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■‘WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.”
VOLUME XXV.
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 16. 1870.
NEW SERIES-NO 16
I’Ol.l rlCAI. I’AKTIKS.
c . jn , m oa opinion that political
airJ ebuoiioas to the public good,
Pth? public peace.
. like a majority of the common opin
kjmistake. Vo branch of oar politi-
SEU1 ftereises n mire wholesome in.
, ..i- •: ti.o operations of that system
of party and party machine-
ecion.v of ail monopolies is to
CMisioa ami tyranny. A party so
- |. i. -to duly opposition, is a
fci dreaded. Xo matter bow pure
jjies. nr how able its advocates.—
r,, rroraiuiug influence of an
h. such a pany will eventually sink
,jv ,fcorruption, having for its
«;i-h gratification of its leaders.
I’snistorv of the Republican party af-
uiuale example of this That pnr-
SOK in its power as to defy even
ffaiw itself, went on from one in
i'. an other, until :xt length its very
Li,v:a;; a reproach and a lie.
so party could stand up
it, e/Al combat its pernicious
it,. oppose its ruinous policies, it
id it- w rk of outrage. But at
i'm.T.i'ic party gathered
in i u r a uiiaiity effort, and aucceed-
•... ne the public attention jto those
s.id t..c union n.nv stands appall'
it Lager that encompassed its lib-
!«.: i.-cs-eiiiially necessary to the
t'Ji working* of oar system of gov-
- fait there should be political par-
■ o'. tl.'SC parties should ever bo
'•••a. way aeaiust each other. In
t"i :... wo would like to have the
tiiijiuiout with us in our party
t-1: ii really best that they should
if all thought alike, if the dic-
t-u: p .litleai party was to he unalter
f the land, our liberties would
*®"-'. aiii the elective franchise
t'c-'ie a nullity.
sharp and bitter political
• th people to a thought of
W*. Without no politieal oppo-
-”t would be no political discos-
v.ttout a political discussion the
! tae people would sleep indiffer-
•t? great interests that so materi-
' even the humblest person in the
l ! v tat* reason that we arc willing to
putreia partisan. For in being a
l°’’l that we have a duty to per
'•enmity and tho State in|which
we owe our country
I; through a party medi-
is the only channel of com-
n 3 Citroen the people and the gov
esc this fact we conceive it to
of every good citizen to identi-
,lta ! "®e effective party orgao-
nnn is exempt from the con-
- • el the law—no man should there
1 ■ iruiiffeacnt to the character of
"ftothe capacity and principles
__ Il ' rj '"''l with their execution.
. maj thus having a direct interest
t *—cter of the laws to which lie is
.." «nnot cfl 'ape the responsibili-
... • jmself and his family in con
1. l!r 't interest.
L \ * 3 this responsibility bind-
at a time when active and
j^.i^are brought before the people,
t l ort ' e3 are divided upon ques-
rca-J important considerations
P ratir e duty of every good cit-
, 1 •' t * le?e issues, and to strike
k ,.° ae or the other parties that
. 5 a ‘vided.
l ' me '* no 'Y The issues now
1 are su ’h as cannot he ig-
, v '' 3,J es on the one hand and
s,, ° °ther. It remains for
’ clect Betwcea them. There
I, . sMund. M cq who are inflat-
!, t enMt, e!n ' ) ^^ C se ^ 3 ^ ambition,
^e' em ' C!T “ bcf0rC the P eo P ,e
fra,. ‘ ca “didates, will strive
1 iasua ” P r thc pco P !e that there
fre to ’ a ° B!lci1 t!>e is3u e is made
rat, 01 T * ace them that they are
'"CT,* 0 t a ‘ ru5ted - Thfl y
M 1 vj. ’ or a H Demoorats are
‘r»tv p“ gth '- D the hands of the
W a ;'“ ry P art y to be effective
[‘‘cf thatorl or 8 anizat >on, and one
1; CJ »didate! n t r ll ° n U 10 put forth
represent its prin.
! ® 5 n wt,„
^ho repudiates such a norni-
Hr raa
nation repndiatrs the principles of his par
ty, and in doing so ought no longer to bo
recognized as a member of the party.
FIK3T BOOK OFTIIE CHRONICI.ES OF
CEORGIA.
CHAP. IV.
1. And it came to pas3 that when Rufus
Behemoth, surnamed the Bullock, thc
King, had departed to the city of Wash
ington, where abode Amos the Tinker,
that he might grease Amos the Tinker,
to the end that he might put off the evil
day of the election.
2. And when the King came into the
samo city of Washington, he sent his chief
servant, who had also accompanied the
King, unto Amos the Tinker, with a mes
sage of greeting.
3. And when Amos the Tinker, heard
the message of Rufus Behemoth, surnam
ed the Bullock, the King, then was he re
joiced, for he knew that a fat pot of grease
was to be his.
4. And he commanded that a room be
prepared at Willard’s Hotel, for the enter
tainment of Rufus Behemoth, surnamed
the Bullock, the King.
5. And he had the King conducted to
the apartment which he had prepared for
the King, and the King did wash his face.
G. And it came to pass that after the
King had washed his face and had combed
his hair, that the King felt refreshed.
7. And he sent his chief servant again
ud to Amos the Tiuker, saying : Thu3 say-
eth my Lord, the King—say uuto my
good brother, Amos the Tinker, behold thy
good brother, the King, longs to embrace
thee in the arms of his love.
S. Come, therefore, I pray thoc, into the
presence of thc King, and behold that
which the Kiug lias brought as a bribe of
fering uuto thco.
