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DOrOI.AS WIKLE. MOON & WIKLE, Atto 1* ney s- at- Ju aw, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office in Rank Block, over the Postoffice. fet)27 W. T. WOFFORD, A T T ORN EY-AT-LA AV, —AMD— dealer in real estate, CASS STATION, BARTOW COUNTY, GA. R. W. MURPHET, A T TORNEY-AT - T - A. AV , CARTERSVILLE, GA. OFFICE (up-stairs) in the briek building, cor ner of Main & Erwin streets. julylS. J. A. BAKER, A T T O R N E Y - A T-LAAV, CARTERSVILLE, GA. \\TILL practice in all the courts of Bartow \ V and adjoining counties. Rroinpt atten tion given to all business entrusted to nis care. Office in Bank Block over the post office. julylH. K. I). GKAIIAM. A. M. FOUTE. GRAHAM & FOUTE, A T T ORNEYB-AT - Ij A W. CARTERSVILLE, GA. Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the Superior Courts of Noitli-west Georgia, ami the Supreme Courts at Atlanta. office west side public Square, up-Staivs over \V. W . Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south of Postoffice. _ jnlyl3. T. W. MILNER. J. w. HARRIS, ,TR. MILNER & HARRIS, attorneys-a r r -na w , CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office on West Main Street. julylß F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist, (Office over Stokely & Williams store.) CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. I WILL FIL. TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH, and put in teeth, or do any work in my line at prices to suitthe times. &g* Work al warranted. Refer to my pat rons all over the county. augls-ly. F. M. JOHNSON. JOHN T. OWEN, (At Sayre ft Co.’s Drug Store,) CARTERSVILLE, GA. YATILL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. W Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can be bought anywhere. Warranted to prove as represented. All work done by me warranted to give satisfaction. Give me a call. jiilyla. CHAS. bTwILMNCHAM, Stenographic Court Reporter. [ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT?! i MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES, -I 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 laction guaranteed. Traveler’s G-uide. \ EIVER NAVIGATION. On and after December lffili, 1378, the following eheduie will be run by the Steamers MAGNO LIA or ETOW AH BILL: Leave Rome Tuesday Sam Vrrivc at Gadsden Wednesday .... Gam Leave Gad-alen Wednesday <pm Arrive at Rome Thursday spm Leave Rome Friday Bam vrrive at Gadsden Saturday am Vrrives at Greensport '.tain vrrivc at Rome Saturday <pni j. it. ELLIOTT, President and Gen’l Sup t. ROME RAILROAD COMPANY. On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this Road will run as follows: DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY. Leave Rome 8:10 am Arrive at Rome 12:00 m SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION. I .cave Rome Arrive at Rome •_ • •• 8:Q0 p m CHEROKEE RAILROAD. On and after Monday, July 14, 1879, the train on this Hoad will run daily as follows (Sunday excepted): NO. 1. GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave. Cartersville 4:56 pm stilesboro 5:45 pm 5:4i p 111 Taylorsville 6:07 p m 0:22 p m Rockmart 7:12 p m NO. 2. GOING EAST. Rockmart Taylorsville B:l.>am 8:30 am Stilesboro 8:55 am ,1:00am Cartersville 9:55 am N0.2 connects at Cartersville with W. &A. train for Atlanta* arriving at 12 o’clock M. Re turning leave Atlanta at 3 o’clock, 1 . M. con necting at Cartersville With No. 1 for poiuts on CheroKee railroad. JOHN POSTELL, (Manager. WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R. The following is the present passenger sched ule: NIGHT PASSENGER—UP. Leave Atlanta 8:00 pm Leave Cartersville 4:oßpm Leave Kingston Leave Dalton 7:10 p in Arrive at Chattanooga p m NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 5:25 pm Leave Dalton Leave Kingston 8:89 pm Leave Cartersville 9:05 pm Arrive at Atlanta 11:00 p m DAY PASSENGER—UP. Leave Atlanta 5:20 api Leave Cartersville • • 7:23 am Leave Kingston 7:49 a in Leave Dalton 9:21 a in Arrive at Chattanooga 10:50 ain PAY PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 6:15 a ni Leave Dalton 8:10 am Leave Kingston 9:43 a m Leave Cartersville 10:11am Arrive at Atlanta 12:05 pm CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP. Leave Atlanta 5:10 pm Arrive at Cartersville * 7:22 pm CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN. Leave Cartersville 6:05 am Arrive at Atlanta • 3:45 a m COUCH HOUSE, (Kingston, Georgia.) mills LARGE AND COMFORTABLE I House is now kept by W. W. R ainey. The traveling public will lind good, plain accommo dations. Parties wishing board through the summer will And Kingston one of the healthiest and quietest localities in Upper Georgia. Three or four families can get comfortable rooms in view of trains. Terms very reasonable. jVy25. W. \V . It ATNEY. P II o T O OK A P II s ! YOUNG’S GALLEBY, Shorter Block, : : : : : Rome, Ga. Life size (bust) for only ten dol lars; half life size only five dollars. Lis work is all strictly first-class. Makes copies of a llsorts of pictures any size and character de sired. june29 VOLUME 11. E. J. Hale A Son’s STEPHENS’ HISTORY A Compendium of the History of the United States, For Schools and Colleges, By Hon. ALEX. H. STEPHENS. (513 pp. 12m0.) 17 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK. “The pith and marrow of our history.”— Ex- Presiden 1. Fillmore. “Straightforward, vigorous, interesting and im pressive.”