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ESTABLISHED IN 1843.
5), DWINELL, Proprietor.
Wednesday Morning, Oct. 24,1877
Jae. Gordon Bennett, proprietor of
the New York Herald, was the other
day mulcted in a verdict for $10,000 by
a jury in a New York court in a suit
against him by Phoebe Robertson, as
damages forthefollowinglibelou3 words
published in the “Personal’ 1 advertising
column of bis paper: “Beware of the
blackmailing crowd at Nos. 51 and 53
West Twenty-fifth street.” Mrs. Rob
ertson, who keeps a boarding-house at
that place, asked Mr. Bennett to publish
a retraction of the advertisement, which
ho refused to do.
TQE EASTERN WAR.
The telegraph brings the news of a
battle beyond the Black Sea, last week,
in which the Russians were victorious.
If we may take the-reports we get as
truth, the Turks were badly beaten,
arid so discomfited as to leave the Rus-
sians masters of the situation. This
side of the sea, along the Danube, and
in the principalities south of that river,
affairs remain unchanged. There is a
rumor of another attack by the Rus
sians on Plevna, but we are inclined to
doubt the truth of the report. It is
said the Russian troops are in good
spirits, and that the Czar will remain
in the field with the^rmy.
THE TRADE OF ROUE.
Our merchants, both wholesale and
retail, are offering to their customers
such inducements in their several lines
of business as show they are awake to
the necessities of the times. The stocks
on hand have been bought with the
expectation of a large trade, and with a
view of meeting the wants of the peo
ple both as to quantity and quality.
We see no reason why the people of
North Georgia cannot be as well sup
plied here as at any other point, wheth
er they wish to purchase supplies for
families and plantations, or to purchase
at wholesale for the general trade,
Our wholesale merchants propose to
sell goods as low as the merchants of
Atlanta do, and doing this, it would
appear to be to the interest of many to
buy here, and thereby save time and
expense incurred by going further. The
merchants engaged in retail trade only
ask a fair chance. Then, when you
want goods, come to Rome, and look,
and if you are not satisfied, we think
you will be hard to please.
CONGRESS.
The President’s message wa3 read in
both Houses of Congress on Tuesday
last, the 15th instant. A hasty perusal of
it impresses us favorably. It is short,un
pretentious, and, we may say, business
like. It goes only into such matters as
claim immediate attention, to-wit: Ap
propriations to meet deficiencies in pay
of the army and navy, and the expenses
of the Department of Justice. He also
recommends appropriations to meet
expenses incurred by the burning of
part of the building of the Interior
Department; and also asks Congress
to take the steps necessary to have our
country represented at the French In
ternational Exhibition next May, and
suggests the propriety of having a com
missioner from the United States at the
International Prison Congress, to be
held at Stockholm, Sweden, next year.
In the Senate on Tuesday, among the
bills introduced was one by Mr. Beck,
of Kentucky, for the removal of all dis
abilities imposed by the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States.
The House was occupied with the
matter of contested seats, and after some
discussion Messrs. Rainey and Cain, of
South Carolina, and Dcirrie, of Louisi
ana, were sworn in.
believe such action cannot by any pos
sibility result in good to the party, and
may work an injury that it will take a
long time to repair.
It has been customary with the De-
mocrary to hold conventions to nom
inate candidates for office ever since
the party had a Dame and an existence.
For the last few years the system has
been resorted to in all the States of the
Union, and with it the party has grown
and increased in strength uutil it num
bers largely over a majority of the
voters of the Union. Is it wise, is it
prudent, just now, when victory has
been achieved, and when the party of
the Constitution is about to get control
of the Federal Government, to take the
incipient 6tep toward a dissolution of
the party that has accomplished so
much ? We think it is net, and so
thinking, favor a meeting of the conven
tion at the time called, and the making
of a nomination.
We believe that the nomination of
good men by the convention would be
endorsed by the party. It is idle to
talk of united action of the party either
in county, State or Federal elections
without organization, and there can be
no organization without conventions.
GEN. BARI AS’S NOMINATION.
CONGRESS.
The first week of the extra session of
Congress passed away without the
Houses getting fully organized. Sever
al bills have been introduced, but the
House committees have not yet been
named.
The action of tho Republicans in thp
Senate in referring the credentials of
Messrs. Eustis and Spofford, Senators
elect from Louisiana, to a committee,
indicates an intention on their part to
postpone their admission to the last pos
sible day. The two parties in the Sen
ate are now so nearly even that their
admission, with that of Gen. Butler,
from South Carolina, would give the
Democrats an equal showing with the
Republicans, until the absent Republi
can Senators get back to their seats. So
we may expect to see a continuance of
the foul wrong of a sovereign State vir
tually disfranchised in a body that was
intended to be composed of men repre
senting the sovereignty of the States,
merely for the sake of keeping a party
in the majority in that body, when
that party has been tabooed by a large
majority of the States, and also by an
overwhelming majority of the whole
people of the Union.
Such conduct on the part of Senators
shows the spirit of the party that put
them there. But their days are num
bered.
Mr. Ilayes sent in a batch of nomi
nations to the Senate last Wednesday.
Among them was the name of Gen
John M. Harlan, of Kentucky, as As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States, to fill the vacancy oc
casion by the resignation of Judge Da
vis. Gen. Harlan is a young man,
comparatively speaking, to put upon
the Supreme Court bench. He is in his
forty-fifth year, and so far as we can
gather facts as to his past history, does
not have about him the elements cal
culated to inspire us with confidence
in him as one peculiarly fitted for the
place.
