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D. B. FREEMAN. Editor and Prbprietor.
Sntuday, December 8, 1877.
Capital punishment laa been abolish
rd in Italy.
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Hie 3tate Graog* meets in August*,
the 21th.
forty North CaroNaa roan ties now
Under the army bill, as it passed the
strength of the army is now 25,000
menr . l*‘*VA IkifSl s -
A cave has been discovered near
Wythetille, Vm, which is said to riral
the Mammoth Care of Keotneky in
extent and beauty.
$' Imi 11 . i3.
The widow of Gorernor Brown, of
Tennessee, the Postmaster General in
Bnehanan’s eabinet, and her daughter,
Miss Nareissa Bannders,axpeet to spend
the winter in Washington.
Union men and eX'Fedetal soldiers
at. Chattanooga are eontribnting money
to repair the damsge done to the Con.
federate monument by unknown ran.
dais. ’
Through the prosperity of its tobac
co industry Lynchburg, Va., now boasts
a population of 17,000, a property rui
nation of 16,530,476, and many hand
some buildings in what used to be the
suburbs.
With Rostis in, there will be
iu the Senate 39 Repuh'ieans, 37
Democrats, and one Independent
(Judge Daris) who will probably set
with the Dsmocrsts, and if Conover and
Patterson continue to rote with she
Democrats they will hare a majority of
one.
The winter season of Texas usually
lasts from the first of December to the
middle of February, and its most dis
tinguishing feature is the “oorthers,” a
periodical wind totally unknown is oth
er States. They occur on the arerage
twice a week and last a couple of
days. They are preceded by a warm,
elose, summerish atmosphere, and dur
ing their continuance the temperature
not un*requently touches 17°. The
cold it the sererest imaginable, not
steady, as in the North, but of a keen,
searching, biting description.
The Courier-Journal says; When
crer a Southern election rolls out Dem
ocratic majorities the agonised Repub
lican Bourbons sing out.: (< Behold the
fruits of paeiioation I” and go to talk
ing about the “suppression of the large
Republican majority by rifle clubs.” —
What they want is a set of negro State
officials ; “a few year* more of good
stealing,” especially from the “sacred
school fund,” and a general t elapse of
the Beuth to abject poverty and deso*
lation. Nothing would please these
Republican assassins better.
An election held in Columbia, 8. C.,
November 20th, for State Senator and
Representative, to fill the vacaociee oc
casioned by the recent resignation of
Nash and M inert, eolortd Republicans,
who were compelled to yield to the
pressure on account of the discovery of
their rascalities. A aignifieant fact in
this election is that one year ago the
Republicans polled • vote of 2,000 ma*
jority, while to-day there are nottwen
ty-five voting the tieket. Both candi
dates are Democrats. John H. Kina
ler, like s second Cincinimtua, received
hia nomination for Benator while foL
lowing the plough. John C. Haskell,
for Representative, is n prominent law
yer and well known throughout the
State. Both are elected. Not s single
fight or disturbance of any .kind occur
ring.
In South Carolina sentences have
been passed on her ex-ofl&c?al* at fol*
lows : Francis L. Cardoia, Ex Treas
urer of South Carolina, for conspiracy
to defraud the Btate, two ye*ra’ im
vrisonmeot in jail and $4,000 fine, and
one year’s imprisonment added if the
fine be not paid a*, the expiration of
two yea-s: Smalls, member of Con.
gross, for accepting a bribe of $5,000
vhile a member of the State Senate,
three years st hard labor in the State
penitentiary; L. Cass Carp nter for
merly proprietor of the Columbia Daily
Union, fir forgery in raisiig the
amount* for publishing laws in bis pa
per, two y art* in jail ard a fine of sl. (
000. Appeals will be mad* in all the
cates.
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.
“Durang’e Rheumatism Remedy,' the
great Internal Medicine, will poei.
lively ocre an/ case of rheumatism on
-he face of tho earth. Prioe $1 a bot
tle, aix bottles, $5. Bold by all whole
s'le Druggist. Don’t fail to
* ;nd for. circular to Helpenstine. A Ben
*y, Druggist, Washington, D. C.
