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ne Romo Courier
ROME, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING April 1.
For Congres—7th District.
Gen. P. M. B. YOUNG,
OF B.UtTOW C0C3TT.
CONGRESS.
This body hits accomplished, but little as
yet. The Tenure-of-Office Bill is stiU pend
ing. It has been repealed by the House
■ and modified.by the Senate. The two
Houses not being able to .agree, a Commit-
;■ tee < t' Conference has been asked. Rccou
struction of Georgia still “hangs fire.” It
is now probable that TrumbnU’s bill will
fail, and'Butler’s, now occupingthe atten
tion of Congress,' will hardly succeed. The
following is the substance of this bill:
It authorizes and directs the Governor to
summon forthwith, by proclamation, all per
sons appearing to have been elected to the
, Legist: turc according to the proclamation
of Major General Meade, June 20, 18CS,to
meet- at Atlanta within six months of the
passage of tho act. Such Legislature
vested with authority to make such enact
ments, and have such legislative proceed-
- ngs as are authorized by the laws of the
United States and the Constitution of Geor
gia. Members of the Legislature are to
take the test oath, except those whose po
litical disabilites have been removeed by act,
of Congress. The attempted expulsion of
African members is auoullrd and declared
void. The President of tho United States
is required to station in the State of Georgia
sufficient armed force 1 ? carry into cxecu
the act. and its officers to render aid aud
assistance in the administration of the Gov
ernment, on demand of the Governor.
Builock is still in Washington, and, with
others of the Georgia Radical Committee,
is urging (lie passugo of this bill. Grant
and hinny of the conservative Republicans
are opposed to it, and hence its fate
doubtful:' 1
A DISGRACEFUL PRACTICE TO BE
STOPPED.
The removal of “disabilities” in special
cases, aud purely for partisau purpose, de
grades both iegislatiou aud legislators,
bringing them into contempt with all hon
est men. We are glad to see there is a
prospect of its being stopped, aud take
pleasure in giving our endorsement to the
following remarks of the Columbus Enqid-
: rer on the subject.
“Nothing has pleased us more, of late,
than the positive telegraphic assurance that
no more partial bills removing political disa
bilities can be gotten through Congress,but
that there must be either a general remov
al of disabilities or none at all. This ‘dead
lock’ of a most corrupting and disgustin
practice has doubtless been effected by the
unanimous determination of the Democrats
in Congress, aided by a few Radicals. They
have seen how common it has become to
concoct bills containing the names of a few
men in each Southern State, wno, for the
mere sake of obtaining office, are willing to
act in all things with the Radical party,and
bow bills thus gotten up are rushed through
iCongress, without any regard for tho po
litical antecedents of the persons relieved.
■ The system amounts to downright bargain
i of principle on one side aud sale of pardon
ion the other. It made presentadhesion to
party, and not past fidelity to the Union or
the constitution, the test of fitness for
Congressional favor. If the practice has
indeed been brought to a stop—as wc
strongly hope it has—one of the most pro
tent agencies of corruption ever devised in
:his country has been blocked, aud the as
surance of Congressional restoration to po-.
itical rights will uo longer tempt unprinci
pled men to ‘crook the supple bingos
rf the knee where thrift may follow fawn-
' Aoit.V OWLEDGEMENT.—Wo have IB;
teived from the publishers '''the Secret* of
he Gre -t City;a work descriptive of the
Virtues anil the Vices,the Mysteries,Miseries
vul Crimes of New York City.” is the title
hfa haudsome volume, just issued by
Tones Brother & Co., Atlanta Ga.
It tells Uow Fortunes arc Made aud
Lost iu a day—How Shrewd Meu are ruin-
d in Wail Street—ITow Countrymen -are
Swindled by Sharpers—How Minister? aud
rlerchama are Black mailed—How Dance
Tails aud Concert Saloons arc Managed—
ow Gambling Houses and Lotteries are
nducted—How Stock and Oil Companies
riginate,and how the Babbles Burst—and
eats of New York, its People, its Society,
Rich, its Poor, their life, their habits,
eir haunts and their peculiarities; of
hurches, Theatres, Palaces, Hovels, Ten-
ient Houses and public Buildings.
This very interesting work is sold only
y subscription, and the pnblihcis want an
gent in every County.
Death op a Remabkahle Man.—Ja-
'ob Surgctt, ninety-seven years old, died at
Tew York last week, and deft a property
alued at ten millions of dbllais: He was a
reole Frenchman, but was horn in the
nited .States. He lived by rale and was
ry abstemious, drinking nothing but wa-
Ho used to say that he had a secret of
gevity which he bought of a gypsy woman
hen he was a sailor, and he thought he
ould live to be a hundred. For many
ars he spent his winters iu Mississippi
t when the War broke out he went to
ew York, where he remained until his
ath.
acific Tax on Xlquors aud Patent Mcdl
iciue Peddlers.
We publish the following letter for the
f rmation of those concerned:
Cave Seeing, Ga.,March 30, ’09.
B. M. Dwinell— .
Dear Sir: I have just returned from
lanta, andTsendyon my instructions in
ird to tax on liquors, which you will
e insert for the benefit of those iu the
nor business. By a recent act of the
■gislaturc, a specific tax of 20 cents per
lion wasdevied on gross sales, returns to he
ide quarterly to the Tar Collectors of tiro
ferent counties, on oath. - I jjm ordered
require returns;for the first quarter on the
■t of April. :
■Also, venders of Patent Medicines, Lin-
ents, or'other articles of like character,
icept regular merehants and druggists,)
ill he liable to a tax of* $50 for each
inty in whieh they shall peddle.
By inserting the above you will oblige
• ■" Your’s
‘ " Bam Tbout.
For the Rome Courier.] ■ -
General Longstreet.
Some papers have criticised the course
and appointmentof General Longstreet very
Telegraphic Markets. '
New York, March 30.—Flour 5al0
cents better. Wheat firm and quiet.'Corn
not mistaken in the man. Like all honest r tn R-o <11 AI^I 41 RirWRl position she has yet occupied, or of any
and independent menj he has forme*-** 27a27lf<S ™fSSTBSfc anticipated for her.
