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FRIDAY MORNING, Apr. 28.
THE APPROACHING COUNTY CON
VENTION
Wlio is to he our Candidate t
Tne near approach of the Democratic
Convention gives to our people a degree Of
interest in the above question that may jus
tify us in a brief allusion to the claims of
the different gentlemen who stand promi
nent in their connection therewith. If in
doing so we express a preference lor any; They have completed the gib.'
particular one, it must not be construed as
being done to prejudice the claims of the
others. All who ■ are? spoken-of'are good
and true men, and-wa-shall earnestly and
heartily support the nominee with all the
power we may have', be he who he may.
Cot. J. R. Towers would receive a cor
dial support, would make a good member,
and his election would be a gratifying evi
dence of the people’s appreciation of his
services in the times that tried men’s souls.
Capt. C. N. Featherston is also an
accomplished gentleman, a pure patriot and
a popular man, and it is well known that
ho was our personal choice in the last Con
vention.-when it was understood that Capt.
Scott could not run. Our people wouldbe
well represented by him, and our county
might well feel honored by her Represen-
tive.
Dr. J. B. Underwood would also reflect
honor upon our county. Col. Dan’l. S.
Printup, Maj. Fielding 11 eight, orW.
P. Rivers, would make splendid Repre
sentatives, and as it is conceded that cur
section has prominent claims to the-Speak-
ership of the Ilouse, either of these gen
tlemen would greatly strengthen those
claims by their availability for the position.
Our friend R S. Zuber, would make' a
good Representative, as would indeed a num
ber of others, whom we have heard men
tioned in connection with the Convention;
But while recognizing the fitness and the
availability of these gentlemen, we arc yet
free to commend to the Convention the
claims of Cam. Dunlap Scott, our for
mer tried and true Bepresentative. The
bold, just and manly stand he took in the
last Legislature; the manner in which he so
unwearied battled for our rights, and the
indignities and odium he and his Demo
cratic associates had to rest under, because
of the filthy association cf the Legislature,
demands a manifestation of our people’s
appreciation, and no endorsement could be
more appropriate than bis return to the
scene of his labors, whore, with the chang
ed complexion of the Legislature, his voice
can he heard for good, instead as before,
only in earnest protest against the wrong.
ADDRESS OF DEMOCRATIC CON
GRESSMEN TO THE PEOPLE or THE
UNITED STATES
We publish this morning the address
put forth by the Democratic members of
Congress to the people of the United
Stales. It is a timely document and pre
sents an arraignment of the Republican
party that ccnnot fail to make an impress
ion upon the people.
Every charge in the bill con be sustained
by facts, and if the intelligence of tho coun
try fails to convict the Radical powers,
then we have no further hope for our lib
erties
“THE WEE SMA> HOURS AYONT THE
TIVAL,”
‘‘Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean ’
No. YI. ,
TIJIE-^l, A. II. Jft
Present—Mr. O’Riley, Wilhelm Von
Speigle, MrrWrecker&nd Old Grizzly.
V. S.—Well, I do declare, these French
must be very devils.
Mr. W.y-What now ?_
. V. S;-~I^ey^re still rioting*4) blood
and mnrdcr and pillage.
the
ry of-their triumph by demolishing
Arch de triumphc. .
O.'.G,—Fortunate for . France is. it that
the Coin mane is confined in the circum-
eoribed waHf of Paris. Had it overturned
these hounds, and spread all over the land,
then' indeed might wc have said "woe is
France” but being begirt as it is by a wall
of steel, it will, like a scorpion begirt with
fire, soon cease to strike abroad, and tarn
its sting upon its own vita’s, and thus by
the hale of its own venom, will.thq. world
and society* be rid of one ofits most accurs
ed anemies. - - ’M
Mr. W.—And after the radical bane
shall be destroyed, what think you will he
the future of France 1
0. G.—My partialities may induce the
belief, but I can see no other hope for
France bat in the restoration of Imperial-
Tne Bonapartes will be restored, and
then, like the humid air of the tropics, pu
rified and lefreshed by the violence of. the
electric tempest, the breath of prosperity
will again fan her borders and gladden her
places. So far from deploring the outburst
aud consequent destruction of the radical
fanaticism that -is- now so madly rioting in
Paris, we may loo! upon it as a blessing.—
It is a cankering, virus that pervades the
body politic, and its eruption is the safety
of the nation. If, while they are so furi
ously cutting their own throats, they would
only keep on until the name and trace of a
radical could not be found, it would he the
THE KU KLUX BILE.
We publish on our first page, in full, the
Ku Klux bill. It vitally concerns every
man iu the Union, and wc hope that its
length will not preclude any one from read
ing it, It is a deliberate stab, net only gt
the rights of the States, but at tho rights
of individuals. There is do one in the
whole length and breadth of the land that
is secure in his personal liberty. An irre
sponsible roan at Washington, has been
clothed with power to seize thehighest anj
best of our land, without warrant or due
process of law, and to cast him into prison:
there to languish until it may please the
tyrant to liberate him
Troops, in time of peace, can be quar
tered upon a people despite the protest and
the authority of their Governor.
In a word, by this unnatural, treason
ous aud unconstitutional measure, the whole
system of American government has been
revolutionized, and the President of a free
people has been made the Autocrat of a
slavish monarchy.
The first section of the bill, at one sweep
nullifies all State laws relative to the reg
ulation of the franchise, and makes any
person who, under authority of any State
law, inter eres with a voter, subject to an
action lor damages.
Thus tho law of the State of Georgia re
quires that voters shall pay a poll tax—
shall reside in the State six months and in
the county thirty days. It further pro
scribes a felon from voting. Under the
first section of the bill no such requisites
shall be made.
Bbt it is not this interference with the
State authorities to prescribe their own
laws el voting, but the grave and danger
ous interference in individual rights that is
so fraught with mischief. The power to
suspend the writ nl habeas corpus, to do
clare martial law, and to employ troops in
dependent cf the State authorities, is the
one that virtually seals the doom of Amer
ican freedom, and makes Grant a more than
king, and our people less than slaves.
