The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, May 14, 1869, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextM nWlNEXX, Prop’r. —ffSiSTivEBt s*s, at the beginning of the war,will greatly pDBIi- _ oblige his distressed relatives by comma- IUTES OF WEEKLY., _ ^ One J** r •*”***** ******7*^. S i X *4 Mi ™" MM* FOB TBI-WBBKLY..^ ## T " r “ “^AEUBLY IN ADVANCE. '^ I, dab! of Fi« o' ^*gs» a*** U‘^ wcea “' P ' r '; M. DWIgELL, ' ,ji / i - I’xoprioUjr. . mal advertisements.' Vi ;“"; f T.nd br Adnrxistratoro, Erector* or hours of t«n * c _ rt Hons® in the county in afternoon, * . ?_ situated-’ »«'!■;‘ b s e 0 P f these Wc> moot he given M Notices w irevious. “'^‘“ftt^/lfpw^nslpropeVtymust; .Notices of »M minncr ; through a public g«- west be Pf'KJ'Swill bo made to the fen/forTetters' l of Administration, Gnar- ,:i J »t k. publishod Sbdays-for hinsbip 4 ^ Admin i;tration, three months— r , r dismission L-— - . - _ Rules for tbe forccloseure of Mortgages ® ust “ wi shed monthly for four months-for cs- e P" b ,!:, „„ners for the full space of three l—nths—for compelling tides irom Executors or ueotoS 'Ct where bond has been given by idmraistrator , f , hree mon ths. hedeeeueJ, for tM m.i sp ti ed d . P : o bl .b: r t he ^ rn-remeots, unless oth- at fh. Mowing , O.ie. ner lew often lines or less S3 0« SSR’SSK %!*?. «-5 ^“^saaai-ss’* nistration, •••••******r*'*** anted. Any "ohp'pb'o .i, 1 ) vl'.. : tlpe fate of Van tnren’- Baker,formerly of Cass' county, Ga : who was living in Marion Co., Arkan. I.KTTI2R FltOB TEXAS, 3 i ->H"t ' , i.. ■ i[Correspondence. ‘ toWASn, 'Hill Co., Texas,f JV Mttfch I6th, 1869:, f iris? nicatirig such fict'toG. Mf . Baber, Ijqgie, r j (Si^—rl task?through : tho columns 'ndedble^bMitg strict men, -. to 1 mark and G*i He was 'ln the confederate cavalry in fo^yooripaper, to say to niy friends of brand all the 'yearlings they find, which the trans-Mississippi Department, earlj'in WW* » Chatfriog, conn- ty two years, ago, in February past, under thfpfoipise that I would, after getting the war and has not been seen since. Memphis and Arkansas-ipepera please THE STEAMER ETOWAH ■ Arrived at her wharf on Ma,’ the 6th bringing thefoIIowihg,:j..;-iT.-i l ■larV-M : -i-'jiv i , . PASSENGERS. : G F Lowe,, Jnp. Howpll, lady §nd ,chp^, .Miss Sallie M. Erwin, 3 storage passen gers. Notice Administration, Notice Mail Bobbery.—We learn that Chas Mills, Route Agent on. the Selma,Rome and Dalton.Railroad)rwas.arrested ai few since, charged with robbings tbr Mail in his charge... Weare told that the Post. Master at Selma some weeks since gave Mr. Mills Application Soticsto Dey— • c nn g.l. of band, peroqu.re, - s «» S ,loof perishable property,I#-days - * 00 Sstray Notices, 60 days * 00 Eoreclosure of Mortgage, per square. 4 00 ,,o ndrertising his wife, (ip. aitonce)!* 0 Post Master. A letter was received at this office; on yesterday morning addressed to Mrs. SEei- blv.r.M, Rome, Elpyd County, Ga., in official envelopes, from Wasbiiigtcn City, l). C., franked by tbe Chief-deck,.- B. O. Department, which indicates that she has been appointed Post Mistress, yet WCrgTWtrf' tbe opinion there is some mistake about it, fur tbe law forbids any married woman or minor holding the office. j ’J Personal—New York Capitalists. M'e were pleased to-see in onr city l on yesterday Messrs. U. A. Murdock, Wm. ’aton and Win. -Paton, Jr, New York cap- talists, and large stockholders in the Sel ma, Rome & Dalton Ratlroad. These gen* :lemen are taking a survey of the resources if this Section, and of course, will receive a- :ordial welcome and kind attentions from ;hc people. Capt. Barney, the indomita- ile Superintendent, who was in company with them, gave an excursion down the road, in the afternoon, in which quite a amber of ladies and gentlemen joined. be largest and best assortments of agri- mltural machinery and- implements ever iffnred in this market. They take great pains in selecting, acd aim at keepiSg only! be very host and most improve^ kinds — l’bey baveeverything from a .reaping nti- :bino to a coffee mill, and all sorts and tiuds of iron, steel, implements, cutlery, etc. «c. They are large aud liberal dealers, aid their business is rapidly increasing.— They desire to turn their capital OYer'sever. i times in the year, so they advertise Itbr rally and sell cheap. It is a good place o trade. Give them a call. See adver- isemeot. i in /iiAG.toi* y.ux. i ' CONSIGNEES. . ^ W S Cothran, Son & Co., Berrys fit Go., Maguire, Cothipn &.Oo. T ”Jf. M. Elliott & Co., Hopkins, Dwight & Trowbridge, R It Weakly, Anderson & Lamkiu, T. j. Perry, Harris & Bro., Eldridge, Dunham A Co:, R T Hargrove, Miss A D ■■ Hollings worth W L Wadsworth &. do^,, poiclough, Har kins & Glover, S Pinkus, Mrs. Harris, R P. Jones, S N Noble. ' ’‘‘-' 'FBEIGHTi 1 63 hales of cottoa, 400 bushels of corn; 9,844 feet of lambeL, , , .j,a . r ‘. herey inlorm them, of the advantages, and 1 'disedvawtagesof this,- 1 * as ewinpared with ’that cottbtfy. My protinsBhas been long delayed, from the fact that t found so much tha^ I had to learnlKere^that a mere stran ger opuM not impart information that wopld hij.satisfaotory to himself or others. And even now I feel inadeqnate to the un- deftaking; because there is so Uttle hercto be compared with things there. J!-'" T mn/hBwev/ei, commence by - saying that the disadvantages of any cow coun try jare great-;—this is evident to.'any intel ligent man. I have sometimes thought that here-Vhey Weri'almost without a par allel. Tjlieipimgr^ntVpath, in this coun try . is rugged, steep and dark:, . He; often finds, in this broad land of- flowers and destination, he caljed on Mills for his re ceipt showing that.it had properly passed oat of his hands. Mills could : not make the proper showing, and Hence his arrest. Sinco he was carried to Atlanta where bo is still i^i,custody, a Mr. Ray, Brakesman on the some train, has been arrested and car tied there, probably at the instance of Mak : " ! ,i,! s i; 7 ;T * : : ! • ie ' fmm -» ' ■- -a- Decllne of African Colonization. The abolition of slavery in the tjhited s the Baltimore Sun) to Statesay. c . 