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ROME, CrA.
TUESDAY MORNING, July IS.
[Communicated.
Cheering Prospects tor Rome—The most
Magnificent Enterprise of the Age.
The projected enterprise of building
railroad from Cincinnati to tap the Gulf
and Southern Atlantic, is a movement in
exact accord with the irreversable laws of
trado and commerce. ' This will be a lati
tudinal for the purpose of transporting the
products of one latitude to another, by
which alono the productive commerce of
the world can legitimately be cheaply ex
changed—Tropical products for bacon,
beef, and flour. Not so with a longitudinal
road. At each end of the road, and all
along such line is produced the same arti
cle—wheat to be exchanged for wheat—
cotton for cotton, and sugar for sugar—in
all this, there is no legitimate commerce—
but all is dependent on speculation and
draught.
It has already been settled, by ample
appropriations, that this great artery of
commerce locates the terminus of its first
saction at Chattanooga. The question is,
next, where will its second section termi
nate ? The answer is clear and easy, if
distance and economy of construction are
to be the guide —at Borne. Where the
third ? If the same rules are to guide—
Nownan—from which point to Bainbridge,
at the junction of the Flint and Chattahoo
chee rivers, there are already roads being
built and constructed, and from Bainbridge
to'any and all points on the Gulf, there is
good and safe navigation for steamers of
the largest size.
There are' divergent, roads built and be-
ingbailt from Newnan, Columbus and Al
bany,.that will strike, and do strike all the
important points on the Southern Atlantic
coast—Savannah and Brunswick, in Geor
gia, and Ferriandina and Jacksonvil'e, in
Florida.
The actual outlay in completing this
great and magnificent railroad enterprise
and development, will only be the building
of a new railroad one hundred and twenty
or twenty-five miles long, from Chattanoo
ga to Newnan, via Rome—almost an air
line, and of cheap construction. This will,
Queen Ciiy, l 6'nfe ln (Ve";fiut I Vli t e grelt ufe'
tributing city-of the rich and varied pro
ducts of the South, and this too, according
to the unalterable laws of commerce.—
while we of tho South will be equal par
ticipants in this grand and magnificent en
terprise. Does not duty to ourselves, our
country and out posterity, from Chattanoo
ga to Bainbridge^ demand of us to pile our
last spare dollar on this magnificent enter
prise. Romulus.
More Commuting of Punishment.
Gov. Bullock has commuted the punish
ment of Geo Fowler, negro, sentenced to
be hung, for murder, on the 9th inst, by
the Worth county court, at its April term,
to imprisonment in tlio Penitcntiory for
one year. What is the use of having
courts for the trial of negroes, even with
judges of Bullock’s own selection. Let a
few radicals certify that a colored murder
er is not guilty, and the result of the trial
does uot have the weight of a feather in
the estimation of our so-called Governor.
What a Governor.
From a communication to the Atlanta
Era, which we publish to-day, it will be
seen that R. B. Bullock, Governor and
commander in chief of the army and navy
of the State of Georgia, has established a
guard of Federal troops, we suppose, around
his residence. Has this been done because
guiltiness is closely allied with cowardice ?
We merely ask for information.
Hearn School, Cave Spring.
We would call attention to the adver
tisement of this excellent school, under the
superintendence of Prof. P. J. King, Prin
cipal. Cave Spring is a delightful place,
with splendid society, and, in hcalthful-
ncss, not. surpassed by any locality in the
■State. It is just tho place for schools.
wi D. Hoyt Co., Druggists.
We see gratifying evidences of the in
easing business of our enterprising
iends, W. D. HoytA Co., wholesale and
tail dealers in drugs apd medicines,
lints and oils, glass, etc., etc. As an in
cation of their business, we saw on last
londay fourteen boxes, four casks, and
jo large cans, all set out for shipment
jwn the river on the Tuesday’s boat.—
auntry merchant^ and physicians can get
loir supplies, in thedrug and medicine line,
; cheap in Rome as at any other market
the South. TryW. D. Hoyt & Co.—
ec adv.
We arc requested by tbe .Secretary
of the Cherokee Masonic Aid Association
to state that he desires all those who hold
policies, in said Company, dated prior to
the annual meeting, to Teturn them at their
earliest convenience, that others may be is
sued in conformity to the amended Consti
tution.
Personal. —We had the pleasure of a
call last week from . Col. W. W. Gates, the
veteran editor of the West Tennessee Whig
Perhaps there is no man in West Tennessee'
who has, done so mnch in the promulgation
of correct political principles as Mr. Gates.
He is sanguine in the hope that his State
will soon be relieved from the thraldom of
Radicalism.
Tlie “Hearth & Home.”
This excellent Weekly comes to us reg
ularly, and is always highly appreciated —
The illustrations arc beautiful, and the
reading highly entertaining. Price foar
dollars a year. Address Pettingill, Bates
A Co., B7, Park Bow, New York.
’EESONAr.,—Qa yesterday we had tbe
lsuro of meeting in our eity Col. L. N.
unwell, of Dalton, a member of the Leg-
ture, and one of the leading lawyers in
oer Georgia. Also, Cob. C H. Richard
j of Ken tacky, who will be rcmonjTered
i refugee during the war by many of onr
zens. .Be is now extensively engaged
the manufacture of Catawba wine.
' fact that tbe Governor of Geor
gia has »• military guard around lifa resi
dence,- iff-these lime; of peace, showeth that
‘•'the wicked flee, jvhsn no man pursueth.”
-—At.' Era.
‘•Tlie XIX Century,”
This new Illustrated Monthly has issued
its second No., and promises to be a maga
zine creditable to the South, and of. great
interest. F. G. De Fontaine, well known
by his nom de plume of “Personne,” is the
manager. It is well gotten up, and de-
selves a libeial patronage. Price three
dollars and fifty cents a year. Address
the XIX Century, Charleston, South Caro
lina.
figyTho following report of an instance
of magnificent Executive clemency, is bas
ed npon responsible information. It is
given to -show bow generous and humane
is the present governor of Georgia : v
On a recent Sabbath evening, at a* cer
tain colored people’s chnrch in this city,
there arose some feeling between a lady of
very black complexion and a young and
gay mulatto girl, tbe fair one calling the
dark one bad names, and calling her black.