9. And straightway Amos the Tinker,
arose, and went into the piesence of tho
King, to behold that which thc King had
brought as a bribe offering unto him.
10. Aud when Amos tho Tinker, had
come into the presence of the King, noth
the countenance of the King and the coun
tenance of Amo3 the Tinker, shown tright-
11. The one with a villainous triumph,
the otner with a roguish cupidity.
12. And then the King saluted Amos
the Tinker, and Amos the Tinker, saluted
the King.
13. And alter the King had sainted
Amos the Tinker, he turned to his chief
servant and said- j“Bring hither my strong
box.”
14. And when the Kings’ chief servant
had fetched the Kings’ strong box to the
King, then did the King take from his
strong box a package of thc bonds unto
which he affixed the signature of Angier,
the scribe.
15. And thc King spake, and said unto
Amos the Tinker, “Behold how I loveth
thee;” and he presented the package of
bonds to Amos the Tinker.
16. And Amos the Tinker, feigned to
look virtuous, and answered the King and
said,
17. “What wilt thou have me to do that
I should take this thing;” but he took it.
IS. Then answered the King, Do not I
love thco very muchly, and whom I loveth,
do I not delight to grease.
19. And then answered Amos, tho
Tinker, and said, true, oh King, and as for
me—whosever greaseth me, him do I not
delight to serve.
20. Then was the King rejoiced, for he
knew his man.
21. Then spake tii^ King again and said
My good brother, Amda the Tinker, I am
much troubled at thc rebellious spirit of my
people.
22. Bor know ye that the evil day draws
nigh whereon they, the people, have to
choose their masters.
23. Aud their hearts arc inclined to
ward mine enemies, and unless this evil
day can he put off, and tho evil" designs of
the people obstructed, my power over my
people will bo cut short.
24. And I bethought me, that peradven-
turo ye might devise some cunning trick of
the law whereby thc fcvil day may bo put
off.
25. But Amos thg,Tinker, had counted
the package of baudv, and was not yet suf
ficiently greased, so he answered thc King
and said,
25. Thou hast greased me, oh King, and
I am thy servant, but this thing may not
be done.
27. Then the King was troubled, and
he privily turned to his fugleman, George,
who was likewise a Burnett, and who had
also accompanied the King that ho might
be near the King.
23. And he whispered in the ear of his
fugleman, and said “Dad Burnett” what
shall I do now f .
29. And the King’s fugleman answered
the King, and whispered, “grease him
again.”
30. And this saying pleased the King.
31. And the King reached forth his
hand, and took from his box one other
package of bonds, and gave them to Amos
the Tinker, saying,
32. See my good brother, Amos the Tin
ker, I love thee more and more. See if
thon eanst frame a law to restrain my peo
ple.
33 Then did Amos the 'l inker, take the
one other package of bonds, and after he
had also counted them, he smiled and said
in answer to the King,
34. I know that thoa lovest me more and
more. I will consider thy request and see
what can be done.
35. But tho King was not yet satisfied,
and he turned again privily to his fugleman
George, who was likewise a Barnett, and
whispered in his ear, ‘what now 7”
35. And his fugleman answered the
King, and said, “grease him yet again 1 ”
37. And this saying also {{leased the
King. And thc King again stretched forth
his hand, and took from his box yet another
package of bonds.
33 And these he also gave to Amos the
Tinkej, saying, My good brother, do not I
still love thee mere and more, do this thing
for me and thou shalt be still more greatly
rewarded
39 Then was the countenance of Amos
the Tinker, dark with assumed auger, aud
he said,
40. “What is thy brother a Radical dog
that he would ask a reward. Know ye
net, oh King, that I would scorn to take a
bribe.
40. Then spake up the Kings’ fugleman
for the King—and said, Be not offended at
my lord, the King. The King did not mean
to say that the reward thou shalt have was
to be a bribe. It was merely a personal of
fering, made for a personal consideration.
42. And the King interrupted his fugle
man; and said, “That’s so.”
43 And the Kiug again reached forth
his hand, and took from his box one other
package of bonds, which wa3 all that re
maiued therein, and presented them to
Amos the Tinker, saying, Behold here
is another personal consideration, take it, I
pray yon, and do this thing for me.
44. And when Amos had counted this
other package, and moreover, saw that it
Was the last that was in the box, he answer
ed the King and said,
45. I will do this thing for the King.
45. Then was the King rejoiced, as was
also his chief servant, Foster, who was also
a Blodgett, aud his fugleman, George, who
was likewise a Burnett.
47. Aud they were all reioiced, for they
knew that thc evil day of the eloetiou would
be put off.
4S. Aud Amos tho Tinker, again spake
unto the King, and said, Depart now to the
land of Georgia, aud assemble the wise men
of your nation, and Id I will come umon;
them aud have them to put off the evil day
of the election.
[Pot the Rome Courier.
THE TWO CASTLES,
ACTA DIDRNA.
Foreign.
Tbcbtoat, Dec. 8.
The report of the Russian correspondence
is somewhat beligerout—Russia insisting up
on her demands as a condition of peace. The
capture of Orleans by thc Prussians has been
officially announced. England excited over
Grant’s fishing message.. Canada is also ex
cited—construing the message as hostile.
DOMESTIC.
In the United States Senate Pomeroy in
troduced an amendment to tho Constitution
of the United States providing for woman
suffrage.
The franking privilege has been abolished.
Death of Congressman Ridgeway announced
in the House of Representatives: Delano
confirmed Secretary of the Interior.
