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FIELD IMI FIRESIDE. I >•>' l.t, I*7* ..- w. • Buni lii' BBtfW 1 r \vouM have ih % "i ' , i - 3 1, ~, riuh,,, ! i*^^p^ r -,: |ll<*< 1 to he ro\i^V Ln I'mm •'• *P ,,otl vs,u RNi ’ MiSsNl-SS I 111.Ill’ll Wcba\e a |>ol i* -a- elliciunt a? |Hu be fulinil 111 the Stall law |e*s Sk is greatly pievalout. Bur - 'ii aim." main mu- mi l|Hl are el \ ciy I lei | Ill’ll I Let ns have peace. 99gjp~ 1 lie V ugini i I'n ill,re* m K& Stuwutou liver have been Hashed nWay fei* the Ihinl time Hvitliiu two months. & gOF* Mr. James Branham, the Berryman, at JJeFoe's ferry, mi ■he Chattahoochee river, wn? tyjjfsvlicit on the nltli inst. while attempting to repair the break in the wire across the river, lv the capsizing of the boat. r \ Nllent Senators. Some of iho Senators of the I im i ted Staten, it appeal'd, go thimigh their term without utterance -ave in voting yea or nax. They Miller in puhlie estimation, as even the moat deliberative assembly is -up posed to be swayed governed hx . oratory; and the silent member, [However intelligent or judicious, Kts of little more importance than Fn silent lawyer in a county court pvoni. Mo one should aspire to ■public position who has not learn B*d to sway the people by line ■ nlking. As a juror, perhaps, a Litui might make up a righ fteous verdict without a speech Hgom a lawyer, but custom has gi Htcn the right of sway to the law Brer. and looks for its exercise. not in courts, hut on the Im-t and in oui legislative asscm Bkies. Besides, a good speech. IBough it max hay- no inlltience t<i whom it is immcdi addressed, i- ulxx.ixs appi, ■HLd 111 " Ihliu oiiiin .N> pl.u . vyuu £ HOI 11- if >ou would Rnu the glittering prizes of high —the graces of oratory, IgflL ejubef o'* 0 '* J that n.M one in a ■* m them xxithout an |Mhea adiTteciiieat |||^^^‘ | go, '.‘tin | uMi-n<.? fek Wild Lands. ''(■ letter of the lion, .j -Wild Land" lie ' iT I he I preenlnuks seems to „.,■ , c died out, and t lie* exoil mien! till w in C’ongresa aiul throughout L'l'lie country, i- on re monetizing .or restoring -ilvei to a par with gold and silver throughout the world. This will probably be ae eompli. Led, but nothing can pre j vent a return to a specie basis. , ll*, we are. in fact. there al ml i in mi I 1 1 1 sEgE®rii- i" and iho lolloAini' ]■ .i" ;gj|yffi^A , ;iiJ i• • -.,1111 mu I I 101 l Ice !>•'. II inlio i • "ii. n |it',|ici\ lln- ■ -ll\il lull .Hid i tin- iin| ni ion 111. \.ill - mill h I- nnaniuioii'l \ in of said bill therefore be m x • V iii* - * f /iVW<W, That n is the opinion of this exchange, in general meet ing assembled, that the agrieul tural, comiuerciiil, inaniifaetiir ing, and all other interests of this eouutry, will be injured by the passage of the said bill. /it'no/vej, That as gold is the basis of financial transactions in nearly ul! of the principal nations of the world, it is for our advan tage to resume it as the basis of our currency. Jtctiolvtif , I hat the true inter ests of this country require a re turn to specie payments so soon us practicable, and that by spe cie payments we mean payments in gold, using silver only as an auxiliary and foreman amounts, as wa- customary beforejlln* war. The Sober Second Thought. We are pleased in copying the following just and truthful state ment from the \tlanla Const itu (to/i: However much the southern people deplore tin* fraud that counted out the democratic eandi date for president, they were pow erless to prevent it. and if their leaders in congress were bold enough and sagacious enough to wrench hope for their section from the very jaws of despair, their action iu this particular de serves and will teccivethe ununi uiotis endorsement of the iinhnp py seetion whose condition they were working to improve, and whose interests they were aiming to subset\e. \\ e repeat, thereto - e what we have often said before, that whatever niav be our opinion as to the fruud which placed Mr, liar in the executive chair, his efforts tu parity the sections and to reform the civil service, has our unqualified endorsement, and it is infinitely to his credit that the bitterest attacks upon the administration, thus far, come from the knaves who conceived and perpetrated the electoral frauds. The Texas I’acittc. t he trieuds of the enterprise in congress think the paospects for the lex a* pacific railroad never looked hrightei than to day More of the representatives who have returned from the people have caught new inspiration from them The press of the country has been talking out on the sub ject, show ing that the enterprise is a national necessity, not only as a ehanual ef commerce, but as a means of reviving all industrial interests Numbers ot those who w ere neutral or outspoken oppo nentsof the measure, now signify their purpose to give it their sup port Lio ‘i~ General -W!