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^jjlfjtSDAY JiORNINW, MAY 30
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various newspapers, the G>«n'r
of V* nhQVe na nied rates, all things
’“SeS ,-is much the cheapest paper
c ° n - 5 flierokee Country.
I >\£ C ie greatly obliged to those
i w ho have assisted in getting
^/hirier “on its feet” again, and we
tbe ^thev will continue both their
1 fc ton«'’e y and influence in its behalf-
I P» °" i be our constant aim to pub-
l^Z vierestinq and reliable general
I '"J eommercial News paper.
Vl.t^-w.tf.
war of Races.
There is much ground for the appre-
. s i on s expressed in the following ex-
t from a private letter, that we are
^(3 to publish. We remember
pe eing s well authenticated anecdote
a few years since that is a true illustra
tion of the difference between North
ern and Southern people in their feel-
jog towards the negroes.
^ poor negro woman, who had been
& slave, emaciated, forlorn, and in a
B tarving condition, was begging in the
c ity of York. She went from
house to house, in the wealthy portion
of the city, begging for food. Doors
ffe re slammed in her face, and she re
ceived nothing but bitter words, uutil
finally she was met at the door of a fine
residence, by a lady who spGke kindly
to her, and supplied her wants. Over
come with gratitude, the poor creature
exclaimed, “bres God Misses, I know
you is from the Souf.” The negro’s in
lets were correct. There is a kind
ness of feeling that is engendered by
early associations between the two
races, under well defined rules of caste;
that wsBLptjherwise be impossible.
TheNortnSrn people—especially the
ladies, have a natural and instinctive
repugnance to being brought in contact
with the colored race, whatever may be
their abstract theories of equality.
The following is the extract alluded
to:
‘T was in Richmond at the time of
the recent riots there. I believe that,
unless the Radical inceniaries be stopp
cdfrom perambulating the South, a
war of races is inevitable. It may be
postponed awhile, but it will come as
snroas effect follows cause, if these de
mons be permitted to tamper with the
passions and prejudices nf the negroes.
My opinion is, that the negroes will ul
timately be driven out of the country
by Xorthem men. The only friends
the negroes have are the Southern peo
ple. There is an instinctive prejudice
of race, and the people of the North
are more under its dominion, than the
people of the South, because the latter
have overcome it, in a great degree, in
consequence of their life-long associa
tion with the " negroes. This instinc
tive prejudicejfor repugnance will as
sert itself as soon as a conflict takes
place between the two races and the
most re,en tless foe of the poor delud-
negroes rill be the people of the North.
At Richmond, on the day of the riot,
the Federal troops were keen to be let
loose upou the negroes.”
Brown Checked ly Greeley. —Even
Horace Greeley, says the Macon Tcle-
g'aph, the prince of Abolitionists and
Radicals, cannot stand the submission
doctrines .of Gov. Brown, and takes oc
casion in a late number of th<j Tribune,
to administer to the ex-functionary a
wholesome rebuke for his spaniel-like
truculence. It seems that our gallant
ex-Governor, who once preferred “an
nihilation of men, women and chil
dren” to submission to Yankee rule,
has gone so far with his project for
Southern humiliation as to make even
the Radicals stand aghast. The Tri
bune says:
“Casting far from him the lingering
non-sense of treason, although when
ttwns rampant he was as deep in it as
anybody, Gov. Brown says he is for ac
cepting reconstruction upon the terms
offered by Congress. ‘I say,’ says the
Governor, accept them, and live up to
f ■ t c ! ike 0160 W H° were beaten in
*ir fight, and who are bound to take what-
Tu le r? U men w ^° beat them offer.’—
be Governor goes rather further
an “ necessary. We do uot think
e rebels are bound to acquiesce in
®by terms; but they have no right to
® bamty, and they certainly ought to
‘ C ?P‘ propositions which are fair, just,
a nd reasonable.”
°Pirilon of Attorney General Stan*"
berry.
, ' e kave received this long expected
ocument, that was expected to eluci-
Obfe t ‘ le Sherman Bill. It is eight col-
fiMns long in large papers, and we
a veread three columns of it, and
,° Un no new light whatever. We will
? 1° get a readable synopsis of his
!! 6Ws * u t * Ine for our next issue, and
us present our readers with his con-
dsions, without his arguments, which
ers* 1 * 36 interestin S b° a few read-
tural Society to be formed in our city,
on the first Tuesday in June (sale day)
and they may learn from Mr. J. the Se
cret of his success in raising wheat.
A Good Exhibition.
We bad the pleasure, on last Tues
day night, of attending the entertain
ment of Messrs. Cary, Seals & Co., in
this place. Their “show” is a good one,
producing more real, hearty laughter
than we have witnessed in a long time.
Their performance is entirely chaste
and genteel, and we cordially recom
mend this company to the patronage
of a generous public.
ggy-For the benefit of the craft, we
propose to devote a small space of the
Courier to Masonic Literature, as there
is no Masonic paper published in Geor
gia. We will endeavor to select such
articles as will be interesting, and be
instructive, not only to the craft, but to
outsiders also. If any brother feels dis
posed to write a shoit article, we will
be pleased to give him the use of our
columns. We do this, believing it will
be the means of advancing the interest
of the Order.
