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RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
Western & Atlantic Kailroad
yiuttr r.\S9T:scEE. train outward.
blive Atlanta 10:00 r. m.
Airivo at O.d'toun .’ .
** Dalton ‘Y)° a. .
Arrive ft Cuttanooga :08a. ..
XK;t:T rASSF.XC.KB TKAIX INWARD.
Leave Chattanooga 4:40 i*. m.
Arrives at Dalton 0.03 p. m.
“ Cilhoun - Q :O2 p. m.
Arrive at Atlanta 12:00 a m.
DAY VA3SKNOKB TRAIN OUfWAR A.
Leaves Ad.i.ihi A ' M
Arrive r l t’■l-i er n 1 : *- A. M.
• • II lon ]■ r. M ;
j\ i 'vo ,-i (J 11003. 3:>op m. '
„.v PA-SKXOEB TP AIN INWARD.
Loave ('lattanooga 0:50 a. m. ;
\riires at Dalton coOa.m. !
•“ Calhoun : <)7 A. M. |
Arrive «< Atlanta 1:10p. m. j
FA IT I,3VE TO NEW YORK, OCTWAIID.
Leave Adflivfa . r ':SO p. m. |
t-»--rris<* a* ('.dhoun F:o8 p. M.
Arrive m Dalton 10:00 r. M. |
ACCOM>IO,I)ATI (>\ TRAIN, INWARD.
Leave Dal on 12: • ’> a. m.
Arrive m Cillioun ‘hot a. m.
Arrive at Atlanta 10 a. >i.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
BEV. A. MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
tj'iv 10*70- ft Dahlonega, Georgia.
j. r. F.'.IX. JOS. M CONNKI.L.
fain & McConnell,
A ISO It y SC YS A T LA IL,
CA LJ!0( X, (7A,
jrrjy, OiFice in Iho Court House.
lug 11 1 ts
W. J. CANTRELL,
Attorney £\t Xs-cxxv
m Calhoun, Georgia.
\VALL Dv.uvieo in lie Cherokee Circuit,
\V in U. S. Dis riot Court, Moithern Dis
t riot of 0. _’i. (at Allah-.!): anil in the Su
preme Court of • tie Si.uc of (i-o. gi.i.
E. J. HIKER,
A1 1 oni e y at T aw,
C I LUO t’Y. G KOilC FA.
[<if re Son - Co.it Corner of Court lion*".]
1 l.b pe.ie, ice in al! lie Courts of the
. f Cli - -okee Circuit: Sn'n-ooic Con: t ol
V. *o -ei.i lunl’tlie Uuiiru o.a.es Din . ici Cmiri
at I l i ... (i.i. i*i* 4*. t*ITO 1 v
Okn. Wit. I’iiii.i.mps Marietta, (la.
V 11. Rankin, Calhoun, G».
PHILLIPS & RANKIN,
Attorncijs at Lair and
HEAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Calhoun, Georgia.
117 ill p- ictice in the courts of the Cherokee
M C cuit. OHice North side Puhlie
Fijui: re.
J D. TINSLEY,
Wat-ch-Maker and Jeweler,
CAUImUN, GEO.
4 *’’('3 (."•*;•’<>3 WatcV'S .•'Nil .Je.ilVy
f\ rtiitl vrarvaatetl.
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I> • ~Vill. M. Snyder,
.OESNTIST,
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J ■ V.'
ttOIELS, .StG,
US SEEN HOUSE.
(Formerly U. S. Hotel),
"•or. Alabama and Pryor Streets, Atlanta, 6a.
- K.SASSEEN, A<r't. Proprietor,
‘ G. W. SAS3HEN, Clerk.
Trims; Transient Boarders per day, $2 ;
Single raeal o • lodging, 50 cents.
nov2-tf.
BHIDES’ SESTAUKANT,
MAIN STREET,
('(ntersviltc, - - Georgia,
fIUST-CLASS FARE!
OPEN AT ALL HOURS !!
FRESH Oysters received daily. I also
p constantly on hand a full slock of fine
family Groceries and ConfecHoneries. Give
1 ac 'di. T. J. Bridges, Prop'r.
nov2-tf.
M • AV. liltitsiii game
D Fi-'PI.rTF! ULLY info nu the public that
V , : ® can rccommoiki.e iav one desiring it
' a dvinl. of the veiy >' 5 t
3H. XJ TVH,
; t|pß| WHISKY
A Brandy,
.i' j. to ie Lilrng. I also keep a good
poufectioneries,
. ■ err.. ( ,•tuned Fruits, Pickles, &c.
1 1 oa and try me, in the cellar at It. M.
' u ' lgs - W. >V. BLASINGAME.
accl
2- artAY^
(i(,ll oiui 9 - - Georgia,
t
Bu,, I !; (:ptire< l. urnis ß tuc public with '
~U cl ; ' m A P ' :i " f) ns, brail new and war ant- j
** ail kinds done _at s k irt |
C h . Uj ’ a number of tie White
bavin ' l = r,u '' Pall ! nd examine before
* :g ‘ jan!B-ly. 1
VOL. 11.
The Slate Komi Lease.
[From ilie Alan a Cons,i.uiion.
Atlanta, Ga., July 5, 1872.
