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VOLUME XLI
u M. OHM E & SON,
1 EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1860.
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TREASURER’S REPORT.
TREASURER’S OFFICE, W. fc A. R. R. l
Atlanta, Ga., October, 1860. 5
His Excellency JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Milledgeville, Georgia.
Sir: Below I hand you. .tatemcnt of receipt, .nd di.hu«r-
* *o«i, for the fiscal year,
79,054 51
295,846 97
779,953 14
32,315 47
6.000 00
menta _ - _ _
tudiug September »*h, Iftftl.
Balance on band St-pt. 30th, 1859, *
Received t'rym Panaengera,
* 4 '* - KH^bti ud Miiwlliiieoua,
“ ?«Jit Office D«p«rtiikiit,
" Adams Express Company,
1.I91J50 09
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, j §
For the Fiscal Year, ending Scptemler ?
30f/t, 1860. \\
Ca*h in Treaaurei’a haudiTs^ 300*71859.. ^ 79,054 51 *
Balance due by Poat Office Dep’t. Sept. 30, 1859,,.. 14,861 42 j ;
“ “ Connecting R-*ads, “ “ “ 86,7:>I 24 ■ -
“ 44 44 Former Agent**, “ 44 44 53,224 17 J tp
" “ “ Agent-, “ , 44 14 36.249 83 - --
Bill* Receivable, (note*,) 44 44 1860. 3,654 83 ; tw
Due Connecting Road-, 44 44 ** 2R.835 89 x
Grow KaminzH, year ending Sept 36,186 I, 835,919 &> | »
Rec*d. from N. 4t C. R R. balance of their prupor- | ^
tion on Chattauooga Paawuaer Depot and —■
Ground-, 13,000 00 { ®
1“
REl’OR T S
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT AND TREASURER
OF THE
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
To his Excellency, Joseph E. Be non, Governor,
September 30th, 1860.
O
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT.
Taid Working Expenaei—
Prior Account,
Since. “
Paid Equipment and Depot Building*^
Prior Account,
Since “ '
Paid Bond, of Road, due let Jan. 1860,
Intercut on nine, and out-otandiog Bond. ...
“ Other Road. .
“ State Tnwuier
Balance on hand Sept. 30th, I860,. ' ..
■ • 14,079 25
431,46 1 95
5,711 40
10,216 11
20,000 00
2,940 INI
2*>.821 49
45ii,oon oo
25.916 89
*1,191,150 op
Respectfully Submitted,
B. MAY,
Tbeasvrek.
Paid Kxpiuj.e. from Sept. 30, ’59. to Sept. 30. ’
“ Repair* Depot Itiilidiu... Equunnent., 4
“ Bond. Redeemed, and Mutual Coup*>u*...
State Tn-aaurer — • ■
*' Balance due Connecting Road., Sept. 30, ’
Balauce Due bv former Agent., Sept. 30, I860,.
.. „ .. Agents “ “ “
“ “ “ Connecting Road., -
“ “ Pont Office Department,
Bill. Rweivable—Note, on Hand
Cub in Treasurer’, hand.
*1.151.512 44
445,544 20 j
15,927 51
22,940 00
450,000 00 |
61,891 66 :
53.224 17
21.319 <U
45.763 19 .
5,295 95
3.654 83 l
25,916 89 |
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OFFICE SUP’T W. A A. RAILROAD,
Atlanta, October, 186J.
„lli. Excellency, Joscrn E. Brown :
sir—In Kieordauee with the requirement of the Statute of the
; .,r,, ! here wit h tiau.init to vim a .t.tement of the operation, of
... Head. I"r the lineal year which ended on the hu>: day of Sep*
vuibiT, I860.
• , firnn- I me of the Road ha. been *535,919 55
\V..rkoie Expenses, Ordinary and Extraordina-
r;, have l«-cu.. 418.464 95
:OWTKTGk BAHNTIXGS FROM
Received at each Station, and Delivered to Connecting Roads.
Inc
r ot the State...
fduiwu hv hi«
sb417,454 6 »
$450,601) (Ml
id into the Treat*
^riag m tiie*Trea-urer’- hand**
Rt'piD. herewith accfuwpuuyiiig ~ $ 25,916 89
lucre was paid ol B*mded Debt, mnurred before the
r. niuneutiemeut of your Administration, and
due 1-t January last $ 20,000 00
And int’-rest *»n same, together with interest on the
remaining Bonded Debt $ 2,940 00
It would wviii from the -tatumeut thiib far, taken by iUcll, that
. K -ud ha« paid more than it ha* made. To under-taud thin, it
jiuuij neeefsHry to turn to the report of laat year, in wlih h it will
jp. pci'n, that a lar?'* amount was due from Connecting Road- and
other - and al«o, by this report, will be •een. that there in
w made in tlie present haenl year, large amount- that will go into
ue operation- ol the incoming year; so that one yeai’a income
jRvuidabiy g»»es into the succeeding one—hut whether this i*
:d<'rsti»od "r not, the amount** set lort.li have been paid, aud the
; U«d d‘*e« not. owe for them. Of the balance of this Bonded Debt,
.. per Annual Report of Superiuteutleut S pul lock, in 1857, there
ir'li hedue 1st Jauuaiy m*xt (18H1), $26,000; and due 1st Janua-
:v, 1862, $20,(MH).
The-e aimmata paid, aud the Itoad (so far as 1 know), will be
t li’»r ol debt.
The lirnt due, (Jan. next.) will b4* paid at maturity, requiring,
tiiongli, tiiat the Road pav less in the next two month-, of Novem-
fn-r and December, into tne Treasury, by tlie ariiount of the debt,
nriui ipa! and interest, then falling du«*, that there may be money on
nkudtopay it.
Decides this, some large claims which have been long in -nit,
jmvr 1mh*h compromised, and paid : and I am glad t4>beableto sav,
that the Road ib now nearly clear of these old claim-, which, for
: buy years past, have not only been very expensive, but also very
embarrassing.
With the exception of the. income from travel, the principal in- j • » • •• inis-
C ,l ie I* Side* has been from through freights from the far west, at UJ WOTKing 011(1 maintaining tllC lloOil, //*0W
a vhiv low rate; so that the amount ot net profit, as compared to o » X,, .
tlifs'n*. income, line, not make 8 .n h a .howius at would have *>Aa/. lOSft ° * *— °«‘ 1
brt’U made if the Road had had its ordinary lo4*al work; and if,
»:.v, the cur* which brought the products ol*the lar *.>est to Atlau-
^could have been loaded back.
It in very safe to a—uine that if the wheat crop in East and
Middle Tcune—ee and North-western O<*orgia had I>eeu but an or-
rmrv 'Top, tliere would have been paid into the Treasurj’ *»f the
.Vdte at least half a million of dollar-. With the failure (which
nearly au entire one), we have only fallen tifty thousand dol-
jr» slmrt.
It appei
STATIONS.
1300.
1800.
Ootolnjr.
I Not.
Dec’r-
Jau’y.
Feb*ry.
