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FIIIKMIH. ■ I' ■ f?,.' Jrx*W,i\ > • i “A; :>•;'-■■* Mil - * .i; BBHBHjl^^' HMHHHHHB . \v ‘y j i ’■-V ,■■" l l‘ l 3;- X -i-lTljB Speopl" it>< ■'..mli .cIBhS Hb convention in \u-hvme. gBB . ) iilllJ 1 MU Mlhjili il.ll ■ |l( niSV .social, .<!!•! polli i.'ti! ||Bu>h moit llit -übie<-! t'l cm Mil' M) I I | •■; ■ *!', ■. ’ : ■ Ut< i i jiu• mh i • ii.j.i. - i'onititt '/.' !'*■>;(.lihL ,i ji, ra v 1., (ill BT Washington /.’( jwh! ||||Btm'j:estiiin him Ii lif iij' l•<■ • >rt i;i (Via ■TOtthe people- the iuduid rial classes administer the* govern .pent instead of h port) ol'politi- Liaris * Vlt is Mated that there is a dif ■Weuee of CVelltV poundnof COt Bft or aboutss.per ton in tin* com Roe rein 1 value of fertilizers, of fetedin the Georgia market. If the fanner insists that all shall he sold alike the result will In- that fertilizer* . only of the lowest standard will he o tie red. All hrands are required to come up to the chemists' test hut they ate tar from being of equal commet eial value. The hill lor taking tiie Oenwii* oi the United Stales in 1880. as it passed the Senate provides for the appointment ol a superin tendent with a salary of $5,000. who. with the approval of tlu* Secretary of the Interior will ap point State Supervisors and enu met a tors at a salary of SSOO each. The subdivisions assigned to en umerators not to exceed -1000 in habitants nor to contain less than 3000. The collection of statis ties is made a prominent feature in the work to be accomplished. Tin' office holders in (ieoru.ni say our Stale finances and our State credit are better than since the war and that the charge of corruption against the said ofli eiaU is slanderous. They assert that groat reductions have been made in expenditures and that we are,all things considered, in a lovely condition. Well, we should be thankful that matters are no worse: but then, certain fees squint at corruption, and as ••the proof oi the pudding is in chewing it," our poor people know that ten years have not re duced the State debt : that # rheir tuxes are much higher than an •ter the administration of Kill loch, and they would like to know w hat becomes of their money it the expenses are reduced. ten. Sherman thinks the war on carpet baggers is the main cause repelling emigration to the South, and Senator Windont thinks the cause is the lawless ness manifested toward the ne groes. Koth are wrong, and it they wish to get hold ot the but tom fuel let them reflect that emigration w.e- repelled before war on account of slave labor South and is repelled now. tiiv -atue rc.i'Oii the • ai the i 'hinese.: because Uie (Jaucas siun does not' willfcyiy dock fielil- of labor m with other distinct r;tre. pWr your measure.Mr. Windoin.on the laws of nature ami the country may hoc the .justice, expediency. and rationalism of segregation. Hear .Senator Davis, an lion e-l democrat. on the general character ol Tilden. anti then say it he is above the suspicion of being implicated with his ne phew m tiie attempt to buy the Presidency '. Mr. Davis, speak ing oi the efforts of democratic uspinuiMgtt- the next nomina tion Neil her Baynrd or fefhm condescend to lie will sil up all i, get this v ili < ll i:ifl * or the other. 'hill- Mh;. i ;l!clliit ions wilißßfriends fls to the best way.of accomplishing his pur When he has determined TiTmv to do a tiling, he goes and doe-it, no matter what it may i cost. Neither Bayard oi iiittr man would listen to any such talk/* The Bourbon presses denied in the lirpi instance. that the ‘•cipher dispatches'" wove autlien tic. Driven from this position,! they then denied that they hit l plicated anybody. Forced from 1 this position, they now admit that liio leaders of the demoera j cv raised and offered money to purchase the Presidency, but claim that Tildon refused tt> he a parly in the infamous proceed ing. But, you see. hie nephew was one of the chief negotiator*. It is doubtful who was most ac tive in Smith Barulina, the ue pliew or Den. (iordon.in dispatch ing lor the money. The Chicago fnluv-Ocenv speaks the whole truth in saying ••Mr. Tildeti’s tvs timony presents his character as a leader