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Courier JJ dWINELL, PROPRIETOR. “ WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND MODERATION.” FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. L\V SERIES. ROME, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1879. VOL. 18, NO. 69 I duties and (^ottuuctcial. ^nUVATBD APRIL IQ. 1876. RATES of subscriptions. FOU THE WEEKLY’. One >’ car I jix months TIitpc months. jrOK THE TRI-WEEKLY. U 00 2 00 1 00 strictly In advance, the price Cue Six months Three months | , lf Jf,,e WecWT Courier wlUhoSlSO. CONTRACT RATES_0F ADVERTISING. I nm wunre ono month * J ® One square six months..".. One-fourtli column one mouth... ' 60 One-fourth column three months .15 00 One-fourth column six months 57 00 “..fourth column twelve months M « One-half colnron one month 15 00 One-half column three months 37 * One-half column six months..... 50 00 One-half column twelve months 80 Oj One column one month .. " " One column three months 50 00 One column six months.... 80 00 One column twelve months 126 00 forcirolnn rates ore for either Weekly or TrhWeekl?. Wnen published In both papers, 60 percent. “ upon table rates. A Bad “Exodus” Outlook. Courier-Journal. The Cleveland Leader, which has been calling upon the Southern negroes to “flee from the tyranny of their mas- tere” to the "free North.” prints an in terview with a Cleveland man who haB been in Kansas studying the exodus and its effects. The following little ex tract is decidedly interesting: “But few of them have settled per manently anywhere. They arrive in one town and the authorities send them on to the next place. They all get to St. Louis, and from there the relief com mittee send them up to Wyandotte. There is a constant stream of them pouring in all the time. “How do they manage to live ?” “Wholly on charity. They come with few personal effects. But few ot them have either money or provisions, and they look to the citizens for their support. Some of them have succeed ed in getting work, but there is not ■ enough to do for them all. “Well, where will they bring up ?” “There’s no telling. They strike one place and the citizens send them on to get rid of them. The direction is al ways farther West, and there’s no tell ing where they will stop. Some of them are beginning to grumble already and refuse to go farther. In Lawrence they have been making their headquar ters at one of the Kansas and Pacific railroad depots, but that is full now and I don’t know what’ll become of the rest.” “If they have no money or provi sions, how do they live ?” “Many of them go begging about town. They are in a wretched condi tion, huddled together in a strange place like so many sheep.” “How do the inhabitants feel about the movement ?" “They hope it will stop before long. Judge Usher, the Mayor of Lawrence, w ™ ' 8 quite a prominent man, is going to Washington in a short time to see if something cannot be done.” “Why don’t they take the land and till it?’’ “It requires so much work. You see. a person, in order to make a success of it, has got to come with money enough to carry him through the first year. The first crop never amounts to anything, hut the second crop is gen erally good. The prairie sod has got to be rotted out before the land will grow either corn or wheat. The pros pect iB very bright for them, you see. he Government will have to take the nmg in hand and help them out. In a year or so they may manage to get along well enough.” That is a purely Republican view, and it certainly looks bad for the gfoes. They are going to a country w lere the people have all the labor ! want to hire, and to convey the ' ea to these negroes that they will get arms, fenced and staked, out on the Paines, to be had for the asking, is an atrocious swindle. As for the Govern ment having to set these people up in usiness, we suppose