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Newspaper Page TextIHHIIHHIHIHflMHMMMHHMHHIHHHUHUffiUMHMHMHMi *°ct. 'Mjfo» ^‘strict , ire**., &5c9 "“Waft iistrl 1 b * Wait S?:a - . ,tnKD EVEHV rCB^ 5 ' -— rates ok ''^EORTK 1 ;' .WEEKLY. '^ vaRIvBLY I> i.' vAK , r tn „re one copy a. of F lV ‘’ 0 i* advance vi 11 be fur- St ; “«Ga. ... ADVERTISEMENTS , E " A , « l„.-ui=trators, Electors or ni'Land by 1 ’. i a w to be bela on »*?„« are req u ’ r J mon th, between the "t: Vu* ".tenoon and three in tbe ' '"(. Cua't House in the county in Jjt.nl- ^r.vis situated. . , mart b “ P v *® pub ' •',rfW 4 “ i^ofnereunal property mast through 1 a public g.a- ' e - ,Kl to sale day. r f ;,.i ! ,ri “'" . ftn( ; Creditors uf an estate, I’ 1 ?' tl U«!i , * Ur ' a L^V bilibe , 1 ii l cat^us will be made to the V* ./the i-api’ 1 c ;. vc to sell land must be “jO'i.uary ‘“^ths. . ihed br l *’ cr5 of Administration. Guar- ggtts f- rlel , 1, C nublishod 30 days—for ic " "a,[ministration,.three months- IV s "%!. Guardianship. 40 days 1 " of Mortgages must !,.. foreeloseure .,i f . :'-r luc '', | v f,, r four months—for es- tauuiu , f ^ (he fu „ 6pacc of three '.iLi.-itstP a l"’.\’L from Executors or I. ■ id has been given by | .pace of three months. i be continued accord- lit :«**•. .u always be continueu I requirements, unless oth - L-d^'X^'.lhe following 1 ' raTF.S. . ., i, v v of ten lines or less $3 00 o: fa. ,aics. per levy, 5 00 -" : " r ;/“^Gudni=VmUo:i S 00 ■'f.Vfiuri oi Guardianship.. 3 00 i-.rtion for dismission irom uid Credn fcl jSJiKiVJppiifrii 1JS | -1 Vnlit'C?. 60 <lu » ?• i nn ■Estray >ot«c . per square * 00 I. .nr.- nt • I .. 1 > in no il ranee) 10 00 SATURDAY MORNING. Oct. 1. "wTliliMA* AS1) His unnatural ambition. I The prcstitnpf* 1 ’.'! sf Mr. A.. T Ak,«. ambition in ast.irm,? to tbe high and ,jbi„ positiou of Vice President of l iut-'l Stales, is indeed astounding, fii-dr.ius and unnniural ambition, , bo returned to Washington and . even liis political associates ,,:i i' as such he might well of- life; n trea. as a jo's :, and pretend to ba •„. ] j, ||d miftaken kindness of his |(I| j s ID iking (lie Association, n...miserable nin compoop knows full ,|tbt liullnck was instructed by him to Inl-r hittl; Dingy 11 make the nomination me Atlanta Era. Like the lying no 40, iii: Akerm m is the author of the auuhccaiciit. His own presumptous ego .i|prjmpted him to the ambition of thus ipesring before the public lie knew full si tint there would be no chance for the IkJ o-mituti-ju, but if he could only get Ilii»oK paraded through tho press, even I ft a brief season, in connection with the :e. it would he worth the price that Lit- I ti Dingy would demand for his dirty work. Well, his name has gone forth, and now I Sr. .Ueritntb’ parts will he criticised, and te give tic following from the Richmond I Dbpxtch. The rctireo-eiit of Vice President Col lin. : rather bis withdrawal from venom- i. fur the Vice Presidency, to go into ing for the Presidency, introduces new tuts for the forint r office. Among the I mbt-r named is Attorney General Aker in. lie is a gentleman who never was tarl of in this part of the world until he t laminated for the office he now holds I lyGen. Giant. When so nominated the | exposition was to he very kind towards X,-thing had was kno wn of him and litous public sentiment preferred to I :--p;that a man who had not male him- | *!,'infamous at a period when disrepute at I Ulna- the surest way to promotion and dortet cut to thrift by fraud and bri- I hn-witness the cadetships and tbe steal- I spsnt of the treasuries of tho Southern -was at least a tolerable gentleman io having some scruples against I and deception. But Mr. Aker- j au iid i ardly got into his office before he I hat.in attcr disregard of the proprieties til! should govern him as a national officer I‘ tile j,,rt iu the partizan scheming and | -rickerj into tided to control the Southern i we concluded at once that he I nib; better than than the race of car- I - fl bi:;- rs whose whole study is to hold ] -- in ilehance of the will of the intelli- I “O'-ml substantial natives of the South, I --i fo'-uliir their nests out of tho hard ear- | ! j n g‘ "f .in oppressed aud outraged peo- 1 vrtauAy \t can \, e taken as no cornpli- nent to the South o, put Attorney Gener- 1 Uerm in on tbe national ticket. He is f a tu;l -i to behoni.ired by the South and | Ssel-.-vi; ,n would be a mockery of the . . cr, i people. Harmony between the -'..tons can but be poorly restored by such '■'it-.- as this. When men ask for bread | M relieve their wants to give them frafe~ a ra ser P <:uc a o°°R substitute h hen iiaruiuuy is r istored between the i' 1 '’ 0 ' 1 must be through mutual ooufi- a 1 trust. Natives of the South B ‘ e eoijsidered trustworthy, and as ; v~f ‘ . r,rj prietors and participants with --oriliem people in the national proper- . 0 ai. -oris, including tho power and VOLUME XXV. ROME, GX., FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 7, 1870. - time all positi-as of trust and hon I ;L c '" Government dispensed in u/’ 1 ba7 c been so confined to carpet Pjlu i mt ^ ca| Ltship traders that even the K\‘ ,r = : * u tbls Cl ty fe't called upon “v 'i“ce to enter its solemn protest ies' 1 . 1 - 0 r "'° t ' lat *?i nore| i the natives of Hit- ‘t had every reason injustice lr ‘“ as tu sustain its indignant rc- \v e rai .‘ i:c ‘ «1 n . t ol t' le class of irrccouciliable i-l- " i :u 'ified partizins of anything save lr? ,ja r f' Wc know no party that we f ''“Stobind ourselves to or to die ’ vr our country we are willing to Therefore we might be re- Seri5 Ce . Veiled t pchhc men with whom we differ, n!,. ’ ' Wa y s feel consolation in defeat ! 11 4 tueu are elected. k(r e “ avo tad no such consolation nut;. * 50u t-h. The men here preferred ^nisiv 1 , wcr aro Scnerally of the most their ilm , er ~ meQ distinguished for eStc piiT' ar ^^'Hy.and bigotry, and with few lien wi,, '*' lmm 'S rat >ts and officious intru- orgord , J ..' Ve ; e n °t entitled by intelligence “"toitie, ■ '?