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JOHNSON, Dentist, (Office over Stokely & Williams store.) Cabtkksville, Geohgia. I WILL FIL j TEETH, EXTRACT TEETII, and put in teeth, or do any work in my line at prices to suit the times. fipyyWorkaL warranted. Refer to my pat rons alt over the county. 15-ly. ' F. M. JOHNSON. JOHN T. OWEN, (At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,) CARTERSVILLE, GA. "\\TTLL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. YY Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can be bought an v where. Warranted to prove as represented. All work done by me warranted to give satisfaction. Give me a call. julylß. Traveler’s G-nide. COOS A RIV ER NAY 1 GAT ION. 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 Sam Arrive at Gadsden Saturday 7 a in Arrives at Greensport Pam Arrive at Rome Saturday 6pm i. M. ELLIOTT, President and Gen’l Sup’s. HOME RAILROAD COMPANY. On and after Wednesday, May 1!), the Rome Railroad will run two trains daily, as follows: MORNING TRAIN. Lfiavc Rome daily 8:00 am Arrive in Atlanta at 12:36 p in Leave Atlanta at 7:45 am Arrive at Rome at 11:00 a m EVENING TRAIN. Leave Rome daily (except Sundays) . 5:30 pm Arrive in Atlanta at 11:00 p m Leavs Atlanta at 5:00 pm Arrive at Rome 9:00 p m Morning train connects at Kingston with trains for Chattanooga and Atlanta; at Rome with trains south on S., It. A I). Railroad. Evening train connects at Kingston with trains for Atlanta. EBEN HILLYER, Jas. A. Smith, President. G. P. Agt. CHEROKEE RAILROAD. On and after Monday, May 17, 1880, the train on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday excepted): PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Cartersville 9:50 am Arrive at stilesboro 10:80 a m Arrive at Taylorsville 10:50 am Arrive at Rockmart 11:45 am Arrrive at Cedartown 1:15 pm RETURNING. Leave Cedartown . . 3:25 pm Arrive at Kockniart 4:28 pm Arrive at Taylorsville 5:22 pm Arrive at Stilesboro 5:47 pm Arrive at Cartersville 6:30 pm FREIGHT TRAIN. Leave Taylorsville 6:00 am Arrive at Rockmart 7:10 am Arrive at Fisli Creek 8:25 a m RETURNING. Leave Fish Creek 11:10 am Arrive at Rockmart 12.00 m Arrive at Taylorsville . . . . . . 1:30 pm WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R. The following is the present passenger sched ule : NIGHT PASSENGER—UP. Leave Atlanta 3:00 pm Leave ( aitersville 4:53 p m Leave Kingston 5:19 pm Leave Dalton 7:10 pm Arrive at Chattanooga 8:47 pm NIGIIT PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 5:25 pm Leave Dalton . 7:10 pm Leave Kingston 8:39 p m Leave Cartersville 9:05 pm Arrive at Atlanta 11:00 pm DAY PASSENGER—U? Leave Atlanta 5:20 am Leave Cartersville 7:23 am Leave Kingston 7:49 am Leave Dalton 9:21 am Arrive at Chattanooga 10:56 am DAY PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 6:15 a m joeave Dalton . . 8:10 am Leave Kingston 9:43 am Leave Cartersville 10:11am Arrive at Atlanta 12:05 p m CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION —UP. Leave Atlanta 5:10 pm Arrive at Cartersville * . . . . . 7:22 p m CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN. Leave Cartersville 6:05 am Arrive at Atlanta ......* 8:45 am 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, Comity and Stockmen, half fare. VOLUME 11. The Atlanta Constitution. During the coming year—a year that will witness the progress and culmina tion of the most interesting political contest that has ever taken place in this country—every citi zen aud every thoughtful person will be com pelled to rely upon the newspapers for informa tion. Why not get the best ? 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This, tiie best, the most reliable and most pop ulor of southern agricultural journals, is issued from the printing establishment of The Consti tution. It is still edited by Mr. W. L. Jones, and is devoted to the best interests of the farmers of the south. It is sent at reduced rates with the Weekly edition of The Constitution. Terms of Subscription : Daily Constitution, $lO a year. “ “ $5 for ix months. “ “ $2.50 for three months. Weekly “ $1.50 a year. “ “ $1 for six months. “ “ Clubs of 10, $12.50 a year. “ “ “ 20, S2O a year. Southern Cultivator, $1.50 a year. “ “ Clubs of 10, $12.50 a year. “ “ “ 20, S2O a year. Weekly Constitution and Cultivator to same address, $2.50 for one year. Address THE CONSTITUTION, nov2o-tf Atlanta, Ga. JUST OUT. HOOD’S GREAT BOOK —OF THE WAR— ADVANCE and RETREAT. Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies, By Ceneral John B. 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Every room carpeted, and spacious verandahs, with graud views of surrounding mountains, on every story (3) of the building. Fine drives from, and splendid livery accom modations in the town. Beautiful scenery all around Cartersville that is pleasant and interesting. 