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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BT W. L. 8CRUGQS AND J. B. DUMBLE.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7.
Prococity .—Two youths (brothers) one
teventeen years old and the other of the
tender ago .of nine years, were brought
before Justices Butt and Gauldlng upon
the charge of stealing from the store of
Messrs. Buzby & Edwards, on Peachtree
street, the sum of forty dollars In cash.—
Upon the investigation of the case, the
junior brother was put upon trial—Henry
Ifillyer for the prosecution and Henry
Jackson for tho defense. The counsel for
the defense set up that the boy wa* under
ten years ot age—the pgo which the statutes
prescribe* as where the line of legal re
sponsibility commences for criminal of-
fenses. U|*on hearing the evidence, it was
ordered by the court that the Junior brother
bo conunlted tor trial- Bond and *«*e»rity
being given, he was dbehairged to bo and
appear before the next County Court. The
senior brother waived a trial, and upon
fiiiluro to give bail was committed to Jail.
Tub Italian Tkocblkh.—There is no
longer any doubt, that the French troops
have entered Homo, It is reported, on
good authority, that the Government of
Prussia has pledged her *ilp»»nrt to Italy.
In the event of a rupture of friendly rela
tions between that country and France —
General Menabroa. Prime Minister of
Italy, In a note justifies the advance of the
Italian ir wqw Into the Pspal territory. He
says the dignity of the Italian Government,
and the violation of the September treaty
by the FiviHi. required this movement.
Tub Inmans.-—On the 2d. says a Wnshing-
• ton. dkp-iifh. the President reeelveda dls-
»patch.tful I y eon Arming those previously re-
> cel vet! i,y the Indian Bureau, and showing
tliat ti e of peace have been negotiated
with oil of the hostile Indian tribes by the
Indian Commission' sent out In August.
The fuet eau-es coh'hlemhle rejoicing in
tofllcial circles. It Is estimated that •he
• treaties will Have,flittum millions of dollars
j .per annum to the Government.
TKOim.lt WITU SqUATTKBS AT CUH-
vbxnk.—A special telegram to the Commer
cial, dated Omaha. November 2, says con-
i alder.iblc exeitument was lately caused at
Cheyenne by a number of squatters build
ring on vacant lots of tho Railroad Compa-
i oy. claiming that the railroad had no right
to charge for them. General Stevenson
called out three hundred soldiers, had the
shanties torn down, and a guard placed on
the lots, and ordered that any person try-
> Ing to Imlld on or to occupy them be shot.
An Indignation meeting was held, and
there was eon.shlcrablcjjad feeling against
the railroad.
THE OBBAT VICTORY.
Kaii.uoad Itkuh.—The machine shop,
foumlery. lumber sheds and dry-houses,
with tools and machinery, belonging to
. the Chicago, Alton ami St. Louis Railroad,
at Bloomington, Illinois, were destroyed
by Are on Friday night. The loss In mate-
. rial and huildiiig Is estimated at $123,000.
Tho loss to the road, from delay, will bo
■much more. Four hundred men arc thrown
out of employment.
Tho annual report of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, for the year ending
- June 30,1807. shows it to be In a most pros-
. porous condition. During tho year the
gross earnings were $2,158,874. and the cost
• of operating 02 40-100 per cent. Tim Knox
ville extension la progressing, and will be
• extended to Mount Vernon, Ky* by April
'"OfXt.
The Chattanooga Union of yesterday
nyn -It I* understood that Gen. Grant
• has moat positively refused to allow the
Ksshvtllc nnd Chattanooga Railroad fur-
filler time for settling the debt contracted
1iy that rond In tho purchase of rolling
clock, <£e„ from tho Government at the
■close of tho war. The time fixed by 8cc-
uretary Stanton for auch payment wa» tho
Tat instant, and to- thla limit General
Grant Insists on adhering.
Masonic.—Tho Recorder states the Ma-
*tms of Jjlllcdgcvlllo hnvo determined to
-establish a Masonic High School. The
.-.plan pni|ioscd Is to sell a mimbcrftf Sehol-
<ar*hl;i<. not exceeding BOO, at *38 each, ro-
Vtlccma'ulc wltliln ten year*. In other won!*,
a Mason or any one else can .end their
child to school for *25 a year. It will be
altogether lor boys. We will notice next
week more particularly tl-c lull object.
