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mi; inniieyket may he somewhat
n Ogei *l a . v jji luter in the -eusnu.
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III* •nee is still increasing in all
BRk nlent Pities w here it lots niaile its
Hi. ward to .{Me* mol seems to grow,
hiicol l*l e:l-1 | a tal. In New Orleans a
* ,s eiillg to re. . l
| the negroes |
A |e leported. Dp to the 3rd inst
mill deaths in that city from yel
Hy fever 391 whites and 20 col
Wy vd. At Vicksburg, (irenadu. ,
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u** /n 0^1 ** 1 pi* l '** on tin* Missiasip
In tft' there l ‘/rm v ‘*ry air breathes death,]
• it . for suiothing can exceed the ter
jibmbt nature of the pestilence at
mr , ,' T V‘ iiplus. Every day we note the j
oo visi,tJie rakish lit/’brt* i <" Mo ,
'' t * , ljeial’<b.l/valid it has made its appear
at Brownsville, Tenn.
' IP the' sympathy "I the wlmle |
>^®, , ie , |l , l '* i,roHMM * 1,1 beliall 1,1
ale’rf.'*‘ l - a, 'd contributions, lilt
oils re,nd abundant, are (lowing'
W *liitnip]||4 from nil quarters.
V *k y ' I lIKLIKt FOR THIC BIAIII'K StKII’K 1
i'liiKS. —Charleston lias eon
m||
, ttit'llted to dale *5,0011: Sal.ili
Wm tilth, ♦5,600; Augusta, *1,300;
■f ♦*lndianapolis, *5,000; Pittsburg,
f |l I .022; Milwaukee, *l,out); Oin
• f><.- ciniiati, $16,000; New York, *45. 1
' 000; San Kaneiseo, *8,000; Chi
oago, *30,000 ; St. Louis, *32,000; !
Philadelphia. **3,000; besides I
Other coutribut ions from smaller
"•’itien and tin- country.
ltnrktiiK Hl' the Wrong Tree.
Writing anonymous letters is
nut a respectable practice and i
ordinarily is unworthy <>! notice. l
A gentleman near Lust Mountain,'
1)m. Wu.i.mt Ai.ston, has for ]
warded one to us written by a Les i
tin man amt received by him, in :
which the writer lauds the Doc j
tor highly as the author of an at
tide recently published depre j
mting abuse in public discus
iims. We do not know whether
1 Dr Alston thinks anything abu
| j sivc anything not founded on
l|acts —has been said of Judge
ll lt ,/.tsTfcM, but we will undertake to
a< t, ixny that he believes the interests
j*Jf the count ty will be best pro
; jSioted by his support of Dr. Kel
. ‘ .‘on, and there is no one in the
i Wui'l< si ’
filer. tn : D District whose opinion is id
I sed it Ifdgher value.
: im*lif fhe Coin tubus Times descrilies t
[vest * the late f'lmgressional t'onveu
r itnl tiou of the 4th District as a dis-
l | l' scramble and advises
that no nomination be made.— ;
IjE,,, The tintlr is, too many little rings l
Pro were moving in the big one and
Phy . they would'nt work, so that an
iMther district is added probably
to independence. “t’orruption
;,wins not more than honesty.”
fhe mere assertion that Judge
* Lester wrote a letter, damaging
hk ; "ii an himself, to Bulloeh. just outlie
■e eve of the latter's departure front
4H 'ngia, is exciting tin- "organ-”
n remarkable degrei*. I'm
llie let tel and lei I 111- lilllii:
m^Ba>‘c
||Bhf l h Constitution* one ot I lie
-'dl [tiei-i ut newspapers, see- toil one
iu politics and sees that
Jhrougti the most perverting
ever used, causing it al
l>ay- to look at tilings. H we may
PuT -u/mlieve what it says, wrong side
■^' M( . v ip. On aU* a| nest ions touching
IToiir daq.„ .. siler ...
f , .r 1 * •.. cauvass.it von
Ircacli t keeping apart from
kunnii|iiu l'i ttuAju, cilHfHd^'** 1 11
-ett. t l,V V^
For iiistani’e, acconlnig t< this
great “Organ” Speer ws- dread
i till I v di-cointitted i lh*- Jdisen
-ion at Toecoa by Btllu]i- and
will be defeated—-!nd Felton’s
-landers have all recoiled upon
himself—Lester is ;weeping the
district and will he elected.—
There are very few men of clear
mental vision who would not
lake tile reverse of all such npin
ions for the trtlMi. The assertion
that “those who oppose the ling
democracy in Georgia are fur
theriug the cause of radicalism”
is also the reverse of truth. It
Georgia, or tor that matter the
whole South, were solid for the
independents, its power—its in
tlueuci—iu furthering its own
interests and advancing the well
fare ot the country, would become
more effective.
