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Newspaper Page TextVol. L. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, i860. No. 41. O 2ul ZE cte; SO isT, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. Ter.!U—psr tianuin, in Advance, Vit vi; u cisin'o—Persquarc oftenlines, each 3* 1 ' , ' 1 ' Mdrcimuts and others for all jjjuts j rer $ 25, twenty-live per cent. oil'. LEGAL ADVERTISING. •jr2iii i r tJ'*• —Citationttor iettert- oi atl- ii-itratiou ,guardianship . Jkc $3 (Ml ,, )iUl .-stead notice ioiitoriettero of disin’n fromadm’ii 2 00 5 00 i At 1 ft 00 :i 00 5 oo 1 50 2 50 ft 00 5 00 1 00 5 00 i/iiiiriti" 11 -or letters of dism’n of guard’ll ‘i.difiaiioufor leaveto sell Laud ^ . v . £ te Debtors and Creditors .. ,i., .if Laud, per square of ten lines s L ,|f personal, per sq., ten days. serifs —Lach levy of (en lines, or less.. 0 ,..!vage sales oj ten lines or less lector's sales, persq. (2 months) ^.-Foreclosure of mortgage and oth- 1 cr monthly’s, per square puray notices, thirty days ■j'phnies of Respect, Resolutions by Societies, Obituaries,&c., exceeding six, lines,to be charged a .fansieiit advertising. -js» Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu- t*»ra,» r Guardians, are required by law, to be held the first Tuesday in the month, between the ii j irs of tea iu tiie forenoon and three in the af- a ijn, .it the Court-house in the county in which . . jr inerty is situated. X irice of these sales must be given in a public p iz .,tte 4u days previous to the day of sale. Notice f»r the sale of personal property must, be given inlike manner 10 days previous to sale day. Noticesr« debtors and creditors of an estate m nt also be published 40 days- XjtK'o that application will be made to the ( ,,,rt of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be W.nislied for two months. Citations for letters of Ad ministration, Guar di,.ns Lip, must be published 30 days—for dis- ruissi Jii from Administration, monthly six months ; jdismission from guardianship, 40 days. |{ ,1-s for foreclosure of Mortgages must lie ni jiistied m iiilhly for four months—for establisi- iii lost, papers, for the. fttLLs-pa.ce ot three, months i.ir’ ■ > npe.lling titles from Executors or Adminis trators, where bond lias been given by the uo- ciased. the full space of three months. Charge, gl oo per square of teu lines for each insertion. IViV.ieatious will always be continued accord i ;1 jto these, the legal requirements, unless o;h erwisc ordered. Schedule of Macon & Augusta R. R. Leaves Camak, daily, at U-30 ^ ' ?!' “ Milledgevilie 6.30 A.M. Arrivesat Milledgeville 420 P.Ji. Passengers eaviug Augusta or Atlanta on Day PassengerTrain.of Georgia Railroad will make close connection at Camakfor iutermediatepoints oaJ.be above road, and also for Macon , Arc. Fas* senders saving Milledgevilleat 5.30, A. M..reach Atlanta and Augusta same day.and will make close connections at either place for principal noiatsin adjoining States. 1 E. W .COLE, Gou’l Supt. Augusta, January 7,1808 4 SbFl'H-WESTERN K. lt. CO. OFFICE, MACON,GA.,March24th, 1863 Columbus Train—Daily. Leave Macon f G f" *. Arrive at Columbus .o Vap \f Leave Columbus conPXf Arrive at Macon ------ 6.20 P.M. Eufaula Train—Daily. r \i,„ nn .. 8.00 A. M. Arrive at Eufaula — 2 on » « Leave Eufaula Connecting milk Albany Train at Smi/hvulc L»,.4itLvill. ' nr M Leave Albany ,|nn f S' Arrive at Smithville 11-00 A. M. Connecting with Fort Gaines Train at Cuthbeit. Leave Cuthbert Ho V m ' Arrive at Fort Gaines 6.40 P. M. L-ave Fort Gaines J-JJ? 7, Arrive at Cutlibert 9-0oA.M. Con nesting with Central Railroad and Macon & Western Railroad Trains at Macon, and Mont gomery A West Point Trains at Columbus, ginnery cv. VIRGIL POWERS, Engineer &, Superintendent. Schedule of the Georgia Railroad. / vN AND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH 29th V-/ 1866, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad will run as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN- (Daily, Sundays excepted.) Leave Augusta at 10 A M. “ Atlanta at Vtll p' M Arrive at Augusta Fin PM at