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About The field and fireside. (Marietta, Ga.) 1877-18?? | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1877)
the mirnw i iiiiiMii!;. Marietta. .%:t, iw77. ONCE A MONTH. To our friends in Muriettta who have Shibiti-d an active interest in our enter gender our sincere tlianks, l with the assurance tlial we will at all tx* found ready to reciprocate their kindness. Front llie country, we have pVooived tiuiuerous expression* of en eouragemcnt, hut many of them negu <tiviug the possession of "the almighty dollar." We eouhl readily have swelled i pur list foi a “Weekly’" at one dollar on W. flic credit system to the desired extent, Bhht the impracticability of publishing a W newspaper at that price on thue, ii ith- Ler definite lot experiment. The mim- Brr "I subscriber- must reach live huu- la* lore we • oiuoe of our Weekly. In lie lot i! l^^iveU r It !M p\ 1: ~ , 1 r a court inartij pm to beTliatifrou^^^^ to make him realize 1.7- BFr ‘'outs iif’ht* tsontfin e was t hen" rtiijp-produec of%( 0 tlie* Emperor If.V ’ ,MM! :l "\|i the U'Vtweklge uhoiit li' inti/ each nunilM'r of select rending matter, li' I one-half the people who rush toa < il'ell lilt Mwgh'ttn w ill pay half as much for AMi I' lltl.' iin 11 1 • y HBBMRww > i \ c- would le sustained. F TltpfflWmr of t/^ cnrls ‘M> Fun;- Is no: W ill only he ii 1,1 1,1l ,IU ‘ Ht -e wllo.-c ■tallies age on our if* ° MV* may he •HpWtlic JVndinJbim*li,) ll applii .ition. hml or Mem! in your ‘‘yitarttT 1 now , fekwc will aid you with reading in Ag uianv an hour phm-'intlv ami gMy. ■frajssites will he furnished w le n thcrs ot public imlm enieiii without extra ehsi ■Tiserihers. m. TO THE I’HESS, j u v Hinul thin nuitincrol tlH* Fir in ink Fmkhidk to ii liugi* list of Now | >a| n• r-. 'not with a vlpw to uxoiiiiiigos, which, however highly wo would value ilioiii, we have no reason lo export, hut to show Mill" refpeet for the “fourth estate.” TJIK I’KKNIDENT A METHODIST. Mcthodicm is Im*coiiling exceedingly kuoimlar in the Lulled Stale-, i’resideut Hrunt leaned that wav, and now ITcsi tlvMkJiiit'i* walk*.tv Church, lakes lu>, seat iir ilia auieii corner, and responds a-earnestly as could lie desired, (iov. Lohpiett is al-o set dow u ns a zealous kMcthodist. These fuels, with many of four people, should cover a mull II into of —tn s. k IMtKSIDKNT HAYES VNDTIIE f sorin. • 'ftp* Inaugural, in its of policy , was unexeepilonnhle. hut as nets •jx'rtk louder than words, llie Soulli a wirtted something more reliable. The kpixdutment of a democrat Boat-Master Fteiieral And the subsequent appoint rtfeilt of daiftoerats to post-olllres in llie Smith, rather looked as it" Mr. Hayes in tended to conciliate the Soulli with a just and impartial administration; still the troops are not reeulied from Eouisi jMia ami South Carolina, and the ITesi dettt in response to import unit ic- and de iMllp'iaiiou- in vain pleads for time. Yej'hup* fUe conference w ith tiovernor Hampton, now in Washington, w ill re u)t in purification. ANOTHER election. lit accordance with an Act passed In two successive Legislatures of tin* State, approved February -(>, IS7A. and Febru ary 27, 187t’>, adding an adiliomil clause to tlu* sixth section of the third article of the Constitution, prohibiting any power tn the State from pay ing or neog ntttng tn any way a> valid any direct fvimtis, gold bonds or currency bonds, or Yht* States alleged guaranty or endorse- Mu-tti <tf any railroad or other bonds herctufow declared Ittegat. fraud diem tor vuw Governor voiipiitt lias issued Id- proclamation ordering an election to he held throughout the State on the tir-t Tuesday in May next, at which election the qualified voters may east their bal lot* either for “ratification” or “no rati- Ileatiou” of said constitutional aineml- Miellt. jJK I*resident Hayes has appointed a commission to v isit Louisiana for the nuirposc of settling tlu* troubles that arc ■aruliziug all hiisiness and industry in unfortunate State. Tin* following Bnttieincu compose the commission:— ■ mlge Lh.