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WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.’ 1
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ROME, GA„ FRIDAY MORNING* JUNE 7, 1867.
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jjjVABIABLY IN ADVANCE.
To dubs of Five or more ene copy
listed sra‘‘ s
will be
milieus*——
,, ftn Cotton Rags wanted in exchange for
'..nor at three cents per lb.
P’P" M. DWINELL,
Proprietor.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
C.u a of Land by Administrators, Exec-
° „ r Guardians, are required by law to
hdd on the first Tuesday in each month,
‘ He hours of ten in the forenoon
d three in the afternoon, at the Court
louse in’the county in which the property
i Yodels of these sales must be given in a
Lblie izn-ctte 40 days previous.
Notices of the sale of personal property
1st bo siren in like manner, through a
lblie saictte » day* previous to sale day.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an es-
ite, must be published 40 days.
Notice the ^applications will be made to
■e Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land
mst he published for two months.
CiUt'ons for letters - of Administration,
lairdianship ic., must be publishod 30
ji-s-for dismission irom Administration,
ninthly fix months—for dismission from
uardiansbip, 40 days.
Buies for the foreclosure of Mortgages
ust be published monthly for four months
■for establishing lost papers, for the full
ice of three months—for compelling titles
Executors or Administrators; where
has been given by the deceafoJ, for the
11 space ot three months.
Publications will always be continued
wording to these, the legal requirements,
iless otherwise ordered, at the fallowing
RATES.
lend
Iherira Sales per levy of ten lines or
I less $ 3 00
PherifTs Mertgige fi. fa. sales, per
I lew, - .••••••••••. 5 00
hi Collector’s sales, per levy,,.. ; 5 00
l.tations for letters of Administration... 3 00
Titations for letters of Guardianship 3 00
Police ot application for - dismission
J from Administration, 6 00
police of application for dismission
1 from Guardianship, 4 00
Application to sell land — 6 00
Eotieeto Debtorsand Creditors, 3 00
pale of Land, persquare,
Pale of perishable property, 10 days...
astray Notices, 60 days,
forecioeure of Mortgage, persquare..
for man advertising his wife, (in ad-
r 10 0 0
5 00
2 00
4 00
4 00
ranee)..
HTURDAY MORNIXC, June 1.
A Wonderful Invention.
Hall's Universal Washing Machine
is the wonder and admiration offall who
lava tried it. It is so simple that some,
d first sight, are disposed to regard it
ith contempt, yet it is one of the most
ifficient machines ever invented. It
trnbs and pounds the clothes at the
<ne time, and does this so delicately
»t the proprietors assert that it bank
can be washed in it without being
'in. It only costs ten dollars. Any
intelligent person can learn to use it in
few moments, and a mere child can
r ork it. ^
These wonderful machines are for
le in Rome, by Anderson & Lamkin,
&E. If, Eastman, and Hiland &
ill.
note
The Telegraph line.
I The ■construction party commenced
P yesterday (Friday) to put up a tele-
pph line between Route and Kings-
r n * The wire and office fixtures are
II Kingston, and it is expected to have
be line completed, ready for operating,
before the 15th inst.
Polk County Meeting.
e give much of our space in this pa-
w to the proceedings of this meeting
8 * )e *‘ eve the great mass of the people
L ^ l8 sec tion of the country will hear-
jhy endorse the sentiments set'forth.
In regard to the charge of unfairness
,. „ the corn donated by
L lzens Baltimore, we know nothing
[ U n r 0 the /.! han t * le reported remarks of
Beautiful Soda Font.
»- r J ( ®' V. Mitchell has now, “In Fall
! n, lst k* s beautiful new soda iont.—
!d 1 , neVCr 6aw a finer one, and the
• 4t ln S fioid is delicious and refresh-
fae.
Opening 0 f the Coosa River
y at > extract of a letter to Col. Thos,
..., P er > published in this paper, it
U1 be seen that Thos. Pearsall, Esq.,
ed by the Governor of Alabama,
8ar ' ey the river, may be expected in
o’® 6 soon, ready to commence the
• Gov. Patton is correct in his
Egestion, that Col. C. M. Pennington
I 6 °f great service in this great
Sath Pn8e '~ and we mo8b ardently hope
jI p W 58fv I ces may be secured. As
ter fc J la '^I°n has once surveyed the
r, all win readily perceive that are-
Lf* would be greatly facilitated by
Assistance. J
tiluH "? U ' d su 88 e8b that a meeting be
»vo & Hall-to-night, of the
^ r and Council, and all citizen^, for
purpose of considering the proprie-
sending c°l. p # to ass fat j n this
aeficjialTir 5 that wiU be 80 highly,
md' to Rome^. and all the sur-
mdln g country.
fof
Concert.
We learn that theMethodfat Sunday!
