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Newspaper Page TextS3 ^Ofj ■WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.” VOLUME XXIV- ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1870, NEW SERIES-NO 20. Oc Eoint nwlSSLU Editor and Proprietor. i'iESI yV. GBADY, Associate Editor. PCBMSIIEP EVERY FRIDAY. RATES of weekly, doe .»«»'-• ih Months Three Months- ..$» 00 ....1 74 1 00 RATES FOB TEI-WEEKLY. One J**r- sir Mouflis..—■ Three Months... $5 00 2 SO .. 1 25 invariably IN ADVANCE. - dub", of Five or more cne copy will bo fur- ,iihcJ gratis. M . DWINELL, • Proprietor. leoal ADVERTISEMENTS. • , f I mil by Administrators, Exectors or required by law to be held on jaartltens- '9 C ea cii month, between the -he nret 1“ *. J ,j, e - orcn00 ii and three in the oar; It the Court House in the county in J eflernoon; propertyis situated^ 1 ' f, H "r! kc s al eTm uVtb o given in a pnb- ."fit* 40 days previous. ‘Spires of tho sale of personal property must iveu in Rkc manner, through a public gar- 1 Noticed Debi'rs'and Creditors of an estate, ai Nodcc P the 1 papplications will be made to the , .Xu,l Ordinary for leave to sell land must be oblished for two m n Administration, Guar- Citations D.v ^‘ at be published -lb days-f»r tiaDShp *- Administration, three months— 3:i "dUmi'<sion from Guardianship, 40 lay*. 0 p for the forccloseuro of Mortgages must E,1 '“ . . moa thly for four months—for es- “i .fstiaAort papers', fur the full space of three uonths—for compelling titles Irom Executors or uontns i r haw bond ha5 boon given by Idimn.strn > filI] le ,(three months. ^Publications wiH always.be continued accord- ‘ tire-0 the legal requirements, unless oth- -wbe ordered, at the f allowing RATES. -i ,-,r a-lcs ner lew often lines or less $3 00 ahenff.Mle.per i g .. per levy, 5 00 the foreign power. This clause if it is not connected with what goes before it) is to deter our leading men from so doing. This is onr view of the oath. The last clause is not cut off from what goer before, and if it is it cannot disfranchise those who fonght nnder the Confederate flag, because in the eyes of Congress that was no gov ernment. It is intended as a preventive rather than punishment. •Sheriff's Mortg Tu Collector’s sales, per levy,........ Citations for letters of Administration. .riuiioi'for letters ol Guardianship. “ice application for dismission from . 3 00 . 3 00 for dismission from Administration ’Notice or application Guardianship,. ' ”” Application to sell land........ ® ““ Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00 Sale of Land, persquare............ » 00 dale of perishable property, 10 days 2 00 Estrav Notices. 00 day * #» Foreclosure of Mortgage, persquare......... 4 00 A m-e advertising his wife, fin advance) 10 0 |TUESDAY} MORNING Jan, 11.; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING- There lias been considerable stir in po- litkal circles about the oath deciding the eligibility of the membets of the Legisla ture : We publish the important part of this oath: I do solemnly swear—or affirm as the ci« may be -that I have never held the office or exercised the duties of a Senator or Representative in Congress, nor been a member of the Legislature of any State of the United States, nor held any civil of fice created by law for the administering of any general law of a State, or for the ad ministration of justice in any State or un der the 1-ivrs of the Ouited States, nor held any office in the military or naval service of the United S'ates, and thereafter en gaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or gave aid or comfort to its enemies, or rendered, except in con sequence of direct physical force, any sup port or aid to any insurrection or rebellion again t the United States, nor held any of- :fice under or given any support to any gov ernment of any kind organized or acting in hostility to the United States, or levy ing war against the United States, so help ■me God—or on tho pains or penalties of perjury as the case may be—; or the fol- iowiog oatli or affirmation, namely : I do .solemnly swear—or affirm, as t\c case may be—that I have been relieved by an act of the Congress of the United States from disabily as provided for by section 3 of the Uth Amendment to the Constitntion of the United States,so help me God—or on the pains or penalties ol perjury, as the ease may be. It it claimed by certain parties. Demo unts and others, that every member who bare arms, or gave aid to, or held office un der the Confederate States Government, is ineligible by this oath. They base their opinion upon this—the el:use reading, “nor held any office under or given any aid to aoy government of any .kind organized and acting in opposition to the government of the United States,” is separate from the foregoing part of the •sentence, and has a separate meaning. That it does not refer alone to those who held United States offices, but to every man who ‘ held office under, etc.” thus sweep ing every man from the House who sympa thised with the rebels during the late war, whether he had previously held office or oat U c dissent fiom this opinion We be- lisve that the latter clause is a part of the previous sentence, and finishes the enumer ation contained in that sentence. The Rad- <atW could not have been so utterly devoid ■of -policy as to have thrown every Demo crat trow his seat, and if they had, the oath would have been worded stronger.