The gubernatorial contest in Alabama is
rapidly approaching a denoument. Smith
will soon fizzle out, and then good bye, Mr.
Smith. Dr. Sears, agent of thc Board of
Trustees of the Peabody fuud, declines to al
low Conway, of Louisiana, to handle the
funds. 3ears knows his man. Tho Winter
Garden Theatre, in Cincinnati, was burned.
In the case of Riddle and Coleman, againBt
Gen. Pillow et al for the war damages for
coal seized during the » nr. damages to tho
amount of forty thousand dollars wa; award
ed the plaintiffs. The decision will he ap
pealed from. If sustained, forty tliousaud
rebels ought to give one dollar each, to pay
the damage—of which forty thousand wc will
Do considered a part. Win. Beals, of the
Bo.-ton Post died to-day, aged S3 years.
LOCAL.
Weather to-day cool anil pleasant. Busi
ness good. Cotton to-day in Now York was
dull at 15J gold 10{.
Newton Wimpee lost an interesting little
daughter to-day.
Fridav, Dec. 9.
For foreign and domestic news, boo tele
graphic dispatches.
LOCAL.
Weather to-day cool and healthy—business
good. Tennessee hogs by the car load in the
city. Improvements still going on—the foun
dation of Dr. R. V. Mitchells’ now building is
laid, and thc walls are rapidly climbing up.
Rev. W. F. Cook lias been re-appointed
Pastor of the Methodist Church in this city.
[Communicated.
Mr. Editor—1 hand herewith Col.
Cothran's letter about his turnip crop,
which is of interest to the public.
Let it be remombered that the crop was
not planted nor cultivated with a view to
premiums, but by a live man, experiment
ing for thc common good.
Let it be remembered also that this
crop, grown on less than I of an acre would
pay the producer, at 30 cents per bushel,
$123 GO., besides his crop of wheat and
barley.
Col. Cothran is loo well known to ask
you to publish the certificate.
Yours, truly,
B. F. Jones, Scc’y.
Rutabaga Turnip Crop.
Maj. B. F. Jones, Scc'y Cherdlctc Agricul
tural Fair Association :
Sir—I had in my garden 70-100 acres
of wheat, and after taking the wheat off in
June last, I gave the land a dressing of
lime, then turned the stubble under with
one of Vandergrifts’ celebrated,two boree
plows, let it stand until about the last days
of July, and then bedded the land twenty-
two inches wide, then opened the bed with
a small colter and distributed in the fur
row 140 sacks of Murray <6 Co’s, celebrat
ed phosphate, put in the seed, covering
with a hand rake.
When the turnip leaf was about one and
a half inches high I plowed with a colter
plow, soon after thinned them out iu the
drill, leaving them about 12 inches apart.
In about ten days aftor I sowed the ground
with barley; and plowod again with a culter
P, °0 W a the 2Sth or 27th of November, I hill
ed up the turnips, rung off the tops- and
had Maj. C W Spreull to measure the
roots, and the result was as his certificate
will show, herewith annexed, 412 bushels,
and I have a good crop of barley on the
ground left.
Respectfully, etc.,
W. S. Cothran
BT J.XO. MX BASS.
In the reulBi of the air. In the land of the fay,
Is * castle that’s bailt, I will show.
Of the golden-hued clouds, when at close of thc
day
They are painted and lit by the rays that then
play
Round the tun in the west when it’s low.
And its columns are carved from a beautiful
dream,
(Tis a cattle in air, you mart know)
With their cornices twined with a wreath of star
beam,
And its roof—such a roof was before ueTer seen
’Tis the golden prismatiec.l bow.
Aud its goldsa-cloud walls are all fretted within
With a mingled and mystic Iresco—
There are pictures of Heaven, there are pictures
of sin.
And we ever are dreaming those pictures to win,
As so quickly they come snd they go.
And its portal is wide, and of wonderful make.
And with rarest of gems does it teem:
And to reach ityou’ll cross an ctherial lake
With its wavelets of music thatriflo and break
Like a flute that is heard in a dream.
In that castle enthroned with tho ringlet kissed
brow,
Aud blue eyes that are drowning in love
Aro the loveliest of queens; and before them we
bow
And we worship and love them as much I will
vow
As if angels escaped from above;
But just marry them now, O you much in love
men,
They’ll get ugly and cross, and so old;
And when babies do come—Lord pity us then!
For the babies do cry, and the castle falls in;
And the queens! dear me, how they scold !
II
In the land of the past, ’mong tho years that are
gone,
(O friend, how they come and they go!)
Is a castle that’s built of the deeds we have done
And the dreams we have had; oh one by one,
They were lost in the long ago.
And its columns are broken; they were once so
strong
(7Am pillars of hope that is gone,)
And among them there quaver the notes of a
song
That was sung by a voice (its been hushed so
long)
Iu a sweot, and a low sad tone.
On the walls of that castle arc the vows that we
made—
(They were written with letters so bright)
But temptations did come, and the letters did
fade.
As if made out of sun rays that die in tho shade,
For temptations are shadows to light.
And the billows of Lethe that castle doth lave
And it slowly is crumbling away;
And the road there will lead us by more than one
grave
Where thc hieezes sigh requiems, and long wil
lows wave
As if life’s benediction to say.
In that castle arc friends—they arc friends that
arc doad
And wc buried them long ago;
And they seem like a vision in dreams that have
fled.
Yet embalmed in some way by thc tears that we
shed.
When bent down was tho heart with its woe.
