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From the Federal Union.
Hon. A. R. Wright.
*nd thus determine who should be the
randidate of the partj; the other journals
■ «n *P**k for themselves, bat ve are per
fectly willing for the readers of The
Standard to say whether or not this paper
: is opposed to the policy of Got. Brown.
Again, Mr. Banka mya
“But we are presented with this singu
lar spectacle, which is quite a new phase
in politics. A convention has met and
adopted a platform, and nominated a can-
I i Atlanta, Geo., Oetober, 185& J {been paid off monthly and promptly, and! n
^MMedgvv.Ue.Ga, Not. 18, 1868. 1 Hie EecelUney llnw, that so for as my sdminntntion fa row-
To the Heuee of RepreeentaUre*. gotermor of Goorgia: cerned, we ara out of debt, excepting some .
In «ply to a Resolution of the House of; Sl rfg ^ ^ 1 Inferable a^un^hichTni p3d nh
the IMh inst, calling upon me for mfor- m itiingtoyou tabular statements, showing because not presented for payment In abi
mation on several points connected with ^ operations ofthis Bond for the fbcal J addition, then has been paidinto the State j ed
e management of the Western A Atlan- j year, which terminated on the 30th ulti- i Treasury at the rate of twenty-fire thous- 1 mo
tic llroad, I have to state that the re- j The three first months of the year, : and dollars per month, for the last seven ‘ tin
port of James M. Spurlock, Esq., former j embracing the months of October and De- j months, leaving, as per Treasurer's Re-' 1
upenntendent, now on file in this De- ; p^ber, are shewn separately, as belonging port, $59,820.74 on hand, to meet in part, >yoi
^rtoent, ws diat the gross income of; to t j, e administration of my immediate the payment of the bonds above mention-! the
Road for the fiscal year ending 30th predecessor; the last nine months as my ed; as also, balance for the passenger shed ! era
September 1857, amounted to $900,808.95, OWIL at Chattanooea when finlZT3 Li, <
! didate; he accepts the nomination, but ai-
i tempts, in his fetter of acceptance, to erect
i for himself a mere substantial and popu-,
■ hr platform upon which to stand. Now,
! if I understand the effect of accepting a
nomination, it is that the man who ae-
CASSVILLE, GEO.
IURSDAY MORNING
Valley, Floyd County, Ga.,1
Nov, 19th, 1868. f
Gm :
a good deal
the other day,
tiest tumble for you next October that
ever a man got, if you don’t foil j nto rankg
in double quick time. Yt>u have
kicked out of harness, old boss, but for
THURSDAY
i DEO’R 2, 1838.
FOB SOUCITOB-GEXEKAL,
3. A. W. J0HN80K,
OF MURRAY COUNTY.
to stand. Now,
ect of accepting a
the man who ac
cepts pledges himself to run upon the
pfatferm of principles and policy which
. the convention has adopted, and when he
gets off of that, he ceases to be the candi
date of the convention.'’
j An answer to this charge may be found
ana inu fiuu,uuu was paid into the ireas- i
ury during that year.
It also appears from the Report of Dr. j very satisfactory, and is much larger than
Lewis, the present Superintendent, that was anticipated for the past few months
the gross income for the fiscal year, end- j ^ jj, e vear .
ing 30th September, 1858-for reasons al- j I have the satisfaction of reporting to
ready communicated to the Legislature, | you that the road bed and superstructure
amounted to only $800,001.28, and that j m good condition; a very large force
the gross income of the Road from the 1st j has been kept on the road repairs
embracing the months of October and De- j months, leaving, as per Treasurer's Re-
$59,820.74 on hand, to meet, in part,
the payment of the bonds above mention-
The gross income of the Road, though
less than the preceding, is nevertheless
time.
• n ” nd »**« run-j Innately for you, you havn’t broke Z
leal on what we were totking thing, and now just get your legs bJk
,er day, and I have conctud- again over the traces and go akmToui*.
to write to you and give my opifnons ,[ ly, like a well broke horse, and <W tl"
fidly than I was able to do at that frightened at the Bullrine. When
j necessary will be continued to keep it good.
