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The Rome Cornier
FRIDAY MORNING, Apr. 21.
Till! ALABAMA RAILROAD RONDS
Our Alabama friends arc still exerci ed
over the Alabama and Chattanooga Rail
road band muddle—cr vrindle rather, and
in the discussion growing out of it inane
queer phases of human character are devel
oped.
The latest development is made by Ex-
Governor Smith, in a letter addressed
through his congenial fellow. W. B. Fig
ures, to Gov. Lindsay, wherein the Ex Gov
ernor gives a detailed account of the over
issue of Railroad bonds, and the motives
which induced them.
The law authorizing the endorsement of
bonds to the Road required that a certaiu
number of miles (20) should be completed
- before the bonds should be endorsed, and
then only for the number of miles complct
ed, and each section of 20 miles after it was
completed, would be entitled to a like
dorsemeut, but not the entire lor gth of the
Road at once.
Tt seems by the revelation of Governor
Smith that the philanthrope Stanton, fear
ing a bread down in the bond market
could not await the regular and lawful com
pletion of the consecutive sections of the
Road, but was anxious to realize upon the
entire length Gf the Road at once; and, by
some art, the Governor does not exactly
know what, inveigled that functionary into
the signing of them all at one time; and
with the collusion of his baokers did actu
ally sell them all while yet not half of the
Road was completed.
It is further revealed that mauy of these
bonds were sold for 70 cents in the dollar,
while the law authorizing their endorsement
expressly declared that they should not be
soid for less than 90 cents. _
And now the funny part of the matter
is the attempt of Gov. Smith to censure
Gov. Lindsay for paying the interest upon
the bonds that he himself had endorsed,
aud put upon the market. The censure is
doubtless just, but it comes with a bad
grace from Smith. We are inclined to think
that t.;e people of Alabama have been made
the victims of a fahe sense of honor in
their Representatives and their Governor,
as well as the openhanded roguery oi'Smith
aud his confreres.
It was well known that the issue of those
Loud i was fraudulent, and no sense of jus
tice would require the people of Alabama
to pay them.
We think that Gov. Lindsay and the
present Legislature have acted as unjustly
to the people in legalizing the swindle as
Smith and his. fools and thieves did in per
petrating it.
The following, the concluding argument
of Gov. Smith, who, so far as a man turn
ing states evidence can he believed, is en
titled to a hearing •
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRON
ICLES OFGEOltcrlA.
Commonly called tbe Book of Rufus Behe
moth, the Bullock,
CIIAP. III.
“Now, Mr. Editor, I wish to protest
against such action until further legislation
is had upon the subject. I prefer, if any
one is to suffer by the A & C. Railroad
Company, it should be the parties who $
duced them to impose upon the State by
procuring the endorsement of its bonds pre
maturely, and to obtain the State Loads in
the same way, rather thau the innocent
creditors of the Hoad who have earned the
riirht to be paid by honest toil Every prin-
ciple oi right arid justice demands it. Tbe
people along the line of this Road trusted
the Company, believing that the Company-
had no more bonds out than they had road
to represent, and naturally looked to future
endorsement as a means of the Company to
pay them, and it is the duty of the State to
protect its own citizens who are honest and
innocent, before paying the meu who stan-.l
in the attitude of Soutte-- >t Co., or Braun
fels for Erlange & Co.
f believe it is, under the facts in the case,
the duty of the State to ascertain the
amount of the floating debt of the Compa
ny. and first provide for the men whose la
bor aud means have built the Road, togeth
er with all innocent bondholders Then, as
the State cannot afford to take the money
of parties, however wrong they may have
acted, i‘‘ the value of the Road will justify
it, should provide for them in part, or in
whole, as the ease may be.
I admit that if I had attended strictly to
the endorsement aud issue of these bonds,
that all this never could have occurred, and
I shall accept, as a just condemnation, what
ever of public disfavor may be visited upon
me ou that account, and here state in jus
tice to uiy subordinates iu office, when this
transaction was had, they are iu no sense
to blame, so far as I know or believe. Hrp
iog that no injustice may result to tlu State
or any innocent parties on account of any
fault of mine, I am,
Very respectfully,
W. II. Smitti.
FRANCE.
Our dispatches from Frauce are still sad
with the coutiuous story of war, rapine
and murder. The unearthly fiend cf rad
icalism has been let loose upon Paris, and
all that is good aud t.uo anu noble is doom
ed beneath its ruthless hands. The Ku
Klux war that Grant and his radical min
ions iu Congress are asking for power to
KSiC upon our people is of the same char
acter as this wild French outbreak, and
while we read of tlic people of Paris bein
murdered without law we cud ouly feel that
the roor semblance of law cannot material
I j ' ighten the indignities that are in store
for us.
Even in the near contingency of the
wrong and oppression hanging over us we
dan but pity poor Franco
The Tbue Policy of the Conser
vatives.— Commenting upon Senator Mor
ton’s recent speech, the Norfolk Journal
“Let these Conservatives of the South
: meet these issues of Mr. Moiton frankly
land promptly. Let us declare to the coun
try i hat our policy is peace, that our pur
pose is to prevent excesses, not to perpe
trate them; and we shall elect the next
(’resident by a majority that will drive Rad
icalism from the fiel 1 farever.
“The policy of that party is plain. Let
us take warning dow. They are endeavor
ing to drive ns back upon dead issues. Let
us force them to fight on their own reckless
violations of liberty aud law."
J T-j.NNEr.LiNO the East River.—Gen
i. oral Slocum has introduced a bill in Con-
, gress to incorporate a company with power
to construct a tubular' tunnel under the
East river between this city and Brooklyn.
1 lias not the Legislature of New York some-
■I thiag to say about this matter?—N. Y
. I Herald.
We shonld think not after the passage
j of Grant’s,Ku-Klux bill. Legislatures are
t' about played out. Congress is supreme,
j and we ovonder at ;the stupidity of the Her-
|, ,ald in asking the question.
