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ike Rome. Courier
KOjMI ij Gr-A-rf
good sews.
Congress has adjourned, and Georgia
remains in ^lie eame s . 0 „ she was before
Grant was inaugurate- d W(mder ; f Bul .
lock and bis “ring d 0 n’t feel good. They
ought to feel a J0U t as well .as a band of
robbcrS'Wb j0 hare.-been detected and arrest
ed. fiut, probably, like outlaws, they will
now make strenuous efforts to escape, not
from jail, but from the just indigation and
reproach of an outrage 1 people. 1 heir at
tempted efforts to secure to themselves de
spotic power over Georgia, has arrayed
against them all the goad patriots of the
State, including the better portion of the
Republican party. We hope Bullock’s
failure will be the beginning of the end of
• tbo system of malicious lying that extreme
Radicals have persistently practiced for the
past four years, in order to fuither their
own selfish and partisan purposes.
A Little Luck Lett.
Georgia, says tbo Macon Telegraph, is
going to e cape a third reconstruction this
session. That is the first piece of good po
litical luck which has hapened to us for
ten years. No elections -- no Legislatures,
no fusses this summer—:othing to disturb
the tranquility of the Slate— the growth
of corn and cotton,and the progress of ag
riculture generally. It is a piece of good
fortune which we hardly dared to hope for,
and we congratulate the people upon
Evidently some influences have been at
work in the Republican party to foil the
settled purpose of reconstruction and pun
ishing Georgia,the existence of which war
clearly ma iife6ted so late as a month ago.
We doubt not that Gen Grant has seduou3
ly discouraged it, and we are not disposed
to undervalue theefforts of Nelson Tift,Gen.
Young, and such of the Georgia Republi
cans who threw themselves into the breach
to prevent another disorganization of the
State. Tift and Young have displayed im.
mouse industry and pertinacity—have ex
hausted every recourse to avert the threat
ened catastrophe. The people of Georgia
owe them much.
For tiro Rome Courier.]
HOW TO IMPROVE OUR STOCK OF
CATTLE.
A great error that the farmers of this
country are committing is in selling their
finest cows to persons in cities and towns,
merely for the high prices paid for them.
To Show the error in so doing, let us rea
son the case. You sell yonr ' finest cows
becausa .ahigli price is offered. The price
is the inducement. By so doing, yon part
with your bc3t animals and retain your
most inferior. The question now arises,
now can you expect to keep up a fine stock
if you dispose of your best, io that way.—
The city man buys your finest cows for
milkers; when she JLecomos dry, fearing
she may run away and lose her, she is sold
to the butcher.: The eow is killed and her
breed lost. By this eourse we are losing
our finest animals, and. deteriorating the
breeds of our cattle. Pride, as well as in
terest, should suggest an opposite course;
and in the end the whole community will
be more benefitted. Let every farm jr re
tain his best cows, fatten and sell to the
butcher his most inferior, so as to improve
his stock as much as possible, and in a few
years fine cattle will be goneral. The
course now generally adopted, in selling our
best cows and retaining our inferior, will re-
sultin a scr.uh.stock. This leads me to an
other point to be considered. Many of
oar farmers argue that the range is failing,
and consequently a fine stock of cattle can
not be kept up. And so far as that opinion
is entertained, let me show the fallacy o' it.
A fine range merely was u oheap way of
keeping up a stock of cattle, hut never im
proved the breeds; in short, the breed and
cattle run out with the range. Our e ;urse
is a very plain one. If we wish to
fine stock, have but few cattle of the best
stock, and make our own pastures by sow
ing grass and clover, and depend on no out
er range—and by so doipg we will soon
have fine cattle, and vastly increase their
value. What would an English or North
ern farmer think, to hear us talk of fine
cattle and such ranges as our hills and
mountains afford? They would laugh at
our ideas of fine ^took and come to the coi-
clusion that otir cattle subsisted on rooks
and leaves. : The (Jay is past for woodland
ranges in this part of Georgia, and we need
not rely on them any longer. If we desire
toimprove our cattle, grass and clover lots
must be prepared, rough forago must be
husbanded, have our wheat made into flour
and save the offal for food, and grind up
corn cobs and. shucks together, and steam it
for their food,, and when we get at all this,
known as domestic economy, wo will have
fine cattle, and an abundance of tniik and
butter. Besides, by, sowing down grass and
clover we will improve our lands t
A Countryman.
A Card.
Cave Spri,
April!
Mr. Dxeinell:
Dear Sir—This office is the head o
mail route,from Cedarlown to CafSoprin;^:
and the Department lequires me to keep
an account of all lost trips of the mail car
rier from this office, which I hare done.
I have also kept account of all lo6t trips
by the mail messenger for this office, and
made, returns ef the tame, deducting six
lost trips for the last quarter, ending March
31st... ...
Now the-mail agent for.,.Rome Railroad,
has failed to deliver the mail at this' place
five times daring the last qnarter,. on.- ac
count-cf rnnn offs and accidents; ana .the
last failure was the last Saturday morning
in March, which prevented the i Gedartoirn
mail from going through.
I want to know why it is that packages
for Coosa, Floyd Springs and. Dirt :To>vn
are frequently deposited in the mail sack
for this office. Is it the fault of the agent
of the Railroad, or is it the neglect of the
postmaster at Rome.
I wish the people to know that I have
net neglected any part of. my duty-as Poat-
master wantonly, which is being, insurant-,
ed, but if there is a neglect it is on account
of unavoidable circumstances. Tf you
wish, you.chn publish this as my explana
tion.
Very respectfully.
S Hamil,
Postmaster Cave Spring.
—»»<»■■ — '
THERE IS FIS AHEAD.
Lake’s Grand Combination Circus and
Hippo-Olympiad.
This Mammoth Exhibition, totnprising a
company of two hundred and forty men
aud horses, will be in Rome on Tuesday,
April 27th, and give two of their unique'
and beautiful entertainments—one in the
afternoon and the other at night. This
company haib from New Orleans and is
big lly spoken of by the Press. We are as
sured] most positively, by the obliging
Agent. Mr. J. A. Bailey, that the company
will perform everything set forth in their
bills. See advertisement.
