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KATKS OF SUBSCRIPTION. -onr on year OO ' x .i,y -a UPfth** •• - \ * ♦o® 'Vw months, ... ...... 50 Vi.UB BATE*. cs one rear. ..... * S T 5 ,iuies one rear, 15 0® 1 1 ntv copies one year, * 15 0® 1 ui ic-' one 1 ear, . 30 00 * 1 - yVAie plra for invariably in advance. , 0;1 |er8 for the paper mftst tie addrc3*eed to THE FREE PRESS, Cartersville, Ga. PKOFESBIONAL cards. a. M. FOITK. v I’ roRN F. A- AT- L A w . t VKTERsVILLE, GEORGIA. _ ,\|l*r ATTENTION GIVEN* TO ALL I-' net-- en|re?teil to me. Uotlectionui and * r lrial iaw a*peci*ltvT . 1 - ... , ..mer Man and Erwin streets, up .’.rer H. F. Godfrey’* store. _____ OKA HAM. ¥. M.GKtBiJf. GRAHAM A GRAHAM, Attorneys Solicitors and Counselors at Law, < VRTERSVILLE, GA. . vfFHT IN THE COURT HOME. WILL ( I ,rL 1 e in a the coufto of Bartow countv, " ri. r courts of northwestern Georgia, and : ’ renie an t Federaleoarfcs at Atlanta, Ga. jtl! ______ ■ >f. SEQI %KD BROWNE. M. D.. c **f tli arm of Drs. Brown* A I-huiad, Aiu Olivet, Ky.] Ptnstria* s.iveoa.ObstitricUaaniGfaafeolOfist, ’ ’ CaMTtlle, Georgia, s B-Si.-eial attention given to Surgery in si us braeiiea. . SHKLB* ATTAWAY, A T OKNE Y - AX-LAW, \ i T TI LPR ACTICE IN* ALL THE COURTS \\ of North Georgia. „ „ _ . 1 Office with Col. if. R. Stansell, Bank GEORGE S. .JOHNSON, A (’TORN KV--A T - T-* W . CARTERSVILLE, GA. OKI It E, West side. Public Square. jof \V ill practice in all the Courts. R. W. MIBPHEY, V T T OKNEY-AT - L* -A. w, CAKTKRSVILLE, GA. - KICE up-stain) in the briek building, cor • •of Mam & Erwi i streets. J u l> 18 - j. r. .veil. j. i. oohsji. w.j. xml. NEEL. CONNER A NEEL, AT ,'ORNEYS-AT-LAW cartersville, GA. i \-ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THK COURTS >\ of ibis state. Litigated ca.-ea made a . , ialtv. Prompt attention given to all business iVfticem northeast corner of courthouse. fel9 M. L. JOHNSON*. rV T *U O H N* E A* - AT-LA W CASTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Office in the brick house next to Roberts’ v#rv stables. Hours from a. in. to 4 jp. m. lag* All business poouiptly attended to. _ ~l ,:r:a * - ** T. W. MILKKB. *• w ■ HXKBIS.JK. MILNER A HARRIS. TO R ‘N’ KY S- A. T- I* -A. W , CARTERSVILLE, GA. office on West Main Street. juiyl* toHM H. WIKLK. OO GLASS WIKITk. WIKLK A WIKLE. T T O li N E Y S-A*. T-L A. *VV , CARTERSVILLE, GA. Offi.-e in court house. Douglas Wikle will give .a! attention to febjA JNO. B. F. LUMPKIN, A. T T O R N K Y - A T - LA W, ROME, GA. ( iOLLE< TIONS A SPECIALTY. OFFICE V, m rear of Printup, Bros. A Co.’s Bank. ALBERT S. JOHNSON, A T TOR TS* KY-AT-LA NV , CARTERSVILLE, GA. OVfI E : WEST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE. 1 Will practice in all the Courts. Business n ill receive prompt attention. TRAVELERS* GUIDE. GADSDEN AND RED LINE STEAM ERS—U. S. MAIL. STEAMER SIDNEY P. SMITH. Ben. H. Elliott, Master; F. G. Smith, Clerk.) Leove Rome every Tuesday and Friday Sam Arrive Gadsden Wednesday and Satunlay. 6am Leave oaii'deu Wednesday and Satunlay 8a m Arrive at Rome Thursday aad Sunday ...7pm Will go through to Greensport, Ala., every Friday night. Returning, leave Greensport ev erv Saturday morning. STEAMER GADSDEN*. • F. M. Coulter, Master F. A. Mills, Clerk. Leave Rome Mondays and Thursdays 11 an Arrive Gadsdea Tuesdays and Fridays 2am Leave Gad-den Tuesdays end Fridays 9am Arrive at Wednesdays and Saturdays 7pm Office No. 27 Broad np-stairs over the t attoo Exchange. Telephonic connection. J. M. ELLIOTT, Jr., Gen. Man’gr., Gadsden, Ala. W. T. SMITH, Gen 1 Agent. Rome, Ga. ~ ,3k, - • CHEROKEE RAILROAD. On and after Monday, March 19, 18S3, the train? on this Road will run daily as follows Sunday excepted): PASSENGER TRAIN.—MORNING. Leave Cartersville 9:45 am Arrive at Stilesboro 10:17 a in Arrive at Kaylorsville 10:35 a in Arrive at Rockmart 11:10 a m Arrrfve at Cedartown 12:05 a m RETURNING. LeaveCedartowu 2:05 pm Arrive at Rockmart 2:sSpm Arrive at Taylorsville 3:33 pin Arrite at Stilesboro . 3:51 p m Vrrirvv at Cartersville 4:25 pm PAssfcNGER TRAIN.—EVENING. I A*ave Cartersville 4:30 pm Amve at Stilesboro . 5:04 pni Arrive at Taylorsville 5:22 pm Arrive at Rockmart Jj-“00 p m Arrive at Cedartown . . . .... . 7 3)0 pm RETURNING. Leave Cedartown . . 6:00 am Arrive at Rockmart 6:33 am Arrive at Taylorsville 7:2g a m Arrive at stilesboro 7:46 am Arrive at cartersville S:i)im ROME RAILROAD. The following is the present passenger sched ule: * so. 1. Leave Rome 6:10 am Arrive at Kingston 8:55 a in SO. 2, Leave King-ton 9:20 am Arrive at Koine 10a5 a m SO. 3. Leave Rome !:15 P m Arrive at Kingston 3:30 pm >*o. 4. lieave Kingston -*-55 p m Arrive at Rome 6-50 P 111 SO. 5. Leave Rome 83)0 a m Arrive at Kingston 9:00 a m >0. 6. . } Leave Kingst.-*n 9:20 a m Arrive at Home 10:10 a hi ' No*. 1. 