About Rome tri-weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1881 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1879)
nt SUw* K8TABLISHKD IN 18-43. THE COURIER has a largo and steady circu lation In Cherokee Georgia, and Is tho host ad vertising medium In this section. M. DWIKEUi, Proprietor. Thursday Morning,: : : Nov. 13,1879 Senator Kernan, of New York, is not one of the disgruntled. He is con fident ot the Democrats carrying New York in the next Presidental election and enough more States to elect their candidates. The Atlanta Dispatch says that • Gen. Toombs remarked recently “that as between Grant and such sneaking Democrats ns Tilden and Randall he preferred Grant,” which, wo say, goes a long way towards popularizing a “boom” for either of the gentleman named. Ben Buti.er says that the education and property qualifications of the con stitution of Massachusetts disqualify fully a hundred thousand white men over twenty-one years of age, who would but for these clauses be allowed to vote, lie says they must be allowed to vote or Massachusetts must lose three of her eleven representatives in Congress. The colored voters of Virginia voted nearly unanimously with the readjust ers in the late election, and the name was but another for repudialors. Mr, Hayes went out of his way to take a hand in the election, but the “poor col ored man” over whom he wept when he admitted that he was defeated for the Presidency a day or two after tho elec tion in 187G paid no heed to his coun sels. Mr. Stephens ha9 reaohed Washing ton and is talking again about the sen timente of tho people of Georgia, inbject, by the way, that he knows verv little about. How could he, we ask in all candor, when he sees nobody but those who call upon him at his room or “sick chamber,” as Dick Taylor would say, if alive ? We respect Mr. Stephens as a citizen and a gentleman, but as a politician he belongs to ante bellum days, and ior tho good of his State he ought to retire and give place ti an active, brainy man. The following is the letter that Mr. John Sherman, secretary of the treasu ry, wrote to Silas B. Dutcher, appraiser of the New York custom house, during the late canvass. It was well under stood before that, so far as the civil ser vice reform is concerned, the adminis tration had already crawled into its hole; this letter of Sherman’s shows that it has drawn the hole in after it: Sir—Your application for leave of absence is hereby granted. I cordially approve of your taking part in' the Cor nell and Hoskins campaign, and will do all in my power to favor their elec tion. I have no objections to the gov ernment employes making contribu tions to the fund. Your suggestion that I should take part in tho campaign by speaking in several of the prominent cities in your state I will answer " 4 some future time. Yours respectfully, John Sherman. DBA I'll OF IIF.V. EOVICK PIERCE. Rev. Lovick Pierce, D. D., for three quarters of a century a minister of the Methodist church, died at his home in Sparto, Ga., on Sunday morning, the 9th inst., in the nintyfifth year of age. Dr. Pierce’s ago and activity up to a recent date would hav9 made him n re markable man, but he was worthy of celebrity on account of his great taient as a man, and of the love and respect of his fellows because of his purity and devotion to the cause of the Master he served so faithfully. We believe Dr. Pierce was at the ses sion of tho General Conference last year, and was at the session of 1874 at Louisville, Ky., when he addressed his co-laborers, as follows: My Beloved Brethren—I stand be fore you rather as a marvel in the histo ry of Methodist preachers. It would be rather unbecoming in me to congrat- ulate you on account of my presence with you, but it is right that I should congratulate myself on being permit ted to see this very certainly the last General Conference I shall ever attend. I have been greatly honored—more cer tainly than I have ever deserved. 