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written obligation, to proto with what party they
aro idontified.'A man havingabigh souse of honor
will spurn with indignation any requisition of J
the kind and consider it an insult. We shall j
await with patience, the result of this farcical
operation.
£l)c Home (Courier
ROME, GA.
Tuesday Horning Hay 8 1855.
Concert!
As will ho soon, by reference to our adver
tising columns, we aro to be ferored to-night, ! ^nt the Regency has mustered anothr meeting,
with a Concert by the RASCHK FAMILY We
bare soon highly flattering notices oflheir con
certs in other places: and* nniess the press has
greatly exaggerated, our citlicns will be richly
compensated fer their attendance. The papers
of their native state (Virginia) speak of the
troupe as one of the first order, both in point of
character and of musical talent.
QkMMu’s Magazine for May Is now befero
us, filled as usual with choice and excellent
reading matter. The engravings as usual aro
of the most artistic kind. Price only throe dol
lars per year.
Thu Soil or m South for May is of more
thaw usual interest to the farmer. It should bo
in the bands of every agriculturist. Price $1,-
tO per year.
"m Central Georgian, after a'temporary sus
pension, is again issued. The paper has boon
enlarged ii lamed simultaneously in Sanders-
▼ill, Sparta and Batonton. The Eaton ton Press
has boon merged Into it Bettor success to it
te-tfcofhtnre, and an insurance against the de
vouring element.
■ Jri^We invite especial attention to the
card of Dr. Culver la our advertising columns.
He Is an excellent Dentist, and those who have
impaired teeth will find him competent to the
discharge of bis professional duties. The
Doctor informs wa that bo will, at stated periods,
hereafter to bo made known, visit tho neigh
boring towns and villages. This will afford
persons who eaqnot conveniently visit Rome
agood opportunity of availing themselves of
his asrvioss. Wo recommend him to n liberal
aliii’B, of course..
P. S. Since writing the above, wo learn
graced by the attendance of nine Americans and
thirteen Dutchmen. A person at onr elbow pos
itively affirms that Mr. Beauiuan was elected
President RV dont Mitt* a tconi qf tuck a li-
belloms stu foment! ! f /
jEPTi doff oar beaver and proffer the eompli
meats of the season to Tho’e B Laird A Co. of
tee SkeibyriU* Erpctitor. They may be assn-
red wa appreciate tee reception of their valua
ble paper, We place your names, gentlemen,
npoa oar exchange list, with pleasure. By-tbe-
bye, pine at aeoept an acknowledgement of onr
thanks for tee fovorable mention yon make of
the prjpiifffa; junior of the Courier Office.
Can yon inform ns when be contemplates a ces
sation ofhis Itineracy? Bat those compliments
yoa lavished upon him! Well there is no use in
talking—if yoa eoald only see tho phis of tho
jshrior ( in <#04 not in ape, of course ) there is
ho faffing what you might have said.
The Weather.
Daring the past week, wa have had frequent
refreshing and vivifying showers of rain- Tho
earth now gives promise of good crops in this
irfStapa
What's !■ the VM?
We lean from onr exchanges that a largo
inflnx of people from every section of the state
unexpectedly oeeorrcd at Macon on Wednesday
last. Some put the number down as 706. We
hope the Telegraph win inform as what occasion
ed Ms mysterious phenomenon—the Telegraph
with Whom, aa with Mm Gommidge, "every
think teem* logo eoatnriry”//
jHPTs invite attention to the Nashville ad-
in another column.
jW*We learn from onr exchanges that Win
toss’ Dan Works in Montgomery Ala. have been
recently totally consumed by fire. The lorn is
estimated at one hundred thousand dollars, of
which sixty thousand were covered by ibsn-
®r the “Regency ”
Wa have heretofore designedly abstained from
ehroniding the proceedings of the Anti-Know
Nothing patty in this county, by reason of die
fact that it waste snch a feeble and disentegra-
ted condition as to excite pity, rather than ri-
diecle and rebuke. Their career, however, for
past week has been so unparalleled and un
precedented, that were we to omit a cursory
notice of it. We should render ourself liable to
sa accusation of icmlssness in the discharge of
daty-
A day was appointed fora meeting of the
democracy of Floyd to eleet delegates to tho
Gubernatorial and Congressional Conventions.
Every alternative was exhausted to secure a re
spectable attendance. That day finally came,
and with it quite an assemblage of penes s.—
Ajax mounted tee rostrum, belabored the Know
Notiiings fat a Jesuitical harrangue, and fond
led nnd caressed tee “ furriners." Scene clos
ed with a string of resolutions. Not much ap
plause dnring the proceedings. Dissatisfaction
and despair Were depleted in the countenances
of the leader*. Finally suspicion arises, each of
the other, that he is a Know Nothing. Confi
dence is weakened. The Regency is in a’perfect
sweat. They fear their most confidential friends
have gone over to the "Hindoos.” Something
most be done. They,
"like boding owls, creep into tods of ivy
And boot thier fears to one another nightly,”
sapontitioody surmising that where two or
threo aro gathered togetherfnthe name of dem
ocrats, Sam will be in their midst A method
vast bo devised, both to pat the thing to the
test, aad unite the party indissolubly. A very
small aad very secret mooting of the "tmtorrifi.
ed” takes place. One suggests one plan,
another another. Can’t agree—adjourn—meet
again. Each exposes bis scheme—all bad in
cubations. Finally an article is drawn op bind
ing its endorsers to oppose the Kaow Nothings
~-li most be presented to every democrat in the
Tarions districts of tee eoonty. Those who
sign it cannot be Know Nothings. Those who
don’t are strongly sospieioued. To give the
document enrreney, Bellwether* pate bis name
d own first His subsidiaries follow. Tho thing
has now mads a start tinder fair auspices—is
presented to Flaherty—he signs it Patrick
OTfoDigan swears "by the powers of the
howfy virgin sad of 8aint Pathrick,Ism widye
agin them bletherta Know Nothing spalpeens,
every milker's eon of 'em, end be jahera if I
live tffl I die m nlver cease to fight wid ye at
all, at alL” Yon Hauffengauslin is approached
Can’t read English—the article is read to him
—"dot ish potter ae goot as niver rash pefore”
bis name is recorded—along recognised dem
ocrat is next accosted—eant sign away bis lib
erties—don’t like to be "bound up by secret ob
ligations’—is conscientious—black mark Is set
down against his name—is suspected of having
seen “Sam”—did'nt promise to observe secrecy
—the thing leaks out—publicity is given to the
whole scheme—Bellwether is ousted again—
feels sorry—"wants to know, in tho name of
God, if be bse got one friend"—is assured that
be has—confidence not folly re-instated—says
H they have got him now,but be will hare 'em
before long.”
