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Newspaper Page Text‘■WISDOM. JUSTICE A N I * M I > 1 > K It A T I O X." VOLUME ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. JUL^ 2, 1869. NEW SERIES-NO 45. lirilRm -j'pWXNEUE' Prop’r. yBU)AT ' BATES of weekly. o«y w,r r = - SiiUon'M. iLt w* s -r ..$3 00 „1 75 ,_1 00 ^sFOETBr-WEEKLY.^-^ " """ 2 50 0»e 1°*,, .... «r Months.;— ;vIrlably IN ADVANCE I* _a<>a nno flODV Will Tjt ,uUof Five ° r r more eno copy will be fur- ,iibfRrat'S. M. DWINELL, Proprietor. advertisements. iSnrnistrators,Electors or ;,|tj of E 311 ' 1 ^ e ,i by law to be held on aes month, between the ,he first orenoon and three in the rn. of •“ J^ Court Uot.se in the county.in Benina pub- yoticas ° eV10 as. :;c spaette M <^/ e 0 f personal property must Sotiresot tie> -* ihraugh a public gaz- Hgireo 10 to sale day. , Jiteioday* Creditors of an estate, J* be published 4“ w jjj! be mfl( l<! to the leave to sell land must be .viirt of 0rJm ar . v ,ux , uWished ^r‘1°“™ 0 f Administration, Guar- citations/-or ic««= ub lishod 30 days-for li^*'tinistWtion, three months- lisnii^* 0 " ■ ■ flfThetrerioTeure of Mortgage must *bl ihittg lost P 3 POr“, for^e ui P rj or '“ B!t nir^ere S bond has been given by tanundrator., c ,, three months. • ;e Ja-ene J . ( "' ‘ e - be continu cd accord- TST he legM mnirements, un.ess oth- |5“eordered, at the following "“SAs? Guardianship, 40 days. ... 3 00 «HKZ;oToSmdUnslup. 3 «» Citations forlctonrs ^ f or dismission from Notice ol application K^etfaw^d'™ " iSS: ;“ f ::“ 4 00 Guardianship- ... g 00 &t&£Stes^ 300 Sale of Land, 5 00 urf pSw 10 »s ‘^^''fr'u ji'Aee'.'ncr^ro 4 00 Cherokee bile insurance Compa- w -duaaal Meeting of Stockholders. The annual meeting cf the above named Company was held in the Masonic Hall, iu this city, on the evening of the 24tli inst. The reports of the officers not only show _gratifying state of prosperity, but prove the enterprise to be an undoubted success. The Compauy has only been organized one jug, nod though, like all similar projects, at first it progressed quite slowly, yet its uieaibership has increased quite rapidly daring the past few months, aud they now number over GOO. The preseut ratio of increase will soon bring it up to 1,000. There were but three deaths in the Com pany during the year, and the policies of those members were promptly paid. Several changes were adopted to the (Wauvwb, vpe uiO-i important oir which ri, 1 tho 1 ohWgit oftKe nM pHbe‘ Coiupa- iy to ‘-file Cherokee Masonic olid Asso- ciaiion,* and the provision that “any mem- kfiylji jilts pul^ ltja porteary najohsments jitr^ii yeaisahail be OTtWe^to a paid' up 1 ' Tim fbllpaving were elected for the cusuing year; DIRECTORS. Masonic Celebration,. iScdicatlon, Etc. The crowded state of our columns to-day. prevent anything more than a brief-allu sion to the interesting Celebration of the Masonic Fraternity, on tho 24th inst— Evcrything.passed off not only pleasantly, but greatly to the joy aud entire satisfac tion of all interested. The Hall was dedicated according to the forms and ceremonies of ancientnsage. The address of'Rev.H. C. Carter, delivered at the City Hall,.was indeed admirable; beau tifully presenting the • principles, of -Free Masonry, as illustrated in the character of- John the Baptist, and unanswerably meet ing the usual objections to *he order. The Hall was crowded—a large portion of the audience being ladies; and all seemed delight ed with the disc-arse. The dinner was the finest that has over been set on any simi lar occasion in Rome. Though the crowd was large, there was rich abundance of both the substantial^ and delicacies of the table. The Committee of Arrangements* and especially the ladies, deserve great praise for the ample provision and excel lentguod taste, displayed on this occasion. We cannot conclude this brief notice with-, out mentioning the fact. that one of the most pleasant features in all the proceed- ings was the sweet music discoursed by the Rome Amateur Brass Band. They have only had their instruments about two months yet they already play quite a number of pieces with a great degree of perfection.—- It is an “institution*’ we are propd of, and, if they will but persevere, they will soon ri val the best bands in tt c State p H Smith M hitmen.' tjr.'W West, i; c Hough, Thos. j Petty, Rome, Ga. if I Wight; : : J I. Camp. ' “ ■ W T Williams, K I{ Colclough, “ - lit. 1| V MifeM, - - ■«- 1) M Hood, ' “ II11 Austin, “ MU Samuel lawrcncc, G M, Grand Lodge of Ga,, .Marietta, Ga. Mhos. .t. Jjavis. ftav»: Spring, C}u. T Cri)i'ford, - Kqoil, l^jai'' ’ ‘ I* P Forney, Jacksonville, Ala, fi 1! Hendrick, Pleueant Hill, Ga. 1111 Ashury, Talladega, Ala. l>r. J M Taylor, Lutherville, Ga. ■juilgo A L.rden, Cave Spring, Ga. •T'D Heard, Augusta, Ga. ltev H 0 Carter, Dalton. Ceu. D. O.^Turrentine, Gadsden. II C Kelly, Cummins, Ga. ijas. M Veacli, Adairsyilje, Ga Coj. J A11 Ranks, Dalton, Op. luo. .Jones, Dirt Towu, Ga. it 11 Kyle, Gadsden, Ala. At a subsequent meeting of the, Direc- AGKICUIiTURAI* FAIR FOR THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY OF GA. AND AEA., IN ROHE In accordance with previous notice, a goodly number of planters of North Geor gia and Alabama, representing some eight or ten counties, assembled in the City Hall, in Rome, on Thursday, the 24th inst., for the purpose ofinaugurating an Agricultural Fair for that section known as the Chero kee country, aud embracing the counties of North Georgia and Ala ama, On motion of May. B, F. Jones, Maj. J ; H. Dent was called to the Chair, and D. M. Hood requested to act as Secretary. On motion, M. Pwinell. A. J. King and J. J. Cohen, were appointed a committee to report business for the meeting. Alter a short absence, this committee, through their Chairman, made the follow ing report: ' For the purpose of stimulating and im proving the agricultural and mechanical in terests of the Cherokee country of Georgia and Alabama—testing the