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R. ELLIS & CQ., Proprietors.
Volume XVIII.
rou'MiTs. ti ksmv, maam 2e.
The Late Election*— Democracy.
It is a matter of congratulation with every pa
triot of the country that the Democracy at the
North have fallen in a struggle /or,prineiple. Ris
ing above the‘horizon ofpresent passion ami local
prejudice, they planted themselves upon those im
mutable truths which have heretofore guided as a
beacon light the Democratic party and preferred a
temporary defeat to a sawrihoe of principle and an
ill-gotten victory. The R. miMiean party stooped
to every subtifngefor stiecoJs&nd had iro bond of
union except the cohesive power wf spoils. They
gathered to their embrace protective tariff and dis
affected Douglas Democrats ami free-labor Am ere
ieans and foiight with a desperation worthy a bet
ter cause. The renegade Forney—whose vault
ing ambition had overleaped itself, whose disap
pointment andje-hagrro at not receiving a high of
fice froth the President burned Its a brand in the
quivering flesh—used all his great powers to tie
feat his old friends and accomplish a victory for
his former enemies. Notwithstanding this unholy
alliance against the Democracy, we Cud men, like
Hon. J. Giancey Jones of Pennsylvania, rejecting
the olive branch tendered them of a. high impost on
iron and clinging to the old time-honored demo
cratic principles with all thu zoal and honest en
thusiasm, that the Christians'of the Middle age
hugged to their bosoms the Holy Cross. Is hot
the prestige of such a defeat worth a thousand vic
tories?
In lowa and Indiana, however,- the Democracy
have .triumphed; and the true inch of the party
are encouraged to believe that iu those places
where it-has met with defeat. it has been aeeom-
an opposition whose elements are in
congruous and whose uuin will prove tobc a “rope
of gaud”—Then the democracy should not be dis
heartened. The voiep of the South will sooif speak
in'tones of-approbation to’ those true men at the
North who recently tell in the hard-4bught. Lc
eonrpton struggle—
a tribute of just applause
To those \ylfo died in such a eaiy-o.
The Administration, too, ha stood by
the South. Tlio tone of the Washington Un-ion to
wards those democrats who hankered after the flesh
pots of Federalism —who advocated an unjust dl?
crimination against the agriculturists of the coun
try in favor bfii few nianu fa otare?? of Iron—is in
deed significant. It proves Conclusively that the
Admin is Uat fen with principle for its guide will
oppose all false doctrines with the same purity of
purpose and patriotic motive, which actuated the
iron-nerved Jackson to demolish a United States
bank or veto iniquitous internal inijO*wvemwnL bills
passed by Congress—All honor to me Administra
tion and its faithful followers!
Comptroller GcHfraP* Report.
We resign a large portion -of our space, this
morning, tr tire able report of Peterson Thweatt,
Esq., Comptroller General for the State. The
whole report displays a degree of energy and in
dustry iu the collection of facta, and of just obser
vation lqmn our system of taxation which may not
be fotmd in other pa[vrs issued f I*9lll tlqit office,
before the installation of the present incumbent.
That portion of it which we publish, gives a suc
cinct and lucid exhibition of the finances of the
.'■Hate, their manner of distribution, and the prob
able condition of the Treasury at the close of the
fiscal year IS6U. It assumes, or rather demon
strates, that after paving the ordinary expenses of
the State Government, re due in j the public ifeht
s4s,ftftft, and setting u part bn* extraordinary ap
propriations the sum ofslw,o<Ml a surrplffc will re
main in the,Treasury of $210,32$ lb to bo devoted
to whatever purpose thw Legislature may direct.
This js certainly a flattering representation of the
financial condition anT! prospect? of Georgia. It
is based, mainly, upon’ the* assumptUm (to the
truth of which the experience of the last eight
months imparts a high degree of fixedness.) that
the Western *mi Atlantic Railroad will continue
to yield a nett income of $25,000 per month. In
compliance with an .Vet of the Legislature making
it the duty of the Comptroller General to accom
pany his Annual Report with such recommenda
tions with respect to the revenue laws of this State
as to him may seem Mr. Thweatt has in
dulged his license at considerable, but not too great
length. .We have.read his suggestions care billy,
and heartily concur in every recommend at ion he
has made. ’Our sbace will not allow us to consid
er them here, but we Will advert to some ul them
at au early day. -His views are so just arid bear
upon subjects of such general interest that they
deserve to be pressed upon public attention. It
will appear from the tables annexed to the report,
that the Comptroller General has not confined
himself to the requirements of official dntjf, blit
has carried his exertions beyond them, and collec
ted much statistical informal ion bti via g an inti
mate and important relation with subject? which,
doubtless, will'claim the early and earnest atten
tion of our Legislature. We allude to Jlie sub
jects of Education. Free and Common IH-Ttpols Ac.
We feel confident that the report will commdhd
itself to all who will take the trouble to examine it*,
and will win for Mr. Thweatt the meed of praise
which it i> always the'pleasing duty of a people
to accord to a public servant, wlio discharges fns
otficial obligations with so much energy and faith
fulness.
Give its a Chance.
The receipts of the Muscogee Railroad, although
large beyond precedent, are greatly diminished
by insufficient means of transportation. The cause
of this lies not iu any deficiency of rolling stock
owned by said Company, but in the fact that*the
ears, freighted at this point with cotton, are not
returned with sufficient promptness by Lie roads
east of us. We are not acquainted with the diffi
culty which may lie in the way of a remedy for
this state of things and eamvof, therefore, charac
terize the responsibility which they incur for- this
negiecL; but, it is apparent that the result must
be very prejudicial* to this market. TherUare now
awaiting shipment 3.600 bags of cotton and only a
dozen cars arehere to do the work! No wonder
our marker has been and is depressed. We hope the
Central and South-Western Roads will have a care
for our situation aqd do whatever iu their power
lies to relieve m •
Tiik Ntxt El i.ecTio x s.—Ellect i mumpers
to Congress will Ire held in Massachusett
York. New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan, Illinois
and Wisconsin, on Tuesday, the 2d uay of No
vember. -
Hanging in Greensboro ton. —The boy
Thornton, convicted as accessory to the murder
of Mr. Johes. in Greene county, on Mr. Hart’s
plantation, was. hung on yesterday. A Targe
concourse of people assembled to sec the awful
spectacle. —AnyMsta Dispatch, 2‘.id.
Fragrant Oil. —Collect a quantity of the leaves
of any flowers that have an agreable fragrance:
card thin layers of botfen, and dip into the finest
sweet cil: sprinkle a suptH quantity ot-fine salt on
the flowers, and lay first ahiyer of ridtongrid then
a layer or flowers. until an earthenware vessel, or
a wide-mouthed glass bottle, is full* Tie the top
well over with a bladder, then place the vessel hi
a southern aspect, so that k may have the beato-l
the sun: and in fiftteen days. When uncovered, a
fragrant oil in ay be squeezed away from the whole
mass. ,
-The friends of the Hon-J. Glanecy Jones,
at Reading, Pa., fired one hundred guns on hear
ing of his appointment as Minister to Austria.
1. ‘ I .
[7&f* Messrs. Newell A-Co., of London. have
a contract with the Thrkish Government
for laying down a telegraphic cable between Cape
Hellas and Alexandria. By this cable England
will be brought in immediate’ telegraphie eom
mußieation the latter efty. from which a
laud line is to bo laid to"A<lnc, and carried 1
through the-lied Sou and Persian Gulf to India,
Gone toJEN rorh. —Among rhe passengers for
HnVfe *by the Arago, oh Saturday, was Mrs.
