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RELIGIOUS.
Selling tho Seats In Prof. Swings
Church.
Ten Thousand Dollars Worth Disposed
OF Yesterday.
What tho Rev. W. II. II. Murray Thinks Of
the Enterprise.
The Ministerial Moeting.
A PROFITABLE DAY,

..-...-...- ~
A PROFITABLE DAY.
nEs7ix., TIE CEN rnAI. cnrucu rEws.
Tim announcement sbat there vo,,t,1 1,o A enlo
=, ...,s f,,~ t,,a Coptr., f,,urch draw Al oorlv
"a s's.' S .oA ~ -. ,,,,as ~ ,as.a,s. ' 1.n'
anu eager cto"" III t's"te''oo Pcl"ouo W "hn-
The ralo Was ANNOUNCED IN BEGIN al 0
,nd hv thai, time nnont 1of, porrous or
-. ..ho,.a l., H., 80. t,,a ,1.st,con,c,s
- - s.'' ~, ~ +'ss
soussc, those who wore smart enough TO
bayo thelr men wait In front OF tho doors all
,,;.,,t a,;,no, ,.,o t,oir n1arca bofore
,,,s tvu,ar,sr. hom, ,,,iyca. md cona,ont1y
'no if,potss"s t'.as ui.''..' ss,.a IT, ,,..;r
awaited further dcvelot''aen'h' seeuto ~ 'ueit
so,,th nj 1 .I,,o ot tho ,!oro and when newcomers
dFopped in they "eIo eo'opoilea 10 rass uo"n u"
tho nortu ai'e fof sonlH a.es.Hse' '"'u H!o""".
md fall into l'no, with a'e dismal prospect of
~s,,'0t 'sss to w edro along ono By one, aud
"Ffas0 LICK tex'ts tha iva was ~ "
but he didn't sppoar to manaeo very vol
1t frat. Afterwards. however, bis powers OF
rerau.sion were found sunlc,out to tho .aak, and
.ho ,,rn va. 1cncoyo,tn1 n,ora ord,rlv TLs,
.na to rspo sen
sea,a ~ ,io star. 1sctrrn Cau1ao Eec, so.
sg q, ~ nrn and Nv to csct
waS solo ahe ,oths'on t % VS. ss.ea M o IN .no pns
conntod ~ and hastiiy tl,r,,ss iuto . ssow.casa
,r,,,nh s.rxnd "a :. ,nrnor.rx anaL nna lin s,ia
nm ,ea M II; hlsnk beok sffer ss1, ths rr- un
rI,nanr urahbtnc lin tickct or tickets paesea m
10 to', In lla,Sy abrnna or shU.o who l lad eona
haf,rc 's FF' ''s' 'N fSAo
D''0S' THE crown
vo, c,,r,n.s n,,rtnrn Thnre u.s t1,a tJ,orouph
,hurrhm.,,' dcsrn',s ia anc,,rc scnrs ior h,mnn'f
9n,n,i, nnI nfIan fnr t,a frianda. Iho cnT,ous
trsn saoltor "ftar uovoltv wGcthcr i, 1oi;c;nn
nr r nmr,hiuv rtso the ahrawi E,,tculator. infant
~, hrv,nw IN ann.a ,.,tt, lin n,nsnsct ~ hig
n7a,oi,, ir' selInu. thn haarileas vnu,h ,rettin1
t,ctst, for III fsthnr. ,nntbor. or emnlnyor. :.
liz nan.fvn vnunr mar, with n ycrv
tieltcsts htrsuto aproninco to lin up-
nor lin. hnnt On ner,,rinr a p,ase
a. 1,n,arsf and tha ohjart of h,a tSnca ami az
oirstiona tho dull, bloii,og exp.essmsu, obey-
ing tho commando ot hls EMPLOYER; tho woman
Two hours and u1nst set back Lomo to prepare
dinner, nnd who wished .ome Of those br,,tes
elauce: in short, o7ery livorsity OF character
, 1875-12-14

To'sr and A9us eusod to! air esasa. Thsro I. 10,
ohl HRct IN tho wdrd that 1l tuto fuJer Id
I'D ~ other n,sss1a, biI!oSs. sesslss .ss
Botd ~ proxsAss.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
DONE TOO MUCH.