When the congregation was rising to close
tbe services, young Miss sends her two
brothers, lads of twelve or fourteen years,
ont of the house. Dark lady leaves in ad
vance of the others, and upon leaving the
house, is met by the boys and assaulted
with stones, and severely wounded on the
head, and was taken home bleeding and
helpless.
The boys are taken before the proper
tribunal, and all the evidence in the case
properly drawn out, and a clear case of as
sault and battery proven. Court sentonces
t cm to three mouths iu the chain gang,
or pay a fine of twenty dollars and cost —
Counsel for defense goes to Governor and
pleads his interference. Governor listens
with kindly feeling heart (wonder if all
large men have good hearts) and without
ever seeking information from the court in
which they were tried, signs a full, free
pardon, and thoso boys who go to the
church to assault unoffending women, are
turned ont upon the world to continue their
course of evil conduct. g
It is usual for the Executive to require
some proof of facts in extenuation before
granting pardons, and we believe it is usu
al to consult to some extent with the court
before which the case was heard. At least
to first ascertain that there is some reasona
ble cause for such interference.—Atlanta
Era.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans June 10.—Marshal
Packard,yesterday,by an order from thejOm-
ted States Court, seized the books of Au
guste Contourie & Co., which will be exam
ined by experts for .evidences of frauds in
relation to seizedsngnr. Tbe Court has ap
pointed three appraisers to appraise the
same sugars.
A dispatch from Houston,Texas, reports
an unprecedented flood in tbe Colorado
Valley of Texas. The telegraph lines been
down, west of LaGraDge, for five days, and
we can bear nothing from beyond. The
water is all over the country—in some pla
ces, twenty feet deep—and rising rapidly.
LaGrange is being evacuated. Columbus
is, also being deserted. Tbe women and
children are most all gone. Houses are
seen floating past LaGrange. The water
is to tbe tops of the trees in the bottoms.
The tresding approaching tbe railroad
bridge, near Columbus, is gone, and the
heavy rise has not yet been reached there.
Most ofthe fine crops in the Valley are de
stroyed.
MISSISSIPPI.
A New Phase in Politics.
[Communicated to At Era.]
Gov. Bullock and his Body Guard;
Gov. Bullock now occupies tbe showy
new residence of Mr Kimball on Peach
tree avenue. It is situated in one of the
oldest settled and best improved portions
of the city. Its immediate neighborhood
is noted for the tase and culture and order
ly deportment of its inhabitants. It is
b»sides, in one of the most frequented see
-vi./rwtt* , • ii, a-^suM»i3Aii of*
two of our most fashionable thoronghfares.
There are no dubious tenement houses,
and other plapis of rowdyism within a
half a mile of the place. It is in the very
heart of the most densly populated, refined
and cultivated residence settlements in At
lanta ; and, is certainly one of the last
places where assassins and desperados would
select for rendezvous.
Under these circumstances, it is a matter
of regret that the Governor should think
proper to surround his residence by a
military guard. There is not only no ne
cessity for it, but it is without any respect
able pretext or excuse whatever. No one
in Atlanta, would harm the person of His
Excellency, even were favorable opportuni
ties offered for so doiog. His bitterest
cucmy would, as a matter of policy, if for
no bighcr reasons, contribute of his private
means for tbe protection ef His Excellen
cy against anything like personal violence.
The political influence of all such politi
cians as His Excellency can be perpetua
ted only tbrogh their death by viclence.
And since none of those whom tlie Gov.
has been iu the habit of regarding as his
enemies, desire thus to perpetuate his influ
ence, they would certainly be the last per
sons in the world to desire his
death.
We hope, therefore, that "this rcdiculous
farce may be discontinued. We most earn-
stly object to this, and ail similar meth
ods of electioneering l It is beneath the
dignity of men of calibre and respectable
intelligence ; and it cannot make a lasting
impression abroad ; because, in process of
time, all the facts will become known there,
as they are now known here, and thus
weaken the Governor’s influence where he
Jackson, Miss., July 10.;—The organ
of the National Republican party made its
appearance to-day. It hoists tbe name of
Judge Dent for Governor. Tbe salutary
says it will be truly national in all its aims,
yielding a bearty and unqualified support
to the administration of Gen. Grant, and
urging a strict adherence to tbe Recon
struction acts. It will endeavor to bring
abont such wise and reasonable action on
tbe part of the people of Mississippi as will
place them in foil accord with Congress
and the nation. It will advoeate universal
suffrage and universal amnesty upon a ba
sis of civil and political equality to all.—
Judge Dent’s nomination on the Grant
platform meets with warm appro bation and
general applause.
South Carolina.
Charleston, July 5.—The Fourth of
July was celebrated to-day by the Repub
licans by procession and speeches. Five
hundred were in line, all of whom were
colored but eight or ten. The whole af
fair was the smallest ever seen here. Per
fect order was maintained, and the colored
people behaved well.
seems most anxious t) preserve it
A Moderate Republican.
33L.Wc are glad to learn from Hon. J.
W. Burke, of Jacksonville, that a now com
pany has been formed to build the road be
tween that place and Gadsden, 22 miles ;
and that arragements have been made with
Mr. John Everett, of London, (one of the
company,) by which the means to ensure
the completion of this road are secured.
This new company, composed of able and
responsible gentlemen, are now negotiating
with the Guntersville road for a union of
tho two. so as to ensure the completion of
the road to that place from Gadsden. We
trust that this will soon be satisfactorially
arranged, and that the public may feel as
sure 1 that the road from Jacksonville to
Guntersville will be fixed, iron fact, at no
distant day. Gen. Bnrke is working with
zeal to this end.—Huntsville Advocate.
Cauglit and Caged.
Bennett, alias Young, some time ego,
stole a mare from a lady residing near
Ringgold, and traded her to Hardfo fora
mule. The lady came to Ha.din’s proved
her property and got it back. Harden then
followed Bennett to Gadsden, Alabama,
where he found the mule, he (Hardin) had
traded to Bennett, in possession of Colonel
Kile, who had bought it of Bennett. Har
din proved his property and then pursued
Bennett to Jacksonville, Alabama,where he
arrested him on Sunday morning. He then
carried him to Center, Alabama, where,
he was committed to jail for safe keep-
tgy* A new circns trick just introduced
in Paris is for a man to leap from a height
of eighty feet and bound back again to the
original spot. The performer is fastened
to an clastic cord.
