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fie Romo Courier
ROME, GA,
THURSDAY MORNING March 11.
For Congres—7th District*
Gen. P. M. B. YOUNG,
' BARTOW COC2*TT.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS OF
CHATTOOGA COUNTY.
We publish to-day tlio interesting pre
sentment* of the Grand Jury of Chattooga
County, forth March term. Wear* heart
ily glad to see they are moving in the right
tray to secure good roads. We hope to be
able soon to chronicle a similar move in
i’lo; d Couaty, also. The fact is, “road du
ty” has been shirked quite too long, and it
becomes the duty of officers having this
matter in charge to step forward and en
force the lain. Wo arc satisfied that Rome
has lost trade to the amount of nearly or
quite a hundred thousand dollars in the past
six months, because the roads leading to the
place were not properly worked. A large
portion ef the produce of Chattooga has
been carried to C attanooga and Ringgold,
and of Polk County to Cartersvillc, that, if
the roads had been good, would have c jme
to Rome.
Their recommendation in regard to the
per diem -of members of the Legislature is
excellent, and we hope every Grand Jury
of the State will endorse it. As to the re
duction of the Legislature, while we have
not the least doubt but that half the present
number of members would make better
laws and with greater dispatch—y t we
fear the move is not practical at this time.
AN INGENIOUS INVENTION.
Thomas G. W. McMeekiu, of Polk Coun
ty, has shown us the model of a very inge
nious Plowing and Ilocing Machine, re
cently invented by himself. It is arranged
to run astride the cotton rows, plowing on
both sides and chopping out or hoeing the
cotton all at the same time. Mr. McMeekiu
thinks that by using this machine, with two
mules one hand can plow twice as much as
with an ordinary plow, and at the same
time do the hoeing of twelve hands. It is
•ertainly a very ingenious machine and we
can see no reason why it will not work well
practically on land that i i clear of rocks,
stumps, &c. A paten" will be applied for.
Mr. McMeekin, not having the means
with which to procure a patent and engage
in the manufacture of these machines, de
sires a partner who can furnish the neces
sary capital, and share in the profits. Ad
dress him at Ccdartown, Georgia.
Stewart’s Disqualification. — The
Act establishing the Treasury Department
provides that the Secretary shall not engage
in trade and commerce, under a penalty of
not le33 than thvee thousand dollars and re
moval from office, and forever afterwards to
be disqualified from holding offic* under
the United States Government. If this law
is to be regarded, Mr. Stewart cannot hold
the position to which he has been nominat
ed without giving up his immense commer
cial trade.
We Can Confirm.
Our experience confirms the statement
Mrxwc \j. IT. OTJies, mauc uciun,?»u »v B -
to Richardson’s Advertising Agency.-
They have repeaiodly refused to liquidate
claims we hold against them, one of them
on the frivilous plea that they did not have
time to examine theii hooks.
We would also warn the Southern Press
against James T Lloyd,13 Conrtland Street,
New York. He advertises railroad and other
maps. His transactions with us induce
the belief that he is an unmitigated swin
■iler.
The following is Col. Styles card:
Common Swindlers.— Richardson’s
Advertising House, corner Nassau and
Deekinaa streets, N. Y., h»ve succeeded in
satisfying the Editor of this paper—Carey
W, Styles—that that establishment is a
swindling concern, and should he excluded
from the correspondence of Southern Jour
nal
‘Ye -• hausted all the mild means at our
conin', tl to obtain justice, and finally
threw a stone, which was answered by the
t> rowing stilted warning. Of course we
joall be gobbled up, an d wiped out:
New York, Feb. 17,1S69.
Neiai Albany, Ga.: We have your
'hreat to libel carefully filed. We will at-
tea-11* your oase in a way not desirable
giMrally, but necessary in this case.
Yours,
Richardson’s.
The n*vr«jiapers of the South are request
ed to cony or—otherwise.
CARY W. STYLES,
Ed. and Pro. Albany News.
* <» »
Probable Resignation of Mr. Waslibnrne.
Mr. Washburne becomes Secretary of
State because of the intimate and confiden
tial relations that have grown »p between
the President and his best friend since the
beginning of the war. The two men thus
thoroughly understand each other. Grunt
knows the capacities of Washburne, and
Washburne knows and is fully in accord
with the views and purposes of Grant
touching our foreign relations. On this
subject they are both largely inspired with
the progressive and expansive ideas of the
great West, and Washburne’s appointment
means a positive, progressive and expansive
foreign policy. But the health of Mr.
Washburne is feeble and precarious. His
appointment, then, may have been designed
rather as a graceful recognition of a valued
friend than as a fixed disposition ef the
State Department. It will suffice for the
present that this appointment is of itself
equivalent to the proclamation that the Illi
nois theory of our fereign relations is to su
persede in practice the temporizing diplo
macy and wild land purchases of Mr. Sew
ard.—If. 7. Herald.
How the Monet Goes.—We publish
for the benefit of tax payers, who foot the
bill, the following from tne Radical Atlanta
paper. What do the people think -of jt?
We suggest to His Excellency, the Gov
ernor, the propriety of discontinuing the
publication of pardons and appointments of
Inspectors of Fertilizers. The publication
of each of the latter cost tho State about
seventy-five dollars. While the former cost
not less than one hundred and fifty each.
The people complain of this" as an unneces
sary and uuusal expense, and it would be
well if it were discontinued. To advertise
an Inspector of Fertilizers for each county
in the State would alone cost in the neigh
borhood ofthe thousand dollars. And there
is no necessity for the expense.
Grand Jury Presentments Chattooga Co,
March Term, I8G0.
We the Grand Jurors chosen and Sworn
for March Term, 1869, Beg .leave to make
the following report:
1st. Present all the road -commissioners
for neglect of duty, generally, and all the
public roads in this county not in such or
der as the law requires. We find most of
the roads have beea recently worked and
in passible order. We find a portion of
the road from the top of Taylor’s Ridge to
Summerville in bad order, also, portions of
the road leading from Trion Factory to
Taylors Ridge on Rome road between James
Bryants and top of the mountain in bad
order, also a portion of the road leading
from Summerville to LaFayetto between
F. A. Kirby’s and Mr. Powells in had con
dition, and recommend the proper authori
ties of these roads, and all other had roads
not designated to be put in good order.
