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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. .. .j. 8 A 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. 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