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The Rome Courier
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ATTITUDE OF THE DEMOCRACY
REGARDING TIIE THIRD PARTY
MOVEMENT.
FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER S
AGENTS FOR THE COURIER.
MILTON RUSSELL, La Fayette, Ca.
J. F. SMITH, .Cellar Grove, Walker Co., Gs
WM. STRANGE, Rock Sprinsa, “
T. S. SMITH. Alpine, Chattooga Co Gr
R. W..TONES, Millville,
IV M. III.Subligoa. •' “
DR. A. CLEMENTS Viliam*, “
For Governor,
J. MILTON SMITH,
CF COLUMBUS
Democratic Nominee for Governor.
—We have merely time to day to make the
anmiuneen ent of the nomination made by
the Democratic Slate Convention for Gov
ernor. Oi l. Smith is the present speaker
of the Hnu-e of Representatives. He is a
man of Stirling qualities, and his nomina
tion meets our cord al approbation. And
now let eve-y man in Georgia vote for him,
and show by the overwhelming unanimity
of the vote that the people of Georgia
repudiates Bullock’s henchman.
A large vote will effectually remove all
chatted of Federal interference, even if
such is contemplated.
Nary Sheep come Home, as
Anybody knows of,
Bed Land Farm, Dec. 2. 1ST 1.
Dear Courier :
G uess at my sarpris- in finding my name
ir. your last issue, under the caption :
A LOST SHEEP COME HOME.
If the Commercial will hold still, I W'll
quietly inform him that if lam a subscriber,
nobody it? these parts has, up to the
present writing, found it out. I love to
make folks feel good, and if it won’t de
range our good friend of the Commercial,
and he’ll still stick to the quill, I believe I
will subscribe on his last proposition.
But, if a constant and a great admirer of
the Courier creates a lo t sheep, I ant not
over anxious about beiDg found. The
Courier, »as a winding sheet, would be to
bad mark of the civilization of our friend
1 of the Commercial. With respect to hot
shot, if he would use his a little warm,
at least, they would set better on the stom
ach of most tolks in these parts.
I like Conservatism, but too much of a
good thing, don’t work well at all limes.
I want frankness, firmness and p'ain talk in
all political matters, in such corrupt times
as these, and my old true friends of the
Courier, are exactly of this stripe. They
spare no blows, or let no opportunity slip
when they can damage our enemies or benefit
our friends. In conclusion let me say to
all concerned, that I have been and ever
expect to be, a subscriber to the Courier,
taking it for granted no amount of money
can buy it off from tne truth and the right.
And il more would-be Editors would stick
to the truth, honesty and fair dealing, our
whole community would be much happier,
and more ch'ldren be taught who Brick
Pomeroy of Georgia is. The more of bis
sort the better. May be live long and
prosper.
Your friend.
Newt Tumlin
By notice given in another column it
will be seen that the Commercial will receive
hereafter a half of the County Printing
This is just and fair. Mr. Foster teudernd
it as an act of justice, after gaining a per
sonal knowledge of our circulation in the
County. Wc make no especial effort to
pick up official patronage, but think we are
entitled to some share of it at least.
The above we clip from the Commercial
of Sunday morning. Since Bullock has
run away, and the State advertising lias
failed it, we are willing for its friends to
extend a helping sympathy to the Comm
cial, hut we want them to do it as a matter
of sympathy and Dot under the false plea
of a matter of justice and right. Mr. Foster
may personally prefer the Commercial to
the Courier, but be should not endevorto
create the impression that the Commercials
circulation as compared with that of the
Courier, intitles it to the change; such an
impression would be false in fact, and
unjust to the Courier.
Chicago and the South.
The Richmond Enquirer, in rcsponcc to
some strictures from the New York Tribune,
upon the lack of sympathy expressed for the
people of Chicago by the South, resurrects
the following correspondence:
Office of the Ciiicago Republican, 1
Chicago, December 7, -186G. j
Mrs E. A. E. Meats, Treasurer S. 0. II.
A., Mrs. C. F. 11 a.rIn/, Action Treasurer,
S O.R.A.
Esteemed Ladies : In responec to
your request for a contribution to build
houses for destitute children of deceased
Confederate soldiers, please Cod inclos'd
§500 in the currency of the deceased Con
federates. You say that “the shrinking
delicacy and pride of the Southern people
forbids the idea of conducting the establish
ment uptn the principle or plan of ordinary
charity.” We cordially coincide with this
policy, and as ordinary charities are sup
ported by “greenbacks,” you will appreci
ate that lofty sense of chivalric propriety
which leads us to contribute to the support
of your enterprise a currency which is op
posed in all respects to greenbacks.
Yours, very truly,
TnE Chicago Republican Company.
The following answer was sent:
Chicago, December 8, 18GG.
The Chicago Republican Company:
Gentlemen: We are in receipt of your
very liberal donation of §500 (Confederate
money in aid of Southern orphans, and for
which you will please accept through us
the acknowledgment of destitute and starv
ing children.
We are women and strangers in your
city, and as such entitled to some little
show of courtesy. We ore not politicians
nor have we come here to appeal to or
attack your prejudices, political or religious
Our appeal is to the gentle charities and
human sympathies of Christian people, irre
spective of party or sect.
Yours is the first instance, since we left
oiir homes upon this mission of love and
charity, that so attempt has been made to
insult us or our labors.
