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The Rome Courier
FRIDAY MORNING, Nov. 18.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
FOR CONGRESS
GEN. P. M. B. YOUNG.
OUR COUNTY NOMINEES.
FOR THE LEGISLATURE,
M. It. BALLENGER,
II. A. GARTRELL.
FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
A. E. ROSS.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
JAMES T. MOORE.
The next Congress.
The editor ot the Columbus Enquirer
has been figuring upon the election retains
and this is the result :
According to our ciphering the Radi
cals will have a small majority in the next
house of Representatives. The following
is a table made up from the best informa
tion at hand If there is any error in it.
it is ia giving the Eadieals too many mem
bers :
FOR SHERIFF.
J. II. LUMKIN.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR
JAMES n. REYNOLDS.
OR TAX COLLECTOR.
S. 0. TROUT.
FC1R TAX RECEIVI1K.
1C. W. BERRYHILL.
FOR CORONER.
U. PATILLO.
WILL COTTON STILL RULE.
Now that the year is drawing so nearly
to a close, and men eau begin to estimate
with some degree of certainty the result of
their years’ operation, it may not be un
wise lor them to cast a retrospective glance
over the past, and if lessons of wisdom can
be drawn from their experience, surely it
is the duty of common prudence to heed
them. The experiences of the past, though
often bitter to their immediate fruits, have
yet. a p rospective benefit that if rightly ap
preciated, will prove absolute blessings. A
present failurt may, if properly turned to
account, pave the way fora future success,
and if one would survive u misfortuu , one
should uot sit and grie.e over it, but arise
and seek u remedy—taking care in future
to avoid a repetition of the causes that lead
to his discomfiture.
The review of the present years’ opera
tions will not he a pleasant tusk to many of
our farming friends. A careful balauciDg
of the accounts will in most cases, show
heavy losses, if not complete ruin.
They started oat in the spring wish the
hopef ul prospects of large crops and high
prices.
All of their e-tin.ates were based upon
the expectation of realizing 20 cents pur
pound at home for their cottou.
Stimulated with this hope'ul pr. spect,
they resolved to stake their all upon one
croo of cottou.
Encouraged too by their tactors, who
were anxious to make profitable paying ad
vances, they drew largely upon the to-! e
made crops, and in addition to the hard
earned money already in hand, they in
volved their entire estates and hampered
their future prospects fay the intole’abie
shackles of debt.
-Mules must bo bought, curu and fodder
must be bought, baccu must be bought,
fertilizers must be bought, negroes must be
hunted up. cajoled and hired, more laud
must bo cleared, and all this that a large
crop of cottou might be made and twenty
cents per pound be realized.
The effort was an hoLest one—nay, it
was a commendable one, for there is no
more worthy effort in life than that of a
man honestly striving to better bis condi
tion, but alas for the certaiuty of human
judgement, the effort proved a mistaken
Sue.
After a year of toil and peculiar annoy
ance, the crop has been made, when now the
low price of cotton has so discouraged the
negroes that great complaint is heard for
bauds to gather it. The dreams of large
profits have vanished, and the planter is left
with the almost certain prospect of bank
ruptcy staring him in the face.
~‘The question then arises will the plan
ters who have been thus so sadly disappoint
cd, profit by his bitter experience, and
shake off the madness that binds him so
fatally to the ruinous policy, or will he con
tinue unshaken in his blind devotion to the
one idea of cotton.
We siucerely trust he will not any lon
ger let this delusion drive him on to ruin.
That he will forswear at once and forever
his allegiance to king cotton, and instead of
being its helpless slave, he will arise and
make it his servant.
Aud this he can do.
He can do it by making himself inde
pendent of outside and foreign influences—
by producing his own supplies at home—
by raising his own stock, his owu corn, his
own bacon, or beef, is much better; by re
lying upon his own strong arm for support,
and not upon the labor of the unwilling
freeduau—by directing bis attention to
fruits and small crops.
Turn out his cotton fields —sow them in
wheat, rye, oats or clover. The rest will
restore his lard, and the crops will restore
his prosperity.
Not that we would wish to see cottou de
stroyed, and its cultivation entirely discon
tinued. In its proper place it is very im
portant—indeed, it is really the paramount
source of Southern prosperity, aud upon
it depends more than any other one produe
tion—the interest of the South as well as
the entire Union, bat because it thus stands
prominent -it does not follow that it is to
outweigh all others. Take it as an indi
vidual source of industry and of profit, it
claims a special notice, but it is not to be
estimated against all others.
And in this we of the South have com
mitted the great error. It is not in culti
vating the cotton at all—but in allowing it
to absorb our attention to the exclusion of
all other products We might even with
justice give it a pre-eminence in our favor,
but we should not aive it an exclusive and
entire control of of onr farming operations.
Dividing our attention with other products
makes the cotten we produce bring us more
money, and really anablcs us to produce it
for less.
And the variety of products at our hands
is really encouraging. No people under the
sun ever had a more varied and profitable
field opened to them. Oar soils are adapt
ed to almost every species of grain, fruits
and ^commercial commodities. Oar cli
mate favors their full development, and yet
with all these our planters devote all their
efforts to cotton.
A false and fatal delusion. When will
they cast it off.
Deai.
Rad.
Alabama,
3
3
Arkansas,
2
2
Delaware,
1
Florida
1
Illinois,
7
7
Indiana.
5
6
Iowa,
(1
Kansas.
1
Kentucky.
9
Louisiana.
2
3
Maine,
5
Maryland,
5
Massachusetts.
10
Michigan.
1
5
Minnesota.
1
1
Missouri,
U
3
Nebraska.
1
Nevada.
1
New Hampshire.
3
New Jersey.
2
3
New York.
17
14
North Carolina,
5
o
Ohio,
5
14
Gregon,
1
Pennsylvania.
11
13
Rhode Island.
2
South Carolina,
4
Tennessee,
6
2
Vermont
3
Virginia,
4
4
West Virginia,
2
1
Wisconsin,
2
4
9S
124
The States yet to elect are : California.
