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Newspaper Page Text[ alOUE XX1Y. 0m Cowkc. ,. i Kdltor and Proprietor. ^'TcRADV, Associate Editor. | Ilf* 1,1 ,iTE- of ■VKUV FRIDAY. Weekly. (jflf - “"""■""."”'..‘.—1.1 75 •^^f^FOR TRI WEEKLY. ^ fl# 2 50 1 25 b * '“nSTiMY 15 ADVANCE* !SV. lJ( *sffi»* Lp*** roomeno copy will be fur- M. DWIKELL, Proprietor. a advertisements. , ',V Alnvcistretere, Exeelors or . It at - . [, v i a w to be held on ■jand* t: V r !’“ t tta month, between the I.; 5ft orenoon and three in the 1 ■' :M '! r. urt House in the county in •*' *5 situated. A I* „ day. I’,/‘j- omiI Creditors of an estate, 'nn 'esdoas will be made to the ior leave to sell laud must be wm-athi , uf Administration. Guar. Oiutions f• " w ...jbiishod 31* days—for *wr l '-, Uministratiou. three monthr " '- from Gat’ iianship. 4" .avs. . ,!i; • ilre „f Mortgages must jirffv , , aiv for four months—for es- jehSrifl lfce f u ii .pace of three ’• ' gLiV..titlestrom"Executorsor Vbere haul has been given by lafest't’ ^,11 #aa;o it three months. ! .or*'- 4 be continued aceord- I i *'’' , >,al* requirements, unless oth- I at the fdlowing RATES. i iincs or less $11 00 ' '", • Z ■ if (a. sales, per levy, 5 00 f i , per levy,... 00 ^fH.r'ofA-lulinistnition 3 00 !■*'?. View'd Gairdiunship 3 00 V. v.i lor dismission irom fill'.: li 00 "" 1 1 1 : for dismission from •>* T. 4 oo ^to^ll'iand.ZIll 6 03 j Debtors and Creditors, 3 00 i:;-;’;:. to’hivs...! 1 » ars of Mortgage, persquare—.... 4 W ivertisins his wife, (in advance) 10 0 uY MORNING. December !. IjiTfTKArirruisliur HOME STEAD. IVe are p* tralttS alarmed at the iui- lliat aic continually ur substantial farmers ier climes. Kv. rvthing is becoming by this widely extended inove- Trade upon the streets is duller tiu -isutl—scarcely anv coning wagons ante glad the hearts of our merchants, ud lands have depreciated in value very tuch —uer is Home the only locality that In- suffered. Iu our Cherokee eouutry isJ N'.irih Alabama exchanges we see no tice of perli ct colonies emigrating to all parts of the West and Northwest. Texas seems to be the favorite of destination. A itron" i iitipathv exists to going to any Northern State. We do most sincerely deplore the general aiidiwiopiiiv' madness that has seized the pi* pie. ll is induced, we believe, by the tiiltires iu crops for the last two years.— With a drought for tiro succcreiDg seasons lie farmers have become discouraged, and s:c packing up to leave what they dub a ioetli-i-ursed country. This is very un- *!-'■ 11 ere is no richer country in the that the one that surrounds Rome. ! As a glass ai,d cljrer country it is unsur- |tsed;:a l as a wheat and c real country, » saweely less filled. As lo the dr light, the very fact of there brag been droughts for the past two Juts, ren bus it almost certain that the cade;years will he good ones. In a titan- 'hr staui, tlx place is that spot that Itslete ooec struct; y lightning. Tlicic wa-just such a couple of drought nsrsajimt 1S50, and just such an emmi- erattjr . (thoueh not so large a one) to the ''Stan States. Speaking of this emmigratiou reminds 115 1 5 i' 3t iu old ferry man told us of tho ff p * wlc, engaged in it. He says that he rD: ">iug a boat „n a certain river near , r f* 20 ^ l 'iat he passed the emigrants on *f ar ' " esternward-bonnd” inarch over 'f rlttr i end received his pay from pleth- llc l' 3r -' ? s “ad willing hands In about 'veycats from that ti ue tho poor fellows 1 aioetued returning, like wounded birds | 11 back to the pareut nest to die. '•“is'iiis us that he never saw such rag- s't md woebegone sufferers in his life as a .-.-tr.i families that begged him, n 5 ll3U1 ' i *o let them and a few 1-ittlc fJ S' tte f had with them «d get hack to old Flq,d. 11 earoafraid that the ferryman would a is experience repeated if he worked m - r about two year taow the Ie and while *e counsel the ha go acres; free, from uow. Wo a ryuiaii to be a reliable man, ! w e can give no speeicific advice, t L 'ad men l efore they start, to re- " ir of this ancient mariner, liuxois—The Democrats have, won an ^ tpiitcj victory in the late election for r T ti' to a Constitutional Convention to 1 - ai.d amend the Constitution oi that d lie Chicago Times counts ferty- j ’ lU!ucrat3 forty-two Republicans who t ; '■' cc( eJ by Deuiooratie votes aga : nst tf ., r p Ular ^ c P u hlicau nomnees. The ex- this ,r i“mph can be judged of from t‘t that Grant had 51,000 majority in 000 I,;'.’ . nd L ° saa ’ for CoD S rcs8 .85* bem s chosen from the State at fcid ^ ; e I.egislature the Republicans s t "° hlomocrais thirty-eight. We * l: “' dl > hlvc supposed that the Dem- ,j - b ave carried more than one “ a .° !, :at hi dy. The,Times says they . . °"'d “tmcrically stronger,but have “cavier metal intellectually.'” K a !r r : i f~ ^m t h e Phi tnosl v Ij ' A - Robson, from the De- " i vorsLuv?r tiCShaVebCeaelcCtedAn gia. i r-ilors at Ibc University of aDd gent i« men well ~ |»'«*nt th e ; with credit KADICAl, villainy. So accustomed have wo become to the continnal and cruel oppressions of the fec- tirn, low dominant, that inn sorrowful apathy, we have watched the course of things and have in silence seen most cruel wrongs heaped upon the people of these States. But occasionally a tyranny so odious, ao act so malignant, an infamy so crowning has been perpetrated, “that it would stir a fever in the blood of every honest man and raise the very stones to mutiny.” Of such perfidy, have the irresponsible villains who hold the balance of power in the Alabama Legislature been guilty. They have abused the privileges they pos sess—they leave outraged all principles of parliamentary decency—they have as oow- ards shrunk from the stern duties of the hour, and in the frenzy of their fear, they have like maudlin fools committed them selves to tho ninst idiotic of policies The passage of the XVth Amendment we will not comment upon, as that might have been iudueed by simply the lack of judgment, but when we come to the expul sion of the member of Mobile, and the substitution in his plica of the Clanton kicked MoKiristry.