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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
GOV. coLQUITTs SPEECH.

A large crowd Of citizens gathered
in the Opera House last Friday night
to hear Governor Colquitt's address.
The speech was an explanation of
the motives that prompted the Gov-
ernor in appointing Ex-Governor
Brown to succeed General Gordon
rather than reply to charges, Of
bargain and sale, that have been so
freely uttered, but he alluded to these
charges more than once 10 a style
that drew forth enthusiastic applause
from bis hearers. Az q whole the
address was a defense of his admin
istration. The Governor compared
the social, commercial and financial
condition of Georgia with that of
ether States in the Union, and asked
any one to point out wherein his ad
ministration had tended to the dis
credit of the State.
In regard to the appointment of
ex Gov. Brown, he said he had ap-
pointed him because CT his known
ability. as there person in this
audience" said the Governor, "who
does not know that if necessity for
defending the interests of Georgia
should arise in the national councils,
Senator Brown would be abundantly
able to defend her. No person here
but knows be would be eagerly anx
ious to defend her. Applause -
lie has been Democrat for twelve
years aud has voted for the nomi
nees of the party, from the highest
to the lowest; and if this does not
entitle him to Democratic fellowship
what does ~
Governor Colquitt repudiated,
with indignant scorn, the charges of
corruption made against General
Gordon and himself in regard to this
appointment The speech seemed to
produce a very favorable impression
upon the large audience, and the
Governor was frequently interrupted
by hearty applause.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
GENERAL aoRDoNs DEFENSE

A recent interview with ex Sena-
tor Gordon in Washington, and which
has just been Published, will doubts
less do much to lessen the suspicion
of his completely in the agreement
which placed Brown as his success
sor in the Senate. His statements
are open and manly and not in the
least tinged sith vituperative bitter,
ness which characterized the denials
of Colquitt and Brown. He speaks
of his devotion to domestic life, and
says he takes more pleasure in the
love and happiness of bis wife and
children than in all the honors that
can be gathered in political life. -
This is characteristic of Gordon, and
an index of the purity of devotion
of his past life. He has an intense
love for the South, and says that this
ardent desire for her prosperity
alone has caused him to neglect his
own affairs, and in war and peace
cousecrate to her all the talent which
God had bestowed upon him, and
that too, without one lurking thought
of self. His duty to his home and
his family alone prompted him to
give up his life of usefulness, and
pecunisry demands were pressing
heavily upon him. He said-"lf l
had fortune this life, of course,
would be much more agreeable but
to a man sustaining the relations |
do to the South, he must 10 order to
remain in the Senate, have a large
purse or very small heart" One
acquainted with Gordon's generous
nature can readily see how heavily
this inability to sustain his dignity
of a Senatorship in true Southern
style would rest upon him.-Atlan,
ia Post.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
CHICAGO.

All eyes are turned toward Chi
cage, intently watching the National
Republican Convention, which as
sembled there on the I'd inst, to
nominate candidates for President
and Vice President. Several days
before converting, the "big bosses
of the party were on hand Juggling
for their respective candidates,
agreeing to the preliminaries Of or
ganization and dealing out sugar
to the mercenary white delegate and
the patriotic colored brother. The
contest will be bitter ADD spirited t.
defeat Grant, who has the larges
number of delegates pledged. 1t il
believed that the supporters o
Blaine and Sherman will combine L
overthrow Grant by doing away
with the unit rule, thus deprivine
Grant of some of his delegates, who
as individuals prefer Blaine tc
Grant. BY our next issue we viii
be enabled to give the result.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
GOVERNOR SEWARD'5 ADVICE 70
YOUNG MEN.

