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THI; FREE PRESS.
\n Independent Democratie Journal.
< . fI. O. WILLINGHAM, EDITOR.
The Free Fresh is an Independent Demoi rat
ie Journal, opposed to all Kings, Cliques and
( oinbinations, of w hatever sort, organ izedto de
caf the w ill if the people in all public matters
ot interests in whatever shape presented.
•artcrsrille, CC-orgla, Julj 8,1839.
Tin: STTCA TIOX AT WA Sill YG TO.V.
When the democratic house of repre
sentives last March fastened the political
riders upon the appropriation bills, they
did not expect to pass them through a re
publican senate, nor did they expect
that they would receive the assent of Mr.
Haves. It turned out according to this
calculation, and the extra session was
called to make the necessary appropria
tion-. The motive in thus placing the
two parties at once in violent antagonism
is not clearly known. Some suppose
that it was a move in the interest ot Mr.
Blackburn for the speakership; others
say it was to reorganize the senate and
give democratic employees a chance to
succeed republican employees in that
laxly, while many believe it was tlie first
skirmish of the Tilden party, in view of
the great political battle in 1880. What
ever the motive may have been, certain
facts were plain to both parties in con
gress. The new congress was democrat
ic in both houses, but there was no
chance to pass any bill by a two-tliirds
vote, because neither the house or senate
had more than a good working majority.
If the president took sides with the re
publicans, and the democrats made no
compromise, the supplies to the govern
ment were effectually stopped until
March 4th, 1881. It was then understood
that Mr. Hayes was then considered a
“milk-sop” with the stalwart element of
the republican party.
The republicans were divided, hope
lessly so, because the republican stal
warts were more bitter towards Mr.
Haves than the democratic stalwarts.
While he was called “Fraudulency” by
the democrats, the republicans held him
in sneering contempt for his very concil
iatory policy in the south after his inaug
uration. The democrats therefore con
,-hided to “bulldoze” Mr. Hayes, and
make him bend to democratic riders on
Hie appropriation bills, and thus secure a
party victory. The conservative demo
crats in congress advised their fire-eating
brethren to “go slow.” They presented
the fact, that Mr. Hayes might refuse to
sign, in spite of intimidation, and then
the democrats might be held responsible
for “starving the government.” The
stalwarts however carried the day, shel
tering their party designs under the very
just plea that the army at the polls was
foreign to republics, and to the theory ot
the American government, and that the
same was true of marshals and super
visors. The whole success of the stal
wart movement depended, however,
upon Mr. Hayes’ estrangement from the
bulk of his party, and the belief that lie
was a conscientious, weak-kneed charac
ter who would succumb to the pressure
upon him, and he would sigai the bills
rather than fight. Mr Tilden.is credited
with engineering this movement, and
was expected to loom up again as the
standard-bearer of the democracy, while
Hayes would rceieve the continued con
tempt atul displeasure of the republican
party, world without end. This latter
event did not come to pass—the demo
crats “reckoned without their host.”
Mr. Hayes is reported to be as sick of
“conciliation” as the most bitter of his
party. lie did all for the south that Mr.
Tilden could have done, and the south
repulsed him as soon as they got the de
sired advantages, and he finding no rest
for his feet, returned to the ark of the
republican party.
The democrats certainly did not un
derstand the hazards they risked in thus
endeavoring to force legislation on appro
priation bills, which depended so entire
ly upon Mr. Hayes’ timidity of charac
ler as a politician. They made a mistake
in planning a maneuvre which rested
upon this assumption of weakness in a
political opponent. The southern wing
of the democratic party saw the evils that
would result if they allowed the north
ern democracy to lead them into a trap,
which had but one exit, and which open
ing might be closed in a way that was not
pleasant. It is a conceded fact that the
true policy of southern men is to be poli
tie and patient in dealing with legisla
tion, .which was intimately connected
with the late civil war, or the resultant
of that strife. The majority in both
* houses of congress is made up of the
southern members and it is well known
to them that they are forced to bear the
odium of any disastrous policy urged by
the whole party. Experience is a good
teacher and the south is not anxious to
provoke unkind feeling, and the best men
counsel a dignified silence to the goad
ing* of the opposition, unless they be
come insultingly personal, and thus re
sist the beginnings of the strife. South
ern members are as seriously opposed to
ihe army at the polls, to the marshals
and supervisors, as the strongest demo
crat north of Mason’s and Dixon’s line,
yet they prefer' “to bear the ills they
have, th:m to rush to those tl*r*y know
not. of.” Therefore, the prudent south
ern men resolved to vote with their party
to repeal these obnoxious measures; at
the same time they resolved to vote ap
propriationsalsotothegovernment. While
appreciating the friendship of northern
democrats, they could not consent to be
made a party to revolutionary schemes,
as a sequence to following their dictation
in till party policy. AfP •• the first veto
came in, the party had to meet this plain
issue, Shall v withhold all appropria
tions? Shall We disturb the army, dis
perse the courts and stop all governmen
tal machinery?
Prudent conservative im-n begged ihe
leaders to pass the appropriations at once,
make the issue before the people, and
leave them to decide tlie points in ques
i ion. The stalwarts still defied the presi
dent and said they were “last ditchers”
themselves; and so other hills, somewhat
modified, were sent in to Mr. Hayes, and
as each side is trying to catch the other
with foehn *al words, the congress has
piayed ii tine and the president has
played his. until “dog days” are about
upon them, and the fuss continues with
small pros ect of compromise or adjust
ment. If iic truth must lie told, neither
side has at ained too much distinction in
the contest and the conservatives in both
l irties h ivc reason to deplore this con
tinual stirrng up of strife. Mr. Hayes
has shown the Mze and stiffness of his
spinal eolr nn, the democratic senate has
farmed on its patronage to its friends,
Mr. Black- urn has lost the speakership
and the < emocracy has weakened its
chances to; the next presidency.
is the g; ne worth the candle? A year
of quiet .nd contentment while both
houses v, re democratic, would have
done far n >re to have allayed apprehen
sion in th north and to have restored
their confidence in the peaceful inten
tions of the southern members, than a
hundred y ars of such strife as pertains
to this ex; a session. The republicans
are solidifi and and happy.
