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THE FIELD AMI FIRESIDE.
Vluriclla, June 3, Ts 7.
•£ I' HK Marietta Paper Manufacturing
*'o. Manufacturer the best of Xews
an.) Wrapping paper, at lowest prices.
S. A Andkkson, Agent.
Tlie Convention.
It is still uncertain whether the peo
ple will give a majority of votes for or
against a ( .invention. The newspapers
-eem satisfied that*a s„rtfoient number
of statesmen iiave been nominated to
secure the framing of a better Constitu
t ion. We hojjie they are right, if we Hre
to have a Convention. Tuesday next Is
the day of election, and we will print
rickets rhMjt for all who will call upon
ns.
lleleKatfs to flic Convention.
0 a meeting of the Convention for
the thirty-fifth Senatorial District, held
at Ulam:|oin the iikt idt. the following
gentlemen were nominated for delegates
from this district :
From Cobh—A. C. Mclntosh and Gen.
Roberts.
From Fithou—l.. .1. Gartrell, Benj. E.
Crane, X. J. Hammond, P. 1.. Mynatf,
and .lolin ('oilier.
From < layton—J. T. Spence.
1 >e|egate at larg<—.l. W. Robertson.
oT < rthb.
Crop Disaster*.
li is predicted that the cotton crop of
South-west Georgia will be an entire
failure. The cut-worm and grasshopper
have put the planters on the third plan
ling this season.
A Radical of lh Right Stump.
V> republish Hip larger part of the
admirable letter of Hon. Warren Akin,
presenting, as it does, all the issues of
the Convention question. If men are
seleeted representing these views, great
good may be accomplished in tin* econ
oniy and efficiency of legislation, in re
lievillg the people of oppressive bur
thens, and in checkingJhe tide of jiolit
ieal corruption. Col. Akin proposes,
in the first place, tin* abolition of the
Senate, as a wholly useless hrHneh of
the Legislature. Leaving out rhis'por
tion of liis letter, we give the remain
der, ii. which our readers will rake a
lively interest.
Another New Paper.
We have received from Cumining,
Georgia, a copy of a large, handsomely
printed, and ably conducted paper, en
titled The '/(‘iiliws Chrixlfun, published
by Isaac A. Clement A Cos.
Tliei e seems to he a disposition on the
part of established presses to prejudice
the public mind against all new efl’orts
in the publishing business. It seems
that they would have the country divi
ded into newspaper districts, and hut
one paper allotted to each. This might
work well for the district paper,—it
might enjoy, quietly, without the spur
to effort which competition brings, the
monopoly of ofiiciai patronage; hut It
-cenis that popular inteiligenee and the
public good would suffer from the par
risanidens which would naturally and
constantly flow through such umedinm.
It w ould lie hi*ttcr that intelligence,coni
mnnieated through the Press, should
he free and untrammelled, leaving the
paper to rely not upon its sinecure, hut
upon its merit, to sustain its success.—
There is good reason why flve times as
many papers as we now have north of
the t 'liattahoochcc may not lie well sus
tained by its population w ithout any ap
preciable burthen, and greatly to the
public benefit. They need not be pure
ly official, local pr political in character,
but may he as distinctly religious, lite
rary, agricultural, or scientific in their
prominent features.
It is rumored that w e may statu have
published in Marietta a pa|ier, purely
literary, and ably conducted. I.et the
ligin shine.
Itisusters in California.
Southern California is described as a
palpitating ash heap from the drouth,
and the Sonoma, Sacramento and Sono
ra valleys burnt to a crisp. There is no
grass, and one ranch man was compell
ed to kill his 2.">,000 sheep for their pelts
as they could not he fed. f‘attic and
sheep are dying by the HiousuihL for
want of w ater and grass; they cannot
tie sold for any sum, and the vast tracts
of land which have long been held in
large ranches and farms will pass into
other hands as the present proprietors
are bankrupts. San Francisco property
i- a- in itch depressed as country prop
erty, and either can now he purchased
tor one-tent Ii of l heir value for cash.—
These calamities, added to the failures
in mining, have reduced the people to
great suffering, which is described as
intolerable and impossible to be borne
much longer, and thousands are moving
out of the --fate.
On to Mexico.
