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Newspaper Page Text‘WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION." volume xxm ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 27, 1869. NEW SERIES—NO 52. jfcjnc Cmtritr -7SSSiT5^ FBIDAY - BATES OF WEEKLY. I ■*'£^~" . Jfmfu.-.-"" ^^sfobtbi.wkkkly. >$500 **SEfa - I. of lA na uf ,, i,w |o be held on JM rdi*» ! ' "Vf?! eocn' month, between the ie fi" 1 Tue l J ,tc- orenoon end three in the •‘cun of ““ ;j 0 ‘Court Hone, in the county m S°th*e P r ° F " ly s ^ l must be given in a pub- *Se»« f f. h “ "inner, through a public ga.- CreditSrs of an estate, J2£rP**£2Ei wi!1 be ma , d ' 10 .*{“ lV °‘ iC /Orfin*r? fo r leave to sell laud must be * ‘Ti^^'AdminUtration, Guar- ' Iti§ be published SO days-for taoebip . jministration, three months— lisoisjioo 1X0 (Juurdianstiip, 4# Jays. for Leure of Mortgages must Rules for *“® four months—for cs- t wiblished month J. ^ e of three pushing lost P a P e . r ^’ ,-Jw trow;Executors or £*£T5h«£lTSSt^n given by tdoiniftrsto"- wb o{ three months. i,d 5- i?™Twm Mways be continued aecord- ^KhelegS requirements, unless oth- »4»,at»w.ug of ten lines or less <SM SS;. «£.-*,g»fyj s s TsrC.Ueetor’»«ta.P' d ; iiii / t ^tion_ I 00 Citations f or ‘ c Gulr di, ns hip * °0 for dismission^ from g ^ ! :°Z 4 00 Gusrdiaaship,. ... g 00 i«5S2!Stes==- -»s sjaasppfs^f;*- s^l^SBSsrjM Fair Association—Rales and Regulation*. We publish to-day the Rules and Regu lations adopted by the Directors of the Fair to he held in this city on the 3d 4th and 5th rf November next. The Premium list has not yet been adopted but we hope to have it in time for onr next weekly Edi : AH the papers in Cherokee Ga. and Ala. are requested to copy the Rules and Regulations, and also the Premium List, as soon as the latter is made public. The fur " Directors feel greatly encouraged, and the prospect is that the Fair will be a grand sne- ^ImJIlPAY MORNING, Aug. 24. fwpauy. N« Jacksonville, Aid* On, of the manufaetoring .establish ments on the Selma. Rome fc Ballon Rail- med, is the works of the Germania Tan ning Company, sifnated jn the west side of tin Railroad, two miles above Jacksonville. Ties Company was organized under the laws of the State of Alabama, in November last, and their e*t«tyt’fl works speak of the en ergy with which this .establishment is prose cuted. Hon. J. W. B«rfce, formerly of Huntsville, is the president or $,[3 Com pany, and their managers and bnsine» ^nen who control the entire affairs of the .Com pany, are two Germans, well known to the merchants of Rome, Messrs. Rosenberg and Budenherg, formerly of Gadsden, Ala.— The working eapkaj of the Company is.fif ty thousand dollars, to be increased, when found accessary, by the Board of Direc tors. The works are a model of a leather man- 'ufartorv, planned by experienced tanners, iiftar the most modern plan of construc tion, wish all the improvements and ma- ■cMneryrtlhat the present manufacture of Heather requites. It presents a Sne as- yea from the Railroad—a pond of pure sprwg water, of two acres area, enclosed by a dam that runs to the embankment of rfhe Railroad- At its terminus is the giato building—3 stories high, 120 feet long, and 60 feet wide, ifinished in the best style. The northern part of the building is the beam house, .where an overshot water wheel, of .twenty horse-power docs the wogk.pf twenty uueu. The tannery has a capacity .of .tan ning 10,000 bides per annum, contains about a hundred vats, whieb are so con structed as to receive and discharge the taoning ooze by underground pipes. A bark sail!, of an entirely new patent, grinds two cords of bark per hour, and the fine ground fbatfcis carried to the leeches, where the ex •tract of tte bark is mafic, and from whence iit is conducted into the tanning vats. Sole doather rollers, and machineries for finish ing leather, are in the.secoafl story, while fin-the third are ‘he drying n mi stuffing rooms. A track runs into the second .story of the building, to convey bark and other materials into the factory. ( Qn an elevation close to the tannery are the houses for the workmen, and on a hiU hr the left, are the elegant residences of the managers of the business. _ Herutania Tanning Company prom ts to become one of the largest establish- uneuls of its kind in the South, and, as ere is no lack of energy, it will certainly succeed. Bark in abundance, facilities for s tping, water-power and other advantages, pre them a chance to overcome the diffi culties of competing with the Northern Manufacturers, and to drive northern, man ly* tores from Southern markefc. This ®>nst be the aim of the South, and we wel come every establishment that. will make •his its aim. Mater Works,or no Water Works Our citizens are called upon to-day to yote 011 Oic above named question. We eve been told by a member of the coun- c , who is in favor of this enterprise, that f 8 * majority of the taxable property t e city } as the owners indicate, by their totes, is represented to be in favor of wa- t works, the city fathers wiU not engage "> their construction. This being the case o tax payer should faU to record his note this important question. If every voter d write his name on his ballot, it °, * then an easy matter to assort them “ determine the point suggested above Bostock Acquitted. un AO tMal ° f Bo6tock for killing Maloney bt * aome two weekssince,hasconelu •of e«sta B ° S,0ck ^hargedonthe payment Superior Court_A<| 0 unied Term. «ta/ ° r ? et Polished in an other col- Eeen hLnt our Superior Horrible Outrage' by Negroes. Two negro men seized two respectable young girls as they were returning from school, near No. 14 on the Brunswick road below Macon, and after violating their persons, cut off the arm of one, because, as they asserted, one ofthemhadhisarm shot off by tho girl’s Father some years ago. A patrol was soon on their puranit.. One of the negroa was caught and lost m the sir amp. The other, who has lost his Tight arm at the shoulder and his left eye is still ut large. Be is ginger cake color and five feet 10 inches high. Five hundred dollars