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Newspaper Page Text* A-r • - 1 .% • r7n; • •;, *‘V: “ > ivr — * . • . X / . > . . \$U'.' ..,!’ -. *'. ,; • .. [;pY & REID, Proprietors. The Family Jouenal—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING. [[ABUSIED 1826.} MACON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1868. VOL. XLIL-NO. 47 THE RELIEF ACT. I following is the “Relief Bill” now Line Legislature, and, in its way, it is Lj*y. We have got but one opinion, |., v er shall have another, about all of this character which have for [ja to release debtors without consent itois—rob Peter to pay Paul—undo [,:= nml confuse and disarrange trans- jcnerally between citizens, with ic:oo3 idea of relieving the com- is but one sensible relief law for an -at debtor, and that is the bankrupt j. wbich the Constitution has made L provisions. Aided by this act, the csa clear himself of all legal obliga- jjr just what he is able to pay, even if tothing at all. Nay, more, if a man ••mind to take advantage of it, (and Uoorsortof a mind) he can enforce T2 terms of compromise and pocket a after settling up his claims at ten to tents on the dollar, according to his rtoess.” The bankrupt act is a splendid lor debtors to compel a compromise tteir own terms. is "Relief bill”—section one, imposes ty powers and duties on jurors and puts firm the duty of establishing some- lite a general average of losses by the That is a nice and a hard task for a ntious juror. 2. Rips up old judg- anil provides for a new trial. 8. Pro- Jar a new valuation of property sold, ears after sale made, etc., and so on. the question comes—is that a law, iring the obligation of contracts l”— swer must be that it not only impairs, tstroys contracts. It sets them aside ther. It proposes to make a debtor's creditors loss, or a mutual loss; and the property has not been lost to fix price. The law then, is dead before horn. The Constitution of Georgia, tl. Section 82, declares it void before pi-sed ; and where the use of deluding pie witb such a humbug ? to be Entitled an Act fob the Re- t of Debtors, and to Authorize the uent of Debts cfon Principles Equity. 1. The General Assembly of the State rgia enacts, that in all suits which shall ;g!it for the recovery of debts in any Courts of this State, or upon contracts payment of money made prier to the j of June, 18G5, it shall and may be fortho defendant or defendants, in cises, to give in evidence before the npsnelled to try the same, the consid- it the debt or contract, which may be ;jcd of the suit, the amount and value property owned by the debtor at the i debt was contracted or the contract into to show upon'the faith of what • credit was given to him, and what it tenders of payment he made to the at any time, and that the non-pay- i the debt or debts was owing to the i the creditor to receive the money id or offered*to be tendered, the des- or loss of the property upon the if which the credit was given, and how what manner the property was des- or lost, and by whose default; and in i cases, the juries which try the same hie power to rqjfuce the amount of the » debts sued for according to the equi- Itach case, and render such verdicts as to dull appear just and equitable. 2. That in all cases in which verdicts beta rendered, or judgments entered debts contracted prior .to the first day A 1863, and the judgment remains un- w, it shall be lawful for the defendant Into, by motion in the Court in the judgment was obtained, to h'ave fflt submitted to a jury for trial, upon ~e terms and conditions as are con- in the preceding section, with like to the jury to reduce the amount of dgrnent according to the equities of tsse: and render such verdicts as to shall appear equitable and just, and the aent rendered in such case shall super- the prior judgment. Provided, That in 'h cases, twenty days’ notice shall be ro the plaintiffs in the execution in in the Superior Courts, and in cases jured to that Court from the Inferior •ounty Courts, and in Justices’ Court *J5' notice shall be given, and in all Kmmenced by motion in either theSu- f or Justices’ Courts, the case or cases win order for trial at the term at iffemotion may be made, but shall be to continuance, ns cases upon tbeap- 1 That in all cases in which the de nt way have in possession the property ::ch the debt sued on was contracted, *1 shall have power to render a verdict * time, according to the value of the ntj at the time of the trial. «. That in suits against Trnstees, Ad- itors, Executors, or Guardians, it lawful for the defendant or defen- to give in evidence the loss or destruc- rtthe trust property which came into Atids, or its depreciation in value; and ilce of the property in their hands at ttmmencement of the suit shall be the 5* of damages to be rendered by the igtiust *idtd, That no Trustee, Administrator, tor, or Guardian, shall be exempt from i! y for the value of .any trust which he ^ve wasted, or which has been lost by or default. . . • =. '5. That in all suite which may becom- rriginal action, or by motion this Act, both, parties thereto shall be Went witnesses. ’j. That in all arbitrations to adjust *ttle debts contracts prior tp June 1st, lie same rules and regulations shall end the same evidence shall be admis- su provided in the first section