Crawford, widow.of the distinguisho*! sculptor.—
She now returns with her four children, to her
residence in Italy, whence sfie was recalled by the
fatal illne.ss of her husband.
REPORT.
Comptroller General’s Office.
A!Hitdg< viUe, Oct. 2(yth , 1858.
To His Excellency Joseph E Brow n. Governor :
:—ln compliance with the provisions of an
act of the'2Bth Deccniher, 1848, I have the hbnoi*
to lay before your Excellency a statement of the
receipts and'disbursement s at the Treasury during
the fiscal year 1858, shotting a balance in. the
Tfeasnrv at the end of Uic year, of $155,918 65.
Os this balance $455,918 65, now in the Treas
ury, there i, however, unavailable, the sum of
88>25,564, cqnsisting of the following items, viz :
Bank stock. (Education Fund.) - - $290,906 00
.Stock in Milledgovilie aiid 0. Rail
road, -’ - - - - 20.000 00
Darien Bank bills. - 2.237 75
W estern & Atlantic R. It. Sqyipt, - - 4,784 75
Uneutreui funds, .... 7,042 00
Total - - - $325,501 00
Leaving :ui available balance in the Treasury
of sj;iOJ >4-05 to meet the balance unpaid on the
appropriations foivlßsß, amounting to the sum of
SI 10.180 4J. There was an available balance in
the Treasury on the 20th October, 1857, of 112,-
202 10, to moot.appropriations unpaid, aiaownt
ing to 88.4,11 I 30: lea ving the --urn of 828,151 80,
a? a balance iu the Treasury.after paying all the
a P!TopriaVioJis for 1857.
An .ithfciraet from the b<oks of this- office,
accompanies this report aAroquircd by an act of
tin* 23d of Dec.. iS39, set tiug forth the amounts
of the general apprekpriayons, both eointnon and
special, under their respective heads: The dates
and amounts of warrants approved: In whose fa
v< r drawn : and, Thp halftucc undrawn or each
appropriation. -
And as re}Uired by the ;u*t of the 26th of Dee..
1821, an exhilut is herewiilt submitted, showing
the amount of taxes wiwi VUich the inhahitarns of
each county in the Slate stands charged in the
digests returned to this office by the several Re- j
eeivers of Tax Return , for the year Josß, from
which itnppears that the tax a>sesse<l amounts,
in the aggregate, tor the sum of $441,965 06.
Receipts anj> Disbursements of the Tkkas- i
Os rhe Receipts iuto the Treasury during the 1
fiscal veer. 1858. there was received :
On account of the General Tax, 1857, £390,897 20 |
Net earnings, Western and Atlantic
R. R. 500.00(1 00 1
Bank Tax. - - - - 21.120 11
From Bank dividend?; - 29,57*5 00
Railroad tnx, - - - - - 6,204 91
From miscellaneous item?, (a more full
Recount of which will be found in
another part of this report.) - - 5,575 88
8 ale of bonds to the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad, - 100,000 00
Total receipts, - - - 763,573 13
Add to this balance available fund - in
the Treasury. 21st Oct., 1857, 112:262 16
And we have a total fund of- $875,835 20
Os the disbursements of the Treasury duriug'the
same time, there has been paid:
On account of (Tvif establishmcßi, ’57, 16.996 00
Contingent fund, 1857: - 2,18*2 82
Printing fund. 1857; 1.715 57
Poor School fund. 1857. 30.6H4 00
appropriations ot 5)0, , ;o !,
Civil - 40,205 56”
Contingent fund. 18;7S, - - 8,18170
Printing fund. 185<8, , - - 18,449 85
Over-payments. 1858. - - 2,054 57
I-’or pnv of member? and officer? of the
Legislature, - - 114.212 25
‘• reduction'of the PaMie l>edt, - 40.722 22
•• interest, on ‘ do. do. 102,016 83
** subserijyEf<)n to Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad. - 100.000 00
“ Lunatic Asylum—for building, 57.000 00 ,
“ do. do. furniture. 5.000 00 |
do. do. ‘ v stfpport of pau
per patients. - 15,000 00 ,
o do. do. ‘ sal. Huper’t 1,800 00 ,
“ do. do. officers J serv’ts, 9.412 50
*• Deaf and DtVmb Asylum—for sup
port of pufdls: - - - 8.000 00
Academy lor the Blind-for build’gv? 15,-600 00 ‘
do. ‘ do. support of
pupils, 4,500 00
rt Georgia Military s 'lnstitute, for sup
port of Cadets, - - - 2,000 00
Favannah Medical College, for build
ings: Ac„ - *- - - 15,006 00
Atlanta do. do. do. IJ,OOO 00
“ Peniteutiajy, for pur. of provisions. 2,5000 00
i: other miscellaneous appropriations,
which will le seen in au abstract
accompanying triis report, amount
ing in all to - - - 50,646.30
Total, - - - - $745,480 64
While the demands upon the Treasuryfor the
fiscal year, 1858* ie $77.251> 78, more than wore
the demands upon the Treasury during the fiscal
year. 1857, stiii the receipts int the Treosury ,
(not including the proceeds from the sale of Btato
Bmids) from all source? except the \i esteni and
Atlantic RAilroafl irnve been $22,037 60 I*** than ,
they were in 1857. The reason for this is: Ist,
more of the old tax chums that were worth any
thing. were collected last year: and, 2dly, there
• was received in IBsvß, 811,332 68, less from the
general tax of 1857, than was received in 1857
from the general tax of 1856. The increased re
ceipts from the Western and Atlantic Railroad be
ing this year $91,500 ww than tluit of iast yoar.
The payment inly the Treasury in 1857, from
the road being $108,500,
It will therefore be seen that, but for the follow
ing monthly incomes into the Mate Treasury this
year, from the urn earnings of the W estern and At
lantic Railroad, the State could not have met the
ordinary expenses of government, reduced the
public debt and paid the interest on the same as it
became due. and met the large appropriations of
the last Legislature>t.> the Lunatic Asylum. Acn
demy for the Blind, Medical Colleges, Ac. Ac., as
they have been called for, without temporarily
borrowing money for this purpose: As it is, all
demands have been prompty met, and there is an
abundaut'£urpkis—and w ith, tho taxes for 1858.
now coming iu, and with further anticipated re
ceij>ts from the railroad, this will eontmue
to increase from day to day.
There b stiU due to the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road Company the sum ot $400,000 : (and the
Slate is bound fur a further subscription of ssffi.-
000, when the private stockholders raise an addi
tioual $000,009:) but die Aqt making the State’s
subscription to this work, provided also lor the is
sue <4 State six per cent, bonds, payable at -the ex
piration of twenty years, in the event of .there not
being money in the Treasury, to meet the install
ments as they are culled for: consequently, this
subscription has been charged, to the Treasury
only as the bonds have been issued and sold to the
company,
Having thus dwelt upon and exhibited the op
erations of our State Government, Unancruiiy, lor
the past twelve mouths, 1 will now turn with
greater pleasure to the future, ensuing fiscal year,
as k exhibits the financial affairs of Georgia in a
still more flourishing and flattering condition.
