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BATES Oi $2 00 * 1 00 .rN': TT- so •- 1 ' J.ATES J ''jfoifc . i jj ..., - • Vva r.iv^^ Y I}) - advance. , ir0 cue copy will be fu; M. 1AVIXELL, Proprietor. ... tnVEBTI5EMENTS. ijiB'cirtrstor., Electors or ,. : U»'l b - J by law to be held on . ... sre ri, 'l“ ir / ro onth, between the ■ *»Vvi orenoon and three in the ; a 11 rt jj onS e in the county >n ■; pj tSP^f^'o^mn^be given in's pab- 1 ^ *' MP-1 property must tV j: rnner, through a public gu- 1 — " tosale day. , 1““, j„d Creditors of an estate, ; ' i!,iJ ,;“^nVwill be made to the „»ve to sell laud must be I ' |.»f tirdinnry ^ *■*' 11 ; r 'letters 1 of Administration.Guar- - f " r 1 be publishod 3b days—for • :■ i ".,"\ lniinistratioo, three months ,ro n f' on Guardianship, 40 days. ’ foreclosure of Mortgages must :«!* o m biy for four mouths-for cs- -siished mi for (he fall S p ace 0 f three ,.h; 4 ffiiiig titles from Executors or [JS —tor com I c “bo n i has been gircn by I #***£ ,V full space of three mouths a ways be continued accord srr-'rmraarsjer* “WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION." r 'l) requirements, unless oth- ft;e fallowing rates. . „ er levy of ten lines or less $3 00 , 'c fi fa. sales, per levy, a 00 15?,£im. nor levy,.... •••••• „ ?? . s. r '« sales. per levy , ■ w ■ , of Administration t Guardianship.. dismission from .j^ion fbr dismission from g ## 6 00 ... 3 00 ... 5 00 , n to jell land .■' .^torsand Creditors, ,'r iu ,i ner.-quare, ' jicrirhable property, 10 days.. , Notices. fiO days, ■„ re of Mortgage, per square.. ' niginff bis wife, fir “ yflTHPAY MORNING, Not. 5. ' TUE issue. I Many of our people seem Le is uo vital principal involved in the Lg elections, and look upon the candt- L;„f Gen. Young and Geo. P. Bur- a simple trial of j ersonal populari- to think that j* jj ilt.se gentlemen were running tdependent candidates, owing their notn ... in no party, and representing no rolitical sentiment, this view of the W'fct be adinisable, and the preferenc f friendship might be allowed to obtain reighins the claims of the candidates. : such is not the case. Gen Young is n-guiar nominee ot the Democratic par- | n—made so too by acclamation, and amid applause of a large and full rep- of the Democracy of the dis- ::itt. He represent* the interest—the, IT.cws and the hopes uf the Democratic par a this district, and as such he should I aboil receive the support of every true | .sVcrs. Oa the other hand, Mr. Burnett is the a Grace of the Radical party—put forth rufwention which not only proclaimed te i* it* choice, but made it a condition 'feciolidatuic that he endorses the ad- Issitratien of liullnck nod the corrupt J disgraceful proceedings of the radical fei-ature, including the infamous elec- bill, which threatens to cheat the pco- ItW the State out of their rights as VO- :-:s.andt" continue io power the hateful rames uho hare so long and so shame- f:iiy oppressed the State. .Y:tsatisfied with this declaration of rad- l-alfhith.rhe convention went further and Iciaal the administration of Grant and pinion of the Radical Congress. 3# that those ol our friends who may SBliing but friendship in the contest, at tun exactly what they are support- ■aVio they talk of voting for Burnett, I'ttve the resolutions in full, and urge up- 3 friends the importance of consider- “hut well aefore they commit them- I *5 to tlicir support: felted. 1st. That wc heartily approve Ihtiisinistration of President Grant, an d j'aiaiiiedly indorse all his official lit-. J -Hat to this administration and the Iwstsofthe Kepublican party, both federal, wo can look as the only 's lope lor peace and prosperity to this JP 5 *'- nation. 1 - That we depreciate all divisions in the I^Mitan ranks and call upon all who are ■Srthe good of the country to unite with ■ ■•lathe coming elections, in the ehoice of If 1 *! 1 tine men who love peace rather |-a violence. ■ lhat wc earnestly invoke the firm and Ift-ed :,cl 'on ofGeneral Terry in the ap, r, i"Selection to preserve the peace, -' re t0 Loth political parties, white I in every section, of the State an | Wnniiy to vole, without intimidation or •Strain;. n I* 4 re = arJ “' s Excellency Rufus l.. 3 " Ci ! Governor of our State, with his I mV 3 tlct ' ca l aiiad, as a pure immovable . "t and without reservation indorse his I ld ®»«nti on . I 8m we ou,lor3e the administration of tai - i tCr - Blodgett, Sepermtendent, Ilie Finance Committee of the pres *®*«l Assembly. ita , 11 Vc regard the Relief and Home ■ •: : :a- IL€15Ure °* tlle Gonvention, the Con- I tarim- 31 ^- ‘* le P resent Legislature, as of tot importance to the people of the i^dcall. [)*r,. r,5s Lar xe in his wower lies, to see aeot ' )r ° 1 ’ er a ' dm >uiBtration and'enforce I strrL f 11:11 we again pledge t our earnest tts- ' i V° C 1 " econst ruction Acts of Con I ciritv • * e SUrest means of peace and se- n' , ' , r ' jUr coaim on country. I ’soli,, if— " Js - T0U are expected to support,and t;:- J° tC ^° r ® nrnetfc i you will by that -i S V to the world, that the outrages ]i-t I ou have so long complained ; are ,’j,- 3,1 r 'Sht,the reconstruction laws t«r» 0 '.- e fo 0011 to the South, the rob- I ft;-!,,, ' ®! at<! lloi di by Bullock and ari»hte ous piece of villainy, and ' ,on 1,111 °f Akerman a matter for 111 V)l "’bat u might to be thankful. a, fJ j. ,^ an ls tllere so dead to principle Li®< 'I- r! Sllrel y uo such man can call 1 Democrat. XtW nf° M NEW ORLEANS. rati rc . , ANS > 0ct °her 26.—The last 3r,ji. \ ln F *he Mobile and Chattanoo- - ttcen Mobile and New Orleans. t to-day. 1 ^ Mobile f ,ra 'n leavi tlteruoon. driven at 5:15 The first train arrived here at 7:30.— es to morrow morning for Mo- ^ r «0r of Utah' n h#8 * leen a PP oln! «i VOLUME XXV- ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER U. 187<L ! ' 70X TOl NEW SERIES--NO 1 lv BEECUENBROOK. Lookiog over tho well filled shelves of onr friend H. A. Smith's Book Store, a few days ago, onr attention was attracted by a aj small and unpri lending volume, bearing the above title., ,.. S imething.. it was in the name that canght our attention, and as we laid onr hands upon it without knowing by whom it was written, or what was its subject, we instinctively felt that we had stumbled up on a treasure. < if , This instinctive anticipation was strength ened into a positive conviction when we opened the book and found that it was written by Margaret J. Preston. An ex pression of delight called forth thb :gencr- osity of our friend, who immediately put the volume at onr disposal, and that even ing was spent in the quiet enjoyment of a real literary treat. 