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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
ADVICE TO WRITERS.

The New York observer, which
from sad experience knows the Bit
terness Of the secrets Of unsolicited
communications, gives advice 10
writer's for the newspapers. See how
old editors lecture on the subject:
Omit the beginning Of your essay.
Most Of writers, not used to the
press, imagine that newspaper ar
ticle, like an Grafton, should have an
exordium, an argument and concIu-
sion. Not at all. The argument is
all that is wanted That is, state
your case, say your say, and stop.
Do not take time and space to get
into the subject, and more to get of
it; but come to it instantly, and stop
when you are done.
DR.. Griffin used to say that he
could put the FIVE volumes of Bible
Commentary into one volume, and
not lose an idea worth retaining
We believe he could have done it.
And so could we.
Be short. The time is short, the
world is very fast now, and readers
of newspapers do not want long
articles. Pack your thoughts into
short words, sentences, and short es-
says. fyou never do a great thing,
never do long thing.
Come to the point. If you have
nc point. lay down the pen, and do
something else, rather than write
II is not every one who can write
for edifcation, and you may not be
one who can.
Write the article two or three
times over carefully, making it
shorter each time. Write on one
side only ofthe paper. Write legi-
bly,. Keep a copy of what you send
to the press. Editors do not return
manuscripts. We cannot under
take to, and we SO state every week,
but are every week asked to. n is
impossible to make the reasons plain
to writers, but it is out of the ques-
ton.
BE very modest in your estimate
of your own productions, and do not
fret if others esteem them even less
than you do.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
THE MAY.FLowER AND sAMBo

The Rev. Mr.. Williams Morely
Punshon-did you ever hear Of him
before has made speech about
the "Mayhower' and the Paritans,
in which, with rather too ford
fancy for clergyman, he gives us
the following piece of information,
ton, as curious as new:
"The Puri,ans still! live for their
principles, if obedience to conscience
and faith are living principles. =
Their children, inheritiug their in
domitable spirit, have fused States
into compactures and strength, built
schools and homes. Their spirit,
which would not bear slavery, has
purified the republic from its one
blot, and will work in power ill the
glorious future is realized We dis
honor the fathers if their example
does not make Of us nobler men,
Said Alexander to enc Of the same
name, "Change thy namo or thy
works" So say the pilgrims from
their graves to many a degenerate
son."
Now, we admire some traits in
the Puritans as much as if We be-
longed to the Boston Historical So
ciety, and some others we detest
with all our heart; but, among their
virtues, we never heard of their de-
tcstation Of slavery. "Their spirit
which would not bear" this, bought,
and sold negroes and Indians, and
defeated the effort of Virginia to
stop the slave trade by operation OF
the Federal Constitution. The roa-
son Massachusetts, gave for her OPP
position to this humane proposition
was that she had too much capital
invested in the trade to permit its
abolition before 1903. Now, if MIR.
Punshon-good name for temper
ance mAn--will only look over his
speech in candid temper, he will
find that the spirit in which the puri-
tans have dealt with the question Of
slavery was commercial in the be-
ginning, political in the end. The
moral part is all bosh. Norfolk Vu'-
gilman.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
OUR MEANS OF WEALTH.

SS4S 4AA-A@As~ - " 100000 49,
No one, who thinks for a moment
of the increase and extension of Cot
ton factories in Europe and Amsri-
ca of the growth population and OF
the constantly increasing demand Of
civilization can doubt that tho sup
ply of Cotton will always fall so far
short Of the demand as to command
remunerative prices for its produc-
ton. There will be fluctuations from
temporary causes--but generally the
producer may always confidently
rely in future upon a liberal COM
pensation. The probability is that
in future the annual increase of Cot
ton factories and consumption of cot
ton will exceed the annual increase
of production.
No doubt unusual effort will be
made the present year in the pro-
duction Of cotton. Except where
restricted by inadequate labor the
area of cultivation will be extended,
tillage will be improved and fertil-
izerS used surprising all previous
applications. Our farmers, in this
immediate section, are beginning to
learn that FIVE acres of land we'll
cultivated and fortified will pro.
ducs as much or more than ten
otherwise manipulated and with
greatly less labor are learning to
produce better resultsi while putting
the land cultivated under n steady
process of improvement.
There is no better Cotton produc-
ing section of the country than this
in which the Journal circulates.-
A bale, or even iAore, to the acre,
can be easily produced. The land
is easy to till and the climate such
that a white man can work in the
field all summer and enjoy health.
Indeed, there is no better country
than this. Vegetables ofevery kind
abound in the seasons. The fruits
of the temperate zone attain perfec-
ton. The Root crops arc as good
as the earth produces. The Cereals
are cultivated with gratifying success
and the snowy fleece annually comes
TO make tributary TO our uses the
treasures of the world. Nowhere
on earth has natUre more abundant
ly concentrated her bouuties for
the uses Of man.
Let US be grateful and act eur parts
worthily. Make gardens of our
farms, create, foster aud encourage
industries, to minister to our wants
and build up markets in our own
midst and We will have all there is
or can be of Paradise on earth.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09