5-20 L. C. HOSS, Proprietor. THE COLUMBUS TIMES. Daily, Weekly. Semi-Weekly & SnMay, THE DAILY TIMES Contains full Telegraphic News from all parts of the world, Editorials ou all topics of the day, resume of the general news and full market re ports. Subscription price $7.00 per annum in advance. THE WEEKLY TIMES Is a mammoth eight page sheet, issued every Monday, made up of the cream of the daily'. Subscription sl.lO per annum in advance. THE SEMI-WEEKLY” Is issued every Monday and .Thursday contain ing the news of the three preceding (fays. Sub scription price $1.50 per annum in advance. THE SUNDAY" TIMES A large 32 column sheet, in addition to the cur rent news of the day, embraces a number of lit erary departments, filled with entertaining read ing matter. Subscription price SI.OO in advance. Families wanting a good paper could not do better than to subscribe for one of the editions of the Times. The Times having at all times identified itself with the interests of the people and labored for their welfare, is a welcome visitor to their fire sides, and its columns, therefore, a most valua ble advertising medium. Wynne, DeWolf & Cos., Prop’s, Columbus, Georgia. Cheapest anti Best. HOWARD' HYDRAULIC CEMENT. MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, BARTOW COUN TY, GEORGIA. EQUAL to the best imported Portland Ce ment. Send for circular. Try this before buy ing elsewhere. Refers by r permission to Mr. A. J. West, Presi dent Cherokee Iron Company, Cedartown, Ga., who has built a splendid dam, (cost $7,000.) using this cement and pronouncing it the best he ever used. Also refer to Gen. Win. Mcßae, Superin tendent W. &A. Railroad Company, who has been using it for piers of bridges and culverts on his railroad, for two years; also to Capt. John PosteU, C. E. Also to John Stdne, Superinten dent of Bartow Iron Company, Bartow, Ga., who has built Several large reservoirs with it, which are perfect; to Messrs. Smith, Son & Bro., of Rome, who have made a splendid pavement with it: to Capt. M. B. Grant, or Mr. Gilbert Butler, of Savannah, who have used it with great success in stucco work, or Major Bryan, of Savannah, Mr. J. J. Cohen, of Rome, to Messrs. Grant, Jacksonville, Ala., who have used it for fountains, pavements, iish ponds, cel lar floors, etc T. C. Douglass, Superintendent East River Bridge, New York, who pronounces it equal to the best Imported Portland Cement. Address G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga. sepl2-ly. A Convenient and Pleasant Place to Stop. MRS. TERHUNE’S BOARDING HOUSE, ROME, GEORGIA. Mrs. teriiune has removed from the old wooden building, 44 Broad st., (next to Central Market,) to the beautiful new brick building, 26,28 and 30 Broad street, (over national bank.) The house is new and newly furnished through out, and is kept in elegant style. A nice parlor tor ladies and a splendid reading room for gen tlemen. Two bath rooms with either hot or cold water at the disposal of the guests aud boarders with out extra charge. The table will be furnished with the best that the marketaflords. Servants polite and attentive. In fact, this house has every convenience of a first-e.lass hotel, and charges considerably less. Transient patronage solicited. nov27- TIIEO. E. SMITH. J. W. PRITCHETT. SMITH & PRITCHETT REAL ESTATE AGENTS, PROrOSE TO BUY AND SELL ALL KINDS of Real Estate in Cartersville and Bartow county, ou commission. They have on hand for sale several desirable farms located in different parts of the county. . „ ~ They respectfullv solicit business of all par ties desiring to sell or buy town property or farming lands. Their terms will be reasonable. Office in Planters’ and Miners’ bank, Carters ville, Ga. TAILORING! TAILORING! rpHE UNDERSIGNED RETURNS THANKS L to his former patrons for their liberal pat ronage in the past and inform them tiiat he has opened a simp over the furniture store, west Main street, where he will be pleased to see all that want anything done in the tailoring lme aud in future he hopes to merit the confidence he has alway s received. S. H. iaiiillu. January Bth, 18s0. THE NATIONAL HOTEL, The only first-blass hotel In DALTON, GEORGIA. Rates per day : : : : : : ? f Kates per week : : : : : • JJJ! Rates per month : s : : , Large Sample Rooms for Commercial Travel ers. Postoffice in the building. ,an 9 J* Q- A. LEWIS, Proprietor. CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 10. 