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Rome, Fixjyd County. Ga.
*fhr. W*E^LT COURIER is lBBUCd
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
At Ho. 23 Broad Street.
M. Dw-tuell.....Editor and Proprietor
B.' P» Saw}'er.„.. Associate Editor*
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUIA T 23
The Past.
A man’s hopes for the future may
be gauged by liis reverence of the past.
The man who turns with a softening
heart and a loving eye to the lives of
his forefathers, and recounts with pride
the deeds’ of honor that distinguished
them among men, finds a companion
picture in the future, where his own
children are brought into view as wor
thy scions of a noble stock. The man
who has no past has no future. To-day,
bounded by the rising of the morning
and the setting of the evening sun, is
all of life he knows or is content to
know. But the man of pleasant mem
ories is also brimming full of pleasant
hopes. The experience of the past is
brought to shape the future, and from
the buried wisdom of those who have
gone before, we may find a guidance
for those who are to come after.
The past — the ancient glories of the
ages gone by—the decaying grandeurs
of the East — was the subject of an
essay written by Mrs. C. S. Foster, of
Fincastle, Va., 'and read by Mr. K. C.
Murray at the City Hall last Monday
night. For artistic finish, felicity and
smoothness of style, and touching
beauty of conception, the essay was
perfect, and was read by Mr. Murray in
a manner peculiarly happy.
The interest of the subject, as well
as the happy manner of its treatment,
induces us to give as much of it to our
readers as our space will permit. After
an appropriate preface, Mr. Murray
read:
What is more awe-inspiring than a
ruin? whether it be the wreck of a
Corinth, the dismemberment of an Ids,
the demolition of a castle, or the pros
tration of a single headstone in an
humble rural cemetery. The mighty
city has fallen and left scarcely a me
morial to tell of its gigantic edifices
whose domes smiled upon the heavens,
and drank in the first warm flushings
of Sol, as he raised his red banner in
the Orient to proclaim his victory over
Erebus. The shout of revelry is hushed
in her palaces; song and dance no
longer beguile the hour, and the hall
no more is wreathed with the trophies
of the warrior. The prow and port of
all Greece no longer floats her flag of
supremacy over the seas, and her stat
ues, columns and caryotides unequalled
by any the world ever boasted are pros
trate in the dust. High enthroned in
grandeur over the land and sea once
sat the Acro-Corinthus, and the wreath
of poesy entwined around the grottoes
of the Pierian fount contiguous tells
of legends which thrill the heart. The
Muses sat amid the Parian marble, and
the chariots of Amphitrite and the sea-
god were here with their jvory-liiofed
steeds of gold ; the wrestle?in the Isth-
mean games reposes -beneath its” laurel,
and his statue is broken in the temple
of Neptune.
Oh, what a spot was Corinth! Here
her philosopher unveiled his lore, and
schools of wisdom shot up to illume
the world. But the hand of desolation
has been here, and over its proud piles
the cypress waves its gloomy, gloomy
banner.
Ephesus, proud city, once the won
der of the civilized world, no longer re
sounds with the eloquence of a Paul
and the gorgeous pomp of Diana’s wor
ship no more stirs the heart of the
heathen enthusiast, with its hollow
pageant of religious mockery. The
genius of Christianity barely lingers
around tlie,portals of her once splen-
did* fanes; and herdsmen and shep
herds find refuge from the storm un
der her crumbling ruins. Sardis is a
heap of dust, and Busiris and Damas
cus are shorn of their beauty. Ecba-
tana, the home of the Magi and fire-
worshiping Parsee, crowned with its
seven-fold colored walls, is a ruin, with
scarcely a test of its former magnifi
cence. Carthage, the mistress of
mighty fleets and armies that once dis
puted the sway of empire with the
Ccesars, has lost the last vestige of an
cient grandeur, and the world no longer
acknowledges her sovreignty. The
names of Hamilcar, Hannibal and
Hanno, live only on the page of histo
ry, and her bowmen and shipping
boast-not now the hair of patriot wo
men for, strings and cordage. Alas!
alas! she fell under Cato’s edict in the
Roman Senate—delenda est Cathargo!
Jerusalem, crowned all over with
memories, presents a picture fraught
with a deep and melancholy interest.
The streets of the Holy City are noise
less; her glorious temples are silent,
and in her mighty thoroughfares
naught is seen save a rube Arab, a poor
camel-driver, or lone dark-eyed daugh
ter of Judah from Jericho or Bethle
hem.- No mendicant appeal is heard
on her curbstones; no sentinel’s meas
ured tread marks the hours; and with
its 30,000 souls the silence is almost as
profound as that of Italy’s sleeping
cities. The banner of the gloomy Mos
lem waves over sunlit hills of Judea,
and Isreal ceased to be a nation when
the wild defiant cry of “ His blood be
upon us and our children!” mingled
with the agonizing heart-throbs of the
fioly Sufferer of Calvary! “Behold
your house is left unto you desolate 1”
Information lor the People in Regard to
United States Commissioners.
Frequent, inquiry having been made
of us as to the powers and duties of
United States Commissioners, both as
regards criminal prosecutions and civil
suits in the United States Courts, and
as to who are United States Commission
ers, we have taken the trouble to inform
ourselves to some extent, and now give
our readers that information.
