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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-08-31
The First Conference. "

Special to tile Times Democrat.
ATLANTA, December 29.-The
iniatory step in the new Iudepen-
dent political movement 10 this State
was taken here to-day. A prelimi>
nary conference of leading Indepen-
dent Democrats and Republicans
was held at the Markham House.
Among the distinguished gentlemen
present were ex Congressman Wm.
H. FELTON,. the Inauguration of the In
dependent movement 10 the Seventh
District of this State, 10 1874; Gen.
James Longstreet, United States
Marshal of Georgia ex-senator FL.
V. M. Miller, of Atlanta; j. S. Big.
ley, United States District Attorney;
Judge James S. Hook, of Augusta,
and A. w. Wilson, formerly in the
Revenue service at Savannah. OF
these men four are Republicans
and three are Independent Demo-
Gratis.
The convention lasted all day and
was harmonious throughout.
Your correspondent button~holed
one of the members of the Confer
ence who confessed as follows "The
main business of the meeting was
the consideration of an intervie W
held with DIR. FELTON, by the cores
pendent of. the Chicago Tribune.
The Doctor read a copy Of this inter-
vies0, which has been forsCarded .to'
publication. The platform of princi-
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putting, ssSesal lspnb|icans ne
!! groes in Ccn8reks ifon q sei
To this end you VII aas II I'M aaAF
future macy Rap6bIiSAn aAt hi gro
candidates FOX she IegialstuFe. The
negroes and RspoblieaugA win sup.
| port the Ipdepcndsnts for tHe State
officers, aud III turn the Independ.
ents will be expected to support the
negroes and Republicans.
"Do you know that the present
ADMINISTRATION viii give this move
ment substantial aid 7"
81 know that Arthur told prom-
inent Georgia Republican, to whom
be has recently given an office, that
he intended to do for the new party
in Georgia what he has done for the
now party in Virginia.
Il is we'll settled that the office hold
erS ander Artknr'S administration
soiR be assessed to raise funds to
build up the ne0 party in Georgia.
Such would not be the case unless
the President thought the success of
this movement would rebound to the
furthersnce of his political fortunes.
"How do they expect to carry
the State with an overwhelming
white sentiment against them 7"
"They count on the solid negro
vote, massed by the administration,
and led by white office seekers in
various parts of the State. Seing
this, | became Disguised with the
and, as white man and
a Democrat, thought that my with~
drawal was in order. | trust that
any of my friends in Georgia who
may have been misled by my posi-
ton will accord me credit for my
conscientiousness and profit by my
example. Ia conclusion, | beg you
will state that | hereby tender my
resignation az a Committee of one to
arrange for reduced railroad rates to
the June mass meeting. will state
also, to office-seekers throughout
the State that the position of Secreta-
ry of the late conference is OPEN"
Mr.. Clayton was, as he states
above, secretary of the second con-
iel ence, and thoroughly knew of its
action and plans.
Hon. A. II. Cox, who also partic'
psted 10 the conference and signed
he cali for the macs meeting at At
anita, has since abandoned the new
and is acting with the or
sanized Democrats.
The mass meeting called for the
irst of June was not held, being
postponed, so it was said, ION ac~
count of the small pox," though the
Presbyterian General Assembly had
Just closed its session at Atlanta.
The Republican State Convention
since held, nominated an lndepen~
dent Democrat or Liberal for Gov
srnor (Dr. FELTON, having determin>
ID to run for Congress) and the Re.
oublicans have not yet nominated
my candidate for Congress in this
District.
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d. Locke, J. III. Jones, ID. F. Doug
lass.
The Second Conferences.

4
From Atlanta Post. appeal March 90.
A number of influential men from
every portion of the State met 10 sol"
emn conclave at the Markham House
yesterday. They met to transact
business of Importance to every in
habitant of the State, and the result
of their deliberations ia worthy the
| men, Ringing with patriotic echoes
as it is, their address contains calm
and conservative appeal to the PEG
pie to look after their own interests
at the polls and elsewhere.
TO the People Of Georgia
Thoroughly imbued with he cons
viction that neither the Republican
party nor the Democratic party, rs
ut present ergsnized-ander its objec,
tionable methods and policies, can
subserve the vital interests of the
people
We therefore invite all the people
of Georgia, who endorse the forego~
ing principles Chose of the formula)
and who would attempt to secure a
liberal basis on which the people of
the whole country can fraternize, TO
meet in Mass Meeting at Atlanta on
the lst day of June, 1882, to con
slider what is the best policy for the
people to pursue in order to purge
our State of personalism and in or
der to attain an agency through
which our people may have a right
full participation in the affairs OF their
Federal Government.
w. H. FELTON,,
A. II. Cox,
P. f. LAwSHE,
THOMAS M. BERRiEN,
VIM. II. HULsEY,
SMITH CLAYTON,
JAS. S. Hook,
Committee.
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Mr.. Smith Clayton's Remuneration OF
the Movement"
Annutn Inn atiLlltinn Nm ID