How men claiming to have ary idea of
justice, ot law or of propriety, could be
gnilty of such a monstrous treason, is be
youd.our power to imagine.- Surely they
must have been possessed of an unnitural
madness.
IIo.me hasa Dry Goods House.—A
paragraph is going the rounds of the Geor
gia press to the effect that “Rome wants a
Dry Goods ilouse.” "U e regret the ignor
ance of onr contemporaries ou this subject,
and beg to assure them that Rome has one
of the largest wholesale dry goods houses
in tho State.
Messrs. Colclough, Harkins & Glover have
an exclusively wholesale department to
their extensive House. There is, however;
room ’or another, and still another, and in
this sense the pap3rc.may be right, but wo
must beg then) to qnalifv the statement by
saying Rome wants more wholesale, dry
goods houses.
We are all Jiable to. mistakes; the .New
York Sun made one in representing® new
ly appointed postmistress, on Long Island;
-as a relatiVe of Grant. But the mistake
was a natural one. : , ;
happiest work of the age.
Sir.. O’R.—But the good and the true
who are suffering, it is a pity for them.
O. G.—Audi do pity them, hut you
must recollect that such is the mysterious
ordination of .Providence, that we have
nothing good without a corresponding sae..
lice. The good and true men killed in a
good cause are to be deplored, bnt all recog
nize the necessity of their sacrifice, and do
not murmur at the dispensation. The vic
tims of the Paris riot—for it is nothing
else—are to be deplored in the same spirit,
and we doubt not bnt that when tho nation
is restored that a national expression will
evince the national appreciation of their
sacrifice, and so far as reparation can be
made it-will be. o-
Mr. O’R.—Thera is one thing connected
with this deplorable affair that is matter
for congratulation. The goddess of fashion
is about as effectually dethroned as is the
Arch of triumph.
O. G.—Not dethroned, Mr. O’Riley, but
rather removed. The sceptre of Empire
wrested, from the queenly, hand of Eugenie
upon the fearful eve of her flight from
Paris, carried with it the sceptre of fashion
as well, and while that poor lady is shelter
ing her weary head and soothiDg her over"
burthened heart beneath the retirement of
an English village, her more potent rival at
Berlin has assumed the sway of fashion,
and instead of Lcs Modes desParis, we now
have Pie .Modcmcelt of Berlin. The do
minion- of fashion, Mr. O’Riley, is too pow
erful for an emeute to shake it. It extends
around the globe, and Paris—France—
might drop out of the world entirely, and
fashion would still reign supreme. As long
as women are vain and men are fools, we
may expert-op relief from its rigid rule.
Mr. W.—AndT. do not see that any re
lief is demanded, or would "be desirable,-—
Fashion is hut the expression of a refined
taste,..v t; at v -Vi J.
Mr. O’R.—Of an egotistic pride.
V. S.— Of a ridicnlous and ruinous ex
travagance.' -v-
O.-G.—Yon are all right, and all wrong.
Fashion regulated by a refined taste be
comes pleasing and useful, hat fashion, as
it is too often, the case, controled by an
egotistic pride, and sustained by a senseless
extravagance, is a curse to society, and its
sway is the most terrible tyranny that man
has to submit to.
3Ir. W.—Without it man would have
nothing to stimulate his social energies.
Sir. O’R.—Without it men would have
more means to devote to the improvement
of their homes, and the acquisition of ma
terial comforts.
V. S.—And the payment of their debts.
Sir. O’R.—Fashion’s followers hardly ev
er pay theii debts. Its revenues are not
drawn from the cash drawers ofits sub
jects. It flourishes not at the expense of
material comforts, but upon the gulibiKty
of unsnspccting tradesmen.
•0 I-CL—That is- unfortunately too mach
the case. I never see a lady dressed in the
extravagance of fashion without wondering
in my mind who was so foolish as to credit
her husband or father. And, right 'here I
wish to pay the ladies of onr city the com
pliment to say that, ftr the worth of onr
citizens there is less display of extravagance
and less fashionable ostentation made by
them than by any others I have ever had
the pleasure of observing.
Sir O’R.—So mnob fortbeir good sense.
O. G.—And yet they are not deficient
in taste. Witness any ft t’-'-ii -works, or
their appearance, either public or private,
the adornment of our halls, the decoration
of our graves, or the arrangement of their
parlors, and yon will find everywhere the
marks of a refined and coireot: taste. Such
things speak better—far. better for them
than any amount of frills and pnffs and
laces they can pack upon their tacks, to
the scandalous disfiguring of their natur
ally graceful forms.
. Mr. W—It is then fashion in dress on
ly against which you rail. ;
O. G.—Fashion in dress is all porhapa
that we have to •'notice'here, and noted
mdeh fashion as eXtcfvaganfee'. Asl be
fore remarked, fashion .'directed 'by a" cor*
rect taste is rather-to be commended than
not. The same priqoiple in natnre that in
duces us-to betteronr condition in life alsc
operatcs.nron the mind of a lady-to induce
her to cail.in artificial aids to improve her
personal appearance. Her anxiety to do
this is only an . unconscious deference she
pays to the respect of others. To be in
different to the opinions of others tvonid be
to. he indifferent to the olaiinB
and when any one becomes thus isola
self she had better he dead.
So you like to see a well
0, G.—Yes;;and a well dressed gen
man, for then I have the assurance that
the wearers are cot indifferent as to
what I think of them.-
Mr. O’R.—Then why do yon not dress
better yourself ?
O. G.—Onr likes and dislikes are al
ways by contrast. We usually most despise
those things in others we are most given to
ourselves; and besidfeS^'NnuSt confess that' matterr'~
it is a species of tnisahthrOpy that prompts
me to caTe not for the impressions I make
upon others, and . consequently indifferent
to my dress. Butbetho as it may, I am
nevertheless .^dl pleased to see a tidy, or
elegantly, if you please; dressed person,
add so long as fashion will claim from its
votaries no more than a just proportion of
their devotion.. I am glad to see its sway re
spected.
