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CARTERSVILLE, GA. \ IT ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS > V in Bartow countv, the Superior Courts of the Cherokee Circuit, the Supreme Court and the l nited States Court for the Northern District ol Georgia. decl9-4mos T. W. H. HARRIS, A T TOKNE Y-AT-LA W , CARTERSVILLE, GA. 1 >UACTICES IN ALL TIIE COURTS OF 1 Bartow and adjoining counties, and will faithfully attend to all business entrusted to him. Office over postoffice. decs-ly R. W. MURPHEY, ATT O 1 1 NEY r -AT-LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. OFFICE (un-stairs) in the brick building, cor- j ner of Main & Erwin streets. jmylB. J. A. BAKER, attorney-at-law, I CARTERSVILLE, GA. WILL practice in all the-courts of Bartow * and adjoining counties. Prompt atten tion given to (ill business entrusted to his care. Office in Bank Block over the post office. julyis. y. I). GRAHAM. A. M. FOUTE. GRAHAM & FOUTE, A T T O R 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. \V. Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south ol Postoffice. july!B. T. W. MILNER. J. w. HARRIS, JR. MILNER & HARRIS, ATTO RNEY S-AT-LA "W , CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office on West Main Street. July 18 F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist, (Office over Stokely & Williams store.) CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. I WILL FIL j TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH. and put in teeth, or do any work in my line at prices to suitthe times. jpgjfWork aL warranted. Refer to my pat rons all over the county. augls-ly. F. M. JOHNSON. JOHN T. OWEN, (At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,) CARTERSVILLE, GA. VX7TLL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, YY Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can be 1 Knight anywhere. Warranted to prove as represented. All work done by me warranted to give satisfaction. Give me a call. julvlB. CHAS. B. WILLINGHAM, Stenographic Court Reporter. [ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. [ T MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES, JL 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 GruicLe. COOSA KIY Eli 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 . . . . 6am 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 Opm J. M. ELLIOTT, President and Gen’l Sup f t. ROME RAILROAD COMPANY. On aud 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 p in 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 Stiiesboro 3:20 pm 3:25 pin Taylorsville. . / . . . 3:46pm 4:ospm Rockmart 5:00 pm GOING EAST. Rockmart 6:00 a m Taylorsville . . . . . . 6:50 am 7:15 ain Stiiesboro 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 3:00 p m Leave Cartersville 4:53 pm Leave Kingston 5:19 pm Leave Dalton 7:10 p m Arrive at Chattanooga 8:47 p m NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga . . . . . • 5:25 p m Leave Dalton 7:10 p in Leave Kingston 8:39 p m Leave Cartersville 9:05 p m Arrive at Atlanta 11:00 p m DAY PASSENGER—UP. Leave Atlanta 5:20 am Leave Cartersville 7:28 am Leave Kingston . 7:49 ain Leave Dalton 9:21 am Arrive at Chattanooga 10:56 a m DAY PASSENGER —DOWN. Leave Chattanooga . 6:15 am ueave Dalton 8:10 am Leave Kingston 9:43 a in Leave Cartersville 10:11 a m Arrive at Atlanta 12:05 p m CARTERS VILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP. Leave Atlanta 5:10 pm Arrive at Cartersville * 7:22 p ni CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN. Leave Cartersville 6:05 am Arrive at Atlanta . 8:45 am LITCHFIELD HOUSE, (Acworth, Georgia.) E. L. LITCHFIELD, Proprietor. C CONVENIENT TO THE DEPOT, AND ITS j tables supplied with the very best the mark <‘i affords. augß. COUCH HOUSE, (Kingston, Georgia.) r pHI9 LARGE AND COMFORTABLE House is uow kept by W. W. Rainey. The traveling public will flud good, plain accommo dations. Parties wishing board through the summer '"'ill find Kingston one of the healthiest anil quietest localities in Upper Georgia. Three °r four families can get comfortable rooms in v V">v S trains. Terms CAwytreasonable. TfyfcV wTw. RAINEY. VOLUME I. THE PRESS CONVENTION. Annual Meeting of the Georgia Press As sociation. CARTERSVILLE, Ga., May 14,1879. r I association met in the opera house, and was called to order by President J. 11. Estill. Maj. C. 11. Smith (Bill Arp) welcomed the association in a neat and characteris tic speech. Mr. Tyler M. Teeples responded on be half of the press. Mr. C. W. Styles then extended an in vitation to the association to visit Canton and partake of the hospitalities of the people on Friday, the 16th inst. Mr. C. W. Hancock moved to lay the invitation on the table. Lost. On motion of Mr. E. Christian, the thanks of the association were voted to the people of Canton for their generous and hospitable invitation, with regrets that the assoeiotion cannot accept it. The association then enjoyed the pleas ure of listening to an address by lion. Mark A. Cooper, on the resources of Cherokee Georgia and Bartow county in particular. Mr. Frank Gordon, on behalf of Mrs. W. H. Felton, in a few appropriate re marks, presented a wreath of the most beautiful flowers, sent from Washington tortile occasion. On motion of Mr. Gordon, the secreta ry was instructed to return thanks to Mrs. Felton on behalf of the association. The reading of the minutes was on mo tion dispensed with. On