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^-ND GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
cL 1SBY, REID & REESE, Proprietors.
g^HSHED 1826~
The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
MACON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1869.
VQL LHV.-N0. £8
Shadows.
nh 6»dly hU on bill tnd loa
01 The ehadows or tho weary day;
.A ns fted from tho wailing sea,
A l» w - l° n S murmur seems to say.
To say:
“Shine on, tbop golden sun;
Ttino hour will soon be done!
1 Ah! woll-a-day!
Cold drives tho rain upon tho world,
and homeless is the north-wind’s cry;
And 'mid tho darkness, thickly curled,
rA tones of sorrow seem to sigh,
To sigh: .
• Bloom on. tbon shining rose;
The short life soon will close,
For thou must cue!
nh sadly fan on loving hearts
The shadows of lifo’e weary way.
And heedless of tho tear that starts,
A meurhful message seems to say,
To say:
••Thee and thy love the tomb,
' Soon, soon will fold in gloom;
Ah! «eU-a-dayl”
Sews from the Nile’s Head.
Tis as Sir Roderick foretold,
His word by fact is crowned;
For Africa's explorer bold
Tnrns np all safe and sound.
To that which lying natives Bttid,
The contrary is shown;
fj] 10S0 knaves asserted liim stone dead,
But there ia Livingstone.
[London Punch,
ibefolict planters should adopt
Protect Themselves Against the
('will,iiiation of Speculators and
Capitalists.
Macon, Ga., December 13,1SG9.
Col Clisby—Dzui Bit. : The enclosed copy of an
(.sat prosented by me to the Executive Committee
of the State Agricultural Society at its late Fair, in
ecapliince with their resolution of October 7,18G9,
fompeting for the premium therein offered, is here
Kipectf nlly submitted to yon for publication in your
eddy circulating and influential j oumal. Its pnb-
[ation may induce thought and perhaps profitable
jiaemsion upon the questions therein involved.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
0. P. Culteb.
It is one of tho distinguishing features of the
nineteenth century to combine capital for the
Accomplishment of great objects. This principle
a daily extending farther and farther into tho af-
fein of life, and contributing its benefits to all
concerned in a thousand ways unknown to our
forefathers.
While “labor and appropriate natural ob
jects" are “the requisites of production,” there
jjanother “requisite without which no produc
tive operations, beyond the rnde and scanty
beginnings of former primitive industry,
ire possible, viz: a stock previously ac
cumulated of tho products of former labor.
This accumulated stock of tho products of labor
is termed capital.” Now, when this accumula
ted capital is combined in the form of “ Cotton
a " for the purpose of buildingup“ specifio
nations of Commercial Gamblers,” by
which the markets of the world are controlled
to the injury of tho productive interests of the
whole country, and especially that of the great
eotton growing interests of tho Southern States,
it behooves us, as interested parties, to cast
dxmt for some means by which we may protect
ourselves against these “Combinations of Specu
lators and Capitalists.” This can only he done
Ay an accumulation and consolidation of capital
k the in te rests and under the control of the pun
ier and other industrial interests of the South.
To this end I recommend the organization of
a joint stock company, with a capital of five
millions of dollars, to be increased to thirty
millions, if necessary, which capital shall be
raised by the issue and sole of stock, and tho
money loaned to planters and the various in-
dnstrial interests of the Sonth, and which shall
be used in tho development and prosecution of
the industry of these Southern States; in fos
tering and encouraging foreign and domestic
emigration ; in the production of supplies at
hme for the laborer, agricultural implements
for the husbandman, machinery for mills and
cotton factories, and for the construction of
Southern railroads and steam vessels, by which
*e may transport the cotton and otherprodnets
for export direct to foreign markets, and for
nch other purposes as the company may from
time to time deem necessary and expedient to
its interests—the amounts loaned to be secured
by mortgage upon tho real estate of the bor
rower, or by deposits of United States bonds or
other approved securities, exceeding in value
one-half of the amount loaned, tho borrower
Paying interest at the legal rates in the States
where loaned.
As a means of increasing the dividends of tho
company, I would propose that commission
houses be established by the company in all the
principal commercial cities of tho Sonth, which
houses shall have all consignments of the stock
holders and those who borrow of the company,
these consignments to be sold by the company
oa the most advantageous terms, in the best
markets of the world, charging the customary
or some fixed rates of commissions, freights,
•adstorage; the company to purchase, at the
option of the stockholder or borrower, all sup
plies of food, clothing, agricultural implements,
machinery, merchandise, stock, and whatever
else he may require which this association may
consistently furnish; all such supplies to be
furnished at prime cost, the company charging
™ usual commissions on purchase; all com
missions thus received to be placed to the cre-
“t of the general fund.
The loans secured, first, by mortgage on real
***•*, or the deposit of approved securities;
Jufi secondly, by the consignment of all the pre
fects of the borrower, cannot fail to be a safe
u well as a valuablo investment. Tho margin
** °no half—especially upon real estate under a
rieady rise in this species of property in the
wuth—is amplo to secure tho principal, while
,* interest will be discharged annually on sale
of consignments. Thu3 will bo secured, first,
jo* capital, and secondly its legal interest; but
toe per centage on the sale of consignments and
Purchases will be found to be oven more valuable
“I® the legal interest.
Take, for example, the cotton trade. Soy
jhai this company, when folly organized, secure
“® control and sale of three-fourths of this
, pl®t and on which they secure a commission
°f one and a half or two pet cent., the net profit
011 this one article would exceed, even at fifteen
cents per pound, thirty-five per cent, on the
{*J* °f the capital stock of the company. Add
® this the commission on sale of other products,
Prchafcs, interests on loans, together with
mndenda from numerous other sources of in
vestments of the company, and the net dividends
®a the capital invested, would exceed fifty_por
cent, per annum to the stockholder, besides
w raring to the producer the highest market
nfre for his products, and the saving of twen-
ty-five to one hundred per cent, on all his sup
plies.
.To illustrate: The planter desires a cotton
Pnand press of the most approved pattern.
secure these he must send to the North, be-
crase they are not manufactured in the Sonth—
‘‘“'1 fvir which he pays the retail or jobbers’
Price, say $450. He then pays freight from tho
Place of purchase to his home, making these
“jgether cost him, say $500. Now, suppose this
Pa and press to have been manufactured in
eorgia at some convenient point not distant
om the home of the planter, and by a com-
w hose capital in part was borrowed of this
Syftn, and that these gins and presses were
brushed the association at the manufacturer's
P?j*» or fifty per cent, less than the Northern
tan price, and the purchaser would secure his
and press at $333.33$, instead of $500—a
U n 8 on Uiese two items of $1G6.G6|.