We find no returns of Commissiencrs or
Overseers for last year as the law requires
with exception of 86 90 fines collected from
defaulters of the 962d district, we find up
on examination that Commissioners were
not aware that they had to make such re
turns at the end of each year. We recom
mend yonr Honor not to impose any fine
or penalty upon any Commissioner or
Overseer for failure or neglect of duty at
this Term of the Court, and we recommend
all Overseers and Commissioners, who now
know the law, who fail to put their roads
in such order as the law requires at the
September Term of Court, that your Honor
will impose such penalties as the law pre
scribes.
2d. We recommend that the Ordinary
have a good and substantial bridge built
acr -ss Chattooga river place, designated D.
C. R. Lowe’s ford, also a good substantial
bridge across Little Armuchee Creek at the
ford between Dr. Chceuey’s and Joseph
Pratt, and both to be built before next
winter, also we recommend the county-
appropriate two hundred dollars in part
payment to build a bridge across Big Ar
muchee, at, or near Beaties’ ford.
3d. We recommend that the Ordinary,
for the convenience of the Jailer, to have
kitchen and smokehouse built upon the Jail
lot, so the Jailer may lnve comfortable
quarters. By his living in the Jail will pre
vent the escape of prisoners.
4th. We recommend the Ordinary
have the court house repaired so as to have
it comfortable and neat, to change one win
dow in eaeh ofthe Clerks and Ordinary'
Office’s, and make a door so that, those two
offices can be entered from outside, and that
the Sheriff take charge of the keys, and
hold him responsible for any abuse done to
the court honse.
5th. We find the books of county offi
cers neatly and correctly kept, which re
flects credit on the officers. We find the in
debtedness of the county about $1600.
and find about ‘81100 in hands of the coun
ty Treasurer. We recommend that the
Ordinary will tender Charles A. Wheeler
the principal of his debt on the county and
no interest as that has become the customs
of settling old debts. We further recom
mend that the Ordinary use economy, and
the strictest utility to the welfare of the
connty in appropriating and expending the
county funds—also, we would “ ll ^
tenrton or tne Urdinarv to have the proper
repairs done to the bridge across Chattooga
river near Trion Factory at an early day as
such bridge is considered unsafe.
AVe recommend that our members in the
Legislature use their best efforts to reduce
their pay from 89 00 to 84 00 per day,
and we recommend the Grand Jurors of
all the counties of this State in their gen
eral presentments to recommend the cal
ling of a convention for tho purpose of re
ducing the number of onr members from
the present number to 11 or 19 in the Sen
ate, and • 25 to 31 in the house—that the
Legislature meet bi-annually, and be allow
ed as their pay for the year of meeting two
hundred dollars, then our law makers would
not cost the State more than fifty thousand
dollars, which new cost from $300,000 to
8500,000, and the amount saved be used for
school funds.
In taking leave of his Honor Judge Par
rott, and Solicitor General L. G. Crawford,
we tender them our thanks for their cour-
tesey to our body the present term of
court.
We request that these presentments he
published In the Rome Courier, and all
papers friendly will please copy.
A. P. ALGOOD, Foreman.
J. M. Blackwell, Sect’y.
The Inaugural on Suffer age.—Rati
fy the fifteenth amendment, give to all citi
zens provided for in the fourteenth—Cau-
easin, original American, Mongolian and
African, whites, reds, yellows and blacks—
equal rights in sufforage, and let ns have
peace.
L Rinehart. H Henly,
E Marsh, W. 3{. Mosely,
J Harlow, Jr., AY F Horton,
M A Lawrence, W Moore,
H 31 Mills, W O MeAVhorter,
A Johnston, R W Dnnnaway,
T J Foster, A G Dickson,
W Dickson, R P Echols.
N B Drew, AY Gore,
E Hor
It is ordered by the Conrt in accordance
with the recommendation of the above pre
sentments that the general presentments of
the Grand Jury for the preaeut term, he
published in the. Rome Courier, and it is
further ordered that the Clerk issue sum
mons in writing directed to all the Road
Commissioners in Chattooga county ac
cording to section 701 of the revised Code
of Georgia, citing them to answer the ac
cusation of the Grand Jury, and that said
summons be served aocording to law.
J R. PARROTT,
Judge Presiding.
A true extract from tho minutes of Chat
tooga Superior-Court.
H. B. C. EDMONDSON,
Deputy Clsrfc.
Crockery, Glass Ware and Table Cutlery,
To Merchants.
We will say to the merchants of Rome
and along the Selma Rail Road, that Mr.
Bosworth will call on them soon in the in
terest of the house of McBride t Co., of
Atlanta, wholesale dealers in Crockery,
Glassware, Silver Plate, Pocket and Table
Cutlery. In conversation with Mr. Bos-
worth he assnres ns that he has met with
great success iq representing this No. 1.
house, dealing in every town and city with
the best houses.
The house is known all over Georgia and
Alabama too well to need any recommenda
tion from ns, hut we do freely commend it,
knowing whereof we speak. Mr. B. assnres
ns that ha has sold many houses their crock
ery and poeket and table cutlery who
bought their other goods in New York.
He is a reliable gentleman and we. commend
him to the trade.
Markets. _
New York, March 9.—Money stead y at
7. Stocks firm. Exchange SI. Gimi 31}.
Flourdnll, drooping. AVheat dull, nom
inally unchanged —CornAal better; supply
light. Pork quiet; new mesc 31 OUaol 50.
Lard quiet; barrels 20. Cotton quiet,
heavy, 29}. Turpentine drooping at 54
Rosin quiet at 245a2 50. Freights dull
Liyeraool. M., March 9—Cotton quiet;
Uplands 12}; Orleans 12}. _ Sales 7,000
bales. Others unchanged.