various new in ventions and improvements in agricultural machinery aq4 impjetpynts—exhibiting some of the pest stQcfoQf our ^action, anJ Cituparlng notes in regard to foitilizers and crops, by this meeting it is Resolved, that an Agricultural, Ijortip^l- |uraj aud tlieohauioai F*iir, Ipo held in the oity of Romo, to commence on Wednesday, November 3d, ofthis year and coutiuue three days. Re it further resolved that for the Dur- pose of carrying out pho above named 'o> i , .1 - — 1jl W AA»tiifA f *Atnmitf a l A t n lrpGp.n cnlties from the .want of reliable labor, as well as from our iguorance aud inexperi ence, surround us, for us to make that necessary advancement in our agricul tural affairs. to make it a profitable occu pation. , We.are now. only blundering along and groping onr way in darkness and. con fusion, and wasting time and capital for but Httle purpose. Hence, the great ne cessity of organization and concert of ac tion among ourselves for the pnrpose of im- proyemenVand results leading to success, and it can only be accomplished - by our forming RAgricultural Clnbs, and having our Agricultural Fairs. Borne persons may say, what good can Cl ihs and Fairs ac complish. That question can be answered in many forms. 1st. I wHl answer it in its most Bimple form—that is, if they do no good they can do no harm. . But I say they will do goofl, and great.good, and I have the experience of all-Europe and our Northern States, to bear me out in my assertion’that they lire' productive of great good, and have advanc ed the agricultural interests of- those conn- tries more rapidly and snooessfally since the organization of such Clubs and Fairs,' than it'ever advanced in a lifetime before. As such,- gentlemen, we have the examples of success in others to encourage us, need only the resolution on onr parts to do likewise, and I hope, and trust that this days work is only the beginning with ns to exert ourselves in behalf of agrichltural progress, in this fine and beautiful section of Georgii And, gentlemen, whilst thus addressing yon, let'me advert but a moment to the pres ent.condition of onr labor system, on which we are now entirely dependent. To see the trouble and difficulty it has been to procure the hands to save this wheat orop, should open our eyes fer the lutnre—it shows that the unreliability of labor pro ceeds not so much from the negroes unwil lingness to work, but the fact is patent that labor is becoming scarce, und it most become more scarce. This lack of labor most convince us that it can only be sup plied l>y our accustomirgourselvcs to the use of labor-saving implements and machi nery, and to sBoh improvements many of os are prejudiced against, merely because weare unaccustomed to their use, and think they arc impracticable for ns. Jt is no such thing, we can use them a3 advan tageously and as profitable as any other far mers, and will be compelled to work them, on onr farms, as a necessity. I have not the time to say all I desire on this all important and interesting subject, but I have said enough to invite your atten tion and reflection to a matter that yon must sooner or later adopt, '4nd in coa- , . ATXANTA. Atlanta, June 22.—The Supreme Court, of Georgia to-day decided that the Code of Georgia, adopted by the new Con stitution, forever prohibits marriage rela tions between white persons and persons of African descent, and declares such mar riage nuH and void. Second—This section of the Code is not repealed, nor is it inconsistent with that part of the Constitution whioh declares the social status of citizens shall never be the subject of legislation; that clause of the Constitution actually denies to the Legisla- tare'power to pass laws in social status or compeUing the two races to'unite in certain intercourse, as laws then in existence, . al lowed churches for instance, to determine for themselves who . should oconpy their seats, and where they should sit, and per mitted railroad and steamboat companies, and hstel keepers to classify and assign places to those using their accommodations, according to their social status. and- grade,- as they might think proper. The Constitution puts it beyand the pow er of the. Legislature even to enact any law preparing' them.to make a different classifi cation, or group together in social inter course, those who do hot recogn : ze each other as social equals, as. the social relations of citizens are not proper subjects of legis lation. The Constitution has put the mat ter ait rest by denying the Legislature the power to repeal or enact laws od the snb- jectl Washington, June 23.—Caban affairs have never been’the subject of consnltation, though occasionally it is the theme for con versation in the Cabinet, nor in the present aspect of affairs is official action probable. The. Government, has no information that opposing forces in Cuba have ever met in open field, bat. that the little fighting that has been done amounts to nothing more than skirmishing, and the operations confined to a few inland points. . In this view of the case no member of the Cabinet has express ed any desire or hinted at recognizing the holligorentrightsofthe Cabans. The Span ish Minister has been informed that while the Government will enforce the neutrali ty laws, it and the people sympathise with the Cubans. The Spanish Minister has been placed in direct communication with the Attorneys and Marshals so that he may fnrnish them information enabling them to enforce the instructions issued some months ago to in-' tercept the saUing of hostile vessols. The recent arrests were made through Spanish sources, and were mainly attributable to the open boastings of the Cubans of their suqcess in landing men and arms. There is no disagreement between Fish and Sumner regarding Motley’s instruc tions. Gen. Dan’l Butterfield has been appoint ed assistant Treasurer of New York. I^ebb, in telling Fish that the Brazil ians had more respect for us than for Hayti, suggests that we thrash them. olusion, I cannot impress nDn» jour minds todStrr...A„„„> •he enEuins r,n v “ffii’i'i-z acre elected Jor year: OFFICERS. -M-ij. C. II. Smith, President. , . Samuel Lawrence, G. M. Grand life 9 f Gq°rgiq, Yipp ftps. J. Perry, Secretary. ‘ U1, JVest, 'Treasure'r.' AUDITING committee. K. Yarbrough, Dr.S. F. Powers, C. O. MoOuire arid B.