A TWO story wooden house, with
the usual oulbuildings, was sold at
Charleston, on Tuesday, for $40.
If the negroes ruled this section like
they do Charleston, we would expe-
rience the same depreciation OF
property. But thank goodness, Ma
rietta is in the white belt, where
the supremacy Of the white man
gives security and enhancement Of
values. Here the industrial and
manufacturing interests are encour-
aged, free from strangulatlon of ne
gro rule. And as the New York Her
aid eays, "wherever Southern Demo
Gratis have ruled in their own States
notably in Georgia-they have
shown themselves honest and eco
nomical administrators the finances
of Georgia are to day in a better
condition than those Of most North
ern States" All Of which shows
that Radicalism, Grantism and Ne
grophilism, are arrant humbugs, and
that Republicaniom gives prosperity
to the country only where Demo
Gratis ara official administrators. Il
takes honesty and integrity to gov
ern wisely, and these traits the Rad
icaIs do not possess. They are po
liticalIy strangers to grace ant
stepped in iniquity. They have
held out false promises and confer
red privileges that have tended It
destroy "the best government the sui
ever shone upon A Republic j
only lasting that has for its base vir
tue and intelligence. Negro suffrage
as ioaugurated by base conspiratorS
from whose hearts every spark o
nationality and pride has expired
has not only been the means of tur
moil, strife and corruption, but Il
synonym Of prostration of business
ruinous taxation, and depreciation o
property. Liberty and equality
has done too much--overleaped it
( self-an the restoration to a white
mans government is the only thing
that can give stability to the gov
eminent.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
AS WAS TO DE crED.--Tb

As WAS TO DE EXPECrED.--Tbe
following striking item appears in
some of the latest Washington news
General Ord. commanding the
Department Of Texas, is Of opinion
tia: better service could be rendered
along the Rio Grandc by command
OF exclusively white troops. The
Mexicaus, SO officers in the command
write, dc not fear the presence o. the
colored infantry or cavalry. There
are other reasons given for insisting
on the change il the command is Il
be made effective"
Very few people, says the Rich
mond Dispatch, knew there were any
negro soldiers on the Rio Grande
but all knew tina. negro soldiers
would very poorly protect the from
tier. General Ord has come to q
conclusion that must be reached by
all officers, and all honest ones viii
frankly express them. General Orc
is orc Of the honest ones.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
General Advertisements.
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GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA.
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

POPULATION or LOUlslANA.--kel
logg has been getting up new cen>
sus Of Louisiana. According to the
hgurlrg of bis census takers the
State, exclusive Of Orleans, has a
white population Of 250, 1873; color
ed, 392 0G5; total, 6j2,l50. With
Orleans the entire population is {:
white, 404,9l6; colored, 450,Gll;
total, COS, 527. OF the number cnti-
tied to vote there are in the State
1t3967; in Orleans, III, 392; total,
1853.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

BUrLER.-Poor old Ben Butler has
been unusually quiet, for him, of late,
but thAt does not prevent some OF
his late admirers from "reading him
out of the party. One of them, the
editor of the Cleveland Glenn Her
aid. thus calculates: "Old Spoon
Butler has joined the Democrats. He
proposes to run the Democratic par
ty, "civil rights" spoons and all. 1t
is a glorious thing for the RePubli-
cans to get shut of him. He is too
big a rascal to belong to the RePub-
lican party; hut he is in clover now,
Just where he belongs. We think
Ben, at this jnncture, is where fable
places Mohammed's coffin-poised
between two magnets.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
FALLEN WOMEN.