A Pretty Store.
Our friend Smith Atkin has consid
erably beautified his store, by patting
down a nice oil cloth carpet, and hang
ing curtains to the windows, which
gives it an air of coziness and comfort
similar to a parlor. We are not sur
prised that tbe ladies love to call
there—everything seems so pleasant
about the place, and then he sells the
most desirable of goods so cheap, if you
have not already done so, give him a
call at first door above McDowell’s.
Floyd County Agricultural Society.
We publish to-day a call forameeting
to organize an Agricultural Society, for
the county. We have taken the liber
ty of putting two or three names to
this call of parties whom we know to be
favorable to the movement.
Wo are so confident that a society of
this kind, if properly conducted, will
be largely advantageous to the plant
ing interest, that we feel anxious that
the meeting should be attended by all
the farmers in the vicinity.
Fall Wheat.
-an !* nck of wheat has been placed on
> by SIr " Jones, sown on his
(banks of the Oostanaula,) former
Judge Wright, in the vi-
th y • ° Ur ci,y > wll ’ c h measures more
fJui *“ Peet * n Height, with large, per-
tical ' V \r" eCi heads " Mr. Jones is a prac-
(v a n * r S‘ n ia fanner, and the superior.
of °. . 1IS ' Ylleat crop this year, over that
En>n/ S j Deisbbor8 ’ demonstrates the
tW a 7 aa * a S e deep plowing and
. .ton ° Ugh tillage, over the Georgia, bull-
f;yStem of
■*ilrj 8 Wo Have heard it Baid that
°ur fanners attend tho Agricul-
High Rates or Interest,
We are informed that 5 per cent a
month is freely offered for money in
this city, and cannot be obtained even
at that rate. What on earth are we
comi ng to !
Have We a Radical Party in Geor
gia;
We learn from the Atlanta papers
that at the close of Judge Kelley’s har
angue, that Col. Farrow atinouced from
the stand, that there would be a Union
“Republican” Convention at Atlanta
on tbe 4th of July. Union Republican
translated into Georgia dialect, means
a Radical pr.rty, composed of blacks
and whites, tbe blacks largely predomi
nant. But why should ‘here be a Rad
ical party in G -orgia ? The whole aim
and object of the Radical party, is to
tyrannize over and oppress the people
of the South. If the South had her
political rights, the Radical party could
not exist a year. They know that.—
They feel and admit, ttunjj their exis
tence ns a political party, depends up
on keeping the South in bondage. This
is the reason, and the only reason why
there is a Radical party at the North.
Bv» are there any men in Georgia that
want to keep the South in bondage ?—
If r.ot, there can be no Radical or
“Union Republican party” in Georgia.
A man who is willing to sell the politi
cal salvation of the South, may join
the Radicals for the sake of office, and
some may be induced to join them
through ignorance. We do not class
£.11 who are willing to reconstruct
on the principles of the Sherman bill as
Radicals, by any means, but a Georgia
Radical of tbe Henry Wilson school,
must be a knave, or very ignoiant in
political matters.—Federal Union.
Chattooga Comity Snperiot Court Ad
journed.
We leern that Judge Milner has ad
journed the above named court to the
first Monday in September next. Ju
ries, witnesses and other parties inter
ested, will take notice of this change,
and govern themselves accordingly.
The Crojs.—Mr. Fitzpatrick, who
has just returned from Putnam county,
informs us that the wheat in that sec
tion is nearly ready to cut, and the
yieid is estimated at 15 to 20 bushels
per acre. He saw one piece which he
thinks will yield not less than 20 bush
els per acre, and will be, harvested in
a few days. In this parti of the coun
try wheat is now witheut'doubt beyond
the reach of injury from rust. The cool
weather, while it may have sligntly
damaged the corn and cotton, has been
an advantage to the wheat in keeping
off the rust.—[Madison News, 25lh.
Murdered Soldier*
The remains of a soldier belonging
to this garrison were found in the
vicinity of the cemetery on Sunday.
We learn that it was indentified as the
body of private Sink, of Company K,
33d United States Infantry, who had
been missing for several days. By what
means, or by whom, deceased come to
his death is not known. The condition
of the body when it was found indica
ted that it had lain there for three or
four days, and that it had been carried
from the common highway and deposi
ted in an isolated spot in the bushes
not far from the cemetery. The pre
sumption is that the deed was perpe
trated for purposes of robbery, while
deceas -d was passing front the city to
the barracks, which are just beyond
the cemetery.—At. Intel, of the 28.
ace or Masonry.—We find an item
taken from a Glasgow paper, stating
that St. John’s Lodge, No. 2. of that
city, has recently celebrated the 809th
anniveisary of its existence, it having
been erected by charter from King
Malcolm, in 1057. We should like to
see the muster roll of that lodge* begin
ning more than eight centuries ago,
and running along with the ages to
the present time. Wbat kings and
kingdoms have risen and fallen since
the gavel was first sounded in its East.
How the world has changed, and what
progress has been made in scienco-aruv
art 1 Eight hundred . years in'the life
‘time of a lodge: ' _
“CAN
[For the Rome Courier.]
