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Coiner FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. NEW SERIES. ROME, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1879. VOL. 18, NO. 137 KTmititt and (ffiommemal. roWSOI.IPA.TEP APRIL 10, 1870. rates OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. fob the weekly. 12 00 0110 your 1 00 „lx months ^ ,'lirce months fob the tbi-weekly. 00 2 00 1 00 Ouo Six mouths Three months rrualil yearly, strictly In advance, the price o( {he Weekly Courier will be *1 60. CONTRACT RATES OF ADVERTISING. o„. square one month . * t 00 one square three months 8 00 One square six months.-. «00 one square twelve months...™ 20 00 one-fourth column one month... .. 7 80 Ono-fourth column three months 15 00 One-fourth column six months 27 00 One-fonrth column twelve months 60 00 One-half column one month.. 15 00 One-half column throe months 27 00 One-half column six months.... 60 00 One-half oolumn twelve months - 80 00 ono column ono month 27 w one column three months 60 uo One column six months.... sooo one column twelve months 120 00 The foregoing rates are for eltlior Weekly or Trl-Weekly. Wien published In both papers, 50 Jer cent, additional upon table rates. Thornburg’s Battle. A courier from the front brings the following from an officer in Payne’B command: Battlefield, Milk Riveb, Col., ) Ootober 3, 6 p. m. J A courier will leave some time to night with dispatches if possible. The Indians still surround us and pour in an effective fire from commanding bluffs at a distance of 500 or 600 yards, hav ing a cross-fire upon our position, which position was chosen hastily on the first day of the fight. All of our horses and all but twelve mules have been killed. We sheltered them as best we could with wagons, but to no purpose. Capt, and Lieut. Hughes, with Com pany D, Ninth Cavalry, came to our rescue yesterday morniDg at daybreak, after a forced night’s march of thirty- five miles from Bear river. Cheer upon cheeueut tho air from our trenches when it was ascertained who were com ing. A lull iu the firing enabled them tocomeiuaud shelter their horses as well as possible, after which they took to the fortifications quickly, and the at tack redoubled in its fury. Had the heights been accessible, Capt. Dodge would have charged them with liis company while we covered them from our rifle pits; but this being utterly impossible, the ascent being nearly porpendioulnr, all we could do during the day was to keep a good lookout from the loop-holes and return the fire when an Indian showed hiB head. This, however, was a rare occur rence, as the Indians have rifle pits and loop-holes. Before dark every horse but three of Capt. Dodge’s command was shot down. A very fortunate thing for ua has been that the Indians have left us unmolested at night, with the exception of an occasional Bhot to make us scatter to our pits. We have been able at great risk to haul off our dead animalB every night, otherwise the stench would be intolera ble. A sally ia made every night for wter, a distance of two hundred yards , “ °? r mtrenohments. Night before last Private Freer, of Company F, was *hot the face while out with a party •iter water. The Indians were only a away, and were driven off by * volle F from the guard and trendies. Capt, Dodgo brought us the cheering n . e ws that our dispatches reached Bear reach R B an< ^ woldd undoubtedly We have been oounting tho hours nich it will probably take for relief to rie'f U8 ' „^ r ® a 'l agree that Gen. Mer- 3“°“ p mt Russell, with thecompa- 3 °f a Fifty Cavalry there, and all er available troops, will be ordered ‘ in! If 0oue , as they will be needed to ».wT& e Ih»j ■? or ,°f en se by the Indians, and Li ‘ Dot been for Major Thornburg’s |Che- T ard ’ commanded by Lieut. tioed a like movement of about twenty Indians from the left of th6 Indian posi- tion. He approached within a couple hundred yards of the Indians, took off his hat and waved it, but the response was a shot fired at him, wounding a man of his party and killing his horse. This was the first shot and was instantly fol lowed by a volley from the Indians. The work had now begun in earnest, and, seeing, the advantage of the position he held, Cherry dismounted his detachment and deployed along the crest of the hill to prevent the Indians flanking his posi tion or to cover his retreat if fround necessary to retire upon the wagon train, which was