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HI a into us.
Tin* Moonshiners. if
We publish fmiufTx- New York
IfViWaluTt dGxnption of the
iniiHi an
act. of justice lo with
iln* hope tli:ti ill** < iovenuneut
and (lit; public will fihnnjj <lo
lit 'hi justice. t
,< i miii s. < '..,1 uly .?•. i'lx
[nimoifchinor of tli#* tiinulmiSiis was
fttini n ii< 1 grew up in tin* practice
L>f his peculiar trail** before hi
I NFbrsfrry. the deputy marshal.
f 1* appoint oil, or indeed #*ould
appointed iiii*l*>r tho law. I<
mistake to suppose that lie
ii old olfeiider. lie is in fact
real lire of to day. True lie has
•' heel) a distiller, hut In* has
• ways been an illicit om* Tlx*
mud kirn pursuing :* proles
which h* hud practised from
Tip. and made that -in
■ iel, had not heeli -ill he
it he law, sin came.
llisf;o‘n,r had dutilled he Idre
him without molestation and with
',* conscience void ol ollense -;c
'te law was not. lli> art was in
<**l hereditary. His father had
L aerilcd it from liis grandfather
L min turn had learned it from
grandfather, and <* on
. t.pw.ird through successive gen
"•rations. The practice, morewv
1 or, was not only an aucient one;
it was as widespread as ancient.
TJio country itself is rugged
fcl*' wild hevond tin* conception
fim&ny one whose good fortune it
tyias hcen not to In* compcllcp to
it in either a private or of
ofieiiil capacity. Lying as it does
( Vn the ym heart of the older
,’e ITiion, to day
*vf, T,, *"l" '■*•</ / </.•*///// 1“ I lie
gßi “fie e Slate-, ami evrn
■TlbJPic 1 T people who
and * all their years
B*hin sight and within a lew
journey of tin* forliidding
W- ’ky walls which mark its eon
A haggard and worn youth
York, who recontlv
W" ed one day's journey ( usu
KViMeckoned at lifteen miles) in
Ho this rogi on with a light hug
Igy. declared to me that he walk
<*d most of the wav owing to the
necessity of! relieving his horse
on ilk' ascents mill Trom preran
liouary motives in the matter of
the docents, anil ascent and de
made 111 t lie ent ire distance.
Vnc mountaineers use sleds lor
Bic itiosl part, and where wagons
B.nrbe employed at all, from ten
to twenty bushels of corn are ac
copied as a lair average load for
tvvo horses or mules, in several
places tin* roads actually cross
I he in selves in ascending the mmiii
tain sides, and the traveller finds
himself crossing his own track at
acute angles in order to pass from
one incline to mint her.
The single crop raised in the
Valleys and on Ihe hillsides and
“mountain lops of this region is
Indian corn, and the grows most
luxuriantly wherever it is plant
ed. The difficult ies of it s cultiva
lion are, however, great, and hot
little more can be grown than
w hat is absolutely necessary for
tlie support of the families of the
actual tillers of the soil. The
de are tv’ry ignorant and very
, and tin 1 male members of
each family represent the entire
fvurking force on eaeli farm.
T(iere are few or no negroes in l bi
sect ion, and there is consequent ly
jto “li' lp" available for employ
nit'iit eitherin seed time or liar
|vo-d. Labor saving machines are
unknown, and all the work of the
planter i- done, a> it lias been
YtSi generations, in the most
■jffiitive wav. Tito scant and
■tged soil is broken up with
.-real labor, the seed is planted
*v hand nhd the prop in many
news is actually transported from
ield to barn in sacks borne upon
Jit* lefts' of (hose who gather it.
Rafter all this expenditure
|pp r d labor the resulting yield
s moat meagre. Nothing but
•orn is made. The greater per
i :, n "I it is laid up for bread tin
diflieult erop can be
■Hu]. A seeond small portion
lew pi-s to be
H^^Bb-d
H|H'V el In lie seen "It ! ile pl.tn
|HH:ib|es. w here it is seen ill
laniitv three da\
IHrlie year round. Still another
w >ll portion must be sent to
pirket and sold in order to pay
IRH>uud doctors bill and to buy
and the thousand and one
Hr necessaries o! the humblest
gjWc life. That portion w hich is
plus sold must be hauled from
twenty to fifty miles (a three or
tour days journey) in order to
reach thtt market tow ns along the
re
V, 1
i rwni ten to twenty bushel* ecu
Mitule a lad. A few years ago,
this born sold at prices ranging I
frofn ft to tfl.tjft jier husliel. At ;
HiVse figures a maximum load ot
twenty bushels was worth from
$25, aud from this amount
in his pockets tin*barefooted farm
er was compelled first to pay his
taxes, the remainder only being!