reward is offered for him. Cashings <b Bailey, Booksellers, Baltimore We would call the attention of our read ers to the advertisement of the above nam ed firm. It is one of the largest houses ■south of New York’ in America and parties may have full confidence that their orders will be satisfactorily filled. [Communicated. Cedaii Valley, Ga., 1 Aug. 14,1869. } Mb. Ed toe—Every man, I imagine feels more‘or less interest in the prosperity —material and otherwise, of his birth place. So the writer feels in regard to Ce dar Valley—the cradle of his infancy, and the home o his mature uanhdod. There fore, he writes—writes that he may invite % -attention of those in search of land and homes—to a region fertile and abound ing in weU nigh gRerythj.ng that coijspirgg to make a place of residence /desirable. A mistaken notion, as I think, has gone abroad in reference to the real market val- uo of Cedar Valley lands. Valuable as they may be—-, hieh, whether to designed or not, is likely to work injury to this sea- tion by keeping away many who might otherwise come hither in search of lands.— I refer to a notice of a sale of lands by Mr. Peek, at $100 per acre—part to his son and .part to his son-in-law. This na ked statement has been copied into other papers, creating an impression abroad that the ruliog prices of lands jiqrp ,wjU range with, cr in the neighborhood of the lands so sold, and ifsuqh aft impression is created and buyers are tb#s kept wway, is pot the material interest of this Eeciiop damaged by the fast f Without donht, if depsify of population has anything to do with ma terial prosperity. Now, I undertake to state that lands in Cedar VaUey, and in the immediate neigh borhood—just os good as these 8100 acre lauds, can be boaght at half—and even one-tbird such prices. And if I am mis taken, let some one who is better posted, £tate and show to the contrary. In the meantime, if any abroad want to buy good lands in a healthy, pleasant locality, let them come and test the market—see far themselves. A Citizen of Polk. Singular Freak of Nature.—The Charleston Courier is informed by a corres pondent, that in the .upper part of South Carolina there Hyps a yonug #*.-C<wfeder- ste soldici, boss leg was amputated) during the war, Bear the thigh- After amputation the woned radidly healed, and he was sent home. About a year after A fleshy protu berance was seen to grow out of the fleai), which in the course of a few mouths, took the shape of a foot, and since that time it has been growing finely, until now the man has a perfect new foot and leg grow ing from his thigh, which in a year or so promises to supply the loss of his leg in the first instance. If this be true, it is the most wondeiful freak of dame nature that has ever come to our notice. Truant Boys Roasted to Death in a Pit.—The ,charredY.einaina ofMicheal Mobopey and John Caffrey. of Elizabeth- port, N. J,, wem found in a pit at Eliza- bethport on Sunday afternoon. On friday last the boys stole a ride on a train of the Central Railroad, and not beipg discovered before reaching Hampton Junction, were put off. They then wandered about until night, when becoming cold, they took up their quarters for the night in an ash pit used for hauling the fire from the locomotiv es. Duriog the night the live coals and ashes from a locomotive were hauled out iuto the pit where the pit where the boys were sleeping, completely covering them up and suffocating them. Very Amusing.—The most beautiful day for the home circle, and one that af ford* more real enjoyment than any other, is termed the ‘‘Printer’s Delight,” and as some of onr subscribers appear to know nothing about it, we wiU tell them how it is performed. Take a sheet of letter paper, pen and ink, sit down by the table, dip the pen in the ink, address the editor of the paper you have been in the habit of read ing, thus : “Dear Sir—Enclosed find the subscription price of your excellent paper for the rime you have been seeding it to me, and also for oae year in advance. Please acknowledge receipt.” Then pull out your packet book, enclose a roH of greenbacks in the sheet of paper, and put it in an en velop, direct it to th8 editor, pst a stamp on it and send it to the Post-Office, aud jojg part of the play is done, after which you can go to bed rad dream of angels, pretty women, and loving wives. _. 1 . v Now that onr readers kP°W Low, we hope every man of them who is in arrsapa will try the game just to see how much real pleasure it will afford them.—Ex. If you are looking at a piclnte jop tty fo give the advantage of a good light. Bp as courteous to your fellow-beings a* yon are to a pietsip, . . ^ A Thiel, Forger and Murderer In greu. Our Washington dispatch states that the IlonoralUe C. C. Bowen, scalawag mem- of Congress from South Carolina,has com menced a suit against the Charleston Mackey's for an alleged slanderous publi cation in the Charleston News. The charge brought against him by Alderman T. J. Mackey, President of the Union Leagae of Charleston, is as foUows: 1. ThatC. C. Bowen stole a valuable set of faro checks froma gambler in this city, which checks were sold by Boweu in New York, where they were identified and ulti mately recovered by the owner. 2. That C. C. Bowen was a prisoner ip Castle Pi'ckney,. in 1867, by order of Gov. Scott, then Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, on the charge of mis appropriating tno funds of the Union League. 3. That C. C. Boweu, then captain the 21st Battalion Georgeia Cavalry, tried by court martial, found guilty, and .cashiered for forging pay rolls, the Tesult being announced in general orders from General Beauregard’s headquarters. 4. That C. C. Bowen was arrested upon the charge of having planned the murder of Col. White, at Georgetown, S. C., in November, 1864, that he escaped pnnish meat by the fight of his accomplice, and was released from jail when the Federal troops took possession of Charleston in 1865. Such is the character of the man who as a member of the Congress of the Uni tec States, has a voice in making laws' for Illi nois and Ohio, Massachusetts and Pennsyl vania. If he has not the moral attributes to qualify him to represent the Radical party, then it wiU be difficult to find one who has, ip or oat of tho Penitentiary, With snoh a record, he may aspire to any posit on within the gift of the Radical fac tion.