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M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR. “ WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND MODERATION." NEW SERIES. ROME, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1875. mm FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. VOL. 14. NO HD rates of subscriptions. FOR TIIE WEEKLY. SO Oae yaat Six months, Throe months FOR THE Till -WEEKLY. *4 00 .’liroo Months If not paid strictly in advanco, the pr.co of r „, \y E r.Kt.v Cot'BiEB will bo $2 60 a year, and IheTiu-WmcKLY $5 00. To clubs of five or more, ono copy will be fur- nifltod Fnait. rf-Tna Coumnn was established in 1843, and l..Ta large and stoady circulation in Ohoroket licorgia, and is the best adyortlslng medium in Ibis section. CONTRACT RATES OF ADVERTISING. 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United States Mail Line—The Coosa Biver Steamers I O N AND AFTER NOVEMBER 30, 1874, Steamors on the Coosa River will run as nor schedule as follows, oupplying all the Post Otlicos on Mail Route No. *1891 Loave Roma every Monday at 1 P- M. heave Rome every Thursday at-.... ° A- "• Arrive at Uadsden Tuesday and Friday.. 7 A. M. Leave Gadsden Tuesday and Friday 0 A. M. Arriveat Rome Wednesday and Baturday 6 F. M. I10V28 J. M. ELLIOTT, flon’l Supt Rome Bailroad—Change of Schedule O N AND AFTER MONDAY EVENING, May 24, the trains on this road will run as follow!: Leave Rome daily at 6*10 P® M Arrive at Romo daily at 9 20 P. M SATURDAY HORNING ACCOMMODATION. Leave R*me every Saturday (only)... 7.35 A. M Arrive at Romo. 11.45 A. M The evening train makes close connection at Kingston wiln Yf os torn and Atlantic Railroad for Atlanta and all points South, and at Rome with Solroa, Romo and Dalton Railroad for Selma and points beyond. The Saturday morn ing train connects at Kingston with tho Western and Atlantio Railroad Northward and South ward bound trains. C. M. PENNINGTON, Supt. Georgia B. B,, Augusta to Atlanta. D ay passenger trains on Georgia Railroad, Atlanta to Augusta, run as below: leaves Augusta at 8.45 ▲. u Leaves Atlanta at ..7.00 a. h Arrivos Augusta at 3.30 p. u Arrives at Atlanta at 5.45 p. if Night Passenger Trains as follows: L laves Augusta at 8.15 p. Leaves Atlanta at 10.60 p. M Arrives at Augusta 8.16 ▲. Arrives at Atlanta at..,.*. 6.25 A. u Accommodation Train as follows : Leaves Atlants 6 00 P. M Leaves Covington 5 50 A. M Arrives Atlanta 8 15 A. M A twos Covington 7 30 P. M The Selma, Borne & Dalton Bailroad T rains will run as follows over this Road, commencing Monday, May 24, 1875: MAIL TRAIN DAllY—NORTH. Lfavo Rome 0.10 P, M Arrive at Dalton...... i.8.24 P. M Making close connections at Dalton with the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, ft nd Western and Atlantic Railroad, for all Eastern and Western cities, aud all Virginia Spriogi, MAIL TRAIN DAILY—SOUTH. Leave Dalton 6.00 P. M Arrive at Rome 9.10 P. M Arrive at Calera 5.40 A. M Arrive at Selma 10.20 A. M Making close connections at Calera for Mont goraery and points South, and at Selma withi Alabama Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or leans, Morldian, Vicksburg, Jackson, and points South in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Sleeping Cars on all trains. „. „ w M. STANTON, Gen. Supt., • KNIGHT, Gen. T. A P. Agent, W. 8. CRANE, Agent, Rome, Ga. Western & Atlantio Bailroad and its Connections. “KENNESAW ROUTE!” Tho following sohednle Ukos offset May 23, 1876 NORTHWARD. No. 1 No. 3 No. II Loavo Atlanta,,. -110 pm... 7 00 am... 830 p OrrCartersTillo- 614 pm... 9 22 am... 7 19 p ArrKingston 642 pm... 956 am... 821 p * rr Dalton 8 24 pm...ll 64 am...U 18 p Arr Cbattanooga.10 25 p m... 166 pm. SOUTHWARD. No.3 No. 4 No. Vi ^.Chattanooga 4 00 pm... 6 60 am .. AtmsDalUm 5 41pm... 7 01am... 100 a A., ? 7 38 pm... 9 07 am... 410 a Awiu to ? T,lta ” 8 12 pm... 942 am... 518 a ArrAltanta. 1015 pm.,.12 06 noon- 9 30 a Fl 5}® 0 ® Cars run on Nos. 1 and n Orleans and Baltimore. bn'ilLT‘?., Pl ! &C0 0arl run on Nos. 1 and oaween Atlanta and Nashville. bstwiiS*? T al *, co Oars run on Nos. 3 and tatwwn Louisville and Atlanta, MoWu vr “r 1 ! 