1 ■ Beechenwooi, a rhyme of the war, deed what, its name purports to be, rhyme of the war.” Till story is one that touches a chord of sympathy in the hearts of every Southern homo, for its every scene and character finds a realization in the exr perience of thousands, whose homes was made desolate, whose strength was destroy ed, and whose hearts were-crushed by the terrible disaster of defeat and of death. It is dedicated “to every Southern wo man who has been widowed by the war — •during the progress of which the rhyme was first published, and is now reproduced as a faint memorial of sufferings of which there can he no forgetfulness.” The story is told in the chaste and elo-' quent, yet tender and simple style of which Mrs. Preston is so completely mistress. It has beeu complained of in a recent critique that Mrs. Preston's excessive admiration of Mrs. Browning had the effect' to ‘bias her own taste, and to betray her into an im ; itation of the style of that elegant writer. We cannot appreciate the criticism. Cer tain are we that no such servile imitation occurs in Beicheobrook. A freshness, a vigor and a pathos runs through the whole original with and pecul iar to Mrs. Preston alone. We regret that the limits of our columns will not admit of copious extracts from the work. Wc cannot refrain from presenting a few. .'. ..... „i. : The story opcos with the following mu sical picture: There is sorrow at Beecheabrook—brightly the day Has beamed with the earliest glory of May; The blue of the sky is as tender a blue As ever the sunshine came shimmering through; The songs of the birds and the hum of the bees. As they merrily dart in and out of the trees— The blooms of tha orchard, as sifting its snows, It mingles its odors with hawthorn and rose— The voice of the breok, as it lapses unseen— ' The laughter of children at play on the green— Insist on a picture so chcerlul, so fair, Whoever would dream that a grief could he there? And immediately following: ‘The last yellow sunbeam slides down from the wall, The purple of evening is ready to fall; The gladness of daylight is gone, and the gloom Of something like sadness is over the room.” And on page 31 is the following autumn picture : ‘The gums by the brookside are crimson and brown; The leaves of the ash flicker goldenly.down; The roses that trellis the porches, have lost Their brightness and bloom at the touch of the frost.” On page 35 we fiud the following snow song—which is a picture as well, for it paints a scene familiar to those who so faithfully wore the grey : •‘Halt!—the march is over ! Day is almost done: Loose the cumbrous knapsack, Drop the heavy gao; Chilled and wet and weary, Wander to and fro, Seeking wood to kindle Fires amidst the snow. “Round the bright blaze gather. Heed not sleet nor cold— Ye are Spartan soldiers, Stout and brave and bold: Never Xerxian army Yet subdued a foe. Who but asked a blanket On a bed of snow. “Shirering midst the~darkness, Christian men are found. There devoutly kneeling On the frozen ground— Pleading for their country, Id its hour of woe— For its soldiers marching Shoeless through the snow. “Lost in heavy slumbers, Free from toil and strife; Dreaming oftheir dear ones— Home and child and wife; Tontless they are lying, While the fires burn low— Lying in their blankets, 'Midst Decembers’ snow!"’ Occurring here and there through the story is a vein of genuine philosophy. On page 65 we find this : When fierce and fast thronging calamities rush Restless as destiny o’er us and crush The life from the quivering heart till we feel Like the victim whose body is broke on the wheel— . When we think we have touched tho far limit at last, ! * • i'ii: v Z- 1 ’ • fl0IV »-. One throe, and the point of endurance is passed— * When we shivering hang on the verge of de- n spair-i-' . will O’.v * o There still is'capacity left us to bear.'l The rhyme is ended in the following out burst of feeling, and patriotie devotion that wonld do honor even to a Byron’s genius: ‘ , . “Though wrapped in the weeds of her widow- Though Ufeieem, all sunless and dim through the veil ... That drearily shadows her dot rawful brow— Is the cause of her country less dear to her wow? Does the patriot flame in her heart cease to stir— Does she feel that tlm conflict is over for hat?” By her pride in the soil that has given her birth; By her tehaerest memories garnered on earth; By the legacy blood-bought and precious, which Would leave to her children—the right to bo free By the altar -where once rose the hy nm and the By tSehoia left behind fieri nlL.filnckentf and By tWpangs that have raked her—the ills she has borne; . By the desolate exile through which she must By the struggles that hallow this fair Southern By the vows she has breathed in the ear of her By the blood of the heart that she worshipped— • the That enfolded her own; by her love, as fits wife; By his death on the hattlefiold, gallantly brave, By the shadow that ever will; wrap her—his By tfefodth she reposes, O Father, in Thee— She olaims that her glorious Sontfi musts* fswu Mrs. Preston has recently re-appeared before the pnblie in a new volume. “The Old Song and New, 7 of which the critics speak in the mest exalted praise. As for Beechenbrook, a copy ought to be in every Southern home. The Diamond Excitement in Africa. The excitement created by the diamond discoveries in South Africa promises to ex cced even that which was created by the gold discoveries of California. Thousands are rushing to the diamond fields, bent on the hope of diamond for tunes. Some will realize ail their brilliant dreams-but thousands will corse the day that ever they heard of the diamond ol South Africa. A copper case at home and in the band is worth more than a diamond fortune beyond the Afric sea. YVe append a few items relative to the excitement, which we clip from the New York Ile’old: Mr. Ingram, of King Williams’ town, has received a letter from a Kanrarian, dat ed a few days after his arrival at the field, in