> . I In- K. W \ ■ ‘Mie ■-ingle !'■: l " i . W* f-'c Blllil : •' i>> hHK niiscliief been done, and we Ht ' ter vi ill lie f'n 11 v ex TII E F IELD AN D FI RE BID E . lion, \rl%on TilVs Letter. We give the following letter from Mon. Nelson Tift, in reply to a letter from a prominent < iti zen : A 1 11 ' " 1 ■’ I'J tTi ll must < - received your I have read er opinion on the the ieneral, and I agree ( i to the bad policy. j§k ml illegality of -neli The law authorizing transfer of tax ti. fas., etc., with all the original rights of lien and collection, was intended for the benefit of the tax payer, or other defendant who should tind hint self tumble lo pay at the proper time, and could, by virtually borrowing the money on the un doubled security of a transfer of the tax fi. fas., thus save his prop ert v from immediate sale and pos sible sacrifice. The use which the Comptroller (leneral i- now making of this 1 uvy, is not only foreign to the purpose of the law 1 , in aiding the tax payer to pay his tax without the sacrifice of his property’, Imt his action is in di red conflict with the interests and rights of the tax payer, and with the interests of the State. lie is, w hether consciously or not, by his action aiding a few specu lators ta cover by the forms of law , and to appropriate to their own ue wild lands which do not belong to them and w hich they cannot justly or equitably ac quire by the means or instrumen talities which they have adopted. If I have been correctly inform ed, some ol these speculators had all of these wild lands levied on by the United States Marshal un der fi. fas., against G. M. Duncan anti others, who had no pretense <>f title, and had them sold by the Alarslial in Savannah, several hundred lots in a hatch, they be ing the purchasers, for a mere trifle, and taking the Marshal's deed for the lands. This vvas the first step in this ••speculation,” and for this the parties should he held to criminal account under the provisions of the Code, sec lion 443 C. The next step in the speculation was to get the Comp troller General's transfer of the fi. las., for taxes against the un returned wild lands, aeeompa nied by instructions, to the effect that “the surplus that the land might bring above taxes and cost, etc., should go to the original ow ner of the land if he could he found, and to the public treasu ry iu case no owner appeared.” This perfected the scheme. The if were the '•‘‘earners'' under these bogus deeds from the United States Marshal—they being con stituted the judges—and they would pay all “surplus to them selves. But the Comptroller (leneral, some time after the first circular, sent these speculators a supplementary circular, in which, after warning them that “many false and fraudulent owners will perhaps try to impose on you,” iu order to get the surplus of sales over and above the taxes, etc., he suvs, “ / think it would ht lu st to to hr n i/oiu/ tint/ It tfiii bond from all persons to whom you pay such moneys, condi tioned to repay the same within twelve months if proper authori ties decide that another is the true owner*” These circulars show clearly two facts, first That the Comptroller General had become conscious of his iile gal action, or his great bluuder in transferring to these specula tors the authority vested by the State in hint, not only for the collection of these tax ti. fas,, but for the protection of the original owners of the land aud the inter ests ol the State, in their proper disposition, aud the security f the surplus fund which they might bring over and above the payment of tuxes, etc. Second That both the wild lands and the surplus fund which may arise from they sale, has been placed by the Comptroller— by the trails fer of the tax ti fas. at