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VOLUME XXIII
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1869.
NEW SERIES—NO. lg.
31. DWINELL, Prop’r.
PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY.
RATES OF WEEKLY.
*3 Of'
One i
Six Months...
Three Months
RATES FOR TRI-WEEKLY.
One *
Six Months
Three Months
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
ire ene copy will be fur-
..1 00
$5 00
2 50
1 25
I’* 4 ! 1
To clubs of Five or more e
shed gratis.
Clean Cotton Rags wanted
at three cents per
exchange for the
M. DWINELL,
Proprietor.
leg al advertisements.
S.1„ „f Land by Administrators, Electors or
" Ji,n= arc required by Jaw to be held on
the first Tuesday in caeh month, between the
of ten in the forenoon and three in the
afternoon, at the Court House in the county in
which the property's situated. _ .
Notices ot these sales must be giren in & pub-
previous.
JO days previous.
Notice 5 of the sale of personal^ property must
‘ like manner, througn a public g«*-
be ziven ... • , , ~
Ha in previous to sale clav.
Ct Sot\rc to Debtors and Creditors of an estate,
must le published 40 days.
‘ the papplications
» tin
rill be i
of Ordinary for leave to sell h
■ uWishcd for two months.
: Citations for letters of Administration, f.iiar-
jianship Ac., must be published 3b days—for
dismiF:jo n iron
months—for di
i:st be
Administration, monthly
nission from Guardianship, 40
' Rules for the forccloscure of Mortgages must
he published monthly for four months—for es-
Ublishing lost papers, for the full space of three
Bonths—for compelling titles irom Executors or
Administrators, where bond bus been given by
tiicdecoaroO, for the full space ot three months.
Publications will always be continued accord
ing to these, the legal requirements, unless oth
erwise ordered, at the following
RATES.
SheritT. Sales per lew of ten lines or leas $3 00
Sheriff’s Mortgage fi. fa. sales, per levy, i 00
Tax Collector’s sales, per levy,.... 00
Citations for letters of Administration 3 00
Citations for letters oi Guardianship 3 00
Kotiec ol application for dismission from
Administration, 6 00
Xetice of application for dismission from
Guardianship, •* 0°
Application to sell land 6 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00
Bale of Land, persquare, 5 00
Sale of perishable property, 10 daya 2 00
Estray Notices, 60 days, 4 00
of Mortgage, persquare 4 00
? hi
advertising i
e, tin advance) 10 0
SATURDAY MORNIJifi January 9.
‘■Try it on a Dog.”
An old comedy,sayB the Macon Tele
graph, called ‘‘The Quack Doctor,” is re
sponsible for the dictum at the head'of this
paragraph. The hero of the play took the
prudent precaution to try the effect of his
tantrums “upou a dog,” and if they did
uot hill the dogjout right itwas assumed that
humanity could withstand them. Now we
don't mean to combaro the District of Co
lumbia to a dog, but it does seem to us that
the Congressional majority hare compelled
her to act the part of trial dog in testing
the rarious political nostrums with which,
from tinie to time, they propose to drench
and drug the States and the people. The
District of Columbia, we need uot remind
the reader, was made the test dog in the
negro suffrage experiment, and now we see
that Senator Wilson proposes to make her
the trial dog in the introduction of female
suffrage into the American political system.
Vide the following:
The bill introduced by Mr. Wilaon on
the 13th alt., in the Senate, to “regulate
the elective franchise in the District of
Columbia,” proridesfor striking out the
word “male” in the first section of the elec
tion laws of the District now in force, and
that in every word in said acts applicable to
persons of the male sex shall apply equally
to persona of tha female sex.so that hereaf
ter women who are inhabitants of the Dia-
trict of Columbia and citizens ofthe Uni
ted States,may vote at ali elections, and be
eligible to all civil offices in said District, j
on the same terms and conditions in all re- I
epects as men.
With so many other political distractions
On baud we propose for a time to steer clear
of the question of female suffrage; but it
seems to us a most ungenerous use of their
tupreme legislative power by Congress over
the District, and of the utterly voiceless aud
defenceless condition of her people, to im
pose these new political projects aud ex
periment upon her, in advance of the ac
tion of the most Radical and reckless State
and communities. Senator Wilson might
have waited until Massaehusstts or some
part of it had moved in the matter. He
Slight at least, have waited until the town
of Lynn had taken it up.
the amount collected, and it shall likewise
be the duty of the Marshal, Deputy Mar
shal and Policemen, to make monthly -. re
ports of all claims placed in their hands, and
amounts collected, and shall return all
claims placed in their hands within ninety
days, with such endorsement as the nature
of the case demands.
Resolved further, the Clerk be,
and is hereby requeued, to report to the
Council all claims duo the city for taxes
and fines—giving names of parties by whom
due—adopted.
By Alderman Cohen—That ilis Hon.
the Mayor, be requested to select a commit
tee to wait upon the next Grand Jury of
Floyd Superior Court, next woek, to state
to them the importance of free bridges.—
Toll bridgea are a monopoly and draw back
on the county—the grow th and enterprise
is by them retarded. The Grand Jnry can
rcocommcnd tJrisimportunt move to to the
oounty Ordinary for his action.
Bis Hon. the Major, appointed A Mer
man Perry and Cohen said committee.
On motion, Alderman Noble was appoint
ed Mayor pro tem in case of the absence of
the Mayor.
The following committees were appoint
ed by Ilfs Hon. the .Mayor :
Committee on Finance, J. J. Coheu, T.
J. Perry.
Committee on Fire Department, J. O.
Rawlins, . T as. Noble, J. J. Coben.
