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Newspaper Page TextSoiitf Coiirif- ' ' r ii^^ 7l ' Rli)AV - rates of weekly. ^ ^ f’jiontbs-- 50 r hrrt “SSST‘fob tri-weekly. ^ ## itr " ffVAwlSfw advance. T club 4 of Five or more cne copy will be fur- iited gratis- yl DWINELL, Proprietor. , E(; vL ADVERTISEMENTS. •, ,„,1 by Aiinvtistrators, Electors or required by law to bo held on jurd 1 * 113 - * j a _f|. taco month, between the tie L in tie orenoon and three in the Soars of ten £ oUrt House in the county in jftemo-vn* * riJI , er tvis situated. tB* ***•? loose ’sales mast be £ivcn in a pub s' 111 ',,, jo ,iovs previous. (!<«“ ■ tbe sale of personal property must S» t,ces i J ime manner, through a public gaz- W«» “ ‘previous to sale day. jits 1° Pektors and Creditors of an estate, »»-■' 1 '“ Ihr'pa'pp'hnttions will be made to the >W f Ordinary for leave to sell land must be tV a y!?,i for two months. .guinea lettcrfl of Administration, Guar- V. must be publishod 30 days—for “WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.^' VOLUME XXV. ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19. 1871. NEW SERIES-NO 37. jitnsbip i Administration, three months— |jaS ''" ; j!ion“from Guardianship, 40 days. , f ’r the forccloseure of Mortgages must ^ wished monthly for four months—for cs- ' Cm papers, for the full space of three lkl i 1C for compelling titles trom Executors or . . .. w bere bond has been given by . ;a*rators, wuere uuau ***,%»** s* •“j ’.J for tile full space of three months, p blicatio'n* wil* always be continued accord* rjjthesf oth- r»aJ requirements, unles fallowing RATES. s,i.. per levy or ten lines or less $3 00 Mortise fi.fm sales, per levy, 5 00 II "oEr%ale>. per levy 00 for lettcis of Administration- 3 00 /prletterr el Guardianship 3 00 “jjr, application for dismission from ^“'“'["'application for dismission from Gnardiansbip. Application to sell land — • ... t„ sell land j^rioDebUir-'andCreditors 4 00 ideef perisiiibl'e property, 10 days 4 00 ^Mreol'Mortgage* per square,....... 4 00 ;advertising his wife, (in advance) 10 00 Sarpold & Hillyer, AKK offering a large And Beautiful Stock of MADE CLOTHING, •aSnra or bv the Single Garment, at prices that must suit the closest buyers. Shirts and Drawers. .**1 : ;ing Snirt is as cs3ensial to a man’s gojd lilting coat. Wo have arrgnge- of the host manufactures in IL y We will take your measure, order your Shirts ^jJetoorJer. and guarantee satisfaction. We jeep i a itock u large assortment of White Shirts, French Calico Shirts, Lisle thread and Gauze fflJer Shirts Gent’s Linen Il'd’k’fs, Ties and Bows; Gent’s Li.;# thread and British 5 Ilose; Gent’s Collars, (jUres and Suspenders; Gent’s fin jcuatom made BOOTS AND SHOES. HATS, HATS! A Large Stock of Cloths Cassimers and Linens, for Pants or Suits. We are Agents for PRINCETON MANUFACTURING CO., Athens, Ga., A« veil as for the GEORGIA MANUFACTURING CO.. Athens, Ga. These Mills make Shirting, Sheeting, Csnabcrgs, ?!r;|*es, Plain?, and Cotton Yarns, which we grantee as good as any other make in the Mate. All of which we sell by the PACKAGE, it Manufacturers prices. IIAH 1*0I D & lIlLLYElt. COME TO SEE US! i: ' -ly u desire any PRINTING done, colored 6r plain, large or small, at a high price or at a price, to suit your taste in every way, leave T> t:rorders at the Courier Job Rooms, ci you shall bo pleased with the result. Don’t ^to advertise your business, if you have any, ^ auk j your naiuo and number KNOWN, have the best facilities for printing- handbills and all kinds of large posters ^ *o this line we can’t be beat. Every kind 1 »n«l fancy work, for $, Steamers, EVERY BUSINESS! j^P'^AHING can be advertised to EVERY 1 *7 using the magical printer’s ink, and we “ ■ I usJance of it on hand, together with all 31 cr means for producing good and rapid Judge Wrights Letter.—We pub lish t 1 is morning the communication of Judge Wright, referred to in onr last, in which the Judgo declines to run against the nominee of the Democratic party for the Legislature. We are glad that Judge Wright has de clined, but we regret the acrebity of the tone of his letter, and the expression ofbad feeliDg that he gives vent to. If lie still insists upon urging the State Road iease upon the people as an issue, it would have been better perhaps that he had yielded to the wishes of his ill advised friends, and run the race himself, in which event some thing more than the bare assertion that the Road had been plundered of over one mil- ion of dollars ty '-Scott of Floyd” and that the sum of §300,GOO per annum is a nominal rental for the Road, would have been required to convince the Democracy of Floyd that their nominee is not to be trusted. In this connection we arc glad lo call the attention of our readers to the commu nication of “A Delegate” which as it comes from a chosen representative of the party in the Convention is entitle ! to an honest consideration. Wo also preseut an extract from a report made by Col. E. W. Cole, the General Su perintendent of the Georgia Railroad, to the Stockholders Convention, now in ses sion at Augusta. By reading it it will be seen that this eminently practical and ex perienced Railroad man approves the wis- dim of the lease, and not only approves, but demonssrates the truth of his views. ronage of the poor defunct Daily, now rev el in Bullock’s proclamations. Wc wish them much joy and profit “THEWEESM.V HOURS AYONT THE TWAL,” “Full many a gem of purest ray rereno The ilark un fathomed caves of ocean bear. ” No. VI. Free Passes aud the State Hoad Lease. Mr. Cox, Rcprcsentativc-clect of Burke county, having received a pass on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, returns it with the gratuitous assumption that it was intended as a bribe to debauch him from the performance of his duty in respect to the lease. The President, of the Road, Ex- Governor Brown, responds in a letter of ex planation, and prints the whole correspon dence in the Atlanta Constitution, from which paper we copy it, as part, (though a small ono,)of current history in connec tion with this lease. The