the ab solute disposal of the speculator uncontrolled by the authority of the State, and yet leaving the State equitably subject to any damage which may occur to own ers of lands by theii illegal ae tiou. * In these circumstances the Comptroller General does not speak to these speculators bv the authority of the State. He ha- divested himself of that right so far as he could do so by bis il legal action, and in tlie absence of authority to prescribe law for their guidance, Citizen Gold smith tenders to the wot ves his circular and supplemental circular-advice as to how. in his opinion, they should take care of and protect the Lam ns! Comptroller Goldsmith, in his explanation or defense of iii> ac tion published in the Atlanta Constitution, relies upon the ( 'ode. section SOI. w hich million zes a transfer of tax fi. fas. etc., and upon the opinion of the At torney General. who says, "no reason occurs why this section should not embrace tax fi. fas., on wild lands, as well its other tax fi, fas." There are lwo important legal ami conclusive reasons why the Comptroller General could not properly transfer these wild land fi. fas., as he has, pretended to do; First—The State charges him with duties to the land own ers, and If) the State in connec tion with the collection of taxes on w ild lands, which he cannot transfer, nor can he fulfill them consistently with a transfer of the (i. fas. Consequently the Code, which he quotes, could not apply to his case. Second—The acts of the General Assembly of 1874 5, gives special directions to be pursued by him in the as sessment and collectit n of taxes on wild lands. They provide for the protection of the interests of both, the land owners and the State, and repeals conflicting laws. The action ol the Comptroller General is in conflict with these acts, and therefore illegal and void. The remedies of these great wrongs are : Fir^t—The author ity of the Governor to suspend all further sales under these il legally transferred ti. fas,, and requiring their return to the Comptroller. Second-—The au thority of the courts for the vin dication of the violated laws. Third—lf it should prove that there is no other remedy, the Legislature will have the prece dent of the action of their pre deeessors in the case of the “Ya zoo Fraud.” In this case the vengeance of the people was vis ited upon the head of the guilty parties, and a patriotic Governor and Legislature caused fire to descend from heaven to consume the records of their crime! \ ery respectfully yours, N ti.sox Tin. luaui‘uuce Companies. The last legislature passed a bill requiring insurance companies in business in Georgia, to make a deposit in bonds with the State Treasurer, to the amount of twen fy five thousand dollars for each company doing business under charters from other states. The following companies have com plied with the deposit law up to date: Home, New York; Peters burg Saving and Insurance Com pany, Virginia; ltoyal of England; Manhatten, New York; Virginia Home; Guardian of England; Li verpool, London and Globe. Eng land: Western, Canada; Merchant and Mechanics, Virginia; British America, Canada; Insurance Cos. of North America, Philadelphia; German American, New York; London and Lancashire; North British and Mercantile, England; Scottish Commercial, England, A Franklin, Philadelphia. Kkom in out Pi.ay. —First Fish erman- Master, 1 marvel kow the fishes live in the sea. St’ht)lit/ /* tshf / )th(n Why, as men do on land: the great ones eut up the little ones. 1 can com pare our rich misers to nothing so fitly a;* to a whale: it plays and tumbles, driving the poor fry be fore him, and at last devours them all at a mouthful. Such whales we have, 1 heard, on the land, who never leave gaping till they've swallowed the whole par ish. church, steeple, bells and all. Mr. Hays's conversation with iii? friends exhibits him as the most serene and self satisfied of all public functionaries and in deed, of all mortals, iu this care vexed w orld. No shade of doubt lias ever crossed his mind as to his mental sufficiency for his great positiou : and as he foresaw ev erything from the beginning just as it had come to pass he is nei ther discomposed nor disappoint ed. It is a surprising view which Mr. Hay> takes of the po litical situation and of Ins