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ROME, GA.
TUESDAY llORimm, August 40.
Coolie Labor.
Beyond donbt, the most important prac
tical question now agitating the public mind
in the South, is the propriety of importing
Chinese labor. It is a question on which
may hinge the production of one or two
million bales of cotton, a hundred thousand
tierces of rice, and an almost indefinite
amount of sugar and tobacco, annually, for
the next quarter of a century.
Negro labor may be improved a little up
on what it has been for the past four years,
hut there is no probability that it will ever
again be reliable for the production, on an
extensive scale, of cotton, rice and sugar,
t ,r anything like adequate for the cultiva
tion of all the rich lands that might and
ought 11 be devoted to these great wealth
producing staples.
All agree in representing the Chinese
laborers, as docile, bidable, faithful and in
dustrious, having, considering their lack of
funeral intelligence, a surprising amount of
mechanical ingenuity, aud ap’iiess to learn
new kinds of labor.
The principal reasons urged against their
introduction in large numbers, are the low
state of their morals, and the political pow
cr that, under the present ruinous policy of
crazy fanaticism, trill be placed in their
hands. But tbis may prove a great good.
For, if ‘‘manhood suffrage” becomes the
permanent law of the land, they will con
stitute a herd of voters that will be under
no sort of obligation to negro worshippers,
and may be driven to the polls, and voted
by honorable patriot*, instead of Union
Leagues, carpet-baggers and scala
wags.
The great disideratum of the South is
faithful and reliable labor, and if it can be
secured, with cotton and sugar at their
present prices, at the end of five years our
section will be the richest country on the
face of the globe.
We have already published several arti
cles upon this interesting subject, and shall
continue to So long as we can find addi
tional inhumation.
This movement is favored by the press of
tlie North, including many of the worst
Radicals, but this should not prejudice the
Southjme way or the other. . That only
shows how false all their pretended regard
for the negro is, and should not betray us
into the slightest injustice to the colored
race. There is now not one-half labor
enough in the South-, and, even if Chinese
should be introdneed in large numbers, all
the negroes that are faithful and mind
their own business will find no difficulty in
obtaining remunerative employment.
A Fine Acquisition.
We congratulate our citizenson thefact
that Judge Wm W. Clayton, of Atlanta,
will soon occupy a prominent business posi
tion in our city. He has formed a copart
nership with Capt. A- Griffith, of this city,
and about the 1st of September they will
open .at the new fire proof ware boose, on
corner of Howard and Court streets, a
Banking, Brokerage, Warehouse and gener
al Commission business.
Perhaps there is no man in the State
who has the complete confidence and re
spect of so wide a circle, of acquaintances
as Judge Clayton. We rejoice that he will
soon become a permanent resident of our
mountain city.
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Keeper of the Penitentiary,
fiov. Bullock has appointed John Dar
nell, Sr., of Pickens county Principal
Keeper of the Penitentiary, aid published
the fact in his 14 organs.
Georgia Securities.
The New York Herald’s last stock arti
cle cays that Georgia sixes rate at 83 to B4;
that Atlanta eights rate at 84 to 85, while
Savanoah sevens rate at 92 to 94.
The above shows what a strained credit
does for a city. If Atlanta’s credit was
undoubted, or as good as that of the State
her 8 per cent bonds would command 81 11
instead of 84 to 85 cents, as above quoted.
That is the proportion. If 6 per cent
honds are worth 83 to 64 cents, then 8 per
cents would be worth 81 10 to 1 11.
The Iron Resources of Cherokee Georgia
There is almost an endless amount of
iron ore of the very richest and best qual
ity, mw being neglected, and being of no
use whatever to the world it was created to
benefit It is, howeyer, a gratifying evi
dence of a growing appreciation of the min
eral, wealth in our midst, that parties own
ing the lands containing these minerals, are
becoming acquainted with the fsCt that ac
cessible rich iron ore is really more valua
ble than utterly valueless rocks.
Our attention has just been called to this
subject by receiving from Dr. W. A. Cars
well a beautiful specimen of ore taken from
his place, eight miles from Rome, in Vann’s
Valley, and estimated to contain sixty-five
per cent of pure iron. There is a moun
tain full of the same quality on that place,
and the ore extends over a large extent of
territory with abundance of timber near.—
Persons desiring to engage in the manu
facture of iron, can here make advantage
ous arrangements for profitable invest
mental
THE PRESS EXCURSION.
A Suggestion to onr Cl'y Fathers.
The probability is, that quite a large
number of the editors of the State will ac
cept Col. Hulbert’s invitation to visit the
iron works in the vicinity of Chattanooga,
Rome, Coosa riverand Shelby, Ala., Beside
the editorial fraternity, there will probably
be quite a number of other prominent citi
zens of the State along, and perhaps some
from other States. According to th.e pro
gramme the party will pass through Rome
three times. We would suggest that onr
city lathers give them a befitting reception
and sapper on at least one of these occasions
and that our citizens arrange to entertain
the entire party while in our city.
The Chinese Laborer.
The industrial problem of the hoar un
questionably is the coming Asiatic. Al
ready every housekeeper in the land is
opening her home to hike him in; already
we are are told he means cheap coal, cheap
railways, and what is better than all, reliable
labor; already, the Democratic party have
divided on his living among us, and be
tween Biddy and the black man the stran
ger will have, for a few years—perhaps it
can be reduced to months—a hard time.
The opinions of this journal-n the ques
tion have been freely expressed before.—
Cheap labor, and plenty of it, will not harm
the American laborei. Nothing can that
develops the country; nor will, it likely re
duce legitimate wages for generations at
least. Our vast continent is yet almost un
broken ground for industry. Wc ‘imit
ourselves to-day to facts. Every item of
intelligence now is grateful to a State like
ours, that has not one-teuth enough ol la
bor within its borders, oor that often of the
right kind.