—/Sim. Notes. Found Dead in the Road,—A mnp by the name of Sutherlin wa* found dead in the DeKalb,county a few days since, We are told that a man by the name of Mo Pberson owns (o have doDe the work. He says that he and Sutherlin weregoign home together from Lebaaon, both a little tipsy, end while on their way they got into a dispute, and were quarreling, when Suth erlin stabbed him in the abdomen before he knew that he had any intention of doing anything of the kind. McPherson the knocked him in .the head with rock and alsj cuf his throat. This was in the night, as we understand, and Snther- jT^s ipjqnd dead ,the pert morning. We rp t&it' McPherson, is confined to his bed,— Uentreargiis. SpAsstfNo and Beiobt fN Liquid Light, etc—Drinkers ofebampagne who would like to kpow all ahpift thp sparkle apd the liquid JigLj;, ?“d to op, should note that in a recent secure pf» phamPSSB® making establishment the articles found on hand were four barrels of common white wine, one barrel of Molasses and one bar rel of vitro!.—N. T. Herald. A letter from Chief Justice Chase has recently been exhibited, in which he ex presses great satisfaction at toe result of the Virgiuia election, and he hoped that a similar result would attend the elections in ’tenoetsoe, Mteiasippi, and Texas. He in timated that top Republican party had served its purposes, an,d that a great con servative party ought to be forped opt of toe ptederato ppp of all existing par ties. ^ ^ ^ Th* Commercial Value of toe South. Well might the North buckle on aH its armor to keep toe South in toe Union, for, opart from political considerations and the patriotic sentiment of maintaining the grandeur and glory of tin Republic intact, that part of our common country is the source of onr commercial wealth and more valuable to the North than ever India was to England. According to latest statistics the valneof Southern exports last year was over two hundred ana fourteen millions, while that of the North was a little less than two hundred nulions. There is this great dif ference, too, in the nature of the exports of toe tyro sections, that a large portion of those of the ^forth is in toe precious metals, wbiph in a measure impoverishes the conn- try, while toose of theEdnto are toe pro ducts of the soil, and bring ns gold, or its equivalent. Cotton, of coarse, ip the great staple, though tobaepo is a valuable product, and sugar, rice, and other things form 9 part of the exports. The domestie trade of the South is still more valuable to the North, for it supplies onr manufacturers with ti e raw material they need and takes back Northern manufactures in return. These great and valuable exports and this vast trade, too, have been developed again so soon after the South had been desolated by war. This not only shows the surprising wealth of the soil, bat the astonishing ener- irand reouperative power of et it is the rich and beautiful country and these citizens which are kept noder the heel of military despotism, and made toe football if scheming politicians years after the close of the war- Bat this state of things must soon come to an end, and the Sonth wiU rise from its ashes to be the richest country in the world.—N. T.. Herald. A Curious Melon.—The wonders per_ taining to organized structures are not con* fined to animals, bat there are many plants whose form, instincts, arid capabilities are most enrions and interesting. In a tract of country in the southwestern part of Af rica, distinguished for its rich soil, a gigantic perennial melon has been discover ed, which is a most dilicions, wholesome fruit, and which is largely consumed by the active inhabitants as food. In order that this melon may flourish it is necessary that it shonld strike its foots down through the sand thirfy feet to reach permanent moisture. This it does, and, grows in great luxuriance where all else is shriveled and parched by hast, Bnt this is not all. Ifit were simply a huge melon, with smooth and delicate skin, every one would be destroyed by wild beasts before half ma tured. To prevent this, nature has armed its outer rind with a covering of long,sharp, terrible thorns, which so lacerate ~ the months and noses of animals that they are leaye ■ them alone in aU their tempi ng freshness. Man, >rith bis hand* and sharp knives, finds little difficulty in open ing the luscious fruit. The natives have no necessity for patting fences about their pialon patches, for the plants are self pro- toctiye. Eg&_WeIeara that Col. R. J._ Moses of pojiimbus, has received a small importation of phinamen—fbp sunoa ppp CpoUps. They may be seen on his farm near the The Chinese Again. Since the article in this paper two weeks ago upon Chinese emancipation, the action of the Memphis convection has been made public. It adds something to onr positive knowledge'of the subject, bnt it is more fruitful in suggestions and speculations.— Orie result of that Convention was the or ganization of the Mississippi Valley Emi gration Company, the capital stock of which was placed at one million- dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars, and forty thousand dollars were at. once subscribed. The object of the Company is to bring in Chinese laborers as fast as possible, and to distribute them first among the' stockhol ders and then through the community at large. From statements made at the con- vention, it appears that Chinese laborers can be brought to San Francisco ports for $45 in gold. From San Francisco to Mem it portion wiii be deflected southward, where a more congenial home may be found “I can remember no country that has ■ot been benefitted by legitimate immigra tion. Our own is a conspicuous example of this. In some cases we could have desired a better class o: immigration, hut we have repelled none, and the general result has