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. vims’ Express Company was robbed of
‘". ... Montgomery, Ala., on the 26th ult. A
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UKTTNSWICK RA1LEOAP.
-■ceeli of Mr- AYiikble* at Brunswick,
T,lC ;; , be condition of this road is given to-day
showing ^ ^ a The aim of the eompa-
aUll<! ^ to extend it from its junction with the
•„ „ A; line to Albany, uniting with
f ires west, touccess to tiie en
Mai)'
, tlior
i.rpn
elected the following
’Tacoit ant! Brunswick Railroad.’
..logoi the Company at Mat on on the
4 . ! ‘ U i ‘, s t. 1 the Stockholders
1 ‘ j,- («, .liran of Brunswick,
> Of Macon,
li.
Dem
cal
C-
F. Ko
. K. hh
f Whittle, ) , , .
' . Walker of Pulaski,
fr.nrv Bunn of Twiggs, _
Y Houston of Brunswick.
cfed A. E. Cochran President, and
r 1 ' Vow;and Secretary and Treasurer.
r ". wcr e stockholders from the counties of
, 7- Twiggs, Telfair and Dooly,and from the
V.'tso;'JD.con and Brunswick, representing about
-< JJJ.t'CX) of stock. MM
The Augusta liispatsh.
■'if Ati-'.nson has associated with him in the edi-
toriai clcpnrtment of the above paper D. G. Cot-
j j 0 hn G. Claus, Esqrs., whose labors
wklgive increased interest to its columns. Mr.
|s an enterprising man and is detrmined
w leave no stone unturned to make the Dispatch
worthy of a liberal patronage:
W 1 from the last Athens Burner that Mr.
W * M. Chase has gone into that paper as junior
,r. and Mr. A. M. Ueese, Esq , retired. Mr.
i ■ .alutatory is very appropriate, and when lie al*
; s to Democratic faith and principles as liis fu-
i -.Me, he will find himself often asking where
ami
i (j, ; .i \ Book—Wc have received from the
. ; r , Wm. Kay, Atlanta, Ga.. a novel, entiled
,.-,i ■■■'., e » it is from the pen of James 8.
gj , r , Esq ,jr. editor of the Atlanta American
tuba Again.
; ,t confess that we are already disgusted
v the Cuba question, and from reading the late
ch of Mr. Toombs, we see that it is nothing
.... than an electioneeringJrick gotten up
j., r: .,. j... ,. se of calling-together the disbanding
aided Democracy for the coming l’resi-
t; ...(Hi campaign. The prominent organs of the
>• having confessed that their party is
hi-mimed and distracted, the puliti
in Lh agress, headed by Sir. Buchanan,
, j.-avoriug to fix up a strengthening tonic
v.. I, the Cu a i’lgtedient as the most powerful
1. ;tivc medicine to allay rapidly the growing
(ilSlKLSC.
f.om ?p ch of Mr. Toombs, and the ex-
{.. . . . below, one mast be surprised with
. . ; ; Congress in giving the President
h. i' . ■ for the purpose of experimenting and
a treaty with Spain for the purchase
tf Cuba. To our senses the sum is extravagant
and smacks of unblushing corruption. If the truth
was known, the sum is intended do buy up, in our
0)1:.: iiiibieatial and unscrupulous men in Spain
and Cuba, who would sell their country and her
honor for luotiey. But the extracts we give bear
us otit in onr inferences.
■•Ir i Vi ry true, as the Senator says, that if the
n:;-C ■ i.o-'n be expended bv the Executive, who
. ■ V ■ Constitution, can inaugurate treaties,
wo . •... ;. jjie money unless the treaty be con-
ikt.ti j. T hat is to be taken into consideration. It
is a lair consideration for Congress whether the
amount is too great, considering the object in views
to run the ri.-.k of a treaty made being- rejected. ‘ It
i. - liable to no other objection whatever. We have
ftntjilv to consider whether the amount is so great
iu view ofti't; object sought to be attained, that we
areunv, mic - to run the risk of the loss of fill'd,-
n aer than enable the President, in the
use of his constitutional power, (for he alone can
aJdiv..> fo.x'ign nations.) to inaugurate a system of
it. 'nation ljy which lie lioiies to acquire Cuba.”
**** * * * *
“Then, as to the amount the Government will
give !■ ir (Juba. The Senator has carried it to $250,-
<■ I think that is more than it is worth. I
da nut think the Government will be likely to pay
tiw: sum. 1 do not know what it will pay; but
I king tijiun the acquisition as a matter of such
\ .. .vantage to the country, to every portion of
n, to every interest in the United states, I
am "iliiag to risk the $”0,000,000, for the purpose
iu buying it at a fair and legitimate price, and if a
hcatv slijiild come to me proposing to pay $250,-
! f 11 fer it, I will weigh that amount of money
in oi, • balance, and the great advantages of the ac-
nuisniunto the Republic in the other, and decide
accordingly.”
* * * * * * *
Kuw, sir, is this acquisition desirable? Is it a
nr' ' r on which we ought to risk se much money
as 'tiluiuiim fur the chance of opening more fa-
' enable negotiations ?”
Sr. IHarsbaii’s Speech.
e ,av before our readers to-day this gentle-
niaa - into speech in Congress, to which we invite
at: ■ n. Mr. M. sets forth the position in the
i iuiu occupied by the Americans and Whigs as a
i '“k'baud the platform upon which they will go
i-'to the next Presidential contest. Nt> one can
gamsay its s mndness and the true friends of the
^ nion should all unite to bring about a reform in
the Government.
" e are indebted to the Columbus Enquirer for
the
i'y we print from, being the only full account
01 tiie s P60eh we have seen -and also for the foliow-
“V 1 llation of its most significant points :
y i ;'' ’ miental principles upon which Mr.
j.‘"' 1 “ Ul and those for whom he speaks desire to
‘”.V , a 1 iV’y organised, are—
/ ■ 1 ui 'a a.s cur fathers transmitted it.”
1 the slavery agitation, by a ropudi-
j,‘- *■ " i '.il efforts by any section to meddle with
j.'' of another; and consequently,
iu : 1 to any union with a party that
.'“ "'Vy uiou to slavery a part of its platform
of its exertion/
.■ 11 :;,1 m reuce to the principles of the Com
] co0, and the Dred i^c.ott deci-
aud all—so lone- as it remains nnre-
•EiSfU. ‘
a - •'•‘■•wing propositions, as corollaries, of the
ti.hi.'i! • a , cri ‘* Principles, are advanced and sus-
j ' " 1,1 - ''cat clearness and force:
j,, ..' . T'k' -y- has not the constitutional power di-
m. prohibit the extension of slavery in the
AWritoriy-s.
2. *
' _ -o’ - not having itself the power, cannot
0 , ,L '‘- '. 1, ® U1 ah ■ !o the people or "squatters.” when
' G'etn as Territories, the right to exclude
-ymt -iuvery by ‘‘unfriendly legislation.”
f '‘ipie of the tSouth having a constitu-
., u .- :, .t to take with them into the Territories
th'-i l ,ro i j erty. Congress must protect them
1 ’he effjoyiuent of that property as long as
“7 '.. •"'‘iu Territories.'
Si.,', J,at j'ucn these Territories come to form
out p '“•■’’’tutions (which can not be done witii-
sii, " ’d Congress,) they may, by provi-
c u 8llc “ constitution#, tolerate or prohibit the
b, Ultlu duction of slavery, as to them may seem
fres/ ,* o' ,< ’ ta .*' es a, j <! acquired from Mexico. Cou-
ti,,,.a'“ lai l1 ”^ interfere in anyway to determine
Gutter of-their “domestic institutions.”
