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|E FIELD nil FIRESIDE.
n:iri<-lla. 0-l. Ifi, 1*77.
StTmi Miiricttii I’.i|mt M.-miil'amuing
l'<>. Manufacture' tin- be*! of New
nu,l JVra|i|iiiig |i:i|icr, sir lowest (ri<•**'.
fl. \ Avik.iwin, Agent.
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Tut: ( 'ottox Ckov. —It is now
almost it certainty that tin* cotton
crop of this year will fall largely
short of flie previous year. 1
The crop of that year fell short
of the one previous, anil tin 1 visi
hie supply, even to this date, is
behind last year largely, prices
krill undoubtedly rule higher.
r Si'hAKKKoi riir lloi si.. iion.S.
J. Randall was nominated on the
first ballot for Speaker of the
House of Representatives at the
D etnocratiecaucus in Washington
nn the 13th. ( -ongress met on the
klstl| ilist. fn
A (S s
your Trade at Home.
' tin-, tin- Mi n h.ml • ol Mi
RffPinunl keep stocks ol every
of (foods fully equal to. it
wK in advance of, the demand. -
Biiey must purchase on the best
■units, ami sell on close margins.
also, purchase at the
possible rates every arti
■jg for which a market can be
brought by tin* producer
v for-iilc. <in iln-pin
Marietta can compete
with any City, and grow rapidly
in its trade.
We write thi-. Indies ing that no
BirVhas a more liberal class of
Sk'ciiuuts, and heeati'e we hear
HHieopli' living a ulin
ipHu'il’ C"l |"tl and Other'produce
I ‘re. We are satisfied that
PiC t.ws no good reason for this.
and the error nut be corrected.—
The people eon he satisfied of
the fact that they can do no hot
let any where, either in buying or
sidling, than in Marietta.
Minini' in Georgia.
The gold mines of North ticor
gi;i are now e\eit iug 1 he at tent ion
line to this rieh gold hearing re
gion. Capital i- nmv employed
on a seale oninmensiirate with the
object, and improved mining will
soon produce results not surpass
ed in the mining history of Cali
lorn ia.
Surface mining for gold in times
past has paid well in this section,
and that vein mining will do so,
mill admit of no douht, when we
have the capital and skill. At
present, however, researches are
more directed to copper mining.
Near Dallas, Paulding county, we
learn that the ore has been reach
ed at sixteen feet. Near the host
Mountain there is every proha
bilily of reaching it at sixty feet,
and near Marietta nodonht is en
tertained of exposing it much
nearer the surface than the mines
at Duck Town.
We regard, with exceeding grat
ilication. t he progress of t liese en
prises, feeling as we do. assured,
that there is no richer mineral re
gion in the world than the mica
eeous slate formation of northern
Georgia.
Since writing the above, we
learn that Asbestos of an excel
hint quality and in extensive beds
has been developed some ~i\
miles south west of Marietta.
Oar Will’s.
rhiH’ Joseph ami In- liand, it
seem-, lias been captured by (ion.
.Milo-, in tin* ilolilos of llio Kooky
Mountain-, and nothing i- 101 l of
tlio Indian wnroxoopt Hitting Hull
and his hand of Sioux up in tlio
Hriti-li possessions. In tlio moan
time, the Mexican war has heen
looming; up. and late accounts in
porin a- that the Mexicans have
invaded Texas, leaving very little
<OOlll to hope for an avoidance of
a oonlliot which will operate very
disastrously for Mexico.
IHsha luted.
the Republican l'arty was for
malty disbanded at a meeting of
the Executive Committee in At
lauta 011 Wednesday last What
nex 1
Send the Best Men.
The party i'ress urge the impor
tance of sending I lie best men to
the next Legislature to perfect
the re organization of the State
under the new Constitution. In
the meantime, the Democracy of
parts of lower Georgia are divid
ing the honors—black and white.
The Capitol (Question.
No effort i- spared to induce the
people to loeate permanently the
Capitol at Atlanta; but a great
many persist in holding that legis
linn would better represent the
people in a <|iiiet little town like
Milledgeville. They seem to have
an idea that the location in At
lanta would result in that city be
corning the State of Georgia.
The Fairs.
This is the season for those an
ntial gatherings in County and
State of what is known as Agri
cultural Fairs. They may be
made at some remote period in
tin* future, beneficial to the far
mer; hut, as yet, they have not
lessened the toil, improved the
skill, or gladdened the way, to
any great extent.on the hard road
lie travels.
