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OLUME xxiii ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 6, 1869. NEW SERIES-NO 49. I . BATES OF WEEKLY. Moo'b* —— “ U wygl 1 : ^ $3 00 ..1 75 1 00 ( Mon:* 15 -: —Wt ■flute IN ADVANCE. iy '? r R i t »rIoreene copy will bo fur- . To rlubs o f Five o LEO^^d^n/strator^Exectors or a pub- ; JTrdi»” s - e wo month, between k Srrt Tues^ayi n * n anJ three. toithe is* “ ;SeCourtHo««e in the county .n jfternoon, a , v ; B aituated. . which the f^aiet must bo given JjSte oFporeonal property must SotiMSof through o public g«- “tfwdojs ^^’“^“redilors of an estaU, <n Sta e pVubei ‘ o a i * J! ; wiU be mode to the y„ti« ths.P;PfC leave t „ sell land most bo ‘fibbed for l *°..“° a Dt of Administration, Guar- Ciutious fo r le ‘ ^ noblishod 30 days—for liaoeb'P ^' u Ad minishation three mon‘hs- liiOisno- iro * Gaard ianship, 40 days. for dieoustos 0 f Mortgage* nsust f„r the forecloseure m » s». France Shaking Hands with the. United States. The French cable is completed, and now there are three lines of telegraphic commn- nicatiou between Europe and the United States, all in perfect working order. The termini of the French Cable are Brest, France, and Duxbury, Mass. The following are tht first dispatches that passed over this new cable, between the two chief Executives of the two nations : Paris, July 28,8:45 a. m. To the Hon. Secretary of State, Washington. The Emporor of the French to the Pres ident of the United States, Washington : I am highly gratified to inaugurate the new line of telegraph, which unites France with the Doited States, by sending to you the expression of my good wishes for you and for the prosperity of the United States. [Signed] Napoleon. J K W, forth«tuusp^ « - nued d . %«e“betgS refuiromcnts un.ess oth- ^Sed, at the fslW »?tin lines or less »3 08 Sheriff’s Sslei per 1«JF, j ea per levy, 5 00 Sheriff’s Mortpgf «• “’ «» jgx C#UecU>r 8 8»U*» P . . . ... 3 00 Cil,, - 0 ” S SrGuardianship. - 3 °» S« M oUpRV.c.tiou fordhmissTon from^ * Adainistrslw”’ ji aIu i as i 0 n f r0 m y„ t ics tt applies! 1 ^ ............. 4 00 ' Guardianrhip,• ... S 00 iz Bt»T »»««!• «Jrt^rp'^qu*re 4 00 ^JT-rTlUDAY MORN INC. J»l? 31- The Committee «« Outrages. «ir i f the eight members of fop Oca- *“ •< fin rfonmiittee oslAsieioblj, composing ti e Comuiittee HI AfthCIPWM? — r . TT.. , Outrages, are tP this city viz : Hou ? -V Cbotruion, wd tt’.l*. Price, of Luuipkw tlfcirn. Carpenter, Lre and Ellis, of the Home,and Hungerford and McArthur, of tie Senate. Those absent are Messrs. Nesbit, of Dade, and Welch, of Dougherty, ll the State Treasurer honors the Execu te warrant, defraying the expenses of this eeaadltee, the investigation will proceed, if not, are aie informed that the committee will adjourn and go home* At. Era. We most sincerely hope the Treasurer srill not honor the above named warrant, sad that this useless eommitteo will have lo pay their own expenses, jf they choose o stay away from their own private busi ness.— Koine Courier. What in the name of our country does oar friend Dwiuellinean by givingsuch ad vice as the above. The committee was ap pointed by the Legislature and its duties clearly defined. The State is hound to pay the expenses—and there is no way of get ting around it—and it is useless to advise otherwise. Hon. Wm. P. Price, of the county of Lumpkin, Chairman of the Committee, bw been in the city for several days, and we had t very interesting interview with him ea yesterday, and he gave us a fine report itfthe state of tbidgs in Northeast Geor- ©»• The great body of our people are con servative, and are determined to support the government as it is, and as it will be, egardless of extremes on either aide. Col. Price is strifctly conservative, and highly esteemed and greatly respected by all who know him, .end we hope he may live long and do .much good for the coun try.—A*. M. We would inform our friend of b' le I n ‘ ■telligeucer that we meant precisely what weeaid. Our,remark woe evidently based 'upon the Treasurer’s possessing the right ua iponor,af,dissolving the Committee on Outrages by rduSing to honor their draft- We can see no good likely to result ,to the State from their remaining in session two or three months, at an expense to the ■State of five to ten thousand dollars. If a majority of the committee are conservative, >nd they should make a fair and faithful ■report after minute investigation, North- •erc Radicals would pronounce the whole a set of Copperhead lies, and disregard it. If, ■on the other hand, a.pajoritty of them are radicals, their report, taking a party bias, ■would be filled up with negro and scalawag affidarits,,moat,ofthc(gi suborned, and all ■ialse intheir essential features, and Bul lock s policy,af,returning the State to mil itary rule, .would receive just the support ■that Northern Radicalism and Southern scab wags and carpet baggers desire. No, the true policy of Georgia is, to em- phat'caiiy mind her own business. See that or own laws and those of the Federal gov- rl nment afe faithfa,1 y el cctxted within her boundaries, and command respect by being worthy of it. It will be of no use to be to disprove thenlah- ies of mercenery caterers to Pnri- •banical hate and bigotry. Tie committee have adjourned and gone “Thanksgiving for a Demijohn of Whisky.” We publish to-day a beautifully written epistle by Rev. A. G. Haygood, upon the gTeat power,-for good or evil, of the newer paper press. His criticisms upon the de flections of this great engine of moral, so cial and political power, from the “straight and narrow path,’’ are, in the main ho less sgvere than just; and we hope the lecturo hft gives will have the effect to put ns all more strictly on our guard, in reference to the moral tenden-y of whateygr jpfluence publishers may possess. Probably the “Fourth Estate” in the South is, at least, as little demoralized as any other element in society, but this is nr reason why it should not strive fer perfect purity and en tire freedom from the degenerating ten dency of the times. ■'•one, and ‘°°U8 course. we command them fortheir judi- Lxcitements in Dirt Town. <* learn that last Thursday, the 29th, ^ was a very exciting day in Dirt Town 1 eyi Chattooga county. Two negroes ' e ®P eyed in running a thresher for Messrs. . at Mr. Herndon’s, fell of the fraternity. ^Wofteem, Taylor Wooten, cut, ? 