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Newspaper Page Text'Iterl 1 B, •a “ r oil **ed, I 'C. !i b.| SP Isul Itii, r-tt hi oil Cir I a till m 4t<n I 10. fy. vi : :s “WISDOM, JUSTIC AND MODERATION.” ‘ (.pMJiXXIV. ROME, GA., FRIDAY'MORNING, JUNE 3, 1870. NEW SERIES-NO 40. Kpm Cornier. \ 0* (lS ,f CBADv! A»eiate Editor. ^ es0F ..!! e !. l I' ..$3 K^T^™ I - WEE “! : .... $S oo U**%Z«kY IN ADVANCE. [ £*&" or m ° rC ^ °° Py WiU b<> ^ jpff- M. D"WINELL, Proprietor. , rSAli ADVERTISEMENTS. AJnvtistrators, Electors or !o ,,1S ” d M0utreci by > aw 40 be , held ,? n Wi**' t *,5o<»^“onth, between the M" tWe t J tte- orenoon and three in the V W JJ e ‘" ourt House in the county in "S* given in a pub- ^f^rofpe-nal.propertyinust ■J^ 0 'AO manner, through a public gai- Debtor “aod'c'redit'ors of an estate, PjJ'pcHished 40^dojs. ^ bo mai3e t o the leave to sen laud must be P‘" lf f“wtors nt ofA«lministration.Guar. l-iutiens fo' w« r be pabliBh0 d 3b days-for tjiip Ic. r • . - ■.^ration, three months P«= '. r0L, f A i Guardianship, 40 Jays. ^'T'The'foreclosure of Mortgages must jjafor jha fot fo0r m „ n tbs-for es- ■fiftSajasSBsass- asxPESSsaatr. ,a these, Uie .06- Ordered, at the f lllowjng ■ RATES. I ar. =.ic« per levy often lines or less *3 00 I^ Mert s P .g«fi J ra sales, per tevy, 5 0 l^^r dismis^on froui - ## K'jfipplicati" 0 for dismission from fcoirdianship,•■••••••• “ f.notion to sell land........... R I( » Dcbtorsand Creditors, efLand, persquarc, L[ perishable property, 10 days ■triT Notices, 60 day Kteire of Mortgage, persquarc...... ^advertising his wife, (in advance) The Etna Iron Company was organize d a short time since, with a capiial of §50,000, which they propose to extend to S150,000. Ten per cent of the stoct subscribed has been paid in, and the work of erecting a furnace near Pryor’s Station, on the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad, was commenced last Monday. Col. Vandevendere, a'Penn- syluanian of large and sncoessful experi ence in the iron business, and a large stock holder in this Company, has charge of the work. The Company have purchased a large tract of land at the locality above named, and there is every prospect of great suc cess^in the enterprise. - The iron ot this section exists In unsur passed excellence and abundance, and is destined, at no very distant day, to make this one of the richest countries in the world. A High Old Freedom.—The New York Tribune says that' on election day in New York the only fracus that occnrred, was caused by the attempt of a negro to vote the'Democratic ticket, but that; utter having his head punched he came to terms. This is a glorious freedom, is’nt it ? and the Tribune, who has been agonizing over the oppressed darkey for the past half cen tury, laughs at the punching this un fortunate voter received upon his enfran c’niscd head. . 3 00 ,. 5 00 . 2 00 . 4 00 . 4 00 . 4 00 10 00 JSiTUIfflAF MORNING, May 28. THE GEORGIA QUESTION. like fate of Georgia is not yet settled.— _.s complications upon the matter 0* Jr reconstruction arc arising, and it is no I ill improbable that Congress will adjourn tat any definite action, life hive only oue wish upon the subject Lit is, if Georgia is to be stricken for- CTfrom the Union, and her life Bnatched Im her, let it be done quickly, and above p, let it be done by the direct action of 5 rather than by the petulant steal 's and pickings of the pigmies that are r to death at present. We had piker 6c”crushed to death in the arms of s than stung to death by aunts. FENIANS AND THEIR FUSSES. And so the men of the Shillalab are at ■pin- Pouring over the Canadian border ftom puts of the Northern and Western they have waked the tender Prince mr from bis sinmberings, and are flann the “preen rag” in the very jaws of British lion. Here is no system or order about the Though it has been for a long time consideration, yet it is characterized pihe direst confusion, and consequently speedily end in irretrievable disaster. He Inshare asjirave a people as ever ps (and we incline to this ««) they are, as a nation, the bravest ; pie tint walk the earth, but they lack peter of systematising their efforts, lave no perseverance with which to their endeavors through thick and tea successful termination. Hence, d till always be under the oppres- tael; it will always be “the most dis- coantry that ever you havo seen, dtey’ri, killing men and women for ing of the green.” it some master mind could bind together j Irish pluck and power that is avaiia- to fight against the usurpation of Eng. I. and keep it in fighting shape for one “ I ear . ‘Be Emerald Isle would be filled the gladness of freedom, and the oil joy would Sow ;n all her vales. When 101111 c °mes, then will the Irish ‘bat flows in our veins call on ns to ‘I *» the pen, and vindicate in another etr country’s claim to justice. But I Ptesent we have no sympathy with the 'Mother than that we would feel for ®en wh 0| unable to bear the ills “Penhim. rushes to a hasty suicide, ‘‘probable that there will be some ■ q ™ Pao Before this jig is fully wonnd Tl\ ‘ “prising seems to be very large. A 5jd . u Been formed with the Red #h r ° sorrec ‘ionists—the fight is carried kk«d ™ ? uer rilla warfare that prill fete , iu tran ° le out; and > we repeat, efun before Prince Ar - too Col , t0 Bis couch.” And then, Mosby-tsat danntle83 eI . Con . Wt, . 1is in th e field; and there euh g° ln m tl,e wor M that is harder to bBfinn tbaa l fiis ““e iron-nerved, Col- Mosby. S> Hbg jg 0 mac B fighting before the *4 bullock deellreT Sat he M liU bitjj” p CC0 * Coveruor with “olean y . *• I g ow C ' ean * lan ^ 3 '” Hoods wash- " hi ** enatnpagne baths, and . -Jbv P ^ dllarl0t8 ° f thS Waah - I and .„ C0ur8e B» hands will be will the State Treasury. I At last a Hts it : hjS Iea °Bed West Point The ^tteof T; ae Bubbnb about it give hL ' n kCepetS Wil1 board ’ 1 tt ‘ lle P«er4rW-W St0 ? at - TLi ? " “ it, unless L ** W ° D * te fita ‘ Te alii-v idMg ; ntn e inculcate social mt0 ^ hotel keepers? Alas, Poor Rufos.