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Rome, Floyd County, Ga.-
The Weekly Coucies is issued .
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
Ai No. 23 Broad Street.
M. Dw»uell..._... ....Editor and Proprietor
B. F. Sawyer Associate Editor.
WEDNESDAY. MORNING, JULY 30
. 'Governor Jenkins’ Letter.—We
publish this morning the admirable let
ter of Governor Charles J. Jenkins.
In this the day of small politicians the
utterances of such a man as C. J. .Jenk
ins should be treasured as sands of
gold in a land of shinplasters.
The Dogs.—Caleb Cushing has suc
ceeded in his suit against Kelly’s dog;
and the courts have decided that no
dog has aright to howl upon his mas
ter’s premises, to the annoyance of his
master’s neighbors.
We give Jones, Smith and Muggins
fair warning to silence their dogs.
Life is full of many strange incon
sistencies, but none so uneasily per
plexing as the idea of living—the
duration of life.
Swift says: “ Everybody desires to
live long, but nobody wants to be old.”
We all pity the infirmities of an old
man—compassionate his weaknesses,
and for very kindness towards him feel
a relief when we hear that he has cn»
tered into the better life that is yet to
come; yet we all wish to live long and
the old Wish to live on.
This inconsistency is to be harmonized
by our disposition to measure life by its
enjoyments, and not by years; and the
literal meaning of our wish to livelong
is, the wish to enjoy life to its fullest
measure, and not its longest duration.
Editorial Correspondence.
We trust the delay of this letter in
reaching our readers will not divest it
of what little interest it might have
claimed from its matter, had it come
promptly to hand.
New York, June 18,1873.
Dear Courier,—Notwithstanding the
little political spats referred to in our
last —which served rather as spice to
flavor the sociability of the voyage—
our intercourse with our companions
was delightful. One or two acquain
tances we made which we shall ever
pleasantly remember.
That of Albert Webster, Jr!, well
known to many of our readers as
frequent and always readable, contribu
tor to the Atlantic Monthly and to Apple-
ton's Journal, Was peculiarly pleasant.
Ilis large young heart beats strong with
pure and noble impulses, and Ms-mind
expands with, liberal and generous opin
ions. With men of such discriminating
observation as his, and conservative
views, to visit and report their impres
sions of the South, the Northern people
would soon have a more correct if not
kindly opinion of its condition.
The voyage was unmarked by any
excitement. Old Probs was benignly
favorable, notwithstanding the rather
indifferent respect with which that or
acular personage is regarded by Capt.
Crowell. That excellent officer and
thorough seaman, is of the opinion that
“ Old Probs” may be found very useful
to the farmers, but for a long time to
conic yet, sailors will not trouble them
selves to consult his opinion upon the
weather, when they have a ready friend-
in the barometer.
Tiie second night out, wo passed
Lookout light. The next morning a
dense fog shut us in, and the steamer
went nosing along, whistling every few
minutes like a bay groping through a
dnrk alley and whistling to. keep his
courage up. - *
About noon the fog lifted, and the
sun came o.ut with a burning glare.
Barnagat light lay off to our left, and
from there on the green hills of the
coast, sloping down to a long white
beach, lay in sight
In the afternoon we passed Long
Branch, where our noble President
smokes his cigar and goes in swim
ming. It was a fresh, breezy looking
place, but not nearly so refreshing as
the sight of the green hills away be
yond. - rtifivob oi r -
The remainder of the run up to
Sandy Hook was made exciting by the
number of vessels we met and passed.
Among them was the Plymouth Rock,
loaded with excursionists bound for
the Branch,, and gaily decorated with
bright colors and wreaths of flowers.
She saluted us with a lively air by the
band as she passed, answered by three
cheers from our own.
The approach to the city from the
south was beautiful and grand, and at
no season of the year than June does
it appear so fine. The verdure, of its
island woods was soft and indescrib
ably lovely. The effect was heightened
by the chequers of brown cottages
which here and there peered through
the leafy covert
Up through the “ Narrows” into the
broad deep waters of the Hudson we
steamed, and after a few moments’ halt
for quarantine inspection, the Georgia
swung in to her slip, and we were in
New York, as-fresh and strong as if
just emerging from a holiday season of
rest /'”■ \
And here, as we step from the white
deck of the. Georgia, we must tip our
hat to its pleasant officers, with bur
best wishes for their prosperity, and a
friendly suggestion to all persons com
ing from the Sduth to try the Great
Southern Freight and Passenger Line,
via Charleston to New York, if they
would avoid the heat and dust and
headaches of the insufferable railroad
cars.
Our first night in New York was
spent in the kingdom -of the Herald.
We say kingdom, for the domain of no
king presents a .grander exhibition of
human enterprise, energy ;and power,
than is presented in the granite jwalls
of that mammoth establishment. Its
foundations are laid deep in the earth,
two stories under the ground, and its
walls tower five stories above.
From this granite pavement deep in
the ground, to the Mansard roof high
in the air, beats the great heart whose
pulsations are felt to the remotest quar
ter of the globe.