Consider, for a moment, the el
feet of such a change upon the
northern mind. The northern
republicans would recognize it,
simply, as a declaration of con
servatism—as an overthrow of
the Bourbon element and then
would be no ground left upon
w hich to waive the “bloody -hilt.”
The northern democracy would
hail it, not only as decisive evi
i denee of conservatism but as an
; overt ure of amity and national
l peace. No mote antagonized
] with the north, we could then en
ter the councils of the nation,
armed with every principle ne
1 cessary to the promotion of south
ern interests to find our northern
compeers ready to concede to us
every right. But never will this
he so with your old “Bourbon”
organization. Alienation it will
preserve forever—an alienation
the northern democracy does and
will always share.
Gome! You struck for inde
penitence once and failed. Join
the independents now and let us
have it forever.
A writer in the Rome Tribune
] says; “Goon Judge, there is one
! consolation ; it you fail to beat
the true democracy in the iSev
> entli, you can go home and still
] get *2500 on the bench, which 1
! am glad of, as 1 would rattier you
j should hold that office than
Jeems. You will he all right hut
'Jeems will be defeated.”
But a few months ago and Dr.
I Felton’s political opponents ap
pistoled him as one without Idem
j ish and irreproachable. Now, at
the dictation of ring masters,
jlliey denouiiMe him as unworthy
i and as “worse than a radical.”
IDo these “tricksters” think that
the people do not understand
them ? If they do they are vast
ly mistaken. It is not so often
that they have commended to
their choice an able and hon
est man—free from guile, and
J with proof of devotion to their in
terests, that they cannot appreci
ate tlic shining light or that they
will fail to follow it away from
the sloughs of political corruption
Are you opposed to subordiua
-1 tion of the public interest to pri
vate ambition and private greed ?
I Are you opposed to deception,
hypocrivy and corruption? Then
vote fur Dr. Felton—a man of
proven honesty, frankness and
integrity. A dozen such men in
amt the nation would
be lifted I tom its depths of party
pollution.
Moke Straws.— We learn from
! good authority, that of the road
hands working the road front Mr.
T. Reid's to Mr. T. Smith’s, eigh
teen were for Felton, two for Les
-1 ter, and one would'nt vote. On
the Shallow lent road, fifteen
hands, all for Felton. On the
Bell's terry road, front Noonday
' to t -lierokee line, sixteen hands,
j fifteen for Felton and one for Les
ter. tbi the Alabama mad, front
Cole Maine’s to Noonday bridge,
: sixteen hands, all for Felton. At
' the wnrkiug of the grave yard at
Emm, t'lierokee county, there
were twenty-one hand.- present,
aud only one of them for Lester.
THE FlEtl) AND FIRESIDE—MARIETTA. (GA.) THI RSDAV, SKI’TH.MBEK ... I^Ts.
[ f V n,nsmnh ot.‘tl. i
Bennit me to a-k a very grave
question. What lias become ot
the Popinjays' Have they all
gone to New Orleans, or Mem
phis, to nurse the sick *.
< >KKno.x.
I COM M I' N lOATKIi. |
We heard it remarked a tew
days since by an eminent divine,
in conversation with a warm -up
porter of Judge Lester who had
asked the question: “Which is
the most deserving of censure,
dragging down the judicial er
mine or truddling the clerical
robes though political mire
j that, as a minister, a man seeking
political distinction could not in
any way affect the interest of the
people were lie defeated; but
’ suppose be held the possition of"
judge, sworn to dispense justice
to the people of his circuit, iuall
i cases coming before the court
over which he presided, would he
I lean to the side of those who
strenuously opposed him iu his
political aspirations, were they
so situated as to have causes
coming under his immediate dc
eision { The minister ended by
saying that “human nature was
i human nature” anil that it might
lie expected of a judge thus foiled
that lie would profit bv an ailvant
j age to retaliate.
Ain’t it.
[ COMM C NIC ATE 11. J
Slander!—What is It?