* • A 1? T, T • n on n.-> n . a • r.. o rv.r.fir-,tn wliafi Trnilld nutnrullir Tio at.
opinions, after fighting hard and' valiantly
for his section, and he has a right to those
opinions, be they right or wrong.; and I con.
ceivcit to be in bad taste to assail a man
wbo has shown to the world such integrity
and conrage as the General has, merely for'
opinion’s sake. I, for one, if it be true that
the General has declined the appointment,
regret his having done so; and why? Be
cause in the present situation of the South
it would be better for her if men of integ
rity and honor could receive, and would ac
cept all the important and influential offices
General Grant would bestow upon them
and nothing is more certain, the offices must
be filled, and if not accepted by honorable
aud reliable men, ether men will be appoint
ed and accept who may do much harm, and.
at any rate, do nothing towards allaying the
bitter prejudices existing with the extreme
Radicals at the North, and iu Congress.—
A word from such a man as General Lon]
street,-in vindication of truth aud justice,
would have more weight with the President
aud Congress than all that could be said by
those carpet-bag, political emissaries' who
have worked so, hard, by night an : day, to
pervert truth and justice, und to keep the
South in bondage and confusion. As such
if General Longstreet has declined the ap-
poi itmeut, we shall, lose more than we shall
;aiu by his not accepting and time will fur
ther conviuee us that we do wrong iu pre
judging the motives and acts of such men
Mr. Editor, iu this article you have the
ideas of oue who is not a politician, but
plain old farmer, and who endorses the
words of the President, “Let us have peace."
March 29, 18G9. D.
Negro Duel near Augusta.
A duel was fought at Sand Bar Ferry last
Saturday between two colored gentlemen
named Jim Rhodes and Mosc Sulivan. The
weapons used were Navy Sixes. The Au
gos’-a Daily Press concludes its account of
the affair as follows;
Across the river, the seconds selected
the ground in a newly ploughed field oil the
hill to the left. Rhodes won the position.
The belligerents were stationed, and the
regulations cited: That afteranuoucement
of “ready,” they should fire between the
call “one” aud “three,” aud continue tofire
uiiti I five shots had been expended, or eithei
fell, maintaining their ground. In takia
position; the parties manifested great cool
ness and courage, aud throughout the
;ht.
The word “fire” was issued; and the' fir
ing commenced. Three shots were fired
without damage to cither party. On the
fourth round, Rhodes received a severe
and painful wound on the “trigger” fi.iger,
between the third joint aud the knuckle,
badly crushing the the boue. The filth shot
was fired without effect. The wrath cf the
principles was not yet appeased, and their
ftok were reloaded aud handed to them
or another trial.
At this juncture, some gentlemen inter
posed to stop further effusioa of blood,
esting that tho “lion ir” of the parties
ad been sufficiently vindicated, aud rec
ommended the calling of a Board of Honor
with that view. The friends of the respeo
tive beligrauts acceded, the Board was
called, and rnled that the affair should
progress no farther. Tho principals were
averse to this decision, hut were overruled
their bloodthirsty inclinations, and the
affair came to an end. Principals, friends,
and spectators returned to the city, Satisfied
of the bravery of the colored troops.
Rhodes will doubtless lose his finger by
amputation.
The Mjssebies of a bioii Man.—The
New York correspondent of the Rochester
Democrat is responsible for the following:
Alexander T. Stewart clears one thous
and dollars a day, Sundays excepted, all
the year round. Cornelius Vanderbilt
pleads guilty to twice that sum, while Wil
iiam B. Astor rates his incorno at four theus-
aud three hundred and thirty dollars per
diem.:-Sleeping or waking, the last nam'ed
gentleman finds a three dollar bill dropping
in to his hat every minute of the twenty
four hours. He cannot sit down with his
physician without h viug a little more
wealth, if not health; ho ca inot unburden
his mind without feeling his burden increas
ing in his pocket; and he cannot-walk down
Broadway, however the weather may be;
without meeting a shower of money. At
every turn each stairs him in theinost inso
lent manner; banks fling their dividends at
his head; ruthless financiers beat him with
coupons; unpitying and soulless corporations
dump their lucre at his door steps; add -cou-
temptous bill stickers plaster his door with
greenbacks One might wonder what that
fellow has done to merit this treatment,
and the only charge that oan be brought is
that he is a rich man’s son, and therefore
mmst suffer. *
What Bullock is Doing at Washington..
e We do not attach much importance tq oar
Express Governor, and wc believe he is
pietty well “played out” everywhere; hut
as some of our readers may be purious to
knew what rascality he is fomenting in
Washington, we copy from the Louisville
Cc uricr-Journal’s special oflhe'23d:
“Governor Bullock, of Georgia, is hore,
workirg actively with the intense Radical
faction to tear up the presentgovemmentin
that State, and have Congress remand it to
a territorial condition. Of couree, Bullock
is to be the head, with unlimited power of.
appointment and removal. Another point
he is striving for, is to be empowered to de
clare martial law over any portion of tho
State, so as to ran the State niachiue after
the Brownlow stylf. The Georgia bill is
set for Thursday, It is certain that that
severely, and, I think, prematurely so, for,
all who know the General must know bi n to —-- - -
be a straightforward, honest soldier, who
says what he believes and acts from an
honest conviction of consci nee. He has
never been a politician, hence he is unvers
ed in all those political strategies that make
men shape tiicir couree for certain per onal
ends—and if it be true that the General lias
declined the appointment that Gen. Grant
hps bestowed upon him, it shows we are
not mistaken in the man. Like all honest
higher. Pork doll; new mors 31 37ia3I 50 ings and complications, aiore intere-t iu
at I8J. Cotton doll at 29
it 50Ja51. Rosin 2 45
Freights firm.
Stocks steady andhnset'led. Monqy
SjeriingSL <Md LSlff: -
'Liverpool,- March ' 30 —afternoon
Cotton active; Uplands 12}al2; Orleans
121al2f; sales 20,000 bales.