— Agaia, the only alternative by which a member can avoid taking this oath is to swear that his disabilities have been ro- droved as provided for by section 3, of the I5tk Amendment. If he takes this he is not forced to take the oath. One is the full oflset to the other Then the condi lions prescribed in Section 3, of tho 14th Amendment must be the same as those pre scribed by the oath published above; or the •one coaid not be the fall alternative of the ■other. IV e believe then that the bugaboo about the oath, is a creatnre of the imagination. Bnt when if the last clause is separate and distinct from whet g- es before, it can not render ineligible those who fought against the United States under tho Con federate colors, for the Congress has nevef recognized the Confederate States as a gov ernment, and even in the oath nnder ques tion, refer to it twice and pointedly as an insurrection or rebellioD—they would have continued this nomenclature if they had intended to refer to the “insurrection or re bellion.” If they did not refer to the Confeder ate States, what did they refer to ? It is well known that our relations with Spain and England are threatening war is at any time likely. It is feared by the Radicals that if war does break out, the Southern people will flock to the support of FARMERS, CONCENTRATE YOUR EFFORTS. Since the war there has been a greatrev- olntion in the agricultural system of the South. Many steps have been made in the way of progress, and many old shack*, les have been broken. One of the most important of these is the breaking up of the old plantation system, and the estab- neat and handy little farms. Under the present labor system, and the impoverished state of Southern men, there are few farmers who can ran with an^sac- cess a very large farm. We advise all landowners to select some hundred acres of good land, for their own purposes, and rent the rest of their land out in small lots. It is fur easier to raise 40 bales of cotton on 40 acres of land than 20 bales on 100 acres, if the rales of ma nuring and planting, as laid down in stand ard agricultural papers is obseived. Wc need not say that the expense will be much smaller, also. The advantages that must accrue from the concentration of labor and capital up on a compact little faroi of twenty-five acres over the lukewarm and inefficient raking over of three or four hundred arces, are so palpable that we need net argue them In ihc beginning of this new .year—a vear important in our history. We advise all our iarming friends to rent out, or sell all except the best. portion of their land, and to vigorously cultivate, w>th a liberal and educated policy, what they may re. serve, planting varied crops, and wc feel confident that this year will be one of mark ed prosperity. V—iclously Angry. Uasklll. The following is from tho pen of the substantial Varney of Atlanta.- We pub lish it for tho benefit of those of onr rea ders who have, ever doubled the honesty of this noblest Roman of them all: THE SOtV STILL IN THE BIIRE Harriet Beecher Stowe is a remarkable beast. She may have been a very sweet girl when quite young, but she has soured some since then. She fattens on the slime of abuse and villiScation, and swells to oily fatness over a reeking platter of slander. The first revel that the old witch took in the realms of untrntb, was when she per petrated that volume of vile lies, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Shamefully she misrepre sented the people of the South, and bred the bad blood between the sections that brought the late war. After the excitement caused by this had died away, she dabbled awhile in small gos- sippy slander, and then ravenously attack ed the memory of Lord Byron—that divi- nest of poets, and claimed that he had had incestuous intercourse with his own sister. The world shuddered at the horror of the accusation, and hurled anathema at the skinny head that crowned the stringgy tavinj back of Harriet, and the old hussy chuck, led in ghastly glee at. the storm canscd by her foray on the corpse of Lord George, and retired to enjoy it. But the slander having been demonstrated totally false, and she having been kicked off the Hearth -& Home, which she was then editing, she determined to rattle the dry bones of earth’s sweetest singer, and get up some excite ment. As the Atlantic monthly, the dirty ba sin in which she bad belched her former vomit, was not aVailable, she bad to pub lish the filthy stuff in pamphlet. The first chapter has been reviewed by some papers, and is simply a review of tho attacks made upon her by the friends of decency and Lord George. We dismiss the subject, having discharg ed onr duty as a news-dealer. When, how ever, Harriet meets the retrihntion due her crimes, we will take pleasure in inform ing our readers. She can never begin to fasten the slander npon Lord George, and will dirty her hands considerably in trying to. [Communicated. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 4, 1870, Mb. Editor—Same days ago an article appeared in yonr paper, naming me for State Road Attorney, among the late changes on the Western & Atlantic Railroad. As your paper has been the canse of much unmeri ted abuse, yon will, I doubt not, give me a few words in reply. If 1 am to be State Road Attorney, or Attorney General, I am not aware of it. Several papers in the State, acting npon the statement of the Constitntion, have complimented me with a notice, but I have seen no editorial very offensive save that of the Rome Courier. Why Dwinell suffered that article, pub lished £ cannot imagine. Whenever I have visited Rome, and met Dwinell, I have been treated with uniform and marked kindness. As-for Grady, the reputed author of the article, I hardly know him by sight. The editors of the Courier ought to he ashamed of theoiselves for their scanda lous