in no enviable light, and it certainly leaves hi* party, or those responsible for the man agement of his party, in most pitiable plight." Tin* Bourbons just wow. are ac tively engaged in writing up Bon. Sherman, and have succeed ed in drawing front the General a very practical and judicious letter on the resources of our sec tion. What mystifies us, is, why this was not done anytime with in the past twelve years, and why we are not now in the en joyment of the fruition of all the good ihat can come from the General's influence, instead of waiting for the first move until we are on the eve of the Presi dential election of 1880. Is there something more, in the philoso phy of the Cotmtititlion, than the influence *l Gen. Sherman on the tide of emigration f Has it start ed mil on Ike programme, as in the case of Greely,-anybody to beat Grant ?" If so. and it sue reeds in bringing into conflict Sherman amlGranl.it may be much mole serious uirtiter Ilian having the Presidency put up tor sale. It would he difficult to sculler more DrHgonV leclh at one sowing. Senator Windom thinks that the colonization of tin* negro is (In *nly possible way of remov ing sectionalism, and in Ins speech said : -If there i-one thing that all patriotic people want eliminated from our national politics more than any other, it is sectional i-in Ifllicro i- one jhing that they dread more*than any other it is a -solid South” and a -‘sol id North They remember that before the war the section* were -solid." and the eotisequen cos are not yet forgotten. They may not fear a recurrence of tike result- from future sectionalism, but they know that it can only mean danger in some form. -Ev en - kingdom divided against it self is brought to desolation" is as true to-day. as when these word- fell from the lip- of the Divine Master eighteen centu ries ago. This Republic canuet •UK FiKJ.lt AND Kl R KsiflK— M A 1: 1 ETTA.. (g.\.) dill it >J> \V. FEBRUARY 20. 1-sTO remain many years in that eon ditlon without peril- which 1 am unwilling to contemplate. Were I -peaking as a northern partisan f should say, “Let the sections holiday and we will triumph ev ery time.” The North can en dure such a contest much better than the South, because she is richer and stronger. It is not, therefore, from any fear of the effect ef sectionalism upon my party, that I deprecate it, and would try to destroy it, but be cause as an American citizen I am proud of my country and anx ious for its future peace and prosperity. If tire race question were out of politics there would be but little, if any cause left for sectional antagonism, and in a few years the ugly wounds inflicted by the war would lie healed, and the North and Soiitli unite heartily in the development of their material interests, instead of .wasting their lime, weakening the bonds of union, and paraliz ing our industrial prosperity in embittered contests for section al supremacy. In view of its possible benefits to all classes and sections is it no! worth while to institute the proposed inquiry as to whether the policy suggested for this purpose is expedient and practicable ? The Democratic General Commit- TEE AXI) THE CiI’HEK lUSI'ATCUES. A New Yoke letter says: “■The Democratic General Committee, I hear, have under consideration an address to the people w ith reference to the ‘cipher dispatch es.” 'flic substance of it is said, on good authority, to lie about this: that Pelton. Weed and Mar- j bio, in doing what they did. acted solely upon their own response . bility:lhat in s, ( far as their names are associated with proved ; or confessed disreputable schemes | to purchase electoral vote-, ; the Democracy repudiate them ; ! that Samuel <l. Tilden has come ; out. of the ordeal unscathed, and that as Hie main purpose ol the Republicans was l degrade him. the plot has been a failure,.though a signal success in demonstra ting that the member of the South (Carolina returning board, who offered to transfer the vote of that State to the Democrats for $50,000 or $70,000. was one of their own party—a Republican. The draft of some such address has been handed about at the Manhattan Club, blit it will probably undergo some