'A Living Prodigy.
Colonel Chaffin, probably - the smallest
man in the world, has bean on exhibition in
Rome the past few days. He is 25 years
old, 25 inches high, and weighs 25 pounds.
He is a lively fellow and enjoys company
very much.
State Road Earning*.
Mr. Halbert has paid into the Treasury
twenty-five thousand dollars, earnings of the
State Road for the month of March-
power ta regulate and
part
of the Ministers, Superintendents, and
Teachers of the various ministerial charges
ij the Rome District.
Resolved. That the Rev. J. M. Lottery
be, and he is hereby requested to bring to
the notice of the District meeting to as
semble at Dalton in May hext;.the propric-
A Lucid Interval.
We rega d the debate we rep
rring in the House on,the 7t
significant. When we have tuqceedei
erst off Qostaimula quieting a rabble who live all at the.i
actibtt'nn 'the part rime for blood and dattruition, the
of truth and law have made it point,
next step to take after the tumult- is
down is to reason a little—and 1
wo llavc'it: ' !
TROors for Atlanta!—Two regi
ments of United States troops' passed
Nashville last Friday, on their way to gar
rison Atlanta. .We wonder for what puri
pose so many troops are sent to that place.
Selma, Rome aud Dalton RaUrrond—Meet
ing of Stockholders.
The annual meeting of Stockholders will
take-place at Selmaon Wednesday, tho2Ist
instant, i?ome has a large interest in tlie
location nsnd prosperity of this Road, and,
as we are informed, some seventy or eighty
thousand de lars in stock. It is hopedthat
as many of the stockholders,as can, will at
tend this meeting. We would suggest that
Colonel W. S. Cothran will be there, and
he would doubtless hs willing to act as their
proxy for those wTio cannot go. It is very
important that all the stock owned here
should be represented.
For the Courier.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Oostanaula M. E. Church. I
April 10th, 1869. j
By previous agreement, Delegates from
Rome, Rush’sChapel, N e if Rope, Pleasant
Valley, Warren’s .School House, and Oos
tanaula Sunday Schools met in Conven
tion, at the above place, at 10i o’clock, a.
m., for the purpose of uniting their efforts
in devising a plan for furthering the in
terests of the Sunday School cense in the
District, and recommending action, in the
premises, on the part of the District Con
vention soon to assemble at Dalton.
The Convention was opened with prayer
by Rev. W. H. Hickey.
Rev. H. H. Parks was called to the
Chair, and M. A. Nevin appointed Secre
tary.
After a brief address,from the President
the following Delegates reported ' them
selves: 7. .
Rome Sunday School, J. I. Wright,
W, D, Elam, Rev. Hi H. Parks, M. A.
Nevin; Rush's Oqafel, IJev. A. J.
Watters, Rev, W. H. Hickey ; New Hope,
J. B. Shropshire, B. G. Thornton; Plea
sant Valley, II. J. Hollingsworth, J.
Warren; Oostanaula, M. L. Troutman,
NoahCornutt, H, V, Pope; Oostanaula
Circuit, Rev. J. A. Stewart, Rev. J, M.
Lowery.
Interesting speeches were made by Del
egates Troutman, Hickey* Wright, Shrop
shire, Pope, Stewart, Lowery, and others,
tion, of-like character, composed of dele
gates elected by the Convent ons of the
different circuits and stations ,
Re&kal, That' we Toeomaiend- to the
different 1 Sabbath Schools the forir.ation of
Sabbath School Societies, for the purpose
of raising funds monthly with which to in
crease their present libraries, for the pur
chase of new ones, and for the general ex
panses of the schools f that ti this end
they at the'earliest day practicable, organ
ise by electing such officers as they may
need to carry out the purposes of such or
ganisation—each Society adopting its own
plan for membership, pay, etc.
Resolved, further, That this,, Convention
unhesitatingly 1 condemns tho: practice of
Suffering- Sabbath Schools (to disperse to
their homes’ after Tecitaiions, and -before
preaching, : so as to absent themselves from
church, when there are religious services
following. The giund object of the Sab
bath School is to prepare tlie way for mem
bership'into the Church militant, even as
the Church militant has been instituted to
prepaie its members for the Church Tri
umphant, and no opportunity should be
lost sight of that might in any way keep
this important.fact before the minds oI enr
children, and to the great error named
above we call the attention of Superin
tendents and teachers.
Respectfully submitted,
J. 1. WRIGIIT,. - - i
. W. H. HICKEY, |
J. B. M. LANDERS, j
A. J. WATTERS, j-Com.
H. J. HOLLINGSWORTH, |
J. B. SHROPSHIRE, |
JHO. M. LOWERY, J
Thedelegates from’Oostanaula Cireiut,in
pursuance of the above resolutions, formed
themselves into a permanent Sunday
School Convention (the Rome delegates to
be considered as members until their own
Convention shall have been called) and a
resolution 'by delegate Pope, to hold the
next meeting of the Convention at Floyd
Springs, on Saturday before the 4th Sun
day in June, was passed,
By resolution, Rev. :W. H. Hickey wa
appointed to address the Convention at its
tiext meeting.
; The following, by Rev. J. M. Lowery
'was unanimously adopted:
Resohed, That we recommend to our
Sunday Schools,-and Sunday School Con
ventions that may organize in pursuance of
the action of to-day, the adoption of some
plan by tyliioh tho religious instruction of
our colored people may be promoted.
By delegate MLL. Troutman:
Resolved, That the Rome papers be re
spectfully requested to publish the pro
ceedings of this Convention, and that,the
Secretary furnish the editors copies for that
purpose.
Convention adjourned.