ESsyPiue apples are being cultivated in
the peninsula of Florida with the greatest
success. They are larger than those grown
in the West Indies, and folly equal to then!
in sweetness and flavor.
Wheat Straw. -
Tho straw from tho wheat crop is very
generally wasted here, being kept in the
field to rot in bulk. Rail pens, with
thatched roofs will save it, and it is valua
ble as feed, and as stab'e litter and mulch
ing. Wherever a press is available, it'
should be baled for convenience in hand
ling, and afterwards housed. We see it
quoted at $12 to $14 per ton usually in the
W estern markets, and • no d. ubt there
would be found-sale for it at equivalent
prices in onr cities. But if properly used
is most asvalnable as manure, andean be
j used at home always. We have noth
ing to waste now, and every item should be
turned to account and profit if possible —
Washington Gazette.
figyEx-Secretary Stanton is a brothcr-
jt>-]uw of E. M. Yerger, (now being tried
foi' the killing of Col. Crane, at Jackson,
Miss ,) having married life daughter qf the
late Judge S. Yerger, and sister of E. 51,
Yerger.
The Yerger Trial.
Jackson, Miss., June 30.—At the trial
of Yerger before the military commission
to-day more witnesses were examined at
length as to the prisoner’s insanity. An
old colored family servant, who gave her
testimony in an admirable way, narrated
many acts of violence of manner and lan-
ouiurf. attributable only, as she thought, at
the time, ami now, tv <* vrazy mail. lie
was ouce much attached to a colored boy,
who danced and sang comic songs, and with
out any cause, he shot him. He said af
terwards he could not help it.
Col. Hamiltc n testified to many yar’s
acquaintance with the prisoner; had believ
ed him crazy for many years, and had
conversations with his mother advising that
he should be confined in an asylum; had ad
vanced money to buy the Daily Mississippi-
an and Daily News; after a while the two
were consolidated; Yerger edited the Mis-
issippian, but his course was erratic, and
his style was vagne and diffuse, and he
could not be depended upon; it was losing
money, and he. desired to quit; he had
great trouble with Yerger in tbe settlement
found that he (Yerger) had no recognition
of the moral obligations of an agreement;
was satisfied that his conduct was not duo
to habitual drunkenness. '
Why Georgia should he Cast
Uniou.
New York, J uly 10.— Money clcses
easy. Good supply at 7- Sterling, 9} to
10. Gold firm at 351. Government’s
stocks firmer and higher.
Cotton opened dull; closed firmer. Sales,
eight hundred and seventy-five hales at 341
and 341.
How Poor Boys Reach the Top Round.
We copy as follows from the New York
Commercial Advertiser:
There are 17,919 n imos who pay an in
come tax in this city; sixty-seven persons
who pay tax on incomes of $100,000 or
over. Most of these solid gentlemen are
self made men, who have come up from the
lowest round ef the ladder. The man who
leuds the list, A. T. Stewart, everybody
iftows is an Irish emigrant,who commenced
life with a eapital of less than twenty-five
cents. Indeed w'th few exceptions, most
of the parties in the list were scarce as well
off as Mr. Stewart. Take Henry Keep; he
boasts that he graduated from the poor-
bousc of Jefferson couuty. Jay Gonld
drove a herd-of cattle from Delhi, Delaware
county, when a lad, for fifty cents a day,in
order to get in ney enough to reach the
Hudson river. David Groesbcck,ovcr thir
ty years ago, used to mend old shoes fer
his brother, who was a respectable shoema
ker in Albany. We all know the history
of James Gordon Bennett, Robert Bonner,
poor boys full of talent snd indust-y. Rufus
Hatch, when a youngster, had an ambition
to hold the reins of a pedler's wagon. E. D.
Morgan commenced life with a quart meas
ure of molassess. It is scarce a dozen years
since Henry Clews was aD errand boy in one
of the banking houses down town. The
brothers Seligman started out in lifr with a
pedler’s pack. David Dowes, in his young
er days,retailed pork by the half pound and
molasses by the gill. H. T. Hclmbold
was first cabin boy on tbe sloop Mary Jane,
that navigated the Delaware river. We
might go on through the list, and show that
nearly every one of these solid men were
the architects of their own fortunes. Yonng
men, who are strug’ing for place and posi
tion, should remember that the indvidnals
in the list below had to battle for life just as
hard as they are doing. Let them take
heart and nev er say die.
Honor and shame from no condition
Act well yonr part there all the honor
lies.
Revenue Seizures.
The Internal Revenue officers came
down npon aorpe of our whisky and tobacco
merchants yesterday with all the stunning
effects of a pile of brick from a fonr-story
scaffold. It seems that a secret detective
agent of the Government has been in the
eity for the last two or three weeks,spotting
certain housesand merchants that he thought
were defiaudfogthe Government,and after
he had made ont his list of delinquents,he
turned it over to the local revenue agent,
who proceeded yesterday to confiscate a
large quantity of tobacco, cigars and whis
ky, found in the hands of several of
onr most prominent and reliable deal
ers.
We understand that abont sixty indict
ments were entered against these merchants,
and i everal o' them placed under bond.
Uutil farther developments are made, we.
suppress names; bat we must say that we
are sure that the revenue laws are so com
plicated that it would take a Philadelphia
lawyer to understand them sufficiently to
comply with their demands. We know
that tho property of one or two merchants
Was seized yesterday who, litre ourselves,
j pre perfectly ignorant of" what the law re
quires in .every particular, and wotild il av ?
obtorfolly pqnjplips} with"its demands if they
had only knoWn what they were.—Macoft
Tel. Bti
ESyChicago is" projecting a monster mu?
sical festival for next year, which is expect
ed to tgke all the shine out of the Boston
ians.