School, assisted by several Amateur
Singets of the City, will give a Concert,
for the benefit 6f that School on th
ior of this county, from a gentleman
that city, stating that he had met
’r. Watts, and that theyhad succeeded
. , , ... . c , , . i securing five hundred dollars for the
for the benefit 6fthat School on the destitute of Polk county, and that the
night of Thursday June the 6th. This; money would be sent by Express to
Method has beeh adopted by the ener- ; Mr _ fl oward _ 1
III. Jonf f /"V Mil f/%
, 1 : , , Mr. Howard. Dr. Watts however, ex- a :
getic Superintendent, to raise-funds to; pressed themon6yto * imself> jJ the 8
replenish the Library of the school.-* care of B. F. Bigelow; who received the fa
From What we know of the Programme monp „ ___
the Program:
and the performers we feel safe in
suring the commUtaity that the Concei
will be well worthy of patronage.
Especially so, when the object for
. , J. , . . ■ * BjujuauiwciO—UUl re- UXO UXUUC, I1UUU LUC
Especia y so, w en e ° . striding such distribution to the county Georgia press. It has been the device of
-t**,*****!**-*. one or two papers in tbi, Sute w on-
taken into consideration. Let them
have a full house. Admission 50 cents
Children 25 cents.
[For the Rome Conner.]
Public Meeting in Polk.
Public Meeting in rout. r-—uui< utstnuui,- »uu 3 . u> uwu uut »»»
Pursuant to previous notice, a large ed fairly, and that he had requested not. even nibbled. The motive could not
and respectable portion of the people Mr. Bigelow to meet him before the be concealed. It was apparent to every
of pol* county, convened on the 2oth people here to-day, and make a show- one, arid produced only disgust at the
day of May, in Cedartown; when, on »ng of his-acts and doings in the whole idea that some newspapers could be
- - - matter; but Mr. Bigelow had positively found to do any kind of dirty work.”
refused to make any explanation, re- — * — *
marking that the time had been when he Official Vote of Kentucky.
could be forced to do so, but that time had
motion of Mr. Wm. Peek, Maj. Geo
W. West was called to the Chair, and
1. F. Thompson, Esq., was appointed
Secretary. The Chairman pertinent
ly, and at some length, explained the
purposes of the meeting.
On motion, a Committee consisting
of N. F. Cobb, A. Huntington, Thomas
G. M.'McMeekin, Wm. M. West,. and
T. M. Pace, was appointed to report a
course of action for the consideration of
the meeting.
During the absence of the Commit
tee Col. E. D. Chisolm being called on,
addressed the meeting iu a forcible
and logical manner—clearly demonstra
ting that the true interests of all clas
ses lay in cultivating friendly relations
between the two races; and that it was
eminently the patriotic duty and per
sonal interest of the freedmen tostaad
by the substantial men of {he (Sottntry;
who, in the past, had- been their best
friends; and who, in the future, wolild
sacredly guard their rights of person,
property and liberty, if permitted to do
At the conclusion of his speech, the
Committee returned, and reported the
following resolutions.
A portion of the people of Polk coun
ty, irrespective of past differences of
opinion, iu primary assembly met, do
Resolve, That we are ardently and
unalterably attached to the great prin
ciples of popular liberty, as laid down
in the CDastitution of the*.- United
States, and we will maintain ^and de
fend the Union of the States forever
thereunder.
Resolved 2nd, That in our judgment,
the acts passed by Congress over the
veto of the President, commonly known
as the Sherman Bill, and the act
amendatory thereof, are violative of
the letter and spirit of the Federal Con
stitution, destructive of the fundamen
tal principles of republican representa
tive govern nient, dangerous to popular
liberty, subversive of State rights, and
odiously oppressive and unjust to eight
millions of freemen, whose fathers
achieved by their wisdom, valor, and
patriotism, independence of a foreign
power, in the revolution ofj.776.
Resolved 3d, That we accent, in good
faith, the situation in which we are
placed by the fortunes of the late civil
war, and will observe and carry out in
letter and'spirit, the oaths of amnesty
and allegiance to the government of
anu allegiance iu me — =
the United States, which we have sol- request that the same bq published,
emnly taken, recognizing therein the
emancipation of slaves, and pledging
ourselves to the support and defense of
the Constitution of the United States.
Resolved 4th, That we recognize as
the true friends of the freedmen, the
that we consider both their and our
Worst enemies, those persons who are
to sow the seeds of discord among riy*
races; which, if suffered to take rot *
can only end in a harvest of universal
wretchedness and ruin.
of Polk, but giving a portion fo Union one or two papers in this State to en
Leaguers in Haralson'county, Ga., and enrage an impression that'he was go-
in Calhoun county, Alabama. Mr. in S resign, arid further, to instruct
Janes stated that he had notified. Mr. th® Governor as to his dutiesjn this res-
Bigelow in advance, that he should ex- poet, to ml: tiiat he ought to resign. Of
pose him if the corn was not distribut- course the bait thus thrown out
l IU.,' 1.. 1 , 1 . . Sa, j, rm. .. ,
couta oe forced to do so, out that time had « „ ,.
