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GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER
J. \V. Rl KKE A: CO., Proprietor*.
A.W. BBE»K,l Ellllori(
8. ItllSEi I
MACON, GA., TUESDAY, FEB. 9, 1869.
APOLOGY.
By a mishap to our forms in the press
room, this morning, we are compelled to
omit our weekly review of the Macon
market, and the reports of markets by
telegraph. This we regret, but there’s
no help for it. Iu the few lines of space,
now at our disposal, we may say that the
sales of cotton this week, in this market,
su mu p 3122 bales at 265@27$ for middlings
Receipts for same time, 1638 bales. Meat
and provisions have advanced. Trade
moderate.
“ TO THE PUBLIC.”
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 4, 1869.
My attention has been called to a card
of the above caption, in the press dis
patches, signed “ H. Morgan, W. R. Bell,
C. C. Cleghorn, Committee,” and I take
this occasion to state that I was surprised
to see this publication, as it was unau
thorized by me.
The Treasurer’s report in reference to
moneys drawn by Governor Bullock, on
hypothecated bonds of the State, was re
ferred to Committee on Finance, and by
it to a sub committee of three —named
ah >ve—for investigation. When the card
alluded to was presented for my approval
and signature, I pronounced it improper
ami premature, and after various modifi
cations and erasures a majority of the
committee agreed on the card.
On reflection, my conviction of the im
propriety of sucti a card was so strong
that I called upon General Morgan and,
after consultation, we determined to sup
press tiie publication of it, and it was at
once withdrawn from the press.
The other two members of the commit
tee having furnished Governor Bullock
with a copy without my knowledge, and
he being ignorautof the action of General
Morgan and myself, telegraphed it to the
country. Besides the impropriety of such
a course by a sub-committee, I considered
it open to the same objection complained
of, namely, premature publication. In
reference to the lasi, concluding sentence:
“ We are induced to make this request of
you because of the has'y course of the
Treasurer in making public certain com
munications,” it is due to Dr. Angier to
state that when he ascertained that Gov
ernor Bullock’s letter in reply to his re
port had been seut to the city press for
publication, he seut his son to me with
the request that he be allowed to publish
his rejoinder at the same time, which I
consented to without consultation with
General Morgan and Dr. Bell, for the rea
son that the former was off on leave of
absence, and the latter was not in bisseat
at the time.
Papers that have published the card al
luded to, are requested to publish this
also. C. U. Cleohorn.
This explains something we did not un
derstand at the time, but which seemed,
on its face, to deserve reprobation. We
are glad to see and publish it.
We hope there will now be an end of
these unauthorized publications at Atlan
ta. Let facts first be developed, and then,
when a result is definitely reached, let it
he known, officially. There seems to he
a very slack-twisted way of doing all sorts
of business at Atlanta by various ** recon
structed ” officials, which, while it may
not. appear improper to them, is very dis
tasteful to those who are tired of seeing
the Slate’s good name thus smeared and
smirched. The people of Georgia are not
used to such things, and we hope will
never become familiarized with them.
When before was there ever such doing 9
as the papers are filled with now, the
actors being the State's highest officials ?
When did the record reek, as it does now,
with recriminations, insinuations, and
direct charges against the personal char
acter of men whom heretofore, as servants
Ul mo .OUIIIiutMi rrcoiUl, Hit? littVO
been wont to regard as above suspicion ?
Wlieu before was there ever such shifts,
anti squirms, and wallowing iu the mire,
and soiliug of garments that should be
spotless, by those who seem, in their greed
for plunder, to forget that such things as
honor, and faith, and the public interest
have an existence?
It seems that with the injection into the
veins of the body politic of the deadly
virus of Radical “ reconstruction,” all
considerations that move men in public
station to walk even decently before the
world, have been killed outright. There
seems, now, to he among those whom it
has til rust iuto placesof honor and respon
sibility, no higher motive tbau personal
aggrandizement, and the venting of pri
vate spite and spleeu. They fall out, and
straightway rush to expose each other in
the public priuts as deserving public cen
sure, and a watch upon their actions, such
as officers of the law set upon those whom
they have reason to believe as just on the
point of quarreling over booty feloniously
obtained, whereby the owners may
obtain restitution, aud the purloiners
brought to puuishmeut. Do we exagge
rate? Let the tiles of any newspaper in
Georgia he summoned to prove the verity
of our affirmatious. The dirty linen that
has beeu washed at Atlanta, before the
eyes, not only of Georgia, hut of the Na
tion—does it not still hang out for public
inspection ? Do not Us drippings still dis
gust liouest men, aud keep stirred, to its
very dregs, the foul pool from whence it
was dragged?
Alack aud alas, that it should be so!
Shame upon those who have made it
not only possible, but absolutely necessa
ry. Alas for the days when such thiugs
were literally impossible, because the true
people of the State would have none but
their wisest, and purest, and best men to
rule over them; when pride iu a good
name, and jealous regard for the State’s
weal were the prime motives of personal
and official action ; when, if we were less
“ civilized,” we were more filled with a
sense of persoual honor aud dignity ; and
when the “ barbarism of slavery ” had not
beeu succeeded by au enlightenment that
Is typified by a Beast Butler in the United
States House of Representatives, by a cor
ruptionist so rotten as Fenton, of New
York, in the United States Senate, and a
rule in every Southern State that has
almost made worth, and virtue, and intel
ligence, aud honesty vagabonds and out
casts.
LETTER FROM DAVID DICKSON.
Sparta, Ga., February 3, 1869.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel—l return
my thauks to iny patrons for tbe very
liberal orders for uiy select cotton seed.
My seed is about all sold. Send no more
money without first writing to see if seed
can be bad tbis season. If I can get time
I will write for the Southern Cultivator
a short articie bow to cultivate cotton and
improve tbe seed. I am receiving so
many letters—each mail forty to fifty—
and visitors from most of tbe cotton
States each day, that it is impossible for
me to answer any of them. See back
numbers of the Southern Cultivator for
answers.
You will please place this under your
editorial one time, with request that each
paper publishing my seed advertisement
wiil giv ■ like notice once, and send bill to
Messrs. S. D. Heard & Go., Augusta, Ga.,
for payment. Respectfully,
1 David Dickson.
A Bio Land Trade on Foot. — 4
wealthy Massachusetts capitalist is in cor
respondence with Major R. C. Randolph,
Chief of the Piedmont (Virginia) Land
Ageucv. He proposes to purchase real
estate "in Virginia sufficient to locate a
colony of New Englaud immigrauts
frorn 1.000 to 1,200 acres. The land mußt
bs cultivated, with comfortable buildings,
and waier power sufficient to run the
mills which the settlers will build if they
do not find them already erected They
will pay $25 000 for their purchase, and
propose to take immediate possession and
begin work. 1
SOUTHERN SECURITIES lit NEW YORK.
