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'.L'SDAY 5JOKNEVG Fell. M,
For Congres—'Tth District.
Sea. P. M. B. YOTJNG,
0? BARTOW eOCKTT.
Vioposed New Constitutional Amend.
. meat.
".u proposed. new Constitutional arnend-
■;-, says tlie Atlanta Intelligencer', provid-
t’.vr universal, or.‘'manhood suffrage,”
. 'diessof race,color, or pretioas eondi-
.1' servitude passed the House of Rep-
ita tires on Saturday,last ,by tlicrequired
thirds vote—yeas, 150; nays, 42, .'the
dlijn prevails at Washington . that it will
, the Senate also, by the same vote. At
:i then be submitted' to- the several
‘ .->3 of the Union; aifd the first popular
. over it iu the States come off in
aeeticut. the Democrats - there boldly
ariug war against it, determined; they
• nevar to surrender the right /of that
a under the Constitution to regulate the
( Aion of suffrage, Ifcbidtheiu God speed
■ eir efforts, and.: trust that they, will bo
to carry tlie Statc against the amend-
; by an overwhelm ihgmajority; :
hould this new amendmeatbe, by lair
, u s or foul, incorporated into the ;Con-
ition, while it will,operate' to prevent
• hi several States of the Union frOin deny 1
ing or abridging the right to suffrage' of any
citizen of the United States,'on " account of
H -race or'color or previous condition, it
will not operate so as to prevent a . State
frehr denying the right to,a negro, tor any
.n it inttydeny the right to ,a white
h. Georgia therefore, or any other
! ftili be at liberty to withhold from its
;■. vie, on account of Jgoorance or auy oth-
■.; ..use, the.right.to hold idee as well as
right to vote. This aeenis to be the
v 4 t - : nf the press generally at the 5ortK
old the proposed amendmeatbe adopted
1,7 the States and be incorporated into -the
' -utution. ' •
Ceorg-a legislature.
Monday Feb. Sth.
Negro eligibly Resolutions pass-
the House wore taken up anti con
ns rtm.in.
*.:Us on first and second reading
Among the latter was tho fol-
redace the Compensation of memhcrg
t General Assembly to five dollars a
■ ithput further compensation.
RESOLUTIONS.
dr. -Wooten—That after the previous
>ion is decided in the negative, the re
corder of business shall go on.
Pas-
e'r. Adkins—To re instate the colored
;:r.bers who were deprived of their, seats
*>.o last session.
1 motion to postpone action indefinilc-
.. as adapted.
; Ir. Weilburn—That as the Senator from
19th District seems to be greatly dis-
• Jed with his present associations, that
be, and he is hereby authorized to join
. odoriferous body, which, in taking its.
. arture from the Senate, not only ‘deft a,
iagperjiime behind,” hut at the same
left at least one heart so braised and
aded that it can never" recover except
_e the influence of those kindred spir-
no longer to ho found upon this
filed out of order.
BILLS THIRD TIME.
T_.Tr selection of jurors in this State.—
said on table.for present.
To regulate the datias. pf employer: to
employees in this State. Lost.
’:'ri encourage the arrest of.criminals by
> ; onsatioa therefor. Lost,
Senate adjourned.
bills
Rules suspended and the follo wing
road third time :
Will creating a new julicial circuit, to
ha called the Atlanta Circuit, Passed aud
i ■' -lsmitted to the Senate.
Ir. Walthall of Fold introduced the
owing: . ;
A. bill extending the time of selling wild
: . Is declaring previous sales null and void.
M r. Turnipseed—A hill making itunlaw-
' i 1 "or marriageable females to flirt.
bill on third reading.
A hill defining tho meaning of Section
: 7 70 of Irwin’s Code.- Lost.
Vtil! allowing Sheriffs in this State to
mnize marriage. Lost.
. . bill to protect more effectually person-
ai roperty. Lost. .
.. b.d prohibiting the selling of spirit-
;; ilquprs on election days. Passed.
bill to enforce the payment of inter-
. oa money according to.contract,
ending the discussion of this bill, the
adjournment arrived. -
Georgia Legislature.
Tuesday. Fed. 9th.
SENATE
A motion liavingbecn. made torecousid-
•r ih« : vote ofycaterjUjf, passing, the Price'
,c jlutionj Mr. Candler moved to lay this
•lntioU on tho table. After a long dis-
ilon the motion to lay on the table was
! 2 by a vote of 14, to 1C. No further busi-
s of interest to-day.
HOUSE;--' - '
T he bill enforcing the payment of. 'inter-.
.; on money according to contract, whipli
...,'j heing'disenssed at the hour of.adjotifn-
-. ut yesterday, wa3 taken up and’ after
;' eh debate Indefinitely postpone J. Yeas.
. nays 55.
n motion of Mr. SnrrenGy thj rules
pended to take up a hill altering
mdment an act imposing a tax of
undred dollars on circuses,and making
ho tax twenty-five dollars. Xp%-'
SENATE BILLS READ TniRD" XIMJ?.
A bill .incorporating the Agriciiltural
mnlemeni Manufacturing Company.-
V-uended and passed.
The bill to create a.Lad,d an.Immigration
•.••can,was discussed at -length in commit,
■ whole; without decisive action,i
the special order for to morrow
louse adjourned.
tes of the ■
c-,COUNCIL PROCEtiDINGS,
Council. Chamber, ]
Rome, Feb. 5,1869., -j
Council met—Presidents His Hon. Z. B.
Hargrove Mayor, fi- '• -
Aid, Perry, Smith, Raw lias, G regory and
Cohen. .
Minnies of last meetin,
firmed.
