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W!- Crnirkr M . oWlNELTi, PROPRIETOR. " WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND MODERATION. FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. MW SERIES. ROME, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER SO, 1879. VOL. 18, NO. 163 ONSOLIDA.TBD APRIL lO, 1870. rates of subscriptions. for thf. weekly. One ye» r glx mouths Three months. $2 00 ........ 1 00 poll THE TRI-WEEKLY. *4 00 One year.....*»"> • 2 00 Six months- Three months -••••• „ Mld yearly, strictly In advance, the price .rtheWeekly Courier will be »1 SO. CONTRACT rates of advertising. On, square one month .... * * “ Onesquere three months 8 00 On. .qoere six months.... 12 00 One square twelve mouth*....... •») 00 One-fourth column one month. 7 60 One-fourth column three month* lo 00 one-foorth column six month* 27 00 Ont-itnrlb column twelve month* 60 00 One-tall column ono month 15 00 One-half column three month 27 OC One-half column six month* 60 00 One-half column twelve months 80 00 One column oue month « 00 One column three months 00 00 One column filx months 80 00 Onecolumn twelve months 120 00 ti.b foregoing rates are for either Woekly or Tri-Weekly. Wien published In both papers, 60 percent, additional upon table rates. The American Win j Grape, Vi- tie Rotunditiolia; Variety, Scuppernong. A.C. Cook, of Ringwood, N. C., in the Wine and Fruit Reporter, says: This celebrated grape is indigenous to the Southern Slates, and especially to the State of North Carolina. It is supposed to be a seedling from some of the black muscadines, as the seeds of the Scuppernong, 999 out of 1,000 re vert to the original type. The original vine from which the present stock 1b said to have been taken is located on Roanoke Island, in or near Aloe marie Sound, N. C., and is reported to have been discovered by Sir Walter Raleigh is the sixteenth century. This vine covers over one acre of ground, and iB asserted to produce over 2,000 gallons of must iu one season. Another mammoth vine in Ty rrel county, N. C., has the repute of yield ing 2,oOO gallons per annum. Many other vines produce from 100 to 1,000 gallons per vine. There are innumer- ible varieties of this species, all red or | dark colored. Some have local distinc tion, as Flowers, Thomas, Mish, tender- pulp, and sugar grape. Other varie ties are known under the general appel lation of Bullace, Muscadine, etc. They grow spontaneously in nearly all of the undy loam bottoms of the rivers and creeks of the Southern States south of thirty-Bix degrees north latitude. They also grow to a less extent upon the high lands and ridges, but- ti ese are i core acid and less saooharlne than those tivation, mostly youDg vines of about seven years growth, from which over 25,000 gallons of wine have been made m one season. In a future number the writer proposes to give the method of propagation, planting and arboring: also his views upon a peculiar mode of trellising. It is asserted by some vignerons that this species is not a true grape, but a wild fruit. That its habits and pecu liarities are, to Borne extent, different from theVitis Labrusca, Vitis Linefera, and the JDstivalis is true. The laterals are slender and make rapid growth ; the joints are about two inches apart, and the young canes start from nearly every bud, either old or new wood, and the fuit grows in clusters instead of compact bunches, as in the Vineftra and others. These clusters range from two to twenty grapes. The flowering is the same as other grapes, and in this State takes place from the 10th of June to the 1st of July. A drouth in the latter part of May and the first two weeks in June injures the infloreseuce and causes a diminution of the crop. The vine is not subject to any disease, nor is it attacked by any insect. It only requires to be evenly spread and tied upon the arbors, and where the canes become too thick, to prune them out. The best evidence that can lie pro duced in favor of the Scuppernong (and other varieties of this species) being a regular wine grape is its heavy deposit of argol. No other fruit that I am aware of deposits crude tartar. There are few regular Scuppernoug vineyards in the South. There is one near Fayetteville, comprising about thirty acres, the Tokay Vineyard, the Ringwood Vineyard, and two or three in Columbus county. There are plenty of small vineyards of one or two acres. Nearly every family has one to a dozen vines. These