Such is the lamentable condition of the-
Anti-K. N’s at the present time in this coun
ty—and such la the course being pursued. It
is indeed a bad state of things if people
are required lo suffix their signatures to a
That Secret Document.
Oar readers (a portion of them at lenM,
throughout the various sections of the county
may expect soon a solicitation to sign an arti
cle drawn up by the “ Romo Regency ” to op
pose the Know Nothings through thick and
thin. Bear it in mind that the propagators of
this article are the very ones who have hereto
fore been denouncing in tho most severe terms,
the imputed obligations of the Kno* Nothings.
They now are about to administer such an ob
ligation themselves. What inconsistency of
notion!! It has boon eiroulatod quite slyly in
Rome, but with vory little encouragement—
The person noting as the chief functionary in
the matter is very particular in requesting each
one to whom he presents the document, not to
disclose his name. Wo have an oye upon him,
aad will, at tho proper time unmask his name.
Ho is rather ashamed of his business at this
stage of tho proceedings, and wo forbear to
add to his mortification antil he gets a little
more hardened in his cause. We have no ap
prehensions whatever, as to Floyd county.—
Every more that onr beloved Regency makes
will be but an additional increment to their
shame and mortification when they come to wit
ness the demonstrations made at the polls next
Oetoixr. Sam is a popular man in this county
—ubiquitous in his presence.
Democratic Heeling.
Wo publish elsewhere tho proceedings of a
meeting of the Democracy of Floyd County,
hold on Tuesday last in this City. There were
a larger number of Democrats in attendance
than we expected to see. The building in which
they were assembled, was crowded, and many
were unable to get in. We have but once be
fore seen such a spontaneous gathering of tho
Democratic Yeomanry, at an ordinary meeting
in this city—Judge Wright addressed those as
sembled in a clear and convincing speech, in
which he dealt the secret political order of Know
Nothings seme deadly blows. The preamble
and resolutions adopted by the unterrified Dem
ocracy of Floyd, speak for themselves, and we
hope onr Democratic friends will carefully read
and inwardly digest them.
We clip the above remarks from the Souther
ner of last week. They contain strong evidence
that onr worthy cotemporary little knows who
really is a bona fide democrat and who is not
Were all the persons present at the meeting
firm adherents to the democratic faith, he might
well have congratulated himself and his party
as having made a good demonstration; bat onr
friend, over the way, can the better realise the
erroneousnees of his conceptions when we as
sart him that, at least fonr fifths of the peoplo
in attendanee were either out-and-out Know
Nothings, or sympathizers with them. Had a
vote been taken on the adoption of the Resolu
tions, by a division of the honse, we confidently
affirm that not one of then could hate been car
ried.
The Southerner informs ns that Judge Wright
in his speech, made some death-strokes to Know-
nothingism. A little too fast here again. We
assert it as a fact susceptible of any amount of
proof, that during the speech, many, very many
were "hunting the Know Nothings”, and, if we
are correctly informed that the number of per
sons initiated into the order daring the progress
of the Judge’s harangue, was greater by far
than that of the anti-Know Nothings who .re
mained to hear him out.
it is likely that the notice of this meeting will
be copied into most of the Administration pa
per* of tho State. Lest It create a wrong im
pression, we suggest that they likewise copy
the foregoing statements.
The Nashville True Whig.
The publishers of this valuable paper, B. R.
McKxxxiz and Gno. B. Bnowx Esqrs., bare
placed us under lasting obligations to them by
their liberality in furnishing ns with their Dai
ly. We have destined for a long time to ex<-
change with one of (he leading journals in the
flourishing and business-like city of Nashville,
but hardly hoped to be the recipients of a Daily
paper in return for our weekly. This desire has
originatedin several causes, but not the least’
that most of the Groceries brought to our mar
ket are purchased in Nashvflie, and we wished
to be able to furnish our merchants with the
prices current of that place, as well as to be con
ducive as much as is in onr power, to promote a
friendly merchentile relationship between the
two places. We would say to onr readers, and
especially to onr merchants that the True Whig
is strictly a conservative journal, and conducted
with much ability. Terms: Daily $8,00, Tri-
Weekly $5, Weekly'$3,00.
^yff-Onr readers will find some interesting
political articles on the first page. We invite
especial attention to the one taken from the
London Times, another copied from the New
York Herald, is worthy an attentive pernsal.—
It will be remembered that these papers are
believed to have a larger circulation, and to
wield a wider infineneetban any other jwo jour
nals in the world. With a knowledge of this
fact before us, who can doubt the reality of a
now progressing change for the hotter in the
political policy of the most enlightened nations
of the earth, France and England both have
caught the spirit of the motto—"Akertcaxs
shall Rule America,” and applying it to their
own respective conditions, will np-root the npas
which has so long been converting the atmos
phere into the worst of malaria. An attempt
to smother the outbreaking fires of political re
form by the rancorous and maledictory invic-
tivesof old fogyiam and of Anti-Know Noth-
ingism will prove as abortive as an effort to
quench the voloanie eruptions of Vesuvius with
the contents of a syringo.
The subjoined communication taken from the
Chronicle A Sentinel meets our entire approval.
We have long since expressed ourself in regard
to Mr. Overby’s acceptance, and in doing so,
vainly endeavored to elicit an opinion from sev
eral of onr cotomporariei expressive either of
their approval or disapproval of bis coarse. We
shall not bring in question their motive forbol-
ding in reserve, a full and frank opinion on this
subject. Nevertheless our bolief is unshaken
that Mr. Overby would have abandoned the
fiel3 ere ibis, if the journals of our party bad
taken a decided stand against him—not as a
man, nor as a politician, but as one brought in
to the field by a few persons who were, by no
means, an exponontof the popular wish. Wheth
er he will yet retire from the contest or not, Is
a question whose eolation isTiuricd in the womb
of the future. If he does not, and the Know
reftise to centre upon him, as he probably did
not antietpato they would do, we have no
confidence whatever, in an election of a Gover-
duced, In part, the discomfiture and defeat of
our candidate. Stick a pin there.