3, Connecticut 4. Georgia 7, Mississippi 5.
Texas 4 -total 23. The Democrats ougLt
to get 14 or 15 of these.
Has Bill Ar[i Been on a ••High Mountain”
Lately -
In 1SG7, when Governor Drown eame
out. in his famous letter advisiug us Georgi
ans to work under the Reconstruction Acts,
to ‘accept the situatiou’ and ‘strike quick
ly with onr adversary’ lest ‘worse terms’
might thereafter be put upon us, aud while
Drown was opposing the democratic policy
of not action.Dill Arpe(Major C. II Smith,
of Rome) eame out in oue :f his inimila
ole and amusiag letters, and said that Joe
Brown must have been takcu to “a high
mountain,” aud there shown “beautiful
things” in the prospect, &c. In a recent
eunespoudenee between the Honorable
Dunlap Scott and Dill Arp (Maj. Smith)
it seems that this gentleman is now not on
ly a supporter of a Mr. Duruett, a follower
of.Joe Drown in 1S67 and now the Radi
cal candidate lor Congress lor the 7lh Dis
triet, hut that he actually advocated Dur
uett’s election iu the Rome Daily, over tlie
signature of ‘Flat Woods, or auy other
Timber’ aud while thus doing so. and hav
ing his fun, gave '.iuv. Drown a ‘‘sly dig in
the ribs’ for ‘loukin .’ (as Dill Arpesays)
‘for a low rail in 'he Democratic pen to
jump iuto it.’
And who reader, do you suppose Bill
Arpe opposes aud votes against, when he
thus goes in for Duruett ? None other
than tout noble and gallant Confederate
officer.Gen P. M. D. Youxo.the Democrat
ie nominee of the 7th District, a gentleman
entitled to the vote of every man in his
District, and won en and children too il
they had a votetif not for his patriotic and
gallant services in defence of our rights aud
liberties.
This tiling puzzles us. We don't under
stand it. Hence, we are disposed to ask.
has Dill Arne been on ‘a high mountain’
lately, olid'has he there seen beautiful
thiugs, iu the prospect '!
We hope not trust not—but—‘Judge
not,’ dtc.. ifce., ‘Chickabiddy,’ &c., &? , Mr
Arpe —Southern Recorder.
An Alabama darkie, in a recent speech
says:
De lladikal party does berry well for a
poor ignerent darky wat do- 't know any
better but darn a white man that would be
long to it.
Brother Burnett can’t you .ray.
Grant's Admirable dmiuistratlon.
Washington letter iu the Baltimore Ga
zette thus paints the Radical party.
“When the country at large shall
have been brought to acknowledgi
that the Radical faction is stil
iu a minority, although supported by the
full power ofGraDt’s army and navy, rein
forced by the entire mass of iguoraut ne
groes thoughout the country, aud the forc
ed support of the poor laborers of the North
under the lash of their purse-proud employ
ers, then I verily believe that the peopl
will begin to defy the power of their pilfer
ing rulers, and put an in eud in some to the
most audacious yet the most cowardly, the
most hypocritical, and the most boastful
yet the most ignorant Administration that
ever disgraced any country upon the face
of the earth.”
Aud yet Burnetts party in this District,
unqualifiedly eudorses thi3 delectable ad
ministrations, and men fur frienlship will
vote for Burnett, and thereby endorse it
too
IRONIC.
The Atlanta True Georgian doses Gen.
Grant with the following modicum of deli
cate irony.
President Grant went before the people
ofthe Union on the square issues of honest
government, rigid economy, aud faithful
collection and disbursement o the resour
ces, and upon this firm foundation he has
been nobly sustained throughout the coun
tr y
Our people are tired of Demagogueism
and heartily accept the securities f peace
and prosperi'y which our present National
Administration has secured unto them.
Well don’t they though. A clear gain of
thirty- seven Democr: tie members in Con
gre-:s shows that the people are indeed
tired of Demagogueism
Wc wish Grant would come again with
just such another endorsement
Dry Walk..
The Journal of the Farm has these time
ly remarks : A source of much discomfort
during the winter and spring months around
a majority of farm-houses, lies in muddy
aud undrained walks.
No matter how neat fences aud buildings
may be, with this matter neglected, an un
tidy aspect is preseutad. With many far
mers we have visited,etpecially in the Wes
tern States, a lot of old boards of various
lengths and widths are distributed along
the paths in the muddy season, aud these,
with no attention piad to drainage, tilt and
splash disgustingly.
Why is it farmers don’t take more pains
with their immediate surroundings'? A
well raised path of gravel, rolled and roun
ded, when the material can be had. forms
the best and cheapest walk. But in ail
parts of the country there are various re
sources to remedy the evil of muddy paths
and ouly simple ingenuity is requred to ap
ply them.
West Virginia goes Democratic by 10,-
000.
OU.K HOME INDUSTRIES.
In an article a few days ago, we assum
ed the proposition that our material inter
ests Were paramount to all others, and en
deavored to show that when a people were
individually prosperous, it would follow as
a natural sequence that the nation would
partake of and reflect that prosperity.
The best way to restore the disaffection
in the land is to restore our waste places,
to recuperate our crippled and sickly in
dustries, and to re-establish the morale of
our domestic eeouomus.
It may not be necessary to debate the
truth of this proposition further. Assum
ing that it is true, the next question that
presents itself is, llow are we to restore
our waste places, how are our crippled in
dustries to be recuperated, aud what course
shall we pursue that will unable us to es
tablish our disorganized economy.
This is a question more easily asked tbau
satisfactorily answered. Indeed the questions
of domestic economy are as intricate and
as difficult of solution as are those of po
litical eoonomy, and if, after all the time
and talent devoted by a Say—an Adam
Smith, a Ricardo aud a DeQuincy to the
study of the one, its mysterious relations
are still unexplained, it might appear a mat
ter of supreme presumption iu us to say
that we can unravel the mysteries of the
other-
We though, like every one else, have
our theory, and as an interchange of views
can only develop tile merits of a question,
we are free to give ours for what it is
worth.