—when they prop .so to expel all the Deiunoratio members—when they propose to take unto themselves, the authority o! appointing the municipal offi cers for Mobile, in order that their minions may satrap that intelligent city—when they daily surprise, and disgust, tho people by their absurd and odious measures of reform, then we see malice as the dominant motive, and we feel culled upon to record their in famy. Justice will overtake them—and terribli will be the reckoning. One new member when told that his par ty would nice with speedy retribution, ex claimed with a sneer. • oh! pshaw the De mocracy is dead and buried.*’ Ah! my friend, hug not this delusion to your breast! was the Democracy as dead as fleetar, and mountains of funeral earth piled upon it. your outrages would call its spirit front the grave, and array every decent man against you. Even if the Deutocra'y is dead, there is a maxim that runs thus: “Justice will stand thou h the Heavens fall.’* “AND OF SUCH IS THE RADICAL PARTY.” —o— It is our deliberate opiuion, arrived at by much thought and observation, that Ru fus B. Bullock, Esq., is uot -a “model Gov ernor/’ Indeed, were it not ill-bred, wo would venture to remark that the aforesaid Bullock is not a man of highest Executive ability, or of strictest moral integrity.— Bullock we judge to be abadmau (to leave this bad-image) we will say that he is a scoundrel. He is working lustily to get Georgia remanded to military rule—to get the chains again riveted upon the State, and himself consolidated satrap. It is reported currently that a Radical meeting has been held in Atlanta, and that it was determined, (Ilulbert dissenting) to make an effort to get Congress to again tickle Georgia with its hr.st of brave men, as the Third Military District—the play thing of a prejudiee-warped and irrespon sible marauder In aid of this pregnant endeavor, Bul lock issue) an enormous proclamation, that is false in tendency, and in statement—that is malignant in spirit, and like Bullock in toto.” The proclamation commences: “The recent renewal of active hostilities against the persons and propcrty'of colored citizens and white Republicans, by the or ganized bands of secret assassins, in certain portions of the State, seems to indicate a concert of action and a purpose on the part of said organizations, to persist in defying the civil law.” To prove this, viz : That an organiza tion to kill civil law is just being establish ed, he recites all the outrages that have been committed during the past fourteen months, and affixes to most of them no date. We are certain that very few oi the crimes or murders were committed for po litical pnrpises, and wo submit that any State in the Union, in this period of four teen months, will show a much larger re cord of crime than is enumerated in Bui. lock’s extraordinary proclamation/ He has confined himself to tho enumeration.of.out rages committed by Democrats on _• Repub licans, and says nothing of- vice versa cases. He has ordered this proclamation to ran for fourteen days \ in the daily papers, and there can be no doubt that, he has had it published just as a help mate to him in his nefarious designs against Georgia, depleting the Treasury to pay for slanders published against the State. He goes to Washington, and fortified with this whining and false proclamation will urge desperate measures. against Geor gia. Afraid to wait till the assembling of the Legis’ature, and hear the decision of the representatives of the people as to the stewardship, the coward fiees.to Washing ton and crouches for protection behind the very bayonets that foisted him into office. Oh, Kufns! There are certain feelings slumbering in the breast of the public, that when aroused will be dangerous, that will deem military force amid threats and bay onets, a mockery. Let the people stand firm to principle, wait’with patience, and we’ll seethe strat egies of this traitor foiled, and his nefari ous schemes baffled. Hon. F. IH. HAeDwktk dAd.—The above named prominent and good citizen of Cherokee connty, Ala., died at his home on ♦he 19th ult. He died after a short at tack of pneumonia,.at the age of 63 years. Real Estate Transfer.—The place lyiognear Col. Cothran’s known as the Wal ters place and owned by Mr. T. C. Griffin has been sold to Mr. Jones. DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHANT. It rill gratify all lovers of liberty and order, to know that the Democratic party though torn assunder by discord, has car ried the city of Atlanta in the late election. It was however a close shove, and our ro- litical friends should be careful and stick together in future. A little more mucilage and a little less bumcou.be would do the party g-od.. Atlanta has* glorious tutore. if her citizens exnibit the saue energy in the days to come, that they have in the days gone by, she will be as' tempting a place to immigrants as is our city of the hills. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. The Griffin Star finds consolation in iho fact that Georgia is not on the toll of Con gress. It thinks that negro snfiraga^by giviog the South twenty three extra con gressmen, becomes m elephant in the hands of the Radicals; counsels a moderate patience on the part of Southerners, and "predicts that when we do cooie into the Union we will come with a rush. The Telegraph aud Messenger has an editorial against the barbarously tight shoe hat the “Girls of the period” limps upon nowadays. We are with 3Iessrs Editors in this Crusade. Down with the highhcelcd toe cramping abomination. A pretty foot softly outlined by loosely classing Morocco is our delight; but a foot crammed and pack ed into a litrlc leather prison, becomes a shapeless deformity and looses all its poet- r J- The Savannah News dubs E. A. I’ullard a literary gnome and denounce- the second edition of the life of Jefferson Davis, that he is about to issae. Pollanl says the sec ond edition is called fourth by the “insolent return cf Davis to this country.” THE ATLANTA ELECTION The result of the election last Wednes- day was as ibliows : FOR MAYOR. Wtu.Ezzard, S19 Win. Markham, J F Alexander, 493 J D Clarke 30 The following Aldermeu were elected : DC O’Keefe, 31 T Castleberry, J U Calloway, Yolncy Dunning, W C Ander son, J G Kelley, C P Howell, SI Mahoney, Anthony Murphy, A L Fowler. Dr. Rcdwlno, *f Atlanta Shot, We learn that Dr. Redwine,of the firm of Redwios & Fox, was shot, on the street, in Atlanta,' n Thursday evening, by Dr. Harrison Westmorelan. H"c are informed that Dr. W. was ordered from the drug store of R. Jc F., in the afternoon, because of his being intoxicat.d, and creating a dis turbance. The shot, from a dou -'Ie bar reled gun, took effect io Dr. R's. bo.tclst producing a very severe, if not fatal wound. For ths Rome Courier. Facet la. Why should belles, kuow where a man goes when he dies? Because they are told (tolled.) Why is a Queen’s husband the most mis erable of all men? Because be is nearly always aching (a king.) Why is a nit like a whip? Because it makes a horse fly. Qdesrys.—Is a butter nut the fruit of. [For the Rome Courier. “OUR DAUUHTERS, UOW SHOULD THEY BE EDUCATED.” EDITORIAL aSREVlTIES. Davis is going to write a book The Bostonians celebrated the 24th icst. by big jollifications. It is the aniversaty of the evacuation of the city by the Brit ish. eighty-six years ago. Augusta is rhapsodizing over the dear little Chapman Sisters. Columbus is tired of drummers. The men “with stunning scarf pins aud start ling ties.” Mrs. Stowe’s Byron article is being trans lated into thirteen different languages, for publication in various parts of the world.— Ex. Dishonored in thirteen difierent c: un tries! Infamy scattered over the world. Poor Harriett! wo pity the old girl! Some lunatic claims to have found a “gateway to the North Pole.” L wk him up he’s dangerous. The Radicals have found out that Spin ner, retorted a repoi t which showed that he had been an honest man -their papers are gloating over the liter. Never mind “one swallow does not make a summer” Savannah wants free fountains in her streets for the use of man and beast. Columbus claims to be treble the size of Rome. How’s for high. Ex-Senator Iverson, of Georgia, keeps a wood-yard at Macon. Canal Across the Isthmus of Darien. Sines the successful completion of the ship canal across the Isthmus of Suez, a lively interest has been excited in* New York, and elsewhere in this country, in regard to the proposed canal across the Isthmus of Darien." It is probablo that a new survey will be made at an early day. Of the pro posed routes, the longest, by Tehuantepec, is 198 miles, aud the shortest, by San Bias, is only 30 miles. Congratulatory.—We find in several of our exchanges special notices of the en terprise of Msssrs. Cohen and the Nobles, and complimentary allusions to Mr. Willis Bobo. We cannot refrain from feeling ■ little pride when we read these, and we congrat ulate Rome on these citizens. Forney made quite a flattering note of the Messrs. No bles. Success to all these gentlemen rays the Courier. _ Personal.—We have received a visit from Mr. Egbert of Lebanon, Ohio, who representing large and varied interests baa come accompanied by several others, to look at our city with a view of premanent- ly abandoning the sweet scented cedars of bis own native place, and ranking himself a follower of the Roman Eagle. We commend Mr. Egbert to the hospi talities of our citizens and heartily tender him the courtesies of this Office. Collided.—A collision took place on the Selma Roue and Dalton Rail Road on Thursday. Engines demolished, but no body killed. “Little Giant Wheat Screen.” We notice with pleasure that a company has been form ed for the purpose of Maanfaetnring wheat Screen in Rome. This is an excellent ma chine, aa was stated in our columns some weeks ago. Factories and manufactories are what wo want. "We have enough merch ants. Give us Factories and manufacto ries. .We are iu for encouraging such enterpris es and we hereby announce our advertising columns open to the New Company. a cow-tree? Is a sabao! house the offspring of a male or female College. A natural cousequeuco. A thief having “taken a horn” booked a watch. As the Grecian bend is about going out of fash ion, we would recommend the Wash- tub bend. Tbe Factories to the Cotton. The manufacturers of cotton goods in Europe are devising plans whereby the fac tories can be placed os near as possible to the sources of supply ofthe raw material.