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K8TABLI8HKD IN' 1843.
THE COURIER lias a largo and steads' circu
lation In Cherokee Georgia, and la the heat ad
vertising medium In tills section.
M. DWINGLL, Proprietor.
Tuesday Morning,
Oct. 14,1879.
It will be found next October that
many over-righteous office-seekers have
committed involuntary suicide in the
performance of a lawful act where nec
essary discretion and caution were not
observed.
GOLDSMITH AND RENFROE.
The desire of all conservative, fair-
minded men is that every one, whether
an office-holder or not, if guilty of any
infraction of the laws of the State, should
be punished in the way and manner
that his crime deserves and the law au
thorizes; and the contrary is equally
true, that fairness does not permit the
escape of the guilty with less punish
ment than his conduct deserves, nor
does it wish to inflict a severer penalty
than it mertts.
The cry that is going up from differ
ent quarters of tho State that Gold'
smith, who was found guilty by the
Senate on articles of impeachment pre
ferred against him, was wrongfully con
victed because Renfroe was acquitted,
is but an indubitable evidence that the
wish of many to have both Goldsmith
and Renfroe convicted by the Senate
had its origin in something besides the
good of the commonwealth. The utter
puerility and manifest partisanship of
such expressions show conclusively that
it is not strict justice that is asked for.
If so, why release one guilty man be
cause another man who is thought to be
guilty also is acquitted by a tribunal
having jurisdiction, and acting in a
constitutional manner ?
tVe are aware that many office-seekers
and also many who desire the utter
overthrow of the Democratic party are
sorely disappointed because their cru
sade against the officers of the State
met with disaster at so early a stage in
the proceedings, and that they will con
tinue to charge the Democratic party
with the sins of a few particular indi-
veduals; and moreover with artful in
sinuationa try to fasten upon the party
the crime of upholding men in doing
wrong. There have been tricksters,
there .have been ambitious and unsoru
pulous men, there have been slanderers
and falsifiers in the world through all
ages, and this age, we are sorry to say,
is no exception to the rule, and there
fore are prepared to hear unmeasured
abuse heaped upon the party in the ag
gregate of which no man would dare to
say individual members of the party
were guilty.
Thinking men, those who are not en
deavoring to advance their own inter
ests as politicians and who are anxious
to see the good name of the State pre
served, are willing to accept the verdicts
as rendered by the Senate os a finality
and let the' unpleasant memories of
these impeachment cases die out. Not
so with the Radical and the Indpendent
office-seeker. These last will distort
the facts in every possible way that
they think will redound to the injury of
the Democratic party, and will con
stantly go about uttering vile insinua
tions which they will never have the
courage to formulate into clear and in
telligent sentences.
To guard against the danger of doing
wrong to any man holding office and
who is liable to impeachment the con
stitution requires that in order to bus
tain articles of impeachment against an
officer there must be two-thirds of the
Senate voting in tho affirmative. The
times through which we have just pass
ed show the wisdom of this provision
for every one, no matter what his in
dividual opinion in the abstract may
be as to tho guilt or innocence of Gold
smith or Renfroe, either now believeB,
or will hereafter believe, that under the
excitement growing out of the discus
sions and the pressure of outside influ
ences the Legislature was not in a con
dition to judge impartially of any
man’s guilt, or fully prepared to render
an unbiased opinion. There were too
many candidates for Goyernor, for Con
gress, for re-election to the Legislature
—in Ehort, too many trimmers and
time-servers—in the General Assembly
for that to be the august, impartial and
self-forgetting tribunal that should
pass upon the guilt or innocence of
men in high official station.
Mr. Renfroe committed errors, he did
wrong, he violated the law, and his of
fer to resign was an admission of his
wrongful conduct, but there was no
prevarication, no attempt to cover up,
no effort to influence the votes of legis
lators. And the law prescribed a pen
alty for using the funds of the State,
and while the constitution of the State
said the treasurer should not receive in
terest on such funds it at the same time
deolared that the Legislature should
enforce the provision. No statute en
forcing the constitutional provision
had been enacted; and, therefore, if the
Senate should declare him guilty of
high crimes and misdemeanors, it would
entail upon him a punishment differ
ent from that enacted by the Legisla
ture and embodied in tho code—it
would be a virtual ignoring of the writ
ten law and fixing a penalty for a crimo
after it was committed.
The Legislature is doing, since the
failure to convict before the Senate as a
court of impeachment, what ought to
have been done in the first instance. It
instructs the Governor to sue Mr. Ren-
froo for moneys of the State he may
have received and not paid over, and
also for the penalty that he became lia
ble for whenever he used or allowed
any one else to use the funds of the
State.
