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Newspaper Page Textlft253 »Vs.: Co, °0<L fwgpi (1*»L .-'I -HIT ill tftod i •1 --«.>SO,TSI3 ifafA%r : oa «i fftn:. ochfe awn M>q !«:oqx!) }> H lo SraWoq tej-tg • ; wtl in Tims CONTRACT RATESQPtt*7 v citYISING *puta three month! laqnareaix month*____..... 2“» »«1t» month*. 'Jcc-icurth column month.. r. advance, tho pr.‘< ill b« $2.50 & year, and fof five or moro, one copy will be far- VOLUME XXXI. ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MtAY 2, 1877. NEW SERIES^-NO. 35 . , .. oolnmn «x month* column twelve month*., Ono-hmlf column on* month Ono-h*lf oolnmn thro* month* Ono-half eoltunn lix month*.""'.". « v. One-halt column twelve month* 1M 0* Ono column ono month. One comma throe monthe..." One oolnmn six month*. ~ne column twelro month*.. 8 Oft 12 00 2ft H 1ft •• 20 Oft SO •• 00 Oft 2ft Oft 32 00 Oft Oft iloltke. last Wednesday in the | Par'lament, proheBied a gen- ‘ in 1- arupe. Iariou Audrew Jackson Thomas Napol' un Bonaparte Knight is be of a I iizen of Pickens county, IS TURKEY A MATCH FOR RUSSIA t V* hxt Admiral Porter Says About It. nil liens was able lo ride SCSI ted Treat Jon last Monday. He ib House and Mr. Hayes door, they had a “neigh- etvhere, in to-day’s issue, may be |n account <>f the horrible and end practised upon Rev. Wm. £?s, who may be known to many : readers. ®*ideat, ■M-Pru. i|ilt j ye always thought that the Lou- ns cared so little for money as to aliarlv wasteful with it, yet of ycling more tenaciously to their a than ever a miser did. “ i» tr*u ?‘«ut,«X death len. I Charleston Journal of Commerce old negro man, after shaking Uh (Jovernor Hampton while in , remarked to him, “General, I rill wash dis hand again.” iRepuh’hans are constantly re- ; Wade Hampton that “their eyes upon h ; m.” Very good; better ! fixed u ’on him than upon some- bat’s pot ihie—for obvious reasons. g the callers at the White last Wednesday, was Mrs. I Davis, who has shaken hands very president from Washington long ways “down” that too, sense" than one. NTS* is j o'tig to war badly crip- a.. enormous debt. Her t'h:< dress is about 81,200,- nd her domestic debt is it .Of. ' or TO.OOO.CUO, and Durces c~e not apparent. (suppose that the cheif reason pe price of food supplies will be (jet! during the war is that the will have everything their own • atteut on of “bear”—the Rus- ir—being monopolized by pugi- blerest. litj.im tj oftrj |“sig;’. of the Times” seem to [say to the farmer “dig up your ip your cotton—plant corn. We understand that wheat fi have h’.tli advanced, the former , .the letter five cents. Bacon i hear, lias gone up * cent higher. blite ciro'es the name of the fa- Id Asiatic city of Bagland is no heard, but Capturefather i, mentioned.— Courier-Jour EABf ion’t know about the mere raen- but the common practice in po- society is Capture pap—govern- pap. Atlan' Constitution says that are men in the upper counties of who have never heard that the has closed, and are still hiding wn- jvb. I], we foil s up this way are not ■behind 'he times after all, as the ply closed about two months ago allv be over with now. 1 jnel Gihlrrsleeve is going to pub- hook on “How to Shoot.” Then c gifted ireasury girl will only Ea supplement on “Who to Shoot,” arid wi he satisfied.—Burlington A . ilien if some school girl, stud t grammar, say for a [pi'll ou'y write a supplement on pm to Shoot,” perhaps the world re still belter satisfied. itle Be 'on girl played truant the r dav. (In returning home at dark ukev. Saiwv out mmoi k fos bad been to see Moody end that it was real fun, feats Moody pushed 'he window ! Her mo- t the little truant got as n il and Judy show on •he actors in which she he great revivalists. lei ' • i he President having been ml I he troops at the State Orleans having been re- , 'he New Orleans Republican thus o Packard’s submission : “Fail- recCve ih’s aid (help from the States government), choice now i '.ween submission and force and ig to iV strife. In such a di- tliere but one course for pa- .it'zer-, cud such Governor Pack- ? always shown himself.” speedim ss with which crime is ed bv punishment is exempli- ,n the cz.ae which we reported in ', of the murder of Mrs. Cara- in Sumter county. The murderer, r. B ro named Charley Thomas, who conHnitted the deed on last Monday, wcaai rested the same day. He was bros'ght out under a grand jury indict ment on Friday, was tried and con- d the same day, and sentenced to be t anged on the ISth of May.—Sav. ay,” Wr hington corrrespondent e Courier-Journal, tells the follow- pod story on Senator Flannagan, jexas: [When he left .Washington he took jj»,him os baggage a barrel of whisky. Before reaching home his barrel of whisky was challenged, and he was ac- of traveling with suspicius bag- He valiantly defended his ^jjffi? er -y, arid said that it was “Congress ! and had been prescribed for ^^■preserva ’on of his health. We clip the following extract from some remarks made by Admiral Porter to an interviewer in answer te the above questions: You sec, sir, the fight is by no means to be all on the side of the Russians. They have no fleet in the Black Sea. lien Sebastopol was destroyed and their great fleets blown up and sunken and their navy-yards destroyed on the Black Sea, that settled their ’fleets in that locality, and the European Powers have forbidden them ever since to rebuild in that locality. The Russians have a fine army, well disciplined, well officered, and doubtless their arms, guns and supplies are of the first classs. They are not commencing this fight for sentiment sake. It is the hope of their lives, and they have now arrived at that point when the Emperor will be able to get every man and every dollar his peo ple have, so