March.
April.
May.
J une.
July-
August.
Sfpt’r.
TOTAL.
$ 3,US 67
3,862 25
44 44 Marietta,
1,890 82
1,156 10
1.332 82
970 89
1,062 92
1,347 26
916 88
1,291 12
1,146 71
1,031 Si
1,307 82
1,206 93
14,6*6 53
“ At*wurth,
157 T.
153 03
158 4j
83 6U
138 65
302 04
103 86
53 39
33 38
43 84
112 46
160 oa
1,5( 0 52
4 4 44 AUatooiia,
2D 7l
106 11
74 25
24 85
71 89
171 88
89 35
247 73
113 87
182 59
13! 17
85 61
1,320 00
“ “ Etowali
72 ) 46
aw 84
368 2S
654 at
1,111 02
869 79
653 81
599 07
505 02
632 35
683 86
*67 71
8,525 42
44 *• Carternville
S48 fc
592 43
442 64
475 04
816 86
929 00
618 74
384 52
278 27
292 6»
315 37
678 92
6,372 82
“ “ Coni,
124 19
76 83
97 25
136 9^
191 17
193 15
104 71
122 46
103 39
52 41
97 28
146 98
1,451 75
356 62
187 37
97 3»
185 95
236 54
2,811 97
44 44 A*laircvilie,
155 35
105 54
114 76
97 49
2i8 66
310 38
95 49
146 34
61 17
56 69
50 92
132 07
1,547 86
4 4 44 Calhoun,
321 94
261 SO
388 84
322 62
297 17
663 25
273 56
218 93
185 72
97 64
217 76
360 58
3,609 31
«4 44 Tilton
25 43
82 89
38 38
37 21
52 02
94 71
33 32
43 00
19 68
46 51
61 5<*
35 82
570 50
44 4 4 Dultou,...,
561 21
380 06
434 94
361 61
290 95
821 56
556 33
319 23
311 74
216 41
368 14
465 28
5,116 29
44 44 Tunnel Hill
143 95
164 1«! 118 85
110 56
125 35
245 85
133 08
171 36
93 62
42 87
88 13
150 94
1,583 66
“ “ Iliuagold,
386 22
453 06
384 12
310 02
420 20
916 01
310 10
240 19
286 50
181 76
197 99
346 27
4,432 48
44 44 Johuaon,
34 28
21 65
31 08
34 24
77 45
46 15
32 56
98 87
67 68
16 17
50 01
38 24
548 38
44 Chirkamauga,
60 75
32 28
36 69
48 45
79 06
56 93
29 36
51 28
41 42
17 23
26 67
53 49
536 61
4 * 44 Chattanooga
1.092 *9
1,757 55
1,621 57
748 23
1,305 98
1,337 31
725 17
409 05
762 33
303 55
482 45
510 9"
11,059 98
from Adame’ Ex
500 00
500 00
500 00
510 00
500 O0
500 00
500 00
500 00
500 00
600 (HI
500 00
5oO 00
6,000 00
Del* red to Rome R. R
3,180 15
1,996 58
2,158 62
1.365 29
2,800 30
4,550 53
1.918 41
2,186 46
1.649 17
1,235 17
1.644 53
3,231 11
27,9"5 37
•• “ E.T. k <}. R. R...
1,839 10
1.512 96
945 81
848 60
1,045 96
1,906 59
1,208 91
898 69
672 99
677 22
819 53
1,173 48
13 549 84
“ •• N. LO.R.R
2,604 43
1,668 63
829 09
1,464 86
4,151 41
3,555 79
1,703 20
1,302 44
940 31
1.298 (*
2,591 56
2,685 85
24.804 17
“ “ M 4C.R.R
1,520 36
1.2*3 76
1.03* 44
999 21
1,521 18
4,589 25
1,462 82
909 36
1,142 58
695 10
4,431 43
4,028 27
23,601 76
4 4 44 Oa. R. R
7,218 89
15,320 92
13.067 32
12.813 GO
13.151 50
12,2*9 53
7,563 00
4.741 18
3,7(*6 54
1,892 £4
2.404 03
3,023 14
97,183 49
44 . 44 M. A. W. R. R
5,921 67
5,617 70
6.051 91
5,853 87
7.112 66
8,100 91.
5,296 91.
3.432 .58
4,326 00
3,467 6!
6,945 70
5,151 37
67.278 92
“ “ A. Ji. W. P. R.R..
5,282 *4
4,661 80
6,611 61
6,478 39
8,893 5!
8,930 2?j
4,983 77
7,133 48
5,822 06
5,177 a
8,814 0c
5,150 21
77,9; • 23
Total
$37,878 59
42,837 58
44,267 64
41,415 87 J
58,136 451
61,487 9t>|
36,381 83j
32,925 94
31,984 57
26,442 36
43,599 71
67,867 Si
490,225 80
O. LYNCH, Book-Keeper
EXPENSES
September 3(h/<, 1859, to September 30th,
I860.
On Account or
TRANSPORTATION:
appropriate, that something should be -aid by For Stationery and Printing,
Lom« and Damage,
Stock killed,
Wage- train hands and laborers
“ Ag’ts, Cl’kt, A Couductor-
MaU,
Incidental-
MOTIVE POWER;
Water StationB,
Wood
For Oil aud Tallow,
Materials,
Wages Machinist- & Engineers..
connection, in regard to the discrimination made, I be-
i.i’ve, by nil r-md- in favor of through freights. I am free to con-
• ,«. thst nil of my opinions formed upon this subject before being
plsoed in charge of the administration of the road, were utterly
pp is ’d to the system. I now see and kuow that 1 was in error,
wiii' h ha* been fully shown me by the workings of the road for
tin* fiscal yearjust terminated. Tiie reduction on through (in con-
tradi-tiuetiou* to local freight-) is teuabiej lirst, on the ground
that but for the profits made ou through freights, there are but few
roads that would not be compelled in self-support to charge a
higher rate, titan now charged ou i«aad freights; aud secondly, a v"
large amount of the through freight could not come at all but under »
e low rate. li.\**d and agre**d upon by connecting roads. «.
A-above stated, the bulk of freights over this road for the last •
f-w mouths has been Irom the lar west and these, principally, i
from th** two points, LouirriHe, Kentucky, and Memphis.Ten-
uei«*c, and from points beyond these. Local rates on the Rail-
roadu and St* am boats, which moved these freights, would (to a
great extent) have excluded their transportation; and worse than
tnis, have, to a greut extent, stopped tlie coming of bread to the MAINTAINANCE OF WAY:
mouth* <»1 our people. A statement of the amount of the article of For Wages Supervisors 4. Laborers.