Our theory thou has for its base the ono
central idea of home. Every man iu tho
land should have a permanent home—uot
merely as an abiding place tor the body—
“a local habitation,” entitled him to the
rights acquired by a domicil, but that
home should be the abiding place of his af
fection* as well The one spit upon earth
to which his heart can turn for sympathy,
for comfort, for Iotc.
IA home around which ilia teuder thoigh‘3
entwine— from which his most ardent hopes
reach oat.
With such a home to gladden his exis
tence, and to stimulate his energies, his
tin t duty would be towards that home.—
His dearest allegiance would be to its du
ties, and to promote its welfare aud to
make beautiful and lovely its precincts,
would be his Sr t and greatest care. It is
the homeless, floating class in a country
that proves its greatest curse. Those who
are bound to file laud Dy no particular tie,
and are free to remove at any time from
the effects of their indiscretions, have not
that sense of responsibility resting upon
them that those who are identified by a lo
cal interest have, and consequently are less
restrained in their actions, and more quick
to fall into and encourage schemes of vio
lcnce and outrage.
The first step towards the restoration of
our Southern prosperity is to impress upon
«ur people the importance cf this idea ot
home. Broken up in their fortunes by the
war, the first thought with many < f them
was to sell the old home and remove to some
vill gc and enter upon a precarious specu
la tion, or else to enumerate to the West.
We need not say how sadly these have
ru'-d the step.
Bjtt all sadly as those who have experi
enced the step may have dtplored it, there
ureyet to day thousands who are anxious
to commit the same folly Men stand rea
dy te la f to sacrifice their homes for the
purpose of removing to some town or vil
lage, expecting by a happy turn of fortune
to amass wealth, and to live a life of e ise
and luxury.
I his is a vain aud fatal delusion The
home you are so much tired of, which
seems so tasteless aud unprofitable now, is
indeed a priceless treasure, and so far from
parting with it, you should cherish it as
the best boon of fortune. Instead of sel
ling it, you si.ouid improve and beautify
If you have more land than you can
profitably cultivate, leave the surplus ac:es
out, and improve those you do cultivate
Do uot spend your substance for foreign
supplies, but raise eu tyth'ng you need at
home. This can be easily done.
Instead of hundreds of dollars paid for
foreign fertilizers, collect and apply the im
mense quantities that aro yearly running
to waste or washing away upon your own
premises.
Encourage your neighbor in habits of
home economy and home iudu-tries. Show
him by your example that yoa esteem labor
as honora.de, and while you uiay not im
pose a nominal drudgery upon his wife aud
his daughters, let them know that such a
labor is not of itself disgraceful.
What a woman’s fair bauds can do, and
finds to do is not derogatory to her digni
ty, or even respectability, for her to do.
The iudepeneence of doing ones’ own
woik is far more honorable than a servile
dependence upon a worthless negro to do
it for you.
Alter assuming the primary importance
of having a home, the next step towards
redeeming our waste land is to develope its
home resources.
These resources are boundless. The agri
cultural varieties are rich, and all can be
made profitable. But not only agricultural
but mechanical manufacturing, and mineral
as well.
These should all be encouraged, for they
are all mutually beneficial to each other.
A michincshop in a community devel-
opes as much industry as the opening of
plantation. A saw mill gives value to the
timber. Every mill erected near a tract of
timber makes that land worth one dollar
for every tree which stands upon it.
The mechanic then is as much a part of
the household as is the farmer, and he too
should have his home, and should make
that homo pleasant.
But the limits of our columns will not
allow the full discussion efthis subject We
will revert to it again in our next.
The late Jeremiah Mason was once en-
gaged in a f amous trial, iu which some good
Methodists brethereu wereconcenaed. One
morning when tho court opened, an over-
zealous tries of his client came to him, and
in a solemn whisper srid- “Mr Masun, Mr.
Mason: I had a vision last night* Gabriel
apeared to me and t dd me that Brother A
true innnnnnf Wn rnieftitra nnntif. *‘Ycry
was innocent. No mistake about it.'
well,” said the man of law, not so much as
lifting his huge head from over the tab!
on which he was writing, “very well;
better have Gabriel snpoenaed immediately.’
CARPET-BAG DISCOMFITURE.
When weak, crushed and bleeding at
the feet of the Northern Couquerets, th
South lay in its agony of desttur—the po
litical vultures, scented upon the air the
blood that arose from her gasping wounds,
aud like commorants, they gathered around
and not waiting even for her to die, they
began at once to plunge their greedy ocaks
into her side and to revel in gloating ful
ness over her fatness.
No more pitiable sight conltl be seen than
that of our poor country groaning under
the inordinate ravages of these creatures.—
Powerless to help itself, it could onIy : sub-
mit with a patient trust- that things would
some day be be'ter, while these vultures,
only stimulated by the taste of the blood
they were drawing from, its side, pluaged
their beaks still deeper into its vitals.
Wo shuddered with a sickening dread
we beheld this unnatural feast, and at
times would almost despair of ever behold
ing that brighter and better day. But
though doomed to a Pro ncathean agonv,
ths South was possessed of a Promethean
vitality, and ravenously as these Northern
pests preyed upon her substance, she yet
has life enough left to arise in an honest
indignation, and shake them off. For five
long years they have cursed our land. Em
boldened t.y one successful species of vil
lainy, they would plunge into another, and
then another, until no bounds could be set
to their rapacity.
The very scum of the society from which
they came—many of ^gm bearing the
black marks of a felon’s shame upon their
brows, the gidy height to which they
were lifted by the madness of the times iu
stead of dizzying their minds with a sense of
their elevation, ouly served to sere their
modesty, and c infirm them in their impu
dence.
Place, position and success, was the stan
dard by which they measured merit. To
succeed then, by any means however dis
honorable, was by them adjudged to be tuer
itorious.