Wow, this same principle holds good in every
JPtoies of supplies which the vast and divers-
j£ jntereets of our people require from abroad,
~instrating the grand economical feature of this
Proposition.
. JjaWthatamdlng the demonstration of these
.i/®; there i* a prevailing idea at the North that
riM,** 60 ^ 6 , 0 * Sonth are growing suddenly
hob out of tho proceeds of £le of that great
commercial king, cotton, at tho prices which
that staple is now bringing in the markets.
This is a grand, and may prove a fatal mistake.
Of the two hundred and eighty millions of dol
lars which the Sonth will receivo for the present
year’s crop, not exceeding fifteen per cent, will
be retained in money in the South; 'tighty-fizc
per cent, will go North in payment for’com, ba
con, flour, hay, mules and. horses, fertilizers,
agricultural implements, goods, wares and mer
chandise of every conceiveahle description—
nearly all of which articles may be produced in
the South as cheap or cheaper than at the
North, for we have every natural advantage in
the production of the raw material.
It has been well and truthfully said by one of
your ablest journalists—Col. Clisby—that “ wo
shall not begin to be rich as a community until
we gradually adopt the policy of supplying onr
own necessities and keeping our money at home.
Economy is the only road to wealth. Wo must
raise onr own food—make onr own agricultural
implements, and diversify onr industry gener
ally, so that everything we spend doss not leavo
onr country immediately to return no more."
If theories and beautiful pictures, painted by
ardent hopes and patriotic aspirations, conld set
aside the logic of dolltrs and cents, then “to do
were as easy as to know how to do,” and tho
South would, Phenix-like, rise from her ashes,
and with the din of industry heard upon her hill
tops and in her valleys, she would soon be free
from her present commercial dependenco npon
the North. Bat snch, it seems, is not life—man
life, nor present commercial life—and yet pros
perity requires the two ends to meet—tho re
ceipts to equal, if not to exceed tho expenses.
Here, then, is one of the essential character
istic features of this scheme. It would set to
work a large part of onr population in manufac
turing tho wants of tho Sonth, and furnish a
home market for all kinds of produce. It would
stimulate and prosper every kind and branch of
industry, and with the retention of millions
of capital at home, it would enrich onr coun
try, and, aB capital increased, it wonld grad
ually seek other channels of investment, among
them those of our National and State bonds,
railroad and banking corporation bond3, navi
gation and insurance bonds, together with a va
riety of others, drawing and retaining the an
nual interest at home, instead of paying it, as at
present, to foreign capitalists, and which wonld
render safer onr public debt, cause onr expenses
to fall short of onr income, and onr income to
enlarge to its needful volume.
Shall we at oneo adopt tho means of onr re
lief ? Or shall we continue to bny everything
from the smallest nail to tho largest steamer
from the North? Every dollar sent out of onr
own country will add forty or fifty cents profit
to the receiver—and each year, tico hundred
million of dollars will be added to the aggregate
wealth of the North, to the depletion of that
amount of wealth to the Sonth.
In the area of the Sonth is tho most saln-
brions climate in the world and tho richest soil,
adapted to the various products of the earth,
and capable of sustaining an immense popula
tion. With the progress of agriculture and
manufactures will follow population; and with
manufactories in every region of the Sonth,
double lines of railroads in all directions,we may
snfely predict for the South a future of wealth
and prosperity unsurpassed in tho history of the
Western world.
Tho Sonth has no occasion for fntnre idleness
of any of its population. Every family should
be represented in the various pursuits of life,
and nothing should bo purchased abroad which
can be successfully made at home; and though
it may require several years to effect the ob
ject, we should begin now to foster and encour
age every undertaking that looks to a consum
mation of these glorious results. To bo inde
pendent is to bo self dependent, not leaning on
the support or favor of any foreign community,
State, or government, on earth.
This, all must admit, is tho trno policy of the
Sonth; and while this proposition may seem
ambitions, it contains the germs of tho only
means by which a large, useful, and successful
organization can be established—one that will,
if put into operation, accomplish tho grand ob
ject sought by tho Agricultural Committee in
the introduction of the resolution in their pro
ceedings of the 7th of October last.
Once firmly established, with a rapidly in
creasing capital, the wealth of the corporation
devoted to the objects enumerated, and tho as
sociation, as it gains strength and power, will
perform the functions of a grand credit mobilisr.
Such an association of capital, under skillful
and judicious management, wonld grow to be a
corporation of vast power and influence in the
country, rendering much needed aid to every
conceivable industrial pursuit of the South,
building up at home ship yards, controlling the
vast shipping and commercial interests of these
States—securing the speedy construction of cot
ton, calico, woolen, and other factories; the
construction of Southern railroads, engine and
car factories, rolling mills, develop the vast
mineral resources of the Southern States, and,
in a word, placing the diversified interests of
our section under the complete and profitable
control of the productive capitalists of the
South, besides protecting all, the small as well
as the large producer, black as well as white,
against the “combination of speculators and cap
italists of the North,"all securing to themselves
and their posterity, the full fruition of their
labor! C. P. Culver.
The Tribune on Georgia.
The Tribune’s special, of the 10th, on Geor
gia, reads as follows:
The Judiciary Committee of the Senate held
a session of several hours duration to-day, the
whole time of which was occupied in the con
sideration of the question of the reconstruction
of Georgia. During the last session of Congress
the Committee fully investigated the situation
of affairs in that State, hut failed to complete a
remedy. To-day the Committee agreed upon a
bill, which will be presented to the Senate on
Monday next. It embodies substantially the
view of the case set forth by the President in
his annual message. The Governor of the
State will be empowered to convene the mem
bers originally elected to the Legislature, and
have tliat body organize, compelling all the
members elect to take the oath prescribed by the
reconstruction laws, and allowing no one to take
a seat who is not elegible under the third clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment.
This will give to the colored people all the
rights belonging to them under the Civil Rights
bill, and in all fntnre elections in the State, will
compel tho ex-rebels either to elect men who
are eligible for office, or forfeit their nght to
representation. Tho course pursuedl byIho De
mocracy of Georgia and tho bad faith since
shown by the Democracy of Tennessee, have
had a profound effect on the dominant party in
Congress, and there is a determination to act
with Georgia, Virginia, Mississippi and Texas,
in such a manner that equal rights to all will be
secured beyond the slightest shadow of a doubt.