THIS BE SO?”
Dedicated to the Lady who gave the four
firot lines Below
When. Beelzebub first to'make mischief be
gan, •
He tempted Urn woman—she gull’d the poor
This Moses asserts, from hence we infer,
That woman rules man, but the devil rules
her.”
A Lord wrote this, within whose breast
No thought of Heaven had e’er found rest,
But all his venom is harmless froth,
Well fit to simmer o’er his parent’s broth
For Beelzebub doubtless was the sire
Of this bastard poet, who dares aspire,
To make woman worse than devils are.
I read the lines, and was in love
Yes, in love, and by the sun so bright above,
’Twas with a woman, too, for she was fair,
With rosy cheeks, and raven hair.
And wheu fickle chance to me proves kind
To her, will thus relieve my mind;
Let thunders roll along the sky,
Let stormy clouds rush madly by,
Let lightnings through the Heavens dart,
And earth from her foundations start;
Let Phaethon drive the “car” once more;
Let rock rib’d caverns howl and roar,
Let wild waves dash upon the shore,
And man, his fellow man ignore;
Let Heaven and earth in anger meet,
Then backward to their place retreat;
Let furie^owl and hydras fell,
The turbid waves of cocytus swell,
Until they o’erspread the earth,
Where friends may revel in joyous mirth;
Let darkness take the place of light,
’Till reigns supreme eternal night;
Let nature, parting, gasp for breath,
Close her eyes in dreadful death,
And ruinous havoc high carnival keep,
While a sorrowing world shall wail and
weep;
Let all that appeals to passion or fear,
Unto my wondering sight appear,
Whether it be of earth, or Heaven above,
And warn me not to seek thy love;
I’d defy them all, and firmly stand,
An humble suitor for thy hand;
For what were nature’s peace to me,
If I resigned my claim to thee;
Though she might bleed at every pore,
And deluge worlds with her crimson gore,
What were nature’s sorrows to me,
Since I live hut to love, and that love is for
thee.
May 24th, ’67.
[Communicated.]
Attention Farmers.
An Agricultural Society having been
organized at Cave Spring, composed of
most of the leading farmers in the low
er part of Yuod’s Valley, we think an
effort should be made to get up a simi
lar Association in Rome. With this
view, we cordially invite our country
friends, who till the soil, to meet at the
City Hall, in Rome, at 9 o’clock, on the
first Tuesday in June, for the" purpose
of organization.
The benefits resulting from such a
society are too apparent to need de
monstration. -
Samuel Mobley, Jos. Ford,
John R. Freeman, John Skinner,
C H Smith,
A A Jones,
C W Mills,
John Jones,
W F Ay«-r,
Lewis D Burwell,
Dr. CE Ayer,
J R Stevens,
"A Cumming,
W S Cothran,
Dunlap Scott,
Samuel Gibbous
The
Financial Prospect--A Bine
Lookout.
The New York’-?tines sees “breakers
ahead.’ JSoting the report at Wush
ington that the Secretary of the Treas
ury expresses the opinion very freely
that no further ieduction of the pub
lic debt need be expected at present,
and that the chances are that the debt
will be increased within the next three
months, the editor goes on to say :
“We fear we are approaching the
end of the agreeable delusions wt have
been missing in regard to our debts
aDd taxes.
Business is dull—prices are so ex
orbitant that labor,'which commands
enormous wages, can scarcely earn a
living—the profits of all branches of
industry have fallen off, and everybody
begins to feel comparatively poor.— nates-
Evidences of this are seen in every di
rection. There is nothing like the ex
penditure among business men, or in
society or private life, that was wit
nessed e year ago. The Park is nr*
longer crowded with showy equipages.
Costly dinners, extravagant displays of
wealth at evening ' parties, lavish ex
expenditures for luxury in dress no
longer characterize our fashionable cir
cles. All this is apparent, and indicates,
unmistakably, a very different state of
things from what has ex.sted hitherto
since the war. Men no longer look up
on taxation as a trifle. They feel it as
a burden—growing heavier and heavi
er, instead of lighter, every, day.. Tbe
return of incomes in this city will not
be one-half what it was last year; and
the same thing is said to be true
throughout the country.
The action of Congress at the last
session tended to make things worse.—
It was utterly impossible to get the at
tention of the majority to the finances
as a subject of paramount importance.
Political projects absorbed their atten
tion. Nearly half the aggregate in
come tax was deliberately tnrown away.
Instead of aiding and fostering South
ern industry, so as to augment Southern
ability to pay its sh-ire of taxation,
every thing done tended to depress and
crush it. Not a dollar of aid was giv
en to repair the Mississippi Levees,,
though that measure alone would have
yielded millions through tbe sugar tax.
The culture of cotton was taxed. Capi
tal in tbe South was loaded with ex
actions and disabilities which it was
utterly unable to bear. Tbe lessons of
experience and common sense were de
liberately sacrificed, in every direction,
to political passion or personal interest.
The adjustment of duties on foreign
imports was made in utter disregard of
its relations to the revenue, and be
came a venal and disgraceful scramble
among special interests for Government
favor and protection.