attack. Having never harmed cither of them, they have gone out of their way to villify without canse. If ever a returning sense of justice pulsates in either of their hearts they will apologize to mo lor their wicked thrusts, and to the country far their undig nified and shameful article. As Dwinell and myself are both from Ycrmont, I had a right to expect better things from him. A fellow feeling should make us wondrous kind. No Roman who has any respect for his city will approve such slang. What have I done that I should be the chosen victim, upon whom Grady should eagerly ponnee to exhaust his gall-bladder 7 Who is Grady, or what 7 I will not say of him that he is a “gas-bag, filled to burst ing,” for it may be true, and the truth of ten harts If I am correetly informed he is a big boy, just ont of school, who feels his feed, and will, no donbt, splurge some rill he learns better sense. Had he thought more, and written less he would have known that no man can be Attorney Ge jeral rill Col Farrow resigns. Who is Grady, to be “glad that he has been lifted from onr midst 7” What does he know about “onr midst For over twenty years I have given nothing but a Democratic vote, and was a Democrat be fore Grady was born, and have given more money and service for the Democratic par ty, without reward than both the editors of the Courier. How long have the editors of the “Cou- rier been Democrats 7 Gentlemen, if yon can improve the character of yonr paper or relieve yourselves in any way by- attacking ii_e, yon have my permission to go aheacl V. A. Gaskill Rome papers will confer a favor by copy ing this. We will not prolong this discussion. Wo did not believe that Gaskill was a reliable A STAR 1 LING VILLAINY, It is wonderful the pitch to which cer tain rascals will carry their villainy. The art of swindling and thieving, has grown to a consnmmacy that is absolutely sublime. A man who has the least smack of rural district or small town about him, that goes to New York, is as certain to be stripped of his last cent of money, &' if he ware to tumble unarmed into the hands ofa band offierce highwaymen of the lasttonfniy. The brntaland vulgar fashion of knock-' ing the victims hat over his eyes and do ing the robbing’ in raw-head-and-bloody- bones style has been abolished by tho swell villains of the present day as vul gar. They now rely npon their wits to delnde the greenhorn and do the the thing by an intellectual trickery. We shall only give one instance of this : A verdant yonog man who was to marry went to New York for tho purpose ofhav- ing a stunning wedding. Jnst as they were entering the Chnroh door, a ragged little fellow rushed up, and said : “Papa please give me a dollar.” “Im not your papa sir” vigorously retor ted greeny. “Yes yon are and you know that you promised to give me a dollar this morn ing” “Go away wicked boy. Im not your papa”—and greeny blushed rosily. “Im not going till you pay me a dollar;” and as the confusion at this rime was pain fully vivid the spooney jerked oat the mon ey and flung it savagely at the boy who then hastened off, bidding his papa a loving adieu. Thus the little rascal see ug the wedding party coming and probably catch ing the country aroma that hung around them, quickly conceived the diabolical plot, which hejshortly afterward consumma ted. man, or oue that the Democratic party should trust, and we said so. The mere fact that he has not yet received any re ward from Bnllockior his services, does not change onr opinion. The statement that “he was a Democrat before we were born” is a crashing argument in favor of his pres ent political parity. Joe Brown shenld use the same argument, if he is ever attacked finished with this Fabins of At lanta, we turn to more important topics. IMPUDENCE, EXTRAORDINARY. “Until I had the misfortnne to bo elect ed, etc.”—Gov. Bulloch's Letter to Con gress. Was there ever a more brazen impu dence perpetrated than this 7 Until he had the misfortune. Oh, Jnpiter! blast the brass-faced man to the earth. Misfortune 1 Was it a misfortnne to raise the wretch from an Express Agency to the place once occupied by Gilmore, Troup and Johnson 7 Was it a misfortnne to raise him from a seedy impeenniosity to a place where he would, by his stealings, become a millionare ? If it was his misfortnne to be elected to the Convention, why did he so tempt destiny as to strive for the Gover norship, and why did ho so love misfortune as to perjure a gallant gentleman seat, in order to gain it 7 * It does a little transcend onr patience that this odious vampire who has settled npon the poor old body politie as she lays tied and helpless, and sacks the blood from her vitals, snonld hiss between his greedy gulps that “it was his misfortnne” to be placed there. Judge of the Rome Circuit.—There will have to be a Judge appointed of this Circuit daring the coming session of the Legislature. We are assured that the only reason that prevented the appointment of R. D. Harvey last winter, was that his disabilities had not then been removed. As Judge Harvey’s disabilities have now been removed by Congress, the wey is now open for his appointment. We believe ho would honor the office, and fill it with decided ability and great satisfaction should it he given him. THE WEAK-KNEED POLICY. “Rusty C uss”—Tift—J me Brown. There are certain parties that advise the Legislature to accept the 15tn Amend ment. Prominent among these are “Rnsticnss” an appropriately named writer in the Con oiitntion, Hon. Nelson Tift, a dweller npon the threshhold of Congress, and Joe Brown, a Republican of a confirmed stamp The main arguments that these gentlemen use are that it is a necessity, and that as ne gro suffrage is forced npon ten States al ready that we should be willing to let the others have it. More miserable fallacies—more specious absurdities we have never seen advanced. The 15th Amendment is the ultima thule of the Radical party. Opposition to the 15th Amendment was the prominent plank of the Democratic platform adopted by the Convention in New York, These two facts in themselves onght to array every Demo crat against it. If the Radicals consnmate this the clause of the nsnrpators the effect will be to establish them permanently in power. If this amendment is defeated the Dem ocratic party will gain ground rapidly.