The Herald , of Wednesday, the 3d,
■ays Southern securities closed dull and
inactive the day before. Tennessee sixes,
ex coujion, 67$ a 675; Tenuessee sixes,
new,67sa67f; Tennessee five per cents.,
60 a 62; Virginia sixes, ex-coupon, 58 a
58$; Virginia sixes, new, 61$ a 62; Vir
ginia sixes, registered, 50$ a 51; Georgia
sixes, 82$ a 85; Georgia sevens, 93 a 935;
Georgia sevens, interest payable in Geor
gia, 85 a 90; North Carolina sixes, ex-cou
pon, 62$ a 63 ; North Caro ina sixes, new,
60$ a 61; Missouri sixes, 86 a 86$; Lou
isiana sixes, 71$ a 725 ; Louisiana levee
sixes, 68; Louisiana levee eights, 85$ a
86 ; Alabama eights, 92 a 92$ ; Ala
bama fives, 65 a 67; Alabama sixes, ster
ling, 75 a 80; South Caroliuasixes, 72 a 73;
South Carolina sixes, new, 70 a 71; South
Carolina sixes, registered, 60 a 6-5 ; City of
Memphis sixes, 52$ a 535; City of Savan
nah sevens, 87 a 90; City of New Orleans
consols, 80a81$ ; Mobile and Ohio sterling,
62 a 64; Mobile and Ohio eights, 50 a 52;
Mississippi Central Railroad, first mort
gage, 67 a 70; Memphis and Charleston,
first mortgage, 87 a 90; Memphis and
Charleston, second mortgage, 75 a 76;
Memphis and Charleston, stock, 47 a 50.
HOW IT HAS WORKED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
How the thing called “reconstruction,”
with its sequences of universal negro suf
frage and incitement to lawless violence
among the brutes who live on the South
Carolina coast, has affected the price of
land in that region, is told below. We
wonder that any saue man could be found
to even bid on property exposed, as this
is, to the attacks of the hordes of savages
living on and around it. We quote from
the Charleston Courier , of Friday:
1. Cricket Factory and 300 acres land,
in and.contiguous to the town of Waiter
boro’, for S2OO.
2. Pringle Plantation Tract, 300 acres,
more or less, for $175.
3. Pine Land Tract, containing 280 acres
for SSO.
4. A tract of 150 acres, for $23.
5. Riggs’ Tract, 150 acres, for $25.
6. Cook’s Hill Plantation, 2,160 acres,
for SSOO.
7. Reed Grant, 350 acres, for $25.
8. One hundred acres, sll.
9. A portiou of the Ferribee Tract, 70
acres, for $5.
10. A portion of the Paul Tract, about
100 acres, for $26.
11. A lot of land in the town of Waiter
boro’, measuring about two acres, with a
wooden building, known as Vogler Hotel,
for $1,300 —cost $15,000 before the war.
STAY AT HOME, IF YOU HAVE ONE.
Mr. F. L. B. Goodwin, a gentleman of
this State, who went to California last
spring to mend his broken fortunes, writes
back the following letter, which we find
in the Atlanta Constitution :
“If those restless, dissatisfied persons
who think that every other place is better
than home, would take the advice of many
who have learned by experience, they
would remain where they are. It cannot
be denied that almost every new country,
especially California, possesses many ad
vantages over the older States, and pre
sents many alluring inducements to the
young and energetic; hut tell all who
contemplate leaving home and its hal
lowed associations, to remember that
“distance lends enchantment to the
view,” and that In most instances it is
better to endure temporary inconveniences
and reverses of fortune than “fly to ills
they know not of.” The majority of those
who have left the South to seek fortunes
in Brazil, Mexico or the Western wilds,
have experienced sad and bitter disap
pointments. Fruitless enterprises, dissi
pation, ruined health and perished hopes
have resulted from following the wavts of
excitement which have so long lashed the
Pacific slope.”
Richer than the North.— The New
York Express thinks that the South,
thanks t 02,500,000 bales of cotton raised this
year—and we add, plenty of provisions,
also—is richer to-day than any other sec
tion of the country. Two and a half mil
lion bales of cotton, at $250,000,000, gives
the South the power to command its share
of the currency, as the cotton crop is one
which finds its principal market abroad,
and prevents au unnecessary exportation
of coin. Such a fact is a most auspicious
one for the South, and will at once have
its influence on capital and population,
which it invites to the South. It enables
customers iu the South, who were last
year unable to buy, to purchase freely
(juring the present aud coming season,
and this is done just now, very largely in
that city. Indeed, the bulk of orders iu
the city are from the Southern States, and
the South being nearly bare of goods, we
are happy to say they are very consider
able in number.
■ -
Destructive Tornado.— The Atlanta
Intelligencer, of Friday, learns that there
was a terrible tornado in Campbell county
on last Saturday night. It extended for
about ten miles, aud was about four hun
dred yards in width. Great damage was
doue to timber and fencing.
The house of Mr. Miller was destroyed,
and Mrs. Miller aud her children were
very much injured. Mrs. Duke's house
was destroyed; also, Antioch Church.
Mr. Patterson’s house was destroyed. Mr.
Walker’s bouse was also blown down.
On Friday night—the night before—the
LaGrange Reporter says a severe wind
and hail storm passed through the lower
portion of Troup county. Trees, fences,
freedmen’s cabins, and timber, were pros
trated indiscriminately. The gin houses
of Mrs. McCalley and Mr. Joseph Rut
ledge were blowu to atoms, scattering the
fragments all around. It has not been
heard from further west than Mr. M. P.
Johnson’s, aud east than Mrs. Sledge’s—
only a few miles apart.
BILLS AND BEARS.
New Vork Gold Room.
Conceive, as representing the gold room,
a room 30 by 40 feet, with a circular spac l
in tbe centre, five feet in diameier, in
closed by a stout iron railing, four and a
half feet bigb. Holding half this circular
fence are the bulls, and surrounding the
other half, and facing each other, are the
bears. The bear is tbe man who contracts
to deliver, at a specified future time, gold
which be does not own ; a bull is one who
contracts to take tbe gold. Hence, in the
intervening time, it is the interest of the
bear to depress tbe price of the gold, as tbe
bear pulls down his strong paws, and of
the bull to raise the gold, as the bull
throws upward with his horns. The gold
is, in fact, never delivered, and never was
meant to be. When the time for delivery
arrives, the losing parly pays the differ
ence between the price of the gold then
and at the lime when the contract was
made.
There were perhaps four hundred men
in the room below, crowding around tbe
circular railing, jostliug and elbowing
each other, and gesticulating and yelling
in a manner that would have taken the
laurels in Paudemonium. Every man’s
arms were going, every mau’s throat open,
“One forty,” “one forty and an eighth,”
“one forty and a quarter,” “eighth,”
“eighth,” “quarter,” “quarter,” were
ruug out with tbe sum total of power
that each man could command. It looks
as though every mau was in a fight with
his neighbor, wishing to drown his voice
or clutch his throat. They yell from nine
in the morning to four or live in the after
noon.
President’s Report. —We direct at
tention to the clear and satisfactory report
of the President of the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad, found elsewhere. It will
be found to contain ail the information
possible to give of the present and future
of the road, and cannot fail to be of de
cided interest to all citizens, of tbis sec- |
tion especially.
DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
GEORGIA.
Furnished by N. J. Hammond , Supreme
Court Reporter, Expressly for the Consti
tution. sm
O. A. Lochrane, PUiutiff iu error, vs.
Wm. Solomon,Defendant in error. Mo
tion for new trial from Bibb.
Brown, C. J.
L., who owed 8. SI,OOO, for which S.
held L.’s note, aud mortgage on a print
ing press, sold the press to C. for $5,000,
aud >J. agreed to pay the SI,OOO to 8., and
satisfy the note aud mortgages, but 8. re
fused to release L. and take C. for the debt.
There was evidence before the jury, how
ever, that 8. agreed to take C. as collateral,
aud afterwards agreed to giveC. time on
the SI,OOO which lie was to pay for L., if
he would pay him 2$ per cent, per month
for tiie indulgence, which he did for three
or four months.
1. Held, that it was error iu the Court
in his charge to the jury, to restrict them
to the siDgle inquiry whether C. was sub
stituted as the debtor iu place of L.
