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" Sfof these silos m . ..^if'aeeUe to days previous, ‘ iT.ai/isi ftf tl)6 Sill© L IQ . . 1 „ „ lOriavs previous to S!U ■ •?; in Debtors in4 Creditors oi an es- published 411 days. ^rAUpplications will be made to i' 1 '■ Orilisary for leave to sed land •ihlished for two months. - 1 ’ , letters of Administration, Citation, for ast 5j C pablishod 35 Guardianship . ® lrom Administration, *** rtfilv ris months—for dismission from ;• * -Hiit 40 days. b TV ! r*" the foreelosenre of Mortgages StasWnJFS P* ce °J_ l '; r uTon n or h AdmfnuS£S»«*. when n by thedeceared, for .he ihontlis. . be continued where IruDi I,..!,,! has been give full .pace of Hire . Publications will alvray s . r these the legal reciuircments, enSi lSerwisi ordered, at the Mlowing E 'S. f ten lines or Sheri, s t i'® 3 P: $ 3 00 ei'^£''v‘r7"* • fe. sal e »» i' er hcerifi s • __ 5 00 er’levv,... 00 oliector's sales. Citau st: a... letters ol A'lnuum. ra t, 0 ’ betters o l _tjuirdlanship...f. for dismission Radical Mcetirtg. An assembly of one hundred and fif ty or two hundred persons (mostly col ored) was addressed in this City, on Thursday last, by Messrs. Markham and Farrow. Both these speakers went over pret ty much the same ground, in their dis courses, They began at the beginning, and showed to their own satisfaction, perhaps, that the South had ho right to secede, and that she committed an enormous crime in so doing; that she had been whipped and cohqhered, as she deserved to be; that CoDgbesh had imposed upon her exceedingly liberal and magnanimous termsof restoration ; that the old Secession element was bent on rejecting those tet'ms: and they are sorry to see that some old Uaion tnett had been seduced into opposition, These were warned, that upon them the vengenee of the Radicals would fall most heavily. Ben Hill, with his speech and Notes, was touched upon, though very slightly. The negro they said had been freed by the Radicals, and he must vote : and Farrow rants American, English, Irish, negro, and all classes to be put upjn an equal manner, through a ay ‘ footing, and each to occupy position i-Jrs atimi. lor .1 pc S.in fipi' luia-.m. to soil land — . e to Debtors-nd Creditors,.. o: Dan <3, per square,... of perishable property py Soticei. 50 days, ci v ir« of Mortgage, per square... * «« ' hi3 Wife, (in ad- 19 00 5 00 dismission i 00 ........ t> 00 3. 00 5 00 10 days— 2 eo 4 00 according to his merit. We presume from this, that he is willing for tbs ne groes to elect each other to the legisla ture and to Congress, if they tnin-c any of their color “merit” such prefernent. Social equality he thinks a great bugj bear which needs give us no u» easi ness. It will regulate itself. If tie ne gro behaves himself so as to d<serve social equality, he will get it. Wesup- pose he would have no objection, then, to a respectable, educated gentleman of eolor marrying into his family. Ho forgets that a clause in the Stat< con stitution forbids amalgamation. Is he in favor of striking out thisclausrj?—He glories in,his potash notoriety. A1 hough born in South Carolina (we can scarcely beiieve it), where he should have inhal- ' d( j y;ith the very breezes of that once o^ie State, a spirit of chivalry and love for man sdrertising riiiUV MORNING Aug. 31. Returned—Mr. Dwinell returned hono on yesterday morning, and, after tl,is issue, will resume the control of Tin [For the Rome Courier.! The Old Dispensation. It is the prevailing practice of some reconstruction orators, to speak of the Constitution of the United States, as the “Old Dispensation,” havihg yielded to the advancement of new ftfcos and be come obsolete. It is even announced by the great champion of the new dis pensation, Hon. Thadeoas Stevens, that Congress in the matter of reconstruc tion, “has been acting outside of the Constitution, else it is guilty of us urpation.” The evidence is multiply- ing to the effect that the purpose of the now dominant Republican patty is to entirely overthrow the old Consti tution, and to set up a new form of gov ernment.