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ESTABLISHED nST 1843.
lation^ in Cherokee Gteorglaf and is the Sestad-1® 13168 Senator frona South Carolina. I j a y S jj e bave 5100,000,000 to re-1 have examined and the following dockets
THE COURIER has t
„ fill on in Cherokee Gec_„ ,
vcrtislng medium in this section.
H. DWjlMXL, Proprietor.
Wednesday Morning, Jan. it),1878
Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, is re
ported dangerously ill of iever.
With Sharon and Patterson absent,
the United States Senate stands Repub
licans 37, Democrats 36, and David
Davis.
The case of the State vs. ex-Gov. Ru
us B. Bullock, in Pulton Superior
Court, has resulted in a verdict of not
gniltv.
Patterson, Senator from South Caro
lina, being too unwell to sit in Congress,
has gone home, somewhere up North,
. to recuperate,
The Kentucky Legislature has failed
to elect a United Stafes Senator so far.
It is necfe and neck between Lindsay
and Williams.
Queen Victoria has just established
the “Imperial order of the crown of In
dia,” the'honors and decorations of which
are for ladies only.
Congress meets to-day. Now look out
for a hot contest between Blaine and
Conkling for the ringmaster’s place in
the Radical menagerie.
Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, died
at Rome last Wednesday evening. His
son, Prince Humbert, was proclaimed
King the same evening.
A new graveyard was opened in a Col
orado town on the first of January, and
before night accommodated five gentle
| men who had died suddenly with their
boots on.
Dispatches from Paris report the
success of the Republicans, with con
siderable gains, at the triennial munici
pal elections held on Sunday last
thoughcut the country.
The Kentucky Legislature was ballot
ing for United S'ates Senator at last ac
count. The .first joint ballot resulted as
I follows: Williams 50, Lindsey 49, Mc-
Creery 24, Boyd, rep., 24.
Atlanta was covered all over with ice
I yesterday morning. A gentleman who
I left there yesterday morning says there
were several accidents from falling on
the ice, one or two quite serious.
Elaborate preparations are making
I at Columbus to give “Uncle Dick Bis
1 hop” Democratic governor-elect of Ohir
I a goood “send off” on the occasion of
I his inauguration on Monday next.
Advices from Mexico state that the
I steamship City of New York, leaving
I for the United States, carried with her
|S100,000 of Mexican indemnity mon»y.
I Look out for a scramble in the Court
I of Claims.
A War Reminiscence.
On the night of the 1st instant the
citizens cf Augusta, Ga., tendered e
banquet to Gen. M. C. Butler, United
Senator Oglesby in a recent speech
| at Decatur, HL, said: “I think ihtTj
ver bill will pass. I think the reaump-1
[ turn repeal bill will pass. I don’t think
we can resume in a year.. Sherman
in tbiu county. This we have been una
ble to do, as the tax collector has not
at our disporal a separate list of
:-payere.
Your committee on Justice Records
| sume with in a year, but that won’t pay
An address of welcome was delivered
by Judge Claiborne Snead. Along I off ^h ree hundred’an'd _ fifty“minion8 oi
with and appropriate to the chroni- greenbacbB . and what would ^ ^ n8 ,
cleing of this pleasant re-umon. the fol- I jp it wonld? Tne onl coaree lef ,
lowing letter from Gen. A R. Wright, woald be to take ^ np in fonr p „
now deceased, is pubhshed in the An- L ent> bondg . an d I swear by Almighti
gusta Chronicle and Confcitutionalst, God Jnl never do it , Tfle debl itj our
and. we gladly republish it in appre- own . we ^ boldit . we ghallviolate n ,
cation of the honor and courage of both faith xhe greenback is not a mere bit
the living and the dead. The Chroni- of it ^ ^ m of this
'cle and Cons',lutionnhst says: We f 1
( Continued from first page.)
hr port of Board of Health.
Rome, Ga., Jan. 7,1878.
7b Bon. T. W. Alexander, Mayor, and
Members of City Council:
Gentlemen—Daring the year 1877
we have bad continued good health in
the city. We have had some few cases
of typhoid fever in the sontbeast por-1 s -
tion of the city, caused, probably, by
publish in the Chronicle and Connitu-
and I want fonr hundred millions right
. . . now, with a view of increasing them
tiona tst this morning a communion-1 un yj they become the only paper cur-1 which are gotten upin such form as meets
tion w tc we ee assured will be of J rency _ j hope we have Seen the worst I our unqualified approval,
interest to t e citizen so diery of the I t bege dark daya . y or ^ the clouds There being a special Jury taken from
State, ac e-speem y to those who I mUB t B00E jjft from this earth, so must our body, we have been prevented from
served in Wrights Brigade during the I t hig depression lift from this people—I making a more thorough examinatioo
late war. It is a letter written by the 1 1
commander of that organization to Gen
from all this country.” It will be per-1 into the county affairs.