jy Tho Washington cnrresm'mlent of
Cincinnati Enquirer says in his dljatch of
November 1: "A rldleulxiis storj Is cur
rent that the President nhd Uenernl Uraht
havo. through the mahlpuKtlon of Secre
tary Seward, formed anulljaneuby which
Grant Is to lie supported by the Adminis
tration ns it Conservative candidate for
President, nnd he Is In turn to secure John
son against Impeachment. Of course It Is
a silly story, but it Is noted, as It will doubt
less he telegraphed from thla city ns • re
liable nows.’"’
ty The Muund City (Kansas) Sentinel
says that at Twin Prairie some persons nu-
ttccd that the prairie was on fire and rallied
for the purpose of putting It- But, when
•their attention was called to n man who
avos riding along tho rond, dismounting
■and setting tire to the prairie In different
places, some half a mile or mile apart. Tho
neighbors went In pursuit and captured
anil hung him.
BT A young lady In Indianapolis, Ind*
recently borrowed sotno money of a young
gontlemnn, and gave him a diamond ring
as collateral, lie lost tho diamond, and
now she brings suit to recover not only
tho actual value of the stone, but some
thing additional, to cover Its especial value
to her as a memento.
Our dignified cotemporary, the Inclll-
gencer, shows an unusual snappishness In
referring to ono of our notices of tho re
sult of the Into election. Contrary to the
custom of that journal, Its article of yes
terday murnlng Is tinged with a bitterness
so palpable that no render enn fall to dis
cern that disappointment prompted the
heart and brain that conceived It; that the
action of a majority of tho voters of Geor
gia, and not the artlule In the Opinion,
colled out the utterances wo refer to.
If the Empire State of tho South lias not
spoken now. for the first time, figures lie.
But we opine their footings are correct,
and will continue to shout—Georgia has
spoken! Palau teachers have net been
listened to 1 The masses determined for
themselves that they will make an effort to
get hack Into the Union, from which they
were seduced by unwise lenders. Tlmt Is
the true result of the exulting canvass
through which we have pursed, and noth
ing more. The Colon. Reconstruction,
Relief, were the issues decided—nothing
more or less—and wo are sorry our neigh
bor lost tils amiability In contemplating
the verdict the people have rendered
Tho statement of the Intelligencer that
there were 30.000 tllsfranehlscil white men
In the State, is certainly nil exaggeration.
Indeed, we think the columns of that Jour
nal contained articles within the last six
months, showing Hint tho reconstruction
laws did not disfranchise more than eight
thousand. But If our recollection Is Incor
rect, we submit a question of some signifi
cance. Why did not tho 96.000 registered
whites votof About one-third of them did
so. What kept thu balance away from the
polls f It was certainly not the Built of tho
Military or Registration officers, or of the
Opinion. A full vets was urged by all the
friends of Reconstruction. It Is true that
about two-tlilrds of the whites who reglS'
tcred did not vote; and It Is equally true
that they were led to this abandonment of
the elective franchise by the teachings of
such gentlemen as IJii,l and Johnson, and
such stubborn journals ns the Intelligencer,
The masses that remained passive arc not
so much to blame as are tho blind leaders
and teachers whose advice was followed,
The blind led the blind, with the usual re
sult!
One word more. The Insinuation that
the OnKioN has better opportunities of ob
taining information at "headquarters
than anybody else. Is unjust to thu gentle
men connected with the different govern
ment departments. Tho records of the
Registration Office are as free to Judge
WjnTAXKn as they are to any other gentle
man. Our statement ns to the number of
whites who voted can ho corrected if erro
neous, or substantiated If true, by any one
who will take the troubloof Investigating
the documents which are open to the In
spection of all! There Is no secresy ahou t
the matter.
lutlve enactments In the right of possession
against every demand. Those who have
them not, nrast be equally protected in his
future right under this same homestead law.
The bankrupt law and homestead bill are
utterly Inefficient to meet the present dis
tressed condition of our people. Those are
matters which I trust will at once be taken
up by the publie Journals everywhere; It
Is a subject of vast Importance to the whole
country. The prosperity and happiness of
our children and children's children in the
future, wlU greatly depend upon the prop
er management of this Important and
highly Interesting subject. I have no
doubt but that tho publlo Journals every
where will willingly throw Open their ool-
umnsforthe disseminating of such facts
as may bo developed from time to timer In
bringing about such glorious results.
We call upon patriots and Christians
everywhere to lay aside all' minor consid
erations u.td gtvo freely their opinions, that
a mighty impetus may be given to the
truth* under consideration. The argument
that this or that Is unconstitutional, does
nut afford relief to the distressed condition
of tho country, and of tho suffering poor,
who are going from day to day with bowed
down heads, and hearts pressed to earth,
with no hope of relief. Something ought,
and something must bo dona, or starvation
will eoine upon the people, and awful
bankruptcy to the whole country.
