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ROME, GA.
TUESDAY J.OKNUIU, August 10.
TUe Utters Bit—-The Would be Criminals
Sold.
We are credibly informed that two of
our citizens haring bit at the following
tempting bate, have each been sold to the
amount of a fifteen dollar package. The
packages have been received, and are pho
tographs on good paper of the genuine bills
but only about half the sue of Treasury
notes. They are of the denomination of
one, two, five and ten dollars. But, of
course the size will prevent the possibility
of deceiving any one who is at all familiar
with money. .These woold-be criminals who
bought this counterfeit money, deserve the
punishment they have received and mnch
more.
Doubtless Noyes & Co., have sent out
thousands of these confidential letters, all
over the country. They are lithograph
copies of written circulars, and look very
much like writing. The folio ing is a
copy of their letter:
New York, 1869.
My De.. n Sin—We have in our posses
sion a very large stock of exact copies of
the genuiue United States Treasury notes,
executed by thv most skilled men in the
art, outside of the States Prison, which we
desire to iuime liatcly dispose rf on the fol
lowing very liberal terms, viz :
Packages representing $200, in various
denominations, price $15.
Packages representing $500, in various
denominations, price $30.
Packages representing $1,000, in vari
ous denominations, price $50.
Packages representing $2000, in various
denoiui rations, $80.
Aud so on forevery package thereafter.
If you order a $50 package, we will sell to
no one else in your vicinity ortown, thereby
giving you the exclusive right to oiroulate
or appoint agents to do so in a town. For
a county right you must order an $80 pack
age. In order to induce you to assist ut
in circulating these notes, we propose to
send you any package on receipt of one-
third the price we charge above, you pay
ing us the balance, two-thirds, as soon after
you have received the package as possible.
We trust only partly to your honesty to do
this, at the same time thinking that us you
will consider it to your interest to deal with
us further, you will comply with onr re
quest.
If you are afraid to send money to us by
mail, we will send you the package by Ex
press, C. O. D., collect on delivery, one-
third of the price we charge for a package,
you sendiug us the balance—two thirds—
as soou after same is received a- possible.
However, it is preferable to have th.e money
scut by mail, for reasons of safety; also, it
saves Express charges, and it is sure to
come safe to us if you have the let ter regis
tered, or send postoffice order. You may
send money by registered letter to any
amount at our risk, as we prefer it to all
other ways. Your order receives more at-
teutiou and you get your goods quicker.—
Should you desire to avail yourself of this
opportunity, you must do so at once, aud
address, iu confidence,
Noyes & Co., 65, Well St,, N. Y,
P. S. We place reliance iu you as far as
offering this opportunity, aud confide in
your ability to keep the whole thing a pro
found secret These notes, by the knowing
ones arc pronounced perfect copies of the
genuine., and we claim the right to make
our owu terms iu disposing of them. If we
scut samples it would make our business
much too public, as disinterested parties
would scud for such, therefore injustice to
ourselves, we positively refu'-e to send sam
pies, or sell in any less quantities than
above stated, to any one, or on any other
tern s.
Anniversary Meeting of the Rome Bible
Society.
The anniversary of the above named So
ciety, was held at the Baptist Church
lust Sunday uight iu this city, in whieh all
denominations united The folio ing is the
financial report for last year;
Amount received from sale of Bibles and
Testaments $75, 00
Voluntary contributions 51,35
Good. Management.
Mr. B. F. Hooper, who died some days
since, was one of the shrewdest business
men in this section of the country, and of
excellent judgment in financial matters. He
was insured In the Masonic Aid Associa
tion, and his heirs have already been paid
■ome $600, the amount due *to members of
the cbfts.to which he belonged.
Election of County Officers.
II. P. Farrow Attorney General in a
long letter to the Governor, expresses the
opinion that there is, at this time, no law
regulating the time-for the Election of picked up in the streets. The mining
County Officers and that before any Election
non he held there must be farther Legisla
tion. He stated that the Constitution pro
vides that the Officers except Oordinaries
Elected in April 1868 shall hold their Offi
ces until two years from the following No
vember unless otherwise provided by new
Slemphis Branch Railroad.
The survey of the road will be commenc
ed to-day.' The following are the survey-
brs : C. M. Pennington, Chief En '
Mr. Rarer, of Pennsylvania,
tantand H. Cartier, 2d Assistant, and
some ten men. The survey will coximmce
at the Rome Road, cross the Oostunau
la just above the junction, and then run
down on the north side of the Coosa.
planters. We are assured by Mr. R P.
Glenn, the agent, that one of them will soon
be put up id Rome, where it may be seen
in practical operation. The small space te-
quired for it, its portability, and the case
with which it is operated, are great advan
tages both in packing cotton and hay.—See
adv.
'Special Dispatch to the Constittonalist. .
New York Closing Stock -Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
New York, August 6—p. m.
The following are the closing quotations
this day :
Amerioan Gold,
Adams Express,
New York Central
Erie,
Hudson River,
Reading,
Michigan Central,
Cleveland & Pittsburg,
Chioaga and Northwestern, -
Chiqago and Northwestern, pref
Milwaukee & St. Paul,
Milwaukee & St, Paul, prof
Lake Shore,
Chicago & Rock Island,
Toledo, Wabash & Western,
Toledo, Wabash & Western, pref
New Jersey Central,
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne,
Ohio & Mississippi,
Hauibal & St. Joseph,
Hanibal & St. Joseph, prof
Tennessee, old,
Tennessee Dew,
Georgia 6’s,
Georgia J'»,
North Carolina, old
North Carolina, new
Alabama 8’s.
Virginia 0’a,
Missouri 6's
Pacific Mail,
Western Union Telegraph,
Stocks strong. Gold steady.
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[For the Home Courier.
Dahlouega—Gold Interest—Mineral -
Spring*, Etc. iWlf
ja, Ua., Ado. 2, 1869.