By the strong arm of a uiilitvy power,
placed in authority, they used their posi
tion to plunder and rob the people.
When this military power was withdraws
they still retained their places by pander
ing to the ignorant prejudices of the delud
ed Dcgro.
Still favored and strengthened by the
government, (to its eternal shame be it spo
ken) they abused the forbearance of the
people, au 1 sought to, conciliate the negro
influence by teaching him that the native
Southron was his deadly enemy. Ghostly
stories were invented and told these credu
lous creatures.
The powerful influeaceof the Freedmans
Bureau—aa institution supported by the
taxes from the Northern Democrats, was
used to perpetuate the reigo of these vam
pires, and all that impudence could dare,
cunning suggest or villainy excite was done
to oppress the South, and to keep in pow
er the rule of these alien scoundrels.
But thanks to the inatestreng'h and vir
tue of the Southern people, this state of af
fairs could not always endure. Gradually
these thieies arc being driven out. Oue
by one the Southern S.ates are being re
deemed from their prey, and disenthralled
of their rule.
It was pitiable to see these States groan
ing under the oppressitf>h^u$s of alien ty
rants, amt now it, is gldrious to see them as
they emerge from their woe, and lift np
their heads in the triumph of their rights.
Our noble sister, Alabama, stands thus re
deemed. The thieves who have so long and
so tcarfilly cursed her are notified to leave:
The virtuous indignation of an outraged
people has overwhelmed them, and carpet,
bags Can now be bought at a heavy dis
count.
We rejoice with our Alabama brothers
It is a good thing to think that elephant
Norris will have to slink hack to Sfcohe-
IX MEMORIAM.
gan.
Book—even though a negro takes bis
place—has to get out, and we are glad.—
Florida too. is redeemed.
Let us not let the good work stop where
it is, but keep the ball in motion. Em-
harassed t s we are hy the thievish machi
nations of Bullock, Akcrman and Burnett,
we yet have faith in our strength, and
more than all, iu our right. Let us stand
firm in these, and to the good report already
rendered, let the name of Georgia be added
THE PLOWING MATCH.
The Committee on Plowing, leg leave to
make the following report, relative to th»
several plows on exhibition.
Ohio stnbble Plows for one and two horses
manufactured by Burnes & Co., of Ohio
and introduced by Joseph Iicleudmp of
Rome Georgia, were considered the best
turning plows exhibited.
The Collins and Dixie Plows were ruled
out in consequence of their condition, they
were unfit for use.
The Reynolds subsoil plow was consider
ed the best of its clafs exhibted to the Com
mittee.
The Combination Plow, manufactured
by Col. Pennington for preparing the Soil,
destribnting the fertilizers,dropping thesecd
and covering them, also one exhibited by
M. E Davis for chopping out cotton, were
considered the best of their ejasses.
Joseph Helcncamp en fatbits Plowman
and was considered the best.
E. W. Harris,
Chairman of
Mrs, JIary A. Choice,
It is not true that the gobd which men do
is in httred. with their bo neaL
The spirit of a good action—the influence
of a kind and gentle heart, the remembrance
of a Christian yirtue live in the minds, of
men, long after the mortal subject itself is
lain out of the sight, and is cold in the silent
grave.
There is no more pleasing remembrance
than that which clusters around the tomb of
the truly good. For while the green sod
that wraps the mortal remains can hide from
■onr sight.tho beloved form and feature, it
cannot shut out from our hearts the kindly
influence of that life which has . indeed ceas
ed to flow, but not to live.
And not only when dwelling upon the rec-
olections of the loved ones gone before docs
their influence affect us, but all unconscious
ly and in a hundred different ways does their
bright examples infuse itself into our being,
and direct onr actions. The influence of the
Christian dead is even os potent as is the ex
ample of the Christian living.
The recollection of a virtue clinging to the
grave of one we loved is as happy in its ef
fect upon our lives as is the active presence
of a living exemplar.
It is for this reason that the mind loves to
turn from the living present to the buried
past. To find in the history of those who
have accomplished their mission, who have
fought the good fight, and have kept the faith
that plan of action, that model of exccllenre
which is to distinguish our own lives, rather
than to look to the example of the living,
which, though imaculatc. to-day mav be a
reproach to-morrow.
So tar from the good which men do dying
with them, it may very justly he considered
as ouly beginning to live. It becomes sanc
tified to us by the death of its subject, and is
drank in our souls like spiritual whisperings
from a better world.
Such a kindly and pure influence was dif
fused through our community by the pleas
ant Christian life of Mrs. Mary A. Choice;
and now that her mortal life is ende.1, its in
fluence has become a thing of beauty—‘-a
joy forever.” This estimable lady has long
been an ornament to our society. Of more than
ordinary intelligence, cultivated by the ac
complishment of a chaste education, a taste
refined and pure, a disposition gentle and
kind, aud the whole softened and saDctificd
by a Christian faith, and beautified by a
Christiaus’jwalk, the circle amid which she
moved was indeed favored.
When death came it fond her strong in h»r
Christian armor, and ready to meet it. For
her it3 cruel summons had no terror—its
piercing darts no sting, and now that she has
gone from our midst and thj grave claims all
that was mortal of her human life, she can
not be said to be be dead. Her spirit liveth,
up and beyond the skies it finds a heavenly
life—while arouud us is moving the purity of
her actions, the grateful influence of her con
duct, and the happy spirit of a thousand
pleasant deeds.
Hail we the data at band wc would be glad
to give a brief biographical sketch of this ex
cellent lady, but in the absence of such wc
can only sum it up in the brief sentence—in
her life she was pleasant and altogether lovc-
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a fire engine or a fire company. Added to
this is tne great profit, comfort and advan
tage of watering the s reets and gardens,
and sup-dying hauls and l'amtlies;and mills,
and ga-yw rfcs, and builders.