of this That in all cases where levies have '•*ue. and the property levied upon has sold, it shall and may be lawful for .'tndant or defendants to file their affi liating that they desire to take the -1 ®f the remedy provided for in this - ■ the Sheriffs to whom said affidavits shall receive the same, and sos- tale, and return the papers to the :‘«o« which the process under which may have issued, or to such Court 7 6y law have jurisdiction. ** General McClellan expects to return York in the Cuba, which is to sail Option. is a n establishment for canning peach Ga., which employs SOO persons. Communicated. Colapakchee, Ga., Sept. 7,1868. Ifessrt. Editor* : We would like to know your opinion upon the Bubject of nominating a.candidate for Congress, who is disqualified by the late Constitutional Amendment. Itis our humble opinion that such a choice would be entirely wrong. We are upon the eve of a great political revolution, and should be very particular in the choice of a repre sentative who must act a part in this great drama. We wish a man who i3 popular— one likely to be elected if run—a man who, when elected, can take his position, and bat tle for his country’s rights. The Radicals in our own State adopted a law disqualifying negroes from holding office. The negroes have been ousted from our ligislative hall under this law, and since they were ineligible twenty-five Democrats, who received the next highest vote, are called forward now to fill their places. Let U3 learn something from this “homely” illustration. The Radicals will be “tight up” for members this Winter, and if they have but one majority would de clare our candidate ineligible and seat the Radical we had just beaten. I call upon our representatives to consider this suggestion. We love our men who have stood by us and acted so nobly, and if these men love us, and not the. office, they will readily consent to take a back seat for a short while. If you think this suggestion worthy of con sideration please call attention to it. Respectfully, Citizen. Comments by the Telegraph.—Citizen’s bead is entirely level on that point. We think no man should be nominated to Con gresa who cannot show that his “disabilities" have been removed. To do it, is to submit the question of representation to the Rad icals, and to take the poor chance of their seating Democratic members, at a time when we may be bleeding for votes in Congress. THE COTTON CROP OF 1S6S. nou TEXAS. Messrs. Editors : An experience of seven | Political Movement*—Public Meeting*- years in the cotton trade, and seventeen as a | cmo.e of the Telegraph-Operation* o^» cotton planter, in which departments, re- taerpool on the 19th instant. His ^ making arrangements to give him I r® Empreu Carlotta has had a relapse -“*9 U«r pillow* from her chamber win' From Monroe County. Forsyth, Ga., September 5, 1868. Messrs. Editors: The Democratic Club of Monroe county met pursuant to the order of the President. On motion of Geo. A. Cabaniss, the follow ing resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the members of this Club, to aid and promote in every possible and honorable way, the success of the Democratic ticket, and to this end they hereby pledge their patronage and support to those alone, who are of their own political faith. Resolved, That such organizations as are known as the Loyal Leagues, Grant Clubs, or by whatever other name called, which have for their object the spread of Radicalism in this State, are hurtful and injurious to the best interests of our people, of all classes aDd grades; and therefore, meet with our determined opposition, and we pledge ourselves, in advance, to give no support, encouragement or patronage, to any persons, white or colored, who are, hereafter, known to be connected with them and their doctrines. Resolved, That we deprecate violence or terrorism as means to obtain support for any party, and we proclaim our desire to conduct this canvass peacefully and in a kind and conciliatory spirit; but we pledge ourselves distinctly, to the protection of such colored voters as may connect themselves with this Club or vote the Democratic ticket, from all danger and violence, which may be attempted on this account. On motion of Robert C. McGough, the foregoing resolutions were amended by the following: Resolved, That the above resolutions are not intended to apply to obligations or con tracts now existing, and which have not been fully complied with; and that every Demo crat, white or colored, in Monroe county, is earnestly requested to sign these resolutions. On motion of Lewis A. Ponder : Resolved, That the President of this club, be and is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a committee of three in each militia district, in this county, whose duty it shall be to see that every m&n, both white and colored, who proclaim themselves Democrats, sign the foregoing resolutions. On motion of Col. A. D. Hammond: Re solved, That the President of this club ap point eight delegates to the Convention, which is to be held in Macon, Ga., on the 8th day of September inat., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress. Whereupon the following gentlemen were appointed : Geo. A. Cabaniss, J. M. Hollis. A. D. Hammond, Wm. L. Lumpkin, L. A. Ponder, Wm. C. Reddixo, A. Dun, R- 0. Banks. On motion of A. J. Phinazee, Resolved, That the thanka of the people are due and are hereby tendered by this Club to Hon. E. G. Cabaniss, Chairman Democratic Central Executive Committee, for his unriring en ergy, zeal and ability manifested in his pa triotic devotion to the principles of the Dem ocratic party. He has- labored with com mendable assiduity to maintain a pure Gov ernment, and we trust Georgians will reward his fidelity. He lias shed new lustre upon a name already honored. • On motion, Resolved, That the proceed ings of this meeting be published in the Ma con Telegraph, Journal and Messenger, and Monroe Advertiser. Jas. s. Pinckard, President Democratic Club of Monroe co. W. D. Stone, Secretary. Inc Maine Election*.