I’u n , es us h ;i ‘ n to state that Mr. Ttftonosius B.
xhont. ti' . 1 "° r khy citizen of TlvonsasviUe, died
Hr ii,,!- ee ” c lock yesterday morning, (Friday.)
for S( ...„ 1,5 . s been rapidly declining in health
nut unlaM, ‘j f nt l' s ’ ilnJ tlle sad occurrence was
fn en .i. ufor ky his now bereaved family and
“Ut,. ltiomastiile Enterprise,‘yQth ult.
K«W Hap of Georgia* ’ The C.aucns adjourned to meet again on Saturday
We have now hanging up in onr office, the new I last, at which meeting all the Democratic members
Map of the State of Georgia, gotten up by James were invited to attend.
11. Butts, late Surveyor General of tbe State. We The Washington correspondent of the Charleston
have heretofore noticed and spoken in high terms Cmv-icr under date of the 1st inst., writes :
of it, and the copy before ns is worthy of onr ad- is asserted in the Senate, by Mr. Bigler and
vanccd notices. For c*rectness, iths as true as others, that the public debt will amount to a liun-
,„„n xi r* i , , dred iniiiiou by the 30th of June, 1^60. It will be
U well can be, as Mr. Butts spared no pains to get j well ifit amounts to no more. Who knows what sum
Jill needful information from the counties direct. It i the Paraguay expedition is to cost l If President
is an improvement upon Bonner’s Map, from the ! Bopc-z does not choose to submit to our demands,
fact, that it has the greater part of Florida rente- j liositI5 * ies " i!! U’^vitable, and the cost of carry-
, , . , , mg on a war at that stance, is incalculable. Kavv-
sented, and is also beautifully embellished with , olSi:ei , s „f expvrieueo -say that we shall do well to
atecl engravings of the Capitol, Executive Alan- got out of this difficulty at the expanse of fifty mil-
siun, the Blind and Lunatic Asylums, Franklin i lion - -Ml acemnts from Panqguay go to show that
College, the Female College at Macon, and a rep- H * n l ); ^’ig b r war, in case of the failure of
n . * ’ 1 bus diplomacy. He will present facts which will
resentation oi the Stone Mountain and Tuccoa ; somewhat perplex our Coaimissioner, Judge Bow-
1' alls. It has also, all the new counties last creat- ; liu, whose instructions are based on the supposition
ed by the Legislature, with the numbers of the lots l' tliat lile assertions on our side are all true. We
have never taken the trouble lo hear the other side.
The state.of things in Mexico aud in Central
America, is such that if may be necessary to in
crease our naval force, or submit to spoliations of
our commerce, and insults to our flag and goveni-
127
of land in the various counties in Southern and
Northern Georgia. All Railroads in tbe State are
down, with projected lines such as have been sur
veyed, aud are now under discussion, together with
others not surveyed.
M e have been stiuck with the size and shape of
many of the new counties that have been made in
the last few years by the Legislature, as shown by
Mr. Butts’ Map. Of all imaginable angles, and tri
angles, shapes, sizes and forms for counties, Geor
gia will be hard t.o beat. Some, to our eye, is not
much larger than a decent potato patch, and oth
ers-are so tortured into a shape, that it would make
one cross-eyed to look at them long. Now, we
have no objections to new counties, when there is
an absolute necessity for it, and when said counties
can pay more into the State Treasury than they
t ke out for their members to the legislature and
tor school purposes. Some of the counties in the
State are an outrage upon all sense of justice, as
* he tax books show that they are a burden rather
than a blessing. And then the idea of one hundred
and thirty tica Senators ! Thinking men of Georgia
ponder upon that ftiet. No wonder we have such
legislation. And think of the price we pay for it!
Forty days at six dollars a day for 13.2 Senators
amounts to the small sum of SJJ ,fi80, independent
of clerks, messenger and door keeper, which
atnounts from five to ten thousand dollars more 1
Vi e could not help being led to these reflections by
looking at some of the small counties created for
selfish purposes by some few aspiring and would be
legislators.
The Map can be had at the Drug Store of Grieve
& Clark. Price, ten dollars for the glazed copies—
seven dollars for those done up in book form with
covers, and six dollars for those without covers.
Poor School Fund for 1859.
This.fund was apportioned to the several coun
ties, as lollows, on tee 2d inst., and about ninety-
four counties have already drawn it. Our readers
will be surprised at the great disparity in the
amount apportioned to the Cherokee counties in
comparison to that of those iu other parts of the
State. We hope the Cherokee counties have not
returned all their children, as heretofore, whether
poor or not.
Appling,
Baker,
Bald win,
Berrien,
Bibb,
Bryan,
Bulloch,
Burke,
Butts.
Callioun,
Camden,
Campbell,
Carroll,
Cass,
Catoosa,
Chatham,
Chattahooeh ;e,
Chattooga,
Cherokee,
Charlton,
Clark,
Clay,
Clinch.
Cobb,
Coffee,
Columbia,
Colquitt,
Coweta,
Crawford,
Dade,
Dawson,
Decat u r,
DoKalb,
Dooly,
Dougherty,
Early,
Effingham,
Elbert,
Emanuel,
Fannin,
Fayette,
Floyd,
F orsy th,
Franklin,
Fulton,
Gilmer,
Glascock,
Glynn,
Gi oeue,
Gordon,
Gwinnett,
Habersham,
Hall,
Hancock,
Haralson,
Harris,
Hart,
Heard,
Henry,
Houston,
Irwin,
Jackson,
Jasper,
J efforson.
$ 109
Jones,
59
Laurens,
192
Lee,
125
Liberty,
397
Lincoln, •
9e
Lowndes,
145
Lumpkin,
15e
Macon,
159
Madison,
138
Marion,
2b
Melntosh,
33b
Meriwether,
502
Miller,
386
Milton,
24-
Mitchell,
391
Monroe,
91
Montgomery
275
Morgan,
54!
Murray,
4’z
Muscogee,
365
Newton,
134
Oglethorpe,
115
Paulding,
1)40
Dickens,
121
Pierce,
137
Pike,
93
• Polk,
241
Pu'nski,
i-27
Putnam,
117
Rabun,
114
Randolph,
285
Richmond,
271
Soil ley,
201
Sc riven,
ilo
Spalding,
9,1
Stewart,
16-6
Sumter,
173
Talbot,
251
Taliaferro,
030
Tattnall,
249
Taylor,
5t>2
Terrell,
353
’Tell'air,
452
Thomas,
411
Towns,
7ol
’Troup,
Twiggs.
59
fib
Union,
234
Upson,
Walker,
421
498
W altou,
441
Ware,
443
Warren,
77
Washington,
84
Wayne,
271
Webster,
214
White,
223
A\ ilcox,
233
Wilkes,
193
Wilkinson,
(ifi
W iiiilieid,
293
120
73
Worth,
incut. The Cuban thirty million Bill is t iso a pre
lude to other eomplicatiaus, requiring loans or
heavy taxation.
Ii is suggested that in these straits, the Federal
Government should call upon the States severally
for the return of sums that were deposited with
them, under the distribution act.
The Sou. Andrew Jehnson,
Of Tennessee, in a speech upon the Pacific
Railroad bill said many aud true things about his
party (the Democratic) and all others besides.—
We have heretofore looked upon him ns an aspir
ing politician, well versed in the art of dema-
gogueism. He is by the way, a plain, blunt out
spoken man, and the miserable detnagogueism,
that has displayed itself atjliis present time with
leading men of the Democratic party at Washing
ton, with their Cuba, Tariff and other political
humbugs, have excised in him a disgust, that had
to be told in the following manner iu the winding up
part of his speech.