1880. STATE POLITICS. An Interesting Letter from “Mark Twain's Jay-Bird,” on the Situation. To The Free Press: The organized have invited General Gordon to vindicate his acts as a United Suites senator. Why this vindication, if he is full of pride and confidence in hav ing discharged fathfully his duty to his country? The lucrative place provided for our renowned warrior and statesman by his political colleagues does not give the general that peace of mind, his irreg ular predatory army, and fellow-politi cians desired; for they persuaded them selves that they had in their own hands all that was necessary to insure the gen eral perpetual prosperity. They endow ed him with twenty thousand a year, and retired him from politics, that he might rest serenely upon his laurels. But his soul is still unquiet, and vindication risetli up in his heart as his accuser, and will not down for the annual sum of twenty thousand. Ex-Gov. Brown paid his quota nobly, and handed out his five thousand like a king. The endowment of colleges was at this time booming in the heart of the generous Baptist, and he knew how to settle cumbrous institutions. The organized have made politics a com mercial commodity, and if Ex-Gov. Brown could effect a trade uy which to save the country from the hands of mon archs, lie should be commended for his astuteness, and not derided as a commer cial trader. It is better to buy a house if it suits you, than build one under vexa tious circumstances. Gov. Brown lias reached his proper element, and bought his freedom from the organized honora bly, and we congratulate him upon his escape from bondage. The organized about Rome are swift in their denuncia tion of the trade than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen spread themselves, and fly through the country as the eagle that hasteth to eat. The independents are jubilant over the exchange and are willing to add their mite to Gen. Gor don’s annuity. Gov. Brown was miswed to the organized, and when he saw his error he changed his mind and procured a divorce, and his heart is filled with fresh pride and confidence, and he will pass over tiie land as a conqueror of trade, if he imputes his success to the right source, lie is an independent dem ocrat, and is a valuable acquisition to the southern quartette. With such men as Messrs. Stephens, Felton, Hill and Brown, the four corners of the south will he nobly sustained. Gov. Brown will do the country no harm, and will not waste his time in tearing down the reputation of his contemporary statesmen. Some men will not hear the voice of wisdom until their ears are severely boxed. If men persist in caviling with their fellow men to the detriment of their country, it is necessary to box their ears soundly, and if that will not bring them to terms, jingle money in their ears, and buy them out. Tiiis quarreling in congress among the statesmen in ruining the country, is keeping alive feuds and dissensions, and disseminating throughout the land the seeds of obnoxious weeds which choke out the wheat, the truth that will bring prosperity to the nation. “A house di vided against itself cannot stand,” is a gospel truth and needs to be preached in congress. The independents never made war on General Gordon, until he made inroads upon their independence; their cry was and is now, physician heal thyself. But he was not to be deposed by this dimulga tion, still considered himself a man of erudition, skilled in curing the diseases of the land. lie failed in getting tiie in dependents to take his quack medicine, so changed his profession, and put on the armor of a warrior and came down upon the independent democracy, as a second Goliali. He was well pelted with sling shot and hasted himself to get out of the fight. His high position as United States senator gave great advantage, and lie was wonderfully helped by the organized. He had his scribe in the man known in these parts as the ku-klux Grady, who wrote his life, and went so iar as to de pict his feelings in the throes of death. That biography killed him, and the inde pendents are not responsible for his death. Gen. Gordon paid his scribe to puff him, and Mr. Grady is the man who ku-klux ed and puffed him to death. Though dead in the estimation of all true patriots, he has proven liimsolf a pentagyn plant, and will grow in retirement, drawing nutrition from liis annuity, and will bloom better in the shade than he did in the sun’s glare. The pentagyn plant has lost the three crowning pistils of his life —that of warrior, statesman and philoso pher. He had his chaplain in his compa triot warrior, Gen. Evans, who thinks salvation is sent exclusively to the “Gov ernor’s Guards.” The chaplain is also a man of condition, hut in memory forget ful ; for in enumerating the congression al Christians, he forgot to give Parson Felton honorable mention, and forgot the warning written: “But who so shall of fend one of these little ones which be lieve in me, it were better for him a mill stone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” Dr. Felton is the little one, (the mouse that let out the lion) in the house of rep" resentatives, and though he is one step lower in office than his Presbyterian brother he should not he overlooked. Dr. Felton is also his brother, and de serves his notice as much as the trio he holds up to the world as the pillars of the state. The sin of omission is as cul pable as the sin of commission, and do unto your neighbor as you would have him do unto you, is a command, as bind ing on the chaplain as other people. Give yourselr no uneasiness