With an almost nominal State tax,* it being but
three fourths of a mill on the dollar, or seventy-five
cents on thivone thousand dollars,on all the prop
erty in Georgia—except bank and railroad capital
—we shall raisa/or the ensuing fiscal ‘ ‘ x ar,* at
least $275,000. Judging from the past eight
months,and if the Biq)erLrricudeirt ot the estern
A Atlantic Railroad bo .not greatly mistaken, saiu
road will “pay into the J? tale treasury, as net cani
ings. at least $300,000 annually. Aild to this the
bank tax of $61,120 Jl: the dividends from bank
stock. $29,575 00: the tax on railroads $6,204 94 :
and from miscellaneous items. $5,775 88, and wo
will have an income of $747,675 88. \V hile on the
othef haud r it is not at all probable that the ex
traordinary appropriations for 1859. will be. as
large as they werp this year by $150,000. The
Luuatic Asylum, Academy for the Blind. Georgia
Milkarv institute,- and Medical Colleges of Sav
annah and Atlanta, having been provided for to
a liberal extent, it is not supposed that much more
if anv, will be asked for to complete their build
ings,’ Ac.. Ac. This being the case, it will be seen
that there will boa large surplus at the end of the
year, to be applied to the reduction of the Public
Debt, to Education, or to any other purpose the
representatives of the people may think’ .proper.
THJE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
Assuming then, that the ordinary receipts irfto
the Treasure f*.r the fiscal rear 1-859. will be as
follows, vh:
F rum, General Tax, .. - - $375,000 00
Nei Earnings. of W. A A. Railroad, 300,000 00
Bunk tax v - -’ ,31.126 TI
Bank Dividend?. - - - 29.575 00
t ; Railroad Tax, - - - - 6.204 91
Miscella neon sit-ins - - v 5,775 88
* l|alang§.after paying Apprupiatiens
for 1858. - - , - - 29.221 22
And we have total, - - $767,906 10
The demand upon the Treasury for the same
’ year will approximate as follows:
To pay members of the Legislature $160,000 00
** Civil Establishment, 1859, 70,009 00
•• Contingent Fund, 1859, 11,000 00
■Printing Fund, 1859, 24,900 00
Poor School Fund, 1858, 29,575 00
’ Reduction of Public Debt, 45.000 00
‘‘ Interest on Public Debt 170,000 00
** Support of pauper pat Leals
.Lunatic Asylum, 15,000 00
‘* Salary of Supt. do, 1,800 Oft
** olhor officers and-ervt? 10,000 00
** Support of pupil?, Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, 8,000 00
“ Support pi pupils, Academy
for the Bund. 4,500 00
’ “ Support of Cadets Georgia
• Military Institute, 2,000 00
Purchase . of Provision? for
Penitentiary 2,500 00
a Salary for Chaplain for do'. 150 00
State Library—for purchase of book?, 1,000 oft
•• •* lor Salary of Librarian, 600 00
Military Store Keeper at Savannah, 300 00
“ ‘ *• at MilledgeviUe, 150 00
For extraordinary appropriations, ay 50,000 4TO j
Total ----- $548,756 00 |
It will thuff be seemthat after meeting the or- |
binary demand? upon the tn usury, and reducing
the public debt $45,000, and olio wing *550,000 for “
miscellancou.: or extraordinary appropriations, l
there will still be a surplus of
ply to a further reduction of the Public Debt, to j
Education, or to any other purpose the next l-*eg- j
ijfiature may direct.
Except the bonds ix.-ued, (bearing 7 per cent.)
to pay fbe liabilities, of rhe Central Bank, amount
ing in all now to $241,060, find whidrarc aitmial- j
i.y falling due iu conap*tr4ively stiinli sums, there !
will be u< Slate bopds (fur sooner than 1.862. !
There are. however, $289,500 of State bonds issu- I
ed in 1815. fi,r the benefit ofthe railroad, and mil !
dfle until 1863 and 18{8, but the State in isstrfttg i
Ihem having reserved to itself the right to redeem |
these bonds can uvw bo i*ckmetk t ai anv time the j
S rate-chooses to do so. There are
per cent, bonds, issued in 1852, to ]>ay for rail- j
road iron $190(000 are due in 1862. and the State ;
also reserved to itself the light to redeem the $200,.- j
OOU iu 186$, if it desired to do so.
The J'nblic Dell.
So far as I can discover from the Treasurer’s
report and the various Acts of the Legislature,
tho PdWfr IM>t, in iHin.ls, now nmounf-’ M I
tiHl.Ottll. wbkh wilt h iiH-reaewt to s:t.fttm. !
(unless Ixjfore reduced, f.wjmn the remainder ( 900, r i
000) of the hm,u f.rthc subsrripliots.to the At- I
lantic and Gitff Railroad are issued. The follow- j
ing will show the character, and tho amounts of j
the various bomte. and when due, viz :
Due in 1859, 7 percent. Central Batik
Bands, - - - - $15,000 j
1860, do. ‘ do, do. 10.000 1
“ 1861, do. do. Jo. 16,000 !
*• 1862, do. ’ do. do.
*• 1363, do. doj. da. 48,500
V ISO!, do. do. do. 75.000 ;
Other Sloie /iottdh/or Hailmad*. d'e.
I “ 1862, 7 percent. - - 100.096
“ TBti2, 6 - - - ‘ 26.000 !
*• i so:;, .... .. f,27509 !
•* ISOS, “ - - 17,500 i
“ 1.808, *• - - 216.500 :
* k 1868. 5 - sterling band?, - 72.090 j
“ 186)9, 6 “ - ‘ - . - 253.500 !
“ 1870, “ “ - - 153,500
“1871, 7 ‘* - - - 162,250
•• 1872, *• * - _ - . 104,750
w 1872, 6 625,500
- iwra •• *• -- . - - - ISU-UUO
- 1874, 7 “ - - 131,500
*• IS7I, 6 * - - - - 80,000
“ 1877. •• “ fur A. .5 G. R K. 100,0i9
$2,630,500
Tube issued, payable 20 year? after
date. - ‘ - - - 900,000
$3,530,500. j
Notk—AVith the slight glance I have been j
able to give the late Tax Acts,within my reach, j
of several Southern States. Itimblhnt in South j
Carolimr, iijmi* lands in cities, towns, villages, ;
boroughs, cVe.,. I lie tax is cents on the :
SIOO, and upon other lauds it is OOcentson the
SIOO, and shaves pay 70 cents per head. In j
Kentucky, real amt personal e>late is taxed ■
at 17 cents [m\ the SIOO. In Texas, 12£ cents |
ou the SIOO. Tn Mississippi, 16 cents on the ‘
SIOO on land, *2O cents on money, &c., atid’ 40 ,
cents on each slave. In Arkansas, 16$ cents j
on the SIOO. In Florida. lF*rt cents on the SIOO.
In Tirginia,4o'cents on the SIOO on real and j
personal estate, and $1 20 on each slave. In |
Alabama, 20 cents on the SIOO on real estate j
and other property, 50 cent on the SIOO on mo- [
ney at Interest, and an average tax of 6.0 j
cents on each slave, (those between 1•> and !
30years of age beintr 81. 10 each) —W hile iu j
Georgia, the tax on land, and slaves, and other 4
property, (except Bunk and Rail Road capital) j
is now but 7V cents on the SIOO.
It will therefore be, seen, that while the per
cent, tax in South Carolina andTexas is near j
double of that of Georgia, the per cent, oi the i
other States named are more tligu double tiiat ;
of Georgia, and in Alabama, it is nearly three I
times larger, while in Virginia, upon real and j
personal estate. it is more than live times
-larger than in Georgia.
in Ohio, the per cent.. 31 cents on the SIOO, j
is four times larger, and in Illinois, the per |
cent, tax, 67 cents on the SIOO, is nearly nine ;
times more than it is in Georgia.
[From the Indianapolis Sentinel. Oct.. 19.]
Democratic State Ticket.
