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Newspaper Page TextUUM-E XXIV. ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 15, 1870. NEW SERIES-No L Associate Editor. ^55^* FRIDAY - BAT®,OF WEEKLY. ^ ^ _ 1 75 i »# Plates fob tri-weeklY; ^ ( —- ..... 2 ! feionths... ;; is S®Y IN ADVANCE. J.^^vcorn^on.copywinbef.s |&?fr lU * M. DWINELL, f Proprietor. I , CB tL ADVERTISEMENTS. ..Inyustratori, Electors or I rilesot J '.„ r ed by law to be held on I ea cn month, between the iitfio' - t • „ r oDoon and three in the |.:r= jf M3 , tbe OonH House in the county in l r % A4 f t ie”f, r of personal property must I ***■? t»ler through a public gas- . . ... jkc manner, through It! 1 "" « irerious to sale day. |lte '-j w Debtors and Creditors of an estate, if* ^jMppliMtton’’ will be made to the .XoHinsry for l»ave to sell land must be ,!lli! f^, f f!!rWters nt of Administration. Gnar- must bo publish^ Sbd.ys-f.r OTuTdministmtion, three months- CjUmiision from THE RAINBOW ANNIVERSARY. All About It—By oor Special Reporter. On last Wednesday, as everybody knows the gallant firemen of onr city daffed their uniforms, and-hie t to their engine honses to celebrate the anniversary of the Rain bow Company. Although foil reports have been reudeted, y et as it was an occasion'of of such general and absorbing interest, we shall try and give some additional dots np- on it. How It all Started. The members met at their respective halls, and formed a procession at the corner of Howard aod Broad Streets, where the officers of the Department took charge of the lide. r?j£te.-M|]§ineB were burnished brightly ancfcTOwned 'withT flowers.. *The firemen were brilliant in their gay uniforms and ‘‘everything was lovely,- and the goose i Guardianship, 40 laya. papers, fur the full space of three 1 s , .-.tics trom Executors or P!l ‘-Tr f ator°' n wbere 8 bond has been given b 3 iamutrator*; three mont hg. „Hi always be continued accord- ° th - {Ordered, at the fdlow.ng HATES. ,r„ r |ettiT* 0l Guardianship 3 00 application for dismission from ^ to'dh'S^^ 6 . M IG-nriiianihip,■ 3 00 teJlDebtoBand Creditors | 00 * JJ arNolle — (todays * oinr, of Mortgage, per square......... 4 00 ntdr -rtising his wife, (w advance) 10 00 [SATURDAY MORNING, April 9. THE TARIFF (QUESTION itiou is assuming considerable iinence at the present time, and Horace —a Radical magnate—says that it be the main issue of the next cam- this quest v This being the case, we shail remark up- Lit: I The protective tariff, in its last analysis, loot this: Suppose that a factory in Mas- tbnsetts can make a certain product— -y calico, at— s.iy 10 cents per yard. Sup ple, at the same time, that English cali fs, aide at a cost of 5 cents per yard, are ring in at the ports. It is evident that it English calicos would, at this rate, soon rive the Americaa goods out of the mair- It, and break down the American factory, fat pntcctioaists here claim that the gov- should interfere, and allow no f:!is)i grinds to come into American ports lost paying a tariff of so much, as will e the cos', of English calicos to that of seticat calicos. In the former case our fitai could purchase the English poods I about 6 cents. In the latter case they I at pay over 10 cents. In short, if any pstic goods can be manufactured at no sttan 20 cents, and English poods of suae class can be furnished at 10 cents, aid of allowing the people to purchase goods at English cost prices, a tariff 1 plated upon them that will raise them to f American cost prices, and the poor peo- Jt are forced to pay about 22 cents for what j-'l be furnished at 12 cents. I This principle is incorrect and unjust. It I protecting the capitalists at the expense [mechanic and farmers. It is filch- 5 cash from the pocket of the people to N tire purses of tho manufacturers. It | tWiskcs bv law the most glaring and ftaeful.monopolies in our midst; it paral- i cornu.ace and weakens the good rela : -i existing between is and foreign pow- | Rut especially obnoxious docs the meats* become when we reflect that a vast ma- 'itj of tbe manufacturers of the United to are in New England—that it is the tion of one section at the expense of J '" cr . New England is bloated with mo- '■to now, for the sustenanct of which « South and West bleed like hogs. I ^ e main argument which presents itself -JUthern men in opposition to this pro- -ic tariff is that it will drive manufto ■ 3 s capita] and factories to the Sooth. . " lr<! bouyed up by a villainous , . our ^* ew England brethren can af- to send for our cotton, pay freightage “• make it into fabrics, and return it to pc°pE. Rut when the tariff is removed 1 *y we brought into direct competi- Ene ' Uh m ”tets they will have _ t a stricter economy and establish - ones nearer the cotton fields. The same 1 Ta , ’ ron workers. ‘ endorse a rreteo- iTtriffs TtC De “" Cnts wiU support -'el t r eDUC - Weneed «* : rt P P e wh,ch P«ty they should snp * 0 *~Ieb7T' received. ‘onthas 13 maklng a t0Dr trough tbe , “ Jt P«*ent for his health. oboom^ * !ant l Ueta i no swelling speeches, Fnustane°»° k f artiller J' no "pomp and cir- lererv • 176 ^ era ' ded bis approach.— 4 gather0d “tl silence pmg people, that in re- dthe r"’ 2376 him homage, and ask. tali’ 1 T 0f l0 ° kinS int0 hb faoe t i!.° S e IS ha “ d lVo “y windbags were m PL „ the backgrounds, and “THE es bef ‘° the front to bow them- es—thp jT Ect ‘^re be silence as he *»e not r" 8 , peiks mo8t whe “ tha «P» 'pie, and ] f h J lm 6e « th e faces of his fje." read hls glory in a nation’s V'lY'u5“*SF a Kttle «- “"we,” b e r „.