Our business was principally in the
press room, down under ground; and
after paying our respects to Mr. Smythe
the Great Mogul of the editorial digni
taries, whom we found in his shirt
sleeves, with his arms bared and np to
his elbffs in mat|6r, every linfc of
which had to -passundei* f M^critical
eye beftpre appeariffgthe next morning;
and being turned over to the friendly
care of Mr. Cashman with the request
to show us through from cellar to attic,
we entered at once into this whirring,
roaring, clanking pandemonium.
It requires the stolid arguments of
figures to give an idea of the magni
tude of the room and the immense
power of its machinery.
A huge engine of 150 horse-power,
snoftfng up in an obscure comer, was
the least to be observed. We often find
it thus—those agencies which are the
vital springs 'of action are the least
noticed. The corner-stone which up
holds the weight of the building is
hidden under the ground, while the fil-
legre work on the comb is the admira
tion of the least observant eye. Driven
by this engine, we found in busy work
five of Hoe’s ten-cylinder presses and
two of Bullock’s perfecting presses.
To each of the Hoe presses it required
ten men as feeders, and three or four
fly boys and men to attend to papers.
The cost of the Hoc presses was fifty-
three thousand dollars each; that of
the Bullock twenty-five thousand, mak
ing a total cost of presses of three
hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
When to this we add the cost of the
engine, shafting, etc., say twenty thous
and more, we have a basis upon which
to found an estimate of the gigantic en
terprise of the Herald.
To accommodate each one of these
presses it requires a room 34 feet Ion:
18 feet "wide, and 18 feet high. The
underground rooms of the Herald
building afford ample accommodation
for use of the seven presses, besides the
engine and its coal room.
And all this was but the beginning
we give its figures only as an initial in
tegral of the great whole. It is almost
fabulous to contemplate. Who can
think of it for a moment, and not have
a feeling of wonder at the grandeur and
magnitude of the Herald. Truly it is
a kingdom, and Bennett is a king.
In our next—if we write our next—
we will tell about the book manufacto
ry of D. Appleton "& Co. For the
present we have written enough. .
Old Grizzley.
Central Beauregard and Unification.
Once upon a time, in the good old
days of camp meetings, tl
zealous old darkey who
his zeal could best be demo
the height to which he
voice and the depth to
roU his body in the dirt. On one occa
sion he felt the spirit peculiarly strong
within him, and selecting a puddle of
filth near by the preacher’s stand, he
began to roll and scrape his body in
its stench and to shout with all. his
might*Disgusted with the creature’s
meanness, qffeof the deacons went to
him and ordered him to hush, that the
shouting-time hadn’t come yet
“ Is dat so, brudder -Massa?” he
asked, unedsily.
“ Of course it is. The preacher ain’t
a preaching at all now. He is only
talking for money,” answered the dea-
Rucscil Sage & Company.
We clip the following from tjic Au
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel, and with
that paper wc think the claim of Rus
sell Sage & Company a fraudulent one
It is somewhat singular that the claim
which Russell Sage & Company, of New
York, have against the State of Georgia
is of just the same amount with the
debt due them by Hannibal I. Kimball.
Mr. Russell Sage says the State of Geor
gia owes him three hundred and sev
enty-five thousand dollars on account
of monies which he loaned to H. I. Kim
ball, the financial agent of the State.
Per contra, Mr. Kimball, in his schedule
of liabilities, says that he owes Sage &
Company three hundred and seventy-
five thousand dollars on account of
money loaned him by that firm. How
is that? Will Russell Sage & Company
receive seven hundred and fifty thous
and dollars for a debt of half that
amount? If the State of Georgia owes
the firm anything Kimball does not,
and if Kimball is indebted to them
the State of Georgia is not. They can
not claim the same debt from two dif
ferent debtors. The claim of this firm
against the State has been the subject
of a great deal of comment. We be
lieve that it is a fraudulent one, and
hope that it will be thoroughly investi
gated.
Obituary Notices.
There appears to be a dulness of
comprehension on the part of the pub
lic in regard to the publication of ex
tended obituary notices—it being as
sumed that such notices ought to be
published as gratuities instead of as
advertisements. Such' is not the case.
Obituary notices are matters of legiti
mate charge, and should be paid for, as
well as the coffin and grave clothes
which enclose the dead. All papers
doing a legitimate business, and which
expect to prosper, have their regular
rates for such matter, and if-.they are
honest they tyfll adhere to them, j
We give the following as the pub
lished notice of the Christian Index, a
paper noted for fits sense of propriety
as well: as liberality. • The. Southern
Christian Advocate announces similar
terms: :
“Obituary.—All matter of this char
acter, not exceeding six fines, will be
printed in The index and Baptist free of
charge. For every line in excess of
the above, a charge at the regular ad
vertising rates will be made. The mat
ter must be sent directly to the pape:
accompanied by responsible names.
The cash must accompany the order, or
the payment of publication charges
certainly provided for.
“Nine words usually make a line—
and fifty-four words fill the alloted
free space. It is therefore an easy task
to determine the number of linesdo be
paid for.
“ This applies to tributes of respect;
resolutions on the death of friends, etc.
“Such matter first appearing in other
journals will not be reproduced in The
Index unless the above terms are com
plied with.»