-jl ies B. l aw fence, republican. Bt' Illinois; Ex-Gov. ,1. t'. Brow n,dem- Isrut, of Tennessee ; Joseph It. Hawley. Bcpuhlican, Connecticut; Gen. John Harlan, republican, of Kentucky, itv ’ cY. republican. IVllll- It is m*t ("I 1 1 mission. jgCU’v Tlu>iii|is<i!i i' h it. imi i'l' ' ■ i ■’ • .u lia< noriirht to in the >lat<- -h.m1.1 left ah-olutely free to settle her own dis putes in her owp way. ft i- also cur lent |y reported that a majority of the new cabinet is anx jous tojiave tiie t roop w ithdrawn from the State House in S. < arolina. <*ON VENTION OH NO f*fINVEN TION. The paper- are falling hack’upoit rhl an the first iplCnliou to la- determined, and in order to a rational solution, are beginning to enquire “w hat is the Con vention for?" The Atlanta t'onelitiiUon don Ids if Fulton county w ill give a ma jority for a Lon veld ion, and w ill give its voice against il “if the removal of the Capitol"’ I-to he made a prominent is sue. Other papers urge as proper ob jects of a Convention, “a reduction of the number of Hepresentatives in tin* House,’’ with “Bi-emiinl Sessions,” — “Reduction of the pay of members to four nr live dolla rs”—“ I {eduction of the Home lead,” ami other matters looking to sound economy, retrenchment and reform. I r pon such grounds we favored a< on volition; hut llie work is not half done in deciding upon what sc want. We must then select men, as Delegates, nor only filrthjnl, hill who w ill surely carry out our view s. ttm advice I hen, is not to lake one step “blind’’ in this mailer, hut, w hether we vote for or against a ('on volition, |i, vote only for men who arc not oul,\ with, hut who'wo know cannot bo turned from the rotrenehineijt and reform movement. It is purely a (jltestion between the people who arc taxed and those who live upon the taxes, and the appeal is to llie intelligence of the. one and the erall of the other. So, before </ii hirfxt (mother skvi-intv-kivk or a ni .M)in:i> i iiors wn nm ins, be sure you arc going to will. THE .MARIETTA AM) NORTH tiEOKGIA It A I hItO.VO, At a meeting of llm stoekhoM ors of this company in Ellijay a low weeks since, il was decided lo concent rate t he eon vict force at (’anion, and work towards the North < 'arolina lint*. The Ellijav ('aaricr says : “ Il is intended to raise sixteen thousand dollars by subscription to duplicate the amount to be re reived from the State, and to pul 200 hands at work soon, and press the grading to completion at an early day. Also to build bridge and put down cross ties ready for iron. In the meantime arrange ment- will be made to procure iron for the finishing up of the road to (’anion and put it in running order. It is very important that this should he done, so that (lie road will become a source of rev enue to aid tin* completion of the rest of the line. It is nof less im portant that opr disconnected gra ding should be, at the earliest hour, linked to the main work, and thus put il in a shape* to se cure advances from the Slate on first mortgage bonds, and also se cure the confidence oT the iron companies who will iron the road.” A large and enthusiastic meet ing was held at -Marietta on the 27tli instant, for the purpose of electing ollieers of this company, (icn. Wm. Phillip- w as re elected President, and 11. M. Hammett, Secretary and Treasurer; and the following gentlemen as I >irectors : \V. P. Anderson, 001. K. F. Mad dox. E. E. Fields. J. M. McAfee, N. E. Osborn, Win. Tate. Robert Bruce and \Y in. Ileall. (cumMl MCXU.Ji.J tiii; state < o\\ i:\tion. I.i'l the Capilol cpieslion lie loft tn 1.1 u* bog i-1 at lire, blit have tin* Delegates pleihjetl tn “Hi-ennual Sessions,’’ ami the sessions not to exceed fnrt.v day s, I'hthj i‘i i to a redact inn of the nniuhcr of the House one-half, ami that the | r itiem he tixi il in theCoiisiitution. These em firaee the most nee,led ’ clonus, and will j iti-fv M \X\ VOTERS. ; COM VIC\ 1C VTl:t>.] • low me to suggest the importance of sending mostly Lawyers ns Delegates to the State ton v out ion. They know till about law sand how to nuke them, and how to untangle their complications when they are made. Send a few Doctors with them, for un doubtedly the State is diseased and cor rupt to the very heart, and they may aid in exterminating the animaleulte feeding upon its vitals, if it cannot he wholly relieved. Semi also a- many professional Oillce- Seekcrs as possible. They understand the ro|H*s, and are ipiick in getting into rings, and will he certain to go for a re duction of ottlees and salaries. These men are wonderful workers in their way. i know one who has been off and on, in the Legislature for many years, and though destitute of any hook know 1- edge w hatover. wields as much iutht enoc as any one there—not because he is elotpient, like Patrick Henry, tint forliis tact in managing clhpics and log-rolling generally—a business honorably learn ed in his early life. By all means have a few Press-men In the conclave, as many of them have l>e- Mtcoplc, that I hey lajU' day, k, fur HBbk Tll E FIE LI) AX J ) FI RESI DE . come adepts as “ lick-.splittlc*,” over ready to how and smile and dissimulate where “thrift may follow fawning.""