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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
MACON, Gr A..,
' Baltimore Clubs.
■Oise-fact more of a long catalogue, andlhave
done. These prcux chevaliers of the Balti
more clubs do not content themselves with as
sassination merely. That is all very well as
a pastime for a dull hour; so they seek to vary
this amusement, growing somewhat monoto
nous of late, with a more practical occupation.
Whcu tired of killing they take to robbing.
Some, like Chapman, when supplied with
drink and tobacco, give lead instead of vul
gar silver, for payment. Others, _ however,
prefer a more dainty expedient, which has a
tinge of the humorous quite refreshing. At
any hour of the day or night, yon may be stop
ped by a facetious “Plug Ugly,” who informs
you that his club intends giving a ball next
’reck, and lie presents forthwith some four or
five tickets, price one dollar. If, sensible of
the honor, you take the tickets, and give up
your money, it is well; but should you be ig
norant of the consequences, and refuse, you
are knocked on the head and rolled into the
gutter. I appeal to the citizens of Baltimore
if this be not the actual condition of our city.
I can bring forward the best names to substan
tiate what I say.
I have done lor the present with facts. Now
for 1 he causes which have reared up this fright
ful despotism'of the club and the revolver.
It. is no secret that these odious clubs, with
their uncouth nicknames, have sprung up in
nil our cities since the party of Native Amer
icans have come into existence. However
this may he, it. would be unjust and untrue to
charge upon any political party the fiendish
acts of those lawless men who may. for their
own purposes, happen to adopt its creed. In
the present case, the stigma of these foul deeds
cannot bo attributed to the Native American
party of Baltimore, for the three policemen
already shot were Native Americans; the Dis
trict. Attorney. Whitney, whose life is threat
ened. is a Native American; the jury who
convicted Gambriil, on Friday, are Native
Americans. No; the origin and ends of these
confederations arc not political. These clubs
sire nothing more than the mere off-.courings
of society, composed of that vermin which,
like rats, infest every civilized community.—
Londonand Paris abound with them, but judge
and jury do their duty there, and the gibbet
and the penitentiary keep down the nuisance.
1 assert that our cities are perilled and our
country disgraced by these hnndfulls of com
mon ruffians, whose lives are idle, whose hab-
its arc abandoned, and whose passions run
riot. This is tbo vital point, nnd let me ad-
doeo testimony to corroborate it. Go with me
to the Baltimore jail. In a room well lighted
and aired, and surrounded by some dozen of
the same stamp, we find Henry Gambriil, con
victed last Friday, of blowing out the brains
of policemen Benton, just nine weeks since.—
He is a stripling, scarce twenty-one years of
age. Tali, slim, pale; his countenance de
noting dissipation, and his air that of a loose,
disorderly youth. He looks' reflective and
troubled, lias remorse for his cowardly crime
overtaken him ! Let us see. “So, Gambriil,
you were convicted yesterday ?" "yes," he
said, in a calculating tone. “ Did you sleep
last night J"’ “ Ye9, better than I have done
lately; I am glad the suspense is over. I feel
easier to-day." “ Have you heard of the mur
der lest nighti” "Yes, and it is a bad thing for
me.” "IIow so ?” "Why, it will make a great
excitement and do me harm. I wish theyhad
let it alone.” There is no evidence in these
words cither of sensibility or repentance. Noth
ing else than a selfish calculation of the chances
of an escape from law and justice. This boy
Gambriil, kept a drinking saloon, and has co
habited with a loose woman for the lost two
years. He is the son of a respectable trades
man, has brothers and sisters, one of great
beauty, just married. One of his brothers is
on bail for arson, os already mentioned. This
juvenile assassin was calied tho pet of the
"Plug Uglies,” nnd hisinflucnce amongst them
arose chiefly from his drinking saloon being a
place of rendezvous. Going into another room
of the jail, similaif to the last, we find here Pe
ter Corrie. who assisted Cropps in murdering
policeman Rigdon last Friday, at seven o’clock
in the evening. lie is a short, thick set man,
twenty-five years of age ; his shirt sleeves
rolled up to the elbows, displays a brawny arm
covered with black hair; his hazel eyes,
bright with a malignant expression; his high
cheek bones and closely compressed lips, im-
jmit mnm;tlilu n 4o Ula fate ; a butcher
by trade, bnt for years past given up to drun
ken dissipation, and without occupation or
means. Ho was arrested on Friday night and
brought into prison on Saturday morning, three
hours before i saw him. He is leaning against
the wall of his cell, his arms folded, and his
attitude that of a detected felon. “Where
did you get that bruise on the nose ?” I asked
him. •* It was a blow from the espatoon of a
policeman," he answered, ill atone foil of sup
pressed rage. " Well, it might have been
worse, for a ball went through your cap, I
hear r” ’"Yes, they missed it that time,” he
said, id the same sullen tone. His manner
and countenance betrayed symptoms of appre
hension lest lie might compromise himself by
some unwary answer, and so I turned from
the eaitifiiu disgust. It was tins Corrie who
went into Higdon’s shop and drew his wife
a tide, to give Cropps a better aim at his selec.
tub victim. He was pursued by officer Cook
for several squares, who fired at Corrie re
peatedly, which Corrie more than once return
ed without eflcet. Here is another specimen
of the tribe of the "Flug Uglies.”
But let not tlie “ltip Haps” despair, for to
them belongs the especial renown of produ
cing the greatest villain, if possible that now
tenants the Baltimore jail. That fellow, sit
ting there on a low stool, in a blue (beck shirt,
without vest or coat.—light brown hair, gray
eye. pale face, with an expression of brutal
malignity, too revolting to contemplate—that
wretch is Marion Cropps, twenty-three years
old, n " Rip Hap” uy profession, and a drunk
en rowdy by calling; no trade or means of
livelihood, hut those of robbery and murder.
He turned rountl ns I spoke to him. biit stuck
1o his stool. There was a cool indifference, a
stolid nonchalance in his air that astonished
and .-hocked a beholder. I did not wish to in
criminate him, and so said nothing directly
about his crime of the previous night,
Tuesday Morning, Nov. 16.
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closing the subscription year of many of our
subscribers, we shall pretty thoroughly apply
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of long delinquents in process of collection.—
We earnestly request all who have suffered
these little arrearages to accumulate against
them, through mere inattention, to remit with
out delay.
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graph Office, Macon, Georgia.
Death of Talbot Raley, Esq.
We regret to learn that Talbot Raley, Esq., one
of the Deputy Sheriffs of Bibb County, died on
Saturday last He was an honest man, a good
citizen and an active and zealous Officer.
Nomination for County Offices
A misapprehension seems to exist in regard
to the time when a nomination to the Democra
tic party of Bibb for County Offices shall take
place. Wc have been requested to state that
no day has been agreed on, and that when the
time is fixed by all parties interested, due notice
through the Democratic papers will be given.
Discrimination in Freights.
A meeting has been called in Atlanta, to take
into consideration wlmt action may he necessa
ry, in regard to discrimination in freights a-
gninst Atlanta, by the Rail Road Companies.
Eighteen Divorce Cases are said to be on
the Docket of our Bibb Superior Court this
time. Think of that and weep!
Fire.—Last Sunday evening the outhouses
attached to Judge Nisbet’s Dwelling took fire
and were consumed. We are sorry to say that
Mr. J. W. Babcock was seriously injured by a
falling timber.