Ho.v B. II. Overby :—Dcar Sir ;—You aro
the nominee of the Temperance Society of this
State for Governor, and you have accepted the
■ante. I am a Tcmpernnoe man, and frilly cal
culated to vote for yon. But, air, allow an old
mau, and at this time bowed down with a pain
ful atHiction, to state to you, and through you
to tho Society who appointed you, a few mat
ters for reflection. Soveral persons arc named
by tho Whigs as candidates—I Will name oue
only, Jekkirs—who has more claims thau all
the reel, and a good Temperance man himself.
Your nomination.bns assisted to embarrass him,
ns it is quite sure, nay eery sure, if you bolh^are
candidates that neither will bo elected,
far, it is not knowu whether Jenkins will ao
copt under tho circnmstauces. 11V//, *ay thi*
•« so: is it not nrudent for ono to withdraw f
Jenkins is an old experienced man, has the
confidence of his party, and many Democrat
aleo. We want a mau of experience, tho stron-
gist in the State. The approaching period is
ominou* of critical and important ermte. There
are the wars of Europe, tho particular situation
of Spain in regard to this country, onr own
cowttfry ttrife*—abolitfoniete, stalking among us
in brttad day, propagating their erred openly, to
all clnmc*—within our own borders, dtfficultie*
will lie found—ah ye* efficient to require the
most experienced amongst us. Therefore. Jbn-
kiks'is tho men. frilly able, is competent to the
undertaking. Now, allow me to suggest:—
Yon resign in his thver, (orwithdraw.) Ho may
be more willing to eome out as a candidate at
once, in thatevont; and you will have the ma-
gnaoimtiy of showing what you really are. and
that on the most important ocoaaion that may
ever occur again, in a lifetime. This not would
not he forgotten by your friends, and yonr name
would, by « little delay receive a growth of ua-
inmol internet,—by another election you may
suooeed ; but at this period it is unreasonable to
expect, whatever may be your qualification*.
I do not doubt your qualifications; but why
ologg and endanger the namo of a good temper
ance man, when you will notbe elected yourself/
You must not believe all that is told you—your
friends hope, hence they tell you it is so. In»-
ttance my own county, Greene, called by some
the banner county, last year had threo candida
tes, a full ticket, for tho Legislature, and only
elected one man/ Temperance men arc as lia
ble to be mistaken as others. Yon should loose
nothing by thus declining; if you have expen
ded money, it should be restored to you by the
Society; I feel bound to pay my quota at least.
If tho Committee who act with you will
not consent to releate you, justice would say
you should take it in yonr own hands, and act
as your judgementdictates. I am no politician
—I havo no rights but what the constitution of
my country gives all honest men. I desire to
speak the truth; if1 have done to, in this first
attempt ever made for the public eye, you are in
duty bonud to reflect, at least, as it is done by a
friend, in good faith.
Very respectfully, yours,
Thomas Cuxxinghaji.
sed be all/iarfiV* that speak thus, and that set
up their good and their interosts as pa 1 amount
to the interests of tho Republic. They ought
to be cursed with the amathema ofths Romish
Church, according to Dr. Slop. L. H.
Wa can hardly brlieve it.—The Balti
more American, of a reoont date, says that it
is informed, on good authority, that the follow
ing aetnally transpired in Low-street, Exeter:
A card party played for various stakes, until
one of them—a woman—becoming in her lan
guage "dead broke,”offered to stake hor infant
Thus child ngaiust a dollar upon the issue of another
• game. The proposition was agreed to by her
opponent, who was a childless mother and, be
ing favored by fortune or misfortune, the eon-
elusion of the game found her the winner of
the babe, a bright healthy male infant The
child, we learn, was delivered without a.mur
mur to the winner, and we judge from the heart
less conduct of tho unnatural parent, will find
in Us new custodian a home each as the one
from which it waa so ruthlessly staked and lost
In a Fix.—It is said that the renegade Wise,
when addressing a large assembly in Richmond,
Va., recently tauntingly remarked that he had
heard of the Know Nothings wherever he had
been, but that he bad so far failed to meet with
any of them. “If,” said be, elevating his
voice, “thereis one of those an fortunate creat
ures present, and he is not afraid of the honest
daylight, let him rise up, that I may have an
opportunity of seeing him. Instantly that vast
assemblage, with the exception of barely eight
individuals,* simultaneously arose !!
It is believed that Mr. Wise has seen Sam !
—Southern Watkchman.
A Base Imposture.
During our absence a notice was bandod in
to our offioo, announcing the Marriage of Mr.
Josso R. Battle and Miss Barby Gotten, all of
Lee county.
As wo had no reason to disbelieve its genuine
ness, the marriage notice was iusorted. We
have since been informed by ono of the parties,
that the whole affair is a hoax of thejjjfery wors
sort. The most objectionable feature in ibis
LATER FROM EUROPE
ARRITALOFTHEiTEAHER
ATLANTIC.
Thest earner Atlantic has arrived, bringing
ten days later aews from Europe.
Liverpool, April 23.—Cotton.-- The market
is steady and prices unchanged, but buyers de
mand a redudtion. Sales of the nine -days 70,-
000 bales, of which exporters took 9,000 and
procedure is, that the lady in question is quite I speculators 10,000 bales. The market closed on
an ohjoot of commissoration, being both mental- Monday steady. Fair Orleans 4Jd., Middling
Senator Wilson.
The following paragraph, taken from the
Boston Telegraph, shows pretty plainly that the
Know Nothings and Abolitionists in Massachu
setts are not considered identical, button the other
hand, antagonize, in their views“upon the sla
very question.
Gen. Wilson gave the closing lecture of the
anti-slavery course, last evening, at the Temple.
He explained for himself the position with reg
ard to slavery that he occupied for twenty years,
and called upon all to oppose any party that
should try to smother the anti-slavery senti
ment. He assumed that this course had- been
the death of two great parties. AND MUST BE
OF THE OTHER PARTY NOW FORMING.