The following is the conclusion of the
order of i be Secretary of War of the Foi
led States to the military on the Texa*
border:
•• Yon will therefore direct Gen. Ord
that in case the lawless incursions conr
finite, he will lie at liberty, in the use of
Ids uu n discretion, when in pursuit of
a band of the marauders, and when his
troop- arc either in sight of them or pp
on a fresh trail, to follow them across
the Kio Grande, and fo overtake apd
punish thppt. as well as retake “tojen
property taken from our citizens and
found in their hands on the Mexican
side of the line.”
(COMMCXICATEI).]
The Clirouiele* of Coltb.
The Historian of Marietta furnishes
many interesting matters relating to the
early settlers of the county; hut, in
dwelling upon its illustrious characters,
he fails to throw the shadows so neces
sary to contrast and to give us a full and
complete description of the men and
manners of the times of which he
writes. Perhaps he intends to write a
hook handing Marietta down to admir
ing ages. PHII..
[COMMrXICVTKI).]
Marietta.
It is witli pleasure, Mr. Editor, that I
can in truth say that the city of Mari
etta lias the right men in the right place,
and it is no compliment to s|tcak well
of the Mayor and Aldermen of your ci
ty, for their management of its affairs
is admirable. It would he gain to a
larger and more populous city than Ma
rietta to have such a gentleman as Mr.
FI. l*enmead for Mayor, for to look at
the cleanliness and ettieieip manner in
whMt the streo*-tmd sidewalks are
worked, and the admirable sanitary
condition of Marietta, one would
think that the city was under the care
of some good matronly housewife whose
yard w as beauty and taste, or of the wo
man “who had so many children that
she did’nt know what to do,” she put
them ou the streets and w orked them
through. You need not fear, sir, of
epidemics or plagues visiting your city
so long as you have a Denmead for May
or and a Barrett for Murshal, for it ap
pears that their watchword is vigilance.
Strangers notice this, and a visit once
w ill cause them to return,and enjoy the
pure, bracing atmosphere of your city.
A VISITOR.
[KOIt THU 1-IK1.1) AND FIKESIDKj
• The I‘ouveutiou.
The editor of the Atlanta ConMitutton
says he lias steadily opposed any dis
cussion of the why* and wherefores
that make a Convention necessary. I
cannot see why he should prefer dark
ness to light, for every important <mlt
jeet should he clearly presented to the
people, and let them choose for them
selves.
In his issue of May the 7th, he gave
us his platform, partly good and purtly
bad; therefore I wish to alter his plat
form a little, it does not matter who
made our Constitution, and it does not
guarantee justice between man and man
One legislative lmdy Is too large—one
man front each county would la* one
hundred and thirty eight,and that num
ber would do as w ell as ten thousand.
Then let the senate he composed by a
drawing, every three counties contigu
ous to be a draw ing district—the two
first to be representatives and the third
man a senator —that would give the se
nate forty six members and the house
ninety-two members. Then forbid lo
cal legislation, and population will not
affect the interest of any county, for a
good law for Chatham would lie a good
law for I)ade.
And he further says “the h iinestend,
the one great charity which the state
vouchsafes to the women and children,
ought to he made ina liemible and per
petual.” Now, if he is one of our great
men, he cannot call it charity to de
prive one man’s family of their just
rights for the sake or benefit of another
family that had no claim to it, hut is
willing to cheat and defraud the honest
people that had been deceived, A law
that will oppress the honest citizen,
merely to uphold thriftless and dishon
est persons, should be discarded by eve
ry good citizen. The object of all laws
should Ite to secure justice to all citi
zens, by sustaining the honest and up
right, and punishing all the transgres
sors of a righteous law. Some men will
steal and some will swear falsely to get
property; but the homestead law says
yon may renounce all your solemn and
written promises with impunity—yon
may swindle w homsoever you can, and
I will guard your unjust savings.