The adj< timed term of our state legis
lation met yesterday. There is a good
deal of u ifinished business before it.
There is some business that will require
back-bone to meet. The people want to
see if then is the proper amount of back
bone to m 'et the exigencies of needed
legislation. It is desired to see what is
to be don with the Northeastern rail
road bond question. The honest people
want to know why It was necessary that
eight thousand dollars had to be paid be
fore they were signed by the governor.
Without barging his excellency with
anything wrong it is just desired to know
why that amount of money had to be
paid.
Col. Di< k Harris, of the Rome Courier,
is essentially a man of prejudice, but
naturally an honest man. All liis venom
against Dr. Felton grows out of his pe
culiar mental construction and political
training. Old Dick was a quartermaster
in the confederate army, and his colonel
says his books from the beginning to the
ending of the war,' were absolutely cor
rect. He made nothing out of the war
and went home a ragged confederate, and
behanged if he hasn’t been in an ill hu
mor ever since. But, at the last, we
think he will give Dr. Felton credit for
being a fa thful representative of his con
stituency.
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Rev. Warren A. Candler will preach
the commencement sermon for the Little
liiver lib ll School, Cherokee county, on
Sunday next, and Mr. Charles A. Stake
ly, of LaGrange, will deliver the address
to the yoi ng ladies’ literary society. Mr.
Samuel W . Small, of Atlanta, will deliver
the address to the young men’s literary
’society, August stli. The annual exer
cises of tl is school are always largely at
tended.
Hon. A. H* Stephens and Hon. B. 11.
Hill have become reconciled. They have
made fri nds. We are glad of it, be
cause hot i of these gentlemen are our
personal friends, and we love both of
..hem. Nothing has happened in many
years th; pleases us more. They are
both able men, and Georgia feels proud
of them, every Georgian will rejoice
lo know hat. they are now good friends.
Rome . ablaze this week with fourth
of July ; atriotism and military glory.
The grand military encampment is an
asiured s ccess already. Rome knows
how to th the handsome thing in the way
of entertainment.
DROUT H IN THE NORTHWEST.
The following is from the Chicago cor
respondent of the New York Commercial
Bulletin :
The weather has been very dry all over
the northwest during the present week.
This has icen, of course, a favorable con
dition for the harvest of the early winter
wheat, with which good progress has
been made. The general opinion now
upon the opening of harvest is, that so
far as quality is concerned the grain is
better than last year. The most serious
damage this crop received was during the
severe weather in March and April. So
far as vie ds are concerned, at present it
is simply conjectural. The reports re
ceived so far fi oin Kansas would indicate
a great falling ofl'in comparison with last
season. As the season advances the fact
becomes more and more apparent that
the spring wheat also has had about all it
could do to hold its own. Minnesota has
now fora month had more rain than all
the rest of the nortwestern states put to
gether. fbis hag not only helped the
wheat, but the weeds have made great
growth. Asa correspondent writes, “the
drouth, c mibined with other causes, has
injured small grain in this part of the
state (v -tern) especially wheat, one
third ot a crop. The best filling can only
give us an average crop. The only fact
now which may bring up the crop to a
full one may is that the immense acreage
own in t ie spring will make up the loss
from drouth and the contingencies which
may yet; rise, In lowa a very similar
situation exists, with the difference that
the rainfi 11 has not been so great, gome
comities : Iso in Nebraska have been suf
fering all the season for rain, and crop
yields v.d Ibe reduced. In Illinois, ex
cept in tie extreme northern portion of
the state, the drouth lias continued with
great sev rity. Flax, which was sown
largely ii the place of oats this season,
has been almost ruined; not over eight
inches at and headed but.” The oat crop,
as we write in our last “Crop Bulletin,”
w ill be the poorest for years. What there
is of it w 11 have to be mown. There is a
very larg 3 portion in on rotate this season
say one hundred miles long and fifty
wide con prising as it does the choicest
lands of I ie stare, where the drouth has
even up o tHe present writing held su
preme s\v ay. 7'he crops of oats and flax,
meadow and pastures will fiardly pay
for cutting. Corn is also an important
crop in t is region; in fact, the main de
pendenci. So far it has withstood the
drouth r markably, but needs rain now
sadly. The peculiar feature of this sea
son still j revails; one locality having all
the rain reeded and the adjoining coun
try perfectly destitute of it. There has
yet been io n;;i this season which has
found its way down to the roqts of the
grain.
M. ah. ezieux, of Paris, recently de
livered a- 1 address on the public works of
the Uuill 1 States, in which he compli
mented American engineers upon their
skill in milding bridges of large span,
and obsfc ved that other nations might
borrow i any useful hints from them in
regard to the use of compressed air in
laying f< undations.
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.
Washington, July I.— Mr. Eaton
called up the adjournment resolution and
moved that it lie amended by fixing
Tuesday, July Ist, at 5 p. m., as the time
tor final adjournment.
Mr. Win lorn said his side had now ex
hausted all legitimate powers conferred
upon them by the rules ot the senate, in
order to induce the majority to make the
necessary appropriations for marshals.
The president had, so far as Mr. Windom
knew, exh lusted all the powers possess
ed by him on the subject. He had made
a patriotic appeal to congress to do its
duty, and not go home without making
the necessary appropriations. He quoted
from the president’s message to congress,
of yesterday, and from laws defining the
duties of n arshals.
The adjournment resolution as amend
ed was pas?ed at 1:30 p. m.