Waking Up.—We are glad to notice
that some of onr Legislators are not
afraid to let ont the trnth and make an
hou-’st effort to stop the squandering - !??
public funds. The following is theconclu-
of a report read in the State Senate last
Monday:
Resolved, The the Attorney General be
directed and required to bring suit upon
the bonds of Madison Bell, Comptrollcr-
Gencral, and N. I. Angier, Treasurer and
their securities, for the several amounts
paid from the Treasnaiy within the period
from August 11th, 1868, to January 1st,
1869, on Executive warrants countersigned
by the sa d Comptroller General, and which
are designated as unauthorized by law in a
report this day made by Special Committee
of which Milton ’A Candler, is Chair
man.
Resolved, That it i3 the sense of the Gen
oral Assembly that the publication of every
proclamation of pardon by His Excellency
the Governor,in a large number of newspa
pers in Georgia,and the publication of every
Executive order appointing persons to such
unimportant position as connty Inspectors
of Fertilizers, creating as it does very heavy
drafts upon the Treasury,without affording
commensurate benefits upon the people
should not be continued, and that the
drawing of warrants to cover such expenses,
upon any other than the Contingent Fund
is a violation of law, that ought not to be
tolerated.
Report received.
SUPERIOR COURT OF COWETA.
Judge J. S. Rigby Presiding.
A very important verdict was rendered
last Thursday under the re icf law. The
facts are as follow!: In September, 1862
Mr. John R. Seals bought a tract of land
in Carroll county from O. R. Houston, for
three thousaud five hundred dollars, paying
at different times all but one thousand and
nineteen dollars and ninety-two cents, for
which amonot a note was giveu, due 25th
of December, 1864, and traded to Albert
Sears by Houston a short time after it was
made.
3Ir. Seals offered, twelve months before
tho note was dne, a Confederate eight per
cent, bond of twelve hundred dollars,
payment therefor. 3Ir. Sears would not
accept the said bond. On the 26th of De
cember, 1864, when the said note fell due,
Mr. Sparks, security, offered to take up said
note. BIr. Sears refused to take Confeder
ate money therefor. After the close of tho
war, Mr. Seals, through his attorney, offer
ed one hundred and three dollars in green
backs in full payment of said note. This,
also, Mr. Sears did not accept, but then
brought suit on the note, and la - t Thursday
the jury trying the case gave a verdict for
twenty-nino dollars and sixty-eight cents—
the value of said note in currency when it
fell due—Sears paying tho cost.—Eewnan
Herald.
Since tho above was written, we learn
that in addition to tho Scroggin and Hunt
case, Judge Bigby deoided that Justices of
the Peace who were elected before, duriu
or since the war, and whose suooessoas have
not been elected, are still legal Justices of
the Peace. This decision, while a just, is
a very important one.—lb.
general okberno. io.
HEADQUARTERS Or An.m, )
AYasiiington, BIch. 5, 1869. }
The President of the United States di
rects that the following order be carried in
to execution as soon as practicable :
I. —The Department of the South will
he commanded by Brigadier and Brevet
Major General A. H. Terry.
II. — llajor General G. G. Bleade is as
signed to command tho Military Division
of the Atlantic, and will transfer his head
quarters to Philadelphia, Pa. He will turn
over his present command temporarily to
Brevet Major T. H. Ruger, Colonel 33d
Infantry, who is assi med to duty accord
ing to his brevet of Major General, while
in the exercise of ibis command.
III. —Major General P. H. Sheridan is
assigned to command the Department of
Louisiana, and will turn over the command
of the Department of the Missouri tempora
rily to the next senior officer.
lA r .—Major General Hancock is assigned
to command the Department of Dacotah.
A 7 ".—Brigadier apd Brevet Major Gen
eral E. R. S. Canby is assigned to command
the First Military District, and will proceed
to his post as soon as relieved by Brevet
Major General Reynolds.
VI. —Brevot Blajor General A. C. Gil-
1cm, Colonel 2}th Infantry, will turn over
the command of the Fourth Military Dis
trict to the next senior officer, and join his
Regiment.
VII. —Brevet Major General J. J. Rey
nolds, Colonel 26th Infantry, is assigned to
command the Fifth Blilitary District, ac
cording to his brevet of Major General.
VIII. —Brevet Major General AY. H.
Emory, Colonel 5th Cavalry, is assigned to
command the Department of AYashington
according to his brevet of Major General.
By command of tlje (general of the army.
E. D. Townsend, A. A. <7-
“MEM lilt Art cH RAlliRo ATT”Hiirj
VETOED.
Message of Gov. Bullock.
The Right Sort of "Prosperity.
A correspondent furnishes us with the
statement that the interior town of Spring-
field, Ohio, has Suddenly sprang up from an
obscure village to the dimensions almost cf
a city with 16,000 inhabitants, with it*
8100,000 opera house, first-class hotel, cto.
Throe hundred buildings, costing nearly a
million dollars, were constructed last year.
This is the resnlt of a legitimate umnufite-
turing business, including such product* as
reapers, mowers, grain drills, cider mills,
lead paints, mannfactnted tobacco, ete:, re
alizing two millions and a naif per annum.
How different prosperity like this is, con-
pared with that of those "mushroom oilic?
that rise up on oil bubbles, geld and silver
mines, or any other of the humbugs of th
day, which glitter for a brief peri d and
then burst into thin air, ruining all the un
initiated who have been so imprudent as to
enter into such wild goose specti' itions !
And yet this thrilty Ohio town is hat one
ont of many hundred others enjoyii.^ a sim
ilar degree of prosperity. "Verif/, the
growth of the great West is.trtjy algantic
and substantial.—-V V- Herald.
How suggestive is this paragraph to ev
ery townsman in the South! AYealth,
population, and every element of prosperity
follow manufactories.
Executive Department, )
Atlanta, Ga., March 8,1868.
To the House of Representatives.
“An Act to be entitled an Act to extend
aid and lend the credit of the State of Geor
gia to tho Memphis Branch Railroad Com
pany,and to amend the charter of the same,”
is herewith respectfully returned without
the approval of the Executive.
The Act in question contemplates the
construction of a railroad from Rome,in this
State, to some point on the life of road*ow
running from Chattanooga to Memphis,
thereby making a more direct connection
between Memphis, Atlanta, and the sea-
coast,and proposes,in behalf of the State, to
endorse the bonds of that road to the extent
of twelve thousand dollars per mile,for that
portion thereof which may be within the
limits of this State.
