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Newspaper Page Text‘svrr/. ttm'TI Tonnou f ilf noJBnrBr-ifrVstertt* ' i;ti jJliw .tUjuiZ'i w'jt'iiuf If j .A«' e^bk' is -AifonsidaaGlTs r'lti iln a; . ! ^41 mwO .t, ' (Jill *;> Vo »lq«6^r 71-»7 < t ■WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION. ,7jM sod : uM tiail-c ./hutto.i ;mTii it.iflaia .-■•-«[ Mt rul V OLUME XXIII ROME, GA„ FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 'ill. 1869. fit llontc tones mVlXELL, PropT. -75iJi555TVvERY FRIDAY. RATES OF WEEKLY. $3 00 a « ** Months--- —at 00 ^^ES^rTRI-WEEKLY. ^ ## 0 ,, year .... 2 50 .Months.. - 1 25 ^imr® ADVANCE, lab; of Fife or more one copy will be fur- uh easr»'> s - p wau tcd in exchange for the „P&^ror- ■ M. DWINELL, ■ Proprietor. juai.t——- . _ ir „ M a month, Betweentth- t],» find luK ^Vtc- orenoon and three ib the Louis of t ’“' ( J. Court House in the county in •fifroeo”, ^ situated. - which the PW’^- al| ; s ma .t he given in a pub- li.’sMette 4 f °. of personal property must Notices_of f'« ner> through a public gat- fro given in a »■ t0 sa i c day. ,>tte 10 days ^pre\^ ^ Creditors of an estate, n^t he published 40 days- ^ ^ raa(lc to the - Vot l C fOrdmwy for leavc to sell land must be -al)!iilj«l ft J: r 1 !T" u “ r 0 " t '„f Administration, Guar- CiUtions fa ^ ust be paglishod 30 days—for •iansliip *• 4dm i n i 5 tration, three months— iismissxor. io^ ^ Guar(1 i aas bip, 40 Jays. f° r d,s * fht , foreclosure of Mortgages must Rules fhlv for f 0 ur months—for es- c publishc< i« > for lhe full gpace of three ” b fwco npelliag titles trem Executors or "f—.lrnmr* where bond lias been given by **?“£"■ Vr tiie full spare if three months. Jictlu ■ ’ ;n niwftvs be continued accord- r,dd t f-e the vVl requirements, unless oth- rwise ordered, at The filiowing m-r lew of ten lines or less $3 00 ;||C ™' m'!.’ „„ s' fa. sales, per levy, 5 00 Votice «»f aj'j’lftntion ^ 6 0Q "f'‘oppStl™"for Jismliaiin from ^ ^ ‘ SS ! ^ e inani;:r:::v::”v • o» P ,; ce to Debtors and Creditors, - 3 00 '°ipcrhhable property, 10 days 2 00 „r .Notices, flo days, ■* do.ure of Mortgage, per square 4 "0 ...n advertising'bis wife, (in advancc)10 0 .ShGAlTcAS BE MADE FROM SOR GHUM ASD WITH CHEAT PROFIT. IViieti at Louisville. Ky., last week, we viatel the works of the Southern Sorgo Company, for the purpose of examining the process by which they manufacture sugar from sorghum. Wa hare for n long time bettered a pro.ess would be discovered by which, mjer certain conditions, sugar could be mate from tlia sorghum, os certainly as , Declared Inelligible. A proclamation by the Governor is offi cially published in the Atlanta Intelligen cer declaring that W. M. Butt, elected Jus tice of the Peace for the 1026th District, to be constitutionally disqualified from hold ing the office, by the provisions of tho 14th amendment. The Governor declares that Thos. Spencer, who received the next high est vote, is elected, aud that he will be qualified and commissioned. The Cotton States Tile Insurance Com pany. Macon, Ga. The above named. Company, of which Wm. B. Johnson is President, and Geo; S. Ob ear Secretary, is a home institution j well worthy of patronage, and its Directors aro among the ino3t worthy men j. of the State. For farther particulars, apply to Dr. H. M. Anderson, agent, Rome, Ga.—See ad vertisement. Decline in Wheat. There has been a very considerable de cline in wheat in this market in the last few days. A No. 1 article of red now commanding only §1 30. Cotton has advanced a iiitic—the best now selling for 251 cents. More Building in Rome. Col. N. J. Bayard has let die contracts for building a beautiful brick dwelling-on the hill, just beyond the residence of the late Mrs. Shelton. G. N. Wright is to do the brick work and Blakcman & Jeukim the wood work. it is from the tropica! and Wcstlnd'dca c. We were most happily su prised, on our visit to the above named works, to find our faith so soon realized, by discoveries that have already been tested by extensive experience in the successful manufacture of sugar from the sorghum plant; and this too,in quantities that-plahe it among the most profitable of :all crops. The process by which tin's is aecoiiiplishe has Leon patented, yet it is very simple, and without the use of chemicals, or complicated rnachi- i-L-iy; the essential conditions being chiefly such manipulations as shall not destroy or injure the granulating prracipl’, naturally existing in the syrup, and the removal of the gummy, nr glutinous matter found in all sorghum uiolasscs. Ooo of tic most interesting features of tho wh ile process : s tho manner in which the latter phjeetis accomplished. The vis cidity in the syrup that makes it stringy, and to some txtent prevents granulation, is relative'! by pic-ipitating the ingredient, causiug it in the form of a pulp, or coagu- hui. which is easily removed. But we cannot go into a minute description of the I'f-uv .—suffice it to say that the entire ma chinery that one would neeesserily pur chase, Le.-idn the crushing mill, costs on ly about one hundred dollars. The disa- abie surghuui taste is removed from Contractors. Blakcman, Jenkins & Co., are prepared to take jobs in house building and carpen ter work generally. They are faithful workmen and thoroughly understand their trade, aud we cheerfully recommend them to all parties bnild ing houses—See advert fiseir.erit. Rain and Hail. After a dry spell of some two weeks on last Thursday we had a. delightful rain —a real good season—that fairly makes the growing crops and aT vegetation laugh for joy There was quite a little dash of hail, at first, with the rain, but wo have heard of no very serious damage from it. both syrup in syrup yields beautiful sag: learn- brown. i sugar, aud every gallon of- knm four to six pounds of r— equal to the best K'ew Or- md four to »ig pounds of syr- ->!r -J. 11. Sccbult, tn whose premises tie works are situated, last year raised 40 acres of this cane, iiis crop yielded ad av erage of one hundred and fifty gallons of syrup tu tbe acre, aud tiic syrup sjg pounds <’t sugar to the gallon, ii e have a sample of the sugar that auy person desiring to do so. can see by- caliiug at cur office; also a pamphlet, containing Ibe certificates of several agricultural corns nuttecs and scientific gentlemen who have examined this proceer of making sugar.