beloved brother, a downy lied will be provided for Gov. Colquitt on which to rest his aching bones, and he will he retired from office at the proper time, and a suitable annui ty furnished him. The ruin of polities was brought about by the separation of religion from polities; buts soon as the professors of Christianity learn God’s will in reference to the union of business and religion, blessings will flow upon the political affairs of the land, as the rain do seen doth from heaven to the parched earth. Gov. Brown is too astute to cavil with our political sage, Mr. Stephens, or make war upon our philosopher, Dr. Felton, or impede the eloquence of our orator Air. Hill; hut will unite his mental faculties with the great minds of the empire state, and conquer the land with their wisdom. With outstretched hands and open hearts we welcome Hon. Joseph E. Brown into our ranks, and unfurl the banner of the union, with cheers on our lips: Equal rights in the salvation of the United States. When the north finds the south a unit in religious principles, they will throw down the weapons of war, and ral ly around the stars and stripes, the glo rious banner of independence and broth erly love, that is destined to dethrone monarchs and conquer the world. Brotherly love will build railroads throughout our land, and create a like fervor in the hearts of our people for the Cincinnati Southern, and Louisville and Nashville roads. Emigration will flow into the south and aid our retired senators in keeping up their sheep farms. The Roman warriors who delight in blood shed and carnage will sheath their swords, and send hack to Marietta her cunningly wrought guns; for the Roman has not yet been found brave enough to fire the guns, fearing the fraudulently gotten cannons might explode and take off his head. Indeed, there is danger, for it was the ku-klux clan that obtained the guns, by robbing Marietta, to please Rome. Brotherly love will demand the return of the guns so dishonorably won, and exult in doing a fraternal act to their fellow-man. Brotherly love buried our beloved senator at the dead of night when there was a lull on the political sea; hut nothing he’ll regret, if the agonized will let him sleep on in the grave where his brethren have laid him. He was hand somely put away with his martial cloak around him; he deserved this at the hands of his countrymen, for he was not a stingy man, hut always paid small men good wages for doing little things. His death, politicus, was as easy as the death of the warrior, portrayed by Mr. Grady in his biography. Peace to his askes, and life to the union. Mark Twain’s Jay-Bird. Rome, Ga., May 29th, 18S0. THE GROWING CROPS. What Commissioner Henderson Says About Them and his Bureau. Dropping into the department of agri culture yesterday we found commissioner Henderson with a few moments of leisure. We subjected him at once to the process known as interviewing and learned the following: “ What is the general crop prospect over the state?” “It is good at present. The acreage in cotton is about 11 per cent greater than it was last year. The acreage in corn is two per cent less than last year, but the stand is two per cent better, which will bring the crop up to about even. Oats show nine per cent increase of acreage, fifty-eight per cent of which was fall sown. The acreage of wheat is only one per cent greater than it was last year. * * “How is the condition of that wheat crop?” “The per centage as shown in April gave only sixty-three per cent of an av erage crop, showing the wheat was not promising. My reports since from every quarter lead me to conclude that it will not turn out more than fifty per cent, making only a half crop for the year.” “ How about the use of commercial fertilizers on these crops as compared with last year?” “ On cotton alone the increase is 16 per cent. The per centage of area fertilized with home-made manures and compost is about 27 per cent greater than last year, which is a large increase. The condition of the cotton plant to an average was, up to April, 3 per cent less than an average.” WORK OF THE BUREAU. “What is your department doing in the way of distributing seed?” “We sent out this year about I,SOO packages of cotton seed; somewhere between 600 and SOO packages of corn; a large quantity of tobacco seed imported from Cuba, as well as a good deal of na tive tobacco seed. By the way, tobacco is being cultivated in the state now to a larger extent than since long before the war. We have also distributed a large quantity of genuine Buncombe cabbage seed from North Carolina.” a manual on cattle. “In addition to the manuals already issued from the department, we will have in press in July a manual on cattle, which will he of great interest to the people of the state and may result in stimulating the cattle interests of the state. It has been carefully prepared, with a view of giving the best informa tion adapted to the necessities of Georgia