Talbot McPiggs inlcjposes, aud the press
gang is put to worlc.
[For tho Rome Courier.
A CARD.
Editor Rome Courier—When, at the soli
citation of friends I consented that my name
should go before the approaching convention
for nomination, as the Democratic candidate
for the Legislature, I did so under the impres
sion there would be-nc serious contest. In
this, it has become evident I was mistaken,
and that the claims of the various candidates
are likely to be rather warmly contested.
While I should feel myself highly honored
in being considered by the convention wor
thy to represent, in part, the county of Floyd
in the General Assembly of the State, and
should, if elected, serve my fellow citizens
with fidelity. I must decline to enter a politi
cal contest for the honor proposed, especially
with the many excellent gentlemen whose
names are mentioned. Any one of them
would da honor to the county, and doubtless
serve her more acceptably than my-elf. Al
low me. therefore, through your paper, to an
nounce that I am no longer a candidate for
the nomination, nor for election independent
of the nomination. For the complimentary
manner in which you have seen proper to
mention me in connection with shis subject,
please accept my thanks.
C. N. FEATHERSTON.
[Communicated,
monthly Exhibition Bf the Agricultural
Fair Association.
The first monthly exhibition of our Fair
Association came off last Thursday, at the
rooms of the Association, in the Historical
and Library building, and bnt one word is
needed to tell the result, and that word is
success: The affair was a complete suc
cess, and' the Association has cansc to con
gratulate itself upon the inauguration of
this happy feature into their programme.
The following communication so well de
scribes the character of the articles pre
sented, as well as the successfnl operation
of the exhibtiop, that we give it in place of
any that we could write. It is from the
pen of a Floral and Horticultural Connis-
sieur :
Rome, Ga., April 25th, 1871.
Eds. Courier—Dropping into the
rooms of the Library and Historical Asso
ciation, this afternoon, we were pleasantly
surprised and gratified .to see the fine dis
play. m;de by contributors to the
monthly exhibition of the agricultural and
horticultural association of this county.
Among the many varieties of choice flow
ers we noticed the following: a very large
and elegant arranged basket, contributed
by Mrs- Stevens; another one, filled to
overflowing with flora’s fairest offering, and
most tastefully arranged, contributed by
Mrs. Noble;'still another tastfnl basketo ar
ranged by Mrs: Austin: a beautiful and lu-
cious looking basket filled with strawber
ries, large almost beyond all precedent, and
finely set off by a background of their own
glossy leaves, together with a basket of ex
quisite flowers, all the contribution of Sliss
Norton: a very full and large collection of
fine flowering geraniums, by Mrs. Yeiser:
peas, lettuce and pota'oes, each five of its
kind, by Mrs Noble; radishes, onions and
lettuce, finely grown, by Mrs. Mills; head-
lettuce, a very fine specimen, by Sirs. Prin
tup; lot of fiue onions, contributed by sev
eral persons; one cabbage, a very fine spec
imen requiring nearly an entire table to
display its liberal proportions, the contribu
tion of Mrs. Pence; also last and not least,
a very fine specimen of wheat, fairly grown
and well headed, contributed by some good
farmer whose name is to ns unknown.
After looking at the array of beautiful
flowers and choice vegetables, we examined
with interest and pleasure the fine speci
mens of job printing from the Courier Of
fice, and afterward turned onr attention to
a very beautiful model of Thomas Leffel’s
inproved Turbine Wheel, placed in the
room for exhibition by Messers J & S.
Bones & Co., the agents at this place for
the manufactuers. Altogether the display
does great credit to the citizens of the town
and vicinity, and we congratulate them on
the successful organization and working of an
association likely to promote and foster the
growth of a taste -for Agricultural and Hor
ticultural progress. D.
to onr wants, than giving
to the North and South
ce on tho sales of
iue ot property, inr
and population,
mrces, and reductioi __
pay tenfold all the expenses
Polk for the consumation- of tl
work.
It is true that the pecuniary status of
the county is somewhat embarrassing at
present; hot that is id reason why .we should
not meet the Executive Committee of this
Railroad on the 29th, and manifest a pub
lic spirit,- and show awillingness-tqaid and
receive a benefit, when our absence would
lignify that we have no concern abont the
Cedartowh on the day appointed, and talk,
think and work oirtbo subject. Capitalists
judge the propriety' of such investments
from the conduct- of "those located on the
line of a railroad; and thereby the best
judges of its practicability.
- No country or locality is built np without
a spirit of enterprise, and a people without
•energy, likean or Without a tail, are sub-
ject co be sneked of their vital binod by
every fly of idleness that may paaa- 'We
can never have a railroad os long as we
smother them In infancy by indifference —
If every one will come np to his duty, the
work will go on and be accomplished with
dispatch. Observeer.
course.ofhostile legislation and harsh re
sentment no word of conciliation, of Lind
encouragement, of fraternal fellowship has
ever'been spoken by the President or by
Congress to the people of the Southern
States. They have been sddresseduonlyis
thp langnags.of proscription.
Address of Democratic Congressmen to the
People oi the United states.
Washington, April 20, 1871.
The democrats in ’ Congress have just is
sued the following address:—
To tiie People of the United States:
Onr preset nee and official Julies at
Washington have enabled us to become
fully acquainted with the actions and de
signs of those who control the radical par
ty, and wc feel called upon to utter a few
words of warning against the alarming
strides they have made towards the cen
tralization of power in the hands of Con
gress and the Executive.. The time and
attention of the radical leaders have been
almost wholly directed to devising such
legislation as will, in their view, best pre
serve their ascendancy, and no regard for
the wise restraints imposed by the consti
tution has checked their reckless and des
perate career.
DICTATORIAL powers conferred on the
PRESIDENT.
The President of the United States has
been formally announced as a candidate for
re-election. The declarations of his selfish
supporters have bceu echoed by. a subsidiz
ed p-ess, and the disipline of party has al
ready made adhesions to his personal for
tunes the supreme test of political fealty.
