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XKRMS of subscription W»«kljr—Per Annum t Single Copy 2 00 I Ten Copies Three Coplea........ S 00 > Twentr Con: .16 .23 « Firs Coplea 8 00 Titty Copiea... 65 0C Ono Hundred Copiea..... 1W 00 Weekly for 8 Lx Mont Ha < Single Copy. 1 00 I Twenty Copiea. 15 £ Three Copiea 2 50 I Fifty Copies........s* oo j*rs Copiea 4 00 I One Hundred Copies6o 7 50 I Single paper... CONTENTS or th* “ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN,” tob tbx wxrx xxwxo WEDNESDAY, OCT. Otli, 1878. 5 eta VOL. 3, NO. 16.) ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1872. { WHOLE.114 number 111 TO UNlyjERSTAND FAIRS. EDITORIALS BY SIB. STEPHENS— The Stralgbtatn Indiana; Ridiculing and Miarep reaentlng Friends....—.. page 2 Meteorological; Oglethorpe University 3 Hon. Charlea O’Conor; The gallant Moaby 6 Tbo State Election over, Another Outlook..... 6 The Elections To-day, (Tuesday) 1 ON PAGE 1— Article on Fain; The Alabama it Chattanoega Bail- road. ~ ON PAGE 7— Tha Boeton Courier oa Kr. Stephens’ school Hi,to- ry; Commaulcatlon from an-Old Man;” Letter from a Jatpei County ••Straight;” Political notea. ON PAGE 3— Ban-Strokes ; Rome Courier on Stephens’ School History: Supremo Court Decisions. ON PAGE 4— Bnpieme Court Decisions; Questions for fho Consti tution ; Allabont Slaves; Terrible Tornado; Subter ranean Mystery; Coo.le Trade; Tribute to the 11' "i Ju.lg.* StfjHiriiH in the Supreme Ciniit, ON PAGE 5— National Agricultural Congress; Reuben E. Fenton Shown Up; Mr. Gre-ley and the Negro Voters; Excerpts of Fun and Humor; 'Killing Tigers with Strychnine. ■ ON PAGE C— Their “Points.” Uses sand Abuses, sand How to Hake the Moat of Them. flow they Started—How they Drew, and What they now are. A Little Philosophy —A Scrap or His tory. A Piece of Fun. ALSO, (The Cream of It all,) What you will See by Coming to the Next Pair. N. B.—In Atlanta. AST October 14, 1873. ORIGIN. er. So working we shall not only escape aims, as | failure and escape mediocracy, bnt have Fairs had their origin in the disposi tion to bny and sell. A concourse of orti- Col. 8. C. Elam to the Colored People^ Riot in Ma-1oles brought together a concourse of peo ple, and vice versa. Sat the assemblage of a multitude served various other pur poses besides those of barter. Men availed themselves of these means to ob tain information—to acquire reputation —to exhibit the fruits of their labor, and to be nppreciated, generally. Inventions and the frnlts of knowledge, skill and taste, were brought together. Thesejises added to the numbers collected, and so there was mutual action and reaction eon; Interetting Chapter on Gina: From our Pri vate Correspondence, Interesting Local items. ON PAGE 7- ’ Advertisements. ON PAGE8— The Ssvsrnsh News and Mr. Greeley. Tho Sun’s Special Correspondence. Anything to Beat Gree ley. Complimentary ,o Hon. Garnett McMillan. Locale. Markets. Advertisements, &c. The Northern Elections which take place to-day. Elections aro to be held to-day in quite u number oi the Northern States for Governor, members of the Legiala-I peopfe, and oTideas tare, and other State officers, as well as „, ... , , ’ and results. for members of Congress. These dec-1 Thus a great known place of rendez vous, it is believed by many, will fore- V ous attracted men, for all purposes, and shadow tho result of the Presidential ar ticles of all sorts, as well as exhibitions contest to come off in November. 1 0 f fi kjjl to elicit compensation in money Among tho States in which elections or admiration are thus to bo bold, to-day, are the great States of Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania. More publio interest is felt m tho result j A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY. SIMPLE BUT SOUND, HOWEVER, READ IT, When we hear of any new thing, we of these three States than all of the rest, jj a y e a certain share of trne ideas sug because of their supposed preponder- g es ted, and “fill up” the picture with atiug influence on the Presidential con-1 material supplied by the im tgination test. 1 Ohio has, until recently, been conced- If 11 hear of Mr. A or Miss B, lam sure to od to the Grant wing of the Radical party, fotm a conception^ of the appearance, but lately the Gredeyites