— Many people vote the Radical ticket through fear, and through desire to be hand in glove with the dominant power— if the 15th Amendment—the prime is sue of the day—is defeated, this immense class will change sides. What Democrat will vote to saddle permanently this abom ination npon ns. Congress dare not do more to force the passage of this infamous bill. Already the people of all States are murmuring at the high-handed assassination taflfa State. Any farther step means revolution, lfthe people stand firm against this enormity, it is most probably defeated. New York has retracted her ratification. It is very im- hi- probable that Ohio will ratify. Indiana is not certain for the bill—let not Georgia make it law. Let ns not make indecent haste to get into the Union. We can have no worse than we have had, and we have prospered mightily. In the Union or out of the Union, Georgia is hound to prosper. And Georgia standing outside of the Coagres sional door, in stern defiance, will be re spected more than poor Virginia inside of the Halls, spit upon and kioked because of her temporary cowardice. DILL OHIO TRUCKLE! The Ohio Legislature met npon Monday last, and the country is looking with con siderable anxiety to see her action npon the Fifteenth Amendment. By reason of the mnrky and blinding smoke of conflict that hangs over onr own State we oan scarcely see beyond her borders, but we believe that Ohio will not retract her former action. She rejected the Amendment once, and refused Negro Suffrage by a fifty thousand majority in a popular 7ote and it is scarce ly probable that she trill now accept it. The complexion of the Legislature is doubtful, and the balance of power is held by the Hamilton County Reformers.” These Reformers were elected npon an independent ticket, bnt have subscibed to most of the Republican doctrines. It is thought how ever that as the Legislature of the year before has already rejected the Amendment and as the Popular voice is so strong against it that it will again be scotched if it is brought np. It is stated that the Princess de Metter- nieh has restored about fifty fallen women to their families. _ ‘That, sir, is the spirit of the press,” said Mrs. Jinks, as she handed Niper a glass of cider. The Alabama Legislature have passed a law making it penal to kill game birds from April till September. A capital move. Communicate L Chattooga County Meeting. At a meeting of many good and and re spectable citizens of the County of Chatta nooga, the Hon. C. C. Cleghorn was called to the Chair, and C. G. Weathers requested to act as Secretary. The meeting being organized the following resolution was of fered, and after discussion unanimously adopted. Whereas there have been lately com mitted in this connty in the night time, and under covet of specious disguises, sev eral acts of unwarrantable and inexcusable violence. Beit therefore resolved that we love peace and order—we deprecate these acts and will aid the authorities in ferreting nnt tho offenders and breaking up the the or ganization nnder which these acts have been committed. Judge Kirley was present and addressed this meeting in an earnest, and impressive manner. It was one of the happiest ef forts of his life. If there were those pres ent, who sympathised with this clandestine violence, ws feel sure they were convinced and all their letter feelings fully aroused. He insisted that the good people should combine to breakup these irresponsible bands, and bring every offender to justice He was convincing, unanswerable, and fear less. He had always been, open in all his acts, everybody knew his politics, and for whom he voted, and with what party he acted. Though bnt very tew there agreed with him,he did not fear any harm ef them; but violence nnder disguise to enemies, fre quently resulted in rain to good and inno cent friends, and always in injury to some body. His allnsisns to the visit from this band to the house of Mr. Taylor, and the of feet npon his wife was truly affecting. Thu meeting has had a most happy effect, and this speech met with such decided approv al that we feel sure that after the action of the next Grand Jnry, we shall hear but little more of Ku Klox. C. C. CLEGHORN, Churman. C. J. Weathers, 8ec’y. Summerville, Ga., January 4th 1870. Horrible Tragedyat Talbolon. One of those sad affairs whioh is gener ally lamented on accodnt of the high social position of the parties, occurred in Talbot- ton on Thursday evening. W. J. Weeks, in his store, killed Jas. D. Cottingham. Mr. W. is about forty years of age, and oneof the leading merchants in Talbotton. Mr. C. was over fifty years of age, but a hale healthy man, and had resided many years in the village. He was the fataer-in- law of Dr. Tigner, of this city. Both gen tlemen were prominent members of tho Methodist ohnrcb. It is said the parties were in Weeks’s store, discussing church matters. Mr. C. had built a church, and Mr. W. was on the Building Committee. This was