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Friday” de< member 25,1868. j
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We say merry, because it is tlie fasliiou,
and to make it so is the endeavor of a wise
philosophy, not hecay.se there clusters
around its coming this time, all those con
stituents of pea.ee, and good will, and uni
versal brotherhood that it so beautifully
We are still iu -he bonds of
our enemies’ irate and evil intent. M r e
are still pictured as pariahs, and outcasts,
our seat around the National hearth-stone
contested a dour rig tto a home welcome
derided. We, as a people, are not recog
nized ex.-ept as prodigals to whom a crust
is a boon, and whose sins and enormities
archest illustrated and punished at such
a season of-cheer. For us, there hangs no
stoeking ciammed with mementoes of
“Uncle f unV love and bounty. For us
there blooms no Christmas tree, rich with
trioule-t of fatherly joy and pride. We are
emphatically “out iu the cold.”
Shall this thought, though, make long
faces and heavy hearts? Shall we sit iu
sack cloth and ashes, whilst all the world,
tricked out iu its best, makes merry? Not
so. Let our enemies go hang. We will
lie gay. Have we not right and cause?
Have we not our own beautiful South
still to love, and serve, still to wait, and
watch, and pray for? id aye we not our
men and women, types of ad that is grand
sod noble..', ltd trie .tV,. above those of any
other r.'i'-e upon this continent? Have
we uot. our storehouse of golden mem
ories. its door guarded by the genii
of heroic deeds and sacrifices, and
garland and with Hie flowers that spring
from the graves of departed valor?
Have we not a present, bright and bright
ening with the developeinent of qualities
that make men demi gods, and their coun
try classic ground ? Have we not a future
that is glorious with the rays of the fust
rising sun of material progress and pros
perity? Are not our people still true to
themselves, to each other, and the ideas
tl -,t have made them what they are? Is
not honor still dearer than shame, and
principle higher and nobler than expedi
diency ?
Yes, and thank God for it, all these
things are true, and we have a right
to rejoice —we have abundant rea
son to make it a “ Merry Christ
mas.” Let hearts then lie tilled with
gladness, and eyes lighted up with
all Hie glow that comes from home plea
sures. home ties, and home memories.
Let the Christmas of ISOS stand out, here
after, when we look back over the years
that are gone, like a star whose light lilted
the soul, lending even to the darkest spot
some of its own blessed radiance. With
these words, we beg to tender our readers,
from Hie bottom of our hearts, and with
a keen sense of their own kindness to our
self, personally, and this time-honored
journal, a “ Merry Christmas, and a Hap
py New Year.”
M WII.V TO THE It KM IE,
We conjure the City Council at their
next regular meeting, on Tuesday next,
to renew the city’s subscription of that
additional fifty thousand dollars to the
Macon and Augusta Railroad. We have
authority for stating that if tlie credit
of the city is pledged to that amount,
the road will forthwith be built. The
Huperhitendent, Mr. Hazlehurst, will
m< et Mr. King. President of the Georgia
Road, and Mr. Mugrath, of the Kouth
Carolina Road, in Augusta, on Wednes
day, oil business connected with the com
pletion of lire Macon and Augusta Road,
and ifho can have the city's pledge for
000, those two corporations will put
their shoulders to the wheel, and the link
from hereto MilJetigevilJebesupplied right
away. Sixteen miles of the thirty are al
ready graded, and ready for the iron.
Tiie merits of the road, and its manifold
advantage • to Macon, have been thorough
ly canvassed, and therefore we shall have
little to say thereon, now. Our people
surely know their own interests by this
time, and they surely know, as well, that
the "Gods only indp those who help them
elves.” In the rivalries and competitions
and greed of corporations they bid fair to
be crushed. Let them look out for the
main chance.
We have the firmest faith, possible, in
the early completion of the Macon and
I'.runswfiek Hoad, but it is in the hands of
Northern capitalists, and contingencies
might arise to stand in the way of that
consummation. Should such a result
in- reached, all our plans for independence
of a monopoly, and a choice of routes to
thes n a, wit. be frustrated. We want, and
we must have more than one outlet. Three,
or even two carriers will serve our pur
pose and our interests much better than
one, no matter how that one Is managed.
The liberality of Augusta should shame
Mscon into doing this, and even more, Au
gusta put down S'oUU.OOO —Macon only
*>0,000.. If there was reason then, for that
amount, there are reasons, plentiful as
blackberries, for twice or thrice that
amouutnew. We hope the Council will nc>
promptly, and let Mr. H. be the bearer to
Augusta of the good news.
1 KuM Washington.— Wu were pleased
yesterday to meet lion. Nelson Tift, Con-
from the Second district, enroute
home from the National capital. He does
le t pretend to conceal his grave fears for
the future, yet thinks it still in the
V iwer of I lie people of Georgia to block
the Radical game, and secure, by wise
n:atu genrent, a substantial victory in the
] tiding contest over the status of the
h ate. Xn due time, doubtless, the public
a; prised of the line of policy to
art ,eve this desired result. Mr. Tift
thinks that the .Edmunds bill, which
makes the present t^tateGovernment pro
visional in its nature, is a foregone con
clusion, unless the Congressional ma
jority can be divided by' the substitution,
therefor, of some other measure.
Another Name Kok It.—The Chicago
papers ha ! something to say the morning
after the recent big military drunk in that
city, ol Gen, Grant’s suffering from one of
ins ••periodical attacks of neuralgia.”
The English tongue is very fruitful iu
finding names for men’s feeliugs and con
dition after adehiiieh, hut this rather caps
the climax. Henceforth let no man say
he has eaten “too many oysters,” or “too
much s.dad,” or lay it on the cake. Let
him simply invoke sympathy as a martyr
to neuralgia, and the sin’s condoned, the
women are haded, anil knowing friends
forced to assume au appearance of belief,
though they have not the reality. The
hin* just at this bibulous season, is pecu
liarly seasonable, too.
I i rnkk, on Macon.—We hear from a
gentleman who listened to this ambitious
mulatto’s testimony before the so-called
Reconstruction Committee at Washing
ton, that lie let the people and municipal
government of Macon oil' very lightly.
At which, while confessing our surprise
coming from that source, we do not won
der. No city in (Jeorgia more emphati
cally deserves a good name there, or else
where, than ours. 1 n no other is there less
crime—population relatively considered
«l course—and a better Htate of feeling be
tween whites ami blacks. Turner was
el*ewhere CKle outmges ou nieu”
Mat-on County Superior Court.
This court was npeued on Monday of last weak
br Judge Coi.e, and the Solicitor, K. W. Crocker,
with the usual attendance of practicing attorney*
from various counties. The weather being very
inclement for two days, ttie outside audience was
very small, except those compelled to attend on
business—with this exception :
There were probably, during much of the time
two hundred negroes present—occupying all out
side seats, and many within the heretofore sanc
tified limits of the liar. They were of all descrip
tions from the mott ancient African of the county
walking on two crutches, and “hooded like a Friar”
to guard his hoary head against the rude blasts of
wind and rain. He wus there, an attentive listener
—perhaps without mucl^comprehension of wliat
was going on—then those with one crutch, others
with two sticks, and many with one —and many of
the, ancient dilapidated females, similarly supported
and equally attentive to gain information—and
their female progeney of all ages, down to the
mewling infant. Os ttie mankind, there was a full
representation of listeners —generally with mouths
open, apparently endeavoring to swallow an idea,
in, (to them ) the‘'curiosity shop” of a Courthouse.
Some, perhaps to see if others of their class did,
and especially, did not get justice, which seemed
their anxious desire.
j Quite a number of ancient “aunties” and “gran
nies” exhibited their Sunday suits of the broadest
stripe calico, and some men, and especially yearling
boys, hid half their well patched breeches under
their new fancy-topped boots, and some slyly show
ed their companions their newly bought pistols,
for which they had paid half the proceeds of their
year’s labor. Such was the principal portion of the
audience.
As to the business transacted by the Louri. foi
the two first days, a considerable number of civil
cases wi re disposed of, many of them of long
standing. Then ramie the tug, on the rotornl side
of the docket, requiring all the patience and per
severence of Judge Cote and Solicitor Crocker.
But hv Saturday night the jail was cleared, by the
couvictlon of six negroea for larceny, and live for
fetony.