Atlanta G. 10 P.M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at •* Atlanta at. Arrive at Augusta V’ -*L f' l{ “ Atlanta -- 4.00 A.M. BERZELIA PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at t" nV vt' “ Berzelia at a •• at Berzelia , Passeugers for Milledgeville,Washington and Athen8,Ga.,musttakeDay Passeugei Train from Augusta and Atlanta. ... Passengersfor West Point, Montgomery, Sel ina, Mobile aud New Orleans must leave Augusta on Night PassengerTrain at 3-45 P. M.,to make close connections. . , , Passengers for Nashville,Corinth,Graud Junc tion Memphis, Louisville and St. Louis can take either train and make close connections. Through Tickets and Baggage checked through to the above places. . , Pullman’s Palace SleepmgCars on all Night PassengerTram.^ cole ( , eu , ]Siipcr5nt ’ (lt Augusta,March 2fi, 16GO 1_iL Atlanta SL West JcPaint rail road. DRY GOODS! CROCKERY, Saddlery, and Harness, &c.. Ac., FOR SALE BY T. T. WINDSOR, & CO., MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. r HE Cit izens of Baldwin and adjoins A ing counties will find a large and good assortment of Browh and Bleached Goods of all quali ties. Calicoes, of all grades, Dress Goods in great variety, Hosiery, Gloves and Shelf Goods oj all sorts. The most complete assortment of ever offered for sale in this place, consisting of Miles &, Co's Philadelphia work; Shelley & Bros’North Carolina work; Butchelder & Co’s Brogans, and Children’s Misses’ and Ladies tine work of all styles. HATS, of Wool, Felt, Straw, Panama. Ac CROCKERY. A full line of everything that can be called for, with Glassware and China in Plain and Gilt Tea Sets. SADDLEB.Y, From the old Army up to the fine Morgan Cavalry Saddle. Harness -Single and Double, Blind Bridles, Ridiug Bridles, Whips, Ac METALIC BTTEtl-A-E, CASES, I Plain, Half Satiu, and full Satin Trimmed, in Plain Cases and Caskets. GET THE BEST. DICTIONARY. 10,000 IVoTfls and Meanings not in other Diction aries. 3,l>00 Engravings; 1840 Pages Quarto. m Price, 5512, 'TT'D^'WED as a whole, we are confident that Y no other living language lias a dictionary which so fully and faithfully sets forth its present condition as this last edition of Webster does that of our writ ten and spoken English tongue.—Har per's Magazine. These three books are the sum total of great li braries; the Bible, Shakspenre. and llebsltr's lloyal- Quarto.— Chicago Evening Journal. This work, well used in a family, will be of more advantage to the members thereof than httit- j JreJs of dollars laid up in money.—Alliance Mon itor. The most useful and remarkable compendium oj human knowledge in our language.— JF. Clark. President Mass. Agricultural College. Published in Springfield, Mass., by G. & C. MERRIAM. August 31, 18G9 35 3t M. I’. STOVALL. show receipts for gtoss earnings ol $45,123 52 The expenses for the same lime were : Ordinary 3D,$6-3 S5 Extraordinary (new depts) 7,418 62 & ■W AREHOUSE omm.is.sian _ lia-chani, Jackson Street, AUGUSTA, GA., ONTINUES to give his personal attention to Convention or Sloekiioiders of ills Macon k, ansusta Railroad Company. The stockholders of ihe Macon & Augusta Railroad Company assembled ;tt the City Ilatl yesterday at 12 M., pursuant to the charter and Bye Laws Stephen D. Heard, Esq., arose and stated that the President of the Com pany, Benjamin Conley, Esq , was not in the city, but that he thought the Convention should proceed to business and liierefore moved that the Hon. John P. King be called to the Chair. Hon. H. F. Russell, Mayor City of Augusta, seconded the motion. Mr. H eard put the motion which was carried unanimously. Judge King upon taking the Chair, staled that ihr-.rc had been some con fusion in the minds of stockholders as to the proper time, owing to action tak en by a former Board, but that the Convention now assembled was in con formity with the Charter and Bye- Laws, and therefore legal and proper But the confusion was natural and might weli have deceived any one. A letter or telegram had been received from the President in which he had slated, he had misunderstood the mat- completion of ihe