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RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One oopy one year, - - - - $ 2 00 One copy six mouths, .... ioo One copy three months, ... 50 CLUB RATES. Five copies one year, - - - - $8 75 Ten copies one year, .... 15 oo Twenty copies one year, ... 25 00 Fifty copies one year, .... 50 00 To be paid for invarriably in advance. All orders for the paper must be addressed to TIIE FREE TRESS. IProfessio 11 al Cards. JAMES B. CONYERS, attorney - at-la w ANT) Notary Public, Cartesville, : : : : Georgia. (Office: Bank block, np-stairs.) v\riLL PRACTICE IN TIIE COURTS OF \ V the Cherokee and adjoining circuits. Prompt attention given to all business. Col lections made june29-ly H. B. TRIFFE. J. M. NEEL. TRIPPE & NEEL, A. T TORN K YS-AT-LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. \\T ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS, YY both State and Federal, except Bartow •ountv criminal court. J. M. Neel alone will practice in said last mentioned court. Office in northeast corner of court house building. febß7 JNO. L. MOON. • DOUGLAS WIKLE. MOON & WIKLE, Attorneys-at-Law, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office in Bank Block, over the Postoffice. W. T. WOFFORD, •ATTORNEY - A T - L A W, —AND— DEALER IN REAL ESTATE, CASS STATION, BARTOW COUNTY, GA. T. W. H. HARRIS, ATTORNEY-AT-LA "W • CARTERSVILLE, GA. PRACTICES IN ALL THE COURTS OF Bartow and adjoining counties, aud will faithfully attend to all business entrusted to him. Office over postofflce. decs-ly R. W. MURPHEY, i ATTORNEY-AT - Ij a w , CARTERSVILLE, GA. OFFICE (np-stairs) in the briek building, cor ner of Mam & Erwin streets. julylß. J. A. BAKER, ATTORNEY-A T-LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. XTTILL practice in all the courts of Bartow VV ami adjoining counties. Prompt atten tion given to all business entrusted to nis care. Office in Bank Block over the post office. july!B. ' B. D. GRAHAM. A. M. FOUTK. GRAHAM & FOUTE, A. r P TO R IST E YS-AT-LA W. CARTERSVILLE, GA. Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the Superior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the Supreme Courts at Atlanta. Office west side public Square, up-stairs over \V. W. Rich & Co’s. Store, secoud door south of Postoffice. j uly 18. T. W. MILNER. J. W. HARRIS, JR. MILNER & HARRIS, ATTO RNEYS-AT-LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office on West Main Street. julylß F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist, (Office over Stokely & Williams store.) CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. I WILL FIL j TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH, and put in teeth, <jr do any work in my line at prices to suit the times. |Q§f“Work al warranted. Refer to my pat rons all over the county. augls-ly. F. M. JOHNSON. JOHN T. OWEN, (At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,) CARTERSVILLE, GA. "ITTILL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry ? YY Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated Goods, aud will sell them as cheap as they cau he l)ouglit anywhere. Warranted to prove as represented. All work done by me warranted to give satisfaction. Give me a call. julylS. CHAS. B. WILLINGHAM, Stenographic Court Reporter. [ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. | I MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES, taking down the testimony entire; also, ob jections of attorneys, rulings of the court, and the charge of the court, without stopping the witness or otherwise delaying the judicial pro ceedings. Charges very reasonable and satis faction guaranteed. Traveler’s Gruide. COOSA RIVER NAVIGATION. ~ On and after December 16th, 1878, the following schedule will be run by the Steamers MAGNO LIA or ETOWAH BILL: Leave Rome Tuesday Sam Arrive at Gadsden YVednesday ...,6am Leave Gadsden Wednesday 7pm Arrive at Rome Thursday 6 pm Leave Rome Friday Bam Arrive at Gadsden Saturday 7am Arrives at Greensport 9am Arrive at Rome Saturday 6pm J. M. ELLIOTT, President and Gen’l Sup f t. ROME RAILROAD -COMPANY. On and after Sunday, June Brd, trains on this Road will run as follows: DAY TRAIN—EVERYDAY. Leave Rome 8:10am Arrive at Rome 12:00 m SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION. Leave Rome 5:00 pm Arrive at Rome 8:00 p m CHEROKEE RAILROAD. On and after Monday, April 7, 1879, the train on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday excepted): GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave. Cartersville 2:30 pm Stilesboro 3:20 p m 3:25 p m Taylorsville 3:45 pm 4:05 pm Rockmart 5:00 pm GOING EAST. Rockmart 6:00 am Taylorsville 0:50 am 7:15 am Stilesboro 7:20 am 7:15 am Cartersville 8:15 am WILLIAM MacRAE, Sup’t. WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R. The follow ing is the present passenger sched ule: NIGHT PASSENGER—UP. Leave Atlanta 3:00 pm Leave Cartersville 4:53 p m Leave Kingston 5:19 pm Leave Dalton 7:10 p m Arrive at Chattanooga 8:47 pm NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 5:25 pm Leave Dalton 7:Mipm Leave Kingston ......... 