A Fight.
We are informed that a riot occurred during
the past week near Eli Jenkins’ on the Hous
ton Road, in which James Dougherty, and one
or two girls by the name of Holly, were severe
ly hurt Knives and sticks were freely used
under the potent influence of Strychnine and
Com juice.
Bibb Superior Court.
Judge Lamar has despatched a large amount
of business during the past week. Tho Com
mon Law Docket with the exception of three
or four cases has been disposed of Several ap
peal cases have been tried, and the Grand Jury
have act.-d "II all the oa-i-.-, brought before them.
The case of Davis, Adni'r. vs. Macon A " es "
tern Rail Road, being an action for damages
growing out of the accident which oceuiTed on
the road in ’50 or ’51—in u*hich Mrs. Winn and
her children were Tin over by the cars. The
present case was a suit for the value of the N e-
gr» man and the Carriage, and the Jury found
a verdict of seventeen hundred and eighty dol
lars against the Company. In the progress of
the trial it became necessary for the Plaintiff to
introduce his letters of Administration, and upon
tendering them, they were objeated to on the
ground that tho action liad been brought in the
name of one of the Administrators and not both,
that when the action was commenced Mrs. Winn
was administering with Davis, and that both
should have been joined in the action—that the
suit could not proceed in the name of one—that
Mrs. Winn having married Boon since the com
mencement of the action, and her letters having
abated, the Plaintiff had thrown himself out of
Court, and moved for non suit But the Court
held that an order might be taken making Mrs.
Winn one of the original parties, nunc pro tunc—
reciting the further feet that by marriage with
I toon, her letters had abated. S. T. Bailey, for
Plaintiff; C. It. Cole, and Niabct and Nisbet for
Defendant
We understand the case will go to the Su
preme Court
On Thursday the great case of the Court was
taken up and tried. We refer to tho case of
Kah vs. Lightfoot This was an action brought
to recover of the Defendant, a practising physi
cian, damages for unskilful treatment, and
neglect in setting the arm of Plaintiff, which
had lieen badly injured whilo engaged in work
at the South Western Rail Road. This was
the third trial—the first Jury (Petit) gave a ver
dict of two thousand dollars in favor of Plain
tiff—the second, a Special Jury, at the last term
of the Court, failed to agree, and made a mis
trial The third, on Thursday last, was a very
interesting one—eleven Doctors testified in the
case, beside other witnesses. Whittle for Plain
tiff, Poe and Grier for Defendant The jury
returned a verdict in favor of the Defendant
Bandage and Spectator, it was whispered, were
on the stand, and were ready to carry the war
into Court which had been for so long a time
so fiercely waged through the columns of the
press. We hope the verdict of the Jury will
restore harmony and good feeling all around.
Mr. Poe made a strong speech for his client, and
Mr. 'Whittle, in conclusion, mad*; an ingenious,
eloquent and learned argument, hut the Doctors
were against him—and he lost his case.
The case of the State vs. Horne, for forgery,
has been continued for the term by the Defen
dant on account of the absence of material wit
nesses.
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The tease of (lie State Road for IV
$323,000 PER ANNUM. j ,UcBoiU
The Statesmen of Georgia are entitled to the ll ’e appl
credit growing out of the grand conception of I private Company take it. and five years hence
•eforc, fchope the bill will; pass. Let
cease to be an element of strife and
>f discord among the people. Let a
piercing the lofty mountains—cuttingdown the the wisdom nnd economy of tho plan w
high hills—crossing the broad rivers, and far-1 fitted by all, gninsayed by none.
rill be a*l-
nisli'ng an outlet for the trade and travel of the |
valley of the Mississippi.
Reward the Faithful.
That Mr. Peterson Thweatt lias made the
The changes which have been wrought so-: | ies t Comptroller General wo have ever liad, is
On yesterday morning the case of the State
vs Jacob, a slave charged with the murder of
Thomas Bagby, jr., at the Camp Ground in Sep
tember last, was called and both parties annou-
cing rea<ly, a full panel was put upon the pris
oner. Eight jurors wore obtained from the first
panel. Twenty four Tales Jurors were ordered
to be summoned, but up to our going to press
a full Jury had not been obtained.
Solicitor General and L. N. 'Whittle for pros
ecution, Ilill, Stubbs and Hill for the defense.
The Grand Jury returned "no Bill” in thy case
of Nathan Gilpin, charged with the murder of
Henry Bess. Thus far not more than a dozen
true Bills have been found.
Ross, Coleman <V Ross.
We have been requested to say that these gen
tleman haring already exhausted one Fall Stock
comprising a good part on hand in New York, re
cently sent on, for the remainder, and are now
on hand with a new outfit Being bought in the
way of “remnant” to close up the commercial
Emporeum, they can of course afford bargains.
Apply at the Bazaar of Fashion, Fancy’s Iiorme
and Jewel Casket of Beauty, on Cotton Avenue.
diaries II. Freeman «fe Co.
Charley Freeman, a Prince among caterers, is
he, lias latterly been supplying Tennessee and
New York Fresh Beef, South Down Mutton,
New York Oysters, Fresh Macknrel, Flounders,
Striped Bass, and other rare luxuries too nu
merous to mention. An editor went home on
Saturday night and found his larder magnifi
cently supplied from Freeman’s treasuiy of good
things. ('harlcy is liberal to a fault.
Broadside at Itlr. Cobb’s Book.
TheN. Y. Tribune of the fifth opens a broad
side of five columns upon Mr. Thomas It R.
Cobb’s book on slavery, and concludes with the
promise of more. Comment is unnecessary.—
The Tribune secs and feels that the “Craft” is in
danger. Wc are not yet through the book, but
we are prepared to soy that it is a specific for
abolitionism to any mind able to comprehend,
and sufficiently unbiased to appreciate, a clear
and unanswerable argument, sustained by such
an array of facts and authorities as are not often
crowded into suchconipass. Indeed, we regret
that the learned author has condensed so close
ly. It is a splendid work—the Book of the age
on this question. Wc need not say that the
critic of the Tribune makes no impression on
its impregnable logic. Indeed, he docs not at
tempt to assail it He quarrels chiefly with the
facts cited in illustration of negro capacity and
condition in a.state of freedom, and complains
that the author gleaned his information from par
liamentary records and impartial sources, rather
than from the crazy speculations of Garrison and
Theodore Parker. The fluttcrings of the Tribune
philosophers show that they are scared and hurt
Loss of tlic Macon Flouring Mi
We are sorry to say that the Macon Flouring
Mill establishment was entirely consumed by fire
between two and three o’clock last Wednesday
morning. The loss in building and machinery,
we understand, is about twenty, thousand dol
lars, of which eight thousand live hundred was
covered by insurance. In addition to this the
mills had received the day before, a stock of fif
teen hundred bushels prime wheat, whicli was
also all consumed. An incident of this fire il
lustrates the necessity of an amendment to our
mode of fire alarms. For nearly half an hour
after the alarm was sounded, the Engines were
running hither and thither, in uncertainty what
direction to take. There was then no-firc light
you come in hero last night?” “Yes,” he
said, in' a surly voice. “Were you brought
here on foot!" "No, I was treated to ahack
ride.” and he smiled. "Did you find a bed
ready for you !" " No, but they soon rigged
up one, I reckon.” "Well, I think it likely
-you will occupy it for some little time.” "Yes,
X guess so, but I hau as ’lief sleep somewhere
else.”