—The Sun’s “Washington correspondence says: Senator Fessenden, in a' letter written from Maine to a friend here, speaks with great eona- dence of the success of the republicans in the ap proaching election in that State. He says that the reoublican majority will be Increased by at least ten thousand. Mr. Blaine, the .representative from the Augusta district, bu also been writing hereupon the the same subject, but he puts the republican majority at a higherfigure than Senator Fessenden. This, of course, has the-effect to make the republicans hopeful and confident, but the democrats are also hopeful on the other hand, and are receiving intormation that leads to ex pectation that there will at least be a decided .ail ing off'in the republican majority, ... t ■* i m A man Baked to Death.—The hands of the Bremen steamship Deutschland, while engaged In breaking caTgc about six o’clock on Monday eve ning, discovered the body of a man, in a remark able state of preservation, lying near one ol^ the boilers. The muscles • and tisanes eeemed to nave been entirely absorbed, and the'skin was drawn tfehily over the bones. Dr. Chaler, who examin ed the body, said that death wat caused by suffo cation, after which the body was dried by, the heat to its present condition. There were no marks of violence on the body. Coroner White of Hobok en held an inquest this morning, when the fact was elicited that no person on board the ship had ever seen the man while alive, and it was therefore supposed that-he had smuggled himself on board the ship at Bremen. The jaw tendered a vefdUt that the man came fo lffs death by suffocation.— A r . r. jbst. • ' : ■: spectivcly, I Lave given the cotton, interest my special attention, has led me to note the following facts as to the present crop. It has been to date, the most disastrous year of any to the growing crop, since 1846; none like,-nor equal to it, from the following causes: 1st. In the months of June, July and Au gust, eight to ten weeks of continuous drought prevailed which dwarfed the stalk; then fol lowed three weeks of incessant, heavy rains, poshing the growth forward and covering it with forms, when a few days of dry weather caused the forms to shed. Nearly all the “middle crop” was thus thrown off and lost This is the condition of the crop in this sec tion. 2d. The‘.‘bottom crop,” boiled before the last part of the wet season, was a very small one, owing to the drought,and the boll-worm attacked and destroyed one-fonrth of it 3d. The caterpillar came next in the work of damage—came in August, and has de stroyed far South and is destroying the “top crop” from latitude 82 degress North to tfie gulf of Mexico. In the lower latitudes the destruction will be complete, and will get less and less as you go northward. These are great natural causes of damage to the crop, extending from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic, covering all the Gulf States, and they work the same effects every where. There is no escape from this truth. | find sweep ’em off. Yah! yah!” The crowd The long rainy Bpell of weather invited the I of darkies joined in the laugh, as if they boll-worm, and he came at its bidding, and j wanted to “ broke ’em up and sweep ’em off,” be has done and is doing bis work. Once j too. invited he never leaves. ! These meetings ought to be held through- The caterpillar, starting near the Gulf, i out the South. The negro is a voter; whether moves northward in parallel lines of latitude, J rightfully or wrongfully, is not the question, following the bottoms of creeks and rivers, j A voter he is, and a very ignorant one at that; thence spreading out over table lands, and is i fiud no reasonable exertion should he spared only checked by killing frosts. > to instruct him iu his duties as such, pointing This year the drought and boll-worm are | out to him what is so undeniably true, that coextensive with the crop, whilst the cater- [ in framing a policy that will restore some pillar, inland, has already reached to the 32d | measure of prosperity to the South, he pro degree, north latitude. i motes his own welfare and increases his hap- Besides, a much smaller area of land has J pinesa. been planted in cotton this year than the last j If the sound discretion, that characterizes in the Gulf States, as more attention has j the numbers I have seen of the Telegraph, been given to grain. j marked the course of all our Southern jour- The trans-Mississippi department, proba- • nals, the Radical press North would have bly, will make a larger yield this than it did I knocked from under