We figure up, this morning, 2,381 majority .for I
the Democratic State ticket, and the full official j
returns will increase it. This vote is evidence that !
the majority of the people of ludiaiwi ■ sympathize j
with’ The election us the :
State ticket i? a great triumph. Four Democratic j
Judge? of the. Supreme Bench secured fur six years, j
and the administration pf the State government i? j
confided to Democratic officers for the next two j
The Legislature.-—We publish this morning
a complete list of the member? of the next- Legis- j
iature. We classify them a? tallows :
SENATE. •
Democrat? holding over.. - !
•* ltegnlas, elected, - - 12
Independent,jelevted, - > r 3 |
Total, - , - - - “ -- 3 j
Republicans holding over, - l :’ J j
*• Regular, elected, - - *H ;
j Opposition - - - “ j
Total, - - - ‘ - - - -25 |
HOUSE. I
Democrats, regular, elected. .- - - 45 1
•* Independent, elected, - - •> ,
Total, - - - ‘ “ 50 |
Republicans, regular, elected, - - -44 ,
hi dependents, Whigs and Americans. - - 0.
- - ‘ - - - . - * 50
There arc twenty-five Democratic Beiiatni’s and
fifty Democratic lleprcitentativep. who in 1856
stood wpon the Cincinnati Platform, and who upon
all party issues stand them now. The political
character of tho Legislature wiU depend mainly
upon the six Americans and Whigs who arc
national in (heir Sentiments, and who have
no sympathy With nlsolifhiiiisin. In the Sen
ate ilie Lieutenant Governor has the easting vote.
Ciiess Tocn.\AeT ax tip; Alaeasa State
F, U b. —The Montgomery Chess Club propose to
have a chess-tuunnunent in that city .at tho time
of tho,State Fair, during the iirst week in Novem
ber next. Three prizes are to he awarded to. the
successful competitors: Any citizen of the State
will-bo allowed to participate iu itte contest.
columbus; Georgia. Monday, November i, 1858.
ESDAT. HfT0!!KI! 27.
Tax on Foreign Bank Agencies.
We refer our reader# to an extract from the
(\nnptrolfer Generals Report, oh the above sub
ject, published L*i jmotber column. It therqjqjjap-
I>qar? that-the Banking capital of thia tState pays
directly into tho Treasury .*l9 cents on the
free of cost, while foreign banking capital, estima -
led in the manner adopted by tlic present tax law.
pays tir the State only 29.25 on the indu
sive Receivers’ and Colleetor?’ commission?.—
We presume it was this difference in the State Ur.r
paid by domestic and foreign capital, and the ig
nnvantie of another fact, stated in the extract al
luded to, which induced some of our cotemporaric?.
or their correspondent?, some time ago, to declare
that the latter was tho especial favorite of our
Legislature.
They forgot, or never knew that no other than
a tax was levied upon the banking capital
of the riiate, while foreign capital paid, in addi
rion. a county tax. which is in many cases equal to
that levied by the State. The contribution, there
fore), of tlic latter, though less to the Treasury, is
greater in the aggregate, and believing this dis
crimination to be impolitic as well as unjust, we
adopt the recommendation of the Comptroller
General,and hope the Legislature will repeal the
Act of ISSG, and substitute therefor it law w hich
shall be more equal in its burdens-afleeting foreign
and dbtncstic capital alike. The policy of exclu
sion whicluwe regret to say, finds favor in certain
(■uartcr?, by the spirit of the age und is
unworthy the intelligence bTour noble State.
Prize Fights and ihe Press.
The news-papers are teeming •with’ account? of
j a brutal fiel fight, which occurred recently on the
i Canada shore between two natives of New York.
; Every round, in which the poor follows-pounded
I each other almost to jelly, is describcfl with the
! minutest detail as though tho vitiated taste of the
! people craved it. .We have too high an apprecia
i tiou of the morals of ihc American people to think
j that they relish such deed? of heroism and daring,
i It might excite the ]>rkluand stimulate the ambi
tion of the black -guard, but it is revolting to the
sense of every humane man. It is unworthy that
• and, n a! .• : ia. .. which beat? in the hearts
•,’ 1 ‘i’* Allli i b :ii 1 ! ivv iii'.u. It bcnealbtiieeivil
kurion of the present day and the press of the
country, the great lever of public opinion, should
denounce it* rather than teach youth? such les
sons of public moral?. An exchange, whose views
we adopt, ?nys:
“These fights are not intended simply as a means
of w reaking tluJv (Llie pugilist?’) animosities upon
one another, or of testing their physical strength,
bud of furnishing the young, and the coarse, and
the vicious, uit.lt the moan? of gambling. A prize
fight derives nearly all its interest from the fact
t-imt large sums of money may be staked on its re
sult. AH gambling is a public evil, strikes
public morals a deeper blow than almost any
other form of vice: but gambling in..which the
ciiuures and excitement are found - in the suf
fering and disfigurement of two humuirbeings,
trained for the purpose, is one of the most - atroc
ious oflence? against society that can be conceived
of. If there be any one thing more than another
which has contributed to the happiness and pros
perity of this nation, it is the inherent respect Jbr
man aS man. in his simplest character, which lies
at the base both of our social and political system.
We have always proclaimed aloud yur respect for
humanity, simply because it was human, and we
have acted on this declaration, ootn in our mguuu-
Hon and in all the relation? of life. But how is it
possible to maintain th is feeling, if our young men
are every few months presented with a spectacle
which converts two male adults into machines for
mutual destruction by pounding, gashing and
mauling, for the gratification wf a few hundred
gamblers U
lion. Jeff Davis.
The Union, in an articLe commending the ad
dress <i .Senator Davis at the New fork ratilicH
tiorr meeting regrets--
‘•To see in a latenurfiberof the Charleston Jfer
rury a severe assault upon .Senator Davis for the
conservative and“cor.ciltatory course he has pur
?ued during his sojourn in New Luglaud during
liie summer. It is true that the sir >• - censures
6f the M'-renry upon the Mksisssipj i . < nator have j
a ground of justification to an extract which it
publishes, and a- nines to be genuine, from a re
puted speech of Mr. Davis at Bangor, in which
the speaker seems to concede that an anti-slavery
majority in a Territory has the right to exclude
slavery by denying remedial legislation to slave
holding immigrants. In view of the declarations
of the same speaker at Faneuil Hall and New
York, we are constrained to discredit the genuiuo
lies? of ihe requited Bangor extract vouched by the
Mercury.”
Peterson TfeweaU, Fs*tr„
The Georgia (Macon) Teteyrapk after compli
menting the able report of the Comptroller Gener
j al, thus speaks:
! A zealous, able, indefatigable and obliging of
j tieer in the position of Col. Thweatt, has rare op-
I portdnities for rendering public service, which in
j crease every year with his increasing knowledge
i of the resources and condition of the State and
! people. We hope Col. T. will long illustrate and
!.idurn his present position, and the value of a
j model Comptroller, which we certainly hold him
j to be.
Balloon Race.
The Balloon race between Mons. Godard and
j Prof. Steiner took place on Tuesday of last- week.
The two balloons came in collision, while at an el
; c\ ation of some five thousand feet from earth, but
!no serious damage to either was done. The race
j was won bv Prof. ‘Sfeiner, he having been in the
j air ten minuteslonger than his competitor and
traveled in the time (six hours and ten minutes)
about two hundred and thirty mile?. Prof. Stein
er re;u‘h. l an elevation of 12.000 feet, while the
I greatest height attained by Mons. Godard was be
j tween 8,000 and 9,000 feet.
The “Nigger.”
With all the philanthropy for the “nigger” in
Ohio, it appears that he is excluded from the eleo7
j rive franchise, the jury box, the insane, blind, deaf,
and dumb asylums, the militia and the poor house.