which it is stated that he saw no; less than sixty-three diamonds, weighing from one to eight carats each, disinterred dur ing one day. We are informed that a German resi- in King Williams’ Town has received by list post an encouraging letter from a friend at the diamond fields. This letter was shown to several persons on Saturday week, one of whom asserts that the writer states that he has had the good lack to find two diamonds; for one of these he was of fered £3,5U0, and for the other 8300. The E. P. Herald is informed that Mr. John Coxen (son of Mr. C. Coxen, of Port Elizabeth) has been fortunate enough to disinter eight or ton diamonds during his sojourn on the fields. From a private letter the Somerset Cou- rant learns that Messrs. D. & A. Hockley, who went to the diamond fields from Phil- lipolis, a snort time ago, have found four teen diamonds—all small. Mr. Lucas, who arrived at Cradock, from the fields, gives a very flatteriog ac count of recent success. The Free Press has been permitted to make the following extracc from a letter by a gentleman in Queens' Town from a party workiog at the diamond fields : “There is work cnongh here for all who have not any business or employment; bat I would strond ly caution any one and every one from leaving a certainty for an nncertainty such as diamond digging. The glowing acconnts published and stared by returned diggers are not to be swallowed without a good pioch of salt.” A correspondent to the Colesberg Ad vertiser writes from the field : “The stream ol people entering these diggings now is something surprising. On one dav last week it is estimated that 500 arrived, but this was evidently above the average. The yield of diamonds npon this side of the river, at the old ground has been but small daring the week, but Hebron is now com ing into repute, and many persons have gone thither to try their luck. On tho Mission grounds as many as fifty diamonds have keen registered in one day of the past week; but this, considering that there are upwards of five hundred diggers at work, and that the diamonds are mostly very small, is nothing to boast of. The scenes of drunkenness, fighting, etc., are growing daily more frequent here, as disorderly characters accumulate.” A letter received from Hope Town at Port Elizabeth, written by a gentleman who had just arrived from the diamond fields, states : “ Diggings extend two miles on each side of tho Vaal river, and the immense number of tents, wooden houses, etc., gives the place a very imposing appearance. A diamond of five carols picked ap close to Hope Town. Search being made for oth ers. If successful, Hope Town will soon be a large place.” Mr. Drevfns, Port Elizabeth, has receiv ed a letter advising him that a parcel of fifty-nine diamonds, valued at j£4,000, will be forwarded to him for shipment to Eng land by the first trustworthy opportunity. A letter received at Port Elizabeth states that Geo. Eaton ha i picked up a diamond valned at £350 pounds, and Mr. Innis, of Bloomfontem, one valned at £2,500. Messrs. Mackie, Dnnn & Co., Port Eliz abeth, have received a few diamonds, and Messrs. Lippert are expecting a parcel of ninety-one, of which they were advised by post. The K. W. T. Gazette says: We havo been kindly favored with the following ex tract from a private letter received yester day by Mr James Alyiff, from Mr. H. J. lse, of AUwal North ‘I have just received a note from Mr. Sheppard, of Smithfield, who says: “I have just seen a clergyman who retnrned from the diamond diggins by the post cait of this day. He says, as he left, an enor-; mons diamond of the length of two joints of the index finger was fonnd; that £9,000 was offered in cash for it, bnt refused, three times that amonnt being its e Unrated val ue.” A private letter received in Graham’s Town states that Mr. Lawrence; Jr.,r Las secured seven diamonds; their value is not stated . j.Lt ti; i Messrs. L. Lippert & Co., Port Eliza beth, have received a packet containing thirty-two diamonds. Many of them are very beantifnl gems. One is a large diamond weighing 17} car ats, bnt some of the small stones have a more brilliant appearance. Altogether it is a very fine lot and well worth sce- ing- All the farmers at Tyumie, Kaffraria, with few exceptions, are off to the diamond fields. By post of the 25 th August intelligence was received at Graham’s Town by Mr. SwaDess formerly in Mr. AlifPs employ, of a favora ble character. He had snceeded in get ting two diamonds, one six carats, the oth er two and one-half carats. Chapman’s party had not added anything to their two diamonds. Extract from a letter:—“I may mention that when'P. went to the diamond fields to look at it only—he was there a day and two nights—he picked up two small dia monds! value twenty pounds and two pound sterling.” A private letter, dated August 14, state that daring the three preceding days there had been fifty-three, seventy and fifty dia monds picked np npon the Free State side. These were all registered, so that there can be no doubt as the correctness of the state ment. A gentleman writing from Fturesmith under date 19th August, 1870, says:—It will be necessary for me to go to the dia mond gelds, as I have just heard of a dia mond mine (which is a feet) on the adjoin ing farm to mine (called Jagersfontein,) and I intend going over to-day to have a look at the nature of the soil and see whetn er I cannot find snob a place on my own farm. One of the farmers qn Jagersfontein picked np a diamond on Tuesday for which he refused £2,500. It is strange. Bnt nevertheless true, that daily diamonds are being picked np all over the Free State. The'following is an extract from a letter Received in Gape Town:—“ ” I take the present chance to let yon know how thiDgs are going on in these parts. First as to diamonds; they are beiug turned np daily. I'tielieve I told you in my last about the 26} carat one that we got sinee that we have got another of .two carat got one of 15 carats, sold for £300;— of 11 caiats,soldfor£320 (first water),one of 291 carats, value £2,700; mine . valued: at £2500, and sent to Europe. We—Somerset Conrant—have been in formed by a 1 gentleman just retnrned from the diggings that there he says, are picket? np every day, nnmbering between fort; and fifty, which come to lig\t, bat firmly be lieves that. mauy ; more - are, found daily 1 which are kept secret. This gentleman showed ns a diamond picked up by himself, a perfect beauty, ex ceedingly regaiar in shape.He also brought samples of other curious stones with him. He further informs ns that the river has been narrowed at least forty feet from the washings on either side, by the sand or gravel deposited. '. • Very lucrative businesses are earried on in various ways at the.diggings. A youth who works a boat on thc river has taken much as £14 in one day for ferrying peo pie across at the rate of sixpence each. The same reliable informant confirms 'the car- rent report about the 52} carat diamond fonnd by Mr. de Viilers, for which he has been offered £9,000. ‘ROME.’ -z -ns A Burnett diciplc, writing unfertile above: name, in the Daily, is anxious to know who contributed most to' the passage and approval of “Our Railroad Bill,” for “says he, although he had rather vote' for Yonng, if Burnett has really affected this great good for our city, I want to know it, for it will control my vote in the coming elec tions.’ Now if the vote of ‘Rome’ is to be coo- troled by saoh local 1 and mercenary influ ences as this,it is a great pity for the cause of good government, that sueh : a creature is permitted to vote at all. He is no more fit to have a voice in the control of a peo ple, than the most ignorant negro to whom Burnett and his pdrty look for their sup port. - a j. Since however, unfortunately for the country, each men are permitted to vote, and the poor fool is so anxious npon the subject—we will state for “Rome’s” benefit that it is generally conceded that William Higgenhotham did the most to effect the passage of the bill—and if Rome is so anx ious to. relieve himself of the tremendous load of gratitude under which he is labor ing, he will cast his vote for that influential gentleman. LITTLE DINGY. Scattered along the backways and lanes of a barnyard are found certain Jittle de posits, crusted over by the action of the air and the snn, and seomingiy of an inoffen sive character, but only let them be touch ed—even thongh it be touched by the perfumed tread of a feiry, and straightway the air is filled with such a disgusting odor as' to take the breath and sicken one’s stom aoh. Now, just such a lump of filthy stink ing corruption is Little Dingy—the inde cent swill guzzler—boot black and foe kis ser of Gov. Bollock. Only tonch this mass of moral and political corruption, and the whole atmosphere is filled with a stench as intolerable as that which exndes from the reaking pores of a putrid carcass. The very air becomes heavy with its weight of stench and one is constrained to hold one’s nose in abject fear and;sickening disgust. Dr. Bard speaks of this monster of offen sivo odor as a certain amall animal, whose only weapon of defence is a disagreeable smell, bnt the comparison is hardly just to the skqnk. The skunk uses its weapon onlj, in self- defence. Little Dingy lives entirely hy his. It is his breath, his very being, and he could no more exist without it than a fish conld without water. It is for this rea son Bullock keeps him, and most excellent service does he do the Governor. ' Such a party of corruption, of oppres sion and of unblushing villainy as the rad ical party of Georgia qonld not do well without sach a deposit of stench and filth, with which to hedanh tliose Vrho condemn its infamies. Bloated with corruption, its proper breath is a volume , of stench, and Little Dingy is the qnintesence of tiiat stench. Greeley and Coaeoanut Cracking. The black West Fuint cadet, Smith; who has been oonrtmartialed' tbr several offenc es, including lying, was charged with break.: log a coacbannt dipper over the cadet head, of W ilson (white). This mode of expres sing hij resentment seems to-gratify thfe' Tribune, which 1 >oks upon Wilton’s head on that occasion as the collective head ’of ail the white cadets who bad snubled the black cadet. . .. The Tribune concludes that Smith has lost no “standing” by the coaeoanut smash- ing. We wo-ider at the Tribune’s mild- ness--its tweetness on Smith. It has not been given to favoring the cracking of co- coanuts. If a rebel Were to break a coa coannt over a freedman’s head, it wonld talk very differently abont it. It regarded Sumner’s head as the collective heads of ail philanthropists, bnt it certainly did not consider that.Brooks’standing wir unim paired by cracking the collection. Democratic? Convention.—The Demo cratic Convention met in the City Hall to day. A large and respectable crowd were in attendance. On motion of General Black, Hon. Dun- lay Sco.t was called to the Chur, and Mr. Henry W. Grady requested to act as Sec retary. ■: •' The Chairman having taken his seat, Gen. Black stated that the object of the meeting wa:- to receive the' report of the Executive Committee as : to ita appoint ments and organization of tho party Gen. Black, in the ab enee qf the Chairman of said Committee, reported that the organi zation of the party was comp!ete;tbat good active men had been appointed fn etetf distriet to attend to the Canvass, and that 1 the Democracy of Floyd county arc ready for the fight, , , On motion of Cdl.Spnrloek and by amend ment of Col. Tom. Alexander, the meeting adjourned until the first Tuesday ia Decem ber, when the Democracy of this country, are invited toYneet en masse at the City Hall to hear the reports of the Committees, and appointees, who will give the strength 1 of the party in Floyd ‘ Bounty ahtt its-ehti'- dition—and to hear, speeches from various distingnischd gentlemen in the after- noon. , • ; _ t^ , 'Donlap. Scott, Ch’n- H. W. Grady, Sec’y. Tkw,Great Trees or Califoonla. ' ' A California correspondent of Charleston Courier has the following: : One of onr big trees has been cat down, and is to be forwarded East for exhibition. Barntnn, I believe, is the projector of the scheme, the difficulties of whioh wonld cer tainly deter a less enterprising man- The one selected is in Fresno county, and al though by no means a giant amongst giants it will give thoee who see it a good idea of the mammoth proportions sometimes at tuned by onr forest kings. After being felled it took three saws fas toned together (making in length twenty four feet) with two men at eaeh handle, four days to saw off the bnttent. The