as to win the great contest of the nation. It will be no use, though, as it will end in disaster. The Turks are thoroughly aroused From one end of their vast empire to the other, the Mussulmans are crowdjnj: together by the tens ef thousands, am already the religious fanatic'sm of the Turks is discernible. Just ttiiuk of 40,- 000,000 of people! They will give every dollar and every valuable they have to aid their side. They have the best arms in the world — they were made by our own people, and Europe has no better. The large guns the Turks got from Krupp, and, of course, these cannot be excelled. There is no doubt that both sides have plenty of arms and ammunition. After the Russians get very much wea kened, and the Turks have worried them a great deal, then the Austrians and, per haps, the Germans will have something to say. France is not particularly in terested, and—mark what I say—she will not engage in this conflict. She will go on with her exhibition, and it promises to be a grand success. The war will not affect it in the least. Austria is the country that is most in terested in the contest, excepting Eng land, andjuit how Austria is going to act remains to be seen. She will be in the fight, however, hefore the war has gone on six months. England is the grand puzzle. You can depend on it she does not intend to allow Russia to take Constantinople, even if she could, and her time to enter into the contest will be marked by the circumstances of the conflict. The great good that this war is going to haye on,our country cannot be computed. We will not only sell flour, wheat, corn, pork, clothing, arms and ammunition to the contend; ing parties, but we will sell all these things to the other great nations, espe cially our cereals and provisions. H the war eotinues two years, and my prediction is that it will, we will have to plant for the whole world. ' ff r ’ 1 “ General News Items. Gabrielle Greeley is pronounced “the handsomest girl in New York.” Aetna Theresa and Aletha Maud Roots are twins of the Cincinnati col ored baby-show. A young man at Richmond, Va., turned gray in a single night, the re sult of excessive trouble, j Semimirietcliensk erivan turgal yoni- seisk pluck vasa Tavastehuustehernigor— and here you have the Eastern question in a nutshell. Wade Hampton’s Prediction. The following is an extract from Hampton’s Charleston speech : I was the first man in America— certainly the first in the South—who advocated the granting of the right to vote to the colored man [Applause.] That is on my record. Only a few days ago I saw in the New York Tribune a statement made by its editor, White- law Reid, that in 1S65 I told him that the Northern Republicans would want to take away the right of voting from the colored people long before the South ever would. During the late canvass I made a prediction that the feclnred people would very soon find that the only pro tection they had for their elective fran chise would be from the white men of the South. You will live to see it. I want to tell you an im hient which has happened since my election. When I was in Washington recently, five or six or more prominent Republi cans, men high in position, actually consulted me as to how the vote of the colored man could best be restricted. I tell you what is true. My answer was: We don’t want the vote of the col ored man taken away or restricted, for, aside from the friendship wo bear this race, their right to vote gives us thirty more votes in Congress, and when peace comes we are satisfied that the best men of both races and parties will vote together for the Commonwealth. We don’t want to take that right away.” [Great applause.] I stand precisely in the. same position that I took twelve years ago. “God bless dear papa and mamma, and oh, dear Lord, please make us'very stylish,” was the prayer of a little New York girl whoso parent were “fashion able.” Packard est venu trop tard, il se irom- pe de date. Ce n’est plus Grant qui eat President; nous ne eommes plus en 1872, mais en 1877.—New Orleans Bee, j£>m. A Boston Girl, nineteen 'years old, dressed as a man, has worked for sev eral years as a 1« borer, and has knock ed down many a quarrelsome fellow- laborer. -Mr, Pye, of Philadelphia, has been sent to prision for manslaughter. His prison is the only one in the world, probably, that can boast of having Pye every day. I xSo-caPed' Senator Spencer, of Alar I bama, has gone to the Black Hills, and the Montgomery Advertiser thinks it doubtful that he will ever return to Alabama again. Warmouth is said to have made SIOO.OOG in the last tew days by judi cious speculations in Louisiana bonds, using die commission to bull and bear them at his pleasure. There were 887.404 births in England and Wales last year, and 510,308 deaths. The births were more numerous than in any previous year, and the death rate lower than in any year since 1855. All the New York morning papers ex cept the Herald, Times and Sun, are said to be bard pressed to meet their run ning expenses. The extremity of the IForW is reported to be particularly severe. “He is a man after my own heart, pa,!’ said Julia, reverting to her Augus tus. “Nonsense,” replied old Practical, “he is after the money your uncle left you.” And then all was quiet —New York Mail. The St. Louis Times volunteers the information that if the Democrats of In diana are to have anything to say about the .candidate, for President in 1880, they have already selected their man, and his name is Hendricks. Incident in the Gaines Case. New Orleans Court Thirty-Five Year* A co- Philadelphia is reported to have 8,000 houses untenanted or occupied by fam ilies who, unable longer to pay rent, are permitted to remain in them, or condition that they protect the premi ses from the ravages to which unoccu pied buildings are liable. The Turkish Congress is as lively as our own sometimes. When the Speaker gets mad at a member he shouts at him, “Thou ass!” Then, if the member doe3 not sit down and be quiet, the Speaker jumps from the chair, seizes the orator, and chokes him until he is calmed. Governor Tilden. The following letter is now made pub lic for the first time. As will be seen, it was written on the day of the inaugura tion of President Hayes: Boston, March 5th, 1877. To Hon. S. J. Tilden: My Dear Sir—On this day, when you ought to have been President of the United States, I seize the opportunity to bear my testimony to the calm and dig nified manner in which yon have passed through this great trial. It is many years since I ceased to be a party man, hence I have endeavored to judge of pub lic affairs and men rather by their merits than the name they take. It is a source of gratification to me that I made the right choice in the late election. I could never have been reconciled to the eleva tion by the smallest aid of mine, of u rerson, however respectable in private ife, who must forever carry on his brow the stamp of fraud’s first triumph in American history. No subsequent action, however meritorious, can wash away the letters of that record. Very respectfully, Chab. Francis Adams. Is he a good doctor T” asked one gentleman of another, speaking of an ac quaintance. “Well, people call him so,” replied the other, “but as far as my ex perience goes, if I was a . patriotic man and there was going to be a long war, I should like to have him in charge of the enemy’s wounded.”—Norwich Bul letin. ' 1 , 217 races—a feat never before accom- presents, were about 844,000. An English school-boy writes: “Con ceit is a bad thing. Some people are conceited about their name, family pedi gree or anything else. This is also con ceit. Women also are mostly conceited, also about their hair, eyes and teeth, and anything else. Conceit is also very bad.” “Will our exchanges in the old States,” says a Dallas (Texas) paper, “warn their young men not to come to Texas in search of employment—unless they want employment on the farm. There is plenty of work on Texas farms to be had, but unless a man desires to labor on a farm, he had better give Texas a wide berth.” The Springfielil Republican thinks the Indian should be “harnessed to the plow.” The idea is a good one. The deep voice ol the stalwart farmer, shouting, “Whoa, back, gee, Feehle-bear-with-a-sarcastic expression,” and “Back, now, Crow-with a-sawbuck-on-both-arms,” would be sweet rustic music to mingle with the lowing of the distant Durham bull.—Cmrier- Journal. For twenty-three years I have been the owner and cultivator of land by hundreds of acres, and never have I enjoyed life more than when, as a boy, I followed the plow from morn till night. I would not exchange4he calm and quite life of a skilled farmer in his comfortable home (which I hope yet to attain) for all the illusory tri umphs and glories of the politician.— Blanton Dimcan to Samuel Gaines. Pius IX sleeps in one of the smallest of the 11,000 rooms at his command. A narrow, humble bed, without curtains or drapery—something similar to those used in seminaries for school boys—a sofa, two or three common chaiis and a writing table, are all the articles of furniture; few and simple enough for a Capuchin. There is not even a rug by the bedside to cover the floor of red tiles, not in the best repair. Winter and summer alike, the pope gets up soon after five o’clock. Last Thursday, a son of Judge Peeples, of Bullock county, was waylaid by two negro men near Huion Springs, Ala., and shot through the lungs. There had been some misunderstanding between the negroes and the young man, and the former knowing that he was going to Union Springs on that day, made prep arations to take his life. One of the party to this bloody deed made hi3 es cape, but the other was captured and made a full -confession of the entire affair. Our informant says it is proba ble that young Mr. Peeples will die.— Columbus Enquirer, 25th inst. People who curl their lips in con tempt over spiritual manifestations, if they will come South, can be shamed out of their incredulity—for the Dem ocrats can put them in communication with more than twenty thousand dead niggers. They shall see dead darkies just as they were when alive—they shall talk to them—touch them—and be sat isfied that it is a genuine “manifesta tion,” and no hnmbug, and yet these darkies shall be proved as dead as Ju lias Casar by sworn affidavits taken under the most solemn circumstances Fred. Archer, the leading jockey on the English turf, is only 18, but during the racing reason of the year 187^Jie | rode not less than 657 times;: and won knd altogether regardless of expense r and printed on the finest paper cm clear ilished by any horseman on the turf.