terminus ot the Cherokee
railroad, which is built, with cars run
ning to Kockmart, and is to be extended
on into north' Alabama at once. The ex
act location of Cartersville is on the W.
& A. railroad, two miles from the beauti
ful Etowah river, 48 miles northwest of
Atlanta and 92 miles southeast of Chatta
nooga. It is surrounded by the lofty
spurs of the Allatoona mountains, while
it lies in the midst of the rich and beauti
ful valley of the Etowah. The scenerv
around is grand and picturesque, the at
mosphere is pure and balmy, and the
climate is unexceptionable. As proof of
the latter we will mention that old father
Williams, a citizen of that town, was in
troduced to the press convention, and
was invited to a seat upon the stage, who
has passed his 99th year, and, judging
from his intelligent eye and elastic step,
ttie prospects are fail- for him to live far
beyond his centennial year. To the cap
italist or health and pleasure seeker we
know of no place which promises a safer
investment to the former, or more certain
enjoyment to the latter, than Cartersville
and the prosperous county of Bartow.
Grecnesboro Home Journal.
It was our good fortune to fall into the
warm and genial hands of Col. J.J.How
ard, and enjoy the princely hospitality of
his pleasant and cultivated home circle.
Mr. Howard is a leading and oppulent
citizen—has done much to build up Car
tersville and deservedly commands the
love and esteem of his fellow-citizens.
Indeed, all the people of Cartersville
opened wide their doors and extended to
the knights of the quill a most generous
hospitality. Through their courtesy and
liberality an excursion was improvised
on Wednesday afternoon over the Cher
okee railroad, through the rich and love
ly Etowah valley, to Taylorsville. This
section is justly styled the garden spot of
Cherokee Georgia. Environed with lof
ty hills and mountains, its out-spreading
river and creek bottoms, and plateaus,
form a picture delightful to gaze upon;
especially at this season of the year. We
were particularly impressed with the ag
ricultural and mineral resources of this
portion of our state. The mountains
abound with iron, manganese, slate, etc.
We saw the quarries where the famous
Ladd’s lime is manufactured, and where
excellent alabaster can be procured. Man
ganese, so necessary to the manufacture
of steel, is a very rare mineral, hut is
found in abundance in the mountains of
Bartow county. It is a deep blue, hard
substance, heavier than iron. It is
ground up at the stamping mills, and ex
ported in barrels. Cartersville has sever
al of these mills, and thousands of barrels
are annually shipped. We took a short
ride on the narrow guage railroad from
Taylorsville to Cedartovvn—this little
highway is considered safe, where trans
portation and freigut are light.
About twilight the party returned in
safety, and that evening attended a hop
given in their honor by the young men
of Cartersville at the St. James hotel.
There many of the fair daughters of Car
tersville, and other places, were assem
bled, and the large crowd engaged in the
merry dance, which was continued with
out interruption until the “wee sma’
hours of the morn.” This was pro
nounced by all present, a most delightful
and enjoyable occasion.
Americas Republican.
Leaving Atlanta at 7 o’clock, a. m., on
a .special train provided by the Western
and Atlantic railroad, we reached Car
tersville at 9a. m. Here we were met
by a committee of citizens and escorted
to the handsome opera house, owned bw
the city. After a little delay we were arl
assigned to quarters to be taken care of
during our stay. It was our fortune to
have been placed under the charge of
Col. Robert H. Jones, one of the most
prominent citizens of the place. 001. J.
commanded the 22d regiment of Georgia
volunteers, and distinguished himself on
the battle fields of Virginia as a brave
and fearless officer. He has a most in
teresting family, who left nothing un
done to make our stay pleasant and
agreeable. His daughter, Miss Emma,
is one of the most charming and amiable
young ladies we have ever met with.
The valley of the Etowah, down which
the association ran for many miles on
the excursion from Cartersville to Tay
lorsville, is certainly one of the richest in
the south. So extensive and unbroken
a body of land of the highest fertility is
seldom to be found outside of the prairie
regions, and as these lands possess all the
fertility of the prairies, besides wood and
water, in which the latter are deficient,
they are of course preferable.
In the afternoon the writer and his
better-half, in company with our de
servedly popular host and his interesting
familv, enjoyed a ride of about eight
raiiea ctfcHod tire “river drive.” up Uie
| Etowah. Before leaving the beautiful
and picturesque city of Cartersville, how
ever, we were driven around to see the
points of interest in and about the city.