I breathed freer when I got again into the
fresh nir and away from contact with these
wretched criminals, who hut yesterday were
the revered leaders and foremost knights of
the new orders of modern chivalry, yclept
“ Plug Uglies” and “Rip Raps." I had not
tho ill fortune to encounter a "Black Snake, - ’
but there was more than oue of these treach
to guide them, and by the time they could as
certain where to go, and reach the spot, the
Did j e d. The mill might, perhaps, have been saved , )ju re p C ; ve< p
Resignation of lion. A. HI. Speer.
Wc are sony to see that the able, experienced
and faithful Chief Clerk bf the House has re
signed liis position. We quote the following
proceedings of the House on the 10th., from the
Federal Union, conveying a high, but merited
compliment.
Mr. Irwin, of Wilkes, presented a communi
cation from Mr. Speer, resigning his office as
Clerk of this House.
Mr. Milledge, of Richmond, offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved. 'UiallhM House having accepted the
resignation of A. M. Speer, Esq., their late Clerk,
it cannot allow the occasion to pass without ex
pressing their sincere regret in losing such an
able, faithful and efficient officer. A gentleman
who being eminently qualified, discharged the
duties of that laborious and responsible position
with so much honor to himself, and the great
est satisfaction to the members. He was a bu
siness man, prompt, punctual, reliable and cor
rect, and licing perfectly familiar with parlia
mentary usage, he was ever ready in the most
courteous and gentlemanly manner, to inqiart
to all who called on him, such information, lioth
as to business under consideration and the man
ner that would best facilitate its despatch. He
has our unite*! and individual wishes for his fu
ture success nnd prosperity in life.
Resolved, That Mr. Speer be furnished with
a copy of this resolution, signed by the Speaker
nnd Clerk of the House ofKeprescntativcs.
Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb regretted the cause of
if the fire department had known what direction : Underwood. We must all feel the loss
to take, and this, hereafter, wc should think, j of this officer, and no one more than myself.—
could lie indicated by tho bell alarms. Suppose | He was joy assistant and adviser.
he Chief Engineer should try his hand at a plan.
We are sorry and disapjiointed that this Flour
ing Mill enterprise should liavcbccn thus rude
ly arrested in the full tide of successful experi
ment, and hope that the Company will try it a-
gain. The Mills were a great public convenience.
We have Jicard no satisfactory solution of the
origin ofthe fire.
Joins ill. Giles, Esq.
Wc were glad to see John M. Giles, Esq.,
i "The resolutions were adopted unanimously.
Slate Road.
As a bill is now before the Legislature for the
lease ofthe State Road, it may be well for the
public to notice the Receipts and.Expenditure*
or the Road for the last year, as condensed from
the report of Dr. Lewis, the Superintendent, in
his recent statement to the Governor.
They are as follows:
Gross Earnings for the year. $800,001,28
in our city during the past week. lie is in at- \ Al orking Expenses, ( distraction,
tendance on the Court as Counsel in the very
erous reptiles awaiting in tho jail the tartly
Keed^oTmment on what is honest- ! intcrcst ' ,D S w , hicl ! was
ly described. From the samples given, may
it not bo seen that the gangs which dishonor
Baltimore arc not the enthusiastic votaries of
a political faith, however Quixotic, but are
simply bauds of brigands who have taken the
freak of pillaging and shooting in the open
streets or a populous town, instead of follow
ing up the ancient practice of confining these
’ equivocal pursnits to a lonely road or secluded
forest.
Inge unity of Birds.
Thrushes feed very much on snails. Hav
ing frequently observed some broken snail-shells
near two projecting pebbles on a gravel walk,
Which liad a hollow between them, I endcavor-
ed to discover the occasion of their being brought
to that situation. At last I saw a thrash fly to
die spot, with a .small-shell in his mouth, which
Lamar on Saturday last, We hear that Mr.
Giles made a fine opening argument in the
cause.
Slate Aid to tiie Jlncou nnd Brims'
WICK ROAD.
This hill was made the special order of the
House for last Friday and dfcbated up to the
tinio of adjournment The character of the
amendments made were such as to leave little
doubt that the bill will be kill&d. or if passed in
the siiape amended, will be of no practical value.
One of these amendments imposes the individu
al liability clause upon die stockholders so soon
as the State has endorsed the bonds.
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dally and commercially by the construction of
the Western A Atlantic Road are far greater
than even the most sanguine of the early friends
of the enterprise ever anticipated. The original
objects and purposes which brought this great
work into being, have been more than fulfilled.
The Road has been built—it Is in perfect or
der, and paying to the State remunerative Di
vidends. It lias opened an extensive and lucra
tive trade with Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis,
Si Louis, and other important points North
west of us. It has developed the Cherokee re
gion of Georgia. It has made accessible to us a
large extent of country which previously sought
an outlet over the mountains to the Virginia
and Carolina sea ports, or carried its products
to New - Orleans and Mobile. It has given im
petus and energy to every department of busi
ness. It has attracted a thrifty,intelligent and
industrious population to all the region within
the circuit of its influence. It has built up
Towns, and Colleges, and Churches, Iron Mills,
Factories, and all tho necessary concomitants
which follow from ingenuity, wealth and enter-
prize. In a word, its mission was a great and
glorious one, and it has been accomplished, ful
ly, completely, and without failure in any' par
ticular.
All this having been done—all being visible
to the eye and felt by tho touch, the question is,
what comes next!
The State has done its work nobly and is just
now beginning to reap rich harvests from the
intelligent forecaste of judicious and wise legis
lation.
While commercially and socially the Road has
been a complete success, it has not been unat
tended with difficulties. From its beginning to
the present moment it has been a fruitful source
of bitter strife. Its immense patronage, the of
fices, the contracts, and tho management have
caused more unkind feeling, have engendered
more trouble, and begotten more divisions than
all the vexed questions, both State and national
which have exeited the people of Georgia from
183G down to the present moment
Wo are confident that in 1857, Gov. Brown
would have been elected without opposition, but
for the irritation and differences growing out of
the management and disposition of the State
Road, and even now, we hear that great disaf
fection exists in many of the counties along the
line of the Road, towards Gov. 3rown, not be
cause he has not fulfilled all his promises, (for
ho has done more than tins)—not from want of
patriotism—they admit he is faithful, prudent,
wise and just—but he lias put out our friends-
he belongs to the other line, he will not allow us
and our friends to have control, and hence they
are against him. Patronage is a pest—prolific
always of trouble, and we have no doubt that
Gov. Brown has felt the force and truth^of the
remark.
The State Road will forever be a coal of strife
a strong harrier in the way of perfect peace and
harmony among our people. It is our first and
cherished desire to see them a unit in feeling,
and we believe a step in tlie right direction will
be taken, to bring about this desirable result, if
the present Legislature will lease tlie Road on
the terms proposed by a bill now before it.
Let us examine the proposition somewhat in
detail.