Ec-Gov. Jo*r]’h IC. Jjromi , Presidrnt
L extern and Atlantic lloilroiul Com
pa.f:
11-AT. ■- .ii .Vrmed tli.it you
give iw, t?s vo o. aii 1. 1 if the peo
ple of Georgia desire the lessees to re
turn the Western and Atlantic Railroad
to the .authorities of the State that the
lessees arc willing to do so, but that
they will resist any effort that may be
made in the courts to recover the prop
erty upon the grounds of fraud. Please
inform me whether my information is
correct or not.
Very respectfully yours, etc .
K. W. Phillips.
Atlanta Ga . July 1) 1872.
Han. A. IF. Phillips. Member Hou r
Representatives, A thin ta, Georg hi :
My Dear Sir—l am in receipt of
your letter of the sth of this month
and in reply have to state, that I have
always said from the common corner)',
that it was not my purpose to do any
injustice whatever to (he people of Geo;
gia, in the matter of the State Hoad
lease, and that if I were satisfied it was
the wish ol a majority of the tax pay
ers of the State that the road should be
returned to the State Government, and
again made a political machine. I would
not, so far as I am convened, hesitate
to surrender the lease, and I think th’*
is the feeling of most- if not all, who
are connected with me in the matter —
Rut I have Said repeatedly that, in my
judgment, the lease was the very best
dispos'd ion that the people could make
of the road. They now have ample
guarantee that they will continue to re
ceive 825,000 per month for the road,
paid on the last day of each month, so
20 years, from the da.e <•/ the lease,
making an aggregate of £G,OOO 000
principal, and if interest is counted on
cash payment it amounts to about 810.
000,OyO. paid Into the Treasury; .*md
they have the further guar nice .h
the load will be kept in Condition and
[ at the end of the lease returned in as
good order as it was iceeiv.d And-1
may further state, that while it is not
named in the bond, there "s no question
>.h>t it will be returned in a much bet
ter condition than it was received, as
we cannot aflurd .u permit it to run as
low as it was when we rec-e vwl \t, w\.W I
we have any control of Si.. Loth .he
safety of the trave’lng public and the
prompt dispatch of the freight basin'* s
upon (he road, require that h sh ll ;!
ways be kept in better order than it was
in December. 1870 If we were to
aitempt to run it as it then was, we
would lose more in damages and bass of
bumness, than if would c->st to put it in
o der. Therefore. I have no hesitancy
in saying that it will never he returned
hi as bad condition as we received it.
In view of these facts, I have never.
I fi r a moment, doubted that as a lessee.
I 1 am rendering to the people of Geor
gm the very best service which I could
r nder, in connection with this gro:t
S ;>. o eti'e or’se. And I believe 1 may
s*<- v i Cm omuls of reason, that
at least .be Jobs ifnoi nine tenths of
the tax-payers of Georgia are not only
sat-sued with the lease, but desire that
it ouit'.ni as it is. ]/’. however, f an*
misLd.en, and they w'H crpr s- their
des-re at the ballot b- x u ion an -..sue
iv 'y made, that he re turned into the
pol'Fcal arena. ;nd a . ’n e<ed ps here
io, ire. as a pub’ie wmrk u;.de S ate con
;.•;)! I shoiVtl f. vor an immed : u;-e sur
render of (he lease as I should not d*
sire ;o hold the p onevty of ihe S-r.c
though my jutignieei be s.-lMf-d lhai
t is tor the best nuvests of the
if they are d’ssi, NuM with licit :..nge
mens.. Hue I ‘ ~;e very di-- *.i ’v that
;fw ■’ aOi be G ,e.i to su .e.,t..er it bv
! the c amors of ei.her a ring disao
poiiued po it ei.-ns. who dosi’.e o have
control of it i bat- they may p’roder it;
nor w 1 I sr renuer it for Jie g , iifiea
tion ol’ one ( * more ai.orney at iaw who
have been me filed cm i~e commence
ment be< . use ;hey d"d have either
a shore in or and u rim mi some oilier
w. y, make money out c" ’ who defie
io g- rp a v .son be ween the State
and .he i .h;w fn - uk. ' come in
in the mme of pa-' io sm, and .e -.ve
t.mm the T\ * i*. vve r heavy fa i*
nr 'cert'eg a c.-* e in w ‘cm hoy
u’f nuwo'v /;• i;. I\\ no he 0.0
s-n render Lie ease ; . . »e bGd ag o.
any c ,que o i0..,k- ns; nor w 1
su render it while fume in a- no. (y
make ciu -. ga .no .e - 4 . I
know th:u u3 com.-act viidov w iVn we
hold the ln.se was a <Vr . and just
one and I 1 now i‘u;the:a:c.e ; oa.s
Uon egsi.ii u»d aga ) .ru uv .!••• VC.y
brsl r; . . men in Georg.... i-ixl &worn
i-o by so.ee ■ ' fnem, t . t we - :e pay fig
a f V'r rod j i consider.:fo "o .