8:39 p m Leave Cartersville 9:05 pm Arrive at Atlanta 11:00pm DAY PASSENGER—UP. Leave Atlanta 5:20 am Leave Cartersville 7:23 a m Leave Kingston 7:49 a m Leave Dalion 9:21 a m Arrive at Chattanooga 10:56 am DAY PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 6:15 am Leave Dalton 8:10 a m Leave Kingston 9:43 am Leave Cartersville 10:11 a in Arrive at Atlanta 12:05 pm CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP. Leave Atlanta 6:10 pm Arrive at Cartersville * 7:22 pm CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN. Leave Cartersville 6:05 am Arrive at Atlanta 8:45 am LITCHFIELD HOUSE, (Acworth, Georgia.) E. L. LITCHFIELD, Proprietor. C CONVENIENT TC THE DEPOT, AND ITS j tables supplied with the very best the mark et affords. augß. COUCH HOUSE, (Kingston, Georgia.) This large and comfortable House is now kept by W. W. Rainey. The traveling public will find good, plain accommo dations. Parties wishing board through the summer will find Kingston one of the healthiest aud quietest localities in Upper Georgia. Three or four families can get comfortable rooms in view of trains. Terms very reasonable. jlvlJL W. W. RAINEY. VOLUME J. “PA TEXT OUTSIDE ” NE WSPA PERS. The Tennessee press association, at its recent annual meeting at Gallatin, de nounced the publishers of ‘ patent out side” newspapers as inimical to the in terests of both advertisers and publishers. While we feel no disposition to denounce our contemporaries who use these “pat ent outsides,” we do not hesitate to con demn the system 11 as one of the greatest injuries to the newspaper business, how ever honest our contemporaries may be in their belief that they are justified in the use of such material. That our read ers, generally, may understand what the term “patent outside” means, we will state that the first and fourth pages of these papers are edited and printed at Memphis, or elsew T here, and sent to the publishers, who edits, prints and pub lishes the second and third pages, giving to their readers from four to eight col umns of reading matter of their own make-up. The editors of such papers have no knowledge as to what kind of matter is to go in their papers on the “patent out sides” until it is sent to them. They have no control over the selection of two tliirds of their reading matter. It is pre pared for them by an editor hundreds of miles away, who can have no just idea of the needs of the local public where the paper is ostensibly published. The os tensible editor is scarcely responsible for what appears in two-thirds of his paper, because it is prepared for him by others hundreds of miles away. The “patent outside” system has sprung into life hundreds of papers at places unable to sustain the least re spectable journalism. It has flooded the country with so-called newspapers to the detriment of legitimate journalism, the expenses of which are yearly increas ing in order to meet the demand for newspaper reading. It is true that, as a general thing, “patent outside” newspa pers have but limited circulation, but enough, however, to injure the newspa per business in its legitimate work. In most cases such papers are published in communities where there is little or no demand,lor a newspaper for the reason that the patronage is not sufficient to sus tain them if legitimately conducted— edited, printed and published at home. As we have said, this species of jour nalism is detrimental to legitimate news paper labor at home. No first-class pa per can employ the “patent outside” sys tem for the reason that the home adver tisements would crowd out everything upon the inside and leave no room for home news and the full discussion of public affairs in the state or the country. We hope to see all of our confreres of the press dispense with the “patent out side” business, and give their papers more of liome-like appearance and a dis play of home talent. Let it be known that we have not made a martyr of the editor of the Rome Cou rier for “exposing Dr. Felton’s affilia tion with radicals.” The editor is not good material to make a martyr of. We don’t abuse the editor. His ignorance of current political events forbids such cruelty on our part. The editor of the Courier isn’t the man to go to the stake. He is an object of pity for his political ignorance. We let him alone in pity, for the reason that the Tribune has skin ned him sufficiently. The Augusta News says “the quin tessence of cheek is exhibited by the edi tor of the Rome Cornier when he gladly ‘welcomes’ Mr. Stephens back into the democratic Welcomes, indeed! Why, Little Alec has more genuine, true democracy in one joint of his emaciated little finger than the Rome editor ever dreamed of in his life. He don’t know what democracy is, from the style of his editorials.” That is just about the opin ion of every intelligent democrat in the state. Why don’t the Rome Courier howl about Senator Gordon’s desertion of his post at a most critical time of the most vital interests of the country? But re cently returned from a jamboree to West Point, we now hear he is in Mississippi attending an exhibition of a female acade my Yvith Senator Lamar. If it was Dr. Felton the Courier would throw oft fifty thousand cubic inches of sour-beleli. Courier , why don’t you belch ? The Tennessee press association met at Gallatin recently. The chief feature was a discussion of the report of the commit tee following the establishment of a southern advertising agency. It con demned in strong terms the monopolies of existing agencies, and denounced the publishers of “patent outsides” as inimi cal to the interests of both advertisers and publishers. The report was unanimous ly adopted. The editor of the Rome Courier says he made no application to Ilayes for the Rome postoflice, but that he did whisper to Postmaster-General Key that he would accept it. Well, the editor of the Courier is coolly modest in asking favors from a slack-wad democrat who holds his posi tion under a fraudulent radical president. The editor