All .these acts are just now. beginning
to bear their natural fruits. The reve
nue is falling off heavily; progress in re
deeming the public debt must be sus
pended; taxation begins to be felt by
all classes as a heavy burden—and
there is every prospect that all these
evils will grow worse and worse, instead
of being relieved and removed.- Enor
mous claims, still unliquidated, remain
to be added to the aggregate of the pub
lic debt, and -there is at least an even
chance that the taxation of tbe isdus-
rather than diminished, to meet the
exactions of the impending future.
Tue People of Augusta and Recon
struction.
‘'Mack,” writing to the Cincinnati
Commercial, makes the following observ
ation :
The people of Augnstaare not so well
reconciled to the situation as I think
they are in other portions. I would not
be understood as saving that they dis
play anything like a spirit of rebellion,
or that they are in *ny reasonable sense
of the word, “disloyal” But they don’t
like the Military act, and though they
may register under it, and vote under
it, it will be with feelings very far from
agreeable. They have no stomach for
negro suffrage—and 1 don’t blame them
very much, fer the negroes are in the
majority hereabout, and, with the ef
forts being made by Northern Radi
cals to array the b.acks in a political
party against- the whites, the negroes
may control the politics^of. this section
of the State. If they were let alone, I
think the two races would agree very
well; there would be no .disposition to
oppress the necro—the ballot in his
hand would prevent that; but when
men come here from the Noith to tell
the negroes that their late masters are
their natural enemies, and that they
must vote them down and keep them
down, it requires no gift of prophecy to
foretell that the result must be to en
gender animosity against' the blacks,
which may yet lead to fearful results.
If the whites are taught\.tb see. in the
black men, wHo not only^expect to rule
them by political majorities, but.to own
their lands and their houses through
the agency of a confiscation bill, it is
difficult to see why they should have a
very tender regard lor-them. So far as
there exists any dislike to the negroes
here, it is only as the agents and pro
teges of the Northern Radical party
which recognizesThad Stevens -as its
leader, and confiscation as an impor
tant article of its creed.. . The same is
true of the spirit of loyqlty or disloyal
ty, os it is sadly misnamed, toward the
Government. If men who do not be
lieve in Sumner and Thad Stevens as
the wisest and best of statesmen are
disloyal—there are not many loyal men
in the South. If, however, any man is
willing to obey the laws, and who, what
ever his opinion as to the right of se-
cesssion, is convinced of its impractica
bility, then it is very safe to say that
there is quite as little disloyalty in the
South as there is in the North. Take
Alexander H-JStephens as an illustra
tion. There is not a man North or
South who would be more rejoiced than
he to see the Union restored on a per
manent and fraternal basis. This 1
know from my conversation with him.
Ue religiously believes in the right of
secession, but thinks it a right which
was and always will be madness to ex
ercise. He says you might as well try
to separate the waters of the Atlantic
i.i mid ocean, as to divide tbe United
States into two nationalities. And yet
he was denounced by blatherskite poli-
tHans in the United States Senate a
year ago, because the war had’nt
changed his opinion as to the right of
secession. War. never settled a princi
ple yet—and never will; and tbe late
war settled nothing more than the fact
that a minority, rebelling against a ma
jority cannot break up the American
Union. Whycanri t the Union men
of the North strike bands with Alex
ander U. Stephen's and such men of the
South* on tbe impracticability of seces
sion, since tbq.tight of it is :bnl^-Vmat-
ter of opinion, which- no war can change
one way or the other.
Greeley and Gerrit Smith on Con.
fiscatlon.
On the subject of confiscation, Mr.
Greeley said :
“Now, what about confiscation ? ' I
have heard in Richmond that colored
men will not buy homes or land be
cause they are expecting homesteads as
the fruit of confiscation. (Dat so!”
from black;“not so!” from a. white
man.) Believe me, friend, you can
much sooner ea-n a home. Confisca-
cation is the work of years, by a. te
dious legal process. If we .have passed
through tbe exasperations of the last
two years without carrying this idea
into execution, we need net hope for
it now. Thad Stevens, the great man
who heads the movement, and who is.
perhaps, one of the greatest men who
ever sat in Congress, is the only advo
cate of such a course among all our Sen
ators and Representatives. No bill has
ever been reported to attain such a re
sult since the surrender of the rebel ar-
The speaker, contining, remarked
that, in his judgment, confiscation
would be attended with famines and
disasters such as ne ver before attended
this coun’ry. Mr. Steven^ argued that
$500,000,000 would be put in the Treas
ury by confiscation; but history had
ney£r furnished an example where
$500,000,000 bad been put into any
Treasury by confiscation. Confiscation
bred deadly feuds. The’ feuds com
menced in consequence of the confisca
tion of lands in Ireland by Cromwell, 2
hundred years ago, were not settled, to
day. He did not believe that any wise
man who was the friend of the black
man, would advise them td wrest land
by confiscation from their , neighbors.”
Mr. Smith, who was one of ; the ear
liest and has been the most consistent
abolitionist in the country,“ssid :
The North was.as responsible as the
South for slavery. He ha^iont^nded
for this in the North. He had been
chased by many mobs in, .,bi» lifetime,
but never by a Southern mob. They were
all Northern pro slavery -irfobs. Judi
cial annals of the Northern States
showed tbatslavery was countenanced
by decisions in the courts upholding
the slave law. .
