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J. G. CAMPBELL. 1!. B. GOODMAN. shr .field and Offside. PUBLISHED BY ■J. GS-. CAMFSELLi 3z CO. At One Dollar a Year in advance, or One Dollar and Piftv Cents il' not paid in advance. IX THE OLD PRINTING OFFICE 'Building, Ponder Springs Street, Mavi <etta,Georgia. J OHN O. GARTKELL, Attorney at Lair , practices in Cobb and adja •cent counties. Office in Masonic Build ing, up stairs. Marietta, Oct. 10, 1878. •\vM. T. WINN. WILL. J. WINN. WT. &W. J. WINN, Attorneys , at Lair. March 13,1877. ly \\J~ M. SESSIONS, Attorney at Line, YV • north side of Public Square in Blackwell’s Building, up stairs. Marietta. October 1, 1877. ly E. 31. A ELEN, Resident (ffSHjKpgL Dentist , of more I hail twenty -Ujjttt years. Charges Reasonable. Office —North side of Public Square. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly DIE G. TENNENT, Practician Physician. Office on Cassville St. —Residence on Cherokee street. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly DR. E. J. 3ETZE, Physician and Surgeon , tenders liis professional services in the practice of Medicine inall its branches of Marietta and Office at ilic Drug Store of inch 13—1 y D& T. Ib|l BWIN, Attorneys at . Laic will practice in the Blue Ridge, Rome, and Coweta Circuits. Marietta, March 13, 1878. ly W. R. POWER. H. M. HAMMETT. DOWER & HAMMETT, Attor- I neys at Laic, Marietta, Ga. Will practice in the Courts of Cobb and adja cent counties. Collecting a specialty, ly PHILLIES & CItEW, wholesale and retail dealers in Books Station ery, Sheet Music and Musical Instru ments. 8& 10 Mariettast. Atlanta, Ga. A Satzky, Merchant Taylor, under National Hotel, Atlanta Ga. WA. Ha.vnes, (at Phillips & . Crews,) Jewelry, Atlanta Ga. II w. Hart, 30 S. Broad St. Atlan- Jtj . ta, Ga. See Advertisemet in this paper. 37IRUIT JARS—I ’hits, Quarts and } Half Gallons; JELLY GLASSES, •extra Jar Caps and Rubbers, Cement and Sealing Wax, for sale by may 23 WILLIAM ROOT. M. 11. Lyon, CHEROKEE STREET, FANILY GROCERIES, And dealer in COUNTRY PRODUCE. Marietta, March 13,1577. ly r. tTmusi'” CHEROKEE STREET, Saddle and Harness Mir AND REPAIRER. Marietta, Geo., March 13, 1877. ly RUEDE & GREEN, Watchmaker Jewellers, MARIETTA, Jjfedglj GEORGIA. ALSO, dealer in Clocks of every de scription. Repairing of Watches, Clocks, etc. a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sign of Big Watch, west side Public Square. oet 2 Still at the Old Stand. ROSWELL STREET, Rai'icita, . . . (ntorgiii. YTEW CARRIAGES and Buggies, -lAI Wagons and Harness on hand. All kinds of Vehicles built or repair ed. Work guaranteed. Orders solicit ed. REID & GRAMLING. CONTRACTOR AND RiIERER. TITHE undersigned continues his busi ness of Brick Making, Stone and Brick Building, and is prepared at any time to take contracts on tiie most reus- i enable terms, and to execute them in the | most satisfactory manner. H. B. WALLIS. ! Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly GREER | REYNOLDS, Dentists. WEST SIDE OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE Rooms over M’Clatchey’s Store. IT gives us pleasure to inform our friends that we have returned from our Philadelphia trip where we have been working solely in the interest of our profession. Again we tender our services to our friends and the public generally, confident that with the lat est appliances and most improved in struments, with all other improvements, gathered regardless of expense or trou ble, we can do work as satisfactorily and efficiently as can be done elsewhere. Marietta, Ga., March 5, 1878 MARIETTA SAVINGS BANK JOHN R. WINTERS, President. G. C. BUKNAP, Vice President. A. VAN WYCK, Cashier. Notes Discounted. Exchange Bought and Sold. SAGE’S CATARRH REMEDY for sale in sept 19 ‘ B. R. STRONG. Subscribe to Field and Fireside , THE FIELD AND FIRESIDE. Vol. ll.] B. R. Strong, (Successor toG. W. Williams,) mgR, AND Apothecary. ’I'JITIIjL continue business at the Old YY Stand in MARIETTA, and will ! keep on