But be patient O friend, for we’ll meet them again
With their souls in a dazzling array,
When the sheen of their wings is like pearl drops
of rain,
And their greetings aro like a choral svect strain
When tho light falls around Ufa's day.
Borne Ga. Dec. 5th 1S70.
Miscellaneous.;
Horse traders in Missouri put a little oil
of vitriol on the animal’s hoofs to make
him show off his uncontrollable spirit.
I begins to look ominous when tho wo
man of thc period wants her club; she used
to be satisfied with her broomstick.
\ sporting gentlemau in Iowa has a fight
ing sheep, which bo offers to match against
aby dog of its weight in the country.
Three cent street car fare is promised in
Chicago if the compressed air meter tested
in that city the other day works all right.
Of the regiment of Grenadier Gu»rds
which fought at Inkermann sixteen years
ago, then 400 strong, only thirty officers
and men now survive
The Dapers of Northwest Indiana are foil
of the editorial excursion, of “whom they
are'all which.”
Our sweetheart’s Column,” is what the
Philadelphia Sunday Morning calls its fash
ion depaitment. That’s very pretty.
John Taylor, the celebrated California
horesback rider, at the Sacramento riding
park, on Tuesday, rode sixty-one miles in
two hours and forty minutes, using ten
horses. This beats his Texas time.
A Kansas paper describing a wedding
truusseau, says: “The bride is to have tail
ing nightgowns, oh, such beauties!^ with
ever such long trains—five feet, at least.
One chemisette that our gossiping friend
showed us, had over fifty dollars’ worth of
trimming on it. That is only ono of a half
dozen.
A Troy paper published two articles on
Wednesday, one of which was an obituary
ry notice and the other a fanny anecdote.
Tho headings accidentally got changed,
and when the paper appeared, the editor
was horrified to see the obitoary notice
headed “A good joke,” while the fanny an
ecdote was prefixed with the caption “A
sad announcement.”
A young lady at a ball was asked by a
lover of serious poetry, whether she had
seen Crnbhe’s tales? “Why no,” she an
swered, “I didn’t know that crabs had tails.”
“I beg your pardon, Miss,” said he, “I
mean have you read Crabbe’s teles.” “And
I assure yon, sir, I did not know that red
crabs, had tails”
A recently published English hook is
said to bear this title: “The heraldry of
Smith; being a Collection of the Arms borne
by or attributed to moet Families of that
surname in Great Britain, Ireland and Ger
many.” ui
The New York Express says: “That, ev
ery New York hotel has its free list, jnst
like a place of public amusement. We
learn that one hotel there has free gnests
who cost the proprietors ahont $25,000 per
annnm, and, although they maintain this
harden voluntarily, they cannot give a very
good reason for it.”
An exchange sayes: “If any people think
they are becoming too intimate with each
other, let them try to get np a social. Thia
is an infallible recipe for breeding quarrels.”
Since the sewing machines has been gen
erally brought into use for fancy stitohings,
needle women can now be regarded as com
mon anwent. Their nomination was alwavs
NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Appointments*
Augusta District, C W Key, PfE.
Augusta, St. Johns, A T Mann, D W
Calhoun sap.
Angasta, St. James, II II Parks.
Asbnry, L J Dorris.
Richmond, D Kelsey.
Appling, W A Fariss.
Thompson, F P Brown.
Warrenton, T A Seals.
Sparta. W P Pledger.
Hancock, E J Mnrrah, B 11 Sassnctt.
Crawfordville, 3 C Thomav.
Milledgeville, A J Jarrell.
Baldwin, J V\’ Stipe.
Athens District, T F Pierce, P E.
Athens, E W Speer.
Oconee Mission, to be supplied bf E 1)
Scone.
Factory Mission, C J Olive*.
Wntkinsvillc, J W Knight and JVM
Morris.
Madison, W A Florence.
Morgan, J L Lnpo.
Greensboro. G W Yarbrough.
White Plains, J M Lowery.
Lexington, W A Simmons.
Winteiville, W D Heath.
Washington, W R Branham.
Broad River, J H Grogan.
Little River, J H Baxter.
EatODton, W R Foote.
Pntnam, W W Oslin—one to be sup.
Elhcrton District, L Rush, P E.
Eiberton, F G Hughes.
Bethlehem, A G Worley.
Elbert, W T Norman.
Lincoln, W F Qnillian.
Jefferson, R A Conner, S D Evans.
Carnesville, J H Washbu'n.
Franklin Springs, to be supplied by D C
Olive.
Home, J G Worley.
Hartwell, J W Baker.
Clarksville, J R Parker.
Clayton Mission, to be supplied by E S
Stevens.
Dablonega District, W T Caldwell, P
E.
Dahlouega, W A Dodge.
Dawsonville, J M Horden.
Camming, A G Carpenter.
Alpherrctta, S J Bellab,
Canton, B Sanders.
Cherokee, B ELedbetter.
Cleveland, BEL Timmons.
Blairsville Mission, M H Eakev.
Gainerville, Geo. E Gardner.
Lanrensvil[e, T F Reynolds—one to be
sup,
Rome District, G J l’earco, P E.
Rome, W E Cook,
Rome Circuit, P G Reynolds.
Forres tvillc, A Odom.
Oostananla, W P Kramer.
Cave Spring, W P Rivers.
Ccdartown, W F Glenn.
Van Wert, to be supplied by R A Ged
dings.
Subhgua, J B McFarland.
Summerville, W C Dunlap.
LaFayette, T H Simmons.
Lookout Mountain Mission, to bo sup
plied by S W McWhorter.