Ex Governor is potential in the way of “sarkasum ” AH these things we note wi.li regret, as more or less portentions of a legislative squabble about this lease, which is likely to be unprintable in every point of view. If, as is claimed by some, the lease is invalid, that is a point to be determined by the courts) but let that point ho determined first. If the lease is vacated-, then sell the Road at once to the highest bidder in State bonds, because any future lease, no matter on what terms aud conditions made, will be just as much a perpetual bone of conten tion as this one has been and threatens to be. But it this lease be valid and binding on the State, then the time and temper ex pended on it by the Legislaiuro will be thrown away The Legislature can not di vest the lessees, if it tries it. We have not a cent of interest in this business, one way or the other; but it seems to us this is a commou sense view of the situation.—Ma con Telegraph. This is the proper view to take of the case and our Floyd county po'itieians who are so eager to bring it into the present canvass, may profitably reflect upon the Telegraph's remarks. CEDAR VALLEY land for sale. T ln?i 5ulwcriber °J era hi* Plantation known ifcji l 43 Morrison place, three-fourths ol eoBtaiv.-i? &‘dar Town for sale. The place C«<Lr v n° acres of as good land as there is in . ,- v - In IS68, the net profits, from the folk ^ Js planted in cotton, was forty-eight tj . j? T 4crc * The place is admirably water- tu. f * n fcon7en icntly be divided into two or Hw t li : ,us - • ? hero * 8 an excellent two story Hnh* J* * lta n ‘ne rooms, well finished—an HoL I’Pjy of good out builings, a good Gin t-di*., frr 8crew » an d eight or nine comfortable ^TtLin»iM enl€4 * a * U any one is willing to pay £ a FAIR p WCE for GOOD LAND, *£ich the amount that lands, ihu v.ii. 110 Letter, have recently sold for in U'7,. r ‘ , HIRAM PHILLIPS. Lease of the State Road. The iollowing extract is from the report of Superintendent Cole, made to theStock- holders’ Convention of the Georgia Rail road. It shows one feature of the trans action not usually thought of by those who are so suddenly overwhelmed with this monstrous swindle : The business connection ol this Road with ours and other Roads has been greatly improved by the lease of it to a private com pany. The business of the Road is now promptly and satisfactorily done, and the irregularities and delays so embarrassing to connecting Roads, and sj annoying to the public have been greatly lessened or entire ly removed. The efficient management of railroads, like all other business, requires experience, skill and that close and honest attention which is stimulated by interest and acquir ed by experience. These qualifications are rarely expected in employees under politi cal management, where bo qualification bat party adhereuce is often required, and where there is no reliance for a continu ance in office but party ascendency. This Road was paying nothing to the State, but on the contrary rapidly accumulating a debt. This disposition mado of it was, therefore, evidently a wise one for the State, as well as a great relief to connect ing Roads. Without some change it would have been impossible to havo continued much longer the through connection with the West, in which the merchants and consumers of Western produce are so much interested. The writer speaks on the subject from ex perience. As President of a connecting Road he was obliged to carry for months, from one hundred to hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the Western and At lantic Railroad, rather than require mer chants and consumers in Georgia, at great loss and inconvenience, to send money to the different cities in the West to prepay their freight over this link in thotline. The policy of leasing having been wisely adopted by the Stato, the policy of the Roads in offering their companies as secur ity, to which there is no possible risk, I think equally wise. This gives them some elaini to overlook the management of the Road, in which they, as well as the citizens are so mnch interested. henry a, smith, P °Us & Stationery* jl‘, CW’° rgan /’ Sheet Musio, Paper Hang- \ r4,ae *. tr \*? d Engravings. Picture Wyof fi rg 4 . ^ ltfl ntion is invited to a large sap- " la , ,s g°° ds - ^^VMarch28tw-wly. all kinds of PRINTING E ATLY 4 CHEAPLY EXECUTED AT TnE hOURIEROFFICE. Amende Honorable —We regret to learn that onr inadvertant omission to no- ticc the newspaper change that has occurred in our city, has caused our esteemed cotem poraries to feel themselves unkindly slight ed. To assure them that we are not dis posed to slight them, we with pleasure pro pose to give them the benefit of shch no tices as the press may make of ihe change. We gave the Griffin Star’s notice a few days ago. To day we have the Dalton Cit izens*. Here it U : The Commercial in a new Role.— “The lauck ha’ mercy, how times do change and folks with ’em.” Such was the cxcla- mation of an old lady friend of ours when told that a certain preacher bad turned law yer. The same expression may be used in reference to newspapers when they enter a new role that is antagonistic to former de clarations. The Grady Bros. & Sbanklia having purchased the good will and pat- TIME—1, A. M. Present—Mr. O’Riley, Wilhelm Von Spoigle, Mr. Wrecker. Erin go Bragh and Old Grizzly. Wilhelm Von Speigle—L think Jce Brown rather gets the better of “Publius'' on hia utilitarian question. Old Grizzly—As the case was turned by Joe Brown lie certainly did, hut “J’ublius” if I mistake uot, is not a mind to be dous ed by such a whiff. The Utilitarian phil osophy covers too great a range for specu lation to be condensed iu a lexicographical definition, even though that definition is given in Webster’s Uunabridged. Men of more speculative minds than Judge Brown have devot’d years of earnest study to this subject, and have uot yet decided the dif ference betw "on the summum lonum and the summum faciendum. Mr. Wrecker—J. Stuart Mill has de monstrated the mattor conclusively to my mind, and I hold with him that to be use ful is to be right. Erin go Bragh—Aud not to he useful is to be wrong, eh ? 