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Newspaper Page Textwtmm mum nr j run imnmumm*amm*8IBe&SltaSSSB t &** i * •WISD O M, JO STICE AND MODERATION, ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 22, 1870. NEW SERIES—No 34. be for- r r ff . 0 K A —.A«oci»tfiEdl t o r Kiss™** n '™- BITES OF ffEEKtT.^ ^ m— ■ Booth* —- ■‘^TEb'ToE TRt-WEEKXsY.^ rjoatht--- ■ ■, rl&rt® advance „ |,!,io.fr^ ormorecoecopy Kjjriti!. M. D WIN ELL, ■ Proprietor. ■ ,rr,Ah ADVERTISEMENTS. I , A A,iffi : tistr»tor8. Exectors 01 dbJ . !sw to be held oi tliitf-l C fl month, between th< Rirst T“«! i “Vte ‘ren„ou end three in tfa. |r- of tM . Court House in the county .1 ■fsw®* a ^, v i 8 situated, l^'.i' ^es must be g.ven m o pub- E*“ fEEfc-a property must f ; f ke manner, through a public gat- I l " d DeSrsndCreditors of on estate, Air puWish ed 4J'•’“T” - will be made to the Ordinary for leave to sell land must be l^ftrTettCT^ofArlministrationvGnar- I u ton> ft' letter bli6holl 30 days-for Uf ™'u Administration, .three nou.hs- r/Ss on from Guardianship, 40 nys. I r foreeloECure of Mortgages must Biles for tbE f f„ur months—for es- if, ■“tatUwers! for the full spaerfof three ■naw* 1031 » a * _ t : t i es t ru ni Executors or L.-forcompellmg «U«^ ^ „ y . laistrator.. ^ ){three months. Lwed, j be continued accord- Kdcr’ed, at the fallowing RATES. I . e i„™>fieTT often linesorleas$3 00 LoSrlen'crs of-Administration 3 JJJ for letterso' Guardianship -..•••• 3 00 n, appliration for dismission from # ^ fc'”ri;^.mn-£fm ! .sion from # ^ IfS^^and&ediims;::::::. 000 b fl riii'"e q pr«F;rf;v6'd‘a7s':: j •« [ j’otia . 00 days '•*'* , nn [ „f Mortgage, per square..,-., A [,ifr itising his wife, fin advance) 10 00 lATUKDAl' .MORNING, April 16. i with i job,” s Corn- Ill!' PUBLIC SCHOOL. SYSTEM, e publish below an expose of a scheme oa foot to methodize the public school «. w is much in this scheme for South- ieea lo deplore. Negroes will be ad- led to these schools, of course. This j keep white children out ol them. — t< we trill be taxed heavily and reap no lefit from the taxation. fab additional taxation will be not less h fifty millions. The main evil that will a to the South from this matter will [the effect that partizan teaching will le npou the rising generation. Radical funsters will prescribe their lessons— peal expounders will explain to -them lens—Radical schoolmarms will train r minds. pals of disreputable New ' England its that this measure will bring to our pat midst we caa staud—because ice l to do if. ft commend the following scheme from New Fork Journal of Commerce, to the ffal consideration of our readers as a specimen of Radical equity and econ- ter along, high-sounding preamble, ("i ot the Fifteenth Amendment, Mr r comes straight to bns'Dess, and pro- 1 tic appointment for each State in L’mon of a-saperintendent of national at a year'y salary of 83,000.— tpljmg 3,00) hy 37 (the number of s wl, eo they are a 1 in) we have $111,- af annul eipenditare to begin I* a P«tintoadeuts will “boss the lertheijj iiediate direction of the l:)!tr °l Elaea’.ion, who, ia tarn, ro- s lor genera: instruction to the Secreta ■'I the Interior, who finally takes t ie from the President, uukiog the whole 1 C01tl ?iete administrative machine as - as the army or the revenue crowd. areach Congressional district the See- ■ ,J ‘ the Interior is to appoint a “d i- 13 ' as pector oi national schools,” on » 7 of 62,000. 32,0)0 x 242=3484, ■ Each of the divisions shall be divid. ^tate SuperintcLdeut into school’ ‘Cta of co ivement size, to be managed i!^ sa P e rintendent ol national 0 < ’ st 1 day for the time that he • eaplnyed. This means millions ' m ^* oa s ot dollars in the aggregate, Jr "aat of more precise data than we .** Clau °t estimate the sum even prox- J What with tho salaries of all “fraidons ot the strong Government, . riQ * 0 '' aQ indefinite number of taster and mistresses, the erecting 'pairing Of school-houses, the furnish- so o,,l bo As for children unable to g CW 1U ot!let incidental expenses, isprubaWy withi,, the mark a. ?i ° f * lrdCt tiz t0 k® apportioned ^several States, of fifty m m icn t is ill 4 | L . 1 ° Start t * le ex perimeDt, for Iwil 1 t || at j < ' Ien 8U * ar ' :e an aul0unt 38 , 0 iU 4 more we turn this kft’ ? 0reWeire lo3tia admi ‘ me andacious genius that planned ^ desthemealculable political pow >a ”h it - 0D i. er3 ° D t ' 1 ° ‘^ninistration— i«L n ]- th0USands of wel1 P ai d and will- tenS IJrlC3: an4 tlla indoetriuation in ji.ll,*p “ lnii of childhood of the fc”7 ,cal P r inciples—think of the jp b r in,i 3‘ealings! L“, St " peudous Political and money- itherq e!* 3 ^ " d * ”° * nt0 effect in the #of tllle ^. ^mediately after the pas 15 systen for 10 tll33e St ates there bill P l ’Palar education such ai 1 *‘U be l |- H i0r ’ aud the States are, \ f w one of Tv, ? l0 “ S tia,e ' 100 P°° r u lac 0 f,, elr own - R resta with the I be in., j 1 resident whether it ’ will tk « Rni 0 o Q UC l‘“ t0 . aUlhe . other lt ln J State * 181 seotlon declares cation 0 f n*' 7 , ma,£e P rovi *ion lor the ^'bctwelj e ° hildre ° within it* but ,° f Rlx aadc'ga- clotbed with absolute power to deuule whetuer any State system meets his views and wishes and, if’ not, the national scheme will be made to supercede it. Democatie State will b i especially liable to have their. owi, educational laws nullified and schoolmaster, turned oat, to make Way for Radical teach injgs and teachers. Wherever it may b’ of political advantage to rob oat n State system, and impose the national one, rea sons plentierthan blaekberries can be found for doing it ABOUT THE BONDHOLDERS. The story of repndiation has become, we fear, an idle tale. However, the .payment of bonds in green backs was, one year ago, a favorite mea sure with Western men, and even to-day occufies the 'public mind; to a considerable exiept. The heavy decline in gold and the ap proximation of greenbacks to a par value with gold, has been probably the only cause that prevented the payment of the bonds in rreenbacks a national party issue. Let us look into the matter a little and see whether it would be jnst to pay the bondholders in greenbacks. Suppose that in 1862 a man liad 85.000 in gold. He could sell this gold,for 812,- O(’0—gold then being 82 40.