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\ MARIETTA NOV. 21, 1878.
or Th*: Mri<*lla I’afM-r Maiuifiirtur
ing f oiiipany inaiiitfm'tim-- lliel>i‘*t of
r'fws and Wrapping pn|M‘i\ at lowrf
/!<•.*. S. A Anikhon. Ag*nl.
The N. V. Sun. in \i w ni the
ftkult of the fall elections furnish
table of what the electoral
bote for President would he if
jakeu at this time. The estimate
Lives the Republicans 207 and
the democrats 156 voter.
The popular mind can hardly
keep pace with the progress f
applied science to human indii*
try. M. (■. Salsbury, <>f N.Y..
bv u cenihination *♦ petroleum
land coal tar melts glu*#. Iree
from sulphur, in two hours the
lustful process requiring sixteen
Lltours; waiuis a whole block of
Holding* by an underground fur
Klee and does the best of cook
on a wooden stove. Ihe
turn out as much iron
ttjen hours ns the present pro
turns out iu twenty four.
rails may be made as
us iron rails are now.
ipflkeh. (Jordon was re elected on
E.. *'lay last by tlie (leneral As
*!|v to the ladled States Sen
gtie
of r
• The public school system ol the
Oiiited States is doubtless as
good a plan for the education of
the people iu a civil and politi
cal point of view as could bede
[giaed, but like all other organi
nations it cannot In* curried on
i sc from the control ol seltisb
Lnd grasping rings. In New
■uglaud a fierce contest is now
y x udug to fiupress the system
•ntli a religious, or .sectarian
bearing and all tliedenominutions
are engaged in the strife, one
division contending that the sys
tem is Anti Christ without church
dogmas the others defending free
dull) of religion as essential lo
their own safety. Will we never
he done with this religious war
fare between Pope and Protest
ant ?
* Mr. G. K. Walker, an amiable
young gentleman— a deaf mute
—is canvassing ('ebb County far
*tnc sab* of one of tin* most inter
feeling works ever published
••The Koval path of Life," a book
of 600 pages beautifully illustra
ted. We trust he will meet with
the success he deserves.
A prominent gentleman speak
ing of the work says **l consider
••The Iloyal l’ath of Life" a book
of unequalled merit. It is the
beat and most useful book I ever
had in tnv house, with the ex
eeption of the Rible. I therefore
feel a pleasure in recommending
ii/'* the perusal of all persons."
true, the independents are
to the democralie organ
Util#** but those whom Georgia
has elected will not for the pres
ent, desert democratic princi
pi**’" —Atlanta Constitution,
What, oh oracle are democrat
*c principles ? You are right in
vittg “Ihe independents elect
j* will not, for the present, de
U democratic principles." and
k a.jjjfould have said with as much
I Utli. they will never desert
But, (lie question i*. what
principle*? Wa*
their exponent.
. o** hnd them in the Re
L‘4gß Platform of the St Lou-
K f 'oal democratic eonveu
. says the oracle.
EfVgpcndtfnts will not de
principles;" hut
Ejwkfli Ami these principle*
BHbtotfchihg* of organize.l
HBCSf, but |b the lesson*
milici * .•! th.
thc\ \\;i
initiate a policy and a platform
that would challenge thought and
invite discussion. —Atlanta (Jon
xtl totion.
Every iuteliengent freeman
has or ought to have a political
platform, and we intend the “give
in our experience" on that line
and formulate it if it should have
no other effect than to win the
astute criticism of the ( 'ooxfi to
lion.
Dr. Felton delivered a very
able address at the Opera H®use
in Atlanta on the 15th to a very
large audience. He was intro
duced happily bv Senator Hill,
who said that one of the greatest
needs ot public life is “more Fel
ton men." The Doctor ably sus
tained the independet movement
—defended the independents as
the only true democracy and
elaborated his views, at length,
on the financial question.
