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The Rome Courier FRIDAY MORNING, May. 19. \ A CIRCULAR TO NORTHERN MEN. We present the following circular to the earnest consideration of the Northern pco- ,ple. It tells nothing but the truth. Its facts are such as any man can safely and readily satisfy himself of. Dear Sirs—A univeisal desire exists here that yenr people may beeo.ee better acquainted with us and our country; and that the exonerations written and published with evil intont, and for selfish or political ends, may be disproved in words of truth and soberness, and by your own observa tion, if you come among us. The impression prevails that a Northern man, who comes South, if he is not killed outright, is so beset and unsettled that he is in daily dread for life and limb; that our people are full of rage resentment and re revenge, savages, lawbreakers and Ku Klux. Now, sir, we are strictly a law-abiding pcsple, quiet, peaceable and cu.incutly so cial. As regards lawlessness, I ca 1 say, without fear of contradiction, that Geor gia will compare favorably with any State in the Union. And although you may have beard so much of evil, and slander, ,aod lying against this county (Floyd), we who live, and have lived for twenty years, know of a truth that there is no* a more erderly, social, high-toned christaiu pop ulation on the globe than we can boast of. We have many Northern men here who, will bear me out in the assertion. A n an who is bad at heart, and in conduct is frowned upon here as everywhere. All such should go to some uninhabited coun try and study nature for a cure; but a good man, kind, humane and reasonable, be his politics what it may, is taken by the hand, respected and loved, and will find friends, and home, and plenty here. There is also a feeling of distrust with you about the stability of our laws, owner ship of property, confiscation, repudiation, Ac. As to our laws they are enforced as rigidly, both criminal and civil, as at any period in the history of our State, and you well know that every Georgian has had cause to be proud of his State—the Em pire State—standing in the front rank in stability, science, learning and progress. As to conveyances of property, all the sale-guards that exist with you are in full force and practice here, and our public records are very complete, so that every transfer from original grant to present owner can be perfectly traced. Our rights of property are scrupulously respected aud indeed if it were otherwise our people would bn filled with the same degree of honor which you would experience if a homestead in your possession which had been handed down, through generations, the right to which all know to be vested in you, should be torn from you by a cruel aud thieving pretender. No sir, our laws are as good as yours, and any government which would permit property to be wrench ed from its subjects by pretenders and rogues would fall to pieces from sheer rot tenness, a putrid mass. Let our religion, our liberty and our homes be guaranteed to us, and good and true men will be found to 3taud by the government. This is the demand of our nature, instinct and educa lion. This we will have, and hence you may feel stafe to come among us. Confiscation is one exploded idea f om our standpoint. You, perhaps, believed every man would be proven a traitor, and that his property would be used to put money >n the government coffers. We arc not traitors, sir. The government well knows the motives and principles that ini polled us in the eouflict, and the severity aud period of the struggle proclaims what history will vindicate, and the reader of the next century will be forced to testify, in the light of history, that we were not rebels and traitors. Repudiation will not be entertained in this State. Here we have honor, integri ty aud unbounded resources. The fruitful i arth is yielding her richest stores of much wealth and teeming millions will reward those who avail themselves of the open doors to the store houses of nature, and it is of this I wish to speak more at length and which 1- mainly my object in this pa- paper. Rome is a city of about live thousand inhabitants. Location all that can be de sired for health, salubr ty, good water, scenery, agricultural advantages, facilities of communication and other advantages. We have all rail to Montgomery, Vicks burg, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Charleston and Savannah, and three pro jected lines of rail to Columbus, Decatur, Chattanooga—the two first so in to be be- gun with bright prospects of early cornple tion. We have a noble stream, the Coosa, now navigable one hundred and eighty miles toward Mobil j, and an outlay of two millions would open up a great water line to Mobile to float steamers two hundred tons, traversing seven hundred miles of territory, rich in coal, iron, marble and slate, and the greater part unequaled in agricultural importance. The iron is in such demand, on accout of its excellent quality, that shipments of pig metal ate almost daily made from this point to Rich mond and Philadelphia and there com mands prices much reatcr than the same class of Northern metal, although the ex pense of making is not half so great. The coal is pronounced excellent, and is mined so near the surface and so near the river that the expense i3 small, compared with Noithern mines. These areinexhaust- alle—so of slate, marble, limestone, sand stone, &c., Ac. Within a radius of twenty-five miles of this city, (and indeed there is much within half that distance), there is an abui dance of all these minerals, and some furnaces are now in operation ; but wbat- we want is men of enterprise who have money to de velops those various deposits—furnaces, here and there, iron mills, foundries We want you to come with a friendly feeliug to identify yourselves with the oountry a ad if you make money, which you surely will, it will afford us pleasure for you to do so. If the roads are built to Decatur and Colum bus Rome will have equal advantage with any manufacturing city in the United States. , O. S. We are in receipt of the May number of '‘The National Live Stock Journal” The journal is devoted exclusively to the im provement of live Btock and the interest of breeders. The number before us contains many valuable articles concerning horses, cattle, swine, sheep, poultry, bees, Ac, It or some similar journal should bo in the bouse of every farmer, or those who own stock of any kind. Only §2 00 per annum. Address, Geo. W. Rust & Co., Chicago, Ill. [Communicated. Cheap Railroads. Mr. Editor: Since my last article to you I have seen notices of two narrow guaga railroads now in course of instuc tion, one ol three foot, the other of thirty inch guage, both in Missouri, and both in- tc-dcd for the transport of iron ere from tire mines to some broad guage road; and not for miscellaneous freight and passen ger traffic. I trust I shall be excused if I reftr to few more points cone ;ring norrow guages. In the construction of all buildings, engine bouses &c. the engineering and inciicntal expenses, and in land damages, the three- foot gnage can save nothing over the broad guage. The only place where any consid erable reduction can be made is in the cost of track, and here it will hardly exceed 33 percent of the 5 foot track. The sale of bonds when it comes to that, will show what confideDCc capitalists have in the success of an enterprise that makes a three foot guage the main link of a line six or seven hundred miles long; the discount will be doubled It will be impossible to hire eDgines or cars from cur neighbors and we shall have to purchase for cash a lull and complete outfit of cars and engines, at a cost—it is true—ol 30 to 40 per cent less for each, lut upon the aggregate equal to if not gr- ater than the same outlay would have been with a 5 foot gua c. A.nd finally having finished our road and footed up the cola un of expenditures wo must not be ustinishod to find our invest ment but a trifle less tnan it would have been bad we built a broad guage read upon a cheap plan. Of the immense amount of capital invest ed in the construction and the equipment of railroads in the country,— an examina tion of the reports of companies represent ing over 5,000 miles shows that one half of it is charge ible to superstructure and motive power (by superstructure is mi ait the track and the frame work of bridges) and about one fourth of it to discount and de preciated value of the means at the disposal of the builders. These items then are the points to which we should mainly direct our attention with the view of reduction and in their reduc tion wc may develop the means of reducing other items. The remaining ono fourth is represented by graduation and masonry; in these items the present system of Ameri can Engineering has economised as much probably as a duo regard for safety will per mit, and wc cannot expect to save much iu them. The greatest obstacle we shall encounter in the redaction of cost of track and weight of eDgines is prejudice; prejudice against returning to old measures and old systems. But here let me instance some examples of this return to old-fashioned practice;—Mes srs Colburn and Holly, who examined in ’57 and '58 more than three fourths of the railroads of Europe, state io their report that “In 1854 rails of 85 to 100 pounds per yard were considered to be the best. Since that time it is found on tbe Eastern Counties line, that the 95 pound rails made tbe worst road, were less durable, and in course of time became the most dangerous, as compared with 70 lbs rails.” “Tbe North London line, perhaps the heaviest worked io England, is having laid down 72 pound rails in place of those of 85 pounds formerly used. Brunei’s last rail—for the Great Western line, is G2 p rands per yard in place of 72 and 92 pound iron formerly used.” Of over4000 miles of road io Pennsylvania the heviest rail now in use is 70 lbs. per yard, tbe heviest laid since 18G5 was GGlbs.; and the average of all in use at present is 54} lbs. per yard. The writer remembers distinctly when stone blocks,—and in the case of some railroads near Boston,—stone cross-ties, were consid ered indispensable for a good and substan tial track. The report above mentioned says upon this point “stone blocks have almost been entirely discarded;” and the last, it is believed, in use in this country .vore taken up in ’63 on the N. Y. & Hnr. R. R. and replaced by oak sills. It will be observed that increase in the weight of engines is successful only where the tonnage to be moved has also increased. The old Penn, and Ohio. R. R.—now con solidated with others into tbe Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago R. R.—moved during tbe year 1853 a total freight of270, 000 tons and 130,000 passengers, with en gines for the former of not over twenty tons and seventeen tons for tbe latter; this road has grades ol 58 feet per mile. The Cumberland Valley R. R. in 1869 with seventeen ton passenger and twenty-two ton freight engines did a business of 308,000 passengers and 250,000 tons freight; the road is 75 miles long with 53 feet grades. IIow many instance! are there where the managers of a second class road, have purchased engines and cars of the same pattern and cost as those used on roads with the heaviest traffic; and these heavy engines—not the amount of freight carried —requiring a stronger 2nd more substan tial superstructure. All this for display and not because the necessity of the trade demands it. Is it not folly to use for a train of two or three passenger coaches, an engine of the same pattern and power as that which draws the Cincinnati Expross with ten cars over the 97 feet grades of the Pennsylvania Central R. R.? I desiie to show that an expensive track and heavy engines are not a necessity for new roads, but that we may use in such cases e igines of sixteen to twenty tons, and a track that shall not cost over $4,500 per mile. And for this track let us use the Oat-bar two and three-eights inches wide and five-eighths thick, laid upon longitudi nal stringers five inches wide at top and seven inches at the bottom and eight and a half inches deep, these to be supported by sub-sills five feet apart. As before re marked, the greatest abjection to this will be prejudice. John B. Jervis, Esq., whose reputation as a Civil Eogineer is secured to more in the country, says of the flat-bar road: “ Though now generally out of use, this kind of lailway has done much service iu this country in a very economical way, and paid the proprietors, in several cases, the best dividends, and, in faot, better than when subsequently laid in a more perfect and substantial manner. With suitable machinery and working at a moderate speed such rails may do a perfect work.” A track of this kind will be sufficiently strong for the eDgines above mentioned, and can be made entirely safe; “ snake heads ” can be avoided by using screw spikes at the ends of rails; and by employ ing one-fourth more repair men