TVs. I be "eve is all th. . (he p 'og.e do
sire, and i must be satisfied o. i.*u
ifvry before I :1 e. do.- ie; • it' c\r ro
ots or vied .be pcs cc-v.i c::s or me
pidit’e. I 'itc,. w bo, w! :oi’t crag wiiat
becomes of ibe road At .lie .;bn e. seek
to pe. pe :*rie sir fe u*)on .bis quest..on.
if, ue present C- ouern As' ev d*v who
were not elected upon h> q es o.i. but
were really Reeled befoe the lor. e was
made, should th'.ik p op 1 ”, in v. option
of the w'sites e° ioe a coast'dr.e'.ils. ei
ther to jtUCutp'i to : e. :;si> o the le.se or
involve the S.. ie oa company in !!
lion. I shall ex ic. o make the qaes
fon be b e their consii.uents In a tangi-*
b ? e fora and let it be decided by the
voters and tax-payers whether they de
sire r ills! orb.; ace of. he present arrange
ment, hat's wo,Vug wo!’, ev the re
<arn',of the oad ido \ho polVcal vor
tex ,lict will destroy 'ls fuare incomes
and involve the State in heavy 1 ab Gy
CALHOUN, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1872.
on its account. Os gourse if they ap
prove of litigation or disturbance of the
present arrangement, the people will
reelect their present agents; if they
do not, they will drive from power those
who have attempted to put in jeopardy
their best interests, for the purpose of
serving private ends in the use of this
great State work.
Asa member of the General Assem
bly you have doubtless considered the
expense of this undertaking. At the
time we took charge of the road. 8500 -
000 was asked foi by the then Supeiin
tendent, out of the State treasury, to
put it iu repair, and we haye found, by
experience, that it- was not an ovt r est*-
rnale; indeed, we have already expanded
more than that amount in the purchase
of new engines and new cars, in the
rebuilding and reconstruction of those
that rrc found upon the road, and in the
pureliu e of new iron ; and we have not
yet brought the road up to first-class
condition. Y\ r e have incurred a heaw
debt in biinging it up to a point where
it now is, and you will very readily see.
if we should surrender the road, that
you have no right to the new engines or
the new cars, or new iron, that have
been bought with our money. All th. t
you have a light to demand is that we
return it in just such ‘condition as
we found it on the 27th day of Decem
ber, 1870. What w'ill be she result?
lou must at once appropriate from the
Treasury of the State at least 8500 000
a) pirn the road up into such working
condition as we now have it, and when
you i urn it over again into the hands of
politicians it w o not be long until you
will be very likely to have to apprep '-
ate another 8500.000, unless you pl. ee
a man at the head of attains in the Stare
who would manage it in such man net
as to make it a success. I believe 1
may say. without bo-sting, that it was
my good fortune in politics to make it
pay. and I may say, truthfully, that I
have paid into the treasury the rent: 1
gro up ly every month since I have run
t as a lessee, but it cannot be said that
ihe same is true uuder all other aduiin
‘straiions. You must, therefore, make
up your mind, when you take eha;ge of
the royd. to make these appropriations
promptly, and take the chances for
monthly payments into the treasury of
the St ate. and tlien to satisfy your con—
stuuents that you have bettered their
condition by lhe change.
Il has been intimated to mo tint the
<*u9«nies c.r t',f* rro wild enough to
-pppese Fa. i they can b.'ng the
S'ut.-i ves of the people up to the point
"id rcc.ing the Governor to ihe
road and take it under his control, in
v o*.-iiou of our contract, and in disre
gard ol our vested l ights which are pro
tected by the Constitution and laws of
the Si.-te and the United States. We
fear no such revolu l ionary folly, howev
er, as we know out rights, and have the
ability to maintain (hem. and know full
well that the representatives would not
he wi'ling to plunge the Slate into such
revolu.ionary attitude and meet the in
d'gii i.ii denunciation of their eon-.iiu
cins for the gu-t 'iic. i ion of a few cF
coniented politicians who have gar t
ca ;);*c:iy for too ring- down govern .nen is
a id public 'iisi ii n. ions, but very limittd
capacity for building up the waste places
and bcite»‘ing the coudiiion of the'r
people.
It is to be ex peeled i L ..t men who
declare ihemselv*s to be the enemies of
ihe government, ands. v that no honr-i
man c. ii be its I. : eod. who glory in strife
and conlen inn. levolutii-n and bleed,
and who !. bor io d's-. i 'si , everybody
and u> unset.le eve. whim,, should be
and seomeuied wiih tiie le.:se as they are
w’.h whatever promises •»» rmony among
our people and ,he pcaceiu* develop
ment :nd giOwF.i of our Si. (e. J>ut it
seems io uic the people of Georgia have
already suflered enough by following
the le. t.e-ship of such men. whose coun
sels have alw. ys led - o dis. s.erand ruin.
Mis i lie for us to d ; svcg;\d lhe ; . ho’e
ierous ravings and to lock to the r?->«orn
fon of quici pe, ce and good w*ll among
on ■ people and to ai.i the improvement
Ot her nine, h i resource- 5 ; keeping
s.e. d’!y in view the re.-,..oration ofcnuii
denee. and the reducrico of pubbe bu -
deus which, in the shape of taxation,
now we-g.i so Iteav'ly upon ihe people
o .he s .. .c. which, impoverished by
t :e .v. ges oi' w.-r. is driven io th.e bu
rn .. ,t\pits*, 'on of bo owing ibe bonds
oi ap. ivaie corpora ; on upon which to
r.-ise money in Jte v.v ';ei lot her nrgen
n'-ceosi. i *s. when she fr’ks io do ;r* u
j h own eed i and is uoaMe to .n e.
