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GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER
MACON, TUESDAY, MAY 18,1869.
BELIEF.
This question seems to he as far from
final settlement as ever. In some of our
circuit courts the Judges have held the re
lief law clearly unconstitutional—notably,
Judge Audrews, of the northern circuit,
who, at Oglethorpe Court, recently pitched
a bombshell into the relief camp by order
ing the Sheriff' to go ahead with his sales.
We presume the Supreme Court, at its
June session, will decide the question for
good and for all. We hope so, though
free to confess our fear that its decision
will be iullueuced by other considerations
than those usually guiding judicial tri
bunals. It is a lamentable fact that the
peopl of Georgia have no confidence
either in the wisdom or integrity of the
majority of the court, and that its deci
sions, though accepted, are scarcely likely
to be ever respected.
We, as our readers probably know, have
expressed some rather unfiopularopinions
about this humbug— to call it by no harsh
er name—of relief. Probably they have
often hurt feelings. Be that as it may,
they were honest. Covered up and com
plicated as the question was with political
issue-, so loathsome and ruinous as all
honest men now see and admit, it still
was very popular. We are indebted, this
day, to this relief mania for the blessings
of Bullock and his Radical State adminis
tration. That’s a big to settle.
Then, too, it bolstered up every rogue in
the State witli the idea of a successful
swindle of his creditors, and unfortunate
ly, swept away in its current, many men
who otherwise honest, might, without its
temptation, remained true to their ob
ligations and made an effort, at least, to
meet them. The very agitation of the
question bred more scamps, and did more
to debauch the popular morals than any
other corruption to which they were ever
exposed. We know and see it every day.
What wonder, then, that so many men
think of its evil work so bitterly?
These remarks are suggested by a com
munication we read in a recent issue of
the Telegraph, signed “Justice.” The
writer points his pen with a considerable
amount of vitriol, but he makes out his
case beyond the piadbility of refutation.
We have not read a clearer statement of
very ugly facts,or a more timely exposition
of the working of a very bad law. We
publish the material portions of it with
out further comment:
Laurens Hill, May 4th, 1869.
Editors Telegraph: I see something in
your last paper about the “relief law.”
That is right; the juries ought to be en
lightened, by all means. I used to think
tiiat ali men in a Christian land were
morally bound to try to fulfill their prom
ises, in order to give “relief” to their con
sciences and show some respect for the
great Law-giyer. The relief law of Geor
gia opens the door for all men to keep
from fulfilling their promises, anil many
there he tiiat go in thereat. The question
for the jury to consider in the case of the
detitor is not what a man was worth in
dollars and cents at any given time, or
what he has lost by the casualties of war,
etc., etc., but what he is worth in moral
principle? Tiiat is the question; and if
flie jury believe the man bus moral princi
ple enough to feel the force of a moral ob
ligation to its full extent, then it is their
duty to find a verdict for tfie full amount
of the debt. No honest man can object to
tiiat. But, if they think the man is soiue
what lacking in moral principle, let them
scale the debt accordingly. For instance :
if he lias only 10 per cent, of the moral
principle a white man ought to have, let
him pay 10 cents in thedollaron his debt;
and if they believe be is entirely destitute
of all moral principle, let him have the
full benefit of it by cancelling the debt en
tirely, and then let him go to the .
This would be anew plan of adjustment,
but I think a good one. “No Hlate shall
pass any expost facto law, or any law im
pairing the obligation of contracts.” And
seriously, 1 do think any man wtio reads
tlie Constitution of the United States is
unfit to serve on a jury iu Georgia when
the matter of “I promise to pay” comes
before them. There never was, and there
never will he, but one straight-forward,
honest way to get out of debt, and that
way is, to pay out, or get forgiveness from
the creditor. Any other plan that can bode
vised is mixed with fraud in .every «t~r
a-.....n, niuimigu it may have the sanction
of the Legislature and of the Courts, it is
nevertheless fraud, and tiiat, too, with
such overwhelming endorsements, tiiat
the defrauded person lias no law for re
dress, no power to resist.
THE UATBBPILLAR SENSATION.
The South Georgia and Florida planters
are all alive just now on the subject of the
c ttnu caterpillar, and that minute but de
structive insect is makiug no little noise
in the papers. All Thomasville was elec
trified some days ago by a single specimen
and the cotton plant that he fed upon,
brought into town by an euterprisiug
planter. Some doubted its genuiueness,
and a darkie thought if it was uot the gen
uine “worruui,” ’twas at least “he fus
cousin.”
We are inclined to the opiniou that
much of the present excitement arises
from apprehension based on the sad ex
perience of the last two years. Are oifr
planting friends sure that a few such
worms are uot to be found iu the crop
every year?
For the information of our planting
fiiends,and to guard them against mistakes
regarding the identity of the little depre
dater, says the Savannah Republican, we
annex a communication from Prof.
Holmes, of South Caroiiua, which we find
iu the Charleston papers:
As the cry of “caterpillar” has already
commenced almost before the cotton plant
is above ground, I beg to present to your
readers a simple description of this de
structive little animal, by which any per
son may easily distinguish them from the
“grass caterpillar” or army worm, which
seldom disturbs the cotton plant, but feeds
upon grass. The fiy which lays the eggs
from which the cotton-caterpillar springs,
ditlers from all others, therefore a descrip
tion of this species will enable one easily
to recognize it. Like all of the butterflies
or lepidoptera, it has four wings, two
above and two below, the lower ones are
the smallest and are of a deeper or darker
gray color, the shape of the fly is almost a
perfect triangle. In the centre of the up
per wings there is a little black spot with
a white speck in the middle ; the color of
the wing is a dark redisb gray, and the
little spot on it (which is generally trian
gular aiso) is tinged with a delicate golden
color, giving the butterfly a brilliant ap
pearauce. The caterpillar is of a mixed
color, green and black predominating, and
greatly resembles the grass worm or grass
caterpillar, but the form and color of its
head will readily distinguish it.
The bead of the cotton caterpillar is of a
redisii color, and has from nine to eleven
black spots dotted over it. On touching
the living animal it leaps away.
The grass caterpillar, on the contrary,
has a dark green head without spots upon
it, and when disturbed does not leap, but
throws itself into coil. Specimens of the
two species taken in 1852 and 186S, are con
tained in the phials herewith sent for ex
hibition. ....
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Francis S. Holmes.
Charleston, May Ilf/), 1869.
A Minister Probably Murdered.—
We learn from tlie Eufaula News of
Thursday, that the horse, buggy aud some
of the clothing of the Rev. Mr. McKee, a
traveling Presbyterian Minister, were
found last Monday at Joiners bridge on
Pea river Mr. McKee himself could not
be found.' It seems that the buggy was
considerably injured, and the horse de
tached therefrom, but entangled among
the vines in the swamp. It was supposed
he had been murdered and thrown in the
river.
Good! —The jury iu the case of Jesse
Watkins, negro,charged with the murder
of Charles Wilson, a white youth, about
n years of age, in August, 1868, near
’auuah, on Wednesday last found a
diet of guilty. They were out only
yt twenty minutes.
STATE NEWS.
Fire at the Eagle & Phucnix Fac
tory.—Yesterday morning, about ten
o’clock, fire was discovered issuing from
the lint rooms of the picker house of the
Eagle <fe Phoenix Factory. The machinery
was all running and several hales of cot
ton were in process of preparation for
other departments of the work. Such an
event being e tirely unexpected, of course
no one was prepared for the crisis, aud for
a few minutes the fl iaies bad it all their
own way. But the alarm was giveu, and
iu a short time hose was attached to the
pipes of the factory force pumps, aud ,
water sent in sluices of sufficient volume
aud force to have extinguished a tire-ship.
The city fire companies were not slow
in making their appearance, and with the
efficient aid of ttie Hook and Ladder
Company, soon had their nozzles in the
windows and pouring additional streams
of water into the building. In a very
short time all signs of fire—except smoke
—disappeared, and the rooms were full of
men removing the burnt cotton, cleaning
up the machinery, sweeping out the
water, (which was two or three ioches
deep ali over the floor, V and preparing for
regular work again. The actual loss was
very insignificant, so small tiiat we doubt
Whether the Company will make a claim
on underwriters for damages. Most of the
cotton was saved, iu a burnt and scorched
condition.