— he price of the patent, for Individual T ights. we understand, is one hundred doi- Juitgc of the Rome Circuit ,;1 i A. Kiiby has received the up- Pmntuieiu of Judge of this Circuit, but t'-t yet lib ctitaa'issiou. \Vc aic author ed tu state that it Juj nceejjts the office,' ~ud isswurn in, he will have' gti office id' home, and spend some part, at least, cfev- ' reek »Ais city, and.t&ji|il! be con- -deredhis headquarters wlierolic may' be -dJrcsud on official business. , e “reassured that if he enters* upon f tins office, it will be with the cterutination to gifitc out equal .justice to “ land clear the docket;si rapidly Jisl^-ac- ,C - lo of the old cases thatli^re been con- - nutu] lor various reasons, some of thorn, . T “'fl'tor ten years. > Let .them•: parties "-'■rested, be rcadv for trial at the next' " rE : tor thdir eases will either be tried' >i out of court, unless there are J ctautial veasoug for a continuance. Ton j, m ,i '"jistie® has already beeUi practiced l i ’ 1 ' lour t s delay, and many parties, wor» ^ f -in by prberastinafihn^ have yielded-i i. rights rather tijap b(^.longer worried ' l ' 1,! uncertainties ef a trial. AdvIceXo ‘Cuttdii Planters. A correspondent ’ of the New Orleans Picayune, who says that he has been for thifiy-cight years” a trader of cotton in New Orleans,” cordeoses into one sentence the true and only wise palmy* of the South T ern planters under the circumstances at present surrounding thenr. He says: MYc have but two modes to select from; the one to labor to increase the product at large,re duce prices aud fall hack to servitude; the other, to plant a few acres and increase product to five-fold, make all supplies, for land, man and bcast,sell for gold, buiid up home mechanics, manufactories, schools, churches, neat and tusty homesteads, yyprk up the cotton crop into yarns or cloth fat export,andlm Independent of ‘profitable.’ Profitable trade! with a vengeance; oiir part belug bread and meat, a log cabin and common clothing, and theirs, palaces and champaignc.” [From the Montgomery Mail. Closing the Free Schools. Dr. Cloud, the inaompateat Superintend ent of Public Inductions, acknowledges that his departmeutis iitan euibarassiugstate of circumstances. II e .supposed it would be, but haino id..a that he would acknowl edge it. Having miscalculated as to what his: departmept could do, he nmv recom mends the closing of the lice schools as soon as possible. It appeals that -John H- Piestou, Su perintendent for Lawrence county, bein much perplexed and harrassedas to want of money to keep iipTheTchoo's, wrote to Cloud calling upon him for the sinews of intellectual war, money. To whose ..Tetter Cloud replies: “I regret exceedingly not being able to send you the money. The reason* are these; The public sciioil fuud for this seholast c year is m rch smaller than I had hoped it would be. I have not completed the ap portionment, but have ascertained that the iund will not pay tb the towuships more than about §1 ehijd of the whole Dumber enumerated. I find, fiugei'urc, that in one cf the townships repented by you for the last quaitcr (T. 3, R. 9,) the expanses amount to 6554 59, while the number cf children in the township ( 2G8) will entitle it at $1 ?0 ppr child, to lut $321 90-” . This presents a wide gap between ihe buckle and the tongue, and Cloud can find no way of closing it except by the follow ing suggestion: “J think you had better close all the. free schools when thpy bpA'O been taught as long as three nipplljs. Gen. Grant’s Conservatism. It has been the hope of many, in the South, that Gen. Grunt would make a Con servative President, and, at least, not ma lignantly punish the States lately' in rebel lion. But many of his appointments show that for the sake of humiliating one sec tion, he is willing to appoint incompetent negroes to important offices. Is it wise to afflict an entire community in order “to ad minister some sort of rebuke to the rebel element ?” The following is the comment of the ’Vashington correspondent of the New Fork Herald, upon the appointment of Turner as Postmaster at Macon : “The appointment of tho negro Turner as Postmaster at Macon was made at the request of Senator Sumner and Gen. But* ler, and with-the full concurrence of the Cabinet, as a rebuke to the disloyal element of Georgia for the late murdeis and out rages alleged to have been committed there. Butler is said to have told the President that unless it was taken be, Butler, would make the omission the cause of pitching in to the administration with all his ability on the reassembling of Congress. A deputation of Georgians waited on the President on Thursday to protest against the eontinuaBce cf Turner in office. They stated that Turner was entirely unfit for the position, and made himself odious to all parties by his impudence and ignor ance; and that Mr. Washington, who had been removed to make way for Turner, was a truly loyal repnbliean, and had given the highest satisfaction during his administra tion of,the office. The,President informed the deputation that he had nothing whatever against Mr. Washington. His removal had been made through a conviction that it was necessary to administer some sort of a rebuke to. the rebel clement there who had countenanced the late outrages, and he, the President, thought Turner would give them a most unpleasant dose. It was too late now to protest against the appointment. It had been made and must stand, do matter how unpallUjUble it plight be to the people of that section, loyal or disloyal.” .i®*-ii. Fraser Mitchell, M. D-. a dis tinguished; physipian of, Montgomery, Ala., says, “Daiby’s Prophylactic Fluid is an- excellent application to wounds, S®*The people in some poitionsOf Flor ida arc luxuriant in fme