—To accomplish this end, they have sent armed men to the Southern States to coerce the people into acquies cence in Iheir revolutionary schemes. In gross disregard of the Constitution, they have arbitrarily interfered with the elective franchise, to the extent of disfranchising a large number of white men, and of enfranchising an. masse, all male freed men over 21 years without regard to capacity. They encourage secret organizations, for the purpose of placing negroes under the obligation of an oath to support the Republican party, and for the purpose of teaching them to vote against anv man who advocates the restoration of the Union under the Constitution. They are taught too that the Republi can party is their only true friend, and that leading men of the Union League fraternity South are safe and good ad visers ; and that all who oppose the re construction measuresare their enemies. They are encouraged too to believe that the Republican party is now per manently instated in power, and that it is their chief purpose to look after the interests cf the black man —securing to him lands, houses, education, politi cal and social elevatiou, and even posi tions intellectually, socially, and politi cally superior to the white people South —and this to take place too, in five of couiIJ'.V’’ stiil he had to be coascrip [years or less The Frets Order, llovnhg order was issued a few . y. r-.ei bv the commanding officer of :s Post: tIz.U)QUALTERS, Post ROME, } i;o«E, Ga., Sept. 4th, i867. / Circular. Orders No. 7, from these Head- is hereby revoked. Civil Mowed to use their own dis- 7%wspap?r Advertisements- Capf. C. Me O. LORD. H. DODT, i jij. S. Lnf. Post, Adjutant, r No. -7, which the above ., situ Pi-V prohibited civil oSiH,ars ubiishing in the 'Jri-weokly Courier. . will be -perceived, t.hat 'Pope’s order io 49, is'not Revoked, cs we were in- ormed, on -going to press ■ with Thurs- ia3 ,, B issue. What is the meaning of -the above Order, we are at a loss to divine. It is clear, that order 49 is still in force, and iiat st allows‘no discretsion to’civii offi cers tn publishing their advertisements; at.ci w would warn t hese officers to be careful how they exercise tho discretion allowed them by the circular from this Pest. This circular allows yea to pub lish in the CoctttER, if yofl see proper, -nt gives you no assuradeer that you v dl not be immediate!^dismissed fiom office for so doing. This last circular of thcMLh inst., so f-r a- orders from this Post arx.concern- ■ed, puts the ropers of this citron the BAtne footii‘6- We understand that all Adminij! rotors and Gaardians are at ’irerty io publish all advertisements signed bv themselves in whatever papers tii«iy ph :l? e, atid hope the Courier wi'ji receive 3 liberal share. We entertain strong M 0 pes that Gen. Pope’s order No. will be revoked, and hope civil 3 **”> desire to publish in this • w;il make no permanentXrrange- ' ith other papers. ted and draped info service ; and 1 • says, his life ^jng dear to him, Ae sought and obtaineu potash posi tion. Markham, tender heated olj man said he had lain many a nfj&J and wet ais pillow with his tears, as !e thought of the unfortunate men whorere being dragged from their homes b conscrip tion. We suppose this was while he was conducting that ultra rebel and war pvper, the Atlanta Register Has the old gentleman furgotMl this part of his record ? Both the speeches, we ar .constrain ed to say, were very poor the eniitra. tions of shallow minds, ider Turner, the mulatto, is a head ad shoulders above either Farrow or Mekham. And if these were fair expoents of their respective races, we shoul say, let the neg o rule. Steamer Etowah arried yesterday evening. We don’t knev what else she brought, but she did hrt g a bouncing big Watermellon, weighng 45 pounds, a present from 4. & W. MGhee of Cher okee co., Ala., to the edforof this paper May the donors live a;housand years, aHd never lack the good things of this lift,. » Sew Cottw. Tho first bale of newedton brought to this market this sotsoa, came up on the steamer Etowah yesterday. It was raised by J. Ch Bount orj the Coosa riv er, and sold to t. T. Hs, r grove for the frion Factory, at 25< per pound. L. B. Stone, ot Pck cdtjnty, brought in another bale abut th» same time which was sold to Aiderson ^ Lamkin, at 25Jc. EgfWe are sorry so learn that Bre vet Maj. Wm. B. Ocsusston, Captain of the 33rd U. S. Infartry, died j n Provi- dence, R. I. on the 14th ins^ while ab sent from this Poston a sife furlough. He was a true soldier, /hd his death causes deep sorrow anjng his many friends here andjfsewhere. He Was about 30 years of ge, and had been in active service fron his early youth.