The lirst case was that of Winsor Fanner, for
burning his employer's ghi-iiouse. He is to take
a suitable residence in Milledgeville for seven years.
The next eases were these of bun. bass, Henry
bass, Willis bass and Andrew bass, a wholesale
family affair, which proved them to be very tisliy
iu their ideas of moral honesty. They picked up
sundry “ wild shouts,” Which, it appeared, had
marks and owners. They are to pay (ifly dollars
each, o, receive six mouths imprisonment in the
county jail. It is presumed the tax payers will he
the honest and greatest sullerers by this conviction,
iu the way of their board.
Elias Williams was arraigned for burglarly, for
entering a house aud appropriating a ,Sunday
wardrobe, for which he is to wear the Penitentiary
stripes for live years.
Uafe Woolfolk, hailing from Houston, borrowed
ahorse whilst its owner was asleep, no duobt be
lieving that an animal with four legs could do
much better walking than one with two. The
owner was of tiie same opinion, but had a different
view of the rights of property, llafe, most re
luctantly, took up quarters iu Oglethorpe jail, and
is now consigned to the Pauiieutiary for tenyear*.
Thad Harris, charged with the murder of Wesley
Mims—found guilty of voluntary manslaughter,
and is sentenced to the Penitentiary for ten years.
Nelson Felton, charged with the murder of John
Jones : This ease occupied two days, and excited
great interest among the crowd of blacks present.
The State was represented by Solicitor E. W.
Crocker, Fish and Robison. The defence by Hen
oral I*. Cook and Captain Sneed. The jury, with
out hesitation, found him guilty, but recommended
him to the mercy of the court. Ills sentenced is
the Penitentiary for life.
All these criminal trials, before one court of Ma
con county, does not represent the morals of tiie
colored race as what they ouce were—before certain
blessings were conferred ou them. Before that,
scarcely one of them had the honor to appear be
fore a J edge once in ten years.
The business on the civil docket could not be
completed. On Saturday evening ttie court ad
journed to its regular term, the second Monday in
March.
TO THE TRI E-lIK VRTKP PEOPLE OK HEOR-
Hl A.
Again we come before you to plead the cause of
our Unbnried dead. As you may know, the Legis
lature of ISfifi made a small appropriation, and ail
pointed ns trustees of the fund, to bury the dead
of Chiekamuuga and aloug the line of tJhcrnmu's
march to Atlanta, and to gather into a common
resting place the remains of those who were not
under the protecting care of local memorial asso
ciations. Fur this purpose the citizens of Ma
rietta gave us a beautiful site immediately on the
railroad, into which, with our limited moans, vre
have removed over twelve hundred bodies. Hun
dreds still remain uneured for in the neglected cor
uers and road sides, and the battle fields where
they fell, to be trampled by the beast of the field or
turned over by the plowshare. Another small up
propriation was made by the lust Legislature—too
small, however, to continue, with any hope of suc
cess, so great an undertaking.
The general Hovernment has «pent millions on
the Federal cemeteries of Marietta and Anderson
ville. The humblest colored soldier who dird in
the Federal service, has a well guarded, beautiful,
costly resting place, marked with slabs of purest
marble ; towering monuineuts attest the gratitude
of their Government, while our noble heroes arc
•till left in silence and neglect. Shall this dis
graceful neglect continue, or can we get such aid
as will enaDle us, with the opening spring, to
place them all in consecrated ground * May we
uot beg the aid of every Georgian * fan they con
tinue deaf to the cry of their uneolHned dead '!
Will not their frieuds and neighbors and comrades,
in the glorious cause for which they fell, see to it
that their hones no longer moulder, uncared for
on the hill side * We ask not for graded w alks,
nor iron railings, nor marble slabs, nor Heaven
pointing monuments. We knme that Georgians
will educate their sons to giva all this In the future,
hut wc do usk for them now an untrodden grave.
Surely that is little enough for the most lowly.
Can it be refused to those loved martyrs who,
for our honor, our homes, our Hag, our all that was
dear to us, risked their lives and fell where brave
men love to fall—on the field of battle » That our
cause was lost was surely not their fault, nor has
defeat lessened our obligation to them Then, in
the name of humanity, and in behalf of Georgia’s
honor, we appeal to you as Georgians, as Southern
men and women, to finish this work, and to the
people of every community in this State to remem.
her tlie.-e men died defending your right to wor
ship God according to the dictates of your own
conscience; and w e earnestly ask each Pastor to
act as our agent in his charge, to receive and for
ward to us for this work.
As another menus to the accomplishment of this
object, hr our earnest solicitations, a small party
of the ladies of your State, whole sonled, country
loving women, have consented, for the benefit of
this special work, to give a series of concerts in
the principal cities of the Slate, and thereby aid to
wipe out the record of Georgia's i lgratitude, as it
now stands forth in her dishonored grave#, and in
the name of the mourning hearts of the land we
thank them.
Mas. Cuss. 3. Wili.iams,
Columbus,
Miss Mart J. Green,
Kss area.
Trustees G. M. Association,
Personal.
Will Mr. Jesse Sapp, living It! miles on the Jef
fersonville road, iu the county of Twiggs, be kind
enough to return our Newfoundland dog puppy,
which we learn followed bis wagon home. We
will pay all expenses and a reasonable reward for
“Clyde’s” recovery, with our grateful thanks thrown
I iu. Harry. J. Neville,
“Local” Journal rs- Messenger.
An Item fob Greeley.— Jennie La
mar, the old nurse of Mrs. Gen. U ibb, Las
been boarded by Gen. Cobb ever since
emancipation, Hie General paying the
proprietor of the Milledgeville Hotel, in
advance, for her rations.
Hince bis death, his son has paid, in ad
vance, for her rations, and will continue to
do so, during her natural life. Old Aunt
Jennie lias been more than free for the
last twenty years, so has her husband old
Uncle Bob. They have been given their
own time, and taken care of and support
ed besides. If that was not freedom indeed
we know nothing of the idea.
We notice the above to give the lie to
the slander that we saw in a book entitled
a “March to the Kea,” written by one of
Überman’s hummers, wherein he reflects
upon Gen. Cobb in passing by his planta
lion in Baldwin county. There was not
a kinder master than General Cobb and
nothing was farther from his heart than
! cruelty to his servants. Wonder if Greelev
Phillips or Sumner would have voluntari
ly supported au old servant after havine
been forcibly freed ami having no longer
claims upou their master?— Southern Re
corder, 23d.
—The Daily Press, “independent in polities,” and
published by M. C. R. liauleiter, will resunui pub
lication ou Jan. Ist, from the office of the Aational
JtepuUkan, (Rad.; at Augusta.
GEORGIA .JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
MONDAY, DEC. 28, 18C8.
\X IMPORT A\T MATTER.
We hope that every county officer,
especially, in Georgia, will make haste to
respond, explicitly, to the questions pro
pounded in tiie following circular from
Hon. Nelson Tift, a copy of which has
been sent us.
Iu addition to (Iris, we Hope that every j
newspaper in the State will publish it, and
answer each for its own locality, and seri
atim, the interrogatories set forth, to Hie i
end that whether or not our word stands j
against that of ttie swift witnesses who j
appear against us, it shall go upon tile !
record as our vindication, one day to he
trium pliant
House of Representatives United States, (
Washington, December Is, 180 H. j
T«tln IfoitorableJiidtfts of the Supreme Court, hulyis
oj the Superior Courts, Jiuti/rs of Courts of Ordina
ry, and Mayors of Cities in the still,‘ if (srori/in
The present condition of affairs iu Georgia is
being investigated before tiie “Joint. Committee
on Reconstruction,” with a purpose of adopting
such action by Congress as may seem to tlipm ne
cessary and proper to insure the faithful and
prompt administration of the laws, aud protection
to the rights of all classes of persons and property.