1 totally, George Lawrence, the r - The latter made his escape. . n the same day, in the same neighbor- i^Ir. McClendon,an old citizen, died, ** *f # ' a son—about 13 months oil of John Jones, jr. P *M0NAL.-0ri Thursday we received Utrom Mr. Henry K. Heydon, Esq., . _ T of the New York Mercantile Jour a IV ?r J - ^ er «uttbtlo Jonrnal is forJ 6 1 Dews paper, intended especially crehants, and is unrivaled in its ex- vear 0 ' ^ et potations., Price 85.00 a J«r. Addrr* * *’ ‘ ‘ Pe «fstrm^Y erCantile Jt0Uroa1 ’ 35 ° ; Washington, D. C., July 28. The President of the United States to the Em peror of the French I cordially leciprocate your good wishes, and trust that tSe liberal policy of the Uni ted States, pursuant to which the sable has been landed, may result in many such means of communication, especially between this country and its earliest ally and friend. [Signed] .* U. S. Grant. The Game Checkmated. The Chronicle & Sentinel reports a ru mor that Mr. Huibert—who is said to have been strenonsly opposed to the appoint ment of Blodgett—has determined to man ege the proceeds of the State Road, so that the nominal Treasurer shall not handle one dollar of the money Jf the Superintend ent will but do this thing, he will receive the cordial thanks of every honest tax payer in the State. S ecret History of the Southern Confeder acy. We have received a copy of the above named book, by E. A.. Pollard, from the National Publishing Company, at Atlanta. It is sold by subscription only. It is a beautifully printed volume of 536 pages, and has as the frantic piece a well’en graved likeness of President Davis, execut ed from a photograph taken recently. The expression of the fiioe indicates a lofty spir it, broken down with anxiety and trouble. We have not yet had tin# to peruse the book, but presume it exhibits the author’s inveterate hatred t iwards the pure and pa triotic head of the Southern Confederacy. We expect to read with mnch greater satitfiictioD the “Memoirs of the war,” by Gen. Henry Lee, revised by Gen. Robert E- Lee. This book will soon be published by the University Publishing Company, of New Fork. Workmen's International Exhibition In JLon • don. Floyd Superior Court. By reason of a unanimous request of the Grand Jury, for the second week, Jiidce Kirby has decided to bold court next week for the purpose of trying eases on the criminal docket, ft is hoped t at all the jurors will be present, so that as many as possible of the cases may be tried We understand that a large number of true bills have been found for gambling, and minor classes of .crimes and misdemean ors, during the present week. The Court adjourned ygaferda-j evening to Tuesday morning, when two or three civil cases will be tried before taking up the crimii.al docket. Funeral. The funeral ofonr highly esteemed fel low citizen, if. F« Hooper, took place at Bush Arbor Church, last Thursday after noon. The sermon was preached by Key. J. W. Pullen, and the remains buried with Masonic honors. The Polk Superior Court Postponed- The Augiut term of the Polk county Superior Court has been postponed to the first week in November- See adv. Thp Drouth still Continues. Paring the past week we have had two or three very slight showers, but nothing like a good season in nearly four weeks. Bg^Romemembor the sale of Stillwell’s lot on Howard street, at auction, Saturday,- 11 a. m—at Powers and Whiteley’p stable. Terms half cash—half 60 dayB. -No bybidders. The Alabama Election For members to Congress takes place next Tuesday, August 3d. Much Obliged. IF# received by last Thursday’s boat, a yery large and delicious water melon, from our friend, Wm. McGhee, of Cherokee county, Ala. We should not get vexed about it if others should happen to remem ber us in the same way. Anderson .& Lamki# have the McGhee melons—which pre’not surpassed in this section—for sale. Southern Masonic Female College, We take pleasure in calling attention to the advertisement of the above named ex cellent school, loeated at Covington, Ga.— The corps of teachers is full and of the high est order, and, as they educate gratuitously » large number of indigent orphans of de ceased Masons, they deserve well of, and have especial claims upon the patronage Good Shaving. .The colored barbers, Haley & Hamilton, at the Choice Hotel, can give you a good, clean shave, or ageutpo) hair dressing, at short notice. Give them a trial- UA.Judge Johnson, ■—rr** --- in Columbus. Police is to be uniformed in light bine.— Columbus Enquirer. “There is not a drop of humbug in an ocean of Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid.” This is the emphat ic declaration of the distin guished CoL W. F. Sanford, of Ala., after he had tried and proved the virtues of that ivmnderfhl agent.'