Street Committee, Jas. Noble, J. C-
Rawlins and J. M. Gregory.
Market House, T. J. Perry, J. C. Raw
lins.
' City Hall, Jas. Noble and J. M. Gregory.
Cemetery, J. M. Gregory, T.J. Perry.
On motion of Alderman Gregory, the
Committee on the Market House was
structed to confer with J. R. Stewart aud
see upou what terms the Market House
cau be rented for the present year, and to
report the result at next meeting. Council
adjourned. H. A. Smith,
C.C.C.
Cotton Just a Booming.
Yesterday afternoon good Cotton readily
commanded in this market 25c.
We learn by a dispatch from New York
dated Friday noon, that the price there
for middlings was 271 to 27?.
By Your goods Cheap.
We are glad to see that our friend S.
Pinkus has gone into business single hand
ed. He has a good ‘‘Ion- hand”and if the
other merchants of this city euchre him we
will he mistaken. He has a large and du
rable lot of goods now opened in the Ten
nessee Block,which he offers very cheap,
and we hope he will receive that liberal
patronage which his cleverness doserves.—
See his advertisement and give him a call.
Thos. W. Dodd, Attorney Cedartown Ga.
We would call attention to the Law card
ofthe above named clever gentleman, to
be found in our columns. Ho will pay par
ticular attention to collecting claims.
Cheap Land.—Mr. E. L. Ford Agt. of
fers 40 acres of Wood Land near Cave
Spring very cheap. See Adv.
Family and fancy Groceries.
Mr. II. C. Pendleton at 2nd Door above
tbe Bank, has a fine assortment of Family
and Fancy Groceries. lie is genial and
clever and sells his goods as cheap as any
body. He has Merry clerks and it is not
at all strange that both Ladies and gentle
men love to trade there—See Adv.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Chamber, Jan. 6.
Special meeting—present His Hon. Z.
Ik Hargrove, Mayor—Alderman Perry,
Noble, Rawlins, Gregory and Cohen.
•’liuutes of laBt meeting read and confirmed
On motion Alderman Cohen was dis
charged from committee on school room.
On motion of Alderman Gregory, a com-
fflittec of three was appointed to make ar
rangements about renting out the Rome
Academy for the present year, and to se
cure the rent for the past year. The May
or appointed Aldermen Gregory, Rawlins
and Coheu said committee. The commit
tee appointed at the last meeting to inves-
t: k’uteT. McGuire’s cistern account, report
'd progress in the matter, and on motion of
Alderman Gregory, the committee was con-
" meJ > also empowered to make such ar
ilITT Witb T - McGnire as th <7 deem
10 te to the interest of the city.
tail l; WOtl ,°. n of -^'dertnan Rawlins, the re-
. qucr ],eens e will b. the same as here-
j rc- On motion of Alderman Cohen,
hone dray license was fixed at twenty-
“ r « dollars per annum, and that of one
'ns at fifteen dollara per annum, and to
' p»id m advance for six months, or by
tie year. J
% Aldarman Noble—IJa it resolved that
'he rules
»nd ordinances of the former
n m . iornier
until „ ( ,' ad0pted b * th * P re3CDt Council
“til otherwise ordered—adopted.
•halfh» fi!'j 1H ''orry—Resolved that it
tomat n JOfth8Clerk of Cuuneil
*11 cli'ui,, 1U | <Ult ^ re P orts to the Couucil of
Plant fiaeS - he
tofiMwrS.v*5 lunds of either the Manilla!
A Good Boarding House.— The
Buena Vista House having been thorough
ly repaired, Mrs. J. C. Wood has opened it
as a boarding House. The Rooms are large
and pleasant and delightful accommodations
are offered to small familes and persons de
siring Rooms. The Table will be furnished
with the best tbe Market affords, prepared
in the best style—See Adv.
Roms Ga., 18G8
The number of Deaths in the city of
Rome from August the 22—to December
the 30:
18
11
Whits?,
Blacks,
29
H. Wadkins, city Sexton.
Council Proceedings.
Council Chamber, j
January 2, 1869. j
Council met—present His Honor, C. H.
Smith Mayor; Aldermen, Hood, Perry, and
Pemberton.
Minutes of last meeting read and confirm
ed. On motion the Clerk and Treasuercr’s
report for 1867-68 was received and ap
proved, and ordered to be spread upon the
minutes of Council.
To His Honor ihe Mayor ami Council
Gentlemen—Annexed you will find my
report for the year 1867 and 1868—Amount
collected for Taxes, Licences and Fines,
during the two years.amounts to 20,822 07
(twenty thousand eight hundred and twen
ty two dollars and seven cents,) all of which
has been turned over to city Treasurer—less
commissions for collection—Respectfully
submitted.
H. A. Smith, C. C. C.
To His Honor the Mayor and Council:
Gentleman—I have reeeived from all
sources, during the two years for which I
have acted as Treasurer $28,433 81
Paid out per vouchers $28,413 71
Leaving a balance on hand of §20 10 all
of which is very respectfully submitted,
(Signed) R. T. Hargrove, Treaa.
The Finance Committee examined and
recommended payment of the following ac
counts viz:
So. Express Co., Firemens Belts, Freight
etc., ,§5650
Noble & McCullough, Blacksmithing27 54
« ji u “ 16 45
C H Smith Disbursements of Charity, 37 00
P L Turnloy, White Lead, Oil, etc., 50 65
W D Hoyt* Co., Glass 21 66
Report of the Clerk of the Market was
received and approved.
