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Ri lit other papers.
gumption has buried forever
■ pile < odd anu
H|^^^^lvv><rt v Fiat
Jlr-oh-T
Ok mvineii>ie h- ,^■^111!- -
people ol' tin- Slates
for years- have OOT^’m’
dangerously educated in reg Hid
to tin* nationality of flic Repub
lic and now for 1 lie public good,
they should by every mean* pos
sible be taught that the Stale* of
Bta Union are supreme sovereign
{■ttimmiwetthh* and ttint the
Hlmil Union i- but itn-
'•bndt
issue
Bmiiffipi* l * lm* worried over the
H£h; race problem —the *<‘il
P>yrfs of the Caucasian. tlio Mmi
Hlun ami African in the I'nited
State*. “Shall wo let nature take
it* course or adopt some more
lummnry method of solution" is
the unbalance of the question nn
tier going discussion. In the
meantime the Africa it citizens
have arranged for their Nnaltville
ceuvention to take their part in
the happiest possible solution of
the problem for rhcinselve*.
Atlanta is again agitated on
the subject of the completion of
Georgia Western Railroad, and
it. ia hoped that n work of so
much importance to that city
and tho country traversed will
soon be completed. The import
ance of cheap Coal in manufae
turing enterprises gives vim at
present to the llailroad move
ment, Atlanta claiming that with
this road it will be within SO
miles of the coal bed l -. Home
need not be alarmed while that
City procures coal by river trans
portation at from 40 to 7d cents
per ton. How about Marietta?
I'ntTl we. to, gel out into the
coal, or are we to remain laggards
in the race mistrial progress t
fiie bourbon loaders are rather
taken with the idea of ‘-flanking"
Grunt with Shorman. As there
i* no political principle involved
~a* it is purely a question of suc
cess or defeat, why not. drop Sher
man aud take Grant* lie has
shone friendship for the t ooted
orate Soldier and moreCoiiuerva
tiam than his party in his relations
with the South. Gen. Sherman
haa never exhibited friendship
but for one fx.litical thing—the
rule of the nation. Be
if there is danger of having
ie or tlte other for our Cwsnr.
Grant, when he- cwmev to the
Rubicon will puttee. consider, re
fleet! btil there would never be
a sober second thought with Sheri
man. Again, there -another
grave reason why the Bourbons
should not pit Sherman against
Graut. as there i* danger that
-ueh antagonism would precipi
tate us at once into the conflict
*f Ca*sar and Pompey. We hope
the Bourbons will juiusc, consid
er, reflect, a* we arc politically,
in the midst of perilous times.
If any oae in the late canvas*
hi this Congressional district up
pealed to the republican party
north for aid in behalf of Dr.
Felton it was unknown te us.
and it ill becomes'the “organ
ized" democracy P> make the
charge. even if true- in the f*ce
of the aliedged fat;!' that they
boasted of aid furniehod them,
attempted to lead off the repub
lican vote lor their candidate
•w ith a republican decoy and fail
ing in this, tried the Railroad
trick on the eve of the election.
The republicans in Georgia are
not organized—they are el! now
independents—and it is but nat
ural tiutt their sympathies should
be with the movement of the in
dependent democracy, and if any
bribery is needed to secure their
votes the Tilden men must make
the bid.
ilv p*per.~
Mom
r
Since writing the above we
■■mimic deiinitelv informed
charge was made by the
'V</,cy//r if- Mt-Mt+iUfft
Mrs. and we have
only room for the following ex-
J idiots from her. reply ;
P "1 understand the charge te be
■ bat J “plead in piteously pathet
ic terms for radical money” to
help my husband’s election. Had
I done so, the allegation would
come with bad grace from on
owner of the Macon Telegraph
and Messenger, which paper was J
subsidized bv Governor Brown ;
in the matter of the state road;
lease for the sum of two thousand j
dollars.
I only recognize the master in
(his attack—not the servitor who
dogs General Gordon’s putting as
well as his dirty work in his new*--
paper.
The charge that I wrote to Sen
ator Kerry, or anybody else, ask
ing' for “radical money,” or any
other money, to help my bus
band s elec!ion, ! firmly deny,
If the Macen Editor” will furnish
a genuine letter of mine, I shall
need no further proof. That I did
write a friendly letter to Senator
Ferry, with whom I had acquaint
ance for several years asking him
to use his influence to break up
the combination with Bryant in
the Holf zclnwmovement I frank
ly admit.