Now, remarks the Macon Telegraph, let
us hear no more of “lack of Southern sym
pathy.” It may not be amiss to state, in
this connection, that among the sufferers
by tho late fire was this very Republican
Company, and that, to the best of our
kuowledge, it was so prostrated as not to
have beeu able since.to re-establish itself.
It may be very unchristian—of course it is
exceedingly disloyal—to cherish such feel-
ings, but really we never felt more resigned
in all our life, to any misfortune, than we
do to this. In fact, we are rather cheerful
than otherwise.—Exchange.
We take the following article from that
staunch democratic journal, the Mobile Reg*
inter. Its appeal in behalf of the integrity
and indisulability of the Democracy goes
home to our hearts, and will reach the
hearts of every Democrat in the broad ex
panse of the land. But while agreeing with
it in its unchanging fidelity to the grand
old party, we can not altogether endorse
the propriety or the policy of making a
fight in the coming contest for the Presi
dency. Such a fight under the present as
pects of affairs would bo hopeless, and by
declining it, we do not necessarily disband
our party Let us hold our S ate organiza-
ti ms in tact and without hazarding a gener
al fight or making any complications wi h
any other party, we can controls tho
balance of power in the coming election,
and still be organized for the glorious
work of conserving American freedom.
In the mein time it is not best to be too
forward in our decisions. There is am
ple time yet for deliberation, and there is
no telling the phase that public affairs
may assume duting the present session of
Congress. By all meaos let us maintain
our parly organization, and if il be expe
dient to make the fight let us make it, but
i! not expedient let us dec’ine it as a pru
dent General, would d> cline an unequal en
gagement.
Washington, November 23 —Letters
have been received in this city from promi
nent Democrats who have been invited to
enter imo a movement for the formation
of a third party, asserting tlietr positive ob
jection to such proceedings at present, and
suggesting that slow haste be made in com
ing to conclusions upon the subject of wan
dering from the Democratic organization,
or of merging it iuto a new party without
full and complete consultation and couuscl
aniot g the leading men of the party.—
[Washington special.
This is a common-sense view, and shows
that all the Democratic leaders have not
lost their heads by fright. To a third par
ty we are unalterably opposed, becanse it
involves the dissolution of the only party
in the laod that even pretends to uphold
the Constitution, or avows any purpose to
save the free institutions of the United
States. The Democratic party may find it
necessary to treat with other political or
ganizations or individuals on the ground of
a common fight against a common enemy.
But to treat effectively it must treat as an
army does with its organized power perfect,
and with arms in its hands. It cannot ne
gotiate at all io a state of disintegration,
and its whole material can never be
brought effectually to bear in the support
of a compromise candidate.
Disband the Democratic party and you
takeaway the hopes of liberty from hun
dreds of thousands of Democrats. It
would be to withdraw from the field the
only power that stands between the country
and an empire, with Gen. Grant as its
chief. Better meet defeat in close array,
firm to its principles, and waitiug for
another day to vindicate its policy, than
abandon the field with the fugitive cry of
satire qnipent.
The Democratic party cannot die while
a ray of hope is left of Constitutional Gov
ernment. It was born with the Constitu
tion, it can only die with it. If die it
must—aud we are far from admitting such
a fate io this crisis—let it fail nobly, and
go down bolding fast to the pillars of that
ureat temple built by the fathers which
their degenerate and cowardly posterity-
have suffered to be entitled under the
weight o ambition, corruption, and fauan-
tieisru.
Courage is the great need now in Demo
itie ranks.
Let the weak and the timid halt and
faint by the waysid‘\ and let the cnw.-ird-
flee from the present danger, but there will
s'ill be a Democratic party left, composed
of the cream ofits principles, itsputriotism.
and its bravery. They will sow seed for
the future; for with Grant’s election, and
the succession ; n view, there will be new
political changes to invite the Democracy
once more to the Sold of patriotic effort, to
save, or to rescue the country (run despotic
government. The South, especially, should
hold fast and bide its time. Ilcr people
liave this solace at least. If the people of
the North do not pull their compatriots of
the South up to tlieii level of freedom and
equality, it is as sure n3 God’s truth that
they will he hauled down to our level of
political slavery. The “irresistible conflict”
here sweeps within its inexorable embrace
the liberty of the North, of which by its
con.-ent the South was deprived. It is for
the North to fight or surrender, and if the
Democratic party makes the true issue and
lakes the bold stand, we have yet hope that
the Northern masses will not surrender.
The Gartersvllle and Van Wert Railroad,
and the 2T5 Bonds—What Is Bight to be
done In Regard to Them t
The Alibama and Chattanooga
Railroad.—The followingspecial dispatch
to the Montgomery Advcrticcs will be of
interest to our many Alabama readers :
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 2,1871.
After ywo days hearing before Jud^
Woods with Judge Erskine sitting by court
esy, the adjudictiun of Bankruptcy by Judge
Busteed, of the Alabama & Chattanooga
Railroad company has been affirmed, in
very able and elaborate moral opinion, oc
cupying more than an hour in delivery
and deciding that the residence and domi
cil of tho Corporation is in Alabama, and
that all proceedings and papers befori
Judge Busteed are regular, and that every
ground of petition to revise is frivolous.