There are a great many vine-clad cot
tages, all new and beautiful, nestled in
the bosom of the elegant forest oaks that
make up the beautiful shades of the yards
and lawns. The cemetery is situated
upon quite an eminence, and presents a
fine view to the passer-by. In the centre
of this summit there is a mammoth
monument, recently erected to the late
Hon. Lewis Tumlin, that lifts its lofty
head far into the ether blue, and speaks
| volumes for the silent sleeper that rests
beneath the pure Italian shaft.
Leaving this imposing scene, we next
see in the distance the.handsome resi
dence enveloped in all the romance of
beauty and novelty, the property of Col.
John J. Howard, a man well known,
much beloved and admired by all. Some
years ago he went to Cartersville with
fifty cents in his pocket, and he threw
that into the river Etowah, and com
menced the world without a cent, and
now counts his fortune by thousands.
We noticed in the suburbs the elegant
residence of the late Hon. Lewis Tum
lin, imbedded in the very bosom of the
forest, and surrounded by a large area of
river lands, teeming with the richest
crops of grain we ever saw.
The Valley farms dotted up and down
the river were very fine and crops ele
gant, and the landscapes grand beyond
description. In fine, that portion of
Georgia is par excellent to all others we
have ever visited.
This river drive is partly a macada
mized road, and runs almost to the wa
ter’s edge of the beautiful and placid
river. The scenery is picturesque and
grand beyond description. You now and
then would be in an arm’s length of the
water on one side, and the other the tow
ering mountains lift their summit amid
the blue sky above us. The natural
grandeur and beauty of the cliffs, gorges
and mountain peaks present new worlds
of beauty to the bewildered gaze of the
beholder in rapid succession, and pro
duced a feeling of awe indescribable, and
called forth the grand sentiment,
“Rock of ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.”
These scenes brought very forcibly to
our mind the infinitude ami omnipresence
of the great I Am, and one feels like ex
claiming, “Glory to God in the highest,
peace on earth, good will to man.” 011
this road, about six miles up the river,
are the ruins of the far famed iron works
of lion. Mark A. Cooper. It was an im
mense factory, and but for the war would
have been one of the grandest enterprises
of the state, At this site Mr. C. had a
mammoth flouring mill, the finest in the
south. He had also a railway from Car
tersville to this place to make transports,
thereby enhancing the value of the es
tablishment by speedy transportation.
At one time during the progress of this
grand scheme, Mr. Cooper came near
failing, but he had friends who came to
his assistance, and to show his apprecia
tion of such substantial aid, he erected a
marble monument, upon which he in
scribed their names, which we here in
sert:
Dr. Wm, C. Jarrett, Thos. Stocks, T.
P. Safford, N. G. Foster, J. B. Baldwin,
Thomas J. Burney, Dr. 11. J. Oglesby,
Dr. R. Banks, C. A. Hamilton, W.’M.
Andqrson, Thos. B. Stovall, Mat Whit
field, Reuben Jordan, W. Mavly, M-
Dennis, Gen. Robert Bloodsoe, Sam Rea
son, Dr. 11. Adams, Elisha Perryman,
W. B. Carter, J. H. Gatewood, Alfred
Shorter, Andrew Read, Wade S. Coth
ran, John Banks, Wm. L. Mitchell, J.
R. Hunt, Pleasant Stovall, John M.
Flournoy, Jas. Jones, W. S. Smith, W.
Cromwell, Hon. J. M. Wilburn, John
W. Lewis, Lewis Tumlin, S. R. Jones.
This maible pillow was broken into
fragments by the Yankee army, as well
as the total destruction of the works just
mentioned. There are many points of
interest we could bring before our read
ers, but neither time nor space will allow
us to pursue the subject further.
At night the citizens of Cartersville
honored the members of the association
with a hall at the St. James hotel. Quite
a large crowd of the young people of the
place were present. The dining hall was
splendidly decorated, and those who par
ticipated -in the dance seemed to enjoy
the occasion very much indeed.
The gentlemen of the “fourth estate”
reluctantly took their leave, with the best
teelings and kindest recollections of the
noble men and women who so agreeably
entertained them during their visit to
Cartersville.
The citizens of Cartersville extended a
cordial welcome and most generous hos
pitality to the members of the press.
Every door and the hotels of the town
were thrown open to tho members of the
association, without money and without
price. The editors of The Free Press
and Express were untfMng in their ef
forts to satisfy every want of their guests.
Willingham fairly boiled over in the ex
uberance of his welcome to them, and
neither ate or slept in his desire to serve
his brethren in every way possible.