Perhaps a few ‘-jottliugs” from this nioun
tain village would not prove uainterestm;
to a few of your numerous readers of the
Courier. The name of Dahjonega is " that
ol Indian origin, and in the vocabulary of
that race, signifies gold—thus the vi lage
derives its name. . Many pieces rf; this
precious metal, varyingfroju a grain to a
pennyweight, have, iu former year.-, been
The Utley Cotton Press,
e would call attention to the adver
tisement of this recently invented press,
that promises iarge advantages to cotfcm ; pmmi«p» 0 oe« a s that which goes through
Serest, so extensively carried on in the days
of.yorp, continued and kept up by compara
tively few operators, however,, a very large
amount of capital has been : invested by a
Northern Company in digging s canal of
some 15 miles in length, winding its . long
trails around the hills and used:for the pur
pose of turning the water upon such, given
points as will wash the rieh ore into the
ravines below, where it will require less la
bor and expense to separate, the precious
metal from the dirt, aud by its running
through a machine of simple construction,
resembling that of a rocking cradle, cov
ered over in its bottom with a sheet of per-
fenited iron, andby constant rocking, sifts
the finer'ore into auother apartment, and
when full is drawn out and panned through
a etna 1 iron pan.
The metalic ores arc run through pound
ing mills, and wheu the ore is thoroughly
pulverized, it is then put through the same
Total and in Treasury 126,35
Expenses for past year $14, 90
Auiouut paid American Bi
ble Socieiy for books 50,94
65,81
Amouut now in Treasury $60, 56
Value of Bibles, & Testaments donated dur-
ing the year, $63, 25, and 18 Sabbath
Schools supplied.
A very interesting address was delivered
by Rev. Win. A. Parks. Agent of the
American Bible Society, and a subscription
taken up, amounting to $225, 25. This
subscription is highly creditable, apd shows
that our citizens have a high appreciation
of the Bible cause. As the audience was
not very largo^it is hoped that the above
subscription * ill be largely increased. It is
believed that about oue fifth of all the fam.
ilics of Floyd County, outside of Rome,
are destitute of the Bible, and the great
object of this Society is to supply all at the
eailiest practical date. All the funds rais
ed iu this couDty, will be applied to this
purpose. A eolporture wili -be seut out to
thoroughly cauvess the country, vftitiog
'very family and supply the destitute. Those
who arc able will be expcetel to pay cost
for the Bibles, to all others they will be do
nated It is believedthat it will required ,
forth er d 'nation of about oue thousand
dollars to curry out this purpose. Will
not good men cveiy where respond to this
call.
The old Board of Jtireotors, os follows,
were re elected the last two being addition
al ones:
I. J. Wood, President, J. P. McDowell
Vice Pr>.sident,C. O. Stjlwell, Secretary C.
W. Mills Treasurer, J. I. Wright, H. D.
Smith, T. .T. Perry, Chas. E Hills and 15. F.
Jones.
Degrees Conferred.
At the Commencement exercises of the
University of Georgia the Board of Trus
tees conferred the degree of L. L. D. on
Dr. Lonis D. Ford and Dr, L. A, Dugas,
of this city, and the degree of R. M.on J.
T- Glean, Esq., of Atlanta, They also
elected Mr. Lamar Cobb a member of the
Board, wee Hoo. Howell Cobb, deceased,
Mr. F. A. Lipscomb as Adjunct Professor
of Ancient Languages.—Aug. Const.
ifg Se Very Had,
In 1856, when Bpchanap yras elected
President, the Democratic vote was 1,803,.
029. Id 1860, the combined vote of
Dougjus pgd Breckinridge was 2,243,927.
In 1864, the yojp fiq- IJpQJglaud, without
any of i he Southern States,1,811,754-
almost a million larger than the yote for
Buchanan in 1856, aud 483,596 more than
the vote for LtBScjn in 1864. This will
do very well for a dead party, The people
are gradually coming back to their first
love and the support of tho old Democratic
faith—the Union of the States aud the
rights of the States;a Union of equal States
upon the basis of the Constitution —De
troit Free Press-
Astronomers for tea years past have
told ua, says, the Nashville Banner, aud oth
er papers, tint, during the months of July,
August, and September! iu this year, the
most wonderful comet the wor|} bite ever
known would re-appear. This comet is on
time. |t is now to be seen with the naked
eye, any clear night, in the northern part
ef the heavens, betwoen eleven and.twelve
o’clock, and from that time till
the morning star rises. Astronomers as
sure US that this comet will ap
proach nearer tho SMtb than any comet
ever did beforo, aud that either the earth
or the comet will have to change tie course,
or a collision is inevitable. This oomet is
said to be many thousand times laiger than
the earth. It is a solid mass of fire, with a
tail of fire that would reap}) around the
earth more than a hundred times, and
a collision with our planet is not au event
to be very ardently desired.
Residences for Foreign Ministers.
—It is slated, on what authority we do not
know, that the Prussian government is )hp
only European power which owns a boose
in Washington for the permanet use of its
legation. It is believed that this example
will be speedily followed by the Russian
and English governments, and that stately
palaces will be built by them in the Amer
ican , capital, similar to those they own in
European capitals, for ihe accommodation
of their legations.— Wash, Star,
A Full Hand’s Good.”—The good
old times are not gone forever. Here is an
incident:' On the recent trip ofMissis
sippi steamboat, tho clerk had allotted the
last state-room and was about to close -ins
office, when he was astonished by the ap
parition of a tall Missourian, who cxolaimeJ:
-"I say stranger, I want one of them cham
bers ’’ “Sorry, sir," said the official; bland
ly, “but our. state-rooms are all taken. 7
“The d*>-J they are !” responded Miisouri;
“I’ve paid my faro no’ I want oue of them
chambers.” “Allow me to see your ticket,”
said the still polite clerk. Putting his hand
to the baek of his neck, the passenger pull
ed out a ten Inch bowie-knife, and driving
it quivering into the eountc-v, sqi i : “I’m
from Pike coanty, young feller, aud thar's
my ticket, I want one of them oliambers “
Before the steel hid ceased to vibrate the
prompt dork quietly thrust a loaded end
capped Bix-ehooter under'Pike’s now, and
coolly, answered : “I’ve only got '.sixohaia-
bers/ and you see they are all fail.-’ The
Missourrian edged out of “range,” and
putting up his “tooth-pick,” ejaculated
“A fall hand's good."
The late Henry Keep of the New York
gold Board, is said to have left his wife
and daughter £2,000,000 of the stock of a
single road, yit.h adyice }q keep it as the
best perpetual in.v,e$lp)£i)t for jqpnsy.