tho matter talked over and which led to the difficulty. Angry words ensued, when Cottingham struck W. with a stick. Tho latter drew a pocket knife, and stabbed Ol in the neck severing the main aitery C itfinzham survived only fifteen minuets aftex being cat. Weeks was at once arrest ed.' Evidently the entire affair was the ef fect of temporary ' passion, as the gentle men had been on most friendly terms." Both arc well known and esteemed in this city. —-Columbus Sun. Dr. Hape the Sentist, who went np in balloon with Dr. King the mronant sove days since, haring become tired ofplayin; Saucho Panza to Dr. King’s Don Quixote, determined to go it alone. Accordingly it being announced that balloon ascension would be made, the crowd assembled. Imagine their astonishment when the ardent young Doctor announced that he was going by himself. Off he started, and floated npon the hearing breasts of airy billows,to the height of about one mile Then tho balloon exploded and collapsed, and the victim of his impulses came tum bling to the gronnd. Interesting speculations were indulged as to whore bis corpse would be found, and ruaaers hurried to Cod it. In about an boor they came back with Dr. Hape, who was iu the best imaginable spirits, and only aliitle scratched. We cannot account for his escape from a horrible death, except by the assnmption that his head not being the heaviest portion of his body, did not strike the ground first. We do not sec in the Atlanta papers whan he will make his next' ascension aline. Thanks —We return thanks to the es- tinable lady of Dr. Taylor, of Summer ville, fora snperb loaf of cake from the wedding of her daughter to Mr. Barry. We kiss onr hand to the happy conple and hope that they may live long and prosper. Bcund Over—Young Stewart, who shot Wood, as recorded in onr last issue has been bound over for one thousand dollars to appear at the next term of the Superior Court. [Communicated. Emigration. Mr. Editor:—I have noticed several ar ticles in yonr paper and the Daily recently, in reference to the emigration of persons from Floyd county, and I have felt that they were calculated to create a false im presrion on the pnblic mind, to the inimy of this section. A statement was made iu a recent article in the Atlanta Constitntion that a third of the population of this coun ty had moved to the West; this is a great mistake. Perhaps one hundred people old and young, male and female, have left the country for the West witnin the past twelve months, bnt no more. Two or three femi lies, of onr most substantial popolatios have left os. B it the remaining portion consisted of poor laboring people, located on the unproductive Flat-Woods Lands, which were too poor to yielda support. These persons being unwilling to labor for others as hirelings or to lire on rented lands, have gone West, where productive lands can be had at a low figures. And it is not sur prising that they have gone. Of those who owned good lands, very few have left here And in every case where parties have left good lands, emigrants from other sections and States have come in and filled their places, purchasing their lands at good prices. Take for instance the case of Mr. A. P. Woodruff, who left a few days ago for Ar kansas. He sold his land, 140 acres three and a half miles from the city, with noim provements of any kind, to a most excellent South Carolina gentlemen for 87,500, an average of over 853, an acre. Tnis farm will be occupied by two families from that State, who will in a short time make it a garden spot—such a one as will be covet ed by any one—even its old owner, but in vain. The character of the population of the whole country is migratory, always has been, aid will probably continue so for a hundred years to come. And while a few are leaving the bleaker sections of Ga., hun dreds of others have come, and more are coining, to fill their places The population, and value of property in this county, have steadily increased, sinoe the war. As an evidence of it, I refer to tho following items taken from the tax books on yesterday. No of polls, male adolts in 1866, 1464, “ « 1867, 1551. “ “ 1868, 1980, “ “ 1879, 2269, Ioerease of No. of white polls in the last year from’68 to 69, 204. Now allowing six women and children to to each poll, it will show an increase of the population of this connty in the last twelve months, of 1,225. What connty oan show better record? How grossly false the statement is that one third of onr popnl ation had gono West! Bat agaia, to the tax digest. Value of onr county lands in ’67, 1,875,936 “ “ ’66.1,964,869 an increase of nearly cne hundred thou sand dollars. Value city prop, in Rome in ’66, 498,749 “ “ ’67, 641,539 « “ ’68, 730,275 “ « ’69, 887,048 thus it will be seen, that city property has just about doub led itself ia three years. What city can show a better reoordl Aggregate value ol lands in ’68 3,564,211 “ « ’69, 4,083,016 an increase of half million of dollars. Some persons will move and keep mov ing and everything yon editors say to the contrary, will not stop them, (I belong to that class myself, but I shall not leave Rome) so let them go, They will get tir ed of their new and strange homes, andma- wii come back if they can, and many of those who can’t return, will mourn over over their folly and regret it to the last day of their lives. B. A Regular Nimrod—We had.avisit yesterday from Mr. Morrison. This gen tleman lives by bdntiqg, and selling the game that he procures. Ho is an accom plished hunter, and makes a handsome sum of money. Gif manyriays he has bagged over 75 patriagesj for which he finds ea ger purchasers at 10 cents perhird. bn one day he sold 89 patridges, besides snipes, squirrels, and rabbits, that he had picked opJ He has the air and hearing of the bona fide sportsman, and says he is the happiest and healthiest man ” in ; tho State. Besides tbe . largo and constant ' income that he gets from his’ game, he makes mon ey by training dogs for aintaenr sportsmen. His is an enviable life. Alarm of Fibb,—The fire alarm sound ed on Wednesday night, was occasioned by a chimney of the Tennessee house catching, and emitting a lively blaze. The engines were so promptly ont, - that tho fire was abtshed ..and dicd.of ihatue in the chimney, withont any further ravages. What Western Repudatiox Means. —To a question propounded to the Cincin nati Enquirer— “Is the doctrine of repuda- tion advocated by the leaders of the Dem ocratic party ?