He said this PARTY WAS PERILOUS TO
THE ANTI-SLAVERY SENTIMENT, and
called upon the anti-slavery party to KILL OFF
the “AMERICAN doughfaces," as they had
the others.
FOR THE COURIER.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING Iff ROUE!
GREAT ENTHUSIASM I
SEWARD AND HIS NOR
THERN WHIG PARTY EXONERATED!
Know Nothings Convicted
of Abolitionism Without trial
NEW DEVELOPMENT#, AC*
In the workings of Northern politics, in the
strife for the spoils, the Whig party of tbeNorth
became obnoxious to the charge of abolitionism,
which guiltiness there, together with superior
adroitness of demagogues added to their strength
and secured them in the majority. Much effort
was required however, to accomplish this, as
the Democrats were striving to obtain power by
the same means, but failing, they raised the
hue and cry against the Whigs as the abolition
party. The Whigs of the South admitting the
fact in the accusation, and seeing the tendency
in both parties to bid against each other for the
abolition and foreign vote, and seeing the man
ner in which the elective franchise was being
corrupted every where by office seekers and
party hirelings, determined to cut loose from
such corrupt materials aud unite with the best
men every where and of whatever party in an
attempt to prevent discord between the sections,
and to restore the government and its workings
to a purer state.
Within a recent period, (Ae people, many of
both parties, tired and disgusted with old party
tyranny, and with the state of espionage in
which they were endeavored to be kopt by old
party leaders, have been nniting themselves to
gether for the purpose of trumping spoilsmen,
vindicating their own heritage, and of accom
plishing whatever good may bo in their pow
er.
On Tuesday last, after considerable drum
ming around, a Democratic meeting was con
vened at Rome (which the Southerner thinks
was “large and respectable,”) in a vacated store
room organized, had a speech from Judge
Wright, adopted resolutions Ao. How many
sleeves, need not bo told, but if they had been
of the mystic K. N’s. were thore laughing in their
withdrawn, the seats wonld have “grinned hor
ribly a ghastly smile," Well, notwithstanding
the sound of the cry raised against the North
ern Whig party as being the abolition party, by
this same class of men was still ringing in tho
ears and notwithstanding that in nearly all
the contests, those abolitionists have had
(which have been many) with the Know
Nothings, they have been defeated, yet these
speakers and resolvers tacked in a new di
rection, and declared the Know Nothings
to be the abolitionists. Seward and his
(while ago) abolition party were quite ignored
as belonging to tbat category—indeed they
didn’t seem to know, but they would do for them
to affiliate with.
I recollect hearing on a former occasion in
this place, from the speaker who addressed this
meeting, tho severest tirade of Invective against
Roman Catholicism, that has fallen in my way
ever to hear. So I was amused the other day
to bear him express so much tympathy for the
Catholics and the dear “furriners,” but “a fellow
feeling makes as wondrous kind.’’
It is easy to seo tbat they are not tnuoh flat
tered by the result of tboir demonstration, and
like drowning men catching at straws, they are
going round, in a sort of death-struggle, with a
test paper, and getting or trying to get their
men to subscribe their names, and pVomise to
support certain preamble and resolutions, and
stand by the party, ac. I got this by way of a
ilant and don’t tell any body. They are oppo
sed to secrets, they are, “shore.”
Ltman Hall.
P. 8.—Do you ever bear partisan! in these
Awful Casualtt.—On Wednesday night
last, at the plantation of Mr. Benjamin Motley,
in the 9th District of this county, a negro house
caught fire and four negro children perished in
the flumes. Ail efforts to rescue thorn proved
unavailing. No one saw ths children even in
the house at the time. It appears that tho el
der negroes were engaged at the crib shelling
corn, and had left a fire burning in tho house.
This is a dreadful nocidont, and is a painful
warning to those who do not watch carefully
this useful but destructive element,—Colom
bo* Enquirer.
JS&'Evory schoolboy knows thatakito would
not fly until it has a string tying it down. It
is just so in life. The man who is tied down
by a half a dozen responsibilities and their
mother will make a stronger and higher flight
than the old bachelor, who having nothing to
keep him steady, is always floundering in the
mud. If you want to ascend in the world, tie
yourself to somebody.
ff&f A citizen of this place in conversing
the other day with Mr. Toombs—who we un
derstood, not only denies affiliation with the
Know Nothings, but like a certain gentleman
mentioned in. Holy Writ, who was intiminately
connected with the crowing of a cock, “curses
and swears” at a gread rate whenever the sub
ject is mentioned in his presence—informs us
that the gentleman’s chief objection to the new
order is its alleged secrecy-fwhich by the way,
is about the only objection that any one will
now dare nrge, as its platform is now impregna
ble. In order to combat this objeetion, our friend
reminded the Senator that if not a member of
any of the secret societies of the day, he was at
least a member of the U. S. Senate, which body
spent much of its time in secret session. 'True,
true," said Mr. T., “but when the proper time
comes, yoa and every body else are informed
of our doings, besides which, when in secret ses
sions we are always engaged upon foreign af
fair*." “So are we,” said the K. N., “and
when the proper time comes (after the rotes are
coanted) wo too publish our proceedings!”
Southern Watchman.
Governor Ruder has returned from Kansas.
In a speech delivered in Pennsylvania, be says
that the election in Kansas was carried by tho
Missonrians vi ct arm it, that the people of that
Territory have literally been conquered. He
attributes tho cause of his Territorial troubles
to the fanaticism of Northern Abolitionists as a
means of inciting the Pro-Slavery men to rash
and violent measures.
nor by the people. He directly, and those of our |
party who now decline writing against him will, da y* ta,k about the Interests of tbo countryj or
indirectly, bo liable to the charge pf haring pro-1 ft ft altogether (tyf interests of the party t Cor-
A poetical “lover,” not long since, sent* the
followinn to Sally Ann, his lady-love:
TO SALLY ANN.
Soft is the hue of the batter fly’s wing,
Soft is the whisper when lovers speak";
Soft is the light which the moonbeams fling
But softer by far ismy ladye-loves cheek.
SALLY'S REPLY.
Soft am taters all smashed up,
And mush are soft as soft kin he;
But softer he’s that silly pup, t
Wot writ thut varse to me!
Go it, Sarah! nerer mind your bonnet!
Caesar, I wants to ax you a conombribus.
‘Wei, Pomp, puroeed, and ’spress yourself.’