Mr. Harris moved to reconsider the
vote by wl ich the free quinine bill was
referred to the finance committee yes
terday.
Mr. Mo rill spoke in opposition and
Mr. Reck in support. The motion was
agreed to, and the bill was passed by a
viva voce vote, no one voting in the
negative.
At 2:45 p. m. a message from the house
announced its concurrence in the senate
amendments to the final adjournment
resolution. The senate then went into
executive session when the doors were
re-opened and complimentary resolutions
were passed thanking Vice-President
Wheeler for his courtesy and impartiality
as presiding officer, also thanking Mr.
Thurman as president pro tern.
The joint committee which had been
appointed to wait on the president and
announce the impending adjournment
then reported that the latter had no fur
ther communication for congress, where
upon the president pro tern, at 5 p. m.
declared the senate adjourned sine die.
THE HOUSE.
Quite ai. amusing personal explanation
was made this morning by Mr. Turner
(Ky.), who denied the charge of drunk
enness made against him by the Memphis
Avalanche. In the course of his explana
tion he alluded to the conversation which
recently occurred between Mr. Hubbell,
of Michigan, and himself, in respect to
the “National View.” This brought
forth a short explanation from Mr. Hub
bell, after which the house resumed the
business of the morning hour, being the
bill prohibiting political assessments.
The political assessment bill went over
without action, in consequence of dilato
ry motions by the republicans.
v The senate amendments to the house
adjournment resolution were concurred
in. The message from the senate an
nouncing the passage of the free quinine
bill was received with applause.
After the passage of some unimportant
bills, by unanimous consent the house
took recess until 4 o’clock. Upon re
assembling Mr. Gibson (La.) moved to
suspend the rules and pass a bill amend
ing the Mississippi river commission bill
so as to enable the president to appoint
any of the commissioners to be president
of the commission. Lost, for want of a
quorum. The joint committee then re
ported that the president had no further
communications, and at 5 p. m. the
speaker declared the house adjourned
sine die,
Tl E FINAL ADJOUKN YXENT.
Washington, July 2,—The stormy
extra session ended in an unusual calm.
There was good feeling on all sides. The
speaker, by admonition, had been able ro
retain a bare quorum of the house in the
city, though quite a number went to the
capital prepared to leave on tlie early
evening train,
The reception of the adjournment reso
lution from the senate was marked in the
house by applause, and the republicans
went no further than to ask that a record
of yeas ;qid pays might he made. As
soon as it passed quite a number of mem
bers left, and the house found itself with
out a quo 'LI hi,
The bill to admit quinine free from
duty was passed by a unanimous vote in
the senate, and but little opposition in
the house. Members who assisted delay
ing actiqi on it did not venture to vote
against it.
The republicans filibustered to the last,
and with success, to prevent a direct vote
on the bill prohibiting assessments of
office-holders for party purposes. It goes
over for final setjon at the regular session.
The members separated in general good
feeling to fight over again before the peo
ple pf the coOntry the struggles which
they ha ye so Jpng maintained in congress.
THE ROME COURIER,
The feeble kicks of the Courier are
counteracted by the Tribune in the fol
lowing paragraphs:
The following r,ew post routes have
been recently established in Georgia:
From Clarksville via Soguee, Batesville
and Barton’s, to Hiwassee; from Walker
ville to Liberty; from Clarksville, via
Milbank’s store, to King’s store; from
Hegira, via Well’s mills, to Ava.
The Courier is holy horror-stricken be
cause Dr. Felton voted with the radicals
on a question of adjournment. Why
don’t the ignoramus condemn Mr. Hill
for speaking for adjournment and Mr.
Thuripap for moving an adjournment?
If Stephens, Hill and Thurman can
speak, vote for an adjournment, why may
not Felton ?
Since the president’s partisan action in
vetoing the judicial expense bill, Mr.
Stephens has notified Speaker Randall
that he would in every sense uphold any
plan that the party might decide upon,
and would totally abandon the ground
hitherto taken by him. Dr. Felton and
Emory Speer are in accord with Mr. Ste
phens in this matter. Now, what have
the croakers to say? Will that do?
The Courier felicitates the country
upon the faet that Mr. Stephens has con
cluded to act with the democrats. The
Courier will doubtless be astounded some
day to learn that the Dutch have taken
Holland. And yet the Courier man
should know that, pn a question of ad
journment last Monday, Mr. Stephens
voted with the radicals. Oh, horror!
And now let the maniac of the Courier
read Mr. Stephens out of the party.
Ex-Go erqor W. F. M. Arny, of
New Mexico, has arrived in * New
York, or his way to England, with
proofs of his kinship with the Hyde
brothers, whose immense property has
for so manv years been a bone of con
tention between the rightful heirs and
the British crown. The lord high chan
cellor of England rendered a decision this
year in r< ferencp to the Hyde estate, that
it is in the nature of personal property
and not real estate, alid hence properly
falls to the descendants instead of revert
ing to t.l e crown. Ex-Governor Arny
has hunted up twenty-five heirs besides
himself, and instead of trying to limit the
number by maintaining a deal of secrecy
about the matter, announces that lie will
endeavor to secure an equal division
among all descendants who come for
ward ailC f l arly prove their titles. The
value of this prospective windfall is a
trifle of $150,000,000, the accumulation of
scores of years of interest and judicial in
vestment by the bank of England. Ex-
Governor Amy is a native of George
town, D. C., but since his twentieth
year hag made bis borne on the western
frontier,
NO FEZ IIS OF YELLOW FEVER.
Washington, D. <\, June 20.—High
medical an horitv here, including mem
bers of the national board of health, who I
have given the matter constant and care
ful attention, and who are fully informed
by medical experts traveling in the south,
are of the opinion that the southern
states are t > escape a visitation of the fe
ver this sc inner. In ihe early spring
there was a great deal of alarm here
about it—more than got into the papers—
but this feeling has given Way to the op
posite extreme, and now the chances are
eoiL-idered altogether against a renewal
of last yea \s visitation.