The South SEA APPLYING FOR
ANNExATIoN.-Wa shington dates OF
Jan. oath, to the New York Journal
of Commerce, says: Papers have
reached the President and Secretary
of State requesting them to take
possession in the name of the United
States of the Samoan group, known
as Navigator's Islands, in the Pacific
Ocean. These papers are signed
officially by all the chiefs and many
foreign residents of the Islands,
These islands contain three thou
sand six hundred square miles and a
native population of thirty thousand.
The people are copper-colored.--
Tho productions are cotton, coffee,
sugar cane, dyewoods, and every
species oftropical fruits and plants.
The Australian nail steamers have
selected the islands as a port of call
for coaling purposes, and men have
gone there to erect buildings and
construct wharves. The natives are
friendly and christianized, American
missionaries having been there
twenty years. Merchants of Cali
fornia have petitioned Secretary
Fish to appoint commercial agent
for the islands at once. These are
the only valuable islands in the Pa
ciic Ocean not absorbed by France,
England, Germany and Russia. -
The natives say they are more fa-
vorable to the United States taking
possession than any other country,
because they believe the American
religion is the same as theirs.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
AN AFRICAN NEwspApER.-Ac col

An AFRICAN NEWSPAPER "A coll
orcd girl jus. arrived in Talbotton,
from Monrovia, Liberia, sends to our
office copy of four column sheet
newspaper, called tho Republican,
which gives lengthy account of
the deposition of President Royc by
the citizens OF the Republic. Roye
is black negro, very intelligent,
wealthy, and the first man who ever
introduced shipping into Liberia.
As President of the Republic, he
has become very unpopular with the
mulatto caste of that country, who
adhere tenaciously to the asccndancy
of Roberts, mulatto, now President
Of the College in Monrovia; and
formerly President of Liberia
Roy is arraigned for embezlI"m"nt
in Office, populations, theft, e.c gen
era ly, and turns up finally in le
character of as genuine carpet bag
ger II ever Aeeced the people OF the
Southern States. Fer all his specu-
lations in Government stocks, bonds,
ETC., Roye is in prison, rig ht where
our fleeing Bullock ought TO be
this day.
The girl is we'll educated, and
says she taught school in Liberia
says there is considerable feeling be-
tween the black and the mulattoes as
to caste.
Liberia is represented as perfect
paradise for tho negro = sugar cane,
tobacco, cocoas, plantains, bananas,
and the palm grow there to perfcc-
ton. Palm butter is a great dish in
Liberia.
Monrovia is a city of $4,000 in
habitants, built up in brick like the
city of Macon. None but negroes,
under the constitution, are allowed
to hold property, Cotton grows
finely, throughout the country
The negroes, as a people, arc re-
ported as doing well.-TalbOtto"
Standard.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09

The STATE ROAD FRAUDS. The
active, able legislative committee
inquiring into Blodgett's manage
ment of the State Road, are unearth-
ing such mass of corruption as the
world rarely sees. 1t is not proper
of course TO record their labors save
as they are practically announced in
arrests and suits, but we can assure
our readers that the filthy facts are
coming to light. 1t is absolutely
sickening, Steal, cheat, forge,
swindle, rob, falsify, have been the
programme. Every species ofexpe-
dent has been resorted to for plum
dering the road. Outsiders and in
siders have coIluded. Road agents,
merchants, Judges and everybody
else appear eliminated. Relentless
ly is the committee tracking out the
frauds. Arrests and suits against
parties little dreamed of are ripen-
ing.-At. Con.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09

