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, 1877-02-03

Hay N TIE SCUTdERN STATES- The Southern
States have alWay- l-- the habit OF buying tue
most OF goOi share ot their hay from the North.
The New York Tribune states that Ciroryi. alone
Imports from the North IS c0a tons OF h-y annually
ami rst!In-es that North aud south Carolina FiorI
da, Alablmt, Mississippi, LJuisiIlIa, Ttxts and
A. ktusss each lmlOt- average OF II coo tons at
annual c,t oi 80 Der ton, or At grcss value or
cost OF S5.4-O,OOD.
, 1877-02-03
TO ADVERTISERS.

The Walls wslla sT.TYsMAS has a mach larger
circulation than any other paper Vuti'hei ~ tiie
Territory OF Washington an1 Brnce offers suf-ilHf
inducerner - 70 advertisers who would reach tUe
very best class Of paying customer
, 1877-02-03

1HE Liverpool Por tel!s this entertaining anse-
doe Sarah Stagg,r1, an atteu,laut al he Iunate
Asy lun AZ stone, Kent, Is est0 for i!-trea;Iug
g !sGa!e luuatia THe patient Was helri screaming
AM she wts discovered IN her SUD II intense
s-ony- L -ouui tia. all her nails had tr7-n cut
n half inch below the quick Stag,trd admitted
the onee, ding thrt she cut the nails because the
IE4ti-n; scI4tc' j her
, 1877-02-03

T.. I-.--~IOnaL SUnuIoriUN, ae made
ND under the law OF Congress, is as
follows: Senators Thurman, Bayard,
Frelinghuysen, EimundS and Morton,
Representatives Payne, Abbott Hun
ton, Garfelde and Hoar. Supreme
Court Justices Clifford, Strong. Field
Miller and Bradley. Of these two
Senators and three Representatives
are democrats, and three Senators and
two Representatives are republican.
OF fthc Supreme Court Judges Messrs.
Clifford and Field are cIassed as dem,
oeraiS. and MeSsTS Strong, Miller and
Bradley as republicans. From this
enumeration II will be seen that tie
democrats have seven members of the
commission and the republicans eight.
Bradley was the fifteenth member
chosen, and his selection was disap.
pointment to the democrats, who are
in consequence despondent. The dis
patch from which we take the above,
says the republicans are jubilant,
, 1877-02-03
Ignorance and Prejudice.

A great deal has been sand by the
radical papers as TO the character OF
the voters constituting the large ma
ioritv for the democratic candidates
al the late Presidential election. The
New York Tribune, among other
journals Of It's party, undertook 70
prove that there Is more ignorance
among the people who support The
democratic ticket then exists in the
masses of those who oppose IL To sus-
tain this proposition it makes the
statement that The more wealthy dis
tricts Of New York are the strong
holds of the radical party, aud those
in which the poorer classes form the
bulk of the population yield the heaT-
lest democratic mAjurites.
Wealth is not always intelligent,
and poverty does not always Indicate
ignorance. The common test Of i'll
teligence adopted by sueh journals as
the paper mentioned is the ability 10
read and write, and if this be accept,
ed it will be found that among white
people the greatest amount Of ignor
ance exists in those Western States,
which give the largest radical majUri
ties
Reading and writing do not how,
ever, form SO good an indication OF
comparative intelligence as do the
measures and principles which voters
support. The man who gives his
vote for political leaders who are snb-
yerting the fundamental laws which
secure the rights and freedom Of every
citizen, must be claSsed with grossly
ignorant voters, and in their category
is found every one who has voted to
sustain the radical party, in the belief
that by so doing he was benehling
himself
When our civil war ended, every
honest man desired the restoration OF
the Union. This they knew could
only be effected by cunceding equal
rights to the people of every State.
Holding the Southern States in sub
lection by military power, and con-
peIling the people to submit to the
Inle of partisan knaves, sent South 10
control elections, was not union as
intelligent people understood the term,
1t was despotism in a most odious
form; but ignorant men desired to
crafty revengefnl feelings against
those who had resisted their party and
fought for separation. They had not
intelligence enough 10 perceive that
in exercising Illegal power III one
section, the leaders of their party
were destroying The vital principle of
free government, and rendering inse-
cure the rights and freedom of the
people Of every part OF the country.
, 1877-02-03
Hd0 House Of RITfStHtI'1rtS,
Washington, EeD. I, 1871.