*' He coaid then bay 812,000 worth of bonds. These bends it will be remembered cost him only' 85,000 in gold He bus held thise bonds now for seven years, and drawn 6 per cout interest oo them for eaoh year- The inter est at this rate would be 8720 a year, or 85,040 for the seven yeais—forty dollars more than he invested in’the first place N“W the government proposes tj pay hint 812.000 in gold tor his bonds. Thus he will receive 812,000, principal, and 85040, interest—S17,040 total in gold for 85.000 that he invested seven years ago D ies justice demand this much? Does jns- tice countenance the payment of so mnch? Aud yet these bondholder howl with in dignation at the tare mention of green backs. The Income Tax.—The New York Jonroal of Commerce, speaking of the In come Tax, says: - The public ought not to sabmit to it and there will come a time when they wil not sabmit to it. We do not say that every man who votes in Congress to con tinue it, will lessen at once his chanci for political favor or preferment, but wo do say that he wil! come, sooner or later, to be associated with an odor so foul that he can not wash himself clean in all his after life.” The Most Prospebops Farmer.—The Far" mer who always has’ plenty of corn is sure to have an abundance of everything else. His horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep and poulrty arc‘fat and flourishing.” Whensuch a man is known, he can sell whatever he de sires, for more money than any one else. His bacon, corn, wheat, pork, butter Ac., Ac. commands at all times the highest mar ket price. Then why will our farmers continue to plant cotton, to the exclusion of grain. A sufficient number of experiments have been made with clover and the grasses, to show that this region ot country is admirably adapt ed to their growth. It has also been demon strated beyond a doubt, that the hay crop will pay more money, for less labor, than any other. For tfce Rome Courier. MEMPHIS BRANCH RAILROAD. HOW IT CAN BE BUILT. It is as much to the ioterest of Atlanta s of R >me that this road should be built, and the people of Georgia, as the owners of the State R <ad are as largely concerned as either of these cities, probably more, in the early accomplishment of the enterprise The inquiry is as to ,be mode of securing the foods necessary to consummate the work. ‘•Givis” in the Commercial of Friday morning, suggests a p'an which would be ;ood, but for a legal difficulty. His plan is for the State to take stock in the road to the amonnt of 820 000 per mile, from Rome to Collinsville, forty-six miles, and rely upon a d from Alabama to complete the remainder. The difficulty with this plan is a provi sion in the Constitution of Georgia, Art 3, Sec. 6, paragraph 5, latter part of the par agraph, which is as follows: “The General A-sembly shall pass no law making the State a sioekholder in any corporate com pany.” Tho paragraph continues, “Nor shall the credit of the State be granted or loaned to aid any company witho it a pro» vision, that the whole property of the com pany shall be boon I for the security o f the State, prior to any other debt or lien except to laborers; nor to any company ini which there is not already an equal amonnt invested by private persons.” There is nothing', however, to interfere with the plan which the legislature already has un der consideration, of the State’s purchasing the Romo Railroad, and extending it west to Decatur. The Legislature, at its last session, appointed E- HnJbert, Campbell Wallace, Mark A- Cooper, John P. King Alex H. Stephens, as a committee to ne gotiate for the purchase of the Rome road, and to report at the next session, (the pres ent session) the terms upon which tha pnr* ohase could be made, and the action neces sary to be taken by the General Assembly. Ttat committee, I think, has taken no do finite action, owing perhaps to the unsettled eondition of the State government. This plan, though not the most desiraole to Romo can probably be carried out. If the Rome road will sell oa reasonable terms, there is but little doubt that the Legislature will purchase it end make the extension. The serious objection which Rome has to this arrangement is, that the Memphis Branch would be but a prong of the State Road, and entirely under, the control of the State Road authorities, or Atlanta; while it is highly important to Rome that she her self should have tho chief control of its management. Let me then suggest the following plan as most advantageous to Rome, maid at the same time entirely practicable. Let the Rome Railroad Company and the Memphis Branch Company consolidate their stock and franchises, and get a new charter with the necessary powers to extend 'he road, west. There will then be nd difficulty in getting the State's endorsement of the bonds of the new Company to the assonnt of. the foil value of the Some road, togeth er with all f stock now subscribed to the Memphis Branch, and all that could be ob tained to the consolidated company. With these resources, the Road could, nnder pro per management, be speedily pushed thro’ to Collinsville, and in a year or two to De catur. t jr.