1 have never been left out since the time of my eligibility as a delegate. I have never done much. I have always felt inclined to retire rather than make my self bold and prominent. I had no ex Report of the Trustees of the Lunatic Asylum. State Lunatic Asylum, Near Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 10,1879. To His Excellency Alfred H. Col quitt, Governor of Georgia—Sir: The undersigned respectfully present the following as the annual report of the Trustees of tho Lunatic Asylum, for the year extending from October 1st, 1878, to September 30th, 1879, both dates inclusive, They also submit herewith the an nual reports for the same time of the superintendent, steward and assistant steward, treasurer, chaplain and matron, which, with their exhibits, will furnish a full understanding of the working of the institution for the year, From these reports it will be seen that the expenses of maintenance of every kind, including also the cost of rebuild ing the stable and barns, the purchas'e of about twenty-five acres of land, with three houses, the purchase of which was necessary to prolec* our buildings, owing to proximity, and the pay for six months of a fourth physician, whose employment was found necessary, has been $S9,629.19, for an average of sev en hundred and forty-eight patients dur ing the year, making the expense per capita, per diem, thirty-two and nine- His life had been one of quiet, un selfish usefulness in his sphere, and few, if any, purer or better citizens have lived or died in Georgia, his native State. L. N. Whittle, President. R. L. Mott, T. F. Newell, S. P. Myrick, W. H. Hall, M, D. Improved Condition of Affairs in Ireland. pectation, when it was announced to me tenlh oe nts-rather less than for the that I was elected to the General Con- We have received a copy of the "Re ports of the Trustees and Officers of the State Lunatic Asylum,” add publish thft Trustees’ report entire. From these papers it appears.that the institution is well managed, which we are glad to be lieve, as any neglect or mistreatment of this class of unfortunates is unspenk ably worse than in the case of others. The deaf and dumb, the blind, the poor, or even the convicts of the State, are able by some means to tell oi wrong, ful treatment, but the poor soul bereft of reason is entirely at the mercy of his guardians. Let the managers of this noble charity continue to act uprightly and mercifully with those committed to their keeping; and let no one needlessly try to shake the faith of the people in the good faith and humanity of the men, who, above all servants of the people, should be worthy of confidence. The Atlanta Dispatch, noticing the rumor that A. T. Akerman is likely to be a candidate for Congress in the Sev enth District says: We have too much confidence in the good sense and patriotism of the Demo crats of the 7th Congressional District to think for a moment that they will con tinue their “organized” and “indepen dent” divisions in the face of strong Re publican opposition. And the Constitution has this to say on the same topic: It seems settled that Amos T. Aker man will run for Congress in tho Sev enth District. This will make the con test a triangular one, and the boys can have all the fun they want. We are anxious for the cotillion to begin. Our esteemed cotemporaries of the gate city need neither hope for nor fear a triangular fight in the Seventh. Dr. Feltou knowB that a majority of his votes comes from the supporters of Grant or any other Radical for the Presidency. Mr. Akerman will not be a candidate unless be is assured cf the Radical vote. So if Akerman runs Fel ton, knowing that bis gooso is cooked, will rotire. ference, that I could be present with you. It may bo considered as.the first instance in history, at least in thvt of our own ministry, that a man in his ninetieth year has travelled six hundred miles and occupied his seat daily in a body like this ; but God has conferred upon me the very remarkable blessing. Mr. Robert A. Crawford has written a letter to the Atlanta Constitution ad vocating the nomination of Grant and Lochrane in 1880. The country would be more alarmingly convulsed by the suggestion if any one knew anything a,bout Mr. Robert A. Crawford.—Au gusta Chronicle. Knowing something about Mr. Rob ert A. Crawford, his letter has a sooth ing and quieting effect upon us. Tho Railroad Commission Atlanta Constitution. The newly established railroad com mission of Georgia, composed of ex-Gov- ornor James M. Smith, of Columbus, Major Campbell Wallace of Atlanta and Hon. Samuel Barnett of Washington, as tho 'commissioners, met yesterday in in this city and perfected its organiz v tion. The commissioners bad previously held two consultation meetings at which they had discussed all the prelimniary matters pertaining to their organization and the prosecution of their duties. It is understood that they have arrived at a complete understanding of their work under the act creating the commission! and that its terms and requirements will be rigidly adhered to. The organi zation was completed yesterday and in eluded the