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Newspaper Page Text==s= =a= a = “WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION," YGLUME XXII. ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1868. NEW SERIES—NO. 43. SU)C Cfliirir. M. DWINEIiL, Prop’r. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. RATES OF WEEKLY. One year Sit IM Six Months 1 75 Three Months 1 00 RATES FOR TRI-WEEKLY. One year . $6 00 Six Months 3 50 Three Months .'. 2 00 IK VARIABLY IN ADVANCE. To clubs of Five or more one copy will be fur nished gratis. Clean Cotton Rags wanted in exchange for the paper at three cents per lb. M. DWINELL, Proprietor. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Laud by Administrators, Electors or Guardians, arc required by law to be hold on the first Tuesday in each month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at tho Court, House in the county in wiiich the propertyis situated. Notices of these sales must bo given in a pub lic gazette 40 days previous. Notices of the sale of personal property must be given in like manner, through a public gaz ette 10 days previous to sale day. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate, must be published 40 days. Notice the'papplications will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land must be published for two months. Citations lor letters of Administration, Guar dianship Ac., must be publisliod 2i days—for dismission irmn Administration, monthly six our city will prosper without some pams taking, some effort and some liberality on our part, in the way of contributing our means. I prefer taxation, it equalizes the burden. It will oome back with compound interest. All can find something to do. If they have no money,they can work and talk for it. What we do we should do quickly. Pro crastination is the thief of time. Allow me to suggest next Monday night and the City Hall a3 the place for the citizens to meet, to consult together as to what course should he adopted in reference to the move made by the City Council. They doubt less would like to have an expression of opinion from the citizens. Come one, come all. A Roman. Tall Clover.— Gen. Geo. S. Black has presented us with some clover, grown upon his ulace, that is over five feet high. The proof accumulates that this is one of the best countries, in the world, for grasses. OBITUARY. Died, it Dyke’s School House, in this couuty, ou Saturday, the 0th ins!., after a months—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 protracted and painful illness, which was lays. Rules for the forccloseure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months—for es tablishing lost papers, for the full space of three months—for compelling titles trom Executors or Administrators, where bond has been given b the decease^, for tho full space of three months. Publications will always be continued aceord- 51 ng to these, the legal requirements, unless oth erwise ordered, at the following RATES. Sheriff's Sales per levy of ten lines or less $3 00 Sheriff’s Mortgage fi. fa. sales, per levy, 5 00 Tax Collector’s sales, per levy,.... 00 Citations for letters ofAdministration 3 00 Citations lor letters ol Guardianship - 3 00 Notice ot application for dismission trom Administration, 6 00 Notice of application for dismission from Guardianshiji, Application to sell land, . 4 00 4 ... 6 00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, Sale of Land, pcrsqnaro ^ uu Sale of perishable property, 10 days 2 00 Estray Notices, 00 days,...* 4 00 foreclosure of Mortgage, per square 4 00 , _ .nan advertising his wife, (in advancc)10 00 SATURDAY MORNING, June 13. liook to Your Interests. We cordially endorse the suggestions of “A Roman,” published below, and would urge our citizens to meet, en masse, at the City Hall next Monday night, to council ogethcr in regard to the important Interests of the city. “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at its flood, leads on to fortune.” That tide is now setting in our favor, and it will he extreme folly not to take advantage of it. The location of the Hoad, in this immediate viciuity, is a matter of no small importance, and one, in regard to which, the general interest of the town ought to he considered. There is no more eligible point on the entire line, for the machine shops, but the Company is not likqly to locate them where there is no willingness shown to reciprocate favors.— Let there be a full meetiug at the City Hall, at the time suggested, and pass such resolutions as shall be liberal and promotive of the interests of both the city and the Railroad Company. trk'lma, Rome & Dalton Railroad—The In terests of Rome. Editor Courier—It is gratifying to me, and doubtless is to every good citizen, to see that our City Fathers have made a proposition to Col. Dan’l. S. Printup, Chair man of tin: Executive Committee of the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad Company, to do all in their power to co-opcrate with this Road in locating the route through our city, with its little expense to the Company hs possible. It is a good move, and one in the right direction, and one destined to result in great good to our city, if carried out in that spirit of liberality the nature of the case demands. I am not only willing, but anxious for the City Council to levy and collect a tax upon my property, and upon my head, if need be to be expended in paying for the right of way through any part of the city, and for buying suitable grounds tor locating their Depots, machine shops, and all other necessary buildings, and make a donation of it to tho Company. I believe the citi zens will sustain the Council in so doin with the exception of a few old chronic cases, who were never known to favor any public enterprise, if it required any money of them, though they knew it would be to their interest. They would always shirk, stand aside, and watch its progress, and as soon as the enterprise enhanced their property, they would be among the first to claim it, and demand it as a right. We have a few of that sort uufortuuately among borne with Christian fortitude and resigna tion, The Floyd County Agricultural Society. Thus has .passed untimely away, in the midst of its usefulness, the Farmer’s best friend—while living unappreciated by those most to be benefitted, and “unwept, unhon ored and unsung” when dead. Dr. C. K. Ayre, President, and J. R. Stevens, Secre tary, were the only mourners present at the funeral. The remains were interred with agricultural honors,'and the mourners dis missed sine die. Requiescut hi Pace. Fall Oats.