M. A. NEVIN, Secretary.
Mr. Butler, of .'-'assacaasetts, irom
Reconstruction Commit ee, reported a
to'ertforco-ikeyL-liii Aiheudiieut end lav.s
dTthe Unitfidtetr.tdh, and restore the State
1 ct Couven- -of-Georgia to Urn. republican
elected uudes,iis ; neiv Constilntioi
Mr. Beck asserted that.the real founda
tion of the movemeut was from) personal
motives of Gov. Bullock, who had aspira
tions for the United States Senate,' aud
whose qualificnii ins foi the Governorship
were as slim as the chance . of making a
silk.purse of a sow’s ear. The bill was the
most uuju-.t aud iniquitous ever hatched in
Congress.
Mr. Voorhecs spoke in opposition to it
Unregarded tho h-11 as belonging to a rev
olutionary class, of legislation, which was
utterly unknown to the Constitution. Such
an appropriation would have at once alarm
ed and convulsed the country, and would
have been once regarded as more menac
ing to American liberties and the existence
of the republic than an invading army la: ge
as the l’ursiaa host. This bill proposed to
invade the State of Georgia and strike
down aud destroy its civil power; to pull
down the tuiidiug that had been framed
and tree ed under the dictation of Con
gress. He proclaimed the 4th.-section of
the hill to be without parallel in the annals'
of tho civilized world; for it visited with
disfranchisement all persons who held office,
and had taken the oath t-- support the '’on,
etitution and hadreadered support to the
rebellion; Such an enactment was a crime
axaiiist human nature, anil a revolt ngaiust'
the principles of truth. Mr. Bingham op
posed thebil 1 , aud expressed ins regret that
it had b.een reported by the reconstruction'
committee. The 4th section app ied to
many States in the Union. It was too late
in the day for any man to deny that the
States oi the Union had sacred rights,
which could not he invaded. The man who
TViIcIvi lent'hands I > l-gisiathm op •! c- "a
s itutiou of Ins'country ought to fu: a -Id a
public enemy.' Such legislation as ih.it
braced in tbo 4tii section would receive
venal condemnation, not only of tlie Suuti
orn people, hut of the world. It ought
find no place bn our statuto books. C
gress ha I no more right to legislate on tho
qualification for State officers in the several
States wan on the qualifications for office
in England. lie believed it was as much
in revolt against the requirements of the
Constitution as the action of the Georgia
Legislature was
Mr. Butler remarked that he agreeu with
Mr. Bingham ondhat point.
Mr. Schenck stated that the reasons why
ho would vote,for the postponing of this
bill, was that Congress had recognized th
existence of Georgia under the Recon
structiou acts, aud was therefore stopped
from denying the exclusion »f colored mem
bers by the Georgia Legislature; fie re-,
garded i f as a revolutionary act nluj an out
rage for which there was no excuse!; ud o,
reasonable pretext; but suppose Ohio, Mas
sachusetts or Pennsylvania had done some
thing equivalent, how was Cougrcs* to rem
edy it. WnsUongress to fall back on the
doctrine that Georgia, had never been
constructed? It was stopped from that
by the fact (hat it had acquicscd in the re
•onstruetiou. Was tho doctrine to be as
sumed that Georgia did not have. a repub
lican form of government ? If so, then,
all that Georgia had done was to he disre
garded aud wiped out, aud the State re
manded to mili ary authority. II that was
propose ; he would feel free to yoto Jor it
rather than support the measure of the
House, lie saw no solution for tho diffi
culty except to leave tho matter for tho
prescut, aud let Georgia herself see whet’i-
in behalf of the respective Sunday Schools
represented.
The question pf engaging non-professors
of religion as Sunday School teachers 1
having arisen, was briefly discussed, pro
and eon, and deferred for future considera
tion.
Another Frost.
We had a white froBt at this place on Mon
day morning, the 12th instant. The ther
mometer stood at sunrise at 38°. Little or
no damage wa3 done by this frost, the very
tender vegetation having been previously
killed. ''
Kouusavllje & Co.
Have lots of seasonable things for , Pic-
Nios and Fishing Parties, as well as good
things to eat at home. Give them a' obJI.
3ee adver tisoment,*
Resolutions were offered by delegate J.
I. Wright, Rome Sunday School, proposing
to hold, annually, or oftener if advisable,
Sunday {School Conventions, throughout
the District, similar ip character to the . one
now sitting. Resolutions withdrawn and
subsequently - referred to General Com
mittee.
'On motion nf M. -L.- Troutman, Oosta
naula Sunday School, : *a' Committee was
appointed by-tiro^ihirir to take into consid
eration the general business of .the Con
vention. The following delegates were* ap
pointed said Committee: Jr I.' ■ Wright)
Chairman, Rev. W- H-iHickey, JEtey, ,J.
Lowery, J. B. Shropshire, JJ, ,J>-HbJ]aogs-.
worth; •!. B. M. Landers. On inotion,
Rev. A. J.-Western was added to the Com
mittee
The* Convention, havirig' the
Committed l'J hours to prepare their Re
port, adjourned the morning session,
21-O’clock^ p. m.
After partaking | of an excellent repast,
prepared; by the;ladies pre@c*t fop the occa
sion, the Convention, at the above hour, re
assembled. '»li» »-
Op 1 rdijjmjng thp Chair,' the ; President
read from the Scriptures aqd 1? pieHyi: ad
dressed the Sunday School seholafa and
teachers present. m..y (W
The Report of the General Cothmittee
was then read, amended, re-read and. adopt
ed by sections, and finally passpd. as a
whole. r ,i ■ ,.;v
REPORT OF COMMITTEE:
The undersigned Committee having beep
appointed for' the purpose of proposing
ways aod means to ady*nce ; tl\e interest of
oar Sabbath Schools, beg leave to- report,'
and recommend the adoption cf the follow;
ing resolutions,Jviz:
Resolved, That tho' lljnisters, Superin
tendents and- Teachers of .the , Sphbafh
Sdhoolspf OostanauJ iGirco'it hold^a’ raib
CARD OF THANKS.