01d Grizzly—Mr. John Grote says not; and one should not let the matter rest where Mill has laid it down, for however well he puts his poiut, Mr. Grote has shown that they are not unassailable. Mr. Wrecker—There is no truth unas sailable, as for that matter. Even materi al facts can be seen in different lights, and in ethics whero the mind's eye alone can see, and the mind’s hand can alone grasp, we may not expect even doctors to agree, and with or without hearing what Mr Grote lias to say about the matter, I am morally certain in my own mind that “hap piness is the sole test of rightness,” and that actions are right only so far as they promote happiucss. Old Grizzly—That depends, Mr. Wreck er, upon jour ideas of w'nat happiness is. Happiness, I hold, is i relative, or rather nominal term, and does uot apply to all ends and to all persons alike—what you might esteem happiness might be down right misery to me. Mr. Wrecker—By happiness I men prosperity. Erin go Bragh—General or individual. Mr. Wrecker—Both; for I conceive that individual prosperity is the basis of general prosperity. When each and every indi vidual is prosperous, of course it follows that the whole are prosperous. Erin go Bragh—And yet you 'lust know, Mr. Wrecker, that individual inter est, the motive power of individual action, is autagouistic to the general interest, and that a man, when his plan of operations is confined to a community grows rich pre cisely in ihe same ratio that his neighbors grow poor. Mr. Wrecker—No, I do uot. I see no reason why an entire community may not be prosperous, and every member of it get rich at once. • Erin go B.—Iu one sense it might, and where wealth is the result of productive industry, it would; hut unfoiturately for the perfection of your ideal prosperity, Mr. Wrecker, such iuslauces are rarely to be found, and the accumulation of wealth in one hand and by one man is almost always at the expense of another. It is the vicis- itudes of fortune, as often as individual merit, that makes a man rich. But, admit ting, Mr. Wrecker, that your theory is cor rect, I yet cannot agree with you that a general prosperity is the true standard of happiness. By such a standard you cut off from all happiness those to whom mis fortunes have denied a prosperity, and to the crushing weight of poverty, you would add the still heavier hand of discontent and of censure. The best man I ever knew was the most unlortnnate. The grandest and holiest cause that ever engaged the ener gies of man, went down in disaster and ae feat. No, Mr. Wrecker, you cannot make success the test of merit any more than you can make might right. Mr. Wrecker—You misapprehend me; 1 did not say success—I said happiness— that is, a man can never be happy unless he is right. Mr. O'Riley—Then you have got your eart before your horse, and should say that the proof of happiness i3 its rightness. Old Grizzly—Yes, apply to your enjoy ments the square of virtue, and if it is sqnare work and true work, it will do to build upon, otherwise, it had better be re jected. You can measure your happiness by that rule, bat you cannot measure your rightness. You can say that you aro happy because you are right, but you cannot Eay that you are right because you are happy. Erin go Bragh—Why the idea is mon strous. To hold with such a ciuel doc trine would be to consign the unfortunate and the miserable, to an unpiting purga tory into which their own wrongful acts Util.tarianism, I shall most certainly yield to the impulse of my Irish nature and con tradict it flatly. Old Grizzly—Such was the theory of, flume, and its logical sequence is a disbc lief in the awards of a future reward or punishment, each man being happy iu this world, uot as he intends to. do, but cs his acts so' operated upon by co-eval cirenm stances will make him. Mr. Wrecker—Aud yet Jeremy Ban tham was the author of the suggestion that the “Greatest good to the greatest number” was the precise and practical test of right and wrong, both in morals as well as law. Old Grizzly—And that does net make it any the more true; and when it is remem bered that Bentliam was one of the found ers of tile Westminister Review, it will not be wondeed at that id the Review Mr. Grote finds so severe a critic. Mr. O’Riley—Bat what has Mill, Ben- thaui, Grote, or the Westminister Review, got to do with Joe Brown aud “Publius ?” Old Grizzly—Only this; “Publius,” for want of argument’, resorts to epithets, aud calls Joe Brown a Utilitarian, to which Jo seph, accepting Webster’s definition of the term, sharply ret rts and claps on the cap. We sus r ect however, that Joseph has not studied tho question as deeply as “Publi us” aud what “Publius” intended as ethical reproach, Joseph appropriates os a material compliment, which goes to prove. Mr. Wrecker, that jou arj right in sup posing the causes do not always produce their legitimate effects. have plonged them. I have too much char ily to think that such a theory has a truth for its basis. Mr. Wrecker—Gentlemen, I see that you do not understand ms. I hold 'that nothing can succeed—that nothing ought to succeed that does not have for its object the promotion of men’s happiness, and that in determining tho rightness or wrongness ofan act, referencemustbo had to the effect it will have upon the interest and the hap piness of society. Old Grizzly—Without any reference to the moral of the-action or the intention of the actor. Mr. Wrecker—Yes, we must measure the effeoi itse’f, and not the cause. Erin go Bragh—Then if that is your [Communicated. Floyd Si-rinos, May 10th, ’71. Mr. Editor,—I am not a letter writer, nor do I desire to be conspicuous, hut feel a deep interest in the welfare of our com mon couutry, the success of the democratic parly, and the cause of justice. We met in convention on the first Tuesday in this month; made a nomination according to our sense of dai'--; selected one in whoa: we have confidcucc, and who we think cmi nontly qualified for the responsible position. Therefore we reasonably expected