the Movement"
Atla,.ta Constitution, May I'd.
Hearing that Mr.. Smith Clayton
had Withdrawn from tho committee
of gentlemen appointed at the late
Markham House Conference to pre-
pare and publish an address to the
people of Georgia, Constitution
reporter caught him on the wing
yesterday and asked
.Ts. it true that you have with
drawn from the committee 7"
"Yes. / have just returned from
the Post Appeal office, where | left
a request that my name be stricken
from the names signed to the adj
dress which, as you know, is kept
before the public in that paper"
ado you object to stating why
you have taken that step :"
"Not at all. | never object to
giving candid reasons for any course
which | see proper to pursue. |
freely confess that decided change
has come over the spirit of my
dream within the past few weeks as
regards the so,called liberal move
ment in the State. | went into that
movement under Misrepresentation.
| fully believed that it had for its
object the formation of new party,
which would unselGshly devote it,
self to the great work of bringing
about more liberal political senti
ment 10 Georgia, thus enhancing
her prosperity. took this view
from the audience and became en-
thusiastic, applauding as rapturous,
ly as any Independent Democrat at
my side. But being Of an inquir>
Jog turn of mind passed the glare
of the footlights and have been
watching the play from behind the
scenes.
II saw enough to convince me
that the political fight in Georgia
is fast narrowing down to Bourbon
ism on the one hand, and negroism
on the other hand. Of these two
eveIs, regard Bourbonism the less
err. The truth lie, that the Repub.
licans are fooling the Independent
Democrats aud inhsming the ne.
groes against the vhites-.all for a
wicked and and utterly selfish pur-
pose. The Republicans known as
the syndicate are using the indie
pendent Democrats as lever to lift
themselves and their friends into
Federal offices in Georgia. The
Republicans are iphaming the ne
groes by appointing many of their
numbers to the Federal office. All
this means that the Federal patron
age in Georgia is to be used two
years hence to give Arthur Geor-
gis delegation to help him to another
term"
"Were you offered an office 7"
ayes. A few nights since | was
offered position as mail route agent
| believe on the State road. | didn't
feel that | had done anything to de-"
serve office at the hand of a Repub
lican administration, and knowing
that if l accepted, the position would
be labelled as the price ofmy future
allegiance to Arthur in the State, |
declined. l was much obliged all
the same, though, for the place
would have paid me more than am
now making out of Journalism"
"What else do you find out be-
hind the scenes 7"
"Thst the obj ,ct of Arthur's new
party in Georgia is to get the Leg
islature. If they should succeed,
they will redistrict the State to suit
themselves with fair prospect Of
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The New York Graphic has come
TO the conclusion that the vest is the
most useless article Of clothing worn
by man, and it calls upon the nation
to rise up and throw it off.
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Property For Sale.

Persons having Farms, Mills. or Houses
for Sale or Rent, would do well to consult
US. We will Advertise the same in the
MARIETTA JOURNAL and will charge moth
ing for the Advertisement unless we make
Sale, we charging only a reasonable COM
mission. Call and seeUs, at the JOURNAL
Office.
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Positively bis last appearance
sis this your first appearance in a
court of Justice 7" asked the Austin
Recorder of a vsgrant. ''No,
Judge, it is the last time thus far
how is it with yourselff"
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A man at Lynn, Mass, has just
paid for a pane Of glass which he
broke when boy, thirty two years
ago. He had become tired of watt
ing for glass to cheaper.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-08-31

A French astronomer fears that a
comet will strike the earth in Sep+
tember. If the earth hasn't got grit
enough to strike back let's engage
Sullivan and Wilson.
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An Epglishman has eloped with
his mother in law because she had
the money and the daughter had
none. This is the hardest way of
earning living discovered.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-08-31