The undersigned return their most hear
ty thanks to the delegates from Oostanaula
Church, and the Circuit iu geneial, for
eburtesies extended duriog the session of
the recent Sunday School Convention, and
to the Mies* espjypaljy, 'for pains taken in
providing.for the wuuts of the Rome dele-
Jgstion.: II. H. PARKS,
W- f>. ELAM,
J. j. WRIGHT, "
. .W- A- NEVIN,
On the More.
A general order from Washington moves
the troops now on duty in Florida to No
braska; these in Louisiana to the Northern
Lakes; those in Texas to Kansas aud Vii-
ginia;tbose in Virginia to Mississippi -ai d
California; from California a regiment goes
Kentucky;from Kentucky a regiment comes
to Georgia;another regiment from Dakotaii
is to quartered upon us;and So on aud. so
forth. iTJie New York iVorld, regarding
•’ri}gsg elapses searches for. the.motjve.and
finds it. to he the old drama Of imperialism
played id a pretended Republican theatre.
The World says.
, .“Wherefore.is the whole United States
army, thus seat trapsing all over tho coun
try ,fVom ode oxtromo en^ of it to the other?
What la the reason of this great expense,
to sransport so many thousand, mqn. so far,
and whcrqfore.is it that, at the on-coming
of a Sdntherp summer, ;.acclhuated troops
are withdrawn frcdi its inlluenees nu un-
acelimat£4 §cdt' ip th,eir SJead?' 1 '
,_f : Wo w|JI tell you pis heoaqse.itjin ar
my .will, not (Id the dirty work of 'rcoodstrue-
jfion as.spoori now very dirty that
work is.. Thorp is no ilisubedioiice.nd au-
*tiny; but they See and feel Vhaf they , are
wrhite men, put there', Dp,;e‘^alt tlie negr-i'
.apovq.Bther,white
[Fron tii« CoIamk*s Sun.
:o Distillers and Dealers iu
1 1 T«‘
ilict, Tax Collector of Mas-
circular instme-
mptrriler General’s office,
ril 1st, from which wo make tlie
ing extracts for the iaiormatioa i»f
deakrs.
our attention is ca led id 'the^ idllow-
provisions of the Tax act approved 18th
" "arch, 1869, levying a special tax, for
twenty oedts pjjr
On cnAverygailOnoT branay,gin, whiS-
whether^toreigo—or domestic,
um, whether foreign or domestic^ sold
by any person in this State, iu quantities
thau thirty gallons. Under these pro-
everv person who has sold, or shall
1, since the 1st. day of January,. 1870,
of tho jabi-ye pained liq iors in any
less than thirty gallous to the same
shall be required to return the
to you in your respective counties,
i oath, as soon as practicable, after
clj ; .e of each quarter of the year. The
.. . return to be made as of the 1st day of
April, the second, as of the 1st of July,
the i'".ird as of the 1st of October,, and the
as of the 1st day of January, 1870,
‘ ;n through each succeeding year.—
Collector of each county shall ad-
an oath to each aud every person
return, solemnly swearing him or
to make a just and true return pi all
ild by suuh person duriog the, pre
quarter in quantities less than thirty
'shall-tiien and there collect a
enty cents per gallon in lawful
' the United States.
Par. 8. There shall be levied a
specific tax for. educational purposes of
wenty cents per gallon.on every gallon of
jrundy, gin, whisky or rum, whether ! for
eign or domeetio, which is sold by any per
son in quantities less than thirty, gallons in
this State, and the amount sold shall be
giveu in under oath. Quarterly returns
shall be made ou tho 1st days of April, Ju
ly aud October aud January io each year;-
by all tl.e persons within the county, who
shall sell iiquois in quantities less than 30
gallons, of tbe amount sold the preceding
quarter. Said returns shall be made to the
Tax Collector of the county, who shall de
j uiaiul and e.-Uecttbe tax due when the .re-’
",j turn is made. It shall be the duty of .the
\ | Tax. -Coliector.lo require all persons selling
" said liquors to make their returns aad pay
tiiu tux.thereon; rad i any person shall fail
or refuse to make tiiis return aod pay said
tax, he shall be assessed by the collector
specific tax of ooe thousand dollars, and the
collector shall roceed to collect the same
by execution, as iu other cases of other
taxes doe and unpaid, to go into effect Irel
and after the 1st day of January, 1869.”
You will call upon every person liable to
pay tax under the foregoing provisions, to
make Iris return immediately, after the re
ceipt of this Circular, for the first quarter,
and in like-manner- at the expiration, of
each succeeoicg quarter. You will partic
le ly ubserve that every person who s ID,
the quantity being less than thirty gallons
at ono sale, is liable to the tax. This in
cludes regular dealers, as well as distillers
and farmers who distill (heir fruit and sell
the proceeds. Every one who sells, no met-
tei whether he has license or not, is liable
to the tax
For your further information and eou-
veniencc, the following provisions of the
same act are inserted, to. wit f-
“Sec. 3, Par. 7- All vendo s of Patent
Medioines, Linament, or other articles of
like character (except regular merchants
aud druggists) shall be liable to a tax of
850 for each eouuty in which they peddli.
PotoiieUli
For the San and Time*.
W. n. Scw’rd.
F ing all t e
Be all the big-guns
One Angel—crumb of comfort's come!
reward hath retired!
Tears. Anthems, fora guiding star!
Gone down in perfect peace! —
Bat a lound paean leans afar,
Whene'er the wicked cease!
lit with laughing light.
Forgets at last to moan!
Whilf
rawilh'nllttirhngirV' '
jO.lr XIIT ;
For the Sewerid.V emptied quite,
■ A nd the great -Vulturoi flowo! -
1 el i *t*bl r ,>i uV i * H
Whither!!—qo,matter! since tbe Gods,
So kindly taken him from as;
In Limb--, or—hut little odds—
- Twixt Sitka and : St Thomas!
Naked! upon the brink,
To some great ice-berg skewered, .
Where the sea monsters hod and 1 wiuk
And weleo ne morwter-Se’ward;
Far into Epuinoctial seas
That groaning mass shall rolL
No Tropica thaw the drops that freeze-
Around hm icy. sonl!
