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Newspaper Page TextM. DWItraXIi, Brop’r. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. RATES OF ’ WEEKLY. One year «... — a ..... $3 01) Six Mouths... -. .1 75 TUreo Months....— 1 00 RATE8 FOR TRI-WEEKLY. One year i ...7 ... -.$8 00 Six Months— .. —... 3 50 Three MuinHs. : : 2 00 . INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. To'dobs' of Five or more ene dopy willbcMur- nisheii gratis. - •< - Clean Cotton'Rags wanteffia exchange for the paper at three ccnts ner B>. M. DWINELL, . , , Proprietor. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land' by Administrators, Excetors or Guardians, arc required hy law to bo ’ held on the first Tucsday.m each month, between the hours of ten" in the forenoon ainl-Jliree iu the afternoon, at the Court House.in the: county in whioh the propertyis situated.: 'j , . .. Notices of those sales must be given iii a pub lic gazette 10 days previous. Notices of the-sale of personal property must be given in like manner, through a public £02- ette 10 days previous tosale 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 laud must be published for two months. V ' ' Citations for loiters of'Admihisfrution, Guar- dianship Ac., must he published 3b days—for dismission . trorn Administration, monthly, six- months'—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules'for the forecloseure of Mortgages must be i-nbiisbed 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 by tire deceased, for the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements,- unless oth erwise ordered, at the following RATES. Sheriff's Sales per levy of ten lines or leas $3 00 Sheriff’s Mortgage fi. fa. sales, per levy, 5 00 Tax Collector’s soles, per levy;.... 00 Citations for letters of Administration..... --- 3 00 Citations for letters oi Guardianship 3 00 Notice ot application for dismission from Administration, 6 00 Notice of application for diBWissiou from ■ Guardianship,. — 4 00 Application to sell land, 8 80 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00 Sale of Land, persqaare— 5 00 Sale of perishable property, 10 days 2 00 .Estray Notices, 60 days,.... Delegates,to the State Democratic Con vention.,, ’," _ ■The Democratic party of Floyd county are requested to meet atthe City Hail in Rome, on Tuesday; July 7th, for the pur- jJose of appointing Delegates to the Demo cratic State Convention, which is’io meet'in Atlanta:July,22d. Wear© informed, that arrangements have been made to ran an extra train from Rome, stalling early in the morning, and delegates’can' make the trip, for .half lair.. , .. . - - Wetiope a large 'delegation will be ap pointed. We hope Polk, Chattooga, and all the^pther count ies of upper Georgia, will move with energy and promptness. in tins matter. Let ns have a “long pull, and. a Woreclosuro of Mortgage, per square. advertising his wife, (in advance) 10 00 SATURDAY .HORNING, June 2T. Shull We Ratify the XIV Article. . “The Legislature, soon to convene in this city, says the Atlanta Constitution, will be urged to ratify Article 14, proposed by Con gress, as an amendment to the Federal Con stitution. Will it be ratified? For the honor of the State, we trust it will not. At . least,.we are assured that after examining minutely into its provisions, no Democrat or Conservative will vote for the adoption of a measure so unwise and so unjust'. True, our admission intojthe Union, as a State, is made to hinge upon the acceptance of this bribe. The adoption of the amendment, aceording to Radical creed, will confer uni versal suffrage. North and South, in de fiance of tho will of the States. So far as the States might elect, it will at once settle the question for them. According to Rad ical doctrine, suffrage is an iuherent right, the exercise of which is the prerogative of all native born or naturalized male citizens of the United Stales over twenty-one years of age. Now the effect of this amendment would be to fix upon each State unrestrict ed suffrage, in the face of every solemn pro test, through the ballot-box, and otherwise uttered by the Northern Democracy against it. In every election in the Northern States during the past year, the question of negro suffrage has either been the direct or impli • cd issue, and right nobly have the Democ racy triumphed over it. Shall we thus be come the instrument not only of our own but of their abasement ? In behalf of the Democratic and Conservative members of the Legislature, we answer never! Should we by our recreancy force negro :suIFrane on the North, a measure to which •.the Democratic party is directly opposed, •what claim may we further lay to its co-op- peratiou? A cardinal principle in the Northern Democratic creed is opposition to the imposition of negro suffrage on any State by any bower foreign to that of the State itself. The declaration of this princi ple has been uttered by every Democratic resolution. Democratic vote, and Democrat ■voice throughout the Northern States. . By this amendment “all persons horn or naturilized in the United States, and sub ject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State where in they reside. jYo State shall make or en force ibdflaic irhi'ch 'stall abridge the privi leges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” According to Radical logic every male citizen, native or naturalized, over twenty-one years of age is a citizen of the United States,and, as such,’ one of his in herent “privileges or immunities” is the right of suffrage. Hence, no State, after the adoption of the amendment shall de prive him of that right. If tho Democrats iri the Georgia Legis lature. vote to ratify the 14th Article, they will commit themselves and tlicir party to ;the Radical doctrine of Federal supremacy uipon the subject of suffrage. This must tint lie done. Rather let us- stay out in -the cold and try the Military another year. The Bureau is to remain with us anyhow, and that is only a pretext to keep the mili tary quartered upon us,' and to carry onr elections, as heretofore, by the power oi .the sword. We counsel firmness, a-cold front and unwavering fidelity to principle. Defeat the Amendment, and leave the consequences where they belong.” , ., . Do you want to get Your Money's Worth! -Go to Camp & Hillyer’s and see their Afresh arrivals of prints, muslins, summer eassimerfis, hoots and shoes, and a full line .of staple p?i fancy dry goods, Toady made ai](il^ing,;ete., etc. . .; ’ .DefccripUqp of alt. Vesuvius. ‘ The Reader wifl#nd a beantifol aiid viv id deseriptioaoflke above named volcano by Dr. .Lipscoinbe, 'oh the first page of this paper. - All wha-haye any love for the beautiful . or wonderful id-nature, will read; that arti cle with great-pieasn MB radicalism. Personal.