There are a great number of arrests
being made continually throughout the
State, and have been, for a year or two,
at great expense to the government and
at great expense and annoyance to
the people. Those parties arrested in
the Northern district, and wo now speak
of that district only, are all brought to
Atlanta. If the arrest is under a bench
warrant they have only to give bond
and go home. If under a Commission
er’s warrant, they are entitled to a hear
ing, and if committed, they can then
give bond. The government is able to
hear this expense, but honest laborers
brought two hundred miles from home
find it quite a hardship to bring their
witnesses so far from home, and if re
quired to give bond find it difficult to
get men, who are willing to sign their
bonds, to leave home and come so far
to serve them.
Again, on the civil side of the docket,
if a citizen has business in the United
States Court, as forinstance in bankrupt
matters, and must make an affidavit; all
affidavits can be made before a Com
missioner in the county in which the
party resides, just as well as before the
court or its officers here.
All business, whether civil or crimi
nal, which can be conducted before a
Commissioner in Atlanta, can be con
ducted before a Commissioner any
where in the district Therefore it is a
matter of importance for the people and
for the government to have United
States Commissioners appointed in the
entire State. Any man arrested on a
criminal charge and carried before a
Commissioner for a preliminary trial,
can, if he is innocent show that inno-
cense more clearly in his own county
where his witnesses are at hand, and
give a bond more easily than he can
hundreds of miles from home, here
in Atlanta, and if guilty, the govern
ment can likewise show his guilt more
conclusively and at less expense in the
same county where the crime had been
committed.
The court has during the past winter,
appointed a number of Commissioners
throughout this district—none of whom
were applicants for the appointment,
but all were appointed without their
solicitation or knowledge. And we
were further informed that some of
them are Democrats.
When the people learn that these ap
pointments have been made there will
be a great saving of expense to them
and the government. The following is
an authoritative and correct list of ap
pointments made at the two last terms
of the court, to-wit:
Coke A. Ellington, Ellijah, Gillmer
Co., John B. Dickey, Moigainton, Fan-
nisCo.; Aaron W. Woody, Dahlonega,
Lumpkin Co.; John W.O’Neal, Gains-
ville, Hall Co.; John.M. Edge,Saltville,
Douglass Co.; William W. Merrell,
Carrolton, Carroll Co.; John M. Church
Clarksville, Habersham Co.; Manghum
H. Bryson, Hiwassee, Towns Co.; Wes
ley Shropshire, Dirt Town, Chattooga
Co.; Thomas W. Thurman, Griffin,
Spalding Co.; H. Frank Bolden, Craw-
fordsville, Talliaferro Co.; WUey C.
Barber, Van Wert, Polk Co.; Soloman
Strickland, Dallas, Paulding Co.; Wil
liam H. McWhorter, Greensboro, Green
Co.; Johnson F. Cunningham, Lexing
ton, Oglethorpe Co.; WilliamE. Bacon,
Cumming, Forsyth Co.; Augustus C.
Moss, Homer, Banks Co.; Charles J.
Sheppard, Marietta, Cobb Co.; Francis
M. Scroggins, Newnan, Coweta Co.
Francis L. Upson, Lexington, Ogle
thorpe Co.; Wiliam M. Harlett, Elber-
ton, Elbert Co.; James L. Johnson,
Hartwell, Hart Co.; Lewis D. Burrell.
Rome, Floyd Co.; John C. Richardson,
Dawsonville, Dawson Co.; John Cox,
Cartersville, Bartow Co.; John W.
Payne, Jasper P. 0., Cherokee Co.
William T. Day, Jasper, Picker’s Co.
Lemuel B. Anderson, Covington, New
ton Co.
Previous to these appointments the'
following were the only Commissioners
in this district.
Dawson A. Walker, Whifefield Co.
W. B. Smith, Atlanta, Fulton Co.; John
L. Conley, Atlanta, Fulton Co.; Lawson
A. Black, Atlanta, Fulton Co.
A commissioner can be appointed
only in open court.—Atlanta Constitu
tion.
lie, men of means and enterprise are
attracted thereby, and with them
comes prosperity as a natural conse
quence. We are unfortunately without
a medium through which to publish to
the world the advantage of our town
and country, and the many rea
why we think this the greatest country
in the world. Hence we have to de
pend upon the papers of other towns
more fortunate than ours. It is true
we have a county paper, nominally,
but it is so devoted to the eastern por
tion of the county, and particularly of
Rockmart, that it scarcely seems-aware
of the fact that Cedartown is in exis
tence. Whether this is from a spirit of
jealousy or not we cannot say, but hope
not
Were we to attempt to mention one
by one the superior attractions of Ce
dartown and vicinity, it would take
more space than we have time or incli-
tion to filL Our town is rapidly
building up, improvements of every
description going on, and business
steadily increasing. Not the least at
tractive among the improvements, is
the iron works now in progress of con
struction, under the supervision of Mr.
A. G. West, a man of indomitable en
ergy and perseverance, who is putting
up every part of his machinery after
the most approved and substantial
order. His intention is to construct
a furnace capacitated to turnout full
thirty-five tons of pig iron per day
which of course will produce a con
siderable influx of money to be dis-
tributed'through the country.
