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THJ WIRE GB4SS REPORTER.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1868.
rasssfaJK!
, Ware, Colquitt, Pierce and
shin* the Advertiamuents of
ib, Colquitt, and Ware.
IISOAD KITING
sial attention*of our read
gs of this ttceting, which
Issue of to-day.
Gen’l Knight, who figured conspicuor,;ly
in this meeting, was * member of the Legis
lature which grauted the Main Trunk char
tef, and It is presumable that he understands
something of its objects. It wUIJBe seen
tliat the views which be entertains, in regard
*o the line of the reed, are the same which
we have heretofore expressed through the
columns ox the Reporter.
DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL CONVENTION FOB PA
mrt counties of the above judicial circuit are
moving in the matter of a judicial Democrat
ic Convention, As far aa we have seen,
Cuthbert la the place and 14th* September
“CHATHAM.”
We have rend yonr very fair and gentle
manly communication ia a recent number of
the Republican, and say in answer, tbat there
iil no fcsue between ns. That the Main
Trunk road could be rnn aa you say, accord
ing to the charter, we do not, and never
have controverted, but onr position is, and
has been, tbat for certain reasons it would be
morally Wrong to do sp. This, we fehl sure
that you will readily admit.
...’ “XAnr.”
This be. lutifnl writer is out in another
communication in the last issue Os the South
ern Georgia Watchman. The communica
tion contains charges against one of the ed
itors of this psper, which are m\jnst inferen
ces not at all legitimate, and insinnations and
inuendoes which bnt very few people, if any,
in all this country will, for a moment, be
lieve, and wbiob we have too much self-re
spect to discuss. *
They ore too tiehy.
sxAira.
Our neighbor, who has lately won well
merUed-kturela in a brilliant tho*-brief .edito
rial career, set out, at the commencement of
the “ hot spell,” now upon us in its extremes!
intensity, on a visit to- the flourishing me
tropolis of Southern Georgia. •
Ho duly, as he informs us, and formally,
” stepped down to Stark’s,” but, greatly to
hia disappointment, did not there find the
perennial font of frozen cream on which we
nave heard such eloquent disquisition. We
cannot learn from onr clever neighbor, how
ever, what “other things besides ice cream”
have given out recently at Stark’s,
The above is dipped from the Troupville
Watchman, and calls to mind the fact, that
we frequently saw the cx-editor during his
visit here, “ stepping down to stark's.”
The editor of the Watchman will remem
ber that “frozen cream” is made from the
milk of cows, and further, that the cows
throughout the country have been diseased,
and the absence of the “ frozen” article al
luded to la readily explained. Stark has
still a bountiful supply of good things on
hsnd, and ice to go with them if called for,
and the ex-editor doubtless had his taste
gratified without much trouble.
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,ju**as.
As was expected, the peopfti of Kansas
have rejected the Leeomptoa constitution
with the English amendment. The fact is,
m our opinion, they would have found fault
with any constitution whatever, and cast their
votes against and rejected it. It must be
recollected that a majority of the people of
Kansas are composed of emigrants from the
(be New England States, a large proportion
of whom were sent out there and their trav
ailing expenses paid by the Black Republi
can*, and these emigrant voters arc still un
der the control and direction of the leaders’
#f that party in the States from which they
came. The Black Republicans know how
important it is to them that the Kansas ex
citement should be kept up nntil aftdr the
next Presidential election, and they will use
every means to keep the question open. Jim
Lane and their other managers in Kansas
hare no doubt been instructed on this iTead
h>ng /ago. Kansas has been a real God
send to the Black Republicans. It is the on
ly question that can now keep the Aboli
tion excitement open, and they will be sure
to nurse it with tender care until after the
next Presidential election.
THX AUGUST ELECTIONS
Soveral'of the States held their general
auctions in the first week of this month.—
Full returns have not yet come in, but, as far
as heard, Democracy is every where in the
ascendant, except in Kansas. There the
Black Repnblicans are triumphant.
