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D. B. FREEMAN. Editor and Proprietor. Satuday. Novemberiy, 1877 A telephone line is now in successful ooeration between the towns of Darien and Brunswick, Ga. The Wajß and Means Committee of Congress have authorized their chair man to report a bill providing for final adjournment on the 22d | |Rev.W.P.lJarrison who has for a loDg time been pastor of the first Methodist ohurch at Atlanta, has recently been elected to the chaplaincy of the U. S. House of Representative?. The temperance people of New York have adopted a novel plan of operations. An illumiuated sign, carried by a dil apidated looking man representing a drunkard in the worst l; ages of de auch A id labeled Farewell to Rum and Ruin ’ can now be seen moving up and down Broadway. Among the bills lately introduced in iho Ilonse is one to provide for a per petual loan of nine hundred million dol lars at the rate of four per cent., the amount received lrorn the sale of this loan to he applied to the calling in and of the six and five per cent, bonds now in the hands of foreign holders. A movement is on foot, enginered by Judge Mackey, of South Carolina,to se. cure the dismissal by the Government of the pending prosecution for alleged violations of the Internal Revenue laws in South Carolina. There are eighteen hundred of these indictments, the chief object of which was to swell the fees and political influences of a truly l®y*,l Dis trict Attorney. To the Voters of the Fori y-Third Senatorial District. Through the papers pubJished in the District, I have already announced my self a candidate foCa seat in the first Sen ate to assemble under the new Constitu tion. The justice of the claim of Gor don county,that one of her citizens serve the district for the nest term, seems to be authorized by theother two at least, it will not be contested,so far as lam advised. I was reared in Chero kee Georgia, I shared the privations of camp and the dangers of battle with her young men for four years ; and during my maturer life, I have labored w.vh her people to relieve our State from po iitical oppression, and to re-establish peace and prosperity throughout our lim its. My interests are as thoroughly identified with the interests of the peo ple of this District as it is possible lor the interests of an individual to bo identified with general in terests. To the generous confidence of the people of the District, and especially those of my own county, I am indebt ed for whatever of public preferment I have enjoyed. I was strongly solicited by very many persons, not only in Gor don county, but Whitfield and M array, to become a candidate While these solicitation alone may not have inspired my candidacy, they gave me encouragement in asking your suL frages. It will be impossible for me to see any considerable portion of the vo. tersofthe District personally, or to ad dress them collective.ly, during the can vass. Hence, 1 adopt this the only available mode of acquainting you with my views upon the subjects to be acted upon by the next Legislatur-’. Deyond its mere routine duties, it will be the duty of that body to make effective,and to put inKY practical opperation by ap propriate "legislation, the great re forms proposed by the new Constitu .. f ' Mon. _ sfou honored me with a seat in the Convention that framed that Constitu tion, and I esteem it dis® tinction of my life to have borne some pa r i|tn framipg. that admirable instru ment, which,. tip doubt, it will be your pleasure to ratify by a vote approaching; unanimity. To state what my votes anl views were in the Coovemim, upon the subjects of greatest interest's to you,is to e ate what line of policy and action l will pursue in the Senate, if elected. The new Con stitution piovidos for bieanial sessions ,of the Legislature, reduces tile per diem from seven to four dollars and mileage from twent)-five to ten cents per mile, and limits the session to forty days. It cuts off the flood of local aud special legislation, which afforded a:i excuse for prolonged sessions; it limits clerk hire in both Hou.es, inclusive, to $l3O ,per day • it authorizes the reaction of the number of Judical Circuits to six teen, jxnd Lssens the salary of the iedges ; it cuts down the salaries of the Governor and ail le State IL*use offi cers, aud limits tire number ad pay of clerks and attacdoes in this department. tUudur the old Constitution the legisla tive pay-roll for two years amounted to above two hundred thousand dollars ; under the new, it need not exceed $40,- .000, a saving to the &tate of $30,000 i annually. Clerk hire costing, herefore. aboye fifty thousand dollars for two ses% sions need not cost, hereafter above five thousand dollars, a saving to the State of twenty thousand dollars, annu ally. The expenses f r the Judiciary Department will be reduceds2s,ooo,aud fur the Executive I)epartmemtslsoooan ariully. These a e the leading measures of ecouomy directly reached by the Con stitution. The Legislature should exact a rigid observance of these