1. And it came to pass that there was
jet another rogue who abode in the city of
Atlanta, and he was also a very fat man
2. Audit was a wonder among the peo
ple of the land of Georgia how it came to
pass that a rogue so very lean of conscience
could be so plethoric of flesh.
3. And the name of this rogue was Har
ris—nick named Phatty.
4. And the King seeing that he was such
a great rogue, did also provide for him a fat
place in his household, for the King, as be
fore said, desired to keep himself in coun
tenance, by sur rounding himself with
rogues and fools and liars.
5. And the greater the rogue and the
fool and the liar, the greater became the
desire of the King to have him near him,
and this was why the King’s household
became such a den of ungodly thieves.
G. And !o this man Harris, nick-named
Phatty, the King gave tbe office of gar
bage master, and grand slop swiller.
7. And it w;-s bis office to do for the
King such dirty work as the King could
not find a negro so indecent as to do.
S. And the K-ng, to show the contempt
he had for the fools and thieves of the
General Assembly, and also to let them
know that he was their master, did appoint
this same rogue, Phatty, to preside over
them in their council-, and to instruct them
in their subserviency.
9. Aud the fools and the thieves of the
General Assembly did secretly look upon
this rogue with disgust; howbeit they did
submit to his domination.
10. But tho few gool and true men who
were permitted to remain in the Gcneinl
Assembly did openly denounce the rogue as
a pitiful usurper, and a most outrageous
humbug.
12. But the rogue Phatty heeded not
the denunciations of the few good and true
men, for his soul was already dead to tho
respect of an honest man.
13. And the poor miserable fool did sit
upon his throne, within the General Assem
bly, with all the pomposity of a King him
self, and the huge rotundity of his breeches
swelled out until even the fools and thieves
of the General Assembly were afraid that
he would burst.
14. And because of this fear they went
to their master, the King, and besought
him that he would remove this Phat rogne
from tneir midst.
15. For, said they, if he remains any
longer set above us, he will surely burst,
and then who among us would be able to
stem the deluge that would flood the
room.
1G. And then did the King h-arken un
to this sayiug of his fools and thieves, see
ing that the King had also perceived the
enormous inflation of the rogue’s reeking
hide.
17. And so the King, in order that his
fools and thieves might not bo endangered
by the explosion, for thought the King if
these fools and thieves were peralventure
to be swept from the face of the earth,
where could their like be found again, did
remove the rogue Phatty from being chief
orer the fools and thieves of the General
Assembly.
IS And after tho King had removed the
rogue from being the chief over the fools
and thievc3 (to the end that he might not
burst iu the fulness of his pride) then did
the King appoint him to a place upon the
people’s highway, that he might share the
rich spoils of the same with the King’s
chief servant, Foster, who was also a
Blodgett.
19. And well was it for the fools and
thieves of the General Assembly that the
rogue was removed, for be would have sure
ly burst, and they would all have perished
in the filth of his explosion.
20. But for the people of the laud of
Georgia it was a bad thing that
he was removed, for then would the people
of the land of Georgia have beeu relieved
of a most grievous burtheu.
21. And after the King had removed the
rogue Phatty, who was also called Drum
Head Harris, from bung chief of the
Gcueial Assembly, then did the fools and
thieves of the Gcnerel Assembly elect for
themselves a ruler—. ach House a ruler for
itself.
22. And the fools and thieves of the
Senate did cast lots among themselves for
the greatest, rogue among them that the
same might bo made to preside over the
Senate.
23. Aud when the lots had all been cast
aod the same counted, then it was found
that a certain fool and thief named Conley,
a Benjaminitc, had been selected as the
greatest rogue and fool among them.
24. And straightway was this rogue ap
pointed to be President over tho fools and
and thieves of the Senate.
25. And the same was also a most infa
mous rogue and-fool, and he was also a liar
beside.
2G. Aud yet, with all his roguery, and
his ignorance, and his perfidy, he was a
more decent rogue than Harris, the Phatty.
27. And tbe fools and thieves of the
House did likewise cast lots among them
selves for a rogue to preside over their
body.
23. And after each fool and thief had
cast lx's lot for the greatest rogue among
them, and the same had been counted, it
came to pass that a certain famous rogue,
whose name was McWhorter, had beeu"sc-
lected as (he greatest rogue of all of them.
29. And straightway was he also made
Speaker of the House, and be did preside
over tlies’iue.
30. And albeit this roeue McWhorter,
was also a most eonsumato rogue aod fool,
yet was be not such a despicable rogue as
was the rogue Harris, who was also called
Drum Head.
31 And it came to pass that after the
fools aud thieves of the General Assembly
had made an end of their organization, and
eaoh House had selected its greatest rogne
to preside oxer it, that they sent a message
unto tLc King, asking the King what they
shonld do to please the King.
32. And the King returned an answer
unto them saying, “Ye m st develop onr
resources.
33. And this answer of the King did
please the fools and thieves of the General
Assembly, for they thought by that that the
King meant that they .rn.nst steal the poo;
pie’s money.
35. And straightway did the fools and
thieves of the General Assembly set about
developing the resource-- of the land of
Georgia.
- 35. An 1 straightway too' did the- lai
Georgia become filled with lean and hungry
adventurers from the land of Yankeedom
each having a carpet-bag filled with re
sources to bo developed.
3G. And among these rdventnrers was a
certaiu one named Kimball,-whose ideas of
development were so superlunary that he
was surnamed the H. I.
36. And there came with him another
developer whose name was Rice, and his
carpet-bag was also filled with resources.
37. And alsi another long, lean and.lank
carpetbagger, whose name was Avery, and
he wa3 also a developed
38. And it occurred to these develop* rs
that the Lest way to develop their i esourccs
was by building railroads.
39. And straightway they began to spy
ont the land, that they mi ht find easy
places to build railroad.-.
ROME LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION.
This laudable enterprise, which promises
so much usefulness to our city has beeu or
ganized upou a permanent basis. Its new
and elegant building has been completed
and its managers propose to dedicate it by
a scries of entertainments, upon the 28th
iust.