the sup port of the trhole democratic party. It is to he regretted that some meu of influence should try to throw a fire-brand into the ranks because their notions on some local matters happeus to differ with Capt. Scott’s. It is not to he expected that every man will think just alike on all subjects. In our political aims we should be a unit. “They that aro not with us arc against ns, and he that gathereth not with ns, seattercth abroad.” The lea^e of the State road is made a pretext for opposition, when it is patent to every one tha. the road was pay ing nothing into the treasury; nay worse, there was a hill pending lor an appropria tion of §500,000 dollars to equip the road. The bill to lease the road was gotten, up in time to prevent the passage of the appro priation bill. Is not §300,000 paid into the treasury better- than $500,000 drawn ont? It is also an acknowledged fact, that all the Governors ot Georgia, (with one honora ble exception) have made political capital of the road. We can only judge tho fa* tore by the past. The lease was a timely measure, and every friend to justice ought to accord to the author of the act, honest and patriotic motions. Some may feel ag grieved became they, or tbeir particular friend was not honored with the nomina tion. Now it is clear that bnt one of the many clever, honest men of the county could be sncceasful. By raising opposition to the choice of the convention, you weak en the party every man has his influence; that opposition strengthens the radicals (you would be ashamed to be numbered amongst them) by your acts they get th'ff benefit of your influence; if you have per sonal dislikes, rise above petty spite for the good of your country. In these days of darkness and corruption, we should be care ful who we select as our standard bearer. It is much safer to hold on to a tried friend than to risk important interests in the hands of anxious office seekers. Therefore, friends of democracy, and of jnsrice, be careful; suffer no one, no matter how much you may esteem the man, to induce you to be accessory in dividing tho dcmocratio vote on the 31st. Scott did not solicit the nomination; bnt the people solicited him, and he consented to let his name go before the convention. Therefore, as good and trac friends to your country and to the cause of justice, support the nominee. “Let there be no divisions among you.” A Delegate. [Communicated. Rome, Ga., May 12th 1871. Editors Courier.—It may be interest- ting to many of your readers to know, there is an institution in the Coosa association, composed of ministers and deacons, which holds its sessions on the fifth Sunday of ev ery month in the year with some of the churches for the diseussiou of interesting religions questions. The last wa3 held at Coosaville. The next is to be held at Cave Spring on tho 5lh Sabbath in July, com mencing with a sc-rmo i on Friday before, at 11 o'clock. I have procured from Henry W. Dean the secretary, a list of the subjects, and the gentleman appointed for the discussions, whether by essay, speech, or sermon. I fur- sish them for your columns, supposing that it will be interesting not only to Baptists, but to other religious denominations, aud to intelligent thinking people generally. First. To dancing, card playing, horse racing, and theatre going night per tel Essay by Henry W. Dean. Second. What is moral otligatic 3 ’ with reference to joining organizations outside of the christain church, by members there of? Is it obligatory, if moral and benevo lent? If not obligatory, fa it. permissive? Essay by R. W. Whitehead. Third. Mutual duties of ehnrch and pas tor. Sermon by D. 3; Hamilton. Fourth. Final perseverance of the saints: Sermon by J. W. Qnillian. ggFifth. How far should Baptists affiliate with other denominations? Essay by O. D. M’Neely . . Sixth. The sin of covetnonsness among Christians—what fa it, and the, remedy ? Essay by C. H* Stillwell. Seventh* What are the obligations of chureh members to the Sunday school 7 Essay by F. B. Sheldon. Eighth, Woman’s agency in christianiz ing the world. Essay by C. G. Samuels Ninth, The elements of strength in church organization!. Essay by A. J. King. Tenth, The Seriptires—their study. Es say by J. C. Brown. Eleventh, The naturcof John^ baptism. Essay by J- L. Freeman. Twelfth, Prayer meetings—hojv to bo maintained ? Essay by W, P. Wood* 'Thirteenth, The responsibility of indi vidual members for the influencing ol their chnrcbes. Essay by M. Bucn. The field covered is extensive. Many of the questions are of it tou-e interest to Christians generally; and no thoughtful mind ea i read them without pausing. Cave Spring is a beautiful village, tho season of the year s pleasant one, aoa the people pro verbial lor their hospitality, and we hope to see a large attendance. It has occirrcd to oir mind. Mr. Editor, that the next most responsible man, at judgment, to a preacher, will be an editor. In that event, don't yon think yon bad bet ter go down and find ont what is going on “ in the regions ronnd about Jordan.” Simon Peter. OllR VOIEL. CHAP. V. THE COMING MAN. JUDGE WRIGHT’S LETTER. Rome, Ga., May 10th, 1871 To the Democracy of Floyd Comity: A great many applications have been made to.me by prominent men in different parts of the county, to permit my name to bo used as a candidate for tlie Legislature. They have been so numerous, and from such sources, that I have felt much embarrassed as to the line of duty. While a scat in Ihe legislature is a desirable office general^ ly, it is not so to me. Nothing but an over whelming sense of duty to my country would cause me to accept it. Moreover, while I entertain no donbt of u.y eligibili ty, the men in power would probably hold differently. I had in my own mind deter mined never to hold office again, except one, (even if I could) and that one, main* ly, to demonstrate the State road could, in ten years, with a fathfnl administration, pay the debt of tha State. The truth of this proposition is put beyond doubt by Gov. Brown’s figures to prove to the peo ple of Geoigia ho was losing mono . But this splendid property of the State, enough to have paid the public drbt, and to have made a fund sufficient for the education of every poor child in the State fa gone, and probably forever. The only inducement to obey a call to a legislative seat would be a recapture of this property to the peoph. As, however, if elected, I would not prob- bly be permitted, by the “truly loil,” to take my scat, I feel it a duty I owe you. at once, and positively, to decline the u.