—From all quarters come 'denunciations of the virtuous - Rnfos B. The New York Nation, a standard Radical Jcnrnal, goes for him for about one column. It says that the present reg ime will irretrievably rain the party if al lowed to remain in force for six months longer. It further says that many Boston capitalists who have come to Georgia to invest in iron lands and erect cotton facto ries, have been deterred from so doing by the palpable and shameful missuse of paw- er and t -e public.funds by Bullock & Co. Personal.—We had the pleasure of a call this morning from Mr. J. D. Dreher, General Travelling Agent lor Roanoke College and for the XIXth Century. We cordially ccmmcnd- him-and the interests he represents to the attention of our peo ple. Roanoke College has a superb faculty— men gray with learning, and unwearying in the dispensation of the same. Its loca tion is unsurpassed for salubrity of climate, fineness of scenery, and mail and travelling facilities. ■ Near the College are several mineral springs, including the Botetourt, at which is heated Holiin’s Institute, a flourishing Feuule College. This school being only 8 miles from Salem, offers to parents the Sat isfactory advantage of having their sons and daughters educated near each other, and of spending the summer months with them at these fashionable watering places. These circumstances, together with a tele graph office, give it every advantage to be desired in a location. Mr. Rash Nowlin, of this city, graduat ed with honor at this College, and Mr. Smith (brother of H. A Smith) is there at present. These gentlemen will give all de tails required by those who wish to send their sons on. The students of this College publish very interesting literary Magazine, called the Microcosm—the only one of the kind in the South. It is very entertaining. The Agent is at the Choice Hotel, and can be seen at the Book Store of Mr. H. A. Smith, between the hours of 11 and 2 o’clock, and will be pleased to present the claims of the College to those wishing to go abroad, distribute catalogues and rep resent the literary magazines. The agent will go from this place to Al abama, and we commend him to our con temporaries os a pleasant gentleman, agree able and courteous in social intercourse, and reliable and prompt in business relations.— See adv. Washigston, May 16.—The miss of Fenian nows shows that, the capture of Oneil whom Marshall ' Foster and deputy Fairly seized while the fight was progressing anti thrust in a hack and on the back seat and carried him from the grounds, demor alized the Fenians. Oneil committed in default S20,000 bail. Fenians lost two killed and two wounded near St. Albans, by Canadians posted be hind trees and rocks. The Federal British troops advancing rapidly to the' front and unless speedily reinforced the expedition in the vicinity of St: Albacs fizzles. Prince Author .has gone to the front from Montre al with troops. Malone, N. Y., 28.—Four - Regiments of Fenians have crossed the frontier and are now moving on Huntington. Col. Clea ry commands. Colonels Smith McWade Thompson and Campbell commands the RegimcDt at St. Albar s.Col.* S;ear, of past Fenian fame' arrival. Sr. Albans, 26.—The Fenians scatter ed. Arms and accoutrements scattered about the country. Three killed and 15 wounded in the engagement. One is in jail in Barling ton. Chicago, 26.—Tho Fenian head-quarters are crowded. Several parties have depart ed in different directions some going to Minesota. Brands Train has arrived from Minesota and reports that a tribe of Indians have joined the Fenians in Winnepng ex pedition. London, May 26.—The Fenians are re treating frbtn Pigeon Hill leaving every thing behind. No loss of life qn the Canadian side Huntington is now the point of interest. Every preparation is made. Mnnicipal election resulted in the elec- toin of H. R. Ellison Mayor, and the whole conservative ticket, by a hundred majori l y- The conservatives are marching aronnd in pouring rain to different newspaper offi ces cheering for their success. In Norfolk it is estimated that conservatives have car ried the city by fifty majority. Boston, May 26 —Troops from Forts Warren, and Independence left for St. A1 bans by special train. London, May 26.—The Times says Can adian operations mast have no tenderness invaders must be treated as robbers, ruffians and murderers. The Morning Post is confident that the action of the President of the United States will place the Fenians before the world in the light of enemies to mankind. An Earthquake-Proof chnrch. The people of California, since the earth quake of 1869, have a great deal of recur ring shocks, an as indication of this whol- some fear and a desire to prevent loss of life, we have intelligence from Ban Fran cisco that the Roman Catholics are build ing there an “earthquake-proof church.”— This edifice—St Patrick’s Church—is built on a plan to prevent the loss of life in the event of the snaking, down o the walls.— The side walls above the basement are only thirly feet high. At this bight a roof rises, which with the, main roof, is supported in dependently of the walls by two rows of pil lars inside of them. Both roofs Ure firmly bound tp the pillars; and the pillars are fas tened by iron cross-beams, secured with heavy iron • bolts, forming a net-work of great strength. The theory of the plan of construction is, should the pillars be sha ken down, the roof would be branched off ontsidedhe walls,. instead of falling inside, thus giving a chance of escape from the ruins. In thus falling the roof would be carried'aside a distance of eighty feel, the length of the pillars. Lucky Man.—It is reported that Brig' ham Yonng is worth abont ninety millions of money. How did he make it ? Proba bly he married some rich girl. ‘The True Georgian.”