road to its desti ter and that it was impossible for him nation, we shall not only be able to to be present. If there was a quorum meet the interest on the funded debt present this undoubtedly was a legal of the company, but also pay a small and proper meeting as requited by the dividend to stockholders. H ith the ad Total expense S47,282 47 Excess of all expenses over earning was $ 2 153 95 But this statement does not include (he interest on the Company’s 1st mort gages bonds amounting to $23,000 per annum or seven per cent, on the loan of $100,000, nor oflicers’ salaries, nor contingencies. It will, therefore, be seen that tin re has been a deficit ol $3,000 per month, or $36,000 per an num incurred by the vear’s operations. It was this showing that made it ap parent that something should he done, arid that quickly, to save the road from ruin, and the stockholders from the loss of every dollar of their investment. The extention of the line to Macon was the sole alternative, aud this, fortunate ly, lias been secured by the contract witl) Messrs. George G. Hull & Co. 1 feel the utmost confidence that up- S. D. Heard, 3,252 “ W. H. Ross, 6,107 Wm Shear, 2,231 “ The President declared Messrs. Gar diner, Heard and Ross elected, and the Board complete. ed his pislo* within a few inches of his victim’s head and fired. The man was killed instantly. He never knew how or why it was. This is a simple state ment of the deed. There are men liv ing who, through a window of the near est barrack, heard the apostrophe of ihe guard, standing there over- the Directors, quivering body. He said : ‘.‘1 have On motion of Mr. Shear, the Con vention adjourned. At a call meeting of tin Geo. H. Hazlehurst was elected Presi dent of the Road. [For the Constitution.] Prison Life in Ramp Douglas—Horrent anil M orders. ’The Dead Line. On the Andersonville trial, and in what has been said about it in the North much stress has been laid upon the “dead line.” The vehement denun ciations levelled by Northern philan thropy against this “barbarous inslitu tion,” might very naturally betray the [quietly took him up bodily and carried credulous and uninitiated hearer into j him into the back yatd. In a moment the presumption that Andersonville [the hoys angry mother made her ap pearance and opened upon the land lord with a torrent of invective, eon- killed one d—d Johnny Reb., anvhow, if I nevet kill another.” Fatal consequences like this did not lead to the removal ol the decoy. It remained a permanent institution to the end of our captivity. SIDNEY HARRINGTON. A good story is told of a Quaker landlord at Atlantic City. An urchin of five or six years was seen by him drumming noisi!y upon a handsome walnut balustrade. The Friend re monstrated Without effect, and then and tl there was no quorum ihe Convention could and of COTTON and other Family Supplies the storage and sal produce. Orders for Plantation and promptly aud carefully fiileu. S5P - He is prepared to make liberal CASH AD VANCES on all consignment July 27, 1869 30 Iu the Grocery Store next door to the Drug Store of John M. Clark, will be found Provisions, Corn, Bacon, Lard, Flour, Sugars, Coffee, Syrups, Molasses, and everything found in a Grocery Stock, all of which will be sold at lowest market rates for CASH. T. T. Windsor & Co. Milledgeville, Ga., May 18, I860 20 tf A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE In JVlilled.g’eville FOR SALS. D ESIRING to change my residence, I offer for sale my HOUSE and LOT, situated near the Executive Mansion, and in the highest and most healthy and pleasant part ot Milledge- viile. The house is on a one acre lot, and con tains five rooms and a front Piazza and a back Veranda, with a Kitchen, Servants’ House, and all other necessary out buildings, together with a fine well of water. The front yard is well im proved with choice flowers and shrubbery. The same will be sold low for cash, if immediate ap plication is made to PETERSON THWEATT. Millledgeville, Sept. 28, 1869 39 4t ARLX3NTGUP 6 N Mutual fife Insurance COMPANY. RICHMOND, VA. Persons desiring to insure their lives wil call upon R. M. ORME, Jr.,Ag t. Milledgeville, May 19,1868 30 tt jdt7gTwTjone s, 3te.sid.ent dentist. ALL DENTAL opera tions performed with skill and care. Artificial teeth [inserted inailstyles known to the profession. Old cases, not comforta bly worn, can be made so. Old Gold Plates takenin partpaymentfor Den tal operations. t'iPOffice, East Rooms Darien Bank building. Milledgeville Oct.13,1888. 