own relation to it and concern in it. Everything is working in exact accordance with his original cal dilations, and he is not disappoin ted in the least by any t urn which affairs have taken. —Xew York 1 feral and. I Hi: MAIL Sr. Pktkksm ro. January 12. The Russian journals, comment iug on tiie capture of the Turkish army in Skipka Pass, points out this as anew evidence that the Turkish power of resistance is ut terly broken,and that the ('alii nets both at Constantinople and London must understand the ne cessity of reeonizing in the ap proaching negotiations the deri sive military situation created by the Russtan army. Belgrade, Jan. 12.—N’isch stir rendered to day in consequence of the capture by storm yesterday and Wednesday of Gortz and Ne vik The same correspondence say the Prince of Montenegro, having applied to Russian head, quarters for instructions relative to an armistice,has been informed that he need not send an envoy, as the Grand Duke would lake charge of his interest. A Pera cor respondent sends the following: “The Porte has re I used to allow the questions of peace and armis tice to be considered together, as it w'as’understeod that these ques tions were to be kept separate du ring preliminary negotiations. 1 beleive the Porte has determined that a defense of Adrianople is virtually impossible. The minis terial'changes are regarded as fa vorable to peace, but opposed to the separate arrangement desired by Russia, llassudi Pasha, the new Grand Vizier, wot ilammi Pasha, as was first telegraphed favors a dignified and honorable peace. It is not true that "everybody that votes the republican ticket in the south is a carpet-bagger.” That term has a perfectly distinct application. It does not mean the northern man who has carried into the south either money or honest industry. It has no refer ence to politics. It designates the selfish and characterless ad venturer who took into the reron strutted states nothing but a spare shirt, a box of paper collars, and an extensive assortment of dishonest tricks, and who brought out all the portable property he could lay his pilfering bauds upon; who was a republican yes terday because it paid to be one, and is ready to be a democrat to morrow if he can see any profit in a change of creed. We suspect that they donf know every thing ®>out carpet-baggers out in Kan sas city.—New York Tribune, supposed radical. The Mississippi IHver Monster. A few weeks ago we published the particulars of a sea monster, as related by a tow boat Captain. The Captain of (lie towboat de scribed the monster as resem bling au immense snake, with a bull dog head and a pelican bill about ten feet long. It lashed the water into foam with il s tail, and spouted oblique streams of water forty feet liigh. The toon ster attacked the barges which the towboat had in tow After it disappeared the Captain exam ined the barge, and found a splinter from its bill iuiheded in the timber, which he said resem bled ivory. At the time ot publishing the above we lelt a little inclined to doubt the monster story, but now, after having ourselves interview ed two gentlemen who have seen it, we really think there is a big sea monster in the Missis sippi river. The gentlemen whom we in terviewed say that on the night of the Bth instant, while floating down the Mississippi river on Captain Ed. Baker’s produce boat, when near Island No. 95, they were startled by a very loud splash in the water, and, as they had heard of the great monster, they were very much frightened. They saw a dark object not more than eighty yards from the boat, and for the tir<t time saw the huge monster. It was swimming at a pretty last rate toward tlie boat, and it made as much noise as the steamer R. E. Lee. It came on, und as it neared the boat it suddenly turned to the right, striking the stern oar aud knocking it overboard. John Caughlin aud Dud Kelley alone remained on the roof, the bal anoe of the crew taking refuge iu the cabin. Hie monster came near enough to enable these two gentlemen to get a lull view of him. They judged him to be a bout sixty five feet iu length. His body was shaped like a snake, hi* tail forked like a fish, and he had a bill like that of a pelican. His hill was fully six feet in length. lie had a long, flowing black mane like a horse. When he swam his head was eight feet above the water. It was a grand sight to see him move dow T n the river. Messrs. Caughlin and Kel ley tell us that it was impossible to induce the crew to come ou-t that night. The pilot, Mr. Me Cune George, was finally led out by his wife, she assuring him that the great monster had de parted. Captain Raker’s boat is now moored at our landing, at the foot of Main street. All of his crew, except one man, have abandon ed her, and Captain Baker say# it is impossible to get a crew, af the men think the monster is still following them. 1 •sats Married, < in iln>. !