But as I • cannot dwell on every
attractive feature about our town, suffice
it to say, that we have good crops, good
health, fine timber, extraordinary nat
ural advantages for the establishment
of manufactures, energetic, enterprising
citizens, minerals of various descrip
tions and in inexhaustible quantates,
women whose beauty and many rare
and noble virtues would be a fit theme
for the poet’s pen, young men of sober,
industrious habits and unexception
able moral characters; in fact every
thing calculated to make this one of
the most desirable places in North
Georgia.
At present things seem a little dull,
the recent rains causing grass to take
the crops, and of necessity claiming
the close attention of farmers.
Some little excitement prevails over
an entertainment given by the Cedar-
town-Amateur duo on last Thursday
night, which proved a decided success,
if we are to judge from the rounds of
applause with which the performance
was received, as well as the unusually
good order pervading the audience.
The net proceeds of the entertainment
were donated to the Sunday schools of
this place. Quid Nunc.
H. I Kimball’s Utils BUI.
To the Editor of the Courier.
I have seen and closely examined the
schedule of Mr. Kimball, spoken of
in the following correspondence,
know that it is principally made up for
effect and cannot be true, and especially
it is so in regard to Messrs. Clews & Co.
The statement of facts made by Georgia
I know to be correct, from personal in
formation. - l
Please publish Georgia's article and
oblige your friend, D. S. P.
The church at Mellonville, Florida,
held a fair recently (without any grab
bags), to provide a home for its pastor.
The proceeds were $250, which were in
vested in a farm of three acres, within a
half mile of the church. The children
of the Sunday-school are raising
money to plant a grove of orange trees
on the lot. It will afford room for 560
orange trees, which, at twelve years. of
age will yield 3000 or 4000 oranges each;
and these at $20 per thousand will yield
an income for the pastor’s family after
A letter from Cedartown.
Cedartown, July 12,1873.
Dear Courier, — In addressing this
communication to you, tire first obser
vation will be about newspapers. We
think they are a great and good institu
tion, without which, in this world,
we would be as at sea without a' compass.
Every town ought to have one, every
body ought 'to take one; in fact the
world could not progress without them.
They are, when their influence is ex
erted in the right direction, of incalcu
lable benefit and advantage to society,
morality, religion and to every element
of civilization.
But the value of a newspaper, is seen
and felt in the immediate vicinity of
its publication. A first class, lively,
judiciously managed newspaper,
worth more to a town than any institu
tion that could be stated. It is the
driving-wheel to the car of prosperity,
without which, all the natural advan
tages of any locality, the vast stores of
mineral wealth, the many manufactur
ing facilities, the salubrity of the cli
mate, and unsurpassed fertility of the
soil, all are alike worth little, compara
tively speaking, because noboby
besides homefolks know anything of
them. Let a newspaper of the right
stamp be started in a town possessing
these advantages, and soon, where every
thing was dull and inactive before, we
see manifestations of enterprise and
public spirit springing «p as ■ if by
magic; and why? Because all these
various natural advantages are kept
continually before the eyes of thepub-
New York, July 3,1873.
Editor Morning News:
I find in your issue of the 20th ult.—
copied from the Atlanta Sun — what
purports to be the schedule in bank
ruptcy of Mr. H. I. Kimball, formerly
of Georgia, but believed now to be of
Massachusetts. I find I am not alone
in astonishment concerning the various
items of accounts and parties as well
that are made to figure in the marvel
lous exhibit referred to. Many of us
are familiar with Mr. Kimball’s grand
exploits in our State. Many of us re
gret his failure, as doubtless his efforts
were for the most part, pro bono publico.
Yet, to the capitalists of New York, as
appears from Mr. Kimball’s exhibit,
are the people of Georgia chiefly indebt
ed for advances in investments and
outlay in railway enterprizes in differ
ent parts of the State, as. well as for
funds to erect and furnish that adorn
ment of the State and of the city of At
lanta in particular, to wit, the palatial
“H. L Kimball House.”
Curious to know the facts involved,
especially for the information of our
people, your correspondent is warrant
ed, from interview with various parties
— bankers and others in New York
in stating that the schedule, as publish
ed, is neither more nor less than a
wholesale exaggeration, such as can no
wise benefit Mr. Kimball, but rather of
mischievous import, tending to mislead
the public on matters of fact, as, for in
stance, a million is put to the house of
Henry Clews & Co., who) as stated by
the principal of that banking house to
the writer, have no claim upon Mr.
Kimball which is not amply secured
by collaterals, and their entire chum is
but one hundred and eighty-five thous
and dollars—instead of a million. The
amounts to other parties are in like
manner exaggerated —they in like man
ner holding good and sufficient collat
erals. Such exaggeratioii is regarded
here as highly reprehensible. Yet; that
Mr. Kimball may recover from present
embarrassment and discomfiture, better
qualified for successful application of
those characteristics—energy and : en
terprise —which so mark the man, none
seem disposed to hinder or obstruct.
Pvlchrum est vitar, donare minori. So
mote it be. Georgia.
Cssarian.
The New York Herald is pointing
out the dangers which threaten
Republic from the imperial tern
but to benefit the class who live off the
farmers. Let them write as they please
it they please; but we say
, rely on the Granges, for
of Grant’s administration, and deplores you do not help yourselves, you will
as filial the re-election of General
for the third time to the
office.