From tho Washington National Intelli
gencer of the 12th inst., we copy the fol
lowing article headed as above. It pre
sents, as the reader will peroive—and whose
attention we invite to it—a gloomy, but wo
believe a truthful view of the situation so
far as our noble old State, fa concerned. -
We see, however, one little gleam of hope
in the following, which we clip from a late
Washington dispatch, to the Louisviile
Courier Journal It says : “The adminis
tration has decided not to do anything
more than fa being done towards the pre
servation of peace in Georgia. Gen. Ter
ry, who is in command, has been ins'ructed
to yield all possible assistance to tbe civil
authorities, and fa doing so.” This fa
couraging—but to the article of the Intelli
gencer :
From a recent letter of “Occasional”
(John W. Forney) to the’ Chronicle,
clip the following:
“Georgia fa hopelessly gone,
gress again intervenes. The D
have the advantage in this State, and will
hold it if their usurpation fa not counter
acted. ’
Georgia has for a longtimebeen a source
of much uneasiness to the Radical . party,
lest they should not succeed in so instilling
into her people tbe poisonous doctrines of
Radicalism as to make her a little more
than kind to the Radical party. Hence the
tremendous efforts that have been and are
being made to have Congress again inter
fere with the affairs of the State, and prac
tically put her out of the Union. Could
Georgia confidently be counted upofl to
raqge herself on the side of the* Radical
revolutionists, we should hear not a word
about “Congress again interfering,” as loud
ly called for by the Chronicle.
The rnly difficulty with that State if
that she stands on different grounds, and
believes in different principles, from the
Chronicle and the Chronicle’s friends, and
has made no signs that she desires to change
her grounds or her principles, feeling, we
hope, folly assured that they will survive
when the rocking political foundations on
which the Radical party stand shall have
utterly gone to pieces.
But the brief extract which we make
serves to show the motives that control the
party in their treatment of the late rebel
lions States, though this additional show
ing fa entirely superfluous the motives of
their action Living been made manifest
thousand times before. The fundamental
idea that underlies the entire reconstruc
tion business is this : Will this or that
State when “rcconstracted” vote with
or not ? If it will, it fa tnly and properly
reconstructed, if it will nor, it fa not re
constructed at all, and does not, in the cant
of the times, “possess a Repnblican form of
government.”
Georgia is no exception; she most be
judged by the same criterioa as the rest.—
If she fa net reliably Radical her recon
struction must be begun de nevo, and the
State put again through the crooked and
stormy ways to whieh a violent and usurp
ing party resort when they wish to convert
or coerce a State to their all destroying
faith. The Union, of coarse, fa uothing
to them. The cry of the country for re
pose, that the Union may be completely re
stored, that bad and angry passions may be
allowed to subside, that industry should be
revived, that taxation should be lessened,
is nothing to them. They care for nothing
but the accomplishment of their own infa
mous partisan purposes, though in conse
quence the people should be made mere
hwers of wood and drawers of water, and
the institutions of the country disintegrate
and fall to pieces, perhaps in the form of
an empire.
With snch a party as this, therefore,
neither Georgia nor any other State need
look for much justice or any mercy. They
acknowledge no principle or right, no law
bat the law of force, and would stick at
nothing however criminal or cruel, or un
justifiable, that seemed to be for tbe advan
tage of the Radical party. Hence, so long
as the South fa in their hands, a State may
be in tbe Union to-day, with its sitting
members, as io the case with Georgia, and
out of tho Union to morrow, where Georgia
fa attempted to be placed. There being
with them no principle in the matter higher
than party expediency, it fa never possible
to say when and how lopg a State fa in the
Union, or what will be attemp'cd or what
done, where they have the power. If all
the States lately in rebellion are to be kept
out of the Union nntil they are incolca'ed
with the virns of radicalism, and consent
to range themselves politically on the side
of that party—and this seems to be what
is threatened—who can tell, we ask, when
tho Union will be restored and the country
with all its shattered and suffering inter
ests set at rest ?
North and South Rail Road.—We
learn from the highest authority the im
portant and giatifying fact that the iron
for the whole of this great road, from
Montgomery to Deoatnr, has been purchas
ed, and that its delivery will commence the
first of August.
Truly the North and South Railroad,
about which we have been talking so many
years, begins to look like an accomplished
fact.—Mont. Advertiser.
How the Chinese go to Crurch.
The congregation fa composed princi
pally of men and boys, dressed in their ev
ery day clothes. Some of them stare about
them, or talk with each other. Instead of
sitting down and paying attention to what
fa said, many stand up and walk about.—
Perhaps some will come np to the speaker
aria try to look over hfa book, if he reads
from the Bible, or they will qxatqfoe the
foreign stove if it fa cold weather and there
is fire in it, or they will stand in front of
"the clock" arid" watch it for awhile. Others
have with them parcels of merchandise, or
a fowl, some vegetables, etc.,, they have
bought or wish to sell; and if it fa warm
weather very many will strip the upper
part of their bodies naked, and fan them
selves so as to be as cool a9 possible.
Oftentimes nnlc^s forbidden to smoke,
several engage in smoking little pipes loll
of tobacco, having first struck a fire by
means of a flint and a piece of steel and
some very dry paper. Almost every Chi
naman carries aboat with him hfa p : pe and
tobacco, and materials for striking fire. —
Sometimes a beggar woman will enter the
chapel and ball ont lustily for oash. It is
a very common practieo for most of those
Who come to stay but a short time, and
when one gnes out all of 'hfa mates and
friends usually follow. If an idle proces
sion, or a mandarin and hfa retinae are pas
sing along the streets, or somg stidden or
Unusual noise fa heard, the boys and most
qf men rash ont to see what fa to be seen,
after which some of them will perhaps come
back. Very few are regular hearers of
the Gospel, nd fewer still come iq for the
purpose of inuring abqgt Jesus. Aim os [a 11
who cqmo'aro prompted by mo Ives qf ou-
riosity.
OUTRAGE OF GEORGE TOE III, AND
HIS SUCCESSOR, THE UNITED
STATUS CONGRESS.