0 of 0MS botwoen Now Orleans, onl» Mo J‘8°tnery, Atlanta and Baltimore, and osl. ™ C * “"7, Atlanta and Baltimore, and only one change to New York. . riveTlX 6 "^ 1 "* Atlanta at 4.10 P. M. ar- to r at 4 00 p ^£ rk tk ® »®o®nd afternoon thereaf- '‘r"urR„ 0 mr»n*.^.‘ h, -.X, ir A inl r S P rIn8 " and re j,nuguita and r *‘ 8, ,l“of Juno, v’irsln 7 S3*** whole oar through to tho B ‘ Ui “ or#1 ,hould ‘ d - *>» aae?. *- mpUUn a traveling should send i»g •ohiT u f e f ,f e ^,"" fl “ GattHe > contain- iS *' A,k for tlekots yla *• Kennesaw Route.” Gse’l p... . B - W. WRENN, tnxyJH^f 0 *" * nd Tiok ®‘ A B t, Atlanta, Ga. OUR RIVERS. Cheap Transportation tho Sal vation of Rome and the Prosperity of this Section. A STR0N8 PAPER FROM GEN. LEHARDY. We are placed under obligations to Judge Perry for tbe privilege of publish ing tho following letter from Gen. Lo- Ilardy, written, as will bo seen by its dute, more than three years ago. Tho points discussed by that eminent civil en gineer will bo read with great interest by all who feel a deep and active interest in tho development of the vast and rich ter ritories tapped by our rivers and their tributaries—beginning at Mobile, taking in all of Cherokee Georgia and reaching far into the fertile regions of Fast Tcn- Wo publish in full TIIE LETTER. New York, Juno 1, 1672. Thomas J. Perry, Ksy., Home, Ga.: My Dear Sir : Your favor of the 23rd, informing mo of the movement now on foot in onr section of the country in regard to the opening of the Etowah and Oostannula rivers to navigation, was handed to me a few days ago, and would have been answered sooner but for en gagements. In tho years IS53 and 1854, I exam ined that question, it is true rather as an amateur and to satisfy my own curiosity, than i'or tiny other purpose; nev ertheless, what I saw of these streams and tho physical structure of the coun try surrounding them, satisfied mo of the practicability and the facility to make them useful as channels as transportation ; and I was more confirmed in that convic tion when, in 1856 and tho following years connected with the Western & At lantic Railroad, I saw that largo freshets on both streams require days before wa ter takes its natural level. I saw these stages of high water on tho two rivers, both at Etowah and Itcsaca bridges, prov ing that the general slope of these two water courses is not considerable between tlieso points and Rome, proving, besides, that their canalisations must ho easily mode aud at little cost, I was often told that, in former times beforo tho construction of rail ways, produce from East Tennessee,iron, corn, wheat and other products, were ofton carried to Rome and below, down the Coosa in Hat-boats, which perform ed the tho wholo trip to their destina tion. There is a perfect Hat and level gap seven or eight miles long be tween the waters of -the Tennessee river through its tributaries, tho Ili- Wfttsee and Ocoee, and those of the Oostanaula river and it tributaries, the Connasauga and Coosawnttee. During freshets, these floats were carried by the water itself over the gap ; and when water was confined in its banks, they wore brought over by wagons. We see, then, through the junction of tho watir- of the Coosa river with those of the Tennessee river, through the Hiwassee and its tributary, the Ocoee river, can easily he done, and is in the most fa vorable condition to make a cheap work of it. A judicious system of bars or wing damns to appropriate conveniently the depth and level of the water, perhaps one or two locks, and a simple channel cut through the flat land forming the intervening gap of seven or oight miles long form, be sides tho cleaning of tho rivers and tributaries, all the work necessary. It is, in a word, ono oi tho easiest and cheapest canalisations which enn ho found anywhere. SyAs to that of the Etowah river, 1 am confident that it presents no technical nor material difficulties to overcome; at least as far up as tho former Etowah iron works of Mnj. M. A. Cooper, ami that tho only dillerenco of cost will con sist