The Radicals and Independents who
took advantage of the crimes and de
linquencies of men put in office by, the
Democratic party, and tried to drive
the party to tho wall, do now and will
continue to rage because they were foil
ed in their purpose. Good men and
honest Democrats have been disap
pointed because of Renfroe’s acquittal,
because they knew he had violated the
law, and they wished to see the severest
punishment put upon him in order that
the charge of winking at crime could
be successfully denied. But our per
sonal or political feelings havo of right
no place in making up a judgment as
to the guilt or innocence of a man
charged with crime.
Was there not a statutory provision
already in existence by which the Leg
islature had declared the penalty for
using the money of the State. If he
has received interest, and it isAgainst
tho law, will not the courts of the State
hold him responsible for it? A candid
answer to these questions, and the
thought necqssary to reaching a candid
answer, inevitalbly lead to the conclu
sion that the Legislature, in proceeding
to impeach Mr. Renfroe before resorting
to remedies provided by statute, acted
with inconsiderate haste.
With the result of the two impeach
ments we think the people will be sat-
ified, notwithstanding the clamor of the
Radicals and Independent office-seekers
and office-holders. Many good men
who have spoken out on the spur of the
moment in opposition to the action of
the Senate in Renfroe’s caBe will regret
their haste, and the general verdict will
be that every Senator was controlled by
honest motives and opinions whethei
voting quilty or not guilty. And with
such an exercise of his dutieB by a rep
reBentative any intelligent constituency
ought to be satisfied.
Legislative Summary.
Friday, October 10.
The day was spent in debating the
House resolution requesting the Gov
ernor to issue fi. fas. against Treasurer
Renfroe and his securities.
House.
Tho House discussed tho question of
adjournment, and agreed on Wednes
day the 15th.
The special order was the considera
tion of the Senate substitute for the
House bill to regulate freight and pas
senger tariffs. The bill was read.
Mr, Luffman offered an amendment
to the section providing for 83,500 a
year for each of the three railroad com
missioners to make the salary 82,000.
This was lost.
Mr. Awtry ofiered an amendment to
make the salary 82,500, and spoke in
its favor.
Mr. Westbrook offered an amend
ment to make the salary 83,000.
Mr. Hammond spoke in favor of the
latter amendment.
Mr. Strother favored liberal pay to
competent commissioners.
Mr. King thought 82,500 ample, and
Mr. Oliver agreed with this view.
Mr. Paine favored r liberal salary
Mr. Harrison said 82,500 was enough.
On the amendment by Mr. Awtry
Mr. Hammond called for the yeas and
nays. They were ordered, and the vote
stood 57 yeas to 67 nays. So the amend
ment was lost.
The amendment of Mr. Westbrook
was lost.
Mr. Hammond offered an amend
ment to make the pay 82,750. Lost.
Mr. Harrison offered an amendment
to make the salary 82,400. Agreed to
by 86 yeas to 32 nays.
Mr. Smith, of Oglethorpe, offered a
privilege resolution to have printed
' ,000 copies of the report of the com
mittee appointed to investigate the de
partment of agriculture.
Mr. Smith supported his resolution.
The time was extended until the
matter could be disposed of.
Mr. Awtry opposed the motion to
print the report.
Mr. Polhill favored the motion to
print.
Mr. Humber moved to adjourn until
81 o’clook to-morrow. Agreed to.
Mr. Turner, of Brooks, Speaker pro
tern., occupied the chair most of the
afternoon.
At tbe End of a Rope.
Cattanooua, Oct. 8.—On the 27th of
September Dick WoodB, store-keeper,
on tho line of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad, was found murdered in his
store and the store robbed. Last Sat
urday a negro named Tom Jones was
arrested while trying to sell sleeve-
buttons belonging to the murdered
man. Jones implicated another negro,
named Bill Rearson, who was arrested
Both confessed the murder, saying they
killed Woods by hitting him on the
head with a car coupling-pin while he
was in the act of drawing beer for them
They also confessed they had other
murders in view if they got off with
this one. Jones and Rearson were
taken from custody Monday night by
unknown parties and hung from the
railroad bridge at White’s creek.