The partisan legislation to which we refer
was decreed and shaped in secret caucus,
where the extremestg counsels have dom
inated, and was adopted by a subservient
majority, if not with the intent, certainly
with the effect, to place in the hands of the
President power to command his own re
nomination and to employ the army, navy
and militia, at his sole discretion, as e
means of subserving his personal ambition.
When the sad experience of the last two
years, so disappointing to the hopes and
gencrons confidence of the country, is con
sidered, in connection with the violent ut
terances and harsh purposes of those who
control the President’s policy, it is not sur
prising that the gravest apprehension for
the fatnre peace of the nation shonld he en
tertained.
' VIOLENCE DEPRECATED. V.-V
We earnestly entreat oar fellow citizens
in all parts of the Union to spare no effort
to maintain peace and order, to carefully
protect the rights of'every citizen, to pre
serve kindly relations among all men, and
to discountenance and discourage any vio
lations of-the rights of any portion ot the
people secured under the Constitution, or,
any of its amendments. Let us, in conclu
sion, earnestly beg of von not to aid the
present attempts cf Radical partizans to
stir np strife in the land, to review the -is
sues of-the war, or to obstruct the return
of peace and prosperity to the Southern
States; because it is thus that they seek to
divert the attention of the country from
the corruption and extravagance of their
administration of pnblio affairs, and the
dangerous and profligate attempts they are
making towards the creation of centralized
military governments.
RADICAL EXTRAVAGANCE.
In the five years of peace following the
war, the radical administrations have ex
pended 81,200,000,000 for ordinary pur
poses alone, being within 8200,000,000 of
the aggregate amount spent for the same
purpose in war and in peace, during the
seventy-one years preceding June 30, ’61
not inclading in either case the snm paid
upon principal or interest - of the public
debt.
It is trifling-with the intelligence of the
people for the Radical leaders to pretend
that this vast snm has been honestly ex
pended. Hundreds of milliors of it have
been wantonly sqnandered. The expendi
tures of the government for the fiscal year
ending June 30,1861, were only 862,000-
000, while for precisely the same purposes
—civil list, army, navy, pensions and
Indians—8164,000,000 were expended dur
ing the fiscal year ending Jnne 30, 1870.
NO 8YMEAXHX WITH VIOLENCE.
No indignation can be too stern and no
scorn too severe for the assertions by un
scrupulous radical leaders that the great
Democratic and Conservative party of the
Union has or can have sympathy with dis
orders or violence in any part of the coun
try, or in the deprivation of any man of his
rights under the Constitution.
RIGHTS TO BE PROTECTED AND PEBPETU-
PARTISANSHIP THE' .TEST.
Communicated.
North aud South Railroad.
Cedar To .vn, Ga., April 24,1871.
A meeting in the interest of the North
& South Railroad has been appointed by
its Executive Committee, to he held at Ce-
dartown on the 29th of this month, yon
will please allow me to make an observation
or two for the benefit of the citizens of
Polk, as your paper, haring a luge cirtula
tion among them, is the best medinm of
arousing thebftp .a due consideration of the
matter.
No contemplated line of Railroad offers
an opportunity for safer investment, .or
would pay a greater dividend to its stock
holders than-that designated by the North
& South Railroad Company, connecting, as
it does, two great sections of country of
productive soil and industrious population,
furnishing produce of different kinds, there
is no doubt that the interchange ot com
modities would afford the enterprise a flood
of freight and travel: Besides, the mining
properties and ores of this section of conn-
try are amply sufficient to support a Rail
road. Capitalists of experience and fioan-
rial capacity are compelled to know these
facts, whenever sufficient interest and anx
iety is manifested on the part of the. citizens
along the line to authorize an investigation
of the matter.
i-l.
And now,' citizens of Polk, shall we rest
supinely, and'refnse 1, to lqnd onr influence
and ability lo an enterprise of sash
importance to onr State, to the Soi
large, and to onr awn county. Onr conn-
ore, and valleys of rich soil, adapted to both
eereal and'staple frodnctfonsT—in fact, is
prhgnant with wealth, and needs only "the
means of delivery to be- made one of the.
loading counties in the State.
We need transportation, industry, popu
lation and enterprise, and nothing less than
railroad facilities can bring them. There
is ho sorer or cheaper way of ministering
At a time when labor is depressed and
every material interest is palsied by oppres
sive taxation, the public offices have been
multiplied beyond all precedent to serve as
instruments in the perpetuation of power,
partisanship is the only test applied to the
distribution of this vast patronage. Hon-
csty, fitness and moral worth aro openly
discarded in favor of trnckling submission
and dishonorable compliance: hence enor
mous defalcations and widespread corrup
tion have followed as the natural conse
quences of this pernicious system. By the
official report of the Secretary or the
Treasury it appears that after the deduc
tion of all preper credits many millions of
dollars remain dne from ex-collectors of the
internal revenue, and that no proper dili
gence has ever been used to collect them
REFIRMS PERSISTENTLY POSTPONED.
Reforms io the revenue and fiscal sys
tems, which all experiences demonstrate to
be necessary to a frugal administration of
the government, as well as a measure of re
lief to an over burdened people, have been
persistently postponed or wilfully neglected.
Congress now adjourns without even hay
ing attempted to rednee taxation or to re
peal the glaring imposition by which - in
dustry is crashed and impoverished. The
Treasury is overflowing, and an excess of
eighty million dollars of ftvende is admit
ted;' and yet instead of some measure of
present relief, a barren and delnsive resolu
tion is passed by the Senate to consider the
tariff and excise systems hereafter, as if the
history of broken pledges and pretended
remedies famished any better assurance
for future legislation than experience has
done in the past.
OPPRESSIVE TARIFF AND TAXATION.
Shipbuilding and the carrying trade
once sources of national piide and prosper
ity, now languish under a crushing load of
taxation, and nearly every other business
interest is straggling without profit to
maintain itself.
Onr agriculturists, while paying heavy
taxes on all they consume, either to the
government or to monopolists, find the
prices for their own products so reduced
that honest labor is denied its just reward,
aud industry is prostrated by invidious dis
crimination.