. . ceived that Oglesby is a rip-roaring fol-1 We tender onr thanks to the Solicitor
Lee a Adjutant-GeMral requesting the , QWer of , he John Sherman of 1S68,1 and His Honor, Judge Underwood, for
promotion o Co . Claiborne Snead lor I wbo deo i ared that a bond-holder who I courtesies extended, and recommend the
is 8 i and e ciency as an officer and | won i d no t b e paid in the same money publication of these presentments in the
he paid for his bonds (greenbacks) was I city papers, they not charging more
repudiator and extortioner to de-1 two dollars and a half each for the same,
mand money more valuable than he I Respectfully submitted,
gave.” _ I Terrence McGuire, Foreman; Ben
jaooin V. Arnold, Henry A. J. Beard,
or cleansed as the case required. We I S
think we have one of the healthiest I s
cities in the Union, and if kept wellI z
I cleansed and drained there is no local I “
''cause for sickness. I fe
As onr body is about to dissolve and IM.
for his gallantry as a soldier in the
field. Long after Gen. Wright’s death
a copy of the letter was accidentally
found among his papers and furnished
to the gentleman to whom it referred.
A friend of his now gives it to the pub
lic. It is with pleasure that we re-pro
duce so handsome a tribute so well
One of the leading Republican pa- Henry T.Bradahaw, Warren W. Bridges,
pere of Paris has called lor the re- William A. Buffington, J. A. Franks
m °val of the present commanders of jg^e c. Hanson, Foster Harper, Benja-
deserved. We are glad to see, too, the the several army corps because they m i n Landrum, Winfield S. Lanadale
warm interest which the Southern peo- are not Republicans. The French ar- Barnett Leake, James B. Lumpkin.’
ive place to another, I feel that it is I ^
ue to them and the officers to say that I ®
Q tbe I have bad no cause for any unkind I ~
than' feelin 6 any of them, and hope 11 ®
have not said or done anything to cause 1 s
any uukindness toward myself, and in
the clo6e of onr labors leave with a
sincere desire for the future welfare
and happiness of each. Respectfully,
Wm. West, Chm’n.
pie take in all matters relating to the m y has always been one of the moei j aco b C. Moore’ Henry C. Norton, Davis
lecent war. The so.diers who fought | important factors of the domestic pol- s. Orndorff, Joseph L. Pearce, Smith B.
in that great struggle won honor alone itica of the nation, and the plaything— Sale, John W. Turner, Andrew J. Wat
and it is eminently fit that their heroic J though fatally dangerous at times—of I tere> James P. Winkle,
deeds should not be allowed to sink politicians and demagogues. It wil> Ordered that the within presentments
into oblivion: so continue as long as its numerical 0 f t h e Grand Jury be published in ac-
Headquarters Wright’s Brigade, 1 I strength is great enough to make I C0r dan C e with the recommendation there-
i ,,r tt rp , Ap . n ; ,, P ossible its use as a menace to the na- ln> and that tiia pu blUhers he paid as
Col. W. H. Taylor, A. A. and I. Gen 11 tlon . Herein is found one of the great- therein recommended. This 12th day
„ r . , , r „ , 1 est objections to a large military estab 0 f J anU arv. 1878
Colonel—I beg leave respectfully to I i,- = i, m „„ f • e . -JL . - , I « umuuurj,
call the attention of the Commanding 1,shment ln a free country in times ot J. W. H. Underwood,
General to the very gallant and men- P eace - Sala11 and comparatively in J. S. C. R. C.
torioua conduct of the following officers I significant though the army of the Uui- J Entered on minutes of Court No. 15
and men of the Third Georgia Regi-1 ted States has been, since the close oi
ment and ask for a recommendation of I the war, for years it was used by un-
their promotion under act of Congress
approved February last: b scrupulous ptlutctans as a machine t
On the 19th of April, 1862, when sev- L serv « the most disreputable party ends.
en companies of the Third Georgia I -* *■
Regiment were engaging two brigades I The outspoken utterances of Governor
of the enemy under Gen. Reno and Col. Holliday, of Virginia, on the question
Hawkins, at South Mills, N. C., Captain 1 1 6 M
(then Lieutenant) Claiborne Snead,
commanding Company G, Third Geor
j page 213. Jar nary 12, 1878.
A. E. Ross. Clerk S. C. F. C.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Proceedings of tbe City ConncU.
Rome, Ga., Jan. 10,1878.
Council met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present, his Honor the Maycrj Al-
of the public debt, leads the Richmond
Dispatch to say that it is mere hypocrisy
aia Regiment, under my orders, led his I to say that Virginia cannot pay her debt,
men through a terrible fire and gained I It adds that she is amongst the least I dermen: ’ Clements, Dailey, Noble,
“ position on the left, which enabled taxed of the StateS) and that her meaas Seay and Williamson.
o re pu se tne enemy an win t e j and ability are constantly increasing. j The minutes of the la3t meeting were
read and confirmed.
Hon. Jas. Gilfillan, Treasurer of the | On motiou of Alderman Williamson
day
At Malvern Hill, on the 1st of July,
1862, Captain (then Lieutenant) Clai
borne Snead, commanding Company
Third Georgia Regiment, acted in
the most gallant and heroic_manner in
checking a retreat which came near
United States, has our thanks for a I the bond of the clerk, VV. W. Seay, for
pamphlet copy of his report to the Secre- L 5,000, was accepted. Also tbe bond
tary of the Treasury for the fiscal year of Jas E Mullens, city sexton, for $300;
amounting to a panic in a part of my I ending June 30,1877. I also of the treasurer, C. M. Fort, for
own and a part -of Gen Armistead’s I — w I $10,000; of the marshal, for $1,000, ac-
brigade. On this occasion Capt. Snead I The Louisville Courier-Journal treat- cepted.
exposed himself m the most courageous ed itg readera to an gjghty-column pa- On motion of Alderman Clements
manner, imparting confidence and firm
ness to the men and greatly assisting
restoring order in the troops. In
this effort C .pt. Saead was seriously
wounded, and did not rejoin his com
mand until the morning of tbe battle
per in its first issue for 1878.