Certain parties from Georgia, and among them
her present Governor, w ith the avowed purpose
of inducing Congress to destroy the present or
ganized Government of that State and remand her
people to military rule or the dictatorship of a Pro
visional Governor, w ith the army and navy of the
United States to enforce his edicts, are represent
ing here the imperative necessity of a change in
the Government of Georgia on account of lawless
ness, aud lack of protection to life, liberty aud
property, and the persecution and cruelty which
the w'hite people are indicting upon innocent ne
groes and Union men in that .Slate,
it is important to the character and interests of
Georgia that the truth should he known on these
subjects, and as one ol her representatives in t’,m- i
gress I Like the liberty to ask you,as an officer of the
State to furnish me with a'brief statement of your
personal knowledge or the truth or falsehood ot
the representations which are being made of affiiirs
in Georgia, and your opinion of the effect upon the
interests of Georgia mid the United States of the
adoption of the above measures, which arc now
being urged upon Congress.
My object in this communication is to place
your testimony before the Rccoosttuction Commit
tee. which will meet here January f>, ist><), and sub
sequently, if necessary, before Congress ■
1. Are the laws of Congress faithfully and impar
tially administer cd?
2. fs there any organized or unorganized resist
ance to the law ?
S. Are the officers of the law faithful to their
duties ?
4. Wliat is the diajiosition, feeling and treatment
of the white people towards the blacks!'
it. What towards tiie Republicans .-
fi What towards Northern men visiting or desir
ing to settle in Georgia?
7. Do tiie people desire peace, and restoration of
their proper relations to the State, and Got eminent
of the Union ?
5. is their in your opinion, any necessity or in--
tilieaUim for the proposed destruction of the present
govi rmiiont of Georgia, and the establishment of a
military or provisional government ';
Please answer as early as practicable.
Very respectfully, yourabedient servant.
Nelson Tu t.
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THE PREHIDKVr’S CHHIeTMA* GIFT.
We congratulate Mr. Johnson upon tHe
very appropriate Christmas gift tendered
by him to that class of “rebels” hitherto
left exposed to “pallia aud penalties ” It
was a gracious act, and will he set to his
credit by tiie good sense ami sound senti
ments of tiie country.
How far it will really shield those for
whom it was designed, is rather problem
atical. The courts may respect it, but
Congress certainly will not. No “rebel”
can count himself as really a citizen, until
the odor of ‘ treason” has been removed
by Congressional manipulation. That
seems the rule, indexible, these latter
days of cheap patriotism and putrid “ioy
alty.” We hate, aud scorn, and retch at
the nauseous faut, but it stands, neverthe
less, and we must, perform, recognize it.
Re this as it may, however, Mr. John
son’s proclamation is noue tiie less com
mendable, and deserving Southern plaud
its, for tiie spirit it evinces. It may not
save a single man from punishment, hut
we know that it is meant to <lo that, not
only as a measure of justice to individuals,
but toseta great nation right in the eyes
of the civilized world. Accepting it as
such, we thank him for it, and wish him
a "Happy New Year,” and a long life
thereafter, in which to see Iris official act
anil policy triumphantly Vindicated.
\ TUMBLE.
Judge Samuel F. Bin:, a noted Ala
bama lawyer, is out in a letter favoring
negro suiiiage and acquteeenoe generally
in what lie calls established facts. His
letter concludes thus:
tVhut wc need L liberty and good gownimeiit ;
whoever fteoures that for u« thurt'by ac quire* a tiik*
to our favor.
In other words, says the (\jnstitutiona/-
i*f, to secure liberty and good government,
present tyranny and bad government are
to he endorsed. This may be a lawyer’s
view of patriotism, but it is not the view
which the centuries shall consecrate.—
Hungary is free because she did not ac
quiesce; and other nations are -nslaved
in proportion as they have bowed the knee
to despots. There may bo reason in tacit
ly submitting to inevitable facts ; but en
dorsing them openly is another mat er.
All the endorsement in the world of the
Fortieth Congress would he powerless to
secure liberty and good government. Sal
vation does not come from the devil, and
laying hold of his tail is a poor way to be
guided into ab ales of bliss.
THE COTTON CHOP.
The New York Timex says:
Tbe cotton crop figures now published justify
the anticipations of tin; early part of tin- year, that
the yield would be larger tills year than it was last;
in other words, they show that the crop of 1867-8
will be close upon tiro and a half million, bales, or
half a million bales over the crop of 1800-7. The
following statement,showing the movements in cot
ton at the shipping ports, w ill lie found of interest;
Receipts from Sept. 1,1868, to latest mail
dates 531,000
Receipts at all the, ports, year ending Sept.
1, 1808 3,340,382
Receipts at all the ports, year ending Sept.
1, into 1,951,015
Exports from all ttie ports, year ending
Sept. 1,1868 1,057,015
Exports from all the i>orts, year ending
Sept. 1, 1807 .1,558,78*
Estimated stock at the shipping ports,
latest mail dates 361,000
Crop of 1867-8 2,480,898
Crop of 1806-7 1,051,980
The following table shows the cotton movements
at this port to the close of last week :
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1868 258,788
Receipts since Jan. Ist, 1808 OlOji-OO
Receipts year ending Sept. 1, isos 003, 820
Exports since Sept. 1,1808 100,5*7
Exports since Jan. 1, 1808 5*19;817
Ex 1 torts year ending Sept. 1, 1808 375’850
Estimated stock on hand here g.s’axi 1
The returns from the cotton crop of this year
will go a great wuy toward improving the condi
tion of the Southern people. But its benefits are
not for the South only, but for th« whole country.
Cotton is not only a great source of national wealth
directly, hut the most important means of balancing
the commercial exchanges between this country
and Europe. Our exchanges ought to be largely
improved by tbe recent movements.
.
Mi les fob Georgia.— The Lexington
(Ky.) Observer of the I‘Jth instant, says;
‘ Our readers have very litte idea of the
magnitude of our mule trade with the
Foutli. .Since tlie 10th of last August one
stable alone (Patrick’s) has shipped eight
bun tired uud eighteen mules, which, with
few exceptions, went to Atlanta, Ga. Mr.
J. W. Cambridge, of Bath county, passed
through on Monday with another lot,
bound for Macon. In addition to the above,
Mr. Patrick has sent off, in tlie same time
one hundred uud ninety-two horses. He
reports both the mule ami horse market us
being quite active, and that drovers are
obtaining fair prices for their stock.”
Coons and Carpet-Baggers— I The
Baton Rouge Advocate has the following:
“Is that coon lively?”
“Oh. yes, sir,” replied the black posses
sor of as wild a specimen us ever made
tracks in the Comite swamp.
“Well, I want a real lively fellow ; put
him on that root,” pointing to the lower
knob of a very tall oak, “and let’s set if
he will stir himself. ”
No sooner said than done, and the coon
went tip the tree like a greased streak of
lightning.
“ Yen satisfied, boss, he’s lively?”
“Well, yes, but I don’t want a coon in j
a tree top.”
The freedman looked up the tree, whis
tled, and scratched his head for an idea,
and said:
‘‘Well, boss, dat coon is like a carpet
bagger, werry promising when he’sdown,
but when he’s up he’s no use to noobdy,”
NOTES TO FARMERS.
A correspondent who writes over Hie
nun dr. jdutuff of “Christopher,” printiyn i
a rec nt issue of the Constitutionalism a i
communießiioti so timely in its utterances
and so cheering in its enumeration of the >
agricultural prospects of Geogia, that'we
give it this conspicuous place in oiii*"
columns. It is a better editorial on tlit>e
subject, than we can write: .
“Farming is ‘on the they *saf,y in
tiie piarbets ; is otter; yields
linin', promises nmre than it ever did.
And Middle Georgia is the best locality to
farm in, live in, and die in of all America.
Georgia is Hie greatest Statein the Union,
(or out of it,)Biidfoi'aiiahleaml interesting
statement of her climate, soils and re
sources, the reader will please see Hie ar- I
tide upon that subject of Rev. C. Wallace i
Howard, published iu the Report of tiie !
('ommi-sioner of Agriculture, for Istiti; to !
lie reproduced soon lor distribution among !
the members of the Georgia Agricultural
Society, lately convened at Macon, at the
expense of that association. Upper, Mid
dle and fewer Georgia constitute three
separate und distinct regions in point of
climate, soils and productions, and of Hie
| three, Middle Georgia combines most of
Hie good and few of Hie load points of the
| other two, The advantages of litis locali
| tv, and, indeed, Ltiose of the whole State,
are hegitriug to lie known and appreciated
as they never were before, and, therefore,
fanning is looking up. Who, in tiie
I memory of t e oldest planter alive, ever
I dreamed that Georgia could yield more
than one bale of cotton per acre until
Il.ivid Hickson, ot Hancock, made three
bales on one acre? Wiio Hut thought
twenty bushels of wheal per acre a prime
crop, until tiie Atheus t'iub anil other en-
I terprisiuc spirits demonstrated that double
tbatyie.d was but ordinary ? It is a mod
I oni and grand disc .very Unit the red clay
iriils and sandy June levels of this regions
could yield two Hundred do
crops in one year, and this has put farstn
ing on the me. J
"The indications of anew era of energy
aud hope iu fa lining are many and plain.