hand, and for sale, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF FRESII AND GENUINE Drugs! Chemicals! Toilet and B'aiicy Articles,! Paints and Oils! Fine Perfumery, etc. All which will be SOLD LOW FOR | CASH. Prescriptions carefully com pounded by an experienced Apotheca [ rv, AS HERETOFORE. B. R. STRONG. Books and Stationery. School Books and Stationery- of all kinds. Also, Musical Note Books for Sunday Schools and Singing Classes. Any book not in stock, either Literary, Scientific or Educational, or any piece of Sheet Music, will be ordered and de livered in Marietta at publisher’s pri ces. B. R. STRONG. Marietta, Feb. 26, 1878. I TINE CIGARS, best smoking and a chewing Tobacco, at sept 19 B. R. STRONG’S. Cl ARRETT’S SCOTCH SNUFF— YJT for sale by sept 19 B. R. STRONG. Pure CiTler Vinegar —Received at the Drug Store of B. R. Strong. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Tropical Vanilla (warranted good), Le mon, Rose, Peach, and other Flavor ing Extracts, at june27 B. R. STRONG. BIRD SEED. —Canary, Rape and : Hemp Seed, for sale at the Drug I Store of june 27 B. R. STRONG. I PEKFUM EHY. —Tetlow’s supe rior Extracts for the hankerehief, equal to any made, on hand at the Drug Store of (june 27) B. R. STRONG. JAYNE’S HAIR TONIC, Ayer's Hair Vigor, Lyon’s Kathuiron, Bar ry’s Tricopherous, Vaseline Bowder. and various other Hair Dressings, also Hair lives, for sale bv june 27 B. R. STRONG. J. B. O’Neill & Cos. HAVE REMOVED Til EIR STOCK OF General Merchandise To Gus Barrett’s old stand, East side of Public Square, Marietta, Georgia. Where they will keepafull line of choice amily Groceries STAPLE DRY GOODS, /attorn Darns, Motions, Boots and Shoes, &c. All of which will be sold low for cash. IT. I). McCutchkon will be pleased to wait on any, who will favor them with a call. Country Produce taken in exchange, on reasonable terms. Respectfully, J. B. O’NEILL & CO. Marietta, April 25, 1878. l v Manning & Barker. AND REPAIRERS. MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 4 HE now prepared to do all kinds of 11 work in their line of business as cheap and as well as it can be done any where. Buggies and Wagons made or repaired in the best style of workman | ship, of the best material and on the most reasonable terms. Plantation work J and repairing done cheaply and at short | notice, and in a satisfactory manner.— | Blaeksmithing executed with despatch, j Call and see us at our Shops on Atlanc. | street, near the C'c'i t House, and give us a trial, and we will guarantee perfect I satisfation. ap 3-1 y Fine Toflbcco and Cigars.—ffhe “A No. 1” and “Bed String,” live cent Cigars; also, tine Chewing Tobacco, on band and for sale by B. R. Stkono. f TUNING AND RKI’ATRIXG^ rplIE undersigned respectfully ten _l_ ders his services to the citizens of Marietta and vicinity as tuner and re pairer of l’ianos. Warrants his work in every respect, and will do it as cheap ;or cheaper than any one. Postal cards , dropped in the Post-office, w ill secure prompt attention. Will sell Pianos or Organs at the lowest figures, and upon j as accommodating terms, cash, or on i time, togooil and reliable parties. , July 11—tf JOHN SEALS. Marietta, (Georgia,) Thursday, October 31, 1878. J. M. Wilson, MANUFACTURER OF TIN & SHEET IRON AND Wooden \V arcs. STOVES. HARDWARE, CUT LERY, HOUSE FURNISH ING GOODS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS EMBRACING Straw and Feed Cutters, Corn Sliellers, Turning Plows, Wheel Barrows, Rakes, Shovels, Hoes, Grass Scythes, Plows, Plow Stocks, Ac. Syrup Mills, Of ft Superior Make. POCKET & TABLE CUTLERY. AND Carpenter's Supplies. Many Varieties of Wooden Ware. All these and many other valuable ar ticles sold on best possible terms. Marietta, July 3, 1877. ly T. I ATKINSOnT EAST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE, MARIETTA, GEO. DEALER IN CHOICE Family Groceries. COUNTRY PRODUCE TAKEN ON THE MOST LIBERAL TERMF. Tho White —lß™ THE EASIEST SELLING, THE BEST SATISFYING Seviltti Its Introduction