By Aid. Perry—Whcrau, .Cof. Gibbon
has served the City Council with a notio
that h? had filed a hill of injunction
against the City in building , the Engine
House in Gostanaula Street, between R:
S. Norton’s and Dr. Mitchell: Be it Re.
•solved, that the Council suspend farther
operations uniil the injunction is disposed
-of. • Adopted. ■ - • • —
Onrmotion of Aid. Smith, it was Order
ed, That the communication of R. T. Har
grove, and other heirs of Z. B. Hargrove,
dtocased,.respecting the claims of the city,
to certain lands which were originally
streets, hut ugw in possession of private
parties, he replied to, and that said parties
be . requested to name tho particular
ground, or streets, about .which inquiry is
made.' Thp City. Council have not relin
quished their rights to’ certain streets, and
alleys^ now in possession of private persons,
hut to such other st reets, or parts of streets
asliatn'heen .closed by authority of any
previous Council, or sold off by them, this
Council does not. propose to disturb the
possession of the prescut occupant. If
such'ialo was illegal, it must be so declared
by the Courts, before w.e wUl take any ac-
tion in relatiou thereto. In further answer,
ive have to say, that there appears on a
map 'of the origiual survey made by Col.
D..R'. Mitchell, in 1S34, some streets, „ or
alleye, which either have never been used
as suclij or have been closed for more than
twenty years. This Council is not prepar
ed to say what is the status of such pro-
pcrtyVbat wp.do'not .think . it advisable to
interfere wTtn such streets, or. alleys, and
lay no claim thereto. .Vr’e .find on said
map,' tb'at.ccrtain alleys, or^sti'cets, which
were laid out 132.feet, 99 feet and.GO feet
in width, have in so:ue way, in time past,
been narrowed down'to a much less width
than originally laid off. This has been ac-
quksed’.in.by.the.Public, and by our pre
decessors so Joug, that we shall not interlcre
ther'ewil'T.' If the objcet of .the’inquiries
made-hy the heirs of said Hargi’oyo be to
claim-a revision of said streets, so sold off.
or' closed, we have only to say, it is our du
ty t-3 defend .and protect the titles made by
our predecessors, so far , as to refuud any
purchase .money with interest to such par-
-ties as have purchased from. Council, under
a warrantee Deed wlieu cypr they are ejec
ted from said property. In all other cases,
we ignore any complication with any .suit
that may be instituted in. the promises,
claiming no iittrest fgr the city, in such
abandoned streets, or alleys. Adapted.
By Aderman Perry—Resolved, that
Section 1st, 2d, 3d, -1th. and 5th, Division
of the City Ordinance, he published for
the informa tion of all concerned, aud that
His Hon. the Mayor, be requested to have
the same carried out.
Sec. 1. No person shall maliciously de
face, mutilate or injure any church, or pub
lic weilj or shade tree,_or any public proper
ty.
Seq.-2. Any person hitching any ani-
Utal to a shade tree, or riding 'driving or
or leading on any side walk or drain, shall
be fined one dollar, to be collected instanter
by the Marshal, and in aggravated eases
summoned to trial.
Sec. 3. The streets, alleys or side waiks
shall not bo obst. acted, except by permis
sion of some member of Council, nor shal[
any thing he thrown or discharged on them,
so as to endanger or annoy persons on tho
same, or so as to reader such streets or side
walks offensive.
.Sec. 4. Cellar doors shall not oxteud
more than five feet on any side walk, aud
shall be kept in sound condition and level
with the pavement; they shall be kept shut
at nights and also during the day except
when in actual use. Porches and platforms
shall not be erected on the side walks, nor
shall any. steps extend more than two feet
on any side walk.
Sex. a. No stove pipe shall run out at.
the end or side of any building in the city,
nor shall any stove pipe run within six
inches of the wood of auy building, and
every stove pipe shall run through and six
feet above the roof of the building to which
it is attached. If any chimney shall ho on
fire, except during or immediately after a
rain the owner or ooeup*at shall be subject
to fine.
On motion of Alderman Gregory, Smith
& Branham were appointed city A. tor news.
On motion the account of Gabriel Bar-
berTfnri^uSfor-sciting out shad* trees was
passed.- ’Also' account of S7 for Police’ser
vice, rendered in- -January, passed.
On motion of Alderman Sui'th, a Com
mittee of three were appointed to take into
consideration, the propriety of either build-
iag a Powder Magazine at ouee, or letting
it out on private contract—Aldermen
Smith, Perry and Cohen, were appointed
this committee. On motion of Aid. Smith,
the Mayor was requested to investigate the
dangers complained of in the sale and
storage of Estrella Oil, sold and* kept by
Dr. Thomas, and if consid.-red a nuisance,
to take s'eps to have it abated. The fol
lowing accounts were approved and pay
ment ordered, viz,
DeJonrnctt & Son, for ropes $1,00.
Pitner & Smith, tar etc 4,20.
Council adjourned. -
H. A. SMITH
C. C. C.
■riManto Is*
REPORT
Of dU;Remaiki of the Hon. Dim
ofiJovd. on ih;
^tta^^nniTtitpliniiiil pi
!lei- of.'Eli
read and ’ ech.. m yjjxa ami £>caU 6»
to the Courts of the State :
Mr. Seott, qf .Ftojd, said he made, tin
motion to reconsider .the action ol' thi
House deferring the matter of .eligibili ty d
negroes'to office and^ to seats ou this floor
^ith reluctance, .because he felt the impor
tance and responsibility of the question.—
Bat feeling as he did in reference to.the re
solution under consideration, he . felt he
: -would-be recreant tohE'•oPTJMyShd'
What Hill au<! Miller TRint.