™, l b R ‘ ? “None of your ‘5 »»* here to be high now. with a carving knife.) On tbe Tramp. The procession being formed, the line proceeded to move. The Cornett Brass Band, just slashing off the melody, led the way; the Mountain City boys, filled with jaunty confidence in their machine, came next; after these came the Hook and Lad der men; and Rainbow, with her long line of sturdy champions, brought up the rear. Everything was carried on in excellent style—from the masterly manner in which Chief Engineer Noble and his Assistants, Messrs. Seligman and Austin, conducted the march to tbe ioimitable style in which the axes carried Messrs. -McOsker and Smith—excase us—we mean the style in which Messrs. McOsker and Smith canned the axes. How the ‘-Dear Girls** Did. From almost every house that the pro-- cession passed, might be seen peeping, rosy liltta faces, occasionally hid by the waring of snowy ’kerchiefs—from every corner came tbe clapping of bands that were rare and lovely, add many’s the fireman that stepped into a prouder tread as he fancied the admiring eyes of his lady love were beaming upon him. In front of the Rain bow engine honse, a perfect mountain of fair femininity was aggregated, at the sight of which the firemen, as they passed, jerked off their hats, and indulged in “three very loud cheers, and one very fierce tiger. The ladies responded by blushing with com* mendable pride at this honest outburst of admiration, and waving theii handker chiefs. These girls are charming creatures. —we really do not see how we could get along without them. At the River. Everything at the river having been ad justed for playing, the Mountain City led off—Mr. Steve Wells handling the pipe iu a very effective manner. Afler her steam was fairly up, and tbe small boys on the outskirts of the crowd had been thorough ly drenched, the piptman “held her up to taw," and a handsome stream of water wo* thrown to a distance of 218 feet. The Rainbow came to the stand, bat was unable to raise more than forty pounds of steam, owing to the bursting of a fine. This be ing tbe case, the jnd g es decided that the contest would be postponed. The Moun tain City then did some very fine playing, and won the admiration of the crowd by the force with which she threw four streams of water at once. She is a capital engine, and her boys are justly proud of her. As to the Rainbow, her fine is now mended, and she’ll talk for herself before long. Che Rainbow’s Compliments to the Maun, tola City. After the engines were housed, the fire men dashed around town in the gayest spir its imaginable, cracking jokes, talking to the ladies, driving, riding, and having • huge time generally, till they were called to the City Hall by the notes of the tlornet Band. As soon as they were assembled, the meeting was called to order by Capt. Glover; and Capt. Gartrell being introduced to the audience, announced in a very ele gant little speech, that he had been in structed by tbe Rainbow Fire Company to present, with her compliments and regaids, a handsome silver cap to the Mountain City. Mayor Henry A.- Smith received the enp with some tasty remarks, and the crowd, after considerable cheering, adjourned to the Rainbow Hall, whore A Superb Sapper was spread for their delectation. We shall not attempt to describe that sapper. It al ways makes us sad to think of glories that are gone, of joya that ate departed—-hence we dwell not npon the beauties of that anp per. Ghosts of roasted turkeys shake their well picked bones in our faces—phantoms of baked pigs hannt our brain—the ioy mantles of devoured cakes settle upon us— the froth of swallowed ale seethes and foams before ns, and we grow ead and drop a tear npon onr rosy cheek (Vely slow music by tbe band,) when the curtain falls. Tbe Toasts and tbe Speeches. After the supper (alss 1 alas!) had been devoured, Mr. James Noble called for si lence, and announced that toasts and speeches weie next in order. Capt. Gar trell, after some puogent and witty remarks which brought rounds of laughter, propos ed, as tho first toast of the evening,— The Ladies op Rome. Mr. Jas. Noble then proposed “The Press op Rome, our Jint, our best, and at one time, apparently, our only friends, but our best frieuds abcays.” Onr esteemed contemporary of tbe Com mercial, Mr. Nevins, responded very happi ly to this sentiment—assuring the firemen (as we do now) that the Press would over be fervent as tbe firemen’s friond. “The Lost Cause’’ was tbe next toast offered.— Mr. Henry W. Grady being called npon, responded to this toast. Maj. Hargrove be ing called npon, made an eloquent address —and completely won the hearts of the boys. Mr. Seligman, in a short, bnt fervid speech, readily demonstrated his right to the high position that he holds in the Department, and brought down the house when, with a flashing eye, he declared that “it was an honor to be a firemen.” Capt Glover gave tbe crowd a little speeeb, eveiy word of which went to the hearts of the boys, and nestled there to the Captain's credit. Capt. Austin, one of tbe most pop ular men in tbe Department, made a few remarks that brought down the bouse. Mr. Jos. E. Veal, who has won onr gratitude by his friendly kindness toj ns, was loudly called for and responded in an elegant style. Mr. Jas. Noble, Sr., the veteran of them all, made some very appropriate remarks, and covered himselfwith glory. He is the favorite of the Department. Jim Smith spoke, two hundred and eighty-three rimes, and said.something good every time. Messrs Steve'Noblo, Powers, Dr. Wells and others made well directed and happy remarks. ' Incidental Notes. Mrs. Bale presented the Company with two superb cakes. Edgar Ragland pre sented a flagon of fine Sherry. Mr. Ketch- im did the carving for the parly in an in imitable style. Messrs. Powers and White- ly very kindly tendered the use of eight horses for the purpose of drawing the en gines. A noteworthy fact connected with the Nobles ia this: There were three gen erations cf that family in the ranks on that day. The old man had three sons in harness—one tho Chief; one Captain of tbe Mountain City, and the other engineer of the Rainbow. One of these sons had three boys in the ranks. Three cheers for this fireman family ! If any one wants to read something good let them get the verses by Steve Weils On the Rainbow Company. We tried to get them to publish, bnt failed. Tbe next parade will probably be wheD the Hook and Ladder Tracks come—cer founly on the 2d Wednesday in May, when, by order of the Chief, inspection will be bad of the whole Department. It is ru mored that when the Mountain City gets into her new Hall that there will beafrd tioatUern -New*. John C. Breckinridge has beet) buyiiL an interest in a Keotuc.Vj newspaper. -A Mrs. Pauline Davis has been deliver- mg woman's rights lecture at J^cks.'jpyiiJa. Fla. The Governor of Mississppi lias appoint ed Thursday, April 21st; A- a day of thanks- giving. At Jacksonville, Fla., the other day some boys fonnd an alligator's nest, with twenty- eight eggs in it. The deaths in Charleston last week was in the proportion of eighteen blacks to these whites. There are 10,423 Masons in Alabama. Bishop Qnintard, of Tennessee, is still in feeble health. . . 