We are intormed shatit cost the gas
company of this city over S1U0 during the
past twelve months for a supply of water,
and that it' has cost more than §500 to sup
ply the masons aud planters wh • did the
work on the block of buildings below the
Choice Hotel. Th a Louisville aud Nash
ville Railroad Company pays to Bowling
Green water works 3150 per month
for keeping a constant supply in their
tacks.
We herewith submit to you the tariff of
rates charged by the Bowling Green com-
missisiooers for tbe nse of-water. This
tariff; is, we think, very iow, and places
the use and enjoyment ot water within the
reach of everybody and every branch of bus
iness. It will be observed by you that ou
ly iwenty-five cents a front foot per annum
is charged to a merchant fur tile free and
abundant use of water for sprinkling the
street aod side-walk in front of his store,
•nd washing his windows and cooling the
front of his building. For most of the
stores in the city this would aver
age about six dollars and fifty oents a
year
The income derived
from the works at
Bowling Green has already proved sufficient
to pay the running expenses, and meet the
interest on the debt—and yet, not- half the
city is supplied with water pririleg-
They arc now extending the supply pipes
as rapidly as possible, and at comparative
ly small expense. It is estimated that an
equal amount of Revenue will be derived
from the last addition, and at only one
eighth th® cost oi" the first. Tho whole
system is very aptlv iiiustratsd by a com
parison with the mode and manner of dis.
t-touting and furnishing gas to the city
of Rome, by Messrs. Gartrell & Co.
The expenseol'opcratingthu waterworks
at Bowling Greea is about 31,50‘J per
Committee.
The above report was by accident, left
out of the Published Report of Premiums
and awards at our last Fair.
B. F. Jones,
Seo’y.
Golden Syrup Swindle.
The following is clipped from the New
Orleans Times:
My attention has been directed to a sub
stance sold largely by dealers, under the
name of EUgar drips, and afterward retail
ed as golden syrup, which, upon investi
gation, appears to be a triumph of science
over nature, since it contains no sugar at
ail, but is produced by the destructive ac
tion ot strong sulphuric acid (ell of vitriol)
upon starch.
As some prefer giving their young ones
syrnp made oat of sugar cane, the old way.
I will state a method for distinguishing the
difference; Dissolve a teaspoonful of the
‘golden syrup’ in a wine glass of rain water;
then add a few grains of tannic acid, when
it will turn black as ink if the article is
spurious.
If not convenient to procure, make a cup
of strong tea, (which contains taunin), and
add a teaspoonful of the ‘golden,’ aud a
fair quantity of ink will appear.. I would
suggest tbo name of the brazen syrup to
distinguish the vitriol from that of sugar
Yety Respectfully,
J. H. Pops, Druggist.
Official.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
WATER WORKS.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council-
gentlemen: Wc have the honor to
report the result of our visit to Bowling
Green,, Ky., as a Committee appointed to I
examine the system of water works recent
ly completed iu that city. We have spar
ed uo pains to make accurate observations
ot everything connected therewith, and
take pleasure in saying that every facility
was oranted us by the City Authority and
our thanks are especially due Dr. Wright,
the Mayor, for his kindness aud attentions
to us while we were iu the city.
Dr. Wrigbt is considered there as the
pioneer and main spriagol this enterprise
and to hiui,more than all others, is due the
praiss of haring by constant aud persistent
importunity, originated and established a
system of water works that is the pride
and comfort an protection of the place
At first there was violent opposition to what
was believed to be the chimerical extrava
gance of the proposition, but now that it is
an established success, all has ceased, aud
the whole community are pressing him.
without distinction ot party, to accept the
Mayoralitv for another year.
But not to be prolix in this regard, we
proceed to state that.
The population of Bowling Greea is now
about 7.Odd.but this includes a greater
arcar of suburbs than is embraced by all
ground contiguous to our city. Chelr Man
ufacturing interests is greater in variety
but not so great as ours in the capital in
vested.
Their financial condition, prior to the
erection ot water works, was veiy much the
same as ours.
Barren river, at its Dearest point, is
something over a mile from the hill
whereon the reservoir, is situated Tbis
hill vies adjacent to,an-l overhangs the city,
and is about 150 feet higher than the aver
age leve 1 of the city, but is 230 feet higher
than the lower water mark of the river
rom whence water if supplied.
This river is a clear stream, and its near
est point is bounded by a bluff of limestone
rock about 50 feet high. The bluff has
been excavated by blasting, and a sufficient
opening mads to provide a situation for
the winks, that is for the supply pool and
the pumps.and the huuse thatshclters and
protects the same.
This blasting and rock work has been
very expensive, cist ing not less than 39,-
0n0, nearly all of which expense can be
avoided here. The piping from the river to
the reservoir cost about $9,000—three
fourths of which amount can be saved here
by reason of the proximity of our
rivers to the central portion oi onr
city.
Their reservoir is made of puddled earth
and has a capacity of near cne million ot
gallons.
This reservoir cost abont twelve S12.000
and is a beaatitul and seemingly a perfect
work—nevertheless it has proved up to
this time detective on account of leakage.
It has not been ss yet more than une fourth
full, hot they do not consider tbis ioconven
ieuce or drawback, tor the reason that the
> from the river to the reservoir
not onlv supplies the reservoir but has a
diverging pipe near the reservoir which
supplies the distributing pipes, whether
here is any water in the reservoir or not
This ‘flank movement’ is in fact an illustra
tion of the Holley system, which has no re
servoir.
We saggest a r servoir of 300,000 gal
lons capaci y, made—not of puddled earth
—but of boiler iron,say of 50 feet diameter
and 40 feet high. This kind.ol » resrrvoir
would insure against all leaks. It has been
tr’ed in Augusta and Savannah a id proved
satisfactory.
The most prominent avantage and use
fulness of the water woiks, as observed by
os as Bowling Green, was the protection
which they afforded the citizens against the
ravage of fire. They have no use for Are
engines.
The simple attachment of a hose to a fire
plug wi 1 throw a stream orer any house
with sufficient toroe and quantity to . x-
tinguish any fire. . .