dia- emter of the stomp is twenty-three bet six inches, without bark, and the annual rings show an age of 1590 yean. Three men accomplished the felling in fire and a half days, by cutting at the roots, whioh were interlaid like the muscles in the hu man system. One of its neighbors measured one hun dred and twenty-two feet and four inches in circumference, and was nearly one hun dred feet in height Improved,—The Lexington, Ky., Ob server and Reporter comes to os in a new dress, and otherwise greatly improved. We hare always regarded! the Observer as one of onr very best “ exchanges, .and we take especial pleasnre in noticing this mark of its sneoess- It is Democratie and agricultural. [Georgia Cor. of tho Cicinnati Commercial] GEORGIA POLITICS- HOW the Radicals Expect to Carry the Elec tlon. In thb momentous crisis it was a fortu nate thing for Georgia that she had an Ak erman. At a moment fraught with, mid night caucuses and bloody skulls,that great man came down from his official perch in Washington, and began to speak peace, or rather his peace. He saw that it would be folly to gp to tlle entire extreme of either party, and so be adopted a happy medium, and neither en dorsed the November election theory, or any other election theory but hisown,which was to hold the election in December in stead of November. To thb end he drew np a bill to be en acted into a law by the Legislature. The Legislature passed it, the Governor attach, ed his signature, and it b now the law pi he land. In some respects thb election bill, as it is called, b a remarkable document, and b open to criticism. The first and second sections provides for the postponement of the election until the 20th of December, at which time the polls are to be opened and kept np three days. Another remarkable feature of it is that election is to be held in the coart house of each county and no where ebe, giving bnt one polling place to the county. In other words, no man can vote who does not go to his connty seat on the 20tb, 21st or 22nd of December. Ali the officers or managers of the elec tion are to be appointed by Governor Bol- look and the Ordinary, and in case auy one so appointed refuses to serve, he b to be. fined one hnndrei dollars. The Governor appoint three and the Ordinary two, making five officers to each baUot- box. Section 8 b in regard to challenges and does away with them altogether, for the Managesr “shall not permit any person'to chaUenge any vote ” _ Section 9 declares it to be the dnty of the Managers to prevent rioting and -.dis turbance on the days of elections, and lo se cure peace at the poUy. They are required to prevent more than' one person,' and he only while voting, from approaching or re maining within “fifteen feet of the place of receiving haUntu, and said Managers may, if they see fit, require the persons desiring to vote to form themselves into a line, and when a line b thus formed, said -Managers shall prevent any person not in line from approaching the poUing place nearer than fifty feet; bnt in no case shall more than one voter at any time be permitted to ap- preach the - polb nearer than fifteen feet.” ei teal «f* .'ti. i No doubt that will prevent rioting* and it might prevent voting also. These imag inary lines of fiiteen and fifty feet drawn around the seeond arena, of which but one' man can enter at a time, unless they form! themselves into a line, will be the sontce of infiinito amusement on the days of elec- 1. No donbt the distances wiU be measured and marked off with-dde solemnity The other sections of the biU relate fe a multitude of detaib covering thb red-tape electio a, and I cannot understand even; to go into a synopsis of them! Suffice it to say. that provisions of the bill cannot stand ifjweighed py the square and compass of the Constitution. •' itisa lo t!i -It eneonnters violent opposition from the Democaats^hd some of them counsel an open resistance to it by gonig ahead - and holding the election on the 8th of Novem ber, agreeable to the provisions of.the Con stitution. Thb wiU hardly be done how ever, and after the nsual amonnt of blaster and wind-word, we may look for the De mocracy to “form themselves into line,” and try to win the election-under the provbion of Akerman's red-tape. It it dear that the Radicals fear an over, throw at the polb in December, or whenev. er tha next election is hdd; and to keep themselves in power, they' need the sasist. ance of every colored vote. With them it is victory or political death. Another point: this dection bill b deem ed a great outrage by the Democrats, and they will exert every nerve to earrythe day under itand torn the tables. To beat Akerman at his own game b what inspires them with more determination than usual, and nerves them to. extraordinary efiortiL Taken all in all, the Georgia campaign o* thb Fall and- Winter wiU ’ becne of extra* ordinary interest. «r The writers of communications to news papers swear so when their effusion b re jected that the dd saying should bo chang ed to read “rejected communications cor rupt good manners. , 1 ' Address to the People. T», the Democriitic and Conseratirc -JPurtJf \ of Ac Slats of Alabama: - £ • We are now upon tho eve of an election secqqdjn importance to npne : that has ever,been. held.in; Alabama. Wo believe tjmt success b certain, if lor one day yon will lay aside.everything ebe, and vote, and not only vote yourself, bat see that, ev ery other man over whom yon have any in-- flncncc also votes. - Another matter of importance b.that the election should be conducted according to law, in a peaceable, orderly manner. False charges are constantly made by onr: Qpe- mies that force and ! violence are used! by us, which ‘they themselves inongufatod.. bit. there be no excuse for each charge - i •• the coming election. . . ' Bear aU thainffin %'nTear, and a 'ittle more: An excuse is till that the Radicals want for setting aride an election however fairly won. Give them no such excuse, 7 Dse.your personal influence to preserve order, and let a sufficient number of men be appointed at each precidct by the* Sheriff os his d puties to preserve order. See each Sheriff and get him to do thin- '.Ye ham everything to loose, by election riots. We therefore urge yon te see to it that none occur. The prospect ofTsncccss is,molt bright; do.nothing to endanger it. 