ATLANTA is going to establish a
"Magdalen Home for the retorma-
lion Of fallen women. We would
suggest in this connection that she
establish a home for halt starved
working men and their families
Dalton Enterprise,
Both are commend6ble 4; but we
see no reason why any one should
throw cold water upon such an en-
terprise, or divert attention from SO
praiseworthy an object by suggest
ing something else az preiersblc.--
Poor fallen women, deceived by
false promises of unfeeling men,
they are to be stunned, scorned, spit
upon as filth in the street, while their
heartless and gay deccivers are re,
ceived in the best society, smiled
upon the sweetest, while mothers
with manageable daughters eye
the mice gentleman" with approval
and countenance his attentions to
their daughters with seeming glad
meas. Yet with all these unjust
discrimination against the betrayed
in favor of the betrayer, why should
not a "Magdalen Home be estab
lished in Atlanta, and those who
were once some mothers petted dar-
lings, once priced jewels fOndly
pressed to maternal breasts, pure as
the snow flakes of heaven, now
soiled wanderers with no where to
20, barteriog their souls for morsel
of bread, be placed in a "home"
where sympathy and association will
encourage them to lead better, hoIier
livesS
People do great deal in organic
ing orders and societies to elevate
man and save drunkards, but you
seldom hear of such efforts being put
forth to save fallen women and lift
them from degradation. They find
their worst enemies in their own sex
who whisperingly blight hearts that
struggle 20 reform. One erring step
and the door Of respectability is for>
ever barred-knock and plead, but
no admittance, though the devils
beseige her a, the Threshold. She I
is given a wide berth in the street as
though leporsy hung to her gar
ments. Yet He that said 'thou
shalt not commit adultery also said !
"thou shalt not bear false witness"
and He did not say one sin is great
err than the other, yet how many
persons you daily greet il guilty of
downright falsehood : Let him
that is withou, sin cast the first
stone" We do not coudone the sin,
for il is terrible fall :or any woman
to make, although her sin is more Of
tender trust in mans honor, than IN
tcntion to do wrong, but We do plead
tina, her immortal soul shall not be
given hopelessly over to the devil,
and tina; all efforts for her reclama-
tion be encouraged, fostered and sus-
tanned.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

RICHARD NJ. Blatchford, of New
York, who died few days ago, stop
ped ono day in the winter of 1873 at
an old woman'o stall on Nassau street
10 buy banana. He laid a packs
age down by his right side while he
selected the fruit, and fumblcd in his
pockets for the pennies needed, and,
feeling tap on his left shoulder,
turned to see who thus attracted his
attention. As he turned to the left,
a skillful thief grabbed the package
without being discovered and made
his escape. The package contained
SO. 900 in Government bonds, and
no trace of them has ever been ob
tanned.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
GEORGIA NEWS.

Thursday says: "The practice OF
corn stealing is going on to an alarm
ing extent in Troup county. Three
negroes were sentenced to the chain
gang last week, on bling convicted OF
this crime aud there is no telling
how many 60 UNPUBLISHED because OF
the ex pense which will be necessarily
incurred in prosecuting them. There
seems to be no adequate remedy, ex-
cept to gather the corn just as soon
as it is ready and lock it up. The
losses sustained by planters up to this
time, are by no means inconsidera-
able"
Says the Augusta Constitution.
aList of Wednesday: Georgia raised
magnificent provision crop this
year. She will have to buy some
meat, but precious little grain or long
forage. We insist, therefore, that
we are in splendid condition. he
only direction in which al immedi-
ate Improvement can be made IS to
increase our hog crop. The laws
| must be more rigidIy enforced for
stealing and killing them. Perhaps
| if the crime was made felony 1t
would do much towards protecting
farmers"
The Lumpkin independent has
two alligator eggs, out Of lot OF AZ
which we're taken from nest on
creek near Lumpkin. They are 81
inches in circumference the longest
way, and 4 inches the other. Mr..
Horn took some of the eggS home
and buried them in the sand. One
of them patched out a young gator
in few days, and the others were
dipped"
The Savannah NewS reports that
few days ago a monkey, which was
confined in baggage car on the Sa-
vannah & Charleston Railroad, broke
loose and amused himself by swing
ing on the bell rope. 1t of course
rung the bell, and brought the train
to a sudden stop, to the bewilder-
ment OF the conductor and engineer
until they found out how the thing
was done.
The Homc Commercial is in
! formed "that the Woodstock Iron
Company have commenced the manu-
facture of SPECIAL iron. 1t Is spe~
cies of iron used in the manufacture
of Bessemer steel. The ore bank is
near the works of the company, and
is said to be very rich. We are also
informed that several orders have al
ready been received for this ore.
The negro convention in San
dersviIe to discuss the propriety OF
emigrating from Georgia, did not
much favor the proposition. Talk
about leaving, at the instance OF
Radical pIotters, is cheap; but when
it comes to acting the negroes take a
more sensible view.
Two Twiggs county farmers,
Messrs. w. II. and +. L. Stokes,
have been experimenting this year
with rice as a paying crop, and will
get fifty bushels to the acre on land
that was too wet for anything else.
On Saturday last, says the Sum
ter Republican, a coiored man brought
| five bales Of cotton of his own crop
to market and sold the lot at | I cts,
| He said that he had ten more bales
on hand.
The Georgia Commissioner OF
| Agricultural says the farmers lost an
nuaIly more than 100000 by the
iniudicious purchase and use of fer
,ilizers. - COl,m5aS Enquirer.
The Dalton Citizen says that
corn has been offered in its market
at fifty cents busheI, to be deliver
ed as soon as gathered.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