The construction ol such a road as that
proposed would very disastrously affect the
interests of the State in its valuable prop
erty,known as the AYestern aud Atlantic
Railroad,now extending direct from Allan
ta to Chattanooga; and there making a con
nection with the Blemphis Road,and rcceiv
ing from that direction all the AVes-ern
freights and travel over the whele length
the State Road; whereas,the construction
this proposed “cut-off” would reduce the
length of transportation to be had over the
State’s road by more than one-half the dis
tance and would,therefore,be very inj urions
to the State’s interests.
I am unable, therefore, to give my con
sent to the State extending its aid to
measure which will tend so directly to its'
jury.
In this connection, however,it may ndf
bo improper for me to call the attention
the General Assembly to the nccssity which
may at any time be more lully developed
and is,even at this time,becoming quite ap
parent, for the State to protect its railroad
property by the extension of proper branch
es from the main stem,either by construc
tion or purchase; and, with this view!
would respectfully recommend, if proper ar
rangements and negotiations can be effec
ted for that purpose, that the State -ehonld
become the owner of what is known as the
“Rome Railroad”—a little line running
from Kingston, on the S'ate Road,
Remo.
By our becoming owner of that property,
we could very properly extend it to the
State line, or such farther paint as may be
deemed desirable,and at the same time,pre
vent its ultimate extension to a connection
with the Blemphis road in a manner to
injurious to the main line of State road. Or
in the event of a road being constructed
riously contemplated—from Atlanta direct
to Memphis, it wonld be within the power
of the State to extend its own line and thns
make a junction with the Memphisroad,and
thereby still retain a large portion of ita
trade and travel.
1 also feel constrained to invito the atten
tion ofthe General assembly to a careful
consideration of the many measures which
are now pressed upon its attention, asking
the endorsement of the State,to a large
amount, for the benefit of roads which,
some cases, propose to connect points
ready in almost direct communication
rail, and arc, therefore, not at all essential
to the development of onr resources, nor
profitable as an investment to the stock
holders; and are likely to result in leaving
an enormous bnrden of liability for snch en
dorsements, upon the tax-payers of the
State.
Rufus B. Bullock, Governor.
INAUGURATION.
President Johnson not Thcrr.
j AA r e learn from the New York Herald,
j that President Johnson did not attend
j the Inauguration of General. Grant. The
i following is thereason assigned :
The press of business was the nolo rea-
sou why the retiring President did not
witness the transfer of the burden of res
ponsibility to his successor, and the assev
eration is backed by the assnaance that
the absence was not attributable to the ex
isting unpleasantness.
W^Eome, Ua., between the usual hours in
•ole, on the firefc Tuesday in April next, the
following rea' estate of Peter Ca»bion. deceased
r Xiol
POLK COUNTY.
LL be sold before the Court House door >
, . in Ce artowu, Polk county, Ga.. betw«*u i
tup land Xo. 172, in 22d District and the legal hours of sale, on the 1st Tuetdav in
ft ....i ■ — icn a » .i. . c it • . . ... *
31 Section, FI »yd county, containing 160 acres, - April next, the fallowing property, to wit:
Lot of ’ * ' T "
Terms cash.
WM.;MORRIS, Admr.
The Negroes—Their Fate.
AYe quite agree with the Times that ne
groes are likely to get precions few offices
in this country, and those few generally
puur UUce. Tlicj oxo o email frjottoa of
oar people.and certain to be a less and less
considerable minority with each decennial
census.—iY. 7 Tribune.
Blark that says the Louisville Courier.
AA'hcn the subject of emancipation used to
be agitated, the Tribane and other Radical
organs assured the pesple that the negroes,
when emancipated, would thrive and floor
ish and become a great and prosperous peo
pie in our land,yet now these same organs
tell us that the emancipated negroes are dy-
out, aud that the fact of their rapidly
approaching extinction is certain to be ex
hibited by every census. The preset Radi
cal confessions on this subject are enforced
confessions. The negro r^e is actually
vanishing like a black frost in the sunshine,
Various oases,all irresistablo, aro contribu
ting to tho inevitable result. AYe are told
on good authority that there is not in all
the South a connty in which the negroes
are much more than half as numerous
they were while slavery existed. In the
name of God and humanity, Radicalism is
sweeping a great race from the face of cre-
tion.
The Congressional Ejection Bill.
The House, at least a month ago, passed
a bill providing for a Congressional Elec
tion in th’g State, on the first monday in
April. The bill was sent to the Senate
forthwith, but, strange to say, that body,up
to this time, has taken no action upon it.
It passed as mysteriously from public view
as if it had been deposited in the tombs of
the Capnlets. The failure of the Senate to
act, renders it questionable whether we
will be represented in the Forty-first Con
gress.
It is true the Governor had, as he sup
posed, duly commissioned the members of
the last to seats in the present Congress,
but it turns ont that the Congress to which
thoy are commissioned is not specified; so
their credentials arc referred To a commit
tee, where they will slumber,month after
montl),whilst Georgia, in the meantime, will
be without any" representation. So it
would seem from the non-action of the
Senate,and the failure of the Governor
issue proper certificates we are in a fair wa y
to go unrepresented.— Const.
Not at the Inatguration Ball.—
One solitary, big burly negro “said to be
Bishop Simpson, of some African army,
bound for the happy land of Canaan,” '
mentioned a* haying Stood, on the day of
President Grant’s inauguration, at the east
door of the Senate chamber. Bat at the
inauguration ball in the evening neither
Sambo nor Dinah was present The “col
ored element of the population” was con
vinced that it wonld lose nothing by re-
fi -ining from obtrusively thrusting itself
forward on that occasion. Tho enemies and
the injudicious friends of Sambo and Dinah
were alike disappointed-
{JEN. JOHN n. FORNEY.