Tline is new lit<- stirring t ie country in
this matter. The H ate Agricultural So
ciety, chartered years ago by Hie Legisla
ture, will* only a nominal purpose, laid in
silent apathy I'm so lo g, is low revived,
aud is alive with energy, has a great work
befoie it, and urged on by such valuable
men as Dickson, Howard, Kehaller, and
sustained by tin u-aiids of intelligent
plauteis ail over the State, lias accepted
llie lu.-k in good earnest, amt is pressing
on to restore the wealth aud prosperity of
Georgia through Her agriculture. In
many counties of Hie State local associa
tions lor tin* promotion of improved agri
culture ar* in existence aud doing good.
And in (.tie r counties club* aud societies,
with the same purpose at heart, will soon
be called into existence, i tie best men all
over the S’.nte are lending their aid, in
noble confidence lliat great goodwill re
suit from Much a comae.
“Another, and one of the beat indica
tions of tins new era in agriculture is in
the matter of agricultural literature iu
Georgia. Hhe boasts tiie best agricultural
paper in the fSoutii— the {Southern Culttva
toi—the circulation of which has increased
to over five thousand, from half that num
ber a y-ar ago; and with a proper exercise
of energy would reach ten thousand in
Georgia alone within tiie next twelve
mouths. Anew journal of agriculture—
the Jiaral HioiUhefiiet —lias been sturted
within the year past at Atlanta, tud has
now a large amt increasing circulation.
Tiie Maryland farmer, and Amertnan
fanner, oi Baltimore, fructieat farmer,
of Philadelphia, aud other leading agricul
tural pupeis iii New York ami in the West
are all rapidly gaining readers in this
ritate, and couid gain more if they would.
ho also Withs he stock-raising publications,
and ail eise appertaining to the farm. .See,
also, alt the secular and religious papers of
the land, how much of their space is now
devoted to uhuits of Hie farm and gulden.
The dailies of every city in Georgia devote
almost as much to timl as to political mat
ter.
“Further indie it ions are in the growth,
development and support of nurseries,
model farms, aml-eudi like institutions;
the introduction and large sales of new
aud improved stock of hogs and cattle, of
prolific cotton seels, corn, wheat and ttie
like, of which we might name hundreds
of varieties. A iso, Hie large sales of im
proved tools and implements for tiie farm ;
tinning plows living one of the lirst, ol
which ten are sold now to one a year or
two ago; gram dulls, reapers, Hi&esjiers,
harrows, cultivators, and all Hie long cata
logue of now familiar names, but recently
unknown. The growing use of commer
cial mum res— guano, twines, cic.—is an
other prominent feature in tiie breaking
cf Hie new dawn. W e need not call the
names of the dilieretit manufactures, im
portations and manipulations, nor tell
how many and where new establishments
have sprin g up lately tor making and
selling fertilizers. F.vident it must be to
all, that in this n sped a great change lias
taken place A latge proportion of the
crops of Georgia are now grown witli such
materialsas these for manure, iu all di
rections it is apparent that tiie people are
thinking more ad doing more, and in
vesting more and aceomp’ishing more, iu
planting ttauti they Itttve eyer done be/ore.
l’lie roa-on ol it ul! is that intelligent men,
with one accord eve: y where see t tint farm
ing is a profitable ns well as a noble pur
suit. Tli re fore it is we say farming is on
tbe rise; premises more and yields more
i than it ever did before.
“Let farmers, then, take courage; ap
j predate tbe udvantagr s i tiey possess ; read
and study over them, and strive to make
tbe very best of the tide now setting in
their favor. Theirs is a profession, and
not a mere trade; a profession in which
j new developments, are daily taking place,
: and being sciz.-d upon by the ready and
intelligent and turned to profitable ac
count, while the dull sluggard, who de
grades his calling by his indifference, lets
(hern slip bv and runs on in the same old
rut.”
( (!! NTERFHIT MONEY.
Tin* I*rocet** by which it i*
I To the Editor of the N. Y.Sun:
Fiit —in your issue of Saturday Dec 12,
I observed au article upon counterfeiting.
I As you do not appear to understand tiie
! true theory of the art, 1 sh ill endeavor to
! enlighten you and the public.
In the first place, a perfect sac simile of
the bill cannot be engraved by hand, as
! the most parts are engraved by machinery
called lathe work. So you can see the
impossibility of executing the work with
out its being immediately detected; that is,
tiie lines on th - figures and letters will not
l»e the same as on tbe genuine. The gen
uine plates are engraved by the best work
men iu tiie country, and w ith every facil
ity for making a very neat engraving. On
tiie other baud, the counterfeiters, not
having such facilities, they make a bung
ling job.
No doubt you w iil be surprised to learn
the way the best counterfeit bills a-re
gotten up. A party of men, say from three
to a dozen, get. together and hold frequent
meetings, and act according to a plan laid
down. One or two will find out some
copper-plate printer iu the employ of tbe
bank-note printing office—iu fact, all
such printers are known by tiie party.
These men wilt manage to meet one of the
printers in tiie evening, get acquainted,
drink, and have a good time generally
with him, and so proceed for a few even
This impression is made in this wise:
The printer will take an impression upon
tin foil from the plate from which lie is
printing, which can be done in a moment.
Thus you see every line and size is ob
tained correctly. From this tin foil an
electrotype plate is made. They then get
some plate printer that can be found about
the city, have a good time with him and
engage him for S2O per day to do the print
ing, By this plan thousands of copies are
struck off which dely detection, except in
the quality of the paper, which will
slightly differ from the genuine. The
place of manufactory is generally some
(iistance from the city, like Ftalen Island,
Flatbush, or sometimes Baxter street or
similar localities iu the city. It is a
strange fact in every case where a party of
this kind exists that every member lacks
confidence in his associates. Every move
made by one is narrowly watched by tin
others of the party. It would lie death to
any informant or spy that did not look
well to himself.
This I send for your Information so as to
let you know how some tilings are accom
plished. Ifyou think it is worth while to
give these facts to the public you are wel
come. By one who knows.
Engraver.
New York, December 12, 1868.
—hi regard to woman’s rights, Rev. Sidney Smith
remarked, many years ago, that the dear creatures
had the. pow er in their own control, for they had
only all to he of one mind, and the human race
would be wiped away like an old sum in mulUplj.
cation off a slate.
THE t KYrKALHAILROAIL
We extract, as follows, from the annual j
report of Mr. Wad ley, President of this j
road, published in tiie Savannah JVews, of
p;id inst. We may probably' make other
quotations hereafter, which seem to us to
demand comment :
~ Office Central R. R. and Bankino Go. of it A. j
Savannah, fit., bt December, IffC*. ,
To the SloeMoklerit :
The accompanying. Reports front beads of I>. — .
partment- for operating the Road, will exhibit j
clearly it- transaction* and condition for the fiscal (
year tcrniinating on tlieffnth ultimo, and tiie Re
port from the Cashier shows tlie result of our
Bunking business.