-^-Wc received a call yester day, from our friend L. W. Grant, editor and proprietor of the Gadsden Times. We are.glad tok.'.rn that this sprightfy :paper is in'a prosperous ovniVtion. It has a good circulation in a section of country ex ceedingly interesting to our merchants, and we would advise them to nse its columns as a medium for advertising. A judicious use of printer’s ink is always a good invest ment. Simmer Goods. Hardin. Clarke & Co., are just receiving a large addition to their already fine as sortment of staple and fancy dry goods.— Their goods and prices will compare favor ably with those of any other house in the city, and for fair dealing and real clever ness they can’t he beat. Read their ad vertisement and give them a call. Price ofWTieat. We understand some of the planters in this section are disposed to blame the mer chants for the present price of wheat. We think this is unjust. According to the la test quotations, June 24th, wo have seen of the New York Market, the price there was $2 65o2>70. It costs 75 cents per bushel to cover actual expenses of transpor tation and losses. This would bring itdown in this market to SI 90al 95. • The pres ent price in Rome is 61 75, That leaves a margin, to the buyer, of 15 to 20 cents. When it is borne in mind that wheat has been declining in Now York, for the last ten days, at the rate of about 2 cents per day, it will be seen that this is not suffi cient. margin for the buyer. Arrival of tlie Eutaw Prisoners. ; hos. W. Roberts, Jas. ArSteele,: RH. MUndy, J:-Cullen, W. Nfc Pettigrew, H. L. White, S. SUayliQrd, the victims qf worse than'Russian despotism, who were sent to tiry -Tortugas in defiance of all 'law and justice, on a most frivolous, charge, and late ly pardoned by Gen. Meade, arrived - this morning from New Origins on the steiinor Louise. ‘ They were most hospitably re ceived, and every possible attention, and courtesy shown them./They are Sopping at tho Battle.House,, and will leave this evening by . the Mobile and Ohio Railroad for their homes via.Gainegvjlic.- 1 ' They state that after being sentenced, they were dragged oypr the country by brutal officers, and daring , their stay at Dry Tortugas were treated very badly.,. Af- -ter their release they were turned loose at Key West, without money mr means of transportation', audit was only through the kindness andliberalityoffriends that they have.arrived .at this point and, Will eventu ally reach their iomes. Tbg proprictors of the . Morgan line of steamers gnve them free passage from Gal veston via New Orleaus.. To the officers of lhe boaU.w£_tf:treajio<fy them so kindljji furnishing them with first class passage, and to the biiuiertms,fnends. who. assisted them on the route, they-desird to return thcix-heartfelt gratitude, and thanks.—Mo bile Evening. AWjs;22(L [From the Augusta Constitutionalists, 23d. Spanish Inquisition Revived, The people of the -North will, probably never know, as they cannot folly realize all the frightful and inhuman tortures inflict ed upon the South at tho hands of military satraps. Onr attention has been called to a case quite as flagrant as that of the Co lumbus prisoners. It seems that about six weeks ago, a Federal soldier was ki’led at Warrentou, in this State. No clue, so far as we can 'as certain, has yet been afforded to detect tho perpetrator of this violence. But the mili tary authorities,-those" find gentlemen sent here to preserve order and protect the in nocent—assumed full knowledge of the case, and, without cognizance of law and without the feeble show of affidavits from any party or parties whatsoever, arrested a peaceful and unoffensivc citizen of- War- •renton by the name of Cody. This gentleman was hustled off to Mil- ledgeville with manacles on his ankles and wrists. While thus chained and in a dun geon, he was brutally attacked hy four or five soldiers, who had been imprisoned in the. same apartment for trivial misdemean ors. These soldiers set upon him because they, deemed him to be the slayer of one of their comrades. As; their superiors did not give the unfortunate man a chance to exculpate himself, neither did these base underlings allow him the charity of a doubt. One of them kieked'himin the mouth, leav ing a hideous gash upon his lip, and Mr. Cody was finally saved from fatal conse quences through tho rescue of a scargent of the guard. A military commission was then desig nated for his trial at Milledgeville, and one day’s notice given of the time to Mr. Co dy’s counsel. Upon repairing^to Millcdge- From the Southern Christian. Advocate. Vesuvius. ~ 7“" Senior Relieved Georgians. We publish in another column a list of the Georgians, who have recehtly been re lieved of their political disabilities by act of Congress. We notice among the names ^JE^cou^^iS^^'th^the’OT- two citizens of,Floyd county, Nathan Yar- i j or f or tr ; a j ), a q been revoked and Atlanta brongh and Thos. J. Perry. If these gch- i substituted for Milledgevillc: _ - tlemen have done anything to merit such a ! The trial took place one hundred and _ , boon at the hands of radicalism we do not j tsreHt J “ ilc3 rt f dcDCe f. the P rls ' «Wc day m* houses of the excavated , ... m , ,, . , : oner, and occupied twenty-one days, aur- city, I confess that the Mount of i ire be- know what it is. We hope that, ere long j ; n „ wMch thnc Mr . Co(ly was marched a general amnesty will relieve all, indepen- | from his cell to tho' court, clxaincd -like a dent of party grace or favors. felon at his ankles and wrists. Now mark the sequel. After an abrupt seizure; maltreatment, when manacled by Federal soldiers; transportation and im prisonment remote from his residence; a te- [Letter from Dr. •-Xipscomb to', the Clos*, Uhl versify'of Georsia.J ' To Dr. Jones, and the Senior* Class : • Gentlemen 7—I have just returned-from a partial ascent of Vesuvius.. As Anno ac count of this, excursion may be interesting to you and