have asserted eize ’ complexion, dress, and general as- full assurance of carrying this State, as I pect of the said P^son, mere or less well as both Indiana and Pennsylvania. What the real result will be, -our read- eis will know within forty-eight hoars, perhaps, after perusing this article. All speculations, therefore, at this time would be useless on oar part. We will, however, venture the opinion that so far as Ohio is concerned, the cal eolations of the Greeleyites will come short of the mark. We think the eontest in Ohio salt in favor of the Grantites. definite. Of coarse it. is generally wrong, founded on fancy, not on fact or obser vation. Yet the law is invariable. I know these impressions are not cor rect, and so in order to correct them, endeavor to get actual information, taik with others, but after ail to get ideas really correct, I mast see for my self and not another. To correct all the errors, I must see often and familiarly, will re-1 Absolutely just ideas, I perhaps never In In-1 — nofc even Knowing myself fnl.y. diana and Pennsylvania the result, from I This mustrates our knowledge of Na- all we oan gather, will be more doubtful; ture and ‘ A ’ rfc * ^ frait «. flower, ltnple- for, in these States the anti-Greeley Dem- ment * invention, is mentioned. We are ocrats support their State ticket, without ful1 of ideas * true > false and mixed * Tlua regard to the Presidential issues, just as “ one reason wby ™ areso dell S hted they did in Georgia last Wednesday. with the proc f 3 of development in a Therefore, there are mnch better grounds P trce or dower. Novel and unex- for expecting the eleotion of Buckafew pected featnres constantly occur, dis- Governorof Pennsylvania, and Hend- pla0U1 6 our false conceptions, and sub- ricks Governor of Indiana, than for the stitutiD S new and accurate one8 ’ Such success of the coalition in Ohio. 13 hn ^ ‘J 16 Philosophy of our modes of Buokalew, it is well known, was very ac< ici r i n £ information, much opposed to the nomination of Mr. Now * on0 * reat USG of a Fair ’ 18 to Greeley by the Democracy at Baltimore; Drln S us face * i/cc with things we have and ho has, up to lastaccounte, positively only heard ot before ' We can tbuB see and persistently refused to say whether for ouselves ’ correcfc Compressions .he will vote for Mr. Greeley in November and i ad « e from ob8erVfltlon * or not. This secures to him the general I Comparatively satisfactory, as this is, support of the Democratic Party; while.. . ... I , , it is admitted he will receive at least fif- ianfy ’ se0in S * bo use ’ mdeed a<3tnal 1186 teen thousand Republican votes. This and “lf-handhug, can be satisfactory. would seem to indicate strong probabili- Thisl0ads to expertneS3 « md by prac- ties of bis election. tice information is made perfect, get- k But even if the elections in Pennsyl- ting directly at the facts, and seeing the 'f liana to-day go in favor of points. Astonishing quickness of per- I 1' \ A Hendncks, we shall not ception and handling is acquired by P ta is any certain index of the practice, making no mistakes. | Pr « election in the same States; a fair as an exposition. muc., i as a result settling tho election A fair now is not a mere place of sale, of Mr. Greeley to the Presidency. For but an exposition. It is a concentration even if Mr. Greeley should carry these of people and articles. It gathers the States—Pennsylvania and Indiana—ana things together, the people to see them, New York beside?, it would not elect and the people to explain them. Expo- ^-him; unless he shall also arry at least sition rather than sale, is now the main * -^her State whioh is now very con- idea. tended, although the raciDg feature was I merlv, and people are more critical and omitted. The races held the next week exacting. The present Fair were a failure. We think onrpeople now • far as possible, to get the advantages of I grand success, ODuring to the benefit begin to be ready to put away childish | past experience incorporated ito its | the city and its business and prestige—to things, or at all events,to enjoy the more methods. There will still be articles to that of the Society, and the agricultural manly. sell or exchange, and persons looking for interests of the State. the two objects, sncli