We did not celebrate the Fourth of Ju
ly, says the Savannah Republican, bnt it
may not be amiss to copy from the Immor
tal Declaration of Independence, in the
year of Grace, 18G9, tbe charges alleged
against George the III, of England, as the
gronnd of a revelation to which tbe colon
ists pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred
honor. The - wonderful parallel between
the circumstances of onr forefathers in that
day, and those of their Southern descend-
ents at the present time, cannot fail to at
tract attention. We have often wondered
how a citizen of the North could rise at this
day before the congregated people, and
looking them honestly in the face, pro
nonnee without choking the terrible counts
in this bill of indictment against the Brit
ish King. Read them .
He bos dissolved representative booses
repeatedly for opposing, with manly firm
ness, hfa invasions on the rights of the peo
ple.
He has made judges dependent on hfa
will alone for the tenure of their office, and
the amount and payment of their salaries
He has erected a mnltit ide of new offices
and sent hither swarms of officers to har-
rass onr people and eat out their sub
stance.
He has kept among ns, in the time of
peace, standing armies wirhnnt the "consent
of onr Legislatures.
He has affected to render the mOitaiy in
dependent of and superior to the civil au
thorities.
He has combined with others to subject
ns to a jurisdiction foreign to onr constitu
tions, and unacknowledged by our laws;
giving his assent to their acts of pretended
legislation.
For quartering large bodies of armed
troops among ns.
For protecting them, by a mock trial,
from any punishment for any murders
which they should commit on the inhabi
tants of these States.
For imposing taxes on us without onr
consent,
For depriving ns in many eases, of the
trial by jury.
For transporting us beyond the seas to
be tried for pretended offences.
For taking away our charter, abolishing
onr most valuable laws, and altering funda
mentally the forms of our government.
For suspending onr own Legislatures,
and declaring themselves invested with
power to legislate for ns in all cases what
ever.
He has abdicated uovernaieut here, by
declaring ns oat of its protection, and wag
ing war against us.
He has plundered onr seas, ravaged onr
coasts, bnrnt onr towns and destroyed the
lives of onr people.
In every stage of these oppressions we
have petitioned for redress in the most
humble terms; onr repeated petitions. have
only been answered by repeatrd injury.—
A prince, whose character fa thus marked
by every act which may define a tyrant, fa
unfit to be the rnler of a free people.
Excitement in Tennessee.—Knox
ville, July 8.—Political circles are excited.
Gov. Senter has removed thirty Registers,
ali of them in counties in East Tennes-
Dnring Gov. Senter’s closing remarks at
Clinton he was more severe and scathing
in his denunciations of Stokes than in any
previous speech.
When the “bald eagle” rose to reply, he
fairly trembled with anger and shame.
Raising hfa long finger and poicting it to
ward Gov. Senter, be said.
“Fellow-citizens : I have a wife and chil
dren whom I should greatly dislike to’part
from. Yet I tell Gov. Senter I will hold
him personally responsible, after the elec
tion, for what he has said to-day. If he
considers himself a gentleman, I challenge
him to meet me after the electipa, as a gen
tleman, and we will then see who fa the
coward, and who the man. I denounce
Senter as a liar, and I am ready to meet
him any time after the election.
Something Thrilling In the Snake Line.
On Wednesday ; ast one Joseph Waggon
er lost hfa life in Charleston, Kanawha,un
der the following circumstances: Thee li
ter ofthe Kanawha Repnblican had receiv
ed the present of a rattlesnake—sweet to
ken of affection!—and Waggoner, entering
the office, very unceremoniously opened the
box in which the pet was confined, and
taking it out, played with it in the most fa
miliar manner. He pnt it abont himself,
placed its head in hfa month, and in vari
ous ways caressed it. Showing' off hfa
charming power over the reptile to all in
side the printer’s office he grew ambitions,
and went out to spread his fame upon the
streets. “Noli me langtre”
At last getting wearied and being of opinion
with Wells when he told Murdock he had
carried the “joke” of fondling the negro far
enough, the snake struck Waggoner’s
tongue as t he kissing exploit was .repeated!
Waggoner suspended the exhibition,placed
tbe snake in the box and proceeded to look
after himself. Poor fellow! Nctbing would
do—even whisky, freely taken, proved un
availing, and be died—a martyr to hfa fol
ly. From an acquaintance with rattlesnakes
lo! these many years, we have to say that,
while they maybe justly admired,like Dog
berry’s dfatat ber of the peace, the less we
have to do with them the better.— Rich
mond Dispatch.
The Proposed Fifteenth Amendment.
Hon. S. F. Cary, the great representa
tive man of tbe working men of the West,
who is spoken of as their candidate for Gov-
etnor of Ohio, has written -a letter to a Cin
cinnati paper, from which wo take these
pungent paragraphs :
“With a fall knowledge ofthe fact that
the constitutional three-fourths of the
States would not voluntarily ratify the
amendment, and assured fully that there
was no other way to perpetuate the power
in the hands ofthe Repnblican party bnt
by the votes of negroes, Congress made it
a condition precedent that Virginia, Mfa-
fasippi an i Texas shonld approve this meas
ure before they shonld have their places in
the Union and representations in the coun
sels of the nation. What fraud might fail
to accomplish, force is invoked to com
plete.
“Congress has no more right to shut out
representatives from Texas, until she rati
fies the amendment, than it has to torn ont
Ohio’s Representatives becauss her Legis
lature rejected it. The American people
wood be folly jrstified in treating as a nul
lity an amendment adopted by fraud and
force, and the Fifteenth Amendment can
not be ratified in any other way.
“I am in favor of leaving the question of
suffrage where the Federal Constitution
now leaves it, viz : To the States respec
tively. The people of Ohio decided two
years ago, by a majority of more than fifty
thousand, against negro suffrage, and al
though I voted with the minority, having;
since witness°d elections in the District of
Colombia, and from reliable sources having
learned the mode of conducting elections
in States where negro suffrage is allowed,
I am setfafied that the decision of that ma
jority was wise.
Tha Relative Cost of Railroads.
The completion of the Pacific Railroad
has induced a writer, who has had fall ae
cess to railroad statistics, to compile some
statements, which will be read with inter
est, respecting the relative cost of the con
struction of railroads in onr country, com
pared with other pacts of the world. Wheth
er these statistics are in every way trust
worthy fa not stated; bnt it fa to be presum
ed that, having been derived from official
documents, they will, at least, approximate
to the troth with as great a degree of ac
curacy as can be attained.