Coffee is a hurtful beverage, ac-
cordiDg to the doctors, and yet it's
consumption has increased ten per
cent every year for the last half CEN
fury.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-08-31

Judge Crisp has secured the nom
ination for Congress in the Third
District, and the gallant General
Cook is defeated.
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When a man prefsces his CONVEX
sation with, snow, know this isn't
any of my business" you may be
pretty sure that it isn't.
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You may consider yourself much
better than somebody else, but you
can't prove it to his satisfaction, any
how.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-08-31

The poorest of all poor relations
telling good story badly.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-08-31

Few women are blessed with the
gift of occasional silence.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-08-31

Although girl may be fast, she
wont do to tie to.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-08-31

A bunion is spoken of as a nobby
thing in low cut shoes.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1882-08-31
Jhe s8arietta Sunrnal.

Marietta, Ca, Thursday, Aug. 81, 1882
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HAS MOVED HIS SHOP OVER WINTERS
g. Leggs's Store, where he will be pleased to
have his old friends and customers call on him
and as many new ones as may favor him with
work.
Marietta, Jan. 5, 1882.
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A Lady Cured of Rheumatism.

Christansburg, Va, 1881.
Suffering from kidney disease,
from which could get no relief,
tried Browns Iron Bitters, which
cured me completely. A child of
mine, recovering from scarlet fever,
had no appetite and did not seem to
be able to eat al all. Igave him Iron
Bitters with the happiest results.
]. KYLE MONTAGUE.
The Osceola times., 1882-10-07

from that institution by Cornelius Van
derbilt, and placed in the Home for In
curables, where he died. His funeral ex-
penses were paid by the Vanderbilt
family"
"There is no monument TO tell who he
is"
THAT is nothing extraordinary. There
is not one monument here for every five
inhabitants, but if rumor be true maui
soleum will rise on the hill above us in
which all the Vanderbilts will be gath
cred together"
"But Cornelius J. Vanderbilt is buried
in Hartford will he be removed here p'
"Corneel was outside the family when
he lived, and will remain outside it in
death"
as it belived on the island that such a
mausoleum will be erected ?"
"The indications point that way. | do
believe that William II. Vanderbilt de-
sires to erect suitable monument over
his ancestors, and no more romantic
place could be chosen for the purpose
than this hill by the seaside He sails
for Europe on the Britannia on May {
for the purpose, as am informed on
the best authority, of arranging plans
and details for the work.
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Emerson and Margaret Fuller.

"Reminiscences of Elizabeth Peabody.
Ralph Waldo Emerson had returned
from Europe, had recovered his health,
had married second time, bad settled at
Concord, and he and ! had gotten ever
being shy with each other; but he had
not gotten on as well with Margaret Full
Ter, Margaret wrote poetry, and people
laughed about it, and said she wrote it in
fits of exaltation, which she called "in-
tense times" This. gave Mr.. Emerson,
who was very simple and natural, pref
udice against her.
One day, when visiting at his house, |
expressed the wish that he could know
Margaret better.
Mrs. Emerson, who is the soul of dis
interested kindness, proposed at once
that Margaret be invited to come TO their
house.
"Oh, no" cried Mr.. Emerson; Il don't
want TO know lady who has intense
times and writes poetry in them"
Then ! went on and told how | had
had the same prejudice; how it all melted
away when | conversed with her, and
how, in talking with me, she had made
the whole universe look larger At this
assurance Mr.. Emerson's face suddenly
lighted, and turning to his wife, he ex-
claimed:
Yes, Queenie, You are right Invite
her. by all means. Let us welcome every
young woman whose converse can make
the whole universe look larger to us"
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sss'ssssss .ssa7' 's-'-s'.'''''" "'f''
In memory of
JACOB VANDERBILT,
Born Jan. D, 1892
niaJ nan IA 17D0
: Aged 67 years, 10 months, ~ days.

