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• "T-T-F'- “WLSDO^, JUST ICELAND MODERATION.' VOLUME ROME, OA., FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 26, 1869. NEW SERIES- NO .26: git lontt Count:. ^PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. RATES OF WEEKLY. One year - —:.v Six Months.—.—a •••••—■• Three Months ~ RATES FOR TRI-WEEKLY. ...... $3 00 .... 1 75 1 00 $5'00 2 50 1 25 One year„~—•« ^ Th ree Mon tns —• —— ** invariably in advance. To elubs of Five or more ene copy will be fur- ni £iiS£n Regs wanted iu eech.nge for the paper at three cents per fc* ^ dWIKELL, Proprietor, legal advertisements. Sale. Of Lend by Administrators, Exectors or lonrfof ten in the forenoon end three .nth. afternoon, the Court House in the county in given li 7oti e ces e efthe > sefe re of^'personalproperty must l-e given in like manner, through a public g*«- ct ^r.T ^ eut.*itsi “iTofethe p» h ppHcaUon S s will ho made to the Coort of Ordinary for leave to sell land must be nublisbed for two months. . ... ... Citations for letters of Administration, Guar, diansliip Ac., must ho published 30 days—for dEmission trom Administration, monthly rex raocths—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 ''‘Lea for the f.rccloseure of Mortgages must l,e published monthly for Jour months—f<ir es- I abashing lost papers, for the fall space of three months—for Compelling titles from Executors Idministfators, where bond has been given by ■ hcdecearcJ, for the full spam at three months. Publications will always he continued accord- t„ these, the legal requirements, nnloss oth- , rwise ordered, at the fillowing bates. t Sheriff*. Sales per levy of ten lines or less ■. -• uu Sheriffs Mortg.ge fi. fe. sales, per lery, • V" Tax Collector's sales, per levy,.-- •• 00 Citations for letters ofAdinioistration a 00 Citations for letters ol Guardianship 3 00 Rotice ot application for dismission from Administration, ... ........... .— .—•• -9 f 10 Notice of application for dismission from Application to sell land —.. Notice to Debtors and Creditors Sale of Land, persqnare •’ Sale of perishable property, 10 days...., — . getrav Notices, lid days,.- — -4 00 p.rcclosnre of Mortgage, per square— ; 4 00 ,,n advertising his wife, fin advnncellti 0 SATURDAY MORNING. Feb. IG. 4 00 6 oil . x no A Card. We publish to-day, under our usual rule governing sueh things, a card of Col. Sam uel Gibbons. Our city readers and rnauy others, will 5nd it interesting. We,, of course, take no partin the controversy. Acknowledgement. We have received from T. S. Arthur & Son, 809, Chesuut street, Philadelphia, the January and February Nos. of Arthur’s Horne Magazine, Once a Mouth, and the Children’s Hour. Arthur’s publication’s are .sirvcdly popular. The price of the first two is 82 00 a year each, and of the last SI 25. Steamer Etowah. Arrived at het wharf Feb. the 18th bringing the following: PASSENGERS. 11. S. Thornton, Mitchell Dav.s, L L. Davis, A. 15 McOiatiey, J. A. Hallett, Mrs.Coker, and child, Miss Belle Logan, W. Hazle, Mrs. Harbour, 0. P. Martin. Miss Fannie Montgomery, 3 Steerage pas. sengers. CONSIGNEES. Hopkins, Dwight & Trowbridge, Ma guire, Cothran & Cb., Berrys & Cm, Either A Smith, II. J. Thornton, Jones & Harper. II. II. Witt, Joe Kyle, Williams & Gentry, K T. Hargrove, S. N. Noble. Wadsworth M illiauis & Co , W S. Cothran & Co., C. 51. Harper, and Dr. Smith. FREIGHT. 100 Hales Cotton, 225 bushels Wheat; 10.000 feet lumber, 12 tons pig iron house hold goods, 100 bushels Oats. New Almanac.—We have received front the publishers, Messrs Walker. Evans & C«gswcll, of Charleston. S. 0., their almanac for 1809. It is gotten up iu most cxcelciit style, conveniently interleaved for making notes, and reflects much credit upon the publishers. • U5g_The following is Gran' ’s acceptance presented to Congress last Monday : Gentlemen, please notify the two Houses of Congress of my acceptance of the im portant trust which you have just notified me of, niy election as Fres’dent - of the United States, and.say to them it will be my endeavor that they, and those jvhb elected me' shall have no reason to regre their actibn. Georgia Legislature. Wednesday Feb. 17. senate. To incorporate the Rome Iron Manufac turing Company read first time. ’SENATEBILLS ON THIBD READING. To repeal Section 667 Irwin's Code— ; Passed. To incorporate the Columbus and West Point Railroad Company. Pass ed. To incorporate the Georgia Independent Telegraph Company. Passed. To incorporate the Georgia Importing Guano. Company. Passed RESOLUTION. Mr Wootoa—That a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House be appointed to examine, into ihe business of tbe Geueral Assembly, - with the view of an early adjournment. Passed. Senate,adjourned. On motion of Mr. Hall, of Merriwether, theruels were suspended, and a general tax bill read first time* BILLS ON THIRD READING. To lend the credit of the State of Geor gia to the Memphis Branch Railroad, from Rome, Ga., t> the amount of $12,000 per mile. Mr. WiUiatnsof Morgan,moved to. amend by extending the provisions of this bill,so far as State aid 13 concerned,lo the Eaton- ton and Madison Railroad. Mr. Williams withdrew hi? amend ment. The bill was lost. Yeas, 53;-Nays, 70. . The following was offered by Mr Phillips, of Echols. .... Resolved, That the publication which appears in the New Era of this morning, that the Hon. J. W. O’Neal was drunk ;on yesterday, is infamously false, audit is due to the country and this House that it be so branded, and should meet with the prompt condemnation of all lovers of good whisky iu,the present Geueral Assembly. To iucorporate the Central. Georgia Banking Company. Passed—Yeas, 130; Nays, 4. To incorporate the Commercial Banking Company of Griffin. Passed—Yeas. 124; Nays 00. To proyide for the foreclosure of Mortga ges, repealing section 3895 of Irwin’s Code. Passed. [ADVERTISEMENT.]