The Committee will accordingly supplement
their bill with provisions to meet snch an end.
Nothing was done in referencejto Virginia.
Fourteen Buffalo girls have signed and sent
this note to a modest young man: ‘We, Uie tu»-
dersigned, have been comparing notes, and find
that yon have been equally sweet to one and all
of us and have paid the same compliments to
each,* and made love in the same terms mevery
case. We are indignant at snch daphcity, and
demand an explanation. , ,
The “ modest young man must have naa a
good time, and if the cases admit of exphmation
he will have bis hands full during the winter.
The “incapacity” of the Suez Canal is al
ready oomplained of. It is said that it will
require a good deal of dredging yet, andmany
patching and pluggings of leaky walls and
mounds; and it wifi still continue to require its
yearly repairs like most other matters of human
construction. 8hallowness, however, can be
easily remedied in that Pelusian mud.
A new illustrated weekly, after the manner of
Hamer’s Weekly, but to be conducted mldie in
terest of the Democratic party, and to be called
the State, is expeoted to appear before long in
New York.
TVecIily Besome of Foreign A flairs.
PREPARED FOB THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER.
Great Britain.—Tho situation, of Ireland
claims tho whole attention of the English Gov
ernment The Fenian organizations are untir
ing in their efforts of initiating a merciless war
of destruction against tho Sister Isle. Tho
Cabinet has received very alarming reports,
which will occasion speedily extraordinary
measures to uphold the dignity of the British
Crown in Ireland. Even a suspension of the
habeas corpus act was discussed in the last sit
ting of the Cabinet, but finally defeated. Two
years ago, three Fenians, Allen, Larkin and
O'Brien, who had killed a policeman while
forcibly rescuing two of their leaders, Kelly and
Deasev, from the hands of the law, were exe
cuted in Manchester. Tho Fenian Patriots in
Dublin kept alive the second anniversary of
that martyrdom by assembling in the Church
yard of Glasnevin, where a monument is erected
to the memory of the three “Saints.” The
crowd numbered about 10,000 people. The
“national” papers do not indulge anymore in
bombastio tirades, but argue the Irish question
in passionless explanations, endeavoring to
show the necessity of n revolution. “Unfurl
the banner of independence, deliver onr still
imprisoned brethren and conquer the liberty of
onr people 1” they exclaim. They love to dwell
on the great epoch of the French revolution,
and, mocking the effeminate souls which pity
the fate of Marie Antoinette, repeat the sum
mons to the people to be ready for the great
day. Now, this quiet way of reasoning the
necessity of a secession from England may
prove more dangerous than all high-sounding
empty declamations a la Victor Hugo.
Arthur Barclay, the chief of the greatest
brewary firm in England, is dead.
France.—Reports from Paris, announcing
the formation of a liberal ministry, are not yet
confirmed. The debates continue very excitiDg.
Henry Rochefort made a reqnest that the pal-
nco of the corps Legislatif bo guarded by the
national gnaTds to protect the Deputies from
any act of violence. The opposition supported
his reqnest, but the majority opposing it, the
bill failed. The most violent scene occurred
when the opposition brought forward an act of
impeachment against the Minister of the Inte
rior. The Emperor is enjoying very good
health. Engenie had arrived in Paris from her
tour to the Orient. The agitations of the pro
tectionists against the commercial treaty with
England which will expire in 1870, seem, hap
pily for France, to bo of no importance. Dn-
panloup, Bishop of Orleans, has published a
very violent letter, addressed to Louis Veuillot,
editor of the nltramor-tane organ, “L Univers.”
Ho blames Veuillot bitterly for interfering with
the Roman Council and wishing to dictate to
the Bishops bow to vote on it. Many Bishops,
not only in France, apprehend dissensions in
tho Roman Church, should the party of the
Jesuits carry the dogma of the infallibility of
the Pope.
The “Revue Gontemporaine,” reviewing Vis-
chow’s motion in favor of disarmament in the
Prussian Landtag, thinks that tho North Ger
man army, which, in its present organization,
has a purely defensive character, cannot be re
duced without leaving the State unprepared for
any foreign invasion.
North German Confederation.—Bismarkis
still residing on his estate in Varzin, tho state
of his health not permitting him to take any
part in tho debates of the Prussian Landtag.
Two important bills were laid before the Low
er Honse by the Minister of Finances. The first
referred to the conversion of various kinds of
4 and 4$ per cent Prussian Government securi
ties into 4$ per cent, consols. A premium of
one per cent, is offered to holders as an induce
ment to accept the conversion, which, of course,
is a voluntary ono. The second bill concerned
the abolition of the flonr and meat tax in twen
ty-eight different towns. The Government,
though unwilling to abolish the tax, is ready to
replace it by a direct impost in places where lo
cal circumstances make the latter form of taxa
tion more desirable.
The first Conference of the Society for pro
moting and aiding female industry, was held in
Beilin. About one hundred and fifty delegates,
chiefly ladies, were present, six of whom were
from America. The best means of establish
ing special industrial schools for females, and
of supplying them with remunerative employ
ment, were the principal objects discussed. At
a supper the .health of tho Crown Princess,
Princess Alice of Hesse, and the Grand Duchess
of Baden was proposed, as a jnst tribute to the
efforts made by these ladies to advance the ob
jects of tho association. The health of the
Queen of England was then proposed by Miss
Dogget, of Chicago, and received with enthu
siasm.
Austria.—Tho Vienna papera criticise the
policy of the Government in respect to Dalma
tia with great severity. A short quotation from
the “Wanderer,” odo of the ablest Vienna jour
nals, will best serve as an illustration:
“In the Austria of former times, where every
ono who spoke in favor of a constitutional sys
tem ran the risk of being hanged, the Govern
ment, in a time of war or rebellion, simply
delegated its powers to the General in com
mand. What he did was right, and the policy
he pursued was wise. Has this system re
mained unchanged in spite of all onr talk about
the ‘Now Era ?’ Have the responsible minis
ters no right to interfere, we will not say with
tho conduct of tho war, but with the treatment
of thoso who have submitted or are taken pris
oners? Onr military courts have often been
mistaken. The sentences they have passed have
been revised and annulled, tho reputations of
the dead, who were sacrificed by them are un
tainted, bat tho ideas for which they died are
not bnried in their graves. Onr Government
should, therefore, not allow the court martials
entire freedom of action in Dalmatia. Unless
some precautions be taken, Austria is in danger
of elevating every common robber of the Boche
info a hero, crowned with all the glory of mar
tyrdom, while her own brave soldiers will appear
little better than the servants and jackals of tho
executioner.”