The address closed as follows :
—“Hut lam talking too long. 1
close. 1 simply presented these
views as the principles Ihat will
guide and control me as one of
your representatives in the Amer
ican congress. lam for t lie re
duction of expenditures and for
the reduction of taxation. I want
the revenue reduced, the tariff on
foreign goods reduced and this
system of internal revenue, that
our home products, our to
bacco and our spirits and all our
necessaries. I want it, wiped
from the slat ules. [Appl ause.J I
want it to disappear. It is a relic
of war, and when these linaricial
measures of relief are achieved
it can be wiped out. Notwith
standing our boasts of the reduc
tions made by the forty-fourth
congress, while a large amount ot
these expenditures have been re
duced, not one dollar of this tax
at ion has been reduced. We prate
of a reduction in expenditures,
but still the lax collector is gath
ering in the last, dollar of the la
bor of the country. Let these tax
es bp reduced and let us, asGeor
gians, labor lo accomplish these
good ends. Let us forget the dif
ferences of the past, the asperities
of political contests and remem
her that we are all Georgians,
that we are brothers and mem
hers of one household ®f political
faith, and that we are called up
on to contribute our mite toward
the return of prosperity of our
mother and the nation. Let see
tional prejudices and differences
be wiped out. Let the prejudices
of the late war be wiped out,and
let us remember only that we are
< leorgians and Americans pledg
ed to the relief, the prosperity
and advancement of one common
country. I am a Georgian, a
Georgian as all my fathers were,
and there is Georgia, her history
such as to make the name a
badge of distinction everywhere.
She lias a history that enthrones
her in the heart of the good and
patriotic everywhere. Let us stand
by her history of patriotism, of
devastation of political trickery
and fraud, let us remember that
we are sons of noble sires. Let
us come together to night and a
gree that if human effort can
achieve a results—jf intellect, and
labor, and znai. and devotion, and
self denial can make Georgia all
that her future promises, then all
shall be accomplished speedily
and she shall stand out, crowned
honored, and admired by every
true citizen of the land ! fTre
mendous applause. |
Guite an animated discussion
has been had in the General As
sembly of Georgia over the reso
lution to reduce the Judicial Cir
cuits of the State to 16 and sav
ing thereby to the people some
si.ntM with not too much work
for the Judges. Our old towns
maa,Senator Holcombe, let him
self out in behalf of our tax
oppressed people and .ve trust he
will be rewarded not only by the
approval of his constituents but
by theapproving action of the
Legislature.
Mr. Yancey argued on the same
>ubject as follows ;
This bill equalizes the labors
of the judges. Sixteen can do
the labor as easy as twenty, lie
trench and have no more judges
than are necessary to do the work.
A majority of the ‘people labor
flltt fifty two weeks. Under this
hill judj ;es labor twenty eight.
He favored a highly distinguished
amd well paid judiciary. If judges
BlhpUpn lazy ui debilitated !<* do
Hal. I*U id t a
y - tbitl h ie
work
Hg)nhd a
iparthc
TilK FIKLD AND FIRESIDE—MARIETTA. (GA.) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. I*7B.
the work let them “step down
anil out.’’ It is a good sign that
litigation is diminishing. While
the people are struggling for ex
istence under onerous taxes,
stand firm for retrenchment,
cuity in the way of two judged
There is no constitutional difti
in the same circuit.
Judges tau be assigned to any
circuit. The question is, can six
teen perform the labor? If they
can, pass the bill and no commit
tee will fail to carry out its pro
visions. The constitution speaks
out for retrenchment, $2,300 is
saved in the matter of clerk hire.
Add to this sll,ooosaved by this
bill. Find other leaks and you
may save SIOO,OOO.
The Governor and the Bonds.
The all absorbing question now
before the Legislature, and in
which the people all over the
State have the most lively inter
est, is the investigation now pro
gressing by ajoint committee of
the General Assembly, holding
its meetings in secret session,
where the Governor of the Em
pire State of the South is under
going investigation regarding his
motives for signing bonds of the
Northeastern railroad, when tlie
signature of an ex Governor had
been refused them; and far more
interesting still, when they were
signed, after so long a time, by
the intercession of a subordinate
officer of the State Department,
who received therefor the large
sum of sß,ooo,'i The fact that (lie
investigation is being conducted
in secret gives it an air of impor
tance it otherwise would not have
acquired, and which, no differ
ence what may be the report of
the committee, or final disposi
tion of the matter, will still leave
the Governor of the State, whe
ther clearly exhonerated or not,
under a murky cloud of grave
suspicion. It will not amend the
matter by giving what they may
claim “all the testimony” to the
public when the investigation is
completed.