—This we un derstand will be the name of Sam Bard’s now anti-Bullock Republican paper, to be started soon in Atlanta. “Champagne Sammy” is still afflicted with a predeliction in favor of Republican principles, and mnch smoke frem the political cigar of Ulyses is in his eyes. He is busily engaged, how ever, in sharpening his teeth for the demo lition of Bullock. Go in Sammy. A Funeral without a Corpse.—We saw yesterday a train of four country wag ons, loaded with Western hay. and Western corn, pulled by scrimpy little muleB, and driven by dejected farmers, pass through the city to their farms in the suburbs. We have neverueen sadder looking men in onr lives than were these poor farmers^ nor do we ever expect to.'nntil next fall, when the same men will, be selling cotton at ten cents a pound and buying sorn at two dol- ars a bushel. Two fashionable young ladie s of Hart ford havo been laid up for repairs, from wearing bigh-heeled shoes, and the doctor thinks he has got a job that will last him a year, to straighten out their little toes. One of the girls was to have been married soon, but the ceremony will have to be perform ed sitting down. . -< It is said that the- reason American girls fade so early and have such poor com plexions naturally, is because they Mt late dinners and suppers. An old Spanish: pro verb says in reference to this fact—‘A lit tle breakfast is enough;, enough dinner, is but little; a little supper is too much. The San Francisco “Home for Inebr- ates” is most apropriately named, as thi steward brings around “drinks for the crowd” three times a day. Who can Match It ?—Among the passengers by the steamship Palmyra, which arrived at Boston recently, from England, was a family named Glazier. The father gave his age as 44 years, tne mother as 36, while tho children are recorded as follows: Thomas, 17 years; Eliza, 16; John, 7; George 6; William and Bichard, twins, 5; Catharine and Margaret, twins, 3; Mary and Susan, twins, 2. “Is my face dirty ?” asked a young la dy from the backwoods, while seated with her annt at the dinner table oma steamboat running from Cairo to New Orleans. “Dirty ?. No. Why did yon ask ?” “Because that insnlting waiter insists upon patting a towel beside my plate. I’ve thrown three under the table, and yet ev ery time he comes aronnd, he puts another one before me. At a recent quilting party in Marion connty there were twenty women present sixteen of whom were married. They had with them twenty-two children, the eldest of which was nearly eight years old ; the rest were all nnder two. They were all girls 1—At. Const. Singular Physiological Fact.— There was a young lady some years since, daughter of Joseph Bartlett, of Notting ham, who was a mate. She was liberally educated at Hartford, Conn., and subse quently married a Mr. Foster, also a deaf mate. The fruit of .this marriage was six children, and.all of . whom can hear and talk like so many black birds. They were recently at Nottingham, and even theyoung est, a girl eighteen months old, could ar ticulate even more readily than most chil dren of her age. What is more - amusing and interesting is the tittle child, thus ear ly, can use the deaf and dumb alphabet readily, and talks with her mother, telling what she wants to eat, drink and wear, and whether her head aches, or throat issore.— Indeed, all the children are possessed of more than ordinary intelligence.—Exeter (N. H.) Nines I/eltcr, A Magical Way of Counting Money. —When Dafiiel Webster was Secretary of State, Signor Blitz called ou him in Wash ington, when the following dialogue took place : ‘What has brought you to Wash ington?’ ‘I have come for an office, sir/ ‘An office ! What office is there . under the government of the United States for a magician?' ‘Tooonntthe- money in'the Treasury. I should tike you to take one hundred thousand dollars Treasury notes and coant them carefully. I will, then count them also, when it will appear that there are only seventy-five thousand dollars ‘Ah! Signor,’ said Mr. Webster, ‘that won’t do/ We have magicians in Wash ington, who, if a hundred thousand dollars were to pass through their hands, would leave nothing of it. Singular’Accident. John Stumpf, a Knoxville bartender, was very nearly killed on Tuesday by the explosion of a'barrel of Walker’s ale.— His jaw was broken in two places, his mouth cut badly, ljis teeth knocked out,and he was otherwise badly injured.lt is thought however that his injuries will not prove fa-al. Again alter a Separation of 30 Years. A correspondent from Girrettsvilh fur nishes tho Portage county Democrat wi'.li the fallowing romantic story, which is of relishahle interest. The family name of the parties alluded to is French : A story of real life, shrouded somewhat in romance runneth in this wise : About 30 years ago a young lady, about 15 years of.age, beautiful and accomplished, but specially noted for her musical talent (for she conld ring like a bird) was wooed and won by a yonng mechanic, who was also a noted ringer. The anion .did not prove har monious, and after on existence of abont 6 months the yonng wife returned to her pa rental roof for. support ai^d protection. A committee was selected to confer with, the estranged parties. One of the committee- men was Hon. D. B. Tilden, of Cleveland. The committee effected nothing in the way of a reconciliation. The husband went has way. A divorce was obtained, but I have not been advised which was the complain ing party. Aeon was born, in whom the pride of the mother was centered more and more as he grew from infancy to childhood and from childhood to manhoed, for in him Bhe was rewarded more than mothers often are. The father married again and reared a family of children. His name of ten appears in print, for he is an author of music and singer of note. More than 30 years have dragged their crooked length along and disappeared behind eternity’s veil. Daring all this time, I believe, the actors in this drama met not; bnt strange