Beneath this tablet lies the remains OF
the fonnder of the Vanderbilt family,
who was the great-grandfather of the
same stvle and dimensions marks the
grave of Neilte Vanderbilt, widow of the
founder of the family.
"Whose graves are these? ?" asked the
reporter. as he he pointed to small rows
of earth which the grass had grown over.
"There is, no stone to tell the names
of the dead: but they are doubtless
Vanderbilts as this hill is peopled by
the dead of that family almost solely. 1t
is quite probable that records which are
said to be in the possession of william
ii. Vanderbilt will be able to tell the
name of the inhabitants of every grave
here"
"This stone is marked Capt. John
Vanderbilt Who was he?"
"He was brother of the commodore
and well-know man in his day. He
died in ls47 at the comparatively early
age of fifty-five years. That was young
for Vanderbilt. The captain was the
first man who ran a steamboat on the
Kill-von-Kull, and before his death he
controlled line that ran from New York
to Elizabethport :" .
"Who occupies this new-made grave p
asked the reporter, pointing to small,
fresh mound near the commodore monu-
ment.
"That grave was filled last Faster Sun
day by Samuel Carr, who was brother
in-law of the late comodore. He was
known on Staten island as Sammy Carr.
He married sister of Commodore Van
derbilt's first wife, whoes name was John
son. For many years he occupied farm
at New Dorp, which belonged to the
commodore. He subsequently kept the
old Bulls Head tavern in Northfeld,
and was also the keeper of the toll gate
on the Fresh Kill plank road. After the
death of his wife he became a pauper,
and was an inmate of the Richmond
county poor-house for nearly twenty
years. 4 few months ago he was taken
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A Mysterious Parasite.
New York Special.


Not long since Mr.. Thompson, the for
list in charge of the greenhouses at Pros
pect Park, Brooklyn, shot and killed a
large fat rabbit, or hare, which had been
preying upon his flowers. The carcass
of the rabbit would have been consigned
in the ordinary course of things to the
oblivion of the muck heap, but in this
case it happened to attract the attention
of Mr.. Bunce, the assistant florist of the
park, whose quick eye detected a peculiar
swelling on the neck Just behind the ear.
Mr.. Bunce is a naturalist as well as a
florist, and his curiosity was excited to
such an extent by the strange tumor on
the quadruped that he decided to dissect
it. He did so forthwith, using delicate
penknife. Instead of tnmor the SWELL
ing proved to be pocket in the cutice
of the animal in which was lodged a
larva or grub measuring about an inch
and half in length and about three
fourths of an inch across at its widest
part. II was egg-shaped, with the ends
flattened, and colored dark lusterless
black, like the skin of black cow from
which the hair has been rubbed off
Stiff hairs in scant quantity were distrib-
uted over the back, and the body was di-
vided into sections by jointed ridges
which enabled the grub to maintain a
slow, oscillating and uneasy motion
The pocket Of skin in which il made lis
nest was smooth and devoid of inflamma-
ton and contracted TO a small opening
from which, with little distension. Z
the chrysalis were inclined TO exert its
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from boarding-school three months, she
had never met Mrs. Copman face to face
before.
"It's the terrible mother-in-law," she
said to herself, and she answered aloud
"Yes; am getting few flowers to
model in wax and"
"Ahp said Mrs. Copman, but perhaps
YOU hadn't better get any more. The
flowers, don't bloom very profusely, and
nv daughters like them for their hair.
Besides, Mr. Charteris don't approve OF
the whole neighborhood running riot
through his grounds.
Jettys deep blue eyes flashed.
Madam" seid she, "did Mr.. Chasteris
tell you TO say this?"
"N-aot exactly" faltered the sour-vis-
aged widow; "but-"
"Then," said Jetty, "you have been
guilty Of very rude and inhospitable
action.'
And, hinging her white buds and bios
walked out like princess.
"Well, | neverr said Mrs. Copman,
scarcely knowing whether to be most in
dignant or surprised at this imperial
conduct.
Jetty Lane hurried on, never stopping
to shed the tears which seemed to scald
her resolute eyelids until she was safe in
the little hazel copse; and, once there
under the cool, quivering boughs OF the
trees, she burst into a passion of tears.
"Miss Lane-Jettyw uttered remon-
strating voice.
Eyes, know" said Jetty, laughing and
sobbing in the same breath, "Pm very
foolish, and ought to know better, but
it isn't pleasant to be turned out Of a
place"
"What do you mean?" asked Henry
Charters, gravely.
And Jetty told him all.
A dark frown gathered over his coun-
tenancc. He had known that Mrs. Cop
man and his three sisters-in-law were
| selfish arrogant and domineering. He
had been quite aware that he was little
more than prisoner of state in his own
house. he had even formed some vague
idea that Arabella, the youngest and least
hard-favored Of the three, had designs on
his heart As far as he was personally
concerned, it mattered not one straw.
But now that innocent, dewy-eyed Jetty
had been thus ruthlessly attacked, things
assumed quite different aspect. He
looked down upon the sweet blushing
face he took both the little hands in
| his.
"Jetty," said he, "this is an uneven
battle One widow and three resolute
spinsters against an unprotected speci-
men of the genus homo. Yet | think if
| had an efficient lieutenant ! could de-
feat the enemy yet. Will you Join the
| ranksw
81 don't think | understand you,
faltered Jetty.
"You are eighteen, | am thirty" he
went on, "and yet, Jetty, | feel young
enough in my heart to be your match.
Dear little Jetty, will you be my wife
Do you love me Jetty?'
And Jetty bravely answered:
"Yes, will be your wife, Mr.. Charters.
do love you, and" she added, artlessly,
81 have loved you ever since | first came
home from school and met you at the
Sunday school picnic under the maple
trees"
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1T COUNTS JUST THE SAME.
BENJ. y. JOHNSON.

