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wH-' ‘ WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND MODERATION. 1 FOUR DOLLARS. JPER ANNUM. dax and (ffiamiacKiat ^SOLIDATED APRIL 10,1878. rates of subscriptions. for the weekly. On* 1 M glx month* 50 Thre* month* for the tri-weekly. One yenr glx mouths Tb ;;;:C.y, > a aa ™ n °- e ' theprice 0 1 the Weekly Courier will be 81 60. CONTRACT RATES OF ADVERTISING. 3 mouth ® f JJ On© square one «««»*«•- R M One square three mouths ^ ^ One square six months.^* ^ M Ones,nere twelvemonlbs.^..gv*;;; ; ; ? ^ Ono-fonrth column one One-fourth column three months IS 00 One-fourth column six inonthB « 00 One-iourth column twelve mouths 60 00 One-half column one month .. In 00 One-half column three months 27 00 One-half column six months so™ t.woivfl months 80 00 27 00 One column one month One column three months woo Onocolumn six months.... ™ One column twelve months 120 00 The foregoing rates are for either VVeekly 01 Tri Woeklv When published In both papers, 60 Mrcent. additional upon table rates, Pennsylvania Correspondence Ligonieu Valley, Pa., ) Deo. 22,1879. I Editor Courier:—That celebrated political tramp and intellectual fraud, U. S. Grant, paid the city of Pittsburg a flying visit oa Saturday, the 13th inst. In the evening "a grand ovation , was given, at which time the ex-Prosi? dent, as usual, made a grand display of his pedantry in the shape of a speech, which, according to the most approved Radical authority, lasted about a min ute and a half, We have had the dis tinguished honor of reading that effort, and to say that it was eloqueDt, master- ly and statesmanlike is but a feeble ex pression of the facts in the case. He gushingly refers to hits exploits during the war, and tells how he saved the conntry since its close ; all of which will, of course, be endorsed by every body. The machine, on the evening of the 13th, was run by one Moore, a po litical renegade whom the people of Mississippi know something about. He has been on every side of every question known to American politics, always choosing the side he imagines to be the strongest. The question of right or wrong never troubles him. The same remark will apply to all men who have no conscience. When the war broke out he was at Port Gibson, in the State of Mississippi, and was at the time a fust-class “Rebel,” but when the con quering “hero” who heads the article under the cognomen of “the great tramp,” invested Vicksburg, Moore con cluded that the time for another “vibra tion” had arrived. Accordingly he fouud way into the Federal lines where ho had an interview with Grant, who final ly gave him a pass to come north with his Umily, which he promptly did. It *111 not bo difficult, therefore, to see the point in selecting Moore to “run the Machine ’ at the Grant reception at the city of Pittsburg. A mau more thor oughly qualified for the placo could not ave been found. The demonstration etween him and the boorish monkey “o introduced was truly affecting. ‘ (rare praised Grant, and Grant praised • core, and a more fulsome demonstra- ll °nwas never made in Pittsburg or anywhere else. Many tears were shed “ b °thors us to know what the P E0 pie wore bawling about. They ,T P robab ly thinking of the thous- 18 of brave men who had fallen by e ss-ofd conquering heiQ „ then last m lr ( “‘ ds L t and whora the y bad at di ffl ? ln tbe flesb - It is much more i«uh °. C r je0 !l lr0VVhat wiU b0 the object T1 h T • °! atlon8 ” tb an their the n be datra has been setup by MS 1 ^ authorities that these demon of the great soldier and statesman.” If of the ^iatinguisbed services 1 ROME, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING* DECEMBER 30, 1879. wo events wh ok cinot take place next year. Gra tcan either be elected ’Hint 1 in.” The dem onstrations madoy t a Radical leaders during the laBt ytr, < pccially, and the efforts Of all paloti men, including the Democratic adc s, to counteract them, reminds i ft rcibly of a fable we once read whjin i lion and a jack ass made a contrt to go out on a hunt ing expedition, 'he contract was as follows: The jaass was to scare up 100 the game and, iposfeible, bring it to bay, when the lie wis to slay it and to divide equally ih the jackass. With this understanding two started out together. Pretty (on they came to a coal bank. The jka s entered, kicked uphisheelB and bredjvigorously. Some two or three goatwliich were inside shading at the tim rto out, frightened half to death. T1 4>n had taken a position at the entmd, and no sooner had the goats come it an he promptly settled the hash { e h one of them with a blow of his iw. About this time the jaokass camejul and coolly re marked, “Didn’t I o ii That’s the way I always do. It’s y t Tible voice, you know.” The lioner gravely replied as follows: “Yes, mi i so; and had it not been for the fa: t it it occurred to me that it was onl. a ackass, I would have been frightetd