In Missouri there is a large gain. Blair,
the fceesoil member, has been defeated.
In North Carolina there is also a large
gain in tk Governor’s election, though it is
said that Avery, who ran in Ciingmsn’s dis
trict, has been defeated.
■ The other States have only been partially
heard from. As far as heard all well. By
next week we hope to be able to give full
results. _____ *
THB £JtPIHE BTATE. \
Judge Gaulding has retired from the ed
itorial department of the “ Empire State.”
and will assume the chair of the Atlanta lo
telligenccr. Maj.J, 11. Stkelk, of Atlanta,
takes the place of Judge Gaulding.
OPS NEIGHBOR AGAIN.
We are fearful our neighbor is incorrigible;l
springing, not from innate obstinacy, bnt from
that very cotnmon error of frail humanity,
which many men of otherwise clever parts
makft of valuing themselves most for the very
talents with which nature bus endowed them
most niggardly. He discourse! quite glibly
of logic, ty though he was an old professor
and teach** of that eminent science. Lon
ginus himself could hot handle the word
with greater familiarity. My dear sir, you
ought to touch that subject with great delica
cy. Do you know that all logic must have
truth for its bams, and all reasoning upon
false promises, however correct in itself, will
lead jy>u to false conclusions ? This is one
of the cardinal dogmas of logic. No super
structure, built upon a false foundation, ean
be logically correct in its conclusions. You
grant we are getting better on the Donglas
sensation, r but fear we will take a relapse,
and upon Unis fear you build your hypothesis
with all the ardor of a first discoverer. This
is wliat logicians call begging the question.
It is false. logic, neighbor. Yon should have
waited for the relapse first, and when you
had seen it'it would have been time enough
for argument. You was not ’warranted in
making any before tlpt time. Ergo—Do
ing so was false logic. *’ ‘
You are wrong again when yon say we
are getting better. When Judge Douglaa
turned a somerset in Congress, contended for
An enabling act, contrary to the previous ex
ample of more than oue half of the new
States, and turned his back upon the admin
istration, then we turned our back upon him.
We have been no worse nor no better since
that time. We then dropped him like a hot
potato, and expect to keep him dropped, un
less he turns and does” his first works over
again. Thus, it appears, you have made
two logical and cardinal errors in your first
sentence. # •
Neither did Douglas burn our fingers so
bad that we had to drop him. lie still calls
himself a Democrat, andjfes far as we know,
save upon the Kansas question, he adheres
to all ift principles. Mr. Douglas has, how
ever, made some late speeches which we
have not read, and what he has said in them
we do not exactly know.
The Federal Union we shall leave to take
care of itself, which it is well able to do, but
when the editor comes to Buehanau and
Walker. wo have a wrord or two to put in.—
The editor of the Enterprise, we regret to
but half the story, and he knows
how Ananiasi and his wife Sapphira were
punished for keeping back half the price.—
Ho docs not tell that as soon as Mr. Buchan
an truly learned tbo course Walker was
pursuing in Kansas, bo (Walker) was at once
tdld that he bad departed from his instruc
tions and his course was offensive to the Ad
ministration. Nor does he sny that Walker
resigned Because it was intimated to him by
Mr. Buchanan that it was his (Mr. Buchan
an’s) wish that he should do so. Mr. Bu
chanan neither sustained Walker nor repri
manded Southern Democracy when be came
to learn the whole truth regarding Walker’s
operations in KantSa.
“ Crittenden lias courted the favor of no
party—if he soems popular with the Black
Republicans, it is because of the honesty of
the mnn,” says the Enterprise. Bah ! Why
then was not Gon. Taylor popular with
the Black Republicans? Why was not Mr.
Webster? Why was uot Mr. Clay ? Who
ever heard of a man popular among Black
Republicans without pandering to their fa
naticism? That is all “ bosh” Mr. Enter
prise.
“Ho (Mr. Crittenden) has deceived no
body,” says the Enterprise. Well, we hope
so. We are happy to see that lie is iAot
likely to deceive the Democrats, at all events.