It appears by these reports that the oariiinirs of i
the Road have been $8,005,781 J! i
And of the Rank fi0,47.H1> j
For Road and Bunk amounting to.. ..#2,lHV.),Motiti i
From this deduct
Rond expensesof nil kinds, ki,\!-4,0<<5 it)
Rank expenses of »U kiuds, 2D.SM 58
-
Leaving net TiH.VH 17
This sum is appropriated as follows :
interest on Bonds $ ‘rt.OoO 00
Dividend in J une, 7 per cent. JJC'.o I'' 00
Government Tax on same .. so
Dividend this day, 5 per cent 040 00
Government Tax on same... lt.fii>7 00
Rent of A. AS. Railroad. .. Tfi.OOO no
Rent of E. 11 Railroad.... 14000 00
Raid for Bank in liquidation i!7,1U1 11
To he paid for Engines pur
chased....'. 7,50000
Leaving a balance of ~o i ‘M
Compared with the statement for the year end
ing UOlh November, 15",7, it will In; seen that our
Road earnings have fallen o!t'J“t2.‘J3k *>7, while the
expenses Imveltcen reduced only £78,07.i til. This
decrease in our earnings is due almost entirely to
the reduction in our rat .us for transportation, which
He have been obliged to make, in order to meet
competition from other lines ; while our expenses
have necessarily been marly equal to what they
were the previous year,
The profit from <>ur Banking operations lias not
quite equalled those for the previous year, but tin-
i no jjt. at* r i ;,»or>s# iy l„
®q,BtlvJ, uurt wiles taken ni couneetion tin
vantage to the Company a a li.-cul agent, we
. have reason to he fully satisfied wiLb tie; result.
The increase of our expen-e- for this Department
of the Company's service is rim; to an ftn reas-d
force which it had been found necessary P» em
ploy in order to meet promptly tiie requirement
of our patrons
it is gratifying, notwithstanding this reduction
in our business, to he able to make a statement
showing our ability front the year's operations to
pay dividends of 7 and. r > il«r cent., in addition to
thi- payment of 087,1111 M on recount of ‘ Rank in
Liquidation,” which i- uot a legitimate eliarge
agaiusl tho current business of the Company.
The; inlets no .v been charged to tide account
(Bank in Liquidation, niuc tie- rcorgnuiza ion of
the Road, tiie »um of folg,“7C 71, Ami a* it is tie
lieved that hereafter we shall be railed upon for hut
little more on this necount, it will be closed by
Rrotil and Loss.
HUME l\ HUIEF Is IT is.
Tin* pros; crily of our city may bo ascer
tained by a busty review of wliat it, now
j in, ami a comparison with ante helium
j times.
i Present population, including suburbs;,
i a,0h(); in Ldd, ii.obO.
Now there are over fifty business bouncy;
|in IbtiU tin re were but thirty-one, J lie
| amount of ury goods, hardware, and fani
| ily supplies, except provisions, sold this
1 year is nearly or quite double what it was
I before tiie war. l ire amount of agricul
! tural implements, machinery, und stoves
! is nearly three tin t's that cf auy previous
year.
This year there have been biriit twelve
substantial brick business houses on
Broad Street, and sixty-lure*' dwel ing
houses, iu various parts of the city and
suburbs.
We now have an extensive foundry and
machine shop, and will soon have a roll
iug mill aud nail factory, ami a stove fac
tory.
! tine large steam sash and blind factory
| and furniture establish mem.
1 wo steam flouring tniiis.
'I wo cotton compressing machines in
j op> i at ion.
j Three hotels aud seven boarding houses.
Two livery and sale stables, and a third
j fine building.
; Two steamboats that make weekly ttlj s
j flown the Coosa lob miles Gj iiieeusport.
! Have railroad connections with the
.Southweal by tiie rieiina, Rome and I>ul
ton Railroad, aud with the North and
Southen-t by the Home Branch Road.
Five Church edifices, vvheiein tiie Gos
pel Is ably expounded every Sabbath, and
Hie sixth, Catholic, L soou to l>e erected.
Two femaleseunuancs for young ladies,
a classical ami imilhematical high school
for boys, and iivt or six primary schools
We have fourteen lawyers, seven physi
cians, ami two dentists.
' The business houses may be classed n
follows:
Six wholesale grocery houses, one whole
sale liquor house, seventeen family sup
plies, eighteen exclusive dry goods stores,
six stores with mixed slo. ks, and five
drug stores, one book store and one jew
elry store, lan ii irdwaie stores, nine li
censed drinking saloons.
Thocity will be lighted w it it gas to-night
for the lirst time since the war. Home
Courier, 'Sid.
I OM.ttF.ss,
K'«l, In I Ik- Mouse.
|Special tu the UiHeinnoti Gaz< tb .j
Washington , December it>.
The House was iu no mood for business
to-day, and practically gave itself up to a
four hours’ frolic, mostly on tiie question
of drawing for seats. The choice made
last summer was uot satisfactory, ofcoti.se,
to ail who got poor weals, but it. was
thought that no new deal would bo made j
at tbe present session, for it was believed !
the sat is lied men were strongest, Mr.
Ross, of Illinois, deemed it worth while,
however, to try the game, ami, according- :
ly, early iu Hie flay presented a resolution :
fora new drawing. On the first vote it I
was defeated by live majority, but after a !
good deal of filibustering it was carried by
twenty majority, the yeas and nays on the
matter being called no less than six
times before reaching tiie conclusion, j
There was much fun ami hilarity during
the entire proceedings. When ttie draw- j
ing begau, winch took place in the usual I
manner, Broiuwell, of Illinois, was the
first uame taken out of Hie box, Sypher,
of Louisiana, was tiie uext man called on, I
and he was modest enough to take Thad.
■Stevens' old s. at, the best one in the
chamber. It was noticed that the South
ern members were nearly all among those
drawn early, and con equenlly most ot
them hive got very eligible seats. After
the drawing bad proceeded about live
minutes, a motion was made to give ex-
Governor Thomas, of Maryland, hi*eld
seat. There was at lirst some objection,
but the motion finally prevailed. Amo
tion to give E !>. Washburne, the Father
of the House, ard Geu. Sehenek, Chair
man of flio Ways and Means Committee,
their old seats, was lost. Mr. Washburne
dually got his, however, for it was chosen
by the Massachusetts member of the same
name, and theu giv n up to him. .Mr.
Schenck was One of the last drawn, and
has got a very poor seat. Boutwell, Wil
son, Hooper, and many other of the
leading men, are all in poor seats in the
back part of the hall. Butler created a
great laugh by going over on the Demo
cratic side and taking John ivlorrissey’s
old seat, which is one of the most eligible
on that side of the chamber. Jenckes
Beaman, Farnsworth, and two or three
other Republicans finally took seats in bis
neighborhood. Banks, Logan Wash
burne (of Wisconsin,) and several other
prominent men were absent, and will
have to take back seats where they can
find them. Mullins, of Tennessee, was
one of the earliest drawn, and took his old
seat right in front of thoepeaker, running
nimbly down the aisle, and executing a
sort of Indian war dance before be sat
down, whereat everybody roared wdtb
laughter. The old group of leading lie
publican men about the middle of the Re
publican side, consisting of Schenck,
Washburne, Dawes, Butler, Garfield,
Wilson. Boutwell, Paine, Logan, Allison
and others, is all broken up and scattered i
in various parts of tlie chamber. Boss, !
who moved for the new deal, was next lo
the last man drawn, and was most up
roariously laughed at by everybody, be
cause 1 1 is new seat is worse than his old
oue was.
Oi k Railroad Monopolies.—King Wadlev, of
tiie Georgia Central, bus just added another feather
to his plume, lie stands behind the Southwestern
(Georgia) and buys up a controlling interest in the
Savannah and Gulf Road. The result of this pur
chase is to destroy all competition. K ing Wadley
can now charge what tie pleases for carrying cotton
to Savannah from Macon and all Central Georgia.
Although he cannot buy 11(1 the Chattahooehc’or
the Alabama Rivers, he can very easily buy up the
Alabama Legislature, ami have such a license put
upon steamboats as to practically run them from
the river. And then, with a controlling vote in the
railroad lines from Savannah to Montgomery and
Mobile, he can charge what lie pleases, and reign
as monarch of all lie surveys.
King 'V udiey is, however, in danger from a rival.
King MahOße, of Norfolk, lias stietehcd his arm
down into East 1 ennesse, and is now getting cot
ton from Selma. Wc would not tie surprised to
see the Norfolk King capture these domains of the
King of Savannah. Mahone has evidently flanked
Wadley at Selma, and w ill drain the cotton region
north of the line of the Alabama River drawn due
east and w est between Seluiu and Montgomery.—
Montgomery Mail , 2477i,
CO.Vtl MPTIOX.
Where tl Thrheu aim) N|»r*»«H*.