The Herald is ten years behind the
is dead already
in' all but name, and in name
it has beoome a stench. When the peo
ple of the North, with an imperialism
that would" have done honor to the Czar
of Russia, put the iron heel of power
upon the liberties of the South, "the
revolution was effected, and) republi
canism was destroyed. The re-election-
of General Grant will not affect thO 1
matter in the least If we are to have
a radical party; in power, we see no ol
jection to Grant’ We would
him to Wilson or to Ben Butler,
we want is an end to radicalism—a
change, of government—a return from
radical imperialism to' democratic re
publicanism.
There is nothingpeculiarly objection-
dearly for all the help you get from
commission and middlemen; your own
experience tells you so.
* John H. Dent.
■*
Now it is true that we have yet to
able in a man’s being President for find a man whose greed for place and
three, terms. If he makes a good offi- -power will permit him to aspire to a
cer for two terms, it is rather an aigu-
ment that he would make a better one
for the third.
So far as we are concerned, if the
radicals are to have the power, we are
willing for Grant to assume the name
of Shah, and reign for life. His power
Tlie Third Term.
Many papers are gn&tly shocked at
idea of a presidential aspirant
standing for a third term. The Chron
icle and Sentind, usually tolerably well
posted in political history, thus stigma
tises the movement—if movement it
really is—to run Grant for a third term:
l *Let Grant be nominated and they
will signalize the one hundredth anni
versary of American Independence by
themselves completely
from the thraldom of a party which
will have exhibited ;such unparalleled
subserviency to power as to try to force
a President for the third time upon the
people.’
.third term; but that a party could
be found so subservient to power
“as to try to force a President for
a third time upon the people,” is
not at all hard to do. In 1808 the
people of Georgia, Maryland, Vir
ginia and Pennsylvania, almost unani-
could not be greater than it is now*nor rnously petitioned Thomas Jefferson to
republicanism in America more dead-- stand for a third term. Mr. Jefferson,
The Farmers’ Granges—Their Orl
- Purpose.
To the Editor of the Cornier.
The new society, the Patrons of Hus
bandry, is an 'organization of farmers
for mutual protection and to advance
their interest Heretofore there has
been no organization, co-operation or
co-action, among the farmers; hence,
by far the most numerous as a class,
A Trace.
The following, from the Columbus
, Enquirer, edited by Maj. A. R. Calhoun,
they have had no influence or advan- .■ ;ganant ex . Pederal J Qffi breatte ^
taeres which co-onfim.tion sccnrcs. ' ■ , ... - .... ..
tages which co-operation secures.
We have seen and felt the great dis
advantages we have labored under and
suffered for want of united strength
and influence to combat against com
mercial and legislative exactions and
wrongs—consequently, Granges have
been formed,' through which, by union
and co-operation, the fanners are now
in hopes of securing for themselves
such advantages. 1 oeneiits which
often organizations have deprivecLthem
of. In a word, the farmers as a class
have been the victims of all combina
tions, rings, speculations and political
intrigues that have robbed from them
their hard earnings, and whilst all such
combinations have grown rich and’aro-
gant out of the earnings of the farmers,
the farmer makes out but to live on the
pittance that has been left him. Such
is the true state of things, and we must
frankly admit that the farmers them
selves are much to be blamed for it, for
they remained quiet and isolated, and
suffered themselves imposed ' upon
without the least effort upon their part
to resist it But at last the point has
been reached when further endurance
must bedheir ruin. They have at last
discovered their true situations ajad
conditions, which have o;
eyes to the necessity of
and united action, which has establish
ed that order known as the Patrons of
Husbandry. And we say to all farmers
join it
But right here I will say to all in
joining it, you must not expect-the
Grange to do everything; each pan
has his part to perform individually as
well as collectively, and all will work
out right Like the Church, IT the
members do not perform the part; of
Christians in their acts and
Church can do them no benefit, an^ so
with the Grange: if the Patrons do-hot
do their part, the Grange can do them
no -good. It is a working order, each
member has his duties to perform, and
if carried out in accordance with the
constitution and ritual, great
must be effected. For instance, if you
plant no com or raise no wheat, it is
not to be expected that the Grange will
give you your com and wheat, but’the
Grange will advise you to plant com,
raise your wheat and all other supplies
you require for the farm, and such is
the duty of all good Patrons and farm
ers, and when you do that, and you re
quire what you cannot make or raise
yourself, ■ you can get it through the
Grange from 20 to 15Q .or 209 per cent
cheaper than what merchants or mid
dlemen furnish you at As an instance
they say a wagon that an agent or
middleman makes the farmer pay .$120
for, the same wagon has been furnished
through the Granges to its Patrons for
$80; and so with plows, and other im
plements, and what else may be
quired. In snch transactions the
missions .of' agents and
have been knocked off, as the
tionsarc direct-between the manufac
turers and consumers.
The middleman .who -consumes the
vitals of the farmer'is ignored, and if
not ignored, -the . farmers must remain
but “thb hewers of wood and. drawers
The Christian Index.—This really
elegant paper makes its appearance
this week in anew and much improved
form. It is a splendid specimen of
journalistic taste and- enterprise, and
we are proud of it as belonging to.Gebr-
gia. The matter of the Index is good,
and as the organ of the Baptist denom
ination jn Georgia and Alabama, it
should receive the encouragement and
hearty support of every member of
that church. It possesses claims also
need of a good paper will do well to
consider. Its news is full and of the
very latest.