Had the -pring months been fashioned
purposely o bring ont the hidden poison
in the sout i, if there is such to bring out,
they coul l hardly h tve been better
adapted to the purpose, as they were es
sentially tropica! spring months, hot and
dry, the v ry atmospheric condition that
brings out the fever in tropical climes
when ther I ts any to bring out. This is
regarded a; evidence that" the disc ; -is
not, any n ore than it ever has been, do
mesticated in the United States, and that
we are not to have it this summer, or any
other summer, unless it is re-introduced
from the tropics; that it can be kept out
of this corn try entirely by a proper sys
tem of qu: rantine, such as the. national
board of health is putting in force this
year.
The visitation last ye n- was owing to
hnportatio i of {lie poi-on at New Or
leans, and unlr-s there is a fresh impor
tation, a fear of a renewal of the fever is
very sligh , from the fact that, even if the
poison of a.st year has “kept over,” it
will not c; use an epidemic, although it
may be will marked and perhaps fatal in
a few indi r idual cases.
The vi.si ation of last year is considered
the “high-watermark” of the disease in
this country, and many eminent medical
men here do not believe that it w ill again
be repeated in our time. That it should
have reached such high altitudes as Gal
lipolic, O , and Chattanooga, Term., is
considered evidence of its exceptional fe
rocity and strength of residing what has
heretofore been natural barriers, q hese,
however, were the highest points reached
by the plague last year, the two places
being aim >st identically the same in alti
tude abow sea level. ' Chattanooga and
Gallipolis were the “high-water marks”
reached by the disease, being the first
time in th i United States that the fever
was epidemic at an altitude of over 500
feet above the sea. These two voting cit
ies are alx ut 075 feet above sea level, and
Chattanooga is surrounded by mountains
from 1,00 ) to 1,500 feet high, which is
considered still more unfavorable to the
spread of the disease, as “Yellow Jack
never cl in bs mountains.
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NO BARGAIN.
For several days a certain undefined
rumor ha been floating around in politi
cal circles to the effect that a bargain had
been comummated between the fraudu
lent administration and certain demo
cratic members of the house, which has
for its ult mate object the passage of the
marshals’ appropriation bill, whose veto
in its pro eat form is expected, devoid if
all restric ions. In return for speed; u
administi ition favors, promised, these
democrat; —not more than half a dozen in
number—are said to have attracted to
betray th ir party in con;... • , and by
some sort of legerdemain s cure the pass
age of th marshals’ bill in the Conn in
dicated. We Cannot behove this strange
story has any sort of foundation in fact.
EvCn were these alleged traitors possess
ed of the ;‘ood will to do the de 1, 1 is
irnpossib! ; for us to conceive that they
could delver the goods. The marshals’
bill would have to run the gauntlet of the
appropri; ions committee before it could
come up >efore the house, and should it
pass the: ;, the senate would present a
fatal obstruction. The whole scheme
seems impossible of accomplishment, as
it ought to be unworthy of conception.
The unde .standing in the caucus Wednes
day nigh was that in the event of a veto
of one or both of the two little appropria
tion bills yet unpassed, congress, paying
no furthe • attention to Mr. Hayes, should
immediat dy adjourn, and go through
with the same programme it called to
gether ag iin. That understanding wi.l
be kept. Bad will it be for any demo
crat who shall attempt to -place himself
in the way of its fulfillment.— Washing
ton Post.
HE DOESN’T TURN “STALWART.”
You may have noticed in the cones
pondenee of the Baltimore Sun from this
place tha Mr. Stephens is represented as
calling v pon - the president, conferring
with him upon his duties, in the matter
of a veto of the supplemental judiciary
bill, and hen leaving him in a bad tem
per, so much so that ho immediately
turned “stalwart.” Now, I know for
certain that the impression made by this
correspondent of the Sun is not correct.
It is true that Mr. Stephens did visit
“the gen leman at the other end of the
avenue,” and did have a conversation
with bin, blit it is not true that your
representative departed in a bad humor
or that ie immediately went over, in
conseque ice } to the “stalwarts,” so
called. Zir. Stephens i . just whore he
always has been, opposed to paying depu
ty marshals or voting for any bill that
does not restrict them. He has always
been hos ile to the employment of .the
army at the polls and other kindred des
potisms. But it never entered into his
mind, foi one instant, to make cm anon
cause wit a men who arc willing to ad
journ wituout making all necessary ap
propriations—men who are willing to
sacrifice the substance for the shadow.
The fact ‘s, the democrats an* about to do
now wha he desired them to do in the
beginning, and find his advice been fol
lowed alt igether, instead of in part, there
would have been no veto, and every con
gressman would have been at home a
week ag >. — ]) ashii\gton < orresoouflence
A ugvsta 'h von tele.
The Mcthedist Episcopal church is
short of ) ishops, having -Ince 'the death
ot Bislioj 4 Janes, M oraisatid Ames, only
ten left. As the work of the church is
every ye: r increasing, th r ■ is a -all for
the constant service of at least thirteen
bishops, ; ml there is a growing hi - posi
tion to make the number greatcr. A
Met hod h: Episcopal bishop needs to be a
healthy i mn m the prime of life, for his
official la >or is ( nough to k< ep him very
busy. 0 itsiJe . i.
are other things fop which he is contirm
snl_\ ca 1< t upon, such it laying corner
Stone.-, (1 iicsitin.:. c!i i:’ o S, and leaking
speeches >u p itrlt'iic and o: her giv >*. oc
casions. If there ww eighteen or twen
ty hi shot . there would he work enough
to keep ti.ein all busy. The only difficul
ty would ho to raise moans for their sun
port.