Mr.. Seward, in letter 10 young
man, just Published for the first Time
said: | am glad to know that you
have got into the country. 1t is the
best place for young men. Allow
me to give you word of advice
just as soon as you can get out of
public employment into some occu-
patton by which you can support
yourself, do it, and become an indie
pendent man. Salaries exhaust the
energies of all men, and very often
corrupt them.
No greater calamity can befall a
young man than to begin life in a
public Office. An easy clerkship,
with liberal salary, oftener Injuries
than benefits the recipient. AS a
rule, it units a young man for the
rougher work of life, and by taking
him away from the stimulating infu
ence of competition, prevents him
from acquiring the mental and physi
cal fibre indispensable to success.
And these coveted positions are
all the more pernicious because they
are SO often merely temporary. 1t
would not be so bad if the young
man who begins life in a rut were
permitted to stay there. But these
easy clerkships have come to be
recognized as rewards for party SER
vice rendered either by the receipts
ents or by their friends, and come
and go with the rise and fall of par~
ties. A dismissal clerk from a polili
cal Office is about as pi,iable All OBJ
ject as one often meets with.
During the two or four or six
years be has been drawing a fair
salary for little work, he has been
forming habits which unfit him for
sterner service, and he is obliged to
take up the thread of life where he
dropped it to enter upon his coveted
clerkship, with fewer friends, less
ambition, and worse habits than
when he left his original employment,
where he had 20 work hard for little
pay, to enter upon an official posi-
ion where there was little to do and
big pay for, doing it.
Whoever has any very protracted
experience in political life can call up
scores of young men whose early
abilities inspired high hopes of use>
fulness and success, but who have
sunk into obscurity, if not into some
thing worse, under the enervating
influence of some petty office. Such
position may help him for few
years, but the chances are that it
will spoil him for life, Albany Jour-
nal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 20, '8C

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 20, $50.
1t is believed now that Congress
will adjourn on the 10th of June,
which is Midway between the two
great political conventions. Except
to approve the Ute agreement, pass
the bills restricting the exercise of
authority at elections by special
Deputy Marshsls and supervisors,
and pass the Eaton tariff revision
bill, no general Legislation will be
completed. The last of the Defic-
iency bills has been reported
Many radical members of Con
gress have left and are leaving for
Chicago. The dispatches received
here from those who have gone on
are to the effect that the struggle in
the Convention q wll pc the most
spirited ever known. The friends
of Grant declare the certainty of his
nomination, and other say that he
cannot be nominated. There is also
great determination among the
Blaine men, and their determination
to "beat Grant" is seconded by the
others. Among Democrats here |
find quite general belief that Grant
will be nominated @nd tina. there
after the Convention will 60 to
pieces, to be followed in November
by the party ITSELF
OF the Democr&.ic nomination lit~
tie has been said for several days,
every one understanding that events
at Chicago will have a great inAu-
ence on the Cincinnati elections
Don.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

We see it stated that John A
Stuart, Deputy Collector of inter>
nal revenue, residing in Union coun-
ty, is causing the government con-
siderable expense, resulting doubt
less from groundless fear. He has
had guard of ten men stationed
about his premises, and has had
them for ten days at an expense of
four dollars per day each, to guard
his house and keep it from being
burned, as he claims that moon
sinners have threatened to destroy it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
CONVINCED BLAINE

On the LIST inst, Senator Brown,
of Georgia, made bis first speech
and was listened to with marked at
tention. From the proceedings we
clip the following:
Mr. Brown moved to increase the appro-
priation for the improvement Of the Savan-
nah harbor from $G5, 900 to 800, 900. He
spoke of advantage Of that harbor to the
whole country as afiordng nearer outlet
for ITS products TO tie sea board, and appeal
ed TO Senators from all sections, to join in an
effort with those Of Georgia, to build up the
fourishing commercial manufacturing,
agricultural and mining industries.
Mr. Blaine said the senator from Georgia
had convinced him Of the Justice OF his
amendment, and he should vote for it with
out thereby seeking 10 violate any under
standing that the bill rs reported was 10 be
adhered TO.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

Tho Macon Telegraph says that
Notwithstanding the heavy rains OF
last week the farmers in that vicinity
are progressing we'll with their work.
A great deal of the cotton has al
ready been chopped OUT, and much
more would have been if hands
could have been secured. There
has been a great scarcity this sea
son of negroes willing to work, for
though there are plenty of them
about, they prefer to job about the
city to going out to hoe cotton at
fifty to seventy-fve cents per acre
There is a great quantity of grass in
some sections, but where prudence
and industry have prevailed, but
little damage has been done, and the
farmers are we'll up with their work
But little has been done on swamp
land, in consequence of the freshets
in the river, bu. with good weather
this week nearly all such land will
be planted. 1t thinks that, taking
all things iuto consideration, while
there is not much to ba elated over
there is no need of despair in Bib
county.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
New Advertisements.
Cobb Shnrif'S Sales for LllY.

WILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
| House door in the City of Marietta, Cobb C0un-
ty, Georgia. on the first Tuesday in July next
within the legal hours of sale, the following
| property t0-wit
North half of lot of land No 1855. South ha If
of lot No. 6SG each lot containing 40 acres
more or less, and also, ten acre Of the North
east corner of lot No. CSC All in the 10th dis
| trict and I'd section of Cobb county, Ga. Lev
led on as the property Of E. A. Neese by rtue
of tifa issued from Cobb Superior Court in
favor of ,he Oakley Mills Manufacturing Com
pany, for the of Officers of the Court VS. L.
A. Neese, ct. al. Property pointed out by w.
| r. Power Plaintiffs Attorney, and notice given
to tenan. in possession.
Also at the same me and place, Lots and
parcels of Land Nos. 8, 8, 10, 65, &C. and e3,
each lot containing forty acres, moro or less
also on five acre. of lot of land No. "a, all lying
and being in the 10Th District and I'd section Of
originally Cherokee, now Cobb County, and
State of Georgia. Levied on as the property of
Joshua jackson by virtue of and to satisfy two
wits of Fieri Facias issued from the Superior
! Court of said County, both in favor of Weilder
Bro. e. Co.. VS.. said Joshua Jackson. Prop
erty pointed out by Power & Hammett, Plain
tffs Attorneys, and written notice given to
Joshua jackson, defendant in possession.
Also at the same time and place, Seven and
one half acres of lot of Land No. lois, in the
10th District and I'd section of Cobb County,
Ga, on the west-side of Bells Ferry road,
bounded as follows: Beginning at stake on
the west side of said road Ell the Brace line
running south 90 degrees, west IA chains and
80 links to stake, thence north four degrees,
west seven chains to stake, thence along the
Bells Ferry 1o chains and 20 links to the be-
ginning, and ten acres of No. 1902, on the west
side thereof, bounded as follows Beginning on
the west of the road running north Sc degrees,
east five chains to stake corner at what was
formerly known as Morris now Stephens field,
thence north four degrees, west along Stephens
line 30 chains to corner stake the south
Sc degrees, west five chains to a stake, thence
south four degrees, east 20 chains to the BEGUN
ing, containing in all seventeen acres more or
less, and known the james Mongin Smith
place, where C d. Phillips now resides. Lev
led on as the property OF Z. d. Phillips by vir-
tue Of a tfa from the Notary Court Of the 998th
District G NJ. Of Cobb County. Ga, in favor
of P. P. Manning VS.. C. VIM and C. d.
Phillips. security. Levy made and returned
to me by j. G. Sanges, l.. C.
w p. STEPHENS, Sheriff.
Marietta, Ga June l, 1850.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
PICKENS oHERIFF'S SALE.

Will be sold before the court house door in
Jasper, Pickens county, Ga, on the first Tues
day in July next within the legal hours Of sale
the following property to-w.t: Lot Of land No
l72 in the 18th district and 2d section of .aid
county Levied On as the property of Thomas
godfrey TO satisfy Piekens Superior Cont
fifa in favor of Martha B. Banks, admr'x and
J. II Banks, administrator of Richard Banks
vs. William Godfrey and Thomas Godfrey.
Levied on as the property of Thomas Godfrey.
This May 222d 1850
r S. HENDERSON Sheriff.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

SAVED BY His WATcH.-A singu-
lar accident happened to Alonzo Tiff
fanny, workman in the box factory,
the other day. He was running a
boring machine. Bearing on trife
too hard, the crank broke, and he
fell over on the auger, which is OPP
Grated by steam power, and of course
kept right on as if nothing had hap
pened. His clothing was caught by
the auger, which wound the cloth
around itself until it came 10 contact
with his watch, boring hole into it
tearing out the works and then
breaking off, which released Tiffany.
But for the breaking of the auger it
would have gone on and bored hole
right through bin, there having
no near to assist him. - OSsougo N. Y.
Palladium.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