They say the-World—and it was wide—
That served as Caesar’s home,
Pp(ined ail,it’s wealth in one great tide
Through one great ditch in Rome?
We well believe it, since our day,
A greater marvel sees;
Thrhnugkthisviletrench, America!
Were drsined-.tby liberties. -
Seward, Farewell! and, oh! how well,
When yonder Judgment reigns,
Were this cold hand that drops its “hell,”
1 -Butt half us white as “PAYttfE’s.'”'
to j«.t i. one . ->!•• GAcnET.”
IsT
CKERY STORE
4, SHORTER BLOCK,
China, Klass and Crockery Wan
iiizz hktjjoV
ABJBadr f
\'y
TAB EE MATS,.,WAITE.•&-
S i lvc r-F I a t ed
are.
.’able Cutlery, Etc., Etc*
' ; i. • ■ ? A 1
J. E. VEAt
Alabama hold Life Iisorance (lonpan
CAPITAL $200,000 UN GOj®;-
ISSUES POLICIES OH ALL FLANS PAYABLE ONLY IN
Premiums Payable in Gold,-or its -Equivalent..
HOME OFFICE. MOBILE, ALi.
C. I,\ THAMES, President. T. N. FOWLElt, SSecr t u n I
Tie Natural Alliance between tbe South*
West and SouUi,
We are glad to tea the Western- prints
reminding their readers that there D a nat
ural alliance between the West and the
South, and their present combination with
the. Eastern States to degrade and destroy
us is equally unnatural and suioidal. The
or she could furni-h a solution. He was very soil of the great States of the West
* * n , - fn wns the free gift of Old Virginia tA the
Federal Govermuetil-'-givon ip the liberal
ity and aiaguitf(iout patriotism of her'great
heart to. aid the infant Hercules who aflei“
wards strangled ter.
The West, so ta as tbe larger portion of
her American populasion is concerned, is
the child of the South; but if r^e sqy go(h
ingof the ties of caosauguiaity;. th£. Mfe?<
is hounq to thp South by her interests so-
elasety that she cannot cripple- us without
crippling herself. -We are the best custo
mers of the M est, but she must back us in
our efforts to recover wealth- df • the would
have us os useful aud valuable as we can-
bo. We buy of the West-aunoally just
much as we can pay for; aon ire pay her in
meuey, and not like New England, in man-
ufactured’^itncracks, on which’ we have
compelled-the IVest tu pay sixty per cent
bounty, in the shape of a protective tariff
New England is greedily monopolizing
the,.hank circulation,and tho bonded wealth,
of the ccnntry, which is exempt fro « ta^a.
tion. She has contrived to effert.im alniost
equal absorption it thp pbsr.e, patronage
atid iafi-ionso lir thd Federal - Govofnmeot.
She dictates the entire policy of- the: oon--
solidated uaehine, and euntrob the politi
cal power of thh great Wust, in - 1 onposilioq
to the vit..l inrer^tN'ofihMt : 'seetlon. Why..
>ho‘'iditbo *v? Why should the West
p- ruiit herself to be used to her own injury'
for tliu-oppresslon and degradation of the
.Southern whi tis—1 cr natural allies—her
best customers—having- n com non agricul-
ral interest, each nf which-is but-the-isupr.
plcracut of t boot I or, and:- b-tlthof which
are tsentiul lo a high degree df : wealth
assured that i the Supreme Court- ofGe'r-
,ia was permitted to go ou aud decide un
der the Constitution and laws of. Georgia,
and of the United States, the question of
the right of colored inpq to liold'offiee, that
tlie do"jision would heaequ esed in aud act
ed ou by both- branches of the. Georgia
Legislature Therefore bo favored a post
ponement. Mr. Bingham moved a pest
pouement until the 1st Mum jay iu Decem
ber next, aud vailed tho -proyioes ({bestt ju,
which was not seconded.
The Georgia bill was laid temporarily
aside.
Spnuisb -Rrrlisnties in Cuba.
The Cuban revolution must soon
terminate, either iu tho ns-rrtion of inde
pendence or the continued enslavement of
the people. Francisco, Leon, an Ameri-
t-an citizen, and Augustin Medina was gar-
r itted in Havana yesterday -They b iro
their late as mete and patriots.-Leon crying
out --‘Viva In-Jepemleneia I” as he mounted
the scaffold. The Spectators' were intense
ly excited, and seme of them uttered words
of sympashv. -On this, the volunteers wl o
guarded t' e place Of 'til cnti-wi raced rouud-
:.nd fired ou.tUv crow^ killing rix men aud
wounding mauy others . Can nations hold
colonies hy the garrot’tOytlie' .hayouet, and
fire musketry in tiiis age' of civilijatipu.—
Rile York Ifcrald, IQ/, ‘
:i;h, -V Veteran Officer.—Twenty-
five'years ago to-day Justice I*. Ml Russell,
Esq., was qualified as a Justice.ef the Pea :e
in the second district ia tills city, and has
held the office Irom that day up to 9>_ pres
ent tim. no Rueeeedod.his atlieri , who.
and.
Nominations -by, the President.
We notice iu tbo list of nominations sent
in on the 12th the following:
Motley, Minister to England.
Marksoit of Ohio. Minister ti Rdi
va r.
' Pairidge of .Maryland, Minister J-iNiea-
ri^ua. 1 ' ' 4 1 '
Pile 'of- Missouri, Minister to Venezue
la : , .
. Jos- K. Jones, lllino-s, Minister ta Beigi-
mu.
John S. Carlisle ol* West Virgiuia,Minis-
tei to St ickholm
J. R- Clay, colored,Consol General to
Liberia.
Kirk of Ohio, Minister to the Argentine
Republic. . •' ’.
Hulhert of Dliniis, Minister to Boio/
ta.
Uudaon of/Iowa, Minister to Gantema-
Ja. i!t :
E D- Basset, colored, Uioister to Hay-
‘i-
Curtin of Pennsylvania, Minister to Rus
sia.