The belting and some other small items
of machinery had to be replaced, which
was done, and everything running, if
nothing had happened, at four o’clock in
the afternoon.— Columbus Enquirer, Vith.
The Georgia Railroad.— \V e are
pleased to learn that on yesterday the
stockholder’s Convention in Augusta, re
elected the officers of the road aud all the
directors, except Green Moore, who is re
placed by Josiah Sibley, or' Augusta. This
is a just aud merited compliment to the
officers of the road :
President John P. King.
Superintendent—E. W. Cole.
. Assistant Superintendent—S. K. John
son.
Directors—E. E. Joues, B. H. Warren,
John Bones, E. R. Ware, S. Barnett, A.
Poullain, James W. Davies, L. M. Hill,
Richard Peters, Stevens Thomas, J. S-
Hamilton, G. T. Jackson, M. P. Stovall,
T. J. Burney, D. E. Butler, Josiah Sibley.
{Atlanta Constitution, 13 th.
Atlanta Postoffice.— James L. Dun
ning lias taken charge of the Atlanta Post
office, and made the following appoint
ments :
M. J. Hinton, Ist. Asst. P. M.
James Dunning, 2d, “ “ “
H. C. Holcombe, Register Clerk.
Joel S. Nall, Money order “
P. M. Parks, Maiilmg “
J. W. Woodruff', Distributing Clerk.
M. W. Smith, “ “
.Robert Johusou, Assistant Clerk.
A Good Showing.— We are officially
iuformed that there is but one negro |>au
per in Washington county. Aud w.e will
state further, that there is not a negro iu
Saudersville unemployed, so far as we
know, who is able to work. We say this
to their credit, ami with the hope tiiat they
may continue to do well. 11 is truly grat
ifying to witness the returning confidence
and good feeling existing between the two
races. We may be pardoned for adding
that there lias not been a “carpet-bagger”
iu our midst since the Presidential exer
tion, aud the “Loyal Georgian” is dead.
[Sandersville Georgian, 13 th.
The Crops. — We have had some fine
weather for farm work and it has been
pushed with earnestness. The crops all
planted are mostly now worked over ami
look clean and promising. Wheat con
tinues to flourish with no threat of disas
ter, promising an unusual yield. We
know of fields of our poorest ridge land on
which the wheat will compare favorably
with the most fertile laud of other sections
a result of good tillage and fertilizing.
[Marietta Journal, Wth,
Sudden Death.— On Thursday last,
Mrs. Webb, widow of John Webb, de
ceased, was found dead in her house. We
have not learned the particulars concern
ing her death, more than the cause is not
known. Our informant stated that she
was well in the morning when her boys
left the house to work, aud on their re
turn at noon they found her lifeless on
her bed—the body very miah swollen.
She was buried without an inquest.
[Gretnsboro Herald, 13 th.
Fine Wheat. —Our fellow-citizen, Mr.
T. Tuuison, has, within the corporate
limits of our city, a field of wheat, con
taining about two and a half acres, which
is the tiuest we have either seen or heard
of this seasr n. The stalks will average
full six feet iu htight, aud the heads are
unusually large aud well filled. One of
our most experienced planters on seeing
the field, pronounced it something very
extraordinary, ams thinks that it will
yield one hundred bushels. The weather
during the past few days having modera
ted, the wheat crops have improved v-uw
,uwu in appearance, ams if ttiey meet
witti nofature mishap, we may safely cal
culate on a full crop in this section of the
State. The corn and cotton crops in this
county are looking well notwithstanding
the past unfavorable weather. The peach
crop, though injured by the frosts to some
exteut, will yet be a fair yield. Our gar
dens are all looking well, aud we are hav
iug vegetables and strawberries iu abun
dance.— Greensboro' Herald, With.
The Wheat Crop. —The prospect of an
abundant wheat harvest, in all this sec
tion, was never more promising at this
season of the year. The number of acres
sown in this and adjoining counties, is
represented as much greater than for sev
eral years past, and should there be no
backset, this necessary article will be so
cheapened as to very materially lessen the
expense of living. We hear of rust in
some few wheat fields.— Dalton Citizen,
Vith.
Farm Prospects.— Wheat never looked
better. The cool weather has had an un
favorable effect upon cotton, and we hear
much complaint of the cotton dying; but
the “stand” is so much better than com
mon that it is believed there will be
enough healthy plants left for a good
stand, in most instances. Corn is doing
finely. On the whole, the fanning pros
pect is decidedly favorable.—Gridin Star,
14 th.
Cotton Dying. —Farmersfrom different
portious of the county report the cotton
dying iu considerable quantities, especial
ly on the s»udy ridges. They apprehend
that not more ‘than half a stand can be
had. It is supposed by some that where
cotton is manured with guano it is pre
served from the rust, but Maj. Ricks, who
lives in the upper part of this county,
states that bis cotton manured wilhguauo
dies as fast as any.— Fort Gaifies Mirror,
Wth.
Attention Farmers. —The late heavy
rains, followed by chilling winds aud an
atmosphere almost frosty, have caused the
cotton plant to die out extensively, es
pecially upon grey aud sandy soils. Re
member that a good stand is indispensable
to a full crop. It matters not how well
fruited, where nothing grows, nothing cau
be produced, and a partial staud can only
ensure a partial yield.
Let a few careful hands be selected, there
fore, aud after soakiug the seed forty-eight
hours, or until the white point of the
germ appears, let every vacaut space be
planted iu hills, opening down to moist
ure with the hoe, aud covering with the
foot. The seed should also be carried to
the field in tubs or Darrels, aud submerged
with water, so that they may go iuto the
earth iu a wet and swolleu condition.
Planted thus, the dropper closely fol
lowing aud covering iu, behind the open
er of the holes before the earth dries, aud
in sixty hours every missing spot will
show a fresli stand of vigorous plants, and
the heart of the husbandman be made to
rejoice.
A portion of guano, phosphates or rieh
stable manure added to the water iu which
the seed is steeped, will give increased
strength aud vitality to the young cotton.
We trust every planter who has been a
sufferer by the late unpropitious weather,
will heed these suggestions, which the
writer has tried time and again with the
completest success.— Cuthbcrt Appeal, IRA
Reunion of the Bth Georgia Regi
ment.— The proposition for a meetiug of
the survivors of the Sth Georgia Regiment
on the 21st of July, the anniversary of the
tirst battle iu whicii they were eugaged, is
meeting with a hearty response from the
different sections of the State. The Regi
ment yas composed of one company from
this county (Chatham,) one from Fulton,
three from Floyd, one from Bibb, one from
Oglethorpe, one from Echols, one from
Pulaski, and one from Greene county.
We understand that Company B, Ogle
thorpe Light Infautry, of this city, will
have a full representation, aud they will
be glad to hear from their old comrades iu
Middle Georgia. The question now is
whether the meeting shad be held in Ma
con or Atlanta. Let us hear from the
papers in Atlanta, Macon, Rome and other
places interested in the movement. One
Geueral, several Major-Generals, and a
half dozen Brigadiers, and a proportionate
number of Colonels, Captains,Lieutenants,
etc., will be present. We hope also to '
meet on the interesting occasion, a large
numberof the privates of the old command
who ail rank high iu the estimation of the
people of the State.
We learn from the Atlanta Constitution
tiiat a proposition has been made by one
of the Atlanta Grays, that if the reunion
be held at Stone Mountain, the people
there will give the finest barbecue that
was ever gotten up in that section. The
Stone Mountain would be a "delightful
place for the meeting, and we shall be
pleased to hear that the generous invita
tion of our mountain friends has beeu ac
cepted.—Savannah News, 14 th.
The Crops. —We are told that the crops
are looking very well in this vicinity.
The stand of cotton is uot very good in
many instances. Wheat is very good.