Cinclnatti Market.
Cixcinatti, March 29.—Flour $6 25a 6
50. Corn 62c. Oats 63a66c. Whiskey
61c. Mess pork $32 00. Bulk meats 12}a
143c. Lard 18ialS|c. Hfinis -lSjalSi.
Molasses 30ca$l 00. Sugar'l-(al6c. Wheat
Georgia was manifested in Washington aud
the North than in any other State of the
South ortheU. ion. Our material condition
T: and resources were subjects of never ending
Dndyeager inquiry and speculation, and tho
'disposition,both to immigrate 10 'and to in
vest in this State, is wide spread and in
creasing. So soon as the groundless appre
hensions of lawlessness and violence in
Georgia -abate and' disappear,wc' may i look
with entire confidence for a rash of pupa,
lotion and capital, which, in five years,will
.place Georgia-ic population'. ' wealth an]
productive- power, 1 far in advance ''of any 1
:ition she '
firm at 20a26c for prime to choice Rio.
Batter firm and scarce. 38a45c. Eggs 19a
20c. Apples 84 50a5 50 “
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
We commence our review, says this At
lanta Intelligencer, of the repart of the
Railroad Committee, by pub'ishing the fol
lowing letter from Hou. "Mark A. Cooper,
and will also publish thd letters from Ex-
Governor Brown, and Colonel E. Hurlburt,
the present Superintendent of the Road,
and, in e inclusion, will say something of
the Report and the Road, Slid its officers
geneially:
Glen Holly; Ga., Nov. 25,1868.
T. D. WriglU, Esq., Secretary Committee,
Atlanta, Ga.
Sib: Your camumnication to me of the
10th instant has just coine to hand. It en
closes a preamble and resolution of the Leg
islature of the State of Georgia, by which
your committee have called on me for my
views and opinion of the expediency of such
a change ofthe geueaal management of the
Western & Atlantic Ra IroaiLas would place
it beyond the reaeh of polities] influences
and complications.
I cheerfully respond, and herewith give
you my views:
l-’iist. The West- rn & Atlantic Railroad
is a very large estate, belongiug to the peo
ple of Georgia. It is capable of yielding an
annual income of half a million of dollars,
over and above the gross receipts and dis
bursements. The collecting and paying-out
these sums invJve annually transactions of
a million -n. id a half of dollars, and the em
ployment of a great many men at slated
salaries, who depend co such salaries for
thcirliving. This Urge property, invol.ing
the employment of so mach money and so
many serving-men, belonging, os stated, to
the people of Georgia, must be managed by
the people, or their chosen agents, selected
andappointed for that purpose. The people,
rn masse, cannot manage it
Whenever they underake to: choose
person or persons to manage it for them,
whether it be directly done oy tnemselves,
or indirectly by the Legislature or the Ex
ccutivc, this act of choosing or appointing
is necessarily subjected to “political influen
ees and complications.” Hence, I have
never been able to conceive of a plan for
the management of this vast property,- that:
could free it from such “influences and Com-’
plications! - whilst it remained the property
of the people- If, therefore, it be deemed
indispensable thas to free it, the only plan
by which it can be done is to sell it. .This
involves, a choice between evils. : :■ Of the
two, after mature consideration. for many
years, I have believed the lesser evil is not
to sell. -
, Continuing: to hold it as the property of
the State still involves the necessity of
risking the influences aud complications, by
a removal beyond the reach of which it.is
thought' the interests ofithe people would *-e
greatly subserved. To remove it' beyond
the reach ofthese influences, It* the reason
juststated, by.aay plan short of a sale, is
imply impossible, since the appointing or
choosing an agent or agents to manage it,
involves political action, subject to tho very,
inflneoces and complications referred to.
Iu adopting any system of management,
therefore, only involves a question of more
or less intricacy, so far as we may intend or
desire to place it free from such complica
tions. As before,stated, it must be managed
by the people directly, »r by tli s Legislature
or Governor, or some one appointed or chos
en by these- or by the people
We think there should bp but one opinion
upon this point, to-w.it: That the immedi
ate aud direct management of the road
should be confided to one executive head,
to superintend and direct the' operations.
Whether lie shall be chosen by the people
direct or the Legislature, or by .two or mare
persons appointed for that'purpose, or
hether le should be appointed by the
Governor, aril the matters alone subject to
doubt. If therefore, one opinion, which is
here asked, can be of use, it will be ia re
gard to these doubtful points. Our exper
ience has been mainly in one direction,
since by one system the Governor has ha
bitually appointed tho Superintendent, and
has been vested with the power ol removal.
A? to q choice directly: by 'thp peofloi' or.in
direct!)- hytlic Legislature; wo think either
ef,these involves greatci evil than the ap
pointment By the Gdveitbojf. "Atf’fo thb apt 1
poiotmeut by two-or more persons, 1 ' to be
chosen by the peoplcurtiheirrepresentatives,
we are of.thcopinioirthat there 'is much to
hazard, in the efficient government and
management^: .the road, and-very little to.
be gained ill. tho efforj, to place it beyond
the reach of political influences; heqee it is,
and has been, our opinion thatwc cannot do
better than to make tho . Governor responsi
ble for the proper management of the road
by proper persons appointed by him for. that
lurpose: Practising,on this plan we have
,iad successful results. We,- dp . not ..feel
called up on for an exposition.ot .plic reasons
of tlit. opinion here expressed! We are
only asked for an-expression of an o^infou!
j^y per mission of the committee, hplvever,
wc will here state that this opinion is the
result of mature consideration !ind : 'patient
examination and observation of tho oobdu'ot'
The Futcrbof Georgia.—Conversing
with Representative Gove yesterday .he re-
-uiarkcd that outside of onr political bear-
Contrary to wlmt would naturally be ex-
yiected the most interest and inqiniy are
displayed in relation to the middle and
Southern sections of ueoigta, and not for
those parts of the State most _ resembling
the North in: climate, soil and products.
But all the whole State is regarded by the
North as a country of extraordinary natural
resources and bound to become, at no dis
tant day,one iff the wealthiest and most
power ill States of the Union.—Macon Tel.