It is understood that nqfc loss than So,
OOjbDpO more are disposed of ip his
will.
thi rocking machine. Among the princi
ple, add only profitable mines being worked
at preseut arc'those of Col. R. H. Moore
& Co., and Reece & Crisson. They are
said to be doing e very lucrative business.
These men are experienced miners, and
have from time to time, expendod large
sums of money, and much labor iu - devel
oping the gold of the country, and their la
bora and investments are now being crown
ed with deserved success
This county, Lumpkin, is very rich in
minerals of various kinds, and a little capi
tal and enterprise, is only necessary to de
velop its inexhaus table store of gold, irou,
copper and silver. The great obstacle in-
cideut to the development of the mineral
resorces of this portion of our State, is, in
consequence of its inaccessibility—the near
est point to the railroad being 65 miles—
though in the space of two years, this dis
tance will be shortened at least 40 miles,
by the building of the Georgia Air Line
Railroad.
At present there is much excitement, as
well as interest, manifested, by invalids in
the curative powers at the eelebaated “Por
ter Springs,” situated at the base of Ce
dar Mountain, some twelve miles from Dah
lonega. These springs were brought into
notice only n few months since, but are rap
idly acquiring a great celebrity abroad, as
well as at borne. Many invalids from ad-
joining States, heating qf the facie and
reputation of this in "dern “ Bethsadq," are
now testing the healing powers of its wa
ter.. The predominant properties are sul
phur,'iron and magnesia. Those who are
afljijsfe^ frith rheumatism, dispepsia and
other diseases, are ?atd tq experience a
speedy cure by drinki-ig and bathing in its
waters.
The farmers in this part of- the country
are suffering much iu consequence- of the
long and continued drouth The'corn crop
will be cut very short rnless it tains very
soon, aqfi iho jjfasTOCtJiJbr such an occur-
ance does not look very fluttering at pres
ent.. The weather for tho past two or three
days has been very oppressive for this lati
tude—the Thermometer standing at 85° at
noon, id thp ejjade. The nights, however,
qre delightfully coql.
Tennessee Election.
The Herald says a most gratifying point
From the Harrisburg Patriot
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Radical papers publish strangely in
correct lists of the States which have rati
fied or assumed to ratify the Fifteenth
Amendment. IVhat object is to be gained
by repeatedly asserting that Tennessee,
Minnessota,and other States which have
taken no action, have fully accepted the
amendme it, passes conjecture. The action
taken thus far is as follows:
Alabama, said to be ratified.
Atkaosas ratified March 15.
Connecticut, ratified May 13.
Delaware, rejected.
Florida, ratified in June.
Jenrgia, reject'd.
Illinois, ratified -March 5.
Indiana, assumed to ratify .May 14.
quorum present.
Kansas, assumed to ratify May 27 The
second section was imperfect.
Louisiana, ratified March 1.
Maine, ratified Mareh 9.
- Massachusetts, ratified March 12.
Michigan, ratified March 5.
Missouri, assumed to ratify March 1.
Did notact npon the section.
Nebraska,assumed to ratify. Certificate
on file at the State Department is informal
and insufficient.
Nevada, ratified March 1.
New Hampshire, ratified July 1.
New York, ratified April 14.
North Carolina, ratified March 5.
Pennsylvania, ratified Match 26.
Rhode Island, the Senate ratified. May
26. The amendment will probably be re
jected, because the Rhode Island Radicals
believe that under it they can no longer
disfranchise their Irish Catholic laborers:
South Carolina, ratified-March 10.
West Virginia, ratified March 3.
Wisconsin, ratified March 5.
This makes only twenty-one * States thjj}
can possibly be claimed for the amendment
'thus far; aud of these, only seventeen have
legally ratified it. The assent of eleven
more States will be necessary to force
negro -suffrage npon an unwilling peo
ple.
of the news is, that the -contest passed ofl “° r “> n g, at auetioa> by Messrs. Day &
- - • •• - - * Dick, at $104 per share
Augusua & Columbia Railroad
Stock.—Messrs. Bigon t fc Crump, sold at
auction yesterday, seventeen shares of
this stock—nine at $13 aud eight at $12
50.
quietly, apd that nil fhe refreshment sa
loons were cloted during the day.
It also says, that it is very gratifying in
view of tho efforts made 7 by a portion of
Grant’s Cabinet to sccnre the election of
-that bold radical Stokes. More. Important
than this, is the probability indicated'by the
returns, that a mojorify ofthe r embers of
the Legislatuiejust elected, are conserva
tives, thus seeming the nation the disgrace
of the addition to the United States Sen
ate of another radical. Whether /he Sen
ator to be, will be Andrew Johns/n or Bai
lie. Peyton; or Emerson Etheridge, or some
other person, whose name has not yet trans
pired, remains to be seen. It is enongh,
if the radicals have been beaten in a State
which they havc'fccld by the throat for
years, through a system of disfranchise-
paoqt 53 sleeping as it was outrageous. —
Thus, "one by one the Slates that voted for
Grant and Colfax, are repenting of their
folly and courageously ranging themselves
under the banner of the Demo
¥
Democratic par-
A Challenge to the Government.
Swayze Demands a Hearing.
In Swayze’s American Union, of yester-
a , Ije prirts the following article in
eh be wajtpqa foj-ipa}, {(Operative and
just demand i)pon the government, t-bat the
issue be tween himself aud Turner shall be
brought to trial. Swayze ciaims'the right,
as a citizen to_ an. opportunity to substan
tiate his testimony, a id clear himself of the
imputation of perjury which has boen
thrust upon him by the negro witnesses of-
Turner.
Rljt more than this : both parties are offi
cers apt} Representatives of the American
government, by the choice of that -govern
ment. Both hold its commission, the one
as postmaster and the other as publisher
of the United States laws by authority.
The Ope swears that tho other is a rogue
and a counterfeiter—aud the other swears
that the other party is a perjurpr, unworthy
of credeDso on his oath. Does the govern
ment propose to employ both without in
vestigation—without inquiry into the char
acter ofits agents—an utter indifference
to the fact whether they are honest men or
abandoned rascals 1 Yfo say Sayre's ds-
nsands are fair and reasonable. They
to be heard; and if the people of the North
are not entirely lost to’ public virtue thqy
most bo hgnrd —Macon 7cleyrafk.