41 tf : charier, | present, | should adjourn to some future day Hon. H. F. Russell moved that J. H. Milligan, the Secretary and Treas urer of tiie Company, be requested to [act as Secretary of the Convention | which was carried unanimously. The chairman directed the Secrela- , ry to call the list of stockholders, in order to ascertain the amount of stock [represented either in person or by proxy- After a cal! of the list the Secretary I reported stock represented in Persons 3,417 shares 1 Bv proxy 5 “ “FINDLAY IRON WORKS, ' P 5 — Total 8,422 shares Macon, Oai- 7 , ni . , , f f ! The whole number of the shares of Are again in full and successful opera- the capital stock of the Company being lion with an increased stock of Machinery 14,214, a majority of the slock was and Patterns. ru ■ , , , 0 [ l he Chair stated that the proxy tor Circular Saw Mills. 1 1 - "khoitiers. natural increase of business turn of prosperity to the fine ffstaldished / 83(f. T H E re farming country traversed by Lhe road, we may rest assured that dividends will con stantly increase with the progtess of the coming time. Apart from the profit, which as the shortest line between Augusta and Montgomery, wc shall derive bv the transit of passengers and through mail and express business. I believe that the legitimate busiuess between ihe two cities of Augusta and Macon, and the local traffic on out line will enable us to meet expenses and the interest on the bonded debt of the Company. Respectfully submitted Geo. H. Hazlehurst, Chief Engineer. Mr. J. A. Milligan, Secretary and Treasurer, reported the following : Condensed Statement of l/tc Condition oj the Macon fy Augusta lioad Oct. 4 ’69. eluding with, “I’ll leave this house in stantly.” The Quaker immediately touched a bell and said to the dark- skinned waiter who responded to the , .call, “Leonidas, go up to 42 and bring regarded it as the Idown this friend’s baggage when she our grievances.— i tells thee she is ready for thee, if she or her, or nd the tSoulb were solely and pecu- ariy capable of such a monstrous nonniiy. Nevertheless, even at haz- J ard of doing violence to the grand tnor- i al effect of said denunciations, it must j be put. on record not only that There j was a “dead line” m Camp Douglas, } but also that we j smallest part of al j The prisoners ol .Andersonville, on [ wants thee to get a carriage j solemn oath, set forth the dead line as ; has any other commands until she is | one of the chief, cruelties. The thou- j gone, thee will see them attended to.” | sands imprisoned in Camp Douglas . The lady suddenly began to cool down, | will take oath that their dead line, fur apologised, and asked to lie allowed to I a season, tvas, during that time, the ; retain her room, but only received the j source of but the smallest, portion of j reply, “My house shall never make their sorrows. any one a liar. My book-keeper will I A dead line is (nearly a given boun- [settle with thee. Fare thee well.”— dary, to pass which, is certain death, I Soon afterwards her trunks were lak- , without a challenge. Plainly visible,a Jen down stairs by the stout negro,to the j few feet inside the fence, and as easi- j music of her boy’s voice, caused by J ly to be avoided, it could really be, iri ; her imparting to him unexpected calor- ! no sense, more “barbarous” or preju- ic with a strip ol shingle. dicia! to safety than would have been j the known exislenct? ot a deep abyss at never heard,” says a Paris cur ia like distance outside (he walk While i respondent, of the London Star, “a nated and 1 r D f ->r e striking instance ot strong men it remains a cieari uesii or limit, [ ‘dying hard’ than one that is given in Steam Engines, Mill & Gin Gearing, Horse Powers,— specially adapted to driving Cotton Gins,—Store Fronts, Railing, &c., &c.; in fact, every description of Machinery and Castings made to order. Iff’All hinds of Machinery repaired. fyQ Sole manufacturers at Macon for the celebrated UTLEY COTTON PRESS. (Lr* All ivork warranted, and Prices as low as the lowest. Send for Circular. R. FINDLAY’S SONS. Macon, August 24, 1809 34 3m JOHN FLANNERY. five shares appeared to he iu due form, and should be received if there was no question raised. On motion the proxy was received ncni. con. The chair announced that there was a quorum of slock present, the conven tion was duly organized and now ready for business. On motion of Mr. George Obear, the Convention proceeded to the consider ation of reports of officers. The Chair stated ihere was no re port from the President. George H. Hazlehurst, chief engi neer, then read the following report: Report of the Chief Engineer of the Macon df Augusta Railroad Company, to the Annual Convention oj Stockholders on the First Monday in October, 1869. Engineer’s Dep’t Oct. 4, 1369. To the President and Directors of the Ma con if Augusta Railroad. Company : Gentlemen :—The tree discussion of the reports made at the late called Convention in May last, is so fresh in Bay Street, Savannah, &a» i the memory ot stockholders as to make I . T1 „ , S it unnecessary to dwell at length upon Agents for Bradley s Super Phosphate of | mfUlers coniie eted with my depart ment. The contract recommended by that Convention was perfected soon after adjournment with Messrs George G. Hull & C'o., and the work has been en tered upon with vigor and dispatch. !.. J. C.l tLMAUTIN. L. J. GUILMARTIN A CO. COTTON FACTORS AND General Commission Merchants Lime. Bagging, Rope and Iron Ties always on hand. Usual Facilities Extended Iu Customers. August IT, 18G9 33 0m Construction ol Road $1,479,005 Real Estate 16.523 Baldwin Countv Bonds 21,000 Profit and Loss 96,771 Interest on Bonds 14,315 Inteiest 5,355 Incidental Expenses and Salaries 2,155 Due from other Corpo- rations and Agents 15,007 Taxes 30 Bills Receivable 390 Cash 4,116 Total $1,664,676 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in $J ,078,873 Bonds of the Company, 1st mortgage 400,000 Bills payable 11,024 Due to othor Corpora- tions and agents 4,374 Forfeited Stock 5,GlO U. S. Tax on Coupons 5 Loss on Iron Rails seized by the (U. S.) 154,738 00 49 tc, as j wrestler and athlete of Avignon, jville, [ _ suctr, at first was the caught, a few weeks ago, his death ill- our prison- But by a \ ,iesiS by carrying a lit tit: girl across a thoroughly comprehended sign | the truth of this is very obvious. Such the Paris papers. A well known ; was the dead line of Andersonville, as j wrestler and athlete of Avignon, bear- i described on oath bv Andersonville, | *6g the illustrious name of Aleissonnter, prisoners ; and “dead line’ single modification—the mere breath j swollen loard, which she was obliged of an official, an order without a token, traverse in order to take to her fath er general promulgation, tiie “dead er ^is dinner. 1 his action was per- line” of Camp Douglas was instantly j formed in lhe most good-natured way. transformed Irorn such a harmless fire- Meissounier seeing the child, who was Cautionary measure, into an attrocious J t0 h' m !itl titter stranger, trembling and instrument of wanton murder. This ! vvee ping °n the brink, said to her ;— was the commanding General’s decis-! ” Fake heart, little one, I’ll serve as a ion : that on the north side of the pris on, the “dead line” railing should cease to be the limit, and that the fatal boun dary on that side, should be an unin dicated imaginary line identical with that of the outer walls of the northern line of the barracks. In other words, Day Passenger Train—Outward. Leave Atlanta *-j* £ \f Arrive at West Point.---- - - — -* J * A Day Passenger Train-Inward Leave West Point f *{■ Arrive at Atlanta b .20 P. M . Might Freight and Passenger—Outward Leave Atlanta il'an t> M Arrive at West Point 11.40 1 M- Night Freight and Passenger Leave West Point A 4 * Arrive at Atlanta 11.u0 A- dfihCLfLCfC- af 3VheduLe:. OFFICE SOUTH CAROLINA R- R- CO., ) Augusta, Ga., March 25, IcGo. y O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 29th March. 