. A CAItD. ■ To the Citiiens bp Route: 1 ‘ ' ” It is well known that I have taken out an injuaction to prevent the. . building, of an engine house in Oostaoanla street— partly in front of my hotl ie, very much to State Hoad Management. •The Columbus Enquirer, whose opinio: cu the existing management of pur great State work we copied some days ago, says the Macon Telegraph,' and which some have thought property question, returns to the - . subjeetia its-issueof-Thur day and gives a the injury of-tny property,in. my • opinion, ^ te umnt of the receipts, cx- as well as in the opinion , of many others. . ‘ . . , - -- r pendittxrea and net profits, tor. several, years together, in proof of its Statement that.the Keepino Congress Clean.-—The bill for c.iUilisand soap tor the present Congress is fourteen hundred dollars. It ;s cheap. We dope that Hoimiataken eitmiuiu-- will be ap plied to cutting down this item Lit rc- trenenmeul busy itself or some other points. Encourage, by all meaus, the disposition of the members to keep their laces clean. We wuuld consent to add fourteen hundred dol lars for copies of some plain manual on good behavior—something simpler and on more obvious shortcomings than Ohesterfiicld’s letters. N. Y. Ileruld. fltfif'C-aptiaii N. F. King, of Mobile, has contracted for the completion of the section of the Chattanooga railroad detween Mobile and New Orleans. 8@»An p’.d Vfotnan driving ^ fpqid’ooted troop into a city was accosted by s' young raan with, ''Good morning mother of don- ■eys. The dame meekly replied, “Good morning to you, my son.” 313-A colored servant sweeping out a achelor s room, found sixpince on the car pet, which he carried to the owner. “You tuny keep it for your honesty,” said he. A Short time after he missed his gold pencil-: case and inquired of his servant if he had kt-.i • *?* s ‘”;” ' T: - ; the reply.” „And Hat have you done with ft?”. pjfept it (bit my honesty, sir. r To Owners of Cotwj.-—Ifiyou desire to get a large yield of rich milk, give yo&r cow three times a day, water, slightly Warm * g> ysaltefl, in which bran has been urred at the rate of one qunrt to two gal lons of water. You will find, if you have hu found, by this daily practice, that your w will gain twenty-five per cent, imwedi- “W unqer the etTpot of it,-and she will'be- ine do atfcacaed to the diet'as to. refuse to dear waU\ unless very thirsty, but is mess she will drink almost every time, an ask for more, The amount of this Wm if paij foil each pne, mofaiag, boon and night. 1 ybur^S tttalwiH the nil o hit best in milking. Four hundred pounds of butter are often obtain-, tion’IT P 0 * 5 are men-' fisnr& K " Cle J' le ld wap pyen ota'bigfcer Georgia Legislature. Thursday, Feb. 18th. J SENATE. Ilcsolxe'l hy the General- Assembly, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to have printed 300 copies of the act passed by the Legislature providing for Jurors to serve iu the Superior-Courts in this State, and furnished to the Ordinaries. Pass- ed,. . . - .Mr. Burns introduced a bill to loan the credit of the State to the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad Company. SEN ATE BILLS ON THIKDr BEADING. To -inoM-porate'-the Planters’ Accommo dation Line. Passed. To amend the charter incorporating the town of Tyrou,and for other purposes.— Passed. - - To change the time of meeting of the General Assembly, after the adjournment this session, to the 1st Wednesday in July. Passed. . To iucorporate the Augusta and Louis ville Railroad Coumany. Passed. SENATE BILL ON THIRD READING. To incorporate the Atlanta Aid and Fer tilizers Manufacturing Company. An ended and passed. ^ Prison, proprietor of Patter-, named A fe ’ Pouuty, killed a man comuerti 8361 '? MiBCe y. on the 18th. The self-defecM^ d * clded * at the act was iu . - >Mr, Scott, of Floyd, moved to reconsider sb-mueh of the Journal of yesterday, as re lates to the loss of the bill lending State credit to the Memphis * Branch' Railroad, which motion ‘ prevailed. Mr. Fowler,Bom the Finance Committee' made a minority . eport on the Bullock-An- gier embroglio,which was * taken op and read twice...> - - - Mr Scott, of Flctyd.movcd to adopt the minority, instead of the majority report. The minority of the Committee recom mend that the following bill do pass: A bill to prescribe the manner mf selling aid hypothecating State bonds. Also, a bill to provide means to meet the contingent expenses of the Governor. On motion the majority report was read. • The prpviottx -question was -cqlled and sustained on the adoption of the minoritjr report. Theyeasqnd nays were‘ required to be recorded attd resulted 'in', yeas ’ 86! uaya.37. So, the minority report wait adopt? A message was received from the Govern or stating that he had sighed the joint reso lution allewihg the Comptroller General to receive'Aiper.tcenunn-on.all Convention tax by hjmcolleotqd; , yi -t-f , lF S@““E'Plaribus Union Clipper” is title VjfYtncw paper-just started at- Uebanon, Mo.,, which is to be silent. religoosly and politiciHy; in erder to 'belter'Snbserve the interests of its proprietor, whose motto dsi “Hew to the line, let the chips fall as they may.” , Fortthe 'firtg: thejiistory of RpSih'a Protestant “religious service was publiolv held atMsdrid on Sunday. January 24 Among the audienee were .many ladies of different classes of scociety. saS„A journalist tries to bofuopy “A dusnmhsd wag soya he fcieftoip !with tbb larlrunlere -die isi onis,” The printer set lb ‘lirolsss he is an owl," which makes the joke impurticeptibly fine. The Griffin ( Star has the following oo “State ’ Two hWdred and thirteen legislative members and 'About forty clerks spending nine dollars apiece per day, say S2.200, to see whether Bullopt had any- right to sd- yaDjie (o ^imfiall $35,’Q0O for furnishing the new Capitol, and whether he had any business to let his private Secretary make a thousand dollars coileating a two thousand dollar vaccination bill against the State. SSTPrejudices are like rats, and n nian’ mind like a trap; they get in easily, and then perhaps can’t get out at all. Believing I have the same;rights and priv ileges as other citizens, and haying no wish or desire to-give offeose to any cne in pur suing a course that I.thought necessary to protect my rights, I, consulted 'an attoroev on the subject, and was informed it was question of law. As a law-abiding man, I am wiLiug tosiubmit