Dalton District, W A Scott, PE.
Dalton, G G Smith.
Dalton Circuit, W C Hamilton.
Tnnncll Hill, to bo supplied by J M
Richardson.
Ringgold, J W Wardlaw.
Rock Spring, S Leake.
Spring Place, to be supplied by H H
Porter.
Murray Mission, to be supplied.
Caihoun, to be supplied by T M Pledg-
Forsyth Circuit, J J Singleton.
John J Davis transferred to Lillie Rock
Conference.
Americas W Williams transfcrrr.il
Louisiana Conference.
J M Stokes transferred to Florida Con
ference.
H J Ellis transferred to South Georgia
Conference.
Tilton and Resacca, D J Wccm*.
Kingston, J A Reynolds
Elijah, to be supplied by J H Robert
son.
Jasper, to be supplied.
Marietta Distriet, P M Ryhurn, P E.
Marietta, Geo. Kramer.
Acworth, J R Mayson.
Roswell, T II Gibson.
Powder Springs, M G Hamby.
Dallas, E K Ask in.
Carrolton and Bowden, J Chambers.
Villa Ricca, J N Myers.
Haralson Mission, to be supplied by D
Stripping.
Lane Town, to be supplied by J P
Prickett.
Campbclton,R J Harwell.
Cartersville, J L Pierce, J T Norris,
sap.
Cassville, Jos. Case.
Marietta Female College, W A Rogers
President.
LaGrange District, H J Adams, P E.
LaGrange, W M Crumley, P A Heard
snp.
Troup, W J Cottes.
West Point and Long Cane, E P Birch.
Whilemille, T S L Horwell.
Greenville, Trinity and Fletcher Chapel
A M Thigher.
Chalybeate Station, to be supplied by J
J Sutte.
Grantville, R F Jones.
Sonora, F W Baggerly.
Hagans rille, J T Lowe.
Newnan, R W Bigham.
Palmetto, J M Bowden.
Franklin, R Shipling.
LaGrange Female College—M Csllawny
President.
Agent American Bible Society, W A
Parks.
Missionary to China, Yonng J Allen.
Atlanta District, W H Potter, P E.
Atlanta First Chnrcb, A Wright.
Trinity, G A Evans. -
Evans Chapel, J M Diekey.
Pain’s Chapel, D D Cox.
Edgewuodand Third Ward, G H Pat-
tillo.
Fourth Ward Mission, to he supplied by
A G DempMy.
Atlanta Circuit, B J Johnson.
Fnlton Circuit, W J Wardlaw.
Decatnr, C A Mitchell.
Covington and Mount Pleasant, D J
Smyrick.
Oxford, Abbot Gray, A Means, snp.
Conyers, MW Arnold, W R Branham,
Jr.
Monticello, F B Davis; .
Ocmnlgce Ml sion, to be supplied.
Newbnrn, A W Rowland.
Monroe, O A Conoway.' ■ 3?t.
Agent Orphan’s Home, J Bering.
Professor Emory College, Joseph Lewis,
Jr. ...
S 3 Society, -A G Haygood.
Editor M Magazine, W P Harrison.
Griffin District, J O Lewis, Sr. P E.
Griffin, JMW Heidt.
Griffin City Mission, R R Johnson.
Zebnla, W F Smith.
Pike and Pine Mountain Mission, W H
Graham. -
Thomaston, M H White.
Bamosvifie, John P Duncan.
McDonough, J H Harris.
Jonesboro, L P Neese.
Forrest Station Mission, to be snp.
Fayetteville, D Nolan.
Ctdloden, M T Malsby.
Clinton, J M Armstrong,
i Jackson. W G Hanson. D L Anderson.
[From tho New York Bulletin.
Southern Crcili:.
It is unfortunate lor the South that, at a
time when the reconstruction of its financ
es was required, the coutrol of its State
affairs should have fallen into the hands of
mere political adventurers. Ttero was a
sufficient guarantee of a Southern State ob
ligation that it was backed by the Southern
men of inflexible honor and conspicuous
integrity. At present, there is scarcely a
State in the South whose debts have this
sort of backing. For the last five years the
finances of thc several States have been
controlled by men who have acquired po
sition through the poiit.cal vicissitudes coo
sequent upon the war.
With no experience in statesmanship or
finance, and no record but that of adren
tuccrs, theso uicn have undertaken to read
jnst the revenuos and debts of thc States
Wo know what we say when we affirm that
Jhe main object with these raw financiers
has not been thc good credit of thc State,
bnt the manipulation of thc finance; so as to
produce the largest possible gaius out of
speculation. Their schemes hare been in
most cases, hatched in Wail street bank
houses; aud the legislators, governors,
and officials have been paid tools for carry
ing out the plans of the shrewd bankers.
The main point aimed at was to produce
the widest possible fluctuations in the
prices of the Slate bonds, irrespective of
the interest of the State, the party to be
“milked” being the innocent public.
Most of the States have found it necessa
ry to issue new obligations to provide for
their overdue bonds or their unpaid inter-
est. These uew issues bare io most cases
been put out by secret sale on the market,
and in amounts known only to the negotia
tor and the clique. In anticipation oi the
issue, the parties to thc secret would sell
on-time large amounts ot the State securi
ties, aud so soon as the new bonds had been
marketed the fact would be announced,
with the result of a heavy fall in the mar
ket value of the obligations, affording the
ring speculators an'opportunity for cover
ing their previous large sales.
In other instances, a legislative “ring”
bas authorized large issues of bonds to
railroad schemes, for which there was no
necessary arising out of thc commerce ol
thc State.