•Why is a colt getting broke like a young
lady getting married? Gave that up?
‘Yes, I guye that up ’for you ax it’
‘Kase she is going through a bridle ceremo-
ny-’ _
Marriage Portions.—It was one of the laws
of Lycurgus, that uo portion should be given
with young woman in marriage. When this
great lawgiver was called upon to justify this
enactment, observed: “Tbat in the choiee of a
wife, merrit only shonld be considered, and that
the law was made to prevent young women
being chosen for their riches, or neglected for
their poverty.
^8^-Some anti-American papers were very
solicitons a short time since to know what the
civilized nations of Europe would think of the
United States if the American party shonld
gain the ascendency in this country. They
seemed to be somewhat alarmed lest the stand-,
ing of our country should be damaged in Eu
ropean estimation by the triumph of Ameri
canism. The London Time*, a chief organ of
European publio sentiment, has in the mean
time signified that it thinks Americanism a
good thing in its place—and therenpon these
anti-American organs gravely and suggestively
enqeire whether the great European organ’s
approval should not of itself be sufficient cause
to condemn Americanitm in the ettimation of
Americans / That’s CONSISTECY—after a
fathion! Consistency with a vongoance!
Think of it!
ly and physically afflicted. It is bad enough
when any one attempts to trifle with the feel
ings of the young and healthy, but when those
who are advanced in life and are suffering un»
dor the weight of bodily infirmities, are made
the object at which the shafts of ribaldry and
low jest are aimed, there Is a degree of moral
turpitude evinced, wbiob must excite the indig
nant scorn of every honorable mind.
Wedonotknowwho the vile wretch is, who
has sought this method of displaying his fiend
ishness. We should like to deteot him, tbat we
might give publicity to bis name, and by oxpo-
sing nis moral deformity of character, hold him
up to the withering contempt of the virtuous
and good. His associates should shun him as
they would a foul and loathsome reptile, for con
tact with sueb a compound of knavery and utter
insensibility, as constitute hie character must
prove infectious, and blight and wither every
thing within the range of its inflnance. We
•hall seek to ferret out the miserable skunk, and
warn all honest men to shun him, as altogetbc r
unworthy of tboir notice, or association.—Sum
ter Republican.
Robbery of a Georgian.—The New York
Herald ot Saturday says: “Silas Smith was
arrested at Rogers’ Hotel in Fnlton street, by
Sergeant Stoughton and officer Shangle, of the
reserved corps, charged, with being implicated
in a * isrbway robbery that took place in the
second ward about a week ago, wherein a gen*
tleman named James McGlinsey, a resident of
Augusts, Ga., was knocked down and robbed
of $85. The complainant states in his affida
vit that when he arrived in this city in the
steamship Southerner, from Charleston, he was
met by Smith with whom he took snndry drinks
at the various saloons in the neighborhood of
Park row. Wishing to inquire the way to the
residence of a brother of bis, who resided in
Fifteenth street, he requested Smith to show
him the way. The request was readily granted,
and while in company with his new made ac
qnaintance, he arers tbat he was knocked
down and robbed of the above amount. The
accused, who is qnite a repectable looking per
sonage, was found lying very ill at the hotel
before mentioned, from a sore leg, and was so
badly injured tbat his conveyance to the
Toombs in a carriage was deemed necessary,
The magistrate committed the accused for ex
animation.”
6}d.; Fair Uplands 5}d., Middling 5 1-lCd. to
id.
Canal Flour 39 to 41s.; Ohio 42 to 43s.; White
Wheat 11s. fid. to 12s. 2d.; White Corn 42 to
42s. fid.; Yellow 43 to 43s. fid. Iron steady and
unchanged, Consuls 89}.
The War.
Russia has rejected the demands of the Allies'
aud the Conference has been broken off after the
twelfth session.
Lord John Russell and D'Huys bad left Vien
na.
The bombardment of Sevastopol was commen
ced on the 9th with fire hundred guns, and
continued till the 15th without producing any
result. It was believed an assault was not pract
icable, but that an attempt to storm would pro
bably be made.
The indications are strong that Austria will
refuse to act against Russia.
The British loan of sixteen millions has been
taken by the Rothchilds in hundred pound eon-
sols at fourteen six pence, in shape of aq annui
ty terminable in thirty years.
The taxes have been increased on incomes,
spirits, tea, coffee and sugar, and a stamp pro
posed.
Napoleon and Eugenia spent a week in Eng
land.
It is reported, but doubtful, tbat England has
consented for Napoleon to take command of the
army in the Crimea.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Down k Shipley qnotos a fair demand with
more steadinss for the last two days. Sales on
Friday and Saturday 20,000 bales, including
13,000 bales to the trade
Flour bad declined one shilling, Wheat 2d,
Corn wss more in demand at an advanced of
fid., Provisions were active and firmer. Bacon
had advanced fid.
Hope of Austria operating against Russia was
at an end for’the present' •
Canrobert says, on the first two days of the
first two days of tho bombardment, the Allies’
fire wrs superior, to the Russians’, and their
works were damaged. The French had got pos
session of a position of great importance*
Gortscbakoff says matters are favorable for
the besieged.
Still More Georgia Gold.—We were shown
yesterday'another lump of gold, from the mine
of Messrs. McCormick k Lcitner. Columbia
County, of which we would like to be the owner.
It was 'product of twenty-six hands in nine
working days from turface ore, some of which
bad been thrown aside for fifteen years. The
Lump weighs 1760 pennyweights, and is worth
about one thousand six hundred and fifty do!
lan.
Georgia is rich in Mineral wealth, and if the
same labor was bestowed on hertgold mines, as
is given in the gold region of California, we
have no doubt she could produce more of the
precious Metal, and avoid many of the hard,
ships that are experienced by minen in that
state.—Augueta Constitutional.
Progress of Spiritualism nr New Eno
land.—A Boston correspondent lays: “The
number of ‘spiritualists,’so called, are increas
ing to such an extent in this quarter, that sev
eral leading pastors of the eity feel called upon
to denounce the affair from the pulpit as a dan'
gerous delusion. Reference was made to them
in at least two discourses yesterday. One of
the speakers spoke of spiritualism as modern
necromancy. In Boston, and in some of the
neighboring towns, this new sect, if it may be
called one, hold meetings, and are exhorted by
men or women every Sabbath.”