them some of the strong- the last year, but that will be more than j est props with which they bolster up a bad counterbalanced by the deficit on this side . cause. Its judicious course cannot fail to of the Great River. j commend itself to every man of the slightest The facts, as stated, are past and “fixed,” j reflection. But I must say, after being an whilst the conclusipn, I think, is inevitable ! occasional reader of his for over a quarter of that the cotton crop of this year will fall be- 1 a century, that wise discrimination always Catterplllar—Com »' Drug—Health Ex cellent. Richmond, Texas, September 1, -1S(8. Last week I failed to write, for the peo ple persist in being so provokingly peaceable hereabouts that material for a paragraph jwas not to be picked up. In various portions of the State the Demo crats are giving barbecues to the public gen erally, and to the freedmen specially. |At these meetings the orators have so unspariog-. ly dissected the carpet-baggers, and have held their odious characters up so palpable to the gaze of the freedmen that many of them are getting heartily ashamed of the as sociation, and will henceforth act and vote with the Democracy. The negroes are be ginning to think-that they have been duped long enough by shameless swindlers, whose sole ambition is office, regardless alike of the prosperity of the country, and the welfare of the freedmen. These meetings are sometimes addressed by colored orators, who often get off very good things. Not many days since I attend ed a meeting where a colored orator offered to sell his audience the Bureau at Houston. Receiving no bid, lie then proposed renting the institution, in which he was as unsuc cessful as iu the sale, when a stout negro in the crowd sung out, “ We’s got more ob dat sort ob furnichure down here dan we knows what to do wid. We wants to broke ’em up, low 2,000,000 bales. Respectfully, Bufaula, Ala., Sept. 7,1868. W. Toney. From Taylor County. I manifested itself in the columns of the paper i in which Jo. Clisby had a finger. | I hope I hare not entered on dangerous j ground by alluding so far back to “lang syne.” J The Senior, I believe, is a married man. If be is agricultural prospects—early corn— I not, to prevent any mistake among your female swamp corn—cotton—flanters will j readers, allow me to say that I think he hold—freedmen—politics. i entere( j on newspaper life some years before Reynolds, Tavlor Uounty, Sept.S, 1868. j fae attained Ms f*j° rit Y* to »V* Messrs. Editors: We get information al-1 self ’ 1 waa c , ertainl J areader before reachln « most daily from correspondents to the inimit- j coveted period of existence, able Telegraph touching the crops, freed-1 The caterpillar is in the Cotton here m men, nolitics, etc., in various portions of the i § ood e . arae3t * Not mora than , from balf t0 State, and as nothing has recently appeared j tw0 ‘ tb * rds °* a cro P can be made - from this remote section, I hope a brief com-1 Corn is a dru S‘. 11 “ onl Y from munication will be unobtrusive. j fort y t0 fift Y ce T u ‘ s Houston. This is in The early “upland” Cam wasgreatlv dam-! hard coin > hnt } belie « lfc “ cbea Pf tban l4 . aged by the protracted drought; still tbe; caabe bought in the Northwest, the-great yield will be much more abundant than was i ^ ainer y oitbe UndedStat f es * . anticipated two months ago, especially upon | rom every par o e a e rom w ic , * - , ,, f , C an hear, the health is excellent. A heart land that was manured and well cultivated. , ’ . . . „ e „ ,, The “swamp” Corn, which gave’us no ! fdt thanksgiving to the Dispenser of all bles- trivial anxiety during the planting season— j sm ° 3 ’ 13 ue or 18 ® rea 00n ‘ by disasters of drought, and the whole family \ , of worms—was never more promising. The j The Hon, Csc**r Pamperncl, late rains have fallen most opportunely, and ; of Corn Hollow, soliloquises as follows ! P iITTa »■» Vi lAmnora f lia TOm/1 f A eknvn . 11 T*. T IaFa 4 Par Fora. if “He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb” will but dispense us a mild autumnal equinox, there will be a surplus of Corn in this region for another year. It requires no prophetic vision to predict with some certainty, as to the yield of the growing Cotton in this locality. Heavy rains have fallen, witb scarcely an intermission of forty-eight hours, at any-one time, for the past forty-eight days, and the result is, the plant has grown to a weed of unnatural size, that has retained but little of its fruit.— Nothing is hazarded in the prediction that it will fall short from one-third to one-half of a full crop. , , , Fortunately, however, for the planters, their cotton is not sold this year before it is gath ered. They can and will hold it until the highest market price can be obtained. This is not mentioned to create commotion in the ranks of the speculators and cotton sharks, but may be “smoked in their pipes” until further developments. The freedmen have deported themselves becomingly until recently: have discharged their duties as plantation laborers witb cheer- fulnessand alacrity; were moderate in politics and open to conviction until the expulsion of the colored members from the Legislature. This induces them to look with suspicion upon the Democrats, and has cemented their color. I do not deem