. ' ’■ British Consulate, 1 Savannah, July 26,1869. j Arrangements have been made to hold' in London, in the year 1870, an “Exhibi tion entitled “The Workmen’s Internation al Exhibition,” and her Britanic Majesty’s government taking great interest in the sue cess of the undertaking have instructed British Consuls at foreign ports to bring the mafiter to the DOtice of the public, with the view to ascertain whether contri butions can be forwarded. The committee of the exhibition have ar ranged that the name of the workman, or workmen combining to prodace the same article shall in all cases be attached to the article exhibited; and they desire to im press on artisans the necessity of exhibi ting artioles of really good quality upon which they are employed in their own trade. Such articles shonlddisplay manip ulative skill, or some economy of process, so as to set forth some special merit on the part of the inventor, designer or maker. Medals and certificates of merit will bp giveD,vs also, in special cases, prizes in money. Her Majesty’s Consul for Georgia will be glad to firnish every information in his power to those artisans in this State who may-feel* disposed to take part in the Exhi bition, and recommend the project to their notice and to that of their employers. Country papers please copy. -Savan nah Republican. Yerger? Probable Fate. From tho Cincinnati Commercial, July 38. The findings and sentences in the Yer- ger case are, according to rule, kept secret, till they are approved by the reviewing au thorities at Washington. We are advised, however, that the proceedings in this case have been forwarded to Washington. Now, as the sentence in any case short of capital punishment wonJd have needed only the ap proval of the commanding General of the District—General Ames, in this—we can arrive at hnt one conclusion, namely: that the plea -of insanity has not availed; that the commission did not find for cither of the lower degrees of crime—justifiable homicide or manslaughter but that it has found that the killing of Colonel Crane was murder, and the punishment awarded—death. Suez Canal.—In the month of October next the Suez Canal will, tfaronghont its entire length, have attained the required depth of twenty-six English feet with a width varyipg from one hundred metres (327 English feet) along the greater por tion of the canal, to sixty metres (196 Eng lish feet) at three other points along the lipe as specified ip the plans. The offi cial inauguration has now been fixed to take place on the 27 of November next. Death of an Estimable Lady, On Friday, 23d July 1869, the spirit of Jennie, the lovely apd accomplished wife of George H, Wood, Esq., of the JJ. 8. Treasury Department, Washington, gently passed, almost without a struggle from earth to Heaven. Mrs. Wood was the daughter of the late C. A- EHs, Esq., of* this city, and tho be loved sister of our well known fellow-citizen, Henry N. Ells, Esq. Here Bbe wpstorn f and here, UDtil the date of her marriage her life was passed. Loving and beloved by all who knew her, she was ever sur rounded by warm personal friends, all of whom will learn with deep regret that she is no longer the pride, of that domestic cir cle she was so /eminently fitted to adorn.— Jtlacon Afcss. General Le e’s Book.—TheUnlyersJjy Pnblisning Company, of New York, are about to issue the “Memoirs of the War,” by General Henry Leg, revised by Gen. Robert E. Lee, who adds a life of bis fath er It will be handsomely illustrated.. Gen. Lee is interested in the book, a fact that must enhance its sale. To he sold ly agents,—A/. Const. Affray at Tilton. At Tilton, on Tuesday night, a mas named Hogan, was stabbed badly by an un known Alabamian, who pspsped. TbP parties were drinking. The stranger ask ed Hogan to treat him. Hogan said he would give him- a gallon if* he wanted it. They started off to the grocery together, and on the way the stabbing occurred. Hogap ig pot expected to live. Hogan is paid to be an employee of the State road, s These are the facts os detailed by a gen tleman who came down this morning.—At. Const, of 24<A, Death of General Steadman.—A correspondent of (be New York Herald, writing from Santiago de Cuba on the 8th inst., says :1 With deep regret I have to announce the death on the 6th Gen. Steadman, United States Consul at this port. The General only Arrived on the 29th ult., and was soon after attacked by yellow fever. On Satur day his condition became critical and de fied all medieai skill to save him. The fu neral took place on Wednesday, and was attended by a large official concourse. The General’s dpatb caused profound sorrow in town, although from the recent dafe of his arrival he had made b»t few acquaintanc es. Pending the nomination pf General Steadman’s successor, the business of the Consulate will he attended to by My. A. E- Phillips. . Ttjr . ’ * #®*Tlie old expression “I smell a rat,” eepms to have died out. No wonder, since Darby’s Prophylactic fluid puts an end to all bad smells, wherever it goes. • [From the South Carolina Advocate. Thanksgiving for. a ‘‘Demijohn of Whisky. Mr. Editor—I believe in the Pi “the fourth estate of tho realm.” No man knows its power. Its Briarean bands touch every sphere of life and affect every department of activity. The influence of the press is felt in. every fibre ofonr civil ization. It discusses all questions. There is no issne so grave bat that it may be flip pant in the disposal of it; there is*’ nothing so trifling that, Upon occasion, it will not magnify it into grave importance. Its voice directs those great movements of the people that make or nnmake administra tions, and Jit determines the results of an election for constable. It sets forward grand enterprise of sci nee and-energy like the Atlantic cable, or the Pacific railroad, and reports the proceedings of a village de bating society; it tells t he world of political revolutions that give new governments to miliums, and parades, in a perfect ecstacy of interest, the details of the last prize fight or trotting match. The press wields the best and the worst, the most conserva tive and,the most destructive agencys that give shape to society and sow the seeds of histories yet to be. It is ubiquitous and irrepressible. No man is beyond its infln- ence: one cannot stay in society and avoid it. To escape it he most get out of the world—as