The petition to revise claimed that the
legal residence and domicil of the corpora
tion was in Tennessee, and that a petition
for adjudiction of bankruptcy could ouly
be filed in the Eastern District of Tennes
see, because the principal business offices of
the corporation are in Chattanooga. The
Court held that the corporation being or
ganized unlor the statute laws of Alabama,
it could not migrate from the State of its
nativity, although permitted by the comity
of Tennessee to run into Chattanooga and
build depots,workshops, etc. Following the
doctrine laid down in Bank of Augusta
Earle. The court also held that the commis
sion of name of petitioning creditois.and mis
print of name of Circuit Judge in notice,
to show cause published, were not material,
or facts necessary to state.and that the debt
or was not entitled to five days service fc«
yond the full four weeks publication order
ed by tho court.
If it had been avowed or shown that
either in the verbiage or publication of the
notice, or any of the proceedings, the cor
poration bad been misled, possibly sitting
as in a eourt of equity, attention might be
given to these points, but the facts as shown
were that not only was the corporation fully
advised of all the proceedings, but its Pres
ident,General Superintendent, two or moro
Directors, and several other officers, were in
Montgomery for a day or two before the
adjudication.and we were actually present
in eourt at the time of the order, without
making objection, and it was ruled that
such intentional default, could not after
wards be taken advantage of in this man
ner.
The following interesting statement is
made in a New York paper’s report of
Alexis. The italics are the Cincinnati
Commercial’s: “Ladies huddled together
and darted glances back at the handsome
young man. Each lady on recovering her
hand from Alexis’ gentle grasp, hurried
on to the main groupe smiling and happy,
her soft clieths tinged with just the faintest
blush.”
In the Constitution of the 4th, we
a communication from Hon. Mark A.'
Cooper, on the subject of the Bonds illegaly
issued by Bullock and Kimball, to this
Railroad. We give the letter below, and
while agreeing with Mr. Cooper, thatjustice
ought to be done, we do not think it would
best be done io the manner proposed by
him; to wit, by compromising with Henry
Clews & Co. With them the State has noth
ing to do The matter rests between the
State and the C. & V. W. R. R. Company;
To it the State has pledged i»s credit, by
promising to endorse its bonds, when certain
conditions on the part of the road are com
plied with. Let this pledge bo honestly
made good; not by the piymeot of the
illegaly issue! bonds, but by the issue of
regular bonds as the consecutive eomplet : on
of the prescribed sections may intitle it to.
Let these new bonds be issued to the Com
pany, and the Company left free to appro
priate them to any purpose it sees proper in
the interest of the road. If the Company
sees proper to repay Messrs. Clews & Co ,
for their advance, or to compromise the
matter with them, it is competent to do so,
but on no account has the State the right
or the propriety to interfere in the ma ter.
Clews & Co., made their advances to the
Company, and to the Company they can
only look lor restitution. The State has
no interest either legally ot morally in the
matter, ouly to see that the illegal bonds
arc repudiated, and that legal bouds be
issued to the Company, not to Clevs & Co.,
for all the work that may be pronounced
completed, by competent receivers as
by law provided.
The State should not koow Clews & Co.
in the mattter at all. All that the people
of Georgia has to do, is to pay the interest
on the legally issued bonds, and it matters
not whether Clews & Co , or Tom Jones
may hold them.
If Clews & Co. have been swindl'd by
Kimball it is their misfortune and not our
fault. They ought to havebeen more care
ful in their scrutiny of the paper offered,
before they engaged to discount it, even
though it did present such a handsome mar
gin for profit.
We agree with Mr.Cooper that the State
should make good its pledges to the Rail
road, but that can only be done by the reg
ular issue of bonds, as the law provides.
The bonds already out were irregularly is
sued, and aie therefore null and void. Let
the Railroad Company now make regular
application for its regular and legal quota
of endorsed hinds, and after the proper
steps are taken to satisfy the Srate that the
application is just, let the bonds be issued
to the Company, and it left free to appro
priate them as it sees best to do.
If after an investigation of its accounts
with Clews & Co. the company fiads that
there lias been no collusion of the fraud
with Kimball, justice to Clews & Co.,
would require that (he Company should
make restitution, but this should be a mat
ter between the Railroad Compaoy, and
Clews & Co., with whch the State has
nothing to do, only to open i cr courts to
the complaints of either party.
Clews & Co. claim that thay have been
swindled in the matter. This may be so,
but bv whom were they swindled, not K y
•he State of Gmrgia bat by Kimball & Co .
and to Kimball & tlo they should look for
redress, and no'toth; people of Georgia,
who were powerless to help them-elves. and
were lonil in ihtii warnings rn he ware n!
the fraud.
Editors Constitution: “Tru'h” s-iys the
road is built to the State te* minus, now
called ‘Rock Mart ” Who built it: II.
I. Kimball & Co. Where dol ho get the
money? In New York. Wno let him
have it ? Henry (hews & Co. What use
was made of the money ? It went to build
the road, to equip it, and to ex'er.d the
grading from Rock Mart to the Alabama
line. IIow much did this cost? It cost
mire than 275 bonds are worth.
Who is benefited by this? H. I. Kim
ball? No. Rufus Bullock ? No. Why?
Because the money was spent Io build and
equip this road, and to extend the gradin;
to the Alabama line, therefore it did not
go iato their pockets. Did the Company
receive‘lie benefit ? No; they must pay
Clews <fc Co , before receiving any benefit
Who. then, is benefitted? Answer.