= to the respect of the com- ssr petu., - D Waose bosom they floated like which Cm'i, 0t ^ r repulsive objects, 1 .1 , . ■ -,.a BROWNS’SOLILOQUIES, Respectability, No. I. , i Brown was seated, as usual, in his old- fashioned, high-backed chair; his feet ele vatcdat.au angle of forty-five degrees.- FTe had just finished his Lopez, the stump of which he still holds between.his third, fin- ger and thumb, in his other band ho holds an old number of Blackwood’s Magazine I have just- entered, unannounced and unob served. as the proximity of .ouf_ rpouis aftd our friendly relations allow-me to- do—the last puff of his cigar is curTing In 'fantastic : wreaths at Quad the head of a statuette of Bacbus, which ornaments his mantle, an air of cozy comfbr • pervades the place and Brown soliloquizes : “This world is indeed a strange contra, diction—I mean the people of this world— and society is a mysterious problem of which ,’Tisatask to uuraveliU h„olu anil its crooks. We may philosophise as wo will, but there still remains more peculiarities in our social, moral and politi ta! system, to be accounted for than we ever dreamed of in our philosophy. . ■ Say and Adam Smith may enuaciate, aud Ricardo aud DeQuiucy may criticise and elucidate their systems of political economy, hut still the mysterious operations of costand value, of supply and demand, remain ns complex as- ever I’aley; Bent- ly and Farr may lay down axioms in moral philosophy, and we may puzzle our brain in vain efforts to apply them. Volooy, amid the solitude of his “Ruins” may uiscqv er and promulgc the laws ot nature, but wo are still as far removed from that state of social or moral perfection as was the world wheu, through the inspiration of Moses, the Livicticus was given to the wan dering tribes of the wilderness, or when Confucius gave laws to the celeitial pig tails. Not that I would assert that man kind has made no progress in its social or moral developments—it has made au iin- measureable one, bnt the end to be attain t taioed is like the foot of the rainbow, un der which lies hid the fabulous bay of gold and diamonds, so eagerly coveted by ev« ry school boy; a* we advance it recedes, and as perfection has never yet been attained on earth, I very much doubt whether it re mains for time or science to dovelope a per fect system of sociology. It was a very grave mistake in Shake speare to suppose there was nothing in a name, It is exactly the reverse. Tbt re is everything in a name. It is often—nay almost al Yays the case, that in the name the matter is merged. It is so too of an idea—the simple idea is more potent than the reality, but let a man be possessed with the idea that he is of tho uttnost impor tance to society, and ho will verily believe that when he ceases to be, all will become chaos again, and he will even be at a loss to imagine how it is possible for it to bavo been, ere he become its living spirit. And like the mantle of oharity, what an innumerable multitude of faults, does the of a name cover. Indeed if the name be fair, if the name be high so lad ing, if tho name be distingue, it matters not if the material be foul, be harsh or be vul gar. For instance there is respectability, the great Jugernaut of society, under whose cruel wheels tho votaries of fashion and of folly are so mercilessly crushed. See und<y the asgis of its good name, how it is courted, flattered and fawned upon. Se cure in the mysterious secrecy of its temple, it is worshiped as a beneficent deity, hid den behind the mark of assumed virtue, it appears a fourth grace, but strip it of its false pretenses, penetrate tho mysterious courts of its temple, and expose it in all its natural meanness, and what a loathsome object it becomes. And yet this vile thing of deceit, this whited sepulchre, this false idea, more cruel to its subjects, more pro scriptive towards aliens, more exacting in its demands, and ruling with a heavier hand than ever ruled a material tyrant, is made the arbiter oi fashion—tbe standard of character and the director of morals.— And how inconsistent it is in its mandates, consistent in nothing hut its iron sway, it is ever changing. What it prescribes as chaste to-day, it condemns as vulgar to-mor row. Nor is it mutable in time only, but in place, as well, each different locality pre sents a different standard. Now hero is my long-tailed coat, for which I am weak enough to confess a partiality—no longer than yesterday Mrs. Peediddle, tho great she priest who officiates at its high altar, re marked, in a tone intended to be pleasant, but in which I cculd detect a secret irony, “Oh, you perverse Fellow,” tapping me with her fan—respectability is heavy on faus—they are so convenient to ogle with and to dodge behind, besides it is so much more respectable to tap one with a fan than it is to poke him with ones’ thumb,, “Oh you perverse fellow, why do you still per sist in wearing your great grandfathers's coat, I wonder how you ean appear in re spectable society, arrayed in such an anti* quoted habit.” My great grandfather was respeetahle, Madam, and no doubt considered himself respectably dressed, when arrayed in my long-tailed eoat. Now, my swallow-tail may not come up to.the standard of fashion, prescribed by, tbe. respectability of Fifth Avenue, but I discriminates between Mr. Smith andAIrsJ Smith. It makes Jones out a very Tngarj fellow, while Mrs, Jones is quite a respecte able lady. For instance, thero is Sorghum the grocer, everybody knows him for a mi serly cheat, who waters his liquors and Sau ls his sugars.on Saturday, an l yet he vociferates amen from his elegautly cush ioned pew pq Sunday, as londly as the most respectable uf any. It would be -criminal to doubt bis respectability on Sunday, .while the dullest darkey who cheapens his onions, or -inspects with suspicions scrutiny his cheese, would most certainly question his integrity on Monday. And then there is Mrs. Sorghum, who calls a dagueriau gal lery a dogareau galaxy, who says fotch and notch, and tote, who dips snuff and cats garlic, wears the largest hoops and broadest stripes, sports the most brilliant jewelry, nod fancy, fol de rolls, as much out of place