- type at'great cost to the Government dis year’s receipts in fees, retainers and and people of the United Statee.r-Jfn- con Telegraph, Dem. from the New .Orleans Democrat.] Thirty-five years ago”the room of the First Diitrict Court in this city presented a scene of rare and curious interest It was on the occasion of a deeply i teresting trial of a suit wherein a 1*7 wa3 defendant, and who, in the abseo of her cqnmSjf; assumed the task of ct- ducting anif arguing, her own case- TI lady was then in the foil bloom of ma tronly beauty. Petite in figure, but graceful and symmetrical, with a face of rare intelligent and vivacity, of fair and rich complexion, with eyes of Gip-v brightness, but mellowed by feminine sensitiveness and emotional intensity, with an abundance of rich auburn hair tastefully arranged, elegantly and fash ionably attired,(and speaking in tones of peculiar melodiousness, hut with a thrill ing earnestness and emphasis, her appear ance in the character of an advocate and counsellor, in a court, where females are so rarely seen, and from which ladies shrink with so much repugnance and hor ror, could not but excite a profound in terest in the usual attendants of court proceedings. The room was crowded. There was full representation ef the bar—the oth. courts being vacated—lawyers, clerks and even judges deserting their seats auj' thronging into the First District Court t swell the largo audience which had bet- called to that centre of attraction by th silvery tones of a woman’s voice. Jud A. M. Buchanan presided in the First District Court. He was a gentleman and jurist, of high spirit, quiet temper, positive in his opinions, but generou: honest and courageous in his bearing an utterances on the bench. The lady advocate addressed herself to a jury of grave, sedate, thoughtful cit' zens. Sitting near enough to aid ii speaker with suggestions and with papet was a tall, aged military gentleman, clad in the full uniform of a general of the I'. S. army, who appeared to be entirely ab sorbed in the argument, and to watch with interest every gesture, utterance and expression of the lady speaker, ever and anon glaacing around at the lawyers seated at the table, at the presiding judge and at the quiet, thoughtful faces of ti.e jurors. Over six feet in height, with re markably erect and somewhat stiff car riage, with a face indicative of great power of will, and eyes flashing with courage and defiance at all opposers, with iron gray hair, brushed straight up, from- a broad brow—and standing erect in t'-e fashion of Andrew Jackson—it needed but the yellow belt, gold trimmings and sword by his side, to proclaim the posi tion and identity of this veteran. He was no le3s a personage than Major Gen eral Edmund Pendleton Gaines, the Sen ior General in onr army, the hero of the defense of Fort Erie in 1812, one of the most gallant jjd&iis of the war with Eng land, and of many other victories, the bosom friend of Andrew Jackson, and the trusted agent of Thomas Jefferson to arrest the person and thwart the plan of conspiracy which Aaron Burr came to this State in 1806 to put in operation. The lady who addressed the Court under his protection was his wife, to whom General Gaines had not been married more than two years. She had remained for some years a widow, after the death of her first husband, who may b? said to have offered up his life in the defense of her claims to rec ognition as the legitimate daughter and heir of a notable individual who play ed so conspicious a part in the early history of our city and State. This personage was Daniel Clark, a high- spirited, enterprising, dashing Irishman who had achieved a large fortune'and great prominence in the' affairs of this territory, previous to the war of 1814. Educated in ignorance of her origin and parentage, the lady in question never discovered any trace of her line age until she had married Mr. Whitney her first husband. He entered zealou :- ly with her on the prosecution of h r claims, and thereby became involvi d in many difficulties and vexations suits. Finally he died of yellow fevt and some years afterwards the widow married that distinguished soldier Gen eral Edmund P. Gaines. In forming this alliance the gallant veteran as sumed, as one of the most sacred duties of his life, to devote all his energies and means to the maintenance of the claims of his wife and the vindication of the honor and. character of her father, who had been his intima'e friend. It was in the discharge of this obli gation Gen. Gaines now appeared in court to support his wife in the prose cution of her case. The lawyers re tained for her had been involved in a quarrel with the judge and had retired from the court Left all alone without attorneys, with some of the most dis tinguished members of the bar opposed to her, Gen. Gaines asked that the court would allow the lady to conduct her own case. Some altercations ensued between the judge and Gen. and Mrs. Gaines. The judge objected to the tone and style of the lady and reminded Gen. Gaines that he weuld be responsible for her acts and language. Thereupon the veteran, rising to his full height, avowed his personal respon sibility for everything the lady might utter, in any manner and form, in which a gentleman could respond to such demand. Then gracefully touch ing his sword handle he glanced at the lawyers on the opposite side, against whom Mrs. Gaines had launched some pretty fiery invective. To which his honor responded with much temper that no distinction of persons or sexes were allowed in that court, nor would any menace of authority in official rank have any influence or be regarded with any awe ordeference there. There upon Gen. Gaines, bowing lew to the judge, begged to assure his honor that in appearing before him in uniform and with his sword, he did so in con formity to the regulations of the ser vice out of respect for the court. No one would be more prompt to draw his sword in defense of the authority of the rival tribunals of his country, and at the risk of his own life, te defend the person and exechte the orders of the judges of the Eederal or State Govern ment. After thia little tilt Mrs. Gaines re- eumed her argument and continued it for two horns, until interrupted by the Judge,, who ordered her to take her seaL -'ThMeopca th* lady* appealing to the jury, charged the Judge with a prejudgment of her case, and presen*-*d ted in the Christie! variety and fine j results, with dec Aiding, and with t resources of tale more than ahund yers of the count encyclopedia oft ments and argur cause been condt constancy and he conclusion '" long opinion pub to-day. And tho(i narian, the little 1 ore of her great b equability, looks vivacious as she ' '&] Admiral Bail; mand of the mouth Few One attend worehip in that town. There- school _ rector, having audience^ con< could “ring him in” the occasion; so he ft before he conld “Admiral,’ hand, “I am d< and now we celebration hy of a certificate Court of a mb- Judge in behalf it in cod’ of the hints Mrs. Gaines. . : I id a question of recusation. Judge insi^ed upon being investi^atediond tried before gfurther. • ■ by the f irjT proceeding,, pen'ding.whieh sorrdot dose pants are shust-iike iron, (jonrned. Next day when said’the dealer. “I warrants dem, efery nes prepare* to attend the jouft, amfeSBager an !