Indian Corn, moved over tbi« Road for the last few mouths, would *\ a Tools,
appear, if -fated, almost, if not altogether, fabulous. We have ** ~
ufived it M3 miles, over (I suppose) the erookedest road under the
urn, for seven rents per bushel, and tlie Nashville At Chattanooga,
tad Memphis &. Charleston Roads, with a highly cotniueud&Dle
liberality, for proportionable amounts. We have all paid ex-
|-u»cleared a little money on the operation, aud better than
this, fed many a hungry child in Georgia, Alabama, and South
r,r..lii,H. will, bread, mo<W- <>f coni krown m tlie prairir. of the MAINTAINANCE OK CARS:
to Hdd, that it bus demonstrated the li' or Labor
Materials,.....;
Oil aud Tallow,
Repairs Bridges and Trestles,-.
Timber,
New Rails, Spikes aud Frogs,-..
Incidentals,
’.icakulable iniportaiic**, that Georgia should never part with
ilia ligament of bread, a thousand fold more imp>rtant than if it
a ligament of gold. But it is of bread, and ought al-
u I_ ordinary crop years, to de-
• lie of goM; ami gold enough i
ny nil tlu‘ ox pen
lent.
of an
ieally managed State Guvern-
and Law Expenses,.
Total,.
to the cost of tlie Western At Atlantic Railroad much has 5?^PENSE:
turn said, and much that was misunderstood, or misreprcseuUd, *• Salaries of 8up , t, kett., Auditors
or botli. It is generally estimated to have cost six millions of dol- **"*
larn, or aiKmt it 13,660 per mile, that is, tor building and equip*
incut. Thi« I regard u* an assumption, aud one that must always
place the Superintendent of t)»e State Road in a very unenviable
pubitinu, as CAunpared with the Super in tendency of sister Southern
R'lailfl, a- to the percentage_of net ineoiiit* which should be ex
pected from it. I have no idea that it ever cost six millions of
dollars; if it did, it certainly hah cost two dollar- where it should
nuly have cost one. Nearly all of the uet income of this Rood
having its existence prior to your administration, was carried to
n '•oui»i "f ' 'instruction,** and consequently to “cost of Road.”
Aud if all the new iron you have bought and laid down, the pa«-
wuger shed at Chattanooga, the new bridges built, the new coal
'*'* built, the new engim* built, and a multitude of etceteras ed-
ded, had h**«’U carried to same account, the cost now would lie
i-vit six aud a quarter million-. This construction account” is a
b'ittonilcHs pit. where ndght In? -towed away the gold of Ophir,
and silver «»f Peru, and -till there would be 44 rdoni,” and ample
rjoni, left. Tliis ac<*onnt has been closed, (as stated by me here-
twfare.) and all our expenses go under the general head of “ work- Marietta
s ex pen bee. . - .... Acworth,
If or Frior
Admiufit’u
For Pres
ent Admin
istration.
TOTAL.
* 5,297 49
330 00
* 3,782 53
3,262 83
5,194 25
21,998 36
54,980 08
412 18
994 44
« 5,627 49
$90,624 67
$ 06,252 16
«
34 51
3,755 00
$ 4,660 25
27,609 05
7,224 89
14.036 8*
68,064 62
$ 3,789 51
$121076 51
$ 124,866 02
*
236 49
$60,481 91
637 92
8,194 12
26,015 75
74,869 94
1,487 75
« 236 49
4.171.6V7 39
$171,923 88
484 57
$ 15,650 74
18,697 16
5,30* 44
* 484 57
$39,665 34
$40,149 91
3,941 19
8,411 04
12,352 23
S 14,079 25
$431,46495
$445,544 20
EXPENSES
FOR EQUIPMENT, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
From September 30th, 1859, to September 30th, 1860.
On Account of
EQUIPMENT :
For Stationary Engine. &c.
For Freight onCars,
DEPOT BUILDINGS:
“ Ag’ts & Ft. & Division Houses
“ Tanks, Wells aud Wood Sheds
For Right of Way Ac.,
Bonds redeemed and Coupons,
Total,
RECAPITULATION of Paymn’ts
made by Treasurer
For Working Expenses
“ equip. & dp’t building
Bonds redeemed and Coupons
“ Balance to other Roads
To State Treasurer
Toltal,
For Prior
Admn’tion.
For Present
Adm’tration.
TOTAL.
518 23
84 00
$ 602 23
602 23
$5,700 00
$ 9,039 86
429 22
$5,700 00
'll 40
$ 9,469 08
144 80
$ 15,169 08
S 156 20
22,940 00
22,940 00
$28,651 40
$ 10,216 11
$ 38,867 51
14,079 25
5,711 40
22,940 00
431,464 95
10,216 11
230,821 49
450,1*00 00
$42,730 65
$1,122,502 55
$1,165,233 20
TABLE
Showing the Principal Freight Shipped from Each Station for the Year aiding September 30th, 1SG0.
Bale*
of
Cotton
But whether or not the Road cost six millions of dollars, a better * u„4
Road can la* built for le-a than three millions of dollars, and un en- v*. _u ’
,mi.,r. I,v pn.f,..ever .ee it.. w,th. cianmon aurveyur’a
mpass, with wind
-a, tin* master carpenter <»f the
rrsecr-of divisions, can, liav‘
a straight line from Atlanta to Chatta- '
..c * road, the two supervisors, the
g th. ir eyes with which to see, 5dai?Jdlle
h-ir common -«use upon which to act, a common spirit level, (.il.,.,,, ’
-taki-s, -ml tB|-' lines, lay out, and make a better roa*i, ’
md h shorter road, for less than three iiiillions of dollar*. 'Pilton *
.This may i** lixiked upon a- simplv ridiculous, but the day can’t
'<*• t>*r ilinfitiif when these things will be b**ttcr understood. ’When *»:n
i: profe—imial engineer- were all dpad. people would soon learn RjnMold *
’hat rail roads could be bi tter built, aud cheaper built, without i.o.iJr,,.. *
ii'in. I kn«»w that au engineering corps, for “ tins field.” ia an
!iM V ..siug right, and one, too, well calculated to awe the “ com-
•pie” into the belief, that- withootjtlie appliestlon of tlie rome m* \
vhic
h thev pr<ife-H. a Railroad never .. T *..
hv the word “ -eieuee” xniaht not v * r «,
out und cultivating a farm, in M j. CRR
As a “class.” engineers
rv perfectly the science of spending men-
"mid b* 1 built. I know uot
•« appropriaC’ly b“ applied to lay
: > laving out and bmfding
certainly understand
7—habits contracted in getting their profes-ion teacK them thii
.nere ar** but f«‘w railroad - in the United States but what could
fire ample proof of this, in the 1st. 2d aud 3d mortgage bun«la,
pven to cover tueir estimates.
A neighboring border sister Stab 1 , i- likely to get additional aud
T“rv abundant proof of this uiouey-spepdihg capacity iu Profes
sional Engineers by the time she foots up the bill for building a
u**w capital to overshadow tin* one of olden times, iu which intel-
‘•ctual giant- used to meet; aud if uot in that, certainly by the
tune the bill is tooted up for the boring a hole through a granite
mountain a mile aud a quarter long—large enough for au eugiue
Mid a It am ol ear- to tiy through—and if there still should be
i’*ubt of th**ir perfection in this “ science,*' that doubt could cer-
’niulv be removed, (at any rat**, in the minds of Gefjrgiao* 1 .) by
en 1 xamiiiHtiiin of some old i-iok- in the office, here, containing
amount*. *»1 “engineering ftroenrs.”