wateru.el 1 oiVs, so the papers statu, *■'*’“ idiiliJ. Saving is Gaming. Rakes nre'essentlal after the cradle io a field ofgraib. "It : is not cconomjr to allow 10 percent' t>f the wlieat to remain bnltbe field after the labor ajjd, expense of sowing, Trust ces ot the Lunatic Asylum. , jf J, , .' ,v n li ul!uek lmsapppim^dj jol. B b! Gtaffcnried, Gen. S', p. MyrTek and Si • uP ike county of Bald- iu ruf 4 ee sof tho State Lunatic As^ j , i i 0, or until tl^eir succegsots.may b°uppointedand qualified. * hands may each save _ __ „ , -#Jmat fierj'da^’. that Vou;d otherwife. be lost.' ^ ; r. ~ 8®-Josh Bitlingi sayS that if A map proposes to sbrvc tltc lord, be ljkcs to see him do it when he' measures coin ns well as aawifcB-4ie hollers glory hallalu'-; yet-. TH“ Tyrannical aud Unscrupulous “Perishes by the Wayside* The city was thrown into a state of ex citement yesterday afternoon, by the arri val of a messenger from Jones county, with the intelligence that Sheriff Colgrove had been killed, and a negro than severely wounded, by a party, or parties unknown. The particulars', a* far as they have trans pired, are as follows; Yesterday morning, about 7 o’clock, Col grove, accompanied by a negro man, left his residence l'or Trenton, three miles dis. tapt. When about half way to the village a volley is supposed to have been fired into the wagon in whieb the - two we r e riding, killing the Sheriff instantly, and dangerous ly wounding the negro. Shortly after the tragic cccurrcace Colgrove was found in the middle of the road, with a bullet through his breast. The negro bad his arm broken by a ball and a gunshot wound in his breast He is in a precarious con dition. We were afterwards shown a dispatch from Deputy SheriffShip, announcing the death of Sheriff Colgrove—without giving any particulars, and stating that the truly toil militia had been turned out, and were in. full pursuit of his slayers. Who they were was not Stated- Many conjectures were afloat in this city yesterday regarding the persons who com mitted the deed, but there was only one opinion regarding the person killed, and that was that a bad mao had gone to render his account to bis ‘Maker. I Sheriff Colgrove bus committed many high handed acts and putrugos slues Tic began the administration of his office, griudingthe people of Jones iu the lust by the aid of his hasp minions. Time an'd again has he been warned that uch a course, 1 ng persisted in, would lead to bis destruction; but; unheeding th'e re monstrances of oven his political iriends, he prcsscdouwardji) tha obnoginue course -he hud marked out, and we. now behold the result That the deed was a dastardly one, Wc are frank to admit; but that it was un provoked, we emphaticolly deny Even his political friends—his personal onec are hard to find—admit this, and speak of him as a tyrannical and unscrupulous officer. cichcm, North Carolina, Journal. Stokes In Washington. The New York Tribune’s Washington correspondence has the following: Congressman Stokes, of Tennessee arriv ed here to-day. He says the Bepublicans throughout the county peed net fear the the success of the party in Tennessee ' in the coming State election. The recent Convention was composed of 327delegates, of •,'ho'm 233 declared for him for Gover nor- Ihe Convention adjourned, however, without makipg a uqnii)iation.. Stokes; was afterwards nominated by the .§33 delegates and Senter the remainder. All kinds of compromises were offered,but neither party would yield; Mr. Stokes says that he can bo elected easily, bnt should there appear any fioufit as to the sncccss of the Republi can parj-y,a jatisfaBtory pomjpromjse wilj bo effected. i Senter, we believe, claims abbot the same thing; that is, that bo is the choice of his party and oan be ‘'elected easily." Stokes will agree to a compromise, ifa Democrat is brought out. This, we bojievo.is Sonter’s position also. If this ib the only contingen cy upon which -they can agree,' they will both run on till August. There will be' no Democrat in the .field.—iKnoxville fte*- . ' - r . .. CofKl Advice At .the installation of a Baptist mjngter, in Lower Canada, quite recently, the; jfol-. lowing advice was given to the congrega tion. The reverend speaker said: Dear brethren, Isuggest that you pray for your minister daily; guard hi 3 reputation care-, fully; hear him preach weekly; listen to fhp Work wakcfully; labor with him patheti cally,both 'individually and collectively,, support.fhoiSabbath-school heartily; sub; ‘.UV.Tl ‘oSS^A; W@Sfcri»,flu*ier recently Joiag tip: a hoop skirt-in iliis . ctirn-fiehl ;to'>ifcightcu away the erowg. yiiq crows west a 1 -ay ; si ibut the fie!d!Wa8, -C“W!0f^>9W' ■asuBiahelbriet exchqhatioti—“A-'Tas! ’ Madienly '^geiarakibn.—"Ah men!” •; !.■}■ ix / n U--..I ■ i ... If you Jefe,trouble'Sit upon your tom like a heu upon heri nest, yoil.: may .expek the hatching of a larger- brood.,.:. , Army of the RepuMio,” setibe ,for him litjerally; pay fiiu) promptly; organisation, whose ohief fs John A. Lo trim lsiin « ftf finJ llllll Vlf KntifftP ;■ IL-n. Till giye him a,"bit of moat andabaljof bj occasionally; call on him frequently, but; fnrrtr Tiim GArdiallv' b Kii/uuA JAinuTi.xJiatt id : tarry'brieflyj'grcot him cordially J 'but 'not B3i .I-'- ‘ rudely—nndmay tbe God of all grboe - ” iblesa ypii abundantly, and add Ante yon dailysuqbigs shall.b^spved.eterpajly.”, [From, the Huntayille Advocate, Rad. . .Gen, Jos. Wheeler. A few weeks since.we published Advocate an article from the Mor‘ Journal, io reference to Gen. Lon; letter' Gen. Wheeler’s connection wit etc. Gen. IV. stated to us that this . him injustice, and we then requested that he should give his own version of the mat ter, which we would publish with pleasure. This he has done in the following letter : Hall of Commercial Committee, 1 Memphis, Tenn., May 19, 1869. J W. B. Figures, Esq. ■ i j Dear Sir—Your favor of the 30th ult. requesting me to correct the statements re garding Gen. Longstreet and myself, ins duly received. The cordial relations which had al 1 existed between