— Huntsville Adi. .emovnl from Office. A- J - . Usance, Solicitor General tbe Tails-- - oved 1 \ ot»sa Circuit, has been re . ,?rt K Pope, and Bigby, at «ste-m J iu a3 gaineathe l lic h C -t, 8 Pe ° !,lC0t ' this circu s e y s h * Proud to Teel tha'f . ^ ed Office wilhout syconC ^’ost it without crime. V hm ^ Relief r l‘ Fund amount ^monat 1 °’ 8 [' 6 /. Of this vtlie^gopoo iVVl Louis- S2,® Restate ofu M k < SI.000,- S? i2 i*;St. Louis, Boston, Phia, $65,000, and ChicagoJ$i 1 ^ dad ^* Imprtant. The Montgomev Advertiser states that a. gentleman siting from Atlanta on t he 2d inst., sayi “ In order to ebsre a full vote on the adoption of the Cdstitution, Gen. Pope favors the electiot of State officers at the same time, by also holds that any person elligible tA-egistration is elligi- blo to a seat in je Convention, and will make no ord/ on the subject.” It ought to be verj well understood by this time, that ac 9th section of the supplementary a\ applies only td per son? elected or anointed, after its pas sage, during thejsxistence of the pro visional governteut. Members to the Convention will not be chosen by any State or muni,pal authority, nor by appointment of* military commander. B6T* The NevYork Tribune objects that as Sherian’s principles wero known to theExecutive the decision kicking him ot was cx post facto. It the peculiar!! of kicks to be ex post facto. The white man is to bo disfranchised like a criminal, if he fails to be loyal to tho Ropublican party ; and especially if he is true to the Constitution. His educa tion is to be neglected—no money to educate white children—thousands of money to educate the black. All this for the purpose of securing the black man’s vote—to perpetuate power in the hands of the Republican party, whose prominent members have breathed nothing but disunion and higher law doctrine for the last twenty or thirty years. Thus we have a brief but truthful ex pose of the party in power—of the man ner in which they are conducting their revolutionary schemes for the overthrow of the Government. Tho Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land. It is the organic law of the nation. Like a chart for the mariner, it is the rule by which legislators and executors are to be guided in framing and executing laws for the preservation and protection of the people. It is as essential to the legislator, as a mechanical drawing is to a builder. Without it we would have no rule of action except the rash and generally evil impulses of men in power. Without it we will drift surely and cer tainly into anarchy first, and then mon archy-one or more. Under the Constitution as it now ex ists, negroes are free, and we could have equal laws, and equal protection to all, black and white. Without the Constitution we will drift certainly into anarchy, tyranny and oppression. The masses of poor people North, and South* black and white, will become mere serfs, or soldiers, to do the bidding of their masters. The Constitution must be obeyed to save tho liberties of the people. The Constitution a3 it now is, (if obeyed,) would give freedom to the black man ; and if ho will be true to it, it- will per petuate his liberty. The Constitution is a good one. It was sanctioned by all our great men of the past, and so long as we obeyed it, and lived in peace with each other, we had plenty—no hunger— no nakedness—no want. But the dis union abolitionists of the North suc ceeded in provoking .the fire-eating di3- unionists South into a disregard for. the Constitution, and into rebellion against it. Then we had war and anarchy, and tyranny, and oppression, and desolation. The rash men South failed in their schemes to divide the union, and what they lacked, the Republican abolition parly are taking steps to complete. They are setting the Constitution aside, and positively refuse to let the Southern people come back into the Union under the Constitution. No, they are not al lowed to come back unless' they sub scribe to some great idea that is to su percede the Constitution. Now I would advise everybody to let this “great