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run v\m\ imi mm \ 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 -* J .B,^l s * ip/,., I The Estey Organ, Challenges the World for an equal in power and variety of tone, durabi! ity and beauty of workmanship. Ex traordinary manufacturing facilities al low reduced prices. Pianos. Experts, artists and the decree of the Centennial Exhibition place the WEBER above all competition. The HENRY F. MILLER, 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. * NO XmOG&Xs _A . •Gy:.T r Ti j| Manufacturers sell, through me, di rectly to custo: 1 • is. ehaigiiig only a I very small advm.c .. ... H # 4 J | *&■' | G P ix> a a M t aa y~ r | **> ’t? % v K T : > " 5 [ TV: -XAy j ~