Wlmt clear headed and pure hearted Chris
tian patriot will give a plan by which re
lief from embarrassments may be secured
to the people and every family to hnvo a
homestead ? Samaritan.
notion netteiit
Editors Opinion: These terms pre-sup-
poses distress. Nothing more true than
this. Notwithstanding a kind Providence
has blessed the country with crops, and a
few months ago, our people were anticipa
ting n better state of things throughout the
whole country, yet. with all this, our ex
pectations have not been realized. Pro
visions are higher than they were during
the summer, and money more difficult to
get. Thu cosh system prevails, and credit
denied to all. The wealthy may bo able to
withstand the storm, hut what become* of
the laboring classes, and those who are
poor In our midst? How are they to sup
port their families and meet the cxhorbl-
tnnt rent* wbfyh are demanded of them In
monthly caeh payments by unreflecting
landlords t Here Is a field for a world of
thought—Dicta which ought, If it doe* not,
touch tho heart of every honest man.
I feel, perhaps, os much Interest In the
political affairs of tho country, as most
men, but this Is no time for politics, only
so far a's men are elevated to ofilco for tho
express purpose of using all their energies
In sustaining measures which will guana
tee relief to the suffering and distressed.
Tho people donhtless are anxious for an
equitable restoration of the Union—they
* ant pcaeu and harmony throughout the
whole country. They don’t want to hear
any more of “watt and rumors of wars
In this fair land of God's heritage, hut
peace on enrth and good will to all men.”
Bet every man labor fur that system of
legislation which will glvo encouragement
to Industry—pay tho honest laborer his
hire, nnd stimulate tho working classes to
ork assiduously, with the ossuranco that
they shall bo liberally rewarded for their
lalior dispense.I, tlmt tiiey may bo enabled
to till the mouths of themselves and dill
dren with bread nnd mont.
I have long since coma to tho conclusion
that In elevating polillclant to office, with
out having reference to their moral worth,
docs but little in producing n higher stan
dard either In religion or morale. Men, In
order to fed for others, In times of deep
distress, mus, first! of all, havo heartssoft-
cnc.1 by the genial Influences of religious
sentiment, as well os las Indoctrinated Into
that great principle, that wo must "do unto
others as we would havo them to do unto
Pormit mo through a publlo Journal to
direct your attention to somo facts con'
nected with tho election which has just
closed.
As every ono knows, tho object of this
election was for the Reconstruction of the
rebel States Into tho Union; for protection
to the South, and for some mode of relief
to the depressed and ruined condition of
the people pecuniarily. Doubtless n very
Important part of tho work which will
come before the forthcoming Convention,
will he to adopt measures tliat will give
immediate relief to those who arc ground
down by unfeeling creditors who are hold
ing claims against them. Has It not been
very apparent to every man ot any fore-
sight thnt the civil officere in tho State have
failed to vote In this election; and, yet, by
referring to tho journals published all over
thu country, you will seo column after
column' of lidvortlsmcnts oxposlng proper
ty for sale, not so ranch for the satisfying
of the principal, hut more particularly for
COST held by the various elvll officers
Now, General, Is there no modo by which
this can be remedied until tho Convention
meets and decides permanently as to the
best lino of policy ? JIuyo yoq not, sjr, |hq
right to IssiIb Mi order suspending all fur
ther action In civil suits until the Conven
tion can dctermlnn what Is best for the
country and people? These questions
must be left to your clear boad and honest
heart. America.
Person. **'
A dispatch, of thold, ft. <”»
says; General Beauregard, who was lately
hero to seoure repossession o. hl * , n :, a '
tlon, near Memphis, did not oco. < W“““ tb0
object of Ills mission. General Grant re
fuses to restore it.
A Pittsburg dispatch announces l”™
Rico “played out.” It says :Dan Rico close’ 3
his engagement here to-night, and will, it'
Is said, retire for good from the show busi
ness. ,
Ex-Secretary Stanton was In I'ittshurg
on tho 2d Inst.
Ilaussquc and IVhlrlc, the counterfeit* of
tho United States notes, are now In prison
at Toronto! but will be brought to Brook
lyn, New York, In a few days, upon a to-
qillslott, for trial.
A 6tatito of Columbus, In marble, execu
ted by Miss Stchhlns, lias arrived in New
Yor|t from Italy. ’, , .
