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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
THE LITTLE MAN WHO MADE THE ZIG

SPEECH.
Senator Sprague, Of Rhode Island,
whose late speech has stirred the whole
of Radicaldom to its dirticst depths,
is thus described by the Washington cor
respondent-ofthe Chicago Tribune:
To see General Sprague, Senator
Sprague, and the millionaire Sprague, as
Inc sits in Congress, would probably be a
tlisappoinfment to you. We build out
of our notion of warrior, rich man, and,
politician, the figure Of a large, broad
slofldcrcd, fill stomaclied man, with
gold seals, look Of command, and
commercial manner of expcditing bust
ness. Mr.. Sprague altogether different.
You sec a little, narrow-shouldcred,
smooth faced boy, not over five feet five
inches high, with an eye glass, bash
full manner, quite alone and reserved,
sitting in q Responding way low in his
chair, tearing up bits of paper having
the appearance of a young divinity stu
dent No enthusiasm, corresponding to
his boyishness is revealed in his face
He and Senator Ross, who sits beside
him, arc the least frequent speakers in
the House. We have got over the no
ton Of expecting much from him, and
We say HLittle Rhody" and 'Littlo
Spraguc, like correlative terms. twas,
therefore, with surprise that, last Friday,
we saw this quiet little man como out in
the aisle and tackle the great legal ques-
ton of the tenure of office, with an origi-
nal and vehement aggressiveness, which
was as strange in manner as 1t was In
explicable in motive. There he had
been sitting silent during seven years.
Now he rose and delivered an attack up
on the age, the law, the Constitution, the
war, the Senate and human society
There has been nothing like it exempli-
fed in history or fiction, except, per-
haps, the celebrated revolt of Oliver
Twist against Moan ClaypoIe and Beadle
Bundle. So incongruous, so queer, and
vet so suggestive speech haVs never
heard delivered in the Senate. II was
so cdd that Nye's review of it which fol-
lowed seemed very dry humor, the sub
feet he aimed to ridicule being humor-
Gus beyond satire. The manner ofSena-
tor Spragac, in making the speech, was
aggressive and spirited, like one long
FESTIVE under the chatting of invisible
woes. He walked into the aisle, looked
squarcly into the faces Of those whom he
supposed his various periods fitted, and
made such establishments as he progress
scd that blank faces greeted his pcrora-
ton, which not even Nyc could stir with
laugh.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT,

Incorrect andincomplote lists havcbeen
published of the States WHICH have acted
upon the proposed Fifteenth Amendment
to the Constitution. The following state
mcnt has been carefully prepared, and is
believed to be correct Kansas ratified
the amendment Feb. u; Louisiana and
Nevada, March |; Missouri, March 2;
West Virginia, March 3; North Carolina,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, March
5; Maine and South Carolina, MARCH Ill;
Massachusetts, March II; Arkansas,
March Is; and Pennsylvania, March %.
The Assembly ofN. Y. ratifcdthe amend
mcnt, March Il; it is yet to be acted up
on by the Senate. The Legislatures of
Missouri, Kansas and Nevada, in their
haste to act upon The amendment prcyi-
Gus to adjournment, ratified a telegraph
ic report of it, and as there were errors
in that copy, their action is declared to
be incomplete. This being the case, tho
Legislatures of those States must again
act upon the amendment at their pext
session.
The Legislatures of Georgia and Del
eware, on the 18th of March rejected
resol,a:ons ratifying the amendment
The Legislature of Rhode Island post
poned its consideration until May.-Sav-
qfanah NeWs.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
ANOTHER OUTRAGE.