the General and my and the natural aversion I felt against speak ipg otherwise than complimentary a® pleasant of one whom, with the entiri South, I was bound by almost sacred asst* ciatioDS, caused me to hesitate befi re mak ing a reply, confident thar Gen. L. would hasten to relieve me <~f the reflection which the article contained. I have not the article with me, havin; sent my only copy to Gen. Longstreet in a letter l wrote him some three weeks since. My recollection is that.it made these as sertions : First. That I recommended a change in the letter, and then urged Gen. L. to pub- publisb it at once. This is an error. My entire knowledge that snch a letter was contemplated was obtained at two private interviews specially solicited by Gen. Len; street, when, at his request, I read a letter he had written to Col. Parker. My opinion being asked, I at first ad vised that he should not reply at all, or at least that ho confine himself to the expres sion of moderate and conservative ideas, and finally seeing he was determined to write something, I urged him by all means to avoid any reference to the Republican The second statement that my visits to his office ceased, or that I avoided bun af ter the publication of the letters, is incor rect, and needs no comment. The third statement that he followed me into a store, and taxed me with avoiding him, is entirely devoid of foundation. In all conversations between General Longstreet and myself after the time allud ed to, die never io any manner intimrted to me that my conduct towards him had changed in any way whatever, and the last time we were together in the same city, some eight months after the letters were published, oor intercourse was agreeable and cordial, as it had ever been before. Tho - tenor of iny political talks with Gen. Long- street was the expression of my private opinion that the only way for the South to obviate destructive legislation by Congress was »o use niost scrupulous care in prevent ing any occurrences which would give the slightest color of ground for claiming that snch legislation was neccssary, and 1 sug gested that some course might be adopted to correct the false impressions circulating in the North, and alienating from us mass es of friends in all parts of the Union. Though the views I expressed at the time were of the most temperate character, yet nothing was further from my ideas than advising Gen. Longitreet’s joining and as sisting a party then threatening all social order; and *- very olemont of prosperity in the Southern States. On the contrary, I tdd Qon. L. that as tar as l and his ether persona] friends conld explain, he would be credited as he professed, with an honest de sire to promote the welfare of his country, bnt beyond that limited sphere his views would be interpreted by bis words, and hi* motives would be harshly judged and se verely criticised. Thanking you for the desire manifested to correct the errors referred to, I am. very respectfully, your obedient servant, * . J. IVheeler. [From the Selma, Ala., Times. . Register! Register ! i I- Tbe time is rapidly approaching when every map who feels and interest in having tbe State of Alabama represented in the United States Congress, will be called up on to go to the ballot box and aid, by bis vote, in the selection of our representa tives. An absolute prerequisite to the exercise of the elective franchise is registration by the voter: The election lor members of Congress takes place in Aug ist next, and wc urge every democrat, who has not here tofore done so, to prepare himself to vote by applying to the Judge of Probate for registration nnder the provisions of tbe fol- towing aet of the Legislature : “That after the 2d Monday, in Novem ber, 1868, it shall be thedpty of the judge of probate of each connty of this State to keep a book, in which shall be subscribed the names of all qualified voters, who may apply to be registered, record being made pf the pard or precinct in which each pci- son thus rogisjerefp reside?. Before the name of ony voter is subscribed on snch book, it shall be the dnty of tbe probate jndge to administer tbe oath prescribed in section 4 of this act, to each and every person thus applying to register; it shall be thodpty ofthe prpbatp judge of each coun ty |o forspapd eYery thrie months a certified Bit of the yotprs’ ijj his office, to fhc office of the Secretary of State. Who ‘'Runs” the ImfeRalist. -The Allentown, (Pa.) Democrat, says with ref erence to who publishes this paper, that the “simple fact in regard to this matter is the money t* establish it was furnished by Barie/of-Philadelphia, one of the mem bers O? Grant’s Cabinet—Secretary of the Navy. It is edited by men holding official positions nnder Grant; in Washington and New York } End ops' of-tije members of his staff is the managing editor. And more, this paper, th 3 Imperalist, that is now ad vocating the entire ahrogratKin of even the forms of Republican Government on this oonfipept, and the crowning of an Emper or, has within the past fow weeks been r.p- ogmred as the official organ of the “Grand Tbe Circus Rider. He was young, with a remarkable hand some figure, and a Bohemian look of in difference about his fiice and manner, that indicated all sort3 of adventures. We wend ed our way to the principal hotel, . called the Franklin l!uuse, and washing-tho .dust aud cinders from oar faces and hands, went into breakfast. I observed that my strand ed fellow traveller did not breakfast, and after that meaL while sitting before the bar room, I asked him if he had breakfasted at the station back, where we had heard a -gong. Ho responded “Devil a bit.” and on propounding the reasonable inquiry why be did not indulge in the breakfast so nec essary to humanity, I learned that he had expended all his immediate funds in . pro curing a ticket to St. Louis, where he bad aa engagement with a circus company abont starting oat on its sninmer tour. “Now,” continued my acrobatic friend, “they could not have turned me out at any other point between New York and St. Louis, bnt this where 1 wonld not have found friends and felt at home." Poor shipwrecked brother. I was ship wrecked, be was shipwrecked, all through the beastly ignorance of a ticket agent. We made common cause aBd shared our rations. I found him very intelligent and entertain ing. I asked him many questions touch ing this business that early associations had clad in a certain romance. On my remark ing that according to statistical informs tkm, the average donation of life in the. cir cus was very short, he said : “I don’t believe it. I suppose it comes of the fait that at forty, or thereabouts, performer gets too stiff and clumsy .for the work, and if he has not made enough t tire, he breaks his neck.”