and World-renowned reputation was the death-blow to high priced machines. THERE ARE NO SECONDHAND WHITE MACHINES IN THE MARKET. This is a very Important matter, as It is a well known am) undisputed tact that many ot the so called first-class machines which aro offered so cheap now-a-days are those that have been re possessed (that Is. taken back from customers alter use) and rebuilt end put upon the market “MtVwHITE IS THE PEER OF ANY SEWING MACHINE NOW UPON THE MARKET. IT IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE FAMILY MA CHINES OF THE SINGER, HOWE ANO WEED MAKE. IT COSTS MORE TO MANUFACTURE THAN EITHER OF THE AFORESAID MACHINES. ITS CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE, POSITIVE ANO DURABLE. ITS WORKMANSHIP IS UNSURPASSED. Do not Buy any other before try ing the WHITE. Prices and Terms Made Satisfactory. AGENTS WANTED I White Sewing Machine Cos., CLEVELAND, 0. Liberal Inducements offered to cash : buyers. May, 2d, 1878. J. D. & T. F. SMITH, General Agents, No. 59, S. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga. Removed ! Removed! 1 HAVE eh' ■nged my place of business . next to .Vl:*i ictta Saving’s Bank, and wiil.be thankful to welcome all iny old friends and patrons at my new stand. I Will Sell at Atlanta Prices, e. o. and. Dry Goods! Notions! Hals! Crockery! Clothing! AND Hoots iiiul Shoes! And every tiling else kept in a Dry Goods business. tW N. B.—Would call the attention of all who are indebted to me, to come at once for settlement, and save cost. JOSEPH ELSAS, i Marietta, March PI, 1877. ly 1 [COMMUNICATED.] Firm nml United! Firm and united, independent and free, The friends of old Felton, forever must he. Whose motto is freedom—for justice we , fight; Will vote for the man that is Aonest ami j right. Huzzali! for Old Felton, who never votes wrong, The wise men of nations around him still throng; The friend of the people, their rights will maintain, And they will defend him, elect him again. The Voice of 15,000 Voters. [communicated.] Lobbying in Georgia. There had been a bill before Congress, for two or three years and which was finally allowed to paps in March 1877, that devel ops a strong tendency on the part of Georgia lobbyists to remove to anew field of operations. The Federal authorities used the State Road for a considerable time after the surrender and the bill was intended to pay for the State for the time that mili tary authority controlled it, when the State should have controlled j her own property. Cel. Baugh was Superintend ! ant'under Provisional Governor j Johnson. He made a contract with Gov. Bullock to carry the ! claim through and was author | ized to get per cent, of the amount with a cash payment of SBOOO, to be deducted from the 12i per cent, to he afterwards oollected, for his services. Gov. Bullock was always extravagant ly generous to his funds, for he told Avery, tlidSflailroad contrac tor, that “lie was on the make” and thought it fair to “divide with his friends” When Gen. Gordon was elect ed, Baugh and Garlington pre sented the necessary papers to him to introduce a bill into Con-' gress. Col. Alston then got, into the firm also. Why so many parties got mixed in it is a little surprising as Gen. Gordon advis ed the State against paying claim agents in Washington, saying “that it is a public claim of Geor gia and I have the strongest con fidence I will carry it through on its merits and its merits alone, without such extraneous help.” (Yet Alston and Garlington were paid as lobbyists.) The claim was called up sever al times—sometimes Gen. Gor don was absent, sometimes other parties were absent, but nobody knew that Messrs. Garlington and Alston were in Washington to lobby the claim until it was passed. It is a little singular that they should he kept so quiet about it, for I have heard nearly every other member from Georgia, in the House and Senate, say “they knew nothing about the lobby part of the work” When it came to the House, the Representa tives “put it through on its mer its alone.” 