, „ T , , , , . Democratic Majority Over the Radt-
passednow. Mr. J. concluded by saying cals, 46,042 !! Over third pnrtv, 72,-
♦ 3 J r .k_ roi » i » r\ » _ Vjr* 0V0 « ■ «
7^--— ~j —■>- o bus, *iu,u« t 1 over third -party; 72,-
tbat if any corn was intended for the 724 ! M Over Both combined 41,353 !! ‘
Union League, he had no objection to
their receiving the full benefit of it,
but that Mr. Bigelow had acknowledg
ed that there had been no Union League
corn brought into the county to his
knowledge. And Mr. J. urged that
from the tone of the letter received
i.™ urn IUI1C u, mo xoimji nsouni Livebpool, May 29—Noon.—Cotton
fro* th. „»bl. h«,t.d O-M— S£^Y r! «AS?5, “-
officer (which he read to the audience,)
no one could doubt but that the. dona- ^ Y stockand Money Maket
tion was intended for the destitute; he.
sides, Dr. Watts went on, endorsed by « New York, May 29.—Stocks - ^very
the county officers under the seals of 8 ‘™ng- Money 6 percent Gold37|
, Sterling. CO days, 97. Bonds of 1862,
their office, as the agent of the people, re) j ister fo ed coupons , 102i to 106]
generally, and -so announced himself Rumor of Contemplated Military
there, and subscribed himself as coun
ty agent in the endorsement to the let
ter Written by the Baltimorean to Mr.
Howard.
Col. J. i>. Waddell was then called
for With much enthusiasm, Who re
sponded in.a speech replete with wis
dom. He depredated the formation of
parties, arid political agitation at this
time, when We were too weak arid poor
to divide; arid when it behooved all
friend of liberty, and the country to
stand together;" but the - fact that the
State of Georgia had been made mis
sionary ground for -Radical- -emissaries,
left the patriotisni of the hearth stone
the alternative to stana Up to the heri
tage of liberty, bought with, the blood
of our fathers, or basely surrender tp
the mud faction, manhood, honor
everything. He said that those Chris
tian heroes, Thos. R. R. Cobb and
Stonewall Jackson, over whose ashe3
glory wept, had been denounced by a
certain party as traitors to their coun
try, while Wilson and Thad Stevens
were called patriots. Preferring de
cisively to Tennessee matters. Prompt
Federal action will betaken in the case
of Browclow’s militia and the people’s
quariel.
unanimously adopted, and the Secre
tary directed to senua copy of the pro
ceedings to the Rome Courier, with the
The meeting then adjourned.
Geo. W. West.
Chairman*
Ivy F. Thompson, Secretary.
The Murder in Crawford County, cents. rlu . u ‘ ■“““ J „
the true friends of the Ireectmen, me The Journal & Messenger gives^the S9 90 §{£50 to §14 25^;
Southern people, who give to them particulars of the Cravvlord county mnr- p^ e c y ^' tra §14 35 to $17. Wheat dull,
homes, employment, and wages, and der> n *hich reference was made a Q orn heavy and 1 to 2 cents lower*—
.1.1. t xu xWaii and nnr ,i__ fj'owo . YUacfpm. npw. SI 20 to 51 27.—r
worst enemies, those persons wuu arc alluded yesteraay morning w tu C ~ t , 9 , . 13 i ^
The Great Source of Trouhle.
—o r—-—, There is socc^e point in the following
-isss^ssaz^-srJis sM.nt ve.-
fulness in handling the plow and dnv- O ne’of the ablest and most
ing his mule, which resulted in an an- ““minent of the Radical leaders in the
gry and excited contest of words. Oh vVesi That gentleman said:
the 24th, the.young men metagain and ° d to neg io suffrage, not
resumed the quarrel; blows were pass- L.„„ ause they are negroes, or are black
ed between them, when Reeves struck r. “ hosear e matters of taste and preju-
Walton in the head, with bis hoe, such but because the right of suffrage
a forcible blow as to cause instant ' lread y been too. much extended
death. Reeves immediately dug a shal ftnd cheapened in this country.. While
low grave with his hoe, deposited the T m ODD o Se d to extending the right of
body of the deceased in it, and hastily ^ Ilffra „“ t0 the negroes, 1 am m tavor
imposing a tax of 2J or 3 per cent, per
pound on cotton, our chief staple, bear
heavily and grievously upon the labor
of the South, and especially Upon the
freedmen, that it operates to teduce
their wages, and cheapen the sweat of
their faces. •
Resolved 6th, That our heartiest fiianks
are due, and are hereby tehdered to the
generous people of Baltimore, for their
munificent and reasonable succor to the
suffering poor among us-=the blessing
of those who were about - to perish) be
upon them!