“Extra copies'of the paper charged
for at regular rates”
The Selma Times of the 22d gives the
following case,of moral pusillanimity:
What should be thought, :<rf ItsjrUte
skinned fellow who having bad the
good fortune tfrbekicked by a gen^e 1 '
man, applies to a negro justice of the
peace, and obtained a' warrant for the
arrest of the gentlemen? Such: a case
occurred here yesterday.
“ Oh, Lordy! den me nasty myself
for notting!” cried the. poor old fool,
looking dolefully at his filth begaumed
garments.*
Something of this old darkey’s feel
ings must now be Genera! Beauregard’s
as he looks at his slime bedabbled gar
ments, and finds that, like the darkey,
he too has nastied himself for nothing.
His unification iniquity is dead—
dead as a nit. It died aborning. The
negroes themselves strangled it They
said it was no child of their’s, and they
wouldn’t have anything to do with it—
poor little creole-mulatto bastard! with
out giving it one pitiful little breath
with which to . bless ,it3 daddy, they
smothered it to death. Poor Beaure
gard ! now let him get a potsherd and
scrape himself.
This is what the New Orleans Pica
yune, one of the sponsors of the ill-bom
bantling, has to say about its uncere
monious taking off:
Here was supposed to be the turning
point in the whole matter. The meet
ing, in point of numbers, was a com
plete success. The largest hall in the
South was chosen; it was filled to its
utmost capacity, and the two races were
as nearly equally represented as prac
ticable. If we understand the great
object of that meeting, it was to ratify
the efforts of the Committee of One
Hundred to harmonize the races and
bring about a new election, in which
all would unite to banish forever from
our soil bad government, establish good
in its place, and to make peace, pros
perity and good will grow where now
flourish only the noisome weeds of
race antagonism, political persecution
and official corruption.
What fruit has this mass meeting
borne? We say it in sorrow—the fruit
is the speech of the small politician,
Henri Burch, and the resolutions offer
ed by Mr. Lewis, and signed by him
self, Dr. Roudanez and others, who.
claim to represent the negro race.in
Louisiana.
Instead of saying: “We have been
misled by the political adventurers from
the North, and have been the ignorant
and too willing instruments in their
hand of bringing our State to the verge
of ruin; we have, during the brief
period of four years, in which we have
been clqthed with political rights, con
stantly supported the public plunderers
and their infamous measures; we have
increased the public debt from 815,000,:
000 to $50,000,000, including warrants,
floating claims, bonds and coupons.
We have squandered the people’s mon
ey in a most extravagant and criminal
manner; we have increased the burden
of debt and taxation in every conceiva
ble way, until it is- unendurable, and
capital and labor, and every element of
wealth and prosperity flee our doors.
Both the labor and the property owner
are on the edge of ruin. We see the
errors into which we have fallen; w'e
now believe that the Southern white
men are our friends.
“ We intend in the future, from this
time forward, to abandon the adven
turers who have deceived and misled
us, and robbed both white and black,
and to co-operate with the honest and
respectable white people in redeeming
our State, in reducing taxation and all
the burdens of government, assured
that when we show ourselves deter
mined to pursue this course, our re
spectable white feRow-citizens will
cheerfully concede to us the publicand
civil rights that belong to all citizens of
Louisiana.”
Instead of coming up -to the ad
vanced line assumed by the white,men
with whom they had teen in confer
ence, they simply announced, that their
race have hitherto lent- themselves to
all of the iniquitous misrule of the
past, that they do not abandon this po
sition one iota, and that only when the
white people of the State shall have
practically Utterly tho most
cherished principles/ which underlie
civilized government, will they
from their persecutions and talk about
bettering the condition of thin
They are unwilling to meet the wli
the rack, and we’ll still turn the
men know not
iws we had
necessity of sa;
that common
to assert its sway,
and justice would be the
Messrs. Burch, Lewis and others must
not forgetting the whites are men . and
that men have borne, and can and will
imewhat filthy and her bedding IlaUs oni Y
scant There appears to be plenty ^ ^ ^
oats, hay and “ "
its of the
In accordance with the charge of his
Honor J. IV. H. Underwood, we have
diligently enquired into all cases that
have come before our body, and we
bear again evils far worse than all that I i^ ve endeavered, through all lcgitmmte
those
which
aloi
; degradation
Concession is one thing;
is another. Ruin ja&s this generation
may be the salvation of the next Deg
radation of this kind extends itself far
beyond. Real men will not be long in
choosing.
Again we say, we are sorry indeed
that these “representative men” of the
negro should have so wantonly and
effectively killed the unification move
ment, but they have done it, and the
funeral is theirs.
give evidence, when s
would have thy “face” to do it
A young lady at Portland, Oregon,
recently broke an engagement because
her lover, while taking her to ride,
quarreled with a gate-keeper over the
amount of tolL
♦ ■«»»•
m
legally, and
information
which-would enable the’jury to find
bills. We are satisfied that we have
fallen short of our duty in this respect,
mainly for the want of proof necessary
to convict.