to buy. Fine machinery, stock, duty of Atlanta. which tLe Georgia State Agricultural implements, &c., will change hands, and A friend tells us there is relatively Society has been compelled to combine, new material be thus introduced into the more talk of the Fair elsewhere than at viz: money-making and instruction, are country, into general use and the familiar home. Let not this thing be, but let the not perfectly compatible at first; but acquaintance of the people. In addition re “l enterprise of the city be expressed in gradually get more so. A show will ever to the display of results, of the mere | a corresponding effort at this best me attract more children than a school—the products of industry —to an nnnsual de-1 thod of illustrating it, and best possible circus be better filled tnan the kirK—tbe gree, there will be the display of the advertisement and introduction to the feast of tne palate than the feast of rea- \processes of industry — the operations I “©tits of the city, and its business ad eon. The senses draw more powerfully themselves, tbe machine iu operation, vantages. Lot citizens cast about them and more people than tne intellect. the workman usuing the tool to show I to see what they have to exhibit—takoan legs and brains. both its advantage and tbe superior ad- interest in tbe Fair, visit the grounds, Among men, there are always more vantages of skill. This conform to the write to their friends m the country and grown children than grown mt>n. Man general principle of philosophy Hereto-1 8 p t them to come. In a word, have following boy is not the invariable law, fore laid down—of seeing the thing done I heart in it. There is now onlw for many boys never become men. The and correcting the vagaries of the play- week’s time to work in. Great aotivi race of horses’ legs will attract moro in- ful and lively imagination. ty has prevailed among the officers and terest than that of men’s minds, and bet- For things in motion and action are friend* of the Society generally, - bnt tings an easier process than judging. It really just as much more instructive to comparatively little, it must be said, in is called “backing one’s judgment.” us as more entertaining. They pye- U b e city, The society is compelled to combine sent a lively, busy scene, which stirs the ! Prepare articles for exhibition. Send the two aims, and so endeavor to educate blood and keeps the animal spirits in yoor beautiful objects from the home or men up to the proper standard of appre- play. the, and contribute to the display. Let ciation. To elevate the standard of the premium list each contribute according to what he has, their pleasures and tastes, is to elevate itself is more varied and more extensive ©sbibiting iruxts, vegetables, implements, the people. To conform too far to alow than ever heretofore offered in Georgia, machinery, stock, pictures, articles standard, is to debase them, or confirm It covers a wider .range of articles and use or °f taste, consulting a premium them in a low stage. i most of them more thoroughly, and where I for items, but not feeling confined to what you will see Bx coMiNQ to the less extensive, it >is on articles already I Above all,let his heart be in it to make fair. well known or introduced. Not that er- ^ a SQCC ® 3S * Let him also, when the First and foremost, you will see each rors may not have occurred in the effort c °mes off, go to it with his family other. A great social gathering is a fine to apply this principle. an d co-operate in it, and feel some res relish, and of itself very-attractive. To More expense has been incurred than pjnsibility for it. The pains thus taken, see and be seen—to talk <md he talked heretofore, lor new and unknown articles, P a y» both in pleasure and profit, to to, to meet friends and to see the crowd, machinery, &c. Special pains are taken fc be citizens and the cLy. the people and the fashions, to enjoy for exhibiting to advantage, and for the To be up to time, it is time to be at social intercourse; these are among the explanations of exhibitors to visitors and work. Remember the ides of October most captivating, and at the came time the uninitiated. and be ready. The 14th is the day; bear innocent of all our enjoyments. objectionable features