The General in command seems, indeed, to
have pursued a policy of extinction. Gallows,
rained homes, burned villages, and districts
laid waste, mark, as always, the tread of the
Austrian forces.
Spain.—The prospects of the Duke of Genoa
to be elected a3 King of Spain are diminishing,
and King Ferdinand, of Portugal, is again
spoken of R3 a candidate for the royal diadem.
Meanwhile, the Duke of Montpensier is using
all his influence to be elected as ruler of Spain;
and, to be nearer the centre of the government,
he is about to change his residence from Sevilla,
in the province of Andalusia, to Madrid. _ _
There are rumors again of Carlistic risings
and conspiracies. The authorities have taken
extraordinary measures to prevent new out
breaks. Many arrests were made. _
The constitutional guarantees which were
suspended . on account of the late Republican
insurrections, have been restored to the country.
General Prim, who shows a leaning towards
the Republican party, declared in the Cortes
that ten inen-of-war, among them two iron-clad
frigates, with forty thousand men, had leO/or
Havana since the outbreak of the Cuban rising.
Cuba.—No further skirmishes have taken
place between the belligerents.
A Spanish man-of-war, with a battalhon of
volunteers and the family of De Rodas, Captain
General of the Island, had arrived from Cadiz.
The Spanish bank was authorized to issue
six millions of paper money as a loan to the
government.
Italy.—The ministerial crisis is still pending.
Victor Emanuel has charged General Cialdini
to form a new Cabinet. ..
The Roman Council was opened by Fio Nono,
with a splendor never witnessed in Rome m the
present century. The dogma of the infallibility
of the Pope will not be carried without great
opposition. Most bishop? of the Latin race axe
favoring it; but the German and part of the
French Episcopate are expected to oiler &
strenuous resistance. _ . . _. .
A book entitled “DWoghie fea?‘en Fisico-
A C avaHere AgatftO Lorgo,
Roma, 1S69,” has lately been issued lorn the
press of the “Civilte. Caitolica,” the organ of
the Papal government. The following passages
may show the spirit of the work: “Gjjly Cath
olicism conld produce a Dante, a Tassd a Gal
ileo, a Columbus. The anti-catholic sects can
do nothing bnt state paradoxes and Jow ignor
ance. What has natural philosophyheen from
the times of Newton till onr own ?4A myth.
What is Newton’s theory of attraclup ? The
height of extravagance. When will (in ortho
dox and sensible philosophy again nrijj ? When
the theories of gravitation and affinity, the cen
tral fire and Humboldt’s Cosmos arehanished to
the region of chimeras. A singe man rises
superior to all others, of wbatevvr clas3 and
whatever station they may be. He is Fius IX,
Rome’s great priest. His word has mthority,
and before him the mighty men ofoarth and
the wise men of this world shall bow their
heads.
Turkey.—The Turco-Egyptinn ©.-'yogi;? is
atill in statu quo. The clouds are fib?- gather
ing over the head of Ismail Pa:,ha. ’ loe Khe
dive, in a respectful but peremptory letter to
his suzerain, has declined tho Turkish demand
not to contract any loans without the consent of
the Turkish Government. Ismail Pasha is of
opinion that the Snltan wonld make the most
of the dependent position of Egypt in favor ol
the exhausted Turkish treasury. In fact, both
the Suzerain and the vassal, are extravagant
spendthrifts who ought to have guardians. The
Khedive sent his reply by an Egyptian man-of-
war, which, contrary to all customs, did not pass
the Dardanelles, bnt, contenting herself to dis
embark the pilot and the Egyptian Ambassador,
set sail again for Egypt. This Egyptian inno
vation has caused a great indignation at the
Court of Stambonl, and the Snltan is said tohaie
spoken of the “unpardonable distrust of He
Khedive,” who probably feared his vessel might
be retained by the Turkish Government. Abdil
Aziz has now instructed Aali Pasha, his Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, to break off all corres
pondence with the Viceroy. An Imperial Oon-
missioner, known for his energy, will shortly pro
ceed to Cairo to present the Saltan’s ultimatnn
to Ismail Pasha, who is to be deposed in caie
of its non-acceptance. Jabno.
Where Shall the Next State Fair Be?
Editors Telegraph and Messenger :
Whether we can keep np a State Fair at all is
very problematical, for various reasons. It is
conceded that there is no city in Georgia large
enough to afford hotel accommodation for such
a crowd as that which assembled in Macon in
November. Tine, there is room enough in
Macon and outside of it, within a circuit of ten
miles to furnish standing and sleeping space for
even the huge convocation that we so lately
witnessed; bnt unless the Fair be over with by
the 10th of October, so that we can live daring
its continuance in tents, no snch conoonrse will
ever again voluntarily gather together in this
State, till they oan bo assured of a larger hotel
capacity than any Georgia town can now boast
of. This difficulty about accommodation oan
be got rid of, if the managers will not remain so
perverse ax to persist in holding the Fair in
cold weather.
Another obstacle in the way of holding tho
next Exposition is to be found in the rivalry
that always exists between cities when a good
thing is to be disposed of. Very often too, these
towns are utterly indifferent concerning a proj
ect till it has been put in successful operation,
and then they scramble for it like a crowd of
lazaroni, among whom has been scattered a
handful of coin. This grasping disposition was
strikingly illustrated last year in the matter of
the Eatonton Fair. The people of Pntnam tried
hard to enlist tho citizens of the surrounding
counties in their plans, at first calling their as
sociation the Middle Georgia Agricultural Socie
ty, or something of that sort, and proposing to
get np a District Fair, to comprehend as many
of the neighboring counties as felt disposed to
go into it with them. A good many residents of
other counties, some from Baldwin among them,
did enroll their names, and they manifested a
good deal of interest in the matter. A week or
two after the Fair had been held in Eatonton,
one of the Milledgeville papers, with an impu
dence that was snblime, or a stolidity that was
profound and hopeless, jnst as one chooses to
consider it, proposed that a District Fair should
be gotten np to comprise the counties adjoining
Baldwin, including Putnam, and that said Fair
shonld be located at the ex-capital.