Tho Atlanta correspondence of.the Alba
ny News gives the opinion of Senators Hill
aud Miller on Georgia affairs:
Senators Hill and Miller arc both iu tho
city, looking as though they, would very
much prefer seats in the Senate Chamber
at Washington. Tho latter thinks it prob
able Georgia will he remauded to a provis
ional status, aud that a fifteenth constitu
tional amendment, declaring the negroes
eligible to office in every State, will be pre
sented to the country. The former is somor
what reticent, and, I think, he knows more
than he believes prudCnt to tell. With the
opportunities ho possessed, at Washington,
of gaining information (and Mr. Hill is not
a man to lose an opportunity), he must
know bretfy well what Congress intends to
do. • He does not advise the Legislature to
go hack directly on its action relative to
negro ineligibility. He believes, however,
that’it8hould act, and. that speedily—that
it should, atonce, adopt a resolution declar
ing its wiUiogncs3to reoognize all civil and
political rights guaranteed, under the Con
stitution, to persons, regardless pf color, as
determined by a decision of the Supreme
Court of Georgia. This course, he thinks,
will, iu a great measure, disarm- our ene-
mies iu ,Congress. He did not say it would
meet the,approbation of Gen- Grant, but !
drew that inference from the tenor of : his
remarks. When asked his opinions as to
the propriety of sending commissioners
to Washington, ho hroum'iy topl'ied,. 'that
can do no -possible good.”
Agriculture is the noblest of profes
sions—^stable as the.earth which is its base,
pure'os the sna which enlightens, free as
theiiir which gives it life; it ripens reason,
fOftjfies'tli»'character, and elevates the soul
toward the Creator by the continual specta
cle of the mira,clas.. .Qf.p.rcqti.2n. Agriculture
is,seated upon the granite npop which the
St£fe reposes!—M Drouj/ri dc L’Eiiys.
■ SSgJFhe Governor of Iowa, By proclama
tion; declares that the word “white” has
been stricken’fromthe constitution of that
State. ■ • • •. .•";
m
to his conseiehcb to' remain ‘ sil&bt because
others did not speak, lie had a duty to
perform, and he should do- it fearkssljf,
without regard-to the threats of Congress,
the taunts of members oiTthis House, or
the approval or disapproval, of friends —
He was actiog under the solemn sanction
of an oath.,-- . . > MSJmtSt -u.fi
The. preamble aud. resolution bi Mf.
Price meanathat‘tho eligibility, of negroes
to seats on this floor shall be referred to the
Courts, or it is a faree:—a meaningless
thing.
The preamble says that a reference.. of
the question of the colored" man’s iright to
hold ofiico under tho Constitution would
restore the State to her. former,position in
the Union, mid give quiet throughout the
State; and that “said question is one whtieh
the Courts have cognizance of.” If it
means .anything, it means /that, t he^Gpnrts
have “cognizance of’.’ the eligibility :oft_ne-
groes to seats on this floor. . It can’t .refer
to the rights.of the colored clerk of Savan
nah, or to the rights of tho colored ordina
ry of McIntosh, because it is not denied
that the Courts have “cognizance of” that
question already; and,proceedings, under a
writ of quo tcarnanio, have already been
instituted against White, colored eferk.jof
Chatham, and no one denies that the.,-jjro-
ceodiugs have been legally Instituted.- It
requires no action, therefore, to give .the
Courts cognizance of that question; and ,I
repeat, that it must refer, to- .thej right of
negroes to seats here, ,as,that, is,the only
question disturbing the .peace. and- quiet”
of the country, aud the only one upon
which Congress predicatel^Rs.action, or its
right to interfere with the present status of
the'State of Georgia. ’Plfa’t, 1 th'iln? ls'‘!he
question.distnrbing the “quiet”of the State,
and is the only question to which the reso
lution can refer. The gentloman from
Lumpkin says it has no-reference to their
rights to scats-here. I cdnnot permit-thib
‘•Trojan horse” to be introduced into this
hall without hurling one-spear at its hollow
sides. I will not, by my action, acknowl
edge the right of the Courts to review our
action,-or tho authority of Congress to dic
tate terms to this body on rights specially
delegated to ua by the Constitution. •
The Constitution says each House “fia?X
he the judge of tho election returns, and
qaalijiciUcons of its members.” It con
lens sole jurisdiction upon this House, and
makes it impeaiativc upon it to exercise it;
The language is “shall-,” not may. Tho
jurisdiction is not transferable—the Courts
cannot assume it.
W hen tho ma‘ ter of eligibility of negroes
was determine by this House lust fall, the
question was settled by a tribunal from
which there is no appeal under the Consti
tution. The matter became ‘ires adjiuiicaia”
the decision was final and conclusive,
and incapable of revision, mod binding
upon all the woik. Like the seal of. Sok
onion it has closed up the whole mat-,
ter. • ' ....
There is no principle of our government
more important or better settled than that
which limits the exercise of a powct xi the
department iu which it is constitutionally
deposited. The Legislature cannot exer-
ciso judicial nor the judicial legislative
. un ctions. *—‘
This resolution seeks; if it means any
thing, to prostitute one co-ordinatemnd no-
equal department of tho State ■ Govern
ment, to that of another. ltd* subversive’
of the G institution, and if-you sanction it
you degrade the State of Georgia,'Tind if
she submits to it, without a rebuke to ub,
never again can she-wear -the lofty* look of
conscious-independence. .... -
ion was necessary to cover up its Tiffanies.
What, then, is the use of our spen
*“ time aud money of the State in
legislation as tl
For one, my a<
ability of negroes to j
ill never retract.
’ [A most singular inci
* . Scottwas speaking,
lution passed yesterday f fffB^wa3 limited to
15 minutes. Ten minutes alter lie cem
bali stopped,
started again
ling, without the
=dHg
Washington, Feb.,9—Thc'Home after
ineffectual efforts to include Lousisanapassd
the Senate concnrrant resolution in regard
: State in such to the countingof Georgia vote, concurrent
resolution pro- rosolution_don’t require tho Presidents sig
t occurred while
the reso-
a^tlic Atlanta Intelligencer.