as my swallow tail, and a deal more expen sive Her father sold goobers and ginger bread about the streets, w’.ile her mother cried “fish ! fish ” her brother Joe mar-' rieda half breed, and was more than once arraigned for vagrancy. But Mrs. Sor ghum rides in a fancy “koeridge” drawn by a magnicont pair of bays, and as respec tability rides now a days in fanoy pucatons, drawn by magnificent bays, (it used to lo- cotuote in a more primitive style;.u fact was innocent of vehicular locomotion altogeth er) of course Mrs, Sorghum is respeetahle — indeed she is one of the oracles of that de- leotablo goddess, her patronage is sufficient to secure au admittance to tbe inmost cham her of its temple, and hor ipsi dixit to banish the most worthy, to the purliues of vulgarity. Nor again is it in fashion aud dres3alono, that respectability exercises its potent sway. The professions, the avocations, the most sacred callings of life, arc all sabjcct to its domination, and are tolerated or dis carded just in proportio i to the gloss and tinsel with whi h they arc able to gild themselves It is respectable or Sorghum to sell but ter and cheese, but it would be extremely vulgar in Mrs. Sorghum to be guilty of manufacturing those essential edibles. The claims to respectability of Mr. Augustus Draper, the'senior partnet of that flour ishing clothing establishment over the way, there arc none to dispute; but the poor dev il of a tailor who sits cross-legged, stitch ing away from morning till nightj would as soon think of laying claim to the throne of Britain, as to thes lightest pretensioas of fe- spectabiiity. In leed, the poor creature is only considered the ninth part of a man, si very vulgar is his avocation. Mille. Celesta Lucile Bouchard, the fash ionable milliner, is a very respectable per sonage. Indeed, Mrs. Forghum has been under her especial tutilage, but Miss Ag nes Grey, who is wearing a sorrowful life away in her efforts to support au aged mother, and unfortunate sister, and whose taste and skill has added so much to the reputation of Mill. Bouchard’s ' establish ment, and rendered perfectly enchanting more than one respectable belle—is only a poor seamtress, singing all alone Hood’s much song ot the shirt. Pity so beauty and modest worth, did not belong to some respect able body—it would so adoro respectable society. There is Shanks, the butcher, a very clever fellow in his way, in fact we could not well get along without him, but then Shanks is only a butcher, aud a butcher you know would be as much out of place in society as my swallow-tail would bo at oue of Madam L’s. levees. While there is Brisket, who once distributed steak and dispensed sausages from the same stall, a different personage altogether, with less wit and less good nature, but with more shrewdness and more selfishness he con trived by dint of close shaving, close weigh ing and close saving, to a mass quite a re spectable fortune, and with it a respecta ble position in society. In a word, Brisket tbe wealthy, is no longer a batcher, but Brisket is respectable. Not even the ju venile Briskets are allowed to associate with the little Shanks, they might compromise the respectability of the Brisket family I»y so doing. • " The bar is a respectable profession, al though its talents may bo perverted to the hounding down of innocence and the de fence of guilt. The most disreputable villain that ever went anwhipped of justice, may, if he be able to pay for it, find among its ablest members a zealous advocate,while the innocent victim is often sacrificed for want of counsel For all that it is respect able. 1 '* i: - •- The skillful artist who perpetuates in marble the virtues of deceased respeeta- bility, is only a poor Mono cutter. fioncst Flippiu sells his cotton to Mr, Factor, the respectable commission mer chant, and receives his pay, evidently im pressed with the magnitude of Mr. Fact tors importance, vyhile Mr..Factor himself feels the immeasurable distance between them, just as if it was not more - honora ble to prodnoe than to tiaffio, bnt I forget it is of respectability, and' not of'honor I am speaking, the two are as widely separa ted as are the relative stations of Flippio and Fantoit ; ,'( ! , j .V‘.', ",, I witnessed today, and I blush for. hu manity ns I speak#, a poor weeping-Mag- we rinp-rr j v* *■•»>■** dalene,’ bowed beneath a Idad of shamo have no doubt but that in the Broadway .and of sorrow, like a thing to'be dispised u| Cll VV,ml 1 1 *a,yuiaive Ul 4e *a U ’ .,, ‘ ave lj . cen thrown back ui»u ■f the „ ° - 1 v °uiited them on our shores ba vc t : t„„ ,f eu ^ e tbe public miud could "'“form Ola repelling wave. the Sc U , t t ' le P eo ple of Georgia to mark Uop At- ft S | ' vbo voted for the nincon- t! *eir i„ ; . rman 8 electio “ swindle. Hand tli?i c ],:n ° US nimc3 dowa to the minds ot Winery. rCU synonynig of meanness and of Timbnctoo, it would dispute the palm with the most elegant style of Paris, and in the course of-time. I fancy it may even here appear quite aa respectable as the our- tailed frocks, u» which our apindla-ehankod beaux so elegantly display their, manly pro portions. Nor is it in matters of taste and of Ash-: ion alone it is fickle, In ita ethics it la equally inconsistent. What is respectable for Monday would not be respectable lor Sunday. What is respectable in Mr. Smith would not be respectable ia Mr. Jones—nay it is even more insidpous, and shn slant aside to make way for, her redu cer, who was passing at the time, accompa nied by two of the most respectable belles of tho city, who recmcd.tp.nval each other jn fheit effors to please the- scoundrel, ^nd sttch is reqmotaitiiiitjHSha trsof our social wishes, theregulator of opr, conduct, the shriheof opr deyotipts,-raad what is. it after all? nothing more nor less than public opitpinn, . pot: always as correot’ or refined* to be sure, but pablio opinion, nevertheless,and we Anslr -pay some defer- Mrs. GcIsua Cope, was right when she gave it as. hjr opinion, -‘that respectability had its uses, and till the world is guide-1 by n higher, standard, it was better than