So now with a Savannah paper. The sea
board city, as is well known, rather holds her
self aloof from the rest of Georgia, and it is only
because she wants onr cotton that she is induced
to communicate with ns at all, thus displaying
the genuine yankee instinct which perhaps is to
be expected, from the number of her Yankee in
habitants. She feels comparatively little inter
est in the State at large, and that little is gene
rated by avarice and covetousness, while Geor
gia generally feels as little interest in her,
and hence the universal satisfaction with which
the prospect of railroad connection with
other seaports is hailed. There are many
jioble exceptions to all this selfishness, in Sa
vannah, especially among the old established
families. These are mostly well-behaved and
polite, to say the least of it, and very often they
are enterprising and Catholio in spirit It is
the new comers, the parvenus, that so often put
on the airs of the crow decorated with peacock
plumes, or an ape tricked ont in a dandy’s fine
ry. Well, one of the Savannah papers, seeing
the success attending the Macon exposition,
coolly proposes to locate the State Fair in the
Forest City, because, forsooth, only there can
sufficient honse room be fotrnd, and because, in
that favored clime, “administrative minds" ex
ist in such lavish profusion. I shall not give
the idea of holding a Georgia Fair in Savannah
a serious consideration, since nearly every man,
who L 7es a hundred miles from the sea-board,
will pronounce it ridicnlons and absurd.
Augusta is more like a Georgia town. She
seems identified, not only in interest, bnt in feel
ing, with tho whole of our good old State, but
Georgia News.
Macon & Brunswick Railroad.—The Con
stitution says as soon as a proposed connexion with
the Western & Atlantic road can be effected, a
regular passenger train will be put on, by whitli
passengers can be placed in Savannah eight
hours, and in Jacksonville, Fla., twelve hours
earlier than by the Central railroad. Trains
will run through in about fifteen hours. Through
tickets to all points in Florida will sooon be for
sale, at prices 25 per cent, less than ever offered
before.
It is thought that the passenger train will
commence running in about ten days. A grand
excursion train, from Louisville, Ky., through
to Savannah and Jacksonville, will then take
place. Success to the movement, and may the
coffers of the companies grow fuller every day,
Fine Passenger Coaches.—Two fine pas
senger coaches for the Macon & Brunswick
railroad passed through here on Sunday. One
was named “The City of Macon,” the other
“The City of Brunswick.”
Emigrants.—Between forty and Shy em
igrants reached here yesterday from Forsyth
and Cherokee counties, Ga., bound for Jeffer
son, Texas. They represent the emigration
from the two counties as quite heavy. \
Melancholy Accident in Sanders yule.—
Tho Central Georgian, of the 15th, reports the
following:
On Tuesday afternoon of last week, Mr. Isaac
Hermann, having purchased a horse from a
drover then in town, a colored man, Charles
Jones, went to the stable for the purpose of
watering the horse. Bringing him out, be per
mitted another boy, Ben Scattergood, to mount
the horse, without bridle, using oily a halter, IUK) L1IU W11 u 10 ui uui Hi uuu
with the intention of riding to afveU on tho ! gh 0 is too far on one side to be convenient to
public square. Finding himself _ Igain in the j 0 n c f our people, though a fair at that point
street and doubtless eager to bo wit the drove, ' -wonld probably attract more visitors from Sonth
the horse started at a rapid pace, wlich soon in- j Carolina than one held in any other place in
creased to a dangerous speed for a fider without j Georgia; bnt if we have no town large enough
bridle. The crowd on the street,seeing the i to accommodate the crowdfrom one State, what
boy and horse, and supposing all was right, j could we do with the assemblage from two ?
raised a shout, which tended still furher to ex- j Atlanta, however, claims the next State Fair,
cite tho now fleeing animal. Dashing tcross the ; and with considerable show of reason andjns-
sqnare, around the Court-house, he mtflo a dash j ti cej because the State Society resolved some
for the hotel stable. Up to this timf the boy j time ago, that said fair shonld alternate between
bad held his seat well; but just as to passed i the Gate City and Macon.. Now, very few men
Dr. Parson's store tho horse shied from the j attach more importance to tho obligation of a
crowd, hurling him to tho ground, kcking_ at! promise than I do. There are some uncondi-
him, the cork of the shoe—as supposed—hitting ' tional pledges that must be redeemed at any
his heart Tho blood gushed from tie wound ; CO st or sacrifice. But then there are such things
in a terrible stream. Recovering from[the stun, j ag compacts, and it will not do for States’ Rights
and his head being bound up, Ben waived homo, ! men to contend that parties to a compact may
falling as lie reached the door. Amended by . BO t withdraw from or abrogate them. Legisla-
one of onr best physicians, he lived uijtilThurs- tiye bodies of any kind may repeal the laws
dity night, when death ended his to Springs, j that they enact. No one, I think, will assert
Ben was a bright, intelligent boy, aid we sym- . that the State Agricultural Society is powerless
pathize with his parents in their sad\bereave- to repeal its own legislation. It committed a
ment. V \ great blunder when it decided that the State
Installation of the Presbyterian Minister. ’ Fair shonld be migratory. Let it correot the
Tho Columbus Sun says: Rev. J. H. Nall, who mistake just as soon as possible,
has for over a year, been filling the pulpit of ! If we are to keep up a State Fair we must
the Presbyterian Church, will be inrtalled as ' give it a fixed “local habitation.” Where, then,
pastor next Sunday morning. Rev.' Messrs, shall it reside, in Atlanta? No. Because she,
Cosby, of Cuthbert, Gaill ard, missionary of this like Augusta, is rather too far removed from
Presbytery, McFay, of Albany, and J1 R. Me- . the centre of the State. But where is the plao6?