We have just had the pleasure of a louj
conversation with Mr. Marcus D. Boruck,
editor of the Spirit of the Valley, a gentle
man of wide range of information, whose
observations possess more than ordinary
accuracy and intelligence. Mr. B ruck has
been fur twenty years a citizen of Califor-
nia, mostly resident in San Francisco, and
his opportunities for possessing himself of
the facts are only equaled by his practical
and philosophic powers of generalization
and inference. From recollection we has
tily reproduce and gronp together the
main points elicited in a protracted but
most interesting interview.
Chinamen have done the entire rough
work—the cutting,.ditching, grading, and
filling—of the Central Pacific Railway.—
The road has had as many as fifteen thou
sand of them employed at one time. The
finish and execution of their work is su
perior to anything we know of. They are
artists in clay. This is a natural sequence
of the Chinese mind and history. For this
kind of labor they are paid one dollar a day
in gold, the bosses, or foreman, about thir
ty-five dollars a month gold.
A day’s work of a Chinaman is better
in qualify and amount than that of the av
erage European.
The personal qualification of the China
man os laborer are excellent. He is inex
pensive —eating little or no meats, and hav
ing no pallate for the luxuries of the table.
He confines hiuself to the. simplest of t*
He is eminently docile and obedient; .o
ing what be is told, and never requiring®
be told twioe. If treated kindly and fair
ly he is honest and faithful to his work.—
As a rale there is no trouble between em
ployer and Chinese employees. If there
is it is because of great injustice to the
latter.
He never “strikes,” and does not know
what that means. This, we may add in
passing, is very significant. It would seem
as if the Chinaman in a rough way was to
become the solvent of the present question
of “strikes” which tbis year has been grow
ing so portentous, At Omaha the Union
Pacific Railroad Company is te'ting the
matter at this very hour, and if we know
rightly the men who are managing that
road, they will give the strangers a fair tri-
al.
They have no propensity for politics.-
They do not expect to vote, nor want to do
so, nor think atoll about the matter. Iu this
view they are a far safer importation than
the lower class of European emigrants —
San Francisco need never fear falling under
the feet of a gang of Chinese policemen.—
Chinese roughs will never stuff our ballot
boxes or disgrace our courts.
They keep a contract inviolably—these
pagans apd idolaters. Ninety-eight per
cent of those in California can read and
write their own language. Most of them
are rapid in figuring. Their children learn
onr language quickly; the parent with diffi
culty, though they coon manage to acquire
a stock of words and sentences which an
swer their purposes. They show a great
anxiety to send their children to schools
where English is taught, though few facili-
ities have been given them, for while ' they
pay full school taxes, they have as yet fur-
pished but one school house for forty pu
pils. As a class, there is none so law abid
ing—not even the A mericaos—aud none
more honest.’ They pay all taxes to the
government cheerfully and carefully, even
unjust ones, and the school tax of the State
though they hay.e very small returns for
the latter.
They make excellent house servants-
the best in the world—learning with rap
idity, Although their system of cooking
is somewhat different from ours they read
ily change, and become in a few weeks good
American cooks. With equal facilities
they torn out nurses and - chambermaids.—
Whatever they are once shown they can do,
and will do it qnistly and regularly. As
house servants in California they command
from ten to twelve dollars a month.
They are singularly unobtrusive in their
deportmeat, never pushing themselves into
notice, nor becoming in any way offensive
or disagreeable through personal assertion
They care not for the 15th amendment nor
the equal rights bill They never enter a
car or public conveyance unless asked by
the conductor or some passenger, standing
patiently on the outside.
With these good traits about him wc think
the presumption to be on the siae of the
Chinamen, and demand that he shall be
humanely treated when he comes among
us, and have fair play, and that every Dem
ocrat shall not have the right to slaughter
bis babies or burn his orphan asylnms.
p.anse of Byst,
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
calls attention to the following from the
Sandersville Central Georgian, and asksfor
the result of planter’s observation and expe
rience:
“The rust is in almost every field, espe
cially where fertilizers have been used lib-
earlly. I have noticed several fields of cot
ton which have been manured with the
“Soluble Pacific Guano,” entirely rained
by rust,or it resembles rust. This is where
250 to 300 lbs were used. Where less
quantity was applied, the injury is less.
Up to Sfith Jgly, the “Soluble Pacific" be
lieved to he jhuhesf, goipgtercial fertilizer
in use in this eommnnity', hot ^hereycr it
has been liberally applied the rust is very
destructive —more so than with other fer
tilizers." .
House and Lot in Cave Spring for
Sauk.—A. J.Kicg, Real Estate Agent, at
Cave Spring, offers a beautiful house and
lot for sale—See adv.
SSyTo know that we can smile on death
will surely make us happy in life. Get
the matter of death and eternity right, and
tins life is robbed of all its darkness and
terrors.
Respited Again.
The negro, Jerry Watkins, sentenced to
be hung for the murder of young Wilson,
near Savannah, and who has been already
twice respited by Executive clemency, has
received another interposition of Guberna
torial sympathy, in having his execution
postponed to September 10th.
Gloomy Prospects.
The Americas Republican, of the Jlth,
learns from an experienced planter that for
twelve years the cotton fields of Sumter and
adjoining counties have not presented at
this season so unfavorable prospects for a
yield as they do now. Drought, rain and
rust have oat off the crop ope-half The
eclipse-spell of cold weather stopped the
flowering of the plants.
Arrest of Haughey’s Murderer.
Dr. A. B. Collins, tho carpet-bagger
who killed Dr. Hanghey, the Radical can
didate for Congress, was arrested in the
city yesterday afternoon by acting Sheriff,
Scott. It is said that he acknowledged
that ho did tho shooting.—Jfonf. Mail.