- Deal and Dumb Asyln u We bare keen famished whh a copy ol the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Com missioners of the above named institution, George W. Thomas, President of the Board tf Trustees, A. R. King, Secretary Treasurer.'' The Board of instruction t|e Intellectual Da partment, consists ol W'. O Connq., Principal, J. 8 Davis As Jsistant, James Fisher, Second Assistant. 0 I villgive Silver plate vataolM lb, »««« B r l.e^B. f „„ s ,.„ route from Hamburg to Water Yalley, I also tender yon as above,, a splendid doable V Harrow, for the best heavy, work mole ; and a fine finished No, 2 Living ston plow, as a special premium, to the best ploughman living in Cherokee Ga. or Ala- Youra Repectfuliy, F. Pence. Rome, April 13th 1870. Louisville Kt., April lit, 1870. Deab Courieb:—1 still remember my promise, “to write occasionally” and will try Jo write something, that I hops will in terest some of yoor/eaders. The weather daring the month of March has been a lit tie rough; more so, than for years; in this section, “the clerk” seems to be disposed to pay us off for the mild winter just passed The Ohio is on the rampage, and oor sister ‘ Village”—Cincinnati—has some of the houses near the river in danger Our city fathers, a few years since, bought the property near the river, and have raised the wharf high enough to prevent overflows, so we are oat of danger. The bridge spann ing tho river hero, has been completed, and through trains East and West pass over the falls daily. It is certainly a grand enter prise—one which we are justly pn nd of It was built by a stock ompany, at a cost of v. million and a half dollars,—capitalists of the “Falls City”—is one and a quarter ot miles long—of iron—with a span of four hundred feet over the main channel a id a “draw” at the ship canal; the span a sufficiently high to let steamboats pass up or down the river—passengers get in the cars here for New York, have choice of twenty-five different rentes and not subject ed to changes. An arrangement has been completed re cently so that sleeping coaches go from here to Atlanta, withuntchange!you actulaly go through Chattanooga without knowing itg what a blessing 1 I mean hear of that de lightful place without visions of mice ? Ho tels, Mud Shanties, and negro soldiers, and in facteveiy thing that is disagreeable.— If I knew who conceived this grand idea and had it in operation, 1 wonld be willing to (notwithstanding mv small means,) help bay him a house at Long Branch or send him a dog, and let him pay Express eharg- There is much said about the Grand Trunk R. R. from here to Chattanooga and •rerything is being done to make a begin ning. The rest will be surveyed this spring, the company organized. There are flattering annonnement of aid all along the line And it is generally believed the road will be built. Cincinnati is tolerably pat ont because the Kentncky Legislature wonld not comply with their extraordinary demand for a charter; they say Louisville, caused their defeat; bat it was on the ground that they asked privileges, no state could give. They have taken- the matter to Congress to get righted.They will get it there.ifthere are any Rebels” to be punished- However one of the members in Congress, hal the decency to call attention to an article which forbids them from granting charters for the R R in the States. They might make an amend ment to the Constitution—^“Sixteenth”— so as to give the newly franchised, a chance to vote. The city is thtongeh with merchants, bat they are baying very small bills. The fall in Cotton and the unsettled state of the currency, has depressed trade. Bao on has reached the bottom. Corn, Wheat and Floor seems as lowas they can get. I regret to see such a demand for produce firm the cot.on States. I trust that the planters generally will plant more corn—it seems to me, unex perienced as I am, that it wonld be more to their interest. The Hog crop is a little short of last season, bat there is not each a foreign demand. Accounts fr< m Warhia- ton shows that poor old Georgia is the .only State ont of the Union. She has a ha; d time in getting a peaceful harbor. The ■fifteenth” has not created mnch cxcitemen amo ig Kentuckians, only “the fifteenths” teem much exercised, and they are exceed- ingly quiet. They are generally well dispos ed, and trying to “elevate” themselves in the right kind of way; bnt there is “good opening” and as soon Georgia has got safe- anchored, I think yon might spare a few of the most exceeding anxious and loy al—bat I wonld here make a suggestion, that is if any do come as missionaries, thev had better go slow or they mierht return with a “flea in their ear.” The “Nation” mourns at the death of Qeo- George H Thomas. It is jnst: I would not detract a single honor Ho has gone oa that long jour ney and a merciful God has judged him. Men’s virtue and fault* live after them, so will the Romans remember the “order” tha sent them to the barracks in Atlanta, for a liuls tablaax. “Peace to his ashes.”- Now dear Courier I dose. Probably I Will write yon occasionally as I ionrne Westward. I will leave the city in a few davs. A ROMAN. SPECIAL PREMIUMS. April 10th 1870. To the President of Directors of the Charo bee Agricultural Mechanical and Horn- cifUural Fair for Qherokee Qeargia and Alabama: Gentlemen, -Mr. Wm. S, Buckingham, General Agent for the sale of Bickford and Hoffmans’ Grain Drill, known as the “Far mers’ Favorite,” has authoriied me as his Agt., to tendep you one of our eight tube gum Spring Machines, as specjalpremium on the best (10) ten acres of wheat that may he reported at yonr fair in 1870; the crop having been planted with a drill of some kimi-. the Fur in October.’ Yours Respectfully, J. J. Cohen. oa A Progressive Steamship Line— The most noueeable dispatch tit tne ban dling of steamship cargoes ’ may be seen by a visit to Union Wharves on the arrival ot either the ‘Snath Carolina’ or ‘Tennessee; of the new and popular iron line 'North end East.’ These fiiau steauipslups bring large cargos for oor city dealcts, and also tor Colombia, Augusta at d the great South west, as far as the Mississippi River; and lor this latter class offreignt, the time con sumed in loading is of great consequence. Time is oertainly an essential element ot success in freighting operations, and we yes terday witnessed, lor the first time, two doz en moscular stevedores, armed with capa cious hand tracks, rushing merchandise from the steamship 'Booth Carolina’ to the whiri, literally 'on the doable-quick.’ Ac tive employees ot the line assorted the huge piles to the different parts of the wbart. where several young meu wore busy ticket ing long lines of drays, a never euding pro cession of vehicles going aud coming with clock-like regularity The new feature ot these steamers is in doing away with the traditional hoisting horse. More than halt the cargo is brought between deck and through large ports in the sides of the vessl, “fore” and -alt,’ on gangway planks, the goods are tracked oat to the drays. A mi aiatare steam engiae ia a corner, out of tht- way, does the work ot s-x horses in lift ing several tons of lower hole cargo at one time. With the sight of these labor-sav- appliances in full oj eratiou, we were nut surprised to leain that several hundred dray loads of railroad freight were delivered at the depots by 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and belore this i- read at our city break fast tables, oar friends in Colombia and Augusta will have received their consign ments, and those farther west will be as promptly treated, making due allowance for distances.— Charleston (5. C.)A r ews, April 13th. Removal of the Income Tax. Secretary Boutwell expressed himself em phatically opposed to the removal of the revenue tax on incomes, and says that the tax, being paid by 250,000 persons, is the most popular, as well as the most eqmtable source ot revenue to the peonle. Such is the tenor ot a Washington dis patch. We have no doubt that it repre sents the Secretary correctly. It illustrates how flagrantly incapable he is to compre hend the justice or injustice of taxation.— The income tax is outragionsly unjust, be cause those ho.ders of real estate, which is steadily increasing in value, and who, in the end derive immense profits from such in crease, escape with no taxation npoc such profits. The tax is evaded to a great extent by the wealchy, and falls with especial severity upon the poor tradesman, clerks and office holders who have fixed incomes of over $1,000 a year. Besides it invites espionage into private business; and is productive of all sorts ot fraud and rascalities connected therewith. There is not one of the innn merable taxes of the government which the people feel so severely, or erire so sincere ly to abrogate, os the income tax- Bontwell if be retains it. will be the object ot gen eral malediction.—Cincinnati Enquirer. There ip, says the New York Herald, of Wednesday a serious misapprehension. in the public mind in relation to the income tax. Petitions are being sent to Washing ton for the repeal of the law. It sbonld be distinctly understood that the income tax law was repealed by limitation the 31st day ot December, 1869 The tax now be ing assessed is for the year 1869. After i‘ is aid no other income tax can be collected or assessed without the euactment of an en tirely new law, which is not likelv to be brooght abont. Repeal of the old law is final and unconditional. It takes effect as soon as the tax fot 1869 is paid. A bill passed the House nnder the pre vious question gag role a tew days ago. providing for the asse sment and collection of an income tax lor one year only. (’70) bnt it is not likely that Congress will put si ch a needless harden upon the people again in the face of the noanimons protest of the entire press of the country. The oc casion that called for it has passed a ray forever. Let ns nave no more income tax laws. [Speaial Correspondence of The Coutitation- Washinqton, April 9,1870. GEORGIA AFFAIRS. The Georgia bill still hangs fire Thete will be no vote on it before Tuesday, and perhaps not then. It is beginning to be seriously thought that the State will not be admitted at oresent, nnder any eiremnstan- es or conditions. The 15th amendment has been declated part- of the Comtitotion; and there is re ally nothing for the Radical party to gain by the admission of Georgia. On the con trary, it is generally believed that were an election to be held to morrow, she would have Democratic State officers, and send a Democratic delegation to Congress. Then, again,' Bollock and company rep resents the State to be in each a terrible condition, as to raise donbts in the minds of some of the Senators as to whether she should he admitted at all. There is talk now of remanding her to military control, and beginning the work of reconstruction de novo As for Bnlloe', I do not believe that on- d;r -ny circumstances, will theSenatesane- tion-an extei sion of the rfficial term If the Senate should, however, be led into such action, it will certainly be do- in the House. THE FATE OF THE BINGHAM AMENDMENT Is dubious. I think it will be rejected Its defeat will not be owing to any doubt as to its intent or legality, but simply and solely because it is “the Bingham Amend ment, and as such it will fail. Mr. Bing ham prepared the an endmeut, it is true, bnt the House endorsed and adopted it by a derided non-payty vote. The defeat of this amendment in the Senate, however, does not preclude the possibility, nay, prob ability of the adoption of one of precisely similar tenor, which will accomplish all Mr. Bingnam’s amendment could have accom- p.ished, and which