. -Don’t you think drink fi^s something to do with it ?” “No; a man can’t drink in our business He has to be in good health and in posscs- si n of all his faculties to get through Cir cus riders, lawyers, doctors und horse break ers don’t drink. When they take to drink they stop being Circus riders, lawyers, doc tors and horse breakers.” “I sdfi that women arc coming into the ring.” “There’s a lively risk,” he said; “women aint meant for that work. They hav’nt the pluck and muscle. Its distressing to see ’em try. Six arc killed in the training to one that succeeds.” ‘■That feature would uot be. so popular, if these facts were known ” “Ail the more. A,crowd has a taste for danger. The more dangerous the that the better they like it. IVheu Sammy broke his neck io his famous aet, old Gudgeon said ho wussosorr. he could not have put iu the bills, it would hare drawn such a bully house.” So much for human nature, as seen from the sawdust.—Don Piatt. E3L-A great many Radicals arc disap pointed in Crcsswell, Postmaster Go leraf and they are trying to oust him. They are about to issue a pamphlet showing thai he raised a company iu 1861 for the Con federate army, and that when ho took the iron-clad oath a* a member of the Senate, he deliberately committed perjury. This is all true, bnt wnat of it ? Grant knew it as well March 4th, as he will ever know it.—Sat. Netra. Atlanta,,alone) l.-mlbedowner jst«e of the Atlanta University, an institution on thevpiam.bf -.dttlOberluLand Howaid Uni versities, was laid tp*^ay^. ^ The .attepdence was large, and. includei General Terry and staff/ G6Vmnvr. ! Rini)p]c, . Judge Erekine, Jndie'McCay arid 'many other 'prominent citizens. The institution is being estab- NEW SERIES-NO 42. gan; Bafiieal of .Congress from BlL I .-.-m. . .. ULc ■ More Civil Rights.—-The Savannah papers say. that Sims, who Bke to have M, I ^ri«td toficenrq(,fiiat T c}a^pas- uT-y . • : ‘j vvu- , aage °n the steamship America from J>alti- A’PoLU'io^L,AHOMffjY,-^lJ|Wi9.1i3n> nitrje.to thatrport, and wasrefnsed. Here <te tlie declinh' in'Imperial' 'Franee and "fo 4 -jnrof ably a rose under the civil rights ■fooWenOUgih in this country to folk about' " - transplanting it to this freo land. -i- "* OSjjrjmu.igrjmt wagons filled with men, wdtnen' and phildren, of all ages and sizes, ‘are pounnginto' Minnesota from gp East, North and South. .n-q It .<w'e» - act., • Wanted—The platform oi of Tennessee Radicals.—AW aid. ■ • Answer—r-“Fiye loavc-s and two fishes." eerThs Air Line Railroad, from At lanta to Anderson C. II., S. C , is now in fair way of success. The New Era says that work upon it is being energetically pushed forward, and the present prospect is, that before winter s"ts in tbe , cars will be running over the first twenty miles ef the track. The men who have bold of it are pushing things with a will, resolved to complete their contracts at as early a day as possible. Luck and Labor. Lack is ever waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and ’str ng will, will turn up something. Lu'k lies in bed, and wisbos the postman would brin him news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o’clock, and with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundatien of a compe tence. Luck whihes. Labor whistles.— Luck relies on chances. Labor on charac ter. Luck slips downward to indigence.— Labor strides upward to independence, Convicted out of his own Mouth — Ilulbcrt has bpen blowing and bragging to a very considerable extent of late around the cities of Cincinatti and Memphis. In the former city he made a speech upon the subject of railroads, aDd is reported to have nsed the followin'* language iq relation to the great enterprise that Radicalism has placed nnder his control: “The first great trunks is the Western and Atlantic, from Chattanooga to Atlanta, 133 miles in length, with an income of $1, 250,000.” As he pays the State only three hundred thousand’.'dojlqrs, it is qot to be wondered at that ’he fox payers and the hoqest peo ple der'ro to know what has become of the balance of nearly a million.—Cohmibus Sun. In Savannah, before justice Russell, the very important question was raised whether a Magistrate can commit ari accus ed party to jail for - non-payment of costs where a bond bas been tendered. Mr. Stone for prisoner, General Jackson forthe Magistrates. The’prisoner was discharged on pauper’s oath. the Superior Court at Savannah ip J. N. Muller vs Mi Sc P. Bank,the Court rilled the maker of notes ip Confederate' times must pay the value of the money when'the money was loaned. , The jury decided the opposite, and gave verdict for the vahje at maturity cf the notci. '•’be case' will go riV.* Ramie 'Ilahctkercblefs. Mr. Barnwell, of DeBow’s Review, says tho Macon Journal & Messenger, exhibited in this city yesterday a handkerchief made of tbo Ramie plant, tfbieh [fia geqtleman who sqwit tells ns, was pot surpassed in softness and fineness'of texture by linen of the best amBity. They are' quite common in New Orleans, and are kept constantly for sale iq the shops. It shows what' pan be done with this new plant. We believe its cnltiyation has been entered upon in va rions parts of Louisiana, on a largo scale agd with very gratifjfjog prospects niy pap: fSUf r.Tl . CSLln New York City last week, at the yearly meetingof - the- Hicksite Quakers, creation of tho world—an average 2,000,000 annually, or 6,000 per day. — ' --t .