Jay of. New York, Minister to Aus
tria,
Mrs- Liviogton, Postmistress at Green
ville, Ala.
Wholler, Postmaster at Eufuub, Ala
bama! if
Mori], coUeotor of 2nd Dist net oi Geor
gia, and whitehead Assessor. ;
■:—> : ri-
Ballock’s Catechiam.
A paper contain ing the . following ques
tions, was recently sent by R. B- DeGraf-
fenreid, the Exocgtive Seereuuy, 'to Mr.
John la Jiliis, recently elocted i. 31a istrate
in the First Ward of this city. The mis
sive reads as follows
'•8ir—-1 hu directed by His Excellency,
tiie Governor to request you to famish this
department with answers ta the following
questions : Pirst, did yon previous to 1861,
holj qq officeunder and.tako an official path
to support thcConstitatiOQ of (ho United
States ? IF so, vhnt offle* did yon hold ?
:lSecond~>Did you hold - office nnder: the
Confederate States or State Government
iring the war ? if go, what ?
“Third—Have you ainoo you took the
O^cial oath aforesaid to support the Con-
etitution tef thP United States, given aid or
oomfoiit- to the enemiet thereof ?’l—Au-
guski Chronicle. ,
G. 6. Samuel Esq.. Rome, G&, Agent for Chattooga,
Polk, Paulding, Haralson, Walker and Bartow Counties
Thos. J. Perry and N. D. Criswell Solicitors >
A^^nts Wanted throughout this State. ' f, aircTh
PIT X E K &
WHOLESAL'D AND B
AND
CoDimission
NO. 60, BBOAD Sm^T,.l®5S , S , abBNBB, :lir "’
"ill - q< fj ■ L.1 ■ ,
H A R 0 W A 8E
Iw 1-, : l-l/g-JI
1*9? :
’dl l*ifj bin r uuilAM
C*J Irtef,. |
A-G^icTii^rijRjLiu.'
Their Power Gone: -The Columbia 4
Enquirer says, and truly :
Congress may reconstruct Georgia; over
again as often as it pleases, but it can nev-
er again build up in thu State a tormidabl*
Radical party. That organization is utter-
:ploded io’Georgie, Sod we believe in
most: d! tlie -other: Southern ! States. Its
loaders, who never .from, the start, had any
ot^er principle of cohesion, thin the . desire
to get office and power, are nusr.divide<] in
fti factions bjtierly hating 'each other, and
hsye lost all : jimtrol of ’the 1 heg W 'voters
wborn u year-ago !they-v.iuxnajpd'.-as they
pleased. If anypoditive svidence of this
Q«or
aye snpphed it. Bat the fact was as
Apparent before th'se elections as.lt is.
iroibft »til'•fjf.s titan
► !(.'«- ! I fine —dsoui 1 . aili m
VI
i
l*-|,
_ L'tiJ id J ilJtW
vilii’MijMuiai] oi* m ,10^
!- f . ' • to 9il>
N E W » # 'X tod eiaat
. ...... -aiaavbt, r. Mu AiUo'. sdi shrawvt -Aui la
.... , ... ... .... :
Iron, Axes, Traces."’ Cnflery, 4 :•••'• -'-Danis
Hollow-ware, Ho s, Spokes, --Grindstones,
Farmers’ Tools, Hosekeepers’ Teols, CafpentOrs’ Tools,
Blacksmiths’Tools, BricklaycTS* TooW.’Coope^ToQls,
Tanners’ Tools, Shoemakers’,Tools, , V
IVe atilt eentinueto do biuinesa at the Old, .Stand, with greatly impfered facilities end u j
^temato acquaintance with, the wants of tho people, as' art noW Srerared to ebpply 4oft tb
wholesale and Retail trade on better term* than ever. Oar new stock hai bten carefliiixfeteeteJ |
and parehaaed ibr CASH direct teem the minabclnrera. The liberal ‘ ' ' i L
been fnlD appreciated, and woeQqrtwill be tparaStA keep V
gooda and tow prices, la Agricullhral Inplenwnlx, wdiai. i
agents here ior the test and most yglqable machine* in nse. We have .given special eirehruea i
thm departetent aad can guarantee. ratisEactioh. oRen'p; da vebd a variety and oiubltteiitarw
than daa be t.rmd cliowhcroin -'hiaiiSiy. Fall stocks of ...
. ' ' i nt *- eljjl
Hardware and Agricultural Implements,:
-...Wiil.b# kept eontantiy on hand, to wbiah we invitjihc attehtiun of pur.haser/. • . -dec-1
tttiNir MI V s
.held .th||-i,fijen l^cn^y.sm/cii yi-;:rs..»l
Jiis : s„u I:-sv- haa .trim vl-n-u-'il t>- ,-ii
tried , &.‘r ‘R'p '■
luvmstju■
«•'fvfate*
_„t die ex (^oepjij' ^pam.recently resolvi.
te'jju ip Para, bp: a
one : of t^em, .will
probably,lead Her to abanjon;,hpr ..afeiga,
'At this qup sl;c uras received without anysort
of eomm.opy^md ou leaving, no oho but die
Lady Suporioraccomminied her to tho door.:
“Why pm I adttreated with mors icspect
than this?” asked her Majesty. Tlie Supe-
rjhr meekly replied that it was aot the cus
tom of tho ti ipse to da extraordinary honor
io visitors, -lijjufcj. am. Queen!” The Su-
jerior replied that no exception was made
u the rules; for a (J’uccu. “Why,iu Spain,”
exclaimed tho Queen, angrily, ‘-the nuns
kneel when I outer their . convent.” “Oh,
only
S ■for the. great part, . there is a rnoro
eomptirneo jrithjhe exaptjqiter. .of the
order,and no more. .
“Hence all this marchiug and counter -
ftWjhipg, and. .skurrying this regiment off
'to'Pakotah qhq t’other Dpe hack to-Teyas.