— the Lanchshire manufacturers are contemplating the removal oi their estab lishments from Manchester to the British East Indies. The Marseilles journals, also, arc suggesting the transfer of the cotton factories from the North of France, where they arc now concentrated, to the south of that country, so rs to be nearer the supply of Indian cotton, coming through t e Suez Canal. As an illustration ofthe advantag es cf the cotton factories being situated near the 3Icditeranean, it is stated that during the past six months the Austrian port of Trieste received 14,363 bales from Bombay, while 31arseilles received only 6673 bales ; and the cruse of this disparity, it is assert ed, arises from the fact that the cotton tnanu factories of Austria are nearer to the coast than those of France. The reduction of the freight charges on the raw cotton, as affecting the cost of manufacture, has also been under consideration in the Ucited States, and tbe merchants of Memphis and otner Southern cities are inviting tho co operation of Northern capitalists in the work of building factories as near as possi ble to the cotton field.—Charleston Noes. What advantages will American manu facturers enjoy when they adopt this policy! Here in the South, they will not only find themselves right along the side of the cotton fields, bnt they will also find far more eco nomical and therefore better water power. The cost of a single Northern dam hnilt to withstand the terrible pressure of ice gorges of that climate in the spring, will oftentimes constrnct the whole foctory in the Sonth— damandalL Here, too, they will haves far better climate and for a time, at least, cheaper labor. Why should Northern manu facturers hesitate to avail themselves at once of these advantages ?—Macon Tele graph. The Talladega San (radical) retracts it charge of drunkness against Route Agent Elliott, but repeats what it said against the radical representive in the Legislature from Dallas connty, as follows :—“Hon. Em mons was not misrepresented—he is habitu ally drunk while pretending to discharge the duties of mail Route Agent, and we are reliably informed that on a recent occasion he remained drunk at Kingston for two days, ana the mail car came through lcck- ed up with no mail agent on the train.— Emmons is a member of the Legislature, bnt we hope our U. S. Senator, to whom he is indebted for his appointment, will not al low that consideration to weigh anything in tbe matter of bis prompt removal. Science is discovering every day new methods to alleviate the suffering of un fortunate mortals. The latest progress in this direction has been made by s Dr. Bern ier, in Paris who is bleaching noses to which the treacherous influence of liquor has imparted b ruddy glow by means of elec tricity. He baa recently restored a lady ofthe highest rank to happiness, changing her nose, a blooming rose, into a delicate lily, and this case is causing a great sensa tion in the scientific world. Dr. Bernier is having his method patented. Senator Brownlow writes to a friend at Washington, that his health is better than it has been for four years, and that be will reach there Friday evening, with his wife, to remain during the winter. SrThe colored members of tbe Ala bama Legislature were greatly excited the other day because Mr. Randolph, a white member from Tnseakoss, called one of them •negro. _ • Tbe Capital Question.—In regard to the removal of the Capital project, it is said that Attorney General Hoar expresses the opinion that it is no more possible for Con gress to wipe oot the District of Columbia than to wipe oct any State of the Union. Important Enterprise.—We are glad to know that avery responsible company has jnst been organized in this place to he known as the “Opelika Warehouse and Manufacturing Company. The Warehouse of Bowen & Culver has been purchased, and convenient grounds for the establishment of a foundry, planing mills, etc. The company is to begin with a capital of 820,000. and' increase it os re quired.—Opelika Recorder. Univetral Amnesty. —Horace Greeley addresses a letter in the Tribune to Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, as the recognized lead er in Congress of the “Bitter Endians,” calling upon him to relinquish his policy of proscription, and to advocate the removal of disabilities and disfranchisements for all who shall have adopted the Fifteenth Amendment An exchange praises an egg “laid on our table by Rev. Dr. Smith,” which proves that Brother Smith is a layman as well as minister. Congress meets next Monday, the 6th inst. Norman T. Smith has obtained judgment against the New York Central Railroad, to the amount of 118,000, for injuries sus- taine 1 about a year ago. Messrn Eds.—It buboes a maticr of surprise to m» that the article of “Sroex’’ on tbe above interesting subject, has not provoked discussion—the more so, that the author himself seemed to challenge a reply. The doctrines taught in that letter are well calculated to work infinite mischief to so ciety. And this they doubtless would do, were it not for the fact of their utter an tagonlsui mall modern teaching, and en tire incongruity to all modern taste and feeling. The great majority of the readers of the Cornier will doubtless look upon them as effusions of one still held by the majestic influence of the past, and loath to abandon tbs foot-prints of her sages and philosophers. Therefore, though the doc trines Of “Sencx” have the capacity to do mischief, yet because of their disagreement with thhprezant dominant ideas of educa tion, they have not the ahility. It is net to the author’s notions of Com* incncenicnt that I propose at present to ob ject. I do not propose to give a glowing description of the “mother* of Washington Juana Bailie, Hannah Moore, ur Mrs. He men’s, figuring in youth, on one of these extraordinary occasions, bedizened with flounces, ribbons, ete ” These are compar atively mere trifles. I object to the lead ing principles of the philosophy into which he leads ut at the very beginning of the ar ticle. “But, if (says he) at our mothers and grandmothers thought, it is tbe mis sion of woman to become a good wife and mother, to take her part in the charities aud social amenities of the circle in which she moves, to make home happy for her husband and children, and a center of ele gant resort to her friends; to direct and control the kitchen, preside with grace at the dinner table, and adorn the drawinj room, then her trainings most not be that of a man, but of a wotuan, and for woman’s sphere.” We had hoped that all this cant about “woman’s mission,” was buried deep beneath the tharne of the past, for so long holding woman so fur, so veiy far below her true position in society. Onr mothers and grandmothers may have been very wise.