Gen. Harlan is a graduate of Centre
College, Kentucky. He studied law,
and soon after he was admitted io the
bar, ran as the Whig candidate for Con
gress from the Ashland District, and
was defeated. In 1SG0 he was the Bell
and Everett Elector for the same Dis
trict. In 1871 he entered the Union army
as Colonel of the 10th Kentucky Infant
ry, which position he resigned in 1863,
and was elected Attorney-General of
Kentucky on the Union ticket, which
place he held till 1867. In 1871, and
also in 1875, he was the nominee of the
Republican party for Governor of Ken
tucky, but of course was badly beaten
both times.
Forming an opinion from these facts,
we see nothing to recommend Gen.
Harlan as a suitable man to sit upon
the bench of this, the highest, court in
America. It may be that he has suffi
cient mental capacity, knowledge of
the law, and freedom from political or
partisan bias to make a passable Judge,
but he has ncthing to show of efficien
cy in that direction; his character as a
jurist is yet to be made, and what dis
appoints us is that Mr. Hayes has not
shown an appreciation of the fact that
the Supreme Court needs to be placed
above suspicion of reproach.
After the occurrences of last winter,
when three Republican Judges who
were members of the Electoral Com
mission voted one way, and the two
Democrats who were on the same com
mission voted together the other way,
it does seem that a proper regard for
common decency would have caused
Mr. Hayes to look about and find a
man with character established as a
jurist, and one also who was entirely
free from a possible charge of partisan
ship
And, further, there are now on the
Supreme Court bench six whose party
affiliations and predilections are known
to be Republican, and only two whom
the Democrats can look to as favor
ing their party upon political questions.
The whole South, too, is unrepresent
ed in the court, and this appointment
from the outer rim of the Southern
States of a man whose past life has
been as much Northern in its bearings
as that of a successful Republican in
Michigan, we consider virtually an
ignoring of the claims of the South.
Viewed thus, and in this light, we are
not disposed to cheer very lustily at
such a manifestation of Mr. Hayes’
“Southern policy.”
GEORGIA GLIMPSES.
COl’NTY CONVENTION.
IVe publish the proceedings of pri
mary meetings held last Saturday in
three districts of the county. Rome,
Etowah and North Carolina.
The meeting held in the City Hall in
Rome was sparsely attended, but while
this is so we do not doubt the party
fealty or good intentions of the few
who were there. But wo must be al
lowed to enter our dissent to the action
of the meeting in adopting the resolu
tion instructing the delegates from this
District to recommend the inexpedi-
ency of making any nomination.
We disagree with the majority of the
meeting upon this point, because we
There are 26,199 more women than
men in Georgia.
At Columbus there is an unusual
amount of hay and fodder for sale.
Robert B. Trippe, Esq., has been ap
pointed Judge of the Bartow County
Court.
Harman McCarthy, a well-known at
tendant in Macon sporting rooms, fell
dead Thursday from a beer cask.
Capt. Wm. McWilliams announces
himself, in the Messenger, as a candi
date for Representative from Walker
county.
Hon. J. C. Clements, of Walker coun
ty, is announced by the people of his
county as a candidate for Senator from
the 44th District.
In 1876 Walker county exhibited the
largest ear of com in the world at the
United States Centennial, weighing 24
ounces. It was taken from the farm of
Mr. Shaw.
Mr. Henry Emry, of Harris county,
made this year, with one plow, four
hundred and eighty-five bushels of
corn, eight bales of cotton, and syrup,
peas and potatoes to match.
The police of New York have dis
covered a grand swindling lottery
scheme in the principal cities North
and West. The basis of the swindle is
called the Masonic Home for Orphans,
of Atlanta, Ga.
The President has appointed Col. O.
P. Fitzsimmons, of Augusta, Ga., Mar
shal for the State, vice Maj. Smythe.
With his appointment the Chronicle
and Constitutionalist is well pleased,
and says the President could not have
made a better one. It is certainly a
matter of congratulation upon the part
of the people of Georgia.
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 19..
The participation in the Republican
caucus of several Senators from the
South, who have heretofore acted with
the Republicans, but who have been
reported as about to make the Tiest
terms possible with the Democrats, out
of revenge, seemed to definitely settle
their status as having decided “to stick
to the wreck,” and their vote on the
question of sending the credentials of
Spofford to the committee is regarded
as proof positive that they can be relied
on to act with their party on emergen
cies. The vote in question was produc
tive of some comment about town and
at the hotels last night. Every devel-
opement thus far leads to the conclu
sion that the impetuous Republican
members who came here armed for an
early tilt with the President have been
induced by the cooler heads to lay
aside their weapons of warfare against
him for a time, and to unite against
the common enemy. If the vote means
that Spofford’s admission will be eon'
tested as a party measure, it would seem
to indicate that the opponents of the
“Southern policy” have been accepted
as leaders, and that the President’s ac
tion in recognizing the Nichols and
Hampton governments, with the logic
al effect it carried with it to invalidate
elections under preceding regimes, are
to be ignored so far as possible in the
treatment of the claims of contestants
to seats in the Senate. But it may turn
out that those voting for the reference
did so with a view to an impartial in
vestigation, and that it furnished no in
dication of their vote on the final ques
tion of admission.