only in some more bars or wing damns, and locks, due to a greater slope in this river than in tho other, lie- tween these works and Canton the only difficulty is to opportionate in locks the rapids about tho Etowah works, which are crowned by a good distance of navigable waters. I have never made instrumental sur veys nor estimates of cost for the canal isation of said rivers. I cannot, then, venture myself upon figures; hut I can say this muc?i about it, and it is that I consider tiie expenditure to make such improvements so inferior when compared with the necessary results to bo derived from them, that I cannot re frain to advise you and your people to go ahead with tlieso great works which should have been done twenty-five years ago before railroads touched to our section of country. Water transportation is tho cheapest which can be had. It is the ono, thou, tho most needed by planters, man ufacturers and miners who all must economise upon everything, chiolly on transportation, if they wish to prosper. Merchants, thomsolves, will be glad to economise when they can; and all of them aro intelligent enough to know that their prosperity depends entirely on that of their customers who, if pros perous, mako them rich. If we now look into the results to be expected from these important works, their magnitudo is tffuly amazing. The oponing of regular navigation on these waters must 'develop incalculable sources of wealth now lying dormant without profit to anybody. If wo take tho Oostanaula river, made navigable to the Tennessee river, and thence to Knoxville, East Tennes see, we find thatAho counties of Floyd, Gordon, WhjJfield, Murray, Gilmer and lfannirq in^yeorgia; Polk, (in which is made the junction of tho Ocoee into tho Iliwassco rivers,) Bradley, (in which this empties into tho Tennessee river,) McMinn, Hamilton, Meigs, Roane, Anderson, Knox, in Tennessee, are the ones to be most directly benc- fitted by this new channel of transpor tation, which must invite them all in one common interest. If wo now examine into the merits of each county separately, wo find that they combine together all the elements of natural wealth which have made England tho richest country in the world. They nearly all possess rich and productive lands, which make the first foundation of tho wealth of a country. Wo find besides stone coal in quan tity in Hamilton, Meigs and Anderson counties, in Tennessee, beds of iron ores, nearly on tho whole line extensive deposits of copper ore in Polk county, Tennessee; silver, lead and zinc in Murray, gold in Murray and Gilmor, slato in Floyd, limestone, marble, gran ite, greystone and an abundance of timber scattered all along the proposed channel, areas many eloments to secure a constant and lucrative transportation upon it. If wo now examine into the eloments which must constitute the transporta tion on tho Etowah river, except the stone coal which will go up stream, the counties traversed by this stream pos sess equally as good, rich and produc tive soil, if not more so; iron ores enough to supply twenty States with all their necessities made of this metal. Wo find besides immense beds of the best slato, of firestone, of soapstone, of granite, gold arid copper, white marbles, statuary marbles, limestone and others; all said metals gathered and scattered over the counties of Floyd, Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens, Lumpkin, Union, Habersham and Hall, tho first to be benefited from the opening of this com munication. The adjoining counties to all theso possessing natural wealth of a heavy nature, such as minerals and timber, will be benefited by this new channel of transportation in the ratio of tho now facilities given to them by theso communications to develop their sections. If their distances of trans portation are mode by this one-half, one-third, one-fourth or one-fifth of what thev were formerly, their facilities to develop, to work or to dispose of their properties are increased in the same ratio. The most serious impediment to the advancement of a country is tho total want or difficulties of