2. If C. agreed to pay the debt of L. to
8. in a short time, and 8., having accept
ed the liability of C. as collateral, after
wards for a valuable consideration extend
ed the time of payment for three or four
months, as he had the right to do at his
own wish, L. could not sue C during that
time, and S was liable to L. for any dam
age sustained by L. on account of such
indulgence given by S. to C.
Judgment reversed.
McCay, J., concurred in the judgment.
Warner, J., disseoting.
In my judgment, there was no error in
the Court below in over-ruling the motion
for anew trial on the ground that the ver
dict was contrary to the evidence. The
Court was not requested iu writing to
charge the jury upon any part of the evi
dence, aud there was no exception taken
that the charge of tiie Judge did not cover
all the facts proved. The charge of the
Court excepted to was not error in view
of the evidence contained in the record.
The defendant was the principal debtor,
and not a surety, and the loss of which be
complains did not spring out of or result
from any agreement made between Craw
ford and Solomon which would operate a9
a legal discharge of the debt, but from a
cause entirely independent of that alleged
agreement. From the facts disclosed by
the record and my understanding of the
law applicable thereto, I am of opinion the
judgment of the Court below should be
affirmed.
Cobb and Jackson, by Judges Clark and
Lyon, for plaintiff in error.
W. Poe, for defendentiu error.
Samuel T. Bailey, Plaintiff in error, vs. E.
L. Stroecker, defendant in error, man
damus— From Bibb.
Brown, C. J.
When an attachment was levied upon
fifty stiares of the capital stock of a corpor
ate company, aud sold at Sheriff’s sales,
it was the duty of the Sheriff to give cer
tificates of purchase to the highest bidder,
and on presentation of such certificates to
the proper officer of the corporation, it was
his duty to make the necessary transfer of
the stock to the purchaser on the books of
the 4 Company. In such case the Sheriff
does not put the purchaser in possession,
but the officer of the corporation is, pro
hac vice, a public officer under the Code
cliarged with that duty, aud if he refuses
to do it, mandamus is the proper proceed
ing to compel its performance.
Judgment reversed.
H. T. Bailey, by the Reporter, for plain
tiff' in error.
H. W. Cowles, by B. H. Hill, for de
fendant in error.
John T. Williams, etal., plaintiff in error,
vs. James M Mobley, executor, etc., de
fendaut in error: Equity—From Harris.
Brown, C. J.
The minor legatees under a will, who
are not the children of the testator, have
no right, in a case pending iu Chancery
upon a bill filed by the executor for direc
tion, to an iuterlocutory order, setting
apart money for their support, unless the
estate is solvent, aud able to pay all just
debts, and leave a sufficient fund out of
which to pay the sum necessary for their
support, and it was error in the Chancel
lor to grant said order, when the solvency
of the estate was denied, till it had beeu
ascertained, by the report of a Master in
Chancery, or in someother legal way, that
there would he a fund after the payment
of the debts of the estate.
fngranam anS "Urawford, by Peabody,
for plain tiffin error.
Bingham and B. H. Hill for defendant
in error.
Jas. Marting and Paul Key, persons of
color, plaintiffs in error, vs. The State,
defendant in error: Burglary in the
night—From Muscogee.
Brown, C. J.
The bill of exceptions in this case was a
general one that the jury found contrary
to law aud evidence. Held, that there
was not sufficient legal evidence to sustain
the verdict.
Ramsey A Ramsey, per Jas. Russell, for
plaintiff in error.
Thornton, Solicitor General, for the
State.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Saturday, February 6, 1869.
Cases continued from June Term, 1868
Pataula Circuit 1
Southwestern Circuit 3
Middle Circuit 1
Brunswick Circuit 1
Cherokee Circuit 1
Coweta Circuit 4
Flint Circuit 2
Northern Circuit 1
Western Circuit 2
Chattahoochee Circuit 1
Slaeon Circuit 4
Ocmuigee Circuit 2
23
Cases docketed for December Term,
1868, with order of Circuits:
Pataula Circuit 1
Southwestern Circuit 7
Middle Circuit 11
Eastern Circuit 7
Bruuswick Circuit
Southern Circuit 1
Cherokee Circuit 6
Blue Ridge Circuit 3
Tallapoosa Circuit
Coweta Circuit 9
Flint Circuit 2
Northern Circuit 3
Western Circuit 1
Chattahoochee Circuit 7
Macon Circuit 6
Ocmnlgee Circuit 6
70
Hon. Wm. A. Laue appeared, and up
on application, was admitted to the Bar
of this Court.
Argument in the case of Leroy M. Wil
son et al, Executors J. M. Whitfield, de
ceased, plaintiff in error, vs. M. C. Whit
field, et al, was concluded by Hon. Joshua
Hill for plaintiff.
James L. Brauan, Administrator, plain
tiff in error, vs. Thomas Johnson—Equity
from Wilkiusou. Record withdrawn on
motion of counsel for plaintiff.
G H. C. Reed, plaintiff in error, vs.
John Eady—Complaint from Wilkinson.
Dismissed for want of prosecution.
Dawid G. Davis aud wife, vs. William
Hiues, Tenaut &c. Dismissed on motion
of Geo 8. Thomas, Esq., for L. T. Down
ing, defendant’s Attorney.
Joseph R. High, plaintiff in error, vs
James McHugh—Complaint from Morgan.
Argued by Judge Augustus Rees for
plaintiff, aud by J. A. Billups, Esq., for
defendant.
A. C. Bhafer & Cos., plaintiff iu error, vs.
Baker <fc Carswell-»Award from Rich
mond. Argued on Doth sides by N. J.
Hammond, Esq., for JosephP. Carr, Esq.,
plaiutitt’s tatoruey, and for Mr Hull, de
fendant's attorney.
Henry F. Russel, plaintiff in error, vs.
C. D. Carr & Cos., and 8. H. Crump, Dep
uty Sheriff—Rules against Sheriff from
Richmond. Argued by Col. L E. Bleck
ley for Mr. Hull, plaintiff’s counsel, and
by Col. N. J. Hammond for Joseph P.
Carr, Esq., counsel for defendant.
An Evidence ok Returning Prosper
ity.—Nothing is more convincing of
the returning prosperous condition of the
country surrounding this city, than the
immense quantities of produce shipped
from tbis depot. Three huudred cars,
loaded here, have been started southward*
tbe present week, employing from three
to four trains daily, while the State road
freight yard is rammed aud jammed with
heavily loaded cars, numbering about one
hundred and twenty. The freight from
both east aud west of here seems equally
as great. We understand there is now
-150,000 bushels of grain at Lowden, Tenn.,
for the Georgia market, while at our neigh
boring village, on the State line, Red
Clay, there are sixty-eight loaded cars
awaiting locomotive power. Over 20,000
head of mules have been transported over
tbe State road this season. At our depot,
Capt Baker, the agent, informs us that
from 1000 to 1200 bushels of grain is receiv
ed daily, while immense quantities of eth
er produce are also shipped Dalton Citi
zen, 6th.
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
In the Stale Agricultural Convention,
Judge D. A. Vason offered a resolution
urging the formation of agricultural so
cieties in each county, aud recommending
that they meet monthly, which was unan
imously adopted.
Dr. R.;C. Word, of Whitfield, introduced
the following preamble and resolutions,
which was adopted :
Whereas, the unsettled condition of po
litical affairs in the South, resulting from
the reports of evil, designing men, touch
ing the loyalty and patriotism of our peo
ple, having greatly retarded and crippled
the agricultural prosperity of ourcountry,
by creating distrust, demoralizing the la
boring element, preventing immigration
aud the influx ot capital. aud depreciating
property, therefore.