Resolved That' the thanks of this Comn
cil is due, and hereby tendered to H. A
Smith, Glcrk, and R. T, Hargrove, Treas
urer, for the very efficient manner in which
they have discharged the duties of their
office for the past two years—Adopted.
On motion of Aid. Hood, the Mayor’
general report was received and approved,
and ordered to be spread upon the minutes
of Council.
Council adjouruad to Monday night, 4th
inst.
Council Chamber, )
January 4th 1869. j
Council met—present, His Honor C. H.
Smith Mayor; Aldermen; Perry Noblo and
Pemberton.
Minutes of last meeting read and confirm
ed.
The following accounts ware approved
and ordered to be paid, viz:
Berrys & Co., For Hogshead, §3 00
John W. Noble. Drafting, 1200
On motion of Aid. Perry, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted: “Re
solved, That we,the Ccunei!mcn,feel grate
ful to His Honor, C. H. Smith, Mayor, for
the untiring energy and self-sacrificing in
terest he has manifested during his to- 1 *
of office, for the welfare and prosp<- 1 ' c y
our city, and for his unifier- 1 courtesy
to us oollectiyely and indiv'-' aa "3’- and > a '"
though he retires from -* nce > which dissol
ves our official conn- 15 *' 011 ! it does not and
cannot erase op-'Eicd remembrance of him
as Mayor, p*<f a true and valued friesd of
our ei4F* nd b«f interests, for which he has
mad* so many sacrifices.”
The newly elect Council was qualified
and took their seats. On motion of Aider-
man Perry the Mayor’s address was ordered
to be spread upon the minutes, and publish
ed in connection with the proceedings of
the Council.
(We regret that it is impossible for us to
to publish the admirable address of His
Honor, Mayor Hargrove in this issue.
The Clerk for some reason unknown to us,
failed to furnish us with a coppy of the
proceedings and we coppy from the Com
mercial.—Ed. Courier-)
On motion of Aid. Noble, the Counoil
went into an election for Marshal, Sam
Stewart was elected
On motion of Aid. Perry au election for
Deputy Marsha] was held,and Jas. D. Man
cie received the highest number of votes
and was declared elected.
On motion an election was also held for
Clerk of Council and City Treasurer H. A.
Smith was elected Clerk and R. T. Har
grove Treasurer.
On motion of Aid. Noble, J. C. Pember
ton was elected Clerk of the Market.
On motion of Aid. Rawlins, tbe follow
ing resolution was adopted: Whereas Jas.
C. Pemberton has declined to qualify as
member of the new Council on account of
feeble health, be it—Resolved that an elec
tion be held on Friday the 15th inst., to fill
the vacancy.
On motion of Aid. Cohen, a committee
was appointed to confer with the owners of
the bridges, and make arrangements to hare
them lighted at night. The Mayor ap
prised Aid. Cohen and Noble said commit
tee.
On motion the salaries of City Treasurer
and Clerk of the Council were increased to
§200 per annum.
On motion, the salary of the Marshal was
fixed at §600 per anmum, and that of the
Deputy Marshal at §500 per annum also
salary of the Clerk of the Market at $240
per annum.
On motion of Aid. Gregory, the regular
meetings of Council will be as heretofore,the
1st and 3d Monday’s in each moatb.
On motion of Aid. Rawlins a committal
of three was appointed to draw up an
amendment to the City Charter to be pre
sented before the members of tbe Legisla
ture at the next session. The committoe
appointed consists of his Hon. the Mayor,
chairman, Aid. Cohen and Rawlins.
On motion of Aid*Perry, the Mayor was
authorized to confirm the transaction in the
sale ot the old hurrying ground.
On motion a committee consisting of Aid.
Rawlins, Noble and Cohen were appointed
to investigate T. McGuire’s cistern acconnt
—and on motion the Mayor was added to
the committee. Aid. Noble and Perry
were appointed a committee to have the
Council Chamber supplied with proper fur
niture.
On motion, Aid. Cohen was appointed a
committee of one to attend to the renting
of the public school room.
Council Adjourned.
H. A. SMITH C. C. C
A Cubiosity.—Our respected fellow cit
izens, George B. Warren, who has a remar
kable fondness for natural history, and
whose residence is a perfect museum ot cu
riosities, spent a portion of the put summer
in Minnesota,where he made several valua
ble additions to his cabinet of wonders.—
Among the number of enriosities broight
home by him are a pair of deer’s heads, the
antelers interlocked in such a manner as to
defy the power of any man to seperate them.
Mr. Warren is indebted for them to a mer
chant of St. Paul, w>o, while hunting laBt
summer, come upon two bocks witb the:r
borns locked together in tbe manner in
which they appear. One of the animals
was dead, and tbe other was nnabln to dis
engage itself from its cumbersome burden.
It must inevitably have remained in
that position until it met a lingering death
by starvation, had not the hnnter pnt an
end to its sufferings by dispatching it on tbe
spot. The only explanation of this stnmge
conjunction of tbe animals is found in ths
supposition that they were engaged in a
fierce combat, and rushing upon each other
with great force the prongs of the horns
bent under the force of the collision just
sufficient to allow the antelers to slip into
one another, and springing back held the
bucks together—eye, to eye, face to faee—
aud defying all efforts to separate thnm.—
The dead buck was probably killed in the
encounter, or it must have died shortly af
terward, for its skull was found to have
bsen perforated by one of tl t prongs of its
adversary.—Troy Times.
JudgeBnsteedis evidently “inhotwater.”
Dispatches from Washington say that the
evidence against him is so strong that it will
be likely to lead to his formal impeachment,
and that Bnsteed is endeavoiing to make the
matter a political question simply.