>rh insr. by TANARUS). IST. McEachwv, Esq.MV.M. |{. BELLENGER to Miss MARY KEITH, both of Cobl^ountjr. Oil the liitli instant, by .la Gantt. 1N,,., JESSE N. JOLLY ami cuflk l>\ J()lCOSO>LbioH^^MroblMKmnt^^ jy Correspondents will address Rev. 11. A. Williams at Cross Plains, Alaba ma. as lie is now located there. Ai Haley Bros, you will find flue Candies, Crackers, Preserves, aud every cheap for the Christmas holidays. NEW GOODS! —In addition to then large and cheap stock of Clothing the Messrs, K iser ar* now receiving New Goods. Customers w ill find that no merchant sells goods on better terms. A ttIETTA MIA RKETS. COTTON —ti G @ 10 cents. B a< ’< i\— ('tear Rihlied Sides, UJ Shoulders a Blk Clear Ribbed Sides 8(§10 Bulk Shoulders, 00 Hams—Sugar Cured Can. 14 CORN—White choice (HI MEAT.—White, “ 75 OATS —Yellow and Rust Proof 50 HAY—Mixed 1 00 F LOlß—Fancy 4 25 Extra Family 4 00 Family, 3 75 Extra 00 LARD—Prime Leaf 13 Leaf in buckets, 15 Ml 1. ASSES—< hoiee l üba aOiodlO Sugar House, 40(^45 Sorgum 4U New Orleans, 75(glOO SEGA K —Cut Louf 15 Powd., Crush, and GraiFd.lJlg Ex “C” White, 12>$ “Yellow C” COFFEE—Rio choice, 25 “ prime, 23 “ fair, 21 BETTER—Choice Goshen 00 < ountry, buy’g 20. seiliug 25 CHEESE—Pine Apple 00 Extra ( ream 18 EGGS. Selling 12}g C A X DLES—Parafine, . 3@85 Star 20 TALLOW,(bitv lug) 00 BEESWAX ' ~ 20(g25 FIELD PEAS 75 PEARL GRITS o RICE 10 IRISH POTATOES— '■# hush 1 00 MACKEREL—jO lb. 10@15 MATCHES, (per dozen hoses) 30 @35 OYSTERS, lib can, per dozen 1 25 2tt>can, “ “ 2 25 OIL-KEROSENE, 40 Machine, 1 00 PEACHES—peeled—buying s<g 8 unpeeled “ " 3fS 4 ST A KOl—Pearl Gloss 12? ft @lo Common, 10 SOAP—Family 7<glo Common, 5@ 7 SALT Liverpool sack, 175 Vy-ginia, f* ” 1 50 SHOT—Drop and Buck, p sk. 2 75 TOBACCO—Ping 50 (§1 50 Smoking. 1 00' SWEET potatoes; 80 VINEGAR—White Wine, 50 WHISKEY—fuII proof 2 00 four years old, 5 (JO Back Again! TO M Y OLID ST-A-ISTD J ON CHURCH STREET. MV iild Friends ami the Public geu . orally are hereby informed ttiar my Bakery on Church street Is iij full operation again. A liberal patronage is solicited. \ cry respectfully, jan la H. J, T. AGRICOLA. Cfofob Sheriff’s Malc. TTTIT.T. RE SOI.T), lie fore file Court ft House door, in the City of Mari etta, ( obh county, Georgia, on the first Tuesdaj in February nest, between the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: One Lot situated in the City of Mari etta. ( obh county, Ga., containing sev en acres, more or less, bounded ort the south by street and lot of I.ettle and An drew Rogers, and on the east by lot of Lettie and Andrew Rogers, 1.. C. Me- Lellan, et. al. Levied on as tlie proper ty ni Present Rogers, Tom Lyman, (Vm, Cnkine, Henry L. Parker and Jolip Al exander, for the purchase money of said lot, by virtue of a li. fa. from Cobb Su perior t uni t in favor of M. B. Prichard. Also, one Lot, togetlu-r with a two siui y brick building thereon, in theclty nt Marietta, 'obh county, Ga., situated on tlic east side of the Public Square, fronting 22L, feet, more or less, running back east ninety feet, more or less, and bounded mi the east by an alley, on the north by a street, and on the south by the property of J. B. O’Neill. Levied on as the property of 11. P. McCuteh eon by an attachment fi. fa. from Cabb .Superior Court in favor of M. C. A J F. Kiser A Cos. Also, one hundred and eighteen shares of the stock of the Marietta Pa le i Manufacturing Company, 50 shares being the property of A. S. Edmonstou. and 'i'i of said shares being the p.operty of H. M. Hammett, principal, and 2S shares lieing the property of E. Faw, endorser, the same being the entire In terest of A. s. Edmonston and H. M. Hammett, principals, and E. Faw. en-