no law at all,surely.” ,. . But theu respectability has such an elastic conscience, and there are so many respectable dodges, whereby its strictures may be evaded, and its censure propitiated that it realy amounts to no conscience at all. There is scarcely a vice, but what re speotability can galvanize into a virtue,aDy- thing which a respectable person does is re spectable, and l venture that, if the propri eties of respectability, have a restraininj influence at all, it is oftencr exerci -ed for evil than for good. Respectability cannot associate upou terms of comity and friend ship with the poor aud despised, and con sequcutly cannot discover aud relieve their wants, but respectability can without dero gation to its character trade and traffic with the most vulgar, and cheat and defraud them whhi impnnity Respectability pre vents us from assisting the poor old woman bending under the weight of her basket of fruit, but respectability would permit us to swindle her out ofit- Rcspectability would turn up its aristo cratic n ore at the kind hearted Mrs. Pow ers, for iuviting her washerwoman to warm per. aching fingers, by hor glowing parlor fire, but respectability would couive at Mrs Skinflint, for demanding her off her hard week’s earnings. The trouble is, that while respectability Is so exacting of the profane, it is too loose in its sacred decipline. It will not accord to others,what it arrogates to itself. It makes an important distinction, .vhen there is re ally no difference. It, would be very respectable in Mr. Ful some to swindle, or exploit is thi more re spectable term, his up-country friend oat of tbe value of his cotton crop, while poor Hodges would be senf to jail for practicing bis light fiogorad art upon tho pockets of Mr. Buttons. It were very honorable; there it is aga ; n? honorable, honor has nothing to do with re spectability, no more than isinglass has to do with go(d, honor relics upon the con sciousness of rigbt.while respectability,seeks its reWard in the opinion of others, the one a shining subtsance, the other a dark shad- ow But what arc we to do—are we to dis. regard public opinion altogether, and have no criterion,save onr own ideas of right and wrong, by which to regulate o-tr conduct— any one who has troubled himself to read “Poor Yorrick’s sermon on conscience wiU readily appreciate the-uncertainty of relying upon his conscience to direct him aright; but a little farther on, he will find a rule laid down, which if he will adopt as the rule and guide of his faith, will en. sure him ^happiness in {this life, and in the life to come, via,—To havo the fear of God always before our eyes, and in onr mutual dealing with each other, to govern ourselves by the eternal measure of right and wrong.” There is also a higher respectability to which we should defer. That respectabili ty which regards the internal, and net the external qualification of man, That respec tability which esteems as lovely, tho graces of the mindj and not the adornment of the person, which acknowledges tree merit, in goodness of heart, gentleness of manner, and integrity of purpose, aud not in phari- saical professions, or high sounding preten tious. That respectability, which recogni. zes as a friend and a brother; he he who would uphold the right against the wrong, would exalt the true, and put down the false. That respectability which is fearless enough to declare, V - The wcath islrat the genuine stamp The msi the gold for a’ that,” This is the true respectability, That respec table, so respectable is kn impostor, as false in name as it is in idea; what a great pity it is, that such a monster should so oppress society, but so it h>, we are no nearer the social milleni. um than we were when Horace hurled his satires at the follies of tbe world, or juvenal held up to ridicule its hollow pretences* This higher, this trner respectability, is so different from the common respecti- bility, that it -is oriy-Been and felt, by the truly great and good. The respeetahle por tion of society, instinctively feel, 1 hat if adjudged by its unerring laws, they will be condemned,and consequently they are anx ious to ignore its existence altogether, hence it is,that this higher,more enobling respect ability, if not entirely unkown, is never mentioned in respectable society.” pere Brown came to himself again, and in an agony of confusion would have irretri evably rained his bran pew.castor,in bis eff- ort to fit it on his bead bottom upwards, had I hot releived him-by . saying : “Brown, I just called in to ask the.' loan of twenty dollars.” Oh yes, thank yon, here it is. THE INIQUITY CONSUMATED. Akcrmon’s infamous no election bill has passed the House, and only aWaits Bullocks signature to become a law—so far as the ac tion of the Legislature in an illegal ses sion can make a law-. This outrage was eonsnmated by a ma jority ol four votes in the House. .At the time of its perpetration there were absent from their post nine so-called Democrats, towit: Barnett, Fowler, Hamber, Lastinger, McDougal, Reddish, Seale; Tate and Vin- sqn. .. .' Y .. - These gentlemen age therefore responsi ble for its passage, and the odinm attached to the measure should be shared by them. The act is an outrage, aud wo must seo that the power of the Legislature ia a legal one before we submit to its Indigpities. The best proof that canid be aidneed against the reality ot tho Kn-Klux is the feat that such a disorganizer and miserable scoundrel ns Akerman was permitted' to ■smetoit. •:.r . . .. ieomefo Atlanta os be did and kick np all ™0B! well,after alii am not so sifre Inti hio devilment in perfect qafety. We acknowledged receipt of compli mentary tickets to the following Fairs : North Georgia Agricultural, commencing at Dalton October 5th. Bartow county Agricultural Fair, com mencing at Oartersville 4th of Oetobor. Central Georgia, commencing nt Ma.