£S5~We copy from the editorial corres
pondence ofthe Montgomery Mail the fol
lowing letter from. Hon J. B. Bcck. Dem
ocratic Representative in Congress from
Kentucky, to its editor. Mr Beck is so
well known as a strong and bold opponent
of the Radical measures for the .oppression
of the South,that the sineerity of his friend
ship for us in giving this advice cannot be
doubted. But it wil! be a hard matter, in
many of the districts of the Southern States,
to find representative men who can take
the test oath:
Washington.March i8 1369.
Dear Sib:,—Inability (u t ke the test
oath of July, 1862. iaas complete a ba lo
takiug a scat in Congress, aa disability t<
hold office under the 14th Amendment
You ought to be specially ear lai to select
men whose disabilities have been removed,
or who can take the oath (su called), as it
is u -t improbable iu this age of progress,
that Congress may decide that all votes cast
for a person iuclligible under the the law
of 1862, or the Amendment, are thrown
away, as ;uch so as if east tor a woman or
a boy, and that, the contestant is duly el-et-
ed.. I would not rup any risk on that
question I would rather s.-nd even an in
ferior man than have the question made,
knowing this Congress as I do. Yours
truly..
J. H Beck.
bed hot.
The following card appears in the Macon
Telegraph of yesterday, and addressed to
R. B. Hall, a Democratic member of the
G.crgia Assembly, by his father, M. M.
Hall:
Macon, Ga. March 19th, 1869.
R. E. Hall—Sim I understand, that yon
aria to bo in Mscon at half past oue o’clock to
morrow. I sc> from the papers that you vo
ted fur the fifteenth amendment to the Con
stitution. With the feet if the Radical
Congress upon your neck, yon have, with
obedience and humility, voted for a law
that will degrade you forever.
You .have disgraced both your grand
fathers’ names, whose bones new lie in the
Two Vatu&bfe Farm* are oflerfil for mto ; one
of 540 acres, six mPes front Roue. Splendid
Dwelling, well improved, well watered, and the
_ . bost of Vallej land; the other ten miles from
o dwjncea yoirselF, aod Rome, 260 acres. w*il watered, aabstantiai im
brought shame upon yoar father and moth- Cl ^ k fo n<i - » 3<1 fjrm lx
er. 'an . on. ppr u w inirsaiv.
Bloody Phillips.
Brother Phillips’ kindly and benevolent
nature is waxing warmer with the advent of
spring. His last Anti-Slavery Standard is.
lurid with his Christian philanthropy
Saitli he:
-‘We beseech General Grant to scud men
South whose very names shall mean ven
geance-deep, terrible and most effectual
vengeance : *• * Hang twenty
sassins in every Southern capital six hours
after.they are arrested; and yon will empty
half the bank vaults of Christendom into
the S "-uth; you will light up all its forges
and orowd its exchanges with business men.
This is the wav, Soldier of the Wilderness,
to “hammer” the rebellion to pieces. If
the South likes blood et her sup full of it,
only let it be the blood of assassins.—
Sheathe no sword nnti' honest Union men,
black and white, native and foreign, alone
and in companies, on lonely prairi» and
city streets, sit each under bis own vine and
fig tree—the start und stripes—with uoue
to molest or make them afraid.”
-What would the world do without brothei
Phillips! He combines iu his single person
the virtues of Robespierre, Danton, Ma
rat'and Jack Ketch. He . would -like to
wade in blood, if it did not soil his pumps
and silk stockings.—Maeon Telegraph.
Elopement and Marriage of, a
Bourborn Prince with an American
Belle.—Prince Louis of Bourborn, who
eloped from Paris with Miss Amelia Isabel
Hamel, a native of New Orleans, buLwhaee
family removed' to Huvaua some fifteen,
years ago, was married to her in New York
on Satqrday evening. Tht ceroumnr wu;
a civil one, the Catholic priests detaining
to perform one cf a religmjs character- Her
father is Mr. Johu B. Hamel, a very wor
thy man, doing business as a ship broker,
and welt known to the. commercial commu
nity and to all sea captains who hive visited
Havana during the past twenty years. Miss
Hamel has always b ire a very high reputa
tion, while her talents flare made her cele
brated in the fashi .nab] - circles of Europe
and the United! States. Prince Louis wrote
a letter from Oolongo to Mr Hamel,-ex-
[ihfr.ing his reasons for eloping, and i-skin:
tier hand in marriage, which very natural
request the old gentlemao granted, with a
telegraph po-itscript for them to come tq
New Yark and 1 bo married fo the laud of
liberty and-' greenbacks, which they did.
The bridegroom-ir tho brother of Don Gar
Wfi; and a grandson of Hilaries the Fifth-
aud .management of tliief road; during every
administration of every party, from the
null and -void, will be embraced in tho new
oue to be submitted by the, Reconstruction
Committee.”—po^slitiUionalift.
The Beauties of Loyalty.—Tijo ap
plication of oaths so largely made in the
South by the government, and tho dis-
franchisemont of all refusing to do the
stringent swearing, receives a very odd ill-'
usfratiop ill Missouri, Frank Blqir, Jr.,
lately candidate for Vice Presidcat. js dis
franchised iu his own State because of his
activity as a Union soldier early,.in the war.
The oath requires the voter to swear,among
other things, -that he has never taken up!
arms against the State. Early lathe war.
Missouri was in the bands of the .rebels,
and her Governor organized as State troops
a secession force. Blair helped to capture
that force; and therefore cannot take the
oath —IT. Y. Herald.
largest'i
country dependent on4t» just and proper
mahagsuinatj we have been, the largest
contributor of pE»duets for it? freight, t>l}h-
ject to gain or loss thereby. These, have
prompted us to.a full examination ofothese
subjects. We were the first to suggest the
building of the road, were present to indi
cate to legislators the. practicability of. the
>oate, when the act authorising its structure
was ado - ted. Wo have marked its progress
and completion, and closely examined hits
subsequent management,- under the prompt
ings of interest a? well aa an ardent desire
for, its success. Before the moying of the
diri'for the building of the Qeorgia Railroad
portion of the old bill declaring, the. acts „of
the late Georgia Ligislature inoperative, ^iiddlq.Georgia, which ■proposed and adopt -
„ - b - ed resoliitfons for the building of that road.