The Company propose to pay three hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars monthly, in
advance, per annum, for the. term of twenty
years—the payments being made in advance
makes the offer equivalent to about three hun
dred and forty thousand dollars per year. The
property—the Road and appurtenances- -is to Ic
appraised, and the Company, at the expiration
of the lease, bind themselves to return to die
Stale an equal amount in quantity, quality and
value, or pay the difference in cash.
AU other Roads that now or may hereafter
join it have equal facilities, terms and accommo
dations.
It is made the duty of the Company to keep
the Road and equipments in good order, and tlie
Governor is authorized to appoint » Committee
to examine It, and if nt any time it should be
found in bad order, or of less value than when
turned over to the Company, the Legislature
are empowered to remedy the deficiency.
The rates of freight are fixed and certain—
Tho Legislature may require additional security
when in the judgment of the Governor, loss to
the State is apprehended. These are the main
and important provisions of the Bill
The State, if the offer is accepted, get a clear
rental, exclusive of interest, of three hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars, for twenty years,
making the sum of six millions and a half, be
sides interest Tlie people arc protected against
Rail Road combination by a clause in tho Bill
that no Bank or Rail Road shall subscribe for
stock in the Company.
AA'e think this bill is a good one, and wc hope
it may bccomo a law. There may be omissions
—there may be other guards and restrictions
required. If so, let them bo put in, and let the
Bill pass anil relieve the Governor and the Leg
islature and the people from the interminable
and unpleasant annoyances growing out of the
control and management of the Road.
Wo nrc satisfied that tlie Company offer moro
for tho Road than the State, under the most fa
vorable auspices, can hope to make from it—
This year the nett earnings will not lie near so
much. And when we remember tlie numerous
i bridges, tlie tunnel, the costly culverts, nnd how
liable they arc to accidents in various ways, wc
are very sure that if the State should retain the
Road and work it, six millions and a half of net
revenue would not lie received from it.
If something of this sort is not done, the Road
will be sold or pledged to the support of the
many schemes for raising money which are so
pertinaciously pressed upon the Legislature,—
Under the present plan we secure for twenty
years a large revenue, sufficient to pay our
debts—to decrease our taxes—and at the same
the just award which both parties in Georgia
have pronounced in favor of this meritorious,
industrious and faithful officer, and we hope the
present Legislature will endorse the verdict of
the public by a substantial evidence of Us good
opinion of Mr. Thweatt’s zeal in the sen-ice of
the State. Will not some member introduce a
bill to increase tlie salary of the Comptroller
General at least nine hundred dollars ? Sixteen
hundred Is the present pay, and is altogether in
adequate to the amount and character of the la
bor required to be performed. Mr. Thweatt’s
reports have brought before the Legislature in
formation of great importance, and we think the
Legislature will be doing an act of justice to
give him twenty-five hundred dollars—if ho had
a wife wc would double the sum.
Cobb's Analysis and Forms.
Hon. Howell Cobb, of Houston, tlie pioneer
in the compilation and publication of Law Books
has presented a memorial to the Legislature as
king for a subscription to a revised and enlarg
ed edition of his Analysis and Forms, The val
ue of this excellent work to the people—to mag
istrates and country officers generally, cannot
be estimated, and the Legislature would do
well to subscribe for a sufficient number to
place a copy in the hands of every State officer.
We are informed that the learned compiler has
made many improvements and additions in tho
new edition whicli he proposes to publish.
The South Will Sustain Itlr. BU
CHANAN.
The result of the late elections in New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, have made tho
Black Republicans exultant if not hopeful.
The Northern Republican press is filled with
abuse of the President—he Is called the pliant
tool of slave power—he is charged with lendinj
the influence and power of his administration
to make a Kansas a Slave State, he is said to
have attempted to buy and drive the Lecomp-
ton-Constitution through Congress,—he is held
up to the scorn and reproach of the Free North
as a slavery propagandist, who has abused and
degraded himself, for the purpose of fimliii;
favor with the South.
Mr. Buchanan may he called a martyr to the
Constitutional rights of tlie South. His devotion,
his indomitable courage and inflexible will,
resisting the efforts of the Republicans to de
fraud and cheat us, will long be remembered
with feelings of deepest gratitude by the South
ern People. The Black Republicans may abuse,
villify, slander and persecute him, hut the South
will firmly support and cordially endorse him
as a wise, virtuous, and constitutional President
Mr. Buchanan lives in a free State, but in our
opinion the south could not find within her own
sunny borders a statesman who would have
been more careful of her rights or watchful of
her boner.
Let Mr. Seward carry out his plans, let him
be backed by a Congress agreeing with him in
policy—the south has nothing to'fear so long as
James Buchanan has the veto power. He will
exefci.se it freely and fearlessly - .
Passage of the Macon A Ifriins-
WICK RAIL ROAD BILL.
Contrary to our expectations and the predic
tions of tho Federal Union, we see from that
paper that the Macon & Brunswick Rail Road
Bill passed tlie House last Saturday by a vote
of 71 yeas to 68 nays—whether in a shape to
be efficient, we cannot at present say. The
struggle will now be in the Senate, and we pre
sume no amount of outside influences will be
lacking to defeat the hill Wc shall await
events with the greatest interest: The Federal
Union furnishes a synopsis of the Speech of Mr.
Harris of Glynn, in advocacy of tlie bill, which
seems to have exercised a marked influence on
tho fate of the measure in the House. W'e quote
part of it:
“ It Is said this bill passes through a sterile
country. The 12 comities through which this
road will pass pay oiyptenth of the tax of Georgia.
It contains $50,000,000 of property. Iti» wi»c,
it ic i»*s.p,-rtoaul ilieiii, anti instead of 50 millions
it will be 5l 10 millions. Do I indulge in a visionary
drcain. We are.faithful to our State when we
ask for state-aid—wc arc true to our section.
Cherokee Georgia without the W A A Railroad
was tlie dwelling of Indians, bears and wolves.
Now it is not the garden of Georgia only, but
tlie ganTen spot of the entire South. We come
to Cherokee Georgia to-day - and say - , as Peter,
when walking on the water, help—shall this
cry t>e unheeded ? Mr. II. read f rom the Comp
trailer's report, showing tlie increase of the
income from the counties where railroads had
been built This building of railroads invites
emigration—it retains our sons upon the soil,
where the bones of our revolutionary sires re
pose. The port of Brunswick is the best port
on the south Atlantic. It is the same glossy
waters upon which Oglethorpe first looked.
Those same waters sleep as tranquilly now as
they did then. It will become the granary of
the world. Wc can -dictate to those who now
dictate to us. I have always been a Southern
Rights man. This is a Southern Rights meas
ure—yea, sir, a Georgia measure. Where is
our cotton now shipped, why sir, from Char
leston. When these great outlets to trade
are opened no port south can sustain the teem
ing fleets, necessary to carry this commerce hut
Brunswick. 1 stand upon the soil baptized in
Wood, and may the day come, when she will
depend upon no port north or of any sister
state to carry on her commerce. 1 propose to
rise in our majesty and tell our oppressors, their
reign is over. I don't believe there is a Repre
sentative on this floor, should our soil be inva-
Currency Reforms—Small Bill
PROHIBITION.
We maintain that a good time for reforming
tlie currency—providing against bank abuses
and securing tho people against losses by bank
mismanagement, never comes. It is like the
old negroc’s tlintch—it can't be mended in the
rain, and in dry weather docs notneed mending.
