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Newspaper Page Textjjjjjg VOLUME XV. ROME, GEORGIA. FRIDAY. MORNING. FEBRUARY 17, 1800. C|c % omc pom.iiiiii* nvsitr rniDAV iumsiNn. 15Y M. 1W l N K L L. Editor find Proprietor. Term. <>r Subscription. , advaaa,. o.r annnm, t > ' *? '.Id within «ix Mmill., i i i l * J? .id .I tlm End “I Hi" Yoof, : l * 00 Term, of Advertising. r.tanl AJurlise.menls will br> insortetl AlIn ml nil**. Miscellaneous Advertisements at « „,r .qnaro nf 10 lines nr l"H, f»r th.iHr.1, Jnl .SO oenti r*>r 'ftfli aiib»»qu«»t ln"erb u |); 1 Squ Saturday Morning, Fcb’y 11) 1800. Information Wanted. Whorowa* the “moetingof the Dem ocratic party of Floyd county” held at M-mlhs, : t : $5 00 , ftix M tilth*. : * t * » JJJ 1 <« Tw«W« Month*, : * >0 00 A liberal Dissouot will be mad. to tlioia tvln alvertiit larger amounts* iKM.riM ofddw. tli.ii.nro li.M ol.,r S ed till! lO'iio at adTnrtiMniuetits. ftftYet of Marriott* and Deaths, nnt at* kw ,A\** Five Lint* in length. *ra miMIshed gratnltuontly In the Conri«r. Phe frlende of {v, mrtii'i aro renUMUJ to tend in thoso no- tin«t aee*inpa«jtd with a re*l»nnii|>lo na*»« nnd th*y will ha t*ubliih«d with pleasure. South Amorlcaus-OIr. McClcrnnudi Wo were not aware that even the , which thoao fivo long resolutions wero Democratic vocabulary could furnish 'passed? Was the meeting largo, and such un amount of vortuporutlon as tho ■ enthusiastic?“ Wore thorn ns many' Southerner has diligently scraped togeth- j persons present as the mfmbor nf res- or to heap upon Southern Americans in olutiotis pnssod. or the number of dole Congress, for refusing to vote for a ffttos appointed to tho March convcn- Squatter Sovorelgnt) froo-eollor, merely, ; tion ? ' v ‘J 1 fl® c °M ft ry to ,,0 J k ro * because ho Was 0>d nominro „( u ln <™>U to fill tl.o coimmueo of five to Llomocraoy. Hereafter, llrom.loiy 0 f 1 W*«gl't th.resolutlonj* I> d the chair- II,o Knoxville Whiff, bud oh well "11001, ™*« Secretary fno lonely when the „ civil longuo inbi. I,..Mb” for bo l, commlftee retired, Md did thoy remain badly beaten ol 1,1, own game. The I>«ti6ntly alibialrim.l. until -the next ,to;,frw serins to tl.ink tbo Democrat* | *>ny *'>«!' »>" resolution. were passed ? bv voting for Mr. Smith of X. 0„ ' Di. lit luko that long to draw up the forrod a favor on tbo Southern 0p . 1 rcolohnns, or were they all cut and position member, which ought t0 dr,od” bo oro tb. meeting, an,Ubocom- Thov slmnlv m ^ttce only waited for forms sake? >\o would like to know. The Law of Newspaper*. .. -‘8ul»*crih«r* who do not ilveexprs'i no- tic, to ill* contrary, ar« considered as wiahing ntinuA their subscription. , —If eubscrihers order tho dUfontinuanee •f their newspaper* tho publisher may contin- , to send them until, all arrears re* nre paid. S.—Ifeubscrlbwi nenhct or refine to take their newspapers from ths-flloeU which the? «rodirected, th*r are held ruponslhle until they hero lettled tho bills and ordered them •topped. O. B. EVE, HANUFACTUBKIt OF And DoalorExtensively in KJtEMMS of all Styles. •Quanlilff, Qmlily. *nd ClMllaiffnl. THE FARMERS A llU roquestod to W mlTio my lanto rtuiAiiinr Plantation llridlus, Collare, Hroochlug and Teem fl air •omploto, at tho Lowest Possible Ciialt Prices. 1lnriie.dHnnd Ocartniuloto order, and repaired nt short notice. My stock will bear iu*|i tion. 1*111110 and mju before purchasing. AOrSoo Advortiscineut in another colui f*l*21800. O, b. EVE NEW FIRM MOORE & DUNNAHOO, GROCERS I lmvo boon rcci promt ml. They vim ply discharged thoir duty. But this, per haps, is such an extraordinary devia tion from their ustml oourso that they ought to ho encouraged by vomo com mendation of thoir conduct. Wo tliero- fore, testify before tho world, that they, in one instnneo, did right. As to the refusal of South Americans to voto for Mr. MoClernmid, wo presont tho reason given by Mr. Joshua Hill, of floorgia, and wo believe it will moot with tliohoarty approval of every South ern man, who does not hold partisan allugiunco paramount to the rights and honor of hi* section s Mr. Hill, (S. A., On.) remarked that New Ditto Stork.—*?, t.. Turnlcy lm* opened a Drug .Store at No. 3. Choice Hotel, and it now receiving a large atock of all tho various articles in his lino, of buslnevs. Ho will be glad to receive calls or orders from bis very numerous friend* and customers. See advertise ment. For Ilia Romo Courier. Shmlo Tree*. Messrs* Editors Can you inform tbo citizens of Romo why the City Council have noglocted to set out shado trees on Broad street? Is It because they were olcctcd on tho “low tax sen sation ?” Do they think the lamp posts will be a sulliciont ornament to tbo city nnd that they will put forth lenvos and shade tho streqts? Or have thoy acted upon tho principle of tho man in the “Arkansas Traveller,” that in the win ter wo don’t need them, nnd if they wore set out in tho summol* they would not grow ? The best time for planting trees has passed, and so far as we can discover from any movement in that di rection, tho “pickaxe” will bo stuck in tho ground to dig tho groves of the momhors of Council sooner than to dig tho hole* for the tree*. Pum.tc Spirit. Served him Uiuiit.