-on October 3d. The Cotton States, commencing at An- gusts October 25th. , Cherokee, ooamieuoing at Rome Octo ber 11th., The Radicals think they are to have anoth er lease of power by the operations of Aker mans bill, bat they are counting without their host. Though cursed with tbe scum of Creation, and the vilest of dirty rogues ns TO lers, Georgia is not entirely dead. Enough life remains in the proud land of Oglethorpe tojtere put the fools and thieves that have ’cursed her soiltoo too fong*a1fis&^ , " 4< - ! The dirty Radical dogs have changed the election laws to suit their own wicked pur-' poses. Let the people of Georgia see to it that they are defeated. : ' The Radicals, in order to create an excite ment have decreed in their secret leagues to murder a few negroes in each county. They have commenced this nhboly work already in Tennessee, and murdered a negro near Chat tanooga. Look out darkies, Radicalism Wants martyrs. Talk about the Ku-Klux, we sometimes wish there was such a thing, and that they woiild hang every dog that voted fo' Ak- erman’s lying bill. Col. Taul Bradford and. Amos Hitch cock are the Democratic; candidates for Representatives in Talladega eonnty, Ala bama. God grant their election. A -Tall” Artist. An artist painted a dog to natural that the animal had the hydrophobia daring the hot weather. He is the same man that painted the copy of a beer-bottle with snch skill that the cork flew ont just as he was finishing it. And after ho was marri ed, he painted a picture of his first baby so natural aud so lifelike that it eried, anti bis wife spanked it before she discovered her mistake.- uu A Change for Lawyers —* G. T” ad vertises in tbe Commercial for 2.000 prac tical and professional liars. Heavy rains oontinue to fail throughont tbe country.. The Chattanooga Times re ports quite a flood in the city a few days ■g°* * • ' v , ; The following were the House proceed ings relating to the Akerman no election bill: . 'iens Mr. Tweedy moved to make np the bill providing for an election in December, which motion created considerable excite ment. , Mr. Duncan moved to adjourn till to mor row morning 9 o’clock. Lost. Mr. Scott called for the yeas and nays, the call was sustained, and the vote stood yeas 56; nays 67; so the motion to adjourn was lost. x - > ’! On the motion to take np the bill the vote stood yeas 65, nays 11, so the bill was taken np: . .-* Mr. Sbnmate made the point of order that at notice bad been given that a motion to reconsider tbe resolution Changing the rale of the Hoase would be made to-mor row morning, the resolution is inopera tive. The Speaker overruled the point of or der. Mr. Shumate appealed from the rul ing- Mr. Dnncan renewed his resolution to adjourn, and called the yeas and nays. Mr. O’Neal of Lownder said the second motion to adjonrn could not be made until the business before the House was disposed ofc - • The clerk proceeded with the call. On motion to adjourn the yeas were 50, nays 67. On the appeal from the decision of the Speaking or ruling *Mr. Shumate's point of order,to vote stood yeas 7, nays 7. The Speaker’s rating was sustained. Mr. Scott made the point of order, that as there is no quorum voting, the bill eonld not be taken np. Tbe Speaker replied that there' was a quorum in the House, and ordered the Clerk to eall the roll, on calling the roll 101 members answered to their names There bring a quorum present the House proceeded to business. Mr Belcher moved that the time be ex tended until this question was disposed o£ On that motion Mr. Seott called for the yeas and nays. The vote stood yeas—66 nays 52. Tbe time was extended. Mr. Tweedy moved to substitute the Senate bill for tbe one now before tie House, in reference to the election. The substitute was adopted. Mr. Turniprecd asked for the reading of the substitution. Tbe substitute was read.' Mr. Shumate made the point of order that there was not a quorum present, and demanded the call of the roll. ' The Speaker ruled that there.wi||i a quo rum present.' Mr. Scott insisted- upon the calling of roll. The Speaker ordered the Clerk to call the roll. Eighty-six answered to their names. Mr. Bryant offered an amendment to the bill which allows the ordinary -to. appoint two. commissioners and .the Governor three. * . Mi:; The amendment was adopted. The bill was then pnt on its passage. The votes stood yeas. 61, nays 57. So the bill was passed. Mr. Gullatt, of Fulton, paired off with Mr. Carson on this question. Mr. Tweedy moved . that ihe bill be transmLted in the Senate without delay. ' Mr. Rawless made the print that as the biU had come before the Senate it wits now the property oF the House.' : . ! ( tr.'Cald#el!gsve notice that he would move for a reconsideration of the bill to morrow morning. " . * The House adjourned until to-morrow at 9 o’cclock. The corrected census returns at the mar shaTs office to-day shows the population of New Hampshire to be 317,976—a loss of 8 ; 079 in ten yean. The Great American' Dcseft~Fnnt.«!" That’s plain enough. SERIES—MO I Doty’s Patent Has Machine. The following is dipt from the Charlotti N. CL Observer of recent dat. [Corre tpondcnco.j Having witnessed the burning of the gas' manufactured by Doty’s gas Machine now on exhibition at the Charleston (louse by Mr. J. 1. Palmer, we heartily ndoreo the following correspondence,and believe it wil be a great saving to those who are obliged to Use gas: : ~ i-- Charlotte N. C., Sept. 22.1B70. Mr; J. 1.:Palmar, Sir: - At your request;! have examined Doty ’s Gas Machine now. in opercfioi in this city at the Charlotte Hotel. I cheerfully furnish yon with my ophiidu olthosnpeiioritjoft hie machine over oth ers of its class that! I. have seen for the fol lowing reasons, viz: .Simplicity. Safety, Ecouotny and Dura bility. ' r .. M It is so simple that it really requires less skill to keep in order than a kerosene, lan|p-v.'. -I. trimt n :T T It js much safer than other machines because no fire is used in or about it in. the 1 manufacturing process. The' Scientific- American, which is good aiWlinity,pronoun, ces it undoubtedly tec safest iihiatinatiog n-T-n f. devised un to the nresent time, a Ho i'll e resort to this expedient was not neees 4 sary. Madame leBrcton found the key, oOened the door that h id obstructed her progress, ai d gave egress to her Majesty—j who, accompanied only by her tired friend; insi'fed'thin the street at the bottom of the ‘l^nartv. -i itov 7a» . nt,*/ .e , * They drit-eNfl M.