will succeed simply be- cause it will not bp the Binaham amend ment- ■ - One of the rising cities of Colorado goes by the name of Gouge-eye Gulch ter. The present number of pupils amonnt to sixty-six. . The disbursements, as shown by the Steward's reports for the past year, ama-nnta to the sum of $9,646,84. The number of pupils' in attendance is greatly in excess of any former year. The report says: ‘The iatelle'tna! advancement of the pu pils, their moral conduct, as well arthe at taiffments in mechanical knowledge, have been highly satisfactory to the parents and patrons of the achoolAnd a sincere congrat uhtion to the teachers and officers of the institution. This is gratifying news to the friends of humanity. If any of our State institutions deserve* encouragement, it iv this. That unfortunate class of our popu lation which i: is designed to benefit are truly objects of compassion. Deprived ot the sense of bearing, aud consequently ot the powor of Speech, if left destitute of the advantages of education, their condition must be most deplorable.’ We hepe oar State Legislature will deal liberally with the institution, and never let it suffer for w»nt of funds. Mark tiara Uoyr% The yonng haies of Wioteraet have adopted a war platform. They propose to reform the young men of their town. Some of the girls here desire to loilow copy. If tney do their masculine affinitives can have hot one resort, to coma down at once. The platform ot these reformers is as as cart as hasty paddiom Whereas, We mean business, therefore be it Resolved, ThaLwe will not acoompant yonng men to ehnteh, or other places ot amusements, who chew tobacco in any man ner; Resolved, that we discard all yonn; men who play billiards, enchre or poker: Resolved, that all met) who indulge in profane language need not apply: Resolved, That we will mtoy “hook, look or crook,” notice any young man who indulges in lager or whiskey; Resolved, That we will nut harbor yonng men known lo keep late hour*.-—jEe. Southern Crept and Slanders. Senator Thurman on the Georgia Outrages. Senator Thurman, of Ohio, in the course of the debate last monday on the Georgia bill, pats the material argument against the outrage slanders, in this shape: The Senator gets op here and tells ns that there has been no protection for fife or liberty or property in the Southern State" for fonr years; aud yet in those four years those Southern States have raised a crop of cotton but for whiob you* green backs wonld this day be worth not more than sixty cents on the dollars They have raised a crop of cotton which has nearly brought yon to specie payments, and if yon get to specie payments by this time next year, it will be because the cotton crop of 1870 will be as successful as the co tton crop of 1869 and 1868. And yet a conn try that can do such a thing as that: a conn try through whic’. ailways are now bring on e at the rate r more than a thousand miles a year; a cc aotry which is prospering as everybody admits, and fast repairing its lost- wealth and its lost capital, as we are told, is a country in which there is no se curity for life, for liberty or for property T re statement is sufficient in itself to be its own refutation. Alpeora Alfonso Bradley Has “slipped up.” Yesterday Mr Riddle, the member oi the bar who presented Biad- [cy’s application for admission to the Sa- breme Court, appeared in Court and with drew it, apologizing at the same time for having offered it. Au examination of Brad- ley’s record had proved anything bat satis factory, it baring been shown that be had seived a term in the penitentiary. The statement of a correspondent of the Balti more Son. that Bradley is urging the the reconstruction of Georgia, is. I elieve. an- true, rio give the devil his doe; Bradley is working against Bullock & Co., with much zest and energy. An Emigration Scheme.—A Wash ington dispatch says that General Logan intends introducing in a few days a hill in- corporating the bish - National Colouring Association. Its managers comprise lead- wealthy and influential Irishmen in ev cry city in the Union. The principal ob ject of the bill is to remove the surplus Irish from tne over crowded cities of the East, an a place them on faros, as well *s provide means of transportation for the poorer class- es who are daily arriving from Europe It also provides for the establishment of loan offices and emigration agents in the differ ent cities of the seabord. The Spring Trade ia New York. The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia^ Ledger says: 'Merchants continue to eomplain of the backwardness of the spring trade not one particular branob, but all- The Wentern dealers are buying sparingly, while South ern orders, as a general tiling, are said to be much nuder die liberal mark which the table cotton crop seemed to warrant. >Iaoy are inclined to attribute the existing stagnation to the uncertainty which at- tachss to the future aa the result of the va rious financial measures pending in Con gress; but, what ever the cause, there can be no grinsaying the effect, which ia visi ble on every side The legal rate of iuterest.in California has been raised from seven to ten per cent. A party of In liana were seen near Atlan tic City, Cheyenne, Saturday, on the war path. ’ A Radical contemporary calls the Presi dent’s Fifteenth Amendment proelimation a grand “climax.” It is the climax of tiand; the climax ot loiee; the climax of negro equality. Mexico badsnch a climax, and its alter history is written in blood up on the records of that disjointed and plague- smitten nation.—FhUa. Age. The iVess declares “there is glory fit store for onr colored citixens ” Then, is more than there is in store for that party which forced the Fifteenth Amendment upon the country hy band and the -bayonet.