—Tho oitizens of Ringgold took a Dr. Win. Clark, of Walker county, a fow days sluco and gnvo him four hundred lashes on the naked buck. Hi* ollenco was giving a pass to Memphis to a negro that ran iustico to himself, and those ho renro- [ ami y f rom Win. Kamov of this place ■ "Htiid io,|„lr,"l bill! to mjr that; Mr. j Mmo Ulf( , 0 , T8B ^‘ ,jj, 00 ; T bey MSd Smith whs prosonted to tin* Hotiao by i so,no tho Southern Americans, ns thoir oan- nono hut negro testimony against didate in doferenco to tho view* of tho CUyk hut while undor tho lash he eon- Doniocratio party. Hf it was the object f 0 .. got i i,j s guilt. or that side of the House to make an election for tho purpose of defeating tho Republican candidate, it would have boon at least wise to have consult ed with the .Southern Opposition as to what member of tho Democratic parly would best combine tlrnir support, far hh ho had boon advised there w proach to that party for their counsel. _o disclaimed throwing any firebrand, hut justice required him to state here that tho principle* hold by some of the Democrat* on the important question of Iutorosting Dcvelopemcnt. Wo publish the following from tho N. ^ . “Herald’*” Washington corro*pon- '& t dent, for tho bonulit of those devoted patriots” who in thoir zoal for tho wel fare of the country donounco all “traitor” who will not support the Democratic party with its corruption ml .Squatter Sovereignty fvoesoilism: Slavery in the Territories were .quite j “The Senate Printing Invcttigntion us obnoxious to him, as many of his pc- Committeomet this morning. Mr. Wen- cnliur views on Amoricanism were to dell underwent an examination up- thorn. Without intending to interro- J \Tnrtl9 of tlirv*o Iioiiim. Tt appeared that gate any gentleman, he distinctly an- Rom ,. sevon or niuht- parties wore intor- nounced that he could not cast In* vote PRto( | i„ tho piihllo )irintiug, namely, for Siionkor for any one who entertains |«stoadsinan, Bunks, McLean, Walkor, tho doctrine of Popular Sovereignty applied to tho Territories of the United State*. There wore Democrats for A full A**>»rliiient «»f FAMILY SUPPLIES. I NtMJJMXG Fl"iir, Mu.il, Sagir of all kin«l<, O-illV*., Hiiit»r, Kgg*. Fleli of dif- fur.ait kinds, Drlol Fruits, and l'r.'s.rvrd Fruits. All kinds nf Kills, Gundios, Cigars, Tn'-a-co, Klnn Liquor*. Ac.. Ac. We wish It Distinctly Understood Hint We will Soil on! Credit to *11 rosnonsiblo men, who nro in tho habit of paying at tho time agreed upon, \v« will duplicate upon tlnio to prompt ‘ ’o III „yl„S I uuy i cull i iihIi purchaso mude id satisfy yu I. X. L. COTTON SEED FOR SALE. O K THIS new nnd splendid riiriciy, ort/ji- /tilled ami cxtnbtWitol by the subscriber. s,irj»***injj iu‘ prnduetiou nil upland* mid .*••• ct ii r«»** in (Inane** nf staple, enlcli t gave ten years ago to sgricillluro mid coi*mercu, nnd established for it u special demand with’ tlm muuufafltiirftfa at thu “ World’s Kxhibl- ten,•• in Loudon, mid Inis continued to cum- ml Ihu liiglic.-t market vuluo of all up- landd. he couU1 votq. Ho conhl name a number of them. He wouhl say to hi* American friends he should vote for the distinguished gentleman from Vir ginia (Mill*oni, nlthmighlie knew that gentleman did not so desire.” Wo mo»t cordially endorse this posi tion, und the courao of those who rt^ fused to Voto for a Douglas l’reosoilor, with his “heresies ofSqtmtter Sovereign ty.” But what invective lm* tho Siuthernef to hurl at Bonuan, Bovck, Kkitt, Mu.k* and MiQi ken of South Carolina, Ct..)i’* ton, Curry, Moore and Pruii, of Aluhnuia, nil Democrat* who refused to voto for tlio nominee of their own par ty, Mr. MeClornund of Illinois ? Was it “treachery” in them t Is their con duct “disgraceful ?” Are thry “knaves,” and should they “bo hung in efllgy as traitors to thoir soction of. the Union ?” Will thu Southerner inform us? The South ought to be informed from some reliable authority who are the traitors in her midst. But even hud all the Democrats voted for Mr. McClertiand, and thereby ren dered it. possible for tho Soil thorn Op position members to have elected him, would not have condemned them* tho Colton region. in thorn taction: rharo “Sim IfelamK’ have boon intn<hu:e<l 'id cultivated s« tho staplu erup, tiic 1. X. I. ill eupm'cedu them when known, being a* naeimtoplo, and need well adapted to tbo operation of tho lung Cotton tliti*. The crop boing tnoro productive, pioiltnblc, nnd relia ble ovory way. The plant dlflVr* in cjiarao- tor from nit otlmr varieties, being ntrong, vigorous and *too|<y—loa ves deeply sorratoJ, nnd prosont it singular lively, green glazed color—boll* long and large, frequently two. growing oppositely at. the joint*, and *ln«lc one* ut th« junction of tho main stalk uud brunches | maturing and nicking qualities unrivaled, boaring uniformly until frost*cuts oil' tho crop. llaa not noon subject to the disrnsn of oth er Cotton during eightycnr*existence. Having devoted many years to tho success ful and prurtio.nl improvement of iho groat staple product of the South', nnd testing rcveraly the relative ineril* of almost every TuriQty Introduced within tho last thirty ytiure, rtgurditig also tho present active de mand mm future promise for Ilia finer class »*f upland Cotton in u greater ratio than any. period since tho creation of the Holton trade, I do confidently reeominoud to tho produi the I. X. L., a* the most raluahh and p ductivo SEED. Also, of' tho old-fashioned Mexican-breed, iwn all over th# planting region ns •Telit, 1 ' .vhnt i* tho same thing, tlm •• Gulf Ilill" d, which'hu* proven itself in tho long run hqnlthijst, bnrdienl, and most productive •r introduced of tlm short staples, by t wiu fortunately discarded or adulterated by ad- xturcs with Worthless sub-varieties. Thuso l have boon preserved paro and imadul- * d for thirty year*, bud aro tho identical i leans murket, always bringing inure moiy*y “ whole crop round, than any other sold in t market. Any ono ono one# familiar h the original “Mexican” CottoH, the “Simon "M "“lily identify them u* the “Simon nn * for maturing, produetivo and picking •“dities, no variety,'includingall tho “Sub*” nd “Prolific*" ever originated, excel in i»c quality, the Mexican parent. All, 'Hianu before tho season is ended, if a except tho I. X. L., and tho “Muim IDE,” i ,f, ry productive short stnpla, and a great "rite with those wlin know it best, nave iiiicr seed* than all other*, and tho only " varieties that aro uniform nnd run oat > maturing season. To plant n crop with ny a sing o hand does notmuettUo promise u u, ,°, wr| y and latter ruin.” I , *, n “trohg now Backs of olther of tho n.t r ^ n( D* will bo deliverod on Railroad, , ' ' ,r . ,T J lr d 8 d by Express whon required, U urr .uof 116 cotlon rogion, on reeoint Of ••"t buig of qny B^nk of Georgia or South »a, or In suwsovor $20,in bunk chocks n the Maine. , • ofono 1 «'* l “>l J *5.M ,,V, " “ MO X II r v', , " “ 2 - 011 , w j ‘ roin on the crop from which rn...ii 1 flr< ! BaVo 'l- - Clraulhrir giving In- , ' , ' , J‘«i» on tho cultnro of H. X. L., sent to 1 rchaaors of tho scad, dn* application to i»u2o tW , m .. .. worn • llorndoa, Burk? Co., Ga. Rice, Stnvons and Hmvii “Ho *tat- d that ho hail paid out during tho past threo yonr* overorto hundred thousand lollatH for party support to newspapers and in aid nf t•ll•(•t.on expense* in 1’onti- sylvanla principally, but extending, t>v- Now York, Maryland, Ohio, Ac.— Uonn'lcrabL' lnd been paid by ollicinl autlioritv.” und sot no of his own freo will.” ill* also *tatod that by tho action of thoSonnto in oleoting Bowman, who had given tho work to Blair A Rives, ho had boon loft penniless, with tho lnr- ;est ostablisluuyiit in the Union lying rafo.; Bowman’s conduct towards Wcn- dol 1 was .'ihown up inn very bad light. Bowman, it appears, has given part of the work to Jewett, editor of tho Fill more organ at Bnll’alo. A. D. Bank* und Jo*. .Severn* wero al*o examined. They did not *cem to know much, ex cept that they had roeeived material aid from \\ enduil. Wendell testified that out of the Post pnico blank printing lie paid, in 1K57, tho sum of six thousand dollar* to tho Pennsylvanian newspaper, nf Philndol i.‘.a iiaiiu a.1 Correspondjnee of tho Rome Courier. Boston, Mask., Feb. 2d, 1800, Messrs. Kditors:—Tho otlier day I hoard a Rov. J. C. Smith, dellror an ofl’-haml lecture, in a respectable ortho dox Church, on African colonization,— It was the minister's boast that not a drop of Japhoth’s blood run in his vions. He was proud to bo a full-blooded negro. Many of my Yankee friend* were far mure belabored undor his two hour* di? course, than your correspondent. Of oourso ho opposed shivery, and it wi expected that ho would tlcklo tho abo lition ear with sweot sentiments of uhuso against tho South, as the source of all oppression to his race. But thoy Wore disappolulod, for ho drovo the blunt words of truth home to tho abo lition ho*rt. He doelnrcd that the feed ing spring of tho groator part of his people’s hardships was in Massachu setts, nnd that sho inflicted more op pression through horsystom of tho al most total socinl exclusion of the free colored .people, than any ono of tho Southern States, brought upon tho same number of slavos. He said tho con dition of the negroes at tho South would bo inlinitely hotter, wero it not for tho hypocritical proceedings of such slates us Massachusetts. This was tho severo logio of his appeal for me-nns to transport somo of his colored brethren from the free states to Africa, where they could ci\joy great er froedom among tho barbarians. lie was himself onco a slave, and has boon freo for forty years. Ilia exporicu during this poriod gavo him notions which in many ruspoots accorded with y short observation. I was amused at his attempt to de monstrate tho intellootual equality of his race with tho whites from facts ii tho history of this country, and at tli incredulous turning up of noses in th congregation at this stago of his lei The Now Speaker. } Origin of the Words Blanket, Wors- As a matter of . information to our i ted, Ac. roadors, and in response to numerous While Edward III., in 1337, repeated inquiries,* wo publi.li tho following !>*» i»r--«i°n of Hcotlaml. nml "rnvugod a.w..L. A « t-h® country With groat fury, burning sketch of tho career of Spoakor Pen* ( ^bordoen and many similar towns,” as uington, from tho forthcoming edition the historian tells us; and while ho was of Lamnati’s “Dictionary of Congress:” ** Hon. William Ponuingtoii was horn in Newark, New Jersey, where ho has resided all his life. Ho is a lawyer, artd lias for many yoars practised his pro fession extensively in tho courts of Hint Stuto. In 1837, ho was eloctcd Gover nor of New Jersey nnd cx-yftr!o Chan cellor of the State, both of which posi tions he occupied for six years, or until 1843. When General Taylor camo to tho Prosideucy ho appointed Govornor uington Governor of Minnesota, and though unanimously confirmed by tho •Senate, lie docliuud the oillce. Presi dent Fillmore ottered him ono of tho Judgoships in California to settle land claims under the treaty with Mexico; hut this position he also, declined, pre ferring to remain in hi* own Stato nnd private life. In tho outumu of 1858, the unitod voice of tho Opposition, in his district, prevailed upon him, agnlnst his wishes, to bocotno a cntididato for Congress, nnd lie was oleotud by a largo •voto, representing tho fifth Congression al District. In.politic* Mr, Penning ton has ovor boen a Whig, ami it was during his administration as Govornor, thal tho fatuous “broad seal” controver sy occurred in New Jersey. In politics now lie Is a moderate Republican, de cidedly conservative in principlo and spirit, a firm supporter of tho Uuion, and an ndvoento for laying aside all sub jects that may a isturh tho