IT IIRJBLLOWXN G COMMUNICATIO
r: ad in the House on yesterday,
red to the Commit)
sra-ytaag-er -
" / Atlanta, Grit Feb.,
To t lie IlSjf. [Mr. Me 1 Vhorlcr, Sneaker or
thf house: of hepresentaVvis—
Dear Sir:, The meeting of
tural Society of fhc’Sta'tO which
in this cSy o T n r the l’St r the fol
lowin'* fe&lutiijn, and agre'ahly to’ its terms
f will coinniuhicate it through you to -the
lio.use over which yoii preside:
ite,solf3tl. That this' Convention repre-
sedting the great pnffinctiye interests of
Georgia, earnestly urge each member of
the Legislature tb’Vote the appropriation of
appropriation of
|$250Uj) twenty-five hundred dollars already
lioti^M hf Taw for the’ State' Agrienltural
'ocisty,.aud also votefor the passage of the
IffiiKigratiflh Bill and the soni of ten thons-
natnre. This action leaves Georgia’s statu
in the Union an open question.
■ Senate.—The Senate dissussed the amend-
mend until half past eleven this morning and
met again at 12, now voting down various
amendments to the original bill
Tho House was discussing the Postal Tele
graph.
The Presidegt signs Dr. Mudd’s pardon
today.
Senator White, of Maryland visited th;
Attorney Generald in.hehaff of jiieut.'Baim
at the instance of a large number
Baltimore, - Feb. 9.—Gcu. Breckeu-
ridge is here a guest of his brotucr-in-law,
the Rev. Dr. Bollock.
and dollars (Slp,00) to carry out its provis
ions,'and that "the Secretary communicate
tiffs rc^hifitioirto'the'PreSident and Speak-
ofniy instrnc-
he pardoned for noting ’ one of
which givcpecnliar significance
:tion of the meeting. In it there
J -iiine coun ties represented by over
drediind thirty delegates. I ap-
jie'dd^herevritlf'tbe names of these counties,
the number of Delegates, from each, and
fheramotfnf'offtakes which they pay in the
Treasury/ ' If tfiisTahie is closely examined
it will he fouhd that while the list embra
ces : bu^little‘over one-third of the cpnnties
Tho
tlon's 1
two feci
to this:
were fif
tlirie
taxes paid by the counties represented in
thfe 'Cehyedtioa were $432,143.
It is J fcrue,too;nh sustained by, "the uhde-
vided tcstiinonytoY those .VhoYVithessed. its
deliberationsthatThe" inOn’ who 'Composed
the Convention were not" only from the
counties of the State the fb'rcmost in wealth
and enterprise,Du? w?Fe ftemselves men—
olid, practieil;riiit?1li^ent ’arid able. And
wlieu the veto was taken on the adoption of
the resolnfioni-the President directed that
in consideration ofitbo importance of the is-
ue involved itshonld bc taken by a divis
ion and when those, who.were in favor of
the.resolntibn were called upon to rise,it is
believed that the whole Convention Etood
upamil that too with a rush. Those opposed
to the resolution were not called to rise, for
there was not a man to be seen in his scat
and the President most properly declared
that it was. unanimously carried.'
,1 do not donbt that .these facts will have
thmrfinq.weight,in the deliberations which
arc finally to settle, the question.
Ve*y respectfully,
i .!>.•' DaybiW. Lewis,
Secretary ^tate Agricultural Society.
But it is said, Congress threatens acdtrill
put us back under the bayonet, if.; we do
not of our own accord, submit to the degra
dation. For one he would say in the lan
guage cf one of Georgia’s nobles and wisest
statesmen that he was “neither ichippcd nox
fatigued iulo a Lose eoieplianea .with- iniifait-.
ous demands.” Members hcrcacting under
the sanction of their oaths seem-te think-,
that they, have the same .power over the
Constitution that they have over an estray
law. The Federal Government has the
brute force, if it is disposed to exercise it,
to placeus back under the mailed band ofthe
military, but if it docs so, it oTorides right,
justice aud the Constitution,and let the re-
iponsibility rest upon it, and letusnot be'
guilty of self abasement. The way to oheck
dcs] otis.n was not to invite it by such leg-;
islation as is proposed—not by ah acknowL
cdgnient of the right of Congress folegis)
late for us—not’ by tame submission to the
nnisance, man q a tcs of unconstitutional power, but by
a hold assertion of our rights, a manly ef-;
fort to maintain them, and a solemn protest"
against the encroachments of despotism.
\Ve arc not spaniels, that we should lick the
hand that smites us. 'jjf.
IV hen King James, the Second of Eng
land, actuated by the love of power, and
with the desire to overturn the religion of
the Realm, in disregard of the law and the
well settled rights of the people, issued by
royal proclamation, his famous Declaration
of Indulgence so offensive to all Protestants,
and ordered it to be read by tho Bishops in
all the Chapels and Churches of the King
dom, on the 20th day-of- May, 4868, it
aroused a more fearful commotion than that
which now agitates the public mind here
Bishops remonstrated—the people remon
strated, but the King was unyielding. It
was said none would flare incur the royal
displeasure at the peril of his life.
The day arrived; the metropoli wasin
the wildest commotion; vast crowds, ifith
heating hearts, hurriedto the chapols to see
what the bishops wonld do. Wesley—-the
man. of God—acsended the -pulpit anfid the
hushed silence of the throng, and announ
ced, as his text these words: “Be it'known
unto thee, oh! King,that- we will not serve
fhy gods! nor worship the gpldeii, linage
whicli thou bast set qp.” r ‘ .' • -
The Royal power was defied, sndqifinci-
ple vindicated in the act; It, wds tbe_ firat
act in the series of movements,
lowed each other in r;v
drove the tyrant James f.^
the inangnration of those'glurious - pqjfcp
pies of English liberty that enter so jlirgoV
ly into our American institntioc«.
following the example of this inspired
man of God, Jot us say to (he oppresso r . : .
“Be it known unto thee, oh! Cdrigrs$ 1< that
we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the
golden- imago—-negro < lor in 0 tion —whie 11
thou hast sot up.” ‘And'if Wo ,do net, by
our action,-stay the mailed hand of despo-'
tism, we will at least preserve onr manhood,
and transmit untarnished our honor. '
We have nothing to do with Congress.