Information has been received from Par
is Of the death of I>, Jay Brown, for many
years Commissioner of Agriculture, in
Washington.
General Schofield disclaims being a can
didate for United States Senator Horn Vlr-
S inla, or Governor of that State, or any po-
tleal ofilco. IIo prefers the military ser
vice.
The Tcnncsso Supreme Court, at Knox
ville, on tho 2d, sentenced John Nanco nnd
n negro named Haff, to bo hanged on tho
27th of December. They were convicted
of murder.
Sir Hugh Pollock, late private In a Uni
ted States cavalry regiment In Toxas. sail
ed from Now York yesterday, In the steam
ship Columbia, for Glasgow, to take pos
session of the baronetcy he has lately In
herited.
Legal Advertisements.
JASPER SHERIFF SALKS.
WILL bo sold on the first Tuesday In
December next, before tho Court House
door, In the town of MontlccUo, Jasper
Four hundred and forty-two acres of
land, situated In said county, on Fallin
Mr. Gilmer, who has complained of Gen.
Schofield's management of tho Virginia
election, la In Washington, soliciting tho
President’s interference. Tho latter finds
no.warmnt of law for any action on his
part, and will have nothing to do with It.
Tho yonng scion of a wealthy father,
who Is now going through bankruptcy, and
who recently “dill” Horace Greeley out of
thirteen thousand dollars, Is Cornelius Van
derbilt, Jr.
Joshua B. Smith, the well known negro
caterer, of Boston, has been received Into
8t. Andrew’s Lodge of Free Masons in that
city. It Is the first tiino In the history of
Masonry In Massachusetts that a colored
man has bceu admitted to white fellowship
Council wrrit tub Southern Indian
Trides.—A correspondent of tho Chicago
Tribune describes tho recent Interview of
the Peace Commissioners with Hie Southern
Indian tribes. He writes ftom the Arkan
sas river, in Southwestern Kansas, under
datn of the 8d, ns follows:
We returned here a few days since, the
mission of the party being accomplished,
and the preliminary steps for the council
of the 13th, having been taken. The re
sult has been, as anticipated, most favora
ble. All tho tribes which wo visited were
•* Han't inhumanity to n
Make* count!
As a people, we want some system or
plan adopted which will relieve us from
tho payment of old contracts which are
pressing us to the earth. The war has
ruined us In every respect, and poverty Is
seen In almost every hovel, and tho cry of
distress Is borne on every breeze as the
wall of woo. lie that has a homestead to
shelter his wife and little ones from the
plttlless storm that howls around him, must
be secured beyond all contingencies by legis-
l’XACR with the Indians.—The follow
ing dispatches were received at Washing
ton on the 2d:
Kt. Louts. November 1.1867.
Hon. O. H. Browning, Secretary of the In
terlor:
Please congratulate the President and
conntry upon tho entire success of tho In
dian Poace Commission, thus for. 1: con
cluded a treaty of pcaco with tho Cheyen
nes of the North, on tho 28th, this being the
only tribe that h it been at war in that
quarter. More than WOO Cheyennes were
present. The Arrspahocs and Cheyennes
treated together. We also made distinct
treaties with the Klowaa and Camanchcs,
confederated, of which tribes there were
present 4,000 or 8,000 souls. Every thing
passed offsatlsfoctorily.
The Commission expects to reach Lara
mie by the 0th Inst, where Commissioner
Beauvais telegraphs us wo will meet tho
Crows, Sioux. Northern Arrapahocs nnd all
the Northwestern Indians.
N. G. Taylor.
Commissioner of Indian Affolrs and Presi
dent of tho Poace Commission.
Bt> Louis, November 1.
O. n. Browning, Secretary of tho In
terior:
The Indian Pcaco Commission has this
day arrived. In seventy-five lionrs, from
Mcdlclno Lodge Creek. Treaties of peace
have been effected with five tribes south of
tho Arkansas, and I congratulate you upon
tho results thus for accomplished. Tho
Commission will leave on the 30th Inst, for
North Platto nnd Fort Laramie.