—Capt. L. P. May has laid upon our table a sample of oats raised upon his place, the tallest .wo have seen. They are full six feet high, with heads over twenty inches long. The oat crop gener ally in this section lias been considerably injured by tho recent dry weather. Jewelry Store. It is a pleasure to call the attention of the public to the claims for patronage of such a man as Joseph E. Veal. He Is among the oldest business men of the city, has always been prompt, faithful and true to the trust reposed in him, and, has come as near, probably, as any one could, to giving complete satisfaction to all his customers. In manufacturing and repairing, he excels almost any one outside of the large cities, and the articles of jewelry he sells, turn out to he precisely as they are represented. The employees of the shop, Mr. William son, “Little Mac,” and Marion Ezzell, with his long heard, are just as clever :is men get to be in this “limestone country,” and wc cheerfully commend them all to the fa vorable consideration of the public. Honey.— Quite a number of citizens in this and adjoining counties are paying con siderable attention to bees, and they find that saving honey is a paying business. A swarm of bees may be made to yield a net income of six to ten dollars a year, with very little trouble or expense. Honey is now worth in tliis market from 20 to 25 cents. Tlic First Merchantable Wheat. Mr. Jas. W McGhee, ofCherokee coun ty, Ala., brought the first thoroughly dried wheat to this market, by the boat last Fri day. It was sold by Messrs. Berrys to J. J. Cohen at 82 25. Two dollars, how ever. is considered the market price for good new wheat. Che;'ribs.—We are indebted to Mr. Cutter for a sample of his fine cherries and plums. These show that fine fruits can he raised here, in abundance, with proper at tention. Every sane man must know that if we are so fortunate as to secure the location of v’ueir shops, it will increase the population at least one thousand inhabitants tho first year, whioh will increase all kind of busi ness to the same extent. We have boasted of our natural advan tages over every city in this State. Wc have talked and wrote about them long ■enough, at least long enough to realize the fact that they will not avail ns much unless we cultivate them. Nature has done her full share, and left; the rest for us to do, and unless we do it now, in all probability it will not he done until we sell out to those that will. We must not expect others to come here and do for us what we ourselves ought to have done, long since. No city was ever built up without means. It takes money to make money. No gold mines ever proved profitable without the expenditure of money. It takes money and toil to make them pay. No one ever heard or ever will hear of gold dust work ing its way up through the earth from where nature placed it, and transporting itself to the mint. It required money and energy, and so it willtoinake Rome what she ought to be, with; her - natural advan-, fcigea. Wc must'go to work-with one ac cord, and do'our duty, encouraging. and sustainin|j.th'6 Couneilj in ” the step -they have taken. It is worse than folly to Blink The Vital Issue of the Campaign. The subject of the national platform for the Democracy, says the Nash ville Banner, in the next Presidential electioiTis now ex citing much interesting discussion among party leaders at Washington, most of whom appear to insist that the platform resolutions shall he few and very brief, as the living issues between the parties have been reduc ed down to the single proposition whether or not this is a white man’s Government.— On this proposition, they say, let the fight be made, and let this single issue stand out in hold relief. There are any number of minor issue which can be settled in fixture, but the result of the approaching Presiden tial contest must and will determine whefch- or not this once proud Republic is to he placed under negro control. Council Chamber, I City of Rome, Ga., [■ June 10th, 1868. ) Hon. Daniel S. Printup, Chairman Execu tive Committee, Selma, Rome <(• Dalton Railroad Company: Sir—Considering your position as an officer of the Selma, Rome & Dalton Rail road Company, your long continued inter est and active labors in behalfrof the Geor gia and Alabama Railroad Company, and also your citizenship of eighteen years in our city and identification with its pros perity, we are constrained to address you upon the suhjeet of the projected routes of tho new Company, so far as they affect the interests of this community. You are well aware that the original project of building the Georgia and Ala bama Railroad, to connect with the Selma line emanated from the citizens of Rome. Near one hundred thousand dollars was by them expended upon the work, the chief object of which was to build up our city, and advance its commercial prosperity— Under the consolidation and merger^ph the Selma and Dalton lines, we are stiltas desirous of securing to our city all such benefit and advantage as is reasonable and just, considering the objects heretofore had in view, and the money expended by onr citizens upon the original line. Inasmuch as the Board of Directors of the ne\y Company, yourself excepted, have no local interest with us, we therefore call upon you to set forth in a proper manner to your Board the peculiar interests we feel, touching the route of entrance in and exit from our city to be adopted, and in order that our liberality may uot be questioned or misunderstood, we desire to say that as a municipal corporation, we will do all that we can to co-operate with your Company in making the selected route as free from charges and damages as possible. Our city has no funds, and but a very limited power of taxation, but we think we will he sus tained in pledging the right of way through our city limits by one or two routes, cither of which would be acceptable to this com munity. Wc do highly appreciate that state of things which makes the interest of a railroad Company and a community mu tual, and it will be our pleasure to do our full partin creating and preserving such a relation with your Company. If then there is any matter or thingwhich you or your Board, can suggest, whereby we can be of service, we will thank you to make it known. Chas. II. Smith, Mayor. the: comink juan. Gossip About the Leading Candidates. That’s the Talk.