These loaus had thc double speculative
advantage of involving large contracts for
building the reads, and of yielding a profit
on the manipulation of thc bond market,
thc gains on both operations falling into
the hands of the clique, In other instances
the political speculators have sought to il-
l,cit gains through factitious expedient* for
stimulating the credit of the State.
In these cases, they would first o! all buy
through New York capitalists large amounts
of the obligations, and then augment the
taxes to retire unexpectedly a considerable
amount of debt, and, as a still further ex
pedient, compel ccrtian corporations doing
business within the State obligations,
which the corporations had to buy from the
clique.
To our certain knowledge, State officials
have contrived to make large profits direct,
ly through commissions paid by the bank
ers negotiating loans for the State. We
know of instances where finance officers
have boldly proposed, in loiters to New
York bankers, to give large commissions
on the sale of securities, provided thc al
lowance should be divided with
them.
We ailudo to this discretitable manage
ment oi Stato finances at the South for uo
other purpose than to promote public in
vestigation and to redeem the credit of the
Southern governments from the faithless
hands into which it has fallen.
A knowledge of these abuses ought to
suffice for their overthrow and for the ban
ishment of political speculators from pub
lic position.
There is but one means of restoring thc
credit of the Sonthern States, viz: the res
toration of unimpeachable Southern citizens
of the old standard to representative and
official positions.
Men of wealth anh ability and character
cannot afford to stand sullenly by and wit
ness the degradation of their StatC*by in
terlopers and adventurers.
They have an interest in their section
which tne new clement have not and can
not have; and it becomes them to assert
their claim to the actual government of
their States When Sonthern honor and
Statesmanship are again infused into the
local governments, we shall witness a vast
and permanent improvement in Southern
credit; but not before.
Tile Revenue Reform Party
Made a comfortable beginning in >"cw
York last Monday, by taking dinner to
gether.
The company was more select than nu
merous—consisting of Robt. Mintorn, who
presided, Wm. Col. Cullen Bryant, David
A. Wells, Horace White, of th? Chicago
Tribune, Gen. Brinkcrhoff, of Ohio, David
Dudley Field, Wei. L -Grosvenor, of th*
Missouri Democrat, Joshua Leavitt, S. S
Cox, Mahlon Sands, F. A. P. Barnard.
President of Columbia College, James W
Gerard, Jr., and some others.
They had a good time of it. Wm. C
Bryant toasted free trade as the “eau-e of
mankind,’ and Mr. Mahlon Sands denounc
ed protection as a ‘shame’ and a tyranny,’
which it most undoubtedly is. The Rev
enue Reform Part)' consists of those Rad
icals who are going to break with their or-
;anization upon the single point of the pro
tective tariff; aud iliey are endeavoring to
organize a movonieutto unite with thcDem-
ocraticic members of Congress in some im
portant modification'! cf the existing tar.
iff'.
It is said thc President’s Message sends
the revenue reformers out of the Radical
fold altogether, in a very surprising and
peremtory fashion.
Says the Cartersville Standard:
A Valuable Apple Tree.
While in conversation a few days since,
with a gentleman from Gilmer county, he
informed us that he lias an apple tree in one
of his orchards from which he has gather
ed one hundred and ten bushels of large,
sound apples in two years—sixty bushels
last, and fifty bushels this fall.
He further informed us that he bought
the land (160 acres) on which the tree
stands,and sold enough apples in two years,
from this one tree, to pay the purchase
money, and then he had twenty-five dol
lars over!
Timee stock thieves, named F. Cleve
land, T. Madison and- Jack Mason, were
captured at Round Hill, Douglas county,
Colorado, on the 29th ult, tried by a Vigi
lance Crmmittce, to whom they made a lull
confession, and were hanged on tho 1st inst.
They were said to he old offenders. Their
confession impliraied a number of others.
If this had occurred at the South, it would
have been treated as a Ku-Klux outrage.
At thc Mayor of Brigton’s banquet, late
ly, Mr White, M. P., said England had
spent S2,000,000 more than Prussia last
year iu warlike preparations.
Mepno, Dee. 8.
Duke of Mecklenburg defeated the 3d army
corps, capturing six guns and one thousand
prisoners.
Squadron of the French gunboats protect
ing shipping at thc mouth or the Loire.
New York, Dec. 12.
Herald’s Berlin special of the 9th says
Bismark denies opposition to bombardment.
It is reported that a council of war at Ver
sailles decided to bombard Paris.
Tribune special from London of the 9th
says Gambctta ask - an armistice to enable
the assembly of the National Convention—
asks leave for Farrc to pass the lines, to con
sult the colleagues, and to conduct negotia
tions, confessing that thc army of the Loire
was defeated.
Gamhetta declines thc responsibility of a>
other struggle, nr of making peace. The
National assembly must decide.
Berlin, Dec. 9.
Anti War riot, caused by resistance to the
draft of married men is serious. Police were
unable to quell it. Quelled by tho military
by severe measures.
Veksaii.es, Dec.9.
Beaumont, Nassau and Bcaugmay evacua
ted by the French.
11 err Aim, Dec. 11.
Board of Trade passed a resolution that it
was to the best interest of the ecuntry to de
mand a restoration of speci- ..fmdard of val-
San' Francisco, Dec. 12.
Police have arrestc 1 all known thieves as
vagrants. Thirty locked up to-day.
St. Johns, Dec. 12.
Cable Company’s steamer is here for coal;
will depart to morrow for a renewed attempt
to repair thc break.