been advantageous. The character of pop ulation, independent of race, depends much upon the conntry and climate in which they are throTu, and the descendentsof tho Chinese, shonld their descendents grow np in thi conntry, may conform closely to our habits of thinking and acting. Such, at all events, has been the ease with every oth er race that has come to this country. If, in that event, they shonld claim and be permitted to exercise the privileges of eiti- zersbtp, no evil can oomo of it/' We have quoted the opinions of these phis they can be transported for from $45 ! Senators rather as representatives of the to $50 in currency, the rate depending np- opinion that prevails on the Pacific slope on toe number in consignment. From than of any other purpose, and we firmly Memphis to various points in the South believe that they are opinions that time wiu they can be distributed at rates varying one cent per mile by rail, to from 3T to $2 50 ahead on the water routes, as toe distance may be. From Hong Kong to New York by sail, the rate would be from $100 to $125 in gold. The time from China to the Miss issippi wonld be thirty-five or forty days by the Calirornia route, and by New York, say one hundred and twenty-five days. On the subject of wages, it was generally eon- ceded by the speakers at the Memphis con vention that the rates paid would be far below the wages under the preset system. It was impossible to arrive at exact state ments, but Mr. Koopmanschap, the Chi- cese contractor, said the Chinese now in California most have $20 a month to in duce them to come east, bnt fresh importa tions could be made upon a five year con tract for ten or twelve dollars a month and transportation paid. A Chinese merchant, addressing the convention, warned them against the im portation of the Chinese laborer cf the coast- cities, apd urged the importance of carefully selecting them from the agricul tural classes apd (he ariisaps of the interi- Tho Hawaian Commiss’oner of Emigra tion, in a letter to the Convention, spoke of the striking differences to Chinese la borers, and said that in consequence of in attention to selection, the ooolirs hail given great disappointment to Pern, Cuba and the Sandwich Islands. He urged the impor tance of a careful and experienced person al selection of yonng, healthy and intelli gent laborers Mr Koopmanschaap, the Chinese con tractor, has brought 30,000 to California, and he is ready to promise to bring 100- -ip .the comipg year. Through him *he trai Pacific Railroad yas supplied with labor. He asserts that the Chinese keep their contracts. Considerable opposition to the Chinese has beep excited by toe circumstance toot thpy wijl tyoyk ft>F less wages than is now paid fop labor. It is precisely fop tote pea- son that they wiU prove a desirable addi tion to the productive force of the country. Hostility to the Chinese on this account is as nnphUosophical and short sighted as the former opposition to labor-saving machinery and to the new mechanical inventions which promise to increase production, les sen cost and add to the happiness of all classes. If this nuskiQed labor comes here it wUI at once need the service of onr skill ed mechanics and laborers to instruct and (JLect it. At once a host of onr present Working men become overseers, foremen, eyen employers and capitalists. Qnr workmen have already found for- eigp labor more profitable in canal and rail road building than if they had done this work themselves. They nave beep advano ed from drudgery to direction, and they have seen, to spite of toe enormous emigra tion from Europe, a gradual and steady in crease in the wages of labor, and the sum of comfort that tori reward of labor se cures. SnchwiU be the result of an Asiatic em. igration, and the ones who bewail its a| proach now, and predict an inroad of evi. will live to regret the hi sty and unreasona ble judgment they have formed. The great need of this country is labor—labor to the lowest grade, and labor that is skiUed and intelligent. Here is a broad field for development for an increasing population, for extending interests. Whatever cheap ens products benefits all these interests, and adds to the aggregate wealth of the cpmmitody- It is a enrions fact that too Convention of both polities! parties ip California, held within the last fgw weeks, have passed such resolutions against the emigratioa of Chi neses? they never wonld have passed against the emigration qf Europeans. The California Senators have also spoken- The difference to the language of the two par ties is this. One objects to toto to Chi nese emigration and Chinese suffrage. The other objects to Chinese suffrage, but wonld ; irotect inoffensive emigrants. One CaH- i’ornia Senator says that it is the duty of every clos; ef citizens to prevent the intro duction of the Chinese. To-day, he says, they wiU compete with the common labor er, to-irorrow with the mason, the brick layer, the carpenter and the mechanist, for they are too most frugal, industrious, and ingenins people on the face of the earth.— The Senator pointed to a splendid granite building, the stone of which was cut. in China, and said that he favored keeping such men out of the State—men who can do the work for less than half the price paid the white mechanic. The fact that these men are frugal, in dustrious, and ingenins, wcnld imply that they were most valuable additions to onr la bor force. Inbmlding onr great public works, railroads, canals, wharves and piers, to dredging harbora, to developing mines of coal and iron, it is the cheap labor that is needed. This Senator’s speech, clearly re fates itself. Another California Senator writes a letter on the same sahject. Bat he too, is evidently ii.ftoenced by the prevalent California sentiment. He does not fear the State wUI be overran, bat thinks the Chinese wiH be apt to find their way Mexico. He add?, however : “Besides Mexico, nearly aU of Central and Sopth America is open to them, and mankind would be greatly benefitted by their coming. The wealth and happiness of the world wiU he indefinitely increased