There was no session of the House
yesterday. The impression seems to
strengthen that we are in for a pro
tracted extra session. After all the
matters proposed for legislation in the
message have been disposed of, there
are enough others being urged to carry
the session right through to the day of
convening the regular session in De
cember. The constituencies behind
some members have, seemingly, gone
daft over the matter of resumption, and
they with many others are so thorough
ly in earnest to bring about remoneti
zation that Representatives will hardly
dare disregard the standing command
that the fight against the one and in
favor of the other be inaugurated at the
earliest practicable moment.
It is said that Sibly, Deputy Sixth
Auditor, who was seat West to force
restitution in the cases of double pay
ments to contractors through the con
nivance of O'Brien, sends word that he
has succeeded in every case, and that
the Government will lose nothing
A return match shot yesterday at the
Benning’s ranges, three miles from this
city, between the Maryland Rifle Club
of Baltimore, and the Columbia Long
Range Rifle Club of this city, attracted
many spectators and a good degree of
interest, When the shooting over the
800 and 900 yard ranges terminated,
the Washington shooters were 30 points
ahead; but Baltimore so reduced the
difference over the 1,000 yard range
that the Columbias came off final vic
tors by only 7 points. E. W. Scott, of
Baltimore, made the best individual
score—213 out of a possible 225. Hark-
ness, of Washington, and ,S. J. Scott, of
Baltimore, each made 14 bull’s eyes out
of 15 shots at 800 yards, scoring 74 out
of a possible 76. Total: Washington,
990; Baltimore, 9S3.
The Russian victory reported from
Asia Minor was received with unmis
takable signs of gratification by a large
majority of Washingtonians, residents
and visitors, upon the theory, probably,
of choosing the least of two evils.
Quite as large a proportion was made
glad by the substantial victory achieved
over the Jesuitical intriguers in France
the other day. Considering all the
bull-dozing MacMahon was able to in
flict through possession of the Govern
ment machinery, the result is accepted
as showing that France is irrevocably
committed to the Republican form of
government, and that if the Republi
can leaders can succeed in the next
election for Ssnatois .as well, even the
gates of Rome cannot prevail against
her. Knox.
France
MacMahon Determined to Run Tli'ngs*
London, Oct. 19.—A dispatch from
Paris says : All who approach the offi
cial sphere exclaim. “They are mad ;
they have lost their heads; they are
dreaming of a state of siege, of a fresh
dissolution, of a dictatorship, of a ple
biscite, or more energetically managed
elections, and of the so called safety of
the country at any price.”
MacMahon will await the action of
the Chamber. If it shows an aggres
sive temper, a disposition to thwart the
Cabinet, or force on him a dishonora
ble policy, consisting of the abandon
ment of his functionaries and violation
of his solemnly contracted pledges, he
will dissolve it again, and in the unlike
ly event of the Senate refusing its as
sent to the dissolution, the Marshal
will, if necessary, persist in dissolving
the Deputies, being guided only by the
public interests. He considers "the elec
tions show that France demands the
Republic, coupled with order, and be
lieves that ho alone can giye her both
in conjunction. He thinks also that at
the elections on Sunday last, the coun
try did not fully appreciate the inter
ests at stake.
General Grant.'
By telegraph to the Herald.]
Washington, October 15,—Ex-Presi
dent Grant, in a letter just received by a
relative, states that he has found the la
bor of accepting the hospitality of hi3
English friends more arduous than tbe
cares of State. It had, in fact, become so
great a tax upon his health that from tbe
1st of October he hod determined to re
tire to private life and that the first thing
he should do would be to avail himself of
the courtesy extended by tbe Secretary
of the Navy to visit the Mediterranean
in one of the vessels. of the European
squadron and spend soifie time in the
waters of Italy. He does not expect to
return to the United States until De
cember of next year.
Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil,
reached Rio Janerio, the capital of his
Empire, on the 25th nit, and was en
thusiastically welcomed home.
Cuba’s Brave Fight
Peace Possible Only Upon the Basis of
Independence.
New York 8ua
T6 day is the ninth anniversary of
the beginning of Cuba’s straggle for in
dependence. Prominent among the in
surgents is Col. Lopez de Queralta, who
is now in this city. A Caban by birth,
but educated in this country, he ren
dered excellent service as an officer of
the Union army during the last war,
and made a good record for himself.
Since the beginning of the revolution
in his native island, nine years ago, he
has devoted himself with enthusiasm
to the cause of the insurgents.
“Do you consider trustworthy,” ask
ed a reporter, “the statement recently
published in some of ihe New York
papers, that there is a prospect of peace
being declared between Spain and
Cuba?”
“That,” replied the Colonel, “is a ru
mor, the source of which cannot be
traced. Such rumors are set afloat pe
riodically before the meeting of each
session of your Congress. Peace can at
any time be obtained, but it can only
be obtained on the basis of indepen
dence.’’
“In what way could Spain hope to
influence this Government by the cir
culation of such a story ?’’
“Since the rebellion began they have
made it a point to deceive the world at
large by precisely such means as this,
seeking to convey the belief that no re
bellion exists. Bat the fact is before
the world that on Wednesday next we
shall see the ninth anniversary of our
revolution; and the fact of Spain’s hav
ing sent 20S,000 men to the island of
Cuba since the war began, together with
(he devastation of the island and con
sequent decrease of revenues, show that
there has been an insurrection which is
stronger, more determined, and more
hopeful to-day than at any time since
the war began.”
“Am I, then, to understand that these
peace rumorrtfere used by the Spanish
Government for the purpose of affect
ing the action of the United States?”