idea,’' alone, and totally aban don all this ridiculous reconstruction scheme, and go back like reasonable men to the support of the Government under the Constitution. To the colored men I would say. don’t listen to these men who are dragooning and deceiving you into the Union League, and into politics. They don’t allow you to hold office, and all they want is your votes, and if necessarv, to use you as soldiers to help them overj throw the Constitution. Politicians never had any use for even poorVhite folks, except to get their votes, and you may rest assured that is qjl they wan! with you. You will never get the lands they promise you, except by paying for them like white men have to do. And sup pose you were to take them by violence, they would never do you any good you never would enjoy them in safety. Then I say again, don’t listen to these men who are trying to drag you into politics. If you will heed this advice, it wiil save you, and .perpetuate your liberties. If you will not listen to it. you will find when it is too late that I have told you the truth. J. A. Stewart. [For the Roue Courier.] Col. Farrow’s '‘Possum” Anecdote. Col. Farrow on Thursday in his speech at the Court House, told a "possum,” anecdote, which the writer of this be lieves was intended for his benefit. He represented an opossum making hand some little tracks in the snow. The tracks were pleasing to look upon, and no objection to them. But unfortunate ly a big ugly tail followed, and when he turned round to see his nice foot prints, his tail had put them ail out. I triink my recent letter in the At lanta Intelligencer prompted the gen tleman to tell this anecdote, for in it I refused to join him in support of the so- called reconstruction measures; and this refusal is the tail that puts out my uuion tracks. This may be funny and appropriate, the public can judge. But in reply, I also claim thb privilege o! telling a Fox anecdote. A fox once by accident fell into a well, and after many vain attempts, fai'ed to get out. About this time a goat made his appearance, and looking down from the top of the well spied the fox, who on seeing the goat, remarked to him that he had discovered a new quality of water much better than any he had ever tasted—so eood, in fact, he could never drink enough of it, and urged the goat to leap down and try its delirious qualities. The goat thereupon cincluded to throw aside the old plain common water, and try this new discov ery. He leaped into the well and the fox taking advantage of his horn*, leaped out, and when safe at the top of the well, addressed the goat,saying, “if you had had as much hrains as beard, you never would have been in the well. MORAL. If the Col. had had as much brains as beard, he would never have leaped into Radical disunion party. A Union Man. Stand Back Black Maui It is said that orders have gone out from headquarters at. Atlanta, that the negroes must not run for the State Convention. What is the matter now ? We are very sure the negroes in many counties desire to run; but if Gen. Pope say9 no, of course they will halter their ambition and wait for the wagon. We think that the leading Radicals at the North are at the bottom of this pro scription of the negroes. They have made the negroes free, and given them the rights of a white man at the South, but they fear that they will have to do the same by the negroes at the North, and they will know that when they make that issue they wtU be driven from power by immense majorit.es.— They are striving now to keep down the ambitious negroes at the South, because they know that negroes, if per mitted, wiil be elected to Congress; and they fear the results of such a poli cy. We tell the negroes here,and foriLe hundredth time, that the Radicals do not intend to associate with them po litically or otherwise, only just so long as they can use them to elect, white Radicals to offices. Colored men may shut their ears and eyes to these facts, but they are tacts, and before two years shall pass, a Southern negro will hate a Northern Radical worse than he hates hard work or cold frosty morn ings.