1868. the Mai and Passenger Trains ot this Koad will leave and arrive at through Central Depot,Georgia Railroad, as Iollow6• Morning Mail and Passenger Train For Charleston, connecting Train for Columbia, South Carolina,Charlotte Road, and Wilming ton and Manchester Railroad. Leave Central Depot at dm Arrive atCentral Depot 3.30 r. M. Night Passenger !f Accommodation Train ForCharleston, connecting with Train for Co lumbia,and withGreenville andColumbiaKau- road; Leave Central Depot at 3.50 P. M. Arrive atCentral Depot at H. T. PEAKE, General Superint*nd«nt Sealed Proposals. Ofiko ol Treasurer and Stewart of ihe f Georgia State Lunatic Asylum, > Near Milledgeville, Ga., Oct’r 4, 1869. j S EALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Oflice iroui now until the 15th mstaut^at 12 o’clock, M., to furnish said Lunatic Asylum with three hundred (300) pounds of good mer chantable BEEF—hiud and fore quarters propor- tionably—every day; to he delivered at the Asy lum by the hour of 9 o’clock, A. M. The contract to commence on the JGth day of October, 1869and continue until the 10th day of January, 1870. A bond of three thousand dollars will be required for faithful compliance with the contract, and every bidder must present the names of his security with his bid. M R. BELL Treasurer &, Steward b- L. A. October 5,1869 40 2t LOOK after your WILD LANDS. P ERSONS owning WILD LANDS in Appling county, or any of the counties of old \Y ilkin- sou,—now Telfair, Pulaski, Laurens and Mont gomery,—will find it to their interest to send then- numbers to the undersigned who, for a smah fee, will, if desired, make examination of lands iu person and report as to value, &c. Special attention given to buying and selling lands on commission. REFERENCES. GEORGE H. HAZLEHURST, Pres’t Macon and Brunswick Railroad, Macon, Ga. Rev J W. BURKE, Macon, Ga. WALTER T. McARTHUR, Jacksonville, Telfair county. Ga. July 20, 1869 29 3m<1 METALLIC BURIAL OASES. THE SOUTHERN INSURANCE AND Trust Company. CAPITAL, SAVANNAH, $500,000 GEORGIA- HENRY BRIGHAM, President. THOS. H. PALMER, fire ret ary. DIRECTORS : One thousand hands are now engag ed on the grading, masonry, bridging and timber getting on the line of the road. One cargo of one thousand tons of iron rails were ordered immediately, and is now on its way from Europe, and may be expected to reach the port of Charleston at tin early day. So soon as this cargo arrives, the track laying will at once be commenced al Milledgeville, and pushed upon the eight miles of graded road-bed south of that point. Active measures arc being taken to complete the Octnulgee River bridge al Macon at the earliest day, with the purpose of starling track laying at that end of the laic. Under the. arrangements made, it appears reasonable to suppose the con- R L. HUNTER, Agentof the Southern Iu- ! tracts for completion will be fulfilled • sarance and Trust Company of Savannah, ■ j n advance of the lime Simulated. Tile h iPdUzfdder oVr'joshphfstare! 1 wteto', I character of the work is generally heavy besides taking fireVisks, he will do a general the country being rugged and broken, BANKING BUSINESS, j involving deep cuts and high ernbank- , „ I ments. including the Discounting of ^otes aua bills, KC’* ceiving Deposits, buying and selling Exchange, He refers by permission to tho National Bank of the Republic, New York, and to the Merchants J. L- Villalonga. E. Lovell, J. M. Cooper, J. R. Johnson, A. Wilbur, A. TI. Champion. George L. Cope, ,!. G. Mills, Henry Brigham, John Cunniughain. September 7, 1869 J. W Lathrop, F. W. Sims, W. Ii. Tisou, T. M. Norwood, John D. Hopkins, W. E. Jackson, Augusta, E C. Grannis, Maeon, 1) F. Wilcox, Columbus, J.G. I-. Martin, Eufaula. It Banking Agency. The amount which has been espend- and making Collections. ^ ^ „ j ed ori the grading since the commence- National Bank of Savannah. Milledgeville, Sept. 7, I860 36 tf A