Grand Jury Presentments.
The Democratic members af the Ohio
[Legislature met in caucus Thursday
| night and nominated George H Pendle-
1 ton for Senator. This assures his elec
|tion, as the Democrats have a good
[working majority.
We, the Grand Jury chosen and sworn
of Sharpsburg, in which action he bore I for the first week of the January Term,
a conspicuous and gallant part, but be- 1878 make the following report:
mg wounded myself early in the en-1 nr L lt .
gagement his conduct, did not come We have - thro i a8 i tl appropriate com-
under my personal observation. I mi ttees, examined the books and records
At Cnanceilorsville, on Sunday morn- of the various officers of the county, and I , T”
ing, Capt. Snead led the charge of the find them, so far as we can judge, correct, folloWln S 8tandln S COmmltteeS for the
Third Georgia Regiment, and was the t those of the sheriff and tax col . y ear '
first to enter the enemy s works. His , * . , . . . 1
conduct on this occasion inspired the lector - who ’ throu g h circumstances be-
the Committee on Room were ins'rnct-
ed to secure the room of Jack King,
over the Express office, for use of Coun
cil, it being considered tbe most con
venient to the largest number of busi
ness men.
On motion Alderman J. G. Dailey
was unanimously elected Mayor, pro
tem. The Mayor then announced the
some miasma generated in that section. I £
Dr. Farrell, City Physician, with Dr. ■
W. D. Hoyt and myself visited all that
829th District, Wm. J. Howard.
923rd District, J. B. Espey.
949th District, J. P. Earle.
1059th District, T. C. Hampton.
1059th District. A. D. Hardin.
1120th District, J. P. Ayers.
1048th District, T. J. McClain.
1048th District, M. E. Davis.
924th District, S. H. Kyle.
1120ih District, G. D. Anderson.
We recommend tbe Justices of the
Peace to procure dockets of T. J. Perryhog pens in other parts of I 3
the city- We made a note of all such '
places and gave to the City Marshal.
portion of the city where we thought I s
causes might exist to produce disease. 1 “
We found nothing except in the flats
behind the lots of Major Samuel, CoL
Branham and Mr. H. H. Smith. There
were some filthy drains and sewers, | §
■ .with orders to have the same abated I =
Report ot Finance Committee.
Rome, Ga., Dec. 31,1877.
To the Honorable Mayor and Count'd:
Gentlemen—Your Finance Com
mittee having examined the books of I ®
the Clerk and Treasurer for the year I «
1877, find them correc*. For a detail- 1 a
ed statement of the financial condition
of the city we refer yon to the reports
of these officers. Respectfully submit
ted, J. W. Bones, Chm’n.
Report of the Clerk of Council.
Rome, Da., Dec. 31,1877.
7b the Honorable Mayor and Council:
_ Gentlemen—In submitting my an-1 8
nual report of the receipts and audited I §.
accounts for the year 1877,1 desire to | g
call your attention to the following
recfitclation:
(Jlaims audited for current
expen8e8for 1877 $15,732.00
Claims audited for bond eet-
Mlement
Claims audited for 1869
“ “ 1873
“ “ 1875
“ 1876.
2,570.34,
120.12 &
2,228.70 Is
446.141 S
Total $21,347.231
Respectfully submitted,
J. F. Shankltn, Clk.
to a cost of about $1,200, outside of the
work done by the regular street hands.
We have endeavored, wherever there
was any considerable amount of work
to be_done, to have it done in as sub
stannal a manner as possible. By
reference to the itemized account be
low will tie seen the whole cost of the
streets for 1877:
Labor
Corn, fodder, hay, etc
Hardware
Hire of mules —Jr
Purchase of mnles-
$1.347 73
Street overeeer
Repairing bamessi-L.-—
B 'ackamithiug _J ....
Lumber
Freight and dray age
Laying water-pipe to stable—
Cinde.s
Harvey ing —
Brick and laying brick sewers.
Rock work :
Sew- r under Rome U. R.track
Pavements around Baptist and
Pr-sbyterian churches
Shade trees rzu:
19329
6913
2250
125 00
29667
10.75
15385
343.84
4320
4221
13.75
15.00
85.93
287.94
800
$3,508.28
Tbe streets, alleys, crossings, etc., are
at present in very good condition, and
we believe that if a system of perma
nent woik was adopted, in a few years
onr principal streets wonid require very
little work.
Tbe city males and carts are in good
condition. The mule purchased we
intended t > have sold daring the fail,
but failing to ret an offer fur it which
wa felt justified in accepting, did not
selL Respectfully submitted,
J C. Rawlins, Chm’n,
F. Woodruff,
R. S. Norton.
In the
^ SiLSsS**-.