s badly os the goats.” The above is the ill. Your readers can make the appjiiatn. It contains a fine moral. By ^atf assisting your readers in the solution! this problem, we will just remant U the lion is the Democratic party | anfce jackass the Radical. In conclusion, a woconoerning the African impor'ation dje. The work of importing the neginto the close States of the North is r going brave ly on. At the earn'ate that this enterprise has beep gq forward for the last few months, th will be Afri cans enough in all the so States here to carry them for theadical party, uoless steps are taken: expose and prevent the fraud. Thioor ignorant daTkies are promised a ft thing” of it if they will only comfiorth. Very tempting inducements - held out to them. They aro promii homes, mon ey and other means of aking a good living. It is hardly neciry to remark that all this is but one the many low tricks of the Radical lews. The- col ored people are wanted 'o to vote ipr Grant—nothing more, ning less; and just as soon as the eleoti is over they can go to the devil, forv.tthe Repub lican party cares. If thilored people will take the advice o friend, they will stay where they a The worst form of slavery that evetisted at the South, or anywhere elds mild and preferable to the abject jequiousness the Radical leaders requat the hands of the colored people the South. Everybody knows that theople of this section—especially thoseio constitute at present a majority of tRepublican party—were always grong and show ing their teeth, before t war, about “human slavery.” Let u:k this ques tion : Which is the mi honorable, to buy and sell the coloreace for the promotion of honest labior for the promotion of political end-“Wo pause for a reply.” Every Africaf sufficient age who at present finds-lway north of Mason & Dixon’s line,, in every sense of the word, as roughly a slave as any representative his race ever was. Let the coloredeoplo take warning, be duped by le hollow promises of designing men more, and remain where they are. t Radical leaders have nothing foriern to do here but vote the Radicaljcket, after which they can go and stu». We now close with a huih for Bay ard and Hendricks, which i»ur ticket. Riston e. The Radicals’ Winter of Dis content. Hie Excltcmcut in Maine, The Radicals Prefer War to Count.” Bangor, Me., December 25.—Much excitement was created here to-day by reports of the intended removal of arms and ammunition from the State arsenal to the depot for transportation to Augus ta. About 5 o’clock, p. m., two truck teams loaded with arms and ammuni tion were stopped on the Kenduskeog bridge by a crowd which rapidly in creased to a throng that filled the streets, declaring that the arms should never be carried out of the city. Mayor Brown demanded of the teamster or ders under which he was acting. No satisfactory answer was given at first. A young man named French, appeared who said he was a clerk in the adjutant- general’s office and was moving tbe arms to Augusta under order from the Gov ernor. The excitement of the populace was greatly increased by this statement and the crowd attempted to unharness the horses. The mayor told French he had not force enough to guarantee the safety of the munitions. If an attempt to remove them was persisted in while the people wore excited, he would take no responsibility for the trouble that might ensue. Mr. French decided it was best to return the arraB to the ar senal rather than to incur the hazard of a riot, and the mayor furnished police to protect them on their return. The public excitement was increased by a report that J.-L. Smith, the Greenback candidate lor Governor, S. W. Haskins, the fusion Indian agent and Major M. M. Folsom, of Oldtown, were closeted at the Penobscott exchange during the day, the Major Folsom appeared on the ground after the team had turned back, and told Clerk French that he made a mistake in not pushing through to the depot, and urged him to change his or der for their return to the arsenal. Mr. French, however, was unwilling to as sume the responsibility of a collision with the populace. The excitement is at fever heat throughout the city. A special dispatch from Bangor to the Boston Herald says: The escape from bloodshed was very narrow. Ad jutant-General Leavitt will arrive here to-mofrow. What action will be taken is not known. It is well known that the Republicans are forming a secret military association, and threats have been made that they would seize the arms in the arsenal. A Boston dispatch gives particulars of the meeting held in Augusta, Tues day evening, to express confidence in Governor Garcelon and council. It was an orderly and large and enthusiatic audience. The first speaker was Gen eral Sewell Lancaster, a venerable law yer of that city, but full of the legal knowledge requisite for a correct pre sentation of the case. He cited prece dents which went back fifty years, and showed how, on the