especially so in ponnexion . with jour study of Geology, I have concluded to write’ yon a. brief .descriptive letter.. Rnt I must forewarn you that I aur-very much fatigued and I fear scarcely competent to give you such a nawatirc as I disiro. , p. . YesuviuSj iis yon are aware,-is the most active volcano in the. world. Rising from the midst of the plain of Campania to ap- clevation of about <1,000 -feet, it is finely' situated to give a full and complete impres sion of its grandeur to tho eye of a specta tor. On the north and cast, are the Ap- penincs, yet sufficientiy'distar.t not to inter fere witir th*e solitude of Vesuvius. Naples witli its" level-land and its extensive slopes, lies to the west, while on the south, the base of the mountai breaches to the sea. Buried Hcrcnlanenm is. almost directly .at its foot, and Sve iniles offdisinterred Pompe ishqws its spectral walls and streets^ Near by uVc Resina, Poftiei, and qthor towns-; r The heautilul hay of Naples; curving inland’pu l sweeping round beneath hills and moun tains, adds its surpassing grace to a laud- seape, which, for every charm that can fas cinate the lover of "scenery, has probably no equal on the face of the globe. Amid this clustering loveliness, this magnificence of splendor, where form and color and posh, tion have ail combined to create a scene such as nature has never repeated, - stands Vesuvius, itself the shblimcst feature of the whole. No doubt it surprises you that Vesuvius should be described as so singularly beauti ful. Certainly it astonished me in this re- speot. I consider it the most graceful moun tain in its outline, in its serial curves, in its entire contour that I have ever seen. By night, you merely get the spectacle of its awful grandeur. The fitful flame issuing from its-cone and the descending streams of lava winding around and through the dark masses of previous eruptions which cover the side fronting towards Naples, give it an aspect" of mysterious terror. While this appearance is not overpowering, yet it is unrelieved by those softer attributes which contribute so much to its symmetrical and flowing shape. Seen by day, its immense base, its rounded regularity, its towering cone, comeat once to the eye in full relief; and as it vises section by section, each built or rather growing up out of the other, and, at the same time, each gradually shading into the other, it presents itself with such distinctness and yet in 3uch a mellowed hue that you can conceive of nothing-as wanted to complete tjie image oijyn ideal mountain. At a certain distance it looks if robed in dark velvet. I have seen it at all honrs.— Early in the morning, its beauty shows to the best advantage. The white smoke as cends with a gentle and easy motion, some times sailing off in widening folds and then again pausing over the cone and arching its volume nntil it resembles a magnificent plume bending over thatroyal head. But while realizing tho beauty of Vesuv ius, I had received ■ some other impressions not quite so consonant with the pleasures of art. A visit to Pompeii .had brought its tremendous power home to my heart in a very practical manner. After that metno- “There were Giants In those Days.” There are now living in Rome four men whose aggregate weight is 1003 lbs—dis tributed as follows : One 205 lbs, one 225, one 280, and the other 293 lbs. There are also some five or six others that como close on to these , figures. What other small city can boast of as many great men. The Wheat Crop Short.—The follow ing brief noto gives a sad account of the wheat crop in upper Georgia. The writer is largely interested as a dealer, and has too much experience in the wheat business, to be misled : Cartersville, Ga., June 22,1868. Dear Colonel—I arrived here this forenoon, and from all lean learn from sev eral planters, the wheat crop is very short, say four to six bushels to the acre. The crop is about half-what it was last year-— so. say the planters, and the grain inferior from the effect of the rust.— Constitution. Passengers Going North. A number of persons pass through our city daily going North. If they go from every placeas they do from.tjjiis place and below here, wc do not know what . will , be dono with them; they will not' only crowd New York City, but the State.—At. Intel. Ball end Chain. Ben Butler seems to resemble the an cient hydra; no sooner is one exposition of villiany “lopped off” than another springs up in its place. Some of our readers- are, doubtless, familiar With the Kearney"- case,, hut none of them have been made acquain ted with the ^revolting ., partioulars. A&fc Butler's brother had sold Kearney the na val stores, with the understanding that they were to-be paid for in Confederate money, Ben Butler, by a.proclamatioii, depreciated the value of. Confederate money, in New Orleans, so as to enable his brother to pur chase bushels of it for a trifle. Kearney, perceiving that he had been swindled, re fused to abide by the agreement. He was arrested, and-Butler declared that if he did not deliver the goods he' would be con fined in Fort Jacksonand tortured with a ball and chain, and all this in the name of .freedom-and equal rights. It was a favor ite pastime of the General’s to have white' men tied hy the thumbs to posts and fences to have them dragged through ponds, and chained to dungeon floors; and Kearney, rather than undergo the ball and chain cer- eipqny, delivered, the goods.to the B.ptler’s- Henowsues to recover. $100,000 dam ages, and we await, further developments. —Exchajigp.,. • | i ; ?J > >- - Tenneessej: CROPfi.-r-The .Nashvilhj Banner says: : ‘ ’ “Anunnsually larg quantity of wheat in is now being harvested on nil the different routes between Nashville and Memphis.