The “nigger” is a valuable article in political
I trade, but he is not wanted elsewhere: Cuffy,
however, has got his “dander” up and—calls a
j convention !
! Ixqi hsts. —Coroner Eden held an inquest yes
j terday -ou tho body of John Powers, drowned in
* Back river, on last, by falling overboard
| from a flat boat in tow of the steamer Ida.
j An inquest was also held ou the body of the lad
j Michael McHugh, drowned on Wednesday last,
i while endeavoring to catch apples floating in the
river.--N'uc. Acu^-
Artksian Well.—The Louisville Journal says
the stream of water now thrown out in a jet is a.
most beaqtifuM’eature of this well, and is worth
j going a long distance to see. It was bored
I through solid limestone, Alternating at various
j depths with seams of sandy and afgflaceous lime
! -stones. The well is now 2,056 feet deep, and
! throws 225 gallons of water per minute, or 324,-
j 000 gallons in twenty-four hours. The force with
j which the water passes through an inch nozzle
i throws it 66 feet above the surface of tho ground
• KOP Tim TiM-KS.
To th e Ed ii to'vK Coin mb nx TI men.
Dear Sms:—l learn that the stockholders in
the Loan Associations of this city have been a little
alarmed by tin article which appeared iu the Sun
copied from the Georgia Citizen. The article refer
red to comments on two decisions of the Supreme
Court, one in regard to Dower, and The other
in relation to the Widow's maintenance. Loan
.Associations are not more- interested iu these de
cisions thftd other fenders on bond and mortgage,
and the effect of these decisions on the Associations
should create no uneasiness, for they are affected
by them in a very slight degree, for the following
reasons: *
Is*. Most of their loans are on Trust property,
and this class of property stands unaffected by
either of these decisions.
2d. As to the mortgages that are not in trust,
they are divided in amounts varying, originally,
from si,ooo to $4,000, (now much reduced by
payments.) and, unless we were visited with an
epidemic that should select for its subjects mem
bers of tho Association, if would take a very astute
urithmetiriau to calculate the fractional risk to
which these Associations are subjected by the de
cision. A STOCKHOLDER*
; /. The -Washington .correspondent of , the
Associated Press reiterates his assertion that two
of the Society Islands .have made au application
for annexation to the United States, on addition
al, and what he conceives to be reliable authori
ty. The action of Count Sartiges in the matter
was not in bis official capacity.
Tax on Foreign Canjv Agencies.
The Legislature of 1856 altered the law in rela
tion to tho return of foreign Bank Agencies, and
thecollcGio* of Taxes from the same. The pre
\ ions law required a foreign bank agent to “make
u return on nth to the Treasurer of the highest
amount of lo&tt? on paper discounted, and ex
change purchased by him, anil running to maturi
ty at any one lime during the twelve mouths im
mediately preceding such returns.” and it further
required “such agent to pay into the treasury, fret’
of all gost or charge whatsoever, the same rate of
tax upon one-third of such highest amount re
turned by him aforesaid, a? is .now imposed or
may hereafter l>o imposed by law, upon the char
tered banks of this Sta te.’ - The Act of the Leg
islaf uve of 1856 till foreign bank agents
!o give ill on oath to the liee>i rer of Taxable*, for
the county wherein said agent and employee may
reside or sojourn, whenever called upon so to do,
just and trues hi te input or exhibit of the amount
in com. bills, notes, drafts and checks, used and
employed by hinidiiring the last preeeiHng quar
ter, which amount so given in shall he* handed ov
er by the Receiver f< the Tax Collector of said
county, whose duty it shall be to collect as other
taxes arc collected, nine and throe fourth cent? on
each hundred dollars so given in and returned,
estimating bills, notes, drafts and checks as mo
ney.” As the previous law Only placed foreign
bank agencies upon a footing with other banks
of the State, in the way of taxation, i presume
that it was the intention of the Legislature of
1856 to increase the State tax on foreign bank
agencit . Instead of its doing this, it actually
d,crroHid the State tax on foreign bank capital
25 per cent., besides the State having to pay all
costs of collection, or the receiver’s ami collector’s
commissions. Which it did not do before. It is
true, that this Act of 1856 did increase the tax on
foreign bank capital, by requiring if? agents to
give into ihe Tax Receiver, thereby laying it lia
ble to a ctfPnh) fax. and in this way, in Muscogee
county, foreign banks have been required to pay
75 to 100 percent, on the tax of former years—
<fili it ace lire clear to my mind that they do not
pay the Stale .by 25 per cent, as much as the
State banks—rating three months business of a
foreign bank agency equal to the capital stock
paid in of the Slate.banks —the latter paying iu
to the treasury, free of cost to the State 39 cents
on tin SIOO, while tlic former pay? hul 29.25 on
Collectors’ commissions. If. therefore it be the
desire of the. representative? of the people to raise
a revenue from the operations of foreign bank
agencies in (his State, and not drive them from
the State, I would suggest the repeal of the Act
of 1856, and the re-enactment of the former, or
ihe enactment of a similar law, with a heavy pen
alty annexed for a failure on the part of said
agent? to make a return to the State treasury—
one half to the informer. —Comptroller (ieneraUx
/{"flint, a •
the (ondition oftlie English Laborer.
According to some of the British journral,
the condition of a portion of the English
laborers is truly deplorable. They can, with
great difficulty, earn the means of subsistence,
while their social comforts are few and far be
tween. Various cffort-slnive been made to pro
duce a change, but thus far with little success.—
The Northern “Times,” published at Liverpool,
hikes up the subject in detail, and in the course of
a sympathetic article, says :
“We boast of our abhorrance of negro slavery :
we romance, we moralise, and wc actually weep
over the tale? of African suffering, but wc cannot
afford a passing thought for the millions of white
slaves who constitute the masses of our laboring
population. What are these in reality but mere
aniimited machines employed only because it
ha? not been possible, as yet, to discover others*to
supersede them. As their employment has been
i lit* result of necessity, and not of choice, the
great object of-the employer has keen to tax the
physical endurance of the employed to its utmost
limits, and reduce the rate of remuneration to the
lowest minimum. Unfortunately, the‘fierce com
petition of trade, and the unusually overcrowded
state of the labor market, combined to vender this
state of things apparently inevitable.
This is. indeed, a lamentable picture. But the
case is similar, we fear, to a very considerable ex
tent, in other portions of the world, and evert in
this country. There are few among the laboring
classes, however economical and industrious, Who
even secure more* than a living for themselves and
families. Their lot is one of excessive toil.—
Those who are skilled in some particular art or
craft, can of course do better. But the mere la
borer* even in his best condition, has a hard task
bdfore him. There is, moreover, too little sympa
thy felt lor this particular class. Their wants,
their en joyments, their recreations, are rarely con
sidered. They are regarded as mere hewers of
wood and drawers of water, .and are treated accor
dingly. How rarely, indeed, do we hear of any
movement intended to elevate the social condition
or extend the social enjoyments of the merely
working classes ? Even philathropy seems to
lookNipon them with indifference or contempt. —
But this should not be. There is a reason for all
things, and due consideration should be felt for
every member of the human family.’’
The State Fair.
The Atlanta Intetliyenccr of Friday says:
“The crowd in attendance upon the Agricul
tural Fair on yesterday was larger than ou any
previous day. The orator selected to deliver the
annual address, having failed to attend,Mr. Chas.
