The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-11-26
NEWS AND REMARKS.

The following remarks upon matters
about the State Capitol are from the At
Iauta Correspondence of the Chronicle
& Sentinel of the 10TH, inst -
Acting Governor Lester has issued a
proclamation appointing the 18th. as a
day of Thanksgiving-the 24th. being
set apart for prey-ing. 1t is a mista-
ken idea to believe that Democrats arc
included in the thanksgiving proclama-
ton. tits designed simply for the Radi-
Gals and emasculatcd Bullock Democrats
to return thanks that they have the State
Road and its princely income the lar
gest liberty at State funds the presence
Of the military to overawe the people
who might grumble at their unblushing
thcfts into silence that they may have
the means of gratifying all their licen-
tious and dcpraved appctites, though it
may be wrong from the earnings of a
poverty people and more than
all, that God has permitted them to live.
The people of the South have sinned
grievously, and it is time that they were
repenting in sackcloth and ashes. We
have lost our first born, and are at
hctcd with worse than the Egyptian
plague of lice which afflicted Pharaoh
and his subjects.
The RAIDS have meeting here on the
oath. Bard, Bryant, Blodgett, Beard,
&C., expect to fix up a trick to have
Georgia remanded under u Provisional
Government, with Bullock as Dictator
Bullock is playing heavy hand for Sena-
tor. Hell! sell out to the Democrats to
secure the position 7
Those Democrats who have sold out
to Bullock, Blodgct & Co., are termed
cmasculated Bullock Democrats, and
are considered proper subjects for the
yoke The name is very appropriate.
President Grants forthcoming Mes
sage, it is said, will have the merit OF
brevity, confirming itself to facts and re-
concentrations without argument.
Among the foreign items we have the
announcement of the successful opening
Of the Suez Canal
Suez via. Alexandria, Nov. 2l.-Thc
Inauguration fleet arrived here without
the necessity of employing pilots. The
only difficulty experienced was in con
sequence of the numbers some being
crowded upon the banks Of the canal,
but were got off without trouble, as the
bottom was sandy, so it neither held nor
injured them.
The depth of water at its shallowest
point between this place and lsmailia, Is
twenty feet. Steamers drawing fifteen
feet can navigate the canal from Port
Said to Suez, with ease, in fifteen hours.
The water does not wash away the banks
as much as was apprchendcd. The sue
cess of this great work exceeds al! cx-
pectations. The canal is now clear of
I shipping, the entire fleet having an
chored in the harbor of Suez. On Tues
day, the fleet will start on its RETURN
Eugenie returns through the canal with
the fleet, her yatcht Aiglc taking the
lead.
Sumner iu a lecture claims John Chi
naman as nan and brothcr-cqual
even to Sambo, and entitled to share our
political and social partnership.
Col. MosBY, recently in PhiladalpaaO
was "interviewed" by reporter of the
Post of that city and some of his remarks
may not be without interest to ouEEead-
ers. OF the cavalry of. the two armies
he said -
"The South had the best until broken
down by loss of horses and want of for
age. i say this because the Southern
people had more aptitude for this branch
of service than the Northern people
The Federal cavalry improved during
the last year of the war, and ours depre-
ciated, because our resources gave out.
We could not obtain good horses, and
cavalrymen have no confidence unless /
they are we'll mounted"
OF GENERAL GRANT.
"Grant had, of course, more success in
the field in the latter part of the war, but
Grant only came in to reap the benefits
of McClellan's previous efforts. AT the
same time do not wish to disparage
Gen. Grant, for he has many abilities
but if Grant had commanded during the
first year of the war we would have gain
ed our independence. Grants policy Of
attacking would have been a blessing to
us, for we lost more by inaction than we