In making these remark-, 1 iiiD nd no disrespect to engineers as
» lass, but do mean to -ay, that, so far as my observation has ex-
tfiided, it i* imposing a heavy task on superintendents who follow
them, to Unexpected to turn all their extravagances to profitable
■'•counts, the opinions «*t politie.iaus to the contrary uotwitiistaud-
iu?. On s x millions, the \V. L A. R. R. lias paid au interest this
D-ar jutt clo-ed, of over 7 per e«-ntnm ; whereas, if the road had
Wnbuilt with economy, aud by common sense meu, tlie perceu-
tsse of interest would have been at least sixtoeu.
The R«.ad at no time of yonx aiiministration, nor at any other
time, hae bra in so perfei t cxinditiou as at the present time; a
v,, ry large <-xp»u-e ha- been incurred in repairing and strengthening
tin-three bridges over the ( liattalioo* ht*<, Etowah and t)oatauau-
la River 1—so that all the bridges ou the road are in excellent or-
and will m-ed but little iu the way of repairs for many years
’ wiie. During the year, a large amount of heavy T rail has been
' ntaiu-d of the Atlanta Rofiiug Mill, paid for. and laid dowu,
leaving but a few utiles nf light Flange Baron the upper or Wes-
’* m end of tiie Road ; aud this will be taken up aud replaced with
‘“avy T iHil by. or before, the close of your administration, axul
uakc together*50 mile-, (or near to it ) of new iron laid down du
nes th*- four years of your administration, or more than out-
*iid of the whole road.
'fin* of the smaller engines was blown up during the year, kill-
^tlie engiucer aud conductor, and crippling other persons.—
liiD casualty is deeply deplored by me.
'»e have a new engine just turned out of the shop, the “ R. O.
Js'kstm”—au engine of medium siz**, worth $3,V>6, aud will
r "npan* favorably in wo»k and woikinensliip with any engiue
or elsewhere.
T.icr»- are five or six old engines which are of no use to the road
T-Sbt to lx* sold ; but, in absence of any legislative action, I
* h& 'L Uot » ,i t-hor:zed to sell th*-m. Il* they were aold, thary
'' 110 doubt, loom up iu the creative niind- of politicians, eo as
; ’ 51 'T them a margin large enough to ac*-ount for half a million
“!to tne Tr • asurv ; but il they are not sold, rust will soon destroy
Utu |!’ UJJ d they will be a Uitai loss tj the State. They might do
*m. u> aw hile on branch roads.
Anerr baa beep, done during the year, a large amount of paint-
uu ru r^. »nd ou the shops belonging to the road, all of which
an-very valuable, aud it io true economy to keep them in good
‘^Preservation.
there is un the road a very full Mipply of wood aod crosstiea
Paid lor. J
Om* general remark a* to the idea that has obtained, (especially
2 W
3!
2 56*
25 955
9 99?
52 4x
B’ah’la
Corn
Ac. Meal
Bush’la
of
Wheat.
Pounds
Bacon
Lard
Tall’w,
Butter.
6 322
1 957
126
197
4 118
3 500
4 891
24 537
54 912
30 468
1 448
26 543
18 927
61 469
9 741
7 888
135 332
25 445:
2 363, 27 974
1 965! 3 241
I 3 076
211 j 33 314
12 891: 7 435
1 805
2 473! |5 317
8 015! 58 02i
14 685j 75 322
3 5311 16 381
864 48b
9 120! 86 124
11 503; 94 462
26 786 178 09*
589 4 721
2 642! 28 109
44 629 2511 81b
90 500:3945 835
492 185 92 304 15126656
Pounds
of Bar
and
Puddl’d
Iron
Pd-.
of
Ca-t-
4 648 261
500
3 367
43 915
11 914
92 329
9 136
9 398
BVls
P*ta’a
Peas
Oat-,
At Rye
Id-.
of
Fc’tlis.
197
2 53:
70b
214
1 40L
2 33*
8 05
9-H) 991 32l» 676 22.516396 4 676 895 214 272 2 25980 43
1 957
7 625
48 984
Tons
of
Goal.
B’ril-
of
Lime.
M>2 1A5 1 86.5 4|4 1? H68 74 812
B’x’Is
*»f
Flour
230
2 727
102
12 591
42 2151
Flour
Doz’m
of
Eggs.
No.
C’attle
H’rs’s
and
Mule-.
Hogs
and
Sheep.
Coils
Rope
Pds.
of
L’th’r
3 413;
7a4l 1 659
4 IlSj I
5 SHI
4S8 i
at 1
8J7) i
1 "HI 50S
2591 I
1 33.J: 1 6181
7 i I
543i 846 1
SS 6 2981
4 514:
185
II
I 658
69 28SJ
9 213^
1 672
7 146'
5 786 27 02
l 132, 4 081
336: I 62.
63 9401110 792 19 637 S 7:0 40
Yarn
aud
Cloth.
150285
Hay.
j I 296
! 450
5 404 I 919 478276
NOTE.—All the Freight Shipped from N. At C. K. R. and Al. 4. t. it. it. is A lausmppeu at Guauauooga tty Gunttanooga Agent, and Freight from E. T. At G. R. R. by Dalton Ageut at Dalton.
LOCOMOTIVE TABLE,
Giving the Names and Character of Engines ; when put upon the Road; by whom Built; Use ; Present Condition ; Cost of Rc-
juiirs; No. of Miles Run; with the No. of Miles Run to the Cord oj Wood, Gals, of Oil, Ibs.oJ Fallow and
Waste, Crus Hauled for the Year Ending September 30, I860.
NAMES of ENGINES
WHEN FtlT
UFO*
THE ROAD
BY WHOM BUILT.
tJHA H- OF ENULMKri.
CYLINDER
DRIVERS,
j Dia. | Str.
No, J Dia.
Inch | In.
| It. iu.
PRESENT
CONDITION.
| COST
NO. OF MILES RUN TO
CAR* HAULED.
.
| REP’R
RUN.
CORD
OF WOOD.
or
.OIL.
or | or
TAL- | WAS-
LOW. j TE.
Loaded. | Em.
; I'.'MH-cU-d with the road uiuat po wma?. It 1. but a
®™>alepride with rue, that tlie Weotem A Atlantic Railroad ia ■
t wl read, that ir, iu coud ■ ..edition, aud tiiat the nmi hiuery i»
.. . ? n ' T S'*od. but verv kmI, and bo are tlie cars. The praise r.f
“*« doe to those in rhar;<\ It ia equally a matter of laudable
o'W in the main, a iietter collection of ronuers,or aafer or
, f , r ' r * liable runners, cannot be found—starting on time, running
'uuc. arriving, ou time. I mijriit speak with laudable pride, oi-
ut th^riuductori, of the road, ol the train hands, of the azcuts,
of the heads of departments, hut “ I will sot make
TUSCALOOSA
YONAH
TOCCOA
WALDEN
KENNESAW
CHATTAHOOCHEE.