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A Spanish Success.
And on Insurgent Victory
Havana, Aug. 14.—Count Valmaseda
captured a rebel convoy moving toward
Haloquin. The rebels fled after a sharp
fight, their commander Jordan escap
ing-
This is considered the most important
capture of the war.
Washington, Aug. 14.—The Cubans
here have advice 9 to the 5th; containing
Jordon’s report of an engagement near
Halcquio. Valmaseda being reinforced
determined to surprise the, Cabans. Jor-
dan, fully, advised, prepared to meet Val
maseda. Jordan advanced with a small
force to lead Valmaseda into an ambuscade.
The stratagem succeeded. Valmaseda’s
forces were thrown into confusion. Jor
don charged forcing Valmaseda to retreat
in disorder. His impressed negroes broke
on the first attack. This < fight destroyed
Valmaseda’s army, giviug^the Cubans the
control of the entire Haloqnin district. The
Spanish loss is a hundred and seventy kill
ed and wouuded and over seven hundred
captured ar.d deserted.
Richmond; August 14.—It is stated on
good authority that General Canby will
within ten days issu s his election procla
mation convening the members, and where
a member elect cannot take the oath, giv
ing his seat to the candidate who received
the highest vote. This news produces dif
ferent feelings among the different parties.
The Wells Republicans, who form nine-
tenths of what was the Republican par
ty, rejoice over it.
The Macon Postmaster.
The Macon Telegraph of 13th, contains
the following:
‘iAs some doubts have been expressed
about the re-appointment of Mr. J. H.
Washington as Postmaster of Macon, wo
telegraphed yesterday to a gentleman hold
ing a position in the General Postoffice
Department at Washington, the question
“who is Postmaster at Macon?”
and received for answer—“J. H. Washin
ton.”
Rencontre.— Yesterday evening, a ren
contre occurred below Forsyth street cross
ing, on the Macon and Western Railroad,
between Samuel Boetcck and J. Tom Mal
oney, both engineers, we understand.
The statement of Bostock is that he and
Malaney had a previous difficulty, and went
to this spot to settle it. When they arriv
ed on the ground, Maloney proposed to
measure off the ground, bat Bostock sug
gested that they lay aside their pi-l oG.
Maloney, it is said, fifed twice at Bostock
before the latter returned the fire. Sever
al shots were interchanged.
Bostock was wouaded in the calf of the
leg; and Maloney about five inches below
the right nipple. Maloney's wonnd is con
sidered fatal.
Of the extent ofthe injuries received, we
can not definitly report, until we hear from
attending Surgeon, Dr. Lon Orme,
Maloney came from Chattanooga original
ly, and has a wife and small family of chil
dren.
Bostock came from Columbus, and is
noted as the bosom friend of Ashhnrn, and
is the Magistrate who issued the warrants
against the Colnmbns, prisoners
Both parties are reported to be strong
“Rads.” Of the origin of the difficulty we
oonld not gain any definite information.
The statement of Maloney, should he be
able to make any, will probably throw new
light on this matter.— At. Const, of 13.
Advantages to Women Wearing Men’s
Clothes.
Not 1 mg since a young man was taken
dangerously il) in New York at night. He
was alone with his sister, and she was
obliged to go after twelve o’oloek fora phv-
sician. She trembled at the thought, and
her brother resolved again and again to
bear the pain until morning, but at last
they felt she must go. The happy thought
suggested itself to pnt on her brother’s
clothes and take his loaded pistol. The re
sult was that she brought back the physi
cian, and he neyer knew nntil he reached
the Loose and she told him that she was a
woman. She said she had such a feeling
of independence and safety as she passed
men ana women in the streets that she im
mediately prepared a complete suit to wear
whenever she sees fit. Thus armed apd
equipped she takes evening walks, goes to
church, lectures, the theatre, and when in
the country roams alone by day and by
night. Unfortunately the law forbids wo
man thus to protect herself.
Convicts Killed.—On Friday last,
the 6th inst., says the Southern Recorder,.
I. T. Cashing, Coroner, held an raqueat
upon the bodies of the -negro convicts at
work upon the Macon & Augusts Railroad
One was killed by haviogthe embankment
to fall upon him whije digging ; the other
died of snn-stroke and heat; apd the third
was shot by E. C. Ellison, guard, while at
tempting to escape. The latter did not
live more than half an honr after the fatal
shot, being hit it back and the ball coming
oot of the groin
Referring to the condition of afiairs in
connection with the Administration, the
Providence Herald aptly says:“ReaIy Grant
knows bat little of what is going on, and
cares less. Be is a cipher. He has got
rich through presents and Stewart’s aid in
Wall street, and he will retire with his
trotting horses to the obscurity for which
he is so admirably qualified.”
From Borke County.
McBean, August 12, 1869.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel;
Dear Sir : You request “prop pros
pects.” Fifteem days ago 1 never saw as
fine a prospect for a large yield of cotton.
To-day I will not say it is the prospect, but
it will not exceed a two-third crop, provid
ed the spasons are favorpbje in the future.
The rust and heavy riling are .doing their
worst. I give yon this as to oqr. immediate
vicinity. I learn from others that the rast
is spreading all over the eonnty, and espe
cially bad on some kinds of gttanoedland. I
hear of one field manured with Pacific Gu
ano, eaten np with rast; another field with
o£hty’ "tja^os and none at all still free from
rast.
Corn crop good. Respectfully,
J. S. S,
The Boston Courier is sorry to learn
that ex-Senator Yates, of Hlinois, has be
come a complete social outcast and wreck,
and that his name figures solely now in the
jojioe, Yateg was in polities a Radical of
he straightest an# ’ meanest gpet of |&o po
litical' Pharisees. He' went for impeach?
meat of Andy Johnson and : all that.