— Some of them are not behind the Paris ian journals in the.daysof the French revolution when dynasties changed with rapidity. Napoleon, when sent to Elba, was denounced a- “tyrant, usurper, dc-pot,” with great fervor,and on his escape, .ibfiii after, ami return to the t 'apitnt. Hie same journals hailed him as ■■ the hero of* Ihe age—t tie great ('oinpie ror,” and “ long Irve the Emperor."— Its human natnre in one of its phases— '■(food Lord—good Devil.’" —anything that pays. .Such men have a pliancy which, at times, serve a purpose. Send some of ihem. Send aDo a few Preachers. The body politic heal - - some resemblance now to a “ w hiled sepulchre,” and may need extensive white-w ashing yet before the resemblance is perfect. lint send no Farmers,to* the Conven tion. H w ould be eorr.lling the w olves and togetlier. The Farmer would feel lost at once amid tin* intelligence, refinement ami duplicity with which he would (hid himself enveloped. It is true that Home called Mums from the field to organize t In* State ami frame her civil polity: true, that she took Cineinmitlis from the plow and placed in his hands the supreme power of the State: true, I hel \lima gave hi - whole mind to Home and that < iiieiimatiis. after the restora- I ion of order and security, abdicated the Dictatorship, and returned to ids plow tlx poor art when lie was taken from it. What then t VVe cannot do as Home did, and to send a few Farmers to Con gress, to a State Legislature or Conven tion, can only have a tendency to inocu late the virtues with the vices of tile ruling classes. The Farmer's proper biisinc.-yiow is to work hard and pay faxes. The time may come w hen lie may deritlr how much should be paid, hut it will not be until he is ready to take charge of the finvernment and elcan-Ht of all impurities. A I HEE I.ANCK. DISASTER IN* NOVA SCOTIA. Ha mPax, M.t urii ill).—Dipping a heav y storm, a high mass,of snow became de tached I'rOm the .summit of the hills near the Heft’s cave copper mine, and swept down and completely buried I wo houses. One man and live children were taken out, dead from the ruins. Thirty-live persons were lit the houses when tin* a valanehe'eanu*. A (’()\'N E< TK’UT TOWN SI B MKRfIbH. NtafFokp, Conn.; Mut'd) 27. The ilntn of the St afford ville* res erVoir gave way this a. m. M’lie damage to this village is fearful. Tlte railroad, freight bouse, and till the ears have bdei: washed away, 'fin* jiassenger dejKtt-is all right. StallVml national bank, the C’ongregational ehurelt and about fifteen other buildings have been washed away. The damage to the railroad track is heavy. Telegraphic warnings were sent to Norwich and vicinity, and the flood is going in that direction. Tlu* probable loss at Stafford alone is two millions. State Senator .Julius Converse telegraphs that all the dams on tin* stream from Statfordville toa point helow tin* springs, with all the bridges are gone. Probably not less than thirty house- were destroyed and the loss will be very large. flu* dam was considered safe, but the heavy rains of Monday afternoon and evening tilled the reservoir to overflowing. The breaking away was wholly unex pected, but the reservoir being set some distance .above the vil lage, the alarm reached the peo pie in time for them to etfeet their escape. \nothkk hkoki x n\m. Sulkliead dam, on l'arrington river, at Rainbow, Connecticut, gave way on \\ eilnesday night last. Tlte paper mills were in im minent danger from the flood, but the water was finally diverted in a not her direct pm* ANOTHER CYCLONE IX UKOROIA. W hile at Vienna la-t week we reeieved from Mr John B. Odom the particulars, as far a- he had been able to obtain them up lo that time, of t ho destructive storm or tornado that swept over por tions ot Worth and Dooley coun ties on the night of the sth inst. At the place of A. I’. Keree, on Jones creek, every building ex cept the gin house was Mown down. A