We have, therefore^ by active co-operations,
yielded ‘ to ‘the influence of enthusiastic
.feeling for the commencement and consum,
njation Of a grand, undertaking jyhich has
brought 'the Wsjlerif products through our
State to'our Attantfo‘cities.- / ' . / '
Tiiese facts, with ad observation abif 1 ex
perience of forty years, babitually identified
with onr railroads and-4heir--operations,
have satinet} me.oft^e justness apdpropri-
etj ofthe opininns.lteto expressed;,, all of
whiett ig respectfully sulimitted^y
' Uvibatt 1
• ‘ :.1. to m** A- SS°?E«r: .
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A large number of Northeru, people re
cently foft bfew York to find homes in Geor
gia, Sp»th fJaroljna and Florida.
Arctic Exploration.
Two new expeditions in the direction
the North Pole are contemplated, to start
during the approaching summer. One sets
out from Berlin, under Prussian auspices,
and tho other from the United States. Dr.
Hayes, of the United States navy will prob
ably command the latter, and it will be hit
second Arctic voyage . The Doctor made a
speech in New York last week, in whieh he
said he hoped to recover the little flag
planted at Cape Union some years ago, and
carrying it forward, wave it at the very
North Pole itself. It is very interesting
read these perilous voyages, but for the life
cf us we cannot see their- practical utility.
A north-west passage to India, if discovered,
would be jf but litlle value to mankind,
owing to the dangers to be encountered be
fore getting to it.
jSrNtgro man named I’oahus Mackal
living at Lawton, Station 12. on the Atlan
tic and Gull Railroad, on the 20, adminis
tered puis u in roasted potatoes to two col
ered ehildrrn. whieh produced death
thir.y minutes. He did it to save the ex
pense of support iu - them — they being the
children of a widow he was living wit.. He
was arrested and carrio-' to Bavnunah
Where isthe sensation telegrai hist of At
lanta? Can’t he send on this as another
Ku Klux outrage?
From tab Savannah News.—We
learn that the Bishop'of New J ersey has
just given unties that be will refuse at con
firmation to lay his hands upon the piles of
false hair,and Cbiguons which disfigure the
heads ef so many young ladies seeking ad
mission to the church and communion. The
Lying on of sacred hands at the altar npon
eo much rubbish gathered from the fo
quarters of the earth, is deemed an offeree
to the law aud gospel of the church.
S&*ln a recent aonveixatioii'with an Al-
aijatna ex-rebal George H. Pendleton said
— as reported in the Montgomery Mail:
The'result in. your'State will fie like
that iu the States which I have mentioned,
,if your conservative people will stand uni
te i and patiently' bide vour time I feel
assured that free goverment in Alabama
ill not prove a failure so long at you have
suoh leaders as Fitzpatrick; .Clanton, Win
ston, Forsyth, Houston and others, whom I
could not name. One 4hiug--uuut-be kept
in mind, however, I if y m would.not intro
duce an- eleiooot6f discord in-your ranks,
make no promises, to tlie negro. If yon
make : him, promises, - you will be in duty
bound to Ifeep yonr foith irith bite- Keep
aloof frenn- that mitangliug aiiianoe. The
questions before ■ yon demand no pledges
from you to tho negro race.. Do not be im-
Ipatfopt. if the ret uni to a white man’s gov-
erment 1 should be delayed .anger than yr '
expect! A few years are notbliigin the life
agdverraent.
ifeof
Head Body Hound.—On Sunday the.
14th inst., tl e body of a mao, very much
'decayed was found- bysmne boys on the
drift at Ten Island!Shoals.in C<w«
Some portion of bis reualna had beeq cqrri-
ejioff dogs. A forge pocket book was
found in his clothes,.containing papers
which seemed to identify the body aaAhat
of Benjamin J. Goss, of Cass County Ga-
•The papers, subject to the order of his
.friends, wit be left at this office. His
remains were decently interred by the peo-
■plei of tho. neighborhood, ne-r the place
where they were found.
We learn since that a man answering
to the uami and desorjptiqq qf Ms. Qos?
was drowned some months ago, while cross
ing the/Coosa river,’on his way. moving
west.—Jacksonville RepaUican
Bullock and Georgia.
.Governor Bullock, of Georgia,is hero
working .actively with the intense Radical
foofipn to Mur up the' present government
in . that State, ana have Congress remand it
to 0 territorial, Cflodiffon- -Gf. cpareoB.nl-
lock is to be the head, with uuliiqiUtj pqw
er of appointment and lemovaf. Another
pomt tp,bo striving for is to be.empowered
to declare martial law over any portion of
the State niachiue after the.Brownlow
stylo. Tho Qeorgia bijl is set for Thursday.
It is certain that that porti ia ofthe old bS|
declaring the acts ofthe late Georgia Leg-
uiafnfe inoperative,null and void will be
cmbrqcci} Jin fbq rjPW ot l J be sub
mitted by the Reconstruction Qqrqmit,
t/fthp', I, . * J-.
The above is a Washington special to the
Courier-Journal of yesterday.
American Sympathy with the Ou
Bans.—A very crowded meeting tins held
in Steinwuy Hall last evening, with the
view of expressing the sympathy of the
New York with the Cuban people in their
struggle for independence. Mayor Hall
presided. The assemblage was addressed
in eloquent terms by the Bev Henry W’ard
Beecher; strong resolntio ■ were
urging on the Cabinet in Washington the
pri priety of according beli.gereot rights to
the Cabans, and of otherwise aiding the
movement of the people ol the island.—
Rsrald 26.
‘ Sad End .or the University
South Carolina.—Radicalise says the
Edgefield Advertiser, has completely killed
the University - of . South Carolina. The
University hill, which has lately become
Hw. provides that there shall be no distinc
tion in this institution on account of color.