'l’he bill passed, and all was | quiet until Gov. Colquitt took a trip North, came home with re j ceipt for the money and before |it had seen the inside of the Treasury $30,000 was drawn out 1 on his own warrant to pay Messrs, j Alston and Garlington. (The ! report was current in Atlanta, ! that these gentlemen were in debt to certain parties, and every body got paid, and Ponce reiynod in Warsaw." 1 ') Then we heard that Alston got the bill through in a day or two. It was set down as “a remarkable job—that he took hold of it, put 1 it through the House and Senate and sent it to the I'resident in a day or two?' Now, I desire to know who was lobbied ? The bill hung fire in the Senate several veals (because it was a Senate bill) and the members of the House will testi fy that there was no time to lob by in the House as it passed in (he closing hours of the session. Instead of passing on “its mer its alone,” it passed on Col. Al ston's merits, and lie and Col. Garlington got the pay. There is small comfort to a member of Congress, to interest himself in a measure for the sake of its “own merits,” and see a fourth part of the sum paid over to outsiders. Gen Gordon as above stated “said it could pass on its own merits ,” Ihe House passed it on its “own merits" and yet Col. Alston “did the work” and lie and others got the pay. Gov. Colquitt exceeded his an i thority to pay that money; there : is no doubt about that; ho strain ed at a gnat and swallowed a cam el. He was so everlastingly par ticular, he could not pay some af torney’s without laying (lie matter before the legislature, but in this case, “after the Senators came home,” he drew the money from the treasury, (as stated at the time and not contradicted), which is contrary to the law, and paid it himself. The Governor of the State endorsed and paid the lobbyists. He did not wait until the people or their representa tives decided the matter—lie did pay it, and the result was, the Slate locked the treasury with n double lock, and made “lobbying a penal offence.” Accordingly the place of oper ations must be changed. Wash ington is the charming spot where these “spoliators” love to congre gate. Some of them went there last October and stayed until con gress adjourned. Others made Hying trips. You now see the effort to make lobbyists respectable in Georgia —you see how the crowd gathers around these men—you see how they advocated Trammell—they do not fail when Lester calls.—- These imported speakers declare these “retainers” to he right. The people must watch their interests! The people must watch their treasury! The people must watch their representatives! The people must watch their congressmen! The people must watch all the balance who serve them in an of ficial capacity! If '•'lobbying is a penal cli •use” in Georgia, make every man who offers for an office, or who endor ses an officer, qualify himself in this particular, if it becomes ne cessary. I suspect you will see big efforts to “bulldoze” the leg islature next winter, but it is your interest to Watch! Judge Lester and the State Hoad Lease. Judge Lester says he received a fee of one thousand dollars from Governor Brown. lie admits the receipt, but he says he did not speak to a member of the leg islature, and therefore did not lobby. Jle says it was right and he would do it again. Governor Brown testifies on oath that he paid $21,000 to newspapers and attorneys to in fluence the public and the legis- j lature, to consider the lease in a favorable light for his side of the question, lie gave $12,000 to newspapers and the balance to attorneys, whose receipts he was wise enough to keep. Judge Lester gave his receipt and it appears in the evidence, and which Judge Lester now says was given for service in the courts. It will be remembered that the lease never reached the courts— I the legislature was made to see its “fairness and justice,” and it was ratified before a single.case could even be tried in the courts. If