!It - bonds now j H’ng due ’ - red nvc;t
--! ty yer.is ago, about the legal v cA' which
i there is no so i of c. n es.. In ins
! s--.i.e of . ,iings. I do not behove the
I p-»n ( >ic des : e oFn ow awry or ha/.aid
jibe safety of SBOO 000 per annum,
w Ten is bc’na p. -J to.' ! a 'y tn.o the
'I e<* c e: v. and iu F.h>v ex eiit 'g ' ens
.-c* aa ion.
Hut do ib' > se do’’. e.‘l medmen ‘•ou
if e ’hn hev c. a . cc< . v iih>h i. c cb
joe. bv oev seeh .evoh’.iou. ry soaeuie
’n viola ’on both oi k w . ii<! oi pubi c
opbi'c.i ? * the m .-.e (loveouedi
were c .i/v aoogh ;o • ' l *a‘.t .. . n»* m
be emembe <•. *a r •>.;. o. .ae re and
’•-> in . lie . eol 'J where
he cob. bo hS• emu ’'h'" .; e
, 11 i
,),v?.i '0 us. vvaeieor. <■» woi u oe
«. ;nd the !. w att.. u e. » .
\ ;■>(•! if v,e hold ordv a por;ion • .he
dhi .he iS.a.e of ten. j«see. < «i) ’d- «•;
■ _h.s can bex ndic od In the p-opci'
eoui .ml take from h the new rolling
.;ock and u>. to. n 1 we have placed upon
h. should i'ke.osae those genileuien
van ‘i succc sf‘‘Hv and : ecmnpli'-h their
vr :, d scheme.
ihr o:h' 1 i' h ,-u ict that (he noFcy is
to bring the m. tier otoCou t and n«ve
a receiver appointed to take charge of
the road. What would be the result?
This at once causes us to take from it
our rolling stock, return it in the condi
tion we found it. as near as we can, and
it is then back into polities again, and
large appropriations must be made to
sustain it; beside, the State and Feder
al Courts in Tennessee might not see
the propiicty of appointing such a re
ceiver. You will readily see, my dear
sir, the embarrassments in the way of
the revolutionists who are attempting
4i tear down the lease in defiance of our
rights and the popular wish.
A word in reference to the uture of
the road. 31 y hope hrs been from the
start, that a r appropriating the in
come of a few years of the first part of
the lease, to the rebuilding, repairs and
rcconst. uetion of it. the lessees would
ultimately be able to make a reasonable
profit lor their risk, toil and expense. I
still hope so, but from my knowledge of
the affairs connected with the I
see no prospect of large, re. a; os to the
lessees in future. The competing lines
springing up around us will ultimately
greatly damage the Western and Atlan
tic Rail road properly. Kfforls are put
f> ih under the lease by railroad men
of experience to attend long lines into
the West and control heights lor this
route. It is very important to maintain
a through line between the city of St.
Lores and the city of Atlanta, controlled
by those in the interest of Atlanta and
ol the Georgia lines of road. In form
ing the company I looked to that ob
ject. and nss icinted Col. Cole. President
of the N. & C. Road, and Col. Alien
President of the St. Louis and Iron Mt.
Load. Since that time the N. & N. W.
Road which connects the two last named
rords running from (he city of Nashville
-o the Mississinpi river, and comp’etes
our contre lof the whole line between
Ai anta and St. Louis, has been pur
chased by those who a-e fr'endlv io and
c nnccted with tlie Ur-r-r ok ttie State
Iliad. I’he terms of the purchase were
favorable to ihe company who made it.
and it is very oasty by a glance at the
map to see that by the sMe of that road
to the Louii-virie and Nashville Road
enabling them to turn it by way o.‘
Montgomery, the line between here and.
St. Louis would be broken, and the in
terests o I the State Road, of Atlanta,
trnd of Georgia, greatly and (forged. Thor?
of us who are interested in th. ( pur
chase cou’d seb at no distant day for a
heavy advance upon what vve paid, and
if disconnected with the lease, wewer.Y.
bo under no obligation to give the S.aio
the benefits of the good bargain which
we have made in ai tempting to secure a
through hue bet Georgk* and P .
Louis.
Again, a portion of Fee lessees and
their friends have pun has and the road
known as the Knoxville and Ken
tucky Road, running ..nut Knoxville.
Tennessee, out to Coal Cree coal mine*,
say forty miles, with a chailer iumung
through to and conuecFutg with the ays
teui o! roads iu Kentucky. Any one
who looks at Fnc ui.*p for a moment,
oust see that the building of a road from
M alhalla. S. C., through IK bun Gap,
by way of Knoxville to Cincinnati,
vvoidd cut of! imm ihe State Road and
the Georgia Road, and Fne other ro.« -
connected with this line, the ore;--,-.,
business ol ihe Caroiinas. which is do e
over the lire. It them foie becomes
very 'mpoitmi to ba ; !d and hold in or:
bands the b, lance of the ;o.;d between
Coal Creek and ihe Kcuiuckv roads.—
This wi'l cost about $5.00-0 000. and i.