my case; For so do ing, I have brought upon myself the ven geance of the President of the Rainbow Fire Company of."the City of Rome.. His detterJo Col. Bayard,agent forananiber of insurance Companies, sayingtbatdfCol Gib bous was insured by him, he bad .better take “utan injunction, eto. I called-on Col. Bayard to know',if. he would be wil ling to insure my property. ’His reply was that he. would not, nor did he believe there was.an agent in town that would do so under the cireumstouces I can’t help but think the President of the Rainbow Fire Company wrote the letter referred to under some unnatural • influence—certainly no sane man would entertain such feelings as expressed iu that letter. But if A , am mistakes iu the President, and he expects to drive citizens from their rights by threats the sooner we know it the better. In all candor, t will say to the President that I, for one, am not to be intimidated from as serting my rights by any threats that may be made by any person, or persons. I will give the purport of the letter as tear as I can recollectit. If not reported correctly, the President can correct it I think the letter can be produced if necessary—it will speak for itself: Rome, Ga., Feb. 9,1869 Col. -V. J- Bayard : Dear Sir—If Cul. Gibbons has taken out policies of insurance in your agency, you had better inform him. that jn case of fire upon his premises, he had better get'an injunction to petit out for Raiubow; fire Cumpony neinr icill put a drop of wider up on any property belonging to him in case of fire, nor upon the property of any one else who entertains the same feelings towards the Company and public improvementsgen- erally tlr.it he does. Respectfully yours, ! . Jas. Noble, Jr. Since receiving the above communication, I have been honored with the following blood winded epistle: COPY. Rome; GA- ’Peb. 9,1869. Old. Gibbons -• You nmy think yourself safe—probably you are, but if you knew the secret! your hair would stand straight with fear. Your property may be safe—I do not. know—I am sworn not to tell the secret, but I will give you a slight hint. Beware. If you do not withdraw that bill in 25 days, your hide will not bold shucks. You may think lightly of this leTter. You may thiuk it a far-e, but due warning you have —iu time act, or not as you pieasc, but I promise you, in the name of the brother hood, if you do uot do as requested, that in GO days you will not have one dollars worth of property in this city. Reporter of Sion X. It would therefore seem that the Presi : daut of the Fire Company is about, to have serious competition in the business of iu- juringmeand my property. The one is bold enough to Eigu his name, aud to sign it officially, and is kind enough to make no threats against my person. The other L suppose is a ku kiux, or a Knight of the Cross, and is fool enough to think he can intimidate me by such a scribble. He and his clan, if there be oue, are mistaken, and I world not coudescend to notice the cow ardly threat, biit for the object of calling the attention of the public, and of the Fire Company to it. I know and respect many members of tbat Company, and cannot presume or believe they know of or wink at such communications. ' If they do, the public ought to be in formed of it. lama tax payer and it was the city taxes, that bought and equipped the Fire Engine, and placed it in the hands ofthc Fire Company as our trustees, our guardians. It was rea sonably expected that they would do their duty to all alike, without favor dr affection. As lo the threats of this Recorder I care, nothing and fear nothing. A man who. would make them is too cowardly to exe cute them. r Perhaps if fcc had made his arrange ments ro flee this country and cut the tele* graph' wires, and had no kindred or friends to leave behind he uvght strike at me in the dark. or put a torch to my dwelling, gad then fly for his life, but not otherwise. I fear no such man. Samuel Gibbons. report of its operations for the past, year should not be satisfactory to the Legisla ture. It says : ' .. ' Wo arc uow enabled to make a compari son of the proportionate receipts and ex penditures of several late years,' and show whatrelation the expenses and profits have borne to the gross earnings.’ 1859, from the 30th of September, 1858, ‘ -to39Ui Septaml^, l859 : Gross income 1 s . $932,433 S3 Working Expenses.; 377.C3' 5» Net . $154,511 53 ►out 45 per Important to Housekeepers. VYc place this morning ‘before our read-, ers a recipe for a cement which will hi found on trial to be equal to the “Chinese Grip," “Tiger Grip,” or any of the grips or^cements.hawked about, the qoun- "wtite GIhc ; ■ parts, Damar Varnish' 1“ White Lead \ '« • First dissolve the glffe In water by set ting'the vessel containing it in another ves sel containing' water, so that it will not barn, oTer the fire, then add the White lead and varnish; dissolve a small quantity of gum shellac inalcoholand adi it to the of above. - - - . ‘ This ceinsut will mend all your china, glass and propk<yTtfate, an^ : Also ’make woo’d and leather, adhere to its kind.— Press the broken parts closely together,and let them remain 12 hours.—Selma Times. Ratio of expense! to receipts, about, tsCO, from 30thSeptember, 1S59, to etiiS Sep tember, IS6S . Cress income' .. - 835,919 55 Working Expenses : 419,164 95 Net $117,454 C9 Ratio of expearea to receipts, about 51 per cent, 1661, from 31th of September, 1369 to 3ttb Sep- tember,'l86T7“ Gross income $392,436 39 ' Working Expenses, 339,858 43 Net $553,577 - 97 Ratio of expenses, to receipts, about 38 per cent. 1667. from 39th of September 1866, to 39Ui of September, 1867 x '- Gross income $19*73,161 28 Working Expenses, ' 685,462 22 Net ■* $587,629 13 Ratio of expenses to receipts, about 54 per cent. 1865, from 30th September, 1867 to 3ltb Septem ber, 1868:; Gross income, $943,607 24 Working. Expenses, 655,236 51 Net $288,367 73, Ratio of expenses to receipts about 70 per cent. Every reader will see at one glance that the administration of 1868, figures very disudvautageously in the above comparison’ With receipts larger than those of 1859. I860 and 1861, its net earnings were - not half ns much as their average, and its ntr tio of expenses 10,receipts ran ap to 70 per Cent, while theirs wa3 only 44 per cent— As uoinpared.with 1867 it incurred very, nearly jts great expense in doing 6643,607- worth of business as was incurred in 1867 in doing $1,273,171 worth, and its net earnia. s again fell short of half as much as those of 1867. The reasuq why the road did not pay a large sum into the treasury in 1867, was that it had in that year to incur “extraor dinary expenses,” and satisfy old claims to the amount of$450,000. The Question^ Settled. The New York Tunes is an able and in fluential sheet that always supports the Re publican ticket; bnt affects to be conserva tive and libetul iu dealing with questions of public policy. But there is a wonderful lack of adhesiveness in its advocacy of the right. Unlike Secretary Stanton, it will not “stick.”