*T," Hargrove. jcci, an Executive Committer o thirteen —five of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business—be appoint ed, whose doty it s]ia]l be to adopt' 'ru|es and regulat’idhs for the proposed Eair—csr tablisha schedule of Premiums—secure suitable grounds] and make such improve ments on them as may be needed, and make aU other necessary arfangoment^. bj fil-; so made tiU d’uty hf this > oommittee' ‘ to ap- point in each of the counties likely to par ticipate in this Fair, five or more -suitable gentlemen as a Jommittecof Arrangements for their respective counties. G.n motion, the report vgai received. and a4optp4." '"• " . The Chair appointed tho following as the Executive Committee: A. A Jones, Geo. S. Black, J. W. Tur ner, Wm Ramey, M. Dwinell, Bi F, Jones, 0. iy. Sprawl, John A. Johnson, A. Grif- feth, Samuel Mobley, T. J*. Davis and F. Ayer. On motion of Col. J T Barns, it was or dered that the Fair should he known and 4istmgnwhe<| qs' the “ Agripultqral Fair of the Chetoksa.Country qf Georgia and bama,” . On motion, the meeting adjourned to Tuesday, July 20th which is the first week of the Floyd Superior Conrt. J. H. Dent, Ch’n. D. M. Hood, Sec’y. The papers in Rome, Cartersville Ex press, Marietta Journal, Dalton Citizen, 2*y the importance of organizing farmers clubs in every neighborhood, and make yone occupation a theoretical stqdy as as we|l as a practical business. It is all nonsonso in saying that theory and prac tice do not work together, it wil ! , and as advantageously as water and fire are neces sary agents in combination, as active agents to propel the stearn Engine, and when such clnbs have been organized, and are in sae- .oessful operati m, ananatly, you will have such fairs in your country as the meeting has been assembled tq iuaugnrate, and suet Hairs'will aroilse c* new zeal and energy in Cane Mills, Evaporatos, die. Steam Engines We would w]! attention hq the. Adver tisement of Akin &'Drdm’mond oftouis- viile Ky. It is a No. 1' House, and they claim that the}’ can successfully complete both in price and quality of goods, with the best Manufacturers in the United Stales. IIO. of'O.'F. ■U a meeting Lodge No. 40, I ■ of F-, Held on tlie'24th inst.. the' fol- Jaeksonvillo Republican,'' Coqtrq Aygns, Gadsdeu Times and the papers of Tallade ga, are requested to publish-the above pro- ceedings. - u ' *- *‘«ld on the'24th inst., the fol- ; 0 ®ji ; nrs were olectod for tho ensuing n ' eu h N- Q-; S. D- Seiiguian, V. G. V' *■ Y* ard, Secretary; and S.' Loewen- Treasurer. ■ " Pers, |80nal.—VF-e were pleased id 1”! “* Thursday, from W. T. Whitman, itor of the North Ga. Citizen, and Capt. •‘'It ol the Gadsden Times. They are tiL ^ feU°^3, get up ' e^cefiant ^ are pros- w H'?I r business. We algo gladly to our Sanctum Judge W. L. ntlock of the sixth Judioiul Circuit 6f he Judge is in fine health and is Addins of MaJ. J, JH, PentLel«re tlie Agi,i cultural 5|e?qngat Gai lam glad to see out timers, as well as others present at this .meeting It shows wo are beginning to feel the necessity of concert of action among ourselves, in .order to promote the agricultural’welfare of onr immediate section of oountry. Too long Cellar.Yalley Hands'- tbr Sals. Mr. Hiram Philip 0 § ers f or Ba i e fci s une Flantation, near Ccdartown. It is a rare opportunity to get one of th® host Plantations ill upper Georgia, in the midst of excellent sieiety, add convenient to churches and S®°d schools. See Adv. From Alabama* Montppuery. Juno 28.—A special dis[atch to the Advertiser says, that the Democratic Convention met at Illarion to- d“J, and adopted a resolution that it was inexpedient to nominate a Demoprati? Can didate for Congrets in the Northern Dis trict, anil adjourned- It endorsed tho na tion .of tho other districts, and urged a strict party organization in every county. Col. Lee Crandall addressed the people after the adjournment of the Conyenjioa, on the subject of Immigration, and was warrnjy v^eiGomed. ’ 1 Yellow Fever, Small Pox and Storms on tbe Pacific Coast. New York, June 33.—steamship Arizona ha3 arrived with one hundred and your country as me rneemig twebtj th ^ £and ' dollars fa specie. nhled to inaugurate, and such Th f b - - The yellow fever is reported to be raging dreadfully at Tacpa,in Perm _ The smtdl pox is in Clliriqui. A slight' earthquake accompanied by a great storm has occurred at Valparaiso- The Goyepmenthnjldings hqye bpep dam- agee to the oxtehj' of a hundred thousand dollars, Penalties for Non-Payment op Tax- bs.—The followiog letter has’ been sent from Washington : ' 'TR^ASpRY De?ar?MSNT, "I Office of Internal Revenue, y Washington, June 4;T899. Sir : I reply to yours of the 23 th ultimo, that'no authority is contained in the Inter nal Revenue Law by whieb the Collector oan remit the penalty of 5 per cent, and 1 per cent, monthly interest. The law" says that' the penalty shall be collected, and the Collector should collect the same according to the provision of Section 28, Act of Juqe §Q, 18fi4, as amend, ed. ' "yours, respectfrilly, > ' J. W. Douglass, Deputy Commissioner. Perspnal.—Among the passengers on the Ohio, winch left Baltimore for Liver pool, June lfith, wfcra er-Governor Jen kins'and wife, of Georgia. ‘ Judge Bnsteed, cf Alabama, has made th? same ruling, about negro note3, that Judge Dnrrell, of Louisiana, did sometime .back—held them good. ■ • , Negro Fuss in Virginia. NonFOLK June 23.—In ah affray at Frankfort,Va., a negro was mortally ed by one Holland, a yrhije map 'The'ne groes collected at midnight and attempted to firo Holla nd’s house,but were drivo l off. A few hours later the npgroes burnt a saw !11 and.iumber yard belonging to Nealey Bros. Their loss is $20,000. From Virginia. Richmond, June 23.