is expecied by those of us who pur
chased Fiat road ilia., wc will be , Lie ,n
h. ve it comp , e. , ’d ai no very d'- a:
day. This will enable us to run
from Atlanta to the cl y of Cin nnaF.
and there load them and bi ng- frqjfg'n.
through upon them io .ne dfferea.
pa.:- 1 of Geotgia and ihe C- oVn
This gives us the key to (he po ’on
and enables us. even s:F or . e 0.. ui>
bui't i trough Rabun G pto Knoxv e.
io coniro l he j e*ghts and *.o con nre
to b.’ng • hem Ft’s way. Lot L* we
give rp -.he le.ise. our iu crest will then
he v. i h he C. rolinas. nd we could,
doub less, as soon as die Rabun G. p
Road "s biiih make a !. ge mioant of
money by connec ng whh them and
tu n'ng the Fee t .'n < d*. et'.lon.
You will thus see that the present
!es r’s have incurred heavy Ih b 'i Vs
and have made a . ngeuients (o spend
Urge sums oi* u< - (n secure ihe
eights of the two g eat Western cen
res —(. incinn.ui and St. Louis —and
control and bring them bv wav of A
- for distribution. ]f the people 0“
G’eo.rie do not .<pp.cciate these expen
<” urea, and das’ c .0 ake the road b. 1 k
aud run It as he. e'o'c e. we shall, of
c> ur.se. be under no 1 big m on io g ve
the n the bench. of cc. expe. di u.esor
infaeneeiu i _h ,he mouonolv
in ihe fre’ghis from .hese great uo.th
orn ceuires. out we shall ,u.o them in
such ch..mio;s as ou p°cuo".iry inheres -
u;. y diet. it.
1 will c.ih .our a', e.oion to but a sin
gle oth.:r point, widch is worthy your
cmisb a.. "<>n. when you emue to act up
on ib > (jn 11 - on, : *iti tb. lis the fact
hat lie Air-Line Ro. and i 001 AttanUi 10
Charlotte. N. C-- which makes ahno-t a
bec lme ro.t! ’O.n tlus city to Rich
mond. Was lingimi and tuber Noiihc n
tin’s. \y ' prob. Vv be'completed by
the end ol the p eseut ye.*'‘. T h‘S wih
iiirn a great. p°. t»n ot t.ie travel mat
nmv p. sscs ever the St. e Road no th
over that route ~nd we shall neecssari’v
it. Ag. In. the .cud connac. eg
the ci« vof 'iongome. v. Al. b ma. with
Hecaiur. Alabama, w’. 1. it is said be
completed before the cud of .he p r epent
veer. 3S the LcusviHe and Nashv M e
Road which has purchased it has a very
heavy force pushing it forward. Wheifc
that is done the State of Alabama has
a direct and eu«y communication with
(he West without running through At
lanta and Chattanooga, and the heavy
freight heretofore brought over the State
Load for the State of Alabama, will at
once be cut off and turned over that line,
and the Louisville and Nashville Hoad
having control to Nashville, and having
leased the road from Nashville to Pecr
tnr and built the road from Decatur
to Mongomery, will at once open
competition with us for all Middle and
Southwestern Georgia, and will compel
us to carry freights so low as to pav
very little, or we must lose them,
you will look at the map you will see
that it is probably nearer from Coluni
bus, Georgia, to Nashville, by that route
than it is by way of Macon and Atlanta.
The loss to the Western and Atlan Y
Raih-oad. on freight business, the
year of the competition of the roads al
ready mentioned, vr'” not probably be
less than from $200,000 to $300,000.
Th esc difficulties will be open upon us i
by the end of next year. There are
other competing lines that will be com
pleted at a remote period, as the road
from Macon to Knoxville, cutting off
the East Tennessee business for .Mid
dle Georgia and turning it by that route.
And the road from Chattanooga to Co
lumbus, which is a lateral competior o
the State Toad ; to say nothing of the
Georgia Western. With all these difli
cullies to be met in futur°, it is by no
means certain that the p e>ent 1 a ecm
meet their engagement with the Su '
and make even a reasonable profit; and
tb.it being so. I leave it to the coo'
consideration of the the people of Geor
gia whether a superintendent running
it under the control of a Governor, as a
political machine, would be likely to
make it pay. It will, at least be very
import, nt in that case, that the people
shall make no mistake in the selection o!
an Executive, who has the experience
and firmness to hold the helm in h s
hand steadily,and see that thcfinancesof
the Stale are properly managed, that
the proceeds of the road are properly
cared for and p.,id promptly and honest
ly into treasury. Wo are groaning un
der the heavy burdens of taxation, and
it is important that ourfinnnefi 1 affairs be
prudently and econ mirally administcrcdf
our public debt reduced as fast as possi
ble. our taxes made less onerous. If
this end can be better served by the re
turn of the road to the State. I shall be
gi a tiffed to do so; if not, I am content
to carry out my contract with the peo
ple in good fiiith.
I am very truly, etc..
Joseph E. Grown.
A Masonic Incident.
ora Loeraf ’ Maroaic Jou rial.
The incident which we are about (o
relate occurred in New Haven, Conn.,
and ol which we were a witness, before
we weie admnied to enjoy the great gifts
of Mason y.