of the Courier is a poor demo crat. The fact is we don’t believe the editor of the Rome Courier is a sound democrat. That application lor the Rome postoffice under a radical adminis tration somewhat sustains us in that be lief. The Rome Tribune has literally sawed the Courier to pieces. of the Tribune is a rip-saivyer. Poke it to him, Sawyer! His skin is thick, and his conscience (politically) lies deep beneath it. THE FREE PRESS. ARKANSAS LETTER. Buffalo Lick, Poinsett Cos., Ark, June 16, 1879. To The Free Press: Through the kindness of a gentleman traveling in this country, a citizen of your county, I presume I am indebted for two or three numbers of your valuable paper, The Free Press. I was glad to receive them and then also the name pleases me “tied down to no sect or clique,” I took as the definition. I was through your county once and was in formed by a gentleman that it was named for the gallant Col. Bartow. I heard the history briefly of that noble soldier and felt almost as though I was treading on sacred soil. Peace to his ashes; his memory will he honored by all the noble of earth. With your permission I would be glad to say a few words to those desiring to immigrate west. You are crowded and we need immigration. We’ve a good country, good water and plenty of it, as fine land as ever was I reckon; timber in superabundance and of the best known. Poplar, hickory, dogwood, ash, walnut, cypress, pine and almost any kind that grows in this latitude; finest timber for sawing, and only one mill in the county; poll only about 450 votes all told, and we need immigration. We want hard-work ing, honest, upright men —men that mean business. Young men, come and grow up with the country —old men, come and help us build up the country. You can have homes for almost nothing. We’ve bottom lands, we’ve broken lands, hilly or level, spring water or well as you chose. You can live on “mountains high or valleys low.” We want men that desire the building up of the coun try, schools, churches, etc. We’ve the best prospect for crops this year we have had for many years. Corn and pork will be cheap and there will be plenty of it. We can make with good cultivation from 40 to 75 bushels of corn per acre, cotton from half bale to bale, wheat this year about 15 bushels per acre, oats 30 or 40 bushels. Clover grows fine and all the grasses. This is a good stock country, cows worth from $lO to .sl2 with calves. Those in your county desiring to immigrate west I do not think they could better their travel than to come and cast their lot with us. Good lands can bo bought for sl, $2, and $3 per acre and as much time on it as you want. Those desiring any further information can get it by writing and enclosing stamped envelope, to Dr. T. 11. Jones, clerk of the county, or Foster Freeman, Esq., proprieteor Harrisburg Tribune, J. Logan Smith, ex-sheriff of county, or Bev. J. H. Allen, Buffalo Lick. In writing to Dr. Jones or Mr. Freeman or Col. Smith, address them at Harrisburg, Poinsett county, Ark. J. H. A. JEFF. DAVIS’ SHACKLES. How the Confederate President Was Put in Chains. Charleston News, January 30,1366.] On the morning of the 23rd of May, bitter trial was in store for the proud spirit—a trial severer, probably, than lias ever in modern times been inflicted upon any one who had enjoyed such emi nence. This morning Jefferson Davis was shackled. It was while all the swarming camps of the armies of the Potomac, the Tennes see and Georgia—over two hundred thousand bronzed and laureled veterans —were repairing for the grand review of the next morning, in which, passing in endless succession before the mansion of the president, the conquering military power of the nation was to lav down its arms at the feet of the civil authority, that the following scene was enacted at Fort Monroe: Capt. Jerome E. Titlow, of the third Pennsylvania artillery, entered the pris oner’s cell, followed by the blacksmith of the fort and his assistant, the latter carrying in his hands some heavy and harshly rattling shackles. As they en tered, Mr. Davis was reclining on his bed, feverish and Yveary, after a sleepless night, the food placed near him the pre ceding day untouched on his tin plate near his bedside. “Well?” said Mr. Davis as they enter ed, slightly raising his head. “1 have an unpleasant duty to per form, sir,” said Captain Titlow; and as he spoke the senior blacksmith took the shackles from his assistant. Davis leaped instantly from his recum bent attitude, a flush passing over his face for a moment, and then his counte nance growing as rigid and livid as death. He gasped for breath, clutching nis throat Yvit h the thin fingers of his right hand, and then recovering himself slow ly, while his Yvasted figure towered up to its full height —now r appearing to swell with indignation and then to shrink with terror, as he glanced from the Captain’s face to the shackles —he said slowly and with a laboring chest: “My God ! You cannot have been sent to iron me?” “Such are my orders, sir,” replied the officer, beckoning the blacksmith to ap proach, who stepped forward, unlocking the padlock and preparing the fetters to do their office. These fetters were of heavy iron, probably five-eights of an inch in thickness, and connected togeth er by a chain of like weight, I believe they are now' in the possession of Major- General Miles, and will form an interest ing relic. “This is too monstrous,” groaned the prisoner, glaring hurriedly around the room, as if for some weapon, or means of self-destruction. “I demand, Captain, that you let