70 the President Of tie Commission = More
than one Return or paper, purpor'ing TO be Il
return and certificate Uf the electoral votes Uf
The ate Of Florida having been received and
this Gly duty opened III the presenue Of The
TWO houses oI Congress. and objections there
10 having been made, the SAID To uru-, with
All the accom- mpAnyinS plpyrS, ana also The o.
j-o,ions thereto, are herewith sa6u,l,ed TO
the judgment and decision oi the commission,
as provided by law.
, 1877-02-03

The electoral commission met at , =. ",
to-day. Journal OF previous proceedings was
re ID and approved. y communication from
the two Houses of Congress IN Jiut session
Was presented by Ar. GJrhan, Secretary OF
the Senate, add read a. follows:
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25
soMErH1 70 DO.

The Scientific American says: 1t
is an old trick of despots, and good
one, to employ their subjects. Why 7
To keep them out of mischief EN-
ployed men are most contented.
There is no conspiracy. Men do not
sit down and cody proceed to con-
coct iniquity SO long as there is plen>
ty and profitable employment for
body and mind. Work drives off
discomfort, provided there is COM
pensationi in proportion to the amount
of labor performed. There must be
stimulant. God never intended a
man should sweat without eating Of
the fruits of his labor-reaping a re-
ward-more than he intended the
idle man should revel in plenty and
grow equity on Injuries. Industry
is great peacemaker-a>mind- your
own business citizen. Something to
do renders the despairing good.natN
ured and hopeful, stops the cry Of
the hungry, and promotes all virtue.
The best men are the most industri.
Gus and the most wealthy work the
hardest. They always find somes
thing to do. Do you ever wonder
that men of wealth do not retire and
enjoy their substance We know
some young men who look forward
with anticipation to the time of re
firing. tits doubtful if man should
ever retire from business as long as
he lives. We think we know men
who, were they to abandon business,
would be ruined not pecuniarily but
mentally-their lives would be short
ened. God never intended mans
mind should become dormant. 1t is
governed BY fixed laws. These laws
are imperative in their exactions.
Something to do Oh, if had
something to do! There are young
men who sigh for it, yet one thing
they can d, that is, seek for a job.
Once found, providedit is an honest
Que, do not heAitate to perform IT,
even if it does notgay as well as you
expected.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

THE New York Bulitin Of Wed,
nesday publishes crop reports from a
number of counties in each of the
great wheat-growi States of the
Northwest, and summing up the re-
ports, concludes that the season is
opening with great promise of big
results for the Western farmers. 1t
says: "The prospects of the winter
wheat, and also the present condition
of the spring wheat, as reported from
the States of Illinois, Indiana, Mich
igsn, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and
Missouri were never better. The
spring so far has been favorable for
ploughipg and seeding; the ground
turns over in fine condition, and
no State in the Northwest, SO far as
heard from, have the farmers been
subjected to extremes of wet or dry
weather.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25
For the Marietta Journal.
MARIETTA. ia
A Home for the Invalid.

When the summer heat becomes
SO oppressive in the extreme South
ern portions of the United States,
many persons who are old or in fee
bic health, desire climate more
congenial to their feelings and more
conducive to their health. The
question then comes up, "Where
shall I gog Shall incur the add
tioual expense of going to Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee or to some
watering place, where exorbitan,
charges for board are required, OF
shall seek some cool retreat in the
mountains Of Georgia or North Caro-
lima, where the air is pure, dry and
healthful, and expenses light ="
The expenses, with the opulent
are not the decisive consideration
A great many persons in the mala
rious regiono of the Southern parts
of the coasts States are very FREE
quently attacked with fever, or chills
and fever almost every summer, and
after having it for several years in
Succession, become SO obnoxious to
attacks that they are compelled to
change their homes, or visit some
healthy locality in summer. Then
the question comes up to those who
want to sell out and move "where
shall | find healthy locality with
the advantages of good society, good
land and water, and all other advan-
tages, such as schools, churches and
railroad facilities ~ To such l am
happy to say that the upper Geor
gia offers all the above inducements
to those who are seeking health and
happiness. To the invalid | would
say, if he or she wishes the aids of a
high, dry, healthful atmosphere,
pure, cool, good free stone water,
plenty Of good fruit, and all that
can contribute to his restoration to
health, the beautiful city of Mariet-
ia, Ga, is the place afording all the
above aids to health and earthly en>
joyment. There is, perhaps, no To-
cality in the United States more sa>
luxurious than the beautiful little city.
nesting at the foot of old Kennesaw,,
amid its shade of live oaks and elms
Here nature smiles with all the
b!ushing beauties Of flowers and
fruits offering too TO the hungry all
that the most fastidious appetite can
crave. Here the enfeebled and de-
spending victim of disease may re-
gain his coveted blessing --good
health. And here may the thrifty
laborer find reward for his toll, with>
out risking his life in the fever in
tested swamps of Southern Georgia,
or upon the burning, barren, sand
beds of Florida. There are hum
dreds of good farmers moving to the
insalubrious and unthrifty regions of
the west, where they cannot, for
years yet to come, have either the
advantages of schools, churches, or
civilized society, who could find here
home, with all the delights Of an
earthly existence.
1. j. N. Goss, M. u.
Exchanges please copy.]
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