“I believe so—at least, to deceive the
people of this country who are predis
posed to think favorably of the inter
ests of Cuban Republicans. Such a
statement, were it a fact, would not
come as a rumor, but would be offi
cially announced and promulgated with
unspeakable joy on the part of the
Spanish authorities.”
“But they claim io have you hem
med in.”
“If that is so, why don’t they finish
the revolution ? We are in control of
two-thirds of the island, the President
has perfect authority, and the Cham
ber of Representatives meets as regular
ly as does vour Congress in Washing
ton, and,” added the Colonel, with the
twinkle in his eye, “it is in far less
daDger of interruption from the Span
ish forces than was your Congress when
threatened by Lee. Now, if they have
us so hopelessly in their power, how is
it that Gen. Martinez Campos, the Xlth,
is constantly entreating so piteously for
more troops? Ycu saw that he recent
ly asked for 50,000, which he said were
absolutely necessary to finish us. Of
these has only got 12,000; but why did
he want so many more men if we are
hemmed in?”
“How many available troops, regu
lar and volunteer, has Spain on the
island at the present time ?”
“The Spanish papers say that Marti
nez Campos will begin this winter’s
campaign with 100,000 infantry, be-;
sides cavalry and aitillery.”
“What arc these soldiers doing
now ?”
“Several thousand are doing garrison
duty; a majority of them are in the
hospitals—preparing for the winter
campaign. You will see, sir, it requires
a great many men to put down a hand
ful of patriots.”
“If not an improper question, what
do you think will be the. result of the
coming campaign ?”
“It will be like the others; but re
member, sir, that Spain is always vic
torious, and iu going from victory to
victory she has lost all her American
dependencies, all the vast territory
which she at one time possessed; and
one more victory of thi3 sort will coat
her Cuba—tbe last foothold of Spain
west of the Atlantic.”
‘I understand you have seen active
service every winter since the rebellion
began. May I ask how long you will
remain in New York ?’’
“Never mind that, sir.”
Joseph’s Surrender to General
Miles.
A dispatch from Fort Benton to the
New York Herald gives some further
particulars of the surrender of Chief
Joseph and his band of Nez Perces In
dians to Gen. Miles. The Herald
correspondent says there is no question
that Joseph disdained Gen. Howard
and his tactics, and that he styled How
ard the “Bible Cnief.” When the Nez
Perces chieftain and his principal sup
porters decided that the entire band
should formally surrender, Joseph went
into Gen. Miles’ camp all alone, and
announced the decision he and his war
riors had come to. By that time Gen
Howard had arrived on the scene with
his slender escort, consisting cf only
seventeen men. Gen. Howard went up
to Gen. Miles and said to him:
“General, I come here and find that
it is all right. This is your fight,
want to say amen to everything you
have done.” t
When Joseph entered the iine3 es
tablished by Gen. Miles ho passed Gen,
Howard in surly silence, paying no
heed to the presence of the “Bible
Chief.” and walked up deliberately to
the spet where Gen. Miles was stand
ing. When he found himself in front
of Gen. Miles the wily chieftain drew
himself up haughtily and said:
“I want to surrender to you.”
As he said these words He handed to
Gen. Miles his rifle with the barrel
pointing to the ground, and the other
chiefs and their companions who had
followed Joseph into camp performed
the same ceremony.
The Brigadiers in Control.
National Republican.
In the House yesterday only seventy-
one members were unable to take the
iron-clad oath. They were accommo
dated with the modified form of oath
for such cases made and provided.
These members form the minority of
nearly one-fourth of the popular branch
of our National Legislature, It has al
ready been seen that a much smaller
minority composed of this element in
the last House, when aided by their
Democratic allies of the North, was suf
ficiently powerful to seize the purse
and the sword of tbe nation by refusing
the appropriations requisite to the ad
ministration of the law.
New York, Oct. 20.—At Plymouth
Church prayer-meeting, last night, Mr.
Beecher, in referring to the case of W.
B, Gilman, insurance broker, who has
been sent to tbe penitentiary, said it
was especially hard to see, his niece
(Mr. Gilman’s wife), go to the lunatic
asylum, as she will do this week, and
see also her three children distributed
among her friends,
Magnitude cf the Denocratic
Victory.
Cor. Cin. Commercial, RepuVicao.]
Columbus, October 11.—The magni
tude of the democratic victory in Ohio
can hardly be overestimated. Able
editors and experts will discuss the
cause according to their various stand
points. The results are likely to be far-
reaching enough to satisfy the malice
of the most stupid republican whosulk-
ed at home on Tuesday, and afford ma
terial encouragement as well as mater
ial strength to the reactionary party of
the nation for some years to come.
Let us look at some of the immediate
effects of the vote of October 9.
In addition to the fact that two de
partments of the state government pass
directly and immediatelyintodemocrat-
ic control, the third and only remain
ing department is reached by supresed-
ing a republican jndge of the supreme
court by a democrat, and leaving that
body so divided that the democrat vic
tory next year, which is to be a logical
sequence of the present success, will
complete the •revolution in the state
government and for the first time in
the era dating from the ontbreak of the
rebellion, that party will have come
into complete possession cf all depart
ments of the government of Ohio.
For the first time since the defalca
tion of Mr. Breslin, the people elect a
democratic treasurer. For the first time
since the early years of the war, we are
to have a democratic attorney general.
It may be remarked, in passing, that
the new comer into this office is also a
new comer into the democratic party.
For the first time in twenty-four years,
the people elect a democratic lieuten
ant governor. The new clerk of the
Supreme court and the commissioner of
schools succeed to places which have
been filled during the past three years
by democrats who came in on the tide
that followed the election of Gov. Al
len.