— But tbe Spartan law-givers also were very wise, and their notion of the nih-sion ol wo man was that she was made to cultivate the sail and prepare food for the men while they, in time of war, were fighting; and in time of peace loaffenng. “Sencx” is guilty throughout the whole argument of that fallacy known to logi cians as fallaaia accidentis. Will he pre tend to say that because it is necessary that the soil be tilled, therefore it is the mission of man to till the soil ? or that we live in order that we may eat and drink, ani not eat and drink in order that we may live ? Yet, he says that what is equally fallacious, and equally calculated to injure the cause of truth, when he says that it“ is the mis sion of woman to direct and control the kitchen, to preside with grace at the din ner table,, etc. It is true that these things, however wanting in dignity, or devoid of sentiment, must be done. The soil most be tilled, we must eat and drink, etc., in order to sustain animal life, and animal life must he sustained iu order that we, in the meantime, may accomplish the real objects of our existence. So also, it is necessary that some one direct and control the kiteh- en, preside at the dinner tabic, etc.; and, as for my pait, I am very willing that these things should fall to the share of woman, but then this is oot her mission auy more than it is the mission of man to till the soil. But while I admit the fact, still I am curious to know how “Senex” from the premise, these things must be done, got to the conclusion, therefore, they must be done by woman. I object to the very foun dation-stone of his philosophy. This I conceive to be that woman’s—and I sup pose he means also the genns man’s ulti mate end iu society, is to minister to the comfort and pleasure of others. This seems to be the meaning of such passages : “To make a good wife and mother,” to “make home happy for het husband and children, ete.” Though this is not the place to re peat the afgument, yet I think Sir William Hamilton has shown coneluaive’y that man’s ultimate end is not society, hut himself Bly remarks thus far haTe been general. I have objected both to the logic and phil osophy of “Senex” 1 now propose to consid er more minutely his idea of “Female Ed ucation.” “A well educated young lady,” says he, “will have gone through some what the- following course: She shonld spell correctly, write a good Hand and read well.” Then follows a repetition of his leading idea, vis : "that woman’s great bas inets in life—or her mission, if you will— is to minister to the eomfb:t of others,” for he asks, “how many can read with effect a passage from Shakespeare or the Bible, to their husbands or children ?” “She should know Arithmetic sufficiently well to lave mastered Vulgar Fractious and Simple Compound Interest, and no more.” Why no more 7 Does “Senex” mean t > aay that learning, per se, is a bad thing 7 If we bring everything down to hia own level and utiHty, we shall find that even there his theciy will not bold in practice. For let us see how the rule would work : Without some knowledge of proportion, for example, we should be at a loss in making the moot ordinary; calculations, as, if one peck - of meal will feed one person for one week, how much ought it to take to feed a fami ly of ten for one month 7 and so on to the end of the chapter. “If possible, she should read and speak French and German.”— This b very well; only I would have added Italian, at least, and aa many others as she cculd possibly learn, which, according to my philosophy, means a great many; for, in reality, there is no limit to the intellect when supported by the will. “Iftime and means allow, a little la tin would he useful. It seems that h»rc “Son*.!” lias for gotten the old maxi'ii, Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. “Greek for a woman is prepcaterous.”l maintain, oo the other hand, that women as well as men should have a thorough acquaintance with Latiu a id Greek. Those who bold the con trary must, of necessity maintain either that woman ought not so have a finished education, or that an education may be com plated without the classier, neither of which arguments is tenable. Language should he studii d equally for its suggestive aud com* municative powers. Tbe one fills the uiud with ideas, the other communicate s there ideas to others The cue elt vales, refines, perfects and beautifies the mind; the other is useful as the bc3t vehicle of thought— And this appFes -s well to the miuds of women as to the minds of men- The clor ries! languages ought specially to be stud ied, for several reasons; The first of which is that an acquaintance with them b neces sary to the thorough understanding of our own. Another because they are caturally tbe most exact and methodical of all lan guages, but hare the greatest refining pow ers. the greatest tendency to smoothness, all of wi ich qualities ought to recommend them to al'; but especially to women. It is useless to say more on this point. Ftr to give the whole arguincut would be only to repeat what has been said by every writer on the sabji et. I proceed to tbo next point, “What ha3 she to do with Geometry ?” And farther on: “Slctaphyshs