If] am thus lo be made the
target of “organized"’ abuse, the
independents of the state may
understand that no man's home
is sacred from attack if In* dares
to resist the encroachments of
the ■•public plunderers” ou the
old commonwealth of Georgia.
I think I understand aud appreci
ate the feelings of the good and
honest men in both parties, and
they will rebuke any party or
clique that spares no sex or con
dition in their insane desire io
keep themselves in office.
“Drive the money-changer*
from the democratic temple, and
aet up officials whose honor and
reputation arc dearer to them
than convict camps or the money
of Jay Gould or Huntingdon.
Respectfully,
Mrs. W. 11. Fames.
Terrible Famine In Brazil.
* < 11..4Mi1V t NtMAI.LKf.Kn IS
THE worlh’s hwtort.
The Now York Hetxtld corres
pondent, who writes from the
capital of tho province of Ceara,
iu Brazil, says that “the Chinese
and Indian famines will not com
pare with this one when we con
aider the proportion of popula
tion. Our yellow fever dead
would hardly have beeu noticed
in the great cemetery of Ceara.
The plague of London is the only
comparison that I know of for
these pestilences in Brazil, but
the plague was a dwarf to this
giant. What of a petty European
war that changes a boundary,per
haps, and carries oil two three
hundred thousaud men out of
one hundred million *. What is it
to a scourge which has destroyed
a province as largo as Frauce(de
vtroyed it, for nothing but the
ground is left,) swept a whole
population from the earth, with
death volleys of hunger and di*
ease and murder ?'
Some account of the dovasta
turns of the famine and pestilence
and the cause* of tlte great ca
lamity which has befallen the
people of Ram Pedro will be in
teresting to our renders. First
as to the nature of the country.
Hie Sertao is a rolling plain ex
tending from the ea coast. It it
diversified everywhere by hills
and mountains. The forest is low
and thin, unlike tropic growth.
Iu many places the woods have
been cut away over large tracts,
ami in the dry season all vegeta
tion withers aud dies. People
obtain water by digging for it iu
the dir beds of streams which o-
TtfK FiBLE AND KIKRBIDK—MARIETTA, (GA.) 'Jill RsD VY. FEBRUARY 27, lisjfi
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vigil©* in ihe wit season. I his
*B*on lets in January and ex
tends to June or July. It. some
times happen- that the winter
month* remains dry like the oth
ers—a terjible calamity for the
poorer people, because they de
pend ier a living on the produce
of their little plantations, and
(lie crops 'can only he raised du
ring the rains. The droughts
have left black marks outlie his
tory of Northern Brazil. The
people are devoted exclusively
to agricultural and pastoral pur
suits.
There are immense herds of
cattle, considerable plantations
of sugur, cotton, etc., and the
poorer people plant mawlioca
and corn, using the land of their
richer neighbors, for whom they
do a little work occasionally.
Whether it be for the pasturage
of cattle, or the growth ef crops,
the whole community depends on
the soil, and Rince en the fertili
zing rains of winter. If the rains
do not come the people starve.
Again, the population has to suf
fer terribly because it has no
help in itself. Of the 2,500,000 1
nominal inhabitants of .Sertao, i
not 100,000 of them are rich men, j
or eve* reasonably .veil off. The
vast majority are an Arab-like
race, produced by the intermix j
ture of the blacks, whites and In ;
dians—people who have no prop
erty and never try to rise above
their normal condition. Proba
bly this is the most degraded
class in Brazil; immoral, igno
rant and abominably filthy, hard
ly washing flesh or clothes from j
one year’s end to the other. And
yet, let us remember, these are
human beings, and wc should
have pity on them as they pass •
through the dark shadow of their
awful calamity. This mixed pop
nlation was distributed through
the Sertao, much as the people
are in our Western communi
ties—there were numerous vil
lages and hamlets joined togeth
er by tolerable reads, hardly any
railroads, mid no navigable riv
ers. It is important to note this
as it explains much of the stiller
ing brought on by the drought.
The Sertao is a strip averaging
five hundred miles in width, ex
i tending from the Parabyba river
southward along the coast or near
j it to the 8. Francisco; thence be
j tween the coast range of moim
; tains it is continued southwest
| ward to Minas Gomes, almost in
1 the latitude of Rio. The drought
if 1876-’7S was fell all over this
tract, but its black nucleus was
in the province of Oeara. This
province is about as large as the
Middle States. In IS7G it con
tained $)00,OOn inhabitants, of
which at least 750,000 were non
proprietors. The province contain
! oil only one port f importance.