An Alpine Avalanche.
tonnsts.wbiJevieitingt^iw \
with great diffic aitT , o a , f 8 * cl, ®oe f
snow-covered pHtea’u |n ¥
tAin a Kn»tn. — . > ^ ord»*r to
a better view of s„;o— - -» -
contrast the beautv ait"”"
midsummer below
andstori^„Tr id S‘ he ^ku f S
above them. T ■ lr,ler * r «>unH
Tn . i , * r °Qna ai
moist snow ; n io V* 1 *' ?l
crowded it over it
In falling it struck sobers , w
immediately g a » e „„„ "°f’ whl > -
avalanche wss tearing,“ , d h 8000 r
tain side, burying n the mou jO 1
snow became ih, F
avalanche, so the hackin
sore throat and wi
speedily develops into u , ^ *f tK
strover, consnn...,.'? V. dread i
stroyer, consumptiuD.
391-74 W Dr. Sage’s Ca.arrh
57.75 effect a cure, thou.-h _?■
— M cure, though ifth^bl^V.'
fected or _ u ne
of!
Treasurer’s Report.
j Jt J Oualtmey, Tnana-cr, in account via citu of
Some, Ga.
1877. Dr.
To cash B. H. West. Treuonr 119 4*
“ J.F. 8., Clerk, water rents ...™.. 3778 24
“ “ * lieenae — 8802 88
" “ f eemsSerj 708 St
realty ___ IlJtt «7
years. Inclosed find 81.50 for a con.* o)
of your Common Sense Medical xJ ’
iaer. Ever prat^fnllv
personalty M
street tax...
professions .
fine!
public building*™
auction sales «...
insurance
city weigher ^ H .
6882 52
784 03
235 00
178 75
2i0 50
11 lo
59 24
18 05
1877-
Cr.
630847 92
BespectftiHy submitted,
J. F. 8HANKLIN.
» Clerk of Council.
Rome, Ga., Jan. &A.1S78.
Report of Cemetery Committee.
Rome, Dec. 31,1877.
Tabulated statement or tbe ExpemeJAc-
Cennt of tbe City Government for tbe
year 1827. and previous years, tbowlng
the amount authorized to be paid tn each I To fa Mayor 'and City Gounod
rpartm-nt | ggj ow g nd m y rgpojt f or J 8 77_
Amount expended on Cemetery
|i||flif i fls!!
3 B 5 a - S ; * . erg 5
Zor" j: j:::*.*! 4
Mayor.
The Grand Duke Nicholas telegraph?
Ito the Czar that on the 9th inst. Gen
■Radetskey, after desperate fighting,
lea ptured a Turkish force consisting of
Iforty-one battalions, ten batteries and
lone regiment of cavalry.
Mr. L. J. Jenni-gs, in a London k i
lter to the New York World, renews tli
Irumor that Mr. James Gordon Bennett
[is about to commence the publication
lof a daily paper in that city, to be
Icalled tbe London Herald.
The Russians and Turks are talk!
lof an armistice for six weeks. Ti
|is virtually an end of the war, for when
two nations at war with each other go
Ifar enough to begin talk about peace,
Ithey are not likely to go to fighting
lagain.
troops and contributed largely to the
success of my brigade.
At Gettysburg he led his company
in advance of the brigide, and was the
first to gain tbe Emmetsburg road and
capture the enemy’s artillery at that
point; and, pressing on, charged the
enemy’s line posted behind the stone
fence, and if we had been strongly
supported would have held this posi
tion.
Captain Snead is an excellent drill
officer, and one of the best disciplina
rians in the service. Whether in camp,
on the march, or in battle, he is always
at his post and ready to render cheer
ful obedience to all orders from his su
perior officers. I, therefore, earnestly
recommend him for promotion to tbe
position of Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Third Georgia Regiment, in which a
vacancy exists by tbe recent recom
mendation of a mediqai board for the
retirement on the invalid corps
Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Nisbet on ac
count of disability from wounds.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance Committee—Jas. G. Dailey,
yond their control, have not been able to -p. J. Williamson, C. T. Clements.
make a full report to-us as required by
law.
We have examined the public build-1
Street Committee—Jas. Noble, J. G.
Dailey, Halsted Smith.
Waterworks Committee—T. J. Will-
ings, and find the Court House in a fair j an , son , J. J. Seay, Jas. Noble.
condition ; Jail out of repair and unsafe Fire Department Committee—J. J.
for keeping prisoners; we recom-1 g eay< Halsted Smith, T. J. William-
mend the building of a new jail at an | Bon ”
early a day as possible.
The Alms House buildings we- find ]
sufficient and in good condition; the |
Police Committee—C. T. Clemente,
J. G. Dailey, T. J. Williamson.
Printing Committee—T. J. William-
number of inmates are 32, and are prop- SUI1( j. j g eay , j q D a ji ey .
erly cared for.
Cemetery Committee — Halstead
From the report of the Board of Com- gmith, J ils . Noble. J. J. Seay,
missioned of Roads and Revenue we Board of Health—C. T. Clements,
find that the county has expended for Noble, Halsted Smith.'
the year 1877 on her poor, a total amount j
of $2671.16.
We find from the report o?