—W. Christian Union. “Its tone calm and judicial: its style clear and good. We recommend it to be* read by all Northern men.”— Boston Courier. “A work of high excellence; well adapted to supply a long felt want in our country.”—Con necticutt Schoo . Journal. {lion. IF. C. Fowler, L. L. J).) “Worthy of high praise. It will of necessity challenge attention everywhere.”— M. Y. Eve ning Font. “Among trie notable books of the Chica go Mail. . “Narrative, impartial; tone calm and dispas sionate; style masterly.”— LouisviWP llome and School. “A model com pend.”— Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. “Everything necessary to a perfect handbook,” —Goldsboro Messenger. “Broad enough for all latitudes.” —Kentudky Methodist. “The best work of its kind now extant.” — Mem phis Farm and Home. * “A success in every way.”— Wilmington Star. “Destined to become the standard of historic truth and excellence for centuries to come.”— President Wills, Oglethorpe University. “The method admirable.” Ex-Gov. Herschell V. Johnson. “Should find a place in ail libraries.” — Ev-Gov. C. J. Jenkins. “A most important addition to American litera ture.”—Pro/. R. M. Johnston, Baltimore. “Read it; study it; heed it.”— Prof. E. A . Steed, Mercer University. “Fairness, fulness, accuracy.” Prof. J. J. Brantiy , Mercer University. UNIFORM SERIES OF Heliool Books. To the Patrons and Teachers of Bartow County: AT THE REQUEST OF PROMINENT CITI ZENS and Teachers, the Board of Educa tion has had under consideration for some time the adoption of a UNIFORM SERIES OF SCHOOL BOOKS. The people claim this as a protection for them selves against too frequent changes, The teach ers ask it as a means of classifying their stu dents, and rendering more efficient service, with greater facility to themselves, and benefit to their students. All parties ask it as a means of se curing a reduction in retail prices to purchasers. In answer to these demands the Board has made a thorough examination, and after consul tations with leading teachers, have this day adopted the following series: McGnfTey’s Ist reader, : : : :8c ex. .15 ret’l “ 2d “ 15 “ .30 “ “ 3d “ 22 “ -40 “ “ 4th “ 27 “ .55 “ “ stli “ 40 “ .80 “ Sanford’s Prim- Arithmt’c H “ .27 “ “ lnt’md’te Arithm'c 22 “ .45 “ “ C. School “ 40 “ .80 “ “ Higher “ 65 “ $1.25 “ “ Ele’m’ry Algebra 65 “ 1.25 “ Harvey’s Language Lessons 12 “ ’25 “ “ Ele’m’ry Grammar 20 “ .40 “ “ English Grammar 40 “ .75 “ Eclectic Prim. Geograpny 33 “ .00 “ “ Georgraphy, No. 2 66 “ 1.25 “ Harvey’s Primary Speller 8 “ .15 “ “ Graded* “ 11 “ .20 These prices are NOT introductory, but PER MANENT. The publishers given written guar antee that these prices shall not he raised at any time. Those having old books can bring them to W. H. WIKLE & CO., and get the new book of same grade at HALF PRICE, as given in column 1. It makes no difference how badly torn the old book may be. We earnestly urge the co-operation of patrons in carrying out this adoption. W. T. WOFFORD, President, ju 1 y 17-4 t TIIEO. E. SMITH, C. S. C. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TEIT BOORS, PUBLISHED liY Iverson, Blakeman, Taylor & Cos., NEW YORK, R. E. PARK, General Agent, rpiIIS series comprises among others, the fol -1 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’s Literary Reader, etc., etc. CorresiKmdencc respectfully solicted. Address ROBERT E. PARK, General Agent. Care J. W. Burke & co., Macon, Georgia. CARRIAGES. BUGGIES and WAGONS. I*. 11. JONF.S, < artersvi 1 le, Georgi a. I FEEL JUSTLY PROUD OF THE REPU tatiou awarded bv an appreciative people. I do a square, honest business as near as 1 know how, and endeavor to give every one the worth of his money. All work warranted, not lor a year only, but for any reasonable time. I say it, and defy contradiction, there is No Better Work Made in America than I am Building. I have a Repository in Rome, in charge of Mr. W. L. Wlately, in old Odd bellows’ building, corner aliove new Masonic Temple. IV agons, Buggies, &c., kept by him are just what they are represented to he. All sold under warrantee. I also have a shop in Rome, at the old stand of D. Lindsey ft Cos., run by R. L. Williams, where new work and all kinds of repairing will be done at prices to suit the times, jgggSf* Give us your trade. me lib A. F. MURPHY, Rome, : : : : : t Georgia. (lENF.RAL SOUTHERN AGENT New York Portrait Painting Company. yXT-ill take orders for any quali- YV tv and size portrait known to the art for less money than such work can be done for by any otherhouse. Parties desiring portraits can send photograph, with description of complexion, hair, eyes and dress. june!2-6m ACTUAL BUSINESS ! Students on Change —AT Moore’s business university, ATLANTA, GA. rn 11E BEST FR AC TICAL BUSINESS SCHOOL I in the country. Students can enter, at any time. Total expenses for three months, inctorf in.r tuition stationery, board, etc., otuu for circulars. 1 ' 01 B. F. MOORE, President. aprs4-3m. PILES AND FISTULA CURED DR. J. S. BEAZLEY, At Stilesboro, Bartow county, 6a., ana IK. A. G. c , awfordville> Ga ., m- a specialty of diseases of IVlttie Rectum. They will treat ation, Prdtapsiis, etc., of tho lwwels and will guarantee a perfect cure in a shoit v hue in erv case of piles without the use of the knife and lery little pain. Will point to cases cured or give the best ol reference ll desired. Al cler gymen treated gratis. mc THE FREE PRESS. WEST POINT OAHETSHIP. To be Appointed from the Seventh Con gressional District. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 21, 1879. Tlon. IF. IT. Felton , M. C., Cartersville, Ga.: Sir—You are invited by the Secretary of War to nominate, at your earliest convenience, a le gally qualified candidate, to appointment as Cadet to the United States Military Acade my, from the Seventh Congressional District of Georgia, who mast be at West Point not later than the 19th of June, 1880, but whose appoint ment is required by law to be made as nearly one year in advance of that date as is practicable. Your immediate attention to the subject and to the terms of the accompanying circular is ear nestly requested. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. D. TOWNSEND, Adjutant General. Vice Cadet Edgar Hubert to graduate June, 1880. In obedience to the above request of the Sec retary of War, I respectfully invite every young man who is a bona fide resident of the 7th Con gressional District of Georgia, between the ages of 17 and 22 years, and who may wish to compete for this appointment, to appear before a board of examiners in Cartersville, the first Tuesday in October, 1879. I will nominate the applicant selected by this board, after a rigid and impartial examination. The studies in which thorough proficiency is required, are Orthography, Reading, Writing, Geography, English Grammar, History and Arithmetic. None need apply unless they are well-nigh perfect in these branches, especially Arithmetic. They must lie physically sound and at least five feet in height. I will furnish “regulations” to those applicants who desire them. Very respectfully, W. H. FELTON. BOARD OF EXAMINERS. Bartow county—Messrs. J. G. Ryals, Theo. E. Smith, Tlios. H. Baker, Amos T. Akennan. Catoosa county—Messrs. A. .1 Leet, A. Gra ham, T. A. Williams F. C. Church. Cherokee county—Messrs. Marcus Field, 11. W. Newman, W. N. Wilson, P. H. Brewster. Dade county—Messrs. J. W. Townsend, R. A. Morgan, R. M. Paris. Cobb county—Messrs. W. T. Winn, John O. Gartrell, Gilbert Tennent, Marion Phillips. Chattooga county—Messrs. W esley Shropshire, Joseph T. Hamilton, John Starling, F. Cheney. Floyd covrity—Messrs. G. A. Nunnally, L. J. Jones, Daniel S. Printup, R. D. Harvey. Gordon county—Messrs. David Ramsaur, 11. B. Herrington, G. W. Wells, M. V. Watts. Haralson county—Messrs. Tlios. Philpot, Wal ter Brock, John Tomlinson Dr. Hutchurson. Murray county—Messrs. Jathan Gregory, Ross Bates, S. H. Henry, Dr. Stafford. Paulding county—Messrs. George Lewis, John Cloutz, J. B. Dean, H. J. Sligh. Polk county—Messrs. Ivey Thompson, M. Lid dell, R. W. Everett, R. L. Poole. Whitfield county—Messrs. Dawson A. Walker, W. H. Tibbs, W.C. Richardson, W. L. Headrick. Walker county—Messrs. D. Farriss, Robert Dougherty, Wm. A. Garmany, L. R. Dickey. Any five members of the above board shall con stitute a quorum. ELEC T RICITY ! Z FELECTRICITY I Possesses the greatest power known to man, ouee but little understood and for all time greatly feared, is now made useful and subservient to man. It HE NEW METHOD" I Of protection against lightning, on the theory and patent of J. C. CHAMBERS, which he has recently discovered, is rapidly taking the place of the old rod. I THE OLD PLAN T Of redding buildings—connecting the rod with the earth—has been proven unsafe, and even dangerous. The new method places the rod and points on the roof of the house, much after the old style, with Chambers’ Improved Insulators, with no rod running down the side of the house to the earth. I RODS AND POINTS I Put up on Chambers’ theory, pperate as active agents facilitating the natural laws of electrici ty by a continuous discharge or throwing off the negative electricity, thereby neutralizing the positive in the atmosphere above, and particu larly so during a heavy thunder storm, thus re pelling a stroke instead of inviting it. In the event these points should not |throw off the negative fast enough and a stroke should take place at one of these points, it simply runs off at the other points and is disseminated in the at mosphere above where it belongs. \ CHAMBERS’ NEW METHOD I Has been examined and thoroughly tested by scientific men, ayd pronounced to be the only correct principle for protection. We have accepted an agency, and are now ready to put up rods on the pi an of the new method. Any one wishing to see this theory demonstrated, can do so by calling at our store, where we will take pleasure in exhibiting the many advantages it has over the old plan. • XV, A. WILLIAMS Sc SON, Corner Erwin and West Main Streets, ang7-5m CARTERSVILLE, GA. The “Old Reliable’’ GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE. WILLIAM SATTERFIELD, (At his old stand,) Respectfully reminds iiis old friends and the public that lie keeps con stantly on hand a large stock of Groceries, Provisions, Lite., Which he sells at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. His stock consists in part of FLOUR, MEAL AND BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE AND TEA, ALL KINDS OF CANNED GOODS, and everything usually kept in a first-class fam ily grocety and provision store. te®*- HIS BAR is supplied with the best Liquors to be found in the market. He also keeps a fine assortment of TOBACCO AND CIGARS. The public is respectfully invited to give him a trial. -lb' 2l The Cartersville High School. WILL BE OPEN FOR THE ADMISSION of pupils MONDAY’, 11TII OF