STATE ROAD COMPLICATIONS
ARRESTS OF PARTIES.-Yesterday
morning we stated briefly the arrest
Of Louis Schofeld and his son-in-
law, w. ID. Cook, and confinement
in Jail for alleged contempt of the
committee to investigate the man
agement of the State Road. The
facts as far we could ascertain them
yesterday appear to be these:
Louis Schofield, w. ID. Cook and
6. w. Cave were subpenad by the
committee to bring the books of the
SchofeId Rolling Mill before the
committee. When they appeared
before the committee it was discov-
cred that they had brought the
wrong books. They were sent back
for the books of 1870, and they re-
turned reporting that tho books were
not to be found, although the very
books had been in use that very
day. Not giving any explanation
of the Disappearance of the books,
w. d. Cook and G. w. Cave were
lodged in Jail. Louis Schofeld be-
ing in i'll health was permitted to
stay in the custody of guard, and
yesterday released on parole. We
learn that the evidenc. does not i'm
plicate him in transactions alluded
to hereafter. Yesterday A. /. llar-
ris, delegate to the National Repub-
lican Convention, was arrested on
three warrants.
One warrant issued by Justice
Butt charges a. l.. Harris with
cheating and swindling the State, on
the 9th of December, l870-the
day of the Iease-out of $3.50 by
selling togthe State Road the Lee,
Lafontaine q Harris switch, which
was worthless and of no value. One
warrant issued by Justice Butt
charges a. L. Harris, on the 18th of
February, 1870, with aiding and
abetting one w. ID. Cook in getting
a false and fraudulent account in ia
vor Of the Schofeld Rolling Mill for
Sl5,962 81 paid, he being an officer
of the State Road, and knowing said
claim to be false and fraudulent. A
bond of $4,000 in the first case and
So, 900 in the second case was given
and 10 o'clock to-day set down for a
preliminary examination. A war
rant issued by NJ. p. Byington, No
tary Public, charged A. l.. Harris
with aiding and ahettiog W. ID.
Cook in getting false and fraudu-
lent claim in favor of the Schoheld |
Rolling Mill Company for S9.440 %
paid, he being an officer of the State
Road, and knowing the claim to be !
false and fraudulent. Bond was
given and a preliminary hearing will
take place as soon as the other cases
are disposed of. Justice Butt issued
a warrant against w. d. Cook for
aiding and abettiug A. L. Harris to
get through a fraudulent claim in
favor of the Schofield Rolling Mill !
Company for Sl5,9G2 -. Judge
By;ngton, Notary Public, issued
warrant against w. d. Cook for aid
ing and abetting A. L. Harris in
getting through false and fraudu-
ent claim in favor OF the Schoheld
Rolling Mill Company for 50, 440 %.
Cook remains in jail. 1t is reported
hat other arrests will be made at
IN early day. The committee are
nearthing stukendous frauds, which
t is impolitic now to specify. The
are working like Tro-
ans.-At. Con
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
Miscellaneous.
AN ACT

To authorize the Ordinary of Cobb County to
issue and negotiate bonds and provide for the
redemption thereof hy taxation, tor the pur'
pose Of building and furnishing Court
House in the city of Marietta IN said coun-
ty ofCobb and for other purposes
Section, 1st The General Assembly do here
By enact. That the Ordinary u said county
Of Cobb be and lie is hereby authorized to issue
and negotiate the bonds Of said county OF Cobb,
to an amount not to exceed Twenty thousand
Dollars for the purpose of raisi G funds TO build
and furnish Court House in the city OF Mari
eta in said county Of Cobb said bonds to bear
interest fl m their date at the rate Of seven per
cent perannum, and payable annually al the
Office of the County Treasury of said county OF
Cobb the first series of said bonds TO the
amount of One Thousand Dollars payable on
the 6rst day Of January, 1873, Two Thousand
Dollars on the first day Of January, 1874, and
the like sum of Two Thousand Dollars on the
first day Of January of each succeeding year
until the same are paid off Said bonds shall
be sgued by the Ordinary and his seal Of Office
attached and cOuntersgnsd by the County
Treasurer Of said county and registered IN the
OrdinaryS Office in book kept for that lur-
pose.
Section, 2nd. And be it further enacted,
That there shall bs an annual tax levied and
collected on the basis Of tax alton now or here
after provided, and collected by the Tax Col
lector Of said county, and paid into the County
Treasury. subject to the order Of the Ordinary
for the purpose aforesaid, an amount sufficient
to pay the principal and interest of said bonds
as they may fall due, until they are paid off,
and that the Ordinary shall designate thu per
eeniage on the State tax which will be required
for that purpose.
Section Bird. And be it further enacted,
That said bonds shall be issued in sums not less
than One Hundred, nor moro than One Thou
sand Dollars each.
Section 4th, And De it further enacted,
That all laws in conflict with this act, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
JAMES NJ SMITH,
Speaker OF the House Of Reps.
I'D. WADDELL,
Clerk Of the House of Reps.
Z. N. TRAMMELL,
President Of the Senate.
w. A. LITTLE, pro tenn
Secretary Of the Senate.
Approved, Dec. 9th, 1871.
BENJAMIN CONLEY,
Governor.
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Chr Marietta sonrual.
RAILROAD MONOPOLY