The State of Georgia and the people on the
line of this road, living at Cartcrsville, at
Stilesboro; Eubarleo’ Rock Mart, Van
Wert, and Cedar Town, now much? A
million will not balance the account. How
benefitted ? The people on the line, facil
ities afforded and by doubling and trebling
the value of property; the State, by increas
ed values of taxable property, hy multi
plying her products, by making things val
uable where they vr“ r c worthless, by in
orease of population, adding to towns where
they where uoi, and by opening up to the
the world a coup try and its rcsouces which
was a waste wilderness. These are the
parties benefited, and no one else -unless
it it be'GIenry Clews & Co.” All they
ask or expect is their interest on money
spent for Georgia and her people, and a
fair commission thereon ; and even this,
with the money itself, it is thought that
some would refuse to pay We cannot sup
pose that of aDy. Would we of Georgia
have a man abroad bring his money into
our household to improve and adorn it
and not pay it back ? We would think
this too doggedly mean for Georgians to think
of. We should not have it so recorded
What, then, should be done? Justice says
pay Henry Clews & Co. their money with
interest, and charge every dollar. Wisdom
and true policy ratify this. How shall they
be payed ? We answer: If the bonds can
do it, cull them home, make the illegal in
dorsement legal, by an order from the Van
Wert Railroad Company to the Governor to
indorse them, aftera statement of amount,
then legalize the indorsement, and let the
bonds ne paid to Henry Clews & Co.
valuation.
But it is said Governor Bullock violated
the law. acted corruptly, and ought to be
impeached on accont of the bonds. Veiy
well. But the matter with Henry Clews &
Co. means business, and with good Legis
lators, should attend to it without delay.
Then, if they please, impeach Bullock, for
corruption and unlawful acts. On that
matter we will not prejudge, but simply say,
that it would be a case made for corruption,
when the money and funds used benefitted
only, not himself, bnt the party who im
peaches. Let this be as it may. The bonds
when made legal, are the easiest way for
Georgia to pay this claim. They will date
from the day of their payment to Henry
Clews & Co. When the first conpons are
payable, if the company fail to pay, let the
State pay them, and take tho road with its
franchises, etc lliey are worth more
money, and if the State prospers, there are
capitalists who will provide tor tho bonds
tnd take the road. Let, therefore, this
Legislature, chosen be Georgians, demon
strate their wisdom by dispensing with this
business affairs promptly, clearly with
Henry Clews & Co. The honor and dignity
of the State will be upheld, and economy
consulted by so doing.
Mark A. Cooper.
Premium for Boys Under 16 Years of Age.
Crop of Co*ton—Blaster David WHlIe
Black, Took the Premium.
The following is the account of cultiva
tion:
Mountain Gap, Floyd Co., Geo. )
Nov. 30,1871. J
To the President and Directors, of Geor
gia and Alabama, Fair Association.
Gentlemen:—Herewith I beg to hand
yon certificates of the measurement of the
laod, and weight of the cotton raised there
on which I planted and cultivated to con
test for tho liberal premium offered by yon
for the best acre of-eotton produced by a
boy under fifteen years of age, and also a
statement of the time of planting, manner
of cultivation, fertilizers used, variety of
seed &c; all of which I hope may be found
to comply with your requirements.
You will perceive by the certificates of
Messrs Johnson&Sbaw; that mypatcti con
tained only about nine tenths of an acre.
I laid it off myself, and not being skilled
in the art of surveying, did not measure
quite an acre. I hope however yon wil
make allowance for this deficiency, if your
regulations permit you to do so. If not, I
Enter it as it is, against any full acre. My
patch is oo a point of red upland with a
stiff clay subsoil, was cultivated in ction
last year, had beeu manured in the drill
with Barn-yard and Wood-pile manure.
Ahont the first of April I commenced work
by breaking down cotton stalks, which
were quite large, as well as I could with a
heavy stick. Then with a long bull tongue
plow, I ran a furrow under the old staiks,
on each side, leaving a narrow ridge be
tween the two furrows; this done with a
loog straight shovel, I ran under the roots
throwing out entirely the old stalks, leav
ing a wide deep fnrrow. I did this to en
able me to plant on the old beds, hoping to
derivo some benefit from the last years
rnsnurring. Then with my little steers
aud cart, I began hauling out barn-yard
muuure. Tho distance being short and all
the way down hill, I soon succeeded in
hauling between forty and fifty good loads,
all oi which I placed in the furrow made
by the large plow in turning out the old
stalks. Then, wilt a one horse Brindley
plow, I bedded on the manure in the usual
way.
This occupied my time until the middle
of April, when I was ready to plant, and
would have done so, but the heavy and
continued rains we had about that time
which prevented me fioin planting, until
the fourth of May. The seed planted
were of the Peeler Variety, well rolled in
land plaster, aud put in with a Dow Law
planter. The seed came up soon and gave
me a good stand in eight or ten days after
planting. About the twentieth of May, I
sided off with a half sweep, straight side
next to the cotton, and chopped cut with a
hoe in the usual way. In a few days with
the same sweep, I threw the dirt back to
the cotton, this time with the wing next
to i». This plowing I followed with a hoe
aod thined to a stand The heavy rains
continued, and I now noticed that my cot
ton was beginning to die out, which it con
tinued to do, till I had left—but little more
than half a stand. After this I plowed
twice with the Digksou sweep, and follow
ed each time with a hoe. I had plenty of
blooms by the 10th of July, and up till the
last week in July, my cotton gave promise
of as great a yield as could have been ex
pected from the defective stand. I was
proud of my cotton patch, and thought I
would be sure to beat all co-i petitora and
win your premium. But alas! "The best
laid plans of men and mice, aod little bops
gang aft a glee.” We had uo rain after
the 18th of June, and I oow noticed that
my cotton began io show symptoms of suf
fering from (lie drouth, which continued
until after the 20ih ot \ugust. a period of
mue wecTs At ihe end of this time my
prospect fur winning ihe size. se*-Uif-d to
h»ve ‘gone where tile wood bine twineth.”