1rf I have had the meet of lessening as there was formerly' among thie coloreJ portion, of-the community to emigrate to Liberia. Previous te the war and tlieprbclamatior of freedom, the Colonization Society foiled difficultyr of ten in ptovMing adeqaate .'conveyance * for emigrants, and for a time, after .peace was declared, the greater part of those applying for passage were fr3fh £E’e f8F off slave^hold- ing Sonthefn States. But iri : the lalst' ttvb years even this demand - has > fallen off, - arid for the expedition expected to-be dispatched this spring there are less than one hundred applicants for passage. The fall expedition was dispensed with entirely for the want of passengers, and the splendid ship Golconda, belonging to the American Colonization So ciety, arid purchased from febwStevehs be quest,- waschartered-for’a-voyageto Furope from which-1 she but recently returned. She is now in port-, and will most probably be again soot on a mercantile voyage,the small number desirous of emigrating to Liberia Agricultural Machines, Hardware, etc* - ^ justifying the employment of so Messrs. Ayer, HiUsA Co.rEfre Ji^crand valnableiariiipiiJti iw -fifbbahle, 1 '"‘ “ however, .thabasniaUer vessel may be char tered to convey) the limited number of apa plicantB to -Africa. -On' tbe whole, coloniza tion ;jnst; now appears to be on the wane. The Templeton Troupe. Tliis company yet continues to play at l)e City Hall with increasing favor. Last ight a benefit was given to Miss Ailice ane, who is greatly admired for her thor- igh appreciation and beautiful rendering >f whatever diameter she plays. Mr. Temploton has generously proposed give the proceeds of the entertainment Monday night next, to the Association f erecting a monument in memory of the confederate dead of Floyd county. Two lf thobest Ptysof the Company will be ■resented, and we hone they will have iverfiowing house. Memphis Brauch H. R. 'Subscription** “No Subscription.” Bja notice to be found in our Columns «-day, lt MU be seen that the question ° Whcthet the cit y will take stock in the woposed extension of the Railroad in the ■reehon of Memphis or notfis tqite&snb- 0 a vote of the citizens on < the 7th W * “ e '°“Ment thai'ilany., . ——-v. the exact status of ^ importantquesticn, aud west th s e are not prepared to give the necessary wiuatiou. In fact, certain things are yet, s pire before Rome can take jridi- action on this question. Attlie last ■ lu ^ °^ tb ' a r °ad a committee weie ap- jnf C f t0 TISlt An S usta “ext week, arid witl * tfc e Ga. and S. C R- R.. and probably any ,action. on the Be, would be premature until it ‘“e*n what those companies will do. - t ,.„ lS , C °. mm ' tlce W R1 return, however,and elKt.i ° re tbe ^-Tth, and give them a pnblMLto- J a kf|and>nt4^JlRter formerly of Chattso. ixt issue bC ini?! 61 ' 6 ', 1 " OM ’" r ceklyofthe :l4thl )le r °t* j ett ^ r that^bethinkstliat 0 ave comfortable . homes th ri a |iv: _ 0n ar ® noi likely to 'iria- ines s b ;^ e 'tber thmr wealth or hap- SeWator Sprague and nfs Southern Enter- prise—ivby they Lag A Washington,correspondent, speaking of Senator Sprague’s business movements, says: He informed Senator Robertson that he should not make any, improvements at present in Columbia,. Sooth Carolina, wherehe., made large, purchases of water power and land from the State, and agreed to forfeit the purchase money if certain im- provements were not made within a year, five months of which have already gone. He was aked why he did not go.ahead,and replied he conld not do anything while mon ey was 25 per cent, per annum down there, , , ...... • J5£s_A New York physician reports a curious case of a dog, which has just died, having fresh blood passed - into the carotid. The dead animal) was revived, stood on his feet, wagged his tail and lived over twelve hours j when he died again. ■ **> >■ •• » w;;arfc - ; ; : -John W. Forney. This noted' individual was-in Atlanta on Monday last. His stay was brief. In com pany with a brother George editor, we made a call upon,and extended to him, the usual courtesies, but he “had to leave,” and did so the same evening,Hhy'way of Knoxville to Washington. Onr good intentions were therefore frustrated. Wo wanted to hear him talk; to exchange views with nim,to tell him thatwe were “foil;” that we want to he at peace with the government; bat we had no chance. In a chariot, not of Jure, he was harried from ns, and so ended onr inter view.—At. Intel. A Drunkard.-—The Central OeirrgiaK gives us the following iteih on liquor selling and drinking. If the Judge’s decision pre vails there wiU be a great many people iq danger; “A great many dealers do not know that it is a violation of law to sell liqonr to an individual who is intoxicated. It is never theless true, and a person so offending is subject to,thri same pains, .and penalties as if guilty of selling, without license. At Wilkinson Superior Court, Judge Robin son defined what it required to be nnder the influence of liqonr, so that parties might make no mistake. Said he, it, is not nec- essary that a inhri should be wallowing in a ditch or bumping^ his. Head against your posts,' that jori may know bim to be drnnk bat whenever he begins to tell. the same; thing oveff twice,, then; he’s drunk 1” .i jg^Hon. 'it. N. Angler has notified the President' of the' Fourth National Bank ofNeW York that the drafts of Gov. Bullock drawn upon funds Of Georgia deposited in that Bank were not legitimate. The Presi dent expresses hig intention to be.governed. 4y the-Treiw.iiicr’sIc^pose o^the law, , 'jr ( «T'oK* ai’rfi.