AYe have not heretofore mentioned the
unfortunate insanity of this gentleman sup
posed to be snperindnoed by a wound re
ceived in the war,whieh has thrown a feel
ing of gloom and sadness over onr entire
community, because wo had hoped that it
yould bo of short duration. Bat snch had
I seen the violence of his paroxism, that by
the advice of his physioian; and 4t his own
request in lucid intervals, his relatives last
week consented to take him to the Lnnatio
Asylum at Nashville. AYe now learn from
his brother, Capt. D. P. Forney, who has
returned, that the principal ghyriejan of
that institntion has pronounced it a case of
acute insanity, and expressed th* cpnfident
hope that it could he relioved in a few
months.—Jacksonville Repub.
E®U.AVe learn from the Grand Lodge Pro
ceedingsof Georgia that, at the opening of
tho last Communication there were 236 char
tered Lodges, and with the exception of
three, all at labor. Four new Lodges were
chartered. The entire number of Lodges,
lyith the exception of twelve, have made
their returns and paid, their due3.—The
list of Lodges who haye made their retursies
appears to be 15, 555—there are probably
about 500 names not returned. Initutions,
894; Passings, 800; Raisings, 833, Ad 1
missons, 717; Rejections, 207; Resignatoins
387; Deaths, 115; Suspensions, 257; Ex
clusions, 47.
Potatoes should always be kept in the
dark. Rural housekeepers do qot need to
be told this bnt many others who live' in
towns and cities should know that potatoes
exposed to the light, for *,dw <H)ly, have
their flavor injured,and the longer exposed
the worse they are. Never use a greenish
potato.—American Agriculturist.
Bad Times Ahead, Probably.
As is perhaps well known, the Legisla
ture of South Carolina, by joint resolution,
has authorized the Governor to employ an
armed force “for the preservation of the
peace.” And the said Governor has issued
an order to “Colonel F. J. Moses, jr., Ad
jutant and Inspector General,” to organize
his department and proceed to enlist the
said force.
AVe only hope the Governor and the Ad
jutant General will keep Arkansas and Ten
nessee in mind, and not organ'ze any nch
irresponsible body of plnnderers and mur
derers as roam th ough those States, spread
ing terror among unarmed and defenceless
people.—Edgefield Advertiser.
•©.The Louisville Courier Journal thus
speaks of Brownlow’s promotion to the
Semite:
Brownlow goe3 out of Tennessee to go
into the United States Senate. Tennessee
should haTe a day of “thanksgiving and
prayer”; thanksgiving for his departure,
and prayer that he may never return; and
the Senate should have a day of “fasting,
humiliation and prayer”; fasting aad humil
iation for this election as one of its mem
bers,and prayer that some kind dispensa
tion of providence may prevent him
from ever making his appearance in its
halls.
AVho Governs Best?—The Dnchess
of Burgundy said one day to Madame
Maintonon. “Do you know why th*
Queens of England govern bettor than the
Kings? It is because the Queens govern
by the advice of men.and the King* by the
advice of women.
#&-The Columbus Sun, of the 3d inat.
report*, that at a meeting in that city on
Monday night, in the interest - of the new
Catholic Church, $6,100 were subscribed
by about ten persons. From three more
81,500 were expected. Father Byan sab-.
eribed $1,000.
SW'The Macon Telegraph complains of
counterfeit fractional half dollars,in circula
tion in that city.
©-The Greensboro’s Herald annonnees
the death ot Mr. Jack Smith, one of the
oldest citizens of Greene county, on last
Saturday.
BIen of Mark.—Ofthe 143,268 flgis-
tered voters of Lonisana 86,991 make their
mark. A trooly Republican government is a
government based on tgnorunoe.
Exploded.—Carpet-bag Senator Mc
Donald, of Arkansas, ie President of the
National Bank which recently failed at lit
tle Rock.
No Message.—The President had no
special message to send to Congress. He
thought his inaugural covered the ground.
\m
WOOL CARDING AND
Sasb & Blind Factory
FOR SALE.
T HE fubscriber ofiers for sale, very cheap,
his property lying on Silver Creek, six
mile* from Borne.
There if a good set of Wool Carding Machin
ery, all in good repair; all tbe necessary Ma
chinery for the manufacture of Sash and Blinds:
Circular and Jig Saws; a Tarring Lathe, togeth
er with a large amount of Carpenter’s Tools.
Also, the Factory, containing the above Ma
chinery, and five acres of land.
The Water-power here is ample, and arrange
ments are now being made to introduce into the
Factory a cotton gin.
Apply to or address
J. W. BRADBURY,
Berne, Ga.
marchlltw-wlm.
B£ RRY£> fcCO
lam! No. SOS. i the 22d District an.I
3d Section, Polk Monty, Ua., levied on as Hi-
pr-pcrty of Garland W. Nations, to satisfy t w.. ■
S fas Irvin Polk Superior Coart—on. Un krw..od
i * Smith vs Garland W. Nations; the other I
Wads S. Cothran A Son rs -oarlnnd W. Nations,
DR GEO. M,
A N Til) o "j!
strong
Are Agents of aU well Known
Fertilizers,
Phoenix and Manipulated
ft U A If 0.
Get Rich Quick!
TWO BALES] TO THE. ACRE.
BEBRTB 4k CO., IOHE, GA
H AVE for sale the Phonix and Manipulated
Guano, and the best planters ef the coun
try certify that it nearlyy, er quit# doubles crop.
When cotton is 2* conts per pennd, or upward
planters onght not to hesitate to purchase such
well proven Fertilizer.
Read -he following certificates from the Polk
county men, who hare tried it:
At the request of Messrs. Berrys k Co. Ag'ts
for Wilcox, Gibbs k Co., I give a report of the
effects of .Wilcox, Gibbs k Go’s. Manipulated
Guano. I used 201 pounds per acre on my cot
ton, and am confident the yield on the land thns
manured has been increased at loast 100 per
cent. O wine to my bad health a: ont the pick
ing season, I did not take precaution as'I intend
ed, to enable me to say exactly the difference in
the yield where the Manipulated was used on
alternate rows, bat I do know it pays, and pays
well, and I intend using it rcxtjtxr.
Rome, Ga^ Dec 18,'68.