■g/.igri——•*- KSL.Hail stones, the size of a man’s head, are said, by tHe'CotumFos Index, to have fallen in Noxtibee county, Mississippi, on the 12th nit. The same paper says “wher- Bureau and the‘Educational Aid Societies. Remarks were made by Governor Bollock, Judge McCay and others, and a lengthy address delivered' by 'John M. Langston. The arrangemedts weie superintended by Col-JR. Lewis, Supcrindendent of Edu cation forGeorgia ' [Special Dispatch to the Cosrier Journal. Tbe Supreme Court Decision—Enfranchise meat of 40,000 TenneSseefans-^The Cin- vass tor Goveruoa Nashville, May 31.—The universal theme of conversation, here is : tha fran chise. and how it is affected by the recent villa. Judge Shackelford, of tha Supreme bench, arrived iu Nashville to-day, and from private conversation with this gentle man, it is made certain that the decision is as broad and sweeping as the people of the State could desire. It was unanimous.by tbo court. Under the decision every man who has received a certificate, whether from a County Clerk or Register; is .entitled to vote .This decision will expand the fran chise at least 40,009. County Clerks, under whose supei vision registration was conduct ed under the first law, arc getting blanks printed for the purpose of issuing dupli cates to those who have lost their certifi cates. Wm. B. Stokes; one ef tie. candidates for Governor, has gone to Washington for the purpose of consulting with his friends as to the policy of announcing himself on the platform of universal suffrage, . and tbe late Supreme Court decision has driven Gov. Senter, the other candidate, to East Tennessee to consult his friends as to the situation, and the policy best to ; bo pur- ucss sued. It is evident that one or the other most come out on broad and liberal ground The Conservative press all over tho State is opposed to running opposition candidates either for Governor or the Legislatuie The universal expression is for liberal Republi. cans wh.i will go for universal suffrage. There is a lull juj now iu ,the canvass. Both Stokes and Senter arc measuring strength and getting leady for combat. It is evident that Stokes bas all tbe conserve tive model ate Republicans on bis side, with a large proportion of negroes. WASflMGTOX. Washington, June 3.-—The Fresideut has appointed S. E. Deforest Collector of Customs at Fernnndina. Letters from Cuba, received here this morniDg,state that the forceunder General Jordon succeeded iu joining tbe Cuban forces after several fights, in .all of which the Spaniards were repulsed with severe loss. General Jordon’s loss was slight— not over forty-five in kiUcd and wounded. He saved his artillery and arms and ammu nition. He had with him 17,000 rifles new, of the most approved pat terns. i.< i OHIO, r •Cincinnati,JuneR. —ThuCity Council Committee on the Southern ; Railway met last night in secret session. The ballot showed a tie between Knoxville and Chat- tan ooga for the Southern terminus; after wards two favoring Knoxville changed to Chattanooga. A’not her ballot was not tak en. The question will be decided thie af ternoon Wasinoton, June 2.—Charles IVheeler has been appointed Postmaster at Eufaula, Alabama. Second Lieutenant William McGee, of the 20th rogiuient;U- S, infantry, for riot ous and disorderly conduct,has been sen tenced to dismissal and five years confine ment in ho Louisiana Penitentiary. BSTFanny Fern says: Tho coming wo man shall be no coid, angular, fiat chested,, narrow shouldered, skimply, sharp vissaged Betsy; but.she shall be a bright eyed, full chested, broad shouldered, large souled,in tellectual being, able to walk, able to eat, and able tc fulfil her natural-desti ny. £®*Dr. £. L- Stroheckcr and Hon. Thomas H. Hardeman,', Jr , were scut with Judge Cole to Washington, by the people of Macon, to protest.' ’against the ap pointment of a negro postmaster for that city. Not Murdered.—A letter received at the State Department from Minister 1 Web; states that General McMahon, wh'e was supposed to have been'murdered by Lopez, was at Aacuneion on the 1st 6f April, under the protection of the allies. TarE.i—The New York'’ Herald says “Grant has no more reason to asstime that everybody who held office under John son is corrupt, than the next President wifi have to assume that everybody w' o held office under Grant was his cousin.” Prescription for Ague in tbe Eigh teenth Century. -Sir Kenelm Digby, of; England, sent to. Gov.. IVinthrop, the sec ond, of Massachusetts, the following pre scription for ague,:.. /Pyb, the patient’s thehag around tho neck ef a five cel. Put the eel into a tub of water ; the cel wjU die, but tiie patient will recover.” . : “Bottom Rail ' Scotia DL^We 1 ’idq( the foBowing advertisement from Ihe Chp a’&iaig *K M Wanted—Jd-a respectable colored fami ly,-a. white woman td do general bouse work Apply at No37, Cairo St. No' Irish;need apply. if. Jordan. Cs&,Thc ^Washington corro pondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer contradicts the 2*?“ Uhfo, said that 1,4,000,000- ' r ^ that Qj,^ Grant is opposed tj a ^jd.J^ens.hed j)y war since the. protective tariff, “ -'" * “ freed ’ and adds that “there is not binet.” • •’ Flogging in Canada. A majority of about two-thirds of the Dominion Parliament voted the ether d: fora restoration of floggihg as a pools] ver. the'tornado of frozen missiles touched MUtof crime, aeeojdipg to the plan pro- field, universal ruln'follhwea: ‘ j IMPORTANT ADDRESS.TO TUE PEO- PLE OF GEOKlilA. By CoL Geo. N. Lester,, Home Commis sioner of Immigration.. ., , >, ::: ylui^xm. ) viiina mil or «z \ Valuable Sagsesttans.. Atlanta, Ga., June 1,1869, To the People of Georgia : • I am prompted by a sense of official du- ty, as well as by. a sincere desire to benefit the Stale and people, to address you in this firm. In the month of March last I had the henor of being-clected'lfomestio Com- missioncr; uuder an aet of tiie, General .As sembly, entitled an act to eaepyogo |—' •gration