[iU capital; this is indifferently
, sot down on the maps as Fortale
[ za, or Ceara ; its normal populu
I tion is 25,000. The streets are
well laid out and in general the
little city is one of the prettiest
and neatest in Brazil. There is
no liarber; vessels anchor in the
I open roadstead aud passengers
are taken to ami fro in ljttle sail
ing rafts—tangadas or catama
rans.
So much for the scene of oper
ations and the superinducing
causes. Let us attend to the nar
rative of the dread visitation. In
Ceara the winters of 1875, IS7C
and 1877 were all remarkable for
torrential rains. The poor peo
pie had abuudant harvests from
their little clearings, and all
went on happily enough. They
were preparing to plant again
with the rains of January. But
early iu the winter of 1878 vague
reports of drought began to cir
culate in Fortaleza. It was said
that Oeato, Jeo, Teiha and other
villages #f the interior had had
no rain 6; that the cattle were dy
ing. and even the poorer people
began to l>e pinched for food, e
veil went so far as seriously to
tear a bad year. In March it
was announced that people were
dying of hunger in Teiha. The
correspondent pathetically writes
“All thAearlh cried for rains, yet
not a t A ef pity came from the
clouds.'™The cattle were killed,
the poor people began' to devour
tnucuMau and forest roots. Then
April Mazed forth, and brought
no hope of rain. Despair seized
tho peaple. Bands #f thieve*
went •bout. Children were aban
doned to die. Barents ate their
own children. Thousand* who
could get away fled.
Bat why prolong these I toners f
I'estileuoe—yellow aud other
pernicious fevers, small-pox and
other diseases—set iu, and the
cun of misery scorned full. Tar
dily came a little aid from the
government. The correspondent
says:
“I find that up to .September.
1877, the sufl’efers in (Jeara had
received government and private
aid to the amount of about $950.
000 and probably the richer Cea
renees had given away $150,000
to their poor neighbors. Now, I
cau hardly calculate at less than
500,000 the indigent population
existing here at that time. We
reached the conclusion that du
ring the live months—April to
August, inclusive—each starving
person had received sl.
in all this fearful region of
death there perished in the prov
ince of Ceara not less than one
hundred and fifty thousand per
sons from famine alone. The es
timate of some is even twice as
great. The total depopulation of
this single province is estimated
at a half million souls, and at the
| beginning of the year the terri
' hie black plague which kills its
victims in twenty-four hours had
set in. There were probably
three hundred thousand deaths
in the oilier provinces. •• There
is nothing in the history that, will
compare with it,"' observes the
Herald correspondent, and wc
may well believe him. There are
scones of horror described in the
letterof which we cannot even
give a hint. What is here written
is itself only a hint of the mighty
calamity which has overtaken
Ceara.
Tiik Atlanta Phonograph says: 1
-It is as good a Democratic paper j
as there is in the land,but it does ;
no! belong to any clique, faction
or ringbouiul organization. That's 1
the kind of a hairpin we are. A
man is no longer a freeman when
lie cannot vote as he pleases.
At last the Millerites have been
aroused to a burning sense of
duty. One Samuel C. l’arky r
son, of Birmingham, England,
prophecies that the final fireworks
are fo be touched off July 19,18
80, and the world knocked to
flinders. This is harrowing. We
won’t see how the Presidential
campaign will pan out.— V. O.
Times.
National lloti;i..
Tin: oxr.v virst-m.ass uotki. in
Italton - - •Georgia.
Hates, per Jay, ■’si.OO
Rales, per Week, SB.OO.
Rates, per Month, x.ia.oo.
Large Swiiiplt- Looms for < ouiiinMoial
Travelers.
J. A. LEWIS, Proprietor.
W. M. LEWIS, Clerk.
Look Here!
I have removed my BOOT and
■SHOE -SHOP to the stand be
tween Black’s shop and Cooper'-
store, facing the old Hotel block,
where I will be pleased to re
ceive the patronage of anyone
who has work to do in mv line.
All orders Mill receive
)ii*tik|t attention.
REPAIRING, probably neater
and cheaper than elsewhere,
thill and give me a trial.
Respectfully.
W. H. HI Ill'll It ll>.
if .urianfs! Suqqifs! ddtaoons!
St ill at-tho Old Stand.
ROSWELL STREET.