Fioin present appearances, it
will be several days before the
investigation is concluded, for
many witnesses are yet to be ex
amined, only two thus far hav
ing been upon the stand—Hon.
B. H. Hill and Gol. W.G. Morrill,
the latter being under examina
tion now, the committee having
adjourned from its morning ses
sion, which commenced at 10d
o'clock, to 7d to-night. A gen
eral resume of the testimony is
about as follows, from what is
gleaned outside: Senator llill tes
tified in a general way. He
knew nothing of a pertinent char
acter of his own knowledge, the
main transaction having taken
place during bis absence from the
city. He, as attorney for the
Northeastern R. R. Go. and for
the Atlanta Rolling Mill Go., to
whom the Northeastern Railroad
Company was indebted, ascer
tained the main facts in the main
transaction from the parties who
acted as principals in paying Mr.
John W. Murphy* a clerk in the
State Treasury department the
sum of SB,OOO for.using his influ
ence in getting “the old man up
at the house" to sign the bonds.
Col. Morrill has testified as to
what Mr. Murphy said to him
when he came and proffered to
use his influence and get tlie
bonds signed, provided they
would pay him (Murphy)sls,ooo.
This part, however, Col. Morrill
says in justice to the committee
lie cannot divulge at present.
He says though that it was a
“mere business transaction.''
They wanted the bonds signed
and could not get them signed
without paying money for it.
Murphy wanted $15,000 and they
finally compromised on SB,OOO.
which was paid Murphy. That's
all he knows. Morrills testimony
may be concluded to night.
The following we take from
the Constitution :
The friends of Governor Col
quitt claim that one of the un
fortunate steps made by him in
this matter was consenting to an
interview between Senator Hill
and himself on a certain Sunday
evening following the blowing
of the scandal.
This interview, it is said, was
brought about by B. 11. Hill. jr..
but was consented to by Senator
Hill upon the consideration that
Hon. W. O. Tuggle and Dr. R. I).
Spalding should be present. The
interview was had and was not
satisfactory. The friends of Gov.
Colquitt claim that it was held
for the purpose of Senator Hill
giving to the Govern
or of his unwillingness to make
any move that would call in
question the governor's motives
or action. The friends of Mr.
llill say the interview was for
the purpose of letting Governor
Colquitt know frankly what char
ges would be made and what he
should be prepared to meet. At
all events, the interview is now
an element in the investigation
not at all satisfactory to either
party.
It is reported that at the pro
per time a letter from Senator
llill, written from the senate
chamber in Washington, to Gov
ernor Colquitt, upon the subject
of the endorsement of these
bonds, will be given to the com
mittee and the public. This let
ter, it is claimed, will show that
Senator Hill was thinking of his
fee and upbraided the governor
for not giving him notice of his
intention to sign the bonds so
that be might collect his lee—
There are other declarations in
the letter, so said, which are not
given and which are said to make
Senator Hill appear in a peculi
ar light. The up-shot of it, as
we gather from those who pro
less to be in the secret, is that
Governor Colquitt anil Senator
Hill stand now in such a posi
tion that, whatever the report of
the investigating committee may
be, one or the other must step
down and out. The people will
scarcely believe that all this hur
rah and furor grew out of noth
ing, but they will hold that eith
er a wrong has been done by the
governor or an unfounded accu
sation brought against him. In
either case, according to the opin
ions we hear, one or the other of
them must feel that a serious de
feat has been sustained and obli
vion is the only refuge left.
While the friends of Governor
Colquitt claim that Mr. llill is
now trying to save himself from
such an alternative, the triends
ol Mr. Hill insist that Governor
Colquitt is making a struggle to
keep bis head above water. Gov
ernor Colquitt’s friends claim
that Mr. Hill started out to bull
doze the matter and force a di
vision of the fee. Mr. Hill's
friends claim that the action of
Mr. Murphy, while possibly not
wrong in itself, was grossly
wrong under the circumstances
as certainly known t® the Gor
erner. Gov. Colquitt’s friends
seem to regret exceedingly that
Mr. Murphy, by bis action, has
made it possible for such suspi
cion to be aroused and made it
necessary for an investigation to
be raised.
A detrimental fact in this
whole proceeding is that the in
vestigators refuse to allow the
full proceedings to be known.
They are kept strictly secret and
any attempt to penetrate the se
crets of the body is always ef
fectually rebuffed.