However, stimulated bv th< hope of sne-
ce.v- I tiid uiy bent. and d “I'G reuret tha:
I cull m t do belter, an I tru-t that vnu will
take into consider iti-m ilie blighting ef
feet of the drouth that v.sit.d our eectiou
the past sea on.
Hoping you may be in a condition to
offer as handsome a premium for the boys
next year as you offered in this, and “May
I be there to see.”
I remain gmtlemen, with a boys best
wishes for your success.
Very respectfully David W. Black.
Mountain Gap, Floyd Co.. Georgia, )
November 30th, 1871. j
Wc, the undersigned, do hereby certify,
t'r at we have f eeo called upon by David
Willie Black, to weigh the seed cotton
which he raised od one acre of land, plant
ed and cultivated by him to contest for the
premium ■ ffered by the Georgia and Ala
bama Fair Association, for the best acre of
cotton raised by a boy order sixteen years
of age, and wc do further certify that we
have carefully and crrectly weighed the
same, and that it amounts to 1156 pounds.
Given under our hands, the day and date
above written.
Robert Siiaw.
Harry Dansiel.
Mountain Gap, near Rome. Ga., 1
November 13,1871. j
To the Directors of Gaorgia and Ala
bama Fair Association.
Gcntbmen:—We, the undersigned, by
request of Willie Black, entered upon, and
accurately measured, a peice of ground
which he bad planted, aud cultivated in
cotton, to contend for the premium offered
by the Georgia and Alabama Fair Associa
tion, for the best acre ot cotton ptan'ed,
and cultivated by a boy under (16) sixteen
years ot age.
And by actual measurement, find it con
tains 4350 square yards, cr 500 square
yards less than an acre.
S. M. Johnson.
R. C. Snaw.
For the Courier.
Mr. Editor.
I notice an article in Friday morning’s
issue of the Commercial, over the signature
of “Truth,” in which the writer said, “who
did you invite, who knew of your meeting
but your own little caucus of forty men. from
Rome, and ten from De Soto, aud else,
where.”
I have made dilligent inquires of the De
Soto citizens and have not h. en able to
find a single man from that place that was
at the meetiugjreferred to.
The writer must have been bard op for
material, oat of which to mauufactur a
little squib, end then has the effrontery to
sign himself “Truth.” De Soto.
French Emigration to Georgia.
Secretary Lewis, of the George Agricul
tural Society, sends us the Mowing letter
from Dr. Q. H. Tucker, now in Paris. It
seems to ns that the information and sug
gestion it contains ehonld induce farther
inquiry at" once.—Savannah News.
Paris, October 26,1871.
Bon. D. IK Lewis, Secretary, etc.:
Dear Sir.—I have just had a conversa
tion with M. Edmond Farrance editor of
the ‘Official Journal’ of the French Gov
ernment, in which he assured me that, if
proper steps were taken, a large tide of
French emigration conld be tuned to the
State of Georgia. The class of imigrants,
too, are the very kind we most need, culti
vators of thesoil—men wh) are accustomed
to work, and who expect to work.
Knowing tl e. importance to ou State of
such immigration, and knowing the interest
in the subject felt by the Agricultural As
sociation of which yon are the Secretary, I
take the liberty of suggesting that it might
be well tor yon to call the attention of that
body to the statement above made, and also
to correspond with Monsieur Farranco, who
will readily give you any information .you
may require.
Of course, you have been astonished, as
all the rest of the world has been, at the
immense amount of surplus capital in
France, which recent events have brought
to light. I am informed by French citizens
ot high intelligence that proper invitation
and inducements might secure the use of
some of this capital for bosinoss enterprises
of any kind in the State of Georgia.
As I do not propose to negotiate in bus
iness transactions myself, and as I desire no
appointment of any kind, either from the
State or any of its citizens, yon will per
ceive that the hints I have dropped are en
tirely disinterested.
1 have written to my friend, O. A. Bacon,
Esq., of Macon, in almost the same words
as those nsed in this letter, and wonld sug
gest tbat, if you feel disposed, it might be
well to confer with him in regard to the
matter in band.
I am. sir, very respectfully and truly
yours.
H. H. Tucker.
The above letter is well worthy the at-
tention of the members of the Legislature.
There can be no doubt that, by a proper
effort, a considerable immigration to Georgia
could be effected from Alsaceand Lorraine.
This immigration need entail no expeose to
the State, save a few months’ pay to an
agent. The inhabitants of those Provinces
are indignant at their prescht condition,
having been sold to 4 Prussia like oxen for
the shambles.*
Two thousand dollars would be a full
compensation to an agent for rendering this
service. To be successful, this agent should
be thoroughly informed as to the topo
graphy, crop products, and agricultural,
manufacturing and mineral resources, par
ticularly and generally, of the State of
Georgia.
We should Dot forget that England gave
a grand impetus to several branches of her
industry, of national importance, by secur
ing, at a former period, a large French im
migration.
This suggestion does not so much refer to
poor immigrants as to persons of capital,
who would be able to pay a fair price for
our lands, aud transport their own laborers
in colonies.
Our firs efforts in the way of immigra
tion should be dir ‘Cted to men of capital.
Io our present condition, if we bad a large
immigration of laboring men, we should
find it very difficult to pay their wages. The
State, at prefect, needs moDey more than
men. though both are wanted.—Editor of
7he Plantation.”