should be left for Scotchmen/’ Here we leave the realms of matter for the realms of thought. We leave the world of utility for the uni verse of truth and beauty. There is some thing iu every soul known and feh only by itself; something infinitely higher than ac tion, that the lights of the world can never reach, that language cannot express, that tboeght cannot pit tnre. There is an inner temple, the ahekinah of the soul wherein the weary spirit, retreating from the storms of the outer world, may find refuge and re pose. It b the home of the spirit, this in ner temp’e, the shekinah of the soul, which it is the mission of philosophy to discover of geometry to prove, of metaphysics to beautify and adorn. Woman is not all flesh and b!ood. She has a spiritual—an immortal—a God-like soul within her. And this spirit, as well as the body, must find nourishment, or will wither away and become as though it were dead. Spirits lire upon troths, and where shall troth he found, except in the domain of metaphysics ? What are things, words, and even actions ? In themselves nothing. They are to be studied only for the sake of the ideas they stand lor. No perfection, no truths, no beanly can be found except in ideality. “But what has woman lo do with geom etry 7” According to Pascal, the great use of geometry b that it teaches method thor oughly. Aod now descending again to the plan, of utility, what can be of more use in all tbe affiurs cf life than method. Bat geometry has a much higher work to perform. Wo man, as well as man, not only has a soul that naturally yearns for the discovery of truth, bat a desire to demonstrate it when discovered. This b the part of geometry. Probably no other element, if taken from tbe well educated mind would leave so great and so dangerous a void as geometry, for it b the corner stone of all exactness, of al! method, of all discipline. I have already written more than I ex pected, and now, in closing, beg leave to remind “Senex” and the readers of the Courier of that saying of D’Alerobert, “Knowledge ought to be loved for its own sake.” VEOS 31r. J. Harris says in the Agriculturalist that be does not know how he conld get along without petroleum. He keeps the wood-work of his farm tools and implements saturated with it, to keep the. rain, sun and air from swelling and shrinking and raining them. A novel match occurred at Randolph, VL, the other day. A stake was driven into the ground eight rods away, and a wheelbarrow was tho missile. The contes tants were successfully hoodwinked; and with this popular vehicle started for the stake to win a turkey. Out of large num ber not one succeeded in hitting" the mark while the great majority wer : , no nearer to it on stopping than when they started, and one wheeled into the river, which was a greater distance in the opposite direc tion. Napoleon has so far recovered as to be able to attend a review - of the troops at Compiegoo. The Emperor, on horseback, accompanied by the Prince Imperial, rode along the fines ofthe zouave and carbineers of tbe guard, tlis Majesty afterward dis tributed some crosses and military medals, and the fifing past took place amid cries of ■Vive Emperear!” and Vive Ie Prince Im perial!” -• »- TI e Supreme Court of New York has decided that an arrest by telegraphic order, b illegal. It ordered the release ofa priso ner arrested in accordaaee with a telegram from the Chief of Police of Charleston, ] irombing a requisition from tho Governor. ' The prisoner was accused of obtaining $10,- 000 by fraudulent drafts. Funny.—The “Passes Merchant” Cu- riosibhoy, who b writing letters in tbe World to Horace Greeley, refuses to be con- d to Christianity because tbe Ameri cans permit a morphine monopoly and a tax of 140per cent, on castor oil He thinks fire-rorahiping b better than robbing tho sick in the name of humanity. We learn from a communication in the Charleston Courier, that the Charleston and Liverpool Steamship Line b bringing im migrants from Liverpool to Charleston di rect for six pounds sterling or about S36 of our currency. It is. be hoped that this lib eral arranrement will have some effect iu turning the tide of immigration. A good-natured traveler fell asleep in a train a short-time ago, and was cairied a few miles beyond his destination. “Pretty good joke this ins’t it?” said a fellow pas senger. “Yes, a little too far-fetched” was the rejoinder. Resistance to tne Rercmic l.awa of Geor gia— A C'utlectar entered to leave tke Country. Tbe lolloa'ing letter was received thb morning at the office of . the It-terna! Rev- cane iruia Edwin Belchicr, Assessor of tho Third Georgia district: Acovsta, Ga., Nov. 15,1869. Sir— I have to report that Mr. James B. WiLuu, Assistant Assessor of the Eleventh dived in of thb district (Taliaferu aod Wilkes counties) has just arrived at thb place from Washington, Wilkes coun ty, under the f ifiowing circumstances, viz : ltis office was broken into last night, tho 14th inst; hb books and papers were de stroyed or stolen, and a note of which the fi 'Rowing b a copy, left on his desk : Bloody Moos, Nigoeb Sub.—Sir— Your visit to thb place must end; jour welcome has expired. A few days will Ie allowed you to depart, never to return. Take due notice, aod govern yourself ac cordingly. You know who. Mr. Belcher, the Assessor of thb dis trict, b a colored man.