The proposed amendment Of the Con
stitution, Article XIV, is not a part Of
the Constitutions not law of the
land and yet Congress votes its adopt
ion "a condition precedent to rcprcsen-
tation." Tho "loyal" States have not
ratified it--they will probably reject it ;
and yet Congress requires its adoption
by the Southern people as a condition
precedent to their restoration to politi-
cal rights. Is it the purpose of Con-
gress to force this Objectionable amend
mcnt upon the North by coercing the
South to ratify it? II looks SO. The
South has been bent to the purposes Of
the Radicals the last of which purposes
may be the suborttination of all State
rights TO the dominant will at Washing
ton.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
WHAT WILL you DO WITH Bull
LOCKP

70 express qualification at the failure
of this man to reduce Georgia still low
or in the political and social scale would
be unworthy of us. We should not cx-
nit too much that things are no worse
when they arc already SO bad; but we
may very properly indulge our disgust
and contempt for the man who writes
himself Governor of C eorgia and ask if
things canno: DO made better by ex-
polling from Office one who has proven
90 utterly opposed to the rights, the
honor and the interests of Georgia.
Now that he has played his role and
stands revealed a faithless officer per-
haps our Legislature which he has done
SO much to impeach will take his case
into consideration.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
gtt aelarIetta sonrllal,
Marietta. Georgia,
Friday MORN. April o, 1883.
THE MESSAGE.

Oftbc President to Congress on the 9TH
urged that before the close Of the session
provision should be contaminated for
the restoration Of oil the States where
there is disposition among the people
to become orderly and peaccablc COM
munitics in accordance with the authori-
ty Of Congress. lie urges that Com
grcss provide By law especially for hold
ing elections in Virginia and Mississippi
for the ratification of their Constitutions
and organization of State governments
believing that the people of these States
are ready to confederate in good faith
with the national government.
One paragraph of the Message. is in
dicatiye of the radical viras. Equal
rights arc insisted upon such as "wcre
asserted in the Declaration of Indepcnd-
cnce' This paragraph in connection
with the subject mattcr--rcconstruc
land spoken a Ia Lincoln, together
with the wish expressed in the Inaugu-
raj to see the XVIII amendment ratified,
leaves no doubt of the Presidents stand
point on the negro question.
Since writing the above we read tho
announcement that Congress adjourned
on the 10th after adopting bill for the
restoration Of Virginia, .sissippi and
Texas in accordance with the recon-
tnendation of the President. Georgia,
it seems, was regarded as "orderlyH
and worthy of CONFEDERATION" The
ratification of thcsIYth amendment j.
made condition precedent TO adnis.
sion in the previously named States.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
THE CARTERsVILLE AND VAN VERT
RAILROAD

We rejoice at every step in the pro-
gressivc development of the resources
of our State and congratulate the good
people Of Gainesville and on the route
of the above named Road upon the sue
cessful organization of the Company
and the full subscription (s30O,00O) of
the stock. MARK A. COOPER subscrib-
cd for northern Company S2G5,0 900.
We would have been gratiGed if the
Polk Slate Quarry Railroad from Mariet-
ia, in the same direction, could have
been completed or if Atlanta, equally
intel ested with Marietta, had thought
proper to avail itself of the advantages
of the charter of that Road which would
have thrown the business of all that re.
gion of country in that direction. Now
it may take another direction and con-
fer its benefits on other communities.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
DEMAooGUEs COME TO GRIEF

We congratulate Rufus Bullock and
his party Of negroes and scalawags upon
the splendid success of their arduous and
protractcd labors at Washington for the
cnslaycmcnt of the decent people of
Georgia. How much of tic States
money they have spent in the course Of
their voluntary mission, We shall proba-
bly know after a new Legislature shall
have been elected. There are few
honest men in this, but not enough to
catch rogue. 1t is certain, however,
that tho trickstcrs, after 81 their shame
less violations Of truth and common de-
cencv. have failed in their darling pro-
iect, Congress has ignored their APP
peals for despotic power over better
people than themselves. Indeed, SO
low are these men in tho intellectual
and moral scale, that with anybody of
moderate intelligence and character
cause had only to have such advocates
to be brought into contempt. As a
Georgian we have always felt ashamed
of the necessity of making public defence
against Inc SuacHlHatloHS VI S"SH SlS'
lures, or eyer of holding them Up to
public scorn. They are, in themselves,
unworthy of even that much considera-
ton, and would pass wholly unnoticed
but for the fact that honest men have
been pinned to the ground by bayonets,
and the cowardly, ignorant wrctches put
on guard to insult and Cypress them in
their weakness. After what has occur
rcd-their failure and their exposure
were they not destitute of tho sense of
shame, they would never return to Geor-
gia; but.rcgret to say.we shall see men
Who pretend to responsibility, take them
by the hand. The d. himself would
be fawned upon by some people ii he
had little patronage to dispense.-Sdr.
Republican.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
A WORD FROM A VIRGINIA MATRoN
ABOUT FEMALE EDUCATION.