Duiing the full of the second year of
ihc late civil war. we were passing* down
one of our principal thoroughfares,
when we stepped into a store on busi
ness with the props ietoiv
While conversing with the owner, a
woman of (h ; ; y and a lhtle gitl not
over six years of age entered, and after
looking wistfully about a minute or two.
timidly and ew near (o where we were
steading, and as she extended her open,
ih'ii, white hand, we saw foil” pennies
therein. Sue said, as she did so:
I'Yase s*/. wiU you give me nno.be *
penny? ] want to get a lon sos ore. and.
1 Yve f.;rr cents, and i want a pennv
i 0 Mh !e speaking she luin-’d to
wa,«i ihe p'oprioior of ine sieve, who
00.. da. Ik a second, and then sal*
n a hcai, * ess manner : Oh cY, / on. !
i tan t be bothered with s.’
; 11 ,e < os s. reaming dawn her cnee 1 s
she s. ed to go ou, : the l\tle child by
iier s i.e c* ng eg ra her and loo eu
up in.o her im net's Lee. and V-. >Yg
;as eoidren only speak: ■•Mamma.?
j want a cookie.” V.Y had been a si'ent
spectator un.il now. and fodowiog J u >
woman to .no su ew.d . wo s.ooped he
and inv'ted her to s ep into tee b.d a y
adjoining where we pu. chased her a
Urge o. sos bread. Wi.h ihe usual
< 's list t’n. ! pe.vades the liuninn hear;.,
we broke ihe 10, f across pur knee, for
f *:;r she might pawn it for drink. We
ha.u’ed lie woman the b o’ en 10, sand
as sue grasped it she sunk i non her
knees, and if there ever was a nraver
rod thanksgiving that went up .o the
! tb;one above it was the e..;nest wo ds
of til’s staving woman.
In .he b. kcry ibe.e were several gen
t’eocn. whose eve3 were wet with tears
unbidden. The poor woman was assist
ed to :-'se by one of the gentlemen. who
e:. e dcu h s hand lo tie'p her. As sue
p.n for h her hand, on her finger was a
sin, '■ gold ;*»;v- on which was eng*, ved
'the et.e; *Gf The gentleman looked
latY :• second or so and ihen, tu ‘tong
( lo .he owner ol the bakery, asked him
if he knew the woman. The baker
s. id i 1 he knew was that she lived just
around the comer, and that he lius
bmd had ends.ed in one of ihe ' b ee
veers’ regimen <*. and bad gone to .he
wav. hhe gcn.lem.-n ut once ovderod
the bake, te fi’ 1 a haslet with p ov's
-1 ions and <; Lo .hem ro the hone of -he
worn n. The woman was too much
ove*coaie to expro-s he« gratitude wir’e
the ti..Y cb l * ><>ked <>n wl a app. rent
asiouisamem. A“er iteroi? »g l» : s or
ders to the b:. e**. he geu. email took
the l .i e cinid by 'he .land, led her
in.o a -b >c store dose bv and purchased
a]> of tboos f..r the U- 'e bare feet,
w n eli were pr p'e w b cold. He tuen
bade ihe woman good bye. promising to
co ae and see her hat night turning to
yis, asked us to accompany him. \Ve
C||n ented and went. In a single notn.
without a carpet, we found the mmh r
and two children—the little girl wl.
we saw in tfie afternoon, and a i
boy, not over four years old. asleep close
beside a wood fire.
We were welcomed with tears failing
down the cheeks of the lady as she bade
us enter and take seats. After thank
ing us and making excuses for Ivor ap
pearance, she told us the story. Her
husband, an English bricklayer, came
t > this country early in the spring, but.
on arriving in this city lie 'did uPf read
ily find work, and wdiiie out Poking for
something to do, became disheartened j
and enlisted for three years. He le .
the city in a week after enlistment, leav
ing his family nothing wi'li which to '
purchase the necessaries of life. The
tew spare articles of furniture which
the little broken hearted family pos
sessed, and could do without, she had
pawned, until only two broken chairs
and a table, a lounge and a stove with
a few dishes, formed the entire stock of
her household furniture. Iler husband
bad promised to send her some money,
but she had not heard from him . nee
he marched down Long Wharf off' to
the war. Her narrative was of.en in
terrupted by scalding tears, but there
was such an earnestness in it. that both
the visitors felt relieved when she had
finished. Our friend then asked her
where she got the ring that six.* wo e
upon her finger. She said that just
she was leaving Liverpool, Her mother,
father and s*ster came to see her off’.