than usual the track can be kept in as good condi tion. The superstrnctnre of bridges be reduced in cost, as the heaviest engines will be hut two thirds the weight of many now in use—it is the weight of engines that regulates the strength of all railway superstructures. Tbe bridges may be so bailt that the necessary timbers, rods and bolts can at aay time he added to receive heavier engines. In the case of a road constructed with 55 to 60 pound rails, not iess than $7,000 per mile goes for iron rails and splices, manufactured at a distance and brought here at great expense; bnt with flat-bar every dollar may be expended in your midst. Tbe residents along the line of road who have not a dollar of money to contribute, will, many of them, be found ready and willing to furnish the timber in payment for suck subscriptions and the rails and spikes furnished by your own rolling mills. The whole amonnt required to put the road in order to receive a train is Bpent here in yonr midst, and does not go into the hands of large iron manufac turers at the North or in England, As the traffic increases the saperstrne tare can be strengthened, weight of en gines increased, and . the flat-bar track moved to oue side for sidlings, and we find ourselves prepared for that increase as it presen's itself. It certainly is had man agement to provide onr road at the start with track, bridges, engines and rolling stock capable of a business of half a mil lion tons annually when we shall have to wait four or five years until our tonnage reaches that amount. Below are the estimated costs of a mile of track of fivo-feet gnage with 55 pound rail, and three foot guage with 30 pound rail, these are from aa article oo “ narrow guages” by Capt. O. G. Vanderhoff. of Knoxville;aud also an estimate of cost of one mile of fiat-bar track as I have pro posed : Five foot guage—rail 55 pounds per yard: 87 tons of rail at $70 per ton, $6,090 00 400 rail spikes “ $1 400 00 5,500 spikes “ 5 275 00 2,640 cross tics “ 50 1,320 00 Laying one mile track, 500 00 Total, $8,585 00 Three foot guage—rail 30 pounds per yard: 47} tons rails at $75, $3,562 50 330 rail splices “ 50, 1G5 00 3,520 lbs. spikes “ 6, 21120 3,000 cross-ties “ 25, 750 00 Laying aue mile track, 300 00 Total, $4,988 70 Five-foot guage, with flat bar tail: 23 65-100 tons bar at $90, 45,000 feet lumber “ 15, 1,000 sub sills “ 35, 2,500 lbs. spikes -- 5, Laying one mile track, $2,128 50 G75 00 350 00 125 00 S00 00 $4,078 50 Total, Capt. Vanderhoff has assumed as the cost of iron rails, the price at the rolling mill, it will take fiom $7 to $10 per ton to put them upon the ground for use. The purchase of railroad iron has, of late years, become nothing more than a sale of bonds, without regard to the quality or adaptability of such iron ; and upon ex amination it is found that railway bars of inferior quality have cost from 16 to IS per cent more than the best, because they were paid for in bonds. In the purchase of engines let us select the best aud the plainest; the amount of polished brass and copper, with painting and gilding that is frequently seen on en gines, has frequently led me to suspect some secret defect; it shows that the en gine builder is catering to the taste of others than a conscientious and practical machine. The engineer and his firemen spend three-fourths of their time in brightening and cleaning these gew-gaws, while the guides, stuffing boxes, links, pumps, Ac., are becoming dangerous from neglect. And finally, the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad with grades of ninety-two feet and a single track transported 1,302,041 tons of freight a»d 651,038 passengers during 1869, the length of the road is 287 miles, and the tract cost a little over $10,- 000 per mile, the engines used averaged 30 tons. Now with a freight and passen ger business of oae-fourth the above amonnt, and on grades nearly one-third; may wc not use a track costing but $4,500 per mile, and engines 16 to 20 tons weight. Very Respectfully, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, E- Godfrey Rerrer, C. E. [Communicated. Mr. Editor,—It affords me pleasure to announce that the Rome Female College will be opened for tbe reception of pupils and of boarders, on the first Monday in September. I earnestly desire to make this a school for the people—an important element in the progress and prosperity of Rome, and of the country—an educational home, not only attractive, but rich iu facilities aud influences adapted to the culture of the mind and hearts of those who may com pose its classes. A living energy in the great work pro posed, and a hope and purpose of buildiog up a permanent Institution worthy of Rome, of Georgia and of the South, justify the solicitation of a liberal patronege, and the expectation of future success aud useful ness. J. M. M. Caldwell, Pres’t. TRIBUTE OF KESPECT. At a regular meeting of Rome Typo graphical Union, No. 134, held in the City Hall, on Saturday, May 6, 1871, the following resolutions were adopted in due form : Oscar E. Langston- Whereas, It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from the body of our craft in this city, Oscar E. Langston, recently deceased; and Whereas, By the d-.ath of Brother Langston we realize a severe less to our membership, and it is dne from us to ex press oar sorrow, in a formal manner; there fore he it Resolved, That we feel deeply the loss, both to our calling and to the community where we live, now inflicted by the with drawal of one whose ability and manners commanded our h’ghest respect during ma ny years of acquaintance aud social contact. Resolved, That a faithful craftsman and exemplary citizen was taken from our num ber when Oscar E. Langston ceased to live; and his memory will be cherished by us always while we sojourn in the world whence he is called by an overrulin Providence. Resolved, That as we bow to that Supe rior Wisdom which hath ordained this in fliction to his family and us, we are com forted in remembering the great worth of onr dead friend, and that his consistent life was well prepared for the change from Time to Eternity. Resolved, That a page in our journal be inscribed to hismemory; that a copy of these resolutions be furnished by the Secretary to the family of the deceased; and that they be published in the newspapers of Rome Extract from the Minutes. B. G. Salvage, See’y. Sore Head.