me see the commanding offi cer. " Can he pretend that such shackles are required to secure the safe custody of a YY r eak old man, so guarded and in such a fort as this?” “It Yvould serve to no purpose,” re plied Captain Titlow. “His orders are from Washington, as mine are from him.” “But he can telegraph,” interposed Mr. Davis, eagerly, “there must be some mistake. No such outrage as you threat en me with is on record in the history of nations. Beg him to telegraph, and de lay until he ans\Y r ers.” “My orders are peremptory,” said the officer, “and admit of no delay. For your own sake, let me advise you to sub mit with patience. Asa soldier, Mr. Da vis, you know I must execute orders.” “These are not orders fora soldier,” shouted the prisoner, lOßing all control of CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1879. himself. “They are orders for a jailor— for a hangman, which no soldier wearing a sword should accept! I tell you the world will ring with this disgrace. The war is over; the south is conquered; I have no longer any country but Ameri ca, and it is for the honor of America, as for my own honor and life, that I plead against this degredation. Kill me! kill me !” he cried passionately, throwing his arms wide open and exposing his breast, “rather than inflict on me and my peo ple through me this insult, worse than death.” “Do your duty, blacksmith,” said the officer, walking toward the embrasure as if not caring to witness the performance, “it only gives increased pain on all sides to protract this interview.” At these words the blacksmith ad vanced with the shackles, and seeing that the prisoner had one foot upon the chair near his bedside, his right hand resting on the back of it, the brawny mechanic made an attempt to slip one of the shackles over the ankle so raised; but as if the vehemence and power which fren zy alone can impart, even to the weak est individual, Mr. Davis suddenly seiz ed his assailant and hurled him half way across the room. On this Captain Titlovv turned, and, seeing that Davis had backed against the wall for further resistance, began to re monstrate, pointing out in brief, clear language that this course was madness, and that orders must be enforced at any cost. “Why compel me,” he added, “to add the further indignity of personal vio lence to the necessity of your being ironed.” “I am a prisoner of war,” fiercely re torted Mr. Davis. “I have been a sol dier in the armies of America, and know how to die. Only kill me, and my last breath shall be a blessing on your head. But while I have life and strength to re sist, for myself and for my people, this thing shall not be done.” Hereupon Captain Titlow called in a sergeant and tile of soldiers from the next room, and the sergeant advanced to seize the prisoner. Immediately Mr. Davis flew on him and seized his musket and attempted to wrench it from his grasp. Of course such a scene could have but one issue. There was a short, passionate scuttle. In a moment Davis was flung upon his bed, and before his four power ful assailants removed their hands from him the blacksmith and his assistant had done their work —one securing the rivet on the right ankle while the other turn ed the key in the padlock on the left. This done, Mr. Davis lay for a mo ment as if in a stupor. Then slowly raising himself and turning round, he dropped his shackled feet to the floor. The harsh clank of the striking chain seems first to have recalled him to his situation, and dropping his face into his hands, he burst into a passionate flood of sobbing, rocking to and fro, and mutter ing at brief intervals: “Oh, the shame! the shame!” It may be here stated, though out of its due order—that we may get rid in haste of an unpleasant subject—Mr. Davis some mouths later, when frequent visits had made him more free to converse, gave a curious explanation of the last feature in this incident. He had been speaking of suicide, and denounced it as the worst form of cow ardice and folly. “Life is not like a com mission that we can resign when dis gusted with the service. Taking it by your own hand is a confession of judg ment to all that your worst enemies can allege. It is often flashed against me as a tempting remedy for neuralgic torture; but thank God I never sought my own death but once, and then when complete ly frenzied and not master of ray actions. When they came to iron me that day, as a last resource of desperation, I seized a soldier’s musket and attempted to wrench it from his hands, hoping that in the scuffle and surprise some of his comrades would shoot or bayonet me.” “8110. GARDNER” ON THE EXODUS. Detroit Free Press.] “I Yvar called upon las’ nite by a stran ger from Mississippi,” began President Gardner as he got his coat-tails behind him. “He came knockin’ at de doah at at late hour, an’ I war routed outer bed to listen to de tale of hoYV be Yvar a stran ger in a strange land, out of money, an’ up heah in search of liberty. He Yvent on to tell how he had been bull-dozed an’ murdered down Souf, his Yvife shot, his chill’en roasted an’ his cabin torn doYvn, all kase he Yvouldn’t YY'ote de dimercratic ticket. He belonged to the Exodus Club, an’ he war on de flee. It took me jist about five minits to wind dat nigger up an’ send him ’long. He couldn’t read nor Yvrite. If all de dimercrats since Gineral Jackson’s time were \ected to oftis at once, it wouldn’t hev made a cent in his pocket or out. He Yvasn’t sarehin’ for liberty half as much as fur an easy job Yvid big pay. If he war eber licked by white men, it Yvas fur