From the Detroit Free Press: The
federal ex-soldiers at New Orleans are
still complaining that Secretary Sher
man does not give them proper recogni
tion in appointments to office. This is
something to which ^Sherman needs
give his attention'',before departing to
Ohio to make hisTmal speeches in the
campaign andjto drop one vote for Fos
ter into the ballot-box In spite of the
good feeling which the Secretary’s ap
pearance as a “visiting statesman”
aroused—in spite of tho warm affection
of Eliza Pinkston and Agnes Jenks— in
spite of tho Hayes-Sherman 81,500 con
tribution to Coffin-maker Casanave—it
is evident that unless he does something
quickly and with large-hearted liberal
ity, he will lose whatever slight chance
there still remains of getting a Sher
man delegation from Louisiana to the
Republican national convention.
Mr. Rankin offered an amendment
whioh was lost.
Mr. Rankin then moved the adoption
of the Senate substitute as amended and
called the previous question. The call
was sustained, and on a call by Mr.
Wheeler the yeas and nays were 27, so
the bill passed and was ordered trans
mitted at once to the Senate.
A message from the Senate announ
ced that it had passed the House resolu
tions relative to the collection of money
claimed as the State by J. W. Renfroe,
Treasurer, with amendment declaring
that tbe resolutions did not in any way
cast reflections on those Senators who
voted him not guilty.
On motion of Mr. Miller, of Houston,
the Sonate amendment was occurred in
and bill was ordered at once transmit
ted to the Senate.
A resolution instructing the governor
to examine inter certain coupons of the
indorsed bonds of the Macon and Bruns
wick railroad, was adopted.
A resolution instructing the judges to
look after certain wild land fi. fas. il
legally transferred was adopted.
A message from the Senate announced
that the body had refused to concern in
the House amendment to the railroad
bill and asked a committee of confer
ence.
In oonnaotion with
our immense stock, wo
have added a Milline
ry Department, where
will alwaye be found
a fnll line of Fall and
Winter Styles, em
bracing Trimmed and
Untrimmed Shape! In
Straw and Felt Bats.
See our New Style
Fattern Hate. This
department will be
under the eontrol of
Mils ABBIE WEBB,
assisted by
Mai. E. BURNETT,
who will be pleated
lee all of their
friends. Will con
stantly receive all of
the Latest NoTbltles
at they appear.
Amusements.
Philadelphia Times: They are hav
ing more fun than they can keep to
themselves in Ohio. The other day in
Logan county the Democrats got a col
ored man to make a Democratic speech,
and the meeting was attended by some
two thousand people. All went on
very well until the appearance of a
couple of dezen colored men armed with
corn cutters and making loud inquiries
for “the damned Democratic nigger.”
Most of the accounts agree that at this
juuoture there was the greatest confu
sion, and some go so far as to assert that
the Demociati fled in terror.
Early County News: A Georgia de
bating society was lately discussing,
“Whioh is the best for a laboring man,
to work for wages or part of the orop ?’’
An old “uncle” spoke the sense of the
meeting. He said, “Bofo was de bes, ef
dey could only be brung togedder some
how.”
Saturday, Oot. 11.
The Senate resumed the considera
tion of the unfinished business of yes
terday, to-wit:
The several reports of the special
committee to whom the resolution of
the House requiring the Governor to
issue fi. fas. against the treasurer and
his sureties for tbe recovery of the
amount of interest received by them
for the use of the public funds.
The minority report signed and pre
sented by Messrs. Cabaniss and Cum
ming was taken up first.for action, lie
same was supported by Messrs. Cum-
ming, Fain and Cabaniss, and opposed
Messrs. Holcombe and Lester.
Tbe vote was taken and the minority
report was rejected.
The question then recurred upon the
report of the majority of the special
committee. The amendment reported
by the majority, which declared that it
was not the purpose of the House to re
flect upon the motives of the minority
of the Senate who voted to acquit the
treasurer, was adopted.
Mr. Wellborn required a division of
the question, so that Senators might
vote on that part of the preamble os a
distinct proposition which declared the
motive of the treasurer in taking inter
est for the public funds to be corrupt.
The vote on the preamble was taken
and resulted in its adoption as it came
from the House. The resolution was
voted on and adopted.
The question then recurred on the
adoption of the whole, preamble and
resolution, as the same had been amend
ed, and it was adopted.
The object in dividing the question
was to enable Senators who were un
willing to vote for the preamble which
declared that the motive of the treasu
rer was corrupt. Those who voted to
acquit him when on trial, because they
did not regard his act as having been
done with corrupt intent, felt that they
would stultify themselves if they should
now vote for a preamble whose recitals
were in conflict with their former votes.
When the resolution was eliminated
from its attachments the Senators with
one exception (Mr. MoLeod) voted for
it.
The Senate took up the House amend
ments to the substitute passed- by the
Senate for what is known as the “rail
road bill” and refused to concur there
in, asked a committee of conference.