—The Commercial flourish- ishes over us its wind bag, with a vim that were our heads really as sore as it imagines them to be and its weapon a Hercules club, instead of a boy’s rubner battledore, would be seriously damaging to our safety. This is the way it comes at us. Four editors in the State have charged the Commercial with iuoonsistoDcy in the proclamation matter. Here they are! God bless their jiggling little souls! Fitch and Whitman, Swayze aad Sawyer! Slop-Tub and Starveling, Slanderer Imd Sore Head. Elegant, certainly,—nothing shabby ahunt that. We only wonder that it should have left oat the Savannah News, as it, too, had something to say about the procs. Bnt perhaps the editor, e. i. editor, and managing editor ot the Commercial, bad •xhausted their vocabulary of epithets, and had to defer Mr. Thompson's case until they coaid clean the sewers for a new sup ply. Look oat Maj. Jones, when they, e. i., tbe editor, and the managing editor, do find something nasty they will sonse it up on yon. ‘Mamma/’ said a precious little boy who against his will, was made to rock bis baby brother, “if the Lord has any moie babies to give away don't yon take them?’ FIAT JUSTIHA RUAT CtELlTM. And not wishing to have the Heavens fall, we have dene Judge Wright the jus tice to publish his letter, which will be found u ion our first page. We suspect, however, that it would have been more kind, it not so just, to wards tlic Judge, to have begged him not to insist upon its publication as we are cer tain that it dt-es not do justice to the fudge’s ability as a writer, or character for consistency. Wc are glad that he disconnects Captain Scott irora any implication in -the avered State Read swindle; but iu doing so he should have retracted his former letter in stead of charging us with misquoting or mis- constructing it. Tue letter appearved in the same issue with our comments, and if there is any meaning to be expressed by the use of words, it means that the people of Floyd county are to rebuke “ Scott of Floyd” for the plundering of the State Road. Here are bis own words, (italics ours •) And now, Democracy of Floyd, are you willing that your railroad, plundered by Bullock and Blo'dgctt of nearly one mil lion of dollars, shall he quietly turned over to Brown A Co. for a nominal rent; and that to be paid not to yonr debt, but to the same men who robbed yonr treasury. Can we lose this source of revenue, and pay onr debt and educate our children ? Are yen roidy for new taxes? Is the Commercial right this 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 ot its revenuo by Bullock and Blodgett, shall be turned over by “ Scott of Floyd” to Brown-Bnllock ? If that does not connect “ Scott of Floyd ” with the issue, not only by impli cation, but by a direct charge, then we confess that we have a mistaken idea of what words mean. The portion of tho Judge’s letter in reference to tho comments of “ A Dclogute ” we leave for Delegate to answer himself, ouly doing that gentle man the justice to say that when the com munication was received he knew nothing of the Judge's letter. So far as the allusion to free passes, af fecting our views in this matter is con cerned, wc think it really beneath the Judge’s better nature to indulge such un worthy insinuations, and are ready to be lieve that he use I it simply to make a point. His tribute to tho worth and abilities of Gen. Toombs we endorse, and it was the knowledge that Gen. Toombs approved Capt. Scott’s bill that went for towards confirming our own views in its favor. Judge Wright is, however, mistaken as to the action of the Convention of the Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad in refference to the repudiation of the action of their directors in endorsing for the Brown Company. The Judge says that the “ honest stockholders refused to endorse the lease.” The honest stockholders did no suchthmg. A resolution was introdne ed iu the Convention to strike out so much of the President’s and Superintendent's aDoual report as> referred to and endorsed the ' lease of the road,” which resolution elicited the debate referred to by Judge Wright, in which he says the champions of popular rights “ opened the campaign against the public infamy,” bat the resolu tion was not passed, but by a friend of the leaso it was moved to lay the matter upon the table, which was dene. The next day Hon. J. P. King havin: seen the false construction placed up in this action, by the Chronicle and Sentinel, de manded tl c sen?e of the Convention upon the meaning of the action, when it was explained by Mr. Hillyer, the maker of the motion, and also by Gen. Toombs himself, that it was not intended as a repudiation of the action of the directors in endorsing the lease. We regret that wc have mislaid the Constitutionalists containing the report of the second day’s proceedings, or we would publish them to show our readers all that was dooe. The affecting peroration of the Judge is indeed wonderful. Pilate, Herrod Christ, Brown, Hill and the peo ple’s road all jumbled up in one lugubrious sentence is a rare mixture, and well calcu lated to draw tears from the eyes of an alligator. The sniveling of Anthony over the mangled corpse of Ctcsar was nothin to it. After such an effecting demonstra tion of his powers of bathos, Tray, Blanche and Swcetharl would indeed be crncl to bark at the Judge. Queen Victo-ia. The next year he was elected lord rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen. Honors during the entire pe 23. And he, answered him and said, “Then this I will do: I will give onto the widow fourteen hundred dollars of the mon- riod of his life were heaped upon him, and ’ «7, and unto thee 1 will give sir hundred his unambitious devotion to science has dollars, and with the remaioiog three tbou- m tde them all riehly merited. To practical science he has also contri buted some valuable facts aad discoveries. The photographic art stands indebted to him for several of its -richest featnres, aud some of its most bcautifu’ chromatic effects. His death leaves a dark spot in the con stellition of the scientific heavens. AT His Post.