The financial condition of the“cojta-
tv we find much better than we antici-
pated, but as the finance committee
“f have not teen able to examine and re-
* "pokt fully upon the financial condition
of the county, we ask y our Honor to
continue the committee, and allow
A Cincinnati girl of eighteen-has
had six thousand photographs of her- , ■ . ■ -
self taken. One wouldn’t suppose she *° r ^ ort ** ,^ e adjourned term
' in November. It is proper that a thor
ough examination of county affairs
should be made once each year, and
through the present committee of tins
Graiid Jury wo are satisfied that a re-
Rome Grange.—The Rome Grange
met pursuant to adjournment last Sat
urday, and adjourned to meet again on _ H
Saturday, August 2, at 10 o’clock A. M. P°rt willbe made that will emiblesub-
Rain.— Seasonable showers have
fallen all over thec63htry, arul the
prospect for com is magnificent Its
perfect development is now secured,
and promises a larger yield than ever
before. The rain threatens to continue,
and if it docs it will soon injure cotton.
* sequent Grand Juries to keep the finan
cial condition before the county at
e&ch regular term with little trouble.
And we would further recommend that
the committee be allowed the usual per
diem for bach’ day actually employed
in the discharge of. this duly.
The finance committee have exam
ined the books of the Treasurer, Capt
J. T. Moore, and report as follows:
General Fund.
Reeeived of S. C. Trout, T. C:-$7,807 29
106 50
Another smart woman has recently
come to the surface—a Mrs. T. M. Bore-
land, of Texas. This lady, who is now
in St Louis, owns about 1000 head of
cattle and accompanied the herd all
the way from its starting point to the
latter city, doing at least two men’s
work in the way of driving and man
aging.
As an observer of events occurring
on the floors of the New York Cotton
Exchange, I propose to ventilate cer
tain grievances which are borne by the
Southern merchant and planter, not
generaUy known to either. And it is
the method commonly adopted by
which they become heavy losers, whilst
unwittingly abetting speculation al
ways rampant here. Wa will make a
stotemeht suppositious of a case in
point, say:
Thomas Jones & Co., of Charleston.
Qn hand--—-I--—-'—$1,051 29
Jury Fund.
Balance on hand last report—S 244 07
ReceivedofS. Cl Trout, T. C~. 3,433 58
i Total
Disbursed.
men on common ground, with common ! ‘Jqfo ^
taws and common privileges, and strug
gle with Mm to acMeve the redemp
tion of all from ruin, and thus overcome
the prejudices wMch divide and ruin;
but they demand that the wMte men
shall come with bated breath and-stoop
that they may step beyond.
The mo3t
of our wMte citizens have stood
from the colored people and steadily op-,
posed them, is because-fhfy have from
the beginning of 1868 allied themselves
with our enemies. The great mass of.
men could willingly concede to the col
ored people the civil and public rights
of citizens wMch they claim,' if they
could see the colored people sincerely
laboring for a reduction of ; taxation and
for an honest and economical adminis-,
tration. *
Their declaration is this and nothing
else: “ We ore citizens, gentlemen; equal
under the Constitution and the laws;
but we are not satisfied; you must be
humiliated, degraded, or we shall not be
1; you must be humiliated, de-
„ . or we shall not feel safe; it is
easier for you to come down to our
standard than it is for us to work up
to yours; at any rate, we have, you on
South Carolina, having no interest in
futures or in the plans ’ of the “ Bull
Ring,” or clique, and having a couple
of hundred bales of actual cotton on
hand, ship the same to Williams & Co-,
of Now York, and advise that it be dis
posed of in the manner making' the
largest returns to them. It so happens
unknowingly to Jones & Co., that Wil
liams & Co., are notorious and active
members of the bull organization, and
it is their intent that all cotton of the
grades of good ordinaiy; and above,
known as contract cotton, be not sold
to any One who would deliver it on a
contract^ and thus satisfy and wipe out
one hundred or two hundred bales of
the short interest
Williams & Co. would not deliver
the consignor cotton on a contract even
were they instructed to do so, and would
find an excuse, such as “ too poor for
delivery,” or the .thousand other sub-1
terfuges employed would be always
ready; the real reason, be it known,
why they would not driver on a con
tract as ordered is, that alter the usual
transfers, it would be finally received
by a bull to prevent it getting into the
bands of a bear,, and' that would tend
in a small way certainly to weaken the
ring, and would also beoppeeedto all
the principles upon wMch the
of the jihg are biased and controlled,
being in fact simply a transfer of re
sponsibility from one of the ring to an
other of the same stripe, neither to be
offered by theqnenor accepted by the
other. air riri ;’V -
A Southed merchant jzho has cotton
held here in the hands of a bull cannot
I sell it ] Andywhy? -Hecansie tiw ttP
porters see two cents a pound loss on
all they bny to riiip abroad, and will
have- nbne-of it. 'The spinners have
lately become disgusted with these ar
tificial prices, and having a dull
for theit manufactured g
await developments and lower primy.
Forjtye reasons heretofore stated the
who happens to be a bull will
•’it on contract for a Jufy or
i/^StSalfy oppSgWs
and that of his ring, and
the cotton'is allowed tore-
■storehbuso until the ring
es its purpose, which of course
the bears into a settlement
IflfcshighJ ptibeB.i 3£en what follows ?