Washington, Dec. 12.
Boutwcll is before the Ways and Means
explaining bis plans.
Committee will hear parties interested in
sngnr Thursday.
•Senate confirmed Drako as Chief Justice of
the Court Claims.
Committee reported favorably on Porters’
nomination. Hours’ discussion—no action.
Senate seems in faiorof the House bill,
which some Senators thought would leave
Porter Vice Admiral during life.
Butler, in the House, said Porter had dis
graced the President and navy.
Delegation of the Hichmond tobacco con
vention called on the Commissioner of Inter
nal Bcvennc, and presented their views at
some length.
.Senator Morton introduced a resolution ap
pointing San Domingo commission, aud ap
propriating 20,000 for its expenses.
McCreery introduced a joint resolution ap
a joint committee of two from the
TELEGRAPHIC.
Kcportcd for the Tri-Weekly Courier.
Otto Goldshmidt, Jenny Lind^ husband,
having squandered his wife’s fortune, the
nightingale is so reduced as to be compelled
to teach music for a living. The ill-match
ed pair have repented by mutual consent,
and the spendthrift must now shift for
himself.
A Down Easter advertises lor a wife in
the following manner: “Any gal, what’s
got a cow, a fether bed with comfortable
fixens, 8500 in hard pewter—one that’s
had the measles and understands tending
children—can find a customer for life ‘by
writing a small billy dux, address to Q Z.,
and stickin’ it in a crack of Uncle Ebanez-
er’s barn, back side jinin’ the hog pen.”
The Comie-Jonrual says a band of ne
groes numbering some three thousand, call
ing themselves the Boys in Bine of the
District of Columbia, have decided to give
a welcome to Congress, expressly declaring
in their address the exclusion of the Dem
ocratic members. Forney is going to Wel
come the Vice Fresdent, and another color
ed man, thc Speaker ar.d members of the
House.
An Indiana woman has applied for her
seventh divorce.
The Sonthern Atiantio Telegraph Com-
pany is constructing a line from Charles
ton, South Carolina, to Colombia, thence
to Richmond, Ya.,and to all points north of-
that city, connecting with the Atlantic ca
bles.
A ring was found by a lad last week in
the water at South Beach, Nantncket,
which was lost by a lady while bathing
twenty years ago. The ring was returned
to her.
A balloon probably from Paris, was seen
one evening over the English channel. It
seemed trying to make a landing on one of
the Scisily .Islands. A violent east wind
prevailed, and it was carried ont to sea. It
was unquestionable in the Atlantic.
Montgomery, Dee. 9.
This, a. m., Smith withdrew from the con
test for Governor, and yielded the office to
Lindsay. Everything is joyful, but no dcn>
onstrations made except of thankfulness, that
the conflict is over
London, Dee 9..
Times on Grant’s Message says, it is anoth
er stage in Grant’s downward career, and
teaches how far the highest authorities will
;o when the Balance of parties are unstable.
New York, Dec. 9.
Wm. Broekaway, reported very wealthy,
arrested on the clTarge ot counterfeiting sev
en-thirty bonds, of which the government has
redeemed over a quarter million. Bailed for
$20,000
Tho Selesia arrived—saw no French crui
sers around Charleston.
Tours, Dec. 9.
Montague is in the department of Loire
eveeuateu by the German army. Lovrie again
started forward baloon from Paris. Situa
tion satisfactory. Prussians actively con
structing works in rear of lines from which
the Freneli recently drove them. A large
number of Prisoners arrived at Paris, captur
ed in the battles East and South of the city
on the second. Prussians, in their attack,
mt 120,000 men against Duerot; nevertheless,
lucrot held his ground, and repulsed the en
emy. Advices from Belfort state that the
scige is progressing vigorously. Prussians
beaten off in an attempt to stcrin Belfort.—
One Prussian regment cut to pieces.
Baltimore, Dec. 9.
U Maryland vs. the Baltimore & OhiojRail.
road for the 5th of thc passenger transporta
tion through tho State, decided against the
Stato. The Slate filed exceptions. The
court intimated that each passenger could re
cover one fifth of thc fare from the compan
Raleigh, Dec. 9.
The following was introduced in the House
to-day:
Resolved, That William noldcn, Gov. of
N. C., be impeached of high crimes and mis
demeanors in office. Thc resolution referred
to thc Judiciary committee and probably will
be acted on to-morrow; and committee ap
pointed to present thc Resolution at thc bar
of tho Senate. It is expected the Senate
will take prompt action in the matter, and a
court of impeachment will shortly convene.
New York, Dec. 9.
Patterson & Co., provision dealers, and
Grant A Ascougli, lard oil dealers, suspend
ed. A dry goods firm has failed for $200,000
and a clothing house for a hall a million.
Cable rates advanced to fifteen dol[ars—no
message to exceed fifty word3—press and po
litical news half rates. Advance commences
Monday, tho 12th.
Cuban fillibnstering got to sea last night.
Berlin; Dee. 8.
King telegraphs the Queen to-day that
there was severe and successful fighting yes
terday near Meung. More resistance expect
ed there. One gun, several mitraileuse, and
one hundred prisoners captured.
Sanitary condition of the army in the field
good.
Tours, Dec. 8.
Official decrees appointing Bonrbaki to the
first. General Chancey, second army into
which the army of the Loire was divided is
published.
Poladiucs refuses to command thejentrenoh
cd camp at Chcerhourg.
Fighting reported to-day along the left
bank of the Loire, between Gen. Chancey
and the forces repulsed by him yesterday.