—We see by its usually bright appearance, that the Ajax Telemons of the Commercial is at his post again, hav ing returned from his Spring holiday, ie- freshed and strengthened for the dreary work of his editorial life. Like a magnanimous hero of old he generously re fuses to assume all the honors of the Com mercial’s celebrity, but insists upon divid ing them with his no longer, Locum Te nons, bnt real “Jupiter Tonans” and “calls us to tho mark” for the shabby way we have of ignoring the claims of that gentle man to editorial consideration. We must assure him that it was iu all charity for the Comm -rcial, and not to vent our spleen — for God knows we entertain none—against his managing editor, that induced us to pass over his claims to editorial responsibility. And here wc world earnestly protest against the construction the Commercial puts upon our language, ifoit construes it to mean anything prejudicial to the co-edi tor’s worthiness as'a coadjutor; bravery as aa ally, or sincerely as a gentleman. We meant no sneh thing. He with a frankness, only equalled by its simplicity, confessed himself a “feeble and decrepid lunatic” and as sneh, expressed a pity for us; we simply accepted his confession and thanked him for his goodness. THE SECOND BOOK OF TUE CHRON ICLES OF GEORGIA. CHAP. VI. ANOTHER STAR SET. Tho world of science has lost one of its most brilliant lights in the death of Sir John Frederick William Hcmchel, who died on the 11th inst. at his residence near LondoD, at the advanced age. of eighty years. Sir John was the only son of Sir Freder ick William Herschel, the equally illustri ous astronomer, and was born Dear Wind sor, ou the 7th of March, 1792. He was graduated atSt. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1813. The astiGnomical researches of his fath er, and his no less distinguished aunt, Car oline Lucretia, with whom ho was associat ed, gave the widest range to his intellectm al capacities, and he early began to attract the attention of the world as a brilliant sci entist. His first publication appeared in 1820, under the title of “Collection of Ex amples of the Application of the Calculus to Finite Differences,” being a reconstruction of Lacroixs’ treaties, “On the Differential Calculus.” His studies were chiefly devot ed to observations in sideral astronomy, in conjunction with those of Sir James South. The result of eight years’ observation was given in a series of catalogues to the Royal Astronomical Sooiety, for which he was honored with the Society s gold medal. In addition to his astronomical works, lie contributed to science several very inter esting treaties upon Sound, Theory of Light Preliminary Discourse upon the Stndy of Natural Philosophy. But his greatest tri umph was his observation at the Cape of Good Hope, where he spent four years in the constant stndy of the whole firmament of the Southern hemisphere. He arrived at the Cape in January 1834 and settled at.Feldhuyson, near Table Bay. The expense of his residence and scientifio services, during his sojourn of four years, were defrayed by himself, although the British government offered to defray them. On nis return to England, in 1838, he was created a baronet, at the coronation of The Tribe oj the Greasers—The King’s Fu gleman Chief of the Tribe—The King still further oppresses the people— Ulysses 1 strengthens the hands of the King. 1. And it ct-me to pas-=thatin those days there was also a tribe in the land of Geor gia wichwas the tribe of he Greasers. 2. And of tbe tribe of the Greasers nothing had ever before been written, nci thcr in the Book of the Chronicles of the land of Georgia, ror in the Book of the Georgia Scenes. 3. Neither had anything ever before been written ol the tribe of Greasers in any oth er book that had ever been writ.cn, for the like of the tribe of the Greasers had never before been seen. 4. Neither upon tbe earth or nDdcr the earth—since the flood nar even before the flood, when the great wickcdocss of the children of men caused the earth to be de stroyed. 5. Only once did anything like the tribe of Greasers ever before appear upon the face of tbe earth, bnt then were their days few upon the earth, for because of their wickcdocss did the Lord raindowu fire and brimstone upon the cities of old—even upon the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, that they might be destroyed. 6. And it is to be hoped that their like may never again be seen upon the face of the earth, least, peradventnre, the Lord shall again rain down upon tho face of the earth fire and brimstone, that they may again be destroyed. 7. And it came to pass that there was a very great affinity of meanness and of sen timent between the Sniffle tribe aud the tribe of the Greasers. 8. For the Snifille tribe were like unto the little dogs kept in the lauds beyond the seas, to smell out and grabbl: up (raffles, their masters hying them on to the scent and then gathering np the truffles unto themselves, 9. And the tribe of the Greasers would hy on the tribe of the Sniffles, and when the tribe of the Sniffles had smelled o t a pot of grease, then would tho tribe of tbe Greasers gather np for themselves the grease. 10. And the tribe of the Greasers was also alike to the developers, only with this difference: Whereas the developers did things upon a large scale, the tribe of the Greasers were given to little things. 11. And Chief of all this tribe of the Greasers was the King’s Fugleman. 12. For inasmuch as it is written that the Devil is the father of lies, so also did it come to pass that the King’s Fugleman was the father of the tribe of Greasers. 13. And it came to paES tbatthero dwelt in the land of Georgia a certain widow wo man who possessed a dowry. 14. And because that the great highway of the State had tresspassed upon the dow er of this widow, did the widow complain to the Judges of the land of Georgia, pray ing the Judges of the laud of Georgia to do justice to her, aud grant her payment for the damage that the highway of the State had done unto her dowry. 15. And when the Jndgcsof the land of Georgia had heard the complaint of the widow, then did the Judges award to her the snm of five thousand dollars, to repay her for the damage done to her dowry. 16. And it came to pass that the King’s Fugleman made it his duty to examine the claims of all persons against the ereat high way of the Stato. 17. And when the widow presented the claim which the Judges had decreed onto her as a compensation for the damage that had been done to her dowry, then did the King’s Fugleman see a chance for grease. 18. And the King’s Fngleman, after he had received the widow’s claims into his hands, said nnto the -friend of the widow, “How much say ye will satisfy the widow?” 19. And the friend of the widow, who was also a false friend, said unto the King’s Fngleman, “What'mean ye ?” 20. Then answered the King’s Fugleman and said, “I mean how mnoh of this mon ey shall I give you for thine own, and how much will content the widow ?” 