ABOUT FEMALE EDUCATION. "A
10 he Editor Of The fsaquirer and Ecaaiaa:
Much obliged 10 you for Jour hints on
female education. tits certainly sub
iect demanding much moro attention
than it receives. sqrq~ gva ~
agree with you entirely in thinking
The present system is not entirely calcu-
lated to MT young ladies for the response
bilitcs which may devolve upon them as
wives and mothers. A smattcring of
French and music is buta poor prepara-
ton for life but is it possible that you
seriously propose to remedy the evil by
substituting 6rooms and needles and sauce
pans for geography and grammar and
historyg Must woman's mind run to
waste, in order that a. man may find a
cook, house maid and seamStseSs combined
in his wifc2 Did God make woman
only to cook bcef-steaks and omcletts, to
beat biscuit and polish brasscs9 i
You imagine .'if woman is once al
lowed to taste of'the tree of knowledge,
the rest Of the family will soon be re-
duced to the same arial and unsatisfac-
tory diet.p But this is a mistake. A
properly educated woman is a sensible
woman, and It sensible woman is always
good housckccper. She can sew on
your buttons in spite of having learned
to coniugato a verb, and knows when to
sow beets and~parsnips and transplant
lettuce and cabbage without looking at
an almanac Notwithstanding her having
spent few months in studying botany.
| Is woman to have no resource for an
idle hour 4? Must she be ''forcvcr and
ctcrnally" making pies, and churning,
and busting, and sweeping, andScourings
Can't you allow her education enough to
appreciate good book, SO that she may
sometimes rest from her labor, and divert
her mind from pies and peas, and pota-
tics and parsnips, and parscly and pump
kins tH5 81" has
viii your course of study, which only
includes gastronomy, needlework and
washing, qualify woman to train the
hearts and minds of the little immortals,
whom God may commit to her charge 7
You say "the object of female education
1 is to equip woman for the duties which
rare to confront her as wife and mother"
HAS a mother nothing to do with the
mental and moral training of her cliil-
dren Must the future Presidents and
legislators of our country be trained by
cooks and houscmads? Ifwomen are to
share these solemn responsibilities with
their husbands, they must be educated
for it. Ben. Butler never would have
stolen silver spoons had he been trained
bv the right sort of mother; or Geo.
| Washington been the Father of his Coun-
try had his mother, been educated by
the editor of the Enquirer and Exami-
ncr.
Yonr idea of making mere household
drtdge Of a woman is very generally en-
tcrtaincd by your sex. heard of one
old gentleman, soon after the close Of the
war, who laziIy opened his eyes one
morning in bed, and quietly contompla-
ting his wife, who had risen an hour or
two earlier, and was then hard at work
washing and combing the children, and
trying to clean up the room without the
assistance of servant, remark to her :
any dear, I'm glad to see you accept the
situation so we'll"
UNE FEMME.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
IMMIGRATION TO THE SOUTH.

Immigration is at last pouring into
West Tennessee. Over two hundred
Pcnnsylvanians arrived at Trenton last
week and have located in Gibson coun-
tv. They are of the hard listed order
aud will contribute much to the develop
ment of our material wealth. We have
room &ar million cioresuqli in Tennessee
and are anxious 40 extor.d them a hand
of welcome and assistance, regardless of
their politics, religion, or place of birth.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
EXECUTORS SALE.

HpY virtue OF an order of the Honorable the Court
Id of Ordinary Of Cobb County. Ga, viii be sold
before the Court ouse door in the City of Marietta
said County of Cobb, during the legal hours of sale
on the first Tuesday in June next the following pro-
perry to wit: 80 acres of Lot of Land No. 256 and
50 acrss of t,qf Land No 276, all in the both,
District and 2nt SECTION Of Cotb County, Ga. Sold
as the property of the Estate of David w. Dickson
deceased for the benefit of the heirs aud creditors of
titles April 16, 1e69.
". C. DICKSON, Executor.
printers fee S7.50)
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
Selarrird.