School Commissioner for the
year 1876, that he received
from all sources $3895 91
Paid out on proper vouchers— 3890 951
The resolution of the Ways and
iMeans committee in the House to go in-
|to a general investigation of all the de
partments ought to have the support of
[every honest member of the House, and
jwe think it will. Watch, and see if it
|does not.
The Philadelphia Times having
[heard that Wm. E. Chandler had his
[hat full of proofs that he was (lying
[to publish, says: “If he’ll just go on
[dying nobody will be likely to pro-
poke him to bring on his proofs ju 0 t
[to save his life.”
The Legislature of Wisconsin organ
ized on the 9th inst., the Senate electing
[Republican officers, but in the Assembly-
coalition of Democrats and green-
backers elected a greenbacker speaker
Rnd Democrats to the offices of clerk and
fcergeant-at-arms.
A Washington correspondent observes
that when the discovery was made, on
[he first of January, that the White
[louse hospitality did not include
liquors, most of the company, who
"tarried pocket-flasks, went out to the
lireen-house to see the flowers.
I am, very respectfully, your obedi
ent servant, A. R. Wright,
Brigadier General Commanding.
[History.)
Leaving a balance on hand—$ 4 96
Public Building Committee—Hal
sted Smith, J. G. Dailey, J. J. Sea
On motion, it was ordered that the
license for the present year be as fol
lows :
Two-horse drays, $25, payable quar
terly in advance.
One-horse drays, $15, payable qnar-
sAJLl
grounds .'.$555 55
Cash collected for lots and graves bib 25
Showing a balance of net over ex
penditure of $19.70.
There is due for lots and graves
for 1877 $ 74 00
There is doe for lots and graves
for 1876 40 50
And for the yearn previous to
1876 475 00
»;SS| Treuurer.
Pbyiicfan.
Water- Works
Engineer.
I Clock Keeper.
Shief Engineer
Fire Dept.
Fire
Department.
Bj cash paid on salary account 1
“ “ bond account
“ * water account ....
“ “ Fire Dept, acoonnt
" “ STreet account.....
“ “ current ezpen-e acct...
“ m ** cemetery account ..
“ “ “ local aerrice mount™
" “ “ printing arenunt.™™
" * u public building acct ™
“ “ “ g»* account _™
a u i. eatra police account.™
“ “ chanty account
“ Dodd judgment against city.™.
* miscellaneous, 1873.™™.™™..
Balance on hand..
! 6430 80
10181 28
228 24
2018 48
3804 88
1131 02
672*8
380 60
283 78
176 88
80 78
80 87
>16 20
16(8 80
583 50
1078 87
$38847 82
(1073 87
1878.
Jan. I.—To balance on hand...
E. E,
xaaoaxsDbK.
Paid on coupons in Janaary (520 00
Paid on salary 35 os
In cemetery fund is s to race of powder (75, and
an item' of (88 26 from 1876.
Rome, Ga., Jan. 1,1878.
To the Mayor and Council, Rome, Ga.:
Above please find my an rural report
for receipts and expenditures for the
year 1877.
Respectfully submitted,
R. J. Gwaltney, Tr. C. R.
Victor Emanuel's Death Bed.
On account of laying brick drains on
the main'avenue and raising the grade
_ and also a number of side drains there
51 has been more money needed than for
31 tbe previous year. As they were perma
nent improvements I thought best to mat e
x | them. Respectfully submitted,
R. S. Norton,
Chairman Cemetery Committee.
Rome, January 12,—King Humbert
has ordered the Italian court to go into
mourning for six moots. It m said
tocttd or impoverished it n, ast he '
nfierl and enriched hy Dr Pi!j? T
Golden M-dical Discovery a, H u I
fiver and bowels kept nclL tt he ‘
Pleasant Pmgauve Pellets. Many * rean
despaired of J,fe and had been
b y physicians and frie 0( j, mnl
owejbeir restoration to the above re j
Ely, Linn. Co, Iowa, M y 8 1877
Dr. Pierce. Buffalo, N Y : * ’ '
8111—1 waa prostrated son*'
dl wChleft 6 Wi ' b J' Vuro P 0 " u *' ^
^uEh thatoL n" 1 * £roa, ' Jeso ® ” ml
oonsnmption. I tried se veral remeffi^ 0
that are ad vertised to cure consuniD
tiou, but without obtaining any rHi?
or benefit Seeing your Golden Med 9
ical Discovery and Pleasant Pureatk, L™
Pellets adve,tned I concluded to J
hem and I found them to he all V. 1
you claim for them. My restoration* M
bas rerumned complete for over
Ever gratefully yours,
Jas-in C Bartholomew.
Nervous little Bob R. wag nearl, J ur
frightened into fits one day wbeu bans'- stn
ling old Parson Pew. in his hard, xm vs
smiling way, with a voice like thunder n A
asked him suddenly: n “
“Who made the world in six da-n nn
and rested the seventh 1 pis
“I did i” screamed the child, barstia« f ’
into tears, “but—I’ll—never—do sT- vt
any more!”
Poor Bob was bothered into asjma. , 1
ing to himself the formation^ m
verse, and told a sinless JlSmo"
blurt out a promise of future goouffl
dnet. v 7b0li
eir (
“Hold hard, I am Dick Turpio!’
cried one dark night not long ago to a _
gentlemen driving along a lonely eu- B P
bnrban road in London, a youth cfjto n
seventeen, as he sprang from the ditch
and seized the horse’s head. filled
“Glad to see you, for I am Inspector HR ,
Rowe, of V Division,” cried the gentie-B$ '
men, as be sprang from his carriage,
knocked down tbe astonished highwaj-
man and handcuffed him.