The Northern people, cunaiBgly as
Yankees are wont to do, gave to " their
schools and colleges a pro-slavery char
acter. Slavery in the South .helped
the North a great deal. In fact, the
Nortb derived more benefit from sla
very than the South did.
“Yon ” said he, “only held the cow
while we milked her.” (Great laugh-
jer l
[Here John Oliver (coloredjjiroposed
three cheers for Gerrit Smitti, >liich
were given heartily.]
He had said that there was a com
mon responsibility between the North
and tbe South for the war. Let them
both mingle their tears of repentance,
and let neither of them say, “I am
in lie then spoke of the charity he would
gladly extend to the Southern people
to relieve their wants, and if he could,
ho would for a half a dozen years re
lieve them from direct Federal-tax.
The speaker next took up the sub
ject of tbe relation of the whites^ and
blacks towards each other. Why should
not the whites love the blacks? Think
of them for generations tojhug for yon
patiently and earnestly. Think of this,
F ‘ love them, for such is Qod.s will,
e agreed with. Mr.. Greeley that
utq« rltiA thA colored
people by those who had left them dur
ing the war in charge of their family
and property, and in nainstance was it
known that they had violated their
trust.
He then urged the wliitelandholders
to facilitate the blacks in getting
homes; for when they had a home they
would be belter citizens. He enjoined
upon them not to be unwilling to sell
lands to the blacks; for if you do, they
willjudge you to be their persecutors.
Sell them cheap, and give. them a
long pay day. Don’t grudge them their
new-born freedom and their newly ac
quired right of the ballot. Acquiesce
in this new state of affairs. They have
got these rights, and they are due
them. He would also caution the
whites against impartial Legislation.
The blacks he asked, why could they
not love tbe whites ? (The colored
portion of the audience here shouted
almost to a man. “We do love them.”
Tnis drew out applause from the whites
whiab was respoaded to by the blacks,
and very good feeling was evinced.)—
The speaker was pleased at this. He
said it was the best thing be had heard
daring the evening.
Sad Affair—The Last of Parkman.
We have already made mention in
the telegraphic columns of the Mail, of
the escape from the Cahaba jail and
drowning of John M. Parkman. From
the Selma papers we learn additional
particulars of tbe siqi affair. With the
circustances attending the suspension
of-the National Bank in Selma, and
the subsequent development, including
the fight, pursuit, arrest, return and
imprisonment of its late President,
John M. Parkman, Esq., our readers
are familiar. On Thursday evening
last, while the steamer Gertrude, with
a pleasure excursion from Selma on
board, was lying at Cahaba, and many
of tbe citizens of that place were on the
banks of the river, Mr. Parkman sprang
through the door of the jail as it was
opened by (he jailor, and ran swiftly to
wards the river, ditant less one hun
dred yards. A shot fired at him by tbe
jailor missed him; and reaching'the
water, be threw himself into it, not as
a swimmer, and sank without, appar
ently an effort to keep afloat, flesev
eral times came to the surface as he
was borne towards the boat, some fifty
yards below the point at which he en
tered tbe water, and at bit disappeared
under the wheel of the steamer to'rise
no more alive.
Probably a hundred persons saw
him from the moment be left the jail
door until he disappeared beneath the
water, but not more than two or three
minutes elapsed from the time he left
tbe walls of the prison until he finally
passed from sight, and nothing could
be done to rescue him.—Mont. Mail.
University of Georgia— Course of
Lectures by W. L. Jones, M. D.—Ar
rangements having been completed for
the re-organizition of the Agricultural
Department of the University of Geor
gia, the Lectures of the Terrell Profes
sorship will be resumed on Monday,
June 10th. A new and commodious
hall, furnished with requisite appli
ances, has been fitted up for the use of
this Department. Other auxiliaries,
tributary to the enlarged methods of
instruction in this branch of useful
science, have been secured. Feeling
well assured that the great interest
now prevading the mind of the State,
on the subject of an improved Agricul
ture, calls for special efforts in this de
partment of the University,-the Trus
tees have recently adopted such meas
ures as seem calculated to meet the
public wants. By means of these lec
tures, they hope to give the basis, at
least,.of a practical education in Agri
culture. The modes of instruction
will be thoroughly experimental, so as
to enable any one, trained to ordinary
habits of observation, to apply the
ascertained ‘results of science, to tbe
work of the farm and the plantation.
Agreeably to the terms of the Ter
rell Endowment, these lectures will be
free to tbe public. Farmers and plan
ters in Georgia and other States are
hereby invited to avail themselves of
tho advantages thus) offered. Tbe
course of instruction will commence
June 10, and continue each day for two
weeks.
The Second Military District.
Charleston, May 26.- Gen. Sjgkels
this evening issued an order in the
case of the negroes concerned in the
recent street car riots. In view of the'
general good conduct of colored people
in trastito. to the action of I be authori
ties for the recognition and enforce
ment of these rights and privileges, all
are released, excepting William Har-
perjand John F.' Stewart, who, being
charged with stoning the cars, resist
ing the police in the discharge of their
duties, and inciting others to riotous
conduct, are remanded for trial by the
military commission.