jhtp the State of Geot investment of capital iu " By the secodfi sStlijn df thc ait; it 'made my duty to!faithfully devote myself to the encouragement of: immigration of good citizens, hborejs»£gjtiyns,. mechanics, etc., and to’the investment of capital in lands.” My position has thrown mo into an’ ex tensive coircspondence with persons resid ing in .different sections of the 'United States, upon the subject of immigration to Georgia, aud the investment of capital .in her lands. This correspondence, together with whit T continhiiBy sev in the newspa pers, discloses the fact thht the Northers people haven settled impression:upon their minds that a general Spirit. of lawlessness and moliQcropy prevail? in. Geoi^a—tiiat lynching js either approved of or winked at by oui p'eo^fo—that the civil' administra tion does hot afford- adequate protecthm-‘to life and property—that the lives of men are destroyed on account of their poBtical opinions - that it is qot saf e for Northern men to'reside in Georgia—and that officers courts,'and juries', either fronl harmony'of feeling with offenders, or from indifiereilce to crime, will, not., bring, to. punislment those who violate laws There is no just cause whatever, for this impression npon the Jiorthdrn mind. -I WeU know that the'^rent body of the people of Georgia are opposed to violence, lawless ness, lynching, and mobocracy, in.qny shape, and iu every form.. • I know that they love law.and or cr/ and sociel quiet and moral progress. Yet a wide-sprea&impression to the contrary ex-, ists, and is doing,us incalculable :damage. It is injurious to our. reputation as a State and to our character as a people. It is.an uujnst impeachment ofthe integrity of our Judges, the fidelity of ourofficers and {he virtue of our juries. It very greatly en dangers oar poBtical rights, and if qot re moved or counteracted,. will constitute an' effectual bar to immigration, and hinder aU investments‘of money‘from abroad. No man vriil seek a home where he thinks it unsafe to dwell. It is boot|ess to discuss the question, as to how, oc what agency these improper and ’fesions'lonna a j “ J " " iml 1 Cnffin* il unjust imprfessious foun da lodgment in tho Ndrthern mind. : Suffice it to say that they are entertained, and ore-doing us rojmy, and greatly retard lhe . prosperity, of the CommstwrealvL- , , • j As a citizen of Georgia, jealous of her reputation, and sincerely desiring the pros perity and hap iness of her people, I want these unfounded impressions removed want the Northern people to look at Geor gia in her true light and do her people justice. That acts of violence have been perpetrated here, I will not deny; bnt I do most roundly deny that the'great mass of our citizens have any sympathy with crime or’give any a'ppmbatitm to' liwlrosness.' I trfeely admit that wc have in Georgia : jiist as they have everywhere else, rough, 1 reek- less, hot-headed, indiscreet, violent men, who sometimes, commit acts cf viploace, am 1 perpetrate outrageous crimes; but ti^ese men arc comparatively few in number, and are uo correct type of. Southern character, in general. ,, . . " The large majr iity of turn , people are good, true and law-atiding. They deeply deplore every act of crime and lawlessness, that bad men commit, and will, I,feed ;con- findent, exercise their power to bring to punishment, those who violate tho daw, and to prevent tbe occurence of prime . Now tho question, arises, what eao : wc do.. more thauwe have already done to remove tbe hurtful prejudices that are entertained, or fostsred against us 1 ; - ; JIany of the public journals, aqd the judges in their charges to the grand juries, aud the grand juries in their presentment, and otheraiq cireular letters, havp epfieav- er - ored to connteiact these prejudices. The Railroad men ofthe So ith, at the caU ef Col. E. Hulheli, The’ ‘energetic .Superin tendent of the Western Ac Atlantic : Raid- rood, which belongs to tho State, have met in convention and invited the. people, of the North to visit and examine .our- country, and invest their capital in -. the rich fields of spcculationwhich oor.Sfate so.invitingly presents. anL to this end they have i reduc ed railroad ftire to almost nominal rates.:— Tho hotel keepers of Georgia'an A else-, where in the Soutb,'havie also-pledged a re duction of hotel fare. Tho plimtezs,: far mers and manufacturers ofthe State also met in Convention and extended a cordial invitation to thepeopie ofthe North and of Europe, to seek homes and invest their oney in ourgenial clinie,. pledging, to all who may. como: a corteons and hospitable welcome..>.i: eurihi ,n.\ oi abacJj The Legislature of Georgia conforming to and carrying • onb the popular will, has passed an act, elected officers . find 1 appro- appropriated money for the, express purpose citizens, laborers, artisans; and mechanics, abd'thehirestment'of capital in lands. Can it be said with any semblance of truth or rjtdticethat we have done ail this, to > get iNm-them-medlot settle here, simply that we may haem a chance to insult them, and take their'lives ? Will any one pretend that all this trouble and expense hire been encountered, simply to induce Northern men-far invest 'their capital in Georgia that. we may rob them of it'! The idea|is ab- surd. Men and’ property are as safe in Georgia as anywhere on the globe. We may do one other thing that has -not been'dohe. add I sincerely hope that our people will make haste, and delay not to do it. >Let[RAEffilib^i Be held all over the’ State, and especially‘in those counties qnently perpetrated. , Let these meetings be attended aqd ooadaotod by oar best aa^ masblnfiq'eatial eitizens, and; let a solemn dcelaratidn be put .forth that we have no sympathy ■ whatever with the lawlessness, crime, violence cr lynching: in any form; thatwc will not tolerate them in oar midst, nor‘will we give support or counteusnee to those who perpetrate them; that the' few in- stanees of lynching and other acts of law lessness that have occurred in Georgia; shall Be the last,-so»for*as-we-are able