W. F. Janes, Esq., being Called for,
arose and delivered on eloquent and
telling speech. He began by saying
that his only purpose in responding to
the call was to direct the attention of
the people to a subject wbefeih they
all had a personal concern—that Sub*
--ct was the manner iu which the cofn
mated to the destitute of Folk Coun-
-, by thegenerous, Southern hearted
people of Baltimore, had been disti'ibu-
by those to whom rtrch contribution
had been committed. Dr. H. If. TS r rittS
went to Baltimore to procure supplies.
While he was there a letter was receiv-
by W. J; Howard, Clerk of the Infe
ed
murder of Mr. Walton Dy Mr. ueevea, -““V* -- -.v» r ■ v-
(the parties wer© young men, about 20 dull*
to 22 years of age, and were engaged in
worthy farming pursuits.
One of them appears to have been
The only witness present was a young in this country. Our fathers
lad about twelve years of age, Who re- F;Jl P mitted a great and fatal mistake
ported the circumstance to the proper „ tend i Q g as they did the right ol
authorities. Reeves was arrested, and . » ,
confessed the guilt before the ma 8 ls - ^11 history proves that there is but,
trate court. He is still under arrest, ^ nterest that is conservative and
awaiting the penalty of the lavr* that can be safely intrusted with the
governing power, aud that is the prop-
Governor Jenkins. frty interest. When a man f
ed of property he has a stake in hd
* ,i.Ai>i.-n3 n stmn<T and stable
The Milledgeville Southern Recorder of coun ry arid desires a str ° n S sfci ^
•Tuesday last, says: government, aod will not endanger His
We see sdmo of our exchanges are property % war. The
still talking about Governor Jenkins mvolving the co ^ o{ government
resigning his office. It is generally un- f f £° b ’ e the want of sU-ength and pow-
derstood hereabouts that the Governor has been the Wai o o It, wiU
has no intention that way. We believe er in the Federal S°^ n ^f' vast and
that be arid Gen. Pope are working en be '®P^‘ b ‘ e ^ De S °' C ountr y undep the
harmoniously together in their respec- rapidly suffrage. Our
five' spheres, and as vte remarked some °P cratl °“ ““ t has beSn mate
time since, Governor J. is entirely in- system df government n
would regret exceedingly if. anything
should occur to cause our able Execu
tive to resign, as his watchful eye and
clear head is needed to look after the
fiuancial interests affairs ofthe Statea s
far as permitted. We are denied hfa ad*
vj jaa.ptes» 10 vice-on national affairs, for Were he
Dr. Watte however, ex- allowed t0 , s P eak » wisddm ' arid true
statesmanship would doubtless mark
every word, for we conceive that there
fa no one in the State, more able to ad-
money, and bought corn, which was vise wisely|and'prudently,
distributed almost exclusively to the “We hope says the Atlarita Inlcttigen-
League, as corn contributed by the cer, to hear no more of “Governor Jen-
Union League sympathisers—not re- kins resigning his office,” from the
Foreign Markets.
*■
[BY THE CABLE LINE.]
London, May 29—Noon.—Bonds 72J.
Changes.
New York, May 27.—Tbare is a ru
mor that the removal of Gen. Sheridan
from the Ffith Military District, and
the appointment of Gen. Thomas to
the vacancy fa contemplated by the
President.
Gen. Thomas at Washington—Brown-
low’s Militia and the People—The
Quarrel—The Government will In
terfere.
Washington, May 12.—The visit of
rr uoiuitjtviipy **-*-**.* —•
General Thomas to this city refers ex
From Washington*
Washington, May 29.—The President
will leave on Sunday, accompanied by
Mr. Stovar, and one private Secretary
He will be absent one week.
The Japanese Commissioners are ne
gotiating for the purchase of the Con
lederate ram Stonewall. .
Congressman Boutwell is going South
to make speeches. He will speak at
Leesburg. Virginia, on Friday.
** , . . Government expenditures for the
cent company always, he chose to taxe {er ending March 31st, were S232,-
his lot among the traitors; that if But- yo0,000; receipts §239,000,000. Inter
fax and Brownlow were of the elect, he nal Revenue receipts to-day §500,000.
was content to be in the congregation IndtS?
of sinners. But it would unreasonably Thera fa little hope at the State De-
lengthen out this report to give even par tment of Maximilian’s safety,
the briefest synopsis of the speeches. invited to Richmond—
Suffice it to say, that the privilege of Fight at DanvUle, Vsu
being pfesent en that occasion recalled .
the memory of other and better days. Richmond, May 29.—The City coun-
The report of the Committee was c il has invited the President to visit
Richmond on his way to Raleigh.