—The irrepressible Wendell Phillips was out again on Friday, in another speech, at Boston. He said: We will havo the ballot for the negro by ag'tat ion, soon. A voice—Hew do you propose to do it ? Mr. Phillips—I propose to do it just ag Christianity occupied the throne of the Cmsars. [Loud cheers.] I propose to do it by telling men just what God tells me.— I will do it by doing what the temperance societies, which are as hide hound as the churches, dare not do—examine a Repub lican candidate for the Presidency—the most popular man in America, who cannot stand up before aglass of liquor without falling down. [Great silence, succeeded by ap plause.] T will do it by opposing the Re publican party when it bids me u be silent about negro suffrage North, it will hurt our eparty. Be silent about General Grant’s drinking, it will hurt his chances.” I reply God bids me speak what you bid me forbear. I will speak, and let the dead bury their dead, whether Znoy him in the White Bouse or not. ■ Ladies Included.—We are authorized to say that under the arrangement for oar-, rying delegates, and all others, desirous of visiting New York during the session of the National Democratic Convention for one-fere and return-free, ladies as well as gentlemen are included.—Bacon Tel. The Washington correspondent of the Louisville Courier writes: The New York Convention and its prob abilities are the principal topics of discus sion in the capital. The friends of Pendle ton, Hancock, Hendricks etc., are working triggers for their favoritcs,and all are hope ful. Several sharp New Yorkers repre senting the political wire pullers of “Goth am” have been here for ten days past sur veying the situation. They are close mouth ed, and if tho astute politicians of that State are playing a shrewd game for some “dark” candidate, their agents here are al so too sharp to disclose it. This much is known, and nothing more. New York is looking out for the winning man, for the leader who can poll the larg est rote, and that found, they are for him. If they have a candidate of their own, they will unhesitatingly sacrifice him if they be come satisfied anothei is better. To ascer tain this fact they have agents in different sections of the country, consulting with the leading politicians, and obtaining, as fer as possible, the sentiments of the people. The first question they say to be decided is, whether a civilian or a war man will run best. If the former, Hendricks, of Indiana, seems to he first choice of the New Yirk- ers, always provided Governor Seymour declin cs. If a military man is deemed the best, the choice is between Generals Han cock and Blair. The politicians of the North and East are evidently against Mr. Pendledon, but whether or not that opinion obtains among the masses, is altogether a different ques tion. Certainly, he has great strength with the people in the West, and will re ceive a much larger vote on the first bal lot than any one else. Nevertheless shrewd politicians here declare General Hancock will be nomitated on the third ballet. I imagine their partiality for the General is the basis of their hopes. But be that as it may, “I tell the story as ’tis told to me." There are no indications yet as to what the platform will be. I understand how ever, that the wire workers in New York are in favor of a plank declaring the Dem ocracy will accept the situation as they find it now, (negro suffrage and all, I suppose it means.) They are also in fe vor of a recog nition of Mr. Chase for his efforts to defeat impeachment. Other than this there have been no developments. Can Negroes Hold Office in Geor gia?—Neither the Reconstruction acts, original or supplementary, nor the proposed constitutional amendment, require it.— These do give to the negro the right of suffrage, but they do not confer upon him the additional and higher right of eligibili ty to office. Such is the argument of Jo seph E. Brown—thus be argued in an ad dress to the members of; he Atlanta Con vention; and in this address he declared that if tho Convention should go beyond tbe requirement of Congress, and give to the negro the,right of holding office, that he would oppose the ratification of the Constitution [which the Convention was \then framing. Hence it was the Convention struck from the report of the Committee on Franchise that section whioh expressly declared the negro eligible to office; and hence it was that Joseph E. Brown and his disciples did, on various occasions, in public addresses, during the recent campaign (and more recently at Chicago), declare that the ne<*ro could not hold office in Georgia, under the new Con stitution. By such assurances many good men were, no doubt, iadneed to vote for the Constitu tion, who would otherwise have voted against it.. To these men, who were influenced by such assurances, made by the ox-Govemor and his coadjutors, and indeed to the whole people of Georgia, to whom these assuran ces were given, Governor Brown is obligar- ted .to contest the “qualification” of every negro who has been elected to office in Georgia. Will he do it? Every con sideration of honor, justice and consisten cy require of him this seryice. [Monroe Advertiser. [From tbe Mountain-Home, Talladega. Tribute to tbe Memory of a Gallant Sol dier. We have been kindly furnished for pub. lication, bytbe Rev. Tlios. A. Cook, with the following magnanimous tribute to a no ble brave boy from our county, . who gave his lift- for our “Lost Cause,” with the col ors of the South proudly waving over him. To his parents, ’tis a sweet consolation to know that bravery oftheir heroic boy is the subject of such praise, and that too from one who occupied a position against us.