The total length of railways in the world
fa 019,177 miles; the entire cost has been
$10,751,982. The United- States have
42,247 miles; Great Britain, 14,247; France
9,829,934; Rr.ssia. 4,317; Prussia 5,926
Italy 4,109; Austria 4,429; South Germa
ny 2,681; Spain 3,429; Belgium, 1,703,
and the North German States, 1,311.—
British India has 4,092, and the Canadian
dominions 1,348. No other lands exceed
1,000 miles.
The distribution of railway to the area
pf territory and the ratio of population fa
sufficiently carious, bat we have not space
for the comparison. The cost of construc
tion was greatest in Great Britain, and
next greatest with ns. She has laid out
$2,511,314,45; onr expenditure has been
$1,864,419,313. France fa next, $1,576,
665,892; and then the tables show no more
billions. Prussia has spent $724,689,346,
and Rossia,S724„800,274; Belgium, $182-
198,801. The relative cost fa greatest in
Brazil, where a mile of riilroad costs on an
average,$201,157, against $176,260 in
Great Britain; $158,714 in France; $97,
201 in Holland; $57,114 in Denmark, and
44.255 in the United States.
This fa a wonderful disparity, and is
more remarkable from the fact that labor
is cheaper everywhere else than in the
United States; bnt then the roads of other
countries are better built and better fur
nished. The coarse of time and of events
will necessarily ipmeasc the extent of onr
railway system, bnt taking all things into
consideration, we have every reason to con
gratulate ourselves on the present facts in
onr history, and the Pacific railroad fa in
itself a whole system, for it will involve al
most endless ramifications.
Homicide.
Two negro men, Derry Mitchell and
The President and the Conservative Re
publicans.
The following extract from the Balti
more Son’s Washington special, in onr
judgment indicates the real position of the
President in the war now raging between
the two wings ofthe Repnhlioan party:
And now the question arises, what will
the administration do? The fact that
Judge Dent, a brother-in-law of the Presi
dent, who has been named in connection
with the Conservative Republican nomina
tion for Governor of Mississippi, authorized
an annonneement to be telegraphed South
last night that he wonld accept that nomi
nation, looks as though the report that the
President in with the Conservative Repub
licans fa correct. The politicians of both
the States of Texas and Mississippi, have
been making every passible effart to get the
moral influence of the administration on
their sides respectively. Thus far, howev
er, tbe President has stood plopf, and thfa
gives verity to the report that ho was only
awaiting the resnlt of the oontest in Virgin-
That resnlt being now ascertained, the
policy of the administration in the South is
to cast iu its lot with the Conservative Re-
pnbliaans, and Judge Dent's course, referr
ed to above, gives tho report an air of oer-
tnfotainty, so far as the President himself
•1 *_ j it c ni
is concerned. How far the Cabinet will
go, however, fa a matter for the future to
determine.
Another Large Nuggot-
We have been shown" by Capt. J. P. Har
rison a letter from Col. E. P. )Yilljams of
Nancoqcbee Valley, in wbiph he sap: “Re
turn.- ing'ftqm my wheat field which yon
will remember fa just across thp road
from-my house, on Tuesday mornlngj dis
covered something bright and shining be
fore mo abont five stops from the fence and
road,which to my astonishment and delight
proved to be a' nugget of
135 b*ts."~Dahlonega
Radical Economy!—A negro in one
ofthe upper bounties fa convicted of steal
ing and fined ten dollars; Bollock remits
the fine and spends between two and three
hundred dollars iu advertising tijq fqct! Is
there no way (o stop this oostly non-
Sensp?-^#ai>. Repub.
Wheat.—rWe are assured that the crop
of wheat iq this county fa the best that has
been ipade fpr twenty years. The editor of*
the Spirit of Jefferson says that the crop
in Jefferson and Berkeley is the‘best for
thirty years, Over the whole State the
crop is good. God. be praised h^Nidive
Virginian. ■
John Blackshear, while on their way and
enteriog Thomasville on Saturday last,fell
ont about a point of etiquette, and proceed
ing to hostilities, John Blackshear was stabb
ed to the heart and died on the spit. It
seems that Derry Mitchell, passing John
Blackshear and others, sainted them with,
how are yon, boys?” bnt John Blackshear
replied, “how old do men grow with yon?”
and gave Derry a kick. Upon thfa the lat
ter drew a dagger and stabbed John Black
shear os above stated. Deny Mitchell fa
held for trial.—Thomasville Enterprise
8th.
Rules for Courting.—To assist young
men in that most delicious operation called
“courting,” we publish the following rules
as laid down by an expert:
1. Never go ooortiog to the girl’s parents.
You’d better edge np to the eharmer her
self at once; for yon can’t marry her if yon
don’t try, unless she wants yon, and yon
may be able to, even if the old folks are
hard on yon.
2. By a.1 means get the girl’s ma down
on yon as much as possible. And if the old
lady fa always talking against yon, the little
dear begins to take yonr part, and cannot
help loving.
3. If yon sec any other yonng fellows
abont, always euchre them if yon can. If
yon see one of them buying tickets for the op
era, go right np and make an engagement
with the girl, and get your tickets afterwards,
and when they visit the house always aot as
if yon were at home and they were only vis
itors and nevor leave first.
4. If tho old man has worldly wealth
express a dislike for greenbacks, and a
hankering after love in a small hoase.
5. When yon enquire if she will have
yon, don’t fall on yonr knees ; it its redicu-
lous besides befog rough on trowers. Just
take her hand and speak ont like a man.
6. When yon arc engaged don’t go off
like a goose and begin buying tea-spoors,
and wash boilers or candles. It fa very nn-
wiaa and excites comment.
7. If a girl refuse yon don’t give it up,
bnt try it again. Because two negatives
make an affirmative in grtunmaj; however,
don’t consider yourself accepted when a girl
jilts you twice,
[For the Borne Courier.