CARROHEE
ETOWAH
LOOK OUT
COOSAWATTEE
NORTH CAROLINA .
NEW JERSEY
SOUTH CAROLINA..
INDIANA
NEW HAMPSHIRE..
PENNSYLVANIA
GEORGIA
LOUISIANA
MAY.JSPPA
CORSAIR
NEW YORK
FLYING NELLY
JOEL CRAWFORD. •
GAZELLE
GOVERNOR.
PRESIDENT
VIRGINIA.
GENERAL
CHEROKEE
SENATOR
CHIEFTAIN
CHESTALLE
NICKAJACK
ENTEKPPIZE
COMMERCE
EXPRESS
KENTUCKY
TEXAS
DISPATCH
CHOCTAW
CHICKASAW
EXCEL
CATOOSA
SWIFTSURE
CONO.SEEN
MISSOURI
R. C. JACKSON
Star. 1*47 M. W. Baldwin.
Apr. 1849 Roger., KctcUum U Groavcuor,
A un. 1849 iNorris It Brother.,
May 1*59 M. W. Baldwin,
“ “ !Refer*, Ketchum tc GroaTenor,
Dee. 1*51 M. W. Baldwin,
.Mar. 1*52 I “
Feb. 1852 Norri. A Brother.,
Mar. 1852 j “ “
June 1852 M. W, Baldwin,
R rgerr, Ketchum A Gruavenor,
M. W. Baldwin,
Amotkea; Manufacturing Co’py,
Norris A Brother*,
Rogers, Ketchum A Groaveuor,
Mar. 1853 '.Andenoc A Souther,
Jau. 1851 {Roger*. Ketchum A Oroavenor,
Feh. 1855 : “ “ “
Not. 1S55 I “ “
Dec. 1*55 iDauforth, Cook A Co.,
Jau. 1856 'Roger*, Ketchum A Gruarenor,
Feb. 1*56 :M. W. Baldwin A Co.,
Apr. 1856 Rogers, Ketchum A Gruavenor.
“ •* It W. Baldwin A Co..
May 1856 iNorri* Il Bruthsr*,
“
Au*. 1856 Donfortb, Cooke A Co..
Oit. 1856 “ “ “
?d«M*ugor,
r'reigiit.
Nov. 1856 ;M. W. Baldwin It Co.,
Faucngar,
Freigbt,
Jau. 1*57 I “
’* “ iRoger* liwunotive n urn,
Feb. 1857
Mar. 1*57 f “* “ "
I’aneuger.
Freight,
Sept 1*69 AVaatrru and Atlantic Railroad, i
M
Freight,
Switching,
Paweuger.
Switching
Lumber,
Freight,
Switching.
Paaaeugcr,
Freight,
Switciiicg.
Pa'«cuger,
Freight.
Paeacnger.
Freight,
131
15"
15
131
15
15
15
14
i*
14
134
3 6 .In Good Order,
Is
{Needing Repair-.
In G jo«1 Older.
Needing Repair-
In O'jod Order.
I Needing Repairs.
;In Good Order.
In Shop for Rep’re
in Good Order.
In Shop for Rep’rs
In Good Order,
Newly Buik.
89 74
94 26
2J5 47
53 52
197 52
6 A 02
531 14
431 37
673 82
142 92
147 93
471 86
409 76
353 01
7 JO 74
704 5*1
28 29
119 09
191 27
581 50
197 49
62J 04
851 03
703 06
831 14
187 60
351 77
49 62
193 26
207 34
14! 76
235 72
9 50
650 18
27 J 65
194 20
115 31
174 23
93 36
167 69
234 71
162 37
1«7 90
339 73
201 93
6J69 72
7630
1630
15582
6535
8273
S666
7435
6312
10414
6766
8352
18356
5416
316*3
6694
949'»
12490
11894
26139
22678
9838
23460
2-1638
15|65
10910
2*1304
9153
5251
9718
12235
1400
21926
1200
7386
19670
14624
10783
21900
5576
9044
9118
23936
17644
5796
19263
515
5*4
30|
40 1-6
34|
i
2SJ
Vj\
81
41 1-5
78 1-5
3u
S8
70
hi
2J
til
Oil
n
31
65
27
£
50
*9
9
»I4
158i
sir
1*8
102
2171
ISO*
178
278
1*6}
135
1725
i»»!
266
373%
28^
Hit
469
*8-4
223
232
270}
183
202
21H
177
466
Mi
466
184
345
Si
300
242
21»tJ
l«*f
305
284*
252
250
S|
Suit
IMj
tei:
37 |
495
36 I
40*|
3641
43 1
3»l!
42 I
60
774
148}
51
128}
ItW
40
»
146
2*1
28
44
SI l
57
125
82}
2H
175
431|
a
III 481
ii «»;
650
766
421
124
1437
423
321
523
751
1597
767
675
1573
1293
597
1«»T8
553
1333
1666
30
°f the clerkB,
Dyficll a fool in boasting.’
Engines Worn Oct and Condemned.
FLORIDA, 1 TALLULAH,
CH1CKAMAUGA, | CHATTOOGATA.
Rc-portfully submitted,
JOHN W. LEWIS, Sup’t.
Repairs of Engines * - .i$14,091 43
Miles Run by Engines 530^47
Cords of Wood used by Engines.. . -.12,885
JO]
Master Machinist, Western & Atlantic Rail Road.
Tne (iro.s Earuiugs from Sept. 30th, 1SS9, to Sept.
T, flh. I860, * $835,913 55
. 141 forking expenses (see table)7 -$4J1,464 96
«*iainouut received from N. & C. R. R.
Co., ou account of Chattanooga Pas-
^nger Shed and Depot Ground- pre-
nou*ly charged to expense account... 13,000 00—418,461 95
^ 4 t profits from the buaine-s of the pre-ent year,..... $417,454 60
io?ir^L* ure ® ^ or Equipment and Depot Bnildinga,.$ iu,»u * .a!
*2 ht Way, and Real E-tate. .V. 144 80
TW i 1 ^ ld inU> the ^ate Treasury, 450.0M 00
V* htut paid since Sept. 80th, 1859, indibtcd-
v., r v* B mcun ci under former Administrations
.» r f^penses, 14,079 25
** W fiuiidiugs aud Right of Way,... 6.711 40
IlittSlw Coupon. 22,340 0O-*42,T» 65
" “uount of working e*pen*e» inelqdM tka
«“««« r »id for new RaiUoadTron, Spikes, fcc^.. $N,M M
WE ARE AUTHORIZED to itn-
’nounce the name of JOHN SCOTT
aa t candidate for City Mjtralial, at
the enstuar eleetioa.
MiUedferiHe, Oct. 23, i860 43 tde
WE ARE
nonnee nL .in —--—
a candidate ftrlA *f tbe City
Council of MiOedgeviUe, at tkean-
miu election.