The severe strain under which the mar-
■f decline 'three cents, below the prices
thatienddi have been, obtained for ;thi
cotton fruits first arrival in New York,
id been placed on a contract and
Id in the interest of the consignor.
The moral of this story is apparent.
Before cottbn is sMpped to New York,
first find out the proclivities -of the re
ceiver, and if, it be one of those well-
known'to be ofthe earth earthy, make a
new selection, and send the consignment
to ai house of conservative action, who
would place the cotton to best advan-.
tage, for all rings and cliques are at
least demoralizing, and nine times out
of ten those who form parts of J
are unscrupulous, sb bar. obrf
This advice followed would leave tfr
Southern merchant free of the incub
of carrying cotton of this year’s growth
into the new crop, now so near at hand.
—Cor. Charleston Kcirs.
From liquor license and fines
Iflsbuised
-i- —$8,003 -79
—- T —- 7,638 74
Onhand-L-
365 05
, Old Debt Fumi
Received of S. C. Trout,T.C-83,433 58
flisbureed —— ----- 2,392 20
—83,677 65
— 3,850 65
Overpaid -—-———$ 173; 00
Poor Fund.
Received of SC. Trout, T. C-82,746 86
Disbursed ... ... 2,403 90
Onhand—-———$ 342 88
JaSi Fund.
Balance on hand last report—$ 68 87
ReceivedofS. C.Tront,T.C- 1,373 36
- Total ———$1,442 23
Disbursed———— 2,000 12
Overpaid ——
..8 557 89
Heu> Jail Fund.
Received<»fS.C.Trout,T.C-83,433 57
Dibmsed^————430 80
— .—83,002 77
We .leam from the Treaterer that
tterc is still some five thousand dollars
due on county taxes, wMch it is thought
will meet the current expenses of the
county until the incoming tax is col
lected.
We find the roads, as usual, at this
season 1 of the year, to be generally in
goqd order, but it by no means feflowa
that there is not a large amount of road
working required, for the portions of
roads that are best at this, season, are
usually worst in winter, and when the
road workers pass over them, -wMeh is
usually, in the summer; they never take
their tools from their shoulders, con
cluding the road to be good enough,
add'vhen the fall and winter tains and
freezes set in, the bottom amply drops
out of that particular portion of the
road, and it then remainsimpassable
until the next summer.
We instance a certain place on the
Kingston road, in front of. CoL Coth-
nuris residence, wMch is now like a
pavement, but all last winter was utter
ly impassable for loaded wagons,
is useless to attemptputting Such places
in order without deep and thoroi
ditching on either side, and raising
road In the centre, which we would
recommend the Commissioners to have
; on -all such places before winter,
e find the bridge on tiie Summer-
road, near Passe’s, in a dangerous
condition; also, three an all bridges on
;oun road have been washed up,
so to the great 'annoyance
ing public,, and there.is no
for such neglect. The road re-
to in Ms Honor’s charge, leading
froJftko ATanAVert road tft-Ucdartown,
twelve miles from Rome, we find has
been discontinued as a public road.
We find that-a portion of theroadlead-
ithin the incorporate limits of Cave
pring, to Be: in very bad condition.
We recommend that the Commission
ers of road complained of, warn the
hands witMn the incorporate limits of
tave that portion, of the
road putin good condition.
We find no mild posts on th
ton rqadjhnd call the .attention of the
overseers to the fact.'
b; embankment and bridge - over
Dry: Creek has been , a source of great
CoHdition of tiie New
crop comes in.
and is in good
0 is in good _ , _
about the house and sftble.
The young apple and peach orchard,
seems t« have teen somewhat neglect- seem equally confident of success, so that
ed. The growing crops look fine and
promising, and we think wiR make
We find
last year’s
faeensoldb
fore this time- We find one of the in
mates of unsound mind, and for the
safety of the buildings, we recommend
Asylum. We suggest to the Commis
sioners that they have shade trees set
out about the premises. We also recom
mend a few hogs to be kept.
We find the Jail in veiy good condi
tion, -neat and dean. We find the
Court House in very good order, except
roof of the Clerk’s office, We recom
mend that it be "repaired and painted
before the winter rains. We recom
mend to the consideration of the Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue, the
condition of the wall in . front of the
Court House. The inride of the wall
should be filled with dirt at once, and
a good' substantial banister placed the
ffiD length of both waDs-y ^ y-
The committee on public records re-
port that they have examined the books
in' the offices of the Clerk of the Supe
rior Court, Ordinaiy, Commissioners of
Roads and Revenue and County Treas
urer, and the examination has teen
Mghly satisfactory, they bring neatly
kept and conveniently arranged, with
one exception. This exception is the
want of an index to the minutes of the
Court of Ordinary, from its first organ
ization to 1868, the time of the present
incumbent coining into office. We
recommend that the Ordinary index
them at once, and that he be allowed
reasonable compensation for so doing.