Every building in the . lower par: uf the
city is fully protected, and iu the dead hour
of night a citizen can protect his dwelling
without waiting for the uncertain Fas'-c oi
Gne thousand dollars for an engineer,aud
live hundred dollars lor coal. This is all
the expense Their small engine throw.-
five hundred gallons per inmate iuto the res-
ervoir It is ouly necessary to opt rate the
puaips ton hour3 a day, and two day in a
week.
As the population increases, ana the de
mand for water increases, if caurse it will
require more constant work.
The entire cost of these works amounts
to 574,0C0, one-third of which eau Le cer
tainly saved at Rime. They have laid
dowu a little over three miles of piping aud
are now adding to its extent.
They experience m :ch difficulty iu lay
ing down their pipes, for the city is under
laid by lime-tone rock not mare than from
12 to IS inches under the surface. In or
dcr to lay their pipe deep enouah to not be
effected by cuts or scaling in the street, or
hy freezes iu the winter, they have to blast
nearly every foot of their ditches or exca
vations. We will have ao such trouble
here.
On the whole we cordially and sincere-
ly reeou.mend to you the immediate adop
tion of a similar system, and feel assured
that when it is dope it will prove a pride
and a pleasure -it <i a protection to every
citizen in this city.
We herewith submit to you specifications
oi' what we believe io be necessary to be
done and hope you will advertise for pro -
posals lor the work, and that you will spe
cially require the contractor to complete
the same before the 1st of May next. We
see no reason why it should not be done by
that time
Yours, respectfully,
J. A. Stewarf,
John Noble, J- Gem.
G. H. Smith,
THE MONEYLESS MAN."
I* theie no sccict plr.ee on the face uf the earth
'Yhrre charity dwellcth, where virtue hath birth’
Where besoms in mercy and kindness will heave
And .the poor and the wretched shall ‘*ask and
. receive?"
Is there uo place on earth where a knock from
the poor
Will bring a kind angel to open the door?
Ah, search the wide wor'd wherever you can,
There is no open door fora moneyless man.
Uo look in yon hall, where tho chandalier’* light
Drives off with its splendor the darkness of
night!
Where the rich hanging velvet in shadowy
fold, J
Sweeps gracefully down with its trimming of
gold,
And the mirrors of silver take up and renew.
In Jong-lighted vistas the wildering view—
Uo there, in your patches, and find if you can
A welcome Oi^sniiltfs for a m >ieyle3* man !
Go look in yon church <•!' a cloud-reaching spire.
Which gives back to thu sun his same look of
red tire:
Where the arches and colcmns are gorgeous
within,
knd the trails hCiiu as pure as a soul without
sin:
Go dowu the loa* atisie—the rich and the
great,
in the pomp and the pride o r t’.cir wt.rkliv es
tate—
Walk d wn in your patches, 2nd find,' if you
can.
Who o]»eus a pe* to 2 moneyless man !„ .
durk-fi >wing
Go, look to yon judge,
gown,
With the scales wherein law weigheth equity
down,
Where he frowns ou the weak and smile? on the
Strong,
\nd punishes right while he justifies wrong:
Where jurors their lips »u thu Bible have laid,
To render a vtrdicfc they’ve already made—
G* there, in the court-room, and find, if yon
FOE SALE
rpHE subscriber proposes te wn 1 • „
A 8 miles from Rome ontU v ll,IIo '«i:,
contammiog 400 acre,. i 50 i„ Ifi. »«n£
waUrad, good Dwelling, Gin Hon 1 w
and all necessary out-bui-Jin*, ’ Col tio §
Also at same time and nlJL* „ *
head Horses and Mules!
Cows and Calves, Bug^f f
Oxer, and alt Farming T-,oI. 3 r?
smith’s Touts. * °“' 0, ie»ettof jJJ
All the above will he sold at •
premises on AUctI <
t„ Thu « da y,Dec.l.
41! .persons indebted to
ORDINARY'S i
A pplication having been m ,
the roads in Cbntio District
leading from Cooper’s Mill on Qn£ U>l,Ccn! ST
Bass’ Ferry. Also from Safes Gwk*
r-. Also a road diverging frai ii. Ttr '‘Fe
H ''I'V ns ' Spring Creek,running bv
on 1-i.ver geek to Rome at the land li^iS
loo ..Oi doyd theme north between r !Wj *
U .1.... oy n L cle-s to Rome U .‘l C!
Fnrtie- interested will show ecu* 00 . ^
°-der f.
he 1st .Mviuluy i:j December uhy ;
u» i «oe.U KH-.ui.i n*.t he granted.
...vli-i-St-wYt “ J " ,OHSS 0^.0rdi i .n.
Any law for tho cause of a moneyless man !
Go, look in the banks, where Mammon bxi told
His hundreds and thousands of silver and gold;
Where, ssle from the hanls ofthe starving and
poor;
Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore;
Walk up to tho .-»unter— ah, there you may
stay,
Till your limbs grow old and your hair turns
Ana you 11 find at the banks no one of the clan
With money to lend to a moneyless man !
ARF, )
aE, v Cc
I. j
Very in auy citizens of Georgia and es-
espccially his old comrades iu arms, will
regret to hear of tbe death oi Colonel James
N. Ramsey, of Columbus, which occurred
is that city on Wednesday last,after a very
brief illness. Tho Enquirer of Thursday
thus refers to the sad ereut:
Our community was startled yesterday
at the report of the .-uddeo and unexpect
ed death of Colonel James N. Ramsey.—
We learn from his physcian that on Mon
day he had a slight chill. On Tuesday he
ate a hearty dinner, which is supposed to
h^ve brongh on another chill.
Tbis produced congest on of the brain,
from which te died about one o’clock yes
terday.
Colonel Ramsey, bslore tbe war, was a
citizen of Harris countv, which at one time
he represented in the Georgia Legislature.
He was generally regarded ns an impul
sive politician, and was an ardent advocate
of State rights and secession.