AUGUST, 1879. and continue four months, tuition payable monthly. Patrons are earnestly desired to send their children at the beginning of the term. Rates of tuition arc from ?2 to $4 per month, ac cording to grade. Patrons will receive the bene fit of the public fund. R. JOHNSTON, I rin. CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1879. CARTERSVILLE AS A MARKET. To The Free Press: ] often ask myself when alone. Should our farmers bring their cotton and other products to Cartersville for a market or should they sell it in Rome and other markets, and buy their clothing, shoes, sugar, coiTee and other goods in the mar ket in which they sell their cotton and other products? Are the planters of our county under any obligations this year to the merchants of Cartersville? I an swer no. In Cartersville our best farm ers have had no credit. The hardest working and best class of our fafiners could get no favors or indulgences in Cartersville. Those of them who had always paid their obligations were, when they asked for a short indulgence on a little bacon and corn to make their crops on, turned oft with, in many instances, an insult. Then since they have strug gled hard and made a crop, in many in stances, on half allowance for self, families and stock do they owe what they have made without any succor or aid in way of patronage to the merchants of Cartersville? Can they afford to build up a town or people that will not assist them? 1 hose of our farmers who have been doing their business in Rome, selling cotton the have had there advan tage over those that have been selling and dealing with home merchants. In this they have been able to go to Koine and get advances made on crops in way of money and supplies to make their crops on. And when money was ad vanced it was done at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum interest, and supplies at about first cost with an interest of 10 per cent, per annum, and only obligated to carry their cotton to that market, and get honest weights and highest market price, and if they choose they could sell in other markets and pay money on their obligations. This gives those who had been trading in Chat market and become acquainted very decided advantages over those who had not been in the habit of trading in that market hut at home. Fre quently during this year I have heard a gentleman who lives in Cartersville and has high social and intellectual standing throughout the country, and who lias some 40 or 50 families who are farming on his lands, and directly and indirectly dependent on him and his credit to make their crops, say he had not paid his board during the spring and summer months of this year because the merchants of Car tersville would not indulge neither him nor one of those living with him. And being forced to pay cash for the supplies for these families to make their crops on he had to deprive himself of the neces saries of life and get credit for his board. Noble Roman law* be been, who has thus assisted farmers and hands to culti vate of his land some 1,000 acres or the rise and get for themselves and families a living and make a surplus for market, and thus make wealth for their country. And yet this gentleman has been cursed, derided and abused by the people of his own town, and yet he is more advantage in this way to build it up than hundreds in its incorporate limits. And often have I heard him exclaim during this year that he had made a mistake in not having those farmers who lived on his lands and himself seek Rome as a market, because if he had they could have gotten advan ces from there and indulgences such as they could live from, and that without so starving themselves and stock. Under this state of facts is it not better for all our farmers and land-owners to seek another market unless the merchants of our own county town change their mode of doing business? We all prefer to patronize our own county town, and make wealth at home and thus reduce our tax, rather than support and build up a town in another county. But we must go where our interest takes us. We must go where we can get aid to make our crops on whgn we need advances. Talk of your free schools building up your tow’u; the evils above recited has been your ruin and will seal your destiny as a town unless you find a remedy. Cease your extortions, assist those who will by their lobor build up your town. Weigh our. cotton honestly, make arrangements to pay the highest market prices for our cotton and make ready to re-claim your lost trade by making arrangements to as sist as Rome does our farmers. Planter. Some of the Georgia papers still contin ue to exhibit their hatred of Dr. Felton by indulging in all sorts of ridiculous ft'ings at him. Do they bate him because lie is a pure man ? Do they despise him because he is an intelligent, patriotic, fearless, independent citizen ? If the de partments in Atlanta, that are under sus picion, had been officered by men like this maligned gentleman, Georgians would not have been put to shame in the presence of their enemies. It is a little peculiar, to say the best of it, that in a Republic of freedom, independence of thought and action should be regarded as the most unpardonable ot all sins. Editors and politicians of a certain class, in Georgia, “thank God that they are not as other men are.” Well it is proper to say that while the “other men” stand afar oft*, they are none the less thankful