Resolved, By this Convention fc.com
posed of representatives from ail sections
of Georgia, that these reports constantly
goiug up to the Nortneru press, and, in a
vast majority of instances either sheer
fabrications, or made up of exaggerated
accounts of rare aud exceptional cases;
that so far as Georgia is concerned, at
least, we can truthfully assure the whole
world, that our people are law-abiding
and peaceable, humane to the negro, and
true to the principles of tile Constitution ;
and that weearnestly protest agaiust these
misrepresentations as cruel and harassing
to an unoffending people struggling to re
cover their lost tortunes, and to build up
the waste placesof the country.
Resolved, That the varied quality and
fertility of Georgia soil, the cheapness of
her lauds, the mildness and salubrity of
her climate, the hospitality, intelligence
aud patriotism of her people all combine
to constitute a land, perhaps, morednvit
iug aud attractive to settlers than any
other portion of this favored country.
By Mr. Vissche, of Houstcn—adopted
Whereas, It is of prime impnruiT'te to
the agricultural interests of our Siam, aud
to the successful and permanent ma ritain
ance of our independence as planters, that
our system of planting should bavespecial
reference to the production of provisions ;
and
Whereas, The tendency of the present
high price of cotton is to the appropriation
of au undue proportion of our lands iu this
staple, to the neglect of grain ; therefore,
Resolved, by this Convention, That it is
our policy to produce au amount of grain
and other provisions sufficient for home
consumption, giving cotton, in respect to
this interest, a secondary consideration.
By Mr. Howard—adopted :
Resolved, That in the opiniou of this
Convention, money wages, where practi
cable, is the best policy for the planters
aud farmers of Georgia ; and to secure re
liable labor for the whole crop season, cer
tificates of character should be required of
the laborer, and if such laborer offers for
hire during the cropping season, acertifi
cate of leave or discharge shall be required
of his former employer.
SINGULAR RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A Fearful Ride on a Coweateher.
fAlbion (Mich.) Special to Detriot Press, Jan. 20.]
As the day express going weston the
Michigan Central Railroad was nearing
this station this afternoon, about three
o’clock, the passengers waiting for the
train were startled by the frequent whis
tling of theengine, iudicatiugobstructions
on the track. It was soon found that Mr.
Sagon, of Sheridan, was driving at a
furious pace to get his horses and wagon
across the track before theengiue reached
the crossing. The engineer did his best to
stop the train, but it was too late, and the
cowcatcher struck just between the wagon
and horses, separating them instanter aud
consigning each a place on opposite sides
of the track, little or none the worse for
the collision. But the strangest part of
the mystery remains to be told. Mr. Sagou
aud his wife (both about sixty-five) were
caught upon the platform above the cow
catcher, and just in front of the engiue,
where, instead of losing presence of mind
and throwing themselves off, they settled
themselves composedly, as though noth
ing had happened. The old lady put her
hands in her muff', while the old man,
with one haud extended as though grasp
ing the reins and the whip raised in the
other, assumed an attitude that Dan Mace
might envy, and thus the old couple rode
up to the station iu triumph, amid the
cheers of tiie by standers. As soon as the
train stopped a number rushed to their as
sistance ; but they declined all aid, mani
festing no concern for themselves, but
considerable for the fate of the horses and
wagon. The former were uninjured, while
**><? damages to the latter were ff~r cra ''m
very crufiTig. '
J. H. Garner, of Tennessee, is said to
be the most successful, persevering aud
daring horse-thief in the United Stales.
He is now somethingabout fifty yearsold,
a middle-sized, raw-boned, weather-beat
en man, with iron gray beard and hair,
and a peuetrating eye. He was rescued
from jail about two weeks ago by a band
of what weresupposed to beKu-Klux, but
who in reality were a gang of horse
thieves, whose branches are ramified
through Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi, and of which this Garner ap
pears to be the chief. Like all noted
thieves, he has the most unpromising ap
pearance in the world for a man of his
profession. He walks in an awkward,
shuffling, hang-dog sort of way. He boasts
of having captured, in the line of his pro
fession, over five hundred head of stock;
acknowledges that he has himself been
captured some fourteen times ; that he has
spent one-third of his life iu the peniten
tiary, and that he was twice sentenced to
be hauged. He seems to be safe and
sound, without as much as a bullet mark
on him, and only two knife scars. His
operations during the last forty years—he
began practising his profession at the age
of fifteen—have extended over twenty
nine States, and even iuto the British ter
ritories During the past twenty years
his business bas been confined to Tennes
see and the adjoining States South, with
an occasional excursion into Arkansas
and down through Louisiana into Texas.
He was captured last week iu Nashville
by a detective, and is now iu prison. He
is said to be quite acuriosity to the people
of the city.
Highway Robbery and Murderous
Assault. —Mr. J. B. Tenuent states that
on his way home from John’s Is
land, on Monday night last, at 11 o’clock
when iu Comiug-street, near the corner
of Cannon, he saw a crowd of eolored
men, amongst whom was a mulatto fel
low, who grabbed him aud jerked Lim in
to an alley near by, when another asked
if he was a white man, to which the
mulatto and he replied “yes.” No soon
er had the words left his lips than he re
ceived a blow in bis mouth, which stag
gered him. He tried to defend himself,
when a colored man whom he recognized
as a butcher in the market, gave him
another blow, which caused him to fall
The crowd theu gathered around him and
gave him several severe kicks. In his
critical situation, he begged them to spare
his life, and tried to rise, when one of
them struck him over the head with some
thing that felt like a pistol barrel, which
felled him to the earth. They then rifled
his pockets and took all the money he
had, fortunately, not much, aud bis'fine
felt hat. When they had finished their
work of robbery, they cursed Mr, Ten
nent iu disgustingly indecent terms, and
bid him begone. Mr. Tenuent s*ys he
knew of no reason whatever why te was
attacked, and concludes he must have
beeu mistaken for some oue else. The
matter has been put into tbe hands of a
magistrate, and will be thoroughly in
vestigated. Mr. Tennent further states
that two gentlemen tried to interfere in
bis behalf, and one of them was badly
beaten. —Charleston News , 4 th.
ARKANSAS.
Militia Ruffianism Still Rampant.
[From the Memphis Appeal, February 3.1
Passengers by tbe Little Rock Read re
port that when tbe train for Memphis
reached Edmondson Station yesierday
morning, they found a number of citizens
—men, women aud children—there,
awaiting the train to bring them to a
place of safety. These refugees repoit that
a squad of armed negroes, eight in num
ber, had appeared in the neighborhood of
Edmondson Station and Ten Mile Bayou,
on Monday, and representing thennelves
to be militia, commenced an indiscrim
inate plunder and pillaging of tbe people.
. They went to the place of a Dr. Gibson,
and taking tbe Doctor and another mau,
whose name we could not learn, they hung
them up to make them confess'where
their money aud silver was concealed.
They hung Dr. Gibson three times, each
time leaving him hanging until life was
nearly extinct.
The miscreants were continuing there
devilish work when the train left, and
the Lord only knows where it will stop.
Nothing could illustrate more fully the
total and abject submission of the people
of Arkansas, than this one incident—a
whole community driven from their
homes by eight negroes. If this had been
told us ten years ago—aye five, or even
three years ago, it would have been hooted
at.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF
MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD.
Macon, Ga., February 4th, 1869.
To the Stockholders of the Macon and
Brunswick R. R. Company :
Gentlemen The teuth annual report
of our affairs is herewith respectfully sub
mitted to your consideration.
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
Earnings have been for 12 months ending Dec.
31st, 1868:
From freights : 59,373 27
From passage 28,952 68
From mail, etc 1,752 13— 90,07'3 13
EXPENSES FOR SAME PERIOD.