—Chief Justice Southern Railroads—Encouragement to Emgigration. The happiest results have thus far fol lowed the unanimous adoption : t a con vention of th i Southern Railways, held last January in Atlanta, G: «, of a resolution, of fered by Cel. E. Huibert, Superintendent of the Western ii Atlantic Railway, that ox- enrsion cc-tifii .ii.es should bo issued at a reduced rate to parties visiting the South for tho pnrpose of personal observation with a view to personal settlement; rr investment Twenty-seven railways have already en tered into this arrangement, and others are preparing to enter into it. The holder of the certificate—which is not "sold, hut issued to any one who, in good faith, proposes to travel South to invest or to settle—is entitled to a redaction of tho fare to two cent? per mile until July, 1869. A large number of hotels have- agreed, to deduct one third from their usual rates for the same time. For actual settlers the fare has been reduced to one cent per mile per head fof hll ages, allowing eighty pounds of baggage per head. - There has recently been such a marked and steady increase of Sonthward travel over the railroads which have agreed'to this wise system for tho encouragement _ of im migration from the Northern States and from Europe, and the prospective advan tages which not only the Sonth; bat the railways themselves, will reap from it, and so great as to lead us to hope that the ex periment will be continued beyond thp . 1st of July During the heated term of sum mer the travel must slacken somewhat, but it will revive and rapidly increase during the ensuiDg fall and winter, if tho same system be maintained. This judicious reduction of fares on the- Southern railways most directly promote and facilitate Northern and foreign immi gration to the Sooth. Immigrants, with their capital of money and skiUed labor, can nowhere find more desirable homes or more profitable returns than in the vast ter ritory embraced between the Potomac, Ohio and Mississippi rivers, a id the Atlantic ocean and Golf of Mexico, Wfihin. these boundaries there is snch a diversity of sur face, soil and climate that most of the fruits and all the grains—in some localities . .two crops of certain varieties of corn and fruits annually—can bo successfully and profita bly cultivated. The central and most elevated region, in cluding portions of Virginia. North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, in particular for salubrity of cli mate, grandeur of scenery and abundance and parity of water canuot be excelled.— With its deposits of gold; of iron equal' in fineness to any in the world; of coal, cop per, marble, granite, and slate; with its im mense water powers, in many instances lo cated in the heart of the co ton-prodnciog belt; with Us almost limitless forests, in cluding all the varieties of wood asod In the mechanical arte} fftth its cotton, rice, sngat, oranges, grapes, aod in the higher regions, its grain and stock the South of fers to labor and capital the most splendid iscs of immediate ®nd prospeotiye prof- fit. A full development of tho extraordi nary resources of the South would in a few year? largely increase the taxable property ofthe country and materially Fsasu taxa tion, The South is capable of sustaining a hundred fold more than its present popu lation. Immigrants will now be heartily welcomed by the Southern people. The National wealth would be iqciJcnlably in creased by tnrqiqg immigration into South ern channels.' Every bale of ootton raised by those who should settle on the cotton lands of the South would pay tribute to the general government, while the grain grow ers ofthe West pay comparatively nothing. It is of National Interest and importance that immigration to the Sonth should be en couraged.—New York Herald. An Important View of the Negro Ciuestlon. Atlanta, June 18,1869. Mr. Editor: Do not let the idea get abroad among tb.p people that the lato de cision of tire Supreme Court will have an who were Chase, by invitation, visited the Tobacco Exchange, where he was welcomed vritjx en thusiasm. tipoq being introduced by the President he saida few words,expressing the hope that Virginia would regain her for mer prosperity.' ‘fie liras' logfily cheer ed-' held to be ineligible by .the Senate and House of the General Assembly, to their seats. It can have no such effect. That question was settled by the. p“Vy court hav ing jurisdiction ov’cf it—each House for it- sclf/ A decision by the Senate could have no effeot upon tho House and vice versa; and so with the Supremo Court.' Nor can the Houses ever reverse tbei,: decision in this case. It wasA judicial de?lsion, and became finally rendered, Tbe Senate and House can now no more take up this case and reverse their former decision than the Snpreme Court itself con'd take up . and reverse one of their owp decisions of the case, or any previous tejip. All they could db if their' opinion ofthe law underwent change would be to decide • differppUy op the next similar c^ptba^might arise.— Keno to be Abated.—The Atlanta Era, of yesterday, says: The Superior Court of FtHtop poupty was adjourped yesterday until the third Monday in July. Before adjourning. Judge Pope issued an order respecting the keno establishment in this city. He orders the sheriff or his deputy to make two visits each day and two each night to every establish ment and count,not only who are mapagingthe ipstitutiona,bnt every person found therein. If this doe3 not stop them in one week,the number of visits is to be increased to four each day and night. If this does not snppress the institutions, the office^ are instructed to go,during the next weeh,eight tlmc3 each day and as many times each night. The Judge has wisely determined to break up this method of gambling,arid,we and til other gooff pitijons, applaud hia course. His order will be exe- crited,because he'announced that he would hold the sheriff responsible, aS much a radical as one might sup: tesEr S p N ' S Eclipse and The j on fo J“"“W'-Both of these o “ e tame day—August 7th. Ten- occur iiave we delayed tbe Important matter, fie nee our progress Jias bcerl so slow and ua* satisfactory Let tw hi the begjupiqg of a pew «rq in pur ^ogafifips, fiu4 -w H he begun with the resolution that it shall b» progressive and permanent, and all will yet end welL~ - r^ 1 ****?', This meeting has been eall.