selection of one of their number to act and be designated as chairman of the commission. His col leagues united in devolving this position and the duties attaching thereto upon ex-Governor Smith. Commissioner Smith is a man of strong and inflexible powers, and will bring to the chairman ship of the commission understanding energy, immovable purposo and the nicest sense of justice. His selection is a particularly wise one. Tho. secretary of the commission was chosen after long deliberation and canvassing of the qualifications of nearly one hundred ap plications. Among them were many well-known and popular gentlemen who would have filled the position ac ceptably, but the choice finally de. volved upon Major Robert A. Bacon of Columbus. Mr. Bacon is a gentle man well and favorably known in rail road circles of the south and is emi nently qualified for the labors and delicate position in which he is now placed. He has large experience and a fund of technical knowledge in rail road affairs that will make him a most excellent adjunction to tho commis- The commission will give notice to tho railroads in a few days to come for ward and comply with the terms of the law. Pall Mall, England, Gazette: There is no denying that the Americans have been sending us of late what in their own dialect they would call “ quite a number” of disagreeable things, and the list is a very miscellaneous one, embrac ing bad seasons, bad prices, the inter viewing reporter, personality in journal ism, tho dry humor of Mark Twain and the nasty incoherence of Walt Whitman. To these, it would seem pianos for tho million ought to be add ed, for the American manufacturers are certainly the most enterprising and pushing—if it is not entirely to them that we owe the appalling proportions the trade in theso instruments of torturo has lately assumed. The Earl of Aberdeen has a distinc tion uniqe among earls—he is the Bold owner of a railway, the entire cost of which came out of his own pocket. It is ten miles in length, runs chiefly on Iris own property, and cost $275)000. year previous. This low rate for maintaining the pa tients, which it is helieved is as low, if not lower, than in any other like insti tution in the southern states, it is feared may not be maintained in the future, as already there is some increase in the price of provisions and other necessary supplies, which may continue to appre ciate and thus increase the expense of maintenance. The improvements contemplated by the Legislature, and for which a spe cial appropriation was made, were com menced soon after the act was passed, and are progressing satisfactorily; the use of the brick and other materials from therold penitentiary, will prove, aB was anticipated, a saving of several thousand dollars to the State, and in sure the completion of the buildings at an early (jay. Tho trustees propose, during the com ing year, to add to the facilities for im proving the “moral treatment” of the patients, as recommended by the super intendent in his report, so far as the means at their command will allow. None of the buildings or property connected with the Asylum, are under insurance, and it seems the policy of the State to assume the risk herself, as no insurance has been effected upen the property since the war, if at any time before ; some of the trustees when they appeared before the committees of the Legislature, in the month of July last, brought this matter to their attention and suggested that some action be taken by the Legislature upon the [subject, so that the trustees might be instructed whether to have insurance effected or not, but as no action bos yet been ta ken, they think it proper thus to bring the subject formally to the notice of your Excellency. The trustees are satisfied with the management of the institution for the past year, and feel assured that its gen eral condition, in all its departments, is being steadily improved, and that it is as well organized and conducted as ever before; although complaint of mal treatment and neglect of one patient has been made to the Legislature, the trus tees are unanimous of the opinion, af ter fully investigating the facts and cir cumstances of the case, that the charges are groundless, and that the officers and employees of the institution, especially those in the immediate charge of the patient, are free from blame in the mat ter. Since the last report of the trustees, the venerable Dr. Thomas F. Green, for more than thirty-three years the super intendent and resident physician of the Georgia Lunatic