it wise to attack the poliev of this measure by the “assembled wisdom of the State” at the time it trans pired and pending the present Presidential campaign. ’Tis enough to say their legisla tion was considered harmless to the people of this Commonwealth, inasmuch as the present Legislature is the legitimate offspring of the “Reconstruction Acts,” which are doomed to become obsolete in the triumph of Democracy. - Should the Democracy b'e defeated this Fall, then those of us who value life, liberty and property will care less for legislation and tbink more" of devising’the best means :of convening our wasted estates and departing these desecrated shades. •:. ' > ■ . In this connection, Messrs. Editors, Iao assail the expediency of appropriating ,nine dollars per diem to these colored members during their sojourn.'at Atlanta—members who were declared ineligible, and were never entitled to seats or pay; men who were the avowed enemies to Democracy and the pub lic peace;, who proclaimed upon the floor of the Legislature that if expelled they would not only stnmp the State for Grant and Colfax, but advise “their people to fight.?? This anomalous appropriation of the. “peo ple’s” money is without a precedent, and only furnishes capital to aid these exasperated Golly, I’s free now—I is. Got lots of fire ns. All dem white folks in the Norf. Guess I go dar soon—lib like a genblemum. Git inwite to all de fine parties. Plenty to eat and nof- fin to do. Dars old Mars, dat used ter ride roun iu de coach an four, ain’t got nary fren. He ain’t good as a nigger now. No House to lib in, an be tooken to the barn. Nuffin to eat. Nuffin to wear. Ain’t got nuffin. "What’s all bis scoolage lamin’ good for ? Taint wuf a cuss. Taint no consekence no how. He can’t wote like dis yah cullud in- uidual. He can’t hole no offiis. He can’t go to der ’vention and make de speeches, and help make de laws. AU lie kin do is ter pay de taxes, wot keep up de bowro dat takekeer ob dis cullud pusson when he don’t chose ter work. ’Spec I go to Congress sum dese days. Ride iu de steam ears. Be oue of de big folks dat keer of de nashuu Dat I would, ole hoss. Plenty ob money and no poor ’lationa. Won’t I bab a jolly time, too 1 Dat I will. Pse gotde franchese, Ibas; and I ’tends to bole on ter him; shan’t gub him to none of dem dar white folks. Dat’s what makes a nigger p nigger. It’s de irancheese, you see. Ef it wam’t for dat, a white man ’ud be jis as good as a nigger. Butheain’t. Dar’sde difference ’tween a nigger an' a white man, vou see. Nigger baa got de francheese, and white man got none. (Dat’s ole Aunty Smith, up dar in Lancaster, been a keeping de ole man dis long time.) He lub her mighty well. An den I’ll set dar and talk highfurlu- tin wid dem, an’ shake hana wid dem, an’ be on ekality wid dem, an’ all de res ob dem big niggers in de House of Representitums. Won’t I hab a jolly time doe. Igolly ! De francheese do make a nigger feel big. Halle- lu-yab! (going through a double-shuffle.) O! Jeru'sha, put on de kittle an’ we’ll all hab tea. Yab, yah, guffaw. Bless de Lor for de fran cheese. From Meriwether County, Vl*tt to tb« Chalybeate Spring*—Splendtd Scenery-—Wheat Crop*, etc—Campm Amxuaments—Noted Vlaltora—Spring** etc. Chalybeate Springs, ) Meriwether Co. Ga.,Sept 1,1868. j . Messrs. Editors : The Chalybeate Springs are situated on the north side of Pine Moun tain, twenty-one miles from Geneva, and fourteen miles from the pleasant town of Tel*, fcotton. There is an elegant line of stages connecting these different points, owned by Col. W. B. Spain. In reaching this celebrated.place of resort, you pass through one of the most attractive regions of Middle Georgia. From the poor oarren plains, that stretch south of Geneva, jou are rapidly hurled through a broken, hily country to Talbotton. A change of horses and we are off for* Chalybeate. We are soon in the shadow of the Oak Moun tain, We pass the gap, and what a beauti ful country now opens to view. This is the valley of Talbot, the finest wheat growing country in. this section. The com and cotton look well, notwithstanding the' severity of the drought. But, oh! the beauti ful farms that hereof greet the eye.— The traveller is reminded of Virginia.— The valley stretches down between these two grand mountains, and the eye rests in admiration on^their summits, “robed in azure blue.” The valley is but two miles wide at this point. From the height of Pine Mountain the descent is rapidly made to the chalybeate springs. The road is decidedly tortuous, winding and rocky; but the transformation and change are equal ly agreeable. fWe eel that we shall be well repaid for our visit. We look out from the hotel, Sown the avenue leading to the springs —a handsome row of trees on either side, and still higher up a range of beautiful cab ins give animation to the scene. There are lovely groves and walks and places of amuse ment on the Campus, gas-works and other improvements. In front of the hotel, there is an unfinished basin for a fountain, which will remind you of Dr. C. B. Leitner, the farmer distinguished and enterprising pro prietor of the Chalybeate. There is a considerable number of visitors here this season from several States. From Macon, I meet that genial and polite gen tleman, the efficient and able President of the