modili cations before it is Anally given to the public.. The, Tammany i wing of the party, it may be ad ded, will have nothing to do with it, one way or another. They have been bent on getting rid of Tilden from the start, as a pos sible obstruction in the way of their plans for the next Presiden cy, and hence they areas unwill ing now, as the most pronounced Republican, to say or dp anything that will relieve the old gentle man of Gramerev Park from the odium which, justly or unjustly may attach to him , before the bnonesß is finally disposed of." PERSON At. VV H,\l CACT. H-TERS REPORTS OF THE or.ANO WAR —LOCATING THE EX ACT SPOT WHERE BlSllof* POLK LOST HIS LIKE— *\ INTERESTS N ARRATIVF. Winfield Peters, Esq., of Bal rimore, General Agent for the Brighton Haw Bone Fertilizer, returned to this city yesterday. tut vettfe homeward, after a tour through Middle arid North Goor giu. lie reports atnnioniated ter tilizers hold firm by manufactur ers at the terms recently fixed, vis: 500 pounds middling cotton per ton delivered to destination, also some activity amongst far mers in purchasing, and it is now thought that tpe :, irade will open briskly. * . Baptain Peters (who served in t V'O'niv of Northern Virginia) recently visited and located the spot on Pine Mountain. Georgia, where fell the illustrious; Chris tian soldier. Bishop Polk, ol Louisiana, Lieut. Gen, B. S. A. The exact spot i> disputed throughout the vicinity of it and numerous visitors heretofore have returned disappointed, but ('apt.Peters was fortunate enough after a hard ride and diligent search,to ascertain tin* precise location through a Confederate soldier now residing near Pint* Mountain, who stood near Gen era! Pcdk when he fell. ( apt. J l . marked the location by re notch ing the same tree that was notch e<l at the time of the death of the General, Inn now inis almost outgrow u it. Pine Mountain i- -even mile west of Marietta, it was forti tied by Gen. Johnston, by a spleu did redoubt on it- crest with a superb line of rifle pit- below this. General Polk met his death in this wise: He. in company with Generals Johnston, Hardee and others, had walked from the po sition of the artillery down the hill towards the rifle pits, halting about midway and about fifty yards from each and viewed the position and tiring of the Federal artillery from the left front,which, becoming severe, all the o dicers save General Polk, retired toward the fortification in the rear, leav ing him apparently engaged in deep thought, when a round shot passed transversely through In chest and lie died instantly. Thus passed away one of Hie Confed eracy’s ablest men, a man pecu liarly great, as a C’liristion prelate and an accomplished soldier. The Plague. Paris, Feb., 15. — -The French government has dispatched a physician to investigate the pla gue. Reports that the plague has I appeared in Turkey are unfound ed. There is no ground for the panic and no danger for the pre sent from arrivals from the Black sea or sea of Azof. Nevertheless the minister of commerce has or dered a quarantine of two days at. the French ports n the Modi terrenean and in the Black sea and sea of Azof, even when pro vided with clean bills of health. The Republique Francaise en ergetically potest against permis sion being accorded Russia to car ry out her intention ef sending I of her volunteer fleet, employ ed in transportation in the Black sea to Marseilles to be repaired. The medical authorities recom mend careful fumigation of all the letters and newspaper- at the Russian frontier. Italian advices seem to show that Italy is more panic stricken by reports of the plague than are ! the countries nearer Russia. The Kuhaltino line of steamers be tween Italy and Egypt have been discontinued. The inportation of Egyptain cotton is prohibited. At ; Paleremo, a Greek corn-laden . vessel, attempting to enter the : port, was warned off by a cannon I shot. The None Vyrema reports that the plague has' appeared in Bes sarabia. Panama. Feb., 14.