he would escape the atmos phere. The press and public opinion are the Sia mese twins of society. What moves the one inspires the other. Public opinion is reflected in the press and the press forms public opinion. The one may be-judged by the other. The utterances of the press give ns the diathesis of the times. The newspaper is the sliding scale by which we may measure the rise and fall oi’public and private virtue. Do the conductors of the press generally know the tremeidous power of this enginery ? The words of Caesar were but the hand of a child to this her- cules of our civilization. Is the pr< ss outside the great law ef re sponsibility to God that binds every soul to “obedience of the truth ?” Are publishers and editors, like railroads and other cor porations, without soul ? and shall they, along with railroad superintendents, and di rectors, claim for themselves utter irrespon sibleness to God and man ? Is it not true of publishers and editors, as of other men, that the abuse of a great power is the per version of a great trust ? a heinous sin against God and a grievous wrong upon man f We give thanks thatamong the condufc tors of the press are earnest and true men, who fear God and labor for man’s peace as ever in the great taskmaster’s eye.”— There ape some who have words of cheer for every good tiring, and who, unmoved by bribes or frowns, look sin in i$ji brazen face and, in Gad’s namp, rebuke it, always and everywhere. Heaven grant them re inforcements, for in the wide harvest field such “laborers are few.” What the press is, what it ought to be and what it may be, what influence it is now exerting, are questions of grave impor tance to every man who thinks. It is a matter for thanksgiving thpt per tain classes of publications do not have their origin in the Soqth. There is not a Southern city that t^onld sustain such treasuries of villainous wood cuts, obscene recitals and diabolical suggestions as are paraded before the country in those c arling organs of Pandemonium—the “Police News” and other creeping things, after its kind. When the depraved among qs da- light their prurient tastes with such rare bits of sensualism they are obliged to im port it. It takes New York or Chicago to cater successfully to- such appetites. Up to date, Southern Bishops and divines— Heaven be praised—have not entered the oolumns of Bonper’a Ledger —trotting for pay with Dexter and Beecher. But the carnal appetency is showing itself. The importation of this depraved literature is constantly inpreqsing, and, if thp truth may be spoke*i—onr secular press is largely responsible for it. Some of onr Southern papers are doing their utmost to debauch Southern sentiment. If the result is in tended, it is criminal in the last degree, as conspiring with the Devil against the life and parity of eopiety; if if is Uflt intended, and thp wicjted thirgs that are written and approved by some of our editors afe Bimply spontaneous expressions of the thoughts they think and tho principles they enter tain; if they write as they do, because, be ing what they are, they cannot write oth erwise; or, if indifferent to the good or evil they may accomplish, they only “grind for the loll,” in any case the character of many of onr daily papers demonstrator the mental and moral nnfitness of their man agers and editors for the places they have presumed to occupy. The time has come when—“for the mon ey”—the most disreputable business maybe advertised and the most unworty adventu rer be editorially endorsed in the columns offhrp'e-fourths of the secular papers in the country. There is not a vagabond gang of tenth-rate minstrels—too mean for editorial commendation; there is not a circus tronpe so meaere in ife appointments, so contemp tible with its spavined horses, and so loath some with its drunken men and coarse wo- men. that editorial rhetoric cannot be bought to exalt it into a magnificent oor- tego. a most delightful entertainment; there cannot come this way an imitation of Black Crook, or other Devil’s show—so ap pallingly node, so revoltingly obscene, but that editorial sanction shall immediately glorify as a pfiaptp. “exhibition”—“a spec tacular drama of thrilling interest.” Of the majority of these papers there is hard ly a single issue that is uot defiled with dis gusting personalities, with half suppressed blasphemy, with, low jests and double en tendre that may amuse the wits of the bar- V09P and the bagnio, but that make every pnpe woman blush and eyery right-mfeded maq ashamed. If to any charitable person these remarks should seem unduly severe, I only ask that he will attentively consider what evidence of the tenth the next dozen papers, he may chance to see, will afford, and I am per suaded that he will object to my state ments only .because they are deficient in fi delity of analysis and energy of expression. On last Sunday morning two, at least, of the daily papers, published in this city, presented to their patrons—along with re ligious notices for Sabbath reading, ex travagant laudations of a certain ale -house- and drinking shop that in the local colnmn had won editorial favor by the magnificent present of a whole “Demijohn of Whis- HV |” It threw these geqtlemen intp_ a state of preternatural mental activity while they invoked both prose and poetry to express their unutterable gratitude.— Yoq may think that my acpoqpt of the af fair is mere burlesque, but I assuio yon, sir, there was no burlesque about their gratitude—it was sincere and raptnrous.