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
SENATE.
Washington, Jan. 5.—The Senate met
to-day, and a quorum was present
Mr. Morton offered a joint resolution for
bidding the landing of any submarine cable
in any part of the territory of the United
States without tbe consent of Congress.—
Referred to tbe Committee on Judiciary.
Mr. Ferry offered a- resolution request
ing tbe President to transmit a cop/ of his
late amnesty proclamation with a statement
of the authority by which it was issued.—
Mr. Ferry said he offered the resolution be
cause, although he favored the amnesty, he
doubted the right of the President to grant
it in this sweeping way, aud he wished to
have the question settled. -xit .
Mr. Howard was very glad tie attention
of the Senate has been called 9
tion. He hoped it was imprtant that
the people of the United
know that the PrcsidentM. r
pensing power as is *? , °* IS3ue
Hie proclamation f -«V e \ ed the “P*
tiun ijy j*a.eeutive of such a power was
entire^ unwarranted by the Constitution.
fir. Fsrrj said he approved of the amnes
ty, but doubted if tbe authority existed for
.the President to extend it in that way, and
so offered his resolution with a view of pre
venting the establishment of so dangerous a
precedent. After a considerable debate be
tween Messrs. Freelinghuyscnand Conkling
against the resolution, and Messrs. Davis
and Doolittle in its favor, it was adopted.
Mr. Stewart introduced a bill to enable
the people of Georgia to form a State Gov-
ment rupublican in form, which was refer-
ed to the Committee on Judiciary. It pro
vides for the repeal of so much of the act
•f June 1,1868, as relates to Georgia, and
making the government of the State pro
visional only, and subject to theactof March
2,1857. All officers elected under tbe
present proposed Constitution of the State,
who arc not disfranchised by tbe 14th
amendment or any of the acts before men
tioned, except that members of the Legisla
ture, shall continue in office until the State
shall be fully restored. It further provides
that such members of tha convention elect
ed under the laws of Congress to form a
State Constitution as are not disfranchised,
and shall assemble on the first Monday in
March next, with full power to alter or
amend said Constitution, or in any manner
not in contact with the laws of Congress and
the Constitution; said State Constitution, as
amended shall be submitted to the people
at snch time as the convention may appoint;
and on ratification or rejection of said
amendment to the Constitution, snch person
and others shall vote as prescribed in said
Constitution; provided that no person shall
be excluded from voting on account of race
or color. When said Constitution shall
have been ratified by a majority of votes it
may be submitted for the consideration of
Congress.
Tobacco Dealers might profit by reading
and preserving tbe followin'
tion, for future reference, and informa
tions.
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
SENATE.
Washington, Jan. 6.—Mr. AVilliams
offered a resolution'directing tbe Commit
tee on Agricultural!) inquire into the ex
pediency of reorganizing the Department of
Agriculture, so as to provide for the elec
tion as one person from each State familiar
with the agricultural wants and interests of
such State, to occupy a semi-official position
in the Department. Adopted.
Mr. Edmunds, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported the following substitnte for
the bill introduced by him on the 15th De
cember.
To prevent the holding of civil offices by
military officers, and to prevent the hold
ing of more than one office at the same
time:
Be it enacted, etc., That no peraon thall
hold, nor shall he receive a salary cr com
pensation for performing the dnties of more
than one office or place of trust or profit
under the Constitution or laws of the Uni
ted States at the same time,whether snch
office or place be civil, military or naval,
and any person holding any such office or
place, who shall accept or hold any other
office or place of trust or profit under the
Constitution and laws of the United States,
■hall be deemed to have vacated the office
or plaee which he held at the time of snch
acceptance.
Telegraphic Markets.
New York Jan. 7, noon.—Stocks strong
Money 7. Gold 1 34}. Gold exchange 91.
1862 coupons 12. North Carolina’s, old,
64}; new 62}. Virginia’s ex-coupon 53;
new 56}. Tennessee ex-coupons 66}; new
66. Flour doll and drooping. Wheat dnll
and favors buyers. Corn dnll and a shade
lower. Mess pork firm, new at 29 50. Lard
active and firmer; steam 18}. Cotton doll
and drooping; middling uplands 27. Tur
pentine quiet 5al0. Rosin firm; 2 65a2 75
for strained, common and good strained.—
Freights firm.
London, Jan. 7, noon.—Consols 92}.—
Bonds 75}.
Liverpool, Jan. 7, noon.—Cotton qniet;
sales 10,000 bales; shipments from Bombay
to the 2d, 11,000 bales. Corn, old 37s 3d.,
new 36. Turpentine buoyant.
Liverpool, Jan. 7, p, jm.—Cotton dull;
uplands, spot lid., affoat 10}d; Orleans
11}. Bacon 56s. Lard 70s. Pork 92s. 61.
Turpentine 29s 6d.
Married—On the evening of the 5th of
January, 1869, in Atlanta, Ga., by Rev. J
-Jones, J. J. EAGAN, Esq., of Griffin, Ga,
to Miss MARY V. RUSSELL of Rome
Ga.
Cotton is brisk at 26 cents, and an ex
tra article would command a little more.
Is not this a good time to sell? It may go
Dr J M Gregory,’Pref. servTeesV- 12 00 j Li S ller . but i( ’ Ls uiuch morc Iikcl J 10 dc ~
From Washington—General Mead’s Re
port of the Ogeechee Troubles—Congressi
onal.