'Bnt on the 8th day of November let ev ery man ia Alabama who loves hb State hb wife; hb children, .and' those who are to come after him, strike one blow for them. Crash, thep, this Radical monster which i?- .now devouring our land. ‘ Freemed'of Alabama, on that day quit your home! and come to the ballot “Corneas the winds come when forests are rended; Come as the.waves come when iravies are stranded!” ,; a-ad, -ml JAMES,-H. CLANTON, GEO GOLDTH WAITE; : ■ • THOS H. WATTS, ‘ oil ,.;. THOS.J; JUDGE. It PdS.tS&YRBjoil: Y... ij ... . j a7ol lolwsaed 'Centrsl Committee- j "• i - '**•'' “ *[Cor. N: Y. Sum] Northwestern Georgia Inducements. • The Northwestern oonnties of the State of Georgia have long been regarded as the garden spot of the State, if not ol the en- tire South It b tne country known as the Cherokee purchase, embracing the en tire limestone belt lying west and north of the Chattahoochee river. It b a country of hilH had valleys,having fine water,beau tiful’scenery, and abundant mineral resour ces. The climate b mild for nine months of the year; and the winter months of De cember, Jannary and February are only unpleasant in rainy weathir, as there is bnt little cold weather,the thermometer rare'- ly falling below 25 degrees above ! zero in Severest weather. The population for the most part are in' teUigent and energetic, and are rapidly re cuperating from the desolations of the late war. " . Great advances are making, particularly in agricnltnre. The demand for improved for implements b largely increasing, and the numerous fairs throughout the State evince a lively interest in thb department. The State fair, to commence in Atlanta on the 19th instant,will doubtless proven grand saccess, as preparations have.been made on a grand and'liberal scale. The labor question b causing much trouble in Georgia, as the freedmen as a general role have not proven efficient or trustworthy. In thb section of Georgia, however, there are very few negroes. _Jt is ajwhite man’s country, and the people are industrious, law-abiding and quiet. We are on the line between cotton and grain, and grow both successfully. Grain, clover and tha grasses all succeed here, and frnit also,does weU. , ' . # j, Improved lands may be bought here at (5 to 825 per acre,and emigrants from the North or elsewhere, who noma to follow the peaceful pursuits of life, will be warmly welcomed by ,oor people, and wiU find thb an excellent country, and for more desira ble than the cold and inclement regions of the Northwestern States, to which the tide now seems to be flowing. Boring into the Snbterahean Sea. On Thursday last the labors of the par ties who,had been boring for the last 1 eigh teen months in Litfeoltf,’ the capital city of Nebraska, for salt water, were crowned with so*cess. At the depth of six hundred feet below the surface, in a stratum of sand stone a lead of the great sabteranean sea of ta b wafer was struck, and the briny torrent came struggling np around the auger, and shot into the air some eight or ten feet It has since fiowed strpngly and steadily, and with great force and increasing strength, forming a briny, rivnlet. It b believed by the experts who have seen the flow that when the anger b Withdrawn and tubings inserted a steam of water will he projected from the weH to r the height of fifty feet, making it the- most magnificent artesian weU of salt water in the world.—Cbtiitet? Bluff. Iowa Monpareil. in nn.l fchlS COQlltrj are giving, moch attention to a. new kind o£ bearing, call, metalinc or dry-bearing hich requires, no fabrication,but developes sarcely any heal or friction. Metaline resembles black lead, and is tbi'd on the well known principle that fric- tion reifttlia from the tonghness hf the sur faces in contact; fnrnbhing the smoothest possible seriate, it does away-with ths use of oil, and reduces the heat to a minim nm. Itb in use at various establishments in thb country, and sustains as many revolutions per minute as the best oiled bearing with out wearing loose,, - ' -.-'I ' J--* .: ■ [Fron, tho Scientific.American-] What Breaks Down Yonng Men. It b the commonly received notion that hard! study b the unhealthy element of a ” " “ " 'lie Bnt from the tables of Harvard University, coi'ccted by Prasessor Pierce from the last triennial catalonge,it is clear ly demonstrated that the excess of deat h for the first ten years after graduation b found in that portion of each’class of infe rior scholarship. Every one who has seen the cnrrionlnm kUpws that where ASschy- fas.and political economy injure one, late hours and rum punches nse up a dozen, and that their two little fingers are heavier than the loins of Euclid. Dissipation b a snre destroyer, and every young matt;who fol lows it b as the early flower exposed to un timely frost. ' Those who have been inveigled in the path ofvioe are named legion. A few hours’ sleep each night,. high living, and plenty of “smashes,” make war npon every funct ion of tlie body. Tha brain, the heart, tbe lungs, the liver, the spine, the bones, the flesh, every part and faculty overstaked and i by the terrific energy of passion from’restraintjUtitil,like a duapida ted mansion, the .'earthly hour of thb,:.tabernacle” foils into ruinous de fay- Removing Grease Spots, .: jp A simple agent for removing grease-spots from carpets and silks and woolen fabrics is very useful. Carbonate of magnesia, saturated with benzole, and spread npon. a grease spot to abont one-third of an inch in thickness, answers for thb purpose.—A sheet of porona paper should be spread np tne benzonated magnesia, and a flat ifa). moderately warm put npon the top ot all.;— The.heat.of the iron passes thronghand' softens .the grease, which is then absorbed by the porous magnesia. -The flat-iron may be removed in the space of .one hour, anc (hc'tnagneria dost brushed off. Soap-stoiii dust may be used in the same maimer, tijffiJ answer nearly as good a purpose. : ' ,D '! : t ~ t~ COTTON MOVEMENTS. ,, n New Yore, October 30*—The cotton movements for the week, both receipts and, exports, are larger than any week dnring the season. - l; -ini' The receipts for the week at aU the ports were 85, 935 hales; total receipts for tha: season, 437,622 bales, showing an increase; of 12,799 bales over hat. week.; exports the week from aU the ports, 41,832 balss; •exports for the season, 160,295 bales.