• A fisht occurred yesterday at Dan
ville, Va.,»between members of .the U.
S. burial corps and negroes. Bricks
and pistols were used. The burial
corps was driven out. ol town. I wo
wounded on each side.
N. Y. Markets.
New York, May 29.—Cotton firmer
and active! Sales 2,500 bales at 27
cents. Flour dull and heavy—State
.. .... _ , 7 .... . , . . _ . . . Corn heavy —t-.-v— ■ ft! n-•. , T
day two ago, as follows : Mixed Western, new, §1 -0 to 51 27.
We alluded yesterday morning to the pork duil and lower a $®|5g
covered it over with, dirt. of disiranebising one-half ot the white
mi ‘ . ..i:. m-aeonf woo ft uniiniT v - t . • t fain fothprs
disposed to any controversy. l . he
military authorities, and desires quiet
and good feeling in ■ the State. We
fiaily arid fad ically .clmfiged during the
war and it can never be restored to
wba’t it was prior to the war. The Con
stitution is not worth the paper upon
which it was writterf.
.The first effect of * universal suffrage
will be to make the government more
nearly approach a pure Democracy, bat
this cannot last long. We will follow
the example of other governments.
The strife of factions will go on until,
ultimately; either the Senate or the
President will assume the control,
when we will have a strong and strble
government; The British government
is the best government that has ever
existed on God’s earth, and the sooner
ours assimilates’ itself, to the British
government, the better it will be. for
thecpuntiy; Idcnot hesitate to de
clare, no matter how unpopular it may
be, that if the negro race, and one halt
of the white race, had good masters Or
mistresses, they would be much better
off and the Government would be safer
andstf5ifgritfr~ s -
Death of Urdf; lames P. Waddell.
Prof. Waddell djed at hfa residence
this morning at four "o’clock, of pa
ralysis. The deceased riias a Son of
Moses Waddell, one of the early Pres
idents of Franklin College, and was
himself a member of the Facility for
many years. Huridreds of graduates
of the University will read with sorrow
that their kind old preceptor has gone.
He "had been in feeble health fof a
more than a year, ana hfa death,though
sudden, was not unexpected.—Athens
Banner of 2Bth.
Iron Ship.--One of the finest iron
ships that ever visited oar waters, says
the Savannah News & Herald of Friday,
arrivee here yesterday. She is a British
vessel, named the Allanabad. comman
ded by captain Stevenson, and Is twen
ty-two: days from Gaadaloupe, to which
port she brought a cargo of four hun
dred and fifty Coolies from China,
thirteen of whom’died on the passage.
Her hull, masts .and spars are all iron;
and her rigging is composed of wire.
She is consigned to C. Liverpool or
London with’cotton.
ggy* We are pained to learn that
Chief Justice Joseph Henry Lumpkin is
quite ill from a stroke of paralysis.—
He has lost the use of his leftside en
tirely. We hope be may yet be spared
for many more years of usefulness.
Aged Divine.-^A correspondent of
the Columbus Enquirer, speaking of the
Rev. Dr. Loyick Pierce, says :
This aged minister of Christ, now in
hfa 83d year, the pastor of St. Paul’s
church, preaches regularly on Sabbat h
morning, and at 5 o’clock in the even
ing; and although so greatly advanoed
in years, he preaches with the spirit arid
power of a ypiith.
Gov. Brownlow has given pub
lic notice that he will- send armed
forces to every place where his competi
tor, Hon. Emerson Etheridge, shall
speak. The commanders of the troops
will know what they are sent for.—
They wiU be impatient and quick to
take occasion fo do what fa expected
of them. They will fry not to dfaap-,
point their, employer.
Brownlow is perhaps the cursedesl
villian alive.
ggyrThe Masonic Lodge of Glasgow,
(Scotland) St. John No. 3, has recen
tly celebrated the 809th anniversary of
its existence, it having been erected by
charter, from King Malcolm, in 1067.
Secrbt Politcal Leagues.—Since
Horace Greeley ' knocked the bottom
out of that New York concern, secret
leagues are falling into disorder. We
understand there.is an organization of
the kind in Atlanta, and will venture
the assertion that of the men bciongfng
to it. in loss than two years a portion
of them, at least, will he running round
to get certificates to prove that tbev
never even heard of such dark arid
hidden things.—Inteligencer.
Ease and Independence.—“Old Billy”
lying on the steps at the Excbenge Ho
tel about two o’etook in the afternoon,
with “oary” nun in sight, crying out
at the top of hi3 voice, “bully news
news here,” “Jeff Davis out of jail,
‘latest from the Supreme Court,”
war in Europe,” “Hurrah for Stone
wall Jackson.”—Mcnt. Mail.