—AC Y. Herald The following prominent cx-officers of toegovariimcnt have diedwiihin.'two months past: One ex-President, Franklin Pierce; two ex-3eeretaries of the Treasnry, Wm. Pitt Fessenden and Robt. J. Walker; one Secretary of War, John A. Rawlins; one Secretary of State John Bell; one Senator, Wm. Pitt Fessenden; four ex-Unitcd States Senators, Pierce, Bell, Pratt and Walker; one ex-Postmaster General, Amos Kendall; oue ex-Speaker ofthe House __of Represen tatives, John Bell; one Rear Admiral, Cbas. Stewart; oie Major General, John E. Wool. Nemesis, The gbsst of that murdered woman, Aire Surratt, seems to pursue with an unfolter- iu; vengeance all who had anything to do with ter bloody taking off. Jim Lane, of Kansas, who bounded on the prosecution blew ht* brains out; Preston King, who kept tbe doors of tbe Presidential ante chamber, so that Anna Surratt could act enter to beg for her mother's life, loaded bb pockets with roc s and sunk, a suicide, like lead in the mighty - waters; General Haocock, who was in the military com mission which gave the sentence, had that fact to Tbe up in judgment against him at the National Democratic Convention of Ju ly 1863, to forbid hb receiving a nomina tion on tbe Presidential ticket; and now we hear that Andrew Johnson’s defeat for the Tennessee Senatonbip was brought about by the determined opposition of tbe old Confederate members of the Leguiature, who could not forgive him hb complicity with the Surratt case. There is some rea- sou to suppose that Mr. Johnson has bitter ly repented thb * complicity, buF repen tance, or no repentanee, that terrible ven geance sleeps not, but travels, one by one, to its victims on wings that defy alike ob- Irion and time —Galveston Nctcs. Tub Mexican Census.—A census has just been taken in Mexico, the first for about twenty years. Its correctness b doubted however on account of the foot that the capital of the Blexican Republic returns a population of leae than one hun dred and forty thousand, although by ' the census of 1851, it had a hundred and sev enty thousand. Tbe population of the whole Republic in that year was reported as 7,661,520; and nowit b computed at 9,089,524. We are left to conjecture what influences, notwithstanding the decline of the Mexican capital and chief city have contributed in other parts of that country to swell the population which the world bam been accustomed to regard as decreasing rather than increasing.—Lonmitte Courier- Journal. Singular Proposal op Marriage.— The richest heiress of the American colony in Paris, 3Ibs X, whose marriage portion amounts to a great many millions of franca, has received a somewhat singular offer of marriage, (boot N , a Spanish noble man of the highest rank, and of fine ap pearance, wrote to the brother of our heir ess, whose parents are dead, the following letter : “Sir— I love your sbter, and sue for her Land. But, as I would not have anybody think, for her sake as well as mine, that money wat the motive of such a union, I would accept of Bliss X, only a portion equal io value to my own, or abjut 15,000,- 000 francs. The rest of your mater’s for tune would go to the poor.” It b not known what answer was givea to thb singular pro posal ; bnt '.the Count b a man of ubom a wife might be prond, and thb romantic way of wooing b well calculated to please a girl- TEIiFaBAPHIO. Reported for ttic i rl-Weekly Courier. Somebody, wo do not know who, said a good thing when he said that the mind of a bigot b like tbe pupil of the eye—the more light you pour upon it tho more it contracts. A vigilance Committee in Fremont county, ' Iowa, a lew days since, lynched a noted ruffian named Sam. Morduck, charg ed with the rnnrder of Henry Johnson. Since Murdock's death Johnson has made hb appearance, alive and well. Efforts will be made to bring the lynchers to trial. ■■"-•■■' “Pa, willyou get tne a pair of skates if I prove to you that a dog has ten tail.-?” “Yes, my son/’ “Well to begin, one dog has one more tail than no dog, hasn’t he?” Yes.” >r Weli, no dog has nine a tailsf;and if one dog has one more tail than no dog, then one dog must have ten tails!” He got theskates. " ‘.‘Griffith Gannt”" b having a run at the theatre in Salt Lake City. One of the literary saints has reconstructed the bi gami-tic feature so that the infatuated Grant b the husband of fifteen innkeepers’ daughters. j a . ■ / A fashionable lady’s maid, who endeav ors to rival her mistress in tbe style of her garments, wrote andorder to tbe perfum er the other day, and requested, him to for ward a case of “O Dick Alone.’’ An ex-devil;ofa country printing office was questioned as to the duties of a “prin ter’s devil.” He replied, “To bring in clean water, cany out dirty water, steal wood, lie, and numerous other articles.” It b proposed to place in Central Park, New York, busts of all our Presidents. A sharp old gentleman traveling out West got a seat beside hb wife in a car by requesting the young loan who sat by her to please watch that woman while he went into another err, as she had fits.” If young men would bang gates and doois and windows,instead of hanging round hotels, saloons and store-doors, they might escape hanging somewhere else. David Dickson made eight hundred bal es of cotton this year. Thb b tnggea* tive. Washington, Samuel Ruth is appointed Collector for the 2d District, Virginia. Nzw Yobk, Dec. 2.—Richardson died at 5 o'clock this morning. JIhvtcosieby, Dec. 2.—The time of the Sruatc was consumed in discussing a bill to give negroes equal privileges an railroads, ete. Mr. Worthy, Democrat, offered an amend* meat to the bill, providing that the common carriers be forced to provide equally comfort able. but separate apartments for the races, nod not be compelled to carry whites and blacks, mixed in the same boat, cabin or car. Senate adjourned p. nding the discussion. In the Honse the committee on elections reported in favor of ousting Mr. Brown, Dem ocrat, foam Chambers county, and in favor of Lawrence, Republican from Morion.. They also reported against Alexander, ne gro, to Broskmer’s seat from Mobile. Alexander was allowed to make a two hour’s speech, in which he fiercely abused the Democrats. Grenada, Miss., Dec. 2.