We have examined the books of the
following Justices of the Peace and
Notaries Public:
Wm. J. Howard, N. P—924th District
E. L. Cooper, N. P —962d District
W. D. Elam, N. P 919th District
W. L. Langston, N. P -1120th' District
W. W. Baker, N. P——855th District
Z. T. Carr, J. P —855th District
A. S. Hawkins, J. P 919th District
J. J. Fisher, J. P- -923d District
Thos. J. Ellis, J. P 829th District
N. O. Newton, J. P——962d District
T. C. Hampton, N. P—1059th District
' Of the foregoing officers we find the
books of W. J. Howard, E. L. Cooper>
W. D. Elam, A. S. Hawkins, and W.
W. Baker correctly kept Proper in
structions were given to those who were
not acquainted with the proper mode
of keeping their books. It wiR be seen
that we have examined the books of
only one-half the Justices.and Notaries
Public in the county, the balance not
being presented.
Finding two vacancies on the Educa
tional Board of this county, we have
elected Rev. Charles H. Stillwell to fill
the vacancy of Lazarus Jones, and Dr.
N. B. Hall, to fill his own vacancy.
Under the present embarrassing con
dition of Floyd comity, we have thought
proper to disagree with the recommend
ations of former Grand Juries, for the
erection of three fountains on Broad
street When the county has discharged
its present heavy liabilities, we hope to
see fountains erected that will be an
ornament to the city of Rome and an
honor to the county.
• Our th ginks are due Ms Honor Hugh
Buchanan, and Ms Honor J. W. H. Un
derwood, for their respectful considera
tion, and Solicitor General Clements
for his courtesy to this body.
We. recommend the publication of
the foregoing presentments inthe Courier
and Commercial, and that they be paid
fifteen dollars each.
Thos. C. Ayer, Foreman.
James H. Cooper. Samuel H. Kyle.
B. S. Harbour. Jesse M. Fincher.
(Mas. W. Sproull. Alfred Shorter.
W. N. Buchanan. Jas. W. Sei.man.
Thomas V. Smith. Wm. A. Overby.
Emanuel Lyon. James L. Duke.
E. L. Cooper. ' Thos. Lumpkin'.
Eli Hardin.' Calvin H. Barron.
Donald M. Hood. Chas. I.'Graves.
A tine extract from the minutes of
Court A. E. Ross, Clerk.
July. 26,1873.
at present the
encounter between
ms of “bulls”
it bids fair to
be one of the greatest magnitude in the
history of cotton.^ Hoth sides seem well
prepared for the occasion, and both
it is quite impossible to prophesy wMch
party will win the day. The “bulls”
are heavy buye< and have made ex
tensive perparaiions to receive and ex--
latfaWgyMHEWTtetton. On the
other hand, the “bears” are heavy sell
ers, -and have an almost unlimited
supply to deliver to their contracts, so
that she be sent to the State Lunatic ^ at ;tisnow merely a question as to
A pocket diary has teen picked up
in the street, and now is in the finder’s
possession,.awaiting its owner. From
the following extracts, it appeals the
loser is amedical man: “kase280,Maiy l
An Perkins. Bisnes, wash-woman. Sik-
r her hed. Fisik some btoe~pils
_a soaperfik; age 52 Pfnt. mo rmo dol-
r lars, j i I knarter bogus. Mind get good
ktrirter and iriafc her tak Uo . fisik.'
Ease 231, Tummes Krinks, Bisines I
Nirisliman. Lives with Eady Mdouny,
wliotkeep3 a dray—Sikness, digg in
'nbsaaditow blak eys. Fisik my mix-
tertwicta day of sasipertly bere^And
jellop, and fish ile, with asifedity to
make it taste ,fisiky. Robed Ms face
of age. Drinked the . mixter and
wuddnt pay me bekase it tasted nasty,
but the mister'll work h‘iq ltrannla; i"
reckon. Ease 232, Old FGsses Boggs.
Aint got no bisnes, but plenty of mon
ey; Siknes awl a humbug. GavTier
i to the county, and still lacks sum of my. celebrated ‘Dipseflorikon,’
which shesaiddranklikecolil tea—wich
it was too. Must put sum think in it
to make her fed rikand bad. The Old
Womman has got the roks.”
If Mount Blanc were a solid lump of
ruts in gold, and if in order to become the own-
- work er of it we had nothing to do but go over
Wises balloon and take
would a thousand
on the shore of
Bay and starve to death
should then have at least the
satisfaction of knowing what we
doing.—Courier-Journal.
American female newspaper reporters
e now found in all parts of the.world.
4 -Sixteen went to thfe Vienna Exposition.
who has the stoutest nerve and the
longest purse.
We heartily deprecate these clique
movements, and advise our- friends in
such times to stand aloof and quietly
watch the result of the conflict, as in
deed all prudent people are now doing.
One of the parties must give way and
that speedily, and we can hardly expect
the contest to terminate without sad
disaster to the losing faction. We
therefore predict some heavy failures
among the scheming operators.
Our crop advices from all points in
the cotton States are most encouraging,
while our eastern correspondents report
the spinners well stocked and indiffer
ent as to making further purchases at
present quotations, they being of the
opirnon that the next yield will be from
four to four and a half millions, and
that prices will consequently recede.