; Hutchings
I am requested by Messrs. Berrys k Co., of
this place, age U for Messrs. Wilcox, Gibbs k Co.,
to give my experience jn using the Phcuix k
Wilcox, Gibbs k Co’s. Manipulated Guanos. I
used both these manures the present year and
discovers 1 bnt little difference in result, and
consequently I would recommend one about the
same as the other. I regard these manures aa a
paying investment. The land thus manured
this year has yielded fully 3OS per cent more
than that not manured. I shall use these gaan
os on every acre I plant the coming year.
N. J. Toxus.
Rome, Ga., Dec. 13, 1863.
feb2tw2t-w2oi.
COME
OUT OF TH1
JAWS OF DEATH!
Hesitation anJ Delay la gnieU*. '
One Minute will Save a Life!
LIFE IN A PIIX BOX I
LIFE IN A PILL BOX X
Dr. Mapel? ffilois Pill
The true Grains of Health!
The tme Grains of Health!
DOSE.
DOSE.
ALASKA
9. W. UOLVES,
3. B. UXSCXWOOD.
HOLMES & UNDERWOOD,
H AYING associated themselves together in
practice of
Mediqine & Surgery
Tender their services to the cl izens of Rome
and vicinity.
Office at Drug Store of Hamilton A Smith,
No. 3, Choice Hotel. If not gt their office, can
be found at their respective residences.
marahlltw6m.
Light for All,
COME AND THY
the
NON-EXPLOSIVE
ESTRELLA OIL.
Ton Till get a better safer and one hundred
per cent cheaper light than the Kerosene Oil
will give.
I GUARENTEE
ive perfect satisfaction. Send your
It to |
money ant
>uy none but the
FSTHELLA
I am the enly one who kee]
OIL.
:eeps the proper lamps
for burning this Oil. I will change y our old
Lamps from 25 to 75 cents, and then yon can
burn either. I also keep the best article of
KEROSENE
AND
MACHINE OILS,
For Sale. Come and look at ay etoek ot
GLASSWARE and lamps.
I have the largest and beet etoek ofGlae* Ware
and Lamps ever before thought to thi* market,
and will sell as cheap as the same kind ot Goeds
can be sold here or elsewhere. I can be found
one door above Mill’s Furniture Store, opposite
Norton’s corner. I. A. THOMAS.
SPRING GOODS,
Just Received by
il. S. NORTON. SON & C0,
A Tine Lot of
SPRING GOODS
For Ladies, -
ADAPTED TO THE SEASON.
Rome. Ga., March ptvtf.
eoroia, Chattooga County.”
W HEREAS, Francis Hendrson having
applied for exemption of personalty and
etting apart ar 4 d valuation of homestood, and
- Will pass upon the same at my office, on the
20tb day of March, 1869.
march6 SAM'L HAWKINS, Dep. Ord’y.
ONE PUL 19 A
ONE PILL IS A
From Nava Scotia to
MEXIOO AND
The People knowr them!
The People use theoel
The People praise them I
They are the
NAPOLEONS OF TA1 DAY.
NAPOLEONS OF THE DAY.
Like a hurricane they
Sweep all Competition from the Field.
They Grapple at the Heart of every Disease,
and Extiagiuah it and its fountain head. They
Certify the system against sudden attacks ef dis
ease and epidemic, and enable the patient to
brave the dangers of miasmatic s ram pc, forests
and ether locaities.
DR. MAGGIEL’S FILLS
Relieves the entire system f of peine and ache*
enliven the spirita and send new blood.
BOUNDING THROUGH 3YEBY VEIN.
They impart *
Sparkling Brightness to the Bye
A Rosy Glow to the Cheek,
A Rqhy Tinge to the laps,
A Clearness to the Head,
Brightness to the Complexion.
Buoyancy to the Spirits,
And Happiness on all Sides.
For oil affections of the kidneys they are unsur
passed.
DR. IffAGGIEL’S SALVE
IS THE
Household Treasure of the foj;
ft will cool the violent pain of s Barn or
Scald in one min ate.
It will Allay inflamation at once.
It soothes the painfhl throbbing of Wennds.
It cares Coras. Chiblalassud frost bites.
It is incomparable for chapped hands, sore
lips and roughness ef the skim.
It stops si) paig at oase.
Call for these inestimable Medicines
druggists, and if yon cannot procure them, eend
plaintiffs.
Also, lot of land No. 1177 in tho 21>t District
and 3d Section, Polk county, Ga, levied on as
the property of Win. Bro.ks, to satisfy one fi fa
from the Connty Court ot Polk connty, in favor
of Sloan. Allman A Cs^ rs Wm. Brooks.
Also, lot of land No. 500, in the lSth District
an 3d Section, Polk connty, Ga., levied on as
the property of Jos M. Ware to satisfy one fi fa
from the Superior Conrt of said connty, in favor
of Dalton Burge vs Thomrs S. Ward, principle,
and Jas. M. Wore acd John Smith, securities, on
stay or execution. Proferty printed ont by J.
M. Ware.
Also, lots of land Nos. MS, 640, 0«7, 651, 684,
hi* and TI6, in tne ISth District and 3d 8ectien
Also, west half of lot of land No.
614, in tbe 18th District sod 3d Section,
ol Polk county, levied on as tho property ofEd-
wari G. Doyle, to satisfy two fi fas from the Su
perior Court ef laid couny—one C. W. Demp
sey ve E. G. Doyle, T. C. Coil and his wife, E. S
wife,
money.
Ceil. Property pointed ont by plaintiff.
Said lands to be sdld for the purchase
Also, at the same time and place, seventy bush
®Iz of corn* more or leu, one yoke of oxen,- and
one-half interest in an ox wagon, levied on by a
distress warrant, for rent, John A. Jones, vs
John Martin. Said property pointed out by
John A. Jones, plaintiff
Also, at the same time and place, twe bales of
cotton, levied as tho property ef P. W. McCarty,
to satisfy ona fi fis from the Superior Court ol
■aid county, in favor of Jta. H. Price vs P. W
McCarty. Property pointed out by plaintiff's
atteraay. A. 8. McGKEGOB,
march! Sheriff.
Gzolcu, Folk Co,
W HEREAS, r William S* Smith has ap
plied for exemption of personalty and
etiing apart and valuation of homestead, and
I will pass upon the same at my office in Ce-
darUwn,on the 13th day of March, 1S69, at 12
o’eleek, M.