provisions. An effort may be made to complement the pay of clerks by compensation for pretended extia services and fat jobs,as compiling and circulating the law, &o. As Senator,should I be elected, I will firmly resist every effort to evade or neutralize the measure of the re r form. About $60,000,000 is invested in railroad property in Georgia, owned by corporations. This immense wea’thjbe long to about a half dozen corporations, equals one-fourth the value of all other property in the State. Until recently, this railroad property has been absolute" ly free from the burdens of taxation. — The large profits of this productive pro.' perty have gone into the pockets of wealthy corporation unLxed, while small properly holders have been sub ject to ruinous taxation. Recently a desperate struggle has been waged be tween the people and the corporations over this iniquitous discrimination. — Onr new Constitution contains a clause upon this point: “The right of taxation is a sovereign right, inaliena ble * * * * The Generable Assemby shaJJ not have the authority to irrevocably give, grant limit or restrain this right, and all laws, grants and contracts, and all oth er acts * * * * to affect any of these purposes, shall be and are hereby, declared to be null and void.” This clause had my hearty sup port in the Convention. I have no idea that the struggle between the peo ple and corporations has yet ended.— These powe.ful monopolies will contest stubbornly every inch of ground in the Legislature and in the courts. If elect ed, my oath to support the Constitution as well as every inpulse of my nature, will impell me to resist every devise and scheme to evade or modify the full op eration of the above clause. The strug gling masses of tne people have been pressed to the earth by taxation almost unbearable, while wealthy corporators luxurated in their gains’ and their rail road property has borne none of the burdens of government. This thing was simply intolerable and ought never again to be tolerated. There is anoth er abuse of corporate power, the extent of which our people do not fully real ze. Railroad companies combine fur. the purpose of exacting fro 11 citizens, along their lines,exorbitant local freight charges. They thus make great dis crimiuations against our own citizens and in favor of citizens of other States. To illustrate, it costs nearly as much to ship a ton of hay or a bushel of wheat from Gordon county to Atlanta, and nearly as much to ship an invoice of goods from Atlanta to Calhoun a from Baltimore or New York to Calhoun. — This put our farmers in direct competE tion, upon equal terms, in our own mar kets, with the vast grain producting re gion of the West, and gives our com mercial cities no advantages over the sea board cities of other States. This , unjust discriminations takes from ten to twenty per ceat. from the profits of what we sell, and adds from ten to twenty per cent to the cost of what we buy. These differences go 'n‘.o the coffers of the corporations instead of remaining where they belong—in the pockets of the people. The railroads thus become great channels through which the hard earnings of the people flow in steady streams into the pockets of capitalist at the great money centres. It makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. This incessant drainage is a chief cause of the distress of our section of countiy. Tue people have long rais ed their ineffectual protest agaiust th's oppressive system, but there the power and the influence of the huge no lied monopolies have, heretofore, proved an overmatch tor them. Our Constitution comes to the relief of the oppressed peopl It declares: “The power and authority of regulating freights and passenger tariffs, prevent* ing unjust discriminations, and requir ing Reasonable and just freight and passenger tariffs, are hereby conferred upon the Gene:al Asscrnbly,whose duty it shall be to pass laws from time to time to regulate freights and passenger t'riffs, to prohibit unjust discrimination on the various railroads ol the State, and to prohibit said roads from charg ing other thau just aid reasonable rates, and enforce the same by adequate pen alties.” This railroad question, under this paragraph of our Constitution, will be the battle ground in the tvext Legis lature. If returned to the Senate I will exert myself to the extent of my ability to carry out. by appropriate leg., islation, the constitutional provisions last refered to, and thus relieve my con st itm-nts from an imposition under whico they have long suffered. A dis tinguisl.te 1 Georgian who has the .hap* py faculty of grasping an idt\a on its j entirety and*expressiug.it in the most' forcible phrase possible, has said, in speaking f our present Constitution . i ‘ There was in fact Constitution no lim- • itation upon legislative power } the treas ury accessible, exemptious from taxation were possible and sudsidies at tainable.” That Constitution seem* to have been framed in the interest of cor poratious. The proposed Constitution is in