New Albany, Ind., has a boy wondfrl
in the way of musical talent. He is6|
years of age, and plays from memorj[
sixty-three distinct pieces of mus'c|
When two years and a half old he!
could" play a tuoe on the piano without|
missing a. note. Iu fact, his crviog|
was almost musical, he having a dis-j
like to discord.
Report of Sexton and Magazine Keeper#
Rome, Dec. 31.1877.
01 To His Honor fa Mayor and City Ooun
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
The latest news from Europe indi
cates a feeling of dissatisfaction on the
part of the Russians at tbe idea of a
cessation of hostilities. As yet there
have been no definite terms of an
arorstiee agreed upon, but the effect of
the initiatory steps toward an armistice
is to lessen the activity of the army,
and, if correctly reported, the Russian
army is desirous of marching on and
grasping the trimph they feel is near
at hand.
We would recommend that no tax be | terly in advance,
assessed in this county for school pur- Auctioneers, $50, payable quarterly
poses during the present year. in advance, and 11 per cent, on gross
The roads in onr county generally are sales,
in good condition, rather better thaD usual Billiard tables, in public use, $25.
for this season of the year. We call the “ “ “ private “ 10.
attention of tbe proper authorities to the On motion, it was ordered that li-
bridge across Big Cedar Creek on Cave lense for lager beer saloons be $25, pay
Spring road; also to river road leading [ able in advance,
down Coosa River for the first five miles. petitions.
also to the Pleasant Valley road, which J Petition of G. J. Briant for license to
is shown to be in bad condition for want retail liquors at No. 6 Broad street was
of proper attention. J read. A counter petition of J. A.
The Public (financial) says that per
jury is the crimp of the age, and that
it is not the rule but the exception if a
sworn report as to the conditon of a
public company is accepted without
distrust or scrutiny. And then the
general feeling is that much may be
concealed by skillful bookkeeping, and
the worst of the matter is that the
wrong is generally one which the law
cannot reach.
The following is, so far as we can learn
from data placed in our bauds, the finan
cial condition of our county.
Assets on hand first day of January,
1878:
Cash in hands of Treasurer—8 1393 91
Cash in hands of Collector.. 18000 00
Claim against J. T. Moore 4056 46
Unpaid tax of 1877 6424 55
Unpaid tax of former years
taken from report Grand
Jury January 1st, 1877 $18,-
554.70, less amount paid in
as per Treasurer’s books for
1873,1875 and 1876 $3365.-
07. Leaving $12989 63
Gov. Nicholls, of Louisiana, in his
Inessage to the Legislature of that State,
protests against the action of th<
IJnited States Senate in denying a seat
[. that body to Judge Spofford, who
[as elected “ in accordance -with the
Eonstitution and laws of the State and
lie United States.”
Redfield, in his last letter from Chatr
lauooga to the Cincinnati Commercial,
[peaking of the repudiation issue in
fennessee, expresses the belief that
Lien who desire an honorable settle-
Cent of the State debt will vote togeth-
|r for a leader who has that object in
liew, without regard to party, at the
lL x ' nubtrnaiorml election.
Mr. Montgomery Blair has intro
duced a resolution in the Maryland
Legislature reviewing the electoral
commission matter, referring to the
charge that Hayes made a bargain
with certain Democratic Congressmen
in order to get the Presidency, and
asking Congress to look into the mat
ter,
Gen. Badeau was dropped from the
army under the law of march 30, 1868,
which provides that any officer of the
army accepting any consular or diplo
matic office shall be considered as hav
ing resigned his. place in the army and
it shall be filled as a vacancy.
A little nonsense from the New York
Herald, with a slight variation: As be
tween gold and silver give us plenty of
greenbacks.
Total $42864 55
Probable expenses of the coun
ty taking last year as a crite-
terion 13761 71
LIABILITIES.
Bonds and coupons due in
1878 $6200.00, making total
amount to be paid- during
the year 1878 $18961 71
The above, of coarse, is butan approx
imate estimate of the assets of our
county, taking out the actual cash on
hand, as it remains to be seen, hew much
will be realized in the future on the
claims, all these are in charge of tbe
Commissioners of Roads and Revenue.
We recommend that they close up all
out-standing claims at once.
We have fixed the pay of Jurors for
this county for the ensuing year, 1878, at
$2.00 per day.
The Judge gave us specially in charge
to examine and revise the list of voters
Stansbury was also read, and both were
referred to a special committee of Aider-
men Clements, Seay and Dailey, with
instructions to renort at next meeting,
Adjourned to meet Monday night.
Wm. W. Seay, C. C. C.
Washington, Jan. 7.—Col. Sfaafter,
commanding the Neuces district in
Texas, was examined before the sub
committee on Militarv Affairs to-day.
His testimony related nearly altogether
to matters that have heretofore been
published with regard to raids by In
dians upon Texan soil The Colonel
stated that the Mexicans had returned
very little of the property stolen by
raiding parties from American citizens.