In flush times nobody thinks about, or cares to
provide against a collapse, and when the banks
suspend and universal c'isorder and financial
trouble sweep over the country—things are too
bad to bo mended. The universality of the ruin
and failure is its own best apology, and the man
is held to be mad—an anti-bank fanatic, who
talks about a redress or remedies. A propo
sition to hold the banks responsible to their
obligatioas, and compel them to furnish the
community witli a sound currency, is looked up
on as most horrid radicalism. What, says A to
B, will you compel our banks to pay specie,
while lialf or three-fourths tlie Banks of the
country are in a State of suspension V Parties
aro arrayed on the matter, at once, and in tho
din of conflict it is perhaps just as well tliat
nothing is done. On so delicate a matter, leg
islation cannot be too well guarded, and it ought
not to partake of tlie vindictive spirit which is
engendered by bank suspensions and failures.
Hence, financial crises do not furnish good times
for wise currency legislation.
But in spite of the indisposition to toucli cur
rency questions in fair weather, wc say that
now is the best time for tho Legislature of Geor
gia to inaugurate measures to secure the people
against a depreciated currency. We fully be
lieve that tho two suggestions of the Governor,
tho gradual prohibition of small bilLs and the
establishment of an Independent State Treasury,
are not only wise in themselves but exceeding
ly opportune. Inaugurate them now and with
out inconvenience to the peoplo they would se
cure at last such a largo specie circulation in the
Stato as to furnish an efficient safeguard against
general suspensions among our banks, and al
together secure that part of our population who
can least afford it, from losses by bank failures.
We have seen, as yet, no serious objection urged
against the prohibition of small bills, except the
single one, that it might incommode the prin
ters in the matter of collecting newspaper ac
counts.. Wedo not believe it would be attended
with any such result; but if it were, tho objec
tion can hardly he considered of sufficient im
portance to defeat a great measure for rendering
the people independent of the banks in a curren
tly for the every day transactions of life.
Prolific Potatoes.
We are indebted to Mr. Stephen Woodward,
he nlaced between two stones, ami hammered ... ,, . - . , , ~ .
at it with his beak till he had broken it and was of this County, for two clusters of sweet poto-
then aide to fFe.i on it- contents. The bird must toes, of a favonte variety (purple skin and ycl-
' have discovered that he could not apply his j low flesh) which illustrate tlie wonderful fecun-
1 tea's with sufficient force to break the shell j dity of the sweet potato. Here,* from two cut-
when it was rollingabout aniihe therefore found | 0 p jj, c v j nej we have a yield of fourteen
ami made use of a .qstt which ymld ke^ the. ( the dusters U composed
shell in one itosition. i\ lien the lapwing wants i 1
' to procure food it seeks lor a worm’s cast or j of ten potatoes, generally small ami weighing m
hole, and stamps tlie ground by the side of it i gross six pounds—the other, of five, weigh*
with its feet in the same manner as I have of- eight pounds.
ten done w lien a boy, in order to procure worms —~ _
Cor fitting. After doing this for* short time, _ . t , ,.
' the bird waits for tin.- issue of the worm from \ Ti> e following Bills were introduced into tlie
ii-hoie. which, alarmed at the shaking of the Legislature last Tuesday :
ground endeavors .<> make lts escape, when jt| A Bill to incorporate tlie Cotton Planters
w Imnii-di.itcL seized, nnd becomes the prey of Bank nnd Loan Association. Capital stock
Leaving
Out of this they l*ai*l debts of the
Road ’. $50,107,62
and to State Treasury $175,000,00
The amount oflered by the Company, now
proposing to lease it, is, $323,000 per annum.
Arrival of the Asia.
Fihther Dkcuxe is Cqtrujt—The Asia at
New York, the lltli, with Liverpool dates to
the 80th, reports Cotton sales in Liverpool for
tlie week 33,000 bales and a decline of an eighth
to a quarter on all qualities. Fair Uplands arc
quoted at 7J—middling at 6jj.
Ofthe sales of cotton in Liverpool during the
week, 500 bales were taken by speculators and
5,000 by exporters. The sales on Friday were
500 bales, and the market closed very dull.
The London Times and the Treaty
WITH CHINA.
The London Times, true to its anti-American
instincts, has been indulging in a series of gross
personal attacks upon Mr. William B. Recti,
our Commissioner to China.
Tho Times charges that Mr. Reed has made
a blunder in negotiating tlie lato treaty, and
tliat lie has failed to secure for our Government
all the privileges which have been allowed to
England, France and Russia.
Doubtless the fact is true, that all immuni
ties granted to England, France and Russia,
have not been obtained by Mr. Reid, for us;
but without knowing all the facts, wo are in
clined to think Mr. Reid will be able to give sat
isfactory reasons for his course.
We presume that England and France ob
tained more than wc—for they wanted more—
they wrung from the Chinese by a parade of
men, and cannon and ships, all they did get, and
the Chinese are not likely to forget their mena
ces and bluster. Mr. Reid, however, was not
backed by all this array of force. He did not
threaten—but persuaded—he did not demand
any more than the Chinese were willing to al
low, and we have no doubt that this policy will
in the end turn out to be wisest and best
The Chinese will fulfill all the stipulations of
our Treaty without objection, bnt we should
not he surprised if it required a large force of
ships and men on tho part of the English, to in
sure a compliance with all the claims of their
Treaty. ■
At any rate we are gratified to know that our
policy lias been friendly and peaceable—that
nothing has been done by our Minister to preju
dice our Government—and that the way is open
and clear for intercourse with the Celestials.
'ikutive our readers sonie idea of the resour
ces of tho Chinese Empire, it is said upon good
authority—that tlie population on the banks of
the Yang-tse-kiang river alone, is estimated to
amount to one hundred millions of souls, and
that there is a greater trade carried on between
the interior of China and the Coasts, than be
tween Europe and tho rest of the world. In
the port of Shanghai, there have been as many
as four thousand largo Junks at one time.
Last year, the quantity of silk imported from
China amounted to 9-1,800 bales, showing that
since the year, 1810, the supply had increased
forty fold.
It is stated by respectable and well informed
authority, that it is probable that even the most
sanguine ideas already formed as to the Com
mercial capabilities of China, will lie largely ex
ceeded by the result.
A Novel Case.
Legislature on the Press.
Last Thursday the "Legislator came mighty
nigli a doin’ sumthin’” for tlie Pre-s, or a por
tion thereof. Mr. Atkinson, of the Senate, intro
duced a resolution eulogizing Dc Bow’s Review,
and authorizing tlie Governor to t- subscribc for
the same, including back number* to 184C.”
Subsequently, the rules were suspended to take
up this important resolution nnd, thereupon,
Mr. Harris, of Worth, offered an amendment
to include 2,000 copies of the Southern Chris
tian Advocate.
Mr. Fambro: An amendment embracing 5,000
copies of all papers that may now or hereafter
be published in the town of Thomaston, Upson
County.
Another member moved to include "The
Horn”—a paper soon to lie started in the State of
Dooly.
Mr. TIill, of Harris: an amendment including
“500 copies of the Cuthbcrt Reporter, formerly
knevrn as the Organ, and, until its change of
name, devoted to the science of Vocal Music, and
affording curious and useful information in tlie
use of patent notes, so training the human voice,
as to reach every conceivable flat and siiarp on
the scale, and in many instances so induct the
voice as to equal the plaintive thrill of the cana
ry, the lofty strains of the mocking bird, or the
dulcet note of the Harp of a Thousand Strings.”