CURIosITIEs of lawsuits for breach
of matrimonial promises: In Boston,
a girl was engaged to a man who
Tilted her. This was ten years ago.
She married somebody else. Recent
ly she became a widow, and now she
sues the original sutton because he
will not keep the old promise. In
Minneapolis, a man is the complain
ant. He declares that his pocket
and his feelings have suffered an in
jury equal to $4,000 by the refusal
of q wealthy widow to marry him.
She promised to do so, and be gave
up his business of liquor selling to
please her, thus causing his banks
ruptcy. In Montreal. woman of
forty failed to secure a verdict
against boy of eighteen. He prov
ed that be had never meant nor
promised to marry her, but had re>
garded her rather in the light of a
motherly sdviser. lesies
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25
A MOMENT OF HORROR

Willard has cultivated the soil in
Baldwin county. and drawn there
from q support for himself and wife.
She is childless. Not long ago Jack
left his house in search of missing
cow. His route led him through an
old worn out piece of clay land six
acres in extent, in the center of
which was we'll about twenty-five
or thirty feet deep, that at some
time probably had furnished the in>
mates of dilapidated house near
by with water. In passing by this
spot an i'll wind drifted Jacks hat
from his head and maliciously waits
ed it to the edge of the well-in it
tumbled. Now, Jack had always
practiced the virtue of economy,
and he Immediately set about recov,
ering his hat. He ran to the we'll
and finding it was dry at the bottom
he uncoiled the rope which he had
brought for the purpose of capturing
the COW, and after several attempts
to catch the hat with a moose, he
concluded to save time by going
down into the well himself To &C
complish thiL he made fast one end
of the rope to stump hard by, and
was soon on his way down the we'll
1t was a fact of which Jack was
less obvious than the reader hereof
= that mischievous fellow named
Nick Willis was in the old building
and saw Jack go down into the well,
and it SO happened that Jacks old
blind horse was close by with bell
on his neck. The devil himself, or
some other wicked spirit, put it into
Nick's head to have a little fun; so
he slipped up to the old horse, un,
buckled the strap, and approached
the we'll with the bell in hand, ting
aling sting, ting -aling-ting, ting aling.
Jack thought that the old horse was
coming, and in audible tones, Chang
the old blind horse, he's coming this
way sure, amt go no more sense
than to fall in hero on me; woa,
Ball." But the sound IF the bell
came closer and closer, and Jack
was resting at the bottom Of the we'll
-"Great Jerusalem +! said Jack, the
old blind fool will be right in on top
Of me in a mint, woa, Bali woa ;
woa now, Ball just then Nick got
close to the edge of the well and
kicked in little dirt on Jacks head.
Jack thought Ball was about to come
and got close up to the wall and be-
gan to pray.
ooh LORD, have mercy on-woa,
Ball--a poor sinner. I'm gone now,
w6a, Ball /! Our Father who art in
woa, Ball Heaven, hallowed be
thy-gee, Ball gee what will | do
name. Now | lay me down to ST.
gee, Ball out on your livers! Gust
then in fell more dirt back, Ball
Oh Lord, if you ever intend to do
anything for me-back, Ball, woa,
no hoe Thy kingdom com--gee,
Ball Oh! Lord, you know | was
baptised in Smiths mil! dam-woa,
Ball. hopup /! murder | woa,
farewell, world
Nick could hold in no longer, and
showing himself at the top of the
well with a big laugh, which might
have been heard two miles. This
was more than Jack could bear, and
he started up the rope like a monks
ey: BLAST your picture, I'll give you
fits I'll make your cas- ring wors'n
that bell. a .
Nick took to his heels and ran like
a quarter horse and the last that was
seen Of him, he was mile from the
we'll with two big dogs grabbing at
his coat tail, and Jack close behind
yelling at the dogs.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