Harietla, . . . Georgia.
fIMIE subscribers oiler Carriages
Buggies. Wagons and liar
ness of superior material and tin
at the most reasonable priees.
Work Warranted!
All kinds of Vehicles built or
rejiaired to order. Encourage
your home industry when y.::
have every reason t expect good
work at moderate prices.
We are still making' ami repairing all
kiinis of Vehicles, from a l'hreton to a
Wheelbarrow. We Intend that nothing
shall leave our shop miles* it i* a tir*t
elassjoh. Having had 00 year* ex|>ori
oikt in Marietta we are well acquainted
with the want* of the community in
this section of Georgia. Special atten
tion given to orders, either in Carriage*
nr llarne*.-. Prices reduced to suit Mu
tinies. We will give a better job for the
money than can be done anywhere.
Thankful for i*ast favors, we earnestly
a-k a continuance of the same.
KEID K kKllll.l\k.
Marietta, Jan.,b. '7O, i v
Buy the Brighton fertilizer for
sale by Gaiue- Goodman at Cos.
FORTIETH TEAR ! !
f DRUGS i MEDICINES,iff
IPJAHsTTS _A.2STID OIILS,
—Bui I<l ing I/ardwarc. —
WILLIAM ROOT,
Has at his Old Stand, almost everything usually called for in a
FI RST CLASS DRUG STORE.
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fJIJXIXE,
MORPHINE.
CASTOR OIL.
EPSOM SALTS,
Sl T LI J HI.’R,
Patent Medici lies, in great variety,
Fluid Extracts and Elixers,
Maltinc and other Medicines
Too 1 odious to mention.
Building Hardware
an ■■ i
Latches Nails, Ac., Ac.,
Window Glass and Putty.
Varnishes, Brushes, Ac.. Ac..
Stationery. Ac., A.,
Bee Physicians Prescriptions carefully prepared. Terms, cash
'WW i■■l *n m Hoot.
Marietta. Ga.. Feb. IP*. JB7S>.
NEW miNITI'RE STORE!!
s.’ Whitehall and !•’ Broad Street's, Atlanta, tin.
ALL new and fresh goods at low juices. (It is useless to quota
-**• them.) Call and examine my goods, you will see that they
are as 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
the finest in the City, Aafisfaetion guaranteed. Moods promptly
delivered. Please give me a call. Remember tlte place'; 85 White,
hall and !tp Broad Street's, between Hunter and Mitchell.
Atlanta, Ga., August 20,1878. .IOII.V 11. MTOCKER.
FTJ IR, IST I T 1J It ID I
CTTtHAN vrr /CHEAPEST.
HEAPER 1 iHE W
Black Walnut Dresdiig t’ane Suits, ETill Barbie, !•
Piecesi, ni.lO. Cottage *ciit* s*JO. The Best Parlor
At ©oil si In Tlie Market I'or The Money. Walnut Hu
reau Williklass, 810. Good Commoii Heilsiteadsi, |2.
And a Pul I Line Ol'Oflici* I'lirnitiirc Cheaper Than
Any Housie In The Mate. Terms Mririly Cawh
IVIAA TIItMIAK.
12 &4t White llall Street. Atlanta, Oa. \.u<- 22 T#
HALEY BROTHERS.
——(I)KAI.KKS IN)
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE,^
XOIITIi-KASTCOHXKR I'l liLK' S(;I'AI!K.
Marietta Georgia.
October, 1. 1577. j v
THE MERCHANTS AND MECHANICS INSURANCE COMPANY
Ol RH HMONI). VIRGINIA.
<!• t aiiihil vkIO.OOO - - t ask 315.00.
ill ( s. Bond' depo>iled in the Treasury of Georgia for fur
ther security of Policies!
rptlls well know n ettin|t:iiiv ha* paid in thousands nt dollar* t< riahuaitts iu
-A. Georgia -iiite the w ar, aml will iuaiiitiii ii* well earned -enntatinn for skill
fnl, conservative. prompt. just dealing.
Dwellings Stores, Vlereli:tmli*e, Mills, ofn Houses nml content*
insured at lair rate,.
19 Vg- nt- a* all rrnniiiieiii jn-ini-in the >t*i., io ivhom aml v, or to
~ , B.VIIRtNGTONIUNto.
0i1.2-1., Agent,
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WHITE LEAD,
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■j READY MIXED PAINTS,
LINSEED OIL.
TANNERS OIL,
MACHINE OIL.
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