— What more fitting to the memory of any man than is paid to the memory of of George H. Hannah, the gallant corporal and color-bearer of the 5th Alabama : Boston, May 11,1868. Rev. Tho*. A. Cook, Talladega, Ala.: Dear Sir—Will you please call upon a family who, I think, Teside near your vil lage, by the name of Hannah. In case you see Mr. or Mrs. Hannah, just state to them that I witnessed the gallant conduct oftheir nohlc son. Geo. H. Hannah, corporal com pany B, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment of Volunteers, Rhode’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia, at the battle of Win chester, Va_, on the memorable 16th of Sept ’frt. He nobly stood his ground, with the colors of the South waving, and his face toward his fee, (us) all of five minutes, at least, but which seemed to us at the time to he overan hour. After the fight I had him kindly cared for, and he was. by orders, brought to a house; I had doctors to attend him, paid the lady of the house for her trouble; I read the Bible for him, and brought delica cies, etc., for him until he died. With my own hands I made his grave in the grave yard of Winchester, made his coffin, ancP Thor’s and reads it, and finds fault with it, read over him the Episcopal service of the dead, and placed a board over his grave with his name, company and regiment up on it. He was the bravest soldier 1 ever saw. I also kindly cared for a comrade of his at the same time,by the name of Joseph Wil son, 5th Alabama regiment. Yours truly, J.*J. Weight, Colonel. Formerly U. S. A., of tho Potomac. Grant, Colfax and Bummerism.— One George F. Root, and a Chaplain Mc Cabe have immortalized themselves—the former by setting to music, and the latter by singing at the Chicago Convention the first campaign song of the hummer party. Wc fake their word for it Bummerism is one of their elements. The bummer par ty song has been endorsed by the New York Tribune, and it Is rarely that we see the naked truth so freely exposed to the gaze of the world. Three groans for the “bummer party.” Hear the beautiful re frain: “Then rally again, then rally again, With the soldier, the sailor and bummer, Wc will fight it out here, on the old Union line, No odds if it takes us all Summer.” -Now, there is a spark of open, unblush ing rascality and bold frankness in this declaration of “hummer” principles, which the New York Tribune endorses by pub lishing, that we do not hesitate to thus put upon record for their benefit. Hurrah for the hummer flag of Grant and Col fax. A bummer is a thief, a prowling, steal- g, sneaking, drunken, debauched cur, who hangs upon the tail of an army. His plan of operation is to “gut” the dwellings of the poor defenceless women and children; to destroy for the sake of destroying; to murder for the sake of murdering; out of a pure hellish spirit. The bummer is the wretch who outrages the females, who pours filth into the food ho cannot carry away, or easily consume with fire. The bummer never fights. Ho assassinates sick and fe ttle old men, and maltreats old women and children. The bummer is . the incarnate wretch who laid waste towns and cities with the torch. The hummer rendered signal service to the Mongrel party, in loafing in the rear of Sherman, on his destructive raid through districts where a Southern man was not seen. All had been killed or were in remote sections. There the lusty bummer was in his glory. No men to frighten him, plenty of plunder, and rare work for fire and the butcher knife. As the “hammer” has been pnt into doggorel by the “polcks” of the hammer party, we take ittliey understand their own princi ples. Go it, minstrels, on Grant, Colfax and bummerism—the God and morality candidates.—[New York Day Book. The Columbus Arrests.—Alluding to the resolution introduced in the Honse of Representatives by Mr, Beok. calling for executive information in reference to tho late illegal and tyrannical military arrests and imprisonment of citizens of Columbus, the Sun says: We are pleased to notice that due en quiry into this monstrous outrage has been inaugurated. We are more gratified to an nounce that there is no power to prevent its prosecution and frill development Mr. Beck will press tire matter, and whether the Radical Congress refuse or grant his pro per and reasonable request, the troth will oome- All of the frets and testimony are in the hands of capable efficient and fearless men, and this whole proceeding from be ginning to end, will be thoroughly ventila ted. The public mind of the country will be informed as to this whole transaction, and the suppression of eveiy newspaper in Military District No. 3, no matter how agreeahlesnch a thing might be to_ those who have reason to fear and hate their pow er and influence, will ,be powerless to sup press truths that will horrify and astound all who still respect law, justice, humanity and fair ' Six Boys Killed by Eating Poison ed Mulberrys.