21. And the widow’s false friend, who was also a brother, answered tlv King’s Fngleman and said, “Whatsoever. sccmeth good for you to give to me, tha’ wiU I Lake, and whatsoever share you gin. ante the widow that will she take and be wu'ented therewith. :.- And the King’s Fu,:!uia.;n was pleased with this saying ot the widow’s friend. sand dollars I will grease the boys. 24. And the widow’s friend did rejoice over the pittance of six hundred dollars awarded to his own share, and for its sake did he take the fourteen hundred dollars for the widow. 25. But the King’s Foglco.au kept the three thon-aud dollars himself, and it be came a proverb from that. day that the King's Fugleman was a man of grease. 26. And thus it was that with the devel opers to devclope, and the Sniffle to smell out, and the Greaser to grease, that the people ot the land of Georgia were griev ously oppressed. 27. And the people of the land of Geor gia did cry out in the bitterness of theirop pression, and besought the King to remove from their heads the weight of their bur thens. 28. Bat'the King when he heard the cry of the people of the land of Georgia, hardened his heart yet more against the people, and laid the weight of his tyranny still more heavily upon them. 29. For the King could cot overcome the instincts of his vulgar nature, and he thought to govern a people as he was wont to drive his dumb drayhorse. 30. Neither could the King distinguish between a man and a brute, seeing thatthe King was himself wsscssed of a brutish nature. 31. And it came to pass that at length the bnrthcu of the people became too grievj ous to be borne, and the people ceased from tbeir comp'aints, and determined ;o longer to submit to the tyranny of the King. 32. AdI when the King saw that the people of the land of Georgia ceased to bear patiently the burthen which he laid so heavily upon them, then was the King’s heart faint with fear. 33. And the King sent his chief servant with fear and with trembling, into the presence of the King’s master, Ulysses I, praying him to strengthen the hands of the King with the strong arm of his power. 34. And the King’s master, Ulysses I, hearkened UDto the fear of the King, and he straightway sent his soldiers unto the land of Georgia to strengthen the power of the Kin 35. And when the King saw that his master bad strengthened bis band with the power of his soldiers, then was tbe King yet more cruel towards the people of the land cf Georgia. 36. Aud so the King gave unto his chief servant, and unto his Fugleman, and unto his fools aud thieves of tbe General Assem bly a full license to their meanness that they might the more oppress the people. 37. And it came to pass that a decree was sent forth irom the Court of Ulysses I commanding the King to have his fools and thieves to elect a Senator to be near the Court of Ulysses I. 38. And when the King received the de cree then was he troubled in his own mind who should be the man whom he would have his fools and thieves to elect. 39. For the King did-in his heart se cretly hanker after the place himself, but he was afraid least peradventure, his true littleness would be found out at the Court of Ulysses. 40. And while the King had an ambi tion to appear great and wise among men, yet he knew that away from the land of Georgia that he would be despised as a shallow wilted rogue and fool. 41. And the King, notwithstanding his ambition to bo a Senator at the Conrt of Ulysses I, yet resolved to remain a King as he was. 42. “For,” said tho King as he com muned with himself, “It is better to he a King amoDg fools than to be a fool among Kings.” 43. And when the King had thas de cline 1 himself to he a Senator, then was the King beset by the rogues and fools of his own Court to give to each one of them the place. 44. And the King promised each and every one of them the place—alway understanding that the one that paid the most money, was the one to whom the King wonld have his fools and thieves to give the p lace. have great respect for' ‘Delegate/ regard them as very rieketty concerns. They have indistinct notionsthat there is more or less intrigue about them. That they do notstudy as diligently as they ongbt, the will, nor yet, tlieictcut of the people, ’that occasionally there is a bargain struck, and some tolerably villainous deeds performed. To some men’s minds it is a question whether they are net doing more to de bauch the public morals, than all other can ses combined. IVhen the p.-uplc indie ile a wish to he rid of their road, either hy lease or sale, provision w.ll be made to get the most for it that can be got. 'V’hatever may bn got, will he applied, it is to be hoped, to the lia bilities of the Slat--. The public pluuder- ers will be compelled to resort anually to their victims, the tax payers, for their ill gotten s oils. It will not be paid into the treasury, to be doled cut by the Executive in largesses to democratic presses, genial and powerful as “heavenly dewsonJHermon’s sides.” Even Browns little railroad favors seems to have thrown some of them into a state of cata lepsy. That artful men got the t o confiding car of Capt. Scott and eDgrafied terms in his bill in conflict with the interests of the pc-c- plethere can be no doubt to any cos sid- erate mind. Bnt for the effort toju tifv his bill, the democracy of Floyd w .old have acquiesced in his nomination and rc-clecti n. It is propahle that even now, no serious obstacle will be interposed to the latter If Col. Stewart is properly understood, he not only favors the lea-c, hut the Brown lease. In that view Col. Stewart’s best friends make no point by supporting him. The question made hy him in his printed communication, “Whether secessionists will support Uohn men ?” is not opportune.