Onr duty is to Georgia. ‘ Let us look alone
to her interest—to the development pf 'her
nia terial resources; do - what legislation !is>
necessary ibr her interest, aqdgo homo.
It is a mistake to think tint we can control
Congress. Sfce .will pay no attention tobnr
action, unless we put the negro hack here.-
Already one branch of-that body has acted
upon what is known as the 15lh article of
the Constitution of the United States, andi
adopted it, which confers the right to hold
office upon the negro in all the States. It
which *fhl-
[Erwa t0*e Ui-hinnailEnqdirer and Examiner.
.: 4»‘i'Moikery: . '
i i; >i - 2 - .
tlxis month an, empty, ceremony is
performed within the waffs of the Na-
, .Capital, “too mournful for laughter
jtbp Judiqrnus for tears.”. - .The ballots of
the variuus States permitted to take part In
' c,solcmu farce of a .Presidential election
3l be counted and proclaimed, and thena-
tlpn will pause .(perijaps) to hear that the
victorious Grant and -the smiling Colfax
liave Ueen cnoseU as the "Exceffency," aud
th^;.-5uperSnous llighnpsa” of this “Ocean-
bound, Republic!”, Ileaven gfant it may be
the forcruuper of a [ brightei and bettor
idw:*,-:‘. L, i .
, t co®ie3 ovejf us that in
Sifetes one namo will be un-
t aiscmblage one grand yet
’airest of her ■ daught-
rs—Eve,” will he missed., No mention
ill^ie, madesof Virginia!,The Ibt will lack
“.Xef,'forthj^want:morqjiotcd, as of yore,
Thq Cfesar’A^pageant, shorn, of Bratus
Di)l^ ijomc’a . best soa, remind her
, - TTT ^i oljitl. Tlio-V.-Staves” assembled,but
the “mother’ :ihscnt. „fhe who yielded an
cmpire,and was Rewarded by dismember
ment. She who gJVftAo t}ie country Wash-
i.-.gton, Jelfertun, Mcdison,-and. now re
ceives in turns military despotism. She
who'h ad Marshall and has Underwood.
She who ip.the cojintry.and jet nqt of it.
A ^tife.wh^h.r'evcntteis tehe collected or
petty offic’ss lobe 'appropriated, hut not a
Ftate thhen Presidents are to be elected.—
She whose territory, stretching “lair and
far/’ can be'seen from the windows of a
Capitol where not one seat is allowed tohar
sons." 'Was there c'-rcr'a picture so full of
sadness and ’satire? Never, since Goneril
and Regan sent old Lear forth to think the
“warring piriAs” more' tolerable than thank
less childton. But,like old Lear,too,Virgin
ia well may say: ; '
• —“ButI’ll not chide them; ‘
Iiet shamc r come when it wiff—I do not call
•- if; ’ 7 •/> ■;
Mehdf wficn thoq cans't—he better at thy
- leasure. '
DEATir or Mns. Seaborn Jones.—Mrs
Seaborn Jones, widow of the lato Col. Sea
born Jdttes,' died it the residence of her
son-in-law; General Henry L. Banning, on
Thursday evening last, at G o’clock. She
had attainpd.thp.ripe age of 81 years. Her
restlcss'-splrinitcraffy wore away the fraQ
casket in which it was enshrined. Mrs- J-
VM th» sisterlpf Major, John H. Howard,and
her- name vras almost. as closely identified
with the history of-the -golden dayB of
Georgia as was his and that of her distin-
guished and lamented hnsb&nd. She was a
woman .qhaee‘character was cast inantiqua
monldahd few ot her sex have exerted a
monldgwd few ot her-se^ have
more geineral or more' elevating imflnence
upon the society-by which she waasnrronn-
ded.: To ai namlyednrage, sagacity and en
ergy she united *11 of the softer virtues and
qualities of are fined and Christian woman;
An actirs-natoie andn tender hpait kept
her.coastantly in effort td give pleasure to
those -abont her,or to minisEer to the needs
1>f those afflicted by Borrowur sickness, and
c.!'the many who mil Lion:n the 1 loss of
I' liwf iITlii—rr/ 1 ' in 'irhir rr afieetieniteiy
called,there will.bo but * few who will not
igqee andregrot with the writer of this,that
wqshaff hot look upon the likcefbcr again.
•—Cbfnv&ta &m. ••-.
! V- >Um»I
1 >.-■ .
PrLLs.—Jokh Billin:
men tln|r‘with pHls, am
“I neverhav usedeeny dv Dorior Emanuel’s
Liver Consoling and 'Kidtfdy’ Encoaraging
Pills; inti' therefore kant tell' you hew
inflnenshal they am, but ifye arc looking
for a pill az ‘mild az : a pet Iamb and az
ifniohjrag'as a line tooth eomb, boy ‘Doctor
ne’s Sileat Perauibuhors,’ 27 in a
30x,*Sold'hy all respectful "drugg'ers. These
inis"doii’t-fbel round, but tend striktly tew
losing, -and are az good in the dead ov
General ToQiiB5. = x;TSB-.are pleased to
learn.that General Toombs is so much im
proved'as to be able to’take'Sttt-doOrexcr-
cite.- His'health'has’been Very much im
paired- of late,-but he is now improvr
Markets.
New York, Feb. 9.—Stocks doll and un
settled. Governments veiy strong. Money
7. Exchange 9J. ‘Gold 135. Bonds of 18-
62,131. North Carolina, 12}; new 61.
Virginias,: ex-ccupons, 54/new, 62}! Ten
nessee',' cx-cbup6ns/68 asked; new 66. Louis
iana, old, 74. Flour doll and d ooping.—
Wheat quiet and unchanged/ Corn _a shade
firmer, new mess, $33, .75 to / $34.' Steam
lard firm, barrels, 21} Cotton firm at 30}
Freights quiet.