-— Corn varies in size and eolor; but- -for the mostpart looks promising'. J •> -The- Btands of both corn -indnotton are remarkably good, which fact itself- insures a good yield in any average crop year. Cotton is, however^ June: A large breadth of ground is plan- tedin Irish potatoes, phss and sweetpotatoe^ and, all in all, the planters of Tennessee are evidently beginning a policy which, if car ried out, will result, in independence and an improved condition of things. The pro- gan to concentrate its terrible force upon my thoughts at tho expense of the former aes thetic sentiment. Both views were true I consoled myself with believing. And quite alive to their mutuality of merit, I started this morning to go np the mountain as high as would he necessary to satisfy curiosity, dioiis trial and the degrading handcufls of ; ambition, and the otiier, perhaps, better re a condemned criminal—he was allowed to : quisites of a tourist’s nature, go home fully acquitted of the charge j Off we went through Naples, which, if it against him. can he translated from Italian into English, There is not an innocent man in Geor gia .who is not liable to a similar fate. Will the people of the North.abet and cncour- rncans, that we rode through more varie gated and diversified and multitudinous shapes of life,—through more uproar and age the awful humiliation of the South ?— uproars,—through more yells, and screams Ifso", they may well shudder for theirown aud cracking of whips, and jingling of bells, fate, when tyranny has exhausted itself up on us and seeks its victims among them selves. We trust that Mr. Cody or his counsel will publish a detailed account of this dark business, and we hope, for the sake of hu manity, that the picture may be less horri ble than our informant warrants us to be lieve. Apostates. This word, in its original sense, applies to those who have abandoned their religion, and may be correctly applied to-those who abandon a political or other party- But ap plied to those who have denied their coun try and proven false to their homes and kindred, it is hardly expressive .enough.— Such creatures deserve the execration of fiends and devils, and are unworthy in companionship of felons. A Southern apostate! The lowest qf the low, the vilest of the vile! That a man should desert the cause qf the Southern States of America— the fairest portion of God’s heritage:—seems almost preposterous. Here where the skies are brightest, the flowers sweetest, and wo men the loveliest, there where honor arid Virtue arc the glitteririg capstones of socie ty; here where the superiority of the white race has ever been recognized; and where the noblest inodels of marihood and the purest types of womanhood are to be found; to think that iri such a land there can be traitors! !; Apostacy is a disease,' incident to this section, since the wnr, and affects those most whose heads are;weakcst,.or whose a'ni- bitioi is the most inordinate: The doctors term it- : apostasis, and'inancient' medidirie, it-flenoted"the termination or crisis of a disease, by an abscess, .or swelling filled with purulent matter. . ... The disease is approaching its termina tion with some Southern horri’men. already, but the ‘relief' comes from the wrong quar ter, arid like the fable of the beys and the' frogs', while it is fori for Congressmen, it Is death to Georgia apostates! And this prc : cions relief, which duped a fewlgood men, and dishonored the Ssate hy the adoption of a radical Constitution, like the Dead; Sea Fruit, has. turned to ashes on the lips "of its authors. Such will ever bo the fate of drror and injustice, and, if Southrons .will dnst of humiliation, and shine with greater resplendency.—Monroe JLdserliser. ' . 1 j&aKA. confessional has been-, established; in Trinity Ohureh, New York; by the'Ree- tor; ’Rev. Dr. Dix who quotes Jcrdmy Tay lor, Cranmer, arid other eminent Protestant divines; who have spoken and written -in favor of - the'-rite. - Dq^,A young woman.of NdW York who had worn male attire for fivo'years without, being detected.is determined to test in irart the right ofanjpeippn or ■' peia>ris';to ccide for her what sho shall wear—if any- tiringr-' ■?>'■ little and big, hells on goats, hells on - don keys, bells on mules and horses,—through more beggary,and rags, andthc rags of rags, and the stitched-togeth’cr relics of the re mains of the rags of rags,—and through more brilliancy and cycri splendor,—than can be seen and heard'anywhere out of Na ples., . ■ ' We' reached Resina and forthwith began a series of diplomatic performances that would fill a letter. The amount of it was to get three horses and one guide, and at the same time to keep off beggars and dis appoint the throng of incarnated rascality by which y ou are beset and besieged at every step; in Italy. The horses and guides'were bargained for and brought. Quite a pro cession of beggars and of others who counted on a job somewhere on the route, started with us; but the-erowd thinned away to two or three men, who were .proof against .all means of riddance. ' ' The ride, after leaving the town, was a gradual ascent over the remains of former eruptions. Gardens and vineyards were on either side of our way. ■ The blossoming trees, the flowering vegetables, the lemons, and oranges in the midst of their dark green foliage, the myriad tokens of early Spring —all lent their silent joy to a silent scene and breathed a. meditative, spirit into my heart. Occasionally we passed a small Villa With its ornamental grounds, but the houses lessened rapidly, and the vineyards disap peared, and the fino soil which Vesuvius had made arid enriched to woridrou3 fertili ty soon faded from view. Straggling trees, patches of grass, smallplats under cultiva tion, lingered awhile and in turn fell behind our narrowirig'road—and then all vegeta tion was lost. The ground changed its look, and the road narrowed to a path. Not an animal was viable, riot even the little don keys, nor the goat and llis bell. A beggar would some times start into notice, but he finally vanished. 1 T footed for him, and he was not. Whereupon I felt assured that I was on'strange. ground—for Italy. : I turned to see. the. lost landscape, and there it was",—as no landscape - ever rose in oriental dreams, nor lay on magic canvas,' nor murmured .in trinsie ’throngh a - poet’s summer evening ’song. Was it lair, lovely, enchanting, glorious ? Something, I know not what,—something that wore a misty sion;—there like^a huge multitude of coles: zl li-.m-s tint in furious light- bad been instantly transformed into dark. bronze fig ures;—farther on, anacondas and ail soils of mighty serpents roiled together aud bound,in vast bundles. The hidden seas of violence^—away, away—down, deep down in fathomless midnight, had Purged out in un loosed strength, aad-arouml the'mountain's side had,‘checked tiicir omnipotence and hushed therr' raging! ’ „ _ This was the work of years gone by. Not remote, wo came to aarithcr'Bccna It had a dnU,-heavy; red loot. . 