—Federal', Union. Reconstruction Tomfoolert. — The Wilmington Journal says, that three of the best citizens of New Hanover were debarred registration on the following grounds: Gne of them held the office of Coroner for a few weeks about 45 years ago, another served in a similar capacity for about the same period some 20 years since, and the third remembers that about 40 years ago he was a consta ble of the town. Giving Names to Churches.— An ex change furnishes the following item, which is entertainiig and has a moral to it: In the outskirtVof an Auberican city, (Philadelphia?) there is a Very small Episcopal Church, entitled “The Church of James the Less;” but the ir reverent urchins of the neighborhood call it “The Little Jimmy.” In the neighborhood of the same city there is a church which was largely built by the funds of an eminent American financier who sold great quantities of Govern ment bonds, and this church, by the ir reverent, has been dubbed “ The Church of the Holy Fiye-TwCnties.” flQT Thad. Stevens in his letter now going the rounds of the press, admits that Congress has disregarded the Con stitution, and that if that has any force, the whole reconstruci ion business is us urpation. All that The war was fought for then, was to destroy the Constitution. We wonder if the people think it has paid.—Chat. Union, President’s Proclamation. Washington, Cept. 3.—The following Proclamation was issued todays Br THE FRSSIBBNT OF THE UNITED STATES. A Proclamation. ,, ^® E ? SAS -- By the Constitution of the United State* ihe Executive power vested in a President of the United States ot A/nerica, who is bound by solemn oatltf faithfully to execute the office of President and to the, best of his ability, to preserve, protect and de fend the United States, and is by the same. instrument, made Commander in Chief of the army and navy of, the United States, and is required to take care that the laws be faithfully execu ted ; sad . Whereas, By the same Constitu tion, it is provided that the said Con! stitution and the laws of tho United States, which shall be made in pursu ance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby ; and Whereas, In and by the same Con stitution, the judicial power of the Uni ted States is vested in one Supreme Court and in, such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish; and the aforesaid judi cial power is declared to extend to all cases in law and equity, arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States, and the treaties which shall be made under their authority ; and,' Whereas, All officers, civil and mil itary, are bound by oath, that they will support and defend the Constitu tion against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ; and. Whereas, Ail officers of the army and navy of the United States, in ac cepting their commissions, under the laws of Congress and the Rules and Articles of War, incur an obligation to observe, obey and follow such direction as they shall, from lime to time, re ceive from the President, or the Gener al, or other superior officers set over them, according to the Rules and Dis cipline of War: and, Whereas, It is provided by law that whenever, by reason of unlawful ob structions, combinations,or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the au thority of the Government of the Uni ted States, it shall become impractica ble, in the judgment of tho President of the United States, to enforce, by tbe ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of tbe United States, within any State or Territory, the Executive, in that case, is authorized anti required to secure their faithful execution by the employment of the land and naval forces; and Whereas, Impediments and ob structions, serious in their character, have recently been interposed in tbe States of North and South Carolina, hindering and preventing, for a time, a proper enforcement, there, cf the laws of the United States, and of the judgments and decrees ol a lawful court thereof, in disr^gird of the President ot me United States; and Whereas, Reasonable arid well founded apprehensions exist that such ill advised aud unlawful proceedings may be again attempted, there or else where; now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby warn all per sons against obstructing, or hindering in any way whatever, the faithful exe cution of the constitution and the laws; and I do solemnly enjoin and command all officers