-.r* .a jj hi. BQ^Tbo.hest mouth wash wn ever.tiied, is BarbyiS ,Prophylactic Fluid. A few drops cleans es.tlieimriuth.and. dolhif, and perhaps a dollar : and four bit 3 ■psv day^fovhiridi to Help v hiBl- The fsiriu- er engages his services, with honest' mo itiYps Jtf make theinbuey. necemary to pay ,bis : dehts, ; ,,-A“dhere,andin..this : field of operatipo,-be learns that if. not -lawful, it is landssapss, that few, if any, care for him. Hfe finds Himself in a big world, almost alone. This grows ont of the fact, that there are imt few who have,been here suf ficiently -long- to become able to afford snah accommodations as- they-have'!been •’ accus tomed to meet id older 'settled countries and while there are few men settled here, haying, suoh ability, somo of then) are sel fish—not desiring the country to be settled up, because the range ' will he - consumed, and there-will ile more eyes to behold the marking and branding of yearlings and colts improperly; while it must be admitt ed there are some notorious rascals, ready for any game, among ti e immigrants to this, country. Bat it requires some schooling and dril ling, under older .hands, befpre they can be come adept in the business. There are so many doubtful characters that oue , hardly knoiys .who tq befriend or associate with.- This makes men distant—apparently sel fish, gram and sour in appearance, - and seemingly devoid of feeling, so that confi dence, friendship, and bill the blessings flo.wing from- them are slowly realized—so slow tbatl care not how warm hearted and generous a man may he, if kept upon pro bation too long, he will become indifferent tokhe friendship and society of the resi dents of tae country. Bat, the pew comer, he feels unabid ing interest, and,is everready to do. him good,.and to aid him in. finding <a home among strangers in this strange land. If, .however, the immigrant is a man of much observation, he has found before reaching the interior of Texas, that the old settlers usually advise in the direction of their in terest. Heilee, the poor fellow is unpre pared to listen to, or understand the truth, when spoken in soberness; and thus men learn to say bnt little to such individuals, and in this way all ■’become" Texasized—a deplorable condition to mY mild,' for hu man society—growing out of a want of confidence. A man here without means is in condition; because the most desirable por tions of the country have been covered by the claims of large land holders, who will neither Bell on time, noi- divide the tract to snit purchasers. Tbe reason for this, in many instances, is the want of valid tides; and hence they put a tigh price on their land, and then offer it to purchasers for one-half cash, the balance to be divided in annual payments, with ten per cent inter est from date, knowing that the one-half cash is the fall worth of the land, and should tbe imperfection of their title not be discovered until 1 the notes, for the other half fall due and are paid off, than they have made a nice speculation o! it. Bnt if the invalidity of their claim be discovered, befpre they have secured the prize, they make it convenient to he out of the way, to have nothing,-or to come forward with defence, and involve the parties in a long and vexatious law-suit, in which the pur chaser generally suffers wreck. In this way many men hare spent all their - means, toiled hard, lived on scanty fare in order to get to the land of promise; and after being here ten to twenty years, are to-day worse off than hewers of wood and drawers of water,- because the latter may be supposed to have bread aid bacon by his honest la bor. Bnt, the [ten to . twenty year old immi grant is often found living in a hut, and eats bread when he can get it honestly, And beef generally dishonestly obtained. Some are brought To this reluctantly. They get here arid find bat little timber of any sort. The 'immigrant is way-worn and tir ed. . He wants shelter, hot has no means to purchase an improved place, inquires around and finds a place to rent; but it is ont of order, and he will not submit to the terms; bnt remains in camp, looks further until he finds he can do no better. He is then forced to submission, and- with - his Family, pitches into a pile of little crooked post oak arid black jack lpgs, smeared with black mud, and no shutter to the door-—j and when he lies down at night be looks rip and sees the beantifnlsky, or star-deck ed heavens, is thankihl for his heap of lit tle log% and poor roof, and says wife, it is a ■shelter, we will make out-until we can do better. When themorning comes, he needs water, so off he goes to some tank,' river or creet—the “cattle upon a thousand hills” have beat hiin'there. He dip3 and returns with his mixture, makes some yellow corn meal into bread, eats it and his beeft and then to work he goes. He toils hard, makes good crop, considering' lus chance—hut die hari had to pledge the crop for the ne- ces^tieq of .life. And. when, it is sold- he finds he has-not money enough to pay off tbe'expenses of the year. Mr. Dick, over mark _ they, find, have escaped the knife .and, hot, iron np to thot time.. He is straightened for; means, and finds that want is knocking more rap idly at his door than ever. Under this pressure, he concludes to change bis occu pation, and agrees with lus employer take .for his service old Speck and old Pi- day, to which he will add a few others and start a Rancho We next find onr hero in. a . little cedar pota cabin, near a branch of oak or cede oldkSpo'ck and Piday ; being, carefully heri ed with the rest of tho cattle. Thus fixed op, he'begins, to prosper. : In a few years he records se veral handled head of rattle in, thie Clerk’s office of his comity.,. Next we may find him indicted and summoned to court, to answer for cattle stealing. Bat the jury 1 being a select one, it does not re quire a very able lawyer so clear him, who takes pay jn a few head. So back to his Rancho ho goes, with renewed energy, in dnstry and skill. His sons now begin help him. His cattle increase—ho is well off, takes hisAtand among the stock raisers off Western Texas. Others enter the business after him, and, have similar trials. His boys are jurors.