This is detrimental to Govern
or Colquitt, and his friends claim
that it is intentionally done by
members of the committee who
are inimical to the governor.—
Names are given to support this
theory, but whether the fact be
so, or not, the secrecy of the in
vestigation is doing no good to
the parties interested or to hon
est interests of the state.
The touching question for the
parties pecuniarily interested is
now before the committee and
will be fully sifted. The com
mittee are now summoning clerks
and members of the legislature,
with a view to ascertaining
whether the opinions upon which
the governor acted were correct
and whether the act upon which
he rests his endorsement really
gave him that power. This ques
tion affects the validity of his
endorsement anil the dicisiou, if
adverse to that view, may nullify
the endorsement and remit the
bands of the road to their former
condition.
We have four announcements
for the office of Receiver of Tax
Returns, each of them candidates
of unexceptionable personal char
acter.
The Savannah Seim, one of
ottr best Georgia Dailies, coin
menting on the report of the
Comptroller General which ex
hibits a gradual falling off in the
taxable property of the State
from 1876 to 1878. sav# it "does
not believe in any such depreci
ation—that there has been no
cause for it." We have heard so
much recently of hard times—of
the shrinkage of values, of the
disastrous effects of a return to
a specie currency that we did not
i suppose there was any doubt of
i the decline in the taxable prop
| erty of the State."
WOOL JEANS! WOOL TWEEDS!
—A Y D
Wool Rolls.
Also Wool Linseys, cheek and plain,
AT THE LAUREL MILLS,
Roswell, Ga.
rpUESE Mills are exchanging their goods for WOOL, with farmers and oth
-1 ers, on the most liberal terms, (our motto is live and let live) or we will
manufacture wool for our custom, by the yard, into any of the above line of
goods at a reasonable price; say, Jeans at 25 cents, Tweeds at 20 cents and Lin
-cv- at 15 cents. Will make a discount on large lots of wool. Those living in
the vicinity of Marietta and wishing their wool carded into rolls, or exchanged
for goods, can leave the wool at llaley Brothers, north side public square. 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
-roods direct from the factory. We pay freight on all wool shipped tons. All
communications should be addressed to I.AI HELM ILLS M’F’G COMPANY.
Roswell, (la. J. S. WOOD, Pkeshusxt.
CHEAPEST
Furniture House in Georgia.
A LITERAL AND ABSOLUTE FACT.
I have just received a large and handsome assortment of Chamber and Parlor
Furniture which I am selling at astonishingly low prices.
Beautiful Dressing Case sets, 10 pieces, SOS. Beautiful Cottage sets, only $25.
Parlor sets, all colors, SOS. Parlor sets, hair cloth, S3O. Walnut Bureaus' with
glass, $lO. Walnut Bedsteads, $7. t ime Seat Chairs, sets, $5. Cane seat and
hack Rockers, each $2. Common Beds, $2.50. Cotton top Mattress, $2.50. —
Wardrobes, Hat Racks, Side Boards, What Xots, Marble and Externals! Tables,
Book Cases, etc., in endless variety. Also the celebrated Woveurf^HMattress,
the most delightful spring lied iu use. Send your SNOOK,
corner Marietta and Broad Streets, Atlanta, Ga. june27
F. W. HART.'
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
DOORS, BLINDS, SASH,
GLAZED SASH,
MOULDINGS, STAIII RAILING. NEWEL ROSTS, BALUSTERS,
T^ r aLiiSS,
IMIMIDIt* IIAKIHVAKi: etc.
30 Broad Street. . . . . . . Atlanta, Ga
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The Estey Organ,
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Pianos.
Experts, artists and the decree of the
Centennial Exhibition place the
WEBER
above all competition. The
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Incomparable and matchless in tone
and action. Are used in the Boston
Public Schools, Massachusetts State
Normal Schools, and New England
Conservatory of Music, exclusively.
Also the celebrated
GUILD,
and other Pianos, some of which can
be sold as low as
$125.00.
If you want bargains, write to
Guilford,
who is the only practical musician and
workman in the music business South.
Guilford,
who has haS twenty-eight vearsexpe 5
rience in the fins;ness. 1
Guilford,
who guarantees '< ... r pi. Vis ..ml bet |
Iter terms than any liu i dealer. *
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