-c of uiy name, I know the men who have mad the demand upon me; and I a sure them of liy profound obligations for this mark of their respect and confidence. And now, Democracy of Floyd, are you willing tiiat your railroad, plunder :d by Bollock and Blodgett of nearly ono million of dollars, shall be quietly turned ov.:r to Brown & Co. for a nominal rent; au 1 that to be paid not lo your debt, bnt to the same men who robbed your treasury. Can we lose this source of revenue, and pay our debt and educate our children? Arc you ready for new taxes? Is the “Commercial” right^his morning, when it says the only issue is the “union of the Democracy of Floyd"? Union on what? That this splendid property of the State, because it was plundered of its rev enues by Bullock and Blodget, shall be turned over, by “Scott of Floyd,’ to Brown Bullock? That Brown & Co. shall give bond in six millions to pay over, monthly, S25.000, to Bullock <£• Co.? Oh teicpora, nh mores! Augustus R. Weight. PROCEEDINGS OF TnE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. DIOCESE OF GEORGIA. SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS. TnuasDAY ; May 11,1871. Morning Prayer was read by Rev. Mr. Hunter, assisted by Rev. Mr. Rees. Present as on yesterday, with the addi tion of Rev. Messrs. Thomas, George and A. O. Stanly, Hon. Chas. Jenkins, of Agusta, and Col. B. E. Green, Dalton. The Minutes of yesterday were read and approved. Certificates of election of Lay Delegates referred to Committee on Credentials. Committee reported that Cettificates were in form, and the following person en titled to seat: Mr. Green, Milledgeville* St. Stephen’s Church, Atlanta, got leave to withdraw. The bishop read his Aouual Address. The Report from the Secretary of the General Convention read by the Bishop. It was moved and seconded, that a commit* tee of three clergymen and one layman be appointed to report on same. Rev. Messrs. Clark, Benedict and Rees. It was moved and adopted that a Com mittee be appointed by the Chair t> draft suitable Resolutions in regard to the death of Rev. Mr. Grant. The Chair appointed as follows: Rev. Messrs. Thomas, Brown and Stanley. It wae moved and seconded that the Bishop’s address be referred to the Com mittee on the State of the Chureh. The Parochial Reports were presented and read. In connection the Report of Convocations was presented and read. Mr. Whittle offered a resolution in re gard to Convocations, which was amended and adopted as follows: Resolved, That the Bishop shall appoint a committee, with himself as chairman, to be composed of presiding officers of Convo cations and a layman from each district, who shall prepare for adoption by the next Convention, a plan by which nniformity shall be secured. The Report of Standing Committee was presented by Rev.’Mr. Clarke and receiv ed. The Report of Permanent Episcopal Fund was referred to Committee on Fi nance. The Report of Treasurer of Diocese re ferred to Committeo on Finanoe. The Report of Special Committee on Assessments were presented by Mr. J. B. Johnson and adopted. Committee on Convocations—Bishops of the Diocese and Deans of respective Convo cations, also Gov. Jenkins, Whittle, Bogart and Strong. Gov.-Jenkins move that a Committeo be appointed to consider the best way to re- lieve disabled clergymen. Moved, and sec onded that the wholematter.be referred to the time when the cannons shall be taken up. Moved by Mr. Alexander that the irext Convention wQl meet in Cohrmbus. Amen ded by Mr. Thomas by snbstitntion of At- lacta Amendment lost. Mr. Alexander’s motion prevailed. Application for admission of St. Steph en’s Chapel. Referred. On motion the Convention adjourned. It was settled then between the exeen- trie aad craiic Middleton Mnggletoo and the soberr (aid and reverend President that Hiram was to put on a dual 'die, factotum and student; an! all of this, too,, in the kindness of their own unselfish regard for the poor and deserving. Having settled it between them, the sober staid, and reverend P caidcnt thought no more about it that evening But the cratio Mr. Midd etou Mnggletoo bad found the eagle wings of a fancy, and he could not afford to let them be folded in sleepy inac tivity, while such a glorious field of spec ulation lay so brightly before hfa mental vision—up, up into the sunny regions of “time to come,” did he mount upon them, aud no poet ever bestrode the cavorting Pegassus with a brighter eye and a light er heart than did Mr. Middleton Mnggletoo ride this fancy, big as it was with the desti nies of his promised protege. On hfa return to the Middleton Mng- Jeton household, hs carried with him the pleasing pictnro, and when emersid in the felicities of the Middleton Maggieton Home, he coaid not dismiss it from hfa heart. The orphan boy was no longer a boy, but a qian, a great and honored man— a man not of to day or to-morrow, bnt a man of a ecntnry; and all too, because he, Mr. Middleton Mnggletoo, had made him such. The glory of thecomingherobright- ened up the soul of Mr. Middleton Mng- gleton, because the glory was hfa own as well “ Mrs. Middleton Maggieton ” he said, for the triumph of hfa imagination was too exqafaite to be kept all to himself, “I have struck it at last—with the Philosophical Pythagoras I am now able to cry out in the joy of my life Eureka, Eureka.” And I, my dear, am eqnally ready to congratulate you upon your good fortune.” This was a stereotyped sentiment with Mrs- Middleton Maggieton, as the Enrcka, Eu reka was the daily utterance of Mr. Mid dleton Maggieton. “ Yes I have indeed found it. The life long wanted opportunity fa at hand. It fa now mine to make