— They remember how their ^father got hi start. It Was said to be roleable, if not lawful, and rie will not find any man goilty though the testimony be against him, be cause this marking and branding business is rnleable with stock men, and the Peni tentiary would soon overflow if all wero found guilty who do these rnleable acts. Snch is tho sad pictnre, in many instances in this truly great State—partly the fault of the settler and partly the fault bf the immigrants. Yon may imagine, from the foregoing, the state of society in many lo calities. There are, however, many good men in the stock business, many respecta ble, large land holders—many true men who rent land. Bnt these form the excep, tion to the general rale—that is to say, majority of tbe three classes ate somewhat after the style, as shown in the foregoing. I close this part of my letter by taking I do not,entertain a doubt bit that land-own ers will be induced by their own interests, in this important matter, to change. Be- cause, when known in the States east of the Mississippi, more fully, that their ac tion is snch, more inferior lands of the eastern portion of this State, will be pre ferred to the conditions imposed Ly the land owner of the middle portion. And then, if in no other way, the mighty voice of the people will be heard in favor of heavy taxation upon all lands over a given In fact, this condition of things will be changed by competition on the part of far mers, as the country becomes sottled, and farms more numerous, Bnt as for stock Taising, carried on as it. has been in Texas, I consider it the greatest evil found among the inhabitants of the land; and also the most serious obstacle in the way of the per manent settlement and improvement of the country,. I arrive at this conclusion from the history of other countries similaaly sit uated. In fact, if we had no light upon this point, we wonld irresistably come to the conclusion from the nature of the case. This mnst be made either an agricultural or grazing country. I allude more espe cially to that part of the State with which I am best acquainted, say from Trinity riv er to the Brazos, and then west, including the millions of acres fonnd 'on the bioad prairies, much ot which will yield abun dant harvests to those who may become the owners and cnltivators thereof. The reme dy for the eivils alluded to will be applied, when the country is properly aroused to the importance of thesnbject.- I come now to speak of some of the ad vantages of this country, by telling why this stock business will be changed. This is truly and emphatically a fanning coun try. Perhaps this State has as great an area of highly productive land, as is to be fonnd in any other of the Southern States. Indeed I do not think I exagerate much by saying there is more fertile land in that portion of Texas, lying between the Trini ty aud Brazos rivers, to the size of it, than any section of the Southern States. In this section there is an inadeqnate supply of timber, which makes me conclude that, as in some of the Northern States, stock rais- will he regulated by laws made and pro- id especially to snit the wants of the country, and I hail the day as not far - dis tant when this country will not be excelled by any other for profitable farming. I . do not think the stock business ran be made profitable here fbr the wont of a market.— Thousands have been driven off nnder my knowlege and sold, and the proceeds, in some instances, have not covered expenses. Bnt the drover feels compelled to do some thing, and having no farm to fall back up on, no gets np another drove, and tries again. Then there mnst be some other market fonnd for the beef of this countiy, or this mnst be considered the oommon grazing ground, around and belonging to New Orleans and other Texas beef mar kets, so-called. When I stand here and look npon snch things, and then torn to the great future, I am forced to the conclusion that from this region of country, within a few years, there will be poured into the markets more wheat corn, and especially more cotton than from any other section of the same extent in the South. I look still farther and - behold a degree of prosperity surpassing any other couatry known to to me. Tho yield of corn, for the two past crops in this valley, has been, as near as I am able to learn, from twenty-five to fifty bushels, per acre. And when an improved system of cultivation is adopted, we may expect to see a gain of 30 to 50 per cent. i-DiiriEgtAiB aetaoa^ whtat has- almost -failed on account': of , the myriads of grass hoppers,'which have. !| come down upon this part of the: State like the locusts lOfEgypt. Cotton is the. great reliance, and will be- while remnnerative prices are paid fur it.; -To; this the farmer looks to'make f A 'much larger- havobfien heensfomed to, oa your area of land wilLbe planted this rycar $an|out and when yon arriieherc. I ever before,' in thi3 immediate section—per haps oho htmdredi per cent larger. This S iiafrom one thonnad to eighteen hnn- pounds of seed oetton per ;acre. Mach of.thetsoil-iis susceptible.