direct and safe contrast to the present Constitution, upon all these points. While honest and experienced legislators, nearly the whole of the evils of bad legislation, under which our peo* pie have suffered, will be avoided and obviated ; and there is no reason, now that our federal relations have been hap pily adjusted, why our State should not enter at once upon anew era and a prospero is career. I will not worry you with further details. lam a can didate fur the Senate—the candidate of no clique or faction, or section of a party —I am a candidate upon my own merits, whatever you may judge them to be. If elected, I will faithfully act upon the views here embodied. The first paragraph in the Bill of Rights in the new Constitution declares : “All government, of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only and is instituted for the good of th^ t whole. Puplic officers are tho trustees and servants of the people, and at all times amenable to them.” When I voted to place this declaration in the forefront of the Constitution, I believed it to be the true theory of Republican government. By this standard I ask you to judge my past conduct as your representative, and P shall be the guide of my future conduct, should you furth er honor me. Respectfully, J. C. Fain. Sheriffs Sales for December* Will be sold before the Court House door, in the town of Calhoun, on the first Tuesday in December, between the legal hours of sale, the following prop erty, to-wit: Lots of land numbers 88, 93, 94, 123, 124, and 92, except that part of 92 ly ing east of Conasauga river and sold to J. M. Harlan; each containing 160 acres, more or less, as sold off on the east side of Conasauga river—all in the 14th district and 3d section of Gordon county. Sold as the property of Wm. H. Bonner, to satisfy one execution is sued from Gordon Superior Court, in favor of Dennis Johnson, and trans ferred to James M. Har'an, Ephraim Strickland, and others, vs. Wm. 11. Runner, for the purchase money of said property. Also, at the same time and place, will bo sold, lot of land number 187, in the 7th district and 3d section of Gordon county, as the property of A. W. Reeve to satisfy one fi fa issued from Gordon Superior Court in favor of R. R. Por ter & Son vs. A. W. Reeve. Property pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold, two town lots in Plainville, Gordon county, known as lote numbers 7 and 8, being part of land lot number 141, in the 24th district and 3d sec tion of said county, each said town lot fronting 40 feet on the Earle’s ferry road, and running back thence north ward 169 feet, as the property of J. M. Gunn, to satisfy one fi fa issued from Gordon Superior Court in favor of J. A. Taliaferro, for the use of Boaz, Bar j rett & Cos., vs. J. M. Gunn, for the purchase money of said property.— Property pointed out by plaintiff’s at torney. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold, 50 acres, more or less, off of the north side of lot. of land number 246, in the 14th district and 3d sec tion of Gordon county, as the proper, ty of I E. Bartlett, to satisfy one Jus tice Court fi fa in favor of H. F. Fer. gusun vs. I. E. Bartlett. Property pointed out by plaiutiff. Levy made and returned to me by W. H. Black, L. C. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold, lot of land number 66, in the 15th district and 3d section of Gor don county, as the property of J. A. Taliaferro, to satisfy one Superior Court fi fa, in favor of John Garren vs J. A. Taliaferro. Tenant in possession and notified. Levy made by John Gres ham, former Sheriff. November 2, 1877. W. Gr. Taylor, Sheriff. Administrator’s Sale. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Gordon county, Ga., will be sold on the first Tuesday in December, 1877, at the Court House door iu said county, between the legal sale hours, a certain traet of land, to wit: 26 acres of lot of land number 287, and 14 acres of lot number 290, in the 13th district and 3d section of said county, as the property of J. L. Powell, late of said county, deceased, for the benetit of the heirs and credit ors of said estate. Terms cash. This November 2, 1877. J. E. Powell, Administrator. nov3-30d. Georgia, Gordon County. T. J Printup, administrator de bonis non of A. P. Bailey, deceased, having ■applied to the court of ordinary of said county for a discharge from said ad mininistration, This is therefore to cite all persons concerned to show any they have)by filing ob jections in my office why the said J, J. Printup should not be dismissed, and receive the usual letters of dismission on the first Monday in February, 1877. Given under my hand and official signature, this Ncv. 2nd, 1877. E. J. Kiker, Ordinary. Ordinary’s Office, Calhoun,Ga., Nov, 3.1877. J. W. Barret t execution of David B. Barrett, late of said county makes ap,~ plication for leave to sell a lot of land belonging to his testator’s estate toswit: Lot numbet 164 ,in the 14t£ District, 3 section, of said county. If any person and ob jections—they will file them in this of