London, Feh. 9.—NOon—^Consols 93}.
Bo'nds76£.
LrvERPO'OLj Feb'. 9.—Noon.—Cotton
doll and unchanged. Uplands 12} to’ 12}:
00/
Orleans 12} to 12}. Sales 10 01
Sooner orXater.
Sooner or later the storms shall-beat
Over my slumbers from head to feet;
Sooner or later the winds shall rave
In the long grass above my grave.
I shall not heed them where I lie,
Nothing their sounds shall signify,-
Nothing the headstone’s fret of rain,
Nothing to me the dark das^s pain.
Sooner or later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that monnd of
mine;
Sooner er later in Summer air,.
Clover and violet blossom there.
I shall not feel, in that.deep laid rest,-
The sheeted light fall over my breast,
Nor ever note in those hidden hours
The wind-blown breath of tossing flowers.
Sooner or later the stainless snows
Shall add their hush to my mote repose;
Soaner or later shall slant and shift,
And heap my bed with dazzling drift.
Chill thongh the frozen pall shall seem,
Its touch no colder can make the dream
That recks not the sweet and sacred dread
Shrouding th* city of the dead.
Sooner or later the bee shall come
And fill the noon with its golden ham;
Sooner or later, on half-poised wing,
The bine bird’s.warble about me ring—
Ring and chirrup and whistle with glee; .
Nothin .' his music shall seem to me;
None of these beautiful things shall know
How soundly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or later, far ont in the night,.
The stars above me shall wing their flight
Sooner or later shall darkling dews
Catch the white spark in the silver ooze.
Never a ray shall part the gloom
That wraps me round in tho kindly tomb;
Peace shall be perfect for Up and brow
Sooner or later—O! why not now?
The Blue Ridge Railroad.—We
learn that a full report by Col. James P.
Low,Chief Engineer of the Blue Ridge R.R.
of his recent reconnoissance ofthe Gap,has.
been received by General Harrison, the
President of the company. We are glad
to learn that the deterioration of the road
bed and bridges', which it was apprehen
ded would be considerable, from the long
interval since work was suspended, is pro
nounced comparatively - trivial, in conse
quence of the substantial character of the
work originally,don and the statement is offi
cially made that the line from Walhalla to
Rabnn Gap (the tunnels included) can be
completed in twenty months from the time
that operations are resumed. Color.cl Low
proposes at once to (.-eminence the re surrey
of the line, with an effective force of'as
sistants, and expects to bare the working
estimates ready for the constructors in the
early part of April; so that there are rea
sonable hopes for the completion of tho
road from Anderson to the Rabun Gap'by
the month of December, 1870. As nearly
all the difficulties on the route to Knowville
are comprised within this section, and as
the remainder of it is of easy construction,
we can afford to congratulate our readers
on the early termination of this work,
which will make South Carolina the thor
oughfare, and Charleston the outlet, of the
immense productions of the mighty West.
— Columbia Phoenix-.
The Right of Negroes to Mold Office-.
The following is the Preamble and Reso
lution offered hy’Mr. Price of' Lumpking
Co. and which passed the House last Thnrs-
day by a vote of 81 to 60.
Whereas, It is believed that a Judicial
decision of the question of the colored man’s
rightto hold office in Georgia under the
Constitution now of force, would restore
the State to her proper position in the Un
ion; and give quiet throughout the State;
and, whereas, said question is one which
the Courts of the State can properly take
cognizance dj and, whereaa,wa, the repres
entatives of the people of Georgia, aw un
willing that any effort should be spared oh
our part to bring about a state of peace and
happiness to the people and a settlement of
that important question; be it therefore-
Resolved, By the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of’ Georgia in
General Assembly, convened, That a case
involving the right of the colored man to
hold offioe, shall, as soon as the same ean
be properly brought before tho Supreme
Court of tiie State,' he heard and determin
ed by said Court, and we believe that the
people of tbia State will, os they have here
tofore always done, in goqd'faith, abide the
decision of the highest Judicial tribunal of
the State whenever so declared.
MARRiEi’-'—Jp this con
Inst-, at the -.^deace ofd
by the Rev. lesse lam
Watson to tlissS.J. W.i
ea
DISSOLUTION.
rilllE fira ui Daily,, Bede k Co , was dissolv-
1 e<l on'tl i* 3d intit, by jnntual consent
All parlies inde ted to the firm, or having
aim agavn*-L it are requested to settle prompt
ly with C. VT. Sprouil. C. W. SPBOUX.L,
J.G. DAILY,,
- MILES REESES
NEW FIRM.
HILLS. DAILY Si CO.
Successors to
DAILY, REESE & CO.,
Manufacturers & Dealers
FURNITURE/
SASH AND BLINDS.
basing the. shop and machinery of
i. Dally, Resso k C©., vre bavo^greatly
Unproved the facilities lor znaxra factoring; It is
onr aim to employ, ompetenx mania all depart
ments of our business; to fceep an ampl • supply
of material on hand, and do vrork atrit'ijr -m&-
cording to agreement In V oroughness and
prompt e?s,wedo nst.msaa to be excelled by
any manufacturing establishment in the South.
LUMBER.
A large stock of seasoned and gree n lumber
will be kept constantly on band, from which
Contractors can. supply themselves at market
rates. .
FURNITURE.
Will be made a speciality, and homemade and
imported furniture will be kept in good variety,
at prices as lota as Atlanta rates.
MAT TRASSES
Xepton hand and made to order.
SASH & BLINDS,
Doers, Mantels, Window Frames, etc*
Will be iurnished at Atlanta prices.
JOB WORE
Of all kinds in onr line promptly and faithful
ly attended to.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
COFFINS
Furnished at short notice.'
Ware Room Broad St., Opposite
& SON.
R. S. NORTON
f«blltwlm-w3m.
WALTER A WOOD’S
Prize
MOWERS AND REAPERS.
GREAT
‘MEDICAL ELECTRICIAN.