The early whea , perhaps, has beeu some
what injured by the cold spring. Al
together, we report the grain crops, upon
au average, as being quite promising, aud
that the cotton crop will fall short of ex
pectation on account of the poor stand.
[LaGrange Reporter, Wth.
Sale of the Mechanics’ Bank.—On
yesterday morning, under an order of W.
f. Gould, assignee of the corporation ; the
bankiug house of the Mechanics’ Bank
was put up for sale at public auction.
The building is situated on the north side
of Broad, between Washington aud Centre
streets, with a front of thirty-five and a
depth of one hundred aud seventy-three
feet; is builtof brick, threestoriesiu height,
with a massive front of granite, aud its
origiuial cost wasmore than twenty thous
and dollars, we believe. The first bid
made on the property was SIO,OOO, aud
after one or two more bids it was knocked
down a: $12,000 to W. B. Gridin.
The assignee, ho wever, refused to take
a bid from this gentleman, as he was not
supposed to be iu a fit condition to attend
to business and the property was again
put up at the first bid of SIO,OOO. No other
bid was made, tlie property was knocked
down at this figure, when it was discover
ed tbai the same party was the purchaser.
AUhird sale was ordered by the assignee,
against which Mr. Grifflu protested, and
decided that he could take the
property at the first bid if he was able to
comply with tlie terms of the sale, other
wise it should be sold again.
Three hundred and seventy-five thou
sand dollars iu Confederate States bonds
were sold toC. E. Mustin at $9 25 for the
lot. Two hundred and ninety thousand
dollars of Confederate States currency
were sold to J. E. McDonald at sl2 for the
lot. Two million and two hundred thou
sand dollars in seven thirty Confederate
States bouds were sold to C. E. Mustin at
s2l for the lot.— Chronicle & Sentinel, 14fA.
The Van Wert Railroad. -In the
Georgia Railroad Convention, at Augusta,
Maj. Mark A Cooper made a few remarks
relative to the completiou of the Carters
ville aud Van Wert Railroad. He said
that the road would be completed by the
first day of January, through the aid of
Northern capital ; that all the stock was
taken, and not a dollar was wauted for
this enterprise, and he merely desired that
this Convention, which was recognized
North, South, East and West, as the lead
ing Railroad Convention, should give au
expression of their feelings iu regard to
this new road.
Mr. Cooper then offered the following
resolution, which was passed unanimous
ly :
Resolved, That we desire the President
and Directors of the Georgia Railroad to
give prompt and liberal encouragement to
the success of the Cartersville and Van
Wert Railroad in such manner as they
may deem expedient and proper.— Atlanta
Constitution. 14</u
Corn. —Within the last few days large
quantity of corn have come to this city,
and for goodly numbersof bushels farmers
are giving their paper. We have yet to
see the advantage of cultivating cotton ex
tensively and buying corn. We have al
ways noticed that those plantations which
were madeself-sustaining,always brought
more money than those on which the
•• c ttou and no corn plan was adopted.
H ° Columbus Sun, Wth.
Sudden Death.— On the morning of
Wednesday last, the 12th instant, Rev.
Levi Stansell, an esteemed minister of the
Methodist church, died at his residence
near Oxford, Ga , aged about seventy-six
years.
Mr. Stansell did a full day’s work on
Tuesday, and after eating heartily at night
retired in common health. About three
o’clock his wile was alarmed at hearing
him struggling, aud on examination found
him to he dying.
He was one of the oldest citizens of
Newton county, and had long been a very
prominent member and minister of the
church.— Covington Enterprise, 15 th.
Cotton Seed Swindlers.— We are
sorry to learn t hat a great speculation and
swindle has been carried on during this
spring in the sale of cotton seed. Many
of our planters vuey sup
posed ibTie Dixou, Peeler aud other im
proved seed. and paid very high prices for
them, and it is now turning out that but
few of them are anything but the common
seed of the couutry, and buudreds of
bushels two or three years old. Men who
would knowingly thus take advantage of
farmers are too meau to be either hung or
burnt.— Early County News, 15 th.
The Murder of Dr. Ayer.— The grand
jury of Jefferson county found a true bill
for the murder on Tuesday last against
Wilson Flournoy, a freedmau, for the kill
ing of Dr. Ayer, Radical member of the
Legislature from that county.
The case was called for trial on Tuesday
evening, and a motion was made by Wil
son’s counsel for a continuance on the
ground that the bill had just been return
ed against him, aud that he had had no
time for preparation for his trial, aud be
cause of the great excitement in the couu
ty growing out of the recent homicide.
The court granted the continuaunce and
ordered the prisoner to be taken from the
Louisville jail aud brought to the jail iu
this city, which was done on Thursday
evening.
There was much feeling among the ne
groes in Jefferson against the accused, and
the jail had been guarded by the whites to
prevent a threatened lynching of Wilson
by the colored people. 4
Wilson denies the homicide, but the ev
idence, we learn, is of the most convincing
character as to his guilt.— Chronicle and
Sentinel, 16 th.
Mectino of the Stockholders of
the AKvcon and Augusta Railroad.—
At the last mouthly meeting of the City
Council it will be recollected thata resolu
tion was offered aud adopted instructing
the Mayor of the city to consult with the
other stockholders of the Macon aud Au
gusta Railroad Company, upon the pro
priety of holdiug a meeting at an early
day, and ousting the officers cf the Com
pany who illegally hold their positions.
This resolution has been faithfully carried
out by acting Mayor Alleu, and we may
soou expect to bear of some decisive ac
tion being taken in the matter. On yes
terday a letter was received from the
Mayor of Macon, in response to the com
munication of Mayor Alleu, iu which that
gentleman states that a meeting of the
City Council of Macon will be held on
next Tuesday to consider the proposition
There is a strong probability, we think,
that arrangements will be made for hold
ing the Convention during the latter pan
of the present mouth. — Ibid.
Stock Salks —At the sale, yesterday!
by I). P. & R. Ellis, the following prices
were realized :
Eight shares Eagle and Phoenix 9tock,
new’ dividend SIOO shares, brought SIOO
per share.
Twenty shares Southwestern Railroad
stock, SIOO shares, brought S9B 50 per
share.
Twenty-five shares of Consolidated Mo
bile & Girard Railroad stock were offered.
This is the stock of which one-half has
been transferred to the Ceutral Railroad
as security. Ten shares, SIOO each,
brought S4O per share; fifteen S3B 50
Fifteen shares Mobile & Girard Railroad
stock, SIOO each, were withdrawn at S2O
per share.— Columbus Sun, 16 th.
Earthquake in Summerville. —We
have been informed that on Tuesday last,
about 1 o’clock, a slight shock of an earth
quake wasseusibly felt at three different
points at the Saud Hills, as also at the
house of a lady seven miles distant from
that village. It was attended with per
ceptible vibration of the walls of buildings
as marked by a startling clash of crock
ery, aud awakened considerable anxiety.
[Augusta Constitutionalist, 16 th.
Sudden Death. —We regret to chroni
cle the sudileu demise of Dr. F. Fickliu,
an old aud highly respected citizen of this
place, who expired about one o’clock on
Friday morning. He was at church on the
night previous, aud seemed to be as well
as usual.— Washington Gazette, 15 th.
Quick Work.— Henry Thomas, colored
arrived in our city Saturday about 11
o’clock, from Tenn. about 12 o’clock, he
stole $lO from a brother freedmau, war
rant issued by Justice Perry at 1 o’clock,
and at 3 o’clock he was on his way to the
chain gang for twelve months. — Rome
Commercial 1 Qth.
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE INIX, t
SITY OF GEORGIA. T T
Senior and Junior Orators. ( !
University of
May 13, 1869. /
Editor Journal and Messenger: Dear
Sir: It may interest some of your read
ers to know that, among the speakers for
the next commencement of the Univer
sity, the following gentlemen have been
elected:
Senior Orators from Demostlienian So
ciety-Commencement Day : B. W. Bar
row, of Athens, Ga.; H. H. Caban iss, of
Forsyth, Ga.
Junior Orators from Demostheniao So
ciety—Junior Day : W. B. Hill, of Macon,
Ga.; J. M. Goss, of Troup county, Ga.