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J> ssc ! inker, a son of t bang,’ one of
tin* Si a I vi i ti? t wiiis, Jin s just completed u
regular e time at (In* New York ‘institu
tion for t t<> in-t ruction of Iho deaf and
dumb. E inker is a bright In- king voting
fellow. (a an-tver to a question pul
through to medium of an instructor in
articulati m, he said that his father Chaim
was the t viu on the left hand side. lie
has live s sters and one brother. One of
his sister is also a deaf mute, and is be
ing edm ited in North Carolina. His
family lives at Mount Airy, in that state.
ITe has only been at the New York insti
tution a ear, having attended a similar
school in North Carolina eight years. He
is now eighteen years old. and intends to
become a farmer.
DOES NOT DOUBT lIIS DEMOCRACY.
We thin! Brother Dwinell, of the Rome
Courier, be rays a vindictiveness towards
T)r. Feltor. that is not very creditable to
him nor in mod by the Doctor. We op
pox'd his t r iion, but never doubted his
democrat-v Would oppose him again
under siiai ar circumstances. While this
is true, v • iiave to be furnished with
more convl icing proof than is to be found
in the gro ndless assertion of his affilia
tion wUh i ie republican party before we
e; a believ< it. His recent vote with that
party for a ijourmnent furnishes no such
evidence. As well might we brand Bay
aid, Lama and Butler with political trea
son as to : cense Dr. Felton of such in fi
delity. One thing is sure. He made a
go! bn ' sir 'it to have the blood tax re
moved iVt a quinine, and his whole re
cord lias proven him to be ever on the
alert when the interest of his district or
-c •• 'ii 'h od. We do not belong to
that class (if politicians that is unwilling
t'- m re >imp!e justice to one whom
we oppost !. Our orthodoxy is unques
tioned. hi the future, as in the past, we
shall antagonize the independents, be
li \ ing ; sno good but great evil to the
party will be the natural result of their
surer -. V candidate, however, is one,
and . iv • 1 -rotative elect quite another
1 r~<>n, ; u. 1 whilst we may have opposed
tne former, we shall be liberal and candid
enough to defend the other as long as he
a.as harmoniously with the party in his
oflici and co duet. — Madison Madisonian.
When the Now York press and police
ven* isw- igating the murder of Mrs.
Hull upon the assumption that her hus
band w:i the murderer, a man called
upon the police authorities and said he
v. ;s prepared to swear that Dr. Hull had
once offered him a large sum of money
to “put 3: s wife out of the way.” This
fact intern ifled the suspicions already en
tertained, and the stupidity of the assas
sin, which resulted in his arrest and con
fession, w <s a very fortunate thing for
the husbai and. But for the apprehension
of Cox, th re is good reason to believe
that Dr. I till would have been put on
tritil for ti e crime. He might not have
been convicted, even upon the statement
of the would-be perjurer and the circum
stances” that would have been offered in
evidence against him, but would have
gone to bis grave under the imputation
of a cruel and cowardly murder. It is
to be hoped that there is some law to se
cure the punishment of the wretch who
was so wi ling to swear away the life of
an innocent man.
In his speech at the lord mayor’s din
ner, now almost a year ago, Earl Bea
consfield predicted that, with the revival
of trade a the United States, trade in
Great Ilri ain would become more active.
His prognostication has proved to be cor
rect. Th London Economist *f June re
ports a large increase of exports tor May,
as compared with the exports in May,
1878. Prominent among the exports of
manufactured articles were engineering
work ant! machinery, and also pig iron.
T 1 1 British trada returns for the same
a. hshw by comparative tables that a
• y i action has set in, and that all
ranches of business are slowly but
fdca;lily : 'covering from the long de
pression.
•• and has appointed 1881 for her
tir.-'t at. ■: pt at an international exhibi
ting. It will he a show ot watches, jew
elry, : u ' boxes and musical boxes—a
display ii which the ancient republic
mu v well call the rest of the world to see
what and : can do. This project adds
amah r i lustration of the recent tenden
cy of int- rnational exhibitions, especial
ly In sou 1 r countries, to run to special-
Wi.ru Lnjamin Franklin was an edi
>r ho \v; in the habit of writing to the
young la 1 -s who sent in poetry, saying
ot L n r and language that owing to the
•.Towded tate of his columns, etc., but
he won!*; endeavor to circulate their pro
ductions u manuscript. And then he
tied the oc-ms to the tail of his kite for
“bobs.” '
U A udu Gazette of Sunday learns
tit--.t an e brt will be made to repeal the
law of la.it s i that allows the recom
mendation of mercy to change the death
vuP ntv ;o imprisonment for life. The
law has oen tried only six months, but
it is claimed that.it has virtually abolished
capital punishment.
Anoih r illustration of the ups and
downs of literary life. Anew brand of
smoking tobacco appears with some
verses by Mr. Longfellow printed on the
back of the package. It is not long
since poems from his pen wore cheerful
ly published by the best magazines.
Aduliii i Patti, it appears, has lost some
of her upper notes, but. on the other
hand sh has gained immensely in dra
matic power. Her-voice is lowered, but
sh * will become undoubtedly one of the
greates, rumatio opeia singers that Eu
rope has ever seen. -
"Superintendent Walling, of New York,
said on Saturday that he knows the body
of A. T. Stewart lias not been found. He
says he knows how the stories about fintl
ing the body were started, and knows
positively they are not true.
Mr. Coiikling was at it again in the
senate yesterday. A resolution to expel
this man for a long cptffinqed course of
disorderly conduct ought to force itself in
order.— Washington Most.—
bix hundred cabin passengers sailed
from Neve York for Europe on Saturday.
These were excursionists who go abroad
to spend die summer. Nearly all of them
went on wo steamers.
JEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Publib School Notice.
rpiIERE Vi!!,L BE A MEETING OF THE
J Count Board of Education in Cartersville
o;i Tucsda , the 15th dpy of July at 10 a. m.