This is one of many benefits to be
l.’ : to the farmers through the
.gs of the Grange in
they need jit living jric
accuse the GTrange as being a po
litical organization. Such is nonsense;
But this the Grange will do: if they
have a man representing them in the
Legislature or Congress that turns a
deaf ear’to the wants of agriculture, or
will do nothing to advance its interests
and welfare, such a representative will
be superseded by another who will re
spect the farming interest, if the
Grange can elect him. So far we. are
politicians. Now why do we see edito
rials and articles in some of the papers
decrying the Granges ? Those very pa
pers encouraged the organization of
agricultural clubs and societies, and
recommended co-operation among the
farmers. The difference is ” *
and societies were co~~ J —
pastimes; when in 1
something practical, that
materially the profits of some of
pursuits of city men. These articles
not intended to benefit the farmers,
awever, declined, no Washington who
had been similarly solicited, declined
before him.
While these illustrious precedents
may be cited against the propriety of the
thing they do not constitute an obsolute
objection to its exercise.
such a spirit of conciliatory friendli
ness that we cannot refrain from repro
ducing it in our editorial columns:
Long ago—it seems like an age to all
of us — when wearied with days of
marching and battle, in summer’s heat
or winter’s snow, we heard the bugles
sound a truce. Like the wings of the
l»U-„ fl—rg fluttered,
and warring armies for fnetmrc
came friends, and rested from acts that
stirred up the life currents of brave
men till they flowed out in streams to
the Valley of Death. In those mo
ments of truce the soldiers on each
side became friends, and, while clasp
ing hands, they pledged mutual re
spect and deplored the dread necessity
that led them to meet on the field of
strife.
There were many battles, and many
truces to secure our wounded or bury
our dead; and then at last, after a
struggle unparalleled in the history of
the world, a final truce came, and the
oldest veterans raised their hats and
thanked the Great Father of all that
the war was over. The men who fought
like heroes for the right, on both sides
returned to their homes with that re
gard and mutual respect in their hearts
that brave men "
Even to the unsuccessful, peace was a
blessing, and to the more fortunate it
was a double boon, and good men
prayed that the peace might be lasting,
and soldiers whose blood dyed the
same field, where it fell from the brow
of a Northman or flowed earthward
from the breast of a son of the South,
yearned for a restoration of that har
mony which once existed and which
should ever exist between the children
of a common ancestry. Before the war
eafih man in the North imagined him
self a peer of the main in the South,
and each man in the South felt himself
to be more than the peer of a man in
the North.
Our troubles ^demonstrated that in a
contest between men speaking one
language as their common tongue, suc
cess attends that, side which has the
greatest resources in men and material.
But the war closed and good men
hoped it might be forever, and the
soldiers on both sides were the most
anxious that the peace might last
through all time. But the strife was a
boon to the political vultures, and they
rode into office on the wings of the
storms they started, and had hot the
manhood or the inclination to allay.
With the soldiers the truce has been
lasting, but the cessation of hostilities
was the politician’s chance for war, and
he made it on defenceless men . and
women, and even the dead were
ged from their graves to make
for the vampires who fatten on
It has been the Advantage of
vile politicians to represent the South as
in a state of anarchy, and while exciting
popular feeling against that section to do
a gross injustice to the South by keep
ing away capital and labor by declaring
this section was lawless. The defeat in
war, the loss of property, the death or
of justice that the North might well be
proud o£ Poor or rich—high, low,
foreign or native—there are homes and
protection here; for when the South
answered the truce she meant to respect
it and gave her pledge of safety to alL
Let us pray God down deep in our
hearts that there may never be a viola
tion of that truce on either side, and
that the camp followers be driven from
the front, now that there is peace along
the lines.
and it might have been endured by the
Southern soldiers who knew their an
tagonists were prompted by the same
motives as themselves, but when to all
the other misfortunes, lies, slanders and
vituperation were added, the'burden be
came almost too heavy lor even strong
men to bear.
There has been lawlessness in the
South, but has the North been free from
it? There have been imprudent acts
in the South, but men stung to madness
are not always calm. Yet’ the truce
that sounded along the lines on ’65,
when each side stacked its arms and
folded forever the tattered battle'flags,
hasbeenrepeatedby the soldiers cifeach
section, and whenever they meet they
meet as friends. V
The South is still in the* ashes, re-,
specting that flag of truce, and she
will rise Phoenix, like-stiU respecting
it; and, by adopting the very arts of
inents, she will soar upward,
world will admire her glory
u ress—the more glorious for its
risen against odds so fearful.
respected; there is poace
in the South and a freedom of speech
hat Europe does not knpw, and a love
The Bogs.