In the case ofStephen Calhoun Smith,
charged with mui dating the national
flag, at the Firemen’s parade, the order
says the only extenuating circnmstance
is the prisoner’s acknowledment of
guilt, coupled with the avowal that the
act. was committed in a moment of
undue excitement, and the expression
of sincere contrition for the offense.—
Prominent and influential citizens
have petitioned for Smith’s pardon,
representing that the offense received
no countanance in the community, and
it appearing that the confinement al
ready undergone by the accused, ad
ded to fie condemnation of tbe com
munity, will sufficiently admonish
him of the consequences of his mis
conduct, it is ordered he be discharg
ed.
Texas Afijirs.
Galvestox, May 27.—An attempt to
collect taxes here, levied during the
war in Confederate carrency, which
would sacrifice the property of Union
men, called forth an order from Gen.
Griffin, forbidding tbe collection of such
taxes.
Judge Reeves, of the 9th District of
Texas, decides that negroes are not
competent witnesses in the trial of
white men.
Tbe Sheriff of Victoria refuses to
take greenbacks as legal tenders.
To Educate Freedmen.
Pbovidencc, R. E, May 27. - -The will
ofSbuball Hutchins, a leading mer
chant of this city, who died lost week,
bequeaths $10,000 for the improvement
and education of-negroes in the South.
New York Markets.
New York, May 27. —Cotton firm.—
Sales of 1,000 bales at 27 cents.
Flour dull, and declined 10 to 20
cents. Wheat has declined- 2 to 3
cent*. Corn steady, and in good de
mand. Provisions quiet and unchang
ed. Sugar' steady, and a gobd demand
for coffee. .
Exchange firm at 100J to lOOf. Gold
closed at 36} to 37. Governments quto
et anil unchanged. Stocks closed firm,
Heirs of Suspended and Expelled Ma-
b* ob oi itwmni
The benificiary lights which a Ma :
son acquires, as such, he acquires also
for his immediate family, especially for
wife and children, lie acquires, them
by beinga * Mason in good standing,”
and he maintains those rights until his
death, and they are transmitted to bis
widow and orphans aftef .death; by
maintaining his “good st inding.”
It follows, therefore) by parity reason
ing, that whatever rights he loses dur
ing his life-time, and remain lost to his
death; are ipso facto lost to- His heirs.—
He loses them by suspension of expul
sion, and with those benificiary rights
he loses all honor, rank, title, and even
the name of “Mason.” A lodge, there
fore, cannot dispense it* funds to the
heir of such art one, any more than they
can dispense IheUi to a prdfuno: This
a hard judgment od
but. every one
nf - it. Bro.
B. (1; be neg
1
and
and
1862, a:
and cl:
a Mason
fused. Why
during those ten yea
pleasure, profit and protection ui ti.e
Craft, and never paid one cent toward
itssupp.ort, until they could stand it
no longer, and suspended him until be
paid U|s he dies in the meantime, and
justly forfeits all claims that he or his
may have on the fraternity. As a gen
eral rule, those who do most work, and
pay most promptly, present the fewest
claims tor relief, while tho e who first
call on the Fraternity are, eight times
out of ten, those wbo never attend
Lodge, and dodge the payment of dues.
Every true Mason will leap at the op
portunity of rendering.relief to a worthy
biother and his family.—Freemason.
. Important Information.
U. S. LAND OFFICE, 1
Huntsville, Ala., May 22, 1867. J
Eds. Independent: One statement in
the article you published in this morn
ing’s issue, on “Homestead Settlements
In tbe United States,” is calculated to
mislead the people of Alabama, as re
gards making entries of Pubic Lands-
That article says "no restriction what
ever is placed upon the number of acres
that any person may acquire by pur
chase, either at public sale or by private
entry.” This statement is correct so
far as all the >‘tates are concerned, ex
cept Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas and florid-; in thee
States only a half quarter section or
eighty acres, can be eetered, and this
only under the Homestead Law; the
intention of the same being that poor
men, without land, may have the first
chance to absorb all the public lands
within their limits, and so well is tbe
law guarded in this respect, that even
land warrants caunot be located in tbe
same.
Very Respectfully,
Your obedient Servant,
E. C. Hatton,
Register Land Office.
The Religion of Masonry.
“Never intermeddling with points of
doctrine, in politics or religion, Mason
ry labors to improve the social order,
by enlightening men’s minds, by warm
ing men’s heart* with love of the good,
bv inspiring them with tbe great prin
ciple of human fraternity, by require-
ing of itsdisciples that their language
and actions shall conform to that prin
ciple: that they shall enlighten one
another, triumph over their passions,
abhor vice, and pity the vicious man as
one afflicted with a deplorable malady.
It is the universal, eternal, immutable
religion ; such as God planted it in the
heart of universal humanity. Its min
isters are all the Masons who compre
hend it, and are devoted to it. its
offerings to God are good works: the
sacrifice of the base and disorderly
passions, and perpetual efforts.to attain
to all the moral prefection of which
man is capable.—American Quarterly
Review.
Tbe Most Beantifnl Hand.