Holt Wells.—It was the eustom during the
middle ages te dedicate wells to saints. This
is evidently of Roman origin, for Sqneca re
marks : “ Where a spring rises or a river flows,
there we should build altars and offor sacrifices.”
Among the early Christians the superstitious
practice of paying adoration to wells was for
bidden ; but in later times, owing to the pre
vailing ignorance, this old pagan custom was
revived. It commenced with the commonality,
and gradually extended upwnrds until it reach
ed the monarch on his throne. There are many
“holy” wells st.111 in England, Wales, and Ire
land. That at Holywell, in Wales, is probably
the best known, and the most froqnentod by
the “lame and bait” Its patroness, St Wini
fred, has even in this day immense influence
over a certain class of minds.
0S3- John, how’s yonr ma?“ “ Oh she’s fht
and strong; how’s yours?” “Feeble enough,
I ve got so that I can lick her now, and have
everything ray own way. You don’t see me
going errands and doing chores as I used to,
Canada Providing for War with the Unl-
ted States.—The militia act just passed by
tho Legislature of Canada closed with these
words:
“ Provided, That if at the tlmo when this
aet would otherwise expire there should hap
pen to be war betweon the United States and
bor majesty, then this aet shall continue in
force until the end of the session of the Pro
vincial Parliament next after the proclamation
of poaco.”
Several of the Canadian Journal*, specula-,
ting on the same text, think war not unlikely
In the event of troubles between tije* United
States and Spalp, and oxpatiate on tile mis.
chief tho allied powers could do by sending a
fleet to cruise on the American coast.
Affecting Farewell.—The Petersburg
Democrat of Saturday says: Several of the
crew ef the English barque, two of whose saiL
ore are in our jail charged with the murder
lately committed at City Point, came to town
yesterday to bid their fellows farewell. The
vessel is about to start back for England, and it
is not impossible that the unfortunate men who
committed this outrage, will never see their
messmates again. The scene was a peculiarly
interesting one, and from one* at least of the
participants, it wrung many a scalding tear, as
they bid each other perhaps, a lost farewoll.
Messages were sent to friends at home, and
sundry tokens of remembrance given and re
ceived.
Distress in Jamaica.—The Kingston (Ja
maica) Journal of the 11th inst, speaks as fol
lows of the great distress prevailing in that
Island:
“The inhabitants of Jamaica are steeped in
poverty—a large portion pinched by wants are
steeped in misery; thousands are crying for
assistance of food; and in several districts dis
tant from market places, hundreds have to sub
sist upon the young bamboos, and to dig up and
clutch any wild root or other spontaneous pro
duction, to supports life. This may appear an
exggerated, but nevertheless, it is a true pic
ture.”
A Curious Scene in a Theatre.—The last
received St. Louis Republican contains an amu
sing account of a scene that took place a few
evenings before, at the Varieties Theatre, in
that place.
It seems that Mr. fiuohanan was playing
Riohard the Third. In the- great fighting
scone in the last act, Richard and Richmond are
described as having entered upon the stage,
evidently exasperated (not merely dramatically,
but in downright earnest,) with each other.
They cross swords, they parry and they thrust,
and miss striking too, but they stop! Richard
rushes back, and then in words somewhat simi
lar to Maobeth when he addressed Macduff, and
cries,
“ Lay on, Macduff,
And damned be him who first cries hold,
enough,”
Richard exclaimed, “Now, d—n you, come on,
and then such' real, earnest, well directed blows
as were showered on tho arms of poor Riohard,
wore never witnessed in that particular scene
of Shakespeare. The _blows were severe, for
Richmond threw his sword and glove at Rich
ard’s feet, and then—walked off tho stage.
Richard looked around, there was no adversary
upon whom to expand his troublod wrath, and
so he too disappeared; but it was only for an
instant, for back he rushed again, to show his
pluck, aud the ourtain failing, shut him out
from view.
The manager then earns forward amidst shouts
of applause. Ho apologized for the occurrence
of the evening, and told them that, although
tragedy had been transferred into comedy, to
tho actors belonging to tbo comedy, but to him
tho tragedy.
Then entered the Richard of the evening.
A pause in tho roar of voices. “ I have been
on the stage six years,; have appeared in three
kingdoms—England, Ireland and the United
States, and have over been considered a good
actor. I never struok a man before in my life,
on the stage. The managor has ealled me ex
citable. I trust the audienoe will uphold mo.
It was then the RichmondY turn. He en
tered aud eaid: “I am an actor. 'Tis true,
I’ve not been in three kingdoms; ’tis true again,
I’ve not been on the stage six yean, (Voice in
the gallery—‘nor in Ireland, either,’) but, gen
tlemen, I never before was oursed on the stage.
I received a severe blow on the arm from Rioh-
ard’s sword, and so I left the stage. If I have
done wrong, I ask your pardon.”
In the course of a lecture recently delivered
in. London, Mr. Thackeray took occasion te
allude to the United States—a country, be said,
“where kindness, courtesy and good nature
were in nothing more eonspieuous (though yon
meet them constantly) than in tbo gallant at
tention everywhere shown to women. Dandy
andclown alike yield plaeo to a woman in om
nibus or railway oar. Sir Roger de Coverly
would- have loved this true evidence of the
gentleman: It would- have so pleased Steele,
that he would have taken the gentle dandy or
clown to the nearest tavern and treated him to
a bottle—possibly to six bottles” “I don’t
mean,” added-Thackeray, to set down the last
five bottles to the score of Dick Steele’s good
works. They wogdd be decidedly works of sn
pererrogation.”
The Schools of Boston.—The Public
Schools of Boston are attended by about 20,“ 00
pupils, at an annual expense of $204,325.55.—
The private schools report 1,549 pnpils, whose
instruction is estimated to cost $97,000.' The
total population of Boston is 136,381, of which
24,204 are between the ages of five and fifteen^
and the average daily attendance is nearly 19,-
000. The whole nnmber of Public Schools is
218, for which there are 405 teachers. The
male teachers,receive on an average $1,284 per
annnm, the female teachers $324.