-'-deLcssepS heuse; m the' Boulevard dc Jlaleshefbcr. where.tho Empress sat until she was joined by M, de- Metternich who did what he could to fa cilitate her departure . to a place of aafe- i&*Jo • *i>!2 .: ... , i Later in the evening tlic Empress, still accompanied by Madame le Breton, drove: 'fcmhe- Girrd do 'Nord.eseaped all detection, thanks to the thhfc veil which she wore— and «P7 -o’clock rolled cafe and unex pected away tewfifds the Belgian fron tier. agent, devised up to the present time Gaso line and' water being the only agents used, the gas is perfectly harmless, should it es cape in aoose room, no danger of suffoca tion, or death frem'ft, no unpleasant odors arise-frrin it and the • machine cad be kept in any part of the honse. The gas is made ns it is required to sup ply the burners and at no time is there in the aparatns a sufficient quantity to blow up an empty barrel.' 1 '- ■ '• I am satisfied that you lean claim without fear of successful contradiction .that there has never been artificial light produpfd which compares with it in cheapness. .A 1 large brilliant light at a cost of one-half a coat per hour, and any nnmder of lights in the same proportion. ■ ngisw l . Its durability is certainly a very great consideration, no further working of the machinery Icing required than pouring in the ffaids and the machine completes the rest. The public would find it very much t> their interest tu call and examine thlstra- ly economical apparatus and supply them selves with machines, or. form stock com- paniesand thereby obtain gas light almost as cheap as daylight. Respectfully, R.K. GREGORY. EUGENIE UNDER DEFEAT* Inquiries for Napolnon and .MacMa- hon—Last Days In Paris. [Paris,Sept. 3—Night—Correspondence oflriah (Doblio) Times.] On the Stock Exchange they could not believe that thecansc of France was thor oughly lost io the northeast of the empire, nod it will forever remain a singular ex ample of the blindness of moneyed men, or of their selfiishness (having au eye to peace,) that on- this fatal day there was bnt a fall of one per cent on the Bourse of Parisin government stoek. Later in the evening, I believe, the Em press fir.treceived, thh fatal and terrible hews in its fall extent and with Full authec- ticity, for it was laie when the nononnee- ment to the Prefeets^igned by >H tho Min isters, was written and forwarded. If the Ministry knew it probably it was quite natn- ral that they should break it to. the Cham ber and die nation.' Tbe Empress, poor, unhappy iady,bore the shocking intelligence better than any human bring conld have contemplated s— <—4*—- She was pale as marble aud-was arrayed io tha. negilence of dress and personal adornment, so sadly habitual to her since- this crisis lies arisen. "With bands clash ed and eyes' raised to heaveit, her first wordblweret:— : ■'— (diriliJ Louis, my son?’ L,:. 1-1; : - - M; Madame* tho Prince Imperial was at Maubeugai, and most, be quite safe in Bel gium.’ " *' y ', . , ’Poor France, poor -France F she then repeated'Several times. And the Empe ror,’ she said. qnite innocently, ‘they will not. surely, insult, or ill treat him Y ‘Madame,’ replied M. Ohevreau, ‘it is a palace prison of gold and velvet, and anx ious sympathy, which ever awaits such a prisoner ns him Majesty.’ 'And MacMahon V 'The Marshal is very badly wounded, please your Majesty.’ , ‘Ah! I fear me the gallant duke has sought death and'fonhd it.’ And DeFailljr I think your Majes’y must make your miud lor- the worst- ns. regards General De- Failly ; there is no certainty, but many re ports say that he was killed on the 29th or 30thi.i ■ -i.>. . 1 '1 I>£ Snch was the scone at tho Tnilleries-—- I do not presume to give, you as folly au- tbentio the iptusima rrrba,bat from a source certain that something very near the fore going words wero uttered - .: How tbe Empress Made hevBreape—Exclt- -■ Ing Incidents. A correspondent who signs “Voyageup? writes to the London Telegraph of the 8th ofScptemberthos:— I have just returned .from. Paris, where I bad special opportunities for observing the : stirring events'of Sunday and I give you whkt l know to bo n true stoiy of her Majesty’s escape. . The disposition of the Napoleon dynasty was Toted in. the Cerps Legislatf about one o’clock on Sunday af ternoon. . At two -o’clock M: Petri—then. Prefect of Priiee-f-rashed. breathlessly in to the Emperca’i apartmen tsatthe Tuiler- ics with the- startling annonneement and warning ‘The decheancnhaa been declar ed. I have not a moment-to lose. • j 1 Save year fife Madame,, is le am .now hastening, to sane my tmibFv.’iThdn be dis- ared, and with 'good reason, -too, for revolutionary government- would give something to .be able to lay hands on him now. - Tbe Emnress t-fbuud, heiaalfvak>n|e j iwiih her old and trusty secretary and friend,' Mmhtun leBreton; pad- with-HL Ferdinand deLcsseps, who both earnestly nrged her to fly at once. Bat her high spirit made this a most :nepalatable counsel. It was-a eowardiea—^tme luchete—to desert the pal ace. She. would, rather be-Lteated ns was Marie Antoinette by thd.tocb, Ihan seek safety in,nn unworthy flight. For a time all persuasion wts nSefaas ; but :at length her Majesty’s maod ealmed somewhat; aud she saw the utter uselessness of remain- rHp STATE BUAD, The m'serable law tinkers down at Allan .to; having; taken it into their chueklehfeads that -they. Oiust do s mething with the Stoto Rpad, and t e wretched mismanagement of the Road by tbe thieving scoundrels in- to whose handtlit has fall-n, giving-the tinkers an excuse for doing something, it becomes necessary for the people to keep a sharp lookout as to the disposition the rogues make of it. Appceeiatiug -his duty, we published a few days ago an extonded article, written by Col. Engcne Le Hardy, presenting the condition of the Road in its true light, fur nishing some valuable railroad statistics, and offering suggestions which, in our judg ment, are