EINErYssEvEN years ago a revo~
lutionary claim for $4,000 was
brought against the government
The latter refused, fer some reason
or other, TO pay it. 1t was pressed
from time to time until last winter,
when it was taken before Congress,
which body gave the claimant the
right to go before the Court of
Claims with bis case. He won it,
together with ninety>seven years in
terest. The government appealed
the case to the Supreme Court,
which affirmed the decision of the
court below, and afew days ago the
claim, which, with interest, amounts
ed to about SOL, 900, was paid at the
Treasury Department. Hero is
case where it would have been to
the interest of Uncle Sam to have
paid the claim in the first place.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25
GOOD RESULTS.

The effect, on State credit, of the
restoration ofsome Of the Southern
States to self.government and DEM
ocratic rule, is, says the Hartford
Times, strikingly illustrated, by the
increase in the price of the State
bonds and real estate in the States
latterly relieved from the usurper's
rule. 1t has already been announced
that one gentleman in Hartford has
made fifty thousand dollars on the
rise of South Carolina bonds from
IS to So to 70; and a New York pa
per announces that under the DEM
ocratic or sDrew government, Flor
ida is being lifted into greater proso
perity thaa ever before" Had Til
den been inaugurated President, con-
fidence would have been restored to
considerable extent, and better
state of things would have Resulted.
The manner in which Hayes was
brought to the Presidential chair
struck the country so unfavorably
that feeling almost of dependency
followed, aud there was no improve"
ment in the spring business. But
unexpected policy of Hayes, as man.
Tested at the'South, has greatly tend
ed to restore confidence, and we be-
lisve twill result in marked benefits
to the whole country.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25
DEBT.

i y
"Dsbt "--there is no worse de-
moralizer of character. The sad re-
cords of defaulting, embezzling, and
dishonest failures which we meet
with SO constantly in the daily press
are often, indeed most frequently the
result Of the generalization of debt,
and consequent desperate efforts of
extrication. The financial props
have given away. The little debt,
which at first was as small as grain
of mustard seed, like the rolling
snow> ball, has gathered weight and
multiplied itself a thousand fold
And still it grows, and like the fabu-
ious hydra which Hercules was sent
to kill, you no sooner strike off one
head than Two shoot up in its place.
The struggle is severe, but in the
end decisive; either confession is
made Of a hopeless bankruptcy,
which might and should have been
avoided or integrity is sacrificed to
the temptation of the moment.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

A GENTLEMAN. "A gentleman is
a rarer thing than some of US think
for. Which of us can point out
many such in his circle-men whose
aims are generous ; whose truth is
constant and elevated /; who can
look the world honestly in the face,
with equal, manly sympathy for the
great and the smallY We all know
hundred whose coats are well
made, and a score who have excel
lent manners, but of gentlemen. how
manyY Let US take little scrap
of paper and each make his list.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

8 Solomon Beunefsla- is Il, the name
of the old Georgian who walked all
the way from Gwinnets county to
see Hayes. Heis partially deranged
His father, now about one hundred
years old, resides in Walton county
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25
QUINlNE has taken a big lump uu

QUININE has taken big jump up
and now costs about So per ounce in
New York. A substitute for quinine
has recently been put in the market,
which is said to have all its qualities
and can be sold az about one>thifd
the cost.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

Drs. Westmoreland and Alexan-
der report that every drop of water
that man drinks that comes from
the centre Of Atlanta ihsy'ies the
seeds of disease to his system, and
no man can drink it steady for a
year without having severe spell
of sickness.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

Philadelphia is reported TO have
5000 houses untenanted, or occu>
pied by families who, unable longer
to pay rent, are permitted to remain
in them, on condition they protect
the premises from the ravages to
which unoccupied buildings are liza,
BILE. .ala
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