MuledfOTiUe, Oct. 16,1881.
48 Mu
WE AMS AUTHORIZED to an-
•nwncettienanm of JPJBTEH
■oinr election.
October 16,4860 42 Ide
. WE ARE AUTHORIZED toas-
’mum the name of Hon. H. ft
FOSTBB. as a candidate at tiie
next election for Judge, of the Oc-
ntnlgee {Tucoft.
Qchdkcr 15,1060 48 tea
NT- C- TteAU yyKTTa»TTV
4 the PEOPLE’S candidate for re-
election aa City Clerk,—thankful
for the office, he respectfully solicits
the support of all.
Milledgeville, Oct. 16,1860 * 48 tde
WE ARE AUTHORIZED to an
nonnee tee name of LEWIS
KNOWLES, « a candidate fur
City Man hall, at Aha ensuing«toe-
9 tde
TWRTT-SETEIfTR COKCRESS.
Tlie following is a list of all the members thus far
elected to the Thirty-Seventh Congress, whose
Constitutional existence commences on the 4th
of March next, simultaneously with the Presi
dency of Ahraham Lincoln. The names of Demo
crats and Union men iu italics, aud Republicans in
roman: -
ARKANSAS.
Dist. Dist.
1 Thos. C. Hindman 2 E. IV. Gannt
DELAWARE.
Geo. P. Fisher
FLORIDA.
R. B. Hilton
INDIANA.
7 D. IV. Voo rkf.es
ti Albeit S. White
9 Schuyler Colfax
10 Wm. Mitchell
11 J. P. C. Shanks
1 John Lam
2 Jas. A. Cravens
3 Wm. M. Dunn
4 IVm. S. Holman
5 Geo. VV. Julien
6 Albert G. Porter
ILLINOIS.
1 E. B. Washburne 6 J. A. demand
2 I. N. Arnold 7 Jas. C. Robinson
3 Owen Lovejoy 8 Phillip B. Fnuke
4 Win. Kellogg 9 Jno. A. Logan
5 IV. A. Richardson
IOWA.
1 Samuel R. Curtis 2 Win. Var.dever
MAINE.
1 J. A. Goodwill 4 A. P. Merrill
2 U. W. Walton 5 J. H. Rice
3 8. C. Fessenden 6 F.A. Pike
MASSACHUSETTS.
1 Thos. D. Eliot 7 Daniel W. Gooch
2 Jas Buffington 8 Clias R. Train
3 Chas. F. Adams 9 Geo. F. Bailey
4 Alex. II. Rice 10 Chas Delano
5 IVm. Appleton 11 Ilenry L. Dawes
ti John B. Alley
MICHIGAN.
1 Bradley F. Granger 3 Francis W. Kellog
2 Fernando C. Beaman 4 R. E. Trowbridge
MINNESOTA.
1 Cyrus Aldrich 2 Win. Wiudover
MISSOURI.
1 Francis P. Blair, jr. 5 Jno. IV. Reid
2 Jas. A. Rollins 6 Jno. S. Phelps
3 Jno. B. Clarke 7 Jno. IV. Noell
4 Elijah //. Norton
NEW JERSEY.
1 John T. Nixon 4 Geo. T.Cobb
2 Jno. L. N. Stratton 5 Nchtmiah Perry
3 Wm. G. Steele
NEW YORK.
1 Edic. Henry Smith
2 Muses F. Odell
3 Benjamin Wood
4 James E. Kerrigan
5 William Wall
6 Fred. A. Coukliug
7 Elijah IVanl
8 /. C. Delaplaine
9 Edward Haight
18 Cliauncey Vibbard
19 Richard Franchot
20 Roscoe Coukliug
21 It. Holland Duell
22 Wm. E. Lansing
23 Ambrose W. Clark
24 Chas. B. Sedgwick
25 Theo. M. Pomeroy
2(j Jacob P. Chamberlin
10 Chas. 11. Van Wyck 27 Alex. S. Diven
11 John B. Steele
12 Stephen Baker
13 Abraham B. Olin
14 Eruslus Corning
15 James B. McKean
Hi Wm. A. Wheeler
17 S. W. Sherman
OHIO.
1 Geo. H. Pendleton 12 8’. S. Cox
2 John A. Gurley 13 John Sherraam
3 C. L. Vallundingluim 14 H G. Blake
28 R. R. Van Valken-
burgli
29 Alfred Ely
30 Augustus Frank
31 K. Van Horn
32 E. G Spauldiiigf
33 Reuben E. Fenton
4 Wm. Allen
5 J. M. Ashley
6 o'. A. White
7 Thos. Corwin
8 Sami. Shellabarger
9 Wm. P. Noble
10 B. A. Trimble
11 V. B. llorton
PENNSYLVANIA.
15 Geo. Nugent
16 W. P. Cutler
17 J II. Morris
18 S- Edgerton
19 A. G. Riddle
20 John Hutchins
21 John A. Bingham
1 tfT/n. E. Lehman
2 E. Joy Morris
3 John P. Verree
4 Win. D. Kelley
5 VV. Morris Davis
6 John Hickman
7 Thus B. Cooper
8 S. E. Ancona
9 Thaddeus Stevens
10 John W. Killinger
I t Jas. H. Campbell
12 Geo. VV. Scranton
13 Phillip Johnson
SOUTH
1 John McQueen
2 Wm. Purchcr Miles
3 A Democrat
14 Galusiia A. Grow
15 James T. Hale
16 Joseph Bailey
17 Edward McPherson
18 S S. Blair
19 John Corode
20 Jesse Lazear
21 Jas. K. M or eh end
22 Robert McKnight
23 William Stewart
34 John Patton
25 Elijah Babbitt
CAROLINA.
4 MUllage Bonham
5 John D. Ashmore
6 Wm. IV Boyce
VERMONT.
1 E. P. Walton 3 Portus Baxter
2 Justin S. Morrill
WISCONSIN.
1 John F. Potter 3 A. Scott Sloan
2 Lather Hanchett
t Declared elected by proclamation of the Gov
ernor.
A PKOCI.AHEAXXOJKr.
By JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Governor of Georgia.
T HE General Assembly of the State of Georgia
now iu Session, has passed unanimously an
Act iu the following words: •* An Act to author
ise aud require the Governor of the State of Geor
gia, to call a Convention of the people of this State,
aud for other purposes therein mentioned.
WutKtts, the present crisis in our National
affairs, in the judgment of this General Assembly
demands resistance: aud whereas, it is the privi
lege, aud right of the sovereign people, to deter
mine upoii the mode, measure aud time of sueh re
sistance. Therefore the General Assembly do en
act,
Sec. 1st. That upon the passage of this Act, His
Excellency the Governor, be, aud he is hereby re
quired to issue his Proclamation, ordering au elec
tion to be held iu each and every county iu this
State, on the first Wednesday in January, Eighteen
hundred and Sixty-one, fur Delegates to a. Conven
tion of the People of this State, to convene at the
Scat of Government, ou the sixteenth day of Jan
uary, Eighteen hundred and Sixty-one.