last make a concoction of Scuppernong juice, sugar and whisky or apple brandy, and it is this vile stuff that has been offered in the Northern cities which has caused it to be reviled and despised. Wine from this grape, properly made and manipulated, with two or three years’ age, is a soft, deli cate, dry wine, or a luscious, full-bodied, sweet wine. It is a light straw color, and takes on the flavor and color of Madeira with age. It will make a splendid wine for blending; has rather a Muscatel flavor and aroma, and, like most other wines, the more it is drank the better it is liked. The tide water region of North Carolina is the natural home of this grape; it grows wild on Scuppernong river and other parts of the State, and vines have been found iu South Carolina and Georgia. They are, however, chance seedlings, and vary in quality from their cougeneis of this va riety ; in fact, hardly any two being alike. Efforts have baen made to im prove by seedlings. Some have been produced one and a quarter inches in diameter by Mr. Van Buren, of Clarks ville, Ga., but I am not aware that they are improvement upon the original. Land suitable for this grape 'can be bought by thousands of acres for 85 per acre, or the grapes could be bought at low rates. The Big Boom. The New York Public of the 12th says: Though the exchanges of the first week of November were probably ef fected to some extont by the exoitement attending important elections in some of the States, the aggregate again ex ceeds 81,000,000,000; the gain in the aggregate is about 75 per cent.; the ex changes outside of tbe-city are the larg Several of the former have a popular I tepute. Ike Flowers is black, about I the size of the Concord, and ripens after I A singularity of this variety is I j™ attachment of the berry to the stem. I The latter enters in the form of a tripod, I “d until the berry is ripe cannot be I wuoved without disintegrating a par- I Uon of the pulp. After the grapeB are Ijpe the stem separates freely. The 1 dowers makes a dark red, and, with IPwper manipulation, a wine similar to I ‘he clarets. It is desirable as a late I faff 6 loex k 1n d the vintage late into the , T ,V h0tna8 * B an °ther variety, color ' 5a earlier than thiwhi esTever reported, and the increase out- Ft The latter ripens here, in Hali-! «W« of this city is43.2! per cent.^ not- «, N. C., about October in Georgia in I withstanding the loss at ban J* rancisco. September, and in Lousianaat the lat- Inclusive of that city and New A oik, kt pan of Aim,, 1 ” T? 8 :!. a “ a :“ t the exchanges for the first week of No- vember show a gain of 50 per cent. Louisville is again an exception, and roports a slight loss, of which we know no explanation. All the other cities of the Atlantic States report gains, Mil waukee taking the lead as usual with an increase of 92 4 per cent., New \ ork, Philadelphia and New Orleans follow with over 80 per cent., and Boston, Bal- . August. It is said to make 1‘rapenor light wine 'iiBh is a variety recently i ntro- «is a seedling discovered in Ik.. easter 1 ° section of North Carolina, *iiu,o® eal thesame name, and I productive of any of the j lt k which the writer is an- "i r l lm9 a ver y sweet ta«te ss&S BIGEBi ziizs*** «*’**•*•?■ : sry arr k '?».7«r - * <•>«*«■ Gen. Grant recently said that Gen. Hancock was no more responsible for the hanging of Mrs. Surratt than the person he was addressing. He spoke the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, as all know who are fa miliar with the facts. Rev. Father Walter, pastor of St. Patrick’s church, Washington City, was Mrs. Surratt’s spiritual adviser, and in reply to many slanders that have been heaped upon Gen. Hancock in connection with this matter, he said to a reporter the other day and wrote down for him what fol lows: “I am glad you came,” he said, “for thiB isn’t the first of these flings at Gen. Hancock. I have blamed myself often for not declaring the truth in the mat ter, for I am the only one that should tell it, so far as it concerns myself. Yet, being a priest, I have felt bound to hold my peace. Besides, so far no tangible harm has resulted from silence. For some weeks back, though, I have seen that circumstances might arise which should ohange my determination. This attack seems to me to call for the kind of response that will make such objec tions to Gen. Hancock impossible in the future. That is what I said to-day to Bishop Keane, of Richmond, when I informed