Orator of Demostlienian Celebratiou —
Tuesday night: B. H. Hill, Jr., of Athens,
Ga.
Senior Orators from Phi Kappa Society:
W. B. Burnell, of Macon, Ga.; W. M.
Finley, of Montgomery, Ala.
Junior Orators from Phi Kappa Society:
R. H. Johnston, of Griffin, Ga.; W. C.
Becks,of Griffin, Ga.
Orator of Phi Kappa Society—Monday
night: N. E. Harris, of Kingston, Ga.
The Annual Address before the two So
cieties will be delivered by Colonel R. M.
Johnston, of Baltimore, Md.
The speakerships given for standing in
the Senior aud Junior classes by the
Faculty, have uot yet beeu decided upon.
Yours, truly, Athens.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
A meeting of the City Council of Au
gusta was held Thursday afternoon, to
hear a communication to be made by Hon.
John P. King, President of tne Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company, iu rela
tion to the completion of the Macon aud
Augusta Railroad.
Mr. King stated the propositions made
to him by Messrs. Hall, Sherman & Cos,,
of New York, for the completiou of the
Macon aud Augusta Railroad. The prppqr
sition is, in substance, as follows : Hull,
Shermau &Cos., were to take possession of
the entire assets of the tjoad, amounting to
about four hundred and twelve thousand '
dollars ; they were to have three hundred
and seventy thousand dollars of the bonds
of the road eudorsed by the Georgia Rail
road ; and they were to have issued to
them stock of the road amounting to five
hundred thousand dollars—makiug a total
of about one million two hundred aud
eighty-two thousand dollars.
Mr. Kingstated that these were thebest
terms which bad been ottered, and he
thought it would be best to accept them,
as upon the early completion of the road
depended its safety. He reviewed the his
tory of the road for the past few years, its
frequent struggles and failures, and ended
by announcing that though himself aud
his directors had beeu authorized by the
Couveution to endorse $370,000 of the
bouds of the Macon road as desired, lie
would not take this step unless with the
consent of the City Council; forihecily
was the largest stockholder in. the road
and he felt that it had mor lly the right to
control the management
Mr. Sibley asked how much it would
take to build the road to Macon on a cash
basis.
Mr. King thought that it would require
six hundred aud fifty thausand dollars.
Mr. Sibley asked if it would not be bet
ter to raise this amouut by the sale of tbe
a sets of the load aud complete it for cash,
than to pay so large a price to Hull, Sher
man & Cos.
Mr. King thought not. The early com
pletiou of the road was the object most to
be desired, and he thought this proposi
tion tlie best under the circumstances.
Council, however, might do as it thought
best in tbe matter. He was determined
uot to accept, tlie contemplated arrauge
rneut unless with its consent.
Mr. Gardner thought that Council had
better inquire whether the present Direc
tors of the road representing the city were
eligible to that situation.
Mr. King thought this would do no good.
The£e Directors were powerless now. The
affairs of the road were in tlie hands of
himself and Mr. Magrath and Mr. Hazle
huist.
Mr. Gardinersaid, with all due deference
to Judge King*he did uot think this com
mittee has done much.
Judge King: “If we have done no good
we at least have done no harm.”
Mr. Gardiner: “Perhaps, as you have
beeu unable to do anytliiug, we can now
get a committee who will do some good.
1 see by tbe paper this morning that you
charged the city yesterday with being re
sponsible for the present condition of the
i road. Ido not think it fair to saddle the
present with the errors of a former Coun
cil. I would like to know who is respon
sible for the electiou of Bullock as Pres
ident of the road.”
Judge King: “I don’t recollect any
such expression as that which you say ap
pears in the paper; but I will state that I
am responsible for Bullock’s election, anti
that I have hec'v l f *“ 1 K4i^r
nr-was is Radical, but did uot know tmt
he was a politic an. The affairs of the.
road were in a desperate conditiotz
Messrs. Hazleiiurst and Heard had tried
to extricate it but had not succeeded. I
thought that Bullock would help the com
pany and had him made President. J
knew nothing of the condition of the Ex
press Company, but simply chose Bullock
iu order to benefit tlie road.”
Mr. Gardiner: “Who elected Conley
President of this road ?
Mr. King said tiiat he alone, among the
stockholders, opposed his election. He
didn’t know whether Conley was a Radi
cal, a fire eater, a secessionist or • he devil,
for he cared nothing for politics in railroad
matters, but he did not think he was the
man for the place, aud he tried to etfVct
his defeat. The City Couucil elected Mr.
Conley.
Mr. Gardner thought that Judge King
had more to do with his election than any
one else. He asked if Mr. Magrath, the
President of the South Carolina Road, had
not desired the position.
Mr. King again declared that he had op
posed the election of Mr. Conley and only
voted for him because he found it impossi
ble to ett'ect his defeat, and that State aid
to the road was expected to be gained
through his (Conley’s) influence. Mr.
Magrath had said nothing to him about
running for the office, and if he had run
he would have cheerfully supported him.
Mr. Gardiner said he cared no more
about Couley’s politics than he (Judge
King) did ; tlie interest of the road was
what lie looked after. When in Charles
ton not long since he was informed by
Mr. Magrath that he (Magrath) wou.d
have run for President of the road against
Conley, as he had been solicited to do, if
he bad not been discouraged from taking
this step by a remark of Judge King’s.
Judge King denied this and ended the
argument by declaring for a second time
that tbe Council might act as it pleased
iu the matter, but that lie would not ac
cept the proposition of Hull, Sherman &
Cos., uuless tlie consent of tlie city was
obtained. With this remark Mr. King
left the Cotfncil Chamber.
Tbe Mayor stated that Mr. King wished
an expression of opiniou from the Couucil
on his proposition.
Mr. Sibley stated that when this prop
osition had come up before the Railroad
Committee, by the latter a proposition had
been submitted to Judge King that the
Macon aud Augusta Road should issue
bonds to tbe amount of $500,000, which
should be endorsed by the cities of Au
gusta, Macon, Miiledgeviile and tiie Geor
gia and South Carolina Railroads, by
means of whi'-h bouds this road could lie
completed. No answer had yet been re
ceived to the proposition.
Mr. Gardiner moved that the Chairman
of the Railroad Committee be instructed
to inform Judge King ibat tlie city Conn
ciP refused to accede to bis proposition.
Carried.
Mr. Tutt moved that Judge King be
also informed that the City Council will
agree to the proposal made him sometime
since by the Railroad Committee relative
to the endorsement of $500,000 of the
bonds of tbe Macon and Augusta Road.
Carried.
Mr. Gardiner asked what steps had been
taken toward calling a convention of the
stockholders, in accordance with the reso
luti >n passed by Council at the last meet
iug of the Macon Road.
The Mayor stated that he had addressed
letters on the subject to the City Council
of Macon anti MilledgeviSle aod the South
Carolina and Georgia Railroad Compa
nies.— Chronicle & Sentinel.
The Pardon Power.— The Augusta
Constitutionalist says that the Gov. Bul
lock appears todispeuse the pardon power
somewhat as children lavish sugar plums.
A few days siuce, a gentleman iu this
city, connected with the legal fraternity,
was surprised to meet upon the public
streets a negro who hail been convicted of
burglary, in this county, and whose term
of service had not more than half expired.
Our legal friend investigated this matter,
and discovered that the negro had beeu
pardoned by Bullock. We understand
that there were no mitigating circum
stances in the case, and that the pardon
not only must have been indiscreetly be
stowed, but bestowed likewise when “His
Excellency” was absent from the State.
COTTON STALK* FOR PAPER.
Sqme days since we published a letter
troin G. W. Clark, Esq., President of tlie
Chiekasabogue Paper Mill Company, up
on tbe advantages of the okra plant as a
material for the manufacture of paper.