A. S. White,
Secretary Indian Peace Commission.
tloners. but anxious so to do—not to make
peace, for they are not at war, but to assure
the Commissioners of their peaceful rela
tions and friendly feelings toward their
•Great father at Washington,” and to con
vince them that, notwithstanding tho ef
forts nwdq by the hostlle'Indlans to draw
luem Into the present wsr, and notwith
standing the repeated falsestatcmcnts made
by interested parties, they havo faithfully
kept their treaty stipulations, nnd desire to
continue faithful to them In tho lhture*-
A, wo expected whWl we Jell the Arkan-
A Cohflimxmtv—Tho Cincinnati Com
mercial, a journal strongly inclined to
It will be admitted, wo think, by all who
have given aulllclont attention to the mat
ter to bo able to form an Intelligent opin'
Ion, that General Pope's administration of
tho affairs of hts military district ha* been
characterized by notable ability, impar
tiality nnd discretion. Wo take the greater
pleasure In making this observation, be
cause we found occasion to criticise the
letter of Gen. Pope to Gen. Grant, publish
ed somo months ago, and point out what
wc considered errors of Judgment in It.
,.. v wore unable to reach Black Kettle *
band of Clieycnncc. as tln'.y were on the
war path, with tho cxcoptiotf of Black
Kettle himself, who was at or ne.1f Jrort
1-arncd, with a few lodges of those who
refused to take part In tho liostlltics.
Many hands of tho Camanchcs were ah-
moo, Biiunicu m Haiti county, on rauiri
creek, adjoining the lands of James II.
jjt/bert and others, It being tho place
whei' con I" Lane formerly resided.
Levied on M the property of Lewis L.
Lane, to Bat lsfy two fi. fas. Issued ftom
Jasper Superior Court*.one lit favor of
Ilurd, Hung. crl u r >' A Co. vs. Lewis I.
Lane; the otlier i!« favor of Hurd A Hun
gerford vs. Lewi* 1k lauo. .Property point
ed out by plaintiffs attorney.
Also, at tho same time aqd place
. will he
sold six hundred and fifty acres,of land,
more or less, In said comity, known as the
Clyado place, the Buchautn place, the
Harwell place, and fifty acres a part of tho
Osborn place, on tho south of the Social
Clrclo road, adjoining the lands of J. Can
non and Wm. II. Thompson. Levied onus
the property of Hilliard M. Gray, to satisfy
a ll. fa. Issued ftom Jasper County Court
of Jssper county, in fovor of Jackson
Graham, survivor, v*. Hilliard M. Gray.
Property pointed out In attachment.
Also, at the same time and place will bio
sold the undivided half of five hundred and
ninety-four acres of land In 6ald county,
numbers unknown, but known as tho
James II. Johnson place, adjoining tho
lands of John W. Edwards, Brown San
ders and others, at present occupied by
of Elijah U. McMIehat'l, to satisfy
issued from Jasper Snpcrlor Court In fovor
of John D. Butt & Bro, vs. Clark W.
McMIchoel, executor of Elijah MoMIchael,
deceased, principal, and Pollard B. Me-
Michael,'security. Property pointed out
” d, sect ■—
by Pollard B. McMichacl, security.
Also, at the same time and place will be
sold one hundred and ono and one-fourth
acres of land situated near Hillsboro In
said county, adjoining landsofC.H, Grelr,
Thomas McKcssan and others, it being the
place whereon Wiley W. Peddy formerly
lived. Levied on as tho property of Wiley
W. Poddy, to satisfy tho cost on a fi. fa.
from Jasper Superior Court In favor of
Mary Bell vs. Wiley W. Peddy. Property
pointed out by plainti/L
Also, «t the same time and place will be
told one dark bay mare mule. Levied on
as the property of tho estate of Seaborn J.
Shy, to satisfy the costs on a tl. fa. issned
ftom the Superior Court of Jospsr county,
iruui uio ouiwnur uiun ui uusuvr guuuij,
In fovor of Matthew Whitfield vs. Samuel
Shy, executor of Seaborn J. Shy, deceased,
and divers other, fl. fas. Issued ftom tho
Superior and County Courts of said coun
ty. Property pointed out by defendant.
Also, at the samo time and place will bo
cold one bay horse mule. Levied on as the
property or Thomas J. Akin, to satisfy the
cost on a fi. fu. Issued ftom tho Superior
and County Courts of said county vs.
Thomas J. Akin. Property pointed out by
defendant
Also, at the samo tiro* ••• ’ •’ •» V
sold two cows, one calf :u,.i one jeui.iug.
Levied on as the property of Sarah W.
Allen, to satlsIV the cost on n fi. fa. from
Newton Superior Court In favor of George
W. Allen vs. John W. Davis, principal, and
Sarah W. Allen, security, and Thomas O.
Osburn, endorser. Property pointed out
by S.W. Allen. October 20.1807.
B. T. D1GBY,
Sheriff of Jasper county.
oct29—wtd* Printer’s foes <17.80
Across the Sierra Nevadas
Tim WESTEUX HALF
Great National Trunk T.inA
ACROSS THE CONTINENT
wlUl *• AI» AMU super.