art?, removed, ^ in mind and incoperato it in action Think what a complex exhibition a in conformity to what is believed to be a 80 the fair of 1872 will be memorable and crowd affords. Think of the elaborate growing sentiment and increasing power y° u will have done your part towards toilets—of the well furnished heads, of appreciation and elevation of taste and making it so, stocked with ideas—-of the stores of l.fe perception. At the close of the war, and talk—the cultivated men—the fasci- when people had not seen a circus or a □atiug women—the dress—smiles—wit, monkey for lo! these many years, and humor—talk— badinage — fun, cynical when our children had never eaten “rat- remarks—criticisms—efforts to shine—to sons, amnse and be amused, such a multitude ed. Rut presents. And do not miss it this year, racing, was ono of the best attended we If bent on amusement, know that in ever had. About the only objectionable spite of all efforts at instruction, feature complained of has been racing, vanity fair with its concomitants of betting and will assart itself largely. Men will come drinking. We do not believe these to be to see, hear, or talk. People come to ad- essen tial to success, mire, to court and be courted, laugh, Less exciting amusements, combined talk and “go on,” see, hear, learn, ob- with instruction, can be made to sup serve, receive impressions, and be enter- plant those to which oar people with tained, instructed, carried on the tide, characteristic tend enc to excess, are too Men come to talk politics, inquire from all prone. There is no little real and pleas- the counties, see people from every part ureable excitement of intellect in well of the State and country. Each comes displayed eppeals to our higher faculties, from his own motive to accomplish sun- We think we can afford to be less sensa- dry ends. As qnaint old John Bunyan tional, and yet make baS lb THE FAIR NO DRY AFFAIR, Soby 7 lul^oing^yo^may 8 tao^his^rtaer/' unless to very dull people, or people I indeed. That arrest took place a week You will learn the fashion^ learn the falsel y educated to love excess and ex- a g°> or thereabouts, and was so disgrice- news, the crops, the city and its ways and tremes - M to 4110 Sfcanton interest8 that it was advantages, the stores and the merchants, The Society asks tor the cordial co- studiously concealed from the public— where to stop and whence to order, the °P eration ^d generous and hearty sup- 8 ° it would seem—and the State authori- ropes, wires and dots of Atlanta/and P ort of 811 4116 fr * en ds of real progress. ties of Georgia had no desiretobring.it hear and see from everywhere else be- Fbe cnt ^ rom sensational before the public so; it is first made sides. bas been much more than replaced by known long after its occurrence, and a But the uses of a great multitude thesolid an d serviceable. It is time that false light put upon it. are very complex. Splendid opportnni- men of real P atr iotism, that philanthro-1 A man by the name of Carlisle, who ap- V~ ^claimed by the Grantites. Accordingly, it is interesting to prao- . V.mply make this remark for the tical men, theoretical and scientific men, '^kicieration of those who are looking I statesmen and philosophers, as well as to A the result in Pennsylvania and Jndi- the general public—to the inventor and u&a, to-day, as settling the Presidential observer—the student for any purpose question I of nature or art. Nor less so to those see p , eop ' e ’ , ° mMt together, learn the news, hear wnat’s go red rial vote of each: A'abtai* ....10 1 Nebraska,... .....8 New Hampshire 5 Now Jersey e New York — ..^.^.35 Connecticut .‘.6 Delaware 3 Florida Georgia it JUiuois. 21 1.-| Oregon 3 11 TlUaiU... 5 Kentucky *12 Louisiana. 8 Maiue 7 Maryland 8 Maas chusetts 13 MiciUnao 11 Minnesota 5 Mississippi 8 South Carolina. 