HON. W. H. FELTON.
An Interesting Interview with Him on
the Political Crisis.
Special to Clirouicle and Constitutionalist.]
Washington, May 19. —Believing that
the views of the Georgia delegation, in
part at least, would be very interesting,
it not instructive, I called upon Dr. Fel
ton to furnish me with his opinions upon
the more important questions of titt hour,
stating to him that Mr. Stephens had al
ready given a sketch of what he consid
ered the true policy to be pursued. The
representative -ot the seventh district
readily consented to be interviewed, with
the following result:
Correspondent:—l would like to hear
your views, Dr. Felton, about this extra
session of congress; its material benefit
to the country and to the democratic
party V
Dr. F’elton:—l regret to say that in
my judgment the extra session of the
forty-sixth congress has been, so far, of
no practical benefit either to the country
or to the democratic party. 1 doi4)ted
its propriety last winter when it was
made necessary by the failure of certain
appropriation bills, and uovv, that its
probault results are apparent to all men,
1 am confirmed in the opinion that it was
a political blunder. While the debate
lias been characterized by unusual ability,
yet at the same time sectional strife an i
partisan bitterness have seemingly ruled
our deliberations. Old wounds have
been re-opened and battle fields have
passed with panoramic horror throngn
the halls of our federal legislation, when
we had persuaded ourselves that they
\\ ere overgrown with flowers aud ever
greens. The effort has been made to re
vive all the passions and hates of our
civil war, to sectionalize the country, to
solidify' the north and to solidify the
south, and then to throw these two great
divisions of a common country, thus an
tagonized, into the political struggle of
next year.
The effort has been made, and I think
it was prompting motive in original
ing this extra session, to create new po
litical issues for the next presidential
campaign. This would be desirable, if
with some “new issue” we could sup
plant the old issue of sectionalism which
has so long blighted and mildewed the
legislation of this country; but I fear the
“new issues” were intended to divert the
popular mind from the financial and reve
nue reforms demanded by the labor of
the country. There are many aspiring
party managers who would like to see
these “new issues” supplant the ques
tions : “Shall we have an unlimited coin
age of silver?”—Shall we modify or
abolish the tax on tobacco and whisky?”
—Shall we remodel our tariff duties'so as
to make it a tariff for revenue only, in
stead of a tariff for protection?”—“Shall
we levy a tax on the millions of dollars
invested in the bonds of the government
instead of taxing the industries of the
country?” These and other kindred
questions are now of more interest to the
American people than all other political
subjects. Nothing can or will overshad
ow them in our approaching federal elec
tions. Men are more interested in the
rewards of their own labor—in the accu
mulation of personal wealth and in mak
ings comfortable provision for their own
households, then they are in the dis
cussion of antiquated political abstrac
tions.
Correspondent:—What do you think
should be the present policy of the demo
cratic party ? What would be the wisest
and safest course after the president sends
in the last veto, and the issue is squarely
presented, to withhold supplies or to pass
the appropriation bills?
Dr. Felton :—We cannot force legisla
tion in this country. Vicious laws must
be removed by legal and constitutional
methods, and not by arbitrary or dictato
rial acts. The great security of public
liberty in this country is implicit com
pliance with constitutional methods.
There can be no danger to the union—
none to the rights of the states —none to
the liberty of the citizen—and none to
'the glorious future of this magnificent
country while the provisions of the fed
eral constitution are rigidly observed.
While i have voted uniformly with the
democratic party in favor of repeal, I
certainly recognize the constitutional
right of the president to withhold his ap
proval. He has the same right to disap
prove that we have to pass these bills.
It is not an act of despotism for him to
exercise this right. There can be no
despotism in the exercise of a constitu
tional right. You ask me what course
the party should now pursue—the presi
dent having vetoed all these bills? It
has been suggested that we adjourn
without making the necessary appropria
tions to carry on the government —that
we should let the army disband and ex
pose our frontier to Indian and Mexican
depredations—that we should force our
federal courts to suspend their functions
for twelve months—let crime go unpun
ished and civil cases go untried—that we
should close all departments and produce
an interregnum of governmental machin
ery for the space of one year. These
suggestions, in my judgment, come from
whence they may, are simple madness.
Why should we thus attempt to cripple
the government? Shall we do so be
cause we have been defeated in repealing
laws that have been on the statute books
for many years, and under the operation
of which laws the democratic party has
been restored to power in both houses of
congress? The south as a section cannot
afford to go on record as a revolutionary
element in this government. Norehould
northern fanatics, of either party, force
this exigency upon us. The south ex
pects her representatives to act with wis
dom and prudence. We are not sent
here to manufacture political capital foi
presidential aspirants, independent ol
our duty to the whole country. I think
the high-pressure excitement of this whole
session has impressed the public with its
artificial and factitious character.