Asylum, has departed this life. On Tuesday, 11th February, 1879, he appeared in his usual health and was performing his daily routine of dutieB, apd while thus engaged in the afternoon of that day, fell upon the floor, stricken with apoplexy. Although every attention was given him, he had two other attacks and died on the morn ing of the following Thursday, the 13th of February, 1879; aged 74 years, 1 month and 18 days. Dr. Green had* seen the institution grow up under his fostering care, from a small affair with only, about sixty pa tients, to its present dimensions, with seven hundred end thirty-eight inmates under his treatment, and had for years looked upon it, and towards it, as his child : in rearing this magnificent mon ument of the State’s charity, ho not only illustrated his own life, but as well, the State of Georgia. Since the last report, the institution, in the death of Col. James S. Pinckard, one of the board of trustees for nearly five years, has also met with a great loss. Col. Pinckard, like Dr. Green, seemed in full health till a day or two before his death, when on July 27th, 1879, he quietly and suddenly passed away— aged 69 years, four months and four days. The intelligence from Ireland indi cates that the condition of affairs there is gradually improving. Writing un der date of October 17th, the Dublin correspondent of the London Times says: “Thesigns of improvement in the condition of the country are every day becoming more apparent and en couraging. From all parts favorable accounts are received about the harvest, even from places where a few weeks ago the farmers were really alarmed at the prospect. The fine weather which has prevailed for the last three weeks with but little interruption has worked wonders for the ciops, and even the fear of a fuel famine is beginning to sub side. Advantage has bean taken of the favorable opportunity to get in very large .quantities of turf.” It is plain that the situation has been greatly over drawn. The Farmers’ Gazette, the spe cial organ in Ireland of the agricultural classes, protests vigorously against tho exageruted statements that have been put forward. The Gazette says: “ There is a heavy crop of oats, wheat is turn ing out beyoud expectation, barley also is fair, and in various instances an ex cellent crop ; and although potatoes are no doubt extensively diseased, that crop does not form the whole resource of the people, as it did in 1846. Trade is in creasing and the prospects of the coun try are deoidedly improving.” The peo pie of both England and Ireland are doubtless finding abundant reason for encouragement in the joyous trade re ports from the United States.—Savan nah News. Pork. Cowles & Dunkley’s produce circular of yesterday states that a noticable fall ing off in quality of hogs the past week leads to the conclusion that fattening is being forced, and that instead of farm ers being anxious'to hold their hogs,they were anxious to get rid of them and hold their corn. At least, the stock ar riving does not show free feeding of corn, but rather of vegetables. The flesh is soft, and the shrinkage from hoof to hooks much'greater jthan usual at this season of the year. This is another reason why packers are not over anx ious to cut hogs at present prices, and they naturally infer that if producers continue to hurry their hogs forward and force fattening in the same ratio they have done for five or six weeks past, they can force lower prices by holding back, though the crop will probably be largely marketed early in January. Cowles & Dunkley’s circular adds that the impression is gaining ground that the supply of hogs in the west is fully up to last season in point of numbers, while the majority antici pate an increase in weights.—Chicago Times. New Advertisements lwTbaUTt, Late of Shelbyville, Term., has opened at ISo- Or Broad Street, A FULL LINE OF GROCERIES ^PROVISIONS, And Some Hardware. W ^FRICE^for Country pS ZEST-Come and try mo. Ij. W. Bai-rett. Romo, Ga., Nov 12, 1877. twwlm Anjusta Main. novl3lw.wly Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto, has written an account of a recent confer ence of an hour with tho Pope, who was earnest and particular in his quiries about Roman Catholicism in North America. “He deplored the debts of tbe.church in Amorica,” the Archbishop says, “and'spoke of the gos pel narrative of sitting down and ma king a calculation before commencing a work. He asked me about the means of educating my priests. ‘We must,’ said he, ‘have good, holy and learned priests and good seminaries. Priests must be able to refute all the heresies and strange opinions that arise.’ I asked his especial blessing for the benefit of the diocese. A sign of the cross, and a great blessing uttered from the heart were his reply.” The Archbishop thinks that the Pope is wearing himself out rapidly with over work, and will not live muoh longer. Somebody has collected several very curious facts about the cost of books in early times, and in the light of them who shali say that books nowadays are not cheap ? The King of Northum ber- land, in 690, gave for a history of the world 800 acres of lapd, and a countess of Anjou, date not slated, once gave 200 sheep and a large parcel of furs for a volume of homilies, and 120 crowns for a single book of Livy. In 1720 a Latin bible was valued at $150, and this was a time when two arches of London bridge were built for less than $150. A laborer in those days had wages so small that the earnings of 15 years had been necessary to buy a bible, and the bible being in Latin he could not have read it after all. Business Items. Mill property in Switzerland has rap idly depreciated in value. Three cot- ton mills were built a few years ogo at a cost of $320,000. In 1875, when the firm failed, the property was valued at $250,000. A few months since it wus acquired by the Berne Bank of Com merce, that had made advances upon it for 8150,000. The mills are now a third time, advertised for sale at $70,000, with poor prospect of a buyer. The lineu mills in Greenwich, Wash ington county, N. Y., have been pur chased by a firm of manufacturers from Guildford, Ireland, who will give em ployment to seven hundred hands. If successful the firm will transfer their entire business to this country. An immense factory at Peoria, Illi nois, for manufacturing corn sugar, or glucose, as It is called, is nearly com pleted. A woolen mill at NewBrunfels, Tex as, yielded a net profit of $81,000 last year. Nashville American: The idea that everything went to the devil, Tuesday, is one we have heard frequently before. Have we not been worst defeated al most any year for the past thirteen years, and yet have we not grown and thriven ? The idea that a democracy comprising bo nearly half the whole people, if not in reality more, should sit down and give up because of defeat, which in itself indicates no confidence in the’otherBido is absurd. The Ameri can people and the democrats are not made of that kind of stuff. According to information received in Washington, an attempt was made by the Readjusters of Falmouth, Virginia, to burn Gen. Fitzhugh Lee in effigy Thursday night. Gen. Lee was prominent Debt Payers candidate for the Legislature, and most earnest in his denunciation of repudiation. He was defeated. The Readjusters of Falmouth mado an effigy of him and rode it around on a rail Thursday night. They were about to burn it, but. were per suaded not to by a party of men of their own thinking, who, hearing of the affair, rode over from Fredericksburg, five miles distant, and arrived just in time to prevent the image being given to the flames. Col. Hardee of the Cuban fevor com mission is engaged at present upon an iudiviudal report of his observation, which will be submitted to congress in dependently of the general report. It will embrace his speoial investigations in the field of sanitary engineering and descriptive topographioal drawings of Havana and other cities. Chattanooga Times: As for the road to the gulf through Rome, Columbus and Eufaula—that lino will “build it self" inside of ten years, whether Cin cinnati comes to its aid or not. It will soon be a commercial necessity, and when that time arrives the road will be mado or as good as made. F. A.LAIDLEY&CO-, Pork Packers, And wholesale dealers in Grain, Flour and Salt. 86 Second Sir-cot. Cinoimuti, Ohio. *©* GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER. nov!8 wSm 3. F. Avery & Son’s Plows aoi ApiciM Iiltfi! FOR SALE BY WRIGHT & O'BRYAN Borne, Ga. T he undersigned are the author. Ised Agents of B. F. Aver; A Soos for the salo of their various styles ol Plowi, Blades ol all kinds, Stocks, Wagons, etc. WRIGHT A O’BRYAN. nov7tw-w6w week in your own town. Terms and ti tjpUUoutfit freo. Address H. Hillitt A Co, Portland,Maine. noylStw-wly Columbus, November 11.