80 cents in favor of the flonr on the food for one hand every 56 days, or nearly $12 00 per year, on each hand and $1200 00 per year where there are sue hundred hands to feed.- This amounts to a pining, worthy a consideration of any practia! plan ter There is another ■ argument in favor of the purchasing flc.jr, ait da from its being actually more ecetomicaj, and something -more palatable than corsmeal, ybloh is this. By purchasing flonr largely for food in place of corn, it will have the salntary effect of cheapening corn. There fs no danger of flonr failing or being monopo lised by speculators at* is the case with corn. Planters, let ns have your views on .the subject.—Spar. Times Plantar A negro woman of Nicholas oonnty. Ky., hash rough t suit against a negro man for Breach of promise of Marriage She wrato. $5,000. . _ . WeMfit is all over, and notablemish can -we see on the whole afiair as we look back upon it. We are certain that all will join ns in wishing that the Rainbow had been twins, so that she could hare more than one birth day a year. THE HATH ELECTIONS. The Antics of the “Dead Democracy” are perfectly astonishing. This lively corpse has kicked Jewell, the Radical gov ernor in Connecticut off his seat by a hand some majority and gained two Senator* in. the State Legislature. The telegraph re pacts that the Republicans have 65 majori ty In the Bonse ; this is hardly trae.— Such an incongruity as a Democratic gov- ernor, an evenly balanced Senate and a Honse anth 61 Radical majority is hardly admissible. However the complexion of tho Honse has very little political interest local issues generally control the elections of State Representatives. Rhode Island has gone Republican by a slightly decreased majority. Nearly one half the votes in the ‘little Plantation* are under the control of Messrs Sprague & Anthony. She is a rotten borough and her vote is not of much significance anyhow. — The elections in St. Louis have a consider able Democratic gain. Leavenworth and Kansas City have gone Democratic. Roll on the ball! Roll it on good friends !! Forty stills have been destroyed ia the counties of Greenville and Hickens, North Carolina, by tbe revenue assessor, assisted by Goverhment troops. Tbe sheriff of of the city of Richmond, Va., has levied on all the fire apparatus of thejeity, including tbe steam fire eogines, hose carriages and hook and ladder truck, and advertises them for sale at aueti a, to eatisfy executions in his hands in favor of parties whose liqnor was dcs roved in 1865 on the evacuation of the city. At the opening of the Circuit Court in Richmond, Missouri, last week, Jndge Lu cas cast his eye over the grand juty, and addressed them thudy : “Gentlemen, ydtir faces look familiar; yon have been here before; I have charged yon frequently in regard to yocr duty, ym are familiar with it, and you will now retire to yoar room.” He knew them; they sere the old stand bys. A plucky Alabama girl, near Greenwood, a few Hays since, let drive the contents of a shot-gun into tbe eye of yodsg man named Mullens, who was forcing his way into her father’s house against his consent. The Presbyterians of the State of Mis souri who are dissatisfied with the union-of the two branches, have changed the name; of the Missouri Presbyterians to that erf Old School Presbyterians, to (hat tbe old historic name is likely to be perpetuated. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel says : “Prices have been reduced half a cent per yard on Augusts Factory and Qraniteville Manufacturing Company goods 4-4 sheeting 14}; I shirting 12}; f shirt ing 10, and Drill 15 cents.” The University of Virginia contains 460 students, of whom not above fifteen come from Northern States, The editor of the Waco, (Texas) Regis ter has is his possession a scalp taken off the head ofone of the Indians trilled in the fight in Comanche. There is planted with the hair of the Indian, what appears to be that of a white woman— doubtless one of the victims of the savage. A lot of 2,000 pounds of tobacco, of a bright golden color, raised neat Dalton, Ga. was sold in Atlanta the other day for twen ty cents per pound. In Virginia such fine artie’e would readily command doable that amount. Upper Georgia is admirably adapted to the cultivation of the tobacco plant. It seemB Texas has been hoarding gold for years. Fifty millions, probably, are now in the State. The fall in gold has cost Tex as, on account of this h isrding, at least five millions. This capital will cow be employ! ed. The colored ministers of Nashville held meeting the other day in opposition to Tennessee reconstruction. A resolmion of fered **y the brother of Revels, recommend ing the cultivation of friendly relations with the whites was adopted. made some pertinent and appropriate re marks coocernin The Women’s Amendment.—Some few weeks ago a member of the Honse pro posed a 16th amendment to the Oonstitn- tion, providing for the institutionfof woman suffrage. The gauntlet is thus thrown down, and we must fight it ont. Let the revolution be nipped in the bad by home efforts. Aa for those old aqueexed lemons, Susan B. Ajithony and Anna Dickinson, they will caekle and quarrel till their grist ly necks have bent before the sickle of death. , John Chinaman.