•»«t:
The Alabama Election, i
Selma, August 5.—Ryland Randolph,
etjiio; of the Independent Monitor, is elec
ted to the Legislature from Tuscaloosa, by
a majority of five hundred, being a Demo
cratic gain of lour hundred, in that county.
Important and Valuable Invention.
The Albany Nows says ; Mr J. T. Bot-
tons, of Thotuasville, has succeeded in de ;
veloping machinery for reducing the horse
p-wer necessary in ginning. We find an
interesting report npon the iuveotinn in the
Americus papers, where it was tested on
Tuesday jast. The commiRee and a!J_who
were present pronounce it again of 150 to
A. Ann! ■
Alabama Election.
From onr Alabama exchanges we glean
the mortifying intelligence that the Demo
cratic party has succeeded in electing but
two Congressmen, Dox and Sherrod. The
most mortifying part is that this result
is not so mnch due to Radical frands which
were freely perpetrated everywhere, as to
the fact that the white men of the State
exhibited an indifferenoe to the election
that was utterly inexcoseable. Comment
is neoessary.—Columbus Sun.
Atlanta.
The Constitution learns from a gentle
mxn who has been engaged in putting np
a number of buildings in its city, that there
are how in process of construction within
the territorial limits of Atlanta, eleven
hundred and seventy-one buildings.
The Edgefield Homicide,
We learn from a gentleman who arrived
in our city last evening, direct from Edge-
field Court House, that the wounds of Mr.
J. D. Cresswell, though severe and painful,
are-not considered mortal. A coroner’s
jury, in the case of Mr. Charles Creswell,
who was killed, rendered a verdict that he
came to his death from gunshot wounds in
flicted by some, persons unknown to the
jury. Subsequently, however, Mr. George
D. Addison and Mr. James Addison,young
men voluntarily surrendered themselves as
having been the parties who fired on the
Creswells, and were taken by the sheriff
before the district Court with a view of
obtaining bail. The remains of Mr. Chas.
D. Creswell were sent to the residence of
his father Thursday afternoon.
Quiet prpvqilpd iq the yiljqgo. The ne
groes were still guarding those arms.—
A,iff. Const
. ■+ m i^-',
Sale Day in Augusta.
The Constitutionalist of the 4th, reports
the following sales at auction on Tuesday
last:
Oaeai* Lan’DS.—Yesterday, at auction,
Messrs. Dqy Sf. Dick sold a fract of land
202* acres', in Randolph, formerly Lee
Coun.y, at 11* cents per acre. Mcssts.
Bigon & Crump sold three lots of land in
12th district cf Appling county, containing
490 acres'cnch, at 13, 13* and 16 cents per
aoro,
Georgia Railroad 3tqck — As a proof
of the stringency of the money markot, five
shares of this stock wero sold yesterday
Tbe Japanese at Home.
Arriving from China, the land of pug.
msos pad yellow skins,one is at once strnck
with the fresh ruddy com; b-xions, and in
many instances well cut features, of the
Japanese. Besides these diflcrenccs in their
persqcaj appearance, they offer a marked
contras; to the 'Chinese in niqpngr anij bpar
ing. In place of the oringlng, abject de
meanor of the latter they carry themselves
as becomes men, fearlessly and uprightly,
look you- straight iu the face,' and consider
themselves inferior to none. The better
class pro a fine,hold set of men. Like nights
of ql<£ they atq ever ready to avenge a
wrong, or even to provoke a quarrel; and
with their terrible two-handed swords
would bo anything but contemptible en-
tagouisr. iq hand-to-hand fighting. Their
manners are polished in the ejtrpmp.
As a rule they are oxseedlngly good-
natnred, and have a keen sense of the ri
diculous—rather too mnch so—for we be-
lievo that if tho most dutiful son, po
of the greatest filial piety were to see his
father dying, he could not repress a laugh
if the old gentleman wpfe to do 50 Ip at all
a oomtoal way. '.(Tie Japanese ladies
almost as fair as their sisters of the • West.
Small but neatlj-r-nay, sometimes almost
fautiossiy shaped; their flowing robes dis
playing in their own gracefulness the mod
el that nature has adopted, and which cone
of the meretricious deceptions of civiliza
tion can improve upon; with pretty, capti
vating-manners, and a language musical
and soft.ns the Italiaq,thelqughter-lovin;
nymphs of the Rising Sub have many am
powerful charms. No one who has been in
Japan will deny their claim to beamy.—
Eire. ■ '
Juformatljm Wanted.
The editor of the Wilcox, Ala., Vindi-
cato r wants toknow what become of the
forty-two thousand dollars appropriated by
Congress for the benefit of the colored peo
ple of that county during the years 1866
«mUSQ7.
The Mobile Register likewise wants to
know what became of ihe seventy-five thon-
saqd dollars appropriated at the same time
for the benefit of tho colored people of Dal-
laseoaqfy. Fpitjjprmofe, the Register
wants to know where tne five thousand dol
lars in gold, iately received at Camden, by
steamer No. 2, came from -
Thp Register might obtain more infor
mation on the latter point if he were to in
quire of some of the number one radical em
issaries now in J labama on electioneering
tours.
In regard to the other matters, all infor
mation necessary for the pubiie eye can be
reached through any of the whitewashing
reports of Congressional committees, whose
duty it has been to investigate the charges
of wholesale frauds perpetrated by the
Northern carpet baggers wfiq haye been
sent Sonth to disburse Uncle Sam’s money
in all sorts of ways.—N. Y. Herald.
Political Dram fish.
The oysteruien of the shores of Long Is
land Sound and tbe New England Stares
have benn afflicted this year by a visitation of
those locnsts of the sea. the drnmfisb. They
have come in huge shoals, devouring, de
vastating, and have rui r etl the fair pros
pects of many a subtarine plantation. Vaiu
alike have oeen hook and seine—the odb is
infinitely too slow, and the other breaks its
futile meshes with the mere weight and
strain.