The ConxtitvHoß gives some good ad
vice. it says send your great and wis
est men, hut it did not tell us who they
were, nor how we may know them. —
Now, if we desire a fifty thousand dol
lar homestead, and we elect our great
men, say Joseph E Brown, Hiram War
ner and H. V. Johnson, will they give
ns that homestead; and if the people
wish that homestead abolished, will
they do that. We do know that great
men differ as widely as the smaller men,
therefore we ought to select only such
men as desire to do wltar w e wish done;
this would lie much safer titan to de
jtend upon a man because lie is consid
ered great. Look at the difference l>e
tween John Adams, the elder, .Install
Quincy and Alexander Hamilton on the
one side, and Madison, Hancock and
Jefferson on the other, and yet they
were all called great and good men. —
Any man that will do the work like we
wish it done, is a good man; therefore, 5
we should hear and know the view- of
all candidates, nominated and inde|S'ii
dent, before voting, and, according to
our judgment, select the best.
BE FORM EK.
are prepafptl, witjj
new iype, new pre-aes, and good
w orkrpan. to do all kinds of Job
Work, at ahort notice, andal pri
ces lower than the lowest.
THE FIELD AND FIRESIDE.
A Trilmte
TO HON. JOHN C. RAGSDALE.
At ii meeting of the democratic
executive committee of DeKalh
county, held at Decatur, the fol
lowing tribute to the memory of
Hon. .1. C. Ragsdale, was unani
mously adopted:
“Hon. John C. Ragsdale was
horn in Jackson county, Georgia,
March 13, 1813. Was married
March 3, 183d, to Miss Nancy Lu
cas, daughter of ( 'has. Lucas, of
Newton county, Georgia, and re
sided in that county until 1847,
when he removed to DeKalh conn
tv. He was a tax receiver of De
Kalb county for four years, tilling
that office with honor to himself
and with fidelity to his constitu
ents. In 1859 and 'HO he repre
sented the county in the legisla
ture with ability and faithfulness.
At various times he was called on
by his fellow-citizens, both in
Newton and DeKalh counties to
serve them in the office of justice
of the peace, which he always did
impartially and faithfully. At the
time of his death he was chairman
of the democratic executive com
mittee of DeKalh county.
He was one of the most ener
getic, enterprising and successful
farmers of his day. The premiums
awarded him from the agricultu
ral fair in the state at different
times upon various productions
amounted to over fifteen hundred
dollars. He was more than once
a member of the executive com
mittee of the state agricultural
society, and in 1871 he became a
life member of that society.
Asa husband, he was kind,
faithful and considerate. Asa
father, he was tender and indul
gent, and was deeply solicitous
for the welfare of his children,
always manifesting a deep anxie
ty for the mental and moral ini
provement of their minds and
hearts. Asa neighbor, be was
kind and obliging, and ever rea
dv to relieve the poor and dis
tressed, and was eminently a
‘peace maker.’ Asa citizen, be
was upright, intelligent, faithful,
and high toned, firm and decided
in his convictions of right and
wrong, and conscientious in all
his business transactions.
He died at his residence in De-
Kalb county, on the 21st day of
March, 1877, after an illness of
six days. He leaves to his family
and friends the comforting assur
ance that their loss is his eternal
gain. Therefore
He wived., that in the deuth of
Hon. John C. Ragsdale, DeKalh
county has lost one of her most
eminent and worthy citizens, the
community in which he lived one
of their best friends.
2d, that his wife and children
sustain in his death an irrepara
ble loss.
9d, that we hereby tender to his
bereaved family our tender.heart
fell sympathy in their deep afflic
tion.
Georgia Mailer*.
Judge Peeples died at Atlanta
last week, and there are already a
dozen applicants forthe vacancy
occasioned by his death.
Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia, on
the 24th ult. reviewed the volun
teer soldiery of Savannah in the
presence of an immense concours
of citizens. The governor was to
review the next day the colored
military,and attend the reception
at one of the colored armories.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnson, who
has been on a visit to Texas, was
in Atlanta on the 2tith ult. The
general seemed much improved
by his southwestern t rip.
Ex-Gov. Jos. E. Brown reached
San Antonio, Texas, on the night
of the 19th ult. on a special car
from Atlanta, He is quietly and
unostentatiously travelling thro’
the west for his health, accompa
nied by his son, Julius.
It is stated, on the authority
of the Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun, that the
President had determined to re
appoint Major Smythe to the of
fice of Marshal of Georgia.