transportation. Everybody who has watched the progress made in the construction of railroads in the last twenty years, has observed a corresponding progress in everything of the country, (fid planters who used to transport two and three hundred miles to their nearest market their products aro very competent to make a comparison and a correct judgment between long and short distances for transportation. In this age of improvemeiKs, tho greatest agent and the surest, after agri culture, to bring progress and wealth is industry, whose chief motor is steam power. This is made of three elements —coal, water and iron. Theso two last wo have in abundance all over our sec tion of country. Stone coal is only wanting, and the little wo have costs too high on account of the actual means .of transportarion to make steam power in industry very profitable, chiefly tho industry of iron in which, even with tho water power, tho use of coal, and plenty of coal, is indispensable, Tho manufacture of iron is and will ho limited in Rome, and in all our sec tion of country, as long as coal cannot ho bought at reasonable prices. The regular supply of coal at a moderate cost is all wc need in Romo to make it a manufacturing centre in the South. Let us have it, cheap and plenty of it, with all the other natural advantages wo possess, capital will soon flow to and scttlo among us. So, you see, my dear sir, the immense importance to Rome and vicinity to open theso two channels of transporta tion. Through the Oostanaula river and its extension wo will receive our supply of coal from Tennessee, coming down stream; and through the Etowah river, Romo will receive also down stream her supplies of iron, limestone, freestone and timber from the rich beds in Bartow county and above. Being at the'junotion of these two rivers, Rome is better situated than any other placo for manufacturing purposes, as haviug all the raw material coming down stream. Nevertheless, Resaca, Calhoun, Dalton, Cartersville, Canton and Atlanta, whan the Etowah and Cliattahoocheo rivers have been made one, will receive immense benefits from theso new channols of cheap transpor tation. When the navigation of tho Coosa will have been connected and made one with the Alabama river, which will be done so soon as we have a patriotic instead of a partisan government over the dostinies of this country, and when the Memphis Branch Railroad shall have been pushed tc Collinsville, this will open to Rome a third supply of coal from the Tennessee river coal fields of Alabama, And when the projected railroad from Romo to Chattanooga via Trion factory will liavo been accomplished, this will give to Rome a fourth channel to receive coal from Lookout Mountain. Tho abuudnuco of motal can also flow into Rorao_ from not only tlioso four channels, but from every ono now in cxisteuco and which will bo constructed, iron ores being abundant nil round. Our main want is coal, cheap coal, and a regular supply of it. As I linve said before, tho most expeditivo manner, and the cheapest way to obtain it, is, in my opinion, the opening of tho Oosta naula river to navigation and its extension to tho Tennessee river. This is, my dear sir, what you must impress on the minds and on the brains of our fellow-citizens. This work is very light if compared to the magnitude of its re sults, and can bo easily accomplished in ono year if everybody pulls in tho same direction—comes up to liis duty. If jrou succeed in that, which I hope you will, you will deserve, my dear sir, to bo appointed tho commissioner, or rather the commodore of our waters. I will subscribe ono thousand dollars each for opening the two rivers. I remnin, dear Sir, with high consider ation, Your most obedient servant, Eugene LeHardy, G. li. The Eads Jetties. The first pile in the construction of the Eads was driven at 4 o’clock on the 21st of June. Says the New Orleans Times: This is the beginning, and will bo taken by the whole Valley of the Mis- sissipi as the promise of the speedy ful fillment of the contract made by Capt. Eads to give to this port an unobstruct ed deep water outlet to