THE PUBLIC LANDS GIVEN TO MONO
LIES.
Nearly two hundred millions of acres of
public lands which should have been reser
ved for the benefit of the people have been
voted away to giant corporations—neglect
ing onr soldiersjand enriching a handful of!
greedy speculators and lobbyists, whs aro
thereby enabled to exercise amostdanger-
ous and corrupting influence' oyer State arid
federal legislation.
THE REPUBLIC IN DANGER—DANGERS
FROM THE KU KLUX BILL.
If the career af those conspirators he not
checked the downfall of free "government is
inevitable, and riith it the elevation of a
military dictator, on the rains of the repub
lic. Under pretense of passing Junta en
force the fourteenth amendment, and for
other purposes, Congress has conferred the
most despotic powers upon the Executive,
and provided an official machinery by
which the liberties of the people are men
aced and the sacred right of local self-gov
ernment in the States is ignored, if not ty-
ranically overthrown. Modelled tip to the
sediton laws, so odious in history, they are
at variance with all the sanctified theories
of onr institutions. And the construction
given by these radical interpreters to the
fourteenth amendment is, to use -the lan
guage of an eminent Senator, Mr. Trum
bull, ofBlinois, an “annihilator of States.”
Under the last enforcement bill “the Exe
cutive may, in his discretion, thrust aside
the government of any State, suspend' the
writ of habeas corpus,” arrest its Governor,
lenco its judges and trample down its peop-
under the armed heel of his troops. Noth
ing is left to the citizen or tho Stato which
can any longer be called a right; all is
ohanged into more sufferance.
THE PEOPLE APPEALED TO.
Our hopes for redress are in the calm
good sense, the “sober second thought” of
tho American people. We call upon them
to be true to themselves
and, disregarding party
to insist upon a decern, cqnali
the restriction of federal
l to their past,
~ ^iand minor
within its just and proper Timitr,
to the States that control over do-
all is essential to their
happiness and tranquillity and' good gov-
ernment. Everything that malicious inge
nuity could suggest has been done to irri
tate the people of the Middle and South-
ern States; .gross and exageiated-charges of
disorder and violence owe their origin to
the mischievous minds of polities! mana-
s in the Senate and House-of Repre ec-
wr to /hitit gii Bxtoutitc has, .we re
ct to say, lent his aid, and thus helped to
feeling. -In all 'this
ATED.
It is to protect and perpetuate the righ.’s
which every free man cherishes, to revive,
in all hearts the feeling of friendship, af
fection and harmony, which are the nest
guarantees of law and order, and to throw
around the humblest citizen, wherever he
may- be, the protecting *gis of these safe
guards ot personal liberty which the - fun
damental laws of the land assure, that we
invoke the ail of all good men in the work
of peace and conciliation; we invite their
generous co operation, irrespective of all
former differences of opinioo, so that the
harsh voice of discord may be relieved:
that a new and dangerous sectional agita
tion may be checked; that the burdens of
taxation, direct or indirect, may be reduc
ed to the lowest point consistent with good
faith to every just national obligation, and
with a strictly economical administration
of the government, and that the States may
be restored in their integrity and true rela
tions to onr Federal Union.
Lafayette Guild, late Surgeon and Medical
Director ot the Army of Northern Yn.
The following elegant tribute to the
worth and memory of Dr. LaFayette Guild,
is from the pen. of onr talented townsman
Dr. EL D. Newton, and is peculiarly appro
priate as coming from one whose intimate
association with the deceased daring the
perilous days of onr hapless- straggle, gave
him an opportunity of knowing him so well.
We give it from the columns of the
Banner of the South, and publish it this
morning to the exclusion of a large portion
of onr edi’orial matter :
The early approach of the appointed day
for the Decoration of the graves of onr
Confederate dead, brings to active remem
brance the lives and services of those who
straggled so manfully for ; the cause of
Southern independence.
While so much has been written, and
very properly too, commemorative of the
strategetic skill of onr great military lead
ers, and the glorious achievements of our
gallant soldiery, it is to be regretted that so
little has been published commendatory of
the professional service and trno devotion
manifested by the Medical officers of the
army daring the progress of the late war.
Among the rank and file of the army next
in their affections tothesuccessful comman
der who lei them to violory was the skillful
surgeon, who was ever ready to hind their
wounds, minister to their sufferings and
provide for their wants, when the casual
ties of battle demanded the same.
True heroism can be exhibited in any of
the walks of life. It was surely demonstra
ted in many instances in the Medical Staff
of the army of Northern Virginia.
Though untouched by the historic pen,
such names as Guild, McGuire, Breckin
ridge, Powell, Black, Cullen, Wingfield,
Mitchell, Herndon, Darby, Geddings, Gil
more, Clagett, Fontaine, Stephens, Green,
and many other surgeons of this glorious
command; would yet live for goeerations to
come, handed down alone by the fireside
tradition from sire to son.
Their services need no high standing eu-
logiaip; .their history is already:written
with indelible characters upon the hearts of
the officers and soldiers of that army in
which it was their pleasure, as well as their
duty to serve.
Since the sad parting at Appomattox
Court House, two of the most prominent of
mwi4?na1 etnff r\P dnn T.aa^o namn tiawn
the medical staff of Gen. Lee’s army, have
passed from time to eteruty.
First, the genial, talented, cbivalric Ken
tuckian, Dr. B. J, Breckinridge, then soon
to'follow,'the late Chief Surgeou and Med
ical Director, Dr. LaFayette Gnild.
The subject of my sketch, Dr. LaFayette
Gnild, died at Maryville, California, on the
4th of July, 1870, aged forty three years.
He was a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
and received a thorough acadoqiio. educa
tion at the Stato University.
Graduating in medicine, in Philadelphia
in the spring of 1849, he entered the "Uni
ted States army as Assistant Surgeon. Af
ter serving for a number of years, at vari
ous posts, both on the frontier, and within
the States, on the 21st of May, 1861, he
was promoted to the rank of Snrgeon; on
the 1st of July, 1801, his name wasstrick-
en from the roll of tho United .Stateq army
for refusing to renew his oath of allegiance
to the Federal Government.