For the first time since the adoption
of the present constitution, Ohio will be
represented by democrats only in the
senate of the United States,and the ma
jority of the voters of this state will be
without any voice in the highest legis
lative chamber of the government of
the nation, which the valor of a third
of a million of Ohio troops assisted to
maintain in existence a little over a
dozen years ago. The places of Wade
and Sherman will be occupied by
Thurman and P.endleton. This fact
alone ought to be sufficient to placate
the wrath of Mr. Wade ovei the policy
of reconciliation proclaimed by a re
publican president.
The Mazes of Wall Street.
New York Letter to Poston Journal.
So treacherous are the seas of Wall
street that even Vanderbilt more than
.once came within an ace of going un
der. When Drew fled to Jersey he had
with him an iron box in which were
five millions of Erie money. That box
saved the Commodore.
This business is a regular lottery.
Men who issue “puts” and “calls” can
save themselves. They always hold
the stock and can sell against their ob
ligations. Only one or two men have
a repute on which it is safe to buy a
straddle. Men often put their sales on
the market to create business. But
even this kind of business is risky to
outsiders.
A gentleman went tq Europe. He
lefthis family an income of $8,000 a
year. It was in New York Central.
The stock run down ten per cent. The
-family became frightened and Bold out.
Acting on advice, they bought the stock
back at an advance of two per cent.;
lost their dividend, but now find the
stock at the old price.
It almost takes a man’s breath to see
the trade done on the street in a day.
Last Saturday one operator made eight
checks for one million each. The
whole amount of the day’s transactions
footed up thirteen millions.
The bulls and beam have no compas
sion for their unfortunate associates.
They knock a man down as a butcher
knocks down a bullock. When a man
falters, he is sold. His seat, worth $6,-
000, goe3 £t once under the hammer.
Darlington’s Good Fortune-
Charleston News.
The conviction of the gang of incen
diaries who attempted to burn the town
of Darlington in January last is another
of the fast accumulating fruits of the
restoration of law and order in South
Carolina. Robbery, murder, and arson
crimes unmentionable as well as crime
of less degree, had gone so long un
whipped of justice that criminals were
firmly convinced that there was
hereafter. ThU hallucination has on
several occasions of late beer, rudely
destroyed, and now the demons who
fired a town in the dead of winter and
danced a wild fandango by the lurid
light of burning houses, have their faces
set toward the penitentiary.
That such fiends deserve their fate is
not to be disputed, and it is only to be
regretted that the gallows does not now
stand, as it once stood, ready to term!
nate the diabolical career of the incen
diary. But if these.Darlington wretch
es deserve imprisonment and eveu
death, what punishment conld be too
severe for Whittemore and others of his
stripe, by whose plain teaching and by
whose pergonal influence the committal
of these crimes was induced ?
«aBSK.W.VtiV(» ■
General Cotton Reports for Gc
tober-
Average About Eqnnl to Last Year.
Washington, October 18.—The cot
ton report of the statistician of the De
partment of Agriculture for October,
makes the average condition nearly as
high as in 1876. It is 81—1 against
82—7 last year, and 88 tho year before.
The decline in condition daring Septem
ber is less this year than last. Georgia
and Tennessee make the same average as
in September, North Carolina higher,
and all other States lower, though Ar
kansas declines but one per cent. The
State percentages are as follows: North
Carolina 85, South Carolina 79, Alabama
88, Mississippi 80, Louisana 77, Texas
64, Arkansas 98, Tennessee 100.
The weather has been favorable gener
ally up to the middle of September ex
cept upon soils liable to suffer from'
drouth. In portions of Arkansas, and io
more limited areas in Texas, heavy rains
prevailed in the early part of that
month, and from the 16th to the 20th a
storm of violence swept through the cot
ton belt to the borders of Texas, doing
great damage by beating out the fibre,
rotting the bolls, breaking down the
plant, and overflowing low lands. A loss
of at least 20,000 bales is reported from
overflows of the Black Warrior and
Tombigbee in Alabama.
Between the 20th and 30th of Septem
ber rains were frequent, and in some lo
calities nearly continnou3, retarding
discontinuing picking.
Rust is reported throughout the belt,
more in the east than in the west, bnt'
few places causing serious damage.
The caterpillar has done less damage
than was feared, the most serious damage
being in Texas and Louisiana. In the
more Northern States of the belt they
will accomplish quite as much benefit as
injury, by reducing the redundant weight
of foliage and hastening maturity
fruitage.
Picking has progressed rapidly in the
more western States, but has been re
tarded upon the Atlantic coast since the
middle of September by unfavorable
weather.
The Postage Stamp.
The origin of the postage stamp had
tiDge of romance in it It was thirty-
seven years ago that Rowland Hill, while
crossing a district in the North of Eng
land, arrived at the door cf an inn where
a postman had stopped to deliver a letter.
A young girl came out to receive it; she
turned it over and over in her hand, and
asked the price of postage. It was a
large sum and evidently tbe girl was
poor for the postman demanded ashilling.
She sighed sadly, and said the letter was
from her brother, but she had no money:
and so she returned the letter to the post
man. Touched with pity, Mr. Hill
paid the postage and gave the letter to
the girl, who seemed very much embar
rassed.
Scarcely had the postman turned his
back when the younginnkeeper’s daught
er confessed that it was a trick between
her and her brother. Some signs marked
on the envelope told her all she wanted
to know, but the letter contained no
writing. “We are both so poor,” she
added, that we invented this mode of cor
responding without paying for our letters.”