.*nd as she was about to step on board
the ship, her fi (her took the ring from
his finger and put it into her hand and
told her always to wear it, and if ever
in distress to show Ft to someone. She
had worn it ever since, and had forgot
ten her father’s advice. She slipped
the ring Lorn .:er finger and showed it
to us. and after viewing it a short time,
our companion inquired if her father
was a Mason. She answered th. the
w. s, and Master of one of the Lod • ynfi,
in Liverpool We were an interested
spectator during the whole scene. We
looked at the letter ; G, ” but to our eyes
it had no meaning, and innocently
enough we inquired of our companion
what it meant. “ What does it mean T*
he repeated after
that that woman is my brother’s daugh
ter, and it is my duty and pleasure to
help her.” And we know that he was
as good as his word. The dreary home
was made happy, and, the hearts of the
lone one and her children were bound
up with the silken cords of Jove and
charity. Our companion interested him
self in finding out where the husband
was. and it was not many months before
remittances camp regularly from the p -
lriot in ihe gnlla my to h’s family
at home. nt ar
r j lie wife sent n letter home toiler
f.aher, and to day our brother (for wc
luve learned tiio value ol’ Mi o letter
••(I ”) Ins in hks possession a token and
a le.lcr 0!’ thanks, cs rich in *»• .iiode
as words can make it. from the h.otoer
Mason uho presides over a Lodge ol
ihe CVait in Liverpool. The husband
served his time amid ihe cane brakes of
Louisi.iii.i. rod returned to his home to
;7ve ih.mks in*person to him who caied
,or his wife and i’tile ones in Li-*
scuce Thus .lie simple !e;;er ti ”
rnuy HI a lesson, and prompt ns
to do works ofi love and charily that
make the heart glad; for “it is more
b "rsed to give than io receive.”
" V. R AL MOUR N KRS NOT A MOXO
-/he Exes?' ONB. r J’he Kuoxv de
P ess gYcs the following:
“ Your fare, if you ph*; «\ madam.”
s. id the conductor to an elderly iadv 1
who hod gn rboa;d at a way station. —
The elderly Ldy looked up. and draw'nj:
10. ii a le’te: ‘poke with a voice that
was shrill: Two of Mr. ’s child
ren is dead, and they ro writ me to
come to the bury in to—d.-y- lent it
tevriVe?” The condunor looked as
sshoefited as possible, and exp ensed sy.u
■mthv. And.” cn,t;‘oneu the old Ldy. j
*‘ I w.mt von .0 h*t me ride Lee. ’ -1 j
cuj’t letyiu ido doe on’ess yon have a.
pt'ss. e.it ned 'lie conductor mildly.
Not go to a i e s hi the old j
L : dv. 1 No. madam ep’.cd ho co—
di’ctor; - Lilt sor v to s. v that the
. ‘es o« iie >ad a.e ve v s i t and I
0 -yno allowed rod ror* uh). le. We’h
1 ..1 uk von ongh: o' to ch. ge To.ks for
.0 n- ,0 a ii.tr..’ nc >'s ed Ine old
'A we ’ct cve vbadv go"ag to
■. is r.de /ee. : g;dii spo! e the con
decio*. *• .; wouldn’t n y. ;ffes. it
we/ o. oe car *u •. g.ng iio drperai busi
n°ss ,n a way h. i, won u cast a gloom
ore.* the en e conn. v. Von* fre is
ado 1 / /md r h -V*. *,?-<!.■* e.’’ Well ”
eof ted t.ic o 0 me y. <- rl, ,n fr a wel 1 '
filled purse. ; f ih nk yon might let me
r J 1 s P e ci.t iy .. i lit go ng to a <lou
ble uaer.d. M ~’g children are
both dead, ind .hey ! be buried iu the
same grave. [ reckon. Oil ! *;'s a tn, -
r’ule blow I ’ And the old 'adv. wining
her eves, paid he fa"e. As the con
ductor moved on, she . nrned o a pas
senger aud "etna ked. tv:..U some indig
na.'on. : These /a’ 1 oade s Is the most
unreelin’ folks i eve/ s^d.*’
Ax od’tor s?ys that he has beard of
a secret down in PorJcod which was
so b"g that it required all the women
io the own to Leep it; and they eou’d
noc do so without help of their Jius—
brads!
<-*•►
“A.V editor n comm niing upon
ccme pu me n my little bed.” says :
; * Make it big enough for two and pro
ceed with the ceremony.”
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NO. 49.
EDUCATIONAL.
ADAIRSVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL.
f—
rjIHESECTIXI)SESSION OF TUTS SCHOO
A will open
Monday, July the 29th, 1872.
TUITION :
(per month of four weeks.)
I st ci a m A.... .7! .7..... $ 1 25
3,1 3 00
. hh “ 350
-dh “ 4 o<»
Music (extrn) 4 pp
From the success attending the first som.
sion, we feel confident that our school will
prove a success in ihe future. Our house is
large, comfortable and neat ; our si .uaiion
is beautiful, and our society excellent. The
method of teaching inis been very success
ful. The classes learned vapidl y. Oil 1 course
of studies is thorough, up with .he .iines.and
such as will, if thoroughly studied, prepare
young ladies and gentlemen for business,
usefulness and happiness.
It is folly to talk about succeeding in life
without an education. Forty or filly yeats
ago, w hen our lands were fresh and very
productive, and when we cultivated them
simply with the plough aud hoe, and then
hauled our produce to market on wagons, a
very limited education was thought to be
sufficient; hul now, in the days oi improved
machinery and farming Implements, rail
road, &c., a good education is absolutely
necessary. Young iucn, if you warn .0 mako
money, it you want to make a competency
for all the practical purposes quality you*-
selves in early life, go ;o school, irnir vour
minds, and store »uem with use.id knowl
edge. We do not say that our school is the
best, hut we thinl: i. is as good ns any in its
section, and that ii meets the demand of the
age. Ask those who have attended o.ir
sc.lord, (live us a trial, save money by cheap
boa:ding, only $lO lo $!2 ()u
bchool *s no humbug. It docs not run by
gas-works, hut by common sense, and relies
upon i.s uteri s io sustain it.
it. J. h. illLlttßN, Principal.