stock raisers, and I believe it will be a welcome publication and prove of great value to the state. “We are also preparing a concise his tory of all the cotton mills in the state, as well as other manufacturing indus tries, for distribution. This will give all needed information to those seeking to know the facilities and profits of manu facturing in Georgia. In addition we want to give the power and value of all the available water powers upon the main streams of the state. r lhis is done with a view to encouraging the invest ment of capital in manufacturing enter prises.” We learn that the expenses of the de partment have been considerably re duced. In salaries of clerks and inspec tors alone it will amount to over $3,000 per annum, while more work is being done than before, necessitated by the growing favor and demands upon the re sources of the department. Col. Hender son has put the bureau in capital condi tion, and given to it an efficiency and popularity that guarantee its permanency in the regards of the people. — Atlanta ConstitxUion. waumiks rack. Greenville, June I.—Editors Consti tution: At a mass meeting of the demo cratic party held in Greenville to-day the following adress to the people of Georgia, presenting the name of Chief-Justice VV arner for governor, was adopted. The meeting was largely attended and much enthusiasm prevailed. You will oblige by publishing the address in both your daily and weekly editions. John L. Dixon, Chairman. T. A. Atkinson, Secretary.. The democracy of Meriwether in con vention assembled,would respectfully re commend to their brethren throughout the state the Hon. lfiram Warner as empha tically the man for our next, governor. The honorable chief-justice of the state needs no introduction to the people of Georgia. His name is a household word from the mountains to the sea. He has been their public servant for almost half a century, and every trust confided to his care has been discharged with ability and fidelity. His genius is stamped up on every page of our jurisprudence, and his name will live as long as our laws. It is fitting that Georgia, the state that has honored him so often and so well, and which he has so faithfully served, should add the crowning glory to his long, useful and illustrious life by pla cing him in the executive chair as chief magistrate of the state. Do the people of Georgia desire re trenchment in the public expenditures? his whole life has been a lesson of econo my. Do they wish an honest adminis tration? the tongue of calumny has nev er charged him with corruption. Do they want a governor dissociated from rings and cliques, and a stranger to the arts of a politician? he has worn unspot ted the ermine of a judge for nearly thir ty yeares. Do they admire ability of the highest order? his career at the bar, in I the forum, on the bench, even in the | management of his private affairs, dis plays a judgement that rarely errs. Let no one think we magnify our fa vorite ; we speak the words of simple so ber truth. But we gladly admit our partiality. We live at his home; he lias gone in and out before us almost all his life. We have been taught by his exam ples, counselled by his wisdom, and long learned to revere and love him. In deed, our love for him prompted this ad dress. Though he is now in the enjoy ment of vigorous health, we fear that the duties of his present laborious position are too wearing for his years, and that he needs repose. We want him to find it, in the discharge of the easy hut au gust duties of the executive chair; an of fice that will be at once grateful to his feelings, and honorable to his ambition, and which his more than Roman virtue will illustrate and adorn. We would not depreciate the merits, nor pluck one laurel leaf from the brows of any of those worthy gentlemen whose names have been mentioned in connec tion with the place. Gartrell, Lawton, Underwood, Lester, Reese, Bacon and Hardeman, are Georgians all, and Geor gians of a noble bred! Each has done good service to the state; and we hope that each will one day enjoy her highest rewards. But in the course of nature, many years are before them, and they can safely await the future. Either one of them would now, make a good gov ernor, still they would all doubtless, most cheerfully admit that they could discharge the duties far better, if they had before their eyes for imitation, that perfect model of an administration, which the great chief-justice, when he fills the chair, will leave behind him. We have not named among the aspi rants for the position, our present execu tive, his Excellency Alfred H. Colquitt. We desire to state distinctly, that we have no sympathy for the assaults that have been made upon his administration, and still less, for the charges prefered against his character. His administra tion upon the whole has been prosper ous and creditable to the state; and we have the most profound respect for the grandeur of the names