then coming up slowly, guarded by Lieut. Paddoek, Company D, Fifth cavalry. Orders were sent to park the wagons and cover them with the company guarding them. The two companies in advance were Capt. Payne’s, Company F, Fifth cavalry, and Capt. Lawson’s, Company E, Third cavalry, which were dismounted and deployed as skirmish ers, Capt. Payne on the left and Capt. Lawson on the right. From Cherry’s position he could see that the Indians were trying to out him off from the wagons, and at once sent word to Major Thornburg, who then withdrew the line slowly, keeping the Indians in check until opposite the point which his men had taken, when seeing that the Indians were concentrating to cut off his retreat, Capt. Payne, with Company F, Fifth cavalry, was ordered to charge the hill, whioh he did in gallant style, his horse being shot under him, and several of his men wounded. The Indians having been driven from this point, the company was rallied on the wagon train. Maj. Thornburg then gave orders to Cherry to hold his posi tion and to.cover Capt. Lawson’s retreat, who was ordered to fall back slowly with the led horses of his company. Cherry called for volunteers of twenty men, who responded promptly and fought with desperation. Their names will be given in later dispatoheB, as nearly every man was wounded before he reached the camp, and two men were killed. Cherry brought every wounded man in with him- Capt. Lawson, a bravo old veteran, displayed the greatest coolness and courage during the retreat, sending up ammunition to Cherry’s men whon once they were nearly with out. Mai. Thornburg started back to the wagem 1 tfai'n After giving his final orders to Capt. Payne to charge the hill, and to Capt. Lawson and Lieut. Cherry to cover the retreat. He must have been shot dead when barely half way there, as his body was seen by one of Capt. Lawson’s men, life extinct and lying on his face.. Capt. Payne, then in command, at once set about having the wounded horses shot for beastworks, dismantling the wagons of boxeB, bun dles of beddihg, oorn and flour sacks, which were quiokly piled up for forti fications. Picks ana shovels were used vigorously for digging intrenchments. Meantime a galling fire was concen trated upon the command from all the surrounding bluffs which commanded the position. Not an Indian could be seen, but the incessant cracks of their Sharp and Winchester rifles dealt fear ful destruction among horses and men.” LATEB. Oct. 4, 6 p. m.—No courier could be gotten off last night, owing to the con stant firing of the Indians into the camp. The moon came up an hour af ter dark, and a volley was poured in at once. Our party went after water and was unmolested, and had _ pur little stockade all cleared for action before the firing was resumed. As I write this dispatch the bullets are whistling oyer the top of the trench. They often strike the grain sacks, a few incheB above our heads, but wo are deep enough to be comparatively safe. arrival of gen. merkitt. LATER-Oct. 5, 6 A. m.—Hurrah! Hurrah! Merritt has come, and the surrounding hills resound, with the cheers of welcome. A courier goes out at once. The Lost Boy on tho Fair Grounds- emir* “6 the ambuscade, the hi'« ) J 0m , l ? and would have been anni- dinna v “ e 8aw a small party of In in frrmt a Pr Pear 0V(jr a hill a half mile to . at 0000 divided his party Lt- i nu ? lt ® r ’ a, ‘d only discovered them about 9iv! iad j a nked their position by ywds. Cherry rode back at two or three men who Thornh,,. , » ttnd notified Major descent'll’ w , 10 llad “heady begun the intend J n . to 110 dee D ra vine whioh was I Indiana' ° en 8 u h the command. The Idovriill,,m? r .i disiuounted and lying 'Wee nm ' u cr , eBl of the high, steep I Point h hundred yards fram the [have l *‘° deadly assault would hithdr„'“" ruinue<1 - The troops were I and cltmi n a V art a distance, dismounted |dei t to !,!?’ 0 ! *, n hue of battle, with or- %ut Oho,! ai ^ attack of the Indians, iur e tn J, Waa hero ordered by Thorn- Picked m, a detachment of fifteen ' . and make reconnoissanoe ^ndiatiTP. lcate if possible with the Only deal-! i . Wus thought that they ‘fieir lo °Pl )u8a his approach to a , nd wo uld parley or have cited win tae ^ uouid be oommuni- “- c «»ct? 8h vu‘: io .5d”S Echoes of the Business Boom. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, at Philadelphia, has at the present time no less than 2,250 names on its mechan ics’ payroll. Six years have elapsed since anything approaohing this num ber of m?n were in the shops. The to tal production of locomotives for the year will reach 400. This is the largest manufacture for any one year since 1873.. Over a hundred locomotives are now in course of construction at the works. The cost of the materials in a freight car is 8250 more than it was a few months ago, owing to the remarkable rapidity with which iron had been ad vancing in price. The Cincinnati Gazette easy : “Some of our merchants and manu facturers are so overrun with business that they are calling home their sales men.” The receipts of lumber in Chicago the past week was very large, in fact the largest for any one week on reoord. They amounted to 62,207,000 feet. At Altoona., Pa., the prospects for a prosperous winter are very good. The car shops will be completed in another, month, when a large force of hands will be put to work. The great clothing manufacturers of Boston have seldom, if ever, done a larger or more satisfactory busineBB than this season, and all their produc tions have gone speedily into the hands of the retailers, It is stated by the Johustown, Penn., Tribune that the Cambria Iron Compa ny are winding up all old contracts which were taken at low figures, and that on the first of November the wages of the hands are to he increased. The wages will be advanced on the basis of 845 per gross ton, the present asking price. New Haven manufacturers cannot get hands enough to do their work. One company was compelled to rejeot an order for 140 platform cars, to be fitted with oil tanks, for which 840,OCO was offered. The Paterson, N. J., Locomotive Works are driving to their utmost ca- parity. Fools’ Homes. The.term Gotham was first employed, we'believe, as a nickname to New York by Washington Irving. The name is not an invention, as is often thought; it is an actual parish of Nottinghamshire, England, whose inhabitants were form erly so proverbially rustic and stupid that they gained the ironical title of the Wise Men of Gotham. Many storieB of their doltishness have been put upon the Gothamites, one of which is that joined hands on a certain occasion round a thorn bush to prevent the es cape of a cuckoo. In order to confirm the tale, the bush—of course, the ident ical bush—is shown to tourists in that neighborhood. It is said that King John, ol Magna Charta memory, in tended once upon a time to go through the parish for the purpose of buying a castle and grounds. The Gothamites knowing that the royal visit would en tail considerable expense on them, pre tended, when the monarch’s messengers appeared, to be occupied with some sil ly, ridiculous pursuit, much to the dis gust of the regal emissaries. These re ported to John what they had seen, and he declared that he would not have a castle in a neighborhood where such simpletons lived. Thereupon the arishoners shrewdly remarked, “More hols, we wot, pass through Gotham than remain in it.” Andrew Boyde, a native Gothamite, wrote the Merrie Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham, founded on a commission, signed by Henry VIII., to the magistrates of the parish to prevent poaching. All na tions are apt to select some region or tot as a limbo of fools. Phrygia was ™e dunces’ home in ancient days in Asia Minor, as Abdera was in Thrace, Bcetia in Greece, as Swabia is in mod ern Germany, Calabria in Italy, Gall! cia, in Spain, Alsace (before the Franco- German war) in France, etc. D.lroit Freo Pres*. Late in the afternoon yesterday one of the police discovered a boy about nine years old curled up in a corner of Machinery Hall and made inquiry : “Bub, what are you doing here ? “I’m lost,” was the laconic reply. “How long since you have seen your friends ?” , , “Well, Heft dad about three hours ago, I guess.” , “Ana you’ve been lost ever since I “Yes.” “Well, it’s too bad.” “Y-yeB, it’s a sad case,” said the lad trying to be brave; “but I’ll bet that while I’m doing all the lostlng dads doing most of tho feeling bad. Verves and Scott. We find in Middleton’s Life of Cic ero that all the peculations, extortions, bribes and larcenies charged against Verres during his entire administration of the affairs of Sicily, did not exceed 82.000,000, equal to one-third of the amount for whioh, according to the ad- Son of the New York Tribune made at the time, Governor Scott fraudulently issued the bonds of South Carolmama single transaction. And