—We take the following paragraph fremthe Huntsville Indepen dent. We have no recollection of ever see ing a like instance recorded : Wo were informed by a friend yester day that in the Northern part of this coun ty quite a number of persouBhave been poi soned by eating mulberries. Jwq St "our informan’te house were poisoned, and ho told ns that he understood that six hoys, three white and three negroes, were found dead under a mulhery tree. It is supposed that the locust have poisoned the mulber ries. We would warn the people to be ware of eating these berries, as they are doubtless poisoned. Newspaper Patronage. Many long, weary years of experience in the newspaper business, has forced the conviction upon us that newspaper patron age is a word of many definitions, and that a great majority of mankind are either ig norant of the correct definition, or are dis honest, in* a strict biblical sense of the word. Newspaper patronage is composed of as many colors as the rainbow, and is as changeable as a chameleon. One man comes in and subscribes for a paper and pays for it in advance, and goes home and reads it with theprond satisfac tion that it is his. He hands in his adver tisement, asks the price, pays for it, and goes to his place of business, and reaps the advantage thereof. This is newspaper patronage. Another man says “you may put my name on your books,” and goes off without saying a word about pay. Times passes on, and yon want money, and ask him to pay what is honestly due yon. He flies into a passion, perhaps pays, perhaps not, and or ders his paper stopped. This is called newspaper patronage. Another man 1ms b ou a subscriber for a very long time, but has never paid a cent, and at last becomes tired of you and wants a change. He thinks he wants a city paper. He tells the postmaster he don't want it, and you will get a paper marked “refused.” But docs he call and pay yon to pay for his-city paper. He will pa> you after a while, he says. But he never does unless you sue him. And this, too, is called newspaper patronage. Another brings in a fifty cent advertise ment, and wants a two dollar notice given it, and if you refuse, he goes off mad. And this is called newspaper patronage. Another man lives near you—he does not like the editor—the paper is too small for him—yet he goes regularly to his neigh From lb* Atlanta Intelligencer. Grand Democratlc'Mass Meeting. Notice is hereby given that there will be a Grand Democratic Mass Meeting at At lanta, on the 22d day of July next. The most distinguish oratorsJrom all parts of the Union will be invited, liberal arrange- v ents will be made with the Railroad Companies, and a demonstration will then be made that will speak in thunder tones the determined purpose of Georgia to shake off all Radical domination, and to array herself on tho side of Democracy and the Constitution. Further particulars will be published shortly. [J. F. ALEXANDER, Chr’m. Dcm. Ex. Com. Fulton Co. Jt^Democratic Papers please Copy. Radical Black Mail. The following circular, which has by some mischance got into the newspapers, shows tho means that arc resorted to by the Jacobins to raise money for electioneering purposes. They must indeed feel appre hensive of failure when in addition to the official patronage they control, the pickings and plunder which they enjoy through the collection of the revenue, the whisky tax, the Freedman’s Bureau, and all the ramifi cations of the government macliincry. ,, . ,. backed up too by the military power, they Oh., no . he wants^ his^money rcsort ^ su0 ^ mcans jq coerce money from their partisans for electioneering purposes. —Savannah News <£ BeralL and quarrels with the opinion of the edi tor. Occasionally he sees an article he likes, and begs or gives half a dime for the number. This is called newspaper patron- age. Another man takes two or three city pa-, pers, and cannot afford to take a home pa per, but he likes it, and comes into the of fice and begs one when he is in town. This, also, is called newspaper patronage. Another man takes a paper, he takes a copy for himself and family, and pays for it, and does all he can to get new subscrib ers—he never grumbles, but always has a a cheerful word for the editor. If any item of interest occurs in his neighbor hood, he informs the editor. This is news paper patronage. Another man has a patent, and) wants you to give it a two dollar notice eveiy week; “it will be of interest to your read ers,” he Bays, but although knowing it will benefit him most of all, he does not offer to pay for it. This is called newspaper pat ronage. Another man has taken the paper for several years but has not paid for it, and comes in with a four or five dollar adver tisement, and asks you to insert for noth ing, because he is an old patron of yours.— This is called newspaper patronage. Another man—a young man about town —no use of his taking a paper, he knows all that is going on. By-and-by he gets married, and hands in a notice with “just hand me a dozen copies.” he gets them, and when you mention pay he looks sur prised—“you surely do not charge for such things!" And this is called newspaper patronage. Another man (bless yon, it does us good to see such men) comes in and says, “the year for which I paid is about to expire, I want to pay for another.” He does it and retires. This is newspaper patronage. Now, is’nt newspaper patronage a curi ous thing ? And in that great day when the gentleman in black gets his doe—as he surely will—how many of tho patrons enumerated above will fa'l to his share ?— Now. it will be seen that while certain kinds of patronage is the very life and ex istence of a newspaper, there are other kinds of patronage that is more destruc tive than the deadly night shade.” Reader! where do you stand ?”—Ex change. Scraps from Prentice. 8ffi_The sound of the word Oregon gires the radicals the headache. 8@*The genius of radicalism, like the Devil, invites everybody to come into his quartern and not “stay out in the cold." atiylf whisky were a quick instead of a slow poison, it wouldn’t loll a fiftieth part as many as it does. JSyTo vote for the Democratic ticket is to act like a white man. To go for the radi cals is to make a negro of yourself. tg&JThc President in his controversy with Gen. Grant, put up his own and his Cabinet’s veracity against Grant’s want of it. BgL-Gen. Grant isn’t as strong as Hec tor, but Colfax is as wise as Ulysses. JgyThe Lexington Statesman says that it was the radical party that oonqnered peace. Ay, oonqnered it, and, against all the rules of war, put if to death. B®_Forney ought to enlarge his paper, if only to accommodate his falsehoods.