public trau- qullity.. His personal character is ono of tho most pure and estimable, and his presence and manners remarkable for dignity and urbanity. engaged in laising an army to invade Franco in 1338, exacting from tho im poverished English peoplo all thoir wealth to waste in tho war; nnd Whon h« was wasting Franco with war, bor rowing luonoy from ull foraign princes who would lend him; pawning tho Eng- b’him itkiu’g, that lish crown sVliioli madtf him ho might still furthor extend destruc tion over fertilo Franco; whon In tho battles which our historians and poets huvo so minutely ruoordod ami loftily sung out, swords clashed with swords, and but tin axes rung upon coats of mail, of the warrior heroes of France, tliero was a servant of mankind making a noiso in Bristol, which was of Infinitely groat- or scrvico to England than tho entire conquest of Europo would have boon. This was Thomas Blankot. The noiso ho made wo* not tlmt of tho clashing sword, but of tho clushinglhuttlo. His purpose was not to destroy what Ids country alroad possessod, but to give his country wlmt it did not yet possoss, blanket*, a covering of- comfort to go to bod with, to sleep under, that it A White Woman Hunnino awav imn a Neqro Man.—A white woman by the natno of Mary Wilson, of Aduirsvillo, (la., cam« up ou tho Ueorgiu train yev terday evening with a l»ig buck nogre, belonging to a gentlomnn of that pluco, whom sho had stolon with the purpose no doubt, of running him otl’to a Froo State. She was dressed in mon’s appa rel. Thoy wero overtaken hero ana ar rested, nnd woj o lodged in our Jail.— Chattanooga llejUctor, ovon tlien, if they had refused to vote for him. Thd difl’eroneo between a Squnttor Sovereignty Democrat and Mr. Pennington, is so slight, and if any nt all, in favor of tho Inltor, wo beliovo wo wouhl not huvo countenanced the elec tion of either by voting for him. The Comtitutionafist in an editorial, which we commend to the serious study ir contemporary for its manly and dignified tono/i says: “Our reason for quarroling with tho Americans is not so strong ns what might he urged against somo preteudod Democrats, whose votes wore ns scattering ns a shot gnu,” Tho ChnrlaHlon Mcreuri/ says : “Tho Repre sentatives from tho South who voted for Mr. MeClornund contented to ignore the ightsof the South, nnd thus made tho election of Speaker, so far as the rights of tho South nro concornod, an ntl’air of patty ascendency." Tho Southerner may not consider tho Mercury very good Democratic, authority, but it will hardly chnrgo it with boing “ a traitor to its section.” phia, ami to tlm Evening Argus, of Philadelphia, tho sum of- fivo thousand iollars, Ho informed tho committco that he went into doubtful. Democrat* : district* in Pennsylvania, and spout money frcolv for the benefit of the sup- of tho policy of the ndmiuislrn- Mr. Hico, of the Ponusylvnninn i heibro tho committee, nnd did not discredit the testimony of Mr. Wen dell. . Tlioro aro many rich dovel- opumeuts forthcoming before tho com- ttco. Henry Winter Davis. Had not tho *SoidA<rm.’r implied that wo would not condemn Mr,-Davis' voto thought it necessary to do so seriously os wollns all true Sou thorn men ut terly repudiate him as un abolition ren- ognde. Wo do not look uj>on him as a member of the Atnericnu party, and consider him ns fitoulyforn jdaco in tho Republican ranks where ho has ta ken his position. The Right .Spirit.—-Ono of our citi- ions who is a “oharnctor,” boards nt r Hotel whero for soveral days thoy had exclusively Gosliou Butter on the table. One morning at breakfast after sitting down a few moments without eating a mduthfu},;h$ rose hastily and demand ed his liill. Upon boing asked tho ooubo of his dissatisfaction he said ho “would not board atony ho.tel where thoyiUdnli lmv© Southern.butler on tho table.' 1 flay-TUo ludies will be bouofitted in tho ‘Ahvortisomont of Mw M. J; Burar morhays to be found In another ool- Pardon ok Mitchf.i..—Ueforring to tho pardon of Mitchol, who was condemned to be hanged for onticing away a slave, tho Charleston Courier says; “Tho groumls of this clemency aro the youth of tho prisoner, the potition signed by tho citizens of Charleston, among whom nro prominent mombers of the bar, thu olHeorR of tho Court, tho jurymen and owner of tho stolen slave, «i1d the evidence tlmt tho prisoner, be ing drunk, had been beguiled by tho negro. Michel is largely indebted for this act of mercy to tho efforts of our most eminent jurists. Opposition Executive Committee. Wo observe (says tho Atlanta Ameri can) tlmt a controversy Has arisen bo- tween our friends of the .Savannah “Re turn Non-1 ntevcoursc. view of the meeting to bo hold in ill this place on noxt Wednesday wo ublish the resolutions which wore in troduced in tho Senato of Mississippi, the 27th ultimo, und unanimously adopted: Resolved by the Liyislature oj the Sate of Mississippi, Tlmt theSlavoholding.States of this Union should resort to tho most w system of coir.meiviul non-inter course with all commonitie* cities and .States who continue to oil'end against their constitutional rights. For this purpose wo invito the negisluturos of any Southern Stnto to unite with us in this recommendation, nnd that in ovo ry Stnto nnd county, town and neighbor hood, resolutions may bo adopted not to purchase or use, ns far ns practicable any article whatsoever known to have boen produced or manufactured in such community, city or Stnto, or to have been imported into tho snmo for sale. In further aid of this object, wo onrnest ly recommend to tho .Southern .States nnd their people that they encourage, by ull moans in their power, thoir own mechanics, tiferchnnts, manufactures and institutions of learning, and thu ploymCnt of thoir own citizens only in thoir public institutions of any clmr- actor, and especially discourage the em ployment of touchers and preachers in their midst, from such oflonding com munity, city or State,thus contributing to tho safety and prosperity, os well tho dovolopomeut of tho now unc- quallod resources and Indopendenco . of tho South. Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be transmitted to the Govornor* of cacti of tho .Statos of tho Union, nnd to ourfcJonators and Representatives in Con- President Buchnnnu in his last annual suggested tho extension of n protectorate over Mexico; it may be furthor suggested as a necessity which, tho presont shadows forth, that South Corolina should ere long extend a pro tectorate over Massachusetts to preyont tho “extension” of lior adulterated pol icy to the extermination of the free colored people on her soil. Were it not for the South the African like the In dian race would purish from neglect. I thought of giving a short account of a flno oration by Henry F. Duvnnt, Esq.—the first lawyer in Boston' sinco Choate’s death—in Tromont Tempi last night. It was. a till illing comment on the life of James Otis; nnd closed with a touching appeal to “heaven nnd to man” that tho Union which Otis loved so well, might 1k> preserved forev er. The response wont out from my heart—amen. Edward Everett mid many other distinguished men of Bos ton were present. It may bo well to noto that Dr. Hun tingdon, of whoso oliungo from Unita- rinnism to Triuitarianism I have before written, tenderod his resignation to the oversepro of Ilarard college. Thoy de clined to accept it, and dosiro him to continue in the Plummer Professorship. Not many years ago fifty thousand dollars were bequeathed to establish this professorship for tho inculcation of Unitarian doctrines. However this may conflict with theological viows, it may not bo lawful under such oircum- stanccs to make a man’s will after ho is dead. Jf. 8pddbn Death.—Marion, a valuable sorvant belonging to Col, James Gar* donor of Augusta, came suddenly to his death in this city on yesterday. Being in tho bar-room of thcMillodgeviilo Ho tel, aud asking permission to look at n gun in view, the same being handed to him ho incautiously took hold of it at the muzzle, (it being doublo barrell«4 and enveloped in a cover and. rather heavy) and the butt falling and (striking tho counter, it went off discharging the load through his head ho died install tly. publican” and the “LaGrqngaUaportcr” in reference to ^his Committee—tho for mer contending and tho latter denying that there is such a Coiuiuitteo. The Republican” is right. Tho following "iienuuuoan is ngnt. l iio following is a list of the Committee appointed by the Opposition Stato Convention, nt its session in Macon, in July last: First District—J. R. Sneed. Second District—Lott Warren. Third District—R. P.Trippo. Fourth District—B. II. Ilill. Fifth District—Warron Akin. Sixth District—R. D. Winn. Seventh District—J. J. Floyd. Eighth Distriut—John MiBedgo. Parlor Pistols.—These little fire-arm are becoming dangerous in tho hands of boys, who must regard thorn as mere play things. We record another acob uont from mero carelessness! in thoir use. Eugene, son of A. M. Speer, was shot through the palm of tho right hand with tho sumo pistol which left young Bluntly nearly minus a linger two day. „ n'.i t\iL ago.—Macon Tel, Oth. tt&y*For tho bcueftt of those who did not soo tho.great comet last year will mention tlmt it will appear again during tho autumu of 2,147. (Mg-dlis rumored that Tom Ilyer tho celebrated pugilist, was shot in New York, on tho night of tho 2d inst by A Busv-nonv.—Ono who generally has no business in this world beyond ma king it his business to neglect his own buxines*, in order toatteiid to the busi ness of others. JQrOnly a day or two since wo heard a parent mnkiug this same, complaint that we hike from tho Atlanta “Intelli gencer. Tho children nro required to .hango thoir hooks not only whon thoy chango schools, hut too frequently un necessarily when they remain at the same school. This matter is worth the consideration of parents and teach- Sciioql Books.—Why don't our South ern teachers adopt a uniform sot of books for their schools? Whenever a parent or guardian changes his child or chil dren from ono to another, ho must ne- cesssarily lmvc a new set of books.— With but few children to educate, and with scanty means to meet tho expen ses thereof, wo can now show quite a respectable library,-on to tho number of volumes, composed! ofr books, which d succession of teachers have caused to bq laid aside as useless.- And is there no remedy for this evil?• -. If there'be let the application bo made, speedily.— 5 . , : rj , ■ySou. Rec. Stiidonts of the South Carolina- Col- ’ 1 - at Columbia have come out in suits . .1 1 *1.* ...Ml.. UP logout Columbia have com Of gray kerseys, made at Gibltes A Co. That’s the \ tho mills of, thewaytoencQur- ngo home manufactures. jesrjohli B.* Hoskins has been read Saviour.” ThU is the man .who.let a pistol fall out of- his pockot ott.thq floor of Congress the other 4*y» A Cautious Jcdor.