Witness the Hon. F. M. CLARE, Ordinary,
Jan. 29th 1869. S. A. BORDERS,
march! ' Deputy C. C. O.
GEORG[AjCuiTToo ox Cotssrr.
Vy HERE Ad, J. F. Corn having applied
If for^a exemption ol personality, and set
ting apart and valuation of homestead, 1 will
passnpon said application on the 20th of March
at my office. SAM’l. HAWKINS,
m rch« Dep. Ord’y,
Gsomou Chattooga Cooxrr-
CBALED proposals will be received by the ui_
O dersignedsonti the 12th day of April next,
lor tbe buildinif of a single track new bridge
across Chattooga river, one and a half miles east
of Summerville,on the road from Summerville
to Romo Georgia saidbridge to bo - onilt in the
following'manner, to wit:
One stone pillar on each side of the river
above tho Eigh water mark, and like those nnder
the bridges at Borne, and the wood work to be
done on the same principle npon which said
bridges at Rome are built—the material to be of
a good quality, and the work to be done in a
workmanlike manner, and when laid bridges are
ffnithed, tha tame to be inspected by A. P. di
good, W P Hinton, Dr. John Kincaid and J If
Garrett, and ii the work should be done as spec
ified above, to bv reeaired, if not, rejected, and
tbe undertaker will be expected, if the bridges
are rejected, to remove the same that another
may be baOt.
A* to payment, address or consult tbe nader-
As to payment, address or
•iged at Bammerville, Ga.
mvrchllwft.
J.B. HILL, Ord’y.
A SUilE CUES Jojl
INTEMPSRi
3, Choice House Block.
fcb2?tw3^1m. tl " re ' ttrnG »^. ,!i ]
SEED POTildt
25 Barrels Northern
SKIN PINK EYE POTfi
Just Received and
For Sale by
. teb25t»-wlw. ,05ES 4
GEORGIA, Polk Cooarr.'
Q LOMON WYNN Exec.tor of th ,, ,
£3 and testament of Robert Wrcn.^'
county, deeeased.havingfij ej hu£S , 4
ing to be dismissed from his xlmnrHt *■
stating that he has fauhfully
trust. Throe are therefore to cite inf.]
all persona interested in said deceased’, j
howcanae, why said executor sheuld’^
'f M^ext dI3miSSi ° n 4,1
TW. e Ang d ^8 1, «7 ,d “ <l0Ci,il1 -
aug25wGm. 6TEVEJf A. BORDER,
A GUNSMITHSHoij
IN ROME,
T HE Subscriber having had oierb. I
experience in the above named to?’’!
tere his services to the eitiiensof Bern,
rounding country, in that capacity
All work on gun*, pistols and ‘l yk i I
kind, neatly ana promptly executed 'I
warranted. All kinds of keys made or*V
shop opposite to Ayer HH1* 4 Co.
Arrangements have been tnsdf with k 1
Higgins on the Selma Railroad, to brinV . I
return work free of charge. 3 t
march6tw3t-»3ai. p.j^ HlGr J
DISSOLUTION.
T HE firm of Daily,, Reese k Co., wa* dissolv
ed on the 3d inst, by mntoaf consent.
All parries inde tod to the firm, or having
claims against it are requested to settle prompt
ly with C. W. SpronlL O. W. SPBOULL,
J.G. DAILY,
MILES REESE.
iehlltwlm.
NEW FIRM.
MILLS. DAILY A CO-
Successors to
DAILY, REESE ft CO.,
Manufacturers & Dealers
FURNITUBE,
SASH AND BUNDS.
drngCT
to this i
All Orders to the United States
must he Addressed tQ
HERBERT & GO.,
4T4 1.2, Broadway, New York.
For Sale by
HB. n. V. MITCH ELY,
«l»Ir Rome, Ua.
Marietta
FEHALE CILLEGE!
FACULTY.
J. T. MONTGOMERY, Puaiozn,
Prot Moral, Intellectual and Natural Sciences.
REV. V. E. MAGNET, Prot Mathematics,
Ancient and Modern Languages.
MRS. V. E. MAGNET, Preparatory Depart
ment.
MISS EUNICE CLIFTON, Voetri and Instra-
mental Music.
MRS. BROWN, Drawing, Fainting aad Nee
dle Work.
Suitable baildings, apparatus, furniture, etc.,
are all ready for the organization of the Col
lege, which tfie Trustees are determined under
the blessings of God, to make a complete
Beard oan be obtained with the President,
Prot Mange’, or in many of the best families in
the city at the low rate of $17 00 per month. In-
eluding waahlng. lights and fuel.
Tuition in College Department per quarter of
$1$ 0*
15 N
! ?3
1* 00
T 50
2 50
2 50
1 #*
ten weeks
Music on Piano or Goiter,
Music on Harp,
rod pattsr^
Needlework in all styles,
Vocal Mule taught daily per quarter
Use of Instruments,
Incidental Expenses,
Preparatory Department—Intermediate
Class, per quarter, io oo
Jnventle 8 09
No extra charges for Languages which all the
pnpils are urged to study. Music and the Orna
mental branches are optional with the patron.
WM. T. WYNN, Presdt Board Trustees.
Marietta; Neb. >3,1869.
The Oollego is now folly nnder w y, with ex
cellent prospects. Expenment* i’lnstrating the
ineiplroof Geography, Natural Philosophy,
om'stry, Astronomy, etm, are made daily in
the Laboratory before the classes.
N. B.—Board can be lad by special arrange
ments at from twetee to fifteen dollars per month.
Pupils may enter at any time, and only charged
from that time.
N. B. —All charges for board and tuition maybe
paid tit country produce at the best market prices
of Atlanta.
As tho President of tha College, I would say,
that having devoted twenty-five years to the
Work of training the minds and morals of girls,
and daring that time have odooatod about six
thousand at LaGrango. Ga., and Summcrfield,
Ala., I nut entitled to publio patronage. And with
tho experience of a q sartor of a century, and all
the vigor of young manhood, I pledge myaelf to
give perfect satisfaction to the patrons ef the Col-
ege. JT MONTGOMERY,
March!tw3t-wlt. President
'N purchasing the ahop axd machinery of
Messrs. Daily, Hesse A Co, wa have greatly
improved the facilities for manufacturing. It is
onr aim to employ competent men in all depart-
menu of onr business; to keep an ampl supply
of material on band, aad do work stric ly ao
cording to agreement. In t oronghness and
prompt OM, we do not mean to be excelled by
any manufacturing establishment in the South.