the sea. The eventjcannot fail to attract attention on both sides of the Atlantic. Tho jetty system has been successfully tried at the mouths of other rivers, and it is no wild calculation to expect success in this instance. It is far easier to sat isfy the mind of success in this parti cular, than to measure the benefits that are likely to follow that success. A deep water channel at the mouth of the Mis sissippi river means a revolution in the commercial relations of the grain belts in the Valley in which we live. It means both quick and cheap transpor tation, and must inevitably bring the Valley states into direct trade with Europe. It means a saving of $20,000,- 000 to $25,000,000 a year to the pro ducers of the West, equal to an appre ciation of the lands now in cultivation of from 25 to 50 per cent. It means al so that New Orleans in the near future will become one of the largest and most prosperous cities on the Western conti nent. Assured of this deep water out let to the Ocean paths of commerce, capitalists will begin to consider wliat ef fect it is to have on the trade and com merce of the West, and with that con sideration will come a tendency of cap ital this way. We understand that many of the needful arrangements for this work have already been made by Capt. Eads. Wharves are being built r ways are in course of construction; and tho making of fascines commenced, and cabins are in the meantime being erected for tho accommodation of laborers. The Weakness of our Laws. The Augusta Constitutionalist discuss es the question why foreign capital does not seek an investment in Georgia. It thinks that it is largely due to the fact that our laws are uncertain in their duration and changeable by variant con' structions of the courts—particularly the Supremo Court which has more ba siness beforo it than tho present force of the Court can properly attend to. It says of the laws themselves: “Our laws aro not honest; they are not certain; they are not business-like or up to the age. The very definition of law is that it is a rule of action; but what sort of a rule can be consti acted out of the interminable contradictions and refinements and distinctions which disgraoo our legislation and make our courts pretty muoh so many Turkish divans, where each Cadi does as seems good in his own eyes. While such a state of things exists we cannot hope lor, and do not deserve, introduction of foreign capital. True, we give it the same measure of protection that we have ourselves, and this equality is the only bright spot in a dark picture, but it is a reflection on our capacity for self-government that all our internal in dustries aro regulated not by law, but legal chance.” The dispatches from Indian Territo ry indicate a rather disturbed state of affairs. The bloody fouds are in part due to the approaching election for Chief of the Cherokee tribe, which takes place in August, at which time, also, the Council of fartv-five members, will be chosen. W. P. Ross is the present chief and candidate for re-election, and Charles Thompson is hU opponent. Ross and Thompson and their friends are creating the disturbances. It would seem that the organization of a Territo rial government, with a United States Court to deal out justice, as has been proposed, would, while accompanied by various evils to the Indian Nation, tend to harmonize the conflicting elements, both of which are said to be in favor of pujjj an organization.—Owrier-Jnnmal. Special Notices. Newspaper Advertising. Nowspapor advertising is now roc.gnisncd l>y business men, haring faith in their own wares, as Ills most offeotivo means of securing for their goods a wide recognition of their morits. Nowspapor advertising Impols inquiry, and whon tho artielo offered is of good quality and at a fair price, tho natural results is inoreaaod sales. Nowspapor advertising is a perinanont addi tion to tho roputation of tho goods advorliaed, beosuso it is a pormanont influonee always at work in thoir intoroat. Nowspspsr advertising is tho most energetic and vigilant oi salesmen; addressing thousands each day, always in tho advertiser’s interest, and ooasolessly at work sooklng customers from all olassos. Newspaper advertising promotes trade, for evon in the dullest times advertisers seouro by far the largest share of what is being done.