The traveler, continuing hi3 road, asked
himself if a system giving place to such
frauds was not a vicious one. Before
suuset Rowland had planned to organize
the postal service upon a new basis—with
what success is known to the world.
Pairing Off.
A Graphic Description.
Detroit Free Press.
In one of the Justice’s court the oth
er day a witness in an assult and bat
tery case gave his version of the affair
as follows:
“Well, sir, the two stood facing each
other, one kinder growled, and the oth
er kinder chuckled. Then one dost,
and the other dasn’t. They they kind
er walked around. Then they poked
np their hats and spit on their hands.”
“And then?” asked the lawyer, as
the witnessed paused for breath.
“And then they glared at each other.
Then they made up faces again. Then
somebody hollered for ’em to go in and
kick each other all to death. Then
they kinder got ready, pulled their hats
down, and They rushed together like
two big ferryboats, reared up on end,
came down with an awful crash, and
the next thing I saw was this ’ere man’s
coat all ripped up the back, and that
’ere man’s nose all chawed zig-zag, and,
that’s all I know about the murder.”
Liverpool Cotton Circular.
Liverpool, Oct. 19.—The circnlar of
the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Associa
tion says:
Cotton has been in moderate demand
throughout the week. Quotations of
most descriptions have slightly declin
ed. American is in less demand, and
trices are partiallp id easier. .In Sea
aland a small business has been done;
trices are steady. In futures, business
ios been very limited, and the market
closes dull at about 3-32d decline from
last Thursday’s prices.
The Washington National Union in
forms a listening land that “ The first
news from the spirits informs ns that
Brigham Young is very hellthy.”
Harpor’s Magazine for November.
Wm. T. Coleman, of San Francisco,
was talking the other day of his old
partner, Edward Mott Robinson, of
New Bedford, whose penuriousness was
a matter of common talk.
‘He was a good fellow in the main, 1
said Mr. Coleman, “but he exceeded
any man I ever knew in ingenious ex
pedients for saving a dollar. In those
days I was a Democrat and he was
Republican. One day lie said:
“Coleman, have your committee been
after you ?”
“Not yet,” I replied.
“Well, mine have been after me,” he
said, “and they wanted me to subscribe
$500, and I told them I would.”
I looked at him with absolute
amazement. Then he added :
“Yes, I told them the Democrats
would’expect S500 from yon, and I was
going to pair off! So mind you stick
that arrangement. It will he all the
same to both parties, and it won’t cost
either of U3 a cent.”
The Chicago Times of Wednesday
says:
The Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern has indemnified the relatives and
heirs of sixty-five out of the eighty-one
persons who lost their lives in the
bridge accident at Ashtabula. The bal
ance of the claims are in a fair way ol
speedy settlement. The largest amount
paid to any one party was $9,000. Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers, a newly married
couple on their wedding tour, were
killed and their bodies burned beyond
recognition, yet their lives have been
settled for at the comparatively small
figure of $3,000. The claims against
the company have generally fallen un
der $5,000.
This is what the Chicago Journal
can’t understand:
“Drive out with a horse, and he will
switch his tail 150 times a rod to force
away troublesome flies; but let him
once get his tail over a line and the old
quadruped will wander on for miles
without thinking of the flies which rev
el unmolested in his living gore. What
a horse loves above all things is to do
the driving himself.”
A would-be wife murderer in Ar
kansas a few days ago snapped both
cocks of a loaded gun at his wife, who
was sick in bed. He then took the gun
by the muzzle and attempted to dash
out the sufferer’s brains, but the breech
glanced on the bedpost, both barrels ex
ploded, and the charges of buckshot
entered his lung3 and killed him.
The Princess Bismarck, who lost her
betrothed, Count Eulenberg, by death
eighteen months ago, complies, in her
engagement to Count Lehndorff, more
with the wishes of her father than the
desires of her own heart Lehndorff is
is said to be by all odds the handsomest
man in Germany.
Pittsburg. Oct 20; Judge Kirkpatrick,
of fhe Criminal Court has ordered at
tachments to be issued for Governor
Hartranft and otherState officials as wit
nesses in the riot cases. It is understood
the Attorney General will take the case
to the Supreme Court Monday,
Ben Butler said last Tuesday: “Itis
comfortable to sit in the House without
any responsibility and have your hat full
of brickbats.” He doubtless means to
throw those brickbats further on in the
session.
Newark, N. J., Oct. 20: The Presby
terian Syond voted 100 to 16 against
women preachers. #
A man born to command isn’t much,
different from one made to order.
KNOX &_PARES!
W E WOULD RE8PECTFULLY INVITE THE PUBLIC TO CALL AT OUR rtnt»
eoe if ire cannot mako it to their interest to bnj Goods c f us this season, aa j
We are Determined to Sell at Bottom Prices
Our Goods hare bee a recently bought with cash—and consequently hare been loasht k
and we da not intend to be undersold. * 1
Oar Full and Wia:er Stock consists of LAMES* DRESS GOODS, FLANNELS jw
CASSIMERES* BLACK and BROWN COTTONS, TABLE DAMASK, in great varied***
lowest possible prloes. READY-MADE CLOTHING. BOOTS. 8HOE3. HATS, CAPS, kl,
feet. eery thing which is osaally heps in a first class dry goods store. ***
We Sell a Fine Dress Sliirt for $1.00.
Call and ree a*, and we will promise to satisfy yea in Goode and Prices.