— Phila Age. A man in Michigan swapped hit hqrse far a wife. An old bachelor acquriotagoe ■aid he’d bet there Was something wrong with the horse, or its owner never wonld have fooled it away in that manner. News Fresh, Crisp an4 Spicy. Agricultural reports from all parts ol Tennessee are very encouraging. Tho fears entertained of a serious over flow of the Missies ppi are subsiding. A manufacturing company in Coiambus, Ga, turns oat evety year 1,000 stoves. .New York dandies are co * accused of wearing monogram garters. Mississippi. Since the 1st of October last 1,948 bog heads of tobacco Lave been inspected in tie city of Petersburg. ~ North Germany has eleven thousand sev en hundred and forty-six beer shops. ’’The printers, the barbers and the tailors in New York are combining to prevent the threatened reduction of wages. A copy of Elliott’s Indian Bible sold re cently in New York for. $1050. Only two men in the world can read iL The Louisville Courier Journal says that Storey, of the Chicago Time*, is about the nearest thing to hell in harness that walks. A swan was recently killed near Cam den, Bay eonnty, Mo., which measures six feet and eleven inches between his wing tips, and weigh* thirty-one ponnds. A little boy died at Grass Valley, Cali fornia, on the 12th inst, from eating fric tion match??. The New York Masons are to erect an asylum for aged Masons and orphans to cost $51)0000. The death rate in New York city is abont 24.28 per 1,000; in Lordon 30; in Paris 38; to Barilo 32; and in Viena 30 per 1,000. Last Friday night a white man named rhos. Berry, was taken from his hou*e in Garrsnd eonnty, Ky., by a band of masked men, and- hanged to a tree until dead. The prisoners ii> the jail of Cahaba. Ala. made a desperate attempt to escape on Mon day last. They kooekea the jailor dow t aDd set the jail on fire, bnt the citizens in terfered, and after a desperate struggle, in which firearms were freely awed, the priso ners were all secored save one. The jail was entirely destroyed. An old man named Cade in Kickapoo. Kansas, has been arrested lor seducing his grandchild, thirteen years of age, who is now enciente by h?m. He is sixty-three years old,. nd seduced her two years ago A yonn-' lady in New York boasts that she can take an ounoe of arsen : c per day tot her complexion, and that has no injn riuns effect. [From the Finsactal Commercial. Friday, P. M., April 8,1070. By special telegrams received by ns to night from tht Southern ports we are in pcssesrion of the returns showing the re ceipts, exports, etc., of cotton for the week eodieg this evening, April 8th. From the figures thus obtained it appears that the total receipts for the seven days have reach 42,490 bales (against 42.344 bales last week, 53,169 bales the previous week, and 44,866 bales three weeks since.) making the aggregate since September 1, 1869. np to this date, 2,443,986 bales against 1,878, 180 bales for the same period in 1868-9. ceing an increase, this season over last sea son oi 555.798 hales. The details uf the receipts for this week (as per telegraph) and the corresponding week of 1869 are as foil nrs: Received this week at— 1870. 1849. New Orleans, bales 19,726 9,741 Mobile 3392 3,711 Ghartestom, 2378 2,317 Savannah, 4341 5373 Texas, asL, 4,567 3,982 Tennessee, he., 4,511 4.739 Florida. 273 408 North Caroline, 201 85 Virginia, 2,156 2364 Total receipts; 42,490 33,698 Increase this year, 8J92 The exports for the week ending this evening reach total of 66,193 bales ot whieh 31,006were to Great Britain and 35,187 bales to the Continent, while the Stocks at the ports, as made np this even ing, are now 395,511 bales. Below we give give he exports sod rtocka for the week and also for the corresponding week of las season, as telegraphed to ns from variou ports to night: 2?58?SSa filfliJ l-W I 8? I? 2 S S P fSaj =£8 marts HI o. I ssstsss s =illasslsi 5 iisi&cSi* si mSSZSXSI ** From the foregoing statement it will be seen that earn pared with the oorresponding week of last aevon, there is an increase iu the expnr a this week of 21259 bales,while the stocks to-night are 49,131 bales more than they were at this time a year ago. The following is onr usual table, showing the m-ivementof cotton stall the ports frog) September 1 to April l. the latest mail dates. We do not include onr telegrams to-night, as we cannot insure the accuracy or obtain the detail necessary by telegraph: S'S!S»- SSSS5S! s illlisa §s=sisl I We have had a firm tin ugh quiet market the past week, attended with considerable improvement in prices, this improvement being 4» e wholly to the upward movement at Liverpool acting upon a very small stock here- Desirable qualities are verr scarce, so that holders have the advaatage bnt buyers operate very sparingly. There is a feeling in the market, especially among re ceivers, that urices are to go higher this Sommer, so that the slightest cause oper ates quickly to give the maikct an upward tarn now that receipts hare fallen to so low a point. Spinners, however buy only to supply immediate want*, and exporters, operate with great caution, as onr prices are above the parity of Liverpool. Hence the market remains quiet but firm, and close-s to night, with Middling Uplands at 23jc, which is ]c-higher than last Friday. For forward delivery the transactions have been quite liberal at considerably improved pri ces. Total sale.* of this description reach 13,280 bales (all low middling, or on the basis of low middlin t except as hereinafter stated], of which 5.500 bales were for April, 300 at 211,100 at 22i, 300 at 22, 700 at 221. 900 at 221,100 at 221, aod, 100 at 22|; 2,580 bales for May. 30 at 211 200 at 21}. 500 at 22,700 at 21}, 550 at 211.200 21} and 400 at 221; 6.800 bale.