. Nevertheless, wc are pleased to find a most convincing article on the ‘Status of Georgia”- in its issue of last Friday. We quote the opening para- raph: The position conceded to Georgia in the oounting of the electoral vute for President, seems to determine the question until now u dispute in regard to that State. The fact that its vote was reeeiveda nd recog nized, disposes of doubts as toits title to Congressional representation. A State which may vote for the President must be in the Union; and., being in the Union, it has a right to'rcprescntatibhin the Senate and the House. The Times then proceeds to show that the joint resolntion of Congress mi the sub ject amounts td nothing—that there is not' even ingenuity in it—and that (lie Senate having insisted on the counting' of the vote of the State, cannot now treat it as being outofthe Union without stultifying it self. ' * The following is (he cotjelnsiin ofthear- tiele; The result is especially noteworthy, be- cause direct.y occasioned by the Senate, which has thus far refused admission to the Georgia Senators. Had General Butler’s objections prevailed, wc should hare said that exclusion from the Electoral College in this case implied exelusicn from the Union. But these objections having been overruled—arbitrarily arid 1 irregularly, we must admit; but still overruled—the theory ofthc Senate Judiciary Committee is c-xi ' ded, and the unwillingness to admit 1 Hill ceases tobe'excusable. We do uot look ihf. absolute consistency in these mat ters, hut when an important - constitutional principle is at stake, we most' assume that the Senate will adhere to the logical con sequences of its own proceeding. After de claring that the votes of Gerrgia should be received.it cannot, without self-stultification, deny, the* right ofthe,3tate to ■ Senatorial representation. ' ■ If Congreis did not net as it lord unto-itselFtaa souiany occasions, we should be more sanguine in' the hope of the .Senate’s adhering re the logical consequen ces .of its .own; proceedings.”.—.Auymta Press- ■ THE GENUINE ARTICLE. Peeler’s Lang, Ccaeial Grants Acceptance. On Saturday the 13th the Committee ap pointed for that purpose waited on General Graut..at liis Head quarters, and -tjiroagh Senator Menton, the Chairman, addressed FINE STAPLE COTTON'S££D> him asYollotrsr 'GErfBBAL’GRANT:-^Thejoiut committee We offer to the planters of Alabama and .i.i-.Lied b.v e.-vj-<as|b trsasossigsassi «“yfrlWr-WitW. oaiif MmUng rn mnioti,:*. Iji toat you nave been elected rTesiasot tention of pl&nttftt, in the 3Iis^iiLsippi bjttom,' of tbe'Uuited Stales for the term of *foiir and wliicb even uow is beginning to adtl so -ouh%, aiia- ye:trri from the fourth day of March next— much to the €oimneree'OT The great body of your countrymen ha3 : Ch£ prodoetiofl of the t* * i Yr L-iik - * Sta.nl*. tn hn ka mnnh mnn your'election with delight, and even those Staple, tobo sonrnch morerenmoative who did not support y, u At the poEs eAhtr- tMnfojryou the highest confiaeneeand;^, spcct. The friends of our country ana the ^y -ymp^trnr m Taring friends of liberty throughout the world re- shapes Siat we do not projio^e, introducing joice in your elevationi to the Presidency, the merita of the Peeler cotton. Jjy a singe and all believe that y«:u^irill bringto trci. «prwent«tion of oor own, whieimmjtfttlljr h Mr. Du n d»“—A raeolntlon appointing a special oommittee of five to recover the $35,000 illegally drawn from the Treasury by Hi* Excellency. Resolntion taken up and adopted. (The bill lending State credit to the Mt ~ ~ ■ " i^S-One of the - gambling establiahmeats at Baden Baden has offered Mr*. Lincoln £3Q00 per aphum .to remain there S3 tbe guest of that cstablubment for three years The offer has been accepted. £®"3Ieannesj-7Tp^au‘ a dog's hide ifith his’own ba;k. S®“A young 'desperado named Webb was recently arrested at Grcpada, Mis*., by a Memphis detective, and while he was conveying his prisoner- is the cars to Ten nessee, the latter applied chloroform to the official’* nose while h* was asleep, and at the next stopping place left the train, tak ing with him the detective’s carpet-bag. Goon'Advice.—Stop ’grumbling. Get pp. two iionr* earlier in tbe morning, and. begin to do something' out of yoiir regular profession Mind your business,and with ailyonr might lot other people’s alone. Live within yourntcans. Sell yonr horse. Give away or sell your dog. Smoke your cigar through an .air-tight stove. Eat with moderation, and go to.bedearly. 'Talk J*® of year peculiar gifts and virtues.and mnre of those of your friends and neighbors. Be ^cheerful- Fulfill yogi promises. Paji your debts- ' Be youreelf all yon would see in Be a good man, and stop grumb ling. CU*G A. fof&tnrdiySSy ?^ p that whereas the insurgents General Dolce Alarmed—Wlthtlrawalof tho Amnesty -Proclamation arid Freedom Impress for tbe—Parties Continually Leav ing to Join tbe. Revolution. 45. 