, Washington, January 6.—General
Meade reports to Grant as follows:
“I transmit the latest dispatches from
General Sibley regarding the Ogeechee dffi-
culty. Sibley has been Distracted to for
did armed organizations, whethetj white or
black, and to preserve the peace at all haz
ards, and to co-operate with the civil au
thorities in case he finds the civil au
thorities acting in good faith, and that their
action is necessary to preserve peace, and
not as at Camilla, where the law was made
a pretext for outrage upon the negroes.
At the same time, Sibley is instructed to
disarm and- diverse all assemblies of ne
groes, and require their submission to the
civil authorities.
The balance of the report embraces an
accout ofthe Ogeechee affair already pub
lished.
The Treasure Department statement for
January shows an increase ever for De
cember statement of one million seven
thousand. Total debt, twenty-six hundred
and fifty-two millions fire hundred and thir
ty-three thousand six hundred and sixty two
dollars. Amount of currency in the Treas
ury, ninety-eight millions seven hundred and
sixty-threo thousand dollars. Amount of
currency thirteen million dollars. Gold
certificates twenty-seven millions.
Tbe political disabilities of S. G. Stokcosf
Alabama have been removed.
Memphis Election.—The Democrats
carried the city, electing 13, aud tbe Radi-
Interesting to tobacco Merchants
—We are permitted to publish the following,
letter from Commissioner Rollins, to Col.
Atkins,of this city. It will be found to con
tain matters of very great interest totobac
co dealers.
Treasury Department.
Office Internal Revenue
Washington, Dec. 15, 1S68.
Sir: In reply to your letter of December
lOtb, in relation to tobacco in the bands of
dealers, I have to say that section 78 of
the Act of July 20 th, 1868, provides that
ilfter June 1, lS6D, all smoking, fine-cut
chewing, tobacco, or snuff, and after July
1,1809, all other manufactured tobacco of
•very description shall be taken and deem-
cd 35 ha ™Sbccn manufactured after the
'or sale unless put iSplfcKSges ~anfi
stamped as prescribed by that act, except
at retail Fy retail dealers,, from wooden
packages stamped as provided for in that
act, All manufactured tobacco therefore, in
the hands of dealers after the dates above
named, uot packed and stamped with tax-
paid stamps, as required by tbe new law,
must be so packed and stamped at the ex
pense of the owner or holder, before being
sold or offered for sale, though
tax may have been previously paid on
it.
The tax is not to be assessed and collec
ted from dealers as it was from manufactu
rers under the former law, but it is their
duty, after the dates named above, to buy
stamps from their Collector and properly
stamp their tobacco, not so stamped before
offering it for sale; and it is the duty of In
ternal Revenue officers to exercise the ut
most vigilance to prevent the sale of stamp
ed tobacco after the dates named above.
And when parties, after those dates, are
fonnd selling unstamped tobacco steps
should be immediately taken for their in
dictment.
Very respectfully,
E. A. Rollins,
Commissioner.
James Atkins Esq.,
Collector 4th District,
Atlanta Ga.
P. S.—Congress has extended the time
for stamping tobacco in the hands of deal
ers till February 15, 1869.—At. Em.
Judge Vason on the Civil Status.
We find the following response to Col.
Tift’s letter in the Albany News of the 1st
inst:
Albany Ga., Dec. 24,1868.
Hon. Nelson Tift, Dear Sir: In answer
to your communication, I hasten the follow
ing reply.
1. The laws of Georgia are as faithfnlly
enforced now as they ever hare boen at any
time.
2. There is no organised nor other re
sistance to the execution of the laws in this
State.
3. The civil officers are faithfnl and act
ive in the discharge of their duties—indeed
crime is more surely and speedily punished
now, in this State, than before the war.—
Crimes committed by negroes when they
were slaves sometimes not punished,because
of tbe popularity of their owner, or- on ac
count of his personal influence, and often
they were run off.by their masters. Now they
take their chance with the white man, and
they are not without friends when they get
into trouble. The lawyers, as s body, stand
by them,and they are always ably and of
ten successfully defended without fee or re
ward.
4. The state of feeling between white
persons and colored, is as good here as it is
in anjr country between the rich and poor,
or capital and labor. Persons who were
slaveholders almost universally entertain
kind feelings towards tbe negroes—particu
larly such as belonged to them; among tbe
educated whites this is very nearly without
exception,and it will always be so with our
good people,who do now and will always
control their votes.
5. Differences of opinion on political
matters are tolerated here as much as in
any part of New England. Our people do
not love persons who differ with them on
political questions, but dorespect them if
they are themselves respectable. There is
very great prejudice against “carpet-bag
gers,” “scalawags,” but in this section of
tbe State there are bnt few of these,and
with rare exceptions they are now and al
ways have been without character or friends.
They are reckless adventurers trying to get
a living by office, and to that end they
have sought to delude the ignorant freed-
men and the first lesson they teach them
is to hate the whites and their old masters
in particular. In this effort they have
measurably failed, and hence their slander
upon our people.
It is not generally known, bnt snch isthe
fact, that whilst or a recent political cam
paign these adventurers eat and sleep with
the colored people,bnt they could not now
he received or entertained by good men of
that race.
6. 411 of our people feel interested in en
couraging Northern men to locate here,
and in my opinion a gentleman from any
of the Northern States would be just as safe
and secure in Dougherty county as any of
our people would be in any Northern
State. Onr people are not afraid of their
political opinions, or their former prejudice
against ns. We know that the Northern
people are intelligent, industrious and
thrifty, and that when permanently located
among ns for legitimate pursuits they soon
become identified with us in such a manner
as secures thcii cordial co-operation in po
litical as well as other matters important to
us as a people. We need Northern capital
and enterprise in mercantile and manufac-
ring pursuits and are suffering for want of
educated experience in our workshops.—
Wc want economy, industry, energy, and
well considered plans, to remould onr labor
system, improve onr modes of culture and
thus bring about a real and permanent res
toration of this war scourged, yet God-
blessed section of our common country.