The Board will consider and determine the ques
tion of ti t hooks for the use of the public
: schools, jhe school trustees of the sub-districts
;i • roquCs ed to meet with the board. Matters
ot import; ce will come before the board, and
| it is dosira. le that all the members of the local
i boards am. the county board be present.
THEO. E. SMITH, C. S. C.
lo ley to Loan.
The* United States
HOME M> DOWER ASSOCIATION,
Of I’ennsylv ani a .
1‘ '■■ '' 1871, Chartin' Perpetual.
: •• :' : r : *1,000,000
caul Cap:. • : : : : 400,000
ttkckh ;;s deposits for accumula
te Tmns, ssues certificates of deposit for an
nuiry and owry, giants Tong term loans on citv,
t >wr,, i..r; and church property, at from eight
:o >ix per 'id. per annum.
JOHN T. NORRIS, Agent,
_ iU Cartersville, Ga.
I 3 HCT6 Cx \l A j? I I © !
Y< UNO’S GALLERY,
shorter ii >ek, : : : : : Rome, Ga.
T I , FI: SI-/.E (BUST) FOR ONLY TEN DOL-
U .ar-: all life size only five dollars. His
work is all strictly first-class. Makes copies dT
a 1 Oorts oi pictures any size and character de
sirtMl' jh junetO
i 3SEX CHOICE,
■' n Old ICeliable” Barber
OTIEL i iNTINUES THE TON SO RIAL ART.
KJ He is now running four chairs—three on the
east side of the square, and one over the store of
u West Main street. This latter
shop is in charge of William Johnson, an excel
lent young_ barber. As heretofore, Essex guar
antecs satisfaction tp bis customers, ami will
leave noth-imr undone t* please therm Gallon I
SSSEX CHOICE-
Bartow County Sheriff's Sales.
"VITILL BE SOLD before the court house door iu
if cartersvate* Georgia, on t) e first Tuesday in
August next. 18/9, between the legal sale hours
tae following described pro pertto -tv it -
One office and lot known as Thos. H. Baker’s
noetor office, in the city of Cartersville, Ga.,
hounded as follows: south by the St. Janies Ho*
tel, uorth by A. Johnson’s law office, east bv pul "
lie square, west by property of Mrs. C’! M.
.Marsh. Levied on and will be sold as the prop
erty Ihos. H. Baker by virtue of and to satisfy
one Justice’-Courted district. G. M. in favor
of t. L. Hai iwick Sc Cos. vs. U. S. Hargrave,
i akp G r a nd Thos. If. Baker, A. R. Hudgins’
Inos. \\ .Mi ner and Frank P. Gray, emlorsers.
Levy made end returned to me by ,J. G. Brough
ton, L.C. Property in possession of Thos. 11.
pr’s fee $8.50.
Also, at tic same time and place, one lot or
parcel of land, containing one hundred acrer,
number not known, bounded as follows: on the
east py X. A. Tippin’s, north by T. V. Hargis,
west by J. (.. Branson and on south by J. lto
per, aI! in tne 16th district and 3rd section of
Bartow cou; ty. Levied on and to be sold as the
iroperty of I. C. Roper, to satisfy two tax li. fas.
n favor of t ie state and county vs. said J. <J.
Roper, one tor the the year 18f7 and one for the
vear 1878. bevy made and returned to me by 11.
R. loweas. b. C. pr’s fee $3.00
Also, at the same time and place, lot of land
Vo. 128 in tne I6UI district and 3rd section of
Bartow county, containing 160 acres more or less.
Levied on ami will be sold as the property of
Margaret E. and Sallie J. Harris, to satisfy two
tax li. fas. in favor of the state and county, one
versus Margaret and Sallie J. Harris for taxes
1878, and one versus James S. Harris, agent for
s. J. and M. E. Harris for taxes for 1877. Levy
made and returned to me by 11. R. Towers, L. C.
Property in possession of defendants. $2.75
Also at the same time and place, lot of land
No. 731, lying and being iu the ITtli district and
3rd section ot Bartow county, containing 40 acres
more or less. Levied on and will be sold as the
property of John W. Haney to satisfy one tax li.
fa. in favor of State and county vs. said Jno. W.
Haney for taxes for the year 1878. Property
pointed yut by .John W. Haney, defendant,
Levy made and returned to me by C. H. Cunyus.
L. C. pr’s fee $2.50.
Also at th 3 same time and place, part of lot
of land No. 21 in the sth district and 3rd section
of Bartow county, known and described as fol
lows: being the part of said lot containing a
rock quarry, beginning at the right of way on
the Western A Atlantic railroad, where the
north and south line of said lot No. 21 crosses
said railroad and running north from said rail
road 140 yards thence east ami parallel with said
railroad one hundred and forty yards, then south
one hundred and forty yards to the right of way
of said railroad, thence west along the right of
.way and parallel to said railroad one hundred
and forty yards to the beginning; containing
four acres more or less. Levied on and to be
sold as the property of Bartow Iron Company
to satisly one tax li. fa. in favor of the state and
county vs. said Bartow Iron Company for tax for
1878. pr’s fee $4.75.
Alfo at the same time and place, lots of land
Nos. 820, 747, 748, 693, 694 and 750, each lot con
taining 40 acres more or less, and lying in the
17th district and 3rd section of said county.
Levied on and will be sold as the property of
Thomas Tumlin, by virtue of and to satisfy one
Bartow Superior Court fi. fa. in favor of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad Company vs. Wal
ton K. Harris, principal, Joel C. Roper, John J.
'Calhoun, Nathan C. Sayre and the said Thomas
Tumlin, securies. Property in possession of
said Thomas Tumlin ana pointed out by plain
tiff’s attorney. pr’s fee $3.25
Also at tne same time and place, one vacant
lot in the city of Cortersville in said county, con
taining one-naif acre more or less, and bounded
on the sonth by the lot of McKansas Brevard, on
the east by land of L. A. Chapman, on the west
by Stonew all street, and on the north by lot of
Caleb Tompkins and Emilie R. Baker. Levied
on and will be sold as the property of Emily It.