“We have got to making Presidents in modern
times, so that nobody knows ichu is safe. I do as
sure the Senator that I prefer, to discharge my du
ty faithfully as an honest representative oi the
States or the people. Occupying that position—
the Senate will pardon me for the expression, and I
do not use it iu a profane sense—when contrasted
an ith being President of the United States, / say
damn the Presidency ; it is not worthy of the aspira
tion of a man ic/io liclicces in doing good, and is in
a position to serve his country l/y popularizing her free
institutions.
The Presidency ! I would rather bo an honest,
man—an honest representative, than be President
of the United States forty times. The Presidency
is the absorbing idea, the great Aaron’s rod that
swallows up every other thing; and hence ive see
the best legislation for the country impaired, ruin
ed and biased.”
We will have a better opinion of Andrew after
this, provided he sticks to what says ' The Macon
Teligraph condenses his speech a.s follows.
“In tjje speech to which we allude, he starts on
the Pacific Road,touches the Cincinnati Platform,
pitches into the Conventions and caucusses. de-
! nonnees the extravagances and corruption of the
j Go\-erument—eulogises economy and a reduction
of expenses—descants upon scrub candidates for
j the Presidency—eulogises Jackson and Calhoun—
I asserts before the .Senate that he was born a pie-
,Zl j beian and rejoices over it—dunounces what he
j calls the “pettifogger flattering that runs around
Senators.”
!>9
155
72
2.-2
351
127
181
2ti7
42
174
$29,5
The Whigs—the i s ast & Future.
The Now-York Express denies the assertion of
the Courier that the Whig party was “betrayed and
ruined” because a majority of the number of South
ern Whigs favored the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise. It reminds that paper that there were
73 : but thirty-six Southern Whigs in Congress Avhen
njp the M>... >uri Compromise was repealed, and of this
222 1 number it confesses that the leading Whig m-eiu-
20(3 i her of the Senate, Mr. Bell, aud Messrs. Pury
j4(j 1 and Rogers, of N. C., Bugg, Collum, Ethridge, and
127 ! Taylor, of Tenn., and Hunt, of La., were true to
jjyy the Missouri Compromise. These men, though
3p_j small as were their relative numbers, much better
298 : r‘presented the Southern Whigs at home than the
j ;> | members of Congress who voted for tbe repeal of
30g j the Missouri Compromise. The Courier, in stare-
037 tug capitals, dwells upon the fact that Senator
; Dixon, of Ky., (Whig) anticipated every body in
225 ; bringing in the repeal bill. It ought, injustice to
2;j4 history, to have placed, as an offset to this fact,
;;. (j the more historical and honored names of Senator
£.3 ; Crittenden, Garret Davis, Morehead, and near-
345 j ly the whole body of Whig Kentuckians in the
329 | Legislature. It ought to have stated that Ken-
p-tp . tucky very summarily dispensed with Mr. Dixon’s
73 : services, and placed a better mail in the Senate to
j,i0 1 succeed him. It ought not to forget the ever hon-
209 j ored name of Henry Clay, of Kentucky, in the
034 ninintaiuaucc of this measure as long as he lived,
250
2431 On the contrary, there were thousands of lead-
75 u 'n Whigs in every State like. Messrs. Bell, Critten-
(54 j den, Butts, of Va., Hunt, of La., Graham, Ray-ner,
5 57 ’ aud Maugum, of N. C., Sharkey, of Miss., Ac.,
275 Ac., who regarded the repeal of the Missouri Com-
2 2-2 : promise as a stupendous folly; and, ivhat is, more
399 important, in honest fairness it ought to state that
330 . those who favored the measure then, now speak of
270 ; the repeal as an enormous blunder.
202 It then adds, we shall see what wc shall see. It
j is not for the Courier, more than the Express, to
259 1 prophesy of the future. Providence alone can re-
550 veal that; but. if we do not mistake tbe signs of the
2-5 1 times, old Whig doctrines, and oid Whig men, of
232 Eie school of those whose names we have herein
243 conspicuously pointed out—with the names of the
275 Everetts, the Winthrops. the Lawrences, the
75 Cheats, the Evanses, of New England, the Fiil-
225 i mores, the Hunts, the Grangers, the Ketehums,
233 the Burrowses, the Ruggleses, 'the Carrolls, the
Barnards, of New York, the Corwins, of Ohio, the
Thompsons, of Indiana, the Old Pennsylvania
Line Whigs—are neither dead nor sleeping —
“Duncan may be in his grave,” and as dead as
Julius Cmsar—but the Old Wliigs ; r \ not. Four-
fifths of the (12,090 odd Americans who voted for
Burrows and Benton in November last, are made
up of these Old Whigs. One-fourth of Mr. Mor-
132
157
22 il
417
lull
Whole number of children returned, C1 . 753 -; gan’s vote were made up of the same class, with a
about 44 cents to each child.
.Newspapers in Georgia.
In answer to the enquiry of a cotemporary as to
the number of newspapers printed in the State,
we give the following list, coming within our
knowledge, making the number at present sixty- >*«• Tli « of these men are Wliigs,
. . Old Line \\ higs, and ready tor service. \ve agree
one, a iz • with the Courier that
In Savannah—Republican and Ncavs, 2
Augusta—Chronicle A Sentinel, Con?liiu- ? .
tionalist, and Dispatch, )
Brunswick Herald,
good many thousands nyIio voted for Parker, and
who hide their time for some national opportunity,
thinking alike to work together. Then, again,
there are more than one hundred thousand citizens
of this State who did not vote in November last,
while nearly one-third of the voters of New Eng
land have not in many years deposited their bal-
Way nesborough News,
Sandersville Georgian,
Washington Republican,
Greenesborough Gazette, 1
Milledgeville—Recorder and Fedcral Union, 2
•Lawreneeville News, 1
Dahlonega Signal, 1
Clarksville .’ounial, ‘ 1
Athens—Watchman andTJanner, 2
Covington Times, 1
Madison Visitor, 1
Atlanta—American, Intelligencer and Cru
sader,
Callioun Platform,
Marietta—Advocate and Patriot,
CassviTle Standard,
Cartersvillo Express,
Rome—Courier and Southerner,
Ringgold Express,
Dalton Times.
Newnan—Blade and Centinel,
Lagrange Reporter,
West Point Citizen,
Columbus—Enquirer, Times, Sun and Cor- ?
ner Stone, >
Macon—Messenger, Telegraph, Press, Cit- >
izen and Index, 5
Forsyth Journal,
'1 homaston Pilot,
Baiubridge—Georgian and Argus,
Albany Patriot,
Tronpville Watchman,
Hawkinsville Times,
Cuthbert Reporter,
Griffin—Union, Empire State and Ind. South, 3
Lumpkin Palladium,
Americus—Republican and News,
Thomasvilie—Enterprise and Reporter,
Favettsville Literary Casket,
“Treason has done its worst;”
3-j but it has not quite destroyed Old Wliigs. It lias
2 ; neither swamped them in the deep pit of a nc.v-
1 born Republicanism, nor strangled them in the
2 ■ embraces of a false Democracy.
GUANO.—In the use of this manure A\ e should
have added in our article last week, that about one
hundred pounds is usually applied to the acre.
Nearly one neAvspancr to every two counties,
(counties now 132) with several prospectuses out
for more papers.
Caucus on the Tariff.
A Caucus of the Democratic Representatives in
Congress was Mild in Washington the middle of
last week to consult on the subject of modifying
the tariff, when after discussion, it arrived at the
follow mg conclusion :
First, that it is inexpedient to modify the tariff;
secondly, that a committee of five be appointed to
report at an adjourned meeting a mode by which
the public expenditures can be materially reduced.