The Times says : “The auestion of en
forcing the test oath in the case ofthe mem
bers elect of the Virginia Ijegislptnre has
been decided jn the affirmative by the At
torney General, and it will bo accordingly
enforced by Gen. Canby.
At Mattoon, Hlinois, daring the eclipse
on Saturday,the mercury fell forty-two de
gree? in oqe Jjogr-
^.Chattanooga is overflowing witu
people, pnd the top of Lookout Mountain
is in great demand,
tSrBenry Dickinson committed suicide
in West Springfield, Ohio, last Tuesday
week, by ponnding his head with a mal
let. . :... .
[From the Cbosta Courier.
A SLIGHTED VIRGIN.
She Wants to “Drap the Varmint In his
Tracks.”
We heard a good joke on a resident of
Dog Creek the other day. The party re
ferred to is a bachelor, and lives on the
wagon road. A few days ago an emigrant
wagon from Oregon .came along and camped
near our friend’s place. The head ofthe
family soon made herself acquainted with
the proprietor of the premises, and asked
him why he did’nt have a woman to keep
house for him, The answer was that he
intended to marry just as soon as he coaid
find a woman willing to enter the bonds of
matrimony
The Oregonian remarked that he -could
find him a part ner if he would take her.—
The bachelor said that was into Bis' hand
and the emigrant invited him tu hi,-. camp
The emigrant called ip a bouncing difm-el
of abont twenty years, and inlo.ued her
that the geutlemau accompanying him was
“on the marry,” and willing to take her for
better or for worse.
The damsel delighted with the jjrotpect,
advanced, and seizing our friend by the
hand, assured him that she was glad to see
him. a id was ready to marry him at the
“drop of a hat,” while the old lady has
toned up to congratulate her “darter,” oi
her good luck.
Surprised and alarmed at the serious
tarn matters had taken, onr friend, who is
constitutions ly opposed to the institution
of matrimouy endeavored to explain by
saying thathe was only joking and did not
want to marry. At this the Oregonian be
came indignant, and the would-be bride re
quested her father to take his rifle and
“drap the varmint in his tracks” At this
affectionate saggestion, the bachelor left for
his fortifications, the last thing be heard
being the voice of the old lady consoling
her “darter” with the remark that it was
best to “let the bilk go.”
More Atlantic Cables.
It has been known for sone time that a
grand telegraph enterprise was on foot—an
enterprise which was chiefly American in
its character, but which represented also a
considerable amonnt of British capital, and
which contemplated laying a telegraphic
cable along the coast of China. This is an
initial step towards bringing Asia more di
rectly within the range of the modern mer
cantile world It is a preliminary to a grand
Pacific cable which shall connect the Uni
ted States with the great commercial cen
tres of Japan, China and India.
We have been glad to learn that the
Lord Clarendon has given instruction to
the effect that the British fleet in Chinese
waters shall co-operate with the Asiatic
squadron of the United States in.- layiig
and protecting this cable. This action on
the part of the British government is all
the more praiseworthy that arrangements
have been made to lay a cable between Su-
ex and Bombay to connect with that of Mai
ta and Alexandria.
In such joint labor great nations do them
selves honor. Another item of our latest
news is to the effect that a French Compa
ny has offered to construct a telegraph line
from Lisbon and Gibralta to England and
America on a twenty years subsidy. We
wish success to all snch enterprises. We
cannot have too many cables. Whatever
tends to anihilate distance and to facilitate
interchange of ideas is a gain to humanity.
—1Y T. Herald.
figyltisnat a pretty story, nor of good
angary for the fatare of onr particular
“friend apd ally,” Russia, which comes to
ns concerning theCesarewitch and a Ger
man officer of his Imperial Highness. staff.
The Prince, in discussing a financial prop
osition, permitted himself to say :
“When one deals with Germans one
sure to be cheated.” The officer, Col. Hnni-
U5, a German by birth, quietly replied, “If
your Highness means that observation to
apply tome, I most beg yon to withdraw as it
is both offensive and nnjost.” To this the
Prince made answer by slapping the Colo
nel’s face.
So gross an insalt cuuld neither be
avenged upon the heir to tho throne, nor
endured by an honorable u an. The Colo
nel, after stating the facts to the Emperor,
sat down and wrote the Grand Duke :
Yonrlmperal Highness has offered uie
a mortal insult. When you read this letter
I shall have ceased to live”; and having
written this, he deliberately blew out his
brains
I: is only just to the Emperor, Alexan
der II, to say that he was profoundly shock
ed by this sad affair. He gave orders that
the Colonel bo buried with the' greatest
pomp, and the Grand Duke having attemp
ted to prevent these orders from being ex-
eeuted, the Emperor farther .'ocimandcd
his brutal son to attend in person the fu
neral of his victim.
Pratt Conducive to Health.
The New York Express is gratified that
peaches are so abundant as to be. chiap in
spite of the fruit monopolists, bat Contends
that they are net yet cheap enough, and
adds ,
“If the Board of health could have pow
er to regulate the prices of* fruit at certain
seasons of the year without establish ; ng a
bad principal or precedent, benefit wonld
follow; and it wonld be a grand thing to
place in their hands a fruit find for the
purchase of fruits to be plentifully distrib
uted among, the very poor. The best of
fruit iu this season keeps the blood cool
and prevents feverishness. The juice of
fruits dilute the blood and keep it in a'prop
er condition of fluidity, quite as well, if
not better than tyatCF- They also keep
the kidneys iu a high degree of health—a
recommendation that cannot be given to
any sort of artificial drink, not eveq to wa
ter, excep. it be pare and soft . It is wel|
enough to disinfSot streets and places with
carbolic acid, chloride of lime, etc., but it
wo rld be better to stave off epidemics by
making people too healthy to be assailed by
fcSB). And this plenty of good fruit will
jelo greatly fp jig, 1 !