—The Californians, are very sick of John Chinaman, and have resorted to hit him in the tenderest spot. To be buried at borne is a religions mania with that people. No matter what part of the world he may chance to •‘shuffle off this mortal coil,” he has tbe comfortable assnr ance that his body will be sent by friends for rest in the “Flowery Land.” Bnt tor this assurance the Celestki would never leare his native shores. WeH, the Califor nians contemptale an act oi the Legislature to prohibit the deportation of his carcas. If it is adopted, it will he too much for John Chinaman. A yenng woman is smitten wi h a pair of whiskers. Curled hair never before bad sueh charms. She sets her cap for them; theyteke. The delighted whiskers make an offer, proffering themselves both in ex change for one heart. The dear Miss overcome with magnanim ity, closes the bargain, carries the prise, home shows it to pa and ma, call herself en gaged to it, thinks* there never was such a pair of whiskers before, and in a few weeki they are married. Married! Yes, the world calls it so, sod *0 we will. What is the result? A short honeymoon, and then the discovery that they are as unlike as chalk and cheese, and not to be made one, though all the priests in Christendom pro- nonnee them so. The social gatherings of Washington City are becoming decidedly mixed.— John W. Forcey’a party, at which were whites and negroes is guests, was follow ed last weeked by a firemen’s ball, which was also a black and tan affair. City offi cial^ with white and colored firemen, ac companied by females, made up the quad rille* and Geman. “Shoo Fly,” a horse owned by Wm. B. Smith, of hartford, Conn., won a race npon tbe ice at Middlebery, Vt, on Tuesday, m the extraordinary time of 2:15, 2:17, 2:18. This is the best “shoo fly” we have ever beard of. The Atlanta Constitution reports a fine sample of tobacco grown near Dalton, in this State. The leaf waa of a bright golden teem of the firemen. Sir. Jas. Noble, jr., co i or) an d as soft as silk. It belonged to a lot of 6,000 pounds purchased by a dealei 20 cents J in that eity, i per pound. SENSIBLE TALK- A. correspondent of the Rural Carojini aa jJdi-C 'U: sing npon the sitaation, says: There Is one idea which seems to have taken possession of 4hc Southern and until that is eraiicated, there, is bnt little prospect of real prospirity. We mean the devotion of all oar energies to the production of cotton. It will not do to be dependent apos the ' West far oar porn, Soar and bacon, and upon tho North and East for eveiytbing we wear, from a hat to a pair of shoes, or use, bom a piano to an axe-handle. All this talk about the valne of the cot ton crop, the restoration of the Sonth, glo rious prosperity and the like, is mero twattle. The rich are growing richer, and the poor poorer, every day. The money does not stay at home to build up railroads, fac tories and internal improvements, hot it goes North and West (of subsistence, gew- gams and gim cracks. Nor is it gsed to pay off old debts.and thus strengthen (fan hones ty aod independence of the citixeo. - ft is spent recklessly, because a great deal of it is in the hands of a class which never had money t) spend before. It is spent freely by others because it is greenbacks, and they feel that there is no security in any invest ments they can make. Does wot wyman of oommon sagacity see what most bo tbe end of borrowing money at from twelve to twenty-five per cent, to grow cotton with unreliable labor, and be dependent npon oor oppressors for nearly everything we eat Bear or use? We do not object to the planting of eot- ton astbemoney crop. That is all right— plant buttffikL cultivate it well, and make' it pay. We bslieve the Ini policy is to contract the area in cultivation, A&jrate more care fully, improve the staple, AMPPete with the world for the finest quality ra(W than the greatest quantity. Grow a}l tb** ,eoyn, wheat, oats and potatoes -requ'red fog joyr own consumption, convert all swAJUPy pla ces into meadows, provide yourself with clover lots, barley lots, rye lots, and all means of aiding the corn crib. Try to raise a few more togs, catt.e, shc^o, and drop in now and then a horse or mid-} .tolt. Encourage your neighbor, who has a knac^ Tbe Chicago Tribune, This paper (big. Radical) has a Wash ington correspondent who will certainly get himself into tronble. He tells the truth and shames the devil and tbe Radical par- ty (perhaps,) just as though he liked it.— Ames, as “Mr. General Adalbert Ames •aired on the shields of his soldiers to be a Senator of --* State where ho has had no residence except in barracks, and wheuce be never could have been elected to the lo cal Legislature except by his uniform and his military authority.’ Bat this is mild compared with his ail- dauiom- comments upon oor lovely Georgia ‘loyalists ’ Just lit ten : It is remarkable to see the sort of mate rial whieh is brought hereto intimidate the Senate on tbe Georgia bill, and even more singular to note any Senator influenced by such canaille. The Bullock gang is the mcaoest aod most .despicable gang that I have teen here in tyo-years. ■Ballack himself look- ns a-hamed of it as Prinoo Hal of Falstaffs band, and tho whole crpw are carousing af ter the fashion of Blackboard's pirates ashore at Nassau, placarding noti -es of the Bingham amendment of this sort, which 1 take at random from a- local paper : 'The object of this amendment is clearly and confessedly to restrain tbe loyal Legis lature of Georgia from construing for them selves their Constitution and laws as to the proper term of office to which they are en titled under that Constitution.’ That is precisely the object of the Bingh am amendment—to keep the reptillian age from perpetnsting itself, so that we may stood in Georgia and know no more of the prolific and monstrous breeds which flour ished amongst the weeds aud fees after the war, than is afforded by their remains If Adam had been allowed to 'construe bis .constitution,’ there would never have been any ‘paradise Lost.’ Bat the Georgia and Hr. Bullock are too hu man to be npide at once a Supreme Court, a Congress' a Eegi^pta.re, a lobby and the whole people. This inigbf be Bullock’s government, bnt Hog’s interpretation of Wm the organ at Atlanta please copy, and tel! ns whether or not the Tribune is Trumbull's organ also ? Troables in MosgUft Ala. We deeply regret to learn that tbe troub les ia Morgsn county are not allayed, bnt we fear are growing worse. Garner and Bean were not killed, as reported, bnt'have gone off with threato !o return with assist ance adequate to meet the other party.— The strife has resolved itself into personal enmity of the most deadly nature. The sheriff of the county has reported himself joyerless to enforce the law, and a call has >een inpda on General Crawford for troops to suppress the hostilities. General Craw ford is loth to interfere, and will not do so ing hiai a punch in the stomach with his sharp hoofs that was iu no way agreeabl- The assailed man gained his fact and cn deavored to guard himsclftrou the blow of the deer's horns aud their fore feet which they struct onr as handy aud effec live as the fist of a prize-fighter.' The mail was soon roiling on the ground ujain, the whole five deer bucking, kicking, punch ing, mauling, and braising him, h’th-.-r and thither, until he thought his last day was come. _ Ho hallooed lustily for help, aud the cries of ‘murder,’ ‘watch,’ etc., brought tip a man, who, as soon as he siw the state of the ease, hurried off, n«d p-und the po liceman at the denot. When officer Jordan arrived at the si unless under dear an£ proper Detractions. Governor Smutifa bits been informed of the state of affaire. « c hope some -v *• to* sf, etsathome Patronixe juurown tanuries Thrf tow-aWo*? o«4 bdpless apd_nmst Weff Davis*Seat. The Courier-Journal, in answer to a cor respondent who asks if it is true; as some of the Norther j papers continue to assert, that the negro Revels occupies Mr. Davis’ old seat in the Senate, replies: “No, it is not trae There was an effort made to se cure it for him, bat it failed. It was intended that the history of the times should record, as the “grandest prov idence of the nineteenth century,” that the humble negro Hiram Bevels occupied in the United States Senate tbe seat in which once sat tbe arch-traitor Jefferson Deris. And in order to bring it abont Sumner, Wilson, and half a doxen others, negro-wor shippers, approached Senator Roes, of Kan sas, and said to him,* Arise, exchange seats with the man and fcrothcr, Revels, that history may tell, to the perpetual contusion of Southern chivalry, that a Despised negro occupies tbe seat of the traitor Jeff Davis ” Mr. Ross looked up from the sheet of paper npon which he was writing. “So this,” said he, “is the 4eat in which Davis u-ed to sit?” “Yes,” replied Snmner, “it i<. And yen and the negro yon’ve got here want me to get ont of itandletthe negro tot ioto it, do yon?” “We do,” answered Stunner. “Then.” said Ross, taking np his oen, “I’ve only to say that I’ll see yon and the negro first.’’ And thus it came to pass that the “grand providence” for which the radical muse of histoiy stood waiting, failed to take place. A Prophet in the Imperial Family. The Washington correspondent of tbe Baltimore Smi relates that “there was quite gathering in the ante-room of the White House when the Message and proclamation announcing the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment were signed, half the number however, being newspaper men. An at tache of a Washington newspaper begged the President fo-the pens with which the documents were signed, and it was handed him. A venerable old gentleman who was in the crowd criea oat, when tbe annoanc- ment was made, that the negroes could not vote evetywhere, “Well, gentlemen, you’ll be d—n sorry for this! The speaker was Dent, the father-in-law of the President.” —Sac. News. Flour n. Cornmcal tor Food. A worthy subject is now being being dis cussed with somewhat of interest by mer chants and formers. It is to this : to pur chase Flonr for food, instead of Corn meal. Let’s make thecalcnlation and see which actually the cheapest. A barrel of flour weighing 196 lbs. could be obtained for abont $7 00. This 196 pounds of flour would last one hand for rations 156 days, allowing 1} lbs per day, which is the customary allowance. Now the rations of meal daring this period, would amount to five an 1 a half busheK Tbis at $i 66 per busbel, which is as low as it can be obtained in quantities, would amount to $8 80. This wonld make $1 and shoe-mskers. Make your own axe helves and clothes pins. Eneonrage your home wagon aud carriage-makers, plough manufacturers and blacksmiths—don’t ran to the store for everything. Patronixe yonr own magazines and newspapers. This is the whole story in a few words. Capital is accumulated by a man or com munity not by what is made, bnt by what is saved. Cons'der the vast aggregate value of the annaal crops the South has tamed out for the last generation, and see how little we have to show for them; and so it will be to the end of time, unless we learn to supply onr own necessities at homo, and cease to imp.it everything we require to mak life comfortable.