And bis (Mr. Crittenden’s) speoebes in
Cincinnati aqd olsowhero wore attended by
all parties. Tjiere’s an argumont’for you.—
Did the editor of the Enterprise ever see a
public meeting of Democrats without some
Americans among them, to learn what was
going on, or did he ever see an American
meeting without Democrats? We are nn
older man than he is, and we have never
seen it.
And now we go back to Mr. Douglas again.
“ When,” the Enterprise asks, “ did the
Times & Sentinel learn that Douglas was a
bitter enemy of the Abolitionists ? M We re
ply, in overy speech he has made during and
since the last session of Congress. By his
organizing a third party in Illinois, distinct
from the Black Republicans—a party whose
members emphatically call themselves Dem
ocrats, and as repugnant to the Black Re
publicans as the Buehan£p Democrats. We
are not at war with Douglas for being an
Abolitionist—for he is none, as far as we
can see—but for his opposition to the Le
compton Constitution and his taking ground
against the Buchanan administration.
“ Did you not call over y man who voted
against the Lecompton constitution an abo
litionist t” We wish wo could give the mind
of our qeighbor 60tne discrimination. He
must hare been made for an auctioneer or
wholesale merchant, to knock of goods by
the “lot” or “whole pjece.” We answer
then, the Democrats never made such charge.
But they did argue, that voting against the
Lecompton constitution would have the ef
fect of strengthening Black Republican op
position and afford them “ aid and comfort.”
If this is calling those who voted against the
Lecompton constitution abolitionists, it is ad
mitted, and the editor of the Enterprise is
welcome to make the moat of it. Perhaps
he can convert it into a “ logical monstrosity.”
We shall not quarrel with our neighbor as
|to whether Douglas repudiated the.adminis
tration or the administration repudiated Dougg
las. Nor would we. envy the feelings of
that Democrat or that Southern man who
conld part with such a champion without a
sigh, or see him committing political snicide
and not regret it. Judge Douglas wielded a
powerful blade in days gone by on be
half of Soutberh rights and manfully^did he
breast the ranks of the opposition. Think
yon that, Washington and Greene and the
host of compatriots of the revolution did not
regret the treachery of Arnold 1 and should
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not Southern chivalry monrn the loss of one
of its most stalwart champions against its
unnatural foe at the North t We are not
ashamed to acknowledge such feelings, par
ticularly when it is attempted to fill up the
gap with Judge Crittenden. -
We have gone through the col naan and a
quarter oT the Enterprise, logic, metaphysics
and politics. This article is already too
long for one paper, and we must defer some
comments to a future number.
We assure fIU editor of the Enterprise
tbat we bad not the slightest idea of touch
ing bim “on the raw” when we alluded to
Swan’s lottery advertisement, and as to be
ing a little “ malicious,” why should we be
malicious towards our neighbor? What
harm has he dov us, or what do we antici
pate from him ? None; none whatever.—
But we certainly are amused at bis defence.—
He does not endorse Swan, nor have his ad
vertisements “ any guarantee whatever,” al
though Swan’s name is to the most of them,
but then the editor gets pay for publishing
them. We see the elephant. Go on with
your banjo, Mr. Enterprise. You get pay.
But then don’t censure any “ monstrosity”
whatever, after this, if the author is paid
for it.
WONDERFUL GOLD DISCOVERIES—IF TRUE.
A writer at Dahlonega. in this State, under
date of August 6th, writes—” Were Ito tell
you what the ore is worth, per bushel, in the
Fields mine, you would not believe me—but
it is so.- The ore they are now raising is
worth one thousand dollars per bushel"—
Now if the writer wonld only . give us tho
proportion of ore to dirt, we could make a
tolerable calculation of tLe value of the
‘mine. We should be afraid that that would
bo on a parallel with Jack Fa|JstafFs bread
compared with bis sack.