FULL LOT ON HAND of full trimmed half trimmed, aud plain, of all sizes. Apply to T - T. WINDSOR, & Co. Milledgeville,March 10,1868 16 tt CEXTIUL GEORGIA REAL ESTATE A g* e n c y • H AVING established a REAL ESTATE A- GENCY for CENTRAL GEORGIA, with headquarters at the Globe Hotel, Augusta, Ga., I solicit all persons having property for sale in Baldwin County, to call at the Law Oflice of Messrs. Kenan & Kenau, my authorized agents at Milledgeville, giving a fr'.l description, that their property may be specified in the advertise ments now being prepared for *he Northern press. tTp” Send promptly. Correspondents now call for several first class places. J. HOWARD BROWN, Augusta. Georgia. September 7, 188t 36 2m menl of the contract is some S75,000. It is gratifying to report the condi tion of the running portion of the road ! between Warrenton and Milledgeville | to be excellent. Heavy repairs have been made du- I ring the summer on trestle works, new timbers having been substituted for all showing the least decay. The Oconee bridge has been cover ed, tinned and painted. Altogether the road may be consid ered in first rate condition. The statement of the earnings as presented by the Georgia Railroad,now operating the finished portion, from April 1st, 1863, for twelve months, Total $1,664,676 52 On motion of Mr. Henry Moore, it was resolved that the reports of the Chief Engineer and Treasurer he re ceived and printed tor the use ot the stockholders of the Company. Several stockholders called for the reading of the minutes of the last Con vention. The Secretary accordingly read these minutes. Mr. S. D. Heard moved that the Convention now proceed to the elec tion ol twelve directors of the Compa ny to serve for the ensuing year, which was carried. The Chair appointed Messrs. Obear, Shear and Moore, committee to con duct the ballot. The committee balloting reported that tne following gentlemen had re ceived a majority of all the voles cast, namely, 3,302 voles, to wit: H. F. Russkll, W. E. Jacksox, •T. P. King, H. Moork, W. J. McGrath, B. B. dcGraffe.nkied, G. S. Obear, Geo. H. Hazlehurst, A. J. Lane. And that the following gentlemen had received an equal number of votes, 6.347, to wit : J. T. Gardiner, 8. D. Heard, W. H. Ross, William Shear, M. H. Wellborn, and that B. Conley, Esq., had received 2,105 votes. The President declared the first nine gentlemen were duly elected, and that there was a tie be tween the five next highest. Mr. Wm. Shear said he uo-ild de cline being a candidate if it would ex pedite business. Mr. S. D. Heard moved that the Convention proceed to ballot between the five highest not elected, and that the same committee conduct the bal lot ; cairied, The committee reported that the bal lot stood : J. T. Gardiner, 8,302 voles, ferry for you.” Swinging her on his shoulder, he carried her over. On re turning to the bauK whence he started, he slipped, and was thoroughly sub merged. A cold, which led to a viru lent fever, was the result. As his end approached Meissonnier literally 'Strug- anv prisoner passing bevond the bar-|§^ et ^ with the malady, and bis last tacks in that direction should be shot j words were, “Oh, Death, if j’ou were without a warning. j a man what short work I’d make ot Hail the old “dead line” railing been i-^ ou ’ _ set back upon this newly established ; The Arabs illustrate their estimaie limit, or even taken away on that side I of the different colors of horses bv the entirely, the change would have been following story : no great iniquity ; but the same rail-! “A chief of a tribe was once pursued ing which had been on every side, and i by enemies. He said to his son : ‘My which continued to be on all other sides [son, drop to the rear, and tell me the the deadly boundary, was left intact; color of the horses of our foes, and mav and standing on that side, a talse bea- j Allah burn his grandfather!” ‘White,’ con to decoy men to certain death, was the answer. ‘Then we will go Numbers, including the writer, nar-1 south,’ said the chief, ‘for in the vast rowly escaped death in learning of the plains of the desert the wind of a white change, since the guards never look horse will not stand in a protracted pains to apprise us of sucii matters.