These resolutions were adopted almost unani
mously.
The Vicksburg and Shreveport Railroad.
At the late meeting in Vicksburg of this compa
ny, there were present, says the True Southerner,
(3* Its President, Dr. C. G. Young, Messrs. Gee,
> Dabs and Pugh, of the directory, and Major Coop
} • er, the accomplished and indefatigable Chief E11-
~ ginc-erof the road, while Messrs. Horne, Mitchell,
Cameron. Mvrick, A. B. Fannin, W. F. Fannin
and \V. M. Wadley represented the contractors.
The object of this meeting was to settle certain
controverted points in regard to the construction of
the road, and of the contract under which it is be
ing built, and to agree upon some efficient plan of
operations for the future, by which the work may
be pushed forward with more energy and vigor to
4 !f speedy completion.
j Dr.-Young, the President, informs its that the
5 I meeting’nos closed with the most satisfactory re
sults to all parties. Some needed changes have
been made in the eon tract, the revenues of the road
have been pledged for the payment of the interest
coupons upon the company’s first mortgage bonds,
ami the personal labors of Mr. W. M. Wadley, late
Superintendent of the New Orleans and Jackson
Railroad, have been secured as one of the con
tractors for the construction of the road.
iii a word, the most harmonious feeling and
the best understanding has been brought about
between the company and its contractors. Be
sides this, additional capital, additional energy and
will have been infused into the concern which can
not fail to produce desirable results.
These are all important matters, and we doubt
not their effect will soon tie seen in the decided im
petus and renewed energy imparted to the road.
Already the contractors are taking steps to largely
increase their force of laborers, and the President,
whose modesty is only equalled by his merit, a
man who, unlike some Presidents ive have known,
is not given to gasing over-much about his road,
savs in terms of entire confidence, that unless pre
vented by the Providence of God, they will lay
thirty miles of track by the first of November next,
a distance which which will put Bdeuf river in con
neetion with Vicksburg by means of a line of rail
road liftv-six miles long! Twenty miles more, con
necting us with Monroe, and opening up tP us the
trade of a country surpassed by none that the sun
shines on, will certainly’ be completed by the first
ot November, I80O!
From this brief outline of facts our readers will
GI
see that the great work which is eventually to con
nect our effy with the Pacific ocean, and becohte
the grand highway of travel, was neA ; er in a more
prosperous condition. The company now holds
430,000 acres of laud granted by tiie general gov
ernment, uot an acre of which lias yet been sold,
but which wilL in a few years, be worth millions.
Let our citizens wake up then to the importance of
the pTesent aud the grandeur of the future.
a The New Orleans Delta of the 29th ult., alluding
to this enterprise says :
This road is the first link of the great Pacific pro
ject. With Such aid as pur people can render, it
must soon reach Texas, and, joining the Southern
Pacific, push rapidly across that broad and rich
State, until gaining the valley of the Rio Grande,
it will assert such superiority over all other con
templated routes T» the Pacific, that thC whole
country will be com.died to adopt it as the only
proper line of connection betw een the Atlantic and
Pacific States of this continent.
Death 0! Prescott, the Historian-
Boston, Jan. 29.—Win. H. Prescott, the historian,
died yesterday, aged 02. He had been in Iris usu
al health., and his death Avas very situdSn, from
paralysis.
Great Excitement a! Sail Lake.
Sr. Loots, Fob.. 2 — Y private letter from Salt
Lake City, dated January 7th, says that Judge
Sinclair had-adjourned the Grand Jury sine die,
upon the petition of nine of its members, in which
they declaired their inability to proceed in the ex
amination of witnesses, in consequence of the ex
citement and violence manifested towards them.
The jury was composed of nine Gentiles and twelve
Mormons, and'the factious spirit ran so high that
revolvers Avere freely drawn. A general fight,
with great difficulty, was prevented. The letter
adds that any idea of any impartial jury, or justice
being obtained in thatr city, is preposterous, and
that martial law will probably be established.
Congress.
The action of the present session, says the 'Wash
ington correspondent of the New York Express,
can be summed up as -.veil at this time, from pres
ent indications, as at the close of the session, as
follows:—The passage of the general appropriation
bills ; the admission of Oregon ; the organization
of three territorial governments—Arizona, Deco-
tah, Jefferson (Coloua) ; the approprietiun of thir
ty millions of dollars to “facilitate the purchase of
Cuba” and contribute to the success of the Demo
cratic party in tiie campaign of 180!) : the present
defeat of the Pacific railroad scheme: the defeat of a
protective tariff; and a new government loan. Other
matters of minor importance are overshadowed by
these more important questions.
Colton Markets.
Sava.nn.ui, Feb. 3 —Sales of cotton to-day 590
bales with a depressed market. Sales for the week
3,290 bales,and receipts 1G,!1S bales, (the total re
ceipts are 319.870 bales,) and the increase over
last year 195,340 bales. The increase at all ports
is 992,190 bales. Tiie stock is 70,2(55 bales-
Charleston, Feb. 3.—Sales of cotton to day 300
bales, and during the Aveek 9,000. The market
closes depressed, and quotations arc nominal.
New YArk. Feb. 3.—Sales of cotton to-day 390
bales; Middling Uplands nominally quoted at l'i£
cents. Operators are awaiting the arrival of the
Asia’s news.
BRUNSWICK .l.\D FLORIDA RAILROAD.
Remarks of the President, at the Annual Meeting,
held in Brunswick, on the V.'th of May last.
Mr. H. G. Wheeler . aid :
Mr. Chairman—The duty which I owe to the
Brunswick & Florida Railroad Company, renders
it imperative upon me to invoke the patience of this
meeting, whilst I suite some tacts aud make some
remarks. Before doing this, I desire to invite any
gentleman who has questions to ask, doubts to be
solved, or mysteries (if any mysteries, in his opin
ion, there are) to be explained, to stand up here
and now, to interrogate me. I hope that no one
will be prevented by any mistaken sense of delica
cy towards me, from availing himself of tile opportu
nity thus voluntarily and freely tendered, lask 110
such delicacy, because I do nut need it.
After a pause, and no gentleman rising, tiie
Chairman inquired whether any gentleman desired
to interrogate Mr. Wheeler ?
Mr. 8. Clay King rose and said, lie would request
the President to state, for the information of the
''meeting, what was the condition of the residue of the
$390,000 issue ot little Bonds of 183d, which had
not yet been conA'erted into stock.
Air. Wheeler said, that the principal holders of
the^e Bonds had executed an obligation binding
themselves to convert them into stock—and a num
ber of the bonds were now awaiting transfer. But
he had not time, amidst the heavy accumulation of
business upon him, to give his attention to the mat
ter. He would do so when he could.
Dr. Robert Collins rose aud said that he had
Avitli him some $32,093 of these Builds, which lie
was ready at any moment to convert into stock.
[Loud applause.]
Mr. Wheeler said, lie Avoffid make the transfer
mi the course of the uox: day. [The transfer was
made act o ( i ig y.J
^,'0 other questions being pnt—
air. Wheeler proceeded. I should have rejoiced,
Air. Chairman, if this meeting could have closed its
deliberations without the intrusion of a single syi-
ablo by me. And I Jo very well know, that if my
own wishes and disposition could alone have been
consulted, I should have remained a siiunt spec
tator of its proceedings content with the exposition
aud suggestions which, under tiie direction of the
board, it became my duty to submit in the Report
which has just been adopted. But there are
certain facts and statements, blending intimate*
Hr an ith the history of the BrunsNN ick aud Flor
ida Railroad, which it is proper—nay, essen
tial—should lie kuONvn aud understood here ; and
grateful as it would be to my feelings to be relieved
from the burthen of this task, yet I do not choose
to shrink from the responsibilities of my position.