This isTa convmrientu4s>aH foj sea bathing
by the Philadelphians, being at the mouth
of the Delaware, about one hundred miles
from the city, with steamers plying to and
from both ‘places daily. They have a large
company there now, and some merry wags
among them. An actor from Philadelphia
recently went down to the Cape, carelessly
leaving his watch in his room at his boarding
house in the city. The landlady discovering
it, and knowing where her boarder had gone,
took an early .opportunity to send it down to
him by a friend. The friend quietly pocket
ed the watch, and when he got to the Cape
got his friends together (leaving out the ac
tor) got up a meeting, bimsejf and others
made highly laudatory speeches setting forth
the many merits |nd excellencies of the
aforesaid actor, and winding up with present
ing him with a gold watch and trinkets
carefully enveloped in cotton. The actor
received them with a befitting* reply, and
hastened to his room to inspect his prize.—
Our readers may judge of his feelings when
lie found In his hand his old watch which be
bad left in bis room in Philadelphia: “ Sold”
is all he could articulate. Since then they
have caught up a young Frenchman and
made a captain Dcßiviere of him, of course
jpnking a great lion of him, creating great
excitement, and turning the heads of half
the youqg ladies at the Cape.
The Southern Georgia Watchman in a
long, iihd generally, very good editorial, has
among other things the following:
“ Though we have carefully re-examined
both, we find nothing either in the Repor
ter’s communication or in its editorial, to
justify the deduction that any citizen of
Thomasville assumes or supposes the Main
Trunk charter to have been granted for the
exclusive benefit of Thomasville, and we
very respectfully submit, for the deliberate
consideration of our cotemporaries of tho
Republican and Argii6, the courtesy, pro
priety and policy of indulging annoying in
sinuations, at the expense of the feelings of
any party or locality interested in the Main
Trunk.”
Wo are much obliged to you Col., for say
ing a kind word in our behalf, but never
mind, the people of Thomasville will try and
survive anything the Argus
may think or say in regard to them. And,
indeed, Col., it does not matter much what
our opinions may have been, for the fact
nqw seems to be clear, that the Main Trunk
is to inure specially to the benefit of Bain
bridge, Savaunah and the “ Mineral Spring.”
The truth ‘hi, we begin to feel like a tender
hearted,-*sympathetic little boy we once
beard of, must have felt, on a certain occa
sion. It se6ms that a hearse containing a
dead body was moving slowly up the street,
and a large procession of mourners following
after. At the fag end of the procession was
a little boy who was weeping most bitterly.
Oar tender hearted little boy joined the pro
cession and took his position by the side of
the boy who was shedding such copious and
bitter, tears. Moved by the solemnity of the
scene, and the lamentations of his companion,
our sympathetic little fellow bogan to moan
and weep also. The other boy raised up
his head, looked at onr little friend a few
momenta, and then angrily exclaimed
” What the devil are yon crying for: this
ere tint non o’yottr funeral ?”
* THE rEBIODICALS. •
Those publications have flown in so rapid
ly upon us by the last few mails, that, we
liave only had time to give them each a has
ty glance, and cursorily note them :
* The Southern latere rj Messenger lor August.
This is one of the very best numbers we
have se#n of this work for p long time, white
none of them are bad, and the most of them
entertaining and instructive. It is published
at Richmond—is therefore a Southern pub
lication, and should be fostered by every
lover of the genial South. Price 83.00 per
annum. * Jf
The Westminster Keview lor July. W
This is an American republication of the
tendon quarterly edition, celebrated for tbe
large amount of learning which has been be
stowed upon it.and given it sncb an elevated
position among the British quarterly reviews.
It is published in New York in conjunction
with the London, Edinburgh and North Brit
ish reviews, and Blackwood’s Edinburgh
Magazine, singly at three dollars, with either
of the others five dollars, the whole ten dol
lars. .
Emerson’■ Magazine and Putnam's Monthly lor August.
Full of interesting matter. Published in
New York. Terms 83-00. .>
Qodsy’s lady’s Book lor September.