The following circular will give the pro
grame; to which we add eur assurance that
the affair will be a grand success.
Rome, Ga. April 12th, 1S71.
The Rome Library and Historical Asso
ciation having been organized under the
most favorable auspices—having erected a
suitable building, planned especially with a
view to the comfort and convenience of the
visitors and members—and having made
preparations for a grand opening oa the
28th of this month, have decided upon the
following programme:
First—Steamboat Excursion.
By~the kindness of Capt. Elliott, re are
authorized to announce that the Steamer
Etowah will leave her wtarf at Roaic on
Friday the 28th, at 2 o’clock, P. M, for an
Excursion down the Coosa River, and re
turn at G o’clock, P. M. Everything nec
essary tosecure the comfort and pleasure of
the passengers will be provided.
Second— Lecture at City Hall.
By Rev. J. Watkins Hicks.
At 7} o’clock, P. M , this distinguished
Orator and Divine will deliver at the City
Hall his eloquent and sool-stirriug Lecture
upon the “Great Virginian.”
Third—A Supper,
worthy of the occasion, prepared and pre
sided over by the ladies of Rome and vicin
ity, will be provided on the first floor of
the Library Bnilding. All the substan
tial aud Luxnries that the Season affords
will be provided for the guests- After the
sapper, those who desire, will have oppor
tunity to take part in such other proper
amusements as may please them. Good
music will be furnished for the occasion.
Committee of Arrangements.
Commilteee of Preparation.—Rome.
First Ward.—Mrs D S Printnp, Mrs
D M Hood, Mrs M A Nevin, Mrs H C
Norton ,.Mrs. J E Veal, Mrs J H Coleman,
Mrs H M Anderson, Mrs T G Watters,
Mrs R T Hoyt, Miss M E Bass.
Second Ward.—Mrs N J Bayard, Sirs
Wm. Ketcham, Mrs Geo. E Maguire. Mrs
C H Smith, Mrs J C Rawlings, Mrs W T
Mapp, Mrs P M Sheibley, Mrs J M Ell
iott, Mrs John Noble, Miss Mary Noble.
Third Ward.—Mrs. R Battey, Mrs A
G Pitner, Mrs J J Cohen, Mrs H D Aus
tin, Mrs E C Hough, Mrs S Duulap, Mrs
J A Stansbury, Mrs Dr Hillyer, Mrs A
Griffith, Miss Rosa Bowie.
Vicinity of Rome-—Mrs C W Spronll,
Mrs A Shorter, Mrs Dr S P Smith, Mrs
W D Elam, Mrs A R Wright, Mrs C I
Graves, Mrs F Pence, Mrs C O Stillwell,
Mrs J R Towers, Mrs W A Fort, Mrs S
Mobley, Mrs Dr Carswell, Mrs John Black,
Mrs James Blount, Mrs F M Jeffreys, Mrs
Col Whitmore, Mrs R D Harvey, Mrs J B
Sullivan, Miss Julia Mills, Miss Antoin
ette Bryant.
The British Quarterly Revie k.—
This splendid Quarterly tikes tbe place of
the North British Review, in Leonard
Scott’s republieatiou of British periodicals.
The CV No Jan, 1871, is before us, aud
wo are delighted with its contents.
The initial article, “The American
Press,” is peculiarly interesting to us, as
containing much interesting gossip about
American newspapers, as well as useful sug
gestions by which almost any editor might
profit;
In addi’iou to this, we have the following
table of contents: “Royal Commission on
International Coinage,” “The Malmesbury
Papers,” “The Explorations in Palestine,”
“The Early Sieges of Paris,” “The Estab
lished Church in Wales,” “The Greek
New Testament of Dr. Tregelles.” “The
War of 1870,” Contemporary Literature. 1
We caunot too often commend the ex
cellent series republished by Leonard Scott
& Go. to our readers.
[For the Rome Courier.
A RIDDLE FOR THE LITTLE F&LKS.
God made Adam oat of dust,
Bat thoaght it best to make me fiat*
So T WS3 mode before man,
To answer bis most holy plan.
My body he did make complete,
Bat without either hands or feet—
My ways and actions did control;
Yet I was msde without a soul.
A living being I became,
And Adam first gave me a name;
Then from his presence I withdrew,
And more of Adam never knew.
I did my Maker's laws obey,
From them I never wont astray;
Thousands of miles I ran in fear,
And seldom on the earth appear.
Bat God in me some power did see,
. And pat a living soul in me;
A soul from mo my God did claim,
And took from me that soul again.
And when from me that soul had tied,
I was the same as whoa first made, .
And without hands, or feet, or soul,
I travel now from pole to pole.
I labor bard both day and night,
To fallen man I give much light;
Thousands of people, young and old,
Will by my death great light behold.
No feat of death doth trouble me.
For happiness I cannot see;
To Heaven I shall rever go,
Or to the grave, or bell below.
The Holy Scriptures you believe.
But true or fills! I can’t conceive.
Although my name is in them found,
It is to mo an empty sound.
If the little folks can’t find out the riddle, let
them read carefully the 12th Chapter of Mathew.
[Communicated.
Iu justice to the Pastors of the several
colored churches iu this city, I will state
that the Rev. Jeff Milker of Cartersville is
the pastor I had refereuco to in your last
issue. He is the pastor of the Baptist
church in this city, and there is no mistake
about his sending around two hats, and
calliug one the church and the other the
World aud sending the church to the
members only, and the other to the non-
professors. And he claiming all that is
thrown into the World independent of what
the church agrees to pay him. He has
managed to make the members believe that
the members of a church most pay their
pastor without -the help of sinners, and
what the sinners gives belongs to de lord,
and not to the church, and must be taken
charge of by the pastor so as to keep the
money matters from being mixed up.
Don. Mr. McDoucal, of Colnmbns, arriv
ed in our city yesterday. He visits us in the
interest of the North and South Railroad, his
immediate object jeing to raise funds for the
survey of the road. Columbus, we under
stand has subscribed $2,009, and La Grange
$500. We trust that our City will do her
part as xt ell.