As to the position he attained in the old
aTtoy, the following letter fmm tj?0 v . War
Department at Washington will show how
highly ho was appreciated':
ashington r D. C , Dec- 3. .1870. ^
a—Referring to your commuoication
War Department,
Surgeon General’s Office,
Washin
.Sir-
of the 27th nit., IenoioEe a, h-
services of Dr.' LaFayette
member of the nfcdical staff ot the' army,
as shown npqn. tho records of this office.—
His standing in the corps, professionally
and in othar respects, was very high.
Very respectfully, yours,
By order of the Surgeon Gcueral,
E. H. Crane,
Ass’t. Surgeon General, U S. A.
Recognizing the right of secession, and
grert principal of the equality of tho States
upon the first demonstration ofjiottil^j by
the General Government toward his native
State, and th» States of the South, Dr.
Gnild at once resigned bis commission atid
offered his services to the Conledcra e
States. .
Serving for a while in the important dud
responsible position of Sledieal Inspector of
hospitals, in June,’62, he was ten lered the
position of Sledieal Director of the army
of Northern Virginia. How well he filled
this most important nositiou —how faithful
ly he executed the duties of his sacred
trust, tho undying gratitude of an army
alone can tell.
In fnllfilling the responsibilities of that
office, however, he contracted a disease
which continued to devolope its fatal fea
tores until death at last released him from
suffering. As a staff officer, he at onee
won the respect and confidence of his great
Commander, and how far this esteem and
attachment was returned, the following
farewell letter from Dr. Guild to Gen. Leo
will lully express :
City Point, Va , Slay 5, 1870.
General—-Wc sail to-morrow from Fort
Slonroe to Mobile, Alabama, and before
leaving Virginia, (probably forever) I can
not withhold an expression of my warm
and devoted attachment to you, both per
sonally and officially.
Under your guidance the true and good
men of the army of Northern Virginia
were ever ready to follow, whether our
march led to victory or defeat; so well as
sured were all that vir'ne, honor and justice
with a Christian’s fear of an almighty God,
were the principles that actuated and in
spired your conduct. To belong to General
Lee’s defeated army is now the proudest
boast of a Confederate soldier.
Though overwhelmed by superior num-
n’ers, aid forced to a surrender, we yet pre
serve onr honors as men and soldiers. May
the calamity which has befallen ns, be sanc
tified to the good of 03 all, and may the
richest blessings ot heaven be vouchsafed
to onr noble Commander-in-Chief.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
si, L. Guild,
Sledieal Director, A. N. Va.
. The last letter ever written by Dr. Guild
was in answer to an inqniry of the attend
ing physician regarding the character of
the disease under which Gen. Lee was
then suffering.
After the termination of the war, Dr
Guild established himself in Slobile, Ala
bama, and resumed the practice of his pro
fession. Shortly after the smallpox trade
its appearance, and spread so extensively
in the city that it became necessary for the
authorities to establish -a Lazaretto iu or
der to intercept the progress of the disease.
To the cha:gc of that institution Dr. Guild
was at once elected, and at this, as all oth
er posts of duty, he labored with great asi-
duity, and tothe perfect satisf..cti)n of all
concerned. He remained in Mobile till No
vember, 18C9. when he returned to San
Francisco. There again his scientific abil-
ties were immediately recognized, and their
appreciation manifested by electing him
Visiting Surgeon of the city and county
hospital, which position he occupied at the
time of his death.
2<> the Memory of Dr. LaFayette Guild, by
the Board of Health of San Francisco.
At a meeting of the Honorable Board
bf Health of the county and city of San
Francisco, held this day, a committee con
sisting of J. Campbell Shorb, SI. D., and
Gustavus Holland, M.'D., were appointed
to dralt appropriate resolutions on the de
cease of LaFayette Guild, SI. D„ late Vis
iting Surgeon of the city and county hospi
tal; and in parsuance thereof the following
preamble and resolution were adopted;
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God
to remove from our midst, and a sphere of
usefulness, Dr. LaFayette Guild, an amia
ble gentleman, accomplished physician aud
snrgeon, and valuable citizen; and
Whereas. It i3 highly right and proper
that the Board of Health should, in fitting
terms, express their high appreciation of his
worth; therefore he it
Resolved, That in the death of Dr. La
Fayette Guild, the Board of Ileilth is pro
foundly impressed with a loss, to ourselves
aud to tho community, of the services of
one in every respect eminent and estima
ble. •
Resolved. That the heartfelt condolence
of the Board of Health fiflow his afflicted
family and friends to their far hemo in. the
South, where well known and beloved, his
death will cause the deepest sorrow.
Resolved, That this tribute to bis mem-
017', this sincerely felt, though inadequate
commemoration of the many excellent qual
ities of his mind and heart, be spread on
the minutes of the Board, bo published in
the daily papers of San Ftancisco, and a
copy of the same be forwarded to his fami
ly and friends in Alabama.
Present—His Hon. Thos, H. Shelby,
Mayor and ex officio President of the Board
of Health; Gnstavns Holland, SI. D., H. H.
Hubbard, M. D; H. H. Toland, SI. D.; J.
Campbell Shorb, SI. D.
Attest: Wm. V. Welb, Clerk Board of
Health.
His remains were accompanied by his
bereaved wife from California to Tuscaloosa
Alabama, where amid the scenes of his ear
ly life, and with kindred ashes they mow
repose.
In the very brief sketch of the life and
services of one so endeared to the officers
and soldiers.of the army of Northern Vir
ginia, I have given bat feeble expression oi
my own high appreciation of the many ex
cellent qualities of his noble character. No
language conld describe him to those who
knew him not, while those who enjoyed hU
intimate acquaintance would be pained by
the futility of the effort.
How can we find utterance for the deep
emotions of a true and earnest friendship.