for the difference. — Sparta Ishmaelite. A party ot colored men passed through St. Louis Wednesday on their way to Kansas. It is said that the excursion was gotten up by planters and merchants in Mississippi to enable negroes from that section to go west and view the country for themselves, and if they wish to remain there to do so, and if not, to return. Many planters fear that after the present cotton crop is gathered the exodus movement will again be inaugu rated, and they hope the unfavorable re port anticipated from this excursion will prevent any extensive migratory move ment. The first bale of new cotton at Augusta was received Thursday. It. came from Burke county, was classed as strictly low midling, was sold at the Augusta exchange for 12 cents per pound. THE BEQUEST TO MR. DAVIS. An Unanswerable Reply to Scandalous Inueudoes. St. Louis Republican.j New Orleans, August 4. —My atten tion having been called to a communica tion in your paper dated New York, July 29, relative to Mrs. Dorsey’s bequest to Mr. Davis, I am induced by many of the misstatements it contains, to put you in possession of the facts, in the hope that those facts will somewhat abate the ra pacious rage and silence the slanderous tongues of her disappointed relatives. Having known Mrs. Dorsev from my childhood, and having been for several years previous to her death her solicitor and legal adviser, I claim to speak with some degree of authority in the matter. In the first place, the extent of Mrs. Dorsey’s estate has been enormous exag gerated. Instead of being a quarter mil lion, thirty thousand dollars is the ex treme limit that can he placed at its val ue. As far as personality is concerned, Mrs. Dorsey had comparatively nothing. She owned no stocks or bond3 of any kind.- She had no money in bank (ex cept a few’ hundred dollars), and none at interest. Her only source of revenue waslhe rental of her plantations in the parish of Tensas, and this amounted to about $2,500 a year, barely sufficient to give her a support. These plantations were once valuable, but, like all proper ties situated in the alluvial parishes, an nually threatened with disastrions over flows, they have depreciated to one sixth of what they were worth before the war, when the levee system was pei feet, and the labor was tied to the soil by the chain of slavery. I should consider it a had bargain to give $20,000 for them now. The lands in Arkansas may he set down as absolutely worthless. They are un cultivated swamp lands, for which there is no market, even at fifty’cents an acre. Indeed, if I mistake not, they were all sold for taxes years ago. The only other property that Mrs. Dor sev leaves is the house and grounds near Mississippi City, known as “Beauvoir.” Mrs. Dorsey, who purchased it some time ago for, I think, about $3,000. She has improved it to some extent, but its pres ent value is dependent upon so many contingencies as virtually to deprive it of a market price. The disposition of Mrs. Dorsey’s will and the motives which induced her to make it were communicated to me by her own lips early in the year IS7B, and very shortly after the will was written. These are the circumstances under which this communication w’as made. Mrs. Dorsey came to New Orleans with the intention of undergoing a severe surgical opera tion for cancer, under which she expect ed to die, and from the effects of which she did die. She sent for me, told me of the will, its contents, her motives for making it, her anticipations of death, and gave me directions as what I should do in that event. The operation, by the ad vice of her physician, was postponed a year. She subsequently brought the will to my office, and left it there to be depos ited in the canal bank, which deposit was made by my associate, Mr. F. D. King. The motives which Mrs. Dorsey gave for making Mr. Davis her legatee were in substance those set forth in the will it self—given, however, more in detail and expressed in that fine earnestness of man ner that was peculiar to herself. She said that she was childless; that she had done all for her relatives that they de served and that she felt bound to do; that the small fortune she possessed came to her from the bounty of her husband, who had also made provision for his own re lations; that she was a daughter of the south (her noin de plume was Filia) and loved it —its history, its deeds, and its cause—with all the enthusiasm of her nature; that she regarded Mr. Davis the embodiment of this cause; that maligned and abused by her own people, unassist ed and in straightened circumstances, he was devoting the remaining years of his life to the vindication, through history, of the south; that she was in intense sympathy with this work, the progress of which she had watched day after day with her own eyes, and towards which she had been graciously permitted to con tribute what personal aid she could give; that she had known, honored and loved Mr. Davis from her girlhood with the af fection of a daughter, and that she did not know where her property could be more worthily bestowed than upon the ex-president of the confederacy. If Mrs. Dorsey’s relatives, especially the Dahlgren and Ellis branches, ex pected to get her property, they were “waiting for dead men’s shoes” in vain. Aside from the personal relations that ex isted between them, I speak authorita tively when I say that her idea was to leave it to some literary or