S. W. R. R., Gen. W. Holt. The General is the joy and life of Chalybeate society, and his beautiful daughter and wife are the admiration of all thos^wbo know them. Vice la, General j Nor can I forget Columbus, for she has contributed many beautiful ladies—a perfect bouquet of flowers. Each shines resplendent in the sky of beauty—each rivals in splendor and charms. Columbus Was a great dis coverer, and her ladies, proud of the name they bear, do not fail to discover the way to boys’ hearts. In conclusion, I would remark that Mr. Isaac Cheney, the clever proprietor of Chaly beate, contemplates selling this valuable property, or leasing it to a joint stock com pany, in which several or more States shall be represented. I think this a capital idea, and feel confident that a change of this kind and the formation of such an organization would result in establishing a patronage that would secure a most handsome dividend to every stockholder in the company. Occasional. After the christening of Wales’s latest baby, fae ten godfathers and godmoth ers sat down to a merry dinner, with music of Offenbach, and then all went to the circus. ■President Johnson on the Contest.—The President freely discussed the political situa tion ; he said those who held him as luke warm in the contest, knew nothing of his Dature. His heart beat in union with those who were fighting for constitutional liberty, and.no one more earnestly desired thesuc- cess of Seymour and Blair. The tide had set in against Radicalism, and Grant and Colfex would, be- overwhelmed. He avowed his purpose to give a hearty support to the Democratic.ticket.-. ... I If you and your sweetheart vote you for it and Colored mee put iu.. tteir u, J. R. W. ' being a tie.' MEETING»IN CLAY COUNTY. Fort Gaines, Ga., Sept. 7, 1868. Pursuant to a call from the President of the Democratic Club of Clay county, the cit izens and members of the Club met at Evans’ brick store, for the purpose of appointing delegates to represent the county of Clay at a Congressional Convention to assemble in Smithville on the 11th instant. The meeting was called to order by Albert Suggs, President, who stated the object of the meeting. On motion, a Committee of three was ap pointed to suggest suitable persons for dele gates. The following was the Committee: T. K Appling, Wm. M. Tennille and Osborn Blair. The Committee retired, but soon returned and submitted the following n^nes: J. B. Johnson, J. H. Evans, Thos. Turner, J. T. Walker, D. F. Gunn, M. Tucker and Wm. C. Estes. On motion, tbeTeportof the Committee was approved and adopted. Oh motion, it was ordered that the pro ceedings be published in the Journal and Messenger and Macon Telegraph. The meeting then adjourned sine die. Albert Sugg'9, President. L. H. Davis, Secretary. There'were twenty-seven members of the Georgia House of Representatives elected as negroes, and so classed; But as to four of them the question has been raised whether this classification was correct—they-being of mixed blood, white preponderating. Their cases are yet to be tried. The other twenty-three were declared ineligible by the vote of the House last week. The Atlanta Intelligencer gives their names, as follows : Allen, of Jasper; Barnes and Harrison, of Hancock; Campbell, of; McIntosh; Claiborne and Warren, of Burke; Clower, of Monroe; Colby, of Greene; Costin, of Talbot; Floyd,[of Morgan; Gardner, of Warren; Golden, of Lib erty; Houston, of Bryan; Joiner, of Dougherty; Linder, of Laurens; Lumpkin,’ of Macon; Moore, of Columbia; O’Neal, .of Baldwin; Porter and Sim, of Chatham; Richardson, of Clarke; Smith, of Muscogee; Stone, of Jefferson; Turner, of Bibb, ana Williams, of PH&tKJiDBUf >as teo'urrnii ir] A gentleman, traveling inside a coach, was en deavoring with considerable earneatnea*, to im press some argument upon a fellow passenger, who was seated in the same vehicle, and who ap peared rather dull of comprehension; at length, being slightly irritated, he exclaimed: “Why, sirTu’* aa plain as ABC!” “ That may be, quiet ly replied the other, “ but I am D E F. No Foush*T. on.—A gentleman hearing that a literary pretender, with “a plentiful lack oil wit,” hod been seized with a brain fever dryly observed: ‘‘Oh, the thing’s impassible.’ impossible! asked the Inlormant. ’ “Because, ’’was' the tepl “there’* no.foundation for the fever'or the report. Snmswick-*Its Fast Bistory. In our last issue we proposed in a short time to begin a series of articles upon the past history of this place—we then stated that we should begin from the year 1733, supposing at that time we should be able to collect something connected with the mission of General James Oglethorpe, who has been termed the father and founder of Georgia, and the opinion has by some means been impressed upon many minds that he first surveyed ana laid out Bruns wick as a proper location for a city.