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LETTER THOR TfeXAft
Fort Worth, Txxas, Dec. 4, ’7l*
Mr. Editor : Thinking that a tom-,
munication from Texas would be of
some interest to the readers of your
excellent paper, I venture to intrude
upon your columns, with a few (Remarks
in regard to the fertility, m tcral re
sources and advautagee of Wise entity,
and of the vast improvements made in
it within tbo last ten yearn. This is
one of the leading countiea of North
west Texas; about two thirds of it is
prairie, with a black, sticky soil, va r
rytng in depth from one to fifteen feet
which for produetfrehesa cannot
be excelled by any oilier section in the
State, the yield of wheat being from
fifteen to fifty bushels per sere; of corn
from twenty to thirty bushll# pet acre ;
of cotton from one-half to one bale per
•ere. The other remaining third is
timbered land. The growth is princi
pally post oak and blacx Jack, an fine as
any found in Western Texas. The soil
is sandy, and produce* bountifully.-
This eouoty has some fine streams of
water. The west fork of the Trinity
Sandy and a utimber of other iitream*
in various parts of the eouoty affording
water during the entireyear. There
are also some fine springs reminding
one of those* found iu North Gsorgia.
This county presents an excellent field
for farmeis, end also for stock 1 alters,
but the tide of eniigration is driving
the stock men farther west with their
large herd*, thus bringing it within the
farmer’# power to cultivate his farm
anti raise sinalfherd* 0$ Cattle without
the danger of having them stolen, and
with little labor or attention. Land iu
this county is cheep. Improved lauds
are worth from five te thirty dollars per
acre. Unimproved from one fifty to
five dollars per acre. This county for
health will compare favorably with any
section in che State, or anywhere el t,
hence it can boast of its robust men
and beautiful, healthy women
The county has tolerably well con
ducted public schools, which arc im
proving rapidlv every year. The peo
ple are beginning to take a decided
interest in education. The moral tone
of the people, generally speaking, is
good-new chnrches arc being erected
in almost every part of the county.
Decatur, the eouoty seat, is a town
of considerable importance and trade,
containing about 2,000 inhabitants, nice
churches and good schools, twelve or
fifteen lawyers, five or six doctors, and
the indispensable little county newspa
per. No one can fail to perceive the
great change the county has undergone
when viewing the broad prairie* dotted
with beautiful farms, neat dwellings
and usetnl machinery of all kinds, and
the timbered lands teeming with a
thrifty population, wide 'awake to all
the duties and requirements of life.
It appears like a work of magie wh*.n
we remember that only a few years ago
the county was almost a wilderness
with countlees herds of vi’d cat le
roaming at large over the now cultiva
ted prairies, and that its woodlands
were filled with the screams of the pan
ther and howl* of wolves, with only a
few settlers here and there to contend
with the merciless Indian, whose fiieud*
ish yells often made them tremble for
th* safety of thamselves and families.
W. E Batxs.
The bill repealing the resumption act
as amended, we print in full below. It
passsd the house of representative* by
a vote *f 133 t* 120. A saostitute for
the original hill was offered by Mr.
Fort, of Illinois, which was agreed to
without division. The following is the
text of the bill as it passed the
house :
“A bill to rpeal all that part of the
act approved January 14, 1875, know.l
a# the resumption act,which authorised
the secretary of the treasury to dispose
of Uuited Mate* bonds and redeem
and cancel tbe greeback currency.”
That all that portion of tbe act ap
proved January 14, 1875, entitled “Au
set to provide for tbo resumption ot
specie payments,” which reads as fol
lows, to wit: “And whenever and o
often as circulating notes shall be issu
ed to any bankiog association, so in
creasing its eauitai or cireulating notes,
or so newly organised as aforesaid, it
shall be the duty of the secretary of the
treasury to redeem tbe legal tender
Unit-wi State* notes in excess only of
three hundred millions of dollars,to the
amount of eighty per teuton of the
anm of national bank notes so issued to
any -uch banking associations as afnre
saiJ, sod t> c utinue such rtdem; isor.
as such c.restating uut s arc i**uei tn>
tii there snail be outstanding the fiiwn ot
three hundred million dollars o' sown
legal tender Uuited States notes, uud
uo more; and on and after the Ist day
ot January, anno donum 1879, the sec
rets y of the t easury shall tedeexi iu
coin the Uni ed States legal tender
notes thus outstanding,on th-ir present
ation lor redemption at the office of tbe
ssi>taut treHi-urer of the Unite! Mates
in the city of New York, in sum* of not
less than fitly and dlar- ; and to enable
the secretary of the treasury to prepare
a<d provide for tbe redemption iu this
act authorised or required, he is tu
th' riled to use auy surpias levcna
from time to time iu the treasury, not
otherwise appro' riated, and to iaso*,and
tell, and dispose of, st not less than par
iu coin, either of the descriptions of
bonds of the Uuiud States, described
in the act of congress, spprovod July
14, 1870, entitled “an scMo authprixe
th* refunding of the national debt/’
with like qualities privileges and dß
•mpf.ivn to the extent necessary-to car
ry this act into full effect, and *to Ae
th# proceed* thereof for the purposes
aforesaid, be and the same is hereby re*
IS GE TI \
WILt CURE RHEUMATISM.