Ohio Democratic.
The State election in Ohio lias
resulted in the success of the
Democrats by some 28,000 major
ilv, with a Democratic majority
in both house' ol forty one on
joint fm I lot.
Kesiimpfiou.
I'arties are still dreadfully mix
ed up on the resumption question,
a large portion of the Democracy
clamoring for the repeal of the
Resumption Act. They need not
bother themselves about, that.—
Gold is quoted at 102, and will he
at par with the currency before
the Resumption Act goes into ef
fect. In effect, we already have
a convertible specie currency.
The Working Men.
It is said that the Democratie I
victory in Ohio was owing to the |
working men who left the Repub
lican party in large numbers.— I
Certainly they are becoming a I
powerful element in our National j
polities. In New York, they have j
.just held a convention, and it is j
worth while to note the purposes j
of the organization. In their plat
form, they have resolved, first, in
favor of a convertible paper and
specie currency. Second, that la
bor has a perfect right to an equal
share of the wealth it creates.—
Third, taxation, according to the
amount of property owned, with
just discrimination in favor of un
productive property. Fourth,
(/rotiiitoun administration of jus
tice in all courts of law. Fifth,
bureaus of labor, State and Na
tinnal, officered hv laborers.—
Sixth, State control of all railroad
lines, rates of charge* only toco
vercost and repairs, with a rea
sonable protit to stockholders.—
Seventh, the abolishment of tin
necessary offices, and the reduc
tion of exorbitant salaries.-
Kighlh. the imprisonment at hard
labor; debarred front holding of
lice, voting or wit nessing in courts,
and excluded from executive cle
mency all guilty of defalcations
in office or bribery of electors or
legislators.
The New York lteinocrary.
The Stale Convention lately as
-eiuhled, adopted the following
practical resolves : “No currency
inconvertible with coin. Steady
-tep- towards specie payments.
No step.- backward-."
And the following among other
glittering generalities: “Revenue
reform : a tariff for revenue only ;
no government partnership with
protected monopolies. Home rule
to limit and localize, most jealous
ly. the few powers entrusted to
public servants, municipal, state
and federal; no centralization ;
equal and exact justice to all men.
We declare that it i- through the
operation of just laws, favoring
no <>!<•’■-!:<-- at the expense of an
other, a -tern refusal on the part
Tll E FI E L 1) AND 1’IHESII) E.
of legislative bodies to yield to
the schemes of grasping monopo
lies and the decrease of public
expenditures ami taxation to the
lowest possible point.that the la
boring classes of the country
( with whom the Democratic party
has always strongly and intelli
gently sympathized) are mainly
to find effectual and permanent
relief."
f (OMMt'xn m.n. j
The \nf Kciialoe*.
I shall continence where -{'oW
ended, because the term for w hich
Hon. K. P. Howell was elected
has not expired. In 1808. when
Major W. T. Winn was elected bv
the citizens of Cobb county, lie
had to surrender his term as Sen
ator by the force of the bayonet.
Under the new constitution of the
State, the present Senator lias to
yield by force of the constitution.
Fulftm county had the honor of
having a Senator for the tliree last
terms, and we were very ably re
presented. Shall Cobb or (day
ton counties be out again, and
giv e way to Fulton ■ •CoM'must
think there are no good, true and
able men in Cobb comity who are
capable of representing the peo
pie of the district. Let every fair
thinking man be the judge of this,
and not the few who are arrang
ing to distribute the honors of tlie
district. Fair Pi.ay.
| COM Ml NCATKU. |
A few Words for Honiefolks.
1 was miirli amused, and just a
little riled, in reading the etfu
sion of “J. Colton Lyties." a week
or two since in the Marietta
Journal. Will you permit me
to pay my respects to him t hrough
the medium of your columns ?
He seems to be a geiitliiman of
keen observation, and though hut
a stranger amongst ns has made
quite a discovery, to him an
unfortunate circumstance, and if
we were all to agree with him.
the inhabitants oi our fair little
city might hide their heads for
shame.
Just listen to hint ! poor unfor
tunate citizens of Marietta. You
were not aware that our beloved
“home" was infested with such a
class of ignorant, illiberal men
and women; but if ignorance is
bliss tis folly to he wise; howev
er we must thank the learned
Professor for opening our eyes.