Conducting transportation 21,113 05
Motive power 16,972 05
Repairs road 31.855 70
Maintenance of ca s 2.354 93
General expenses 8.066 56 80,367 29
Net earuiugs 9 710 84
This exhibit is somewhat better than at
our last meeting, when the earnings and
expenses were shown to be nearly equal.
A falling off in receipts of near ten per
cent, is more than compensated by the
great reduction made in the operating ex
penses, brought down this year to sixty
eight hundred dollars per mouth, owing
to the economy w hich lias beeu exercised
in every department. No new’ work iu
the way of buildings, etc., having beeu
nnderiakeu.nor any other expense incurr
ed other thau what was absolutely neces
sary to keep the road iu successful opera
tion.
Judging from the earnings from the
three past mouths, a heavy increase and
improvement iu the business over the
road iu operation, would undoubtedly oc
cur during the coming year, but as our
condition will he vastly changed before
the expiration of that time, it is idle to
dwell on these unnecessary speculations.
It is gratifying again to state that no
serious accident happened, and that
the business of the road has been con
ducted with the utmost regularity and dis
patch duriug the year.
Table A, attached, will give in detail the
earnings for each month of freight, pass
age and other items.
Table B gives all items of expenditures,
such as operating expeuses, disburse
ments for new work, engineering, coif
struction, etc.
repairs of roap.
No new work of any consequence has
been done ou tiie road duriug the year.
The track is in good repair, good surface,
and timber sound ; 9,334 new ties have
been put iu operation during twelve
months, aud 3,720 stringers, beiug about
seven miles of ne.v tiss and stringers;
1333 limal feet of trustle bridging built,
and 1252 feet of bridging repaired. The
masonry aud abutments of the main
bridges across the Ocmuigee liver stand
well. No extraordinary expenditures iu
conuectiou with the present roadway will
be necessary during the coming year.
motive power.
Table D gives the number, class and
performance of each engine owned by the
Company. All the engines are iu active
service, uone being in the 9bops undergo
ing repairs. The two new Hinkley en
gines, "Macon” and “Brunswick,” are
supplying the place of the Corsair and
Georgia, sent to the lower division.
The Company now ow ns eight engines,
sevet) good aud one inferior, the Governor
Crawford, used as a gravel engiue. The
stock of cars consist of 3 passenger, mail
aud baggage, aud second-class; 16 box
cars; 34 platform cars; 13 section cars;
and 1 crank. Total 67. This outfit is am
ple lor the fifty miles iu operation, aud for
laying the track on the new road.
CONTRACT FOR COMPLETION OF ROAD.
We come now to the most interesting
subject in this report, and your attentiou
is earnestly solicited to the history, terms
and conditions of the contract made for
the completion of the road, involving
momentous consequences to us as stock
holders, to the Btaie, aud to the country
at large. The humiliating condition that
the affairs of this company presented at
our iast annual Convention,"is no doubt
fresh in your recollection—debts staring
us in the face and notes becoming due,
with no means of redemption ; overtures
of amalgamation or lease to connecting
roads on the most self sacrificing terms
made and refused ; a call on you by your
Directory for relief by a proposed assess
ment of ten per cent, on your stock met
with a deaf ear—all seemed to conspire to
our ruin. The resolutions then offered by
you, authorizing your Directors to use auy
aud all means for the completion of the
road, sufficiently attest the desp mdency
on*, at thu.t. time. Our State government
was in the lianas or a Military Governor,
Col. Ruger; the country seemed plunged
iuto irretrievable ruin, through which no
ray of light could be seen. State bonds
found dull sale at 65 ceuts in the dollar—
bonds which, before the war, commanded
a premium in gold. The endorsement by
ihe State on our bonds, lent, therefore,
hut little additioual value; and soon after
the last Convention, they were quoted at
52 iu New York—the market value of our
stock at home was but 10 cents iu the
dollar.
Under these discouragements it was but
reasonable to suppose that enlisting par
ties to come to our assistance to save the
road from ruin, that generous terms had
to he offered. Such terms were ottered and
accepted. Your directory feel satisfied that
the contract made was eminently favor
ably ; that it moreover wa- an extra
ordinary good one for a road in our condi
tion ; aud that under its working we have
not only secured the completion of our
line through to Bruuswick, but will ulti
mately save the property to the stock
holders It would be tedious to you to do
more than to present here a general
synopsis of this contract. Tfle parties
kuown in the agreement are Messrs.
Hull & Miller, representatives of strong
capitalists in New York city. These gen
tlemen contract to finish the entire gra
dation, masonry, bridging, trestle work,
buildings, water stations, to furnish the
iron, chains and spikes, cross ties, lay the
main track and sidlings, etc., and do
everything else needed to put the road in
successful operation. Also, to meet the
interest accruing on the bonds during the
construction.
Length of road contracted to be built
is, iu round numbers, one hundred and
fifty miles.
As compensation they receive per mile
ten thousand dollars of the first mortgage
bonds of this company, endorsed by tbe
State; six thousand dollars of the second
mortgage bonds, aud ten thousand dollars
instock rendered preferred, in so far as
beingeutiiled to first earnings up to eight
percent., after interest on bonds and other
expenses are met. Total payment is thus
tweuty-six thousand dollars per mile in
bonds and stock—this being about the
average cost in cash of Southern roads,
aud much below the usual cost of roads
further North. Thi9 is the valuation
of the Georgia Central—a road running
through a similar country to our own, and
built in days ofjeheap labor and gold prices.
Cau we, under these circumstances, but
feel gratified at the result ? And while ou
this subject, let us say a few words on the
value of tiie stock, which has been thought
by many to be compromised under this
arrangement. Our road, when finished,
including the branch of ten miles to Haw
kiusville, will he one hundred and ninety
five miles in length. This road is first
class iu every particular, with lower grades
and better lino than any other road of sim
ilar extent in the United States; with a
heavy rail, with new bridging and new
trestle-work, new ties and new appoint
ments. Its capital will represent $3,000,-
000 stock and $3,000,000 7 per cent, bonds.
Total, $6,000,(MX), with no floating debt.
F. r comparison let us, for the reasons
named, take the case of the Central Road,
just cited—the most powerful corporation
in the (South—a road whose credit is un
bounded—whose stock to-day stands at
135, but which, like our owu, once sold at
25, and their bonds at 35 to 40. The al
most uninterrupted prosperity for twenty
live years has enabled their able man
agers to expend millions of surplus earn
ings in grand improvements, without a
corresponding inci ease in capital stock or
liabilities. Their capital to-day,f or 191
miles of road, is represented by $4,500.-
000 of stock and SBOO,OOO bonds. Total,
$5,300,000—an average of $27,000 per mile*
Some assets held in the Southwestern and
other roads would, if sold, reduce the
amount, but. inasmuch as a 10 per ceut.
dividend is exacted by their stockholders,
and we have but 7 per cent, to pay on our
funded debt for a long jieriod of time, the
capital of Ibe two roads may be considered
as almost equal. By the connection with
(Savannah, through the Atlantic & Gulf
Road, we have a road from Macon to Ba
vaunab fully equal to the Central, besides
the advantages of our original line to the
deep water and commanding facilities
of the port of Brunswick.
With the road completed, may we not,
under these circumstances, be assured of
the value of our property? Already, un
der the influeuce of the rapid progress of
the work, has the stock advanced from 10
to 38 cents, and the bonds from 50 cents
to 90.
THE NEW WORK.
Operations under this contract com- |
menced by laying track from Brunswick, I
in August last year. Twenty* miles are
now in running operation at that end.