A Round Abont Voyage.
We learn from the Baltimore San that a
small side wheel steamer, not over fifteen
tons burthen, called.the Helm Brooke, uo-
he cQtnpqand qf Cant- S. g. Thomas,
sqilc4 from that city on* Thursday, bound
for Attakapas, Louisiana. ‘ She is the prop?
erfyof Mr. Edward Walters, of BaltL
more, apd is Resigned for the nseof ap es
tablishment by parties at the point of her
destination. Her route will ho entirely in
land—first to New York by canal and river
thence by a similar ronte to the lakes, and
from thence by canal to the Ohio and Mis-
isaippUnd to her final port. The joqte is a
long and circuitous one,' aud its aooom*
intent may well challenge a orednlons
curiosity. It is a voyage, at least, not be
fore undertaken. 4
Let the Whites Beware.
We learn that the Republican party of
this State, in view of the danger of their
defeat next year, propose at the meeting of
the Legislature in November, to repeal the
act by which they enfranchised all those
Who had been disfranchised by the Consti
tution. The repealing act would not of
conrso, affect those who have taken advan
tage of its provisions and had their names
recorded before the Probate Judges. These
have become enfranchised, an J no expost
facto law can deprive them of a vested
right. Rat all those whites who have not
yet accepted the terms of the enfranchis
ing act, by going before a Judge of Pro
bate, taking the oath and registering, at the
sime time certifying that they accept the
terms of the act, will be prevented -from
voting hereafter, by a repeal of the act
passed at the last session. It therefore be
comes their sacred duty to register their
names at once, and thus prevent the Radi
cals from gaioing.any advantage by repeal
of the act. . Let the Democratic press of
the State keep this matter beforu the peo
pie—- Mont. M.u'l.
The Tennessee Elec Ion for Governor.
Tl.e Nashville Union Sc Amrrinni, of the
12th inst, says that its election tables of
that morning present Governor Scoter's
niujori'y as upwards of sixty fee tlu/usaud
In east rennesjee, it gays, with five small
counties to hear from, be I j-ids bis competi
tor nearly’ tieenty-fee hundred. In Middle
Tennessee, with several small counties uu-
reported, his majority is more than forty
thousand. In West Tennessee, it is nearly
twenty-three thousand, with four counties
not reported. His majority will be fnll-
seveniy thousand. The vote on the legisla
tive ticket corresponds— four-fiths of both
Houses being anti Republican (the word
is used in its technical aod party
His Bovinity Again Presented.—
Several counties ofthe State says the Chron
& Sen. have followed the example of Rich
mond county and through their Grand Ju
ries, presented Goveonor Bullock for his
criminal and continued abase ofathe par
doning power. The Grand Jury of Spald
ing eonnty is the last one we have heard
from ou this subject. Here is the language
used in the presentment :
“Violations of the law, it is true, have
occurred in our county, but we are pleased
to notice that they have not been numer
ous nor with a few exceptions flagrant in
their character. In order to ensure a con
tinuance of this favorable state of afiairs it
is necessary that the punishment of offend
ers should be prompt, speedy and certain.
And in this connection we feel it to be our
duty, as Grand Jntors and good citizens
having the welfare and prasterity of all
classes of the citizens, of onr whole State at
heart, and disclaiming any intention togiv-
onr general presentments a political com
plexion, to protest against the extensive,
indisorimnate and, we will add, wauto i and,
reckless exercise of the constitutional par
doning prerogative by thp chief magistrate
of the State. The quality of ‘mercy,* we
admit, ‘is not strained’ but where the prac
tical effect of its use is to encourage crime
and to tarn loose upon peaceful communi
ties, men convicted by the legal tribunals
of the land ofthe most ontrageens offences
known to the law, to renew their depreda
tions against fife and property, we think it
should be exercised with m ire caution and
consideration for tho peace and good order
of society than has been exhibited by Gov.
ernor Bullock,
“THE UTLEY COTTON PRESS ”
OflO pounds each. With this Press two men can do all the poi-kin^ or pressing of a 500 pound bale inside of WJ4I
be, one man can operate, only requiring more time. This Pre«s will m.t occupy more space than a Piano, andTcanbe
Gin and receiTethe Cott>n direct from the Gin, thus doing away with lint rooms, and can be readily taken down and tr.
simple and light. We can supply these Presses cheaper than an v yet offered. Will send Circulars to any desiring and
wanting Presses to withhold buying until they examine this. These Presses are now being manufactured iu Atlanta
set up on exhibitien there,in Macon, and all im] *—‘ Jt ^• •
l are assured that as between this Press a j
ordinary workman can pnt np the Press. County
aporlant points throughout the Staie, where its working can be seen,
d any other, there is no argument as to its merits over all others,
ity Rights, Pressor, cr Irons, for sale by
Pkcedta
in Atlanta,
With th»wl
anlOwlm
R. P. GLENN,
At Glenn, Wright A Cm’s
True Enqqgh.
The New York Times says that the late
war “changed in some degree the theory of
the government,” Well, it did It trans
formed a free government into a despotic
one. It conv rted States into counties
abolished the written Constitution framed
by onr fathers, and for it substituted an no
written one—that is to say the will of the
majority in Congress. It deprived the
States of every right they had and there,
by deprived the citiiens of every personal
right. We mean of oonrse that these
rights are now held by snfferan re, the Na
tional government having power to take
them away whenever it shali feel so inclin
ed; whereas be for o the war these rights
were considered so sacred that no man
would have dare - to lay rnde hands upon
them.—Richmond Dispatch.
From the Eataw Whig and Observer.]