—The election yea- terday passed off qnietly. Yallabusha coun ty gives Dent nearly 2,000 msjority. Mznrais Dec. 2.—-Up to midnight yester day there was nothing definite from Mississip pi, though it b generally thought that Dent b elected by a small majority. Washington. Dec. 2.—Revenue to-day over a half million. Customs for the week ending on the 37th, two and threefonrth million* Apothecaries must pay license additional to tbe license os liquor dealers. The Star concludes a paragraph on Judge Busteed as follows: “It seems to be pretty well understood, however, that be b regarded by a majority of the committee as a mar velously fit and proper man not to be a Uni* ted States Judge. It b stated, we may add' that Judge Bosteed has adjourned his court until sometime next summer, and is now on bb way to Washington to look after things* Washington, Dee. 1.—The London Times, in discussing tho Irish question, says: “We must declare reforms iu land laws in the next se non of Parliament, bnt in tbe meantime the authority of law must be maintained in fractions there, or punished. Chief Jnstice Dillon, of Iowa, selected Cir cuit Judge of the 8th District, which includes" Arkansas, Washington, Dee. A—Revenue over three quarters of a million. Durant positively declines the Circuit Judg- ship. The contest b now between Judge Erskine, of Georgia, and Judge Wood, of Al-. abams, but the chances- favor Erskine. Tbe usual theft of premature t publications of reports occur. The President’s message will be read from the manuscript. -. ; Tbe friends of Amo? T. Ackerman assert - his chances as being best for the Circuit Jndg ship of the 5th District, A delegation of Virginia Grant-Republi cans, representing bolters from a recent m- ' publican State Convention, thirty strong, are here. They have met with great encourage ment from leading Republican members of Congress, and foe1 sanguine of Virginia’s ear- ’ ly admission. *• . » - Gentlemen interested in tbe full restora tion the Southern 8tates report the feeling cf Congress quite favorable. They say the South need fear no further proscriptive leg- ' fsi)' , j Washington, Dec. 5.—Qnorum in both Virginians here say the States* early aa mission hero is strengthening. Ricbxond, Dec. 5.—Chas. H. Rogers, Travelling Collector, found murdered and robbed thb morning on the road four miles from the city. He bad been shot dead in bb baggy, and bis body dragged to a thicket and riffled. Washington, Dec. 5.—Vigorous fight pending otct private claims. Contestants hold that the repudiation of these gives a cue to the repudiation of the whole debt It is reiterated upon tbe very best authori. ty. that the Circuit Judgeship of the 5th db- trict has never been officially tendered to Doront, he has therefore never declined the position. The President's Message will be sent to all points for the morning papers. WasniscTon, Nov. C.—In the House Beck- ley and Bennct, of Alabama, and Cox, of New York, admitted. Shoekard and Dock, from Alabama, approached the bar, but was rejected. In the Senate Morton introduced a billon the reconstruction of Georgia. The Credentials of Virginia Senators pre sented and laid on the table. Cameron presented a petition for the ree ;nition of Cuba, and spoke strongly in favor " Drake’s bill restraining federal courta. Tho President recommends the prompt ad- ission of Senators and Representatives from Virginia, and hopes the results in MiimsMl d Texas have been such as to meet with the proval of Congress; suggests the renewal tax on incomes, but at reduced rates, say three per cent, and tax to expire io three years; says immediate resumption of speeie payments not desirable, thougn it should be reached at the earliest moment consistent with the fair regards for the debtor elass; recom mends such legislation as will insure the gradual return of specie payments, and end the fluctuations in the Talue of currency. He recommends giving authority to the Treasoiy to redeem its own paper at a_ fixed priee whenever presented, and to withhold from circulation all currency so redeemed antfl sold again for gold. National resources de veloped and undeveloped, should make our credit the best in the world, and the debt could be paid in ten years, but it b not desi^ able we should be taxed to pay it In that time. The Message says the United states is a ^ friend of al! nations, so its people sympa thise with all people struggling for liberty and self-government, bnt while sympathising it is dne to our own honor we should refrain from enforcing our views upon an unwilling nation, and from taking an interested part without invitation, in the quarrels between different nations or veteran government and their subjects. Our course should strictly conform with strict justice, and international and local law, thb has been the policy of ad ministration in dealing with questions regard ingCuba; says notwithstadiung the warm sympathy entertained, the contestant* at ao time assumed the condition which showed the existence of a defocto political organisation of insurgents sufficient to justify a recognition of Ibeligercncy. The.principle is maintained however, that thb nation is its owa jodr* when to accord the rights of beligerency ei ther to a people struggling to free theme*tree from a government they believe eppesasiva. or to independent nation* at wax with other. The United States have wo tion to interfere with the exbtiag l Spain to her colonial pcmnsinu* Thos. Carlyle b reported to have over $150,000 by hb pea.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, December 10, 1869, Image 1