stealin’. If he eber had a wife, he desalted her. If he eber had a cabin, it Yvas a free gift from some one. Dat nigger would he\ r Yvoted a circus ticket as quick as a ballot. He knew nuffin more ’bout pollyticks dan ole Uncle Toots knows of runnin’ an in gine. It made no more difference to him who was ’lected to offis dan it makes to dis club who runs de government ot Spain. Doan’ I know my oyvii race? Doan’ I know dat nineteen out ob ebery twenty southern niggers had sooner sleep in de sun dan aim two dollars a day in de cotton ? Doan’ I know dat ebery one of dera will Yvalk fifteen miles to a circus sooner dan torty rods to a day’s work? Heven’t I got relashuns down dar, an’ can’t I show letters to prove dat an hon est, hard-workin’ black man kin git ’long twice as well doYvn dar’ as up heah ? Ali deters you shed ober dis exodus bizness am salt water Yvasted. Allde money you ban’ ober to dese men in sarch of liberty am so much given away to men who know' no moar, what liberty means dan I know' of makin’ dis new* kind ot ice cream in a jug. When any southern black man tells you dot he am flyin’ fur his life you kin put it down dat he raided a smoke-house an’ am dodgin’ his re ward.” The following is the extract from one of Senator Vance’s speeches, which ap pears in a book of southern oraratory, and with the reading of which Mr. Blaine recently amused the senate: “Listen to the warbling twitty of the birds in the swaying green-leafed trees as the soft air of the mountains steals like a maiden’s prayer across the refreshed brow, while your eyes gaze upon the prismatic h ues* of the rainbow reflected in drops of deYv dancing in the golden sunlight as it streams rosy, rich and warm from Aurora’s fiery bosom.” We are not certain that even Judge Lochrane could beat that. Mr. Vance had the good sense to join in the laugh against himself. He should retaliate by reading the severe prose of Blaine’s let ter to Mulligan, or the gushing glory of Conkling’s tribute to Doc Adams—“the descendant of the tiger hunters of the gold coast.”— Augusta Chronicle. THE TRIPLE TIE. The Address of Rev. George W. Bryant, Colored, Last Night. Atlanta Constitution, 27th ult.] A remarkable and suggestive meeting was held in the representative hall at the state capitol last night. The occasion was an address from Rev. George W. Bryant, who is known as “the silver tongued orator of the south.” His sub ject was “The Triple Tie,” or “The Gray, the Black and the Blue,” in which he considers the relations existing be tween the southern, northern and colored people of the country, and the necessity for their unity in sentiment, patriotism and progressive labors He is traveling in the interest of the Payne institute, at Cokesboro, South Car olina, which is under the auspices of the African M. E. church. The institute is in flue condition, but the managers have determined to establish, if they can raise the necessary funds, a manual labor de partment to be known as the “Lee Man ual Labor School.” This is to he done as a testimonial of the admiration and veneration with which the colored people regard the character and tame of General Robert E. Lee. He lias visked several southern cities already. In Montgomery Governor Cobb and other state officers subscribed to the project and in Selma, Pensacola and Columbus leading citizens and distinguished ex-confederates put down their names and became contribu tors. Gov. Colquitt lias written upon the Atlanta list: “I cheerfully co-operate in the movement and commend it,” and subscribed a suitable amount to the scheme. The orator is a young colored man, of dusky hue, with a well-shaped head, pleasant manner, cultivated address and voice and delivery remarkably adapted to oratory. His language flows easily, and he speaks with earnestness and power. His audience last night was a crowded one, composed of a considerable number of white people, and a large assemblage of the best and most thoughtful portion of our colored people. The attention given to the speaker and the interest and enthusiasm he awakened were a revela tion to those who were present. The words that sounded startling from such a person were applauded by his color un stintedly, and his glowing eulogies of Lee were the signals for stormy hutburftts of genuine applause. The address and its indorsements were both of them most novel proceedings for this day and place, and we cannot but express regret that the white portion of his audience was not the greater in numbers. As an evidence of the nature of the address we report some of his most strik ing utterances. In recounting rapidly the events of the war, he spoke of the causes that led to the freedom of his race as pronounced in the emancipation proc lamation. “This proclamation was a military ne cessity. ‘Come back into the union and keep your slaves; remain out of the union and we will free them !’ But the brave southern chivalry would not thus negotiate. They preferred fighting it out and go down they would, if go down they must, nailing their flag to the mast head and with all the honors of the war. And but for this brave resistance upon the one hand and a military necessity upon the other hand, the negro would, perhaps, to-day have been in slavery!” He then went on to speak of the end of the struggle and delivered this eulogy on Lee: “Suffice it to say that General Lee, the illustrious soldier, with his handful of gallant grays, battle-scarred, without succor, without relief, without reinforce ments, pressed in on all sides, hemmed in by forces advancing all directions, surrendered that .gallant band. Subse quently death came with silent footsteps and plucked from the bright galaxy of the south this illustrious soldier, this no ble martyr. If he had strong passions, he had learned to subdue them and was moderate and mild. If he had weakness es, he concealed them, which is rare; and excluded them from the government of his temper and conduct, which is still rarer. If he loved fame, he never made improper compliances for what is called popularity. Oh, illustrious son of the southland may thy memory be perpetu ated !