as things do happen. The second wife sickened and died; alter a while the hnsband sickened, and as he lay on his bed, uncertain of the future, memory called np the past in Ion; review; some tittle wrongs may have ting led his conscience—at all events, he longed to see her, aronnd whose life he had wan tonly wrapped the dark mantle. Efforts were made to get her by his bedside; they were successful; a reconciliation was effect ed, and she administered to him daring his indisposition. When sufficiently convales cent, together they visited her uld home, kindly words were spoken, the dark past forgotten, assurance of fealty in the future made, and again the hand was promised. Last night, May 15, they were married— the life jonrney, so early began, soon dis connected, was commenced anew. Gov. Bollock Fires. A column special telegram to his organ from Gov. Bullock in Washington gives the substance of bis letter to Congressmen in reply to the damaging report of the Brib ery Committee. He puts the onns of the investigation on Josh Hill, and pitches into Hill’s record. He concludes with the following party ap peal. We wonder what. Forney got for writing it “I am opposed to what is Ir.oown as the Bingham amendment or any proviso sub stantially tike it, because it seeks to deny to the RppnbJican party-in Georgia the fruits of the political victory they have achieved after the terrible heat of the past two years of contest; because it seeks to re strain the full effect of the liberal execn- tion of the reconstruction acts in snch a manner as to promote the interests and wishes of the very men and the very party who have persistently, and by every con ceivable means and measures, sought to defeat these acts; because its adoption will be a rebuke to, and will destroy the Re publican organization which has maintain ed these acts, and supported the adminis tration and the party in onr State; and be cause any attempt to hold an election there for members of the General Assembly be fore those who have been already elec ted, have enjoyed their constitutional term of two years as a State in the Union nnder the new Constitution, will result in the ot ter abandonment by them and by the par ty of any farther attempt to uphold and maintain the policy which a Republican Congress has inaugurated and whioh it wynld thus bo shown a Republican Con gress has abandoned. I will not deny that this result wonld bring peace to Georgia. Bat it wonld be the peace of death. Republican principles wonld be abandoned forever, and the 100- 000 loyal men who voted for and carried the Convention and the Constitution, wonld be heard from no more. There is no am nesty with rebels in Georgia who have dar ed to be Republicans, and to sustain meas ures which enfranchised the block man.— There is no relief from disability, except in death, in submission or in flight “Gentlemen, the issue is before you; your friends ask for the prompt admission of the State of Georgia on terms similar to those whioh were adopted for Virginia, Mississippi and Texas. The conditions re- qnired.of those States have been perform ed by ns. Under this action by Congress which is prescribed in the new Constitu. tion for the General Assembly, give fall force and effect to the great and living principles of universal freedom engrafted upon onr new Constitution by securing the privileges of free edneation and of a free ballot to all citizens. Deny this to ns, with hold it from ns, and neither of these re sults will follow, bat the responsibility for the saorifice of the reputation, the lives and the property of the men who have been destroyed for daring to uphold your measures, the responsibility for the utter destruction of republicanism in Georgia will be with yourselves and not with ns.” The Macon Telegraph and Messenger of the 25th says : We learn by private telegrams and by passengers on the train from Cntbbertlast evening, that a most dis astrous conflagration broke oat in that beau tiful tittle town on yesterday morning about daylight, and by which a whole block of braidings was soon laid in rains. The fire was first discovered in the rear of Mr. Heildburn’s dry goods and clothing store. Mr. Heildburn’s loss is estimated at §20,000, insured for $16,000 in a Euro pean and American Company. Messrs. Owen & Seally lost a large portion of their stock and building. They were insured for $6,000 on their stook. Messrs. Dnke & Flint, merchants, lost heavily, and were not insured. The total 'loss is estimated at between forty and fifty thousand dollars. It is confidentially believed that the same villain who fired the stores last week in Andersonville, is the party who is respon sible,for the fire in Cuthbert, as it was cer tainly tbe work of an incendiary. j -The spring fair of the Shelby Connty (Tenn.) Agricultural and Horticural Socie ty, commencing on the 1st of June next, promises to be of much interest to tbe ag ricultural community. On the third day of the fair a premium of a fine baby-carriage will he awarded the finest baby nnder one year of age, all qualities to be considered by the committee, consisting of distinguish ed bachelors. vegetable market is “playing ontr’ No sbipjncnts for Northern markets have been turie, the demand for homo consumption taking alfthat is grown. Strawberries are very abundant, at from 25 to 50 cents a quart. Blackberries arc small and inferior, but at a good demand at 10 cents a quart.— Plums 15 cents a quart. Cucumber; quite scarce at 25 cents each Squashes are sell- ing at 50 cents per dozen : yellow squashes 5 cents each. New potatoes continue un changed for $4 per bushel. Snap beans, 20 eents per qnart. Green peas 15 cents for two quarts ; shelled peas 15 cents per quart Good beef, from 15 to 20 cents per pound. Veal 10 to 15 cents per pound.