And among trustees lately elected, an two
negroes, Cardoza and Boseman. Of course
this puts the finishing stroke to the whole
concern; for certainly the young men of
Suurii Carolina will not sit in classes with
negroes This is wise and politic legislation
with a vengeance.
8®_GoId has recently been discovered
Hawkins county. Te n about eleven
miles cast af Rogereville. on the South
side of the Holsron river. 1 he specimens
exhibited are said to be of the richest
quality surpassing t ie celebrated miues of
I’-difornia. A company of ener.- etic gentle-
L : pussesed of sufficient capital, haye the
matter jn charge, amj will fqjiy develop the
capacity of the mines.
The Negro Applicant for thr Posi
tion of Ministers t r HAtTf.—Great
efforts are being made to secure the ap-
pointmemt of Ehenxor D. Bassek (colored)
princ.pal of a school in Phi adelphia as
Minister to Hayti. He is endorsed by the
nat onal committee of colored men, Fred
Douglas. Downing; Langston, and others,
wh.lc and black.
tisfOne night last week, a negro mqn
deliberately drove a two mule wagon In front
of tl|e smoke house ua the plantation of
Colonnl Hugh 'I. King, near Society Hill,
Alaba ia, ar-d 1 aided it with seven ..uadred
pounds of in nit, and as coolly deputed.—
Some noise aroused the wil’d of the man who
had charge of the place. She disoovered
the going mi. and seiz'ng her pistol followed
the rooue. .She pursued so hotly that the
-scoundrc' “uuhitehed” hismu’es, and with
them beat a hasty retieat. leavii g be
hind the wagon aud his plunder. Ho has
hot yet been arre ted.
Early County, a the News, qf Friday,
ilqys that corn is up m that county and is
looking well.
C-ottua planting his coaueuecJ. and
two thirds .if the land-cultivated iu Early,
Miller, aud Calhoun will be devoted there
to, although there is a lack of corn in many
Cribs.
Hogs are safer iu that *eetjqi| than at
aqy time siqcq the war, They have a trick
of eatlug arseufo .which makes their meat
isugree with sonc folks.
Opp for Florida.—Company SJ. Artil
lery, of tbo United States foroes stationed
in Atlanta - , says the Constitution of the 27th
inst., left yesterday evening by the Macon
and Western rail rood for St. Augustine,Fla.
They Were evidently c “spiling for a fight,”
as two of them had a rough encounter be
fore leaving. By the way, have anticipated
movements toward Cufoi anything to d°
with theirtfjinffiwtlirtpds*?
rSrWo lietrn that Oql, Hulbert has tak
en the State Road patronage from this paper
byadireotand positive order from onr
friend Bollock.. We also learn that the
Colonel is somewhat sick of our excellent
friend Bullock, and that he regrets erer
having accepted a second command , on the
road It must be very annoying for bo.
able a man to be deviled out of his life
by our aforesaid friend Bullock.—Atlanta
J?*?-
Death Edward Bates.—Hon. Edward
Bates died-at St. Louis last Friday. He be
longed to not a small number of men who
have more real worth than fame. ' Mr.
Bates was well krown in tho Mississippi
Valley in tho days ofthe old Whig party,
of which he was an acknowledge leader.
But always residing iu a Democratic dia-
tricland State, he never attained a public
office until after the advent of Ipqcoin and
tl)q radicals. He was Linooln’s Attorney
SS^-The enrolling clerk of the House o-
Representatives, who recently made a blun
der of a million or two of dollars in favoi
qf the . whiskey ring, has already m»de
another blunder of the same kind- That
folio'*- hids lair to hluader into an enor
mous foitqop.
; ia* ir Sr. .
gCrGcn. J oo Wheeler is living near
Courtland, Ala., aod says the shovel and hoe
is his politics.
i-jaw tore
Just Opened.
JOHNSON & GOLDSMITH.
T HE commnmtj are iavited •• examine t h
■oeck of Family Grocsriei. Crockery and al
articles <"■ “ “ " * ■ Ml
received.
W* only
of Family Supplies, oil fresh snd jus
. Tbs aa.ortjaent is la-ra snd compista
a.k a tJr thawing. Come and ses ns
sing.
U. W. JOHNSON,
A. J. GOLDSMITH.!
AgU
March 19 —twStSwZm.
SCHOOL PR0PEHTY
For Sale.
qPHE properly in R*mc r known w the Fouehe
J. School Property, is offered !or*xle. The Jot
ia 300 feet front sad running back «50 feet. The
kooM 40X60 feet, with large Music Boom Saiah-
ed ia bajement. Bare inducements will be of
fered ton cash purchaser. Possession can be
given en !8tb of Julj next, but probably the
present leiser would like te retain possession un
til 1st of Januarj. .
The snbscriber also offers for rale one-third in
terest in aOotton Wareh..u e in Carterseil'e
J. L WHITEHEAD.
Borne. March27lw-wt£ .. Jr, ...
Just Received!
Japanese Cloths,
LEK0S..
GRENADINES,
SILKS,
ARMSTRONG, CAT0R & CO,
237 and 23D. BALT1 MORE STREET,
Baltimore.
HFOST1H. UP louni or
BONNET AND TRIMMING RIBBONS,
VELVET AND SASH RIBBONS,
Bonnet Crape., Siika aud Batina,
It fusion,. Jitontis, tart,. Holies. Xltt* A Trier t
French Flowers & Feathers
STRAW BONNETS AND LADIES HATS
TaraMKD AMD OmiKIKP.
Sundowns & Shaker Hoods.
The largest stock cf Milliner/ goods iu this
country, and unequaled in choice variety, which
we otter at prices that wiil dcfy competition.
ORDEU8 SOLICITED.
f«b331m.
1>U, C. WILLIAMS*
Balsam of Wild Cherry &, Wood Naptha,
Thousands hare beets gored annually from an
untimely gray* by using this Hnriralied Prepa
ration.