Correct y Answered.
“Tell us, Mr. Squibbs. the difference be
tween a white manand a white Radical.”—
“The difference, said he, without a moments
hesitation, is precisely this—‘in 1 white
man the white goes through and through,
bnt in a white radical the wliita goes no
deeper than the skiq ” Wo smiled. “De
fine a radical, Mr, Squibs, if you please,
said wc.” “A Radical,” he replied prompt
ly, “is a creature among us afflicted with
nigger on the brain to pnt dimes into hi3
pocket and bi nself into an office.” We
laughed. “Why,” we again asked “is he
called radioal ?” “Radical,” ho replied
quickly, “is an English derivative from the
Latin word, radix, a root, and has a similar
meaning; it signifies a thing that is of more
use under ground than above it.”
What t7Co*t»-
The people of the United States, says
the world, are plnndered of twenty million
of dollars a year by the tariff on coal, and
twenty-three million of dollars a year by
the tariff on iron. '
Forty-three million dollars a year thus
goes straight from the pockets of kar<l
working people into the pockets. of only
those tiro Masses o.f nponopolists and the
Congressmen who conspire to pass the laws
which authorize the plundering.
One Telegraphers,
With three cables spanning the Atlan
tic, and all owned in Europe, it has natural
ly been a common wonder as to where all
the American enterprise had gone. It has
gone to the Pacific and is working np our
jroat Asiatic future. Tfie last telegraph
tern concerns thr laying of an American
cable along the shores of China. They
carry the cables who need tho communica
tion. Europe needs ns and comes to m>.—
We need China and we go .o her.—JV Y.
Herald.
If Car fho residence of Mr. Robinson] in
Austin, Texas, may be seen a large and
t^pflgr mustang grape, heariqgaporns, The
vine is supported by a blaok jack, and has
a plentiful orop of its natural fruit. Iu ad
dition theroto, it prodaces perfect acorns,
from ife joints. This hybrid performance
has been inspected by a score, of citizens
during Jha past weelf. Texas is the land
cfrnnofl otnwlli ‘ l ’
Usury,
Should onr Legislators solemnly pass,
law to make beef ten oents a pound in any
circumstances of supply and demand, or
to make flour five dollars a barrel whether
there were plenty or little of it, they wonld
please many persons no donbt, bnt they
wonld be hooted at by every person know
ing fhc fijmpje principles of trade get
laws of just the sapie character in which
money and not beef and flour is the object
exists, and men are punished fop tljo YIO?
Iation. All from a clamor against “usury”
which is nothing more or less than part of
the ancient persecution of the’ Jews.—N.
J r . Herald. «:r.wiifLq i e
“Every thing has its use,” said a philoso
phical professor to his class. “Of what
nse is a drunkard’s fiery red nose?” asked
•ne ofthe pupils. “It’s a JightUquso,” pp-
swered the p.roffessor, “to warn us of the
little water thatpass.es underneath it, and
reminds u3 ofthe shoals of appetite on
which we might otherwise bo wrecked.
A young woman who lately sued for
breach of promise, was offered two hundred
dollars to settle. “What!" she-cried, “two
hundred dollars for ruined hcpcs.a shatter
ed mind, a blasted life and a bleeding
heart! Tyro hundred dollars for all this?
Never, never! Make.'it three and it’s a bar-:
A Western woman, in adyertising her
runaway husband,says; “Dayid has a scar
on l|i8 note where I scratched it."
Railroad From Earth to Heaven.
Line—
The line to heaven by Christ was made,
With heavenly trust the rails are laid j
From earth to heaven the line extends,
To life eternal where it ends.
Station House—
Repentance is the station-house,
Where passengers are taken in :
No fee for them is there to pay,
For Jesus is himself the way.
The Engineer—
The Bible is the engineer;
It points the way to heaven so clear,
Through tunnels dark and dreary here,
It does the way to heaven steer.
Propelling Power—
God’s love the fire, his troth the strain,
Which drives the engine and the train—
All you who wonld to glory ride,
Must come to Christ in him abide.
A Ticket—
The first, the second and the third class-
Repentance, Faith and Holiness;
You must the way to glory gain, *
Or yon with Christ can never reign.
Last Invitation —
Come, then, poor sinner now’s the time,
At any station on the line ;
If yeu’ll repent and torn from sin,
Tho train will stoD and take, yon in.
We had a paragraph yesterday from the
Richmond Dispatch, whieh stated that Matt.
O’Brien, of the Southern Express Compa
ny, was about to take the stage. Matt de
nies the “soft impeachment” in a letter to
the Chronicle & Sentinel he says: In my
“journey through life,” I have ever peferr-
ed the best mode of traveling—heuce am
partial to the “Express train.” I am in
it now. And though I am. willing at all
times to turn out of my way to ‘ -Take the
stage” when I can help the poor at any
station,” I have no idea of “taking the
stage” for a “life’s journey.” I am of Art-
emns Ward’s opinion—“It wonld be tiresome
for everybody.”
Why I should “take the stage”
In this progressive age,
Is a mystery too gicat for my unraveling ;
For they know I’m in the“Express,”
And you’ll agree with me 1 guess
That that’s the best—by far—for trav 2.
ing.
W. D. HOYi & CO,
WHOLESALE DRU&GIg]
Broad St., Roae, Georgia.
MERCHANTS orders filled at low ne
jnlyuwlj
Married—By the Hon. A. R. Wright,
on Sunday night, at Pleasant Valley chnrch
August the 15th, by the silvery light of
the moon, and the rays of a single candle,
Mr. Wm. C. D. Phillips to Mrs. Sallie
A. Stover.
There was present a “rousing crowd” of
as good looking boys and girls as Floyd
county affords, “happy, and in the right
spirit.”