child of Mr. John Miller was killed, and at another house two colored children were killed. One child was blow n into the woods and was afterward found badly bruised. Mr-. John Miller and Mrs Mathews, a widow lady, were severely wounded. The root ot the house was completely blown away, and the bare fldor left. Beils, chairs and household goods generally were Mown away. A trunk lid vva- found two miles from the scene. The width of the storm was from three-fourths to a miles and tree-, houses and ev ervthing in reach of the winds were swept away. At Mrs. (Slaugh ter's the corn, fodder, fowls, etc., were scattered to the winds, and the houses blown down. A rail was driven into the leg of Mrs- Slaughter, and she was expected to die at last accounts. Two daughters were badly wounded; one of them sustaining a fracture of the collar bone. Mrs. Rogers was so severely injured, that her recovery was considered doubtful. Tbe house was blown away and the meat in the smoke house was even swept off. 'five storm con tinued in the direction of Deep creek, and crossed the old Troup ville road about twenty miles below Vienna. In Wilcox coun ty considerable damage was done. Mr. David Fitzgerald suffered heavily, but we have received no particulars. The storm, it ap pears, followed in a parallel route the course of an old hurricane of many years ago. In some places the trees were piled together in great heaps, and pebbles were burled with such force against pines as to cause the turpentine to issue forth as if the trees had been cut with sharp instruments. A herd of cat tle belonging to Mr. Warren B. Hamilton happened to be in the route of the storm and about forty head were killed.— Hawk!nsville Dispatch. POLITICIANS NEED NOT APPLY. Secretary Shtirz Ims notified all the heads of bureaus of the Inte rior Department that during his administration of its affairs, there will be no removal of clerks or other employees, except “ for cause,” and no promotions except “ for merit.” It will therefore be useless for the department to re ceive, or for persons to file, pa pers soliciting clerical appoint ments or promotions on merely personal or political grounds; and in addition to this general notifi cation, it can be stated that there are at present absolutely no va fancies of anv kind to be filled.— V K World. THE PRESIDENT AND THE SOUTH. Senator ( Jordon, of Georgia, at tin* invitation of President Hayes, held a long conference with him at the White House in reference to the Southern question. Sena tor Lamar and Messrs. I**vy and Ellis, of Louisiana,were also pres ent. In reply to a request to have the troops removed, the President expressed in earnest terms his de sire and purpose to bring about some satisfactory solution as soon as possible. He said that the dif ficulty had been at white heat for sixteen years, and it ought not to be considered any great delay if it required sixteen days to get through with it in a satisfactory way. He expressed It is belief that llie problem was not so hard -f<> solve as a great many persons sn'flpose4-Jlie number of offices now vacant in t he' (soine six hundred), which must be immediately filled by appoint ments, was now occupying almost the entire attention of himself and the Cabinet, but just as soon as these appointments were made, and the Senate had adjourned, he would at once take up this South ern question and solve it. AFFAIRS IN MEXICO. Mexico, March 3. —Mr. Foster, the United States Minister, gave a ball on Washington's birth-day. There was an immense crowd in attendance. Ceremonial visits have been ex changed by President Diaz and* Mr. Foster. Diaz has been recog nized by Minister Foster as Presi dent de facto and de .jure. After the meeting of Congress on the 21st, the inauguration of Diaz will take place. The Senate lias been ignored by the Provis ional Government, which has de clared that the law creating the Senate was forced, by Lerdo ap pointing his friends. His viola tion of the constitution is consid ered outrageous. Diaz, however, promises to observe the constitu tion when not too inconvenient. A religious procession in Meri da was dispersed by the military. Two officers of the Zacatecas State troops engaged in the persecution of the protestants. Cries of “death to protestants.” mingled with hur rahs for Porlirio Diaz, were heard in the streets of the capital on Sun day. and some abuses