——Somebody asked Baron Rothschild to
take some venison. “No said the Baron, *1 ne
ver touch venison, I don’t think it is so good is
mutton.’ ‘Oh, you saying so; if mutton is bet*
ter than venison, why does venison oost so much
more ? ‘I will tell you vy, in dish world the-
.people always prefer vat ish dear to vat ish
sheep.’
fksr Didyooeyerkissaprettygirlandgetaslap-
foryourimpudence ?
The Kaow Nothing candidate for Mayor of
Troy gave a newrendition of the Declaration
of Independence, viz: ‘Life, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Irishmen!’
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
A grand Vocal and Instrumental
CO N C E RT1
>e given, by the celebrated
INCLUDING THE INFANT OLE BULL.'
at tho CHOICE HOTEL, on Tuesday Evening:
May 8,,1855. / ? , /
For particulars see small bills.
WM. SMITH
Agent fbr “Rasche Family/
may 8 585S
LIST OF LETTERS
R EMAINING in the.Post office at Rome, Gte.
on the 3d of May, snA if not taken ont by
the 14tb of Jane next, they will be sent to the
Dead Letter office;
Allen A Anderson. Long,. John ^
Adams, J Q ' Lanton, Peter
Adkins, J A. . . Legions William E
Allbrooks, Abel Land,'J*8 ’j
BisseB, Leonard 5 Murray, Cspt
Burnett, John W Meredith, James E
Bray k Carhart EcKInney, Wm M
Ballard, W McIntyre, Daguaranisfc
Barron's. Lewis T Morrison, James Y
Bennett, John W McCouly, Peter
Bond, Rev W M D . MitehelL-Rober* -
Bolt, Allen Morgan, Laver
Boyd, George Miller R Benson •
Burney, John.2. McGaha, James 2 -
Burrow, Francis More, Mis Moriah A
Barnett, James Mathis W R
Bobo, Willis McHargne, Henry
Crane, Stephen Marshul, T W
Cartwright k Clarke 3 Morton, A G
Cooley' John W Mann, Cspt Tsnog,.
COTTOY MARKETS.
Rome, May 1st—Extremes
Augusta April 27 “
Atlanta “ 29 “
Savannah “ 27 “
6}@8
8@9i
7©H
8j@8|
ROME PRICES CURRENT.
Corrected Weekly by J. L. LOGAN
Apples—
Dried, bn.
Green,. .
Bacon—
. Molasses— 40e-45e
$2 2})Nails—per 8>. fij-7}c
•250-300)Nail Rod—
(Oil—Linseed
Hams pr lb .11-12}c(Osnabubgs—
9c-ll}(
Hog round,
Bagging—
Hemp, lb, .
Gunny, . . 1
Bale Rope— 12}-1
Beef— .... 4}- 5'
Beeswax— . 20c-25
Blue Sfoke— 20c]
Butter—
country,
Candles—
Tallow, . . 20c -25
Adamantine, 33c-40i
6Jc-7c
. $135
llc-12e
Cooper, Miss Nancy
Clark, Mrs Lyda
Cruys, GA.
Carr, John
Crawford, A B
Cochran Wm
Cook, R P
Cooper Ebenezer.
Colburt, Miss .Eveline
Conner, C C 2
Cane Thomas
Carrell, Richmond
Carroll, James
Campbell, Robt
Dale, Dr G E
Dary»
Davis Francis
Dealing, Alvin P
Davis, L C
Maize, Storting
Martin, WS
Nelson, SIP V
Noble, John W**.
Osly John
Preast, William
Pearce k Co>.SB 2
Pearce, KB 2
Price, MissMAE
Reynolds, Mrs
Reese, W B
Rosenbaum, M ]
Roseha,F 3
Stover, Peter, servant^
Shaw, George W.
Shackelford Rev Mr
8awrie, J T 2 ’
Shaw, Caswell P %
Smith, James M
Davis, Mrs Catherine E Suddeth, John P ■ *
Dodson, Dr Henry E 2 Smith, Samuel
Daniel, Martha
Dew, Jonathan
Doss, John L
Evans, Wm
Easly,* Payant. • -
Eddins, J B
Flemister, Robt J
Ford, Dr JT
Fitsummommory, M
Graves. M L
Graves, Mrs Ann E
Hopper, J W
Smith, Free Evaline r.
Sugort DC
Slack, Miss Slack
StrayerRevTP
Stony, Mrs Elizabeth- -
Shoars, Reuben
Stansell, A E
Smith, Thomas V
Scott, John
Scott, Miss Lamia J
Stewart, A O
Stafford Andrew -.
Henderson,-Mis Mary 2 Smith, Miss Mary J
Hactier William R Tomlin, James J
Harris, Mlas Cathrone Tumlin,N J
Henderson, William M Townsend.
Harrell, Calhoun k Co Wiley, Mrs J T
Holbert, Richard
Ingraham, Wm M .
James, Mrs Margin tt
Jones, MissNaney A
Jones Miss Martha L
Johnson J- C -
Jones, E G
Knowles, H P
Kanady, Samuel 2
Kidd, K
Lenons, Miss Ann
Those wishing letters from the above lisV
will please say they are advertised.
THOS. J. PERRY, P.M.
May 8,1855.
Webb r Mre E J
Williams, Miss M A R -
Warden, Miss Sneer
Williams, Calvin
Whit, John
Word, B M
Winn, C C
Westbrook, BS
Winn, G T
Young, Francis C
Train,. . .
Pork—per lb. 6-6}
Potatoes—
Sweet, . . . 75c-00c
Irish country
“ northern, 300
Powder—Gun 35c-40c
Blasting, . . 25-35c
Rice—per lb. 6}c-7c
20-25c^Salt—pr sack 260-75
per bu. 120
Shot—prlb. .*ll-12}c
Sole Leather-
Sperm, . . . 50c) Country, lb. 25c-28c
Coffee—Rio, 14c) Northern, . -28c
Java, .... 16}-18c(Steel—
Copperas— . 5c? Blistered, lb. 10c-15c
Corn—pr bu. 130-150? German, . . 15c-lSc
Cotton Yarn— 90cS Spring,. . . -10c
Eggs —pr dr z. 10-12}c) Cast, .... 33c-25c
Feathers—lb. 40c)Sugar—
Flour—pr lb. 4}-5}c? Crushed, . . 12}
Glass—8x10, $2}-$3? N. Orleans, 7e-10c
Indigo—pr lb, $1}-160(Syrup—
Iron—Sweed, 6}c-7c\ N. 0. pr gal. 48c -50c
Georgia, . . )Tallow—lb. 10-12
Lard— .... 12-14c)Tea—per lb, 11-15
Mackerel—bl$17-$18?WnEAT—
Madder—lb. . 20c-25c< per bushel, $170-175
Meal—per bu. 135-150?Wool—lb, 25c-50
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Valuable Medicines.