7 Tennessee 12 Texas 8 Vermont 5 Virginia li West Virginia 5 Wisconsin— io Missouri —...15 Necessary to choice'. .184 | mg on, see and be seen. TO ATTRACT CROWDS 1 Games are sometimes resorted to, to te less for instruction than amusement. Juggling, side shows ! of all sorts, are only to bring people to gether. Now, the objects which will attract a people, furnish no mean crite rion of their tastes and cultivation. It is a measure of intelligence and civilization. Children, negroes, savages, are most attracted b- mere objects of sense; more advanced people bj objects of intellectu al interest or taste. A great unruly, The Tournament. We ’learn that arrangements are on they had to bo somewhat indulg. I MlUaiitJoniMmeut in con- Snt tho Macon F.ir, without > State Fam-tho Agri- cultural Society offering $250 in premi urns which will be increased by individu al subscription. The Sabre Clubs of oth er cities'and Gen. Young’s club at Car- [ tersville will be invited. -4 E ALABAMA AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD MUDDLE. The Reported Conflict of Authoiity. | The Soverenity or Georgia, and her Right* fully Acknowledged. The dispatch which we publish this evening, stating that the United States Marshal, for Georgia, had arrested the I Sheriff of Dade county, is a slow coach From this it will be seen that Mr. Greeley -nay carry not only Pennsyl vania, Indiana, New York, Delaware, | boyish multitude c amors for sports and Maryland,,^Virginia, West Virginia, Ken tucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi, Missouri and Texas—States most confidently claimed for Him—and still it will require at least one more to elect nim. But will he carry iiU the States thus put down to him ? Time will soon show; ve only give it ns onr opiaiioj at ithis time, that he will not. A. H. S. rejects improvement. But by degrees it improves in taste and capacity of enjoy ment, and is educated up to better things. Bull and bear baitiii^ irive way to more elevating *pectnc-i»-s and entertainments. A SCRAP OF HISTORY. The Fair of '69 iu Georgia was a gu-at 'ituceees. So :• *«iM870 In Mhcod; in 1871, th' Fair w»s remarkably well at- ties of advertisement are afforded of pists and statesmen > w bo are not mere pears to be in the interest of Stanton your business, your inventions, and s b ain8 an ^ politicians, should appreciate and the newly appointed Receiver ot the perhaps yourself, it it be one of your aims | tbesa means of general improvement. I Road under Judge Bradley’s decree, in life to be highly oppreciated. There The real im P edime nt this year, is the carQ e down to Atlanta and made oath that are pictures for the eye and music for the facfc that the 188)1 y ear ’ s local access in the sheriff of Dade county, (who, under ear, and pretty grounds and decorat- d tbis city ’ was nofc fnl,y e< l aal to ex P ecta - orders from manor Smith and General halls, and flowers, beasts, birds, fishes, tion ’ To some exteut > the * citizens lost Wofford, had taken charge of all trains wind mills, water mills, and boats-dis- monPy and losfc heart * Ic is hard to keep coming over the road at Trenton,) had plays of taste and displays of skill. And up nnitorm enthusiasm. The people detained a train of cars carrying the then the crowd itself is a picture.* It has feel libe they have been burnt over once > Y° ited States mai1, Und er this affidavit faces and dress, tongues and talk—the and bave no fuel leffc * music of the voice—the electric influence encouragements. of contact and sympathy. There are But the encouragements are decisive, pick pockets to shun, and equipages to In the first place, no State Fair ha? been watch, lest you De ran over, shows and a failure, uluhough local fairs have been, side shows enough—-as much to interest, The cities of Macon an-l Atlanta, each and as litJe to corrupt as possible, and tried a Fair with greats local spirit the plenty of pleasurable excitement. .Un- years the State Fair was held in the other der this sugar coating, it is proposed to city, hut without marked success. The give yon considerable instruction, almost next year with the State Fair, the success in spite of yourself. But we wish also was complete. Let the fact be remem- to see those who come ou purpose for in- bered and acted on. Also, that Macon stiuction, men with eyes, and matrons, hoi is no fair this year. Without the gen- who wisn to learn now to conform to the eral and broad co-operrtion, times. From the diverting history oi the entire State, success is difficult. John Gilpin and his wife, we learn, con- With it, as sure as any other human cernmg that worthy gentleman; that - event. But remember also, that in all ••WeU pleased was he to find. these instances, there