THE MEETING AT THE CITY HALL
LAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
TnE Borgia ” is again on her rounds
through tho newspapers. This time it is
the “Connecticut Borgia" in tho person of
Mrs. Lydia Sberman, the poisonous person
of New Haven, who, states a despatch from
that city, “expresses every confidence of ac
quittal.” On the hole, wo think we prefer
our.for tho time being, Washington “Bor
gia,” who appeared a night or two ago at the
National Theatre, in the stately person of
M’mo Parepa-Rosa. A Borgia of this de
scription need never be without her anti
dote to poison, for if she could be so crnel
as to pdt one in peril with mandragora or
other drowsy drags, she conld easily recall
him to life with one of her delicious row
lades.
Pursuant to the udj urument of the
meet ng L-t Saturday night, .a musing
meeting of the citizens met in the City Hn'l
last Tuesday night, to hear the friends of the
Regular tuunicipial ticket meet tie charges
that bad been put forth against them by
the opposition party. The meeting was
one of the largest ever met for political
purposes io the city, and was in its charac
ter a truly representative meeting, for it
embraced men of every condition and color
from the capitalist to the humblest labor-
And all alike were deeply interested
in the eloquent words of the speakers. Af
ter the meeting was called to order by Col.
A. T. Hardin, Capt.C. N. Featberston was
requested to act as Secretary. Col. T. W.
Alexander was then called npon to address
the meeting, which he did in words of
such burning eloquence, and cutting truth,
thatall who beard, were convinced and
enthused. We expec' soon to publish his
speech io full, aud will only allude to-day
to a few of his arguments. Col. Alexan
der reviewed the history of the Memphis
Branch Road, and by the action of Capt.
Cothran in voting the city stock against
Capt. Griffeth, Col. Priotnp, and Dr.
Smith, and electing a new Directory he
showed conclusively where the responsibil
ity of stopping the road rested. Had the
views of the old Directoiy been carried
out, the cars would now be rattling across
the Ooslanaula and down the Coosa. He
then alluded to the action of the City Coun
cil in rejecting the proposition of Col. W.
S. Cothran to issue and turn over the city
Memphis Branch bonds, to Cothran and
McGnire, and the North and South bouds
to Griffeth aud Clayton, and he showed to
the satisfaction of every unpredjudiced
mind that -the ciuncil conld not have done
otherwise than reject the proposition.
Col. Alexander then answered the silly
charge made at the opposition meeting
relation to the Ragtag and
Bobtail Ticket, and showed that if that, ex
pressive psuedonym was at all applicable
to the ticket, which he denied, they them
selves had the honor of appropriating
After Col Alexender had concluded,
Col. J. I. Wright was called npon, and in
an earnest speech defended his action in
rejecting Col. W. S. Co'hrao’s proposition
to issue the city bonds to Cothran and
McGuire to be sold by them, and the money
used by them in their own interest, and at
the risk ol the city. Col. Wright showed
by his earnest manner, that bis action was
honest, and for the city’s good.
We. are glad that such a large audience
was present to hear these truths, aod after
their enunciation wc do not seo how any
sane man can assert that Griffeth aod his
ticket are opposed to progress. As we
said above we expect in a few days to
publish Col. Alexander’s speech in foil, and
we do hope that every man in the eity wil
read it.
[For the Courier.
PEKJUBY.
In an article in the. Courier of Satur
day signed “Committee,” F. is “respectful
ly,” asked “what other kind of perjury there
is,” (than that defined by Coke and the
Law-writers) ;F. replies that there is none
other that the law recognizes aod punishes.
That is the crime, as Coke defines it of
“willfully making a false oath, when lawful-
ly administered', or a crime committed wheD
a lawful oath is administered in some jndi-
cial proceeding, to a person who swears wil
fully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matt, r
motional to the issne.” The Templar could
not be guilty of this perjury, even if he
took the oath with the deliberate purpose
of breaking it; for the oath would not be
legally administered, nor in a judicial pro
ceeding. Yet the Committee writer admits,
shortly after propounding the above ques
tion that such an oath would be perjury.
Here then he admits another kind of
perjury than “that defined by Coke and
the Law-writes.” It is presumed, there
fore, he will admit, that in all cases where
men deliberately swear falsely, they will be
guilty of perjury, wbetber the oath be in a
judicial proceeding or not, in other words
that there is perjury which the laws ot men
do not puoish, but which is for that reason
none the less criminal and punishable by
tho laws of God. Tho question then
answered against him by his own admission
But the true point of dispute is, whether
deliberately breaking a promise which we
have solemnly swim, and at the time hon
estly intended to keep, be perjury. What
is the nature of an oath? Paley says in his
Moral Pailosophy, “ W hatever may be the
form of an oath, its signification is the same.
God is called to witness, or to notice what
we swear; and it is invoking his vengenee
or renouncing his favor, if what we say be
false, or what we promise be uol perform
ed.” Webster give substantially the same
definition, and adds, “A false oath is called
perjury.” There are two classes of oaths,one
declaratory, aud the other promisory. Is
there any difference io their solemnity, or
the awful import they convey. The one is
violated tf at all, in making the declaration
which the person has sworn shall be true ;
the other in enmmitiing the act which he
swore] to abstain from. In either case,
when he utters the falsehood, or commits
the abjured act, be deliberately defies the
vengenee of the God to whom he has ap
pealed. Id the one case, the oath is falsi
fied by uttering a word, in the other by
committing an act. Is there any difference
io their criminality? If one is called per
jury can the other be branded with a came
less harsh?