4 conductor on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad recently kiss.
ed one Of Ills lady passengers, Miss
McCracken. She resented his &C
ton and instituted a suit against the
railroad for damages, on the ground
that she was kissed by the whole
company through the conductor, as
agent, An Illinois jury awarded her
81, 600, which is So3 80 from eacn
director. or ten cents trcm each
ntockholder.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

TIE boy Joseph Sullivan, whose
mysterious disappearance in New
York ON las. Wednesday week, hao
bought out the offer Of $500 reward
for Lis recovery, is still missing -
lie was playing in front Of his tath>
er's store and dwelling, at No, Alp
Greenwich a, o'clock in the after
noon Of that day and has not been
seen or heard Of since.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

AT piermont, \. IL, a man nam
ed Colting WAS awakened by tramp
On Wednesday night, who with a
cooked pistol demanded money
Col,iag directed the tramp to bu-
rsau drawer containing 500. The
tramp laid down the pistol to search,
when Coltiog seized the pistol and
shot the tramp.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

JACOB L4NDEN stepped in front
ol d train at Bennington, vi, and
was Instantly killed Poverty aud
poor health are supposed "a be the
cause Of the act. lie leaves wife
and four children. y daughter was
dead in he house when he commit
ted suicide.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

TINE New York Commercial Arcy-
hsey says all the ocean steamship
companies have sunk money on near
ly every passage for two or three
years past The Bremen liue has
lost Sl1l5,Oo0 in two years, the
Hamburg 100000 during tie past
year, and the White Star lnman,
National, aud Cunard lines not less
than Sl,000,0U0
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

* answer to an appea! tot aid
from Mayor Davis OF Galveston,
Texas, Mayor Cobb d Boston has
authorized him TO draw for - GOO TO
assist the sufferers by the recent
foods.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

To all whom it may concern. + II. Lnd'ey
having in proper form applied to me for perns-
nent letters Of Administration on The Estate Of
Mrs Charity Hopkins ate Of said county de-
ceased. ] his j. therefore TO cite all aud @ingu,
lar the creditors and next 81 kin of said deceased
TO he and appear at ms office within the time
allowed bv law. aud show caus~. it any they
can. why permanent administration shoui rot
be grated 10 tie applicant This Sept. 18th,
l-75. II. NJ HAMMETT. Ordinary.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES,
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

BY virtue of an order Of the Court of Ordi-
nary Of Cobb Comfy, will be sold before The
Court Honse door in Marietta on The first Tues
day in November next, Lot Of Land No. Ten
Hundred aud Ninety 800 south halfof Lot
No Eleven Hundred and Twenty eight (ll2-)
and South half No Eleven hundred aud twenty
nine (lI2Q) in the 18th District and 2nd section
OF Cobb County. Sold as the property Of John
Perkerson. col. late Of said county deceased, for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of sald de
ceased. Terms cash. THIS Sept 29th lS75.
A. REYNOLDS, Admir-
fpIinter'r fee IS 90
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

THE Democrats have made a clean
sweep Of Wyoming Territory, elect
ing eleven Of thirteen members Of
the Council and eighteen of twenty
seven members al the House.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

A MArDEN's heart is like a hotel
bed you may never discover the
previous occupant, but you may be
sure there has been one.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

Ex-SENAroR Schurz, it said, "iI
gel $4,000 ia making niue speech
es il favor of hard>money Rspubli
cans il .te Ohio Governors eIee'
ton.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

Hon. C. DeIano, Secretary of the
Interior, has resigned and the Presi
dent has accepted his resignation to
take effect October LIST.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
WE FIND the following in the last
=, TT..<,Jl.