—An Irish Judge tried two most notorious fellows for highway robbory. To tho astonishment of the court, as well as -the prisoners themselves they wero found not guil ty. As thoy wore boing removed from the bar the judge in that manner so pe culiarly his own, addressing tho jailor aid: “Mr. Murphy you would greatly easo my mind if vou would only keen those two respectable gentlemen until sown or half past seven o’cloek, for I moan to >-ct out.for Dublin ut five and I should like to huvo utloust two hours start of them.” ♦ might he refresned in sound sleep, and riso In health and strength to It*, daily work of making mankind hapnicr by being happier itself. Thomas Blanket was soon imitated by his neighbors, who like him, lot up looms in their own housos, and niudo woolen cloth like that which he tuado, Tho- cloth was nnmod by hisnumo; ami to this duv through all time in this country will tho nume he known, though nothing else is known of this weaver than tliut ho was the first to introduce the blanket manufacture into England. No cloth of any kind had been wovo in England before the rcigti of Edward III. We read that in 1331 John Kempt, from Fluuders, introduced tho weaving of doth into England; that tho King in vited fullers, dyors, and so forth, to eoino from Flanders and settle there.— This policy on tho part of Edward was discroot; and vlowedin connection with some other of his notions, prove him to huvo had somo perception of the real sources of national well-being. But ho no sooner allowed the cloth manufac ture to he implanted in England, than ho almost rootod it up again by restric tive enactments and oppressive taxes to carry on his wars. Tho manufacture of the twisted double threat! of wonlon, called worsted, was introduced into Eng land about this time, or soon after. Tho village of Worstod, al>out fifteen miles from N.'rwioli, was tho first place whero this thread- was made, and it look tho name of tho village. Thoro is no spinning nor woolen maiiufaeturcs nt Worsted now, but from tho tombs in tho graveyard, and tho honofactions left to tho parish, which aro recorded in the church, wo have proofs tlmt the manufacsturors of Worstod wero numer ous, opulent, and livod t bore in succes sive generations during several eontu- rios. It muy ulsp be noticed hero, tliataftor inquiring into tho history of the pnrish uiidiunnufuctiirers of worsted, wo visi ted Lliisey which gave tho name to the fabric known us iinsey wolsey, nnd tho Kersey and tho Mere close to it in .Suf folk, whero the workshops wore situated in which tho cloth called Kerseymere was first mado. Tho cloth so called now differ* from thu original, and there is but little trado of any kind in Kersey now. But as at Worsted, tho graveyard and tho church' have many record of manufacturers long docouscd, Thoir . names though now Anglicised, are common in Suffolk, and are all of Flemish origin. Bo off with yo« now—don’t I know That Its only cnjnllng you arc, ■With “cheeki’Hk# thoroia** soft clow. And glances mnr* bright than thu star 1” Tls truo that my wnlstl# but •Ttfull. And ray ringlots may curl like tlfe* vino: But I’m not liko an aagtl at atl.l Nor anr l the hast hit divluo! So be off with you now—don’t I *e# You’re deluding from evountil dawn! My stop may be bounding and free, . Butrm nofcintho loast like a fa’wnl But ’twas orrr tho method Wo know, Sine* Adam In Eden began— That bdiomi Wero suro to bo snow. And nocks woro, of course, liko theswau 1 To woo like a plaln-hoartod youth, i«t your mind, If you lore tn*,di*corn, To win you must wonm# with trathl I would rathor instead of thoso itowors, In whiah you nro over so rlfo— That you promisud tn.lovo mo all hours, As long qb each other had life. A Touching Reminiscence. mailfU AND MASSACHUSETTS IN 1775—A VISIT RETURNED, Commercial News. litVERPopL Cotton MARKEt.— 6T .cottofi. foV three daVs,- re,,. bales. The mai‘k6l efosccl quiot sternly, and somo circulars say at d- Congressional . Washing ton, fob*.. 9.—In’ tiro’ HbHnd lo-dpy tho Standing Committees woro reported. Mr* Gilmer is tlio Chairman of tho Committee on Elections—»Mr) Sherman, of Ways aqd. MoiuW^Alr.* 11 ickman, of the J uftfiertary- Sir. Crow, on Territories—Mr. Stanton’, oir tho Military—Mr. Morse, of Maine, on Nn-. val Atraira, rind Mr. Aahmore, on, Mifo- ago. Tlio olcctlon of Trlntorlras ^eoirpost-: potied until Monday.- A Verv Clever Rrcgmmeneation.—A person walking into tho counting-room of tho Into Mr. C., of a neighboring city and, by tlio way, a very wealthy and shrewnd merchant, inquired of the clerk the rent of astoro which his em ployer wishod to lot. . Tho .inquirer be ing satisfied with the terms, said ho would biro tho store; but tho clerk knowing that he had recently failed fora Inrgo amount, doelinud olosing the bar gain until lie saw Mr. C., who was then absent from the city, and desired the gentlomnn to cnU again. Upon Mr. C’l return, tho clerk in termed him of wluv had beon related. “ How much did ho fail for ?” askod Mr. C. “ About ouo hundred thousand dol lars,” was tho reply. “ And how much did ho.pay ?” “ Only ten |K»r cent, sir.” “ Let him have tho store, Sam; let him have tho store—he’s got money enough!” , High Pkices for Nkkroks.—A corres pondent, of tho Petersburg Express from Farmyillo, Ya. t reeords a salo of twen ty-three nogroes in Ctimboriand ooun- ty, consiiU*rod the best ovor mado in Virginia. Six of thorn wero 8 yours old. All averaged $10(10 80. One girl sold for $1705; ono man sold for $1000, and two men ut $1515 .each. Tho ne groes wore sold by order of Dr. Jos. L. Spencer, executor, und Wm. N. Davis, the woll known auutionoor, cried tho proi»orty. Tho following touching passage, say* the Richmond ?!’