-il for the purpose of taking preliminary steps for making arrangement's for. an Agricultural Fair,'to he'held in this plapp some time next fall. Gentlemen, it is a matter we should all take a doep interest in, and do all we can.to have a splendid Fair. Such a Fair as - every citizen of Cherokee Georgia will he proud of. We have reached a peri od in our agricultural affairs, gentlemen, that admits of no Etanding still. We must progress or go backwards, incrtucss will he our certain ruin. Too many diffi- ' Bggulf'onr young friends smoke, we ad* vise them to give tli^ir braatU (he benefit qf Darby’s ’ I s fopty 1 ac ti e Fluid. a stinking combination udder the sun, it is poor whisky and fried onions] Whenever we scent that odor, we involuntarily exclaim, "O for Darbys Prophylactic Fluid !” Telpgram Dcclslop. An impoitant legal question has just been decided in Cincinnati in regard to telegraph companies. They cannot exclude individuals from the use of the wires at pleasures, when they are willing to pay the usual rates. H. L. Lewis obtained a verdict for. $3,000 against the company for such refusals,when he was seeking to dispatch for-trading purposes in competition with the company itself. DID'BETTER. And so wc are not to have negroes mar rying whites, negroes sitting by whites in railroad cars, hotels, theatcres, and church es, and making themselves nuisances gen erally] ' Tho Supreme Court did muoli bet ter with this decision than.they did with the other. We suppose the people ought to be obliged to them for it. Certainly the black draught ofthe cne deserved some of ten t at antidote, at le-ist. But will not the majority of tho Court lose standing in the great National rule for ruin patty by thi3 decision ? Alas ! if it should so eventuate, for where then will they fly for refuge ? Wo'shall keep an car Northward'so as tQ catch tho first howl from Greeley, the first screech from hyena Forney.—Macon JUis- Tho Milk In the Cocuamt, The late opiaion of Attorney General Hoar, concerning the status of Texas, giv en at the dictation of Deast Butler, the Na tional Bass, is well calculated to cause con cern, now that the same worthies have the case of Georgia under their malign consid eration. Georgia is an obstrnction to Rad icalism, aud must be removed. Even the Radicals dislike the idea of meddling with her without some mockeries of law, and so, a weak judge is to be made, perhaps, the instrument of vengea/ce. Commentiu, upon the peril ofthe hour, in this regard, tho National Intelligencer says : “The fundamental idea that underlies the entire reconstruction bnsiness is this : Will this or that State, when reconstructed vote with us cr not ? If it will, it is fully and properly reconstrnctnd; if it will nut,' it is not reconstructed at all, and docs not, in the cant of the times, possess a Republi can form of government. Georgia is no ex ception; she most be judged by the same criterion as the rest. If she is not reliably radical, her reconstruction must be done tie nevo, and the State put again through the crooked and stormy ways to which a violent and usurping party resort when they wish to convert or coerce a State to their aU-aestroyirig faith. The Union, of co.urse is nothing to them. Constitutions and laws are noth ing to them. The cry of the conn- try for repose, that the Union may be com pletely restored, that had and angry pas sions may be allowed to subside, that indus try should be revived, that taxation should bedessened, is nothing to them. They are for nothing bnt the accomplishment of their own infamous partisan purposes, though in consequence the people should be made mere hewers of wood and drawers of water, and the institutions ofthe country disinte grate andfaU to pieces, to reappear, perhaps iu the form of an empire. “WithBach a parly as this, therefore, nrithor Georgia nor any other State need look for much justice or mercy. They ac knowledge no principle of right, no law bnt the law of force, and wonld stick at noth ing, however, criminal, or ornel, or unjus tifiable, that seemed to them to be for the advantage of the Radical party. Hence, so long as the South is in their hands, a State may be in the Union to-day, with its sitting members, as is the case with Georgia, and out of the Union to-morrow, where Geor gia is attempted to be placed There be ing with thm no principle in the matter higher than party expediency, it is never possible to say *hea or how tong a State, is in the Union, or what will be attempted, or what done, where they have the .power. If all the States, lately in iebellion are to b9 kept out, or put out, of the Union until they are inoculated with the virus of Radi calism, and consent to range themselves po litically on the siffe cf that tarty—and this seems to bo what ia threatened—who can toll, we ask, when the Union will be re stored, and tho oountry, with all its shat tered and suffering interests, set at- rest ?”' As we have already declared, Georgia may be remanded, bnt she will not stay re manded. She will, in every lawful way, prove a veritable thorn in the siffq of her oppressro?. As for the ffJqkrii, shout which the Intelligencer, hpa so much concern, we <jo not see how jt oan ever bo restored with out those who still remain true to it rise in thoir majesty and discard the tyrants who. have made it, and still make it, aq Impossi bility. Groaning over thq situation,' will never mend it. If-mon who were so. prompt to orush the righto of others aro slow to vindicate, their own, they most lapsij into the slavery they helped ljgtCft upon their victims. Iq Gqprgiq anff tbe other Southern States we are. dpiqg what we can to buildup our waste places, and, though our insatiate foes may prostrate us still farther, we shall stilff neacofhlly essay to build again in spite of adverse fortune. A persistence of this sort generally survives the malice of gonere ations and has a tenacity surpassing the as saults of evil But whSq - we hayc. Keen trained to on,dnfe tt,e vesy wsl, ®ur north era friends are just commencing their or deal, Wo oan do nothing to help them, the more as they are so impotent or so care less in the effort-^to help themsc!Yya.