—peace be to thy ashes!” Making reference farther on his re marks to the deplorable confusion of po litical strife in which the colored citizens were afterwards involved, he fired a shot at the carpet-baggers after the following vigorous style: “Yes these paupers in intellect, these tories in politics, these unmitigated liars and scoundrels drove back our men of intelligence, held them in abeyance until they had filled their pockets with ill-got ten gains, betrayed the trust reposed in them, sowed the seed of dissension, and when the arms of justice sought to en circle them, they left for parts unknown with the blood-money secured in the un godly and unholy traffic of negro votes.” (Applause.) In approaching his appeal for aid, he spoke of the help the colored people ask of the gray and the blue, as follows: “At the national conference of colored men convened some time since in Nash ville, some one introduced a resolution touching the spelling of the word negro with a capital N, instead of a small n. I ask no legislation on that point. I care not whether the American people spell it with a large or a small n. Only help us in this march up the hill of science. Only let the gray of the south help us on our feet and hold us up until we can walk. Only let the blue of the north send us more philanthropists and less politicians, more money and less instruc tions how to vote, more of their books, maps and charts and none of their exo dus movements, and we will write the name of the negro not only with a capi tal N. but in letters of gold high up in the temple of fame.” Other extracts of equal pith and truth marked the address, but we cannot give them space here. A considerable sum was given by the colored people last night, and for several days the agent will call upon our citizens to help on the project. It is to be hoped that he will meet with encouraging suc cess and that he may popularize here his sentiments and his scheme. High medical authority at Washington, including members of the national board of health, who have given the matter constant and careful attention, and who are fully informed by medical experts traveling in the south, are of the opinion that the southern states are to escape a visitation of the yellow fever this sum mer. In the early spring there was a great deal of alarm about it—more than got into the papers—but this feeling has given way to the opposite extreme, and now the chances are considered altogeth er against a renewel of last year’s vis itation. The new Guion steamer Arizona has jus completed a trip between New York and Queenstown in 7 days, 9 hours and 23 minutes, the fastest time ever made. A ROME YOUNG LADY. She Performs a Wonderful Feat; in Old England. The Cornishman , an English journal of Penzance, gives the following descrip tion of a wonderful feat performed by Miss Lila Noble, of Rome, who, with relatives and friends, is visiting the scenes of her ancestry. Miss Lila is a daughter of Mr. John W. Xoble, and, judging from her modest and rather retiring dis position, no one would think her so brave a girl as to descend 2340 feet beneath the surface of the earth to explore a coal mine. The Cornishman says: Doleoath was visited on Wednesday by a party of four tourists from Rome, Georgia, United States, who had previously spent a tew days at Pen zance, and who intend seeing the prin ciple cities and sights of Europe. At Camborne they first visited the birth place of an ancestor of one of their num ber—Mr. James Xoble, formerly of Crowan, who left England about forty four years ago, and is now a resident in Rome. Arriving on the mine about noon, one of the young ladies, Miss Lila A. Xoble, about i9 years of age, accom panied by Mr. J. Adams, jr., of Pendar vesstreet, Tackingmill, and an expe rienced miner, started down one of the main shafts in the man-engine, which was put at the ordinary speed. All the way down the plucky young lady show ed those qualities of coolness and readi ness which are so valuable in safely step ping from the strage of the huge lift to the fixed platform in the shaft, and vice versa. She was met by only one or two miners, who, seeing her bravery, re marking in a bit of old Garnish: “I’d raather taake the trouble to put her to the bottom of Doleoath than I wed a straange miner from another bal; wusn’t thee, you?” Leaving the engine, they descended by 130 fathoms of laddeis (more than twice the height of St. Paul’s cathedral below the base of the man-en gine!) through the different workings to the bottom of the new-sunk shaft, the deepest shaft in the mine, and we believe in the united kingdom. The fair Ameri can was now a distance of 2,340 feet from the surface, when she dug for herself a piece of oar and brought to grass, after which the visitors ami guide inspected various other points of interest in the mine, amongst others the work of the boring machine, various large pitches whence most of the richest tinstuff is sent to grass, etc. One old miner, seeing the coolness and shrewd and intelligent