If, in gathering together the broken fragments of
this dismembered enterprise, I have found myself
in conflict w ith malevolent accusations, with bitter
prejudices, and still more bitter enmities I have
draNvii consolation from the fact, that I have
at least endeavored, with an earnest and most de
voted purpose, to direct my action by that eternal
principle of truth, from which alone do emanate
the springs of honor and of justice.
I say this “dismembered” enterprise—because,
a foNv short months ago, there nv.rs not among men
so despised and rejected a thing as the BrunsAvick
and Florida Railroad. Association with it in any
form seemed to indicate contamination deeper and
viler than the leprosy which clung to Gohazi.—
And the only privilege which those who set them-
se \^.“s up, by eminence, as its friends were disposed
to award to it, was to bury it out of their sight as
expeditiously as possible. And the mutes and the
grave-diggers were there to perform the last sad
Fites—and had even condescended, with a spirit
of affectionate benevolence beautiful to look upon,
to appoint themselves residuary legatees of the es
tate, if haply it should be found that the unfortu
nate deceased had left any little property behind
him. But the putrid monster, deemed and taken
to be dead, would not stay dead. He began to
kick, and by various unmistakable signs and tokens,
to intimate to the precipitate undertakers nvIiu stood
ready ivith pick-axes and spades to pile the earth up
on his body, that it might be well for them to keep
at a respectful distance from Ins heels. You no
doubt remember, Mr Chairman, the answer whioh
Harry Montmouth < are to the Dauphin of France,
who sent to him the night before the battle of Agin-
court, to know Avliat ransom he would pay for his
body. 8aid lie, “The man that once did sell the
lion's skin, Nvliilc the beast lived, was killed in
hunting him,” 8ir, experiments of this kind are
critical things, and unless managed with a skill
and adroitness which place their success beyond
contingency, are apt to prove hazardous to those
w ho make them.
Tins brings me to the question I am most solic
itous to reach—What is the great Brunswick s win
dle ? Many men of undoubted character aud integ
rity believe in the existence of this swindle. Some
there are who make the charge from pure and un-
defiled malice; and some who repeat it. simply by
imitation, as parrots talk. Otimrs there are who
never put a dollar into the Road. nvIio never had a
dollar to put into it, and who if they had had the
‘dollar would rather have spent it in killing the
Road than in building it, who cry w ith A loud voice
against this swindle, aud desire to overthrow the
existing organization because, forsooth, they fear
that they are about to be swindled once more.—
Now, 8ir,'I propose to grapple with this hideous
phantom, and to see what-is tiie height, the depth,
the length and the breadth of the wrong that has
been done. I think myself liappy that l am ena
bled to point to inv past course as evidence, that
there lias been no disposition yn my part to shield
any man, friend or foe,from the responsibility which
attaches to his acts. If this flagrant wrong lias
been done, stamp it upon the foreheads of the
men who did it. Bring out your red-hot scaring-
iron,to brand with its blasting and ineffaceable in
famy the guilty men, whosoever they may be. I
declare to you, sirs, that the retributive baud, strike
where it may, shall never be held by me.
The Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company,
as originally organized in 183a, was under the di
rection and control of Southern men. The flnari-
cial hurricane which swept over the land in 1837,
prostrated this with many similar enterprises, none
of them, however, possessing more inherent
merit. And I have yia authority of a distinguish
ed gentleman, Avell kno\vn to many of us, and with
whom, during many years of his public career, I
was myself in some sense associated, for saying
that there tvas no effort of his life, tiie success of
which he had more earnestly hoped, than the pro
ject. Avhieh looked to the development of Southern
Georgia through the port of Brunsiviek. I speak of
the Hon. T. Butler King. If that gentleman were
here to-day, as I would ke were, ho would verify
this declaration.
In 1852, the Company was reorganized under
circumstances which aright loliave secured iU tri
umphant success. And here I run foul of that ug
ly bugbear of Bonds, which tvill lead me out of the
direct course of my remarks for a fetv moments.—
The board of directors of that day have uo respon-
sibibility for the issue of the twelve hundred thou
sand dollars of Alongage Bonus wh cu are now on
your table. The ace was the act of the Stockhold
ers themselves, in general meeting held in t Iris city
on the 18th day of June, 1852. The resolution will
be found at page 28 Stockholders’ Records, and is
as follows:
“llesolcetl. That the Directors be authorized to
tissue Bonds of tin’s Company for an amount not ex
ceeding one million Uvq hundred thousand dollars
payable at such point as may l.e most advantage
ous to the Company—at a rate of interest not
exceed seven per cent per annum, redeemable
any time not less than ten years, for the purpose of
purchasing iron and the necessary equipments for
thesaid road ; and they be authorized to mortgage
said Road and its fracisiaes for the payment of the
same; and that they may issue the Bonds and dis
pose of them at such times and in such sums as
they may think for the best interests of the Com
pany;”
80, Mr. Chairjnan, if there was anything wrong
in the act, the great original fountain of poiver—
that is to sayu the Stockholder* themselves—must
bear the burthen. 801110 of them have gone uonvii
into the dark valley—others are living to bear their
personal testimony to the truth of what Isay.
But I make hold here to-day to vindicate
that act ot the Stockholders. The power to issue
Bonds is specifically given by the Charter itself, in
the following words;
“Sec. 5. [Amended Charter.] It shall be lawful
for the Board of Directors to direct their l’resideiit
and Secretary to issue Bonds of said Company
which shall be binding on the property of said
Company, aud on such other property belonging
to the Stockholders as they may pledge to sai
Company, by mortgage, to meet their own engage
ments, or the engagement of said Company.”
And section 6 of said amended Charter declares :
“That it shall be law ful for said Company, to es
tablish credit iu foreign markets, borrow money
sell or exchange their credit for the credit or prop
erty of others, at a rate of interest not excee Jin.
eight per cent per annum, as may be by contract
agreed 0.1.”
It is well understood that no weapon of attack
and reproach has been so effectively used against,
this Company as the fact that they had issued
Bonds—as if Railroads Avere built, or would
be built, without Bonds. Alen in the man
agement of Roads piled up to the throat with
Bonds, or Avitli credits iu some form or other,
have raised up their eyes iu holy horror at the
Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company for
having done that which if they themselves had not
done, they never would have had a mile of Road
completed. These men had their own selfish ob
jects to accomplish, and yet strange to say, many
of our own friends, sincerely anxious for the com
pletion of the work, lmi e been seized with the
same violent fits of ague at the idea that Bonds had
been resorted to. Well, now. sir, w e are indebted
to much of the development and the proportions
Avhieh the country this day boasts, to the use of
these same things, designated “Bonds.” They
have been the instruments, in large part, of the
eiviliz ition we see around us. They have turned
the sword into the plowshare, and the spear into
the pruning hook. They have levelled your
mountains, raised your a allies, built your railroads
and canals, and given Nvings of gold to 3'onr com
merce in every sea. And the United States of
America, destined in the providence of God, to be
come one ot the mightiest and most transcendent
empires that the world has ever known, Avould
110AV, comparatively speaking have been a desolate,
howling wilderness, ifit had not been for this one
great implement of civilization which men terms
Bonds That they have been and in many instan
ces arc abused, every man knows and understands
But the abuse of a tiling, in itself good, is 110 sound
reason for its annihilation, any more than it would
be to say, that we should strike from the firmament
the sun that gives us light, and warmth, and hope,
and thus shroud the world in everlasting darkness,
because his rays are sometimes too hot, and are apt
occasionally perhaps to scorch 11s. Planting my
self 011 the provisions of this Charter, it is my in
tention, before this meeting breaks up, to ask you
tosuperadu to the power of that charter, the moral
strength implied in your assent to a new issue of
Bonds. Policy) demands it—reason and justice
sanction it. And if I, who have held the helm in
the dark tempestuous night, and safely steered the
foundering ship through the upheaving biliou s that
every moment threaten her destruction, am not to
be trusted w ith the powers requisite for a new 'out
fit and a safe and prosperous voyage, I am no
longer iit to be her pilot. Other hands may guide
her—mine shall not.