of tbe utmost worth, and should be carefully.studied. - 1 The articl: was addressed by Col. J<e- Hardy to our able Representatives iu the Senate and House, Hons. Barns and Scott, and by them will, .we presume, be laid oe fore the members of the Legislature. Of eousse we do not expect the shallow- witted creatures who mainly compose the Legislature, to appreciate the logical reas oning of Col. LcHordy, enforced and ex plained as it may be by Maj. Borns or Capt. Scott, but wc do expect the people of Georgia to study this matter, and with all tbe l<ght3 before, them to say to the crea tures who misrepresent them, that the vital interests of the State oust no longer be tri fled with, and that the magnificent prop erty of the. Western & Atlantic Railroad, is too important to become the sport or the preyipf any clique or party. , Blodgett and Bullock, after stealing the earnings of the Road,.calls for An appro priation to be made for repairs, The ap probation ought to be made, bnt Blodgett ought not fe bo entrusted with its expen diture. His adptiuistratioo has clearly proved his incapacity and moral unfitness for the place. Kick him put of the office and put a competent man in his stead. Tho suggestions of Col. LcHardy, who knows more abont railroads in one minnte than Blodgett could coni prebend ip a life time—that the affairs.of the Road be en* trusted, to the management of three Commis sioners, who shall have full power to nuke their own appointments uf sab-officers, agents, etc., unhampered by political re atraintov favors, and who shall be respon sible to the people for. their efficient stew ardship.- [ u j .. . B • ; . , With Jno. I’. King, Waddell and Caiup: hell Wallace as Commissioners, and a-block placed in Bullock’s avaricious and thiev ish bands, the Western & Atlantic Road would ’Boon begin not.only fe pnyits own way again, bnt. to replenish the now bankrupt treasury of fee State. AK ERMAN’S ELECTION BILL ILLE GAL. * -■ Th» following act of Congress passed last July; and approved by tho President makes Mr. A. Tinker Akcrtnan’s election lie an unlawful, os well as 'unrighteous act. Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted, That in any city'having Upwards of twenty thou sand inhabitants, it shall be th'c dnty of fee Judge of the Circuit Court, of the United States, for fee circuit wherein said city shall upon fee application of two citizens, to appoint in writing for each election dis trict or voting precinct in said city, and fe chinge or renew saidappoinment as occa sio'n may require, from time to time, two citizens, resident of fee district or precinct, one from each political parly, when so des- ignated, shall be and are hereby authorized to attendant alT times and all places fixed for the registered, wbuld be entitled to vote for" representative in Congress, and at all asS-lftMi— e-lt—u;— elections ’ in votes cast lenge any name prop csed to be registered, and shy - vote of fered,and to be present and witness through out the counting of all yotto, and to retnain where fee ballot-boxes aro kept,at all times after fee polls are open UDtil tbe voles are .of them'.jSliall have the" right of affix' their signatures or his signatnyo to said register for purposes of identification, and to attach thereto, or to the certificate of fee number of votes cast any statement touching the troth or.fairness, thereof which they or he ma^.ask'tq':aUach^ahd any^ oho Who 'shall prevent uiy person so. designated from.do- 1 tog any of.fee acts authorized as aforesaid or who shall hinder or molest 'any such person ~ itt 'doWg" 5 liny of fee said ante, or shall aid or abetrin preventing, hin dering or molesting any such person in re spect of any snch act, shall be gnilty of a misdemeanor, and on eoayiction snail be punished' by imprisonment' not less than ondyfer ** fc * s ° *“* V ' U ' J • • J,! Sec. 6. And be it farthor enacted; That aarf eily having upwards of -.twenty Aon- saad’ inhabitants, it shall be lawfnl.for the Marshall of fee Hailed .States, for the dis trict wherein said city shall be, to appoint as toany- special deputies as be necessary to preserve order 1 at any election at wueh Repress ntaitival ia Congress ate-to be oho- seo, and said deputies- are hereby author ized to preserte ordertat sueb elections, and tor arrest for any offense or breach of tba peace committed jo feflir yfew^ ing. - - Attended) only by, ^t*? .companion; we have named, fee Empress fled throngh fee long gallery of fee Louvre.bnt sodden- Mr. Grassh, ofltaly, lately His family were j when si " ’ins as a sample,: ly her course was stepped short by alddced of him for 4,000 ducats- . 1 sent them one of his a'd offered them the 1 rest door. Tha little bear fee shouts of the crowds who were in. vadingfee.privategaidenaof fee fjnDeri M. deLesseps, to gain time, proposed tl he should go 'out on fee torreM and g fee soldiers on guard to hold-buck the peo ple for a few moments; while in addition he would delay fee crowd by addressing them. Cofonds Seymore and Carleton, of fee Briltish army, woo aye now wife fee armies in France* attest to fee horrid at the seat of war. The soldiers and beasentry are perishing from starvation, women are violated, the dead ontraged and prisoners famished Grand Jnry Presentments of Polk County —Talk Superior Court, Aa*. Terra, ’70. <We, tbc Grand Jurors, choien and^sworn for this term of the Court, beg * leave to make the folioa ing presentments : - . We have, by onr committees, examined the Superior Clerks’ bonks and Ordinary’s books, aud find them neatly and correctly kept. We have exaniintd the ct uuty Treas urer’s boel^s,.au'i find them correctly, .kept, and find a balaLce iu the Treasury cf six ty six dollars and seventy-seven cents ($66. 77)- Wchavcalsi by. o.lu-mittee. examined the public buildings. We find the Court House in good - rder. aiid we recommend the proper aufeoiities to have the Jury Rooms furnishei wit li tic necessary seals and tables, -— The jail wc find.in Ltd condition, and a nuisance to tbe e oititv. We recommend the building of n more .ccurc and capa cious jail, when tbe finances ol the county will permit. Wdfin-l, upon examination, that the proper regard lias not been paid to cleanliness, that is necessary ft-t tl e health and cobif-'ri the prisoners. We have inquire. 