such a man of another as I ought to have made of myseif.” “ No better man than yon can be made, my dear,” aud a world of love beamed from the gentle eyes of Mrs. Middleton Mag gieton. “ The chance to develop the manhood and greatness in another’s.that which Prov idence, and yon, Mrs. Middleton Muggle- ton, have denied me the bliss of, in one of my own.” A slight tremor, of reproach blurred the clear voice of Mr. Middleton Mugglcton as be added the latter clause. Mrs. Middleton Maggieton dropped her eyes half iabasbl’alness and haltin reproach- “ And I am sore my love it is not my fault,” she replied, apologetically. “The blessed little darlings were all eirfa, but they are precious for ail that,” she added with a mot! er’s pride steadying her voice. Mr. Middleton Maggieton was softened. “ Yes they are all precious, and after all it fa perhaps for the best- If Thad a boy of my own to devote my care to, I might not be so ready to advance the poor widow’s son.” “ Yes, my love, it fa all for the best. I would not give the sweet girlish simplicity of my darlings, for all the rode, roughness of the grossest boy that ever broke a moth er’s heart,” and Mrs. Middleton Maggieton arose ont of the depths of her mothers boy less humiliation high into the joy of a mother’s pride in’ her girls’ *- Oh yes I am proud of my girls.” The father laught something of the enthnsiasm of the mother. “But Hiram is a noble boy, aud I am sure he will never freak hfa moth er’s heart.” “Hiram Lavender;” Mrs. Middleton Maggieton asked, not from an idle, but sympathetic cariosity. Yes, Hiram Lavender,” and Mr. Mid dleton Maggieton pronounced the name with a fatherly accent. “Hiram Lavender,” be added with a kiodling enthnsiasm. while the wings of hfa fancy began to rustic themselves for a flight, “ who fa to be to me a son, nay more than son, a companion, a counselor, an adviser, a friend; the sup port of my tottering age, when my age be gins to totter; ti c stay of my life when my life needs a stay; thi protection of you, my love, when I am gone; and the guardian of my little girls.” It was over thus with Mr: Middleton Muggleton, the benefits he was ready to bestow upon others first redounded to hiuF self, so that while indeed -planing the hap piness of another he was himself reaping its sweetest fruitions. “Aud then my love, he will be such an honor to me, to you and me, to us all, it were worth a life to bo the patron of sueh a man,” and Mr. Middleton Muggleton grew’not only happy but'proud “To have it said in after years, when he fa all that he is rare to be, that I, Middleton Muggleton, that we, Mr: and Mrs. Middleton Muggle ton was and were the author and authors of hfa being-” “Not being, my dear; ‘ Mrs. Lavender would hardly be so sacrificing as to concede that,” and Mrs. Middleton Moggleton’s eyelids drooped in a depreciating shade as she ventured the correction. “No not being, iny love, but author and authors of hfa greatness, the maker of hfa fortunes; and this you know would be grander than to be the author ol hfa mere being,” and Hr. Middleton Maggieton not only rallied from his mistake, bnt grew warm in hfa enthusiasm, “What fa a being, a mere pitiful being—th*-. body, and its fitini breath. It fa the mind, my love that 1 want to mould into worldly greatness—the. desti ny my love that I want to shape; the’name that I want to lift high above the names of common men; the character, upon which I wish to stamp the impress of my good in tentions. All these are greater than the mere being—the flesh and blood; and it is all these, in the person of Hiram Lavender that I have to develope.” Mr. Middleton Maggieton stooped from his flight to lovingly tap the cheek of Mrs. Middleton Maggieton, and Mrs. Middleton Muggleton encouraged by this affectionate demonstration, straightway begra pluming her own golden wings for a flight as glorious. Oh, won’t it be nice to have the making of such a man—the rival of McDuffie— the peer of Calhoun; what a happy thought it was my dear; but it all comes of your goodness,” and Mrs. Middleton Maggieton ’ uDarather pretty pairof lips to he asked," confident that she did. “Mont heartily, it is the very thing,” add after a slight prase she again added by way of settling it beyond a question ot donbt, “it fa the very thing.” - “Then I will walk over in the morning and see Mrs. Lavender, and have the affair arranged at- once, and you, my love, will walk with me.” “Certainly, toy dear.’ “And rue too, papa,” chimed in little Yiola, who, child as sho was, had not been too busy with her doll to catch the latter ar rangement. “Yes, you may go too, and Hiram will tote you back.” And as Mr. Middleton Muggleton and President Hudson had settled it between them in’ the afternoon, s > Mr. Middleton Maggieton and Mrs. *Iid*lleton Maggieton settle! it between them that evening, that Hiiam was to become as potter's clay in the skillful hands of the potti rs, robe moulded into a vessel of exqafaite -hope and stately proportions, and Mr. Mid lloton Maggieton and Preridant Hudson were to be the skill ful potters, while Mrs. Middleton Moggie ton stood ready to dress the vessel with any amount of blue and white ribbon, and to enwreath its neck with all kinds of pretty flowers. That night Mr. Middleton Maggieton dropped to sleep; only to dream of the won- drous beauty of bis ideal hero, and only awoke when ho had dreamed that he, Mr. Middleton Maggieton, was endned with the creative genius ot Pygmalion, and had tried the cnaniug of hfa hand on an image so passing fair, that he bcc.i.ue distractedly enamored with it, ard in the agony of un- requited love his dreem bceametoo painful to endure. The dreams of Mrs. Middleton Muggle ton were less ardent, bnt nut the less pleas ing, and the orphan boy—bay no longer, bat a famous man—was the hero ot them as well- And Hiram slept too, hut he dreamed not of the wondrous life, of glory and of fame and of honor, so brightly carved out for him by hfa unsuspected friends, but he dreamed as any other boy would havo dreamed, of bis dog. hfa gun, a confused mess of fishing poles and lines, and—we