—Telegraph & Messenger. Cast of John Stephans We have obtained the following facts from Mr. Stephen* himself: On the 14th day of October, 1867. Maj. J A Thompson, of the United States cav alry, was killed at Fort Mason, Texas. A the name of Taylor was charged by the name of Taylor with tbo murder. Taylor’s wife was a niece of Mr. Stephens. He came ont there last Janaary, and remained publicly days at Mr. Stephen’s honse. He lelt about the 11th of January. Six weeks afterwards detective Bell, who was a scout in the Federal army, came here and represented himself as James Foster, on his way to New York to purchase some goods. Hqtoll Hr. Stephens that he had two hundred dollars in gold for Taylor, which his (Taylor’s) father had sent him, and ask ed where he was. Mr. Stephens told him that he had returned to Arkansas via Vicksburg. Ho declined leaving tbe gold, as Taylor’s father said it most be given him in person. Mr. Stephens told him that Taylor wonld be back soon, then he conld give it to him. Mr Stephens went to town last Monday was a week ago. Gen. Terry sent a messen ger down to foe store, requesting him to come to headquarters, whieh he did, in com p ny with Mr Flynn, and he was not ar rested, as foe Era stated, by a squad of soldiers at foe store. Tbe General wanted to know where he bad been. Mr. Stephens declined answer ing, as he thought it was not hi* business to know. Teny made several efforts to get information, bnt failed, telling Stephens at foe same time if*he did not answer he would arrest him, which he finally did, as Mr. Stephens did not answer. He was sent oat to foe bancks, and was put in a room 4 feet 2 inches by 3|, win dowseenredby bare. It was called foe dark cell. The other prisoners were allow ed to go out with a gnard of one, bnt two were required to go with him. Tbe soldiers and sub-officers were very kind to him.— His fore was a slice of broad, soup and coffee at a meal. Permission was g. anted for bedding and provisions to be brought to him by his friends. When he was first arrested all of ^his pri vate ppers were taken from him, among which was a private letter from a party in Texas, which accused Bell of blackmailing citizens in Texas. Gen. Terry wanted this letter as evidence againstfoose parties. Mr. Stephens was released yesterday, as as will be seen by the proceedings of foe District Court, and he returned to his fam ily, who were anxiously awaiting for him. He was in prison six days because he dis puted foe right of a Brevet Maj. General to pry into his private afiairs. ., After a hearing of the habeascotpus case of Mr. Stephens vs Gen. Terry, Jndge Erskine ordered foe discharge on foe ‘-round that foe crime having been committed in Texas, no tribunal in Georgia had jurisdic tion of either principal or accessory in Georgia.—At. Const. A hard drinker in Louisiana famished a party of congenial spirits with a bril liant pyrotechnical exhibition, by his breath taking fire from foe stove and burning with n tush of flame. be protected agai.ua t the acts of the lawless factions. — Hair***'®' Independent, 2nd. ipot ail was quiet. The dc were there looking as innocent as sheep, bat the man was nowhere to be seen. It was thought be had been killed and search was made for foe body, bat no body conld be found. As a last resort they hallooed it anybody was there. In answer to this there came from the depths of a dark house, or rather sheAnhere foe deer resort in stormy weather, a faint and trembling answer, to gether with aery for help. It,seams the man had succeeded in retreating. to thl- deer- shed, and foe animals, naturally sus picions of a trap in the dark, declined to follow him farther than the door. There he was, in mortal agony of fear that foe ani mals wonld follow him. ‘The policeman then went to Mr. Beck with’s faoqse aud related foe oirenmstan ces, but none in foe house would go down to escors foe n an ont, they all being afraid of the deer themselves. Finally a strata gem was resorted to. Tbe deer were at tracted to a for corner of foe lawn, and at St the proper time foe gate was opened, tl e. signal given, and foe fellow made a bee line from the deer-shed to tho gate, as fast os his legs, injuries and condition wonl-i permit him. He was fonnd quite badly hurt; his hands and face covered with cuts, from which the blood flowed freely, and his whole body badly braised. He was taken to tbo lock np and kept till morning, when he was brought belore the Recorder, and was so stiff and sore he conld hardly move. The Recorder thought he had had punishment enou.h, and so, after giving him a sound lecture, let him go.’ SOUTH EH S MANUFACTURES. Tfce Present Prospect oftbelr Competing' with those Elsewhere. According to the able report of CoL John B. Palmer, of Sooth Carolina, which was ordered to be printed with the proceedings of foe last Commercial Convention, recent ly held in Lomirille, Kentucky, foe South ern manufacture* can now make yam cheap er than those North by five cents npon each pound of manufactured cotton Yarns can be manufactured and delivered in Eu rope at 4} cents cheaper than .he cotton can be exported and manufactured in Liv erpool or elsewhere. These statements are supported by fig ores and minute statistics as to the priee of wool, labor, cotton, and by actual showing of books in different factories. An ordinary crop of cotton is wotfoto foe South $225,005,000. Were this cot- ton crop, however, mannfacturrd ioto yarn, it would give foe Sonth 8150,000,000 more of revenue. As foe matter now stands, foe Sonth has only 190,772 spindles, where foe North has 5,848,477. Were foe whole crop mannfactnred here, it would pay to foe laborers, chiefly women and children, $86,000,000. It wonld pay this sum x foe class that are ordinarily ydaeas Spinning is comparatively , and bnt little Northern capital is in vetted in this primary operation. It is in foe complicated labor of weaving, dyeing, etc., that foe heavy demand for capital be gins. Were these operations performed, they will tu some day, the amount of wages paid and laborers employed, wonld be mensely increased. CoL Palmer’s sugges tion is that foe property-holders an d*plant ern of foe South baud together and occapy foe field with their own factories and spin dles. Once these are established, his prop osition is to ship direct for Enrope, and drive other yarns from the market. The cost of a spinning mill, giving employment ‘ ty-seven operatives, and consuming ilcs, ought to be $50,000. Tbe es timated net profits of snch a factory, at Northern prices, would be 817,748. The firegoing stat'stici are endorsed by F. Cog- _ jrintende.it of foe Augusta Factory, and that they deserve cooeideration, there can be no donbt. The conclusion they (ead to is. that yarn sample* should be sent im mediately to ascertain, by positive experi ment. and in authoritative form, wbat the precise margin of difference in prices is. If, after consultation info the manufacturers, dealers and others, residing in Europe, these statistics are verified, as foer doubtless will bo an impetus given to mannfactores which they con’d derive from no other sources.