Mr. Hanks’ Letter Inin in the extracts from the Times, given °tJ* naar Y to t,lc 3 °th °f September, 1858, early spring, and such force as may be
, r „ , ,. 7* , above. (being <he first nine months ofDr. Lewis’ 1
Mr. Hanks says, in his letter to the 1
people of the Cherokee Circuit, that the ' Wc wms,der now ««J portion of
Convention which nominated his opponent IIanks ’***** been answered ,
refuged to endorse Gov. Brown’s adminls- ** T," arc ^‘ling all
tration. The Dalton Times answers this !to «v whose posi-
charge as follows: \TZ nght_Mr ’ Johnson ’ s or Mr -
“Here we beg leave to differ, (with Mr. ] *[*. . *
Hanks) and assert that thev (the gentle- j A,tfc&M * h Mr W*" 8 to *» su< *
men composing the Convention) did en * strong friend to the Governor, we give
dorse the policy of Gov. Drown in fuJ>,! rt “ <mr op,n,on that *“ " doin S »ore to
and will prove it Yet, we are willing to j mjure **?“ th *“ be is pr0baWy aware *
admit that there was opposition manifest- ° r may ** W,lhng *° beI,eva 14 Ls cur
cd by a member of that body, but that
opposition was clearly overruled,
curved in this wise: Tj?(
It oc-
rentlv reported in this District, and be- J a 8*' ns * Road, which had been con-
1 traded by former administrations,—and
that hehada balance in the Treasury 30th
Sept last, of $59,820.74 to meet bonds of
funded debts, soon to foil due, and to pay
balance for the construction of Chattanoo
ga Depot, when finished, Ac.
By reference to the report of the Senate
Committee, it will be seen that the pres
ent Superintendent, when he entered upon
lieved by many, that Gov. Brown endor-
scs the course of Mr. Hanks—that the
Tivnvinw rtnr lu-nV rCS ° " , a , P governor recommended Mr. Hanks to
pi oving Vto\. .Brown s management of (he i , , ,
State Road had been unanimously passed, ' pMreUC ‘ he *** pursued and ,s
andjnst before adjournment there was a pur * U,ng ’ this » tree or not,
resolution offered, approving the adminis- »° * 4 -
® . , , would suggest to His Excellency and all
(ration of Gov. Brown throughdnt, to .. . . , „ .. . .. , ...
i. , , ,, 8 , , other intcrmeddlers that the people of this
" nicn a gentleman from Cass responded re , • . . . . *
- , ,. 1 . District are competent to manage their
in a speech, objecting to its passage, mas- ”
much as “ (here might .be some who did
own affairs, without Executive or other
interference. .
administration of the Road, and which pe-; i « not only a high, but para-
riod he reported separately,) amounted to j mount obligation devolving on me, thus to
* ’ . * ‘ j keep the road to obviate as far as possible
During this nine months, the present hoards to !ife aml property . Thc ^
Superintendent paid into the SUte Tre^ I TvmMlks are app nc*ble to the entire ma-
urj- $175,000 and since that time he has cfainery and rolling stock, by and upon
dso paid m the fiirther sum of $25,000 j which persons and property are transpor
ted. The motive power and rolling stock
are in good condition. I had, early in the
s P rin & * good many cars put out of ser
vice, which had long been on the road,—,
and which I thought unsafe; these I shall
have refitted as the wants of the road may
require.
The drainage of the road lias been very
thorough, without which no road-bed can
be kept in good condition; and the worst
soft places have been ballasted with rock,
which, though very costly at the time, is
a measure of safety and economy in the
end. This should be continued every year,
polled a corps’s guard j print it, or Bob will dodge you, certain
of Democratic votes. No member ever j Now I know what you will sav when
entered Congress with more flattering | you see me again; you’ll smile sweetly o"
prospects—with the confidence of a con- j your uncle Billy in that insinuating wj"
stituency almost a unit in political faith, ' give your head a twist in that amiable'
—with talents of a high order and capaci- j bird-like way of yours, and talk aboui
for the month of October.
It wifi further be seen by reference to
the report,of Dr. Lewis, that he paid, du
ring the nine months, $172,118.74 of debts
not approve of all that the Governor had
done since lie had been in office.” Then
one of the committee who drafted the first
resolution, rose, stating that when he thinks (hat the Democratic press of this! him a balance in the Treasury of the Road
the discharge of his duties on the first of ( mtn lace thus iri i should
| “ P ? pe ^_ y _! harsed W . ,th i be put in » condition not to be affected by
heavy and continued rains.
about $57,324.15 of solvent assets, due
from connecting Roads and from agents,
Wonderful Discovery!