him that I had about decided to brand all such stories as false over my own sgnature.” “Would you objeotto doing so now?” the reporter asked. “Not at all,” Father Walter replied, and, seating himself at a table, he wrote this denial: “Truth and justice compel me to de ny the statement with reference to Gen. Hancock’s participation in the execu tion of Mrs. Surratt, which appeared in the Washington Post of this morning. I attended Mrs. Surratt on the occasion and met with no interference on the part of Gen. Hancock. Gen. Hancock had great sympathy for this unfortunate lady, and waited until the last moment, hoping for a reprieve. I consider it an act of justice to Gen. Hancock that this statement should be made. “J. A. Walter. “Pastor St. Patriok’s Church, “Washington City.” “There; that is the first statement I have made for the public in all these years,” Father Walter said, rather sad- iy. "I hope it may be the means of enough good to compensate for all the harm these stories have done.” “An assertion made to-day by an ex army officer was abundantly*corrohora- ted in the War Department that eo strong was Gen. Hancock’s hope for a reprieve for Mrs. Surratt that, on the day of the execution, he stationed re lays of cavalry along the streets from the White House to the Arsenal, that no delay might ensue in communica ting the faot. In the Arsenal are pbo- tographs of the scaffold at the time of the execution. They show Father Walter at Mrs. Surratt’s side.” The Katydid Business. Cb»rlotlo N. C. Obaoner. We have heretofore neglected it, but it iB not yet too late to remark how the katydid concert has been knocked in the head this fall. The oldest inhabi tants and the wiseacres generally are very fond of averring that in exactly three months to a day from the time the katydid is heard in the summer frost will fall. It is susceptible of proof that the first singing of a katydid that was heard last summer was on the 9th of July, and it is equally provable that the very first frost was a light one in the midle of September, and the next was on the 23d of Ootober. If the katy did man is yet living and can be found, he and Prof. Tioe should be locked up together. The New Cable. North Eastham, Mass., Nov. 17.— Work commenced on the shore end of the new French cable yesterday, and at 7 p. m. it was on the beach and laid through a trench dug to receive it and signals exchanged with the Faraday from a temporary building on the beach. The shore end being landed, officials connected with the cable company and the American Union Telegraph Compa ny and others went aboard the stoamer * • s 1 a _ aL _ ntknva irWl OO . i, n „J hi ?*i 8'satisfaction to the ' J sells for twenty-five per cent.! I'obabUUl lhC ° lher variet ‘ cs The l Commercial Definitions. Miar es are that the quantity will. , .. • 'year. This Wine has a Ohlo.go Commercial Advertiser, 'aerial f toma > an< I a pronouuced flavor ,a f r a11 ol *ier wines, and will, MunA^n 01 ? 10 de9 Brvedly popular, klocal ran r .^, u . P a “d Sugar Grape have N of of U o^ tlon * n 80U theru por- piowlediro ^ ate ' ^ ot having personal LieainitV oannot say anything for line Bnll th8m * 0f the wild Musca- hundreds of thous- swam* 6 ! °° u ** he gathered in ik bJfP 3 an< * valleys of.the river and iem i n w. n ?' . I have made wine from Nina *? M, PPL Georgia and North N, win. >u ey .. make a very rich, id ona W l hs addition of sugar), Whan,) „ ls , ve , r y much liked in the ^riiie. ’ n ° W 'B make a good iptionlr'.L^WPovuong, with the ex- * thi,ZWish, is the best variety line, for the manufacture of ^m 6f!f . Kln B" 0 °d Wine Company ? acres of this vine in cut- Bankrupt—A man who gives every thing to a lawyer so his creditors wi.l oe sure to get it. Assignee—A chap who has the deal and gives himself four aces. A bank—A place where people put their money so it will be harnly when other people want it. A deposi- tor—A man who don t know how t spend his money and gets the cashier to show him. President—A big fat man who promises to boss the job and afterwards sub lets it A d.reclor-One o r those men who accept a trust that don’t involve the use of either their eyes or ears. Cashier-Often a man who undertakes to support a wife and six children and a brown-stonei front on 8o0 a month and be honest. Collaterals Certain pieces of paper as good as gold, due and payable on the 1st of April. Assets—Usually consists of five chairs and an old stove, to this may be added a spittoon if the bust am t a had one. ©ticura REMEDIES Have speedily tnd permanently cured Hutacn of the Bkln and Scalp of Children end Intent* eflliotodainco birth. 