— “That Brown will carry flour cheaper for his merchant mill than the State did, or can,” is not of sufficient public interest to control public opinion. As appears from the Angnsta papers, Senator Toomls and Jndgc Stephens, id the Convention of the Stockholders of tbe Georgia Railroad, held in that city last week, opened a campaign against the public infamy. The honest Stockholders refused to endorse the lease. The war cry against it is not to be silenced. These champions of popular righ's nevor foil to sound the tocsin in the hour of danger, and to meet it when tbe conflict comes. The eyes of tho people of Georgia are upon them. Brown and Hill having been enemies for years, meet as partners of the people’s prop erty. They bring in foreigners with them whose names are strange to the people of the State, “to develope, they say, the re sources of the State.” Unless checked, that it “will be full and exhaustive,” there can be no doubt. Wbat a spectacle ! Pi late and Herod shook hands over the death of Christ, Brown and Hill kiss each other over the corpse of the people’s road. And now, having done my duty in tel ling the truth, “ fray. Blanche and sweet heart may bark at me.” Adqdstus R. Weight. as tli e Rome, Ga., May 16, ’71. Capt. C. Rowell,—I am requested by the “Ladies Memorial Association,” to ask for publication yonr very able and patriotic address, delivered at Myrtle mil Cemetery, on the occasion of the decoration of the soldier’s graves, on Monday evening last. Your compliance with the above request will greatly oblige, Very respectfully, Mrs. D. M. Hood, President L. M. A. Rome, Ga., May 16, 1871. Mrs. D. M. Hood, President L. M. A., Yonr note of this morning, asking for publication, a copy ot my address, deliver ed at Myrtle Hill Cemetery, on Monday evening last, on the occasion of the decora tion of the soldier’s graves, is before me. After thanking yon, and the Ladies of the Association, tor yonr courtesy, I herewith transmit a copy of the same, which yon can use as you see proper. With considerations of profound respect, C. Rowell. ADDRESS OF CAPT. C. ROWELL. -TJSf f"Wgo’doTO 1 tod„ P 5 > ? d b ?“fc ‘■“lot t And eleep in nameless grare* We need net charge future.years to i, ator of old who said, •.yj e ,7'° n ’ “ ll ««- whofellatPlatma^Mafc^ **3i DeTer by those who f.'i, bnl *e aassas, at Shiloh, at Chits!.!! “ M, cellersvillo. It was the :,- S:i .' cr Cfc* a . Spartan mother, as tho badl°w“ B of speed to the battlefield to r „ C «i- With your shield or uno’n it “ eu! *r countrymen, have silnali^fi f «r Witii the sacrifice of their Uv„, T Tai >r others may adorn the deeds of .T n, il( braves with the fairest flowers be it ears to gather oae after an,,,?' chaplet of their virtues, and I av th W j^ e - p;ng with the dews ot affection up, “ it b ‘ er ’ , Pf® ” the which ‘ e “ over their heads, and fragrant a,tw£ arknds which eaeompats their ««« * bo the recollection of our hero dead J “Ai-.l a t-u recording history tell, WberedmV pk<!l'!!, , em a t 0 SSt“ d JW - The man itnt i.< not m„ved with ‘ ’“**• Thai lake, not fire at H.eU toreie’^'^' Uuuonhyul the blessing, lhe b ^ 1 ~ Is base in k.nd an 1 born to be mulcp It is in the crucible of suffering t L. nans true worth most appears. The , t-r oftc.n r wears the eyp re3a ra laurel crown—-it ts not so much the ders of Sinai, but the excruciating a »2 and suffering of Calvary that toueh«° n hearts and warms oar soul. It gifted orator has said “that there ar- f.-. of excellence that’die and make no i there are martyrs who miss the nala, U not the stake; heroes without the hnr | conquerors without the triumph.” "’ Success makes tbe hero patriot- while defeat brands as the Rebel chieftain. But here the fond memory of our obi ous past lies embalmed in the breMi „r tho;e left behind. ,f “Liberty eternat spirit of the chainl.sj mind Brightest in dungeons, libarty thoa art. For there thy habitation is the heart. The heart which love of thee alone caa Lind- And when thy sons to fettera areconiiteJ.' To fe tters.aod the damp vaalts’ d.jicss rlL,. Their country conquers with their mirtrrdo-a.- Credulity and devotion have, from ti me immemorial, wielded authority over men In ancient times, across the blue jJta, in the land of the “Cypress and the vme ’ through its Delphic oracle, credulity shai>. ed thp destiny of men. In Meumval times devotion withdrew to the holy city, poked oo finger the glittering spear’ aud pointed to the Holy Sepulcher, and myriadsof Cru saders forsook theii occidental homes for Saracenic battle fields; and “Kings ewe forth as pilgrims to Rome’s holy shrine.” Bnt what devoiion can equal that belie! which, stronger than that which causes the Persian to turn to his sun God, or the Cn sader to his cross, lea; ing across the dark valley of the shadow of death, walks not amid the rums of olden commonwealths or in the silent twilight of past aces, but Gab ing the past with the present, niscs a br ing sepulcher, or spotless monument entomb ed in the human heart, which time cannot erase cr oppression destroy. And when your beautiful rivers iu future years shall gather within their ample arms the full fruition of a mighty city, abon the hum of its industry, or the shriek of its steam whistle, will go np the swelling orison of silent hearts to this “bivouac of the dead to show to the stranger aud so journer below these sentinels of your pros perity; these silent head-board orators of a cause lost, never while the heritage of lib erty is bequeathed from “bleeding sire to son,”—forgotten, never! while woman's love remains to arner it up iu her affec tions, or wreath these green hillocks with the freshest offerings of spring. “So sleep the brave who sink to rest. By all their country's honors Mill; When spring with dewy finger celd, Returns to deck their hallowed mould. “She there shali dress a sweeter soil Than fancy’s feet have ever trod • 3 * : There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the tnrf that wraps their day: Aad freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there." [Communicated. Editors Courier:—“Fiat justitia ruat Ceelum." Your oiitorial in reference to my communication, is a very strange article. In what part of it do you fiod the assertion “tho road had been plundered of over one million of dollars by Capt. Scott?” It is not to be found in it—nothing like it. Such au assertion would, and ought to be, personally offensive to tho Capt. Our re lations have been of the kindest character. On my part, they shall not be disturbed by political differences. Therefore your editorial cam not pass withont notice, and I hope correction. The Captain’s “plundering” expediton, will hardly go beyond, a good dinner, or a cask of “Otard and Dupre,” or woman’s charms, sibging for possession." Tbe communication alledged, Blodgett and Bollock had plundered the road of nearly one million dollars. Do you take issue on that? Why do you associate Capt. Scott with it? The writer did not, even by implication. No man, knowing him, supposes he did, or would, ot that, or any other amount. Some gentlemen, signing himself “A Delegate," who I respect for his simplicity in intimating that the grand principle of democracy is, “the cohesive power of pub lic plunder,” does me the honor to sit in judgment upon my