the Republicans 1 try to bring that about by the es- 1 '8hment of another Freedmen’s Bu reau and bank. They will not be al- ff ed to do this, however. The Dem ocrats will block this swindling and communistic game> andif the Republi . ang really want to establish a negro nr ahould raise a fund of two i, re ® “Elions and go ahead. The |H .' lcan leaders are responsible for 6 eaths which have occurred among cbo deluded people; in fact, they are I'lack* " rt ’, rS ° l Bevera ^ hundred “poor The Largest Southern Tree. New York Observer. The “big tree” iu Washington, Ga., is probably the oldest and largest tree in the Southern States. The town of Washington has always been the home of culture and refinement; and Robert Toombs, Alexander Stephens and other Georgia celebrities have, from Us bor ders, passed their names into history. In visiting various points of interest round the place, we walked a mile or so through the beautiful unbroken tor- est, crossed a valley meadow with its winding stream, and ascended an emi nence the footstool of the forest mon arch. Some distance from the big tree is a giant brother, which, towering broad and high above its neighbors, and concealed at a distance by foliage, impresses you on its appearance as be ing the monarch himself; but when you reach the little knoll, with its open space, on which stands the compact mass of bark and timber, and gaze aloft on the huge limbs, themselves larger than surrounding trees, you stand be fore the largest representative of the vegetable kingdom in the Southern States. The “big tree,” which is on the grounds of Mr. Adam Alexander, a prominent citizen and devoted elder of the Presbyterian church, is a Tulip- beating Poplar, (Liviodendron Tulipi- lera) with a height of 155 feet, a diam Kter of 9 feet, a circumference of about 28 feet, and its lowest branches are 55 from the ground. Mr. Alexander told me that one day, while riding, he and Major Anthony Porter drew up their nurses Bidewise on the opposite sides of the tree, and could not, around it, see even the tips of each others horses heads or tails. This grove was God’s first Presbyte rian temple in Georgia, for about the year 1790 the South Carolina Presbyte ry seat delegates, who held a meeting and ordained Rev. William Springer, the first Presbyterian pastor in Georgia, under the branches of this tree. Among the official members of this open air Presbytery was Rev. John Brown, D. D., the first President of Franklin Col lege, now the University of Georgia. Dr. Brown and his friend, Dr. Lo renzo Taylor, of the Baptist church, were both eminent for their piety; both were great musicians, Dr. Taylor being able to play any instrument from an organ to a Jew’s harp. Being together on one occasion, Dr. Brown called for muBic, whereupon Dr. Taylor seized his fiddle and asked what he would have. “Well,” replied Dr. Brown, “I suppose something devotional.” “All right,” answered Dr. Taylor, striking up a jig, “I can get jnst as much devo tion out of a Sootch reel as any other style of music.” In the month of July, 1865, the big tree was struck by lightning, shivering Logan’s Brother-In-Law. Louis Republican. Macon, Mo., April 30.—In regard to the dispute between Col. Lowe, of Ala bama, and John A, Logan, United States Senator from Illinois, I will say that Gen. Logan had a brother-in-law who belonged to Capt. Wado’s battery. Capt. Wade was in the Confederate ser vice, and was killed in the naval en gagement at Grand Gulf, Miss., in the spring of 1863. He was commander of wnat we called the lower land batteries. This brother-in-law of Logan, if I re member right, deserted our army some where between the battle of Port Gibson and the beginning of the siege of Vicks- busg, and during a cessation ot the fight ing at Vicksburg for the purpose of bury ing the dead. After the engagement on the 23d of May, this