It cares effectually all diseases of, the Throat
end Longa, Consumption in its Incipient stages
Asthma, Bronchitis, Colds, Coughs, Catarrhs
Croup, Whooping Cough, 8erc Throat, and ell
diseases of the Respiratory Organs, ars imme
diately relieved by its us*.
All orders ad dressed to Dr. C. Williams k Co.,
Vmphis Tens., will receive prompt attention.
General Agrnts in ome,Dr. W. D. HOYT k CO.
'Also sold by Hamilton k Tarn ley, and all Drug
gists in tbs Southern States.
augl.tw.w-6m
A GUNSMITH SHOP
IN ROME.
npHE Subscriber having had over forty year
X experience in the shove named business, of
fers his services to the citizens of Rome and an'
rounding eountry. in that capacity.
All work on guns, pistols and lxks of any
kind, neatly and promptly executed, and w*rl
warranted. All kinds of keys mgds sr msG «L
Shop opposite to 4ysr Dills k (Jo,
4rrangement| have been made with Mr. J. If.
Diggfns oq (he Seims Railroad, to bring in end
retain work freoof charge.
march6tw3t-w3u. P. A- HIGGIN8,
MANTLES,
THOMSONS' GLOVE FITTING
CORSETS.
Valuable “Properij
FOR SALE
At Gave Spring
HOOFER, HOUGH A FORCE.
. Aprilltwtfr
THE OLD HANEY HOUSE
HOTEL PROPERTY.
Cenforlable llofoi
WithHevtfnteen Rooms,
Two Store Houses,
Two Livery Stables,
T wo Tliree.
Poiu-ths Acres of
■ ’ £.A.2VI>,
All Lying in the Center of the
Tbi. i, an' excellent Hotel and Lirrrr li.tr
8uad, and there i» probably not'n , U nd i»^
a
Four Thousand Dol-
lars, Cash.
r . • TIIOS. II. BOOZE.
: iatootw, F tr • ffl&SSWS!
Per-Sale by
Sure Cure for Piles.
No Core no Pay.
A NY perron purehaung my pit. onedwint
aad failing to b. eund. if h. follow, the
direction, will be rcfhnded hi. menef.
This medicine ie tor rete by Dr. J. H. Newlin,
in Rome. AD I wk U a trial.
Any perron enclosing one dollar te me at
Yerbroogb. Floyd county, Ga., will receive by
mail, free ef cart, one package ef the mediein
M. E. DAVIS.
B.rchlVwita pd
NEW GOODS.
J. B. Towers & Son,
Are now receiving their Spring
STOCK OF GOODS,
Consisting of
Dry Goods,
Notions,
Hats, Shoes,
Crockery,
Oonfeetioneries,
Groceries, EJtc.
WhicJi tkciy W the trade lew for ea*hl .»r
Country Produce
let Boor above. Wadsworth’* Manitrare
Store. Shatter Block. Rome Ua.
marah 2S>w-wIy 3. R. TOWERS k SON.
DEESS-HAEIN6.
Mrs. SALVAGE
8 prepared to CUT A5D UAK& DBJESS**
in the Latest. Style* vnd Best Mcnuer. Cota
by mea»nre und Good Fitting guaranteed. . .
Purticalar attehtfoa given tw Childrv4*3 GTOth-
f*»r Braiding
the jxeniett mann-'r.
«f new
r.d Embroidery
Sum pa jest received. ap!
E. C. HOUGH,
LOCAL AGENT, KUME. GEORGIA,
A supply of Machines, Needle#, Thread, S
etc, adapted to the Haeh'fnck* eohefaiitly ’
h. HAur eLD. ok. e. HiLLTiiF. ui a. reaixcbeT.'
HlBFOLD, HILL YE E A. GO.
No, 3, Shorter Block»Rome,Ga.
Wholerale and Retail Dealei r in '
r . -• . -••? :i- ti v.| «-/e
DRY G6 0D8, -
NATIONS
READYMADS CLOTHING,
H A T-S,. E T C,. ET
A re receiving end opeqing d«iif, new good# of
J\. every Tariety..; .Qar arrangement# are com
pleted for weekly purchaies from Manufactor-
ersand importers diiwt tbrougbuQt the Season,
keeping our Stock freeh and desirable. £*> the
trade at all time#. Special atrentioi if invited
to the following article#, which are constantly
kept in large variety :
100 dozen English. German and American Hose,
75 dozen Linnen CamLric-Handkt-rchie&i; a large
and well «elopt »d ft-wk of Spring MM i.-Summer
Cassimer**#. Cottonadee and Linen#, Miles* &eit
Hand-Stitche-l Boo*j and Shier, Muse# Kip.
Calf aud Cloth 8hoes; Ladle#, Utises and Chil-
dreSa Kip, Calf, Hod Moroojo and Cloth Shoe#,
Ladies Dress Goods,
Itt aiidiess Vaiietjr^, T . . .
We Invite speeittl'jttteiitiiirr io if nico line V»:
Laro Prints. Pique Sacks. Fl -ohc*! a d -Deinar- J
Skirt'S.. ... . . bl. ; ’V :
Fhtnkf »1 for pa«: fay »rs. w* nu*t, h5 RWityv
and close titt-Vnticia to the wmtJ ••f/th * trid«. t*»
merit a coiithnracfvs oftho Sam*.' '■ ? 1 *
H vBPGmP. -Iff.LlrYRR A.CO.: ?
NEW AEEIYAL.
J. S, DOYLE, .
WATCniKAEK
AND
JEW Eli SB,
HOM’S, GEORGIA.
ViroULD reciMetfally .ncmuce b> the citi-
*J ie«i of Item, and ricinitr that he hu
epraed.. ,i’..
FIRST CLASS JEWELRY STOKE,
At Ne. a, Cnoico Hotel Bleck. ‘
fa’Drag Store of T»tt. B^imitron £ S<ae’fo
Where ke Silt keep «n band a wail
«.foe:ed Stock cf
WATUHBS,
CLOCKS.
jewelry;
SOLID SILVER and ’
PLATED W ARE,
Ol the beat manafeetare. »e-l e»«y thing kepi
hie line, ail of which he will >elllaw f .r c.ia.