4»o9. las just issued recites insurgents have refused up to this date to accept the amnesty prof fered- ina former proclamation,and wborpaj others are coutinttally joinlpg tbe insnrrec- tionaijforce. tbereTprejthe proclamation of amnesty ii withdrawn. The liberty of the press is also suspended Jbr a time and the fonner censorship re-established. The printing'-and distribution of newspapers without' permission from the government authorities is prohibited. Persons guilty ot violatipg the press laws apd all political prisopers in future will, bo tried by court martial. jMj ffi^Tbe Norfolk Virginian claims an area of six hundred and forty thousand acres of oyster rocks in Virginia, yielding an annual revenue of ten million dollar*. patrio ism, unimpeachable'intcgrityi - great powers-of intellect and all the high quali ties which enabled you te achieve sach dis- t:ngui-ee4 success in another sphere of duty. They have full faith in yonr ability and virtues, atid cherish the highest hopes of your success, arid that during' your adi ministration the work of reconstruction will be complete !, the wounds of civil war heal ed, and that our country will take n new departure in growth, progress and prosperi- •y- At the conclusion of Mr. . Mortou’s ad dress General Grant turned the roll of pa- per which he held in bis bands, round and round, as though endeavoring to rednee it to the steeliest sized r--11 possible, and hesi tated But a moment or two, when he began his reply in a tiue so low as to be inaudible to those standing at the most distant part of the room, and a general closing iu. of the party occurred, each individual of which leaned eagerly forward to catch every word that fell from the lips jir 6ur future chief magistrate. Turning .to Senator Morton General Grant said: , HHPMHHl In reply, I will inform.the committee that it will be tiiy earliest endeavor to call .around, me as my assistants men who will carry out the principles which you say the country desires to have succeed—economy, retrenchment,' faithful collection of the revenue and payment-of the public debt If I should fail in making my first choice of qssistants JTsboald not hesitate to make a fccond, or even a third trial, in the hope that Ishonld pt.Iast be successful. Id the matter of removals, I will be governed alone by the necessities of tbe service. I should just as soon remove from their po sitions my own appointees as I should those of my predecessor. There is one other matter it may be proper to mention here, for it may b® that something of the kind is expected of me, that is, in regard to the composition of my Cabinet I have al ways felt that it would he indelicate, on hiy part, to announce those whom I intend: ed to invite. into my Cabinet, or, even to eonsult in regard, to their selection until I had been officially informed of my election but did intend to do so at this time. Now, however, after observation and,reflection, I have come to the conclusion tbit there is m.t a man in the country whom I could in vite to my Cabinet who would not, imme diately after the announcement,Tie tbe ob jeet of all kinds of adverse criticisms, . in the hope to prevent, his selection and con firmatiou, even.among my own friends and those of the party which elected me. Ma ny would attempt to change my determi nation. I have, therefore, concluded not to make known, even to the gentlemen themselves, the names of the Cabinet offi cers uutil I send'their nominations to the Senate. If I should notify the gentlemen at all, whom I may choose, in advance of their nominations, it wonld not be more than two or three days previously. A Strangs Valentine. The following valentine was picked up. near the postoffice in Louisville. Dear Mollie : My love for yon is stron gerthan the smell of old batter, Switzer cheese, or tho kick of a—Jerusalem pony or-mule, just as you wish; it is purer than the breath of a youag crow, and more use ful than the cateawaul of ayoung Id 1 ten. As a song bird hungers forthe light of day, the cautious monsc for the fresh bacon in tbe trap, as a lean pup hankers after new milk, so do I long for thee. You are fair er than a speckled pullet, sweeter than a yankee dongbnnt fried iu sorghum molas ses, brighter than the top knot plumage on the head of a muscovy drake. You are Candy kisses,. poand, cake rad sweetened toddy; altogettaf^^HHpriHHipH Jf these few remarks will enable you to see tbeioside of my soul, and me to win your affections, I shall be as happy as a woodchuck in a oherry tree or a stage horse in a green pasture. If you cannot reoipro- cate my thrilling passion I shall ptuo away aad die like a poisoned bed bug. In com ing years, when the shadows grow lo'ag from the hills, and tbe philosophic frog sings bis evening hymn, yon, happy in an other’s love, can come and drop a tear and toss a 1 clod upon th* last resting place of your once dear love. J. E. M. P arties.” If that ia his aim we hope he t the mark. Domestic Table Talk* “Wife—‘.‘There that’* cocked to perfec tion-” Husband, (thoughtfully)—“Can things be cooked to perfection ?” Wife, (exultantly)—“Yej, ia our ^ioom. Husband (grimly -' 6mliiug)f- u Th'en'’my dear, I shall have yon put into the oven some day Wile—You horrid fellow! As it is, you keep me in a stew orabroil. Husband—“That ’Aan't be, else yon weald pot^boil’oyer so often,” Wife,'(after a silence of . some minutes) Don’t you think your conversation is like that goose—disjointed and apparertlyiath- liard to digest f”- - ' ; ' ’ Husband, ^passing his with the drum sticks) “There now rattle away with them.” Wife, (tartly.) “No, I thank you. You used to call me the wife of your bosom, and even now I think yon might allow me some of that goose’s breast.” Husband, (helpingher as she desired, soliloquizes in the words of Grant, 'audi bly)—“Let us have peace,” then careless ly remarks : “Oa the whole, job had bet ter get that fnra you fell in love with yen- tar day.” Deace was had. tical will.not doubt the superior: merits' of this wonderful cotton.. Wo know too, that prudent planters will ask themselves the question “ilow' dn wn know that these are genuine Peeler seed” and we would impress - upon planters that this doubt is not without foundation, for we ore aware of the fact that many spurious seed are offered to the public, as genuine which ore not so in fact, and planters eannot H. l-irs r other well kii -wu' uwpretsrfj -•'••ii-. Aim every .v:t:k -hipp-d -!i- .. csi'efully marked “Peeler Cotton' .Sri-ri,” to pri-Tent-OXcUungiiie and. mistakes. Ow- ii^is df llnlgenuiin- reeil. wholiesire t<j sell them, -ire imer.