At the breaking out of the late war he
was elected Colonel of the First Georgia
Volunteers, which regiment he first led to
service at Pensacola, Florida
quently went to West Virgi*
experienced a Tigorous’roBfterri
paign.
After about one year’s service he return
ed home, and during the war, or just after
ward, removed from Harris to Columbus,
where he has since resided. As a lawyer
he w&9 possessed of fine legal abilities, and
as a pleader had but few if any superiors at
onr bar.
Then go to your hovel; no raven has fed
The wifo who has suffered too long for her broad;
Kneel doirn by her pallet and ki?s the death
frost
From the lips of the angel your poverty lost;
Then turn in your agony upward to God,
And bless, while it smites you, the chastening
rod;
And you'll find at the end of your life's little
span
There’s a welcome above for a moneyless man!
[We would add the following stanzas as
but embodying the simple truth.]
Sot only above, but also on earth,
Is there ono spot at least where virtue hath
birth—
Where bosoms, in mercy and kindness will
heave,
And the poor and the wretched shall “ask and
receive.”
It is Chartiy’s Home, 'neath tbe Mystical Arch,
Where Peace, Love and Unity constantly march
Go there—give the Grand Hailing Sign—if you
can :
And wele *me you'll find—though a moneyless
man.
Not outward adornments; no ancestral name;
No money or bonds; no tiular fame,
An entrance can gain to thatssered retreat,
Where, on true points of fellowship, brethren
. the same
meet.
On one common leve!—tried
plumb,
Aro all woo within those precincts e’er koine:
Due and truly prepared, must all l>e; nor. can
*
btrs, Ion
mudly di
At
Trouble Bretrlng.
The Stark County {Ohio) Democrat, thus
prognosticates the sweet mess that will
e entuate out of the fomentation of the “bit
ter beer” now brewing in the Radical
vat:
A Washington dispatch to the Cincin
nati Commercial gives some particulars
abont a strong opposition to the administra
tion that, it sajs. is expected to develope
itself at the next session of Congress.
President Grant, we are told, no longer
acts as in the first year of bis term, .upon
his impulses aud .according to his views of
right. Among those who are named as
displeased with the President for various
reasons are Senators Fenton, Osborn Har
ris, McDonald and Robertson.
Sumner is set down as unfriendly oo ac
count of San Domingo,hot more on account
of Motley’s recall and for the latter reason
Senator Wilson is called unfriendly. The
imbroglio between Grant and Sebum is said
to be assuming alarming proportions,while
Senator Spencer, Ross Sprague. Fowler,
and others, for personal reasons,will always
vote against the President’s brother-in-law,
Kramer, as Minister to Denmark, will be
opposed, as well as tbe promotions of Ad
miral Porter and Rowan. The removal or
Secretary Cox is assigned as one cause
of dissatisfaction. The dispatch con-
clndes:
There aro many Senators, sneh as Tram-
boll, Sumner and Ballard, who will not go
out ot their way to vote for anvthiog which
the President- is particularly interested in,
but will be likely to do the reverse. Aa Mr.
Sumner personally, he will a'cept the gage
of battle thrown down to him and will
take open ground that the Executive is at.
tempting to punish Senators for exercising
their privilege in voting against treaties and
appropriations, in assuming the same atti.
rude toward Congress as that presumed on
by Undrew Johnson.
Tbe shrewd politicians, such as Morton,
Cameron, Chandler,Williams and Sherman,
may prevent a serious difference between
the Senate and the President, but at the
present time the political horizon as seen
from the Capital is very cloudy.’'
A chain-gang bos been inaugurated io
“Norfolk.
Negroes and Carpct-Bagsers.
A correspondent ofthe New York W%ld
gives the following true picture of the a
groes of Radicalism in South Carolina.
Charleston, S. C., Nov., 3.
Possibly just now a few rough notes tak
en by a business man iu South Carolina
may be of interest to your readers and L’ive
thea. an insight into Radical Republican
political virtue where that party is dominant
Alout Midwinter the writer was in Colum
bia, S. O. Cariosity prompted him to vis
it the- Lcgi lature, then >n session: He
went to the gallery of the Heuse of Repre
sentative just as the Sei ate was entering
the Chamber to unite with the House in
joint convention to eleet- a judge.
The Speaker of the House, a Col. Moses
(son ofthe Chief Justice cf the State,) was
in the act of vacating his seat to the Presi
dent of tbe Senate, Hon. D. H. Corbin. A
few minutes brought the joint convention
iuto organization, and the business of the
day was proceeded with.
As the election was by viva toco it was
apparent at the close of the call of names
that th° tavorite of the leading negro mem
bers failed to have a majority of tbe entire
vote. Just at the time the presiding offi
cer rose to announce tbe vote an upr ar
began that surpassed any tumult in the
long experience of the writer A large
burly, good looking negro, with a bright
red necktie (R. B. Elliott, and since elect
ed 11 Con res.*,) comm-n-ed to call “Mr.
Speaker!” Down came the gavel. “Mr
Speaker!” he screamed again, aided by
abont fifty other voices, agiin tbe gavel
fell, and for eighty-seven times more by
actual count did this occur until the Speak,
er’s ai m seemed tired. During this time a
small mulatto member wi to a prominent
nose (DeDarge, since elected to Congress,)
was busily engaged on the floor, passing
from member to member,and at times leav
ing the chamber and returhing with differ
ent parties. All t£H3eq^lors and mem
burs, four.Sfths of wfio u were colored,were
discussing termscon riti- naltochang-
the votes, some receiver what appear
“ie money. I tamed to ask nn in til
looking white man near me whether
the delay wisely io give time to bribe, re
fractor! and exacting members, He re
plied: “Yes.” Pointing down to those
nearly under our si ction oi'tbe gallery, he
saidt
“Every man you see there demands his
pay for every vote ot importance he gives.
Ellio t and DeLaree ar fomenting disorder
to gain time, they are the intriguers of the
House, and they well understand that they
must arrange to securc-by pnrchase.enongh
votes to make a majority. So noto ions is
the fact that that part of the House is
known as “The Forty Thieves.”