-~n Constitntionalist. Trie Last C«aMetato Prisoner. On yesterday there was in this city a man who claims to be a Confederate States soldier, just returning to his home. His story, if it be true, is certainly a strange one. He gives his name as W. A. Eller- son, and says that he was a member of Cobb’s legion daring the war He is a yonog looking man. apparently twenty- three or four yeais old, and has lost both bis right leg arid his left eye. His story is that ho is a native of Jack- son .county, in this State, and that he join ed Cobb’s legion soon after the breaking out of hostilities. He served with that command no to the battle of Gettysburg, in the summer ot 1803, where he lost his leg and eye and was taken prisoner. From the time of his capture up to the surrender of the Confederate armies in 1865, he was confined in military prison at Elmira, New York. Released when the war terminated 1 he started home, but stopping a few days in New York city, he got himself into a difficulty which postponed his visit home for four years. Stubbing along the streets one day with his wooden leg, he was curs ed by a negro for a damned rebel. John nie’s spirit was not completely snbdned by his long confinement, and drawing a knife as quick as thought, be plunged the blade into the body of enffy and stretched him dead in the street. Of course he was im mediately arrested aad incarcerated for a second time. His trial for murder, followed in a few days, and Jas. T. Brady, the groat New York lawyer, affectod by the situation of the soldier, volunteered in his defense. He was convicted of manslaughter, bnt through the exertions^of his counsel and his own pe culiar situation, the conrt only sentei.eed him for four years imprisonment in the Blackwell, Island Penitentiary. He serv ed here until a few days since, when his time expired and he was released. He made his] way to this place, and was famished by the city authorities yesterday with free transportation to Athens, which is not far from his home in Jackson county.— Citron. Sc Sentinel. Strange. The Charleston Courier calls attention to a remarkable phenomenon that has been ob served this season,'viz : “The absence of bunder or lightning, in the rain and. wind storms of the past month. Usnally at this season of the year, every raip spell is ac companied with thunder ot lightning. Bnt of late, notwithstanding the heat of the at mosphere, neither of these phenomcnas have been observed. The question is, ll 6 ! *3. tjje electricity that scientific men ns usnally pervades the atmosphere.’ The Status of Georgia—How can It b; a Question ! Discussing the action of the President in reference to the political status of Georgia to the Attorney General as an open ques tion. tho Boston Post has seme very just remarks. It asks : “Wherefore this apparent hesitation over a matter which is perfectly plaiu ? If the legislation of Congress possesses the slight est authority, why has not this case been finally disposed of long ago ? An act was passed by that body in June, 1868, in which were distinctly recited the terms on which Georgia, with certain other States men tioned, should again be entitled to represen tation. She duly complied with these terms. Furthermore, as the concluding aud crowning condition, she ratified the 14th amendment, as a State withiD the Union, aiding to give it supreme force iu the or ganic law. Were she not a State at the time of doing that, with the full and clear capacity of a State, it is difficult to see how she coaid properly be appealed to for sueli a purpose. And having thus complied with the terns of Congress laid down, she next presented herself by representatives -t Washington. “The House admitted them on its part, but the Senate higgled. And simply be cause of that higgling, whether for par y reasons or any other, the assumption is set up that until her Senators are admitted to seats. Georgia is do State within the Union Docs the question turn then, on th ■ delib erate action of Congress, expressed in June 1868—or on the non-action of the Senate ? Could <he 15th amendment be proposed, if there were not a 14th ? And had the validity of the I4tli depended on the ratifi cation of Georgia, would a doubt have been raised as to her capacity thus to ratify and adopt, as a sovereign Ltate within the Union ? It requires no evidence to prove that this present question is only an afterthought raised for partisan purposes. Georgia had done all that ever could have been asked of her to do, to reconstitute herself a State in the Union, or to re-establish her relations to the Union, when she complied with the terms proposed by Congress. There can be no going hack on these. Whether one hraneh or the other, or both branches to gether, choose to keep her ont of her rights these aro her rights nevertheless, which she has incontestably become possessed of. She did not compel Congress to propose terms of any kind; but when Congress did pro- wse them of its own choice and motion, by ler compliance she earned every right and privilege which they sought to convey.” latitude. Will son® of onr hereabouts explain it ? A Falsehood Nailed.