left wherewith to purchase a
sparing supply of-ugar, suit, cof
fee. shoes, calico, pins, eel., for
Hie use of his family for months
together. Their houses are liov
els, ami their food is scanty in
quantity and poor in quality,
while their dress consists for tlx
most part of the coarsest or thin
esl material. The father and :
mother are generally harefooted,
the children are always both bare
footi'd and bareheaded, wit Ii hut
little dress between these two ex
Heines. The effects of their hard
and meagre fare are apparent in
the sallow complexion which
characterizes all the inhabitants
alike. I'll* •re is no extra money
in waste on any luxury, not even
the luxury of pi unary education,
and the consequence of this is
that not one in a score can read,
and hooks and papers are almost.
#nknown in mountain homes.
This was t lit* coudit ion of a Hairs
at their best estate. Is it to be
wondered at that these people
generally availed themselves of
the single opportunity presented
to them of enhancing 1 lit* value
oftlieir produce by distilling it
into whiskey, which process at
the same time trebled its trails
port at ion. A bushel of corn,
worth .I*l yielded by distillation
at least two and one half gallons
of w hisky, which sold at from sl,
50 per gallon,an advance of from
:)(to 400 percent, ujion tlieval
lie ol tin* raw material, a value
w hich was further increased by
the fact that the residue after dis
(illation was no w hit les*- valtia
hie tliiin before for the purpose
of fattening slock. After tlx* war
what i- known as the Air Line
Railroad, which skirts the Pied
mont region, was opened. < 'orn
w as at one** poured into the State
from (lie West, ami its price fell
from $1 per hiisnel to 10 cents,
therein reducing tbest* people to
the last extremity of poverty.
I’he farmer's twenty bushels of
corn now represent only SS, and
this amount would not pay the
expense of its transportation to
market, its the following calciilu
t ion w ill show :
Hire of wagon and two horses
and driver lor lour days, at
$1 50 per day .ft l
Feed for t w o horses and driver
four da vs, at 75 cents per
day 8
Total f!>
Sale of t we illy bushels eorn at
40 cents per bushel N
Loss fi
In othei words, the fanner paid
fit for the privilege of hauling his
corn to market, and was ft out of
pock i by (he transaction when
hi corn was sold. This calcnla
11*m i- based upon the experience
of one who tlied it, and as the ex
penses are placed at the mini
mum rates, the example may be
considered as of general appliea
t ion
The same load of eorn, if first
converted into whiskey, could
have heen conveyed to market
at about one-half the expense,
and the account would have stood
as follows :
Fifty gallons of whiskey at |l.
50 per gallon 75
Cost of transportation, say 5
Profit S7O
It need hardly he said that the
difference of result arrived at by
means of these or like calculations
presents the w hole reason for the
practice of legitimate distilling
as it has been carried on in this
region from time immemorial.
We come to illicit distilling,
and the reader can readily under
stand why the illegal mamifac
lure prevails to such an extent.
The practice of distilling has al
ways prevailed. At the close of
war Congress found it in progress,
and bv its Internal Revenue laws
constituted it a crime. The cans
es of its production, however, re
main the same. The price of eorn
has fallen; the price ol whiskey
has risen. The mountaineer
must distill, expatriate himself, or
starve, lie is an ignorant man
and does not undersign 1 the law.
which he considers a partial and
opptessive one. passed in the in
ten's) of monopolists. He is
strongly attached to the soil, as
all mountaineers arc. I It' cannot
make a living by planting and
selling corn. He is not willing
to starve or see ids family starve.
Tli K FIRESIDE—M AlilkTT.N. (GA.) THURSDAY. A TGI'ST -i-i. l*7s.
<♦. I* ' * S' , ii --■ • ;
Wherefore, there is nothing for
it. he r*liects, hut to evade tlx*
law,distill his grain in secret, ami
take the chances of punishment.