I now leave this digression, and come back to
the history of the Brunswick swindle. Among
other inventions for the construction of this Road
under the re-organization ot 1852, was the procure
ment of conditional stock notes, given by persons
resident on the line of the Road, and payable when
it should be completed to certain specified points.
These notes ran up to an aggregate of several hun
dred thousand dollars. A contract was taken bA r
certain eminent gentlemen, well known among us,
to build the road from Brunsivick to Thomasvilie*
with the branch to Albany; and in part cash pay
ment on their contract, they agreed to take these
conditional stock note*. The section of the con
tract reads as follows :
“It is further provided and agreed, that should
the party of the second part at any time during the
building of the said Road, hold tiie notes of persons
subscribers to the stock of the Company, (said sub
scribers being residents on or near the line of said
Road.) that the same shall then he given in pay
ment by the party of the second part (i. e. the
Brunsivick and Florida Railroad Company,) for
or towards the payment of any balance which may
at the time be due to the party of the first part [i. e.
the Contractors,] who shall receive the same after
they shall bo properly endorsed by the said party
of the second part, and allowed the amount that
may appear then due on said notes.”
I do not care to say much about this matter. At
an interview between certain parties, taking place
in my own presence, an unfortunate declara
tion was made that these Stock Notes were
not worth one red cent; and the Brunswick and
Florida railroad Company became a disorganized
concern from that moment. Some efforts were
made to heal the breach, but without avail; and
the Company, for all practical purposes, remained
disorganized until taken up by Mr H. 8. Welles in
the spring of 1855. •
Alaiiy of you gentlemen, remember the enthusi
astic meeting which greeted his arrival in this city
on the 3d day of May in that year. One of the first
acts done in that meeting was to place the Georgia
Stockholders nvIio. under the original organization
ot 183t5, had paid in their 2>er eentAgcs 01 Stock, on
the same footing Avith the holders uf Stock under
the re organization of 1852. And the following
Preamble and Resolution Avere adopted on motion
of Dr. Robert Collins :
“Whereas there have been some doubts express
ed in relation to the position of the original Geor
gia Stockholders, and for the purpose of settling
that question, it is hereby
Resolved, That they be considered as entitled to
the same privileges, and standing upon the same
footing as the Northern parties ; and that upon the
payment of a new installment of five dollars per
share, a new certificate of Stack shall be issued to
them for said amount, together with all payments
originally made upon said stock.
i have no definite means of ascertaining what
tbeseqier ventages might have amounted to. Judge
lianscll, in a recent conversation with me at
Thotnasviiie, said he thought they might range
from $29. iii)0 to $25,003. 1 choose to adopt the
outside figure (without, however, knowing any
thing - personal about it,) and shall refer to this mat
ter again before I take my seat.
For certain valuable considerations, not affecting
the rights or interests of the southern parties, Mr.
Welles undertock to construct the Road, on north
ern means, to the west bank of tiie Satilla river;
and in consideration of this the southern parties,
speaking by the lips of lion. James L. Seward, put
on record the following pledge :—
“Every feeling of patriotism, pride and interest,
will force us to ail, to the full extent of our ability,
in the completion of the great -Avork : We have
every Confidence in being able to do all, and even
more than has ever been promised from onr section
of the State, to-wit: To raise a subscription be-
t-.veen the Satilla river and Thomasvilie to the
amount of $533,001), and oik the Abany branch a
subscription of $300,333—making a total of $990-
000, in means immediately aouilable for the construc
tion of the Road; and that, with contracts for work
aud materials payable in stock, a much larger
amount may be expected.”
Now, sir, the Northern parties did put this Road
to llie west bank of the Satilla river—nay, they did
more. They made a fatal contract—against which
one feeble voice at least was raised— 1 mean my
own—to grade and tic the Road from the west bank
of the Satilla river to Big Creek: and upon this
contract, mainly, it Avas that all the preliminary
arrangements had been made to sell out the Road,
at the time of my arrival iu Alilledgeviile. in trie
month of Nov. last. And yet, sir, the nine hundred
thousand dollars came not—no, nor any part of it.
It is true that, as a reason for the rton-(ultill:neiit
of this obligation, it was alleged that Mr. Welles,
instead of constructing the Road on money for
which he was to receive tiie general stock of the
Company, had made another issue of Bonds to the
amount of $300,000—and that it could not be ex
pected V' t the Southern people would consent
to take stuck for their money, <fs against 7 per
cent. Bonds for money cf the Northern parties.—
And there was truth and reason in this. I a:n not.
respo.n-ulSy for the issue of that Bond, having had
nothing saqio vriiff it. I neither vindicate nor de
fend it. T think it was a grave mistake; but,
whatever it was, it was done with the assent of the
Southern party~-for I have in my possession the
original draft of that Bond as prepared Ly my
kiud and respected friend, Dr. Robert Collins.
Still, Mr. Chairman, I cannot but think that too
mnch importance has been attached to this cir
cumstance. Tiie Bond itself was not a Mortgage
Bond. It « as designed simply as a temporary ex
pedient. ntid provided, on its own face, for its con
version into the General stock of the Company.—
That conversion, as tiie Report which has just been
read declares, a - .-as regarded at that time moie as a
. privilege than a hardship—because it was believed
that the stock itself would ultimately be more val
uable than the Bond. Be that as it may, it was
made the pretext for the breaking up of the enter
prise, and for the manifestation ot a spirit of vin
dictive hostility towards every man who fried to
save it. And so the pledge of $900,000 went to
that same grave wherein Avere reposing the. mor
tal remains of the stock notes to which I have
referred, and whose epitaph had been written by a
Southern man in the Avords: "Not worth one
red ient.’
The last stage in this strange, eventful history,
was the re-organization of the Company under my
unworthy self, on the 7tli of September 1,-ist. It is
a painful subject for me to dwell upon. Notone
dollar of the money pledged to me from the South
under that re-organization has been contributed,
directly or indirectly in any shape or form. No,
sir, not one dollar. Still, I neither wavered nor
looked back. If there was nothing else left to lean
upon, I knew (hat I might at least depend on my
own true and steadfast purpose, and that no in
terests placed in my hands for protection, could
ever be compromised or surrendered
And here we come to the point of our history.—
Y'our Board of Directors have tolu you in their Re
port that the actual cost of the Road, including the
grading and cross-tieing done beyond the west
bank of the Satilla river, is $658,000; and that of
this amount, exclusive of payments made for labor
and materials under contracts, there is but eleven
hundred dollars of the money of the citizens of Georgia
paid into this Road on cash subscription to its
stock. Nor is this exhibit changed by the admis
sion of the $25,900 supposed by Judge Hansel! to
have been paid in under the original organization
of 1836 ; because that $25,030 is not to be deduct
ed from the $658,000 which makes up the cost, of
the Road, but would have to be added to it—cer
tain items of expenditure having been thrown out
ot the estimates of cost when Mr. Welles took up
the Road in 1855. And it does not appear that a
single claimant lias come forward, to avail himself
of the resolution adopted in May of that year, in re
gard to the original Georgia stockholders.