Tianeuee Recaptured*
Tilid s aliant old State, tho’ au/eljr oppressed,
Deprived of its freedom and ooroly distressed,
Will, soon as beco t. ei it, frown tjnnaj dow
And proudly regain her high prestiae resown;
The star of the East, so prophetic in sUry,
Is heralding forth future scenes sf her glory;
Its mild radiant beam*, brightly shin) in the
West,
And show to her people she yet may be blest,
Wheu liberty’s flag shall float as of yore,
And fraud and oppress on be heard of n? more;
Then will millions rojoico that the whites are all
froe; '
How glorious the day of this great jubilee;
How granl is the ch-ingu from servile submis
sion,
To the rights of proud freemen of high-toned am*
bition;
To recapture what’s lost by the tyrant's decree
And by oae noble effort resolve J to be free.
'Tis bat & question of time; the event is as sure
As thalumlj ing truth shall forever endure.
To yonr arms, then brave patriots, contending
f>r right,
Nobly pre33 forward—do or die in the fight
The victory is certain, its fruits beyond measure;
Life, liberty, law, the highly prized treasure.
How priceless the boon, and how splendid the
prize.
The joy of the good, and the pride ofthe wise.
To this end let the Bsb3 show their prudence in
voting,
Tho* fired with zeal, there is no needef shonti lg.
Pray fake the back seats, as yon ask for relief,
Let the Bads lead the vanguard in choosing
♦heir chie L
Thus the canvass, well managed; shooting close
to the mark,
If the ball bnt strike true, no matter how dark.
When the sovereigns send forth the load procla
mation.
That the victory is won, 'twill rouse thin great
nation—
All patriots rejoice in this grand demonstration.
The Bald Eagle captured ! what astonishment
then,
Tho* some are astounded, they all say amen,
For no longer a proud bird, he*a changed t
wren,
Or the little Tomtit poorly gifted, lor courage or
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Cave Spring,
Exercises of this
on MONdAY, August 2d.
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TUITION per session of Fotu
Sixteen and Twenty Dollars.
ixteen and Twenty Dollars. R
BOABD, : in good Famili*. *|
P. J. KING, J
per month.
jnl,13wJw
Cin J
Jumps inside, then outside, then hops on the
fence.
Bnt halt, gentle muse, there is no profit nor nse
To show the least malice, or dealin abuse;
Tho cnlprit convicted, just let him retire,
And peace to his ashes, when he shall expire.
And now Governor Senter, who has battled for
right,
Crowned with fresh laurels, fairly won in the
fight,
Will art as a true man, in good faith and with
zeal.
Urge the next Legislature, in quick time tc re-
peal .
The disfranchising laws, so wickedly evil.
Ho Christian man doubts they wore penned by
a devil.
Or some mishappen scalawag, who wished to ex-
cell
That Commander-in-Chief, whoso headquarters
is Hell.
Then Hnzsa for free franchise, lat all have a
chance,
Ho longer take backseats, bnt boldly advance.
And now, my bravo boys, both gallant and free
Go ahead, as yon used to, for old Tennessee,
Still prond in her rains, bnt soon will be meaded.
By as fearless a crew as ever defended
The old ship of State, not lost nor forlorn.
She has mounted the billows, and laughs at tha
storm.
To the fiat of freemen, not one may say nay,
Their voice is like tbnnder, and’ all most obey,
And now there is a pleasant calm, let warring
element* cease.
Extend the hand of kind regsrd; lets smoke toe
pipe of peace. Tcxsesskkah.
anew
PHOTOGRAPH
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Messrs. PERklNS & I
OF AUGUSTA, (
Style, and exquisitely beantifa] l
together with many rtoer um,„
advancing art; including the P-
'yp«—the wonder of the age-fa _
brilliancy and perfection of likerc l
in Oil, and Pastel, either Crbine'
made from the smallest sire j]
bretype, Photograph, or any
deceased relation or absent L„
These paintings are finiihed in i
fection by our Artist, “toe diiti!
more.” His paintings have exeiteli'
tion of all who have seen then.
We confidently assure our pitn-i-i
will he spared to give them salir
the work entrusted to onr care i
that whieh has made onr G
throughout the States for the lastti
joly8tw-wtf
When we published the following lines
beautifully describing a possnm hunt, some
two years since. They so well pleased all onr
young readers who had commenced read
ing Latin,'that we haveconclnded to re
publish them for the special amnsement of
Latin scholars.
Tale of a Possum.
The nox was lit by lnx of Inna,
And’twos a nox most opportnna
To cath a possnm or a coona;
For nix was scattered o’er tbe mondos,
A shallow nix of non profnndns,
On sic a nox withcanfa anas,
The boys went oat to bant for coonas.
Tbe corpus of this bonus canfa
Was fall as long as octa- span is;
Bnt brevis legs had canfa never
Quamhad hie dog, bonus, clever.
Some used to say in stoltum jocnm
Quod a field was two small Iocnm
For sic a dog to make a turnus
Circnm sell from stem to sternus.
Tre Rebel Flag Borne Through the
Streets of Mobile.—The Mobile Regis
ter, noticing the Radical celebration of the
national anniversary in that eity, says . “A
grand procession ofthe truly tail Utaoks—>
numbering twenty-one, including the band—
passed Royal street en route for the feast at
Holly’s Gqrden. This impressive pageant
bore a flag, bnt did not discover until they
reached the Garden, that they bad been
marching under the accursed banner of
the vhilqm rebel oligarchy. The fact
that they ton the Confederate flag to pieces,
then, will hardly relieve them of the odor of
disloyalty”
The Tribune, alluding io the same ladi-
crons cirpnOiStance, says; The procession
parried a Confederate flag for fonr squares
before they found ont what it was, end then
in indignation trampled il fo the dost be-
canso there was no one to defend it, Poor
mg i
•iyRiohard Realf, “old John Brown’s”
right-hand man at Harper’s Ferry, and the
youngest of hfa band, was recently appoint
ed an assistant assessor of the internal rev
enue fo the district of Edgefield, South
Carolina.
Uafa canfa, quo puer,
Nnnqnam brave., nnnquam truer,
Qoam boo trio nnqnam fait,
If tbere was I never knew it.
Hfa boons dog had one bad habit;
Acabat much to tree a rabbit,
Amabat pins to tree a rattus,
Arnabat bene chase a oattus.