— One of our city papers has repeatedly, with in the last few months, publicly returned thanks to various bar keepers for so small a favor as a single bottle of whisky. is not easy to determine whether so violent a strain npon courtesy and gratitude is the evidence of uncommon thirst or of extreme impecuni* sity. Not long since we were regaled with sn editorial leader, strong and eloquent in commendation sf a certain “Lottery,” lo - cated here, and run in the nadfe of Mason ry and benevolence; for which I refuse to believe that Masonry is Tesgonsible, and, upon which—since it so antagonizes the Paulino am. Christian methods of benevo lence, I cannot expect the blessings of Heaven to rest. I rejoice to know that there was one paper in Atlanta, that could not be bought over by the “management,” to the advocacy of this immoral device for making an easy living. When, sometime since, it was charged that the late man aging editor of the New York Tribune had sold the influence of his paper “for a con sideration,” a howl of indignation was rais ed that startled the sleeping virtues of the “Fourth Estate,” from Maine to Oregon.— What is the difierence ? That the Trib une man could not be bought with “demi- iohnsof whisky,” nor other such beggarly iribes. Chiefly therefore, a difference of price. If snch things as aie under considera tion were private affairs, mere expressions of individual tastes and opinions they might be passed by iff commiseration of their weakness or contempt for their venality. Bat, Mr. editor, a newspaper can in no wise be made a private affair. It claims to reflect and ga de pnhlic opinion. Its ut terances concern the peace of society, the sobriety, virtue and destiny of onr children. Those of ns who do not believe that the amount of whisky a man consumes is a true measure of his civilization, nor a conclusive proof of his fitness for the office of editor, are entitled tc demand that, if every low sink of iniquity and appliance of demc rali- zation must be advertised, it shall not, at least, receive, editorial endorsement; that those-who assume to guide onr opinions shall not thus unHnshingly proclaim to the world that their own are for sale- This evil is not peculiar to Atlanta. It is epidemic to a most alarming extent. Ve nality is the sin of the age, and the press furnishes hundreds of conspicnon3 and shocking examples. I suppose that there is no business man of our cities who does not know that a good fee will command for the merest stranger the strongest editorial endorsement; that for money enough, lan daturas can be pa chased, of which their writers do not believe one word. This has gone so for that no man who is acquainted with these moral indiosyncracies of the press pays the slightest attention to any commen dation of an advertiser that can be made.— That maq must he green indeed who, going as a stranger into rae of onr cities, would enter a place of business simply because the editor hadrecommended it. Who does not know that the majority of these papers will publish a more emphatic and extended notice of “Kenny’s Ale House,” for a “demijohn of whisky” than of the oldest and most reliable establish ment in the'eity that confines itself to le gitimate advertising ? I do not hesitate to say, and with all possible earnestness, that such conduct is criminal and injurious to the last degree. As far as snch newspapers have influence it is exerted to make vice respectable. It tends to confuse the moral perceptions of the young, to blunt their sensibilities, to ac custom teem to vice and harden them against tee truth. It is true that the abuse of a great pow er is the perversion of a great trust. The greater tee power tee more criminal and de strnctive is a careless or miliciouz use of it. It will not answer for these gentlemen of the press, who recklessly play with thun derbolts, to raise their hands in horror when they behold the wreck and ruin teat has been wrought, and exclaim, I did not intend it. They are under every sanction of human and divine law to intend not to do it. ‘If fire break ont, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or tee standing corn, or the field be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall sorely make restitu tion. If I, for one, did notsee that a li- sentious press, is responsible for the rain of thousands of oqr fellow citisens; if I did not recognize in (lie press a moat potent agent foi^good or evil, I should hold my peace. If a pure press is tee mightiest of the mighty means, on whieh tee arm of pro gress leans, a perverted press is the most destructive agent of sin and ruin that can breed apostacies from faith end from liher- tv. Hell’s great leader is terrible not sim ply because he is wicked, bat because he is also powerful; he is Satan and Apoilyon. bat he has been “Lucifer, Son of the morn ing. I have written these plain words because silence has ceased to be a virtue; because, with my conviction *, silence would be as wicked as the iniquities I deplore. Such persons as may find themselves em braced in . the indictment have no just ground for complaint. If they believe what they say, they should thank me for ex tending a knowledge of their sentiments; if they do dot believe it, upfi only publish what is paid for without regard for the tenth, they should not blame me since them selves have already advertised their insin cerity to the extent of their circulation. I ask yon, sir, in solemn earnestness, whether there are not enongh good men in the country to sustain a secnlar paper that we shall notfearto take into onr houses; a paper that will not be the organ of cliques —that shall be free and pure—teat taking the heayenttempered sword of truth in loy al hands “smite with fiery force” the most hoary untruths and tee mightiest and the mightiest and most mexpungable corrup tions of the rulers, and of the people t Attictjs G- Haygood. .The Garden of Eden.