MR A1 BERT OROOKER,~fhe well-know*
druggist and apothecary, of Springvale,
Me., always advises every one troubled
with Rheumatism to try VEGETINE.
Read Mis Statements -1 *
SfwvnvAta, Ma., Oct., 12, TBT6.
Ma. H. R. Sravaaf: # f*
Drab 81a,— Fifteen years ago last fall I
va **ku sfbk with rheumatism, was uha
bl# to stave, until the next April, v From
that time until three yafs ago th** fail 1
suffered <very thing with rheumatisou—-
Votxbs.
Sometimes there would t* weeks at a time
that I could not step one step; these at.
tack* were quit* often. I Suffered every
thing that a man could. Over three yean
ago last spring I emenced taking VEG
ETINE, *ad foUewed’ it up uptll l had tak*a
•even bottles; have h*d ao rheumatism
sines that ifihv. t always advise every one
that is troubled • ith rheumatism to try
Vtgetine, and not suffer far year* a* I hare
dour. This statement is gratuitous ae fir
as Mr. Stereas i* concerned. Yout-s, etc.,
ALBERTCROOKER,
Firm of A. Crooker & Cos., Druggists and
Apothecarier. \" ‘ " ,1
VEGETINE
HAS ENTIRELY CURED ME.
Bos to* , Oct-, 1870.
Ma. If. R. Stbvxns s-
Dba* Sie: Mv daughter, after having a
severe attack of Whoeplog Cough, was.
in a feeble state of health. • BefWg advised
by a friend she tried the Vegetine, and af
ter using a few bottle# was Cully restore#
te health. . t >
> f hive been a great sufferer from Rheu
matism. 4 . I nave taken several bottles of
the Vegetine for this complaint, and am
happy to say it la* entirely me. 1
hav* recommended the Vegetine t* othras
with the same good results. It is a great
cleanser and purifier of the bicod ; it is
oleasant to take and I can cheerfully rec
ommend it.
JAMES MORSE, 364 Athens street.
RHEUMATISM is a DISFABE of the Blood.
The blood in this disease is found to cen
tain an excels of fibrin. Vegetine acts by
converting the blood from its diseased con
dition to a heal*h circulation. Vegetine
reg dates the bowels which is very Impor
tant in this eomplnint. One bottle of Veg
etine will give relief, but to effect a perma
nent cure it must be taken regularly, and
may take several bottles, especially in cases
of long Handing. Vegetine is sold by. all
Irugftists. Try it. and your verdict will
be the same as that of thousands before
you. who say, “I neyer found so much re
lief as from the use of Vegetine,” which is
composed exclusively of Barka, Roots and
ITtrba.
“Vegetine,” says a Boston physician,
“has no equal as a blood purifier. Hearing
of its many woaderful cures, after all other
remedies had failed, I visited the laborato
ry and convinced myself of its genuine
merit. It is prepared' from barks, roois
and herbs, each of which is highly effect
ive, and they are compounded in such a
manner as to produce astonishing results.”
VEGETINE.
NOTHING EQUAL TO IT.
BorTH Salrm, MaTjs., Nov. 14/TS7&.
Mb. H. R. St*akss ;;
I)r a a Sib : I bare. been troubled with
Scrofula, Cancer and’Liver Complaint for
three years ; nothing ever did me any good
until I commenced using the Vegetine. 1
am now getting along ’ first-rate, and still
using the‘Vegetine. I consider there if
nothing equal tc it for such complaints.
Can heartily recommend it to everybody.
Yours truly,
MRS. LIZZIE M. PACKARD,
No. 16 Lagrange street, South Salem, Mass
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VEGETIJTE
Prepared by
U. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mats.
VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
BovlO’ly. ■'
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W. W. I>UJ STS*..-,
MERCHANT TAILOR
AND CLOTHIER. .
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la stock a good variety of piece goods,
■ueh as extra quality Crssimers, Jeans, &e.
Al-o trimmings of all kinds.
\* prepared te eut and make clothing in
th* latest styles abd best manner.
A godd assortment of }
Ready-made Clothing
on hand to whu:h ; I invite the especial at
en tion the ef public. ae3-3m.