Baker, to satisfy a Justice’s Court ii. fa. in favor
of Howard <& Erwin vs. Caleb Tompkins and
said Emily R. Baker. Property in possession of
said Emilie R. Baker and pointed out by her.
Levy made and returned to me by a constable.
pr’s fee $3.25.
Also, at the same time and placef lot of land
No. 174, in the 6th district and 3rd section of
Bartow countyf Ga. Levied on vnd will be sold
as the property of H. W. Fite and S. T. Fite to
satisfy one justice court fl. fa. issued from the
justice’s court of the 936th district, G. M., said
county, in favor of G. T. Thompson (J. M, Igou,
transferree) vs. said H. W. and S. T. Eite. Prop
erty pointed out by defendants and notice waiv
ed. Levy made and returned to me by J. G.
Broughton, L. C. *
Also at same time and place, two acres of land
lying in tiie 6th district and 3rd section of Bar
tow county, Ga , it being fractional part of lot of
land No. 238, on which is a good dwelling house
and all necessary outbuildings. Levied on anu
will be sold as the property of C. W. Whitworth
to satisfy one Bartow Superior Court li. fa. in
favor of G. T. Terrell vs. J. H. Denman and C.
| W. Whitworth, principals, and R. C. & J. E.
Roberts, indorsers. Property occupied by C. W.
j Whitworth. * pr’s fee $2.75.
Also at the same time and place, all that part
of lot of land No. 162 in the 17th district ana Bru
section of Bartow county, lying on the south side
of Etowah river, containing 25 acres more or
less. Levied on and will be sold as the property
of John C. Branson to satisfy one tax li. fa. for
state and''county tax for 1878, issued by J. F.
Sproull, tax collector vs. John C. Branson.
Property in possession of said John C. Branson.
pr’s fee $2.50
Also at t ie same time and place, lots of land
Vos. 982, 9-3, 984, 1033, 1u34, 1035, 1036, 1052, 1053,
1055 and 11 >7, in the 17th district and 3rd section
of Bartow county. Levied on and will be sold
as the pro erty of Thompson Colbert to satisfy
one Barto v Superior Court li. fa. in favor ot
Stokely & vVilliarns vs. said Thompson Colbert.
Said property in possession of T. K. Sproull
by his tenants. Property pointed out by plain
tiff’s attorney. pr’s fee $2.50
Also at tae same time and place, lots of land
Nos. 248, 249, 262 and 263, and also the place
on the ssu h side of Etowah river known as the
Roper place, containing one hundred acres more
or less, bo aided on the north and west by the
lands of A. F. Woolley, on the east by Etowah
river, and on the south by lands of P. H. Rey
nolds, all of said lands lving in the 16th district
and 3rd section of said county of Bartow. Lev
ied on and will, be sold as the property of Joel
C. Roper to satisfy one Bartow Superior Court
ti. fa. in favor of Wood, Taber v% Morse vs. Joel
C. Roper. Fi. fa. uow controlled by W. T. Wof
ford, 41-an-ferree. Said land in possession of
Joel C. Rcper and A. F. Woolley, $3.75
Ajso at Lie same time and place, one portable
engine aud all the belting and fixtures, con
nected therewith aud one saw mill and fixtures.
Levied on and will be sold .as the property of
Joel C. Poper to satisfy one Bartow Superior
court 11. fa. in favor of li. S. Nortou & Son vs.
Joel C. Roper (li. fa. uow controlled by Win, T.
Wofiord, transferree.) Said property now near
Thomas Booker and Cass Station and iu charge
of D. W. Bridges. Aud same being difficult and
expensive to remove, same will be sold at the
court house door and delivered to purchaser at
the place above stated. . $3.25
Also at the same time and place, one vacant
lot iu the city of Cartersville, bounded as follows:
ou the soiuh by lot of Mrs. Brevard, east by land
of L. A. Chapman aud S. T. MeCanless, north by
property of Emily R. Baker and Caleb Toinp
kind and west bv Stonewall street, fronting on
said street 175 feet more or less, and running
back 200 feet more or loss. Levied on ana
will be sold as the property of Caleb Tompkins
and Emily R. Baker to satisfy a Bartow Supe
rior court fl. fa. in favor of John L. Moon vs.
said Caleb Tompkins and Emily R. Baker.
Property pointed out by defendants and in their
possession. $8.25.
JAMES KENNEDY, Sheriff.
A. M. FRANKLIN, Deputy Sheriff.
Id .A. LAJNJDS
--ANF —
City and Village Property
—FOB SALK OR EXCHANGE FOR—
ATLANTA REAL ESTATE
I AM BUYING AND SELLING FARMING
lands and Cartersville and village property
in Bartow (formerly Cass) county. I have for
sale fifteen farms, most of them near the railroad
depot, and convenient to post-otlices, churches
and schools. These lands produce cotton, all the
grains and grasses, anti water and timber good
and abundant. This village is fifty-three miles
north of Atlanta, Ga., and eigty miles south of
Chattanooga, Tenn. Address
WM. T. WOFFORD,
Attorney at Law and Dealer in Real Estate.
_ Cass Station, Georgia.
DUFF GREEN HOUSE,
Dalton, Ga.
THE BEST and CHEAPEST HOTEL
On the Kennesaw Route.
BREAKFAST AND SUPPER HOUSE FOR
PASSENGERS.
Special Attention Given to the Comfort and Con
venience of Lady Passengers and guests.
Reading and Sample Rooms for Commercial
Travelers.
Board per day, $2.00; Meals, 50 cts.
Railroaders, County and Stock men, half
fare.