—An Are quipa paper states that, that city wasjvisited on the night of the Oth till, by the most severe shocks of earthquake that has been felt there since the memorable earth quake which destroyed live city on the 13th of August, 1868. It occurred at about 11:50 p. in., an hour at which the greatest part 1' ilie inhabitants were reposing. The fright was general. People quickly left their houses and rushed frantically through the streets, fearing a repetition ol' the shock and destruction of their homes. Fortunately, however, nothing further occurred, lint the general impression was that a few days mor- would bring se rious news from some other part of the republic, as has generally been the case on other occasions. A long and violent shock of earthquake is also announced a< having been felt at Iquique a bout midnight on the 12th ultimo, which was accompanied by a cu rious subternean noise. It caused much alarm, particularly in the theatre, which was full of people at the time. ‘ Three North Georgia conn ties.” says the Dalton Ifeiof/ijAf. ‘•will have no sales by their Sheriffs in March. Catoosa. Mur ray and Whitfield are the conn ties iofored to, and it would ho hard to find ihree better or more prosperous counties anywhere than this trio." J. K. IHMII.I. A (0. W>*| <ide of the Pnhlie Square. MAIHKTTA . OKORfJIA. fhut/ci'c in 3DX3T G-ccds, ( alien of dirterout kimis. Men’s .out l.a dtes shoe*. Men's amt liny's Hats. spool Cotton. Sheetitnr. etc.. MWV UKIM-KKIK* Meat. Meat, flour. I.ard. soda. Raking I’owder. Sugar. < ottCc,Tea. Riee, Grits. Hatter. Cheese. Conkers. Ovstev-. Split*. lVnper. Ginger. Clove-. Mareh. s,Kip. Bluing, ami also Fancy ami stick Candy. cigars. Tohaceo. Snort, Ponder and Stint. and also Sugar. Coffee. sail. Tea. Riee. Grit,-. Kerosene. Ve. Will sell elieap for eash. The patronage of the puhlii -olieited. It DAMF 1.1. A CO. Marietta. Jau. 1. 1>79. ly FORTIETH TEAR I! ; -f D RUG StAKl> I€ IN ES Jg PAIITTS .AICsTL OILS, —Bi ti Iriin# Ham Iwa re. — WILLIAM HOOT, Has at hi- Did Stand, almost everything usually called for in a FIRST CLASS DRUGSTORE. PI NINE. MORPHINE, PASTOR OIL, EPSOM SALTS. sulphur, Batenl Medicines, in great variety,. Fluid Extracts and Kluxers, Midline and other Medicines Too tedious to mention. Building Hardware, : iql IS.IB 6 mm Latches Nails, Ac., Ac., Window (Mass and Putty, Varnishes. Brushes, Ac., Ac.. Stationery. Ac., A., JtvaP Physicians Proscriptions carefully prepared. Terms, cash %’i’ i Blis sbk ■€€•• Marietta. Ga.. F(*b. l.“>. lST'd. NEW FURNITURE STORE!! H 5 W hitehall and !tt* Broad Street's, Atlanta, Ga. A LL new and fresh goods at low prices. (It is useless to quote them.) Ball and examine my goods, you will see that the) areas cheap if not cheaper than those of any other dealer in the city My stock is complete, consisting of all varieties, from low price to (lie finest in the City. Satisfaction guaranteed. Goods promptly delivered. Please give me a call. Hemember the place; 85 White, hall and 92 Broad Street's, between Hunter and Mitchell. Atlanta,Oa., August 29, 187S. JOHN D. STOC’KKK. PU R UIT UBE!" Crrrmn Tfr CHEAPEST. HEAPER 1 AHE O lilac I* Walnut Ca*e Null*, Full Marble, I® Piece**, 850. Collage ttuit* .S*2o. The Bcnl Parlor lit The Market For She Mouev. Walnut Bit reau W illi Glass. *IO. Good ( onimoii Bedsteads, And a Full Line Ol’Ollier Furniture Cheaper Than Any House In The Mate. Terms Strictly Cash IVE 8& THOM AN. 42 41 Whin-Hull sm-st, Atlanta. Gu. \ l( g ’js 111 BROTHERS. (DEALERS IN)- GROCERIES, , HAIM WA RE, i\ii linim 111111111. xoiith-kast'coiixer prune square. Marietta Georgia. October. 1. 1877. j v THE MERCHANTS AND MECHANICS INSURANCE COMPANY ol HIBHMOKI). VIRGINIA. I ash Capital **230.000 - - Cash %**el*. * 13,000. $25.000 in I . S. Bund- deposited in llie treasury of. Georgh* for fur ther security of Policies! rjvllls wi-ll know u . i.mpain tin * puh! in thousand- of dollar., to -lailttanU is A C.eorgia -im-i- i 1m- w ar. and w ill maintain it- w oil mu m*d -cpiuaiion for *WiH t’ui. <-vuis<-i vativ<*. prompt, ju-i dealing. Dwellings, Stores, Mereliiiinlise, Mill-. Din Houses nod lonlenU iii.-mvd ut fair rile-. E4C Vgent- ar all promt mail point* in the Slut*-, to w horn apply, or to bA HHI N< 4TON HIN t>, oct23-ly Agent, Alp-iettaua. SEEDS WHITE LEAD, READY MIXED PAINTS, LINSEED Oil., TANNERS OIL, MACHINE OIL,