Tin* Atlanta Constitution says
l)r. Felton is going over the conn
try “slandering” Judge Lester.
That iiewspaper /cc/* itself shin
<lered. because Dr. Felton goes
over the country and tells the
people that they took *5,000 to do
the same work that Judge Lester
did, for which Judge Lester took
*I,OOO.
Golonel Ira in me 11 felt himself
slandered when Dr. Felton told
the people of this district that In*
had been paid for lobbying the
Brunswick and Albany Railroad!
Why, yes! of course, that was
slander in the same light that it
i now appears to the Atlanta Con
stltution and Judge Lester. Tin*
members of the Legislature that
passed the Yazoo fraud were also
slandered , 1 suppose. They sold
the section of country now called
Alabama and Mississippi, for five
hundred thousand dollars. That
was very bad; but. Gol. Trammell
took a fee to rob the State of five
million one hundred and seventy
thousand dollars, the principal
. and interest of those gold bonds
that. Hilaries L. Frost tells about.
That is why Gol. Trammell felt so
sore and slandered. Judge Les
ter took a fee to rob the tax pay
ers of Georgia of two million four
hundred thousand dollars. He is
also very sore and very much slan
, tiered.
The Atlanta Constitution took
five thousand dollars to influence
public opinion in the same mat
ter. Of course, they feel sore and
very much slandered.
I expect Colfax cried out, and
fell much shindt red when Oakes
Ames told about the bribes. Why,
yes ! of course, Colfax was slan
dered!
When the Dari tic Mail subsidy
was ventilated in Congress, some
i folks felt slandered ! Ot course
they did!
The whole aflair w as a slander ,
according to the ConstitutionT
Oakes Ames should have done
i better. He should have kept
mum and hid those receipts a lit
tie longer.
The Bucitic Mail folks shoirid
have been mam. and hid that dir
ty work a little longer.
Chas. L. Frost was very wrong
to start that slander. Why, yes !
of course. Always shelter the
young American eagle-that were
caught with the buzzards —all
plucking the old State into frag
meats.
Joe Brown should have hid br
ier's receipt a little longer.
The Governor did w rong to uu
cover the State Hoad matter, re
iating to the Atlanta t'nnstitu I
firm. Why, yes! of course that 1
w ; as a slthii/rr. Why don’t you
call old Joe to an account.
When yon remember that there
are some Northern railroads that
can pay hthfnj money —that can
hire attorneys—that can pay live
thousand dollars—yea, ten thou
sand. Why, yes! of course Dr.
Felton is a sin nthrer to Upset -o
many little plans, and cause a
search for the tools who ply the
trade, and take tiie pay. Fie, Dr.
t* i.|lii ! What did you tell it
for? Tuitii.
t oMMI N DAI M>. j
How the Brethren dwell in I nit).
deems Brown hopes to coax
Geo. N. Lester out of the Judge
ship, and he follows around mak
ing (!) speeches for that gentle
man. Will Jeems make plain tlie
| love and unity that lias possessed
jthese organized brethren, since
! Colquitt snnhbiaf one and ren'ortl
I ci/the other? Will Jeems tell us
iif he speaks for the love of the
i cause, or for the good reason that
he w ants to encourage (!) George
i to resign ?
i Barks Bell proposes to speak ;
for Billups. (Oh ! yes, he was tie 1
lighted at that nomination.) In
i stead of speaking for Billups, he
creeps over into Cherokee county
I to help George X. Lester. It is a t
(food thing to hove a Congressman
in the family. Remember l'arks,
t hat is a game two can play at.
Other folks can leave home to
speak for independents.
Evan Howell is laying pipe to
defeat Milt. Catuller—all the time
writing a little encouragement for
his representative. Evan Howell
has had his eye on Milt's shoes
for some little time. 1 wonder if
Evan won’t speak for Milton.
Nichols, Black A Cos. are work
ing like beavers in the first dis
trict. Of course, Hartridge is ile
lightedj and from the Constitu-
we infer he will outwit both,
if he gets a chance. Of course,
Hartridge will speak for both ot
either of these nominees.
I expect “little Aleck” could
get a speech from Gregg Wright,
if Gregg has recovered from his
late panic. Of course, Gregg
loves the Georgia commoner.- —
Yes, yes !