F.rtiee wishing Goo -1* that can be warranted,
would do well to give him a call before purchas
ing eUawhere. Th. ladie* «rq up«ata|ly iq.itad
tq oall qqd exataifie hie Stack—.na treabla to
ahow geode, lie it aleo agent for the celebrated
Harel and CourVoiaier Watcher, in gold and ril-
rer caeca—th. bott made, which ho can aell at
anafactarar'a price Special attention paid
i repairing of fin. watcher, clwcki aud jewelry.
AU work warranted to giro aatieUction. En-
graving neatly done. .—
^SR.IIc hms on Iron Safe for tho aecarity *f
Tnluablea left with him.
AprilltwSm.
B F. BUCKWALTEM,
BQOT ASfD SHOE MAKE H.
Shop in front ro#m over Sullirtn A Gufaltnay *#
start. Hsnf bqt *. . ' u
FIRST CLA^ yfQREHEY
Will bo oinployed, and qU work will he tarn-
•d out with heztns##, znd dispstch. Alt l|iq>)s
of repairing dono at short qotloq.
LBTTER KIBAQ^ A NO BILL, If fSADsL
f 1HS best of Bill* 1 Head Paper, of «liff«reu
. sizes, always aa hand, and neat Jobs will b
gscqUd at th« Oaariar OSos.
U81KBS8, Visiting and Wedding Cards
1 nsatly printed at «h ort notics, at ths Cot
or OB re.
S. B. Seligman’s
T ’ VOUIiRsavi*# t)i0i<ta0tlMi tlte^MUie 3
li- my P&r *ad ■ .. t ‘: ..., r
••..'On-'- - Vn'N- ‘i-rv-'l.
SUMMER G
1869 1S6»
Jordan, Howard & Haralson,
Commission Merchants.
“ Whitehall St; Atlanta, Ca.
BR0CER1ES LIIJI0K4 CliBS
OF M03T SEIiKOT
Brands and Qualities
AT THE
Lowest Marfeet I*i'Ice.
jail fi-twZtu
200 Pounds Seine Twine.
ric
All Kinds of Hooks and Lines
for Sale by. J- k. v k.vl.
" l march4Lw-wtf.
Colcloug’h,
Harkins
—- - 6s Cflover,
H AVE now in Store, firesh from market, * full
Stock of h 4
X)JKY GOODS.
Olothing^,
Boots, Shoes
Notions,
1 Hats, &c., &c,
fcwvtrwi-’- i--iti,'-*! 'b
\&j wholesale ipd -yeUil at
-They.vouBi-eaUaheattention' ef -iho tadiee,
espeeully. fo their large Hrek of V»'hi;e G«*oJ«,
Swigs and Siekooet TrimtAinga. lfrus*elt, trim-
mjngsan4,4ufiUng^,:in grent va-iely, cugethcr
“ srgft assortment of the best Needle# now
'iz : R. J. Ifobrrfs’ Perent, ^Parabola
^ ^ and tho “J: English Xee-
•llo. They hare a fe w'dozen Gents Fashionable
Mole Skiu Dress Hats. We shall receive frwh
supplies weekly during the Spring Season, and
prwraise our east-mbn every advantage ,in our
power to give. ir« ; the way of latest, atyli-s .’ia d
fotrrat price.-. '
; M,t< “ e. n: coLcLhuRH.
t rtt JOHN 1LA {KISS,
-marehsa. CMS GLUVKrt.
COuaiiriag part >.:' t * i>. .M i ’-li >-l. S-.
Grenadines,
MuEfUnbiquex,
PopliiiK, .It
fienos, - ii--u -
Peqiuts, -
a -Uuslinx,
■ Aod ONE th.' - i-.- i.m-. 1 --f ‘i-'r-nl*
to A- f'«iSbF*n'-<fc*WU- t ’ S**"* 1 8 8fi ‘* “
I.also have.* large ly of, nfoch# Aki>kiM*r- N
Ready-made Cluing..«1 ml-. C-f#,,DU»..«S Sh•»«..
•nd-full assortment «.f ~ .
STAPLE GOODS. ^
Notion,, Forulibing Ci-tlel,: Tnnft. r '~VuUrei
»nd Railroad ’.‘ag*.
1 reapwtfuliy lUTitefll to call ca-1 t»»i»
lay itork and- pilrte b.-f»rc purobasuig *],«.
marehMtwly, S, B. SEI.IGMAN.
NEW STOCK
DK GOODS,
FOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS AND CAPS,
OHO
G^OCEBIES,
•>- JuaA rooeived, and for #ale by
40NKS A HARPER.
GOOD NEWS!
Tlie fiv*h 7 iWi‘df 0. consisting
r ‘ ' ‘ '
iWOBS,;
G J L, OT HT5STG,
SHOHS-
JVotl,on» anti
•unihlirr*
Grocrries, at
S. PIJSK US’.
at in Wa<SWP *: ! * •
;T« which 1 Aaii-f p!<aiur« iu inviLln^ tie put
BSrflt iarg* —d«i in 1 -n«vr frieadi—U call
•xarnin- for thea<*e!v ee, as tny stock has been
«5arJnliy ; 5ete^foi ia
lib wi 6
iimfi, QfJALIiY AMD PBICR
'And hare nothing hot what the country no
Cali and oblige
fjualMw-ftm. 8. PIXKUS,
Qt
(5-
LAWYERS
will. Legal forma at the Courior
SPUING GOOD-
lost Received bv
•?. S. NORTON. SON & CO
F od {wyfi i bax 9**1; i' 1 ■
.▲Fine Lot of
SPUING GOODS
For Ladies,
ADAPTED Tv> THE SEASON’.
Rume Ga t , March OtwtL
Geoigia Chattooga Oolntt
A LL pernoui having demand# again#** l ^ e f*
estate of Nelson Allman. late of said coantj.
deceased, are hereby nodfled to preaciittliem /
the 1st day of July next, and those indebted
the estate are required to come ron ™ r “ * n T _
payment. A. ALLMAN,
marrh.lOlm. Adminulre* 0 •
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