The hand of a kind Providence is ready
to direct and bless onr honest efforts for de
liverance, but who will move ought in this
matter? Establish law; banish political
doctors, with their sickening nostrums, and
let Statesmanship take the helm, and pro
claim civil liberty to all, as set forth in the
Constitution of the country, and you will
see, even here, a free peeple, as if it were
“born in a day,” and carnesteffort, intelli
gent enterprise, and well-secured capital,
will do more for us than all the Korans
of the law-givers, of the world. “Let us
have peace!” Break the spears, turn the
bayonets into sub-soilers, .and all the in
instruments of Mars into useful articles of
husbandry, and peace and plenty will again
smile on all our land.
The Eruption op Mount JEtna.—It
commnnica- f merely that Monnt iEtoa has again
broke forth mto eruption, but that the new
outburst is characterized hj a violence and
intensity indicative of the wide extent of
the region of disturbance beneath the cra^
ter. For nine hoars on the nights of De
cember 8th and 9th, the mountain was
vomiting flames and lava to a prodigious
highfc. Stones and burning matter were
projected from the crater, and so high did
some of these projectiles reach that the
sand and smaller stones fell over Aci Real,'
and even over Messini, or to a distance of
upward of forty miles from the coae.
The lava is now flowing in eveiy direc
tion from the crater and devastating the
surrounding country. After the second
great outburst the eruption become some
what less active, but the mountain is far
from likely soon to sink to rest is evidenced
by the fact that deafening detonations still
continue to he heard. If any farther evi
dence were wanting of the magnificence of
would "be founa ih tShnw
we have received comes from Valetta,which
is upwards of one hundred and twpoty
miles from JEtna. We arc toia that
crowds assembled at Valctta to witness the
grand spectacle afforded hy the burniej
mountain.—London Netcs.
A Good Garden.
Now is the proper time to lay the found
ation of a good garden. This consists in
giving a liberal allowance of manure and
deep working. Deep digging cannot be
dispensed with. A good garden must be
good in July and August os well as-in
April and May. How few really good
gardens are found during mid-summer*
Wherever one is known you may be sure
that deep working at the start is the origin
''"It i* impossible to expect a shallow
worked, soil to produce a succulent vegeta
ble during the dry Summer n oaths. The
general practice is to hasten the burning
up process, instead of remedying it. Some
gardens, we admit, receive a fair allowance
of manure, but by being improperly work
ed in the ground it causes the crop to be
hastened to its destruction whenever the
dry Summer weather commences. If the
same quantity of manure has been warked
in the groand tn >L/. r: r —
the result would dc entirely different from
the usual scarcity of vegetables in mid
summer. Deep trenching and deep ma
nuring will allow vegetables to draw moist- SItm-
Government Regulating the Price of Cot
ton.
The very questionable policy of an ef
fort on the part of government to regulate,
by law, tbe price of any product is about to
be attempted in regard to cotton. It looks
as pretty as tbe “Georgia Horse,” and may
be as dangerous. The leading features of
the plan is stated below:
The cotton bill authorizes the Secretary
of the Treasury to purchase raw cotton
grown after the passage of the bill, deliv
ered, at any railroad depot or on steamer
making direct connection with New York,
at twenty cents per pound for upland and
thirty cents for sea island. Purchases
made through revenue officers arc exempt
from tax, but if sold to others than United
States agents, to be taxed three cents per
pound. Cotton purchased by the Govern
ment shall be sold at a price not Ies3 than
five cents advance on cost. Manufacturers
within the United States are allowed a’
all transactions to be presented to Congresk
at tbe commencement of each regular ses-
The Legal Tender Cash.—The suits
before the Supreme Court now pending for
decision, and attraction so much attention,
involve a single but comprehensive point.
The case from New York—Bronson, execu
tor, vs. Rodes—represents the question.
It is, says the Nashville Union & Ameri
can, whether a contract payable according
to its terms in gold and silver coin, made
before tbe passage of the legal tender law,
could be discharged after its passage by a
paymert in legal tender notes. If it be de
cided that sneb a tender was not sufficient,
parties who have received Treasury notes
in return for coin deposits, of for coin con
tracts, may recover the difference.
The opening argument thus stated the
merits of the case: “The suit originated in
the State of New York, by a bill in which
the eqnitable powers of the court were in
voked to compel the cancelment of a mort
gage. The only peculiarity of this mort
gage consists in the fact that the mortgage
deed, instead of specifying dollars, merely
provided that it should be paid ‘in gold or
silver coin, lawfnl money of the United
States.' The mortgage was made in the
year 1851 and matured in the year 1857.
In the year 1863, after the passage of the
legal tender act, the complainantin the suit
below acquired a title to the equity of re
demption in the mortgaged premises, and
shortly afterwards he tendered to the mort
gagee, the plaintiff in error, the nominal
amount of the mortgage debt in Treasury
notes, on a day when the value of those
notes, as compared with coin, was as 1 to
2.25; that is, 81 in gold was equal to $2 25
in the money tendered. The tender was
refused, and the action was brought to com
pel a cancellation of the mortgage. When
this case was first heard before his Honor
Justice Gover; a member of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York, the bill
was dismissed, his Honor there diciding
that the money tendered was not equivalent
to the kind of money called for in the mort
gage. An appeal from that judgment was
taken to the general term of the Eighth
Judicial District, when the judgment was
speedily reversed; not, however, by unani-
mousc court, Mr. Justice Gover dissenting;
and on an appeal by the present defendant
in error to our Court ef Appeals,the judg
ment of the general term was affirmed, and
in effect deciding that the tender of the
Treasury notes was sufficient.”—Atlanta
Const
nre from the soil, and remain succulent for
a long period. Try it: now is the time to
perform the work, and onr word for it your
reward will consist in greatly increased
crops of vegetables, as well as lengthened
harvest.—Ed. Chron. & Sen.