— They crowd each other. They are huddled together as tho British' prisoners were in the Black Hole of Calcutta. BjpThe Macon (Georgia) Journal and Messenger, says the negro population of ward^extinction.. No one now seeB one ne gro infant .to twenty seen ten years ago. jjgyThe New York Times characterized the rejection by the Senate, of Mr. Stanber- ry for Attorney General, as an exhibition of jgp-The daughter ofa prominent Radical in Washington county, Va„ eloped a few days ago with a big buck negro. Bad for her,but served the old man right. Only a few more practical illustrations of Radical doctrine are needed to set the old folks a thipkin’: CSyA severe earthquake occurred on the Pacific coast on the 29 of May. The shocks were most powerful in "Nevada. ' No lives were lost. New York J>rj Goods Market. New York, June 6.—Dry goods dull and depressing} tick? 3c lower; Amoskpag denims 37o; "'standard make prints I2«ft 13(o; standard brown sheetings 17}c. Resigned.tt-Judgo J. R. Evans, mem ber elect to the Legislature from Thomas county, and classed at a Radical, we believe hasreSigned that position. Attention! Murder.—Mr. Zeke Williams, a mer chant living Hear Atwood’s Factory, in ‘tho edge of Greene county, Ga,; was murdered a tew nights since ip a most foul manner, Tho perpetrators areunfarown,;huitsusp:eion rests upon two men—a white and black.— Thu white man has-been ‘arrested :: the ne gro Is still at large. ■■ (strictly private and confidential.) Union Executive Rooms, Official Department Washington. Rooms,! nt, y , D. C.,j Sir—Owing to the unprecedented char acter of the approaching election, and the extensive and costly measures necessary to be instituted, the National Managing Com mittec has authorize 1 that a general cam paign fund he immediately raised. It is presumed that every appointee under the government, without regard to partisan predilections, wisely understands the sig nificance of the obligations resting upon hint, and a prompt and cordial response is accordingly solicited You are expected to contribute five dollars to this general fund, the immediate reception of which indicates your continuance in office over all other ap plicants, and secures to yourself or a friend by you recommended, no personal objec tions occurring, favorable consideration to such other place of profit and trust as may bo desired in yonr local politics. This call, and the response given, will furnish a practical test by which the gov ernment can be directed in the bestowal of its patronage. All favors and names are carefully re corded for future reference, but no notice will be taken of letters which fail to contain the required admittances. Your action will be put upon file in the order of its reception. Address. National Managing Committee, Washington, D. C. The Oregon Flection. Oregon has shown a remarkable progress in Democratic strength. The following have been the results of the- last three general elections: Democratic. Republican. Vote of 1862 ..3,450 7,039 Vote of 1864 5,992 8,719 Vote of 1866 10,343 10,459 Mallory, the present Radical member of Congress, was elected in 1866 by a vote of 10,362 against 9,809. He is now defeated by Joseph S. Smith by nearly two thousand majority. The Oregon Legislature in 1866 stood thirty-eight Radicals to thirty-one Democrats, but now has a Democratic ma jority, which will insure the election of a Democratic Senator, in place of Williams, the present Radical incunbent. From Washington. wooley’s confession. Washington, June 9, noon.—Wool- ley’s statement is given on the ground that Shook’s evider-ce relieved Wooley from the confidence involved by professional relation. shows Wooley was here to influence the Ways and Means Committee, regarding the whisky tax in Shook’s interest. Wooley’s proceedings in thisrespect are *“ al not fully stated, but no corrupt operations are evident. Seventeen thousand and one hundred dollars ofthe questioned- money are and have heen m the safe of the. Metropolitan Hotel. It appeurs from affidavits, that Wooley, Shock and others were at the Metropolitan Hotel, talking politics and proposing bets, Wooley ihrcw the money on the table, re questing Shook to hold it, and Wooley left the room. Shook took no notice of Wooley’s re mark on money. Van Valkcnburg regard ing neither Wooley nor Shook in a proper condition to have charge of so large a sum, took the money and deposited it with his' own valuables in the sate of the Metropoli tan Hotel. The parties separated and had no com munication during several days, daring which time the discordant evidence of Wooley and Shook was given. The whole affair amounts to nothing. —Indian Scalawag “High Jinks” in Colum bus.—The concern calling itself tho “City. Council of Columbus” are doing full jus tice to the power that pnt them in office, and their own instincts. The $<» reports Washington, June 9, p. war rumors are on the increase. Sheridan has sent arms to the fronteeis to arm-the settlers. Col. Leavenworth, who heretofore de fended the Indians, now faTors withhold ing annuities and the prosecution of severe measures against them. ' The following is the bill which passed in the Honse to-day : Be it enacted, etc.-, That tho Legislatures of each of the States of Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Geor gia and Alabama, elected under the Con stitutions thereof, framed and adopted in pursuance of the provisions of an aet for the more efficient government of the -rebel States, passed March 2,1867, and the act supplementary thereto, be; and are hereby authorized to meet on such days as may have been fixed either in such Constitu tions or by proclamation of any officer au thorized to convene said Legislature proclamation of any officer authorized to convene said Legislature or by the Conven tion which framed such Constitution, and if no day shall have been fixed as aforesaid, or if the day so fixed for the meeting of the Le. islature of either ot said States shall have passed or shall have so nearly arrived before the passage of this act, that in the opinion of the Governor elect there might not be time for the Legislature to assem ble on the day so fixed, sach Legislature may he convened within thirty days after the passage of this act, by the Governor of said State. Sec. 2. That whenever either of said States shall he admitted to representation in Congress, the Executive and Judicial •officers of suoK State, duly elected and qual ified under tbe Constitution thereof, may be inaugurated without delay, and the gov ernment of such States shall therefore be transferred to the civil authorities there of. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the civil and military officers, exercising au thority in cither of said States, to afibrd all practical aid and protection'to the officers of such States in carrying out the provi sions of this act, and any such officer who shall willfully withhold snch aid and pro tection, or shall willfully prevent, hinder or delay the meeting of said Legislatures, or the inauguration of any of said State offi cers or of any other eivil or military officer nnder either of said State authorities shall bo guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof before any Federal or State court of criminal jurisdiction, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding ten years, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dol lars. at the discretion ofthe court, Wooley is still confined, awaiting Biit- tho following amendments to the ordman- ‘ cr 8 convenience. ccs as adopted at the session on Monday afternoon, and.the objects of their adop tion: That officers of the city and Aider- men need not be residents of Colum bus. That members of Council be allowed to he securities on the bond of oily of ficers. That a majority of the Council elected or appointed shall have -and execute the pow er ofa full Board. The objects of the amendments are that Radicals outside the city who pay no tax may become Aldermen of Columbus, that a few meu may control the interests of the city, and that members of Council might he bondsmen for some of the officers they might elect, as nobody else will. The proprietor ofthe Metropolitan Ho tel had Wooley’s seventeen thousand one hundred dollars in the Committee Room— Butlor counted it- Municipal affairs is statu quo. Murder.—From information gathered from parties in town yesterday, we learn that a most foul murder was committed a few nights since near Atwood’s Factory, in the edge of Greene county, on the persons of a Mr. Zeke Williams, a quiet and peacea ble citizens of that county, who was engaged in the mercantile business in the neighbor hood of the factory. It appears that some time after closing nis store, one night last week, some person or persons called at Mr. W.’s house and. requested him to go to the store, as they wished to purchase something from him. He started, but before getting there was assaulted and brutally murdered, and when found by his wife, was weltering in his blood, bis throat having been cut from car to car. The perpetrators of this most horrible crime are unknown, but we learn that suspicion rest on two men, one white and one colored, and that the white man has'been arrested. The negro is still at large. It is supposed , he was murdered for his money, as his pockets were rifled by bis murderers, of their contents.—Eatonton Press. Information Wanted.—Samuel Jo seph Browne (theson of Mary Jane Browne, formerly of Pike county, Ala)., or Argon- ton Farmer will please writetome,at Thom- asto.n, Upson county,. Ga., informing me of their whereabouts, as I am anxionsto find them. A ny information wflTbe thank fully received by a poor widow and tyfo jittjo far! lierles; girls. Mary Jane Browne. Other pujtfivr will please copy. Death ok Judge Porter.—Informa tion readied t».«- city yesterday of the death of Judge B. F. Porter, of Greeneviile, re cently voted fir as Radical judge of that circuit at the late bogus election;—Mont. Mail, 6th. _ ■ Another Arrival of Prisoners.’ ‘ . The prisoners I hat were confined at Fort Pulaski from Columbus, Ga., were brought to (his city yesterday evening on tho train from Maeoh; bud carried to McPherson Barracks.—At IrUeBigaiaiti Steamship Wrecked on Cape IIattera.1, Newbern, June 9, p. m.—The steam er Terry, from . New York, arrived to-day and.reports the steamship Nevada, ofthe New" York and Mexican line, which left New York on the 3d inst., went ashore at Hatteras on Friday and sank on Saturday in ten fathoms of water. T_o passengers and crew were all saved except one of the latter, who was lost in aipt get out an anchor, passengers lost most of their bag- gape- The vessel and cargo are a total loss. Two lady passengers have gone to Nor folk in a steamer. The rest of the pas sengers and Captain ofthe vessel will be here to-night. From Washington. Washington, June 11.—In the Honse it was determined to push the Tax bill through. The most probably course will be that in ten days the House will send the bill to the Senate, for the Finance Commit tee will strike ont all except whisky and tobacco, in which the House is expected to concur; and a redaction in whisky tax will probably be consummated by the 1st or 2d week of July. The Qity Council has organized with a Democratic majority, and to-night will elect an ad interim Mayor. The. Senate passed the Omnibus Admis sion bill late last night, by a strict party- vote. It goes to the House for its concur rence. Alabama is included. The interdictions of the 14th article are to he enforced in inaugurating State officers, and the Georgia Relief laws are nulified. In other respects tho law is like that admit ting Arkansas. The Indians are hostile on the Upper Missouri. They fired on steamboats, run off stock, and killed several whites. Congressional. Washington, June 11.