*£d. with the in* formation that the Judge in riding- from the court to hj& residence was thrown from his -huggf and his.shoul der dislocated. TbistOhcident caused a delay of two weeks, s| the end of which Mis. Gaines ji^^r WP8>red!ip/ri>urt, resumed her aateft) the jury after a wranele with (he Judge on the question d pursued it' to the ' M" of ree| close... The jury retired to] verdict, which was favor of Mrs. Gaini Thenceforward.; personal charge of pursued the sat t on their [y'returned ini i lady assumed case, and has the most mar vellous tenacity, energy and fertility of resources, through o^itigation the most ~ " 1, extensive and been prosecu--' •Id. Wonderful! ion of fortune and is constantly con- exhaustion of the -HS&eaimng of Bfthd Mjlestlaw- accnmnlating an ds.ripinions, judg- its,-has this great ‘ with updeviating ic fidelity to the announced in-thS in onr columns riow a septuage- ehon- ih with singular active and v-five in court as her ow seller. 36 0* 60 C* 104 00 _ 16* Sr ~ Y?* 1 ; ■otegoic* rile* m for either WerYtj -r Tri-Weekly. Whet, tabliihxl in both paper*, ** eeit. addition*! opon table rate*. ; B ;The Han Who Grew. j-.-b-fanet*!-: ' ••.•"‘tt - ■ , .One day last week a Detroit mechan ic was going down Michigan avenue and became favorably impressed with apshr- oC pants hanging in front of a cheap clothing store. The price was *— the goods seemed all right, and he !e tip his mind to purchase. "I"gif you de word of Andrew Shack- How Males Came Into Fashion. A Horrible Deed. An Admiral* Snnd: Joned in corn- dear Ports- It After.three or four days’ wear the purchaser found the bottom of the pants ehftfting towards his knees. It was a bad case of shrinkage, and he got mad and went back to the store and said: ; You swindled me on these pants! See how tjjey have shrank!” ' The dealer looked him all over, felt L f his head, pulled on the pants and foally sai'd .1 , t “I shall give you one thousand dol lars a month , if yon will travel with Dn«.”i . ... : .How—what!” ““Yon are shnst growing right up at jthbnte of two inches a day, and I takes yoa'arftandt the country on exhibition. Dose pants are shust as long as efer, but yoti haf grown cudt off dem.” ; “I don’t believe it!” shouted the man, ‘T am forty years old, and quit growing long ago!” “I gif you de word of Andrew Shsck- son dot you vas growing.” “I don’t care whose word yon give! I, say these pants have Bhrank nearly foot !” “Has de top of dose pants shrank down any?”softly asked the dealer. HWby, no.” “Shondn’t de vaistbands shrink down ah tut as.qneek as dose bottoms should shrink np? If it’s in de cloth, one part should shrink like de odder, eh? When I sold you dot elegant pair of pants for tree dollar. I don’t suppose yon vas growing so fast or I shall haf put zem straps -on de bottoms.” “Well, I don’t like this way of doing business,” said the purchaser. “Shust like me. If I sells such ele- nt pants as doze to a man, and he >ws out of dem, damages my trade, haf damageed me five hoonered ^ but I haf low rent, payscash for gootte, and can make you dis fifty cent tie for five cents.” - The man walked ont to the enrbetone and turning around, shook his first and Few of the farmere of this’ country are aware what a depth of gratitude they owe .George Washington for the introduction of mules into general use for farm purposes. Previous to 1773 there were very few, and these of auch an inferior order as to prejudice farmere against them as unfit to compete with the home in work upon road or farm. Consequently there were no jacks, and no disposition to increase the stock; but Washington became convinced that the introduction of mules generally among the South ern planters would prove to them a great blessing, as they are less, liable to disease, and are much less liable to be injured than hones by careless ser vants. As soon as it became known abroad that the illustrious Washington desired to stock his Mt. Vernon estate with mules, the Bung of Spain sent him a jack and two jennies from the royal stables, and Lafayette sent him another jack and two jennies from the island of Malta, id -it: >1■ filoifp The first was of a gray color, sixteen hands high, heavily made and of a sluggish nature. He was named the Royal Gift. This other was called the Knight of Malta; he was rbout as high —lithe, fieiy even to ferocity. - • > The two different set of animals gave him the most favorable opportunity of making improvements by cross-breed ing, the resnlt'of which was the favorite jack, Compound, became he partook of the best points in both of the originals. The General bred his blooded mares to these jacks, eyen taking those from his family coach for the purpose, and produced such superb mules that the country was agog to breed some of that sort, and they soon became quite com mon. This was the origin of improved mules in the United States. There are some now of the third and fourth gen eration of Knight of Malta and Royal Gift to be fonnd in Virginia, and the great benefits arising from their intro duction to this country are to be seen upon every cultivated acre in the Southern States.