—the following answer is given : “The doctrine of repudation is only ad vocated by the Democracy in this way: They are in favor of paying the debt as agreed to pay it - five-twenties in greenbacks, and the ten-forties in gold ; bnt if the bond- holders repudiate this contract, they are, in favor of the utter repudiation of the debt principal and interest They are generally in favvr of paying no interest until the bonds are taxed as other property is taxed.” Giving bis “parting kick” to the old year, the poet of the Hartford Times after a fear ful catalogue of crimes and misdemeanors, adds: There's a blacker and wickeder thing than all, You ljieg and plotting old Radie l! Y - m hatched lhat Georgia scheme! and call their poultry, but the continned depreda tions of freedmen are drawbacks to all pro- |PBVj&jr&ft,.'*! Sfm'V: Prof. Steele, ol New York, declares that storms rage upon the sun with a violence of which we can form no conception.— Hurricanes sweep over, its surface - with ter- rifio violence. Vast cyclones wrap its fires into whirlpools,at the bottom of which our earth could lie like a boulder in a volcano, nhge flames dart out to enormous distanc es, and fly over the sun with a speed great er than that, of the earth itself through space. Theta is nothing, however, in those phenomena to alarm us. At least, so says the professor. ; ” TELEGRAPHIC. a®~R-bbing hen-rc is one of the mast annoyimr — _____ just now all over the South. A correspon- Reported for th. Tri-Weekly Oner. dent at Richmond, \ a., complains that one re “ D '|j h , e ^ - 1 , 5 ^ojee Brahmins WiSHUf0I0X> Jan . Mower ^ . stolen. Forty dark, and 17o light ones, .. .i „ . , T - . . . . and some of ihem, he adds, “the finest my n *^ n S the Uepmfmeu ofLoms.anaude«L eyes ever beheld. Some of the eroekereis Contau Y to the published statement of tin hatched in April weighed Hi poundsJf— "Washington Telegraph League, no repor « writer also, says : “The people are whatever regarding the strike was sent henc- rousing'to the importance of improving last night by the Associated Press. On in’; ' quiring at Western Union Telegraph OSc*. this morning, it is ascertained that the ofiu ■ is prepared to receive and transmit all has : ness offered. The force now on duty consist' Rivalry in trade is shown in the case of two sausage dealers in Paris, with shops adjoining, one of whom has painted on his glass window, over a pyramid of sausages, “At ten cents a pound ; to pay more is to be robbed while tho other pats bis sausa ges into an obelisk, and paints above it, “At twelve, cents a pound; to pa) less is to be prisoned.” An Iirish glazier was patting a pane of glass into a window, when a groom who was standing near, by began joking him, telling him to mind and pnt in plenty of putty. The Irishman bore the banter for some time, bnt at last silenced his tormen tor by “Arrah, now; bo off wid ye, or else I’ll pnt- a- pain in-yer head withoat any putty.”. , ., ... Yourself a Unionist ^ _____ Ar*n‘t bitter enough to tell, old rear,' The depth to which yon leli, old rcai Or yonr crimes deserving well, old year, We enjoy the kicking you ont! Report of the Democratic Committee. The Executive Committee of the Demo cratic party of Georgia met to-day, in pur suance to the call of the Chairman, and adopted the following preamble and reso lutions : Whbras, A diversity of opinion has pre vailed as to the coarse the Democratic mem- bers of the Legislature should pursue in the present emergency—whether they should araod take their seats or not. lis committee,disclaiming all authority or disposition to dictate to any member of the General Assembly what line of eon duct he should pursue, respectfully ad vise : First: That every Democratic and Con servative member ot tbe Legislature appear at the Capitol on the day appointed for the meeting of tbe General Assembly, and that all can qualify as members do so and take their seats. Second : That no obstacles or impedi ments be thrown in the way of a re-organiz ation of the General Assembly, as requir ed by the recent act of Congress to pro mote the reconstruction of the State of Georgia. Third :-That avoiding all bitterness, strife and personal denunciation, the Democratic members who can qualify as aforesaiu, re main at their posts, and on all questions and mea-nres which may co ne before them so act and so cast their votes as.in tbier judge ment, to preserve the rights and interests of the State and best promote the prosperi ty acd happiness cf the people. Fourth : We invite any and ail patriot ic and conservative members of the oppo site party to nnitc with ns in saving the State from further political tronble and nq- eeitaioty. E. G. Cabaniss, Chairman. E. F. Huge, ‘-ecretary. Atlanta, Georgia, Jan- 5,1870. Tax the Dogs.