Sec. 2d. That said election for delegates shall be
held, aud conducted, in the same manner, aud at the
same places, as electors for members of the General
Assembly are now held in this State, aud all returns
of such elections, shall be iu the same manner
forwarded to the Governor of this State, who shall
furnish each delegate chosen, with a certificate of
his election.
Sec. 3d. That the counties entitled under the
last act of apportionment, to two members in the
House of Representatives, shall be entitled each to
three delegates to said Convention, and the coun
ties entitled under said apportionment to one Rep
resentative, shall elect, each, two delegates to said
Convention.
Sec. eth. That said Convention, when assem
bled. may consider all grievances, impaling or af
fecting the equality and rights of the State of Geor
gia as a member of the Luited States, aud deter
mine the mode, measure aud time of redress.
Sec. 5th. That the members of said Convention
of the people of Georgia, shall be entitled to the
same mileage aud per diem pay, received by tbe
members of the present General Assembly; and
said Convention shall by vote, fix tlie pay of all
their officers, aud of any delegate Or delegates,
,y appoint to any other Convention, Con.
or Embassy , and shall provide for all other
figgl^gpYentioa.
Upnveu'“’ “ 1 ■*“
iject all officers net-
all things needful
inte'nlaffiffiteuaiiug.of this act^a&£ the 1 *
purposes oKaid Conventions
Therefore,
gut, is obedience to the requii
do issue this my Proclamation, ori
tion for delegates to said Convention, to Be field in
couformity to said art.; and requiring the mana
gers of elections for delegates in the several coun
ties of this States to certify and send up to this
Department all returns of said elections, as incase
of elections for members of the General Assem
bly.
And I do further require all delegates elected to
said Convention, to meet at the Capitol in Milledge
ville, on the sixteenth day of January , 1861, to con
sider of the inode, measure, and time of resist
ance.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the
Executive Department at the Capitol, in
Milledgeville, thia Xjst day of Sov.
the year of oqr ~
and sixty.
By the Governor:
K J, CvWiuumb, i
(From the National Intelligencer.)
SPEECH OF THE HON. i. H. STEPHENS.
We neeil not direct the attention of ouf
readers to the speech which we priot in
this day’s Intelligencer, as delivered by
the lion. A. II. Stephens;, of Ge- rgia, be
fore the Legislature of that Stale, and in
compliance with their invitation, on the
14th instant. Whatever falls from the
lips of this distinguished statesman and re
cognised champion of Southern rights, is
sure to command the respectful audience
of his countrymen, and, will, we cannot
doubt, be hel l to deserve more than ordi
nary consideration at a time when words
of wisdom and counsels of prudence are
especially needed to counteract the pas
sionate utterances and excited appeals
which are addressed rather to the passions
than the judgment of the people. We
are sore that no reader can rise from the
perusal of this speech, however he may
dissent from any of its positions and coil
elusions, without confessing to a sentiment
of admiration for the tone and temper
preserved by the speaker while discHssing
topics which in other hands are made the
basis only of harrangnes addressed to tbe
sensibilities ot a single section, in apparent
oblivion of any consideration wide enough
to embrace the w hole country in the scope
of their “patriotic” inspiration. Mr. Ste
phens does not thus interpret his duty,
either as a Georgian or as a statesman,
and, rising to the height of his great ar
gument, looks the policy of first essaying
a'pacification of tlie sections before pro
ceeding to consummate the threatened rup
ture of their Federal relations. His re
commendations to this effect are so self ev
idently proper in spirit ard sound in poli
cy that they cannot fail to command the
approval and carry the judgments of all
who are not blindel by the passions of
the passing hour.
As Mr. Stephens, in the course of his
speech, makes repeated allusion to the
“Georgia Platform,” as adopted by the
people of that State, represented in Con
vention, in the year 1850, we have thougbf
it might interest our readers to recall the
ierms of that declaration. It is as fol
lows:
“Be il re.solced hj the people of Georgia
in Conrention assembled. First: That we
hold tbe American Union secondary in
importance only to the rights and princi
ples it was designed to perpetuate. That
past associations, present fruition, and fu
ture prospects will bind ns to it 9*5 iong
as it continues to be tlie safeguard of
those lights and principles.
“Secondly: That if the thirteen origin
al parties to the contract, bordering tbe
Atlantic in a narrow belt, while their sep
arate interests were in embrvo, their pe
culiar tendencies scarcely developed,
their revolutionary trials and triumphs
still green in the memory, found Union
impossible without compromise, the thirty-
one of this day may well yield somewhat,
in the conflict of opinion and policy, to
preserve that Union which has extended
the sway of Republican Government over
a vast wilderness to another ocean, and
proportionally advanced their civilization
and national greatness.
“Thirdly. That in this spirit the State
of Georgia lias maturely considered the
action of Congress embracing a series of
measures for the admission of California
into the Union, tbe organization of the
Territorial Governments for Utah and
New Mexico, the establishment of a boun
dary between the latter and the St-ite of
Texas, the suppression of the slave trade
in the District of Columbia, aud tlie extra
dition of fugitive slaves, and (connected
with them) the rejection of propositions to
exclude slavery from the Mexican terri
tories, and to abolish it in tbe District of
Columbia ; and, whilst she does not wholly
appiove, will abide by it as a permanent
adjustment of this sectional controversy.
“Fouthly : That the State of Georgia,
in the judgment of this Convention, will
ani ought to resist, even fas a last rtsort)
to a disruption of every tie which binds
her to the Union, any action of Congress
upon the subject of slavery in the District
of Columbia, or in places subject to tlie
jurisdiction of Congress, incompatable with
the safety, domestic tranquillity, the
rights and the honor of the stave hold?trg
States ; or auy act suppressing the slave
trade between slaveholding States ; or
any refusal to admit as a State any
Territory hereafter applying, because
of the existence of slavery therein; or any
act prohibiting the, introduction of slaves
into the Territories of Utah and New Mex
ico ; or any act repealing or materially
modifying the laws now in force for the
recovery of fugitive slaves.
“Fifthly: That it is the deliberate opin
ion of this Convention that upon the faith
ful exeention of the fugi/itc slave bill by
tlie proper authorities depends the preser
vation of our much loved Luiou.”
licqialily §f ErprewaUtioi.
While approving the general spirit and
intent of the Convention hill passed by our
Legislature, we have expressed dissatisfac
tion with the Stasis of representation whicli
it prescribes. It is a representation of cor
porations (counties) without regard topop-
niar numbers, and does not come near rep
resenting the white population of the StaM
as correctly as if the bill had provided that
every three churches, or school houses, or
blacksmith shops, should entitle a county
to a delegate in the Convention. Let n-t
test this assertion by a reference to fact a
and figures which cannot be disputed.—
The ten comities of Bryan, Camden, Cof
fee, Charlton, Clinch, Colquitt, Echols,
Glynn, Irwin, and Wayue cast in the ag
gregate only 1S16 votes ia the Presiden
tial electiou. They will have 20 dele
gates in the Convention. The connty of
Chatham cast 2700 voters, aud will have
ouly 3 delegates i aud there are several
other couutics tiiat voted over two thou
sand each, and each ot them will liava
only 3 delegates. Here 1S16 votes havo
more than six times as much political
power as 2700 ! Let ns present a little
table of counties farther illustrating this
inequality:
Counties
Votes.