Wallace Howard, of Cass, consented to make a
few remarks. He offered a resolution to the effect,
••that a Committee be appointed to memorialise
ihe Legislature, to establish an Agricultural Col
lege with an experimental Farm attached.” The
speaker presented, in a very forcible light, the de
fects in our system of education, as regards that
sort. of.lnstruction which qualities a young man
for the practical duties.of the agricultural profes
sion, Gen. Harrison, of Chatham, remarked that
this was.a subject in which every man, woman
and child, in the State, had an interest, andpro
pounded that the whole audience should vote on
the question. The vote was taken, and the reso
lution was unanimously adopted. We omitted to
notice that at the organization of the Society.,
preparatory to the transaction of business, on mo
tion of Col. AVm. T. Wilson, of Atlanta, Hon. D.
W. Lewis, ot Hancock, was chosen President of
the Society: General Harrison, of Chatham, Ist
Vice-President, and Gov. Joseph E. Brown, 2d
Vice-President.
Quick Movement op Thoops.—-Private ad
vices have been received at the War Department
of the arrival at Fort Vancouver, Washington
Territory of the detachment of troops sent out in
July last. This detachment, consisting of four
hundred and fifty recruits, left New York city on
the 21st of July, and arrived at Fort Vane over
oil the 20th of August, without any casualty ex
cept the loss of one man. This very rapid irans
missiQii of troops between points on our vast ter
ritory so remote from each other is no less eom
dable in those having charge of their transporta
tion than it is gratifying to the government.
COLUMBUS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER as.
T-^rxaggr—g-: — ;
Pttlaulit Circuit—Judgeship.
We published few days since a letter from
Judge Francis If. Cone, of Greene County, to Col.
John A. Tucker of Stewart, the Democratic candi
date for the Judgeship in the Patnula Circuit, in
relation to his elegibility. After clearly proving
Col. Tucker's elegibility for the position, Judge
Cone proceeds to show that the present incumbent,
Judge Kiddoo, of the Patnula Circuit, is entitled
to the office until April 186 t) and that an election
cannot be legally held until the Ist Monday in
January of that year, lie says :
“But there is another question connected with
The matter, which in tuv opinion renders it wholly
unnecessary to decide the question whether you
trceligible or not. In lookiug at the actorgani/.mg
the Patau la Circuit (Laws of 1855 and ’(><>, page
21 ii) it is provided by the 2nd section of the Act
that an election fora Judge of the Superior Court
for said District, shall be held on the first Monday
in April uext. (185 B) and tiiat he shall hold his of
fice from his qualification, mid for three years after
the first Monday in October next, (1856) —this
makes the term of service about three years and
ix months.
Now the first section of the third article of the
Constitution declares as follows “The Judges of
the Superior Court shall be elected for the term of
four years, and shall continue in office until their
successors shall lie elected and qualified.
The Legislature possessed no power whatever to
alter this term of service, the Constitution has
placed it entirely beyond their control. If they
can prescribe the term of service of a Judge to be
three years and six months, they can prescribe one
year, or any number of years. lam therefore of
opinion that the present incumbent is entitled to
bold Ills scat for the period of four years, which 1
suppose will expire in the month of April 1 860. and
that no election can be legally held for his suc
cessor until the first Monday in January I860.”.
Nothingbe more clear titan the acts of the
Legislature should not he repugnant to the Con
stitution. This instrument having fixed the period
for which the Judge shall be elected to be four
years, the act which limits it to a less period is
certainly unconstitutional atid as a consequence
null and void. Hut under the Constitution the
Legislature had the power to order the election and
the time when it should take place. Now let us
see if the time iirfbc the January preceding the
period at which the encumbents term of office ex
pires.
The act providing for the election of Judges by
the people (acts of Georgia 1851—52, page 85)
••That in each Judicial Circuit or district in this
State, an election shall be had and held for one
Judge of the Superior Courts of said District or
Circuit in the order following, on the day and time
hereinafter specified, that is to say, for the Eastern,
Middle. Northern. Western, Ocmulgce, Southern,
Chattahoochee, and Cherokee Circuits or Districts,
which said elec tiou for a Judge of the Superior
Courts, iu and for the aforesaid Circuits or Dis
tricts. shall be had and held on the first Monday
in October 1853 mid on the first Monday in Octo
ber in every fourth year thereafter.”
The act which changes the time to January at
which the election is to take place reads as fol
lows :
See. 1. Hr it fiiacte/l That from and after
the passage of this act the regular elections of
Judges of thu Superior Courts. Attorney General
ami Solicitors General shall be held on the first
Monday in January—
Sec. 11. Repeals conflicting laws—(acts 1855
and 56, page 140.)
This last quoted Act fixes the election in
January for Judges, but does not designate
what January \ subsequent Act, found on
the .-auie page with the one Inst cueo, i.„„, ~. ,
however, that the election of the Attorney General
and Solicitors General shall take place on the “first
Mondays in January, immediately preceding the
expiration of the term of office of the present, in
cumbent Ac.”
llow can wc determine tin January meant by the
Legislature that the election of Judges should tran
spire ? It is simply by construction thatwe ascer
tain the Legislative mind. The January preceding
the tcrmiimtiou of the office is supposed to he
tho January intended by the Legislature—because
it avoids a vacancy which would occur if the elec
tion took place the January after the term of office
expired.
Apply these rules to the Pataula Circuit. The
Legislature fixed the time of expiration of Judge
of the Pataula Circuit in October 1859, and direct
ed that the election for his successor should come
off in January. What January did the Legisla
ture have in view ? Evidently the January prece
ding the Ist of October 1859. If it meant the first
of January 1860, tve would have to conclude that
the Legislature intended that there should be no
election until three months after the they supposed
t he term of office expired.
it matters not in this view, that the Legislature
was mistaken in the time the office expired. Our
only object is to ascertain with certainty what Jan
uary was in the Legislative mind in reference to
he Pataula Circuit.
The Weekly News.—Miss.
Wc welcome into the Editorial fraternity our old
friend and former townsman, Orlando S. Holland,
who assumes the management of the Enterprise
Weekly AYtra, Mississippi. As to the political
complexion of the News, the Editor says, “We
shall preserve an independent course, believing
that the parties of the present day exist only in
name and that the people of the South occupy one
and the same position.” We wish the A tarn great
success, and trust it will ever be a true sentinel of
our rights and liberties.
Hotels open for the Session.
Four Hotels in this city will be opened during
the Session, for the accommodation of members of
the Legislature and visitors to the Capital.
The Millcdgeville Hotel by E. D. Brown; the
MeComb House, by Messrs. S. A R. A. Me Comb;
rhe Lafayette Hall, E. S. Caudler ; and the Wash
ington Hall, by N. C. Barnett. Besides these,
there will be six or eight private boarding houses
open: enough to give comfortable quarters to all
who may visit Millerlgeville during the approach
ing session of the legislature. —Federal Union,
(MiUedyeviUe.)
Mortuauy.—The number of deaths from yel
low fever throughout the city during the twenty
four hours ended at noon yesterday, according to
the returns of the Boad of Health, amounted to 42.
This is more than that reported yesterday.—
The average of the week thus far is at the rate of
about 35 for each twenty-four hours, which would
give a total of 245. Should this not be exceeded
the week will show a decrease of 63; and allowing,
at the rate of 40 in twenty-four hours, for the re
maining thirty working hours of the week, the de
crease will be 50.— N. O. Picayune,Oct. 24.
The Florida R. R.—The grading of this road
says the Fernandina News, was finished on the
20th inst., and the whole route is in readiness
for the rails, except the tressel work at Cedar
Keys, which is rapidly progressing’to,completion.
The track laying will soon be resumed at Cedar
Keys, and the point to which the iron has already
been laid: and the speedy completion of the road
may be confidently anticipated.