Track is being also laid both ways from
the crossing of the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road at No. 6, about tour miles at that
point being done, and seven miles have
beeu laid from Coobrau, at this end—
| South—making thirty-one miles of new
track laid. Seventy-six miles of iron rails
have been delivered at the ports of Bruns
wick and Savannah, and two vessels are
now due with additional cargoes. Chairs,
spikes and material of all kiuds have been
abundant y supplied.
The number of hands eugaged at this
time on the work amounts to fifteen hun
dred. It is our expectation to finish the
entire liue through io Brunswick by the
Ist of November next, and unless some
thing now unforeseen should occur, we
may reasonably look for its accomplish
ment. Old and reliable contractors are
; engaged on the work; Messrs. Brown,
1 Lane, Grant, and Alexander, S-ars &
, Holman, Blue & Denmead, Robertson,
Ken nick & Dooly, beiug of the number,
and favorably known to the public.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
The balauce stieet of the Treasurer, here
with appended, shows the moneyed con
dition of the Company to be sound, with
no floating debt unless secured by good
collaterals with ample margiu. Interest
on the bouds issued under thecoutract, as
has beeu shown before, is payable by tbe
contracting parties; hence, we may confi
dently look to being able to provide for all
obligations to t lie completion of tbe road
without difficulty.
ENDORSED BONDS.
$600,000 of our flrst mortgage bonds
have beeu endorsed by the State.
Os these there have been ex
changed for Co.’s confederate
bonds and coupons, paid out for
work, new engines and cars, etc. $259,000
Hypothecated for loans 183,(XX)
On hand 8,000
$450,000
Paid out to Hull & Miller, ou con
tract 150,000
Total $600,000
A strong effort has receutly been made
by parties of hostile interests, to injure us
by vexatious litigation, based on unfound
ed and frivolous grounds, alleging that
under the contract made for the comple
tion of the road, the credit of the State has
beeu or will be injured, and preferring
charges of fraud. A sufficient answer to
such complaint is fouud in the compari
son of the present value of our bonds with
those of the State —the quotations being
respectively 90 and 92, whilst a discount of
10 per cent, is the usual difference between
a State bond and one endorsed.
It is but too evident that the rapid and
sure progress of our road to completion
alone lends credit to its securities, and
that the State’s credit instead of being
jeopardized is enhanced by connection
with solvent railroad enterprises.
A Committee of the General Assembly
to whom was referred this question, has,
after a patient and lengthy examination
of the matter, reported unanimously in
our favor, and it is to he hoped that
charges as frivolous as those made may
have no other effect than to recoil ou their
instigators.
In conclusion, gentlemen, your direc
tory beg leave to renew to you their con
viction that before the lapse of the year,
our work will be finished; that at your
next annual meeting our hearts will he
gladdened at the result of so mauy weary
years of patient waiting and watching,
and that from a small and unprofitable
road our enterprise will take rank as one
of the leading lines in that network of
roads which is the pride and glory of our
State. Respectfully submitted,
Geo. H. Hazlehuhst,
Presideut.
THE machinery needed for a cotton
FACTORY AND ITS COST.
A Northern machines! gives the follow
ing estimate of tlie prime cost of the ma
chinery needed for a cotton factory of one
thousand spindles with the necessary prep
arations and moving machinery to be run
steam :
COST OF ONE THOUSAND “RING” SPINDLES
AND PREPARATION.
Machinery—One Mason’s whipper m $ 75
One picker and lapper 350
Four double doffing cards 1000
One drawing fri.inc, 3 heads 225
One slubber, thirty six spindles 700
<>*»• rtv tmm», olgUty four spindles 800
One thousand ring spindles, at £4 eaeli 4000
Two reels, $35 each 70
One bundling press 50
One baling press 75
$ 7345
Fixtures—Four 6ets card clothing, at SOO.. .$ 240
Cans and bobbins 200
Shafts, pulleys and belts 700
Turning lathe 50
One ten-horse power engine 1200
Extra charges for fitting up 150
$ 2540
Total cost of machinery and fixtures $ O»SS
The above is a detail of the cost of one
thousand spindUs and preparation, with
out looms. Without going into detail, $lO
per spindie is a safe calculation. One
hundred spindles is the common estimate
per horse power.
Twelve looms witli accompanying ma
chinery, consumesone-liorse power; forty
looms should be allowed to one thousand
spindles for spinning medium numbers,
say twenties to thirties. Looms cost SOS
each.
The cost of one thousaud spindles with
preparations and weaving machinery
would be as follows :
Whole cost of one thousand spindles
and preparations (deducting price of reels
and bundling press, which are not needed
for weaving) is $9,765
Forty looms at $65 each 2.0(H)
One dresser 450
One warper 100
One spooler 80
Extra charge for steam engine, say 350
Extra charge for shatts and belts.... 250
Total $13,595
From this detail it appears that the cost
per spindie with looms is sl3 60, but a
safer calculation would be sl4 per spindie.
For one hundred spindles without
looms, I would recommend a one-story
building one hundred feet long and fifty
feet wide. If looms are added, one hun
dred and forty feet long and fifty feet wide.
For two or three thousand spindles, let the
building be two or three stories high, each
story the same iu capacity as above re
commended.
As the cost of labor and materials in
different localities varies, I refrain from
giving any estimate of the cost of build
ing a mill to contain the above machinery.
Any one can do this with the capacity and
cost of materials given. I would remark,
however, that a building at the (South,
with the same cost of labor and material,
could be erected much cheaper than one
adapted to our Northern climate.
The return from cotton in well managed
mills is eighty-five per cent, although
many return sevent-five per ceut. A loom
in fair operation will produce thirty-two
yards per day, running at one hundred
and ten picks per minute, and making
cloth sixty-four picks or threads of weft
per inch.
The Matteawan Company have sent
machinery to the South for a large num
ber of mills, and could probably furnish it
as cheap and at as short notice as any
maebiue makers in the country ; although
the best means for a Southern company to
start a mill well, and in the shortest pos
sible time, would be to engage a good
practical manufacturer, aud let him put
the mill in operation and fqrnish a com
petent superintendent for a specified sum.
This plan has been adopted, and I believe
with success. Respectable persons can he
found to take charge of new factories it
the locations are agreeable.
But one more case remains upon the
docket to be disposed of.
The Court adjourned till 9 o’clock a. m.,
of Tuesday next.
Georgia Lands. —One of the best signs
that have appeared for our good old com
monwealth, is the appreciation of her
lauds. In nearly every part of the State
they have added from one hundred to five
hundred per centum to their market value
in the last twelve months. Even in the
older counties—Wilkes for instance—they
sell from four to eight dollars per acre
where a dollar would have been gladly
taken a year ago The fine grain lauds of
Cherokee, Georgia, which were desolated
by war and could have been bought for a
song two years ago, are now c unmanding
readily from ten to twenty dollars per
acre. —Savannah Republican , 3 d.
—Grant is as lively as a flea.— John W
Forney.
—And, according to the Washington
correspondents, as biting .—Prentice.
—Mules sold in Columbus, on Friday,
at an average of $125.
—The Radicals have won the elephant,
and they would rob his trunk if he carried
anything valuable in it.— Prentice.
Georgia leg is lat ike.
[From the Atlanta Constitution. ]
Thursday, February 4th.
SENATE. The benate met *his moruiug
pursuant to adjournment, and was opened
with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Pretty man.
Roll being called and a quorum preseut,
the Secretary read the journal of yester
day.
Mr. Nunnally moved a reconsideration
of the actiou of the Senaie relative to the
Penfleld c alm. Passed.