With regaid to the number of our troops
on the borders, the Colonel thinks them
sufficient for all purposes, so long as
the Mexicans are willing to give sup
port to our efforts to preserve order.
Rather than take the responsibility of
producing hostilities while in pursuit
of a raiding party, if any organized
party resented, Colonel Shafter thought
he would let an unimportant stealing
party go. The testimony was general
ly to the effect that the difficulties are
altogether caused by thieving Indians,
whose outrages are condemned by re
spectable citizens of Mexico.
London, Jan. 7.—The steamship
Alice, which reached Liverpool yester
day from New Orleans, lost some of
her rigging, and was slightly damaged
by collision with another vesseL
A part of the cargo of the bark Peter
Ropcland, from Savannah for Bremen,
before reported ashore and breaking np
on Tucfiiselins Island, is being saved. 1
ed of Rome:
Enclosed please find my anaual report
of interments in the city cemeteries for
tbe year ending December 31at, 1877:
I would take this opportunity of re
turning my sincere thanks to hi~ Honor
the Mayor and Council and especially to
Messrs. Norton, Bones and West for the
many courtesies extended to me in my
official capacity as city sexton and also
to the able and efficient Clerk of Council,
> I 52
► U o. Mtoacei-owi,
[Street Dept, 1877.
Fire Dept, 1877.
Gas Dept, 1S77.
Water-Works
Department, 1877. | J. F. Shanklio, for the many favors and
kindnesses shown me in my official busi
ness with bim during the past four years.
I would also return m? sincere thanks
to the citizens of Rome for the valuable
help and assistance they have given me
daring the past four, years assuring them
that it has ever been my highest aim to
make our loved city of the dead what ~
ought to be the pride, of Rome and of her
PrimtinR"Dept., | citizens, and a place sacred to all.
I am, respectfully yours,
Jas. E. Mullen,
City Sexton and Magazine Keeper.
ANNUAL REPORT.
2b His Honor the Mayor and City Coun
cil of Rome:
There have been 95 interments for the
year ending December 31st, 1877:
Whites, under 10 years 21
Police Dept, 1S77. | Whites, under 20 yean
Whites, under 30 years
Public Building
Dept.. 1877.
Miscellaneous
Current Expense,
1877.
I B °" d ,°L. H “ uh ’ Whites, under 40 years
II
Hi
Charity, 1877.
I Whites, under 50 years -
Whites, under 60 years
I Whites, under 70 yean 4
I Whites, under 80 yean 3
B0Bd Whites, under 90 years-.- 00
,| J&uo«U«ueuus
’[Current Expense,
I lsre.
Whites, under 100 years-—! 1
I Whites, over 100 years 1
49
| DgpmrtmenL 1876. 1 Colored, under 10 years 28
Colored, under 20 yean 5
II I
*»“«■ | street Dept, 1S76. [ Colored, under 30 yean 5
1 |Colored, under 40yean 2
Colored, under 50 yean 2
Fire D * pt '' M7# - Colored, under 60 yeare’—- l
Colored, under 70 years I
Gas Dept, 1878. | Colored, under 80 yean 1
Colored, under 90 yean 00
Colored, under 100 years 1
Printing Dept.,
1876.
Pa, deposit made
hj John Tem]'
Police Dept, 1876. | Cash received for digging
graves.
46
John Temple | Cash received for storage
TraainraTn UM ° f P°. wder $75.00—875.00
in taxor Ladles* Ipaid to City Clerk.. $75.00
Memorial Amoci-1 Jas. E. Mullen, Sexton.
Of the above sixteen whites and two
street Dept, 1878. were non-residents of the city of
1 Rome.
Judgment a a d I
eerie is case of 1
Dodds Tl. Mayor [
and Council. 1878
g
s $
Legal MrrinMud
S 3
coete ia 1875.
g
Fin Dept , 1878
u
r
2
ississEiiiii
8
sssssisssssj;
Report of Street Committee.
Rome, G A., Dec. 31,1877.
2b the Honorable Mayor and Oily Coun
cil:
Gentlemen—Your
Committee
Respectfully submitted,
' { J. F. Shankun,
Clerk of Council
Rome, Ga.,.Jan. 5,1878.
; of the work done daring the past year,
with itemized cost of the same. As is
well known to aU onr citizens, tbe streets
"ir city require almost constant In
to keep them in repair; this is
owing, in a great measure, to the tem
porary work done. During the year
we have had much {permanent work
tammRtiSS.
M
.H
I done, which amounts, in the aggregate.
«» »* — r - b
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8.—The cabinet
to-day determined that the Secretary
and Treasurer should as soon as possible
invite further subscriptions to the popu
lar loan of four ceat. hoods, and so con
duct it that all subscribers in all parts of
tbe Uuited States shall have free and
easy opportunity to subscribe to bonds
of anv amount authorized by law
through the national bank and baokers,
and to allnw them to convert postal or
ders, certificates of deposit ana United
Slates notes into coin for the payment of
bonds; and when necessary, to sell coin
to facilittate subscriptions, and to favor
any legislation that Congress might see
fit to adopt to promote th<* deposit of sav
ings for the fundiag of the national debt.