Californians report that many of their
small birds have been shot or poisoned, and
that, seemingly, as a conseq xence, many
kinds of insects, before unknown and tin-
observed, have-abounded in the opqst • val
leys, and have done much injury in the
gardens, vineyards, and-grain fields.
Mrs. Annie Breed, of Norwich, Conn.,
died a few days since, and left $30,000 to a
faithful servant. Ahby Nilkey, fyr twenty
years of devotion! The domestic was so
delighted with the legacy that she actual-,
ly died of excess of happiness in less than
two weeks. . : \
FOSTER BLODGETT AND JUDGE
LOCI1RANE.
In the desperation of his exgerness to
usurp a place in the United States Senate,
the-dcspicable scoundrel, perjurer and State
Road swirdler, Foster Blodgett, has appeal
ed to Judge Lochranc, his former attorney
in the perjury case, to vindicate his char
acter, an I to speak a word in his behalf.—
Descending from the high position to which
he has been, by tbe accident of the times,
elevated, Judge Lochrane thus d .'benches
the truth of his own character, and pros
titutes the integrity of his office, to become
tbe apologist of a man whom tbe press and
the people or Georgia have with an almost
perfect unanimity, adjudged to be a scoun
drel aud a liar.
Here is the Judge’s letter. It shows
bow evil communications will corrupt
morality:
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 15,1871.
Dear Sir : Having seen by some news
paper correspondence the character of Hon,
Foster Blodgett, United States Senate-
elect, brought iu question, and my atten
tion having been called to this matter by
Mr. Blodgett, 1 feel it due to him to state
that all the enmities against him have re
sulted from his political position, and the
prosecution arising ont of this by parties
in the United States Court. Mr. Blodgett
employed me as his attorney, in connection
with Hon. H. R. Jackson, of Savannah,
and onr letter to the honorable Attorney
General on the facts demonstrates on- opin
ion as to theinjnstice of this prosecution.
As his attorney, I forced the case to tri
al, and felt assured of a clear aud trium
phant acquittal on the facts, which took
place last conrt upon the total failure of the
United States Attorney to make ont the
case,.and it would be manifestly unjust for
tbe government to permit snch a prosecu
tion so instituted, and the license it gave to
newspapers and their correspondents to
abuse and slander Mr. Blodgett, to be used
prejudicially to his character as a gentle
man.
His misfortane lay iu tbe fact that lie
was the friend of reconstruction, when that
policy and every one connected with it
were the objects of such abuse and villifi-
cation as has seldom been known iu any of
our previous histo-y of political struggles.
Had Mr. Blodgett taken the nopular side
in the controversy he vould have remained
in his private character uaassailcd; and as
the provocation was in his political opiaions
adversely thereto, I have always expressed
the injustice of weighing such a newspa
per diatribes against him as not only calum-
nius in themselves, hot uDjust to his char
acter as a gentleman.
I have not agreed with Mr. Blodgett en
tirely, or with the party he has been so con
spicuous a member of; but I have had the
strongest testimony of how unscrupulous
and unjast the newspapers have been to
those who dared a difference of political
opinion. Ontside this barbarous prosecu
tion, commenced in prejudice and ending
in acquittal, Mr. Bio Igett’s character stands
as high as any man’s, his friends are nu
merous aod potential in this State, and my
conviction of his entire innocence is found
ed on tbe positive evidence examined by
myself as his counsel in this caso.
I have nothing to do with his aspirations
to the Senate, but common truth aud jus
tice demand at my hands this tribute to his
innocence and personal character.
Respectfully,
O. A. Lochrane.
And bow who will apologize for Judge
Lochrane, for after this endorsement of the
perjarer, be mast stand before the ptople
in the same light.
Joshua Hill thus shows him (Judge
Lochrtne) up in the Senate :
Mr. President, I have the pleasure of
knowing Judge Lochraue very familiarly.
He is my personal friend, and the personal
friend of everybody else that ever I saw.
I will say that for him. I have never seen
a man that Judge Lochrane was not a friend
of, nor I never expeet to see one, nor to see
one who is not tho friend of Judge Loch
rane, as I am myself. Be is a man who
provokes no animosities in tbe world. Yon
cannot make one with him. Ho will not
have it. He will not allow yon to do it.—
Hois now enjoying tbe otium cum digrdiate
of the Supreme Bench. He is Chief Jus
tice. of Georgia, by appointment of the
Governor. He is a fortunate man. He
the Democratic nominee 'for Congress in
1868, and was defeated—I never heard of
his changing his opinions—and is now, by
the appointment of His Exoellenoy, Rufus
B Bullock, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Conrt of Georgia. So mneh for that.
He was the intimate friend, to my knowl
edge, after two days’ acquaintance of Sir
Frederick Brnoe, with whom he dined in
this city, by invitation, and one of the
guests informed me on that- occasion they
had twenty one different sorts of wire on
the table. He miked into the dinner ta
ble with Lady Elgin on his arm, and now
he has a little boy, four years of age, nam
ed in honor of the event, Elgin -Lochrane.
[Laughter.] I dismiss that.
lochrane’s innocent and persecuted
Man’s case as stated from record.
“The defendant was arraigned iu the
court and through his counsel, O. A.
Lochrane, Esq., answered to the indictment
by the plea of not guilty. Tho United
States, by District Attorney Pope, offered
in evidence a certified copy of the oath
which the said Fcsicr Blodgett had taken
as postmaster at Augusta, said certified
copy of said oath being tlic oath aduiinis
tered to appointees of the postoffice depart
meat of tbe United States, and in the fol
lowing words to-wit:
[Here follow the words ot the oath.]
“The counsel of the defoudant moved to
qnash the indictment, and sustained his
motion by arguing that,' under the statute
laws of the United States, a certified eo; v
was not admissable as evidence on a crimi
nal indictment, but only the crigioal paper
which the prironer subscribed should be
taken in evidence.