same man came over from the Federal lines, had a lively talk with his old comrades, and told us tie was staying at Logan's headquarters} Perhaps some of Capt. Wade’s old com pany could shed some light on the sub ject and give the man’s name. W. H. Terrell, Company B, Fifth Mo. V. I., C. S. A Experience Teaches Caution Denver (Col) News. Two Englishmen recently from Den ver for a walk to the mountains before breakfast, an apparently easy task, as the mountains did not appear more than a mile or two away. After walk ing for an hour without seeming to have made any progress towards the desired goal one of them became discouraged and concluded to return for his break fast : afterwards he took a carriage and went in Bearch of his friend, whom he found on tne bank of a small ditch en- _ l in romoving his boots. His riend inquired what he intended to do. He replied, to wade the ditch. His friend said there was no necessity for that, aB it was less than three feet across, and he could easily jump it. “You can’t tell anything about it in this blars- ted country,” responded the other, “it may be 300 feet across.” His morning walk proved to extend about fifteen miles before he reached the foot-hills. its top and blasting its vitality for some distance oelow, and now occasionally a limb, which the blight of decay has reached, comes rattling and crashing down. But still the gnarled and pow erful branches stretch their shade over the ground of sacred associations; still men approach the massive trunk with reverence, and gase up into the fronded spire whose annointing has not been by a cruse of oil, but storm and tem pest, and on whose tresses the lightning flung its glittering corouet. Trees spring up and die beside it companions of its youth have all fadec and fallen away. But summer and winter, seed time and harvest, it stands grandly and peerlessly on its centuried foundation, and will long retain its dis tinction—the leafy monarch of the Southern forests. J. 8. Bean, Jr, Congress. Washington, May 5.—Under a call of States the following bills were intro duced and referred: By Ladd, of Maine, to prohibit military interference at elec tions. Referred to Committee on Ju diciary. The following is the text ot the bill: Whereas the presence of troops at the polls is contrary to tha spirit of our institutions and the traditions of our people, and tend to destroy the free dom of elections; therefore be it enact ed, etc., that it shall not be lawful to bring to or em ploy at any place where a general or special election is being held in a State, any part of the army or navy of the United States unless such force be necessary to repel armed ene mies of the United States, or to eniorce section 4, article 4, of the Constitution of the United States, and the laws made in pursuance thereof, on application of the State where such force is to be used. And so much of all laws os is inconsis tent herewith is hereby repealed. A colored minister in Georgia was brought to trial before his church on charge of stealing bacon. After a num her of witnesses had been examined, the deacons retired, and soon afterward re turned the following verdict: * The Kev- Mosea Bledsoe am aokwitted of destnu ations dot he actual stole de pork, a' ’twas not shode datsumbody elsemiten have been wearin’ his cloze, but de bru Ider is hereby ’fectionately warned dat in de future he must be more keer- ful ” The name, “Stella,” wbiob Mr. Hub- ell nroposes for hie new coinage, is laze h ' D a 5 Q f ded amusements for the vil w Mlike aTn ? V fi i ghton horeeback - 11 weanmu, 8 aai ghtly combat, except that Snn l,!f reridiD S whi P« there lelmeta to protect their heads. Spring and Summer Sohedule of the Steamer Sidney F. Smith. O N AND AFTER MONDAY, APRIL 21bt, 1870, tho steamer Sidney P. Smith will run as follows: Leave Romo Monday at 11 A. m Arrive et Gadsden Tuesday