The Editor of the Ringgold Express. and that there was then turned over to
aided in framing, and when he voted for District are treating Mr. Hanks badly ;! of $15,907.43.
the adoption of the resolution, that it was | that they have all taken a stand in favor'
)]'l- \iei\s, his intentions to endorse all. j of another man—thus monopolizing the j solvent assets from the $175,116.74, and
and that it was so framed because it was ! entire press of the Circuit; thinks it an {it will be seen that the amount paid of
unfair fiffKf anal dacirino all 1 • • A 1* 1 .a
Deduct the above sum of $57, 324.15 of
debts of prior administrations, exceeds the
amount of solvent assets received from the
prior administration, the sum of $114,792.-
59, while the balance in the Treasury of
understood to cover everything that was j unfair fight, and desiring all hands to
likely to he questioned, and if it had been j have a'fair chance, magnanimously ten-
passed with any other understanding he ! ders the friends of Mr. Hanks the use of
would withdraw from the Convention, as j the columns of that paper, Ac.
he would not be otherwise understood, j The Editor of the Express should bear| the Road, on the 30th Scmtember 1858
than as approving His Excellency’s course in mind that the Democratic press of * - ’
tii’.onghout. This called forth an expla- j this District are battling for principle*
nation fioni the Chair, who stated that it j not men ; and as for as our information
was the understanding that the Conven- j extends neither Mr. Hanks nor his
tion fully endorsed Gov. Brown, and
hence unnecessary to take up the other
resolution. Thus the opposition was over
ruled, and we dare say, by the wishes of
every man, save him who expressed it.
sup
porters have found any difficulty in hav
ing their letters, communications, Ac.,
published in the Democratic press of this
District If the Express thinks the fight
an unfair one—that the Democratic press
“These are undeniable facts, and can j of this District are “crowding” Mr.
ill be satisfactorily established, if j Hanks, then why not get down off of the
< ed. The Convention then stands [ fence, doff its neutrality, run -up Mr.
, and Col. Johnson stands upon its f Hanks’ name to its mast-head, and come
platform. The Convention approves t! e | to his rescue?
management of the State Road Col.
Johnson, in his letter of acceptance, goes
farther, and endorses the whole adminis
tration. Why did he go so far? Sirnplv
because he saw that such were their in
tentions, and such were his views. Did
they regard him as having abandoned the
platform and principles upon which they ! at competitors for the prize in a well-
tendered him the nomination ? Most as-l dri,lcd mi,;tar y «>nw” We judge that 1
was $43,913.31, larger than the balance in
the Treasury 1st January last.
Recapitulation of the foregoing state
ments, taken from the reports above re
ferred to.
Gross incomes for the year,
ending 30th Sept 1857, $900,808.95
Amount paid into the State ,
Treasury for fiscal year,
ending Sept 30, 1858, 100,000.00
Gross incomes for the year,
ending 30th Sept 1858, 800,001.28
Gross incomes from 1st Jan
uary to 30th September
1858, (nine months.) 618,874.52
Solvent assets turned over
to present Superintendent
1st January, 1858,
suredlv not, for they received him upon
his loiter of acceptance. Certainly then I
the Dalton Convention did approve the
administration of 1
5hP"~ The Southern Recorder says that
not less than twenty bills are now pend
ing in the Legislature to alter the Consti
tution of the State, and remarks, “If they „ | sl •' anu » r W Ifw '-
pass, that instrument will be perfectly rid- j Treas *! T 7 of road
died, as much so as a target board fired! * . * nua, p
1 Paid into State Treasury
from 1st January to 30th
September 1858,
Paid to debts of former ad
ministrations from 1st of
there arc, as usual, too many lawyers in
! that body who like to show smart We
would advise the editors of the Recorder
57,324.15
15,907.43
175,000.00
Jan. to Sept. 30th 1858, 59,820.74
Gov. Brown; and the te for Paid **StateTn*sury for
great hue and cry created and carried on 1 1 " ,ators h * ve hten “""*6 «* th *‘ instru -' montb rf October last
1... ft .1 tt - i i i • <% • i . . j monf nlroarlv until iff Sc ISIta a »a/u<a I '
by Col. Hanks and his friends is only
25,000.00
I have in this Department no evidence
ment already until it is like a goose pie—
liobbv, to ride the Colonel in * 0 S composed of nothing but jiblets, gizzards! * T™” ""TT.
W u A. , l ! and winira-JVeuoma Blade I 8how,n « the amouI,t>; P« J Forneys
since 1853, except what is contained in
but it will not. do, it will not bear him j * nd w * n 8 8 -
up, if the honest, well
_ thinking Demo- Important Information.—In answer to
will awake to their interest, and be ! the many correspondents who desire to
prompt at their posts.