*—^ The deficienoy of receipts and exports : b. rapidly disappearing. , • at -to sot ..Stock at all the ports, 234,802 bal^a,. against 176,081; bales last year; stock in in terior towDS, 40,530 bales, against 327,775 bales last year. ’ , . UOUV HittlngMtyNaR on the Head, A' few dayssrnee tho Dbpatoh said that Wore the warjit was proclaimed by tbe t leading men at the North,, that the Union could cot exbt half slave and half free,and that it was as true since’as before the war that the Union could not.exist half free and half slave. Mr. B. Gratz Brown, who is the liberal candidate for Governor in Missouri,brought out the same idea recently in a very point ed manner. He was in,a public speech commi npon the interference of Pfesident Grant in the eternal politics of that‘’State, and among many forcible things said: ' ! - 1 ‘He did not care tbe Reap of a finger for the opinion of the President in hb question of internal politics. He bad been one of those who had helped to teach the Presi dent what freedom meant when he came to Missonri, in 1861, declaring that if thb war meant the liberation of the slaves he wonld strip off hb epaulettes and abandon the service. He intended to teach him further that freedom meant the liberation of all the white men of the nation, as well as aU the black men of the nation, and that he could not go back nnder the specious pretences ofpar- ty policy npon the freedom of the white man after having accomplbhed the freedom' of the Mack man.’ A very palpable bit, andone that every, body, will understand.*—Richmond Dis. pathc. -' .* -. Ludicrous Scene at a Funeral. An Iowa paper says: ‘At tbe funeral of a young man in Des Moins recently, services for the dead took r place at the dwel ling of tbe parents. After a most pathetic address, which brought tears from all the yonng ladies present, the minuter inquired if any of the dear friends of the deceased wbhed to say anything on thb solemn oc casion. ' * ‘ * A stranger stepped forward, and, after expressing sympathy with the friends of tho deceased, remarked that the ways of Providence were inscrutable, and, in this connection, he wbhed to mention that he was the agent for a first rate article of hair vigor for the State oflowa. - ° . u •*, .*• f 1 »:> . , The corpse had nsed it for, years with great advantage, and he confidently recom mended it, especially to the minister and undertaker present, as he pereeived they were both painfully bold. ‘Shake the bot tle, gentlemen, and rub the matter well in. with a stiff brush,’ said he. At thb stage, of the proceedings a slight dbfurbance oc curred,' and the hair vigor man disappear ed.’ . hsli t*‘ 'W-fcke the following from the Savan nah News. Pat ourselves in ite place, and we are rieft’sb'sure bat that there b such a thing as “too much of a good thing” acd a sections zeal in its own interest' may out vie its regard for the interest of the whole'State: ’ Bullock, the Great Developer of tbe Re- . - / - r .Sources of the State. . • ■ After uSiiigfnbfllgotten official position for the basest partisan purposes—after exerting all tBe mean ability he possesses to array the Federal—Government against the State—after doing all in hb power to slander a,i)d>ldegrade,, insult and plunder to onr people—Bullock ,has struck upon a new scheme for deceiving and delading the the unsuspecting voters of portions of the State. Hb logrolling and corrupt railroad policy having enabled him 'to carry many of hb partisan measdes throng the Legisla ture, he now appears before the country as the great railroad intro of Gaorgia—the great developer of the resources of the State.— Hb promises of a profligate appropria tion of State ttid'to every railroad projected, in Northern Georgia,_seems .o be wroning for him golden opinions from all sorts of ad Democratic .presses who only a month'ago were denouncing him for eve- thing that was vile,'corrupt and infamon* are now hailing hi.n as' tbe States bene factor. .T'io; .') y. Railroads are to take~the place of coun try roads, and every, man, by the aid of Bnilock and State bonds,';is to have a rail road from hia corn crib! or gia- house to the most eligible market. . Town and conutry b afflicted with a peifeqt railroad mania, and hb ring are reeefying ovations all over Northern Georgia. As an illustration of tire ‘ehthdiiAsm' SWd good' feeling which THE KNICKERBOCKERS. A Novelist’s Impressions of the Old New York Families. Mr. Justin MCartho, in hb;, serial now pnblbhing in the Galaxy, fans describe the New ¥i>rk ; Knickerbockers:' ‘ What b a Knickerbocker? One. of lfie n old Iegedary families who in’} in what may be called tbe Faubourg St. German of New York; one of those who had grandfathers and ancestors, sad are proud of them; who date back to Peter. Stnyvecant and hb peers and paladins; who are BepnbUeans with the picturesque Old World dash of le- gitiiiiaey over them; who shrink hack from Shoddy as a Larockejacqne might from a Mires; who wonld rather be poor, if needs were, than be mixed np with any of the vulgarity of modern wealth; and who wonld be offended if they were, mbtaken for resi dents of Fifth 4;enpp. , t ... Leave the lbxorious vassals of Fifth Av enue, Murray Hill and Madison Avenne yon inquiring European stranger of intel lect and pensive mind; wanner toward the' East River, until yon emerge from shops, and nobe and traffic, and modern activity, into the solefon, stately monotony and ma jestic silence of second Avenue.' There dwell the Knickerbockers in dignified iso- lotion, fading gradually Sway, cito peritnri, bnt touching and sublime in their-tail. Modern degeneracy has not reached .thorn.. Go there, contemplative stranger in the garish day,attdnay whether even New 1 York" has not its rnias and ita romance; whether even modern oommeroe may * not have'its old noblesse, democracy its traditions of gentility, republicanism ite legitimacy and ite stately futile protests against a, tootofogi- orons and vulgar progress. The Coliseum has been done to rag^ ' the' Alhambra is “played;” the Fanbonrg St.Germain is worn out. WiU no poet of melanchoUy spirit feed his sad soul with meditations among the/ Knickerbocker mansion of Second Avenne, New York? Speaking of the factions report that Bang William had committed snioile by doing down on hb helmit, a lnnatic sng. gesta that that wonld play hel-mitany king or any qther man. , , ' When a steady, ‘ WeH behaved yonng man b ifiaking hands with a pomp, and bidding it an affectionate good night,' or “saying “Poor old Corbison Bobscrew,” there may be faint apprehension that he has been “ta king some) hing.,’ prevail in that*'section of Georgia, we give ~ 'lowingnpecial dispatch-to the Atlan- ^ALiri'etta,' ' Ga., ] .October 31.