Poor old fogies, why do you
“cry down the independent ef
forts of young professionals," the
diciples of those ancient worthies,
whom, the worthy and erudite
Professor seems to think, ought
to he worshiped? O! ve “centen
| arians," how can ye be so tena
I cious of your “fogy" ideas ?
The “river of mind” whether
| ye will or no. is coursing its way
over sands of time, and “Pro
| gress” is written on every wave.
| A few more litterary acquisitions
ito our society, and we shall he
engulphed, o’erwhelmed. Sad
will be our reflect ions when we
j look over into the elysian fields;
; the higher plane of the “river of
I mind” and remember how we
: tried to obstruct the youth of
j our day in what iw deemed their
mad career, and held up to them
the example of our fathers and
mothers of Revolutionary fame.
True they did not make rail
roads nor erect telegraphs, and
thousands of other inventions
never entered their brain, but
we will not strip them of all their
honors, as long as the United
States remains, a monument of
their bravery and untiring, per
sistent endurance of woes untold.
1 presume not many of them
were conversant with Latin,
Greek, and French, and probably
might have been called “old fo
gies” in their day. We will take
heart then, ami not be ashamed
tube in the same category . as the
young bloods of the present day
seem to think we ought to be.—
It will take a good many Proles
sors. Presidents of Colleges Ac..
Ac., to make us old fogies think
little, and speak slightingly of
••Ivxpeiieuce." We regard her (if
von will allow a feminine) with
peculiar tenderness and love.—
She i> our "alma mater" and
worthy of all the honors we can
possibly bestow upon her head.
And many an illustrious person
whose name we find recorded in
history, has bowed 1 1 i~ acknow
ledgements to her, as he moved
through life. "Invention weigh
down Experience!" Fiddlesticks!
What is an "Invention” pray,
till "Experience" proves its
worth
An ill directed "genius" who
is taught to ignore the -light of
other minds" may puzzle lii>
brains to insanity—lose bis mon
ey and life, and leave nothing
but an undeveloped -invention"'
to record bis rashness, and fool
ishness. in -striving to make the
iron hot,” without forge or tire.
He bad better have spent bis
time in looking at a "mirage,"
and studying to find out what a
mirage was. He would have
found it a beautiful and instruct
ive subject, only being a "geni
us” lie might have fancied it a
reality, and pursued it, -path or
no pat li" before consulting, books,
or-experience." and met wit h
a mishap, poor fellow ! He lias
too much self conceit, arrogance,
and egotism.
And now my dear old fellow
fogies, what will we do Shall we
sit down, fold our wings, and
never aspire to another original
thought, word, or action ' O no,
we will read our Bibles, go to
church and worship God, as he
tells ii' to do. We will not em
ploy a Roman Catholic Priest to
do our thinking for us. to tell us
what, and what not to read, to
pardon our sins, and show us the
road to Heaven, as a great many
others do. No, no! we want none
of that in "free America."
But enough. Experience teach
es iis.it is best to be kind and po
lite to all especially the aged and
feeble, and not abuse or make
light of them for their ignorance.
AN 01.0 I'Oliv.
| Id MM I ML'ATKII. ]
Political Dialogue*.
SLKNK Tilt; FIRST.
.1 street m the Cajotolof (it-nri/ia
In 18(H).
ENTER TWO LITIZKNS.
First Citizen—Good morning.
Jack. What’s the news ?
Second Citizen—Oh! Toombs,
Cold) and Joe Brown have won
the game. They have got their
party excited to desperation, and
the Unionists are almost afraid to
breathe. You should have heard
Joe Brown declare “the argument
! exhausted,” and when he appeal
ed to the people to “stand by their
arms,” you should have seen the
crowd throw up their greasy hats
and shout till they made the wel
kin roar. Aleck Stephens and
Ben Hill were there and appeal
ed—-not to the unionists to follow
them, but to the maddened crowd
to pause and reflect upon the good
they were about to abandon and
the dangers they were toencoun
ter. But the heart of the crowd
was already fired, and the fear of
being scorched—in other words,
the fear of being unpopular in a
period of intense political excite
. ment. prompted Ben and Aleck,
las they could not lead the pack,
to yelp after it.
First Citizen—What will come
of it ? K very thing seem* dark
and gloomy to me.