Thanking ihe public for their patronage in the past, and hoping to merit a "oat ah
the 1 mre, vo are. Very respectfully, * Ctra in
KNOX &. FA RKS.
H. HARPOLD,
No. 13 Shorter Block,
Rome, Georgia.
I TAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING
TO THE PEOPLE OP CHEROKEE
GEORGIA and ALABAMA that
I AM NOW RECEIVING the
Largest, Best and Cheapest Stock
—OP— *
FAILS WINTER GOODS
I have ever brought to Rome,
Consisting of
FRENCH A ENGLISH DRESS GOODS
BLACK AND COLORED SILKS
with Trimmings and Buttons to match.
SILK & LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
SILK AND LACE TIES.
HOSIERY ANI> NOTIONS TOO NUMER
OUS TO MENTION.
AN IMMENSE STOCK OF CASSIMEBB8,
JEANS. FLANNESB, LINSEY. TICK
INGS. BLANKETS, BLEACHED
AND BROWN DOMESTIC:
Great Bargains in Hats, Boots and Suoes,
_ 21- My entire Stock is Neir, and has been
bought as low as Cash could bny them.
I invite a’l to call and see my goods. I treat
by fair dealing and good goods at low prices
merit your patronage.
octfi,tw-wlm H. HARPOLD.
ROME FEMALE COLLEGE.
'T'-HE SCUOLA8TIC YEAR WILL efctv
I first Monday in September, with cfS 1
— q iste corps of experienced teach,
AO Academy of Music will be
st that time. It will be deiinJj ,
ttr benefit of ladies who deshe *,t r
•rationa for teaebiog or lastraJff'
superior to -.bose they can seeere in tbe ordii,
schools of tee eo nntry. They can obtain bS?
iog In the college or with Prot Hielr, wb^
be it a director. Under his instruction the Jr
pils in the college classes will enjoy
advantages which cannot be surpassed tt J 1
place in this country, North or South. J
The Art Department, with Miss Fairchild .»
its head, will continue to merit the attention nJj
BININGER’S
“ OLD DOMINION” (Ya.) PUKE
WHITE WHEAT WHISKEY,
FOR FAMILY AND ISEDICHTAL USE.
T his delicious peoduct, prepared
from selected grain, contains, in a highly
concentrated form, tbe nutritious properties
Wheat.
To those requiring a nourishing stimulant, this
palatable article har a tendency io recreate and
repair the waste attendant upon active, physical
or rr ent&l labor, debility, etc.
It has received the highest encomiums from
eminent medical authorities, as possessing qual
ities that are absolutely fattening ; this desid
eratum renders it invaluable to those who are
suffering from Consumption, Lnog Complaints,
Bronchitis, Impaired Strength, Lack of Vital
Energy, and all diseases which, in their incip
ient stages, require a generous diet, and an in
vigorating, nourishing st malanfc.
Pat np in cases containing twelve large bot
tles, and sold by all prominent Druggists, Gro
cers. etc.
BININCER & CO., (Established 1778.)
No. 15 Bkatzb Strzkt, New York,
Sole Agents for JHsiillers.
OPJflfcTSS OF THE PRESS.
Tho impW*. ^ Jib* of A. M. Biningcr A Co. t
No. 15 Beaver Afreet, is conducted on principles
of integrity, fairness and the highest honor.—
X. Y. Evening Express.
Tha Biningcrs, No. 15 Beaver ftreet, have
very high reputation to sustain as the oldest and
best house in New York.—Home Journal.
The house of A. JI. Bininger ACo, No 15
Beaver street, has sustained, for a period
ninety years, a refutation that may well be
envied.—X. Y. Evening Post.
The name of A. M. Bininger A Co.. No. 15
Beaver street, is a guarantee of the exact and
literal truth of whatever they represent.—X. Y.
Commercial Advertiser. ootlS.tw w3m
Coosa River Farm for Sale.
’ OFFER FOR SALE MY ENTIRE MY BN-
- tire Plantation, consisting of 230 acres of land
together with all tho stoek, mules, plantation
supplies, farming tools, machinery, etc.
The place is located at Coosavi Jle, on the Cocsa
river, 10 miles below Rome There is a store
house and blacksmith shop on tho place, and
is an excellent ctand for a Country merchant.
There ia a cf arch anl a well eatablihed school
near the premiacs.
There is 130 acros of the l*n < under a high
state of cultivation, and the remainder well
timbered.
Tho dwelling has six rooms and five fire places,
good kitchen and fimoke hou«o, also a fine barn
and 6tables, all in good condition. There are two
good wells cn the place, and tho Coosa river
torm3 tho boundary of tho la^d for a full half
mile. The orchards of apples and peaches are
among the very best in Norih Goorgia, contain
ing many of the beat varieties of these fruits.
I have determined to move to Texas, and am
willing to sell this propertj at a price to suit tbe
present hard times and circumstances. Will
sell for half cash and the balance in twelve
months, or will mako a l.ber&l discount for all
cash. Any one wanting a bargain in a place cf
this kind, will do well to make early application
W. R. BARNES,
Coosavillo, Floyd Co., Ga.,
Or, FORD £ DWINELL,
Rome Ga.
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BUIST’S
‘EESH TURNIP SEED
All Varieties, and Wairanted.
Paints, Oil atul "Win-
cl ow Glass,
Together with
DEUGS,
Eto., Etc., Etc.
R. T. Hoyt,
Wholesale Druggist,
43 Rroad Street* Rome, Ga.
fanlOtw-wly
BANK NOTICE.