Mr. Nutiualiy then moved that the bill
be laid ou tbe table for the present.
Passed.
Mr. Holcombe—That a seat on the floor
be allowed the reporter of tbe Macon Tel
egraph. Passed.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The bill authorizing the drawing of
juries aud the holding of Superior and
other Courts in Chatham, and other coun
ties, which the Governor vetoed, because
it was general in its application, not limit
ed iu its duration, and in conflict with the
Constitution.
Shall it pass over the veto. Lost.
SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
Mr. Wellborn’s resolution — Thai a com
mittee of three, to tie composed of Hon.
J. E. Brown, J. R. Parrott ami A. H.
fetepheus, be authorized to proceed to
Washington city, aud to represent to the
Congress of the United States, the true
state of affairs in Georgia, and to ascer
tain what solution of our unfortunate
difficulties can be had which will be sat
isfactory to that body aud compatible
with our duty as sworn Senators and
Representatives.
Mr. Wellborn asked permission to
witiidraw his preamble and resolutions.
The President decided that the resolu
tion could uot he withdrawn after tlie ac
tiou ou it, unless by consent of the Sen
ate.
There was an appeal from this decision.
The President stated that rather than
the appeal be pressed, he preferred tlie
Senate should decide. Shall permission
be given Mr. Wellborn to witiidraw his
resolution? Permission granted to with
draw’.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Fain —That the memorial of J. N.
and 8. Mitchell, be referred to a joiut
committee. Adopted.
Mr. Holcombe—That the Comptroller
General he empowered aud directed to
enforce the collection of the balance due
on the Convention tax. Adopted, aud
transmitted to the House.
Mr. Welch—Resolved, That the Gov
ernor be instructed to prepare, at the ex
pense of the State, a gold medal, to be
taken from the mines of Georgia, for Mr
George Peabody, for his munificent dona
tions to the educational interests of tiie
State. Referred to the Finance Commit
tee.
HOUSE BILL.
Authorizing the Governor to draw liis
warrant ou the Treasurer and pay Messrs.
Byrd aud Kolbe for artificial limbs fur
nished maimed soldiers. Discussed by
Messrs. Holcombe, Burns, Fain, Winn,
Harris. Recommitted and referred to the
J udiciary Committee.
RESOLUTION.
Mr. Hinton—That a joint committee of
two from the Senate aud three from the
House, be appointed to examine the penal
laws of this State, and report such amend
ments as they deem uecessary. Passed.
Messrs. Hinton and Candler were ap
pointed the committee on the part of the
Senate.
RULES SUSPENDED—BILLS READ THIRD
TIME.
To incorporate Georgia Male and Fe
male Life Insurance Company. Passed.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House refused to refer the question of
the eligibility of negroes to office to the
Judiciary as moved by Mr. Scott ou yes
terday.
Mr. Flournoy opposed the substitute 01
Mr. Price. He was utterly opposed to
any action on the part of the State of
Georgia which would recoguize the right
of Congress to legislate aud control mat
ters exclusively belonging to the States.
The principle was dangerous, as tending
to centralization and consolidation of all
power eventually in the general govern
ment. He thought it improper and wrong
to refer the question of negroes holding
office to the courts of this State. The
Constitution referied the decision of this
question to each house of the General As
sembly, and he did not think the court
ought to be embarrassed with it, but the
House ought to meet its duty squarely.
Mr. Buruum, of Stewart, called the pre
vious question, which was sustained.
Mr. Price’s substitute was divided by
decision of the Speaker, the first portioii
containing the preamble and first resolu
tion, was first put, and the yeas aud nays
called—yeas 81; nays 60.
Mr. Scott gave notice that he would
move to reconsider this substitute to
morrow morning.
Mr. Price’s second resolution, to refer
the question to tlie Judiciary Committee,
whether any additional legislation is ne
cessary in order to bring the question of
negro eligibility before tbe Supreme Court,
now iu session, was lost.
The teas and nays were called on Mr.
Price’s original substitute as amended—
yeas 85; nayt 56.
Mr. Lee, of Newton—A resolution that
the substitute of Mr. frice be referred to
the Supreme Court immediately, and that
this House be bound by its decision. Lost.
Mr Shumate—A resolution that no
member be allowed to address the House
more than fifteen minutes. The rules
being suspended, the resolution was
adopted.
Mr. Grimes —A bill to bring on the mu
nicipal election in Columbus, Georgia.
Passed, aud tiansmitted to the Senate.
The general jury bill reported back by
the Judiciary Committee, with amend
ments, was taken up by sections, and as
amend. and, was passed, and transmitted to
the Senate
The House agreed to Senate’s amend
menl of 1 lie bill to empower the Comp
troller General to collect the Convention
tax.
A bill to change the line between the
counties of Taylor and Macon. Recom
mitted.
House adjourned till 10 o’clock, a. m.,
to-morrow.
Friday, February 5.
Senate. —The Senate was called to or
der by the President.
Prayer by Mr. Smith, of the Seventh.
~ Journal of proceedings of yesterday,
read and approved.
Mr. Burns moved to reconsider the ac
tion of the Senate in appointing a Joint
Committee to examine the Penal Code
and report amendments.
It was discussed by Messrs. Burns, Well
born, Winn and Fain in favor, and Messrs.
Hinton and Candler in opposition to re
sideration. The yeas aud nays, being de
manded, resulted as follows: Yeas 18;
nays 11.
On motion, the resolution was tabled.
report of committees.
Mr. Candler submitted a report of the
Judiciary Committee on several bills.
Mr. Sherman submitted a report of the
Committee on Printing, recommending
the payment of $2,500 to J. W. Burke, late
State Printer. The report of the Com
mittee was unanimously agreed to, and
transmitted to the House.
Mr. Speer, from the Committee on In
ternal Improvements, submitted a report
on several hills.
Mr Smith, (of 36th) from the Committee
on New Cou ities and County Lines, sub
mitted a report on several bills.
The rules were suspended and a resolu
tion offered by Mr. Speer, tendering seats
to Judge D. A. Vasou, and Hon. I). W.
Lewis, Secretary of the Agricultural So
ciety. Adopted.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
A bill to declare willful violation of
contract by employe or employer, a mis
demeanor. Its passage was recommended
by the Jupiciary Committee, with amend
ments.
It was discussed by Messrs. Adkins,
Brock and Holcombe, in opposition, and
I Messrs. Smith, of the 36th, Gigniiiatt,
| Merrell and Wooten, in favor of agreeing
to report of Committee.
Mr. Adkins moved to disagree to report
of Committee.
The yeas and nays were then demanded.
Yeas 13 ; nays 15.
So the motion to disagree did not pre
vail.
On motion, report agreed to and bill
passed. The yeas and nays were demand
ed. The following is the vote :
Yeas—Messrs. Anderson, Burns, Cand
ler, Fain, Gigniiiatt, Hinton, Lester,
Merrell, McArthur, McCutchen, Mc-
Whorter, Moore, Smith, (36th,) Wellborn
and Wooten—ls.
Nays—Adkins. Brock, Coleman, Cor- •
bett, Dickey, Holcombe, Jones, Richard
son, Sherman, Smith, (7th,) Speer, String
er and Winn—l3. b '
Senate adjourned.
House.— House met pursuant to ad
journment. Prayer by the Rev. Dr.
Brantly. Journal read and approved.