Godcy is more celebrated for his beautiful
and highly finished engravings than any
thing else. His fashion plate in this number
has never been exceeded. He has also his
usual large variety of patterns for ladies
dresses and decorations, with his usual quan
tity of good reading matter. Philadelphia.
$3-00.
Arthm’s Lady’s Home Magazine lor September.
A beautiful fashion plate engraving with
fine frontispiece of a feminine “ reading from
a sense of duty,” but glancing her keen eye
another way. Also some well executed pat
terns for ladies, and good reading matter. —
Philadelphia. §2.00.
CHINESE SUGAR CANE.
We observed an article, a short time since,
going the rounds of the newspapers, in which
it was stated that some horses and cattle had
died from the effects of eating the Chinese
Sugar Cane. We doubted the truth of the
rumor at the time, at least so far as'to believe
t|je death of these animals was the effect of
the cane eaten in its natural state. A late
paragraph in the Tallahassco Sentinel flatly
denies this statement, saying that the Chi
nese Sugar Cane is not only harmless but
highly beneficial for lyigs and cayle. We
copy the article below :
Florida Productions.—Madame Murat,
we believe it is conceded, is one of tho most
successful planters in Florida. We allude
more particularly to her model farm, where
she resides near Tallahassee ; her principal
planting interest being ia.Jtlie adjoining coun
ty of Jefferson. At Bellovuc, special atten
tion is gifren under the personal direction of
the Princess herself to the cultivation of
fruits and vegetables with a view to supply
the Tallahassee market, and her efforts have
been crowned with great success.
• We have before us specimens of the sweet
i potato and Chinese Sugar Cane surpassing
in size anything of the kind we have seen
elsewhere. The potatoes measuring from
12" to 15 inches in circumference, ami the
cane as largo as tbe ordinary ribbon cane.—
This latter production is found t(Ae a most
valuable food for hogs and cattle.
THE CONTEST FOB SOLICITOB.
The following communication came to
hand.last week from a respectable source, and
according to request, we insert it in tbe Re
porter. wo must beg our readers to con
sider us as neutral, as far as our paper is
coriccrned, in this contest. We will do as
much for any of the other candidates, but
from our official position should consider it
indecorous to enter canvas for any one of
them. ‘Our paper is a vehicle of public in
telligence where the voters may properly ex
press their views of the merits of the candi
dates without any endorsement from us:
Dublin, August 11th, 1858.
Messrs. Editors:—Feeling more than
ordinary interest in our esteemed friend anjjl
fellow townsman (Col. E. T. Shcftall) also
an interest in the Southern Circuit, we do—
heartily and unhesitatingly, recommend
him to the consideration of all, and one too
who £we feel confident in saying from a per
sonal acquamtence with him for some time) will
fill the office of Solicitor as well as any one that
can be-elected to that honorable and respon
sible trust. He soon will have filled the term of
office to which he was elected; and none of
us can say he lias not done it with prompt
ness and ability, sufficient we think to enti-
tie him again to a re-election; and wo do fur
ther think tlwt in the filling said trust, all
partisan feeling of prejudice should be ban
ished from the bosom of all, and especially
those who will bear their portion of the suf
frage to the omnipotent ballet box in Janua
ry. We cannot alledge as an excuse for
not supporting hitu that we do not know the
man, but on the reverse ho is true and tried.
He soon will have served ns one term, and
not one can say that he has ever been remiss
in duty. In conclusion we would say if you
wish to support a man who is fully qualified
to Serve you as a scholar and a lawyer* also
a high toned gentleman vote for 001. E. T.
Shettall. Pro Bono Publico.
HBLIGIOtJS INTELLIGENCE.
Although the character of the meetings
in Columbus has slightly changed, we learn
that an.unsual religious interest still pervades
that Community. Upwards of five hundred
porsons have joined the different churches.—
Perhaps a work of reformation so thorough
and general, has nevaj been known in this
State.