In his article on consumption in the
last number of tlie Atlantic, Ur. Bowditch
writes ms follows :
“U’c know of two families in Massa- j
chusetts of whom the follow ing.story may |
be told. Two healthy brothers married !
two healthy sisters. Both hail large fain- (
ilies of children. One lived on the old
homestead, on the Foulhern slope of one
of the numerous beautiful and and well
drained hills in that vicinity. The whole
house was bathed all day long in sunlight,
and consumption did not touch any of the
young lives under its roof. The other
brother placed his house at a very short j
distance oil', hut upon a grassy plain, eov- j
ered all summer with the rankest verdure, j
In ils front was a large open “common.” j
In the center of this water on/ad up from
between the split hoofs of the cows as I
they came lowing homeward in the eve- i
ning, and the barefooted hoy who was j
driving them used to shrink from the
place, and preferred to make the circuit of ■
! bs edge rather than to follow the lead of 5
bis more quiet comrades. Buck of the
! house was a large level meadow, reaching
; to (lie very foundations of the building. .
Through this meadow sluggishly crept ,
j the mill-stream of the adjacent village. !
| .Still farther, all three surroundings "ere
I inclosed by lofty bills. The life-giving
| sun rose later and set, earlier upon this
titan upon ihe other fair homestead. Till
J bite in the forenoon, and long before sun
set left the hi Iside home, damp and chid
ing emanations arose from the meadow,
and day after <k«y enveloped the tender
; forint*of'the children that were trying in
v.cin to grout up healthy with them, But
; ail effort was useless. Large families were
born under both roofs. Not one of the
children horn in the latter homestead
escaped, whereas theolher family remain
ed healthy; and when, at the suggestion
of a medical friend who knew all the facts
we have loMf we visit*«l the plaeetfur the
purpose of thoroughly investigating them,
w e i bought that I lies.- two houses were a
| terribly significant illustration of the ox
istenceof this all puwerful law. Vet these
two homes bad nothing peculiarly notice
| able by the passing stranger. They were
situated in the same township, and w itliin
1 it very short distance one from the other,
and scarcely any 'one in the village with
! whom we sjioke on thesubject ogre and w ith
! us in our opinion that it whs the location
alone, or ehiefiy that, which gave life or
i death to the inmates of the two.
We might speak of other homesteads
which seem to us now to lie the very nests
; of consumption in consequence of this
! law, and yet not one parent in a bundled
acknowledges even theoretically his be
* lief In the truth of our assertion. Parents
themselves, during a long residence, may
escape from the dire influences of location;
and therefore they imagine if their chil
dren are tailing, that some other evil
agency is at work, rather lb mi this law.
Illustrative of this eru-r on the part of
| parents, we cannot forbear relating the
following fact: We know of a housesitu
i ated a foot above and Just on tbe edge of a
! small lake. The cellar, if there fee one,
' must be below the level of the water. The
house, built with taste, nestles amid over
hanging thick leaved trees, through which
the sun rays, can scarcely jienetrute even
\at mid-dav. The homestead is overrun
; with the .springing woodbine, clematis,
1 and honey suckle. Coolness, dampness,
-and little sunlight are the characteristics
jof the spot. In the midst of summer it is
j the bean ideal of a quiet, relined country
; house which any one, even the most ias
. Unions, would desire to occupy. Vet as we
| have looked at it, and have remembered
how on# by one of the children horn in it
i have been cutoffby consumption either
1 at puberty or at early manhood or wotnau *
J ho- and, we have turned with loathing from
i all its external hsautles, and have regard
jid them all as so many false ami fatal
allurements, bunging inevitable ruin to
lhouse who should fall within the sphere
of their influence.
1 These tales are no creations of our im
agination, but positive and undeniable
S facts.
•-VVHITK
t IM# ou r\ of T n*t of Kh«r Ore in
[From the St. LouU Dispatch. 15th.J
Tiie following is an extract from a let
ter from San Francisco of November 37
IS6H:
* ' The latest excitement here, now,
jis “While Pint*.' Not knowing if you
; have heard of it. I may u«il explain
that across the Nevada mountains, where
I some two mouths since, have been made
discoveries of silver mines that are report
i ed to ue fabulous iu wealth. Thousands
are awaiting an opportunity to go there.
| At present this is almost an impossibility,
| as the place is nearly inaccessible, nviii'<'
j to the Injmoi tw accumulation of snow on
; the mountains, rendering traveling by
te ms or on horseback utterly impractica
ble. As these are the only modes of con
veyance iu this country, the place cannot
be reached.
J have heard some authentic accounts
of the immense wftslth of the place, and
: if th. se are correct it is truly fabulous. 1
had lunch to day w ith a friend, who has a
store in Austin, Nevada, one hundred and
j twenty miles distant from this new Kl
Dorado. Ile informed me that four weeks
1 ago lour persons and himself proposed buy
! inga claim there, tailed the “Overhard
! Claim. ’’ It wss a portion of a e aim ow n
ed by twelve uie-i. i'hcse live men were
j offered whut they wanted for ->7o,niM.
i hey deemed the juice exorbitant, ad
concluded not to puicin se. La-t week the
owners were offered three quartets of a
million of dollars Tor just one-fourth of
the sum claim. He says he saw at Aus
tin a ton ot ore taki n trom this claim
which yielded 1,-nOo pounds of silver, it
seems almost beyond belief, hut lie as-
sun smeit is posiiively so. He met some
C lifori'ia capita,i.-ts there, who entertain
the opinion that there is enough silver in
tin new dtscoveiies to pay oil' ibe national
debt '1 here will be such a rush there
next spring from all partsof the country
asiin astonish the world. It will be
much easier of access then as n lies be
tween this city and Fait Lake, and the
ra *b l a, v.iii he c- mp’eted lo v* iihiu a very
short di-LabC''. i imagine 1 can always
foisee the end— some few will make for
tunes out of the credulity of the many.
Even though it be as great a success as it
is -eported to lie, yet companies of capital
ists wifi monopoliz • tire profits.
lities lo claims are gained by “jump
ing,” and are thus explained: In early
days, when California was first settled, a
man fancying any particular piece of land
would put up a log cabin there, reside in
it a month or so, and ever after claim the
land. Thousands of titles to the most,
valuable property iu thL city were gained
in tins way, and in most all cases are in
oouteslihJe. In miuiug sections the prac
tice is still carried on. in “White Pine
District,” for ins’anee, a man discovering
a rich lead mine wili“jump”it, and as it is
all government land, lie will most iikely
remain in undisputed possession ; in a few
years lie will perhaps have u tux Escuipcor
two to show, which will eventually give
him a clear title. M. H. if.
Tin: Chinese in California.— I There
are in ("alifornia i>2,oiio Chinese, nearly all
enrolled in six clubs, correspoudiug to the
six districts from which the emigrants
came. On the arrival of an emigrantship
agents from the clubs proceed on hoard,
and take charge of ilicse who have come
from the districts represented by their
companies. At the club house the emi
grant is boarded and lodged at a small cost
until lie liasohtainedemployment. Shouid
lie be out of work at any "time afterward
he is permitted to return, or, should he he
sick, lodging is provided for him. In case
of indigent sick or disabled, the clubs, if
they should not be provided for by private
contributions, find lodgings, pay doctor’s
bills, and, in cases where it is necessary
for the patients to return to China, defray
tiie cost of their passages. The name of
every member is inscribed in a book kept
for that purpose, and to prevent tiie ab
sconding ot delaulting debtors, aJi persons
proposing to return to China are hound
to report their intention to the committee
of the club, who only allow them to de
part when they are satisfied that in doing
so they will leave no just claims unsettled.
Ia most of the club bouses a room, or part
of a room, is set apart for the worship of
the spirits of deceased members. There
an altar is erected, on which is placed tiie
oiferingof friends and relatives, while be
hind it is kept tiie lengthening melan«
clioly roll of those who have died in the
laud of their exile.
The Univkhsity of Georgia.—The
Montgomery Advertiser, complimenting
our State University, says :
We bespeak the patronage of the young men of
Alabama, who have been driven away from their
own university to the support of the Georgia State
L niTcrsity, manned as it is by a corps of thirteen
native bom and bred Southern men whose hearts
like their homes, hare always been in ourownannl
uy South.
IIK l -ION- UP THE ftt’PRKMK «Ol R I OK
OKMItUt.
HH irrd at \llaiita, Drrtrmlier 224, IMiS.