LUMBER.
A large stock of seasoned and gre q lumber
will be kept constantly on hamf, from which
contractor* can supply themselves at market
rates.
FURNITURE.
Will bo made a speciality, and homo made and
imported fnrnitore will bo kept in good variety.
at prices as torn as Atlanta rates.
MAT TRASSES
Kept on hand and made to order.
SASH & BLINDS,
Boors, Mantel*. Window Frame*, etc.
Will be (tarnished at Atlanta prices.
JOB WORK
Of all kinds la onr line promptly end faithful
ly attended to.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
AND
COFFINS
Famished at shart notice.
Ware Room Bro^d, St,, Opposite
R. S. NORTON ft SON.
feblltwlm-w3m-
HANDS WANT!
A
Cornwall
T HE Cornwall Iron Company desire L
thirty aMe-bodied men to work at fn.%,
NTfeod chopping, at their olups near t-
Biufi; Ala. Liberal trages will be giTesJ
comfortable houses furnished for such u J
families.
Apply to Chas. Eatery, General .
ent, at the works, or to W. 8. Cotlima,?
dear of the Company, Rome, Go.
marchCtvr-wtL
SADLERY. SADLER!
Hardware. Carriage
Leather, etc., etc.
Th undersigned beg to call attentiom a
Large and Complete Stock J
Saddles, Bridles.
HAUX. SS, CARRIAGE .MAILwit.
Which thoy offer at waoiatalo«pi>ari:i|
favorable terms.
Orders PrampAf Executed.
JENNINGS, .THOMLINSON l CCt |
No. 159, Meeting Street,
OPPOSITE CHARIiESTOX HO
march6wlm. Charleston!
INTERNAL REVENUE |
TAX NOTI
Floyd, Chattooga, Polk aii|
Walker Counties..
A 8 required bv Section 19th of tbe +X
ary 30th. 1364, amended July i&h, ].-a
provide Internal revenue to' support tbe gju
ment and pay the interest on the pubKe a
notice is hereby given that the list of utu
and enumerations mode will be open for t
notion at Borne, from the 15th to 24th of Ml
during wjiieh time appeals will ho reeeiri J
determined in accordance with said section I
„ W. H. HATSttJ, I
Marcn9w3w. Assessor 4th DistricV-”.|
O NE pound of Butter made from on» I Pi
Milk.
•} profit mode by investing $1 for •
Extract of Batter Plant, i_
with six gallons of milk, will produce 50 ft
1 >iime fresh Butter. This inexpensive, exed
3 utter is now daily consumed from tbeu
of the first Qateij, Restaurranta and ] |
families in N. Y. City and elsewhere.
State County and City Rights fox sale, olfc
to capitalists rare opportunities for esfcblsi
a staple business, paying enormous profis. il
gent* wanted everywhere. A bottle of tiif
tract, sufficient to make 50- lbs of Butter, r.
full direction for use, will be sent to *nji
dress on the receipt of $1,00. The pa&4
cautioned against oil worthless imitatioa,*
under the name o! •‘Butter Powde.s, Camp
Ac., as the Extract of Batter Plant is
only by
Economy Butter Company
Office 116, Liberty Street.
Factory 236, Greenwich Si.
N. Y.GtrJ
N. Hr—By tho use of the Batter Plant,
and excellent table batter is made at a -j
16 cents per pound.
feb2-tw2tw2m.
CONCORD BUGQY FOR SALE.
O NE ef Downing’s bast, durable, movable
•eat, leather top, boot and apron, with har-
ness, aU new, will be sold at a little less than it is
worth. Warranted gennine anil aU t ight. Ap-
-’-to B. F. JONES, or
!b25tw-wlvg WM. RAMEY.
10,000, YARDS trot line,
100,000 FISH HOOKS,
200 Pounds Seine Twine.
All Kinds of Hooks and Linos
for Sale; by J. E. veal.
mqrchftw-wtf.
BE WARD.
A S the tin box, marked W. U. Webb, taken
from Messrs Pitner A Smith's safa on the
night of the 2d inat*, contained only private ua
*>ers, valuable to n»V>ily bat the owner, and wi
loubtleas be thrown aside as toon as seen, a su
able reward will b* paid and noa>iestioii3 aske
•honld any on* find them aad deliver them
ebOtwlm. W. H.WEBB ;
-
DR. C. WILLIAMS’
Balsam of Wild Cherry & Wood NapiU
Thousands have been saved annually fros -j
untimely grave by using this Unrivalled “
ration.
It cares effectually all diseases of the T-'P
and Lungs, Consumption in its incipient s‘-~*
Asthma, Bronchitis, Colds, Coughs, Catarrh
Croup, Whooping Cough, Sore Throat, *wM
diseases of the Respiratory Organs, are is*
diately relieved by its use. .
AH oiders addressed to Dr. C. Williams 1
Memphis Tenn., will receive prompt attedJ*
General Agent* in ome^r. W. D.1I0YTI®
Also sold by Hamilton A Tnrnley, and oU wS
gists in the Southern States.
augl-tw-w-6m
Colclough,
Harkins
& Glover,
ARE NOW RECEIVING
Direct from the Mmufactotf 13
and Importers of the Norths
and Eastern Markets, a very
large and varied Stock of
SPRING & SUMMER
CONSISTING IN
Sstaple & Fancy Dry
IVotions,
Clotllillg-,
Boots, Shoes
Hats, &c„ & e '
„ been sele.-ted bjr one of the
person, with great care- we are able to o5e*
tra inducements to purchasers.
Thankful to our friends and patrons j or Zi r
very liberal patronage in the we hopo^
close prices, to merit a Iar_;e sin - r " f,,re -
therefore respectfully solicit on<
and examine oar go-ds and prii
E. ir.
JOJ
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