—The Commissioner is inclined to tax the dogs, and says : ‘There are six millions of dogs in the connity, of which five millions are utterly worthless; that they destroy food worth ma ny millions of dollars, commit serious dep redations npon farm property, and repress - andjjegress tbe wool industry, to the injn- wcalth.” He proposes as a means *or ting rid of these pests, a uniform tax ofliot less than two dollars ahead. Good. This is much better than an in come tax on salaries, wages and hard 'earn- ings. Rotchcbild’s Timidity. During the latter years of his life tho fa mous Nathan Rotohscbild, was said to be always in fear of assassination. You must be a very aappy man, Mr. Rotchschild,” said a guest at oDe of his banquets, for wh ch his Picadilly house was famous. Happy! Me happy!” he exclaimed What! happy, when just as yon arc. going > dine yon have a letter placed in your hands saying, “ifyon do oot send me £100 ' will blow yo ir brains ont!” Me happy!” Ooe day two strangers were admitted in to his private room at tho bank. They were tall foreigners, with moustaches and beards, such as were not often seen in Lon don thirty or forty years ago. and Rotchs child, always timid, was frightened from the moment of their entrance. He pnt his own interpretation npon the excited move ments with which they fumbled abont their pockets, and before the expected pistols oanld bo produced he had throws a great lodger in the direction of their heads and brought in a bevy of clerks by his cries of rich bankers from the continent, who, ner vous in the presence of a banker so much more wealthy, they had soma difficulty in finding the letters of . introduction which they were to present. Anotheb Knock at the Dcob.—Mr. Vincent Colyer has retnrned to Washing ton and presented to General Grant a me morial of the citizens of Victoria and oth- towns in Vancouver's Island asking for annexation. The memorial in foil is pub lished elsewhere in onr columns. It was shown by .V r. Colyer to Senator Sumner, who said that it was important and could have but one termination. Here is anoth- instance of the fact that the great Ca nadian Dominion is a failure. New found- land and Nova Scotia are stoutly protesting against being confederated with it, Rnpert’s Land is in armed rebellion against it, and now Vancouve'’s Island demands immnni- from it. All these colonies are tending irresistibly towards annexation with the United States, and there is a splendid chanco for President Grant to settle the Alabama oiaims with justice and satisfac tion to all parties by exchanging those claims for al of England’s North American tdy asked a pnpil at a public exami nation Of a Sunday School: “What Was the sin of tho Pharisees 7 “Eating cam els, marm,” quickly replied the child. She h d read that the Pharisees “strained at gnats and swallowed camels.” A Curiosity.—An oyster opened yes terday at Valentino and Busbees, was found to contain only a little fish abont two and a half inches long and alive and in good condition. The little creature most have been imbibed bg the oyster in some draft of sea water, while ia the shape of spawn or minute minnow, and growing in his son-honse finally retnrned the hospitz of the oyste- by devouring it. The lived for a minute or two after being liber ated from his shelly prison. Some Corn.—Some months ago Mr. J. W. Davis, formerly a dry goods merchant of Hamilton, Ohio, bat- now of Topeka, Kansas, offered a reward to a farmer in Kansas who raised the greatest number of bushels of bushels of corn per acre daring the season of 1869. The following certificate from a farmer named J. B. Evans, in the vicinity of To peka, who received the premium, shows what can be done in that country: Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 1869.—This is to certify that I raised on fifteen acres of ground, Dear Topeka, Kansas, one hundred and seventy-two bushels of good, sound corn per acre; that the corn only received one plowing ard one hoeing, and that Mr J. W. Davis has given mo the coat and pantaloons patera as agreed. The Rome Courier.—This sterling tri weekly comes to ns greatly improved and enls rged, bearing munistakeable evidence of its prosperity and popularity in North west Georgia. We regard die Courier as oneof the very best papers published |in the mountains, and heartily wish it con tinued and increased snccess.-Cfiron. & Seu. S»We learned late last night that the Repnblicaa State Central Committee at their meeting-on Wednesday last passed a resolution appoir ting a committee of three to inquire into the elligibility of mem of the Legislature under the Georgia bill. We understand the eommittee have made ont a list embracing some fifty odd mem, bers of the two houses who are elligible and have also procured the services of such emioent counsel as Messrs. Lochrane & Clark, Messrs. Dougherty and Culbertson, and Mr. Jno. L. Hopkins, to assist the Uni ted States District Attorney, Hon. A. T. Akerman, in prosecuting each person who has held any office for the administration of any general law before the war and now takes the oath. They will have a lively time. Doses ter Dyspeptics. Sentimental youth—“My dear Ma ria, will you share my lot for fife." Practical girl—“How many acres are In your lot, sir 7” A baby is called “tho family organ” by and than, after long questionings and ex- thannuornglDleDusiou Tool. “ planations, it appeared that they were of 13 operators, besides the manager, and 9 additional number are on the>r way. Tn . of the branch offices in Washington have r opened, and the same expected of all the ot era in the course of several days. A stats ment has been prepared by Mr. Tinker, Cg manager, and Mr. Whitney, cashier, in rep^ tothatof theWaehington Telegraphic Leage'i in which it is said, among other things, th ' all the old force are now on duty in the Ric mond office, and they last evening sent : appeal to the strikers here, to follow their« j ample; and advices were received to-day tl aH the men on that district comprising V j lines from Richmond South to .Augusta, - •' i Wilmington and to Charleston, via Gree' . boro and West to Lynchburg and Gordo: vilie, have returned to their work- tS-, statement of Messrs Tinker and Whiti concludes as follows: “our facilities are ho Jy increasing here and elsewhere, and company is confident of its ability todo ’ \' business offered-” IIataxva, Jan. 7.