4,3 ami 4 will run daily except Sun days. * Nos. 3 an l 6 will ran Sandaysoaly. No. 1 will not stop at the junction. Mates close nnection at Kingston for Atlanta and C i.:ittauooga. . ’ , _ No. 2 nukes connection at Rotue w ith E. T.. Vs. A Ga. K. R.. for points south. EIiEN HILLtHR, President. 4. A. Smith,G. P. Agent. WKSTERX AMD ATLANTIC R. R. The following is the present passenger sched le: sight passenger—rr. L-.-.ve Atlanta . . 2:40 p m L . vc i. ai-er-vilie 4:20 pm , cave h. ; --t< >n 4:55 pm Leave Dalton 6:34pm Arrive at Chattanooga 3:00 p m M jUT PASSENGER —DOWN. Leave i iiattar. xra !i‘po Is.- tve Dalton 4:31 pm Leave Kir,,'-ton 6:03 pm Leave Carter-mile 6:32 pm Ar; vc \:Uv i:wpa DAT PASSENGER—CP. Leave c rte.-rvule *:55 • m Leave Kingston . . . #:tl a m Leave Da icon 10:5s a m Arrive atl. hattanooga 12:30* a* DAT PASSENGER—*OWN. Leave Chattanooga. . a *o a m Dalton . . . 9:4* aui Leave Kingston 11:15 a m Leave Cartersville . .* 11:** am Arrive at Atlanta 1:40 p n ROME EXPRESS Leave Atlanta p m Arrive at Cartersville p m Arrive at Kingston . . . . . • • T 31* p m Leave Kingston “® Arrive at C artersville m Arrive at Atlanta . . . • - "* :tT * nJ Don’t Forget That you can te suited in a clock at J. T. Owtks. VOLUME V. Diamond Dyes, only 10 eehts per package, a Wonl’s drug store. Farmers and others desiring a genteel lucrative agency business, by which $5 to S2O a day can be earned, =end address at once, on postal, to H. C. Wilkinson & Cos., 11)5 ami 197 Fulton street, New York. dec2l-6ui. Bains. Bain*. Bains. Tlie continuous rains tips spring will greatly retard the operation* of the farmers, and every fair day of the season will be .golden momenta therefore’tis of the greatest impor tance that neither they nor their farm hands loose any time on account of sickness. To avoid which and save doctor'* bills take Curry's Liver Compound. Splendi > lot of 5 and 10 gallon oil cans, with jackets on, and brass faucet-. No trouble to till yonr lamps from them. Goto Curry's and get oue and have it filled with Kiuslo k oil—the best in the market. Lumber, Lumber, Lumber. Never iu the history of Cartersville before has there been oO much luml>er shipped here as is being received now, all because tim jaw mill men keep a supply of Carry’s Liver Compound on haod for their employes, and consequeittly are enabled to run on full time, no time lost on &c* count of sickness. The following are the names of some of £lie merchants who keep Curry's Liver -Compound for sale, and die; are authorized to guarantee if absolutely inferior to no other liver medicine sold, and to give entire satisfaction to their patrons W. T. Gordon, Pine Log. Ga, J. B. Britton & Cos., Pine L R. 11. Garwood, Caasville, , A. C. Shelton, Jerusalem. A. V. P. Jones, T. F. Barrett, Ludville. D. W. Rogers A Cos., Etowah. Beazley X Sheffield, “ J. C. A J. D. Lanier, Stilesboro. W. r. Puckett A Cos., “ W. W. Padgett, £uharlee. W. B. W I..?eke. * Hogue A Cos., Rockmart. Dr. R. T. Cochran, Whitehead, Jones A Cos. “ WrJ. Sheffield, Huutsville, Ga. Wo>xl ACo iiran, “ , , S. R. McGregor, “ L. Richardson A Cos., Pineville. II.Q. Carter, * “ • Morris A Fraey, Polk county. J. H. Wright A Cos., *• Yontig A Son. ** That wa- a good joke ou the farmer .who bhugliUTbox of Curry's vt'orm Candy and ate half a lozenger just to show his children that they Were not unpleasant togiie taste, and made the discovery soon after that he needed worm candy a* much as his children. Lamps, beautiful, elegant lamps, sold every where at 41.50 to 51.73 are sold by Curry at fl to 11.10. The people cannot agree as to the location of the new iron bridges soon to be built across the Etqwah river, but they all agTee that the Iron Elixir, prepared and sold by D. W. Curry, is the very best in the market. Ladies Have you seen that beautiful line of lamps displayed at Curry’s Lrug Store? Nothing like them either in quality or price ever offered in Cartersville. The prices are extremely low. Another big lot of Wizard Oil just opened at Curry’s, and everybody is going to “try another bottle or two’’ and all it costs is four shillings. Currj sells more cigars and b-ttter cigars than any man in Carteraville. Just receive*! at Curry’s the largest lot of paint and whitewash brushes ever before seen iu Car tersville, worth from 15 cents up. Ice cold soda water and ginger aie, drawn from one of Tufts' Arctic Apparatus, can be had at Cel Word's *lrug store. Cel Word's Horse and Cattle Powders give perfect satisfaction. Try them. Cel Ward can cool you off with a glass of his arctic soda water. Owing to their entire freedom from injurious drugs, “TansilTs Punch” 5 cent cigars are the most popular in the world. Go to Cel Word's. Brown’s Iron Bitters are sure to give satisfac tion. Cel Word‘s Excelsior Cough and Liver Syrup is an excel lent preparation. Cel Word's drug store. Hot weather is coming, and Cel Word has put in operation one of Taft’s elegant soda water ap paratus to dispense the cooling beverage. Old smokers