PFIYSIOJA..N-,
ECLECTIC
AND
Ofnr# IS
—1UIT MORE. ESBECIAiJJLr; THOSE-OF- A GHRONlC nT.
TURE—(irNWMKjS'standing, and
Professionally visit Rome, Ga.
, . ; . . .] t A ^^^ j . 4 7
And occupy a suit of Rooms at tha •
CHOI CEH O T E|
From Tlmmsday Monring IPebi-iiai-y ^
Monday tlie Ist.1869.
. THE DR. TREATS ALL DISEASES, hi. all their various form
and stages, WITHOUT THE Lf&E'OE CALOMEL. w.-MBRCCRY
L u . i }DyI°. rni :.A™X CII _ N 1 XE > QUINCE, ARSNICVpy.AN f' POT-
OENDINE
Flour of Raw Bone,
MADE BY OAKLEY MILLS,
At Marietta, Ga.
rrnouBEBe thb crop and is the
Used in all Countries, and universally com
mended as
ban any
TheBest in Use!
Awarded More First Premiums i
other Machine Manufactured,
Both In this and Foreign Countries;
Among which is
THE HIGHEST PM1ZJB
Two Grand Gold Medals and Cross of the Le
gion of Honor .
AT PARIS EXPOSITION 1867!
Communicated,
Bonv O*., 1869.
Friend Dwinell :
As an humble citizen of this county, al
low me to suggest that the Ordinary, rees
tablish - the Militia District- lines in this
county as they dont seem to be well defined,
at least not well understood by our citizens.
1 find there is great ^difference of opin
ions os to tho lines, consequently it is crea
ting some oonfussion- and: dissatisfaction
among the Road Commissioners and those
subject to work roads. In several, .instan
ces the commissioners and hands-differ as
to the lines. There are other reasons why
the lines should he re-established, and I for
one, hope it will he done.
4 Tan Payer,
xarWhy is a son who objects to his
mother’s second marriage like an exhausted
pedestrian? Because he can't go a step
j farther.
.- . -. as : '■ aef Sfc-*.'*
Jlorc th»u 120,000 now la Use.
20,000 manufactured and sold in 1883, and tho
demand nnsuppliod.
INCREASED DEMAND,
INCRASED FACILITIES,
Additional Improvements for 1889,
'Wood’s Prize Muwerai (One and Two Horse.)
“ Self-Rating Reaper, with
“ New Mosiag Attachment.
'« Hand Rake Rftape*. ;
Haine's Illinois Harvester.
Manufactured by the Walter A. Woed Mow
ing and Reaping Machine Company. General
Office and Manufactory, Hoosiek .Falls, Rensse
laer County, N-V.
Branch Offices and tialea Rooms.
11. Cortlandt SL, N.’ T, (Sty., L Q» Box 9S85i
208 Lake Street, Chicago,Ulinois. _
Alexandria, Va.
Madison, lYieeonsin. ’ ” r
77, Upper Thames Ut., London.
y3-Send for New Descriptive' Circular ’ pud
Price IJrtt ’ ’ ~ ; '
Application from the Souths South of Vlrgln-
a, should be addressed to tho New Toft: Branch
Office as above.
ysa-Thc above Msebines will be furnished at
Factory prices by
F.- PENCE, or
- AYER, HILLS A CO., Agents,
Itome,.'Ga.
■53-Tbe following persons now use the above
Machines
H. P. Price, G. R. Gibbons, C. P, Anthony,
Cassville, Cfe.
‘Ab Echols, 8'F. Smith, E. U.' Harris, Rome,
Gs. ’
M. H. Bunn, R. Whitehead, Cedartoirn, Ga.
Henry C. Dean,Coessrille; Gs,
A. B. Jones.JVsn Wert, Gs.
Judge Barret, J, C. GarKngton, Calhoun, Oa.
B- B. Kyle, Gadsden, Ala.
J. F. Grant, Jaeksenrille, Ala.
J. R. Graham,Ladiga, Ala. . j-.,’ .
fob,4w5m.
GEORGIA, Flotd Cocstt.
H IBAM r. LUMPKIN, Administrator of
Samuel 11. Hunt, deceased, makes a]
tion in terms of tnelsw, for letters *f
.to: rtsi" : hi- urf■ .rCiT
This is thereforeto fito all ;»rs<ins concerned
to show cause, if any they can, within the time
prescribed "by law, why tbo said Hiram P.
Lumpkin should not be dismissed from his ad
ministration, and receive the usual letters of
dis^siot,. By the Ordinary,
JESSE LAMBERTH, C. C. 0. F. C.
few.
ilica-
Best
rrj.i KNOWIi FOP.
wijEX , r‘7;'piL..'Coiijv.
IT WILL PAY TO PHT IT ON WHEAT
UNTIL latlOF MARCH. .
DAVID DICKSON OF HANCOCK COUNTY
HAS PROVED IT-AND RECENTLY .
BOUGHT TEN-TONS FOB HIS
OWN-USE
Now is the timar to iwre work and makwbig
crops. Fall printed directions accompany, each
lot sold. 700 ponndf-pdr ccrcis ttnongm
~ ’ ~ iw Booe Flour is neatly packed in bac-
99 pounds each,
he Unis,viz:' 375 ptd- ton
- K taBffiinw
eoanUeiT
■tor© of R. T. Hargrove.-
jnn2Svlm
r» V «
B E RRY S b 0 0-
Axe Agents of all well Known
Phoenix and Manipulated
. grlU, ■ ' ?*& ft t
Get Rich Quick!
TWO BALES TO THE ACRE
(i Ocr:,
.o.’, a
UJESRY8 & Cft, ROBE, GA i * r <£re Spring, Ga.
Yaluable Property
FOR SALE
At Gave Spring-.
THE OLD HApY HOUSE.