Death of John W. Ducan.—We are
pained to announce the death of Col. John
W. Duncan, which took place at his resi
dence in this city at 1 o’clock yesterday
evening. CoL Duncan was horn in Scot-
and, the son of a Presbyterian minister;
ame to Georgia when quite a youth, and
was educated in this State; subsequently
studied law in Savannah, afterwards resided
for a time in Milledgeville, whence he came
to this city some twelve or fifteen years
ago.
Col. Dunean, in connection with Judge
Lochrane, wai, before the was, an editor
and proprietor of the Atlanta Intelligencer.
During the war, he held the position of
Aasistant Treasurer of the Confederate
States, with an officer in this eity. At the
time of his death he was President of the
Atlanty Gas Company, and a Director in
the Atlanta National Bank.
Col. Dunean had no children. He leaves
a wife to mourn his loss.
As a polished gentleman and genial com
panion he will long be remembered by his
many friends in this community.—At. Const
of 16 A.
Deplorible Accident in Randop
County.—Last Saturday during a personal
difficulty between Mr. Robt. Hunter and a
young man named Merrill, in Widowce,
both parties commenced firing rapidly at'
each other. The fire of Hnnter was harm
less, bnt a shot from the pistol of Merrill
gazed the check of his opponent, and un
fortunately entered the breast of Captain
Eph West, killing him instantly. Cspt.
West was not a participant in difficulty,
and his death is universally regretted by the
citizens of Widowee. Young Merrill was
immediately arrested.— Chambers (Alai)
Tribune.
Improvement of tbe Navigation ot tbe
Tenneaaee River.
The Chattanooga Dialy Republican con*
tains a call for a Convention to assemble
in that city on the 24th of Febuary next,
to take measures to indues Congress to make
an appropriation of the necessary means to
construct a canal round the Muscle Shoals
of the Tennessee River.
We quote a portion of the eall: '
We, tha Governors aforesaid, most earn
estly recommend that the cities, villages
and counties of the Tennessee Valley, and
the counties adjacent thereto, the Boards
of Trade and other business associations
throughout the country, be represented in
the Convention. The importance of pro
viding free transportation by water for the
vast products of the country drained by
the Tennesser River cannot be over-estimat
ed.
To the people of the whole South and
West, to the entire country, the measure
is of the greatest importance, and as a com
mercial matter an imperative necessity. A
consultation of representative men cannot
fail to advance it.
R. R. Bullock, W. G. Brownlow,
Gov. of Georgia. Gov. of Tenneaaee.
Sam’l Merrill, Wm. H. Smith, %
Gov. of Iowa. Gov. of Alabama.
Tnos. O. Fletcher, J- W. Stevenson,
Gov. of Missouri. Gov. of Kentucky.
PLANTATION ECONOMY.
A letter from Georgia which we copied
yesterday from the New York Times, an
nounces the breaking ont again in this
State, more fiercely than ever, of the cot
ton manta—a disease which exhibits it
self in the sacrifice of food crop* to the sin
gle end of cotton production. We have
been able, perhaps, to detect a few incipient
symptoms of the deplorable malady in this
section of Georgia, but we are confident it
may be checked by the use of tho following
prescription: Take the bottle of Common
Sense, fill it half full with the waters of
Ritter Experience. Take of extravagant corn
and meat prices, with a lien on your ciops
to pay them, one onnee. Of mules and
teams broken down in summer hauling
when you want every one of them in the
field, an onnee. Of disappointment in the
yield of the cotton crop, one ounce. Of
disappointment in the price, one ounce. Of
finding, when youhave lifted your liens,
nothing left,one ounce. Of loss in being com
pelled to sell when you don’t want to, one
onnee. Of vexation of being in debt and
theslaTe of the lender generally, one onnee.
Shake op this mixture well, and take a ta
ble spoonful every night for a fortnight
while “pitching your crops.” Think the
matter over so long as the bad tails remains
in your mouth, and the cure will be per
fect.— Macon Telegraph.
Mr. Dwinell.—Please take onr adver
tisement, headed “Caution,” ont of yonr
paper and insert this in lieu thereof, as the
matter has been settled honorably to Mr.
Hardin, and satisfactorily to ourselves.
A. M. Rambo,
Kinchin Rambo.
We Meet Upon tbe Level.
We meet upon the Level, and we part upon
the Square—
What words of precious meaning those
words Masonic are!
Come let as contemplate them; they are
worthy of a thought—
In the vary soul of Masonry these precious
words are wrought.
We meet upon the Level, though from
every station come—
The rich man from his mansion and the
poor man from his home;
For'the one must leave his wealth and state
outside the Mason’s door,
And the other finds his tine respect upon
the checkered floor.
Wa part upon the Square, ior the world
must have its due:
We mingle with the multitude—a cold un-
frendly crew;
But the influence of our gathering in mem-
ery
And we look upon the Level to renew the
b*m
There’s a world where all are equal—we
are hurrying toward it fast;
We shall meat upon the Level there—when
the gates of death are past;
We shall stand before the Orient, sod onr
Master will be there,
To try the bloolu we offer by bis own uner
ring Square.