Death of Captain Hull.—We regret
to announce the sudden death of Cap
tain J. Harvy Hull, which took place
at hfa residence, on the Sand Hills,
yesterday morning, at 5 o clock. ^
The deceased was in command of the
Irish Volunteers, of this city, and on
the commencement of hostilities in
1861, led his gallant company to the
scene of war. The,Captain made an
enviable record during our four years’
striusgle, and suffered wounds and
imprisonment for a excuse which he
held to be just. He has been in fee
ble health for some months past, but
his demise was not supposed to be
imminent. His remains will be taken
fo hfa native place, .Athens, Ga., for
interment.—Constitutional ull of ovlh
A Railroad two miles in length has
been erected at Stone Mountain for
the benefit of the workers in granite*
U will greatly facilitate, and, of course,
cheapen, the operations ot getting oht
that kind of building material.,
Trial Ry. Military Cohhission.—TV e
clip the paragraph following from the
Bismtch. Wilmington, ^iorth Carolira :
“learn that a Mr. Burkhead,
nephew of Elder Burkhead, ofthe
Methodist Church, a . divine well.k now
in this community, was brought to this
city in irons yesterday from South Cato
lina, having tried by a military com mis
sion in that State for participation in
some disturbance, nis sentence was
notread to him until his arrival here,
when it Was divulged that he was to be
confined in Fort Macon at bard labor
for.severi year.
ggu Lieut; Col. Gav. commanding
the post at Coluinbus, Miss.;, lias issued
Rn order which requires the .mmediate
departure from the city of all freedmen
who have no visible means of support.
Those disobeying the order will be
promptly arrested and dealt with sever-
fcl - v -
J* [Ff,m the Selma Times:]
Salma, Rome and Dalton Railroad.
To Joseph E, Johust jn, ISya, 3, R.-4 D. E
My Dear G®n;ebal .* Fortune, wheth
er it be good or ill, has withdrawn you
from tiie Nation’s army frvit, and
placed you in the more quiet s4*yicd of
life, ot the head of a railroad Company.
Your valor and discretion in war fe^ire
given you the fame which but favxirior-
tals achieve, and with the illustrious
Davis and others, whose metal you will
not be shamed, you have donejthe
work’in a day forwhibh thousands have
labored and prayed—lo these many
years. By your greatness of character,
by j our indomitable will, yod have, in
the Providence Of God, broken slavery’s
chain, and if the people to-day do n»t
bless thfi consequence of war. they will
in a few short years be grateful for its
results. A nation bom via dag! Where;-
1 nsk, is there more glory for a than
than’to be a Chief in this great work 'of
Grace l Inscrutable are the ways of ,
God, yet there is a destiny which j
shapes our ends. * * *
Selfishness fa the main spring of all
human action. It is money alone tbat j
moves “the wheels ofj the earth, as well i
as the mare (the sea) and although the '
testimony is, that 1 it is the toot of all :
evil,, we may as truly say that it is the '
ostensible source of ail good. - Would
that human nature were difl'eregt; thai
the tendency of the age Was to return ;
to the simplicity of nature and rill' ller 1
peasantries. Our greatest care, and
the biirdeii of our lives, is to feed Our
pride, and the reo.1 necessities- ot life are
few indeed. ‘ A penny a day will ftirnish
more nutricidos diet—by far mote heal
thy for the sustenance of. mail—and
more conductive to his peace of * rritridy
growth in grace, arid greatness of heart
rind.goodness of Sdul, than pound* lav
ished upon luxury and cotrlpouni^d with
all the subtlety of art. These bare ne
cessities oflife art within, dr might fe,
the reach of all, though it fa teirfd there
are many in the land whtf would be sat^
isfied even with their driiiy bread.—
However they have'the consolation of
the widow Cruse’s oil- bottle and Eli
jah’s'crow. 1 * * * *
Genera), what, we as individuals,
what, we as a community, what, ” we as
a State, what, we as the (so-called) Con
federate States, alias Dixie, want—yes
need, and “most desire”—is money.—*
Where shall we get it? I will tell you.
“Ask*’ for it. Whom shall' we ask ?—
I’ll tell you that too, at the proper
time. “Wall street,” we are told, fa
the forced priint of “all moneyed op-
erations.”' tThe wide] wild- world, we
are told, has its eye single upon that
point as a grand depository; and seeks
through itpto disseminate, .and scatter
broadcast; to ramify, to rarify; to revivi
fy the. drooping hopes* of—the nation’s
life. *:• .