Charles J. Jenkins, of Augusta,
Judge Underwood and Judge A. q.
Wright, of Rome, Gen. Woflord and
Col. Johnson, of Barlow, Judge
Buchanan, of Newman, and Col.
Mathe WIS, of Oglethorpe. are among
the nominees that have already been
put forward for the Convention.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

THE oldest old maid in the world"
says the Galveston News, "is Rebec
ca Anderson, of Seneca Falls"
Yes, we have heard of Miss Rebec-
ca before. If the years that have
been piled upon her head were each
block of granite, she might easily
palm herself off upon an unsuspect-
ing community as the Washington
monument miraculously finished
the only way it would seem, that il
ever will be finished. She was born
80 far back in the dim, forgotten
past, that train of cars travelling
at the rate of hundred miles an
hour, exclusive of stoppages, would
not reach hei birth in it is impossi-
ole to say how long. She says she
is only 112 years old, but in telling
her age of course she knocks off half
a century or SO, juft as an old maid
of thirty knocks ten years or SO off
of hers. 1t is thought to be hardly
probable now that Miss Rebecca will
ever marry, for in journeying up the
Arctic waste Of wintry years, she has
long since
''---attaned the icy spot
Where mans magnetic feelings show
Loves polar star forgot"
besides she is old enough to know
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

The Macon Telegraph learns that
Judge Bar narnd Hill has resigned
the Superior Court Judgeship of the
Macon Circuit.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25
NOTICE !!

ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO ME
pay promp. glay have future Accommodation
and those who do not. cannot afford to give
them credit in future, ane they will please not
ask for it, but pay cash down.
WILLIAM ROOT.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

If new Constitution is made it
will be referred back to the people
for ratification the act so provides.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

~ .i.-A~4s --aaserf-
Our army, small as it is, coats the
government thirty millions per an
mum.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

"Are you fond of to,gue, sir I"
81 was always fond Of tongue, and
like it STILL"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25
THE Griffin News contained very


THE Griffin News contained very
sensible article a day or two ago
about the patronage due to ..newspa-
pers which we fully endorse:
"The people of some cities have
very little idea Of the true value Of a
good newspaper to city or commune
ty. tbs continual advertiser Of
both place, things and people, and
brings persons. nearer together in
interest, taste and opinions. 1t is a
silent, certainly true educator Of
the people, dropping thought here
and there to be clothed upon and
materialized in the future by those
who would not otherwise receive it,
and while tl1e'newspaper is busi~
ness enterprise, it is al the same
time philanthropic advocate for,
and defender of the people, and the
people should remember that it is
they who give journals financial
standing by extending patronage"
~
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25

SCENE IN CoURT.-'William, look
tell US, William who made you ?"
William, who was considered a
fool, screwed up his face, and looked
thoughtful and somewhat bewilder>
ed ~ an
'Moses, 1 s'pose 7
THAT will do said counselor Gray
addressing the court. The witness
says he supposes Moses made him /;
that is an intelligent answer-more
than | thought him capable Of giving
for it shows that he has some faint
idea of Scripture. | submit that it
is not sufficient to entitle him to be
sworn as witness capable of giving
evidence
'NIr. Judge, said the FOOL may /
ak the lawyera question p
Certainly said the Judge.
well, then, Mr.. Lawyer, who
dye s'pose made youY
Aaron, | s'pose,' said counselor
Gray, initiating the witness. After
the mirth had somewhat subsidized,
the witness drawled out:
wall, MEOW, we do read in the
book that Aaron once made a calf,
but who thought the darned critter
got in heren
The judge ordered the man to be
sworn.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-05-25
A young lady employed in til,

A young lady employed in the
largest dry goods establishment in
Philadelphia tainted from over~exer
ton few days ago, and while she
was in swoon the proprietor came
up to where she was lying surround
ed by sympathizing crowd of Gus,
toners, and, with a great flourish,
sent messenger out for a cab to
take her to her home. The girl was
confined to her home for day, and
when the end of the week arrived,
and she got her envelope from the
cashier of the store containing her
weekly wages, she was surprised to
find that there was but 81 init Her
stipend was but Sc per week. When
the cashier was asked for an expla-
nation he said that So had been taken
out for carriage hire.