motion of Mr. 11am, a committee of tive was appointed on credentials, con sisting of flam, Triplett, Burke, Jones and Fleming. The association then accepted an invi tation from the otfleers of the Cherokee ; railroad to make an excursion at 2:30 p. m. over their road. The following members reported and paid their dues: Albany News —S. R. Weston, F. V. Evans. N. E. Progress—M. Stafford. MiUedgeville Union and Recorder—J. ; N T . Moore. Gainesville Eagle—ll. W. J. Ham. Gainesville North Georgia Argus—J. C. S. Timberlake. Brunswick Advertiser—T. G. Stacy. Hawkinsville Dispatch—G. P. Woods. Madison Madisonian —B. M. Black burn. Summerville Gazette—J. M. Bellah. Butler Herald—W. N. Bonus. Hand.ton Journal—J. T. Blount. Dublin Gazette—J. H. Etheredge. Svvainesboro Herald—C.H. Mediock. Buena Vista Argus —W. W. Singleton. Quitman Free Press —A. P. Perham. Columbus Times —J. 11. Martin. Covington Enterprise—S. W. Haw kins. Sandersville Couries—W. C. Davis. Griffin News—J. D. Alexander, C. A. Niles. Sumpter Republican—C. W. Hancock. Greenville Vindicator —W. T. Revill. Fort Valley Mirror—S. B. Burr. Talbotton Standard —W. E. Mum ford. Barnesville Gazette —J. C. McMichael. Sparta Times—Elam Christian. Henry County Weekly—R. D. Har per, J. E. Brown. Jonesboro News —11. F. Buchanan, 11, Cloud. Gwinette Herald—T. M. Peeples. Cumming Clarion—lsaac S. Clement. Georgia Home Journal-W. A .Knowles, J. Knowles. People’s Champion—John F. Shecutt. Dawson Journal —U L. Weston. Central Georgia Weekly—Chas. Alf. Williams. Irwinton Southernor and Appeal—C. R. Hodges. Oglethorpe Echo—T. L. Gantt. Montezuma Weekly—W. H. Harrison. Atlanta Constitution —W. A. Hemphill, N. P. T. Finch. Macon Telegraph—H. 11. Jones. Jefferson Forest News —R. S. Howard. Dupont Okeefeenokean —J. P. A. Du pont. Louisville News and Farmer —R. J. Boyd. Cedartovvn Advertiser —W. C. Brad ford. Jesup Sentinel —T. P. Littlefield. Cuthbert True Southron—M. Tucker, J. L. Tucker. Thomasville Enterprise—C. P. Han seil. Atlanta Southern Enterprise—S. T. Jenkins. Fort Gaines Tribune—S. E. Lewis. . Houston Home Journal —E Martin. Atlanta Planter and Grange—Frank Gordon. Belton North Georgian—J. F. Find ley. Thomasville Times—John Triplett. MeVille South Georgian—Walter T. McArthur. Atlanta Phonograph—W. T. Chisto pher, M. E. Thornton. Darien Gazette —R. W. Grubb. Talbotton Register—O. I). Gorman, J. B. Gorman. Savannah News—J. H. Estill. Early County News —W. W. Fleming. Covington Star —J. W. Anderson. Wesleyan Christian Advocate —J. W. Burke. Conyers Examiner—W. A. Harp, W. E. Harp. Catoosa Courier —R. M. Morris. LaFayette Messenger—A McHan. The meeting then adjourned till 9 a. m. to-morrow. Thursday, May 15, 1879. The association met according to ad journment. The report of the committee on creden tials was read and agreed to, and the ap plicants for membership elected. The resolution offered at the last meet ing as an amendment to the by-laws was taken up. Mr. Ham offered the following amend ment to section V. of the constitution as a substitute: “Provided, That no person shall be entitled to represent any paper as proxy who is not the editor or proprietor of some paper which is a member of the as sociation.” Mr. E. Christian offered a substitute for both, which was lost. The amend ment ottered by Mr. Ham was adopted in lieu of the original resolution. Mr. George P. Woods submitted the following report, which was read and adopted by a rising vote: The committee appointed at the last meeting of the Georgia press association to prepare a suitable memorial commemo rative of the death of Capt. Charles Ed ward Carnes beg leave to submit the fol lowing report: We are again called upon to express our sorrow at the death of one ot our most valued and professional brethren. Death has entered a happy home and robbed it of its most cherished object oi love, and struck from the roll ot the liv ing the name of our beloved co-worker, Capt. Charles Edward Carnes. He was born in Macon, Ga., September 19th, 1838, and died of pneumonia in Irwin ton, Ga., December 18th, 1877. His career as a printer and journalist began at twelve years of age, when he entered the office of the Macon Telegraphy THE FREE PRESS. • and where he remained for several years. He made~n gallant record as a soldier in the contest for southern independence, and returned home and re-entered his chosen profession. In 1875 lie establish ed the Southerner at Irwinton, and con tinued as its editor and proprietor till the date of his death. He was master of his profession and imprinted success upon all of his undertakings. Asa practical j printer he was ever ready to show sym pathy and kindness to a wandering typo. As an editor he loved right and abhorred wrong, and his intellectual endowments, great integrity of character and versatile accomplishments peculiarly fitted him for the exalted and responsible position of a member of the “fourth estate,” and in his death truth has lost an able de fender, our profession a genial compan ion, the press one of its brightest lights, and our country a most useful citizen. In the discharge of his duty Capt. Carnes was generous and manly, and to his fel low-men and professional brethren he never forgot he was a gentleman, but ex hibited that courtesy and gentility that should govern us as individuals in the conduct of our journals. There is no profession or other pursuit in life where each one is more the friend and the brother of the other than in the press. Our association is more a social than a business organization, and the death of a comrade comes home to all. Your com mittee beg leave to submit the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, in the exercise of his inscrutable wis- , dorn, to remove from onr midst our com- 1 panion and friend, Captain Charles E. j Carnes; Resolved, That in the death of Captain j Charles E. Carnes, this association has been deprived of one of its ablest and wisest counsellors, the press of an honor ed and true member, and the state of a noble and useful son. Resolved, That we will cherish the memory of our deceased and lamented brother, and will strive to imitate his ; private and professional virtues. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize ; with the family of onr deceased brother in their irreparable loss, and that this re port and these resolutions lie spread upon our minutes as a perpetual memorial of our respect for him while living and of our-sorrow at his death Resolved, That our secretary transmit a copj r of this report and these resolu tions to the family of our deceased broth er. George 1\ Woods, Chairman Committee. The treasurer reported a balance on hand from last year of $108.75, and the amount collected at this meeting $l2B. Mr. 11. H. Jones made a short speech reciting the condition of the graves of the confederate dead at Andersonville, ; and the efforts being made by the ladies’ memorial association of Americus to care 1 for them. After some discussion the association passed a resolution directing the treas- i urer to pay over $25 to the ladies’ memo- j rial association of Americus to aid them i in their noble efforts, and requesting j members to aid individually iu the under- i taking. A resolution was passed authorizing the treasurer to pay SSO to the widow of our deceased brother, Capt. Charles E. Carnes. The thanks of the association were re turned to the Cartersville cornet band for their excellent music. On motion of Mr. J. B. Gorman, Mr. Francis Fontaine was granted permission to address the meeting 011 the subject of newspaper advertising The following resolution, offered by Mr. Ed. Martin, of the Perry Home Journal, was laid on the table: Resolved, That hereafter this associa tion, as a body, decline all invitations to accept the hospitality of any city, com munity, individual or firm during its business sessions. Mr. Ingram, of the Washington Ga zette, Mr. M. Dvvinell, of the Rome Cou rier, Mr. S. A. Cunningham, of the Car tersville Express, Mr. C. 11. C. Willing ham, of the Cartersville Free Press, Mr. B. W. Wreun, of the Kennesaw Route Gazette, reported and paid their dues. The president extended an invitation to the association to attend the centennial of the siege of Savannah on the 9th of October next. It was enthusiastically accepted. The city officials and citizens of Car tersville were cordially invited to be present during the sessions of the con vention. Mr. Francis Fontaine then addressed the meeting. The following officers were re-eleeted by acclamation : J. H. Estill, president. C. W. Hancock, first vice-president. J. 11. Martin, second vice-president. S. R. Weston, treasurer. F. Y. Evans, corresponding secretary. C. P. Hanseil, recording secretary. E. P. Howell, J. D. Hoyl, John Trip lett, H. 11. Jones and T. M. Peeples, ex ecutive committee. Mr. Estill then thanked the association for the honor again conferred. Mr. Ham offered the following resolu tions, which were adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of the asso ciation be tendered the various railroads for courtesies extended this association. Resolved, That the thanks of the asso ciation be tendered the proprietors of the Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga., for cour tesies extended this association. Rome and Cuthbert and Chalybeate Springs were put in nomination for the place of holding the next meeting. Cuth b£rt was -selected, and the thanks of the association .returned to the citizens of Rome and the proprietor of Chalybeate Springs for their generous invitations. 'The following pVeamble and resolu tions, offered by Mr. Frank Gordon, were adopted by a rising vote : Whereas-, The press association of Georgia has been the recipient of the most distinguished courtesy and lavish hospitality at the hands of the citizens of Cartersville, and in view of the very high appreciation by the press associa tion, both individually and as a body, Resolved, That we tender our hearty and sincere thanks to the citizens and la dies of Cartersville for their kindness and hospitality to us, and that we can carry away with us none but pleasant recollec tions of kindness received at the hands of a community composed of as courteous gentlemen and as lovely women as Geor gia knows. Resolved further, That we tender our hearty thanks to our worthy brethren of the press of Cartersville for their untir ing and so eminently successful efforts to promote the comfort and pleasure of the members of the press association. On motion of Mr. Mumford, the fol lowing resolution was adopted: Resolved, That this association endorse j the advertising agency established by Mr. Francis Fontaine, of New York, and I that we, as individual members, will give him all the aid in our power in the furtherance of his enterprise. A resolution of thanks by Mr. S.T. Jenkins to Hon. Mark A. Cooper for his valuable essay on the resources of Chero kee Georgia, was adopted. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1879. A resolution of thanks to Mr. B. W. Wrenn was adopted. Mr. E. Christian offered an amend ment to the constitution changing the annual dues of membership from two dollars to one dollar per annum. Laid over The association then adjourned to meet at Cuthbert in May, 1880. J. H. Estill, President. C. P. Hassell, Secretary. ♦ • •‘YOU LIE, SIR!” Senator Hill Trips Up the Unveracious Gentleman from Maine. Washington, May 30.—The little spat that occurred between Blaine and Sena tor Hill, of your state, iu the senate yes terday, is worth more than a passing no tice. Indeed, it is highly suggestive. It shows that whenever the Georgia sen ator concludes to reply to the attack made upon him, while he was absent in Atlanta, by the swaggering demagogue from Maine, the fur is pretty apt to fly. The scene in the senate yesterday was unusually interesting. Air. Ilill was prompt, tart and blunt, and the result was that Blaine, who is no end of a blus terer, was completely cowed and utterly routed. The little breeze came up as un expectedly as a summer whirlwind, and was about as lively. It grew out of Air. ■ McDonald’s resolution to refer the peti tion presented by him Tuesday and led to discussion on the representation by which Rhode Island is entitled in con gress in consideration of her property qualifications. The first resolution was adopted, and the morning hour expired before discussion closed. In the course of the debate Mr. Blaine said : “We are talking now about the prac tice at polls where districts containing 30,000 or 40,000 lawful voters are repre sented by men for whom only 3,000 or 4,000 votes were cast. The senator from Georgia yesterday said there was no need of any coming out to vote, for the whole thing was settled in advance.” Mr. Hill —The senator from Georgia said no such thing, and will express his exceeding gratification if, for once in his life, the senator from Maine will quote him correctly. Here Blaine. asked Mr. Hill to explain how it was that certain districts in Geor gia in 1876 cast a largeV republican vote than the whole vote cast in 18 : 8, when there seemed to he no republican voters. Air. Hill replied that these facts only applied to districts where there was no opposition candidates. Whereupon the following sharp colloquy ensued: Air. Blaine —Why was there no oppo sition when the republicans were in the majority ? Mr. Hill—Because nobody else chose to run. If the senator wants me to an swer his insinuations that there were means brought to bear by which any body was prevented from running who wanted to run, or anybody prevented from voting, I simply say his insinua tions are utterly without foundation and have no support but his own statement, which is no support at all. [Laughter.] Air. Blaine then quoted from Air. Hill’s remarks yesterday, that the republicans took sides in the contests between demo cratic candidates in Georgia, and said he was glad to get the admission that the republicans were allowed to choose be tween democrats there, but in Maine they went further and allowed a voter to choose between a republican and a demo crat. The vote in Georgia showed plain ly that that was not permitted, and wit nesses could be produced by thousands who will swear to this—not in the pres ence of those who intimidated them, but where they can safely do so. Air. Hill —Every statement of intimi dation or that anybody was prevented from running or voting in Georgia is ut terly untrue. I do not see what more I can say. Air. Blaine No, and I don’t know as there is any reason for saying that. Three representatives from Georgia hold seats by votes of 2,200, 3,600 and 3,400 respectively, and that is the entire vote cast iu their districts. Air. Hill—Everybody but the senator from Alaine understands there was no opposition to the candidates in those dis tricts and that the people did not choose to turn out. Air. Blaine—As late as 1876 there were two or three times as many votes cast as the present members had. Air. Hill—There was no opposition candidates in 1876. If the senator means to say the republicans were prevented from bringing out a candidate, he says what is not correct. Air. Blaine—l do say that in the pres ence of the country, and in the records of history, and whether a denial is made in a senatorial phrase or is intended offen sively, it is flying in the lace of history and against recorded facts. It is known and sworn in Georgia by republicans of as good character as the honorable sena tor has, that they did not dare and were not permitted to bring out a candidate. Mr. Hill —Whoever swore to that swore to a falsehood. Air. Blaine—The facts are better than the opinions of either of us, and it is an anomalous and absurd reasoning to as sert that 10,000 republicans would stay at home and allow 2,600 democrats to choose a representative in congress. _ Air. Hill—l wish it distinctly under stood that I do not reason from any facts set up by the senator from Maine. Air. Blame—Nor anybody else. Mr. Hill—Nor anybody like him. [Laughter.] This, it appears to me, is quite salty enough to suit those who believe that the time has arrived when southern congress men should put forth a finger occasion ally to stay the tide of lies with which such men as Blaine are eternally Hood ing the senate, f suppose the modqst young men of the New York Tribune and other vehicles of intellectual mud will allude to the matter as another dis play of “plantation manners,” and, in truth, there was an old-fashioned curt ness about Air. Hill’s remarks, just as in his speech the other day there was some thing more than a flavor of the old days when men like Webster, Clay and Cal houn spoke to the country from their places iir the federal senate. In my opinion, the stalwarts who have been so long crowing over the democrats in the senate and browbeating them up and down the chamber have found in Air. Hill not only their match but their mas ter, and I think, furthermore, that it will be a long time before the people of Georgia will again have cause to com plain that he is lacking in judgment. 