Just here the resolutions and amendments
were laid on the table for the present
So DcBoiv's Review, the Southern Christian
Advocate, The Ilom'and the Cuthbcrt Report
er’s claims were suspended. But they have been
recognised to some extent by the Legislature,
and recorded on the Journal
The next day, however, a motion came up to
deprive them ofthishonor. Woquote from the
reports in the Federal Union:
“ After the usual preliminaries, Mr. Ward of
Butts, moved to reconsider so much ofthe Jour
nal of yesterday, as refers to the rejection of the
Resolution, or rather laying it on the table, in
reference to DeBow’s review. Ho desired the
amendments to bo expunged from the Journal
Several members spoke on the motion. All
seemed to agree that it would be 1 tetter to be
expunged, but the question was. whether the
Senate should expunge and falsify the record
Mr. Thomas spoke against the expunging, he
was opposed to tlie Senate’s falsifying the re
cord Mr. Colquitt said the question to ex
punge was clearly in order. It was discretion
ary with tho Senate to entertain tho motion.—
The Senator from Gwinnett called for a prece
dent He would refer him to the proceedings
of the Legislature of 1796, where it would be
found tliat the act called the Yazoo Fraud Act
was blotted out from the record and burned in
Miliedgcville, then Louisville, by Gov. James
Jackson, with lire from Heaven, by means of a
sun-glass. This was a ywir’after tlie [foul act
was passed, and the General Assembly witnes
sed the burning. The question was in order.
Mr. Williams, of Terrel, said there was a clause
in the Constitution in direct opposition to the
wishes of the gentlemen. That instrument re
quires the proceedings of this House to be pub
lished, and beforo that was done, we had no
right to expunge anything from the Journal.
Mr. Cone, of Bulloch, with his accustomed
good sense, called for the previous question.—
Let us vote on the motion. We have a good
deal of business before tho Senate, let us pro
ceed to some business that is of more interest
to tlie people. We were spending more timo
in debating this question than in its representa
tive in moncj - , would pay for DeBow’s Review
from its foundation. After a great deal of de
bate and repeated calls for the yeas and nays,
on a good many motions, the Resolution was
laid on the table for the rest of tlie Session.
From all which we infer, although the report
is by no means luminous, that the motion to ex
punge did not prevail, and our contemporary of
the Cuthbert Reporter is still with the others on
the Senate Journal, as possessing in the judg
ment of one honorable Senator, at least, a right
ful claim to a State subscription of 500 copies.
We congratulate him, and say if the Senator
designed his motion in burlesque, there is noth
ing more in the character of the Reporter to call
for or justify it, than in the plnce or mode of the
joke to excuse it
Reducing- ajSivcll.
The Savannah Republican presents us a cap
tion of “ Astounding Developments of Fraud
and Peculation,” and excited our expectations
to a great pitch On reading through tlie arti-
ticle thus announced, however, we find it only
mentions peculation to the amount of $54,000,
committed by some seventeen persons, against
the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Does any
body call that astounding, now-a-days ?
Char. Courier.
Georgians, we are proud to say, call such pec
ulations astounding. Our neighbor of the Cou
rier may be more accustomed to hearing of such
transactions, -and is only interested where tlie
figures are large.—Republican.
And something more of the “astounding"
resounding and confounding would be abated,
if the Courier was further informed that of the
$54,000 not half will probably be found due the
road. Thus in the single case of Kinchen AV.
Hargrove, set down in default for $20,120 68,
the arbitrator awards only $882 80! Wo have
certainly neither motive nor disposition to cover
up any of these alleged frauds: but are bound
to say that so far from bringing to light any
“ astounding developments of fraud and pecu
lation” with however earnest a purpose tho in
vestigation may have lieen prosecuted to tliat
end and with that expectation, it falls far short
of it
For the Georgia Te;.—,,.
The Gulf or Mexico. W
A misconception in the public mind as t ,
navigation of this inland sea, has induced -
fort on my part, however feeble, for its ca
tion. The state of the winds, waves, tid t
Storms prevailing there will perhaps best
trate the subject
It is within tlie region of the trade wind
that, maintaining a constant course in thec-C.
are to be found on both sides of the EaZ?
between 30 deg. North, and 30 deg. South k’
tude, with an intervening region of calu^
tending from two to ten degrees, whilst the
riable winds prevail in other latitudes, S*., Hf
and South. ' ^
- The trado winds do not approach new to, jj^B
contincrt—hence they are intercepted to th SH
Gulf by the Peninsula of Florida and the V. 5fch
can coast. The Islands forming the CariM*" BHft
sea do not seem to hare this effect "
The land and sea Breezes (produced by |k HH
inequality of the wind's action on the land 10; BB
water and by the tendency of the atmosph er ,. ^ to 1
to preserve a state of nearly uniform deo# tV| )U t do
together with occasional winds from the lujjj east 1
or sucli as occur on the Gulf^ make upinani- broad
perfect degree this deficiency of the trade wi
Hurricanes arc unknown; though it mustl* jenti
admitted that storms of peculiar severity pm>> tore
in September and October about the time oft' e*rfc '
procession of the Equinox. These arc not a - <iK
ular in their visitations, but take place at inte &d «
vals of several years—sometimes more frequent 1
than at others. There were few or no traces ol cop ’
these in the first settlement of Florida by t}* ic a*
Americans in 1822, and their first appearanct Wrm,
afterwards was about 1838. In tlie history nd at!
Louisiana they are noticed at intervals of ii„ x . ’rout (
twenty years. Damage and injury is done fo tr red
them in unroofing houses, overturning old ml; «>th
decayed ones, prostrating fences and trees, u*] .axns
beating out the cotton in the fields, and indtj. -' re
ving vessels ashore. The greatest damn:
tlie.se times lias been to towns on the coast, fr- migta
the great influx o4water, attaining an elentia] * s c-al
above ordinary tides often or twelve feet TL rs, ti
it was, and not the wind, or perhaps both o. : „. er aei
bincil. that so.materially injured Key West,(V AH
dar Key, Apalachicola, Port Leon and other pU- H
ces. In one of these, a Spanish man-of-wir, • ollu ’
just entering the harbor of Havana, was ranfwi 01
by - the force of the gale and driven upon the w u "*
Florida coast near Apalachicola, without oilier I an ^
injury than to the vessel. In case of a hurri. P*
cane she would have been swamped with all her : P r
men and crew. Off the coast of Mexico, Norte, j ® *
or Northers prevail it ith great violence from j I *
October to March, and are quite disastrous u I? 1
vessels. These are probably owing to the moa
tains north of it There arc Northers off ff, UV
coast of Florida, Alabama and Louisiana, la,; K T
ing for a day or two, but not of such vkdan [jH
as they aid and assist, rather than impede ari £
gntion. 1 f'm
The tides are described in tlie Coast .Surver r
to lie quite small, differing most luateriaily itW ! km'
those in the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. Ai
two places on the coast of the United Slates, a
Cedar Keys and St Marks, they exceed tee (Jb >;
feet—at other places, from Cape Floruit tt
Brazos Santiago, in Texas, there is scarcely u
average of one foot and a halt See Report 0!