'We . ap proached nearer.' The. opening' crevices soon revealed. their contents—aud there wan the tide of lava! Over it a crust had formed,' but-you could easily penetrate it and seetbe fiery glow.; AJarge area wa« in this state. 'Nbt for from our position was a sort of bluffer ball of ihehjirufng mass, and at -intervals, large blocks blazingw r ould"roH off froul fhe other portioiK- and. with-a hissing noise, fall down the mountain Aide. ; It was a precipice of firri,. if I may so represent it,' and much the iuost.sfrifcing, pointMn the whole range qf my -ejee. Everywhere over the kindled, acreg tiie: smoko iri thiii columns.and fitajiugaway towards the. c’-.y, while liWO teet er more above our heads stood the grt at. c ido with its issuing clouds. The rumbling noise of the crater was intermittent. There was no constant sound except from the burning near ns, and that was scarcely audible. Bat to the.eye, the appearance was indescribably impressive If so many things In. the world- were not solemn and even awful, one might apply these terms to sneha phenomenon; but the sight was peculiar, the feeling in 'its elose presence so profound, the grandeur so thor oughly silencing to all language, that really one must have very. weak sensations and still weaker perceptions; who undertakes to convey more than a general idea of its amaz ing sublimity. The heat was intense. This, however, was easily controlled by changing bur stand ing-place. After awhile, I began to feel weary from scrambling np and over the rugged surface. Bat I soon found that the heated slope of Vesuvius, added tothe excitement of physical exertion, was not the place for rest The warmth, while I was seated, became very oppressive; the air nround me had the nudulatory movemdtit which yon have observed in very hqt sum mer days, the vibrations, however, being more rapid, and smiting the skin with a keenly penetrating force. I rallied in a few moments from the fatigue, and the zest of the hour returned upon me with a quick ening vitality. Hard hy another varie ty of tie scene carightmy attention. It was a vent in the form of a funnel, the rocks having been thrown together so as to construct a sort of chimney and present- ling a singular imitation of regularity in the midst of the broken and confused mas ses everywhere visible. Approaching it as closely as possible, I tried to look down into the apperture, and so far succeeded as to have an instant’s glance at the glowing fur nace, which was quite enough For my ey es, if not for my curiosity. Around the top, a whitish snbstance tinged with yellow, jay upon the cooler lava, that bore some resem blance to the figures formed by the frost, and which I supposed to be sulphur. Yet. neither here nor elsewhere was the appear ance of the lava precisely what I had ex pected. So'far from its being a continu ous stream of fire, roaring and dascing down the monntain,it is more -like a slowly movinghed of coals; bat when yon thrust a stick into it and 'open the external crust, you immediately sec the blazing channel. The extent of this fiery mass I had no means of ascertaining; its breadth was rep resented tome at 400 feet The entire surface from which smoke was rising at different points was estimated by a party present at 300 acres,-but such guesswork is extremely uncertain, and I merely allude to them-that yon may have some general idea of the burning volume, - Beyond this mass of grey and block lava lyin; below the great cone, and interspersed as just described, with streaks and preci pices of fire, wc riiade no effort to ascend.-^ To toil np a wall of ashes at an angle of for? ty-fivc degrees and to a height of 1,500 feet, would scarcoly have repaid the exertion, even if I had had the' muscular strength for such a task. Instead of a romantic ad venture of this, sort, Iwas sufficiently pro saic, as well as hungry, to find as comfortable a seat as could he commanded; and, to-give you the whole story, toasted some bread by the coals, fried o’piece of meat, ate both with a hearty relish, and then took some thing else from mjr pocket aud borrowed a eoal from Vesuvious to light it. On my walk hack to the place where one horses were left, I was more than ever im pressed by the sublimity ofthc landscape. Sncli a picture of desolation as spread - all around; such a conception of volcanic agen cy-as these vast piles presented; such con trasts between their former tuinultnons hcavings and their, still grandeur now; these united to create an image: in my mirid to which no past experience furnishes a paral lel. The history of eighteen ccnturies,re- cordifigin language that Cannot he misun derstood, the power of Vesuvius, lay right before 1 me on an open 'page. Sparred And seamed was that broad ; page;. rifted; too, arid bleared; but its truths and their mighty meanings, who could pervert or who fail to feel, or' who ; need the aid - of- imagi nation to-.vitalize thought. As I descended the long slope to the town,'the soil was there rioh and fruitful, that Vesuvius had given for the vine and orange; The' various forms of luxuriant vegetationj-the luscious fruits that, convert sunshine and air into nutrimentand joy for onr blood; the three harvests of the year that these fields are said to yield, what are they but the'ashes of Vesuvius? - And so what was unco destruction is now life;— what once seemed wrath is changed to mer cy. A thought this; that we do well to re member. "At last, the - terrible volcano-is only another form of the goodness that rules the,'world: - And as I took my final look at the most beautiful landscape I ever saw," the sun de scending in pomp and splendor, IKe Bay of Naples reposing in the embrace of the shadowing lulls and gleaming iu the varied hues of the closing day, I could bnt think, that Vesuvius was worthy to he the 'cen tral glory in- such a scene of inagnifi- veil enwreathed' with silvery threads,—some thing that made the' sealike; the sky,, and 4hc sky like some, finer and more ethereal heaven,—while between the two Was. Ha- Arid now in-front'the Mack masses filled the whole area. ■:-■■■ We dismountcibarid hegan the rough as cent. Imagine now a great, stormy, inky sea suddenly calmed,—suddenly petrified, its-billows twisted into ‘one another and corded and twined one ground another.