— John Nanning THE ROME HOTEL, BROAD STREET, NEAR RAILROAD DEPOT (Formerly Tennessoe House) J. A. STANSBURY, - - Proprietor Romo, Georgia. M ims HOTEL IS B1TUATED WITHIN twenty stops of the railroad platform, and convenient to tho business portion oft own. Servants polite and attentive to tbitr duties. All Baggage handled .Fra® of Charge. fobSa THOMAS H. SCOTT, Clerk. THE CHOICE HOTEL, CORNER BROAD AND BRIDGE STREETS Jl. U. Rawlins, Proprietor. (Situated in the Business part of th« City.) Romo, Georgia. ^47-Pmaengors takon to and from the Depot (roo of charge. ARTHUR FORT, Clerk. Unl7A H. D. COTHRAN, C. O. STILLWELL, President. Cashier. I8AAO C. OGDEN, Jr., I Vioe-Preatdents, A. THEW H. BROWER, f New York. BANK OF ROME, ROME, GEORGIA. Authorised Capital, • • • $560,000 Subscribed Capital, - 100,000 Collections made in all aeoeiaiblo points and proceeds promptly remitted. Exohango on ell principal eitiet bought end sold. Loans made on first class securities. Correspondent: OGDEN, BROWER A CO., Bankors, Now York. apr7,twly THE EASTMAN ATLANTA BUSINESS COLLEGE Har points of superiority over any other similar Institution in tho Southern States. / ctual ^Business ^lan IN THE SOUTH. 2d. It is presided over by men who have had years oi experience as Practical Bobixssi Maw, Accountants and TaAcnaas. 3d. The ooat for completing a Course oi In struction at this Institution is less than at any other similar Institution In the United States. THE COLLEGE JOURNAL, Containing full Information of the oourse of In struction, will be mailed free to any oae, by ad dressing DETWILER& MAGEE, mar2-tw-ly. P. O. Box 298, Atlanta, Ga. MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON R R, The Shortest, Quickest & Best Betwsen the East and Southeast, and West and 1 Southwest. IT IS 73 MILES SHORTER AND 6 HOURS QUICKER. This is the Route for all going to Memphis, Little Kook, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Marshall, Dallas, Palestine, Hearn, Houston, Waco, Austin, Galveston, San Antonio, St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Ban Francisco,or any point in Wost Tennessee, or on Mississippi, Arkansas or White rivers. See that Your Tiokets Bead via. Memphis & Charleston B. B. before paying for them, or starting on your journey. Apply to U. S. JAY, G.T. A P. A., JNO. C. PRINTUP, Memphis, Tenn. Ticket Agent, Romo Qa. maylS.twly I. D. FORD. M. DWINELL. COPARTNERSHIP. FORD & DWINELL, Beal Estate Agents. T HE UNDERSIGNED HAVE FORMED A copartnership, tinder the firm name and style of Foan i Dwixxll, for the purpose of buying and selling real estate, or routing prop erty on commission. Orders to buy or sell wild lands or improved property in upper Georgia are solicited. I. D. FORD, M. DWINELL. Rome, Qa., Nay 20, 1875. — tw-wtf BININGEE’S Old London Dock GIN. E specially designed for the use of the Nedieal Profession and tho Family, possessing those intrinsie medioinal properties which belong to an Old and Pure Qin. Indispensable to Pamelas. Good for Kidney Complaints. A delicious Tonic. Pnt up is oases containing one dosen bottles each, and sold by all'druggiats, grocers, etc. A M. BININGER k CO., established 1778, No. 15 Beaver Street, Hew York. HOLMES A GORDON, Agents, may22,tw6m Rome, Ga. WHITELEY’S OLD RELIABLE LIVERY STABLE! W. L. WHITELEY, Proprietor, KEEPS CONSTANTLY hand to hire, .Good Horsos Excollobt Vehicles. Splendid " "V*— u-xcotioni YOStClOB. I accommodation, for Drovers and othors. uc Carriages, and Buggies always on ham owe. Entiro Biitisfaction gn&rantood to all patronise us. Ubtl.twly Horses, 1 for who THE ROME COURIER! PUBLISHED UKLt AND TRI-WEEKLY. Established in 1843. T HE LONG-ESTABLISHED REPUTATION of THE COURIER as n first-class journal has given it a wide circulation in Cherokee Georgia, and an influence and position not cur- f aisod by any paper in this region of the State, t haa always boon a bold