Mr. W. B. Sloan—Sir: We are very anxious
to procure your valuable medicines. We have
calls for it nearly every day, and could seU a
great deal of it. We hope you will instruct
your travelling Agent to come, here as he. is
passing through this section of the country,
and we will purchase a supply from him.
Yours respectfully,
RISTING k BARDWELL.
Marion, Linn Co., Iowa.
See Sloan’s advertisement in another col
umn.
Among diseases, dyspepsia and liver com
plaint rank as most difficult to cure. We are
pleased to have it in our power to point a rem
edy wnich has proved effectual in many cases,
and which, we can safely recommend as a cer
tain and infallible cure; it has been the means
of rescuing thousands from an untimely grave.
We mean the Hoofiand’s German Bitters, pre*
pared by Dr. C M Jackson, at the German Med
icine Store, 120 Arch Street, Philadelphia.—
See advertteoment.
Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.—Won
derful Remedies for the Cure of Scolds and
Burns. —Emilia Anderson, of Newport, Rhode
Island, was accidentally severely scalded by
some boiling water falling over her. The whole
of the right side and leg in particular was in a
most shooking state, something in the hurry of
tho moment was applied which oaused the flesh
to peel off almost to the bone, and rendered her
unable to move, she was carried to bed, medic*
al assistance ealled in, and her recovery despair
ed of; it. so happened, that a friend who paid a
visit that day, had just been cured of a dreadful
ly bad leg by Holloway’s Ointment and Pills,
and she recommended the same, the Pills and
Ointment was accordingly bought and used, by
continuing them for two weeks, she was perfect
ly well, and has written most gratefully to Pro
fessor Holloway, for the cure affected.
ROME, GA., Feb. 1855.
The Stook Holders in the Geo. k Ala. R.' R
Company will tyke notice that at a meeting of
the Board of Directors, this day held the follow
ing Resolution was passed : ,
That in consideration of the pressure in the
money market, the calling in of ah assessment
upon the subscribed stock, and the emplqyment
HOUSE FOR S ALE.
rPHE undersigned offers for sale, a goed Dwel-
X lingHousein the city of Rome. For par
ticulars apply to James M Sumter, Esq.,
may 8 . J G McKINZIE
FARM FOR SALE.
r [E subscribers offer for sale their farm,.
CONTAINING EIGHT HUNDRED AND-
FIFTY ACRES, and lying in Cass eonnty on
Thomas’ creek about three quarters of a mil©
from Eves’ water station on the Rome branch ■
Rail Road. The place is
Very Healthy with Fine Society
in the neighborhood. On it are anew Gin House-
and Screw, and all necessary out buildings.
The residence is near to one of the largest, pu- -
rest and most beautiful springs in theCherokoe -
country.
Terms made easy to a j
may 8 4m
IOSM BERRIEN,
JASM PEPPER.
A R a S T KONG* C O:,.
commission meechasts;
AND MANUFACTURING AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF"
Paints, Oils, Turpentine, French A
AMERICAN WINDOW GLASS,
WINDOW SASH, PAINT BRUSHES, HY
DRAULIC CEMENT, VARNISHES,
PAINT MILLS, MARBLEIZED IRON MANTLES >
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Chain Pomps, field Seed, Piaster Paris,
Copperas, Land Pnmps, Gutgto, Ac.
Ho. 69 Market St- 5 doors irom Broad,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
may 8 . ’5,6m
CHURCH ANDERSON,
TTTHOLESALE GROCER, PRODUCE Deal- -
VY ER, COMMISSION MERCHANT AND
DEALER IN FOREIGN and DOMESTIC LI
QUORS, Iron Castings, Hides and Sole Leath
er, Corner of Front and Broad Street, Nashville, •
Tenn. may Sly - f
MORRIS & STRATTON,
TTTHOLESALE -Grocers, Produce and Com- -
VV mission Merohahts, and Dealer in For
eign and Domestic .Liquors. Corner of Market -
and Clark Sts., Nashville Tenn. may 8 ly
~ B- S. WELDER, . ; / TT
D EALER in Copper, Brass, Tin, Sheet Iron,-
Stoves, Grates, Hollow Ware and New seed
and Agricultural Depot. No. 35, Upper Market-
Street, Nashville, Tenn, may 1 ly. ;
H S FRENCH-
-JC FRENCH-
H. S. FRENCH & SOW,
G ROCERS, Commission Merchants, and Deal
ers in Bacon,^ Bale Rope and Bagging.——
Corner of Market and Clark Streets, Nashville, .
Tenn.
Having Agents in St Louis, Louisville, Cin»-
cinnati and New Orleans, we are at all times-
prepared to transact any business entrusted to
us at those places. HSF &S.
may 8 *5 ly-
WOODS A CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF LARD OIL t
AND FAMILY LARD.
No 25 Market Street, Nashville; Tennessee
may 1 '55 ly
T WO months after date . application will bo »
made to the Ordinary of Chattooga county
for leave to sell all the real estate belonging to.
the estate of Moses Kellette deceased.
JOHN B KNOWLES*,
may 8 '55 ; Adm’r.
- . of an Engineer to survey the Road, be for the
6n _ t ° r ^ n,n - ent8 ©J the even.wg j pressnt postponed. C. H. SMPTH>
pppoor to havo ended.
{ ’ Fob A
SeSf Gd & Ala'R B.
• BONNE T St--' - ' : -
A SPLENDID assortment of Bonnots, direct
from New York; some trimmed and J a large
supply of Trimuiiags to suit the taste for. tho&t
not trimmed, havo just boon opened at the aloof,
of . WQOO * BROTHER.,
may 1
WO OL HA IS,
A ND HOME-MADE SHOES; we-have just
il bought' 300 home nrnde- -wool Hats, and a
supply Of homo made s^o?s % All of which are
for sale by . _ T • ' WOOD k BRO.
may I g| tt