The drnmfish is the hereditary enemy of
the oyster. He is by no meaiis large, but
he is pr vided by,nature with a strength of
jaw which prepaies iiim for his destiny. In
the vicinity of Kcyport alone be lias eaten
8100,000 worth of this season’s bivalves.
Me picks upan oyster, cracks him at the
edges, sucks him out, and spews away the
shell, lie has no sentimental afiertiou for
shells from which he has sucked ail the nu
tritious contents.
The drum is the typical and representa
tive fish of America, in human form he di
rects onr caucaosscs and leads onr parties,
not to speak of the minor agencies in the
plantations of American society
Ho takes an office, andit his oyster.—
Trust him to leave nothing bat tho shell
when the time comes for him to throw it
away.
He 1
seizes npon a party issue to cany
him into power, and when once he has ex
tracted all the good ofit, it is henceforth a
meatless shell to him.
To-day he is an abolitionists and the
atnpion of a moral idea, but to-morrow his
instincts tell him that there remains other
and yet ttnsucked oysters in the same bed,
and he behaves like a wise drnmfish.
That everlasting and all but exhanstable
bed, the Treasury, has been from the first
snrr mnded by a countless school of these
depredadors, all provided by nature with,
the necesaary cracking aud sacking appa
ratus, and it is all in vaiu to plant fresh oys
ters in their presence, as they prefer to work
while the shells are still soft.
To their honor, almost be it said, we can
not class a legitimate drnmfish the crackers
and suckers of the Wendell Phillips school,
who persist in continuing to month and
munch over and over and over and over
again the empty shell of their one particular
oyster; it was large, it was fat and it was
well flavored, and they refnse to believe
that it can have been exhausted even by
their preternatnral power cf jaw. Bat
perhaps their self-satisfied delusion is a sav
ing to the national plantation—who knows?
The drnmfish is not especially available
for food, for oil, for his bones, and bnt indi
rectly for an editorial illustration. He may
seem to point a moral, but otherwise his
best adaptability is in a putrid state and as
a manure—he serves by his decay to stim
ulate the growing crops of the future, ■ but
to that end he most be captured by the
cart load and hauled on shore.—Imperial
ist.
“THE UTLEY COTTON PRESS.”
Iron Ore.
We olip the following description of Mr.
A. J. King’s ore. bed, lying six miles from
Cave Spring, from a letter to the Macon
Telegraph :
1 rode down the railroad six or seven
miles yesterday, in company with the own
er, a gentleman of this place, to visit a veri
table iron monntain. I send yon per Ex
press some specimens of the ore, that yon
may judge for yourselves as to its promise.
It lies within fifty yards of the railroad, and
combines as many elements—itappeqns to
me, for sqccq^sfq} and profitable working
as are :obe found anywhere. Tbe ore lies
Anew itireution of power wliereby all frictiun 1. overcome. Tbe eim) licity,economy and durability of tin's Press aitfamlo, .n I
see it, aotl tb« more so, that a power so simple sbuuld so long bore been unappropriated. Tbe strain is wholly npon two (2) Iron's I
If ineben square, operating un these bars as if two men -were pulliog at each end in contrary direction, wbicbwill sustain a strain of I
0U0 pounds each. With this Press two men can do all the packing or pressing of a 500 pound bats inside of eight minutes and ifI
be, one man can operate, only requiring more time. This Pre*s will not occupy more space than a Piano, and can be placed unifu* I
Gin and receive tbe Cotton direct from the Gin, thns doing away with lint rooms, and can be readily taken down and transported ss ■I' I
simple and light. We can supply these Presses cheaper than snv yet offered. Will send Circulars to any desiring, and would idvbi, I
wanting Presses to withhold buying until they examine this. These Presses are now being manufactured in Atlanta, and will srit i I
set up on exhibitien there, in Macon, and all important points throughout tho Stale, where its working can be seen. I
AHare assured that as between this Press add any other, there is no argument as to its merits over ell others. With the Iron.. I
ordinary workman can put np the Press. Connly Rights, Presses, cr Irons, for sale by ’**1 I
B. I*. GrLEIViV, Agent, I
aulBwlm At Glenn, Wright A Carr’s Warehouse, Atlanta, Ct, I
GEORGIA. Floyd Cocmtt. L
YTTHEREAS, Wm. S. Sanford, Aiwi,^J
TV with the will annexed, of GeoritIcl
ford, deceased, applies to me forletttni/71
mission.- *i
These are therefore to eite end admoni* I
end singular those concerned to be ud ,l v !
at my offioe within the time prescribed Jn
to show cause if any they hare whs said U?
should not be granted.
By the Ordinary. JE8SE IAMBEETu L
» u g 10 - 3 °' C. C. 0. f c |
PRAIRIE DOGS.
Interesting Facts in Regard to the
vers.” _
The great prairie dog city is situated on
both rides of this railroad, three n-ilw west
of Potter Station, and 436 miles west of
Omaha. This city is so named from a suc
cession of sand hills, a foot in height by two
in diameter, laid oat in regular rows, at
equal distances apart, having mainland
cross streets intervening by regular blocks,
covering a space of ground one mile wide
by two miles long, and so arranged
and built by these carious and
remarkable animals of the plains, known as
prairie dogs. Each of these hills or houses
has an openingat the top leading into
subteranean channel that connects with oth
er channels from neighboring houses, and
it is natural to infer that, unless the prairie
dogs have been unduly mormonized, they
jointly occnpy their homes by pairs, male
and female, and when they make their vis
its, they pass, as do all honest people, in
open daylight along'their streets, and go
chirping their greeting from house to house
in all the pride and circumstances of a glo
rious prairie dogship.
When they are attacked, they descend
suddenly down the opening in the roof of
their houses, and in an excited and noisy
manner hasten through the subteranean
passages, and thus alarm the whole city,
which, tinder the discretion and manage
ment ofits older and official inhabitants, at
once congregate for an outride attack en
masse. Then woe to the luckless and im
pudent offender against the peace of the
city; be be antelope, wolf or hnfiqlq, {he
frightful noise and daring itiaok of the
combined force will necessitate an immedi
ate and precipitate flight, or an instant and
ignominious death of the intruder.
without treading on it, and tbe indications
are, as pronounced by Pennsylvania miners
who have seqn){, {hq’, \t is biw the croping
oqt of a yefy dgep at)4 extensive vein. At
the base qf the mountain is a pond, kept
full by never failing spripgs, and furnish
ing an abundant supply of water for fiiruace
purposes.