FINE • COS 1 CHEAP SOOSS I
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MRS. T. B. HllilAMS,
HAS THE FINEST AND OHKAPEST
Hatn, Bonnets,
Flowers , Flumes ,
lies, Lore*:
Ribbons , *£c.>
BI rou ND IN ROME. Call at !*©. 27
ad Street, near the Railroad, and look
#r stock. 'No'trouble to show goods
igad#a# t# order. *'e6-ljr'..
b -THE NEW— •
Sewihc Machine
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Simplest & Best
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THE CiLOTHINta HOUSE OF ROME, ;FX>ROU~
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I have opened what has long been Reeled in this Section—A FIRST CLASS CLOTHING HOUSE,
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Hy’itoek compriaea iuita kfiail grades for Men, B*ys And OkiWrW, tea 6e ie the late*t style and best manner, at prices to compel# with soy first class Clotk
House in this State. I have futll lines of samples of French, English and Amarican Cloths, Casaimerea and Suitings, from which I will
>V ~ have suits made to order by the best Merchant Tailors in New York. FITS GUA RANTEED IN EVERTUXSE.
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TTAAt*f. siilrt#, X>r#iwor¥*i BCosieryi ttuspendersp Soarfsp
Ti, Trunks and Vall*ro,
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? AkD everything krpt in a first-class house.
I make a specialty of scuts lor extra lare men. .Agents for Keep’s celebrated partly made Shirts, the very best—*Six for six dollars. Give me a **ll, an 1
' ‘ rait you in anything you want in my line. TSfcy Terms are Cttsll. No discrimination.-,
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THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE
The People’s Favorite,
THE LARGEST SALES BECAUSE THE MOST POPULAR
The Most Popular Because the Best. ’
VERDICT OE THE LADIES.
THE stubborn fact shown by the o*fioial returns, tl\at the Singer §ewiq£ Machine
the only one whiose sales have largely and steadily increased eveiy year, uninterrupt
edly that last year the sales more than doubled those of the neif 'highest competitor,
and nearly equalled the sales of all the other companies combined, demonstrates beyond
all ccntroversy that * . i v • * v-• ‘
THE SINGER SEWING M 4CHINE
is the most popular, beoause, in the estimation of the ladies of the Cotffit superio
to any other ma ufactqred. The following returns of. sates, sworn to by company
tells the story ; /
Sales in 1871. 18711573. 1874. , 1875.
By the Sieger.;-.....131,260 219,753. 232,44. 241,679 249,852
Wheeler & Wilson. 128,526 174,088 119,190 9iß2jf, ; 103,740
Howg (Jan. I. to July 1)......34,010 145,00 QNo returns 35,000 * 25,0^>
Remington ~.Y.’....25,110
Domestic 10,397 49,555 • 40,114 22*700 21,452
Sales frr 1876, Machines.
Still Increasing. All Competition Distanced.
Send yottr address for a catalogue of the celebrated BAZAAR GLOV'E : FITTING'PAT'
TERNS. They are the best, thi cheapest in i most stylish patterns in ihe inavkit.
0jj&~ The Company are not and wiil not be responsible any private debis ! of its
agents, sneh as board, stable or livery bills, &c. • •. . .
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V . W. LE6M#lip,er -
The Singer MannfactnringCo. [ .b.<rk**haw,
) Cor.Bgoqd and Ala. St. -Atlanta,- Gs. :
W. H. IORRENC^
mays* * - anvassing Agent for Gordon County.
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Do you want to buy Sheet Music, Books, Strings, etc. ? Do von want* to ex- '
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CHATTANOOGA CARPET HOUSE.
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C. H. RICHMOND,
. EXCLUSIVE DEALER IN
Carpets,
| OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS. WINDOW SHADES,
And the line of Goods Usually Kept in a Carpet Store.
I - Now on hand a seasonable stock, embracing the latest attractive design*
I 6.3 in.
R. S. Norton & Son,
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ROME, (IA.
ARE NOW RECEIVING A LARGE AND FINE STqUK OF
Dry Goods, Hoots, Shoes,
XT ATS, OLOTUINC3-, ctoo.,
Which were bought re -y low ami will be ' sld at short profits. LOWER PRICES*
THAN HERETOFORE IN OME.
To satisfy yourself pie sc call and exam * aepl>9-2to.
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It. WATCHES, CLOCKS.
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■ JUST RECEIVING ONE OF THE LARGEST §TOCR§p?
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W |9 ** sA Mm MUM It has ihc straight, sefsetting needle, our itn
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13 H II [M Air All the wtdinn points ere adjustable, and U
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HI m V ■■ Air- Krery Machine is scut out ready for use, after
W\Jf H being thoroughly tested. ... -
■Hr Notwltli.tattdin! the GItEAT JIEDI C TIOX
SiSmim S BHI IX PltlClX we continue to use the best matertar
and exercise the greatest car# in their mannfaetmre.
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