Very truly yoms,
R. M. Waters & Co.
There is sound sense in this from the
St Paul Pioneer:
“The Grant party cannot reform it
self No party ever did. Change alone
can accomplish it, but to make it ef
fective -the people themselves must
take hold in earnest It is their work,
and they should see that it-is wisely
and properly done. We care nothing
about the name. It is the thing itself
that is wanted.” -- *-
Legal Advertisements.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA, Walker County.
R EPBESENTION HAVING BEEN MADE
to this court that Elizabeth Harden, late of
a&id county, died intestate, and Wo. Shaw har
ing applied for letters of administration -upon
^Thiehftherelbre to oito both kin and creditor
to show cause, on file fint Monday in September
next, why Wm. Shew ihonld not be appointed
the administrator of Elizabeth Harden, aee’d.
MILTON RUSSELL,
jul2?c3opI Ordinary
Administration.
GEORGIA, Walker County.
XT7TIE3EAS J. M. LEMAN, ADMINI8TBA-
7 TORof M. D. Vickrey, baa died b>
administration of laid Vickrey’, eetate
Salt, Liverpool.
Virginia salt.... _______
Sugar, crushed, powM, per pound 13} toh(
White clarified sugar 12}to lj
Yellow clarified sugar ll|to ■
Louisiana sugar....... 3 toll’
Soap, extra family-....-per pound * to lo$
Ko. 1 Palm soap „— 6te; =
Starch, beat qualify... -per pound 6 to rt
Sardines, quarter bxs ...per cate $22 to $
Spice, doves —per pound 30 to 5**
Cinnamon spiee75 to Jl 1
Ginger spice. Base.— ' 15 to
■ Ginger spice, ground- $2 to 2j £
Mace spice—— $2 to } (
Nutmeg spic — $1 to jr '
27 tot
to isi
Allspice .—per pound 22 to
Tea, Young Hyson .....per pound ?Hto ^ , „
Imperial tea S l0U °
per pound 22 to 25-
.per pound $l)to
Gunpowder tea.—.._ Sl}to
English breakfast. $l}to 1
Japan tea — — 81 to 1®
Tobacco, all grade*. per pound 40 to gj S
Whiskey, best rectified, per gallon §1 to jmts
Rye and Bourbon...— 1 to |
Choice brand whiskey 5 to g 3
Brandies.. per gallon 3 to l!j;
Rum, best qualities 4 to J
Gin, best qualities.. — 5 to j
Sherry Wine, superior... 2 to 5 ,
Port Wine, best quality 2 *° 5 nd un
HARDWARE AKD LEATHER. rpool
Axes, Collins’ per dozen 14.U0 to I54J 5,75(
Mann’i axes 14.00 to 15j| ie cas ,
George’s axes ... 13.00 ti Rfl-rder ]
Anrils, Wight's per pound 18 to J--—
Eagle anvils 13 to 3 l
Bellows, 18 inches— 12.50 to corm
Thirty-inch be,lows .—-15.00 to
Thirty-two inch bdlows 16.00 to
Thirty-four inch bellowa... J8.00 to
Thirty-six inch bellows—20.00 to
Porty-ineh bellows. .25.00 to
Horse shoes per keg $4)0 to 1
nt of
tade a
x> Afi
Hoes, planters’—per dozen
Warren’a hoes ...
Warren’s hoes—at retail
Hames .—per dozen
Iron, reficc-l 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
chui
Red Eagle two horse 10.0U to lit.
Solid sweeps .per pound
Wing sweeps.—
Wedges, fluted per pound
zfails, lOrf to 60d...per keg
IBS’3 1
Nails, 6d.
Nails, id
Pots and skillets ...per pound
Leather, white oak.per pound
Medium leather-
Common leather.
Country leather-
French calf
Powder, DuP. rifle..per keg
DuPont’s blast—
nnnt
‘
the
Tub Is therefore to notify ell parties concerned
that on the first Mondsy in September next an
administrator de bonis non will be appointed on
the estate of said hL D. Vickrey, deceased. This
July 26,1371. MILTON BUSSELL,
jol39csepl Ordinary
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Floyd County.
B y order of the honorable court
of Ordinary for Floyd county, will be sold
before the court house door in Borne, within the
legal hours of sale, on the
First Tuesday in October, 1873,
the following property, to wit; The following lots
of land belonging to the estate of Aquilla Pnelos
deceased, late of said county: lots numbers 113,
117 and 128/ and one acre of 124, all in twenty-
third District and the third Section of Floyd
county. Spld subject to the widow's dcuer.
Terms, one hdf cash, and balance in twelve
months, with interest from date.
jul29c
Market Quotations.
The quotations below ore carefully ®
for each issue of the Courier, by the most
responsible wholesale merchants of Rfyae,
and may be relied upon as correct.
MONEY AND BONDS.