was the combina- ■SfflaSfSSr*”-*’ ° f («**< •ritt.local activity., the And so with husbands of this day—how sb:OD g local co-operation of fhe cities and to make the pot boil and what sort of citizeDS - Ton'kas set, before Atlanta pot to get, and what sort of stove, and a hard standard Xo come up to. Will washing machine and mangle. Atlanta simply U P 8 ? ? And the young ladies will see the Fine ^ WASTA brilliant success, Art department 3nd take a special inter- no mere passable affair. The city and est in tue Tournament, a little iu sewing j citizens will have the ardent co-operation mach.nes and nota little in the comp-my j of the officers of the society, the Execu tive Committee/ and the many county Societies and friends of the State Socie ty and of the general cause. : 1 But we need power a nt] effbrt. It will ••ccivfrs, mxt Stanton, and all in their interest, have finally suo- cumbed, and acknowledged the pre-emi nent rights of the State of Georgia in a manner that is satisfactory to Governor Smith, whereupon he has ordered the agents of the State to turn over the road to the new Receivers. The following document explains it self: Georgia, Fulton County.—In con- M ‘ His ^cebcacy, James M. Smith, Governor of Georgia, wilL upon the> signing and deliver? of paper to him, deliver to us possession of so much of the A. & C. R. R. as is in said State, which he holds under the laws of Georgia: We, W. M. Haralson and Lewis Rice, (claiming to be Receivers appointed by the Circuit Court of the U. S. and for the State of Ala. under a Bill filed by Seth idams ct al. vs The A. & C. R. R. Co. et. al;) and J. O. Stanton as General Manager of said Rnad, accept said pos session held as aforesaid under said Smith as such Governor, and recognize the rightfulness of the possei-sion «1 said road in the Agents of said State under the laws of said State, up to this date. We agree to re-deliver posst ssion there of to saia Governor and hw successors in office, or his or their agents or appoin tees at any time upon demand of us or our successors or assigns without ques tioning the onthority to make such de maud ; and th it if such possession is not delivered peaceably, he has the right to take it per force. And iu ease we or either ot us or our successors or usm b ns .shall set up any claim to such |«)ssfssion in opposition to said rights of-u;d Governor, it shall be considered an abandonment ot tne right of possession given to us under this agreement. Said Receivers or their agents shall also have the right to surrender the pos session of said road to the said Governor or his agents at any time. Provided, nevertheless, that if here after said Governor or his successors in office, shall demand possession of said Road in said State, and the peaceable possession thereof shall be delivered to him, tnen after such possession so de livered, nothing in this paper shall be binding on us or such Governor; nor shall we be stopped or bound by any ad mission, attornment, recital or agree ment herein; but we and such Governor shall stand in all respeots as if this ar rangement were never made. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals the day and year first aforesaid. Wm. J. Haralson, Receiver. Lewis Riue, Receiver. J. C. Stanton, Gen. Manager, By Dan’l. S. Printup, as Attorney and Agent. Signed, sealed and delivered m the presence of N. J. ff ammond, Not. Publio Fulton Co. Ga. THE SETrLE.ttn.fli c oF THE ALA BAMA & CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD AFFAIR. The Governor’s Oiliciul urdcr. | The following is the order issued by Governor Smith yesterday, whioh pfaoes this Road in the full possession of the new Receivers and Manager as tenants at will of the State of Georgia. It will be seen that the supreme power and au thority of the State is fully acknowl edged : Executive Department, State of Georgia . I 72.) they meei.' The dairy will pour forth its treasures—the work shops, fhe fiields nad factories, tue stable aud the studio, each and all will send, its contribution. All of which brings us consider the present fair. Beginning wiih bargain and sale, f; have grown into expositions, a much more complex ,the United States Commissioner here, is sued a warrant and the United States Marshal here appointed tne