were com mitted. A man was tortured at Cuernavaca for the purpose of ob taining information about secret ed arms. Crowds in the capital on Monday shouted “hurrah for Diaz and death to foreigners.” The twenty-fifth annual commencement of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania took place at Philadelphia on the 15th tilt. The degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred on tit* teen ladies. Professor Isaac < lon ley delivered the valedictory ad dress. GRASSHOPPER C< )MMISSI< )N. Washington, March 20. —Pro- vision lias been made in the sun dry civil appropriation bill for the appointment of a commission to investigate the grasliopper plague in tlte west. .Secretary Schurz to day appointed as such commission Professor Riley, state entomolo gist of Missouri; Professor Thom as, state entomologist of Illinois; and Dr. Packard, of Salem, Mass, editor of the American Naturalist. These gentlemen are now in Wash ington preparing for their investi gation, hut will start out at once, in order that they may r&ich the grasshopper country before the time of the hatching of'eggs, and watch the development of the in sect. They will cover every st ate which lias been visited with the plague, and will experiment with methods for their prevention and destruction. The commission lias authority to employ local experts to assist them, and Gen. Myerhas tendered the services of the ope ratives of* the signal service, who will be of great assistance, acting under direction of the commission. The report will be submitted as early as possible, and will be pub lished as a part of the Hayden survey series,together with a num ber of reports of a scientific inves tigation of the grasshoppers al ready collected by Dr. Hayden. THE EXECufION OF LEE. .Salt Lake, March 23. —At 11 a. m. precisely Lee was brought out upon the scene of the massa cre at Mountain Meadows, before the executing party, and seated on his coffin, about twenty feet from the shooters. After the or der of the court was read to him, and the company present, by Mar shal Nelson, Lee made a speech of about five hundred words, bit terly denouncing Brigham Young, and calling himself a scape-goat for the sins of others, lie iiopecl God would he merciful. He de nied that lie was guilty of Mood shed to the last, and maintained that his mission to the Meadows was one of mercy. After tbe speech, Parson Stokes(Methodist) made a prayer, commending the soul of the condemned man to God. Immediately alter this, a handkerchief was placed over his eves; he raised his hands and placed them on top of his head— sitting firm. Marshal Nelson, giv ing the word “tire !” and live guns were fired, the balls penetrating the body in the region of the heart. Lee tell square back on his coffin dead. Death was instantaneous. The body was placed in the coffin and the crowd- .dispersed. There were about seventy-five persons all told on the ground, but not a child or relative of Lee’s there.— The best order prevailed. Lee’s last words to Marshal Nelson were “Aim at my heart.” The body is now on its way to be delivered to the relatives at Cedar City. A special from Pioehe, Nevada, full confession of Lee re garding the Mountain Meadow massacre, iif which he states that it was the resulf^JTr-*.direct teach ings of Brigham Yotwig. It was done by orders ovTcHm.se high in authority in the M<' on commit nity, and its perpetrators believed it a duty that they owed to God aniY the Church. Immediate or- U, “were issued by Col. Dame, Lr.'Uol. Isaac Haight and the conn cil at Cedar City, Utah. At that time Lee said he had no position either in the civil or military de partments in the Church. Haight gave Lee an account of the emi gi’ants who were coming, and Lee was ordered to raise the Indians to attack the train, run off* the cat tle. and have the Indians kill the emigrants. The Indians were to receive all the blame in the first attack. The Indians killed seven and wounded sixteen emigrants. The latter then fortified them selves, and it was arranged be tween the Indians and Mormons that the emigrants should be en ticed from the fortification by treachery. Major Higbv made a speech, saying all the emigrants who could talk were to be killed. After the surrender of the emi grants. Lee took the children in a wagon. The Indians then killed the women. The militia men and Lee and the drivers killed the