of the Governments, civil and military, to render due submission and obedience to said laws, and to the judgments and decrees of the Court of the United S ates, and to give all the aid in their power necessary to the prompt enforcetuen t and execution of such law, decree, judgments and pro cesses, and 1 do hereby enjoin upon the officers of the army and navy to assist and sustain the courts and other civil authorities of the United States, in a faithful administration of the laws thereof, and in the judgments, de crees mandates and processes of the courts of the United States; and I call upon ail.good and well disposed citi zens of tlie United States to remenbir, that upon the said Constitution and laws, and upon (he judgments, decrees and processes of the Courts made in accordance with the same, depend the protection of the laws, liberty, property *nd happiness; and I exhort them every where, to testify their devotion to their country, their pride in its prosperity and greatness, and their determination to uphold its free institutions, by a hearty co-operation in the effects of the government to sustain the authori- ty of the law,to maintain the-Supremacy of the Federal Constitution, ana to pre serve unimpaired the integrity of the National Union. In testimony whereof, I b3ve caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and sign the same with my hand. . *—^—*Done at the City of Washington, ( 1 the Third day of Sept., in | seal. | t [ )e year One Thousand Eight —,—- Hundred and Sixty-Seven. By the President; Andpew Johnson. William H. Seward, Secretary of State. The Freedmzn’s Bureau-—Its StL’pin- bous Frauds to be Exposed.—The pro fligacy and corruption of. that prolific hot-house of thieving and rascality, the Freedmen’s Bureau, are about to be ex posed to the gqfo of the world. Tho National Intelligencer of the 24th ult., makes the following announcement! The proof being prepared of an amount of fraud and corruption and gross abuse, for political purposes, of tho institution entitled the Freedmen’s Bureau, that will astound the people, who, relying upon the high character and Christian reputation of its chielk have been unwilling to believe that bis subordinates were everywhere, not only here, but. wherever its raiiaications ex tend, making it the pretext for whole sale frauds upon both the tax-payers of ; the country and upon the freedmen : themselves, and using its machinery and disbursing its appropriations for ' the basest partisan political purposes ! We speak advisedly. ‘ - [From the Vi’i.t.-hmna & ... Honor the Strongest JJomi. Two centuries age it was thought an insult in the Highlands ot Scotland to ask a note from a debtor. It wai sidered the same a* saving, “1 your honor.” If parties nes3 matters to transact stejip^-i out into open air. ..... . eyes upon tbe heavens, and each ed his) ■*: ligation with no mortal Wit ness. mark Was then carved in seme roc^or tre ■ n -r by to bo a remember* ance of the Compact, Such a thing ns a ‘breach .of Contract, we are tc'.d. was then very rarely met with, so highly did the people regard (.heir honor, and so truly did they ic-ar Him beneath whose eye they performed such acts. When the march of improvement brought the Sew mode of doing busi ness! they were often pained by these innovations. An anecdote is handed down of a farmer Who had been to the Lowlsvds and learned worldly wisdom. On A .yning to the native parish be had nir&J of a sum of money, snd made bold to ask a loan of a gentleman of means, named Stewart. This was cheer fully granted, and Mr. Stewart counted out the gold on his library table. This done, the farmer took a pen and wrote a receipt, and offered it to the gentle man. “What is this, man ?” cried Mr. Stewart, sternly eyeing the slip of pa* per. “It is a receipt, sir, binding me to give ye back yer gold at the right time,” replied Sandy. "Binding yet Well, ncy man, if ye canna trust yer self I’m sure I’ll na trust ye! Ye canna ha’my gold !”• and gath ering it up, he put it back in his desk and turned bis key on it. “But. sir, I might die,” replied ihe canny Scotchman, bringing up an argu ment in favor of his new wisdom, “and ray sons isjghtr efuse it to ye. But this bit o’ paper wad compel them.” “Compel them to sustain a dead father’s honor 1” cried the high minded Scot.