—In the Senate the hill relieving Certain, naval contractor, The bill extending the Freedinen’s Bu reau passed, and goes to the House for con currence. A joint resolution removing Roderick R. Bultin’s political disabilities, and allowing him to hold any office without taking the iron clad, passed. An amendment extending; the* benefits of joint resolution to all citizens was lost by a strict party vote, and goes te the House for concurrence. The Senate then adjourned. Ashley, of Ohio, reported a resolution re citing the murder o f Solomon DilL in Sonth Carolina, and declaring that the Governor elect should offer a reward of ten thousand dollars for the capture of the murderers, and arrest all desperados in the neighbor hood. House went into committee on tax bill. The Senate’s amendinennt to the Omni bus Admission bill was referred to the Re construction Committee. Night sessions dispensed with. A resolution was adopted discharging Woolley. Adjourned. From Wuhlngton. Washington, June 10.—In the Senate the Omnibus Admission was resumed. The nullification of the Georgia relief clauses confirmed by large majority. An amend ment permitting thereliefchmsesto operate for the benefit ofloyal persons was lost by an equally large majority. An amendment ordering the inauguration of State officers without unnecessary delay, and declaring elected officers who are excluded by Feder al laws or the provisions of the- fourteenth' amendment ineligible, was adopted. This amendment created considerable debate, from which it appears that its operation will vacate all offices to which incompetent per sons have been elected; hutthatafl elected who accord with Congress will be rendered competent in ample time, by the removal of their political disabilities. The Senate is stQl in session. In the Honse, the Committee on Ways and Means reported a bill to increase the revenue,and to equalize imports and exports on the following articles, which was ordered printed J All barrel or haling hoops, par- tially or wholly manufactured 2ic per pound: salt, in bulk; rock; or mineral, 24c per 100 pounds, with no drawback for-damaged sacks; wines, except Champagne, or Spark ling, not over 20 per cent; alcohol, 50c per gallon; Champagne orf Sparkling wines, 86 per dosen bottles, and 3c extra for bottles in all cases. .; • A hill relieving several Arkan.siao s elec ted to officewas passed. New'Jersey State Convention.. Trenton, June 10.—There was a large attendance at the State Democratic Conven tion, and great nnanimity. The resolutions adopted express devotion to the Constitution with all its limitations of powersto the Fed eral Government; and say that the ‘suffrage question belongs to fro States, and any legis lation thereon by Congress as an infringe ment of their reserved rights; charge tho Republican party with gross violation of the rights of States and indmduals; of most flagrant acts of tyranny and corruption; oppose all forms of repudiation of national indebtedness; express gratitude to the sol diers.. and sailors; pledge support to the nominees of the National Convention, and would feel honored by the nomination of Joel Parker, Jr., for the Presidency. A frill list of delegates was selected. Savannah, June 11.—Captain Sumner Hayes, of General Meade's staff, is here making investigations concemingsignatures of petitions for the removal of the Mayor and city officers, said to have been signed 3,506 citizens, affidavits being taken of ali whose names appear. So far the signatures prove forgeries. - New York, June 10.—Cotton dull and declining. Sales 630. Flour dully State 87 50 to $10; Southern 89 50 to 815.— Wheat quiet. Corn irregular. New mess 828 14; old 838 62J. Lard steady. Gov ernments excited and irregular; Coupons of 1862, 121; Virginias 551; new 54f; North Carolinas 681; Now 67}; Money largely exceeds demand. Gold 39}. Sterl ing, Southern Bonds firmer. Who is Hill?—Gen. Meade lias por- doned the young men who, by sentence of a Military court at Selma, were sent to the Dry Tortugas for two) ears, because they whipped a scoundrel named Hill, who was oaught stealing the wood of the father of one of the young men. This Hill will be romembered in thissec- tion. He was sent to Jacksonville many years ago by the Conference, but he was so coarse grained, ill conditioned and mean looking, that they could not stomach him, and by petition hadhim removed after three months trial His lines were afterwards east in Gadsden, where he was instinctively recog nized as sooundrel, and his labors in thi.- vineyard of the Lord were unprofitable— He has recently turned up in Sonth Alaba ma, as an intensely “foil” man; a preacher in the Northern Methodist Church, a negro school teacher and a‘prosecutor of seven young men from that seotion- We gn< ss the godly wrath of the apostate Methodist minister renegade Southern man, and counterfeit white man, will be somewhat stirred when he has learned that Gen. Meade has released the victims of his peijuries.—Gadsden Times,28th. From the Rlohmond Dispatch. Judge Chase’s Opinions. The exposition of Judge Chase’s opinions in tho New York Herald of June 2d, has attracted the attention of the whole nation The question has been. Is it authentic?— We lave heard from threo gentlemen who hp.ve conversed with Judge Cha.-te that whether ho authorized that exposition or nofc^he certainty entertained the opinions rested" Saturday’s Whig, gayst e are at littertytosay that the Chief Justico stated to an old acquaintance and fellow.mcmber of Congress, who called on him in this city Thursday, that the letter- _ in question, (that to the Herald,) about the ‘ orship of which he knew nothing, defin- position.’ Death by Poison.—Mr. Nathan Lips comb, of this county, while plowing on Sat urday last not having any tobacco wf substituted a weed called angelica, 30 minutes he was a corpse.. There are two kinds of this weed, one of which ’ poison and the other is said to be a pretl _ good substitute for tobacco. Mr. L. unfor tunately got the former. We sympaf’' with the family and friends ofthe ’ — Persons should he cautious in the t weed.—LaGrange Reporter. HSuNot often do lovinghearts and t pens produce a more beautiful obituary no tice than the following; which appeared in a local paper in Connecticut: “Exchanged ft3i»Prentiec says, a Mr. Bcntly has been indicted in Alabama for severely wounding a stranger with an axe, alleging as a rea son that “he didn’t know but was a robber.” “He didn’t know,” ; Prentice, “and so ! axed’ him.”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, June 19, 1868, Image 1