—Ex. “Chatham,” the Atlanta correspon dent of the Savannah News, under date of April 20th, writes as follows : _ A private letter from a friend of mine in Texas fills me with amazement, for it records a crime almost unequaled in its diabolical features. • Several years ago,'Rev. Wm. H. Biggs, who married a Miss Copeland, removed from Talbot county, Ga., to Troy, Ala., where he en gaged in school teaching, and was a lo cal preacher of the Southern Methodist Church.' About three years ago, having lost considerable property, he concluded to try his fortunes in Texas, and immi grated to Chappel Hill. Last year, how ever, he removed to a frontier county to engage in stock raising. For years Mr. Biggs has been an earnest advocate of temperance, and was a prominent officer of the Good Temperance organ ization, yet he always retained the re spected and good will of the communi ties in which he resided or preached. But it seemB that his last removal was into a community where lawlessness defied the utierance of temperance principles,for recently a crowd of drink ing roughs went to his honse and com pelled him to drink in their presenoc- and in the midst of their jeers. They had'scarcely left the honse before their victim lay writhing in the agonies of death. The liquor han been poisoned for the purpose of destroying his life. A few days previous shots had been fired into his house, doubtless for the same purpose, by unknown parties. Russia's Declaration’ Widows Who Burned. They Bathe, Perform Poqlzh and Go Hea venward Amid Pyrotechnics. iral ip the idea that he of use upon aboard of him of the door. grasping his to see you here; rat to have a .little Sunday-school, wp eased [here waS ah' extra squeeze of the Old man’s flip per] to have you say a few words to the children. Won’t -you ? (Another squeeze.) Now the Admiral knew as much about making a Sunday-school talk as a gorilla about translating Hebrew. So he declined the invitation. But the rector would not hear of his refusing. “Oh, now, admiral,” he urged, per suasively, “only say a few words; the children would be so gratified, and you could not refuse the little lambs of the flock,” and the squeeze was like that of a vise. He was an insinuating, unc tions preacher, and such are alwayB successful. He at last conquered the Admiral, as he had long ago conquer ed every woman of his parish. The result was that the victim was led into the school-room, and intro duced to the youthfnl audience as “our distinguished friend, who takes a deep interest in your welfare, and will ad dress you.” And then the Admiral, with no ex hilarating glass by his side from which to draw “such courage,” with a “hem” and a “hum” began: “Chil’n your rector wants me to Bay few words on this occasion. Well, chil’n, this is a great day—a very great day. Yes, it’s a great day—one of the greatest days out- In fact, I call it the greatest It is very great indeed—re markably so. There isn’t any day like it—can’t find one anywhere. As I said before', it’s a—very—great day!” Altera considerable pause, in which he realized that he had stood on this tack about long enongh, he continued, as if wanning up to his subject, “Yes. chil’n, this is a day you ought always to remember, for its the day on which our Lord died to save your souls 1” At this point he felt a sadden poll upon his coat tails, and looking around at the rector behind him, he exclaim ed, “Well, what’s up now?” came np to said: h’s Chnrch, in ! '“You are a liar and a cheat, and I’ll be a Sunday- (dare you out here!” service, and the ’ “Such dings sink deep into my heart,” -ighed the dealer, as he took down his ipipe. “1 dinks I sells out dis peesness and jieildles some vases aroundt. Den when 1 sells to somepody it makes no difference how much dey grow.”—De troit Fret Press. The Puzzles of a Dual Govern ment* -To • illustrate tin; ^implication which arises out of the existence of the dual Governments in Louisiana, a correspon dent relates the manner in which the Louisiana State Lottery Company paid itk taxes for the last three mouths. * The corporation named is bound by its Charter to pay to the State a tax of 840,- 000 a year in quarterly instalments of 810,000*. Failing to do this, their char- 1 ter is to be revoked. Not knowing which government they should recognize, and still wishing to comply with the terms of their contract, the directors of the company decided upon a plan which they hoped would be satisfactory to all parties. They placed ten 81,000 bills in an en velope, sealed this carefully, and after addressing it to the auditor of the State of Louisiana, deposited it in the State Bank, and then notified both the Pack- ard-NicholIs Governments that their xterly tax of 810,000 was subject to auditor of the State. Who was the auditor they left the bank officers to decide. Of course both parties claimed the money. The President of the bank refused to deliver it to either of them. IheiYthe Nicholls auditor went to his court, and the Packard auditor went to his, and they both obtained writs calling on the bank for the money. The Nicholls sheriff served his first, and then seized the envelope. He now holds it, and if the Packard Government is recognized tfie'Iotteiy Company will have lest just 810,000. “Why, Admiral,” replied the clergy- an, ‘“this is not Good-Friday; it is Christmas, the day on which onr Lord was bom.” Abashed, bnt defiant, the orator turned upon him with, “How do yon know, parson? Yon were not there. That’s a difference of doctrine. I was brought up a Presbyterian, and we don’t agree, with your Chnrch about it Bnt if yon think yon can ran this Sunday-school better than I can, just take the wheel yourself 1” And then he sat down, and wiping 1 the perepiration from his fignre-head, congratulated himself upon having his' watch relieved to his own satisfaction. —Harper's Magazine. Russia’s Crusade.