It is the same stale old ta]e tp he fqpnd in
any good history which treats of the little
dodges of despotism. It was part of . tho
Roman polity to send the Syrian levies to
Capprdocia and the Cappdocians to Syria—
I}ut never to,l^them stay with a fricnllship,
apd always keep moving your trpops- In
ventbn annually, oy pftoijer if dfippind-ad- WoVk they are se't’to 3oJ
vianlU for 'nPliondnir nnt<«‘ -
visable-, for tto purposu of ^oViBiag wa^
and means for the successful operation 1 of
their different Schools, in all their interests
tlfeoom^gt days of th? Ffepch )si Sarchy,
P t before Louis XVI was piiljq' 4 } qpt of
.throne Sudhehcadedpt wiesa chi.i'fupc
,tion of (be Minister of A) r uc., to change-liie
troops. Prior to his days, it was James
JI’s' doV)9e fa jniJ. hjp'English regimentsin
Irelaad and his Irish troops op E’nglitl^oil.
And just so now. Something is due, no
no doubt, to army likes and dislikes,but the
msjiu point in thD gentrql order is ns stati
ed. There is work to be don'e in the South.
Eight rogue Senators are to be jugged in;
thirty-eight reliable Rcprcsdntativcs are to
be ‘elected;’ the screws arc to be tightened
in the sacred'name’of pcaae;aud to do this
dirty workmen must bohnd who will not
find out what they are'doing until-too late.
-What a testimony to the onulerable seonu-
drolism of this vile thing! Army officers
and indifferent of men in oivii affaire,cannot
bat revolt at this botch upon statecraft;
and army privates, drilled into machines,
e jjo£ yet , so far drilled but that the
-‘-' J ‘ii tiieir yelqs rqljsjj ijf- (he umiatqral
madam,” was the pnsyer. 1
knee! to God.”
‘here
.'■■fTT-.-.y, . ..
One church in Chicago has rented its pep's
for the next year for 8100,000.
NXaOTTAgipti-. {UKl'WREN S>(iiip»ti .AND
SHE United .States.—Tlpc nogotiation
opened between the Swedish govermeut
and the United States, for the sale of
Bartholomew island a Swedish colony in the
West'Indies, ip progressing favorably. The
success thst has attended the purchase qf
.St. Thmnas by Mr. Seward, endaiiragtshiic
cabnlrt'in the iftfHefilf-it the n-*gro negotia
tion will snob be concluded, and that the
money agreed-upon fur that purchase wili be
voted hy tbeSenate.
finfrA rustic, describing Louisville, said
.'.hq finest residence there helj. ged tu-M r.
M. E Church, who;c-uame was cut ip
big letters over the Moor, and there was a
sharp-pointed chinintey .,'n the house, two
hundred ft el Uk,h. -» . .
<73“ A fow days_sir.ee in a Bo ton eating
honsa.' a man -lispovered^ cciekroaeli in hfs
pudding., Ho turned the .insect over and
«sK>3cly,qn4 finally remark
ed to a person who was sitting near him:
“That ain’t right. I don’t like it, ar.d if I
find another, 1 won’t
aud prosperity ? i Lei tho'Westpnnde/rtveV 1
ihraO qoasiialw.'-^TIfietiii - Te-rgraph. - 4 -i
:• ST. Hi i» g tils
CcRtouy 4 WiVAtRT BEnvKiN ; West-
tftts CirrES—'Fhd ‘Chicago Tribune'says:
tlevehi nd Is proud'df a citizen woman who
hSsliadsoven^hushands^frithtnri^hll^resri,
havite^^^ffltf-'diytW'Ad " from'fd;iF of tbem:'
Hef d-rnghtei Bfils^fKii* to rival her mother’s
connubial erpMf»“- J haVttig been Already
twice 4 'married and divorced;- and' is how
ready to snap up a third man though but in
her seventeenth year.” These citizen
? '
La* ■
am Yoqn’g'p.Iim—with the sexes reversed—,
and foeato'it midway betweeo' Chicago agj
Cleveland
A dispatch from Providfcrice/Rhode Is
land, announces the leith from apoplexy,
on Thursday laste-of- General Burton, Colo
nel of the Fifth. Artillery. General Burton
is welDknowri fit.r.hi?
Frail lent Dayis'when a prisoqer. ue ;wa?
altc* wards commander of tbo post at' Col-,
umbia, Foeth,Carolina. . ,
. —«*'■». i ... t
SSL A countryman who had never paid
more than wenty-five cents to gee ap eghj-
hit iop, went tp.vioif Jbe Hjfojty 4‘h|pyej.''
The-tieketaellgr, charged, liim sovouty-fivo
cepts lor n tjeket. Passing the pastboared
back he quietly remarked. -‘Keep it, Mis
ter,I don’t want to see the other thirty-
nine,” and out be marched.. , i
- - J „ ■ 4 :
ill
An Italian has ...
musio ilhistrafive Of the seven cafnal ainj-
They are called Pride Sch’oltisch, Avarjee
Mazurka, Lqxury WMjfc, Anger gallop,
Glultoo^ Quadrille, Knvv pojfcq,
Two needles, swallowed fil'teeq years
agohy twoladir in Iroton, Ohio, have tc-
ceutiv made tli r exit within a few days
of each other" ne coming out at.thejbreast
ani} theothe - ittlic shoulder blade* riotU
ladies ha ,- e suffered from consumptive
ha>e
tons dlrim the fiSa.n
1,3 1 Carroll CbilntY.
Tho editor of the Ncwinan Herald has
made a tour into Carroll and reports:
Carrolltoti and vicinity are aEye op the
' * n 4 entfftqw high hopes
J f the iron horse,
iu euiBupue some time during the,.year
J870. Tile ‘hooks of subscription for stock
izl - the-irekd'wiU bo-opened soon, and the
indictations' are. Uroag- that the citizens
.along jibe contemplated line pf the read will
subscribe liberally.''