“ The facts are plain and prove them
selves, and thus wo leave them, without
further comment, trusting that every vo
ter will carefully weigh the questions in
know how they can buy Tickets in Swan
' A Co.’s Lottery, we would state that they
must enclose their money, and direct to S.
Swan A Co., Augusta, Ga. If the sum is
large, have the letter registered; if it is
not laige, it is unnecessary, for the firm
issue, and manfully guard himself against' receiving thousands of doUara through
the mails from all parts of the United
States; and we would say that they may
rely upon prompt returns, and also upon
the pvnetval payment of any prizes said
ticket may be entitled to. Whole tickets
the appeals of Col. Hanks and Co. As
you love your country, sustain your par
ty ! It is a noble party, hence a noble
work to politically blot out all disorgan-
izers. Be decided and unfaltering; stand i 9 , “*® re “ proportion.—
. . , , , x , x , ® ’ «w to* determination of thm firm to
1.} <- ol. J. A. M. Johnson, the Demo- the confidence their friends and the
cratic candidate, the nominee of his party j public have placed in them. A lottery
for the office of Solicitor General at the , draws cTery Saturday.—Sunday Mercury.
rustling election in January next
Me*
The Trustees of Cassvillc Female Col
lage are hereby notified that on the first
“This, though comparatively a minor
election, at the present involves great
questions. Sustain your party though , — .. _ . . , _
the result 1* defeat.” | 7th * y Thamher ^
Again, Mr. Hanks says: will be the day on which said Trustees
“The time lias arrived when the people i
will oo longer submit to this sort of die- i . nnov^lj y ’
union ta a few aspirants for office.” I A. HAIRE^Scc. Bd. Trustees.
Is Mr. Johnson any more of a dictator j Ax Awirnw against the policy of re-
than Mr. Hanks ? Did the Dalton Con-! opening the African Slave Trade, by
vention dictate to the people of this Dte- j R. G. Harper, Esq. Printed by C. K
Hanleitcr, Atlanta.
This is a pamphlet of 78 pages, and is
wed printed. Not having had an oppor
tunity to road it, wo are unable to speak
of its merits.
gf* lb* Gin House of Dr. A. P.
LnugstNOt, of Floyd county, was burned
Thursday night last; three of his negroes
were binned to death before they could
he gat oat
triet how they should vote by simply
nominating Mr. Johnson? .ire not all
Conventions guilty at this newly-discover-
rd dictation f Did the Imt Gubernatori
al Convention dictate to the p*«p|» of
tis-orgia how they should vote by simply
nominating lion. Joseph R Brown mi Ms
candidate for Governor ?
Says Mr. Hanks:
“ When this Convention was rafted,
however, I saw, or thought ( saw, that
the influences which would eontrol it Ifoose af onr r living in
would be opposed to the policy, of Gov. j this vicinity who wak tm pay their sub-
Brown.”
line did Mr. Hanks know that the in-
fluciiees which would control Mm Con
vention would be opposed to the policy
of Gov; Brown ? what reasons did he
luive for thinking so* will he inform the
people of this District horn he tnem what
would be the action of the Convwitiaa ?
Our recollection of the matter la the
Democrstie preaa of this District crihff
the Convention; there beu« several n^H-
rants for that office, it was deemed advi-
the report of the Senate Committee.
It is there stated that the sum of $26,-
223.50 has been paid to Attorneys since
1853, including $8,000.00 to R. J. Cowart
and W. W. Clayton, Esip., who were reg
ular attorneys for the Road. Deduct this
$8,000.00 from the $26,223.50 and it ap
pears that the balance paid to other attor
neys amounted to $18,223.50, which was
paid to the following persons, to wit:
To W. H. Underwood, $ 300 00
“ Turner H. Trippe, 200 00
“ J. W. IL Underwood, - 1,920 00
“ Griffin A Gordon, 20 00
“ John C. Burch, 1,623 25
“ Gartrell A Glenn, 475 50
u Glenn A Cooper, 10 00.