Unfortunately, the revenue olli
cers in South Carolina have not
been as a rule either wise or <li
erect, but have apparently been
selected on account ol tlx* con
spicuous absence of these e-si'iqg
tial qualities; anil to thi fact
soiey is to lx* attributed the pres
out disturbed state of tlx* section
which lias been tlx* scene of their
doubtful operations; Tlx* chief
officers of the Revenue Depart
ment in South < Carolina for many
years after the war was 1,.< tass < tar
pen ter, sine** convicted ofmimer
ous frauds and forgeries perpetrat
ed during his official career as t 'ol
lector of Internal Revenue, lie
lost liis position as *ollector mi
account of a safe* burglary which
lx* committed upon liis own prom
ises for the purpose of making a
way with bonds and other papers
which would have proved tlx* fact
of liis malfeasance in office. The
character of tlx* whole crew of
liis important followers may he
judged in good part, by that of
their captain. The like cliarae
ter of liis few native and ignor
ant subordinates may be infered
from the fad above stated -that
from having been illicit distillers
themselves they were rewarded
with office for turning spies and
informers and searchers after
their old companions, whom t hey
were induced to betray and limit
down for the sake of the I iterative
salary of $5 per day attached to
I heir new position.
The Earth's Population.
While tlx* statistics ol cotton,
wheat, tobacco, iron and all tlx*
commercial products of tlx* world
i are accurately gathered from
year to year, we are left to guess
tlx; population of many countries.
Of tlx* supply of men tlx* bight
est products, “the root and crown
of things”—we have the data for
only imperfect estimates. The
human race is supposed to he in
creasing in numbers. In those
lands where cencuses are period
icallv taken, and where pesti-
lonce, famine, constant wars and
emigration have not been at
work to reduce the population,
we lind, as in Russia, Germany,
England and the I’nited States,
again from natifral causes. Those
nations and others take great
pains to make correct censuses,
and show the results with pride
to the world. But other countries
also civilized, or partly so, are
not as willing to parade figures
not creditable to their growth and
enterprise. These rarely take
censuses, and their enumerations
are not trustworthy. Some claim
populations generally believed
to be far beyond the facts, (ihina
is open to this charge of exagger
ation. Travellers and careful ob
servers in the t’hinese Empire
say that t hey see no proofs of the
crowding which would be inevit
able if her people really number
ed 1-5,000,000. Some aul hoi it ies
insist that this ostimate is two or
three times too great. Those
parts of Asia which are governed
by European powers are proba
lily the only ones where eeneuses
are proximatelv correct. As to
Africa we know little of its inside.
The enumerations in the coast re-
gions may pass unchallenged;
but we can only guess at the
swarms about the equator. Facts
like these throw much doubt on
the accuracy of the lift h publica
tion of Helim A Wagner's tables,
which are just out. Rut for all
practical and especially commer
trial purposes, they will answer.
It matters little to commerce
whether the centre of Africa or
Thibet or the Artie circle has this
or that number of inhabitants, so
long as they do not want our
goods or we cannot get at them.
But for the ethnology, the stu
dent of the rise and decay of em
pircs and races, and the mission
ary, these tables possess much in
tcrest. The man who ardently
loves his kind irrespective of
color, creed or condition —and
yearns to civilize and redeem it.
will of course take pleasure in
Rohm iV Wagner's exhibition of
a total increase of about 15.000
000 since their fourth publication.
According to these -the best
authorities, the entire population
of the earth is now 1,43t*. 145,300.
broadlv divided as follows ; Kn
rope. 312.U95.-ls0; Asia. ''41,000
000; Africa 205.220.ft00; Austra
lia and Polynesia, 4.411.800; A
meriea ( North and Soutli), sti.l 10
i>oo. A great deal is assumed in
some of these calculations—c. y..
Equator#! Africa is set down at
40,000.000. This is pure conjee
ture. It may be twice too large
or not hall large enoug h. Nobody
kuows. Other countries like At
ghani-liaii. Eastern J'urkestan
and all the Chinese bonier lands
have been visited by a few Euro
peaus capable of gum-sing close
ly at populations. All these tig
uiv.-, like* t hose relating tot Tina,
are either derived from govern
ments which are ignorant of or
I* stort tlx* truth, or else are the
fruit of closest speculation. One
deduction is incontrovertible,
llic most habitable jiarts oi tlie
Old World are steadily tilling ii|>.
Much of the New World is yet to
be occupied, lu tlx* vast space
of North and South America there
is room for tlx* teeming millions
of Europe. With diversities ol
climate and natural resources
favorable for man and hi*-
works than any other quarter of
the glebe, it is still the least ten
anted. The Europeans nutnuni
her us more than thrice and the
Asiatics nearly tenfold. The lu
ture will redress this inequality
and make Berkeley's prediction
true. -.[ovi'iHil of (UiiiniK.
The (H alitmb* of a Tramp.