%, are oontained In the speech of tlio Hon. Alexander R. Botoler, of Va., dollvorod in tho House on Wednesday. Wo honor the bond and tho heart from which thoy proceed ed. The incidents narratod cannot fail to moisten ovory eyoby which they are porusod. The language employed for the purposo is tho languago of elevated patriotism: “The district which I represent,nnd the county from which I oomo—tlmt county made famous by tho mid of Brown—was tho first, tho vory first in all the South, to send suedor^ to Massa chusetts. In ono of the most beautiful spots in that beautiful County, within rllloBhotof my residence, at tho base of the hill, whero a glorious spring leaps out into sunlight from beiioatli tho gnarled roots of n thunder-riven oak, thero assembled on the 10th of July, 1775, tho very first band of Southorn mon whomnroliod to the aid of Massa chusetts. Thoy met tliero, und their rallying cry was, “A bee-lino for Bos ton 1” “That beautiful am! poaceful valloy had pevor.beon polluted by tlio foot steps of a foe ; for evon tho Indians themselves kopt It froo from tho incur sion of tho ouemy. It wo*'thu hunting range nnd neutral ground of tho abo rigines. This band assembled tliero; and a boo-lino for , Boston, was made from thenco. lioforo thov’ marohod they mado a pledge that all who sur vived would nssoiublo tliero .fifty yours aftor that day. It was my pride and pleasure to bo presont whon tho fif ty vears rolled around. Throe ngod, feeble, tottering men—tho Burvivors of tho glorious hand of quo hundred and twenty wore all who wero left to keen their trust, and be faithful to thbplou^ made fifty yearsheforo to thoir compan ions, the bones of many of whom wero bleaching on the Northern lillld. • “Sir, I have often, heard from tho last survivor of tlmt band of patriots tho in- oidonlsof their first mooting and their inarch; how they made somo rix hund red milosin twenty days—thirty miles a day—and how, as they noared thoir E oint of destination, Washington, who appened to be making uroooimoissanpo In tlio neighborhood, saw them ap proaching, uud recognizing tho. linHoy- woolsey hunting-shirts of old Virginia, rode tin tomcetuiiU greet thorn tq tho oump,how, whon ho saw the captain— his old companion in arms, §tophcn»on, who stood by hi* side at tlio Great Meadows, on Bnuldock’s fatal Hold, und in many an Indian campaign, and who reported himself to his commander as '/ram the riyht bank qfjhe Potomac'—lip sprang from his horso und olasped his old friend and companion in arms with both hands. Ho spoke no word of wel come, blit the, eloquence of silence told what his tonguo could not articulate.— He moved along the ranks, shaking tlio hand of each, from mun to man, rind all the while—m my informer told me— the big tears wero seen coursing down his manly cheek. “Ay, sir, Washington wopt l And why did thuglorious soul of Washing ton swell with emotion ? Why did'ho weep? Bocau*** ho saw that tlio cause of Massachusetts was practically tlio enuso of Virginia; hocuuso lie saw that . hor citizens recognized tho groat principles involved in the contest. Tlieso Vir ginia volunteers hud comospontaneous ly. They had come in responso to the words of Iicr Henry, that wero leaping like live thunder through tho land, tell ing the people of Virginia that thoy must fight, und fight for Massachusetts. They had ooine to rally by Washington’s •Ido, to defend your fathers firesiaos, to •protect thoir homes from harm. Well, the visit has been returned/• John Brown selocted tlie vory county as tho spot for his invasion; and, nn was mentioned in the Senate, tho rock whero Seemnn fell was the very rock ovor which Morgan and his men marched a few hours after Hugh Stevenson’s command had cross ed tho riyor some two miles further until tilWIIllUJ. Ill .tlio Semite, nil imiciulmont. mis *-‘j iHiiga# 11 - 0 MARKETS. Charleston, Fob. {/.-^-Cotton .—Th o' market is firm, and prices this rrtornfflg unchanged. Stiles 1,TOO boles. Savannah, Feb. 8.—Sales qf Cotton to-day 2,250 bales. Thn market was no- , tu-uuy M ,..)w uuies. i un niurKci was no- - tivo and prices firm, with an advanolng t.r tqndenoy. Striot Middling .quoted nt ' ftnfi Hood Middling 1101U Pacifle Railroad Mtiftsitg* . WAsniNGTON, Fob. 1;—Tlio l’rtrident Iras already prepared a special mesaago to Congress recommending the spoady construction of a railroad . from tho Mississippi Valley-to tho Fuciftc, to their carnost cohsidoration.' . No particular routo is me'ntiqnod nnd no particular prqjoct roconiiriondod, thpugh the rroe- Idontls known to bo in ThV.br oT the. Southern youto as tho most practicable and every way'tho best. Important front Charlostou. Charlestown, Va., Fob. 4.—Stevens ono of Brown’s accomplices in tbq Har per’s Forry raid, was fou ml ..guilty of uuirdor. Tho Jury was outa-quartor of an hour. Ilazlitt, tho last of the insuv- rectlonist*, will bo‘riud to-day. Money in the Treasury Washington,‘Fob. 0.—Tho atnoitiilbf’ spoolo now'in tho treasury subject th - draft reaches dearly eight million of dol-' StaiV*A gentleman of middle age attacked with delirium tremens. He fought the surrounding snakoi for a few days, and.then told hh» friends that ho was dead. Ho lay stretched upon the bed for some minutes, when lie arose, walked into another room, ami complainod that he had forgotten something in his will. He added a codicil, requesting his em ployers to take his son into their employ ment as liis successor in business, lie re turned again to tbc room looked upon * ■■ ' bed, and began to rave because his body had boon stolen, assorting that he had left It upon tbo bed a fow momenta be fore, rind some qf tho attendants had ta ken It away.. Soon the stupor ,came over bini again when lie; laid. himsolf down and tho tongue that hrid.before so wildly Constitutional Union Movement at Fnii.ADP.i.i'itiA.