— Pork 20 to 25 cents per pound. Mutton from 15 to 20 cents per pound. Venison quite plentiful at from 20 to 30 cents per pound. Pork and beef sausages 25 cents pet pound. Fresh Georgia butier very abundant; in ferior butter for cooking purposes 35 to 40 cents per pound, and good table batter 50 cents per poand. Tbe same Everywhere. The New York World says: “Let it be remembered that the only oatrages committed in this city on eleotion day the the negro voters were commit ted by the Radicals themselves—snch of the blacks as choose to vote the Demo cratic ticket being set on and (beaten by other blacks, no coiibt nnder directions from headqnarters so to do 1” This isexactl-- a repetition of the situ ation at the Sooth. We state a fact that will be corroborated by events that have occurred all over the Southern States with in the last few years, when we say that the only violence that bas been offered to the negroes on accrant of their votes has been offered by Radical negroes to those of their own color who voted the Democratic tick- The only negroes who have entertained fears of personal violence on account of the way in which they might vote were those who contemplated voting with the Demo crats. The outrages oo Democratic negroes have been committed by Radicals of their own color, but there is conclusive proof that the assailants were urged on by their white leaders. What may have been said or agreed upon in secret league meetings is net positively known. But white Radi cals have in their speeches here, encour aged their blacky followers to acts of vio lence on coloied Democratic voters. They have told them that they ought to be kill ed, that tley ought to be whipped with rawhides, handsaws, etc. And yet, in view of this actual condition ot things at the South, Congress has before it a bill to en force the 15th amendment, by punishing white men for intimidating negroes in their exercise of the elective franchise.— Colum bus Enquirer. A Great Invention—The Separating Cotton Gin. The newspapers of the Southwest brings 't&glowing accounts of the performances of a new cotton gin, which has just been tested in St. Louis. The machine was in vented and patented five years ago, and was tried near Memphis, in the winter of 1865-66, bnt was not fully competent to perform well all itwas claimed to do. Since then the inevntor has been engaged in per fecting it, aid the machine recently ex hibited is the result. By it the labor of picking the cotton from the bolls is said to be entirely dispensed with, and it is now only necessary to plnck “bolls, cotton and all” from the stalk. Three or four bolls ean be grasped at once and torn away, end in this crud-3 state they are placed in the receiver of the machine, which separates the cotton from the hosks, leaves and stems, dirt and sand, by running it through the “picker” as fast as it is wanted for “ginn ing.” The'planter merely sends his hands into the field, ^here they gather, in the most rapid manner, all the matured cotton, whether the bolls are open or not. It is stored in this state until a convenient time for running through the machine. It is estimated that one hand can pick one thou sand pounds of cotton in the new way quicker than a person conld pick one hun dred and fifty pounds after the old style. It is said that on a plantation of 500 acres of bottom land, a single machine will save, in cotton and labor, from $7,000 to $10,- 000 a year. Besides turning ont a better article, the new machine mil extract at least fifteen per cent, more cotton than was saved under the old process. The price will be about 50 per cent, more than the old apparatus; bnt old gins can be so chang ed as to be utilized in connection with the new invention. The St Louis Times thinks it is impossible to over-estimate the value of this improvement, and says “enormous sums will be annually saved by it to our country adjacent hereto, a drought, bas en tered in its sixth week. Daring a larger portion of this time, high cold winds have prevailed. The result so far has been that the oat crop is well nigh destroyed, and the wheat crop considerably shortened. Corn and cotton have stood the test remarkably well, though both have been injured to some extent. Upon stiff lands the stand of cotton is detective, and on light lands it is dying ont. At the present writing the prospect for rain is net promising, nor is the prospect for a crop. The spring was backward, and neither corn or cotton have been able to grow much. Between this aDd the first of July, the weed of the cot ton plant mast be made;after that time comes the frnitiug season. Without pro- pitnons seasons daring this interval, the crop must bo shortened. Crops are clear from grass and in good condition for rain, and if wo can get one not accompanied by hail and wind, we may be able in a few days to chronicle a more cheerful state of affairs ior the farmer. Wo may add that tEe berry crop, by reason of dry weather, is small ana backward.— Col. Sun. Bullock Partially Appreciated. The Judiciary Committee of the Sen. ate reported that Bollock had expended a large sum of money, for printing, with the view of influencing the Senate through the Government paper (Forney’s Chroni cle) that a large sun had been offered for Senator’s vote againtst tne Bingham amendment, and that he had defrayed the expenses of the colored delegation from Georgia to Washington with the same view and altogether with lavish expenditure — Mr. Bollock must be a rich man.