at li.s Arrive at Gteensport Tuesday at 12 s. Leave Greensport Tuesday at 1 p. n Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday at ir.s Arrive at Rome Thursday at br.it B. P SMITH, President. Borne Railroad—Change of Sohedule AND AFTER TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st, W 1878, the trains on the Rome Railroad will run as follows: HORNING TRAIN. Lsavos Rome daily at 7.00 A. M Return to Rome at 11 00 A. M SATDRDAT ACCOMMODATION. Leaves Rome (Saturday only) at 6.00 P. M Return to Rome at 8 00 P. M Morning train make* oonnootion with trail on W. A A. Railroad at Kingston, for tho West and South. G M. PENNINGTON, Gen'l Supt. JNO. E STILLWBLL. Ticket Agent. SB ASOIV OF 1879! THE CHARLESTON AMONIATED AND ACID PHOSPHATES! Currency Prices Reduced. Cotton Option Given. A COMPLETE MANURE FOR COTTON, CORN WHEAT AND 0AT8. They Took the Diploma—the Highest Award—at the State Fair Held at Maoon. Also, Three Silver Medals at the North Georgia Fair. FOR SALE BY "Wright & O’Bryan, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Country Produce, Tinware and Hardware, ROME, GA. febll twwSm United States Mail Line—The OooBa River Steamers! O N AND AFTER NOVEMBER 5m, 1878, Steamers on the Goose River will run as er sohedule as follows, supplying all the Post I Sloes on Mill Route No. 8180: Leave Rome every Tuesday end Friday ' ' 7 a. u. Arrive at Gadsden every Wednesday end Saturday at 7 A. M. Leave Gadsden every Wednesday and Saturday at 8 A.M. Arrive al Rome every Thursday and Sunday at - 7 P. M. J. M. ELLIOTT, Gsn'l Supt Journalistic Shooter. Indianapolis, Ind., May 5.—Last ev ening about eight o’clock Geo. C. Har ding, editor of the Herald, entered the residence of Calvin A. Light, editor of the Democrat, and attempted to shoot the latter because of certain publica tion in the Democrat. Light grasped the pistol, getting his finger under the hammer, thereby preventing an explo sion, and held on until assistance came, when Harding was arrested. He re mained in custody until an early hour this morning, when he gave bail. At twenty minutes after eight o’clock this morning he entered Light’s office and fired at him several times, missing Light, but hitting an employe named Gerhard Legnio, inflicting a serious wound. Mr. Harding is now in jail awaiting the result of that wound. An other employe of Mr. Light, named Richard Walders, jumped out of a sec ond story window during the firing, breaking both his ankles. Natural Cannon Balls. 'P , 111 ball 'proposes — — - Masa^fr h j j 0remost men of Athol, somewhat too aristocratic for the nsaus- afforded amnju»ir»on*ailia *»;i. jf he were to substitute Polly Ann” for his more ornate appellation we are confident that the circulation of the coin would be increased.—Balti more American. “My friend, the late Capt. Hawley, brought to me from that wonderland, the Far West, a very curious Btone. It is black and perfectly round, as heavy as iron, and looks exactly like a cannon ball. It was taken from Cannon Ball river, a branch of the Upper Mississippi. This aforesaid stream contains great quantities of these balls, enough to fight our battles with for centuries. The geolo gists ought to be ashamed of their igno rance, but they haven’t been able to tell whether these cannon balls were forged by the water god or the fire god. A neighbor cf mine informs me that he has seen some of these balls in the high clay banks of Red river, in Louisiana, and that they were from six to eight feet in diameter. Some of them are formed of iron pyrites, though generally the balls are of clay-iron stones.