Famish'd htj S. •/. Ifnmnwnd , 6’«yww Court Jtr-
I jxrrtrr, F.xpreuxly for the (%m*hintUm.
I Samuel Houston vs. The State—Burglary
from Chatham.
Warner, J.
When, upon the trial of the defendant
charged with ttie offence of burglary, it
was proved that Ihe parties in possession
of (he warehouse alleged to have been
broken and entered by the defendant,
were in possession of the same under a ,
w ritten contract for rent or lease, for a def
inite j eriod of time: Held, that, this paiol
I proof of the possession of the warehouse
! under writteu contract for lease or rent at
the time the alleged burglary was com
mitted as charged iu the indictment, was
’ sufficient to austaiu that allegation with-
I out Hie production of the written lease.
Judgment affirmed.
i Harlrhlge, Jones and Richards, for plain
till’ in error.
Jackson, Lawtou and Passenger, (for
Solicitor General) for the Stale.
The Savannah and Ogeeehee Canal Com
pany vs. John Riley, et al.—Equity—
From Chatham.
Warner, J.
This Court will not control Die discre
tion of the Court below in dissolving an
injunction, unless there appears to have
been an abuse of that discretion, in the
violation of some principle of .law or
equity applicable to the case, which the
record In this case fails to discover. Judg
! ment aflirmed.
Hariridge and Chisolm for plaintiffs in
error.
Jackson. Lawton, and liassinger for de
! fondants in error.
Rohuck & Orr, etai., vs. John Harkins,
elal. Bill for new trial—From Gordon.
WARNER. J,
At the April term, IHU7, of Gordon Ku
perior Court, a claim case was tried during
the lirst week of tin- court, (the couit
holding two weeks, when a verdict was
rondeled by the jury, finding the land
levied on subject to the execution. 1 lie
claimant left tbe court for Rome, on busi
ness, iuieuding to move for anew trial iu
the case during the second week of the
court, hut he was taken sick, which pre
vented his return until after the adjourn
ment of the court. The claimant’s coun
sel had diawn up a motion for anew trial,
hut it was not offered to the court during
the term, and no order was taken in rela
tion thereto before the adjournment
thereof. The claimant's counsel, shortly
before the adjournment of the court, du
ring the second week of the court, left for
his home, in consequence of slckuesaof his
family, so that the motion for new trial
wan not made at the term of the court at
which the case was tried.
On the 16th of October, JV>7, the land,
so found subject t y the verdict of the jury,
was sold hv the Sheriff, and purchased by
H. M. Young. In February, feOii, this hid
was filed for anew tiial in the claim case,
alleging, ns ground for such new trial, va
rinn- eiiors committed by Hie Court upon
the trial of the same, 'i he defendants de
murred to the hi 1, which demurrer was
overruled.t»y the Court: Held that the
demurer should have been sustained by
the Court, on the ground that the com
plainant's hill does not make such a case
a- will entitle him to relief in a court of
equity. There is no reason given, why
the complainant did not excc-pt to the
rulings of the Court on the trial of tHe
claim case within thirty days after the ad
journment of the Court, so as to have had
tiro alleged errors corrected by this Court,
or why he remained inactive until after
the land was sold by the Sheriff Ik: ore
filing his hill for u new trial. Beside, if lie
Pad exercised jjroptr diligent#, he might
have obtained all the relief w hich he now
seeks, tinder the provisions of Die 3,fi6£th
and M t;7htbsections or tlie Revised Code.
Judgment reversed.
W. H. Dabney for plaintiffs in error.
Smith A Branham andJ. V/. H. Under
wood for defendants in error.
Jonathan Miller vs. Artemus Gould—
Complaint from Richmond.
Warner, J.
Where a contract was made between
tw > citizens of the late Confederate States,
outing ihe war, on the tilth of July, IhliJ,
payable three years after date, the consid
eration of which was Confederate treasury
notes, the only circulating currency at
that lime, and which was recognized as
lawful by Ihe assumed authority which
had the actual possession and control over
the territory and people at the time the
con tract was made •
Held, 'I bat although the issuing of such
notes by the as-timed Confederate authori
ty, fur the propose of carrying on a war
against ihe Government of the United
states, muv have been illegal, as against
that Government and the citizens thereof
who, during the war, were iindertheoeteu/
protection of that Government, outside of
the lines of the assumed Confederate an
thoritv; yet such a contract made between
citizens residing within the lines of the as
sumed Confederate authoiity, iu their or
dinary business transactions between
themselvt sand having no connection with
Ihe j-vv.-f trillion of tin war against ih r
Unit'd Stan* is not an illegal considera
tion, as between the controlling partita
thcinxi Ires, they having made the contract
under the assumed authority which was
then over them, and which assumed au
thority, (whether rightfully or wrongfully,
is not now the question) recognized the
currency as legal and valid <U the time the
contract was made; therefore, on between
the contracting parties themselves the plain
tiff below is entitled to recover.
Held, also, That the contract in the rec
ord mentioned is not such a contract made
with the intention and for the purpose of
aiding and encouraging the rebellion, as
was contemplated, or is embraced within
tiie provisions of the Constitution oi this
State.
Judgment of the court below affirmed.
McCay, J.— Concurring.
Ist. A contract entered into between resi
dents of tills .State, in 1862, of which ('oio
federate currency is tiie consideration, is
not void.
2d. To sustain such a contract it is not
necessary to hold tiie Confederacy a gov
ernment de facto in the technical sense of
that term.
j During Die late war. Confederate money
was in such universal use asa currency in
tliis State, that it was impossible to trans
act the most ordinary affairs without its
use, and the same public policy, that for
purposes of humanity and necessity, re-
I cognized the Confederacy as a belligerent
will excuse the use of Confederate money
and save from illegality a contract based
; upon it.
! Though the issuance of Confederate
money for the purpose of carrying on the
I late war against tiie United States was il
legal. yet a contract entered into between
parties in tiie transaction of ordinary
business, with no intent, on their part, to
aid in the resistance of the government, is
not void, simply because the consideration
of tlio ooutraut was Confederate money.
In general a note given for an Illegal pnr
-1 jiose is void, and cannot lie the considera
! tiou for a contract even between parties
who arestrangers to the contract itself, hut ;
i under the peculiar circumstance existing
| in Georgi i in ISO 2, Confederate currency,
1 though in itself illegal, had a substantial
! value from tiie necessities of the case, and
, between parties resident where that ne-
I cessity existed, a contract of which it was
the consideration is not void.
Brown, C. J.— Dissenting.
; Ist. The Confederate Rtutesin theiutecon- j
1 test were recognized by the Government
. of the I uited .States, and by other govern
! ments as a belligerent power conducting
I war, and the Government of the I ni ted
j States, made cartels for the exchange of i
! prisoners with it, and it would seem that j
this recognition carried with it the ac
knowledgement of its right, to pro
vide Itself witli such a currency as might
be necessary to euab e it to carry on war,
which would lie a good consideration fora
contract between two subjects of tiie bel
ligerent powers, when made in the ordi
nary courseof business, with no intention
of the parlies to aid the Confederacy to
conduct the war against the Government
of the United States,'and at atime when
there was no other currency in circulation
in tiie Confederacy.
2d. But while such contracts might, it
would seem, he sustained as between sub
jects of the Confederate Government,
made while it was recognized by the Gov
ernment of the United .States as a beiiig- !
erent power, they cannot be enforced tin- j
der the new Constitution of this State, i
wiiieh declares ttiat, “All contracts made I
and not executed during Hie late rebellion,
with tiie intention ami for tiie purpose of i
aiding and encouraging said rebellion, or I
where it was the purpose and intention of i
any one of the parties to such contract to
aid or encourage such rebellion and that
fact was known to the other party, whether
said contract was made by any person or
corporation with the State or Confederate
States, or by a corporation with a natural i
person, or between two or more natural
persons, are hereby declared to have, been
and to be iU(gat, ami ail bonds,deeds, pro
missory notes, bills, or other evidences of
debt, made or executed by the parties to
such contract, or either of (hem, in con
ned ion with such illegal contract, or
as the consideration therefor, or in further
ance thereof, are hereby declared Rutland
void, and shall he so held in all courts in
thisHlate when an attemjit shall he made
to enforce any such contract, or give va
lidity to such obligation or evidence of
debt. And in all cases when 'he defend
ant or any one interested iu Ihe event of
the suit, will make a plea, supported by
his or her affidavit, that he orshe has rea
son to believe that the obligation or evi
dence of indebtedness upon which the suit
isjiredicated, or s< me part thereof, has been
given or used lor the illegal purpose afore
said, the burden of jnoof shall be upon
tiie plaintiff'to satisfy ilie couit'and jury
that the trfmd, deed, note, bill, or other
evi«k nee of indebtedness upon which said
suit is brought, is or are not, nor is any
part thereof, founded upon, or in any way
connected with any such illegal contract,
arn / has not been used in aid of the rebt /-
lion, and the date of such bond, deed, note,
hill, or other evidence of indebtedness
shall not be evidence that it has, or lots
not, since its tiate, been issued, transferred,
or vsttl in aid of ihe rebellion.