—“They'll need compelling to do right if this is the road yev leading them! I’ll neither trust ye nor them. Ye can gang elsewhere for money! But ye’ll find none in this parish that’ll put more faith in a bit o’ paper than in a neighbor’s word o’ honor and his fear o’ Gou!” 5fi§“The New York Herald Is now, in its anr.i-Radical strategy, urging the President to a “general amnesty” for the “whites who foolishly ran into r> bellion:” for the “poor negro, whose in tellect is completely unsettled bv our quarrel over him;” for the “North, which is heartily sick of paying the bills for these Ethiopian theatricals;” fjr “our commerce, our agricultural in terests, our progress as a people.” 8@“ When Dr. Johnson asked the widow Porter to be his wife, he told her candidly that he was of mean extrac tion, that be bad no money, and that be had an uncle hanged. The widow rer plied that she carea nothing for bis par entage, that she had no money herself, and though she had not had a relative hanged, she had fifty who deserved hanging. So they made a match of it. Even the Sultan of Turkey, after the suppression of the insurrection iu Cand.a, issues a proclamation of general amnesty to the insurgents. It has been reserved to American citizens to be mere bloodthirsty and implicable than Turks, and to set up a howl of rage be cause tboPresident of tbe United States proposes to issue a like proclamation to the late rebels.—Chat. Union. The names of fifty-one influen tial citizens of Warrenton, Va., have been stricken from tbe registration lists of that town at the “revisals” of the bcoks just closed. £y One thousand two hundred and sixty cases of misdemeanor are on the Criminal Court docket of Nashville. S©“A New York correspondent writes : “Vanderbilt is a gigantic spec ulator. Like Frederick the Great, be takes his leisure to mass his troops, and in an unexpected moment throws him self upon his foe. sure of victory. He has the Harlem and Hudson roads. He is after the Central, and means to con trol the Erie. He takes his leisure in the morning, and divides it between his breakfast, bis cigar and his horses. He spends a great deal of his time in bi3 stables. He has a trotting track in his yard, ?o that he does not have to go far to try his favorites. At 10 precisely* he enters his up-town office. At 12 he rides up to the Harlem, and then over to the Hudson Railroad. The rest of the day he gives to business and rides. He seldom appears at the Stock Board. He buys through other hands, because he can do it better.” The F.pisopalians on Divorce. In the Episopal Diocesan Conven tion, held in Ckjatgo last week, a reso lution was adoptd instructing the de puties of the diouee in tbe next Gen eral Convention vo procure by general con law, wih suitable qunlifica- of the use of the marriage service of the church in caes whore either par ty contemplating marriage shall have been previously dvorced by the civil law on grounds otier than that of adul tery.” The depeties are alao Instruct ed to procure a rule of duty to be fol lowed by the cergymen, whose, ser vices are thus a)plied for in asce ’tam ing tbe facts beiring on such prohibi tion. Hon. B. H. Hill to Gen. Grant. Hon. B. H. Hill is writing a series letters to Gen. Grant, in reply to Gen Pope, in which he asserts that no re spectable white man in the South ap proves of the military bills ns constitu tional, right, just, or desirable. Tbe uncandid accept; the candid reject; none approve; all despise. The fir3t article will appear in the Chronicle & Sentinel ol the 6th, and be followed by others. 9$&»Always set a post fence over a ditch, or neqr good drainage, ahd the posts always remaing dry, will last many yesrs longer than those standing in wet subsoil. 8gl.lt is resported that Edward Pey son Weston is to walk from Portland, Me., to Chicago. Ill., a distance of 1,200 miles, in thirty consecutive days, no walking to be done on Sunday. The match is for 10,000, aud the start to be made between the let and 15th of Oc tuber next. {©-Immense frauds on the revenue have just been discoverer! in New York Merchants in high standing both there and in Boston are implicated. Zion’s Herald advertises two col ored preachers, “of superior parts,” who want white congregations. It says: “Now. brethren, let us practice as we preach.” From Washington. Washington, Sept. 4.