—St. Nicholas for May. _ The Prince and Princess of Wales are at Sandrigham for Easter with crowds of titled visitors. All visitors have to be weighed and enter their names, with their weight and the dress they wear, in a book kept for the purpose. The drawing room is a particularly pretty room, full o: furniture, and every avail able corner is filled with a gigautio flower glasses, full of pampat grass and evergreens. Here the guests assemble before dinner. The dining room opens out of this room. The dining table dec orations are noted. The bowling alley, in close proximity to the billiard room is most popular. The Princess plays very well, while those who have no taste that way sit in a little ante-room, comfortably furnished with long, low settaes and rooking chairs, from which they command a good view of the game. The late Gen. Richard Taylor was a favored guest at Sandrigham. A Texas postmaster has put up a notice requesting shippers of rattls* snakes to pull the teeth out of the thingo before mailing. He says he has been bitten twice already from neglect of this kind and it is growing monoto nous. Selma, Borne and Dalton Bailroad— Change of Sohedulei BLUE MOUNTAIN ROUTE. O N UND AFTER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 1878, traini will ran •• follows: QOINQ NORTE. No. 3. No. 1. Daily. Dally. (Sunday excepted.) Leaves 8elma 4 00 P M 5.00 A M Leaves Randolph 7.30 P M 7.20 A M Leaves Color* 10.00 P M 0.00 A M Leaves Talladega 2.30 A M 10.57 A M Leaves Oxford 4.10 A M 11.49 A M Leaves Anniston 4.40 AM 11.57 AM Leaves Jacksonville 5.50 A M 12.29 P M Leaves Petona 0.45 A M 1.00 PM Leavss Tecumseh 8 06 A M 1.40 P M Leaves Prior's 835AM 2.08PM Leares Gave Spring 9.10 A M 2.27 P M Leaves Rome..... 11.06 A M S.16 P M Leaves Pleinville 12.10 P M 4.00 P M Arrives Del ton 2.00 P M 5.30 P M QOINQ ROUTE. No- -1. No. 2. Daily. Daily. (Sunday exoepted.) Leaves Dalton 3.25 P M 9.00 A M Leaves Plainvills 5 20 PM 10 24 A M Loaves Roms............... 6.60 P M 11.10 A U Leaves Cavt Spring 8.00 PM 11 65 A M Leaves Prior’s 8.40 PM 1211 P M Leaves Tecamseh......... 9.10 P M 12.10 P M Leaves Patona 10 40 P M 1.03 P M Leaves Jacksonville 11.28 F M 1.31 P M Leaves Anniston ,.12.40 A M 2.01 P M Leaves Oxford 1 05 A M 2 08 P M Loans Talladega 2 30 A M 3.06 P M Leaves Oalera 7.40 A M 6.10 P M Leaves Randolph 9.45 AM 7.30 PM Arrives Selma 1.45 A M 9.50 P M No. 1 connects closely with L. A N. A Gt. So. R. R. at Calera for all points Westj with E. T. V. A Ga. R. R- at Dalton for all Eastern cities, Tennessee end Virginia Bprlngs, and with W-‘ A A. R. R. for Chattanooga ana all points in the Northwest. No 3 connects olosely at Dalton with E, T. V, A Ga. R. R. for all Eastern oltlss, Tennessee e»d Virginia Springs, and with W. A A. R. R, for Chattanooga and all point! In Northwest. No. 2 connects olosely at Oalera with traini of L. A N A Gt. So. R. R. for Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans, and all points In Louisiana and Texas. No. 4 makes close connections at Selma with Ala. Central R. R. for Meridian, Jaokson, Vleks- burg, Mobile and New Orleans, and all points In Mississippi and Louisiana. M. STANTON, Gen. Supt. RAY KNIGHT. G. T. A. W. 6. GRANE, Agent, Rome,Ga. HARDY, BOWIE & CO., WHOLESALE HARDWARE DEALERS, BROAD STREET, ROME, GA. WE CARRY IN STOCK RUBBER BELTING, 3 ply, 2, 2 1-2. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 inches; " “ 4 ply, 8, 10, 12 and 14 inches. RUBBER PACKING, 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4 incheB. AfirStrictly Best Goods Made. HEMP PACKING—MANILLA ROPE—LACE LEATHER—CUT LACINGS— UPRIGHT MILL SAWS - CROSS CUT SAWS—ONE MAN CROSS CUT SAWS-SAW SWAGES-FILES-BELT RIVETS-FINE HAMMERS— WRENCHES, &c., making Complete Line of Mill Furnishings, OUR PRICES ARE ALWAY8 RIGHT. W. & A. B. B. and its OonneotionB "KENNESAW ROUTE 1” The following schedule takes effeot Mey II, 1971 NORTHWARD. No. 1 No. 3 No. 11 Loaro Atlanta... 100pm... 620 am... 666 pm 4rrCartersville» 636 pm... 842am... 860pm Arr Kingston 7 04 p m... 9 11 a m... 9 24 p m arr Dalton 841 pm...1064 am...lt 46 pm ArrChattanooga.10 16 pm...l>42 pm. SOUTHWARD. _ No. 3 No. 4 No. 13 Lve Chattanooga 4 00 pm... 6 to am .. Arrive Dalton 141 pm... 7 0lam... 100 am Arr Kingston 7 38 pm... 907 am... 419am Atr Oartersvills-. 