Yet wonld yon have me pencil one who pos
sessed all the elements of a cbivalrio man-
hood, all the tenderness of a “sister of char
ity,” all the sympathy of a brotherly love
—all the affection of a devoted husband,
all the virtues o! a Christian gentleman 7—
Then most Ibid you'look for its portrayal
to the l.fe and character of LaFayette
Gnild. While gentle hands throughout the
length and breadth of onr late Confedera
cy, shall decorate with the flowers of spring
the graves of onr honored dead, and tender,
laving hearts, shall mourn for the loss of
onr fallen heroes, let ns treasure the . re
membrance of their many noble qualities,
and by their -imitation folly illustrate that
lofty sentiment''of the great Virginian, .
“Nothing is left us-bnt to caltirate our vir
tue
Onr virtue most equal onr misfortunos.”
E.D.N.
Rome, April 10,1871.
“If enthasiosm be a term, though so fro
quently used, yet so. rarely understood,
take yon care net -to talk of yon know not
what; not to nse tho word until you under
stand it. As in all other points so likewise
in this; learn to think before yon speak.—
First know the meaning of this hard word;
and then nse it if need require.”—John
juiTE a row among the dead languages
has been raised by some of tho newspapers
crocking, jokes on. the travel of “Sic Tran
til,” whom ~Fihil Fit," and noclcs head off,
the Yale-Courant reports as follows:
. “ Omihm sculls! You danumm sculls!
He didn’t either. Sic Transit drove a tu
pone tandeys terno Vcr from the Eastward.
He is visiting his ante Mrs. Pic Terra, in
this city, and will stay till Ortem. Dr Dig-
nos the Terris, likewise et super with ns
last evening when he eta beta pi. The pu
gilist also cum with him. He lambda man
badly in-lhr street Ho orto no* offr. qnd
naction Jbd urha flounder-” - ■
Steer As our Representatiye.—The
Washington Patriot says: ! '
Mullii.?, of' Tennessee, has returned; not
ja the fiesh, but in the spirit. The. mantle
of the Tennesseean has fallen' upon Mr.
Speer, a Radical Rcpreseo'ative from one
of Ibe Georgia districts, who promises to
give the 42d Congress as much to laugh at
as Slnllmsgavc to the members of the 40th
Congress. Tall, angular aud awkward, his
every movement* excites a smile, aud when
ever he vociferates “Mr. Speaker!” no one
in the house can hardly help being in a
gocd buiiior. It" was as gi>od as, the broad
est tarce to see the H6a: Spc r draw his
tall form up to its full height this afternoon
and drawl.out, “Sir- Speaker’, would a mo
tion 10 adjourn be in order just about this
time?” The Douse was convulsed with
laughter, and amid the merriment an ad
journment was carried half an hour earlier
than usual. So much for Speer.
The New Orleans Bulletin transfers to
its columns a large portion of the contents
of the London Times, number 4,297, of
October 3, 1797.
The paper (says the Bulletin) is a folio
sheet with four columns on the page, six
teen columns in the whole paper. The size
of a page is twenty inches by thirteen.—
These were the dimensions of the Thunder-
cr seventy three years ago, not as large as
the dailies issued now in towns of five or
six thousand population.
Although there bate been many and
great improvements in journalism since we
can perceive none in type. The typograph
ical appearance of the diminutive jonrnal
before us is not surpassed by the Times or
any other newspaper in existence at pres
ent. >.•_
NoRTn and South Railroad.—The
Col mb :s Sun ol the 23d, in noticing the
return of Hon. W. A. SIcDougald to that
city, says:
“Hon Wm. A. SIcDougald has retnrned
from Rome, whither he has been in the in-
tercsts of the North and' South road. He
reports securing 81,000 for the survey.—
Prominent citizens have guaranteed that
when the survey is completed, Rome will
subscribe 875,000 to 8100,000 to the enter
prise. Rome is an active, energetic place
and her people are alive to railroad inter
cits. She ic opposed to the narrow gauge
railway, unless the Cincinnati and Chatta
nooga road is bnilt bf the same width.—
She wants to have through cars and con
nections, and this is what Columbus also
desires. The Romans represent the lower
counties as enthosiastic for the road and
ready to make large subscriptions when the
survey is completed, which, will be now in
a few weeks. It is to commence May 1st.
The cessation of work on the Newnan road,
west of that point, will help our enterprise
vastly, especially in Heard and Carroll
connties.
Baggage Smashing—a Remedy- .
Crawfordyille, Ga., April 19, '71
Messrs. Editors—Seeing in your pa
per last week an appeal to railroads to tnrn
from the error of their way and learn not
to wantonly abuse a traveller’s baggage,
has induced me to make the following sug
gestion, and say a word in behalf of that
much abased class of public servants, bag
gage masters-:
With the present quick time: made by
onr through lino of roads the short stop
made at stations does not give him time to
be careful in the handling of his baggage
—necessity compells him to handle them
roughly.
Sly suggestion is this: Change the pres
ent system oi checking, relievo the bag
gage master of this dnty entirely, distrib
ute the checks used by him to the railroad
agents along the road, make it the dnty of
each agent to receive and check a passen-
. er’s baggage and: deliver the same to the
laggage master, and vice versa, to receive
from the baggage master all baggage for
his depot and hold the same until the
checks are presented.
This will be a great saving of time and
annoyance, not only to him, but also to the
traveller. This idea might be elaborated
more fully, bnt I hope the above is suffi
ciently explicit to be understood.
Observer.
The SIeridian Riot and Who. Caus
ed It.—The Vicksburg Herald says that
Judge Leacbman, who is a well known Re
publican. made a thorough investigation of
the SIeridian rict. He bad the assistance
of the Dist. Attorney, of the Meridian dis
trict, and Jce A Browm, one of the most
promising yonng lawyers in the Stale, who
was specially employed by Gov. Alcorn,
and after a patient hearing ot ail that conld
be learned, hero is the conclusion to which
he arrived, as reported in the Brandon Re
publican. That paper says:
Gentlemen who conversed with Judge
Leach man, at Hillsboro’ Court, says he
openly charges all the, responsibility for
tho Meridian riot am the Radical negroes
of that place. It will be remembered that
the Judge is an appointee of Gov. Alcorn,
and that he acted as presiding Jndge in the
investigation. From the evidence before
the investigating court, he believes that
Mayor Sturgis kindled the fire to his broth
er’s store, which burned np an entire square.