thereby. I cannot sympathise with that eminently Chinese policy of excluding from the uncultivated fields of the New World, any people who desire to increase the nam- icf of blades of grass and ears of corn. It las long been opr proudest boast that Amer ica is the asylum of the oppressed of all lands, and if the crowded population of Asia, as weU as of Europe, desires the priv ilege of expending their labor here, lei them come. Onr immigration from Eu rope this year is nnpsoally large—more than 25,000 in excess of last year at th*® daje. These tides may mee^.and. possibly >relik so modify that to a few years no more ob jection will be made to an Asiatic than to a European immigrant, and a decided prefer ence wHl be given to industry, frngoUty and ingenuity, come whence they may. In the midst of this discussion of Chi nese imigration, a law of the United States passed in 1862, is brought up, and it is claimed that this act ie prohibitory of immi gration as it has been conducted. It is jnst possible that the act is misunderstood, and that it applies not to tho transportation of coolies from China to the United States, bnt to the nse of American vessels for car rying coolies from China to ports to foreign countries. Bnt whatever interpretation is placed to the act, this fact remains that the freeman and voinnteiy immgration of any Chinese subject, is not prohibited. Besides this, it wonld seem strange, considering the toetility of Californians to Chinese, that Mr. Koopmanschaap and his associates had never been interfered with, if there was a United States hw against them. There was local antipathy pervading not only the masses, bnt inspiring the politicians and yet they imported the Chinese without interference or question. If the law of 18fig should bp interpreted as it is, by those who nse it as a shield against the em igration of Chinese, there is litt'e donht it will be modified, and tint the imigration of Asiatics will he protected only by the same safeguards that were thrown about ail emi gration. Tho fear of peonage, qr slavery will not be felL The constitutional guar antee which protects the negro will protect the Asiatic; and nnder a beneficent gov ernment of eqnal laws, with climate and production no rivaled, with labor free and unharnessed, there can be no donb; that prosperity and development will be all that we coaid wish or hopefor—Commercial and Financial Chronicle. mingle, bnt it is more likefy that the Asitt - Another Lying Affidavit—The Ne gro Admits False Swearing.—In this city, yesterday, tyas developed another proof of the flimsy material, aye absolute lying, which is resorted to in the manufac ture of libe'loo3 affidavits, to the hope to make ont a case against the white people of Georgia. Qn Thursday last a negro woman, giving her name as Jane Mpygrs appeared before Justice Lyons, and was al lowed to make the fallowing affida vit : Georgia—Richmond County : Personally appeared, Jane Meyers, who being sworn, dispeseth and saith that on Thursday morning, August 5, 1869, about day-light, to the county of Burke, to the State of Georgia deponent and her mother, Dafena Meyers, occupied a house on Mr. Kit Meyers’-plantation, ahontone and a half mile front the boundary line of Richmond connty. Ou said mornieg we were arrons- ed from onr sleep by the breaking of the outside door. Three white men, not dia- gnised, bnt unknown to me, entered, struck my mother, with a hatchet, I escaped with my babe, came outside, heard my mother cry out, “Oh Lord, what have I done for yon to murder me ?” I fled to the edge of the wood ; saw the boose on fire ; it and tho body of my mother was consumed in the flame. I left Burke the same day and came to Angnsta. her JaneX. Meyers. mark. Sworn to an 1 subscribed before me this 9th day of August, 1869. Ellis Lyons, Not. Pub., Ex. Off. J. P. The original affidavit, of which the ahov3 is a copy, was f rwarded to Governor Bol lock, and by him turned over to General Terry. This latter officer immediately or dered Captain . f*. Barnhadt, of the ga- rison stationed at Wavreqtoo, to proceed to Bqrke courty and investigate the aUeg- ed outrage. Captain Barpharflt arrived to this Pity on Saturday, and sought» confer ence with the magistrate who had taken and forwarded the affidavit. The result of this conference developed that said officer knew nothing whatever of the afiant whose affidavit ho had taken, farther than her ap- earonce before him on the day to question, 'o meet the demands of the mUitary officer charged with an investigation of the matter, the magistrate sought ont the residence of the negro woman. Daring his investiga tion, he elicited sufficient information to justify the conclusion that there was not a particle of truth contained to the affidavit - which she bad made before him. He ac- oordtoly sued out a warrant before Justice Reynolds, upon which she was arrested committed to jail until yesterday morning, on a charge of false swear- tog. ‘she woman was brought ont for trial yesterday morntog. Previous to her legal trial, she had an examination before Cap tain Barnhardt, to the presencc of several witnesses, to whom she admitted that eve ry particle of her affidavit was fake ; that her mother never lived to Burke County ; that she was stiH living to Sonth Carolina; and that she had made said affidavit with a view tosecare pecuniary aid from the mem- here of the chnrch to this city. As the re- salt of tho legal examination of the case, the prisoner was remanded to jsH, to de fault of bail, to await trial for her crime at the next term of the Superior Court This furnishes a key to the general character of the testimony upon which these mischieTons and lying affidavits against the character of the people of various sections o r the State are predicated—Aug Const: A IMstiosuisbed Honor- lion. Judah P.' Benjamin, late of the Confederate Cabinet, bnt now of England, has after two years appearance at the Brit- ish) bar, been made Qneen’s Counsel, aq honor almost without precedent in the promptitude of its bestowal. Aside from making him senior counsel to * hatever