—Mariet ta Journal. Political matters in - New Orleans have an ngly look jost now. The Radicals and carpet-baggers having legislated so as to provide for the admission of negroes into all of the public schools, several negroes appeared at some of the schools with negro children, and demanded admittance. The result was the white children all left, the parents rushing to the schools and bring- them off, and the police had to interfere to prevent bloodshed. The end is not yet, os tbe people are determined not to have mixed schools. There is trouble often attendant upon badly cracked dishes ; snch dishes absorb oils or fats from tbe different kinds of food placed upon them. These fats soon decom pose in the pores of the dish,and no amount of cleansing can remove the nauseating and poisonous deposit. Snch dishes are filthy and unfit for nse. The peculiarly unpleas ant taste sometimes noticed upon pie emst is caused by their being baked upon old; cracked dishes, from which the rancid fat from previous baking has been absorb ed. prnr planters in the way of labor, and in the we will7'dnring C ‘the timT for^le^shtion L«»proTement of the qradity and increase in . . . . . - S ... thA ttiaIH nfr nnfrrtn ’ Armrurnmnnfa horn tho yield of cotton.” Arrangements have been made for placing a large number of the machines on the market.— Chat. News. A Curious Legend.—When Adam was far advanced in years and at the point of death, he sent his son to the angel Michael, who kept the gate of Paradise, to pray for the oil of mcroy, so that he conld do heal ed. The angel answered that it conld not be until fifty-five hundred years, bnt he gave Seth a branch of the tree of which Adam had eaten, bidding him plant it on Mount Lebanon, and that when it bore frrat his father should be healed. Seth planted it on his father’s grave; it took root and grew, and from it were made Aaron’s rod and Moses’ staff, with which he struck the rook and sweetened the waters of Marah. It also formed the pole on which the brazen serpent was lifted np, and tho ark of the testimony. At last it came into tbe hands of Solomon, who used it in building his pal- aoe; bnt it continually resisted the efforts of the builders to adjust it. Now it was too long, then again too short. The braiders, being angry, then threw it into a marsh so that it might serve as a bridge. The Queen of Sheba wonld not walk upon it, bnt ador ed it, and told Solomon that upon it should be suspended the man through whose death the kingdom shonld be destroyed. Solo mon then had itbnried deep in the ground, where afterwards the pools of Bethesda was dug, and from the virtues of this tree healing properties were imparted to the waters. After it had been buried three hundred years, it rose to the surface of the water, and the Jews took it and made of it the cross of our Saviour. Zippencott’s Magazine. ■ Well, dearest, where have you been to night? At the club again ?’ ‘No, Celia, I have spent a most instructive evening with the Anthropological Society.” ‘The An- thrapo-how much,’ darling V ‘How nice! And where do they Anthropolodge, Duck- urns ?’ ^ >■ A man’s name passes around mush more freely if it has a handle to it. State News. An artesian well is being bored in Ma in. Tho Lumpkinites had a bag race and •reasy pole climbing entertainment recent- •j- Griffin enjoyed 93 degrees of heat last Sunday. A German Odd Fellows’ Lodge has been organized in Macon. Corn meal is selling in Griffin at $1 90 per bushel. The Sparta Times and Planter boasts that Hancock county uses more guano than any other in the State. It received during the past season, 2,532 tons. A yonng Chinaman traveling through the South is expected m Augusta shortly. His name is Yew-Piug-Wong, from Chefoo, China, and is the son of a thiee-tailed Man darin. The Eatonton Messenger, 24th, says:— We are informed that cotton is dying ont rapidly in some sections of the country, es pecially on the red lands, for the want of rain. The Air-Lice Eagle says : Onr fellow- townsman, Prof. Caldwell, has invented a new churn dasher that churns more rapid ly and more effectually than anything we have ever seen or heard of. It is made of tin, and will churn two gallons of milk, in from two to five minutes. He has applied for a patent. On Sunday last, a negro man was shot and killed, on the plantation of Mr. Gate- wood, Putnam connty. There are too ver sions abont thu affair. One is, that two brothers fell ont abont some clothing, when one of them drew a pistol and shot the oth er ; the other version is, that the killing was accidental. The Americas Republican, 24th says : Sol. and Bis. Harrel, two individuals pretty well known here, have been arres ted in Albany and conveyed to Macon, charged with passing counterfeit money.— We farther learn that about $1,600 of counterfeit money was found in their posses sion. Scraps. Never twit a man about the size of his foot. If you should not like its looks, you certainly would not want to feel it. To take their own word for it, women are generally behind their age. When beauxbetome loose in their habits, young ladies should give them the sacque. A Mobile actor bequeathed his head to the theatre, to he used after his death as the skull of Yorick—probably because there was nothing in it. An innoceilt writer informs us that man kind embraces woman. He would be a fun ny kind of man who did not. When a woman tries to catch a rich man, it is evident that she cares less about hns - banding him than his cash. A boy went homo the other day singing ‘Shoo fly, don’t bodder me 1’ when his moth er let her shoe fly at the little rascal’s head. That ‘bothered’ him. Two “sons of Belial” have been arrested in a New Hampshire town for disturbing a chnrch. They talked load, passed aronnd bottles of whisky, and pelted the minister with apples. A religions old lady, a washerwoman by occupation, had managed to scrape together enough means to build her .a snug little house and barn in the country. One love ly afternoon in July, soon after she was comfortably established in her new home, a terrible tornado swept through her little property, scattering the timber of her small barn and part of the house in every direc tion. Coming out of her kitchen and see ing the devastation the storm had made, the old lady at first was at a loss to. express her indignation, but at last she sobbed— 'Well, here’s a pretty business. No rrat- i ter for this —I’ll wash on Sundays!’ A Heated Term is California.