3. The Constitution not only declares
the coB ti act to have been, aud to be Hit gal
when the ('oof* Relate government, in aid
of the nia Lion, j.-siu and these evhfenci -of
debt to a e>tiz> it, m vJ-jt et of that govern
men, l-tit it also dedans the evidences of
debt so issued or Used to he null and void,
4. A bond, deed, promissory note, or
other evidence of debt, declared by the
Constitution, or by a statute to lie illegal,
null and void, whatever may have t een
its umiket value, can have no legal value,
and cannot, in i&w, be a valuable consid
eration to support a contract. It follows,
therefore, that a note given for Confeder
ate 'I %,-tsury notes bin no legal consider
atiorj u/suppoi At, and .the coni net is m<»
dioilyt r ichttn an<7 void.
f>: The Constilulional provision applies
only to executory contractu, or to bonds,
deeds, notes, hills or other evidence of in
debtedness used in aid >f the rebellion.
If the contract has been executed the
court will not ab| cither party to undo
what has been done. It not executed the
court will not enforce it but will leave tbe
parties where it finds them.
W. Hope Hull and J. T. Shewmake for
plaintiff’s in error.
G. G. .McWhorter and J. 11 a rah 1 for de
fendants in error.
The Georgia Railroad Banking Com
pany vs. F. M. Kddieman et al. As
sumpsit: from Richmond.
This ease was argued with Miller vs.
Gould, and is controlled by it.
Judgment affirmed. .
John-on and Montgomery for plaintiffs
in error
H. \V, Hilliard for defendant in etror.
J. Percy Green, et. al. vs. James H. Low
ry, l-’.quity from V\ bitfield.
Brown, V. J.
I. An obligation was given by J. Percy
Green to Lowry in February, lsb.7, for
5- -TOO in Con federal« Treasury note*, for
the hoard of his three si-ters while Le was
absent in the army, when one dollar in
gold was worth fortv-six dollars in Con
-1 federate notes. On the ISth of November.
• lsii-j, before the Ordinance of the Conven
tion for sealing Confederate contracts
could have bten well understood by the
defendants, said Green who was inexpe
rienced, and his sister Julia just of age,
who Iroanbd with I.owry, and was under
| his protection, till about the time it was
i given, executed a note, payable one day
; alter date, for $450, w hich was to be in
i lieu of the obligation of Green for the :~2 t
j 500 Confederate note: which the makers
charge was given In that shape, on the
fraudulent representation and false prom
j ises of Lowry, that they should have two
I or three years within which to pay it, and
tiiat he having taken advantage of-heir
; inexperience aud of their ignorance of
, tbe.r legal right-, in obtaining the note,
; brought suit on it in a short time.
Held, That Ihe Court erred in refusing
- to allow evidence lending to prove these
! facts to go to Ihe jury, and in ordering a
; verdict for the plaiolfff for the amount
{ called forty the face of the note.
“. The note having been executed at a
time when the parties did not know it was
j necessary to place a revenue stamp u|h>h
it. and on the fact Wing ascertained, said
Green having voluntarily placed the
j necessary stamp on the note, and again
j delivered it to tue payee, whereby the
j government received lot revenue to w hicil
. it was emitted, Greet* will uni now he al
lowed to controvert the fact that the note
’ was legal I y stamped. Judgment reversed.
McCutehin <fc tiuewmake for plaintiff in
| error.
\V. K. Moore for defendant in error.
MEEII.XC (It TIIK I 11 * nil M IL,
Traii»r«-r of 1l«- < i(» Khk*E» in tl„- ffoutfittr-rtcru
n Kluifrom! I «#*■**’.
Council met last evening. Present, the
Mayor and Aldermen Meyer, Hunter, C.
C. Millar, Villa onga. Burroughs. Wyllv,
hue, Funs, A. N. Miller, and Waring.
The minutes of ihe last meeting were
read and confirmed.
On motion, ihe order of business wa
suspended and the May submitted the fol
lowing proposition for the transferor cer
tain blocks to th. Southwestern Railroad
Company.
PROPOSITION or THE C ITY COt NCTI..
The City of Savannah will transfer as follows :
1g.353 shares Atlantic an# <mlf railroad
stack at pur Sl,gi-;s.::««i
307 shares Macon amt Western railroad :u.Too
4M shares Savannah and August* railroad tg ion
1 »luire .SoullHvesUu u railroad 100
11,311,-700
And the parti- s -S nine the following bonds with
interest:
A. iY H. I!. R . dee i>o M-ars *WM.UNI
S. W. R. R. “ X •• 117’<HJ0
Aug Ear. “ a “ 174,700
SI.2X". joo
SOUTH W FSTER X RAJLKOAI/s ACCKH
A NCR.
At a called meeting of the Board of l>i
! rectors of the Southwestern Railroad Com
-1 pany, held at Macon on the lsth of l>e
; eemher, IsnS, Hie following resolutions
weie adopted :
Resolved, ThattheCompany will under
take to give the guarantee required by the
propositions from the city of Savannah
and accepted on the part of William B.
Hodgson, Esq., for himself and others.
Resoled, That the President of the
Company he and is hereby fully author
ized and empower, and to execute the ihc«i
sarv papers to carry out tiie propositions
made to William B. Hodgson, Esq., by
the City Council of Savannah, for the
transfer of its stocks referred to in the fore
going preamble and resolutions, either as
those propositions now staud or as they
may he modified and agreed to by him.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the City
Council of .Savannah requires Hie eodorse
ruentof this Company’s guarantee by some
other corporation acceptable to the City
Council, for the payments of the interest
I aml principal ot the city tioncis in consol
| eration for the stocks to be transferred,
and in view of the greater interest of the
Central Railroad and Banking Company
of Georgia i:i the settlement ot conflicting
railroad interests terminating at (Savan
nah. a committee, consisting of the Presi
dent of tliis Company, General A. R. Law
ton and Virgil Powers, are hereby appolu
ted tocoiiier with the Board of Diiectois
of the Central liaiircad and Banking
Company of Georgia, aid invite that Coni
paDy tojoiu with the Southwestern Rail -
load Company upon just and equitable*
terms, ill guaiantee to the city ot havali
uah for the payment of the interest and
principal at maturity of the bonds in con
sideration for the stocks proposed to be
transferred.
CON FIK MATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
On motion of Alderman Finis :
Resolved, 'll.at tiie p. oposiliuu now sub
mitted for the transfer of certain stocks
on conditions named, be accepted and
hereby confirmed, and that the Finance
Committee be authorized to have the ne
cessary legal papers drawn, and tiie Mayor
be hereby instructed to sign the same, and
perfect the transfer ; but it is now distinct
ly understood that the city is not bound by
its action to refrain from aiding any other
lines of railroad that it may deem worthy
of such support.— Sav. RepnhHfan, 2-PA.
An Important Decision —ln the case
of Mrs. Catherine Baiiy, ts.the St. Louis
Mutual Life Insurance Company, recently
decided in the U. 8. Circuit* Court at
Memphis, where suit was brought Lo re
cover $.3,0000n her husband’s life, which
tiie company refused to pay, because tiie
deceased had failed to pay the premium
for three quarters, but which her son hail
paid while he, (deceased,) was on his death
bed, representing his father to be in
usual health—the Court charged that the
Company could not hold to the contract if
the party lived, and repudiate it if he died,
and the Jury so found.