observation shown by the young lady, and file firm and skillful way in which she took hold of the ladders, ejaculated, “I never seed a young laady klem with a moor bowlder and shoorer step in my life.” Turning to his comrade he con tinued, “She can klem, you, better’ll scores of men I’ve seed down beer.” About 5 p. m. the bold mineress from the far west returned to surface after being underground, and constantly exerting herself for '4% hours, without showing signs of fatigue, much less of exhaustion, and without a mishap of the slightest kind. CRIMINAL ABSENTEEISM. The Washington correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, under date n# the 24th ult., says: The departure of Senators Lamar and Gordon from Washington to Brookhaven, Miss., in order to attend the'cornraence ment of a female academy, has caused very unfavorable comment. Mr. Lamar has, I understand, an engagement of long duration to deliver the address before the young women, but it is much more im portant for him to be at his post here, es pecially at this crisis. Why Senator Gor don left nobody appears to know. He had just returned from a pleasant excur sion to West Point, and off he goes again. Mr. McPherson, of New Jersey, recently recalled, has likewise gone home, and Mr. Farley, of California, continues his peregrinations in Oregon at last accounts. No one can accuse me of unfriendliness to these gentlemen, especially the two first named; and, therefore, when I put their absence on record as not creditable to them, it is because the public should be made aware of such facts as concern their well being. In order to properly understand why absence from duty at this time is not becoming in a congressman, let me say that the breaking of the democratic quo rum thereby has caused, and may cause again, very serious trouble. Republican filibustering, which creates so much con fusion, loss of time and mortification among democrats, is made effective by just this absenteeism. The disgiaceful plight consequent upon the army bill dis cussion was brought about in the senate by the failure of six democrats to be at their posts of duty, where they belong. THE JEWS. A Jew! What is there in that name that can be a reproach to any man, wo man or child now living on earth ? Mo ses, the wisest of law-givers, was a Jew. Joshua, who commanded the sun to stand still at the storming of Jericho, was a Jew. David, “a man after God’s own heart,” was a Jew. Solomon, the wisest of men, whose fame is greater to-day than when he built the temple, was a Jew. All the prophets were Jews; Jesus Christ himself was a Jew. His mother was a Jewess. In every age ami country the Jews have done their whole duty to the coun try in which they have resided, and to society. Marshal Soult, one of Napo leon’s ablest marshals, and who stood faithfully by him to the last at Waterloo, was a Jew; Judah P. Benjamin, one of the ablest and most faithful of confeder ate leaders, was a Jew. Senator Jonas, of Louisiana, is a Jew. The present prune minister of Great Britain is a Jew. But why enumerate further? From the earliest dawn of his tory to the present time the Jews have furnished their full share of brave and honorable men and women. Who has surpassed them in public spirit, in works of charity and devotion to principle?— Exchange. The post office department proposes at an early date to extend the fast mail ser vice in the south over two routes. One route will be from Washington to Jack sonville, Florida, by the way of Charles ton and Savannah, and the other from Washington by way of Richmond, Atlan ta, Montgomdry and Mobile. It was ex pected that these routes would be put into operation by the first of July next, but postal cars, necessary for the service which are in the course of construction, will not be finished by that date. The work will not, however, be delayed much after that. The schedules, number of trips, etc., have not yet been determined on. A fine harvest is reported throughout the whole of the Dominion of Canada. RATES OP ADVERTISING. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate? of One Dollar per inch for the first insertion, an.. Fifty Cents for each additional insertion. CONTRACT RATES. Space. 1 mo. 8 mos. 6 moa. lyear. One inch, |2 50 $5 00 $7 50 $lO 00 Two inches, 375 750 12 50 18 00 Three inches, 500 10 00 17 50 25 00 Four inches, 825 12 5& 22 50 32 00 Fourth column 750 15 00 25 00 40 00 Half column, 15 00 25 00 40 00 000 One column, 20 00 40 00 60 00 10*) QQ NUMBER 51. THE ROMANCE OF BONAPARTISM. Macaulay’s words, that the age has been fertile in warnings to the ambitious and consolations to the obscure never ap plied to any with more force ’than to the Jtionapartes. We have before us the London News for the sth of February. 