—The founder of the Portland Argns, and a long people of California arc complaining of a heated term. On the 5th inst. the mercu ry stood at 77 degrees Fahrenheit, in the shade, at San Francisco, and on the follow ing day at 841. At Marysville it reached to 90; at Sac ramento 92, and at Lo« Angelos 97. Ev en in the northern latitude of Portland, Or egon, it reached to 74 There is great complaint of drought throughout Californ ia. The rainy season Is over and the far mers say they have not had near enough rain to do them. Still they come. Last week nine thousand Europeans were landed in New York city from emigrant ships, in search of new homes. From Ire land and Germany came five thousand, in about equal proportions, rhih England and Sweden bad the bulk of the remainder.— Large numbers of emigrants from Ger many are arriving at Baltimore so far this season also by the steamers of the Baltimore and Bremen line. Among the Sunday school children of a certain chnrch was a poor Itttle fellow. He conld not tell the number of the house in which he lived, and was charged when he next came to school to bring it. The next time he appeared he was asked if he brought the number. ‘No. sir,' said he, ‘it was nailed on the door so tight that I conld’nt get it off/ Iowa boasts a society of young ladses for the preventation of waxed moustaches, which tickle so. TELEGRAPHIC. Reported for the TrWWeekly Courier. Wasiusoxos, May 28.—Virginia has paid over three and a quarter millions on her to bacco daring the past ten months, while her shipments under bond for the same period, will yield nearly four and a half millions. Toronto, May 27.—Matter in the neigh borhood of Huntington this morning is assum ing a good deal of interest Gen. Gleason is in command of the Fenians, who are well armed. The Canadian forces are assmbling, and active preparations going on for a fight Troops also have been oidered back to Fig eon HOI, in anticipation.of farther troubles there. A small force of Fenians have also appeared at Island Pond. All quiet on the Niagara and Detroit frontiers. SECOND DISPATCH. A dispatch received this morning says the Fenians near. Trent River commenced attack this morning,'bnt were rapidly driven back across the lines. Particulars expected soon. THIRD DISPATCH. The Fenians at Huntington and Treat Riv er got ont of the way as fast sis possible af ter firing commenced, leaving the wounded behind. Gen. Gleason went back to New York in disgost,Gen. Starr assuming charge. St. Albans, May 27^—Few Fenians left for home, the rest were provided with food by the United States Marshal, Foster, and the village authorities. The presence of tbe Uni ted States troops keep the Fenians quiet. A number slept in the depot, and the rest ont doors. The privates have no money, and the- officers bnt little.. Some claim, that General Oneil has two hundred. thousand dollars of Fenianftmda in his possession. Gen. Spear, Gleason and Prim (the latter registered from Virginia) held a consultation this morning,-and issued an order for the Fenians to go into encampment two or three miles from here. ■Washinoton, May 27.—House.—Wallace, from the 4th South Carolina, was seated, Thos is the plain seating of the minority can didate because tho majority candidate conld not qualify. The Senate -passed a joint resolution tam ing over. the .Orleans Mint braidings and grounds. Alexandria; Virginia, has elected the Con.- servitive ticket. Richmond, May 27.—The ballots show that the Republicans elected Geo. Cahoon Mayor, and their city ticket. The Council is still in doubt, the ballots not yet being counted. Nobeole, May 27—The result of the mu nicipal election yesterday cannot he known until official retumaara given. The vote is very close. The latest report gives the Con servative ticket thirty majorify. The busi ness houses were closed yesterday. Both sides polled a full vote. The Radical ticket ia Portsmouth, headed by Phillip Thomas for Mayor, was elected by a considerable majorify. CmcAco, May 27.—Forty Fenians left to day. • . •. - ■Washington, May. 27.—Revenue to-day over a million. Tho President recommends the Executive Departments he closed Monday. Gold in the Treasury $107,7000; cnrrcncy 10} millions. The Senate adjourns to Tuesday. The Senate bin improving water commun ication between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, via Wisconsin and Fox Riv er; referred to the Committee on Commerce. Appropriation resumed; amendment allow ing men and women like pay for like work adopted. a-- .•,V r - j-■ j-A Hundred thousand dollars dppropropriat- ed for the discovery of North Pole. Salaries Circuit Court Judges increased to 7500; finaUy the bUl passed. In the Honse the conference committee re port enforcing the 15th amendment resumed. Passed by a strict party vote.. BUI reducing taxation introduced. It eov- s 86 pages. Pending the reading of the bUl, the House adjourned. Philadelphia, May 27.—The Presbyterian Assembly received delegates from the Re form Churches. The speeches pointed strong* ly toward union in some fifteen days, hut deemed impossible now. . . Capt. Mathew Hunt, the oldest pUot of Boston is dead. Richmond, May 27.—Republican majorify for their city ticket here will be about three hundred, despite a driving rain which has been falling aU day. Republicans held a meeting in front of cus tom house this afternoon. Many speeches and mnch enthusiasm. This morning as the ballot in Jefferson Ward was being take to tbe City Hall, the better was assailed in the street; box broken and ballots^scattered. The ballots had been counted, and it will make no difference in the vote. In Petersburg the Republicans have elected Mayor by 500 majority, but the Conserva tives have a large majority in council. The Republicans carry FarmviDe, and the conservatives carry Charlottaville, Danville and Stanton. Pmiladrlphia, May 27.—Nathaniel Willis time editor of the Boston Post, is dead—aged 90 years. New York, May 27.