— Columbia Phcadx. A Perilous Bight In a Deer Park. A bibulous son of St Patrick, in Pater son, N. J., on Wedoevday evening manag ed in some way to climb over foe high wire fence enclosing the lawn in which Mr. F. G. Beckwith of that place, keeps five large, fine deer. These animals are of a danger ous disposition—so much so, in fact, that no one dare go where they .pro kept except foe person who feeds them and cares for them. It is but a abort time since that it was found necessary to saw off the horns of the laigestone—an old buck—to saucy had he grown. The Paterson Press tells foe story of foe adventnres as follows: ‘Oor hero, was notin tbe best condition imaginable, tumbled over foe fence in tbe midst of foe five deer. Not relishing this invasion of their realms, they gave a sniff and a snort, and with their stumpy tails sticking aloft ‘went tor’ the unfortunate in terloper. A desperate struggle ensued.— Tbe first dig sent foe man to grass. Then one of foe animals gave a jump in the air and then came down upon the fellow, giv A JJopEL Mabeiage Certificate.— Ap .esteemed snbscnber residing in Sussex county sends ns the following: Editors of the Index: Gentlemen—Be low yon will find a coyy of a marriage cer tificate that va- fonnd a few years ago in the Clerk’s office of Pjoria county, State of Illinois, whieh certificate was issued in the primitive days of foe Sucker State. It seems that there was a loving conple that lived ia a neigt borhood called Copper as Piecinct, Peoria connty, who were very aoxions to get married, bnt foey conld not find a minister who had been licensed, nor a justice of foe peace who had beea com missioned to marry people. They finally met with a justice who concluded to set them agoing, and gave them foe following certificate: -. Tft all the World, Greeting—Know ye that ffohn Smith and Peggy Myers are hereby certified tg go together and to do as old folks does, arywnere inside of Copperas Preeint, an? when my commieriop comes I am to marry 'em good, and date’em back to kiver accidents. -» '■ Ac — At a tpeetine of the Maryland Democrat ic State Central Committee, last week, foe joII„ wing resolutions, which will be for mally siT ,,mitt ® d *S tke Legislature, was adopted: Resolved, That tb# registration law of this State should be so * lt ?^ d to Con form to foe provisions of il* 1 ® Fifteenth Amendment, and enable all period* shall be entitled to register and avail fosT 11 ' selves of the privileges of foe elective fran cbise. A correspondent of the Country Gen tleman, believes in fathers' allowing their sons to take an acre or so of land and-put on what crops they like. Be says : Give them tools, means and advice, and leave them to plan, think, and take the interest which they will from following ont their own ideas. Let the fathers point ont their errors, bet not dictate. Because this coarse was not panned with me. I took little or no interest till I began forming on my own hook. Bibb connty has contracted with a Chica go firm to build a Court Honse in Macon, costing875,000. Humor, of the Day It is a question nhethera lady has foot notes or her music score when she is ting- ing sl-to. Union is not always strength, as the sail or s. id when he saw the purser mixing hie ram with water. TELFGBAPHIC. Reported for the TrI-tVcekly Courier. -For one woman to kiss an A Silly-bus- other woman. A little girl excited by the brilliaat dis play of her annt’e gold plugged front teeth exclaimed : “Oh, annt Mary, how I do wish I had copper-toed teeth like yon.*' A rude fellow once told Mr. Barnum he bad never exhibited anything that was’nt a barc-faced humbug. Yes I have," said Ba<nnm;“foe bearded lady was’nt bare faced.” The Tomah (Wis.) Journal says : “An Indian lady passed by onr office foe other day, with a quarter of venison, and two papooses on her back, a jngof whisky in one hand and a wigwam in foe other. “Has a man” asked a prisoner of a mag istrate. “any right to commit a nuisance ?” “No sir, not even the Mayor.” “Then sir, 1 claim my liberty. I was arrested as a nuisance, and no one has a right to commit me, I move for a non-suit.” A little boy some time ago, while comiog down stairs, was cautioned by his mother not to lose his balance. His question which followed was a puzzler: “Mother, if I should lose my balance, where wonld it go?” A lady, in passing through Connecticut last summer, observed foe following notic; on a board : “Horses taken iu to grass— long tails 3s. 6d; short tails 2s." She ark- cd the owner'of foe land foe reason of the difference in price. He answered : “Yon see, ma'am, the ling tails can brash away foe flies, bnt foe short ones are so torment ed by them that they hardly eat at all. A Connecticut hoy insisted on knowing what was meant by foe slang phrase, “a gone sucker;” and was overheard praying scon after, on being sent off to bed, “God bless papa and mamma and baby; bnt I’ae been snch a bad boy, I rather guess I’m a gone sucker. “What have you douo with your doll, Amy ?” “Lock it up, papa; doin’ to teep it for my itty dirl when I git big jes like mama.” “Ab, but if yon should’nt have any lit tle girl ?” “Never mind, papa; then I’ll give it to my g’anchile. New York. April S.