Since then we have seen samples of papier
made from the plant, which give promise
of good results iu behalf of tbis enterprise
We had previously seen samples of paper
made from the common reed or cane,
which grows in such profusion in some
sections of the South, which were very
strong, smooth aud handsome. Only a
day or two since we were iuformed that a
mill erected near Wilmington. N. C., for
the preparation of cane for this purpose,
had beeu destroy-d by fire
Tbe cane, which is a fibrous plant of
great length and streugtb, made, as we
Have said, a fiue specimen of paper. An
old friend, of war days, who was interest
ed in the invention, informed us that the
process of manufacture was comparatively
cheap. But there was thi9 strong objec
tion to the cane, it only grows In certain
localities aud is of limited supply. These
objections, it would seem, must seriously
militate against its general aud continued
success. The okra plant is not liable to
any of these objections It will grow
upou any soil where tbe sun shines warm
ly for some mouths, and can be raised
with a little care and labor. Yet it does
require land, eultivatiou aud personal at
tention, all of wbicli mu9t enter into the
cost of production. The great essential in
tlie manufacture of papier is to tiud a
cheap material, one always accessible aud
easily transported. A friend dropping in
to our office a few days since, suggested
that perhaps our cotton stalks would fill
this bill iu allot'its requirements, and we
hasten to make public the suggestion.
Tbe cotton plant is very similar to that
of tbe okra. It has a very long aud tough
fibre, aud except iu color would seem to
be the equal of okra iu every respect. After
"tbe lint has beeu gathered from it, it is
merest waste stuff imagiuable, being
(S no service whatever to the farmer, but
requiring considerable labor to destroy it
when preparing tlie ground for another
crop. It is wouderfully tough aud dura
ble, lyiug in the fields duriug an entire
winter without decay. If these stalks
could he made available as a material for
the manufacture of paper, our manufac
turers of tbe South might gaiu a monopoly
of the busiues.
We throw out these suggestions iu the
hope that Mr. Clarke or some other euter
prisiug gentleman will give tlie cotton
stalk a fair test and report the result.
[C'o/umbus Sun, 12 th.
THE BOURDON ROMANCE CONTINUED.
The Sequel to the Adventure or Prince Louis iF Bour
bon and the Cuban Belle—The Head of the Fatuity
Indignant.
On the 15th of March last Prince Lou s
Marie Ferdinand Pierre d’Alcautara, sou
of Count d’Aquila, the brother in-law of
the late King of Naples, cousin of Lon
Carlos, the aspirant to the Spanish throne,
nephewto the Emperor of Brazil, aud con
uected by other ties with half the other
dethroned raouarebs of Europe, made his
appearance in this city, iu company with
Miss Amelie Isabel de Hamel, tbe daugh
ter of Mr. John de Hamel, a well known
ship broker of Havana, aud a gentleman
well known iu this city as a frequenter ot
fashionable resorts, and a coustant com
pauion of many of our most fashionable
citizens. The Prince and tlie fair Cuban —
the latter accompanied aud guarded by her
mother—had come hither to be married,
aud th s they hastened to do immediately
on lauding. But they found not a little
difficulty in accomplishing their purpose;
the first priest selected to pronounce the
ceremony, Father Lafout, of the Church
of St. Vincent de Paul, declined to do so,
ou orders from Archbishop McCloskey.
A civil marriage was decided upon. Mayor
Hall happened to be absent from bis office;
and finally tbe noble parties were com
pelled to resort to Jeffersou Market Police
Court, where they were pronounced man
aud wife by Justice Dodge.
Now comes, after a blissful honeymoon
of nearly two months, the cruel relatives
of the bridegroom protesting against the
marriage. Francis 11, ex-King of Naples,
having no other subjects than tbe syco
phant followers who siiare with him the
charity of tine Pope, which leaves him to
spend the remnant of his miserable days
iu the Faruese Palace at Rome, considers
himself the head of tiie family of Botlr
bou, aud from his place iu Rome sends an
angry protest against his marriage io the
free and independent young citizen Bour
bon iu bis comfortable rooms in tbe
Clarendon Hotel of this free and inde
pendent city of New York. Tbe protest
declares tbe marriage null and void, and
is accompanied by a threat of excommu
nication" from tbe noble family of de
throned and impoverished mouarchs who
#^gar the name of Bourbon young
is probably very little troubled by
JJJJs threat, and will pay very little atten
tion to the protest. He is said to be a very
spirited young man, able to take care of
himself, and uot at all proud of his con
nection with tbe family which has pro
duced iu me generation a “ Bomba,” a
Francis 11, and an Isabella of Spain.
This marriage is thus far nearly a par
allel with the famous BoDaparte-Patterson
case. It will be remembered by those fa
miliar with the history of the Bonapartes
in America, that Jerome, the youugest
brother of the great Napoleon, after his
defeat in the West Indies by Toussaint L
Ouverture, the famous negro general of
Hayti, came to this city, and in 1803 vis
ited Baltimore, where he met and married
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, the beautiful
daughter of a rich merchant of that city.
After tiie French Empire w’as declared, lie
visited Europe with his wife, but Napoleon
1., tbe head of tbe family, as iu this case,
refused to recognize tlie legality of the
marriage, and “Miss Patterson,” as the
French authorities insisted on calling her,
was not allowed to enter France. ‘ Miss
Hamel” will probably uot be allowed to
step foot iu the Farnese palace. Indeed,
Francis II may forbid her to enter tbe
Naples he no longer controls. Isabella, of
Spain, may warn her from the shores of
tiiat country she has just tied from, aud
George of Hanover may request mildly, as
becomes him, that she will not intrude
herself into tbe Hanoverian domains
which Bismark has swallowedr It was
the Pope who forbade ihe celebration of
the marriage iu this oity ; aud he may
now, unlike his predecessor in the Patter
son case, pronounce the marriage null and
void ; but as long as they are rich and
happy in this free country, the bride and
bridegroom can afford to laugh at the pro
tests of their family and the curses of their
Church.— N. Y. Times.
CALIFORNIA.
PatiHo Railroad Celebration—The Grandest \ffalr
Ever Witnessed in the City—The Entire Popu
lation Join lu the Exercises.
San Francisco. May B.— The celebra
tion to-day was one to be remembered for
all time in San Francisco. Tbe day was
ushered in by a salute of oue hundred
guns. At noon all tbe Federal forces iu
tbe harbor fired a salute ; bells in tbe city
set ringing and steam whistles screaming.
At night the whole city was illuminated
and presented a brilliant appearauce. The
procession was the largest and most en
thusiastic ever witnessed in San Fraucis
co. The people were willing and eager to
observe au event of so much importance
to this city and the Pacific coast, and
turned out en masse.
Business was generally suspended, and
marly every citizen exhibited a hearty
interest in the demonstration. The mili
tary andcivic display was grand. In ad
dition to the State militia all available
United States troops from several torts
and presidios participated ou the occasion,
while civic societies turned out with full
ranks. The city and harbor presented a
magnificent sight during the day, the
principal streets being draped with ban
ners of every nation and thronged with
excited and joyous people, and the ship
ping was dressed in fine style. A dispatch
from the junction of the road announcing
the driving of the last spike on the Cen
tral Pacific road at 10 oclock a. m., sent a
thrill of joy through the city. Congratu
latory messages were transmitted by the
directors of the Central Pacific and the
Union Pacific by California pioneers.
At .Sacramento the event was celebrated
in the grandest manner. The city was
crowded with a multitude of people' from
all parts of the State and Nevada. The
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in session in
this city accepted an invitation to attend
at Sacramento. Delegations from Nevada,
Grass Valley, Valejo, Sail Francisco, Pla
cerville, San Jose, Marysville, Virginia
City and Gold Hill, Nevada, were in .at
tendance. The line of travel from Sacra
mento was thrown open to the public
free, and immense numi»ersof people took
advaniageof the circumstance and flocked
hither. The Central Pacific Company had
their locomotives gaily decorated and ar
ranged in the city front, and at the signal
gun announcing tbe driving of tbe last
spike the road locomotives opened the
chorus with whistles, and all the bells and
steam whistles joined in.
HOW WE MAY SAIN (Hit IMJEPICXOEMK
Our correspondent, “Southerner,” who
addresses our readers this morning, falls so
easily into the U9e of the imperial “we,”
affected by editors, that we resign our seat
to him to-day. He talks upou a very
practical importaut subject. He says;
“We have tried the sword and spear,
aud failed. If we now try the plow and
spindle we mav, in less thau four years,
he the most independent and prosperous
people in the world.