allus argy that the man
Who does the very best he can
i plenty good en- ugh to suit
This lower, mundane institute
No matter ef his daily walk
Is subjec' for mis- neighbors talk,
And critic minds CT ev'ry whim
Jest all git up and go fer him.
knewed a feller onct that had
The yaller jsndus mighty bad;
And each and every fIiend he'd meet
Would stop and give HIM receet
Fer curin' of EN-. But he'd say
lie kind o thought they'd go away
without no medicin', aud boast
That he'd git well without one 6oste'
He kept a.yallerin' on--and they
Perdictin' that he a die some day
Before he knowed H. Tuck his bed,
TIL Teller did, and lost his head,
Aud wandered In his mind n spell,
Then rallied, and, at last, got well;
But every friend that said he d die
Went back on him eternallyl
It's natchural enough, guess,
When some gifts more and some gifts less,
Fur them uns on the slimmest side
To claim II amt a fair divide.
And I've knowcd some 10 lay and wait,
And Kit up soon, and set up late,
To ketch some feller they could hate
Fer goin at a faster gait,
The signs Is bad when folks commence
A fndin' fault with Providence,
And balkin' cause the earth don't shake
At every prancin' step they take.
No man is great 'till he can see
How less than little he would be
III stripped to self and stark and bare
lie hung his sign out anywhar.
My d0ctern is to lay aside
Contensions, and be satisfied.
Jest do yer best, and praise er blame
That follers that, counts jest the same.
I've noticed every great success
Is mixed with troubles, more or les,
And it's the man who does the best
That glts more kicks than all the ret.
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The sixty-seven cut out cattle were sold
by the two inspectors in behalf of no less
than twenty-one firms, and brought the
very neat figure of S2,400 S2,400 and
freight bills will make quite a loss to
Beals d Bates, and will cut down the
profits of the shipment to quite a low
notch. One of these cut utcattle belong
TO Kansas City firm, Spencer & Drew,
which firm have out standing offer of
$500 reward for the arrest of any one
having their cattle in his possession. As
Mr.. Lane is working for the association
he cannot claim any reward. Some of
the associations offer similar rewards,
but the Cherokee Strip" does not.
In reply to queries as to how he be-
came possessed of so much familiarity
with cattle brands and cattle generally.
Mr.. Lane said that he had been twelve
years actively engaged in the cattle
business in Texas and the Indian Terri
tory.
FIVE ROUND TRIPS
he has made on horseback from the Rio
Grande to the borders of Kansas, and he
claims to know every ranchero and every
brand in all the Panhandle and Chero-
kee districts. If Messrs. Lane and Plumb
er keep on as well for the rest of the wear
as they have done, they will, in twelve
month, save the members Of their associa-
ton some SIS 900 or $4,000. This amount
will pay their salaries several times over
The fact, however, that they are here and
are on the watch, will make shippers
very much more careful than they would
otherwise be. In past years there have
been thousands of estray cattle disposed
of in this market and in Chicago. As
soon as the news of this last big haul of
81 cattle out of one shipment reaches the
Territory it will create quite stir. Mr.
Lane was asked what was his opinion of
the manner in which Beals & Bates be-
came possessed of the cattle, but he only
shrugged his shoulders and said that he
would prefer not to express his opinion.
Mr.. Beals he declared to be a very nice
gentleman, and one whom nobody would
suspect of dishonesty Possibly the mis-
take had occurred through the careless
ness or dishonesty of some of Beals'
employees. He thought the affair would
reflect upon Bcals & Bates for a long
time, and that it would be hard for them
to live it down.