“ Robert Tyler, 50 00
“ James R. Brown, 620 00
“ A. M. Russell, 15 00
“ Warren Akin, 4,750 00
“ P. Philips, 100 00
“ L. W. Crook, 25 00
“ James Millner, 100 00
“ George D. Rice, 200 00
“ Overby A Bleckley, 2,282 26
“ L. E. Bleckley, 400 00
“ A. R. Wright, 3,000 00
“ W. T. Wolford, 270 00
“ Brown A Starnes,
(J. R. Brown, R. Q. Stamea,) 400 00
“ Jas. A. R. Hanks, 650 00
“ William Phillips, 400 00
“ William Ezzard, 62 SO
“ Arbitrators, Irwin, Nisbet A
Ezzard, 350 00
The supply of cross-tics which I found
on the road on the first of January, though
very large, is exhausted, shewing first,
that they were needed in repairs, and sec
ondly, that the work to put them in was
commensurate with the number put in.—
We have, for some time past, been getting
and using new tics, much larger than for
merly used, which I regard not only as a
matter of economy, but also as ensuring
a safer and better track. During the en
suing winter months, wc shall have in a
sufficiency of ties for next spring, summer
and foil, and no more, as I think it best
to have them rot in the road, rather than
by the road. In their purchase, I shall
have them delivered at points where they
are needed, and avoid the heavy expense
of their transportation to distant points.
The supply of wood is ample, and I am
gradually working an entire change in its
delivery, by receiving it only on the ten
der ready for use, at a fixed price, and
paid for on delivery, Obviating thereby not
only a very heavy cost of transportation,
but also the hazard of keeping an irregu
lar train on the tack, together with loss
by fire and otherwise. I have only to add
in regard to the road bed and superstruct
ure, together with the condition of the
motive power and rolling stock, that this
to me is the most gratifying part of my
report, awarding to the managers of these
departments, and the men associated with
them, the credit of the result
In the Transportation Department prop
er, the business has been conducted with
system, promptness and despatch, and
scarcely any difficulty has been experien
ced cither from delay or damage in the
transportation of good;. Those connected
with this department, have given general
satis&ction to those with whom they have
bad business transactions, and whatever
of success may attach to my administra
tion, from the management of this depart
ment, is attributable and due to them.
The Auditor and Treasurer of the road
have not only given me satisfaction in
their official characters, but have been pil
lars of strength to me in counsel and ad
vice. The clerks connected with the offi
ces have been courteous to me, and to
those with whom they have had business
transactions, and have discharged their
duties with fidelity and despatch, and it
affords me pleasure to render them the
homage of my thanks.
The Passenger shed at Chattanooga is
approaching completion, and will be fin
ished bj^lst January. It is a very supe
rior building, as for as it Ls advanced, and
will be a credit to the Chief Engineer, Mr.
Eugene LeHardy, to the Master Mason,
Mr. John Lot her, and doubt not to Messrs.
Moreton A Barringer, of Columbus, Geo.,
who are now putting on the roof The
expenses of this building have been paid
monthly by this road, as they have ac
crued.
The Nashville A Chattanooga road will
pay, when completed, on this building,
Bullgine. When Aleck
, , , , , _ Stephens goes again to Illinois to have hi*
, What w,s e*pect«* of you, Gus, when picture painted, don’t you have your doe
\ y° u wcrc e,ected to Congress from this gery type taken too, or you’ll be hune?
the stoutest and most unswerving Demo- along with it and left hangine theJV
ed; as also, balance for the passenger shed j cratic District, not only in Georgia, but' Bob and Aleck to come and to tak ""
at Chattanooga when finished; and also, j in the Union » You were unquestionably down, and won’t you have to wait aV° U
to keep the road in condition to meet pos- elected as the friend of the Administra- j time, Gus ? And when Bob T ii
sible casualties. . tion, and had you not gained the confi-; talks Douglas at you again do youmL
I may add also, that during the year there dence of the party in that respect, you him write it, and sign his name to it it
has been bought and paid for, one thous- wouldn’t have polled a corpdfcd’s guard ' print it or Bob will do<W , ’.* n
and tons of iron, four hundred tons of
which is nearly laid down; the other six
hundred I hope to have down by first of
January next A similar amount of iron
will, I think, be required every year while
the road is worked. The road, through ; ty for anything, and warm personal honor, convictions of duty, principle Tr
nearly its entire length, is a road of curves, | friends who were ready to back your Now Gus, they are all gammon when
many of them short, and many short and ( claims for any position your ambition they don’t pay, and to make them profiT
reversed These will wear out iron rap-, might aspire to. You certainly had a able you must make them follow vour
idly, and also locomotives and cars. : bright career before you. Now what re- lead and not you follow theirs. Alwav
But few, of what are usually called ae- I port have you to make of your steward- make your principles subservient to vour
eidentt, have occuired on the road, which j ship ? How have the fond anticipations interest, and when it is to vour interest
I deem chiefly attributable to the care to-; of your friends been realized? You have to change your principles," right about
ken of the track and machinery on it, and j been in Congress about twelve months, face at once, and make it a point of honor
to the competency and sobriety of the men and have as effectually annihilated your- as well as duty, to come down on your
connected with the running department. ! self as if you had never been extant at old principles like a thousand of brick
Greater security and greater nett profits j all. You have knocked all the fat in the j And that’s the way for you to get your
fire, and the conflagration has consumed , foot out of this Douglas business,
you. ! Bob and Aleck have got jhe start of
And how have you done it ? AY'hy you in the race back to the Democratic
first you went and slept with Toombs and stand, but you have the wind and the
Stephens, and caught the Douglas itch, . bottom, and can beat them on the last
and then imprudently exposed yourself to quarter stretch, if you don't spoil the
slower running to insure Larger profits.— j an airing in the newspapers, while the | sport by bolting—there lies your danger.