most trivial techni cality, Democratic candidates can be counted out and their opponents seated. Mr. E. R. Pierce, a slight, nervous man, was next called upon. He was a Repub lican twenty years, he said, and only left them on account of the financial question. He discussed the prospects of a new rebellion, and remarked that the men who started the rebellion in the South in I860 began just as the Re publican agitators of Maine have begun —by indignation meetings, “First came th6 whisperings of treason, next it was boldly spoken or written, and finally Sumter was fired upon. The leaders who encouraged tbe indignation meet ings in South Carolina, like their breth ren in Maine, stayed in the background, and when they only wanted to produce a nolitical effect drew a revolution down on their heads. We responded in 1860 to the call to support the const! tution not to decide which one was right. We will do the same now. We will sustain our State government against all treasonable assaults, and shed our blood ns we did twenty years ago.” This was the first sound of a no tice that resistance would bo met by re sistance, and it was loudly cheered. Next came E. F. Pillsbury, a leading U>mocrat, Mr. Pillsbury was warmly greyed, and he made a very strong and a ver>,ig D ificant speech. He defended the Gov^ nor an d council, and declared for them na t everything they did w..s constitution j aQ( j sustained by the ablest legal ta-„ t 0 f t h e State, including decisions by tn- supreme court. “Do thivff exDect that G—_ rnor Garcelon will intend to fight; they are only howling to divert attention from the facts of the ca it? - They are afraid tho opposition will got control of all the State machin ery and report their iniquities to the P e ?P e- .That’s the real purpose of the indignation meetings. They aiso want to assist in the election of a son of Maine to the Presidency. And above all, they want to cover up their damna ble rascalities, of which every man and woman in the State is fully aware." Governor Garcelon then appeared in the hall. The whole audience arose as if by machinery, and long cheers from about seven hundred throats rang around the walls. Order could not be restored for fully five minutes. When the gover nor was introduced he received a per fect ovation. Ho said: “Fellow-citizens, I came not here to make a speech. I came to thank you for the evidence you have given that you will sustain law and order I came also to nsk your support as law-abiding, liberty-loving citizens. In my effort to perform my constitutional duties I think I may ex pect it. [Cries of ‘You may.’] I am confident that if any traitorous had be raised against the constitution of this State I shall have tho hearty support of every loyal man, not only here, but throughout the length an t breadth of of this commonwealth. I ask you to be prudent in act and speech, but if the time comes when the laws have to be maintained agaiDst the attacks of a mob, I want you to be ready to take up arms in their defense. The constitution and laws Of Maine must and shall bo pre served." Resolutions were then unanimously adopted approving of the course of the governor and council. Among the res olutions was one vigorously denouncing one-sided and partisan character of the dispatohea which had been sent off to the press In reference to tbe action of the gov ernor and council, and charging that the agencies employed had been in the hands of violent republican party managers who had endeavored to prejudice the whole oase before the country at large. Several letters and telegrams from 'leading men it) Bangor, Portland and elsewhere, promising aid and support to tho governor, were read and heartily ap plauded. A series of simular meetings will be organized throughout the State, foPowT- g close on the track of the re publican gathering,‘and between now and the first Wednesday of January the State will be in a violent State of excite ment. It is a striking fuct that the telegraph agencies complained of have never sent forward a word of Governor Garcelon’s statement in defense of the action of himself and council, citing the law of the case and tbe prior decision of the courts of Maine governing their action. R. T, HOYT. II. D. COTHRAN HOYT & COTHRAN, Wholesale Druggists, ROME, GEORGIA, HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF GRASS AJSID 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* jul 10 tw wtf ANNOUNCEMENT! WE ARE SELLING THE BEST PIANOS FOR LESS MONEY Than they can toe Obtained from any otliev Southern House! Have a Lav Stuck of Piaaas ail dips ia Stare aal oa tie Baal. Call at our store and examine the "Wilcox & Whito Organ, which ia deitlnod to he the leading Organ of America. THREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CASH BUYERS. N. II.