It may be considered an evidence of
pluck, if not of patriotism, to stand here
and to “fight it out on this line if it takes
all summer,” but I am much mistaken if
this “wordy war” of giants will supply
the popular demand for material assist
ance and political quiet, which the soutl
so greatly needs.
Having failed to accomplish the repea
of the measures in question, at this ses
sion of congress, we should pass the ap
propriation bills without delay—thus
supporting and sustaining our govern
merit. If further delay promised any fa
vorable outlook, we might counsel it—
but we can see nothing ahead but con
tinued debate —prolonged and stoimy ti
the end of the chapter. The president
has assumed the responsibility of the ve
to—we cannot risk a departure from con
stitutional methods to rebuke his action
The issue has been made. The position
pf every member of congress is well un
derstood by his recorded votes. Let tho
whole matter be carried to the people—
to that final arbiter of all political ques
tions—the ballot-box. I protest that the
democratic party is not and will not be
come a revolutionary party. Whateve •
else it may inscribe on its banners, i
will yet keep emblazoned on its folds the
constitution, the union and the laws.
| COMMENTS OF THE CHPOXICLE.
DR. FELTON’S VIEWS.
The Chronicle publishes this morning
the views of Hon. W. 11. Felton on fch;
crisis at Washington and the duty of th
democracy. The strength which Di.
Felton has shown at home and the posi
tion which his talents have won for him
in Washington give interest to his opin
ion of national affairs, and we are glad to
be able to present it in full and in his
own language. Dr. Felton believes that
the democrats made a mistake in forcing
an extra session by failing to pass the ap
propriation bills. The political debates,
he says, have been characterized by sec
tional bitterness, as well as unusual abili
ty, and old wounds that should be kept
closed have been reopened. Asa result
he fears that the north and south hav ;
been arrayed against each other and that
the next presidential campaign will bi
fought upon issues that the democrat-!
would have been wise to have had elimi
nated from the contest. Like Mr. Ste
phens, he believed that the interests cf
the party and the people have been se -
riously jeopardized by leaders who have
had no higher ambition than the selec
tion of presidential candidates. The
great questions of unlimited coinage of
the silver dollar, of revenue reform, of
framing a tariff' for revenue only, and of
an income tax have been neglected t~>
further the views of particular .aspirants
for the democratic nomination. As to
what should be the course of the party i 1
congress, in view of the vetoes that have
been and are to be received, Dr. Felto 1
speaks plainly and While
deploring the course pursued by the
president, he recognizes his constitution
al right to veto legislation that he disap
proves, and he does not for a moment
counsel the withholding of the supplie .
Nothing of good could be accomplished
by such a course. The people must
finally pass upon the matters at issue be
tween the executive and the majority in
congress, ami tire record is ftiiiy made
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up. To withhold the appropriations for
the support of the gov ernment, he strong
ly says, would be simple madness. It
will be seen that the views of Mr. Felton
and of Mr. Stephens are identical, so far
as present issues are concerned. There
is reason to believe that their opinions
are held by other southern democrats,
and that the course which they recom
mend will be eventually pursued. The
apropriation bills will be passed and the
repe:il of obnoxious political legislation
will be relegated to the ballot box. These
gentlemen do not hesitate to say that the
success of the financial measures which
they advocate are of far greater impor
tance to the people than the measures
which were brought to the front by the
action of the caucus, and jt is evident
that these are the measures upon which
they desire the next battle for the presi
dency to be fought. They vote foi tfie
caucus bills, and they will support them
up to the point of refusing to provide
means tor the support of the government,
but in the meantime they persistently
press the bill for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, the bill striking down
the protective features of the tariff and
the bill for the imposition of a tax on in
comes. They think that lighting upon
these issues, which will divide the coun
try from ocean to ocean, they will stand
a better chance of success than when
doing battle upon measures of a more or
less sectional character —and they may
be right. So far as the extra session is
concerned it is easy to predict the judg
ment of all men not wholly blinded by
partisanship. It is exceedingly ques
tionable whether the holding of an extra
session was not a mistake. The presi
dent’s hostility to the measures proposed
being admitted, it was apparent that the
legislation must fail except it could be
passed through coercion. This hostility
was to be assumed in the absence of any
assurance that he would co-operate with
the plans of his political enemies. To
threaten to coerce and attempt it might
have caused the most mischievous re
sults; to threaten and not attempt have
subjected the party to merited ridicule.