Some days ago we. were driven to the
desperation of fulminating a double-
leaded editorial against the doggon’d
dogs. Whether that’ editorial was read
by Caleb Cushing and touched a sym
pathetic chord in his misery that only
needed touching, to set it in harmo
nious vibration or not, we cannot say;
We are glad to know, however, that
moved by some cause or other he has
taken up his legal thunderbolts against
the dogs, and promises to make things
lively in the city of Washington. The
following is the’ New York Herald's
account of the matter:
A suit of novel description has been
entered before the District Courts in
this city by Caleb Cushing. A neigh
bor of his has a dog which keeps up an
incessant barking both day and night,
very much to the annoyance of this
distinguished, gentleman. He claims
that it disturbs his rest at night and
very materially interferes with his
studies and the transaction of business
during.tha day; that both his health
and his professional duties suffer there
by, and he asks that damages be award
ed him to the amount of $4,000 against
the owner of the dog.
Though the case may seem somewhat
amusing it contains the important point
as to whether any person can keep an
animal, even within his own enclosed
property, which by its noise interferes
with the peace and comfort of the
neighborhood. The decision, therefore,
is looked for with something of inter
est by the quiet and sleep-loving people
of Washington, and should the veteran
lawyer and diplomatist win the case,
it will be but the precursor of many
more suits of a similar character, un
less the owners of the howling and
barking nuisance should take warning
from the verdict, and so effectually
muzzle the animals as to prevent any
complaint to pushing fm%ie^ir«32^
tonians hereafter to remember him in
connection witb “the dog days.”
It appears that the nominal defend
ant, Mr. Kelly, is in charge of Fernando
Wood’s residence, and the dog is the
property of the New York Representa
tive. Before drawing up his complaint
Mr. Cashing consulted with a well-
known Spanish barrister, who sustains
intimate professional relations with Mr.
Cushing,' and who advised him that in
Spain both the law" and the administra
tion of justice at all times afforded am
ple protection to the subjeet in such
cases, so that both by the civil and
the common law Mr. Cushing deems
his case complete. Mr. Kelly relies
upon a paid-up corporation license to
justify his retention of the dog.
r
A Gaiaant Betbwsb.—-Mrs-Free-
Books, Stationery, etc.—The new
firm of Patrick & Omberg, is making
a very clever start in business. Their
stock of school and miscellaneous
books is large and well selected, and
in the line of letter, note and cap paper,
also blank books, envelopes, and all
kinds of stationery, they have one of
the best supplies we have ever seen in
Rome, and will do excellent job print
ing. Their supply of sheet music is
also large, andrfhey will promptly get
every musical book that is not in the
State. .
These gentlemen have all the capital
and energy that is necessary to do a
large and successful business, and they
are determined to put their goods at
such prices as will command a large
patronage. Parties desiring anything
in their line should give them a call at
No. 33 Broad street. See advertise
ment
Alleged Fraud on a New York
Bank.—A dispatch from Harrisburg,
Pa., says that a man named J. G. Feurth.
alias “Harry Hudson, of Hudson, Son
& Co., bankers, of No. 53 Wall street,
New York,” was arrested there on
Thursday, on a telegram from Pitts
burg, charged with forgery. The dis
patch alleges that he has obtained $28,-
000 from the Germania Bank of New
York fraudulently. He has been com
mitted at Harrisburg to await the ar
rival of officers.
Another American Mecca—Washington's
Headquarters.
man, of Cave Spring, has beenTannoyed
by the presence of a negro fellow upon
her premises, who had previously been
in her employment, and during the ab
sence of her husband she forbade him
the premises.
Yesterday morning, as she entered a
room of her house, she found the ras
cal secreted therein. She ordered him
to stand, but he attempted to dash
away; whereupon she caught him by
the arm and cried for help to arrest
him. Her cries made the negro more
desperate, and he jumped out of the
window, dragging the lady after him.
Falling to the ground, she maintained
her hold, and seizing a brick in her
hand, she ordered him to stand. By
her brave presence of mind she awed
him into submission. Help was soon
at hand, and the negro was turned over
to the marshal, who will see that the
laws will protect a lady in the sanctity
of her home. All honor to this brave
lady for her defense of her home.
Popularity of iheFostal Card.
Thu postal card system promises to
be wonderfully popular. The card
manufacturers at Springfield ore i
shipping between seven and eight
hundred thousand postal cards per day,
and will soon increase the supply to
1,000,000 daily.
The first estimate of the Postmaster
General was one hundred million per
year. Within the three months past
since their introduction, over fifty
millions have been sold and the de
mand is not half supplied. The esti
mate will fall for short of the demand.
Tbe Fire at the Navy Department.
The Logbook library of the Navy
Department suffered most, nearly all
the logs were damaged by the fire and
water. Nearly all the records of the
bureau lost; bureau of ordnance lost
heavily in records and papers; printing
room entirely destroyed.
The fire supposed to have originated
from the’ accidental combfhation of
chemicals in the bureau of ordnance.
Nearly the whole building waB flooded,
and at least one-half unfit for occu
pancy.
The following was telegraphed to the
President:
A fire broke out about half-post 5
this morning, in the third story of the
back building of the Navy Department,
probably originating in the printing
room. The fire department were on
the. spot promptly- and, working with
great efficiency, soon had the fire under
control and put it out finally before 1
o’clock. Only a few drawings and no
important records were destroyed. The
principal damage was from, flooding.
The business of the department is no
seriously interrupted.
Wilson’s Herald of Health,
for July is received, and presents many
instructive and interesting features.
Atlanta wants public fountains.