The Augusta Chronicle and
Constitutionalist says a gentle
mail of that city has received a
letter “from a prominent Polish
exile in Washington city, stating
that two hundred and ninety
three families in Russian Poland,
with an average of one thousand
dollars to the family, were de
“irons of immigrating to the Uni
ted States, and asking informa
tion in regard to land, climate,
productions, &<•., in Georgia.”
Thk Franklin (Ga.j News casu
ally remarks “that Joseph K,
Brown is not the man to chal
lenge the integrity of Senator
Gordon. Brown's alliance with
Bullock and his carpetbag plun
derers is too fresh in our mind to
allow us to pay any respect to
anything he might say against
the true and noble Gordon.”-
And upon the same subject the
Albany news is of the opinion
that “itwill take years of time
and muon more arduous Florida
wrtrk to bring the ex-Governor
squarely hack into the ranks of
political respectability. His at
tack upon Georgia's honored
Senator is looked upon as a piece
<tf grossest impudence.”
The extract following from the
letter of Robert Toombs, embo
dies a pure and lofty sentiment,
in language as forcible and elo
quent as ever fell from the lips of
Edmund Burke or Dan'l Webster.
I trust, says an admiring friend,
that it mav become the con troll
ing sentiiAmt of state legislation:
“I am in favor of a homestead,
one which shall he unalienable—
that shall last until the angel from
heaven shall stand, with one foot
on the sea, and the other on the
land, and proclaim that‘t ime slut 11
be no longer !’ Let the mothers
and children of Georgia be pro
tected! Save them from the want
of misery and crime! Save them
from the poor house, where every
breeze brings its sneers and temp
tations! Save them from the frost
biting charity of the world ! Save
them from being outcasts by the
wayside, where every sun goes
down upon scenes of despairing
sorrow, and every morn dawns
upon new miseries ! Save them,
if you can, for heaven!” God
bless the old true-hearted moral
hero, and help the people In listen
to his eloquent counsels.
On the morning of the 25th tilt,
before daylight, Mrs. O.C. Cham
bliss, of Stewart county, was mur
dered by three negroes of the
neighborhood. They tired the
fences and drew iter husband from
the house. The negroes t hen pro
ceeded to the house to rob it, and
were met bv Mrs. Chambliss, a
beautiful woman, aged 18 years,
armed with a gun. One of the
negroes, Jerry Snead, took the
gun from her and lodged its con
tents in her head, causing her
death instantly. The negroes
burned the corn cribs and tied.—
They were pursued and captured.
Jerry admitted the deed, aiul iin
plicated his companions,St nphen,
Abram and William Booth. They
went to Chambliss' house that af
ternoon, and it was unanimously
decided by about 300 white and
blacks present that they should
be hung. A gallows was erected
and the murderers were hanged
with trace chains. The colored
participants in the lynching threw
the lifeless bodies into tin old field
to rot, and it was with difficulty
that the whites could persuade
them to permit it burial. The ml
prits met their death sneeringly,
gloried in the deed, and taunting
their executioners.
Mrs. Shaw, wife of Mr. M. Shaw,
who lives in Baldwin county, near
the Jones county line, was most
brutally murdered in her house
by tw r o fiends in human shape.—
Mr. Shaw left home after an ear
lv breakfast,crossed Turkey creek
near by,to cut some timber blown
down by the wind ; he heard a
gun shot at his house and return
ed home to find his wife lying at
the door, with her brains beaten
out with a lightwood knot; her
skull was broken in several places
also her arm and hand, which she
doubtless used to ward off the
blows. By her side sat their lit
tie daughter, four years of age,
who said two black men had kill
ed her mother. But, since Ihe
murder, and through the energy
of Capt, E. ('. Murphy, the Allan
ta detective, sufficient evidence
has been procured to cause Mi
chael Shaw, her husband, to be
arrested for the murder.
BRIGHTON’S
tmiITED R.IW HIM
Superphosphate.
MADE BY
George Upton, Boston, Mass.
AND
/. <!. RAH SHALE'S
AMMOXIATED
DISSOLVED DONE
PHOSPHATE.
THE TWO BEST FOR WHEAT.
These are the Fertilizers so fa
vorably kiiQwn in Georgia as the
UPTON’S and RAGSDALE’S,
equalling, in a!! testa made, any
other manufactured Fertilizer.
They can now he had at the
Old Printing Office Budding,
Powder Spring street, Marietta,
Georgia.