“Let us determine to make ourowu pro
visions, bread and meat, sugar aud syrup.
We can do this, aud make as much cotton
as we should wish to make besides. If we
only make cotton enough to supply the
European demaud, we will get about as
much money for it as we would for twice
the quautity.
“Let us make everything we need that
is made out of wood, iron aud leather
We have every var.etyof timber growing
ou our laud. Let us use it, aud pay our
own mechanics.
“Let us sell our cotton for gold. We will
theu have a currency that will go at par all
over the world Besides it will bring about
direct trade with Europe, a thing which
every Southerner should do every thing
in his power to encourage.
“Letusiuvest every surplus dollar in
manufacturing, and in a short time we
shall not only he able to manufacture our
own supplies, hut able to convert a large
portion of oujr cotton into its most valuable
form before we sell it, and secure to our
selves the profit heretofore realized by the
New' York speculators aud New England
manufacturers.
“tu short, let us stop the drain of money
from South to North. When we do this,
we will have gaiued our independence,
aud shall have it in our power to levy an
embargo ou commercial intercourse with
the North, and to dictate to those who are
doing everything in their power to op
press aud degrade us. the terms upon
which it shall he removed.
“But iu order to succeed * this g?reat
enterprise, there must be eoucertof action
aud combination of capital. But few per
sons have sufficient capital to go into
manufacturing aloue, but it we form com
panies, and combine our capital, we cau
put iu operation a factory in every county
where cotton is grown. Let there beat
least one manufacturing company formed
in every county wuere cotton is grown.
Let the stock be let out iu small shares—
so small that every farmer cau take stock.
So soon as there is sufficient capiial raised
to start a factory—eveu a small one—let
us send to England for the machinery
and a competent person to put it in opera
tion. Even a small factory would be a
blessing to the community. It would give
employment to indigent women aud chil
dren, aud open a market to the farmers for
many articles of food that they could not
otherwise dispose of.
“Let there bean agricultural association
formed iu each county, aud let each coun
ty be represented iu the annual State Con
ventions, and let each State be represented
in a Southern Agricultural Convention,
to he held at some central point, at least
once a year. Iu this way we may secure
harmony and concert of action.
“Let the pre-s, and our leading and
most influential citizens throughout the
South take hold of this matter iu earnest,
aud devote their minds and their ener
gies to the emancipation and elevation of
the South. If we do this we are hound to
succeed. We have slept over our privi
leges long enough. Let us at ouce adopt
that policy that cannot fail, iu a few years,
to render the Southern people the most
independent, the wealthiest and happitat
ou the face of the globe.
“With the most delightful climate—a
soil capable of supporting perhaps one
hundred million people —with our line
navigable rivers, and water power suffi
cient to run, perhaps, ali the machinery
iu the world—the South is, to-day, the
poorest section of the United States.
While New England, with an unpropiti
ous climate, poor soil—incapable of sup
porting the present population, is the
wealthiest. How happened this unnatu
ral state of affairs? Simply because
through our stupidity the New York
merchants and New England manufactu
rers have managed to appropriate to them
selves the profits of our labor for fifty years
past, leaving usa bare subsistence. Where
are the proceeds of the unnumbered mil
lion bales ot cotton produced iu the South
for the last fifty years ? Ail thrown away
and gathered up by our enemies.
“Slavery, no doubt, was at tlse bottom of
this evil. The slave owners realized
enough from the sale of their cotton and
rice to render them comfortable, and they
tiierefore did not trouble themselve* with
those enterprises that were necessary to
build up the material wealth of the South.
Slavery is now gone, and it becomes neces
sary for us to change our system, and
adopt that policy which we should have
adopted nrty years ago. The manufacture
of cotton and the mechanical arts should
have started with the production of cot
ton. If the three branches had grown up
together aud kept pace with each other to
the present time, the South would be to
day the grandest and wealthiest, and
greatest manufacturing ’ district iu the
world.
It should be borne in mind that if we
act wisely, and prudeatly, we can iiave
no competition in our industrial pursuits.
New Euglaud may boast of her great
wealth, and ber unlimited machinery,
and facilities for manufacturing, but the
fountain head of her great wealth is, to a
great extent, in our power, and if we
choose to control it, her wealth will soon
disappear like the morning dew. New
England cannot produce cotton, and un
less we furnish thecotton their machinery
may rustand rot. And unless we produce
too much cotton, so as to come into com
petition with each other, in the foreign
market, we can have no competition at
all. Southerner.
A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
We copy, with our hearty endorsement,
the following from the last issue of the
Cuthbert Appeal.
In the general presentments of the
Grand Jury of Randolph county, publish
ed in another column, will be fouud a
wholesome rebuke to the Solicitor Gener
als of the several circuits, for the abuse of
their official privileges and prerogatives.
The law of the State, it would appear,
confers the right upon these officers to
nolle prosse at will those cases, which are
not punished capitally, or by confinement
in the penitentiary. This was intended
to prevent indiscriminate prosecutions
and excessive litigation, where proof was
wanting to ensure conviction. That the
Solicitor General should be clothed with
power to estop cases for a pecuniary con
sideration, where the public morals have
been shamefully violated, and in the face
of a true bill rendered by the Grand Jury
upon sufficient evidence, is a monstrous
perversion of the true spirit of the statute.
It is vesting greater authority in that
functionary than is accorded to'the judge
upon the bench.
No such liberty is permitted; and its
exercise is a simple usurpation, and stretch
of prerogative, which the oath of office it
was believed would restrain within proper
bouuds. But this defect in the law should
be remedied by additional legislation.
As tbe matter now stands, the officer in
question who is paid to prosecute all offen
ces against the fctate, becomes an interest
ed party in opposition, and it is charged
actually connives at, and compromises the
same fora pecuniary consideration.
If this principle be allowed aud its prac
tice tolerated, the wildest license to crime
will result. For it is idle to suppose that
Grand Jurors will take cognizance of of
fences, which, when properly investigat
ed and handed over to the courts for adju
dication, are liable to he qu i-hed instan
ter, by a sub-official, who pockets his hush
money and releases the criminal. Such
action would but serve to increase the
burden of taxation, already well nigh in
supportable, without beuefitting the
morals of the country.
For this reason we endorse fully the
presentment of the Grand Jury, aud trust
it may tend to correct an abuse which it
is stated has prevailed for many years
throughout the State. Let the law be so
amended as to make the Judge a party
also in the disposition of all indictments.
It should never be forgotten that tbe ac
tion of a Grand Jury does not convict, but
is merely a preliminary to further pro
ceedings. The iunoceut will usua ly be
anxious for a fair trial, that the alleged
imputation may be honorably effaced.
We repeat, the thanks of all virtuous men
are due to the Grand Jury for their fidelity
aud firmness in the premises.
Still They Come. —One ship that
reached here ou Monday last bad fourteen
hundred immigrants. All the German
steamers to sail between this and Septem
ber will have a full complement, and the
lines from Liverpool and Queenstown
have stopped booking lor one month.
Already the number of arrivals this year
is greater than for the same period of auy
preceding year. Plenty of farms for the
taking on the line of the Pacific Railroad.
. [New York Herald , 12 th.
RAILWAY SYBI k-.Msi OF THE HOI TH.
From are|>ort in the Cincinnati Gazette
of the proceedings of a convention of rail
road meu aud others interested in the loca
tion of the great Southern railroad soon
to be built from Cincinnati, we make the
following extracts :
Colouel E. Hulbert, Superintendent of
the Western & Atlantic Railroad from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, was announced
as the next speaker. He called attention
to the fact that Chattanooga was the
northern ceutral point of the great system
of Southern railways.
Chattauooga stands in the lower Cum*
IterJaud Gap, the great water gap through
which the river passes ; the great railroad
line from the Atlantic coast, from the
Gulf of Mexico, from the direction of New
Orleans, all verge to that common point.