Coast Survey of 1856.
It would not perhaps, be unsafe to aflinn, then,
that the winds, storms, waves and tides of Ik
Gulfi are but the reflux of those i tithe Atlantic,
modified by the intervening continent and h-
lands. Thus Hurricanes in the Indies my be
come storms in the Gulf AVaves of twenty or
thirty feet high in the Atlantic, quiet down to
ten and twelve. Tides from eight and ten. t,
two. Even those storms that devastate the
North American coast from the coast of Aim
aro observed to obtain their point of intensity! I
the latitude of Charleston, South Carolina, ud I
in all probability such would be the case with [ j
those taking a direction towards the Gulf ani j
the mainland north of it
In other respects there is great faciliiy of nar- j
igation from the absence of rocks and shoak— I-
In the experience of merchants and others en
gaged in business in the Gulf Ports, the fra- itne*
doin from storms and violent tempests is treS pett
known and recognized. In the coasting trade K*
a wreck from these Causes is almost unheard
none seldom or ever occurring west of Key Wei mi?1
within the Guif as fiir as New Orleans. c to
It is thus seen that this inland sea may 5- (Ml
vorably compare with any other on the Globe- ?“?
is perhaps superior to any in point of quiet, anc
in every respect possessed of a safe and genlli , t
navigation-—that it'is admirably fitted for die
great commerce about to spring up in the rich
counties on its borders, and when the connec
tion now in progress by Rail Road, wanting!*!
one hundred miles to complete it to the Soulli J
AVestem Rail Road of Georgia, and the A Ilian) |
and Gulf Trunk Road, bringing Macon and Sa
vannah in connection with St Mark’s and Apt-
lacliicola, so that the trip from New York to tk
Gulf may be made in two days, and at a perwi M
not far distant in one day. Then we shall pr /
ably realize results not dreamed of in Sonthen
progress and improvement It«
The following aro the main facts in tho case
argued before Jcdoe Lamar on Saturday last
Dudley Snead vs. Needham Masscc.—Bill
filed in Macon County Superior Court. This
Bill was filed by tlie Complainants to obtain tlie
custody of one Needham AVnrren Masscc, alias
Needham AVarren Massee Snead, a boy nearly
eight years old, nnd to enjoin the defendant who
is tlie grandfather of the child, from proceeding
to obtain letters of guardianship of the person
and property of the child, in the Court of Unfi
lled, but would ginl on tho sword and leap a* I nary of Macon County; also, to set aside a judg-
lightlv to the.contest as the Bridegroom to his j mcnt of Uie Superior Court of Macon County, a-
bndal chamber. A\ e mvHc you to no such con- j th(J chM ns thc child of Ulc de fendcnt
test to-dav : tins is a peaceable measure of rc-J * fa , , „ ,
dress, one of dollars and cents. : The mother nnd father of the children are laitli
... ’dead. On their death beds, first tlie mother,
Bills Passed. • am j dlcn (h 0 father committed tlie boy, with
The following important hills passed the llou s! |,i s sister who is about 11 years old, to the care
on Satuniny: j and custody of Robert .Reoves and his wife, a
Tlie bill to lend tlie credit of the State to the 8 ; s(t . r „f t l, e mother of the children, and the
Macon & Brunswick railroad.
To consolidate the offices of Clerk of the Sti- .. - . , ... u
perior and Inferior Courts of Glasscock. ! ^°uld not be raised by Dudley Snead, 1 ho
To make a new county from thc counties of j married a half sister of the mother of the chil-
Washington, Emanuel and Laurens. ; dren. Robert Reeves was appointed guardian
To allow J udges of the Superior courts to hold ‘
_ j lather particularly directed tliat the children -He inculcates a policy of non-intervention,
Positions assumed lty Judge Boug-
LAS IN THE LATE ELECTION.
The Richmond South sums them up as fol
lows. The N. Y. Tribune copies from the South,
and endorses tlie accuracy of thus summary of
the positions assumed and maintained by Mr.
Douglas before the People of Illinois, in the re
cent canvass for a Senatorial re-election:
1. Judge Douglas affirms theoriginal and es
sential inferiority of thc negro.
2. He denies that tlie negro was intended to
be embraced within the abstractions of tlie Dec
laration of Independence, and asserts that thc ****** , ’rlrjnrTrn thr -* 1 Sib'
If.
State Aid.
The bill proposing to lend the Credit of thc
State to tho Macon and Brunswick Rail Koail-
came up, as the special order on ycstenU;
morning. AA r e refer the reader to our report
of the proceedings of the House, for the sctioc
of the House upon the bill. It has met wto
violent opposition; and judging from the char- 1
acter of the restrictions put upan the Hilt wc J
donbt not it will bo lost. Whilst we have been
opposed to the measure of State aid, in gen- __
oral, we bave thought, and do think, that ti e it
Mason and Brunswick Road, more than out 1 fs
only of the dominant race of white men.
3. 1 to denies the privilege of citizenship to the j
General News.
4. lie affirms the compatibility of a confeder-1 An emigrant ship, tiic Eastern City, B,
nev of free and slave States, and the possibility jhumtncar the tape of ioodllopc. lr ,
oftlicir harmonious co-existence under a com-1 J*™** to Liveywl from Wg* ^
.non Constitution. i llIe was lost Mr. Bright, M P. bumenthN*
5. He affirms the absolute sovereignty of the a speech at Birmingham, m which,he art’"®
■dates in rcsm-ct to their domestic Institutions. «d the adoption of the plan of ’-allots,
States in respect to their domestic Institutions,
and denies the authority of the Federal Govern
ment to discriminate against the interests of sla-
ndjoumed terms of court when necessary.
To allow guardians, &c., to sell property
without obtaining letters of administration.
To change timo of holding the Inferior Court
of AYarc county.
To legalize tlie - proceedings of the Superior
Courts of Taliaferro.
Georgia Academy for the blind.
In relation to patrol laws so Car as relates to
the county of Bryan
time leave enough to devote to Education—to
“ 260,636,49 j improvement and to charity. AVc see no cliancc
! for an advantageous sale of the Road, if it were
right to do it It is our nest, from which with
prudent care, wc may take annually the Golden
Egg—and a strong reason why we favor the
lease is, that wc think wo sec many persons who
arc now ready to slay the hen.
Our respected contemporary, the Atlanta In
telligencer in a courteous article opposes the plan
and says, “the Road was built by the whole peo
ple of the State, designed to develope thc vast
resources of the Cherokee country and to con
tribute to the prosperity of otlierworksofinter-
nal improvement; nnd tliat if the Road should
become the property of private individuals, the
objects of its construction might be frustrated.”
AVc must confess we do not clcnrlv apprehend ! ... , ■ x- ,
, 11 . News i-rom the Plains.—St Louis, Nov. 12.—
I lie lease will be J e; anla p e mails have been received. Col.
Mobocuacy in Kentucky.—Louisville, Nov.
12.—A Mob broke into the jail at Grecnsburg,
K., on AVcdncsday, and hung Thompson and
Despons, who were committed on the charge of
murdering Henry Simpson, about a year and a
half ago—another prisoner committed suicide—
system of representation adopted in the In®"
StaU-s. The new Great Eastern Iron stoamf" 1 ?