1 into the condition of the public roads iu the. .different districts in the county. Wc find the roads in Hum comb. Van Wert, First and (lamp tin’s districts, in got-il order We report the roads'in Young-’ district in good order, ex cept tho Buchanan and' Carrolton r tads, and we aro informed that there -ire not a sufficient number of hands to put these roads ia good order. Wo find the roads in Fish district ia good order except the road leading from Cedartown to Van Wert, and tfiat portion of said road that has been changed on the Go Idard place, to be or dered pnt back at once iu the old track by tho Ordinary, it being practically out of the question to make said now road as good as the bod of the old ruad was. Wc also found the roads in Cedartown district in good or der, with the exception of the Van Wert and Rome Roads, and that the overseers of said roads hare been fined for not having said rm ds worle 1 , We find the public square, streets and public roads within the incorporate limits of the town of Cedartown in a wretched condition We find a frac tional part of fee road leading from Van Wert to Rome nnworked for the lost ten years, it not being determined what district it belonged to- We request the Ordinary to ascertain wbieh district said portion' of ttie road belongs to and inform the Com missioners. We recommend the Ordinary to furnish the Commissioners of the different districts with the neeessary tools for blasting and re moving rucks from the beds of tbe roads We recommend the Ordinary to have the -convicts of tlr county put upou the public works of the State. We have been inform ed that some of the coevicts of tbe county have been heretofore hired ouL to individu als. and suffered to run at large. Wc And from the examination^mf fee Treasurer’s books* that the Sh^TO and Clerk of the Superior Court charged two hundred and eighty dollars ($280) for ex tra service for the year 1869, which charge we think extravagant, especially in the ex hausted condition of the treasury. We request our Senator and Represen tatives to use their influence io the pa-sage of Common School bill to have it so framed that the schools of feu two races will..,be separate and distinct, and we request they be furnishei with a copy of this request, and we believe that ai law to this effect will prove to the interest of both races, espe cially the colored race We request the Clei L of the Superior Court to lock the doors of the Court House and take care of it. In taking leave ot His Honor; Judge Kirby, and the Solicitor General, we de sire to thank them or their courtesies ex tended to this body, with a request that these presentments be published in tbe Rome Courier. Tnos. A. Dcke, Foreman. Wm. R Beck, Wm. M Lampion, v; T C Hampton, W Hackney, .. r - WL Isbell, JC.Waits, Asbnry 1* Hunt, J K Cannon, TM Hightower, N J Tomlin, MR Lewis, JF Crook, D R Stirr, J C Battle, D C Roberts, I N Janes, Sr., Tsham Dean, T H Wade, L n Walthall, It is ordered that these proceedings be published in the Rome Courier once. ' F. A- Kirby, J. S. C., R- C. A true extract from record of Minutes from Poll: Superior Court. Wm. J. now vrd. Dept’v. Cl'k. S. C , P. C. A. TINKER AKERMAN’S ELECTION LIE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The f flowing section of article 2nd of the Constitution cf the State of Georgia, makesAttornev General Afccruian’s law unconstitutional. t See. 2. “Every male person born in the United States, nod every ma’c person who has been naturalized, or who has legally de elared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, twenty-one years old or upward, who shall have resided in this State six months next preceding the elec tion, and shall have resided thirty days in county in which he offers to vote, and sha'l have paid all taxes which may have been required of him, and which he may have had an opportunity of paying, agreeable to law for the year next proceeding the elec tion, (except as hereinafter provided).'shall be deemed on elector, and every male citi zen of the United States of the age afore- .taid (except as herein provided) who may tie a resident of the State at the time of ihe adoption of this constitution, shall be .nsemed an. elector as aforesaid; Provided ’) hat no soldier, sailor or marit-e in fee mil- lttry or naval service of the United States si.ill' acquire the rights of an elector by by reason of being stationed on duty in this 8i«le, and no person shall vote who, .if chall-nged, shall refuse to take the following oath: ‘I do answer feat I. have not g ven or received, nor do I expect to’give or re ceive, any money, treat cr other things of value by which my vote or any vote n af fected at this election, nor have t given or iromised any reward or made aDy threat ly which to prevent any person from voting at this election.” And now which are we to obey, the lying edicts of A kerman or fee constitution of tbe land. The people answer; The Constitu tion! The only liberty cap, says a clever and wit ty anfeor, is fee night cap- In it men vis it, one-third of tbeir lives, fee only land where they are free and equal. “Sir,” said a landlady toa boaider who bad sebt his hup for fee seventh time, ‘you most be veiry fond of coffeeP ‘Yes, mad- ame, I am,’ he replied, ‘or I never should have drank 39 much water to get a little.’ At fee reeent Cleveland foot-race, Mrs. r , Monroe wore a jaunty hat, a white greba- anxions abont. him, den&drenwith a red figure, the skirt -bf fee dross reaching a crifle before fee knee, ‘-■’■(W which were to he seen flesh colopsd tights and high-bronzed gaiters,, orna- ted wife gold' plated backles. Mrs. Mania, fee losser, attempted to ran in a long dress reaching almost to her ankles. The Georgia Major’s costume is prescribed for tte nexl nufo; ; ; Spirit of the Now Jersey press—Apple jack and cider.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, October 07, 1870, Image 1