he bears, the pu rity of his private life, his patriotic ser vice in the past, and his lofty character. But his election to another term, now, would violate not the letter, but the spir it of our new constitution. He has alrea dy held the ottiee four years, the full pe riod of two terms; and every one hereaf ter, after holding the office for four years, will de disqualified to a re-election for four years. Did the framers of that in strument intend that he alone should be an exception, to the general operation of the fundamental law? The indignant mutterings occasionally made against his •administration, are in a measure, doubt less owing to the unwise zeal of his friends, in attempting to force another term upon him against the spirit of the constitution. Let them cease their cla mors for Colquitt until after the lapse of four years, (when he will again become eligible) and the murmur against his ad ministration will be heard no more. It will be better for liis fame, better for the unity of the democratic party, and better for the peace and happiness of the peo ple. We close tlm necessarily short address with the request that the papers of the state will instruct their delegates to vote for Warner, in the approaching guberna torial convention; and with the hearty wish that the grand old commonwealth of Georgia may for the next two years experience the felicity of an administra tion, under the guiding hand and intel lect of the great chief-justice. John L. Dixon, Chairman. T. A. Atkinson, Secretary. NORWOOD’S VIEWS. Ex-United States Senator Norwood reached the city day before yesterday from Washington City. It was just luck to fall in the Way of the Constitution skir mishers and have his opinions noted down. After passing comments upon the fight progressing at Chicago, Mr. Norwood was asked: “What is your idea about the demo cratic nomination?” “I think that upon the democratic side the nomination will lie between Henry B. Pavne, of Ohio, Justice Field or Gen. Hancock. If the republicans put up a civilian as their candidate, I think the democrats should nominate some such man as Payne or Field; if they nomi nate Grant we want a military man like ITq n p/w*t “ How about Sam r I ilden ?” “ There is no possibility, I think, of his nomination. I think it is being clearly seen that he cannot win, and my judgment is that he will not be a candi date before the convention at all.” “ Has Sam Randall a chance to become his heir politically?” “ Not the slightest. Randall is entire ly out of the question, and there is little reason to believe that his name will even be mentioned in connection with the nomination.” — Atlanta Constitution. Why is a Zulu belle like a prophet of old ? Because she has not much on ’er in her own country. ■.-frqEMofr Nfrfrro™*! i r Advertisements will be inserted at tbe rates of . Oic IXiDar.tttt Utah .for.AJwsilmt.hw&ipuuw*uU Jrtty Cents for each additional insertion. Space. * • 1 mm fcmoa.4 6 ojq*. i l.year One inch, $2 50 $5 001 50' $lO 00 Two inches, 375 ‘ 7 50< T2' is 00 * Three inches, 500 10 1? 50 •**s 00 . Four inches, 625 12 50 22 50 [ 82 00 Fourth column 750 15 00 25 00 *0 00 Half column, 15 00 25 00 40 00 One column, 20 00 40 00 60 00 100 00 NUMBER 48. POWER AND ABUSES OF THE PRESS. Causes of the Prosperity and Influence of Journalism. Prof. Felix Adler spoke recently of “The Power of the Press in Connection with Religious Progress,” beioretlie Soci ety for Ethical Culture, at (’bickering Hall: There are two causes, he said, for the great success of the newspapers of our day. They are the rapidity of collecting news and the rapidity of disseminating the news when collected. The newspa pers call to their aid all the improve ments of the time. Let us take a leading New York journal, and look at the caus es which led to its prosperity. We find from its establishment a shrewdness in its editor, business tact, the abolition of the credit system, a sagacity with which to understand the rapidity of communica tion and a boldness in inventing new inodes of communication when wanted. The political department of the press can be made the safeguard and protection of the union and of the liberty of the peo ple. [Applause.] It is prophesied by those who look darkly upon our future that the time must come when the sev eral parts of our union must fall asunder. In our land there is room for empires. In the golden state on the Pacific there are wealth and resources to support a na tion. So it is with other states, and so the prediction seems one not Without foundation that the inevitable conse quence will be a separation. But I be lieve that a patent safeguard against such a result will he the newspapers. In them there is the very embodiment of a a national conscience. They prevent the interests which are exceptional and local from becoming so prominent as they oth erwise would. This will have a tenden cy to make separation no longer possible, l’see in them a means of keeping