Intosh, of Columbus, have been appointed a Macon, because she possesses all the advantages
committee to conduct the exercises. Xev. Mr. ' claimed by any one of the other contestants;
Cosby will preach tho sermon in the morning, she has as much hotel capacity as any town in
after which the installation will take place. : Georgia; she has as much room around out-
Death of Col. Flowers.—The LaGiange Re- , side for camping as any one can desire; she
porter announces tho death of CoL James M. , has about as many railroads as any other place;
Flowers, ono of the oldest citizens bf Troup : and then she can claim over all her rivals that
county, which occurred at his residence four she is nearer the centre of the State than any
miles from LaGrange, on Saturday last. of them, and that there is a splendid building
The Greensboro Herald reports tie recent near by of just the character needed,
deaths of Messrs. Benjamin Allfriend; Jno. W. • Here, however, is the conclusion of the whole
Wright and Ephriam Brace, all respteted citl- matter. The first one of onr larger towns that
zens of Greene county. ' ' shall organize a joint stock company with snffl-
Mr. F. W. Hardwick, a prominent citizen of cient capital, and go to work, (aU other things
Cherokee county, and for many years a Rcpre- ; being equal) is the town that will have the
sentative in the Legislature from that county, largest and best exposition, whether it be called
died at his residence a jew days since. a State, district or county Fair. Even Savan-
President Yancey hasjcalled a meeting of the nahean draw a crowd in this way. People
Vice-Presidents of the State Agricultural Socie- %ould not visit it as a Georgia fair, but they
ty at AHnntu 0 n the 17th instant, to consider the would go to it as they would to an exhibition in
reorganization of tho Society, and other matters ' Washington, New York or Paris. (Does this
of interest to the same. comparison satisfy the ambitions and “adminis-
Thb Intelligencer.—We notice that the trative minds” of our seaport ?) Let the rales
name of Judge Jared Irwin Whitaker has been that govern all monied associations prevail in
taken down from tho mast bead of the Intelli- the concern and it will be well managed. There
gencer, where it has stood for so many years. will be no doubt as to where the legal right of
[Atlanta Era. control rests; and that itself is a great point
The Athens Banner of Friday, says the resi- gained. If Macon wants a fair next fall, let
dance of John F. Fhinizy, Esq.', in Cobbham, her bestir herself immediately without waiting
took fire Thursday night, about 12 o’clock, and for the State Society, form an association, elect
was entirely consumed. directors and ell officers close around home, so
—that they will always be in place when needed.
Georgians Relieved. She can again have just as large a crowd as she
and Macon can hold a 8 ” Georgia Fair ” in the
Georgians
NoahL. Cloud,.of Decatur county; ,Wm. F. , , - . - * .
Wright, of Coweta county; Foster Blodgett and early autumn as I have reason to believe she
W. C. Dillon, of Richmond county; H. H. Pet- »s now preparing to do. Foyntz.
tis and John L. Harris, of Fulton county; Geo.
H. Lester, of Oglethorpe county; W. W. Paine,
of Chatham county; William H. Edwards and
Amos T. Akerman, of Elbert county; E. B.
Hagen!, of Jones county; T. W. Thurmond, of
Spalding county; T. W. King, of Monroe coun
ty; E. O. Granniss, of Bibb county; John C.
Hendrix, of Atlanta; James M. Bishop, JeBse
The State Road Money.
The'Constitation publishes the following from
Superintendent Htdbert :
Dear Sib : In the editorial columns of the
Constitution of the 9th inet. appears the follow
ing
‘It is broadly rnmored that Gov. Bullock
Hendricks, and William Kelly, of Dawson took with him a large sum of money to use in
county; Robert D. Harvey, of Floyd county; influencing the action of Congress.”
William D Bentley, of Forsyth county; Enoch It is further said that the money came from
Humphreys, of Gordon county; G. M. T. Ware, the State Hoad Treasury.
of Pierce county; G. T. Davis, of Brooks “The gross receipts of the road for October,”
county E S. Griffin and James Hammock, of it is stated, “were $250,000, and for November
Twiggs’ county; John R. Hill, E. Biohardson, $29G,000. Not a dollar has been paid into the
and J M. Cooper, of Dougherty county; Benj. State crib for either of those months.”
Conley of Richmond county: B. B. deGraffen- Neither Gov. BnlloCk nor Mr. Blodgett have
reid. of Baldwin county; James W. Green, of taken any money from the State Road Treasury.
UDaon county; Nathan Gunnels, of Banks The gross receipts of the road for October
cotmtv Thomas J. Speer, of Pike county; were $116,792 37, and for November f180,805-
Henry C Wayne, of city of Brunswick; Ch&s. 50, making a total of $237,507 87, being $208,-
D. Davis, of Walton county; J. W. B. Somers, 402 13 less than the amount stated in year ar-
of Newton county; Joel F. Thornton, of Greene tide.
county William R. Davis, George M. Hood, The reasons for the non-payment of the usual
and Charles P. McCalls, of Richmond oounty; amount into the 8tate Treasury for the months
William M. Moore, of Warren oounty; Dicker- of Ootober and November were fully stated by
son H. Walker, of Walton oounty; Dr. Thomas me in a communication to Gov. Bullock, under
F. Green, of MiUedgevflle; Joseph McWhorter, date of November 25th, and published in the
of Oglethorpe ebtmty. columns of the Constitution of the 8th.
Notes on the Railway Situation in
Georgia.—No. 1.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : It is my
desire to send yon an occasional note or com
munication on the Railway Situation in Georgia.
Next to onr landed estate, there is no single
interest in the State of greater magnitude and
importance than onr railroads, which have
cost their builders and owners, first and last,
nearly, if not quite, fifty millions of dollars 1
This rough estimate incudes not only the orig
inal cost, bnt the repairs which have since been
made, as well as the depot buildings, outfit, etc.
There seems to be some danger, however, not
withstanding the magnitude of onr railway in
terest, that public opinion is about to take, if,
indeed, it has not already taken, a fatal depart
ure from the track blazed ont by onr fathers;
and hence, it has occurred to me that it wonld
be no disservice to point ont the danger with
which they xu-e_throatanAd, to tbo end that they
may retrace their steps before it is too late.
One or two observations just here:
1. I shall offer these articles to the Tele
graph and Messenger for publication because
of its central location, its large daily and weekly
circulation, and the conspicuous liberality and
ability with which it is conducted.
2. I do not own or control stock in any rail
road in or out of the State of Georgia, nor do I
own property on or near any railroad in or out
of the State. I am a quiet man, hold no oifice
or trust of any kind, and have no other interest
in any of onr railways than any other citizen
has.
3. What I may write will be written in good
temper, and with no desire to provoke contro
versy, or to attack any corporation or city, or
interest of any kind. It may he necessary to
state certain facts for the vindication of the
troth of history, and to set forth the part which
certain communities have played in the course
of that history; with no view, however, to find
fault, but rather—having indicated their error
—to aid them in correcting it.