Who Owns the Corn-Field.
Yon sawthe beautiful corn-field. Its tall
stalks, like the rack aod file of a noble ar
my, had been nodding and waving their
plumes in the sunshine oil the summer
through; and in antnmn they were bending
under the weight of the golden grain. How
many, batches of bread were hid there!
How many hungry months will be fed from
it!
Every day former Jones looked over
the stone wall, and talked and thought
about “my corn,” as he called it. How
much of ic was yours Farmer Jones? “I
planted it,” he would* say; I hoed it; “I—
But where did you get the first little ker
nel? God made it. In whose earth did
you bury it? God's earth. Be is the great
Land-owner. Who crackled the hard ker
nel and brought oat the living sprout?
God. Who fed it? God. Who watered it?
God. Who watohed? God. Whose son-
shine warmed it? God’s. Who sprinkled
it with nightly dews? God. Who ptunned
up its jnices and taught them to manu
facture leaves in one place and grain in
another, and set the corn in the hnsk, and
wore soft silk to wrap around the tender
fruit, and strong swathe* to protect it from
blighting frosts and seorchipg heats? Who
SST0d it from mildew, and rast, and worm?
God. Who then is the rightful owner?
God. He will indeed pay yon yoor
httt how small a part is your
ind I have harvested and used t
mine.” Boid Fanner Jones. “I never
thanked God for it, or took it' from His
hand. I never used it for His service,
never thought of His haviog anything to do
with it. I have robbed God of His due ”
Farmer Jones never thought of himself in
tho light of a robber before. Had his
neighbor called him so,how angry he would
have heen? He passed as an honest man;
bnt now ho asked himself, “Am I no t a
robber?” and pricked in his conscience,
he fell on his knees, confessed his sin, and
asked forgivness. - The great Land-owner
allowed him to keep what h$ givgu
Mm; but every tfo afterwards ‘ the ff^er
thanked for his daily brea4; and many
bushel was wheeled to'God’s poor; and
evermore, as he looked over the stone wall
he saw God's hand at work in the corn
field, and Ms heart said humbly, “Thine
not mine, O God.”’
Died—On Monday, the 9th inst., ah her
residence in Broom Town Valley, Chattoo
ga eonnty, Ga., Mrs. Nancy Allman,
widow of the late CoL Nelson Allman, in
the 62d year of her age.
“In simplicity and Godly sincerity, she
had her conversation in the world. She
loved her tushand, reaped her children in
the admonition of the Lord, rendered unto
her servants*that whieh was just and equal,
done good unto all men, especially to them
which were of the household of faith, and
died,
“As sets the morning star,
Which goes not down behind the darkened
west,
Nor hide* itself obscured among the tempests
of the sky,
Bat melts away into the light of heaven.
LANDS FOR SALE
By A, J. King, BeaiEstite
CAVE SPRING, U
F ARM of of n setts, 00 Itn deal,
balance heavily timbered, hi;.-"I
Cedar Creek, within 5# yards of 8. E.t if
road, ued 11 miles from Csve
yards of Woodstcek Station—3
mala High Sehool less than aqnaiterd
* ’ land though hilly is it 0
Therohaye beep sept to the Geologioal
Museum ofthe laud-office at Washington,
some fine specimens of cannel ooal, from
Moniteau county, Mo. The bank from
which it was taken,situated in the south
part of the eonnty, shows a vein cf fifty
feettMck.
T'he latest smartness of a New York pio-
torial is a out representing a railroad con-
dnotor sticking his head in the car and
shouting: “Indianapolis—fifteen minutes
for divorces
Several of our citizens, says the Colum
bus Sun and Times of the IQth, who sent
twenty-five cpqts to Augusta toget a receipt
to get rid of a troublesome grass, received
the following in reply: “Sell your- land
and move away; thgn yoa wili’get yid of
ili ' . • •? -
t&~At Toledo, Ohio, collections are
taken iu churches by pretty girls instead qf
pl4 antediluvian fossil?. The men pome
down better.
MOORE & MARSH
JOBBERS OF
Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, See.,
Decatur and Pryor SU-, ATLANTA, GA.
A fTER a trial of three years, we are fall-
convinced that the Dry Groda JOBBINt
business can be successfully conducted iu Atlan
ta, and accordingly have prepared for the Whole
sale Trade exclusively, by the erection of a large
commodious and splendid Store Dense, specially
adapted to that business, and which in aehitee-
tural attraction and convenience w 11 compare
favorably with the best establishments of North
era Cities.
We are now engaged in getting up Stock for
the Fall Trade, and by the 1st of September will
be able to odor L> Merchants the larges t and best
assortment or ’
Dry Goods, in its various lines,
Fancy Notions, White Goods,
HOSIERY, BOOTS SHOES, A HATS,
That has been presented to the trade in the Sooth
All onr purchases being .made lor Ready Cash of
Agents and Manufacturers, enable ua to offer
every advantage that the Northern Wholesale
Dealer eon afford. We therefore conttdcntly ap
peal to merchants to examine ojtr Stock' and
prices before viliing other markets. All we ask
is a trial MOOkE A MARSH.
R. B.-r\E» a>« mlo. ag-nts for sale of C.-ncerd
Je*na and Cavite ere*—very superior goods—
mmwolha oral in Georgia; also agents lor Trion
Factory. Keep a large - tie ply eouetantlv on
hand, of Graniteville Shirting, Sheeting and
Drilling, and Rock island Jean; totlCaoiiucrc,,
all at manufacturers prices.
anglStw-w-lm M. A M.