UNITED STATES UOVKUK.
HIM, lsdatliud tojTons or the most tuost.
ant lion or commohlcAtlOB la the world: u u
Uissoto link between tho FaetSo Coast sod tho
Orest Interior matin, over which tho laments
Overland travel muit paw, and tho
FAYETTE SHERIFF SALES.
WILL bo sold before the Court House
door, In tho town of Fayetteville. Fayette,
county, Georgia, on tho first Tuesday j n
T* 1si'i7. within tho '.*»*1 l.**t«m> of
sent, and *orao will not appear at the Coun
cil. The hands present wore Pnrry-Say-
KmlnV. "Ten Bear*.'' and llo-Tnli-Wah-
TovTeii-Be's.or "Iron Mountain’s.”hand
ofYam-Pab-Kct-CoV, or “Root Eaters.”
The Coeh-A-Taka, or -“Buffalo Eater,”
composed of the young warriors of the
nation, and numbering seven hundred, un
der Mali-Wee, or “Shaking Hand,” are In
Texts, near Chihuahua, and will not he
K scnt. Mah-Weo some time since lost
mother, and, as customary among the
Camancbes, went away to mount her death
a year, but one of his band, jiut returned
while we were at the camp, stated that ho
would return next spring.
Tho “Pennc-taka,” or "Sugar-Eaters,”
and the No-oo-nco, or “Wanderers,” under
their respective hcad-ehleh, To-Sa-Wl,
Silver Brooch,? and Queen Ah-
“Old Eagle," are down eouHi-wcst on tho
North Canadian nnd below, nearly 300
miles distant, hut will appenr at the coun
cil.
The Klowahs and Camanchcs combined,
number tn tliu aggregate four thousand.
any thousand Camanchcs
but there are many
In Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, prin
cipally In that section known os tho "Stake
Plains,” who are In no agency, many being
In n region never visited by whlto men.
A Novkl Dress Reform Socirty.—Tho
Vienna papers say that a now secret socie
ty has been established in that city for tho
purpose ofsumiresslngthe long trains now
worn by tho Vienna ladies, winch, accord
ing to the circular Issued by tho society,
“are not only an obstruction to street
traffic, hut also, by raising enormous clouds
of,Inst, cause cdn-idcrahlc danger In the
lung* and eys.” The statutes ol'tl.e so
ciety define Its object to he the abolition of
rinollncs, and .he Introduction of short
[reties, and its mcniliers hind themselves,
"the Instant they perceive a lady with a
long train on the street, Immediately to
tread on the same with such force as to
produce a considerable rent In the dress.”
It is also provided that this should he done
as If by accident, and that a thousand Apol
ogies should bo offered to the lady for the
awkwArdncsa alleged to be the cause of the
damage. If, notwithstanding this, com
pensation Is claimed and awarded by a
court of justice, all expenses are to ho paid
out of tho fundo of the society.
Tin: Wirr-Guahs Sit-iion.—a la:e trip
through several of tho wire-grass counties
lying on tho Oconeo and A Hamah:;, ena
bled us to judge of tho condition of things
In that section. Tho peoplo are very much
depressed. Timber Is their princlp.il source
of revenue. The rivers have been low, and
hut little of that sold. When sold, drafts
or notes In thirty, sixty or.nlncty day* are
commonly given. Timber jobbers and
sharpers not nnfrequontly, after realising
the monoy, decamp wIUi it, leaving the
seller unpaid. Many such drafts nnd notes
are now due, and probably never will be
paid. There Is hut one remedy to prevent
such Impositions, and wc respectfully qd-
vlao tho timber men to avail themselves of
It, viz: Resolve not to take their rafts to
market, or sell their timber till It will com
mand cash. If nil will comblno nnd do
thK they will hut do justice to themselves.
There i- but little cotton made on the
Altamaha—that mostly for home use.
Corn,euuo.pe.is,rice.j>otatoes,cattle, Ac., are
Dcceutuvt, }807, within t 1 ) 1 ; regal lionrs of
tale, tho following property, to-wlt i
Lot of land number fifty-nine, ana fifty
acres In tho northeast corner of lot IWnt-
her forty In tho 9th district of Fayette
county. Sold under a decree of the Court
In the case of M. M. Tidwell. John Favor
nnd others against Wright Martin nnd
Joseph G’.Yates, as the property of Jackson
* Wright Martin. Tho said into* being
the administrator of Jackson Martin, de
ceased.