4. Such being the object of these articles, and
the magnitude of the subject discussed, and such
the temper with which they shall be written, it
is hoped the newspaper press of the State will
republish such of them, as they may have room
for—and to that end they shall be as brief as
possible, this article being the longest, probably,
of the whole series.
The public mind in Georgia was much occu
pied with railroad topics from 1833 to 1840.
The first charter granted by the Legislature was
for a railroad or turnpike from Angusta to Eaton
ton, and thence westward to the Cattahoochee
River; bnt nothing was ever done with it. This
was in 1831. The second charter was granted to
the Central Railroad and Canal Company—now
the Central Railroad and Banking Company—De
cember 20, 1833. The third charter was grant
ed to the Georgia Railroad Company, Decem
ber 21, 1833, the object being “to construct a
rail or turnpike road from the city of Augusta,-
with branches extending to the towns cf Eaton
ton, Madison and Athens,” etc. The fourth
charter was granted to the Monroe (now Macon
and Western) Railroad Company, December 23,
1833. The object of this company was to build
a railway from Macon to Forsyth, which was
subsequently extended to Griffin, and thence to
Atlanta. An act was signed, December 21,
1835, to incorporate the Chattahoochee Rail
road Company, with authority to bnild a road
from Macon to Columbus, and thence to WeBt
Point; and December 22, 1835, an act was ap
proved by the Governor to incorporate the
Brunswick and Florida. Railroad Company,
which was subsequently amended so as to au
thorize a branch road to be bnilt to the Chatta
hoochee River. Charters for other railroads,
canals and turnpikes in various parts of the
State followed in rapid succession, amorig them
a charter for the Southwestern Railroad and its
branches. There seemed to be at this time bnt
little system or method in the efforts of the
people to provide themselves with the means of
internal transportation, and many of their en
terprises wore in direct conflict with each other.
So manifest was this lack of any general rail
way plan or system, and so great was the injury
likely to result from a clashing of rival under
takings, that onr foremost men—including
statesmen, judges, lawyers, editors, merchants,
and planters—undertook even at that early day
to devise a system of internal improvements,
that wonld meet all the existing wants of onr
people; and which, properly developed and ex
tended as occasion requires, might be made to
answer all their fntnre wants. The great desire
seemed to be to devise a system of railways that
wonld open np speedy communication, first, be
tween the States on the South Atlantic and the
Northwestern States, and second, between the
South Atlantio and the Gnlf of Mexico. The
South Carolina Railroad, the initial movement
in both directions, was begun and finished be
fore any other railroad of any magnitude in the
United States, and when completed it was the
longest single railway in the world. The suc
cess of that enterprise led to others, and char
ters were readily obtained from the Legisla
tures of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North
Carolina and South Carolina, to connect Char
leston and Cincinnati, by a continuous line of
iron roads. These charters are not now within
my reach, bnt my recollection is that the Char
leston and Cincinnati Ra-lroad was to pass, not
across, but around the State of Georgia ; or, if
it should pass through her territory at all, it
would be by the Rabun Gap.
The subject of railway communication at
length assumed such importance that a grand
Railroad Convention was called to assemble in
Knoxville, Tennessee, July 4th, 1836. Nine
States, to-wit, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Vir
ginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Sonth Caro
lina, Georgia and Alabama, were represented in
the Convention by 330 delegates, including
many of their ablest and most enterprising citi
zens. General Robert Y. Hayne, of Sonth
Carolina, was President of the Convention,
which remained in session several days. Among
the delegates appointed from Georgia were A.
H. Chappell, Washington Poe, H. G. Lamar,
J. R. Batts, Augustus 8. Clayton, Richard W.
Habersham, Mathew Hall McAllister, William
Dearing, W. W. Holt, and other prominent citi
zens, including, I believe, Chas. J. Jenkins and
John P. King. The Convention attracted much
attention at the time in all parts of tho Union,
and especially in the States named above, its
prime object being to oonnect the great States
of the teeming Northwest with those washed
by the South Atlantic.
The charters which bad already been granted
by Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
and South Carolina, contemplated a location of
the Charleston and Cincinnati Railroad entirely
outside of Georgia, and were a serious obstacle
in the way of the delegates from this State. It
was the earnest desire of the great body of our
people to have the Road to pass through Geor
gia, and, if possible, to reach the sea at Savan
nah. The people of South Carolina were equal
ly desirous that it should pass across their State
and empty its rich and varied freights into
Charleston. The delegates from Georgia, led
by Chappell, Poe, McAllister and Habersham,
finally succeeded, bnt not without a hard strug
gle, in prevailing npon the Convention to recom
mend to the States named above to bo amend
the charters granted by them as to allow a branch
road to be constructed from the main trunk at
or near Knoxville, to some paint on oar northern
boundary, there to unite with the roads then
building and to be bnilt in Georgia.
This was a vital point gained by the Georgia
delegatee, and led in the end to the abandon
ment of the idea of oonneoting Charleston and
Cincinnati. The advantage thus obtained was
subsequently pressed by onr people and legiflla-.
tore, and the remit is now realized in the mag-
vannah and Anuoaia to Atlanta, and on through
Chattanooga ana Nashville to the Ohio and Mint
issippi. The delegates to the Convention travw
elled thither on horseback and in gigs and sulk,
ies, and were as many days on the road aa it
wonld now require hours to perform the jour
ney. Bnt they have their reward, and the fad
here cited is proof, not only of their energy and
enterprise, but also of the vast and beneficial
changes wrought out by the foresight and capi
tal of those earnest men who have preceded na.
Having accomplished their object in having
Georgia admitted to share the benefits of tbs
contemplated road from Cincinnati to tbs sea,
onr delegates to the Knoxville Convention in-
sued a call for a State Railroad Convention to
assemble in Macon the first Monday in Novem
ber following, and recommended that even
oounty shonldeend delegates to the same, equal,
at least, to the number of its representatives in
the Legislature. The object of this latter Con
vention, as dearly indicated in the call, was to
consult “npon the expediency and practicability
of building a railroad from some point «n the
Tennessee River, below the suck, (near Chatta
nooga) through Georgia, to some point ian tho
Atlantio.” Tho Cosaoontinn met ia Macon on
the day designated, and was one of the ablest bod
ies that has ever assembled in Georgia. ’Among
the delegates present were snch men as Ber
rien, Wayne and Parkman, of Chatham : Chap
pell, Foe, Seymour, Kiabet, Holt and the La
mars, of Bibb; Glascock, King, Holt and St.