—Euriquc Daynez, a Cuban, brings suit against Terozada for fif teen hundred dollars, gold loaned him at Nassau. The defence is, the money was loan ed to the Caban Republic. Washington, May 30.—The Treasurer will sell5 millions of gold and buy eight mil lions of bonds during June, at New York. Richmond, May 30.—It is rumored to-night that the Commissioners of Election will give certificates of election to.thc whole Conserva tive city ticket, and that the Conservatives will have nineteen out of twenty-five Conncil- men. Washington, May 30.—Jerome Bonaparte died at Baltimore. Later dispatches state that Bonaparte is not dead, bnt somewhat improved. . ■ ’ , - AU offices closed on general holiday. Rochester, May 30.—The postoffice was robbed of all lettcis last night. Immense crowd at Arlington. Weather Toronto, May 30.—Dispatches from Buffa lo say that filteen hundred Fenians are there who express a determination to continue the raid. Port Coldourn, May 30.—AU fears of tho interruption of the well and canal dissipated Plenty of troops along the line to protect it. Red River troops detained to meet any contingency. Washington, May 30.—No business what ever. - ., Brtan, Wyoming, May 30.—Tho Indians raided the stage route hence to South Pass yesterday, captaring ten stage horses and wounding one. Country South fall of In- di&ns. St. Albans, May 30.—Many Fenians, be- Ueving OneU’s arrest voluntary, threaten his life. Havana, May 30.—By order of Gen. Co- vado, DeRodas executed seven prisoners in retaliation for seven wood cutters. kiUed near Puerto Brincipe. Telegrams from Puerto Principe says Ces- pedcs was prevented by his partisans from escaping from the country. London, May 27.—The Colonial Office has advices ot the utter and final failure of the recent attempt on Canada. Augusta, May 30.—SmaU shipments of new flour to New York to day. South ^ Carolina, Georgia, ITorida, and Al abama exchanges speak encouragingly of the corn and cotton crops. Rains last week very general and timely. Larger area of land planted; more fertUtzers used, and planters working harder. Diamonds Becoming Plenty. It may not be generally known to onr readers that new diamond mines have been recently discovered in Australia, and that we are at present receiving from - that dis tant quarter of the world large numbers, and of a brilliancy unsurpassed. In Febru ary last, flic DiamondMiaing Company for warded to England two huhdred and twen- fy-five diamonds,the produce of four week’s work with one washing machine. This company have Eent in aD, since Oc tober, nine hundred and eighty-fonr stones. Another machine will he at work this sum mer, which it is expected will more than double the supply. A Mr. Scott, working in the Mudgee district,washed twelve loads of earth and obtained one hundred and ten gems, weighing three and one-half dwt. equal to 26 carats, nine of them weighed one current each. The miners earn abont £12 a week, or $50 onr currency. A par ty of miners owning abont eight acres of ter ritory have refused $20,000 for one-half In terest in the‘diggings.’ It is evident that the world is abont to receive from Austra lia a large accession to its diamond treas ures, and it is possible that the quantity will he so largeas greatly to unsettle prices. The value of diamonds is based upon an ar- bitary standard, and of a considerable in crease in the supply will have the effect to create a panic among holders, and values trill fall to a mnch lower point. Oar wealthy and fashionable ladies may yet live to see the brilliants flashing upon the bosoms of their servants in the.kitchen, and from the cravats of the Johns and tho Patricks in the stables. No very serious disturbance to the world’s well being will result, if this revolution in the value of diamonds shonld occur.—■Bdslon Journal of Chemistry. Constant tation occupation prevents temp- Lct the'folly of yesterday make the wise to-day. The loss of taste for what is right, is loss of all right taste. The credit that is got by a lie only lasts till the troth comes out. Silence is more signigeant than the most expressive eloquence. If yon would know a bad hnsband, look at his wife’s countenance. The greatest glory is not in neverfaUing bnt in rising every time we fall. Thy triend has a friend, and thy friend’s friend has a friend—be discreet. Work is the weapon cf honor,and he who lacks the weapon will never trinmph. On the last day of the meeting of the Ns tional Academy of Science in Washing ton, Professor Peirce coolly announced, when asked for a paper that he had prepar ed a mathematical essay, but there were only three men in the academy who could understand it, and those were not pres ent. ' Agricultural Arithmetic.—Mr. R. B. Clayton brought ns, yesterday, a cluster cf rye stalks, the product of one grain, pro cured from a field belonging to Sir. Brewer, in Vineville. The closter measures seven feet firar inches in height. The heads will average a little less thaa seven inches in length—there are 107 of them, and the av erage of grains to the car is '89 or there abouts ; so that we have here 9,500 grains as the multiplication of single seed grain.— Macon Tele. Answered—A story is told of a negro preacher who undertook to enlighten his congregation on the snbject of the creation and fall of man. He said the Lord came down one morning,and found a place where the elay was soft, and proceeded to make first the feet, then the trank, then the limbs and head, bnt as the clay wassoit, the Lord set the model he had made against the fence to dty—at this point in the rhetorical and dramatized account, a voice in the con gregation cried out, ‘Where dat ar’ fence come from?’ The preacher felt the point of the spear in the heat of his argument, and drawing himself np with all possible dignity he said, ‘my beloved brudder, two more such questions as dat ar’ would up- set do hole fabric of dis chile’s dewinefy/

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, June 03, 1870, Image 1