CALHOUN ACADEMY.
The exerc'ses of this School, under tke
snpetv'sion and management of Prof. 1). $.
HAyNES, will be 1 esuiued on
Monday, the Ist Day of July.
RATES OF TUITION PER MONTH:
Ist Class—Orthography. Reading, writ
ing and P- nary Arithmetic $1.50
2d Class English Grammar. Geog
raphy s.h' A < iili.neiic $2.00
3d Class—Higher English branches and
Elemeu, ary A lgeb ra s2.f)o
4th Class—Ancient aud Modc*n Lan
guages and Higher Arithmetic $3.50
Incidental expenses per session of five
months .$0.50
Students will be charged from date of en
trance to close of term, except in cuscs of
protracted illness.
TUITION REQUIRED MONTHLY.
Good hoard can be procured at from $8
to £lO oe* month.
The success that lias attended this itisli
ation in .he past augurs i.s continued pros
perity and success in the future. Located
in Ihe midst ol one of the most healthy and
fertile sections oi' country to be found in
Georgia, presid' and over by n corps of com
petent teuclie'S—remote from the allure
ments and temptations to vice and idleness
—the •ttii* e giowih, good managinicnt and
success o" iie school is foreshadowed. Send
you sous too daughters* here. The aequi
si> o * o,' a practical or polished education
is gu.. antecd.
T. A. FOSTER, Chairman.
J. 9. TIN.SLKY. Secretary,
Hoard of Trustees.
Calhoun, Ga., June 27, 1872 —ts.
WHICH lIHT
of Ph i 1 ailelph ia.
Medical Department !
r pHIS College iu Y? throe sessions ouch
I year. The n -i vs ou omnienco -October
3d, and con.imj"s mr'.t he end o Dotemher;
the second se.;. 011 orani' Jibiii v 2d,
1872. and conrotue* i-TMI uc euii o. March ,-
tlic thi.ii sc-don coi»'sieiJCt.-?5 Ao Is. ; and
con‘iur-*s i* ? •' lie '•mi o.
Ii urarii r >'eco rve o wdve I'iofessors,
»ncl ev'* Vo n > rj at o' Medicine and Sur
>o 'V i« .10 rti’g.i- - rrghf.
Lvy y \ a ae w. v of jllustra.ions,
mo b'u aO*cim 0 Ii" b. iimn. chemical aud
philo <)'»aic..li a*. •• .a'c o rope* in.-. 1 ru
in nr ; o. ue !. '• ► Y •*•!. o fatygicsl
ex.’min. iou r ~v cog' oi*v- 1 a« piOvi<-y’',
Splendid flo 1 f>n* t’ * 1
r e ySo tied; ee . 01 1 or, c'uy aos
;• e 1 ov\e< o ,v < lanterjid
abundant sis a. • "O't.
l» e ,netnal soiwbtr-Sv*o" s/e *4*ld ib- GO,
which o:iys o cl* ?’ o.Vvors Tickets
until giado. ion. Ma./ieuteiion lee .$5 ;
Demon - ::a o s Tit Let. S': Diploma Fee.
teYO. !’o „i vularsm »ddi; ioo.d narlfcnlaw,
add 0 *
p -)' JOHN BUCHANAN, M. D Dean.
014 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
sn S’V-‘ ■
CRICK! ER'CK!! BRICK!!!
TIJ E r s* nei hr son hand 50.000 gootl
X c £,im y—now-eady, jnd w'! 1
Lce-» coi j‘v ii' iageti, v-hica he vfiei-s fi
*c i()i‘-.i< .a. -ie * n, or at $8 [W ■
thou 4 m’. in led on he c. s nl tle*4ta.—
i you w„r. ..ie RE-T brick, send meyoiy
o: fie « 0 'orae sin’ buy of flic.
:u‘f-.,ni R. F. SMITH; €hi. j
’EM)!* SALE.- -I am now uffe I*3 or
. . **■ a!l cny eel es. i,e o • *i* ®vr jo.
Cai.io- ,j. (j;,. coasis.iaj 0. «o i we.’ing,
andi ee bn.sLioo fi m» Y*. f .io\. a as ne
Co.x 0.1 Uot!,, The f> ® T, vr vwH be -olii
se >..,; o; si] ;oge e . ’’o if .
p ee. [ c.. fdd;v«* D . lYra.'C Hi /.nh:ev<,
h one Ueun sin. I>oK.' ;> . orn v. G».
j. u~-.- m. NA l 'U. NICHOLSON.
A 1 'l* NIST RATOR S NOTli'g. Tb J * b
XX. O io.,idll V sons ‘..debieo o re es
.-teo .1. • TTa’d*v deceased, o come o -
w 8 ii iBBtA;* r. and i eracn , rti
1 rraoro ed 10 coll*i pH ae 4j)on#r
s. id es.. 9 iu. 1 can ov our Sope ,0- Cou;
A’l will, yle. se Le due no >e smi gove u
hcmselves acco dYglv, snu s/ve co«t »ud
i ouble. JO'SiiPH I. ritlNTlT**
julll-l'J Adm i.- *aror l)t Bor l s non.