- for June, 400 at 21,200 st 21}, 409 at 21}, J.050 at 21}, 200 at 22,400 at 22}. 1,800 at 22}. 1.200 at 21}, 700 at 81}, 100 at 21}, and 50 Middling at 23, and 150 Middling at 23}; 600 bal-»s for Jnly, 200 at 22}. and 400 at 22; 400 hales for Hay aud June, onc-Lalfcach month, at 22} 200 bales fur Jnne and July, one-half each month, at 21}, and 150 free on beard at Charleston, on private terms. The total sales for immediate delivery this week foot np 10.364 bales (inclnding 481 bale to ar rive.) of wh’ch 2,371 bales were taken by spinners, 991 bales on speculation, 4,457 bales for export. 1,435 bales in transit. Stocks of Cotton at Interior Towns. below we give the figures received to-night, showing the stocks of cotton at the interior ports at the close af business to-dry, aud add those for last week and the correspond ing periods of last year for comparison: 4 1870—. , 1860 Apl 8 Ap’l 1 Apt 8 Ap’l 1 19,438 20,392 14.950 15,711 12 400 13,000 11,270 11.655 12,860 13.265 8.339 10,014 5.231 5,425 16.536 16.882 5.274 5,500 sgainst 93.351 ba,es for January acd Feb- ruary, I860. These figures are, however, of course, imperfect, as they do not include stocks held by the mills at the two periods bnt they certainly indicate that tht require ments of Europe have not been as large as generally represented. Still, even if we make the consumption up to October 1 at 93,000 bales per week, the stocks of Eu rope at that date will be considerably in creased. Augusts, Columbus, Macon, Hnntgomerj, Selma, Memphis, Nashville, 6,275 6,435 4.922 5,400 5,375 5.650 19.919 22.721 8,100 5,168 Total 80,076 84,478 68,820 72,480 The foregoing shows the interior stocks have decreased daring the week abonc 4.402 bales, and that they are now 15,658 baless in. excess of the same period of last year. Yisible Supply op Cotton.—The fol lowing table shows the quantity of cotton Id tight at this date of each of the two past seasons : 1870 455,000 59,931 400 60;690 8 541 1869 319,000 75 765 250 43,915 3,406 5,062 15,500 ]52)00l> 19,193 294.379 346.380 63,829 Stock in Liverpool, bales, Sa>ck an Loodju, Stock in Glugow, Stock in Havre, Stock in Marseilles, Stock in Bremen. 8,483 Stoek on lest of Continent, 29,000 Afloat for Great Britain, Amer ican 218,006 Afloat for Havre (American at d Brasil) 49,300 Total Indian Cotton'afloat flir Europe. 739,261 Stock in United State* ports, 395,511 Stoek in Inland town*, 80,078 Total, 1,495,193 1,349,170 Supply and Consumption of Europe to October 1.—We showed in onr issue oi March 26 that the export uf cotton from the United States to European porta would, if the prospects of the new crop continned favorable, reach 2,000,000 bales. Last week we indicated what was likely to be the extent of the European supply from India. With these fact* before ps. and taking the figures for other ports the same as listyei.r. we reach the following us the probable Eu ropean anp -ly from Janaary 1 to October 1 of this year. For India we take the low er estimates, as the latest ad.ices are rather less favorable: European anpplv from the ' United States 2,000,000 Leas receipts in Europe np to Jan. I, Supply hom India to Oct. 1, 8apply from Egypt, Brasil, and other countries. Total receipts from Jan. I np to Oat. 1 (35 weeks) 330,000—1,620,000 1,450,090 2,710,000 These figures indicate an increase in the cotton in sight to-night of 146,028 bales compared with the same date of 186. Stock Jan-1; IS70, I860 At Liver mol 337,760 354,340 At Havre. 62^10 74,600 At Marseilles, 4.144 5,107 At Bremen, 2,718 8,737 At London, 122,214 145,229 Total stoek 520,176 586,013 Bec'is to March 1, At Liverpool 428.013 403,538 At Havre, 91,561 77.071 AtMaiseilles, 29.220 35,618 At Bremen. 42.739 44318 At London, 10,717-411.250 48,879—609,924 ■1 supply Stork March 1. At Liverpool, 310310 282,080 At Havre, 87,920 56307 At Marseille, 5,461 8387 At Bremen, 8A31 5340 At London, 72303-465315 95314—149,128 European conramp- tion far 8 weeks, 674311 746,309 As to the European consumption, there is not as complete data as we could t7ish to found an estimate npou. Last year, according to the figures of M- Ott Trnmp- ler, the * total consumption for Europe for 52 weeks was 4,50300 bales, which woud be abont 86.000 bales per week.— M. Eugene Zeis, of Zorich famishes fig ures, from which we have prepared the followiop, indicating the consumption for the first two months of the present year with the same period last year. 3.710,000 596,09 4,306,000 3,255,000 Total reaeipts of Europe from Jan. 1, to Oct- 1, as given above Stocks in Europe Jan. 1,1870 Total enpply to Oct. 1,1870 Convnmption 93,000 bales, 35 aresks Leaving stocks in Europe Oct. 2,1870, 1,052,000 -against 583,000 bales on the 1st of Oc- t her, 1869. Of course, should the mills stock np largely during the Sommer, the stock in sight might be less than given above ; or, if onr crop duritg the early months looks very unpromising, more of the old crop wonld probably be held back. On the other hand, the supply, especially from India, may se huger, and hence we think the chances are that the stock October 1 will not be less than above sta ted. Value of Crop.