scientific pur pose. Previous to the formation of this design of leaving it to Mr. Davis, her in tention was to establish and endow in some American college a chair of San script language, literature and religion— her own profound studies having been turned in that direction for many years to such an extent that her friends would laughingly accuse her of being a worship per of Brahma. At the time of the conversation above alluded to, I jokingly asked Mrs. Dorsey what would become of her professorship of Sanscrit, and she answered that she was doing the greatest service possible to her country and to her people in placing Mr. Davis in a position where, unpinch ed by the res auriitsta domi , he could fin ish his work and his life in peace and comfort. In tlie second place, I wish to advert to the grounds upon which it is proposed to attack Mrs. Dorsey’s will. The testa ment being perfect in form, the testatrix being capable of giving, and the legatee capable of receiving, it Is said that it will be attacked as having been made through undue influence, or on the ground that the testatrix was insane. Now, Mrs. Dorsey was a citizen of Louisiana; she died here, her will was probated here, and the bulk of her property is here. Under our bene ticient system of law which suppresses and discountenances scandalous litiga tion of all sorts, no such contests over will can take place as disgrace the surro gate courts of New York. Article 1,492 of the civil code provides that “proof is not admitted of the dispositions (inter vi vas and mortis causa) having been made through hatred, anger, suggestion or captation.” So much for the first ground. As your article states that the heirs are looking for a contingent fee lawyer, I do not think any shark in the profession —for contingent fee lawyers are general ly marine monsters of that species—can be found who will befool enough to hurl himself against the prohibition contained in article 1,492. But even if the law were otherwise, I do not hesitate to declare boldly from my personal know ledge of the facts and the parties that all statements and sugges tions that Mr. Davis exercised a particle of influence over Mrs. Dorsey to induce her to make him her legatee are born of greed and hate—the filthy progeny of the auri sacra fames —and are unqualified false, malicious and contempdble. To those who knew Mrs. Dorsey, this senile ami juvenile bubble about undue influence is equalled in absurdity only by the statement that she was rendered incapable of making a will by mental derangement. she was a woman of no ordinary type and of more than extraor dinary attainments. An omniverous reader and an intense student, her mem ory retained, and her strong, clear mind digested what she read. Asa conversa tionalist she appeared to better advantage than as a writer—a fact due to her culti vation of the art of conversation. Al though she was a strong advocate of fe male suffrage and woman’s rights, the last thing that came from her pen was a petition to the constitutional convention, written upon her deathbed, asking that the women of Louisiana be given the right to vote. A more refined, a more gentle, a more womanly woman never lived. And while her friends can speak with admiration of the briliancy of her talents and the profundity of her learn ing, they can also, say with heartfelt emotion that her heart was golden. Would to God that her lustrious eyes could wake from the lethargy of the grave and pierce with their scrornful glances the foul ghoul who, under the guise of relationship, seek to blacken her noble reputation and to dim the halo of honor that shines around her name. Edgar Howard Farrar. AN ACT. To Kncourage Immigration to Georgia, ami for Other Purposes. Read first time in House, August Ist, 1871), and referred to finance committee. J Section 1. Be it enacted by the gener al assembly ot Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, the governor shall appoint, subject to the approval of the senate, a suitable person to he known as the state immigration agent. Said agent shall, by advertising, by the dis semination of correct information as to our soil, climate, productions and re sources, by the arrangement of special rates of transportation between the cities of the north and west, and of Europe, to this state, and by such other methods as the governor may approve, invite and en courage immigration. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That said agent may appoint a secretary to as sist him in performing the clerical duties of his office. He may also appoint agents at suitable points, subject to the approval of the governor; Provided, That more than twelve hundred dollars shall be paid annually for the clerical force which may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, w hich sum shall be paid out of the annual appropriation for the de partment of agriculture. Sec. 111. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the agent of immi gration to keep in his office a register of lands for sale in Georgia, and the names of persons who desire to purchase lands, or secure employees, or employment in Georgia, in the manner and on the terms hereinafter provided. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That any citizen of Georgia may register in the office of the commissioner any lands owned by him or her in the state, giving an abstract of the titles to the said land, w r ith a condensed description of the same on payment of a fee of two dollars to the agent of immigration for each separate tract or parcel of land so registered; Pro vided, an abstract to the titles of said lands, bearing the seal of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which said lands lie, shall be filed in the office ot the commissioner, and the fees for such registration shall be paid before such registration is made. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That any person desiring to purchase lands, to secure employees or employment as a skilled laborer in Georgia, may register his or her name, with a statement of his or her wants, in the office ot the agent, of immigration on the payment of a fee of one dollar to said commissioner. Sec. VI. Bo it further enacted, That as soon as the amount received from such fees shall justify it, the said agent shall issue circulars or pamphlets truthfully and concisely setting forth the induce ments to immigrants to buy lands and settle in the state, and shall distribute said circulars and pamphlets in such number and manner as will best promote the objects of this act. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, That the said agent shall keep in his office an accurate account of all moneys received for registration, and report to the govern or at the end of each quarter the amount thus received. The expense of registra tion, printing and mailing said circulars shall be paid out of the fees received for registration, and from no other source. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the offices of said agent of immigration shall be located in Atlanta, Georgia, and the city of New York. Sec. IX. Be it further -enacted, That all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this act be and the same are hereby re pealed. Latest news from the South American war indicate that the Peruvians have met with decided success, and are dis posed to take the initiative in the struggle now going on. The last raid of the Huasear stirred up the Chilian Admiral who returned to Iquique and bombarded it for half an hour on the 16th of July. In return, the Peruvian fleet visited sev eral Chillian ports, destroyed all the launches in each, and captured the Chil ian transport Rimac, a battalion of four hundred troops, and three sailing vessels laden with coal and copper. The loss to Chilli will be over one million dollars, and the moral effect will be immense and the people are much exasperated at the government lor the stupidity and inactivity they have manifested in the conduct of the war. In fact, says the Baltimore -Sun, “the maintenance of states rights not only enabled the states north of Mason and Dixon’s line to free their slaves, but gave them the only point d'appui from which they could conduct their attack upon sla very in the south. It furnishes the orig inal Freesoiler. Hale and Adams were states rights wings because of their an tagonism to slavery. When the fugi tive slave law was passed every north ern state opposed it and obstructed its enforcements by the United States mar shals—just as now the democrats are everywhere opposing the presence of United States marshals at the polls—upon the principle of states rights. Two prisoners, Denis Gillespie and John O’Brien, escaped from Blackwell’s Island, New York, Sunday night. They were in a guard boat with the keeper, Stephen Kelly, patrolling the riverside, when a boat in which were six rowdies approached and demanded the surrender of the prisoners. The keeper refused, and the roughs upset his boat. All three were picked up and taken on board the roughs’ boat, but on Kelly’s attempting to draw his revolver, he was thrown overboard, and with difficulty saved his life, being picked up half an hour after wards by a pleasure boat. The police are on the lookout for the fugitives. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements will be inserted at the rates of One Dollar per inch for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion. CONTRACT RATES. Space. 1 mo. 3 mo*, tt moe. lyear. One inch, $2 60 $5 00 |7 50 flO 00 Two inches. 375 750 12 60 18 00 Three inches, 500 10 00 17 50 25 uo Four inches, 625 12 50 22 50 32 o*i Fourth column 750 15 00 25 00 40 00 Half column, 15 00 26 oo 40 00 60 00 One column, 20 00 40 00 60 PQ 100 oo NUMBER o. THE CMPEACHMENT MANAGERS. - * The Atlanta Post phonographs them as follows: Hon. Henry G. Turner, of Brooks, re ceived nearly every vote cast, is u gentle man of modest mein, and posses es a mind of great analytical pow er. Asa lawyer he occupies a high position. In politics, he is fair-minded, conscientious and true. He is comparatively a young man, and an acknowledged leader. Hon. W. M. Hammond, of Thomas, is one of the most polished, eloquent and forcible speakers of the state, and has aptly termed the “silver-tongued orator.” His incisive and impress ive. In integrity and ability he has no superior, and like Aristides, he is just and impartial in the elucidation of truth. Hon. C. D. Phillips, of Cobb, is a prominent politician of northern Geor gia. He has occupied important posi tions satisfactorily to the people. He is a lawyer of acknowledged ability, and with his temperament the state will have her interests well guarded. Hon. H. J. Polhill,\of Jefferson, is a man of portly physique and commanding presence, Bluff and genial, the great force of his character is not seen at once. His character is well rounded, and his great ability will never be exercised to oppress the innocent or shield the guilty. Hon. W. L. Pike, of Jackson is a law yer of local prominence, good humored and fair minded.