It is reported that Cansey was again sue-
cessful to day.
It is said the Tours government will go to
Bordeaux, as the Prussians might risk send
ing a force here. Portion of the personel and
officers go to-night. Gamhetta and the Min
istry not to leave until obliged.
No news from Bourday, who has a large
force on the right bank of the Loire, It
is rumored he is marching on Paris.
Lille, Cec. 8.
Abbeville has not been occupied by the
Prussians. ., . , - ,
Tours, Dee. 9.
Official Journal onnonnees that the govern
ment has removed to Bourdeaux.
Gamhetta will go to the army of thc Loire.
Army of the Loire is divided with the su
preme objeot of reaching Paris.
Gamhetta will return here and remain with
the archives.
Gen. Chancey reports that he fought Frrdj,
erick Charles yestciday, repulsing him along
tho entire line.
. Brussuls, Dec. 9.
It is rumored here that the Prussians in
formed Luxemburg that the Prussians were
no longer hound to respect the neutrality of
Luxemburg.
Berlin, Dec. 8.
King of Saxony accepts the proposal of the
King of Bavaria restrains the title ofthe
P‘ _ ..
Senate and three from tile House, to enquire
whether the late Gen. R. E. Lee had any
right or title to thc Arlington estate, which
made it liable to forfeiture by his participa-
tion in the rebellion, and whether it was not
the property of Mrs. Lee and her children,
and if so, to adopt such measures as will re
store thc estate to Mrs. Lee, with compensa
tion for the damage done the propecty, and
to enquire into the expediency of removing
the remains of those who arc hurried on the
estate; and also to consider the propriety of
restoring the Washington Relics to Mrs Lee.
Mr. McCrery desired to make some remarks
on tlie subject, but Mr. Edmonds objected uu*
til thc resolution had been printed.
Schurz introduced a Resolution looking to
general amnesty.
Saulsbury offered a r-:solution inquiring
for thc President’s reasons for sending troops
into Delaware at the recent election.
Executive session adjourned.
House,—Rainey, Negro, from South Caro
lina, seated.
Among the bills introduced and referred, is
one abolishing the income tax, incorporating
American and European Steamship Co., cap
ital 5,000,000, which may be increased to
20,000,000, and directs the Post Master Gen.
to contract for mails from Portland, Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Ports on the
Cliesapeak Bay and Southern Atlantic coast.
Compensation for the weekly, 900,000, tri
weekly and daily in proportion.
This is a genuine epitaph on a child bu
ried in an Ohio graveyard :
“He tasted Life’s bitter cup,
And then refused to drink it up.
ne turned his little head aside,
Disgusted with the taste, and di»d.”
One of the most eminent woman's rights
leaders wishes it distinctly understood that
this woman question is not an anti wan
movement. Wo only wish, she adds, to
work by him, side by side, in perfect equal
■ty-
On some railroads it is customary to hare
a lock on the stove to prevent the passen
gers from meddling with the fire. A con
ductor being asked why they locked the
stove, replied that it was to prevent the fire
from going out.
The new Italian ambassador at the court
of Vienna, Cavalier d’Artom, is an Isreal-
ite. He was one of the ablest and most aa-
teemed agents of Cavour, and is deemed
one of the sharpest diplomats of Italy.
The Cincinnatti Commercial claims for
Geo. A Gray, Jr., of that city, tho honor
of conceiving the idsa of the Gatling gun,
or mitraileuse. The first one was construe
ted there in 1S61.
Western teachers believe in whipping
A proposition to abolish corporal punish
ment got only four votes ont of a hundred
at a recent teachers’ convention in Fond-
du Lac.
A physician said of a qaackthat, he was
such an ignoramus that, if he could take a
lantern and go down inside of his patient,
he could'nt find out what thc matter was.
The Frassian field postoffice department
receives about forty thousand letters, and
sends to Germany over two hundred thou
sand daily.
Mr. Cobb married Miss Web. He knew
that they were meant to be joined as soon
as he spied her.
Artesian Wells*
These wells are becoming quite common
ail over the country. It is said that an ar-
tesiairwcll of six inches bore will deliver
half million gallons per day, at the cost of
thc interest on say $4,000 for sinking the
well, which would be at 7 per cent, $230 per
annum. That is to say an artesian well of
that size wonld furnish the people with
500,000 gallons of water, at 75 cents per
day, which amounts to bnt one seventh of
a cent for every one thousand gallons. The
Continental Hotel Company of Philadel
phia, have recently sunk a well of this kind
to the depth of 202 feet, costing $10,000
which is expected to furnish 300,000 gal
lons of w-ter per day.
Said the Rev. T De Witt Talmadge, last
Sunday ; “Talk about the church corcrting
the world ! The world is averting the
church!” Aud so it is. Progress has nsn
ally eome from the free thought oi tho lai- ■
ty, expressed in general literature. When a
public opinion has become created, tho cler
gy follow it.
Said tho Reverend T. DeWitt Talmadge,
last Sunday : “Talk ahont the Cbnreh
converting the world ! The world hr eon- • ■
verting the Church!” And so it is.— ..
Progress has usually come from the free
thought of the laity, expressed in general
literature.
When public opinion has become created,
the clergy follow it.
* nm »■
; It begins to look ominous when the wo
man of the period wants her clnb; she need,
to be satisfied with her broomstick.
Tho latest case of ‘suspended xnima- -
tion’ is that of a horse thief in Tonnes-..
The Archbishop of Paris hasgiven permis
sion to. use horseflesh, and probably other
flesh, on fast d:
