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Wednesday Morning, Oct. 31,1877
ANNOUNCEMENT.
V, T f n r.' authorized to announco Col. A. J.
K,so us a candidate for Representative from
Floyd county.
Pinchbnck says that before Kellogg
shall have that seat he will tell what
he knows—and it is generally believed
that what I’inch does not know about
Louisiana inwardness is not worth
The telephone has been successfully
introduced in the police department in
Albany in place of the telegraph. No
battery is used. The current is genera
ted by an electro magnet revolving
across the poles of a permanent mag
net.
WHEN TO SELL COTTON.
Large numbers of colored voters help
ed to swell the great Democratic majority
in Baltimore, last Wednesday. The
Gazelle notes this as “a hopeful sign
for the future of the colored race,
shows that they are beginning to think
for themselves and are no longer to be
played upon by party promises or
threats of the evils that will befall them
under Democratic supremacy.”
One of the remst influential Repub'
jieans in Pennsylvania writes as fol
io vs to Mr. Samuel D. Morgan, of
Nashville, Tenn., in answer to a letter
asking his opinion as regards the result
of the November election in the Key
stone State:
“You need not trouble yourself about
Pennsylvania, as the Labor and Green
back party, now fully organized all
over the State, will probably poll one
hundred thousand votes, and thus give
it to the Democrats by a large major!
The following is the record of a brave
dog that lately perished: In 1S02 a
min with delirium tremens jumped
overboard from the schooner Hero, on
a voyage to Labrador. The dog bound
ed ovc-r the tafifrc.il, and for half an hour
held to the man with.lris teeth fastened
in the collar of his woollen shirt. The
delay' was occasioned by the capsizing
of the first boat that was lowered. In
1SG-1 the dog saved a baby that had
fallen through a sewer hole in a wharf
at Catalina, N. F. He jumped through
the hole and was too large to swim be
tween the posts of the wharf, hut he
held the baby’s head out of water and
swam briskly' in every direction in
search of an opening. In 18G9 he saved
the life of a Swedish sailor, who, while
drur.k, walked in the land-wash at
Bonavista, N. F. Between 1S70 and
1873 Billy saved three children and
one grown boy'. Thenceforth his
strength failed, and all his fangs fell
out one by one, until last winter he had
not one left. He was a huge, genuine
Newfoundland.
The Democratic prospect for No
vember is most encouraging, and, says
the Knoxville Tribune, the game cocks
are all in keeping for another grand
carnival. The signs are specially au
spicious in New York, New Jersey,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
and even Massachusetts.
Gen. Logan is in Washington, and
says Wisconsin is more certain to go
Democratic than New York. He is
outspoken in denouncing the Presi
dent’s civil service order, and attributes
to it wholly the Republican defeat in
Ohio and California and the Demo
cratic victories which he predicts in
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Massa
chusetts. He says the eighty thousand
office holders are not only net working
for the Republican party, but are rap
idly' becoming Democratic converts
from the conviction that the Republi
can party is doomed, and their only
hope of saving their official heads is in
currying favor with the Democrats.
Advices received by members of the
Massachusetts delegation indicate that
a Democratic success there in Novem
her is more than probable. One of the
most prominent Democrats of Massa
chusetts, in a private letter, says that at
present all the indications are that the
Democratic ticket will be elected. The
Republican members of the Massachu
setts delegation admit the probability
of defeat, and Senator Hoar is reported
to have said that he thought a Repub
lican defeat was inevitable.
With most of the farmers in this
pait of the country, the cotton crop is
their main source of raising money.
They nearly all rely upon that for the
:t ° a " purpose of getting money to pay taxes
and buy such things as they are com
pelled to have, and that cannot be
raised on their farms. A question of
great importance to them is when to
sell. Many hesitate and hold back,
while others, feeling the necessity of a
sale at the earliest day after the cotton
is picked and ginned, in order to realize
cash for the purpose of paying debts,
and also to purchase such things as are
needed at home, sell as fast as they
gather and gin, but do so doubtingly,
fearing that they are going to Jose the
chance of a higher price at some future
day in the season.
Our observation of the cotton market
for several years past has impressed us
with the opinion that, as a general
rule the man who sells early, year after
year, derives a larger net income from
his cotton crop than one who regularly
holds back, or even one who has no
settled rule about the time oi sale. He
who sells at once gets the advantage of
the full weight of his cotton, which
loses in various ways by holding over.
He escapes the danger of loss by fire,
or the heavy percentage of insurance if
he is wise enough to insure. Also the
care of the crop is off his hands and
mind altogether, and he is able to give
attention to other matters without
thoughfof it, and if he has money from
its sale, to use it to advantage in other
ways.
The range of prices for the last two
years would appear to be a good guide
in the matter, and judging from them
we cannot hope for any great advantage
to be derived by holding over.
What we have said is of course,
predicated upon the idea that there is
no depression or panicky feeling in the
market in the fall and early winter.
Of course it is not wise to sell when
from some temporary cause there is
not a good demand.
We were told sometime ago by an
intelligent farmer that down in Middle
Georgia some years ago, himself and a
neighbor differed upon the question as
to the best time of selling. Our in
formant, for a series of years, sold ear
ly, and his neighbor for the same time
held over till spring or summer. After
a number of years they counted up,
and he, selling early, got a better aver
age price for his cotton than his neigh
bor who he’d over.
TIIE BCLGAR AN CAMPAIGN.
Cotton, Grain, and Future
Prospects.
Van’s Valley, Ga., Oct, 1877.
Editor Courier: For this latitude the
THE NEW GEORGIA MARSHAL.
The Columbus Enquirer, rejoicing
over the appointment, says: “The ap
pointee is a gentleman of high stand
ing, who ha3 for several years held the
position of Inspector of Fertilizers at
Augusta, under the appointment of the
Governor of our .State. He is a South
Carolinian and a true Democrat. An
terior to the late revolution he possess
ed a large plantation on Edisto Island
and also one on the Chattahoochee
river below and near Columbus, and
considerable wealth. The results of
the war left him, like the rest of the
Confederates, with rare exceptions, in
reduce circumstances. He is a man of
some forty-two years of age, striking
appearance, is married and has a fami
ly. Col. Fitzsimons is well and favor
ably known in Columbus, where, be
cause of his owning a plantation below
here bearing his name, he has close
personal and business relations. Many
will recollect him as one of the ‘Snap
per Club’ which went to Apalachicola
and the Gulf on a fishing excursion in
1S75. He was one of the most genial
and courteous of the party. His ap
pointment meets with general gratifica
tion, and it is especially pleasant to the
many who have made his acquaintance
in this section. He will do his duty
faithfully and fearlessly. We are truly
glad that such a gentleman has been
appointed, and that Major SmytL, who
ha3 become so obnoxious through his
tyrannical and oppressive deputies, has
been removed.”
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
We publish elsewhere the proceed
ings of the Democratic County Con
vention which met at the City Hall last
Saturday. We hope its action in ad
journing over till next Saturday in or
der to give all the districts a chance to
be represented will be approved by the
party, and that on that day we will
have a full representation.
It was a noticeable feature of tho pro
ceedings of the convention that rs the
delegates talked more and more about
the necessity of making nominations
and of keeping up ihe party organiza
tion, the apathy, or that feeling of in
difference resulting from the knowledge
of a large Democratic majority in the
county, which has been denominated
apathy, was changed into a desire to
see the time-honored customs 'of the
party kept alive.
Just now, in the hour of triumph, it
does appear to us to be a very strange
policy for each individual member to
be turned loose to act for himself, to
make such combinations and for n such
alliances as it may seem best to him to
make or form. If we expect to con
tinue as a party, and that our force
and numbers shall be felt in future con
tests, we must stick together. Then let
the people of the several districts be
represented by good and true Demo
crats next Saturday, let us have good
and true Democrats put forward as
candidates of the party, and let all
good and true Democrats, laying aside
personal preferences and peculiar no
tions of the propriety or impropriety of
making neminations, come out at the
election and vole for and elect the
nominees.
FROWN DOWN A SCRUB RACE.
The situation of the Turkish armies
in Bulgaria, says the Courier-Journal,
cannot be very satisfactory to the Porte.
Suleiman Pasha, who was placed in, ,, . , , ...
command of the Bulgarian armies f or Mton crop is large We have robbed
the express purpose of driving the R us - ^ cotton belt of its legitimate crop,
u v . . i j butm so doing, it is more likeiy to
sians back to Sistova, has done nothing I . . , a .
as yet in the wav of assailing the Rue- *“* about 8 reater barm f tban «“? to
sian line along the Jantra. His head- *efamem of a section of country so
quarters are at Rasgral, on the Rust . well adapted to grain, grass, and stock
chuk and Varna railroad, and his front J""* If , re P eats ll8 f lf > tbat
is withdrawn some mites east of the lf overcropping m cotton brought
Kara Lorn. Instead of making furious I doi ” 1 rtun u P on ^h® planters °f tie
assaults on the Czarowitch’s position, cotton Ml, it must also bring down
Suleiman is awaiting Russian attacks, raln u P on the farmere of tb,B OP-® 0 ™-
and it is evident that he deems it im- *>T; What 1116 tb ® P reaent Winces
prudent to urge his armies west in the with us? Our fields are white with
impetuous manner with which he as- C0 H° n > laborers scarce, and such a
sailed Shipka Pass. ' scramble to procure pickers was never
The Russians have evidently secured | before witnessed in this country; pick-
their line from Sistova to the Balkans, ers are P aid hl S h wages and boarded,
as no further attempt has been made and the price of cotton being ten cents,
by the Turks to cut it from Osman Ba- and ex P enaes heay y iu maklD g it and
zaror Eski Djuma, and as the Shipka I P uttin S U into market * leavea bnt a
Pass is now amply fortified, the Rus- sma11 mar g in for P rofitfl on tbe P art of
sians can direct their attention to the tbe P roducere ' But the loss does not
serious obstruction at Plevna. General et °P with the ex P enses ’ for th . e g ather ;
Ghourko has delivered the most dam- in 8 of corn is ne S lect * d - P lckln ^ of
aging blow at Plevna bv capturing a P eas deferred - wheat and oats not sown,
strong position in its rear on the Sofia no fal1 P !ow \ n S S oi "2 on > ,n sholt ’ e L'
road. The Russians have fruitlessly er y th!n « ue & lected / or cotto °- ^ain,
beaten against the formidable half . there is another and greater loss attend-
moon earthworks in front of Plevna, in S ll whicb 18 sparable, and thatu-
and much human life has been wasted, the washing and running down of these
What Ghourko has now done should rollln S lands wh,ch are being ruined
have been accomplished some weeks M* P uttin ® them ,n cotton - Never " aa
ago. The only hope the Russians have a conntr y* and a fine f° untr y at ,hat ’
of taking Plevna soon is in cutting 0 ff »> rapidly be!n S rmned from tb ® f 1 *
the supplies from Roumelia. if ture of cotton. It is evident to all, but
Ghourko holds his position the Turks tbe cotton manla exists ’ and one m,ght
will lose Western Bulgaria, and then as well attempt to pitch straws against
the Russian occupation of Sofia, Tatar the wind as to attempt to conv.ce the
Bazardik and Philippopolis, in West-1 farmer3 that ‘bey are ruining them-
ern Roumelia, will iollow. selves > and tbeir lands also. Like all
«. manias, it will have its way and course.
A Philadelphia woman, striking I We see it announced in the Northern
against high wages for servants, writes: I as well as the Southern papers that the
“Eveu two dollars before the war was tide of emigration is beginning to turn
considered a high rate of wages which none I South. We hope it is so, for our bsau-
but very efficient and faithful housemaids I tiful and fertile country is in need of a
could command. A girl who received I class of farmers that understand and
one dollar and seventy-five cents was appreciate 1'diversified farming, and
lucky, while a dollar and a half and a save it from this wholesale’destruction,
dollar and a quarter were ordinary com-1 going on by planting so much cotton.
pensations. We must remember that if I Northern Georgia, by nature, is a grain, . , , . , ,
such wages seem a mere pittance they are grass and stock country, and it should I Clea ” U ** 1IS ' CI ° nS ji ln< cr '
not all by any means that a‘girl’receives be kept so. Before the introduction of an , e - * Jf ”???, 1 at * M cra "
for her hard work ; in addition she is commercial fertilizers but little cotton Sad ® a 8 tt,Dst tbe Di.trict don t pay
found in comfortable lodgings, good was planted in this section of country. I 1 designation oi bunon Cam-
board, days aud evenings ‘out,’ and many I It was noted for its fine and abundant 0 re P rfsen us a t e ourto t.. ames
other privileges whcneiier she shows even I crops of corn, wheat oats, its grasses, 18 given 18 P° ‘Benins a severe urn,
an inclination to serve her mistress well. I and fine horses, cattle, sheep and hogs ecoocrats rcsist t at it is a sop t rown
She has no reeponsility, no anxiety be- -it was a bountiful country; the peo-1 P^te radical Repubhcans,who have
yo:<d looking after the safety of her sav- I pie lived abundantly and comfortably. I ce ) n ^ *? a e 1 " 11186 V6S e since t e
ing fund hook and deciding to the mo- None were millionaires, but all were I meetln g ° _ ongress. u ot er wor e-
meritous que-tiuii of‘what to wear,’ as independent and good livers, and liv-. . ... .. . , .
the changing seasons demand a change ing within their means, and living off cl ia r1,6 0r ,. lat a irection o is
in the fashion and texture of her gar- their own products—they knew nothing j °' vn P ar _y> ' v Ic * rea ene o -e
nients. s he often has her spring bonnet 1 about depending upon the cribs and j _ ’ts m its teet . course t eo
bought and half worn out ere here mis- smoke-houses of Illinois and Missouri, mers^re p ease , an asen e it tot eir
tress, with many demands on her pocket, their own farms supplied them with all I v, f° rous P ro _
has dared to thiuk whether she can af-1 they wanted and needed ; they were ester, ay s a met session was a -
ford one.” | then a rich and happy people; their “ oit d ^ oted to the re P° rt ®f
farms were being kept fertile and pro- ° en - ° rd and the communication of
send UP delegates. I ductive by diversified crops. Now, I Gov. Hubbard touching affairs on our
There was a pretty fair attendance at I how changed is everything t>y subsit j at ; , th ° point "raised*
the county convention last Saturday, aud | tuting cotton in the place of the^v ^ ^ ^ be ( ,^ d al the
Saturday, in order to have a fuller repre-1 worn ard exhausted is becoming this g
sentation. They agreed by resolution to once fertile country under this system I Washington, Oct. 26, 1S77.
urge the appointment of delegates °f cotton planting, that does not even The defeat of Ten Broeck at the Pirn
from all the disticta. compensate one in money for all his Kco races> Ballimorei or ?ome other de .
We predict we will have a respectable labor- Ma y w e not safely say the broad presp ; pg cause> pIaced s0 many of Qur
convention and good nominations on that r °ad to destruction is the road we are i eg i s i ator3 l, ors ( e ) du combat that they
da f v- , ^ v I in ? re P eat ‘ we trU3t tbat the Ud * were unequal to further legislation d„-
Let the Democ rats then in each Dis- of Northern em.grat.on lias turned ring ^ , mlance of the woefe and when
tnct meet on some day before Saturday Southward, and if so, and should they th(jy adj( , urned it was to meet at 12 Jf
at the court ground of the district and settle in this beautiful country, they I t Mond Mr _ evidentlv
choose ten men, aud empower them with will soon have its hills and valleys I w ^ an(J could not t h f s
full authority to act for the party at the once again luxur.ant w.th grain and committee3 in shane , 0 announce be-
county convention which meets in the I gras3i an d f, ne cattle, sheep and hogs I f ore * t hat time. It is generally agreed
City Hall at 12. o’clock, noon, next Sat- pastured on their farms. We do not that Fernando Wood will go to the
ur day. mean to say that the Southern farmers hea d 0 f the Ways and Means Commit-
If no other day has been appointed in are wanting in intelligence and capaci- tee> and the quid nunC3 to other
any district, we would suggest Friday ty to bring about this needed change in comm i ttee? ^ f 0 i lows: Cox, Chairman
evening. Go out then, Democrats, give our system of agriculture. They have of Banking and Currency; Singleton,
a little time to the party and as a conse- the intelligence, energy and capacity of chairman of Printing; and it is asserted
ouenee t„ the ,-nnntrv the Northern farmers to bring it about, that Garfield will relieve Hale on Ap-
, bnt what they are lacking in is the will propriations, the latter going to the
The Republicans in Washington are t0 do g0 . They are blinded with cot- Committee on Ways and Means,
perspiring wrath at every pore, says | toDi tbe ir faith is strong in it, which is | i t 5s assumed that the President must
VB r A3iiiaifi.oa Carre ssondence.
Washington, Out. 24,1877.
The Washington monument is aga’n
in the ascendency. The Military Com
mission appointed to test the foundations
with a view to its completion, or an
abandonment of the work, and which
reported that there was a deflection of
more than eight inches from the per
pendicular, and hence that it was not
safe to impose additional weight, has
beeu brought to acknowledge that there
war a mistake made in the stone taken
im the bench mark; that consequently
the conclusions arrived at by figuring
from such an erroneous basis are worth
less and that they have no means of
proving or disproving its perpendicu
larity. They advise surrounding the
foundation by a circular wall, as de
tailed in a former letter; but the Presi
dent, who has taken great interest in
its completion, believes it wholly un
necessary, and is supported in his
opinion by many competent engineers
it is stated; and a determined move
ment is being organized to resume
work on it according to the original
plan with the unexpended balance ap
propriated by Congress last year.
Any one at all acquainted with the
one hundred Washingtonians selected
at a meeting held for that purpose, to
memorialize Congress relative to Dis
trict affairs, and to urge among other
things asked, that the relations between
it and the Government be definitely
fixed, recognize the absurdly false state
ments of the Baltimore Gazette’s Wash
ington correspondent in intimating that
they represent the old “District Ring”
reorganized for another raid on the
Treasury, and to further deplete the
pockets of the tax-payers. The fact is,
the District is practically bankrupt.
Without any of the resources of large
commercial cities, we have a debt that
reaches uncomfortably near 830,000,-
000. Property is in danger of confis
cation; and many of the men compos
ing said committee were the determin
ed opponents of the Board of Public
Works from fi^st to last. The names
of such men as W. W. Corcoran and
Geo. W. Riggs on the committee suffi-
Electoral Commission.
GEORGIA GLIMPSES.
One of the attendant evils of Demo
cratic conventions from “time imme
morial,” has been the bickerings, con
tentions and strife of factions represent
ing different men or opposing policies.
In the “good old days,” when the party
and all of us were younger, the Whigs,
the American party, the Opposition,
used to laugh at the “caterwauling,” as
they termed it, in the Democratic |
ranks.
It is better to have these dissensions
in the party to end with a convention,
and not leave these same determined,
go-ahead spirits to go out and tell tales
out of school, and put themselves under
obligations to the opponents of the
party in order to get a little present
help.
When Democrats take interest enough
in the party to attend conventions, and
have a regular hard tussle in order to
secure the nomination of particular
men, it generally results in the acqui
escence of all, and a full vote of the
party.
Then come out next Saturday, and if
you have a friend you want to have
nominated, work for him, talk for him,
and vote for him, and if you do not get
him, stand by the nominee, and in this
way frown down scrub races, with their
demoralizing effect upon the party.
The Washington correpondent of the
New York Tribune lets out, in these few
words, the true inwardness of Radical
hostility to Hayes: “Many of the old
members, accustomed to the spoils sys
tem, are at alo33 to know how they are
going to keep their places without it,
and many of the new ones come here
with debts in the way of promises of offi
ce which they can not pay. When
they discovered that they can not dis
pose at their pleasure, of the Federal
appointments in districts, they begin to
lament the downfall of the Republican
party.”
the Griffin Sun because Hayes receiy- the re9nlt 0 f habit, and not having been be somewhat grieved, and unless sure
ed Toombs, of Georgia, at the White accua t omed to deal in grain, grass and j 0 f h i a position, dismayed as well, over
House the other day with the utmost atock ag market crops, and not appre- vote 0 f the Senate authorizing the
cordiality, while several loyal gen-1 ciating the importance of Keeping up I Committee on Privileges and Elections
tlemen were dancing attendance in the the fertil i t y and value of their farms by to gend for person8 and papers in the
ante-room.^ For this did we get up the | diversified crops. In a word, our sys- case 0 f Spofford and Kellogg a? in one
tern of farming is misapplied, and one Lenss, it reopens the whole matter
not calculated to build up our indiyid- sought to be settled bv the withdrawal
ual interests, or the welfare of our sec- 0 f the troops and the recognition of
Tiie South Georgia Conference -will tlon °( countr y- proof of it is, we I Nichols. The vote is generally accept-
convene in Talbottou on the 12th of annuall y see all the money paid ns for ed ^ favorable to the final admission
December. cotton g0 North for bread > meat > horse3 ’ of Kellogg: and it is difficult to see how
mi p i, f • o a r r • mides and other supplies that we can the precedent thus established cau be
The Presbyterian Synod of Georgia, I and should ra ; Be Son th. Now, this vast i gQOr ' ed i n settling the hash between
comprising delegates of ministers and amoun t of money, amounting to mil- Corbin and Butler.
‘ I0 !“ >e p rc%tenan churches lions of dollar3( w hich annually goes It is felt felt that Senator M-tthews
in Georgia and LM Florida, com- to North, which we should keep made a serious mistake in losing his
menees in Columbus on Thursday, the ourselves, is but impoverishing the temper over the statement of the Graph-
loth of November. I South; for what we get for it is but I ic’s correspondent, and in denouncing
j A young man named Speck Majors, perishable property, it is speedily lost, him as “a scoundrel and a liar,” on the
the son of Mr. David Majors, of Web- it is not an investment paying us any- fl oor 0 f th e Senate. The gist of the
ster county, in an unfortunate alterca- thing; hence, it ennehes the North and charge was that Mr. Matthews on be-
tion with a negro named Aaron Majors, impoverishes the South, and all for the j ng invited to act as one of the Repub-
killed him. The account of the affair reason that the Southern farmer raises i; can counsel before the Electoral Com
as published indicates that the killing all cotton and neglects to raise his food mission, brought his whole family to
was done in self-defense. supplies, or his horses and mules. Wormley’s hotel, where he ordered the
Richmond county Democrats held a I Now, if we changed our system, and I beat suite of rooms, had bis family out
primary election last Saturday to nom-1 raised our food supplies, as well as our | to ride every day, fated sumptuously,
inate candidates for the Legislature, j kol3e s and mules, our cotton surplus I ga ve wine dinners and champagne sup-
Thev had v. quiet day and a large vote. I con i d P u ^ * n i° factories in our own I pcra to a large circle of politicians, af-
Messrs. H. G. Wright and Georze R. I country and keep our weclth among ns I ter the need of economy had been en-
Sibley, of tbe city, Augusta, aud Mr. L. I a=d build up the South. What do we I forced by Mr. Chandler’s promise that
D. Duval, of the county, were nomi-1 now see ? Even the few factories that the Republican National Committee
nated. L. B. Cumming got nearly the I we have South are doing so well that j would make itself responsible for # his
entire vote for Senator. | Northern manufacturers are saying that I expenses, though its treasury was ex-
the manufactories must be carried to I hausted. Mr. Matthews states that he
, - , , . ., ... , , ,, ... where the cotton is produced. They offered to pay his own bills, but that
of GemGrant to LeaLington'! whereThe ° Ut ° a " not COme ia f c ° m ' Wormly declined receiving it, on the
the civic authorities wished to tender petlon w . the Sout “crn manufactur- gronn d that he had been instructed to
our expresident the now hackneyed eTS- There is no disputing it, the South I provide liberally for him by Mr. Chan-
honor of a reception, but the councillors is a great country, but few of its re- d i er and that after his return home he
objected to voting an appropriation for sourceshaveyetbeen developed, and that rece |ve d a bill amounting to nearly
The^Mayor^hereupon^ve'the bamprat I ^ ^ Ce ’ cotton and 8U Bar cr °Wh SSOoJwhich the committee^declined to
at his private cost, and judging that I. other v ^ at resources are now just be-1 p a y f because it was contracted after his
since he paid for the entertainment he 1 1U S ascertained, and the day is not far I (Matthews’) engagement had termi-
might consult his own pleasure in se- I distant when a tide of immigration will I with the vote that made Mr
Unf ^ b bJ Of fl0 ^. the SoUth ’ 88 il has flood , ed 01086 Hayes President; that he forwarded the
shipful councillors thought this was I v ' cln ^ e8 of tb ® lVesk Heretoiore, our amonn t, which was retarne l with the
carrying the thing too far—pushing I countr y becn unknown to foreign-1 explanation that the committee bad re-
economy, indeed, to the very point of er8 > 8nd even to our Northern country-1 considered the matter and settled the
meanness; and the consequence was a men. It is a country entirely new to w h 0 le bill. Mr. McCormick is said to
great municipal quarrel, which broke I them, and just being found out, but it I confirm this portion of the statement.