to pre sent their reourrenee; that uo citizen of any color'shall bp molested, or treated with violence on account of his political opinions; that order and the administration of law shall be upheld and maintained; and that fall and complcte protectio'n to life, liberty and property, shall he guarenteed and giv en to all'wlio resdb or who tUf" hereafter seek homes in onr midst, er invert their capital in onr State. Let all grand jams, composed as they geoeraffy are, af onr best and mostinteffigent citizens, also speak oot on this subject in their general preaent- mentA and when we shaU have done this, and shall’ have faithfully endeavored to carryout the resolves, all cause for preju dice against us will be rearoved, and in my judgment our trenblea will eease, and pease, prosperity and happiness will smile on us again. With the earnest hope that our good old commonwealth may speedily eajoy her for mer—aye, more than her farmer proaper- SX. . I am your obedient servant. and fallow citizen.': Gxo. N. Lxstxx. Commissioner of Laud Immigration. .Hid'!- i*t ioboWiqar* I fully and cordially aoaeur with die Do mestic Commissiouer in the fotagniag eam- ■unicatien. . Sai^Vhm, foreign tiOBumiMODtr. I most fuBy and heartily ■ 1 ooaear in the recommendations mada by the Haa. Com missioner, and do most confidently believe that the good, people of our State do depre rote thg acta of violence which have ce- 'enrired, and that it is in' their power to take snch Bteps as will make every citiiea, be he .rich or poor, native ar foreign, bleak or yrbitp. sccnrein his person, hu property, and iittiie enjoyment, of hie civil and po'it- that the good people of onr State give ex- pression to snch determination, an 1 that they exercise their moral sad physical pow- R. B. Bullock. Traveling Stones.—They have walk ing stones in Australia, as,we axa inftrmoH, they have traveling atones in Nevada. Ban is a description:,, They weahaort perftetly round, the nugonty of them as luge as a walnut, and of an irony nature. Whan distributed abbot upon the floor, fable, er riny other level surface, within two or time feet of each other, they immeifirtjy begin traveling towards aj«n|re, «nd thrue hud dle np in abaneh, | Bke akt ) of jm if a nesfi A single stone removed ioaaamaee of three and a half feet, upon being releas ed, at once started off with woadarfal and somewhat comical celerity to join its., fel lows; taken away 'onr or five feet it nmain- ed motionless. They afo found m a region that, though comparatively level, is nothing hat barren rock. Scattered over this barren region are Bltle basins, from a few fort to a radio diameter, and it iq in tbe bottom of those that the roDing stones are foaad. They are from the size of a pea to fire or six inehes in diameter. The cams ef these stones rolling together is doabtlma tabs found in the material of which they are composed, which appeals to be loafeloae or “* g ^3fS¥3V?»41^H« a/o tslf : dj I Frightful Tnpty 1 Ky. LYNCHING OF JOHN W. PE1IT. [Correspondence of the Courier Jsai aet] Perrtville, Boyle County, Kt., ) 1 Sunday, May 30,1869. j On Thursday night of last wade ayoatk named Young, a resident of Palsaki eaaaty, on a visit to this-aeigbborhood, and Hay ing at the house of Mrs. Maty Jana Gray, at Nevada, Mercer county, four mBia from thk. place, where he f whilst attending school 1 in his bed bv some uni 'most' horribly mutilated. Hia* fractured in several places, from which blood and brain freely escaped. The instrument used was a commoo ax, and found near tba on the next morning, ten discovered at breakfast aU be was lying on the floor near bit bed, wholly unconscious, though stUl breathing. To tbe utter astonishment of all who bays aeaa him he is stiU living, and slight hopat are aatar- toined, by some that he may yet raeotr- The affair eansed, as yon auy i ine, a very deep interest, and iRv as to who could hare been the parpetretor of the bloody work. Suspicion it seems centered on ayowag man, John W- Penny, Bring in tbe avigh- borhood, and who, whether ioaooswt or guilty,' has suffered the dieadfbl penal ty. Last night about 1 o’eioek, whtia tha father and mother of.the young man, with other fnYndsi were watching over him, imsclf being in the room, two stout men walked qdietly in pad seized upon him. Another suddenly appearing at the window presented a pistol, and all present wws or dered to keep their position sad i the most perfectsilence. t Pat “What does this, mesa f” . made. ' The men having Penny i _ were joined by quite a number of others at the door. After awhile they all moved away, aad this moraiag tha dead body of Penny was found hanging by the neck on a tree ludf a mile'from tbe vmisge. The Coroner was'sdmmooed, aad the rar- The Pewdcr Bills la OfSeaMaa. It may not be gaaarally known that tha large powder works belonging to fen Uni ted States Government, aad a this city,'have been ia busy opantim for the past two or three'weeka. Are wa to baveis-wir with Enghadfim-Canada or with Spain for Cuba?—Aug. Cknm. Mixed Juries lu At a special meeting of the Cite Ceoaeil of Chsrkaton on Saturday, thafcUawiag ju ries were drawn for the Jane term of tha City Coiirt; Grand jury, whites, 5; Masks, 5; petty jury No. 1. whites, l^Haeka,7; in which lawlessness has been most fro* petty jury No. 2, whites 7, Maak^_7; ] jury No. 3, whites; 8, Masks, & Tha goad peopleof Charleston assy expect mixed jostice. Tbe weather being warm there wiU very probably be vary lira bang juries. The condition of tbe working weama of Boston is not to be envied. Samaikiag Bke forty thousand earn a arscaaeas sub sistence by plying the needle ia tbs i made clothing establishment* of that ei earning,on the siren ree, something lam ti four dollars par week. Others make g tlemen’s palm leaf bats for aigbs seals a piece, earning, as may be supposed, barely sufficient to keep body aadioallegrthsr. Boston’s boasted philanthropy ia all anaa- dedoanegrosa aad mmeona forthe mrb- tianizatioa of foreign hamhsaa.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, June 11, 1869, Image 1