It is surprising as well as painfnl that
tho Temperance Committee should insist
upon tho interpretative of their oatb.wliicb,
it was supposed they had inconsiderately
pat npon it, and wonld readily correct. It
was certainly with no desire to “break a
polemic lance” with the learned and able
writer of the Temperance appeal, that F.
called attention to it. He conceived it a
matter of serions moment, that a large num
ber of persons in this community who had
bound their consciences with an oath, should
be adrised from such a source, that the ob
ligation they had assumed was not more se
rious than a marriage vow or a promise to
pay. If F. a a an humble “disciple of Coke”
has learned that in human tribunals crim
inals are often pronounced ‘not guilty’’ by
reason oflegal technicalities, he has also
been taughtby therevereaed order of which
the Committee writer it a noble member,
that in ti e tribnnal of conscience, and es
pecially at the last grea' tribunal, no tech
nicalities will avail—that the act will stand
forth in all its hideonsness, call it Ly what
name you will. And he is constrained to
repeat that such a construction of the Tem
perancc Pledge as tampering with the sanc
tity of an eatb and degrading its obligation
is already far too lightly estimated by men.
In truth it is difficult to prove tbat the
Quakers and many others who agree with
them are not right in their interpretations
of the command, swear not at all. But if
it is thought proper to biod men by oaths,
notwithstanding that command,by all means
let them fully comprehend the solemn and
awful character of its obligations.
Things Worth Knowing-.
If* brooms are wet in boiling ends once
a week they will become very tongh, will
not ent the carpet, last tuneb longer, and
always sweep like a new broom. & very
dusty carpet may be cleaned by setting a
pail of cold water out by the door, wet the
broom in it, knock it to get ont all the
drops, sweep a yard or so, then wash the
broom again as before and sweep again, be
ing careful to shako all the drops off the
broom, aod not sweep far at a time. The
water may need to be changed once or
twice if tbe carpet is very dusty.' Snow
sprinkled over a carpet and swept off before —„ wut be re il
it has time to melt and dissolve is also nice cember, and will h •'^***54
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Conference Appointments of the
M. E. Cbuch, South.—Rome Distriot:
G. J. Pearce, P. E.; Rome Station: T. F.
Pie-ce,; Coosa: P. G. Reynolds ; Ferre; t-
ville: W. P. Rivers; Oostanaula: W. P.
Larrisay.
W. F. Cook is Sunday School Agent.
We will publish a full list of appoint
ments in our next issue.
How to Make and Save Irish Potatoes.
The following is the report which accom
panied the bushel of Irish potatoes which
was awarded the special premium of §25
by Mr. J. C. Kimball, at the Fair at Ogle
thorpe Park in October:
From thirty yearsezperience ingrowing
the Irish potato Sooth, I have arrived at
the following conclusions: The Irish po
tato reproduces from the seed, but never its
like and nature produces in every soil and
climato, the varieties best adapted to that
soil and climate, and a variety of tbe Irish
potatoes produced, say in New York,
where the warm season is much shorter
than in Georgia, will make an excellcut
early variety here but will net stand our
long hot Summers, aud is liable to rot
either in or out of the ground ; but the va
rieties produced here from the seed are
adapted by nature to our long hot Sum
mers will Dot rot in any way, :.nd may be
left in the ground during the Summer, or
dng as suits the grower. The sample I ex
hibit and for which I claim the premium
offered by Mr. J. C. Kimball, was obtain
ed from the seed in our own State six
years ago, bas been well tried and has not
failed in the first instance. The best
method of saving the potatoes during tbe
Sommer is to dig when matured aud spread
on floors or dry ground under shelter, and
by no means let the sun shine on them af
ter dng. Bat the great secret Mr. Kim
ball seeks to know and to make public is
solved in the fact tbat for Irish potatoes
that will keep here through the Summer,
we must have native varieties. Tbe sam
ple exhibited was taken from the ground
on tbe fourteenth of this month, and from
the first crop planted.
B Hamilton.
Dalton, Ga , Oetobet 16, 1871.— Ru
ral Southerner..
Royal Arch Masonry.—At tbe annu
al meeting of the Rome Royal Arch Chap
ter, No. 26, tbe following officers were
elected for the ensuing masonic year :
Tbo’s J. Perry, H. P.; Dr. R. V. Mitch
ell, K.; R. W. Roebuck, S.; James T.
Moore, C. H.; JI. A. Moore, P. S-; J. G.
Dailey, R. A. C ; C. F. Kingsbury, Sec’y;
E. C. Hough, Trcas.; Dr. J. D. Smith, M.
1st V:; M. Dwinell, M. 2d V.; C. C.
McKinzie. M. 3d V.; A. M. Kerr, Senti
nel.
Sheridan was once staying at the house
of an elderly maiden lady in the country,
who wanted more of his company than he
was willing to give. Proposing one day to
take a stroll with him, be excused himself
on account ot the badness of the weather.
Shortly afterwards she met him sneaking
ont alone, “So, Mr. Sheridan,” said she,
‘‘it is cleared np.” “Just a little, ma’am;
enough for one, bnt not enough for two.”
for renovating a soiled carpet. Moistened
Indian meal is used with good effect by some
house-keepers.