DUNWODY-MORRIS- the 9Th inst, by
Rev. GRO. W. YARBRoUGII, at the Methodist f.
Church in this city, Mr.. ii. A. DuNwODY to Miss
HATTIE w. NORRIS, both of Marietta.
We tender our Fluctuations to our young friend
ADDIE and his beautiful bride, and wish that then
path through life may be one of sunshine, only just
enough shadow to temper the glare OF the sun.
They have our tharks also for their kindly re
memhrnnce of the printers.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16

Let them be encouraged TO come among
us. In this way we hope to regain ten
fold what was lost to the South through
the abolition of slavery. White labor
and small farms must succeed the old or
der of things all over the South. On
the heels Of this viii come capital and
manufactures to further enrich our sec
ton. As tic country becomes populated
Tie greater will be the inducements to
capitalists and adopts in the skilled arts,
to conc among us. What we want now
are tillcrs Of the soil. Shelby county is
behind in the matter Of Immigration,
but leading citizens are making arrange
ments that vii! soon place her ahead OF
Gibson and Madison counties in the
great work they have SO successfully
Observation-Disclosures Aralanche.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
Slew Adreti5rments.
! Administrators SALE.

Hoy virtue Of an order of tile Honorable the Court
q D OF Ordinary Of Cobb County, Ca, will be sold
before the Court House door in the City of Marietta
said County of Cobb during the legal hours of sale
ON the first Tuesday in June next the following pro
petty to-wis; Lots of Land Nos. 3O1, 3O2 303 ard
S2 all in the 18th, District ana 2lS section Cobt
County, Ga containing forty acres more or less
Sold as the property Of the Estate of c. c. Howell
deceased for the benefit If the heirs and creditors Of
said deceased, Term cash, purchaser RayiHg fer ii
ties, April l6, 1863.
A. BAKER, Administrator.
Printers fec S7.50.)
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16

wT The Louisville Courier truly says:
"Evcry Northern or Western man, who
buys fine tract of land in the South
at present rates, buys what will
be fortune, and every Southern
nan, who keeps such Q tract, keeps
what will be fortune. This is true if
there is truth in the laws of nature"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16

Nor VERY ENCoURAGING.--T is
a large tribe of Gipsies in Washington
and among them famous fortune-tellers,
Bullock from Georgia, it is said: asked of
one of them 'Eif he could return home
withoQt 'pcrisbing by the way-side 2"
The reply of the Sybil was "a man born
to be hung will never be drowned"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16

IL he Radical party has disfran-
clliscd millions of white men not g. Is%n
to have done any evil, and enfranehaSed
millions of black ones not known TO
have ever done any gOod.-LouisrWe
Journal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
r 1BEL FOR DIVORCE IN CHEROKEE

n IBEL FOR DIVORCE IN CHEROKEE
Il Superior Court. a4#
ELIZA HUNT, RHle to perfect service.
VS.. 1t appearng TO this .Cearz ~ re-
THOs HUNT. turn of the Sheriff thai the 4sefen
dant Thomas Hunt does not reside in this County,
and it furthermore appearing tat he does not reside
in this State It is On motion ordered that service be
perfected by publication g tie Marietta Journal a
public gazette as tfe law directs-citing said defei
dan TO Acear aud answer at the next term OF the
Court or otherwise the case will he considered IN
default a4.d the Plaintiff allowed To proceed
NOEL Il. KNIGHT J. S. c.
4 true extract from the minutes of said Court
April 1st., 1869.
20 w. PUTNAM. Clerk. S. c.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16

FY Bullock it is said has drawn so,
0G0 additional on the National Bank of
New York in favor of the Messrs, Kim
ball.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-04-16
FOUND

On one of the streets leading from the
Opera House, in this city, on Friday
last, a morocco covered memorandum
book, which contains among other things
the following items of account in lead pen
Gil, the publication of which may lead to
the recovery of the property by the le-
climate owner, who is requested to
''provc property, pay charges and take
the same away" from the finder.
G. w. ANDERSON, Lieut.. of Police,
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-07
The Fayetteville and Florence Rail-
road.