HOTEL PROPERTY.;
With Esventeen Rooms,
Tiro Store Houses,
Two- Livery Stables,
And. Two artcl -Tln*ee-
FourGis Acres of
This is sa exccllcht'IIotcf and Lir-rjr Stable
Btand^and.tbere ig prohably nqt a- stand Jn .Up-
per (?ebrgi? where more not money can be m*' 1 *
onashnilar Investmem. :
* Valuable Improvements, now being made, will
be completed, and then the whole property sola
for /fcl ^ “ ’
JL tJ V ‘'-i *
lars, Cash.
TTAYB for sale »Uo Phainix and Manipulated
..
when cotton is 25 eonta per pennd, or upwnr
plantere ought not-te hentateto purchase such
well pruTtn Fertilizer. i -~b efi iu.-
.Read ho following certificates from the Potlr
county men, who hare tried it:
At the request of Messrs. Berrys A Co. Ag’ts
fer Wilcox, Gibbs A Co., I giro.a report of tho
effects of Wilcox, Gibb3 dr-Co’-. Ltreip.ulsted
Gnano. I used 20® pounds per $cre on ’my cot
ton, and am confident the yield on the lan'd thna
manured has been increased at Uast ICO per
eou. Onina to my bad health a i out the ._p*$k-
ingDeason, I did not t:tke precaution as I intend
ed/ to enable me to say exactly tho difference in
the yield where the Manipulated was used •»
alternate rows, but I do know it pajs/and paTt
well, and I intend using it rext ye^r.
Rome, Ga., Dec 13, *6?. W, 11- “
ir
•; - «i * i
Steam to Glasgofr and Xonddtidery.
-The Anchor Line*
. Mvtcsi.vgs
I am requested by Messrs. Berrys A Co., of
thi* place, age sts for Messrs. "Wilcox, Gibba k Co.,
to give my experience in using the Fhoenix A
Wilcox, Gibbs * Co’s. Manipulated Guanos. I|
u«ed both these manures the prt-seut year and 1
discovered but little’ difference in result, and [
consequently I would recommend oue about the
same as the other. *
from these ports,
, Passengers booked to - and from UamlMj-SV
Havre, Rotterdam, Antwerp, kc. f at rery 1:F
rates. ~
Drafts issued, payable at any bank i» Grew
Britain and Ireland.
For furtiier information apply to
HKXDKRSON k BROTHERS,
"Kb. 6 Bowling Green, N.
THOMAS J.
Nov3-iw-w-Gm A sent, Rome, Si-
paying inve«tment The ]
this year ha* yielded !
e manured as a
thus manured j
A ’per cent more L
than that not manured. I shall use the*? guan- I
os on ejttry ac;q I plant the coming j*ar.
Rome, Ga., Dec. IS. lSf.s. • • 1 »H»‘
&b2tw2l-w2m.
Mrs.
Having Rented the
BDENA 9ISTA UOTEL ,
I am prepared to receive Day,
F OR Cloths, Oassimeres, Jeans, Linseys, Flan- boarders, as cheap as any regular boarding b t,u *
ncls, Clothing, Hats, Boot* and Shoes, go to in the city. ^
j furnished or. if th*y prefer it,
l furnitorr.
t— u to,. m *< ov- -prevent
EAR. The Doctor has vis i led .many, of the' eitres ’ two, three and
four times over, and has-successfully treated iimrfra&aV 1200 n K r-
sons in^heU^f^orGeqrgia and
2500,^^8’ilidhlM Kfentuckv and TCnnes<»ee ! > and‘Tn.»re^-’Hiftn- 8700
including North.aad South Carolina, very many of wbom were pro
nounced incurable-by their attending^hysicinn*, arnd’ <»ivfcn up tn
die, but who to-day,..thank God, aie-s'till in the- land of* the livin"
and in the enjoyment of perfect heldth, purspSiig their jtdcusfem&i
avocations. -*> *; ■&-* -jt*
The Doctor does not-make these statements because - lie,, consid
ers himself more skillftil than those other-physicians, but Nirnply
because lie sincerely believes that the remedies which he employs
will prove much 1 more efficacious, and are more completely.adapted
to the treatment of diseases, esjjecially those of a chronic nature.
Afflicted read carefully-—consider'seriously and unpiejudicially.
and act immediately. . Gall at ohc^”“7ff , Ur^**f5dHl3,'^^f^“p8cf8}
charges nothing for consultationiiudadriceL_
The Doctor; furnishes all the .necessary remedies at’ Snce to re
move the cbmplarat thoroughly and permanently, at a very: reason-
able price. . . . ;
TheDoctor if he^au cure yeu, or-even -benefit you, will -tell yon
so; hut if he? cannot,-,he. will so inform you, and will not take yow
case inhnnd;:r- / --".zn.ri-.‘ '**• ' ’. ; •
Patients visited at their owa-hodses from 5 to 6 P.M:, if the Doc
tor is not otherwise engaged. . Office hows, from*-7- ^o’clock in the
morning to 9 o’clockiirthe Evening. On “Sunday, from 9 -to 12 in
the ipoming, and from, 2 to 5! ip the afternoon. -
Eqr fiurdiefr.infbrma,tion, see Cjrcalans,;\rith'a' large nuinber of
recommendations, distributed at thirdwellinghfmses thronghbdt ! thas‘
city and .vicinity, And which also ean be obtained ; at life Rocffis.
fehlltw3tw2t ^ v - y-.
IjAjV3I>,
All Lying in the Center of the
The svapezlv ia now Wrliig 23 rer ceai anca-
Iaiee, a»e U- almoat cerUiata
-For f»rehVr'urtioalar<, nqairo-'at this offieL
pa-sen
:ded to sail every
rlh river, at 12 o’clock no**-
HIBERNIA,
EUROPA,
Rates of passage, payable irj eurrencj!— ...
Cabins to Liverpool, ■GUjg..vr or Derry, t’*
and *75
Eicnr.-ion tickets, good lor twelve noatan
:$ico. • ,—
to Glasgow or Derry *38; intersf