-i.trit in ixu-rytng out our farrhilr 'incresisiGl’ coin mi. hut be- the P< 7*1 -r : • .f ! . r 3£wnua ujjon th** iUArkrr pvi^'fTO fek 4 b** >' ctl * wrWole JtJ great American cotton ii> lb iU preacni s-rd -^lhe- Inner . Coioff l |itn-t:i ‘n. . It' it shall b - k-.-nt up,, it will i> aye well; -iJ ^»:-*tly an ibf profits of cotton plant- deeqption. ,jij». nod um. ,,-n-Mlv :.> the wealth and ■upon the | tin*qiei'Uy'JT'alTVh i are anywise' interes ted luti anywise' lnteres le business of tbe county; By its iff^rolrtH,-without deterioration m quality or damage to it* reputation, we snail be a hi • to'goLi’aJie witli the ci-le- brsti>f long -liple Egyptian cottons, tiifl) bj^gsttiifg a gili'rrrtopt.-'l u> tlie ,prv*erva. men. •bficiency m tbe Sea L'aiid-cntn-n. wi.ktb ‘ u 1 Conucil Proceeditigs. . Council Chamber, Feb. 17, ’69. Conncil met—present his . Hon 2. :B. ilarginvc,Mayor, Aldermeu Ferry, Greg- .ry It-' --'h-- ’ “ ^j'*’|T T IgTl * " ' hi Mittulesof lastiacetiag read and .con firmed.;' % . On an.ti->:: . Aldaraiau (Jolten, tie sala ry ^Physician, was. fixed at v $CW pa - annual, lie furnishing meJt'-ines. -gs < r - , r . As gin eae-turagetnent to the Fire Com-- pauy, xn::ipp:!'priatie-i of one hundred dol lars was made to the .Coutpany lor the first qujrto?; and fifty; jUijl SjD,.subsequent qnarter* for the present ye-ir. On moti. i! pf.AM- Ferry, the Mayor was instructed to appoint two a ldilionul police- 1. ficicncy ni toe hi.ici. 1 hL-AW- Cohen, Col D. '.-R. has fallen in r quanrityv linc^'thir war. I M claim against the Council was fuliy one btilt. Tliercfnre, we hope all wift ] a jd over until next incotiag of the Coun- mskiH.lh-irbusmeos.to lc ::r:r ng n their '-.jiT'-r tliTte-fi tne Pe< Ier cotl'-n o» to it? pr.-seat stendanl. ' - t . There aii- in tj»J ether notices rqn lly f»- iruble we might nni.ex to siinW. that iliefO bss been no exagVeratiun' of this Cotton seed Besides th Peeler seed, we have -a large well be tonearefnl from Hrlmt soiftee they get tbotewbo are interested in tha Sale rtf their seed. A* to the seed we offer wWhaTe simply this to say that they arc all from the cotton of our own growth, arid that we grew not clock of any other variety of colton.— That we have long been citizens of Misshe sippi, and bold letters ■ and certificates - from sources beyond .dispute^ and can furnish any guarantee which may be. desired, tliot any representation we rimy make,may be iinplici- ty relied ripon is strictly tree. ~ . ^ The most practical and satisfactory' argu ment which can be made in favor of the Peel er cotton, is one within the immediate reoptr of any planter. -The price this cotton br' in market, and how does it compare with common variety as a prolific cotton. We assert, and New Orleans Merchants acquain ted with the Peeler cotton will bear uxin the assertion, that in the Mississippi bottom the lands'planted in tin* cotton'have yielded from a bale to a bale and a half, arid in some instances two boles per acre, while, their.ae- countof sales will show that it has sold from IOc. to 15c. per pound more than the common variety of cotton. tYe j now hold account sales of a lot of cotton, sold on 30ih Septem ber last, in New York at 42c., and the last picking, (which every planter knerwns - is al ways inferior cotton,) of our own crop; was. made by Mean*. Richardson A May and Messrs. Vanculiri & Co., twenty days ago, £ the. late advance on cotton, sit 35c. per But we have said that, we < nothing in regard to the merits c _ —cotton although a reward of fifty guineas was oe which would not be testified to'by the high- f»l c>-l l i.nlur3^ffiK "liSHtL- est and moat disinterested commercial authority, and we therefore insert the follow irig extract from the New Orleans Price Cur rent, of Nov. 7 th, 166&i— . Peeler Cotton.—-We called, attention in bur last issue to the fact that a new descrip tion of. cotton, called the Peeler cotton, from the name of the gentlemen who first intro duced it to the public, Had - been offered in this market,and that from its superior length, strength and fineness of staple, it was -com manding far higher price*, than-were 'given for the best Mississippi Bend cottons. It is pronounced to be, in fact, decidedly supe rior to any cotton grown in this county ex-. cept Sea Island, and to be exceedingly prolific at the same time. Its merits cannot be bet ter illustrated than by stating that it fetches in this market from 31 to 36 oents per pound, or say 40 to 50 per cent above . the volne of other cottons. We would not have thought it necessary to have made further mention af thisnew description of cotton, but for the feeling which we have that Southern grown cottons should not only maintain their former and present accendancy in the great manu facturing districts of the world, but toat ^ this advantage be npt lost. For this reason wc trustithat our planters will give much atten tion to toe cultivation of this new variety of our great staple, as they on lose nothing by giving it a fair trial, while from the expert enco of those who have already, enltivated it- they can scarcely fail of being folly recom. The St. Louie Journal of Commerce, no ticing a long article which appeared in the New York:,Herald Upon toe lritrodoetKni of this cotton, gives it theibllowingnotice:— A New Cotton Statu.—We learn from the New York Herald .that a vary fine qulity of cotton of toe new crop this year, has been brought to New York market from Carroll Panto, Louisiana. It was sold immediately at forty-six cents a pound. ' It is balled the Peeler cotton, and has a lung fine staple, ap proaching that of the famous Sea Island cot ton. It is a different, prodoe^.Jhqirexqr, and a&it was grown, in tne. inferior and in the great eotteri region of the' Mississippi valley, we sap pose within a short distance from toe sea, and in a particular locality ; the supply, consequently, u limited. American product; and might revolutionize the., manufactures of the world. Ibis’ particular kind of cotton was discovereAtfareeror four years ago in an accidental manner. Mre PbeL-a, plrater in the Mississippi valley, found, among his ordi nary standing crop, -a plant bearing a mnch finer and longer staple than the rert- He nurds none other'but tbe genuine seed. Oar agents * in - Alib mu and Georgia a rev—- osJrj *r = e. . - - ■' i: - . _'-V ., -Messrs.. Kennedy & .Lotsi-etoli, Reims? Ala. . - ,-; -u-n■ -Tfcl'i MeVrs-^np.cr i llrbwdey. Montgomery, Ala. c , ■ >Vj,. . - - ! - ' Messrs; W; H. TTiornton St'\Sbir, : ‘-TiiUh- : ^degnjAL. ' 5 - '- j ' Messrs. Blackman A-Chambers,- Culurri- bns. Ga. Messrs. James t $, Campbell. Jl.