They converge there, as explained by
Colouel Gaw, from absolute necessity oc
casioned by the conformation of the
eountry. They could not have been built
otherwise.
The first great trunk is the Western &
Atlantic, from Chattanooga to Atlanta,
138 miles in length, with an income of sl,
250,000. connecting at Atlanta with the
Georgia road, from Atlanta td Augusta,
Ga , 171 miles, with an income of $1,500,-
000 ; connecting also with the South Caro
lina Railroad, from Augusta to Charleston,
and branch to Columbia, Sf., 205 miles,
with an increase of about 51,250 000, and
with the Wilmington & Manchester road,
Kingviile to Wilmington, N. C, 171 miles,
with an iucome exceeding half a million
dollars.
Returning to Atlanta, as a starting point,
we have thence, to Macou.Ga., the Macon
& We-tern Road, 103 miles, with an in
come of about $400,000 per auuum; con
necting with the Southwestern Railway to
Eufaulg, Ala., 143 .miles, with branches
to Fort Gaines and Albany, Ga.,51 miies—
a total of 194 miles of the Southwestern
Road and hrauches, with au iucome of
over SBOO,OOO per aunum.
Returning to Macon, we have the road
from Macon to Savannah, Ga, by the
Central Road, with its branches to Mil
ledgeville aud Augusta, Ga., 288 miles,
with au income of $1,500,000; also the At
lantic & Gulf Road— t?avauuah to Bain
bridge, Ga., 230 miles, w.th a side line of
40 miles, connecting with the entire rail
way system of Florida; total earuiugs ex
ceeding one million dollars.
Again, iu immediate connection with
the latter, are the Florida Roads, of an ag
gregate length of 300 miles. Earuiugs,
SBOO,OOO.
Returning to Macon, from thence to
Columbus,Ga , by the Southwestern Road,
50 miles, and the Muscogee Road,so miles,
wi ii total earnings exceeding $500,000.
Returning to Macoo, we have the Macon
<fe Brunswick Railroad, under contract,
and being rapidly completed, 185 miles,
about 85 miles of which are iu running
order.
The harbor of Brunswick is the best
south of Norfolk, with 28 feet of water on
its bar at ebb tide, with a capacity to safe
ly float the uavies of the World.
Returning to Atlanta, thence to West
Point, Ga , by the Atlantic and West
Point road, 87 miles. Gross earnings,
$350,000 per annum. From West Point to
Montgomery, 88 miles. Earnings, $3-50 000
per auuum.
Montgomery to Mobile and Pensacola,
by the Montgomery, Mobile aud Peusaco
la roads, 172 miles; gross earnings ex
ceeding half a million dollars.
This presents the railway connections
in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida,
by the one great trunk line, the Western
and Atlantic Railroad from Chattanooga
and Atlanta.
The next great trunk line penetrating
the cotton belt is the Selma, Rome and
Dalton road, completed from Helma, the
heart of the cotton region in Alabama, to
Rome, 197 miles ; thence by the Rome
road to Kingston, 20 miles, thence 60 miles
to Chattanooga.
This company israpidly extending its
line fromßome to D a ltou,Ga., shortening
their line 18 mile B . This may be called
the second great trunk line from Chatta
nooga, 277 miles in all- This connects at
Selma with steamers for Mobile by the
Alabama river, navigable at all seasons,
and on the west with the Selma & Merid
ian road, 107 miles, which in turn con
nects with Vicksburg & Meridian Rail
road, to Vicksburg, Miss., 140 miles, pen
etratiug tlie heart of thecotton region of
central Alabama and Mississippi.
The third great trunk line was the Ala
bama & Chattanooga, fiom Chattanooga
to Meridian, 276 miles, through the
Wills Valley, via Elytou aud Tuscaloosa.
The Wills Valley is particularly rich in
coal and iron. The mountains on either
side for a distance along the route ol 00
miles, are filled with these minerals. In
constructing this road outs wero frequent
ly made through iron. In some instances
embankments were madeof ironore taken
from the excavations. This road then
passes through the Black Warrior coal
field, embracing from 5,000 to 7,000 square,
miles, with iron and coal lying sitle l>v
side.
It is now iu process of rapid cou-lructioc
the work progressing ou each end. About
fifty miles are already completed. Ar
rangements are also being perfected for
its continuance from Meridian to New
Orleans, about 160 miles, making this,
via Chattanooga and Cincinnati, the short
est line from New Orleans to the northern
railroads, and connecting at New Orleans
with the system of Texas roads
The fourth great line from Chattanooga
is that from Montgomery to Decatur,
Alabama, about 185 miles, thence by tbe
Memphis & Charleston road, to Chatta
nooga. The former is under contract in
the hands of responsible parties, to be
completed within two years. Thus, you
have two great trunk lines, penetrating
Alabama to the Gulf—oue through the
heart of the cotton region—the other pen
etrating the great coal and iron regions of
that State.
The fifth great trunk line is that of the
Memphis & Chattanooga Railroad, from
Chattauooga due west to Memphis on the
banks of the Mississippi, 309 miles, with
au income exceeding $1,500,000 per an
num.
In addition to these five trunk lines,
there are the Nashville & Chattanooga,
150 miles, and the East Tenue-see &
Georgia, 111 miles, Chattanooga to Knox
ville, making seven grand trunk lines
centering at Chattanooga, amounting, nr
the aggregate, to over 3,500 miles of road
in actual operation, besides 500 miles in
process of construction. •
Colonel Hulbert, after this careful and
valuableexpositiou of the system of South
eru railway, closed with the following re
flection :
“Chattanooga being the northern center
of the great railroad system of the South,
and Cincinnati being the center of the
Southern line of tire great railway system
between the Rocky Mountains and the
coast —with the completion of this pro
posed Southern road Cincinnati will com
mand the entire trade of the Gulf of Mex
ico, almost the entire cotton trade of the
South. Time was when cotton was moved
mainly by water. That time has passed.
The commodity is too valuable. Steamers
aud sail vessels are too slow. Three
fourths of the cotton crop, since the war,
has been moved by rail, although the dif
iculties iu the way are now great, having
to ship by roundabout routes. In conse
quence of this, for three years the ship
raent of our cotton crop has been delayed,
and our planting interests have suffered
We feel the necessity of a great rail way
connection with the Northern railway
system.
"Chattanooga is nearly on an air line to
Pensacola; and from there it is ouly eigh
teen hours’ run to Havana. With such a
grand railroad connection, Cincinnati
ought to control the sugar trade of Cuba.
[Cheers.] And not ouly this, but the
!Bouth American tn>de immedia ely south
of the Gulf, and especially tbecoflee trade
of Brazil. [Renewed cheers.]
"There is no railroad project on this con
tinent so important to the great interests
of the country at large as this single line.
Cincinnati has it in her power, within ten
years, to command the trade of the Gulf
of Mexico, almost the entire trade of the
cotton States, and the trade of South
America, It rests with you tosay wheth
er you will possess yourselves of this priv
ilege or not.
"So far as our being able to aid you, I
would say, that we are poor. The war
ruined us; our railroads were almost
broken up, to repair which we have con
tracted large debts; we are just now get
ting upon our feet again ; we are not able
to subscribe largely, unless it is done col
lectively, amt this I will ou my return urge
upon my railroad friends, and ask them to
unite in building this trunk road from
Chattanooga to the State line. [Cheers.]
Knoxville has been spoken of as a termi
nus. I think it should he one of the ter
mini. But we ask of you—all our South
ern roads having important business re
lations Tor you—ask that you do not place
a third party betwecu yourselves and us.”
]Applause.]