really hope that oar very amiable readers will not feel shocked—of the whipping he intended to give Bill Jones. Though somewhat passed the meridian of life—the traces of time, and it may be care fixing a sabering impress upon tbeir features—Mr. Middleton Maggieton and Mrs Middleton Maggieton, as they walked together —the prattling little Viola toddling between them—was an interesting and handsome looking couple. The easy flow of spirits, and the buoyancy of fancy that lightened their tread, and brightened their smiles, gave to their appearance a freshness that was really charming. Mrs Middleton Mnggletoo was naturally pretty. The pas sive beauty of her face was of itself attrac tive but when animated by that ardent son! that gave it its sunny life and sweetest charm, it was a face that one could love to I K>k upon, as one would love to look upon some sweet speaking picture. Mr. Middleton Muggleton and Mrs. Mid dleton Muggleton found the widow busied with her household duties, but she received them with sueh a veil bred grace that they actually felt that the condecension was al together upon her part, and that it was an honor to be entertained by her. The usual neighborly greetings, which though so common and grateful, would nev ertheless so md so silly and common-place in a novel—and especially in “Onr Novel,” where everything like common-place shall be studiously left out—were exchanged; the prospects of fair or foul weather specu lated upon, aod the ordinary caresses, not unmeaning in this inetanoe,, were bestowed upon little Viola, alter which Mr. Middie- ton Muggleton prefaced hfa remarks with a slightly embarrassed “ahem,” or it may be two “abems,” and proceeded to unfold to the surprised widow the bright and glorious prospects he had conjured up for her son. Mrs. Lavender loved and was proud of her boy, and the kindly interest manifested by Mr. Middleton Maggieton in his destiny toaohed a tender chord in her breast. The strong . tactical sense of the woman gave place to a mothers fjnd enthusiasm, and ere she was aware of it, she was following Mr Middleton Muggleton through the shilling- cotuts of fame’s high temple, where every mirror reflected the fcatnres, and every re cess echoed the name of Hiram Lavender. Fond foolish mothers! how many of you thes picture for your boys, futures of prom ise and lives of glory; aod 70a, ungrateful boys, bow many of you ought to have your little necks wrong for the withering- return you make for such yearning love. “And you see, Mrs. Lavender,” Mr. Middleton Muggleton - continued, after a moments pause in his upward soar, “onr boy—for you can afford to divide him with me—with Mrs. Muggleton and me—will mors than repay me, by his services, for all the inconvenience or trouble hfa educa tion will be to me—to Mrs. Middleton Muggleton and me.” This allusion to the practical feature of. the case, recalled the widow from her dreamy world with sueh a: sudden surprise as to be sharply painful, and with an un conscious stroke upon her flushed forehead, she let escape a little moan. Half suppressed and quiekly recalled, as was that moan, it found a sympathetic re- sponce in the heart of Mrs. Middleton Maggieton, who softly answered. Yes bat my dear Mrs Lavender, we do not.wish to deprive yon of the presense and companionship of Hiram; while onr hearts. ae are open to him, they are open to his gentle mother as well.” The spell was now completely broken, and Mrs. Lavender saw the nutter in its true bnt not harsh light. “The opportunity you offer sir ia a splendid one for Hiram, and I am not ini scnsiblo to the goodness ofyonr heart, that moved you to propose, it-rhut—but” she he3ita*ed,“but the matter is of so great importance that I must beg a little time to consider it. Hiram fa a good boy” she con tinued apologetically, “and of course my partial love makes him all that your gener ous fancy pictures him to be, hut after all be fa but human, and. human promise fa vain. He might disappoint yon, might not he able to repay you. kindness,- might— : “I will trust him-for that, and should he not, I will have the happiness to know that my efforts were well intended, and what better reward can we wish Mrs. Lav ender than the consciousness ot having in tended « good: purpose.’’- -Mr. Middleton ^qggkioa prased, the kindling fire ia Ida fine eye threatened an ethical deeertation, bnt Mrs. Lavender was powerless to eom- batit—“What tome fa the poor, dross 0? human reward or of human gntitnde:’— And the -threat rued flow burst forth—“il The lovin” tear tl at ofMrs. Lavender was a mo swer to this outburst of friendly 1 than any words however irolden could have made. Mr Middleton Muggletou’s ethics had as suddenly evaporated as they had sudden ly erupted, and be wasagainreadytomount hfa hero and ride bim info an unending and all appreciative fame. “I am read; to believe that; Iliram Lav-' ender will not disappoint me, and I trust ; that Mrs. Laveader will not disappoint the gracious promises that I have planed ont for him. Ho fa destined to make a bright and bhining mark npon the times, and I do want to eonple my efforts with bis great- “You are very kind, and I do so appreci ate your kindness,” Mrs. Lavender answer ed, “and I favor jonr plans, bnt really I would like time to consider the matter. Hiram fa but a boy and yet I would like to consult his feelings and hfa judgemen t,, and Mr Hudson fa my friend, aud I owe it to him to ask his advice”—•' “Oh that fa all settled,” triumphantly in terropted M -. Middleton Muggleton, “that is all settled, and Mr. Hudson fa a party to my scheme.” M.s Laveader looked np with an embar rassed gladness. How very 1 iod it: yoo am) Mr. Hudson to thus interest your goodness, in the for tunes of my boy. I can never repay you you for your kindness.” “Yes, you can.” “How can I?” ‘•By consenting to the arrangement.” and for once in iifa life Mr. Middhtio Maggieton was able to draw a practical truth from the mist of a mania. “To-morrow I will let you know; to day I cannot think clearly; the surprise was so sudden that I am embarrassed. I think [ shall do as you