prefer ‘“Tansill’s Punch” 5 cent cigar to most of the 10 centers. Cel V/ord is the agent. Pure white lead and linseed oil. Pure mixed paints in any quantity at Cel Word’s drug store. Take S. S. 8. for all blood diseases in the spring of the year. Cel Word sells it. Cel Word respectfully calls attention to his country friends that he can supply them with a enol glass of soda water when in Cartersville. Many imitate, none equal, “Tanaill's Punch” 1 seent cigar. Cel Wort sells them. ( 2,3, and 5 gallon tilting oil cans at Words drug store. * i ARE YOU MADE miserable by indigestion, j constipation, dizziness, loss of appetite, yellow skin - Sbiloh’r. Vitalizer i* a positive cure. For sale by Cniry. • BRADFIELD’S c 3 r ; BRADFIELO'S Female Regulator. Is a special*remedy for all diseases pertaining to the Womb, and any intelligent woman can cure herself by following the directions. It is spe cially eflVcacious in cases of suppressed or pain ful menstruation, the W hues and Partial Pro lapsus. It affords immediate relief, and perma nently restores the Menstrual Functions. Asa remedy to be used during that critical period known as "Change of LifeV thn- invaluable preparation baa no rival ! HOLMES' LINIMENT Is an INESTIMABLE BOON' to all child bear ing Women; a real blessing to suffering females; a true MOTHER'S FRIEND. When applied a few weeks before eonffuement it will produce a safe and quick delivery, control p pain, and alleviate the dread, agonizing suffering, beyond the power of language express! PRYOR’S OINTMENT Js a sure am\ speed y cure for Blind or Bleeding i Piles, Sores, Ulcers, Tnmora, Fistula. Buns f Corns, felons, Sore Kipplna, etc. Its effect* art 1 limply marvelous, and it Is an inexpressible blearing to all attictol with either of the above complaints. Try it! For circulars, testimonials, and full particu lars, address Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer of the*e THREE GREAT REMEDIES: J. BRADFIELD, No. 106 Sooth-Prvofr Street, ATLANTA, GA. THE FREE gR ESSi MB. DAVIS AT HOME. A Pleasant Talk with a Northern Journ alist Detroit Fret /Vc*s; —It is drive ot live miles over a sandy road through the oaks and pines and palraettoes from Mississip pi City to Beauvoir, the home of Jerier son Davis, and as I passed over the road the other April day, frightening an uili gator here, skirting au orange groove there, and alt of a sudden breaking out of the forest upon the sandy shores trashed by the waves of the gulf, 1 felt that he had well chosen the home of his old age. His had been a life of turmoil even before civil war was whispered. He had been a giimi in politics, a warrior in Mexico, a diplomat and an antagonist in all the main issues of the day and the problem of civil government! Few lives have been so eventful. HIS. NEIGHBORS. I asked the justice of the peace who drove me down iu his springsless wagon, drawn by a span of too-fat horses, if he knew Jefferson Davis, and he ans3vered: •Why, of course—known him for thir ty years.” * ‘'And how do the people in this neigh berhood feel toward him?” \ ‘“Everybody likes him. He is a good neighbor, a just-minded citizen, and has the respect and good will of every maa, wormn and child.” “Are any of his former slaves in this neighborhood?” ‘•Plenty of them, and what’s more a number of them are now in his employ. He was kind to bis people, and when the war closed and he dually came there to settle down dozens of his old slaves were ready to hire to him at any price. Of those in his employ there isn’t money enought in the state of Mississippi to hire them to leave" him. He has two large cotton plantations outside of the Beauvoir property, thus directly and in directly employing hundreds of colored people, and you can’t find one who hasn't a good word for him. No, Siree, Mister, there isn’t a man in this part of the country better thought of as a neighbor, a citizen and a man than Jefferson Davis.’* AT HOME. The house is what we in the North would call a story and a half cottage in heigh’, and it faces the Gulf. Around it is a famous grove of oaks and other woods, from here and there a tree, the long gray moss hangs down and swings in the breeze in its weird and dreamy way. Nature has done much to beautify the grounds, and they are kept in a neat and tidy condition. The house is roomy, finely furnished, and while there Is no ostentations dis play, there is a home-like atmosphere and rr look of cosy comfort. One can see refinement and taste everywhere, and none of the home comforts are sacrificed. From the verandah one can look out upon the sandy beach, and the neighbors are all that the word implies. THE EX-PRESIDENT. I had only a moment to wait before the ex-President came in and gave me a hearty grasp of the hand and words of welcome. Tall, almost snow white whiskers, blue eyes, face wrinkling with age, voicefas soft and kind as a mother’s. Such was the picture of the man who, tor . four years, held the destinies of a c mtinent in his iron grip. In the zenith of his pow?r he may have appeared haughty ‘anertruperious to some, but not to the generality. A kinder face I have never met, and though there is some thing in the voice to warn one that its owner has held place and power, ong is HK>n charmed with its kindness and touch of pathos. Mr. Davis is seventy-three years of age* and his health is not of the best. It its evident that his life of vicissitude is drawing to a close, and as one realizes it he cannot but admire the physical and mental machinery which has stood the strain of so much labor. Many a man of equal age bad laid down his burdens of public life when Mr. Davis assumed hi? greatest. He has been a man without rest Until within the last few years. His literary work, entered upon long after hi- sixtieth birthday, was a task which would have discouraged an author twenty years younger, yet he made no pause un til the last chapter was in the publisher’s hand?. NORTH AND SOUTH. He asked me about my southern trip— where l had been, whom I had met, and what opinion I had formed of the senti ment of the masses; and when I answer ed that the north and south seemed more closely united to-day than at-any- period in onr history, he expressed deep gratifi cation. “It is a grand and progressive country,” he said, “and the better the people'understand each other the better for our future as a cdtintry.” He asked me regarding the sentiment of the north, and I believe I answered truiy when I told him that rancor and bitterness had. died out of the hearts of all but demagogues and malevolent poli tician®. •‘That is right,” be replied, aud I trust that no outward event will sever the growing cordial relations.” ABOUT WAR. By and by we drifted into the subject of war. It was Mr. Davis who gave General McClellgn his first upward step®, and 1t was Mr. Davis who appointed Gen. Meade to the Lake Survey, and was criticised sharply for his selection. He believed that SleClelian’s campaign against Richmond, had he been permitted [ tofearry it out as plan nedand received the j hearty support of the War Department, must have resulted disastrously to the , Confederacy. “I knew McClellan, Meade, Humph j rey and nearly all the Federal Generals/’ said Mr. Davi*, “and many of them were CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 24. 1833. my proteges. Al&oifch they were fight ing my armies, I ftifttd not renist a feel ing of pride in seeing so many of the young men I had helped advance win ning fame and proving all that had been predieted.” Ua 1. I asked him to a*e the lest Federal General, and he replied • ‘“There were two—McClellan and Meade. McClellan was a grand engineer and a great General t Mea<ie was a Heady fighter, and his movement* were more of an enigma to Le* than those of any other Federal GeneiraD.” OLD ACQUirNTANCFS, As we talked of this and that—the names ot general-*, statesmen, governors and government officials came up, and many of them proved to be old acquaint ances of Mr. Day&, Iu years agone, be am! Ben Butler the best social terms, and it was the same with several other present Governors of northern states, and with various Generals who won their laurels iu war. The ex-Presi dent had a kind word and a good wish for each aud every one, and he seemed to believe that those who had made their mark, were entirely deserving of their success. HIS CAPTURE. In rhe State Library at Jackson, Mis sissippi, is a crayon portrait of Mr. Davi? asm** appeared when captured. I asked him if it was correct and herepiiod : '•T will tell yon exactly how ic a?l*de curred. I had lain down without re moving a garmeht. I UacHieavv cavalry boots, pantaloons tucked irrto the tops, a gray blouse ahd a soft bat. Upon the alarm being given I stepped out of the tent and saw a Federal cavalryman thirty or forty feet away. He ordered me to halt, at the same moment. Mrs. Davis threw over my shoulder a folded shawl. A saw that rar only chance to escape was to secure thq horse of the Federal. I ad vanced straight upon him, feeling that he would Are upon me, but feeling that he would miss his target. Had tills oc curred there would have been a struggle for the possession of the horse. As I ap proached the soldier, he lowered his carbine as if to shoot, and at the same moment Mrs. Davis rushed up and threw her arm? aronnd me. The soldier hes itated a moment, turned his weapon aside, and I walked back to the fire and remained there until made prisoner.” A LUNCH. Two hours passed swiftly by as we talked, but before permitting me to de part Mr. Davis ordered a lunch, and was again the host instead of the historian. One who takes him by the hand and looks into his.kind face must respect him. One who sees his white hairs and notes the evidences of okl age must feel glad that hr= fpW fa**t year? are to be full of peace and quietness. M. Quad. DEATH OF GEa. GRANT’S MOTHER. Surcease of the TVidow Grant in .Jersey City Last Week. , New York, May 13.—Mrs. Hannah Grant, widow of the late Jesse R. Grant, and the mother of General U. S. Grant, died very suddenly yesterday afternoon at her residence, No. 532 Pavouia ave nue, Jersey City Heights. She was born in Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsyl vania, November 23, 1799, and was one of five children of John Simpson. A sis ter and a brother—both older than she— are still living in Clairmount county, Ohio. She was married to Mr. Grant, near Bethel, Ohio, on June 24,1821, and went to housekeeping at Pleasant Pointy where General Grant was boril on April 17, 1822. Mrs. Grant was rhe mother of six children, three sons and three daugh ters, of whom only three, General Grant, Mrs. Cramer and Mrs. Corbin, survive her. Mr. Grant died on June 30, 1873. Mrs.‘Grant was living latterly with her two daughters in Jersey City. She en joyed excellent health and was in full possession of all her faculties up to her death. She took a great iiMerest in cur rent events, and was not only a regular reader of the newspapers, but remem bered perfectly what she read. She was taken with a slight cough a few days ago, and on Sunday she was prevailed on to call in a physician, but she was not sup posed to be dangerously sick. Yesterday morning she read the newpapers, as was her daily habit, and she seemed to be as well as usual until a few minutes before her death. Her daughter, Mrs. Corbin, was with her at the time of her death, Mrs. Cramer was on a visit to Philadel phia, and General Grant was in this city. Mrs. Grant’s parents were Presbyterians, and she was brought up as a member of that denomination, but after her mar riage she became a Methodist and re . moined a member of that church during the remainder of her life. The funeral services will take place at the house at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Atter the ser vices the body w ill be taken to Cincin nati. where it will be buried privately on Monday morning beside the grave of her husband in the family plot, in Spring Grove cemetery. The Santa Fe Daily Xtir Mexican an nounced recently the discovery of a veri table bonanza about six miles northwest of Silver City, in New Mexico. A man named Penrose made a big strike of silver ore, assaying over SIO,OOO to the ton. The later accounts describe the vein as largely made up of solid metal, four feet wide, running from 1,000 to .12,000 ounces. Solid chunks of chloride of sil ver weighing 150 pounds are sajd to have been taken out and placed on exhibition in Silver City. The outlook for bonanza senators frou|Xew Mexico, when admit ted, W'ould appear to be flattering. A* breaking chain precipitated Hettie '"Willingham, _an Albany colored girl of S ! years, into one of the public wells of that j city Tu day, and before she could be as sisted she drowned in 20 feet of water. CROPS IN GEORGIA. TJi* Outlook a* Shown by Commit Goiter tlriideriun'i Report. Atlanta, G*., Map 15. —This morn ingf? (JoHstUuUo* give<*"*3 interesting rosame of the pre?ent condition and fu ture pnwpecf? of the-crops now growing ia Georgia, based on the tabulated report ; of state Commissioner of Agriculture .T. T. ifenjer-on. The article read* as fol lwT4 t 0 >n. J. T. Henderson, commissioner of Agriculture, ha? completed his tabulat ed of the condition ot the crops made up from the reports sent in by the correspondent- by the Ist o f May. The table representsji very great amount of work iu an exceedingly condensed form. The show lug i* very promising, and there are several items that afford ground for conrgatulation. Some sur prising figures are given in reference ?o the purchases of corn. The quantity of corn purchased in the state in compari son with the same period last /ear is ex ceedingly low'. In north Georgia the amount is 4S per cent., in middle Geor gia 29 per cent., in east Georgia 35 per ceot., in southeast Georgia 09 per cent., and in southwest Georgia 3 -per cent. Equally gratifying figures come up in reference to the quantities of hay pur chased in the different sections. In comparison with the purchase? of last venr the figures sun l: North Georgia 32 per cent., middle Georgia 23 per eeut., southwest Georgia 4 per eeut., e tst Geo'r par cent. Some interesting figures are given, showing the different prices paid for covn for cash and on credit in the several sections-of the state. The bur dhn of Hie farmer who buys his corn on credit cannot be more strikingly present ed than hi this little table s of cash and credit prices: C*A pric < p*r i C red ft price per bnehel. 1 i North Georjna North Gaorgia 80 HiHiie GeorsriS 7*L MM*lie Georgia ...101 s*jathwest Georgia 55 ■Southwest Georgia 80 East Georgia 77 i East Georgia 103 Southeast Georgia S3 1 Southeast Georgia 104 Average price .... 72 Average price. 94 4-5 It must be borne in mind that this ex tra price of 22 5-4 cents per bushel Is put on corn, not for a year, but for six months at the outside. It is easy to calculate the enormous per eeut. which the farmer pays fora few months credit on what he should raise in his own fields, and stack away in his own barns* The farmers ol Georgia should bear in mind that shelled corn in the crib is a sure sign of hard times around the plaoe. VYhen the farmer goes from the field to his dinner and pours his horse’s corn out of a sack instead of shuck ing it the chances are he will be a sad man in harvest times. He should realise the fact that farming will not pay fifty per cent, for credit as long as money goes tjegginer at seven. It is gratifying to see that there i? such a falling off in tne de mand for corn and hay. The explanation lies in the increased grain and grass crops last year. If the seasons are favorable the .amount of corn made this year will equal that of last seaosn, as the acreage is about the same. It would be a source of pleas ure to tle Const it utionoo uld it rep; r. au in creased aereage. In comparison with last year, the figures are; North Georgia, 99; Middle Georgia, 99; Southwest Georgia, 190; East Georgia,99 and Southeast Geor gia 101. T 1 e preparawon of the soil is reported as not quite so good as last year and planting averages about nine days later. The stand of .corn as compared witli good -tand i? reported as follows: North Georgia, 9G: Middle Georgia, 96; Southwest Georgia, 90; Eeist Georgia, 94; Southeast Georgia, 90. There- have been no unusual casualties except the re cent storm. Ihe storm did the corn crop little or no damage in north and middle Georgia, but injured the crop from eight to ten percent, in the other three sec-, tions of the state. The acreage in oats, as-compared with last year, is very gratifying in some sec tions. but not so much so in others. The report gives the .figures as follows: North Georgia, 103: middle Georgia, 93; Southwest Georgia, 89; East Georgia. 99: Southeast Georgia, 100. The condi tion of the crop is 94 per cent.'of an av erage. The amount of lan l sown in wheat is not so large as last year. Compared to that season the acreage is as follows: North Georgia, 94: Middle Georgia, 97; South west Georgia. 84: East Georgia, 93. No wheat is reported in Southeast Georgia. The damage by the storm is from 15 to *2O per cent. The condition of the wheat as compared to the average for the State is 90 1-4 per cent. The average in cotton for the State as compared with last year is as follows: North Georgia. 104, Middle Georgia, 101, Southwast Georgia, 97, East Georgia, 105, Southeast Georgia, 95. The planting of the cotton is about nine days behind last year. There is a Calling off in the use of commercial fertilizers on cotton lands. The figures as compared with last year are as follows : North Georgia, 97, Middle Georgia, 104, Southwest Geor gia, 98, East Georgia, 96, Southeast Georgia, 73. The whole area in corn, oats and wheat exceeds the land in cotton vert eonsider blv. To that acreage the cotton stands as follows: North Georgia, 35 per cent.; Middle Georgia. 72; Southwest Georgia. 66; East Georgia, 60; Southeast Geor gia. 36. In Middle Georgia there is a perfect boom in sugar cane, and the acreage as compared to last year is 124. As com pared to other sections the area is: In Southwest Georgia,. 103; East Georgia, 100. There U no sugar cane raised in I North Georgia except by a “lone flsher i man, 7 ’ in Banks couutv, who plants reg ularly and makes good crops, to the great | astonishment of the other mountaineers. In North Georgia and Middle Georgia there is a very decided increase Id the acreage iu grasses. the figures being 107 against List year. Ihe rkse crop is a lit tle off. ! The t'ruil e.nop is below iaflfam§r eon | sMerablyfor several causes. The stand seem to be -in North ii-eorgia, &3; Mkl tlle Georgia. 52; Southwest Georgia, M; East Oeargisr, hi. The apple crop is not : good. There h is been a very considerable in crease in the supply of hog?, the increase extending to all sections except 1 one. The comparison with last year is: north Georgia, 114, middle Georgia, 104, southwest Georgia, 110, east Georgia, 105 and southeast Georgia. 74. Stock of all kinds is in an unusually good condition. The matter of labor is.one that is inter esting the farmer very much, as there is a falling off in the supply. The negroes have to a considerable extent gone to work building railroads and working in turpentine dktilleris and saw mills. Wage* are consequently about 6 per cent, higher. The supply of labor is as fol lows, as compared to last year: north Georgia, 97; middle Georgia, 96; south west Georgia, 91; east Geoigia, 94; southeast Georgia, 90. Where wages are paid the price for tuil hand- with board are as follows: north Georgia, $9 56; uikMle Georgia, $9; southwest Georgia. $9*23; east Georgia. $9 39; southeast Georgia, sl2. The farms are run with 33 per cent. >©rking wages, 31 percent, on shares and the balance are renteVs. Fertilizers are about 11 per cent. cheaper. The jish interests are reported as flour ishing, aud several carp are reported as weighing 15 pound?, and the average weight of the “brag” carp is 5 pounds.” THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE. Mr. Martin Van Btiren, of Clarkesvilie, Ga., has written a letter to the Atrertiser, from which we make thk interesting ex tract : “The first locomotive engine ever suc cessfully and continually run upon any railroad in the United States was built by George Stephenson, of New C’astle-upon- Tyne, England, for the Schenectady and Saratoga (N. Y.) Railroad Company, and run by that company upon their road in 1812, and several years thereafter by a man who came oyer from England with it as engineer. Your humble servant as sisted him in setting it Up, and from time* to time ran it c>n said road as engineer. It has long since been decided that the first railroad built in the United States was the Mohawk and Hudson road, which was operated by horse-power some two or three years; this road was com pleted in 1839. Whether or no the old engine built by Mr. Stephenson is still in existence is more than 1 know, but I will endeavor to ascertain what has become of it. As this was the first effective loco motive run upon any railroad in the Uni ted Statt*, and, as I run this engine, it is self-evident that I must be the oldest lo comotive engineer who ever ran an en gine in the United States. I am.now S3 years old.” FLUCTUATK>X IN THE PRICE OF PIG IRON. . As an example of the most astonishing and necessarily most disturbing fluctua tions in the price of one the most highly protected articles in the list of American products, the following figures with re spect to the prices of Iron ip the post four year*, furnished by the Philadelphia Record, may be instructive: “Iji July, 1879, pig Iron was quoted at sl9 a ton. In January, ISBO, the price rose to $39 a ton, and in February of that year pig iron was quoted at S4O a ten, or almost double the present rate. In April, ISS9, the price of pig iron was $34 a ton. That was the time wheu enorm ous profits were made off consumers in the manufacture of iron, even by old and costly methods and under the most un favorable conditions. But the flush time was almost as brief as an Indian summer. In August, 1880, pis iron fell to $25 a ton. In January, 1891, the price was S2CTa ton. Since that time is lias fallen, with occasional spasmodic recoveries, uhtil the price has reached $22 a ton, with indications of a still lower decline.” THE GEORGIA INSANE ASYLUM. MilledgeriHe Recorder.] The legislative committee appointed to examine into all matters pertaining to the lunatic asylum assembled at 'lie Oco nee House yesterday at 12 m. The com mittee from the house are Messrs. John ston, of Baldwin, chairman, Hawkes, fit Sumter, Crenshaw, of Troup. McWhor ter. of Oglethorpe, Humber, of Putnam. From the senate ar*e Messrs. Gust in, of Bibb, chairhi m, Paul, of Ctlhouo. Tow, ot Franklin. This is a special committee appointed under a resolution of Hon. M. Johnston, Jr., to visit the asylum and re port at the July session. The manage ment of the Georgia asylum is being complimented throughout the State. We learn from one of the committee that offi cial reports have been received from about twenty asylums for the insane, and. on comparing these several reports with that of our home institution, it is fonnd that the expense per cipiu is much less in our asylum than in any of them— several of them double ours. The state asylum of Tennessee alone nears the fig ures exhibited by the management of the Georgia institution. a -e * A woman named Goodver, living in St. Maryboarne, England, has just at tained her one hundredth year. She is in the full possession of her faculties, and has living in the same parish children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Denny, a native of Castletown, County Cork, has just died In Scotland at the age of 106. BATES OF ADVERTISING. AdvertMemeaU will be inserted at the rates of One Dollar-per iweh for the Am uisenMu, ami Fifty cents for each additional insertion. COMTE UT R ATES. **©4©a. 1 1 mo. J f bmm. ; A mos. [ I year. Oaaiiffrh! l l** I m IT Ml $m o Two inches, *** 3 Til f * W l Li <tt Three laHfces, i $1 !• 00 12 501 20 uo Four inches, “ SOQ f 12 SO V, m f Kon Fourth *o!o*nn 7 5Af !sfo 2© fo *> Half rot am n, HW *•■ ffM*l * • Onefr..lun,n. li| *> • ■ i'Q *■ 111 - "" a -lIOYEOTT THE POPE.” Irish Indignation at Papal Interference ia Irish Politic#. Chicago. May 17. — The Cilizt *, pub lished by John F. Flmerty. a MMnber of congress from the third Illinois dlMrltf, has the followingetlttoiial, heath*.