chil dren. The horrors were sickening beyond descript ion. Lee reported to Brigham Young, who said “Bro ther Lee. not a drop of innocent blood has been shed ; 1 have gone to God in prayer, and God ha* >hown me it was people did right, Jun little hasty; I donee from God that tl* ju-t in accord with God sustain you and the brenßPn in all you did ; all I fear is DgSiohery on the part of the brethren con corned; go home and tell the brethren i sustain them ; keep all secret as the grave; never tell any one, and write me a letter laying all the blame on the Indians. I will Jhon report to the United States government that it was an Indian massacre.” Brigham Young makes a publi cation denying the truth of the confession made by John D. Lee. the Mountain Meadow murderer. Young says am* statement impli cating him is utterly false, lie says tlttl his course of life is too well known by thousands of lion orable men for t hem to believe for one moment such an accusation. A FEARFUL SUICIDE. I have witnessed a horrible sight. The bright sunshine and balmy air tempted me to lay aside my writings and go forth to enjoy them. Leaning on my husband’s arm I was walking on the Rue de la Unix, about a block from the Yendom column, and was looking up at the column itself, admiring the effect produced by the dark bronze of the shaft agaihst the gold-llushed hue of the sunket sky, the hour being about five in the afternoon. Suddenly down the face of the column fell a human form with white and black dra peries fluttering in the air; it struck the wreath of immortelles that surrounds the column at its juncture with the pedestal, and rebounded with such force that it was thrown clear over the rail ing that surrounds the base and fell into the centre of the outside pavement. I could not realize for a moment that I had really be held that awful spectacle—a hu man being self hurled into eterni ty—but such was indeed the meaning of what I had seen. In a moment the prostrate figure was surrounded by a dense crowd. The emotion of the spectators was extreme, and one old lady who had chanced to be walking along the Rue de la I’aix near me burst out crying in her agitation. At my solicit at ioimiy companion went forward, very reluctantly, it must be confessed, to learn the particulars of the horrible event* Hie victim was a young and neat ly dressed woman. She lay prone on the pavement as she had fallen, but no trace of Mood or mutila tion was visible, as one of the, by standers had drawn her water proof cloak around her shattered head, that having been the point that first struck the pavement.—— Her shoes, a neat pair of black lasting boots, had been forced Jrom iierieet by the full, showing clean while stockings of a quality never worn in France by the work ing classes. One of her garters, also jerked off* by the fall, lay near her—a dainty blue silk af fair, with a gilded clasp. She had, as I afterwards learned, gone most deliberately to work to ex ecute her purpose. She had con cealed a camp-stool under her waterproof before making the ascent, Arrived at the top, she bad profited by a moment when the guide was busied in pointing out certain objects of interest to> another party, had then gone a round to the opposite side, had placed her camp stool there ! mounted upon it, and so contrived ! to clamber over the high railing. 1 passed by the spot an hour later. The body bad long since been re moved, and the crowd was gone ; but a few bystanders still lingered under the darkening sky, looking alternately up at the summit of the gigantic shaft that towered above them and down at two crimson stains upon the pavement upon which gravel had been hastily strewn, but which still re- I vealed a dusky arid ominous red j through the pebbles and sand that tried to hide them. —Paris Letter to the World. THE TURKISH PARLIAMENT. Constantinople, March 19. The Turkish Parliament met to day, and was opened by the (Sul tan in person. The Ministers, the ! chief civil, military and religious diguataries and the foreign char ges d'affaires, except those of Ger many and Russia, who were rep resented by dragomens, were pre sent. The first Secretary of the Sultan read the >peech from the throne. A considerable number of Senators mid Deputies were in attendance. The Deputies will take their seats to-morrow. Of the thirty Senators, there are five who are not Musselmans. Kvus r ; •