Judge Lester did no service (for which lie engaged to Dover*., nor Brown) lie either deceiver* that astute financier, or agreed “make believe” with the legist J turo, and there was nothing to crS ; but to “take the money.” What, does Governer BrowiVl say ? Mr. Peeples asked him if these attorneys and lobbyists were hero (Atlanta)all the time 't “Well,” said the Governor, cept one who lives in your counts (G wim i e 11), t hey we re en gaged i I talking to the legislature, ?l put no limitation on them in thisv matter.” ' He expressly says that George N. Lester was there all the time talking to the legislature. Governor Brown believed he was honorable enough to comply with his written contract, and was well satisfied with the results. Judge Lester says ho was paid SSOO when he engaged to Gover nor Brown. Why did he take the remaining SSOO, when the time was up, if there were no cases to be tried in the courts ? “He that runs may read”—for he did the service he bargained tel do or he deceived the Governaifl who it is fair to say is rarely gtlH led by a practitioner in any eapM city. [No. 13. Judge Lester’s receipt is word ed thus: “Received of Gov. E. Brown for professional service and retainer, etc.” J Where did the “retainer” leavdj off, and where did the “profes sional service” begin ? J udge Lester wrote a letter to Hon. Tyler M. Peeples, explain ing ( lie matter in 1870, which ap pears in (he evidence. But he never explained away the receipt nor professional services, lie does say if Gov. Brown hired him to lobby, he ought to pay the mo ney hack. Wo think so too if he deceived the Boss, for Governor Brown swears ho did (ho work (as he believed) and nobodyi doubled it at the time. It is a question to he settled, which was the worse, to take pay or do nothing (with the mntfff ney in Judge Lester’s pocket) kuj ter he agreed to do so much for afl specified sum ? It is like the pro- ™ Idem in the Bible, about the man who promised and didn’t go, and the man went after he refused to * go. Why did Governor Brown pro test against showing those names and receipts ‘l The lease had been ratified four long years—there was no inten tion to break the lease in 1876. The inquiry was only made to see where the bribery and corruption existed. The people demanded an en quiry, they desired to see who had taken bribes hC. not, and the 'f^oMhpes. Not so, the Atlanta 'Constitution and Judge Lester. The moneys was found in their pockets—and™ they stand out to the world em blazoned with the record of thai£a time of search and exposure.-—- Yet Gov. Brown desired to shield these attorneys, of lobbying rep utation; he stood out boldly for some time, and finally gave up their names under protest. These receipts would never have seen daylight, if the committee had not demanded them. Gov. took time t<> think lie afcuHH[ dinner on tin- momentous qjH|||| lion, ;md finally entered a uHH . test, and threw the little missives down before [ committee. Gov. Brown it was a dirty transaction. knew he placed a brand on each forehead—but public opinion de manded the eqposure of the few to exculpate the many attorneys, who throng the capitol and the entire State of Georgia. J udge Lester says he did right. Alas! I hat the terms of right and wrong become so irretrievably mixed in all such cases, that you cannot separate them without disgracing the party who uses them. yTi Judge Lester says Judge WjYTd liam Dougherty took the same flf fee. Happily he has a son, can vindicate his memory, and says Judge Lester errs in j statement, “lie took no suclijfee.’®HS| Gov. Brown does not implicatflH[ him and has never shown JudgHS| Dough■•rtname to such receipt®- ' The Atlanta Constant ion, too|B-, : ■f.VOOo according to (pfcvorn sfatgrffil men! made by \lf.iiyenrpii i[L jjHH| pioprielor and business no 11e i• a -harp 'mi, lpWiyqMo®9E9H[ 1 b-d will, bot !i Giles. aald Dalgelly. be ~'d I' - r nn am v but u n ■■‘■lll I \ ol li.• r iiclgW man -n u • . <o i ■ m vsiio !. ~-. ’ r ■■ %'/" ■ ■ i ■* *• '