We are also pleased to learn that gracious
revivals are in progress in the Baptist church
at Rome, and Methodist chprchos at Atlanta,
‘'Griffin places. We devoutly hope,
the good work will continue to spread, uutil
the whole land shall be as “the garden of
God,”— Georgia. Journal and Messenger.
John J. Eckel has married Mrs. Cunning
ham, and they am now living of
old in New York city.
nzir.no an MEETING IN BAOIBRIDGR.
The last Bainbridge Argus contains a de
tail of the proceedings of tbe Railroad meet
ing which was held in that place on Satur
day the 7th inst., composed of the citizens
of the county of Decatur generally.
Col. JoHV W. -Evans was appointed
Chairman and Calvin A : . Cubby, Esq., act
ed as Secretary. .
The President, on taking the Chair, said
that it had becomo the fixed and settled pur
pose of the citizens of tbe County, if in thoir
power, to cause tbe Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road Company to commence operations on
their road at Bainbridge and go eastward,
that they might, at the earliest possible time,
begin to realize some of the many advanta
ges which are destined to flow in upon them
upon the full completion ofr4he enterprise.—
To consult together, with the hope of devi
sing and settling npon the most* practicable
means of accomplishing tbis|object, the meet
ing had been called.
Col. Richard Sims responded to the
statement of the President, and stated that
he in part had misunderstood the purpose of
tbe meeting,’although he had prepared a set
of resolutions looking to tho subject whiefi
the President had announced to be tbe object
of the call; and having remarks® in brief
upon the merits of the subject to which they
referred, lie,submitted them, as follows :
Resolved. That the President of this meeting ap
point a committee of five, from the stockholders of
this county, to open a correspondence with the
Board of Directors of the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road Company, and ascertain from them whether or
not they will agree to place under contract (as soon
as contractors can be procured at engineer’* esti
mates or other reasonable rates) thirty mill's of the
road, from Bainbridge east; provided that tho peo
ple of Decatur county will procure fifty thousand
dollars additional subscriptions to the stock of said
company
Resolved, That the President appoint a commit
tee of twenty-seven, to consist of three in each Mi
litia District of said county, to procure said addi
tional subscriptions w hen they shall be notified by
the corresponding committee of the willingness *
the part of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Compa
ny to accept the above proposition.
Resolved, That in view of the hard times anil the
scarcity of moneys we respectfully-request tho Board
of Directors of the Atlantic and Gull Railroad Com
pany to postpone the second call for money until the
15th of December next.
Thomas Mann and S. W. O’Neal, Esqs.,
remarked upon the uuanimity of the peoplo
in this move, and saw no serious objections
to Gol. Sims’ resolutions.
Mr. O’Neal remarked that he -also had
prepared a set ot resolutions with the
pose of presenting them to the meeting, and
that he presumed that others had done tbe
same]; and therefore moved that the Presi
dent appoint a committee of five to draft
resolutions for the consideration of tiie meet
ing, and that Col. Sims’ resolutions be rc
ferred to that committee.
Mr. O’Neal’s motion being adopted,
Messrs. J: W. O’Neal, B. D.
Curry, G.B. Moore and Wal Smallwood
were appointed that committee, who, having
retired, presented a preamble and resolutions.
Other resolutions were offered as a substi
tute to the report of the committee ; when,
on motion of
,Col.'%iais, the report of the committeo
and its substitutes were rejected, and his
original resdfctions taken up and adi p e.l
unanimously.
Mr.*JoH.\ M. Potter offered the follow
ing: ‘ •
Resolved, That tbe committee of correspondence
be empowered and instructed —in the event of an
unfavorable reply from the Directory of the Atlan
tic and Gulf Railroad Company—to call a meeting
of tho Stockholders in Decatur County, as early
thereafter as practicable;
which was unanimously adopted.
A resolution having becu adopted to re
quest the publication of the proceedings in
the town papers, the meeting adjourned.
MAIN TRUNK—RAILROAD MEETING.