—The Sonth has been charged with exceptional cruelty to prisoners during the war. The National InteUiijcncer silences this slander by pub lishing the following authentic! record : “The number of ^edorals in South- era prisons during the war was 270,000, of w.hftm 22,000 died; the num l er of Con federates in Northern prisons dnring the war was 220,000, of whom 28,000 died.” No doubt the Ntoth would persuade the world that they killed onr soldiers with their kindness and not with their barbarity-—* Avgusta Const'tut ionalist. QtgiX^Tbe Montgomery Mail says Tbq man Rhodes, whom we mentioned a day or two since as being held by Marshal Scott naffer the belief that he was a fugi tive from justice from Georgia, was carried off’on the four o’clook train yesterday, un der a requisition from Gov. Bullock-. He was folly identified, we hclievCi by the offi cer who came for him-. It seeffi? th. a t Rhoffes seduced the daugh ter of a respectable old man, in Cherokee county, Georgia. The father started ont to hunt the villain, and meeting him on the highway, was shot down by him, . We hope the double Qflw.nal may meet his reward. A Dead Failure- Several years ago, in the city ^ of Balti more, a Frenchman, bcec.ming tired of the tqjla that fle3h is hoir "to,” resolved to shuf fie his mortal coil, and seok in another world for that peace which he had failed to find in this. To effectually carry out his suicidal design and prevent the possibility of failure, lie conceived the happy iffca of employing five agencies for self-dostrnc- t|on, . So he procured a pistol, rope, match es, burning fluid and poison, and proceeded, in a small boat, to a post a short way out in the Chesapeak. On arriving at h|s des tination ho climbed the post, pushed the boat off, swallowed tte poison, made one end of the rope fast to his neck and the other end fast to the post, poured the fluid over his clothes and set it on fire, placed the pistol to his head aqd fired it off and leaped from thp post. Now his brains were not blown out, neither was he hanged, poisoned burned or drowned. When he fired the pistol, the ball missed b>s Lead, and cut ting the rope in two, let him into the .water, This extinguished tho fire, and swallowing some of the. brine it acted as an emetic on thopoison, and a strong tidq setting in washeff him P.0 above a safe and sound mm.—Exchange. Emigration. Emigration to America is very active.— Last month over 26,000 emigrants lpfo the single port of Liverpool, of whom 21,00.0 went ffireet fo tie’ ffJnited States. The cotton operatives aye going out in ceuriffer- able numbers, quite dis?owagpd at the prospects of English manufactures. They fancy the mill owners have combined to keep' down their wages; the fact seeps to be that dear and poor cotton make good wages impossible. Strikes are spreading in the coal, iron, building and other trades This week a fierce rict, growing oat of a strike, had to bo put down by the militazy in North Wales, and four of the rioters were killed and several wounded. There seems to be only one way to bring hack prosperity to the English cotton trade, and that is the restoration off cotton eulturo in the Southern States of America. The de struction of that culture has been worse for England than wonld be the ravages of a hundred Alabamas.—London cor. Ntif- York Times, . Negroes In Charleston Custom House. From the News of yesterday, we learn that on Saturday last Mesis. John Cod- worth, E. W. Cramer, A.Moroso, inspectors; B G Shaffer, general clerk; J Irwin, J) O’Leary, night watchmen, were discharg ed from the Custom House, and the fal lowing named colored men appointed : S J Maxwell, F H Carmand; L F Wall, day, and S H Hare, Thos. M. Holmes night inspectors, W H Berney, general clerk, and J B Mushingtoq, Watchman- Cotton Claims. . We learn that the claim of W. M. Low- rey ol this city, for cotton destroyed by Sherman, amounting to $10,000, has been decided by tbe Court of claims at-Wash- ington, in bis favor and the money paid over. Reuben Arnold, Esq., of the firm of Arnold & Broyles, represented this claim and a number of similar claims before the Conrt.vrith success. —At, Const. 22. ggi,The English papers are making fun of “Bull Run” Russell’s letters, descriptive of the Prince of Wales’ tour in Egypt. In one of them hi says : “As there were no other asses to bo found, the Duka of Suth erland, Col. Traesdale, Col. Marshall and myself, were obliged to trudge on foot.” Pays Foufeit.—The Charleston News says that the Columbia Canal property,par chased some time since by Senator Sprague, will in alljprobability be put up again for sale, tbe Senator having foiled to comply with the terms of his contract, which were, if wc remember correctly, to begin the erec tion of one or more manufactories by the 5th of July. Jackson, June 22.—In the case-of Yerger, arrested for snooting Colonel Crane, it was shown that the piano seized was not the property of IfergerAnd Crane knew' the fact, but ordered the officers to make the seizure, notwithstanding it iz farther shown by corresdondence that lf er - gcr had offered to cancel tho claim of the city against himself if the city would settle a claim lie had against it damages to prop erty caused by neglect of th® ®*ty B®FeW"- ment. Au, order of restitution had been ip3ued hy Judge Pcytonffo the High Court, qnd served on Crane previous to the diffi culty, but it had not been obeyed. An Accommodating Governor-— We observe that the practice in Florida ia for the Go\.6' nor to draw np the bills him self and submit them to the Legislature for their action. Whether this is claimed by the Governor as a right, or it be done for the convenience o" a legislature who have not the capacity to draw their own bills, does not appear.