Also, at tho samo time and place wlil bn
sold lot of land No. (16S> ono hundred and
tlxty-flvo In tho sixth district or said
county. Levied on as tho property of
William Glass, to satisfy ten Justices’
Court fi. flu. In fovor of M. W. Westmore
land vs. Wm, Glass. Levy made and re
turned to mo by a Constable. Property
pointed out by defendant.
Also, at tho same time and place will he
sold (380) threo hundred and fifty acres of
Principal portion of tin main stem
Lino botsreen the Two Oceans-
Its lias extendi from Sacramento, on the tigs
waters of the PeelOc, eastward across tho richest
nnd most populous parts or Californio, Nevada
and Utah, contlngnous to nil tho groat Mining
Region: »f the Far West, andwlllmectandcon-
nect with the roads now building east of the
Rooky Monntalas. About 100 miles are now
built, equipped end In running operation to the
summit of tho Sierra Nevada. Within a few days
38 miles, howgraded, wlil besdded, and the track
carried entirely across the mountains to a poles
In the Great Salt Lake Valley, whenoe fea
ther progress will; ho easy end rapid, hoe.
materials and equipments an ready at hand tor
300 miles of road, and 10,000 men are erosloy-
ed in the constrursion.
The local buMtueaa upon the completed portitn
surpasses all previous eulmate. The figuret
the quarter ndlnf August SI, are as follows
GOLD:
Gaos* OrmuTim Xwr
Eabxikos, Exrtxass, EamnSoe,
1487,879 64 *86,848 47 6401,031 17
or at the rate of two millions per annum, ofwhisk
more than three.fonrtht are net profit on leas thaw
100 miles worked. This Is upon the aetuil. testa.
mate trafle of the road, with its terminus in the
mountains, and with only the trornul ratloof
government transportation, and Is exclusive ot
the materials for tho feather extension or the rote
Tho Company's interest liabilities during foe
same period were lees than *123,000.
Add to thu an ever-expanding through traits
and tho proportions or the future bnalneae become
immense.
The Company ere aethorUed so contuse
their line eastward until II shall meet and
connect with the roads now building east
of tho Rdeky Mountain ranges. Assuming
that they will build and control half the en
tire distance between San Francisco and the
Missouri River, as now seems probable, Iks
United States will have Invested in the comple
tion or 80S miles *38,803,000, or nt the aver
age rale or *38,000 per etlle-not Including an
HmuIuic hts** *.,r in.noo.ono ntr» <>' .he
Public l-t -•!• it, t» „ a.
the magsttir,i., rnetr,trier. nAifi.,-e*e
Srsliiseta /anir ms Flr.i Mortgags 11.,ads
holders, nut GxaxaaL GovaaaxKtrr. is error.
invites rax co-ornuATio* or raivax cavital.
ISIS, and hat carefully guarded their Intonate
against ell ordinary contingencies.
The Company offer tor sals, through nt, shetr
FIRST MORTGAGE THIRTY YEAR
SIX FEE <JSNX. COUPON BONDS
fcni Interest P.y. ble fl
Gold Coin,
^ ^ e ” ^ ork ally. They aro in rams of fl,gg
James Spurlln, northeast by Allen Reeves.
Levied on as tho propertv of Charles S.
Jordan by virtue of a Mortgage II. fa.
issned from Fayette Snpcrlor Court In fo
vor of James M. Couch vs. Charles 8. Jor
dan. Property pointed oat In said fi. &.
October 26tli, 1807.
TIIOS. J. EDMONDSON, HberlO.
o. t-’u— wtds Printer’s fees *7AO
FAYETTE SPECIAL BAILIFF’S SALE
WILL bo sold before the Court lluittn
door. In Fayetteville. Faycete countv , t,
on tlm first Tuesday In Dccenilm- \t.
within tbo legal hours of sale, tho fcilonr'.
property, to-wlt:
Ono hundred seres of lot of land Ni.(iJI)
two hundred and thirty-one In thu liftti
district of originally nenry. now Pdyrttn
county, the southwest fifty ocresnnd t ortlt-
cast flftv acres, ns the property or the ettab
of W. O. Norton, deceased, to satisfy a cot 11
11. fa. Issued from Fsyetto County t "tirf 1
favor of officers of Court vs. H tlllai,
Shadrlck, administrator of sahl estate
This October 26th, 1867.