—He is a young man of prudence and caution, and will likely govern his conduct so as to do equal and exact justice Hon. K. M. Davis, of Houston, is of a strong nervous temperament, energetic and unswerving in the discharge of what he may consider to be his duty. He will doubtless engage in the trial with all the vigor of his intellect and strength of his judgement. lion. A. Pratt Adams, of Chatham is a fluent and graceful speaker, clear head ed. He w ields a keenedged damaseus blade in debate, and .yet would scorn any thing unfair. Has a strong influeneo over the general assembly, because lie is liberal minded and just. On account of the general interest mani fested in the approaching impeachment trial of comptroller-general, a contri butor to the Augusta Chonicle recently furnished that paper information in regard to former impeachments in the state which is condensed as follows: “Piior to the framing of the constitution of 1798 im peachments were numerous. In that in strument it was deemed advisable to ex tend amnesty in such cases, their being a section w hich reads that “convictions on impeachments which have heretofore ta ken place are hereby released, and per sons lying under such convictions re stored to citizenship.’ Henry Osborn was impeached in 1791, while Judge or the superior court, for some irregularities at a congressional election in Savannah. John Berrien in 1800, an ex-state treas urer, was impeached on two charges: First, embezzling $9,950 52 of the ‘Yazoo deposit;’ and, second opening the bundle known as the Yazoo deposit, in violation of his oath and duty as treasurer. The impeachment was dismissed. In 1808 three commissioners of surveys were im peached and convicted for frauds. In 1821 three land commissioners, Lovering Jack son and Adrian were impeached for embezzling public funds. They were found not guilty. In 1832 Shadrack Bogan, a commisssioner of the land and gold lotteries, was impeached for fraudu lent drawings in those lotteries. He was removed from office and disqualified for twenty years. Major Berrien’s trial lasted ten days; the case of the three land commissioners something over a month; in the ease of Lovering Jackson, Adrian three w eeks, and in Bogan’s case two weeks.” SHARP COMPETITION IN TRADE. For some time past there has been a lively war going oti between the tea dealers and the crockery trade of New York, growing out of the practice of the tea and coffee dealers of giving away crockery and glassware to their custom ers instead of chropios. The crockery men protested against this practice as being ruinous to their business, and ap pointed a committee to wait on the tea and coffee dealers with a view of inducing them to discontinue it. In this they were unsuccessful, and at a meeting of the crockery and glassware dealers’ protective association held on Friday last the committee appointed to visit the tea dealers reported that they had been dis courteously received, and advised the as sociation to adopt the plan proposed at a previous meeting, and appoint a com mittee to purchase tea and coffee and place it for sale at cost in every crock ery store in the city. The report of the committee was received and adopted,and a committee of ten was appointed to make the purchases and distributions as proposed. Mrs. Caroline Flore.tz, wife of Anton Florenz, of Vienna, Austria, who had eloped from that city with one Nathan Shuk, and whose abandonment and effort at suicide at a hotel in Cincinnati were re ported a few days since, died on Sunday of her wound. The case is a most singu lar one. She shot herself in the head on June 14. A ball weighing thirty grains entered her brain, after being severed into four pieces probably by contact with bones. Three of these pieces, weighing nineteen grains, were removed by surgeons, and the woman ap peared in a fair way of recovery. Since the shooting she had learned that her husband was willing to forgive her, and then she appealed anxious to live, but during the last few days she sank rapid ly, dying Sunday. Alice Oates, the opera singer, now Mrs. Watkins, was dining with her husband in a Philadelphia restaurant. A United States naval officer, described as a near “relative of Poker Schenck,” sat with a party at a table close by. Watkins sprang up and asked, “What do you mean by looking at my wife?” “We certainly did not look at her with any disrespect,” replied the officer. “Then what did yon look at all for ?” cried the enraged hus band, flourishing a bottle. The officer thereupon struck Watkins, and there wa a brief fight, during which the singer let out her voice in screams. a ISfcv. Geo. Hatton, colored, formerly well-known in Washington politics, anil for several years past a Baptist minister in Cincinnati, is visiting his friends in Washington and the scenes of his child hood of Piscataway, Prince George’s county, Md. He has lately been to Kan sas to see what the exodus people are do ing. He represents that many of the emigrants are in a totally helpless condi tion, and it will be necessary to support them for months to cotne, if not years. He states that he found but one colored minister in Kentucky who was in favor of the movement. The iron trade in Great Britain is sliow ng signs of a reviya\.