The President appointed as such com
mittee on the part of the Senate Messrs.
Lumpkin and Perry.
The House bill to provide for the
compensation of auditors was passed.
A bill of the House amending the
road laws as to Effingham county was
passed.
The House amendments to the bill of
the Senate prescribing the method of
changing county lines were concurred
in with certain amendments engrafted
thereon by the Senate.
The resolution on final adjournment
was taken up and laid on the table for
the present.
CITYHALL!
THE EVENT 0FTHE SEASON!
GRAU’S
Grand English Opera Company
50 ARTISTS 50
On thtlr triumphant tour through the South,
will perform
Two Nights Only
In thii olty, giving
Monday, October 13th,
the latest mutlcal and spectacular lucceia,
FATINITZA!
— and —
Tuesday, October 14th,
the populer musical gem,
PINAFORE!
with the original eaet, at performed at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre, New York,
Notwithstanding the extraordinary expense at
tending the performance* of this large
combination, tho
PRICES HAVE BEEN REDUCED
To TS Cents General Admission and $1.00
Reserved Beats.
EXTRA ACCOMMODATION will be made for
thoie who wish choiet seats.
GREAT OPENING
— OF THE —
CRYSTAL PALACE,
13 Shorter Block.
NEW STORE 1 NEW GOODS!
NEW STYLES IN
DRESS GOODS, CASH
MERES, ALPACAS, LARGE
VARIETY CHEAP DRESS GOODS,
IMMENSE ASSORTMENT SHAWLS
CLOAKS, REPELLANTS, LADIE S’
UNDERWEAR, FLANNELS,
CANTONS AND DO
MESTICS, JEANS,
CA88IMERES, BLANKETS, COMFORTABLBB
Separate departments for Clothing, Boots,
Shoes and Hats. Complete stock Gent’s Fur
nishing Goods.
DAVIS & CO.
ootid tw wtf
K,d Qlo »« Is u,
“ ,rk “ «* pH*
Only tort, CWi
*P»lr. Ladle,' S(ck
W " r - Tie..
811k and Lace
ColU,i »ni coal
Linen and BlU Ullk(l)
Hambutgi, M bko ^
n “l«y end L,di e ,'
L 'n«. Lae* o(
kinds, Conti,, D rtu
Trimming,, wl w
er,thing usnsuj kept
In a first elm Dry
Goods House.
2*
J. Ii. BUTT & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Stoves, Tinware and Housefurnishing Goods.
A lso, manufacturers of galvanized iron cornices, window capo .
elaa. *£“*£*• Steam and Gas Fitting a apeoiallty. Ag.nta for Rome 8tov« „ d °^ £•
Wejm, In large lota for oath, thus enabling ua to make lowest possible price,. c»I|
(•Prttwwif "
for yonrselves.
Announcement Extraordinary
New Advertisements.
Authorized' by the Commonwealth of Ky.
—=13+.lx=-
Tbe unfinished business was the con
sideration of the Senate substitute for
the railroad bill of the House.
Mr, Awtry moved to strike out 81,200
as salary of the clerk and interest $1,SOO
as salary of the clerk of the commission
ers. Lost,
Mr. Oliver moved to insert 81,000 in
stead of 81,200. Tbe Speaker ruled that
the aotion of the House had been a
virtual adoption of the section and he
ruled the amendment out of order.
Popular Monthly Drawing ol the
COMMONWEALTH DISTRIBUTION
COMPANY,
AT ItlACAULEY’S THEATRE,
In tho City of Loutivllle, on
OCTOBER 30th, 1879.
THESE DRAWINGS, AUTHORIZED BY
ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF 1869, AND
SUSTAINED BY ALL THE COURTS OF
KENTUCKY (all fraudulent advertisements of
othor lottery companies who claim the sole
ownership of “all the grants In Kentucky” to
tho contrary, notwithstanding), OCCUR REG
ULARLY ON THE LA8T DAY OF EVERY
MONTH (SUNDAY EXCEPTED). AND ARE
SUPERVISED BY PROMINENT CITIZENS
OF THE STATE.
Grand and unprecedented success ot the new
features.
Every ticket-holder can be hi, own tuperviior,
call out hla number and see It plaoed in tbe
Wheel.
The Management call attention to tho grand
opportunity presented of obtaining, for only $2,
any of
THE FOLLOWING PRIZES.