—London, April 25. —The advance for crossihg the Prath consists of fifty thousand men, including cavalry. Turkish preparations for de-' fending the Danube most be formidablei in boats and iron-dads. The Tor! iron dad squadron in the Bosphorus ready to sail. Shots have been a- changed between the bdigerests in Apm Ike Russians, after crossing the Priithi took the direction of Galatz. They will Viloft. A Pennsylvania young woman fel[ ont ef a boat She was suddngfot the second time. The oarsman _ her by the hair. The hair was-: Down she went, lea' sham in the hands ,af oarsman. Up she came again, present- : 1 The oarsman, this time, ma grasp some of her real hair, was saved. Will the oarsman marry her? Probably not 8, girl to her' brother, ty. wflit made yoti havef a hump- Jung Bahadoor, the Prime Minister of Nepaul, went to bathe at Bagonntte; he entered the river for that purpose in the highest spirits, and after perforining his ablutions he sat on the bank to say his prayers. Soon after he was noticed to be motionless. On his foliawers approach ing him they fonnd that life was extinct An-express was sent te the capital, and orders arrived to postpone the funeral rites to the 1st of March. The three prin- ripal ranees, (widows), his brother and sob airived, and the ranees . expressed th*ir desire to sacrifice themselves. - The brother tried to dissuade them, .bnt he failed, and the funeral pyro was-pre pared with Eandal wood, resin, and a arge quantity of ghee. When the ar rangements had. been made the ladies bathed, performed poojah (an East India sacred riu), and made presents to the Brahmins. The next step was they took measures for the government of the coun try and to maintain peace; then general directions were given to the brother-in- law. Their last act was to release some prisoners. They then entered the funeral pyre quite unconcernedly,- mattering prayers. Tha corpse was then bud on its back, and the eldest ranee took its head np in her lap and the two others took the feet They were then surround ed by edorons combustibles, and the ranees gazed npon the features of their husband as if forgetful of every other consideration. The fire was then applied by his son, and all was over in a few inutes. The Czar disavows all desire for con quest, but says he will holdJBulgaria as a guarantee for the security of the Chris tian population of Turkey. A glance at the map will show that this occupa tion will ent the Turkish territory in Enrope in two, right across the centre It would be about equivalent to a for-, eign occupation of Southern Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri in the territory of the United States. It puts the Russians in supporting distance of the revolting Montenegrins, and completes hostile cordon across the provinces from the Black Sea to the Adriatic. North of thiB line of proposed Russian occupation are the great Turk ish provinces ef Moldavia, Wallachia, Serna and Bosnia; and the southern line of Bulgaria is not more than 150 miles from Constantinople. The whole military power of Russia will therefore be posted about fifty miles sonth of midway between the southern boun dary of Austria and the southern sea board boundary of Turkey in Enrope. i Such an occupation can hardly fail to be a trial to the pride and patience of Austria, who must regard all the Tur kish territory intervening between the southern boundary and the Meditera- nean, as naturally accruing to her near ly land-locked domain, if the Turk is to be divested of possession.—Tel. and Xtes. The Montenesrins. Delights ef Texas. An Incident of General M. C- Butler’s Visit to Washington. Newberry Herald*} While in Columbia at the Hampton ovation, the following anecdote was re lated to us of Gen. M. C. Butler. The General was in conversation with a number of gentlemen on one of the streets of Washington, and did not no tice the approach of a seedy looking in dividual, half-seas over, until he heard him say: “There is not a word of truth in it.” NotsnpposiDg, however, that the remark was personal, the conversation went on. Soon the seedy individual, with greater emphasis, ejaculated, “I don’t believe it—it’s a lie.” Bntler and the other still paid no attention till the other, elevating his fist and looking directly at the former, said, “It’s a d—d lie.” No longer deeming patience a virtue, Butlerdemanded an explanation. “Well,” said the seedy fellow, “since I havbbeen looking at you and hearing yon talk, I have come to the unanimous conclusion that you never killed thirty uggets in the Hamburg riot, and any body'who says so tells a lie.” There Were-Bmile8. 'i Union Spring*, (Ala.) Hersldj Mr. F. J. Frazer, of this place, re ceived a letter from a noted cotton planter of Lavacca county, Texas, stat ing that the grasshoppers had destroy* ed everything that was green both in the woods and on the prairies. The country looked as if it had been bnraed by fire; cattle were dying' for want of something to eat, and, although sprin had set in early there, everything looket more black than in winter. He con cluded by saying: “If yon haye any friends who contemplate coming to Texas, advise them not to come.” An other gentleman who had received a peck of rye, oats, wheat and barley each, sowed the seed with care. The grain was up some twevle inches high. At 9 o’clock"in the morning the “hop pers” began to work upon it By 10 o’clock the same day not a spear was left. Similar reports have reached ns from other portions of that State. A letter received from Washington connty, stated that the “hoppers” were numer ous enough—although at that time they were little larger than the common house-fly—to destroy the grain and ether crops as fast as they came out of the ground. . ... .