—A London letter to Scribner's New York Boole-Buy er contains the foUqwiqg, wki°l l .P r0I Bi8es to settle the long-mooted question of the site of tee Garden of Eden : “Sir Harry'Kawlinson, at .the last, meet ing of the Royal Asiatic Society, gave the remarkable announcement that the progress now reached in the collection and irrange- ment of the Nineveh inscribed fragments, made it beyond a doubt that they wonld be able to derive the whole of the history given in the Book of Genesis, from the time of Abraham, from the original documents ; and it was not too much to expect that al most the same facts and descriptions wonld be found in the Babylonian documents as m tee Bible. He hoped ye[y soon (o hare ready a paper on the Garden of Eden, in which he woulfi show that was the natural name of Babylon. The rivers here the very samp names, and the Babylonian doc uments gave an exact geographical account of the Garder of Edon. The Flood and the Tower of Babel wonld be found to be most amply illnstrated in tee Babylonian docu ments. • The way (o frud a teaman oul-r-Call In when she isn’t atbome. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS. - Second Week, July Term, 1SC9. Georgia, Floyd County. We, the undersigned Grand Jurors, for the 2nd week of the July term, 1S69, Floyd Superior Court, having taken the qualifying oath, according to law, beg leave to make the following general pre sentments, being the result of investiga tions by committees chosen from our body. We have carefully examined the pre sentments of the Gvand Jury for the first week of this term, and take pleastgfe in finding teem mainly correct; and especially do we subscribe to theirremarks in refer ence to common schools, disturbing pub lic worship, our dnties to freedmeo, the proper regard for their rights, and the kind words of counsel and advice due from us to them Also, to' tee ovils resulting from the indiscriminate exercise of the par doning power by the Chief Execu ive of tho State of Georgia. Wo endorse tee sentiment that the hope ofExecntive pardon encourages tee com mission of crime; and will add further that an easy exemption, or escape from the penalties ef law, through tee artifices and cunning of evil doers, wonld, to a great ex tent, destroy the untility of onr courts, and discourage the just in bringing criminals to justice. To prevent men from . injuring one un- other,.is tee true end of all good . govern ment. To secure each and every one in the en joyment ofthe products of his labor, to re strain the strong from oppressing the weak, and to shield tee weak against -the aggres sions of the strong, leaving ns otherwise free to regulate onr own pursuits of indus try and improvement, is all that is neces sary to promete the pnblic good, and to close the circle of onr felicities. We are all creatures jf edacatian, . sub ject to the oontrol of surrounding infln- enecs. We will bevirtnons or depraved, according to examples set before ns, and the temptations which beset hs. If parents wish to shield their children from evil habits, they should be careful never to set them the example. If we de sire that onr sons should not play at cards, or other demoralizing games, we should be careful not to indulge in gaming ourselves. If we wish to shield themfrom the horri ble and brutalizing habits of drunkenness and debauchery, we should never set them the example of entering tippling saloons, and taking what, in fascinating phrase, is termed the “social glass.” : If we don’t want onr sons to chew and smoke tobacco, let ns quit the abominable practice our selves, And since the safety of cornmnn- ity renders it essential that concealed wea pons should not be carried, let ns see to it that onr sons are not allowed to make fools and bullies of themselves in disregard of wise and wholesome laws, for restraing this cowardly and nngentlemanly practice; and let ns teaoh them that implicit obedience to the laws of onr country is thp distin guishing characteristic of all honorable men This coarse rigidly pnisaed by parents and guardians, wonld greatly relieve onr courts ofthe burden of trials for misde meanors and penal offences. Bat in the* absence of any aid from tee beadspf fami lies, or from moral suasion, the dutyHm- posed on conservators of pnblic good be comes arduous indeed. When drinking and gambling, chicanery and fraud, find encouragement from the 11 centious practices of tee educated and well horn, tho restraining power of the wisest laws offers bat feeble resistance to the con tagion of moral turpitude. In State prosecutions, it often becomes an unpleasant task to fiad true bills, yet, when proof of guilt is clear, we feel it our duty to urge that none, though the subtilities and chicanery of the practice of law, be al lowed to escape tee demands and penalties of justice; and to express a hope that onr worthy Solicitor may he able to defeat the tricks and artifices, employed by gamblers and other disturbers of thepnblio good, to evade tee law. In bringing these reflections to a . close, we cannot do so without appealing most ii practicable, be held the second Monday in January, and the third Monday in Ju ly, annually; these being the seasons of most leisure with the tanners; and that the courts will not be allowed to adjourn to any time that will prove detrimental to the farming interests. We also, recommend that a law be pass- jd more effectually enjoining secrecy under oath, on the part of witnesses testifying before a Grand July. £ ROADS. Our committee ou roads report that all the roads in Cliulio, Flat Woods and Liv ingston, except t ne leading from Living ston church to Webb’s creek, are in bad order. Tho roads in Barker’s Cave Sprin North Carolina, Etowah and Floyd Springs districts, are in a very good condition. One in North Carolina district, leading from CoosaviUe tothe State line, is hard to keep in good traveling order, and there are not HS District of Columbia. hands enough on it to do the work neces- ger of tec Treasury, for uttering bogus earnestly to onr law-abiding citizens, to unite with ns in uttering our