Treasury Department, }
Office of Comptroller of the Currency, l
Washington', August 22,1877. J
W HKREA8, BY SATISFACTORY EVI
DENCE presented to the undersigned, it
has been made to appear that “ Tha First Na
tional Back of Rome,** in the city of Rome, in
the county of Floyd and State of Georgia, has
complied with all the provisions of the Revised
Statutes of the United States required to be
complied with before an association shall be
authorised to commence the bosinessof Banking:
Now, therefore, I, John S. Langwortay, Acting
Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify
that '‘The First National Bank of Rome,** in the
city of Rome, in the county of Blo/d and State
of Georgia, is authorized to commence the busi
ness of Banking, as provided in Section Fifty-
one hundred and sixty-nine, of the Revised
Statutes of the United’8tates,
In testimony whereof, witness my hand and
seal of ofioe, this 22nd day 4/ August, 1877.
**. JOHN 8. LANG WORTHY,
„* Acting Comptroller of the Currency.
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. . - • - heeonti EU G
as a regular exercue for onr pupils. <
Much earnest attention is given to write,
and compositions.
The institution, though founded by tbe mod I
of Georgia, has not been under eedetittfied
control for fourteen years. At all times and m
der all circumstances its management bu bte
indicated and directed by Christian principW I
and yet it never was, it is not now, and it cztrot I
be sectarian. ^ |
The purpose of those who are identified with
its life and usefulness is to maintain iig v;.; I
character os an educational home, whereby S I
wisest methods of instruction end disciplij. I
the most bealthfnl and permanently ajras? I
geous results, may be produced. I
While inferior to no similar institution, k I
if cheaper than any of the bett echooli j 1
country.
For circulars and all needful particular* u. I
drees 1
REV. J. M. M. CALDWELL,
junel2,w6m. Rome, Ga.
This is tho cheapest and most delightful par- I
gative before the public, is a delicious berenn I
and as pleasant and sparkling as a glass of Sodi I
water. Far superior to sickening pills, it j I
held in high repute by physicians and surjwti f
for the speedy cure of Constipation, Billiooiss, I
Torpid Liver, Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Hear. I
barn, Colic, Soar Stomach, Flatulency, Sid I
Headache, Kidney Affections, etc.
For those who lead a sedentary or closer m-1
fined life, and become of constipated habit.it tea I
like a charm. It is specially prepared for tu I
masses, is put up in large bottles and sold by LI j
druggists, at fifty cents. No family, no mo tie, I
no one traveling, no close student, no sewing pri, I
should fail to use it. 1
J.P.DE0MG00LE & C0.,Prop’rs,
Louisville, Kj.
Sold in Rome by J. G. Yeiser, 22 Broad 3^eH I
BININGER’S
*OLD LONDON
DOCK GIN.’ 1
E specially designed for tee nil
of the Medical Profession and the ¥ici>, I
and possessing thoso intrinsic medical pro peris I
which belong to an Old and Pure Gin. Iec>|
ecs&ble to Females. Good for Nervc-mrial
iver and Kidney Complaints. A delicti
tonic. Put up in cases containing one dozes!* I
ties each, and sold by all Druggists, Grocen,h|
A.*M. BININGER & CO.,
Ho. 15 Beaver Street, 5,1 J
(Established 1778.)
IMPORTERS OF WINES, BRANDIES, ETC I
The house of A. M. Bininger Jc Co.,5ahi
Beaver St., N. Y., has sustained for a periodrf I
ninety years a reputation that may weli bees- T
vied.—X. Y. Evening Post. I
The name of A. M. Bininger A Co., 5o. !i|
Beaver St., N. Y., is a guarantee of the euctjd I
literal truth of whatever they represent —X I.l
Commercial Advert scr. i
This superb Gin (Bininger*s Old LondonDsdl
Gin) has attained a popularity without preee&tF
in the bistory of tho trade.—X. Y. Herald.
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" Simplest & Best; •
—Acf^rS:WfiN7EDr-
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pnfi
FALL 3VEILLINSRT-
The Best Stock in Rome.
Y STOCK OF MILLINERY NOTIONS
are all of tho lateit style., apd will bo told
cheaper than the deepest. Come and see before
buyini elsewhere. - HUS. H.'JONAS,
octlfi.-wlm
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COIJ) PLATED-WATCHES. Cheanett
■nth. Slum un.M AmmS. U-.r. 1 jt-T/VT
,- the tarn world. Ample VaicXTrti'io
Jffenu. Address. A. COOT.TK& £ Co.. CUossq*
A A PSB DAT! made |
tPXU with this Marius!
tore* us a nozrn turu. a
travel around the well.
raised mid lowered instant!.?*
rbere all otteera fail. labor ££
Send for onr CO P.iq^ BOOH. * ,
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iadepen jeaoe and plenty «.
THE BEST THING IN THE
IS THE ■ |
ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA » ’’ I
LANDS IN KAW3AB.
Circulars, with map, £?i l A«r Gf ,1 l
free. Address JNO, L. TBUSLl'”- f
Southern Agent, Chattanooga, tc”"
oct!3 wZm
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»s«.
TO RENT-
A GOOD LOT, CoaTAMWO fs«fT
Dwelling Hour with fif ®
House, at Miisiocary Station,
Water couvoaiant. A good country *
drv goods and groceries.
For parti colors, address ^ ^ #
Missionary Station, Fiord C*r
Or Foan A Dwotil, Borne, fls.
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