Judge Hardeman. —We are gratified to learn
that t his gen tie moil is convalescent, and hopes are
entertained for his speedy restoration to wonted
health. ■
Pataula Circuit.—Francis D. Bailey, Esq.,
having resigned as Solicitor of this Circuit, the
Governor has appointed W. S. Johnson, Esq,, of
Chattahooche eCo., to fill the vacancy.
The latest eruption of the municipal morality of
New York was greeted against the fortune tellers,
of whom eleven Wwjre arrested, oil Friday. The
rich among them will give had, and receive adver
tising #Olll this arrest —tlic poorer ones will, per
haps, be driven from the field.
Terrible Mortality.—The deaths in New
Orleans, from yellow fever, from Jnne 27th jto Oc
tober Iftth, inclusive, were three thousand eight
hundred aud eighty-nine. The total number of
deaths for that period is #?.r thousand three hundred
and Unjhty six.
Business of the Central Railhead. —The
freight business on the Central Railroad, (says the
Savannah Newn) this season has exceeded that of
any other since the construction of the road, both
in down and up freights. As an indication of down
freight business, we give the following statement
of receipt* of leading articles of produce from the
Ist to the 22d October, inclusive:
Bales of Cotton, - 56,597
Barrels of Flour, - 6.822
Sacks of Flour, - - - 10,153
Sacks of Corn, - - - - 1,648
Sacks of Wheat, 12,337
Important Decision. —The Supreme Court of
Tennessee has decided the long contested case, in
volving the question of the legality of the sub
scription of Blatant country to the capital stock
of the Knoxville and Charleston Railroad Com
pany. The decision of the chancellor, Van Dyke
declaring tho subscription legal and obligatory on
the county, was affirmed.
Hon. W. F. Sam ford.—The last Montgomery
Advertiser contains tin; 13th,communication from
the above gentleman to the Hon. Henry W.
Hilliard.
They are written in a style seldom surpasod
and with great ability.
The Eastern Bank.—Wc learn from the Eu
faula Spirit of the South, that the Directors of this
institution have completed its organization by the
election of Mr. Colin Gardner, as Cashier, and of
Mr. John Hardy, as book keeper. The long
familiarity of these gentlemen with bank ing affairs
and their established character for energy and in
tegrity, eminently qualify them for the positions
to which they have been chosen. Wc learn that
the Bank will commence operations after the Ist
of November. The President and Cashier are al
ready engaged in signing bills.
Charleston and Savannah Railroad.—
There is now every assurance that this road will
lie opened for passengers as far as the Edisto River
—a distance of thirty miles—on or before the Iftth
of November. Wc learn from competent authori
ty that arrangements are contemplated for a. con
nection at a temporary terminus by Blount and
Simpson’s line of stages, which will take passen
gers to Grahamville, or perhaps to Savannah. An
official announcement will inform our readers in
good time. —CharUnton Courier.
Win. M. Russell, Esq., editor and proprietorof
the Bainbridge Argus, offers a part or the whole
of that journal for sale. He estimates its patron
age, exclusive of job work, at $6,000 per annum
—any one desiring such a situation, will do well
tu make him an offer.
FOR THE TIMES.
Yellow Fever—Galveston.
The following letter to a gentleman of this city
from J udge Thompson—formerly J udge of the Su
preme Court of Florida and now a resilient of Gal
veston. Texas—giving an account of the progress
of the yellow fever in Galveston, we are permitted
to publish :
Galveston, Oct., 22, 1858.
Dear Sir:—l do not think the epidemic has at
all abated, nor do I think it can or will, while the
weather is so favorable to its continuance. We
have had for a week past, frequent showers with
cool Eastern and North-eastern winds. Although
the number of cases may not be so large, or the
deaths so frequent as they were two weeks ago,
yet considering the reduction of the number of
subjects for disea. e by recoveries and deaths, el
vomito prieto, as the Spaniards eall it, may be
deemed as active aud as virulent as ever. Our
physicians are well broken down with fatigue, and
the principal one, Dr. Hurlbut, is now confined to
his bed, sick.
There is scarcely a house in our neighborhood
that has not one or more cases of yellow fever in
it, except our own : and God grant that we may
continue exempt.
Very truly,
L. A. Thompson.
Affairs at Washington.
Washington, Oct. 23.—1 tis understood here
that the President of San Salvadore has written a
letter to the effect that neither that republic nor
Honduras and Gautemala have any connection
with the stupid manifesto of Mora and Martinez,
asking European aid against the United States. It
is believed in certain circles here that five hundred
to a thousand emigrants, armed ala Kansas, will
he in Nicaragua before the Ist of December. We
have already one exiled Nicaraguan Minister iu
this country, Don Fennin Ferrer. In two months
there will be another, General Maximo Jerez.
The Secretary of the Navy seems resolved to
make the Paraguay expedition efficient. Agree
ment has been made with Captain Templeton, of
New’ Orleans, for the steamer Me taco met, of 395
tons, for six month is service, the owner to bear the
risk ofloss from Pensacola to Buenos Ayres, ami
from the latter to New Orleans; Besides it is un
derstood other parties are here for the purpose of
contracting for several other steamers. George N.
Sanders is here, it is said, to have a finger in that
pie.
It is said that Sir William Gore Ouseley will
leave for Central America to-day. The treaties
he is instructed to negotiate, drafts of which have
already been prepared, will be entirely satisfactory
to our Government. It was desired that our trea
ty should be first concluded and ratified, in order
that the English treaty might be made to harmo
nize with it, but as delay with us was inevitable, it
was thought best for Sir William to proceed with
his mission, and secure by negotiation that stereo
typed article in recent treaties—“ All other privi
leges granted to the most favored nations.” This
would secure perfect equality, and any want, of
harmony can be afterwards corrected.
Lord Napier, who has returned in fme health
from his Northern tour, will leave again to-mor
row, to attend the Richmond Fair.
Collector Schell has seized a large lot of French
China, iu consequence of its including a number of
little China images, pronounced indecent by the*
Collector. An appeal was taken to Secretary Cobb
who sustains the decision of Mr. Schell.
The dispatch announcing that Vice President
Breckinridge had written a letter urging Douglas’
re-election, has created great excitement here.
The President has respited for a fortnight Bar
rett, who w as to have been executed to-day.
Mr. Buchanan and Cuba.
The Washington correspondent of the New’ York
Times says that Mr. Buchanan’s policy in endea
voring to purchase Cuba aims at five things, viz :
Ist. To satisfy the bishop and clergy of Spain
that the Catholic Church would not wane, and be
forced to a secondary position on the island in
the event of its transfer to the United States.
2d. To satisfy Christiana that her thirty mil
lions of private property on the island would not
be subject to the principle of agrarianism, but
would be doubled in value by the transfer.
3d. To satisfy the agriculturist that his market
would not be injured, but unproved, by having
nut only the ports of Cuba, but the whole country
free to his produce.
4th. To satisfy the commercial interests that
free trade would be accorded them here, while
they could discriminate at home according to
their own pleasure.
And, lastly, to satisfy the government that a
transfer of the island is actually necessary to se
cure lasting peace between the two countries.
PEYTON H. COLaUITT, )
JAMES W. WARREN, S J! ' aitor8 >
Number 43
a* , ‘ >J r - i
f Trouble for Nothing.
Our fricml of the Wefcgraph makes a detailed
. statement of the various offices. State and federal
held bv persons in the respective Congressional
Districts in this State, lie Closes his article with
Hus paragraph, which, like a lady's Postscript,
contains the gigt of the whole article:
‘'°“ r Raders will perceive that the “Times” and
led. Lmon’haveno righttocomplain,as Laras the
distribution “f offices is concerned, their districts
having more than their proportionate share. The
third District is “ihe poor dog at the frolic ” The
above list may be inacurate bat in the main is cor
rect.