The wheat crops of England and
France promise a large yield, which
if realized, will cause competition
with the production of the United
States to be larger, and reduce tho
price of wheat one pound sterling
per quarter.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

Hon. James j. Turnbull, OF Bank
Mr.. Specr's right hand,man, has an
nounced that if Hon. Ii. p. Bell ia
the nominee of the Democratic par
~ 10 the approaching Congressional
election, he will support him and
take the field for him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

Tue politics of Georgia are more
serioualy complicated than the poli-
tics of any other Southern State,and
there are likely to be, under Tho cir
cumstances, objections coming from
various quarters, from various fac
tionO and cliques and from men who
do not affiliate amongst themselves
or agree upon any question. --Nash'
ellie Amertcda
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

After long, tedious and sea- CHI
ing examination in the case of Whit
aker, the colored West Point cadet,
whose alleged mutilation by his
brother cadets has been the exciting
subject of comment, the court mar
tial have reached a conclusion and
embodied it in their verdict, that the
negro cadet was the author of bis
own ill treatment, and he is now
under arrest and confined to his
quarters,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
PAULDING SHERIFF'S SALE.

WILL be sold before the Court House door
ia the town of Dallas on the first Tuesday in
July 1SSo, the undivided half interest of lot
No. 152 in the 18th district and ID section of
Paulding county, TO satisfy one fifa in favor of
the State and County, vs. John benson. Said
tfa issued by Randolph Vaughn former Tax
Collector. now controlled by +. A. Turner, and
property pointed out by X. A. Turner. This
the Isl day of June 1850.
HENRY BRASWELL, Sheriff.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

Kearney, released from imprison.
ment, has again mounted his dupes,
the San Francisco Workingmen.-
lie addressed them at the Sand Lots.
Friday night, announcing his inten
ton Of taking up the agitation where
he had left it, and making it more
bitter THAI ever,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

DR.. Hammond of Minneapolis was
engaged to marry Miss BLY,, but he
made Miss Winter his wife instead.
Nobody could guess why he changed
his matrimonial plan, aud the mys
terry was deepened by the fact that
Miss BLY, had nothing hard to say
against him. The matter is cloar
now, for he has eloped with her after
getting possession of his wife's $40,
600.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

TIE Paper Manufacturers Asso
citation have resolved to reduce thei'
present schedule of prices for print
ing paper, and will shut down their
manufactures six weeks during the
summer
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

YELLOW fever and smallpox pre-.
walls at Santiago de Clba and Ha
vana. During the month of Apri
there we're seventy four cases of yel-
low fever, with fifty eight deaths,
and forty-two cases of small pox,
with eighteen deaths at the former
place and for the week ending
May 18th, at Havana there were
nine deaths from yellow fever, and
sixteen deaths from small pox.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

A failure worth recording is that
Of the Reading railroad company
which announces its liabilities as
reaching the sum Of one hundred and
fifty millions.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
GEORGIA, Cobb County

Whereas. j. Y. Alexander, Executor of
Claborn Bonner represents to the Court in his
petition, duly filed and on record, that he has
fully administered Claborn Bonners Estate. a.
This is therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any
they can, why said Administrator should not
be discharged from his administration, and re
ceive letters of dismission on the first Monday
in June 1880. This April 28th 1880.
III NJ HAMMETT, Ord'v.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

THE Kersington PA mills and
furnaces, which employ twelve thou
sand men, are idle in consequence of
a difference between masters and
men as to wages.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

One of the Gypsy women, here last
week, entered an up town home and
asked the inmates if she could leave
her baby with them for few min
utes, and. she would return and
get it shortly. They kindly con-
scented, surprising the woman would
OF course return; but she didn't and
they are still keeping the child -
Dalton Citizen.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
Dry Goods. Shoes and Hats.