—Well armed bands insurgents two hundred strong, are mov in Canto, Abago end Cinco Villas distri supposed object is the distraction cane fie Much sickness at Neuevitas. Charleston, Jan. 7.—The steamer ya> Anna, Captain Somers, from New York, Nassau, put into this port on Tuesday, ui a stretch of weather, and to obtain coa While lying in the port she was visitedtfH the Custom House officers. And on compl of the Spanish Oonsol that she intended lating neutrality laws, she was seized by j United States Marshal, and detained, passengeis and crew were mostly Cuban Col. W. C. Ryan, the Cuban fillibuster, l!? ! ? t ^L5i n - Cespedes being away. government wharf, and late in the^ere^ i was taken possession of by two United S army officers and twenty-five privates, disbanded the ship Company. The gera and last of the crew, taking rooms hotel to await the dispesition of the There was no armament on board, Anna bad regular clearance papers Custom House of New York. Her gera had engaged passage to Nassau, say that they were entirely unj make any aggressive movements. The case will be heard in the States Court on Friday morning. Washington. Jan. 7.—Revenue ore:' a million to-day. Full Cabinet to-day. Commissioner Delano has instrncte pervisora in distilling districts througho country to change guagers in their di once in every three or four months, _ to have the law properly enforced. The United States Tug Maria, wit! of her crew, lost by collission with t antonomah, at the entrance of Martha yard. Commodore Poor reports 13,000 S ; .t troops at Havannah, December 21st. Sax Francisco, Jan 7.—Earthquake keraville California on tho third. ‘"Munich, Jan. 7.—The anti-Prussiar has considerable majority in the B: Chamber. London, Jan. 7.—The correspom the Morning Post says that anything ing over 15 feet water, most be light! the Suez Canal. Sax Fraxcisco, Jan. 10!—Derry be tor a diamond cne and a thousand do Dion made 1492 points. Washixctox, Jan. 10.—The origin: ■s here hold ont—the places partial! strikers praying for wet weather. In the House there were many bil dueed, including ono from Payne tc struct Virginia. Sexate.—Various petitions—many ognizing Cuba. Memphis, Jan. 10.—Sunday tho O- hero refused to strike. New Orleans only city South where the strike cxis tore gono hence and •Isewhere to fill ■ Iter’s places. Washixctox, Jan 10.—Maj. Gen. • t Smith, commanding 19th Infantry, Mower in Louisiana. Gen. Ayer of the 19th InJj j Little Rack. Gen. Reynolds assui mand of the 25 th Infantry vice Mov however retaining command of th< ment of Texas. Revenue to-day 678,009. Bare quorem in the House. Blair dering vote on main qnostion consi- portant. The bill in question is B and admits Virginia withoat additi, ditions. Yimmattnni. Thos. Biddl* Consn At a recent railway festival the following striking sentiment was given : “Onr Mothers—The only faithfal lenders who never misplaced a switch. A bachelor seeing the words “Families Supplied,” over ihe door of a shop, stepped in, and said he would take a wife and two children. “Jake, lend me ten dollars till I sell my dog 7” Jake replied, soothingly and sym pathetically, “O, Jim 11 would’nt sell him.” Lawyers must sleep more comfortably than people in general; it is immaterial on which side they lie. Prentice says : “We have a Radical pa per before ns called ‘The Morning Patriot.’ >Yc don’t believe in the patriotism that doe’st last all day. Which is the most independent tree 7— The sassy-fras. At a negro ball, in lieu of “Not Trans ferable,” on tho tickets a notice was posted over the door. “No gentleman admitted un less he comes hisselt ” Perplexed Pedestrian—“Bob, which is tbe quickest way for me to get to the Eas tern depot ?” Accommodating newsboy— “Run.” Why do young ladies wl iten their feces? Because they think the powder will make them go off. “Rrown, what did you clear by that speculation 7” “I cleared my pockets,” said Brown. to Havana; GeoT N. Peck Revenue of the 2nd N. C. district; Holmes monB, of Michigan, Judge, vice Wi declined. Virginia and the general condit! South discussed in both houses; in t Stewart, Warner, Sawyer and Fo- cated Virginias admission; Snmne Howard and Pomeroy suggested oU Warner panted to go into j y in one hand, and in the ot', Ion rebels hut hang murderert ' would substitute Bibles for 1 defended Tennessee against s of her Congressional delegation low. In the House the hill for tginia was discussed. Bingham the previons question. Demand s The vote stood 76 to 76—the S] The main question was morning boor having expired, was laid over. Sawyer was confirmed Judge ( Judicial Circuit. San Domingo treaty received 1 ate, and referred to tho Commitl eign Relations. Error discovered on the vote foi sion of Virginia. The Speaker t vote. The vote stood yeoe 66; i he bill went over. Nashville, Jan. 10.—The Conventon organized, and < Confederate General, was ete

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, January 14, 1870, Image 1