Henry Harris, in the fourth dis
trict, may pray to be delivered
from his organized brethren, and
their speeches. Tuggle spoke so
maeh for him two years ago that
lie was like the Indian’s sapling—
he now hends over hacktrards. We
expect to hear that Tuggle is
planted on the stump to speak for
Harris, or else Harris will be de
lighted (!) at somebody’s nomiua
tion—when he is counted out.
i ]
How delightful the unity ! how
charming the friendship ! When
Colquitt and Smith hold a love
feast —when Gen. Gordon and Joe
Brown take close communion—
when Barks Bell and Carlton give
the kiss of peace, Billups holding
both their hands in cordial amity !
—when Lester and Jeems Brown
pull in the same harness—then
you may look out for an indepen
dent administration in Georgia;!
then the millenium will be nigh
at hand. When they appear to j
be most harmonious, they are far
tliest apart —the kiss of welcome I
indicates dissention of the most j
impassible shape— the appear 1
ance of harmony indicates the
near approach of dissolution and
decay. j
When the Atlanta Constitution
concludes to speak for Candler,
and Gregg Wright takes the
stump for Stephens, then you may
look out for fun—it is near at
hand. Independent.
[OIMMI NUM t KK.j
Ail Cherokee not tor Lester.
Woodstock, Cherokee eo. j
September 1, 1878. t
It has been reported by the or
gauized that Judge Lester had
completely revolutionised Chero
kee county, and that the people
were turning by the hundreds, if
not by the thousands. This might
all be -o. but more likely for Eel
mu I will give you the truth a
liont tlii- ( Woodstock) district. —
tint of 150 or I till voters, Lester
max possibly get *5 votes. But
one change from Felton to Lester
i- known, and lie is squirming a
round. saying “the niggers and
radicals only are for Felton.” On
the other hand, several that voted
for Col. Dabney are now Felton’s
strongest supporters; and in ad
dition to this, there are about 15
or *0 young men in this district
and a portion of Cobb adjoining,
who were not old enough at the
last election to vote, are now out
strong for Felton. I predict that
if Cherokee gives a full vote, Fel
ton’s majority will lie increased
this year. W. S.
i 'ttitilllHliii’tllrii. j
Cobh Cih'.xtv, Aug.3l. '7B.
1 saw a statement in vour paper
of week before last, in regard to
the count 1 was keeping at the
mill near Marietta. 1 was keep
ing the count merely tor mv own
satisfaction, with due respect to
each candidate and their support-
ers; hut seeing an error in your
I statement, 1 wish to correct it. 1
have kept the count five weeks,
resulting as follows; At the end
of the first week,.of the custom
ers ti the mill, three to one were
! for Felton : at the end of the sec
ond week, 24 for Lester, (*8 for j
Felton ; third week,3l for Lester.
ftO for Felton ; fourth week,4ofor 1
Lester, 110 for Felton ; titfli week,
47 for Lester. 131 for Felton ; and
from what 1 could learn from talk
ing with these men, 1 think it will
go nearly the same way over the
county.
I have heard that some of the
! Lester men who have not been at |
the mill, have taken some excep
tion to this count, but 1 think j
they are wrong, as 1 did not. mean
any harm or offence to any body,
having the same respect for the
Lester men that 1 have for Felton
men. Now. 1 think we ought to
consider what we are doing, and
not fallfMiit with each other he
-1 causa we do not see and vote a
like. Miller.
N. B.—Nii colored person was
; counted. At a meeting at the
New ITovidence eeinetery, there
were )?7 voters present, and only
4 for Lester.
[COMMON lI'ATKII. ]
Adaiksvii.le, Aug. 30, ’7B.
I see it quoted from the Mali
i etta Journal that Judge Lester
never bought ot sold a negrodtil
ing the time ot slavery. 1 wish
1 t *
j respectfully to ask, if lie lias
bought or sold any of that kind
of property since, or wishes to
\ buy or sell such now. Dick.
[ (’nniiit inn'roteil .
Retrograding!
1 believe this is the lirst time
in Georgia that a Judge of the
Superior court lias been known to
I stand on one end of the bench
* making political speeches in his
own interest for another office,
and holdiigt on to his Judgeship;
begging the people for their sup
port, and holding the cat 'o nine
! tails over them to scare, brow
beat and drag: them to his support.