8 12 pro... 941am... 6 IS am Arr Altanta. 1010 pm...ll 66 am... 9 30 a Pullman Palace Cera run on Nos. 1 end between New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palaee Care ran on Noe. 1 sno between Atlanta and Nashville. Pullman Palaee Oers ran on Nos. 3 end between Louieville and Atlanta. par- So ehange of oare between New Orleans Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore, end only one ehenge to New York. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4.10 P. M. ar rive in New York tho seoond afternoon thereaf ter at 4.00 P. M. Exenrsion Tickets to the Virginia Springe end rarlous Hummer Resorts will be en sale l New Orleans. Mobile, Montgomery, Columbus, Maoon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta, at greatly reduoed rates let of June. Parties desiring a whole oer through to tho Virginia Spring! or to Baltimore, should ad- Iress the undersigned. Parties contemplating traveling should send for a oopy of Ktnnssaw Route Qouttt, ooiteln- *ng sohedulei, eto. OT-Ask tor tickets via “ Kennesaw Route. B. W. WRENN, Gsn'l Passenger and Ticket Agt, Atlanta Ga. THE White Sewing Machine! The Lightest and Easiest-Running Machine in the Market. The Beauty and Accuracy of its Movements Attest its Superior Workmanship. Every' Wearing Part is Case Hardened, and Ad justable. Capable of Sewing from the Finest Nainsook to the Heaviest of Cloth. Simplicity, Durability and Certainty Combined. Be Sure and Try Them before Buying Any Other. For Sale by El. C. HOUGH,, Rome, Ga. aug29 tw-wti, 1879. SPRING & SUMMER TRADE. 1879. New Goods! Fine Goods! MRS. T. B WILLIAMS, m illikteh, Noe 61 Broad Street, Rome, Ga# fT»HANKING MY MANY CUSTOMERS FOR THE LIBERAL PATRONAGE GIVEN ME A In the poet, I am prond to ear that I am better prepared to attend to their wanta than ever before. I have now in store and to arrive Bonnets, Hats. Flowers, Plumes, Silks, Velvets, Plushes, Ribbons, Ornaments, Hair Goods, Zephyrs, Combs, Notions, eto., eto., whloh I have selected in S arson in the Northern markets. My Goods are in the Leteet Styles, end I have my Trimming ene with good material by experienced milliners. Call and examine my good! and getmyprioes before purchasing elsewhere. (ootl7 tw »tf C. W. LANGWORTHY. C. B. LANGWORTHY. L. M. LANGWORTHY C. W. Langworthy & Co., 90 Masonic Temple, Rome, Georgia, MUSIC DEPOT. 20 Second-hand Pianos, Organs, Melodeons, To be Received and for Rent within 90 Days. N EW INSTRUMENTS, SHEET MUSIC, BOOKS (INCLUDING ALL OF JNO. E. POTTER A Co.’s Publications, Philadelphia). Stationery and ' A Co.’s Publications, Philadelphia), Stationery and Periodicals. Oar News Office is eomplete. Tobaoco and Cigars on consignmeot et low prices for cteh. good new firm a continuance of tho will be the'r aim. apr8twwtl To please their customers with good goods and fair prio Respectfully, C. W. LANGWORTHY. Life is too short to be spent in nursing animosities, or in registering wrongs. Georeia B. B., Augusta to Atlanta, D AY PASSENGER TRAINS ON GEORGIA Railroad, Atlanta to. Augusta, ran as below: -eaves Augusta at .....8.90 a. M Leave* Atlanta at- ..7.99 a.M arrives Augusta at M0 r.« Arrives at Atlanta at. 4.00 f.m Night Passengsr Trains as follows: Leaves Augusta at— 8.1* r. > loaves Atlanta at ...—10.40 r. m Arrive* at Anguita — -8.J0 a. u Arrives at Atlanta at— 6.20- a. m Accommodation Train as foUows: Leaves Atlanta ...» •» f- U Loaves Covin/jton -» *8 A. M Arrive* Atlanta .8 H A. M Arrival Covington '. ...T 39 P. M ALBIN OMBERG, Bookseller, Stationerk Printer IVo. 33 Broad Street, Has just received a Large Stock CROQUET SETS, BASE BALLS, ETC. A LARGE STOCK WALL PAPER. *fr9,tw-w1y •WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES.-