“The Distriei- Attorney stated in his
place that the original'papcr had been ab-
stractedTrom the files of the conrt and
conld not be placed in evidence; he stated
farther that there was abundant collateral
evidence to support the indictment, which
was at his command. The coart moved
that in the absence of the original oath
which the prisoner had subscribed, a corti
fied copy of the same was not admissible as
evidcocc ou a criminal indictment, and the
indictment was quashed. The prisoner rs
caped conviction therefore, ou a mere tech
nicality of tbe law, -and uot from a defence
on the merits of his case.
“TIIE WEESMA’ HOURS AYONT THE
TtVAL.”
“Foil many a gem of purest ray serene
Tbe dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.’
I said that I had a statement of the
United States vs Blodgett,’“Hon'. Justice
Woods and Judge Erskino. presiding. This
was the case of the United: States vs. Fos^
tor Blodgett, before the Circuit Court of
the United States for tbe Southern District
of Georgia, and I ask legal gentlemen to
pay so me attention to tbe points made here,
and I think legal- minds will criticise tho
decision that was made iu the case :
•This case, on the criminal docket of said
No. VI.
TIRE—30, A. If.
Present—Mr. O'Riley, Wilhelm Von
Speigle, Mr. Wrecker aud OI 1 Grizzly
O. G.—How art the mighty fallen. It is
pitiable to see it, and. mv- very soul feels
shoeked at the spectacle.
Mr. O’R.—What in ihc world is the
matter. I bav’nt seen you look so ugly in
a long time. Was it that soar buttermilk
for supper that did it ?
O. G.—Worse than tour buttermilk,
have had my iaith in female excellence
sinred, and to Jose faith in female excel
lence is to lose all faith in humanity; for
what in this world is lovely, pure and good,
if it cannot be found iu woman ? and yet
here wo have a woman—a woman too whom
I had esteemed almost beyond any other
for her womanly qualities—my belle ideal
of a perfect woman, deliberately plunging
fromjber high estate and hand in hand with
a blobber-lipped negro fellow, turning sum
mcrsaults in the filthy slime of a political
arena.
Mr. W.—What is this abont 7 whp is the
frail fair one that yon are thus severe upou?
O. G.—If it were not too serious—too
shameful to trifle with, I would ask yon to
guess who, but it is a matter too painfully
serious to be approached lightly, and I will
answer not in anger, but in sorrow. It is
Mrs. Emma D. E. N. South worth. Her
whose name has become a household word in
every Southern home, and whose writings
have been the delight of every pleasant
reader.
Mr. W.—Mrs. Sonthworth. It canoot
be that she has fallen so low as to consort
with negroes and to wallow in politics.
Mr. O’R.—Not Mrs. Sonthworth, surely.
I have just finished reading her “Cruel -is
the Grave,” and—
O. G.—Astounding as it may seem, it is
true—or, at least I have the New York
Herald for authority.
V. S.—Not always reliable, aud when
the fair fame of a lady is concerned, it is
never true.
O. G.—The circumstances are detailed
with a minuteness that gives room for but
little doubt.
Mr. W.—But what has she dene.
O. G.—I will read the paper itself.
Old Grizzly, reads ;
“At the registration of the voters of the-
District ot Colombia, which was in progress
to-day at the City Hall, a party of eight wo
men, accompanied by Fred Douglass, appear
ed and presented tbe following to the judges
of the registration:
We, the undersigned citizens of Washing
ton, D. C., believing it to be our solemn du
ty, a part ot the allegiance we owe to our
Maker, to our country and to our homes, to
exercise the right of tbe elective franchise,
hereby earnestly petition that our names be
registered as qualified veters in our several
districts.
The memorial was signed by sixty-four wo
men, forty-six of whom are married, and
eighteen rejoice in single blessedness, while
two of the former are colored. Prominent
among the signers, appeared the names of
the petition read, said that on • behalf of
Board they could not indulge in tho agrees-,
hlq duty of complying with their
They were9^ “ ■"«•
names of r
would net J
titioners desire
This
women,
their names,i
crowd wasjgg? great that it was impossible fo:
them to get near the tables, a-d so the assis
tance of the police wa3 invoked to clear the
way for the persistent aspirants for suffrage.
Each woman then made application at the
registering places of their districts, and they
were ia turn politely informed by the judges
that-tbev jvgre not authorized to register the
names of women.
Some of the women took c evasion to deliv*
in reply, quoted the law as their only argu
ment against their claim. The women,' hav
ing gone through the ordeal of a format ilc
nial of their rights of citizenship under the
fifteenth amendment, retired from tho build
ing, resolved, no doubt, to repeat the effort at
the next registration ”
Mr O’R —Shameful shameful; and yoa
say that Mrs. Southwortb, the author of
“The. Discarded Dauglter,” was in the
mob of Beldames ?
O. G.—Was identified witu it, at any
rale, if not au active participant.
V,S.-—How I wish the Muse was here,
that he might turn louse his satcqstn upc-n
her.,,. .... ; . '
.0. G —Itjs ind cd a fit subject, for. the
ketu edge of hi*.cutting wit, but the sub
ject approaches too nearly - that of. politics
si interdicted by fhe laws of the Mcdes and
Persians, to be further discussed. . We mus 1
change .it, gentlem o, and an easy, tians
ition we have ia the story <4 Mortoa
House, now publishing in Appleton’s Jour
nal. Its author is a true Southern woman
and we can Lut feel proud of her
V. S.—Who is this Christian Reid?
O. G.—To the public she is Christian
RciiL.Ipifc to her Southern home aud hearts
she is Frapecs Fisher. Iler first work
Valeria Ayeimer.liasjmade the name of
Christian Red a pleasing sound’ to every
social board, and tho prestige Will not be
lessened by the association of Morton Bouse
M. W.—I venture that she will never
debase htr’woman’s nature by elbowing her
way to a registry stand.
Mr. O’R.—Unless her womanhood be
comes warped by a prolonged and irremedi
able maidenhood; in which event,' there
can be no accounting fori her.