June. 1877. E. S. RAGSDALE.
Marietta
LI V II Ii V STABLE.
o||o>i|l lilt* l\ M I 11‘ :!\\ House.
rpfiE Ust of \ ellii'les, I lie safest of
A Drivers, ami ilie fasiesi of Horses,
are always roatly, nie'lii an,l i|.a\ , for
hire. No man or woin.an or chiftl has
given me a call in I he past u Ini has heon
nor shall tiny ever in the future, lie dis
satisfied with my teams or 111 on in
my employ. Uveri lliing and every limli
about me are a no. oni:.
I have elieapened my rhar", - propor
tionate in the si riugelley of I lie limes.
For reference In the I rut h of \\ hal lsa\
as to the turn-ouls and charges, <ro imV
friends, whieli nietins ihe pnhlie gener
ally. Parties hiring are si riel l\ respou
sihle for the safely of l hemsel ves, \ iddß
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Ct A 1.1. soon or you w ill loose a liai
J gain, t 111111' ami see lor yourself.
A large assortment of Dry I hinds. Di e
(foods, Iteady-Mtide t'lnliiing. Sheeting
and Shirting's, Hoots, Shoes. Iltil--. No
lions, A'e. \ Iso,
CKOCKKIKS!
Sill'll ils I ’olfee. Sugar, Spiee-,
Soda, Slareh. Soap-, ,v,-. \I ~ iii^EsS^
gars and Toh.aeeo. ap
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AND lIKI’AI I! KIJS.
MAUI ETTA, (iEOlff.il A,
VlfK now prepared In do all kind of
work in their line of Imsine a a
cheap and as w ell .as il can lie done an\
w here. Itiiggics and Wagon made nr
repaired in Ihe lies! style of workman
ship, ot the hesl inalerial and mi Ihe
most reasona hie terms. I ’lanl al ion w ork
and repairing done rhea pi va nd a I hurt
notice, ami in a satisfactory manner.
Itlaeksmithillg exerulcil with de pa I I'll.
('all and see us at our Shops nil Atlanta
street, near the t’nurt ll,ner. and gi\e
us a I rial, and w c w ill gna ranter perfeel
satisfaelinn. ap .’I ly
MARIETTA SAVINGS RANK.
.HUIN If. WINTKIfS I’reddent
(i. I’. IiDIfNAI’, Vice the idem.
\. VAN WY< K, < a him
Null's I>isconii<ml.
Lxcliangc I'nnglil and Sold.
Building llsmlw ;m*!
AC. AC.
I II WE ON HAND
A good assokt h i ;nt nr
L< H K S
For Dwellings, Store Door , Clo
et *, 'Trunks, Smoke I louse: Ac.
I* A D LOCKS.
Nulls, 2d to OOd. Took:- mil Rrad
Harness Ruckles,
(topper Rivets,
Sash I'll 11 ios,
Files, Hinges,
I'iot ure Niiils,
Strap Hinges, /)
liras Hut I . Ac.
Hooks and Staples,
Butts, inch to li\o,
Wardrobe Hooks,
Sash Coni, Wagon Nail
Garden lloes,
Garden Rakes,
Spade Forks,
M:m me Fork .
< infringe 801 l .
Door I Jo!t
Sand I'apcr.
I 1 lue, Ac.
n< i:i u s,
'The largest, a .-■sort inenl in town.
WILLI \ VI BOOT.
Marietta, Man li Hi, 1*77.
Seeds!
I II AVK ON HA ND
A FI LLS! I*|*LV OF
I X r. AND 10 CENT I* \ PEHS,
Whole- ale and Retail.
SO.
A FINK ANSGRTMEYI OF
Mower Seeds.
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German .Willel,
Red and While < lover,
Line Grass, Orchard Crass,
Timothy, Lucerne, Rod Top, X.
Cal Tail Millet.
Stcii I’utaloes.
Rink Eye, laol on While
Goodrich, Early Rose.
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.Marietta, March 13, I 77.
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printed, lor “ale at thi Office.—
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I.in-i'i'tl, Lamp IJlack,
I'i'iin, I*ro|i Clack,
Machine, Venetian >{<■),
Lard, Blue Paint,
Ni'iii I"i.i, I;reen I*aint,
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