WE FIND the following in the last
Greensboro HnaM:
SoMNAMDULIsT.--One Of the most
remarkable cases Of somnambulism
Of which We ever heard, occurred
near this place short while ago. A
negro boy, about II years old, who
had assisted in taking bee tree and
hlying the bets, in piece Of woods
some mile or more from home, go;
up in his sleep during the night and
going to where the hive had been
lief; shouldcred it and brought it to
the house without waking, having
crossed several deep gulies aud three
ten-raIl fences.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01

Thirty GAYS after date application VAL be
mad. - ia. Court If Ordinary e Cobb County
for leaYr to r-li the real estate q Nllltm itsny
late ii cob County deceased This Sept 2S'h'
Il HASEY, Adn'r.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
TIE Best Household Oil in the Wcrld !!
G. WEST 81 SONS

AIlAUHIN oEO I NJ VIL'
Narrsnied $50 DEGREES Fire Test-Endorset
by Five Insurance Companies.
IL Read the following certificate. selected
from many oiheta
HuwAEp FIRE INS Co. Of BALTIMORE. I
December % -. !
Nessrs g. Hest j. Sons: Gentemen-Hav-
ing used the vaiioJ- oils sold IN Ills city for
Illuminating purposrs. take pleasure III r.
commencing your Aladdin Security az tie
safest and hest ever used In our household.
Yours, truly. ANDREW REESE, Prvr.
RIT WILL NOT EXPLODE 81
4sk You. &0rk-epsr yf5r Il.
" holesale DEPOT {. WEST Il SONS,
lib. rs W Lombard Street, Baltimore.
Sept ~ 1J-6m
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
Attention Farmers
AND ALL THOSE THAT WANT
DRY GOODS and GROCERIES.

WE ARE RECEIVING AND WILL
w continue 10 receive, Fresh and well se-
lected Goods Of the best Brands aud Quality
and we think after studying tie business for
nearly thirty seven years and always paying
hundred cemts ia the dollar en:.Jles Us 10 pur-
chase
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
NOTICE

Thirty days after dat application will tr
made 10 thu. Honorable the Court If Ordinary
Of Cobb County. for leave to sell The real and
personal property of James J. Seay, late OF said
County decreased This sept s29ih, 1873.
ALLEN B. SEAN, Admir-.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
School N ot4ce.

IN MONDAY. OCTOBER 4rH. PRO
ro.s ta apeu School in the Academy
vacat.i ~, Prof Chas. Lsue. Rates Of tuition
will be the sarle as hi- were and payable at the
end g the month. 4 liberal patrouaeS solicit
\. c. HOLMES, A. n.
Marietta, ia Oct. 1915.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-01
FOR SALE.

IOFFER FOR SALE A CHEAP FARM
one aud d bait miles from Marietta. on the Dali
las Road. consisting of go aeres-one half
o!earei-good dwelling house. &c.
VIII take seventeen dollars an acre.
SEPT. "a I. NJ. SMITH.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-12-31

queer notions as to what manhood
consists in. They picture their big
brother, who lords 1t oUer them, as
the typical man. He is the one they
would initiate, and at the same time
they hate HIM profoundly.
If he chews tobacco let him guard
we'll his pockets or the young scions
will steal it.
If he swears, then let him rest as
sured that Johnny and Sammy and
Dick will be sure to regard it as a
manly trait. And to be a man is
what every boy aspires to. Yes, sir,
l mean it, every boy wants to be a
man. The trouble is, boys are liable
to mistake the real elements Of man.
hood. If the boy grows up in the
society of those who measure man
by the hardness of his fist then he
will want to be bruiser. When l
was little boy mother bought me a
set of Abbot's histories. I read all
about William the Conqueror. Rich
ard the Lion-hearted and Alexander
the Great, and host of others. Like
all other boys l wanted to be a man
and got to thinking generals the
proper men to initiate. Then / read
of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jack
son, and other statesmen. The states
man was for time my ideal man.
But the lives and labors of such men
as Ben Franklin struck me as most
charming. And what does Johnny
think now? He thinks that if moth
ers would take pains to show the
little Dicks and Harrys what consti
tutes the true man, the little fellows
would try to initiate him instead IF
some spurious ideal. For, depend
upon it, all boys aoa"t to be men.