1 Prize $ 30,000
1 Prise...., 10,000
1 Prizo. 5,000
10 Prises, $1,000 etch 10,000
20 Prises, 500 eteh, 10,000
100 Prizes, 100 etch 10,000
200 Prises, 50 each 10,000
000 Prizes, 20 eaob 12.000
1000 Prizes, 10 eaoh 10,000
9 Prizes, 330 eaob, Approzimation
* Prizes......... 2,700
9 Prizes, 200 each, Approximation
Prizes 1,800
9 Prizes, 100 each, Approximation
Prizes 900
1900 Prises, $112,400
Whole Tickets, $2. Half Tlcketa, $1,
27 Ticket!, 950. 55 Tlcketa, $100.
All applications for club rates should bo made
to the home office.
Full list of drawing publlthed in Louisville
Courier-Journal and New York Herald and
mailed to all ticket-holders. For tlokets and
information addross T. J. COMMERFORD,
Courier.Journal Building, Louisville, Ky.
octUtwwllm
Summary of Floyd Sheriff's
Sales.
GEORGIA, Floyd County.
W ILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
Houio door In the city of Rome, in Floyd
county, between the legal hours of sale, on the
First Tuesday in November, 1879,
the following property, to-wit:
90 bottles Angelica wine, 8 bottles Catawba
wine, 5 bottles mineral water, 4J pounds smoking
tobacco, 8 five-gallon demijohns, 3 boxes flasks
and one broken box, 1 ahow-caso, 1 Iron safe,
4t gallons Sonpanong wine, more or leee, 37
empty barrels, 51 empty beer boxes, 1 whisky
pump, 1 bung fioger, 1 email lot moasures, 1
stove and ooal scuttle, 2 pine tables, 1 whisky
ease, l small lot oorks, 1 wood bosket, 1 bill file,
1 desk with pigoon holes, 1 cigar lamp, 1 barrel
pure blackberry wine, about 28 gallons, 7} gal
lons ohorry brandy, 2} gallons wine, li gallons
Catawba wine, lj gallons grape brandy, U gal
lons sacramental wine, 3 quarts red Soupanong
wlae, 0 bottles ulaokberry brandy, 9 doien empty
bar bottles, 8} gallons Soupanong wine, 1 counter
soals, 1 lemon equeeier, 2 benches and 3 wood
faucets. J. L. Hawkins.
Also, one fifteen horse power Eclipse engine
and boiler, on (ills, made by Frlok A Co., with
pumps and all the fixtures. W. B. W. Leake.
Also, 1 brown mare, 1 elaybank mare. 1 small
dark mare mule, 1 large bay horse mule. . J. J.
Skinner.
Also, 1 gray mule. J. W. Marshall.
Sale,
Administrators'
GEORGIA, Floyd County.
0 N T ® E *jW 8T TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER
next, will be sold at the eourt house door in
Roma, la said oounty, within the lawful hours
of part* 0* lota of land Noa. 323, 824, 326
and 326, In tha third diatrlot and 4th eeotlon of
said oounty, containing 91 40-100 aorea, more or
lass. Sold at the property of Fielding Hlght,
deoeased. Terms oath. This Got. 6,1879.
JOHN F. A C. A. HIOHT,
oolTwtd Adro’rs F. Hlght, dee’4.
AT HORN & M'GHEES’ OLD STAND, ROME COURIER BUILDINB,
Hereby announce to the public that they have
rented one of* the Stores in the new Opera
House, which they will occupy when
completed, and in order to save the
expense of* removal, they oiler their
ENTIRE STOCK AT REDUCED PRICES!
The Stock Consists of*
DRY. FANCY AND MILLINERY GOODS,I
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes.
IN FACT, EVERYTHING A HAN, WOMAN OB
I®* Call Early and Secure Bargains.*®!
COHEN & CO.,
Horn & McGhees’ Old Stand, in the Borne Courier Building,
Sep30 tw wtf ROME, GEORGIA.
At One Dollar and Fifty Cents|
ire- ADVANCE!
YOTT ALL KNOW IT!|
The Weekly Courie:
IS 1'HE
CHEAPEST, BEST AND MOST RELIABW
NEWSPAPER
1IV THE
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$1.50 IN ADVANCE!
The Courier has been Published 23 Yearj
by the present Proprietor.
March 27, 1857, the Southern Statesman, published
was consolidated with the Courier.
January 27,1858, the Georgia Patriot, of Cedartown, w« s c011
idated with it. ,
January 1, 1874, the Chattooga Advertiser was con?
with it.
April 12,1876, the Rome Commercial-daily (»nd w eeldy
consolidated with it.
£3*“The above facts are interesting to advertisers.
M. DWINELL, Propri^'