—There was an immense railroad meeting here to- day.“ The Honorable Joseph Irwin presi- ded. Addresses were made by hb Excel leocy, Governor Bollock, Judge Joseph E. Brown, Judge -McCay, Judge Gibson, and others.. ' ' . Tbe Governor was enthusiastically rccciv- L/abddus made a fine impression. AU e speakferg manirested much -interest in jgjj^atfer^ and, tito people are thorough ly aroused and determined-the road shaU Mwufc*r~‘ .- %»!> -;.- The Governor and party leave for the mo'ubtainB“to-morTDW at daylight, and will probabl; be gone the. whole week, visiting Jasper,Elijay and other places. Thanks to Governor ' Bullock’s wise de termination to develop tho resources of onr Slite. North Georgia wiU soon blossom as the rose. '' n sw • . -. :-.-:IixS••*■* i .t Idaho. , All jrery well,gentlemen of Upper Geor gia. We wish yon eminent enecess in all your legitimate railroad enterprises. Bnt b it not barely possible that the tax-pay ers of other sections :of the State may bo come tired of thb lavbh State aid system, by which railroads are being projected, if not constructed, all over the State ? The people there not immediately interested in these railroad projects, are beginning to panse, they are beginning to consider the immense amount in which the credit of the State b becoming involved. Z,here fe snch i thing as overdoing tho business of railroad construction as weU as overstrain- ing the credit of the State. A large crop of bond' too b like an excessive crop of cot- ton, apt to depreciate prices. Railroad bonds nnder the manipulation of those carpet-bag developers, Littlefield and Swepson, have gone down to a very low fignre—the same class of securities with which the money market-has been inunda ted by Littlefield and Reed, of Florida, are scarcely worth the paper they are prin- ■ SJSft: ihni ‘ 3.it not possible that, with the treasury plundered as it has been by Bullock and hb clan, and' the State credit pledged for some sixty millions of raUroad bon b, that of Georgia securities may become a drag in the market? ., Thb business of developing the resourc es of the State, hy means of railroads built with bonds, may be a very good bnsineas for Boioek and hb Northern carpet-bag ad venturers—it may serve to enable Bollock to puH the wool over the eyes of the peo ple, and have popular ovations for a time —Tmt there'is no surety it will tarn out so weH forthe tat-payers, who will be inclin ed to pnt down, the brakes when they dis covered, the bankruptcy and ruin to which it b sure to lead. We venture the opinion that in less than twelve months thefe will be an abatement in’thb railroad Inrore, and that many who are now crying out Tor the indiscriminate 'development of the resources of Georgia,’ through tbe illimitable bsne of the bonds ot the. State, wUl repudiate the policy as reckfos3 and impracticable For one, we have no faith in snch a use of the State's! credit, even in honest bands, much less in the hands of a corrupt and unprinci pled executive, snch as that with which G eorgia .is' at present cursed. ‘^LeardlngaFool Vflsdoin. " Among tha advertisements lavbhly scat tered through the col tunas iff.the New York papers is one that agrees to forward by ex press or otberwbo, as may be preferred, ‘an elegant muaic-box, composed entirely of metal that plays with exquifito beauty six different [fashionable airs'that are just now extremely popular,’ and aU for the trifling consideration of two doUars. An acquaintance of oars, thinking sack a present might prove very acceptable to hb little boy, concluded to make the invest ment, forwarded the requisite amonnt, and rcoeived from tbe Express Company, with their charge of transportation, added of coarse, a.tiny month harmonican, such as can be hongbt at any toy shop in the city, for twenty-five tents. Of course it wonld play six tones; or six ■ dozen tones for that matter,after afashion ft the owner had learn ed to play npon it, rather a difficult feat, by the. way, for any one to accomplish. Onr friend gazed'upon hb investment with min- gied-feelings of sadness and indignation, folly resolved never to make a similar pnr- chase if he knew,it. 7 As all the foob are not.dead yet, the chanccp. are that similar bargains will frequently occnr before the winter’Season 'b Over. New Yorkers can bett everybody at that little • game.—Sav. Netcs. .lb ' r^r+S—- The Colored Man'in-Politics.—We have received a copy of an address to the colored people and Democratic party of the State'of New York on' theaitnation in the Sontheni States. Also a copy of a letter from -Gerritt-Smith to- hb colored breth ren-.- -Kjq* vd ,m>berJ a .... . t In the former foe ides of amalgamation of .the two races b, encouraged, and in the latter the anthor expressly declares that he ‘deeply desirfes the death of tbe Democrat ic party.’ 'Both these propositions will be solvpd by the natural coarse of political events, .without precipitous action from any 8onrees.' “ ’ ’ 'When foe faro ‘ races mingle and the Democratic party 1 b annihilated, look ont for foe miUenninm or resurrection day.— The,colored man has now aU the political ghts nader foe Constitution vouchsafed te white man', and if he aspires to more lie makea a mistake. That’s aU.—W. Y. Retold. ,«i:! tOTis * - J - WI A refined way of chronicling ordinary events exhibited by a Cincinnati reporter,, who Bays that “a quadruped^enns Capri* corn, denominated Billy,, took umbrage at a Bluegras belle’s Grecian band, and went for it. The impact of the goat’s head- accelerted the lady’s Andalasian glide con! siderably. The explosion of a kerosene lamp causa the destruction, on Friday last, of all the saw-mills pn the'Mbsissippi near Minneap- if olb! loss 8150,000; no insurance. Three hnndred men are thrown ont of work. Barnet is the radical candidate tor con gress. Young b the Democratic. Thb is foe difference.