Del.,
Counties. Votes. L
Echols....
...112
2
Chatham..
....2700
Coffee
....137
2
Bibb
2110)
Glynn
195
2
Cobb
. ..2038
Irwin
....1)5
2
Fnlton
...2558
W*yi:e....
...171
2
Richmond
.. .2504
Charlton...
...185
2
Muscogee.
...1696
Colquitt
...1H3
2
Gwinnett.
...1649
1078
14
15,147
The War of Races Begun.—The New
York World of the 19th instant states that
a negro, named Charles Sanderson, was
brought befote Justice Walsh, on Satur
day, charged by J. J. Lewis, a conductor
on one of the Sixth aveivye cars, with as
sault and battery. From the testimony it
appears that the negro had entered one of
the cars especially set apart for white peo
pie, and taken a seat. The conductor re-
q nest nd him to get out upon the platform.
This the negro refused to do, and added
that he was just as good as any of the
white trash in the car. .Upon tlie conduc
tor taking hold of him to eject him, be
(■track him a violent blow on the head.—-
When brought up before Justice Walsh
tbe accused stated tiiat ne was injttbwrfy.
and conld not waitfwjtb^j&dfew^^ear.
He ya^ooTtepBtTCdTdreratraiation.
** v*
if r Evwrt t
I* Lifef
Franklin,” in L<)*Wf lint
antington, who presided, ^ti
mi t tee
flj« au«fle
rateant>«Jhteuld| Jtn
remarks "the ..
which be knew had tli'badjQ&tet to
/isr a Lowell audience. He h^f no
nfci they wonhl notice the bell this*eveii-
ingfeCousidering the abiliry df tbe lecturer,
MrTEyerett, whom he would now intro-,
dace. Mr. Everett, says the Lowell Cou
rier. wan received witb loud applause, and
commenced by saying that, judging from
the remark*just m*4c, the audience bad
lewdly got oyer ^ssociafiug Belt and Ev
erett, (laughterrVad applause.) baft hi*
theme «h>« evening weuid be something of
week.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
21
Here are seven counties allowed a del
egate for every 77 of their voters, and
seven other counties in which it requires
721 voters to entitle them to a delegate !
Is it not clear that in the seven first coun
ties each voter has teu times the political
power possessed by a voter in the other
seven l But this is not all. If the above
named seven counties were all the coun
ties iu the State thus greatly favored by
the basis adopted, we might be content
with it as an inequality which would be
absorbed or overcome by fairer represen
tation iu tbe balance of the State. But
the truth is, we can find forty small coun
ties, entitled to SO delegates, which in the
aggregate do not cast as heavy a vote as
the seven large counties above named,
having only 21 delegates ! Just think of
it! Fifteen thousand voters in some
couuties having 80 delegates in this “Con
vention of the people," and fifteen thou
sand voters in other counties having only
21 delegates!
It may he contended tLat this glaring
inequality and injustice will be cured by
the Convention submitting to the popular
vote any action, irrepealable by act of the
Legislature, which it may take. The bill
does not provide for submitting any ques
tion to the people ; bat it will ot coarse be
within the power of tli8 Convention to do
so, and we will take it for granted that it
will submit to tlie ratification of the peo
ple any measure providing for secession or
other radical action. This, however, is
merely giving the people a negative or ve
to power. Their fairly and eqnally ex
pressed voice cannot he heard in making
tbe Convention adopt such action as they
approve- they can only defeat any obnox
ious measure which the Convention may
propose. Still, this appears to be the on
ly corrective now left the people, and
they mast adopt their action to the cir
cumstances of the case. Let them see to
it that no man is elected a Delegate who
does not unequivocally pledge himself to
submit to the popular vote any important
action of the Convention. Such a popular
vote is needed to ascertain the will of the
people- -for it is too clear to admit of dis
pute that the Convention cannot claim to
represent it—and every true Georgian
will acquiesce in and maintain with all
his energy any action of the people of his
State.-— Columbus Enquirer.
Suspension of Specie Payments.—The
hanks of Baltimore having resolved upon
the suspension of specie payments, in
view of the prevailing agitation, the pur
pose will go into effect this morning. The
proceeding itself will not be regarded as
any additional cause of excitement, and
will probably he temporary, as a settled
policy prevails in political affairs. Those
who have heretofore derided the South,
aud treated lightly both the provocation
to which it has been exposed aud its re
sults. will realize the fact that mere sus
pension of trade with the North and the
concentration by the South of her interests
within her own territory, has caused al
ready a very serious embarrassment in
the monetary affairs of the North. These
indications prove that the strength is with
the South and in her resonrees; and iden
tified with the Sonth the interests of oar
citizens will be secure, and oar position
at once honorable and prosperous.
(Bail. Sun. 22d.
The l«diaa War Ja New Seiko.
Independence, Mo., Nov. 22.—The
mail from New Mexico lias arrived, alter
encountering a violent snow gjprm. News
had rear bed Santa Fe from the vwhatteers
iu pursuit of the Navajo IndianST Lha**
campaign was very successful, and a !8V£»
number of Indians were killed aud«L|k£n m
prisoners, and more stock than thev ar^w—
able to take eare of; also, snfllqiflflf^corn
to last them through tlie dintp.a Ttej 1
have applied for more jogn to4tekffi£fijre
of i he stock. . f*~
The soldiers from Hajoh’a~fan>h»qpado
an ataclj' Upon some^CsmatfcW’ ifiNians
that catae into Cliapito tin-trade. *They
i
fired on theta* wfWtliey were at the fra-
i tlTen took* all their horses
an<Heft.TjCfa& ifeorses wfrn sold in Santa
Fa*a V.wways ago. Since that time the
.Indian^have Retaliated by going in open
* day Ip HatctibV rs^gh and driviug^yff 460
govewnnittutwbeef cattle.
jyb'maitEasKxeRB.—At Savage, Carroll
■■■whm-.- Mjje "■ Mewshaw
-mcSB^nfoer in plac$ at David Mewsbaw,
lpftf.W e . r ®**P**d wUfRTecliues on account of ill-health.
e\tfiift * ofrloek. jjeH, m
of Norfolk,—During the year
it^fe'SHth of Jane last, the pro
duce received *^4flL^a , amounted
i» value t*» %L174.354. iULniing $1,282.-
721, ia corn, and #l,500,0w in cotton, be
tides 8333,018 in floor and 8368,950 in
stare*. ' ™ * /.
Th* Sootu C a boi.in a Census.—A
Washington correspondent says:
It ia an interesting fact that no census
returns have been received from Booth
Caroline. They have all hem withheld.