In 1*53 Miss Myra Kellogg,
eldest daughter of tlx* late
Simeon Kellogg, and sister of
Mark 11. K ellogg. who fell beside
General Custer on the Little Big
Horn, was married in this city to
Mr. Truman .1. Salford, who had
represented Green county in our
Legislature in |s.s*_>. and who in
the year above named, had re
moved to the promising village
,of La (-rosse. The next spring,
however, the young couple mov
ed down into lowa and set
tied oil a farm, and several years
since 'vent, into Dakota, lie was
an honest hardworking man. but
never succeeded in accumulating
much of this world's riches. Four
years since, just after the even
mg meal had been eaten, a dirty,
ragged, footsore tramp called at
his house and begged for some
thing to oat, saying that he was
on way to California, but had had
hard luck, having been taken sick
after starting. Mr. Salford made
him welcome, and his w ife cook
ed supper for the stanger. They
allowed the tramp to remain li
ver night, and entertained for a
week until he recuperated his
health, when, bidding them good
bye, lie started on for California.
Two months ago the stranger
who, during his lour years ah
senoe in California, had u struck
it rich,” came back to Dakota,
and, in disguise, again spent the
night under Salford’s roof, The
tramp was particular to inquire
into the circumstances of Mr. Saf
ford, and was told by him that he
had “plenty of hard work to do,
hut very little money." The next
morning the tramp departed with
out making himself known, and
the conversation and incident
had been forgotten, when Mrs.
Salford received through the post
ollicc a sealed package,which eon
tuined the deed of one of I lie tin
est farms in their neighborhood,
having a good house, barn, stock,
horses, wagons, agricultural im
plements, and everything com
plete. The deed was accent pa
nied by an explanatory letter
from the* giver, stating that he
wished them to accept the deed
of a farm which he had purchased
especially for those who divided
w ith him when in need, ami treat
ed him kindly when footsore and
poor. I. a ( t'onxf l h ui ocrat .
A Ride for Life.
Andy Raker arrived here on
Saturday evening with the mail.
He furnishes further ’particulars
of the death of George Met.hitch
an, the driver, at the hands of the
infamous savages. When he saw
the band of Indians makiag to
ward him he wheeled round in an
instantTind put his four horses on
lull run in the direction of Dr\
Greek. It was a race for life. AI
though the horses were the best
stock on the road, it could not be
expected that they would main*
tain the ascendancy in speed with
a heavy load to pull, and thesav
ages pursuing them on horseback.
Rut the driver and his passenger
knowing I lie fate that was in
store for them if they fell into
savage hands, pushed along for
a few minutes at a lightning rate.
The bullets of the pursuing sav
ages were whizzing around them
thick and fast, but they heeded
them not. They were appalled,
however, al the fact that the dis
tance was gradually lessening be
tween tin' pursiirers and the pur
sued, but in this dire emergency
their coolness did not desert
them.
The demoniac yells of the sav
ages were ndw heard close tr
their rear. The distance sped o
ver was about three miles, and
then began anew phase ol the
struggle for life. it was hut the
work of an instant for the driver
and passenger to jump from the
stage and cut loose tin* leaders.
This they did, and each man
mounting a hors** -pod onward,
leaving the stage and the other
horses behind. 'They now seem
ed in a fair way to escape. The
savages kept right on after them
seeming not satisfied with their
booty t hat had been left them. A
bout two miles had been made
when an unlookcd for accident
occurred. The liofses were still
carrying all their harness, and
being thus encumbered, the one
being ridden by the driver stum
bled and fell, lit- did not drag
the other horse down with him.
although the horses were connect
ed with the harness as when at
tached to the wagon. The horse
ridden bv vonng Hamilton d<*
WOOL JEANSIJOfIL TWEEDS!
Wool RwH*!
Also Wool Linscvs, check and plain,
AT THE LAI REL HILLS.
Roswell, Ga.
rill I KSK M ills lire exchanging their good- for WOOL, with farmers *iu<l otli
-1 ci s. mi llic most lilicral terms, four motto i- live ami let live) or we will
iiiamifaettm* wool for oar custom, !<v the yard, into any of the above line of
goods at a reasonable price; say, .leans at2s cents, Tweeds at 20emits and Lin
seys at 15 cents. Will make a di-eomit on large lots of woo!. Those living in
the vicinity of Marietta and wishing their wool carded into rolls, or exchanged
for goods, can leave the wool at Haley mothers', north side public squart . Roll
carding 10 cents per pound. Will take wool and return rolls or goods once a
week free of charge. We will make it to the interest of merchants to buy their
goods direct from the factory. Wo pay freight ort all wool shipped to us. All
cornu:mlientions should he addr<*ssed to I.A I'ItKL M 1t.1.S M'F t 1 COM PA X Y
Roswell, Oa. J. S. WOOD, Phksii.im.