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, moved to reconsider :
the action of the House, yesterday, in I
adopting Mr. Price s resolution u
that this resolution meaut that ti
•Loull be reseated if this Court s
them eligible, or it was a fare* u
viewed, iu an earnest and able m *
all the arguments that had been «, ■X?
in lavor of tbe resolution, and
reconsideration of It. 11*
After debate,
Mr. Kelly called the previous on„,
which was sustained and the v
nays required, aud resulted a„ **i
Yeas 56; nays 76; and motion ’ *•
sider lost. 10
On motion, the rules were
aud "“spenv
Mr. Phillips m »ved to take un .
cultural bill and make it the , A*rj
of the day for Tuesday next —Ad ol '** r
Mr. Anderson asked a suspend'? l
rules to take up a resolution reooiA« #,tk *
sessions a day on and after Mond« l * f|
Rules suspeuded aud tue resolution t®! 11
up. u
Mr. Johnson—A substitute to
sessions after tbe 15th iust e tto
Mr. Tutnlin—A substitute to h.,-
session from 9J to 2 o’clock u *' e °ne
Previous question called, on Mr x *
son’s resolution, aud it was ado. r ‘
A message was received from
ernor, stating that he had signed h °° T '
olution authorizing tbe Treasurer . w '
three fourths of the pay due member! P ' y
clerks from time to time. * D ' 1
Also, a resolution ordering the h 1
of the Convention tax collected H t on.
House adjourned till 10 o'clock irwl
row. w *®or-
Saturday, Febiuarv ro.
Senate.— The Senate was opeued *■'.
prayer by the Rev. Mr. HintoiV lb
terday B * CreUry relul the journal of
iSE"- to ncoMlde, .b, k| ,
A bill to make it a misdemeanor to »
late written contracts between employe
and employes, for agricultural pum£?
and fix punishment tor aame with a
not to exceed SI(KKi, and imprisonment !
county jail not over six months. “
Discussed by Messrs. Speer
Hinton uud Holcombe. ’ " ‘ Cv
Shall the bill be reconsidered? Re*-,,. .
to reconsider. e!UH
Tiie rules were suspended to take .mm
following House bill: pthe
Hcsolvcd, That tiie case involving th,.
right of colored men to bold office in Ge -
gia be referred to the Supreme Court
Mr. Caudler moved that tiie House
lutiou be adopted, aud called for the main
questiou.
On a call from the President, shall the
main questiou be put? Lost.
House hill to authorize a warrant to U
drawn iu favor of Kolbe & ltvrd, in
uient for artificial limbs furnished di
abled soldiers. Passed.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To increase the capital stock of the M*.
con <t Western Railroad Company. IV.
ed.
To consolidate tiie stock of theColum
bia, Charlotte and Augusta Railroad com
pauies. Passed.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Bill to consolidate aud amend certain
acts incorporating the town of Lumpkn
Passed.
Bill to exempt certain members from
jury and militia duties in Ameriru,
Passed.
Bill to perfect service on Nashvilleand
Chattanooga Railroad. Passed.
BILL ON THIBD'READINO.
A hill to incorporate Hie Atlauta Man
ufacturing Company. Passed.
Senate adjourned.
The House was opened with prayer by
the Rev. Dr. Branlly.
Journal of yesterday read.
Mr. Darnell—A motion to reconsiders
milch of the journal as relates tothecise
of Frober, which motion was carried.
Mr. Harper—A motion to reconsider bo
much of the journal of yesterday as relate*
to the passage of the bill in relation to in
solvent costs in certain counties, exempt
ing the [counties of Muscogee and Rich
tnoti and.
Message from the Governor received im
proving tiie resolution advancing?;!
to J. \V. Burke, Stale Printer.
Tiie motion of Mr. Harper prevailed.
On motion, a communication from the
State Agricultural Society was received
ami read. Referred to Agricultural Cou
mittee.
RULES SUSPENDED.
A resolution to tender tiie use of the
Hall to Hon. I). VV. Lewis on Mond»j
evening next, to address the General As
sembly. Adopted.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
An act to change tiie lines between De-
Kalb and Clayton. Passed.
An act to amend the 5695th section of
the Code; (refers to the foreclosure of
mortgages.) Lost.
An act to change the time of holding
the Superior Courts iu the counties of Co
lumbia, Johnson and Emanuel. Passed.
An act to prevent certain stock from
trespassing upon the land of another, e
tablishiug the old impounding law. Laid
ou tabic.
An act to empower Notary Publics’a
torneys to admiuister oaths in certa
cases. Lo9t.
An act to change the time of holding tot
Superior Court in Cherokee county. Pa*
ed.
An act to compel Notaries of Publican
Justices of Peace to give bond. Lost.
An act to amend the act establishing 1
Criminal Court iu each county. Hubs;
tule adopted and passed.
An act to provide for the redemption'
real estate in this State, gives two yew
time. Lost.
An act to amend the laws on bastard;
in this State. Lost.
An act to fix the rate of intereat in tbs
State. Animated discussion by Crawford
Sparks, aud others. Lost.
An act to change tbe line between tfe*
counties of Giiiner ami Pickens. Lost.
An act to amend the act passed at tM
last session providing for the settingapt'i
of the homestead. Lost
rules suspended.
Mr. Anderson—A resoluion to appoint»
committee to examine into the calends'
of the House and Senate, and report a«
early a day as practicable for theadjourt
ment of the Legislature.
On motion of Mr. Bryant, the Educ*
tional BUI was laid on the table, aodt*
hundred copies ordered printed.
Mr. Tumlin gave notice that hewoDiC
move to reconsider the motion of *•'
Bryant. .
Several members were granted leaveo
absence. u
House adjourned ti Monday, 10 a. m
NEW YORK NEWS.
New York, February 3.—A bill
been introduced in the New York Lo."
lature compelling railroad compaoic*
provide every passenger with &coca!ot'J>
ble seat, and will probably pass.
The Vigilance Committees are do* J
ganized iu ail the wards. Reporter- »•
continually unearthiDg them.
Recorder Hackett, in his jury cm's*
thinks that some of the robberje*-
vented to cover up defalcations.
More than three hundred vessels i?
ready to sail are delayed, from tbeir
biiity to get sailors at less than the -
they demand. .
The total value of real estate
sonal property iu this city is nearly r
000,000.
Full particulars of the disaster *t
bury, Connecticut, state that the
reservoir, which was first to K ive .„* e
situated 2,500 feet above the level o
river, which runs through the town»
is distant from it about five mile* .
loss on pmperty by the torrents is es (
ed at SIOO,OBO. Os thirteen lives;
five bodies have been recovered,
others, it is supposed, have lodged
cakes of ice. The timbers were
down the stream a great distance,
dams and five bridges were swept »
Danbury would now be helpless in
A bullet was fired through tbe
of a store ou Broadway, and two
through the window of a store ■ 1 ‘ •
Bowery, yesterday afternoon, betw
and 3 o’clock. , . cprs :e
It is stated that the sale of revolve
merchants and other citizens are u
i ly large now for personal protectio •
| [ TeJepra mu to Western i
New Orleans »■>
Railroad.— The work on this r
commenced ou yesterday afteriK • t
ground being “broken” on \ irgmi 0 f
a short distance from and soulheas - n( j
tire Magnolia Cemetery. Mayor 1
a number of other gentlemen wer ‘
ent, the first spade being “ sed
Mayer; his example being folio* ea-M
others present in turn, each _ af #
anxious to have a hand in the “jjcr
tion of the work which is to con we «e
bile with New Orleans. Spe*? _ Mi
made by Messrs. Felder, Moul • ie t
Guire, Saffbld and VVickersha ,
which the party returned to town, h
on the way at Frascati, where tney
most hospitably entertained hY r fcos
prietor. YVe understand thatth f 0 ;
the road will be pushed vigo*
ward. — Mobile Register , 4th.