Some time ago some speculators in
Jersey obtained Control of the property
at Morristown on which stands the
building used by George Washington
during the Jersey Revolutionary cam
paign, and sought to make “ a soft thing”
out of it They talked and wrote it up
in that pure spirit of patriotism which
Dr. Johnson described so truly, and it
was handed over for disposition under
the hammer of the auctioneer. While
that worthy was rattling off his glib
story, and ere he had reached the final
“ Gone!” up stepped ex-Govemor Theo
dore F. Randolph and purchased the
old building and adjoining grounds in
behalf of himself e:
George N. Hanley, General N. Norris
Hoisted and Mr. W. Van Vleck Lider-
good, at the same time announcing it as
their intention to reserve it for the State.
The New Jersey Historical Society with
a spirit worthy of its distinguished
y takenup ?§e n§n!? ellt ’ W
eeting, at whiefr w'
^the four gentlemen named above, re
solved to purchase the historic place
and hold it forever as a repository for
relics of the illustrious Father of the
Country and his associates. The Ex
ecutive and Financial Committees were
also authorized to issue 500 shares of
stock, at $100 each, in the name of“The
Washington Association of the New
Jersey Historical Society, and that the
precepts of subscription so rapidly as
received shall be applied as follows: —
First, to payment upon the property,
and second, to providing a fund for its
maintenance and perpetuation.” A
subscription list was opened on the spot
and five gentlemen set down ten shares
each. The price paid for the property
was $25,000. There is no doubt but
there l3~ampie Ulmrtthlmnna ifhJW
love of the glorious past among Jereey-
men to raise the necessary funds to
make this headquarters a matter of as
much pride and glory to New Jersey as
Mount Vernon is to the whole country.
—N. Y. Herald
Salt, Liverpool per sack «■), ■
Virginia salt....... ...
Sugar, crushed, {low'd, per pound J’j.
White clarified Eager h! V.
Yellow clarified sugar j”:
Louisiana sugar....... j -
Soap, extra family...;....per pound 81
No. 1 Palm soap j
Starch, best quality... ..per pound c,
Sardines, quarter bxs...per ease $221
Spice, cloves..— .....per pound 301,
Cinnamon spice —75,
Ginger spiee, Race.... 15,
Ginger spiee, gronnd- so,
Mace spiee —... ,so,
N -.tmeg spire........... sj.
l’epper, ungruand—... j)
Pepper.ground.——per dozen $2 ,•
Allspice... ... ....per pound22t
Tea. Yoang Hyson ...per pound$n
Imperial tea —.. — Jjhie fu
Gunpowder tea. jjiV.j'
English breakfast-.... Jr • it
Japan tea .... tie *
Tobacco, all grades. .per pound 40 (
Whiskey, best rectified, per gallon $1 ; !
Rye and Boorbon. j
Choice brand whiskey J’anti ind
Brandies per gallon 3srirl^i;
Rum, best qualities...... 4; *
Gin, best qualities....— 5.
Sherry Wine, superior... 2 ,
Port Wine, best quality o.vj— _
HARDWARE AND LEATBS.^f^
Axes, Collins’ .per oozes 14.U0 to£ um 52?
Mann’s axes 14.00 tijjeimi
George’s axes... 13.00
Anvils, Wright’s ..per pound 18 t ’cr'tlfy ]
Eagle anvils 13 k ,on not
Bellows, 28 inches— 12.50 to —
Thirty-inch bellows 15.001, rrt^flu
Thirty-two inch bellowB.....16.00 to ' "T.
Thirty-four inch bellows.—18.00 h >ME
Thirty-six inch bellows..—.20.00 to
Forty-inch bellows .—^5.00 tcgts fa
..—per keg
8.00 tog
8.00 to a
6.00 to quote
15.001 Midd]
^IW Yc
gh; ■
gfeles fo
22te easu
12 ti Hows:
12tL Sej
8.00t, -- - -
Horse shoes
Hule shoes
Hoes, planters’—per dozen
Warren’s hoes ...
Warren’s hoes...at retail
Homes -per dozen
Iren, refined bar...per pound
Small bar iron...
Plow slabs
Swedes iron .
Steel, cast in bars-per pound
Steel plow slabs..
Steel plow wings
Plows, Red Eagle..one horse
Red Eagle.. -two horse M OOfcMBB
Solid sweeps—per poaud 201;. p r
Wing sweeps * (■ ’ +
Wedges, fluted per pound
Nails, 10d to 60d...per keg
Nails, 8d
Nails, 6d
Nails, 4d.
Pots and skillets ...per ponnd
Leather, white oakper pound
Hemlock leather
Country leather.. 23 u
French calf— ~ 50.00
Powder, DnP. rifle..pcr keg 7.25 —
DuPont’s blast... 4.75 c quie
Caps, perc., G. D...per thousand 45 i>n, on]
Caps, E. B— SOtjders.'
Rope, Manilla .per poosd - ^
Cotton rope ............ iSere
Rope, grass —per poaad
Jute rope —
Cotton rope—
Cotton cards per dozen
Chains, trace—per pair
Breast chains.—
Stay chains ...... %
Log chains —..—per pound
Saws, cross cut—...per foot
DRY GOODS MARKET. MI
that a
Market Quotations.