cas es he may be employed, the promotion will considerably add to his emoluments. Being on the Liverpool qqd Manchester ciroidt, he will be retained in commercial litiga tions of importance. A Prounucianeuto from Forney’s Press. Georgia. In none of the States South has the op position to reconstruction been so steady and unscrupulous as in Georgia. The Democratic party there is more proscrip tire than it is in Kentucky - or Maryland, and the animosities kept alive by the news papers and the politicians extend, as we have lately seeD, to forcible resistance to the revenue officers. The expulsion of the col wed members of the Legislature, after they had participated to the formation of tho new government, was an actrof supreme madness, and was nnivcraaiiy denounced by the Republicans of the country. It was ahold and undis guised revolution, and was followed by ny tragical consequences. All the onlraces and murders of the past year are directly traceable to the.passiops aroused and en couraged by that act of insanity. The courts of Georgia having decided that it was illegal, an opportunity is now presented to the authors of this wrong to set them selves partially right by restoring the ex pelled members to their seats, and by rati fying tho 15th amendment. M e are glad to see that Dr. Bard’s At lanta New Era urges this course .upon the Democrats. Shonld they .rejeot this sensi ble advice, Congress will take such meas ures as will lead to something like govern ment and peiee in that State.—Press of the lOtfi. 'Y e have simply to deny that there has ever been, from first to last, any factions op position to reconstruction which conld be fairly attributed to Georgia, as a political community. We have to say that the ex- pnkion of the colored members wits in per fect harmony with the common and almost universal understanding among all parties here, of the requirements of the Constitu tion; and that a Republican Supreme Court as divided npon the legality of. the pro ceeding. The charge that any ontrage fol lowed, as consequence of that act, is simply absurd; aud the whole brood of murders and outrage* harp bccq far moro the handi work of Radioal partisans than of the peo ple.—Macon Tel. A Relic out qf Tone. Mary Clemmer Ames, describing “Things Gone By,’’ at Washington, writes, as fol lows : The belle of the past administration comes baok expecting, without a doubt, to renew old conquests and to achieve ’ new triumphs. The little girk whom she left in short frocks she finds to places she filled.— She wonders what ink the faces of her friends—she left them Bmooth and yonng, she finds them Itoed and old—i nd it does not occnr to her that they are making the same comments on her own. The whom she refused in her imperious youth, because he was poor and posiiionless, she finds rich and powerful, with a fair wife by his side, whom she cordially hates. The old door keepers at the capital, who used to swing back the doors of the diplo matic gallery so obseqniondy at the sight of the 0on,-—-rr-’t daughter, are now among the thfngsgpee by. The new ones, in the to the plain, middle aggd woman, repognize no former belle. They cbaUenge her, ask herifshe b -'longs to a member’s family. ■ he open “sesame” has gone from her hands. Sho has no choice hut to go to a side gal»ry, or to go home—which, at present means the hotel.— She still assumes full dress, lift&a bare bony neck above a girlish corsage of tnUe, hangs the roses of Jnne in her faded hair. Bnt in vain. - She is a queen without a throne. Her kingdom and her subjects are amoDg the things gone by. To the careless yoneg generation abont her she is “only and old maid, who was a belle once, mamma says. She leaves Washington to disappointment and dkgnst; and she was a wke woman who said that she wonld “never come back •gain.” A Drove of Canary Birds. A New York paper, speaking about the importation of canary birds from Germany says the following right was seen to Flor ence, Italy, in 1861, by a lady and gentle man belonging to New York V In walktogthe principal street, they-over took a man with a long whip to hk hand, which hewas moving from one ride to the other to what they thought was a strange manner. When they came np wi th him they fonnd he was driving a flock of cana- ry birds, as to England they drive a flock of turkeys. A carriage came along, the man waved his whip to a peculiar manner, when the little birds aH went to the side walk until the carriage had passed when they took the street again. A woman want ed to bay one, when the man sprinkled B~me canary seed at his feet, and half a d-jzen of (hem canja to him, when he took ope np to hk hand and delivered it to the tap, who paid him ope frape for it. The man then went on agpip ; Judge W. W. Clayton. Onr fellow citizen, Judge W. W. Clay ton, it is announced, is abont to forsake Atlanta and become a citizen of Rome. The Jndge is one among, the best kno’.ra of our business men. He bears a most exalted in as a gentleman ofthe most scra ms integrity and dilligence and care In business. We are sorry to have him leave Atlanta. Hero he is esteemed by al who know him, and prized as one who is pnblic spirited and progressive in aU mat/ tors pertaining to city affairs. We wkh him weU to his new field, and hope he may find it an easy acd prosperous one. Rome gains at the expenso of Atlanta.—Atlanta Era. Grant’s Letter to Dent. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette says that the following k the way Dentitcs construe Grant’s recent letter tQ Dent upon tftq subject of the Miss, ksippi ejection: ‘My Dear Brother-to-hw—I know that the Conservatives in Mississippi will suc ceed; and if they are bonod io do so, yen know I prefer yon to any other man. Bnt ou see how I am beset by the rascak, who lavs chased me aU over the country. I most say something to them to save my ba con for the nonce. Go ahead ! J pm a man of few words." The Drwth In Epit Tennessee, The Maryville Republican of Saturday, says : The weather has heen remarkably dry in this section for four or five week*. Many farmers predict that unless we hare rain immedeately, the corn crop wiU be totally destroyed to thk county. Botiea’s Horne-Fewer. A correspondent at Americas has already written ns about thk invention, and his notice of it appeared in the Telegraph few days ago. We however append Ihe following from the Americus Courier : •IN important nd valuable inven- Some fifteen or twenty gentlemen of this city visited the plantation of Col B. B. Hamilton, Tuesday afternoon, to witness the working of an improved horse jmwer, invented and patented by Capt. T 3. Bot toms, of Thamasvillc, Ga. The machinery was tested by attachment to a forty saw Taylor gin—perfectly new and ruqain^ little roughly. It was also the first work ing of the cogs,pinions, etc., and they were rough and heavy. Bnt notwithstanding the unfavorable surroundings—wet weath er, damp, bad cotton, etc,, all present were soon convinced of the superiority of this over any horse power heretofore invented. All inventions by our Southern people, when meritorious, shonld meet with encour agement from all; and we are satisfied that thk invention will save to cotton planters the cost of procuring it every year it is hr ginning'purposes. When proper ly adjusted, polished and to running order, a majority of those present believe that as mnch cotton can he ginned with one mule as has heretofore heen done with four— thus saving the use of three mules daring the ginning season. * {The committee appointed by Col. Ham ikon to report upon the trial, made the fol lowing return : “Apart of the committee believed that the machine had gained 100 per cent in power, while the other part believe there is again of from 150 to 175 per cent" “One mule ginned, on a forty-saw Tay lor gin, fifty pounds of cotton in seven minutes.” Jno. V. Price, Ch’n, Chas. J. Malone, W.J. Barlow, Jesse Stallings, W. T. Davenport. Merrel Callaway, See’y. Capt T. J. Bottoms, the inventor, and Dr. J. W. Hnntoon, are the proprietors of thk meritorious pat ent After the trial, npon invitation of Col. Hamilton, the party repaired to his resi dence, and proceeded to test the capacity of masticating “machines'' and fonnd them in fine working order, consuming a load of watermelonsaqd peaches to short order. WATGHIlfG ASD WAITING. A Story for Soft Young Men. On last Friday night a ball was given at Lafayette Hall, in Pittsburg, which was largely attended, handsome todies, predomi nating. One young lady in particular at tracted the attention of a gentleman of a tender age, who sported an elegant gold watch and chain valued at S250. Sometime after midnight he engaged her company to dance w.th him the next set, and drawing f.rth his watch looked at its face to ascertain what time wonld be re quired to finish the present . one. The yonng tody admired the timg keeper ever so mnch, and wonld be nnaer lasting obli- jatiops if hpr new companion wonld jnst oan it to her until she wag ready fS S° home. Pleased at having it in ‘ms power to accommodate thk whim, he unfastened the chain from hk button-hole and placed the watch to her hands. Time passed pleasantly enough until 4 o’clock arrived, when the young gentle man expressed a desire to accompany the tody to her home; as the entertainment was drawing to an end. She accepted the prof fer, bnt never thought to return the gen tleman’s watch, which she still retained possession of. They walked np Wylie street nntil they arrived at a fine looking three story honse, to the sweetest manner possible, she asked him to remain on the steps nntil she conld go around and open the door. He did as requested, and she tripped lightly iato a smaU ally and disappeared, He waited long to hopes of her coming; he lingered untH daylight, bnt the floor re mained closed. Upon inquiry he learned that no snch woman had lived to that house and, in despair, he came and told his story to an official at the wateb-honse. The whereabouts of the yonng tody or the watch and chain have not since been dkcovered. ■-»'!- ♦"• A Berious Affair. A few days since while J. C. Wilson, Thomas Wilkerson and Wm. J. Ester were riding along the road, near Barge’s mill, to Calhoun county, they weie fired npon by some nnknown persons that were concealed near the roadside, and each one received a severe wound. Wilson was struck with ten balk. We learn that Wilkerson has since died. esaJIbe leaders of ths woman suffrage movement propose to organize a Woman’s Parliament. They may do so. It will be consistent with everything they have done bo fhr. In all their doiqgs there k a par ley meant, and nothing more. J9*In the city of London there is a chnrch known by the name of St. Jndas Iscariot. It was cstablkhed about ton years ago, and k described as a sort of half-way honse between the Church of Christ and the cave of Giant Despair. They have nothing in the shape of a creed, priest, or sect, making conscience and not the Bible the supreme authority. 89*An exchange cruelly refers to Grant as “the eminent statesman npon the body of whose dead horse the Snrgeon General of the United States army has jnst made a post mortem examination.” New York N, Y. Aug. 16.—Federal building in Chambers street is crammed with people, anxious to witness the pro ceedings in the Pratt case. The United States troops are well supplied with ball cartriges and rations,and are still guard'ng him. Marshal Barlow says Pratt will be produced before the United States Com missioner at 2 o’clock. It is rumored that a requisition for the prisoner has been re ceived from Gen. Beynold-;. Later-—The proceedings in case of the Government against J. H. Pratt, came to a stand this afternoon, by the discharge of Pratt bv United States Commissioner, Os born. The announcement of the deckicn was received with cheers, by an excited crowd of about 2,000 persons. George W. Rotter, President of the First National Bank, of Memphis, was ar rested here to-day, ehaigcd with the • erjir bezzlcmcnt of $600,000 of the Tennessee school fund. Rutter is to jail. In discharging Pratt, Osborne said him self and the Attorney General had panned the* coarse they had, because they deemed it right to maintain the authority of the United States. It was simply and purely beca iso there were no fact3 sufficient to hold the prisoner, and that he shonld order his discharge. Pratt loft the court with his friends- anu the soldiers returned to Fort Senhny, tor. _ Richmond, Va., Ang. 10.