Will Rrdical editors and Gov. Alcorn still
continue to charge the riot and fire to the
Democracy.
jjjjgE gyugyftjsimietitis.
GEORGIA, Floyd County,
N
OTICE is hereby giren to all* persons con-;
ccrncd, that in the year, 1860, D. A. Williamson,
•of said county, departed this life intestate, aud.
as is shown by records In this office, J; L. Will
iamson and Charlea C. Williamson were appoint-’
ed bis administrators; and whereas it has been
made known to this court that the aforesaid
named administrators have since died without
completing administration on said estate, and
Levy P* May having been appointed administra
tor debonis non; and whereaa It has been made
known to this court that the said Iu P. May has
departed this life without folly administering:
said estate: Now, notice is given in terms of the
law, that administration, debtmU non, will be
vested in the clerk of the Superior, cornt, or some
other fit person, thirty days ofter the publication
of this citation, unloss some vital objection.is
made to his appointment.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this 24th day of April, 1871. . - . 7
aor27 H. J. JOHNSON, Ord'y.
Dade Sheriff Sales for June-
Wi
ILL be sold before the Court House door
in Trenton, Did. county, on the first Tuesday
in Jnne next, within the legal hoars of. tale, the
following property, to wit:
if land Ho 1"
Lot of land Ho 103, in the 18th district and
4 th section of raid county, levied on as the prop
erty of F. M. Street, to urisfr afi la from Dado
Superior court, in favor of J. G. Jackaway.
Also, lot oflandHo 26, in the 10th district and
4th acciion, Dado county; levied on as the prop
erty of A. Fletcher, to .satisfy a fi fa from a Jus
tices'* court of the 974th district, &. H., of said
county, in favor of. Miteh. Pope.
Also, lot of land Ho. 108, m the 19th district
and 4th section ol said county; levied, on "as the
S ropcrty of Joel Cross, to satisfy a fi fa from tho
nstices’ court of the" 974th district; G M., of
said county, in favor of T. G. Morris.
Also, lot of land Ho. 79, in the 11th district
and 4ih section, of said conntyrlevied on as the
property of Martin Brown, to satisfy two fi f
m favor of B. M. Wilkinson, Tax Collector
nid county.
apr27 J. W. O’NEAL, Shd.
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In Scrraor by the"8ingl« Csrment.. I
most suit tho elos^t boj^’ktl
Shirts and Drawe
A good thing.Shirt is as •,
dross as a good fitting coat w« ^ h I
menu with one of the beat „ L
Y. Wc wiU take your
Gent’s Linen H’dVfk, Tie.
Lisle thread and British 1 H4e^7’ i% >h I
Vloves and Suspenders; GenfVs. 11, <MW I
BOOTS AND SHOES. r,fiM «-.toa^J I
HAts, Hats;
A ***. Sfoek Of Cloth, Cm*** re4
- ■ r " r Pants or Saits. ^
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We,are Agents fur
FRIXUETON MANUFACTCRIXgco., ■
A (bem fi»_
As well as for tiie ’ **
geokgia manufacturing co
^"5SE , *“ d l ’Se?S Si
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averill
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This paint hasbien for the Isst few Jeui „
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Hundreds of tho finest residences in UearnS
have been painted with it, and in ersn tut4
has elicited universel commendation. ’
Sample Cards and Price List famUhelb,,:
dressing HILLS, DAILEY 4 ctf
Ha. 119, Broad 8t_ Borne, (k
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COLCLOUGH,
HARKINS,
& GLOVE
Are Agents for
PRIHCETON MANUFACTUBISGCD
i Athtu.C
Are Agents for
NEW HIGH SHOALS MANUFACTGCO
Midiuat
Are Agents for
COHCORD MANUFACTURING CO.
Marietta,!
The two-first named Mills prodocs Sbirtfo
Sheetings, Osnabcrgs, Stripes Pjaini ssd C
ton Yarns, which we guarantee as good ui
other make in the State. The Concord ■
make Jeans, Cassimeres, and Plains which i
compare favorably, both io PRICE tod QUA
ITT, with any that can be foond in toy nut
We also keep a large supply of the Tnoa ME
all of which we sell by the Package it
MANUFACTURER’S
^37* We invite the attention of the Merchuii I
of Rome, and other Towns, *n<l Country, to tha I
GOODS. '
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Notice to Debtors and Crediton.
GEORGIA, Floyd County.
No
. OTICE is hereby given to all persona I
ing demands against J. R. Stevens, liteotnli I
county, deceased, to present them to me lepllj
authenticated, within the time prescribed bj
law; and all persons indebted to said deceased,
are hereby required to make immediate pay
ment to me. WAT. G. GAHXC2T,
apr35 Adminirtntx
s
Leave to Sell
,^,IXTY days after date application wiD h I
xnader to the Ordinary of Floyd County for low I
to sell the real estate belonging to Jana f, |
Formby, late of said county, deceased.
apr22 MOSES FOBMBT.Ada.
' J. W. BLAXCK. THOS. W. DODD. 1. *• ««•
BLANGE, GOOD & KING,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,|
OFFICE AT
VAN WERT & CEDARTOW*, CA*
Will give prompt attention to any besi*B |
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BROAD STREET, ROME, GEORGIA*
Have received their Sioek of
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Ledies and Gentlemen arc invited totflltti |
examine
Goods and Prices.
We expect to satisfy all reasonable c&tm**-
aprlSwtf.
GBOCEEIBS,
Provisions, Confectioneries
TOBACCO, SNUFF,
8HHEF,-CIGABS, PIPES, NOTIONS, &
We offer to the citizens of Rome *»'
this month, a full line sad -
dViei*2f
Well Selected Stock
of the above Goods. We hareal*^
of Notions, Genuine
tsiW
MEERSCHAUM PIPES' & c>
All of which will ho sold CHEAP 1
fOBC* 8 * 1
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