out in the public meetings of the cor- w illsoon be known and appreciated; Knox.
poration and got into all newspapers. I , ., ... ,. * ’ — —
The Mayor, however, seems to have had and tbey 7 ld 601116 and . ett amon £ An old bachelor said he once fell in
the last word, when he informed the I best investments I love with a young lady, but abandoned
angry councillors that “the General I South are in lands, and in good water-1 all idea of marrying her when he found
was not accnstomed to be exhibited.at I power, they will soon be in demand. that she and all her family were op
feeding time at so much per head.” I D. I posed to it
Adjourned for the Baces
The House of Representatives ad
journed the other day, really for the
purpose of attending the races at Bal
timore, and the Senate was ready to do
so, but the races were postponed. This
is a scrap from the Washington lette r
of the New York Herald’s correspon
dent upon the subject:
What mu’t now naturally be their
surprise to learn that the resolution of
adjournment was the suggestion of both
Democrats and Republicans, and was
designed to give the members on op
portunity of witnessing the great con
test between the rival horses of the East
and South. The conversation in the
Senate Chamber was even more hilari
ous than on the floor of the House. Im
agine the grave and dry chairman of
the Judiciary Committee, Judge Ed
munds, of Vermont, searching for a
Senator with whom he could pair to
morrow, that he might go to Baltimore
on some private business, and when he
found the Senator who would pair with
him expressing surprise that so many
Senators had business in Baltimore
the same day. It was jocularly re
marked that it was election day, and
the Senate was going to colonize votes.
Mr. Cox, of New York, said he had
been invited to go over and help sup
port Dr. Mudd, one of the candidates
for the Maryland Legislature, and he
was inclined to go over, but not for that
purpose, however, because the politi
cians would be sure to throw mud at
him in after years. Like Senator Ed
munds, he had a little business which
he wanted to transact A member of
the Senate Judiciary Committee was
appealed to not to report the nomina
tion of Gen. Harlan for Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court
“What,” exclaimed the Senator,
“transact business while Tom Ochil
tree is trying to beat Tenbroeck! What
are you thinking about ?”
The friend of the General merely re
plied :
“I have a little business in Baltimore
to-morrow, and I don’t want to be ab
sent when his name is reported.”
“Rest easy on that subject, I am look
ing for a pair,” said the Senator with
the red bandana, “that I too may at
tend to similar business. It is aston
ishing how many Senators have busi
ness in Baltimore.”
Senator Cameron had his special car
not only stocked with refreshments,
but it was to be switched on to the
Northern Central line and run close to
the race track.
Congress.
Washington, October 25.—In the
bouse the Colorado discussion was re
sumed after the reading of the journal.
The case was finally disposed of on a
party vote by the reference of" all papers
to the committee on elections.
The committee upon privileges and
elections have decided to go into the
merits of Spofford against Kellogg. This
involves, it is understood, a full rehear
ing of the dreary story.
Secretary' Sherman is quoted as saying
that the President will immediately send
King’s name to the Senate as collector of
customs at New Orleans.
The adjournment of the SeDale to Mon
day i3 confirmatory of the determination
of Republican not to actoa nominations
till an understanding is reached with the
executive.
It appears that Evarts said to Don
Cameron that the English mission should
go to Pennsylvania, and asked him to
name the man, ilic achomc being that he
should name MacVeigh. Don, however,
having his father in view referred the
matter to the Pennsylvania delegation *
and they selected Simon. The selection
does not appear to be agreeable to Mr.
Hayes.