Well, General, you are President of a
railroad Compiny. It is a small and
insignificant'affair, compared with the
word of command, which you have so of
ten given of late, upon the field of bat
tle,; comparing it too, with the coun->
seling of retreat, when the odds and
ends of creation were against you. Aye,
General, there you displayed the good
soldier in saving life, may you have—*
you have your reward to-day in the
thanks of many a mother, many a wife)'
and many a soldier too, I itave. rrty-
self, ^igqally realized the, trite—tltot
discretion is the better part of valor; *
Not doribtihg, General, blit lhaiyoti
appreciate the “situation”—oi: rather,
position-*-allow, me to say that the Seb.
ma, Rtjme & Dal tod Raiivt’ay fa a link,
in a chain of vast length and impor
tance. It fills the fuahiSi for the main
part, Iq a continuous rail of 2,000 miles
—already in: a.■ State of, progress,, "It
Will join 1,730 iniles of road in . the
Northeast, with 630 on the' Sfidthwest
to Houston- Less than 000 riffles in the
same direction reaches Mazathm.
A continent railway, some 3,400
miles in length, passing through- some
twenty States, intliiding Provinces aud
“Territories,” consoliilating ; thirty dif-
fei cat lines of road, passing through
maoy of the most populous and
flourishing cities, aod representing a
capital of more than §200,000,000. This
is the short t€st route across the Conti-'
nent, and with the righbsort of an ef
fort, may be completed bofole any • of
the more Northern lines reaches the
Pacific. This route fa tangent to the
■Julf of Mexico as well as the coast of
New England, and embraces every va
riety of.soil and climate, will associate
many a race and character in its busi
ness, and do more to neutralize preju
dice, harmonize passion, arid perpetu
ate the Union, than can be accomplish-'
ed in the same time by preaching .and
war. The,locomotive fa a missionary of
great power and weight—(sonicof them)
It is irresistible, and' in dark aud B dan
gerous places should always throw
fprward a strong headlight, that the
track may be cleared.
The Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad
is the most important part of this great
continental thoroughfare—yes, World’s
Highway if vci please to call it so. Its
length is 236 miles—101 remain unfin
ished—65 miles of it yet untouched.
800 laborers under the direction of One
good raiiroad man, can complete it in
twelve months, if the season fa propi
tious.
The road is chiefly commended as a
through, road—yet as a local, it will carry
a vast amount of business intersecting,
as it does, many fertile valleys and
holding.a broadway. without competi
tion-over much of the route. . There is
not another link of road in the whole
country whose immediate construction
seems so absolutely demanded. It is a
grand exception to raiirogds which gen
erally have their business to create as
they progress—and although, there fa
no doubf but that tha enboncement in
value of real estate within ten miles of
the line, will of itself morri than pay
the expenditure, there is no risk in cal
culating largely upon dividends: for your
road, uniting as it will, the long chain
through Ri^t Tennessee and Virginia,
with the system of roads in middle Al
abama arid the Southwest—an advan
tage once gained; is perpetual; and
once lost, is lost forever. . From Cleve
land to the Gulf at Pensacola, oif Mo
bile, this route can have tio rival; and'
these are .in-fact, the most important
ports ot the whole Southern seaboard,-
and to lie points at which ,.tiie.fd-
ture cntitine;ci* ol theiMuntry is likely
to be concentrated. Upon tins coast,
will eventually be built, uj, the great-
cotrimercial emporium of the'CoHtirient ,
arid the ports from which not only the
product ofthe South, but also the North
and West will find their departure to '
foreign markeis. Now General;. I con-fa
sfder the great battle for the early com- .
pletion ofthe S. 11. an.) D. It. R. as be
ing or*-.-. ye- there may be a little
“scriatEiging” that will ’ change the
plans of operation somewhat.
One year of united action, under
wise control, is ariiple to domplete this ;
road, and iff twelve months the whole
line may be. oprin, - and the hopes 8f 1
the coaimiinity —so long deferred—;
may be realized in full. We believe
that you will cooperate with every rea-
sonable efforv, and there is a host in si,
name of ifsslf. In the autumn Of 1862
an appropriation of §1.250,000 was se
cured, from the Confederate. Congress,
arid, after se.veral months , delay, the
work was commenced at Blu'd Moun
tain, and sdriie fifteen iniles (five miles
beyond Jacksonville) were niade ready
for the track.. The road was thought
to be Heeded at that time as a “mtlfta-;
ry.necessity,” and, although it could
not’have changed the issue of the "war;
it would have saved many ;t tedioUs
march river the land, and many a' mile
round by sea.' l!7tg the grading was. rial
completed to Rome, >ci>h that appro prison,,
ibhich was large indeed, xoill %e the subject of .
another communication; As I said ’ be-fore,*
all that is vi'anting is harmony; unite’d
effort, a strong j)'ull, (not a long ori'fe, 1
however,) but a pull altogether;
... D. I. Rico.