—Sav. Rep. Ice in Jane. At Marqnette, Michigan, last week, there waa a remarkable sight. With the thermometer at 85 degree in the shade^he hay and harbor were so f«Q af ise that it was with difficulty vessels could make their way through it. At n’ghtthe wind changed to tbe west and moved the large body of ice out into the lake. The bergs are still so solid that it is dangerous fora vessel to strike them when nnderhead- way. Count Them-—Count what ? Why count the mercies which have been quiet ly falling in yonr history. Down they come every morningand evening as sngel messen gers from the Father of Light, to tell yon of yonr best friend in Heaven. Have yon lived these years wasting mercies, renewing them every day, and never yet realised whence they came ? If you have Heaven pity yon. Yon have m armored nuclei auc tions, but who has betrd yon rejoice over blessings ? Ask the sunbeams, the ‘raia drop, the star, or the qneen of night. What is hfebut mercy ? What m health,strength, friendship, social life ? Had each the pow er of speech, each wonld say, “I am a mer cy.” Can Whites and Blacks Intermarry in Georgia. This question came np recently before the Snpreme Court in the case of Scott Plaintiff in error,vs. The State of Georgia. Tho ease grew out an indictment for adul tery and fornication in Dougherty county, The defendants pleaded the legacy of the marriage relation between the white and black persons. The Court below decided snch relation illegal as between negroes and whites; and the Supreme Conrt affirmed tbe decision. The following are the points de cided: 1st. The CodeofGeorgia,adopted by the new Constitution,forever prohibits the mar riage relation between white persons and persons of African descent,and declares such marriages null aud void. 2d. This section ofthe Code is not re pealed,by nor is it inconsistent with that part of the Constitution which declares that: “The social status of the citizen shall never be the subject of legislation.” That clause of th® Constitution absolutely denies to the Legislature the power to pass laws ia future regulating the social statiu, or compelling tho two races to.nnite in social intercourse. As the laws then in existence allowed churches,for instance,' to determine for themselves who should occnpy their seats, and where they should sit; and permitted railroad and steamboat companies,and hotel keepers, to classify and assign places to those using their accommodations,according to social status, and grade, as they might think proper;the Constitution puts it beyond the power- of theLegisIatnre ever to enact any taw compelling them to make different classifications or to group together in social intercourse those who do not recognize each other as social equals. As the social relations of citizens are not the proper subjects of legislation, the Con stitution has wisely pnt the matter at rest, be denying the Legislature the power to repeal or enact laws on that subject. ■ Pacific Railroad Freigfct Tariff. The expectations entertained by the American people that the present Pacific railway wonld become a great highway of commeroe across the continent,are destined to be disappointed unless a different tariffis adopted. It is stated that tho rate of freight on the Central Paoiflc from Saeramento ia Promontory Point, is fifteen cents per ton. in gold, for each mile, and at that rate it cost about twenty-seven dollars ia gold to to ship a barrel of flour from Omaha to San'Franoiseo, and it would cost thirteen cents per pound in gold to ship bacon. Such charges as these, as a matter of eonrse utterly preclude the idea of this route ever becoming a commercial highway, and unless a redaction is made the old mates will continue to be used. Now ia the time, says the New Orleans Tones, while the North is so keenly alive to the importance of railroad communition with the Pacific, to agitate tho project off a Southern road, which can be boilt at less than one-half tbe cost of the completed one,and would be nearly eight hundred miles shorter. WC*** A traveler in Pennsylvania asked the land lord if they had any cases of sunstroke in that town. “No, sir,” said the landlord; “if a man gets drunk her® we say he is drank, and never call it by any other nam?” * A novelty to silks is a new color recently imported for dinner called coraile. It is very brilliant in gaslight, resembling a delicate shade of flame colo* with light and dark flashes. On® peonltarity'of this coral tinted silk, commending it to all, is that it beoomcB both the blonde and brunette, which can be said of very few colors. Only eight dollars a yard. —Paradoxical situation—Hy menial. g&*Miss Sallie R. Banks, of Americas, is made Revenue Deputy Collector ofMaooa, Schley, Snmter, aad Webster. She is a smart freed man school teacher, originally from Griffii—,Americas Republican. A Sharp Retort.—Pedant remarked tea farmer, “I cannot hear a fool.’* “Yonr mother could,” was the repfy.—The Liber al. RVThere is a man in Chicago who vow ed he would, not shavo until 1 [foogtaswa. elected President. Hu beard is now eight feet long. The Wat Henry J. Raymond Could Work. A remarkable instanse of Mr. Raymond’s working ability occurred on the occasion of Daniel Webster, a statesman for whom he had the greatest admiration. The news of Mr. W.’s death reached here on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Raymond wrote an admirable biography, which ap peared in Monday’s paper, covering twenty- six columns of the Times, and ia addition, he wrote thiee columns of editorial on the same subject. Of this extraordinary biography, Mr. Raymond wrote sixteen columns without stopping a moment for rest. As a feat of editorial tabor, we doubt its ev er having been equalled.— Tribune. IgteMuck should never be taken to the field direct from the swamps. It should be exposed to the atmosphere for six months or more, tbe longer the better, aod compost- ad with lime or unleached ashes. Patmnts.—In a list of patents granted the week ending June 19th, we fiod two granted to Georgians. Samuel Dunlop, Rome, bed bottom. J. W.Truman, Macon, pen. d

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The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, July 02, 1869, Image 1