Is the empire State of the South
i retrograding, by lowering the dig
. nity of the office of Judge in
i stumping for office and telling all
sorts of smutty jokes, saying his
opponent's month was cut at one
lick with a meat axe, sneering at
his nervousness, his long neck
and long ears ; and mocking him
as he did in his Smyrna speech
and otlmr speeches, saying that
his opponent was ugly enough to
wean a mule colt, and t hat lie was
as mean as a yolln dog, mid was
an unmitigated liar, and almost
every low and dirty expression
that a low pot-house politician
could invent, and then have the
impudence to ask his opponent to
ei* operate with him and go round
to discuss politics, and when he
declines to accept an invitation
to lower his dignity, for all
the organized to cry out -he is
afraid ?” Yes. Dr. Felton is afraid
to lower or degrade himself or
office! Democrat.
I)r. Felton and the Wreckers.
To all whom it may and it
ought and does concern : The
whole ot Georgia regardless of
race, color, or previous condition
your liberties are at stake in this
matter. Throw off your lethargy
anil take an interest in vour gov
eminent. These conventions de
ceive you : listen not to their si
ren songs of false patriotism
whilst they only sing to get theii
chosen into oflice and when put
there by your siiilrages legislate
themselves into privileged elas
ses and the wealth out fit your
sweat earnings. If they are not
checked in this reckless and ille
gal and extravagant legislation
by you at the ballot box they
will bind you down by taxation
and make slaves of you imd your
posterity. Arise, ilie
choking cords
rebuke class ami
tion by voting for the Wui^k e j. 1
tried veteran. Dr. Wm. H. Felton,
the people's who is of
the people, and unborn thon.-
amls will feel tbe benefits of your
action in the matter. If Dr. Fel
ton is defeated it will be a great
calamity not only to the seventh
district but to the State anil the
whole government in the way of
precedent, llis defeat will embol
den the tneekers to go on with
their nefarious legislation,anil t lie
final result of their wrecking will
be a landed aristocracy in this
country, the most galling form of
slavery. Come out in November,
1 sav, and rebuke the '‘wreckers”,
and hurl them back by the bal
lot. Let every lover of right and
justice and all who are desirous
of good government anil the per
petatiou of our primitive liberties
work in harmony in this mattet.
Harmony and energy is victory 1
Victory with the ballot, and such a
victory is freedom. What a boon,
is it not worth an effort ? '7G.
FOit SALK.—A Si wiNii M vrin:.i ,
any or style, new from tin* man
ufactory, and warranted a bargain.
Also, a superb S2(M) Orynu, new,
and adapted to church or family use",
tnay be purchased at a bargain, hy ap
plication at this Office.
Marietta High School!
—FOB—
HOY* AMI OIISLV
rpllK undersigned proposes to resume
.JL. the exercises of the Marietta High
School on
MONDAY, AEGIST*;, Ix;s.
The course of study embraces {.atin.
Greek, French, Mathematics, Rhetoric.
Natural, Mental and Moral Science,
Composition, Book-keeping, etc.
Special attention paid to Heading and
Writing, Spelling and Declamation.
Mrs. M A NtiET will remain in charge
| of the Primary and Ornamental 1 lepai t
ments.
Four pupils, one from each of the
churches, \\ ill, as heretofore, he receiv
ed free of charges for tuition : the selec
tion of these pupils io lie made hy the
Ministers in charge of the churches.
TERMS,
l‘i r Schuloxtic Month of Four I! V. 7.,,
FROM $2 TO *:>.
Incidental fee (which pays for fuel,
pens and ink.) thirty cents" for term of
four months. V. E. MAXGET
Marietta, Aug. 8, 1878. tf
Kiicoiiragc Home littliisirt
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CHEROKEE STREET,
MARIETTA. GEORGIA,
OK AI. Eli IN
LEAT H E R
|of all kinds, Shoe Findings and Har
ness Mountings, I'pper Eeatlier, Har
ness, Kip and Calf Skins, Hemlock and
Home Tan Sole Leather.
&3F’ I have employed as workmen,
Mr. G. T. Swann, and will earn on a
• first class
Boot and Shoe Shop
; where we guarantee as good and cheap
Boots and Shoes made as elsewhere.—-
Spend your money at home iypl it will
: come hack after a few days. Encour
age home industry and you hiiiid up
the prosperity of your neighborhood.
Marietta, Ga., March lit, 1878. ly
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of tallies’ and gentlemen’s ( lolliiiig.
(>gives, Ribbons, etc., dyed any col
or, to suit your wishes.' Address a
above.
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