Railroad managers, like other
people have their battles and as in
other cases so it is in theirs, ''the
longest pole generally knocks down
the persimmon." There is grand
scheme now on foot at the North to
destroy the present commercial CEN
tres of the South and to make the
Southern Railroads tributary to the
commercial cities of the North.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
Pickens Sherif's Sale.
FERTILIZERS!

WEARE NOW PREPARED TO TAKE
orders from Farmers for "Waudo Fertilizers, q"
and Watson and Clark s Suuerphosphate of
Lime Whilst we shall furnish other kinds
of Fertilizers, the two mentioned, we shall urge
The farmers to us-, they being in our opinion
equal to the very best in use. We have been
selling different kinds for three years and
have eHdeavOred to ascertain the best article
for this section, and determined last year in ia
vor Of the Waido, even before a pound of il
was used in this county. We were so thor
oughly convinced of its excellence, not only for
large yield the first year, but that the land on
which it is used is benefited for years, we took
hold Of it to the exclusion Of many other popu-
lar kinds, for which We could have become
Agents We arc gratied TO State that the use
OF it last year in Cobb county, by many Of the
very best farmers, has proven tia our selection
Of first class Fertilizer was a good one not
only for ourselves but for the farmers also.
To show how popular the Wanda is, Agents
here for other kinds, were exceedingly anxious
to get the agency for it. These things are the
best evidence of it's great value to the farmer
as those who Sc, Fertilizers always try to pro.
cure the Agency Tor the best article.
'Vhe Watson and Clark Super phosphate of
Lime the base OF which is the same as the
Waudo, is we consider first class fertilizer
We have certificates of itsresults from Planters
in Georgia, that places it, superiority beyond
contradiction, tllersf,r., we feel safe in recon-
meudingt.
We shall also sell lhe Acid Phosphate of
Lime, for composing with cotton seed, this
article is said 10 make \ very cheap Fertilizer
and is manufactured by ths Wanda Manufac
turing Company.
If you buy from us such as we recommend
you are certain to equal vour neighbor, who
buys other kinds uni We shall not bs at all
surprised if you tell rs in the fall that your
yield otCotton and Corn has surpassed his
We beg of you not TO give your orders until
you see us in person. Oar Fertilizers viii
perhaps be the lowest price first class article on
the market. We shall sell on time to the first
of November and take Cotton where parties de
sire it.
We would urge farmers 10 give their orders
promptly and haul ont their Fertilizers early.
Ii will cost no more 10 bay now Than il vii! in
March or April, and by getting il earlier, it
prevents delay when you are ready to use it.
WehavS secured r. DeGmeads Warehouse
to store our Fertiliz.ra. lis opposite the De-
pot and the most convenient for loading Wag
CONS We want you all 10 use some Of our
Fertilizers and compare yield from them with |
any others that you ns' .eIect-this is all we
ask
Respectfully,
WINTERS Il WHITLOCK. |
Marietta, January 2Gth. lS72.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09

Strive ever for the truth; and so
as that not thou art no. that which
this outward form of thine shows
forth, but each mans mind, that is
the real man,-not the shape which
can be traced with the finger.
-lCicsrS
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
Ayers Ague Cure,

For Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fever,
Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb
Ague, Periodical or Bilious Fever, &C.,
and indeed all the affections which arise
from malarious, marsh, Or miaSmStic
poisons.
As its name implies, It does Cure, and does NOT
fail. Containing neither Arsenic, Qunne, Blsmuth,
Zinc, nor any other mineral or poisonous substance
whatever, it in nowise injuries any patient. This
number and importance of its cures in the ague dis
tricts are literally beyond account, and we believe
without parallel in the history of Ague medicine
Our pride is gratined by the acknowledgements we
receive OF the radical cures effected IN obstinate
eases, and where other remedies had wholly failed
Unacclimated persons either resident IN, or
travelling through miasm2tic localities, VIII be pro-
@cted by taking the -fGTE CURE daily.
For Lirer Complaints, arising from torpdity
Of the Liver it is m excellent remedy, stimulating
the Liver into healthy activity.
For Bilious Disorders and Liver Complaints, Il 10
an excellent remedy, producing many truly re-
narkable cures, where other medicines had failed
PREPARED by DIR. j. c. AVER & Co, Practical
and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass, and sold
Ill round the world
PRICE, 81 90 PER BOTTLE.
For sale by WIN. ROOT,
Marietta Georgia.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09

How THE CARPET-BAGGER WAS
CoMPoUNDED.-A Virginia paper
has most fclicitous way of employ
ing elegant and expressive figures
of speech, as witness the following {:
"The devil first invented snakes,
deas, scorpions, tarantulas, cent?
psdes, mosquitoes, gnats, hyenas,
owls, buzzards, hawks, vultures, ALI
gators, stingarnes, gars, sharks,
chigres and vampires; and, to con
centrate all the mcanness and devil
try in creation, he put these in a
cauidron and boiled them down and
produced a carpet. Dagger, as the
masterpiece of Satanic hate. And
Satan smiled when his eye first rest
ed on his last born and favorite bant-
ling"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
Legal Advertisements.
Georgia Cobb County :

r. L. Waters having applied to be appoint
"a Guardian of the minor children Of VIM. G.
Fuller deceased late Of said County. This is
therefore to cite all persons concerned to be and
appearat the term Vi the Court Of Ordinary, 70
be held next after the expiration Of thr-
ty lays from the first publication Of This notice,
and show cause if any they can why said X. L.
Waters should tot be entrusted with the Guar
dianslip Ofthe present property Of said minors
c. j. SHEPARD, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
BLACKSMITH SHOP!

HAVE opened Blacksmith Shop at the
stand recently occupied by Z. NJ. +. Knight
and have employed good workmen who will
execute promptly all work entrusted to them
in IL satisfactory manner and at moderate prices.
Patronage is solicited
Jan. LIST, ~. G. NJ. MANNING.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
Georgia Cobb County

Whereas, II. NJ. Hamme,s, administrator OF
the estate of Polly Ann Pitts late OF said County,
deceased. applies to me for leave TO sell the
land belonging TO said estate; This IS therefore
10 cite an and singular those concerned 10 show
cause if any they can why leave TO sell should
not be granted 10 said, II. NJ. Hammetl on the
first Monday in March next as by law IN sneil
cases made and provided. Febry, 9TH (l972-)
G. ] Shepard, Ord'y
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-02-09
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
For Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption.

and Consumption.
Probably never before in the whole history OF
medicine has anything won so widely and so deeply
upon the confidence of mankind, > tins excellent
remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through long
series of years, and among most OF the races Of
men it has risen higher and higher IN their estIna
ton, as it has become better known. Its uniform
character and power to cure the various Affections
of the lungs and throat, have made known as &C.
liable protector against them. While adapted to
mlder forms OF disease and 10 young children, 1t Is
at the same time the most ehectual remedy that can
be given for inclpient consumption, and the dan
gerous affections of the throat and lungs. As pro-
vision against sudden attacks OF Group, 1t should
be kept on hand in every family, and indeed as all
are sometimes subject to colds and coughs, all
should be provided with this antidote for them.
Although settled Consumption is thought in.
durable stAl great numbers of cases where the dis
ease seemed settled, have been completely cured,
and the patient restored to sound health by the
Cherry PcctOrGt. So complete Is its mastery
over the disorders OF the Lungs and Throat, that
the most obstinate of them yield to it. When moth
ing else could reach them, under the Cherry Pee
to1aL they subside and disappear.
Singers aud Public Speakers lind great pro-
lection from it.
-4sthma is always relieved and oiten wholly
cured by it,
Bronchitis is generally cured by taking tho
Cherry PecforGE in small and frequent doses.
So generally are its virtues known that we need
not publish the certificates of them here, dc mort
than assure the public that its qualities are fully
maintained.