CHEAPEST
Furniture House in Georgia.
A LITERAL AND ABSOLUTE FACT
I have just received a large and handsome assortment of ( liainher and Parlor
Knniitnre which i am selling at astonishingly low prices,
beautiful lUessing Case sets, 10 pieces, SOS. beautiful Cottage sets, only $25.
Parlor sots, ali colors, SOS. Parlor sets, hair cloth, SSO. Walnut bureaus with
glass, $lO. Walnut bedsteads, $7. Cane Seat Chairs, sets, $5. Cane seat and
hack Rockers, each $2. Common beds, $2.50. Cotton lop Mattress, $2.50.
Wardrobes, Ifat Racks, Side boards, What X’ots, Marble and Kxtension 'rallies,
book Cases, etc., in endless variety." Also the celebrated Woven Wire Mattress,
the most delightful spring bed in use. Send your orders to P. 11. SX’OOK.
corner Marietta and broad Streets, Atlanta, (lit. jutio27
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
In Great Variety!
fllll E Subscriber has just returned from the North with a large
® Stock of
DRY GOODS,
Ucmiy-Matic Clothing, Millinery Cowls,
Boots, Shot's, Caps, Confectioneries, &<*.
\l. I, i>C w 1 1 ii li Imvilig been purchased on lower tonus Ilian ever tic ran ell a
bargains to his customers. tome and -re ilir noons just opening.
K. lllliSMt.
Marietta, (Li.. April 2, Is7 s . ly
Large and "New Arrivals!
AT
9 j. Aorthciitfs,
IIW i'oviur of Ih< Pubhr Square..
tk
VI.AKGK and select Slock or DliV GOODS,emiTftmmgcvcrythiug usual
ly foilmt in a 111-sir class Dry Goods store. Tlie GoodV Wire direct from Ilir
Manufacturers and tliril’ Agents, and will lie sold as low or lower FUR ( ASII
tliaii any similar Hoods ever brought to this market. I mean what 1 sav. ( all
and examine for yourselves. (Ilir extensive stork of
Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, &<•.
Are made a I the best Factories and net er fail to give entire sal i start ion.
Marietta, October 8, 1877. 1,. S. X( UlTJIt'F'f'JY
f. W. HAET.
WholoNale and Retail Dealer in
DOORS, BLINDS, SASH,
GLAZED SASH.
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O
$“5,000 in l . S. Bond- deposited in the Treasury of Georgia for fur
ther security of Policies!
riill IS well known company ha- |iaid in thousands of dollar- to claimants in
A Georgia since ilie w ar. and will maintain it- well earned reputation for skill
ful. conservative, prompt, just dealing.
Dwellings, Stores, VI crohamlisc. '■•lilts, Gin Houses mid conti'iits,
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ygj Agent- at all prominent points in the Stale, to whom apple, or to
HARRINGTON KING,
net 23-1 y Agent, Marietta, Ga.
Rack Aua in!
TO MAT OLD ST A.3STT) I
ON rill Ht 11 STREET.
M V old Friends and the I‘ublicgen
erally are hereby informed that
my Bakery mi i liur.li street is in full
operation again. \ liberal palmnagt
is -olieited.
Vert respect fill Ij .
jau la It. I. T. A(j It 11 * lI.A.
(ached himself, ami lit* was left
to keep up the race alone. Poor
Met tit chan had not time to get
his horse up ami mount him. Tlx*
savages were already upon him,
and immediately began their bru
tal and torturing work, killing
him hv slow process and ninlilat
ing his Ixuly. (Mx* of his eve.
were gouged out. The fiends
took liis watch, and rilled hi;
pockets, and left the disfigured
body near by. The mail sticks
on the stage were cut open,aud
t he i rcon ten Is either appropriated
or destroyed. Hamilton was pur
sued a short distance, hut the
chase was given up. lie ran hi
horse several miles further, tak
ing to the sage brush. When
opposite Dry Greek "the animal
sank from exhaustion, and Ham
iltmi made his way on foot to Dry
(- reek st at ion.—— I tinh o.l vnhitic/ie.
I>. I . ti'( LIT 4 Hi:V,
WKSTSIDK rri’.l.ir stjl'AitK
MARIETTA, GEORGIA. 1
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Choice f. _ f ocer-ies. 1 y
Marietta. Sept. I, 1577. ] v
• loh I‘riiiting, ilie mate.l and at
low. t p’iees. done at tlii ofliec.