Agreeably to previous notice, a number of
the Stockholders of the Atlantic &. Gulf
Railroad Company and a large portion of the
citizens of Berrien and Lowndes counties,
assembled at the Court House in Berrien
county, for tbe purpose of taking into consid
eration some suitable action in relation to the
location of the Main Trunk Railroad.
On motion, Mr. Randal Foisome, of the
copnty of Lowndes, was cnlled to the Chair,
and R. P. Hutcherson and H. T. Peeples re
quested to act ns Secretaries.
Gen. Levi J. Knight was palled on to ex
plain the object of the meeting, which was
done in an able and energetic manner, highly
creditable to himself and to tire satisfaction
of the audifince.
On motion of Owen Smith, a committee of
five was appointed, (to which were added the
Secretaries of the meeting) to draft a pream
ble and resolutions expressive of the sense of
this meeting.
.Under this motion the following gentle
men were appointed ; Levi J. Knight, Wood
ford J. Mabry, Owen Smith, Mitchell S.
Griffin, William Lastinger, R. P. Hutcherson
and H. T. Peeples. Tho meeting then ad
journed to meet at 2 o’clock.
At two o’clock the’meeting assembled, and
the - Committee, through their Chairman,
Gen. Levi J. Knight, offered tho following
preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, the Legislature, in its session in
1855-56, passed an act’ incorporating thp
Atlantic Sc Gulf Railroad Company, and re
quiring tbe Governor, on certain conditions,
to subscribe for and in behalf of the State,
one million of dollars, and located the initial
point of said road at or near the centre of
the counties of Wayne, Appling and \Vare
—thence, to cross the Satilla river, at or near
Walker’s Ferry—thence, the most practica
ble route across the Western boundary of tho
State, to a point between Fort Gaines and
the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint
rivers, with a view to a speedy connection
with the ports of Pensacola or Mobile, to be
termed a Main Trunk Road—authorizing
branch roads to connect without discrimina
tion. And, whereas, one of the great induce
ments of the in passing this lib
eral act, was the development of tho South
ern part of the State of Georgia: and where
as the action of the Board of Di/octors in lo
cating their road, skirting and “within twelve
miles of the Florida line, at the nearestpqint,
and not exceeding fifteen miles at the fur
thest point, for forty miles, while it ,devel
ops a large portion Os Florida to the inju ? y
and injustice of a large portion of the citi
zens of South-Western Georgia, and at the
same time frustrates the design of the Legi s .
laturc in the passage of tbe act; and, instead
of a Main Trunk, it is located so as to an
swer, in a great degree, the purposes of
branch road to the State of Florida.
Tbe action of the Board of Directors re
quiring several lines to be run from a point
in War! 1 county to Thomasville for the p or .
pose of ascertaining the jaaost practicable
route, we look upon As one of the greatest
humbugs ever practiced upon a community,
as wo are able to establish tbe fact, that they
never have run out the Northern or No. 2
lirte. And inasmuch as we know that the
Engineer has erred in his report on line No.
2, we have reason to believe that he mt y
have erred on others. The Engineer reports
that the Brunswick line has all tbe advanta
ges of a located line, and we have nndonht
i ed authority for saying, that at one point, to
wit: at Grand Bay, where he reports the
Bay is a swamp, varying from one and a half
to five feet water, that for five miles they
never run the original line, and, consequent?
iy, cannot tell the condition of the water.
There is another great question involved
in this location, t That question is, the bene
fit to be derived to Southern Georgia from
the location of the Main Trunk Railroad.
It was most assuredly to benefit that portion
of the State that the liberality of our Legis
lature was appealed to. Then, with the pres
ent location of the toad, the design of the
Legislature is assuredly thwarted; for no
great benefit can accrue to this portion of the
State by tbe location of a road on the Florida
line.
The country through which the’road was
to pass, according to onr apprehensions of
the design of the Legislature, and according
to the views of its supporters all over the
State, was a poor country and illy prepared
to build a road ; yet, at the same time, a coun
try whose development would add largely
to the prosperity of the State. We honest
ly believe that if tbe present location of the
road had been presentedto the Legislature,
asking aid to erect the road upon that line,
we never should have received a dollar.