Notice to Debtors ancl Creditors.
CT EORCIA, BARTOW COUNTY.
T All personshaving demands against John
\\. Shepherd, deceased, late of said county, are
hereby notified and required to present them,
properly attested, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law. And all persons in
debted to said deceased, are hereby required to
make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 25th of June, 1870.
MARY SHEPHERD,
june29-i Administratrix.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
THE “CENTR AL HOTEL,” ADAIRSYILLE,
Georgia—a three-story brick building; large
yards, garden and orchard attached.
Address J. C. MARTIN,
declit-tt Adairsville, Ga.
NEW CROQUET SETS.
We have just received, direct from the east, a
large lot of Croquet Sets, with new rules for 1879,
which we are selling cheaper than ever before
offered. IE M. MOUNTCASTLK A CO.
Picture Frames and Mouldings
At the bookstore of
H. M. MoustcastJe * Cos., Cartersville, Ga. 1
E. J. Hale & Son’s
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A Compendium of the History of the United States.
For Schools and Colleges.
By Hon. ALEX. H. STEPHENS.
(518 pp. 12m0.)
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SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS.
PUBLISHED BY
Iverson, Blakcman, Taylor k Cos.,
NEW YORK,
R. E. PARK, Ceneral Agent,
THIS series comprises among others, the fol
lowing well-known
STANDARD SCHOOL BOOKS:
New Graded Readers,
Robinson’s Mathematics.
Spencerian Copy Books,
Well’s Scientific Works,
Riddle’s Astromics.
Dana’s Geology,
Woodbury’s German,
Kerl’s Grammar,
Webster’s Dictionary,
Swinton’s Histories,
Swinton’s Word Books,
Swinton’s Geographies,
Pasquell’s French,
Gray’s Botanies,
Bryant & Stratton’s Book-keeping.
" Cathcart’a Literary Reader, etc., etc.
Correspondence respectfully solicted.
Address ROBERT E. PARK,
General Agent.
Care J. W. Burke & co., Macon, Georgia.
THE
ATLANTA SUNDAY PHONOGRAPH
IS TIIE
Liveliest, Spiciest, and Sauciest
Journal in Georgia.
ON TRIAL
. EIGHT WEEKS FOR 25 CENTS.
* *
r* POLITICS THE PHONOGRAPH IS A
purely
An Independent Democratic Journal.
Favors a sufficient amount of national currency
to succecsfully carry on the business of the coun
try. It is opposed to national banks and bond
holders, opposes fraud, humbugs aud corrup
tion, and takes especial delight iu showing up
everything which tends to injure the masses.
IT IS A PEOPLE’% PAPER.
1 year, $2; 6 months, $1; 3 mouths, 50 cents,
cash in advance. Address
W. T. CHRISTOPHER,
32 Broad Street (up-stairs).
Atlanta. Ga.
carriages; buggies ana wagons.
R. H. JONES,
Cartersville, Georgia.
I FEEL JUSTLY PROUD OF THE REPU
tation awarded by an appreciative people. I
do a square, honest business as near as I know
how, and endeavor to give every one the worth
of his money. All work warranted, not for a
year only, but for any reasonable time. I sav it.
and defy contradiction, there is.
No Better Work Made lu America than
I am Building.
I have a Repository in Rome, iu charge of Mr.
W. L. Whitelv, in old Odd Fellows’ building,
corner above new Masonic Temple. Wagons,
Buggies, Ac., kept by him are just w hat they are
represented to be. All sold under warrantee. I
also have a shop in Rome, at the old stand of D.
Lindsey & Cos., run by It. L. Williams, where
new w’ork and all kinds of repairing will be
done at prices to suit the times.
us your trade. mch6
THE STAR~SALOOX
BAR AND BILLIARDS.
MORT E. PAINE
Has oped for the spring and summer business
and will keep always on hand
THE VERY FINEST LIQUORS,
BRANDIES, WHISKEY AND WINES,
Which will be manipulated into
Fancy drinks of all kinds.
on draught.
Cigars of the best brands. The public res pec t
fully invited to call. mayl
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 EX
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, fig?" Office
at T. A. Foote’s store, West Mam street, Car
tersville, Ga. feb27
Notice.
Cartersville, Ga., May 28th. 1879.
All persons concerned are hereby notified that
a bill will be inoroduoed in the general assembly
of Georgia, at the session to meet in July next,
to be entitled, “an act to establish a system of
public schools in the city of Cartersville, and to
provide fov the support and maintenance thereof,
; and tor other purposes,” and that we will apph
for and urge the passage thereof.
J. C. Wofford, G. L. McDonald,
Theo. E. Smith, R. A. Clayton,
A. P. Wofford, A. R. Hudgins,
li. W. Satterfield. A. L. Barron,
I>. W. Curry, Martin Collins,
E. Payne, Tuos. H. Baker,
Uriah Stetiif.ns, W. A. Williams,
A. C. Smith.
STOVES & TINWARE.
JOHN ANDERSON,
(O ipesite Curry’s Drug Store.)
HAS IN STORE AND for sale a
large lot of Tinware, Stoves and Cutlery.
Also, the celebrated Fly Fans, Tubs and Buck
ets which he will sell* in exchange for Itags,
Beeswax, Feathers. Butter, Eggs and Chickens.
He sells goods cheaper than ever. junelfl
Patti Mo’s New Coffee Pot.
THIS COFFE POT
IS anew invention, it thoroughly extracts
the essence of the coffee free of grounds, and
will save half the expense of old style of pots.
It is neat, convenient and economioa'l. Call and
see one at the tinshop of
G. F. PATTILLO, Cartersville, Ga,
Refer to the editor of The Free Press, J. C.
Maddox and T. J. Lyon. feh2o
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
The best brands of Smoking and Chewing To
bocco and Cigars; also Pipes and snuff at the
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