—The amma proclamation w expected to-morrow.; The list of exceptions will be qui short. Dispatches from Athens an nounce an nesty in Crete. The cabinet (Grant and Browning absent) accorded with the Prrsldeat, except Mr. Seward, who fears that the President, in his ex ceptions to the amnesty, is imprudent- ’ ly exclusive. New Orleans Items. New Orleans, Sept. 4.—Deaths from yellow fever yesterday 28. The Board of Health last night declared the fever epidemic, but describe it os being of a mild type. A communication wax sent to the Board of Health yesterday announcing a. re-organization of the Howard Association, but stating that it was without funds. The school embroglio is coming to a focus. The schools opened bn Mon day, the day specified bv the law, un der the auspices of the Board of Direc tors. Appointees of the Council are re strained nom action by a writ quo war ranto, returnable on the '9tb, before Judge Duplanter. The Council last night adopted a resolution suspending the schools until October 1st, on the ground of illegality. The resolution amonnts to nothing legally, as the Board of School Directors exercise au thority‘under tne State laws. Tbe Be- publican suggests cutting off supplies from the schools as a means of oyer- coming the difficulty. Southern Relief Association. New York, Sept. 4.—The Southern Famine Relief Committee held their final meeting. Total cash receipts have been $250,566—all expended.— Number of bushels of corn purchased, 75,316. Vermont Election. Washington. Sept. 4.—The Radical# have carried Vermont by 18,000. North Carolina Republican State Cons, vention. Raliou, N. C., Sspt. 4.—The State Republican Convention assembled to day; 66 counties represented—several by proxy. Proceedings barmoniovi.— Permanent organization effected, ( (on. Joseph C. Abbott elected Presiq jnt, Gen. Alfred Dockery and Hon. R!'P. Dick are among the Vice Presidents.— Committee to draw up a platform elect ed. A mass meeting is called for to night. Alabama Conservative Convention. Montgomery, Sept. 4.—Tha Conser vative State Convention met to-day.— Thirteen out of Sixty-two counties re presented. There is considerable en thusiasm; 87 delegates, 20 colored.— Platform will be reported to-morrow. The National Debt. Washington, Sept. 4.—T : debt statement is as follows: Amount bear ing coin interest bos increased to $36,- 031,000; that bearing currency interest has decreased -to $66,320,000; debt ma tured but not presented has increased $3,083,000; bearing no interest has in creased $7,157,000; coin decreased, $1,- 641,000; currency decreased, $25,401,- 000. Total decreased debt $32,893,- 000. Negro Police Magistrate. , Charleston, Sept. 4.—General Sick les has appointed Beverly Nash.a prom inent negro of Columbia, to be a police magistrate. New York Market* New York, Sept. 4.—Flour rather more active—state $6 75 to $10 85; Soutnern, $9 to 13. Wheat steady; Southern amber. $2 30 to 2 35. Com unchanged. Oats firmer; Southern 66 to 68. Mess pork 23 45 to 23 70—clo sing at 23 55. Lard steady. Whisky, 36 to 38. , Cotton more active and firmer, at 26f to 29. • Stocks steady. Gold, 42. Coupon* of 1862, 4} premium. Cincinnati Market. Cincinnati, Sept. 4.— Flour firm and fair demand. Corn advanced, supply unequal to demand, $1 10 to $1 12. Mess pork active, closed at $23 75 to 24. Bacon higher; shoulders, 13f; clear sides, 16| to 17. St. Louts Market. Sr. Louis,. Sept. 4.—Superfine flour $6 50to7 75. Corn unchanged. Mess pork. $24 50; clear sides, 17}; should-J • ers 13} to 13}; lard 13 to 13}. */ CST’Tho ties for the Kansas Pac Railroad have to be transported fr the eastern border, and are estitr, to cost, laid down, one dollar Fuel us?d for tbe locomotives hac. be transported two hundred miles the road progresses westward, th/ pense will increase, for, as yet, no coal has been discovered. by doing hi3 duty; on the c one good action, one temptation and overcome, one sacnlice or interest, purely for eonscien will prove a cordial for weak a spirits, for beyond what either gence, or diversion, or company for them. SSyDipwell wash, and they will become cover

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, September 12, 1867, Image 1