—At White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, to-day,the committee appointed by theNational Board of Trade, to report upon the most feasible route for the transportation of the heavy products of the West to the Atlantia coast, had a meeting. Geo Peabody has donated to the trustees of Washington College, of which General Lee is President, sixty thonsand dollars, to establish an additional professorship re cently proposed by Gen. Lee. Mr. Pea body’s health has improved so much, that he was able to diqp ai, (be hotel to-day. Ho appeared, leaning on Gen. Lee’s arm. The crowd gathered around with demon strations of conaptnlation on hi? ccnvajes- ence.' A six year old hoy was ask by his teach er to write a composition on the subject of water, and the following was a production: ■Water is good to drink,to swim in, to skate on when frozen. When I was a little ba by, the nurse used to bathe me every morn ing in water. I have been told that the Injons don’t wash themselves but on»e in ten years. I wish I was an Injun.” ■ «a.At one of the ragged schools io Ire land, a clergyman asked the question: “What is holiness?’ ’ A pupil to dirty, tat tered rags, jumped np and said; “Plase yer riverence, it’s to be clane inside.” .The Anti-Slavery Standard says The only way to save the negro vote to the Radial party is to seize the Southern dentations and divide them np a* song the : reedmen.” “Where is the Caaar who will attempt it ?” asks the New Orlea- s Times. Gratitude u the memory of the heart. Troth is the anise of happtoem. Revenge never repairs an injury. Another Railroad Disaster. A terrible accidont is reported to have occurred on the Schuylkill and Susqaebana railroad oi) Saturday morning. The scene of the accident was Dauphins Narrows, a station on the road, and it was caused by the train running on a huge rock which had fallen from the side of the hUL The rock was dragged by the train three feet, When the engire left tho track and shot over a wall fifteen feet high into a country road, and thence through another stone wall toto the Pennsylvania canal. The en gine and tender, and three express cars loaded principally with peaches, were smashed to atoms. One passenger car weU filled with passengers, was jammed into the wreck, but no passengers, were lull ed,^although slightly injured and |brnis- ed. * Only two persons were killed,the engin eer andfireman, who were terribly mntihu ted and blackened- The baggage master, whose car went into the ana), was only slightly bruised. The engineer died one hoar after the accident, alter suffering ex cruciating pate. The fireman was instant. : ly killed. Tbe Postmasterabfp of Macau. We have refrained from noticing the ma ny conflicting rumors which have been to circnlation during the last few days in re lation to the rostmastersbip of thk city. Private telegrams and “information from reliable sources,” and ths sayings and ; thoughts of Mr. W. P. Edwards, were more , numerous than thrnstwerthy; therefore we have waited for the definite and positive in formation which we now give our readers, , namely, that the late obnoxious incumbent • of the post office has been removed, and Mr. j J. H. Washington has beea restored to his . place as postmaster of Macon. Mr. Washington is a high-toned, honor able citizen, in whose integrity and intelli- . gence we have confidence. We congratulate J onr fellow-citizens on his restoration to the j office which he and his respected father be- - fore him have filled so well and acceptably, j —Journal & Messenger. The DUereace. Alabama bonds, ays the Selma Times.l declined two per cent in the stock market ’ in New York when the resolt of the elee-i tion became known. And Tennessee bend in the same market advanced five and half per cent, as soon as it was knswn that 1 the 'radical party had been defeated. J9*The Board of Vkitors to the Westj Point Military Academy state that the in| stitutiou does not meet the requirement! of the present day, and recommend its en Urgement, and an increase to the numb - of pnpils. An Alabama negress killed her child I suffocating it with smoke over fire. To cure corns—hold your feet near a I fire till the corns pop. Washington, D. 0-, August 19.—The recent-interview with Gen Lee, in relation to the proposed meeting of the Generak of both armies at Gettysburg, next week, for the identification of the battle-field leads to the belief that Lee will eventually attend ; not that he wholly approves of the measur es, bnt he regarsthe meeting as * foregone conclusion' He thinks his presence due to the men he commanded, as the meeting wiU become history, and because he desires to avoid the misconstruction which wonld be placed upon hk refusal, by the enemies of reconstuction. Mks Anthony was finally excluded as a delegate from the Labor Convention. Vote 63 to 28. Farther advices from Cuba, to ihe 9th, state shat to an engagement near Remedios, the Cabans defeated a Spanish force, pro ceeding to Nenvitas to reinforce Lesca. The force of Jordan, that was attacked neap Trinidad, succeeded to defeating the Span ish. One hundred and fifty Spaniards de serted, joined the Cubans, and took partin the fight. A Cuban convoy was captured near Sa- guaLe Grande, and a small party near Puerto Principe. The last named, were immediately executed. Markets. New York, August 19.—Stocks steady. Money 6a7. Sterling long, 8J, short, 10i..Gold 1331. Georgia 6s, 841 asked; 7s, 91 J; 9s. old51}, new 50}. Floor 5aJ0c, lower. Wheat unchanged. Corn lc bet ter. Mess pork 33 05. Lard dull. Cot ton firmor—uplands 34}, London; August 19, noon.—The Bank of England has reduced its rate of interest to 2} per cent. Liverpool, August 19,afternoon.—Cot ton active—Uplands 13}al3|d: Orleans 13}al3jd; sales 20,000 bales.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, August 27, 1869, Image 1