Here then we are, at last, face to face, and eye
to eye, vvii.li the great Brunswick swindle. Eleven
hundred dollars in money, has been paid towards
the cost of the Brunsivick and Florida Railroad, by
citizens of Georgia 1 Of this sum, nearly one half
was contributed by the respected and honorable
geutleman before me—Mr. 8. Clay King—wh mil
impel am permitted to call my friend*—and to whose
sustaining counsel and advice 1 have owed so much
during the struggles of the last six months.
But, sir, the fashion of this world changes. Words
and the meaning of words pass away, and new in
terpretations come. In the good old time, the pen-
alas, well as the logical construction of the word
“swindle” was, that one man should get hold of
another man’s property, by whatsoever process,
and cheat him out of it. But now, we are guided
by other lights, aud are told that a man who has
s; cut his own money—not the money of his neigh
bor, for he did not get it—but his own money, in
the promotion of a useful and honorable object, is
to be held aineanable by Lis neighbors, nvIiosc
money he did nut-get, to the penalties of swindling.
Y'ou buy your lot and you pay for it—you build
your house and you pay for it —you put in your fur
niture and you pay for it—all with your ow n money
and not with the money of your neighbor—and your
neighbor steps in and denounces you as a cheat
and a swindler! Now, there may be something
very funny in all this, but 1 confess I cannot see it.
It is by false accusations like these, and by the
wrongs aud injures inflicted by interested, design
ing and vindictive men, that the BniusNvipk aud
Florida Railroad has bec-n gound, as between the
upper and the neither millstone. •
Gentlemen—friends—for so 1 must call 2 u—I ask
you to come up now- and help me to build this Road.
I want you to throw off' tiie leaden sluuiberin which
you and your interests have so long been rocked,
aud claim for yourselves the position which right
fully belongs to yon- Away with this lethargy—
“a little more sleep aud a little more slumber”—it is
the sluggard’s doctrine, unworthy of you, and un
worthy of the age in which you are living.
Y’ou avIio are able, subscribe liberally. You
whose means are more limited, do what you can.—
Let 110 man hold off, because lie can do but little.—
The Temple ol Jerusalem was raised up stone by
stone. The coral rocks that line the bed cf the
ocean, or which have taken the more massive form
cf islands and continents, are made up from orig
inal deposits so -small as to be almost invisible. And
all human enterprises, however grand and stupend
ous they may t-> In their completion, are but the re
sults of vast eoi ibinations of little things aggregat
ed together, until they present one urtif -rm, impos
ing. majestic 1 ices of handiwork. Do wiiat you
can, then, each of you. Let us not despise the day
of small tilings. And I will be as grateful to the
man who can afford but a single share, as to him
who can afford a hundred
If you have any lingering doubt, as to the compe
tency or fidelity of your officers, I say to you, as I
said to my friends in meeting at Wayneviile,
heave them overboard, and put better and truer
men in their places. But be sure you make no
mistake about the men; for the Brunswick and
Florida Railroad, believe me, is not just now a fit
subject upon which to try experiments. Some of
you know Iionv cheerfully 1 would give way to a bet
ter man. All 1 ask is that, in making the change,
you will be sine it is for the better, and not for rne
worse.
There are’ some within the sound of my voice,
Nvhose worldly fortunes are to be greatly advanced
by the construction of this Road. It would seem a
work of supererogation to make any formal appeal to
such for aid- Others there are ivho are not to be
participants in any direct pecuniary benefit. But
can they hold themselves altogether absolved from
the obligation to stretch out a helping hand to us
in this time of our weakness and our need ? Do
they* owe nothing to their homes—nothing to their
Stare ? Have they neither interest in the present,
r pride in the future ? Past your eyes over this
teeming country. Survey its resources, abundant
Council F10CSE9ZH08.
CoCHfll. Cs*#***, t
Jan. 23, ls£9- f
rpiIE COUNCIL met mrsnant to a-Ijourn-
J- ment. Prescut, the May or Aldermen Brooks,
Brown, MeComb and Fair. Absent, Aldermen
Lewis and Nisbet.
Alderman Brown was excused on special busi
ness, tbe reading of the minctes was dispensed
with and Council adjourned to meet 9 o’clock, A.
M. 23d inst.
I
5
Council Chamber,
Jan. 8 ), Ir59.
Conncil met pursuant to adjournment** Pr
the Ma yor. Aide:man McComh, Brooks, Brown,
Fair and Nisbet. Absent, AIdt rmaii Lewis.
The Minutes of January 6, were read and con
firm.-].
The petition of tire merchants tvas read the se
cond time, when the following resolution was
offered and unanimously adopted : —
Resolred, That while this Board fee’s its obliga
tions to respect 1 lie rights and interest of all ci3f«
sea of the citizens of MiUedgeviiie, and holds it
self bound at all times to treat wilh uue civil
ity Jail petitions emanating from them, it still
feels its inability to alter the schedule of Taxes
already made for the past year by the late Board.
Alderman Brooks, stated to tbe Board that he
expects! to bo absent from titaCity the romaing
part of the year, and respccifully tendered his re
signation as a member of thu same, which was
received and in consequence thereof caused a va
cancy for Alderman in ward X- . 0.
On Motion of Alderman llcCpinb an election to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Al
derman Brooks was postponed until the next re
gular meeting.
ACCOUNTS PASSED.
C. Kramer, burying pauper, §3’> f 0
A. Mode & Co., store account, n 50
H. Stevens, lumber account 33
\Y r . Barnett, lumber account, 14 49
T. A. Goodwin, feeding mules in 1851, and
dravage iu 1855, 44 00
On Motion of Alderman Fair, tbe meeting ad
journed.
almost beyond computation, yet now lying as inau-
'mate and dead a.s the. sands upon the sea shore —
Behold what it is—contemplate what it may be,
Avhen vocal nn ith the sound of busy industry, and
the hum of an intelligent, a prosperous, and. a con
tented people. A.nd this country, gentlemen, is
yours. Do not disappoint her hopes, but fill their
ure high.
Aeidity of tiie Stomach and Indigestion.
U?” “I ran cat anything after taking your llol
land Billersis a remark frequently made to us.
To persons troubled Aviih acidity of the stomaeiq
Indigestion, or a'jy disorder of the stomach, avc
ould only say, try it. Its world-wide reputation,
has been established alone by the many wonderful
cures it has effected. When used fop Dyspepsia,
Jaundice, Liver Complaint, weakness of any 1 ind,
Costiveness and Piles, it should be taken in snail
doses—say, half a teaspoon full, regularly tlnee
times a d:ty, before msals.
At the house of Jonathan Adams, in Putnam
county, on Sunday, January 39th, by Rev. D. J,.
Hitchcock, Mr. II. W. Alfred to Miss Georgia E.
Coats.
OBITUARY.
Died in onr city cn the 7l.li inst. of Pneumonia,
after a few days illness, Mr. Jamen M. Deston,
Grogery Merchant.
Departed this life on the 4th ult., Mr. Allen C-
Simmons, in the sixty-third year of his age. Mr. 8-
moved from Jasper county 10 the county of Craw
ford in the fall of 1824—being one of its first set
tlers. He joined the Baptist Church in 1826 and
lived the life of a Christian. When the Baptists
divided, lie remained with the Primitive Baptists.