harmo ny among the people. I do not exagger ate their power. What I urge is that they are friends and promoters of the union despite themselves. Invariably, when called upon to do so, they have been in the front rank of those who were the protectors of the liberties of our country when those liberties were in dan ger. [Applause.] In passing 1 must allude to some of the defects of the press. The demand for news at the present day has become al most a morbid craving. When there is an opportunity for news tbe emmissaries of the press seize upon it often without regard to interests which they are injur ing. If anything should be held sacred it is personal privacy. There is a cer tain domain in which the questioner should not enter, but should shrink from delicate consideration. This should be insisted upon. The right of privacy is that on which all high culture depends. Again in the publication of the news the press is as greatly chargeable. What the manager of a newspaper wants is to prepare a delectable meal for his readers and not to be outdone by bis rivals. So be publishes many tilings that ought not to be put in print. He excuses himself by saying that the public demands all the news. This is a wretched fallacy. Does he wish to give—does he dare to publish —the horrid scenes of the lowest resorts of a great city like Paris or New York? Is there not a limit? The rule should be that nothing should be put in a newspa per, no matter how “spicy” it may be, that interferes with public morals. [Ap plause.] Again in the making of news we find a degree of recklessness. The public has been supplied so long with these minute details of crime and slander that a taste has been formed for them. So the news must be made to suit the popular taste. In many cases this news is changed and enlarged upon so as to be false. Let me not be misunderstood, for I realize the great services of the press. I am not ungrateful for the heroes and he roines it has brought forth. I remember the great work it has done in clearing out, great political corruptions. True it is, as DeToequeville said, “In a demo cratic country, the newspaper must be the bond of union and support to unite a common cause.” A #35,000 COMPROMISE. Atlanta Constitution. It will be remembered that a suit has been pending between the State and Col. John T. Grant and C. A. Nutting, in which the State claimed damages from the latter as securities on the bond of Treasurer Jones. A short time ago a verdict of about SBO,OOO was rendered against tbe two securities. There was a great deal of doubt about this verdict, and the jury signed a paper saying that if certain tes timony which was excluded by a tech nical ruling had been admitted, they would not have rendered a verdict for a dollar against the defendants. The case was appealed, and an interminable fight seemed in prospect. An attempt to set tle the ease and get what the state could get has been pending some time. At last, on the advice of the attorneys in the case, a settlement has been reached, and Col. Grant has paid into the treasury $35,000 and gotten a receipt in full. This is the first instancy in our knowl edge where money was ever collected on the default of a public official bond. It was the general opinion that the legisla ture should have relieved Colonel Grant from at least the bulk of his liability. But at last the matter is settled, and the state is $35,000 richer. Colonel Grant has received the congratulations of his friends at his relief, and their sympathy at his having been mulcted in such a large amount, when he protests that he was merely a temporary bondsman. It is estimated that his signature on the bond has cost him over SO,OOO. Of course the case against Col. Nutting still goes on. + ■ GRADY’S TALE: Bless me, how lucky. We read Gra dy’s tales until our mouth watered too: The first offer that General Gordon had that decided him upon retii ing from the senate, was a propositiou to go to Oregon and take general charge of large railroad and mining interests there. This offer came from Mr. T. Edensou Hogg, one of the richest men in that state, and an old soldier of General Gordon’s. He offered a salary of fifteen thousand dollars and a guarantee that it would reach twenty-five thousand. General Gordon was strongly tempted to accept this offer, and nothing but the love of Georgia and Georgians prevented. As soon as it was known that this offer had been made, he receiv ed others almost, if not quite as tempting, one being the presidency of the Great Southern railroad of Florida, that is de veloping into one of the grandest of southern enterprises. It has been said that he would take Governor Brown’s place as president of the Western and Atlantic railroad. This is not true. Governor Brown will hold the presidency himself. It is more than probable that after he has had a month or two in which to straighten out his private business, General Gordon will re-enter the prac tice of the law.