— arid the blackness all remaining,—and an ironlike strength settling into every ; line and curve—andthc forms and shapes chang ing endlessly,—and then youhave the scene. Here it looked like the roots of an immense forest charred and heaved up by a convul- That old Sinai of Fire which rises from thisplairi, utters dayby-day;and riight by night.'one of the primal laws of nature’s code. And God : has given it the voice of proclamation; and science, whenever truth ful to itself, is but fulfilling in humbler measure, the ministry of Moses in the Sinai of the wilderness by interpreting to us; the wisdom and grace of its" utter ance. I'remain, gentlemen, very truly and af fectionately yours. Andrew A. Lipscomb. ‘ • Hotel des JZtrangcrs,. staples, Fe b. 20, E^-What river is like a jolly Irishman ? The Merrinwc !■ Georgia Relieved. Wc copy the following list of Georgians relieved from political disabilities by the hill recently passed by. Congress: Sec. 3. A -.</ la it fir'hcr ■ ua Til: all legal and-political disabilities imposed by the United States upon the the foliow- jng"~riamcd citizens of Georgia, in con »• quehceof participationTuTtie rocent rebel lion lie, and the saae are hereby removed, namely:. Jamgs -Martin^, of Bibb county; McWhorter fiuugerford and Jesse Wim berly, uf.Burke county; Thomas Paulk, of Berrien county; N. N. Goher, of Cobb eonuty; W. W.Merrill and George W. Merrill, of Carroll county; W. O. Edm'on- S-..U, -.if Chattooga county; John C. John son,'Asa M. Jackson, John W. Johnson, Josiah, A. Browning, John C. Nunnally and Robert Flournoy, of Clark county ;’ John C. Richardson, Daniel Fowler, Wil liam il. Ricliards-ju. John Fnutz, Robert M. Barrett arid Samuel M. i-'owler of Daw son county, Benjamin F. Bruton. B. F. Powell, itieha- d H.~ Whiteley and John. Higdom, of Decatur counsy; L. H.' Rob- irts, of Echols county; James A. Harris::), of Franklin county. S. F. ‘W. Minot, of Fayette county; Nathan Yarbrough and Thomas J. Perty, of Floyd county; Bluford D. Smith, Joseph E. Brown and George S. Thomas, of Foultcn county. R. L. Mc Whorter; James R. Bynum,D. A. Newsom, C. S. Caldwell, R. C. Hales, John Mitchell, G. H. Thompson, W. H. McWhorter, Jr., R. Hulbert and J. C. Broom, of Greene county; W. H. Rainey, John B. Miller, Whitson Frohock, Henry F. Beach and John Brooks, of Glynn county; James H. Maxwell, George M. Wyatt, W. J. Allnms, J. C. Griffin, John Fryer and Willis Good win, of Henry county; Joel R. Griffin, Wil liam A. Matthews, JohnlH. Hose, Augustus Alden, A. C. Thompson, Kinehen Taylor, Elbert Fagan, James W. Love, Jesse Coop er and Robert Braswell, of Houston county; George F., Page, of Lee county; Joshua Griffin and A. J. Liles, of Lowndes county; M. A.Potts and M. B.Potts, of Monroe coun ty; Francis M. D. Hopkins, of Miller coun ty; J. M. Rusty, (or Burbi.) of Mitchell county; W. Woods, of Morgan county; S. F. Strickland and 0. D. Forsyth, of Pauld ing county; Ephraim Tweedy. James N. Ells, William Doyle, and Joseph P.' Carr, of Richmond county; Dnncan Jordan and William R. Dixson, of Randolph county; W. D. Hamilton, of Seriven county, J. H. Caldwell, J. T. McCormick, Thoiqas C. Miller and E. H. Worrell, of Troup county; John R. Evans, M. C. Smith, Henry H. Tooke, C. H. Latimer, Thomas S. Hopkins, TheophQos P. Perry and Thomas S. Pane, of Thomas bounty; Marion Bethone, J. T. Costine, Albert Costine, J. L. Gunn and 6 Carlcy, of Talbot county; William F. Holden, Taliaferro county; Augustus H. Lee, of ’Newton county; James H. Mc Whorter, W. H. Word, F. L. Upeon and F. J. Robinson, of Oglethorpo county; Ed ward R. Harden, of Randolph county; Da vid B. Harrell, of Stewart coanty; L. H- Grcenleaf, of Ware county, S. C. Prudden and A. C. Mason, of Putnam county; W. U. Gibson and-Samuel P* Gove, of Twiggs county; W. K. DeGraficnreid, Marshal DeGraffenreid and W. J. Lawton, of Bibb county; J. H. Harrison,of Franklin county; William Gibson, of Richmond county; John R. Strother, of Baldwin county; J. G. 31. Waruock, John McKinnon, William G. Bagwell, Abraham Strickland, Murdock MeCloud and Robert Hnmphries,of Brooks coanty; J. R. Corker, of Barke coanty; William P. Edwards, of Taylor county; John C. Johnson, Asa M. Jackson, John W. Johnson, Robert Flournoy, G. W. Nunnally, Flournoy W. Adams and Peter W. Hutcheson, of Clark coanty; James 31. Clark, of Sumter county; David Wholehel, of Hall county; James Hnfiakcr, of Whit field county,-John M. Mathews,-A. L. Byrd, G. H. Byrd, .H T. Sanders, John N. Montgomery, Joel Hunt, 3L-A- Daniel, Gabriel. Nash and V, H. Deadwyler, of Madison coanty. New Yurli Grain aud Meal M; ’ ‘V u c. : Tiiiiu Xow York papers the .fob' lowing iat-.-ro-ting cqmriieicial p. ragraphs : Grain.—During the p.:;i week we liave hail a very lair demand for wheat, but prices have flnctmried ajrnast -la,iIy. iuflu- enced by the advance in gold, the more fa- voraLle news front Europe, an! a’ material imprOvemei;! .e freights, the -latter’ greatly rcstrieting'theidetuaud Tor- exporc. The seasynable we.v her and m-ire hopeful r.c-' ccuaLs irt-ri! the interior iu regard to the growing cropliave’eheckcd the speculative fechng noti.vahle the previous week, but riiosl 'h-lders are very sanguine of a decid- cd'advauee ira the elose of. July, regard ing titi growing crop in a very preearious c:.’idirion; but ibis is mainly eimjeetui-O; as, with fine '■ ..atliur, wc may secure a - good yield; though iu some localities this is very improbable. Wo refer especially to the winter etop of wheat; iu relation to the spring wheiit there are very icW etmip’aiut-' and on the whole the prospects are good.— Onr advices from California . re extremely ^favorable, the yield is said to ho very large. I and the increase iu the area under - cultiva tion twenty to thirty, per cent, in some- counties even more, and the crop is now being harvested, or indeed, is mainly se- cured in fine condition. . ... From Australia wc have unfavorable re ports, their crop, it is stated, is almost an entire failnre, but we wait later advices thence fora fuller confirmation of these re ports. - From Canada wc have very favorable ac counts of all their crops, and the sooner the present duty is taken off, the better for all parties. Our receipts of new have been light, but wo are.happy -to hear that the bulk of th 't already scoured is of igoojl quality, aud the yield much better than last season, hence wc may look foi liberal supplies thence the ensning month. To day the market was doll and prices nomi nal. The sales are 800 bushels at 2.23 for No. 1 Racine in store; 2 70a2 80 for white California, and 2 23 for Canada Club. Provisions.