V.S.—Or thx purity of her woman’s
heart becomes tainted with the balefcl polu-
tionof Northern Free Love ideas, which I
greatly snspett is at the bottom of the
strong minded woman's rights movement..
0. G.—I quite agree with your estimate
of the Free Lave tendencies It is either
those who never-love' at all, or eisc love
unwisely, who are clamor ms for woman’s
rights. Nu true wife, no true mother would
jeopardize tbe sanctity of her loving borne
for the impurity and deceitful honors of
political preferment. She is mistress of
the household, and unless she relinquishes
her dominion over that, she may never ex
pect to hold sway at the hustings/ Tb
pleasing aits tha ! make her the queen of
hearts will unfit her for the rude and rough
ba'tle of polities; and the surprise is, that
such a woman as Mrs—-Southwortb should
so fatally err iu thinking otherwise." I can
well believe that our newly risen “star” will
never pale the light of her woman’s snul
beneath the recking vapors of a political
pot house.
Speech of (Hon. P. M. R. Young.—
R r c are indebted to the author for a copy
of his speech, delivered in the House cf
Representatives up in the Ku Klux Bill.
o have read it with pride aud pleasure,
and only regret that wo h .ve not, space to-,
day to lay it before, our readers. We shall
try and do so in a few days.'
Mrs. Sara J. Lippincott, Grace Greenwood,
Mrs. E. D. N. Southwortb, Mrs. Josephine S
Grilling, Mrs. A. G. Riddle and Dr. Morv E.
Walker.”
Mr. W.—What a motly crew. Frc-d
Dong’ass, Graco Greenwood, and Dr. Mary
Walker. You may say truly , how art the
mighty fallen.
Mr. O’R.—Of Grace Greenwood one
conld not have expected any better.
O.G.—But from Mrs. Sara Lippincott,
and Mis. Sonthworth one would have nev
er dreamed snob a disgrace.
V. S.—So much for evil associations.—
Tbe very air of Washington is pointed
with dishonor, and an angel could hardly
breath it a term of years without catching
the contagion.
Mr. W.—Sue Pettigru King became a
victim to its infection, and left lower than
Lucifer by marrying the cadet swindler,
bigamist and carpet-bagger. Buweu.
0. G.—For her there may be i possible
“One joint moat still be greatly dark
Tile reason why they da it”
And unless one conld suppose, a .change
of cases with that unfortunate lady,.. apd
A queer 61 ii work before us entitled
“The Old irahdre'd Years Almanac, advi
ses its readers to lay in a good store of
grain as it will be su'cc'eued by three years
of scarcity and high prices. Whether this
prediction is worth anything dr not the ad
vice is good, as the country should have a
good supply' ol grain ou hand.
Crops are tiyivifpr jever promised Set
tci at this season of the year.
OUK NOVEL.
SEJ1ENT. -Being driven by the
by,, but reckless spirit > f com-
d rivalry which it so rnmpmtin
paper wo Id and which, -though
d uroveUiij as a mole; is yet as
is gruhhiug along t-eem-tigly
lent only upon tearing up the ground, care
lew if nt/Toads to a flower ban' or a dung
hill, we have decided it last, ia order not
to he outdone iu enterprise, that we will, in
addition tOjMr. Riley’s inimitable iji.ro
c!es. and the Ambrosial Wvc Sun,’ II -d
el—ye*, a novel—otir novel, wiiidi. thoti;
could have writfrn, is nevertheless a siinoa
pure, genuine, smile and fancy aov d. We
offerel no prize fo-' it, Lut fo all tint,
shaft be as go alias*if'"written express y for
the Bungfowo Gazette premium itself. W
shal- uot tell v.ho wrote onr m.vel. be -anse
tbe writer, reserves that tt.'-u.: :
ncuacament for hisu.ru special idea-u-e, :>y
way of a finale, when he h:i|-'s that tb
terest he has inspired in the work will
cite a livelier ioterestiij^hi- ban-e »!•.
name if pre annotinee i »-i J; i itu-piru i*-
work.
Thiaaouoh ur, rather-: this -ituic, i
suffice,lor our preface,' u#i jid-vV,v»« cerrmo
nit-mc Login. ..ax;
OUR. NtkVSjLl^
cfiAP. r
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W ■ AdUii - istr ator’s Sale.
MI DDL ETON VI UGGLETtlT: - AND
Dl.ETON MDOGLBTON
Mr: Middleton 1 MugglefOB, without W
ing particularly a ge.sins, wasyet far from
being an ordinary mau He possessed
quick wit and a lively fancy. Subluoa
affairs were unworthy 1 is serious consider
ation. AH his thoughts were superlunary.
His fancy held commune with the stars,
and the music in his soul was attuned
the melody of the spheres.. If he spoke
a common mortal, ot course that mortal
was first sublimated by the subtle alchemy
of his imagination into a more than m:
If the cravings of a mortal hunger would
bow his appetite to sweet potatoes and but
termilk, his celestial fancy was. ever ready
with its fairy wand, and bad but to. touch
them, and lb they became apples of Hespe
rus, floating in bumpers of Arcadiin nec
tar. He moved in an atmosphere pecul
iarly his own,-and when the harsh touch
an unappreciative world x grated upon his
sensibilities, he drew himself back into the
individanlity'of his own imagination, and
became as impervious to its'slights as a Hard
shell turtle when shat in the isolation
his armor.
It is a pleasant thing tee, this rare fac
ulty of pluming the wings of one’s fancy
to rise above the annoyances of every day
life. It is so convenient when a disagreea
ble neighbor bores one with importnnities
xuay be for the last quarter’s bill—I
shut one’s eye to his visible presence,, and
turn iu one’s fancy to bowers of laurel and
streams of chrystal. Middleton Muggleton
possessed this rare faculty to perfection, and
it was a constant recourse from the little
ills that were sure to.beset his life as well as
the lives of all others.