} “Boy cott the Pope:” Of all the productions of Papal inter ference in the affairs of Ireland lhat have marked the policy of the Vatican from the days of Adrian IV to thoee of John XXII, and from the reign of that pontiff to the present time, the last circular ad dressed by Pope T.eo XXII to the* Irish bishops and clergv, in regard to the l'tr nell fund, is the most intolerably imper tinent. If the Irish people submit cra venly to this latent Italian lash whip, NUMBER 44. being furnished by the pope’s worthy ally, Victoria, “by the grace of God, etc., Queen of Britain and Ireland and Empress of India,” they will forfeit Urn respect of the world. But “what are they going to do about it?” may be ask ed. We reply,' “Let them hold public meetings throughout every diocese in Ireland, pass resolutions strongly de nouncing any more ot his holiness’ un holy intervention in Irish polities, and tell him, once lor all, firmly and respect fully, to mind his own business as the head of the Catholie church.” They might supplement this action by resolv ing not to con tribute a single cent of “Pe ter’s pence” while Leo XIII occupies tli© papal elmir, or, at least, until he qiptshts palpable and scandalous alliance wltb the arch enemy of the Irish nation and race. In a word, we advise our coun trymen, if they have any respect for themselves and for Ireland, to boycott the pope and teaelrhiin a lesson that he may be serviceable at least to his succes sors. Cut off some of the monetary sup plies of Leo XIII, and teach him, with out being misunderstood, that the Irish race cannot be bulldozed into slavery by the bayonets of England’, or by the thun ders of Rome. We hope the Irish bish ops and clergy will have backbone epough to resent this Roman outrage on their patriotism. Ireland will stand by them against Pope Lea and every oth er foreign busy-body—be he Saxon or Italian. XO POLITICS FROM ROME. DI’BUX, May IG. —'l’he Freeman's Journal , commenting on the pope’* cir cular to the Irish bishops, says his holi ness has been misled, if not entirely* de ceived, by emissaries of the British gov ernment, which knows that if the Par nell party remains unbroken it will hold the balance of power in the next parlia ment At the meeting of the national league torday Mr. Biggar said that anything coming from the pope should be received with much respect by the league. They Should at the same time express iheir opinions in plain but inoffensive terms. Mr. Biggai said he was not suited for such a task, and that, further, it was un safe for him to remark upon the present manner of administering justice. He urged the importance of preparing for the general election of members of par liament. Mr. Mayne, Parnellite member of par liament for Tipperary, said the Irish people should take? theology, aud not pol ities, from Rome. Mr. Parnell, he de clared, was the head of their political church. Mr. Kenny, member of parliament tor Ennis, described the pope’s circular as a shameful insult to the priests and people of Ireland. CONGRESSMAN THOMSON ACQUIT TED. Harrodsbubg, Ivy., May 16.—The argument in the Thompson murder case was opened this morning by Col. George Denny for the prosecution, who made one of the ablest and most eloqent %>eeches in the whole case. After carefully review ing all testimony as to the kitting, be took up the Cincinnati affair and dis cussed it fully, speaking for an hour and a half. He was followed by the Hon. J. C. S. Blackburn f*r *de defence, who again went over the testimony, and concluded with a powerful appeal to the jury to acquit “Little Phil” on the plea of in sanity. Mrs. Davis, accompanied by her mother and mother-iu-law, came into the court room during Mr. Blakburn’s speech, and remained until the close of it. The last argument was made by Mr. Shuck for the prosecution. The case was given to the jury at 3 3-4 P. M. After an absence of an hour they came into court with a verdict ot not guilty, which was received by the crowd with great applause. A NEW DEPARTURE. Richmond, the able Atlanta Correspond ent ot the Augusta Chrouitlt t and who is furnishing that journal with much im portant information, says: Governor McDaniel has mate Mr. Charles Howard Williams his personal private secretary to attend to his private correspondence and business, paying Mm $1,600 a year out of his private means. It has been customary for previous gov ernors, except Governor Boynton, who had a similar private secretary at his own cost, to write his personal letters, to have one of the employes of the exec utive deparnneut to do such work. Gov ernor McDaniel, therefore, in this matter, makes anew departure, entirely separa ting his priv ate from the public business. He has made a most excellent selection in Mr. Williams, who has been fits devot ed friend, and whose qualifications for such a duty are exceptionally excellent. He Is a ready writer, well posted upon public measures and acquainted with . o bffl Men and has frtemls all over the late