Two charming women were discussing
one day what it is which constitutes beauty
in the hand.. They differed in opinion as
much as the shape of ‘the beantifnl member
whose merits they :Wpre. discussing. A
gentleman friend presented himself, and by
common consent the qnestion was' referred
to him. It. was a delicate matter. He
thought of Paris and the three goddesses
Glancing from one to the other of the beau
tiful white hands presented for. his exami
naiion.be replied at last: “Igive it up,
the qnestion is too bard for me; but ask the
poor, and thay will teil you the most beauti
ful hand in the world is the hand that
gives.”
A Hove pou Mr. Davis.—The Mississippi
ans are inaugurating a movement to raise
means to purchase a home for Mr. Davis, at
the capital of the State.
“Coming Events,” Ac.—A foreign paper
makes the following delicate butsigniucant
announcement.
The Empress Eugenie will never be better
until she’s been worse.
Tdb Cost of Military Despotism.—
A Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune shows that the ex
pense of the War Department, includ
ing the Freedmen’s Bureau, for the
last two months and seven days,
amount to within a friction of twenty-
six millions of dollars, or, for the year,
from a hundred and twenty to a hun
dred and fiftv millions 1
What a startling exhibit is this for
the taxpayers 1 And yet, every dollar
of it except, perbeps, fifteen or twenty
millions, is wholly uncalled for and
unnecessary. This vast amount is paid
out of the pockets of the people sim
ply to gratify Radical vengence and
keep tbe Radical party ia” power.—
How long will the honest, hard-working
men of the Nortb stand this drain up
on the sweat of their brows?
gS5“An English traveler, by mistake,
left an undergarment at a country inn,
where he had passed a night. He
wrote to the ^landlady to forward to
him the missing article, whereupon he
received the following reply:
My gentle sir, pray don’t feci hurt;
I’ll frankly tell you all about it:
I’ve made a shift if your eld shirt,|
And you must make a shift without it.”
g®*Three dogs in the neighborhood
of Kenton, Ohio, a few days ago, kil
led forty sheep, worth from $4 to $5
per head. To test tbe guilt of one of
the dogs, he was taken into a doctor’s
office," chloroform administered, an
opening made and his stomach examin-.
ed. Wool being found in that organ,
they concluded net to sew him up
again.
A Ghent Labor-Saving Mancbirife.
We, the undersigned citixeds of Rod*,
would sdy. iri behalf of “Hair* Uniterfil
Washing MifcMine,” after full trial and u!*/
that; in' conJiderailon 6’f Hi cheapness, tha
durability o*f the machine", th'e ease and
quickness of motion, the small amount ^of
soap required, and tie protection of the -
clothes, wtAild fetomiffeWd it to d generous-
public. . . .
TUeie machines are ffiintjfactnrcd by L <
S. Bentley; arid cari be seorf at life store oif
Anderson A Lamkin, Romo, Ga." , .
P. M. Shil.ly, O. W. F. Lamkin,
j. A. Stewart, Saim’I; F. Powers, i
Wm. Wist; John W. Noble,
James N ible; Sr:; J. J: Cobon.
apiiS-'triiw-tf.
who desire it, he will send a copy
■escription used (frceof charge) with
TO CONSUMPTIVES*
The advertisef, having been restored to
healtii in a few WoeM by a very simple rem
edy, after Having suffered for several years
with a severe lung affection, and that dread
disease Consumption—is anxious to make
known to his fellow sufferers the means of
cure.
To all
of the prescription i . ,
the directions for preparing arid ilsiriij th's
same, which they will find a scre c bnE__fof
Consumption. Asthma, BRONcriijis, Coughs;
Cold's, tind Threat arid Long Affections.-—
The only object of the advertiser in sending
the prescription is to benefit the afllicted,
and spread information which he conceives
to be invaluable, and be hopes every suffer
er will try bis remedy, as it will cost them
nothing, and may prove a blessing. Parties
wishing the prescription, fbex, by rettint
mail, will please address. , . . '
REV. EDWARD A: WlLSON..
Williamsburg. Kings Co:, New York.'
may 2,1867.—twawly.
ERRORS OF YOUTH:
A gentlcmdn who suffered f«r years frbnf
Nervous Debility, Premature" Defcay, rind alt
tbe effects of youthful indisefetiott. will ior
the sake of siiffcrihg humanity, send free to'
all Who need it, the recipe and directions
for making the simple remedy by which be'
was cured, Sufferers wishing to profit by
the advertiser’s experience, can do so by
addressing in perfect confidence.
JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar Street, N. Y.
may2 twtwly.
§Im J&dmftsmenfa
BEEF CONTRACT
TO SUPPLH THE GARRISON AT ROME
S EALED PROPOSALS to supply the U.S.
Troops at the Post epitome, Ga., with
Fresh Beef for the nexi six months, com
mencing June lath, 1867, will be received
at tbe Office of the Post Commissary Rome/
Ga., until the 12th day of June, 1867.