.... ••
1 Mr! John Hutchison, a conductor on
the Montgomery and Mobile Railroad, was
killed, Says Ihe Columbns : Ehqnireir, on
Wednesday evening. He was ;re-eonnec-
tIngthe bell rope, that had becp!qf ddaoh-
ed,and ingoing from qnp car to .mother he
•no fell on the track,
him caqs-
:&w
ing instant:
much esteemed, -
A'2««ii»npn.
ir.f f
We would impreas upon the reader the
nec ssity of getting this important croft
out as early ad popsihle. Last season, by
s use of gists, we eofifuienoed to put out
the dfith of April. '. AT digging time
we oaiefully measnred the yield from each
successive drawing: The first brought
something over three hundred bushels to
the acre, those of two weeks later a little
over two hundred and fifty bn?hels to the
l4 tfie pext unfier rifo hundred, and
n to the usual seed patch. Third
is great economy in bedding* seed enough
to make a sufficiency of slips to complete
the .planting at the first good season after
the middle of April. We used no manure
for onr sweet potatoes, hilt sqh-soijed the
ground both wiys- Made the hods three
1 eet apart, aod kept the ground ciem, hot
never broke the ridge. It is an excellent
arpp, and when all our firmcrs sliall hqie
provided warm, tight pel jars for storing
and preserving them through winter, it
will get to be a very important one.—
Southern Farmer.
.1 '■» .
LittliSpraoub and Littli Rhodv.-^
4 Western German papas says that 8e at tor
Sprague inherited one-half of the State of
Rhode Island from his father and th* other
liberal patronage of tbe pa-l hn
4! With tb*l: atjK. 4 ti
NEW GOODS
■i.i »i it J i
J. B. Towers & Son,
.rfl- '.ill. oi'ia ,«(-i»'l ir v i.i eilT ■
. V" re«iving their Spri D g _ w «
Just published, a new editiic il
Or Volverwell’a CeleVr
ehratcA En
say on the Radical Care (wAfcoat j
medicine.) ofSpermatorrlion or Seminal Weai-
ijees, Invo’ttntarj Seminal Inm, iaiputerc*.
, bf S'iS
1 l!«rl^^!<£» , «d>9t<K*;n tbi* adsau-aWe (ey»L
***
Omaiiting of ft
Dry Goods, '
Notionsji"
Crockery,
il . : .t.lA AlUSOaB !
Fonfentlorlerleis,
wi.vhq a l i'itwi iUtj »r«i ;
, Groceries,: Etc, ,
VfbiahtbAy.airto the'tea-fetowPj'r cadi.- as.
’ "fc - iati !«,ft W -
Country -/ rodoce m
.
Slore. Shori«- r MtevCDwi «a. :!
lUUiVL.
emons'setes from a thirir *«»'*»»-
edWtihpractice; tkatobe alinniB.? coisagaeeai
°f t%* tni^ pointing oata mode efiais
at once simple, eertain and effectual, t
every sufferer, no matter what hia cocdi
be, may
too' jx.«r»ao elaaepa. Also,: Dr-' iCniTarwdl' 1
I' 4 *L CUA'h J. c.
.—It—rait-
fv'iid * j! ill bn/eliia.h lt'i*
loth Cqn.iTr. . .
: Hew Store
Just Opened.
JOHNSON & GOLDSMITH.
r l£ community aro inyited r* examine th
■oook of Familj Groceries, Crocker/ and *11
article* of Famil/ Supplies, *11 fresh and just
received. Tbe assortment is la-*e and com plats
We only ask a f..ir shswinc. Come and see ns
M. W. J0HN805, I * *
A. J. G0LD8MITH. ] A ^
Two ValqabU Farms *re oflfhre^ f° r sale; one
cd
Lumpkin should iaoi ?beifttemMU
ministration, and receive the.usu'4 J
dumlseiVn. ?• -. ■
•f MO
•ia miles from Riuia. Spleadid
Dwelling, well impre.ed, wall watered, and th*
best ef Valley land; the ether tea miles frem
Rome, 2SS acre., well watered, eabsUntiai im
prevemente, good Creek lands, and farm in goad
condition. Apply to
il. W. JOHNSON.
March It — twJtAwJm.
HANDS WANTED
Cornwall Furnace.
T UB Cornwall Iron Comp toy desire to hire
thirty able-bodied men to work at furnace oi
wood ehoppiag, at their ships near Cedar
Bluff. Ala. Liberal wa^es will be Riven, and
comfortable houses furnished fur snob as have
families.
Apply tq Chfts. R&tery, General Superintend
•pt, at Ihs work • , or to W. S. Cothran, Presi
de nr ef the Co in y , Rome, Ga.
msrchfltw-wtf.
febl. ’ . ' i -*ji rtiun
GEORGIA, d Floyi ” * "’*
apart _
upon said spplijstiom en tba.IStA d*/.«f •
IBM, by 32 o’clock M. at' xbj office,
my oftoe ^'tli. OrJiMM-
JESSE LAMM^HTHe'C. C. 0. K.C.
^ r '^ 8 :: i *-• II*H -J: e ilditlt —
GlEORGlt'iuSirCiiLr, ' • ' ***'
DK it rmembeiwd that- Williaai A. Hrerll'**
a A, haa applied for exemption of persontliy
and setting apart* and ralaatian of homestoj;
and I will paas upoa tbe same at 12 o’clock *
on tha 2-Sth d»y of April init, at my, *®« >»
Trenton. Ga. 1 1
. . . JAfi.,_e:TATLO^
e 4 ■■ " > f - -—•
aprlllA
w
ALL KINDS OV JOB r BIN TING.
TLOTD FOSTFONED SHERHF SAM-
ILL be sold baSbre the Coart iHoase^ 1
ia Rome, within tbe legal hours of 8fcJe '
the 1st Tuesday in May nexf, the felfowtaf
‘"•Lo't'of lend No. 49, 4th District acl 4lh **
tioa. Floyd eoonty Levied om by rbje .® .
Jostiee Court fi fa of 919th Dis*--* a
▼or of Smith > Branbsm and A
Randolph Partiow. Levy made*
me by a Constable*
aprilS.
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SHKKiri