'Ihc Ireetmont preeoribod in auoh ceiea ia mi'd doaaa ol tha Cuticdua Rksolvknt, e porfoctly ante yet powerful blood purifier, end the cxtoroal uae of Ccticura, the groat akin cure. Tho Cu- ticvra Soap abould be tho only aoep applied to the diaoaaed aktn foroleauatog purpise*. HUMOR 0N~A CHILD. Since Rlrtli Cured, after faithful Medical Treatment had Katie' Moaara, Weeka A Poltor: Uontlotnon—My little .on, two year, of age, baa had a humor on one aide of hia face aloe, he wae born, which during tho l«at tour months haa apraad over tho entire aiJo of tho faoo, tho ohln, ear nod aide uf the head. It muet have itched and irritated hltn a great deal, a! he tcratched tho turfaco all the time, no mattor what waa applied. 1 mod many remodios by advise of frionda and my physielan without benofit until I found Ccticuha. which immodiatoly allayed the Itching and infl ,mma- tion, and entirely cored him. Respectfully, JOHN I,. SURRY, With Walworth Manufacturing Co. Bioton, April 15,1878. Note—Onco cored, tho tkin may bo rondersd soft and fair by using Cutiooru Soap for toilet or nursery purposes. CHILDREN AND INFANTS. More Cure* of Skin and Scalp Afrecilnn* by the cutlenra Remedies. Trod, Eohrer, Esq., Cathlar Stook Growers' Na tional Bank, Pueblo, Colorado, writes i "I am so well pleased with its offeots on my baby that I oannot affo-d to be without it in my house. It is a wonderful cure, and ia bound to become very popular as aons as its virtues are known to tho museo.” J. 8. Weeka, Esq, Town Treasurer, St. Albanr, Vt.,saya In a latter dated May 28: “It worka to a charm on my baby's face and head. Cured tho head entirely, and has nearly olaanod tho faoo of aorea. I have rooommendsd it to Beveral, and Dr. Plant has ordered it tar them.” M. M. Chick, Esq., II Franklin St., Biaton, says: "My little daughter, eighteen months old, has what the doctors call Kcicma Wo have triad 'moat everything and at last have used Cu- ticura, and she la almost a raw child and we feel ve-y happy.” prickly”heat. Incidental tn the Texan CHinntc. Messrs Week* A Potter: Gentlemen—Ea- cloaod please find ono dollar for a largo box of Coticura. The small ono that I reoeivad soma time ago haa been very efficaoioua, especially in Prickly Heat or Bash, as some people oall It I am noising It about. Youra truly, THOMAS W. BUCKLEY. Macon, Texaa, Sopt. 22, 1878, CiIticura la a moat valuable oxternal applica tion, It heals all cut., bruises and abranona of the akin, restores tha hair when deatroyad by Scalp diseases, removes dandruff and knops tiie scalp dean and the hair soft and pliable. It Is as egrseabls as It is cIToetive, and is ably assisted in every oaae by the Cntieura Soap, .which is par ticularly rocommondod to mothers for cleansing the skin and scalp of infant* and obildren. It is Toilet to well as Medicinal, and is the meet fra- C t and refreshing Soap for tho nursery and of any yot prepared. Parents have our oasurance that these reins dies contain nothing injurious to the youngest infant, evidences of which moy be found in the certificates of Dr. Hayes and Prof. Merrick ac companying each remedy. ^he Cuticura Rbmbdieb are prepared by Weeks & Potter, Olioraiuta and Druggist*, 360 Washington Street, Boston, and &ro for sale by all Druggists. Price of Cuticura, small boxes 50 cents; Urge boxes, containing two and one* half times the quantity ol small, $1. Rrsolykrt $1 per battle. Cuticura Soap, 25 cents; by mail, 30 centsj3cak«f, 75centa. In Qunneotion with our itnmon*e stooV, we have added a Milline* ry Department, wh«ro will always be found a lull lino of Fall and Winter BtyKs, em bracing Trimmed and Untrimmed Shapes in Straw and Kell (Jots. S o yur Now Stylo Pattern llats. This deparim nt will bo under the octroi of Misr ABBIE WEBB, assisted by Mrs. E. BURNETT, who will be pleasod to soo all of their friends Will con stantly receive all of tho Latost Nnveltios as they appear. GREAT OPENING — OF THE- CRYSTAL PALACE, 13 Shorter Block. iw mite: nr.oon NEW STYLES IN lfllESS GOOD J , CASH MERES, ALPACAS, LARGE VARIETY CHEAP DRESS GOODS, IMMENSE ASSORTMENT SHAWLS, CLOAKS. REPELLANTS, LAD.E V UNDERWEAR, FLANNELS, CANTONS AND DO MESTICS, JEANS, O A88IM h RF.3, BLANK ETS, CO M PORTABLES 'Separate departments for Clothing, Bools, Shoos and Hats. Complete stock Gen.’s Fur nishing