— chase.’ Again ihet-hief said : ‘My son, To them they were trivial considera- i what colored horses pursue us? ‘Black, tions. Experience would soon in-job my father!’ ‘Then we will go struct the camp. Ignorant of the among the stones and on rocky ground, change, the writer passed behind that j for the feet of black horses are not row of barracks one bright afternoon. s strong.’ A third time the young Aral* and but for a providential interposition 1 was sen! to the rear, and reported Ins career would probably have ended 'chestnut horses. ‘Then,’ said the chief, abruptly then and there. He bad not j‘we are lost. Who but Allah can de- the remotest consciousness of danger, liver us from the chestnut horse V Dun, until a friendly, “Look out! ihailor croa.n colored horsesi the Arabs Yank’s going to shoot you !” A glance i consider worthless, and fit only lor disclosed the extieqsie emergency—a Jews to ride.” sentinel in the act ofdrawing the sights j — down upon him. A swift bound, such T//e Gentle Annie on Horseback.— as is possible when dear life is in the ! Anna Dickinson lectured in San Fran- leap, carried him behind a friendly j yiseo recently, and wound up, accord- angie out of range. j ing to the reporter of the occasion, as Oiher men were less fortunate; A ^ ' She gave a inscription of her tour e thirst,du r- lu lhe Semite valley, and comment- _ j ed very severely on the ridiculous side ter by hydrant. The deposits of a rc- j =a( ^ ie >B°dc of tiding, that society r.ad cent snow storm had been closely ! lu |P° bC “ 0(1 ‘ ,C! £ cx, and said she knew scooped up to supply the want, every- ; , . aL . " a j 5 tal * im g about. She had where, except in a snowdrift in tho I . I ' r,e< ^ ways and she could ride north shadow of the northern line of I'T* 11 111 tae tnascu ^ ne style, lhe the barracks, which remained untouch-1 slc e . sat *dle was veiy typical of the ed, for the sufficient reason that it was ; mot, , e . lu wh,ch wom . e, i go through the death to ao to it. As the new prison- ' %or ‘ n » ltlsa one-sided style all thro’; ers were assigned to the extreme south-! un . e s,c | e OUi ' an< ^ ? lltj s ' l * e craiI *p- ern portion of the prison, someofihose • ct atu ‘ u 1 ,or War,t °* who gave them ti inely. notice of the; _ t*- 7 * Herald. most important rules and penalties did ; j n 0 ld Man's AdAcc—Never at- no. immediately thiuk about the decoy j tempt to strike the guiltv, whereby a “deadline at.the far side ot the camp. [ mis di rec ted, or too hastily blow, ihe One of the arrivals chanced »o wander ( innocent, the gallant, aud The good may up that way* ano discovering the grate- j su fl’ er . Never attempt to expose a vil- tu! snow-drift, and seeing the “dead j ]ian> if your efforts in doing so are like- hne railing plain,y visible many feet j |y lo injure those who have been tho beyond it toward the fence, very natu-; unsuspecting dupes of his artifice, rally hastened lo hi! a cup from it, but 1 ess fortunate squad of prisoners arrived while camp was suffering extrem ing an interruption of the supply of wa a patrol observed the trespass and up preached. No man not entirely blind could mistake between the new and A Fast Train.—Sixty-four miles in seventy minutes, says the Philadel phia Press of the 10th, was the time older prisoners, lor the first were fresh j made on a trip of the new Chicago and yellow-stained with the clay of fast train, Pennsylvania Central rand, General Johnston’s breastworks. Whol-!on the home stretch. It made the last ly unconscious ot a possibility of dan- sixty-five miles in eighty minutes, ten ger, and intent upon packing snow into his cup, the unfortunate man paid no attention to the approaching footsteps. The patrol came up behind him, level- of which were consumed in covering the mile of track entering the city. No wonder that the delighted Chicagoans . gathered en masse to hail its entree^

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, October 12, 1869, Image 1