most un qualified condemnation of the' frequent practice of insubordination to onr civil laws; and to join ns in Words of warning to inconsiderate youth, against the suicidal habits of drinking and . gambling, as from these, spring most 9? the" disorders which sap and undermine the foundation of good government. Let ns inculcate, both by precept and example, a high sense of hon or, characterized by energy and industry in laudable presents, and by implicit obe dience to tee laws of our country, Let us keep constantly in view, that in subordination to law, and manifestations of contempt for legally constituted authori ties, is an offeree of extraordinary magni tude, and one of tho most dangerous inroads npon the public welfare, meriting not only prompt punishment, but the unqualified condemnation of every good citizen. MATTERS FOR LEGISLATION. We see so many persons in attendance npon the court, waiting from day to day for the cases to come up, in whieh they are called, or interested, while other business at home is necessarily neglected, that we can but ask, is there no remedy ? Is it essential to the ends of justice teat parties and witnesses npon the criminal docket, ihoqlfi be required to attend, while the civil business is being disposed of? To remedy evils so palpable, wc wonld most earnestly urge onr representatives, at the setting.of the next Legislature, to extend the term of holding courts in this county to four weeks; the two first to be occupied exclusively in hearing civil cases; the two remaining weeks to the hearing of fT>W- nal eases; and that the Grand Jury be dis pensed with while the court is npon the criminal docket; and that this coart shall sary. Some 35 or 40 hands in Ervin’s bend are exempt from working on public.roads by code 650. We recommend the build ing of a bridge across the creek between A. G. Ware’s and D. B. Hamiltons; also, one on Beach creek, at Rices. * We recommend that the portion of the Blnff road, nearest Gen, Black’s be improved, and if uecessjry, an appropriation be made to bay powder, and to pay for such blasting as nmy be needed.,,- . STRAYS, There have been no strays reported since last September. *', )■ J, POOR HOUSE. It is the will of this body, and it is here by recommended that the Ordinary pay to W. S. Cothran the amount due on the lot of land purchased for the benefit of the poor; or so much thereof as to procure a ti tle to the same; and that’ it be done at oneq. We recommend a change of Super intendent ot the Poor. House. The present location not being considered a suitable one, we would advise in making a change for the better, to sell the same (120 acres) to tee best advantage. THE COURTHOUSE. Should have blinds to the windows and good shatters, locks and keys to all tee doors where they may be lacking. THE JAIL. Should be provided with mattresses, and sufficient covering for jtee necessary com fort of criminals. - FREE BRIDGES. We recommend free bridges, across tee Etowah and Oostanaula rivers, leading in to Home; and to this end, we advise the purchase,from Messrs. Shorter and Wright, those now in use; provided they can be bad at a reasonable price, and oh reasonable terms We suggest the propriety of build ing a free bridge across tee Etowah river at the head of Howard, or Sooth street; and offer this as matter for consideration by the Grand Jury for the next regular term _ of Court. •• CLAIMS AGAINST THE CODNTY. A committee consisting of J. A. Stew art, J. L. Camp, C. E. Hills, R. T. Har grove and John Gnffin, has been appointed to investigate claims against the county, and instructed to co-operate with a similar committee, appointed by the Grand Jnry of last week. His Honor, Judge F. A. Kirby, will please accept our sincere thanks for his kindness,, and for h<s earnest efiorts to dis pense justice to all Onr worthy Solicitor, too, CoL Forsyth, has onr highest regards frr his kindness, and for the valuable assistance rendered us in the performance of our arduous duties. The favors bestowed on us by the edi tors of bo*-h the city papers, were thank fully received, and we, also, as did the jury of last week, recommend that his honor pass an order for the publication of the forego ing, in each of tee city papers, and for paying for tee same. W M Shropshire, Foreman. .1 ^ ’*■' * D*H Herron, RT Hargrove, C C McKenzie, E H West, E H Cole lough, C E Hills, John Holbrook, John Griffin, J L Camp, G W Watters, John A May, Allen Bolt, Gabriel Jones, C W Rttah, W B Turner, J ii Roberts, Robt, A Holt, W C Howell, J D Ford, J A Stewart, S B Sale, Thos. J Perry. Ordered teat tee above be published as requested. r F. A. Kirby, jnly 30, 1869, J. S. C., R. C. The Accident on the Memphis, C„ and Louisville Railroad. Private Bispateh. We are indebted to Mr. W. L. Van Nest, “South East” Agent of tee Memphis, Clarksville, and Louisville Railroad, for a copy of the following “dispatch received by him. Louisville, July 28—Train number two Norte, went into Bndd’s Creek trestle, 8 miles South of Claiksville, at one o’clock this morniDg. Engineer, fireman and two passengers killed, nine passengers serisusly, bnt not dangerously wounded, and thirteen slightly wonnded, and bruised. Trains will run as usual. * . ;. W. H. King. J®*A colored individual who says he has “bin gon ded, and kum to life agin,” was arrested yesterday upon the charge of va grancy. He has been preaching to his colored “brethren and sisters” around here some time, and has run a good many of them almost crazy by telling them of the wonderfnl sights he saw to the other world. According to his yarn he visited both heaven and hell, and gives a description of both places.