office by the first of December next or thejcyive.to-sell wt*l be granted. E. J. Kiker, Ordinary. Georgia, Gordon County] ** J. L.llays has applied for exemption of personalty xnd setting apart and val uation of homestead,and I will pass up on at 10 o’clock A. M. on the 21si day of November next, 1877, at my office, in Calhoun, Ga. E. J. Kiker, O-dinary. THE CEOTHING HOUSE OF HOME, GEORGIA. I hare opened what has long been needed In this Section—A FIRST CLASS CLOTHING HOUSE. My stock comprises suits of all grades for Men, Boys and Children, made in the latest style and best manner, at prices to compete with any first class Cl thing House in this State. I have fu ll lines of samples of French, English and American Cloths, Cassimeres and Suitings, from which I will have suits made to order by the best Merchant Tailors in New York. UI IS GUARANTEED IN E\ ELY C ASE. I have also an elegaut stock of Hats, Sblrts, Drawers; Hosiery; Suspenders; Scarfs; naiidliercJ - S) Trunins and Valises, and everything keptmn a first-class house. I make a specialty of suits tor extra lare men. Agents for Keep’s celebrated partly made Shirts, the very best-Six for six dollars. Give me a call, ~ suit you in anything you want in my line. My Terms are Cash. No discrimination. 37 Broad. @t.,;R,ome GJ-a. (013’4Q W. IVB. U*AlVlfviOitL THE OLDEST HOUSE IN CALHOUN EstatoisliedL i857. ISTEW GOODS NDTW GOODS WE are pleased to notify our friends that we are ~ow i<*yin in a .arge and suj eri stock of Seasonable Groods. Those who wish Bargains will give us a call. FOSTER & HARLAN. s vTl^j ijiil ISISf iisglii mm ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT! ' Depot, 104 EEADI STSMT, lew York. jun 9 1 v. Pianos and Organs ! DO YOU WANT TO BUY A PIANO OR ORGAN OF ANY FIRST CLASS MAKER? Do you want to buy a Piano or Organ on Installments?— Do you want to buy Sheet Music, Books, Strings, etc. ? Du you want to ex change an o.'d Piano or Organ for anew one ? Du you want to rent a Piano or Organ ? Do you want to have your Piano or Organ tuned or repaired ? Send Your Orders to €. W. LING WORTHY, BOME, GA., ONLY MANUFACTURER’S AGENT FOR THE SALE OF 4ND OTHER FIRST-GLASS INST UsVItNTS FJR GEORGIA, ALA BAjWA AND TENNESSEE. Eleven yeags use in the Southern climate has proved the Shoningey Instrument inferior t 9 no other Mann acturers’ The fehoninger Piano needs the same care as Steinway, Chickcring or Knabc. in in tuning, etc., but no more. The customer really gets more for his money in a ingor Pift.o,o any other first-class instrument made The Pianos hive Kos wood caes, and every modern improvement an. are Oct yes. Every instrument, the cheapest or highest price, JFVfLY WARRANTED TOR SIX YEARS, Stjsg qxij. ttfwcrx famished with evc/y Instrument Free of Charge. The undersigned, with experience since January, 18-36, in selecting instruments and in repairing aud tuning the same, i better pr pared to satisfy t’l ..public than any ether agent, and wouln refer to those now using his instruments, furnished during the last 21 years, in Georgia, Alabama and Tennegseee. 'J ha**ktul for the appreciation of the public through a very liberal patronage, hope o merit a continuation o L the same. Prices to suit the times Gannot be undersold in hrst-clasa instrum ent. Write for circu.ars and catalogues, Correa x ondence solicited CHATTANOOGA CARPET HOUSE. C. H. RICHMOND, EXCLUSIVE DEALER IN Carpets, OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS. WINDOW SHM, And the line of Goods Usually Kept in a Carpet Store. Now on hand a seasonable stock, embracing the latest attractive designs ac6-3o). R. S. Norton & Son, ROME, GA. AREfcNOVV RECEIVING A LARGE AND FINE STOCK OF Bry Goods, Hoots, Shoes, 2-IATS, cfcc., Which were bought ve 'y low and will be sold at short profits LOWER*! PRICES THAN HERETOFORE IN I OME. To satisfy yourself please call and examine. ’ sep29-2ui. 'Warranted as Represented! ALLEN & McOSKER ffk DEALtiRS IN fL, WATCHES, CLOCKS, C '" ■ ROME, GEORGIA Celebrated Perfected Spectacles, JUST RECEIVING ONE OF THE LARGEST STOCKS OF CIjOC ISL J&. 2? J X> arHU W JEILPL3T EVER BROUGHT TO ROME. Repairing done in all its branches and warranted to give Satisfaction. Grive Us a Call. ALLEN & McOSKER. oco 3tn. B. SHONINGEE & Co.’s H. A. DOIiSEY’S SALOON, Railroad Stjeet. Always ou hand choice Liquors, etc., and the wants of customers wilil at all times be attended to with prompt ness and politcnesss. 8-lyebf W. W. DUNN, MERCHANT TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. In stock a good variety of piece goods, such as ejetra quality Cessimei 1 -, Jeans, &C. Alsp trqijmings of all kinds. Is prepared to cut and make cloti.it. jin the latest stylis and best manner. A good assortment of Ready-made Clothing on hand to which I invite the especial at tention of the public. noB-3m. ii iras. uni in, Manufacturers and Dealers in STOVES 1 TINWARE T’nrnisSuHSi Goods,&• Plumbing, jPiis si $ and .Steam t ittmg ' v ■’ Special attention to H.'ofrg, C tillering, ,and Galvanized nico \v or k. No. 35 Broad Street, sjjJd a RUI I A v