The quotations below ore carefully made
for each issue of the Courier, by the most
responsible wholesale merchants of Rome,
and may he relied upon os correct.
MONEY AND BONDS.
Gold. .baying 13 —selling IT
SUver- 107 Ill
Sterling -...._ _...— 127
New York exchange - -premium |
New Orleans exchange .premium
MobUe exchange .premium
Alabama Treasury warrants 85
Georgia eight per cent —100
Seven per cent ....— 95
City of Rome bonds 75
City of Savannah bonds - 84
Citytof.Atlanta bonds —...—.. 80
City of Macon bonds — — — 75
Central Railroad of Georgia —..90
Montgomery and West Point Railroad... 85
Western Railroad of Alabama 85
Mobile and Girard Railroad —.... 90
tic and Gulf Railroad................. 78
GROCERIES AND PRODUCE.
f clear rib sides...per pound 12 to 13}
ders —’.... 10 to 11
| clear rib 10 to 10}
(shoulders..— - — to —
.. per pound -45_ to 50
j35
-to-
.._ per bushel 83 to $4}
-per ponnd 21 to 25
-per pound 16Jto 25
.par ponnd 23 to 28
1 • 30 to 35
Lagnayra............... 24 to 28
* Mocha.—. ... — to —
Corn Meal———. -per bushel 80 to 90
Corn in sacks — 80 to 85
Grits— .per barrel $7 to 9
Hominy.....—— $6 to 8
Wheat—;—.....per bushel..,—$L60 to 1.65
Cotton seed. per ton...—$10 to —
Canned fruit, all kinds...per doz... $2}to $3£
Floor, choice -—per barrel...—$10 to 12
Family and extra. - 9 to 10.
Superfine............... G UY 7
Fish, fresh per pound 10 to —
Cod 10 to 13
Herring, in bxs.— to 40
Mackerel —in barrels.....412 to 18
Mackerel -in kits...... $2 to $3J
Dried apples........ ....perbushel 75 to $1
Peaches...-. $1 to If
Hay -per hundred pounds $lJto $2
Lard in tierces .....per pound 10 to 11
Lard in half-barrels... . 10 to 11
Lard in kegs—..—. 12 to 13
Molasses in banels —per gallon 35 to 40
Molasses, hlf-bbls and kegs 55 to 85
Oats, for stable.... .perbushel 50 io 65
Oafs for planring...... . —.to —
Onions .'. „.,.,per barrel -4 to $5
Mess P<wk
Potatoes; Irish—. 50 to ?1
Pickles, in glass jars ...per dozen S7Jto 9
L jars..
S3Ro 4J
Piokies, cighth-gal... $l}to 2J
Rice, Carolina .per pound 91 to 12
Louisiana rice — to —
Augusta A4. —.
Lawrence 4-4
Trion 44 .......
Princeton 44
Pequot 4-4 ——
Nashua R, 4,4.........
Massachusetts B B, 4-4 ....
Eagle t Phoenix J —
Columbus 1.
Baltimore —
Androscoggin 10-4 ....
Honadnock 10-4....
Stripes, osnaburgs —
Plaid.
Bleached sheetings and sturtrjgs.
Pequot 10-4 ——pery
Lowell 10-4„„. —...——
Wamsutta 5-4.
Fruit of the Loom 5-4 —....
Lonsdale 44.
Wamsutta 4-4 -
New York Mills 4-4.
Brin drills, Hassabesic— per T
Graniteville ——
Columbus —
Domes, ginghams, Union.
Lancaster -
Glasgow —................ -
Glased cambrics.——
Paper cambrics —
Checks, park
Lanark cheeks , —
Wonted braids, all colors.,—.
Needles, sewing -p ’
Pins, assorted ——yr®
Gloves, buckskin..—perdu
* Cloth gloves—
Balmorals. ——per do
Blankets, gray..——p
White blankets.
Lawns ■
..per yard
Black Alpacas —
White flannels 7-8 ——.
White flannels 4-4...... —
Red flannels 3 4 ...per yar! j
Red flannels 1-8
Red flannels, twilled s
Opera flannels, Gilbert’s ....
Opera flannels, Keystone ...
Lindseys ——per jtd f
Prints, different brands.'—.
Kentucky jeans, all makes—
Spool cotton' ..per to
Carpets, hemp.——per Ji
Carpets, Dntoh hemp—
Carpets, ingrain-
Carpets, two-ply and hqaij
Carpets, heavy three-ply—
Osnaburgs—.—.—
Tickings, all makes
Stripes, different styles -
Denims
Hats, all kinds per dez® *
ROOTS AND ,
Men’s kip boots, pgd—.per to*
Men’s grain boo 13, pegged.--*
Men’s calf boots, pegged -
Men’s bnff hoots, pegged.
Men’s split hoots, pegged.—*
Boys’ kip hoots, pegged
Boys’ split hoots, pegged ..
Youths’ copper tips, pegged- '
Gents’ calt Congress—per p®
— to$20 Gents’ huff Congress pegged-
Gents’ buff Balmorals pegged-
Gents’ huff brogans pegged -
$4Jto C Gents’calf brogans pegged.--
Men’s unbound brogans, I
Men’s plow shoes, pegg^-"?
Boys’ unbound brogans, pgff*
Youths’nnb’d brogans, PSP 1 "