Middleton Muggleton,, rich as he xvas in'
his' imaginative resources, was still riCher
in the ptissefsibn'of a sympathetic'-'partner
in all his joys, tcrrestial, etherial and 1 celes
tiaL Sympathetic will hardly express the
close affinity that unites the hearts,. souls
and bodies of the happy couple : Mr. Mid
dleton Muggleton and Sirs. Middleton Mug
gleton. Indeed, such a perfect harmony
pervaded their sentiments that there :re-
mains not the shadow of a doubt in onr
minds that in the infinitude of eternity, the
picsent of to-day being the present of- the
creation, it was the happy creation and
harmonious blending of their natures that
caused the morning stars to blend their,
yoiccs so sweetly together, in the primal
morning songri If ..Middleton Muggleton
was'upon thfc'earth; there too was Mis'Mid
dleton Muggleton, ready to catfeh his fain,
test 8igh,.or to reflect his dimmest smile.
If ho monntod upon the. wings Of bis fan
cy, and soared to the regions of Btmcomb
■Mrs. Middleton Mugglet n ’was” ready te
soar upon wings as light and soul as free
If the shadow of sorrow darkened’the
placid brow of Middleton Muggleton
straightway the.sweetness of Mrs. Mid”
i:j-’fi r JIuggleton’s countenance dropped
iragrance of itrsererify, and became bitter
as the unstirred waters of-Mariatr. •Surely
in them the ideal, ooinesu oi-the poet’s
GOVENOR ALCORN AND.UE^./AAIES.
. _ Qur readers all kiiow how ti e Mississip
pi satrap . Ames used the power of his
federal bayonets to.havc,himself elected to -edmy hand
the United States Senate, and-sigued the
certificate of his election himself.
This disgraceful and dishonorable redac
tion into office has been followed np with his
characteristic meanness of action, and the
■jserper never lets ah opportunity slip for.
stabing tbe people he thus thrust himself
upon.
With all the meanness of his Own’little
soul, and what little sense hiis old coekeyed .faJatiy..whispered, “esk
spoon-thief father-in law- - Batter pumped I * Aud" thus . Mr.
dream was realize 1, and within and between „ Pnnrr , ,, - .. _
themselves they -were happy. . - * ’ T® 7-
'now Middfetdn Muggleton wooe) and
won his mate is thusbriefly stated by' him
self r x •.£*.*;
| PHBl^Hdors thu people SuSetou'^feaS'I
-of Mississippi re the Senate,-and by a craf- hand; -gentewnaiy
■ty show of I'ricndlv fun,iliarity hc tampers »ave-uc lier daslio“ Arabella. '
vnththe-'ig,*** prejndfces uF-AS^egru ^ Aliddietm, xvas, -in spite
creatures of the 4*«&iftfH£^4!aturic. ’ 'O-s h DC J sufficiently H
fares the following nutige of this shoulder- igally well to.l»cafc>;jh« forowidfcthe fstl.
strap- d. solou: . , .j B4 > :; , A
Senator Ames has writtea a characters- al of a
ie letter to C. F Norris, a colored member bis material comfort beyond the continued*
o^th'c Mississippi Legislature, in which he cj'of
says that “it seems to me were I Governor raw^
now, with the'power Alcfen s&ys-ho has, I mamd&antp w*BVmdyiMi ilMpiHffitfcp
sbi!ty-'of a . The union.of two such congenial natures
rate*
great sih in acting as he toes.MM
no sympathy with one who gares powdri Ur Slru ’Mlddtetofi MoggWtoo,
feel all the bitterness of .heart aag'iish, the favor with the Democracy, as he does; at
otbaurfise than result in the multiplicity c
fiery struggles with -poverty, with pride,
with false friends, with hearties; scandal,
that she may have felt, one could uot ad
judge her act to be a sin rather than a mis.
fortune; but- tor Mrs. Lippincott, and Mrs.
Sonthworth, there can be no excuse, unless
it bo indeed as Wilhelm sflggeefarthe poi
sonous influence of theWashingtia air.—
For snch women to deliberately put aside
the delicacy of the womanly character, and
under che lead of an impudent negro,: force
themselves before the hooting public;' prop
er objects of tho obscene jest ani j-dr3 of
an election mob, is to destroy our faith in
the virtue and intelligence ol woma
Mr. O’R-—But what come of jt ?
0. G.—r will read further from the Her
ald’s account of the disgrace r u! affair.
0- G. reads :
“Tho announcement that tlic advocates of
female suffrage would present their petition
to the Board of Registration, and claim the
right to have their names duly registered on ,; 3 a ,- cn 0 c i, (c
the list of the district in which they reside,
created a good deal of amusement about the
court tmmeou for trial at said term on a “e “build-
true bill ftom tbe grand jniy of said-court, to Witness the presentation of their
.V. _.- v.-,.— vpith the names.
I The Chairman of the Board having lica:4
said Foster
crime of perjury.
these of
I first met Mrs. Middleton Muggleton at
a party. The guardian anglej?f jny desti
ny gave her to me as a partner. She dan-
ec3 bewitehingly. In the delicious mazes
Of the quadrille Her little kitty paw "touch-
I felt a strangle sensation in
the region of the left nipple, I. gently
squeezed her hand—she returned the pres
sure. An electric current of bliss thrilled
my senses, and my soul was suffused with
the music of love, like the tr-tioabulxtion
of fairy belfo-iu a baby's dicam. .1 inclin
ed my . head to iuhcle the dcl'miqua per-
fume' of her ' swan white neck. A rosy
■lldsh, chaste eff’-pirihg of maiden coyness
aod womanly blits-lit tp-its pearly-white
ness: .-. S iuolined still ’ uearer-i-end- -she
ttie price of the blood of his friends” , similar though su^ero?e% ugfaljtal&f
I When Alcorn goes ta-tbe Senate he will -grapes ^.Opthefruitful vine, bf ~wm j
doubtless make that'Gbamher exceedingly their innocence an.