The impression is becoming oppressive
that the Senate will not seat cither Spof
ford or Eustis. Some Republicans, not
wishing ro have Kellogz and Pincbbaek
thrust down their throats, favor allowing
Louisiana to have her sober second
thought. It is not beyond a possibility
that the question will be postponed until
the people elect a new legislature. It is
asserted, however, with some positivene33,
that the majority report of the committee
will follow what Morton had outlined,
which, if adopted, seals Kellogg. The
temptation to make the worse appear the
better reason is great, a3 party ascenden
cy in the Ssnate for at least three years
depends upon the result
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The outrage upon the people of this
State committed by the House of Rep
resentatives in seating Cain and Rain
ey, instead of the rightful Representa
tives—Messrs. O’Connor and Richard
son—is a deep mortification to all true
Carolinians and their friends through-
ut the Union, as it is a painful indica
tion of the cowed spirit and want of
organization of the National Democ ra
cy. Prima facie the certificates of Gov.
Hampton’s Secretary of State were at
least as good as those of Chamberlain’s
Secretary, and the only consistent
cour e for tbe party that had insisted
on the acknowledgment of the Hamp
ton Government, was to refer both cer
tificates to the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections. If both seats of
contestants had been white men, it is
probable that this course would hare
been adopted; but as the Reoublican
claimants were negroes, the Northern
^Democrats were ridiculously nervous
in dealing with their pretensions, and
there were even found Southern Demo
crats weak enough to have songht to
gain credit for a liberal spirit by cham
pioning the cause of the would-be ne
gro Congressmen. Honorable excep
tions to this remark were Messrs. Cox,
of New York, and Harris, of Virginia,
who battled nobly forjthe righh H the
latter gentleman should be retained as
chairman of the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections, the contest will
probably be referred back to the peo
ple of the disputed districts, and all
may yet be well.—Charleston Neies.
Washington, Oct 27. Tho Republi
can, in an article on tbe duty of the
Senate, among other bitter things, says:
“We should regard it as palpable dere
liction of duty on their parts if they
should yield their approval to a pro3
ctiplive line of policy that removes ca
pable aud honest Republicans from of
fice andplace8intheirsteadtbeenemiea
of Repnqlicanism, or Republicans who
are not their peers in any regard.”
In a separate paragraph the paper
says: “The fact has leaked out that
Fitzsimmons, the Democrat who has
been appointed Marshal of Georgia, is
a nephew of Wade Hampton and that
his appointment was asked by the South
Carolina Governor. Perhaps Mr. Hamp
ton will be jcalled upon to suggest a
name for tbe English mission.”
The extracts are telegraphed as an
indication of the feeling which animates
the wing of the Radical party of which
the Republican is the organ.
A man whose manner did cot indi
cate insanity ordered a steak in a Sac
ramento restaurant. He deliberately
cat off a piece of the meat fonr inches
by two in size, and tried to swallow it
whole. It stuck in his threat and
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together with *11 tbe stook, male*. pl»° I
supplies, farming cools, machinery,
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xir*r, 10 miles below Rome Tbrro
house and blacksmith shop on the pl*"**^
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and stables, all in good condition. Tner*
good wells on the place, and tke Coo**
forms the boundary of the la r d for *"**01
mile. The orchard* of apple* *»d P®** I
among the very b«*t in North Georgia. ■
Jng many of the beat rarietia* of tbese ^ I
I have determined to move to *«•***
willing to sell tbi* property *t * V nrt 1
present hard time* and cireomsMnew* ■
■ell for half cash and the balance in
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Y STOCK OF MILLINERY axd NOTIONS
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BANK NOTICE-
Treasury DirAaTJU**.
OrncE or Coiiftrollir or tbi Cu»»
Washixctox, August 22,
W HEREAS. BY BATtBFACTOW . j,
DENCE preaented to the ■riffE y,
ha, been made to appear tbat TM ' (> ia
tional Bank of Rome," in tho ally yi
tbe county of Floyd and State ol
plied wtth all tbe proviaioni of to M [.
complied wan att me provtaw". — - .i
Statute! of lb. United Statu requ"*!,, _
complied with before an aaarnaUofl
authorised to commence the baaio*** 0 '
Now, therefore, X, John S. ^ilf
Comptroller of tbe Currency, do
that «■ The Firat National Bank of 1W— < ^
city of Rome, in tbe eoonty ot Fiof ^ i,sl
ot Georgia, i, anthorired *?**“ m SLt»alSW)
ness of Banking, ** provided ia w* zirtri
one hundred and lixty-nioe, of
Statute* of the United State,. kaait”
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