ISAAC B. AVREA. S. H. C. C.
oct29—wtds Printer'* fee 82XtO
each, with semt.aanaal gold eonpoas attach,?
and are selling tor the present at 98 per ecu
and -accrued Interest from Jnly i.t adilwlt
currency, it wbirb rate the/ yield ocnriy
Nine par cent, upon the Investment
These Bondi, authorised by Act orcongreoi. -ro
lisuetl only as the work progrestus. end to the
■sms amount only os the Bund, gran lathy tbs
Government:and represent, in all cates, the MrK
Mw, upon s completed, equlpi«,l, and productive
railroad. In which bare been Invested Uovurw
ment sultsldlm, suck Mtlturifiuons, ilonMh.ot
surplus sarnies**, etc., and w hich Is worth more
than three times the amount of First Mortgage
Roods which can ho tssiir t upon It.
Tho Central fuelile Flirt Mortgage Bonds hart
all the ana/anoe-, sanctions and guartsntlos'tof
tho Puctao Unit road bAel of CongR-iK, sod hare
In addition several nutisuiulitc advantages ovsr
all other classes of railroad lionds.
of the through line.
ment tadsldili; twblch Is wmbordmus
rentnten. upon IM ISO toilet now About
advantages rate* payable in coin. ’
LAV-The
ly biatilnf ***
Having carefully Investigated tbo rusourcM
orogrtM, and proopecte or tfa* road, and tbo ma»>
igi incut of tho Company's affairs, we cordially
wuiumend thorn Kon.U to Truaiec*. Ktcvutor*,
rn'»’totfom, and ot.'.eraas anemlaantly t>und,r*.
lUAu. -md rmwmHVttM jVm 'jrf tew*
POSTPONED ADMINISTJiA’li’S SALE.
BY virtue of «n order front tho Court of
Ordinary of Gordon county, Georgia, will
bo eohl before the Court House door, In
the
what tin y rai«u». Ho siw ouiu? that would
make, it was said, ten or twelve barrels su-
gur to tin* aero, hcshiiM sirup. Seldom
more than c?ne or two acros planted on ono
|da« o. It Is si-> in null as <’.in usually he han
dled and ground up. Most of these pro
ductions are eon^Uined or gold at home.
Transportation being expensive, the peo
ple liml It ditticuli to rulsusutfcient money
with which to pay their taxes, they being
they sav. exorbitant. Tattnall, it was said,
would have to raise as much as eight thou
sand dollars lor State and county tax alone.
Chills and fevers have been more common
than usual. We could not but commend
the hospitality, honest and unsophisticated
manners of the people In general. The
Mc’s, springing from the old Hootch settlers
In Montgomery county, mako tho best of
cltisens. They are a bard working, frugal
people.—MilUdgttiU* Recorder.
town of Calhoun, on tho first Tut ■“•.u
December next, within tho legal horns of
sale, lot of land No. lot In tho 14th district
and 3d section. Sold as the property of L.
D. Marclunan. deceased, for tho benefit of
tho heirs and creditors of said dcceiiscd,
(with tho widow’s dower to como out.)
Terms—credit to August, ISOS, next, small
notes with good security. October ID, 1S07.
OSBORN KKVES. Adm’r.
oel22~w40d Printer’s fee $5
GEORGIA, Baktow county.
WIIKREAH, C. P. Anthony applies to
tno for letters of administration oil the
estate of Abel If. Anthony, late of said
county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admon
ish all and singular the next of kin and
creditors of said deceased, to be and apii
at my office within tho time prescribed by
they ean, why
law and show cause, if any
said letters should not be granted.
Witness my hand and official signature,
October 26tb, 1867.
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
OOtiKK-w30d Printer’s fee $9..
Conversions of Government Securities,
INTO
VENTRAL PACIFIC
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS,
’ rtaiiM for Us holders from
WITU THE 8AXS BATS OF INTXIIX8T.
Tho following arc tho current rates (fep'embae
®*h, eubjcct, of course, to slight variation* tttm
day today. Wo receive In exchanget
Jr* o' 5! Xf V 9 " 1 * V ou P° n - anJ pay dlffercnce.158.4B
H*?. 1 ^ivc-Twcutln*,inks cou(K>n. do ..180.40
U. 8. Hve-T wren tics, 1861, cou|>on, do . 1!B,V>
do
U. S. Ten-Fortie*, coupon, a
do
.mis
For sale by Banks and Bankers generally, o
whom descriptive Pamphlets and Maps caa be ob
tained, and by . ^ M
FISK It HATCH,
Bankers sad Dealers la Government Securities
rissaclalArenlaeftheO F.R.B.OS
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