On this nixy moonlight night
Thfa old canfa did justright,
Nnnqnam treed a hungry ratios,
Nnnqnam chased a starving cattns,
Bnt cucurritt or intentns,
On the tract ana on the scentas,
Till he treed a possum strongnm
In a hollow Irankam longam.
Load be barked in horrid bellnm,
Seemed on terra venit helium,
Quickly ran the duo pner,
Mors of possum to secure,
Quam venernit, one began
To chop away like qnisqne man.
Soon tbe ix through tho trnnonni.
Fast as be hit it, per, cher, ctumcknm,
Combat thickens; on je bravus!
Canfa, pner, bite, et stavus;
At hfa powers non louguis tarry,
Possnm potest non punnare,
On the nix hfa corpus lieth,
Down to Hades spirit fiieth.
Joyful puers, canis bonus
Think Aim dead as any stouus.
Afot hfa copus like a jelly?
Quid pins proof onght hunter vclle?
Now they seek their pater’s Gtamo.
Feeling prond ag any ho.mo,
Knowing certa they will blossom
Iutfl heroes, when with possum
They arrive, narrabnnt story,
Plenus blood, et plenior glory.
Pompey, David, Sampson, Caesar,
Cyras, Rlaokhawk, Shalmaneser!
Tell me. where est now the gloria,
Where the honors of Yiotoria.
Qnum at domain narrent story,
Plenns, sanguine, tragic, gory,
Pater- prqiseth, likewise mater;
Wonders greater younger fiater,
Possnm leave they on tho mundus,—
Go themselves to sleep profnndns.
Samninqt possnm slain in battle,
Strong as urge, large as cattle.
When nox gives way to lnx of morning,
Albam terrain much adorning,
Up they jump to see the varmeq,
Of the which quid est the carmen.
Possum hie est reserrcctnm,
Leaving pner most dejectnm,
Possnm relinqnit track behind him,
Sed the puers never find him.
Crne] possum! bestita vilest! .
How the pners tu begnilest,
Puers think non pins of Omar,
Go to grameq.Shalmanezar!
Take yonr laurel, cum tbe honor,
Since ista possum fa a goner.
BA-The commencement sermon of Levert
College, at Talbotton, was preached by
Dr. Lovick Pierce, at the age of eighty-
six.
agU A contract has been made fo _ San
Francisco for the supply of 20,000 Chinese
laborers,to be employed ss plantation hands
in the State of Tennessee.
CEDARTOWH
MALE & FEMALES
CEDARTOIVN, I
TIE I
FALL TEBU will
16th and close 26th Xi
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Primary Class.
Intermediate * - - -
Higher “ - -
: Incidental—each pnpi
Discpline mild bnt firm. For
lara apply to the Principal or hia
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ASHA E. ALDEf,
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WHEAT &
RATES OF FREIG
Savannah Boti
S HIPPERS of Grain and
It referred to the Bates
Floor uea
underset I
With Fear distinct Lines of fi
ships plying between the ports o/5ewM
Savannah, arriving and depart^ sir 1
note day, and with Weekly Lines of ■
sels to Philadelphia and
is guaranteed:
Wheat per Bushel |
Borne to Savannah,
u New York,
u Philadelphia, - •
“ Baltimore, -
Floor per Barrel. |
Borne to Savannah,
u .New York, -
" Philadelphia, -
“ Baltimore,
Landings on Coosa Birer and i
S. R. k D. Railroad., a ill take theB
that point.
BATES OF PASSAS
BY FIBST-CLASS STEAMSHIP,!
Borne to Hew York,
“ Philadelphia, [Pi
“ Baltimore, J I
Through Tickets for sale at Burnt Ei I
For farther information
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Freight A^eiit,
\f ^ ^ £ W. I
Or to WM. ROGERS, Gtn'l’sapt
julyltw-w2m
A Stock Fa
WANTED.
GENTLEMAN desires topsith*
. of 200 or 300 acres, lying Btirl
Vann's Valley, suited to raising p*
Stock Farm. Good improvement* k
Cash will be paid. Apply to
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GUN STOL0
A RIFLE GUN from J. J. Coto’i
Spring Creek, Chulio District,? 1 *
of the 23d or 24th of Jane, 1869.
half stocked, rib barrel, the cylindff
and by taking ont the tube it ctn k*
has been bashed with brass, and ^
the hammer one-third of the wA « ■
bling iron is split off, and a ,
screw put in to hold the hams**®*,
is about 100 to the pound. H
ger. A liberal reward (or the gun
Address JACOB
july3tw-wt(*
CLEAN WHEAT MAKES THf
FLOUR.
THE McGINNISS SfflH
The Johnston Bran
At Reduced Prices. Both MuM*
eil to give entire satijfacUon,or i»'-
funded. J. R. 50BI*
Cham;.ion
jnne’.2lwlm-vR
Floyd County Sheriff Sti*
W ILL be sold before the Cu^’
Rome, within the legal
the 1st Tuesday in August next,
property, v,a: j
That portion of lota Noa. 15“
24th diatrici and 3d section of |
property i, described in ftdesdfru”’
to V. P. White, making
on aa the property of A B- &rtI i
fa from Pnlton Superior Cenrt
Heal, Adm’i,va A.A.Gauldmgpo“«f
R. White and R. J. Cowart, se«“*U;
pointed out and levy ordored to K j
art’* Attorney, the ezeontion
Tenant in possession notified- m
Also, 150 aerea of lot ol land
district and 3d section of Ftofd ^ ,j i
s as the property of L. — -
fcfro "a 6 K ar .^ *
HE Marshall,
plaintiffs attorney.
POSTPONED SAID-
AIM, a part oi city lot No-
City of Rome, Floyd County, on c- ,
ard and Cherokee streets, u ii
loi now occupied by W. A.. i (.
of William A. Fort, by v* rtB8
Floyd Superior Conrt.in
said defendant, and other
Property pointed out byjP ^_
jnlyS ;
fff tome for exemption .j-^i
setting apart of homestead, l J^r.
application on the 23<1 dM jjoizty
I? o’clock M., at my office g
By the Ordinary, JE»»* c. t-
julyl3-2t