yet you bio oxnectcd to be shocked and horrified because the people of theSouthdo not vote the Republicon tioket! D. w. Voorhees. (yticura HUMORS OF THE SCALP. LOSS OF HAIR. Lou of Hair in thoueande of aa.oi ia duo on- tiroly lo aom. form of scalp diaoaae. Sereniy- fivo per cant, of the number of bald he ,de m ght bo covered with hair by a judloioua uso of Cu ncoBA. ae.ietcd by Cdticdra 8>ar. It le the moat agreeable as well a< the moat effective heir reatorer ever produced by man. It ia medicinal in tho truo.t Sanaa of tho word. All others are aome oloagonous mixture, of poiionous dyes. None but Cotioura poseoseoe tho apeeifio medical properties that enable it to oure ail itching and scaly diseaees that inflame and irritate thoeoalp and hair glands and label, ceuslng premature baldneis. Medium doaei of the Ccticura Ha- solvext will purify the oil and sweat glands of the viius of scrofulous humor of the blood snd insure a permanent oure when taken in oonnootion with the outward application of CtmcoRi. SALT RHEUM~AND DANDRUFF Cured that several physicians had tailed to treat successfully. Meeera. Woeks A Potter: Gentlemen—I have had tho Salt Rheum on my head and all through my hair, also on my log., for tho past four years, having suffered exceedingly with it. The dan druff falling from my hair wae very annoying. I coneultod several distinguished physicians in regard to it, and have taken their prescriptions ss ordered, but .did not Had any cure and bat little roliof. I was told by many persons who have tho 8alt Rhsum, and who have been doo. tored for yeari, that there was no euro for it i that it was in the blood, and I should always have it, and I was almost ineltned to sgroe with them', but a friend wanted me try Concutu, made by your firm. I dpt, and to my astonish ment, in loss than threo weeks my head was entirely free from all Balt Rheum and Dandrufl, and I oannot ioo any appearanco of Salt Rheum on my prson. I think it a wonderful remedy. Rospoctfully yours, GEORGE A MUDGE. Port*mouth, N H., Feb. 0, 1878. HUMOR OFTHE SCALP That wee destroying the Ilnlr cured with one box or CUTIGURA. Messrs. Weeks A Potter t Gentlemen—I went to tell yon what Cuticora has done for mo. About ton yean ago my hair began falling out, caused by Humor of the Boalp. I tried various remedies, too numerous to mnntion, without relief, until I began using Cdtiodba, one box of whioh has entirely cured me, and new hair is beginning to grow. Respectfully, MRS. O. J. ROOT. 887 W. Lake St„ Chicago, Ill., Nov. 13,1878. We know the abovo to be true. Mary U. Towxsxro, 412 W. Jackson Bt. Mrs. C. A. Okay, 341 Fulton Bt. scauThead For Nine Years cured when all other Remedies failed. Messrs. Weeks A Pottor: Gentlemen—Since Nuly last I have been using your Cdticdra for Soald Hoad, and it has cured mo when all medi cines that I have taken for nine years did mo no good. I am now using it ae a hair dressing, but my hoad is well. It keeps tho hair ia vory nioo condition. Yours truly, n. A. RAYMOND, Auditor Fort Wayne, Jackson A Saginaw R. R. Jackson, Mieh., Dec. 20, 1878. The CuTtonRA Ruinous ore prepared by Woeks A Pottor, Chemists snd Druggists, 3(0 Washington Street, Boston, and are for solo by all Drugglste. Price of Cuticdba, email boxee, 50 cents; large boxee, containing two and ono- half times the quantity of email, $1. Resolvent $1 per bottle. Ccticura Boat, 25 cents; by mail, 3f R. T. HOYT. II. D. COTHRAN HOYT & COTHRAN; Wholesale Druggists, ROMEiGEORGIA, IrAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OE GRASS AND FIELD STALEDS, INCLUD1NQ CLOVER, TIMOTHY, HERDS’, BLUE AND ORCHARD GRASS, BARLEY AND RYE, (and Oats to nrrive.) Which they Offer to the Trade at Lowest Possible Figures. jullOtwwtf 1879. FALL & WINTER TRADE. 1879. New Goods. Fine Goods. MRS. T. B WILLIAMS, M I LiLIKTER, No. 61 Broad Street, Rome, Ga. in the past, I am proud to say that 1 am bottor prepared to attond to thair wants than over beloro. I have now in store and to arrive Uonnets, Hate, Flowers, Plumes, Silks, Velvets, Pluihos, Ribbons, Ornaments, Hair Goods, Zephyrs, Oombe, Notions, otc., etc., whioh I have lelectod in J arson in the Northorn markets. My Goods aro in tho Latest Stylos, and I have my Trimming one with good materia) by experienced milliners. Call and examine my goods and got my prices before purchasing eltowhere. (rati 7 tw wtl , 30 eents; 3 cakes, 76 eonts. 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