There is also plenty of space forall nec
essary buildings, and wood in the greatest
abundance. Here, then, you have the ore,
wood, water, plenty of room fqr all building
purposes, right at the mine, and transpor
tation within almost arm’s length. Speci
mens similar t> those I send yon were pro
nounced by (he miners to whom T alluded,
as containing at least seventy-five per cent
of ore. Even the “lean” ore was rated at
forty-five to fifty per oept. 'fhese qiiners
■made the owners of the mountain an offer
for the property, with the intention of erect
ing, at an early date, works to cost 9100
000; but the figures were considered too low
and so the natter stands at present,
think they will probably make another
pass yet.
An exphaqge speaks of {^e Southern
planters as “lazy lordtings,” to which
“Brick” i'omerpy, in his New York Demo
crat responds as follows :
Bold on a moment, who are those lazy
lordlings ? Are they the bond holders of
New England aDd Wall street, or the men
in the Sonth who are laboring under terri
ble disadvantages to repair the layqges of
war?
The so-called lazy lordlings are the pro
ducers of the South. The rightfnl owners
of the soil. The ones who for years have
raised the cotton which gave us credit
abroad. They are the ones who paid tuxes
aided in developing the indjStiy of the
country—who paid millions of dollars each
year to the Northern manufactories for the
benefit and beautifying Ncrthern homes-
They are thc ones who cared % tbe
black rncq better thag the white operatives
o'f New Eqgtqnd are cared for. The ones
who fought like heroes and patriots, as did
Washington and his compeers for wbat
they bel cved to be right.
They are the ones who have been rob
bed by the thieves of the North, tyranized
over by Northern tyrants clad iq the garb
qfsildfers—lihqied 'by paidvillifiers in the
service of q rotten’administration—denouno
ed as inhuman fiends and deprived by wok-'
less power of the ability to support the
ones thrown upon them to care for.
Your lazy lordlings are the bondholders
who pay no taxes—who* give presents to
Grant—who dissipate in fancy hotels and
concubine ranches—who are supported by
the workingmen qf the eqcqtry everywhere
Yon elame 'ns for §pca(tiDg^ of Lincoln, as if
one we think did wrong oonld take shelter
behind a gravestone—yet you persecute
with power and insult with, words a de-
defenseless brother, when he is minding
his own business aq4 setting aq example
others should foUoty.
Tbe Radical Spirit.
The programme of Wells, of Virginia, in
dicates the pecnliar direction in which rad
icalism ever runs. He has been bqatqq at
tho polls, anq is nowhere before the peo
ple. Nomatter; bo most have the results
of victory just the same as if he had tho vic
tory. Canby must not aononnoe the re
sult till Cougress meets, and Congress mu3t
hold the matter in suspense till the ses
sion goes over, and thus continue in office
her present powers, defeating the whole
purpose pf the election. This highway
man’s plan cqipe? from the present Gover
nor himself.—M T. Herald.
and with a plain' cqqdal appendage, is a
master mechanic; like us organized and
rogulqr system of improvements; keeps the
peace bravely: attends to his own business;
lives on priokiy pare roots and bnffitlu grass;
is always in good plump condition; is quite
prond of its domicil and takes perfect de
light in jumping npon its roof; sitting like
a kangaroo on its hind legs and barking
vociferously at the passengers oq evwj
train that passes through tbs canine city of
at lqsst jQOO inhabitants.
Theskimk and rattlesnake frequently
ocoupy the same boose with the prairie
dog; the former os a welcome guest, bnt
the latter as unwelcome intruder. Still no
very great effort is made to drive his sqakfl*
ship away. Heqcq, is fo. he inferred
that rattiesnqkns are not very great enemies
of the prairie dog; not like Indians and
some “pale faces” who take particular pride
in devouring the sweet meat of their dog-
ships with a hearty relish.
Prairie dog villages are numerous along
the Laramie plains, bnt the one I have just
described is tbe latest and most remarka
ble city alpng the entire line, well worthy a
visit provided the visitor don’t go too olose.
—Chicago 7V»q«S.
Judge Deaf and the Misstsalppiaus.
The Louisville Express reporter,who in
terviewed a Mississippi Coq ervative admi
rer of Judge Peqt, discovers that he is
wanted for Governor because—
E. He is general Grant’s bntthewn
law.
II. General Grant is his brother-in-
I w.
III. They ere the brothei-in-law of each
other.
IV. Jndge Dent married A Mississippi
lady.
V. A Mi-qissippi lady married Judge
Pent.
VI. Jndge. Dent and a Mississippi }ady
married each other-.
YIL Hg is Jndge Dent,
VIII. Jn.dge Dent is General Grant’s
brother-in-law,
IX That's what’s the matter with
him.
The reporter left perfectly satisfied.
[From A Northern Paper.
God Help the South.
God help tlic South, dear snuoy land,
By tyrants crushed and riven,
Betrayed, insulted, conquered, taxed—
By negroes ruled and driven ;
Bright native land of noble hearts,
The Union’s truest glory,
The day will come when troth shall write
Yonr fair, unwarped story.
God help, the South 1 Thine arms alone
Can loose the chains that bind her—
Degrading bonds that have too long
Most ruthlessly entwined her;
Lift np the heads now bowed in grief,
Give joy instead ofsorrow,
And for these weary honrs of gloom
A calm and glorious morrow.
Their fathers’ God, and new I heir own,
On whom their hearts still rested
Whetf darkest -days of grief and woe
Their happy homes invested;
Then was Thine sufficient arm
The power that oft sustained them,
And from more bitter draughts of grief
Thy pitying hand restrained them.
Still do they turn to The, O God !
Give rest from all their, sadness,
And pour upon theirstrife-sick hearts
Thy precious oil of gladness !
Give them Thy firm, enduring peace—a.
A peace that will not leave them,
Then bitter words shall cease to sing.
And broken faith to grieve them.
Men eall this peace—this wretched thing—
O, falsehood basely spokeD,
Because their banners trail in dost,
Because their swords are hrokeu.