—Bainbridge Sun. A writer at Long Branch writes of the bathing for ladies: “There is a rope stretch ed from the shore aod anchored out a few rods. On this the ladies hang themselves, looking exceedingly like newly washed clothes on a windy Monday.” Washington, July 2 The Hon. A. H. Stephens, ra writing to a friend here, says: “I am gratified at the result of the elec tion in Virginia, and earnestly hope that •Judge Dent may be elected in Mississippi.” Dr. 0. P. Culver leaves for Macon to morrow, for the purpose of placing tee lab oratory in the possession of the Georgia Agricultural Society. The President, it is expected, will be here in time for the Cabinet meeting on Friday, -i" ' Mr. Greeley, with a party, has gone to Virginia. . Hoar contemplates being absent a week. Field will officiate during his absence. • Revenue to-day $300,000. Treasurer Spinner has received a coun terfeit three dollar coupon from Germany, which was evidently manufactured there. The imitation of tee engraving, signatures, seals, etc., is good, bat the paper is bad. Proceedings have been commenced against Sherman, colored, former Messen- money. Turner, the negro Post master at Macon, is to be brought here as a witness. District of Columbia. Washington; July 28.—Cubans here have official advices to the 20th. Quesada destroyed two important bridges on Neuvi- tas and Puerto Principe Railroads, and holds the country between * the two cities, which are closely invested.. The garrisons are suffering from diseases and have short supplies. Several sorties from Neuvitas were driven back with serious loss. Quesa da has a number of prisoners, which he holds as hostages, to insure proper treatment to Cuban prisoners.— The Cubans hold (several po] sitions on the coast, giving them direct communi cation with the United States. The fight at Remedios,resulted in theloss af one hun dred and fifty Spaniards killed, wounded and prisoners. The fight at Sagna Ie Grand, lasted several hours; the Spaniards finally drew off with a loss of three hun dred. The Cnban leaders have no doubt of ability to maintain themselves against the force now in tee field. A vessel with a large; amount of arms, ammunition, and a battery, and three hundred and sixty men, landed near Neuvitas. The expedition safely reached Quesada. District of Columbia. Washington, Suly 29.—Gov. Hahn, of Louisiana, dined with Gov. Dent, yester day. The table conversation indicated no intention on tee part of Dent, to abandon his position in regard to Mississippi. Boutwell decides teat the Ohio Shakers Society are only entitled to one thousand dollars exemption from income tax, instead ol one thousand for each adnlt male. The same rule applies to Trinty Church, New York, and several other associations through out, the country. The pressure ou President Grant to throw tee influence of the Administration in favor of tec extremist of Texas and Mis sissippi is quite heavy. The extremists here are in good spirits this morning— nothing definite, however. Sherman, it is stated, said to-day, teat his department would not interfere, be yond securing fair registration and a peace able election. South Carolina. Charleston, July 27.—A negro riot, which, at one time, threatened very serious consequences, occurred list night, on the occasion of the departure of a visiting base ball elm, from Savannah. The club was accompanied oy a brass bard, composed of colored men, who were said to be Demo crats. As tee club was leaving in proces sion for the Savannah boat, they were, at tacked with sticks and showers' of stones and brickbats, by a negro mob of several hundred men. Several shots were fired on both sides. Mayor Pillsbury was on the ground, hnt said he was powerless to quell the riot, and called on Maj. Oglesby, for the assistance of United States troops. The club was then escorted to the boat, between platoons of tee Sth infantry, followed by a large crowd of yelling and infuriated negroes, throwing stones and compelling tee sol diers, at intervals, to face about and threat en to fire. Several were wounded, mostly members ofthe colored hand. The affair causes intense indignation among tee whites. . BUFFALO. Buffalo, July 27.—Edward Halpin.an elderly man, fell into Niagara Falls a distance of one hundred and eighty feet. Ho was instantly killed. New York, July 29.—Stocks steady. Money steady at 7. Sterling 9}. Gold 1 36. - Flour dull,drooping. Wheat dull. Corn drooping. Pork quiet at 33 12Ia33 25. Lard dull. Cotton quiet at 34. Liverpool, July 29, noon.—Cotton steady; Uplands 125; Orleans 12J; sale 10,090 bales. Convicted of Perjury.—The jury on Saturday convicted Taliaferro Page, door keeper to the Radical Senate, of the crime, of perjury, and we presume Page will be sent to the Penitentiary. Still* we do not beblieve that half the negToes understand the nature of perjury; and we think that under the circumstances the penalty should not be too heavily imposed. It would be infinitely better to send two-thirds of tee Radical Senators themselves to the Pent* tentiary.—Montgomery Advertiser. The North Carolina Homestead Exemption.—The following’ is tee provis ion in the constitution of North Carolina which has been lately decided by the Su preme Court of that State (Chief Justice Pearson dissenting) to be not in conflict with tee Constitution of the United States, and therefore valid : Art. X.—Sec. 1. Tho personal prop erty of aDy resident of this State to tne value of five hundred dollars, to be selected by sqch resident, shall be and is hereby ex empted from sale under execution or other final process of any court issned for collec tion of any debt. Sec. 2. Every homestead and the dwelling and buildings csed there with, not exceeding in value one thousand dollars to be seleoted by the owner thereof, <kc., shall be also exempted. _^*The Supreme Court of North Caroli na has just decided that intermarriages be tween a member of the colored and a mem ber of the white raoe is unlawful,and there fore void, according to the law* of the State. s.