—A-fair demand has pre vailed for pork the past week, prices have advanced, though we have had to note, rap id variations and considerable speculative inquiry, chiefly for future delivery.. There has also been a fair demand Mor mess to cover maturing contracts arid with limited arrivals we note a steady reduction, in our stock. "The inquiry for the Ytest Indies and Central -America has been fair. . Columbus Prisoners. We visited the prisoneni at the barracks yesterday, and found them generally in good heMth and spirits—some is comforta ble quarters for prisoners, and others in very uncomfortable quarters. We do not think that a small cell 3 * 10 is necessary to secure these men when they are snrrcnn-i ded with a vigilant guard day and night. Cells and dungeons were never used to se-: core prisoners, hut' always to oppress them. The prisoners speak kindly of those who have them in charge, and state that they, have no reason to complaiii, other than be ing confined without knowing why, and so closely confined. , We are informed that a.commission will be converiedto try them next Jftmday.— We will then give, onr readers the facts as they develop on the tidal, and they-can judge ofthe unjustness of such rigorous confinement.—At. Intelligencer. . _ ~ . . American Cities. A census just taken of the City of Chi- eago, indicates the population as consisting of 98,964 Americans, 92,433 Germane, 45,543 Irish, 10,520 -English and Scotch,' 10.992 Scandinavians, 9,144 persons of other, nativities. In other words, it ap pears that4hc native American inhabitants of Chicago constitutes little more than a thirdfof the entire population, which foots up (in round numbers) 263,000 sbnlsl We guess this is the largest proportion of foreigners to the population of any dty of the Union. It is a large increase since 1850—at which time, according to the cen sus then taken, the proportion of foreigners was but fifty percent. Tho increase has been mostly in Germans, who have become four times as numerous as at that time, while the Irish have only doubled. It is probably that a census of St- Louis at this time" would show about as large a pro portion of Germans,, and as largo a propor tion of foreigners as Chicago. , Cincinnati, also, is a great stronghold of the Germans. At the time ofthc Last cen sus they were twice as numerous as in Chi cago; but wc feel sure they have not had anything"like a corresponding increase since that time. ' . y peoplo suppose that the foreign- born element Is predominant iu New York. It wai-mot so,however,at the time of Ihe last national census, aud wedo not believe itis so at the present day. The figures then showed a population <■:' 805.009, of which 383,000, or 47 : cent .were of foreign i irth. The proper 1 ii lias notbeen much disturbed dur ing tl.». eight years. It is true that large numbers of European emigrants have tpken up th.:: -residence among us within that time ; bat-theio ia also a very large current of population hitherward from the “rural distri; :=” around us, from the New England State.-, and, in short, from all parts of tho count, ,.—X. Y. Times. tc - Dr. Ayer has the largest income in LowciiMarry his daughter and get an Ayer-es&.’i vWWs: D-! ; S From Wa>liiugton. WaSHINoton, June 24.—Arkansas ineiobers sworn in. Democrats protest en tered uajournal without debate. Gen. Seh.field reports the amount quirfid to cairy out the KeeqnstruetkiD laws to 30tb June, to be $6^5,(100,09(1. I-’roEi IVasiiiugtoa. WasuinuTON. June 21.—[n tbe'Seuate. the Mount Vernon Eddies’ Association ask i’nr nine thousand lit Tars. A'bill was introduced by.li.-ward dSciiii- tt;iiiing the Freedman's Bureau iu the rep- reientMi Stafe after Jamuj-y firsA. . flo- rrod to tlie ’ruitary C]u:n:mi.‘ee. A bill niakin-' -.‘r.-b: hours a dav s work the Govdrnmeptshops, passed—29 to' AFFAIRS M EAST TENNESSEE. Seem' to he getting into a deplorable State, and if they don’t-mend soon thero will bo a carnival of anarchy and murder there. Tho Nashville Banner complains that portions of the country are infested bj regularly organised hands of desperadoes who go prowling'rriund by night and prey ing upon the property and lives of those they call rebels. It reports a terrible on slaught upon tho house and family of a Mr. "W. H. ‘Wetmore, McMinu county. I** the other hand, the Press & Times, on behalf of the Radicals, charges that the KnKlUx are riding round the country kill ing and maltreating negroes, aud rec ommends a war of extermination On the KuKlox. It‘says: A well-organized and well armed com pany of negroes,, familiar with the people and the country and.alLits ceder thickets, hollows and by-paths, can fight the, scoun drels. witr. their own weapons. They can "hunt them to their ’ dens and | burn; their houses over their heads. And we-earnestly hope that this machinery may speedily be set in motion,, no pnatterwhom it:may crash in its progrcss.^-The" fife. qf. one;negro corn-field hand is. of more value to society than the lives'of all the masked KuKIux that could be crowded into the'hugest chamber in the infernal pit. . Let. the ruffi ans.he exterminated. And if the trouble should grow to the magnitude qr.au in surrection, Gen. Thomas will IminediaUy move upon the works of th6 enemy, and give them a tost of his eld qualify. ' ! '■ . fit seems' to U3.]there’s -auuc ohannnfor as hlcrdya row. in Tennessee ;as anybody eonld lesire. - - • . ’ The Civil Appropriation bill was re sumed. ' ’ - ’ Iu the House, 'be name.-: of t’ne Arkan sas representatives. Hinds. Boles', and Roots, were represented. The tax bill was resumed. The amend ments forbid the removal of wliiskj from distilleries under auy circumstances, until the tax is paid. It provides for a supcii- tendent of revonue for each federal judi cial district, to be nominated by the reve nue commissioner, and ■ appointed hy the Secretary of tho Treasury; andit removes all special and general agents of the Treas ury Department within teu days after its jhmige. j ~ - The bill progresses very tardily. New England members struggle bravely, but ineffectually, for concessions to the African rum trade. .The Senate bill . legalizing future gold contracts meets opposition in the Ways and: Means Committee.