Because—ah 1 bitterest of all—
Their warriors’ heads are lying
On battle fields, too dearly won,
Whqn victory crowned the dying.
Ah! who shall know the mighty hopes
Relentless death has shattered—
A nation’s hopes all swept away,
Like leaves in Autumn scattered 1
They hope no more. They turn to Thee,
For only Thou eaust aid them,
To rise renewed and vigorous still,
From th' ruin we have made them.
Died—In this oity on last Saturday
evening, Wm. Skidmore, infant son sf Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph E. Veal, aged about six
months.
GEORGIA, DADE COIJNfr. ■ ~~ l
XYTHEREAS, Thomas W. Hooper i-.-L. I
Vf me for letters of admini.trat'on
estate of John W. Hooper, late of sail iZx
deceased,
These are theiefore to cite and admoa;* V
and sincnlar the kindred and eraditorinri
deceased, to be and appear at mv office iSi
the time prescribed by law to show csom
they have why said letters should aoi k.... L |
to said applicant. F “ l "|
dayo T W^ 1 * a,ld “ a i^»4
JingT-aOd Ordinal, f
GEORGIA, Dade Col-xtv, ~ "I
rilWO months after date application
A made to the Ordinary or Dade eotio-.r I
leave to sell all the real estate of Richstd lit I
•ook/tatoof Texas, deceased, being
Ho. 8S, 18th district and 1th section diS. I
“angy *“■ HITCH. PQFE.
Gaorch, Daix Cousrr,
Ilf ilEREAS, Jaooh Steed having apoiitjJ
V V letters of Guardianship of the pcnosii:
pr S? e . rt J Of f*® Wnov heir el Lewis Steel,
„ Thirts {o cate and admonish all and
the persons concerned to be and appear
8#pe within the time prescribed by fax. u,c
cause, if they can, why said letter* sioSu
granUd to said applicant. *
Given under nay hand and official liniR,
this Aug. 3d, 1869. JAS, C. TAYLOh
ffrito Ordai.
aug7
«Ua<
GEORGIA, Dab* Cousrr,
FHERKAS, Matilda a Martin,
. . far letters of dismission from
W. C. Martin, late of said county, deceased:
This is therefore, to cite all penoci eoieenH
to show cause, if any they hare, withia the In
prescribed by law, why the said Ai "
should not receive the usual letters
sion.
Given under my hand aad official aims,
this Aug 3d, I860,
JAS. C. TAYLOR, Orfy
Gxoieu, OnATTOOCA Cocxrr.
W HEREAS, MARY CHANDLER hirj,
applied for exemption of personiltr 3
itting apart and valuation of homesttsd, si
will pass upon the same at my office, u (h
21st day of Angnst, 1889. J. B.HIU
ME 10 ! Orduitp
HEARN SCHOOL,
Cave Spring, Ga. ,
Exercises of this School will he ratal
on MONDAY, Angnst 2d.
'OITION per session of Fonr Months—Inin
Sixteen and Twenty Dollars.
BOARD, in good Families, Fifteen Mir,
per month.
P.J. KING, A. B. Principsl
Jalyl3w3w . • Cave Spring. Gh
A Good Thing.—Two New York la
dies stopped {heir carriage on a. crossing.
One wprit in(o. a s{ofe and the other re
mained in tHe carriage. Two gentlemen
wishing to cross the street ordered the
coachman to move on. The lady .in the
carriage told him not to stir. On this one
itleman opened the coach door, and with
boots and spars stepped through the
carriage. He was followed bv his compan
ion, to the extromg discomposure of the la
dy within as well as the lady without. To
complete the jest, a party of sailers coming “ “d'
up,and relishing the joke,serambled through
the carriage.
aphorism tljat
‘nothing Bj matf ’cowardly than a million
dollais—unless it - be two millions,” was
probably inspired, says the Boston Tran-
cript, by the old conundrum, “ What makes
more noise than a pig under a gate? ’fwQ
pigs.”
Floyd Comity Sheris' Main.
Sir ILL bn sold before the Conrt House in
VY Borne, within the legal hours of sale, on
the 1st Tuesday in Septembi V next, the following
property, vu:
7 Navy Pistole, 4 -1# gallon kettles, IT unsktis,
long chains, 1 lot of shoe tools, 1 lot blankets,
4 large lamps, 3 ovens, 8 »a*o«lei aad chains.—
Levied en as the property of Wm. A. Fort, to
satisfy one h fit from Floyd Superior Conrt in fit-
YorofJas. B. Pace. Properly pointed eat by
said defendant
J. It. LUMPKIN,
augl2. Dep’y. Shit
A.. J. KING, vjgp*
Beal Estate Agent,
Cffive Spring, Ga.
W ILL Bujr and Sell Lands at reasonable
r<stes in the surrounding country.
Can be found at Pinson'* Rot«i, or at bio
residence. _ *ng5twwtf
LANDS FOR SALE
A. J, King, Seal Xatate Ag’t,
CAVE SPRING, GA.
JjlARM of of 70 acres, 30 acres cleared, and the
A HEW
PHOTOGRAPH GALLEfiT |
IN SHORTER BLOCK.
Messrs- PERKINS & PEL0T,
OF AVGUSTA, GA.
Ih/onm respectfully announce, thatt!ajsi
V V ope» their Gallery, in Borne, on orihs
nly »th, where we shall introduce our Jit
Style, and exqniaitely beautiful Bestic?Bt«i»
together with many ether improvomeclsitu
advancing art; including the Porcelain Ira*
sype—the wonder of the age—fcr its astoiiikq
brilliancy and perfection of likeness. PwSia
in Oil, and Pastel, either Crbinet or Lift «*
made from the smallest size Dagaerreoty;*,!*
brotype, Photograph, or any other Piehusdi
deceased relation or absent jtlead, or from’A
These paintings are finished in unriraled
feetion by our Artist, “tbe distinguished ]
more.” His paintings hare excited tbs «
tion of all who have seen them.