disagreeable to the ex-shouH^topj^ Hness the
vindictive simpleton, who corruptly used clustered around 4ho family vino or Miu-
his power of the hayonet to elevate himself dleton Mugglstoung household—ea
to a petition which ■*e disgraees,' and 1 from iag to the doating Mr aod Mrs JI,
whieh; position ii bo Bbelsssud lealuminates Muggleton a joy, the like of, which tl
the people whose itur fatpc god interest it dcelarS’d Yas never befpfe known. , J ,
is his duty to protect. .. . . And hot the ■leaetTar’tfferie'jOJs'tiksthe
y ^ ; ' i one of displaying his sMtimcntal 'and-elas-
Th; weather yesterday was worm and Si6aLtasto4».tbeselaction.of“" v
pleasant,Tn'thO eVening quite a imi 1k breeze
sprung up, while the watery -looking clouds
threatened rain, vzs M ri c > [
L Rev ’ K ^’ W ’ ^^^^^Ufo4oddkf>wh(>ofherQwnsweet.self would
firmed in Christ’s Church, ffiSTjEof Mr Mid-
*>u. shortly dleton Muggleton and Mrs Middleton Mug-
gleton that she was an angel, who found
ed to the charge of a Congregation. ' Mr. “ 0,T " tu
mm*** * h raaaSisfflSSs-
Mfin the course of “cur Novel” it is
found that our hearts arc drawn more kind
ly towards Tittle Viola than the other little
•Mtggletons it must not be wondered at or
her winsome beauty and cunning arts are
1 so far above them all, that our fancies will
hot submit to our wills, and unwittingly
we are drawn into the'partiality-
JONES & ALLM AN
106 Empire Block,
Da.MD.ETREEr, ROME, 0*^
ir»vc twMftif tacir
SPRING & SBBHER Goons
Goods and P r ; ces
W« expoet to sati«fy ,11 readable ,
ally Cherokee, n*w Dawson coualr ’° f
10 ceres. Tnur - ur leu, wiW laS*a3u*‘ llill l
propertv o. r :u-.- *-3iate of R. if.
c!, ihr distnbutioa. Terms cash ^
aprll’Jl. X WCKE ^0K. idar
NOTICE.
; Jzi$^, n 9 tca account* due the Ui.
Waisworth 4 Co., Wadsworth 4
Pinkus4Phnii P sarein
lism
collection.' Parties interested will ,, td,f ”
on ns and make payment on or befcr? «“ ° ! '
1871, otherwise their nates will lo nlavir* ,5t ’
hands of collecting officers P ac ^ ,a «*
apr20txv-w2w. A ' L ' EXASI,EP - 4 WEIGHT.
s.w. atixe*. laos.xr.noiro.
BLANCE, DODD & KING
ATTORNEYS AT LaV
OFFICE AT ’
N, C l.
Will give prompt attention to any
entrusted lo them. aprIS-tw5t-,:t
GROCERIES,
Provisions, Confectioneries,
TOBACCO, SNUFF,
SNUFF, CIGARS, PIPES, NOTIONS, ETC
th^.^t |& of *—****
Well Selected Stock
of the abore Goods. We hare a large rarielr
of Notions, Genuine 1
MEERSCHAUM PIPES, &c.
All of which will be sold CHEAP FOR CASH
"r in exchange for country produce. ’
J. D. & J. B. CARVER.
Borne Ga., AprlS’TIw.
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GCnE-Public are respectfully informed that by
calling at HURT'S Gallery, No 39, Broad Stmt,
Borne, Go., (the Sloan building^, they may pro
cure, for themselve3 and families, tbe largest
number of Pictures .ever offered for so little mon
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of sitting, without having to take any risk u to
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yon will not be required to order them finished.
LIST OP PRICES.
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GEORGIA, Floyd.County, .
Jesse P.’Ayers, administrator
of James Farris, deceased, applies to me for let*
1;e« of dismission from said estate.
■ These are therefore' to cite and admoaish ill
and singular the kindred and creditors of said
1 dtvo:’..sed, to be and appear at my offied within
tbo time prescribed by law, to show cawe, if any
exikt, why said letters should hot be granted.
Given under my hand and official ngaattre,
this 20th day ot April, 1871-.
H. J. JOHNSON, Ordiniry.
apr20w90d
1 A LL persons having demands against the«*
X -Ute of James H. Colqoit, deceased, late of aid
county, are hereby notified and required to pre-
sent tnem, properly attested, to the undersigcoi
within the time? prescribed by law* and all per
sons indebted to said deceased, are hereby reqrnr-
ed to make Immediate payment to the nadir*
signed, this April 11,1871.
SAMUEL'JOHNSTON, Ado.
aprUMOd :
Election Notice.
— Y virtue of authority vested in in* j>y Ex
ecutive order issued by his Excellency,
lock. ' Governor, I do order an election ia he
on;Wednesday, the 31st day of May next,it ^
Courf House, and the several election precroeu
in the county ofTl* yd, under tbe election U»*i
as prescribed..in the Code of Georgia, iofinttt
vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. H-A
Gartrell— this April 11,1871.
H. J. JOHNSON, Ordinary-
: 'iprl3twlfcwtd
SlXT
made to the
Leave to Sell.
will l*
[onora'ule Ordinary df FtoydjM^
Y <lay» after date application
H« * “
aprl3
GEORGIA.'Dade. County.
from Ihoertate Kiliion, tote of <*•
to'e.te tnd
the kindred and friends ot*"
“• enure whjrJWtw
. be grant'd raid -rP 1 ^
"“nX* ^W« y d ; Xirt ***
this March 6th, WM
mar.9w3m'
•ibed by law. __
ind and official
X C. TAYLOR, OrdimuT-
PRO CtflA; Write- Comity.
letters of dismi® 1011
irie^^redendoffiett.^
:ORaiA, D*fde County.
IrtaMraftltit BeefctH'rrn^'^
ttustifewaegsg
valuation of homestead, and I ipril
TAYLOR, OrdioWT-
E
GEGRGIA, Dade-Coonty. *
_ ! t e o f ?hi ea riafa S efte» 0, »'V e
*£nty, deceased, AdW
marfitd - ■ - -* ' " ——’
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