The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-01-26
NEWS ITEMS.

on the 18th and 18th up to the adj
journmeot to The 3rd Wednesday in
July 1872. The general appropria
tion bill was passed-an Attorney
for the State to be employed by the
Governor to prosecute frauds, &C.,
in connection with the w. & A.
Railroad, was authorized,
THE State Central Executive
Committee of the "Union Republi
can Party of Georgia." Conley in
the Chair, met in Atlanta on the
18th and appointed Q. a. Lochrane,
Foster Blodgett, f. P. Robb, for the
State at large, and t. G. Campbell,
j. f. Blouut, J. r. Griffin, T. j.
Speer, L. Tweedy, j. A. Wimpey,
w. l.. Scroggs and A. l.. Harris,
for the Districts, to represent the
party in the National Republican
Convention to nominate candidates
for President and Vice President Of
the United States. Resolutions in
structing the Delegates to go for
Grant were adopted.
THE Agricultural Department at
Washington is now receiving for
distribution in the South for expert
mental purposes improved varieties
of field and sugar corn and garden
vegetables
WE could fill the JOURNAL as 9th.
er papers arc filled with details of
the homicide of Fisk, his financial
history from the narrow fortunes Of
a peddler through all the ventures
which led to the acquisition Of mil
lions; his amours, his frauds and
general dcpravity. together with the
character of his assassin and all
other minute incidents dwelt upon /;
but we do not think Fisk entitled to
any more consideration than other
men equally destitute of principle,
nor his murderer any more than
other assassins. 1t is strange that
wealth, however obtained, now
makes crime itself more worthy of
attention than the highest deeds of
unassuming virtue.
THE number of hogs packed last
season were 3,777, sos. The mum
Der packed this season is estimated
at 4, 500, $50. Bacon will rule low.
STATE School Commissioner, &. }.
Orr, qualified and entered upon the
duties of his office at Atlanta, last
Wednesday week.
Ar recent meeting of the Wes-
tern and Atlantic Railroad Company
held in Atlanta, the following officers
were unanimously reelected Hon.
Joseph L. Brown, President Col.
T.. w. Cole, General Superntend-
emit Col. w. G. Morrill,, Treasurer;
Hon. f. G. Cabaniss, Auditor
Major f. B. Walker remains Master
of Transportation.
HIS EXcellency Governor James
NJ. Smith has appointed Colonel 7.
w. Alexander, of Muscogee, James
w. Warren, of Calhoun county, and
Colonel j. BuIow Campbell, Of Full
ton county, Secretaries Of the Exec
uliNe Department.
BISHOP PoRTEUs says, "the con-
tagion OF lccntious publication
knows no bounds; it penetrates the
retired habitations of simplicity and
innocence it falls into the hands of
all ages, ranks and conditions, but it
is peculiarly fatal to the unguarded
minds of the youthful of both sexes
to them its breath is poison, and its
touch is death"
THREE hundred barrels of oranges
from Joe Jefferson's plantation in
Louisiana, were sold in st. Louis
last week at $40 per barrel.
OVER two thousand names of col
ored people have been enrolled at
the office of the Colonization Society
for passage to Liberia.
The remains of General Robert
Anderson, Of Fort Sumter fame, are
expected at Norfolk on the Guer-
riere the last of this month.
LAST WEEKS Earthquake The