and determined dt- fonder of the rights of tho people and the advo cate of the interests of this section. ITS POLITICS. While THE COURIER 1b thoroughly Demo cratic, It has nover surrendered its right to condemn all impolitic measures whother they originate with its own party or that of the oppo sition. No paper oan bo truly Democratic that is not truly independent. To be merely partisan la descending to a level of subserviency TilE COURIER will never sloop to. Fealty to the Democratic party li based on the principle that the Democratic party shall be true to the People—that the machinery of its organization shall bo controlled by the people, and not by tricksters and o/Cco*seokors who may desire to me it fbr solfish purposes and lor the promotion of the aspirations and IntrlguoB of rings and oliquos. AS A NEWSPAPER, THE COURIER will bo found equal to that of any journal in tho State witli tho hum advan tages os to its location and field of labor. Nu pains will be sparod to collate such lecord of passing events as to give ita readers a general idea or the onrrent news of the day, and to keep thorn posted on all matters affecting their rights and interests. AS A FAMILY JOURNAL. THE COURIER wUl contain every week selec tions from litorary wrltors as will make it a favorite In the family olrnle. Short stories and humorous paragraphs will bo found in each number as a diversion to the general roadsr. THE MAMMOTH WEEKLY. This is a large and well-filled paper of thirty- two columns — not more than seven or eight columns being given to advertisements. This ia made up from tho trl-woskly editions, which, when put together, presents a large mass ut the ohoieait reading—politlos, the nows, literature and local Intelligence—giving each week twen ty-four or twonty-flve columns of solid roading. Tho Weekly ia especially a fiist-class journal. To tiie I*u,blic. With an increase to ita already largo circula tion, we hope to make THE COURIER come up to the, highest standard of journalism, and ' ... neighbors ,»> » whenever they oan consistently do so. Orders for tho paper should bo ad dressed to M. DWINELL, Froprilor. JOB PRINTING! FINE PRESSES! ROOD STOCK! NEATNESS! NEW TYPE! CORRECTNESS! DISPATCH ! THE ROHE COURIER JOB ESTABLISH- MBNT is prepared to execute, on rhort notice and at reasonable rates, all kinds of letter presa printing in neat and workmanlike style, insuring CORRECTNESS and GENERAL SATISFAO- TION to all who may dOBiro WORK DONE WELL AND AT HOME! Every offort will be made to satisfy the most fastidious and exacting tasto, whother in Plain or Ornsunontal Printing I Oor prices shall be as low as good end faithful work will allow, and tho time and material necessary to execute it in a worknw®-**’ manner. We respectfully solicit a share of the patronag* of Rome and surrounding country in this line, satisfied that we are able to give satisfaction to all reasonable persons^ Give us a trial and 1st us show that we ean our cu| toiner» as others abroad will do for them. LEGALBLANKS! -OF- EVERY DESCRIPTION For Sale AT THE OFFICE OF The Rome Courier T O THE LEGAL PROFESSION, MAOIS. TRATES, Ordinaries and Officers of Court, Tub Roxa Courier offers a fall lino of Lege) Blanks, consisting of— ^.ffidavita to Foreclose Factors’ Liens, Deeds In Fee Simple, Bonds for Titles, Mortgages, Affidavits and Wan ants, Peace Warianta, Commitments, Bonds to Prosecute, Search Warrants, Indictments, Bench Warrants, Magistrates’ Sammons, FI Fas, Appeal Bonds, Garnishment Affidavits and bonds, Summons of Garnishment, Attaohmonts, Attachments under the Law of 1871, Fossosiory Warrants, Distress Warrants, Affidavits to Foroolose Mechanics' and Laborers’ Lien, Deo'arations on Notos and Accounts, Assumpsit (common law form), 8ubfmnai, Commissions for Interrogatories, Jury 8ummon», Claim Bondi, Replevy Bonds, Marriage Licensor Lettora Testamentary, Temporary Letters oi Administration and Bond, Letters of Administration De Bonis Non and Bond. Warrants of Appraisement, Lotion of Dismission, Letters of Guardianship and Bond. All orders will reoeivo prompt attention. 41. DWINELL, ProprUkr.