wish, but I want time to consider,” aud the widow pressed her band to l.er forehead as if to push back the em- j bdrrassment that crowded so thickly upon her brain. “Yes, to-morrow will do; and now where fa Iliram ?” “Hiram has gone to the mill. It is time for him to he back,” answered the widow as she released little Yiola trom the perch she had all the while held upon her knee. .Yonder he comes now.” cried the son cie little thing as she caught sight of Hi ram, who came trudging through the gate bending under the weight of a package of floor. “Howdy, Iliram, let me help you,” she said, scrambling out of the door and running to meet bim. “Yes, help me,” playfully answered Hi ram as he stooped hfa burden within the reach of her chnbby hands. “There now, are’nt we stroDg/’ he added, as he deposit, ed hfa load in its proper niche. “Oh yes, and the saek fa so heavy,” and flash of childish triumph gladdened the face of the little girl. Hiram turned to greet Mr. Muggleton, which he did with an easy grace, but a boyish timidity kept him shy of the lady. “Hiram, my boy, we have been doiog is as the thistle-seed that floats iu the eve- - 1, au empty airy nothing, the every idle breath, its own littleness and-lightness repelling it from the hand thatwonld reach to catch it—no! give me and th*e nnstudied compliment. th e solid approval of a clear conscience mr hTe '. I ask no higher reward.” _ 1 - <*Ifo£Hiram offers both-my love”—-and strong as was her sympathy with Mr. Mid dleton-Mu Mrs. Middleton Maggieton ia the promise of Iliram grew fully as strong.—“You will have the pleasing consciousness of having done a good deed, and the additional pleasi ure of participating in its good results; for Hiram Lavender will not disappoint yon. great things for yon while yon were out. 'Ye have made quite a great man of you.” A certain naive humor entered largely into the nature of Hiram, and he slyly answered. Considering the rather scant material you have, I must think that your achieve ment makes you a greater, sir. “An, the matcrial was good enough sure ly, but for all that, we are quite proud of our achievement. It only remains to see if our man can bear the greatness we. have thrust upon him.” “I am pretty good at carrying flour, sir.” slyly nodding at the saek just put down, “and if greatness fa less solid than that, I may be able to carry all that I will be like- ly to shoulder.” “Ye>, that’s it; never try to shoulder more than you can carry ” ana Mr. Mid dleton Maggieton grew proverbialfatic. “Nor carry more than I ean shoulder,” amended Hiram. “Precisely so,” acquiesced Mr. Middle- ton Muggleton, “and now, Hiram, it fa set tled between us that you are to be my boy. and suffer me to put as much greatness upon you as you can well bear.” “And what about mother?" the boy asked with a softened expression." “Ob your mother has not bueu unthougbt oi. She will see that the honors are well laid on. Yon most help me to convert your mother to our views.” “Mother knows best” answered. Iliram with a glance of honest pride at hfa moth er. „ “Bnt what fa it all about?” he asked, somewhat puzzled at the sympathetic glan ces he caught playing between the eyes of Mr. Middleton Maggieton and Mrs Mid dleton Muggleton. Mrs. Lavender explained the proposition of Mr. Middleton Mag.-Ieton, and added- “Bnt we will not consider it' now; to-mor row will be time enough.” Shortly after Mr. and Mrs Muggle- gleton staited homeward, Hiram returning with them to pacify little Viola, who in sisted upon her ride npon hfa shoulder. That evening president Hudson calleil npon the widow, and as hfa good sense' approved the scheme upon which Mr. Mid dleton Muggleton had so set hfa soul, Mrs. Lavender had bat few objections to inter pose. Hiram, too, while dofering to the wishes and feelings of hfa mother, was eager to embrace the chance for preferment and readily entered into the spirit of tbeir kindly designs. The thought of his moth er’s lonely life was all that intruded a shade of regret upon the brightness of hfa pros pect, and this thought became almost un bearable, when the time came for him to leave her alone. To lighten thii feeling ol loneliness as araeh as possible, and to relieve her of all the drudgery of household duties, Mrs. Middleton Maggieton placed in her servi ces a negro girl, inteligent, obedient and trusty, and gave as much as possible her own pleasant companionship, to -the ebaev- Tng of her humble borne. Hiram, too, was not unmudful of the dreary solitude of hfa mother’s hearth, and every leisure moment was devoted to her presence. With a brave heart, beating only in the hope of adrancing her darling boy, Mrs. Lavender met and wrestled with the soli tude. Trusting in the goodness and the grace of her God, she-bowed to-her heavy fortune, and uncomplainingly straggled on. Gov. Palmer has called an extra session of the Legislature of Illinois, in order that the members may settle the unfinished bu siness. The “Rings’' quarrelled over the plunder during the regular session, rad ad journed withont passing many items of the Appropriation bill. This wonld block tha wheels of government, and hence the action of Governor Palmer. The Washington Republican says that the Commissioner of internal Revenue will begin next month a farther redaction in the number and a’ consolidation of the In ternal Revenue districts in the conntry. This is made possible by' the removal of special taxes, the law for which went into operation on the 1st ofMay. The death warrant of one of the Salem witches is shown at the curiosity room of the French fairs iu Boston. The return of her execution, endorsed on its back, illus trates the spirit of the time3. The sheriff first wrote that he hung her until she was desdand buried, but a subsequent pen stroke erased the last words, and ihy, the faith of softened a little this remarkable : justice. “Mamma,” :a : d a precious little boy who against hfa will, was made to rock hfa baby brother, “if the Lord has anymore babies to give away don’t you take them!”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, May 19, 1871, Image 1