Second Citizen—We have hith
erto been fighting the Abolition
ist- under the guarantees of the
Federal constitution. We must
now tight the United States gov
eminent, and it i- easy for any
sober minded man to see what
will be the result of a war against
the government of opr ancestors,
backed a- that government will
he by tlu> moral sentiment of the
world. There will lie a war of un
i certain duration, but the result
will be the subjugation of the
South. !; i- a dark day for us all.
brought about by unwise politi
-1 cians with sectional populations
SCI.VK Till, SK< OXD.
.1 Street in th<■ Ciljli/iil of ti< “i'iIHI
m iso:.
i:\TKK SAJIh dTIZKNS.
Kii't ( itizen—Well,.lack, what
of the night
Second ('itizen—We are ap
proaching ihe iinale. doe Brown
and Aleck Stephens begin to feel
it in their bones. Ben Hill holds
out. never knowing just when to
shift bis >ails, and looks with
doubt and dread and apparent in
dignation upon the defection of
Joe and Aleck from the cause of
the Southern Confederacy. Joe
i' for changing somehow or other
the programme of the war, and
Aleck is for terminating it by tie
gotiation. They are both excel
lent political •• weather cocks,"
and show very clearly that the
popular sentiment after four
years of devastating war, is awak
ening to the fact that we have
committed a great blunder.
First Citizen-—What is to be
the end of it t
Second Citizen—We will soon
see. lie sure, these politicians
will right themselves before the
people, and you will see the good
folks again shouting themselves
hoarse in applause of these very
men who have brought desolation
and woe to every household.
SCKN’K THK THIRD.
Street m the Copttnl in IS!/.
KNTi:i SA.MK.
Firt Citizen—Well. Jack, we
have witnessed many a thrilling
scene, and now our “bruised arms
are bung up for monuments,” and
peace is once more restored—our
glory for the present and our hope
for the future.
Second Citizen—Yes.we should
feel grateful that it was no worse.
As I predicted, the old politicians
have worked themselves back in
to leadership, and surely nothing
can surpass their impudence or
the stupidity of the people. Here
tin* other night, was Joe Brown
and Ben Hill guests at the ban
quet given to President Haves,
and there Ben told Joe there
should never have been but one
construction placed upon the
words of the Federal constitution,
declaring that instrument to tie
•• the supreme law of the land.”
“There can be only one supreme
law,” said Ben. and in saying so,
admitted for himself and Joe that
secession was treason. But never
mind, the people are now for
peace and the Union, and .Toe and
Ben know which way the wind
blows. So let them reap where
they did not sow. so they can no
more bring ruin upon our people.
Chuck Anderson Triumphant.
AT THE GRIFFIN FAIR.
From the correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution, we extract
the following;
Griffin, Ga.. <)>•!. D_>. —ln the
contest for a premium of #5 for
the best single harness horse,
Mr. Chuck Anderson’s mare, Ida,
won, -lie having gained most
grace by her actions, in the eyes
of the judges, among the compe
titors, for that premium.
I'lie attention of all present
was directed to the stallion race,
which was called promptly at -
o’clock. This race was two miles
and repeat—best three in live.—
There were three entries. Mr.
Cljnt Taylor, of Atlanta, entered
Storm ; Mr. Chuck Anderson, of
Marietta, entered Belmont, and
Mr. H. L. Travis entered John
Kimble Jackson. The purse was
#2OO to the first horse and #SO to
the second. Upon a toss being
had. Storm won the pole, with
Belmont second and John Kim
ble Jackson on the outside. The
first heat was exciting, and much
cheering was done as Belmont, a
beautiful little animal, passed
under the string, and won the
first heat, making the two mile
in (5:05. The second heat was
called, after an interval of fif
teen minutes. This heat was trot
ted. and given to Storm. Time,
5:53. Mr. Long, the driver of
Belmont in this heat, claimed to
have been fouled by the driver
of Kimble Jackson. The rules
were read by the judges, who set
tied the difficulty by giving the
pole to Belmont —placing Storm
second and Kimble Jackson third.
The third heat was then trotted.
and won by Kimble Jackson.—
Time 5:55. A proposition wv
then made by the Kimble' Jack
son men to give the race to Bel
mont. and to divide the first mon
ey. Mr. Anderson said that he
would not agree to any such pro
position. That lie would trot an
other beat and either win the
raee and lake the whole money,
or lose it and get none. Mr. Tra
vis declined to let Kimble go in
the fourth heat, therefore it was
called and trotted by Belmont
and Storm. Belmont won the
heat in 0:07. The race was then
given fo the small bay stallion,
Belmont, amid great enthusiasm.