'I he criticisms of the newspapers have done Air. Hill a world of good, and to my mind there has not, for twenty years or better, been a more promising figure in the senate than this cool and careless looking Georgian, whose intellectual ! equipments seem superior to all around him. The Butlerites have developed anew scheme in Massachusetts. It is a union , between Butler and the democrats, by which Gaston will be elected governor j and “the widow” sent to the United I States Semite, DR. FELTON IN CONGRESS. Dr. Felton, of Georgia, deserves com mendation for iiis frank expressions con eerninggthe necessity of providing the necessary appropriations. The doctor says it will not do to adjourn congress without making the regular and stated appropriations. We believe this is the judgment of ninety-nine out of every hundred democrats. Here and there a man. for argument’s sake, or love of being contrary; may take opposite ground, but even the noisiest representa tive at Washington knows Dr. Felton’s position is the right one. — Pittsburgh Chronicle. AVashington, Alay 29. —At the meet ing ot the ways and means committee to-day, Dr. Felton made another at tempt to secure consideration for the bill to put quinine on the free list. Air. Conger made the point that the commit tee had already decided not to take up this or any measure affecting the tariff at the present session. Air. Conger’s point was sustained by the committee. Dr. Felton then give notice that he would bring the bill to the attention of congress direct; that a large majority of the mem bers were in favor of its passage, ’ and that the people should have the benefit of the reduction at once. So there’s a -chance yet that the duty may be re moved. Washington,, Alay 29. —At the session of the ways and means committee to-day, Dr. Felton, of Georgia, offered the fol lowing resolution: “That the committee on ways and means will report to the house during this session of congress a bill repealing the duty on all salts of cin chona or Peruvian bark, with the recom mendation that it pass.” Mr. Frye made a point of order that under a resolution recently adopted by the committee this committee will not consider at this session any bills or joint resolutions affecting the revenue, and that all such measures be laid over until the regular session in December, there fore the commttee could not entertain the resolution. The chairman, Air. Gibson, of Louisi ana, overruled the point of order, where upon Air. Conger appealed, and the chairman’s decision was not sustained. Dr. Felton’s resolution was therefore defeated. Air. Felton, of Georgia, yesterday made a speech in the ways and means commit tee which it will puzzle even the stal warts to twist into an attack on the sta bility of the union, the constitution or the solar system. He frankly and man fully expressed the universal conviction ol cool and clear-headed democrats that it will not do for congress to adjourn without making the regular and stated appropriations for all departments of the government. This is the ground which the World took on the morning after the veto of the army bill. To refuse the ap propriations unless conditions which the democrats believe to be just and proper conditions are affixed to them would really be a revolutionary proceeding which could only be justified by such an imminent danger to the country as would justify measures more decisive still. There is no such imminent danger. The democrats can safely go to the country on the issues raised by the “ridersi’ to the army bill and the legislative bill. They cannot safely go to the country on the entirely different and foreign issue which would be raised, not by them but against diem, by a refusal to make ap propriations for carrying on the regular business of the country. Their position as now defined will be approved as sensi ble and patriotic by thousands of men who would condemn a refusal of the ap propriations as both factious and silly. It wili make the Tribune very unhappy, we fear, and we do not believe that the Grant managers will approve of it, but that can’t be helped.— N. Y. World, 21st ultimo. TROOPS AT THE POLLS. Almost the Identical Bill of Seventy-Nine Y'ears Ago. In bis speech recently Senator Whyte, of Maryland, referred to a*bill introduc ed by Chief Justice Marshall, in 1800, when a member of the house from Vir ginia, in regard to troop's at the polls, but he could not discover the original bill, although he remembered its pur port distinctly. Secretary Burch has finally done this. The bill, singularly enough, is entitled “A bill to prevent the interference of any military force in cer tain elections.” The full text of the bill is as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That it shall be unlawful for any military force 01 the United States to appear around or emJSodied at the place and on the day of holding an election for electors of the president and vice president of the United States, or of any member of con gress, or of thrgovernor or a member of the legislature, of any state or in any manner to interfere with such election. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any body of troops shall be stationed in the neighborhood of the place where such election may be held and notice thereof may be given, in writing, by any person or persons holding the same to their commanding officer, it shall be his duty, in a special manner, to superintend their conduct on that day, so as to pre vent a:?y violation of this act, and for that purpose to detain them in eanfp, un less it shall be signified to him in writ ing, by the officer or officers presiding over or conducting such election, that the vicinity of such troops will incommode or may overawe the v iters, and that he is requested tJwemove them to such con venient distantly, not exceeding one mile, as in such notice*may prescribe, in which ease it shall be the djjty of tne officer to conform to the request contained in such notice; provided, always, that it shall be lawful for such officer to leave at the proper station such guard as may be nec essary tor the protection of the works, military stores and other property which may be intrusted to his care. See. 3. And be it further enacted, That any officer who shall refuse or fail to ob serve the regulations ot this act shall bjE adjudged guilty of disobedience ot orders and shall be cashiered. Nothing in- this act contained shall be Construed to de prive officers or soldiers of their right to vote as citizens, for which purpose those who are entitled to vote may be per mitted to attend such elections unarmed as otfcer persons. Alarshall and Otis were members of the committee which made a unanimous re port in favor of this act as drawn up by Air. Marshall, and it passed in the house, but failed in the senate. It seems to have been a curious circumstance that the democrats in council nearly a century later should have adopted a bill contain ing very nearly the same clauses and having just the same title except that Marshall used the word “certain,” but this is of no consequence, as the act cov ers all elections of any federal or stats importance. No wonder that Edmunds and Cockling opened their eyes when Mr. Whyte called up this interesting relic of the. first and greatest chief justice.— CvluntiKs Enymrer-Bun> " GEORGIA BONDS. Atlanta Special to Cincinnati Gazette.] For several years a most troublesome case, involving $250,000, lias been before the Georgia courts. It is a suit of the state against the late treasurer, “honest Jack-Jones,” and bis sureties. Briefly, the story is as follows: Henry Clews, of Xew York, as agent for the state of Geor gia, redeemed $272,000 of ante bellum bonds. Shortly aftetwards, having trou ble with the state, and claiming a bal ance, he sold these redeemed bonds at a nominal price and caused them to be pre sented to the treasury of Georgia, where, through carelessness or collusion, they were again paid—i. e., with the excep tion of $78,000, which had been “punch ed,” and could not, of course, be puc on the market again. These bonds, when ! sold by Clews at auction, were paid for with a check on Clews, and came back into Clews’possession. The state claims to have traced those fliat were paid at the treasury back to the hands of Henry Clews’ lawyer, who had them presented by various persons. The state claimed that Jones, having a record of these bonds as having already been paid, and knowing that Georgia had no over due securities, should be held responsible for their second payment. There were other items against the treas urer, such as claiming false credits, etc., that ran his indebtedness up to $254,000. The state proceeded against him. His counsel claimed that he had the warrant of the governor for all moneys paid out, and that should protect him. Judge Hillyer overruled this defense, and for the past week the facts have been looked into. The case has been a famous one. Ben. Hill led for the defense, and General Toombs for the state. Three judges and two congressmen were employed on the one side or the other. The friends of Jack Jones claim that his errors were due to his failing health, old age, etc., and not to criminal pur poses. He and his character was way above reproach. He had been treasurer for nearly twenty years. He is now in extreme poverty, a complete wreck, showing that he did not profit by the mistakes of his office. It is probable that the state will have to sustain the loss of the money that is charged against the ex treasurer. Criminal proceedings have been insti tuted against him, but it is believed they will be abandoned. Although the case against him is a very strong one, there seems to be a general feeling of sympathy with him. ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAE. The magnificent Xew York cathedral, which was dedicated with imposing cer emonials last Sunday, is not altogether completed. The cathedral has been near ly twenty years in building, and though it is ready for occupancy, much remains to be done within and more without be fore the edifice reaches perfection. It will probably take from one to three years at least to complete all that is to be done, and will cost perhaps a million dollars or more. It is estimated that three million dollars at least has already been expended. In the interior there are ten side chapels in which ten altars are to be erected; three main altars have been finished, and have cost upwards of $150,000. Many statues are also to be placed in the interior niches, and will be brought from abroad. Other improve ments are contemplated which will con sume a small amount of time and money. Outside the cathedral much remains to be done. Two spires are to be erected on Fifth avenue 367 feet high, and two tall spires are also to be erected on the rear of the edifice on Madison avenue. Then there are ten pinnacles to be erected on the Fiftieth street side and ten on the Fifty-first.street side, as well as four in the rear. The granite copings, tops flag ging, etc., on the Fifth avenue side-walk were not finished Sunday, and will cost about ten thousand dollars to finish. A granite coping is to be built on the four sides of the building, and the surround ing grounds are to be enclosed, leveled and beautified. A half-dozen windows are yet to be placed in the corners be neath the great spires on Fifth avenue. Statuary is also to be placed in the va rious niches on the exterior of the build ing- Among the cases to come up before tire state supreme court at this term, com mencing June 2, is one from Delaware county, which originated on account of a difference of ten cents. It appears that on March 29, 1879, Mr. F. W. lloft'bauer took passage on the Davenport and North western railway at Delhi, for a ride to Delaware, and failed to obtain a ticket before getting on the train, crahritngthat the ticket office was not open. The regu lar fare, sixteen cents, was tendered the conductor, who took the money and de manded ten cents extra for collecting on board the cars. This Hoffbauer refused to yield up, and the conductor, so Hoff bauer swears, dragged him out of the car, injuring him somewhat, ami kicked him into a muddy side d'teh, accompany ing the action with various uncompli mentary epithets. Suing for $2,000, Delaware county court allowed him sl,- 000. The railway appeals, and the su preme court will decide. The costs and lawyers’ fees will amount to thousands. — Des Moines (Iowa) Register, Mag 21st, The Washington special to the Cincin nati Enquirer says: If John G. Thompson has any authori ty to speak for Allen G. Thurmrn, all doubt is removed as to his intentions tc become a candidate for the democratic nomination. Jongee does not mince mat ters. lie says it is the intention of the Ohio democrats to nominate Thurman, that he must not decline, and that, more over, he will not. “But, Mr. Thompson,” queried your correspondent, “can Isay absolutely in my dispatches to the Enquirer to-night that Senator Thurman will accept the democratic gubernatorial nomination?’ “You may,” added Thompson, “and. moreover, make the statement as em phatic as the English language can make Vitriol throwing is becoming almos epidemic in New York. No less that four cases have been reported within a week, and the offenders in every case were women. The contagion of a sin gle example was probably the immediate cause of the three cases which followed. If the ftill penalty of the law is meted out in every case, we shall probably hear no more of it for some time to come. Th ■ crime is one of the most fiendish imagina ble. The victims in, almost every caso would probably prefer to have been kill ed outright. To condemn them to live on, deprived of sight and disfiguredd for life, is the very refinement of cruelty. William E. Gray, a respectable sloe ; I broker of New York, has been sentenced ' to three years in the state’s prison for i fraudulent transactions. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements will be inserted at the rates of One Dollar per inch for the Apt insertion, and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion. CONTRACT RATES. U X 1 —: Space. 1 mo. 8 mos. 6 moe. 1 year. One inch, * $2 50 *5 00 |7 50 *lO 00 Two inches, 375 750 12 50 IS no Three inches, 500 10 00 17 50 2o oi> Four inches, fi 25 12 50 22 50 82 Oh Fourth column 750 15 00 25 00 40 Oo Half column, 15 00 25 00 40 00 ,60 00 One column, 20 00 40 00 <SO 00 100jj0_ NUMBER 47. THE OUTLOOK. The good times that are coming are nearly here if the the trade and crop prospects, as published in tlie New \ork Times and Chicago Inter-Ocean, do not turn out to be deceptive. Both papers have printed at length crop reports ol flattering promise, and the Times also publishes a statement of trade prospects. In New England the most decided in crease is found in the grass crop, and in the items of butter, cheese and stock. More corn and wheat will be raised in the middle states than during last year. The same is true of the north and north west, from which the crop reports are most encouraging. In the south the prospects of the cotton crop are good. Altogether it is expected that the yield of agricultural products will, this year, be larger than ever before. The trade reports are equally favorable. Factories in various parts of the country which stagnation in trade had closed have again commenced to run on full time, and the the expected revival of prosperity seems to have fairly set in. While wages are low, employment is becoming uniform and business active. The number of im migrants to this country is increasing every day, and