Without it, in my opinion, they never ; disease was in its confluent state. That j And when you get safe back again, turn
j was madness, Gus. I have known a man ' J'our pen into a tooth-pick, dye your
I deem it unnecessary, if not improper, ; to be wrapped up in a straight jacket for i whiskers with your ink, and tear up vour
would, in my opinion, accrue from »loieer
running; but the requirements of thisfaet
age seem to forbid it I hope, though, it
may be pardonable in me to predict that
the stockholders of roads owned by private
companies will, at no distant day, demand
will
for me to enter into speculations or esti
mates of the future of the road. I regard
them as generally very unreliable; this
much, though, I think, I may say certain
ly, that, like a good form, it will, with
good management and good seasons, pay,
and ,with bad management will not pay,
seasons or not.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN W. LEWIS,
Superintendent.
The gross earnings from
Sept. 30, to Dee. 31st,
1857, $181,126.76
The working expenses
from Sept. 30, to Dec.
31, 1857,
The gross earnings from
Dee. 31, to Sept 30,
1858,
The working ^expenses
from Dec. 31, to Sept.
less. No man can tamper with his con- writing paper. Don’t have anything more
stitution in that manner, with impunity, to do with Toombs and Stephens, and
and I tell you old fellow, you are now in ! Douglas and all that set of skvlarkers.
a bad way, and, your political end draw- | They are not the sort of boys for you to
cth nigh. How often, Gus, has your un- associate with ; they will always be get-
cle Billy and the rest of your friends ting you into trouble. Lean up to old
warned you against that pernicious habit Buck like a sick kitten to a warm brick
of letter writing? The least said about; cultivate Ilowell, dig around him and
those letters, the best. They say noth- 1 dung him. Climb up the hill there at
ing, and say it badly at that. They as- j Itome to Fort Lumpkin and talk to John;
sumc no position, enunciate no principles,
no policy, no nothing. In fact you are
nowhere and don’t know it.
tell him you didn’t go to do it, and that
you’ll do so no more. That's your plat
form, Gus, stand to it, and Tuinlin inay
Solomon (not old Billy) said, “ Oh that hug the boys in vain; Gossamer Billy get
mine enemies would write a book.”— j as tight and airy as a tom-tit to no fur-
$135,7*9.54—45,337.22 You'd have been a foe to tickle his fancy, j thcr purpose, and Chastain’s crop of Idles
618,874.52
30, 1858,
Leas expense paid since
January 1st, incurred
under former adminis
tration
Xet profits from the bu
siness of the present
year,
208,310.38
$410,564.14
£0,167.92—360,396.22
he'd have gone to sleep over you, Gus,
and woke up to find that you’d written,
published and busted, before he’d fairly
got his nap out.
Men readily forgive rascality, but folly
they rarely pardon, and you have sinned
almost past redemption. But luckily, for
unfortunates like yourself, there is no evil
without a remedy, and your uncle Billy
is not the man to strike you when down,
won’t pay the expense of cultivation.