communication, and pronounce me a “firebrand in the democra cy.” The lease of the state road, involving millions, is, in his opinion a mere “local question.” We should be pleased to hear from him, as to what would be one of suf ficient importance to mar democratic har mony. Again, “Delegate” says, “it is an acknowledged fact that all the governors of Georgia (with one honorable exception) have made political capital of tbe road.” Sorely, he feels'better after such a de livery. “Delegate” pray tell the ignorant ones, what governor? Let ns have light. Wa3 it some “old whig” that the democra cy had. foiled to reverence; oris yonr “hon orable exception,” “honest Joe?” “Some one may feel aggrieved because his particular friend was not nominated.” Lo doth “Delegate”again deliver himself. Unfortunate calamity! Such occurrences are greatly to be regretted. It is to be hoped that ‘some one* will survive the re sult. Whose particular frit n I could it have been? Scott aud Eight were the only can didates. ‘Delegate,’ it is reasonable to suppose,‘went for Scott.’ It .is to be hoped ‘Delegate’ will see him, and prevent disas ter. It is hardly possible he- could have alluded to the writer. ‘Delegate evidently ‘takes to’ conven tions. Some moderately sensible men, who la Memory of tbe Confederate Dead; Rome Cemetery- My Countrymen—We have met to-day ill accordance with a time-honored custom, to lay these offerings as a testimonial to the brave hearts whose mortal remains slumber ben ath these green sods, and in remem brance of those who ooce followed tbe stan dard ol tbe ttars aad bars. It was abeantifol figure of ancient times that represented Niobe changed into a rock because of so much weeping for her chil dren, because they were no*. Again and again has it been tbe torn of a people to assume the garb of the Niobe of Nations —the Gaul has but recently worn the man tle, and we are still to-day “all tears” for onr lost aad dead, but the clustering vio lets and blushing roses of early spring are not more fragrant than is the sweet in cense of their memorable and heroio dar ing. Huge mausoleums, obelisks and arches may have attested, in periodsgoneby, king ly worth and knightly daring, bnt we will consign the glories of onr soldier dead not alone to these small tarnuli of earth, not to the cold jaws of the inanimate marble, not to the polished shaft or ehiseled Parian bnt to that which is more lasting than time, more durable than brass, the hearts o r their countrymen. “And now spirits of tbe bravo who roam. Enfranchised through yon starry dome, Rejoice for spirits of kindred fire Have winged their flight to join yonr choir. And while the enfranchised spirits ot your braves departed may even now, from the realms of Ether, be contemplating the constancy and dgvotion of their comrades who still tabernacle here below, the memo ry of their glorious deeds while on earth will remain enshrined in tho sanctuary of a nation’s heart. “The heart’s pore planet shining yet above the wastes of memory, while all oti^er lights are set.” Those weary voyagers from the din and tnmnlt and conflict of life, have ceased to bear with as the oppressor’s wrong, and their voices no longer greet their loved ones, bnt have died away dong the corrid ors of Etornity; bnt shall not their example serve ns a beacon light to fire the patriot’s heart, and when freedom, driven by tho hand of violence, from one citadel after an other of her strength, shall seek an asylnm from her oppressors, this will be a fit altar to repair to and renew and energize its fal tering courage. Pulseless may be those arms, and sunken those eyes which once flashed with the fire of battle, but may- wo not indulge in the hope that it is so, bnt to be hereafter “forever bright when staraand sons are sank in night.” These dead, bat sceptered sovereigns may still rale onr spirits from their arns, the mighty departed may live in marble, and almost breath in canvass, bnt relentless and corroding time most destroy the one and consume the other. It is only the memory of great deeds that can rescue from oblivi on the man who defended the bridge at Lodi, the Spartan, band who at Thermopy- lse wonld fight in the shade if the arrows should be so thick as to darken the snn; the famous charge of the “Six Hundred at Ba- laklava;” the achievements of the handfnll of men who followed the fortunes of tbe Father of onr country in its primitive struggle; the efforts of freemen against fcar- A correspondent from Cedar Grwe,Wal ker county, gives the following brief pu ticulars of an nnfortnnate affray that oc curred in that county oa the 6th inst-: Mr. Editor—Oar community ns shocked by the marder of Mr. T. 31. Coul ter, on Saturday, the 6th inst., by M. 4. Ellison, by shooting him with a pistol. The diffienlty was of a political tuto. Both men were, intoxicated. Mr. EChoo voluntarily surrendered himself to tie proper authorities, and he was to-day com mitted to jail, there to await the decision of the Superior Court for marder. A Sdbscbibes. Im ROME Female College. THIS Institution will bo ommJ » the first Monda> of September, f It will be FIRST CUSS m dl its Departments. . . . Circulars may be obtained bj ad dressing IIA Smith, Boolcaeller, Rome, W. J. M. M. CALDWELL, President may 15tw-wtf. _ Clover & Grass Seed Gatherer. PAUL DISMUKES, Patentee and ManufacturWt GALLATIN, TENN. J PROPOSE to seU tbe Stale this Machine, or Single Machine. pie in its construction, " and will gather the seed of Eight Acr«J“ of Clover, Bine Grass, H er ds Grass or BUI Blue Grass will yiald from 4 to 3 baste r aero. . • ClorerM This Machine docs not mjare the t Grass in gathering. ^ of io- 3y its use wo will bo exporters insw porters of Seeds. tfifibine.* 0 It is only necessary to see know that it will be all that is proposed * do. _ # piUli It can be seen that the firm of U MUKES t Co., Gallatin, Tenn. oi adore letter. MB. PAUL DISMUKES, Gallatin, your Clover and Grass tbe at work in the field, and we j 1 /? jfonef * best Machine ercr invented toteep home. ... fpciu sc*** Wo are satisfied that it wi.l gatb tie* 1 to eight acres per day, sad take “ abdve the leares of the Clover. B G. GilKsp.e, E. T.Baah, ?' r Vertreei, Jno. F. GiUtsptu. J-C- LIT. Guthrie, i“p°Sioos, 4*5. W. Bennett, »- *• FIa tuff‘’ A C. Franklin, Mr Paul Dismukbs:— Sii a71a lire i was i. enough 'eft to “ w 'f^^.JSdasf^JfU have come up uid as paid m«JS No work ever done on my /qillISDK well. • _ r for sale The above Machines * -veome/Ga. lawyers the « gUPPLIE!) withILegal forms.