In the same body I saw “Rainey.” a
bright handsome mulatto, since elected to
Congress from the Georgetown district. He
seemed tally aware of the corruption, but
sook uo part in it. Ransier was also there,
since elected Lientcnant Governor,and bus
ily helping Elliott and DeLarge. My gal
lery informant said, ‘eaeh of these meo,De
Large, Elliott, Moses, ete., came here poor,
their pay is six dollars per day, they now
owo and drive teams alone that coat double
their pay for an entire session, and their
living is consistcely extravagant.
Some stylish women (colored) were on
the floor. “Noted and influential courte
zans and lobby members,” was jhis reply.
“Their political lav or most be bought to se
cure the passage of any important bill. This
was the Leg!-lature of a proud old common
wealth comp osed with only five or six ex
ceptions entirely of negroes and Bepubli.
cans.
The corruption was unblushing, indecent
acknowledged and undeniable, and yet for
the six months since past I have fai ed to
see a single rebuke in any Radical newspa.
per iu or out of the State.
The same Legislature increased the Stase
debt by millions, without festering a single
improvement, sold valuable privileges for
personal considerations only, compelled
equality in the theatres and academies .state
rooms, and ladies’ cars, demanded recom
pense pecuniarily for voting to educate their
own children, and seemed ready as a face
tious friend said, “to take a red hot stove,
provided they could obtain iron gloves to
lift it with. ,
And withal this Grant’s administration
endorsed Scotts right, and supports his
cause with the iafluence of his power, and
Bnrnett’s party endorses Grant.
NEW ~--
Boarding House.
The Buena Vista Home.
W ILL be opened on the i s! of .
refitted and ready for tbe accomm a<r ’
•ucomnjojj,.
of Hoarders. A limited number oi
or single persons can be provided wifn
PJ,‘Tided »ith ra « 1 '' a
Mrs. E, W. xn,K
en Two-Horse Wagons
SALE.
The undersigned offers for sale {„
strong troll made wagons, with Thin-1,!,
Axels, VERY CHEAP. Call and iWZ.***
*nd it, ti tt ’
ym. Ramil
Clover & Grass Seel |
W. D. HOYT & Co,
Have made arrangements to,;* I
Growers of the West, for aa ample jajp.'j j. I
tho various Grass Seeds
For this Market
These Seads will be sold for CASH 05LTs
the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. Ak,
WHOLESALE AGENTS
£^FORALL KINDS OF GARDEN SEED-*
nov5tw3t-w3m*
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With full directions and forms for tU tna* I
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phis, Tetin. septWtw v2i
GRAND OI»E!STNG|
OF THE
Star Clothing House
DRY GOODS EKPORIUH,
No. 123, Broad \St., Borne,
The Tropriitors beg leave\to wnoacfi -
they are now lu receipt ot thei^r large stKUl
FALL AND WINTER GOOD)!
consisting in part of Dress Goods, Piv
Woolen Goods, Blankets, Cloaks, Shava.
Hosiery, Notions, Ac., and many othf* ■
not enumerated.
FUBS! FUBS!!
The Ladies are especially invited to
examine our large stock of FURs J*- , ■
selected with great erre, direct from sn *£ri
which enables us to *ell Io* er than ever |■
iis market. * |
OUR STOCK OF
Y OUTH’S
—AND—
m
is the largest ever brought to tbw “A, .1
cannot be excelled in STYLE,
PRICE. Our Mr. M. Rosenberg a »
watching for bargains, which enables o
ery day. COME f
er tacjjju.
arriving eve:
LL to tie ST A
[OuWpand i
you greater
Coods ai
COME AL1
GOODS HO
ters.
Don’t forget that we aro at Joba®
•AR CL»THtfG»nd£|
make it yw Bert* I
a|
b IVIKUt wta* "*e "• “ — -— »
old stand, So. 123. Broad St., Boo*
oct6w2 J^^’bosesbbb^I
Administrator’s Sale-
A GREEABLE to an order ft® I
Ordinary of Polk County, o! {iff I
fore the Court House door in the v a $a
Town, within the legal hoofl
first Tuesday in January 18<I, r l
lots of land as iho property v 0 5.U**^ ; l
Springer Gibson, deceased,
4S5, 615, 518, 51i) and 528, in theJw ^ ?Uf
4th section* of originally CheroB _ f
county. r ^ tbt W F* I
Safe positive unless sold befort |
vately. Terms cash. j^ii*
WM. P. W00D,Adm.*^
novlOwtd. -—"
GEORGIA, Floyd County.
To the Ordinary of
The undersigned, as Adtnn^^
(Stafford late of amid county, dec®
plication for letters of dismissio ftWf I
of said Samuel L. Stafford, as
ministered the same according t cj^ ,1
ore prays the usual JfSSot
he may obtain letters of dumi _
Samuel L. Stafford's estate, *n l
will ever pray. JASPh*
novlt.
GEORGIA, Flotd Cocjctt.
WHEBEAS, Elkanati
of Thomas C. Hicks, l»te of I
ed, applies tome for letters
**Them «e therefore to ci “ o\$\
and singular thoaa concerned reser jiJ'y I
at toy office within the
to show eau«e if any they I
should not be granted. jgjjjfspS, Or®^' I
GEORGIA, Floyd County.
Whereas ***$£!&%I
for exemption °* fI^.SVl
and valuation J* f vJ T amb* r ' lS * |
.ameontbelDthdayof
* h.j.johsso*,^
office in Borne,
norl0w2t
GEORGIA, Floyd County*
Application
of Floyd County, on the » ^ ^taW^l
her nit Ibrleavato tȣ'S' 1
Shirty, to®fjjJiJSd
lot No. 70, Kd ^^f ou, 0<s®SV
V wbic i tho heir, of®*
For the benefit « m
Thia Nor. 1, ggiTHEfi
nor7td