We believe that it was for the development
of our own State and’ not for Florida that
the bill was passed. Bo it therefore
Resolved, That we, the citizens of Ber
rien and Lowndes counties, do unanimously
declare that we view the action of the Board
of Directors of the Atlantic Sc Gulf Railroad
Company, in locating said ft>ad, skirting the
Florida line, as violating the act of incorpo
ration : Ist. Because it is so located as to de
velop and benefit a largo portion of Florida,
to the great injustice of the citizens of Geor
gia. 2d. Because it is intended to answer
tlm purposes of a branch road to that sec
tion, instead of a Main Trunk through
Southern - it is not
located with a view to a speedy connection
with Pensacola and Mohile, but with ■ a view
to a speedy connection with Florida.
Resolved, That we enter our solemn pro
test, and pledge ourselves to use our best ef
forts to induce the Stockholders to withhold
their stock until the act authorizing the,Char
ter is complied with. ‘ And we also respect
fully ask his Excellency, the Governor, to
suspend the payment of the Stock subscri
bed by the State, until lie shall be able to as
certain that the act of incorporation has not
been violated. 1 \ e
Resolved, That we recommend to each
comity who feel aggrieved .at the aet-of“fEe
Directors, in locating the road, to hold meet
ings at as many public places as passible, in
in Order to give a general expression of opin
ion ; rind should it be thought necessary for
the counties to assemble (through delegates)
in a convention, they will find us heart and
hand in the maintenance of our rights. All
of which, your dommittco respectfully sub
mit, and move its adoption as tho feeling of
this meeting.
Whereupon, it was moved and seconded,
that the foregoing preamble and resolutions
be received, which motion was carried unani
mously. .
W. J. Mabry moved, that the proceedings
of’ this moeting be signed by the Chairman
and Secretaries, and published in the South
ern Recorder, Federal Union, Constitutional
ist, Chronicle Sc Sentinel and Wiro-Grasß
Reporter.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
RANDAL FOLSOME, Chairman.
R. P. Hutchinson, ) a . •
H. T. Peeples,
Drowned.
We regret to nnnounce the death, by
drowning, of Dr. Wni. Ray, of this county,
which sad event occurred on Friday evening
last, the 6th inst. lie was, in company with
other young men, bathing in Sanborn’s mill
pond, noar Attnpulgus, and, it is believed,
ventured too far out into deep water, and his
companions being engaged in playing with
each other at the time, failed to hear his cries
for help. When they found him lie had
been drowned perhaps three quarters of an
hour.— Bainbridge Argus.
Murder in Muscogee.
Mrs. Giles I vey was found lying dead across
the track of the Muscogee Railroad, about
three miles from Columbus, Sunday evening
last. The train held up before reaching the
body, which, npon examination, was found to
contain seven wounds, any one of which
would have proved fatal. Circumstances
point to Giles Ivey, her husband, ns tbe
murderer, who appears to have left fok parts
unknown.
Death and Sickness from Eating Diseased Beef.
a gentleman just from tho lower counties,
says the Savannah Georgian of the Bth inst.,
informed ue that one or two deaths had occur
red in two families in Pierce county, from
eating the meat and milk of cattle afflicted
w:ith the murrain or black tonguo —and that
several other members of the same families
are sick and likely to die from the same
cause. .v,
Homicide.—John Simmons shot a negro
man Jonathan, the” property of tbe editor of
this £nper, on the 6th iust., which resulted in
death the next day. As the perpetrator of
this deed has been committed to jail in de
fault of bail, to answer to the charge of mur
der, we forbear giving the cireumstancdh con
nected with tho unfortunate affair.—Lump
kin Palladium. * - ~s
, . From Washington.
Washington, August 7.—General Har
ney takes the command in Oregon. It is
said in Washington that the Oregon armv
will be soon reinforced by two thousand of
the best armed troops to operate against tho
indians.