- Surratt hasgoiie to Baltimore. THeFimmco Committee’ report favora bly on Mulford’s nomination in the -Rich mond Colleetorship. The President nominated Perry Fuller, ofKansa3, Conunissiouer of Internal Reve nue. . -"w., Coin payments July 31st, $35,000,000, including seven millions principal -debt of 48. There will be no month ly statement June, closing the fiscal year. Omnibus admission bill due to-mor row. . I , * "1" - .-j. ...- McCulloch lias employed Robert S. Hale, of New York, to contest cotton cases be fore the Court of Claims. Consular Convention and Extradition Treaty with Italy was ratified by tho .Sen ate. Lieut. .Moore,- who was, shot a few weeks since in Savannah by his . mqthor: in-law. Mrs.'jrasori, -is now c--i.s:dered en tirely out of danger. -Mis.-Catharine-BEig- gings, shot by her husband, in - the same city, is in very critical condition. Deserters Arrcstetl. Seven'deserters from the . U-.S Army were brought into the city, and. .parried to the barracks yesterday— prisoners from Hall C’-iuiitj'. Yesterday six prisoners were escorted in to the'city by a squad of cavalry. .They were brought from Hall comity, aud wore carried to McPherson Barracks. Their names are Griggs Brown, .Henry Brown, Levy Brown," Beverly Hutchins,Torn. Coop- er, and——^Taylor—arrestcd'for burning a man’s house in that county wlu hud in formed on them for stealing —so report says. ■Intelligencer Of ZitL > 8S,Eight negro men out of the teu who were, brought to Ibomasviile, last wee" for trial on a charge of kidnaping, have been convicted by a jury and sentenced by the presiding Judge HanseU, to ten years imprisonment each r in tire State penitentia- The sCalicnuil Inteiliijmeer says that Mr- Evart lias declined the position of Attor ney General, tendered to him by the Presi dent. -iLwirV-mf-wiri A Freuehuian. wishing to say of a young lady that she was as gentle as a lamh, thus expressed himself—“She bo~ mooch taim like tbOpntite mouton. - . tSt"A bachelor once remarked to a young lady tl^it soapstone was excellent to keep the feet warm iu bed. Vf. ; ' “Yes,” said the young lady, “but some gentleman have an improvement on that which you know nothing about.” 16?"What would be funnier than this, addressed to aladylove: “Tis hard, when at your feet adoring, I’ve been to heights of passion soaring. To find you, love, asleep nni snoring.” guCapita! puiiiehnicm-r-Sending a white man fo-the Fortieth Congress. K&.What is the largest room in tho world? The room for improvement. ASrilVhy is a bridegroom worth more than the bride ? Because she is given away and he is sold. f- “Punch says the spirit of thq age is gin.” Not a bit of it, unless you spell “gin” bickwards. Indian (mirage*, xu lro r / St. Paul, Min::., Juno 24.—Indian outrages near Forts Totten and Benton con tinue. The reported murder of two niail • carriers is confirmed. From Selma. Selma. Juno 24.—Yesterday the Tus caloosa Monitor was suppressed under an order of Gen. Shepherd for au alleged vio lation of Gen. order No. 51. Randolph,'its editor, has avoided arrest, and will proceed at once to Washington and lay the facts before Gen. Grant andthc President.- / M no ; , Mexican News. New Orleans, June -24.—Tic _ filibus tering expedition turusouttobe ft, big “fiz zle.” ’ The'prisqners were brought betbfc Commissioner "Welles, onthA affidavit of the Mexican Consul -Dinz, but-' not 1 being jn possession of sufficient. pri>of,,,.the ( priso- uers ; wero dieharged., They . allegei that they'were employed to Work on the railr oad Iff’Mexfcb. 5 .,,’j ^ LTelegrapliic Market*.' _ .. ■« Nx»' YoRay, Juue : 25.—Gqld._14t) ’. Old • bonds l35;new l3jf. North. Carolina ex- Cddpons 75};.new 75a75i. Virginia ex- Coupons 581; hew^57’; Tennessee exlcon- pons 774; new-77. Governments lower.— FlouriUnphanged. AVbeat drooping. Corn favors buyers. Pork and lard quiet. Cot- ton firm at SOaROl. Freights dull. Naval stores'dull. ’ .Liverpool, June25.—Cotton quiet, and steady; sales £j.690 hales. . . London, June.-25.— ; Consols 01|a94J. Bp'n^..33i*75ir s W'-wavh*'iii WoUx '■■ Liverpool^' June ■ 25.—Cotton firmer and more active; sales J2.001I bales—prices tame...- Lard dull. • Pork _7J). Tallow -14a ■nk to IbeLoaisriUe Journal. Mississippi—The Democrats Carry the i . ;l. State. • Jackson, June 23.—There is great ex citement in thU city to-night. The elec tion returns c-ame in thus far leave no doubt of a Democratic victory. The bogus constitution !sis been rejected, and tbat by negro votes. KSf -l/. '"f — New York General Maritet. New York, June 24.—Rice dull, cof fee quiet. Sugar firm; Cuba 1 IJaI2c.— Molasses dull. Flour ;quiel.. Wheat (old) $2 10a2 20. , Corn heavy, lower. Droutli, Our Town aud the greater portion of the County is suffering from a sovere drouth. The corn crop begins to show the effect of it, and gardens are pretty well used up. We have had no rain -qf. any conscqueuce since the great Hurricane or the sixth of May.—Totluilryu Reporter. -- v^Sl Horrible Suicide. -. _ .. , a r ‘i At Blue Mountain, on Thnrsday eveuitig last, a convict named Boano. who had been convicted in the District Court of the Uni ted States of counterfeiting, a the penitentiary, threw himself across the railroad tract in front of a passing train and was literally cut in two. He was standing in liue with thirteen other new oomore to be placed on a train and sent np to a point on the Railroad where to be put to work, a constitution train passed near them, when he sprand forward and destroyed himself in the horrible man ner indicated.— Talladega Reporter. IgyTlie vegetable garden* ami peach- orchards in the vicinity of CharleMon, South Carolina, are becoming an important element in the productive industry of that region. The Mercury estimates the daily shipment of vegetables from that port at over $50,000, and thinks the shipment of peaches, to begin in a few days, will reach oven a larger value. SojrTUe Macon Journal £ Messenger of yesterdey, says: “Col. Lee H. Jordan, of. Macon, aud Mrs. Gen, P. H. Colquitt, of Columbus, are to be married at the latter city thij morning. Col. JoTdan i* “ J, *** r ♦he wealthiest young gentleman is ( and 3Irs. C. one of the most brilliant 1 They design making a tour to E mediately.” ' s i!: - : A

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, July 02, 1868, Image 1