It will be seen By an article from the
Wilmington Star, which we print this morn
ing, that the Town Of Fayetteville votes
next week on the question of subscribing
$75,00O to the "projected railroad from
Fayetteville to Florence, s. c. The COM
pIetion Of this road would be Of vast benefit
to Fayetteville, .and it would undoubtedly
aad iess sesy 20 the general trade or Charles
ton. The Star says that the Fayetteville
Road will certajnly be built, if fthe proposed
subscription of $4,000 be made, and we
hope that the good Town Of Fayetteville
will not hesitate to spend money which is
80 sure to give her an.immediate and hand
some return: We, of course, feel lively in.
terest in the project, and its advantages are
80 manifold and manifest that we are in
clined to believe that handsome subscrip
tion to the stock could be obtained In this
city. Wilmington is already moving, and
urges that the new road be built at once to
Shoe Point on the Wilmington and Ruther.
ford Railroad, so as to place Wilmington
and Fayetteville in close connection. What
we desire is the opening of thesroad to
Florence, when the whole trade OF ON i'm
portant section Of country would of necessi-
ty come to Charleston.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-07

the sayirg is, in tight place. There is no cal
culating the mischief which these unscrupu-
lous spectators may work, if they persist in
engineering another artifcally tight money
market, just as the autumn trade is beginning
and the country is calling for additional means
to move the crops"
The Boston Herald reports the death, by
consumption, in Lawrence, of girl seventeen
years Of age, named Sarah Maria McNeerlny.
Having become a pauper, she was bound out
to wealthy family near Lawrence. Here she
was treated so brutally that she was forced to
run away. Having been picked up on the road
side, sick and helpless, she told the story OF
her treatment by the family in which she hao
been living. She alleged, substantially, that
on one occasion, having pot enough To eat
being fed for daEs in succession on nothing ous
cold potatoes and salt-she took piece OF ap'
pie pie and hid it; but her master found 1t, and
TO punish her took her to the ban, and COM
pelled her to eat moist COW manure from
large spoon hell to her mouth; that on another
occasion her mistress dragged her to tho kitch-
er stove, and put her hands on the hot iron,
holding them there until they were blistered;
that another day, when she was discovered
eating piece Of pie or cake, her mistress
made her take dose Of epson salts, saying
that she would ''physic it out Of her." that
while the family always allowed the hired help
men and women-to sit and eat atthe same
table with themselves. she was compelled to
eat her meals alone, and from tin plate, Sit
ting on stool in sink room leading out OF
the kitchen. And she further alleged that, for
some slight misdemeanor, her mistress took
her into the attic, and tying her to post, hav-
ing first stripped her Of every particle OF her
clothing, terribly beat her bare flesh with 9
bunch of four sticks, till they were nearly
worn out. Many other indignities, too inde-
cent to be recorded in newspaper, were heap
ed upon her. The girl was so shabbiy dress
ed and 30 mutilated that it was almost impos-
sible at first to tell her sex.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-07

AWAY up in Connecticut the people have
very correct perception Of the quali6ca-
tions for Office Of the Southern leaders Of
the Radical party. The Bridgeport (Conn
Republican Farmer, after reciting the crimes
with which Congressman BsNen is charged
by THE News, says:
'such hiesaid 70 be the character of the man
who, as 5 member Of Congress OF the United
States, has voice in making laws fer Connec-
tiout aud Ohio. Massachusetts, and Pennsylva.
nia-such his qualifications as set forth by o
prominent leader in his own party. IF he has
not the moral attributes to qualify him 10 rer'
resent the Radical party, then it win be diff
cult to find one who has. in or out OF the peni.
tentiary. With such record he may aspire
to any position within the gift of the Radical
faction"
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-07

CHARLESTON has now an excellent oppor-
tuuity Of securing large part of the cot
ton trade Of Alabama. Major Robertson
and Colonel Barney, two Of the best rail
road men in the South, have exerted them
selves to throw business in this direction,
and small outlay Of money'on the part of
our railroads will enable US to draw from
Demopolis at least $4,000 or $4,000 bales Of
cotton, which usually go to Mobile. This
cotton would, of course, swell the receipts
Of the line of railroads between Demopolie
and this city, it would give more freight to
our steamships, and it would increase the
business activity of Selma as well as Of
Charleston.