As a parting injunction, I would advise
you to have the following little mottoes
printed in large letters and stuck in con
spicuous [daces about your house, so that
whichever way you turn your eye will
light on at least one of them : Cant
write—Xot a d— letter—Forgot how—
Cro**-road* hi* marl—Talk to you all
day—Say anything yon want to hear—
But write nerer—won't pay—Quit—
The expenditures for r-
quipmeut, building
and construction, a-
monnt to 195,304.87
Amount paid into State
Treasury, 175,000.00
There has been paid
siuce the first of Janu
ary, indebtedness, in
curred nndar former
Administrations, viz:
For expenses 50,167.92
For equipment and con
struction 108,100.76
For amounts due other
Roads 13,848.06—172,116.74
Total for 9 months, $618,874.52
Total for the year, 800,001.28
1857, 900,808.95
without helping you on your legs again.
$4o-““S 4-i des P cratc cascs > remedies must be Learnt better tente—Pekisb Penmanship,
’“ ‘ ; strong to he effective, and in vour critical Stationery Avalist !!
condition 1 would strongly advise your j Now Gus, you have the benefit of your
total abandonment of the art of Chirogra- ( unde Billy’s counsel, ami if yon feel that
phy. Forget how to do it, and sign your you owe me any return for it, you can
name like Bonner makes cross roads on - fidlv rcjwiy me by following it to the let-
his maps. Your only safety is in total j ter. Do so, and if ever vou rue it, my
abstinence, for if ever yon put pen to pa- • name isn’t
per you arc gone.
When I heard of your first Douglas
letter I went home mighty down in the
mouth; your aunt Polly smelt a rat right
off
she.
WM. WOODPILE.
Homicide at Cave Spring:
On Saturday last, a difficulty occurred
at Cave Spring, between L. IV. Dean and
What’s the matter, old man ? says ! H ’ ,lorton - the n,a rehal, which resulted
Nothing but some political news" I : in thedeath ‘he latter, under the follow-
heard to-day, says I.
she. Guess, says T. All the missionary ■
Baptists going to plump Hanks ? saj-s she. i
More than that, says I. Good gracious f
What is it ? says I mg c,rcumstances ;
It appears that ill blood had existed be
tween the parties for some time, Horton
having once whipped Dean, wc are inform-
old man, says she. Bob Toombs ain’t said | ^ in the,atter ’ s own h °ui»- Subsequent
ly, Dean sued about eighty dollars out of
Horton, who afterwards threatened to
whip or kill Dean, at one time ordering
him off his lot, and threatening to shoot
him if he caught him on it again. Under
Dean
her and me lay there groaning, without 1 mi,d,y re< l uested hinl tog°out, when Hor-
slceping a wink that blessed night We j L eplied hc Came t0 . S ? th . e clerk *
feel very much hurt at you, Gus, foryour ! Mr i T J out Dean " ered that
uncle Billy is flattered in the belief that I no d,fferencc to h,n, - he P refered ‘® »»*•
he » considerably of an ass himself, and him leavc his housc ’ Mediately «or-
for you to go out of vour way to break ton be S an to Dea «b ™d advancing
ous tribe of besotted beggars who impose
ten thousand doltors, and Uke ooeJb^ t Up0 ° ** prOT f bia ! ,iberaKt y ^the craft.
interest The East Tennessee A Georgia j gerUlemanJy printer need ever tramp
Railroad one-fourth, to be paid for in two
From the Evening Dispatch, j nothing and
stuck to it surely ? That
Tramping Jour Printers. ! ain’t a circumstance to it, savs I. You’ll
There is a time-honored and commend- j frighten me to death if you keep on this
able usage among printers to lend a hand j way; Cobb ain’t had the appoplexv? says
to a brother chip in distress. No mem- she. No, says I, it’s about our Gus. Oh,
ber of the craft knows how soon adversi-' Lordy! says she, you needn’t say any ’ * 4lC8C circumstances, and while under the
ty may place him in a position where such j more, old man; I know now—Gus has I influencc of liquor, Horton, on Saturday,
assistance may be needed. But there Ls j been a writing. She shucked and went stc PP cd into De" 1 ’ 8 store » having been
a numerous class of peripatetic demijohns, j to bed, without saying another word, and told by ,,is friends not to do sa
who sponge on the industrious portion of 1 * 1
the fraternity for money to get from one
town to another, and no sooner do they
get “a stake” than they wallow about the
bar-rooms until it is gone, and tramp to
the next town, to renew their appeals for
money. These vagabonds will seldom
work more than a week in a place and are
generally in too much haste to get to some
given point, to work at alL It is time the
industrious portion of the craft would
learn to discountenance such trifling im
posters. They are unworthy of sympa
thy, and in entertaining them, there is no