John, of Richmond; Clayton, Hull and John
A. Cobb, of Clark; Cnthbert, Rutherford and
M. A. Kenan, of Baldwin; T. Butler King, of
Glynn;' Campbell and Everett, of Houston;
Redding and Speer, of Monroe; Spaulding, of
McIntosh; B. Hill and Sneed, of Talbot; Fleyd
and Williamson, of Newton; and Oliver H.
Prince, who represented the Georgia Railroad,
Griffin, Ezzard, Stell, Habersham, Cone, Boa
ter, Chipley and others, that are well known
throughout the State.
Upon motion of Judge Clayton, a committee
of forty was appointed, by whom an able and
exhaustive report was subsequently made
through Mr. Chappell, upon the* practicability
and desirability of opening up communications
by rail with the Tennessee river and the North
west. The report was adopted with bnt two dis
senting voices, and the subject promptly laid
before the Legislatnre, then in session. The
Convention recommended that the Legislatnre
shonld commence a system of railroad improve
ments “by constructing a railroad from a point
on the Tennessee river, at or near Roseville, to
some suitable point, at or near the Chattahoo
chee river, running through the Cherokee coun
ties, on the most practicabio route between aaid
points, hereafter to be ascertained by Legis
lative provision." This is the foundation and
beginning of onr State Road. The Convention
also recommended that private companies be au
thorized to build branch roads from said trank
road to Madison, Macon, Columbus, and such
other points as the Legislature might designate,”
the State investing one fourth of the capital
necessary for each branch.”
The Legislature proceeded immediately to
act npon the suggestions of the Convention, and
an act was passed, and assented to December
21st, 1836, “to authorize the construction of a
railroad communication from the Tennessee
line, near the Tennessee River, to the point on
the Southeastern bank of the Chattahoochee
River, most eligible for the running of branch
roads, thence to Athens, Madison, Milledgeville,
Forsyth and Columbus, and to appropriate mon
ies therefor.” The State Road, or the Western
and Atlantio Road as it is designated in the act,
was accordingly built at the expense of tho State,
and extends from Chattanooga on the Tennessee
River, to Atlanta, on the Southeastern side of
the Chattahoochee Rivet, where it connects with
the lines from Augusta, Macon and Savannah.
The people and Legislature, under the lead of
onr delegates to Knoxville, gradually abandoned
the Charleston and Cincinnati project, and
struck out boldly for a more direct connection
with tho Tennessee, tho Ohio and Mississippi;
and this abandonment, and the difficulty of
crossing the Alleghany Mountains, at length
led to the defeat of that magnificent underta
king. The grand highway from the Sonth At
lantic to the Northwest now passes diagonally
across the State of Georgia throughout its en
tire length and breadth. So much for the plnck
and enterprise and sagacity of the men wno
projected onr great State railway and the sym
tem of railroads as it existed np to 1865.
This article is already longer than I intended
it shonld he. In my next, I shall proceed, by
your leave, Messrs. Editors, with the history of
railroads in Georgia, and shall show what the
railway system finally settled npon was, both
for reaching tho Northwest and the Gulf cf
Mexico. Hietorious.
North Georgia Conference.
From the Atlanta Constitution.]
Rome, Ga,, December 13, 1869.
(Conference met pursuant to adjournment
Was opened with religious services by Dr.
Wiley.
Minutes of Saturday’s session was read and
approved.
Rev. L. Mitchell and Dr. Key, Ministers of
the Protestant Methodist Church, were intro
duced to the Conference.
Rev. W. J. Scott presented the following:
Whereas, The Baptist Church of Rome did,
through one of its deacons, Thomas J. Perry,
Esq., tender the proceeds of their monthly col
lection taken up yesterday, to this Conference
for domestic missions.
Resolved, Therefore, that this expression of
Christian courtesy and sympathy from a sister
denomination is highly appreciated by us, and
will ever be cherished in lively remembranoe;
and that the Secretary furnish a copy of this
to the Pastor of said Church, and one to the
city papers for publication. Carried by a rising
vote.
A. Wright introduced a resolution to the ef
fect that twenty per cent, be added to the as
sessment for domestic missions, in order to raise
a fund to'be kept on hand to meet the drafltB of
the missionaries quarterly. Laid on the table.
Rev. W. J. Parks moved that to-morrow at
10 o’clock be set aside to hear the report of the
Committee on Orphans Home. Carried.
Prof. Stark, editor of the Home Monthly, ad- ‘
dressed the Conference in behalf of hfa mag
azine. : ,
Rev. J. W. Burke, also in behalf of the
Southern Christian Advocate.
Bishop then called the 1st Qr. Who are ad
mitted on trial ?
Ana. Felix P. Brown, Bingham E. Ledbet
ter, Thomas II. Timmons, Wesley G. Hanston,
Wm. M. Winn.
George N. Lester introduced a resolution r^
questing Rev. R. A. Holland to deliver before
the Conference S. S. Society his address on
Journalism. Carried by a unanimous rising
vote.
Dr. Munsey, Secretary of the Foreign Mis
sionary Society, asked for a committee of three
to devise means to raise money to pay the Mis
sionary debt. Carried.
A resolution was introduced, asking Dr. Mou
sey to address the Conference at some tinta be
fore its close- Carried.
The time set aside having arrived, the Con
ference went into the election of the delegates
to the General Conference, clerical and lay vot
ing separately. The following was tile result:
Clergy—Jesse Boring, W. IL Potter, W. J.
Parks, W. P. Harrison, A. G. Haygood and A.
T. Mann
Lay—Geo. N. Lester, H. & Harris, Tho&uw
M. Merriwetber, Rev. J. E, Godfrey, L. D. Pal
mer and J. P. Garven. . , t
H. H. Perks introduced the following, which
was carried: * -i’ 1
Resolved, That a collection bo taken np ia
each congregation in the month of Fekr*toy,
to defray the expenses of delegatee, both cleri
cal and lay, to the General
back. Notices were given, i “ “
adjourned with boaodWtioa. '-.mW, A-1
•• 1 "■'I*!* 1 1 •
“So yon are going to keepSHKharit t" said a
young lady to W qjoy
part, sooner than 4o feaVt wrinH<ttitwtj a
widower with ntoe children.” “X aJuHttil^Keier
_ _ that mjealf ” m tlifi qnfot rtjplpj.
cifloent railways which, to-day, stretch XromSa- ’ the iriawHBff-u'. •
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