-.con Messrs. I'ratt -Edwards & Co.* Atiuntn. Ga. i Messrs. E. P. Clayton, & Ctri; Auguste, Ga* * jefix's*utiat st-w .''a. - u-t* | • Mess-a Rust, Johnson A Co., Albany •6a• :-i. cf-xiitn . Messrs. Jones ik II: Jones «£• Harper a1<o*have a lot of Dick son improved cotton seed for sal*. febl3-tw-lt-'w-lm ’'L cs: ' -msd. eil. On mutiou, ;iie petition of Rev. Mr. Axson audUwaltuey was laid 011 the ta ble. . y, ■ y J ' - On motion of Aid. Cohen, the matter of removing tbe.cngine house and -purebas- inga lot to build upon, was referred to the fire committee. ; ... ,. On-jnotiop of. Aid. Gregory, T. Mc- G uire’s claim was deferred until next uiect- ing, anii,he,be requested to coine befurc the dConap^ at theirnext, meeting. . On motion of Aid. Cohen, a vote of thanks.nas tendered.to R. T. HacCTore fur his proposition in loaning the C-ouucil one thousand dollars, without interest fora short tirae; Jjb*‘ . On motua, the Mayor a report in'refer-' encc to the Estrella Oil, sold by Dr. Thom, at, v.tis received and approved, (it being considered no more dangerous than thal of any other burning fluid sold in the^itji} Oh motion, Ihe petition of If ’& E. M. Eastman, was’ referred to the' street com- eirji—ejgftr XIMIiS TO ASXELETON*. The author of the fallowing is unknown ered for his or her discovery. They found pinned to a skeleton in the Mnsetn of the Royal College of Surgeons! Lineal h Inn. London, end is prorionneed by Etern men tbe best ever written:- J’ Behold.this ruin! Twas a skttll,' Once of ethereal spirit full; ' '' -*u ' This narrow cell was life’s retreat; This space was the right’s mysterious seat,' . What beauteous visions filled'tbia spot! What dreams of pleasure long forgotT Nor hoj e nor joy, norTore rior fear, 17 Dave left one trace-ori record here. Beneath this mouldering canopy, Once shone the bright and busy eye; But sfart not at the dismal Void; Ifsocial love that eye employed, If with no lawless fire itgleamed, • But through tbe dew of kindness beamed,. That eye shall be forever bright, When stare and sun are rank in night... Ordinances. The ‘Comiriitfee appointed were Smith, Perry and Cohen. Also, on . motion, the Mayor was added ‘tof lie cdin- uiitte# ;&**$*•«.«*terf wq+tJUm / The following accounts "were approved, and payment ordered. Wftnpee &, Bro., blacksmithing, 30 95 ii A Wimpee, blacksmithing, 23 65 W 1 ^’Co^rtiit.'Sori^ Co.!, interest. 17 far holding over mty currency,' 198 50 C. MeCIung, lumber, .' 2 50 M Maria; blari&ts, 4 25 “re Company, $100 00 ConriciT adjourned. ’ * ■■In *S9 > ; *’J H : > *‘ H. A. Smith,C/e. C. Reported -SllHiuatsr- Expedition. OnAntESTON, Fel».- M.—'yagne reports have reacEed this'city of (he mystorious embarkation, at-varibris points on the Geor gia and Florida coast*, of parties partly composed of Cnbans. It is suppose^' that these movement* are oohneeied with the revolution in'Cnba. sarTlie mail who is awfully urbane to j wife before strangers is generally aim "her band’ behind their back! Y* “"MBS? fine quality, __ 1 llenublioan -avs- “General Hranfa °' c< > 1 * on - fu insure these requisitions Sr~~- 'a, vaV'“ TP? ™rST: J there must ho a oertain classification of the ret atm will be to deserve the favor and material raised in oar country. Those who Upport of all honest aoa patnotlo wen of are competent to judge the article, in all neighbors. Thus it spread arid acquired tbe name of the Peeler cotton. No doubt it will b» cultivated hereafter more extensively, it has realised such a high price in the m keti [StiLouis Journal0/ Commerce.. While the N. O. Bulletin,in an article ur ging planters to improve the variety af pot- ton, pays the feeler ootton tha' following me oowplhpent;— f . Peslxb Oo$ton.—We haye often en- desTored to aqvett public attention and cs- lecially the notloe of planters, to the abso- ufe importance of caltirating a home pro duct that must enhance the value of our great staple. As a matter of commercial enterprise, of great agricultural interest, and of incalculable advantage to both for eign and domestic markets, the Peeler cot ton deserves serious consideration. Tbe^e : , sjlky texture and long staple its varied grades, have attached their testi mony to the superiority or the Peeler, and have instituted no unfavorable compromise between it and the celebrated Sea IslcDd 1 xrowth, which, during the period of its cvl- orc, asserted and maintained nn undtspu- ted-npremacy. Then the YloksVurg Tildes, better ac- atilt ltd, perhaps, with the history of the Peeler (Spttto than any other joarnal, con tributes its approval of its merits in the fol lowing language:— This improved variety cf col ton has be come so we]|kna>vij>> «pd it$ perils sc well established, as to fender it certain ofplny- inga'Y.ery important partin thecommerce of tLe country. Its productiveness and length of staple make it valuable to both planters and spmners, and to retain these charac teristics it is necessary th a ( areal care be takes M the seed, lhat.it shall not deter’o* ala af get mixed with the common cotton. All persons interested in its growth ought to guard it sedulously against the frauds which will most likely be attempted by un- scripulous dealers in cotton teed, who, if they succeed*in palming off other seed for this,, will certainly degrade it, and briDg tbe genuine Peeler into such disrepute as to destroy, in a great measure, its real value. In Ibis behalf we make the following suggestions ; Let those who buy tbe Peel er seed, where there shall be the slightest room fob doubt, requite of toe seller one or more certificate of gennioees from neigh! Within this hollow caterri hung, The ready, swift and tuneful tongue, If falsehood’s honey it disdaiced, • , And where ft couli not was praise t homed; If bold in virtue’s cause it. spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke, -1 This silent tongue’shall plead for thee, 7 ’ When timfc unveils eternity, '1'i ; sj Say. did tin .