—The re mains of Rev. Lovick Pierce reached the city to-day on the Maoon train, and were buried this afternoon in the ceme tery, by the side of his wife. The fune ral was one of the largest attended ever seen here. People of all denominations turned out to do honor to this great and beloved divine. Columbus was the scene of his early labors, and it was here he did great good in the service of his Master. Charleston, S. C., News and Courier: A better man than Gen. Grant to govern an Afghanistan could not be found, and the world does not furnish a more dan gerous head for a constitutional govern ment. Eight years of office taught him nothing. Is it conceivable that he should be improved by three years of adulation and admiration ? PATENTS Obtained for now inventions,or for improvement! In old ones. Caveats, Trade Marks and all pat ent business promptly attended to. INVENTIONS THAT HAVE KEEN REJECTED may still, in most caioi, bo pat- onted by ns Being opposite the U. 8. Patent Offioe, and engaged in PATENT BUSINE9S EXCLUSIVELY, we ean secure patenti in less time than those who are remote from Waih- In r ton and who must depend upon the malli in all transactions with the Patent Office. When Inventors send model or sketch,we make search in the Patent Offioe and advise 11 to iti patentability free of charge. Correspondence confidential,prioealow,and NO CHARGE UN LESS PATENT IS OBTAINED We refer to Hon. Postmaster-General D. M. K*y, Rev. F. D. Pow*R, to offioiali in the U.B. IVsnt Offioe, and especially to our client! in every Btata of the Union and Canada. Foripa* oial references, terms, advice, etc., Addrsis C. A. SNOW & CO., Opposite Patekt Office, Washington, v. C. novlO twtf $5g$20r day Borland, Mains. Address Stisio. A Co, novistw wly Constitution: Reno, the valiant trooper who Bat on his horse at the head of his men and allowed the Custer massacre to go on without attempting a rescue, is about to be courtmartialod for insulting another woman. Reno ap pears to be about (be hardest citizen con nected with Carl Schurz’s army. Many persons have greatly exagger ated ideas of the space required for a large number of persons to stand. Al lowing two square feet to each person, the entire population of the world (now estimated at 1,400,000,000) could stand on a plot- of ground eleven miles square and leave room for about one hundred millions more. The little State of Rhode Island would in this way accom modate more than ten times the entire population of the globe. Berlin,November 11.—-The National Zeitung says that Bismarck is not only suffering from his old neuralgic com- j)laint9 but symptoms of a constitu tional malady have appeared, which his robust constitution will probably over come, but which cause some apprehen sion. They had a very sad affair at West Point. A lady at Cozzen’s told her mamma that the cadets wear pants; and a man Baid : “So do their sisters, and their cousins, and their aunts and he was shot through the heart. “If Linooln had not died,” exclaimed a politician “what would we have been to-day ?’ ‘Alive’ sadly ventured a timid- looking man on a back seat, and the tide of eloquence was momentarily checked. Summary of Floyd Sheriff* Sales. GEORGIA, Floyd County, W ILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT House door in the city of Rom., In Flojd county, between the legal hours of ssle# on First Tuesday in December, 187") the following property, to-wit: Lots of lend Nos.183 end 18-1,except .boo teen acres, known as Morrison s oump S' end west half of lot No. 218, exo.pt about W acres on which is Bluo Pond church. J. J. n *Also, lot* Noe. St and 74, in Ooetanaule Di’«- ion city of Rome. J C Coleman,executor. , Alco, lot No. 17 in tho Coosa Division city R °A1so, oR *1lot°in DcSoto, No. -, on Mill M A1so,' lttiNos? 232 and 233 In 23d dii 3d rection laid county. C W Bproull, Also, lots Nos. 114 and 164) adi e Ifar" »»•« as Jim McCullough’s plsco, consisting o'' ‘ , and 86, except about 266 acres: J4th lot 120, known as the Fleetwood place, all district and 3d section said county. eet ; 0 n: Also, let No. 176 In 22d district and 3d « ^ aubjoct to widow's dower. T W A ° nov , w t<| ELLIS DAVIS & CO,i Slate Manufacturers and Roofers* H ave always 0N „ HA ^ D .,^ r ,p«sd t» lent stock of SLATE, and are, P»£„, th , do Roofing at ahort notice in any P _ vl .. South, Frioe about Satisfaction guaranteed tended to, third above Ordora prompt'! Offices: Rook marl, Ga., and Box 367. ' p JOHN W. MADD° X > ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUMMERVILLE, CEORC |A ‘ sepI6tw3m —-— SKATINC RINK' from 4 to 6 o’clock, ulgU °« toW to 10 o’olock, commonoing Friday n g 14th, until further notice. , ooroinp" Tuesday, Thursday end Saturday u only lO o’ciockthe Hail will te open ***■„-in. to loam and practieo.