—We will not be undersold. C. W. Langworthy Sc Co., Rome Music House. No. 90 Masonic Temple. Clocks! Tick! Tick! Tick! ALLEN & McOSKEE. J. T. CAHILL, JUST RECEIVED A Large and Beautiful As sortment of Clocs. INCLUDING THE LATEST AND MOST UNIQUE STYiES. Prices Ranging from $1 to $15. CONSTANTLY RECEIVING ALL THE LATEST AND MOST NOBBY STYLES OF BRIDAL PRESENTS, FINE JEWELRY Silverware, &c. ALL GOODS SOLD ENGRAVED FREE BY US MANUFACTURER OF IRON AND mm CASTINGS, HOLLOWWARE, GRATES, Mill Castings, Fencing, Ac. Architectural Work Building Castings A SPECIALITY. Office — Railroad Avenue, between 7th and 8th Streets, Chattanooga, Tenn. jnn28 tw6m The Midnight St, correot - ^ would fur- how er fiat >sfactory evidence of people y n; tM U “ t0 humbng tbo Amsrin. U ls not correct. The I a »(l DmM P i 80ple have been humbugged ifiTTh/Y! 11 bea «aln. but nofby Stratinnc'- ° ' |e , C ! tbeBe Grant dera- for the eai 181 ° tbe Radical party ,J °notmp Pa ' gn " ext year ‘ I f ‘hoy i will k lcre ^ r °i he seen what rltliem ,p, pr ° ( | uoe(1 on the masses I thing ns® i .l ^ orm *^ ea ' B sorae- a larr, 6 „ the P eQ P* e > and will require i t ' U0 . UlU of demonstration to 6idetl >0 IiW Ur i 0r 6van tolerable, out- Party. r n ?e ri e 6ment ‘ n th ® Radico1 • in our opinion, there ate Dr. Wendell Prime told tan audi ence in Association Hall, It night, some things that he had see. beyond the Artie Circle off the Coasof Nor way. He dwelt especially son the subject of the midnight suna thing that seems astonishing to theruiud ot one who has not seen it; but vaith, on close approach, seemed, the lectito said, only a trifle eccentric—like otjelsons who are out at that hour. He ap his fellow passengers saw the blazing lumi nary between two firmaments c sky and water, and as they looked to Leo it fall, it rose and lost itself bebiii the olouds. A glance at their watoha told the travelers then that it was fflittlo after midnight. they expect ui>”-^yernor Garcelon will Coffins/Buriai'Robo. and Coffin Trimmings, al- back down from t^ position he baa way. on hand. Neatest Hearses furnished for Do they expect if they sh.,jj carr y ou t their incendiary threats am. j j tate a civil war that he will no! found rome steam laundry James G. Dailey, WARE-BOOMS, (On second story) 96 Broad Street. A FINE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK of Metallic, Walout, Grainod and Stained ALSO. DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, jul 6 twtrnarlO Will you sustain him? ^ anBwered; jy YE -HOUSE, “We will, we „koora. I V South Romo, near Etowah Bridge. witbperfeC 'adviced you,” continued FL clag8 Work Q uara nteed! Mr ^PiUaburv, “is to bo very moderate Pncoi . For tormi( npply ttt office,. Mr. I ilisout < vnur acts , but . „pimmi. Hridoo. The French chambers are aslid vote 8,000,000 francs for subterr.nean in vour conversation and your acts; out ^ dtc8 t ,V Etowah Bridge, if the danger comes he V- T - MADD0X ’ attorn. at Law centres, between the principal telegpphic I j? a a ®'gj 1 ter.] ? The Republicans do not sopS twwtf HARDY, BOWIE & CO., WHOLESALE HARDWARE DEALERS BROAD STREET, HOME, GA. WE CARRY IN STOCK RUBBER BELTING, 3 ply, 2, 2 J-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 incheB “ | 4 ply, 8, 10, 12 and 14 inches, RUBBER PACKING, 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4 inches. •©-Strictly Best Goods Made. HEMP PACKING — MANILLA POPE—LACE ‘LEATHER—CUT LACINGS— VPRICHT MILL SAWS—CROSS CUT SAWS—ONE MAN CROSS CUT SAWS—SAW SWAGES—FILES—BELT RIVETS—FINE HAMMERS— WRENOIIfiS, d'c.f making Complete Line of Mill Furnishings, , OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. In connection with our immonoe etocW, wo have addod a Miliino- ry Department, whore will always bo found a lull line ol Fall and Winter Styles, em bracing Trimmed and Untrimmod Shapes in Straw and Pelt fiats. 8*.e onr New Stylo Pattern Hats. This department will he undor the control of Mils ABBIK WEBB, Who will be pleased to see all ot their friends Will con stantly roccivo all of the Latest Novelties as they appear. GREAT OPENING — OF THE — GRYSTAL PALACE, 13 Shorter Block, NEW STORE! NEW GOODS! NEW STYLES IN DRESS GOOD J , CASH MERES, ALPACAS, LARGE VARIETY CHEAP DRESS GOODS, IMMENSE ASSORTMENT SHAWLS, CLOAKS REPELLANTS, LAD.ES’ UNDERWEAR, FLANNELS, CANTONS AND DO MESTICS, JEANS, CA8SIMERE3, BLANKETS, COMFORTABLES Separate departments for Clothing, Boots, Shoes and Hats. Complete stock Gent’s Fur nishing Goods. DAVIS & CO. not!4 tv.irif Call and Bee out line of Qlorcs tofore haying. The cheap est line of Thieo- Bution Kid Gloves in tbe city, ’that we war- rent. Ladies' Neek Wear, Ties, Bows, Bilk and Lace Fis- chus, Collars and Cuffs, Linsn and Silk Handkerchiefs, Hambuigs, Ribbon's, Hosiery and Ladies Linen. Laoos of all kinds, Corssts, Dress Trimmings, and er- erythlng usually kept in a first-class Dry Goods House. ALBIN O^EEG, Bookseller, Stationer^ Printer No. 33 Broad Street, Has just received a Large Stock CROQUET SETS, BASE BALLS, ETC A LARGE STOCK WALL PAPER., »®*WRITE for SAMPLES AND PRICES.-®* : v' api9,tw-wly ft