chance of stumbling across an “ angel un- harm in it, either, for Ranee has so many j s P° ke » an<1 died in half or three quarters
awares.” A sober printer who is out of s ing to answer for already, that the addi- i 04 “ hoor -
a situation always commands our sympa- j tional encumbrance wouldn’t amount to These are substantially the frets, as for
thy, and it pains ns to refuse an applica-: much. How ever, that is more than I can ** we have been able to learn them, and
tion for work from such a man. But we ! reasonably require of you. But I have ! we tbink th em correctly given. The dti-
have no pity or patience with the numer- j the right to expect you to abandon that zens of Cave Spring generally justify the
pernicious liabit If you can’t live with- <! ° n durt of Dean, under the circumstances,
out seeing your name in print, then con-;
fine your literary efforts to writing certif-
to the counter, seized him by the whis
kers, and began to thrash him with a
walking stick. Dean in an instant struck
him doom at his own trade is unkind, as
the pole-cat said to John Glciin when he [
put on his suit of corduroy. I
If you had your uncle Billy's pluck i I,ort ® n a Wow 011 tf »e head with a hatch-
and manliness of character, you’d He out! ^ e,,ge * >r emost, split theskuDopen, and
of the whole business at once, and swear sunk the hatchet, as is supposed, into tha
that A. R. Wright of Jefferson, wrote; sub8tanc « of the brain. Horton sank
those letters, and there would be no great i down on the floor . b*ed very freely, never
and three years after their road readies
there, with seven per cent interest, leav
ing this road in possession of two-fourths
or one-half of this building. On its com
pletion will dose qp the construction ac
counts proper, Md then I shall regard
(taking it for a mriez tt years together,)
all erpenses vfta working expenses of
the read, and nettling as nett profits but
such money as may be left an hand after
paying all expenses. This, I think, will
admit «f no exception, unless it Iw for
debts and liabilitim heretofore contracted,
among which may be included suits now
pending for damage, and coupon hoods
waned for mnatmnftai of tier road twin
ty thoomnd doOamof which will be due
let of Jammy next and which (no gnat
calamity hefcfling the rood,) win be paid
a day for work, and a man of the right, icates for hair restorers and pile oint-
metal would take to ditching, chopping 1 ments—that’s innocent amusement and
Horton leaves a wife and five or six chil
dren, we are informed.
Rome Southerner, Not. 25.
| filters Company under Awnr. We
wood, or working in any menial capacity, i can harm nobody, except those who take t learn that on Wednesday night last, while
before he would beg a brother toiler for j the remedies, and serves them right for j the company of Messrs. Orton A Olden
being such foob. And if you must write: *-as at Loachapoka, Ala., a difficulty oe-
means to get from one place to another.
Cultivation or Tea in North Carol*- (letters write to me, and they won’t be' euired between a citizen of that place imi
sa.—A correspondent of the Raleigh Stan- j lasted. But by for the safest course for. a member of the Company, in which the
dard, who has succeeded in the culture of F ou to pursue is to abandon the use of former was killed. The following day the
tea in North Carolina, writes that the stationery altogether. j company came on to Auburn and was ex-
Paraguay tea, which it is proposed to in- j The signs of the times look mighty ^‘ting there on Thursday night, when
traduce into the United States, is identi- ( squally for you, Gus, and sorry it is ■ * P 068 *® of men, about sixty in number,
eal with die “ Yopon,” which grows wild : your unde Billy has to tell you so. Look 4n>m Lo*di*poka, came up and fired some
on the North Carolina roast, and is very at Tuinlin Hugging everybody that will twen fy shots into Hie pavQlion. Fortu-
genenOy drank among the poorer dames let him. Look at Chastain, travelling *®d strange to tell, no one waa
in that section. Many of the Chptains of round, eomptaioing of his biles, and get- hart - The company made no resistance,
vessels prefer a supply of it to coffee, aa ting everybody's sympathy, and see Billy ** Te «P and were escorted
they my their men are with it able to en- Cleyton (“ the old man elephant”) how ^ 8 * n »* night, under arrest, to Tus-
dure more fotigne and aceompfiafe roare polite he is, hopping about as nimble and i ke E®* **
labor. It grows wRd upon the matera spry as if he’d sold out and retired from Columbu* Time*, Nor. 27.
coast, hut when cultivated and trmamed, j the lippoo Sultan line of character. What f^See the advertisement of the Geor-
makes a beautiful tree. jdo they point to? They point to the lef- gia HdnrMyrod Journal.