- of ai>-larger-;yiad)J t wes t 0 f t jj e Trimtjrriver"} do not think and will be obtained - when the improve-, yonlwttl beininred bv the ehamte ’f say inonfc mliioli innef WIaiw fKie Aam vavill -• dml 1 J e *v . - meats, which mnstfo’low the rare and : tail of the white man are developed. The lands on the Trinity,, -especially in the northern portion, are .dark and' gener ally sticky—sometimes randy; and so -with the preiries. On the Brazos much of the “ is of a red or mulatto, .color—in .places sandy. The soil in- most places deep nnotsay how deep. ; Twefc* - — cultivation'of muchoftho prairie \eals'the fact-that it- is better now) than when the sod was first broken by the plow man. Water in many places it very scarce, and of a poor-quality. In some counties, like Hill; the supply is better, and the wa ter goon, compared with many othir -por tions of the State- Ail this may he reme died, but. the timber question is a hard one to meet satisfactorily. I will say, however, that stone coal is. very abundant on the up per Brazos, within the hilla, or mountains of the Wishita'river. I have seen it tried here to the satisfaction of the blacksmiths. Bnt the ocst of. transportation at present will prevent its use. Railroads, therefore, will do more for. this country, in devek its resources, and:-affording the kan transportation needed, than for almost any other coantryinponieartb^- Hence -I be lieve the necessity for- them !will their creation in ample number*, and in the shortest practicable time. The Cen tral Railroad, from Galveston-by Houston,’ now stopping at Bryan city;'will soon move northwanl, and be ‘ready to intersect with the Southern Pacino or Memphis and Ell- Pass Railroad, which I understand is to pass through the upper counties of the State. The Waco Tap to-anile vrith the Central, though, not yet a fixture, * much this in' the broadest sense of the term’. Religiously, we here, as there, simply have preaching, by very respectable preach er* of the leading denominations. Bnt too few seem io appreciate the privilege of the Gospeli " Schools are sufficiently numerous to meet the wants of the people. 'In mi- njr of them we find first class teachers. Rev. S. E. Brooks, late of Milledgeville, an ex- 1 cellent man and s {good instructor^' has chinge of the Towash High School. And besides this, there aril 's good many cHfirch- es and Sabhath Schools being ei‘ * in differintparts of thecountry. In regard to;polrtics, all is dark and near- ly chaotic with me. ' The TeXas CdHtdn- tion, so-called, have^framed 1 a Constitution for the State, and adjourned, of which most of the papere, I have. road, speak fa vorably, and think it better, nnder the cir cumstances, that' it should ba adopted by the people. Strange, Mr, editor,' that a people can be so badly whipped, that they are onljr'frtattf breathe, and having ‘breath, will kiss the rod that smites—better; I think, say go breath. I have read Grant’s inangnral, and see nothing in it to comfort over 2e pibtaedBrdf o^nsoHdation -Bnt-T will bring this long and bhstily written letter—written 'while other duties were pressing upon my time, to * close. I have neglected however, tossy to my friends who-- may read this communication, ! think I have given them qtiantum sufficit ‘upon 1 the varied topics discussed; and -brought to' their view in tins letter; and I wonld 'beg them, if they think I : have not fully' an swered thet* inquiries; to come and see, and .. _ learn by experience, as I have done. And' talked of, and shoidd ifc be built, it will I know, Mr. editor; yon must hi Weary; if rrm Iiava fftllnvpd yyia thWinirli TK<* nnlr place ns in thirty-five miles of am outlet to the Gulf cities. Bnt as the Central ad vances, we shall be nearer the line of trans portation. By these roads and others which I think necessity wiU build, we shaU be able to procare a plenty of lumber from the extensive pineries, of easiera i Tex as. Until then the people here will he doomed to snffer in the flesh, for the want of good and comfortable houses.—■' There is, however, plenty of rock through this section of conntry to build every man abonse. Limc can bejmrned ata'Coet'if less than 25 cents per boBhel, and many ate now talking of concrete walla—corns have been built and others are under ’ contract for erection. I;: But tbe most important theme, I pre same, npon which my friends in Cherokee Georgia would like to hear me discourse, is the health of tho conntry. It matters bnt little t find, how sickly the country may be, where we reside, custom, habit, friends, or something of the kind, qniets tire ap prehensions upon this subject, and we nat urally come to the conelnsion that it would he unsafe to risk a move. This was so with quantity, to each individual owner of the “ e ; y , . , . that while my family have hadmoreat- soil; so that these holders of land will rea J - - — - - - - dily yield, and 3eU their lands at fair prices. Then titles will be made more clear and safe by the decisions' of the coarts, the country will soon be settled np with a class of men who have been accustomed to till the earth, and who will not submit to the tacks of sickness here than there,. I find them lighter, yielding more readily to nod ical treatment; and this is the case through out my practise. As regards myself, I think I hare had as good -health here as in any other place,, and have been’ more ex posed in .the two years than in all my life before. Still I most gay that rases of.chiiia and fever, remittant fever, etc., are mnch more common here than I fonnd them in my practice there. Bowel affections, here are severe, bnt fewer casra occur withiq my knowledge. . Pneumonia occasionally occurs, and when it does the case is gen erally hard to treat, on account of the very changeable weather we have here. So far as chronic diseases are concerned, we see hat few, except snch as grow ont of tho main diseases of this country. Billiary af fections are not uncommon hero, times we find individuals with a liver ..or splean as large as a jug ! I will stop short by saying in this connection, that I wonld about as soon live on Upper Brazos fur health, as on the Armnchee, Etowah, 0*s- tanaula or Coosa river* ofGeorgia. Next I presume, some are wanting to know whether 1 think they would be bet tered by a removal to this conntry. To all snch I say, read my letter, and all else yon find written, or haveT heard said npon the Western question, ■ and ' then do * as "you please—act for yourselves. If yon come to Texas, youmay expect to find things, in many respects, just as I have written about them; with plenty of land, ranging in prices from fifty cents tq ten dollars per. acre, * ac cording to quality an! improvement. Yon ask me if I am settled, I answer I am until I sec cause to move, i and