Selma, May 18; ’67.
. “Honest Abe’s” Opinion.
i Radical missionaries: iridoctfiria to th’s
negro with theldea that the late Ahra-
hritfi Linrioln is their patrdri saint and
ibaf, their Redeemer, Nay, we believe,
it is put forth that He is the superior
tff the Redeemer of Marik nd for.lit a ;
late mass irte'etirig; tlie ^pprtrriitjpirjli^^
Loncoln was elevateA alioye ihat rijl
Houirtid
-In September: 1858, Afaraham Life-’
.coin delivered a speech at Chrirlestbii,
Illinois, in which he expressed his con
victions on many of the questions
which are now pending. He said:
I will say that I*, rim n6't;ncver hatve ’
been', ife favor' of iila^idg voters ’ or
jurors of negroes, fabr of ipialifying^
them tri hold office, Uof tc( intermarry
with white people; :irid 1 will say in
itfim. to tbis; that there fa. a p'bysi-
additfbn. to this; that there Is. a p'bj’si
cal diffe^eririe betvv’epfi the white arid
black race. Which, I believe, will forev
er forbid ! tKe two rRce^ living together
onternYs.of sdcial arid.political equality.
* * E as'much RJ any other men,,
ami lit favor of having the superior p.osi-
tlpn assigned to tlie white race.”
, The LEACftTE in Lauderdale, Alabama.
—The Fldrerice jQuriidl says, that the.
league, in Lauderdale is breaking to .
pieces. So it is tfefougbout the State; •
The Journal says:
“The white leader we ha'vle ,fcep
told, is Dr. Yeiser; from beyond ' the ;
Ohio' who, it seetfes; fa desirous of en
grafting on the minds of the colored ;
race'the idea that he is a truer friend"
to tbetim than the Southern geritle’feieri
with whom they have, lived, all their
lives, and who to-day are tlieir best qnd
truest friends. The. efforts of Dr. Yeif ,
ser were succ ssful feut fq a s’mail ,.de-.
gfeb. for we have it jfrfejtf' s'ome of the.
parties 'tuemsejves t i. -it as Soon ,as . It is
designs became manifest, trie triore iti- ‘
telli^erilj honest and trite Southern .
Hearted of the , crow'd; consisting in .
pqrtjof Messrs. John arid James. Rapier,”:
Wife Farris;, 4. Si’reOte'r, J. Thtrr,utOn;.
J., (fains, and Writ. Lovelace;’indignaii-
tljr withilrew from the meeting, w.i,4fe.vj
Irig iq hrive no portion in such wo'ik;”
Frrim Richmorid—Taiportaat Order.
Richmond, May 3i>” -Gen. Schofield
Hogjust issued ari order for fhO piirpo'Se
bf giving adequate < protection to' rill
persons in their rights of persoti find;
property, in cases where the civil, au-
tho’rities may fail; It directs the ap
pointment of military cb'ramfasidrieis in*
sub-districts, hereaifer to be 'rirfaied, t
giving thern ‘he command of tbb pb-
lice, sheriff’s, and • constables, clothing ;
them with the power of magisthit.es.—
These commissioners are to take jttrfa-
diction in all - cas**s where they "may
have reaSon to believe justice is not l
done.
Trial by the civil courts will bri pre
ferred in all casts where there is satis
factory reason to believe that justice
will be done; but until the orders of
the commanding General are -made -
know'll in any crise, the paramount. jn-1
risdiction assumed by the military com
missioner will be exclusive. All per
sons, civil officers and others, are re
quired by law to obey arid execute
writs issued by cilril magistrates. Any
person who shall disobey of resist the
lawful orders of authority of a military
commi-sroner, shall be tried by a mili
tary commission, and, upon .conviction,.,
shall be punished by fine rind imprison
ment, according to the nature and de
gree of the offense.
This order will riot be construed tp
excuse civil officers iii any degree from •
the faithful dischatge of their duties.
It is intended to. aid tile divil authori
ties, arid nbt to supercede them, except
in cases of necessity.
. Sir Archibald Alison is dead.—
He was the son of Archibald Alison, a
Scottish Episcopal Minister, who gain
ed literarv cetebrily by his “Essays on
TaSte.” The younger AUs-m was born
at Kelsey, in Shropshire, D-c. 29,1792;
studied law, and beeTimn the author of
several valuable legal and economical
treatisss. He is best known, however,-
by his history of Europe, from 1789 to
1815; The borik was republished in
this country, and d'ettained a wide cir
culation, in spite Of its frequent faults
of style and narrow prejudices. n» af
terward wrote R continuation, bring
ing the fecritd of affairs down to near-
tHe present time, lie was a thorough
Tory and Pponent of progress. He WO#
knighted in 185®;
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