The Fresh beef to be of good marketable'
quality, (Tennessee or Kentneky cattle pre
ferred) in equal proportion of fore and hind
quarter meat (necks, shanks and kidney
tallow excluded); in such quantities as may
be from time to time required. The necks)
to be cut off at fourth vertebral joint, an a.
the breast trimmed down. The shanks of
fore quarters tv be cut off four inches above
the knee joint, and el bind quarters from!
six to eight inches above the gambrel joint.
Payment will be made monthly.
Proposals must be made in duplicate with
a copy of this advertisement attached.
The Government reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids.
L. E. CAMPBELL,
2d LL 33d U. S. Inf.t’y,
Acting Commissary of Subsistence."
ma2S'G7-td
POLK COUNTY SHERIFF SALE. /
W ILL be sold before the Court House’ /
door in Cedartown, on the first Tue*-". ■
day in July next, within the legal hours et ’
sale, the following property, viz:
Lots of Land No; . 281, 282, 149, 22S, 224/
223, in tbe 2d District and 4th Section, of " - T
now Polk county. levied on by virtue of two! -
fi. fas. iscurd from the Justices’ Court of the
1076 Distri.t, G. M. ot said county—Levy ;
made and retnrujd to me by a Constable—
Levied on os the pr jpertv of E.R. Diamond— ' '
fi. fa, in favor of Wiley, Johnson A Co.—■'
Proprrty pointed out by Plaintiff’s Atto£7--^S*f I
ney. E. W. CLEMENTS, ■
’may31, Sh’rf." j '
DADE SHERIFF SALE FOR JULY:
W ILL be sold before the Court Hound
door in the town of Trenton, Dadd,
county, Ga.. withithin the usual hours of
sa'e, on tbe first Tuesday in July next, the'
following property, to wit.
Lot of Land No 119, in the 19th District
and 4th Section, of originanlly Cberoke'47
now Dade county, levied on as the property
of the Planter’s Bank of the Stale of GeoF-"
gia, to satisfy a cost fi. fa. of Dr: Stephens',’
for the use of the officers of Court, iss'udi
from Dade Superior Court—Property point-'
ted oat by Plaintiff
SHADBICK STEPHENS,
may 23 Dept. Sb’ff.
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GEORGIA, Floyd County.
\ CT~HEREAS A. B. Smith, ‘Administrate?
V of Green T. Pa-ton,represents to’ fhd
Court in bU petition duly filed and. CntereiJ
on record, that he has fully administered
Green T. Parton’s estate.
This is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause,
if any they can, why said Administrator
should not be discharged from bis Adminis
tration and receive letters of dismissiob’Oh
the first Monday in December next. Gfverit
under my hand and official Signature, <bi»
14th day of May, 1867. . .
JESSE LAMBERTS,-
mayl4-p6m CrdinaVy.
ADMINISTRATOR'S KALE.
W ILL be sold at tbe Court House do6r
door in Trenton, Ga., under an order
of the Honorable Court of Ord : nary of
Dade county, on tbe first Tuesday in July,
1867, within the legal hours of sale, one-half
of Lto of Land Ro. 78, in the 10th District
and 4th Section. Also one-half of Lot or
Land No. 79, in the 10th District arid' 4th'
Section, originally Cherokee, now D’ade
county, belonging to the estate of William
Street, deceased, and sold for the prirpbse
of distribution of said estate. Terms’, of
sale, credit until 25th day of Becerirbfer,
1S67, with note and approved Se'cuffty.
S. C. HALE;
Adm’r upon the estate of
mayl8 William Street, (feed'sSeif.
GEORGIA, Folk County.
T WO months after date application will
be made to tbe Ordinary of Polk county
for leave to sell the real estate' belonging to
the estate of Dr. H: Witch'd?/ lata of skid
eoanty, deceased.
A: FARfrEN,
may21-w2m Adm’r
The House of Mercy
FOR PRODIGAL SONS.
H OWARD ASSOCIATION, Philadelphia
_ Pa., established on tho prindiplds" of
Christian Charity, fol" th’e' relief and cure
of Misguided Young" Meri : , vlad’ have de
stroyed their _ manly pow.ers by Errors,
Abuses and Diseases, incident , to Puberty,
and early life. Essays a'ud Reports, with
plan of new treatment, s':rit iri sealed letter
envelopes,- free of charge. Ad drees Drl J.
SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Assoiatron,
Philadelphia,- Pa.- [may!8-twjtw34
Agricultural
itfrafc
jJSy“Jobn,” said the bote -tlie other _
day to an apprentice, as he was a boot which will be s'oid cheap!' Call on” Meat
leaving home to be absent awhile,- Burnett A Jones, at the Blount Building
“Yob must fake my place while l air
gone,”
. . "Thank you, siif’ replied lohn, with
a downcast look, “I’d rather sleep with
the boys, sir!”
A S the germ of an A-gricuTttfrml Imple
ment establishment hi Rome, I have
received .400 most approved patterns—one
and two horse Avery - Plows—manufactured
in Virginia—also a lot of Stia# Cutters—
—t-rx-i =i v- -sat w Messrs,
. <®ng off
et, Whfo will show samples and
siieuu vosaMns hi my absence. Planters and
tbtee who wish to buy to sell again will find
it to their interest to examine these imple
ments before purchasing.
feb2-tw*w-tf . J. R. STEVENS.