Company has )>een organized. Several sedit’ 1 ;” -
ideates a policy ol non-mlervenuon, discovered in Ireland,
as between the free and slaveholding States, as the.r supplies fromAnal nted slat*™
wellasbetween thc latter and the Federal
of the persons and property of both the chil-1 " 110 s . u I’| ,or J- s Jt Uo decision of the Supreme j J al)oUt to f avor t i, c import^-
dren, by the Orelinary of Randolph County.- ^ereftories."'’ 8 ^
8. ' He upholds all the guarantees of the Fed- j 1 •« j J ’ i< u \ ~
oral Constitution in respect to the rights of thc | - ex >co, ' • ' >[
South. . , Ship Fannie Fosdick oil FW !
9. Hemaiiitains thc dignity and independence i _ . .. a- „• Aril. - -'
of the Senatorial function, against thc encroach- 0*5 ship Fannie 1 osdickfrom NewO*“£
ments of Executive usurpation. ! !>«'"'>' I- »verpool, put in o tinsportl» *
-- — — ■ " 1 m dLstre.-s, and subsequently repaired «“
Sfy, was discovert® w
Afterwards," some time in 1857, Dudley Snead
obtained an order of the Superior Court of Lee
County, adopting the boy, John Needham Mas
scc, as his child, under the Act of March 6th,
,, -i r 1836, changing his name to John Needham
lo provide for thc supiiort of the pupils of ,o-or
viro-in Arademv for the blind. ! Masscc Snead. At September Term, 1858, of
Macon Superior Court, Needham Massee, by
order of the Court, adopted both thc boy and
his sister.
The Bill was sanctioned by Hon. II. G. La
mar, October 30tb, 1858, directing the writ of
Injunction to issue as prayed for in the Bill, and
also requiring defendant to appear at Macon on
the 13th November and bring the boy, and
and a fourth made a confession, implicating six stl0u . calt ; U w ],y t ] ie child is detained bv him,
otiicra. The mob went in pursuit of those drag-1 a , , shoul(1 not bo delivered to the ous
el with being coreemed m the murder. M
10. He protects his opposition to Black Re- ...
publicanism at every point and upon every prin- ^ e hourl^t ifehC As
ciplc.
11. He pledges himself to fidelity to the or- to press
ganization, principles and nominees of the l)em- to her a
ocratic party.
flrini
teamei , - ■ ----i- ~
stance; efforts in the meantime,
making to scuttle the ship. The fire is on is 0 ’ H
and in her upper works. .
p. s.—3 o’clock A. M.—The efforts to sen® •
the ship proved fruitless. By the time
steam*r with the fire engines cn boad Y
prooched the burning vessel, so intense
the heat tliat it was found impossible to
— - --esn
Breadstuff's generally in the Liverpool market the f<mje of tllis diction.
were dull and declining. Flour was declining, ... , .... . , .
but choice brands of Ohio were reported steady. ■ "*dl guarded, ^it will be to (lie interest of thc; un** has had another encounter with the Na-
l’lie defendant who is an aged man, in feeble
health, appeared with his grandson. Ilis Coun-
Lkuislative Honor.—Mr. Hardeman, tho
representative from Bibb, gets off tlie following
good hit at a portion of his constituents. A\ c
take it from theTri-wcckly Recorder;
During a discussion in the House yesterday, at the machines. The flames coinmum 1
Mr. Uillyer said something to the effect that J with tlie old lumbei , ir* n
the democratic party was responsible for the known as Sayles’ Mill, which, together ^ 1]
success or failure of thc Penitentiary, or that its a small quantity of lumber on the landing. ^ -jj
opponents desired so to hold it up before thc a frame building adjoining, were cowP
,T — J -miLi. —*«.*„,! *- -i—* 1 The vessel is still burnu# .
1 ' portion of h 1 ’^ *
1 part—
slightlv advanced, and i
vas dull.
interest of Atlanta for the change to be made.
i Jt would make a population whicli is now tran-
To Destroy Rats.—The Griffin Empire State i H ; cn t an d dependent, permanent and indopend-
says: “AYc have been credibly informed that | ., n , Judiciou , alTan g e ments greatly to thc ben-
bird, liic lapwing frequents the j $5,000,000, to lie situated in Macon. Privilege the simple remedy of dissolving copperas in cold
mole. Tlie animal, when in pursuit of extending to $10,000,000, to commence oper-1 water (make it strong) and sprinkling tlie most
-in ...in In -.- -.a 1,1-11#, conus to the ation on the subscription of $300,000: On ino- prominent places of resort, will make them leave
ordered to tic printed for the at a two forty rate and no mistake. She tried
a lady in our city, whose house became infos-. „ , . . .. ,, , „. , ,
ted with these troublesome little varmints, that efit ofthe rising city could he effected, new at
’ enues of trade would be opened, nnd instead of
a Superintendent and Governor and Legislature
has bcenrelal ! oftl
in Natural History.
■ode of alarming his prey
■ * nil.—Jesse’s Gfeanings
by the tion 150 cop:
use of the N irate.
Also a bill to incorporate tin
•tta, capital stock $100,000.
subject to the behests and caprices of tlie people,
. thev would have a uniform, well defined nnd
fully ami lias not lieen troubled with lnc J . . ... . ...
Hank of Marti-1 rats or mice ranee. It is simple ...,<1 will not i methodical organization of this, to them, all m.-
cost much to try it. portent enterprise.
’it i
Samuel Medary (thc present Governor
ncsota Territory) has been appointed Governor
of Kansas, in thc place of Mr. J. AV. Denver,
resigned.
Fire on tlie Central R. K.
so far *s
tlie County of tho Defendant’s residence. The} in which it. was spoken caused general meriment j l '' il t i 1, )l’ < ’Ua*'t ■Jvm^°j J'"” ,ifC "
Judge sustained thc latter ground, and direct- In the House. ro leheil and''passed, and bonnets
cd the order to be so modified as that the ques- Antidote tor the Bite or a Rattlesnake— i more on the increase. “AYit.ter bonmt';.'";.
t.on of custody should be heard at next Super - > A Jfr A in the Kansas Bloomington, Pan- made rather larger than those non M
or Court, of Macon County Counsel for Snead, t , ^ ._u T i lor oughlv saturate the place past year; the front comes forth; r
, , , , , McCav, Hawkins, and Kimbrough—for Massee, f w itb the tincture of iodine and eivo five and the crown slants off behind. 11 .
r,a< *’ Hobinson, PoweraandHaS. or si * dro,.s of sugar, and it will prevent any frail is wide, round, and not /
Trahion the Central Rail Rond, about eight Franklin College—The vacancy in thechair effects from the Inteofa rattlesnake." , ' nfero of vdvc^or'rffih^i oA differ* nt
tiic a cara 0 was^’d'estr,!ved'"Io-s'!d!ont $r!'- l^Jones! was ffiled'bTthe’\\ection“oTHarry A new Baptist paper is soon to be started in The inside trimming continuerao^
000 ?he fire ^rigdn^i on the seventh «r i Hammond, M D. of South Carolina, son of the j Nashvifie, to be under the control ofthe friends knot or foliage or ribbon
fr om the Locomotive, supposed from a spark, j distinguished Senator of that name. of the Rev. R. B. C. How ell.