Long has he been one of the strong supporters of
the ministry, by prayer and other means. The
church has lost in him a deacon indeed ; the wife,
a husband; thcchildren,a father; and the servant,
a kind master; the neighborhood a faithful friend,
and the comity one of its lies’ citizens lie died
he had iived*—a Christian—and met death calm
and composed, and the writer has no doubt but
that he lias gone to Him who only hath Immortali
ty, dwelling in the light. M • C. C.
CTr The Macon Telegraph w ill copy and forward
bid to Hickory Gtoa-c to D. W. Simmons.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, i
Mu.LiDCEvu.Lifc Feb. 5th, JK»9. 5
To l7tc Agcnls
this Stale,
Y OU will pi
the General
comber, 1858, you
amount of Pre
and pay one p
sury by the 31st D-
failure to make your 1
said, under oath, upon
issued, by the Cou -
: managers, agents,
acting for each
sum of five hundred
jro
n r
tak
for
Insure
Companies out oj
s in this Stale.
_ that, by an Act of
approved 1J th De
ll to make returns of
_vcd to the Treasu-
reon, into the Tlea-
each year, and on
id payments af Te
am, execution shall
against the
i, managing
sv, for the
JH to the
jvisions of the Act of the 19th De^mber. 1817,
relation to Defaulting Banks. Y'mXy. iii please
to notice and make ^our returns iVhkdiatelv
31st December, 18o8.
J. B. TRIPPE, Treasurer.
Feb. S, 1859 »> 2t
Council Chamber, /
2 o’clock, P. M , Jan. 27,1859. )
CALLED MEETING.
Present, Aldermen Brown, Fair. MeComb and
Loan is. Absent, the Mayor and Alderman Nis
bet.
On Motion Alderman BrcNvn was appointed
Mayor, pro tern..
The Mayor, pro tern-, informed the Council that
they had been called together to receive the report
of the Land Committeein relation to lot No. 93,
lying on the North-west common, containg nine
acres, recently applied for by Col. L. H. Kenan.
Which Committee reported through their chair
man as follows: That they had examined the
said lot (No. 93) and recommend that i: be offer
ed to lease, to the highest bidder,.for the term of
one thousand years, the two avr>s fronting on
boundary street at not less than fifty dollars each,
the remaining seven at not iess than thirty-five
dollars each.
Ordered, That the Clerk aJA’crtise the lease of
above lot in tbe usual way.
On Motion of Alderman Fair the meeting then
adjourned.
Read aud confirmed Feb. 3, 1 859.
CHARLES A. CONN. Clerk.
Feb. 8, 1859 G It
$50 REWARD!
cntA
h ult., WARREN IN-
1c and hired a Horse
id having failed to re-
he-has made for parts
man, five feet four or
y-five ur twenty-six
ion, and dark eyes, a
id weighs about 135
he left dark clothes
hat or cap.
eleven years
rather stiff; in
O N the morning of the
LOW came to
am? Buggy for a fe
turn, I am appr '
unknown. Inlo’
five inches high,
years of age, dark
small goatee and moustl
or Ml) pounds, and had
ami a blue blanket, and,
The Horse is an
old, crooked iu the
thin order, with ion
The Buggy is a si
believe one of the
color, with the tiameCf R. H. Mr
hind. ’The above yward will be
prehension of the thief with the pro
for the Horse and Baggy, or $25 fo
cd La some jail.
ELIJAH
Wsrrenton, Ga., Fe* 8,1859
Boyd's Prolific Cdtfm Seed
400
springs
. H. May
icoid) and I
lbroke; bine
plate be-
for the ap-
ty. or $25
thief iodg-
BU8H
Cotton
delivered either at
socks. Address THO
Biountsvilla, February ;
Boyd’s Prolific
NA’l per bushel,
Macon in new
1LLIAM8.
fi 2t
Catawba* Grap<
( A ENUINE Catawba f
thousand, delivered
pot. All orders must be
Address TH
B'oun
February 8,1852
Cm
Court-]
npATTNALL SHE
JL sold before the
of Keiusvilie, on the first
within the legal huurs of
erty, to-Avit:
250 acres of pi
a small improve
creek , levied 01
fas in favor of 1
eron, J. J. W. C
ti fas issued from a
the .19th district; 1c
A. McDonald by a
Also, at the san
GOfiacres of land, 1
of Cedar creek, well
Anderson and others,
fi fas in favor of D a
of Daniel Likes, and
issued from the 351s
a constable and re
Also, at the
I,n00 acres of p
Milligan’s creek,
son and Mary
property of M
from the Supcri
ty, in favor of
ied on by me
February H, I
Cuttings
Milledgeviiii
oanied bv the cash.
J. WILLIAMS,
J cues county, Ga.
<> 2i
[SALES.—Will be
door in the town
today in April next,
' 1 lie following prop
er less, in two tracts,
trr.ct, lying 011 Swift
bur Justice’s Court u
amcrofl, D. W. Cam-
A. J. Cameron ; said
s Court held in and for
as the property of J.
and returned to me.
and place will be sold,
less, lying on the waters
, bounded uy Uriah
tivo Justice’s Court
Holland, and one in favor
iu favor cf Wesley Cobb,
G. M.; levied on by
to me.
ic am] place will be sold,
1, lying on the waters of
uded by Daniel IT A Jokn-
and others-; levied on as the
Nail to satisfy one fi fa issued
held in ruVi for said c uin-
lla.ll vs Mo\is Nail. Lev-
M. J. HAGIN. Sheriff.
6 tds
G eorgia, baldvV
Whereas William B
for letters of guardianshi
erty of William L._ Ti
county—
These are, thcref
persons concerned
within the time
jections, if any
not be granted.
Given under my
February, 1859.
JO
FebmniyS, 1859
,COUN i Y.
Farbutton applies to me
’ the person and prnp-
a minor, of said
and admonish all
appear at my office
w and file their ob-
letters should
1st day of
POSTPONE
VV 11 - 1 * BE so
VT the ciiy of Mi
first Tuesday in Marc
Court, a negro
ta’.e of Margaret King. f»
creditors. Terms cash.
JAHE
December 14.1858
T WO MONTHS after
made to the Court
county, for leave to sell the'
estate ot Henry McLendon,
deceased. H. B.
February 8,1859
IL E.
Court bouse door in
in county, ou me
>)y to an older of
. belonsii 2 10 the es-
' of Abb heirs aud
lieation will be
- , of Laurens
belonging to the
said countj,
N, Adm'r.
6 2m
TO HIRE.
A GOOD COOK, WASHER and JRONEK.-
Applyto R. ii. OKME,jr.
February 1,2859 ’ 5 tf
STOVES.
A NEW COOKING STOVE, with fomilure,
also a second hand PARLOR STOVE, cheap
for cash. Apply to L. KENFIELD.
February 1, 1859 5 tt'
LANDBETHS’
W .4-RANTED
GARDEN SEEDS.
C iOLLAKD 8EED, liuta Baga, Turnip Seed,
J etc., Ac., just received aud for sale at
J. CONN & SON8 Variety Store.
Milledgeville, Jan’y. II, 1859 2 tf
FDR SALE OR TO HEAT,
A COMFORTABLE DWELLING with
outhouses, Garden, Orchard, &c , at Mid-
_ way. A famiiy desiring such a place con
venient to good Schools, would uo well to apply at
once to the undersigned. There arc about 450
acres in the tract—200 well Wooded, near the Col
lege. R. M. OKilE.Sen.
January 4. 1858 1 tt
S IX TY' days after date, application will be made,
to the Court of Ordinary of Appling county,
for an order for leave to sell all the land of Wil
liam II. Smith, deceased.
BERRY LEGGETT, Adm’r.
11,1359 3 2m