Goods. DAVIS & CO. ooll4 tw wtl Call and seo our line of Gloves \ efot* buying. The rboep- c.t line of .Thiee- But.on Kid Glove* in the city, that we war rant. Ladies' Neck Wear, Ties, Bows, Bilk end Loco F.s- ohus, Collars and Cuds, Linen and Silk Handkerebi its, Hainbuigs. Ribbons, Hosiery and Ladies' Linen. Laces of all kinds, Corsets, Dress Trimmings, and ev erything usually kept in a first class Dry Goods House. aAl Males They destroy all tendency to inflammation by drawing VOLTAIC EH ELECTO Iron. the «vstem morbid or ft, . unwholeaems matter, thus **AST6l*’ prevontlng or earing Rheu matism, Neuralgia, and Sciatica. Worn over the f it of theStomeoh, they prevent Ague and Liver alns, Inflammation of the Liver end KUneys, Bilious Colie, Dyspepsia,'Indigestion, Cramps, and Pains. nov7 twvlm day the final splice will be worked throughout its eutire circuit irotn Cape Cod to Brest, and America and Europe will be connected by another tie. Baron Rothschild, of Vienna, has a favorite horse, for whose accommoda tion he has had a speioial loose box built at the cost of 812,000. This ele gant room forms part of a new stable, which cost 880,000, and which has mar ble floors; encaustic tiles paiatb.l by distinguished artist*; rings, chains and drain traps of silver, and walls frescoed with splendid hunting scenes from the pencils of eminent animal painters. The Baron’* annual income is fortun ately 81,600,000. Washington Gazette: There are more Republican than Democratic candidate* for President, in the field; but we doubt not that the best feature of the Repub lican party—union—will characterize the ohoosing of a standard-bearer. Let J. T. CAHILL, MANUFACTURER OF IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS, HOLLOWWABE, GBATES, Mill Castings, Fencing, &c. Architectural Work - AND- Building Castings A SPECIALITY, Office — Railroad Avenue, botween 7th and 8th Streets, Cliat tixnoofi'n, Tt nn. junlS iwfiai James G. Dailey, UNDERTAKER’S WARE-ROOMS, (On iocond story) 96 Broad Street. 1879. FALL & WINTER TRADE. 1879. New Goods. Fine Goods. MRS. T. B. WILLIAMS, M Ill LINER, No, 61 Broad Street, Rome, Ga. T UANKINO MY MANY CUSTOMERS FOR THE LIBERAL PATRONAGE GIVEN ME in tho past, t am proud to say that I urn better prepared to attond to thoir wants than ever before. I have now in store and to arrive Bonnets, Hats, Flowers, Plumas, Silks, Velvets, Plushes, Ribbons, Ornaments, Hair Goods, Esphyrs, Combs, Notions, eta., etc., whtnh I have selocted in S arson In tho Northern markets. My Goods are In tho Latest Styles, end I havo my Trimming one a Bh good material by experienced milliners. Call and examino my goods und got my prices before purchasing elsawhoro. ( >ctI7twwtf R. T, HOYT. II. D. COTHRAN HOYT & COTHRAN, Wholesale Druggists, ROME, OEORGIA: HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF GRASS AND FIELD SEEDS, INCLUDING CLOVER, TIMOTHY, HERDS’, BLUE AND ORCHARD GRASS, BARLEY AND RYE, (and Oats to arrive.) Which they Offer to the Trade at Lowest Possible Figures jnl 10 twwtf HARDY, BOWIE & CO., WHOLESALE HARDWARE DEALERS BROAD STREET, ROME, GA. WE CARRY IN STOCK BUBBEB 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 inches. ^Strictly Best Goods Made. HEMP PACKING— MANJJ.I.A HOPE—LACE LEATHER—CUT LACINGS— UPRIGHT MILL SAWS—CROSS CUT SAWS— ONE MAN CROSS CUT SAWS—SAW SWAGES-FILES—BELT RIVETS-FINE HAMMERS— WRENCHES, <0c., mal-iny Complete Line of Mill Furnishinjis. OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS RICHT. Clocks! Tick! Tick! Tick! ALLEN & McOSKER. JUST RECEIVED A Large and Beautiful As sortment of Ch; s, INCLUDING THE LATEST AND MOST UNIQUE STYLES. Prices Banging from $1 to $15. CONSTANTLY RECEIVING ALL TUE LATEST AND M03T NOBBY STYLES OF BRIDAL PRESENTS, FINE JEWELRY, Silverware, <fcc. AU GOODS SOLO ENGRAVED FREE BY US. sop9 iw w.f ALBIN OMBERG, Bookseller, Stationer^ Printer IVo. 33 Broad Street, A FINE AND WELL SELECTED BTOCK of Metallic, Walout, Grained and Stained Colin*, Burial Robes and Coffin Trimmings, al. ways on band. Neatest Hearses furnishei far funerals All orders filled with dispatob, day or night. Residence, eorner Court and King streets. ALSO, DEALER IN Has just received a Large Stock CROQUET SETS, BASE BALLS, ETC A LARGE STOCK WALL PAPER. the Democrats learn n lesson from the FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS. shrewdness of their adversaries. | jnl 6 twt marie aprt.tw-wly •WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES.-®*