Giorgu, Csarrooor Cuusrr. • .ltd ujLtr 1 '
B Y Virtue of an order from the Court of Ordi
nary will be .-old before the Court House
door in Summerville, Ga> on the first Tuesday
m October next, between the usual hours of sale
the following property, vix :
The sand belonging to George Johnson, decess- ■
ed, for the benfit of the heirs and creditor^ |
Terms nisde known on the day of tala. *
SAMUEL 8. B4HiV > '
»»gl» M. E, JOH3SQS, 1 Bya.
worth $2 per cord on the BaQrnd. _
runs through one corner of the land,wL.
s pring in it yards of the house, id tl
THE IMPROVEMENTS consul of a
frame bouses, about 50 yards Spirt, I:
story high, with brick stack chimoit!,.
paled garden of exactly one acre, and iti
paled in—stables, cribs and neceiwya
right on the public road.
The advantages ef this ylsces i .
contiguity to the raiirtad, and to sdtMuii
ea and good society in the villsjs, r
market for the timber, and all praii...
place, of which the grasses and stock s
should be the principal.
A*~Price *2,100 cash. Titles girt.
2.
F ARM of 320 acres, 125
balance well timbered, lying withinD
of S. R. A D. R.R, and six miles Sotuifr
Spring.. The open lani is rich,somem'
some level, and finely adapted to sip
granges, as well as cotton.
IRON ORE, in large quantities, silk II.
tion for fnrnaee, adjacent to the “Indio 1
tain,” embracing in extent about 1
miles ef woodland, affording ss it
supply of wood.
TAN YARD on the place, with IS ti
2 limes and 1 pool with bsrk shelter a
finishing bouse—yard supplied with 1
stone water tram a spring net overSIp
The place is abundantly supplied with 5
stone water lor all family, stock sad a
purposes. The Improvements eoniisb i
sets of log bouses with several sddituula|
and threshing house. Fencing needs npi:
Price *12 50 per acre, with good titles
No J.
HOUSE AND LOT in Cave Spring l;l
recently improved, with a new one-sforri
46X18, with passage between of 10 feet,*
rooms attached, 32X16, in the form of n!
piazza and small shed room attached ua
ter, making five rooms in aU, with f
ehimnies, all well painted and pi
houses atables and well—garden .
planked, with Little Cedar Creek 1
one side of the lot; also a apringnesrtf. 1
lot has been newly and taatefoily taynt' 1
near the business part of town, and 1
schools churches and spring, and isird|
spects a dcsirabla residence. Pries {
aug!2tw-wtf A.J.KISM
Geoscia, Dade Caerxvv.
THEREAS, the estate of U. J. I
f late of said county, is'n M
account of the disqualification ef the h
minis trator:
Thii is therefore to cite and admeahl ‘
singular the kindred and creditors 1"
ceased, to come forward and tale oot l
administration, de bonis non, on sold eitisrj
in tho t'me preocribel by law, othervi*.
of administration will be granted t*
of the Superior Court or soi
Given under aay hand and e
this Aug. 3d, 1S68. JAS. C. TA
aug7
WHEAT & FLOt
RATES 0FFREIGHT,
Savannah Bonte.|
LAND FOR BALE.
fpHE nnderoigcod wishing to
.V proposes to rell a small f„
wall improved and oituated six miles south of
the city of Rome. For terms apply to thanndar-
signed on the premises.
augHwlm £Cvfti.
nova westward
farm of 260 serai,
Sorgho Machine
COMPANY,
No. 6 City Hall BloA,
BROAD HfllioBr, ROME, GA.
use manufocturing our celebrated
3elf-adjuatinff Cane Milla,
Broad Under-flow apd
Corrugated Evaporators,
and Cane Jaiee Clarifiers,
It is the only Sorgho Maehipary that will do
what is rsmssntsd, or wiU give entire satisfoc-
“** °* wt>icl1 » *°l»d Syrup or 8ugmr can ha
auds from Sorghum Cans witkast the «t» of
clefemieals. Ws guarantee all o\ir Machinery as
rspr?mnud, and twine § heme sntsrpmae oor
gucraatees qf* available.
Gw tuahaery is adapted to both Setxho and
Cano- We Mly eawpetitfoa in Fries,
^ LAWYERS
fcWM •* Iks (Verier
S HIPPERS of Grain and Fiourare
Iv referred to the Rates undemv^L
With Four distinct Line* of
■Lip* plying between the port* of
Savannah, arriving and depar*jur i
nato day, and with Weekly Lines of
se!s to Philadelphia and Bahimooa^
is guaranteed:
Wheat per Bushel
Rome to Rivanpah,
“ Sow York, - - *
“ -Philadelphia, - - - *
“■ Baltimore, - - - *
Flour per Barrel
Rome to Savannah, - I’ 1 ^
“ New York, - - j!
“ Philadelphia, - - J?
“ Baltimore, - - -* p
Landings on Coosa Rirerand Sfolios* “
8.R. A D. Railroad, sill take the Komi tCi
that point.
BATES OF PASSAGE
BY FIRST-CLASS STEAMSHIP, A3
Ror*a to New York, 1
■* Philadelphia, ft* *’
“ Baltimore. -I -
Through Tickets for sale at Boise BB
For further mfoymatfos^tb
M.T.,M.*W.BsilrMl.*i‘ ’
Or to WM. ROGERS, Gan’l Supt % I
-julyltw-w2m ssi»“- |
Sewing MaohiB#
BEPAIREP.
Mr. W. 14. HIGGINS
I S prepared fo. Repair Sewing Xeehis^j I
sorts and alytes, in a neat and wort®*” |
ALL WORK DONS WARRANT^ r0t
ONE YEAR.
Shop first door below Courier office.
3*fte22tw-wlm ^
Aw J. KING,
Beal Estate
Cave Spring:, Cta.
W ILL Buy and Sell Laads ot «**• I
rates in the tuireaed mg eoosto , ^ u I
YE. Can be found at Pinsons