that tall be when I get ready. I suppose I‘ feel, as firmly settled as any of yon. for whom this communication is intended. If yon see proper to come, my advice' wonld be for sev eral families to come outtogether. So that when they reach this country they can form a sort of settlement or community of their own, and if possible bring doctors, lawyers, preachers, school teachers, and mechanics, and move at once, and settle in on* of the frontier counties in snch numbers as tq make the: Indians afraid to raid upon the colony. By this way yon may have things in yonr own way, as to price of land, coun ty organization, and society generally. And thus arrange to livo nearly as soon as in older portions of tbe conntry where land is ,higher. .. I advise this because I think it better to purchase land at once, while it may. be bad so cheaply, rather than follow the rninons practice of renting from year to year, sim ply because you ran obtain a cabin, and a : 'ew acres ,of land under fence. Yon should come by private conveyance as the cheapest method of moving to this country; and then yon’will meet with fewer difficulties, and i le more independent when yon reach yodr destiny.' And I wonld say procure good wagons and strong teams of moles or oxen— the latter do not travel -quite—ao fist, but they are more sure, and brmg .all, the con veniences yon can pack-in, for yon tall find everything scarce and hard to procure here If many come together, have a light wagon which may be used to send ahead . of the train, and lay in supplies—generally best to leave the main road, whero yon . will obtain provisions of all kinds cheaper. £§Bnt, should yon prefer to come by steam, yon will Bare money to unite and send. an agent forward to make contracts for tbe transportation of the wbolo crowd. Try both the upper and lower routes. I know yon will find much difficulty,-and will meet with-many impositions on the upper line, for I - did, especially at Memphis, which to say the least, is a very notorious place for sharp and nnfniy dealing. If imy of yon come alone,- go to s friend or acquaintance who' knows 'k ' ‘ of Western travel, ahd follow lfc di- iu exactly,*fnd : heed nbt’ -the ctransel- of every tnan you’meet. Non cannot .'de pend upon yonr own knowledge, for; tall find<thmgs so different from what yon arrive here. I say come to me, forfhave my than full, and more to'do titan- i ought to do. Bnt if yon choose to stop'in' this section,jir in ( 'f3iyp3ffJ'C^he country THE MURDERER OFDR. AVER. ' 1 Washington, -3fay ; a.—The announce- A correspondentbf the Angmti-fc'/iiwn'- mepl;qf. the appointment of Spuimcs :,s ’Jefferson county,; under ditfe of tHe 25th’ plcffitSrfe'.'-W'ire comm^ion has pot yet •bjgjj hem sill oj Im.-| •. i- j.u-■'» • b^H'^oftfcrddlVit'the' 'appoihtment of- Tbe ^nnrder,>of,D*„ Ayer-ih stillutbcj. fics-.u a.IT iu-huaii ii-j i' ."/‘Wita»fler;”jqfpnrcommunity, and. 1 gShehCqibaa'constitution : for tbe repnb- the geppral^eotimopt is that as he has been J Cjj|i^s,^en, prepared ; in this. city. . The Wne^Eroyidepce'or.the.devil (which ever dramcis acted* utgn.the assnmptio a that i .made the selection) could not have b made a theCnbiMs’will attain their independence morp fortunate dioice foi tho.eommanity and* litft 'Texas,' ddsife'annexation. The than,, the. negro.JVfkPtt-'.who did Choi deed. ;cppstitnfiD'a provides ' for one or more I WfS kpown^ViikOB Bineefie was a.clnld, St^os^igj.Cabp. Leading.ihcmbcrs bfCon- “^WWl'kitaW'ta more-abandoned i riUiaR gress are .carticipating inteis movement, for his age. His former nuftster has oiten but as mrasknown the Federal Executive said he wonld be bung, an& tbe prospect is Hadkiteblffl'iu‘'the maffer beyond Btepbfiqyj being soon thcitly authorizing useless 1 ''war ' fftrpplies mee his commitment, it bag andmdterialaitb betsoUany-applicant;' >* • yon have foHowed me throogh. The only oonsOlation, however, I have to offer, iA that it comes from a friend fend a well wisher, 1 1 and a reader of yonr Tory interesting pa per, and from One who is not likely . soon to 1 trouble yon again, from' these Western wilds, where - mortal* 1 '-breathe - anil flowers bloom, unheeded by the great world around. Wishing you health and prosperity hr this life, and salvation in the world to come, I remain yours as ever, Sam^. L. Hamilton. Many North Georgians in this vicinity, so that it is often callei Georgia.- With all the many . Georgians, we have W. A. Mercer, ?. C. Dyer, W N Johnson, S Sled- ge, Barringer, Drake Hill, Daniel and Col.- Barrett, brother of Joseph Barrett, bf Cal- i.m The PaclflrJR allroad a Humbug. The Baltimore San has received copies of the last report-^-as'laie as^Mprch 5th— nude by a Government director of the Union Pacific Railroad. It is that of Mr. Chanoey H. Snow, of Washington, a civil engineer, and formerilly connected with the Baltimore,‘ Wilmington & Philadelphia Railroad, and who assisted in making the early surveys for the great bridge or that oompOby'across the Susquehanna. Ml. Snow went over the line of the UhioarPa- cific Railroad Since January last,’ making a practical examitation of if, and his report sufficiently confirms all the allegations which have been made heretofore of its incomplete and badly constructed condition, showing hurried, unsubstantial, unsafe, fend unlaw ful laying of track, without proper grades, ballasting, embankments, bridges, Ae^be- sides lenghening ont of the line with the vieW of drawing,' at the iota .fixed per mile, more bonds from the Government than the straighter route wonld afibrd. It is a fact which no one dealt*, 1 and Mr. Snow be lieves no one denies, that the persons who have had'the superintendence and manage ment of the construction of the Union Pa cific Railroad are the perrons who have been and are the contractors for its con struction. The- -“Credit -Hobitier” does the work and-receives tbe money. And what is tins Credit Mobilier ? To use the forcible language ofChariea Francis