—A cotton crop of 3,000,000 bales, at the average price of the on, so far, is worth abont $310,000,000 currency, in Southern ports, which is equiv alent to over $250,000,000 in gold. This is a greater aggregate value that was ever received for any cotton crop in the United Stales, exceeding, h; some millions of dol lars, the Talne of the great crop of4,860,- 000 1859-60. The exports of cotton this week from New York show a decrease from last week, tits total reaehtitg 8,795 bales, against 13,- 360 bales last week. From the above it appears that the con sumptioo in Europe daring the fi.st two ■ninths of this year has been 674,811 bales against 746,809 bales last year, or 84.357 per week for January and February, 1870, Fact and Incident. Corn is tasscling near Tampa, Fla. The Macon and Augusta Railroad is so crowded wich freight as to render necessa ry the running of an extra train. Two little boys io Montgomery, Ala., had a doodle-catching match — fiJ’ty-three and forty-seven respectively were caught by each in about three hours. Olive oil is manufactured at St. Simon’s Island, off the coast of Georgia, near Brans, wick. . Molasses is made from corn iu India. Of nil the school-teachers in the United States, taro-thirds are women. The Chinese la orers on the western railroads drink cold tea inst ead of water. The Louisville police are too prou-1 to arrest “common folks.” Baltimo'e has fourteen men named Lem- on. They were all squeezed in one horse- car the other day. It is asserted that the Popo will infalli bly die before the year is out. Massachusetts pedlars are not to be all lowed to deal in indigo or jewelry. Social Equality. The Mayor of the city of Washington of ficial publishes an approval of an ordiancc of the City Council allowing all colored persons to visit theaters, be entertained at all hotels and restaurants the same as white persons, and all person refusing them such enlertaiumet are liable to arrest and heavy fine. TELEGRAPHIC. Reported for the TrMVeckty Conner. New York, April 15.—The Tug, William Wells, exploded; fire aboard; fonr killed; all asleep; engineer forgetting to tarn off steam; schooner Emily, from Boston for Matanzos, lost four overboard; high sea prevented res cue. Corkinka, Utah, April 15.—The Wyoming militia killed eleven Indians, inclnding Black Bear, Chief of the Arrapahoes. Sidney, Nebsska, April 15.—Indians cut the stringers of the bridge near Antelope— 14 cars off the track. Chicago, April 15.—The Fenian Congress is in secret session.. It is intimated that ex cited discussion in progressing' of on imme diate rode on Canada. Washington, April 15.—W. H. Smith, Governor of Alabsma today telegraphed to Senator Warren of that State, that he had matured and was patting into operation a vigorous and determined policy to stop the violence and lawlessness in Green and other counties of Alabama, and bring tho offenders to justice. T . ; Senate.—The Cancns adjourned referring difficulties between Senator Cole and Sec retary Gorham, expressing the hope that the committee would secure a reconciliation. Somncr introduced a bill abolishing frank ing privilege, and fixing postage one cent. A bill introduced entitled a “bill exempt ing census marshals from Iron Clod oath.” Senate adjourned to monday. Washington, April 15.—Montreal.—Vol- enteers continue to arrive; ready in every respect for Fenian movement. Everything quiet on the borders. Washington.—The postage to England will bo 10 cents after the first of May. Internal Revenue to date 18,250,000. In crease of revenue in New York this year over last year on tobacco and spirits one million five hundred dollars. Court martial for the trial of Commodore Upsher, for alleged irregularity in Cadetship3 commences here on the 21st The Court consists of Rear Admi ral Golborrout, Commander Pennock, Capt. Parrot, Reynolds, Davenport, Commanders Simmons and Temple, Judge.Advocate, J. W. Bell. The evidence in the Howard corruption committee show that $14,000 paid for How ard University lands. Warrants on the U. S. Treasury paid contractorfor building; receiv ed $100,000 from tho same source; $18,00, drawn C. S treasury on behalf of Bureau for the Congregational ChuTch, for which the bonds of the Church were taken for deeds to the land upon which Howard University and Senator Howard’s house stands, were made to Gen. O. O. Howard. Tho evidence, however, lt transpires is not worthy of absolute cre dence. The Pesident nominated Ira N. Comp Col lector for first district of Texas. Judge Humphries, of Huntsville, Ala., will succeed Fisher, should the Senate con firm Fisher as district Attorney for D. C. Senate,—Sherman presented a memorial from the citizens of Maryland, asking for th» repeal of the law forbidding compensation for slaves unjustly taken from them. Re ferred to committee on claims. Georgia bill resumed. Pomeroy advocated his amendment making Georgia a military district, and directing an election next foil, tho presont assembly to cease December 13thJ Hamilton, of Texas, made an argument in favor of the enforcement of Morton’s views. He said, war was still going on in the South, and only persons who hod been disarmed in the dominion of the rebellion, were victims of rebel animosity' Adopt the _ Bingham amendment and it would he the death knel of the Republican ,-arty in every Southern State; becacso unless prudently curtailed, rebel influence would uractically nullify the new state Constitution, and set at naught bcnificial measures of Congressional legisla tion. He favored the amendment suggested by Drake, to require military intervention for the suppression ot secret organizations. He said if the military did not intervene, that loyal negroes and Republicans would not be safe in tho South—that if the Bingham amendmhnt passed, he would be afraid to return to his constituents. He had been rais ed with them, and they, were a set of blood thirsty ent throats. Bullock shook hands with him at the close close of his speach. Bomai and Pool spoke against amendment. Motion to adjourn lost by a tie vote. Decided to take final vote on Tuesday. Adjourned. Roue, April 15.—Yesterday a certain num ber of fathers abstained from assisting at a meeting Oecumenical Council, when vote cn Schema against hetrodoxy was taken, others accompanied their Totes with a declaration and disapproval of the manner - in which Schema had been disenssed.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, April 22, 1870, Image 1