If we have r ad the “Times” and the “Federal
rnion” under, rmidingly. we have seen no eoin
plaint in either ae to the distribution of offices in
the second or seventh Congressional District. It
is true our friends of the Times did copy an arti
cle from the “Patriot” which complained of the
neglect of South Western Georgia in the distribu
tion of the offices, but the “Times” promptly dis
couraged and disavowed the complaint. The
“Times,” however, said nothing about the second
District being overlooked; and we are very sure
the_ “Federal Union” has said nothing about the
claims of the Seventh heing disregarded. Wc
think the writer of the Telegraph’s article wanted
to coAplaiu for the Third District, and lugged us
in, to give Some i xcuse for and plausibility to, its
dolorous cry of distress. —Federal e„iou.
(and ueral Laud Ofllec for Sept. IXSS.
Letters received and registered, - _ 34^0
“ w riten and transmitted, - - 2,984
Patents engrossed.
“ recorded, - - _ . - 9.t(12
’ transmitted. . . 3™
examined. - **. 7 665
Entries posted in ! rack book, - - 17.54;!
Acres of scrip issred, - Lsteil
The General La.ol (tflice is pressing forward the
posting of surveys in tract books for the new
land district created in New Mexico by act pass
ed at the lust session of Congress. It will require
upwards of 200 volumes of those books for this
new district. .
All necessary 1 ank forms, Ac., will he trans
mitted by mail at an early dnv to Santa Fc, the
seat of the new office.
From 1110 Austin Gazette, Oct. 9.
Texan Movement Against Indians,
Reliable and authentic information from Cook
and the adjoinin counties of Indian depredations
already eommilt-.d, aud of the hostile attitude of
the Caiounchcs, renegade Kickapoos and Keechis,
has md'-ced the Governor to forward a commis
sion of < aptain to Colonel Jim Bourland, with au
thority to raise one hundred men. and to make a
campaign against the enemy. The forays reeent
iy inml . leave 110 doubt of the complicity of tlic
Kickap os in the war, and authorize the belief
that tlx ‘.Vicbita Indians are not altogether right.
Col. iJourlaod has received orders and instruc
tions, which allow him much discretion in his op
orations, and will insure his eventual success.—
He is t nipowered to reclaim stolen property
where\ei tound—by force, it* necessary. He is
also direeled to pursue and chastise unfriendly
India).? without regard to nationality or lines.
Execution of a Woman.
Mrs. Twiggs was executed at Danville, Pa. yes
terday, 1 r ha ving taken part in the murder of her
husband and .Mrs. Clarke,
Tht- condemned woman passed the night previ
ous to her execution rather comfortably, sleeping
with her children in her arms. She hade farewell
to her ! r#tlier and children ou the following morn
ing* and. after devotional exercises in her room,
was token to the scaffold at a quarter past Ift
o’clock, leaning on the arm of one of her spiritual
advisers.
A chapter having been read, and an impressive
prayer offered up on the scaflold, Airs. Twiggs
spoke ! r six or eight minutes, protesting her in
nocence. declaring her readiness to die and her
trust in ,i just Judge, only regretting to leave be
hind In r two orphan children. She was much af
ieeti and ihroughout. The solemnity of the scene
was made more impressive by her groans and sobs.
Even after the cap was drawn over her fece, she
appealed t> God in the most earnest manner, and
she asserted her innocence.
A ten o’clock and thirty minutes the drop fell,
m!M^i?rthess a * ew lu 4i ,l ents the wretch-
Gov. Brown ami the State Boad.
A l a Covention of the Democratic Party of the
Oherofcec Circuit, held at Dalton on the 12th inst
for the purpose of nominating a candidate for So
licitor General of that Circuit, the following Reso
lutions were uanimously adopted.
Resolved, l#f. That we, delegates to this con
vention, unanimously declare our firm attachment
ami adherence to the greatest principles of the De
mocracy enunciated and declared in the Cincinna
ti Platform.
Resolved, 2nd. That wc fully endorse and ap
prove tlic policy and administration of Joseph E.
Brown, Governor, in his management of the State
Rojul, and commend it to the earnest considera
tion of those who have favored its sale as a full
answer to their complaints; a complete refutation
of their arguments, and an indication of the wis
dom of the Democratic policy in opposing its sale.
Florida.—W e have some further returns from
the Florida elections, and they will leave the ro
result of the contest for tho Legislature in doubt.
We arc inclined at present to think that the Dem
ocrat.? have a majority in the House, and the op
position in the Senate.— Columbus Enquirer Oc
tober 19.
To relieve our Georgia cotemporary, we will
state that the Senate will be composed of 15 Dem
ocrats to 6 opposition—the House of about 31
Democrats to 14 opposition. The opposition Sen
ators elected in Escambie and Washington are cho
sen to fii! vacancies. Both Districts are demo
cratic ami can be carried by the Democracy when
united.
In another part of the Enquirer it is stated that
Eppes, Senator, and Mann, Representative, from
Franklin, arc “wbigs.” These gentlemen were
the democratic candidates and were elected us
such. —Floridian d’ Journal.
Cotton Cultivation in Turkey.—A parcel
of American seed, forwarded by the Manchester
Cotton Supply Association to Turkey, has been
turned to good account. The seed was sown, and
the product looks very fur superior to any cotton
previously grown in the Levant. It is estimated
that 50.000 bales of the superior article will be ex
ported during the present year, and it will be ex
tensively planted next year. The area of cotton
soil is very extensive. The writer says the dis-
I nets of the Dardanelles, Salomon, Yolo, Cavalbo,
the Isles of the Archipelago, the coasts of Asia
Minor, and especially along the Syrian coast, will
yield large and excellent supplies of cotton for the
future, if proper means arc taken to promote its
culture. Some of the best districts for cotton are
also very favorably situated, of comparatively
easy access, and well supplied with labor. Even
in the vicinity of Constantinople there is abun
dance of land suited to the growth of this precious
commodity. The writer who supplies the infor
mation, adds that from personal observation and
the information he haa^received, he is confident
that we may look forward to having, at no dis
tant day, a supply of cotton from the Ottoman em
pire second only to that of the United States.—
European Times.
JZ-fr’ Miners from the South Platte mines fully
authenticate the existence of gold all along that
river.
Gaylord Church has been appointed Supreme
Judge of Penn., in the place of Judge Porter, re
signed. * *, * -♦
The official majority received by ,Mr; English
in the Second Congressional ilijftrict of Indiana is
1,918.
The alleged slave barque Islan de Cuba remains
in possessed of the United States officials at Bos
ton, while the crew have been held as witnesses
in bail of $1 .ftftft each, in default of which they
are placed in jail.
Our City, says the Macon Journal* Mes
senger, is now thronged with strangers; some in at
tendance upon the Grand Lodge, and others en
route for Millcdgeville, where the Legislature con
venes next week.
Thanksgiving in Mississippi.—Gov. Me-
WilHe, of Mississippi) has appointed Thursday,
the 25th of November, as a day of thanksgiving
throughout the State.
Tiik Law of Irritation.—Contemplating the
grand and universal law of irritation, the poet
whispers, in tones silver-sweet and solemn—like
echoes from the eternal symphony of the stars—
that
“Big fleas have little fleas,
And these have less to bite’em—
While these fleas have lesser fleas—
An so, ad infinitum!”
fegr Never borrow a cotton umbrella; a silk
one can be obtained with the same degree of effort,
and last quite as long.