Adams, Jr., in an article in tbe North Ameticaa Review for January, 1869: “It is bnt another 'nome for the Pacific Railroad Ring. The members -of it are in Congress; they are trustees for the bond holders ; they are directors,' they are stock holders, they are contractors; in Washing ton they vote the subsidies, in New York they receive them, npon the Plains the ex pend them, and in the Creditor Mobilier they divide them. ^Evershifting characters, they 1 'are' fever ubiquitous; they 'feceive money in one ' hand as acoroperatian, and pay it into the other, as a contractor. Ba be a species of thimblerig,' tathfhis differ- com tbe ordinary arrangements, that whereas commonly “tbe little joker is never found under the thimble which may be tam ed np, in this case be is sore to be found, tom np which thimble youmay. Under one name or another a ring of a few per sons is struck at whataver^point tbe Union Pacifio is approached. As stockholders they own .the read, as mortgages they have a ben upon it, asAirectors the contract for its construction, 'and as members of tbe Credit' Mobilier they build it.” Miscegwiation.—The Charleston News of Saturday says; “Lieutenant G. P. Wood, of Boston, Massachusetts, was mar- ried on the 25th' nltimore, at Beaufort, by the Rev. Arthur Waddell, acolared preach er, to Snasan Ulmer, a colored girL Wood, we understand, is from a recpecteble fami ly, and held commission in a Massachusetts regiment, known as tiio Bay State Cadets, during .tiie late war. His general appear ance is that of a gentleman. The evening after their marriage Wood and Snasan promenaded Bay street, in company with another cblored girl, and on Monday morn ing itook their departure for St Helera Island, where Wood Has a store on on# of the plantations of his micle, Mr. George Frost, a well known importer of silks in Boston, Massachusetts. Snasan is a native of Beaufort, and was owned before and daring the war by ' a planter on the fulfilled. ed^batRoutwell has ap- been 'rKsriOrfertfdtbii; EetrtiM to $fWo oYW er negroes wbqi ! Jivedi.t(M.'4lA>Bame place •with him to join him in killing an 1 robbing a horsd'drover-who-was stopping this spring with, hi* (Wilson’R) «nnloyerj telling them ’anothfer :icading‘-aitic*6'“dil' the^Alabanir ' thfi''drorer , Ead.ni6ney j £ndthat wOs a, touch -treaty recently: rejected by the U. S. Sen-; easier way to get it than working inthcnot- ’ate. Thq wrRfersharplv oriticizestbe speech Yon field. He wonld have tatastetateATny* 1 1 faumner, arid eortelndos as follows“The ongelsew wJutaWibbok, if.hehad; thought muStion’ if-!5SW of law aridqo't'feeHpg. It ' they, bad looney just,** P0ORiMtrbodidiA|ea)i EfeiOiBfihft bfe’<h»#fi thnt'Greab ‘Britain but an inscrutable Providence selected Ayer, can be heldaapsssehsMfe ifovafay Jiifraotion- as thevictinvand to | this, dispensation-wei njflaw or excess ovef tj^p ordinary practice 'bow. ta^b most .perfect, .retufiotmu. Ij sea^uf both conctriM.” the R«//-oa;’s.Secretary,,through the assist- Governor WWlsi’ 6f“Y?fdfma, obtained ance ofForney^nd Gteclfey, Meteyingivery lnoShj0g. < j4ti#)eti*iy froai ; Lyotaerdajr.’»iyisit bard 4q work thjs updntQ.ai KorKlnXiOlBt- Ao,ti)e -Pr^den^ 4 .The' p^ctipn will,, qat,., ra»o, but if the above named editors, tall ibe fiejir untti* "tHprough!'' “Tyreodtbe evidencewblohypn-bave pub-. lished, they, will .abandon^ho. attempt.jf : ,wHo Iwrofyet*HorodgMyieqdiiibted with they Have one iqitielei of-moral or, political' the,ipoliiiraLcondition, shall recommend honesty in them. Wilson’s owo- race; hero -the, fliost .convenient period holding the '- dora not beiieve : any,siicbhthipg; in-.piDafiqf electpon'.. The President seems to be in- - which is the facttbjitnearbf^ilbtba gritataS-, ( voffid/* J “ 1 “ es against him arq-Tncgroes, tho prosecutor, j ' -BHffoftfiMfrBib'J. ' RaireBrqwne eonfirin »> negro and the foienioet one in the chase 'thfev-Rfglish eftipWmati« reports that the when,he rafifrom^c officer;was a negrp, (Chinese Government lOppose, 1 progress and, and!it Was the ,rq^roeq Erbth.jwqnte^ ,wiU not willingly ratifi Bnrlingame’s hnng_on (bespot. No*t, if there, was, thft -tiuaties. leastireason.jfpr teen a sutpicion ' that.tbe,; ! Aldhr-patent* have' becinissni-d for oxtrac- deedwas done, Jj !tbo,;.Ka-K|px, Messrs, ding oil from cotaqouBced, and new gins. Fprney.and, Greelqy befieyoiAe-ofegteteu t .OpTergor Gfmj d ,hradingp dej^ti wboarcherq.qn theppotand .ftmiliw.ijri^). from tKeThiladelpbiii Union League, had, fbfe evidence,fn^'t^' .case, wflaId : ,boso ldiiAinferideW'Wtth Gfrihf. *' '* ' anxious to flffjp^ip,,^ ofitbeic^OWUiiSO.! I ICcfife- Wood^hCHSfef ^ Detective 11 Treasury - innocent victim to the bloody .Ki^Klnx. Department, resigned on compnL-ion: Wood. A»'lNo^fc js.qqtoqoiftin @»nqptipntad»ltbepM S?P'-> eitiWiUlo i ; Gcfi!' I felfc ,! «ren{fyi^pbfeft'd'MateHal i cif i . , . „ th#j-Rastjra; iJHstrict'Of ; Penwrlvjmia, is' Knoxville, Sunday Evening, ‘ ) 4 ead - />:f ’ Eetion TdejFd&i:' A ■ WSpess- at tfie l , mitted in this countyJast, week by John 1 : was r ' hilled while pursuing deserters near Brooks (colored). It roeferolhatane. 8am Fote’RWH' j^Egtieirfriin ziiHUtnb Gibson, a negro,badpli^;bteiifii&wiu Mar- BontweU has extended doty. of hours at thaWilder,'(colored)aad the’parties'- Y^ie fbq yipsaqni, frjgnfl, tei4 -- soon tomarried.Unfortunately JohnBroofc* ■* was also “desperately in Hd> wid- de same „ , Msrtrts. enllnffigfel t i-Bfew*I?OBfe* i May6, 0 f869.'AlStobb<fSVeir- marry his rival;Bam,conceived the fieadwh! “b bnt improved from i ordinaiy opening' Rough On Curtin.