A cannon ball, supposed to have
been fired by one of Pizarro’s guns in
his conquest of reru, has been present
ed to the Territorial (California) Pio
neers by W. G. Badger. It was found
by tbe late Harry Meiggs, while some
excavations were in progress, a consid
erable distance below the surface of the
ground.
Sanannah, January 12.—Robt Fish
buruiund Walter S. Harley, of Water-
boro, S. C., fought :i duel near this city
this evening with revolvers. Harley
was shot in the* abdomen at the first
fire, and will die. Fishburm has fled.
Tbe parties are brothers-in-law and
lawyers.
1 ondon, Jan. 12.—The largest fire
for many years is now burning on Fri
day and Walling streets. The fire orig
inated in the warehouse of Chocker,
Sons & Co., calico printers. The whole
block was threatened, but the fire is
now believed to be under control.
The Mobil(-(Ala.) Register appeals
for retrenchment in city expenditures.
It shows that for the five years ending
with 1858 the cost of governing the city
was $549,828,26, while for the fiive years
ending with 1876 the cost $1,321,530,-
73.
A northern English rector used to]
think it polite not to begin service 6e-[
i maimej
began:
“When 'he wicked man—”
“StOj>. Bir,” called out the clerk,‘Is
hain’tcome yet!”
os;
The President of ihe Women’s Con-
Humbert, though .originally in favor .fnrn.tho amieil ■frrii nfigjii
oTTnnnf le-now disposes to agree to while ago he forgotThis n
Victor Emanuel’s being interred in
Rome; but will consult his brothers.
Signor Marcini intends to introduce
bill in parl’ament appointing the Pan
theon as the future burial place of tbe
Savov family. The Fafnlli reports
that Victor Emanuel said on his death
bed: “I have alway felt affection and
deference coward the person of the pope.
If I have personally displeased him I am
sorry, hut in all my acts, I have al
ways had the consciousness of bavin]
fulfilled my. duties as a citizen am
on nee and never having cooiraited any
thing contrary to religion.”
Henry M. Stanley, the African ex
plorer .arrived here to-day. The medal
which had been decreed bim by the
late king was privately presented.
ventton, Sara Spencer, in closing the
exercises, made the follo w ing hit. She It? *
said “there was a dying party at the
capital, but they wonid gladly grab
woman suffrage, or anything else, if
they thought it wonid save them.”
There is a sacred ness in teats. They I
are not the mark of weakness hot of |
power. They speak more el-qaentiy
than ten thousand tongues. They an 1
the messengers of overwhelming grief, j
of deep contrition and of unspeakable |
love.
The superintendent of a factory ia I
Canada which manufactures paper I
from wood, eaya that the process is no* fil
Somu?h improved that the paper can
be made ready for use ia six hoars if- P
r the cutting ot the tree. L pu
14——i- ,*tter
A wealthy New Yorker, wh"=* "■ 1 Jfcy ■
ft 877-
daughter fell in love with a '
rustic, paid tbe young man i
West and break off the msrcL The E# 8
boy hung for $80, but finally took P“ n:
was offered. ’ stice,
-*—»—— : fiaa:
A cloth made from the down ofbinb Lea b
is coming greatly into favor in Parw. md j
It is waterproof, and estimated to be „
five times lighter and three times Mini-
er than wool
t be
Clara Lonise Kellogg says it tikes
her fully a year to learn an epera, bat
then she gives herself dead awa J
saying she knows and can sing f° rt 7
operas.
:hei
ang
1 "h
, am
ag£
i trap
sha
Only thirty-five Chinamen rl ^ ria ' a
at Sampson’s shoe factory, in bor h
Adams, Mass., and (I ese are at « orK aa
he case, “al'e s-rnct- as Melican y.
man.”
A Lockpori won an tried to si 1 ? 0 ,
herself beciuse h-r tju-l»and,ina
game at a party, Iti—‘heg ,r i
too much apiwire.-i ..le.sui
The people ol Can' r..ia are IO vote
at their next gei . ral •l cuon .
question of omti uii.g or prohibiting
Chinese immigraumi
, the credit ot .he
It is to tne creon «•
not repress.,J Wash- tothc
Suffrage Convention in
ington.
and
Osman Pasha * , c e |dwith
r posed himself on the hat *-
reckless disregard of tile.
You never know h»w brave a man is . Mad
until you hear him talk.
FIRST NATIONAL BANfr
Rome, Cwoorg’*®*
A single word may disquiet an entire
family for a whole day. One surly
glance casts a gloom over the house
hold, while a smile, like a gleam of
sunshine, may light np the darkest
and weariest hours. „ „, nfST .
JNO. H. BKfl
ALFRED >biORTLB* '
B I H (JO a US. ItisHie*-
D»rc
35 degrees bdow —" w '"
A gentleman who has been spending
several weeks at Leadville, in Califor
nia Gnlch, says that for two weeks the
zero every morning.
President Hayes first met Evarts
when the latter wa3 called to Ohio to
conduct a lawsuit in which the former
was juuior counsel.
THE 8PBIKG«^;tf|
, -ill henin tt J / _
The man who sat down on the spur
of the moment yill not do so 8g«ip r jant,tw-*lg.
# School * il ’,J eRi r.r I fth of »e-tioo.
weelit. .
For term! ag'J^cjnJDEB, ‘.j-