So far as the record was concerned that
was made by the action of the last con
gress. If it was not, it could certainly
have been made just as well during a
regular as during a special session. The
democrats in congress have injured in
stead of strengthened their party, and we
fear that republican victories this fall
will be the fruit of their blundering.
Let us hope that before the great contest
of 1880 begins more wisdom will Ik; dis
played by those who have undertaken to
to lead the forces and shape the plan of
battle.
GENERAL, NEWS.
The Italian chamber has passed a bill
making the performance of civil marriage
obligatory.
A skipping rope was placed among the
flowerson Kitte Boylan’s coffin, in Clyde,
Ohio. She had died from jumping itT*lo
times without stopping.
. Urgent distress and famine is reported
in Cashmere, and a serious state of affairs
is existing. Cholera is also reported in
Peshawur, and lias made its appearance
in most cities of the Punjaub.
Harmon Peer, of Teeterville, Ontario,
Wednesday afternoon, successfully per
formed the feat of jumping from the new
suspension bridge into the Niagara river,
below the falls, a distance of 190 feet.
Gardener E. Sisson undertook lately in
Providence, R. 1., to make 100 pairs of
india rubber boots in 100 consecutive
hours, or forfeit $5,000. He performed
bis task in four minutes before the expi
ration of his time.
Negotiations for the transfer of the
government of eastern Roumelia to Aleko
Pasha as governor have been satisfacto
rily concluded. As soon as he arrivss
in Phillippopolis the Russian headquar
ters will be removed elsewhere.
The French government lias decided
not to grant amnesty to Rochefort, Val
les and Blanqui, communists elected to
the chamber of Deputies, but to pardon
them after June 6th. This will not re
store to them their political rights.
The St. Peterburg correspondent of the
Cologne Gazette says that no one at all
acquainted with the state of affairs in St.
Petersburg can any longer doubt that
the conspirators have powerful connec
tions, which extend even to the council
of ministers.
The California constitutional conven
tion was in session 157 days, and cost sev
eral hundred thousand dollars. The ses
sion was to have been limited to one hun
dred days, but it was impossible to com
plete the work within that time, and
$150,000 more than was apportioned for
the purpose was consumed for the pay of
the members and the convention’s run
' ning expenses.
In an address delivered at a fair in New
York for the benefit of disabled soldiers
and their families, Gen. Sickles said that
so far as the treatment of its defenders is
concerned,the south deserves success more
than the north The fact that over one
thousand veterans were in the poor hou
ses of the state, and many others trapp
ing the streets in a worse condition, was
a sad commentary on the gratitude of the
north.
Sebastian Weber, of Paterson, New
Jersey, quarrelled with his wife on Fri
day evening, and when she went to bed
he doubled up a clothes line and hanged
himself to a beam in the ceiling of the
kitchen. Next morning his wife found
the body and called his son, saying that
“the old man had hanged bimseif.” Then
she opened the saloon, of which her nus
band was proprietor, and attended to the
business of selling drinks.
William Amrnen, alias Story, of St.
Louis, recently eloped with Jennie Ateh
lejr, the wife of F. A. Farmer, of Bata
via, Ohio. He was captured and placed
in jail at Batavia. Early Thursday morn
ing a mob entered the jail, seized Story
and hung him on one of the timbers of
bridge over the little Miami. After hang
ing a few minutes the rope broke and
Story dropped into the river, and succeed
ed in reaching the shore, whence he was
taken to a hotel, where he now remains.
Emma, a promising young Indian girl
at the school at Bed Lake, Minn., died on
the 22d ult. A runner was sent to tell
her mother, who was making sugar thir
ty miles away, and she started in the
evening on her lonely march to the agen
cy, through forests of pine—whose dark
tops seemed to chant a requiem to the de
parted—through swamps, over deep un
bridged rivers, in the darkness of night,
without food, without sleep or rest, and
she reached the agency soon after light.
On Thursday evening, the 15th inst.,
Sam Boston, a colored man living about
seven miles from Jacksonville, Fla., on
the south shore of the river, heard some
of his pigs squealing near his house. lie
seized his gun and went in the direction
of the noise, and beheld a full grown
panther jumping for the thicket. He
tired one barrel at the varmint, sending
a shot through its heart, killing it in
stantly. The animal’s hide was then
taken off uud cured.