c. C. KISER HAS JUST RECEIVED
the following goods which he is Offering at
Strengthening prices:
1900 yards Calico, the best at Sets and u
1000 pair Shoes, ladies, gents and infants Scots
to So 90
300 Hats, fur and straw 10cts to $500
100 yards cheap Dress Goods, 124cts
lO0 " e l5cts.
100 good " 25cts
100 Towels at Sets TO 35cts
100 pair mems half and ladies hose Sets TO 40cts
so yards z. K. at 10cts
lot Of aconet at lowest figures.
100 Handkerchiefs from Sets to 15cts'
dozen Toilet soap, cheap, 65cts per dozen.
Come aud get of those cheap table cloths
before they are al; gone Will sell on time to
responsible parties. Remember the place at
G.. O. KISER'S, next to Wilson's.
Marietta, April 22d, 1880.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

You just bet your boots, we're a
cultured crowd, is what a CinciD-
Gati belle said to male friend in reply
to his interrogatOry assertion that
''there is much refinement and cul-
ture in your city have Observed
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

IT is more important to restore
harmony to the party than to elevate
any man to office. Sparta IShmaet'tc.
Your head is level on that.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
Election n office.
Fence or NO Fence
ORDINARY'S OFFICE, COBB co, I
MARIETTA, GA, May 25, 1880. {

UhJINAhI . UT T ICE, COBB GU, {
MARIETTA, GA, May 25, 1880.
The law having been complied with as pro-
vided in Section 1855 of the Code of Georgia,
as to the filing of the several petitions therein
named, for and against the submission of the
question of Fence" or No Ferce" to the vo.
tiers of said County.
1t is therefore ordered that am ELECTION be
held at the several voting precincts in said
County on the FIRST MONDAY July NEXT, at
which election. those in favor Of fence Jaw,
will have written or printed on their tickets
Fence" and those opposed to fence law will
have written or printed Oh their tickets "No
Fence" Said election will be held under the
same rules and regulations as for members of
the General Assembly. The returns of said
elec ton to be made to This office.
Fl. NJ. HAMMETT, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
GEORGIA-PauIding County /:

Jesse Hitchcock having applied in proper
form for permanent letters of administration on
the estate of John Hitchcock, deceased all
persons interested will show cause if any they
have why letters should not be granted him on
the first Monday in June next This April 9th
1850. j. MEIGS HUNT, CPk e. o.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

BoSroN philosophy says: eff
there we're not so many bad men
there wtu'd not be so many bad wo
men," If there were no people in
the world the mosquitoes would have
no body to bite.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
Notwithstanding County !:

Mary Ann Leatherwood having applied for
letters of administration with the will annexed
on the estate of Jesse Leatherwood, deceased,
all persons concerned will show cause if any
they have why letters should not be granted
her on the first Monday in June next. This
April 22d, 1880.
j MEIGS HUNT, CPk C. o.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

CorToN, middliug uplands, closed
IN Liverpool yesterday at 6 . 8; in
New York, 6 ll-lGc 10 Atlanta,
105 cents.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
GEORGIA-Paulding County +:

n c. Turner and J. r. Seawright having
applied for permanent letters of administration
with the will annexed on the estate of Henry
Lester deceased, all persons concerned will
show cause if any they have why letters should
not be granted them on the first Monday in
May next. This March 2lst $780,
J. MEIGS HUNT, Cl'z G. o.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
A Farm for Sale.

Situated three miles from Marietta on the
Powder Springs road. containing Que hundred
and forty i've acres, ninety OF which is in cu-
tivation, remainder woodland There is on The
place good two story dwelling with FIVE rooms,
smoke house, corn crib, and stables. also ;lree
good tenant houses. The place is well waterpd
with number of good springs ana wells. For
terms and further particulars Apply to the
EDITORS Of this paper.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03
Notwithstanding County :

c. Rakestraw and NJ. w. Potter have APP
piled in proper form for permanent letters Of
administration on the estate of Martin Potter,
deceased. all persons Interested will show cause
if any they have why letters should not be
granted the applicants on the first Monday in
june next This April 9th, 1880
J. MEIGS HUNT, CTk c. o.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-06-03

The population of Athens is over
eight thousand.