-e fingeredelve the snipe?.<> Or without envied fuhiesshine? To hew the rock or wear the gem, Can little nowaveif to them. —9 But if the page of truth they sought;.-.*-. Or comfort to the mourner, brought,....; These .handfi^riebetjeeed shall claim, Than oil.that wait on wu-.lth ijr fame, j Availstit whether bare ori shed, These feet the idepths of dnty trad?--*j* i If from the.brik.afease they .fed, To seek affliction’s humble, sbedj If grandeur’s guilty l ribettey" spurned, . And hoine to virtue’s cot returned, ‘ These feet with angel’s wmgs sbaliiic, And treadthe palace of thcsky.tsV ivlt ? s Th* JsALOusnop Girls.—Girls, -toi ret call are awfuUy jeripus of each .other. I shot tliey meet at a ; ball or croquet party; see . girfel distinctive fault. See they arc introduced, or when .j .it riBill or croquet party;’ see how coldly critical they loo': at each other;, how insolently their eyes rove over every portion of their rival's dresx; read in their faces thecutspoken scorn as tho result of their scrutiny: ‘‘Yon think you bare done it very welt but you have made a fright of yogrself. arid l am much, better than yog!” Watch.their disdain forthe more admired among them; and how excessively naughty for attracting so much attention they think that Ada or Amy about whom the young men cluster. How hold she is? How overdressed she :j?—bow affected she is?—and, oh! how ugly she is? Sometimes, if they are deep, they will overpraise her enthusiastically; hut ihe ruse h generally too transparent-to deceive apy one, and sim- -ply counts for wbat it is—a clever feint that doeen’t answer. It' is quite a study to "watch the way in which girls shake hands togeth er; or take hands in dances. TheIintp,ccol, inent way in which they, just touch and let their arms fallas if Frr-m tlie Macon Messenger. r • Tf t:t*S8.?+ From Atlanta—Report on the Bullock-An gler Case. • ’.. Atlanta, Feb. 16.—The-roport. -.of-thc Finance GommiUee, to whom was referred the investigation of the, charges' made irist Governor Bollock, 'by the *Siate usurer, was yesfer&y 'presented to the House, knd withcint being read, was ordered io be printed. Tire report opens thus:.. “We do not say that Govern or Bullock is pilty of anything criminal/or of bad faith, ut on the contrary, believe his intentions were pare, and that what he did was in good faith, be believing at the time that his action was forthe best, interest and wel fare of tbe State; yet we think he acted without authority ol law.” Henee we pro pose to examine his"abts and' try them by the same test, that the highest no less than tho loirtit citizen is tried by—law and evidence.”..* e. ci ;• ., • The report then cites precedents show ing that the fonner Governors of Georgia frequently exercised the same power as that exercised by Governor Bollock, and it : oes on tozay that for the purpose of get ting a clearer and fuller development of the drawing and rise of thirty-five ‘thous and dollars, "yonr sub-committee addressed to thc Govornor a few interrogatories, - and also enclosed to tne Treasurer the '.Govern or's communication to the committee, and sounded tjicreon .a few interregotones to him. They responded immediately to tho rquiries ofthe committee,' and the Govern or gavb a much more satisfactory, account than we had before i We learned thatMessrs. KimballJ tells a volume to those able to reai taring. first ’insurance Company es tablished in :the West was in Lexington, Ky., and went into' operation about tbs year 1816, but ceased to. exist in ob« or two years. It was not exactly ' a - success, as one gentleman lost eighty tbousard dol lars inxf«todi$ .it. The Almighty Dollar.—Five month since a Dr. Ridley, of Boston, amputated the leg of a fire year old son of his, who hud hccu injured by being run over by an omuibus. For this damage to his son he collected six thousand dollars. It now tarns out that the boy’s great and next to tbe great toe were alone injured, and this not sufficient to require more than two splints, baridages. arid a little care. But, to recov er damages, the Christian Either gave kin child chloroform, amputated the leg below the knee, and recovered pay for the dama ges he alone had caused. It is not long since the inhuman monster was mkhing speeches against the Southern pi ** whipping negro servants. What loyal Yankee will not do for the dollar, God only knows:—tfew •rat. four thousand dollars is in cash, and cash items authorized by law to he cancelled riv warrants whenever th# Treasurer is plaewd in proper relation to the Deparement The Treasurer’s reply gave no other infowiation about tho matter beyond intimation (bat seventeen thousand dollars charged to the State in the money column had been impro perly used by the Governor. This suspi cion, we find on examinatios, perfectly groundless. W e do not intend to be guilty of captious faultfiinding, and are satisfied of the integrity of the Gevernor.- . We are still willing to repose in him generous con fidence In conclusion, upon fall consider ation of facts tri;d circumstances, with the. influence brought to bear upon ns, * the ma jority of the Committee, havingso decided, we refuse to make - aay recommeadatioa the let- whether the State shall assume payment or the CHy Council of Atlanta shall ha held responsible, except that wit recom mend,In order to prevent a similiar occur rence hereafter, that the Judiemrv Com mittee he instructed, to prepare a bill to de fine more clearly the duties of the Governor and Treasurer, and to give the Treasurer the exclusive power of negotiating State bonds, by and with the consent of the Governor. We apprehend that the Treas urer, when a warrant is properly drawn by the Governor, approved and entered by the Comptroller General, has no right to go behind warrant to look into its legality.— Tlie warrant, if within the_*mono£ appro. plication of