— Wfl only find upon record the: following in reference to that matter, lw. time, whether before or after landing at Savannah we are not prepared to - state, landed at Brunswick, but,from constant interruptions from the Indians, he aban doned his project here.” We find that he made a settlement at Savannah, but can find nothing more in reference to his visit, or any projects in or about Bruns wick. We must then begin at a more re cent date, unless future generations, or more diligent search shall reveal those particular items which historians have failed to record. A few days ago we addressed a note to Gen. H. C. Wayne, knowing that he had spared no pains to examine as far as his tory and research would permit, into the past history of Brunswick. His answer to our inquiries will be found in another column, and contains all of interest that can be gathered from historical hooks, etc., the only means of obtaining any fur ther information is from the memories of old citizens, as they have been gathered from their fathers and mothers who now sleep among the nations of the dead. About the year 1794, we learn that there were about ten families here; the exact time when the first settlement was made remains among the hidden things. John McCloud, George Purvis, Mr. Os born, John Piles, Thomas and Benjamin Hart, Wm. Paine, Mr. McKenzie, Wm. Clubb and Leighton’ Wilson, were the heads of the families alluded to, some of whom arestill represented by surviving relatives. McGloud married into the Burnett family; Geo’-ge Purvis’ relatives are to be found among the Hatchers, Franklins, and the daughters of His son, Wm. Purvis, who died a few years ago. The relatives of Mr. Osborn are to De found in the family of Mrs. Susan An derson, who with four daughters and one son lives to commemorate the virtues of a noble sire. . The Hart family seems to have died, or removed away, without leaving any relatives behind them: Wm. Paine has a few distant relatives still living. The only surviving relative of McKen zie that we know of, is Mrs. France Pyles, who is now living in Florida. Wm. Clubb is still represented by sev eral relatives and friends among the Bunkleys and Clubbs. The several members of the Hazelhurst family live to perpetuate the memory and name of Leighton Wilson, whose Dones have long since returned to their moth er dust._ _ The first settlements made in this place appears to have been confined chiefly to the upper part of the town near where the mouth of the canal now is. A burial ground where rests the re mains of our grand-fathers and many of their children, although then very near a hundred yards from the stream, now has well nigh washed away by inroads made by the wasting away of the banks of the river; thus those once interred in the dry ground, have at last found a watery grave. Brunswick, August 22,1868. Editor of the Brunswick Banner: Dear Sir : In reply to your inquiry of the 18th inst., as to “the time Oglethorpe at tempted to settle Brunswick—whether or not he made a survey or located a town here or did some one else survey and lo cate the town, and at what time, etc ?” I state, that so far as my historical re searches extend, I have met with no evi dence that Oglethorpe ever had anything to do with Brunswick; but on the contra ry it appears that o*r town was located after Oglethorpes return to England and the surrender of the Charter of Georgia by the Trustees, to the Crown in 1752. In 1733 the country lying between the Savannah and Altamaha Rivers, west ward to the Pacific Ocean was granted by the King of Great Britain to a corpora tion of which General Oglethorpe was an influential member, “in trust for the poor,” the idea being to open “for the poor of that nation and for persecuted Protestants of all nations an asylup where poverty would be no reproach and where all might worship without fear of persecution” (Willson;) and this pro vince was called Georgia. In February, 1733, Gen. Oglethorpe landed atYamacraw Bluff, now Savannah, with a few emigrants! . This was the first settlement in the new province. In 1736 Oglethorpe who had been to England and returned to the Colony, in anticipation of a war between England and Spain, forti fied his' settlement by erecting forts at Augusta, Darien, Frederica, on Cumber land Island, and as far as the St. Johns in Florida, claiming for England all the countrynorth of the St. Johns. Spanish Commissioners, however, treated with Oglethorpe, and the General abandoned his fort on' the St. Johns, but retained that on-Cumberland Island, which being near the mouth of St. Marys river, that never became afterwards the southern boundary of Georgia. In 1737 Oglethorpe returned to Eng land, and eighteen months afterwards re turned to Georgia with the Commission of Brigadier General. Iu November, l739,England‘declared war against Spain, and in May, 1740, Oglethorpe again in vaded Florida, but from sickness among his troops and other causes, withdrew and returned to Georgia. In 17427 the Span iards retaliated' and invaded Georgia, landing on St. Simons Island, west side;'causing Oglethorpe to Withd**W to Feddiica, as he expectiag'retoforee* ments from Carolina. The Spaniards' determined to attack before these rein forcements could arrive, and in doing eo they fell into an ambuscade at a .place since called “Bloody Marsh,” where they were badly beaten and returned to their shipping, set sail ftr Florida)fond on their way south made an unsuccessful attack on Fort William, on Cumberland Is’nd.