— .buying 13 .selling 17
Silver... 107 —. Ill
Sterling .—. .......127
New.York exchange ...———premium {
New Orleans exchange .premium
Mobile exchange ..——.premium
Alabama Treasury warrants — 85
Georgia eight per centl ——100
Seven per cent 95
ikvannah bonds
84
Atlanta bonds ...
liacdn bonds.: ...... —
80
. ... 75
City of
City of
Central'Railroad of Georgia 90
Montgomery and West Point RaHroad... 85
Western Railroad of Alabama.... — 85
Mobile and Girard Railroad 90
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad 78
GROCERIES AND PRODUCE.
Bacon, clear rib sides...per pound 12 to 13}
Shoulders 10 to 11
DryBalt clear rib.—... 10 to 10}
Dry salt shoulders . _. .. — to ’■—
Butter, Goshen—.—per pound 45 to 50
Westerb 32}to 35
Tennessee — — to —
Country... ;.... 20 to 25
Bran per hundred pounds—...SI to §1}
.—per tosfiel——ta ilo: *
CandleaL... ..'...———per pound 21 to 25
Candy.....— ....per pound 16}to 25
Coffee, Rio. ...per pound 23 to 28
Java..— — 30 to 35
Laguayra 24 to 28
Mocha- ' — ta —■
Corn MeaL?—..—per bushel 80'to 90
Com M socks ......... 80 to 85'
Grits........ — . ......per:barrel 57 to 9
Hominy— $6 to 8
Wheat.......a......per bushel...—$ l.COtol.65
Cotton seed..—.........per ton .—,$10 to
Canned fruit, all.kinds—per doz— $2}to $3}
Floor, 'choice! dr:- —per barrel......? 10 to IS
Family; and extrsL.— ‘ 9 to 10
Superfine...;.. -6to7
Fish, fresh.......—.... per pound 10 to —
Caps, pere, G. D...pet tfcawaad 45 to Si
Caps, E. B.— 90 to ;
Rope, Manilla—per pound — to £
Cotton rope.
Rope, grass —.
Jute rope ....
Cotton rope
Cotton cards per dozen
Chains, trace per pair
Breast chains..—
Stay chains
Saws, cross cnt. .per foot
DRY GOODS MARKET.
Brown sheetings and shirtings.
Augusta 4-4. .—..............per yard
Lawrence 4-4.
Trion 4-4,
New York MillsAA.
Brin drills, Massabesie. -per yard
Graniteville —
Columbus
Domes, ginghams. Union
Checks, pari ..—
Lanark checks
Worsted braids, all colors .—
Needles, sewing—pr M I
Pins, assorted pr pk i
Gloves, buckskin ....—per doz 5.0b»l
Cloth gloves—..——— LTJtol
Balmorals—————per dozen 8.0dtof
Blankets, gray—.'— .per pair 225
White b'-ank«8_—— ; 3SS4 “
Lawns iL.......Tjgr yard
Black Alpacas...
■ Merin os ' * " T
8*r„
White flannels 7-8
White flsanels.4-4
Red flannels 3:4—
Red flannels £&
Cod.. 4-...
10.to 13
Herring, in bis,....— to 40
Mackerel — in barrels—$13 to 18
Mackerel.,...' ...in kits..—. §2 to $3}
Dried apples ....... — .perbushel. 75 to $1
. Peaches SI to 1}
Hay -per hundred pounds $l}to $2
Lard in tierces—..'.......per pound 10 to 11
Lard in half-barrels..: 10 to ll
Lard in! kegs.—.. 12 to 13
Molasses to barrels per gallon 35 to 40
Molasses, hlf-bhls and kegs ' 55 to 85
Oats, for stahici.... : per bushel 50 to 05
Oat* lor planting - to -
Onions i —per barrel — to $5
—to$20
Potatoes, Irish 50 to ?1
Pickles, in glass jars ...per dozen S7}to 9
Pickles, half-gal jars.. to . $4}to 6
Pickles, qncr-gal i’r-j efij a $3}to 4}
Bed flannels, twilled.
Opera fiaaaeib, Gilbert’s.
Opera, flanneh>. Keystone...
Lindseys..—..: —per yard lSlrt
Prints, different.ljrands—...... ?*"*
Kentucky jeans’, all makes-. H*®
Spool cotton — per doses
Carpets, hemp ...per yard
Carpets, Dutch hemp
Carpets, ingrain — ..._
Carpets, two ply and heavy
Carpets, heavy three-ply-.. r
Osnaburgs..
Tickings, all makes..
Denims .... ——.u— '^'3a|
Hats, all kinds— per dozen 5.50 tt 11 ’’ |
BOOTS AND SHOES
Men’s kip hoots, pgd....per doz 33.00
Men’s grain hoots, pegged 3C.OO to*
Men’s calf hooto, pegged 30.001>
Men's buff boots, pegged...... 30.00 to *
Men’s split boots, pegged....
T> n _ 0 l r.nrtrraA Qfl 00 t0 $
■Doys £ip DOots, pegged au-w ^
Boys’split boots, pegged 25.00 tr ‘
Youths’ copper tips, pegged... 21.001
Piekies, eighth gall.:: l:ha .*lJto 2} Men’s
Rice, Carolina ......per pound 9} to 12
I.oui-iana rice _*t 0 _
LSOto
. , brogans, pggd
Youths' unb’d brogans, pggd'*
1.00 to*