—Silvester Bran, better known as Jack Reynolds, who mur dered \Ym. Townsen, hanged. When the thne of reprieve expired, Bran abandoned all pretenses of insanity; kissed crucifix,-and struggled seventeen minutes after the drop fell. Losco.v, April 8.—Tito election of Lord Lancskury, as a Representative for Ireland, announced. The House will veto on an important amendment on the Irish land hill, showed but thirty-two majority for the Ministiu of Vienna, Upper Chamber, passed. Resolutions favoring a liberal Ministry, and opposing a strong central power in the Lower Chamber, adopted. An address to the Emperor, protesting against experimental changes of the Consti- tion .- Wa-iiiv.t-'N. April ' .—llot>K.—IVivate bills to-day. No items. Mr. Chirk, of Texas, was placed on the Committee of Commerce. The election Committee heard Connor and Grafton this morning, from the 3d Texas.— No action. The Pacific Railroad Committee heard Gen erol Hunter on Trans-Continental. Mr. Gil berts, New York Attorney, Memphis and E1J pas.‘o Railroad and Trans-Continental Road. No press in tho Virginia matter before Judge Chase. *.. \V In the Senate petition on disabilities. Noth ing else important. Gov. Senter testifies before foe Reconstruc tion Committee to-morrow. The Conserva tives apprehend that Senter will favor de claring the election a fraud; and finally Sen ter will continue Governor as successor to Brownlow—and bo Provisioal Governor.— Part of this scheme involves the allowing of Georgia to remain in her present status. Revenue to-day $387,000. Delano decides that each lottery vender must pay license, and managers must give bond for venders. Judge Bradley has gone home in Jersey, preparatory to going South. Nomination of Jndge Bond to the 4th Cir cuit will not ho considered till Senators re turn fronj the funeral. Gov. Henry A, Wise was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court. Tho National Banks of New York held twenty-five and a half millions of specie on the 24th of March. In the Senate the morning hour was occu pied in district affairs. Joint committee on Indian affairs resumed. Davis entered his solemn protest against its passage. He was satisfied that it meant nothing bat fntad and treachery towards foe Indians; nothing bnt rain and desolation for them. It requires two-ihirds'of the Senate to rat ify Indian treaties, bnt if vou give to the HettSe concurrence and jurisdiction of this matter, the Tery principles underlying onr treaties will be overthrown. After farther discussion, without action, adjourned. House.—Tho credentials of Barry of foe third, Miss., district was presented. Refer red to committee on elections. A resolution was introduced, authorizing foe clerk to pny $1600 for advertising,— Passed. A resolution for the relief of sureties of D. R- Kendall, late post master at New Or leans. Bused. Barry, after an examination of his crcden- t^ts, seated. Tan?'ff resumed. The previous bill rogarti- ing cotton thread, and kindred cotton arti cles passed, with some important amend ments. Some progress made in woolen goods without amendment before tho committee arose. Adjourned. Paris, April 8.—Antiquarians excited over tha discovery of the great Roman Amphithea tre in the excavations at Mount Gencvriere near thirdly. Franchise Newspaper reproduces an opin ion of Prince Napoleon, that a plebiscifam is the last .alternative rtf revolqtion. Grand military review to-day. Streets full of soldiers and people. Emperor reviewing troops. New York. April 8.—The missingjSteante, Missouri, arrived from Havannsfoia jamm ing. Loxooif, Apr. 8.—Paris correspondents of the London Journals confidently predict ple- biscsinm to he ordered early in May. Mr. Inman, proprietor of the Inman line, thinks the city of Boston must have perished in foe late gale, by collision with iceberg, when two or three days dot from Halifax. Wasoingtos, Arpil 12.—Gov. Senter of Tennessee, answering a question tending to impeach Gen. Forrest’s veracity, answered, “be is a shooting man, and l reckon I had bet ter not say much about that. Washington, April 11. A resolution passed, giving the Negroes the use of the Hall for the purpose of cele brating the fifteenth amendment; the rules requiring that tho House participate in any object for which the use of foe hall is allow ed. Blaine, in putting the question, asked inr structions as to what manner of participation the honse should make in this celebration. Coin ball&ncc in the Treasnry is 119,24 796 dollars, of which 37,895,500 are coin certificates. Currency balance 10,746,513. It Is estimated that the coin receipts during the present month will reach about 9,000,000 dollars, which will leave a balance on the 30th inst., deducting the coin certificates, of 90,000,000. Of this amount 28,000,000 will he tequired to pay the semi-annual in terest on the 5.20 bonds falling dne the 1st ot May. Havasa, April 11.—Dcrodas tclcgrphs from Puerto Principe, that two columns re turned without meeting the enemy. Forces were then provisioned for two months and sent forward. Two men and one woman cap tured—meu hung. Rebel correspondence captured—much rebel property destroyed. ced guards of the Insurgents Barren dered. They report Euriqae, Btioncourt. Diego, Aguerro and an American nam ed Mayart, were the chief leaders of the insurgents, and some bad embarked after fighting among themselves. Ccspcdes intends leaving the country. He will be actively penned. Anarchy, panic and destruction prevails among- the rebels. Some have rais ed tho standard of revolt against Agramoutc, owing to his tyrannical behavior. Yesterday the leadcrsj of this revolt assassinated four teen of their own men. This favorable news, which is considered official, causes great en joyment Richkoxd, April 11.—Tha two Mayors bad a conference to-day, and agreed, in view of the delay before Chief Justice Chase can hear their case, to submit it with the consent of Chief Justice Chase, to the Virginia Court of Appeals, which meets tomorrow.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, April 15, 1870, Image 1