Belmont is a very promising uni
mal, being only live years old.—
His pedigree shows close family
connection with Glencoe, Black
Hawk. Goldsmith Maid, and otlt
er horses that have won great
reputation on the turf.
The War.
London, 13.—Nothing has
been heard won* he Russians a
houtJlie latest battle in Armenia
sine™lie bulletin dated the oth,
which stated that the Turks had
abandoned most of their positions
and begun to retreat in conse
quence of file occupation of new
positions by the Russians. From
private and official reports com
ing through Constantinople it ap
pears that Muhktar I'aslia, pos
sibly in consequence of lighting
from October 2nd to October 4th,
thought it advisable to occupy a
less extended line, and withdrew
his right wing, which stood near
Sarbatan. holding the advanced
position on the Kizil Tepe and
retired to Hodjeveti and Vesin
koi. The line occupied till late
l,v on the spurs of Aladja Dagle
was a very formidable one, most
of the positions being well-nigh
impregnable in front ; but it ex
tended at least from fifteen to
seventeen miles, so that it would
have required an army much
larger than Muhktar Pasha’s to
keep it. He has probably, all
told, about 35,000 or 40,000 men,
and it was clearly the plan of the-
Russsian attack to break through
this long line, especially as the
advanced position on the right,
extending to Sarbatan and Kizil
Tepe, left a gap between his
right and left, where a road from
Alexandropol is, by Galizan.Sar
batan and Fladjivili, sinks away
down towards Verinkoi and KiiPSr-
I( was, according to Muhktar’s
| account, while (his movement
was being effected on Tuesday
morning that the Russians com
menced an attack in strong force
with sixty pieces of artillery.—
The Turkish guns and two col
umns ot infantry speedily took
up position and a duel between
heavy cannon took place all a
long the line from Khidjan to
Ad jig.
The battle raged from after
noon till an hour and a half after
sunset, when the Russians, des
pitebeing frequently reinforced
during tlie conflict, were thor
oughly beaten and retreated un
der the cover of darkness with
a loss which Muhktar estimates
at 12,000 killed and wounded.—
On Thursday night the Turks re
mained encamped on the field,
and the following mornining suc
cessfully accomplished a move
ment to Aladjadagh, which the
enemy had attempted to frus
trate.
fl AKI ETTA HAIC k ET.K.
COTTON—iI' 8 rents.
HA< ’<lV —Clear Ribhed Sides, 11
Shoulders 7\ tit 8
BlkClear Rihhed Sides iU^fttlll
Bulk Shoulder-, INI
Hams—Sugar 111 red < an. la
CORN’-—-White choice no
MEAL— White, •• <lll
OATH —Yellow and Ru-t Proof 50
HAY—Mixed 1 (>0
KT.OCK—Fancy 1 25
Extra Family 4 Oh
Family, :i 75
Kxtra (HI
l-A HD— Prime f ( c:|!‘ He’lti
Leaf in Buckets, \r t
Ml It.ASSES—Choice Cuba 50(<i(10
Sugar House. 40(<145
Sorgum 40
Vew Orleans. 75(5 Bill
st O Ali—Cut Loaf 15
I'owd., 1 rush, and Uran’d. 15
Ex “C” White, 13*4'
"Yellow C” 12
COFFEE—Rio ehoice, 28
" prime, 25
" fair, 22}.,
IWTTKR —Choice Goshen ini
Country, liuy'g2h. selling 25
CHEESE—Pine Apple <ni
Extra Cream 20
EGGS. Helling
(AVI )T.Es—Para tine. :!h(<i .45
star 25
TAU.OW.(Im\ ing imi
BEESWA.% ‘ 2"i
FIEEJI PEAS iittyi pNI
PEART. GRIT*, 5
RICE ]0
IRISH POTATOES— p tmsli 2 im>
MAI KEREI.—"p ll>. that 15
M A’fcllES, (per dozen hoxe- :(Ui.i;is
OYSTERS. I ti< can. per dozen 1 in
21b can. " " 2 25
OiI.—KEROSENE. 40
Machine, 1 00
PEAI II KS —|>eeied —Buying s(g 8
unpeeled " 3(a 4