— Soon after this/in 1743, Oglethorpe re turned to England and never after revisit ed the Colony. Up to this period the Col ony had been under a sort of militaiy rule. But civil government was now. ea- . tablished and committed to a President and Council whofgovemed according to the instructions or ure n uo,— 1 Colony being in a bad way, and tne Trustees weary of their duties and the complaints against their system of govern ment, resigned their charter to the King, and Georgia and was formed into a Roy al Province. During the times that Ogle thorpe was in America I find his only set tlements in this neighborhood to have been on St. Simons Island. Brunswick is not mentioned in this connection by either White, Stevens, McCall or oth*r authorities, and if it be a fact; as I am in formed, that grants of land to and in the town of Brunswick were given by the Crown, I should say that the inference was inevitable that Brunswick was loca ted after 1752, that is after Ogethorpe’s corporation had surrendered their charter to the Crown. In the Secretary of State’s Offices there should be records, showing who first sur veyed and located Brunswick—when a Manual Labor Sehool was established, how long it existed; and why it went down— and there also should be found, as also in the memories of some of our old inhabit ants, the histories of the railroad and ca nal enterprises, and the causes of their failure. As yet, history is meagre in its annals of Brunswick, but it is to. be hopod / that with time this defect will be reme died. Yery truly yours, Henry C. Wayne.:'" ZBS DUMAS FAMILY. FILS EL PERE ET GRAND-PERE. ; \ ) It is after this fashion that the younger Dumas writes of his grandfather and farther: Soldier and general of the republic; my. grandfather could stifle a horse between bis legs, and break a helmet, between his » teeth, and he defended all alone Brixen bridge against a . vanguard of twenty men. Rome would have decreed him the . honors of triumph, and would Have made ‘ him consul. Calmer and more economi cal France refused a college education to his son, and this son, reared in the midst of the woods, air and sky, impelled, by -' poverty and his own genius, swooped one day upon Paris, and entered litera ture as his father entered the enemy’s ranks—jostling, destroying, knocking ■ over exerything which did not make way • for him. Then begun the Cyclopean la-! bor which has lasted forty years. Trage dy, drama, history, novels, travels, come dies, you have thrown everything into the world of fiction with new creations.— You have made newspaper, book and stage burst, too narrow for your immense • shoulders. You have supplied France, Europe, America; you have enriched publishers, translators, plagiarists; you have, made printers breathless, foundered copyists, and devored by need ofproduc- tion; you have not always sufficiently tested the metal you used, and you toot and threw into the furnace, sometimes at hazard, everything which came under your hand. The intelligent fire divided them. That which came from you flowed away bronze; that which cam# from others went away smoke. In this way you have hammered a great deal of bad iron; but on the other hand how many of them who had remained obscure have been lighted and warmed at your forge, And if the hour of restitution be struck, what gain for jou were you merely to take back what you have given and what has been taken from you. You have become “Dumas, Sr.,” for the respectful; “old Dumas” for the insolent, and amid all sorts of clamors you may sometimes hear the phrase: “Really, his son has more talents than he.” How you irusthave laughed. No. You were proud, you . were happy, like any insignificant father; you asked nothing better than to believe it, maybe you believed what they said. Dear, ingenious, and good, great man ! who would have given me your glory as you gave me your money when I was young and lazy, I am delighted to have at last the opportunity to bow publicly before you, to do you homage in the face of the sun, and to embrace you as I love you in the face of the future! Let oth- * ers of my age and my worth declare ' themselves your equal; 'tis their busi ness, and I have no more reproach than to envy them their supposition; for I, by merely being your eon, shall be as well known as thee; but possibly, which, let come what may, will be obliged to reckon with you, when it reads, pur names one under the other, chronologically in the balance sheet of this century, must distinctly understand I have never look ed upon you except as my father, my friend, my master, whatever may be said to the contrary ; that, thanks to your neighborhood, I have had the : good for tune of never exaggerating myself, and ot > looking upon myself as a baby, because I- was always obliged to compare myself with my redoubtable father. Two Negroes Killed.—On Friday night two negroes were shot and killed, in on at tempt to steal. We have been BnablWto gather the-facta exactly, but as near WO could learn, one was in the potato patch, ef Mr: Wilson, of this dty, stealing potatoes,’ when young Mr. "Wilson discoveredTfjfai atfd fired upon him with a shot gun loaded with buckshot. : The negro was mortally woaiifi-* ed,and b»#t,totke Guajd^ueefeW^rf he .soon died. The ofoer hegro„>M la*ro« was shot by a colored man - tor stealfog ^ona from .Hie field. Wehauq. laawed wl "tUeporties wfia cBd the fiftje.' aT'rested i o*^iP|.-j--^|lj^«Aiy dominion oi CausO-a has'102Congrega%, tronSl chnvcliefi. '

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869, September 11, 1868, Image 1