Dried Eggs.—The eggs must be beateD
to a uniform consistency, and poured in
tb'm layers upon polished iron plates, which
are placed in a current of hat air; tbe pa-te
rapidly dries, and must be packed io her-
metrically sealed cases. When required for
use, tbe dried eggs cao be dissolved io cold
water and beaten to a foam like fresh eggs.
It is said that eggs can be preserved for
yean in this way, and that they retain their
agreeable flavor to the last.
Tripe.—Wash the tripe and dry it well
in a cloth. Cut in loDg pieces three inches
wide. Make a thick batter of egg, flour,
milk,a little minced onion, and a little salt.
Dip the tripe into the batter, and fry it in
lard or good dripping, of vhich there must
be sufficient in the pan almost to cover the
tripe. Fry it of a light brown, and garnish
with fried parsley.
Horseradish Sauce.—Grate very small
a stick of youDg h rseradish; then, with a
couple of tablespooDsful of it mix a small
teaspoonful salt and four tablespoousful of
cream ; stir it briskly and add by degrees a
wincglassful of vinegar. Excellent to serve
with cold roast beef.
To Stop the Nose Bleeding. -Stind
up, with the bead elevated. Compress the
nostril with the Gngcr, and at the same time
stretch upward the arm on the bleedin
nostril. Keep the arm perpendicular for two
minutes- In most cases this remedy will
succeed.
Remedy* for Croup.—Halfteaspoonful
cf pulverized alum in a little molasses. It
is a simple remedy, and almost always at
band, and one dose seldom fails to give re
lief. If it should, repeat it after one hour.
If any person have somnambulistic ten
dencies, a sure cure according to a Hart
ford paper, is the placing of a pair of steel
scissors under the pillow where you sleep.
It is certainly a very simple ezpermeDt.
If you wish to avoid a cold, keep your
mnuth shut. The same plan also keeps the
teeth from getting sunburnt, and pnopla
from noticing them if they are.
Ilaight & Co’s CIrcos,.Museum and Menag
erie.
This Southern institution has won a bril
liant national reputation, and achieved a
glorious pecuniary triumph. It has been
largely augmented in its arenic and zoolog
ical departments, and now rangs among the
firet exhibitions of this country rnd Europe-
The papers all over the south teem with ex
cellent praises of its merits, and the East
ern and provincial press arc unanimous io
their lavisish commendation:
The Waterville. (Maine) Mail says “the
company gave the best satisfaction. They
met all their promises; showing a superior
iot of horses, first class performers, and an
entertainment more free from objectionable
features than any seen here for years.
This is saying a great deal for a perfor
mance after it is over.
Tbe programme for this day of exhibi
tion will be as follows:
A grand balloon ascension will be made
from the lot near tbe pavilion. Prof. Ren-
no w,!l go up among the clouds, carried od
his monsttr balloon ‘Tall"lah ’ The pro
cess of inflation is new.hot air be.ng substi
tuted lor the old plan of gas. All can see
the method used by the discomfited Freoeh
to earry messages over tbe heads of the vic
torious Prussians. Harry Waajbold, the
celebrated rope walk sr, will promenade
from the ground to the top of the centre
pole, on a single wire, and return. The
names of the artists of the arena connected
with this exhibition are so well known to
the public that it is not necessary to more
thau refer to them. The company is large,
well selected, and ofexcdlent material. A
trilling scene is enacted with wild animals
at each performance. M’lle Minnie Wells,
who was so torn and mangled in the Bow
ery Theatre last year, by the celebrated
lion ‘Prince,’ assisted by Gustave Berg,
will enter tne den and feed these beasts of
most ferocious nature. Everybody will go
to see this great arenia and zoological exhi
bition, and behold tbe baloou assensioD,
which takes place at one o’clock io the af
ternoon—and immediately afterwards the
aerial pedestrianism of Mr. Wambold.”—
Chattanooga Times.
The Capitol.
Both branches of tho Assembly were in
the dullest of moods yesterday. They did
nothing to tempt the pen of the critic, and
not much t> loosen the tongue of praise.
They sank to the uointcrestiog level of in
difference, and plodded through an ordi
nary amount of plain business.
What shall we do with it? is a question
that the Honorable Senators are discussing
in regard to the Agricul.ural College scr p.
This scrip deeds to Georgia some 270,000
acre? of very “wild lauds,” but wor'h,“pos
sibly, il fconestly negotiated, as many thou
sand dollars. The Senate does not know
what to do with it. Plenty ol institutions
want it, and alaiost auy one of them is will
ing to “speed the plow” in otier to get it.
But where there are so many worthy appli
cants. it is not straDge that some difficulty
should be experienced ia selecting the
worthiest. It is singular that some witty
Senator has not proposed to “farm it out.”
To u. Speer would have done so long ago if
he were in the Senate.
The President of the Senate las an
nounced the following special com uittees:
To investigate the lease of tho Western
and Atlantic Railroad—Messrs. Reese and
Nunnally.
The official conduct of Bullock—Nichols
and Wellborn.
The conduct of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad Auditing Commission—Hoyle and
Brown.
The administ aiiou aud management of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad—Lester
and Clark.
Mr. Woodward, io the Hou-e, is a man
alter our own heart. He introduced a bill
yesterday to relive married men from poll
tax. Ue is rieht—for a man with a wile
aud half a dozen children, has tax enough
upon him, ' ithout bringing one upon his
head for tbe benefit of the State. Relieve
married men of poll tax and doublo the tax
on bachelors overtweDtv-Iive.is our philoso
phy.—Atlanta Sun, Nov. 30.
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