said Carlisle his Deputy—so we are reliably informed, who, armed with this warrant, went back to Chattanooga. There he, escorted by Stanton and a very large number of the employees aud hangers-on of the new company and its Receivers—Haralson and Rice—went down to Trenton and arrested the sheriff. But Governor Smith was prepared for this. He had anticipated this flank movement and had instructed the Sheriff, 1 iu case of his arrest, to yield full obedi ence to the same, hut to have plenty of Deputies appointed who would promptly step forward'aiid arrest every train tnat came along, and at all hazards to hold the road till the iron. should rot, unless the State of Georgia shoaid be first set tled with, or its authority overpowered by force. The whole proceedings show a deter mined and audacious effor to cheat the State of Georgia out ot its rights. It shows that the present Receivers of the Road were making a determined effort to get full possession and let the State of Georgia take its chances with the other i creditors of the same—^who have lost the »last cent that was owi.ig to them. In ; hot do for the <afy simpty hot to he in (he j tb is they have been defeated. way—not to oppose action, pr be an im-1 We should not be surprised if some am and sale, iA?rs pediment. No, the citv^ in its might, • *bo have resorted to unlawful aqd un-., itions, They are jmest pt£l, must exert p6wef and Wmust j justifiable means to efftqt' ? affair than for- all work strongly and vigorously togeth- • are made to suffer fo- . i Atlanta, Ga., October 7, 1872. Whereas, William J. Haralson and Louis Rice, claiming to be Receivers of the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad under decree of the Circuit Court of the United States in and of the State of Ala bama, and J. O. Stanton, claiming to be General Manager of said Road, have, in writing, under their hands and seals, ad mitted the possession of said Road lying and being in the State of Georgia, by the authorities of the State, to be and to have been rightful and proper. And whereas, the said parties have agreed to hold possession of said road under this State, and as the tenants at will ot the Governor of this State, and to deliver the same on request to the said authorities without question as to their right to demand such possession. H And whereas, the said parties have also admitted that the State of Georgia,, its legal authorities, in case of refusal deliver such possession, bas the right take the same by force; * and have further admitted that, if eitner of said parties or their assigns shall set up claim to said possession adverse to the rights of said State of Georgia, such claim be an abandonment of the right of pos session of saia parties. And whereas, the true interests of the State of Georgia require that road shall be repaired and opera ted without expense to the State, and which cannot be done if the State, byite au f korities,continues to operate the same, It is therefore ordered, That W. T Wof ford, the Receiver ox the State of Geor gia, the Sheriff of Dade county and his deputies, and all other agents of this State, having and holding possession of the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad in this State, without delay, deliver up the possession of the same to the said Wm, J. Haralson and Lou,s Rice or their duly au thorized agents; and the saidWm.J.Uaral- son and LouisRice he, and they are hereby authorized to have and hold possession oi said Railro. d lying within said State, as Tenants at-will of the Governor of ’ this State, subject to be dispossessed of die same at any time, when the said Gov ernor or his successors in offire shall deem suca dispdssession fit and proper; and in every respect the said Receivers shall hold said possession upon the terms speci fied in their written agreement delivered to the Governor of Georgia bearing date of the 4th of. October, 1872; and tnat they shail hare no other rights, powers or privileges than - such as are granted or allowed them in said written agree ment. [The foregoing is extracted from the minutes of the Executive < 'epartmenfc.— Ed. Sun.] GEORGIA. Democratic Majority Savannah, October 7.—liepcrtt* ’ counties continue to swell jy/hMthuti era tic majority, which, fri dications^jU mana.