the arrivals at New York last week were more than five thousand. With this growth of population, increas ed crops of grain and cotton, and renew ed activity in trades and manufacture, the indications of the future are not dis couraging. It looks, says the V ashing ton Star, as if the United States may be permitted, not merely to congratulate it self upon comparative welfare when viewing the trouble and depressed con dition of its European, neighbors, but may also lay claim to aii absolute pros perity which does not need the misfor tune of others to make it evident. The Philadelphia Times also takes a most hopeful and cheering view of* the situation. It believes that the founda tion of the present revival of business is so broad and so impregnable that specu lators and gambler’s are powerless to turn back the advancing tide. With the national credit so firmly established that none but hopeless lunatics will hence forth question it, the fountain of national prosperity must pour out its healthful streams into every circle of industry, and gradually increasing thrift is inevitable. The republicans of the Pennsylvania legislature, to be fully in accord with their party, should repeal the statute which declares that “No body of troops, being regularly employed in the army of the United States, or of this state, shall appear and be present, either armed or unarmed, at any place of election with in the state during the time of said elec tion.” Mr. Hayes and the republican leaders say United States troops shall ap pear armed at places of election in Penn sylvania and other states. The southern presbyterian assembly, in session at Louisville, Ivy., has had the subject of dancing up for discussion, and came to the conclusion that before offen ses of this sort are brought before the ec clesiastical courts of the church, the pas tor should privately admonish the offen der. The assembly sust tins the Georgia synod in Deacon Block’s case —rescind- ing the action ot the Atlanta presbytery in confirming the expulsion of Deacon Block from his church because he allow ed dancing at his house, and he is now fully restored to church membership. The republicans of the Pennsylvania legislature, to be fully in accord with their party, should repeal the statute which declares that “No body of troops, being regularly employed in the army of the United States, or of this state, shall appear and be present, either armed or unarmed, at any place of election within this state during the time of said elec tion.” Mr. Hayes and the republican leaders say United States troops shall ap pear armed at places of election in Penn sylvania and other states. The New York Herald which has a kindly feeling to Gen. Grant without doubt, puts its foot down upon the pro posed mammoth excursion to San Fran cisco to meet him and says: “This elec tioneering ovation is a short sighted blun der which the true friends of Gen. Grant must deprecate and regret,” and that it will defeat the purpose of its perpetra tors by disgusting all that part of the re publican party who think -it premature to select in 1879 a ticket for the election of 1880. The British peers who are at present owners of race horses, and who take an active interest in horse-racing, are the dukes of Westminster and Hamilton, the marquis of Hartington, the earls of Fal mouth, Rosebery, Wilton, Rosslyn, Cork, Fitzwilliam, Sefton, Strathmore, Vis count DuppUn and Lord Vivian. In 18- 64 the jockey club had as members twen ty privy councillors, of whom seven were cabinet ministers and two had been twice prime ministers, Derby and Pal merston. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun blows a tremendous blast against the an noyance of hotel life In England, especi ally in London and Liverpool, heading his letters in this style.: “Purgatorial Hotels—Pauper Porters —Spinster Clerks —Slim Bed and Bad Bolsters—Damp Sheets and Dingy Rooms —Incomprehen- sible Extras and Mythical Attendance— Vampire Frauds and Villainous Cooks— Householding and Slavery Combined.” The only remedy he has discovered is to live in Paris. It is reported that Frank James, the celebrated train robber, is encamped in the Wind river country, some distance north of the Union Pacific railroad, at id has, besides his own force, a large num ber of deserters from the United States army, and a lot of cow boys. What their intentions are is not definitely known, but the military company under Captain Lawson has been sent out from Fort Steele to arrest the deserters If possi ble.— Omaha Telegram. The immense immigration to Nebras ka increases daily. For the month of April, eight hundred and three wagons, containing on an average four people, equal to three thousand two hundred and twelve, crossed - the river at Nebraska City. Also four hundred and eighty seven horses, seven hundred and twenty three stock cattle and five hundred and ninety-one head of cattle to be herded in Nebraska. —Nebraska Press. Boston, May 27. —The family of the late William Lloycl Garrison yielded to I the urgent solicitation of prominent gen tlemen, who expressed a desire to honor the memory of the deceased by a public funeral and consented to hold obsequies in the first church of Koxbury, Wednes day. Eulogies will be pronounced by Wendell Phillips, Rev. Sam May, Lucy Stone and Theo. Weld. - * South Carolina seems to have as much wise conservatism in the national senate i as any other state in the Union.