Bosh! —Great is “bosh,” and the elec
tic telegraph is its prophet. That Mon -,
treal dispatch announcing the considera
Lon by the English Ministry of
pediency of giving up all th*
except India, beats all previou! m ° Di ««
tions. Can auythingbe more
Why, pray, should the MinistJ? T*?**
any such proposition ? Has the L I! «
dler, or the eunuch. Sumner somr, ,
the Lion that he thus tucks his tail
cannot believe such stuff jf "‘ f “e
proposition has been dreamed of * Ueb
English people Will never ratif/n V b «
areuot yet so emasculated by »h« J. h *»
ot Radicalism as to thus degr a ,l«
selves We have read many a| u ' >•
absurd rumors sent over the »<7 rfrcl| y
this caps them all. reß - but
LETTER FROM 801 TH WEST Ml V (l .„
Cuthbkkt, Ga , Mav 11 , Rm '
Editor Journal and Ateuenaer ■
lgrinatious for the past Wt :' k \* M - V per
tended into several counties in n,; *
of the Htate, viz.; Mitchell liib S8< ‘ c,io Q
tions of Dougherty, Sumter » ~ lor
The crops in Mitchell w'J ° Uler *
Dougherty I have bad a gw.d |, w a at “ l
peciallv those on the roads leadi, k a V ***
Albany, the terminus of the South g fro,n
Kail road, to the adjoining countv o* rn
notice some fine crops of com i., 1
the crops of Messrs. Jerry
Tneodoie Williams. Their ~„r er ? ai ‘ d
truest I have seen anywhere Th U,e
WF>p, I must say, is not as f ar ' , w ‘ t, "u
as l have seen it at tills fitue of th " < * d
owing, I premitie, to the „„V e Je * r .
weather. Tne cold nights that weT* 1 *
experienced recently, and that " 4Vt ‘
us now, has Caused the trouble a,, u, ' < *
fine stands, and the prospects r A l " lli
orop year ID «„„„ CtS*
gratifying. Bui now you can hear ££
every farmer that you meet
“uiy erop is ruined, my cotton , ■ , K but
haven’t half a sltud, although 1
came up finely, but these cold m' htaT "
ruined -l;” and from observl *i“ Te
say that this is certainly the case i u>t
I am almost ready to believe thaMfT
misfortune could he equally mL, 16
what is deemed by the farmers n, i n utwl
would result in .^.od^T&“•
account of being propiiioS, 0 f L fitter
priee-yet there are many small f*r! r
who. in the loss of their ..ros L, s
good cotton crop, lose their all riif" fa
beard a great many say they Imd !
lo leplaut. and would plow up and ,2
com. ll.ere is more corn planted E
many are disposed to believe I saws,
tine crops of cotton in Mitchell but m
stead ot this being the case n
was rather the exception. y 11
The Superior Court is in session here
but will adjourn to-morrow. The s„,* rn ;
Court ol Mitchell is in session a |J, . "
week. The present incumbents ~f "
benches iu tlies.* circuits—Judges J \i
Clarke and Harrall-aie giving 1
tire Satisfaction. They are strict di,. '
Im.-y ians and enforce their rules rigidiv
requiring of eveiy one their wli.de duty
and peace and quiet reigns mi,.renie iu
their courts except disturbed iu the usual
routine of business incident upon i e
occasion. The people generally see in to
be well pleased with them.
Cutbbelt has made but few strides in
the way of improvement since my | ut
visit. Among them is the buildiug of a
new Methodist Church on the site of the
one tbHt was destroyed by fire sometime
since. I'wo wells on the public Miiiare
have been dug, a lire engine purchased
and last, though not least, that public
-piiited and enterprisiug man, Dr. V. ,s
Dowell, has iu baud the fitting up of th«
large bail over his store as a place for nub
licamusemeuta which,when finished, will
be a fine place. These addenda to l’uth
beri has long been needed, and will won
be supplied through the energy of ihebr
Cuthben’s graveyard was for a long time
without an enclosure until Dr. Powell
look it in hand, aud I noticed to-day that
it is enclosed by a neat paling fence.
Camilla and Newton, the county site*
of Mitchell and Baker, though a long
ways from anywhere now, are not destined
to icmaiii so long, for with the prog rest
j that i- being made towards the comple
! lion of t he Houth Georgia & Florida Hoad,
j the sbriil note of the locomotive whistle
will be beard in Camilla; and then will
follow, as a natural consequence, the ad
vance on Newton, aud from Newton
through Morgan, in Calhoun, to this
place, and conuect with the (Southwestern
Railroad as well as at Albany. Ihe peo
ple in Baker are wide awake to the neces
sity of this enterprise, and are determined
b. nave a road, aud the Atlantic <st tlulf
Railroad Company are anxious they
should liave one. This is what we need
in lieoigia. We liave been too long the
suffering victims of monopolies. Dowu
with them by establishing healthy com
petition, say I. AL 1 Avenir.
Yours, Rambles.
lIAVK U K A GOYUKAOII A.NIt HUES ||K RK< -
OGNI7.K THE l O\HT|TI I ION AMI IIIE
LAWS I
Waynesboro, May 13, 1869.
Dear General: The following is too good
to be lorl. deGraffenried, “under the in
struction of His Excellency,” sent to our
old li ieml, Simeon Wallace, late Ordinary
of tins county, but recently elected J. P.
iu his District, the interrogatories pro
pounded to all the newly elected magis
trates. The Squire answers him as fol
lows :
Lawtonvillk, May 3, 1869.
To li. It deGraffenried, Kaq.:
Bib: Yours oi the 28lh oi April, 1869, as
you say under the instructions of His Ex
cellency, requiring me to furnish “this
department” answers to the interrogatories
thereto utlached, has beeu received; and,
in reply, permit me, through you, to a«k
His Excellency the following questions,
to-wit:
First. What office do you hold, and by
what authorty ?
Second. If it is civil Governor of Geor
gia, have you taken the oath required by
i he Constitution ?
Third. If yea, are you discharging the
duties of said Governoras youroalh under
the Constitution and laws of said .State
require? * .
Fourth. If yea, cite me to that portion
of ttie Constitution and laws that gives
you the right to propound auy such ijiie--
tious as you have asked me, to auy citizen
of said Slate.
Fifth. I am a citizen of Georgia, and and
she is under or governed l»y civil authori
, ty. I have some rights as well a* her
officials, aud, while I am always ready to
yield to those officials, when they call on
uie by the authority given them by law, I
think it the right of every citizen, when
said officials call on him, to call on sal' l
official lor his authority for so doing
Hixtli If you are not the civil Governor
of (ieorgia, but ouly a military Governor,
dictator or satrap, I have not auo ber
word to say and take back all I have saw
80, for the present, I remain
Yours, etc.,
8. Wallace.
Please communicate this to His Express-
y * [_Chronicle & Sentinel.
GOLD FOR COTTON.
Theie is a movement at several of
- ports of the Bouth in favor o! .
transaction of all cotton buxineM on 1
gold brutis. The cotton of the South ‘
command its price in gold in the hump"
maiket, and tbe factors and plaut fer = '
anxious that this gold should get into
hands and he used as currency as l
befoie th 6 war. The cotton crop or
present year, if sold for specie at l’ r .
prices, would realize to the Southern P,
ters between three and four hundred
lions nf dollars in gold; and thougn
against the interest of England and '
! cotton-purchasing countries to pay ''
iu coin, it is undoubtedly tor the in
of tlie South to sell for coin as far as I
sible. There are obstacles to the e -
of the South which we do not see
prospect of being surmounted;
shall he glad to see the planters, a ,
and shippers make the attemp • __
achieve whatever success
Are the “interests of England and oir
cotton-purchasing countries’’ the
“obstacles to success ?” If BUlCts “
nearer than we thought.
The True Platform — ln ,b ® 'j’Vbe
sue of the Augusta ;Press, we m .
salutatory of the new editor, « ■ .
M. Browne From it we make th
ing extract: ~.i niDd
I shall always steadfastly nnaiu states,
defend the rights of tbe South
yielding nothing to a ao-calle I liexpe
and believing that the truth in .-^, he0 Qly
well as in morals and religion is t
safe guide, I will never sanction J •
trine of the highwayman that
constitutes right,” nor can I ®PP. r - _to
idea that uucomplainiug submit" yre
wrong and oppression is a way ?
peace.
Bad News.—A correspondent * r^ iD 0 f
to the editor of this paper, under jDe
the 17th (yesterday), says that tbe 8 . 0 o
cotton caterpillar has been disco . st
the farm of Mr. Monroe Felton, nc
place.