* , , The Montenegrins, who will have a hand in the coming war in Europe are said to be yery formidable. A corres pondent of the London Times recently gave the following account of their sys tem of war: _ _ “Their method of fighting is perfectly well knowD, and consists of retiring to their mountain fastnesses, and laying: waste the country, if the strength of the- foe is overwhelming. When the£ are sufficiently numerous to fight, they hide the greater part of their force be hind rocks or caverns, send out a few skirmishers to entice the enemy, into the ambuscade, atd then fall on him, sword in hand. Or they will shoct him down from safe ambuscades in the hills as he marches through the ravines which are the avenues from one port of the country to another. If the persist ent courage and energy with which these mountaineers have fought for their independence during a long series of years were not a enough to show their character, a proof of their warlike spirit may be found in the saying of the friends of the family when a boy is bom. They bless him with this speech, ‘May he not die in his bed P ” The Sta*e Baptist Convention. Hamlin on Concilliation* ISM A Facetious Turk* On' Chrismas day a Turkisn gend arme, enraged with the Christain mayor of the village of Brankorsi, after a se vere beating saddled and bridled him, and compelled the poor wretch to car ry him np-and down the streets, finally dnving him to the village inn, where he threw the reins to the hostler, order- reach"the ^ubfTat" Ismail, Kfiaand ing him to walk his horse np and down. iTTi.A Tho landlord remonstrated, wherennon The landlord remonstrated, whereupon fian knocked him down, and his victim to be fed with hay, ’as accordingly done, the may- *” g ib swaJow it, and being :ed up outside the door, last released, on the inter bat there .is Washington Special.] A good story is told in this connec tion which will serve to show where Senator Hamlin stands. Just before he left here to go home he told the President he did not like -his policy; that the Southern Democrats .were just .as much the enemy of the negro as they ever were. “Bnt, Senator,” said the President, “you must make exceptions toyeurrale. I have seefra good deal of Gordon, Camar, Hill, and others, lately, and I like them very much.” “Yes, I know,” replied Hamlin, “bnt 111 be d d, Mr. President, if it’s any credit to yon.” The President smiled good natnredly at Hamlin’s frankness, and as he trade him good-bye he re marked that be “hoped .he’d find the President in better comnany when he returned to Washington,” rks considering the had narrowly “ ‘ : trance several A hetase in Ballaire, Ghm, has this le- tucked noeef have called here this monring; veohrays IffiflfetQthe liwHwtV.f’t -Hot, agent. h>e , , ed the bellknob since the placard Met at Gainsville last Friday with 150 delegates present. Rev. Dr. Mell, of Athens, was elected Moderator, J. H. McCall, Secretary. Rev. S. G. Hillyer, of Forsyth, preached the “Convention Sermon,” and Rev. A. B. Campbell, of Columbus, replied to the address of welcome by the mayor of the town. In the course of his remarks he said the Baptists in Georgia numbered 200,- 000 against 20,000 when he first became connected with the Convention. Rev. A. Van Hoos was recognized as agent of the Southern Baptist Publish ing Honse, and Bev. G. A. Galson as agent of the Americen Bible Union. _ On the propoeition of the authorities of Gainsville to establish a Baptist In- male College, a committee w- s appoint ed and the proposition mad< the special order for Saturday. Then-port of the Atlanta Orphans’ Home was read, and showed twenty-five inmates ai d 823,900 asretr. The State Committee on Mi®-” sion reported total collections during the year of 84,417 15; Sunday Schools 700, with 5,000 teachers and 25,000 scholars.—Telegraph & Mesenger. % A Governor in the Pulpit. Suspended Animation. : > -..I ———»f) e9 ' Bennington, Yu, April 16.—Dr. R. H. Green, of Hoosac.N. Y^-was thought flaced in to he dead, and the .Body was pla - vault about two ; As he in a smog Ife wife wm requested towiritf hb body: witi^fodonbt last 8atnrday eigne of fifejjrore noticed, and the body was removed /from .toe vault The attending 'physicians pro nounce the case one o£stuponded ani- On Sunday night a Constitution repor ter met a number of negroes hurrying through the streets. Asking the cause of the hurry, he was informed that “de Gov ernor was a gwine to preach” a sermon that night to the negroes at their leading church on Wheat street Joining in the crowd, we soon reached the chnrch, and found there an immense mass of well dressed colored people pouring in at the chnrch doors. A number of officious ushers divided the crowd at the doors, and poshed the fragments rather indis criminately into the open, straight-backed pews. A few white people occupied seats in the front of the honse. In the pulpit was the noble and benign face of the Governor of the Empire State of the Sonth. After the preliminary services were over, the Governor arose, and, for an hour, talked to the attentive nraes of negroes in an earnest, homely an^rincere way. He took his text from|gKtofirst gospel, and discussed the parawHPrhe negroes eagerly drank in every word that be said, and seemed very gratefol tb him for coming to talk to them.—Atlanta Constitution. I

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, May 02, 1877, Image 1