We shall meet upon theLevel there,hut nev
er thence depart!
There’s a mansion—'tis all ready for eaot
trusting faithful heart;
There’s a mansion and welcome, aad a mul
titude is there,
Who have met upon the Level and been
tried upon the Sqnare.
Let ns meet upon the Level then, while
laboring patient here;
Let ns meetand let ns labor, thongh the la
bor be severe;
Already in' the Western aky, the signs bid
ns prepare,
To gather up one Working Tools and part
upon the Square.
Hands round, ye faithful Masons, from the
bright fraternal chain,
We part upon the Sqnare below to meet in
Heaven again;
Oh! what words of precious meaning these
words Masonic are—
We meet upon the Level and we part upon
the Sqnare.
Foundry and Machine Shop in Cartersvllle.
Mr. B. Schofield has erected and put in
operation a Foundry and Machine Shop in
Cartarsvilla. He proposei to compete with
Northern establishments in prices and qu-
ity of work.
Nigger in The Rink.— An American
citixen of African descent sued the director
ofthe skating rink of thia eity for ejecting
him from that rendezvous of white gentle
men, white ladies and children and the “col
ored gemnien” wanted §2,000 damages^ for
not being permitted to perfume the rink;
but a jury thought that figure was too high,
so they generously awarded him 8300 forth*
indiguity put on him. The directors of the
rink have appealed the case to the Supreme
Court, but that institution having “negro on
the brain,” will probably sustain tbe decision
of the jury. When we get the nigger on
equality in rinks, railway cam, hotels,
cbes, thaetrea^kc., “1st us have peace.
Can Such Things Bb!—Straiga re
ports reach us from Tallapoosa County, to
tbe effect that a man named Lightfoot,who
has been in a trance for thirty days, haa
wakened with the power to cure every
manner of disease by simply touching the
afflicted person with his hands. He has al
ready.worked several miraculous cures, and
his house is thronged daily with applicants
for relief fropi the ills that flesh is heir to.
Report says that hundreds, perhaps thou
sands; are camped aronnd his honse wait
ing for their time to come, and the crowd
has bsen so large that numbers bare been
compelled to return to thair homes without
seeing the great physician. Hitherto he
has positively refused to receive any com
pensation for bis services, but we under-
stand that bis family are now receiving do
nations from those whom he has cured.—•
Chambers Tribune,
Floyd Superior Court.
Met on Monday the 11th inst.- Present,
hie Hon. Judge John S. Bigbv, O. D. For
syth Solicitor, Jnrors and Attorneys.
Owing to an apprehension that the Ju
ries might not be considered legal, the
Court adjourned to the 4th Monday in
March next. No thither business was
transacted except the granting of a few
orders. It is hoped that the Legislature
which assembles on the 13th will pass an
anabling act, or a general Law for empan-
nelling Juries according to law.
Lookout for a Thief.
A young man some 18 years old, giving
his name as Elisha Mayfield, with tight
bine eyes and very bnshy light hair, about
five feet six inches high, and dressed m yel
low jeans suit, stole a pistol, of the Whit-
ner pattern, from Gabe Jones, of this coun
ty, last week, and left for parts unknown.
Jones will be glad to hear from him. Ad
dress Gabraal Jones, Rome, Ga.
Christian Benevolence.
To the exclusion of our usual variety of
miscellaneaus matter, we publish to-day a
highly interesting and instinctive sermon
on the above named subject, preached by
Rev. A. E. Axson, of the Presbyterian
Church, in this city, on the 3d inst.
We commend this sermon to the careful.
consideration, not only of church members
ofthe various denominations, bat also of all
patriots and lovers of good order—for to
ohristianity are government and society
principally indebted for tije good they cog:
tain. The aim is to present Bible doctrine
of benevolence in this sermon, and most
persons will, be instructed and profit
ed ly its perusal.
Thanks.—We are under obligations to
E. Hulbert, for courtesies on tbe State
Road for the year. The road is now paying
handsome dividepds, and seems to be well
managed.
Do you want a first rate buggy, at New
York cost and freight? If you do, en
quire at the Courier office. There is none
better than Woodruff’s Concord.
New Orleans, Jan. 9.—The funeral of
Gen. Rosseau was largely attended by the
military aud citizens.
The Remains of John Minor Botes were
bnried at Richmond on the 10th.
Mis* Sawrle’s School.
By an advertisment to be fonnd in onr
columns to-day, it will be seen that the next
session o r Mi33 Mattie Sawrie’s school will
commence on the 18th inst. There is prob
ably no better school for children, in the
city.
Female Regulator.—This Medicine,
prepared by L. H. Radficld, of Atlanta, is
advertised in our columns. Dr. Radffddis
a wholesale Druggist of high standing, and
his preparations is recommended by some
of the best physicians in the country.
Augusta, Jhnuary 9—It isreported
that the murderers of Martin and his sis
ter, who were murdered, robbed and burn
ed at their home in Columbia county, a
few weeks since, were taken from the jail
at Appling and lynched. ~
A white man. named Anderson Upton
and three negroes, who composed the
confessed the murder of Martin and bis
sisters, tho stealing of SCOOin told, an4
_ jbsequent burning of tbe house and bod
ies to cover their guilt.
We Agree With Him —One of the
negro speakers at the’uepro celebration <*
Friday said: “As an evidence of'our r
rioritv as a race, I can tell you that I M
member of the Alabama Legislature 1
there are fifty white memberawno
as well qualified for the pteH wti
groes.”
The negroes wera by f*
apectable Radicals ia tMj
They W«rslste«