We confidently assure our patroas thatnoptn
wilt be spared to give them sahVacti-n.snide
the work entrusted to onr care will fully eqa!
that whieh haa made our Galleries fimen
throughout tha States for the last twenty years.
lulyStw-wtf .
balance heavily timbered, tying ou Little
Cedar Creek, within 50 yards of 3. K. A D. Bail-
road, a d if miles fro-n Cave Spring, and 250
yards qf Woodstock Station—Mrs. Kora's Fe
male High School less than a quarter ni;lc dis
tant. The land thoqgh hilly"’ra 'of excellent
qqqlity, sad will produce cotton, corn, wheat aud
all mains and grasses finely. The timber on the
tana will make fruin 30 te 50 curds per acre,
worth $2 per cord on the Railroad. Codar Creek
runs through one corner of the land, with a good
’ring in 50 yards of the house, and a tfe)I in
ic yard.
THE IMPROVEMENTS consist pf two new
frame henses, about 50 yards apart, 18X34 one
story high, wiH» hPPV »tqpk cbjrqnies, a nswly
ajed gardpn of exactly oyie qcre, aad a yard also
wed iq—stafilps, cribs and necessary out houses
ight on the phblio road.
The advantages af this places consist in its
contiguity to the railroad, and to schools, church
es and" good society in the village, affording a
market for the timber, and all products of Uie
piece, of which the grasses and stock raising
should be the principsl.
'rice £2,100 cash. Titles good,
ttf-wti ' ' A. J. KING, Agent.
ASS“A New Zealand Chief lately issued
the following proclamation.
Nefvs Pat fopt)t fby the Information nf all
1. All killing of men on account of land
must cease. 2 All killing of men by men
most cease. 3. The left hand most attend
to the things qf the leftfiand, ant| thg right
hand jo those of the fight hand. By order
afTAWHlich "
Remedy lor the Turnip Fly.
S. Edwards Todd, in the Working Far
mer, proposes to rid the turnip crop of this
pest by the use of ashes. He says ;
As soon as the young plants can he seen,
let a light sprinkling of wood ashes be
sifted over the rows. It will not injure
the housewife’s seive that is used to sift In
dian meal.. Ashes cannot be applied satis
factorily with tho hand. The aim should
be simply to cover the minute leaves with
fine ashes sufficient to preveqt their being
devoured by the turnip fly. When ashes
are applied Dy hand withoct the seive,
which shonla be held close to the ground;
careless operators at 3 very liable to throw
it on so bountifully as to smother the ten
der plants.
J. N. Robson,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
lfo» l laqd 2 ATLANTIC WHABF,,
CHARLESTON, 8. Q.
SJMCt-
Flour
S^O-Tbe Brown Rotel is. being enlarged
to sixty rooms more. Melons disappearing.
[Macon Messenger. w
without operating on his own aooonnt, l
fully solicits consignments of Cutton,
Corn, Wheat, Ac.
. Shippers of Frc-Jare to hiss may at tksir op
tion,have their consignments sold either ie Char
leston or New York, thus having th# advantage
of two markets without extra Commissions.
REFERENCES:—Bishop W M Wighfmnn, 8
C.: Rev T O Summers, b D, Tenaq Col Wm
Johnson, Charlotte, N C.; Hen John P Xian,
Augusts, Ga., Messrs Williams, Birnio A Co,
New lork; Messrs G W Williams A Co.; Char
leston, g c. july J 7tw-w3m
OF
POSTPONEMENT
POLK COUNTY COURT.
AT CHAMBERS, 1
Rome, Ga., July 3S, 1S59. j
At the tho request sf a large majority rfih
Attorneys at Law practicing in the cett-7 *
Polk, and because of the large number of
pending in said Court in which ?EU“J
sought (which question has r.ot keen »nst»“
or adjudged by this Court fur the reason tu>*
is now before tbe Sn- rout5Court Jor adjudirstwe
and it appearing further that theSojnemsIkJJ
Ol the Stale is in mss root, which Stoat of the*
torney* are compelled to attend, and «
of the illness of Joseph A. Blancs, one »[»
principal attorneys practising in said Court, its
THEREFORE ORDERED, that the ref 1 *
Term sf Ihe Superior Court of the Coq**?,
Polk, of the Rome Judicial Circuit, be adjcun“
to tho FIRS I MONDAY IN NOVEMSE***
and that Juries he pr>vided eeoordiag
the First and Second Weeks sf Novembers^
and that the order bn entered upon the ms®":
of said Conrt, and that notice of thesdjocrwn
be made public, by publication in th# *«■*
K r«, sad by notice by th* Clerk upon ^
onse door ef said Cennty. „ „ .
F. A. KIRBY, J.S.G* f -
juljSlwlm i
A. Statov, W. H.
Haaailtoa, N. C. » orf,It
T- M- JUu-IA, Georgia-
STATON, BENNETT * &
COTTON FACT0SS *
Commis’n MerchaD** 5
McPhuTs Wherf, NORFOLK,
Liberal Ad ranees made on conaiKW*** 1 *
REFERENCES;—Col. Wm. Lamb, *£*3
Hat. Bank; Barrnaa A Son, Bud*** uGH'
Back} Powell, Allen k Eraser, who . 1 25u
•art; Bottimore, Morrow A Ca,
A»d Shoo Dealers; Taylor, Marti**P**«hjf
Tey. Miller
ware Merchant!; Berkley, Millar k
•ale Dry Goods, Norfolk T*
G kobo la, Dads Cohbtt.
"firHEBEAS, the estate of M. J. Loreladj.
ff l*toof said county, is iBnpnasstsdoi
aecoant ef the disqaalifieatioB of the fsram AAm
ministrator:
Tbit is therefore to cito all tnd
singular tho kindred a*d orodiUrs ef aid aU-
dob ■oawara *1
csMedjtfl was i
M|7
SOUTMEBH
MASONI C
Female College*
T HIS Institntum, leceted in CoTiA|toA^;
in new in sneceesfnl operation.
tho Grand Lodge of Georgia, and I***“TSsiv I
-Uoriky-Uem-.. |
v — —*r— —*M9 wt letters of ititeUta will be mimul 01
j.im.Hi*tration. d# bonis bob, on said estate with- with the *££2 Hstsw
ta the time preecnbed by law, otherwise letters
of administration will be granted to tha Clerk
ef the Superior Conrt or some of
Given under my hand and
{kisAng. 3d, 1849. J£B.
jalyffltwlt-wlt
STAVI
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Utfatsmitein**
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