1853. The first illustration is the empress in her bridal dress. Then follow whole page pictures of the magnificent ceremo nies at Xotre Dame. Writing to his niece from Sunny side in tiie same year Washington Irving says: “Louis Napoleon and Eugenie Montijo, emperor and empress of the French, one of whom I have had a guest at my cot tage on the Hudson; the other whom, when a child, 1 have had on my knee at Granada. It seems to cap the climax of tiie dramas of which Paris has been the theatre during my lifetime. I have re peatedly thought that each coup de theatre would be the last that would occur in my time, but each has been succeeded by an other equally striking. The last I saw of Eugenie Montijo and she and her giddy circle had swept away my charming young friend, , into their career of fashionable dissipation. Now, Eugenie is upon a throne, and a voluntary recluse in a convent of one of the most rigorous orders. Poor ! Perhaps, however, her fate may ultimately be the happiest of the two. The storm with her ‘is o’er, and she’s at rest,’ but the other is launched from a returnless shore on a dangerous sea, infamous for its tremen dous shipwrecks. Am lto live to see the catastrophe of her career, and the end of this suddenly conjured-up empire, which seems to be of such stuff as dreams are made of. * * * I consider it as liable to extravagant viccissitudes as one of Dumas’ novels.” Had he lived ten years longer he would have seen one catastrophe of her career, but certainly not that which occasioned her the deepest anguish. That was re served for eight years later, and it is like ly enough that the ex-empress will end lier days like her friend to whom Irving alludes. With the exception of her moth er, she now stands alone in the world, and in the nature of things that mother must soon pass away. —New York Times. DRUNK WITH POWER AND PRIDE. Charles Nordhoff, tiie Washington cor respondent of tiie New York Herald, himself a republican, diagnoses the ease of the so-called republican leaders in Washington thus: The spirit of the republican leaders in \he senate shows that it is high time, for the security and peace of the country, to have a change of parties. Like the dem ocratic party in 18(50, these men have been too long in power. They are drunk with an unpatriotic ambition. They show plainly that they do not mean to let go of the government; that they re gard the country as their possession, and a political defeat as a personal wrong and robbery of themselves. The impression which this debate lias made upon many thoughtful attendants upon it is that no party can be so dan gerous to the country as a party led, in spired and controlled by these men, and that, if the republican party appears in the presidential canvass under their lead ership, it will be the duty of every man who values the country’s safety and peace to oppose it and them, no matter who is on the other side. The republi cans uttered a foolish cry of revolution early in the session, but your correspond ent, whose duty ic has been to watch all the tedious debates of the extra session, and who has not failed to expose to you the folly and weakness of the democrats, has seen nothing on the democratic side, even among the worst element of that party, which at all compares for wicked ness of purpose, for desperation and evil spirit, with the course and temper of the leading republican senators during this debate.” The Dalton Headlight thus telis of the wonderful mechanical genius of that town. It says: “Now we have a real live prodigy in our town which can’t be beat, and it’s no use for our exchanges to hatch up any more lies. There is a lady in this city who can make shoes, repair sewing ma chines, clocks, boots and shoes, make picture frames, house keys and nearly every article that she needs about the house. In fact, she is a wonderful me chanical genius. Not long ago she made her own last and finished up a nice pair of high heeled shoes for herself. She also half soles and repairs her husband’s boots, and can finish up ladies’ shoes as well as anybody. While out in the gar den recently she lost one of her keys, and being an intelligent woman and one who believes in home manufactures, she pro cured a file and an old piece of iron and made a key which answered very well. She says that if she had the tools she could make a good key. If she wants a picture frame or any like article, she don’t have to buy it. When her own or her neighbor’s clock gets out of order she sets it to working again, free oi charge. It is something unusual for a woman to develop talent of this kind, which is both a useful and worthy ac complishment, and one of which she may well be proud. Her husband, too, should be proud of possessing such a wife Not one man in ten thousand can boast of having such a treasure. — : ♦ ♦ The advance in the price of raw silk is beginning to be felt in this country as well as in Europe. Not less than a month ago fine raw silk could be purchas ed for from $3 75 to $3 90 per pound, and some thoughtful manufactories, more, especially in Paterson, N. Y., laid in a large stock. With the utter failure of the Italian and partial failure of the French crops the article has gone up to $4 and $lO per pound. In the meantime the price of manufactured goods is stead ily rising, and silk dresses and. ribbons will again become expensive commodi ties. I + It is stated that the following army offi cers, who have attained the age of sixty two years, will be retired soon: General Randolph B. Marcoy, Inspector-General; Gens. M. C. Meigs and Daniel H. Rucker, Quartermaster’s Department; Gen. .Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General; Gens. Benjamin Alvord and Nathan W. Brown, Pay Department; Gens. Hum phreys and John G. Barnard, corps of Engineers, and Gen. Peter V. Hagrter, Ordinance Department. Bismarck is humorous in a grim, quaint sort of way, as witness his reply to Prince Alexander, when the latter consulted him as to whether he should accept the crown of Bulgaria: “Don’t hesitate as to that; in any case it will be one of the agreeable reminiscences of your life.” The reason Gen. Garibaldi seeks to an nul his marriage with Mine. Raimondi, is that the pension of 30,000 francs an nually granted to his heirs would other wise go to her child, though he is not its father, while his own children would get nothing.