—• A mass meeting was held at National Hall, Philadelphia, on Saturday night last, having for its ob- joet tho union of “all good citizens, without regard to their.former political associations, to unite in forming a great national purty, for tho preservation of the Federal Union, tlio protection of tho Constitutional rights of all the .State sup pression of soctionulisin from whatever quarter it may come,' and tho securing of Hie election tootficeof truly national and conservative men. Tho' meeting was vory largely attended. It was not addressed by any mun of noto, but let ters wero received from lloiii- Edward Everett, Millard Fillmore, E. M. Conrad of Louisiana, George Briggs of New York, John t Minor Bolts, mid. others, endorsing the movement. The patriotic stilled in the’cole *6Tlt is stated that when-tho twolyb years sinco ; and has ] hundred clerks employed in tfio Bank snry of the State for l of England leuVo 'tho building in-'the evening, a detachment of trooj*; march in to guard itcluring the nig* r * burglars could not penctra .nits’- * vault sin six weeks. . “May this historical rotninisconco re- kindlo the emhorn of patriotism in our hearts! Why should this tiatlon of ours be ront in pieco* by this irrepressible conflict ? Is it irrepressible? The bat- tlo will not bo fought out liorc. Whon the dark day comes, tu come it may, whon this question that now divides and agitates tho hearts of the people, can only bo decided by tlio bloody ar bitrament of tho sword, if will bo tho saildcsl day for us and all mankind that tho'suii of-Hcaven has ever shone np* sentiments breathed in these letters were loudly applauded, und created an unwonted enthusiasm. .- The State Road.—We learn that tho Road has-paid out of the earnings of Jftpuriry, a little over ten ' larsin satisfaction of judj compromise of old suits v stituted against tho I $33,000.-—‘Sou. Rec. An Ice Blunder!—A sentimeritai found weeping bitterly over the ico- houso—mistaking It for tho tomb of Washington. Geouoia Marule Works Bur^t.—Wo regrot to |earn ‘tlmt tho woll-KnowU Mnrblo Works lit lMokeiis County were consumed by tiro on ThUrsday night, 2d instant. Tho loss is from $(5,000 to $8,000. • A Wholesale Fish IJust.VBss.—Two thousand imshtJTbf catfish wero taken from . Iforicon IAko, ; Wisconsin, re cently, in one day. Tiio Milwauklo Nows thus relates the mode of their cap ture f ’ Y v ' • “TTorlcon Lake froze over very rapid ly during thb present winfor, und tliis 8j)oeics of fish being in a measure, nm- >hibiou3, must Jmvo Open wator iii order noxist. Tho closing up of the led drove tlmrrt to tho; foot. of the lake vrhoro men are ongagec] in cutting ic‘ for summer- use. Thus collected, tp-'. > getJior so thick that' tho cyo can no*. f ionetrate tho water tci the Duntli or six nclicfl, a basked I*.crowded down ink* thoir ml.1st, and immediately withdraw completely filled with fish, which are emptied into ri sloigh, and tho process is roneutod nguhi rind nguin. They aro purchased by fatmers at 25 eOtila jh)V sloigh load; they buy them to feed tho hogs.” Hon. Tiiaddkus Stevens and, tiik “Crack or Doom.”—Tho .Lancaster. Ex press commenting qn a skoteh of lion. Thaddcus Stevens, says: • - . • “Tho latest arid- host jo|«o of Mr. ft., however, Is tho , reason ho gi res for voting for Ponnington, Of New Jersey. It will bo rocollooted by bur readers, that about n week since he announced his intention of sticking to ; Mr< Shev- man until tho ^erribk of doom.'' But on Friday hoyoted for Mr. Penning ton. Supposing, no doubt, that his friends at home wondered how he could reconcile that voto with.his previous dec laration, ho wrote to ono or them to re lievo thoinselyos qf any , apprehensions, lie said that on Friday morning, lm had been reading an^account orthe ^narth- auako in SoutlnC that was a "little crack,” and concluded to go for. Now Joraoy l” MuRDEn i n Waynes!ior6’. Wo nro in formed that a difficulty occurred in Wriy- nesboro’ on Monday, botwoen Mr, John TJ. Owon and John W. Wulkor overseer for Col..Davis iu wjiioh tho former was shot by the latter,and instantly killed PaKsongers by the train yesterday mor- ning t stato that a posso of oflfeers at tempted to.arrest Walker. IIo stood in the door of hUhouso with ri loaded gun in his baud, and threatened to shoot tho first man who advanced.— Upon this, it is. said, souie ono of tho posse fired at Walker, killing him anti ono of his children, and wounding his wife. These are all tho iqp'ticulurs iv ahl which we hay o . a? yet beeiV able to glean; and. if thoy are correct, it was certainly one of the most’bloody trage dies we have evriv been called on to rc- cor^.—Augusta Chronicle. • • • • . 1 • X “Ticket Sir.”—A good story is rolut- ladr-yisitor to , Mount Vcmon SttoTb viU ng o! ,vho Poetry a OaimtAl OrrENCE 1—It' is thus related in Scottish Annals:—‘.‘In 1579, an act was passed against idle beggars and sic as make themselves' fools and;bards.” And tlm Annuls go on to register j—(’Two Poets lmngodTn August.- under -riot- ; of against bard, and minstrels. 1 : u td Irishman ty, ysr honor ? Bojah- I- lionet nitp(rfiSo I was trim- way over tlio sail ocean in a was a strict church goiiig man, and waa always found promptly iii bis scut on tlio Sttbbatli. One .Saturday evening tbo train wns in very Idle and bo did nottakabis customary amount o! sleep, ivliiclt liowover did. hot jirovont ids a\- lemiing divine scrvico aa usual. Dur ing the serinon ho.xtntyitUngly roll into a troublml slcei>, soolliod.by tiiomoiiol- , l.nn.nrl In .° , ' 0U '' \°, ic0 ol tllO clergyman. Al( of a sudden ho sprung lip from Ida scat, Tarliamcnt *j mlst his lmt under hid arm and giv ing his neighbor id front a push shout* “ i' ‘Tiokot, sir I” “‘io startled noighboi Sprang to which tliorbugl] ,*nrou*ed “con* wildly around, ii, Instantly com- ition, ami “slid” itter from tho con- -- mm

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, February 17, 1860, Image 1