—Said Cameron, (Rad) -in the Sneate, speaking of Grant’s appointments from Fennsylvsnia. ‘'The only Minister we, of Pennsylvania, have,”- (except a negro, who can not be a voter in onr State) is a man set down for Russia who ought to bo cent to the Lobos Islands, vice guano, removed.” aaJnk spots, mijdew, or any vegetable stain are at once removed by applying Dab by’s Pbophylactic Fluid. ’jqHerseryicA RADICAL SOCIAL EQ.UAI.ITY IN MO- L» Mobile, as elsewhere; the. whito Rad- IFc icals “cannot see” tbe “social equality,’, in!i phase of tbe new order of things. Nine -L " negroes bold seats on the Boards of tbe City Council,, and there is a number, of nqoroes on the police of that city. Bnt as we leara from the Register, the other day, when they' appointed a committee-to meet the 'Illinois editors, a large majority of whom law of: purpose of prevfentirg- the wedding by mnr- P nces _ brad, killiqg.be*,instantly, . ; A ., cptene^s tarrengr'““dgold- •««*»•« ?J. Gold 26J. inqurat bold over tbe body returned the nfcS 1 * 8 *^ n sirf-impinro sms. .1 ,• - i ■- .il verdqtti of murd-r - by - John Brooks,, -rfflMF «Jt^the crime was instigated byjeal- ing, just ra HunnecS ta “be Church HlYERPOon,.SIay fi^Aon^Cotton firm- some time ago. Ho was committed to jail or but .qot higher ; Uplapds.Ui : Orleans this evening at 6 o’clock, aud His. Honor, ^2.; Judge Cole, will soon, have an opportunity, tiyoYestigate the.facts, aa Cpqrt seta,tof . . , ,, morrow. Let-na have praceye darkies^nd , TTie ifitelli- " - quit shooting.: S. tcu. _urwc,{thfe*ptbhaBffi i In Alabama! from'the ri vers indicates* t tbfe 'flDbd is the Beati- 1 ' est everlyrt known-' For sixty mile 1 ) below Nigger v*.'EoLDlER.^'Vfaiaer, thfene-' JwMaosh bvcrytingiwaS.nnder.waler he- gro whom Grant appointed Postmaster at bq jqqre Columbia, 8. ftytad fcr Mb competitor D. Jf”; 5 s 28SB&i A. Moore, an ex-Federal Captain, who en- t ? e . Gert>n l dea Iiu .L eJ toied. the army .in-he, sprint ofl861, ra is- °? *be! way from Mobile to We- mg a company of seventy-five men from f“ m pbai- 'It is not qnly the* overflow, but bis private funds, wtich tie came Company ' • °-?Yrcme ^saturation i and washing of the Fof the Sixty-first Nfeir' York , ’YoItnitfe<frs; commandod his i company;- through seven “ e 9pe«*0“A«^gHc“ltt>re RepIanting pitched battle and numerous skirmishes and minor affiiir^ wm vnnnd^. jmhI W niwv even this will tewto be reiinquignga ^ in many instances for wantofseed: 'Indeed, i in the seven days battle in front of . Rich mond; remmned.on tiiefifeldi wounded /or u , changed, and beingjmiit for fidd- Sgr^pp; Molde Register IHr was assigned to the Veteran Reserve Corps, , J ' 2 ® wl^ lTe served tiU mustered, ont of | virainNOTemb^,.h 5 mgs«EvedHiM 2 n 1); fideljYyjfqr.qye yeara,^qd. 1 g*fffeq- I ^ ggipfUcjllvwpj[ tfiy, .Ki^IjIousSitaa- or.of the. Catholic -SfttfeJSglfKOe conn-;: ilc drift of I’rc-tcsi.iiiti.-iu in. id is (towards .Rationalism, and of our, whole qoqntry. The id.niind ran from one exa^era- Now. they Have got into ’ ns. Formerly Christ ig; now Christ is Formerly Divine the word Grace the 'Radial “equaKty’! pqz(y^..and. jfho ,ifas all,man was noi have beep delighted ,to be received .nothing, man is alL by their sable brethren; Hot 'a .‘black 1 man Grace was all powerful. the committee. From j ’all 1 the .Has scarcely any Weaning, and if yon want an4 fan and frolic bf tblfe festive' 'to,go to heaven all yon have to do is to ex- , . imbo was relentlessly' excluded, ert yourself- like a man. Formerly, ,so His-bnsinefes'ur to wtfex’AHJYote for carpet- were the toimenb.of, bell exaggerated, so baggers and scalawags. He is bnt the pot 'was it " pictured with its brimstone and litieal pack-horse and slave of his new mas--' fire, that it would seem' the main object of ter. The Mobile Radicals were afraid' to man's life was,' not to get tobeaven bnt to present tbe black man to the'Illinois Radi- ‘escape bell. Now the reply to this article cals. Savannah flews. ■ ‘ 1 "■ of.tfie Christian, friith is given .by a lady, ,, 1 lecturing in thjs city, as simply non constat; T _ - ’’"i' « v . Wforhell.tiuJt isgone; I have no doubt Life Transferred.—A successful op- thfe’ W'erim visa"? said tobe character- eratiottof the tnnftmion,«fUood,was re- Llto centiy performed by Dr. Eyy Albanese, at the hospital of Palemo, Sicily. A youth s Cr iption of hell. Now New Englandere aged, •eventeen, nained Gmseppe Ginazzo, > ? ^ to have round,smiling frees,and bemg very mnch emaciated >t>d bW ^ doe , ; t b^f spirits, under fever- . The operation reduced him. You see, tben-tbey Have,swnng s like apen- toa worse, ttate than, evat), and uAbewq ftSboneT^^iuc^ around to appaient that be was fast sinking, tbe 3jsS^.tn^ e t CTeml y c ‘ ear ar0D Q pabe bemg imperceptible, the eyes dull, . --■•siiiib ).n 4 —. 4^;.' i—■— the body cold. In thu emergency, Dr. Al- Can’t go the Negro.—Seven Assis- banse, had recourse to the transfusion of tant Assessors of Internal Revenue in An- blood as the remedy that had not, been tried, gesta and' neighboring districts, fcseause Two assistants of the hospital offered to have they are not willing to serve under the ne- their-veins opened for tho pnrposo,-and gro, Edwin Belcher,whom President Grant thus, at two different intervals, 220 grains nominated apd Congress recently confirm- of blood were, introduced, into .patient’s ad as Assessor for that, district vice Col. system. Afterthe first time he. recovered 'John Bowles, who has held the position the faculty of speech, and stated before be since a short time after the surrender ofYhe could neithter see nor hear, but felt - as, if Confederate armies, have resigned.—Macon be were flying in the air., He is now in a Telegraph. J| j{ , 4 \ fair state of recoverj^, *■ . New City Government In Charleston. nounces in tbe Coinstitntion of Sunday last i-St mon Hiaaccession to the editorial ehair of that pa- Massa-' J Ibvoui fhusetts, as Mayor, andjiqe-white carpet baggers and nine negroes as city council. — „ u „_ wum fmaurnL^- , H “Dem children got too mnch sense to come amount at ,least of a hundred ont dat cage; white folks cut dar tails off others assert that it is an over and set dem to votin’ and nukin' constitu- bnt the concern' will soon be i ’' tions.” op all pecuniary deficiency-’

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, May 14, 1869, Image 1